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 == Mike O'Meara == 

 >>I'm not trying to be a jerk about this. 
 Ah, but you have achieved jerkdom. Congratulations! 

 >>Please respect BRD. 

 What?!?!?!? 
 There are so many things wrong with that statement. 
 * BRD is not a policy. It says so right on WP:BRD. Rather, it is a way of resolving disputes. It is also unenforcible. 
 * There were only 2 people that weighed in on this BRD - you and me, and we were on opposite sides of the fence, so no consensus was reached and there is nothing to respect. 
 * That BRD was about whether or not Mike O'Meara is still notable. I think the Wikipedia policy that, once a person achieves notability, they are notable for all eternity, sucks raw eggs. But I'm abiding by it. 
 * This dispute is simply about the word ""former"". Once a person is no longer doing what made them notable in the first place, they should have the word ""former"" (or something similar) attached to their description. 

 Which is more truthful? 
 * Babe Ruth is a baseball player for the New York Yankees. 
 * Babe Ruth is a former baseball player for the New York Yankees 
 The first entry implies that he still plays for the Yankees. The second makes it clear that he once did, but doesn't any longer. 

 Isn't the first entry ridiculous? 
 * Abraham Lincoln is president of the United States. 
 And isn't this truthful? 
 * Abraham Lincoln was a president of the United States. 

  
 My compromise is that I'm willing to leave the Mike O'Meara entry in, but I INSIST on phraseology such as ""former"". Your compromise is - nothing. You want to be proven 100% right at all costs. I can keep on reverting your reversions for as long as it takes."