User talk:Alex S

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Hey this Kane Alexander page I created was to give people a general background of him, not to sell him. I had no idea that it would be under the category of deletion!

Thanks,

Catherine L.

Contents 1 Don't 2 Trigger Happy 3 Shawn, 21:58, 25 May 2006 4 "Dreams from my Father" 5 Hganesan, 20:59, 3 June 2006 6 W.L. Mackenzie King 7 Jerome Fisher 8 Thanks for the message. 9 Re: Thanks! 10 This is homer s 11 Banking in Switzerland 12 Your Idea for a Welcome Bot 13 GAC info 14 Alison Krauss 15 Alison Krauss 16 Economy of Ancient Greece 17 Yale '10 represent 18 WP:DUU90 on WP:COMM 19 WP:LEAD 20 Baden-Powell House on WP:FAC 21 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 22 Hank Williams peer review 23 Unfinished work 24 Glen J. Miles 25 Fred L. Hillis 26 Disambiguation Link for pants 27 Philanthropist 28 Deleting Categories of Jewish Athletes 29 Palmer Bumbing Image

[edit] Don't

Dear Alex, if that's your real name...just kidding. Look man, I'm 40-yard Magnum, and I wrote the St. Mary page, and researched hard to get those season stats. You took them away from the page, and that was my creation. Does that sound right to you? Why'd you do it? Fix it please. It's important info about the school, and that's what the page is about.

[edit] Trigger Happy

Dear Administrator: I, like you, am an editor; I create articles and make edits. But, many, I am sure many other people out there, are tired, frustrated and angry with the behavior of many Administrators. I am certain that it is appallingly easy to revert and article, that someone has undoubtedly spent allot of time and effort writing. I have, in the past spent hours, researching, planning, writing, checking and revising an addition to an article only to have the whole lot deleted forever three minutes afterwards.

I know that deletion of material is essential in a free-to-edit encyclopedia, but if you see an article that someone has anonymously devoted their time to writing, why could you not revise it, change it or give a reason for you action? They deserve one.

I know all Administrators are not all Drunk-With- Power-Trigger-Happy-Nazis, many of you do an excellent job and you know who you are. The world owes you. I owe You.

In closing: Create, don’t Destroy. Make a distinction between “what is right, and what is easy”. Be enriched and enrich others with the knowledge of other people.

And keep that finger off the trigger.

Dfrg.msc 01:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

See my reply on your talk page. --Alex S 18:36, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shawn, 21:58, 25 May 2006

• Thanks for cleaning up the Student Congress article. Great job! --Shawn 21:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Dreams from my Father"

Yes, this would seem to be an eminently defensible piece of fair use (especially if you discuss the cover at some point in the text). Upload it, mark it {{book cover}}, and cite the source as the Amazon page.

Incidentally, there's several editions of this book, but you only list a single ISBN. I'd suggest finding the others and listing them as well... Shimgray | talk | 21:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hganesan, 20:59, 3 June 2006

User Simishag continuously is claiming Bucsrsafe is me when he is not. Please warn Simishag. I am very upset he is wrongly accusing me. Please tell the other admins about this. It is frustrating. Hganesan 20:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)hganesan

[edit] W.L. Mackenzie King

I took the liberty of removing your "wikify" notice, since it was attached to a vandalized version of the article. I have reverted accordingly. Fishhead64 05:18, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jerome Fisher

Thanks for cleaning up the article that was up for deletion. I've suggested a "redirect" as an option on the vote page [1].

Hey, and congrats on Yale.

Ande B. 01:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the message.

Hello. I'm actually a current student. I'm a sophmore in Davenport College and lived in Welch Hall last year, which was why I was editing it. Do you know your residential college yet? Apparently, if you log in with your net-id to www.yale.edu/facebook, whatever college facebook comes up is what college you're in. Trickedbyfoxes 18:06, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thanks!

Sure, glad to help! :) Cheers, Sango123 03:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is homer s

I didn't mean to delete the nominations. I apologize. It was a mistake. Is there any way to bring the article back the way it was? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Homer s (talk • contribs).

[edit] Banking in Switzerland

Thank you for reviewing Banking in Switzerland. I agree with your statements and will try to improve it just a bit more. Paul 04:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Idea for a Welcome Bot

I disagree. Many welcomers make their own messages. By receiving a message from a bot, the result is that people will not feel welcome because it is simply a message that is being repeated over and over and over again. I change my welcome messages at least once a week, so generally, my messages are different. Bots are inhuman, and people prefer to be greeted by people who are living and have a pulse and heart.

Booksworm Talk to me! 15:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GAC info

I know what you mean, and been doing just that. Though, since I do not no anything thing about the FF serie and am not aware of the characters or everything related to that, I can't assess for the criteria #3 because I don't know if it is broad enough in its coverage. Lincher 23:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alison Krauss

Thanks for the kind comment's in the PR for Alison Krauss and thanks for the Good Article nod. I'm especially thankful for the note you made about it being well-referenced, as if you look at this version when I started editing it was a slow and plodding process to remove all the fancruft and reference the thing properly. Staxringold _talk^contribs 02:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alison Krauss

You made some very helpful comments on the Alison Krauss PR, and it is currently up at FAC. A somewhat new user has lodged an objection, though IMO does not fully understand the principles of WP:WIAFA. Could you put in a vote if you have the time (whether you support or oppose the article's candidacy) just so the FAC takes a better course? Thanks! Staxringold _talk^contribs 15:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry for marking up your userpage last time, my mistake. I've added (and am going to continue to add to) a new "Artistry" section per Mariah Carey to encompass the various critical reviews of things. Any updated comments in the FAC would be a help, even if I don't get the job done to reverse your opinion by the end of the FAC. Thanks! Staxringold _talk^contribs 22:26, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

• I've made some severe additions, any further review by you would be greatly appreciated. Staxringold _talk^contribs 22:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Please give it a review. You've not posted on the FAC since your first opposition and the article has grown much more comprehensive and better sourced. Staxringold _talk^contribs 16:36, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Economy of Ancient Greece

For 'not fluent', thats 'not too shabby' - I'm sure some pedant will find something to whine about, but I think it's a job well done.Bridesmill 02:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I, for one, certainly find it good work. Let me thank you for the hard work, and give you my congratulations! Thanks!--Aldux 11:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yale '10 represent

Hey there, thanks!! Facebook me ;)

[edit] WP:DUU90 on WP:COMM

Thanks for updating the counter on the DUU90 notice. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:10, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:LEAD

I clearly understand the concept of the lead and have placed the articles on hold because the lead sections do not represent the breadth of the article. For example, the lead section will talk about the person in general with his practices and all and the article will only go through his biography without even mentioning any personal traits. I'm exaggerating a bit there, if you take a look at the lead section and the article, they don't match. Lincher 17:09, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baden-Powell House on WP:FAC

The Baden-Powell House article has been adjusted in compliance with your feedback and recommendations (highly appreciated). Would you care to adjust your opinion accordingly? Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC).

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[edit] Hank Williams peer review

I noticed you contributed to the Alison Krauss Featured Article nomination. If you have time we would appreciate your input on the Hank Williams Peer Review here. Thanks for your time.--WilliamThweatt 03:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unfinished work

I have responded to your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Unfinished work. I would greatly appreciate it if you could commment further on the FAC page. violet/riga (t) 20:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Good work with the rewrites - I hope that has helped to allay your problems with the article. violet/riga (t) 12:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

It seems that Raul654 decided that the nomination had gotten stale and, after many additions to the article, I have renominated it. Please take a look to see if it meets your approval. Thanks, violet/riga (t) 13:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glen J. Miles

How does someone drop you a line,

I would have appreciated it if you had not deleted the article before telling me that you were. I spent about an hour on that article and the only copy was the one on Wikipedia.

I could have used it on another bio page.

If it is still buried somewhere in the master computer I would apprecaite being able to retrieve it,

Can you tell me how,

Phil

[edit] Fred L. Hillis

Alex whatdo ya think mate can I do a page on this guy,

does he meet the criteria

please get back to me, as I will not start on it till you let me know.

Phil

[edit] Disambiguation Link for pants

Hello User Alex S.

You have linked to the article pants which is a disambiguation page. Did you mean to link to trousers? If you would amend your link to trousers this would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Liyster 06:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philanthropist

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Philanthropist, 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 "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Philanthropist. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. — Sebastian (talk) 03:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting Categories of Jewish Athletes

Hi. I know that this is an issue that has interested you in the past. At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion#Category:Jewish_fencers some people are suggesting that Jewish athletes, beginning with Jewish Fencers, should be deleted. I do not think that is the correct approach, or consistent with wiki policy, and thought that others might want to weigh in on the discussion. --Epeefleche 23:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Palmer Bumbing Image

The copyright on the image says the author died over 100 years ago. However, the image was created less than 100 years ago, making it physically impossible for the author to have died over 100 years ago. Watersoftheoasis 22:03, 4 March 2007 (UTC)