User talk:Blair Bonnett/Archives/2007/September

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whats your problem

why do u keep flagging my pages and not giving me a reason, geeez im only new u cood atleast calm down and not bite my head off —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryza12 (talk • contribs) 12:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

The templates I placed on the pages in question (Chackers and Keagull\) both stated the reason I believe they should be deleted - to quote, It is a very short article providing little or no context (CSD A1) - as do the messages on your talk page. I appreciate that you are new, but even so I find it hard to believe that you though these pages would be acceptable on Wikipedia.

In order to help you acclimatise, I have now added a welcome box to your talk page which gives some useful links to get started. However, if you continue to create pages like those (I just saw that both of the ones I have mentioned have been deleted, along with a third you created), then you will be blocked by an administrator before very long. If you intend to contribute meaningfully to Wikipedia, now would be a good time to start doing so.

Blair - Speak to me 12:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Removal of warnings

Hi there, just a little not to let you know that users are not forbidden from removing warnings. Indeed, that they do so is evidence that they've read them. Please see WP:USER#Removal of warnings. Thanks! — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim} ^dagnabbit!) 00:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, you learn something every day. Thanks for pointing that policy out, I wasn't previously aware of it (though it does make sense). And since I haven't yet thanked you for doing so, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page.

Blair - Speak to me 00:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. In future, feel free to use {{subst:vangel}} on someone's talk page to thank them :) — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim} ^dagnabbit!) 00:48, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

teehee. My template is spreaing the wikilove among vandal hunters! — Timotab ^{Timothy (not Tim} ^dagnabbit!) 00:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Medina (Rapper)

- - Please explain exactly to me what is wrong with my page! Every single info can be checked easily —Preceding unsigned comment added by Da Animal (talk • contribs) 00:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Any articles about a musician / band / ensemble etc. must meet the notability guidelines in WP:MUSIC. Even if the information in the article can be verified, it does not mean that the subject is automatically notable.

Blair - Speak to me 00:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

This guy worked with producers such as Timbaland or Just Blaze - this ain't notable? hard to believe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Da Animal (talk • contribs) 10:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Notability is not inherited. In order to be a valid article, the subject must have achieved a sufficient level of notability of their own accord (in this case, by achieving notability through his own releases rather than by who he hangs out with).

On a somewhat related note, in future could you please sign any comments you make on any talk page? All you need to do is place four tildes (~~~~) after any comments. This makes it easier to follow who said what and when.

Thanks, Blair - Speak to me 10:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

New page patrol

Great work! I've seen you tag a few articles before I could get to them...keep it up :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 00:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :). You too. Blair - Speak to me 00:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Schools

Blair, please dont jump at people. Remember WP:BITE. The idea is to patiently get them to do it right. I've given some advice there, & it would in my opinion not be right to remove the page until the new user has a chance to read it and understand it & act accordingly; therefore I've declined the speedy as the reviewing admin. DGG (talk) 01:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

(NB. This discussion comes from my speedying the article Using Film to Teach Literature and assosciated comments on User talk:Jsmira2).

OK, fair enough. The reason I placed the speedy tag again on the second incarnation of the page was because I was under the impression it was still intended to be a course content page. However, in hindsight this was a bit hasty. Thanks for clearing that up and helping the user to follow the proper procedures. Having seen the real intentions, it now has my full support.

Blair - Speak to me 02:46, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Dicdefs aren't covered by CSD

Godverdomme 10:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've proposed it for AfD instead. And, as a side note, please don't remove speedy tags yourself (as you did with both Godverdomme [1] and Tammo Tachtig [2]. Instead use the {{hangon}} template to notify administrators you are contesting the speedy delete, and then place your reasoning on the articles talk page.

Thanks, Blair - Speak to me 11:19, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Chic Bates and WP:CSD#A1

Hi, I removed the {{db-nocontext}} tag you placed on Chic Bates and clarified and categorised the article. Hope this is OK. CIreland 09:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Thats fine, thanks for doing so. I've since updated the page a bit with a bit more detail re his managerial spells and an infobox. Blair - Speak to me 10:35, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Bill Fitzhugh

No... you are misunderstood. I got permission via e-mail to use some of his bio on Wikipedia. Sean90 19:48, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

That's a good start, but you need to forward it to the Wikimedia foundation as outlined in WP:COPYREQ. This will allow them to tag the article appropriately so that it won't be deleted again.

Blair - Speak to me 00:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Mr.Getcrunk

I have been a great fan of Mr.getcrunk for years.. And i clearly don't see anything wrong with the page i made for him, i don't know why you want to delete my page when it is sincere and true and there are all kinds of pages with perverted things on them that you can delete. I think that this is unfair and i will continue to debate and recreate my page until me and wikipedia come to an agreement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasheewest (talk • contribs) 04:39, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Please see the notability policy that Wikipedia has. As a warning, if you continue to recreate the page the most likely outcome is that you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

Blair - Speak to me 04:49, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Diligence

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Given to you in recognition of your fine work on Wikipedia:New pages patrol. I hereby award you this awesome Barnstar.Your service is appreciated.Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 05:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

My talk page

Its no problem, but do you notice anything else different about your user talk page? :).--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 05:24, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Echo 429 productions

I would like to know why you nominated my wiki about my production company. we have a small fan base and the were wondering why we did not have a wiki. so we decided to create one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Superfryman (talk • contribs) 01:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I nominated it for speedy deletion under criteria A7 (it was an article about a company that did not assert the notability of said company). I can't say much more than Mr.Z-man (the admin who deleted the article) did. Blair - Speak to me 03:31, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

well here is a list of 63 people who say Echo 429 productions does in fact exist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sig1.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sig2.jpg Superfryman 22:13, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I didn't doubt that it existed. The reason it was deleted was because it doesn't meet the notability criteria; existence does not equal notability. Again, Mr.Z-man has said it better than I could have at the deletion review.

Blair - Speak to me 23:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_September_17

dude, you are the lone voice of reason, among Wikipedia editors, in what has turned out to be a raging battle to get faceosphere it's entry into Wikipedia. Markmayhew 09:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Portugal's Next Top Model

hey blair, deleted PoNTM cycle 4 article's text...you may want to delete the entire article itself...even though it was hilarious Stopme 07:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've tagged it for deletion, an administrator will delete it shortly. Hilarious or not (and that is subjective) it was not suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Blair - Speak to me 07:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Juiced Radio

Would you please wait until the page is finished before you go around tagging it for deletion. I have finished what I can for the night, removed excess material, and added references to satisfy the notability guidelines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asymptote9 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

From WinCamXP - About Pokémon Cheating Encyclopedia

I have put the hangon tag on. Please don't delete it. Take a look at it's talk page and you'll see. WinCamXP 01:45, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an administrator, so I personally can't delete the article. However, this is not suitable content for Wikipedia (see WP:NOT, specifically WP:NOT#HOWTO). If you want to create a Pokémon cheat wikia, you could try somewhere like Wikia or Bluwiki Blair - Speak to me 01:51, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hi. You just tagged Andres Iraolagoitia for speedy deletion, saying that it has no context. Just wondering if you can speak the language that the page is in (spanish...I think) or are you just guessing that it has no context? I added the translation tag just after you added the CSD tag, and I'm curious. - Rjd0060 02:30, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I have to admit I don't speak (Spanish? or whatever) but was just guessing by the fact it was about someone born in 1988 and the only external link was to a Youtube video. In actual fact, I meant to tag it for non-notable (A7) but must have hit the wrong button. I see its been deleted now anyway. Blair - Speak to me 02:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I understand that. No offense. I was just curious. Thanks. - Rjd0060 02:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

NewPagePatrol

Hey, Thanks for finding that bug, Ill fix it. Its great to know someone actually uses my script. Is it of any use? --TheJosh 09:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Sure is. Having it sitting there means I can be working on an article and still keep an eye on any new pages. Much easier than having to flick back and forth between the article I'm working on and the 'New Pages' page. Thanks for writing it! Blair - Speak to me 12:36, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hey Blair, thank you for explaining the internal link coding...I searched for it (and can even write HTML) and obviously couldn't figure it out. Thank you again!--KSBrooks 12:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC) p.s. - I hope I just signed that correctly!

No problem, glad I could help out. And yes, you signed that correctly :). Blair - Speak to me 12:50, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Blair

Please will you familiarise yourself with the criteria for speedy deletion (WP:CSD) or install WP:TWINKLE which will do all the hard work for you. You should also, as a courtesy, tell people at their talk page when you nominate an article they've created or majorly worked on, for speedy deletion or AfD. Again, TWINKLE can do this. Finally, before going to WP:AIV you need to warn people that their behaviour is unacceptable. The convention is four warnings, which you can shortcut if they're ridiculous vandals or inflammatory (eg racism) --Dweller 09:20, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Can I ask what this is in reference to? I have twinkle installed - have had it for several months now - and think I am reasonably familar with the CSD criteria. Also, haven't taken a user to AIV for a while now (I did report an inappropriate username to WP:UAA just before though). Blair - Speak to me 09:30, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

QQNOOB thingy. --Dweller 09:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, OK. I guess I did forget to notify them the ~~second~~ third time I tagged it - the first two times I did it with twinkle as A7/A1 and they were automatically notified, the ~~second~~third time I put a more 'specialised' reason in with the standard db template to give a more detailed reason for the tagging. Since it wasn't with twinkle they weren't automatically notified.

As for AIV, I gave them the initial warning, User:Superbeecat escalated it to the final warning the next time and reported them. I was going to give them a second level warning at this point but once I saw I'd been beaten I left it alone.

Blair - Speak to me 09:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Gotcha. Sorry for any confusion. --Dweller 09:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Keep up the good work :). Blair - Speak to me 09:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Futurama_George_Washington.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Futurama_George_Washington.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Videmus Omnia ^Talk 11:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you are aware of this fact, but I didn't upload the original version; I merely resized it as it was tagged with the {{non-free reduce}} template. At that point it was used on the List of recurring human characters from Futurama page, but it has since been removed. Personally, I have no problem with it being deleted, but I have added this warning to the articles talk page for anyone involved with the article to discuss, and you may wish to follow it up there.

Thanks, Blair - Speak to me 00:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Asking

Do you have a problem with me and my redirects, it is from I take thee quagmire the redirect you dislike. It was supposed to be funny way to redirect.--Icerainbow 19:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC) User: icerainbow

Sorry, but there is no reason to assume that somebody who was looking for the Jurassic Park article would type in Dun dun dun dun du na na na na na naaaaaaaaaaa na na na na na no ne ne na new na na na new instead. I also assume you are referring to the Family Guy episode I Take Thee Quagmire in which Peter hums the Jurassic Park theme; this reference is far too obscure for the redirect to be any use. Besides which, the fact that anyone trying to use it would have to type it in precisely renders it useless.

Please stop creating useless redirects such as this, and instead think about contributing to Wikipedia in a constructive manner. I placed a welcome box on your talk page which contains various useful links to help you in this.

Blair - Speak to me 00:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok i understand, I just thought it would be funny. Do you like family guy User: Icerainbow —Preceding unsigned comment added by Icerainbow (talk • contribs) 23:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

ACW Page Speedy Deletion what?

Why did you have my page up for speedy deletion before it was finished? —Preceding unsigned comment added by AUSTIN316ISALEGEND (talk • contribs) 01:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I assume you mean Asylum Championship Wrestling, which I tagged for speedy deletion per CSD A1 (little or no context) ten days ago. As the linked page explains, this was because there was no context within the article. Also, as somebody else pointed out on your talk page, it also failed to meet CSD A7 in that it did not explain why the subject was notable (in fact, this was the reason given by the deleting admin).

If you would like to recreate the article with more detail, feel free to do so. Be warned, however, that the article must meet the notability requirements for inclusion on Wikipedia (specifically the guidelines for organizations and companies) and must be backed up by reliable sources. If this is not the case, it will more than likely be deleted again.

Blair - Speak to me 04:14, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Kolum sewell

Hi Blair Bonnett. I've declined the speedy deletion of the above as notability was asserted. You may want to take it to WP:AFD if you wish. By the way I've noticed that generally your tagging for speedy deletion is spot on, and you seem to be very active. Thanks for your help! Pedro : Chat 09:48, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair call. I see someone has beaten me to the AFD listing though... and thanks for the comment :). Blair - Speak to me 09:59, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Good enough. I won't comment at the AfD as I was the declining admin for the speedy process. Keep up the good work! Pedro : Chat 10:08, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

WhereverTV

Blair, I have created a talk page. Please comment there.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wherevertv (talk • contribs) 22:46, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Have done at the articles talk page (which is a more appropriate place). In future, could you please sign your talk messages by placing four tildes (~~~~) after them?

Thanks, Blair - Speak to me 22:52, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Australian rugby union captains

Hi - I processed your speedy deletion request on this article, and declined it. My reasoning was that they just created the article one minute before you put the speedy template (for no content) on it. Lots of users will create a page, and then add content over the next hour or so. While I appreciate your work on RC patrol, let's give this one time to fix it, shall we? If you'd like to watchlist it and let me know if its still around after some reasonable length of time, I'll speedy it then. - Philippe | Talk 05:34, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I started it with the intention of adding the capatains, which I now have started to do, but it now seems to be a cock-up. Can you please help.Archifile 05:42, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Blair - I have let this user know that I can't help them immediately (I'm late leaving the house) but that I would move the page to their own userspace until it was ready, and have encouraged them to leave me questions. The page is at: User:Archifile/Rugby if you want to pitch in. - Philippe | Talk 05:50, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, I see what you were trying to do. You created a page rather than a category; to fix this I would do the following:

Go to John Eales
Click on the redlinked 'Australian rugby union captains' category
Use the following form to add the parent categories and save it
Go to Australian rugby union captains and replace the content with {{db-g7}} to alert the administrators that it is no longer needed. Also, tag the User:Archifile/Rugby page with {{db-userreq}} since it won't be needed any more either.

Hope this helps you. Blair - Speak to me 05:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually it doesn't - I'am now more confused than ever. If you could do the preceeding as I have already tagged a number of captains. Thank you. Archifile 05:59, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've done all but the final step. All you need to do is go to User:Archifile/Rugby and replace the contents of the page with {{db-userreq}} to indicate that you no longer want it. I'm not supposed to do this because it is one of your userpages. Blair - Speak to me 06:05, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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