User talk:Arce

Your username

The username you've chosen could (easily) be seen as offensive by other users. You should consider changing it to something more appropriate. Its easy to do, full instructions are here. Please read Wikipedia's policy on usernames for more details. Thanks. Gwernol 15:36, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My username is my surname, so I find this suggestion extremely offensive.Arce 17:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Without evidence that the name is equivalent to an offensive word or a historical person, there is no justification for this particular threat. Captainktainer * Talk 20:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me there but you might want to look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Arce Arce 21:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately it is also pronounced the same way as an extremely common British obscenity (see Arse). I won't force you to change it, but I can guarantee that sooner or later someone else will object to it and you will be asked again to change it. Thanks, Gwernol 21:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are mistaken my friend. I do not pronounce my name like Arse, If anyone did that to me I would be very upset. I think you are taking an anglocentric view, Arce is a very common name worldwide - try googling for it. Why not tell me your name - perhaps your name means something rude in Spanish or Guaraní ;) Arce 21:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:FelixCheng

I have been trying to deal with Felix's vandalism, disruption and pointless bickering for nearly three months. Despite 7 blocks by several different admins he continues to disrupt Wikipedia and waste countless hours of the time of good editors and admins cleaning up the mess he has made of countless pages. He is amazingly unsuited to be an admin, he does not understand even basic policy, continues to make poor and disruptive edits and cannot understand and follow even simply instructions. I have repeatedly advised him that if he applies for adminship he will fail spectacularly. At some point I feel obliged to put the interests of the majority of Wikipedia editors ahead of the needs of one RfA candidate.

Trust me, if you believe my comments are "unkind", they are nothing compared to some of what he will receive if he goes ahead with his RfA. I have to say that your premature "support" comment casts serious doubts on your judgement too. Thanks, Gwernol 23:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have spent many, many hours dealing with Felix: go read his talk page archive. I have reverted hundreds of his edits. I have gone the extra mile again and again with Felix, spent many hours crafting simple clear advise and trying to get him to stop harrassing other editors and creating inappropriate articles and edits. I have no idea if he is "special" as you described it; I prefer to treat all people equally. I do know that he is a completely inappropriate admin candidate, indeed I could hardly think of anyone worse to be one. I fail to see how telling him he'd be a great admin helps him in the slightest. Gwernol 00:09, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am certainly impressed with your ability to deliver a conclusive psychological diagnosis of a complex and often mis-diagnosed syndrome, based on one interaction with an editor on Wikipedia. However even assuming you are right, I fail to see how lying to Felix about his abilities and prospects for promotion to admin helps either Felix or Wikipedia. Gwernol 00:31, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Try living alongside it 24/7Arce 00:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although I have a times felt frustrated at some of Felix's edits and have maybe even shown it in some replies on his user page I have wondered if he does indeed suffer from a certain syndrome. Penrithguy 18:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rupert Bear

I afaid your entery on Rupert Bear is incorrect. He does not have a middle have middle name. They are various offline articles for this such as George Perry's "A Bear's Life Rupert. Websites that prove this are http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~afm/followers/rupert.html. ant_ie 11:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, I stand corrected. Arce 12:05, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

War is exciting?

I think your addition "Although war is exciting, it usually results in many deaths" to the War article does not sound good. Maybe it's reasonable to say that war movies are exciting, but war itself? Also "war usually results in many deaths" sounds like a trivial piece of information to include in an encyclopedia. Please consider deleting or rewriting this. Dianelos 19:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair I have been in a war. It certainly got my adrenaline going at times and several good people around me died. Arce 19:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]