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[edit] RE - Limelight Contributions

Rather than being the creator of the website, I am, in fact, the commisionner of said website. Hence, the copyright of said website, belongs to moi.

(This contribution by Shaft121)
That's the perfect defence against copyvio allegations, then! -- Arwel (talk) 23:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current events

I must have been a cock-up. I don't recall seeing it happen - but then if I had, I'd have reverted it myself. -- SGBailey 14:51, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] pics

Hey, this is in reference to the pic query on the liverpool fc talk page. Ok, so if one can't get copyright free pics, then the only thing to be done is to mail the sites for permission, right? and if that doesnt bring forth a response, then....? Just a thought..if u see a suitable pic on a page, save it on your comp and edit it using photoshop or something, then it won't be EXACTLY the same as the original, will it? In which case, can it be uploaded? Sneaky, i know... Kinda crazy 15:36, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Billie-Jo Jenkins

I saw you helped cleanup Billie-Jo Jenkins. If you get a chance, could you possibly turn Sion Jenkins into a decent stub? Right now it seems to be a news story (I couldn't find any evidence that it was copyvio, but you might start from scratch just to be safe.) I'd do it myself, but I have a class starting in ten minutes, and since we're linking it from Current events, it deserves better coverage than what it has. Ral315 (talk) 15:41, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Football Aid

I've noticed you did an edit on Owen Hargreaves back in October 2005. I nominated the article at Football Aid/Article Improvement. Maybe you can help out by voting and do more edits. Kingjeff 00:30, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ukrainian presidential election,2004

Hello Arwel Parry. An article you have written, entitled Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 is believed to contain some information on a man named Mykola Rohozhynskyy. An article has been written about this man, but the information is unverified. The man is listed on Preliminary Votes. If you could send us some sources on this man, we would be happy to check them against the article. I have questioned the writer of this article, User:Kpalion, who led me to you. I have looked over this article and have found only his name, nomination, etc. Have a nice day. Or night. User:Treemaster4

I only wrote the initial version of that article, before things got complicated with reballots and the revolution! This candidates' name was originally spelled "Mykola Rogozhynsky" rather than in the Ukrainian transliteration, and the details were obtained from a site in Ukraine which I can't find now. It's annoying how Wikipedia's popularity means its contents get copied all over the web so that it's extremely difficult to find other sources after a couple of years. The original site I used doesn't appear to be still online, so I'm at a loss as to how to verify the information! -- Arwel (talk) 00:52, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Football AID 12 February - 18 February

Thank you for participating in the Football AID vote this week.

FC Dynamo Kyiv has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.

Dear Arwel, Thank you for adding information on Dynamo Kiev and in particular "Death Match". Best regards, Andriy (Kiev, Ukraine)

[edit] Georgian Soccer page

Thanks - didn't know about the image issue. I've read the editing guidelines, now and I appreciate the correction. Won't do it again.

- Stafford

[edit] LIST OF NOTABLE BRAIN TUMOR PATIENTS

Arwel--why did you delete Bert Convy from the list. It took me so much time because I had trouble with the columns and the parameters (as I explained to "Durova").

There was no vandalism or falsehood. You reverted back to the previous user (before me) without even looking at what I had done. All I did was add one name, of a person who qualifies on that list. I plan to add more. I hope I won't have the same problems as I did before, but I had to make all those revisions to get the spaces and columns and parameters right.

In re:02:46, 15 February 2006 Arwel Parry m (Reverted edits by 70.19.66.105 (talk) to last version by 192.136.22.4)

I used to be 70.19.66.105, but now I have my Username working again (there was a problem that a mediator had to take care of), so now I am, and remain,

Robbie 08:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, we all make mistakes, however multiple (18 in your case) edits to an article in a short period of time (55 minutes) from an anonymous user is highly suggestive of vandal behaviour, and when we're combating vandalism at the rate which always occurs around midnight - 4 a.m. UTC we don't always have time to check everything. -- Arwel (talk) 12:19, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welsh

Hi Arwel. I noticed you're in commons:Category:User cy. I was wondering if you might be able to translate this for me? commons:User:Pfctdayelise/Translations It's only two short lines. Thanks for your time, if you can :) cheers, pfctdayelise (translate?) 12:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is the clown eating reference

Can't sleep clown will eat me is also found elsewhere on the web? John wesley 15:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

No idea - maybe you should ask that user! -- Arwel (talk) 19:20, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Can't sleep, clown will eat me

[edit] Bedford Street, Crewe

Hello there. I was wondering if you would have a look at the Crewe page and just look over my contribution to the Trivia section, namely the Bedford Street Information. If you have any spare time, could you rustle up a photograph of the street as I want to create an article about it. Namely referring to it's history, current state and possible future. I feel this article is worthy of creation due to the history of the street (it's ties with the railway works & WW2 bombings) and it's current condition (featuring practically every type of house). Cheers! - Shaft121 09:53, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Heh, I hadn't noticed that there are so many different types of house on that street, now they've built on the old Bedford St School. Unfortunately I've no digital camera, so can't provide any handy photos until I get a better paying job (or an inheritance...). Might be worth noting that people tried to get a bus route along the street back in the 1990s, but too much parking on both sides meant they couldn't get a bus through! -- Arwel (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes I've made note of that from my mother who lives on the street. One of the stops was actually outside number 25 (I think) which is near to her house. The new houses on the street consist of flats, your average two up two down new-build as well as three storey houses. I just needed the bungalow fact checking. I'm pretty sure there is at least one but I'm not sure if it is a business or residential property. Thanks for your help though. If you do have other contacts in Crewe, could you get them onto it? I would appreciate it seeing as you are the only other person from Crewe I have seen on here :) - Shaft121 22:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pennies

I am intrested in this guys question, as I found out the same info on a coin price guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_the_British_penny_%281901-1970%29

My catalogue doesn't list any information for 1968, 69 or non-proof 1970s. -- Arwel (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English Florin

See my comment at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Florin_%28English_coin%29 about new discovery and a question about accuracy of recent Coin World Article. Perhaps you would like to edit "English Florin" with your own views. 17:54, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Query re vandalism warning

What was I supposed to have added? This question added by 212.225.63.177.

[1] - adding " *December 29 - Joe Pane, English pupil" to 1993 births. Asking a question like this three and a half months after the edit is not usually a good way to get a sensible response, but in your IP address' case it was fairly easy to still track down. -- Arwel (talk) 15:19, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:Fireworks Music.ogg

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This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Fireworks Music.ogg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Shyam (T/C) 07:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright tags had been removed by vandals. AP

[edit] Monobook.css and link underline

Hi, just thought I'd let you know that you can turn off link underlining in your preferences (Misc section > Underline links). I noticed you edited your monobook.css to manually remove the underline, which was what I did until I realised that you can do it through preferences. --vortex talk 19:31, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unheaded, unsigned rant by User:Dickclarkfan1

Arwel Parry, its simple. If I edit something in an article or create an article, its contents are ALWAYS validated by one sourse or fans. And for your info, the reports of Chris's leaving Doctor Who were not released until the first episode aired in England.

I'll say it again, NEVER delete something I put in an article. You forget that THE MEMBERS of wikipedia make this Encylopedia, NOT THE ADMINS.

Our job is to create the articles and to correct them if they are wrong. You lost that right, when you agreed to become an admin. YOUR JOB is to make sure they are not vandalized. End of story.

And if any other admin reading this has a problem with my views, so be it. But the members in general are getting tired of you guys doing something to our work without telling us. Other members its fine, we have a code of honor. Admins its not fine cause you all think wikipedia belongs to you, it doesn't. It belongs to US, THE MEMBERS, NOT THE ADMINS.

{Reply posted on [[User talk:Dickclarkfan1]):
Hello. I've just read your comment on my talk page. I have to say that I fully endorse Josiah's comments. In the case of my reversion, firstly, please note that I did not use any Admin functions to remove your edit, I made the same sort of edit as any other Wikipedia user can. Secondly, saying "Many US fans of Doctor Who believe..." is inherently unverifiable and should be removed - how many is "many"? Thirdly, one of my cousins has been involved in the Welsh television industry for nearly forty years, latterly owning her own production company - I dare say that she is much better informed about what went on at BBC Wales than you are. -- Arwel (talk) 12:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't care if your cousin is Prime Minister Tony Blair himself. For all you know, I may have someone on the inside that actually WORKS on the show. So I think that trumps your "cousin" extremely. BTW, my counterpart in Canada is an expert on Canadian and British TV, who is this "cousin" of yours and what is the name of her production company? Dickclarkfan1 15:14, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

It's not my responsibility to produce verifiable information about what you are trying to put in an article - that's for you to produce. "For all I know..." about you - precisely, I know damn all about you because you have totally failed to provide any information about yourself whatsoever on your user page, and could be anyone from a high-school fan to Walter Cronkite (though I suspect you are nearer the former); I will not give much more weight to the opinions of a "red link" user than I would to an anonymous IP address. Why should I defend myself against your claimed experience? You say you write for a living, but from the experience of what you have written on various peoples' and articles' talk pages in the last 24 hours you seem to specialise in producing words which do not exist in the English language, e.g. "creditbility" and "sourse", and to be unable to produce a coherent argument beyond "don't touch what I have written because I am always right" — nobody, not even the Pope these days, claims to be infallible and I point out the notice which appears below the edit box every time you edit: "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it". If you are unable to follow the rules of Wikipedia, including verifiability, civilty, and no personal attacks, then I suggest that Wikipedia is not the place for you. As to who my cousin is, since she's not agreed to be dragged into a Wikipedia argument then I'll not name her, but she certainly exists and has been producing programmes for Welsh TV since the 1970s, and the company is still active in the Welsh "fflics" even though it was recently bought out by another group. -- Arwel (talk) 20:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
In other words, her company was on the verge of being bankrupt, and she had to sell to save her arse. Good, then I don't have to worry about writing her arse to see if you're telling the truth. As for what I share about myself, you haven't EARNED the right to be privy to my life. All you need to know is that i'm one of the top people of what I do. And quite a few of the other top people have read your little remarks, and they are pissed as well now, AT YOU, NOT ME.
The moral of the story: Don't edit something that is true, if you don't want a fight. Dickclarkfan1 04:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Oooh! Scary! Grow up. You have only proven that you know absolutely nothing of which you write. My cousin is now very well set up for her old age, since she's already old enough to qualify for a free bus pass. Meanwhile your credibility (and certainly not "creditbility") is zero. I will not waste any more time talking to a brick wall, other than to copy this to your talk page so the others can see what an idiot you are. This correspondence is closed. -- Arwel (talk) 08:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dickclark trouble

Arwel - I appreciate how frustrating dealing with this guy has been and kudos to you for trying to work things out with him. I'm affraid, however, that your frustration has gotten the better of you in your most recent post. Please don't call another user an "idiot" no matter how much an idiot you think he/she is. This is especially counterproductive when the primary topic of conversation is reminding the user to be civil. Thanks, for your understanding. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 19:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, yes, point taken, although "idiot" is quite mild on my list of epithets - I did react more strongly initially, and subsequently removed "moron" from my comments. -- Arwel (talk) 21:44, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Czech Republic and Czechia

Why did you reverted infomation about geographical name of Czech Republic - Czechia? --Exekutor 21:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

a) Because Wikipedia policy is to use the common name used by English-speakers. The question of "Czech Republic" or "Czechia" has been argued ad nauseam on Talk:Czech Republic for nearly two years. The term "Czechia" is almost unknown by English speakers and is virtually never used by them, it is never used in English-language newspapers (I just looked on the front page of the Prague Post website to check that even English-language newspapers published in the country do not use "Czechia"). One part of the previous discussion on Talk:Czech Republic states that Google finds 170 references to "Czech Republic" for every occurrence of "Czechia". The fact that the Czech and German languages use short forms of the country's name is not relevant to practice in the English language.
b) The actual change which had been made was ugly, and simply changed "Czech Republic" to "Czechia", leaving the opening sentence ungrammatical "The Czechia...". -- Arwel (talk) 22:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

It's OK. In Czechia all main newpapes uses term Česko [2] (Czechia), it also exists broadcast radio named Radio Česko (Radio Czechia) [3].. Google test is not lie detector. It think, term Česko (Czechia) would be noticed in the first sentence.--Exekutor 00:51, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but the problem is that both the references you have given are in the Czech language, where "Česko" is now an accepted term. The English language Wikipedia uses the standards of the English language, where "Czechia" has not found favour with the overwhelming majority of English speakers. Wikipedia is a secondary source, not a primary source – that is, we can not use "Czechia" until it is commonly used by other users of the English language, in speech, in broadcasts, and in publications. Wikipedia is not a proponent of new usages. -- Arwel (talk) 01:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thought you'd like to know

Just so you know, an IP user who a personal attack against me, also seemingly made one against you in the same edit. I have cleaned up the edits.--Drat (Talk) 15:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Champions League article

Hi, could you have a look at Talk:UEFA Champions League 2005-06 and post your thoughts? Thanks, jacoplane 15:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] About Felix

Hello there! I knew Felix von Luckner when I was a child living in Malmö, so I added some pictures, and made a few minor edits. I was wondering what it would take to make this article a featured article. I just listened to your voice-version of the article noting that you pronounced the german correctly, as far as I can tell, and decided that perhaps you might know what it would take, so here I am asking you.DanielDemaret 15:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ITV Regional template

Hello. I have created a template in an attempt to standardise the articles about the various ITV stations. I thought they were beginning to look quite messy with a couple of logos at the top as thumbs.

Before I add teh template to all of the articles, would you mind taking a look at them and see what I might have missed, or what could be better? I've added them to Tyne Tees, Granada and TVS. The TVS one is good becasue it makes use of an extra two fields.

With the template, I've tried to give prominance to the current logo, whilst maintaining the traditional identity with an older logo. Tyne Tees and Granada were doing this anyway, but, as I say, it looked a bit fragmented way it was. The JPS 18:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maximilian_von_Spee

Glad to find article, but mine was the first reference. There need to be references to that the reader can verify the information and can also learn more from the original documents. Since you started the article, maybe you could help out or contact some of the other editors who contributed? Cheers,--Beth Wellington 01:00, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Ex-Yugoslavia

Talk:Kosovo#2 Administrator for Ex-Yugoslavien articels in Wikipedia- The voice of Kosovar

And...? Sorry, but spamming a few dozen administrators' talk pages with a totally unexplained reference is no way to try to resolve your problem. Explain what is the matter and what you want done about it. Having looked at that talk page, it appears to be a total mess which is largely incomprehensible – not written to a minimal standard of the English language – and I have no intention of getting involved in it. -- Arwel (talk) 10:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DEMIURGE

There is an editor who is blocking me b/c he claims I am a sockpuppet. If you look at the Tim Pat Coogan page (and discussion page), you will see that he is engaging in blatant censorship in blocking my edits to the wikipage and my edits to the Discussion Page as well. What is he afraid of?

My Coogan edits are cited and sourced, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would look into this matter. Demiurge engages routinely in censorship and only is stopped when he is caught red-handed by other Wikipedians on articles as diverse as Ante Pavelic, pre-Code (re movie censorship!!), Eamon de Valera, Tim Pat Coogan (see above) and many others.

This wannabe censor is going to wannabe an administrator someday (pbly soon)--don't you think it is important to know if he is a censor/apologist on his "pet" issues before he is allowed to become an administrator. Do you want a self-appointed censor or apologist for the Catholic Church to become a Wikipedia Administrator??

Just review his edits, and those he made to the Coogan wikipage and Discussion Pages.

If you want to reach me, I am on a rental (I don't have a computer of my own) so pls. email me at my friend's email address: karas_peter@yahoo.com.

THANKS!!

70.19.67.28 23:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need your advice!

RFC Woggly

I have opened a Request for Comment on User:Woggly due to harassment which is clearly evidenced by her in a harassment campaign that she has organized on her talk page User:Woggly 4 On this page one can witness how accusations of using sockpuppets were never confirmed before she accused me of these actions and others. IsraelBeach 01:25, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brilliant work on BBC television idents

Thank you so much for your work on the BBC idents article. Fabulous stuff. Pcb21 Pete 13:17, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for catching the missing <ref> tag in hanging! It must be my eyes getting bleary from looking at the text for so long. :-) Kimchi.sg | talk 12:55, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Comments on Current events

Hello Arwel Parry/archive 7 –

I'm trying to get some discussion going on two proposals regarding the current events page, but so far have gotten little to no response. Since you have recently edited the current events page, I'm asking for your input on these two proposals:

  • One proposal (this is the big one) involves putting the daily events from the current events pages into article-templates, a lá the monthly pages from 2003 to 2005, as well and having a consistent number of recent days on the current events page instead of a monthly archive. This would allow for the current events page and the respective month pages to be updated simultaneously without the monthly archival. For more, see the current events talk page.

Your input on one or both of these issues would be appreciated. joturner 22:15, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not my fault

I know that i am reposting it. But it is not on the web. I post it and i reserch it and it is gone. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Devilmasterex (talk • contribs).

[edit] Pierrepoint

Please take another look at Talk:Albert Pierrepoint Jooler 13:36, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 7 July 2005 London bombings

Japan, France and Spain manage to get a mention, but the WORST atrocity by terrorists operating from the UK who are UK citizens, who planned, organised, and launched their attack from the UK in the name of maintaining the union with Britain- dont rate a mention? LOL

Will try fitting it in elsewhere. Fluffy999 13:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seeking an opinion

As an experienced Wikipedian with an interest in football pages and a record of work on a Featured Article, your opinion would be welcomed on a discussion at Talk:Swansea City A.F.C.. After various attempts to add a site with no original content, the site's owner has now recruited someone else to do the same. The question is this: am I correct to delete links to sites which themselves consist of others' copyrighted material and links to other sites? Given the paucity of real content, I have a strong suspicion that the site is operated on a "cash for clicks" basis.

I would like, ultimately, to see the Swansea City A.F.C. Wikipage reach Featured standard, so I am inviting opinions from Wikipedians with sustantial edit histories. Diolch am eich amser. - Stevecov 15:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current sports events

"The Second Coming of Wayne Rooney in the 58th minute" - he's good but he's not the bloody Almighty. Jooler 04:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Ever hear of irony? I'm not even English! -- Arwel (talk) 10:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Irony? Yeah thats what the wife does while I watch the football. Jooler 10:35, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

You are welcome. Blocked it.--Dakota ~ 20:48, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trust on Wikipedia

Hi I got your contact from meta's embassy. :) This is Cathy from Hong Kong working on a research about trust on Wikipedia. I wonder if you would kindly contact me at researchingmedia@gmail.com? I'd like to chat with you about Wikipedia of your language. Would you kindly drop me your email or IM (Skype, MSN, AIM or ICQ)? It wouldn't take more than ten minutes, but it would help enormous for us to understand the overall trust-based social landscape of Wikipedia. Thank you!

--Mapocathy 07:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Signallers

Hi there, thanks for catching that miscorrection. The built in dictionary in MacOS X didn't list the double-l variant, despite its use in UK English. I've removed it from my spell-list. Cheers, CmdrObot 18:02, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Neutral view

As a Welshman, can I please ask you to take a look at Talk:1966 FIFA World Cup Final. I have not been involved in any dispute on this page, and I do not wish to get into one, I suspect that a Scottish Wikipedian is expressing a point of view rather too strongly in the article. I haven't examined it in detail though as I would rather not get get into a slanging match. Jooler 22:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Excuse Me.

I just reverted vandalism on your discussion page. Suddenly, someone vandalized your page. Let'me know if someone vandalized your page again. *~Daniel~* 22:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

your welcome. *~Daniel~* 22:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Also, Thanks you for expalanation about Johnny the vandal. Much appreciated. *~Daniel~* 22:34, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible vandalism removed.

I removed what was most likely vandalism from your talk page. You can see the diff of what I removed [5]. I doubt you'd have wanted the side of your talk page lined with birdies. Kevin_b_er 02:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE Blocking

Why was I blocked from editing today when I hadn't vandalised?

Above unsigned edit at 18:40, 29 June 2006 by 147.143.121.31
You were not blocked from editing today. You were blocked on 25th February for vandalism i.e. changing Dinbych to Shitsville in the Denbigh article. -- Arwel (talk) 18:35, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
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