Rick,
How could you have compromised with the stubborn Marine?
First, please re-read [[Wikipedia:Don't bite the newbies]].
Second, stop being a "giant prick" and go do something else for an hour. Or help edit the "(actor)" page, and when you're BOTH done, do this:
(a) delete the original (untouched) Phoenix article (edit summary: to make room for a redirect) (b) rename, i.e., "MOVE" the "(actor)" article to Phoenix.
After the dust settles, you can leave a nice, polite, friendly note at the newbie's page explaining that we only need one article, and that we only append things like "(actor)" when we need to distinguish between two similar things.
That way, you make a friend -- instead of pissing someone off.
Ed Poor One of the most experienced users at Wikipedia
Whatever happened to the policy of not attacking people on the mailing list? You, as the list administrator, are allowed to be the only one to do so? You keep chiding me for doing it, you might try living up to it.
Also, this person is not a newbie.
Third, I was TRYING to be polite. He kept ignoring me.
RickK
"Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote: Rick,
How could you have compromised with the stubborn Marine?
First, please re-read [[Wikipedia:Don't bite the newbies]].
Second, stop being a "giant prick" and go do something else for an hour. Or help edit the "(actor)" page, and when you're BOTH done, do this:
(a) delete the original (untouched) Phoenix article (edit summary: to make room for a redirect) (b) rename, i.e., "MOVE" the "(actor)" article to Phoenix.
After the dust settles, you can leave a nice, polite, friendly note at the newbie's page explaining that we only need one article, and that we only append things like "(actor)" when we need to distinguish between two similar things.
That way, you make a friend -- instead of pissing someone off.
Ed Poor One of the most experienced users at Wikipedia
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