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[edit] Admin votes for State Route Naming Conventions poll

Your vote is requested at the Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll. As one of the admins, you have until 23:59 UTC on September 4, 2006 to cast your vote for one of the naming conventions for state highways. Thank you for your participation. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 02:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Hey I think 203.36.44.14 (Talk) is really crying out for attention looking at recent edits, I thought you might be interested SatuSuro 02:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barney songs

Good lord, that's horrible. An AfD's on the way. —tregoweth (talk) 02:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

D'oh, too many windows open; it got lost somewhere. —tregoweth (talk) 03:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your vote on Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll

Despite how the poll was set up, the ArbCom clearly encouraged consensus on the matter. There is a clear lack of consensus on the poll. --SPUI (T - C) 05:50, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

You have chosen Principle I based on the numbers. While it is clear that a majority prefers that style, perhaps one possible compromise that will be acceptable to a much wider group is to apply that principle only to the states where move wars and naming debates are occuring or have occurred in the past. Some states that do not conform to Principle I where absolutely no naming debates have gone on might be better left untouched. Would you at least consider this as a possible compromise solution? Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 21:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:1459.jpg

I don't know where it came from, but that doesn't, in any way, make it OK to keep a copyvio image. It is blatantly taken from a website, and 99% likely copyrighted. Scepia 08:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Harper External Links Humour Harper Valley

I'm wondering your reason for eliminating the external link Harper Valley, which I consider to be a very humourous site with content largely devoted to Stephen Harper? Thanks.

[edit] Thanks...

...for deleting SteveBooth. It appeared to be a non-notable political candidate trying to use Wikipedia for his personal campaign site. VoiceOfReason 23:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Universal (act)

What in the world!?!? When I mark an article for deletion it takes several days for it to get deleted. This article got marked for deletion and got deleted INSTANTLY, I didn't EVEN HAVE THE CHANCE TO OBJECT!!! — Alex (T|C|E) 03:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

AND DOESN'T THE ARTICLE HAVING AN INTER-WIKI LINK HAVE ANY PROOF THAT THE ARTICLE IS LEGIT!? — Alex (T|C|E) 03:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
It has absolutly no context. Without the see Talk:Declaration of National Unity on it's talk page how on earth is anyone supposed to figure out what the article is about. I've tagged it with a "context" to stop it getting deleted again in the hopes that you are going to flesh it out. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, now it has context. You just had to wait a few minutes. Universal (act) — Alex (T|C|E) 03:20, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
First off you seem to be having a problem with your caps lock, could you please turn it off. As to the interwiki link, so what. The article had no context so it could have been anything. I see that it's been fixed now and at least makes some sort of sense. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:21, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
As you can see I turned off my caps lock later. Look at it from my point of view, I just saved the article from getting deleted once, and before I could check it again, it got tagged. When I tried to add a "hangon" tag to it, it got deleted. How would you feel? Nothing personal. — Alex (T|C|E) 03:24, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I work a lot through the Speedy deletion category and every once in a while a legit article gets deleted by mistake. But I will restore if it's pointed out. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:29, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Looking at the positive side, I now know who to contact if I want an article deleted.  :-) — Alex (T|C|E) 03:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Just don't tag this as a speedy though. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:37, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Haha, don't worry, no matter how much I don't like Bush, I still know about NPOV, and it's a fairly important article in Wikipedia. I'm not a vandal. :-) — Alex (T|C|E) 03:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

re: harper external link, humour site.

yes i realize it's been deleted before, that really has nothing to do with matters. if you go through the complete site you'll find most has to do with harper or his government. there are external humour links to many sites on wiki, you'd have to do an awful lot of deleting if 'humour' has no encyclopedic merit.

[edit] Move an article

Hey, I need your help. Can you move West Ukrainian People’s Republic to West Ukrainian People's Republic? I know you might not notice the difference, but the difference is the apostrophe. Somebody used a quotation mark to move the article, and this messes up the Wiki URL for it, making the apostrophe appear as "%E2%80%99" instead of "%27" or simply "'". Thanks for your help! — Alex (T|C|E) 05:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. But there appears to be a lot of [ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=West_Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic double redirects] to take care of. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 05:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! That's exactly why I wanted you to move it. I started fixing double redirects, and for some reason they didn't want to disappear. — Alex (T|C|E) 05:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I believe that West Ukrainian People’s Republic can be safely deleted now. Thanks again! — Alex (T|C|E) 06:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Got it. The talk page had ended up in an odd place but I got that plus a couple of double redirects. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all your help! — Alex (T|C|E) 21:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Politics Page

Hi CBW, You left me a message telling me to stop adding my link of choice to the Canadian Politics Page. Forgive my newness to Wiki, but could you please tell me what authority you have to order this? I'm doing my best to follow Wiki guidelines. As we seem to have a dispute I will add the link again with an edit note as is stated in procedure, and if you remove it again then we can talk some more about compromise, unless you have a position of authority which gives you the power to continue removing the link with no dispute resolution attempt.

Please point out where I have erred in dispute process if you are not in accordance with my perceptions.

Thank you.

>>>>>>What the??? I checked my messages again and I can't figure out what you're talking about when you say it was user #37 and not you commenting on Canadian Politics. Sheesh, Wiki's a great thing but I'm having probs breaking into the setup of 'talk' etc..

Gotch ya, thanks....there was no seperation of paragraphs so i missed seeing it was #37.

[edit] Contributions & this

Do NOT continue to post this trash on my message board. It is not me repeatedly making the changes dummy so screw off!!! Centers 09:04 5 September 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Z68.95.106.101 (talk • contribs) 14:07, 5 September 2006.

[edit] Inuits

Thanks for catching the extra junk on the end of the inuit page (I feel stupid not noticing it). I would have thought that it was safe to revert back to AntiVandalBot's submission (given his name and all). ;) Next time I'll stick to my own past revert (IP: 12.145.142.120).

Maybe you should look into locking that page for awhile given all the vandalism lately...

[edit] Thank you!!!

It's good to be back, vandals and other disagreeables aside.  :) You, my friend, are one of the good ones. I can't tell you how nice it is to see the old familiar screen names! It's nice playing around the other, smaller wikis, but NOTHING is happening! Anyway, it really is nice to hear from you. Been way too long. - Lucky 6.9 05:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

ROTFLMAO! Gawd, I need to break the rest of my bad habits. Was I really that obvious (blush)? - Lucky 6.9 05:26, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Yeah, it didn't take me too awful long, did it?  :)) BTW, can you check the edit history of my talk page? Seems that I and one other user have inflamed a third user who's a bit unclear on the Wikipedia concept. He really tore me a new one. Some things never change, no? - Lucky 6.9 05:36, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Ah, many thanks, O Keeper Of The Mop. He's sending nasty e-mails to you and he still can't figure out why he's been blocked? A bit slow on the learning curve, but hope springs eternal. Can't wait to see what he sent me. Heck, all I did was suggest that the info belonged on a user page. - Lucky 6.9 05:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Soccer-europe.com images

Sorry I never got back to you about this. It looks like it has been discussed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#soccer-europe.com_images and now the images are listed for deletion. I agree it would be great if there was one person in charge of copyrights, but that would be a very busy person! :-) -SCEhardT 19:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible need for adjudication in roadnames

Hi. This note is a heads up that you might be called to help adjudicate/decide how to apply PI to part 1 of the Highways naming poll. As you know all of us judging admins selected P1, but it turns out that there is a question of applicability. You should read the threads yourself, but my summarization is as follows. Some states are not currently in conformance with P1, and do not want to change if they don't have to. They are saying that P1 only applies in cases where there was controversy, and if the state's road project/key users are with staying put, and if they set up redirects for all the articles so that P1 style searches find the articles, that ought to be enough. (in some cases maybe they'll switch later if they want to)

There seems to be agreement that if a state is in contention about conventions, P1 will be imposed, but disagreement about what "in contention" is. In particular, NJ participants are split about whether they are or are not in contention. I gave them all (arbitrarily, unfairly, etc, etc, because I'm being a bit of a hardass to keep things moving) until about an hour from now to come to consensus voluntarily or else... the or else is that we would canvass, decide, and impose our choice. Right now my read is that it may be less contentious overall to allow modified P1, that is, allow states that don't want to switch, the option not to do so (as long as redirects exist) either "right away" or "ever"... So please get ready to participate, I think we do it as another poll perhaps. I'll seek those of you on IRC out later, but probably we need to do the actual voting on wiki.

As a reminder here's the poll for part 1: Wikipedia:State_route_naming_conventions_poll/Part1 and sure enough it says nothing about what states it applies to (only that two states get an exemption) ++Lar: t/c 20:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Your input is requested here. I had hoped the participants might arrive at a consensus but they have not yet. They still could do so before we finish! Please comment or reshape the process if it's not to your liking, as well as refine my statement of the questions, and then comment as you see fit. Thanks. ++Lar: t/c 18:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re Tofino Airport

Sorry, I have no detailed info on that, I just moved the info from Tofino, British Columbia (complete with external links) to the airport page. The info was added there in this edit. --Qyd 01:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UK Airports

Thanks CBW for the messasge - On the subject of Bulford, I have found this [1] which shows two grass strips so it is an airfield ! I need to do some research I think it is used my aircraft up to C-130 size during army training exercises. RAF Coltishall has closed as an Air Force base but the airfield is still in one piece so it may be used by somebody else eventually. I am sure they are other errors in the list and I will have another look when I have time. MilborneOne 09:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fix to remove from speedy cat

CBW, Thanks a million! Schmiteye 01:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks a lot for reverting vandalism on my user page! — Alex (T|C|E) 14:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] O&A Army

Ok, I won't put it back as Speedy Deletion, but could you tell me how to get it listed for another type?--XMBRIAN 04:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the help. i've never tried to get an article deleted before, which is why i'm messing up a bit.--XMBRIAN 04:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you delete changes to "Barney & Friends?"

I recently updated the entry for "Barney & Friends" (search term: "Barney the dinosaur") using quotes from an Associated Press article about the latest season (and included a link to the article). I also rearranged a couple of paragraphs (without altering the content) to make it a bit more understandable. However, I see that you've deleted my updates and I wasn't sure why. I know that this page has been ripe for vandals, but I'm doing my best to upload good quality information (and for that matter, I've previously posted content and links on this page which point out some praise for the show, while also deleting some obvious vandalism).

I'm still fairly new to Wikipedia, and would appreciate any information about what I might have done wrong, or how I can correct the entry? Thanks for your help! -TomGesq

[edit] LInks deleted

Hello, I'd like to know why have you deleted the links to Flickr groups in articles "Leonardo da Vinci" and "Bullfighting". Thanks. Mercewiki en 10:36, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Hello,

[edit] UK Airports/Airfield

CBW, rather than comment on all the talk pages on all the airfield/aerodromes that are described as 'Airports' I thought this link might be useful [[2]] - regards MilborneOne 19:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barbara Becker Holstein

You just deleted Barbara Becker Holstein as a copyvio. I had just finished editing the article to remove the copyvio. Could you please restore the article? --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 04:40, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

You deleted my link and I wondered why. It is relevant information to this subject. Thanks, Marin

18:58, 10 September 2006 CambridgeBayWeather (Talk | contribs) m (Reverted edits by 69.221.245.249 (talk) to last version by 99of9)


Sorry, the above link is what I was referring to in my previous message. You deleted my link...Wasn't sure why considering the content of the website is about Crystals and that is the subject of the Wiki article...Thanks, marin

[edit] [question about registering]

OK, so If I register will my email address be shown to the public, becasue I dont want it to due to SPAM. 72.129.239.80 23:15, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for you help on this question. Sawblade05 02:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zeke's Gallery

Howdy!

Why did you delete the page? Could respond to me by email at zeke@zeke.com, please and thanks you.

Why did you delete the Neith Nevelson and Jorge Reyes pictures?

[edit] Leonard Ravenhill

How come you deleted the page on the same day it was created? I was gonna expand on it a bit. Mdoc7 03:23, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why was Image:NamcoMuseumBattleCollection-EUFrontCover.jpg deleted?

Why was this image deleted? Different countries often get different boxshots, so this is not a duplicate. Jesse Viviano 05:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spanish War Ensign 1785-1931 deletion

Why did you delete [[:Image:Spain1785.gif]], the Spanish War Ensign from 1785-1931? I recently edited an article and discovered that the image was missing from a transcluded template referenced in 25 articles in Wikipedia. Further investigation shows that removal of this image has directly affected at least 30 more articles. The damage done by this deletion is considerable, particularly in articles such as Flag of Spain. —QuicksilverT @ 06:35, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

(copied from User_talk:Hydrargyrum)
It was, like a lot of other flags, tagged as speedy improper license (non-commerical use). See Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images/Media #3. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:08, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

(new comment)
Since the original image is gone, I can't tell when it was originally uploaded. However, according to the criterion you quoted above, since the non-commercial use license has been obsolete since 19 May 2005, why do you suppose Wikipedia still offers a menu option under "Licensing" during upload called "The copyright holder only allows this work to be used for non-commercial and/or educational purposes"? Instead of deleting contributors' work, with the resulting havoc that it causes, wouldn't it make more sense to put an end to this bureaucratic nonsense and fix the Wikipedia upload dialogue, eliminating this option from the drop-down list? —QuicksilverT @ 19:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] deletion of User:Young_Zaphod

Hi, I'm curious why you deleted User:Young Zaphod. Here is a google cache of the page, it had a link to his request for comment page, and I think his user page having this link was useful because one can just go to his user page and find the link rather than having to search. Since his other personas are currently vandalizing articles, I don't think his user page disappearing is helpful in any way. --Atari2600tim (talk • contribs) 08:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

I totally understand where you are coming from. My name is Marin and I work for my family. I don't like it very much so in my free time, I created a website: ReikiEssentials.com as a hobby, and to inform the world of this natural healing modality. As a part of Reiki, I use crystals to complement my therapy. So in my website, I give tons of info about crystals, history, care, directory and metaphysical properties. I am very serious about this and have no budget whatsoever for advertising. The few visitors I could get to my site from WIKI would be greatly appreciated. I would really appreciate it if I could keep my link. If I need to create an account with a different name, I am totally willing to do so. I just thought that it was a good name because that is the name of my website. Please let me know what your decision is. Thank you for your time. Marin

[edit] Question

You removed the article I submitted for Stray Bullet Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Bullet_Games, posted 9.13.06) saying that it was copywrited material and sited the web address for straybulletgames.com. However, I work for Stray Bullet and we want this material to be displayed. It is therefore not copywrite violation. Does that make any difference?

Please email me at ben.roberts@straybulletgames.com since I'm not yet sure how to handle wikipdeia's internal mail system.

Thanks in advance,

BenRoberts 14:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Family Foundation of Kentucky

I'm new to Wikipedia, so I'm not sure if this is the proper procedure, but I would like to politely contest your deletion of my article on The Family Foundation of Kentucky as "not notable." Perhaps I did not provide enough documentation of their activity, but TFF has been exceedingly active on several political issues in Kentucky, most recently including opposition to expanded casino gambling (supported by state AG Stumbo), promotion of and leading the fight for "Choose Life" license plates in Kentucky, and opposition to the extension of domestic partner benefits by the University of Louisville. If you just need me to dig up some external documentation, I'll try to do so. At least one user, CobaltBlueTony, said he would support undeletion based on a quick Google search. Please advise. Acdixon 15:13, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for restoring the article. :-) - CobaltBlueTony 19:08, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Yes, thank you both for helping a confused Wikipedia newbie! :)

Acdixon 17:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:217.21.232.194

Based on your evidence I think it's safe to assume that it's Marka boy. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)Б

[edit] argenta image

May I ask why you deleted the argenta gap battle images please? Permission was obtained to use them for the wiki article, please kindly point out to me why they are not allowed so I do not make any mistakes with future images. image: Image:Argentabattle2.gif Regards, --SGGH 17:01, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Also "Image:Argentagapbattle1.gif" again with permission of the site owner. Regards, --SGGH 17:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
how very odd, yes i still have them, thanks. --SGGH 18:53, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
I still can't get this copyright thing right, could you please show me which tag to use? --SGGH 19:04, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Luke Morgan page deletion

I wish to know why you deleted this page. It had no need to be copywritten and it was in no way insulting or harmful in anyway. please tell me what reason you had for deleting the page Luke Morgan.

[edit] Regulations by State for Tanning Salons

Update/Edit: Thanks for restoring so quickly! Pharmboy 23:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Uploaded Jpegs: Metro Rail Transit Corporation

May I know why you deleted three jpegs from the article Metro Rail Transit Corporation? I created all these images for a PowerPoint presentation file based on public information that was already disseminated by Metro Rail Transit Corporation to the public in newspapers and various journals. I'm a newbie to Wikipedia and need help on this. If I selected the wrong classification while uploading the jpegs, please bring me up to speeed as to which correct one to use. I am not familiar with all the tagging terms and definitions. Thank you. Swanwing

[edit] Maps And Atlases

I believe the reason to remove the speed deletion from the Maps And Atlases page makes sense for a few reasons:

I included a link to a major media magazine (Guitar Player) where they were featured first in the physical magazine as well as their webzine.

They were in an advertisement in The Onion in a Pabst Blue Ribbon ad.

They are already listed in the List of Math rock groups entry.

They have been repeatedly called the epitome of the new Math Rock movement, especially in the Chicago scene (one of the larger Math Rock scenes) where numerous local reviewers have listed them as a phenomenon.

[edit] Re: My talk page

Of course. Looks like I forgot the pivotal last step. :) Your move, if you like. Luna Santin 04:09, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dumbbell Tenements deletion

My article Dumbbell tenements was deleted, could I perhaps get a reason? The article did not fit deletion criteria as it contained 3 valid sentances defining the article's title.

[edit] Deleted pictures

Hello, I would like to know why you deleted 5 jpg screenshots that I uploaded for the Chaos Lands page?

[edit] Recoba

I corrected the Recoba Wiki but you restored it to the previous version. You should note that the version that I initially corrected contained the erroneous statement that he scored his "lob" only a week after his debut.

In fact, his debut was on the 31st of August 1997 against Brescia whereas his "lob" against Empoli was scored in the same season but on the 25th of January 1998. That's more than a week apart, to say the least. Further, there were no goals scored in between the debut and the said match against Empoli. He scored 3 Serie A (league) goals for Inter that season, the first two on his debut and the third in the aforesaid match against Empoli.

As such, I have amended the Wiki again. If the Wiki is to be accurate, it should not be restored to the previous version once again.

Thank you.

[edit] Recoba

Further to my previous message, I provide two authoritative sources from which you can verify the information in the said message:-


From the website of RAISport (Italian sports channel):

http://www2.raisport.rai.it/mcalcio/978a/r01a/tab04.htm (Click on "il gol" to see the date of the match)

http://www2.raisport.rai.it/mcalcio/978a/r17a/017941.htm


From the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation:

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital98.html


This should be enough to show that my correction was entirely justified. You will see that Recoba scored only 3 Serie A (league) goals in the manner set out in my previous post. He did score 2 other goals in the Italian Cup but, as I understand it, this is not part of our discussion for present purposes.

Thank you.

[edit] MY account Got Deleted?

Why did my account Sablade05 get deleted form the system I had to register it again and I lost all my WIki info and history changes. Damn it72.129.239.80 06:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] deletion

I am a new user of Wiki and had an image deleted. I wish to be in compliance and would like to reinsert image. Can you advise? cfz2468100@yahoo.com

[edit] warning appeal

I didn't mean to leave the sadn box the way it is and I tried to reset it. But it didn't work also the header was gone when I edited it, so please remove the hit on my account for that. Sawblade05 03:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Sweetfox

Do you have to be a big company like ebay to display who you are? My page was deleted, why? I followed the format of wikipedia.

[edit] What is unremarkable

Do we need to be as big as Ebay to have any mention of our site and the free help that we give artists?

[edit] Image Deletion

How come you deleted Image:Nz-police.gif, the image is the Flag of the New Zealand police. The damage done by this deletion is considerable, particularly in articles such as New Zealand Police.

May I also ask; why when deleting images you deliberately leave them articles; no only does this confuse new users; it makes articles look poor. Brian | (Talk) 07:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Touring / Mille Bornes

You deleted the workpage Touring (card game)/work with edit sum Subpage. Well of course it's a subpage; it's a workpage of material assembled to assist building the article. I'm not sure what your objection is but I'd like the content restored. Why don't you tell me what problem you have and we'll work together to resolve it? Thank you. John Reid 10:18, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that it was a mistake. There were over 100 articles in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion yesterday and I assumed that it was tagged by the creator without looking. As you can see it's been restored now. Just out of curiosity but wouldn't "Mille Bornes" be better translated as "1000 milestones" or "1000 markers"? ANyway sorry about the deletion. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 23:04, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Who knows if it won't prove useful?

Mille Bornes is a game; under that name it's sold in US (and for all I know, elsewhere). Most popular decks bear both French and English text. When I was young, we always thought of it as 1000 miles; we were ignorant and thought mille meant miles and didn't have any idea about bornes. With the (glacial) change to the metric system, I see that modern commentary on the game begins to refer to kilometers. The choice of unit is really irrelevant; miles, km, or lightyears, you have to get 1000 of them to win.

I'm not a French speaker but it seems that bornes merely means stones. Context supplied the unit of measure -- and in France as well as the rest of the world, customary units came before metric. I have no idea what happened when the French went metric -- did they uproot all the milestones and replace them at kilometer intervals? Some of those stones must have been there since Roman times; it was the Romans who originally put milestones alone their roads. So I don't see the French moving ancient artifacts -- but who can say?

As far as the text I've added to the article, I've consistently refered to distance as km.

See Talk:Mille Bornes/work: bornes kilometriques...show the number of the route as well as the distance to the next town. Their red or yellow color also shows whether the route is a national highway or a local road. -- from CCG Workshop [3] John Reid 04:32, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

The game is available here in Canada and was in Britian in the late 60s or early 70s under the same name. I'm not a French speaker either but I think stone in French is pierre with "borne" being closer to a landmark or marker. I still play the game but these days I use my Palm to play. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:51, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Well I don't know but if you think this info would add value to the article I urge you to include it. I'd like to see more about the game than the rules and mere mechanics. While you're at it, perhaps you can unravel the bournes/bornes dichtomy. John Reid 17:36, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I just thought to actually look at the Mille Bornes article and it says "one thousand milestones". I'll check and see if I still have a deck and what they have on them. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violations

Can you please tell User:Mathewignash to stop with the copyright violations? After you and I removed the copyvio from Shortround, he reverted it back. He has been warned about this several times, but refuses to listen. Interrobamf 14:07, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BC Soccer Hooligans

Why did you delete the article BC Soccer Hooligans? It was well written and informative.

Again, i am wondering your reason for deleting BC Soccer Hooligans? Please respond, thank you.

This is user Jetsfan310 again, please tell me why u deleted BC Soccer Hooligans? Thank you -- user Jetsfan310

[edit] BC Soccer hooligans

I just want you to know Soccer Hooligans is important and relevant and that you have upset a whole bunch of people, including me because I worked hard on that. But at least now you are happy and wikipedia is a better site.

[edit] Removing space

Thanks for your message. Yes, you are right. However, in some of the pages, reducing spaces would not affect anything, and look of the page becomes better. I shall be more careful from now. Please remain in touch. --Bhadani 01:04, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barbeque Sauce

Hi CambridgeBayWeather,

I'm new to Wikipedia, so please don't think I'm being disrespectful. You seemed to have erased my link to a BBQ sauce recipe a few times now, even though I placed the link in the article called "Barbeque Sauce". I'm guessing I'm violating some rule, but I can't figure out which one. I just thought a recipe for BBQ Sauce would be appropriate in the BBQ Sauce article. If there's a more appropriate place to put the link, let me know.

Thanks, keeleras

[edit] nice

I like the way you have set out your wiki page, very interesting!

[edit] Syracuse Suburban Airport

The airport is apparently open, but its runway is still closed as per the AirNav page. But I'll look into it. -newkai t-c 21:23, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Rechlin-Lärz Airfield

Hi CBW, thanks for pointing out the move - I've fixed the link on my user page. It's probably better for consistency reasons to have the article at its new title - back when I initially created the article, it was simpyl titled Rechlin (which has meanwhile been changed to an article about the town, with my initial article about the airfiled being moved to Rechlin-Lärz airfield by someone else). All the changes in the name are probably for the better, I guess all the moving around reflects a bit poorly on my initial judgement in naming the article :P -- Ferkelparade π 10:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)






[edit] Why just us?

Good morning,


I do understand why you may have removed some of the links to our website from certain articles but I don't understand why we were singled out.

For instance, the hair style article external links - you left the link to Beauty Riot, a commerical site, and the link to ivillage, where you have to pay $14.95 to see their hair styles. Why are they ok but our website, which has a ton of hair style information on it was removed?

Wiki is loaded with commerical websites offering external links. Why is it ok for them and not us?

I thought the purpose of an external link was so the reader could get more information of the subject. Few websites can be non-profit as it does cost to have a website and manage it.

Our goal is to give the reader the option of finding out more information on the subject matter. We keep the commerical side very low.

I do wish we could have the Pam Anderson link and the Cosmetic/Makeup link back, since the traffic we received showed that the readers were very interested in finding out more information on these subjects.

Please reconsider these two and let us know.

I appreciate you time.

Roberta Booker

http://www.celebrity-beauty-tip-goldmine.com


[edit] End of the road poll

Please see here for the final stage of the state road name poll. --CBD 17:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

The Barnstar of Good Humor
When someone asked why birds are so popular on the reference desks, your comment ("I thinks it's cos we is so gullible.") made me spray a drink up my nose and over the keyboard. You deserve this barnstar. Now, where do I send the bill for the new keyboard? Mgm|(talk) 07:57, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You deleted Image:Conf hui 142.jpg without giving any notice

Hello, I have found that you deleted the above image, clearly sourced and labelled for fair use, actually used in the designated article. You didn't notify me, the uploader, nor did you mark the said image that something might be, in your opinion, amiss. Would you care to explain, please? Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC).

  • Thanks for your comment. How come I don't see any tagging taking place on the article? If I look at the log file for this image there is just me uploading an IMHO complete and correctly tagged and marked picture and you deleting it. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:17, 28 September 2006 (UTC).
  • Thanks for the acknowledgement that this is strange. Can you undelete it, please? Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC).
  • And last thanks for the re-installation of it. I'll work on providing a FU rationale. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:44, 28 September 2006 (UTC).

[edit] IP user 24.7.77.145

FYI, this person, 24.7.77.145, is just picking up right where he/she/it left off after your ban. Tarc 21:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander Cockburn

Hello. I am hoping, if you have a moment, that you can come over to the Alexander Cockburn article and moderate what is quickly turning into an edit war. Some time back, ARoyal added a section to the article about the oft-repeated accusation that Cockburn is an anti-Semite. This addition to the article caused a great deal of contention from the very beginning. In time, other editors made changes to said section, attempting to qualify those criticisms, and to identify the sources of same as being individuals and organizations with a political axe to grind (i.e., they disagreed with Cockburn's criticism of Israel). In the past few days, a number of reverts have been made as the two sides in this argument have removed and replaced those qualifications. Just today, ARoyal posted a long message on the article's talk page denouncing the qualifications as POV-pushing. I think the entire section is POV-pushing, and would like to see it removed. However, rather than jump head-first into the edit war, I ask that an administrator who is not involved come in and offer his opinion. I thank you, as always, for your time and attention. ---Charles 23:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Norwood Airport

Thanks for your fast action on the Norwood Airport renaming. David 00:09, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quebec city International Airport

  • 1- I dont know who you are:
  • 2- I spend about 5 hours to edit this page:
  • 3- You delete it in about, what, 10 seconds?
  • 4- Who are you to do this kind of things???
  • 5- Leave my pages alone and get a life man!
  • 6- If i did some mistakes about copyright or links or whatever, feel free to inform me and I will correct it as soon as possible, but do it with respect for the hard word that it took me to made this page alive! I will be more than happy to respect the Wikipedia rules! And again, for the love of God, leave-me alone, from what kind of moron's rights do you think you have to delete the other's pages??? Are you paid for doing that? No? So stay away of me pages ok, thanks!!

With absolutely no form of politess,

(((

very angry wizard1222

[edit] Deletion of David Wood (philosopher)

Dear CambridgeBayWeather

I understand you deleted my Wiki entry on the grounds that it did not establish notability. I myself did not originally post this article (about me) I just cleaned it up etc. But I had no idea it had to be notable. I would like the opportunity to re-post it in a way that shows this. I am a famous philosopher, author of 16 books, earth-artist etc. Can you a) supply the deleted original? b) allow me to rewrite it?

Thanks David Wood

[edit] Eureka & Mount Thor

I added them because although they may not be the most extreme (which I didn't know at the time!), they are still quite extreme. I'll add the others you said if they are not already there :) Think outside the box 16:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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