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Deleted page back again

MyRichUncle was deleted on the 28th of June by you but it's back now. Just a heads up.

150 days of protection

Could you please unprotect Superman 64? It's been 150 days now (protected December 13, 2005). And while it did have a bunch of vandalism, it was by anonymous users - shouldn't it have only been semi-protection in this case, rather than full-out protection? Hbdragon88 03:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia policy

Hello DragonflySixtyseven. Thanks for you message, wikipedia policy is great, I'll take care of it !

Best wishes. T. 8:57, 24 May 2006

From user page

Hi. I honestly don't know what you're talking about. I haven't edited any articles yet. 85.13.133.42 02:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

D'oh

I feel so...lacking...in every possible aspect. I feel like a tremendous burden to Wikipedia. Yanksox 01:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I was partially kidding, I am slowly learning that the odds of mistakes raise when you edit more. A lesson that slams you down quite quickyl. Actually, I am quite glad that you left a message before on my talk. I learned something new: be more careful. Yanksox 01:53, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Minifloats

ncidentally, could you provide some external, non-Wikipedia references to the existence of the concept of the "minifloat"? It seems plausible, but I couldn't find anything. DS 13:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

   Yes for example

http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/math/floatformats.html --Brf 11:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

My page

I understand your point. I just translated the page on myself that was created in the Italian Wikipedia. There was a discussion and votation about the correctness to have it. It was accepted. Than it was elaborated by various people. I did not write the actual page. I just keep it up to date, for example, adding a new book when I publish it (I am a writer and journalist). --Dejudicibus 13:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your notice in discussion page of Dario de Judicibus. It will probably avoid misunderstandings. I appreciate it. By the way, I am planning to develop few entries in English version of Wikipedia about Italy (since I live in Rome), but my English is not so fluent as I would. Do you think someone will support me to develop quality articles, in case mine are not as good as expected here?--Dejudicibus 14:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Roger Ambrose article

DS, would it be possible for you to review the discussion happening over the article concerning me, Roger Ambrose? I have found in your past involvement and comments a level of civil and honest communication. I am not trying to pull any illegal or unethical thing off here, but I am at a loss at the discourse over anything I do or say. Roger ambrose 01:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Clarification -2 Emmy Awards, not Academy Awards Roger ambrose 03:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Biography

Have a look to the reply in Talk:Dario de Judicibus. --134.100.32.208 12:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Beware!

Recently several vandals have been creating imposter accounts of established editors. Make sure not to let anyone impersonate you! Dragonflysixtysix 17:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

RE:Hey

I view you as an extremely helpful editor. Moreover, you are my inspiration on how to be an excellent editor of this project. And I wish to thank you for voting Neutral in my RfA. But I would also like to know what is that which does not feel right? Maybe your comments would be helpful for me to improve on my edits. Thanks! --Siva1979Talk to me 20:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Flaunt/Flout in ILP's RfA

I'd already commended Cyde for having corrected his error (indeed, I told him that he'd been saved from the grammar, syntax, orthography, and vocabulary stick with which I often beat other users) when I learned from your oppose that you'd made the corrections; you are, then, to be praised (of course, now Cyde must, to his considerable chagrin, be beaten; after all, he rather flaunted his flouting of the rules of usage).  :) Joe 20:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Pimpalicious

Why was User:Pimpalicious banned? Was this discussed before the banning? 131.111.8.104 16:36, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Angry White Boy Polka

I didn't know that Wikipedia could not put up song lyrics. Thank you for not deleting the entire page. EmoHippy123 22:05, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Lyrics

Thank you very much. I am in the middle of reading the Copyright article and had written the article before getting to any part about lyrics. EmoHippy123 22:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment from Roger C. Ambrose

FYI: I have posted a comment: [1]
Roger ambrose 01:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely let him know.

Actually, now that we are friends, the octa is my father, and yes, I definitely relayed your sentiments on to him. However since he lives about a 10 hour drive away, i have not had the chance to pry more wikipedia stuff out of him recently. Every visit we do one or two new things or perhaps bit into some old thing, but long journey begins with first step and you were actually a very useful first step in that he got to see how wikipedia really works - which is to say, [opinion] real people sorting stuff out. I am currently moving and schlepping all my books has reminded me of all the many times i have renounced material goods in past lives and i am vaguely thinking of doing it again. Life - it's a great place to live. Carptrash 15:50, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Novel Twists

Hello there,

Please could you inform me why you removed the article on Novel Twists (which, by the way, wasn't created by me)

Question...

Hey DragonflySixtyseven,

I have a question for you. On the page Slipknot (band), I added a section about what bands they are compared to. I would like to know if there is a way to ask other users for help in adding more bands to the list. Thanks.

EmoHippy123 22:31, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Blocking

Dear DS, it certainly would have been in my mind that I can make a page and give people its links--an easier way is always more welcome. But the conditions of Hindi wiki is so pathetic, that directly giving instructions seems almost the only way to encourage people, rather than sending a one line link which hardly anyone cares to follow. Exceptions have to be made sometimes. Cygnus_hansa 04:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear DS, you said that you would block me in a few minutes on my page, but it seems that you didn't. I went to bed after that and it seems that the blocking time automatically expired. Please explain. And it seems that you have also reverted most of my talk messages (another great admin did the rest). This cannot be. I am going to rerevert them, and I assure you, only for the native/advanced speakers of Hindi. I agree that the last time, I had also included a few (countable on fingers) who had made accounts on Hindi wiki and written some stuff in Hindi, but about whose linguistic skills I did not know very well. If they (those whom I am going to rerevert) personally wish to delete it, fine, no problem. I have started getting rational responses on my talk pages--except one, no one complained of spamming.Cygnus_hansa 16:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I am satisfied with your answer. Thanks.Cygnus_hansa 17:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Minyanville Questions

Hi DragonflySixtyseven. I was editing/updating the Minyanville wiki page and saw that it was taken down (re: no promo content). Can you please point me to some guidelines to help me write neutral content? Also, is my original content still available? I don't have a backup of the latest work here.

Thanks, sorry for any confusion, Nick MVHughes

Hi

Saw this edit. I just wanted to drop by and wish you a better day. I hope whatever it is that is weighing on your mind gets sorted out and that things improve. Wishing you all the best. Guettarda 22:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Dragonfly, I looked at the Google Bombs page and now I know exactly what you mean. In the future, I'll look around a little before changing anything. Another user found something that I made which was abused within a couple hours so I'm going to be extra careful. Thanks! EmoHippy123 23:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Page is posted. Went through everything correcting for objectiveness. Can you take a look when you get a chance?

Thanks, Nick 12:25, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

I know it is a bit late now but thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia. AndTheCrowdGoesWild 18:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Bishop

I don't have my comics to hand here, so while I remember several confirmations to that effect, I can't quote an issue (and it's going to take a few hours even when I do get the chance...). However, a few points I can substantiate off the top of my head:

  1. He was never referred to with any name other than "Bishop" before X-Treme X-Men.
  2. His sister's name (not codename, name) is "Shard", no other name, and they referred to each other as "Bishop" and "Shard" as children.
  3. Nor have any of the other Xavier Security Enforcers/Xavier Underground Enforcers characters been given any other real names. - SoM 18:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for cleaning up after Maria10029. --Takeel 23:46, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Quoted Sources

Just a quick note about my edits being deleted because of being made up. For atleast 3 of them, I cited a source of the information. No apologies are necessary but it would appreciated if these edits could be reinstated. Big June 11 1:23 AM UTC

Um?

What article did I edit? It has been quite a while since I was last here? Been busy with such a lot of things. And I am getting old. I must admit. Theyshallsee God 05:38, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Quoted Sources

Your points have been noted. I would like to point out that the movie The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing (2007) is not being made by me. My source for this movie is [2]

Pizza shop

Hi, DFS, I noticed the controversy about the two actresses, and have fixed Bonnie Wright and put a hoax tag on pizza shop. Besides annoying, this behavoir strikes me as somewhat creepy and stalkerish. Writing yourself into the lives oftwo (underage/almost underage) teen stars bothers me somehow. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. V. Joe 09:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I centanily appriciate your advice on this matter - and yes it is very frustrating. But thank you for your reply.

This quote you left on my talk page, "If the article "Pizza Shop (Film)" gets deleted, that does not mean that the article "Pizza Shop (film)"", dosn't make sense. can you explain it to me please.

Re: Hey There - Vandal / Art Loria Doo Wop Performer Page

I centanily appriciate your advice on this matter - and yes it is very frustrating. But thank you for your reply and will try to do what I can to keep these pages "clean" and report any other vandalism. I use these pages for research and to see some sites vandalized like some are, or outright wrong information or know lies is sad too see. I Do appriciate your help in this matter. Thank you again.

Hello (sorry for the delay...)

Hello, your message was very kind. You've welcomed me over a month ago but unfortunately I've only lately started getting acclimated to Wikipedia and I've finally started my user page. If you have free time, please pay a visit to an article I've written on Alice de Janzé and tell me of any suggestions, corrections etc. (including the two images I've uploaded). By the way, I presume that you are a comic fan (given some of the updates you list) which is cool, I also love comics! Xanthi22

Sorry, I'm new here!

Sorry about the original research thing. I was confused the first time I read through the "original research" clause on one of the instructions pages and for whatever silly reason, I read it wrong, and thought that was what they WANTED. Please forgive me, as I'm new and am having trouble understanding the instructions on this site. In fact, I hope I'm using this User Talk page correctly. Man, I feel stupid. Anyways, no hard feelings over my article.

House of Petrovic

Just what I anticipated happened... HolyRomanEmperor 11:40, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

1. You are very strange. 2. I didn't notice your "warning". 3. Sometimes there are FACTS, and compromise means compromising the facts. --estavisti 13:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much for your nice words and encouragement. I hope that in the future I will improve myself and write even better articles. Now, I only have to find something to write about, hehe! (I'm basically done with my de Janze article). Maybe I will become a full-time Wikipedian, who knows? I like it here!

Keep up the great work you are doing! Xanthi22

By the way, do the dates come up automatically on the postings somehow or do you just calculate the UTC? (I'm such a moron...) Like this?.... 01:03, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Mr Gay

I will unprotect the page when I have the feeling he has gotten the point. He has already tried two different names, and admits openly it are adds. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 04:56, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, adds is an internet shortcut I am not aware of, I will change some stuff. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 05:08, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I have unprotected the page, as I feel that he gets the point and might want to create a valid page there. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 05:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Mr. gay atlanta

hey, you recently deleted Mr. Gay atlanta, but the author restored it. will you delete it again and block the user? Thanks, Thetruthbelow 05:32, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

I'll try to do it ASAP, but I'm busy these days. --Etaonish 22:16, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again

Thanks! Xanthi22 14:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Block of IP

Hey there. I'm curious about why you blocked that IP address (the suspected KraMuc sockpuppet), since it hadn't made any edits since m y last set of warnings. -- SCZenz 14:02, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I unblocked for consistency, since I said I hadn't blocked yet. Thanks for your quick reply. -- SCZenz 14:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Someone with this IP address: 207.216.175.213 vandalized my user page, would you block them please?Cameron Nedland 23:55, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, fair enuf, I wont bother u again until its something recent.Cameron Nedland 01:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete the MHS Q store article

Hi, I noticed you said you like to create articles on obscure topics and then have people delete them so you can prove their notability.

Well anyway the delete log says you deleted the "Melbourne High School Q Store" article. I know the article may have seemed a bit stupid, but the Q Store is an actual real place with an interesting history. The main point of making it was because people keep asking questions about it; about the tunnels, what it was used for in WWII, etc. Since Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia I thought maybe I could write an article on it which would hold the information they want. I was yet to start started on the history part when it was mercilessly deleted.

Thanks

Re:Dharmendar

Hello. We are talking after a long long long gap. And, I am not an expert, but try to contribute based on certain sources. I thank you fro your compliments. I never heard of above deity or god. But, in Hinduism, a saying goes that there are millions of gods! Still, I have not heard of the name. This is a common Indian name, and it means Indra of Dharam and is made up of two Sanskrit words, namely, Dharam and Indra. I do not know notability of the god Dharmendar. Unless the editor who created this stub or some more editors come forward who may have some idea, the stub shall not grow at all. Strangely, the stub has been created by an user having the same name! --Bhadani 15:33, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hey, how are you doing? I was wondering if you could have a look on my articles on Weaveworld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaveworld) and the fictional character of Immacolata from that book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immacolata). They are both far from being flawless and require a bit of a cleanup but I need your opinion, since you are far more expert than me. By the way, have a look on the article about X-Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Man). Not mine, but I think it needs to be split into different sections, one section is way too long and difficult to read. Thanks in advance Xanthi22 00:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Schmeer

G'day DragonflySixtyseven, I hope this is the correct location to be posting this kind of comment? If it is not, then I apologise. I recently signed up as a Wikipedia User, and posted an article titled 'Schmeer' which was deleted as follows: 14:46, 23 June 2006 DragonflySixtyseven deleted "Schmeer" (apparent hoax).

I have to agree with you that it was a pretty frivalous topic! But I assure you that the article was not written in jest. I understand that many articles are probably created that are out of the square, but I thought that is what made Wikipedia so amazingly useful and interesting? I desired to contribute on a serious, if different, point that someone might just find interesting; I am sorry if I missed the boat. I wonder, is there any way of possibly restoring the article? If not, is it worth me typing it up again, or is this type of thing just way to far out of the desired Wikipedia content?

I can appreciate that you must see a lot of 'hoax' articles that are in many ways senseless, and that you cannot be seen to condone the retention of actual jokes. Thanks for your time.

Schmeer

Thanks for your very prompt reply, DragonflySixtyseven. Although it will not be as instantaneous, I will get some information together about the term ‘Schmeer’ and get back to you in the near future; I come from South Australia, which may go far in explaining why those Aussies you talked to may not have heard of the term. Thanks also for your understanding. Coppafeel 03:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Policy clarification

Do you agree that it is acceptable to pursue a personal vendetta if it meets all Wikipedia guidelines? The assumption that the present state of Wikipedia is accurate and editing-for-revenge is necessarily detrimental is fallacious. Consider that the present state can be improved, as it always can, and I happen to know that doing so will hurt an enemy. In which case, my motives become irrelevant. Stating the motive should also be irrelevant to Wikipedia, though it became erroneously topical Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Aspies_For_Freedom. If you cannot assume good faith, please take more time to investigate the validity of my editing. CalG 04:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I take your points but I say for the third time that my edits are purely for the benefit of Wikipedia. You have accused me of frivolous nomination for deletion without once offering an explanation. There was nothing frivolous about the nomination and no one has demonstrated otherwise. I accept that you cannot assume good faith. That leaves you required to look deeper into my edits, or to assume bad faith. Incidentally, there was no trickery to get Amy to make legal threats, if that gives you an insight into the entirely irrelevant business of why I dislike her. She has mentioned 'libel' in many locations on Wikipedia. I'm sure this is fine. CalG 21:56, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Dismal's Paradox on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Dismal's Paradox. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. --Deathphoenix ʕ 13:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Llyn Peris

Hi there. Thanks for the comments about my article on Llyn Peris, I was pleasantly suprised that someone had noticed! It's the first one I've started so a little unsure and will expand when I can. As regards Saint Peris, have searched for some details unsuccessfully, but still looking. Have removed the link from Saint Peris until I find accurate information on him. Chris 13:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Scalloped margin dome, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.
Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Gillian Lynne, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man ✍ 18:59, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


RR

Randy Rhoads was born on December 6, 1956. This coincides with the release date of RR on December 6, 2006.


Flopball

Hello again. To my delight, the game of Flopball was adopted and played on the current series of the UK's 'Big Brother'. I hope that this is recognition of its growth and wish to request the page's reinstatement on Wikipedia. Please let me know.

Kind Regards

Von Balthazar

Kadizzle-related page

Hi, I noticed you cleaned up after this speedy; could you consider looking at VBM, which only exists to support that group/article, and was created by the same person (who had temporarily removed the speedy tag on this one). -- nae'blis (talk) 16:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for deleting my page 45 seconds after putting it up and wasting 30 mins of my life.


Flopball Reference

My apologies for not including a reference! The game is mentioned here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2006240602,00.html but was shown properly live, where much fuss was made about the game. Many thanks

Von Balthazar


MousaBeidas

Hi Dragonflysixtyseven

I would like to know how to change the title of the article that har already been published. It is a minor change, (small caps to big).

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by MousaBeidas (talk • contribs) .


Hitler Syphilis

Of course, it's a pure speculation that Hitler contracted syphilis in 1908. There is no evidence for such a statement. He might have had syphilis - and that's all what can be said on that matter for the time being. Eg.vortac 00:46, 29 June 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eg.vortac (talk • contribs) .


Thanks

Thank you for your help! Eg.vortac 00:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC)


Thor Meets Captain America

You might be interested in this (but you have probably seen it already): http://www.davidbrin.com/thor1.html Eg.vortac 01:01, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Please undelete X One Page

You erroneously deleted a very factual page about a change in the transportation industry. I know you described it as promotional in nature, however, this is a fundamental change in the tire, trucking, and transportation industry. Tires were first solid, then pneumatic, then bias, then fitted to dual assemblies, then radial and now the X One takes them back to being single. Additionally, it is an innovation and a contribution to the environment (using less natural resources to produce and consuming less while in operation). Your consideration is appreciated. Thanks Jack Olney

User:PWT

Note - you have an indef block conflict. Ian¹³/t 20:14, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Article on "Rashid Khan"

In the article about “Ustad Rashid Khan” it is very important to mention that he is a “Classical” singer. Please see the history of edits, it will show that I tried to mention that he is a Indian Classical singer. Secondly it is important to mention that the style of his singing is that of “Sahaswan Gharana”. There are many different styles of Indian Classical music that is identified by its “Gharana”.

I intend to start this article and subsequently add/invite contents about other notable singers of "Sahaswan Gharana".

Thanks. Meetsandeep.

New Wollaton Waggonway and Huntingdon Beaumont pages

Thanks for your welcome message Dragonfly67. Although the text is almost identical on both sites I am the author, copyright holder, of it and was therefore able to take a decison to release it as public domain for both sites. As recommended I will update the WRC site with the copyright release text reference you mention so as to tidy up the loop for the two pages as not all the WRC site is regarded as copyright free.

I am still learning about Wikipedia as a contributor but as a main aim of those of us behind the WRC website is to promote knowledge of waggonways and early railways to the widest audience participation in Wikipedia is a logical progession too.

Johnrnew 15:19, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Huntingdon Beaumont and Wollaton Waggonway

Both pages on the WRC site are now clearly endorsed that the page content is Public Domain under the GFDL licence terms. Thanks again for the tip.

--Johnrnew 17:24, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

THanks for your help!

67, Thanks so much for your help with my Kyan Chotoku page... It's my first page, and was pretty gruesome to look at.

help with scott schreer stub

Cannot place link? edu history? Thank you + sorry im a newbee Flannelhead 00:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

HRE

I pray that it's a hoax, but if it's not, I didn't want to sound disrestpectfull to his family. --serbiana - talk 02:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Frederic Lewey / Lewy

Hi!

I started on an article about FH Lewy, and I see that you have tidied it up for me. I will continue writing on it, as I know quite a lot on the subject. But I have a problem with the title. The man was born as Friedrich Heinrich Lewy, and anglicised his name to Frederic Henry Lewey, with an extra "e"! However, he is always referred to as Lewy, without the "e". At no time was he called Frederic Lewy, as the title of the articel implies. "Frederic Lewy" was an empty link form an article on dementia, I believe. How can this be cleared up?

Also, I note that under births and deaths, you hav written "Levy", which is also incorrect.

Greetings,

Peter

What to do with vandalism

Thanks for your welcome message (April). Question : I noticed intense vandalism in the page mentioned below. Sorry for not having time to explore in depth the procedure. I just amemded manually the text and put a tag in the author's talk page (anonymous). Please could you tell me if procedure is ok (and/or suggest or take further actions is necessary)?

The vandalized page (archive): http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Mirowski&oldid=61417472 Typewritten 13:38, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

User:List of marijuana slang terms

Why did you block my account ? My inspiration was an article based on this topic at wikipedia. This name is as appropriate as other. Thank you

Help with Hilda Hongell

Thanks for your welcome message and thanks for fixing up my article on Hilda Hongell. It is one of my first contributions and I still have a lot to learn about Wikipedia etiquette and layout. So your contribution is appreciated.

I work full time, so my contributions are likely only to be every now and then. But I feel I have already caught the Wikipedia "bug".

By the way, are there some conventions about how many and the type of categories that you should put at the end of an article, particularly when one is just writing a stub? Are the category lists needed to make sure your article appears in appropriate category lists or are these lists produced automatically by the Wiki soiftware?

Thanks again.


--Chaleyer61 12:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Your explanation of categories was very helpful. Thanks. --Chaleyer61 12:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the unblock, give me 30 seconds and you can reblock it (hopefully that won't trigger the autoblock though :-( Wrath of Oprah 18:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

hi wats up, i know that ur administrator and being so can u do me a favor i was the one that created that cher singles table from scratch, ericorbit helped me edit it and thats fine is there any way that u can limit a number of ppl that edit it, like just a couple of us, a few days ago someone went in and messed it up, also they keep removing a single called bang bang 87, they use the reason that it was promo only, well no matter how much promo it was its still a single n thats y i leave it there, can u please contribute thnx Rsf7589 21:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Dispute with Wiarthurhu

I noticed that you promised to look into Wiarthurhu's complaints. As the user he is upset with (I presume), I am glad, as I've so far had both an RfM and a recent mediation cabal posted without replies. I believe the recent MedCabal Case Request lists the recent issues concisely and with the POV of both parties, and also links to much of the prior activity should you have the time to peruse it Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2006-07-05_F-14_Tomcat. I look forward to your input. --Mmx1 00:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Blocking dispute

Hello, I'm a new user and when I was using AOL IP address, I wasn't able to edit and improve articles. I decided to register and got an user name that nobody else can use, but the block remains in effect. Please unblock my user name so I can edit anything. I thank you and appreciate your response. --Mike D 26 11:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


DOOWOPOLDIES BLOCKING DISPUTE

***THESE WERE THE REPLYS I RECENTLY RECEIVED FROM PREVIOUS MODERATORS - PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS AND RECONSIDER. THANK YOU!!

As a expert in the history in Americana music, as per my research on ART LORIA, "Doo Wop Performer / Singer" his information was very valuable to my current book project due to his associations with various performing groups from the late 1950's & 1960's. His discography of recorded music can be found on the Broadcast Music Inc page, DJ Productions Page, Alpineusa1.com Page where there is a pictorial history of his carreer, mymusic.com page, Jive Five Soulfull Kind of Music Page, Doo Wop Society of California page, etc....but there are just tidbits. Your page had all his early history that I was really Focused on. Due to this vandalism that I truly understand, I would ask you reconsider putting his musical contributions page back on line for it is of historical significance. Thank you. DOOWOPOLDIES1

PAST COMPLAINTS / REPLYS Art Loria ARTICLE - reply I understand your frustration at the actions of 68.194.159.223 that you feel compromise the integrity of Wikipedia pages. Unfortunately, I am not a site administrator so my powers are just as limited as yours. The best I can do is place a warning on his/her talk page, which could attract the attention of an admin. (As for BeatleWill, there isn't such a username. The user who calls him/herself BeatleWill is actually the IP address above.)

Since you're dealing with an IP address (which is not static), I would suggest that you and "BeatleWill" work something out on the Art Loria talk page. You can also have a look at Wikipedia's Dispute Resolution policy; it provides other avenues you can pursue.

I hope this is helpful. ... discospinster talk 17:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey there I am an administrator, so I'll look into the problem today. Unfortunately, as has been indicated, the user with whom you're having trouble is contributing via an anonymous IP; the worst that can be done is for his IP to be blocked - and it's not impossible that he'd simply take another IP and come right back and keep causing trouble.

I hope that your problems will be easy to resolve. DS 12:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

That dice game deletion

"Before nominating an article for speedy deletion, please consider whether an article could be improved or reduced to a stub. Also, please note that some Wikipedians create articles in multiple saves, so try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its initial creation. Users nominating a page for speedy deletion should specify which criteria the page meets; it would also be considerate to notify the original author — remember, everyone was new once."

I believe I did put the stub in there. I, if it isn't plainly obvious, am new to this, and it wasn't some stupid college joke to make this page. I'd hope you'd reconsider deleting my page.

THAT...was quick.

Thanks for reverting my userpage. I've got to admit, that was kinda funny... :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 21:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

User:65.31.96.14

She/he also tried to steal my password, FYI. Although they only tried to get mine about 28-30 times, so I'm a bit insulted.  : ) --cholmes75 (chit chat) 21:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

How does one attempt to steal someone else's password on Wikipedia, exactly? This block has been appealed to unblock-en-l and the context is not clear. Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert 09:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey leftist or wikipedia hack/apologist

Please sign your messages with 4 tildas. THanks!

84.146.243.10

aka, a bunch of other IP addresses in the same range. Deleted my comment on the Ann Coulter talk page. Talk:Ann_Coulter#Pastel_boxes_for_blogs I added his latest IP address to Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism#Alerts because he's been trolling under a bunch of different IPs (ie. doesn't make sense to attach warnings to each of his unregistered IP names). J.R. Hercules 18:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Blocked

I am blocked from editing. This makes no sense because I did nothing wrong. The only reason I'm posting this on your talkpage is because you apparently blocked me. I didn't post the comment attributed to me and I would appreciate it if you could unblock me because it's slightly annoying to not be able to edit. Thank you. --Flyingcheese 22:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember the exact block message but it had something to do with "STOP WRITING MESSAGES IN BINARY YOU FUCKTARDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111", or words to that effect. Keep in mind that those are not my words but what it said on the block message. Also I'm not blocked anymore. Thanks again. --Flyingcheese 09:19, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


thanks for the redirect info NSD Student 04:25, 8 July 2006 (UTC)NSD Student

thanks again NSD Student 04:13, 9 July 2006 (UTC)NSD Student

User:Bigtop

Looks like there might be some confusion here. The IRC message was related to them creating the article not the user. The user was created and blocked sometime before and the user was tagging it as an imposter. They are requesting an unblock now, can you take a look. (The log doesn't suggest they created the account). --pgk(talk) 19:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

block me!

im the armking vandal! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armdurp (talk • contribs)

cant stop me im the armvandal

and its too damn early to redirect

i am not willy

i do not use willy style vandalism....i make cicular redirects, read the long term abuse sheet you dumbass! willy moves pages...i make circular redirects...i think willy is mad cool but i am not willy i am my own vandal with my own motives none which include wheels...so i say get your facts straight before you acuse any ol' vandal of being willy

Fixed AfD closing

Hi, I hope you don't mind but I fixed a little glitch when you closed the AfD for Tiny disc. You forgot to include the bottom part of the template, so in the list for that day the blue box was extending all the way to the bottom of the page. --Aguerriero (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Lumber Cartel

1 - The AfD was only 2 days old, there was no reason to remove it 2 - There were more people suggesting delete than keep, so the result was not a keep.--Crossmr 19:50, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't use your administrative powers to push PoV. Closing the AfD at this point is inappropriate, and there is on overwhelming concensus for delete not keep. This has been placed on Deletion review.--Crossmr 20:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm re-opening, per my reasoning on WP:DRV. Please don't war over this further without more discussion. --Sam Blanning(talk) 20:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
WP:HOAX#Hoaxes_vs._articles_about_hoaxes And Lumber cartel doesn't meet hoax, it didn't receive sustained media attention. Stop tying to WP:OWN Lumber Cartel and unlock it.--Crossmr 20:12, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I have unprotected the article. The fact that an admin is working on it does not justify protection. --Sam Blanning(talk) 20:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Do not edit my comments, any spelling errors are my own.--Crossmr 21:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Crossmr is looking for an apology for closing the AfD early and protecting the article for no apparent reason other than you were editing it (see my talk page). While I honestly think he's reading too much into this, taking the time to correct his spelling but not to give any sort of indication of whether you believe your actions were correct or not is somewhat off-putting. Personally, I don't want you to self-flagellate, I just think it would be a good idea to let us know if you intend on conducting AfDs and article protections in this way again. --Sam Blanning(talk) 22:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

About the page that I created that you claim to have deleted

I checked your deletion log and the I am assuming that this was Template:Armking. Another user commented about it being unnecessary and I told him that I didn't mind if it was deleted, I don't have a problem with your deletion of it. If you are talking about some other page, then please let me know more about it and I may give you my e-mail address.--Conrad Devonshire Talk 20:58, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

A new userbox you might like

Hi Dragonfly,

I couldn't resist making the following userbox after reading the attached link. After being insulted on numerous occasions by trolls I decided to fight back the best way I know how -- with a witty userbox! Feel free to remove this from your talk page if you don't appreciate the humour. = )

Cheers,

 Netsnipe  (Talk)  06:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

WP: Policies & guidelines
This Wikipedian is proud to be a “Bureaucratic F**k”.



Just spotted this...

[3] - superb! Honorary life membership of the cabal is yours for the taking.... Just zis Guy you know? 12:45, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks again. Per IRC. Nookdog 22:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Zac Efron

If you're going to protect that article, shouldn't you also add a protection template? —this is messedrocker (talk) 03:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Dragonfly, how are you doing? Will you check out my article on Jacques Damala? It's still on the making but I'd really appreciate some thoughts/considerations. I really like writing biographies of very obscure people, though!

Keep up the good work! Xanthi22 01:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

wikipedophiles

oh man, i totally forgot i did that.


i'd had a few cans that night. i'm pretty sure there are some stupid entries on uncyclopedia made by yours truly from the same date. it seemed hilarious at the time... but then, everything does. --Gorman 02:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Condi Rice Censorship

I saw that you made an edit to the site. Do you have any overall thoughts as to the censorship that prevails there? None of my edits will stay regardless of research or citation based purely on the right wing POV that commands the minds of the article originators.--Francespeabody 02:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you unblock me please?

My name is User:King of the North East, my usual IP address is 81.96.242.176. I am at the public library now. You Barred me from editing because I blanked a table that I made, on Category:Listed Buildings in Leeds]] (a page that I started), I moved it to Listed buildings in Leeds, where I meant to put it in the first place.

because I was barred I was prevented from completing the work I was doing on the construction of Listed buildings in Leeds.

I am fairly new to Wikipedia so I didnt know that erasing my own work would be considered a crime against the system.

please look at my contributions and compare them with IP 81.96.242.176 contributions. You will see that they are both me, my computer at home keeps logging me out causing the confusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by King of the North East (talk • contribs) 2006-07-13 09:14:00 (UTC)

If I had received this message from you, I would have been highly confused: "What are they talking about - they cannot mean this edit because it was patently obvious that that blanking was totally correct since it was a category 'article' ". Please be more careful. -- RHaworth 15:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I have now seen your apols on the King's talk page so all is OK. -- RHaworth 17:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much for improving the article! It did need to be improved and also needed some restructuring. I hadn't even realized I had mistaken heroine with heroin! Jesus! Also, thanks for correcting the Category links. I'm still pretty much an amateur when it comes to these things. I really think you've improved the article significantly. By the way, Damala does look like an asshole. Pretty egotistical person. His daughter, Teresa, was an amazing woman, though. I don't think I'm going to write an article about her, though, most people wouldn't believe her story, it's pretty unbelievable what she's been through.

Again, thanks very much. If you ever want any help or favour, let me know! -- Xanthi22 17:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Behistun Inscription

The material I removed relates more to a particular theory about the Lost Tribes of Israel than the history of the inscription so I put it in that article. TheLateDentarthurdent 00:23, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


European Hit Radio Top 40 (09.07.2006)

Hello! Why You delete European Hit Radio Top 40 (09.07.2006)? If, as you say, this is not an article - then where should i post every week top 40 ?????????????????????????????????? --Digital1 17:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

EDUN deletion

mighty quick on the trigger finger, eh? is there no oversight on wikipedia? EDUN is a legitimate article in the business of fair trade and helping third world nations. what have you got against that?

A message from the famed "Jizm"

Er, what the hell? Why block someone indefinetly because of their name? I mean if you seriously have a problem with someone then try maybe blocking them, say, for the act of vandalism they may have commited, then when it runs out, wait for them again, and again. I mean come on, as if you give a shit about my name, you just wanted me out. So I hereby award you a middle finger for being such a pathetic loser. Check the old user page as well. I'm sure you'll get more fun there. The only reason I'm acctually able to type this is because im on my brand spanking new laptop. So I end by telling you to get a life and try doing something else other than trying to police a website where you don't actually know anyone, and so are merely doing it because you a)Have no friends b)Have no job c)Were bullied at school, and so are doing this because it makes you feel powerful. I end with a quote from me "Your Mum"

Dear Dragonfly

Arise, Sir (Lady?) Dragonfly! ;)

For your brave, generous and humble gesture of recognizing your own mistakes and patting a newcomer's back when he needed the most, you deserve nothing but my wholehearted admiration, dear Dragonfly. When I see an attitude like this in an experienced admin like you, my faith in WP gets stronger. Such a noble act makes you great, at least, in my eyes. I only wish I knew whether you're a guy or a girl to address you properly! :) You are awesome, DF67! Have a great weekend, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 23:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

hm

What's so special about Rorschach (comics) that another artist couldn't re-create the images? BenB4 09:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

why?

why did you delete the article on Ultimate Remote Prank?

Holocaust history books

Hi, History says: "When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies". It doesn't say valid interpretation. See also Talk:Holocaust denial#Category for holocaust denial books. Category:Pseudohistory already is in Category:History. Apokrif 16:15, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me, you blocked me for pretending to be an AOL user?

AOL account (talk • contribs • page moves • Current Autoblocks • block log) and caused two consecutive autoblocks in the process, could you 1) unblock, as I was very clear for the reason for this accounts creation, and 2) repair the collateral damage?--205.188.116.13 15:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Removing the autoblocks would be a good thing, no matter how you feel about the account--205.188.116.13 15:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Thank you--205.188.116.13 15:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I just saw your page, and dropped to say a hello. Please remain in touch. All along I have considered you a male, now I am getting confused having read Phaedriel's words! Regards. --Bhadani 15:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I am fine, including the charming. You have really a sharp memory. Regards. --Bhadani 15:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Cher

hi could u protect the cher page again, that and the discography i already complained to wiki but they dont think its necessary, a couple of us have to fix that page everyday cause some ppl add info without sources then get mad Rsf7589 18:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Hey, how are you doing? Have you been working on anything in particular lately? I've almost finished the Jacques Damala article - please check it out if you can spare any free time, although it still needs numerous changes (possibly a bit of deletion in some parts as well, I am way too verbose sometimes!).

Best wishes -- Xanthi22 22:21, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Thx

Thanks for your kind words. I'm hoping that a larger band of prose critiquers will join in to share the burden, at both the FAC and FAR/C rooms. I can only do it when work deadlines are not impinging on my time. :) Tony 08:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

User:500 MUSLIMS KILLED BY A 5 FOOT WAVE.

Excuse me, but could you protect the user's talk page also? Thanks --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 21:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Elven6 's block

Thanks! Only one more user to block (User:ARYAN818) and we can get on with out lives here ;) Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 23:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Have a Heart

Cut me a break, will ya

Username block

If you find another username with the wording "idiot", probably ban him indefinitely. Could you, please? --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 23:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding ==Note==

Thank you that's nice of you to acknowledge me, but this is ridiculous!!!! What am I supposed to do?!

100110100 23:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding ==Efficiency==

Well, actually, I've looked at the articles a bit more, but I think I'll withdraw my claims; it seems that the articles are truly not about the tribes themselves, but about the current situation in each of the articles they are talking about. Are your from edmonton?

100110100 00:21, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I am:-D I saw that you were from Canada & I'd thought I'd start a conversation!:-S But thanks. ttyl! btw, r u a guy or a girl?
100110100 05:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 :)

I don't take nationalists seriously. I'm not calling you one, I'm talking about the Hague Tribunal. --serbiana - talk 02:02, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Why are you reverting my edits? --serbiana - talk 02:16, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for the help.

Sssooo, I'll tell you my story.

One of the reasons I've started an account is that I've noticed a lot of the articles are sexist, & a lot of the articles use the word Indian incorrectly, [you know what I mean? [regarding '...Indian...']], so I was thinking of starting a sexist drive, & 'Indian' drive, you know? Like those Linguistics clubs on Wikipedia [pardon my vocab, its late @ night, haha]. Maybe they should be merged into 1 or not, so maybe you could help me? That's what I need help on.... Start 1? Make user boxes for these? Rfc?

Thanks; I'll be talking to you later!

100110100 06:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Elven6

Hi, please see User talk:Elven6 where the user has requested an unblock. I'm just merely relaying the message to you are the blocking admin. I have no opinion either way as to whether the user remains blocked or is unblocked. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 21:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Your block of The Messenger

RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER is not a valid reason for a block. Please explain. Fredil Yupigo 00:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Though you could have used a better block summary. And you better answer his questions on his talk page. Hey! I just looked at your userpage. I'm 12, and if you look at my userpage, you will see that I'm frustrated. Though you're not my target... Fredil Yupigo 02:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Exceptionally early closure

Two merges, one keep, references added to the article at the last, one editor's opinion explicitly based upon the non-existence of references, and only 20 hours of discussion. It was rather early to close that one as "delete", don't you think? Uncle G 09:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Kittens

I am a human. For one, kittens canot type. I am acting on behalf of the kittens, so please, do as the policy says. I am NOT a common Kitten Vandal.--LostLittleKitten

Rufio1992

I think you way want to reconsider. Blocking indefinitely after one warning for a first offence is way too severe. Please have a look at policy and see what other admins are doing. I've unblocked and given him a 1 week block and another warning. DJ Clayworth 21:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Here ya go

Since you've been nice to me through all my "situations", have some cookies. Pilotguy (roger that) 23:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Since you've been nice to me through all my "situations", have some cookies. Pilotguy (roger that) 23:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a sweet treat since you've been helpful to cheer me up. --Pilotguy (roger that) 23:08, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the support

Hello,

Thanks for your note of support. I'm to the point of proposing to other professionals that we start a form of Wikipedia that would focus only on truly encyclopedic Articles - leaving out the tabloid bullshit - and that the editing be restricted to persons who state their area(s) of expertise. Professionals DO disagree a lot on issues, but when they are in a discussion (allright, argument) with someone, they at least know that the person they are spending the time going head-to-head with has some knowledge of the subject.

Be healthy,

Michael David 14:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Your suggestion has been tried. … sometimes the only ones who can fill in the blanks are dilettantes with holes in their schedules
Oh well, it was a thought, thanks again. By the way, in the above statement, do you mean holes in their 'schedules' or, perhaps something you put a hat on?
Be healthy,
Michael David 21:29, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Unprotecting

Please, unprotect Vit Zvanovec and then delete it. Reason: Google. Thanks. -- Vít Zvánovec 21:41, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I took the liberty of deleting this. If it's recreated it will show up on my watchlist and I'll delete it again. --Tony Sidaway 00:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


Psychology Wiki

The Logo for the Psychology Wiki.
The Logo for the Psychology Wiki.

Hi DragonFly,

I noticed on Michael's page and from his comments here that you told him about the Nupedia project, which didnt really work. I was wondering that if you encountered anyone else like Michael, if you could point them in the direction of our project The Psychology Wiki.

It is different from Wikipedia, because approximately 90% of our contributors so far are psychologists, either professionals, academics, or students and trainees.

Our site is hosted by a company called Wikia, which was founded by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. There are Google Ads on the site, but we dont make money from the project, they're just to pay for the bandwidth, storage and technical support that Wikia give us.

Have a look and see what you think. As you are an Admin, could you give us any advice or criticisms on the site? At present I am attracting contributors from professional psychologists/psychiatrists/trainees/students on Wikipedia. Is there any easy way to reach out to all of these people simultaneiously (theyre not all categorised, so its tricky finding them).

Where is the right place for us to leave messages to attract new contributors? So far I've been using user_talk pages and discussion pages. The only other WP admin I've asked about this is User:Sango123 and she thought we were doing OK.

Cheers

Mostly Zen 00:29, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for having a look at our project Dragonfly,
Yes, it will be open for anyone to edit, at the moment though, we are finding that its a project that mainly psychologists are wanting to contribute to, rather than the general reader. At the moment its as easy to edit as WP is.

If we get lots of people who are not psychologists editing (over a certain proportion, which we havent worked out yet!) then we might have to consider asking people to register, and maybe consider restrictions, but we're not at that stage yet.

I am only inviting Psychologists though, I've left messages like the one on your page on about 20 psychologists talk pages tonight. Last night I left about 25. I think I am rapidly running out of psychologists on WP! No one has been annoyed yet, as I've personalised all the messages in a friendly so as to not look like a spammer.

Later on though, we are considering asking Wikipedians by mental condition (its a category) to consider sharing personal experiences of mental health on non-NPOV personal experience pages. We might email a lot of wikipedians when we do that, so I'll be careful not to ask too many at once (ill do batches of 15 or so about once a week i guess).

Thanks for the advice

Mostly Zen 02:42, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ruth gledhill

Why did you remove the deletion notice? It's a useless redirect and a waste of bandwidth. Anyone searching for Ruth gledhill will successfully reach Ruth Gledhill! --Dweller 17:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biswajit

Yeah I knew the article was in English. I meant what was an article about some Indian film actor doing on the english wikipedia. Do we have an article for even ONE of his movies? I'm hoping you really didn't understand the reason for listing the article for deletion and you weren't just trying to be funny with the comment "The result was keep - it was in English in the first place, what are you talking about?. DS 22:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)" Thanks! Stubbleboy 23:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Yeah, I'm going to agree with you there, I guess he is noteable, although obviously his movies are not. Stubbleboy 18:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

liberal interpretation of AfD rules

Just to let you know that one of the AfDs you closed recently is mentioned in a discussion I started on the AfD talk page: Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion#Too liberal closure and deletion_during_AfD. Best regards, Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 09:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

It's not easy being green

Hello, regarding my innuendo regarding the Brian Peppers situation: I wrote some extensive, fairly well reasoned arguments in the talk page for that article after it was executive-removed for exactly one year, but after a while some of the admins who were not happy with the dissent had the talk page also permanently removed. Apparently, even educated opinions were not welcome and were "a waste of time that could be spent elsewhere". It was in that instance I learned that this project does have a questionable side: harmless and constructive dissent was quashed for no other reason than it bothered some people higher up. I still believe in the value of the project, but it opened my eyes to some of the flaws that are more unsettling that mere vandalism. ...right, and I should probably tell you why I thought the Peppers' article was worth having (I'll summarize points I made there):

  1. He's a notable interent celebrity/meme in the same way that Mahir Çağrı, Ghyslain Raza (who was not happy with the fame), Amir Massoud Tofangsazan (same as Ghyslain), O RLY? (as just a famous image);
  2. He was a notable enough meme to warrant a lengthy investigation on Snopes(link) and (unfortunately or not) a number of references on places like YTMND (again, this establishes some notoriety/notability for how far a meme has spread);
  3. Having a handicap should never mitigate inclusion in an encyclopedia, it's awful that anyone should suffer from his problems, but allowing feeling sorry for someone's condition to get in the way of a clinical observation of notability is unprofessional;
  4. why he became famous is worthy of inclusion, but the reason shouldn't be written off as unimportant since it's clearly why so many people have heard of the individual --yes he's ugly, it's sad that it's why he became notable but that's why we all know who Joseph Merrick is;
  5. Not wanting an article about you, when you've made it into the public sphere (being convicted of a crime is very much in the public sphere as a matter of near-universal public policy), should not be a factor;
  6. At the very least he deserves a small entry on the internet meme page, but that apparently wasn't okay either (very strange);
  7. there is a lingering sentiment among some editors that all internet memes are unworthy of inclusion on Wikipedia, thus each one usually faces a VfD at least once --Peppers survived a few and still it was erased by administrator action...with arguments that it wasn't encyclopedic. This argument was disingenuous considering all the other articles kept, and it does not hold up to the above reasons for inclusion.

Anyway, I hope that summarizes the messy situation over there. The Peppers article was blanked in Feb (for a year) and the associated talk page was blanked by angry admins a month or so later. All the best, Bobak 15:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the well thought response, but I think the very fact that the article kept getting recreated by various visitors (and established members... those of us on the pro-keep side were insulted by repeated statements that "all these vandals and anons keep wanting this article" --I lost much respect for several editors anymore because they show no depth in argument beyond this) only seemed to, in and of itself, show that there was a notable (if infamous) meme that had been removed by those who are automatically stacked against such things. You state that there were garbage versions of the article, but that can be said about many Wikipedia articles were developed into legitimate ones. And I'm not merely saying that the Peppers article "would've" been good, rather that there was a pretty solid article actually produced at the end by editors interested in seeing the article stay. A good article can be written, with sections on what's public knowledge about the individual, the rise of parodies, the snopes article, and aftermath (even if it was nothing). Besides, even if that isn't enough for a stand alone article, it doesn't explain why there was no allowance for even a mention on the internet meme article which has nothing but 1-2 sentence blurbs about memes like Peppers. --Bobak 19:07, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Activate my email? It is working. But please, I take your word for it. If I want to see more examples I'll just scan the thousands of clean-up tags and/or patrol the newly created articles cue ;-) --Bobak 19:16, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

I have been keeping an eye on some of the pages I edited during my Wikibinge a few weeks ago. I noticed that the most recent addition to Osmotherley is little more than a childish rant. Maybe you could do something about it?

Keep up the good work :)

-King of the North East 19:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Elvis.

I'm sorry. It was a harmelss joke. The last vandalism was in February. anything since was a dispute and should not be grouped together with vandalism. I am honestly trying to stop and being the first time for 6 and a half months is pretty good. If this looks like a mismash it's because i copied it off my talk page :) I hope you don't bear a grudge or already hate me. I have been a good wikipedian for a long time and hope to stay that way. Zazaban 20:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

LOL!

Thanks for making me laugh. [4] =) -- Gogo Dodo 21:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello!

Greetings! I'm back and had a semi-wonderful time (don't ask ;). Tell me, how've you been these past few weeks? --HRE 23:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

Wow, thanks for your uber-quick help deleting the left-over redirect from my page move out of my sandbox. I take it you're a recent changes watcher? ;-) -- NORTH talk 00:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Overzealous Blocking?

I noticed that you blocked 70.125.2.237 from editing, after they vandalized the Loxodonta page with some Colbert nonsense. This was the first edit from this IP address; shouldn't you have left them with just a warning? Not to mention that you called them an idiot, which is probably true but not too polite for a new user. Just wondering. CalebNoble 05:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Carmodities

May I ask under what condition you decided that this was speediable? JoshuaZ 18:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Dumbshit?

What the heck are you talking about? Please do not use that kind of language. (68.32.79.169 18:19, 3 August 2006 (UTC))

Belated Thanks For Belated Thanks

It's all good bro. I've found a way to get around "the man", so i'm contributing again through various sockpuppets that have also been voting on things -- who knows? A few of them seem to be nearing rfa status, so I may rejoin you :-) Karmafist 20:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Admin Abuses?

I've been following the Colbert problem lately, and I ran across your August 3 block of User:70.125.2.237. First off, you blocked him without any warnings, but I don't know if this was admin policy at the time or not. What caught my eye, though, was the message you left: "You're blocked for being an idiot." That got me looking into other stuff you've dealt with, and I've noticed a large number of complaints about "power trips", "abuses of authority", etc, etc. You were probably in the right in most of these cases, albeit rude and possibly too quick to delete/block.

The latest thing I've noticed is your treatment of User:68.32.79.169. He made a couple of insulting remarks about admins on the Talk Page of Latchkey kid; you replied by leaving this message on his talkpage: "Please do not be a dumbshit or you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Got it?" As you can see above, he replied with "What the heck are you talking about? Please do not use that kind of language." You replied, "Are you the one who edited Latchkey kid last night? If so, then the offensive language most certainly applies to you. If not, I apologise."

First, you were rude to an (apparently) new user. Second, you threatened to block him because of a couple of remarks he left on a talk page. Third, those remarks just happened to insult admins. Fourth, you suggested that he had edited the article Latchkey kid, instead of its talk page.

What's going on here? Even if there's a good explanation, I've noticed enough of a pattern with you to decide that you've probably got some issues. Just wanted to let you know, someone's always watching. User:CalebNoble 03:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for the reply; I understand your frustration. If there's one thing I hate, it's stupid people, and the level of Wikipedia vandalism shows us how many are out there. The other thing I hate, though, is assholes; part of why I confronted you was to see how you responded. Thanks for being courteous.

You asked what "pattern" I was referring to; it's hard to answer this one, as it's just something I've sensed in reviewing your talk page. On the other hand, my perception is skewed, since you apparently make many, many edits, and no one would send you a message unless they really liked you or really hated you. The two things that bother me, though, are instances of rudeness and, more serious, threats. I could find some specific examples if you want me to, but my main concern is that you don't turn legitimate users off, a few of whom might end up being major contributors. Again, I understand why you get exasperated; maybe we just have different styles of communicating with jerks. User:CalebNoble 04:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


Please watch your tone in blocking summaries and talk pages. If the vandals are getting to you and you can't keep your cool, stay away from vandal patrolling for a while. Getting a rise out of someone is what they're after - do not feed them. -- Jeandré, 2006-08-05t17:57z

Sorry :-\

Whoops. Sorry 'bout that! Karwynn (talk) 22:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Nice rewrite of Judy Buenoano

Thank you for your work on the rewrite of Judy Buenoano! I knew the article was worth saving, but I hadn't had the time to go in and rewrite it myself. I think you did an excellent job with it. —C.Fred (talk) 15:35, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Spiny dogfish

Yes, I made a mistake. Boy, you were quick. I renamed it to Flathead catshark which was the intention in the first place. Please tell me how to recover from this. GrahamBould 16:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I've been a twit. I meant to create a new article for FhC by starting with the article for SD, but typed directly over the top without taking a copy. Then renamed it. So, it seems there is now only one article, called FhC, which is probably OK. And the old SD article is lurking in the history somewhere. Are you an Administrator? I'd appreciate it if you could do the reversion, but if not let me know & I will take care of it - I hope. Really sorry about this. Tired. :-) GrahamBould 17:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Worked like a charm. You are a genius! Thanks again GrahamBould 17:50, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

I'd be willing for experimentation!

Thanks for your comments.

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME 13:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Thanks for that; it was me trying a new javascript that didn't work! --TheM62Manchester 16:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Irgun

Irgun was a 1940s right wing military organization which no longer exists. HaIrgun is a 2001 left wing organization. There is nothing whatsoever in common to the two, other than the name, which means "organization". Isarig 05:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I said ouch

"As of October 9, 2005, I am an administrator. This means that I am now the target of frustrated twelve-year-olds whose vanity pages I deleted"

Made me say ouch mine was kinda vain hu. I looked over your history page and could tell you had your hands full. No issues here keep up the good work ok. God Bless--Supplements 14:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Jimbos page

As far as I know, I didn't - Abstract Idiot [ Talk • Contribs ] 05:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Need this to be unblocked please

Commercial driver's license I built this page and yes I used the Gov site [5] for info for this page. I have edited it numerous times to keep if from being a total copy but really can't edit the laws, type of classes and violations as these need to be in correct legal language.

  • I have called the government site in case point 202-366-2952 and have been assured I am not breaking any copyright laws. There aren't any copyright restrictions on the site.

Any Federal Government site is owned by us the public and free to use copy print transmit etc. Please call the number I have given you to verify my statement.

Thanks for your time into looking into this for me. God Bless --Supplements 14:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

thank you

MR. DS. thanks for ur friendly advice. as i am a new wikipedian, so i know a little bit about its rules and regulation. howevr, i think i need ur fuirther help to move on. i am asking u for help. here is my e-mail address. if u mail me ur address so, i could be in ur keep in touch. however, i would like to finish my speech by giving u a thanks again.keep well and keep smiling. mahadi mahmud ecstasy_aiub@yahoo.com

I was SOOO frustrated that I couldn't look up santa claus that I just made a completely unnecessary change, hoping someone would look at my edit summary and fix it. I appreciate the help though, I'm workin' on learning unicode so I can do things besides minor edits. Thanks again. Andrew Al1encas1no 01:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Why did you block my username?

Why did you perma-ban my original username, WikipediaSleeperCell1? It's from Sleeper Cell, I do not see what is wrong with this. WikipediaSleeperCell2 06:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, well I would think that you would give the benefit of the doubt, as the username was not inappropriate, and I did no such vandalism. WikipediaSleeperCell2 15:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Colbert

I just saw the Wikiality segment for the first time today on a rerun, and thought I should stop by to thank you for dealing with the problem. :-) CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 06:42, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

combine editors

Hear, hear! Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 18:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

or is it Here, here?. :) Dlohcierekim 18:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I hadn't seen announcement...

Of LMB's new book. Thanks! I went and checked the dendarii.org site and found it there.

I almost wrote 'Who is Lois, and what makes you think I'd like to read a book by her', but tongue-in-cheek humor just doesn't work online. Sigh.  :) MilesVorkosigan 22:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Victory at last!

I've been emailed the new password for User:HolyRomanEmperor. However, the account still seems blocked. What to do? --HRE 11:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Question?

This will sound stupid, but how do you add pictures to articles?

I'm asking you because you helped me join Wikipedia, and my brother won't help me.

User:Mare-Silverus 17:35, 10, Aug 2006


  • And what if it's from a website that's been taken off of the www.

User:Mare-Silverus 18:15, 10, Aug 2006


  • The ones that I want to use are all just screenshots.

User:Mare-Silverus 18:47, 10, Aug 2006


User:Mare-Silverus 20:20, 10, Aug 2006

Chuck Carter

Just out of curiosity - why is the page for Chuck Carter being continually changed? I am the real Chuck Carter and was flattered to see it there when it was originally posted to the site. But when my son showed me someone else there in my place, I was surpised that my bio was deleted. Just check the history. I've contributed to it's accuracy as have others and am curious about the change since people have used to to find out more about me personally, to find out about my role in Myst and National Geographic and contacted me through it.

So if there is a problem, please check the history as an administrator and let me know why it's has been changed.

Thank you.


Desperately Seeking Caroline

Since you are someone who clearly cares about Caroline Thompson, maybe you can help figure out how to get all of her wonderful web content into a place where others can still view it. The "Caroline Thompson's Physics" page (freespace.virgin.net/ch.thompson1) seems not to be accessible any more, nor are any of the links that formerly emanated from it. Dilettante Extraordinaire 17:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


Fan Fiction nominated for an Article Improvement Drive

I figured you'd want to know that the fan fiction article has been nominated for an Article Improvement Drive. :) Runa27 22:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...

... for the kind words. MastCell 22:48, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Arguing on your talk page

I just realised, I never got around to apologising for arguing with another user on your talk page. So sorry for that. By the way, are you considering archiving your talk page? Daniel.Bryant 08:02, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Requesting your opinion

I wrote the article Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building Designation Act, the first bill in history that contains an article from Wikipedia. It appeared on DYK and right away somebody "tags" it for deletion. I inviteyou to express yourself here:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building Designation Act. Thank you Tony the Marine 16:26, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Changing names

Article names can indeed be changed. What would you suggest as a replacement name for "Malcolm Ross (anti-Semite)", since that's the trait for which he is notable and the trait which distinguishes him from at least three other Malcolm Rosses? DS 12:29, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi DS, no need to change. I realized/discovered after the fact that was the reason for the parentheses(sp). Thanks for the note anyways! Cheers --Tom 13:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Skin

Sure point it out, however i expect having a differnt colour causes no harm on classic if you can see the gray. May i point out that tho the colours used are already used in those type of pages as well. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 19:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

PS: Notice Ed lectured me about making "major" changes and i should discuss first (i fail to see how its major, it does not alter it in anyway unless bgcolour is called and not empty) and then went and made real major changes? Altering code and aligning text to left. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 19:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
(Opps edited your user page sorry) You may want to read: [6] Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 19:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Question - Continued

And what about pictures I edited myself?

User:Mare-Silverus 23:23, 13, Aug 2006

Diacritics and page moves

Hi! Recently several editors, including yourself, have reverted edits by User:Gene Nygaard which moved pages to diacriticless titles, or expressed concern at the moves on his talk page. Despite this, Gene has carried on making many moves of this type, some of which will require admin work to revert - this behaviour is becoming disruptive, and is reducing consistency in article naming schemes. Further comments, suggestions and opinions would be welcome either at User talk:Gene Nygaard or at the section started by Renata3 at WP:AN/I. I believe this may require a report at RfM - please let me know if you think this would be a suitable action or otherwise. Aquilina 17:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Trickle

Could you please undelete Trickle, or at least debate the notability (or lack thereof) of Olive? --JB Adder | Talk 10:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Too late, I recreated (and expanded) it. I also beefed up Olive (band) to reinforce notability. (Did you know they won an Ivor Novello Award?) –Unint 23:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
reply...
That is very, very strange because the article on the album had existed before, and none of the links pointing to the article have ever changed. Plus the deletion log only shows one "Trickle" deleted.
Perhaps User:Srsiesta blanked the album article and put his info in... Good enough explanation for me. –Unint 00:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Flying Spagetti Monster

Keep an eye on our friend. A temp banning may be in orderRsm99833 19:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


Your help is needed

  • In the Glenn Danzig article, there is a user by the name of Enzigel who is, I feel, jeopardizing the neutrality and some credibility of the article. He is very biased towards the artist and has been for quite a long time now deleting anything whatsoever of a "negative" slant on the subject matter, in order to paint a purely positive article. He has of late resorted to using the "Biography Of Living Persons" clause to give himself carte blanche to delete anything he chooses is not within the bounds of this clause. However, under that clause, it insists that only unsourced or poorly sourced negative comments should be deleted. Meanwhile, in the article, there are a lot of comments that are referenced. Some still need some work to find their references and links. But instead of discussing this or leaving a reminder tag for others, he simply removes everything. I have sent him a couple of messages and asking him to discuss with other contributors but he fobs it all off. If you look thru the article, the history, compare the most recent version I have edited and his most recent. Notice that there are certain things there being removed that are uncalled for. In mentioning Glenn's height, how is that a negativity that requires immediate deletion? In trying to tone down Enzigel's bias a little, giving a more even-handed comment, he goes and reverts it back as though it weren't positive enough to his liking. You will also notice that, yes, there ARE some comments left by other contributors that do need references/links. But instead of deleting them, he should be leaving a tag reminding people to find the references/links to support those comments left. Many of them are factual just not sourced or not sourced well enough. While, certain other comments (the def leopard, the video incident) have been well-sourced, and written about impartially by me - especially compared to older versions that Enzigel himself originally edited in which were in fact too biased and positive and untruthful. While Enzigel may be very right some of the time, he is not all of the time. Same goes for me. Therefore, I really do need your help in first analyzing the article, comparing my latest versions with his most recent ones, judging all this, and then having a word with him and me to sort it out. He may play it cool, but I doubt for long. He has a too strong love for Danzig that he will do whatever it takes to glorify the subject matter by deleting contributions. Can't help himself. If you notice my contributions on the GG Allin article, and analyze the GG Allin article, you will notice how everyone who contributes there has found a very comfortable working relationship with everyone else, both positive and negative viewpoints are allowed, no bias, no fanboyism, no anti-fanboyism, and everyone filling the article with references/links. A very good article and very good vibe among everyone there. But the Glenn Danzig article has been a bone of contention for quite some time now, with Enzigel himself editing and deleting carte blanche any iota of "negativity" (or non-glorification), which has caused many disputes in the talk page, which in itself has been edited and deleted of past disputes. It's basically Enzigel on a one-man mission to paint Glenn Danzig as favorably as possible. In acting this way, his fanboyistic behavior will only attract Glenn Danzig detractors to visit the site and actually vandalize it. But most of the contributors are not being vandals, just trying to actually flesh out the subject matter neautrally, but are being hindered by Enzigel. I may be in the wrong either completely or in some parts. Enzigel may be wrong completely or in some parts. Can you please sort this situation asap? Thanks. G.g. 16 August 2006 (UTC)

JAMES WHITEHORN Where is the james whitehorn article???????

Considering unblocking Museman233 (talk • contribs • count)

Museman233 (talk • contribs • count) has requested to be unblocked, on the platform that he was just testing things out, and realizes that it was not the appropriate place to do so. His request seems relatively genuine, but I just wanted to check with you before unblocking. Of course, if he continues anything of the like, and indef-block will certainly be appropriate to go back, but he may have just been a confused new user. -- Natalya 04:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

My pictures

Thanks! No, I won't re-upload them or anything, not after all this. Just wondering, though, why did you delete the picture of my cat, Dante? Because he was lying against my pyjama-clad body? Sergeant Snopake 11:33, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Missing

Wow. I didn't know Wikipedia kept such a list. Sure... you can remove me. But, I have an urge to ask you something, particularly because you seem to be a very active member of the encyclopedia.

Several years ago, I became very attracted to the process of writing articles. I put in hours and hours a day into developing articles, often entirely uprooting the entire thing and then redoing it. I think anyone who knows the general "Hinduism" links, like Hinduism, Yoga, Tantra, etc., some other articles like those on the FOIA and Sandra Day O'Connor, can vouch for the fact that I pretty much fathered those articles. I even took, with the help of a few other intrepids, take the Hinduism article to featured status.
That's when personal life came in and I had to leave for a while. But I was happy I'd contributed, proud of the work, and excited to have others read it and also, I kid you not, edit it, to make it even better. But then, I came back but a few months later, and in particular, the Hinduism article had been destroyed. It's structure, which I had painstakingly spent months on, was obliterated; the aesthetic appeal of the article itself was damaged, and sectarian views began flooding the page. Personal agendas.
What's the point? I sometimes see stuff which makes me want to do an edit... like in the Timothy Treadwell page (famed as the 'Grizzyman'). I see a major POV issue in the last paragraph which essentially reflects upon his exploits and career in Alaska, living with Kodiak bears. It is unremittingly negative, essentially giving voice ONLY to opinions stating he was mentally deficient, mad, f----d up in the head... dangerous, disrespectful... I can respect those views... but why isn't there a balance showing the other side of the equation, OTHER peoples' opinions, which see him as a visionary, an environmentalist, an adventurer, a lover of wildlife, a spiritually-evolved or at least unconventional figure? There's no balance... and I wondered, two, two and a half years after my major spat of postings... should I edit this?
What stops me? I am almost certain someone's going to come along and, without any reason, without even stating a reason, expunge my work.... or he/she'll litter the article with biases and erase anything which doesn't agree with his/her opinions, no care for NPOV or the higher philosophy of the attempt to objectivity in journalism and academic writing. So why should I bother with the public-domain encyclopedia? It's too much work, n'est-ce pas?

I'm sorry to have laid this all on you... I'm just trying to ask your opinion on this, as a veteran wikipedian: should I just leave for good? Maybe you should keep me on the missing persons list... thanks for your time. Keep posting and writing. LordSuryaofShropshire 13:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)