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Note: I am on sabbatical because Wikipedia has taken up too much of my time. I do not know if I will ever come back. However, it was a pleasure working with all of you Wikipedians, both on articles and project pages and on IRC. I will read, but will not respond to, messages left here. Please email unforgettableid at gmail.com if you would like a reply. Cheers, --Unforgettableid





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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello Unforgettableid, welcome to Wikipedia!

I noticed nobody had said hi yet... Hi!

If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone (yourself included) can edit any article by following the Edit this page link. Wikipedia convention is to be bold and not be afraid of making mistakes. If you're not sure how editing works, have a look at How to edit a page, or try out the Sandbox to test your editing skills.

You might like some of these links and tips:

If, for some reason, you are unable to fix a problem yourself, feel free to ask someone else to do it. Wikipedia has a vibrant community of contributors who have a wide range of skills and specialties, and many of them would be glad to help. As well as the wiki community pages there are IRC Channels, where you are more than welcome to ask for assistance.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alf melmac 16:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC).

[edit] Treo 700w

Hi there. Sorry that I temporarily blocked you. For a moment, the extremely high frequency of your edits to Treo 700w led me to believe you were a vandalbot and not a good faith contributor. My apologies. --HappyCamper 01:16, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I thought these might be helpful for your work here - Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting. They have a list of active stubs on Wikipedia which you can find here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types. If you have any questions, feel free to let me know. Again, sorry for the block. See you around the Wiki! --HappyCamper 01:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thx for explaining why u temporarily blocked me, dont worry, i can see ur point of view n i understand it was an honest mistake. i've seen wp:ss but it's easier to do trial n error. but: 1. is there some automated tool ur using that told u this, or u just saw on recentchanges? 2. am i the only person who does edit -> look at results -> edit again? Unforgettableid 01:22, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I saw your edits on Special:Recentchanges, and wow, was the frequency of those changes ever fast!! We have had a noticible increase in vandalbot activity on Wikipedia lately. Although I was not sure about your edits, I was highly suspicious of them, and decided to block you for 10 minutes - just enough time for me to check your edits, and for me to block you longer if necessary. Turned out that you wikified one of the links on that article, so I knew you were not a vandalbot a minute later. There is an automatic bot which blocks vandals operated by another Wikipedian, but it will definitely not block your edits. I don't think you are the only contributor that edits like this, but you are certainly the first Wikipedian I have mistaken for a vandalbot. There is a "show preview" button right beside the "save page" button which you can use. If you wish to become an administrator here one day, my suggestion is to use it often - some editors consider precision in editing a valuable skill here, and will help you along your Wikipedian career.
Again, I apologize for the block. It was a first for me too, and I learned something new today. Take care :-) --HappyCamper 01:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Hey, no problem :-) --> actually, you were right - I didn't have your talk page on my watchlist. It just took me a while to type up a response for you. I typically just click on "my contributions" every now and then, and basically go back to the pages that I've edited where they aren't marked with "top" beside them. That's how I knew you had a response here. --HappyCamper 01:33, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
ok. just wondering: by "If you wish to become an administrator here one day, my suggestion is to use it often - some editors consider precision in editing a valuable skill here, and will help you along your Wikipedian career." u basically meant "u wont seem at first glance to be a vandal", or i really will look careless? --Unforgettableid 01:40, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Occasionally on requests for adminship some users are criticized for using too many edits to do simple things. This is because it might be indicative that the user is not as familiar with Wikipedia as they should be when they request to be an administrator. It doesn't have much to do with vandals or carelessness. Vandals on Wikipedia tend to behave very differently - insertion of "shock material" to high traffic articles is a classic, and your edits are certainly far from that. I wouldn't worry too much about getting everything to look perfect before submitting it to Wikipedia. Just enjoy editing and the collaboration that results from working here. As you contribute more, you'll become more and more proficient and effective at editing, and the Wiki syntax will become almost second nature to you. :-) Adminship tends to be many months down the road - you are either noticed for your excellent and consistent contributions, or you take the plunge yourself and self nominate. The really important thing is to have fun on Wikipedia. My advice is to primarily aim to contribute rock solid content (whether it be articles or otherwise) and should you become an administrator one day, it will be all the more rewarding. Keep in mind that this is a Wiki, so you can participate in any activity here. You might find tracking vandalism and marking copyrighted material fun to do, for example. --HappyCamper 02:37, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Feeling free

I took your advice and felt free to edit your user page ; ) Alf melmac 09:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Can you help me?

First off Hi my name is Belphegor and I would like to be a contributor for Wikipedia. Unfortunaly my English ain't that good, and my knowledge of how things are done here is mininal, still learning though :) Anyway could you check thisarticle, and tell me what is the mistake I keep making, in other words why isn't there sufficient context for that article, what must I do to improve it. Hope you will find the time to help me. Sincerely Belphegor

[edit] 210.8.54.35

Well fist, I don't see where it is a school IP? Second, it had 3 other instances of vandalism that day, and they had a long history of blocks. I felt a month was appropriate. -Greg Asche (talk) 21:07, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Belphegor 666

Greetings. Belphegor 666 had been adding a lot of gamecrufty articles without proper context a few days ago, which I had also tagged, but looking at their contributions I saw what seemed like the user simply removing info from the caption in question without explanation on the talk page or an edit summary. The picture caption was already there, according to the page history Belphegor 666 hadn't added it to the article. Seanb91 had added it to the article, and 130.64.153.13 added the info that it was apparently an Ash Ent's picture. As a result of looking into it, I can see that the picture was deleted as a copyvio in August, and Belphegor 666 reuploaded it to fill in what must have been a blank space left by the picture code that was apparently not removed from the article. So, to answer your question, I did feel the test notice necessary due to some of Belphegor 666's other edits to give them (sorry about the awkward pronoun, but I'm not completely sure the user is a "he" as such) a heads up and to let them know that I had reverted their edit. I did want to imply that I felt that it wasn't a serious edit and also in the process to provide Belphegor 666 some links to some of our rationale for higher standards of editing. I can see now that there may have been a reason for the edit I reverted, but that wasn't apparent at the time, as it looked like a long standing image in the article. Belphegor 666 never replied to my message, either to explain, complain or ask for more info. I hope this helps explain what happened. --Fire Star 21:44, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Ok, now I understand your rationale. :) ----Unforgettableid | Talk to me 00:04, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Meshach

Hi Unforgettableid, thanks for the note regarding the Take Two article & the pointers. 08:15, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Crazy Frog Cleanup

Hi Unforgettable, I notice you've added the cleanup tag to Crazy Frog, what is it specifically that you are unhappy with? Please consider adding an explanation on the Talk page. -- taviso 22:53, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Done. --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 10:10, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome To Wikinews

Just wanted to say that your photo proposal on N: looks intereasting. Since your user page on wikinews redirects here I assume you want all coments here. Anyways, Just wanted to say a good wikinews:Template:Hello. Happy editing — Bawolff 01:57, 5 November 2005 (UTC) Please Contact me at N:User:Bawolff

Thanks! --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 10:11, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scrabble variants

You recently added to the Scrabble variants article. Thank you for your interest in this article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text borrowed from either web sites or printed material. Your content was a direct copy from www.teleport.com/~stevena/scrabble/faqtext.html, which I will note is no longer a valid link and can only be found through Google's cache. As a copyright violation, your content was removed. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source.

If you believe that the content was not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:Scrabble variants. If you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at Scrabble variants, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. --WAvegetarian 15:23, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for being courteous there. Don't you think the tiny amount I copied (basically verbatim) from that FAQ (while citing my source after each paragraph) is considered fair use? Consider also that it's an FAQ and that FAQ authors are usually not as strict as, say, the MPAA re. copyright. :) Btw the content the server is on seems to be back up. --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 17:59, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
If you use something under the doctrine of fair use, the burden is on you to prove that it is fair use. You must make a note of the justification in invisible text in the article if you ar quoting text. You didn't do this. I also don't feel that you can properly justify it. From opinion of Justice Story in Folsom v. Marsh, 9 F.Cas. 342 (1841), in which the defendant had copied 353 pages from the plaintiff's 12-volume biography of George Washington in order to produce a separate two-volume work of his own:

...if he thus cites the most important parts of the work, with a view, not to criticise, but to supersede the use of the original work, and substitute the review for it, such a use will be deemed in law a piracy...

The derivative work on Wikipedia will almost certainly supersede the original in internet search engines. Your small amount copied constituted a small amount of the whole, but, in that it was almost the entire section on scrabble variants was the "the heart of the book" so to speak, see Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539 (1985). The case law would seem to say that you don't have a legitimate fair use claim. I don't think you ever read the copyright notice on the page, where you would have found under the Copyright heading:

This article is copyright 1993-2004 Steven Alexander. Except as follows, all rights are reserved. Copies may be made in propagating any of the entire Usenet newsgroups on which this is posted by the copyright holder. Archives accessible by ftp which collect all available FAQs or entire Usenet newsgroups may maintain a copy. Individuals may make single copies for personal, non-commercial purposes. Each copy permitted must be complete. Other than the above, no permission is granted to copy or distribute. No permission is granted to prepare derivative works.

It shouldn't be that hard to rewrite the content. I would ask that you paraphrase and add a citation at the end using Template:Citepaper, example below:
{ Citepaper | Author=Seattle Schools| Title=James A. Garfield High School 2004 Annual Report| PublishYear=2004| URL=http://www.seattleschools.org/site/siso/reports/anrep/high/14.pdf }
--WAvegetarian 20:44, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Manor Park (Ottawa)

Can you please add slightly more content to stubs like these. There's several people (like myself) who would like to see this deleted under the speedy deletion criterion "small article with little or no context". Adding some information on what one can see there and how old it is instead of just its location, would aid a great deal in avoiding having your work deleted. As an added bonus, larger articles are also more informative and helpful for users.- Mgm|(talk) 09:47, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

OK someone just trashed this article Belphegor, deleting previously made stuff and inserting some foul words. Could you restore a previous copy of it. Sincerely Belphegor 666 21:03, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] lol

TH4NKZ

[edit] Main page design

Thanks for your comments. It seems that there is enough opposition to adding the third, right-hand column to the main page. I think my draft is still perhaps too crowded, and the featured article needs yet more prominence/space. Maybe it uses too many colors, as well... maybe I'll try another mock-up. --Kmf164 16:03, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Special characters

Hi there - in one of your recent edits [1], you stripped out the accents from a lot of special characters - Polish letters and so forth. I'm assuming this wasn't deliberate! It's probably the browser or operating system you're using, so it's something to look out for in future. (I also removed the {{verylong}} template, as it's really designed for articles rather than admin pages, but feel free to suggest ways of restructuring WP:WSS/P on its talk page.) sjorford (talk) 21:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

talk page: done. accents: no, it was not my intention. im using lynx / elinks (text only browsers) but the wikipedia server software uses a workaroung to prevent unicode chars from being stripped. sounds like a bug in mediawiki. what was my edit summary for the edit that u reverted? maybe i can file a bug in mediazilla. also, should i check thru my recent contribs? i've been using text-only browsers for ~400 edits, some logged in, some not. :-~ --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 22:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews interviews

I think PGN would be an appropriate subject to interview on Wikinews. You could do it yourself or, see an ongoing interview project that might interest you. --Chiacomo talk 04:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hi. I like Image:Pdnbtn.png, thanks for making it :-) --Unforgettableid | talk to me 09:14, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks; it was my pleasure. ¦ Reisio 09:56, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] National Youth Computer Literacy Drive

I decided to list this for deletion. It's definitely self promotion as you said. I can find [nothing on Google] apart from Wikipedia links and it seems to be more related to recruitment than to education. If I turn out to be wrong, then more evidence will have to be found to support the article. Mozzerati 19:14, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Good plan. --Unforgettableid | talk to me 14:41, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WIkinews copyvio spotter

Good work on catching the copyvio. If you see one please use the template {{Copyvio|url=http://blah.com}} and list it on n:wn:dr. Bawolff 12:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks so much for the scheduling for deletion!

Hi. This is pretty rude. Being a graduate student usually entails being an instructor. I am currently a research assistant - teaching assistant was an option I turned down in favour of this. I will remake my page when I have my PhD, when I am considered "notable" by your judgment!

[edit] User:Cool Cat/IRC Bot

I responded to your comments. Sorry for the month-long delay, got carried away with work etc. --Cool CatTalk|@ 08:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC) I responded to your comments. Sorry for the month-long delay, got carried away with work etc. --Cool CatTalk|@ 08:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, Wikipedia is a volunteer effort and you have no obligation to respond to all comments you get on your bot. :) Thanks for replying though. Btw, if NullC's bot can process the text of pages, why isn't it running on the IRC channels then? --Unforgettableid | talk to me 00:55, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Nullcs bot gets data directly from wikimedia servers. I do not have such access. :) --Cool CatTalk|@ 13:09, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ivy League

The Ivy League is an actual organization of which only eight schools are a part; MIT is not one of them Don't use it as a general term to refer to any prestigious university; that's inaccurate. See the article for more info. Superm401 | Talk 21:01, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

OK. --Unforgettableid | talk to me 21:06, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Howdy back at you!

Thanks for your comment. I find this site so very interesting - just amazing. And many times when I've searched for a definition of something, Wikipedia is the first thing to pop up, and has always had the most useful language.

OK, I'll be bold and put in some photos!

Thanks again,

Sarum.

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 04:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] festooninc and mihov

Then you should know better that we want more content (i.e., create Festoon (instant messenger) and Miha's Utilities) and not more web links. Thanks for your note. --Perfecto 04:17, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] en.kamelopedia

see Kamelopedia_Diskussion:Sprachen --84.135.146.81 08:34, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Just a copy from de.kamelopedia:
I'll keep you informed. It would be nice to have some native speaking admins on en.kamelopedia. I'm quite good in reading/ understanding english, but my skills in writing/ diction are just very basic ;)
I think, we should restart with an unlocked database, though. A locked wiki would be quite inconsistent. We'll see. --camel:Nachteule 01:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Is the quote on your user page meant to be ironic? Kaldari 08:48, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

It is. I am going to get rid of it, as you have reminded me that irony can only be conveyed by tone of voice, not by typing. :) --unforgettableid | talk to me 21:35, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 540 Shove-it

I found this as an unwatched page. Could you take a look and see if it deserves to be an article or should be merged into Skateboarding trick. At the very least it should be linked from Skateboarding trick. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Merged. Also see my comment at Talk:Skateboarding trick. Unfortunately I don't have time to do _that_ cleanup. Perhaps you can find someone who does... Cheers, --unforgettableid | talk to me 13:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] STS Wiki

Regarding your suggesting about dual licensing of STS Wiki content, there was a good deal of discussion initially about which license to use. The consensus among academic participants was that the GFDL is fine for Wikipedia, but academic writers wanted more protection against the republication of their work in contexts that might adversely affect their academic reputations. As for copying content back and forth, perhaps I haven't made this clear enough (I'm going to add a clarification to the STS Wiki main page), but STS Wiki is not intended to compete with Wikipedia; Wikipedia is the place for encyclopedia-type content. STS Wiki is for stuff that doesn't belong in an encycopedia. So I'm inclined to leave the licensing the way it is, and I welcome your reply. In any case, I hope you'll participate in STS Wiki! Best regards, Bryan 22:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I prefer Wikipedia due to the network effect of almost 1 million articles already, but I did appreciate your in-depth Incompatible Timesharing System bibliography. Too bad I can't transwiki it. Thanks for putting up the wiki, though - any free license is better than none. :-) --unforgettableid | talk to me 22:32, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unicode characters

I just noticed that your edit here destroyed some Unicode characters, replacing them by question marks. Are you using an external editor? Wikipedia:Text editor support seems to indicate that this may lead to that type of problem. Or is it something else? Happy editing anyway, Kusma (******) 03:33, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Good catch! I would never have noticed that. Yes, I used Metapad for Windows to copy and paste some stuff today, that was probably it :-( Thanks for fixing it, I'll try to be more careful to check diffs in the future when I use copy-and-paste into an external editor. --unforgettableid | talk to me 06:27, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] shivesh here

First encounter from my side: this is just a check note

[edit] Picture

I got the immortal technique picture from a website.. Just through a google image search. It was on a music site and it was taken by a professional photography company, so I'm guessing I can't use it? --unsigned comment by User:Punxunite (talk)

[edit] Xgl article

It seems to me that the link you removed from the Xgl article is appropriate (and interesting), so I re-added it. We can discuss on your or my talk pages... Drak 15:52, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I did not remove it, I actually moved it to the top of the list. Someone else removed it. Don't worry, thanks for re-adding it. :-) --unforgettableid | talk to me 20:53, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logos

I saw the logo creations at the Signpost. I wanted to let you know Wikisource is currently taking submissions for a new logo. I would like to see what you can come up with. oldwikisource:Wikisource:New Wikisource logo--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 00:51, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not really interested. --unforgettableid | talk to me 04:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template request

A few months ago you requested that a template be created to automatically convert categories into navigation boxes. This isn't possible with a template alone, but as part of an effort to clear the backlog of requested templates {{Navbox generic}} was created to help facilitate what you were asking for. --CBDunkerson 17:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Great! I appreciate it. --unforgettableid | talk to me 03:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Filelight-screenshot.png

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 00:06, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] (Off Topic) RogueBasin

Are you the same as "Unforgettableid" on http://roguebasin.t-o-m-e.net? That user wrote on the Community Portal talk:

Why not let users edit without logging in? They kind of expect that from Wikipedia, and it'll encourage more contributions. ... Cheers, Unforgettableid 20:35, 8 May 2006 (CEST)

I would like to be able to edit RogueBasin. It tells me that I must "login" to edit, but when I go to the "Create an account or log in" screen, there is no way for me to create a new account! With no way to edit without an account, and no way to create an account, there is no way that I can edit RogueBasin.

Do you think that you could help me get an account, or could you at least pass this info (that I cannot create an account) to the RogueBasin community? --Kernigh 22:15, 10 May 2006 (UTC) (Wikia:c:NetHack:User:Kernigh)

[edit] Pune Institute of Computer Technology

I have removed the {{prod}} tag from Pune Institute of Computer Technology, which you proposed for deletion, because I feel that this article should not be deleted from Wikipedia. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still feel the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Mangojuicetalk 17:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] i've not violated the copyright act.

i've not violated the copyright act,i've just taken the information from a public page.and also have given reference.

Wikipedia has extra-strict copyright rules. We take only material that you wrote yourself / was published under the GFDL. Sorry. --unforgettableid | talk to me 12:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki...reg.

Hi,

 You left a message regarding the development and usage of Wiki.
I understand that resources, and references could be mentioned when

we write an article. If there is something that needs to be modified, I can certainly do it, and appreciate your input... --Asoft 12:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

What I am saying is that you, as the Anandsoft web design owner, should not link to your own sites. Wikipedia is not a tool for increasing your PageRank. Cheers, --unforgettableid | talk to me 12:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Czech geo stubs

About half of the villages is already covered on Czech Wiki (and more than a half on German Wiki).

I plan to create standard basic stub for every single village so it will be easier to add meat later. The other approach, let he people create articles ad-hoc results in rather horror stuff.

I do not work on Czech Wiki because of situation there. It also feels more rewarding here. Pavel Vozenilek 13:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

"The other approach, let he people create articles ad-hoc results in rather horror stuff.": I agree that that happens, but how often do people self-create some of the smaller villages (e.g. 200 people)? Are you sure your time is best spent on creating these articles, including spending the time on drawing dot maps? :-)
Also, I am curious as to what is the cz wiki situation. Cheers, --unforgettableid | talk to me 13:39, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Small Wiki (few dozens of active contributors). In such small community it is rather hard to ignore conflicts. For several years quite nasty war was waged between one of founders and group of others. Several people left disgusted. I decided I have no need to get involved in such environment. Pavel Vozenilek 14:33, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

A bot is almost impossible as many names are shared among locations and could have other meanings. Also dealing with diacritics and adding support for people who cannot use diacritics makes the thing quite complex. Neither Czech nor German Wiki deals with this problem consistently, AFAIK. Pavel Vozenilek 13:38, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parth Here

Hi there. You like like a veteran on this cool web site so I'll let you know about me. Yes, I did write the Zeest article myself but I used info from a media interview with the band. I have given that media service web site in the article but tell me, was what I did illegal? Let me know. Thank you.

Thanks for the compliment. As for the article, it is an ok article but you copied and pasted too much from the news interview. I removed the following text:

>>> THE ZEEST

The Zeest (or simply Zeest) is an underground Pakistani band based in Karachi which came up with the hugely popular, 'The BC Sutta song' or 'Sutta Na Mila'. This song made them popular not only in Pakistan but also in India. Although the song did not top any charts (because it was never officially released) yet developed a cult following like wild fire.

As far as numbers go, the Sutta song has had 7,600 downloads in 21 days several months back. Like a cigarette passed from one tobacco-stained hand to another, the Sutta song has been covertly sneaked across the borders, download networks and bypassed moral censors to become the anthem for “all smokers and dopers.”

The members of the band are: Skip (the founder, composer, guitarist and lead vocalist), Abeer (Manager and Supporting Vocalist), Anas (Congo), Aneel(Tabla) and Raheel(Drums). <<<

You should rewrite it using different words than the article used, or you should leave it out of the article.
Also, a note: I am not sure if the Zeest are considered "notable" on the English Wikipedia. Unfortunately, maybe someone may mark at the top of the article that it is proposed for deletion, and if that happens, it may be deleted a week later. If that happens, I cannot say anything except perhaps to try to see if they have an article on one of the Southeast Asian language wikipedias (hindi, bengali, etc: see http://www.wikipedia.org) and if they don't, you can translate and add it there. Kind regards, --unforgettableid | talk to me 14:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parth again

Tell you what, could you please delete that article all together? I'll write on something more sensible. :) - Parth

I marked it for deletion. Cheers, --unforgettableid | talk to me 09:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paper on MILSET

Hello,
I am the author of the MILSET paper put yesterday. I read the proposal for deletion and I understand your concern very well.
1- Copyright concerns
Indeed the material comes from MILSET website, as I am myself working in MILSET, and starting a paper on Wikipedia was discussed with Antoine VAN RUYMBEKE, vice-president of MILSET Europe, who also maintains the MILSET website. He can be joined at <antoine@milset-europe.org>.
So putting the material there was done in full knowledge and approval of MILSET, and the material can be sourced directly at MILSET itself. We do not object to our material being reproduced, quite the opposite. And it is important to us to explain ourselves what we are doing (for instance the non-competitive, non-profit aspect which we think distinguishes us from some other science fairs organisations).
Should I explicitly sign the paper, or if not how should I make its sourcing clear ?
2- Duplication of material
I also understand that Wikipedia might object to a paper being exactly the same as an external link: why not just put the link indeed ?
The paper is not planned to stay like that, however, and only the lack of time made me start the contribution in this way. I plan to improve the paper by adding photos and examples...
Please let me know what you think,
Best,
Gerard Gautier
gerard.gautier@milset.org
No, then there are no copyright issues. I have removed the deletion proposal. But, the article reads too much like an advertisement. You may want to post an article on Wikipedia:Village_pump asking how to clean it up. Also, you may want to add [[wiki links]] to other articles where appropriate. Cheers, ~~~~ == fire records == hello - my name is Clive Solomon and I am the founder of Fire Records. I found the article on Fire and expanded it. No problem if you wish to delete the edited text but I bought it up to date. :If I recall correctly, it reads like an advertisement. You may want to delete some of the text mentioning, if I recall correctly, how Fire has signed some of the "hottest" indie bands and is the "upcoming" label. Although it may be true, Wikipedia shies away from marketing speak. Cheers, ~~~~

[edit] fire

Hello - understood but theres no mention of signing the 'hottest' bands at all. This is the text that was added a couple of days ago.

"Amongst the new records released by new label boss James Nicholls include the much anticipated return of Bark Psychosis, gothic-folk band Puerto Muerto and a range of outsider efforts from Steve Gullicks 'Tenebrous' ensemble, Nashville legend Dave Cloud & The Gospel Of Power, Virgin Passages, Tells, Sphyr, Matthew Bayot and the James Joyce Chamber Music album which includes an amazing 36 bands ranging from members of REM, Sonic Youth, Mercury Rev, Mike Watt, Bardo Pond, Kinski and so on."

I cant see anything here. All the other text has been on the site for at least a couple of years and was not added by myself. you may wish to check who added that text as i dont believe i can do that. Thanks.

[edit] Registered user page external references.

Hello unforgettableid, Can one make references to a useful site that one might have been associated with, in the registered "user page" (profile)? Or is it necessary that the "user page" need to have references (if any) only to un-associated sites? thanks in advance.

BTW: I am getting one long sentence exceeding the visible screen width in preview tool. If a line break is inserted, part of the message is coming out of the shaded region. Any help? thanks. --Asoft 05:10, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome back to Wikipedia. You can put whatever you want on your user page. :-) It is best *never ever* to put line breaks *anywhere* in the middle of a paragraph. Also, never put spaces at the beginning of lines. They can lead to ugly effects. What web browser are you using? Could you describe more about yout problem and exactly how to reproduce it? Cheers, --unforgettableid | talk to me 05:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] line formatting problem

I am using IE6.0 on WIndows 2000 Prof. I just clicked on the + sign, and entered the text message without any line break. I observed that there was no problem without a leading space. The message is being displayed properly....tried with a space before commencement of para, the problem recurred. I normally put one or two spaces before starting a paragraph. This has lead to the problem. It may require some fix? thanks for suggestion. --Asoft 11:59, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

So don't put spaces before paragraphs. :) A space before a paragraph means "put this text in Courier New font". --unforgettableid | talk to me 17:10, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

oh i see. thats just not exactly what you said originally but i understand....

i see the fire records page has now been edited down completely - removing the original text that has been on the site for years.

[edit] Fire

oh i see. thats just not exactly what you said originally but i understand....

i see the fire records page has now been edited down completely - removing the original text that has been on the site for years.

It seems to me the page has been deleted. Presumably this is due to the check request you saw I put at the top of the page earlier. The reason I put the request is that unfortunately, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and we must be very careful about what deserves an article - we had a lot of negative publicity in the U.S. at one point over an incident of an article that was vandalized and stayed vandalized because nobody noticed the vandalism. We generally do not have articles about smaller companies, and I presume somebody decided Fire Records did not qualify. If you believe the article should go back, please contact me. Unfortunately, it is more likely that just the bands your label covers will go back. :( Regards, --unforgettableid | talk to me 00:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ==Global Brain==

I have reverted your deletion of most of Global Brain, please see the talk page for reasons why. Captainj 22:16, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] statuschanger and AFD

As for statuschanger, I haven't used it for a while, and am unfamiliar with it.

As for the AFD page, the bot updates the entire /current and /old pages with preset text on the server it runs from. It isn't programed to just update one block, but rather for the entire subpage, so every day the content is blanked with the new days content. That's why if someone wants to make a change that sticks, they have to contact me so I can update the text on my server. --lightdarkness (talk) 00:56, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto

IMO, Instead of a huge conference sort of thingy, a gathering of 3 to 4 people chatting and get to know each other is a better a way to spark meetups. Balancing the schedule of 4 people is easily than that of all Category:Wikipedians in Toronto. Send me a email if you are interested. I sent this message to User:Zanimum, User:Unforgettableid, User:Tyciol because they were most active at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Toronto. I.H.S.V. (talk) 05:40, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:PSS proposed for deletion

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article WP:PSS, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:WP:PSS. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. ~ Amalas rawr =^_^= 16:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lets get together!

I think we should all sit down and drink and eat and what not. I propose a meetup at Future Bakery, on the corner of Brunswick and Bloor, on Wed. August 16, 2006 @ 7pm. Lets discuss it. joshbuddy, talk 15:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi unforgattableid

I was wondering could you give me some pointers on how to furter upgrade the List_of species_in_fantasy_fiction? I don't think about general, but more specific pointers on what to do to help it lose that ugly cleanup tag. So far I made Dwarf and Troll a Various race instead of a duplicate article (Dwarf (Warcraft) and Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons), as well as deleted the duplicate article i found there. Gratefull in advance Belphegor 666 19:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately I am on sabbatical, as it says at the top of the page, so I cannot help you. Regards, --unforgettableid | how's my driving? 21:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] xwrits

Let's talk onwiki or send me an email. If there's a true assertion of notability (major media article, circulation figures, something...) we can have an AfD. - crz crztalk 00:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Fine. AfD it is. - crz crztalk 02:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About GUI Testing

Hi, I found that you have been a bit heave handed :) on the GUI Testing page, this is a subject which interest me a lot, and I have done many contributions to this entry (see page history), I am the one who has put the original research tag on it, I was essentially meaning the genetic algorithms approach not the rest, their were other sections which can't be qualified as such in particular the one dealing with an MVC approach to help GUI testing. It's too bad this important subject didn't attract enough contributors, maybe you could restore some sections and rename it again GUI Testing in the hope of attracting again contributions. Regards --Khalid hassani 18:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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