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RE: your comment on my talk.
Thanks for clarify, you really cleared things up. I understand the experimental thing now, and recognize it's off limits. Let's see if someone reverts it shall we?
Martin0001 (talk) 05:10, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
I have tried to leave messages on the Discussion page, from work so I did not log in. The unregistered contributor does not reply. I have also left message on their talk page to no avail. Is it just me or does it seem as though this person is getting away with murder here. I simply added some relevant information which meets wiki guidlines and now I am accused of edit warring? Where is the neutrality in any of this? --KravTeacher (talk) 05:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
I have no problem with the reports being combined, but I consider it refactoring if it's not made clear that this was done. I guess it's a pet peeve? In my opinion, as per the the original intent, the order of the reports, and the fact that they were made separately should be made apparent. And I think it would be good to address how this is going to be resolved to Krav who has asked for help, been responsive and communicative, and is trying to work within the rules. He's posted on the anon's talk page, and on the article talk page. People get frustrated after a while. ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
I understand. I want to thank both of you for trying to help. While I do believe Moshe is an authroity on the subject, I can see why it might be percieved as less than objective. However, I stand by my original assessment of him. As an Israeli, living in Isreal, and a long time student of martial arts; I think he deserves a place. He is no way connected with Kapap or any of their people and his article has been on the internet for some time. In fact, long before I began trying to use it as an external link. ChildofMidnight has sent me some other reference material. I will go thru' it and check it for accuracy. Thank you again. --75.167.51.228 (talk) 20:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
I've added a suggestion to the Kapap discussion. If you have time, will you please take a look and let me know what you think? It would really help me if you have any suggestions on how to put it together. I have also asked ChildofMidnight to help. Thank you --KravTeacher (talk) 20:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar - much appreciated! – ukexpat (talk) 00:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hi,
an article I created has recently been redirected, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/UH_Racing
would it be possible for me to make the corrections to the article under WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:NOR
the original request was stated for being non-notable 'Non-notable. Formula SAE/Formula Student is a university-level engineering and racing program. It's specific participating universities and teams are not notable. The359 (talk) 00:31, 29 December 2008 (UTC)'
but the UH Racing team were the first in the world to produce a hydrogen powered racing car, and race it in an international competition. This can be elaborated more in the artcilce with many sources.
If it is possible to make changes were do I edit the article or will it be reinstated for a number of days.
If not thankyou for your time reading this.
Ian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Burgeian (talk • contribs) 00:11, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Yesterday, when you removed the semi-protection from Zombie, you commented, "Semi-protection removed for now - let's see how that goes". It's gone as I expected. Two anon vandals have already vandalized the page, the first one less than three hours after the protection was removed. You might consider adding the protection back. Otherwise, as you can see from older history, it's a daily chore for editors to remove the vandalism from this article. travisl (talk) 17:18, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I'm aware you've had disputes with User:Rebecca in the past but this is unnecessary given she's left Wikipedia. At best it only prolongs ill feeling over a past disagreement. Would you consider amending your goodbye message to something more neutral? Euryalus (talk) 21:42, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
I am not advertisng the link is to do with the stuff on the page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Royalcorpsa2009 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you Euryalus for voting in my successfully closed RfA! I'm glad that you trust me. Ping me if you need anything! Best regards, --Kanonkas : Talk 20:16, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
You immediately removed the following addition I made to the "fast food" page.
"Not everyone is trying to avoid fast-food. Some are simply trying to find the best tasting, most satisfying fast-food available. Attempting to fill that need is a volunteer project, FastFoodCritic. The FFC website provides nutrition information for each item being reviewed, however the project's main focus is judging the food's taste, value, preparation and delivery."
Can you tell me why this was removed, and why you said it was "advertising"?
FastFoodCritic is a reputable source, with volunteers reviewing fast-food in their spare time. The site is an information/review site, and they don't have any goods or products for sale. FFC has been recognized by many of the bigger food networks since it launched 10 months ago, and I felt it deserves to mentioned alongside the other sources mentioned.
Thank you for any explanation. I'm new here. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Happycats (talk • contribs) 09:48, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
EDIT: Hello again Euryalus. :)
After reading the guidelines again I think I understand more clearly what does and doesn't belong in certain categories. I apologize for making a mistake. I was eager to add a relevant site which I myself am a fan. Perhaps it could qualify as a reference or external link on the subject? Anyway, I will try to do a better job next time. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Happycats (talk • contribs) 10:20, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Please reinstate this article. This has grown to be a very popular game is very relevant. Can you explain why you deleted it? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.59.204.131 (talk) 20:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
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Hello. I'm typing this message to you because I like to have a second opinion.
Anders.adermark (talk · contribs) is insisting on adding this link to the Yahtzee article, but I considered the link as spam/irrelevant. I told him to read WP:SPAM and WP:EL and look at the Scrabble article as an example before reinstating the link, but I don't think he got my message right and is still insisting on his link because he said, "I can't find one place where you can play Yahtzee online without paying or registering, and I have searched a lot. That's why I wrote the game, to be able to share with other's sharing the same interest."
I've asked Tikiwont for some assistance on this matter, but he said that I either speak to him directly about it (which I won't do anymore) or put the matter on the article's talk page (which I doubt will get an immediate response). Do I have take Tikiwont's advice of putting the matter to the Yahtzee talk page or do you think the link is inappropriate under WP:EL? - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 16:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
HEY! My article went away and ( if i understand why) YOU did it! - Why did you make my article get erased? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Planeteer12 (talk • contribs) 10:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
STOP WITH THE DELETING ALREADY! - I know the article seems like a "Test Page" for the time being, I haven't decided what it will be about yet is all! - once I come up with a subject I can make it better i think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Planeteer12 (talk • contribs) 10:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Re your change in Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 2003. Just on this perennial candidate - he's run under both "F Ivor" and "Ivor F"; I have no idea of the logic behind this, but the Electoral Commission confirms here that in the case of NSW 2003 he was running as "F Ivor". Frickeg (talk) 21:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taj_El-Din_Hilaly&diff=252360309&oldid=252358490
What was "Although the visa was temporary, it was routinely until 1988 when then" meant to mean? SmithBlue (talk) 11:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
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you said my previous posts were vandalisms......WHY!!!??? how is that vandalising?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omgitsthomas (talk • contribs) 05:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I have a huge map that shows all of the countries at the bottom and i saw 2!! -_- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omgitsthomas (talk • contribs) 06:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Just a question to help me out, but you declined this request which was fair enough (my fault for reporting so quickly) but the user was blocked just after your decline. What's the procedure here, or is it not hard and fast? M♠ssing Ace 23:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Euryalus, Many thanks for your support in my RFA, and for reconsidering from your original neutral. Sorry for not saying this in the RFA, but yes I realise that working at CSD will involve declining some overenthusiastic deletion suggestions. There's a full glitzy Oscar style version of my acceptance speech here. Thanks WereSpielChequers 20:06, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know! Frickeg (talk) 21:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
i'm sorry about changing the page but she lived in chester 4 awhile because she did a movie with my best friendharas (talk) 13:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
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While you're in the mood to prevent blocked users from editing their own pages, I wonder if you'd mind taking care of this one? He continues soapboxing despite being told not to. Thank you! Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 10:50, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
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First of all, if you checked the new links properly, you will see that they also contain links to official court documents from government websites AND the COURT documents copied and shown on the blog in addition give original shots of court documents as well which are good for evidence in courts of justice, so what's the problem then with WIKI??? Do you also suggest the information on Sarah Fisher's website and WIKI entry are false and the SEC website and the court websites and databased in Florida lie and are not reliable enough for the Wiki Project. What about an inexistend GRAVITY company website - does that round up a picture?! You seem to be either questioning a little bit too much or too little but indirectly working for Gravity and their goals. No matter what, they have used the ficticious information provided in an unconfirmed old WIKI entry to prove legitimacy they don't deserve and you are aiding their procedure in scamming millions of dollars from small and institutional clients. Congratulations! WiVictim 02:30, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Question: How is "Revolutionary Vol. 3" by Immortal Technique a meaningless topic if its about an album by a very well-known artist. Curious Lil Drift (talk) 07:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
But, without a source, how do we know Suzette Spencer not a Quaker Sunday School teacher being maligned? I'd suggest the standard for removing unreferenced things under BLP is "if this were untrue, is it likely to be hurtful or libellous".--Scott Mac (Doc) 22:04, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for redirecting this - a good solution indeed. Sandolsky (talk) 14:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for looking at this, I guess the issue is more that this is a re occurring problem against another user as shown here...? Regards, Badgernet ₪ 14:56, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hey, the above user is being affected by a hardblock you placed on 194.176.105.39; it's marked as a CU block, so I'm assuming you know more about this than I do. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
See User talk:Cwray. As I have no idea which person your hardblock was intended to stop, I cannot compare this accounts editing patterns to anything else. Since you know what you are looking for, could you please respond to his unblock request, and grant the WP:IPEXEMPT if appropriate? Thanks. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Quotation from your comment at Talk:Serratiopeptidase :- ":Thanks for taking the time to find the various references you list above. If you think an article requires expansion and you believe you have reliable sources for the changes, by all means go ahead and do them. If there is disagreement over your additions and theya re reverted, bring them here to discuss and seek consensus." I had written long articles with numerous references to reliable sources, but they were entirely deleted by forcible "merger" (over my protest) into this defective, meager article. This is already an ongoing case of disagreement, and I am requesting that you take a look at the materials deleted when they were "merged". When you write "bring them here to discuss and seek consensus" do you mean for me to paste the whole articles (many paragraphs long) onto this page, or what? Or would a link to a previous version from the "article history" be sufficient?
Also, the article Hans Alfred Nieper which was linked to this article was likewise deleted by the same legal-vandal character who deleted these articles of mine; this article Hans Alfred Nieper was largely written by a professor who had written much of one of the articles deleted by "merger" into the remaining "Serratiopeptidase" article.0XQ (talk) 01:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)71.76.32.220 (talk) 01:49, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
My RFA passed today at 61/5/4. Thanks for participating in my RFA. I appreciate all the comments I received and will endeavor to justify the trust the WP community has placed in me. Have a nice day. :-) AdjustShift (talk) 21:13, 11 April 2009 (UTC) |
hi euryalus, thanks for the detailed explanation. i will go through the link which you gave. As you said, Lyrics plays an important role, since there is no Tamil film without songs. Let me explain to your questions one by one.
The problems with the links are they are not from an official website linked to the actual movies
yes, there are 5-6 movie released per month or even more. There wont be even official websites for some movies. this site is separately dedicated for all Tamil movie song lyrics. We are separate team of 5 members working to add lyrics on day to day basis. Even general public people can contribute to it.
its not immediately clear why the lyrics are important enough for a link to a website with their lyrics
you can see that each songs have lyrics of about half a page. Each film will have atleast 5-6 songs. So thought not to have much content over Wikipedia and make it a mess over here.
if there's support for them go right ahead and keep adding them in
i am sure we will get good support, but only from certain group of people. Because, i don't know any English films that have songs with lyrics (albums are separate ones, hope i am right). So don't know how many people will suport if its a general public option. anyway will try it out.
Thanks once again. Balajijayaraman (talk) 16:55, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
No problem. I didn't even to notice it.Aquila89 (talk) 09:57, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
I've stopped. But the same cannot be said for the other party. Digestible (talk) 22:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Euryalus
regarding your change to the wikipedia page on lard here:
23:25, 22 April 2009 Euryalus (talk | contribs) (18,278 bytes) (rm good faith but unsourced addition) (undo)
would urban dictionary be a reliable source? 80.42.170.205 (talk) 14:58, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. I guess I need to start looking for a reliable source then =P 80.42.170.205 (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
This is very true. (although probably not so pertinent to the Michelle Leslie afd). Nicely put. --Merbabu (talk) 12:07, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
I've just checked whether it's working, having spotted a typo to be fixed, and it is. I'm grateful for your help, and yes, I do promise I won't do anything bad with the privilege. Kay Dekker (talk) 12:01, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
You undid a change I made which is based on intimate (no pun intended) knowledge of the escort business. What do you know about this business? You say that the material I added is unsourced but it would be helpful to know what kind of sources you are looking for. Do you want the names and contact numbers of the numerous people who have fallen victim to these escort agency scams? I have been a regular user of Wikipedia for many years as a reader but this is the first time that I have actually felt strongly enough about something and had a deep enough knowledge that others probably wouldn't have to actually contribute. While I respect people who have been contributing for a long time I don't think it's appropriate for long time contributors to rubbish the contributions of new people. For a great project such as Wikipedia to go from strength to strength requires the experienced contributors to assist the newer people in improving their contributions but not to rubbish them and delete them as worthless. You say that Wikipedia is not a “how to” manual but all I have done is provide useful and relevant information on the subject concerned. I’m sorry to say this and I don’t mean to be rude but I think your intervention in deleting my entry is arrogant and heavy handed. As a new contributor I welcome your help and advice on how to improve my contribution for the benefit of all concerned, perhaps by telling me what kind of references would make my contribution of a better standard. However, deleting my contribution entirely on a subject that I know a great deal about and which you probably know next to nothing about, does little justice to the whole idea of Wikipedia as a resource for the people by the people. I hope you understand where I am coming from and take my comments in the sincere manner that they are meant.
I look forward to your advice and help in making my future contributions to Wikipedia of the best possible standard.
Many thanks.
Hagis69 (talk) 04:25, 3 May 2009 (UTC)Hagis69
Thanks! :) DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 08:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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Sorry! I did think about changing it to something less depressing or more often styling myself just DBAK. Truth to tell, I was feeling very much all three of those, and particularly with wp, when I set the account up ... oh well. Sorry again! Best wishes :) DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 07:17, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Am I writing to you in the correct forum? If not, how do I do it? You wrote: Feel free to let me know if I haven't explained the deletion well enough, or if I can help regarding a new version of this (or any other) article. Euryalus (talk) 04:11, 7 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikisgoot (talk • contribs)
Hi Euryalus, Thanks a lot for your advice. Sorry for putting up the copyrighted text for Patrick Thompson - Evoke. My questions and notes are below.
- COPYRIGHT: I emailed Patrick Thompson asking if I can use some text and photos for which he is the copyright holder (including the relevant links in the email) in the wikipedia article. He said that I could and I emailed his answer to permissions-en@wikipedia.org and permissions-commons@wikipedia.org (please find the content of the email below).
- ISSUE: Does the email cover what I need? If not please explain what I can do. I'm not sure if I have the correct license information in the email to/from Patrick.
- NOTABILITY: Patrick is an artist of note and reputation in his field (street art/ graffiti) certain in North America and to an extent internationally.
Thank you in advance!
Hello,
I am creating a wikipedia page for Patrick Thompson - Evoke.
I tried to yesterday but it was deleted (it was my first entry and I neglected to get consent from Patrick Thompson). I hope the consent below is sufficent, if it is not please tell me - as simply as possible :) - what I need from Patrick. Regards!
Forwarded Message ----
From: Pt <evocal@gmail.com>
To: ymailvan <ymailvan@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 2:11:49 AM
Subject: Re: seeking permission for wikipedia page
1) please do use the information (images and text) from the links you mentioned above.
2) I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of WORKS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gobmagazine/3454116699/
http://patrickevoke.blogspot.com
www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke
http://patthompson.them.ca
I agree to publish that work (both the text and images in the links above) under the free license LICENSE for text: GFDL, v. 1.2 or later and CC-BY-SA version 3.0].
I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
May 7th, 2009, Patrick Thompson
yours patrick Thompson
647 878 5239
On 7-May-09, at 1:23, ymailvan <ymailvan@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Patrick Thompson,
I am writing to confirm whether permission is granted to use text and photos from:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gobmagazine/3454116699/
http://patrickevoke.blogspot.com
www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke
http://patthompson.them.ca
from your website under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL ). A user with the *[IP xxx/ username xxx] has pasted in text from your website [WEBSITE ADDRESS] to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text concerns [TOPIC OF PAGE] and the original submission can be viewed at [Address of Pre-copyvio boilerplate version].
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Yours faithfully,
John
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikisgoot (talk • contribs) 06:37, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
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Why should one geisha's name and website be included?
Sayuki is not "just one geisha". She is the first white geisha ever in Japanese history. That means that she has changed 400 years of geisha history, and has broken one of the last bastions of Japanese exlusiveness. That is historic. And akin to being the first black politician, or the first black singer in the NY Opera. That is also historic and no doubt they are mentioned in Wikipedia.
The geisha entry on Wikipedia includes books by geisha, blogs by geisha, and external links to geisha sites. EITHER you should exclude ALL of these, or you should allow mention of Sayuki to stay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FiG8 (talk • contribs) 09:37, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
"Sayuki geisha" brings up thousands of media mentions including Japan's wire service Kyodo News, Japan's national television network NHK, BBC, The Independent, The Telegraph in the UK, The Australian, Nikkei Weekly, all the major Japanese papers, all the major Australian papers, CBS in the US, etc.
Academic sources? Sayuki herself IS an academic, with a doctorate from Oxford, is a specialist in Japanese Studies, and is currently lecturing on traditional Japanese culture at one of Japan's most prestigious universities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.162.191.123 (talk) 10:32, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
1. Other geisha on Wikipedia do not use their real names. 2. The Fiona Graham entry has existed for many years, long before Fiona Graham took on the role of Sayuki. It is is strange for that entry to suddenly disappear because Fiona Graham is doing new fieldwork. If academics with other interests than geisha look Fiona Graham up this is strange and confusing. 3. Sayuki is a role, in exactly the same way as any actress takes on a role. The role doesn't become the person. Sayuki's entry should mention what is relevant to Sayuki. 4. The Sayuki entry has incorrect information about training periods for geisha. It is normal in Kyoto for geisha to come in at 15, or 16, or 17 or even 18. The apprenticeship is only five years if they come in at 15. Across the rest of Japan it varies widely. Sayuki did not "skip" the conventional apprenticeship. She followed the normal route for her district in Tokyo for debuting as a geisha. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FiG8 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
It is potentially damaging to Sayuki to have her academic history overemphasised compared to what she is doing as a geisha. Other geisha do not reveal their names or their precise history. Please have some respect for Japanese tradition, and respect the traditions of geisha. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.162.236.246 (talk) 09:48, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
im sorry I know im a pervert —Preceding unsigned comment added by Specialagentmorsell (talk • contribs) 12:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Trust me what I am doing is good marketing. Get someone to tag them the Kings of Party-Rock and you create an entirely new genre of Music. They could be the foundation of something much bigger. This idea just came to me inspired by there music. Myspace was the only thing. Redirect it to the band, Cool beans, If you were a real fan you would help gather information and references and for god sake help me give this group a little more buzz before the album drops...get rid of band and call them a group. Turn Party-Rock into a genre. I am simply planting seeds and you need support from every fan you can get at this point. Having one fan associated with Party-Rock is better than having no fans. you know? I didn't want more hits from Myspace Page. I wanted start a movement with really good music and people that want to have fun. So make it cool or leave it alone that's my challenge to you.Wowum808 (talk) 13:07, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at pennies, you will be blocked from editing.
If you weren't trolling, than discuss before making baseless claims. Also, if you weren't trolling, learn some patience. Don't undo major revisions just because you didn't see what you wanted to right away. And stop making arbitrary undo's. You didn't delete any unsourced references before the article was improved by me, so why now did you? Stop acting jealous.Yahwehisgod (talk) 07:28, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Sorry ur penny-watching highness who saw fit to leave the penny page in gross condition, I'll try not to offend your penny-watching highness who was content to leave the penny page in gross condition next time.Yahwehisgod (talk) 09:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
I'll be ignoring it, thanks! DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk) 11:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I see you've made quite a few edits on that page. I work in SCIA and have added some stuff ... took away a ref to an annual report that's not on line now. What is your interest in the organisation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishahu (talk • contribs) 00:36, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
If you have a problem with me, why dont you look at the Barbados–France relations article, and go to the deletion log. Then look what the user wrote in the crossed out section. Maybe that can make YOU understand that I am a victim (dont you dare ban me, or I WILL report you too) Oxana879 (talk) 12:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for your message. No problem and I see you also corrected the Roseberry Topping ref - I am impressed you had Collingridge to hand for the actual page ref! James Cook article needs a lot of work, it would be good to have more editors working on it from time to time. Cheers Dick G (talk) 13:19, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi - just thought I'd say a quick thank you for clearing up my embarrassing mistakes in this article, and adding the extra source. Perhaps I was a bit hasty in writing it, but I was so horrified that a federal electorate's namesake was without an article that I had to remedy it as quickly as I could! So thanks again. Frickeg (talk) 03:09, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Are you even from Thornaby, everyone knows about the black stone and you are messing around with information on this great town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Visitthornaby (talk • contribs) 12:26, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Thank you! It made it out to the TV Squad . The garbage was only up a little over an hour but that's how fast (false) news can travel. τßōиЄ2001 (ǂ ) 13:35, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
I am citing two examples of inconsistencies made by various Wikipedia “Administrators”.as to why the author of this article now prefers its deletion. Some Administrator’s views claim that they cannot count on Google search for examples to bring forth information to back up information in articles in contrast to other Administrators who are pursuing Google search for information.
Second example is Wikipedia’s choosing to conceal important news worthy events from the public as cited below and on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow’s Show”.
In concluding, I request that this article be deleted as to protect who the article was written about from any further manipulative commentary and negative innuendo by Wikipedia Administrators concerning the article’s content. Other articles about people written by this editor will also hopefully be deleted.Borismule (talk) 05:59, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hi! Concerning this revert at Wikipedia:Proposed mergers: The section in question was just added by me earlier today, to propose a slightly modified procedure for proposing a merger. After I added it, however, I decided that it's better to copy it to a subpage first and ask for comments on the talk page. I think it's too early to make such a significant(?) change to the procedure before people have had time to say what they think about it. For this reason, I hope you're not against me reverting your edit and moving the section back to the subpage. (The subpage is here and the discussion on the talk page if you're interested.) Jafeluv (talk) 20:24, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Euryalus. When considering unblocking the above user, the note left by Florrie at User talk:Mattinbgn#Archaic d00d may be relevant. -- Mattinbgn\talk 07:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
In the interests of full disclosure I should provide the exculpatory evidence gathered at User:YellowMonkey#CheckUser request. -- Mattinbgn\talk 07:20, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Euryalus. I noticed this move. My understanding is that while localities (cities, towns, villages, suburbs etc.) must be disambiguated, I am pretty sure the same does not apply for other geographic features. Cheers, Mattinbgn\talk 23:58, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi! I wrote a page about a young adult novel called more than weird. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_than_weird. Could you edit it or clean it up or wikifying it? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 14:29, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm getting really fucking sick and tired of you assholes deleting my stuff! First my Indy 5, now my Nature!
KNOCK THAT SHIT OFF!!!
Hello. Thank you for your help. You're right that the deleted article wasn't much to go on, but I recreated the article using another eclipse article as a guide. At least it has some basic information about the eclipse now. Thank you again. Edjon (talk) 02:46, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Dear Euryalus,
I have noticed that User:203.9.58.67 has both significant history of unhelpful editing, especially with regards to the Minarets page. The IP was blocked for 24 hours on 24 July 2009, and has just made his or her first edit since the block back on the Minarets page, inserting what seems to be more a complaint about the noise they make. As this seems more like NPOV I am hesitant as to whether or not I should report them to AIV. Any advice?
Regards, -- Alexandr Dmitri (Александр Дмитрий) (talk) 11:44, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Euryalus: I guess I'm wondering why your talk page is filled with humdrum admin stuff when you could be spending the time churning out lovely articles such as your current nomination at FAC. Are you / were you a professional historian? Tony (talk) 05:11, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with alt texts for HMS Endeavour at its FAC. Just FYI, since your comments I've replaced two of the images in the article - the lead image in the infobox and the one associated with the shipwreck. I think I've got the new alt texts right but thought I'd let you know as the replacements and their alt text descriptions were added since your review. Euryalus (talk) 23:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Dear Euyalus:
Thank you so much for notifying me about the photo and the permission needed for it. I am thrilled that you like it. I think I have rectified all that now (I originally uploaded it years ago when I didn't know how to put the proper permissions in). I have also replaced the image with one of slightly higher resolution (unfortunately, I think I wiped the original photo - so this is the highest resolution I can get), and have inserted it into the article.
Now, I must congratulate you (in spite of our little tussle over the correct name for the ship) for all the fine work you have done on this article - it has been really outstanding and is much appreciated. Keep up the good work! Cheers, John Hill (talk) 02:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for all the work - I am really happy to see the photo on the page where it is. I, also, in hindsight don't really care what name is used for the article - both names are there and properly cross-referenced with redirects - so there should be no problem - except maybe from some Cooktown residents who tend to feel quite strongly about it. An even worse sin here is to refer to James Cook, when he was here on his first voyage, as "Captain Cook". You can say "the captain of the Endeavour, James Cook" - but NEVER use "captain" as his title here or you will be written off as an ignoramus. I am just warning you in case you ever visit Cooktown. Otherwise the locals tend to be quite friendly - so don't be put off - I'd love to meet you and show you around our beautiful slice of paradise! Cheers, John Hill (talk) 04:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I replaced that with a nice photo I saw of the replica in Commons, and which seemed to have a good license. I subsequently noticed the source is unstated and therefore may me a unsuitable, so I reverted myself. Sorry to muddy the waters. –Moondyne 02:38, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks - it's great to know someone's noticing! (Some of these bios are in truly dreadful shape, even with the succession boxes, I'm discovering. My to-do list grows!) The barnstar really helps keep the motivation going - thanks again! Frickeg (talk) 05:16, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for your friendly note. Yes, in spite of the invasive species, overfishing, etc., it is still quite good here now. I don't fish anymore but my son is an avid fisherman and would be pleased, I am sure, to meet you and show you a bit about the local fishing scene. But do come soon, I am not sure how long it will last - there are certainly far less fish around than when we moved up here in the 80s. The wharf in town is a favorite place. Anyway, do let me know if you are coming up - I would love to meet you. You can always contact me at: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au. Cheers and best wishes, John Hill (talk) 23:04, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
G'day,
I wonder if you might be interested in looking over Banksia prionotes before we take it to FAC. I'm asking because I see you as an excellent copyeditor with little to no knowledge of botany. No obligation, please; I don't want you to do it if you find this kind of thing tedious, or if you're too busy with HMS.
Hesperian 05:54, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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Someone started a wiki page about me. But it looks like you deleted it. Signing the Agile Manifesto was not quite right. A little research would have reveal that I was one of the original 17 authors of the manifesto. I've also made other contributions, such as planning poker and a unit test harness for embedded software development.
there are wikipedia links from planning poker and the manifesto. it would be good if they were not dead.
how would I go about getting this accurate?
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You deleted my upload to Dansearts just now, I am the webmaster, technical director, and boyfriend of the owner of dansearts. I am uploading the information with my own permission. I may be emailed at Callahan@dansearts.com if you wish to confirm. I am also the founder and former president, and current webmaster of Lynchburg College Men's Club Soccer and I will be uploading that inoformation soon. I can be emailed at callahan@lcclubsoccer.com if that needs to be confirmed as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wildcardajc (talk • contribs) 01:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
They blocked my upload for Dansearts and Lynchburg College Men's Club Soccer although I have sent emails from respective organizations email account stating wikipedia has permission to upload the information in accordance to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. If you need to confirm my info I can breifly state something on both sites but it cannot stay on the websites. --Wildcardajc (talk) 02:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
re: Kukini has not edited Wikipedia since early July. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Feel free to unblock her/him. When I look back at the reasons I blocked 3 years ago, they still seem quite justified. If this person is ready to not be disruptive 3 years later, so be it. Let her/him try again. --Kukini háblame aquí 05:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Euryalus, thanks for the comment. I've given up minding the mutilation of layout that follows the articles I create - I just mind if it's done by one of the arch morons Jeni, Hesperian or Rkitko. Go well Rotational (talk) 11:02, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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I would have hoped so, however the recipient disagrees and apparently wishes to hold onto a grudge of some sort . :( I fear the (incorrect) unblock has had a negative impact, and reinforced the user's impression that it is perfectly alright to willfully violate WP:BLP. Cirt (talk) 11:08, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
82.69.113.156 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is adding personal attacks against User:Philip Trueman to his own talk page. I tried reporting this to AIV but AIV Helperbot reverted me. Can you change the settings? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 12:36, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
No, I agree with you. It would be pointless now, since it seems to have run its course and apparently will become inactive. Best wishes! <>Multi‑Xfer<> (talk) 07:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the revert on my talk page - Skysmith (talk) 11:27, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey! Could you please paste whatever content was in The Wager (2007 film) before you deleted it to User:American Eagle/The Wager (2007 film)? I'm interested in recreating the article, with better sourcing, of course. ;) Thanks, American Eagle (talk) 07:10, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
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