User talk:Tony Fox/archive1

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[edit] Welcome!

Hi there, welcome to Wikipedia! I read on the new user's log that you are interested in copy editing and cleaning up articles. I thought you might be interested in the following two pages: Category:Wikipedia articles needing copy edit, and Wikipedia:Cleanup. If you ever have any questions, never hesitate to ask me on my talk page.- Akamad 07:04, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi there!

Hi! I saw in the new user's log that you would like to know of articles you could help with. Here is a self-updating list of some of the articles that you could help with if you wanted.

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Here are some tasks you can do:

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my Talk page. Happy wikifying! Filmcom 16:40, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vinci & Arty

Thanks for your words at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vinci & Arty. I think Vidyaranya took things a little personally, it being their first article (about something they cared a lot about), and things kinda snowballed from there. Still, at least the article found a home on WikiFur. GreenReaper 04:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks kindly. I enjoy the comic myself, but the points made were quite valid about the article. I need to peek around at WikiFur myself, may have an article or two to contribute eventually.Tony Fox 05:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Vancouver

Welcome to WikiProject Vancouver!

Hello, Tony Fox/archive1, and welcome to WikiProject Vancouver! I'm glad you have decided to join our group of Vancouver-based Wikipedians, which is growing all the time. Be sure to stop by the WikiProject page for any updates or if you want to see how you can help out -- we keep a "to do" list there, and we'd appreciate any help we can get.

Greater Vancouver is a very happening place and hopefully, with your help, we can increase its presence here on Wikipedia and show the world what this beautiful corner of Canada is all about.

Again, welcome! I hope we see or hear from you soon and often. :)

Buchanan-Hermit™..SCREAM!!!.... 06:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Berman

Tony, I very much appreciate your work on my fathers page. You did some good research and are a good writer. Thank you kindly. Cocopuffberman 20:14, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver Communities

I have the following ready to go: Oakridge-map.png, Renfrew-Collingwood-map.png, Shaughnessy-map.png, SouthCambie-map.png. :-) — Usgnus 03:21, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Buchanan-Hermit upgraded all the maps. They are much nicer now: Commons:Category:Neighbourhood_Maps_of_Vancouver.

[edit] Maps

Thanks for the compliment. However, I find the white borders a little pesky; I originally had the neighborhoods colored differently, but then decided it wasn't that good an idea. Some of the colors seeped through to the white. I tried removing them but then it looked worse. :( So I decided to let them be for now. --→Buchanan-Hermit™..Talk to Big Brother 00:13, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

To be fair, it's not saying much to say they are "much nicer" considering how awful they were before :-) — Usgnus 01:35, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes. I know. They were horrible. Please use them as toilet paper. I'm not joking. :) --→Buchanan-Hermit™..Talk to Big Brother 03:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merci beaucoup!

 Thank you, Tony Fox/archive1!
Thank you for voting for my recent RfA, which passed (to my extreme surprise and shock) with a total tally of 66/15/2. For that, I would like to thank you and offer a helping hand in any admin-related tasks that may be required -- it's as simple as leaving a message on my talkpage. Thanks again! -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 22:28, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfDs

Thanks! I wasn't completely sure of the templete. -Fsotrain09 05:41, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] assistance please

If you have not looked at User_talk:Terry_Bollinger since leaving your earlier comment there, could you please do so? thanks. Terry Bollinger 23:12, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Street Downtown

You seem to be a very responsible Wikipedian and have worked on the article referenced above, which seems to have been created by an unregistered user. Why is it notable in your opinion? I'm not a "deletionist" by any means, but if there was ever an article to the policy Wikipedia is not a crystal ball would seem to apply, it is this one about a series which "will be published "one day" (maybe the day on which I get my Pulitzer!). Rlquall 21:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


You're quite welcome. This thing only belongs in here once part of it has been published, and not just something that someone is claiming to be doing on their blog or whatever, especially when the author seems to fall into the "nn" category (as of now, at least), as well. Best, Rlquall 21:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EasyPizza

hello tony, but why did you vandalise my article? i wrote a brief article about a UK company called easypizza limited with 2 links back to its home pages and the article has been continuously vandalised i am not able to allow that and if reporting this to whoever is not the only way to stop it then what else do u suggest

[edit] Thanks

Yeah, I think you're right, just as you were reverting back they vandalized something else. Thanks for the welcome, nice to meet you! -Cduffner 00:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Extinctioners article

Original message - Hey there. Would you be opposed to my doing a major edit job on this article? I'm trying my best to find a way to save it from the AfD process, but the fact that most of the 'keep' opinions are from new or relatively new users is likely to play against it. I really think it needs to be pared down quite a lot - as one of the other people mentioned, cutting it down to a couple of pictures and removing all the detail about the characters would probably make it a lot more viable. If you're okay with it, I can give that a shot this afternoon and hopefully make it a bit safer. Let me know. Tony Fox 15:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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Hey by all means, try what ever you think might help save the page, sure, I might feel sad about seeing all the text and pics gone but well, at least I still have a "Copy" of the article at Wikifur, so please try it and lets talk afterwards, aright.RVDDP2501 16:38, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks and good luck.RVDDP2501 16:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Having made a user account as promised and moved this to your talk page as requested, I would like to address your repeated insistance that simply because multiple users share a non-guideline philosophy, it has become a de-facto guideline. I would dare challenge its use as a guideline for page deletion, simply because Wikipedia:Notability clearly states that is not. I do not seek to bring into question your wisdom -- nor am I insisting that you are trying to push for deletion of the Extinctioners article, because it is abundantly clear that you are not. I merely wish to point out that this is a blatant inconsistency that needs to be corrected. Either Notability needs to be made an official policy/guideline, or its use as one goes against established policy/guidelines.

Regarding assume good faith, sir, I do not appreciate this being used as a weapon against me simply because I point out inconsistencies in behavior and application of policy/guidelines, especially when others are clearly not assuming good faith but are left unmolested. Dissent is not a violation. I have no qualms with you, obviously as we've just encountered one another for the first time, but I will not sit back and let myself be bludgeoned by a guideline for daring to bring a problem to light. Please reconsider your methods of responding to criticism, even if you believe it to be unnecessarily sharp. My intent was not to insult, but to make no bones about what I saw in the light of Bwithh's repeated non-good-faith abuse of other commenters.


My issue is primarily with Bwithh, in fact, and not with you at all. But as Bwithh has chosen not to respond to either FurrySaint's or my challenge to his/her behavior, and you have, I have thusly been speaking with you. This is not meant to seem like I'm "coming down on you", and I do apologize if I seemed belligerent. CydoniaRaven 17:02, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

As I said, I'm trying to keep the tone of the discussion out of the argumentative and in the productive, and unfortunately, challenging people during these discussions often leads to pile-on votes against the viewpoint of the person making the challenge. I have left a comment on Bwithh's user page asking him to tone it down - hopefully to just keep pointing out the new users and not make editorial comments on them. Unfortunately, the AfD page itself has become a bit of a hash - I just hope the closing administrator takes the time to look through it and note the arguments we've made to keep more than the sideshow.

As for the notability issue, I agree that it's odd it's labeled as a guideline, when it's quite obviously the biggest point used in AfD discussions. I've started a number of AfDs myself because the topic didn't meet notability guidelines, and there are a number of categories that are considered by people involved in the discussions. The main reason that notability is a concern is that, without considering notability, Wikipedia would quickly turn into a data dump for everything, rather than being the encyclopedic resource that it aims to be. If you're interested in sharing a viewpoint on this, I could suggest you look at the Articles for Deletion main page, which lists a number of discussions on notability issues that you might want to get involved with. Tony Fox 17:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey Tony Fox, how are things? I just wanted to find out how are things going with the possible deletion of the Extinctioners Wikipedia page? are things looking good or not really. I agree with what you said about Wikipedia being a "data dump" instead of an encyclopedia like you said, I mean an encyclopedia has info on the smallest to the biggest topics regardless of "popularity", Anyways I wanted to find out what you though of the new Extinctioners page at http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Extinctioners, please let me know whay you think, you can reply on my or your talk sections, ok. - RVDDP2501 01:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I really appreciate what you have done to try and keep the Extinctioners page on Wikipedia, I was wondering (since you liked the Wikifur version) if it is possible to incorporate maybe small aspects of it into the Wikipedia version, I'm only suggesting this because you liked the Wikifur version, please let me know what you think - RVDDP2501 11:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, fair enough, I understand completely, I thank you for you support and help, hope things get resolved soon and that we an make the page (in the future) better, thanks - RVDDP2501 16:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Once agian, thank you - RVDDP2501 16:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello, Tony Fox/archive1, and thank you for the supportive vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! Kukini 05:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gandhi Vandalism

Thank you - I requested protection on the admin intervention page and got it within minutes. The article had been unprotected for less than 24 hours, sigh.... ॐ Priyanath 05:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EasyPizza dispute

If you feel that doing so would be appropriate, could you contribute to the EasyPizza dispute? Any opinion on the matter is fine. I'd send the whole debate to a User Conduct RfC, but it requires two editors to try to resolve the dispute and so far it appears Politakis and I are the only two people debating this. Perhaps another person's input can make the formal process unnecessary. Even if not, thanks for your time spent on this. lowercase 21:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link Deletion

Hello, I would like to know why you delete links that I have added. The links in question are furry-related and simply show another perspective on the furry community. Plenty of wikipedia articles have links that both criticize and support the topic. The furry fandom entry should be no different.

Sign your posts with four tildes, please. I deleted them because they've been deleted before, by other editors, as the general view of those particular sites are that they're nothing but hate sites, and hardly useful for a neutral article on the topic. As you'll note, I've left a note on the article talk page to get consensus for the inclusion of the links, and will be happy to abide by the decision made in that discussion. Have a nice day. Tony Fox 04:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Consensus is not needed in Wikipedia. The concept of wikipedia is that it is free for anyone to edit. Useful and appropriate edits are not decided by a wikipedia "elite". Please note Wikipedia policy regarding censorship:[1] Also note the entry for the Iraq War, because it lists war supporters and anti-war activists. Godhatesfurries.com and Crush Yiff Destroy are furry related and simply represent another perspective on the furry subculture. Also note that you should not revert good faith edits (see list of wikipedia policies). If you examine my edits you will see that they simply removed POV and added information. In other words, my edits were in good faith. 68.69.194.125 05:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Judas Priest

Your recent edit to Judas Priest 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 18:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Current events. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Waggers 21:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

(Two vandal warnings in one day, both because my popups tools caught a bad version of the page when I was reverting. Hoo-rah. =P ) Tony Fox 21:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Current_Events_edit

No worries; sorry about the warning, I got a bit too trigger-happy! As it happens, I also missed an edit by the vandal, but fortunately an administrator was hot on our heels to put things right. Keep up the good work. Waggers 21:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

Sure, I would be glad to help you out. How do you want your signature to look? Something like Tony Fox|Talk? Prodego talk 17:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Something along those lines would be great, but with 'Speak!' instead of Talk, in subscript. Thanks for the assist! Tony Fox 18:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I am glad you figured it out. If you ever need anything, feel free to ask. Happy editing! Prodego talk 18:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tamara Klisaric

G'day Tony,

thanks for your question. Certain AfDs can be blanked for privacy reasons; it doesn't happen very often, but it's not completely weird either :-). In this case, the original article contained some allegations which were quite defamatory. It was an unsourced attack page of such potency (for want of a better word), that I felt that any discussion of the article's subject, barring a re-creation of the article in such a way that it was well-sourced and clearly explained why we needed an article on this person, should be kept from the prying eyes of, e.g., Google. The beauty of {{Afd-privacy}} is that the discussion is not kept from anyone who really wants to see it (as opposed to the alternative proposal for such situations, which was deleting the AfD subpage), but means that you can't just stumble across it, either. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 11:56, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For the gratifying response. I get a little tired of afd nominations that say "nn-band" [end of nomination text], leaving the voters to do all the due diligence (or not, unfortunately).--Fuhghettaboutit 22:47, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unbelievable.

Oh, gee, thanks for deleting most of the content on the Coleytown Middle School article.

Gentlyfloatingabout 14:46, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I was saying it in a rather tongue-in-cheek manner, but okay. Eh, I would think that one who attends the school would know it better, although you did make it more concise. Gentlyfloatingabout 00:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saryn Hooks

You participated in the Finola Hackett AfD. Please also join the discussion here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saryn Hooks (second nomination). Thank you. - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

Thanks for voting!
Hello Tony Fox/archive1, and thank you so much for voting in my recent RfA. I am pleased to inform you that it passed with a final tally of (119/1/3), into the WP:100, so I have now been cleared for adminship and will soon be soaring above the clouds. I was overjoyed, shocked, and humbled by the tally, and, most importantly, all the support. Thank you. If there is ever anything you need, you know where you can find me. Take care.

--Pilot|guy 23:03, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EasyPizza

Now that EasyPizza has appeared on BBC news 24 and SKY news as well as appearing in the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Times, and many other publications this issue of not being in the public interest and not being notable is a non issue. Now we can be sensible and post the EasyPizza page back up. Look at these links as examples [2][3]

Go right ahead and give it a shot. I had nothing to do with that except making the mistake of trying to follow the consensus built on the talk page, which involved one revert to a version that had been discussed and okayed by those who took part in the conversation, and then getting caught up in the silliness afterwards. I should note that if this is User:Politakis then be wary of evading your block. If you're going to put together an article, please read all of the Wikipedia policies, and make sure you understand them. Things like verifiability, assume good faith, no legal threats and others are important to remember. Good luck. (posted onto the IP's talk page as well) Tony Fox (speak) 03:41, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Move.com

Sorry I didn't get to you sooner. I've added back in the tags you've placed on the article. If it doesn't improve prod or AfD it. Keep me posted, Pilot|guy 18:20, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My head essplode

So... many... compliments. (In other words, yaythanks!) -- The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake (Prophesize|Witchcraft) 23:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, I seem to have encountered some suspicious activity at User talk:213.184.220.253... might wanna check it out. -- The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake (Prophesize|Witchcraft) 23:30, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

There's nothing suspicious about it at all, you terrible idiot. - 85.210.176.196 00:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Unnecessary reverts

There was no consensus, I did not violate any wikipedia rules, I did not vandalize. End of story. Stop guarding your precious goddamn article with your life. 68.69.194.125 05:21, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I do what I can. ;) --69.145.123.171 19:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IPs

Its possible. A little more evidence and trends might be required to do a checkuser on them to see if the IPs are the same to see if there are any sockpuppets involved.--Crossmr 05:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

For clarification, I've been editing the Furry Fandom for a while, but I've also been editing other articles. My IP generally starts with something like "81.178" but it changes regularly. I'm not associated with any other editors involved with the furry fandom article and I'm not a sockpuppet of a registered user. What I said on that article's talk page is the truth. And possibly co-incidental, but Perri Rhoades also edited and mentioned that he edited the progressive rock article, Dr. Righteous history shows that he edited the Styx article - as you probably already noticed - although that's a very tenuous link. - 81.178.225.214 06:56, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

As an additional note here, that 68.69.194.125 may be WhatDoesKoshDoAllDay. I noticed that on the Yiff article they were pushing for an inclusion of the google image search [4]. and on their talk page there is reference to ContiE, and in their contrib list [5] there is an edit summary accusing ContiE of hacking their account, and here User_talk:ContiE#A_Question the IP makes a personal attack on him.--Crossmr 20:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure how useful a checkuser will be. WhatDoesKoshDoAllDay hasn't edited since January, however it does gives us some insight into who they likely are.--Crossmr 20:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm sure they are all sockpuppets. It CAN'T be possible that several people share the same viewpoint, can it? 68.69.194.125 01:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extinctioners Page 2.0 at Wikifur

Hey Tony Fox, RVDDP2501 here, I just felt like checking in and see how things are going, have you seen the massive updates of the Extinctioners page at Wikifur? what do you think? also I have a question, what with all the Vandalism lately? I mean what is it with people, they think its fun to mess up pages like that? Let me know what you think, thanks - RVDDP2501 12:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver Wikipedians Meetup

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[edit] Thanks for suggestion

On the rot-ary mess. He's actually nvoked 3 RfC's, lost each one (that's how I ended up there) Not much sense in mediation I don't think, as that requires a certain willingness to compromise. Couple of admins now looking at it (and the individual in question has promised to ask for Arbitration) Will look into UC RfC though. Thanks for stopping in.Bridesmill 16:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SEALS vs Triathletes LOL

Your answer was really, really funny. :-)) How do you think Muhammad Ali in his prime would do against Jello Pudding?--Anchoress 07:02, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Ali in three rounds by technical knockout. (One good slurp, and it'd be gone.) Tony Fox (speak) 20:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Sweet.--Anchoress 22:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good eye

The IP you reported has been blocked for a week, but since his/her talk page is still unprotected for now, if he/she reposts that kind of nonsense, simply report it to the admin notice board so we can protect the page. Good work!--MONGO 06:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ave Maria School of Law

Why not post on the Timeline article to merge into Ave Maria School of Law...also, the link to the school's homepage wouldn't allow me to backspace into wikipedia, locking me into their website. Google returns plenty of hits, so the school is notable.--MONGO 17:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiWoo community ban discussion

I've been watching the discussion there, and I thought perhaps I should stay out of it for the very reason you suggest I should get involved--because I've been so caught up in the disputes with him. Perhaps the opinions of admins who have been watching him would be of more use. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 01:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, there's no solution to the situation until he's blocked for good from all articles related to politics and governance in Ontario (which it seems is all he'd ever edit, so it would be a complete block for him). He's made it clear he will not stop. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 01:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spurtnip

Gahhh! I must not have protected it properly. Anyway, it should be protected now, and I've indef. blocked the user (whose only contributions have been repeatedly recreating "Spurtnip"). Thanks for the heads up. NawlinWiki 16:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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