User talk:Drachenfyre/Archives/2008/May

Wikipedia meetup

As someone who may live or work near Washington D.C., you may be interested - if you've not heard already - about the meetup scheduled for Saturday, May 17th, at Union Station. For details, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4.

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Re: Requests for unbiased mediation

Just a thought... If you have a concern about a particular edit, or editor, why not raise it with the editor himself? Posting multiple, somewhat unsavourary messages to everybody and their uncle bar that user simply serves (in my humble opinion) to elevate levels of stress and conflict.

So, that said... is there a problem? There's nothing noted on the Kingdom of Gwynedd talk page (other than your firey message). --Jza84 |  Talk  11:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm afraid the feeling isn't mutual. I'm quite happy and comfortable in discussing any matter, whether that be feedback, a breach of policy or some such. I'm happy to offer an Olive branch even. Of course, I don't like that particular edit - I wouldn't seek a change if I did! That said though, that doesn't mean I hate you and seek to wipe out your edits, I just think that it isn't a good look for the article.

For the record I seek change because:

1. The image has huge preformatted sizing, warping text in my browser.
2. The image is in the lead, sandwiching the text between the infobox (which is prohibited by WP:MOS, and is in turn a barrier to achieving GA and FA).
3. The image is anachronistic; it's a picture of modern Wales, not something about the ancient Medieval Kingdom.
4. The image adds no value to the lead or article; it's a misty field, not an image of an artefact or baronial landmark that would be of scholarly interest.

I'm happy to ignore the remarks that I'm "not to be trusted" and have "bad motives" etc, as (though they are uncalled for), I sense you feel aggreieved. I ask however that you don't repeat such actions again without having first approached me with a sensible, polite, query/objection. Remember, there is a real person at the end of the signature.

I'm just here Drachenfyre to help write a good encyclopedia. There's no conspiracy or hateful edits hailing from my side of the keyboard. I enjoy Wikipedia and have had a healthy, productive usership over the last couple of years. The change I want for the Kingdom of Gwynedd isn't life and death to me; I'm just trying to help. I hope that clears that up. But please, please, no more of this drama; it does nothing but polarise us and damage your own reputation. I hope you understand, --Jza84 |  Talk  11:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)