User talk:Lapsed Pacifist

Articles for deletion nomination of Pat O'Donnell

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The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia

re https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=The_Politics_of_Heroin_in_Southeast_Asia&curid=4478626&diff=326194225&oldid=324636244 : It's been a while since I read it, but I recall the heroin use among US troops was was affecting combat readiness because heavy use contributed to physical issues. Does that really fall under 'morale'? --Gwern (contribs) 18:27 16 November 2009 (GMT)

Burr (novel)

I have reverted your edits to the article. I disagree with your rationale "Remove anachronisms" for replacing the word bastard with out of wedlock. This a pseudo-historical novel and bastard would be completely appropriate for the period. The fact that Videl has a preference for profane language in his writing makes its use here even more appropriate. Using out of wedlock is the anachronism here, and it lacks the pejorative meaning of bastard that is also integral to the novel's plot. --Wlmg (talk) 02:52, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

I disagree. We wouldn't refer to a character as a nigger throughout an article just because it was "appropriate for the period". "out of wedlock" is not an anachronism for an encyclopedia article of the early twenty-first century. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 03:01, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

There are roughly ten times the google hits for "Hamilton bastard" as there are for "Hamilton out of wedlock". This is political correctness run amock. If it is from the novel then it belongs there. If it were Huckleberry Finn nigger would be appropriate. Insinuating politically correct terms is unencyclopedic as they alter meaning to something that would never be the author's intent. Btw there are publisher notes on Burr that refer to Martin Van Buren as a bastard so terming him "illegitimate" in the article is dubious as well. --Wlmg (talk) 03:22, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

The Huckleberry Finn article doesn't refer to Jim as a nigger just because the book does. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 03:26, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Republic of South Moluccas

An article that you have been involved in editing, Republic of South Moluccas , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Sutematsu (talk) 07:37, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Pics2.jpg

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Ariel and WT:Legality of Israeli settlements

Hello, Lapsed Pacifist. I took the liberty to revert your edit to Ariel (city) article to the text coined during long consensus-achieving effort (WT:Legality of Israeli settlements). I hope it's ok with you. --ElComandanteChe (talk) 22:04, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

OK. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 22:07, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Request for Enforcement

Hello. I've placed a notice at requests for enforcement as you have violated the terms of arbitration. it can be view at WP:AE. GainLine ♠ _♥ 17:24, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

March 2011

To enforce an arbitration decision, you have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, please read the guide to appealing arbitration enforcement blocks and follow the instructions there to appeal your block. Tiptoety ^talk 19:50, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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Please don't misuse the minor edit flag

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. --John (talk) 03:24, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Do you believe I have misused it? Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 03:33, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes. In this edit, for example you change murder to killing. This definitely falls outside the scope of minor edits. --John (talk) 04:06, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

You're right, I apologise. Lapsed Pacifist (talk) 04:07, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem at all. I looked at some of your edits and they seem like good ones. Just please err on the side of not marking edits as minor if anybody could possibly take offense at them. All the best, --John (talk) 05:00, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Arbitration Enforcement

Hello again, arising from the above I've raised a concern about possible breaches of arbitration conditions at wp:ae. GainLine ♠ _♥ 18:01, 20 March 2011 (UTC)