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 My talk page archives are here.

Please follow these guidelines for my talk page:

1. Please be civil and respect that this is my ''talk page. That means avoiding excessive images (barnstars and smileys are fine, within reason), not treating my talk page as your personal chat room, and not altering your comments after the fact.''

''2. Please sign your messages by typing ~ or by using the edit toolbar. The automated signature button is the one to the right of the crossed out "W".''

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 * —Kyok o

Per my dislike of empty talkpages
~ Riana ⁂ 15:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * And just to freak you out, I'll add a bunch of smileys! (I know how you love them!) [[Image:Face-grin.svg|15px]] (Just kidding, is one tiny one okay? hee hee.) Ariel ♥ Gold 18:27, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Here's some more --> :-) :-) <-- ya -  Alis o n  ❤ 18:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I hope all is well, dear Kyoko! I do hope to see you around! ~*hugs*~! Love, Neran e i   (talk)  23:46, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * That is an awesome template! <3 Thank you dear! Love, Neran e i   (talk)  23:51, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Have some ice cream, Kyoko, I've sure you've deserved it for a while. :) Hey, for that matter I should give you two, but I couldn't find another good image. Just enjoy this heaping one though, and have fun editing. :) &mdash; $PЯINGεrαgђ  03:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Aw, you're welcome! :) And thank you, for that unexpected pleasant surprise! &mdash; $PЯINGεrαgђ  22:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Happy Halloween
Wow, not only do you get ice cream, you get Russian fudge too! ;) 04:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology Update
Here are a few updates in the realm of WikiProject Pharmacology:


 * The Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week has been changed to Collaboration of the Month, based on current participation levels. It is also more likely that articles collaborated on for one month are more likely to achieve featured quality than articles worked on for only a week or two.


 * The current Collaboration of the Month for November is Receptor antagonist. Please take a look at that article and contribute to it if you get a chance. Ideally, the article should adhere to the featured article criteria.


 * Therapies for multiple sclerosis is currently a featured article candidate. If you are familiar with the featured article criteria, please visit WP:FAC and review the article.


 * Anabolic steroid is the wikiproject's newest Featured Article, having been promoted on October 8, 2007.


 * Theobromine was delisted as a Good Article. The Peer review and GA reassessment discussions provide suggestions on improvement. Muscle relaxant was recently reviewed for Good Article status, but not promoted. Please see the full review full review here for details.

Dr. Cash 22:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

thanks
Hello, thanks for fixing my edit to Alison's talk page. -- Kyok o  04:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem :) Gscshoyru 04:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello Kyoko
It's been awhile since we last talked, how are doing? Bunny-chan
 * (formerly under In response) I'm doing good, but a bit sick at the moment. I call it psuedo nausea cause nothing will come out, but I'll feel like throwing up, and I've been shaky lately. Bunny
 * (formerly under Well) I've been like this for a few years now, but we havn't found a good doctor yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bunny-chan (talk • contribs) 21:06, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * (formerly under Consultants) Well, no, they rejected me off the plan because they deemed my school uneligible for me to be able to stay on the plan. And it was a really unneeded problem that happened. My family's trying to find a doctor that will actually do his/her job right. My old one was...ugh... THE worst doctor I had. But here's my email if you should wonder what it is. (removed to foil spambots) Bunny
 * (formerly under Well) Thank you, Kyoko. I'll be up til 10 to 11 this evening. And sorry about that, didn't realize that Spambots would try to get my address. But yeah, drop me a email. And I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Bunny —Preceding comment was added at 01:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoops Sorry about that, I thought that a new header would be most appropitate, guess was wrong, so how are you today, Kyoko? I'm good, I got sick only half the day yesterday, but it was better than most days. But I got used to the time change. 20:38, 4 November 2007 (UTC)Bunny

Veropedia
Thanks for the thought on Veropedia! Honestly though I feel like i've got so many things I've yet to do on wikipedia before I could even think about entering another project.. So for now I think I'll decline but maybe sometime in the future when I'm not so busy I can take you up on the offer? --ImmortalGoddezz 22:22, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

hi.
I know you have found me editing one page and edit it back. but how? aren't there like millions of changes out there? how can you keep track of small edits like these? btw is this the place to post notes to you? Mgccl 22:42, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XVIII - November 2007
The November 2007 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by grafikbot -- 15:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Music treatment
Good catch on pulmonary embolism. That was some unpatrolled vandalism from 30 October that I didn't spot! While we're at it, would ultrasound at the eigenfrequency of a thrombus cause thrombotrypsy? Just a thought... JFW | T@lk  20:09, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I was indeed joking. I was wondering what kind of music would disperse blood clots. Metallica, would be my guess.
 * I think the PE page doesn't quite cover the fact that about 5% of all PEs progress to CTEPH. Perhaps we should look for a suitable reference. JFW | T@lk  22:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

aw :)
Thanks for the birthday mille feuille, by the time I'm through the day I'll be bloated from all these desserts! :D Nice to see you again; hope everything is going well with you, dear. -- <font color="#3A66A7" face="Palatino">Editor at Large •  <font color="#325C74">talk  20:28, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Two answers
There's not much point in creatng a redirect to my talk page, as in a couple of weeks that will cease to exist as well. I'm just tying up some loose ends right now before I retire, again!

My username is a song, but not that one. It's this song, a seminal London acid techno tune made with the help of the wonderful Roland TB-303 (hence the sig).

Thanks. One Night In Hackney 303  21:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Poetry Roll Call
WikiProject Poetry is having a revival and we are trying to determine who is still active in the project. If you are, please answer this roll call by placing an *asterisk* next to your name on the list of participants here. Thanks, Wrad 01:16, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, be happy
Hope you're feeling better, and as for the email, don't worry about it while you're sick. Just rest, it's the best thing right now for you, Kyoko. <font face="italic" color="#800080">Bunny

[[Image:Flag of France.svg|45px]] WikiProject Newsletter n°1
Bonjour and welcome to the first WikiProject France newsletter!! It should become a monthly special of our project, but until the next issue, here are some points to consider for the month:
 * In an effort to determine the active members from the inactive, all members are asked to simply sign on my special userpage.
 * I have slightly rearranged and updated the Project page, putting all the featured lists in collapsible tables. This unclutteres the page and you only have to see them if you want to. Give your feelings at the talk page.
 * I have made a Wikipedia advert for our project, Image:Qxz-ad108.gif, what do you think? Personally I feel the words need improving ...
 * There are still map problems at Template:French commune - any help at resolving them would be greatly appreciated.
 * What about starting a monthly drive? We currently have no Featured Portals (except for the Basque Portal which really isn't French any way), so how about improving Portal:France??? I don't know what's exactly wrong but the criteria can be seen at Featured portal criteria.

It doesn't seem like a lot, so I hope we will still have enough problems for nexts months issue. Salut till the next issue, Chris DHDR (17:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)).

RE: WP France question
You wrote:

Hello Chris, thank you for sending me the France WikiProject newsletter. I'm not certain if I should sign your list, because I am currently only sporadically active with France-related articles. Do you think I should sign your list, or not? Thank you. -- Kyok o  23:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll just put your name with a special note ;-)  Chris DHDR 10:05, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time &mdash; get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!

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Alice and her harasser
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes.

Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.

"My Fellow Americans"
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.

Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?

Beat writer arouses Irish guy
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.

Love those Texas Longhorns
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).

Point and Counterpoint
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.

Drudgery on offer
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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"My Fellow Americans" redux
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.

This month's Wiki stars
Lesbian pulp fiction (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer Ann Bannon has decided to spice up the featured articles candidates list this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles But I'm a Cheerleader and Conversion therapy. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si became a Featured list!! Rah rah, siskumbah! Go, team, GO!!!!

And the Oscar goes to...
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: Jliberty, JockCub360, ChristopherEdwards, Desiderius82, Zlrussell, Kelsied, BeardedWoof, Mujerado, Tyrfing, Fabgurrl, Redl@nds597198, and decafdyke! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.

Leather and lace
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!

Late breaking news
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).

Champagne dreams and caviar kisses
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out. - In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Kisses,

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my rfa
<div style="padding: 5px; background: #8AA5DB; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border-color: #FF4F00; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 100%; "> <div style="margin-top: 3px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; width: 400px; float: center;"> <font color="#002FA7">If you voted in my RFA... <font color="#002FA7">...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations. <font color="#002FA7">Thank you again and, best regards. Van Tucky  Talk <font color="#002FA7"> This RFA thanks was inspired by <font color="BA55D3">Lara <font color="00CED1">❤ <font color="FF1493">Love's 

Thanks for the heads up
...on Phaeds talk page... maybe you can guide me? xerocs 01:18, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankspam
<div style="padding: 5px; background:#FFCC99; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; border-color:#FF7F50; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 100%; "> <div style="margin-top: 3px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; width: 400px; float: center;"> <font color="#000000">Thank you... <font color="#000000">...for your participation, criticism, and support in my recent RfA, which succeeded with a final count of 90/1/1. I appreciate all of your kind words, criticism, and suggestions. I extend a special thanks to Acalamari for his nomination, and Dihydrogen Monoxide and Husond for their coaching and nominations. If you need help in any administrative matters, please contact me. <font color="#000000">Thank you again and, best regards, Neranei <font color="#000000"> This RfA thanks inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

Epoprostenol
Hey Kyoko. I'm doing great—will have a look at them as soon as possible. It's always nice to see your work :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! I didn't even get to say atrial septostomy is looking great; I'm reading Poliomyelitis right now—it's at FAC, and I'd like to add my support soon. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I do, and I'm pretty sure there won't be any opposition. The content from the Rashkind article can be worked into a subsection of atrial septostomy. Maybe there'll even be stubs on Rashkind and Miller soon? :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:38, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

My user page
Thanks for the revert. • Lawrence Cohen  00:12, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello :)
Just thought I'd drop by, tell you I'm back, and wish you a happy Thanksgiving holiday ;) <font color="#FE474B">♥ Fr  ed <font color="#4169E1">il  18:20, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks/Meow!
Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support. All the best, ~ Eliz 81 <sup style="color:#1E90FF;">(C)  23:05, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Somewhat-Belated RfA Thanks :-)
<div style="padding: 5px; style="background-color: #32005B;" border-style: solid; border-width: 3px; border-color: "000000"; font-size: 100%; "> <div style="margin-top: 3px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px; width: 300px; float: center;"> <font color="E4D5E8"><font face="Georgia">Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)... <font color="E4D5E8"><font face="Georgia"> ...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful <font color="E0CCDB"> RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank <font color="E0CCDB">Acalamari and <font color="E0CCDB">Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me. (Oh, and if you hate RfA Thankspam, please forgive me. I promise I won't block you for deleting it ;-))

And forgive me if I need a <font color="E0CCDB">Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me <font color="E0CCDB">climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!) <font face="comic sans ms"><font color="E4D5E8">Kathryn NicDhàna </b> <font color="E4D5E8">♫ <font color="FCD73F">♦ <font color="E4D5E8">♫ 

<font color="#000000"> This RfA thanks inspired by Neranei's, which was inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

Bacteriostasis
No worries: when I saw the topic, I had a strong hunch that somewhere in here we had an article. I hope that I did not lose anything by placing the redirect. I think that everything in your article is covered in the other... &mdash; Gaff <b style="color:MediumSlateBlue;">ταλκ</b> 00:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Question
Hey Kyoko. Could you send me an email? There's something I need to ask you. Best as always, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Replied :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 16:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. Just waiting to hear back from the 'crat :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:03, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, I'll let you know; shouldn't be long. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 16:48, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
For the birthday greetings. I had a good birthday today. :) I hope you're well and okay. Acalamari 04:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I hope you get better soon. :) Best wishes. Acalamari 17:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)



LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 21:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XIX - December 2007
The December 2007 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by KevinalewisBot -- 11:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:Gurch
Yeah, talked to him about that on IRC. All is well now. <b style="color:green; font-family:georgia;">Miranda</b> 06:39, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

A stamp from real me
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Here's a stamp from the Faroe Islands for you! Stamps from the Faroe Islands somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Hús ö  nd  18:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

~*Bonk*~
You've got mail, too! <font color="8B00FF">Ariel <font color="F64A8A">♥ <font color="007FFF">Gold 04:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Sango123
I see you were a friend of hers on here. I left a message on her talk page. I really hope nothing happened to her. She is only 16. Tech43 (talk) 22:15, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

It's scary to think about ya know? Tech43 (talk) 06:46, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

You've got mail!
As the header says :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:03, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Read, replied. Translated ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * From me, too :) <font color="8B00FF">Ariel <font color="F64A8A">♥ <font color="007FFF">Gold 00:14, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

De nada
You're welcome, it's my job! Keep the good work and the cute signature. PS: obrigado —Slade (TheJoker) 00:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * As for me, anytime. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, my account is a mIRC/Counter-Strike nickname (do not confuse with the Teen Titans' major villain, it's a coincidence), but which other username are you talking about? Cheers and good night! Slade (TheJoker) 02:47, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Cause I can't usurp the actual Slade — I'm waiting for SUL! Cheers, Slade (TheJoker) 00:53, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome!
You're welcome for the revert! :) Acalamari 17:44, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Flag of France.svg|45px]] WikiProject Newsletter n°2
It's been one high aiming month! The French WikiProject and related pages have been aiming high for Christmas - and have received an equal number of presents in return! Well, that's this issue. Au revoir et à bientôt till the next time,  Chris DHDR (18:57, 9 December 2007 (UTC)).
 * The French Portal is now a Featured Portal!!! It passed its Candidacy with 100%. Special thanks go to NYArtsnWords and all those that have made this Portal work.
 * The Newsletter has made it to a second issue. You can find its page at WikiProject France/Outreach/Newsletter and its archives at WikiProject France/Outreach/Newsletter/Archives.
 * A new page has been setup (WikiProject France/Links) to provide an index of the Projects/Portals pages (as well as helping newbees). When creating any pages in the Project/Portal namespace, please add them to the index page. This page also give WP:FRANCE members a handy watchlist.
 * As like last time, members are asked to renew their memberships at WikiProject France/Members.
 * I will be on holiday when the next issue is meant to come out so could some generous person(s) please do the next issue at WikiProject France/Outreach/Newsletter.

I'd like your perspective on the following issues
I'd like your perspective on the following issues you mentioned on the arbcom page:


 * [...] Given various actions in White Cat's past, such as nominating Wikipedia's civility policy for deletion, insisting on changing archived pages to reflect his current signature, and most recently, his reaction to lolcats [...]

The three issues you have mentioned:


 * 1) Deletion nom: Civility nomination was on 10 December 2006. The intention was to rise community awareness and perhaps initiate a discussion on the issue. For well over a year Civility had been a policy people had been quick to ignore. No one is willing to enforce it. The nomination itself was not the best of all decisions I had but it wasn't really disruptive either. I am suprised people have been bringing that up since its been over a year.
 * 2) Signatue issue: It has been nearly 3 years since I have been a part of the wikipedia community. Some people do not really care too much about the signatures but people had always been allowed to update their own or even other peoples signatures from time to time. As for my specific case, I had updated only some of my signatures. I had not had time to update others as people like User:Centrx and etc started mass reverting my edits. I merely raised it to community attention on ANI. To this date no one has explained to me how my updates to my own sigs damages the project. Every banned action needs a reason after all. I have made every effort to deescalate the matter.
 * 3) lolcats: I do not believe the issue was ever about "lolcats" as I haven't picked any random image. I merely objected the addition of an image to User:WhiteCat with the image description "TROLL KITTEH NEEDS MOAR DRAMA" to a userpage. The image was placed on User:WhiteCat page instead of User:White Cat to avoid a ban at least in Gurch's words. What more, he uploaded a second such image despite the objections. Such images had been speedy deleted before for trolling and uploaders have been banned indefinitely. Popular target has included people like Jimbo. So why is it that I am treated differently? I do not understand. And an additional note both Gurch and Miranda were temporarily banned and booted from the IRC channels over their conduct during this incident.

The reason I am posting this here is not for a defense - such a thing would be pointless. Instead the intention is a dialog and mutual understanding of each others position.

-- Cat chi? 10:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello White Cat, in response to your message:
 * MfD of civility policy: if your intention was merely to raise people's awareness of the lack of enforcement of the civility policy, it would have been much better to raise this issue at the village pump. Nominating the policy for deletion, especially during your personal dispute with User:Elaragirl, only added drama to what could otherwise have been a productive discussion in another venue.
 * Signatures: I didn't follow that controversy too closely, but I am well aware that people can and do change their signatures. Here for example is one of my former signatures, which I used under my former User:Tachikoma account: Kyok <font color="green" face="zapfino">o . That was before I requested a name change. As I recall, you had wanted to go through all instances of your prior signature and replace those with your current signature, even on pages which had been archived. Some people objected on the basis that changing an archive page is like tampering with history. I think there was also some concern about the block logs on your accounts being obscured. While I personally think that it's a little frivolous to want to change your signature on archived pages, I wouldn't have objected myself. What matters here is that you and several other people got into quite a conflict over a pretty minor issue.
 * The cat image: while I'm inclined to agree with you that Gurch should not have changed User:WhiteCat's page with out that user's permission, I don't think it was a good idea for you to post about this incident on WP:ANI without first asking Gurch why he had altered someone else's page, and with that particular image, and that particular user. Again, my concern is that your approach to this matter added drama to something that might have been settled between you and Gurch without administrative input.
 * I hope this message has explained things to your satisfaction. Let me also add that I'm considering striking out the "Strong" from my ArbCom opinion on your candidacy. This is something I've been thinking about since I first posted there, because adding the word "Strong" only makes my comment unnecessarily hurtful at a point when your candidacy is unlikely to succeed. I do hope that you will continue to contribute to Wikipedia following the election. Take care, -- Kyok o  15:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'd like to continue this if you don't mind :) I have formated (indented) your comment and duplicated the thread for your convenience.
 * My dispute with User:Elaragirl was a very minor one. I found her general tone to be problematic, not just to me but to others. There were and still are others (even admins) who are impolite and dicky on a regular basis. I felt back then (and still do) that we need a serious amount of improvement on this issue. I thought nominating WP:CIVIL would generate such a discussion... Didn't work as I had hoped. In any case, I can't change what I did back then... If you take a look at some of the votes on the nom page, they are quite uncivil. What I am curious is what would you recommend I do to get this issue addressed?
 * Centrx considered all edits older than a day to be 'archived'. He even reverted my edits in my userspace. I stopped making signature alterations soon as people complained (over RC feed getting flooded mostly). However Centrx continued his slow paced mass revert despite this. Centrx continued reverting my edits for months. I initiated discussions with Centrx and even invited uninvolved 3rd parties to talk to Centrx. Sig fixes on archive pages are not banned (to my knowledge). As for the block log. For quite some time I have those linked on my userpage. My old sig does not generate a block log so I never completely understand that concern.
 * What you said would be what I would have done had my interaction with Gurch had been different. On IRC for example Gurch had been most unpleasant even when I was agreeing with him on an issue. He had actively done so over the past months (Deletion of WP:MIT (a project intended to verify free-images 'freeness' making them more commons compatible) per his speedy nom for example). That is why talking to him on this issue was pointless in my perspective. I have the access to delete the image in question from commons in the blink of an eye. I have initiated discussions merely to avoid a COI for the most part.
 * I do want to add that the nom page has been interesting so far. A number of support and oppose votes have been most intriguing. A good deal were particularly unhelpful and 'hurtful'. Your vote was not hurtful and on the contrary quite helpful as I have a better understanding of peoples' concerns now.
 * -- Cat chi? 16:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Making this quick because I'm in a hurry:
 * If you want to discuss the civility policy and how it is enforced, I suggest starting a thread at Village pump (policy). That way perhaps you will get the discussion you desire.
 * Signature issue: like I said, I didn't follow it closely, but the very fact that people (not just you and Centrx) wrote a lot of text about it means that the alterations were controversial.
 * If you read the top of the WP:ANI page, it says in boldface "Before posting a grievance about a user here, it is advised that you take it up with them on their user talk page." That's a step that you failed to take. You and Gurch may have a history of conflict, but I still think it would have been better to ask him first about his intentions, rather than post an ANI and inform him after the fact. If you felt uncomfortable approaching Gurch, you could also have asked User:Dmcdevit to ask him, as he was the admin who reverted Gurch's edit. You could also simply have allowed User:WhiteCat to respond for him/herself and not intervened personally. After all, you've said that you and Gurch don't get along. Any of these approaches would have generated less heat than going directly to ANI.
 * This was supposed to be a brief message. -- Kyok o  16:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright a short(er) response
 * Fine I'll do that.
 * I am kind of confused. Should I avoid discussion of any kind in the future? My edits (signature alterations) came before the discussions I initiated. Had I not taken the issue to ani and instead revert wared, would that be more productive? I just still am uncertain what the community expected me to do. Should same thing happen again, how should I deal with it?
 * I have brought the issue to ANI for general discussion. Dmcdevit's revert came after my post to ANI. Dmcdevit probably would not know of the issue had it not been posted on the admins noticeboard. User:WhiteCat is an inactive user and like I explained his involvement in this case is simply because of the similarity of his username to mine - that what bothered me most in the whole case.
 * Unrelated: Do you happen to know Japanese?
 * -- Cat chi? 18:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Signatures: I think most people in the community didn't understand why it was so important to you to change your signature on messages that you had already left on various pages. Changing your signature so that future messsages look different is one thing, while changing signatures on messages that you have already left is another. As you know, people's views on it ranged from seeing it as eccentric but harmless to outright disruptive. If I were in your place, I would have stopped the signature alterations if other people were concerned... but then again, I wouldn't personally have bothered to change old messages in the first place.
 * The cat image: in this case, I think you should have asked Gurch first before going on to ANI, not after. Any issue that is raised at ANI gets a lot of attention, and the very fact that the discussion is there rather than another venue sometimes leads to heightened tempers, and yes, drama.
 * Knowing Japanese: despite my name, I don't know much Japanese, because it wasn't spoken much when I was growing up, and I've never devoted enough time to properly learn it. -- Kyok o  17:51, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I forgot to add: I'm glad that you weren't hurt or offended by my oppose vote. I generally try to make my oppose comments constructive or at least non-bitey. -- Kyok o  17:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I did stop making the sig alterations. I had a total of 2000 such edits after which people started complaining. For the next few months after that one or two people mass reverted those edits contradicting Help:Reverting ("If what one is attempting is a positive contribution to Wikipedia, a revert of those contributions is inappropriate unless, and only unless, you as an editor possess firm, substantive, and objective proof to the contrary. Mere disagreement is not such proof."). I desired to remove as many references to my former nick as possible over privacy reasons as it may put me in real risk... I can't go to the details for obvious reasons... I don't think anyone needs to cite reasons for trivial edits. Although people had been reverting my sig alterations, none had actually had a serious discussion with me - even despite my attempts in talking to them.
 * I really think when someone is being disruptive it should be addressed in ani. By the same analogy nothing should be posted to ani as anything posted there is automatic drama. I have talked to Gurch numerous times, talking to him over such issues is pointless IMHO. :/
 * Unfortunate! I could have used your skills had you developed them. :P
 * Any oppose vote not intended to insult or annoy me is casted with a positive intention by nature. It is generally not that hard to distinguish that. Otherwise I wouldn't bother posting on your talk page at all. :)
 * -- Cat chi? 22:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)