User talk:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry/Archive4

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Hi There

Hopefully this will work. Thanks for the crash course! Very best to you. Yahoogiddix 01:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your comments on Kevin Ayers "Shooting at the Moon" entry. I'll read the sections you suggested and hope I can get things to the usual high standard on Wiki. I am digging out some quotes from old publications like NME and Record Mirror, which will be hopefully a more suitable portrait of critical opinion. One question - I did a nicer scan of Ayers' Bananamour LP and replaced the little one that was there before. Do let me know what the politic is with doing that - I certainly don't weant to tread on someone else's hard labour. Thanks. Yahoogiddix

Warning?

"Mr Bull"? I am not sure you have got the right person. I will admit I enjoy his songs and performances both on his own and with the various bands he has and does play with - and so your comment regarding a conflict is noted. However, the changes that have been made in the various articles - which go beyond band members are factually correct. - unsigned|203.94.161.203


Mittelafrika

It's definitely something which benefits from a visual representation. Thanks for showing interest. TwoFingerPushUp 10:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Random comment

Are you a Republican operative or what. I added legitimate criticism of the Bush regime! You are practicing censorship and partisan preference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.189.77.15 (talk • contribs)

Nonsense?

If you had checked my edits, i havent added nonsense. Deathrocker and Danteferno both have been removing cited information and replacing it with their views, even though their views conflict with many of the articles on the subject. When their changes have been reverted by many users, they claim them all as sockpuppets of another user, and then proceed to perform reverts while changing large sections of articles, while removing refrences and source links from those articles. Also, on several of the articles both of them have claimed the edits they make are better than others simply because 'they dislike X band' or 'they dislike X form of music'. So im not adding nonsense, im simply keeping in like with policys.

The changes i made where already there. If you check the articles, im performing a revert. The users above are changing genres to suit themselfs without providing a cite. Im changing them back, to what the majority before decided they were. Both users have been through arbirrition cases and banned many times for refusing to comply to the majority votes, even when overwhelming sources are provided. If the Gothic Metal articles talk page is checked for instance, there is over 30 sources that support the article, which user Danteferno didnt accept because 'he didnt like them'. Many of the changes to genres by Deathrocker have similary been 'because he doesnt like the band'.
As opposed to changing the gramma to be incorrect, i apologise as this wasnt my intent. I was simply try to get the articles to read better, and be less vague/one sided. The same as im trying to help fill out the characteristics on the List Of Music Genome Project Attributes.

Ebaumsworld Edits

Excuse me?

i was improving the wording, not links, i find you are very unfriendly

you are VERY unfriendly!

and dont warn about rv when you are just as bad!

they are the akron servers! look go here and see http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ipall.ch?domain=130.101.226.83

that is the ip of all the servers

i am not advertising my servers, they are the OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY SERVERS

WHAT? it is the main ip for akron and the slots are to join different servers why dont they belong in the article?? they are the OFFICIAL AKRON SERVERS!

THEY ARE NOT SPAM LINKS THEY ARE OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY SERVERS!

Vandalsm to Ebaumsworld

Was this simply lookalike unicode characters, or was there something more subtle? Rich Farmbrough 21:55 28 August 2006 (GMT).

Yes, I saw that in the status bar when I ran my cursor over the URL. I would like to know how it works, partly out of curiosity, and partly so that I can scan for other similar vandalism. Rich Farmbrough 22:17 28 August 2006 (GMT).

Regina Spektor article

Whatever your claims, we are here to make the Regina Spektor as good and useful as we can possibly do, so that it may be (as many Wikipedia articles are) the best article available on the Internet about the subject. The lyrics website is the best and comprehensive that could be located and since her music is, by her own account, driven by its text, it is of signal importance that these texts be available in print form to the reader. If the site is commercial in nature, so be it; the value to the reader in adding to his/her knowledge about this artist and her work outweighs any qualms one may have about the site on which the lyrics appear. It would be most unusual if the artist (or any musical artist, for that matter) would object to the lyrics being linked (not reprinted) in her Wikipedia article. Your comment that one can find lyrics by doing a Google search is disingenuous because all of the links added to her Wikipedia page were painstakingly dug up and added in order to add to the article's usefulness. Of course they could all be deleted and Wikipedia readers could simply find all their own articles about her, but that would largely defeat the purpose of what the External links section is for. We all have our own expertises here, and contribute accordingly. I hope you will do so as well. Badagnani 22:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks so much for the barnstar. You're right, I haven't gotten that one before, and I really appreciate it. And I've actually only been here for about four months -- don't give me too much credit! Thanks for helping out on patrol, by the way. Again, thanks, and let me know whenever you need another hand in any vandalism revert wars. Thanks again, and take care -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 21:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Concering From First To Last entry

Sorry, I don't have MSN, only AIM, but whatever. I was wondering why you decided to add back in Nu-Metal? Also, the old band is called First Too Last not First To Last. Ender1490 02:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Nice

I'm glad that you have joined forces with Teke and his dark side to try and convince me to edit more. But as for Abbie, she's definitely on my side. :D —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pentwirler (talk • contribs) 05:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Becoming a Contactor

Hi HawkerTyphoon, I got your message about being a contactor for WP:AbRep. It's great. We are always looking for new contactors, but being an investigator is just as important. To add yourself, just edit the section on the page, and add your name: Simple :). As to the work it entails, well you can go about it several ways, one is to email, which means just letting the ISP et al know what's going on.. the other is by phone, (depending on where you live), and talk to the administrator or whoever that way. There is info at WP:GAR, take a look. Let me know if you need anything else :) --Deon555talkReview 22:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I would like to point out

First thanks for the comment, but i would like to point out that the article was about Britian. The Battle of Britian was fought on british soil. And to the extent of my knowledge I would like to point out that no americans was in this battle. Unless you prove me wrong, I still think my ajustment was acceptable, with you saying that I use american spelling for american articles and vise versa. Is the Battle of Britain an american article?Terminator50 07:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)Terminator50

I have an idea

Why don't you tell me what you don't like instead of vandalizing my edits for no reason. 65.185.190.240 21:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

And you think 99.9% is not rigged? What would you call it? 65.185.190.240 22:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Using your logic, I should be allowed to remove the entire paragraph about the (rigged) vote because it does not comply with WP:RS, right? 65.185.190.240 22:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

According to WP:CITE any material that is challenged and has no source may be removed by any editor. Theoretically then, I can remove all but ten sentences from the article. Would that be better?

What are you talking about

What are you talking about? MelForbes 21:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, see your point. In any case, I was never a heavy editor of the page, I always supported Robdubar, Jtdirl and Dave Souza as being the more sane editors. That was a rv on Thar. MelForbes 22:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Hero Clothing

Ah, yes, I guess maybe it could qualify under WP:CSD:A8, I hadn't realized it was copied from his site even though I'd read it; must be getting old :-) At this point I'd rather let the AfD complete. An AfD with a delete consensus has the advantage of allowing us to delete it on sight under WP:CSD:G4 if it is recreated. Gwernol 03:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Trust me, you have my full sympathies. I am a block-on-sight kinda guy for spammers and have no sympathy for those using Wikipedia to advertise. None. AfD lasts 5 days, unless a kind admin snowballs it. I would, but its not appropriate given I've expressed my opinion in the AfD discussion. Good luck, Gwernol 03:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Hawker--yes, indeed, I agree with you on this one. I wish the founder the best of luck getting his company off the ground but Wikipedia isn't the way to do it. (I'm uncomfortable speedying it; it's not obviously CSD to me.) Antandrus (talk) 03:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Merging Of Fall Out Boy Band Members

Hello. You've recently tried to have the members of Fall Out Boy merged into the main article. If I can recall correctly, this has been attempted in the past, and was not gone through with. Each of the members, esp. Pete Wentz, have extensive articles, and/or are notable on their own. I also ask why you removed the links from Pete Wentz that linked to his other ventures outside of Fall Out Boy, it is seeming that you are trying to make him appear NN. I'm not sure why you'd do that, or why you'd edit Wikipedia to influence your opinion, but I reverted the edit nonetheless. I'm sorry if I took this the wrong way, I'm just letting you know the bad decision. You can reply on my talk page if you'd like to discuss this matter further. Thanks. --DieHard2k5 01:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Khatri

I first noticed that one a few days ago, I think. The nature of those edits will inevitably attract RC patrol attention, which is how I stumbled across it. :) I'll watchlist the page, and will keep an eye on it -- whatever's going on, I don't like the apparent sockpuppetry. Let me know if there's any other needs you have in that regard, and I'll respond as I'm able. Thanks for your help, by the way. Luna Santin 09:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Asking around on IRC. I'm confident we can keep up with the pace, but if somebody sprotects it, that'll save us some trouble. Luna Santin 09:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Hawker Typhoon when did you become an ezpert on Indian castes. Since you will me giving me a block now : you are an big arse, lowlife.Harder Typhoon 09:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
O RLY? HawkerTyphoon 09:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually

We have almost 1,000 admins. I guarantee that they aren't all in bed. Just be patient. --Woohookitty(meow) 09:43, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

It's no problem. :) Just letting you know that someone is indeed around. :) Anyway I'll take a look at the article you mentioned. --Woohookitty(meow) 09:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I protected it. It does seem to have gotten busier the last few days. --Woohookitty(meow) 09:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
OK. Protected that one too. :) High probability that they would just shift to that page. So. Need anything else? Coffee? Tea? Beer? Pretzels? Chiclet? :) --Woohookitty(meow) 10:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

what

Why the hell did you do that? Zscout said i could revert it if I wanted. I fairly doubt you have any knowledge of English or French culture or history to understand what you are doing. Furthermore, there are NO copyright violations there.Courtney Akins 02:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

thanks! I do have a lot of books here. Hit me up if you want to talk literature or history sometime. My favorite is the 18th and 19th centuries. I just got a degree in History and minor in English from UF.Courtney Akins 02:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

LyricWiki.org

Although the lyrics are copyrighted, we deal with publishers to pay royalties. Even if a publisher for certain lyrics has not contacted us or responded to our attempts to contact (there are apparently hundreds if not thousands), they can at any time stake claims to their artists and we will track their work (and therefore the royalties). The publishers I've talked to so far don't seem to mind the delay before they find us since only us and two other sites even pay royalties at all (and we actively email publishers asking for lists of the songs they have rights to publish). So yes, 'tis legal
-SColombo 15:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

PS: I request that you kindly un-remove the references you deleted before you got my response (I think I was fairly prompt).

Gary Naysmith

please stop falling for the idiot calling Naysmith "el blanco carlos" its a piece of vandalism he has been doing for a long time which he thinks is funny. SenorKristobbal 22:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

no worries mate cheers. If Naysmith ends up playing for Birmingham be afraid. ;) SenorKristobbal 23:39, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

ABBA article

Hello Hawker Typhoon...

Can't we do anything about DavidOPerson's weasel words in the ABBA article? He keeps reinstating opinions, without even discussing them (which isn't needed since they are all biased).

Thank you. Detlef

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Khatami

personal analysis? what are you talking about? read the paragraph that you removed again. i believe the note must be included somewhere in the article to prevent confusion for many readers. if you think that's not the correct place in the article for the note you can move it to another section.

that's probably because my native language is not english. would you please help to improve the tone and wording to remove any doubts of pushing a POV? i put the note there only because i know many people (people that are not familiar with the politics/culture of middle east) will be totally confused when they read khatami's quotes on the hizbullah and i think the note contains important pieces of information that makes the reader realize why khatami (a person with a reputation of moderation) has praised hizbullah (known as a defacto terrorist group in many western countries). that's all. Barnetj 12:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thank you. Barnetj 12:27, 10 September 2006 (UTC)


sorry i thought u used the barnstar to show u were part of the club, bit like a userbox but i can't find one Dean randall 18:44, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

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Talk page deletion

Are you aware that wikipedia policy generally prohibts the deletion of sections of talk pages of articles? May I enquire as to your justification for doing so in the IP Address article? --Pussy Galore 12:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

quntar

no problem to add pro stuff. There's a section for it.. Amoruso 11:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

My friend . :

  • Him being convicted by Israel can be added if you wish, but I think it's redundant as it's obvious who convicted him from the article. Authorities is what - police ? It's Israel's court of law (not military).
  • As for suffocated to death, well, suffocated doesn't mean to death is it, so if it's not correct - suffocated and she died... something like that.
  • burst into means they went in by force... they didn't just enter as the building was closed you know. They broke the door. This was used by kuntar himself, I saw in his site link in the external links. ((((I see you already changed it though now....which is a shame. I think "enter" implies walked in...}}}}
  • as for the daughter's death description - I really think that it sounding horrible doesn't mean it's not WP:NPOV - Kuntar himself talked about the incident this way, he's the one in the interrogation that from his words the whole incident is made clear. I don't think we should omit details that aren't disputed by anyone, from the article. If someone would say that he didn't do it in this way, then it can be disputed, but his supporters don't dispute the event, just the cause or motive maybe, not the details of the killing which he recounted himself.
  • it might sound a bit WP:POV, but it's one of these cases when it's impossible to treat it differently I think, since both sides acknowledge the facts for the full extent. Look at other articles here : [1] - this is what child murderers in cold blood are described like.

Amoruso 12:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm with you on suffocation definition in the grammar sense, and your "entered" suggestions. I'm not in agreement to change anything that has to do with the murder of the child. I think it needs to stay gruesome as it is, and in fact can be described much more grusomely. I won't support any other changes... Amoruso 12:53, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Green Day

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ABBA Fact, not Fiction

I am amused/alarmed to see that the war over two adjectives has elicited such melodramatic responses.

For fear of adding to the ridiculousness of the situation I will be brief.

I am a BBC journalist, and am well aware of the concept of objectivity in writing. And like many people, I have listened to ABBA since 1974. I have also followed public and critical opinion of them since then. And watched documentaries in which Benny, Björn, Frida and Agnetha discuss the music etc. There is no doubt that ABBA are widely seen as purveyors of uplifting, buoyant pop. But there is also more than occasional mention of the sad and melancholic strands in and aspects to their music/harmonies/melodies/individual voices. [they are from Sweden after all] A kind of joyous melancholy in the tradition of the Mamas & the Papas, the Beach Boys, the Hollies etc. I'm sure that a music theorist could back up what I, for the last week or so, have unsuccessfully been trying to put across in a single half-sentence. My controversial [to a few of you] Wikipedia words have been merely descriptive. I do not consider them the least bit conroversial or irresponsibly opinionated. They are certainly not 'first-person' in the way that much of the flowery and bloated language of ABBA's Wikipedia entry reads.

In my Edits I have identified several Google links to prove my point, but my efforts have been ignored by those who, I strongly feel, appear to be personalising the ABBA entry in a way that I find a bit scary, actually. From where I'm sitting it appears that this tiny, all-male ABBA revolt smacks of double standards and nerdy hypocrisy. As you should know by now, the website is loaded with examples of personal opinion doubling as received opinion and fact etc. And in most cases they are not wrong. They serve an adjectival, descriptive purpose. And on this occasion, 'melancholic' is not merely a personal opinion.

I do not know my way around Wikipedia beyond the basics, but I think it is almost worth taking the matter higher up. And how does one get the power to use those funny little Warning signs, I wonder.

Tisk. Tisk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidOPerson (talk • contribs)

DavidOPerson 19:07, 15 September 2006 (UTC)Thank for your informative input re: 'uplifting/melancholy' in the music of ABBA.

However, you have confirmed my suspicions regarding the repeated removal of my half-sentence. You mention a 'consensus'. As far as I have noticed, there are merely a core few who have objected to my observation. I assume they are in fact different people, but whether or not they are, their number hardly constitutes what I would call a consensus. I have elicited laughter from several people when informing them of the extremist – and at times childishly worded – assaults on my ABBA contributions. And I know too many people who agree with the 'uplifting/melancholy' tag for me to allow a few hardcore – and perhaps philistine – bulllies to have their way. Happily, I have just noticed in the 'I'm Giving up on This Article' section that an anonymous person has called 'uplifting but melancholic' a "great description of ABBA's music".

The real issue here appears to be one of control, which is obscuring the more vital point involving a broadly accepted view about the true nature of the ABBA sound.

At some point I will take the matter higher. DavidOPerson 19:07, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Greater Grace World Outreach

Hello there. I'll take a look at it when I get up tonight. Are these socks of one user or various users or? Any help would be. Helpful. :) --Woohookitty(meow) 13:04, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Strange things

[2] — An aceptable omment? I am confused. The vernacular resembles English but I cannot extract the meaning of those words. Rintrah 15:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello, dear HawkerTyphoon

Thanks, I am familiar with numerous Wikipedia policies, including the 3 revert-rule. Have you, perchance, noticed that our friend "Cromwell's Legacy" has reverted the page in question 4 times today in the span of 20 minutes?—Nat Krause(Talk!)

No, you can't count one. And I did post a message on the talk page and I invite all the users to be in conformation with WP rules :). And I also post a message of "Don't blind revert" and invite politely all the users to a polite conversation. WP:BITE & WP:CIVIL --Cromwells Legacy 18:22, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
The first is not a revert. Plus I invited users to talk page. Now reverts were stopped by you. 3RR blocking are only as a preventive measure, see here: WP:3RR. Cheers, --Cromwells Legacy 18:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


And yes, I'm also a newbie. Don't bite me, WP:BITE. And yes, I know all these procedures from my pal Nat, I spoked with him on irc :) Don't take it too seriously our joke of reverts. --Cromwells Legacy 18:36, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Pictures

The Amerie photo you keep deleating is not from an angel fire or yahoo site. It is located here on wikipedia and was taken from wikipedia. Americanbeauty415 22:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)Americanbeauty415

Your question re:socks

Replied, see talk. - CygnetSaIad 00:43, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Please See development on MA issue

[3] Amoruso 01:42, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Samir Quntar

What's the point of trying to purge the "T" word from this article? It's not required by Wikipedia policy, and you're very much in the minority on this issue... AnonMoos 06:24, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

externals

which is your problem ? some info is sourced from those links Jor70 16:55, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

weasel...

come on , what weasel words ? please remove the tag. It's perfectly npov now, and I don't see any weasel words. Amoruso 12:30, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Vandal block

You're very welcome, that was a particularly obnoxious vandal. If you have further trouble, don't hesitate to contact me. I'll take you up on the pint one day. Good luck, Gwernol 22:41, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Lebanon(that is actually the county we're discussing)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. HawkerTyphoon 19:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Now that is amusing, actually it's me that was correcting bias.Nwe 19:40, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

You want questions: Why did you remove my edits? What's the problem with my edits? Do I say anything inaccurate?Nwe 19:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

My edits do not say that Israel to blame for the war, I added necessary information that withou which the article the article would be pro-Israeli. What edits have I made that actually broke the NPOV guidelines?Nwe 20:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Read about the party before saying it is neo nazi. It is not. If it is neo nazi, so is the disney corportation. It seems that you are adding them as a reactionary move. Again, go and read about the MHP!

royal-navy.org

I went to website; why do you believe this violates WP:EL, if I may get a clarification? :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 20:15, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Added my review and comentary to the talk page. :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 20:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
When all else fails, find and quote the relevant policies/guidelines—and, happy editing to you as well. :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 20:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

Hi HawkerTyphoon, I said in my edit summary that I removed the literature as it was A) in German and B) there was no relevance established to the article. As for the "kidnaped," I have no problem using siezed, but it seems odd that we shy away from "kidnaped" when Hezbollah openly uses that language. Cheers, TewfikTalk 21:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

German Navy

Why did you add a GeoCities link to this site? You know full well that GeoCities is unreliable and shit. Don't do it again. StalinsLoveChild 20:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

It is against the rules use bad language toward me or call me an idiot - Especially when I am clearly neither. You've shown your true colors as a poor Wikipedian today, rest assured that I will be keeping a close eye on your edits in future. StalinsLoveChild 21:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I am fully aware of WP:CIVIL, more so than your arrogant self it would seem. I have said no personal insults to you whereas you have said "shit" twice and "idiot" three times now. You have broken numerous rules which I will list below:

  • Rudeness (calling me an idiot, telling me I don't know what I'm doing)
  • Judgmental tone in edit summaries (calling me an idiot)
  • Taunting (calling me an idiot telling me I don't know what I'm doing)
  • Personal attacks (calling me an idiot telling me I don't know what I'm doing)
  • Racial, ethnic, sexual, and religious slurs (yes, you have noticed my ancestry so you think you can belittle me in an article related to German history. This has not gone un-noticed)
  • Profanity directed at another contributor (calling me an idiot, which i consider very personally insulting)
  • Lies (saying I don't know what I'm doing when I do)
  • Giving users derogatory names (Calling me an idiot)

Also, for the record, "GeoCities" is spelled with a capital C, and "vandalism" is spellesd "vandalism". So I suggest YOU read WP:CIVIL, "cadet", and come back when you've got something useful to say (though I'd prefer you didn't). StalinsLoveChild 21:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

You are skewing the truth now with sarcasm and tyranny. I never said you were a racist, I merely pointed out that you broke the racist rule. If I'm from a German family then I think I know what I'm talking about in the German Navy, don't you? Thought so. Stop twisting the truth and digging yourself a deeper hole. Do something useful to Wikipedia instead, like cancelling your internet subscription (note that is not an insult it is fact). I can't believe I'm now being accused of racism, a complete flip-flop. Don't bother replying, I know exactly what you're going to say already. StalinsLoveChild 22:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)


Right first of all let's correct your childish errors (once again) -

"nsult" is spelled "insult", "Ancestry" does not need to be capitalized, and there is absolutely no point in redlinking "warfare officer", or providing any links at all, it's patronizing. You think I don't know what the Royal Navy is? Further proof of your perceived superiority to me. If you were a real German you wouldn't be a part of the British military and that's fact. I have been contributing to Wikipedia since before you were born, buddy, so i don't need a lecture on what, what not, or what not to do. And I certainly don't need to be told what to do. It would be best for you if you took back your numerous accusations and insults, because we both know you clearly don't know how to conduct yourself appropriately.StalinsLoveChild 22:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)


You've captalized "ancestry" again, and I'm not even going to bother poiting out your other spelling mistakes ( "aroudn", capitalization of "Wikipedia", "Thankyou" should be two words). And not that it's any of your business, but I have had numerous past accounts on Wikipedia, which usually get shut down due to the ignorance of people like you not knowing what's best. I accept your humble apologies for your futile attempt to proke a reaction from me - but I myself have nothing to apologize for, I made a simple click error (which was the blame of my mouse, not me, so more fool you - no offence, of course). The only thing I have to apologize for is wasting my valuable time and intellect on this page. StalinsLoveChild 23:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Play nice

You've been here longer than I, so I don't have much right to say anything. I just thought it would be unfair to warn only him, though he was much worse, considering your language was slightly uncivil as well. I don't have any right to, but I thought if I kept it even, it would help out the case considerably. Good luck. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 23:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Trail of Dead Links

Maybe I need this explained to me, but how is an official fansite (keep in mind that it's a fansite in name only), endorsed and updated by the band themselves, that posts news, tour dates, and other important information considered an inappropriate external link? I can understand why you'd remove the less prolific and informational ones, but removing that one seems a tad on the daft side.

24.164.234.54 03:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Cheers! Thank you for your quick response. 24.164.234.54 16:50, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Gta4announced.JPG

You need indicates where the image comes from. Steal video from Internet and capture as screenshot is not valid as source. Revert with your argument to provide invalid source is considered vandalism and I ask you to stop and leave the template until the real source is provided. Thanks. --Canadian Eclat 11:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

GTA 4 Picture

Greetings! I assume you've seen the problems for the GTA 4 image, and was wondering if you could quickly tell me what's wrong with the source "taken from the E3 website during the convention."? I can't get any more specific than that I don't think, unless perhaps I note down the E3 website? HawkerTyphoon 17:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, usually with images from websites the url is given. I think you already found the actual person that took the photo? You said "copyright is held by 'Jordan, IGN, Microsoft'". If that's the photographer that's great, although you might want to state it more clearly. I think with the source url and fair use claim everything should be ok though. I don't think it's a good candidate for speedy delete anyway. - cohesion 18:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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Concerning Sonny Moore Deletion

Why do you keep suggesting that his page be deleted/merged? (I assume, based on the history section, that you're the one who suggested it should be deleted.) Shouldn't he be allowed to have his own page even if it's only a small biography? MusicGirl21 22:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

SONNY MOORE

U dont have very good reasons either. If Sonny Moore walked down the street in an average town it's unlikly he'd need a body guard, RING A BELL. Well if u walked down the street in an average town its unlikly YOU'D need a body gaurd YET u still have a page similar to Sonny's as does every wikipedian.Emo girl101

Yea i no what kind of pages wikipedians have, but they are still considered pages. Just because hes not notable to u doesnt mean he isnt to others. My reasons r that he is still famous and if u have a problem with the page just dont look at it. Simple as that.Emo girl101

User:Tajik vandalizing article on Afghanistan

OK, about using minor edits warning you explained. I need help with User:Tajik, who is repeatedly vandalizing my hard work on Afghanistan's article. He wants to remove all the major Encycolpedia sources I attached to my edits and refuses to accept that Mahmud Ghaznavi was born in Ghazni, which is in present-day Afghanistan. Every Encyclopedia states that he was, every source related to Afghanistan says he was, in fact, even his tomb or grave is still there. Meaning that Mahmud Ghaznavid is burried there until now. I have no idea why this User:Tajik wants to deny this? Please help me stop this person from destroying my hard work that I did on Afghanistan's article. I think he just did 3RR's by now on the Afghan article. Thanx! Pashtun Dec. 1, 2006

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Sonny Moore page...again!

It looks like his page has been created again. I know it was kind of an all out "war" when it was getting deleted/merged the last time, so I was wondering if it's ok to go ahead and add stuff this time around. Thanks! MusicGirl21 22:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm just going to go ahead and add the information. MusicGirl21 23:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Tuba (mythology)

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Why do you keep reverting my talk page

Why do you keep on revertiong my talk page i find the added stuff to be offensive as i am aware of what i am doing so unless you are in cahoots with one night in hackney or are a ppupet of his please refrain from reverting my talk page.--Lucy-marie 18:02, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Also you have reverted the BNP page i have moved to have it protected. This is stupid please can we discuss this on the talk page.--Lucy-marie 18:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


Your bull

Look I dont [sic] know who the hell u [sic] think u [sic] r [sic] but stop sending me bullshit saying I put this crap on wikipedia [sic]pages. I did no such thing!- [sic] the angry- [sic] Kirsten T!!!! [sic]

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Hawker your back?!

Hello, wonder if you still remember me, Terminator50....the guy who edited Battle of Britan tp uk spelling. Anyways welcome back...surprised you did vandalism but still welcome back...Look at my talk page if you want to see what you wrote. Maybe you'll rememberTerminator50 07:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

BarlowGirl

Please read the WP:EL guideline again as it is not recommended to use myspace account "Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or an official page of the article subject". So adding BarlowGirl's Official Myspace account is appropriate. Royalbroil T : C 03:40, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, please give a detailed description on the article's talk page about what specific problems you think need to be addressed/wikified. Royalbroil T : C 03:45, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up the article! I added a citation, and expanded the abbreviations. Royalbroil T : C 04:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Green Day

Hey. Please don't get caught up on copyright issues. No one is getting hurt from this. The image I selected was a promotional image that the band is freely making availbale on their website. It is fair use and it is a lot more appropriate for this article. It fits in well with the above logo too. Randomfrenchie 01:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

There is not a free one available. The one on the band's page as of now is also fair use, not free liscense. They fall under the same category. I think the image I put in the article is better, as I explained in my edit summary. Both are fair use, so we should just pick the better one. Randomfrenchie 01:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I know what you mean when you say it could possibly be easy to have a free liscense picture of a Green Day concert. That is the reason why the current image cannot be used, according to the policy. The promotional image I added is professional and cannot be recreated. That was the fair use rationale: promotional. Promotional images may be used in articles. There was nothing good on Commons. Randomfrenchie 20:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Sunday's Rain

Thanks for the heads-up, I have re-deleted, it is on my watchlist, and I will talk to the user now. J Milburn 00:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

John Lewis (pastor)

This isn't really a speedy candidate in my opinion due to the linked article that is expressly about the subject. It is a good AfD candidate however per WP:BIO and I'd suggest you try that route.--Isotope23 19:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

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Removal of numerous links

I have looked at the changes you have made to the "digital photography" page, and am concerned to see the removal of over half the links to external sites.

I know that two of the links there were to my site, which is non-commercial. I recommended these specific pages as a source and was backed by another member of Wikipedia before the links were established. Now they're gone.

Additionally, the other links you deleted also seemed entirely relevant, and I have no idea why you have removed them?

I (and no doubt the other contributors whose links you have deleted) would like to know your reasons for their removal.

Dazp1970 04:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


Update

Thanks for your response. From looking at the links you removed, there are clearly some that should have gone (and for the reasons you gave).

But for the others I'm still unsure of the logic. For example, the page on shooting RAW was removed, but the page on hidden data in JPEGs remains. Doesn't make sense? Why is a page on RAW removed, but keep a page on JPEGs?

My site by the way is www.digital-photography-tips.net. The two links removed were to my page on terminology (which I'm pleased that, upon further consideration, you felt could be re-added), and a link to my page (and then subsequent pages) on the history of digital photography.

I am surprised that you consider my site to be ad-heavy. I have ads on fewer than half of my pages, and on the majority of those that do contain ads, all they have is one google ad. My ads serve to pay for my site hosting, and that's it. I've seen ad heavy sites, and I have to say that my site is a long way from what I would describe as ad-heavy.

Dazp1970 10:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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Re: inappropriate external links

I am adding resources for the games, which is done on pretty much every game in wikipedia. This is an IRC channel not a website, even though people post links to community websites as well. So what am I doing wrong? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Loonetik (talk • contribs) 22:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

A reversion

Somehow you ended up reverting 3 weeks of edits at WP:LA. All fixed now. Was this a problem with popups? NoSeptember 13:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Percentages

I don't mind percentages, Hawker (if they're sourced), so long as they don't try to take the place of the actual figures. We've had editors in the past try to hide, for example, that 10,000 primates are used every year in Europe, by reducing the figure to a tiny percentage of animals used overall. But they create the percentages by including rats, mice, and even fruit flies in the figures. The animal testing industry prefers to use percentages in order to reduce the PR impact of its use of large mammals. We should therefore offer the figures, where available, and allow the reader to make of them what they will. SlimVirgin (talk) 20:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree with this sentiment. We should not choose one or the other as they both could be seen as 'hiding' facts.-Localzuk(talk) 21:05, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Hawker, re your response, the percentages are derived from the figures, not the figures from the percentages. Anyway, the article now has both. SlimVirgin (talk) 21:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Important request

Olivialoh 02:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC) Hi Hawker...The external links i have added are genuine links to Artist represented by Central Station Records in Australia. Centeal Station has license to sell and distribute their music in Aust. Please go to www.centralstation.com.au to verify. Ta

User:RepublicanEagle

I just unblocked this user from an indef. I would like my unblock reasoning to stay available to other admins involved, as well as the circumstances. While I understand why he'd want to remove some of the stuff there, I don't think it's unreasonable of me to insist he archive his talk properly, as his account did some serious vandalism (he claims it was a friend) and I consider myself to be something of a friendly godmother for the moment. Cheers. Dina 16:08, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Well that's cool. Though I need to point out that I originally thought your revert was to my whole action (he blanked his talk, I rolled back & then added my comment about archiving for a total of two edits) and now I realize all you did was revert my comment to his talk page. Which, to be honest, nearly never needs to be done unless the comment itself is terribly abusive or vandalism. Talk is for talk after all. Cheers. Dina 16:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Ahh, okay, that makes much more sense now. Cheers. Dina 16:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

hey why did you do that to the Sonny Moore page?

me and my friend spent a while fixing that and then you go in there and delete the stuff that we did...

i only have one question.... WHY?

i can see that you have other people mad at you before... probly for the same reason too...

next time you do anything like that say why you did it....

thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sarah the pirate (talk • contribs) 21:08, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

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Talk:Second Italo-Abyssinian War

Could you address J. Redding's concerns on the talk page, please? Thanks. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 20:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Removal of links

Hi. I see you removed all the external links from Eurovision Song Contest, leaving only that of the official site. Why? There are legitimate links here: they're not offering MP3s etc (I removed one site myself, some time ago, which was offering MP3s for sale illegally). Is it because a couple of the sites offer lyrics? As far as I know, there have been no complaints from any lyricists about the Eurovision sites having them online. Indeed, many lyricists actively support and promote the fan sites' having their lyrics published. Please tell me why you removed all the external links. Thanks, EuroSong talk 17:05, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Bristol Belle article

If an event has been detailed in UK national press I am surprised you do not think this worth including in Wikipedia. As stated in the article it was covered extensively by the Daily Telegraph one of Britain's largest newspapers - if that doesn't make it worthy then I have no idea what does make articles worthy of inclusion. JulianHensey 16:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

small problem

it would seem that once again I am being charged with editing a page on wikipedia. I have never in my whole life changed anything on wikipeida ever. please stop.

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Why did you remove my contribution to the South Woodham Ferrers article about James Harper and Aron Lane coming from SWF? Both decided to put themselves in the public eye, so I don't feel that I have breached their right to privacy. Thanks, Chris.

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edit of meriden gap

hi coudl you explain your resoning for the edit of meriden gap please? the test had two references, which i think is enough for a paragraph of text. what other information should have been added to allow it to be maintained?

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Simpsons vandal

We have an unregistered user from BT who routinely vandalizes Simpsons-related pages from different IP addresses. Another user has been collecting a list of the offending addresses. It seems every couple of days we have to clean up another series of articles vandalized by the BT user. Do you know of any way this can be stopped? If it were routinely from the same IP address, it'd be easy. The varying addresses make it difficult. -FeralDruid 17:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

The LGBT Barnstar
Congratulations, Nicky Hawkings - as a tireless contributor to these important issues I present to you this barnstar. Your departure would be a real Loss - you're always game for a laugh!PatrickSW 21:05, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
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For making a difference! This Barnstar isn't free, this is a chain barnstar, as payment please give this star to at least 3-5 others with 500+ edits but no barnstar. Pseudoanonymous 19:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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The Mars Volta edit

Hey, sorry about getting worked up over the change you made to the "formed in" city on The Mars Volta. I didn't realise you were just reverting and that got caught up in the crossfire. People have been changing it a lot lately, because Omar and Cedric are from El Paso they assume the whole band is, or that they are the whole band because of what it says in the Amputechture liner notes, but the band came together in Long Beach, so that's where the band as a singular entity is from! Thanks, sorry again! Olliemilne 21:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Fox Broadcasting Company

Thought I should ask before doing anything further, was this one a revert conflict, or am I missing something that would explain those edits? Either is fine, just checking in. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:52, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. :) Thanks for the reply. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Reply regarding article Student

Thank you for your reasonable comments regarding article Student. I will try to address each separately. But before, I start, I am sorry to hear about your flooding issues. Too bad mother nature can't spread it around, we have had less than 4" of rain over the last 12 months combinded. The lowest total rain fall in recorded history in our area.

First, the reason I reverted your addition relates to exactly what you stated: "If a concensus hasn't been reached, it's customary to keep the page as it was before the argument appeared!" You stated in your summary edit that you were adding the image back because the discussion had come to a close. That was my sole reason for reverting it at that point in time. Had your edit summary not implied that a concesus had been reached, I would not have reverted the replacement of the image. There is some debate as to the point in time that the image first appeared, but as far as I am concerned, that is a non issue.

Second, as far as the image itself goes. It does represent one aspect of Student non standard behavior, but as far as I am concerned it is a very poor example to represent the much wider range of student pranks. The section as it stands at this time, really does not warrant any image regarding student pranks. The reference to the main article Student prank should be sufficient. Remember, that this article is about students in general and should not be excessivly distracted by the silly actions of a student wearing a traffic cone. It just does not add to the article as a whole. In an article about Student pranks, it makes perfect sense, but even there it needs to be offset with additional images relfect the other more notable area of student pranks ranther than simply the silliness personal behavior.

I hope that this helps to clarify my POV. Dbiel (Talk) 23:15, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Londium Welcome

Thank you for welcoming me. If I need any help I will ask you. Londium 03:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Prod. on SANS Institute

Hi, I have deprod'd SANS Institute. They are a well known body in computer security world, with advice / release often quoted or referred to. The article in question need referencing and improve though I do see. KTC 04:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

James B Hill

Hello. :) You prodded James B Hill at close to the same time I redirected it to James B. Hill since he already created the article there, so you should probably prod that instead. Sorry for the mess up. Cheers! -WarthogDemon 04:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Not notable?

Why prod an article (James B Hill) about a guy who invented a forerunner of the traction system used on tanks and bulldozers, designated an "International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark" by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers? Moriori 20:13, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm going round prodding anything that looks vaguely non-notable. It's like cleaning out your house by setting fire to the carpet. It works. Perhaps he is notable. i do not know. If he invented the caterpillar track, can we put it in the intro of the article? Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 20:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
What! You prod things which look "vaguely non-notable"! I was just about to delete your tag but I see someone has anticipated me. Moriori 21:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC) (For continuity, the last two pars were moved here from my talk page Moriori)


Watch

I'll be watching your contributions over the next few days

So, how do we watch a user's contributions anyway, besides keeping a tab open on his/her special:contribs? Kl4m 23:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Ashtabula Mall

This wasn't written by the same editor as North Park Mall -- Ashtabula is a waaaaay older article that I cleaned up about a year ago. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 03:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest?

Hello, I wrote the article about Mary Flanagan. First of all, I'm surprised by the comment that she may not be notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia considering one of her peers has an article and she is noted as a theorist in another article. I agree that I could cite more outside sources and that will easily be done. Second, I am a journalist and take fairness and neutrality very seriously. What evidence of impartiality did you see in the article? What would lead you to believe there is a conflict of interest? I can't really see anything in the article that seems promotional or even opinionated. I'd be interested to know what you think should be deleted or changed. Thanks.

WP Zimbabwe

You have been invited to join the WikiProject Zimbabwe, a collaborative effort focused on improving Wikipedia's coverage of Zimbabwe. If you'd like to join, just add your name to the member list. Thanks for reading!

89.243.15.166 17:50, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Any Question Answered and Texperts

Nor is Wikipedia a place to edit articles for the company you are employed by, or indeed for their rivals. Both AQA and Texperts do make mistakes, you are right - and surely the individual mistakes pan out to form an overall picture of the company. Several specific examples - which I provided - serve to illustrate Texpert's average response time, comparing it with other main players in the business, such as AQA and ANSA. If you can find any other sources to balance it out, I'd be happy to include them in the interests of fairness. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 20:22, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I suggest you read the guidelines properly. There is nothing to indicate that you may not edit the article of a company you work for, providing you maintain neutrality and cite reliable sources. In the case of your recent edits to the Any Question Answered article, I sought out a neutral party to settle the dispute. Your edit history speaks for itself, however. You've made a number of malicious edits to the Any Question Answered article, including listing the logo for deletion on a technicality, when you could have discussed the matter with me. If you do not work for Texperts, as you claim, you certainly make a very good job of making it look like you do, and you're certainly not doing the company any favours by behaving in the way you have done. Andrew walker 21:26, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
You're right sir. I edited the articles in a biased manner. I was not impressed with AQA, but I was impressed with your rivals. I then acted to improve their page - but not at the expense of yours. I'll tell you what - if you're keen, Wikipedia needs an article on this sort of company set up. I know a lot about Wikipedia (5000 edits, thereabouts), and I'm keen to help - but being in full-time education and occasionally being away for weeks on end training is not conducive to my improving the field :-). You're an expert in the field, and I'm not here to make enemies - let's remove the section I added on 'performance' and possibly consider writing a new article about this sort of company? Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 22:05, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Please, no need to call me sir, only the police do that! ;) I definitely think that collaborating on a mobile information services article would be a more constructive use of our collective time. Both AQA and Texperts are great companies, and seems a bit silly debating who's best. Much better to write a neutral article which focuses on the good points of all companies in the sector. I'm sorry to hear you had a bad experience with AQA - I've had the occasional bad answer off them too, but I've also had some incredibly good ones. The same is true for Texperts. It's just one of the problems with human-based answer services I think, but it sounds like you were rather inconvenienced to say the least. I'm not really an expert in the field, just a researcher and, like you, I'm also in full-time education, but I'd be happy to help in any way I can. Andrew walker 23:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

racism

The CCHR do indeed accuse psychiatry of racism, loony as it sounds. You can't remove an attribution just because it's insane. wikipediatrix 23:54, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Negroid

This is the third time Funkynusayri has attempted to introduce the same photos that have no context to the article. Each time the consensus has been against the use of photos. Muntuwandi —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 17:50, August 23, 2007 (UTC).

Re Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar. Jaranda wat's sup 23:35, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Heren Nishikawa

I hope British highness make up an article on the Kiyoshi Nishikawa, her husband.The notability is assured. ----Michiko Makube 06:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Linking image captions

You have been removing wikilinks from image captions (See this edit in Battleship.) I do not think this is a good idea. Image captions should be linked, even when the same link is included in the text. -- Petri Krohn 23:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Apoloiges! I'll keep an eye out in future. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 23:34, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Tahnk You!

The TomStar81 Spelling Award
Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page State Military characters of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga‎, and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 05:02, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Yoichi Masuzoe

Yoichi Maszoe is a excellent stateman and his politics are poor,to my regret.Yoichi is also a specialist of political resarch and Japanese National Defence.

I hope Yoichi the Minister of Defence in Japan and the facing the british power. ----The DQN,macbeth 04:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Your username ...

... I'm not sure at this point whether I should be highly offended or not. In the interim, I settled for laughing rather loudly instead. Very funny :) - Alison ☺ 18:14, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be polite to ask first??

You reformatting my talk page in a way that may be "better" is one thing, but would it be more polite to ask before you do.MrDrumstick 03:27, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Mary Pat Seurkamp

Please re-review; I believe the article is notable. Maninthemoonmarigolds 03:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

OR

OR is not a reason for speedy. see WP:CSD.Please don't overuse speedy, it just makes more work at the end. Prod or AFD is the way to go for these. DGG (talk) 04:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Noted! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 04:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)