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Main Page redesign

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll to select five new designs, before an RFC in which one will be proposed to replace the Main Page. The poll closes on October 31st. Your input would be hugely appreciated! Many thanks, Pretzels^Talk! 09:16, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

POV, discussion, reference

I am sorry but you have failed to establish your reasoning in the apropriate manner. I am refering to your recent edits on English language. I suggest that if you wish to control the manner of this article, you do so correctly. Asserting yourself without reference will not be sufficient. I hope you can establish your ideas because I for one am most intrigued. ~ .. 15:05, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually TEB728 acted entirely appropriately in the framework of the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. You were bold, he reverted, now the next step is discussion. But not here, with accusations of "failing to establish one's reasoning" and "asserting oneself without reference", but rather at Talk:English language while carefully remembering to be civil. —Angr 15:39, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Quote the guideline page you provided:

1. BE BOLD, and make what you currently believe to be the optimal change. (any change will do, but it is easier and wiser to proceed based on your best effort.)
2. Wait until someone reverts (or modifies) your edit.
3. You have now discovered a Most Interested Person. Discuss the changes you would like to make with this person, and reach a compromise.

this person has avoided discussion with me therefore should not be in the loop. If you wish to community me out (civil? what?), feel free as is your privelidge. I saw a discrepancy and fixed it. I doubt I appear in any way incorrect. Good luck ~ .. 18:15, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

He hasn't even been on Wikipedia since he reverted you, you can't say he's "avoided discussion" with you. If you read his edit summary in the revert, you'll see the issue is not that the info you added is incorrect, or unsourced, but merely that it is too detailed and too historical for the lead section of the article about the English language. The information would fit better in a paragraph in the article History of the English language. —Angr 18:41, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I queried TEB728 already and he answered me in part but deleted the section from this page. ~ .. 22:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I didn’t reply until now because I have been away from my computer for almost three days. As for deletion, I replied to your previous post because I felt I owed you an explanation of why I had reverted your original edit; I deleted the section because you replied argumentatively, and I had no interest in discussing it further with you. On second thought I probably should have replied instead that I agreed with your stated intent to discuss your change on the article talk page. You really should have gone there in the first place. As you can see on the article talk page, I am not the only one who dislikes your change. —teb728 t c 01:36, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

So return the full content of this page without any alterations. In fact it is unusual and quite incivil to delete. I still haven't made a check of the guidelines on deleting stuff but I am almost sure I have seen deleting stuff to be questionable before. I suggest, if you wish not to comment with me you should state that and leave a record of the full text for all to see right here where it belongs. Why not? ~ .. 19:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

You are looking for the 8th bullet at WP:TPG#Others' comments. I normally keep and ultimately archive posts on this page; I only delete sections as a sign that I have no interest in discussing a topic further. —teb728 t c 19:57, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking more along the lines of the 8th bullet of Wikipedia:Etiquette#Principles_of_Wikipedia_etiquette but it seems you are prepared to discuss the matter on the article page now. ~ .. 01:19, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

No thanks

Nah. I've already uploaded a pic. THX anyway.

--Blacky98 (talk) 15:40, 11 November 2008 (UTC)