User talk:Juliancolton/Archive 14

Found some bot tasks for you! Search/replaces for "Demographics of" articles

Here are a bunch of search/replaces you can do in AWB all in the same pass on the pages listed at User:The Transhumanist/Country demographics articles. Pick just one to submit to the bot approvals group.  :) Then complete the rest once you've got bot approval. But test some of these first before writing your request for approval!

During your "manual" test runs, set AWB to skip articles that do not include the text "CIA World Factbook demographic statistics".

Turn general wikifixes on, because there are a lot of blank lines in these articles.

Here are the search/replaces:

A bunch of these pages have links in their headings. Those need to be replaced, as follows:

1. Replace "=Population=" with "=Population="
2. Replace "=Population growth rate=" with "=Population growth rate="
3. Replace "=Birth rate=" with "=Birth rate="
4. Replace "=Death rate=" with "=Death rate="
5. Replace "=Death rate=" with "=Death rate="
6. Replace "=Net migration rate=" with "=Net migration rate="
7. Replace "=Net migration rate=" with "=Net migration rate="
8. Replace "=Net migration rate=" with "=Net migration rate="
9. Replace "=Infant mortality rate=" with "=Infant mortality rate="
10. Replace "=Infant mortality rate=" with "=Infant mortality rate="
11. Replace "=Life expectancy at birth=" with "=Life expectancy at birth="
12. Replace "=Total fertility rate=" with "=Total fertility rate="
13. Replace "=Total fertility rate=" with "=Total fertility rate="
14. Replace "=Nationality=" with "=Nationality="
15. Replace "=Ethnic groups=" with "=Ethnic groups="
16. Replace "=Religions=" with "=Religions="
17. Replace "=Literacy=" with "=Literacy="
18. Replace "=Annual population growth rate=" with "=Annual population growth rate="
19. Replace "=Sex ratio=" with "=Sex ratios="
20. Replace "=Human sex ratios=" with "=Sex ratios="
21. Replace "=Sex ratio=" with "=Sex ratios="
22. Replace "=HIV/AIDS=" with "=HIV/AIDS="

Some pages lack the headings and have the semi-colon no-level heading instead. So those need to be replaced:

1. Replace "; Population:" with "===Population==="
2. Replace "; Age structure:" with "===Age structure==="
3. Replace "; Population growth rate:" with "===Population growth rate==="
4. Replace "; Birth rate:" with "===Birth rate==="
5. Replace "; Death rate:" with "===Death rate==="
6. Replace "; Net migration rate:" with "===Net migration rate==="
7. Replace "; Infant mortality rate:" with "===Infant mortality==="
8. Replace "; Life expectancy at birth:" with "===Life expectancy==="
9. Replace "; Total fertility rate:" with "===Total fertility==="
10. Replace "; Nationality:" with "===Nationality==="
11. Replace "; Ethnic groups:" with "===Ethnic groups==="
12. Replace "; Religions:" with "===Religions==="
13. Replace "; Languages:" with "===Languages==="

There are many more search/replaces, but this is enough for now.

If you have any questions, of course, fire away!

Good luck.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist    00:50, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Will do, thanks for the list. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 00:53, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, these appear to be done already. JCbot (talk) 18:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

You mean you didn't check? Why not?

They are still there. It doesn't appear that any of them have been fixed.

Try again on "=Population=", to see if AWB is having a problem with the equals signs. It should catch the match on Demographics of American Samoa (and there are others).

Whatever the problem is, please figure out what it is, so that we can verify it and bring it to the attention of the AWB programmers if needed. The Transhumanist    18:59, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see what I was doing wrong. Although, out of all the above tasks, AWB found 5 edits, so I'm still a bit unsure whether I'm doing it correctly. JCbot (talk) 20:05, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

"Demographics of" pages with links in CIA stat headings

Please, check your work. You should be suspicious when your bot finds no (or very few) changes to make. Earlier, you incorrectly stated that the changes had already been made. Therefore, before making such reports, you should verify that they are accurate! What actually happened was that AWB failed to change them. Please tinker with it some more and figure out how to get the task done.

Here are the demographics pages with links in their CIA stat headings (I was working on this list while you were finding the 5 you mentioned above, so it may not be entirely accurate):

• Demographics of American Samoa
• Demographics of Argentina
• Demographics of Belgium
• Demographics of Burma
• Demographics of Cambodia
• Demographics of Dominica
• Demographics of East Timor
• Demographics of French Polynesia
• Demographics of Greenland
• Demographics of Grenada
• Demographics of the Isle of Man
• Demographics of Jamaica
• Demographics of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Demographics of the Palestinian territories
• Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Demographics of Saint Lucia
• Demographics of Sri Lanka
• Demographics of Swaziland
• Demographics of Trinidad and Tobago
• Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

The following pages have semi-colon headings with links in them (the second batch of search/replaces posted above):

• Demographics of the Cook Islands

A bunch more pages have headings screwed up in other ways.

I've added below some more search/replaces to handle the additional problems I've found.

Some more search/replaces for you

On the same demographics of articles as being discussed above, please:

replace: ;Population:

with: ===Population===

replace ;Age structure:

with: ===Age structure===

replace ;Population growth rate:

with: ===Population growth rate===

replace ;Birth rate:

with: ===Birth rate===

replace ;Death rate:

with: ===Death rate===

replace ;Net migration rate:

with: ===Net migration rate===

replace ;Sex ratio:

with: ===Sex ratio===

replace ;Infant mortality rate:

with: ===Infant mortality rate===

replace ;Life expectancy at birth:

with: ===Life expectancy at birth===

replace ;Total fertility rate:

with: ===Total fertility rate===

replace ;Nationality:

with: ===Nationality===

replace ;Ethnic groups:

with: ===Ethnic groups===

replace ;Religions:

with: ===Religions===

replace ;Languages:

with: ===Languages===

replace ;Literacy:

with: ===Literacy===

replace: Population:

with: ===Population===

replace: Age structure:

with: ===Age structure===

replace: Population growth rate:

with: ===Population growth rate===

replace: Birth rate:

with: ===Birth rate===

replace: Death rate:

with: ===Death rate===

replace: Net migration rate:

with: ===Net migration rate===

replace: Sex ratio:

with: ===Sex ratio===

replace: Infant mortality rate:

with: ===Infant mortality rate===

replace: Life expectancy at birth:

with: ===Life expectancy at birth===

replace: Total fertility rate:

with: ===Total fertility rate===

replace: Nationality:

with: ===Nationality===

replace: Ethnic groups:

with: ===Ethnic groups===

replace: Religions:

with: ===Religions===

replace: Languages:

with: ===Languages===

replace: Literacy:

with: ===Literacy===

replace: Population:

with: ===Population===

replace: Birth rate:

with: ===Birth rate===

replace: Death rate:

with: ===Death rate===

replace: Net migration rate:

with: ===Net migration rate===

replace: Sex ratio:

with: ===Sex ratio===

replace: Infant mortality rate:

with: ===Infant mortality rate===

replace: Life expectancy at birth:

with: ===Life expectancy at birth===

replace: Total fertility rate:

with: ===Total fertility rate===

replace: Literacy:

with: ===Literacy===

replace: ===Net migration rate===

with: ===Net migration rate===

Good luck.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist    20:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to WP:CM!

Hello, Juliancolton!

We're delighted you've started contributing to this collaborative effort! Classical music is an active, medium-sized project with more than 9,000 articles.

We have a discussion page linked to the main project page where you may sign in. Please take part in our forum! The scope of the project is vast: nearly 1,000 years of history, numerous countries, and many languages. Some music editors use reference books such the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, or the German Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. These are helpful for checking facts and providing the essential references required on Wikipedia. We would greatly appreciate your collaboration in adding sources from these books. However if you don't have access to books, there are still many other ways you can contribute to the project: copyediting, compiling lists of recordings, picture and sound clip researching, etc.

We hope you have a great time on the Classical music Project. Please don't hesitate to ask us if you have any questions! We are always available here at your convenience.

Best regards!

This welcome was sent by La Pianista at 06:05, February 15, 2009 (UTC)

03:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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The 404

Ok, listen to this. The 404 page is being deleted for not having appropriate references, well the Buzz Out Loud has only has one external (from CNET) reference, and it doesn't load up, so... there are no external references. So if The 404 is deleted for no external sources, the Buzz Out loud should be deleted with it. Also the person who deleted it before (Feydey) said something that sparked my interest "P.S. I read somewhere that there are only 5 or maybe 6 people who actually get the 404 'cast. Bummer.". There is a problem with that, as I write (Thursday, February 2009 at 8:05 Central Time) The 404 is #22 on the top Technology podcasts. So... there is a reference http://i39.tinypic.com/2hrn3nq.jpg that is not from Cnet. If you want, look it up yourself. But please, let the podcast live. 03:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Here you go :)

03:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter

17:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 17:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Moved from Wikipedia:Editor review/Juliancolton_3

Hi Julian, I need your help to add a page properly using the editing features. I added a page, which you deleted, Trasharella. But, I was not good at using the functions of the page to create links, which led to you deleting it because I did not provide enough information to back up the qualifications of the page. Thank you. User: Foxytrouble

Cheers, — Jake Wartenberg 20:17, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Im contacting you about my RfA close

Do you think I might be able to apply later

Please Reply --MyspaceMan12 (talk) 20:29, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Editing scripts

You can find the necessary code when viewing User:Animum/Sandbox. Copy the code into your monobook file (or onto another ".js" page, which you then import into your monobook), and enjoy. —Animum (talk) 21:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost — 2 March 2009

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• Dispatches: WikiProject Ships Featured topic and Good topics
• Wikiproject report: WikiProject Norse History and Culture
• Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations
• Features and admins: Approved this week
• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 08:18, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Whoa...

Could you pleas assess this (Or have somebody else assess it) whenever you get the time? Thanks. UntilItSleeps PublicPC 15:12, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Like, what class would that be in, start class? Sorry, loo lazy to log in at the moment :P... (UntilItSleeps PublicPC [logged out])204.113.205.110 (talk) 19:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry bout that, I was working on an electronic's assignment at the time of that last posting, and hadn't thought of logging in while I was making the edit until I was about to press the "Save page" button, so I figured, 'meh, I'll just append to that and save it.' I've also reworded that request... My Adderal hadn't yet taken effect at the time of that posting, so I was a little giddy... UntilItSleeps PublicPC 20:12, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I have a concern that even though a page was deleted for review, the name of the person remains in the historical text. When searching for the name on google, the derogatory text associated with the name appears. I would like to know how to remove the reference to the name entirely from the article. If the name can be removed I will drop the issue. If it cannot, I want to know how to proceed with identifying the user and proceed with civil penalties against the person who made the posting. I can forward the specific information on the page to edit but do not want to post the link here.

Thank you. Hlesan (talk) 15:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Boletus pinophilus

Hi, just letting you know I have passed the article. I think there is still work to be done, but enough improvements have been made for it to be considered a good article. J Milburn (talk) 21:56, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

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Pékin Fine Arts

I thought you might like to know that it's just appeared in DYK on the main page: "... that in the first Gulf Art Fair in 2007, the Pékin Fine Arts gallery exhibited a Mini Cooper car painted with coloured spots by Damien Hirst?" Ty 01:12, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Protection

You had approved semi-protection on Mumps but it apparently was never put into effect. Could you see about that? Thanks.--192.77.126.50 (talk) 01:25, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Here's the link to it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection&diff=next&oldid=273354945 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.77.126.50 (talk) 03:37, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Unless, of course, I misunderstand what that block means. --192.77.126.50 (talk) 03:40, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Archiving live message threads

My task message disappeared! I thought that task was still in-process, making that message thread live. How come it has been archived???

I came back to add to it.

The Transhumanist    17:25, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Interim edits dumped in article merge

Hi Julian. I think when you merged the Museum of Bad Art article to my sandbox draft it forgot the edits Malleus and I made in between the shift and your merge. There were some copy edits we both made, and I uploaded an image. --Moni3 (talk) 03:02, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

I responded to the purging issue on my page, but left it thinking it's just my wonky laptop or something. But what is weirder is that File:MOBA Somerville Theater gallery.jpg shows up as orphaned. I do not know what is going on. --Moni3 (talk) 04:00, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Motto of the Day Free Ice Cream Day!

By Imperial Decree of His Divine Majesty, our Most Sublime Padishah God-Emperor, Car'a'carn, Editor-in-Chief, etc. (may he live for ever) of the Dominion of the Motto of the Day, every Thursday is Free Ice Cream Day throughout the the Realm. Therefore, our glorious ruler (may he live for ever) has caused to be delivered to you by the Ministry of Frozen or Otherwise Cold Desert Treats this ice cream treat (which may include gelato, depending on one's interpretation of the picture). Let it be eaten without delay, lest the heat of the servers melt it. Let it not drip onto the Article Namespace, lest you suffer the Death of a Thousand Edits for allowing unencyclopedic melted desert treat to get into the wiki. Nutiketaiel (talk) 15:11, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Reliable source for climate data

Hi Julian. I'm looking for a reliable source for climate statistics, and thought you might be able to help. I used Weatherbase.com for weather data for Hillsboro, Oregon, but the RS question has arisen at FAC. I'm hoping that you might be able to suggest a source that clearly meets the RS requirements. Thanks in advance for any advice. Finetooth (talk) 17:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Problem solved. The Weather Channel is an acceptable source for the kind of city data I needed. Finetooth (talk) 19:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Rollback

Sorry, I thought I hit AGF. Cyclonebiskit 23:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

If you don't have it already...

You may wish to add importScript('User:Splarka/sysopdectector.js'); to your monobook.js. :) //roux   05:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Good idea,  Done. Thanks. :) –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 05:49, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome :) No more blocking admins, mmkay? ;) Also, GO ENJOY YOUR VACATION YOU SILLPYPERSON. //roux   06:25, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching (Again)

*sigh* Remember a list of the administrators whom you recommended to me? Well, it appears that all three are either on vacation or too busy. :/ Could you give me another list to whom I may ask? Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 16:39, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Another move request

Please move List of Governors-General of Belize to Governor-General of Belize.

(It's an article, not a list).

The Transhumanist    23:07, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

What happened to the Outline of Bermuda????!

Previously, I requested:

Please move Topic outline of Bermuda to List of Bermuda-related topics, over redirect. And then redirect "Topic outline of Bermuda" to "Outline of Bermuda".

It appears to belong to, and shares the formatting/layout of, this set: User:The Transhumanist/Country-related topics list set

Compare with Outline of Bermuda, which is the one for the set we've been working on.

The Transhumanist    01:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

But something went wrong. You moved "Topic outline of Bermuda" to "Outline of Bermuda" which is exactly the opposite of what I requested. I had previously moved Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of Bermuda (the outline draft we created for Bermuda) to Outline of Bermuda, and it is gone! Vanished! I can't find it anywhere!

Could you restore it please? And move the imposter to the set it belongs to (that is, to "List of Bermuda-related topics").

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    19:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: Note that I renamed the whole set we were working on to "Outline of". We're no longer using "Topic outline of" for the country outlines. Sorry for the confusion - I'm running late on our newsletter.  :) The Transhumanist    19:40, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

P.P.S.: By the way, the few pages that are currently named "Topic outline of" are from the "List of x-related topics" set - they got renamed by somebody, but don't belong to the country outline set. Please do not rename them to "Outline of". Thank you. I'll get back to you on these later. The Transhumanist    19:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Call to action

Alarm! Alarm!

We've been working on the country outline drafts for a year now.

Therefore, I've moved them to article space.

All of them.

It's time to finish them up!

The only accuracy problem they have are the government branches sections.

Those need to be completed right away.

I've been working on them and will continue to do so...

But, this task needs everybody working on it now.

Please click on some outlines and fix the government branches sections.

The Transhumanist    01:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Spammy user pages

I think most admins (at least, I am) are willing to block nearly all promotional accounts

Sorry, I wasn't intending to imply otherwise, just that I thought griping about the work caused by backlog was utterly misplaced and that no one was forcing him to deal with it. --Calton | Talk 11:49, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #24

The January–February issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. Jason Rees (talk) 01:20, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Country outlines project update - 2009/03/08

Things have been slowing down again, so it's time for a big push...

We've gone live

This project needed a shot in the arm. Also, its draft pages have been littering Wikipedia's categories for months. The time seemed right to move all the country outline drafts to article space.

WHAT???

Well, the drafts had been sitting in Wikipedia space for a year.

WHAT???

Development has been moving at a snail's pace and we could use the help of the Wikipedia community at large (who are more likely to find these if they are in article space).

WHAT???

Yes, we've gone live.  :)

This puts pressure on us to get the blatantly incomplete elements of these outlines done. The only glaring problem is the government branches sections. These need to be corrected ASAP.

I've mentioned THE GOVERNMENT BRANCHES SECTIONS many times to many people over the past year, but the problem just doesn't seem to have been taken seriously. So let me put it another way:

HELP!!! I need your help on this now. Almost all the countries have a government with an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. The links for these branches need to be completed for each country outline:

Here's a convenient list you can use WP:LINKY on to access and edit these quickly. Please copy the list's link to the top of your talk page so that you can access it easily.

If you spot any standardization in links, and ways we can automate parts of this process, or for groups of countries that have links in common, please let me know!

Administrative support for outlines

There has been growing pressure on me to write up the administrative pages for outlines - their instructions, guidelines, etc. Therefore, I'm now in the process of composing these. Fortunately, it is mostly a matter of gathering material from messages I've written to you guys over the past year. Still, this is taking up most of my time, and I will be buried in these for the foreseeable future.

Traffic control

The next big task after the government branches sections are cleaned up is link support for the outlines.

There's quite a list of links and notices that need to be put in place around Wikipedia, providing access to them to readers, and alerting editors to the need to develop and maintain these pages. This will keep our bot people very busy (and happy).

But the most important thing right now is to get the government branches sections completed. So please, put your bots aside, roll up your shirt sleeves, and start typing.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    02:33, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

guidelines for posting on wikipedia

Hi Julian -

An info page on our organization was submitted to Wikipedia - which you rejected as too "markety".

Can you please suggest an appropriate format one of our members can use to submit an information page on the BPCouncil community?

The BPCouncil provides valuable information and tools to the brand protection and IP professionals - which one of our members wanted to share with others via Wikipedia, thus the submission of the info page.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

````

Neither you nor your members can submit information about your organisation here because you have a huge conflict of interest. Your previous article read like an advertisement. Wikipedia has a strict neutral point of view policy. Look at articles like BAE Systems for an example of neutral writing; it was was not written by employees, but by some random people who had heard of the company. Wikipedia also has strict referencing rules. Subjects that have not recieved significant coverage in reliable secondary sources, such as newspapers, books and trustworthy websites, are not permitted an article because the material in them cannot be backed up. Look at the references section of BAE systems; it atributes all major points realible sources.--Patton<sup>t/c</sup> 11:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your clarification. ` ` ` ` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.220.104 (talk) 14:54, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Request for unprotection

Thanks for protecting my talk page. I decided to stay on wiki for probably a few more weeks, so could you do me a favor and lift the block. - Rockyobody (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. - Rockyobody (talk) 17:54, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion request

I'm transferring current FPs to Commons and need some of the WP files deleted, so I can call the Commons versions. Then I can re-add the WP FP and POTD templates. Mind deleting this, this, this, this, this, this, and this? Let me know if there's any problems. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 19:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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Rhena Schweitzer

Thanks for fixing Rhena Schweitzer on Template:Did you know/Queue/1. Could you please add creator credit for me on that article? Tx Bongomatic 04:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

thanks

thank you — Ched ~ <sup>(yes?)</sup> 18:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

ManagePro

Hi, we just put up a page for the product ManagePro and it looks like you deleted it citing blatant advertising. I tried to model it on other similar products, so I'm a bit confused about what you want. Could you point me to a project management software company page that you like so I know how to edit and then tell me how to get access to edit and retry the page?

Thanks

Rodney Brim rb@managepro.com68.116.39.69 (talk) 20:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Scripts for renaming pages

See User talk:Sj#Scripts?.

The Transhumanist    22:55, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the update

Thanks for the update. I'll be able to help with some of that, but I don't think I'll have time to do the government branches until I get on a calmer schedule. In the meantime, I'll search for somebody who's familiar with government-related topics and has some time to help us. –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 19:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Time is relative - whatever time you could donate would be very helpful. Besides, it is very easy editing (the info is already on Wikipedia, mostly in the "Politics of" articles, and completing the outline sections is mostly a matter of copying and pasting links from there). If you start out at just one outline per day, you'll find you'll quickly pick up speed. Something you'll notice is that many countries' governments are structured identically, and so the task becomes very familiar very fast. It's quite repetitive (easy). Jump on in, the water's fine.  :) The Transhumanist    23:06, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UCL Human Rights Review

Why was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UCL Human Rights Review relisted? 3 editors indicated they thought the article should be deleted. One unsigned anon IP took the WP:OSE approach. What was the thinking behind relisting?--Rtphokie (talk) 00:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You did it again :)

Double close --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Heh, well at least I know my decision wasn't crazy. :) –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 01:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Anne Veski

I noticed that you reverted the page move made by another editor from Anne Veski to my original (and incorrect) page title Anne veski. The subject is a person, and thus the first and last names must be capitalized. I have restored the page title to the correct format: Anne Veski. I would like to ask that it remain this way for the sake of correctness. I saw no signs of vandalism on the part of the user who made the first page redirect, and I have thanked him for the page move on both the article discussion page and on his user talk page. --Ericdn (talk) 01:41, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:Great minds

Yeah, but I had an additional rationale, so my mind's better :P --Der Wohltempierte Fuchs <sup>(talk)</sup> 01:50, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

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Your IRC Channel

Can I please be unbanned? Raiku Lucifer Samiyaza 02:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

And now you guys ban me just because you THINK I took NocturneNoir's password. I don't even know how to change them. Raiku Lucifer Samiyaza 01:45, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

AFD Closing for List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player

I'm not criticizing, but I was surprised to see this discussion closed with a decision of "no consensus." I know we don't simply count votes, but 10 editors supported keeping the list, compared with 5 (including the nominator) favoring deletion. And my (admittedly biased) reading of the arguments was that the keep arguments, which emphasized the referencing and usefulness of the information in the list, were quite a bit stronger than the deletion arguments.

What motivated me to post this note, though, was your closing comment that "'it's interesting' isn't a valid reason to keep the article." For lists, however, I've noted that many (perhaps most) deletion discussions seem to revolve around this very issue. No one was claiming that the list was indiscriminate information, that it was unverifiable, or that it was original research or non-neutral. It was simply a case where those arguing for deletion were saying, "This isn't very interesting" (at least I assume that's what they meant with the one-word comment, "Listcruft") and those arguing for keeping it were saying, "Yes it is." I guess I'm wondering how to respond with a better argument for keeping when the main argument for deletion seems to be "It's not interesting." In other words, how can we raise the level of debates about lists? Do you have any thoughts? BRMo (talk) 03:59, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

IMO the key argument for deletion was not "not interesting" but "there is no significant public interest". One keep !voter asserted that there was some, but if so, it should have been trivially easy to provide evidence such as newspaper coverage. Since none was forthcoming I feel the weight of argument lay with the delete side. Benefix (talk) 19:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

... for protecting our Space. :-) DVdm (talk) 16:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

NPW

Cheers. - Jarry1250 <sup>(t, c)</sup> 17:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

[1]

Yes indeedy. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 18:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Name

I capitalized this artist name. However an Ip address keeps reverting it saying it has to be lowercase. I found this, and it says "Some individuals do not want their personal names capitalized. In such cases, Wikipedia articles may use lower case variants of personal names if they have regular and established use in reliable third-party sources." This is referring to the article not the content in the article. However, it is never said by the artist herself that she wants her name lowercase, it was just a move made by her label. Also, in English-language sources (that are included in the page) they have her name capitalized but the ip is basically saying since her official site has it lowercase it must be lowercase. I want to know which is correct the name being lowercase or capitalized.

You can answer here. <sup>~Moon~</sup>月と暁<sup>~Sunrise~</sup> 19:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Outline of knowledge project update - 2009/03/11

Allow me to shift focus for the moment from the country outline project to outlines in general...

Where's the Outline of knowledge project headed?

It's growing fast, so fast that it is catching up to portals.

I just stumbled on to a subset of 50 more outlines (one for the history of each state of the United States), and have added them to the top of the outline. Buaidh has been busy - it's nice to meet another fanatic outliner.  :)

That brings the total number of outlines in article space to about 450.

It won't be long before there are more outlines than portals (which number about 600).

How long before outlines outnumber portals?

Four months, tops.

Then what?

I don't know. Do you have any ideas?

Of course the set will continue to grow. Which branch of knowledge should we tackle next?

And...

Perhaps we should push for Main page coverage?

Need for traffic analysis

We need to begin taking a deeper look at outlines and how they are integrated into (linked to from other pages on) Wikipedia, to optimize their usefulness.

The Traffic counter is useful for monitoring page traffic on Wikipedia.

Though I'm not sure exactly what it measures. Do you know?

What interests me most is the difference between outline traffic and portal traffic. Use the above counter on various portals and the corresponding outlines, to see what I mean.

Is the traffic volume of portals related to the structure of their links?

Where is portal traffic coming from? Can the answer be found in "What links here"?

And what about the portal menu bar at the top of every portal page? Does that account for the huge number of hits the main portal list gets each month?

I also wonder how much of the traffic comes from the Main page. Is there any way to tell?

If you have any ideas on this subject and how we should proceed, please visit my talk page and let me know!

And if you know of any other traffic analysis tools that we could make use of, please let me know!

The Transhumanist    19:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I have a question for you. What exactly is the point of these articles? The titles are terrible ("outline of..."??), they're largely mirrors of the main country articles and/or "List of X topics" articles or templates, and they're basically just portals in another form. Why not just, oh I dunno, work on the portals? //roux   19:54, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Sapphic's comment

Julian, is it possible to have the comment struck/refactored? It is quite over the top. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:34, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, disregard this. Greg has asked that the comment not be struck. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:43, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I wanted it struck too, but Greg sent me an email saying not to have it struck. I can email the text to you, although the what he says is quite...savory. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:56, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You may want to peruse this. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		Thanks for all the quick copyedits on most of the articles I've worked on. It's about time you get this one :P Cyclonebiskit 00:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Anipple

Remember how you posted a {{user-uaa|wt}}? Well, all his contributions are vandalism, thus indicating a vandalism-only account. The only reason I'm not taking this to AIV is because he's already mentioned in the UAA, so I thought it safer to keep it within a refined zone. Can you block him? Thoughts? Cheers. Imperat§ r<sup>(Talk)</sup> 00:41, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

More UAA...

User:GNAA_USA and User:King_Mudkipz are obvious socks of the banned User:GNAA Mudkipz. Please ban. Thoughts? Cheers. Imperat§ r<sup>(Talk)</sup> 01:04, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for being so prompt with your responses! :) Cheers. Imperat§ r<sup>(Talk)</sup> 01:17, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Possible Sockpuppets

Hello! Once again...this time not from WP:UAA! Rather, two "users", [2] and [3] have been vandalising identical articles. However, not only does the evidence not warant a formal Sockpuppet investigation, but also there are only two offenders...so far. Consequently, I would like you to keep an eye out on the related articles for further signs of trouble, which will allow me to open up a formal case and consequently, a hardblock to avoid more vandals. Again, thanks! Cheers. Imperat§ r<sup>(Talk)</sup> 01:49, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

They might even be related to the Grawp case which has suddenly popped up again...</musing> Cheers. Imperat§ r<sup>(Talk)</sup> 01:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Last time I bother you before I retire for the night; Khwaps bears an uncanny resemblance to Grawp. Could you watch him for me? Good night! Cheers. Imperat§ r<sup>(Talk)</sup> 01:59, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Hi! Would you like to admin coach me? I saw that you were available. Thanks! MathCool10 <sup>Sign here!</sup> 02:11, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Please block NOW

This user is creating many accounts revealing the person information of users.

KJS77 03:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry? That account hasn't edited since July. –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 03:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but it's still making new accounts. See the user creation log...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=20090312030906&type=newusers&month=&year=

KJS77 03:18, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh, whoops, didn't see that. Already blocked by another admin. –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 03:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. KJS77 03:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Help by reviewing an article

Hey Julian, I was wondering if you could review the Spokane article and post any problems, concerns, or ideas on how to improve its quality on the articles' Talk page. Ive been working very hard for months on this article, and Im thinking of possibly re-submitting it for FAC someday-maybe soon (after/if it it reaches A-class first). Anyway, if your up to it, notify me so I can stop looking for reviewers. Thanks a bunch, Anon134 (talk) 03:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Email

You've got mail. JoshuaZ (talk) 05:03, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Aduri

1. I ask you that you re-consider the closure as no-consensus. !vote-wise delete is ahead, but reading the !votes and looking at the sources it is clear that the argument for deletion as per WP:NF was stronger. There was exactly one good argument to keep, and it was User:MichaelQSchmidt's argument. But even he recognized it as "weak", and really the sources he provided wer enot osurces of notability, not existence. It should have been closed as delete, as it really doesn't meet the criteria for notability that apply.
2. Since you closed the original AfD, and it was submitted for relisting, I think you should have refrained from closing the second AfD. No biggie, its not like I am upset or anything, but I think it was not a good judgement. Just something to think about.--Cerejota (talk) 07:27, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

More deletion requests

Sorry, I'm on a rampage. Mind deleting some more for me? This, this and this. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 03:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

One more. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 03:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

One more (user's permission). ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 05:15, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Few more: this, this, and this. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 22:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Few more: this, this, this, this. TY. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 02:36, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

I'm going to start with your userpage if that's ok? 91.108.203.43 (talk) 17:44, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead. Maybe you'll be blocked if you're lucky. –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 17:45, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I'd rather not be blocked tbh. Where's the fun in that?!? 91.108.203.43 (talk) 17:45, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks re rollback

Appreciated. Have a nice day. I just need a nice relaxing rollback and delete afternoon. Hipocrite (talk) 18:16, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Request for further info on deletion of 'fractal catalytic model' article

Hi Julian I'm disappointed at the deletion of the article 'fractal catalytic model' but of course go along with the consensus. Were the publications and so on I listed in the deletion debate not sufficent to establish sufficent notability? If these references were included in the actual wikipedia article would this help? And is it worth perhaps trying again with suitable mods? Thanks very much for your time.

DerryTaylor (talk) 19:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Userfy Great Clips

Please userfy Great Clips, which you speedy deleted, to my userspace. I intend to resurrect it as a stub. Thank you. KuyaBriBri<sup>Talk</sup> 19:43, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

UAA -- my goof

Sorry, I thought that the wrong reporting templates had been used -- I was completely mistaken. – ukexpat (talk) 19:57, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Trips for Kids International page

Julian, Trips for Kids is a 21-year-old, established, respected non-profit, operating 69+ chapters in the US and Canada. TFK has nothing to gain by being in Wikipedia. I attempted to post a page after several people asked why we weren't listed. I am baffled. One of our chapters - Metro DC - has had a Wikipedia page for some time. TFK has no detractors whose alternate viewpoint must be included. This allegation of "blatant advertising" seems wrongheaded to me. I protested the speedy deletion, but have received no word from anyone. I'd really appreciate your advice. Thanks B1kekid (talk) 20:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Trips for Kids International

Julian, Thanks for getting back to me. I respectfully disagree with your and Wikipedia's opinion, but you are The Decider. Since it's important for newsworthy information - especially information about non-profits trying to help disadvantaged kids - to be available to everyone, it's a shame that Wikipedia makes it so difficult. Could it be that your justifiable zeal about protecting the site from self-serving posts has gotten in the way of constructive reviewing? B1kekid (talk) 20:46, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Geography outlines project update - 2009/03/12

I needed a rest from countries...

The states of the United States

So I switched over to states. United States.

I've added outlines for all 50 to the Outline of knowledge.

How?

The main activity in creating these was using LINKY to execute advanced Google searches on all 50 states at the same time (do a single search on google, then on a Wikipedia user page create a list of state links, then search replace the front and back bracket pairs with the parts of the google search url that come before and after the state's name, respectively - once you have a list of searches, you can easily modify it with search/replaces. WikEd works great for this. The page I've been using for Linky loads is User:The Transhumanist/Google state searches - but I used it for more than just google searches: check the history to see the various link sets and google search sets I used for linky loads). The search strings "in x" and "of x" reveal a lot about a state. But the magic is in Firefox's tab navigation keys (Ctrl-W) and (Ctrl-tab), which provide a bird's eye view of the coverage of the whole set of subjects. Flipping between the search results for each state using the tab keys, you quickly notice the common titles ("Governor of x", for instance).

As I found common titles, I added them to Template:Outline U.S. State.

Besides Google searching, I used Linky to open all state articles at the same time, to look over their headings (those usually expand into stand-alone articles), and I added the main ones to the outline as well.

Using Linky again, I opened all the lists on the list of lists by state, to look for those with state subheadings. The outlines contain section links to the few of those I found.

When I couldn't stand building the template anymore, I used it to create 50 outlines! That was fun. It's like they appeared out of nowhere.

Further development

The region section contains temporary links - I knew that subset of links would get at least some matches, so I figured that would be better than nothing. I'll swap those out with an accurate list of regions for each state as I find the time. Feel free to jump in and help - I'm not greedy.  :)

The standard links I used for the government branches sections matched almost all the states, except for a few in the legislative section. It won't take me long to finish fixing these - there are only a handful left.

There are fewer fill-in items on these outlines compared to those for countries. So these will be much faster to complete. And there's only 50 pages, which makes passes go by very quickly (less than an hour for most passes).

One nice side-effect of doing passes on these outlines is that you naturally memorize the 50 states (forward and backward, if you reverse your passes to alleviate monotony).  :)

That brings the total number of outlines on Wikipedia to about 500

Which puts us within 100 titles of portals.

Further coverage of geography

Political divisions lend themselves to rapid outline development because of common titles.

Other sets that are begging for creation include:

• the constituent countries of the UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland)
• the provinces of Canada
• the provinces of France
• other sets of subdivisions that have extensive coverage on Wikipedia
• the major cities of the world (those with lots of articles about them)

That last item on the list above looks especially juicy. My mouth is watering.

Cities are pretty fun. So far I've only completed two of them (because they happened to be city-states and were included in the set of country outlines we've been working on): Outline of Macau and Outline of Vatican City. I especially enjoyed outlining Vatican City, because WP:COMMONS had lots of pictures to choose from.

Though cities in general will probably require the building of a new template.

The Transhumanist    00:14, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian soccer players with multiple nationalities

Hi Julian, you have recently relisted this debate for a more thorough consensus - however, I believe that consensus is established; there are three delete votes (excluding my own as nominator), one merge, and a 'comment' which, if you read it, actually appears to be another delete vote...regards, GiantSnowman 00:33, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries - I wasn't trying to criticise you or anything like that, just wondered why the AfD hadn't been closed is all. Cheers, GiantSnowman 00:38, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the rollback

And that was fast! - Eron<sup>Talk</sup> 04:33, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

VPC

Please do take part at VPC. Even one additional regular user will be a breath of fresh air to what may be a dying project. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 05:47, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

your assistance please...

You closed the article Joshua Colangelo-Bryan. Can you clarify for me -- afd run for five days, right? I returned to this article to make some improvements. Yes, I know it had run for four days, with little or no work on my part. But I was very busy, because the guy who nominated this article nominated twelve other articles at the same time.

I realize that more opinions would have been very unlikely in the final day. So why would I want to add more material? I continue to believe Colangelo-Bryan merits coverage. He has been very widely quoted in the English-language middle-eastern press. He has spoken widely about letting one of his clients have some privacy for a washroom break, only to find the guy had tried to hang himself in the washroom.

I am not going to request you relist the article. But I would like you to userify it for me. If you will agree to this, could you please userify the full history to User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/rescue/Joshua Colangelo-Bryan? Geo Swan (talk) 09:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Account creation

Would you know how I could gain access to the account creation interface? I put in my request and followed the steps but as far as I could tell, none of the WP:ACC admins have been on including X!.

Also as a side note, what is your opinion of non-mainspace April Fools jokes? I Grave Rob<sub>§talk</sub>♥<sup>stalk§</sup> 14:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Tenaha, Texas

Hi I know there was a lot of vandalism on the Tenaha, Texas page, but was protection required? I dont want to get into a big fight about this, I know your doing your job, but i am worried that semi-protection in this case could be viewed as a way of stopping debate. Best of luck The Isiah (talk) 15:58, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

references

I been having problems on how o do footnotes for references. could you give me a hand? The Isiah (talk) 16:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much. Cheers Kyle1278 (talk) 16:49, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't want to create a new section for this, but thanks for trusting me with NPWatcher. I won't abuse it. =) Antivenin 18:22, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Smile!

Acalamari has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

You're welcome! Acalamari 17:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Possible issues of copy/paste and sockpuppetry

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:Great Clips. Thank you. KuyaBriBri<sup>Talk</sup> 18:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Frequently used idea and approved areas

The Frequently used idea are needs updating seriously and now the future of the approved area is questioned. Please see the discussions at Wikipedia talk:Motto of the day/Nominations#Help with FUI and Approved area discussion. Simply south (talk) 20:23, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for your support, even when I didn't necessarily deserve it. :) I have found that "RfA" is short for "Request for Arrows". :) This has been a hard but useful experience (useful experiences often are hard) and whether I ever accept a nomination again or not, I'm willing to address the cautions of the sincere Opposers and try to do better. Lots of arrows coming at me, and I get the point. :) Baseball Bugs <sup>What's up, Doc?</sup> 02:34, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

NOT VANDALISM

I was asking a question on someone´s user page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.41.120.101 (talk) 02:56, 14 March 2009 (UTC) Hardly vandalism, it´s a question about someone´s user page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.41.120.101 (talk) 03:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Yelling in all caps didn't seem like a good-faith contribution, sorry. –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 03:08, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Orion_P._Howe

Check out this 2nd para, the US Naval Academy says he graduated in 1870 but General Sherman says he flunked out. What to do? Also, I nom'd it for DYK and if you could lengthen it just a tad, that'd be great. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:58, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. My guess is since he was apparently there 5 years span, way longer than normal then and even now, he dropped out and went back. I can't imagine the USNA official site knowingly listing someone as a grad who really didn't graduate. — Rlevse • Talk • 04:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

See stuff I added, this is quite interesting, also my talk and article talk. Found date they moved to IL. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:34, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

List of rock epics

Thank you for deleting that wikipedia article. I appreciate that. Back when I was a wikipedia newbie in April 2007 and a few months after that, I enjoyed editing the page, with a total count of 23 edits. However, I had determined that the list was total bull, and my last two edits of that page were me tagging the page for speedy deletion. I didn't know about the 5-day deletion policy back then. I'm glad that it's deleted. Although the only downside is the fact that my edit count decreased, that downside is perfectly accepted. BT<sup>C</sup> 04:23, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Why did you decline? Tiptoety and PeterSymmonds asked me to apply on a later date because they said I applied too early and they said they would approve on a later date. Syjytg (talk) 15:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

I know you dont trust me but can you please give me the benefit of the doubt? After all, you can remove it easily if I use it inappopriately. Syjytg (talk) 10:28, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

I would appreciate a response, thank you. Syjytg (talk) 16:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

C-Class

I loved your opinion on the adding of the C-Class to the Military History WikiProject (mostly because we share the same opinion, we don't want it :) I am glad to see that members of the WikiProject are coming out to show their support or opposition of this proposal, thanks for all you do! Have a Great Day! Lord R. T. Oliver <sup>The Olive Branch</sup> 04:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh your opinion isn't crazy :) And if our opinion is crazy... then... we'll just call it revolutionary :) Lord R. T. Oliver <sup>The Olive Branch</sup> 14:57, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Review request

Can you look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 2007–08 South Pacific cyclone season/archive1. I don't think it is up to the standard of other FL timelines. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Whenever you do look at this, can you check out the last sentence of the lead? I can't quite understand what it means: "The JTWC storms are referred to numerically, to avoid confusion, as the JTWC sometimes recognises a storm at a different intensity compared to RSMC Nadi and TCWC Wellington." Dabomb87 (talk) 17:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD Closures

I'm sorry to see you ignore the rule that AFDs shall run no less than five days, closing AfDs early; specifically the two Guantanamo-related deletions you made simultaneously without even waiting for their minimum discussion time to run through. Sherurcij <sup>(speaker for the dead)</sup> 00:20, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The discussions went through four days and some spare hours -- it doesn't look very good, that's all I'm saying. Sherurcij <sup>(speaker for the dead)</sup> 00:24, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

That is more of a guideline. We are not really clock watchers here at Wikipedia. We just try to use good sense. The text you linked even says "usually no less than five days", "usually" being the key word. Chillum 00:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes. The consensus was also clear. There's no reason to nitpick, especially when the guideline makes no specific requirements. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 00:52, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

e-mail

I have just replied to your e-mail. :) — Aitias // discussion 01:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

E-mail

I've sent one. Best wishes. Acalamari 01:49, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Non-Vandalism Flagged As Vandalism

User: Yarnalgo flagged my deletion as vandalism and rolled back the change. It was not an act of vandalism. I removed a "parody" section from an article on Nexus:_The_Kingdom_of_the_Winds. The "Sa San Massacre" never took place and is an in-joke aimed at players of the game. There is already a comment from another user in the Talk section of the Nexus article that notes that the Sa San Massacre is parody and was previously removed. 118.208.207.226 (talk) 01:53, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Unblock help

Hi Julian, I blocked Revolutionaryspirits (talk · contribs) for 3RR (originally for 31 hours) and then unblocked about half an hour later (Awadewit asked me to, and Revolutionaryspirits is a new user). Anyway, Revolutionaryspirits says s/he is still blocked, so I suspect an IP autoblock, but can't find the problem. I don't do many blocks and even fewer unblocks, so would you mind checking what I did wrong? Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch <sub>><></sub>°<sup>°</sup> 03:54, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much, I will let the user know the autoblock is lifted, and sorry to bother you. Ruhrfisch <sub>><></sub>°<sup>°</sup> 04:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Beilein

Your decision not to redirect the redundant material resulting from this ill-advised split beffuddles me. All the other admins for his AFDs have redirected them. People are already trying to redirect the redundant page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:57, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

1. I was calling your attention to the fact that Coaching record of John Beilein‎ should have been redirected because thats how all the other splits by this guy are handled by other admins.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

   Are you watching the page that has been redirected against your decision.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

2. I was calling your attention to the fact that since it obviously should be redirected it has been by an editor.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Sasquatch2 blocking

I left a comment on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sasquatch2 regarding your blocks of Sasquatch2's accounts. There is an IP address that may or may not need to be blocked. —Fiziker <sup>t c</sup> 04:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. Saw your block. —Fiziker <sup>t c</sup> 04:57, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for all the work you do at Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention. Chillum 05:28, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Sloatsburg thanks

You're welcome. Funny you should like that dam article ... I had commended it to Mitch since I had added it as a source to Sloatsburg (Metro-North station), which he got to GA. Daniel Case (talk) 05:55, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandal

I contacted you earlier about vandalism on the Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds page. Thanks for your advice, I will be sure to add reasons for deletion in all further editing I do.

I am concerned that my earlier revisions have been reverted once again by another user, User:Int3rnaut, who appears to have been repeatedly inserting false information into the Nexus article since at least last October. Specifically:

• The Sa San Massacre - an alleged real-world protest and riot culminating in multiple deaths and injuries - has no hits in Google news under any of the key words related to the story (Santa Clara, Kru Interactive, Rick Jordan, Office Max)and has been noted by another person on the discussion page as a "parody", not an actual incident.
• The reference to "OH HOW SO CUTE" does not reveal any reason why it should be listed in the controversy section, and does not appear to have any place in any encyclopaedia article. It's a description of fan videos that exist on YouTube.
• Much of the information this person added under the Setting subheadings is nonsensical in a manner that would be obvious even to those unfamiliar with the game. An example: "...several clans swear their loyalty to Emperor SenShi, however these clans no longer exist as swearing is against the TOA.".

I believe the User:Int3rnaut account shows a history of edits and changes that do not appear to have been made in good faith. Being new to Wikipedia myself, I'm not sure whose attention to bring this to, and I hope you can help by reviewing the account yourself, or by pointing me in the direction of the correct person.

Thanks for your time.

118.208.207.226 (talk) 07:42, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for "The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes

An editor has asked for a deletion review of "The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 11:45, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin coaching

I think you forgot all about this? Techman224<sup>Talk</sup> 02:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Where are those questions? Techman224<sup>Talk</sup> 17:08, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Nicholas Chan

Like to request for your advise on what would be needed to provide justification for overturning deletion of article as this is the first article deletion appeal I am doing and would appreciate advise on what to do. Thanks. Ncknight (talk) 18:23, 14 March 2009 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_March_14#Nicholas_Chan

Sources have been updated for the DRV. Appreciate your review, thank you. Ncknight (talk) 06:51, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter

16:52, 15 March 2009 (UTC) The Helpful Bot 16:52, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Geography WikiProject update - 03/15/2009

The award images are complete!

After months of toil and attention to detail, Penubag has completed the set of images for this WikiProject's awards!

There are five race ribbons:

There's an engraved medallion:

And by far the hardest to create, a golden trophy:

If you have any ideas about awards these images can be placed upon, and how to award them (to show appreciation and to attract participants), please let me know.

And be sure to pop by Penubag's talk page to let him know what you think of his graphics artistry.

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per the discussion at WT:RFA

Per the discussion at WT:RFA, I have decided to block you for apparently being underaged (although I would have never guessed that.)... ;-)---I'm Spartacus! <sup>NO! I'm Spartacus!</sup> 07:19, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Aitias

Your composure during your differences with User:Aitias was very professional and I agree with everything you said. Keep up the good work. :) Aaroncrick<sup>(Tassie Boy talk)</sup> 05:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thats cool, Aaroncrick<sup>(Tassie Boy talk)</sup> 23:01, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of redirect

Hi -- following deletion of Economics of Indigence Culture and Behavior-Protecting America's Abused Children, may I suggest also deletion of a redirect the author created that pointed to the now deleted page: Protecting America's Abused Children. Perhaps a separate AfD is required, but I'd be surprised. thanks, Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:09, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

NPP Process

I read your reply "NPP takes a few seconds per article. All you have to do is decide whether it needs to be speedily deleted, and if not, you move on" at the recent RfA. Thanks for that. I'm not sure that's all it should take—we can discuss that another day—but that's not what this editor was doing.
If you review what s/he says in Mike R's section Arbitrary oppose reason #54: Not Enough New Page Patrol, s/he is clearly in considerable distress about the backlog, saying "we're only keeping up with flagged newpages because of ME PERSONALLY PUTTING A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO IT" and that "It was suggested to me that if I oppose RfAs on the grounds of the candidate not having done sufficient (or any) NPP, it might draw some attention to the phenomenon."
When I saw this ed's Oppose in the RfA I questioned the pace of patrol-marking (e.g. 21 articles in one minute at 03:45, 16 March 2009). The editor has now explained (on my talk page) that "I am able to quickly patrol large numbers of pages by the use of several cunningly-devised software scripts. They enable me to mark-as-patrolled all articles created by a given username. If someone has created +30 articles and a random sampling of 5 are all valid, then it is reasonable to conclude that the rest will be likewise." IMO it isn't a good thing if an editor feels so personally responsible for the new pages backlog on Wikipedia that s/he implements this sort of "automatically accept new pages from known editors" model behind the scenes ...especially one who claims to be engaged to "the most glorious gorgeous geek" and should have better things to do than patrol new pages here.
You're an admin and more experienced in this area than I am—can you keep a compassionate eye on this editor? Thanks - Pointillist (talk) 22:35, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

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vandalizer

Thanks for blocking that out of control vandalizer!--Spittlespat 23:34, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

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Hello i posted in the article on DANITES this is what i posted

I read the article on the Danites and I have lived as a member of the LDS church and though i hold no ill will toward them i ask to have my name removed from their records.I looked at this article with the absence of thought for Avarts character or Joseph Smiths character because that seemed to be the pivotal point among the entire article. This being said yes it does seem that their is no record of the court proceedings and this is a good point where it losses validaty I am afraid is where you take into account it was in a court of Law. Presided over by a judge and jurors , before you say it I know you beleive the jurors and the Judge had preconceived notions but dont you as well have a preconceived notion of Joseph Smiths Innocence based off of what you beleive. You overlook another Fact everyone that ever opposses the church was CAST out or Chasrised publicly much the same tactic a politician uses when ever he is caught with an Intern if you ask me ,My opinion, The fact is simple Avart testified that Joseph Smith was the Leader of the Danites fact. Yet another fact that seems to be overlooked is until his testimony against Joseph Smith he was still a member. Hypocracy my friend is on both sides of this coin. As for the article being unbiased it is. I t does not say who is innocent or who isnt it simply states what LDS and Non LDS people beleive to be the story. as for the slave issue and illetracy thats alittle bold a statement to claim considering that one of the things we are taught in the LDS church is that Joseph Smith had no higher than a Second Grade education and this point is used often in the missionary Discussions to show he could not have invented the Book of mormon because it is written in the same style of writing as the bible which is a style no longer used in that time period supporting validaty in the translation being one of divination of God and not a concoction of a farm boy in New york. So illetracte or not you beleive Joseph Smith had enough incite to make rational and sound decisions for large groups of people so your point on the Missouri peoples of that time period being Illetrate slave owners , which i will point out that everyone even the Northern states owned slaves during that time period, even LDS church Members so please no smoke and mirrors lets stick to the topic here and not try to talk circles around the real issue or divert attrention elsewhere in an attempt to justify your opinion its insulting to you and those trying to engage in serious discussion on the matter. Respectfully i find that the article is unbiased and lacking in facts on both sides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.105.128.58 (talk) 01:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

you put me on the list for Vandalism? i would like to know why apparently it is based off my IP address but this is the first time i ever posted in an article on wiki please let me know what the problem is so i can fix it i do not intend to Vandalize anything my email address is steven.j.phelps@us.army.mil

thank you for your time i am curious how you marked it so fast becuase i posted and saw that i had made a clerical error and wnet back within a minute of posting it and got the message i was blocked.(````) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.105.128.36 (talk) 01:51, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the rollback! *off to recent changes*—StaticVision (talk) 04:14, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

List of United States Naval Academy alumni (Medal of Honor)

Truco at FLC says the notes need a copyedit. Can you help? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 09:59, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Arrogant Sons of Bitches

Thanks! The new template doesn't appear to work so well and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. StarM 02:17, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Based on the number of people I've seen re-formatting entries o f late, I think the template itself needs fixing. I think in this case it's not just me being wikicode-dumb StarM 12:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

So jealous of all of you who speak template :) StarM 00:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

c-class

I noticed your vote on adoption of c-class at mil hist with the comment ,'I'm opposed to C-Class in general, as it can only lead to instruction creep. The assessment scale is meant to be a rough guide as to how much work an article needs to become featured, not an exact measurement.'

The assessment scale A,B, etc. was introduced to help choose articles for publication, not improvement. It aimed to identify those with worthwhile existing content. The changes introduced which have made this a more difficult grade to achieve mean that articles of a level originally considered for publication are now being lumped into 'start' together with totally useless ones. The purpose of the C grade is to identify some of these articles, pretty much as originally intended. In fact, this seems to be the majority of articles on mil hist which have been assessed as 'reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies' by a ratio of two to one (10,000 with this level of content in start grade, as opposed to about 4500 in the higher grades). You may consider that the C grade does not help mil hist in improving articles (I would disagree with this too, since it is a wholly negligible amount of effort to change the template in return for a label separating modest articles from terrible ones), but perhaps you might consider the benefit of the grade to the work of the wider wiki community, and its usefulness to readers. Sandpiper (talk) 09:50, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Whenever I use the encyclopedia to find something out, I usually end up getting that information from a 'start' page. This strongly suggests the 'start' articles are the most important part of the encyclopedia and the ones we should be paying attention to. The grading system currently makes no meaningful distinction between those articles making up the largest useful part of the encyclopedia, and probably an equal number in the same class which are pretty unhelpfull. I see the articles actually doing the work of spreading wikipedias reputation (good or bad) as where effort ought to be concentrated. Sandpiper (talk) 23:28, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Int3rnaut

First: Happy Saint Pat's Day!

Second: It is I, the user formerly known as 118.208.207.226.

Third: Once again, Int3rnaut has undone my alterations to the Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds page, restoring coding errors and language critical of the publishers of the game. He has also removed the deletion tag I added to a page he created on Chimese cute kingdom, the game that has no visible existence or web presence outside the mentions he himself has added to Wikipedia.

Thanks once again for your assistance.

Cazzle (talk) 12:21, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

Cazzie is just being immature. She had a personal vendetta against me from this game, and is trying to do whatever she can to destroy everything I do, because she is a sadistic person.

Everything I added is topical and deserves to be placed on this obscure/tiny game that houses a population of less than 500 people. Do the research yourself these are actual occurences in the game, and as for CCK it exists, Cazzie just can't work google.

I'd also like to point out that she keeps removing the Fan movies page that actually placed in a Kru Interactive (the company that owns Nexustk) contest. She's just bitter. Perhaps you could lock the page, investigate the situation, and then input your own feelings, because it's unfair that only one side of the games perspective is being shown, ideally it should be a non-biased one, and yet that just isn't the case. Int3rnaut (talk) 16:45, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Juliancolton and Int3rnaut

I received Int3rnaut's message on my talk page and have addressed it on his; I believe he has mistaken me for another person (because I am not and have never been known as Rachel), and I have offered to demonstrate my identity if he still doubts me. Until I began making changes to the Nexus page a few days ago, I had never "met" him before.

As I said on Int3rnaut's page, I followed the link to YouTube that he provides that is supposed to go to content called "OH HOW SO CUTE", but what I actually get is a page that says "Invalid username" and thumbnails of videos that are not related to Nexus at all. I can screenshot this if need be. Anyway, in case this is somehow a problem at my end I hoped you, Julian, would be so kind as to check the link yourself. If it works for you, I won't touch it again. If it doesn't but Int3rnaut is able to correct it to a working link, ditto. This is the link that is currently on the N:TKOTW page.

I meant it when I said to you, Int3rnaut, that my goal is to tidy up and improve the page and make it both informative and helpful while still adhering to Wiki guidelines - something which it doesn't do at present. As a former player I do not have up-to-date knowledge of what is presently happening in the game and my contributions are best limited to a general overview and historical information. I would welcome additions by current players like yourself who can provide content about the current state of the game as well as review my contributions and make sure they are accurate.

Finally, I still do not believe Chimese cute kingdom exists. There is no match to the phrase "Chimese Cute Kingdom" (inc. quotes) in Google and the link provided by Int3rnaut not only doesn't work but a WHOIS lookup on ICANN/InterNIC shows it is an unregistered, available domain (results page here). Again, I'm happy to provide screenshots to back these assertions up and they should be simple for anyone to fact check. I'm quite confident that I do know how to "work Google". CCK doesn't seem to exist outside Int3rnaut's own references to it - surely if it does exist and is noteworthy enough to merit an article, it should be a simple matter for him to provide proof of that. In fact, Int3rnaut, Wiki guidelines require you to do so.

-Cazzle (talk) 02:40, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Just curious, how come you're not on WPTC IRC channel anymore? Cheers ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:59, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Oops.

I nearly forgot....

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NewPageWatcher

Hello, I have recently put in a request for the NewPageWatcher permission but I have gotten no response but people who applied more recently than me appear to have gotten a response can you tell me why that is? Thanks. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 20:44, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 20:56, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion request

Un más, por favor. Take note of the special circumstances. I've informed the user that PD images belong at Commons. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 21:40, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

TY! ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 21:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

And to you. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>♣T</sub><sup>C♣</sup> 21:59, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

RentLaw.com

You deleted as per the AfD but the AfD had barely opened. Did you really mean to delete it as a G11? If so then I can't agree that it came within that criterion (Pages that exclusively promote some entity) and would ask you to please undelete it. Forward planning failure (talk) 22:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

• Is that a no then? As you didn't reply to my reply. Forward planning failure (talk) 00:09, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for RentLaw.com

An editor has asked for a deletion review of RentLaw.com. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Forward planning failure (talk) 00:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Media Temple

I recently initiated a speedy deletion request that was immediately removed by the user forward planning failure, before it could be reviewed by admin. The request was placed based on the fact that the article did not indicate the importance of the subject or company in question. They advertise their product/service without relevant content. The content and subject is not suitable for an encyclopedia. The company's position is for self-promotion and product placement and the article lacks substantial 3rd party objective evidence of notability from reliable sources. I just wanted to be certain that you got a chance to see the Media Temple article before it was deleted again. Also wanted to find out if you could suggest another approach to addressing this matter if speedy deletion is not appropriate. I know the Wikipedia group enforces quality control in the type of communications that are published in it worldwide to maintain the integrity of the its brand and use as an internet-based credible reference source for Wikipedia users worldwide. Any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinope09 (talk • contribs) 02:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Total Access Statistics

Please advise why Total Access Statistics was deleted.

It's a 12 year old software product that is referenced in many published scientific papers. A few online copies from reputable publications like the National Academy of Sciences and Oxford University were cited. Shouldn't that remove the issue of whether it's notable?

Thanks. DataAnalyzer (talk) 02:52, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of "Ask Dr. Math"

Hello, I'm not that very familiar with the Wikipedia policies, but that was a quick speedy-deletion. I'd still like to protest the deletion: the article was about a valuable ressource on math topics that in certain ways is not that different from, say, PlanetMath. I also did not understand why my reasons (on importance and significance) failed to address the guidelines. --landroni (talk) 07:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Changing Username

Yes I am confortable with using my full name as my user name. Can it please be changed?

Gkaur94 (talk) 11:20, 18 March 2009 (UTC)JulieKenney

Leuqarte says thanks!

Thank you for the speedy response to my request. --Leuqarte (talk) 15:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Drake Center Page

Hi. I'm just trying to figure out why you deleted the page I created for the hospital called Drake Center in Cincinnati, OH? Could you please reply back to me at michelle.day@healthall.com or here I guess, I'm just not sure how I would find your reply.

Thanks,

Michelle —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.81.216.8 (talk) 17:25, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

My Nomination for Editor

Have answered your query on the page, but have included my answer for convinience here:

Apologies, I was using a term I thought more formal and thus appropriate. It was in a library, which I have made sure I no longer use while using my laptop, so there should not be any problems, and my account has not been compromised by anyone in terms of them having knowledge of my password etc.

South-East7™<sup>Talk</sup>/<sub>Contribs</sub> 18:23, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hi can ypu please check the edit made from User_talk:131.111.229.18 this user was issued a warning from you as well as my self and i do believe this could be a false positive i am using huggle please let me know thanks.

Regards Staffwaterboy <sup>Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments</sup> 18:29, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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SE7's RfA

Hi, I noticed that you have commented on SE7's RfA. I suspect that there may be sockpuppetry and I would like your advice about whether I should file a request for checkuser. The reasons for this are:

• Chinwe Izamoje came back from over a year of inactivity to support SE7.
• Emperor Leonidas who says that he "created an account ages ago, but lost the password" on his User Page, created an account less than one hour ago and almost immediately went to the RfA page.
• Punk Rocker has not edited for over a month and only just returned, so he may be suspicious.

Do you think that checkuser is necessary? GT5162 <sup>(我的对话页)</sup> 19:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

SE7's SPI

I have created the SPI page here. Please comment on it if you feel that it would be appropriate. Also, do I need to add a {{sockpuppet}} template to their User/Talk Pages, or will that be done automatically? GT5162 <sup>(我的对话页)</sup> 19:29, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Qestion

Can we get a sysop/admin intervention in regards to a ip addresses edits concerning a article here is what the ip wrote on my talk page User_talk:Staffwaterboy#Concern,This is the article he is refreing to the infomation he placed was not put in my opinion in an appropriate place if any place was for it,He took offence to me reverting his edit using huggle..I'm trying to solve this issue with him but i think it would be better to have a over look of a admin,He is refering to this article Sligo,As you see in the history this can become a edit war if this continues. Sligo], Diff.

Thanks for your time

Staffwaterboy <sup>Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments</sup> 20:50, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Also message came from a different ip this time...hmm

Cheers, Staffwaterboy <sup>Critique Me Guestbook Hate Comments</sup> 20:57, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Havehopey'all

Hey, could you delete his user page + his talk. It has extremely inappropriate content. Also, disable him of editing his talk? It's just another user of "you know who". Thanks! Versus22 <sub>talk</sub> 17:35, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

{{Infobox Hurricane}}

There's an extra blank line in this template before the lead. I am trying to find the culprit so I need you to do something. Can you remove everything (including the protection template) between the noinclude tags and save it? Then go to article, purge its cache (with ?action=purge) to see what happens. Then you can revert the template. Then tell me if anything happens. Potapych (talk) 18:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, then that should be fine. Sometimes noinclude tags are the cause, especially if they are at the beginning of the template. I can't see any extra breaks anywhere else. Potapych (talk) 18:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

That affects what you want to display. I don't remember how long this bug was here, but maybe it's a longstanding one. I'll keep looking. Potapych (talk) 18:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Possible Review for a Previously Deleted Article

Saw that you made a judgement about deleting a page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Chi_Rho_Omicron_(2nd_nomination)

My Apologizes if I am missing any rules, as I am still at the Rookie Level.

This group was nominated for deletion twice before with no results. In one of those attempts, a number of people for (And against) the deletion posted up reasons for keeping or deleting. In the end if was found that there wasn't enough to delete the page, either time.

Some time later another used nominated the page for deletion again and this time it does get deleted.

I was reading the rules I found this: "Once there is an objection or a deletion discussion, a page may not be proposed for deletion again"

I guess I was likening this to the Double Jeopardy law in the US Courts. Between the 2nd nomination for deletion and the 3rd, nothing significantly changed that might have caused this page to be deleted again. I almost think that, if someone has a personal problem with a particular page, they can keep nominating again and again until they get lucky to get someone to side with them. Just seems a bit unfair to me.

I also was a bit suspicious of the date of this nomination (December 23) and the final judgement was made on January 7. It's suspicious because if I wanted to go after any college related pages on Wikipedia, I guess I would do it when I knew no one was around and able to defend it, like between semesters when every college student is on vacation.

I'm just asking you to look over all of the evidence again, from the previous discussions as well, and to consider reinstating this page.

For the record, I was formerly the university advisor for this particular group at their first campus. I'm trying to be unbiased in my discussion. My apologizes if any part of this message was slanted in one direction.

Thanks for your time. Most appreciated.

Patrick —Preceding unsigned comment added by IcanINSTIGATE (talk • contribs) 22:10, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for rollback

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User namespace Deletion Request

Hi Juliancolton. Can you please delete the user page redirects where the vandal added a period at the end to move it? Those pages got created in that mess and shouldn't exist in the first place. ~ Troy (talk) 01:41, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

TypingMaster

Hi,

My friend tried to create a page about a touch typing software TypingMaster. As a result both the page and his account was removed.

He would be interested to do a proper page. but he is upset that the other software-pages (Mavis_Beacon_Teaches_Typing etc.) stay and the one he did was deleted.

I advised him to "why was my page deleted"-page and also to reflect what is better in the other touch typing software pages.

Is there some other advice that would be crucial to deliver for him?

Regards, Juvepa2002 (talk) 08:24, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Eukaryotic

Please use descriptive reasons in the block log. If you had used "Excessive page-move vandalism" instead of "Grawp" the log would be understandable to everyone. You could even have used the vandalism-only account preset block reason without any additional typing if you needed to save time. - Mgm|<sup>(talk)</sup> 08:49, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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Request for Permission

Hi, I'm Spacevezon, a user who placed a request for permission to use New Page Watcher. You seem to be the main admin for granting permission, and I've been waiting quite a while, but I've not been granted permission (some guy who placed his name down after me has now recieved a response).

So, I was wondering if you could check out my request and deny/grant access to my account? If you see my contributions, you will see that I am often on new page patrol. Spacevezon (talk) 20:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC) Spacevezon (talk) 20:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Peridan username

Just wondering if there's been any response from him? He's editing again after a gap. Peridon (talk) 21:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has started. We will be selecting coordinators from a pool of eighteen to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on Saturday, 28 March! Thank you.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 01:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

RE

I guess I could, I was just quoting the final line of the film Wanted.--WillC---(What the F*** have you done lately???!!) 01:42, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I guess I could, though that is my favorite line from the film. I'll think of something.--WillC---(What the F*** have you done lately???!!) 01:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, no problem, it was a short thing anyway. After I come back full time in a few days or weeks I was going to change my entire sig.--WillC---Joe's gonna kill you!!!) 02:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Abdulfez‎

Hi there. To answer your question, User:Broadweighbabe removed the relisted debate from the 20th back to the 15th. See [4], [5]. She or he didn't however remove the relisted tag at the deletion discussion. I wasn't sure how the whole relisted process works and I was afraid if the tag was left it might be listed again at the 20th without removing it from the 15th, thereby having two open discussions. I personally didn't care whether or not the debate was relisted, and I didn't want to revert Broadweigh and have possible drama or have a technical issue. That's why I remved the relist tag and put the comment at the debate, "I see Broadweighbabe put this back after it had been relisted. Is everyone ok with this?" I see you went ahead and deleted the article so I guess it doesn't matter now. I would like to know how the whole relisting process works though, is there a good place to go to read up on it?Nrswanson (talk) 02:12, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

ACID collaboration article from March 21 to...um...sometime in april

well, any input would be good - green is a good comparison. Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I know

I was out all day today in the Catskills; I have read it and I am considering my response. Daniel Case (talk) 06:12, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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Question

Hey Julian. I need to ask somebody a question regarding non-admin AIV clerking.

Sorry to bother you over this, but I would prefer to ask an administrator whom I have seen around and whose judgment I have grown to respect and trust even when I disagree with what is being said. You were among the first to come to mind, so I was wondering about your opinion. Do you feel it is acceptable for non-admins to decline AIV reports (assuming the vandal in question does not meet the qualifications for a block)? Master&Expert (Talk) 23:19, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. Would "blatantly obvious" reports also entail accounts that have been insufficiently warned (obviously so)? (I also replied on my talk page) Master&Expert (Talk) 23:35, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

See my comment on M&E's page. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Another comment there. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:41, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. –Juliancolton <sup>Tropical Cyclone</sup> 01:48, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Transwiki request

Hello! Can you please transwiki List of Disney animated heroines to wikia:annex:List of Disney animated heroines? Can you kindly also transwiki List of neopets species to wikia:annex:List of neopets species? And also List of characters based on developers in Ultima series to wikia:annex:List of characters based on developers in Ultima series? Thanks! Sincerely, --A Nobody<sup>My talk</sup> 01:38, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

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welcome to wp:HSITES

Hi Juliancolton -- Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic Sites, which has opened up. I took the liberty of assuming your support for the wikiproject meant you wanted to join as a member, and I copied your signature to the Members list on the main page. Please visit and add to, or remove, your listing there. It would be great to hear about what you're interested in the Wikiproject becoming, in your member comment and/or at the Talk page, shortcut wt:HSITES. Thanks for your support! doncram (talk) 05:59, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Apostolic Johannite Church delete discussion

Dear Juliancolton:

I am hoping that you're keeping a watchful eye on the Apostolic Johannite Church deletion discussion. I'm sure that you're following a large number of these discussions and it's hard to give every single one the focus that the participants might want. I think that you would be a good independent evaluator of the discussion, however, since while I certainly can claim no objectivity, and the editor who is actively participating in the discussion seems to have come in with his or her mind clearly made up. I'm not sure that consensus is going to be reached easily, but I worry that some are arguing in what seems to me to be bad faith (e.g. making false claims, ignoring evidence presented, etc.) If you wish to contact me you can do so either at my talk page or via email at wbehun@gmx.de, whichever you prefer.

Thanks in advance!

William Behun Wbehun (talk) 16:19, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

NPWatcher request

Hi please can you approve my NPWatcher request?? and thank you for your time Maen. K. A. (talk) 18:51, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank You Allot Maen. K. A. (talk) 11:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy Juliancolton's Day!

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Rollback

You gave the rollback ability to user:otisjimmy on the understanding he wouldn't use it against good-faith edits. But here we have such an event, unfortunately. Totnesmartin (talk) 08:59, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, um, WiC may be acting in good faith, but that means his feelings on this issue prevent him from seeing what the sources (often, his own sources) say. If you have time, please take a look my/otisjimmy's citations and perhaps my explanations at Talk:Thelema -- admittedly broken into several talk sections now -- and give us an opinion on this. Dan (talk) 16:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm having trouble with Email User for some reason. We could really use a quick response if at all possible. Dan (talk) 17:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

And good faith or not, WiC's most recent revert seems to make 4. Dan (talk) 17:20, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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Response

I answered your question at the RfA. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Total Access Statistics

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Total Access Statistics. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 19:03, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Bog Brook Reservoir pic

Remember how I told you I had gotten that great pic of Bog Brook Reservoir last summer? Well, it's in the article now (and NY 312 as well, since I was just off the road when I took it.

I think we could add it to the HVNY selected picture rotation if you want. Daniel Case (talk) 21:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

NPW

Thank you for granting me NPWatcher. I'd like to know, which version is the latest one to use? --Whip it! <sup>Now whip it good!</sup> 22:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Also, I'm having trouble staying logged in when I use NPW (I log in using the secure server). What's up with that? --Whip it! <sup>Now whip it good!</sup> 23:16, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. --Whip it! <sup>Now whip it good!</sup> 00:08, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Terang College

Please remember when closing AFD's to remove the AFD note on the article and to add notice of the discussion to the article talk page. I've just done this for the above article, from a debate you closed as keep some two weeks ago. Pedro :  Chat  23:18, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Hello, I just was looking at the WP:Admin coaching/Status page, and saw that you had room for another coachee, if that is a word. However, there is a tag at the top saying that it is inactive, so I was just wondering if you would be willing to take me on. Thanks, Genius101<sup>Guestbook</sup> 23:23, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

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Presto Linux Xandros

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu

Instead of Deleting the Page I created about Presto Linux: why don't you do something useful and create one that mirrors or follows the Ubuntu style article above.

If you do publish such an article; please let me know. I am just about to try Presto; and naturally I looked to wiki for an article before downloading it, and only published what I did because there was nothing!

I am a newbie; you could have been a little more friendly!

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Priusblack (talk • contribs) 03:06, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

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Rollback in the watchlist

Whilst doing my usual talk page stalkering I noticed you find the rollback in the watchlist to be annoying. Did you know that you can easily turn it off? See [6]. best, –xeno (talk) 22:39, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem =) I must admit that I didn't like the links at first, but I've grown accustomed to them. To each their own, though... –xeno (talk) 22:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Yea, I've had a misclick or two. Usually catch them, but there'll be one day. . . –xeno (talk) 22:46, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

PD review

Posting to several FLC regulars, maybe this program would work, see [7] — Rlevse • Talk • 01:02, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for giving me... MY rollback rights. Talk to you soon,--Michael (talk) 02:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Image deletion templates

Isn't there an image deletion template for use as "request by the author"? I didn't see it here. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>«talk</sub><sup>stalk»</sup> 03:45, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

{{db-author}}? —Ed 17 <sup>(Talk / Contribs)</sup> 03:48, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, so it's still all G7. Thanks. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>«talk</sub><sup>stalk»</sup> 03:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback permission

You recently granted rollback to Michael93555 (talk · contribs). This user is new and has demonstrated that he is not capable of discerning vandalism as demonstrated here [8] He reverted those edits because someone (who is even worse at discerning vandalism) claimed the edits were vandalism. Michael did not bother to check whether or not the edits were valid though he claimed he crosschecked the edits with sources. While I do not ask for you to remove his rollback, I do ask that you keep an eye on his use of rollback. Feel free to ask for more evidence, I try to keep this post simple --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 04:34, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. I wasn't clear the first time, he made the edit 4 days prior to you giving him the rollback feature. Sorry about the confusion. --Falastine fee Qalby (talk) 04:49, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

• I just want you to know, I only reverted 3 of Yamanam edits on March 20, 2009. I regret doing this. I'm Sorry.
• I only use rollback for blatant vandalism, Like This or This.--Michael (talk) 07:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Shaahin Mohajeri

Hi freind
I noticed that you deleted shaahin mohajeri:
Aren't these some important references :

• Shaahin in Huygens-Fokker Foundation: 1.... 2....Tuning & temperament bibliography
• Shaahin in scala references
• Shaahin mohajeri's scales in the large collection of over 3700 scale files for Scala
• 3rd International festival of percussions in catalunya , spain , Feb 2008
• Shaahin's ADO tuning model mentioned in Ph.D. Thesis of Ozan Yarman:1

And as Phil Bridger (talk) Commented :
"Has anyone checked out the Persian language references and links in the article? Or looked for any other Persian sources? If not then we can't claim that this lacks sources.(14:06, 8 March 2009)" (UTC)
Please find someone who knows farsi to check out the Persian language references and links and any other Persian sources.
And some other interesting things:
-Gets <300 Google hits . Is google hits one of the most parameters to delete?may be yes and may be no (-;
-This article is top heavy on self-promotion, see[9].If this is a problem so i can delete the picture (-;
Anyway , thanks your efforts for great wikipedia

Acousticsoftombak (talk) 06:53, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

"keep" or "no consensus"?

In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of common misconceptions (2nd nomination), did you close as keep, or as keeping because of no consensus to delete? Not the same thing, and it's important when people try to decide if they should nominate again. --Enric Naval (talk) 12:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Offering my unrequested, talkpage-stalker-view, I don't think "no consensus to delete" equals "no consensus" because if there were good reasons to merge, to redirect or to keep but none to delete, it would still be "consensus not to delete" but not "consensus to keep". But whether to merge, redirect or keep are three alternatives that can be decided by talk page consensus and don't need another AFD. So I'd interpret it the way that another deletion nomination anytime soon would be disruptive. But Julian might have intended something different here of course. SoWhy 12:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

That was a difficult close, and I personally thought the arguments to keep the article were stronger than the arguments to delete it. However, I knew it would have been impractical to close it as anything other than no consensus, so I suppose it's a hybrid between the two. –Juliancolton <sup>Talk</sup> · <sup>Review</sup> 12:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

RedEye semi-protection

Just a comment about the move to protect the page: was that really necessary? After reading the wiki description of living person bios and semi-protection, I wonder if any meaningful threshold has been met.

After reading up, I registered. I did so to continue making changes to a few different pages. None of my contributions have been removed on valid grounds (I've reverted the removal of my changes on a different page a few times now). The majority have passed critical inspection by users and vandals alike.

Now, two of the pages are semi-protected and I can no longer contribute. What's the point? CanuckMike (talk) 05:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

As I stated, I'm aware of the protection guidelines. I'm questioning the usefulness of your action - the guidelines say you're to err on the side of continued contributions. I was contributing. I also used the appropriate template to request two edits be made. One has been done. The other, on the page you protected, still awaits. It's been waiting since before you suggested I make a request. CanuckMike (talk) 16:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

My disdain? :-) The reason for the new editors and vandalism is a currently unfolding event in Canadian media. By semi-protecting, you've removed informed input exactly when it's needed. I'm not suggesting that we're tracking earth-changing events but, well, we're talking about something that's infuriated a nation known for taking it on the chin. That's saying something, dunno what, about Canadian society and values. CanuckMike (talk) 16:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Red_Eye_w/_Greg_Gutfeld#editsemiprotected CanuckMike (talk) 20:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Roger Coghill

How do I start a deletion discussion with you about your decision to delete my entry on grounds of "blatant copyright infringement? Cogreslab (talk) 15:22, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Edit info

Hi Julian, I'm considering nominating an editor for adminship and would like to look closer at his edit stat's. Unfortunately the tools I use to check my own stat's no longer appear to work. Could you point me in the direction of a tool. Thanks. — R<sup>2</sup> 16:24, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Roger Coghill entry speedy deletion. (disputed)

Dear Juliancolton,

I dont appear to have had any response to my question: What blatant copyright infringement? I have now given permission to Wilipedia to use any text on my www.cogreslab.co.uk website. Does that solve the problem?

Cogreslab (talk) 16:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

deleted page

I am trying to create a wiki about the company (Active Motif) I work for and you have deleted this page for reasons I cannot fully understand. I realize the page may not have been completed during my submission, but it will be very similar to the following wiki: [10].

We intend no abuse of wikipedia, we only wish to be included in the community.

As this is my first wiki page, I certainly would not turn down any advice in getting this page moving again [11].

Thanks, Eric —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonen (talk • contribs) 17:20, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Inappropriate usernames

My understanding of WP:SPAMNAME is that any username which is the name of a company, corporation, organization, etc. is to be softblocked as a role account, since "Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted". I acknowledge, however, that there is some ambiguity there. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:21, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I'd appreciate your input at Wikipedia talk:Username policy#Company names not (as yet) being used for spamming, since you're a major presence at UAA. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

USMA Astronauts

See Bencherlite's comments and my responses about date formatting in refs. This is going to be an issue. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:17, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

told ya — Rlevse • Talk • 20:45, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. I'm still not seeing where YYYY-MM-DD date formats are prohibited, but he must have a reason for believing so. –Juliancolton <sup>Talk</sup> · <sup>Review</sup> 20:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I think because of what Sandy said. I'm calling him on it. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:49, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:MOSDATE#Dates says ISO dates shouldn't be used withing the text itself. Doesn't seem to say anything about references. –Juliancolton <sup>Talk</sup> · <sup>Review</sup> 20:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

• good one. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:54, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Just in case you don't see it directly, I've clearly got egg on my face in the light of SandyGeorgia's explanation - her objection was to malformed ISO dates in references e.g. 2009-3-25, rather than to ISO dates per se in references. So, not only have I caused an excessive amount of heat and light at FLC but I need not have made all the changes I did when the issue was raised with me in another FLC last October! Regards, Bencherlite<sup>Talk</sup> 21:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I was just a bit confused. Glad to see the issue's been cleared up. Cheers, –Juliancolton <sup>Talk</sup> · <sup>Review</sup> 21:27, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Nice job in coolly addressing the issues amid the extraneous conversation. Just another reason I'll be supporting your future RfB. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:16, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

FYI: This should be of interest. I am the initiator of the FLC in question but due to being overwhelmed with school Rlevse was helping out since he has authored most of the lists like this for the FT which it seems won't be nominated now. -MBK<sub>004</sub> 02:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I left a comment at that FLC. –Juliancolton <sup>Talk</sup> · <sup>Review</sup> 02:17, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I've responded there for transparency. -MBK<sub>004</sub> 02:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Julian, the citation templates instruct that the date format should be the same as in the main body of the page. I've always believed, therefore, that if the date format for prose/table content is "26 March 2009", so too should the refs. If a table uses the ISO format, the refs can, too. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Russian Jokes

March 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to the page Russian jokes has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. –Juliancolton <sup>Talk</sup> · <sup>Review</sup> 01:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

These were simple corrections. As you do not anywhere claim proficiency in Russian, I assume that you lack such and simply considered 14 instances of fuck/fucking in a single sentence translation to be vandalism. However, the whole point (and humour) of the sentence was in that it consisted SOLELY of forms of the word 'cock' (more obscene in Russian than 'fucking' is in English, and used in such a fashion that 'fuck' and its derivatives would make more sense in the translation). There is really no way to illustrate the double meanings of the sentence using proper vocabulary, plus, similar professions and social classes in English-speaking countries speak much the same way, simply limited by having to use proper subjects and objects besides pure profanity, due to English being less of a synthetic language. Furthermore, the word 'fuck' and other obscenities were already present, en masse, on that page, hence not making me the one to turn a 'proper' article 'obscene'. Please restore the edit, as I am not too well versed in the mechanics of reversions and re-reversions and don't want to muck anything up.

PS I, unlike yourself, am actually an experienced translations professional in said language pair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.167.100.243 (talk) 01:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

= I was blocked you

Last sunday I was blocked by you. Blocked You have been blocked from editing for a short time in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for violating the three-revert rule. Please be more careful to discuss controversial changes or seek dispute resolution rather than engaging in an edit war. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text below. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 05:53, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I requested to be unblocked based on: "No warning was given to me that editing more than three times will cause auto-blocking my account"

and was Declined based on reason: "You were edit warring with multiple editors over a redirect. Warnings do not need to be given for such actions, and the block was made to prevent further disruption. If you agree to cease the disruption then you may be unblocked. Stephen 21:37, 22 March 2009 (UTC)"

I was just reading the page Edit warring noticeboard and it says: If you find yourself in an edit war, ensure that all involved users are aware of the three-revert rule. Use the template uw-3rr to notify new or inexperienced users on their talk pages. Can you please tell me why wasnt I alerted. Thanks. --Juliaaltagracia (talk) 01:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

150.101.237.22

I just blocked this ip with the exact same settings you had without realizing you had already blocked and I was in the re-block screen. The Ip will just have to live with the extra minute. Anyway, just wanted to drop by and tell you this was unintentional. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:16, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Great.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

User page protection

Hi, I think I must have made a mistake in my Request for Page Unprotection request three days ago. I meant to request that User talk:Collectonian's semi-protection be lifted, not User:Collectonian. Can you switch it back so that my user page is still semi-protected, while my talk page is not? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 05:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:Articles for deletion/Captain Mac. A. Roni

You closed the subject AfD on 24 March with a consensus to merge to The Cheesy Adventures of Captain Mac A. Roni. However, the co-nominated article, Captain Macaroni, was never merged. I was going to do it myself but the commented out "For administrator use only" line in the AfD template made me think twice. Please handle. Thanks. KuyaBriBri<sup>Talk</sup> 13:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

D'oh! That created a double redirect. Since the "For administrator use only" note was gone I went ahead and fixed it. KuyaBriBri<sup>Talk</sup> 13:43, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

David Sereda deserves his own Wikipedia article!!!

~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.3.120 (talk) 00:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

When will people get it into their head that this site is to provide information to the public and that the censorship of non-obscene information is equivilent to book burning Nazis. David Sereda is a contemporary genius of journalism, eccology, spiritualism, disclosure and UFOlogy. He deserves his own wikipedia page to help his contribution in the inspiration and evolution of humankind and the censorship of this is counterproductive and Neanderthal in nature. His lifestory is completly varifiable. We must continue to protest and infobomb against this.

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RFPP request

Hi there. An author replied to a request you declined. Seeing the new activity, you might want to reconsider. Regards SoWhy 22:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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SRP RNA article required by RNA Biology journal

Hi,

I am writing an article for RNA Biology which requires the submission of a Wikipedia article about SRP RNA. (See http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/rnabiology/guidelines for details.) There are coauthors which will contribute and build this wiki over a time of 2 to 3 month. How can I best achieve this without repeated deletions of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRPRNA ? Is it possible to work in a restricted user area which is not seen be the general wiki community?

Best,

Chris zwieb@uthct.edu

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tel. (903) 877 7689 fax. (903) 877 5731 skype: czwieb e-mail: zwieb@uthct.edu URL: http://rnp.uthct.edu/rnp/zwieb/ZwiebFac.html

More deletion requests

Mind using the magic button?

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Watchmen

That guy was driving me mad. Thanks. Darrenhusted (talk) 17:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Could you also apply the same to the comic as the editor moved to that after the block. Darrenhusted (talk) 00:49, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Side Salad Records page deleted....

Hello, i was just uploading the new wikipage for my brothers record label Side Salad Records. When i got back and it states u have deleted it, could i ask why please? sorry im not doingthen "Please sign your comments with four tildes (like this: TuckBox Films (talk) 18:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC))" as im not to shore what it means as i have just started editing wikipedia.

Thank you //Elliott

Talkpage vandalism

No problem; he then did the same to me (as I suspected he might) whilst I was off-line and TRM blocked him. Sigh... Bencherlite<sup>Talk</sup> 19:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

"Reformed vandal admins"

Just out of curiosity, can you name a couple?--Rockfang (talk) 05:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I typically don't converse about Wikipedia subjects via email. Thanks for offering, but I'll just pass. No worries.--Rockfang (talk) 05:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Juliancolton, thanks for commenting about my username request. I'm giving it a second thought. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjjhang (talk • contribs) 12:45, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Another picture you might want to use at the portal

It took some work in Photoshop to combine two images, but check out this. Daniel Case (talk) 14:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, let's. It's interesting as the area around Ten Mile River is the only part of New York within the Housatonic watershed. Daniel Case (talk) 14:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Also, you ought to consider this, my personal favorite picture of a church I've taken, for the picture rotation as well. Daniel Case (talk) 14:49, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

So do I. I often get disappointed in my hopes to get something to FP status (since I use, at least currently, a camera with >300px capability, but the relative lack of noise in that one makes me dream. It really says "church". Daniel Case (talk) 15:04, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:HUG

After a lengthy hiatus, I'm finally back in the vandal-busting game. With my new reverts, would you trust me with Huggle? →Dyl@n620 17:14, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Julian; as you seem to be absent, and I'd REALLY like to have Huggle installed today, I'm off to contact another vandal-busting admin/rollback granter about the matter. Best wishes for wherever you are, →Dyl@n620 23:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Alright, cool! Nice sig, BTW, reminds me of a current 'crat candidate. →Dyl@n620 02:34, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

another deletion

File:HRWalkway.svg ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>«talk</sub><sup>stalk»</sup> 17:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

TY as always. I'm sure you're sick of deleting things for me. :-) ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>«talk</sub><sup>stalk»</sup> 05:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

On that note, this is deserved:

ωαdεstεr16<sub>«talk</sub><sup>stalk»</sup> has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding {{subst:WikiPint}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for always being a helpful, clueful, and level-headed admin. And thank you for pressing the magic button on so many image deletions in my crusade against Commons-eligible images being hosted locally on Wikipedia. ~ ωαdεstεr16<sub>«talk</sub><sup>stalk»</sup> 05:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

GA Mentoring

Hi Julian: I noticed you were listed over at Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Mentors. I overlooked the link to mentoring the first time; I was wondering if you would be so kind as take a look at my first review, of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and offer some feedback. Best, Ray<sup>Talk</sup> 21:40, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin coaching

I think you forgot about it. Techman224<sup>Talk</sup> 00:50, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

		Milhist Coordinator elections
		I wish to thank you for your gracious support during my bid for a position as Coordinator of the Military history Wikiproject in the recent March 2009 elections. I was initially apprehensive to stand for election as I was unsure on how well I would be received, but I am pleasantly surprised and delighted to have been deemed worthy to represent my peers within the project. I assure and promise you, I will strive to do my upmost to justify your trust in myself with this esteemed position. Thank you, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 01:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Soldiers of the 4th Australian Division crossing a duckboard track through Chateau Wood, Ypres on 29 October 1917.