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[edit] User: Energybase

Dear Deiz, My articles are very neutral. Most articles which are written exist because there is a relation of interest. The interest here is to provide information about institutions which provide support against the climate change issue. It is all non-commercial. The COI starts there where information is given that way that you put yourself into advantage. This is in non of my articles the case, but i try to write upon the structure which is provided worldwide of institutions and tools which provide information and solutions. I try to interlink these. If you want to delete these 2 articles then you will not delete only hours of work but usefull informations and support for people who have the initiative and will to tackle climate change (if it is man-made or not is another question). I appreciate very much the work of wikipedia and i really think that my articles equal the wiki quality as i gave all my respect to this enciclopedia. --Energybase 11:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Kyuss

Why did you delete my additions to the Kyuss (Greyhawk) article? Kennonv 05:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

As for it being "unsourced trivia", I took the information from the original Kyuss article: Kyuss#As_Sons_of_Kyuss Perhaps you would like to remove it there as well.
I agree that what I added was to lengthy. However, the section could have been rewritten to say "The influential stoner metal band Kyuss was originally named Sons of Kyuss". If you think it was too long you should have edited it.
As for "Trivia and minor pop-culture references", WP is chock full of them. There are entire articles in WP that are about the influence of something on popular culture: Dune_in_popular_culture Also, there are plenty of articles with sections titled "Influence on Popular Culture": The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(poem)#Influence_on_popular_culture. Your arguement is inconsistant with what I've seen on the site.
If you were a were huge fan of Greyhawk, and were defending the purity of the article, perhaps I could understand. Whatever your reasoning, I will not add the section back. I don't really care.
What concerns me is that you removed it without stating a reason. As a WP administrator, I feel it would be more helpful if you stated the reasons for your deletions when you made them and do so in a more educational and constructive manner. Kennonv 00:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I found your additional comments useful. When I have an article changed or deleted, I like to know why, and how I can create better articles. I agree with you as the content stands. I will probably adopt your philosophy (if you will), of less focus on popular culture in general. Pop culture is all to well documented on the internet as it is (except stoner rock).
As for citable references about stoner rock bands, its hard but I do what I can.
Again, thank you for your help. Kennonv 02:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User: ryanbricks

its not any problem for me to go and do all these articles on oiL, foreign objects, cky etc..all my info is solid, i ask jess margera for it and it is provided.

but thanks for your concern

[edit] User: Godzfire

Source? Right here. Read it and weep. http://ckyalliance.com/band/askcky.cfm?page=1

Question: how do you guys feel about your wikipedia entries?

asked by jon on 03/09/2007

Answer: i wish mine mentioned that time i got bit by a dinosaur and it gave me fucking rabies. that shit sucked!

answered by Jess on 03/09/2007

[edit] User: RedBeard

Can you explain to me why when trying to add my name to an article it keeps being taken off. The last by you. What has to be done for it to be left there? I don't know all the in's and out's of Wikipedia, so I'm either not adding it right or not putting somethig with it for it to be taken off. Thank you for any help that you can give.

[edit] User:Stalinism

You closed his RFCN here with a message of "rm, user blocked and notified", but I don't see a block from you on his block log. Just wanted to call it to your attention, in case it was a simple oversight. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 14:54, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Panaca

See WP:AN/I. The nominator for the (2nd) AfD did it improperly and overwrote a previous AfD diff here, so all I did was a procedural undo+create a new nom. -Penwhale | Blast the Penwhale 11:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. -Penwhale | Blast the Penwhale 11:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newyorkbrad's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 19:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mum-Mum

Just so you know, Deiz, It is "Mum-Mum" not "Mom-Mom". Refur to CKY crew talk page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Claytex (talk • contribs) 17:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

The MTV page once listed her as Mom-Mom which led to the confusion. Deizio talk 23:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Polmont

Any chance you can have a look at User:JohnJohnJohnJohn's latest socks, one of which posted an image of a nazi flag earlier?

User:TheoNarcisiusofPolmont, User:Malcolm n

many thanks! Fraslet 17:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

and another User:Nickofaberdeen Fraslet 13:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] a screen shot that is not used in exact context

[edit] Image:Jimmyhillmotd.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] advertising material that may have a copyright

[edit] Image:jimmyhillchin.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Nbwestlinks.jpg)

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[edit] Templates

I would love to know how templates work, another thing I was wondering was how to start a wikiproject? I was going to start a "Foundation" (skate team), project. So eventually I would need to know how to work a Template. ClayteX 13:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Documentary

Deiz-

What's up? My name is Nic Hill and I'm directing a documentary film about Wikipedia. I am following Jimmy Wales around the world and documenting the movement. I'm traveling to India with Jimmy in late February but I'll be in Seoul from feb 17th to feb 19th. I see you are an administrator and you live in Korea? That’s cool. I was wondering if you would be interested in meeting up when we come to town? or if you know any Korean Wikipedians who might be interested... Any language is ok. So far we have filmed at Wikimania 2006, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Please take a look at our movie trailer... http://www.underdogpictures.com/wikidoc/wikienter.htm

Thank you for your time. Please contact me if you are interested in being a part of this documentary film.

-Nic Hill director nic@underdogpictures.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by UDP (talk • contribs) 21:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] CKY user template

Ok, if it has to be removed then I can make an image with the letters "CKY" with Macromedia Fireworks. That should be fine, right? - Ocatecir 15:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I get you :) - Ocatecir 15:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IASC page and war against blanks

I made a new article for International Association of Skateboard Companies and included the war it wages on blank skateboards. I would like you to review it and it would be a great oppurtunity to cover a first current event in skateboarding in the best way possible.--KoRnholio8 21:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I've read trough all of the Wiki rules you suggested and found nothing I didn't know already. Would you be more specific about which rules is the article in opposition to (and why)?--KoRnholio8 11:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Lets continue the discussion on the article's takl page.--KoRnholio8 14:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Porto

I live in Valdosta, Georgia, and not familiar with the area, but will try to find untagged Porto articles. - Patricknoddy

[edit] Thank you

Thanks, Deiz, I appreciate it :). - Ocatecir 01:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rock music Wikiproject invitation

Hello WikiProject Metal member.
WikiProject Metal music is important in expanding encyclopedic coverage of the metal. It brings attention to the lesser-known bands, and significantly improves the quality of the famous ones. Five Featured articles and two formers is proof of that.
This is the stuff I wish to achieve with the somewhat recently resurrected WikiProject Rock music. I hope to also attract attention to rock music articles of all sorts, and hopefully change some to GA or FA status. I invite you to come join us, and embrace the links between metal and rock music in general.
Rock on.
-- Reaper X 04:49, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Big Boss 0

Suggest you take a look at the links at the bottom under your post. — Moe 03:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Under control Deiz talk 03:15, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ryandunnpromo.jpg

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[edit] 147.197.215.16

Could you please block 147.197.215.16 again? he was vandalizing Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Averross (u♠t♠c)


[edit] Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of unassessed articles tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 20:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:P1h3r1e3d13

WP:RFCN decided to allow the above username, not block it. User talk:P1h3r1e3d13 notes this, and I've removed the block warning from User:P1h3r1e3d13. In future, may I suggest using {{subst:UsernameDiscussion}} (also called {{subst:und}} for short), which not only will automatically sign your name for you, but will avoid giving the premature impression that WP:RFCN has already decided to disallow the name? -- Ben 20:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Lucky I gave it him hours 24 then, isn't it? Deiz talk 04:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] HPE

Yes, I just haven't gotten around to it. A quick google turns up dozens of pages that show they're article-worthy. [1] [2] [3] [4] Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 01:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dolla Billz

Thanks - will you salt them, (--> Wikipedia:Protected titles/February 2007/List or shall I do that? I wanted to have a AfD reference of the deletion log so that future re-creations will be squashed easier. This is now in the forth round at least with at lest as many usernames of the creator. Agathoclea 10:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Will do. I'll be working of your deletion log in about an hour. Agathoclea 10:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
see here. Agathoclea 12:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter

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[edit] Dolla Billz creator's sockpuppets

Hi, thanks for deleting the Dolla Billz and associated articles. The user, Jack tha Ripper, who you blocked indefinitely, has at least one sockpuppet, Fan3 and 4.252.226.212 who is continuing vandalism on articles such as Fan 3 and Cassie Steele... could you possibly do something? Thanks! Rockstar915 01:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks so much! Rockstar915 02:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jackass WP

Sure, that would help to bring all of the articles under closer scrutiny. I'll start it, pretty much just base it off the CKY format. —Ocatecir Talk 13:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Project created: Wikipedia:WikiProject Jackass —Ocatecir Talk 13:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Doosan Group

Hi, Thank you - I may have been too hasty, and yes it is not "mere" spam advertising. Springnuts 13:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

I was getting tired of reverting Cassie Steele's page! It's funny also that you mentioned the blocking of socks, because our mutual friend Jack tha Ripper aka Fan3 has a new sockpuppet (or so I believe), and he goes by Don Gotti. You might remember, "Don Gotti" was Dolla Billz's "real name," and he's been editing Dolla Billz-ean type pages. Could you look into blocking him as well? Thanks! Rockstar915 05:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks, you're definitely right about not wanting to block outright. Perhaps he'll go on to be productive in his editing? Let's hope for the best. And I'll definitely keep an eye out, though, and if anything suspicious happens I'll let you or WP:ANI. Thanks for everything, Rockstar915 06:02, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] It's okay...

It's okay. I can keep my RfA page for later. Okay? -- This is an automated notice by Groupempty. If you have any questions/comments, please go to my talk page. Thank you! 01:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] cky (band)

hi, i see your comments to me about cky and i see you are a fan yourself. my goal here on wikipedia is to have the most accurate information on every little item that is cky or related (foreign objects, oiL) etc

id like to be part of the cky projects —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ryanbricks (talk • contribs) 11:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Skeletor vs. Beastman

if I trimmed the article down a bit (i.e., eliminating personal interpretations and such) would you please not delete it?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ElCapitanKyle (talk • contribs) 14:45, 11 March 2007 (UTC).

It's kinda out of my hands now. You would absolutely have to find reliable, independent external sources (think high-circulation newspapers, Rolling Stone etc) which verfiy the cult status / cultural impact of the song. I'm afraid that if you trimmed out what would currently be termed as "unencyclopedic" or "anti-policy", there wouldnt be a lot left. Rest assured I know plenty about CKY/GK and Wikipedia, and I'm pretty sure the only result here is going to be a redirect to the main Gnarkill article. I know you've worked on this and believe me I take no pleasure in seeing editors work being deleted, but it's all about the policies which govern Wikipedia. I'm always ready to help / answer qustions etc. It should still be a few days before anything happens, so if you do turn up any external sources I'll be happy to look at them and help format them into the article if they push the right buttons. Deiz talk 14:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sign

Hmm well you might be using Mozilla Firefox right well thats because my signature looks so big in Firerfox but in Internet Explorer it looks so little..I dont know what the problem is with the signature but I'll try to fix..(Try looking at my signature using Internet Explorer)..Cheers.--Cometstyles 11:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes I know it does but I'll check how it responds to in Internet Explorer and Then I would change it ok..--Cometstyles 12:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok it works fine so I'll change it in my Preference..Cheers..--Cometstyles 12:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Richards and WP:LEAD

Greetings, would you kindly review WP:LEAD and take note that it explains that leads of articles are to include "notable controversies". Thanks. (→Netscott) 15:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Towns and villages of East Lothian Infobox

Hi there, What happened to that Infobox that I think you created and I added to, covering all the habitations in the county? it seems that it's only been left on a few villages.:( Brendandh 21:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Whoops don't worry, found it again!:) Brendandh 22:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interesting

I did not know that, thanks for the info. Good to know, my girlfriend is Korean. Though she's very americanized, i might have offended her mother :) —Ocatecir Talk 10:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Jordan Star Records

Thanks for the message. As I dug deeper, I figured I had stumbled into a big sock operation... Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. I closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big Hunna Presents: Nickal Lachey & Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B (album) since you deleted & protected the pages. I'm sure you could speedy Category:Ray-Ray albums & Category:Bree Corella albums without any problems. -- Scientizzle 04:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dolla Billz, Big Hunna, etc. etc. etc.

I saw that you blocked all of Jack tha Ripper's other socks, but we've got another one: Songz from my Heart. He's recreated all the previous speedied/AfD'd articles, and I've requested speedy deletions from each. Can you block him too/make sure the articles are speedied? Thanks so much. Rockstar915 17:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I noticed you reverted/deleted some items as "sock of banned user". I have not found a reference to an official community ban, although he would deserve one to save admins cleanup time. Let me know, if there has been such a discussion I might have overlooked, else we should instigate one. Agathoclea 08:04, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I cleaned up a little more of the mess left behind. I'll write something up for the community noticeboard tomorow evening. Agathoclea 21:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I have a question

Hi, do you happen to know how to revert a picture back to the way it used to be? If so, can you please tell me. Thanks Adelyna 05:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cablekids2010's recent edits

I think Cablekids2010's recent edits should be oversighted because they contain personal information. TML 07:58, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

I greatly appreciate it. I have definitely thought about it, but I think I still have some growing to be done as a user. In a month or two I will probably seriously start to take the steps (editor review etc.) I know the RFAs are becoming more and more contested, so any suggestions you might have to make me a stronger candidate would be greatly appreciated :) —Ocatecir Talk 08:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey Deiz, I think I am ready for the gauntlet. Can I take you up on your offer for the nomination? Many thanks. —Ocatecir Talk 17:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Awesome, thanks Deiz. —Ocatecir Talk 17:39, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
I accept. Thanks, Deiz :) —Ocatecir Talk 17:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Animeguy99

Hi, Deiz. I see, back in December you had some interaction with Animeguy99 (talk · contribs) involving a block for consistently adding wrongly tagged images to uploaded images. Well, it appears he has returned as Dog Man311 (talk · contribs) (the user page even admits to it). I thought I would gauge your opinion on the matter before blocking the "new" user. Current contributions do not show an inclination to breaking the rules as they did before, however, there's good faith on the one hand and a block being a block on the other hand and anything else is evasion. Let me know what you think. Bubba hotep 19:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] good job

good job on sorting out the Bam's Unholy Union page... it was getting abit long until you fixed it.

Nocarsgo 02:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Viva la Bam

Good call on splitting off the episodes, that page was getting out of control --AW 15:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] deleted article

What is your standard of notability? Also who decides that? I would appreciate some help here, because I do believe in importance of this article about jean Fox.--Traveler273 04:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Josh Gotti sock

Thanks for blocking him for me... it seems like Agathoclea is pretty swamped... do you want me to come to you when new socks come up? Also, should we start writing up a community ban request? Rockstar915 03:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll definitely do that. I went ahead and tagged a bunch of his IP addresses as well. And yeah, I think Ag was going to write up the ban... hopefully he can do it soon, because this is getting old really quickly. And seriously -- Josh must have no life. He says he's a rapper, but if he seriously wants to rap, he should get off Wikipedia and focus on rapping. Rockstar915 03:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More about Josh

I just wanted to let you know that I tracked down most of the vandalism by Josh Gotti and reverted/removed it. I seriously changed more dozens of counts of vandalism. I also tagged a bunch more IP addresses as socks. He's still vandalizing, too. See here, just today. Sigh... Rockstar915 05:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, so it looks like he's back, in the form of Evanrosswifey. Originally he made an edit with an IP address marked as one of Josh Gotti's here and then made the same edit as Evanrosswifey here. I tagged him as a sock, but can you {{indef}} him? Thanks, Rockstar915 06:23, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Got another one: Lucky6446. Rockstar915 20:38, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Just to let you know -- I started a page on my own userpage keeping an up-to-date list of Josh socks, because I didn't want to keep annoying Agathoclea by adding more socks to the list on his talk page. Speaking of which, Aga and I spoke and I'm going to go ahead and write up a community ban proposal this weekend and then let him (and you if you want) read it before submitting it to WP:CN. Josh been back at least twice more and I'm getting tired of spending my entire Wikipedia time reverting his vandalism. Let's squash him! Rockstar (T/C) 05:16, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More vandalism from 12.24.81.103

I noticed that you blocked 12.24.81.103 on April 14th. The user at that IP address is vandalizing again, see Persistence of vision. For that article, the user even rv'ed their vandalism after it was removed. Oasisbob 20:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steady Eddy

Good point, I guess on re-reading that summary it does look a bit rude. I apologise, it wasn't intended that way! Regards, -- Chuq (talk) 06:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

WP:EL is a guideline, not policy.

That said, will you be happy if I replace the external links with internal ones on the template? Or will you then start tagging each band's separate article with a non-notability tag? The template will actually be taylored such that it can create navigation between all forms of Iranian music. Each page will have its own customized links to the genre's major bands.

I am restoring the external links to the online media and Radio links, because those cannot be replaced or built into WP, and they are directly relevant and pertinent to the article as per satisfying these requirements.

And why did you remove the youtube link? Is there a policy against linking to Youtube that I have overlooked?--Zereshk 17:50, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The You Tube link

The You Tube link for Meera is valid to put in the article because their own record label has put it on You Tube: [5] and WP:EL states here: "There is no blanket ban on linking to these sites as long as the links abide by these guidelines..." in which our case there is no copyright infringement.--Zereshk 23:01, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] For the band links

So is it OK if we replace the external links with red links, until I fill the articles up one by one (make them blue)?

[edit] For the "online media" and "festival" external links of the template

Your argument cuts both ways: you cant pick the places of WP:EL that you like and use that against external linking either. WP:EL specifically says here:

"Links to be considered:
  1. For albums, movies, books, and other creative works, links to professional reviews.
  2. A web directory category, when deemed appropriate by those contributing to the article, with preference to open directories."

And that is precisely what links like Tehran Avenue, Zirzamine, and Cafe Tehran, etc... are: professional review sites to Iranian music bands, and open link directories to bands. In fact, these links are THE ONLY directories and reviewers of Iranian rock music. Surely you dont wish to handicap the article by prohibiting these links.--Zereshk 23:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The WikiProject Biography Newsletter: Issue II - April 2007

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[edit] Username change?

Would a username change affect my chances at adminship? I've recently received a large amount of harassment due to pages I've nominated for deletion (and have been subsequently deleted) and I wish to disassociate my wikipedia username with usernames I have used on other internet sites to protect my identity. Does a username change look like I have something to hide? —Ocatecir Talk 08:12, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Good to know. Hopefully it doesn't come to that. Its sad to think I might have to fear my privacy due to my participation on WP. Thanks for the info. —Ocatecir Talk 09:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Deiz, is it possible to get a 6 month block on User:72.230.98.90? He just waited through his temp ban and started vandalizing all the pages I am involved with. I reported him to AIV but they will probably just give another 24 hour. This guy is mad because I nominated some pages for deletion and they were deleted. He's followed me all over the internet for 3 days now. —Ocatecir Talk 16:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter List

I saw you added a deletion tag to List of Pi Kappa Alpha Chapters. I understand you are an administrator, and as such, know much more about Wikipedia than I do. I am asking your advice to how I can/could improve the article so as to not see it deleted. I would appreciate any reply on my talk page, if possible. Thank you. Jmlk17 05:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] hello

hello. i am new to wikipedia after being introduced to it by a friend a few weeks ago. i am uncertain about how to cite the sources, i was in the process of reading the info when you removed it. how do i add the source so the info will be restored. i am unfamiliar with ryanbricks. i understand how it looks similar

thanks

[edit] foreign objects.

only a small part of the information i have is from the cky page.

most of it is from a booklet that came with the universal culture shock album.

what do i do about that?Ry90 08:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] foreign objects

ok no worries thanks

ill add myself to the cky list

bye —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ry90 (talk • contribs) 08:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Familiar Realm

Haha yeah i had no idea how to do my user page so i copied yours. I hope you dont mind.

ill credit you on there —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ry90 (talk • contribs) 09:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC).

Ry90 01:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)== tmi/distant ==

hey cky was on the label TMI/Distant in 1999.

do i add it to the label part of the cky band page?

inhifi.comhas tmi listed and it also says it on the cds —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ry90 (talk • contribs) 05:05, 6 May 2007 (UTC). Ry90 05:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

  • i already started it on the page a few days ago

[edit] Trivia

ok i understand what you are saying about the trivia.

The AACBF information was from ask cky and the idr cd from europe has 2 cds Ry90 08:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] musselburgh links

i can assure you all edits are factual and true surely being in addmin you should not be stopping added information if this is the case don,t remain ignorant —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.157.233.254 (talk) 02:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] User:AlexNewArtBot

Hi Deiz/archive8, as a WikiProject Scotland participant, please check out this this thread and consider adding the bot results page to your watchlist so we can manually update the New Articles page. There are some false results for the first batch, but I'm sure we can collectively tune the rules to improve the output.

If we get enough people watching the results page, we'll be cooking with gas as they say :)   This looks like a great helper in finding new Scotland related material. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 22:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Deizsaltire.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Deizsaltire.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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[edit] Re: Dragan

Hi ZLZ, I notice that you have created a sub-page about your band at User:Zouavman Le Zouave/Dragan. Wikipedia is not a web hosting service, and the page appears to fall afoul of this policy. From WP:NOT - "Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they may be used only to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet." Standard practice is to have a link to an external site from your webpage rather than use Wikipedia to promote or showcase your own company, band, invention etc. If you could check out WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site I think you'll agree. The "soft landing" to this would be to redirect the page to your userpage, and include a quick mention and link (I play in a band called Dragan which you can check out at somespace.com/dragan" would be fine). Presenting userpages as Wikipedia articles, complete with bluelinks to userpages, redlinks to your friends, article infoboxes, WP:MOS formatting etc. is especially frowned upon. Also, your sub page at User:Zouavman Le Zouave/Stuff appears to contain nothing that could not appropriately be condensed or discarded and included on your userpage. It's fine to have a "workspace" type sub-page, but much of the information here really strays into blog/myspace territory.

Please don't take this as anything other than a routine policy matter, or see it as negatively related to our current conversation at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of avant-garde metal musical groups. You're clearly a dedicated Wikipedian with great taste in music :) Deiz talk 12:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey mate, thanks for warning me. Yes I did create that subpage, but is it really a problem? I mean, should we really propose it for deletion? I've been keeping this page for quite a while, it hasn't been a problem... I don't know. Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me!) 22:32, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi again, thanks for getting back to me.. Alas, they're against policy and really have to go... as noted above, I recommend you redirect both pages to your userpage and think carefully about what is appropriate on your userpage and how to present it... I'm not dying to take this to MfD but it could end up there. Deiz talk 02:00, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, just to close out this issue I've gone ahead and listed the pages (Dragan and Stuff) at WP:MFD. By the way, I found Ido from your page and found it really interesting.. if only Korean didn't take up my linguistic energies... Deiz talk 14:57, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I put them as speedy deletion to speed up the process ^^. Yeah Ido is a pretty wonderful language. Too bad so few people actually speak it fluently. I've created some pages on the Ido Wikipedia, but my lack of vocabulary makes it hard :p Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me!) 13:51, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Signature

The reason my font is enlargened is because the font (chiller) is naturally small and unreadable at the standard size. Surely this is enough reason for exception? Anonymous Dissident Utter 06:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok then, I dont really care one way or another - I'll change my font (my whole signature actually) at the next possible opportunity. Thanks, Anonymous Dissident Utter 13:34, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD Avant garde metal

Please point out why the article fails WP:NOT. Like I said in the article, I don't see how it fails. Therefore I feel your interpretation of WP:NOT is not correct. The kind of "List of genre x" lists I was talking about are conform WP:LISTS and Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists).

And by the way, I was making a point but did not "prove it experimentally". I didn't alter anything on wikipedia through "unilateral action", and didn't do anything disruptive. I did what wikipedian are expected to do: discuss, and I made "Direct statements" because they "are the best way to garner respect, agreement and consensus". Next time, please be more careful, and know the essence of an article before falsely accusing people. Emmaneul 11:33, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 158.125.1.113

You have blocked this IP group, both currently, and in the past.
You don't seem to be aware that this group belongs to Loughborough University. This means that the group is open to literally thousands of students every day. It is punishing a very large number of users to force a week-long block because of one user's stupidity. I would also point out that there has not any 'blockable' activity for some months. I would ask you to reconsider, maybe to a 48-hour block?? (RM21 12:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC))

  • On further examination, it seems that you reverted some perfectly reasonable contributions from the articles Reichstag building, and Königsberg Castle with no explanation; this was not vandalism. If you cannot explain this, then I will have to complain to a higher administrator. I hope you will reverse the block. (RM21 12:37, 21 May 2007 (UTC))
  • Hi RM21. There has been blockable editing in the past few days, and as clearly noted on the template on the relevant talkpage, school IPs may be blocked for up to 6 months. If I inadvertently reverted some useful edits then by all means undo my reversions. Editors are most welcome to register a username if they wish to join the WP community and avoid being temporarily blocked for the actions of others. And, for your future reference when enquiring as to administrative actions and requesting some kind of redress, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Deiz talk 12:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for that, and point noted. However, I still feel a week is a long time, esp. as I made the edits myself (if I'd known what the outcome was going to be, I would've laid off posting them until later). Could you reconsider?? (RM21 13:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC))
In light of your acceptance of the situation and more agreeable tone I'll lift the block. However, be aware that anonymous vandalism is a serious issue, and no-one has a "divine right" to edit Wikipedia regardless of where they edit from. I would apply a similar block if the problem continued. Deiz talk 13:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SCV

Thanks. You were correct to summarily delete the info. Such lists are often unverifiable and in some situations entries may be considered contentious or even derogatory. In this case I quickly search on each of the names with "SCV" and most didn't have a quick hit from a reliable source. It's better to have a short, sourced list than a long and unsourced one. ·:·Will Beback ·:· 08:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HI Deiz

Are you administer?Tokyo Watcher

Yes, as clearly stated on my userpage. Deiz talk 15:52, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks you.
I see, you discribe in your page this, but he not note anywhere, and suddenly I was blocked by him. I pointed out this, but he doesn't answer at all.　 I want arbitrate by person neutral position, please tell me how I do?Tokyo Watcher

You don't need arbitration - try talking to editors interested in Japanese topics on the talk page at WP:JAPAN for advice about what you can and can't do in Japanese. Deiz talk 16:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

OK! Thanks you. I will try. Good by. Tokyo Watcher

[edit] By the way

Thanks. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 15:52, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Long Way Round

They definately paid a bribe. Ewan: "So we're basically having to pay off the guy"

I think you're talking about Long Way Round. Unless you can source (prove) that they paid an illegal bribe to a border guard, let's keep it as "fee". Deiz talk 10:17, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Was talking about Long Way Round, sorry. I'll upload a video of it to youtube later.

Sounds like that could be a breach of copyright? I own the DVD, and my original point still stands. Deiz talk 13:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Many thanks

Thank you for all your help, Deiz. I appreciate the guidance and the kind nomination. Let me know if you ever need anything. —Ocatecir Talk 17:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

p.s. One casualty of my RFA was the wikiproject cky userbox, so I made an image that doesn't resemble any cky logo, hopefully this one will be ok.

[edit] Plexiglass (sic)

I saw your "opinion" about the term "plexiglass", please provide a source to back up your statemnnets that "but plexiglass is absolutely acceptable as a word, regardless of being derived from a genericized trademark." I would be quite interested to see that, specifically because "Plexiglas" is not genericized, the trademark is still registered, it has not been "lost". About "plexiglas" being a "word", that should be easy to prove also, merely cite a dictionary that includes it, I'll help you, don't try Meriam-Webster [6] it's not there.Tstrobaugh 15:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Since I asked you for proof, I will provide my rebuttal now rather than wait, here is proof "Plexiglas" is still a registered trademark and has not been "genericized" or lost See [7] and [8].Tstrobaugh 15:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if you made a typo or you can't follow the conversation. You wrote "American Heritage Dictionary lists Plexiglas". The argument is not about whether "Plexiglas" is a word, but whether "plexiglass" is a word. How does your statement "American Heritage Dictionary lists Plexiglas" relate to whether "plexiglass" is a word? Please explain. Also, please explain how you think other copyright violations such as "cites the variant plexiglass as having been used in The LA Times" lend credence to the fact that "plexiglass" is a word, I don't understand that logic. As for Trademarks do not have to be "lost" to become genericized," you are incorrect, from your own source:"Whether or not a mark is popularly identified as genericized, the owner of the mark may still be able to enforce the proprietary rights which attach to the use or registration of the mark, so long as the mark continues to exclusively identify the owner as the commercial origin of the applicable products or services. I asked you to cite your sources, please quote from this article that says "Trademarks do not have to be "lost" to become genericized,". Also from your source:"Trademark owners will naturally seek to maximize the popularity of their marks, and may believe that a certain level of genericity demonstrates how well-known and successful a mark has become.". You are correct that "where a generication causes a trademark to lose its protection," but that has not happened to "Plexiglas".Tstrobaugh 14:11, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
"Is plexiglass used as a generic term to describe acrylic glass and similar materials? Yes." You are again incorrect as you have been all along. Your statement is correct only in the sense that "plexiglass" is used incorrectly as a generic term to describe acrylic glass. I see you can offer no proof of any of your assertions, in this you are correct, you are done.Tstrobaugh 15:23, 4 June 2007 (UTC)