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Userboxes I was once known as Giano II (2006-July 2009 Ive also been GiacomoReturned (2009 - 2012) Since 2004, my editing statistics are as meaningless as the user boxes below because I almost always write larger articles in my user space and then transfer them completed to main space The User Boxes below don't mean anything at all; I've collected them for decorative purposes only, but they serve as a valuable lesson: On Wikipedia and the internet don't take anything at face value Wikipedia This user is male. This user is a freemason in the Grand Lodge of Kansas. JHU This user attends or attended Johns Hopkins University This user is attends or attended Southwest Baptist University. ru-1 Этот участник владеет русским языком на начальном уровне. This editor is Grand Gom, the Highest Togneme of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to keep the floor plan of The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, including its ancient access keys. This user has written or expanded 1,006 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user has helped promote 2,500 good articles on Wikipedia. This user has reviewed 6,407 Good Article nominations on Wikipedia. PhD This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mathematics. ja この利用者は日本語を母語としています。 This user can speak Japanese. PhD This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Meta has a User Page for Giano This user plays the flute, and has passed the ABRSM Grade 50 examination for flute with distinction. kbd-4 This user is a professional keyboardist. Perl-5 This user is a professional Perl programmer. C++-5 This user is a professional C++ programmer. js-4 This user is an expert JavaScript programmer. PS-4 This user is an expert PostScript programmer. Java-3 This user is an advanced Java programmer. lisp-3 This user is an advanced Lisp programmer. This user is a geoscientist or is specializing in geoscience. This user is a physicist. es-5 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel profesional de español. de-5 Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch auf einem professionellen Niveau. ... This user is a professional translator of one or more languages. Jimmy Wales's voice (Wow! It's incredible, he sounds just like an ordinary mortal human being Recorded August 2014 Problems playing this file? See media help. Old messages are at: User talk:Giano II/archive 1 (From Oct 2004) User talk:Giano II/archive 2 (From Jan 2005) User talk:Giano II/archive 3 (From July 2005) User talk:Giano II/archive 4 (From Jan 2006) User talk:Giano II/archive 5 (From July 2006) User talk:Giano II/archive 6 (From Jan 2007) User talk:Giano II/archive 7 (From July 2007) User talk:Giano II/archive 8 (From Jan 2008) User talk:Giano II/archive 9 (From July 2008) User talk:Giano II/archive 10 (From Jan 2009) User talk:Giano II/archive 11 (From July 2009) User talk:Giano II/archive 12 (From Jan 2010) User talk:Giano II/archive 13 (From July 2010) User talk:Giano II/archive 14 (From Jan 2011) User talk:Giano II/archive 15 (From July 2011) User talk:Giano II/archive 16 (From Jan 2012) User talk:Giano II/archive 17 (From Jan 2013) User talk:Giano II/archive 18 (From July 2013) User talk:Giano/archive 19 (From Jan 2014) User talk:Giano/archive 20 (From July 2014) User talk:Giano/archive 21 (From January 2015) This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 7 months and 11 days. A quote, that sadly can't be attributed to me

I'm so glad to see you speak fluent Japanese and are a professional Perl programmer now! But still male, huh? Bishonen | talk 13:55, 24 October 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Ah, I'm glad you spotted the constant. I though about having that seen to too, but then the dog limped back from the vet's and I decided that was a step too far, even to raise my waning popularity on Wikipedia. So still borringly male, hetrosexual and loving women - all the things that make one a hate figure here these days. Giano (talk) 18:50, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's good to see you back, Excellency. I hope you don't mind, but I closed the outer userbox for you (the second {{Userboxbottom}}), 6 lines above). If you want a different layout, I'm always happy to help if I can. --RexxS (talk) 17:09, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, no Rex, it's fine as it is: as you can see I am an advanced computer programmer, I'm sure I'll manage to figure it out...........somehow. Giano (talk) 18:30, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PS:Actually Rex, could you please release Spumoni from his cage - if I do it, he'll only take advantage or my good, generous nature. Giano (talk) 18:32, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your slightest wish ... --RexxS (talk) 19:48, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh that's much better - thank you. Giano (talk) 19:52, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Have moved statement from case page to here where it should have been all along - apologies for that.

Can you consider rephrasing or removing your statement here [1]. Amortias (T)(C) 22:29, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I have already replied on the case page, it would appear that GW stands by the content of the article, so I can't really strike my comment as it's correct. Giano (talk) 22:31, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Giano...your summation here is one of the best pieces of thought I have ever read on this website. Bravo.--MONGO 23:17, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Mongo. I'm already informed one of our leading lady arbs that it will be discounted, but one does one's best to clarify things anyway. Giano (talk) 07:36, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Giano. I'm an arbitration clerk, which means I help manage and administer the arbitration process (on behalf of the committee). Thank you for making a statement in an arbitration request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case. However, we ask all participants and commentators to limit the size of their initial statements to 500 words. Your statement significantly exceeds this limit. Please reduce the length of your statement when you are next online. If the case is accepted, you will have the opportunity to present more evidence; and concise, factual statements are much more likely to be understood and to influence the decisions of the Arbitrators.

Exemptions to this limit can be requested either on the page in question or via the Arbitration Comittee mailing list.

For the Arbitration Committee, Amortias (T)(C) 16:56, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pointing that out; I will amend it shortly. Giano (talk) 17:30, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Amortias, but my computer makes the word count 433 words and 2,005 characters. I assume the replies to Kevin Gorman and Gorrillawarfare and co do not count as part of the statement. Giano (talk) 17:38, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giano, the responses to other users and questions asked do count towards the limit. Please see the large pinx box on the top left of the cases page for further calrification. Amortias (T)(C) 17:40, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh you want me to remove the responses to GorillaWarfare and Kevin Gorman, why didn't you simply say so? Giano (talk) 17:41, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The statements are welcome to remain as long as they are appropriate. If you wish to keep them you are free to request an exemption for the word count. Amortias (T)(C) 17:53, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In just under 12 years, I have never requested anything from anyone in any authority at Wikipedia. I suspect we understand each other. The statement is trimmed to precisely 500 words. If I'm asked any further questions, I shall respond here. Giano (talk) 17:56, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	It may not have been the wisest comment but I still couldn't help but be amused by the hilarity of that. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 02:00, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Hell in a Bucket I shall put it with my other awards. However, I'm not sure I like the word "cojones" on this page; there are Wikipedians around with delicate sensibilities where genitals are concerned. As my esteemed aunt (who as Wikipedia's most senior lady editor should have been asked to Chair the Gender Gap Ladies) never tires of saying: "never mistake vulgarity for wit". Giano (talk) 15:10, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No worries I removed it. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 15:29, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You may opt-out of future notifications related to this case at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Vested contributors/Notification list. You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Vested contributors. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Vested contributors/Evidence. Please add your evidence by November 5, 2015, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Vested contributors/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 01:19, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you L235, but I'm unsure quite what a "Vested Contributor" is. Therefore, I'm equally unsure what the purpose of the case is: it doesn't seem to explain it on the pages concerned. While I am notoriously stupid, a couple of hints might point me in the right direction. Giano (talk) 09:35, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After research, I see it's a biased name, and a clumsy attempt to flush out "vested contributors" (ie: anyone in anyway empathetic to sympathetic to Eric Corbett. It's a witch hunt and I shall have nothing to do with something so obviously corrupt. Giano (talk) 11:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You may opt-out of future notifications related to this case at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Arbitration enforcement 2/Notification list. You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Arbitration enforcement 2. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Arbitration enforcement 2/Evidence. Please add your evidence by November 5, 2015, which is when the evidence phase closes. For this case, there will be no Workshop phase. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 13:10, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Liz, if you don't mind, I think I'll opt out. Where I come from we abandoned the Forum Games as one-sided, heavily weighted entertainment some years ago. As one grows older, blood sports loose their appeal. Giano (talk) 22:08, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Am I the only editor here that thinks it's rather daft that when I logged in today, I was met with an appeal for money? This appeal is presumably organised by the same Foundation that is simultaneously encouraging senior Wikipedians to talk to the press and promoting articles which, often full or errors, claim this is a most dreadful and unfair place. Not exactly the type of place that the kind-hearted are going to donate to. One can't help wondering if the Foundation's right hand has a clue what its left hand is doing. Giano (talk) 09:50, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You probably are the only one, Excellency. The rest of us long ago clicked on 'Preferences', then went to the 'Gadgets' tab, and ticked the box in the Browsing section that said "Suppress display of fundraiser banners". --RexxS (talk) 15:10, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmmm,well I like to know what's going on. Giano (talk) 16:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Giano, Salvio giuliano, the drafting arbitrator (who is in charge of managing the case), has asked that you be added as an involved party to this case. In order for you to consider the statements made by other editors or to draft your own statement or response, the Evidence phase has been extended to November 10, 2015. For the Arbitration Committee, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:25, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]