User talk:AubreyEllenShomo

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[edit] Transclude of my TODO page's talk page

[edit] Comment from SlowJog about the "American Democracy Project"

As far as I can tell, the link to "American Democracy Project" in "Film Your Issue" does NOT point to the right place. The article on the ADP on Wikipedia is about a smaller organization.

I hope someone will create an article about the ADP active on college campuses. In preparation, I renamed the existing article.

-- This unsigned comment was left by SlowJog ( talk | contribs ) on 23 October 2006 at 16:17

Someone created a new article about the ADP. So, the link in "Film Your Issue" might now be correct. SlowJog 01:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Cool. I'm glad such an article was created. It looks like the right one for FYI. I might google for some sources a bit later to add. AubreyEllenShomo 22:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Talk Page

[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

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[edit] Peter Horan

Message received. Since it's already tagged, and there's still no significant assertion of notability, I suggest waiting for an admin to take care of it. If the administrator does not speedily delete it, then further action like taking it to AfD would be appropriate. Thanks, and have a good day! Mr Spunky Toffee 00:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof! 1.3

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Anaraug! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page and please note this is VP 1.3 not 1.2.2 see this for the approved list. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 01:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warnings posted to User talk:205.121.132.251

Hi, I just posted a warning to User talk:205.121.132.251, and it took me a minute to sort it all out. It looks like you added new warnings to the top of the page on October 18th, then added a section head ("Earlier issues with this IP") for the previous stuff. I can see that you did this very early in your time on Wikipedia, so you've probably already realized that we never do this. Warnings on talk pages always stay in chronological order, otherwise it's impossible for the next person (or bot) who comes along to sort out what warning level to apply. I've put the page back into chronological order. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 16:46, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry. My bad. That was actually the first IP I reported to AIV, and one of the earliest vandalism warnings I issued. I am aware that I messed up the talk page by reverse-chronological ordering it. I don't think I did that to any other pages, and I am aware now to always warn at the bottom. Thanks. AubreyEllenShomo 19:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

No worries, I noticed that it was one of your earliest edits. I just wanted to make sure you knew about the convention of always adding new comments on the bottom. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 19:45, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments from new user Lhamas

thanks for the info i will do better next time i think hat you have a nice way of putting all of emails to the point.


--Lhamas 00:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)lhamas

p.s. thanks again

i love your website but i still dont under stand how to make a picture on your user page! help me.


  • I put a little howto on your talk page, with links to the main wikipedia howto page. Hope that helps. AubreyEllenShomo 22:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: WP:AIV

I apologize for removing your report. It was an accident and unintentional. I will be more careful in the future. Thanks.  E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 21:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I had assumed as much. Thanks for the note, though. AubreyEllenShomo 21:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Always a good idea to allay fears. I see my talk page notices are getting around. I like your userboxen too, I borrowed the 'user selfeducated2(f/m)' one and chose the appropriate gender. Nice to meet you! :D  E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 21:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
So you're the original creator of the talk page notices. Thanks for them. Nice to meet you, also! AubreyEllenShomo 21:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually I think the 'User makes mistakes on RC Patrol please don't rip my head off for my legit revert or edit' one was made by User:Patstuart. The 'don't bridge convos across talk pages' was User:Kbdank71's, and the other two are generics I found lying around. So no, I really didn't make them, and I apologize for implying I did. :)  E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 21:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Hehe. It's all good. I didn't make the self-educated userbox, but I use it. I did make four of them (the ones in my user space), but I'm all for ripping off useful stuff from others. It is the GNU Free Documentation License, after all.  :) AubreyEllenShomo 21:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your "spoiler fixes" of the Conan stories

As your spoiler fixes to the Conan stories ruin the page formatting for each article, please undo them. Your fixes ruin the article format with a giant line across the images. Again, as this does not improve the articles, please undo the changes. --Flask 02:23, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Is that a warning? (It sounds like one.) I must protest if it is a warning, as I cannot see what you're talking about. What browser are you using? I fixed the spoiler warnings to improve the articles, as the ones that were there categorized the pages they were in as spoiler templates (which, of course, they're not). They also had a broken div tag, with a close but no open. The article needed improvement on those two points, which is exactly what I did. I don't see the lines you refer to on Firefox or IE on windows. I will see if there are templates without lines, and replace with those. If not, I'll make such templates. I just can't tell if I've fixed the problem you see, as I can't see it. AubreyEllenShomo 02:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
  • There. I created a new template and removed the spoiler div from it, so it displays without the lines. That template is {{Spoiler-nolines}}. I'm always happy to help other users out. You may want to report the problem you're having with your browser and the {{Spoiler}} template to WP:HELP. There isn't anything I can do to fix your display issue. AubreyEllenShomo 02:42, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Thank you very, very much for creating the {{Spoiler-nolines}} template. That seems to fix the problem perfectly. --Flask 11:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Democracy Project ?

I'm concerned that someone might remove the article on American Democracy Project (ADP) because of plagerism. The wording of the ADP article substanially resembles the page on ADP's website (as of early November or late October.) However, this was posted by someone at ADP, so it was done with permission. How is this handled?

Put it in a block quote? Add a note that it was copied with permission? How would this affect future editing?

Sorry for the long delay. I had gone off-wikipedia for a while. I am now back. Copyright stuff still has to be released (and verifiably released) elsewhere. ADP would have to have this text somewhere online and release it under an acceptable license. Otherwise, it's not possible to know (and verify) it was okay. AubreyEllenShomo

[edit] Hi

Hi! I noticed your userbox over there said that you have published work. I was wondering, what was this work? Thanks! .V. 04:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

  • After much time off wikipedia, I am back. I published a couple of essays and articles. I've published in Open Minds Quarterly, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, and Transgender Tapestry. I was also the subject of a front page article in Front Range Tech Biz in 2002. AubreyEllenShomo 22:26, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] redaction of attack

I boldly did the deed. Dlohcierekim 22:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Chen Guoling

Hello, I noticed you placed speedy deletion tag to my newly created article Chen Guoling. Actually, it is within a project we are working on. (see 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China). And someone ask me to create one article for every member. (see my talk pape). Thus, I feel obligated to argue with you.

This person boasts two titles, which are eligible for his remaining in Wiki. First, he is a political commissar of Nanjing Military Region, one of seven major military regions in China, in charge of PLA armies in several provinces in East China. Nanjing Military Region is especially important, due to its responsibility of direct overseeing the Taiwan Strait. And he is the second head there, only after the commander.

Second, he is a member of newly elected CPC 17th central committee, the major leadership body in today's China. There're totally 204 central committee members, and their status are equivalent to the congressmen in USA. So if you're not so familiar with the politics in China, you may not want to put your hand on such subjects.

Of course, this article is a stub at this time. But almost every article in Wiki starts with a stub. Plus, this person is a military general, and there may not be much accessible information about him. But it doesn't affect the fact he is one of important figures in today's politics and military in China. BTW, a Chinese wiki article has been created on this person, and I've linked it to that. Regards. Ramtears (talk) 01:53, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, if you'll note my edit summary, you'll see I only replaced the speedy tag that was placed by Leonard^Bloom. My edit summary reads "Re-adding speedy tag placed by Leonard^Bloom for process. Adding {{hangon}}. Speedy tag was removed by article creator." I re-added the speedy tag because it is not appropriate for an editor to remove a speedy tag from an article that that editor created. The proper procedure is to add a {{hangon}} tag instead, to state you're contesting the speedy deletion. As you'll note, I replaced the speedy tag you removed, and I added the {{hangon}} tag you should have placed instead. I have no objection to the article or the subject's notability. In fact, when the admin declined the speedy, and changed it to a proposed deletion, I objected to the {{prod}} closing the proposed deletion and keeping the article in place. My edit summary for that was "Object to {{prod}}. This seems like a decent enough stub article about a chinese military general." So, there's no need to argue. I'm not disputing the subject's notability. I'm just objecting to how you handled your objection to the speedy deletion. AubreyEllenShomo (talk) 01:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I assume that's the mistake many newcomers would've made, including me. Thanks for your instruction. Ramtears (talk) 02:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Not a big deal at all. I've made bigger ones, myself. Welcome to wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions! AubreyEllenShomo (talk) 02:14, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oops!

Sorry, I got tied up responding to something on my talk page and forgot to keep an eye on our vandal there. Blocked now. Thanks for the report. xenocidic (talk) 20:38, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

  • You're busy, that's cool. Thanks for blocking him, though. I hate it when RC Patrol means reverting my own userpage seven times in a row. AubreyEllenShomo (talk) 20:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:86.155.123.148

To be honest, I didn't review your edits; I denied the unblock based solely on his edits. Looking at them, you handled it perfectly. --Golbez (talk) 21:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brent Vaca

Hi there. So before recommending a speedy deletion, I did a quick Google - and this name doesn't exist in terms of hits, articles, whatever online. Some race standings, but subject not claiming notability on racing. The author of the page has asserted notability, but without references. I'm not on a crusade, but it still seems deeply squidgy. Any advice to a wikinewbie on what one does next - does the article stand for a certain sort of time as a courtesy or get nominated for AfD? EBY3221 (talk) 13:17, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

  • A lot of times, in cases like this, the article will get nominated for AfD right away. If you feel that's the thing to do, by all means, nominate it for AfD. The declining of a speedy just means that it wasn't clear-cut enough for an admin to take unilateral action, that's all. It doesn't in any way imply the article should be kept. I asked him for references on the talk page, but especially considering that this may be self-promotion, I see no reason not to nominate for AfD. I might even AfD the article myself after I've had a chance to check Brent Vaca out, if you don't. Worst case, if he can present references, it can always be kept. AubreyEllenShomo (talk) 17:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks!! I just gave it a good 15 minutes and still found nothing, also nothing on the facts claimed (no fight found at Venetian, no Andre Nixon)...left a comment on that talk page. EBY3221 (talk) 17:23, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your note..

...I did wonder what was going on. Glad to hear it was just an error. Best. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 07:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)