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______A Thousand Cranes____________ Hi Daniel, I appreciate you trying to help us on the page, and I understand how it goes that it got deleted, but please delete the talk history. http://www.eldominio.info/?title=User_talk:Daniel_Case

thanks!

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[edit] Shades of Death Editor

Daniel, I just created an account. Thought I could reach you more easily. I'm a nerd, but unfortunately my expertise is most definately not in computers... I'd add the citation.. but I have not a clue how to even read the form... The 'Book' I'm refering too isnt even an actual book. It is an NJDEP- NJGS report from 1917. Bulletin 18 (Geologic Series), compiled by Max Schrabisch. MacCrellish and Quigly Co. State Printers, Trenton 1917. Cool huh? I'm planning on adding a Mount Mohepinoke article once my information is compiled. I happen to live at the summit. CONCERN- since I created an account AFTER I wrote The Fairy Hole addition to Shades of Death, the edit is not attributed to this account. Is there anyway to change that? - Povalaguna Povalaguna (talk)

[edit] Better Courts for Missouri

Hey. A few months ago, I believe you protected the page Better Courts for Missouri without quotation marks. I understand that you protected the page after some unsavory comments, but I would like to ask that you unprotect the page. "Better Courts for Missouri" is currently under review at WP:DRV but I would like to move the page while the review is still pending. I've added more sources, and worked hard at proving the notablility of the group at hand. Thank you for your time. (Twooclockjazz (talk) 15:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Radovich v. National Football League

Updated DYK query On 13 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Radovich v. National Football League, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 10:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lake Winnecunnett

Is Lake Winnecunnett DYK length yet? - House of Scandal (talk) 04:28, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 165.21.155.14

Hi Daniel, I see that you put a temp block on that ip. I understand that it is a shared IP, but we have been getting a lot of vandalism from 165.21.15*.** of late. Even tonight we had to place a block on .16. I suggest that we put a short range block .155.** of 24 hours in hopes of the vandels deciding to give up. We have tried everything else with no hope. Thright (talk) 07:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

sounds good! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thright (talk • contribs) 08:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
go ahead, I'm off to bed, take care —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thright (talk • contribs) 08:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
one last note, I search **.11 until **.20 every one had several warnings and blocks, maybe a range block of 1 week on .155.**. In any cause have a good night.Thright (talk) 08:10, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Double check

I recently blocked a school IP 63.88.37.33 (talk · contribs) for two weeks and have now had a request to extend the block to a longer time period on my talk page. Would you mind looking at the situation and seeing if you think a longer block is warranted? Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 17:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Thanks for your quick response - I will do as you suggest. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 18:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User_talk:SHOUT357437943#I_have_something_to_say

I said that I would point you to that thread, so be it. -- lucasbfr talk 18:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Re:Thank you for the compliments!

No problem, you've done a great job on those articles. As for the HV tags, I adjusted the template to include categories, and I added it to maybe 60 or so articles (I'm sure there are at least 100 more). also, I have a bunch of images of just about everything from the state museum, so I'll look through them and see if I have one of Springside for you. Juliancolton (St. Patrick's day) 18:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response, I didn't see your message. I believe I do have pictures very similar to that one, but they're not digital. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 13:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Very well then, I'll look for them and see if I can upload them. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 13:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for those links, I'm sure they will come in useful. I requested a map, as you suggested. As for the pictures of the creek, I'm heading over there tomorrow to go trout fishing, so I may be able to get some pictures looking upstream. (Although I agree that a summertime picture would be better). Juliancolton The storm still blows... 13:57, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 68.33.89.79

You may wish to consider placing 68.33.89.79 for an abuse report since he has vandalised and made threats to you. Go here and place your report. I'm sure User:GO-PCHS-NJROTC won't mind seeing something like this, and possibly, Comcast will take action on this IP. Momusufan (talk) 05:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: I agree, the evidence is pretty clear. Momusufan (talk) 05:34, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] iloveminge

"Minge" is UK slang, roughly the equivalent of "pussy". I am fine with lifting the unblock for a name change. Gwernol 11:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User_talk:71.168.117.44

IP is possibly abusing the unblock template with some anti-semetic rant on it, Would it be possible for semi-protection on the talk page? Momusufan (talk) 16:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Clayton images

Thanks Daniel; the original image still does not evoke anything from the film in me, but the context is certainly clearer now. Regards, скоморохъ 20:08, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NYC meetup?

I see you're thinking of going. I had other plans, but wouldnt mind meeting you. dm (talk) 20:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Slindon Cricket Club DYK nomination

The lack of inline citations issue has now been addressed. Mjroots (talk) 20:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Hate Username" User:Hate124

Thanks for hardblocking that name, He would have continued making accounts if it wasn't hardblocked. Momusufan (talk) 03:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Found another one, User:Hate121. Momusufan (talk) 03:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

That user made this name too User:JJISACOCKSMOKER, I would hard block that one too. Momusufan (talk) 03:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

it would be easier to monitor it from here: New users list. Momusufan (talk) 03:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Meeker's Hardware Pepsi ad.jpg)

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[edit] User talk:Skogstroll

Hiya - a user you blocked for violation of the username policy is requesting an unblock. I've double-checked, and his one edit (other than requesting unblock) isn't vandalism, although Cluebot wrongly identified it as such. GBT/C 15:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Here's a link to the exhibition. GBT/C 15:36, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can you review

Ok, I know you're an administrator, so I've got a situation I think you should look into. This page 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment (United States) is a clear copyright violation of [1]. I have removed the copyvio portions three times now ([2], [3], [4]). Each time it has been re-inserted by the article creator Daniel Eger. Then, said user posted a rather incendiary message on my talk page saying that 1) the page isn't a copyright (however, if you look at the global security page it clearly shows at the bottom that the information on the page is copyrighted) and that it was 2) written by a person in his battalion. Then he quite incorrectly says that it wasn't taken from any one page, when it clearly is directly copy and pasted from the global security page. I warned the user on his talk page, which he promptly deleted [5]. As you can see, this is a clear copyright violation. Apparently I have been unable to get through to the user that he is breaking policy, perhaps you can assist? Batman2005 (talk) 17:10, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Additionally, he then claims that information covered in the Units section, is stuff that he wrote. At this point, all of that qualifies as original research, which is also not allowed. Batman2005 (talk) 17:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

Hi Daniel, I want to thank you for the suggestion that you made on the AfD regarding New Haven school Skittles incident. I hope that you won't mind me contacting you on your Talk page; I didn't want this conversation to take over the AfD. I appreciate your creative thinking about following the model you used with Tri-Valley Central School. However, I would like to raise a couple of concerns for your consideration.

  1. We have a policy Not to give undue weight to specific events. I'm afraid that some critic might come along and say, "We have to remove all this 2007 stuff from Tri-Valley Central School. It makes it look like this is the only thing the school has ever done. The school has been around since x and it has been the home of.... etc. We have to rip all this stuff out or maybe pair it down to just one sentence. That is all it deserves in an article about the whole school."
  2. From a standpoint of presenting, organizing, and finding information, it seems that if an article is primarily about topic Y then we should name the article topic Y. That also allows us to categorize it into categories that fit for Y. For instance, in the case of the New Haven Skittle article, this topic deserves to be categorized under Nutrition and Wellness; it would not really make sense to put the school into such categories.

Therefore, while I think that your approach is a creative way to maintain information on historical events such as this, I submit for your consideration that there are advantages to the more straight-forward approach of just having the article be about the incident. I look forward to your thoughts. Best, Johntex\talk 17:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Dear Sister screenshot.jpg)

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[edit] Daniel!

Good to see you yesterday, my friend. It was a good meeting. --David Shankbone 17:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Concerning WikiProject New York

I'm unsure how to fix this, but the template still says the next Meetup is 3/16. In need of an update. Cheers, Enigma msg! 21:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Thank You So Much

Thank you for your recent note. I greatly appreciate your approval of my efforts so far. I have expanded the Town of Newburgh article greatly and also made some contributions to the Balmville, Orange Lake and Chadwick Lake articles. I am very careful not to delete anything you or anyone else contributed, with the exception of those very rare instances where there is an obvious typo (i.e. east side of the lake when you obviously mean west side). As time goes by I will be able to slim down much of what was written. One thing I want to stay away from is unnecessary repetition. I am also making some minor corrections (example: if you click on "Newburgh" in the East Coldenham Elementary School Disaster article you get referred to the City of Newburgh not the Town. I corrected that.) Something I am wondering also: in seeking citations, is a cross-reference considered the equivlent of a citation? Or does a foot note have to be added, also? I habe been very busy with work and am not going to have the time to put in that I have in the past, but so far I think basically my work is done. (Well, I guess it is really NEVER done, but at least I have gotten my feet wet.) As always, I welcome your comments, criticisms, and suggestions. Thank you! ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nghtownclerk (talk • contribs) 15:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC) I keep forgetting to sign these things. I have no desire whatsoever not to sign them, but I guess it is impossible to go back and sign. So consider this signed. Thank you.~~

Oh, I think I get it now. It's four ~ not two ~. I guess we learn by trial and error.Nghtownclerk (talk) 15:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Rosetta Stone screenshot.png)

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[edit] User:Jameso187

Please block him, I think he's caused enough trouble for one day. Momusufan (talk) 20:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) Momusufan (talk) 20:29, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-vandalism Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For continuous efforts against vandalism. Dave (talk) 20:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK for Meeker's Hardware

Updated DYK query On 20 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Meeker's Hardware, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BencherliteTalk 08:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Peedon17

I've unblocked this user per a message to unblock-en-l. He claims that his real name is Paul Donovan and the username is his initials. I'll keep my eye on the account for a while just in case it is a troll but I think we should give the benefit of the doubt here. Cheers. --Chris (talk) 16:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Quick Question

My method of RC patrol involves watching the new user list. If a user's first edit is blatant vandalism or spam should I give the only/final warning or should I give them the numbered warnings? - Gwandoya Talk 03:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you! - Gwandoya Talk 03:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Better courts for missouri

Hi. I'm contacting you because you salted Better courts for missouri (which cascades to related caps) as a result of multiple recreations on February 3rd, but there is a new version of the article that survived AfD at "Better Courts for Missouri" which needs to be moved to Better Courts for Missouri per naming conventions. I presume that the unprotection of the page would be uncontroversial under the circumstances, but delaying to confirm that won't hurt anything. :) I've watchlisted your page. Just let me know please, if you've any objection, when you're on wiki. (As letting me know when you're off wiki would be more difficult.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:01, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I see you're on and actively editing. I'm not trying to rush you, but if you have a chance to reply, I'd like to check this AfD off my to-do list. :) Do you have any objections to my unprotecting the page so I can move the article to its proper location? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm sorry I wasn't clear in my first note that I intended to do it. I just wanted to be sure it was okay. I'm on it! :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admin Impersonator

Can you block User:Cho_Seung-Liu? He is an admitted admin impersonator who fakely closed an AFD, made fake denied unblock requests. His Contributions says it all. Momusufan (talk) 15:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

nvm, someone else just already blocked him. Thanks anyway. Momusufan (talk) 15:27, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] More grawp IPs

See;see

I'm not sure if blocking IPs helps much; he seem to be able to get a new one as fast as he wants; world-wide range, too.

Cheers, Jack Merridew 15:05, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Next update pic

Can you just confirm for me the pic is displaying properly? It's not displaying on my PC but I've had this problem before and it apparently relates to using Popups. Just wanna be sure it's only my PC and not a problem with the pic itself. Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 15:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, seems to have rectified itself. Must have been Popups again, it does that sometimes. Gatoclass (talk) 15:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter - Issue 3

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 3 • 22 March 2008 • About the Newsletter
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Archives • Newsroom • Full Issue • Shortcut: WP:USRD/NEWS
Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Want to change your method of delivery? – It's all here. —О бот (т • ц) 21:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NJ NHL's

That would be great if you could get some pictures of them. I usually build up a list and when I head that direction, try to get as many as I can. I noticed you added a new photo for the John Jay house. I took one a few weeks ago that I just hadn't gotten around to posting. Glad it's been updated, regardless of whose photo is used. dm (talk) 02:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:70.108.92.126

In regards to that user, the IP 1)had called me an ass and 2)kept posting comments on my page after I had asked him/her to stop. The editing of the Elisabeth Hasselbeck article is just one part of it. Also, the user violated the block by using a sock. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 13:48, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 14:14, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

1)I didnt call Ag an ass. I said dont be an *ss. There is a difference.
Ag called others the pejoritive "crank" here. Y wasnt he reprimanded\blocked?
2) I didnt continually post comments. I pasted his comment 2 me on his page & removed it form mine.
70.108.115.143 (talk) 14:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] block being circumvented

This is a "heads up" that your denial of his unblock request is being circumvented yet again. See User talk:70.108.115.143. Thanks. --Art Smart (talk) 14:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Because the orginal block wasnt justified. I asked for it 2 be reviewed and was ignored.
The orig block said I was deleting my discussion page to hide warnings which isnt true. I linked comments & replies to where they r on poster's disc page.
All my edits have edit summaried. Im not vandalising wiki. 70.108.115.143 (talk) 14:46, 23 March 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.108.115.143 (talk)

[edit] DYK update

I notice that we were both trying to update DYK at the same time. I'll let you complete it. I should go offline anyhow. Happy Easter! Royalbroil 15:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Username hard block

Would it be possible to put a hard block on This name? It was softblocked, then it created This account for spam. AADexposed is currently on a 1 week block for spamming the website Governwhore.com. Momusufan (talk) 16:27, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK verifying

Saw you were doing these and mine was missed, probably because you don't have access to the book. If you were wanting to verify the 19 March entry for 1973 Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape article without access to the book in question, the song being banned can be verified here, and it reaching number one can be verified directly here or here by searching for the song title as there's no direct link. Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 17:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. And the Warfield interview does reference it, in the third paragraph down - "Only the Helicopter Song, was actually banned". One Night In Hackney303 14:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sifu Keith

I see your concerns but I do make decent edits about other things too. I do not intend to advertise but just to list some things that i believe that could be notable but I see where I might be at fault, but how do you insist in me in changing some of these things?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sifu-keith (talk • contribs) 22:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Is it possible to find some more sources of information on this topic Tara Jarmon? It is tagged with a notability tag, and there are currently 31 articles in the scope of wikiproject Canada which are tagged with notability concerns, so I am contacting all the article creation editors to see if the quantity of notability concern articles can be reduced, and quality increased. For more help see this note. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 18:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Book Info

Thanks for the heads up on the book. I hope you like what I have done with Newburgh (town), New York. Unfortunately, I have to force myself to stay away from it for awhile. It is like peanuts; you have to force yourself to give it up, and I have been spending far too much time with it. While laying in bed at night, I will think of something I should change, or add, or make clearer. That's not healthy. So the time has come to let someone else chip in. I wanted you to know that one of our Town Councilmen added a "direct link" between the Town's official web site and the article. I was rather taken aback when I heard that, because I don't know if that is acceptable to wikipedia or not. I have never seen that done with any other web site. Is it OK? Hope to hear from you soon.Nghtownclerk (talk) 00:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for some help

Greetings Daniel Case. Is there anything you can do about this obvious intention to gather meatpuppets to push his POV at Jeremiah Wright. Thanks,

Thanks for the help! Grsz 11 04:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great stuff!

Dan, that really looks good. The Danbury historic district picture looked especially good, and you were able to get a good look at the buildings now that the leaves are off the trees. You've done great work in building up several articles, I see. I've got a list of things near Stamford and Norwalk I plan to get to before the leaves grow back on the trees. Another editor has done some great work on List of museums in Connecticut, which could point you to some interesting spots. If railroad museums interest you, there are two or three more in the state. For my picture-taking, I've tended to stick around southern Fairfield County so far, but I think I'll be taking occasional forays here and there. Have you seen Metacomet Ridge and all its 40 associated articles? I think that's the first Connecticut-area featured article. I learned from it that there are cactuses native to Connecticut. Your pictures are fantastic, please keep taking them. Noroton (talk) 15:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Years ago I remember taking a little antique train somewhere between Kingston and Woodstock. The Acela whizzes along the New Haven Line so often that I barely notice it when it passes by. Stamford and New Haven are both stops. There is a tiny museum in South Norwalk run by die-hard train enthusiasts called the Sono Switchtower Museum (picture). They'll talk your ear off about how workers would wait, then get notice that a train was coming, and start moving gears so that the train would either continue on the New Haven Line or go up the Danbury Line. The small Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is a few blocks away and has an IMAX theater. Boats leave from a dock at the aquarium for harbor tours to the lighthouse, but I wouldn't bother with it unless the idea really interests you. South Norwalk (Metro-North station) is about a 10-minute walk to the Switchtower museum, with the aquarium another 10 minutes or so beyond that. This section of Norwalk is noted for its preserved buildings. I should write some of this up in a "Within walking distance" section of the South Norwalk station article. Noroton (talk) 19:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Sneha Anne Philip

I have nominated Sneha Anne Philip, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sneha Anne Philip. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Jmlk17 06:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Giving The Office project a boost

I think getting it on the main page would be a great idea, but it would have to be cleared through the FAR that it's currently in. The best idea would be to have some of the original users who worked to promote it to FA class, as well as those of us who are involved in the Project to do some sweeps over it, and make sure it's at a sure FA class. Once we get that, then I think that getting it on the main page would be a great idea. As always, have a great day! Mastrchf91 (t/c) 18:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good. Although I'll be gone for the next two days and won't be able to work on it, I'll have a practically free weekend in which I can hopefully implement some of the changes. I'll dig around this evening and try to find some of the major contributors to the initial FAR. Mastrchf91 (t/c) 00:34, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Reservoirs

Dear Daniel, I know you are busy, just a quick question please: I was wondering (hoping) if the idea of a Wikiproject: Reservoirs ever came to fruition? I don't see recent discussion on WP Lakes/talk page, besides my input, or a listing of such a project...Is it a dead idea? Sincerely, Marcia Wright (talk) 14:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Links to external videos at Judoka wiki pages

Hello Daniel,

You blocked my IP a while back, due to adding video links on Judoka articles on Wiki.. You told me to take it up with the martial arts wiki to discuss if the links could be allowed as a valuable addition to the written information.

I have added a question here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPMA

but have not had any reponse so far, could you help me out a bit and point me in the right direction? What should I do, I truely think that videos of Judoka's in action are an extreme valuable addition to the articles.

Thank you for your time and effort!

Regards,


Evdz (talk) 00:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip Daniel, I'll try that! Evdz (talk) 08:46, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dunning House

Updated DYK query On 29 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dunning House, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 08:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your block on 87.189.65.193

I noticed that you blocked me for "edit warring and disruptive behavior". Now I plead guilty on the first charge, so I wonder why you didn't block Collectonian‎? Was his edit warring more your flavor?

You are wrong however on the second charge. I honestly wanted to improve the article, Collectonian‎ didn't understand the changes I made an reverted them for that. If anything, you should chastise him for doing changes he does not understand and for failing to AGF.

So, what do you think? --87.189.110.194 (talk)

Why do you think I care whether some IP I'll probably never use again is unblocked? I asked you for your opinion, and I thinkt he polite thing would be to answer me. --87.189.82.196 (talk)
Ok then, have it your way. --87.189.113.214 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)




[edit] re block of User:78.16.122.227

I was also reviewing the AIV report and noted that the editor had said they would cease reverting - even though they had violated 3RR - so I left this comment. Under the circumstances, would it be okay to lift the block, per AGF and IAR? I don't think the editor is malicious, and there are people wanting to help him/her. I will do it, if you agree and prefer. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello Daniel Case. Would you 'revert' the anon's last edits at British Isles and Northern Ireland? I can't as I've reached my 2-revert limit. GoodDay (talk) 23:05, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Daniel Case. Also, I've just opened discussions with the anon. GoodDay (talk) 23:20, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re block of User:172.164.74.223

You've blocked this for 1 month (at my request), but less is probably appropriate here - the AOL IPs the UPN vandal uses change frequently, I've seen him use 3 in one day. A 48 hour block would be enough. I'll ask for that next time - and there's bound to be a next time, he's been pushing this tired hoax for over a year now. Thanks for the block, btw. Bazzargh (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

speak of the devil... a little further up in my watchlist, here he is again. 172.129.31.5 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log). *sigh* Bazzargh (talk) 19:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 31 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rowena Memorial School, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] WikiProject The Office (US) April 2008 Newsletter

The April 2008 issue of The Office WikiProject newsletter has now been published. By following the link provided, you may view the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification. Thank you. Mastrchf91 (t/c) 21:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block of IAmPwnSizzle

Hello. My account IAmPwnSizzle was banned because you thought the name was inappropriate. However, I have examined the rules carefully, and I don't see what is wrong with such a moniker, and found it to be legitimate by the sites standards. if you could let me know of your reasoning that would be much appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.80.150.19 (talk) 21:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] IP 123.116.225.244, 123.115.151.72, and the range 123.112.0.0 - 123.127.255.255

Hey Daniel, I saw you blocked 123.116.225.244, there was also another IP with similar activity, 123.115.151.72. Just pointing it out. Also, I did a WHOIS, and it comes from quite a large range. As I pointed out here, it's a Chinese IP, which may cause some issues if we rangeblock it, but, would there be a way to keep an eye on those IPs? They probably could start IP hopping, but, like I said, it may be too far a range to block. What would you suggest here? And I hope I'm not stepping on your toes, so to speak, just trying to help out. Regards, Steve Crossin (talk to me) 06:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] User:Everyoneisstupidexceptme

I'm not going to change anything, but I just wanted to comment that you might have been a little harsh to block this user. Insulting isn't the same as offensive, and it was probably meant ironically. I would have let them edit for a bit. But what's done is done. DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:14, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ryoko Hatake (talk · contribs)

Hi there. I think maybe I've been too hard on some vandal-only accounts. I noticed that this user was only vandalizing, and yet you only blocked him for 24 hours. I was under the impression that vandalism-only accounts should always be indefblocked. If you could explain your thinking process on this, it would help me alot with my new mop. Thanks! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 14:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hulked Up

I could be wrong, but it seems like the IP editors who were vandalizing Powers and abilities of the Hulk have returned with a couple of aged socks to defeat the semi-protection. Check out User talk:Jupiterjoey31 and User talk:Rufus367. I notified User talk:Lord Sesshomaru since he filed the report for protection, and he suggested I let you know also. Thanks! Redrocket (talk) 04:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Daniel, some of these puppets are listed over here. Pretty sure that's all of them, but this could be double-checked. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:14, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the attention and the proper sockpuppet notice, I wasn't sure which of the two original sockpuppet masters came first. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks! Redrocket (talk) 14:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Nukeevry1

Hey, would you consider changing this to a softblock? His one edit was a good one. I was considering blocking him myself, until I saw the edit. Up to you though, take care. --Bongwarrior (talk) 02:22, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, appreciate it. --Bongwarrior (talk) 02:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] asdfxg

I chose this name because all the ones i wanted were taken. I dont have any problem if you want to change it ^^

[edit] I'm sorry for all the trouble

Dear Daniel Case, it is me xgmx, I come here today to apologize for being the jerk and vandal I was. At the time I didn't know I was being a vandal, but now I see the error of my ways, I hope you can find it in yourself to forgive me.--4.244.33.116 (talk) 02:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

The IP sock User talk:4.244.33.116 wants to email you as per your request, but can't because he's blocked. Normally I'd just continue to delete his comments as a banned user, but you did tell him to email you so I'll just let you handle this one. He's commenting on his talk page. Thanks! Redrocket (talk) 03:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] KellyAna

Thanks for the kind words at KellyAna's talkpage, they mean a lot to me. Sometimes I forget that each thing I do is being watched by many people, but it's good to know that I am acting in a way that you find honorable.  :) --Elonka 03:15, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NYSR Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 1

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[edit] Block of Sixpencentr

I disagree with your block of User:Sixpencentr. That user was almost certainly not a promoter for Sixpence None the Richer, but a fan, and he was making constructive edits to that article (and some edits that were only unconstructive because our image policy is confusing). In other words, I think you've blocked a good-faith user. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 18:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

This is one of those cases where discussion would be a lot more beneficial than blocking. I don't put any faith in arguments that we should block someone because otherwise something undesirable or confusing might happen later. I rarely think unblocking helps the situation once a newbie is blocked, but I will try it. They're a good-faith editor, so what is the "risk" you're talking about? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 18:56, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
The risk of other editors assuming an inability to follow NPOV due to the name and edit wars or such arising. No, really, why are we blocking newbies based on hypothetical mild risks? I have warned the user about this possibility, and that's the most that needed to happen. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 19:21, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trying to Contact Daniel Case

Hi Mr. Case,

I am trying to contact you regarding the Hulet Clark Farmstead and house. I believe I have some information you may be interested in and I'm sure you have lots of information I would love to hear. Can you please contact me or let me know how I can get in touch with you?

Sincerely, Brian

[edit] we were both trying to upload dyk

I'll step back. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 17:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

'ectually( :-) ) its "sunday tea" don't forget the archive (I have missed one from earlier!) other than that ... I'm off down the pub! Victuallers (talk) 17:25, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Farmer's and Manufacturer's Bank

Your new article for Farmer's and Manufacturer's Bank has yet another great pic. I am inclined to believe you must indeed have some photographical skill, above and beyond whatever super-duper camera you may use.  :) Nice job! Also, thank you for contributing the two recent NYS NHL pics, for John Jay Homestead and another. Nice work. doncram (talk) 10:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Long Cat Is Loooong ---bad name

You banned an account: "Long Cat Is Loooong" for among other things a username violation saying: "Your account has been blocked indefinitely because it is a blatant violation of our username".

I'm curious as to how you think this name actually violates the username policy. It isn't profane, it's not attacking anyone, near as I can tell it isn't imperinating anyone, and it makes no suggestion that it's intention is not to make constructive edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.30.97.144 (talk) 18:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm actually going to support this block. The relevant block was for vandalism. I would say that Daniel weakened his justification for the block somewhat by making it a username block at the same time. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 19:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
The username in question had been noted as being tied to a 4chan meme. I added the username block just to make clear that similar usernames would not be tolerated. Daniel Case (talk) 20:34, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Membership Reconfirmation

Hello there! If you're receiving this message, it means that you are currently in the Participants category of The Office WikiProject. A message involving reconfirmation was included in the current newsletter, but it was a bit buried, and I wanted to make sure that everyone received notice of this so we can get as accurate of a count as we can. The WikiProject is currently trying to find how many users listed in the Participants section are active members, and if you have a spare moment later, it would be a big help if you noted your reconfirmation by simply signing your signature here. And if you're a non-member reading this, feel free to drop by and add your name to the reconfirmation category; you'll be added into the list once it's finished. Thanks, and have a great day! Mastrchf91 (t/c) 21:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help with a potential DYK

Hi again. I've created an entry for the Decker Building which the more I look into it, the more interesting it is. I'm planning on taking it's picture tomorrow, and further fleshing out the Warhol connection.

I feel there's a DYK in there, but have never done one before. Can you give a hand or a pointer? Thanks dm (talk) 06:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The article has potential, but it will need more text. The guideline is 1500 characters, minimum, not counting infoboxes and references. (Not actually counting), I'd estimate that it's at about 700 now.--Appraiser (talk) 12:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
It appears to be around 2000 characters now. I'm thinking the DYK would be "the Decker building, an 1892 Moorish influenced design, is where Andy Warhol had his Factory from 1967-1973, started his time capsule series, and was shot in 1968." Or is that too much? dm (talk) 05:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I like it.--Appraiser (talk) 12:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
It's in, now I just cross my fingers. Thanks for your help dm (talk) 04:15, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Events

Daniel, hi, just wanted to let you know that KellyAna (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log · rfcu) came back briefly, and tried to post what may or may not have been private correspondence on your talkpage. She has now been blocked indefinitely. I reverted her edit here and deleted it out of history, but as you're an admin, you can definitely still see it. I am also willing to forward you any emails that I have received from KellyAna et al., if you would like to review them for yourself. FYI, --Elonka 03:39, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Hello, it is my intent to wish you greetings and salutations. I hope everything is well with you. It is my endeavour to accomplish the feat of becoming a wiki-friend to everyone on this website. Will you oblidge to help me, by becoming my wiki-friend? I hope you are able to help me out with this fetish of mine.

216.229.227.142 (talk) 15:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store

Hi, just been reading the above - interesting stuff, but I did see that there appears to be a problem with your cite web reference - I don't know the source so I was unable to fix it. Thought you should know. – ukexpat (talk) 17:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comfort Station No. 68

You said that NRHPs that are in HDs are CPs, but if the station was listed in 1988, and the HD in 1997, isn't it still a RHP in its own right since the designation preceeded the HD? Katr67 (talk) 19:57, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. So they can be both at the same time then? Katr67 (talk) 20:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIII - April 2008

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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
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Welcome to the Twenty Third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.

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[edit] a new article for DYK

Hello, Daniel Case, there is a new article on a Chinese athlete Jin Jing. We want to push this article onto the "Did you know" on the main page. Could you give us some comments on the talk page of that article? How should we improve that article? If it's a good one, could you please help us put this article onto the "Did you know"? The question could be '[Jin Jing|Who] is called the "Smiling Angel in Wheelchair" by Chinese people?' Thanks!--Supportjinjing (talk) 23:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hi Daniel. I really have a big request for you but I feel a bit guilty editing when I should not be, so could you please unblock my talk page so that I could talk from there. Any bad editing or language there and I give you full permission to block my talk page again. I am sorry for creating this account, I just couldn't find an email address for you anywhere, and it can be blocked once again as soon as you have replied to this. Regards. I Admit this is Grant Chuggle (talk) 14:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Office Links

Hey Daniel, just wanted say hey and give you a pretty good link I found. This link has a good amount of sources and references that I've been using lately for The Office articles, and I thought you might find a bit of use from it. Mastrchf91 (t/c) 18:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK update is late

But it's ready if you have time to post it. Gatoclass (talk) 13:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I can't do it - not an admin. That's why I have to find someone else to do it.
I'm just going through the DYK admins right now posting to people who have recently been active. Notified three so far but only had a response from you, so I guess I'll have to keep trying :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 14 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Luckey, Platt & Company Department Store, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bookworm857158367 (talk) 04:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

You active Daniel? DYK is late. Gatoclass (talk) 11:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block of Benedictlezar

Thanks for blocking him, I was constantly trying to revert his edits, but didn't know if or how to block him.
So, thanks for blocking him! --Boris Barowski (talk) 16:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 15 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Farmer's and Manufacturer's Bank, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 02:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] JJonz returns, again and again

Gorsham23 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Don't know how the CU missed this one, must be an unrelated ip. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 02:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adirondacks

Hi, Daniel, how are you? Word on the street (actually, Ruhrfisch tipped me off) is that you're an aspiring Adirondack Forty-Sixer (if you're not one already). I've recently written the biography for Bob Marshall (wilderness activist), who you might be aware of; he was one of the three original 46ers. I was wondering if you would be willing to look it over and perhaps comment at the peer review? I'm hoping to take the article to FAC in the next few weeks, but I would love to know how it stands from the POV of someone with experience not only with Marshall's favorite region, but with hiking, camping, etc. I don't like to climb hills, let alone mountains, so I'm not an expert by any means. :) If you don't have the time, no worries. Take care, María (habla conmigo) 13:33, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Block

[6] Err. Wow. Indef. on an IP who was not currently vandalising and had made only two bad edits today? Am I missing something here but that seems, well, not right. Pedro :  Chat  20:48, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Cool. I was wondering why you'd indef'd an IP ...! Thanks. Pedro :  Chat  20:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Daniel, out of courtesy please see User_talk:Pedro#Accidental_indef_block_of_IP as I've disputed your block with the reporting editor, and do not wish to be seen to have done this "behind your back" as it were. Pedro :  Chat  21:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYKs

I squeezed in an extra one at T:DYK to your update (Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley, by One pound (talk · contribs)), since there was still room (particularly on tomorrow's Main Page) and we've got a growing backlog! Just thought I'd mention it whilst you're handing out the credits, in case it gets overlooked! Regards, BencherliteTalk 21:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: DYK

Thanks! That's the first time I've gotten two DYKs in the same day :) Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 22:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for the barnstar. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 23:10, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] İmambayildi

Hi, if you are still online, I will have a move request from you regarding the article İmambayıldı. Thanks a lot. --Chapultepec (talk) 23:21, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it's ok, thanks. --Chapultepec (talk) 23:29, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Record banners.jpg)

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[edit] DYK: O. H. Booth Hose Company

Updated DYK query On 17 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article O. H. Booth Hose Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

You also got the picture slot. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 22:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peace College Main Building

Hello there, I have a question for you. I'm kinda stuck on ideas for writing a hook. I don't want it to be too wordy, but I think it should include information about it being a military hospital for Confederate soldiers and as offices for the Freedmen's Bureau before it was used as an educational building. Do you think it needs to include all of that? Thanks. (P.S. Although the edit history shows April 12th as the first edit, it's because it was is in my sandbox until last night.) AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 23:45, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Devil Wears Prada

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[edit] PT boats, RI and MA

Hi Daniel -- Have fun this weekend. I'm going to upload some historic pics to illustrate the PT 617 article, I'm glad it will benefit sometime from your better ones. PT 796 also at the PT Boat Museum awaits you, as far as i am concerned, like the RI NHLs do, and I don't expect to get into the MA NHL list either for awhile. I am mostly working with others on the VA NHL list now. We have about 300 NHLs elsewhere to finish, then your backyard is getting saturated, too. :) doncram (talk) 17:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Awesome news about scoring all the remaining 44 NHLs in the state of Rhode Island! Yikes about a $44.00 tab to get into the PT Boat Museum. Sounds like a great activity for u + son, if he doesn't mind so much. :) FYI, Altairisfar completed out pics for Alabama's 36 NHLs recently, and Elkman and perhaps Appraiser and others finished out Minnesota's 22, but RI would be the biggest yet. Since states with undisclosed archeological sites would be harder to finish out, perchance that's the biggest state possible to complete out, too. (Oh, related to that, I never succeeded in contacting u off-record, would u mind sending me an email via red wikipedia email box on my userpage?) If u'r still on-line, check the main page right now to see my first DYK, which is a leading one with pic, for Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia). I am v. proud. :) doncram (talk) 04:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 18 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hasbrouck House (Poughkeepsie, New York), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Cirt (talk) 18:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I give up: which is firehouse #3?

I was looking at Lady Washington Hose Company and wanted to add mentions of the two other firehouses that are on the NRHP. The second one is obviously O. H. Booth Hose Company, but I couldn't find the third. Nothing matches either in Category:Poughkeepsie, New York (so it hasn't been created) or on List of Registered Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York (so if it's there, it's under a name that is not recognizable). Can you help me? Circeus (talk) 20:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I'm myself currently set back by a stupid keyboard impediment (practically dead spacebar). Circeus (talk) 03:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lady Washington Hose Company DYK

Updated DYK query On 19 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lady Washington Hose Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 05:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sabine Günther DYK

Hi! Could you confirm that Sabine Günther is now eligible for DYK? You put it on hold earlier. Thanks, Punkmorten (talk) 18:54, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 20 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harlow Row, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--DaughterofSun (talk) 04:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 21 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Market Street Row, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel (talk) 00:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On April 21, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Poughkeepsie Trust Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Fine Arts
Awarded to Daniel Case for fine work at DYK on architectural heritage listed articles. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
And of course, it would be great if you could make them in multiple-hook forms...to save some real estate....and it you probably don't have to slave away as much on the backlog. Thanks again, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template talk:Did you know

Hello there. I have provided additional references and several alternative hooks for Po-on which can see here. Could you please kindly review them? Thank you in advance... - DaughterofSun (talk) 23:12, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Po-on (novel) DYK'd. Thank you for your assistance... - DaughterofSun (talk) 16:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] as i stated before

terribly sorry for everything--xgmx (T | C | D | R | DR)

[edit] Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House

It was nice to see your contributions to the page so quickly after its genesis. The recent picture looks great. Its hard to get post-1920s pictures without copyright entanglements. They really add alot to the entries, I think.Swampyank (talk) 15:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lost hooks

I am lost. What happened to these two hooks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Did_you_know&diff=next&oldid=207708113
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Did_you_know&diff=next&oldid=207700139

--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 22:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Davison's Mill

Please see my explanation re my nom for this article at T:TDYK. Mjroots (talk) 18:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 27 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 11:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jahar Dasgupta

Hi Daniel! Sorry to bother you, but I was just curious - you blocked User talk:Jahar.dasgupta for an inappropriate username, but as I understand it the accusation was that he shared the same name as the article Jahar Dasgupta. I presume from that he wasn't really Jahar Dasgupta? Or is there another issue at play? No hassles either way - I'm just curious, more than anything. - Bilby (talk) 05:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

No hassles - I figured that either you had a good reason, or that you would know what to do (presuming it hadn't already been done). Thanks heaps for letting me know. - Bilby (talk) 14:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Have you had a look at his edit history? [7] Every single edit has to do with his wikispamming himself into articles. How can it be argued that he isn't "using it [his account] solely for promotional purposes"? I believe your original block was correct. Now that you've looked at his diffs, do you think it should be reinstated? Thanks again for your continued attention to this! Qworty (talk) 17:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

I believe I see what you're saying. Am I wrong in assuming that one blockable problem with usernames is COI? Isn't that why corporate usernames are blocked? If you now agree that he should be blocked for COI/spam, would you care to do so, or is there somewhere specific I should go to request that, such as the COI Noticeboard? Thanks again. Qworty (talk) 17:48, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your input is requested

As per this edit, it appears that you a problem with the practice of placing references shared by multiple contiguous sentences within a single paragraph at the end of the referenced section of text. I request that you join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Citations for multi-sentence paragraphs from a common source to help determine a proper way to handle such situations. --Allen3 talk 15:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 4/28 DYK

Updated DYK query On 28 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Old Colony House, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 19:16, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Harcèlement

Bonjour. Au vu des derniers vandalismes dans fr:Utilisateur:Daniel Case, 1°) le 25 avril par fr:Special:Contributions/IrishSean puis, 2°) ce 29 avril par fr:Special:Contributions/68.33.89.79, et du harcèlement dont tu es la victime ici, notamment par Special:Contributions/68.33.89.79, j'ai bloqué pour 6 mois, sur wp-FR, l'adresse IP 68.33.89.79, après avoir bloqué indéfiniment, il y a trois jours, le compte IrishSean.

J'ai aussi posé, pour 14 jours, une semi-protection de ta page utilisateur, mais si c'est nécessaire, je protègerai pour une plus longue période. Ta page utilisateur et ta page de discussion resteront dans ma liste de suivi smiley. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 00:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TyrusThomas4lyf

Not sure if you still sock-block, but banned user TyrusThomas4lyf (talk • contribs • logs) is back to sock-puppetry as 75.31.245.128 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). As partial evidence, we have

Let me know if you need more information. Thanks.

— Myasuda (talk) 12:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help -- I'll try and put up a case at WP:LTA by the end of the weekend. — Myasuda (talk) 01:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Daniel, I've added the entry per your suggestion: [12] — Myasuda (talk) 15:46, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:UAA comments

Hey -- just FYI, I've noticed you have often left a note like "Discussing with user" or such on the WP:UAA board. Whenever I see those comments, I simply remove the entry: I know that a lot of these users won't ever respond, so it does little good to leave the report up. If there's a reason I'm not seeing why you don't just remove the entries yourself, it might be helpful if it was made a bit more explicit. Thanks! Mangojuicetalk 17:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

It also wouldn't make sense to me to leave "left concern" on the noticeboard. Either way, that's you processing the report as far as I can understand. What should we check on later, exactly? Mangojuicetalk 18:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Hm. When I leave messages for these users, I just stick their talk page on my watchlist, and then I never hear from them, but I would if they responded there. Mangojuicetalk 18:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] expansion

How can I tell how much an article has been expanded to qualify for DYK? I see comments that an article has been expand 5x or more. I'm sure there's a simple way to check, but can you tell me how to see the number of characters in an article? I want to expand the Christ Episcopal Church (Raleigh, North Carolina) article. Thanks. APK yada yada 16:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Clarification - It won't be difficult to see if there's a 5x expansion on the article I mentioned because it's so short, but I was asking about other articles in general. APK yada yada 18:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

Your son needs to behave better ;) Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) 18:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, that was quite a spate of vandalism on your user page. Enigma message 19:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Ugh, he's still vandalizing and attacking people? I wonder why he's given up on me, then. I had a run-in with him when he repeatedly added libelous material to the Dana Jacobson page under the Seancarlin84 account. When that was blocked, he came back with socks to re-add the libelous material and to vandalize my userpage. Lately, the libelous material has been re-added by users who may or may not be related accounts to the Seancarlin84 account. I have no desire to fight the good fight anymore. It's a battle that cannot be won. Enigma message 05:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Block on a Seancarlin84 IP has expired and he's back yet again, as you might've noticed. Hit your page and mine this time. I'm a "rogue admin" and you're a "rouge admin." :) Enigma message 18:36, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Danny you need to relax. You don't get paid for "working" on Wikipedia, so I don't know why you care so much about it. Just relax brother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.2.17.149 (talk) 18:01, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism to your userpage

I gave your userpage a 3 hour semiprotect because of the little flurry of vandalism -- feel free to remove it if you don't want it there. NawlinWiki (talk) 19:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What?!

Hi Dan, I wasn't logged in and I edited a page, you put me on ban for vandalism, what did I vandalise exactly? I was editing the The Sims 2 page, the Kitchen & Bath section, and then I was banned from editing, then I went to see the page, found the page had my edit cut out, I now went to look on the Genie page, my edit is still there, I am happy to see that, but now, what did I vandalize?--Erhama (talk) 06:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Don't Want to Step on Any Toes

Hi Daniel Case. I have been creating some articles from your neck of the woods, in Catskill. Just want to be sure you don't have a backlog of pics you didn't get to yet from there. If you do, please let me know and I'll stop with the Catskill articles. My cousin lives there, and I took the pics when visiting. I'm fairly new to Wikipedia, and don't want to invade anyones territory! I have noted how much work you've done in the Hudson Valley, and lately in RI and I'm very impressed. I'm trying to start doing an article a day. My favorite part is the pics...feel free to add any text you like to anything I've done. BTW, I see from your user page that you went to UB and SU. I started my college career at UB in '80 (didn't end up graduating from there), and I am currently one class away from a Masters in Accounting at SU. Anyway, nice to meet you (so to speak), and please do let me know if I start duplicating any efforts! Lori Lvklock (talk) 12:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 1 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Newport Historic District (Rhode Island), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 15:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 85,000 NRHPS

Wow. Had no idea there were so many. I agree the second hook on Burbank City Hall is better given that fact.Cbl62 (talk) 19:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject The Office (US) May 2008 Newsletter

The Office WikiProject Newsletter
Issue IV - May 2008
Around the watercooler
  • The Office (U.S. TV series) still remains as a Featured Article Review candidate. Please continue to do all you can to improve the article and keep it at Featured status.
  • This month's collaboration is List of The Office (U.S. TV series) episodes. Let's all work together in the month of May to make the list a great one!
  • Another notice to anyone who hasn't received it yet: the WikiProject is going through a Membership Reconfirmation drive. If you are an active editor and have not already reconfirmed yourself, please visit the main page and move your name from Inactive Members to Active Members
  • The Office (U.S. season 2) is currently a candidate to become a Featured List. Feel free visit the page to add a comment to make the article better, or visit the article itself, and help out.
  • Please continue to keep a look-out for anyone who has substantial experience in editing articles pertaining to The Office. If they're not already in the project, informing them about it would be a great idea.
  • The WikiProject page itself is still in need of some help. If anyone could spruce it up, that would be a great help.
From the desk of Mastrchf91

Thanks for taking the time to read this fourth edition of the project's newsletter. As always, thanks to anyone who made any type of edit that improved an article relating to The Office. The size of the edit or edits does not matter, as any help ultimately helped out that article, and thus the entire Project. As always, don't forget to check into the project main page every once and a while, where I will periodically post announcements that are related to different events. Have a great month everybody, and happy editing!

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[edit] Re:Block

I don't know why you block me, put you put me on a block till the 1st of May.--Erhama (talk) 04:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Re:Block

I was blocked offline, I wasn't logged in, my I.P was blocked, but its unbanned now, because the ban expired on the 1st of May--Erhama (talk) 05:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Re:Re:Block

I don't remember the I.P, but I was still blocked from editing pages by you.--Erhama (talk) 05:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] adminship

Hey Daniel Case, we may not always agree on our decisions, but really we both want the same thing, a better, safer Wikipedia. Could you please nominate me for adminship, thanks.--xgmx (T | C | D | R | DR)

[edit] hi

so u work here?--4.244.36.176 (talk) 14:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bwa ha ha

User talk:Electricdancer. The Amazing Four-Minute Lawsuit! -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Law (Scotland band)

I noticed you just deleted this page. Given that they are one of the biggest new bands in Scotland and have gathered considerable media attention, are currently in the midst of a nationwide tour and are working on their first album can you help me understand why you deleted the page without a prod or AFD or some discussion on the talk page? Citizensmith (talk) 21:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll add some references shortly Citizensmith (talk) 22:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ice nine kills

the reason i created an article on ice nine kills was that it was requested and i had heard of them before...their new album was in alternative press, so does that make them notable? Guitardude3600 (talk) 22:31, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

yeah send it to AfD

[edit] New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 04:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ilmin Museum of Art

Hi, Daniel Case. I added more informations about the location related to the history of Joseon Dynasty and other facts. Can you take a look at the section? Thanks.--Appletrees (talk) 15:41, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rhode Island National Landmark Pictures

Thank you for all of your excellent photographs and contributions on the Rhode Island National Landmarks. Maybe I'll take some more pictures of other RI Registered Historic sites in the future. The articles look great with up-to-date pictures. Your work has really improved the Rhode Island pages. Thanks again. Swampyank (talk) 19:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I note the List of NHLs in RI is now complete in terms of both articles and pictures. Perhaps you both took pics of some of the same sites; I think Swampyank created articles for some that you were going to get to. Anyhow, great work! It is the longest list of NHLs that is fully illustrated. Would you like to announce it at WP:NRHP? Or I would be glad to do so. But really great work. doncram (talk) 05:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 5/4 DYK

Updated DYK query On 4 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bellevue Avenue Historic District, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford 20:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pond Eddy Bridge

I would like to write this article if possible. However, what are the guidelines for the Nation Register of Historic Places articles? It would help to know. I've put aside some time for it.Mitch32contribs 18:30, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I doubt I can pay you, I'm not old enough and don't have a job. Also, I wrote a beautiful article. Thanks!Mitch32contribs 21:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Daniel, you're not so bad yourself there, your output is right up there with anyone's. Anyway, I am taking it real easy, only particpating in a few discussions and doing what I like, writing up NRHPs. I reduced my watchlist from 5,000 to about 300, which really helps. I don't watch everything I edit anymore, so if someone yells at me I am more likely to just miss it than anything else. I plan to stay calm. Thanks for the welcome back, looking forward to more New York related content from you. IvoShandor (talk) 20:01, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep, had my preferences set to watch pages I edited, and wa-bam! huge watchlist, it just became addictive after that. Now things are calm, I basically watch pages I have created or worked heavily on, and even some of them I just ignored, apparently I am at 322, with my recent spate of creations, which averages about 20 or so listed changes per day, very manageable. IvoShandor (talk) 20:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Newsletter, Issue 4

The U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 4 • 30 April 2008 • About the Newsletter
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Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Want to change your method of delivery? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot (talk) 05:22, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppetry at Powers and abilities of the Hulk

Could you look into this? Seems a couple of these "new" editors are JJonz and Asgardian socks (see these concerns). Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 15:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK - Alfred Bower

I note your comment about the DYK. I thought the reference I added did mention the "hook" but I can now see it doesn't. I think it may have come from the Betts book I have mentioned elsewhere in the article. Is a book reference acceptable? --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:47, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Salt on Ryan Richards

Hi - I'm unprotecting Ryan Richards, which you salted. The article had been re-created several times, but each iteration was for a different person named Ryan Richards; as such, permanent full protection was perhaps a little extreme. - Jredmond (talk) 18:06, 6 May 2008 (UTC) PLEASE Delete #51, about A Thousand Cranes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Resistlove (talk • contribs) 23:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Johar Ali Khan (Hindustani Classical Violinist)

This user, that you username blocked, is requesting unblocking. Was the block for mere length, or was this one of those impersonating-a-famous-person issues? I ask because his new requested name is similar but shorter. Mangojuicetalk 16:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Dan - I was wondering if you could look over the two in the May 1st (expiring) section? Thanks in advance. « Milk's Favorite Cookie ( talk / contribs) 20:49, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:We Lost

Yes, we lost, but it was a valiant fight. Although the article is no longer featured, it has undoubtedly benefited greatly from the process. As you said, of the concerns that were raised, some were valid, and some weren't, but many of those valid ones can be incorporated relatively easy into the article. As for the nomination/Main Page idea/dates, I think that they all look great and are easily achievable. I'll add your plans to the next newsletter, and most likely keep a small section in every newsletter about them, as well as the current status of the article. The article will soon hold it's featured star once again. -Mastrchf (t/c) 21:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I noticed that Dunder Mifflin was saved from AfD, but I hadn't noticed the great work that you've been doing on the article. It'll be good to have at least one non-episode/episode list article that has been recognized, now that the main page is de-featured. Sometime this summer, I'm hoping to have some time to work on a character article to have it recognized. Mastrchf (t/c) 21:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Iron Man

Daniel, Iron Man has been going through a spate of IP vandalism lately. I think most of it is getting caught and reverted. Is this a good time for semi-protection? joshschr (Talk | contribs) 13:20, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks. I hope it cuts down on the rv's for a while. joshschr (Talk | contribs) 14:58, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Adminstarot Nomination

Hi , I tried to nominate myself for an adminstrator nomination at This Page It ha s been more than 5 days , yet there is no response.Any ideas as to why ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roaring Siren (talk • contribs) 17:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008

The May 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. SteveCrossinBot (talk) 07:54, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] James E King's automotive testicles

I'll tell you what I told seresin. Go ahead. You have my blessing to do so. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I want to thank you for granting my unblock request. I look forward to registering and contributing to Wikipedia in topics beyond truck genitalia. 24.115.224.185 (talk) 02:57, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] My page has been vandalized

If you visit My user page history you will see tha IP Address 144.92.58.224 has been vandlaizing my page.So should he be blocked ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roaring Siren (talk • contribs) 13:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] there has been an incident

[13]--xgmx (T | C | D | R | DR)

[edit] public announcement

I just publicly apologized in-front of everyone: [14]--xgmx (T | C | D | R | DR)

After all the first step to getting back your respect on Wikipedia is admitting you didn't something wrong right?--xgmx (T | C | D | R | DR) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.245.79.186 (talk) 17:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] please unblock me

[edit] Conagher

The film was released July 1, 1991; Ken Curtis died on April 28, 1991; it was clearly his last acting role The dates confirm it.

Billy Hathorn (talk) 03:10, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I BEG OF YOU!!!!!!!! IM SRY!--xgmx (T | C | D | R | DR) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.244.36.52 (talk) 17:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

When you are blocked, the first step to show that you will follow Wikipedia's rules is following the rules by not editing while blocked. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user:68.96.28.154

I have noticed that you have blocked this editor on 24 April. Because it is too old for Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism I am informing you about this --Rjecina (talk) 15:49, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] When placing UAA templates...

...could you indent them so the show up more or less inline with the name they're discussing? It makes viewing the UAA board a bit easier. Thanks! EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, turns out the problem was that there were two noinclude tags back to back, causing a return to be transcluded every time the template was used.[15] Indentation is fixed now.
I'll make sure to only yell at you in the future for stuff that is actually your fault. My bad. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:911reporter

Hi Daniel, I've just come up with above user. Though his/er contribution seems good, but shouldn't s/he change his/er username. Because it matches with http://911reporter.com/. S/he has been an user since 11 September 2007. Any suggestion? Thank you--NAHID 18:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK Swaminarayanism

What do you mean by the hook is uncited?    Juthani1   tcs 01:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

So how do I add a footnote?    Juthani1   tcs 19:35, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Sock

User:PWeeHurman (AKA User:JJonz) is back with yet another sock, self admitted[16], User:Dapullganger4.0. Already starting to harass people too. Can it be blocked? Collectonian (talk) 07:39, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pinky beecroft and the white russians

Daniel, I started this AfD soI'm not opposed to deletion, but the article was twice speedy deleted, never through an AfD (at least not with this title, if it had one under another name I apologize). G4 should only be used for pages that were deleted in an AfD or DRV, not through a speedy. I would urge you to repoen the AfD and to restore the articlke, so that due process can be followed. Fram (talk) 12:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nathaniel White

Updated DYK query On 17 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nathaniel White, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 01:21, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thank-spam

Daniel Case, just a note of appreciation for your recent support of my request for adminship, which ended successfully with 112 supports, 2 opposes, and 1 neutral. If there's something I've realized during my RFA process this last week, it's that adminship is primarily about trust. I will strive to honour that trust in my future interactions with the community. Many thanks! Gatoclass (talk) 06:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou kindly Daniel :) And while I have the opportunity, I'd also just like to say thanks for all the hard work you do on the suggestions page, it's a great assistance to those trying to prepare updates, and I'm sure I speak on behalf of all the DYK regulars when I say that. Gatoclass (talk) 08:54, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No plunder?

I considered naming the section in Draining and development of the Everglades something less definitive, like Population boom and hunting, but that's not hunting described in that section. What if I provided a quote from an author that says it was plunder? Thanks for reading it. --Moni3 (talk) 14:20, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Daniel. I submitted a DYK for this article and can't find it on the list of suggestions or the newly created articles. Would you be able to tell me when happened to it? --Moni3 (talk) 14:14, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK Update

Hi Daniel. The DYK update is late and (I think!) ready to go. Feel like putting it up if you're still about? Cheers, Olaf Davis | Talk 15:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, it's done now. Olaf Davis | Talk 16:53, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ANI thread regarding unblock decline

Please see this ANI thread, where I've criticised an unblock review (a decline) that you performed. Carcharoth (talk) 01:24, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NYSR participants list

As discussed at WT:USRD, the participants list at WP:USRD is being split by state. Since your name has multiple states listed next to it, the designation "NY" has been removed from the large USRD-wide table, and your name has been added to the NY-specific table. This is part of the lengthy process. If this is in error, please let me know immediately. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 04:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Could you look into this...

User:Angela2109 ran into some trouble with image uploads. You unblocked her. It appears that User:Die Profis - Die nächste Generation is now indiscriminately tagging ALL of the images she uploaded for deletion, without checking them and without regard for whether or not they are copyright infringements. Since you are familiar with this situation, and you pledged to help her out, perhaps you could look into this. User:Die Profis - Die nächste Generation is largely an SPA whose sole purpose appears to be to get Angela2109's images all deleted. I can't make heads or tails of what is going on, but since you seemed to be on top of this situation already, I thought I could see what you thought and how we should proceed... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 16:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image taggings

Hi. I just noticed that one of the photos that the person uploaded I have seen somewhere else before and checked to see if there were any more problematic images. I asked what to do here [17] and just followed instructions after presenting evidence. I have had no malice towards the person who did them, but there is something fundamentally wrong about taking images and passing them off as their own. Especially the most blatant one of a photo of New York in the 1970s which they claimed was self-made, but they on their user page claim to be a "20 something photgrapher" - so unless they have a time machine, they could not have taken a photo of New York City then. The evidence was a pattern of behaviour, something that hopefully will change in future. I had no malice or no desire to have anyone banned, just wanted to make things right. I did not take unilateral action, I asked what was the proper thing to do after finding a problem. Die Profis - Die nächste Generation (talk) 03:04, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicatorr4.071, a JJonz sock?

Seems likely. Could it be blocked and tagged like the others? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Puppetmaster

Hi, you expressed concern about Die Profis - Die nächste Generation. I recently had an ordeal with some socks and had no choice but to bow out of a wiki project. This individual should have been smart and stopped placing my name here and there. So I am will express my concern that the above may be this individual who is in fact connected to a throng of other socks. He also deleted every image I have put up to the now abandoned project. I don't think it is fair for other users to have to suffer. The irony is this individual can potentially be an outstanding editor. He has made legit contibutions and is very committed. However it is clear that communication, collaboration, and compromise are foreign concepts to him. He should have his own personal site to do with what he pleases. Libro0 (talk) 18:49, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] range block

Hey, did you forget about the range block? My talk page was just hit again by you know who. Let me know. Thanks, Enigma message 19:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008

New York City Meetup


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In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

Also, check out our regional US Wikimedia chapters blog Wiki Northeast (and we're open to guest posts).
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 23:35, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question about images that have the wrong license

What is the procedure for images that have the wrong license and/or may be deriviative images created by someone which are of dubious copyright status? Die Profis - Die nächste Generation (talk) 03:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with another user

Hi. Libro0 accused me above of being a sockpuppet. I replied to him on his talk page and he seems to think my taking him to task was " worst thing you could have done" then goes to insult me. He seems like some sort of troll or something. Die Profis - Die nächste Generation (talk) 22:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Libr0

Hi. As best I can figure out he suspects that I am a sockpuppet because I edited two articles about trading cards I found randomly, just adding the metric measurements, and then tagged images for deletion that were copyvios. He apparently has badgered users who edited the trading card articles. He aeems like a bit of a crackpot since he seemed to propose that editors give their credit card info to prevent sockpuppets. [18] So he really has a bee in his bonnet about that issue. Die Profis - Die nächste Generation (talk) 23:22, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dunder Mifflin

It's long past now, but I just wanted to let you know that I don't hold any grudges over the Dunder Mifflin deletion discussion. I was in your position once; I mounted some deletion drives (my little crusade once summer was the many unsourced, likely nn articles on drinking games. I got about half of them deleted) but since then I've backed off. Your nomination did result in considerable improvements to a then-rather disorganized and poorly-sourced article; exactly the sort of collaborative dialectic by which Wikipedia works. I understand and accept that you have the best interests of the project in mind. Daniel Case (talk) 14:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I completely understand and am on the same page. There was certainly no acrimony meant in my 'crusade', as it were. If anything I actually have a personal prejudice towards being a fan of the show, I just make a sincere effort never to allow subjective motivation enter into the editing I do on Wikipedia. Even though I did not prevail in my efforts I am glad it acted as a catalyst for improvement in the article. Looking back I garnered quite a bit of useful knowledge from the experience that I hope I am putting to good use in the Vandalism Patrol. I just wanted to thank you for your gracious reply and I apologize for the delay in a response (my life has been a tad hectic lately). I know the core motivation in both our minds was the success of the project. Be well. LeilaniLad (talk) 13:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Riccardo Ingram

Hi, I recently uploaded a picture to be used on Riccardo Ingram's page but when I put it on there it stretched out. Any idea how I can fix it so it is the same size as I uploaded it as? The picture is still on the page. -Philatio (talk) 06:57, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Daniel! -Philatio (talk) 19:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] nom

Thanks for the nom .... I just finished writing the article and I was just going to add the hook when I saw you had anticipated the wording.... I'll add an image. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 18:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK Reval

Hey there, I noticed you negatively evaluated Alaska Steamship Company's DYK nomination. I've since done a bit more work on it, so would you mind re-evaluating it? I don't mean to be impatient, it's just that I want to get it in there before the nomination expires. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 23:15, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rolo Lamperouge

Thank you for your intervention.

-- Fallacies (talk) 05:38, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion review for Template:Bbblock

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:Bbblock. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. — xaosflux Talk 11:06, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK nom of Bangladeshi intelligence community

Hi Daniel - taking into account your comments and that of Bedford, I have made these changes (see hook on Bedford's comment). I hope this works out, Vishnava talk 21:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Celine Dion

Not on my talk page, please

Relocated here. Kww (talk) 14:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ken Curtis

After the series "The Yellow Rose" ended Ken more or less retired, doing occasional personal appearances and autograph signings He made only four more television appearances: Airwolf (1986), Once Upon a Texas Train with Willie Nelson (1988), In the Heat of The Night (1990), and Conagher (1991) with Sam Elliott, which was broadcast after Ken’s death. Ken Curtis died in his sleep at his ranch in Clovis California on April 28th 1991 of a heart attack. His ashes were scattered in the Colorado flatlands where he was born. -- from Ken Curtis remembrance site Billy Hathorn (talk) 03:43, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] to Daniel

It has received the two signatures and is now listed as active. Just letting you know. Daniel Case (talk) 04:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Dear Daniel, Thank you for letting me know. May be a stupid question but where does this lead to? Tom

[edit] The Locusts

Updated DYK query On 26 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Locusts, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 13:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Video at NYC meetup?

I'm not sure whether you can even come or not, but I wonder if it's possible you could take over for User:Nightscream in bringing a video camera this time. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 21:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to ping you again, but it would be great if we knew one way or the other. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 21:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Replicator4.7

Likely sock of JJonz a.k.a. PWeeHurman that hasn't been blocked yet. His talk page has been tagged for weeks now, but no action was taken. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

And I found another, CudbeJJonz1motime (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). I am now reverting his edits. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:00, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ralph Fitzherbert

Updated DYK query On 27 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Fitzherbert, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 19:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Much appreciated

Thank you for the explanation re: blocking of vandals. Cheers, JNW (talk) 20:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi D.C.: Would you take a look at this [19] when you have a chance? This user has appropriated the user page of another editor, and made it their own. Someone once did this with my page, and was blocked for it. Thanks again for your good work, JNW (talk) 02:58, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I see, they have fooled with the user's name; it's user:marlith. JNW (talk) 03:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Much appreciated. Cheers, JNW (talk) 03:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pater Patriae

Hello again, I am involved in an edit skirmish that I do not want to make into a war over at Pater Patriae regarding the inclusion of Kim Gu. As I said on the talk page: "No mention anywhere on the internet of Kim Gu being "Father of the Nation". Gu was an important figure in South Korean history to be sure but I found no reference on the internet to him being the Father of the Nation. I have reverted this twice and would not like to get into an edit war." The other party in this dispute is just an IP address. What can I do? -Philatio (talk) 21:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

He edited it again, writing "Dictator" next to a couple names. I undid it. Anyway to stop him? -Phil5329 (talk) 19:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

WP:RFCU is a convenience for CheckUsers, so that they are not inundated with requests. Most CUs are not posted on WP:RFCU. Jayjg (talk) 03:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't have tagged and blocked him if he weren't. Jayjg (talk) 03:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if that's really necessary; you can always post a note on the Talk: page of the blocking admin - which is exactly what you did. Jayjg (talk) 03:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Let's hope an admin would never do that. An admin should always check with the blocking admin before even thinking of undoing a block. Jayjg (talk) 03:35, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: NY 311 and other Putnam/Dutchess photos

That's great, I look foreward to seeing them. NY 311 has a couple low-quality images now, so more higher-quality ones would be great. I'm sure I could use more for Putnam County articles, as well. Thanks, Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 18:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle

The Barnstar of High Culture
As a newpage patroller, Brewcrewer rarely sees any great new articles. So when he happens across one, like Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle, he can't help but plaster its creators talkpage with the appropiate barnstar.brewcrewer (yada, yada) 04:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plumbush

Updated DYK query On 29 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Plumbush, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 05:20, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Sdfrgthyjuiklop;

Could you please explain why you blocked this user?

As far as I can see, it was a new user trying to make a valid contribution. I see absolutely no sign of vandelism - just a poorly-worded new article, and overwriting of a redirect (which I would presume to be a genuine mistake; AGF).

I'm afraid you might've just killed off a user who may have been a useful contributor - a far worse crime than any vandalism, I think.

--  Chzz  ►  08:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pro Iranian regime users keep reverting biased materials against the opposition

Dear Daniel, I did not get any response about a simple question I had asked you a few days ago after you had notified me about some thing. Any way : The problem we have about the PMOI page where some pro regime users like BoogaLouie keep inserting their biased materials is being extended now to the "Massoud Rajavi" and "NCRI" pages. You see that a supposed Iranian "CreazySuit" has reverted to versions dating back to April. Regards, Tom Davy

[edit] Just so you know...

In New York State Route 32, I had to remove the stuff relating to "visible from the route" as it got a claim of NOR on its Peer Review. Also, once the peer review is completed, I plan to send this to FAC. You're free to help if you'd like.Mitch32contribs 14:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, maybe we should redefine the sentences into less OR things. Maybe that would help the situation.Mitch32contribs 14:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok. I agree, make it a little less peacocky and maybe insert a reference or something.Mitch32contribs 14:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Heya, can you fix some of the redlinks? It would be useful.Mitch32contribs 16:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Never mind the above. Anyway, NY 32 is on FAC :D - with NY 28 coming soon after. :D. Any comments?Mitch32contribs 13:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK - Frederick High School

Daniel, on my Frederick High School DYK entry you left a comment that says 404 link. I'm not sure what you mean. I know what a 404 is, but not sure how it relates to the article. If you could clarify, I would appreciate it. Thanks! Wallstreethotrod (talk) 17:01, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK chores

Hi Daniel - is it allowed (and helpful) for a non-admin to do the fact and length checking for DYK noms? I would love to participate in the process. Vishnava talk 21:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I'm on board. However, please do keep an eye on this rookie and lemme know if I mess up somewhere. Vishnava talk 15:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK translation

Hi Daniel. There's a current DYK submission, Martinican Communist Party, which has been questioned based on the sources being in French and Russian. What an auspicious pair of languages, thought I, and came to you at once! Would you mind checking the translation Soman's given? Also, do let me know if my interpretation of how to deal with non-English sources is wrong. Cheers, Olaf Davis | Talk 21:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] to nominate List of NY NHLs for FL

With completion by Lvklock's recent descriptions editing for the List of NHLs in NY, i want to put it up for FL now. Let me know if there's anything you'd like to take care of first, or if you will be very unavailable during the upcoming period of the review. I trust this meets with your approval. Cheers, doncram (talk) 21:36, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I don't know if i specifically thanked you for the copy-edit/review you did during the Peer Review. It did help, and i believe most of your comments were directly addressed by later edits, although they weren't all implemented exactly. I saw them again as i archived that section, along with all others that haven't been changed since the PR ended. At this point, I hope the whole thing looks good to reviewers and that we can get a little star, but I am not eager to go into a zillion details again... :) doncram (talk) 21:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for followup. Do hope that you can follow interesting detours to those NHLs on the way up to Albany. I am afraid pretty soon we will look back fondly at $4.00 gasoline. I am delaying FL nomination for a few days, in case Ruhrfisch can come through with a copy-editor to do a review, anyhow, so while the extra pics aren't necessary for the nomination, you may end up getting them in beforehand. Neat about the RI list now being fully illustrated, i think i hadn't noticed its final completion that way. If the NY NHL list, having been peer reviewed already, gets through FL, it may streamline the way for the List of NHLs in RI. But also, if you put the RI list up for wp:PR, we would get feedback helpful for the NY NHL list too. The NRHP/NHL/NMON/etc. color scheme and other features common to both were developed after NY NHL's PR. So i hope you will put it up for PR, if you are ready. doncram (talk) 18:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Restoration of the Everglades at DYK

Hi, Daniel. I'm not sure who to ask, but I was wondering why the DYK hook for Restoration of the Everglades wasn't chosen from May 25. It seems the articles above and below this one were verified or checked, but this one wasn't. I appreciate your response. Thank you. --Moni3 (talk) 02:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kate Mullany House

Hi Daniel, thanks for the tips. If you look at some of my other contributions to the area NHL lists like the St Peters Episcopal Church in Albany, the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady or the John Trumball House in Connecticut, you'll see I generally try to get an oblique angle for buildings as well. Unfortunately, what the NHS site doesn't show is that the smaller building directly up the road is contiguous with the building and the road Eighth Street intersects -- Route 7 -- is a four lane highway and the busiest thoroughfare in Troy. The NHS must have hit it at a really slow time (or maybe when the road was closed?) to get some of those shots. It's also located in a less than savory neighborhood. There was a domestic disturbance playing out with police down the road at the time I took the pictures, so I didn't really want to linger. -Cg-realms (talk • contribs) 22:23, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

Good luck! If you do manage to get a better photo, please move my photo to the article's existing gallery rather than deleting it outright. -Cg-realms (talk • contribs) 22:45, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Thanks and a question

First of all, thanks for all your work at DYK – I know it's a laborious task, and I doubt the DYK folks get the appreciation they deserve. Have a donut.

You mentioned in response to the proposed hooks for La Peau de chagrin that the section heads in French should not be in French. I disagree with this; only two of the section are titled in French, and for specific reasons (they're not easily translated, and they're both direct quotes). Perhaps you can clarify? Maybe we should discuss on the article's talk page? – Scartol • Tok 11:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Cheers for the fix, and thanks again for all your hard work at DYK. – Scartol • Tok 14:14, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Things visible from New York State Route 32

Hi Daniel. The WP:NOR questions surrounding text supported by accompanying images is interesting and something I have wondered about. I often do my own photography for pages I create or substantially add to, and I realized early on that the photographs themselves constituted a kind of original research and that, furthermore, the original photos seemed to be encouraged on Wikipedia. I had never read WP:OI before this morning, but I had figured out its essence by looking at other Wikipedia articles. I think it's perfectly OK to use non-judgmental descriptions in the photo captions. However, I think it's best to avoid possible OR statements in the main text. I see what you are saying about the New Paltz instance, but I noticed a larger pattern of description of variations in the scenery that seemed unsupported by anything. An example would be: "... at the junction with Malden Turnpike (Ulster County 34), Route 32 turns westward, apparently toward the escarpment, and starts climbing through some rock cuts." I don't know for sure that this is OR, but I am raising the question. "Apparent" to whom? How does the author know the road is "climbing"? How can the "rock cuts" at this point be verified? I am unsure how this level of detail could be accumulated without personal research. Finetooth (talk) 17:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

One of the nice aspects of peer review from the reviewer's perspective is that the review comments can take the form of observations or questions rather than anything resembling marching orders. I find interesting the question of to what extent an original image can be used to verify a point in the text. I don't really know the answer to the question. I don't think you've gone over the line so far as to cause an editorial uproar, and you might not be over the line at all. The article, by the way, is quite good, and I like the photos. Finetooth (talk) 17:09, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination of Dunder Mifflin

The article Dunder Mifflin you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Dunder Mifflin for things needed to be addressed. Gary King (talk) 18:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

All of the ones that are citing websites; it would be preferable if {{cite web}} was used. Gary King (talk) 14:39, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
I have responded to the changes at Talk:Dunder Mifflin/GA1. Please continue the conversation there to keep it all in one place, thanks! Gary King (talk) 17:21, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
A few publishers still are missing. Gary King (talk) 05:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:BWBCadmin

Hi Daniel; I note that you have given this user a {{usernameconcern}} message. Obviously there is no argument as to the unsuitability of the name - it is specifically prohibited in Wiki policy. I think it is fair to say that you and I have slightly different tolerance levels; I would have given an immediate {{usernameblock}}. But I would not argue, and you may well have consensus view with you. My question - how long would you wait for an answer before action, given that the name must ultimately go? --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 19:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I was assuming good faith; I just wanted to get your view on timing so that we all sing from the same hymn book. Clearly the admin who blocked did not take the same view! --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 20:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Great to meet you today

Hi! Wonderful to meet you this afternoon. I found your Hudson Valley userbox and have joined the project. Looking forward to seeing you at future meet-ups. TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 02:47, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HAU

Hello, I noticed you were having a little trouble at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users getting your entry working properly. This is because the bot that we were using to update the status indicator got blocked for editing too quickly and we're still trying to figure out the best workaround. Hence, the instructions are not accurate at the moment. Sorry about the confusion. Useight (talk) 04:27, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Can you look into the activities on Template:Did you know/Next update By an IP address ? -- TinuCherian (Wanna Talk?) - 06:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject The Office Newsletter: June 2008

[edit] The Office Wikiproject Newsletter

The Office WikiProject Newsletter
Issue V - June 2008
Around the watercooler
  • The Office (U.S. season 2) failed as a Featured List Candidate on May 2.
  • The Office (U.S. TV series) was delisted as a Featured Article on May 4. User:Daniel Case is currently in working to run the article through the entire gauntlet:Peer review, Good article nomination, and once again Featured Article Candidacy. Any help with the article through the next few months approaching the season 5 premiere would be greatly appreciated.
  • Dunder Mifflin was nominated for GA-status on May 8. It is currently on-hold after a review. Please visit the article and help improve it.
  • Survivor Man was nominated for GA-status on May 18, but has not yet been reviewed.
  • Please continue to keep a look-out for anyone who has substantial experience in editing articles pertaining to The Office. If they're not already in the project, informing them about it would be a great idea.
  • The WikiProject page itself is still in need of some help. If anyone could spruce it up, that would be a great help.
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[edit] WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:51, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Post Office (Suffern, New York)

Updated DYK query On 4 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article U.S. Post Office (Suffern, New York), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 07:02, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Article

Hello, Daniel.

I'd like you to create a new article for the new game The Sims 2 Apartment Life

Because currently, there is no page for it, while there are pages for the others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erhama (talk • contribs) 10:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible JJonz sockpuppet

Lookertreesor (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Editing patterns are pretty much the same, and the userpage has already been tagged. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 04:42, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 5 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 07:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:ELNUMERO1

Just check his or her talk page and edit history, and you'll see what I mean. This "editor" has had his or her edits reverted several times, been warned several times, and blocked three times. And yet this user's destructive edits continue on Wikipedia. I've gone to three administrators about this previously and you're the fourth. An administrator needs to step up here and ban this user for good. I am asking for your help. I hope that I do not have to go to four more administrators about this. Flyer22 (talk) 20:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for putting a stop to this problematic user. Hopefully, he or she will not show up here again, either as an IP address or as a different user name. Flyer22 (talk) 17:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Hey .Hold up on the update for a sec. I keep getting edit conflicted by you. I saw you add two to the next update that have unsourced hooks. I'll just remove them when they're added to make this a rather smooth process. Wizardman 03:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright. I'll just take out those two and try and find a couple to add in. After that you'll have to finish up, I should've been asleep hours ago >_< Wizardman 03:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
IF you want to hold it off, that's fine, just throw it in a holding bay. 30th's clear now excluding that one at least. Alas I do have to leave now, so you'll have to finish up. Wizardman 03:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Testing

Sorry to bother you, just needed to test this template out on a user with a space in their name, will revert it in a moment. Thank you, — xaosflux Talk 04:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for being my guinea pig! — xaosflux Talk 04:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Romeodamu

Found a sock or impersonator of that Lookertreesor you blocked. Can you also rollback this guy's edits and tag his userpage? I'm going to sleep. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, awake now. Have you read the above message? The offending user has had his edits reverted, but has not yet been blocked. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 19:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block of Pixelsmart

I don't have any strong feeling either way about changing Pixelsmart's block from a hardblock to a softblock, allowing him to choose a new username, but he certainly can't use his company name as a username, especially since he used it to create an article promoting his own commercial research. I also note that Jpgordon neither unblocked him nor contacted me, so I'm not sure how much to make of his comments. Best, MCB (talk) 06:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Weird NJ cover.jpg)

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[edit] Orange County Route 107

Just out of curiousity, do you have a picture of this, its Quaker Street in Cornwall-on-Hudson, also former NY 307. I was hoping you have a picture of it for the article.Mitch32contribs 16:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

NY 307 is also now CR 9 (Main Street) as well, stretching from NY 32 to NY 218. If you could get like 2-4 pics it would help a lot. Thanks!!!Mitch32contribs 18:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] forking Devil Wears Prada production

I noticed that you were in the process of forking this content off, and I'd like to recommend that you not do this at the moment. I think that the section, though large, is not yet excessively so to the degree that it requires a separate section at this point, largely because it still has a fair bit of cruft and PR-ish-ness left in it. I believe that with some considered pruning and consolidation, there is no reason why it cannot remain an intact part of the main film article, and in the process more strongly conform to the style guidelines for film articles - thus making it a stronger candidate for higher assessment levels. Thanks, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 18:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm mainly referring to the lists towards the end which verge on trivia, but also to the excessive - IMHO - quote-picking where summarization of the essential ideas being conveyed would be more efficient and professional. Either way, I'm not convinced that this needs splitting, as we do have a healthy number FAs with dense sections regarding production, themes, or legacy. (And I'm not aware of any of them having split their production information off.) More pressing, however, is that I do firmly believe that if you divorce the bulk of the content about the creation of the film away from the film's article, then whatever is left will be too insubstantial to make it possible for the film article itself to ever reach FA status. Again, I would strongly advise against a course of splitting. Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 18:47, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TyrusThomas4lyf

Hi, sorry to brother you but banned user TyrusThomas4lyf is back to sock-puppetry as User:Squaty squater. He is currently on Kobe Bryant. Some evidences can be seen when I compare their editing patterns.

Let me know if you want to see more evidences. Thanks in advance.—Chris! ct 00:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Recent stuff

Hey, glad you like the portal. I figured, given the Hudson Valley is a fairly important region, it deserves its own portal. I had fun making it, as well. I actually had no idea that those articles are yours, but now that I look at it, only one or two of all the selections weren't created by you. Sorry about that incorrect change I made to US 9 in NY. I thouth it was against the MoS, but I learned something new. About NY 32, I figured it would look better with the pictures spread out, but now it looks great with the new ones you've added. Yea, that'd be great if you could get some photos of NY 28 if you get a chance. I live not too far off, but I don't go up there too often. I'm pretty busy with some current projects, but more articles to work on are always welcome.

I have a question related to the WP:HVNY. According to this list I had someone put together, there are almost 4,300 articles in Category:Hudson Valley and all it's subcategories and subsubcategories and so on. As only about 300 or so have the {{Hudson Valley}} tag, do you know of an efficient way to tag and assess them all? Thanks, Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

No worries, I see you're busy, and yes, the heat really isn't conducive to sitting down and editing much. About the article tagging, it'd be great if you could help out with some of the articles you didn't create. I was planning on waiting until the proposal to add C-Class is closed before starting, though.
Yeah, I know pictures taken from inside a car aren't nearly as high quality as taken from outside. Whenever I can, I try to park and get out of the car, but that's easier said than done on the more major routes with a line of traffic behing me.
That would be good to have some pictures of I-84. I have several from the Fishkill/Beacon area but they're not very scenic. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Sunny910910

User:Sunny910910 is requesting an unblock. You might want to check it out since you blocked. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:05, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Appltrees

He clearly used wiki sistem to check me as he said, the other use of improvement of the account. Is it a gaming, isn't it? [[20]][[21]]. I wish I knew what I should do in this case. I think this is clealy destructive. Please response to him some. Jazz81089 (talk) 14:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Just to let you know, this user posted this message to ANI as well. If you'd like to join in there, the discussion is under User:Appltrees. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
You're gaming the system as using too transparent sockpuppetry, and the checkuser never declined the case. I've written over 400 articles step by step along with getting articles to have 7 WP:DYK and helped anyone who needs my help for articles related to Korean culture. That is quite opposite to that you only have edited 9 times in 3 years and then appeared to blank the same content just as the OCN user did after your 8 month break? That is highly unlikely that you spot the article very soon after your long break. I've followed the every rule to resolve the issue, and among them what have you done? Nothing but just blanking the Korean mention and their job as manhwa artist along with several vandalism on other manhwa related articles from your possible sock IP. Your editing is just like a banned user Azukimonaka (talk · contribs). You have ignored WP:RFC, WP:DISCUSSION and others suggested by me. In this situation, who is gaming the rule? --Appletrees (talk) 18:42, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Romeodamu, Pt. II

Since you (for some reason) did not block Romeodamu, as I reported above, he is now sockpuppeteering with 77Trader. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Whatever an "LTA" is, long as all of this guy's ips are blocked, I'm willing to go for anything. Why didn't you get to 77Trader? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 02:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Faber Optime

Thank you for your comment; clearly a name open to interpretation both ways. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 07:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Culver Randel House and Mill

Updated DYK query On 9 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Culver Randel House and Mill, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 13:49, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Albo2005

Per your request, User:Golf Club Management registered the name User:Albo2005. As discussion (and warnings!) were ongoing regarding conflict of Interest and a neutral version of the article (which is possible, I believe), I've moved the old talk page to the new account. I'll keep an eye on this one; thanks for the catch with the name, I hadn't even gotten that far. Best, UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 14:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Either way, I was focusing on getting the user to not post the article again before it met policy, and hadn't even considered the name. In any event, thanks for taking care of it. UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 14:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for block lift on IP 64.88.86.3

Thanks for looking at that, even though you declined the request. The way you phrased it suggested that someone else would be investigating and that the hard block of the IP address might be lifted. Any idea how that's going? In the event that the IP IS compromised, I'd appreciate knowing, so that I can let someone in IT know about it. Eceresa (talk) 20:49, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MoonbeMars

JJonz again. Might wanna add this one to that LTA you mentioned. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 22:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Permission for Pics

Hi Daniel. You've done a lot more pics than I, I wonder if you can answer a question for me. A friend gave me some pics she took of two ships that are NHL's in Maine. I'm not sure how to go about posting her pics, as far as permission goes. It's easy when they're mine. Lvklock (talk) 00:57, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations Wikimedia NYC Board Member!

And now, for the hard part ;) Our process, as it goes forward from here, is laid out at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Chapter formation. I've written a draft Wikimedia New York City Bylaws at meta, and I would invite you to please comment on it, and make suggestions (see also a couple of possible future Resolutions). This is a critical stage of our approval process, when we must achieve a consensus among ourselves over bylaws, and work with the Chapters Committee to have them accepted. Thanks for your help!--Pharos (talk) 02:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 12 June 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article General John Hathorn Stone House, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 18:25, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Editing Images

Hi Daniel,

I have a high-res updated logo for the Tops Markets page but can't for the life of me figure out how to update it. Can you help me out? If you'd like to take a look at the logo yourself, here's the URL: https://www.topsmarkets.com/logofinder/

Thanks!

MKNZJD (talk) 02:03, 13 June 2008 (UTC)MKNZJD

[edit] RealtyOnlineAdvertising

What's to discuss about this name? It matches a web address and a company name. It should be blocked and the user name changed. PS, would you like me to archive your talk page for you? ;-) — Rlevse • Talk • 02:15, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Auto Archive Bot

I have consulted the help page for this and no luck. do you think you can help me to set up auto archving on my talk page?---Brian Alexander (talk) 20:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] can u take a look at this DYK in trouble

Hi, i wonder if you could take a look at my DYK nomination of List of RHPs in Chicago, the top entry in the June 7 cohort of DYK nominations. Gatoclass seems to be disbelieving my statement, which i believe is very well documented, that there are 296 NRHPs in Chicago. It's at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on June 7 doncram (talk) 22:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)