User talk:Marudubshinki/Archive 6

RfA

Your support is greatly appreciated :). You seem to have about thesame experience as me, and with more edits, so the good conduct youdisplay as a Wikipedian and editor should be some indication thatadminship isn't far off for yourself as well. Let me know what youthink. --Nufy8 02:48, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Aww, you're just saying that. But I have nowhere near as many awardsas you, nor do I have a neat little "vandalism box" (probably becauseI'd be able to only list one or two vandalisations). I also feel Idon't have enough knowledge of templates and more advanced wiki-fulike infoboxes and images and footnotes and such-like. It is mybelief an admin should be an expert on that sort of thing. With allyour vandal fighting, you should definitely be a shoo-in.--Maru 02:55, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, if you ever change your mind, you know where to go. At anyrate, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nufy8 :).--Nufy8 00:55, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Glad to see it! Now you can beat me to reverting even *more*vandals. (You've beaten me to reversions on Yoda alone about tentimes now.) And maybe I shall, but we'll see how yours goes.--Maru 03:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

My sincerest thanks for your support. Speaking of Yoda, thatanon is at it again. He's persistent, I'll give him that. What irks methe most is that he is completely ignoring my attempts to talk to him.--Nufy8 03:55, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

/rolls eyes. ""Dumbledore's greatest weakness is that he alwaysthinks the best of people", said Snape."

Have you added him to the persistent vandal page yet?--Maru 03:57, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Although it is an annoyance, it doesn't seem to qualify asvandalism. POV, fan fic, bad grammar, etc.,but probably not vandalism. This is more for using WP:RFC ifthings get ridiculous and he refuses to stop. --Nufy804:05, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Now you beat me to the reversion :). --Nufy804:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Had to get lucky sometime. --Maru04:24, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, there you go, it worked out well :). Thanks again, andby the way, I see you're going to RIT - I myself was planning on goingthere (being from a suburb Rochester myself) until I switched my areaof interest away from what they provided. Anyway, have fun!--Nufy8 00:33, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Really? That's too bad; I would have liked to start asection on my user page for "Wikipedians I know in RL". AnotherEverett branch of the multiverse maybe... Out of curiosity, what didyou change your area of interest to? One of the liberal arts? Andmore importantly, when do you start leveraging your newfound status togain World Domination? --Maru 05:37, 31 August2005 (UTC)

Liberal Arts, yes. More specifically, English. As fordomination, I prefer to set my sights higher: galactic domination :).Nufy8 21:59, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, best of luck at Nazareth College!--Maru (talk)01:38, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Niagara University, actually :).--Nufy8 03:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Oops. The most annoying thing is I knew it was Niagara,but when I went to look it up, I hit Nazareth and I was distracted bysome other articles and completely put in the wrong thing. The joysof whois and non-use of anonymizers, eh? :)--Maru (talk)03:10, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Darth_Traya#Kreia_.2F_Darth_Traya

Learn from the mistakes you have to... --G.S.K.Lee15:54, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Discussing Yoda we were not. Hmmph. --Maru23:58, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Category:Millennial Wikipedians

Category:Millennial Wikipedians has been listed on categories fordeletion. Since you are using it on your user page please weigh in onthe vote and that of the other generational categorieshere. Thanks. --JCarriker 20:31, August 26,2005 (UTC)

Human (Star Wars)

The information on the Miraluka and the Jedi Temple comes from nosource I've ever encountered. It's possible that it originates from asourcebook or some type of RPG supplement, but it's just as possiblethat it's a fan-created idea. If the anon can't cite a legitimatesource, I'd consider it false and remove it. --JonHart 03:49, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

(If I'm referring to the same page after all these months...) TheMiraluka information is mostly from Star Wars: Knights of the OldRepublic II: The Sith Lords -Xol 01:04, 10 January2006 (UTC)

Boba Fett

Yes, that's the common practice with Star Wars articles.--Copperchair 07:23, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Well... If you say so. But that one from the Bounty Hunter anthologyis especially good ("Everyone dies..."), and it's a shame to see itgo. --Maru 15:19, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Formatting

Thanks for formatting my talk page :). --Nufy8 21:38, 1September 2005 (UTC)

Stick to the basics, I say! I originally got my start formattingTalk: pages (well, and writing Buttercup Festival). And don'tworry, I didn't do it from altruistic, friendly, congratulatoryreasons either: I plan to worm my way into your life, until you are apuppet, solely dependent upon my will. Then, when, with my constantpushing and insidious schemes forming a backdrop to the grand sweep ofevents, you ascend to power, I shall be the true leader. Mwa ha haha! --Maru 23:11, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I, Nufy8, award you thiscompletely generic barnstar for your consistently helpfulcontributions to Wikipedia, and because none of the specific barnstarswould suffice. Someone really should make a Star Wars barnstar -there's one for Star Trek, after all.

Your proposition... intrigues me. At any rate, check out this star.It's from a barn. Or so I've been told. --Nufy8

Excellent- it is too late to back out now, Nufy! The operationbegan half an hour ago! But first I shall go stick this lovely staron my User page. My suggestion for a SW Barnstar would include anadaption of the Rebel Alliance symbol. I wonder what the Star Trekbarnstar looks like... --Maru 23:42, 1September 2005 (UTC)

It's here. There's even aStargate one. --Nufy823:56, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

That is amusing. But I still say the star should either bemade out of lightsabers or that red stuff used in the Rebel Alliancelogo, IMO. --Maru 00:01, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

SW Barnstar

You mean something like this?--nae'blis_(talk) 20:55, 3 October 2005(UTC)

... How do you do that? --Maru(talk) 21:57, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

...do what, exactly? Make the icon? The GIMP(or any program with layers) is your friend... ;)nae'blis_(talk) 22:43, 3 October 2005(UTC)

No, that thing you do, you know man, that thing.--Maru (talk)22:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Oh, that thing. Well, you know....--nae'blis_(talk) 01:06, 4 October 2005(UTC)

Quotation marks

David S. Touretzky - 18:19, 1 September 2005 edit summary - "rvAI's edit- it is well known that adding quotes is prejudicial; are youtrying to make the statement Touretzky is given too much credit here,which is why inspiried is quest". -Maru[1]

Please explain what you mean by adding quotes is prejudicial. I usedthe quotes to indicate that it is not really inspiration. Whether ornot this usage is well known is besides the point, usage in thismanner is explained in dictionaries and grammar books.

I was disputing User:Touretzky's use of the word INSPIRED becauseit is misleading. However, I allowed it to remain. I don't see thatother contributors to the "gallery" were inspired in anartistic sense. I see DeCSS supporters who were in a capacity andwillingness to support Touretzky's "gallery" idea to oppose theDigital Millennium Copyright Act.

For the sake of NPOV, in David_Touretzky#Free speech activism,Judge Kaplan's comments about Touretzky's views on freedom ofspeech[2] should bepresented. Touretzky may be an activist, but he is not an expert.--AI

I shall disregard your last section; I do not believe I've revertedor attacked those statements. If I did revert it along with the'inspiration' bit, it was accidental.

What I meant in my truncated edit summary was this: assuming goodfaith, I did not understand your edit. It seemed nonsensical. Did youmean to say that the haiku, square dance et al. were uncreative andoriginal? That I doubted. Did you mean to say that they were artisticand original, but Touretzky was being given too much credit, in thatthe contributors were actually independently inspired by the events,or perhaps by another person entirely? In which case I would'vereverted as well, as you did not point out who then inspired it. Did you mean to say that they were indeed artistic, but whollyindependent of one another? Unlikely.

Looking through the edit history, I see you wish to replace'inspired' with a more anemic and neutral "other contributors added".I do not think this is an improvement, as "inspired" is more specific,as it narrows the range down to essentially "multiple independentactors following the lead of the actor Touretzky", instead of therange of possibilities I list above.

I see further that you have removed the informative and relevant"dead agenting" links and replaced them with a "Religious FreedomWatch". Replace=not good edit. Add, in addition to,=good edit.

I might further note that depending on how one counts, you maywell've broken the Three Revert Rule, as this is not a case ofvandalism. --Maru 21:08, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Anonymous contributions

Beyond simply stating that you previously edited as a certain anon IPon your user page, I do not believe there is a way to directly creditanonymous edits to your current user name. However, I'll ask on IRCwhen I get the chance, just to make sure. --Nufy820:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Shall go mention it on user page then.--Maru 20:46, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Personal attacks

Marudubshinki, please do not make personal attacks. In your editsummary you made a personal attack about the previous contributorsformatting syle.[3]For more information about the policy on personal attacks seeWikipedia:No personal attacks. --AI 22:15, 8 September2005 (UTC)

In the very spirit in which you edit, AI, I shall reply: you noticethe adjective used was "sucks". Furthermore, it will no doubt havenot escaped your imposing intelligence that the object of which theadjective previously was the anon. editor's formatting. Your vastknowledge and experience must have failed you this once, AI, asdenigrating someone's work is nowhere even close to personallyattacking/insulting them. Thusly, your complaint is baseless.--Maru (talk)22:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

AI was here. --AI 09:48, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

What?! AI, kindly do not spam my Talk: page. --Maru (talk)16:29, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

I saw no reason to give you further comment other than a note toindicate that I have looked at your response. It is apparent that youhave not read or understood WP:NPA, or you simply disagree withit. Stating that a user's contribution "sucks" is contrary to WP:NPAand I suggest you abide by the policy. --AI 20:40, 13September 2005 (UTC)

If I may interject for a moment, WP:NPA states "comment oncontent, not on the contributor." Maru commented on the content andnot the contributor. So... uh... I don't know what else to say.--Nufy8 21:47, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Maru has a habit of "rule bending," followed by accusations ofhis own against those who bring it to light. - AWF

And you have a habit of personal attacks, agreeing with bannedtrolls, and commenting on matters you are ignorant of?--Maru (talk)Contribs 17:51, 6 December2005 (UTC)