User talk:Buster7/Archives/2012/April

Multiple supports and opposes in Trayvon Martin title survey

Please watch your tone when you state that I have a problem with editors reaching consensus when it is clear that you have multiple supports and multiple opposes in the same article. You can only be for one title; its not 'and, or, both' kind of option. The form is bad and it must be addressed, pushing back and attacking an editor for making that point obvious is unconstructive and could be taken personally... which I did take it as. I've previously dealt with meatpuppetry and this is a survey with bad form, but it is in principal the same thing under said design. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 16:41, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

As per above: Once I read "watch your tone" I ignored the rest. ```Buster Seven Talk 21:59, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

I've explained the situation on the talk page in full detail here in regards to your misunderstanding which caused you to threaten and harass me. Please understand that I am not saying you are Student7. He is a golden wiki award winner and fellow editor, I mean no sleight, implied or otherwise, he was simply the last respondent in that section. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 22:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 06:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiThanks

WikiThanks

Thanks for your recent contributions! 66.87.0.60 (talk) 18:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Some falafel for you!

I once saw a poster in Jerusalem featuring this fried chickpea delicacy. It said, "Falafel. The one thing we agree on." In that spirit, thanks for saying hi! Erasmus Sydney (talk) 15:15, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Buster7/Archives/2012. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 22:54, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Buster

That means more than you can know. Thanks so much!!! My first banner.

By the way I am laughing so hard at your clever animation of the men doing signals. Mugginsx (talk) 12:52, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I borrowed the first one. Not sure where. The rest are Clones. Nice to meet you. And thanks again for the bravery of broaching the subject. It needs to be said ...repeatedly. WE (Wikipedia Editors) spend so much time arguing and bickering and fault-finding and name calling and swearing and criticizing that we get in the habit of confronting (rather than collaborating) which leads to chaos. On the flip side, accolades, praising, positive comments, etc. lubricate the interaction between editors leading to collaboration and consensus and success at our encyclopedic endeavors. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:42, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

And thank you for so eloquently backing me up and adding your wise words. I have also always liked your wise quote above. Although I have been known for losing my temper at times, I still think we think alike. Mugginsx (talk) 14:52, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Yea. Temper. I need to control mine at times too. I think the trick is NOT hitting the Save key too fast: contemplate how better to say "Your an Idiot!". If you're like me I enjoy discovering editors that can sway a conversation with charm and just the right amount of lecture so as not to offend the easily offended. If interested check out User:Tvoz. She (I think) is a role model for concise expression.```Buster Seven Talk 15:09, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I will. Also good advice about the save button. Signing off now. I'm bushed Mugginsx (talk) 20:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Now that's what I call being welcoming!

Hi Buster7. You just welcomed a mainspace article ;-) --Shirt58 (talk) 02:33, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Buster - can I steal you animated men?

Hi: I wondered if I can steal your animated men. As I said yesterday I just love them. Are they signing "I love you?" Mugginsx (talk) 18:27, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Sure. They are very good workers...24/7. No need to steal them. They go where they will have a happy home. When I saw them (I forget what Talk Page it was) what I saw them doing was 'signing'..."I give you my Heart". Its kind of a far-away distant signal we do in my family. ```Buster Seven Talk 22:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Love them. Mugginsx (talk) 12:27, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Big schluppy hugs

	Big Wolfly Hug!
	I would have put on Jimbo's page that you're a wonderful person, but the discussion was closed. But you are a wonderful person. Pesky (talk) 03:42, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Pesky. It means alot to me. My French bulldog, Jojo, returns the big slurpy kiss/hug. If your coming from Chets page you should know that you are one of the dozen. I visit your page often and was very glad to see your successful surgical results. May your improving health continue. BTW, I would love to comment and chat at your page but I am afraid MF would not enjoy my presence and may feel it necessary to express his displeasure. I feel some what responsible for his recent troubles since I was at the discussion table when he refused User:Deb's request which started the whole fiasco. As you may recall, I asked him, in peer support of Deb and in goodwill, to acquiesce and he flatly refused. Had that moment been different, all else would have changed. No need to remind him of my "civility policing" ways. I'm happy to read the goings on of your pals from the peanut gallery. You are in my prayers as I write this. ```Buster Seven Talk 05:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC) File:Cordialgreetings1x pix.gif ...I give you my Heart! ```Buster Seven Talk 05:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome! I'm sure MF won't bite you on my page (well, 90% sure, lol!) Health is improving slowly, butI'm full of painkillers to deal with the spasmy shoulder muscles, now! Pesky (talk) 17:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Modest Barnstar
		You are among the top 5% of most active Wikipedians this past month! 66.87.2.96 (talk) 20:25, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

This Barnstar is a hoax. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:59, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 21:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

"I think by now all good editors realize that they're just waiting their turn"

User:Wnt posted the following text and barnstar to Will Beback's talk page on February 27, 2012, and it perfectly reflects my thoughts:

I think by now all good editors realize that they're just waiting their turn

Reading over the decision, I still don't see the basis for blocking you for a day, let alone longer. I'm afraid this is not Officially Recognized, but I'll award it anyway:

		The Indefinite Barnstar
		Honoring those who have been indefinitely blocked on Wikipedia for productive, reasonable and well intentioned efforts conducted in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines. For violating a policy contradiction even ArbCom admits it can't figure out

One less waiting, 10,000 Easter eggs waiting for you on top of my talk, thanks for your support in the case! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

His turn: on this day his Easter egg tree and my Bach cantata mentioning an approach for peace are featured together on the Main page, enjoy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:40, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for expressing your support for me in the User talk:PumpkinSky#Sanddunes Sunrise thread and/or participating in the User talk:PumpkinSky#Ostereierbaum_.28Easter Egg Tree.29 thread. Peace to everyone. PumpkinSky talk 01:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Consider Sanddunes Sunrise II - I can't help feeling he created it (also) for himself. Did you know that the Egg tree will appear on the Main page tomorrow? - Thanks for the shelve for my gems, I used it now, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:20, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you (2)...

...for my gratuitous decapod crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata! It looks curiously like someone I once sat next to on a crowded ferry across the English Channel. Perhaps they are related. I have long suspected that certain lugubrious human beings haunt darkly private kelp beds, underwater caves and the crannies of coral reefs, in romantic pursuit of the more promiscuous (and less fastidious) denizens of the deep. Writegeist (talk) 07:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

lead

Thanks. Tvoz/talk 08:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 10:50, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Nice

Being nice to someone you dislike doesn't mean you're a fake. It means you're mature enough to control your emotions. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:53, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Trudat. :D Pesky (talk) 17:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)