Umm... I'm not touching the actual content of this dispute with a ten-foot pole. So, please, no one accuse me of taking sides here. But I do agree with Richard that an article talk page is an utterly inappropriate location for this conversation. Perhaps, instead of an article talk page or LM's user talk page, this should go on the Wikiquette alert noticeboard or something. Anything. Just not here. If I were a new user, I'd be scared away from Wikipedia if I saw a discussion like this on an article talk page.