User talk:Hamiltondamonae

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Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:57, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I'm not allowed to comment on the Melania (film) talk page, so I am posting here.

You need to include an {{rfc|media|pol}} tag at the top of your post (just below the section heading) on the talk page for it to become an official RfC, etc.

See here for more info about that. ~2026-10151-41 (talk) 05:00, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-10151-41 Roger that. Thanks! Hamiltondamonae (talk) 05:04, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Could you put a signature on your opening statement (WP:RFCOPEN #6)? I think you did at some point, but it's gone now. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:49, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

@Hamiltondamonae: Might also want to include several options, since that appears to be missing as well. ~2026-10151-41 (talk) 18:23, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-10151-41 Minor thing, but you never have to ping someone on their own talkpage, it has no extra effect. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Ohhh, just putting the "@" symbol initiates a ping? I thought you had to use the {{ping|username}} template for that.

I only wanted to indicate who the comment was directed at. Thanks for the heads up. ~2026-10151-41 (talk) 19:15, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

It doesn't hurt anything either, so however you like. Help:Talk_pages#How_to_use_it has a description. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:40, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

just read the melania trash...i feel dumber now...but honestly, hilarious that guy calls you out for bias, when the bias is dripping all over his page...

User:DasallmächtigeJ

"A lot of topics where I hold expertise and that desperately need work, especially articles on gender and identity politics, are hogged by woke activists, who make it impossible to work on them and actively censor vital information. Wikipedia has completely caved in to their ideology and everybody who tries to make these articles less biased is harassed, threatened, and blocked into submission, which I consider the biggest issue on Wikipedia today."

multiple levels of adorableness if you read the whole thing.....the best part tho, is he's an "expert" because he did his phd thesis on gender in pro wrestling. Mandlerex (talk) 18:42, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

@Mandlerex You had me at "trash."

protip: The irony of all ironies is that he's (actually) likely a sock of one of those other trolls WP:OWNing the Melania page at the moment unfortunately. His appeal to authority fallacy is one of those behavioral tics that gives him away. Bill O'Reilly used to pull that garbage too, saying, "I'm actually an independent" to red-herring his way outta his obvious bias.

Funny stuff. Thanks for the laugh. Cheers. Hamiltondamonae (talk) 18:54, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

@Mandlerex P.S. Since it has been brought to my attention, I do find it odd and suspicious that you left this remark on my page. In hindsight, this feels like an attempt to WP:BAIT me, and I do wonder myself if you are a sock of the user presently WP:HOUNDING me. You may want to explain yourself over at the dispute board. Since this disruptive user IS hounding me and apparently watching every move I make, I will ask (once) that you no longer leave these messages on my talkpage out of respect for them, and myself. Thank you in advance for understanding and happy editing. Hamiltondamonae (talk) 21:03, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

@Mandlerex The ANI has been closed with a general warning to everyone, including (yes) the editor who initiated the ANI, and (yes) included the both of us, to disengage in future personal drama.

For peace of mind: It didn’t result in the block nor the “attitude adjustment” that the other editor wanted, nor in the topic bans that other instigators were petitioning for, and certainly did not result in any findings that you and me are socks. I’m telling you all this to deter you from stirring the pot again, so please do not take matters into your own hands again as you did by gossiping about others on my talk page.

My advice moving forward is that if/when the editor who instigated this resumes disruption against us or anyone then heed the closing admin’s advice from the ANI, which was to report to him any future drama. In other words, do not retaliate. Work through proper channels.

P.S. This reply does not need a reply from you, and I am swamped by tragic family business at home, so I will be mostly inactive on wikipedia for the short-term, so I don’t have much time for this anyways. But I’m being proactive here in my FYI to you in hopes it will minimize drama moving forward. Take care. Hamiltondamonae (talk) 16:02, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey, thx for the update. No worries. Didn't affect my peace of mind at all anyway. I found the whole thing kind of entertaining to be honest.

Intention wasn't to stir the pot, just to share a laugh.

Sorry about your family. Take care of yourself. Peace. Mandlerex (talk) 08:37, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

💙 aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 06:50, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

@Aesurias It's very hard. appreciate it. I'm out of sorts. hugs Hamiltondamonae (talk) 16:46, 28 February 2026 (UTC)