User talk:Nuggetboy/Archive/Archive-Apr2007

Please refrain from making such comments.
Hello. I noticed that in this edit, your physical edit was fine, but your edit summary was absolutely not. This is not a US encyclopedia. In any way, shape, or form. Please refrain from implying (or stating) that it is. Your reason for making the change was entirely wrong, and directly contrary to the MOS. Even if it's an american console, it's been officially launched in the UK, as well as Japan (Not to mention Canada). It has no incredibly strong ties or associations making the topic as a whole entirely american. As it so happens, there's still reason to do the revert. The earliest versions of the articles used american spelling. That is why the revert is fine (because the change to british spelling was already in violation of MOS). The point is: This is the English language version of Wikipedia. If you want a strictly american version, then petition for a us.wikipedia.org. Beyond that, "this is a US site" will typically be treated as edit warring or vandalism by most editors here. Bladestorm 00:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I removed this comment because it just struck me as overly-sensitive and very preachy considering the fact that the same policy quoted states to use the spelling specific to country of the article. However, I realize I've warned other users for removing warnings, so I'm trying to do the right thing here and undoing my removal.  Of course, with some notes...
 * The edit in question apparently offended this user. This user also assumed that I think this is an American encyclopedia.  Nothing could be further from the truth, however the user is welcome to continue to read into my comments.  My revert was because the previous edit replaced the predominately American "ize" spelling of certain verbs with the British "ise" spelling.  My edit summary regarding the spelling change, "...rv 'Britishisation' of verbs; this is a US site on a console from the US.", was assumed by the warning editor to be my nationalization of Wikipedia.  Well, no, that's not what I meant.  I just meant the subject of the article (the Xbox 360) originated in the US and is produced by a US company.  And yes, at last check Wikipedia is hosted in the US.  This is not stating that this is a US encyclopedia.  Just absent any reason to settle on a national English spelling, it should be US English.  That is all. (Nuggetboy) (talk) (contribs) 04:18, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Uh... how is using, "this is a US site" as a specified reason for making a change any different from saying, 'this is an american encyclopedia'? Hmmm? When you supply that as a reason, I tend to assume that's a reason. Go figure. Silly me.
 * And no, the 360 article is not an american topic. If it were an article about specifically the american civil war, then sure, that's a strictly american topic. But if you're going to pretend that anything that can be, in any way, connected to the US is automatically strictly an american topic, then can I assume that you'll go through all the articles about tv shows that are made in Canada, and change all their spellings, right? No? Of course not.
 * Again, the fact that the earliest substantial drafts of the article used american spellings is the reason that the american spellings need to stay, not some nonsense about how the 360 article is specifically an american topic. And if you don't want people to think you're trying to americanize the site, then don't use "this is a US site" as a supplied rationale for making changes to american spellings. Bladestorm 14:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, I forgot one last thing: It wasn't actually a warning (but rather, really a request). So, if you don't feel that any of this really belongs on your talk page, then just remove it. :) You can reply on mine if you want to continue discussion, but there's no reason you should have clutter on your own page if you don't want it there. Bladestorm 15:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart
An arbitration case in which you were involved, Requests for arbitration/Derek Smart, has closed. For a period of six months, no single-purpose account may revert any edit made to the Derek Smart article. This article is referred to the Wikipedia editing community for clean-up, evaluation of sources, and adherence to NPOV. Any user may fully apply the principles of Biographies of living persons to this article. Supreme Cmdr is banned from Wikipedia for one year. Supreme Cmdr and other surrogates of Derek Smart are also banned from editing Derek Smart, but may edit the talkpage. This is a summary of the remedy provisions of the decision, and editors should review the complete text of the decision before taking any action. This notice is given by a Clerk on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. Newyorkbrad 23:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Howdy Stranger
Thanks for the good wishes. That article was locked down and under review for so long, I had pretty much forgotten all about it. Not too worried about the outcome, though. I have a good deal of faith in the system. Take care. Mael-Num 05:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)