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Like the motto

I really like that motto of yours, "If in doubt, leave it out. Consensus before contentious. — Simon Jessey." I hope you don't mind if I use it from time to time. :D danielkueh (talk) 22:49, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for your effective mediation on the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 article. CT Cooper · talk 19:25, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Arbitration motion regarding Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change

Resolved by motion at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment that: The Climate change case is supplemented as follows:

The editing restriction described in remedy 16.1 ("Scjessey's voluntary editing restriction") of the Climate change decision is terminated, effective on the passage of this motion.

For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 12:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Discuss this

Have a beer

Thanks for jointly taking on Misplaced Pages:Mediation Cabal/Cases/13 November 2011/Usage share of operating systems! Having an experienced mediator there is going to be a big help. Have a virtual beer on me :) — Mr. Stradivarius 14:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Have a packet of crisps with that

Thanks for your contributions to the dispute I raised on Billy Fox. The result isn't everything I'd want, but the other editors haven't reverted it and I think your help contributed to a compromise. Thanks. --Flexdream (talk) 16:22, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Your fan club

...is holding meetings on my talk page. I hope they will bring something to eat, I'm hungry. Viriditas (talk) 08:29, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Faithful sockuppet reporting for duty! I forget, are you the sock and I'm the puppet, or are you the puppet and I'm the muppet? - Wikidemon (talk) 08:39, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm totally confused. I'm not sure I can even remember my name today. -- Scjessey (talk) 12:49, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

You're number 6. Viriditas (talk) 23:22, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I am not a number, I am a free man! -- Scjessey (talk) 23:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC) Don't tell my wife I said that. -- Scjessey (talk) 23:39, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

You think I am your sock, but consider yourself pwned, you are my sock. - Wikidemon (talk) 23:43, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

That's bullshit. I know for a fact that you wear sandals. -- Scjessey (talk) 23:47, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Greetings

Hi Scjessey. Just wanted to drop a quick line and say that in my estimation, the overall tenor of your editing shows that you are (a) a lot more experienced in the Ways of Misplaced Pages than I am, and (b) an editor who cares deeply on a personal level about Truth and Building a Better Encyclopedia. Cheers. Wookian (talk) 23:20, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

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Mother Jones

Hi, I made those edits with the co-founder of Mother Jones, as I work for him. The citation I did leave, didn't seem to work. What you removed is information about who founded the magazine, so now the article is incorrect. Kristina Mastro (talk) 19:22, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Followup RFC to WP:RFC/AAT now in community feedback phase

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Mentioned

You have been mentioned in this AfD Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/You_didn't_build_that. IRWolfie- (talk) 20:47, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	In particular for the ongoing discussion on Star Trek into Darkness regarding a pesky little I. At the end of the day, it may not have been resolved but we all did work together to try and get it sorted, even if we did feel at times we were banging our heads on our desks and calling our computer screens idiots. MisterShiney ✉ 14:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Sienna X

Can I make a polite request to slow down on CSD nominating? You tagged this article for CSD less than 60 seconds after its creator had submitted it. Yes, the version you saw didn't assert any significance, but half an hour later, the author added several important claims that allowed me to find at least one reliable source linking the company to notable things. WP:NPPNICE states "Research has shown that writers unfamiliar with Misplaced Pages guidelines should be accorded at least 10 to 15 minutes to fix the article before it is nominated for speedy deletion." --Ritchie333 16:26, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Question on colon use in titles

I’m curious about your stance on this, and you haven’t elaborated on Talk:Star Trek into Darkness, so I thought I’d directly ask you here. You’ve said that a subtitle isn’t a subtitle if not preceded by a colon, regardless of the intent of those who gave the title. Our MOS says nothing on the subject (that I’ve been able to find), and I don’t think the film industry has to follow any style rules for titles. I’m sure there’s something more substantial behind your objection than personal preference, so where does this come from? —Frungi (talk) 19:14, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

It's really rather simple. Unless there is a suitable separator (colon, dash, etc.) the title must be read as a phrase. It has to be this way because we don't know any better. If we try to second guess whether or not titles that have no separator are meant to be split or not, it will be anarchy. Moreover, the best evidence we have that Star Trek into Darkness does not have a subtitle comes from the official synopsis of the movie, because it uses "Star Trek into darkness" in a sentence. -- Scjessey (talk) 19:47, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

That’s not evidence of anything but that the people who wrote it know how to write in English. Besides, only “Star Trek” was used as a title in that instance.

As for your reasoning on the colon, you have a point in this case, the first title after a reboot. But I think it’s pretty well established that previous Star Trek movies had subtitles even when they didn’t use colons. —Frungi (talk) 20:06, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

With previous Star Trek movies (and I am referring only to the TNG movies here), the colon can be implied because they cannot be read as a phrase that makes any sense. But this new movie title is different for two reasons. Firstly, it can be read as a phrase (like "long walk into obscurity" or "journey into darkness") and secondly, it has a pesky preposition that falls under MOS:CT. Essentially, if we want to follow MOS our hands are tied. I am not a fan of making exceptions to guidelines or rules, because pretty soon it becomes a free-for-all. -- Scjessey (talk) 20:14, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for calmly and rationally explaining your position. I still respectfully disagree, but I understand the other side better now. =) —Frungi (talk) 20:20, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. But I'm only calm because I had a big lunch and I'm in a food coma. I might be an total asshole about it in an hour or so. :-D -- Scjessey (talk) 20:22, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks,