` == Really, very busy ==  Some real life stuff that was slightly anticipated now seems to be occuring. Not around for a couple of weeks.      :Still busy, so alas timely responses not guaranteed.       == Just wanted to thank you ... == ... for taking an interest in the Moors murders and for helping out with the TFA issues. It was a pretty harrowing article to write, and I'm not ashamed to admit that there were sometimes tears in my eyes. I suggested the collaboration because Brady obviously won't live forever and his death is likely to be a media frenzy, but without  I'd never have done it. We need lots more PoDs. -)    :I've done nowt. Well done to you and PoD for yet another masterpiece.       ==Your note in the RfA== Dear Pedro, I've replied at the RfA too. I've shifted my comment post your note. Thanks for the message; my regards always.   :I think that was wise. Thank you.       == E-mail ==      :Hi Heymid - could you possibly resend - nothing in my inbox or spam filter.      ::Hi again. Yes, you're absolutely correct — I never sent you an e-mail. However, Protector of Wiki claims to have sent an e-mail to you, regarding an eventual mentorship. Did he e-mail you? If so, did you read it? Did you reply? Or he e-mailed Phantomsteve. I don't know, I can't verify PoW's claim.    :::HeyMid - sorry - my apologies - I misunderstood. As it happens whilst rifling my spam to find your message I did indeed get the message from Protector of Wiki. I'm not decided yet what my thoughts are. I'm also not sure I'm the best admin to ask - I'm barely active, rather busy in real life, and most relevantly my credibility on Wikipedia is pretty much zero. I'll try to make a more detailed response if I can but I'd urge PoW to contact PeterSymonds or indeed to ask via email that a request be placed on ANI (I know his talk page access is revoked but he can email unblock.en or any admin).      ::::I agree. Also, I have sent an e-mail to PoW, but haven't received an answer yet.    :::::Thanks. FWIW I generally agree that if he accepts the condition of removing the ALL CAPS thing that's a step forward. Mentorship (which he also accepts) would be conditional.      ::::::In the (latest) e-mail I wrote to him, I pointed out that the ALL CAPS issue wasn't the only reason for the block. I also wrote that I am willing to mentor him, but only if he agrees to certain conditions (written in e-mail). If he agrees, I will put them up at WP:ANI for discussion for an eventual unblock. I should've probably added that he should've contacted PeterSymonds (the initial blocking admin) at first hand, and not you (in fact, I can't even understand how you were somehow involved in this at first). I just hope that he is willing to adress the issues and concerns in order to become a good editor at Wikipedia, and that he doesn't try to evade his block through IPs and/or other accounts. He has written to me that he has no plans to leave the WMF (which is also a great 'favour'). However, my impression is that he doesn't understand why his behavior is disruptive (and blockable), which (of course) is a minus.    :::::::I can't quite remember how he came on my watchlist (an RFA comment I think) but it was clear from day one this was going to be a user who would have difficulty meshing into en.wp. I'm generally very positively biased towards newbies and whilst I recall trying to make some fairly blunt statements to PoW I was willing to also defend him. His block came as no suprise, however, and I support Peter Symonds' action all things being equal ...... nevertheless we do have WP:OFFER (ignoring the 6 month bit) and PoW did indeed make many positive contributions. Will he get the WP:CLUE and WP:COMPETENCE bits - only time will tell if he's unblocked. However his positive contributions did, albeit marginally, outweigh his very negative contributions (specifically the chip-on-the-shoulder attitude, ALL CAPS, caaling admins ``mods`` and general resisitance to helpful cajoling). I'd like to see him back but (and this sounds dreadfuly sanctimonious so I apologise in advance) only under an understadning that we don't suffer disruption gladly and can quickly revert his editing privelidges again if needed.      ::::::::There are many of us who ``have difficulty meshing into en.wp``, and in time I hope that there will be many more. Vive la Revolution.    :::::::::To quote your good self, albeit out of context and deliberatley truncated, It's difficult for non-wikipedians to understand .... That's the spirit of what I'm getting at. Some people just simply can't ``get`` the way things work here. I'm neither saying that Wikipedia works particularly well, or indeed that the way it works is acceptable. Nevertheless, it seems we do (through either blind luck, divine intervention or some as yet undiscovered property of M-theory) actually get cracking content out to our readership. Some people   just don't seem to be able to realise that in order to do that we need a least a modicum of give and take. My concern is that PoW might be one of those. Perhaps not, and hopefuly not. I'm not really in the mind set of disenfranchising anyone but vandals and extreme POV warriors - but those clearly unable to at least vaguely get along are more hinderance than help.      ::::::::::I don't know anything about what PoW's done or hasn't done, but I do know that if (s)he wants to continue contributing here then it's necessary to bend a little. Not too much, but just enough.    :::::::::::Indeed. The offer that PoW has put forward (via private e-mail) seems acceptable to me. Nevertheless it's not really my decision, and as I stated above my credibility on wp is largely non existent anyway so, alas, my opinion is not likely to count for much.      ::::::::::::... and neither of course is my opinion, so welcome to the club. -)    :::::::::::::We should introduce some handshakes, words and rituals. We don't want too many people in on this. [[User:Pe