User talk:Oregondesert

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A blog isn't enough of a citiation for the Trader Joe page or whatever it's called you just contributed to. Please find another source. Iswatch20 (talk) 05:04, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Check the second citation, which clearly documents that orange roughy is unsustainably harvested. Trader Joes sells orange roughy. Therefore the sentence counterpoints the earlier assertion that TJs sells "environmentally-friendly" products. The first reference, to the blog of a scientific entity, provides the link if it isn't entirely extant by the second reference. Oregondesert (talk)

Trader Joe's Edit
A blog is not an acceptable form of reference. Please provide reliable source for where Trader Joe's gets its fish. Read the Wikipedia guidelines posted above. WLee (talk) 21:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Please note that I revised the citation after the above comment (and before yours). The sources listed on the site are no longer blogs. I am not sure if you had a chance to check them out yet. Oregondesert (talk) 21:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

SlimVirgin
Hi there, I noticed you left a message regarding SlimVirgin on Jimbo Wales' talk page, there are a few things we can do to resolve the situation. The first thing I think you should do is file a request for comment, when you have done this, let me know and I'll advise you from there. Joshuarooney2008 (talk) 07:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I will try to get to that tomorrow, but I don't know what the real purpose is. No doubt, SlimVirgin was within her "rights" to roll back my legitimate edits twice without comment, much like a policeman is within his rights to detain an ordinary person for 48 hours without comment. But, particularly on this site which purportedly is supposed to welcome new users, that's not exactly a friendly invitation or a good way to do business.

As an administrator, I would have hoped that she would be more welcoming to a new editor, rather than just undoing my edits without any rhyme or reason. Given her controversial history on this site, documented by simply doing a Google search for her name (for whatever reason, this site doesn't easily document her controversial role), I simply do not understand why she is granted such superior status here. SlimVirgin doubtlessly has many allies to push away new editors trying to legitimately add objective information that she apparently disagrees with... so I will probably just go my merry way and vanish from this site.

As it is, I tried to fairly revise a document. She reverted twice and didn't respond to talk comments on her page. And, surprise surprise, a few hours later another person comes along and reverts all of my comments. And, surprise surprise, soon thereafter, SlimVirgin is back and editing up a storm, making it more or less impossible to resurrect my initial edits.

Sure, this might be totally unrelated. But the fact of the matter is that SlimVirgin's initial roll-backs were not random. She chose to roll-back without reason to a new editor. I think that is unfair. And given SlimVirgin's documented trouble on this site, I simply don't understand why she is tolerated, much less granted Admin ability. Oregondesert (talk)

CongLinks template
This template is used for every U.S. Senator (100) and every U.S. Representative (435). I really don't have time for your ridiculous game-playing with it just because your buddy has a thing about one Senator. This is an encyclopedia, not a personal blog for you two. Flatterworld (talk) 05:38, 16 December 2008 (UTC)