User talk:Seidenstud

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents 1 Welcome! 2 A short Esperanzial update 3 See 4 Other 5 SLight reprieve 6 satan and serpent 7 Drumaville Consortium 8 Artlex.com 9 Apologies 10 Cleanup Templates 11 Deletion discussion 12 Thanks for reporting for me 13 Help 14 US vs. UK punctuation 15 Your edit to Anabolic steroid 16 AOL 17 Question and Suggestion 18 Nikka Costa edit 19 Bus Terminal 20 Vandals 21 Why do you suggest to delete the Pradip Somasundaran's Artilce 22 Article : Pradip Somasundaran' 23 Thanks 24 Current mac project collaboration 25 August Esperanza Newsletter 26 WikiProject Baseball 27 September Esperanza Newsletter 27.1 Clan rHrN Needs your Help! 28 spammer 29 Do not contact Interactivate for now 30 No problem 31 My photographs placed in the deletion que 32 Mild amusement 33 November Esperanza Newsletter 34 Padre Pio 35 New Subway Service Information table consensus at WP:NYCS 36 Daniel KEyes 37 Since You've Chosen to Step In

[edit] Welcome!

Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:17, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] See

See WP:AIV for how to get a vandal blocked. =D --mboverload@ 08:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

If you put {{subst:test5}} on a page, it comes up with text that says a user is blocked. If you put it up without actually blocking a user (which I'm guessing you can't do yet) it makes things confusing. Just for your information. Cheers, and feel free to ask me questions on my talk page. Mak (talk) 20:43, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, if a vandal is continuing to vandalise after a test4 warning, you should go to WP:AIV and report their IP address or username, and an administrator will look into it, and possibly block them for a period. You don't necessarily have to leave another message on their talk page, since if the other warnings didn't work, yet another template warning won't do the trick either. Cheers, Mak (talk) 21:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and also, usually warning templates are substituted with code, just preface it with subst: like so: {{subst:test}}. Mak (talk) 21:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other

--Thanks for the notice. Will keep it in mind next time.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.81.123.252 (talk • contribs).

[edit] SLight reprieve

Kid just left a message on my talk, saying it was big sister playing up, on the user you just gave a T4 to 72.26.93.96

I'll keep an eye for now any more then any more I'll get it blocked.

Cheers Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 21:29, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] satan and serpent

You reverted the Satan page, putting back in the assertion that the Tanakh uses the term "satan" to refer to the serpent in the Garden in Eden. Since the Tanakh itself doesn't use the term "satan" to refer to the serpent, that seems like a mistake. Was it intentional? If so, could you discuss your reasoning on the talk:satan page? Thanks. Jonathan Tweet 01:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Drumaville Consortium

I have requested semi-protection here. ... discospinster _talk 14:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Artlex.com

Hi. I've been coming across some of your reversions to Artlex.com and agree there has been spamming of this site. However, it is not quite that straightforward and sometimes it has been already cited in a legitimate earlier edit. Then the "spammer" has actually made a useful edit to the link by inserting an anchor to the URL which means a user goes directly to the definition, rather than the top of the page where the definition is. However, you have reverted to the previous edit, which actually removes the anchor, but keeps the URL as in Catalogue raisonné.

On another occasion the "spammer" corrected a spelling mistake on Deesis and in your reversion you inadvertently reinstated the spelling mistake.

Some of the artlex.com links are useful such as the one in Apollo Belvedere, which showed the sculpture with and without a fig leaf. Your reversion deleted this. I have reinstated it.

The edit made to Cy Twombly was an improvement with a more appropriate description, but you reverted it to the inferior description.

I suggest that where the artlex.com link has been used by a genuine editor it is kept, and if it is then amended usefully by the "spammer", we should keep that amendment.

However, when the "spammer" has just inserted the link themselves it should be reverted.

The user contributions are here. I have been through all of these up to the current time.

I see that you are doing a good job, but I thought you would like to have these points brought to your attention.

Tyrenius 09:43, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Cool! Tyrenius 02:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apologies

I'm sorry about that - I won't let it happen again. Thanks for pointing it out. Best.--Lo2u 16:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup Templates

I noticed that you recently applied an improperly formatted cleanup template. I have fixed the template, but felt I should tell you that it needed to be replaced. You can find a list of properly formatted cleanup templates here. Please note that it is never appropriate to substitute a cleanup tag.

Thank you very much for your contributions to Wikipedia. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Alphachimp ^talk 23:09, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion discussion

• Since you initially marked the article for deletion, I thought perhaps you'd care to weigh in on the debate for the Matt Hollowell article. MisfitToys 20:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for reporting for me

I was a bit too slow, it seems. I was trying to get the report for 67.49.28.88 in, but I had my hands rather full just catching all the vandalism! Again, thanks! BW52 08:59, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Please take a look on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dora Venter (2nd nomination). --Haham hanuka 16:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US vs. UK punctuation

I really recommend against changes like you made at Jean-Paul Marat, where you moved periods, etc., inside quotation marks rather than outside. This is a US/UK punctuation difference. It previously followed UK/Commonwealth standards; you converted it to US standards. Wikipedia MoS generally has no preference between US and UK/Commonwealth English. Changing things from one to the other is usually pointless at best, and liable to provoke anger from the "other side" at worst. This is especially the case when the change is in this direction, because the UK/Commonwealth contributors often feel outnumbered and outgunned. - Jmabel | Talk 18:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. You would not believe the number of edit wars we were getting over this a couple of years ago. - Jmabel | Talk 19:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Anabolic steroid

Your recent edit to Anabolic steroid (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 04:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AOL

Take point on this one. I'm going over to post on WP:AN/I. Alphachimp ^talk 06:36, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It's posted here. I hope you realize that you can just go off the photo page and the "what links here" section at the bottom. I have my firefox set to automatically refresh the page every 5 seconds, but I'm gonna hit the hay in a few minutes. Think you can take it? Alphachimp ^talk 06:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Crap. Well, it's not beyond people to clean up in the morning. Thanks for your hard work. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 06:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question and Suggestion

I noticed your photo of 168th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line). You ever thought of joining WP:NYCS? We could use a couple of good people taking photos of train stations (my photos totally suck.) Alphachimp ^talk 06:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

That sounds awesome. Thanks for joining. If you do have a chance (if you ever commute through it), get a pic of George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal. The article seems sort of lacking. Alphachimp ^talk 06:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nikka Costa edit

I'm sorry if I'm addressing this to the wrong person, but I just recieved a message alerting me not to add an external link to a Nikka Costa fan site. If this message originated from you, I would just like to say that the site is not my own. I added the link because I found it by searching through the sites that are already listed as external links beneath the Nikka Costa entry, and I felt that this site was superior to at least one, if not two of the links given. I apologize if my addition does not meet with the standards or regulations of Wikipedia, but I feel that the link I added was of substantial interest and deserved to be included. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.210.133.10 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Bus Terminal

I agree, it's absurdly hard to get a good angle from street level, or anything less than from within a building, for that matter. The same goes for the Port Authority bus terminal. Your photo looks really good, considering the difficulties associated with trying to capture that architecture from street level. It's sure better than the photo we had before (e.g. none). Of course, I'm not trying to stop you from taking a better photo, but that would be really hard from ground level.

As for the 175th St. station, the line infoboxes state the next station north or south on each line passing through the station. So, for 168th St, for example, the next station north would only be listed the A train, but the next station south would be listed for both the A and the C train. I know it might seem a little counterintuitive at first glance, but it allows you to follow the flow of a train line (conceivably by clicking on each station down the line.) I hope that clears things up. Thanks a lot for your great work! αChimp ^laudare 23:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Forgot to mention, nice photo at 175 St. too. αChimp ^laudare 23:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Weird. I see what you're saying. Check out 14th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) and look South. West Fourth Street-Washington Square (New York City Subway) is a stop on the A B C D E F V, but none of them are listed at 14th St. Let's bring this matter up at WP:NYCS. I'm sure Larry V. has an opinion on this. αChimp ^laudare 00:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Posted. αChimp ^laudare 00:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandals

• Vandals such as Ian the Gecko and a bunch of anonymous IPs are trying to take over my User page. What should I do? Clan rHrN 00:10, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I am not taking over your user page. You are violating Wikipedia policy, and I was letting you know on your Userpage. I put it up for deletion. Ianthegecko 00:22, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why do you suggest to delete the Pradip Somasundaran's Artilce

Pradip Somasundaran is a well known artist in the south indian music artist.He is well know in Kerala as "Mera Awaz Suno" winner. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Azharttm (talk • contribs).

The place to make an argument against the deletion is Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pradip_Somasundaran. -Seidenstud 17:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article : Pradip Somasundaran'

Hi Seidenstud,

I modified the article Pradip Somasundaran . check it up and say your comments. Rgds Jyothish Jothishkumart 08:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the note on image uploading and encouragement. Must fight "the Man" IE wikipedia's verification, NOR and NPOV Nazis who seem to take everything as a violation unless you've got like upteen billion references. However, they also seem to confuse Physics and Cultural anthropology, especially with regard to belief about physical processes (EDM in Space). Wikipedia doesn't care about truth of beliefs, only that they are documented. The belief about a physical process is NOT tantamount to a proof of its existence (despite anecdotal references in support). I'm only arguing for the belief or (concept) interpretation EDM i Space marked for deletion, since it's a central tenet of another belief system and has no article partaining to it. Anywho, thanks for the encouragment. Mgmirkin 19:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current mac project collaboration

The current WP:MAC collaboration is Apple II family. Please devote some time to improve this article to featured status. — Wackymacs 14:00, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential! What's New? In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs. To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

[edit] WikiProject Baseball

Greetings fellow baseball fan! I notice you've made edits to baseball articles and thought you might want to become a WikiProject Baseball member. Among other things, we've recently started an article improvement drive just for baseball-related articles at WP:BBAID. Please take a look and vote on an article or add one of your own. Once an article has been agreed upon, feel free to stop by and lend a hand in getting it to featured article status. Hope you can participate! —Wknight94 (talk) 02:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

[edit] Clan rHrN Needs your Help!

• Some dude named Litereality keeps vandalising my page. I revert it, and there he goes putting it back in there. Is he that stubborn? Please help me, sir. Clan rHrN 11:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the addition of a meticulously-sourced, neutrally-worded and entirely truthful section to Clan's userpage constitutes "vandalism"; the true problem, in Clan's eyes, comes from the fact that it reveals some nasty truths about him that he'd rather have kept under wraps. Furthermore, he's not exactly an innocent himself; he's repeatedly removed comments that show him or his behaviour in a negative light (including but by no means limited to personal attacks) from his talk page, which I recently reinstated, on one occasion altered an article to fit his beliefs, maintains a list of enemies on his userpage, and appears to be using his userpage as a personal hosting/publishing site. Literality 12:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] spammer

You need to give a vandal some new warnings to block him. One from weeks ago won't do--at least with me. If you come across someone with an old "final warning", give them a fresh one and then report them if they vandalize afterwards. Best regards, Bucketsofg 04:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the mo justifies you in going straight to a final warning and reporting him on the next vandalism. (I'm not trying to be difficult, but if you want quick admin action on something like this, make it easy for us. When I get a report, I go to their talk page to see if they've been warned; then I go to their contributions to see if they've edited since the warning; then I go to the post-warning edit to see if it is indeed vandalism. That takes me 15 seconds if it's done right and then I can get to the next vandal on the list. Bucketsofg 04:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Do not contact Interactivate for now

You could get in trouble for doing this, even though it seems justified. I don't have the policies in front of me, but I know this has gotten some editors in deep trouble when the folks they report get fired. I wish I could remember what the policy was -- I wanted to get to you before you did anything.

I think something should be done along these lines, but I suggest you go first to WP:ANI and get others involved.

For what it's worth, I'm absolutely on your side -- I just don't want you to be the one that gets burned. --A. B. 18:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

This person has subsequently been blocked -- see User talk:63.80.97.254‎. I still think it's worth raising your question about Interactivate on WP:ANI, especially since this person is promoting a pretty dark organization, www.syndk8.com. It's not clear to me what his angle is -- he/she may be trying to either discredit Interactivate (by using that IP address) or get infatex blacklisted (by spamming it) (see Joe job). There are some people playing a complex game with spam and Wikipedia now -- see some spammer's comments (such as User:Jdevalkin these recent discussions:

• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#When useful sites spam Wikipedia
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Google and Wikipedia share a common interest in combatting link-spam

Also see "Developing link-bait using Wikipedia".

I finally found that policy: Wikipedia:Privacy policy. I have seen a fairly high volume editor get permanently blocked for just threatening to reveal another editor's identity to her boss along with a complaint about her use of a company-owned computer on company time. There are provisions for doing this sort of thing -- see Wikipedia:Abuse reports. --A. B. 22:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No problem

Hello. I thought I could release the image to the Public Domain as I did some modifications to the picture using Microsoft Paint (removing some text, resizing the picture etc.), and because that is the same picture he used in public areas all around the country to publicize himself. Still, It doesn't really matter to me whether it is deleted or not, as I understand it is better to have a picture removed than to face some lawsuit because of copyrights. Greetings, Dalobuca 20:48, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My photographs placed in the deletion que

Is there any reason I'm getting a hard time about my photographs of Highbridge Park? I find this copyright issue far too confusing. By the way, I see you are from WaHi. Have you ever been to that park? Isn't it amazing?

-futurebird 10:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mild amusement

I've come to state that I find it mildly amusing that you don't consider a press release for a journalism award from Columbia University to be a "substantial story from a citable source". Isn't Columbia among the world's most prestigious journalism schools? Unfocused 09:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!) Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. What's New? The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one! A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

[edit] Padre Pio

Dear Seidenstud,

Thanks for reverting the vanadalism at the Padre Pio page. Yours, Savio mit electronics 04:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Subway Service Information table consensus at WP:NYCS

There is a new subway service table being proposed at the WP:NYCS talk page. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway#Subway Service Information and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway#Hybrid Icons for discussion details, then go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway#Subway Service Information table consensus to cast your vote. I really hope you vote support. Thanks! --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 01:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel KEyes

It was edited for the fact that it had input "Michael Jackson" by someone, I didn't know whom he really did marry, and being new to wikipedia, wiped it all. Sorry if I did anything wrong! >< —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rtm2 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Since You've Chosen to Step In

Perhaps you can explain how to remove the libelous comments you won't allow to be removed from the User Talk Discussion Page assigned to me.

Either that, or refer me to the Legal Department of Wikipedia so I can have my lawyer contact them directly.

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.170.239.56 (talk) 06:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC).