User talk:Daedalus969

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Thanks for dealing with the vandalism at Troy Davis case

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"Spelling" Article

While I appreciate your efforts to keep the pages on Wikipedia clean, the edits I made on the "Spelling" article clearly were constructive. It stated that "Hercules" is a common misspelling of the "correct" "Heracles." This is factually incorrect.

Note

Hi Daedalus969. Please remember that it is up to every editor to try to deescalate and minimize conflict. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, it's meant to be fun. Going on the verbal offensive, even (or perhaps especially) if you feel provoked isn't necessarily the best idea and isn't conducive to a friendly and collegial atmosphere. Regards, henrik•talk 20:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

What I was referring to when I said you were going on the offensive - the entire recent series of edits to User_talk:SkyWalker is what I meant. You shouldn't be surprised when a longtime editor reacts to having his article tagged with a CSD tag, try instead to explain your reasoning why you tagged it. Personalized messages usually works better than templated ones as well. Remember that there are real people on the other side of the screen, not just video game characters.

As for the personal attacks, leaving a comment with an edit summary of "stalker" is about as bad of a personal attack as leaving one with a summary saying "are you nuts". I think both are things that should be avoided, but neither is on its own worth stirring up a fuss about in my humble opinion. henrik•talk 21:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Time to disengage

As unsolicited advice, it's probably time just to let things end with Psb777. He doesn't want to respond, so you're not going to get the feedback you're looking for. Just let it drop, and if he does anything else, start anew. Good luck. Dayewalker (talk) 22:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Advice

I'm glad to see that you've recognized that you've made some mistakes lately. I'm not going to drag you through past unpleasantness and point out diffs for every problematic edit, but please recognize these bits of advice:

• New users aren't expected to know every bit of policy from the start. They're allowed to make mistakes; the correct thing to do is to very politely explain the issue and help them doing things right.
• Don't warn users they may be blocked so quickly. Telling someone they may be blocked is seriously unfriendly and should not be done unless a) they're obvious drive by vandals or b) you've tried repeatedly and failed to engage them in discussion.
• If you're in a conflict; disengage. Resist the urge to reply. Go out for a walk. Don't immediately retort with an angry reply.
• Let other users point out civility infractions against you. If they're serious enough, someone else will inevitably tell the other guy that he's out of line. If you ever hope to be an admin some day, thick skin and a calm demeanor is needed. (For an example of the kind of vitriol you're likely to encounter see [1]. Please observe how the attacked user handled the situation).
• Spend more time in editing actual articles. Try to bring an article to GA or FA status. You may feel it's like writing a a school essay - however - there is one important difference: People actually read and use Wikipedia articles. Even relatively obscure articles gets thousands of visits a month and your writing will be helping a lot of people. Besides, it's what this place is all about. The rest is just an unimportant sideshow.

henrik•talk 12:24, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Blocked sock

Hi. I clobbered it when I found a hoax page called The Easter Egg Adventure. I deleted the page, checked the edit history and boom. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:28, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 23:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Why, thank you (blush). --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

criterion/a/as

No, "criterion" is singular, "criteria" plural. "Criterias" was plain wrong. pablo_hablo. 10:58, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 11:01, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Keep up the good work

Hi Daedalus969. I just wanted to note that I have noticed all your good efforts on Wikipedia and I think a lot of other editors have also. Some day you'll have to explain to me how you are so effective in catching socks, but given my lack of technical expertise I think my head might explode. I have a lot of respect for your willingness to put yourself through an editor evaluation and seek out constructive criticism. This is very impressive for you as an editor and as a person. Take care and have fun. Enjoy your weekend. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:15, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Truth or Consequences, a city in New Mexico, or ....

[2] That's not true. I'm always on the lookout for being called something really original. I've been waiting almost 3 years now .... --KP Botany (talk) 22:38, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 22:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

My Talk Page

Why are you editing my talk page?MrSpammy (talk) 01:44, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 01:51, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

"Plaxico"...

...is a metaphorical character inspired by the real-life public figure Plaxico Burress. When a user brings a complaint to ANI and ironically becomes the one getting blocked, that's a metaphorical "Plaxico". One of the most interesting in recent times was just last weekend, when Buttermilk1950 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) brought a complaint to ANI about another user, then made the classic mistake of being logged in as a different account ItsLassieTime (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and responding in the voice of the original complaining account. That led to an investigation that uncovered a large sock farm of users that had mostly been under the radar, and led to the banishment of all concerned. [3] If you haven't read that thread, you should. [4] It's priceless. That was more than just a "Plaxico". That could be called a "Plaxico avalanche", or maybe some better term that's not coming to me at this hour. :) The avalanche or maelstrom or cyclone or whatever had the unfortunate side effect of nearly sucking down the innocent new MoreThings (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and nearly drove him away, but I think he decided to stick around. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:00, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 09:08, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

OK, I must confess that I started this, about two weeks after the actual incident, during a similar situation [5] in which user Fru23 messed up and revealed his IP address, which led to his connection to a banned user KingsofHearts. In that case, the user had not brought the original complaint, it had been brought against him. But by making a classic sockpuppet mistake, he gave his game away, and that's when the "Plaxico" analogy came to me, since I couldn't think of any other recent public figure who had "shot himself in the foot" (or leg, actually). A few users since then have referred to it occasionally, although the story has sort of become old news by now. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:25, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I assume Plaxico is used because he shot himself in the foot. Which is also a saying "to shoot oneself in the foot" is to mess oneself up or do something that hurt one's own cause. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

That would be a correct assumption. If you can think of another well-known figure that shot himself in the foot or leg or whatever, we could use that as a synonym or a substitute. There was a novelty song back in the 60s or so called "The Ballad of Irving", about "Big Irving", the "142nd fastest gun [bang!] in the west", who went looking for number 141, and in the ensuing confrontation, "gunned himself down". We can't really use that one because of (1) ethnic issues; and (2) no one under the age of 50 will have heard of it. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 08:09, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Planecrash111

You know what, I think you are right. However, the other general tone in his request was inappropriate in my view. However, if you think he deserves another chance (if not fully unblocked but at least to edit his talk page), go right ahead. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 08:34, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

That's fine to me. Generally, I assume that people who have been here since last June (with discussions here and here) would act better but that's me. He's been told for a few weeks but if you want to engage him further, undo the protection. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 10:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, in this case, I'm going to leave it to someone with the bit. Nothing personal but if he starts up again, I'm not in the mood for dealing with him. He's been here long, been warned long enough, and if he can convince the email list, he can come back. Mention it at ANI if you really think he deserves another shot. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Am I correct here?

Hi, Daedalus. I don't know if I'm seeing the real picture, but I scrolled through recent changes and found that you probably made a questionable rollback as seen here. Since I don't know the subject, I am asking you to explain the rollback in hopes of confirmation. —Mythdon t/c 22:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)