User talk:BillyTFried

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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Excellent image you made

I noticed you have an excellent image on Turkey-United States relations. If you made this, any chance you could do a similar one for either Venezuelan-Israeli relations or New Zealander-Israeli relations, preferably both? If you found it, where can I get similar ones? Respectfully, Republitarian 00:05, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. Sorry it took so long. I added it to the Venezuelan-Israeli relations page as well with the proper template. I'll try to do the one for New Zealand when I can BillyTFried (talk) 04:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey-United States relations

You have been entering obsessive and oppositional defiant reversals to the US Turkish relations article which amount to personal vandalism with idiotic explanations such as claiming a historic video with sound of being no reference value and one particular leader's personal views as not being the same person's vision. YOu were asked not to vandalize but add with references the points that you wanted to elaborate on but this went over your head. This article is not for you to fartz about in between your porno feasts and chatline ecztasies to have self satisfaction with personality fits. Keep you paws off. 72.74.102.164 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 23:57, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah sure buddy. Like I said, YouTube videos in Turkish are not proper references for the ENGLISH Wikipedia. And by the way, why don't you take a look at the history of that page and see just who it was that WROTE THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE. Yup it was me, and since then, 100% of my work remains, and has only been added to. Most of the additions have been legitimate. Yours have not. So don't get your hopes up of me "keeping my paws off" an article that I originated, especially with silly bs like YouTube videos. If you would like to take this issue further feel free to get a Wikipedia Admin involved. But I warn you, that if you continue with the personal attacks I will ask the admins to block your IP address so you will not to be able to edit Wikipedia articles AT ALL. Watch your step pal.--BillyTFried 00:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Islamic extremist terrorism

Please vote in the AFD for this page. This is the only way Islamic terrorism will ever be addressed in Wikipedia. KazakhPol 04:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure thing! I voted:
  • Keep Rename it if you want but there's no way it should be deleted. --BillyTFried 22:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Sodium bicarbonate

  • Laugh* Hey, thanks for attacking this article. I put the 'factual' tag on that section, but I didn't want to even touch the editing on it. Well done!--Mdwyer 16:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
No problem. I couldn't pass it up! :-D --BillyTFried 17:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The March of Those Who Disagree

A tag has been placed on The March of Those Who Disagree, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia.

Hey, don't delete my article! I'm just getting started! --BillyTFried 01:00, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Bookworm857158367 01:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't delete your article. I put a speedy delete tag on it because it lacked context and confusing. If you'd posted the article currently in place I wouldn't have tagged it.--Bookworm857158367 03:37, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Khomeini's marriage

Salam. I answered to your comment about this issue.--Sa.vakilian(t-c) 03:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Great American Boycott

Hello there, BillyTFried. Perhaps you did not fully read through the "in-use" warning at the top of the Great American Boycott article. It asks editors to refrain from edits during the overhaul. Please respect this simple request, or if you have any concerns, please list them on the article's talkpage or on my talkpage. Thanks, --Rockero 03:11, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Request

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. --Rockero 05:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Me again

Thanks for supplementing the info on California officials. You are correct: I really should have included that the first time around. Much of the other information you have provided to the article has also been quite useful (including vandalism reverts). I just wanted to express my appreciation. I realize we may have gotten off on the wrong foot, but I don't think that should impede us from working together to create a good article. Anyways, it appears you are still actively editing it (please use preview, btw), so I just want to ask you to let me know when you are done or have reached a lull. I want to add in info from recent news stories about turnouts in US cities and other effects, (economic, political...) etc. Gracias, --Rockero 06:01, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


No problem.
BillyTFried


Irony

Billy, please stop inserting "where illegal immigration is already a felony," into the GAB article. The place for that information in on the illegal immigration article, under the section Mexico. If it is not there already, please feel free to add it. Also, please do not revert edits, especially without discussing them first. I'm going to remove your comment again, so please do not restore it.--Rockero 20:04, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


Image Hey did you take those pictures you uploaded? The SF one is a little blurry, but not bad. If the other one is from SF too, would you mind mentioning it in the caption? Any problems with copyrights/licensing, let me know and I'll do what I can to help.--Rockero 18:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

The first one I took from my office in SF.
The second was sent from a friend in LA.
I'm not sure if he took the pic himself or not.
BillyTFried 18:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
If he didn't, he doesn't own the copyright, and has no right to release it to the public domain (which is how it is currently tagged.) Can you find out where he got it?--Rockero 19:57, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
It is important to always sign your comments on talkpages. All in all, I think the article turned out all right. My biggest concern is about the images, which I mentioned on the talkpage rather than on my own talk. Hope you didn't feel snubbed. I've been very busy and my lack of response to you directly was not intended personally. Gracias, --Rockero 19:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Just because the reference does not have a hyperlink does not mean that it is no good. I would have provided a link, but unfortunately, the News-Press only makes its online version available to its subscribers, so it wouldn't do most of wikipedia's readers any good. Are you doubtful that one third of SBSD students didn't attend school? That there were 15,000 people in the streets? What do you want me to do, scan in the entire article and e-mail it to you? How do you think people cited their sources before every news article was available on line? I usually try to assume good faith but I think you are needlessly persecuting this addition...--Rockero 02:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Polish and Irish flags

If you watched the news coverage of the rally in Chicago, you would be able to see Irish and Polish flags being waved. Also, the Chicago organization, Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform participated in the rally, and they waved Irish flags. 75.3.4.54 18:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I saw it on the People's Weekly [1]. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette mentions Irish flags. There are a few more out there too.--Rockero 18:13, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful, now how about citing sources in the article. BillyTFried 19:12, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

While the burden is technically on the person who seeks to include the information, anyone can do it. I've given you some news stories, why don't you include them?--Rockero 19:27, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsindex/01-ds1a.htm -

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_069125525.html

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/01imm.html

http://www.nbc5.com/news/9124104/detail.html

http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/29758.php?

75.3.4.54 20:29, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, I already took care of your work for you. BillyTFried 20:31, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean? 75.3.4.54 20:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC) I already added a cited source for the Polish and Irish flags in Chicago, using Rockeros reference, as he had suggested. BillyTFried 20:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, thank you. Good work. It's great to finally be vindicated. 75.3.4.54 20:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I absolve you! BillyTFried

Progress

What do you think? There are no more unsourced statements. Should we submit it to Wikipedia:Peer review and see if we can get it good article (or better) status?--Rockero 23:17, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I think it's actually a pretty good article now. Let's give it a shot. BillyTFried 00:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

we finally agree.

hey, billy. we don't have many times when we agree on something, but i think we do now. That name change for the Great American Boycott was wrong. We need to try to change it back. What do you say? dposse 02:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chris Daly and Prop H

Billy, I'm on your side in the gun-control debate. Pfagerburg 18:55, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! BillyTFried 19:11, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree images

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Regarding this image and this comment. If you have permission to release the photo into the public domain, that permission needs to be archived. First you'll need to get the copyright holder to send you an email from an email address that corresponds to the source URL (chrisdalyblows.com). That email must indicate that the person sending it owns the rights to the photo and agrees to release it into the public domain or license it under a free license. Then you need to forward that email, with a source link and Wikipedia image link, to permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org. Otherwise, the image may be deleted. Taking these steps to verify that the image is free is your responsibility. It is not others' responsibility to prove that the image is unfree.--chaser - t 03:35, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Critical Mass current event tag

Hello. I believe the current event tag was recently added to Critical Mass as a result of the addition to the article of information about the August 31, 2007 events in Minneapolis. Cheers, Doctormatt 17:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Your Article

Please stop canvassing people to contribute to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gun Nut. This is directly against the purpose of WP:AFD and against WP:CANVASS. --Durin 23:46, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I didn't realize it wasn't ok to contact people to ask them to vote. --BillyTFried 23:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for stopping. --Durin 23:59, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saikano's comments

I have removed Saikano's comments again. He is an indefinitely blocked sockpuppeteer with a history of disrupting the lolicon, anime, pedophile, and child pornography talk pages. Please consider this before reinstating such comments. Leebo T/C 18:07, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dan White's high school

I saw you recently made an edit on an article about Dan White. I saw that you added the high school he went to. I was just wondering out of interest how you know this and where can I find this information. Thanks! --Gndawydiak 23:25, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

That wasn't me. It was this user Special:Contributions/70.56.24.31 BillyTFried 23:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings from Mary

Hey Billy, The article is coming together, thanks for asking! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you--I was on a deadline yesterday. Anyhow, I may be emailing you follow-up questions in the not-too-distant future. Best, Mary Marynega (talk) 18:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the olive branch to Griot

I appreciate the two of you making the effort to work that out.

Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 00:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

No Problem! I was glad to help resolve things. BillyTFried (talk) 00:49, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:SF Weekly.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:SF Weekly.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calton | Talk 01:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC) .

NOTE: Taking a photograph of an already-copyrighted image doesn't remove the underlying copyright: it's NOT releasable into the public domain. --Calton | Talk 01:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate images uploaded

Thanks for uploading Image:Venezuela Israel Locator.png. A machine-controlled robot account noticed that you also uploaded the same image under the name Image:Israel-Venezuela-relations.png. The copy called Image:Israel-Venezuela-relations.png has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action.

This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot (talk) 02:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your e-mail

Calton, did you really write this?

If you'd been paying the slightest attention (which I'm doubting) I've already said -- twice or more -- that I didn't write such crap. That you'd think so even after that is insulting. I'd have thought you'd have the slightest familiarity with concept sockpuppetry by now.

If you have anything to say to me, do it publicly on my User Talk page. Your next e-mail to me gets reproduced in full here, complete with headers. --Calton | Talk 02:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I've been paying very close attention thank you very much. And I'm sorry if you were insulted by my query but I only saw you deny making posts on the SFweekly page other than the highly offensive one directed at me, which I've quoted below. I am glad however that you are now stating that you did not write it.
“ BillyTFried, as you slovenly pickananies should know, is a well known troll,

libeler, and character assassin on Wikipedia. His parents were more than likely related before they got married, and I would not be too surprised if his father in fact, forced himself onto his "me so hor-ney" mother. Bad trash breeds bad trash, as BTFried is evident of. I also see this thread has not been taken down. Fine. Lawyers contacted period/full stop.
Comment by Calton — February 18, 2008 @ 04:02PM

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And yes I know exactly what a sock puppet is and have witnessed the fullest extent of such abuse by your now permanently banned friend Griot, who you so passionately defended to the very end. BillyTFried (talk) 03:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
He's not my friend, to know that, you'd have to be paying attention (which I'm doubting even more). As for the sockpuppetry, a modicum of common sense would have saved you from asking the insulting query in the first place, so no, I don't think you really understand the whole "sock puppet" thing.
It's interesting how I'm libeled, insulted, attacked, and my character assassinated by crude forgeries, and your only concern is whether I said something mean to you -- which common sense should have told you otherwise. That, and the hypocritical dig about "my friend" -- boy, you had no trouble whatsoever sucking up your own abusive sockpuppet friend when it was convenient. Your complete lack of shame and principles is hereby noted. --Calton | Talk 03:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Calton please be civil and refrain from insulting me and making anymore accusations that I am a hypocrite or that I lack common sense or shame or principles. Also please stop falsey accusing me of "sucking up" to this user Telegen whom I have never been involved with in any way whatsoever. That is unless you'd like to show even the slightest shred of evidence to the contrary (though none exists and you know it). I'm warning you Calton, do not insult me, harass me, or make false accusations about me on my talk page or anywhere else on Wikipedia. You saw what happened to the last guy who made that mistake. BillyTFried (talk) 04:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Filing Abuse Complaint against Calton

I understand that Calton has been harassing you, along with a number of other users. I would like to file a joint complaint with the arbitration committee against him, as he is clearly abusing other users and repeatedly violating the rule against personal attacks. Please join me in this important effort to help clean up wikipedia. Lirath Q. Pynnor (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:34, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with this procedure. Where can this complaint be found? Is it similar to this complaint about his personal attacks? BillyTFried (talk) 23:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Calton please be civil and refrain from insulting me and making anymore accusations that I am an axe-grinder or stalker who lacks credibility and who lies down with dogs and gets up with fleas. This is your second warning. Do not continue this abusive behavior or I will report you to the Wikipedia administration.
Reality check: you are. And am I going to have to explain the concept of metaphor to you? Go ahead and complain, and don't forget to mention that who it's on behalf of.
Speaking of which, don't look to your new friend for support, as he's been blocked indefinitely for trolling and general troublemaking. There's a lesson there, if you'll only take it: vindictive stalking? Doesn't pay. --Calton | Talk 06:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
So rather than violating WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA you are really just giving me a friendly "Reality check" that I am a vindictive axe-grinder and stalker who lacks credibility and common sense and who lies down with dogs and gets up with fleas as well as a hypocrite who sucks up to a user I have never had any interaction with at all??? Calton this is your THIRD AND FINAL WARNING. Cease your abusive harassment towards me immediately or I will report you to the Wikipedia administration with the recommendation that you be permanently banned just like your friend user:Griot was. BillyTFried (talk) 06:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Got your note

I'll have a look soon. Boodlesthecat Meow? 04:09, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks it also seems I will have more ridiculous behavior to deal with from our plebian-hating friend Calton with him trying to remove the quite notable fact that Nader has called for impeachment from Nader's article. BillyTFried (talk) 04:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely notable. Didn't Kucinich also call for impeachment (it might have just been for Cheney). Boodlesthecat Meow? 00:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes he did. That's why I wrote that Nader's the only current candidate who did. BillyTFried (talk) 01:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
But once the campaign is over, that info will be out of date, when he, like Kucinich, is no longer a "current" candidate. Might be best just to include the durable facts--Nader called for the impeachment of Bush/Cheneyon [date] etc. Boodlesthecat Meow? 01:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, you're probably right. I'll just leave it for now and see how things develop. BillyTFried (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] J Street

Interesting, I heard about it here. I'll look into it. Boodlesthecat Meow? 14:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images

next time you ask someone to start a discussion on an article talk page before making edits, perhaps it would be a good idea if you actually looked at the talk page in question first. I did try to start a discussion, but you didnt bother looked at just reverted again. But it was nice that you conceded that I was correct about the POW image. It had nothing to do with total war, and I am glad you did not put it back in. thanks Sennen goroshi (talk) 18:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

That page is on my watched list which I have been checking constantly but never saw a notification of your talk page addition, which I have now responded to. BillyTFried (talk) 18:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
on that article, due to our differences, you actually reverted me 4 times, I have no problem at all with your last edits, as they merely moved my image to the correct section, due to my mistake. I worry that someone is going to whine about the 3RR and try to get you blocked or something. For the record if that happens feel free to quote me (as the person you reverted) as saying your edit was not a revert as such, it was an improvement to the article, and gets my full blessing. Maybe you dont have idiots watching your every move, but I have at times had people whining about my edits, and they would love to see me make 4 reverts, just so they could whine on ANI about me.Sennen goroshi (talk) 19:19, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I know what you mean. BillyTFried (talk) 19:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mount Everest

I see that you move the section to controversy section. I agree that there are controversies for the Everest climb. But since not the entire section is about controversy, such move is not a good idea. What I am thinking is split the section up. One part named "Mount Everest" remains in the Sequence of Event and is devoted to info about the climb itself. Another part can named "Controversies regarding the Everest climb" or something like that in the Controversies and is only about the controversies surrounding the climb. How is that? —Chris! ct 23:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Why don't we just leave it there for now and see how everything else around it develops. I'm more concerned with how to handle the mainland China section I created right now (which includes Tibet). BillyTFried (talk) 23:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Image:2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Seoul03.jpg

A tag has been placed on Image:2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Seoul03.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I8 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is available as a bit-for-bit identical copy on the Wikimedia Commons under the same name, or all references to the image on Wikipedia have been updated to point to the title used at Commons.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. —Chris! ct 23:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't mean to revert your contribution. But since this image is in common and you upload this again to wikipedia, it is redundant, hence the speedy deletion. —Chris! ct 23:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images on wiki common

I see that you has uploaded several images. For those found on wiki common, you don't have to upload images again to wikipedia. Since the two are interconnected, you can just type the image name (the same one on wiki common) on wikipedia and the wikipedia article will be able to show the same image. Just a friendly note. Cheers. —Chris! ct 22:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I tried that but it didn't seem to work. Can you do it for me so I can see how it is done? Thanks! BillyTFried (talk) 23:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, you have to spell the image name exactly the same including the ending (.jpg). I think since the Seoul image spelled in capital letter (.JPG) on common and you might have spelled it in lowercase (.jpg), I think that is why it didn't work when you uploaded it. —Chris! ct 23:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, great. Thanks! BillyTFried (talk) 23:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Seoul03.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Seoul03.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? —Chris! ct 22:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)