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Due to pressing work concerns, I'm currently taking a wikibreak; I have no idea when I'll be able to contribute at full capacity again. Feel free to email me instead, since I'll only check my talk page every now and then.
With regards to Wikipedia, a few things you should know about me:
  • I try to accommodate. I'm sure every personality type is represented here, and surely some people just aren't going to get along. I try to practice common courtesy, with Zen being the popular word to describe it; "Go with the flow". However, even the deepest river has a limit to how much crap it can flow over and still remain calm. But I do my best.
  • I'm not perfect. If I've done something wrong or offended you, please let me know — I most likely didn't even realise what happened! I'm mostly a friendly chap. See WP:AGF and WP:BITE.
  • I try to evoke discussion. I strongly believe in healty, vigorous debate as well as WP:CITE, so additions without motivation can sometimes be viewed under increased scrutiny, especially when I'm on patrol for vandalism. Without proper references and citations, there are times when it can be difficult to tell between fact and targetted vandalism, and then one tends to err on the side of caution.
  • I tend towards inclusionism. There are no storage issues on Wikipedia, but I agree with WP:NOT and Wikipedia:Notability.
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Proposed deletion of George Weideman

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article George Weideman, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

BLP unsourced for more than 2 years.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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It's Been a Long Time...

Indeed, it has. I'm back to being semi-active on Wikipedia after a looooong hiatus, and I'd love to get an idea of how to better establish certain articles (in this case, with a single article that I believe deserves both retention and improvement). I'm using a fairly obscure subject for the page, but how can Towel_Boy_(wrestler) be improved? I can see several copy-editing issues, but I'd also like to see the article gets the citations it deserves. Many topics suffer from a lack of sourcing, and I feel now would be as good a time as any to help establish articles in the mainspace that may not have received sufficient attention in the past. Please let me know what areas need to be improved so I can get an idea of where to start, or refer me to someone who can take the time out to show me those particular ropes if you cannot. Thanks and cheers! Orethrius (talk) 22:55, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

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Image licensing

Hi,
I've changed your licence on Image:1-128th_note.png from the Creative Commons to the public domain. You can't claim copyright on a screen-shot!
Wereon (talk) 20:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Uh, okay. dewet| 10:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)