Dcbiglaw

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Mail-order bride

Hi Dcbiglaw. I appreciate your reverting Michaellovesnyc's edits, as I'm getting tired of dealing with him. However, you should read about the three revert rule and make sure you don't violate it yourself--it can be considered a violation even though your preferred version is better, more NPOV and so on. That's why we need to take this to user-conduct requests for comment soon. I am very busy at the moment but will do it by Monday or Tuesday. Hopefully it will make him realize that his behaviour is inappropriate.

In the meantime, you might want to try and discuss things with him on his talk page whenever you revert--it's considered good etiquette, and if we can show that we've tried to resolve the issue through civil discussion it will strengthen the case against him when we open the RFC. When you leave a message on a user or article talk page, always type four tildes, ~~~~, at the end. This will automatically add your username (or IP address if you're not logged in) and the time and date to the end of the message. It's very helpful if everyone has done this when you're reading back over the discussion later.

Also, the photo you uploaded doesn't meet the guidelines for Wikipedia:Uploading images. Specifically, you need to explain how the use of this photo comes under fair use in copyright law. I don't know anything about copyright law, which is why I never upload images...but I do know it can be taken down if you don't provide this information.

I know you're new to editing Wikipedia, and it seems like you're really trying to help improve this article, so I hope you don't feel put off by all this procedural stuff. I've been editing for about eight months, but this is the first time I've gotten involved in a serious dispute so I'm still learning some things. Feel free to leave me a message if you need help. --Grace 23:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

You previously commented about User:Michaellovesnyc's edits to Mail-order bride. I've now begun drafting a user RfC against him; it's here. To make it into a stronger case when it is submitted to mediation, please help edit it and add evidence about the problem and how you've helped try to solve it. There has been little discussion between the editors involved in this dispute, so it's difficult for any one person to do it alone. I'd really appreciate your help--I hope one day we can get this article up to a much higher standard. --Grace 02:32, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Who would you rather marry?

You know the poll on Michael's website - "WHO WOULD YOU RATHER MARRY", "An Nasty Skanky Stupid American Feminist" or "An Intelligent Nice Beautiful Mail Order Bride"? I wonder who's been voting? I notice that 19% of responses claim to prefer an nasty skanky stupid American feminist. That's what I voted for. But you must admit it's a bit of a loaded question. :)

On a more serious note, have you noticed that Michael's begun making similar POV edits to Maria Cantwell (a Democrat senator) now that Mail-order bride is protected? I'm going to watch the page. --Grace 23:59, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

So, the latest from Michael is that you declare yourself to be "a member of a perfect femi-nazi super race". :) I'm sorry the RfC has taken so long, I really will try to get it in as soon as possible - it's just that I'm in the middle of exams, but the last is on Thursday (hooray!). You can keep adding evidence to the RfC if you want - go to the mail-order bride talk page's history and select the link where the comment was added (like I did above), and copy it into the RfC page with a brief summary ("more personal attacks," etc.). --Grace 03:40, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

RfC on

Hi Dcbiglaw. Having finished my exams for the semester, I finally got around to submitting the RfC against [[User: ]]. Sorry it took so long. The page is at Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/ . Please help by signing the "Users certifying the basis for this dispute" section, since you were one of those who tried and failed to resolve the dispute. (I know you signed the draft version, but I figured you should sign the final submission so it will have the current time on it.) You can also add other evidence if you want to. Thanks! --Grace 23:03, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I just realized that DCBigLaw is at VisaJourney.com, possibly as TigreTigre or IMBRA2005, trying to assuage the visa applicants and convince them not to sue the government about all the visa delays.

That is the only way she would have recognized EnglishGarden. There is no other way. And EnglishGarden only showed up there for 2 or 3 posts last month. We are talking here of a lawyer who is paying all too much attention to the IMBRA topic.

DCBigLaw: Please disclose if you are getting paid to monitor the web in any way to promote IMBRA. Please disclose if you are connected with the Tahirih Justice Center in any way. This is fraud if you are, but it would be a good opportunity for everyone to finally stop fighting and maybe fix IMBRA itself in the introduction part of the law. --EnglishGarden 18:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)