User talk:GoCubs88

I've decided that after years of reading Wikipedia that I should start participating.

I'm a retired, union carpenter, who lives in the Chicago-area with my two dogs. Leave me a message if you want.

Just a quick bit of info

Hiya, just so you know, that info you put up about you, normally that'd go on you user page. But it's fine on your talk page, too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorlack36 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip.GoCubs88 (talk) 19:52, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Zvi Zeitlin

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Hello GoCubs88

Hello GoCubs, and thank you for your interest in improving the articles Keith Raniere and NXIVM. Just so you know we have collected WP:RS materials on which these articles may be based on the "discussion" page behind the article. Are you familiar with the the Forbes Article? What about the Gazette and Times Union collections, which are on the bottom of the page. There's an excellent article from the Village Voice, but that one relies heavily on the New York Observer article, which is very interesting. And then there's the Buffalo News, and if your familiar with the famous Canadian financial magazine, the Mcleans article is quite informative. I'm not saying you should read everything, there's a lot there, but please at least give some of it the once-over. That's the first step, familiarizing oneself with the source material, wouldn't you agree? And it's so interesting. I like the way they write in New York Magazine, personally. Chrisrus (talk) 03:49, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GoCub88, these pages, prior consensus, must reflect the well-established fact that NXIVM is a cult.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 03:52, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And don't think you're fooling anyone about being a new editor. But its good for laughs.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 03:53, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry guy, but I am a new user. I just clicked on the random article button. I had a look at those sources and I think it's still rather pejorative to call it a "cult."GoCubs88 (talk) 07:05, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy you've had a look at them, but while you are correct to say that it's pejoritive, it's what they call it. Do you feel well informed about him and it? Chrisrus (talk) 07:55, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but if a guy says he's not a cult member.GoCubs88 (talk) 08:04, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"A guy"? Who? This is a depentant clause. If...member, ....what? Chrisrus (talk) 08:23, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you seen this: http://www.timesunion.com/default/media/NXIVM-Becca-Friedman-4173.php? Chrisrus (talk) 08:26, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw it. I'm not sure what you mean to claim there. A disgruntled ex-member of an organization calls it a cult? So what? "Cult" is a loaded word, no? GoCubs88 (talk) 18:55, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ITS A CULT. Tell us your connection to Raniere, because I'd never heard of the guy before I saw his lackeys editing his wikipedia pages. 99.999% of the world cares not a whit about the guy.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 19:03, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a connection to him at all. I think he's kind of interesting, if any of that stuff is true. You're right. He's a small fry all considered, but doesn't that mean he should be treated with respect? If I called your business group a cult, you'd be rightly ticked off.--GoCubs88 (talk) 19:06, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not if every news report ever written about him says its a cult. We're talking major national publications like Forbes not just regional leading newspapers.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 19:59, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I went through them all and they are all just parrotting the same line from the New York Post which isn't exactly a reliable source, especially as MacIntosh is an opinion columnist. The Forbes one goes back and forth and says: "Is it a cult"? "Is it not a cult?"GoCubs88 (talk) 20:02, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to claim to be familiar with the articles in the New York Post about him and it. I've not bothered to look at those, as it is a tabloid, but please, as you are familiar with the Post's stories, what are the dates? When were he and it first written about there, and do the Posts' articles predate or postdate sources such as the Forbes article and others? What makes you think all those articles are derived from the post? In your last edit, you've linked to the article about the post as opposed to removing it. Please look at the citation for the sentence you have last edited. Please note where in that citation is the Post and that collumnist mentioned. Please see that the sentence in the article contains claims of fact not mentioned in the article it cites. This is wrong, is it not? I would like to correct that sentence with another telling the readers the truth about what that and many more articles say. We should not menion the post in the article as it's not a WP:RS, and the only way to cite that statement that I can think of would be to cite the post. Will you please remove that statement? Chrisrus (talk) 01:57, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please disclose your connection to Raniere/Nvixm, GoCubs88, this is my last request.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 02:03, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear User:Milowent, I don't really appreciate being threatened. I have no connection to NXIVM or Keith Raniere other than an academic interest in coaching programs. What's your connection to trying to smear them? I'd be happy to take this up with an administrator, if necessary. It is well poisoning to GoCubs88 (talk) 03:15, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"an academic interest in coaching programs"? Which ones? You can take up my beefs with whomever you please.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 20:18, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your excellent edits

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Just been looking at your contribtions to our Keynes article. The demand doctor was a most interesting piece. Some elite editors like to dis papers like New York Post, but for understanding the economy Id rank Cassidy ahead of allmost any broadsheet writer save only those from the FT. Havent reviewed all your edits but going by your contributions to our econ articles you've made a fantastic start for a new edititor. Hope you enjoy contributing here. FeydHuxtable (talk) 06:37, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Email me?

I'm milo_went AT yahoo dot com. Would like to discuss with you offline. cheers.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 14:46, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I'm a private person. I'd like to have any emails or messages public as I don't appreciate your attacks on me. If you were a little nicer, I might be so inclined.--GoCubs88 (talk) 20:43, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have no problem being public about it. And I am not going to be "nicer," when your definition of nicer means possibly enabling a cult to prey on innocents. I am disturbed that you would so blithely defend an organization that extensive news reporting has described as a cult, including examples of people's lives seriously harmed by it.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 20:52, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm disturbed that you would sully an organization's name by calling it a "cult" and by injecting your own obvious POV into an article. I see no interest on your part of looking at real cults and don't appreciate being attacked by you when I have made constructive edits and merely want to follow the Wikipedia rules of BLP.--GoCubs88 (talk) 20:59, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have no point of view other than what the sources say, I never heard of NXIVM or Raniere before I stumbled on the disputes over their articles. Your edits have been clearly done to sanitize the articles, and you only care about these articles, not withstanding some other window dressing edits you have done, like this.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 03:07, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly you haven't bothered to read my talk page. I've been complimented on my other edits and will continue to edit seriously when I'm finally moved in. I really do wish you would follow the BLP rules, but alas, I'm sorry to say you don't seem interested. --GoCubs88 (talk) 03:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Feyd is a nice guy, likes to welcome new editors, he isn't watching to see your reign of error regarding Raniere and NXIVM. He isn't checking your cult-bona-fides.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 13:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Vincent M. Holt

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Noritoshi Kanai

Good idea for an article, you can do so much more with these one sentence stubs trying to mask your Ranierelove.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 14:11, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Look at my edits. Not even ten percent of them have to do with NXIVM. In other words, stop harassing me. --GoCubs88 (talk) 18:32, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NXIVM

Hi again , just got your message. I probably cant be much help with this particular query, especially as the difference between the current lede and the previous version by Milowent seems quite subtle. Without taking sides, some general observations might help...

If multiple quality reliable sources are calling an org a cult, its not a BLP violation for us to say so in the lede, especially if we qualify with "according to..". In clear cut cases Id agree with Milowent that we'd be at fault if we white washed the lede as we'd effectively be helping cultists prey on the innocent.

On the other hand, I know some Americans use the term rather loosely. I've been called a cult member more than once just for believing in universal salvation, even though Im a member of the CoE, where the view that unbelievers face eternal torment is fringe. CoE is the lede Church of the Anglican body, the 3rd biggest community of Christians after Catholics and the Orthodox church, about the most un cult like Church there is. So Id agree we ought not to use the term lightly. In this case through the Forbes and Times Union sources seem to justify either of the recent ledes, at least in my non expert view.

On Wikipedia, unlike in real life, first impressions are often unreliable – at least Ive misjudged fellow editors several times from first contact. But Ive encountered Milowent many times over the last year or so and they seem a thoroughly good egg. Hopefully you'll find this too if you continue to have dealings with them. Maybe you could have a break from this particular article for a couple of weeks, and if / when you return the time delay will allow relations to naturally start afresh?

Id rather not have any further involvement with this article, but youre welcome to message me again if you think I can help with anything else. If things don't get resolved amicably with the editors already on the talk page, Dispute resolution noticeboard might be a good place to ask for outside help.

PS - sorry for going on a bit. As its your own talk page its fine for you to delete messages once you've read them if you want to. FeydHuxtable (talk) 15:33, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lexicon Branding

On 27 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lexicon Branding, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lexicon Branding created the brand names Pentium, BlackBerry, PowerBook, Swiffer, OnStar, Subaru Outback and Forester, Toyota Scion, Dasani, and Embassy Suites Hotels? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lexicon Branding.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

...for your contribution to the article Rin Tin Tin!Chrisrus (talk) 15:21, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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