User talk:Theoldanarchist

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[edit] Alexander Cockburn and POV

Please stop removing material from the Alexander Cockburn article. It is clear that your repeated edits are an attempt at pushing your POV, which, as you should know, is strictly forbidden by Wikipedia. Please try to make helpful edits, rather than damaging other people's hard work

What was removed from the Alexander Cockburn was in violation of the Wikipedia policy on POV. I explained that in great depth in the discussion section of the Cockburn article.[1] Removing weasel words such as 'pro-Israel' or 'conservative' before every organization isn't an attempt to push POV, its an attempt to remove it. The weasel words used, again as I explained in the discussion section, would be no more valid than if I went through the Cockburn article and inserted 'anti-Israel' or 'left-wing' in front of the publications he writes for.

In the future, if you want to discuss changes to the Alexander Cockburn article, post them in that discussion section. Don't post them in my personal discussion section as a private attack. --ARoyal 00:28, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

I can't really say which is more correct but I will keep a watch over the next few days to try and make sure that things stay calm. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: Theories on Columbus' Portuguese origins

I did not realize the "inuse" template could only be used for 3 hours, so I appreciate your removing it from the article in question. The article is of a highly questionable nature, and I was involved in an edit war with its original author (as one can see from the article history), finally placing the tag in order to give him time to prove the article's validity. I think that he has failed in that endeavor, and I stand by the OR tag I placed on the article more than a week ago. My next step may be to request a peer review. Would you be willing to take a closer look at the article and offer your opinion on its value? Thanks for your time. ---Charles 20:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

It's not my area of expertise, I just remove the inuse template from articles if they've been up too long. Anyway I reverted to an earlier version of the article that looks a bit better, I'm not sure what was going on with the other version. Sorry I can't be of more help. If the article is pure original research, you might take it to WP:AFD. --W.marsh 23:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Fowler

Hello Charles... Take a look, a disambiguation page has been created. If you ever need to create a similar page, you can use the {{hndis}} template to disambiguate between a list of human names. Hope that helps! Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:43, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wilson

Charles, about Ian Randall Wilson, I'm trying to get this author into the proper format but, yes another newbie, I'm a little tentative in my understanding. Any help with the cleanup appreciated. Ibar88 18:11, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Perfectly understandable. I still remember how utterly inept I felt when I first started editing here. I will see what I can do help out. ---Charles 19:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism templates

G'day. I saw your vandalism notice on User talk:Micknz. I'm sure you have found this out since July when you left it, but there are a number of templates at WP:VAND that are able to be used. Just letting you know, just in case. Cheers and happy editing! Jpe|ob 03:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Godwin article

Unfortunately, it can't be speedied--{{db-repost}} is for articles that have undergone a deletion review via AFD, and excludes previously speedied or prodded material. The AFD will run its course, and then any subsequent reposts can be speedied. And I didn't delete the article--I'm not an admin and do not have that capability.

On a personal note, we live in the same town! How about that! -- Merope ^Talk 19:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I was not certain whether you were an admin or not. As you say, the AfD will run its course, and we will deal with any further reposts if they should arise. Oh, and how interesting to meet a fellow Bloomingtonian! Are you a student? ---Charles 20:04, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Used to be: I now work for the university. And, well, I might be an admin by Friday--I'm currently going through the horrifying process of requesting adminship. Maybe I'll get to be the person who closes this discussion. Exciting! -- Merope ^Talk 20:22, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I used to be a student as well. As far as your potential adminship is concerned, tell me where to go and I will vote in favour of you. As you say, very exciting. By the way, are you on Bloomingpedia? ---Charles 20:26, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Um, telling you where to go makes me nervous since I don't want to be seen as scamming for votes. And I'm not on Bloomingpedia, mostly because I try to keep my Wikilife and my real life kinda separate. On accounta the fact I sometimes edit from work. Heh. -- Merope ^Talk 20:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

That is very ethical of you, and I respect that. As far as the other matter, I have no personal life, and my "job" is being a writer, so I am always editing at work. Nice to meet you. ---Charles 20:31, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Well, I see that you found it.  ;) Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but I hope you will let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. -- Merope Talk 13:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your advice on warnings

You wrote to me: "Are you going to leave a warning on the talk page of the anonymous use who defaced the Steampunk article? I certainly suggest that you do so. ---Charles 04:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)."

Are you referring to some sort of official warning? I'm a fairly casual Wikipedian, and not all too familiar with how something like this would work.--LordSnow 19:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

It could be official (i.e., by using one of the numerous warning templates), or it could be unofficial (which most of mine are). I just like to leave some sort of message whenever a user vandalizes an article, just to let them know it did not go unnoticed, and that their actions have consequences. Obviously, in this case, it is a moot point. ---Charles 19:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Just so that I'm aware: what are those consequences?

Well, persistent vandals and producers of nonsense can be blocked for periods of time ranging from a few hours up to a month or more, depending upon the severity of their offenses, so to speak. Vandalism-only accounts will be blocked permanently. ---Charles 19:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your contribution to my Whacker page

hey. Just wondering what the problem is. I have been in volunteer emergency services for over 10 years and fire whackers very much exist. I don't think any entire emergency services organization in the country would appreciate you implying that this does not exist. No matter what city and state you are located in, i suggest you make a personal phone call to your local fire company to ask what the definition of a Whacker is. There is not one fire company in the United States that is unaware of this practice. If you do not have the courage enough to volunteer in emergency services, then I say you are ignorant on this subject and maybe you should do your homework. Just do a search on yahoo or google. You want links? I can provide them. I know a lot of people on here post things that don't exist. But this does and you can't refute it.---User:thejax 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Speagsmanatee

Done. Blocked the vandal creator, too. Mangojuice^talk 21:01, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jennifer_Connelly

There is a discussion of the fair use assertment of an image going on for this page. Your comments on the talk page would be much appreciated. note:This message has been sent to all recent registered editors of the article, less vandal fighters — xaosflux ^Talk 21:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Knowledgevibes

The last time around, I think it was garden variety spam for a consulting company. This one just made no sense at all. Fan-1967 18:33, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Aahhh... ok. Same title, so I assumed same content. Yeah, this one was a seemingly random list of who knows what... not encyclopaedic. ---Charles 18:35, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Error on William Blake

Do you do anything with your life? How the fuck did you find that mistake on him? Not that I'm not grateful, but was there anything to it besides dumb luck? -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jairuscobb (talk • contribs).

[edit] Bama bangs

Can you take a look at this article [[2]] and tell me if this is a legitimate article? Is a hairstyle, especially one that is a current fad, really notable enough for an article? I was going to tag it for deletion, but could not think of a legitimate category. I would appreciate your opinion. ---Charles 03:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

That's tough, but I think I would vote keep for that one if it was on AfD. It has references such as this, from CBS Sportsline, so it has to be someone notable. —Mets501 (talk) 10:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] attacks

Hola, thanks for pointing me to that. User is blocked.--Dakota 18:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] opening hearts

You're right, I probably should put a notice on the talk page. I frequently forget to do that, since I didn't know those notices existed until a few weeks ago. Natalie 00:42, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Responses to Michael Schumacher's retirement

I've provived some background now on the article. I don't know if it's enough. The purpose of creating it was to move that information that was on the original Michael Schumacher article, taking up too much space. So, I added a

Further information: Responses to Michael Schumacher's retirement

to the main article. It helps illustrating that point that Schumacher was in fact one of the most important Formula 1 drivers ever, so, instead of deleting, I did this. Please tell me if there's more I need to do on the article to avoid its deletion. Thanks --Serte 18:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hyderabad (Pakistan)/Travel Guide

Definitely not encyclopedic and contravenes this policy which explicitly mentions travel guides as something we don't do. Its not speediable, so I suggest you tag it with prod. If that gets removed, take it to AfD. Good catch, Gwernol 21:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion 2

I wish to express an opinion on speedy deletions and not biting the newcomers. I'm not singling you out, I've noticed other new page patrollers who do the same thing.

I think it would be a good thing to leave the template message (the bit that says something like "{{subst:spam-notice|pg=Bell Pottinger Group}} ~~~~" at the bottom of the box) on the creating user's talk page, especially if it is a new user who is probably unfamiliar with Wikipedia policies. If I were a newcomer who found my article suddenly deleted without explanation I would be quite offended.

Thanks

LittleOldMe 15:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The reason for the message is that I had an edit conflict on an article that you had tagged for speedy deletion and I noticed that there was no message placed on the user's talk page. However, the tag you used ({{db-nonsense}}) unfortunately does not add the template message, which is something I never knew. The one I quoted is from the {{db-spam}} tag. I'm sorry if the original message appeared a bit preachy (I re-read it and got that sense from it) but it was never my intention. Perhaps it is because I am still finding my way around Wikipedia that I feel sympathy for the newcomers who are being encouraged to be bold on the one hand but are often unsympathetically brushed aside when they attempt to contribute.

Regards

LittleOldMe 15:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

On the contrary, I too was adding a speedy delete tag to the article, so I am not finding fault with your decision. I was using the {{db|my reason here}} tag that takes a little longer to complete, therefore the edit conflict. Had you placed a message on the user's talk page notifying them of your decision then I would have never started this discussion. That would have been a pity because I would never have got to have this discussion with a like minded individual. I say that because of your discussion with DakotaKahn. I can truly say that it has been a pleasure to meet you. Richard15:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Patrick Smyth article

Apparently, it wasn't a good call by me and has been moved back to mainspace because he asserts notability with the CEO thing. Still, looks like we're all learning together, eh? ;) Bubba hotep 16:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it's gone again. Seems someone else thinks the same as us and has reverted it to his user page with a succinct note about WP:BIO on the talk page. Good enough. Bubba hotep 18:46, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Kenney

Yeah, I see the same problems with this page. The speedy is unjustified, so I took it off. I think she might be open to some advice - she did eventually take the advice about "inuse" (after I notified her on her talk page that I had left instructions on the article talk page). She may need to be guided a long a bit, as opposed to finding her own way. I'm just not really sure when to approach her - newer Wikipedia editors usually take a lot longer to get things done than more experienced editors, for whatever reason (I have many theories). I haven't ever mentored anyone (I've only been editing frequently for 5 months or so), but I'd be willing to try, I suppose. Natalie 21:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Sounds like a plan. I have the article watchlisted, so I can keep an eye on it. I may also post something her talk page welcoming her to contact me if she needs help, and perhaps pointing her towards some of the tutorials, etc. Natalie 21:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I've gone through the beginning (bio) of Richard Kenney and fixed it up, but the works and criticism section still needs some help. Also, there's an image (front cover of a book) that's HUGE, and I don't know how to make it smaller (images aren't really my forte). If you're good with images you might want to check that out. Natalie 16:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Upcoming template changes

Hi, I've just noticed that you recently left a templated userpage message. I'm just bringing to your attention that the format and context of these templates will be shortly changing. It is recommended that you visit WikiProject user warnings and harmonisation discussion pages to find out how these changes could affect the templates you use. We also would appreciate any insights or thoughts you may have on the subject. Thanks for your understanding. Best regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 15:08, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great Job!

Hey, i saw you marking articles for speedy deletion on new page patrol and figured you deserved some thanks! I left you a barnstar on your user page. you are welcome to do with it what you please. Keep up the good work! Chris Kreider 18:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ultra Grand Am

I'm not sure if you are planning on reporting this user on WP:ANI but I have strong reason to believe User:Ultra Grand Am and User:Nintendough are User:Nintendude sockpuppets.--Isotope23 20:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• I just did... sorry, I was wikistalking you to see if you'd reported it while I was posting here  :).--Isotope23 20:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:Namhto

Can you please take a look at this guy? [[3]] He is a menace, and his sole intent seems to be vandalism. He needs, to use the words of George W. Bush, a "thumpin'". Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Theoldanarchist (talk • contribs).

He has been blocked for a week. Please remember to be civil in your comments on other editors. Regards, (aeropagitica) 23:55, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sting "vanity edit"

Why is this being repeatidly deleted. IT's true, it's of interest to many and there is proof. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rossdv (talk • contribs).

This matter can, should, and is being discussed on the talk page for the Sting article. I will not discuss it here. ---Charles 04:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banana guard

Astonishingly, the "banana guard" exists - it's not nonsense! However, the article was completely copied from the website that sells this fine product, so I deleted it anyway. FreplySpang 06:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

That is crazy. The tone was that of an absurd advertisement, so I suppose I should not be surprised that it turns out to be real. You learn something new every day. Thanks. ---Charles 06:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Erma Henderson

Re your message: Yup. Same content, though a little of the header wasn't included. I retagged it for speedy deletion. -- Gogo Dodo 06:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit wars

Hi there; no, I am not yet an admin, but am flattered that you think I might be. I have looked through the lengthy corresponce you quote, A nd i undersztand, but cannot help, your problem. But a real admin can. Go to WP:AIV and put in the appropriate details, and it should sort out.--Anthony.bradbury 01:26, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

That seems to be sorted. Any further problems, I am happy to help if i can (PS I will be going for admin fairly soon).--Anthony.bradbury 01:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Bloggers"

Thanks for the tip on those two, um, users.  :) I've locked out the titles they were using and I'll block both those accounts if either so much as sneezes a wrong edit.

Lucky 6.9 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

[edit] Mediation regarding Sting

See here. Please comment. --nkayesmith 08:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Steely Dan

I know this could be considered spamming, but I couldn't help noticing that you have a Steely Dan userbox. I am trying to start a Steely Dan WikiProject and was just wondering if you were interested. Come to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Steely_Dan to sign up and visit the WikiProject-to-be's temporary page here. NauticaShades

[edit] Quote

Hallo there, You made this comment on (aeropagitica) page: Can you please take a look at this guy? 1 He is a menace, and his sole intent seems to be vandalism. He needs, to use the words of George W. Bush, a "thumpin'". Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Theoldanarchist (talk • contribs) .

Well when quoting someone make it a GOOD Person, bush is not good and your not of Good IRISH stock if you think so. Culnacréann 00:20, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:Samsantiago

To be honest, I didn't think ad was appropriate. It wasn't advertisement for a book far as I could find (google searched one of the titles got nothing), and it wasn't a bio because of the byline. It was Original Research however, which is specifically mentioned in Criteria for Non-Speedying as not a reason for speedying, but prodding. Therefore since I had (in my mind) eliminated speedying as an option, all that was left was prod. - Jake - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 05:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal attacks?

Could you please clarify where I have made personal attacks? I take my editing very seriously and would never attack anyone. Also, I did not create the page Andrew vanvelzer nor did I leave any comments on the said page. Awaiting your reply. --Tim1988 ^talk 11:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confusion

There seems to be some confusion here. User:Happynoodleboy was my old username, which I had changed to User:Tim1988 through the relevant Wikipedia page for doing so (see here). As far as I can recall, I have not used that account (Happynoodleboy) since and I do all of my editing through User:Tim1988.

I did redirect User:Happynoodleboy to User:Tim1988 so that other editors would recognise that I have changed my name.

I have checked the contribs for User:Happynoodleboy and I see "No changes were found matching these criteria".

I'm not ruling out that the old account might have been compromised, but I see no vandalism edits made there myself and I certainly wouldn't vandalise myself. Can you please explain what the problem is here? Much appreciated. --Tim1988 ^talk 11:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OMUN deletion

This is regarding your speedy deletion of the OMUN page. There must have been confusion with regards to the purpose of the article. I had not even come close to finishing the article which is not intended to support a club, but describe a conference, going into great detail about the history, and conference details with future additions well explaining each council, etc. I don't see how there is probable cause to delete this page since other conferences are allowed to have pages. For example, SSUNS, which I just returned home from, has its own page describing even less so than was intended for the OMUN page. Please reconsider you thoughts of speedy deletion. -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Orangemodelun (talk • contribs).

[edit] Exodus

I've blocked the guy for 48 hours. I probably should do an infinite block on him as the account is brand new and his actions are a bit more than what one would expect from a "clueless newbie", but not all of his edits are obvious vandalism, so I don't think I can do that. If after his block expires on Saturday he continues to post nonsense and vandalism, please let me know and I'll block him indefinitely. (Please respond on my talk page). 23skidoo 23:32, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: New member

No problem :) Nareklm 02:12, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About Back to Basics...

What was wrong with the information I posted? -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Los besos (talk • contribs).

[edit] Horseshoes and hand grenades

I'd take that puppy to AfD, where I suspect it will meet a decisive end, and the five days of opportunity for discussion should make all the reasons clear to anyone paying attention. Cheers! -GTBacchus^(talk) 20:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Your message

Thanks. I haven't put on enough warnings today because there is just so much vandalism from all around the world. Academic Challenger 22:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Christopher barrow

In regards to this user's contributions ([[4]]), I have placed db-nocontext tags on the two "worst case scenario" articles he created. I was wondering, though, what the appropriate warning tags are to place on his talk page. As you know, the db-nocontext tag does not generate a handy talk page warning. Your help is appreciated. ---Charles 20:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you give me links to the deleted articles, please? I can see the deleted content and let you know what to say to the editor. (aeropagitica) 20:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm... I'm not sure how to go about doing that, now that they've been deleted. They'd not been deleted yet when I left the original message. I honestly do not know... ---Charles 20:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

If you know the names of the articles-in-question, place them in your response in [[link format]] and they will appear red. I can see the history of the deleted articles from there. (aeropagitica) 20:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, let me see if I can remember these correctly (he misspelled both titles, so that does not help): Worst case scenenio and Worst case scenareo 9/11. I think that was it, though I am less certain of the second one. ---Charles 20:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Right, I can see both articles now and they are both problematic. They are rhetorical school essays rather than encyclopedic content, probably because this user is twelve years old and doesn't know any better. I don't think that there are any templates that you can use to offer guidance to Christopher, so your advice will have to be crafted to his needs. I would comment on reading around the topic before starting articles. This is important because another editor may already have had the idea and it saves Christopher wasting time when he could contribute to something in existence. I would go on to mention the importance of correct spelling and grammar when writing articles. This can be corrected by writing articles offline and using a spell checker to make any corrections. He can also use an adult - parent, guardian, teacher, etc - to proof read the article to see if he can make it better before publishing.

As Christopher's maturity is such that he is making fundamental errors in concept, layout and articulation of his ideas, I would suggest that he request to be adopted by another user who can offer guidance in editing Wiki articles, rather than creating them from scratch. This would be a better approach than tagging all of his efforts and telling him that the articles have been deleted. I think that this approach would foster a positive attitude towards contributing, which is great from someone born in 1994! They could be a potential long-term contributor if handled in this manner. I would also look at things like categories of Wikipedians born around the same time as Christopher. Perhaps someone there would be willing to assist him, as they may have similar experiences? These are just ideas off the top of my head, feel free to ignore them and make your own ideas up! Regards, (aeropagitica) 21:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Always glad to help! Best wishes and happy editing! (aeropagitica) 21:11, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taken care of ;-)

[edit] Bubba

"Charles please go to the Feed Me Bubbe talk page I tried to make the changes that you want lets work this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Feed_Me_Bubbe" -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chalutz (talk • contribs) . (Moved by -WarthogDemon 05:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC))

I added an edit to the talk page for you to see I want to work with you otherwise this is all useless and my time here is wasted. -Chalutz

[edit] TIAMAT

Hey, I was just cleaning up the Tiamat article. Somebody had added that definition so I moved it to disambig. It sounds legit to me, but if it's not true then I suppose it should be deleted. Mrwuggs 18:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 49 Para

Oops - looks like I missed an obvious hoax there. - Tiswas^(t/c) 18:35, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

On another, unrelated not - I've shamelessly stolen part of your talk template, but can't seem to get it to work - Any ideas?- Tiswas^(t/c) 18:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I could never get it to work either, and another editor had to alter it. If you go back through the page history, you will see the name of the gentleman, 'cause I have forgotten. ---Charles 19:15, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Page Template

In the end I pared it down to the barest minimum to try and fix the problem - typically enough, I had missed a closing div tag. Thanks for the pointers - Tiswas^(t/c) 10:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trolls

You may be under the misapprehension that I'm an admin. I'm not. Proper course to follow is always use the templates in order (test1, test2, test3, test4) and if they continue report it at WP:AIV. Fan-1967 19:31, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comanchero

On Nov. 23, 2006 you added wikify, cleanup, and unreferenced tags to the Comanchero article. I have done some rewriting and added references. I would appreciate any thoughts you might have on other improvements. I have not been able to come up with any picture, and according to the sources that I have consulted, there are no photographs. Bejnar 21:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Catergory:Selby Series

You may delete it. I spelt "Category" incorrectly. While you are at it..I need User:Sp3000/Quote of the Week deleted too. Tanks. Go Futurama! User:Sp3000 05:58, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Dominic Brigstoke

Heh, whoops. It was meant to redirect to the actual article Noikers copied: Dominic Brigstocke. I've fixed it now. One might still argue it's not that likely a misspelling and suggest it be deleted, but I'm not about to do that, as I need to go to bed. So yeah, you were right. Heimstern Läufer 05:59, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

No worries, I didn't take it as an accusation or effort to lay blame. And thanks for telling me; I might never have caught my mistake otherwise. :-) Heimstern Läufer 06:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whatever.

I am a career vandal. Block me and I just put on a new sockpuppet. Now enjoy your life instead of vandalizing vandals talk pages. The orange bar of death doesen't work on my eyeballs. -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wikicide bomber (talk • contribs).

[edit] thanks

Thanks for tidying up after me on User talk:Elliott paul ferris - it makes it much easier for the user to read what i'm trying to say if it's in a more coherent layout. And concerning User:Demonchipmunk - I did warn the user, who has since recreated it again, and been warned, and is contesting the speedy tag..... I suspect that my typing is just a bit slower than you were expecting! Keep up the good (& speedy!) work :) Inner Earth 19:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Copperdesk

Why is this page still getting tagged? Did I userfy it wrong? >_> -WarthogDemon 19:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Bigsister1306

Theoldanarchist wrote:

Can you please take a look at this user's edit history? She has only created two articles today, but she has a penchant for removing speedy delete and prod tags from these articles. I tagged the article Drop Dead Records for speedy deletion, and then saw that she deleted the tag three times (it was placed again and again by two other editors). Now, I see that she has done the same on the Velvet Shadow article. I have placed a {{test3}} warning on her talk page, but I am not sure that is enough. If you have the time, can you take a look? Thanks. ---Charles 01:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

They don't seem to have done it again since you left the {{test3}}, so hopefully they've finally got the idea. If they do start removing them again, contact me or another administrator; we may have no choice but to issue a temporary block – Gurch 01:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: 37 year old man named Charles here...

Theoldanarchist wrote:

I was just reading your exchange with ExtregustheSubtle and, while I was amused by his comments, I really found your response quite impressive. I felt I should tell you that. Thanks for your great work. ---Charles 04:38, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, it was more of a rant about the problems facing Wikipedia than a helpful reply to a new user, but I needed to vent my frustration somewhere, and it's probably better that it was someone's talk page rather than anywhere more harmful. Though I think he'll get the message. Hopefully he won't be creating more one-sentence articles, anyway – Gurch 06:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Don't forget to subst: templates!

Hi,

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

Thanks! :)

Hbackman 22:37, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Message

Thank you.--Anthony.bradbury 21:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wilson article

I'm not sure where else to point you besides the obvious: WP:V, WP:RS and WP:BLP. Let me know if you have a question that's not answered there. NawlinWiki 17:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)