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Your remark on books whose authors hold the copyright was interesting. Could you tell me more about this through my talk page? Whatever the publisher (Elsevier, Springer Verlag or others), I've always been asked to sign a copyright transfer form when I published scholarly content. I've always resented this. David.Monniaux 22:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mantanmoreland! I've just opened an RfC on myself for my conduct in a dispute that you were involved with concerning the Gary Weiss article. The RfC is located here and I welcome your comments or questions. CLA 21:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive!

WikiProject Biography is holding a three month long assessment drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unassessed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2007 – September 1, 2007.

Awards to be won range from delicacies such as the WikiCookie to the great Golden Wiki Award.
There are over 110,000 articles to assess so please visit the drive's page and help out!

This drive was conceived of and organized by Psychless with the help of Ozgod. Regards, Psychless ^{Type words!}.

Sure I'll pitch in, but 113,385 unassessed articles? You don't need editors, you need members of the cast of "Mission Impossible" ;) --Mantanmoreland 03:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you -- am moving to my main page right under the barnstar from....err....--Mantanmoreland 21:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See also, another board that isn't getting the attention it deserves...User:Bishzilla/Dispute Resolution Board And Swedish Massage Parlor...--MONGO 22:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have just made use of it, so let's see what happens.--Mantanmoreland 22:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may revert my changes if you disagree, but personally I feel that this article is a vanity piece and should be roundfiled accordingly. Burntsauce 19:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd appreciate your guidance concerning this article, since you have knowledge of finance. In your opinion is this a neologism? I have only rarely encountered this term of usage and I am dubious about devoting an entire encyclopedia entry to it.--Samiharris 17:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll file this under "no s--t, Sherlock."--Mantanmoreland 18:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to take a look at [1]. --Agha Nader 23:31, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Planning something? [2] Piperdown 04:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point on the Notable Wikipedian thing, that template is always problematic in situations like this. My basis was the licensing on Image:M Keiser.jpg - do you think that image should be flagged as possible copyvio pending WP:OTRS verification of source? Videmus Omnia 16:18, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was inadvertent ... in the process of adding a section on off-wiki harassment to WP:HARASS, I mistakenly cut that out. Happens when you just get up ... Blueboy96 15:27, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I threw up a few tags on your created pages. Some of them are questionable notability, but I think in general they are written from from a fair point of view and are informative. Many of them have improper citing, as I'm sure you know. I won't throw tags up on all of them, just giving you a head's up.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwynand (talk • contribs)

Hi Mantanmoreland. Thank you for your support and kind words in my RfA, which passed with 95 support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral !votes. It means a lot to me to have your individual support and the collective support of so many others. I truly will strive to carry myself at a level representing the trust bestowed in me as I use the mop to address the never-ending drips of discontent in need of caretaker assistance. Jreferee (Talk) 08:09, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plot of Les Misérables closed as a deletion, I'm challenging the way the closing administrator acted as in violation of Wikipedia rules. Your participation is welcome at that discussion, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 14. Please keep in mind that only arguments related to either new information or to how Wikipedia rules were violated or not violated in closing the discussion will be considered. It isn't a replay of the original AfD. I'm familiar with WP:CANVASSING and I am alerting everyone who participated in that discussion to the deletion review. I won't contact anyone again on this topic, and I apologize if you consider this note distracting. Noroton 04:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me, as long as Microcap stock fraud is the acquirer.--Samiharris 22:14, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clarification. Article is deleted. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was recently deleted and I am submitting it for deletion review. As I see you supported keeping Yale in popular culture - an article almost exactly the same as NYU in popular culture - please support me in restoring this page. As the creator of the page I plan on bringing it to the level of Wikipedia in culture should it be restored. Please comment on the process here: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_August_14#NYU_in_popular_culture. Your support is appreciated. Thanks. -- Noetic Sage 23:33, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I just was wondering why you were reverting my change. David Rockefeller is a central figure in a lot of conspiracy theories, so I think the category "Conspiracy" fits into his entry.

Lord Chao 00:18, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, thank you. Your support has been unwavering throughout this, and it's meant a huge amount to me, particularly as you've been laboring under the same situation yourself. It's these messages of support that put it all in perspective. SlimVirgin ^{(talk)(contribs)} 01:08, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have requested arbitration regarding WP:BADSITES and its derivative in WP:NPA, and named you as a party in this case. Phil Sandifer 00:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since you seem to have an opinion on this proposed change (based on your removal of the text thrice), could you please join the discussion on the talk page? Picaroon (t) 00:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Mantanmoreland. The arbitration case in which you are listed as a party to has opened. Please provide evidences on the evidence page for the Arbitrators to consider. You may also want to utilize the workshop page for suggestions.

For the Arbitration Committee,
- Penwhale | ^{Blast him / Follow his steps} 20:55, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

10-4.--Mantanmoreland 23:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a Catholic proud of his Jewish heritage, I think you would enjoy reading Daniel Boyarin's dense and very scholarly - but well-written and very thoughtful - A Radical Jew which is about Paul (Boyarin is a Talmud professor at UC Berkeley) Slrubenstein | Talk 19:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, an occasional humorous edit summary works wonders[3]. JFW | T@lk 23:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I take your word on it (the non-necessity). In was just concerned that this article not duplicate Martin Luther. I certainly agree that this is an article on a Book, not on Martin Luther.

On an other issue, shouldn't "their' begin with a capital, so: "Their"? That really bothers me, as I pay careful attention to Book titles. The alternative is to change "Lies" into "lies" (Library of Congress Format - but I don't like that.

Best, User:Ludvikus

PS: Get my point? So why's the above NOT Red? --Ludvikus 18:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The above named Arbitration case has closed.

You may refer to the case page to view the decision.

For the Arbitration Committee, - Penwhale | ^{Blast him / Follow his steps} 20:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah, but I'm not sure it'll be acceptable to you. Please see Talk:Lyman Ray Patterson#christian/baptist?. I'm not sure if this fellow went to the same school as Patterson, but I'm fairly sure the motivation for my action was pretty much the same motivation. John Carter (talk) 15:50, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Noticed the link to a foreign language template, assumed it wasn't a translation of your user page, deleted it. John Nevard (talk) 07:51, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holidays and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 05:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edits like this are entirely inappropriate. Please don't import crap from WR. Corvus cornix_talk 04:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe post a link to WR without a hyperlink? Corvus cornix_talk 05:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that could work. Corvus cornix_talk 05:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Try http://www.yahoo.comWjhonson (talk) 05:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I just omitted the "http" but I'll do that.--Mantanmoreland (talk) 05:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No big deal. Let the comments stay. That creates less drama. Jehochman ^Talk 20:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to thank you for being supportive of my effort to regain my adminship. Though it was not successful, your support was still very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--MONGO 06:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I'm one of the people who've noticed your good work on articles before. Good luck avoiding the stalkers. John Nevard (talk) 05:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Mantanmoreland. Cool Hand Luke 06:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment directed largely to you: Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Mantanmoreland#I'm done gathering evidence. Cool Hand Luke 08:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re this comment you made - [4]. Who is Sara, please? Neıl ☎ 17:57, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, never mind, I figured it out from context. Neıl ☎ 17:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please note I have filed a Request for Arbitration about the current dispute. It is available here. SirFozzie (talk) 20:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]