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Fawcett


Thank you for suppressing my material on Beaumont College and the Bells of Ouseley on grounds of copyright infringement. I drafted as I did because I do not think there is any copyright infringement here, as although I have used the website you refer to as a source for some of the material, I believe that this constitutes fair dealing under English law, since only a small part of the source article was used, significant drafting changes were made (and copyright protection applies only to how information is presented, not the information itself), and there are no commercial interests involved (the source website is non-commercial). I have consulted " Wikipedia:Five Pillars" as you suggest, but find little to explain your actions.

I think it especially unfortunate that you have suppressed the whole of these articles, not simply the parts you suppose are offensive. I have no time to pursue this matter further, but think it would be a kindness to those interested in Beaumont College if you were at least to remove the material you suppose offensive and allow the rest to stand.

Mark O'Sullivan 17:09, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Your Vote

I just wanted to ask if you could kindly show me where the directions are for re-listing a article that has already been voted on. I did not get rid of the old voting results, I moved them to an archive page so the new voting could be on the actual current vote page. --ScottyBoy900Q 22:49, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User Categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Canada page as living in or being associated with Canada. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians somewhere undetermined in Canada for instructions.--Rmky87 03:36, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] that "blanking" was a software malfunction

The version the page I was editing had two copies of my insertion. When I edited one of them to remove it, evidently something happened in the collision with Lulu's own editing ahead of me. The sofware has been flakey, I am getting logged out all the time this morning too. Has there been a software upgrade? Thanx for correcting it.--Silverback 17:22, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

  • I see now what happened. I have had very rare occurences like this for as long as I have been using the wiki - its happened maybe 3 or 4 times. I will strike my comments on the Rfc. Fawcett5 17:26, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
    • You probably should back out your comments completely. You inserted them over the signatures of 4 people who certified the statement of dispute. I think you thought this was an evidence page.--Silverback 19:01, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
      • Don't worry, they are gone now, I reverted out all the illegal edits. Here is the relevant text from the vandalism page: Changing people's comments Editing signed comments by another user to substantially change their meaning (e.g. turning someone's vote around), except when removing a personal attack (which is somewhat controversial in and of itself).
      • --Silverback 19:39, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Silverback, I have reinserted my comments, and I certainly don't approve of you removing them in the first place, even though they were struck. DO NOT remove them again. They were neither "Illegal" or "vandalism" - editors "certifying" the Rfc were people who tried to mediate a solution before the Rfc, there is nothing "certified" about the text of the Rfc per se. The only thing innappropriate going on there is the subject of an Rfc removing comments from the Rfc page. THAT is vandalism, and if you keep it up, I'll block you myself. Fawcett5 22:39, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Problem user

No problem, I will keep an eye out. -- Francs2000 00:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] RE: Seton Lake Photo

Hi,

All the photos I post on Wiki were taken by me. I am donating them to the public domain.

Thanks. Dtaw2001

[edit] Welcomes

Heya, you might want to sign your welcome messages to newbies. It makes them more personal, and signing messages on talk pages is a good idea anyway. --fvw* 20:15, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Oops, didn't notice the sig was missing, thanks. Fawcett5 20:19, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Hi! Great to see so many welcome messages go by on RC Patrol :-) However, you might want to consider to use {{subst:welcome}} instead. It replaces the template with the text, which not only makes it look more personal but also, as I've been told, is less of a strain on the servers. Regards, --JoanneB 20:33, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Sounds like a good plan, will do. Fawcett5 12:01, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome wagon

Just so you know, User:Motel Marmot, who you welcomed earlier today, is a suspected sockpuppet of the Marmot vandal, and as such is under indefinite block. Sadly, this applies to all nicks referencing marmots. DS 21:43, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

  • I will keep an eye out for other Marmot nicks. I supose though that this sort needs to read the five pillars especially badly....not that it will do any good if they do. Fawcett5 12:03, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Users

How do you find new users and welcome them so fast? Just the normal Recent Changes page and look through it until you find one? Also, why dosen't wikipedia automaticly send out a welcome message, do you think that's a good idea?

Prodego 12:49, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: welcome

Hello Fawcett5 and thank you very much for welcoming me!

I do think the project of Wikipedia is beautiful and also something of new in the history of human civilisation, a kind of self-developing and auto-correcting knowledge system.

Well, I hope to give my little contribute to this project...

By the way, I have a question: I was working at the english article about the italian movie "I'm Not Scared" and I was trying to upload the orginal poster movie, but I did a mistake. I uploaded the image not directly in the article, but in the commons, where fair use is not possible. A message told me that the image will be delete, but it's still there. And now I can't upload the same image (with the same title) in the article because that image is already in the commons. So, if I don't to change the name, what shall I do? I have simply to wait or can I cancel the image in the commons myself?

Thank you very much for your kind help.

Bye,

Daviboz

[edit] Welcomings

Image:WikiThanks.png You welcome lots of Wikipedians! Good good good! --216.191.200.1 19:03, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: images

Hi again,

the name of the file in the commons is "io non ho paura.jpg". It's still there, but don't worry, I solved the problem at the end of the day, I just uploaded the same image with a different name ("I'm not scared original.jpg") directly in the article as movie poster (fair use).

Thank you very much for you kind help and good work!

Cheers,

Daviboz 23:28, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] From Enjiniahdesu

Thanks for your welcome note!

I noticed that my article on progressive stamping was placed into the technology category. I believe that it should be placed into the metalworking category. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[edit] Fawcett5

Thank you for welcoming me. I am very new to Wikipedia and didn't know that the contents are all editable. I think this is an awesome idea because you get the opportunity to correct any errors you see without creating too many misunderstanding with the original writer. Furthermore, all contributions will be monitored by administrators such as yourself and this ensures that only useful information goes in and the trash goes out. Besides, this is also an enormous pool of information contributed from all walks of life from all over the world. Point of curiousity though, as administrator, do you have to verify the truth of the information given? What if the contributor (such as myself) contributes something I thought was correct but infact wasn't? - ok, someone else can correct my error - but what if I corrected someone else's error which was infact not an error?

Also, I'm wondering if you have any write-ups about Anne of Green Gables, like photos of the island, perhaps?

One more question, please. While you are at it, why not start up something like this to pool all the folk legends and old wives tale from all over the world? It is through these local legends that you get to know the different people of the world and their wide and varied beliefs.

I'm not even sure if this is the correct way to write to you but if this goes where it shouldn't, please redirect it back to Fawcett5.

and this "My Talk" tab.....is it some sort of e-mail?

I don't see any "Send" Tab only the "Save" and wouldn't that just save it to my page... or My Talk....??..hmm....

Millorac 02:32, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:FranzBoas.jpg

Hi. This image you uploaded has no source information. Because it has no source, Wikipedia cannot make a fair use claim to it. Please supply source information if possible- otherwise, the image may have to be deleted. Thanks. --Ryan Delaney talk 11:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

The image is actually in the public domain. It is from the collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and dates to 1915. I have updated the image annotation accordingly. Regards, Fawcett5 12:27, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the welcome

Just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome. I look forward to adding as many articles as I possibly can...and please be sure to keep me on my toes as to what's not correct form from me. I was also interested in knowing if my thesis on the Great Hopewell Road would be an acceptable article...if you'd like to have a look at it and let me know your thoughts, I'd appreciate it. The article is on my Website located at [1]...Thanks again...Tim OUBoy 03:35, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Such Speed

WOW...that wasa very rapid response...but then I edited it to ask you another question...sorry bout that...Tim OUBoy 03:43, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Diploma Mill

Kinda busy ATM, but I'll dig into it this weekend, see what my sources say about this University. Personally, I've never heard of it which usually means diploma mill. Slight (very slight) chance it's associated with a Hawaiian University I know of... doubt it though. Agriculture 03:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hopewell Thesis

It helps me out quite a bit...thanks again for your help...Tim OUBoy 03:52, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Hello Fawcett5, I have a quick question for you, you use the subst:welcome message to greet users, I assume the subst means subsitute, but where is it subsituting from, is there a list of these? Also, I think it would be a good idea to add a refrence to the sandbox, like this


[edit] subst:welcome

Hello Fawcett5, I have a quick question for you, you use the subst:welcome message to greet users, I assume the subst means subsitute, but where is it subsituting from, is there a list of these? Also, I think it would be a good idea to add a refrence to the sandbox, like this

[edit] Welcome

Hello Fawcett5/Archive6, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Don't forget to practice editing and creating articles in the sandbox before editing real articles. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!

Prodego talk 13:31, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your help,

Prodego talk 13:31, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Queens

Fawcett, I am confused by your concern, there is a link to the Queens federal district on the disambig page as I created it: Queen's (electoral district)... the problem is that federal district was on a page called "Queens (Nova Scotia electoral district)" but there are two districts that could meet that criteria: "Queens (Nova Scotia federal electoral district)" and "Queens (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)". I merely moved "Queens (Nova Scotia electoral district)" to "Queens (Nova Scotia federal electoral district)" to prevent confusion as one might expect just as well to find information on Queens (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district) at "Queens (Nova Scotia electoral district)". I am not sure what the problem is? Perhaps you mistook what I did or am I missing something here? - Jord 14:04, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Ok, I see that I was misreading something, but there were still some problems. I have tried to update the disambig page to fix things. Was there really a PEI provincial district at the same time as the PEI federal? Your page moves have had the effect though of making a lot of articles point to the wrong place. They also upset a long-standing convention for electoral district naming, I would check with User:Earl Andrew to see what he recommends as far as naming conventions and what the latest thinking on that is — he is our electoral district guru. Fawcett5 14:29, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
I am not sure about PEI, if you look at the page history, you will see that there were several disambiguation pages for electoral districts named Queens/Queen's so I put all of the disambig data on one disambiguation page which, in my mind, should make things easier to navigate. See [2] and [3]. - Jord 16:28, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
I've gone through and disambiguated most of those pages pointing to the wrong spot and was surprised to discover about half of them were not a result of any moves I had made, so not only did I clean up my mess but some other messes as well. Yay for me ;) Also good job on the layout of the disambig page, it does make it a lot easier to follow. I've also apprised Earl of what is going on and will wait to see what he thinks but in my mind this is the only way to disambiguate pages in this unique situation. - Jord 16:50, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Jord, if my memory serves I many months ago suggested the same kind of thing that you are proposing now, except when the reality sunk in of what would be involved in actually fixing the many, many similar cases, I quickly came to the conclusion that it was better to stick with the status quo naming convention.... That's partly why I wanted you to check in with Earl... see if he thinks the status quo is still working. Cheers, Fawcett5 16:55, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Well I don't think that there are many other cases where this is the case. You don't want to over disambiguate things. If there is an electoral disrtict named X and nothing else is named that then the article should be X (eg. Tobique-Mactaquac). If there is only one electoral district named X but there is some other thing by the same name it should be named X (electoral district) (eg. Halifax (electoral district)). If there are two electoral districts but both are in the same province, then they should be named X (federal electoral district) and X (provincial electoral district), etc, etc... in the unique case when you had districts at both provincial and federal levels and in different provinces would be the only time you would see X (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district) etc, the Queens example is the only one I have ever encountered that fits this criteria though I am sure there would be a handful of others. - Jord 18:09, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the invitation

Thanks for the invitation... but I remember you: I'm a rookie. I find a little bit difficult this Wiki system, and my english is not so good. Anyway, I'll see what I can do.

--Burke 17:27, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry for newbie stupidity

Woops, sorry about going around adding templates where they don't belong. Thought I was being helpful but I was being the opposite! Don't you hate filthy newbies?! :) Thanks for the tip... wknight94 18:27, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Not a problem at all, actually it's something that is not well documented in the information for newcomers, so I thought I would point it out. In any case, it's not a big deal. Cheers, Fawcett5 15:28, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I hope not to have done the same :) I've added templates to some authors and I've done some narrow modifications (correct details and things like that), but I think I didn't anything wrong. I hope! In any case I did that before remembering that I had to make the login... haha, joke. But that's true, I made modifications without my username (just my IP) Sorry my bad english in this post! --Burke 17:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Electoral Districts

I would like to invite you to participate in Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada. It is just getting started so please read through the proposal, familiarize yourself with the options/examples and then participate in the debate about how the pages should best be laid out. --maclean25 00:10, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:Theblackbyrd

This user left me a rather cryptic message via email... 3 times in one minute. The only information I can glean about them is that you left them a welcome message on their talk page. But, since there are no pages linking to the user page... and the user page is empty... and the user has made no edits... do you mind if I ask how you even found the new user to welcome him/her? I am baffled at this point. :) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 19:52, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

No problem... I left a message on his/her talk page, and I'll wait to hear more. :) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 20:38, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcomings!

A storm of welcomes. Wow! —Gaff ταλκ 04:01, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Special Olympics

Good catch. The photo does seem to be a hoax started by OneMoreTime1989 (talk · contribs). I wish I caught it myself. As a result, I've reinstated the original image, Image:Solympics4321.jpg. --Viriditas | Talk 04:48, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Marmara Uni

Hi, I just came across this article and saw your NPOV'ing by removal of the phrase "one of the most well-regarded and innovative". That's presumably written by someone from there, but I'd have thought it probably defensible given their foreign links, track record etc. Dlyons493 Talk 07:10, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Nevertheless, non-encyclopaedic writing that innapropriately makes a judgement. Let the deletion stand. Fawcett5 17:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RV vandalsim

Thanks for reverting vandalsim on my user page.

Prodego talk 21:19, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the welcome and I'll see me in your archive!

Thank you for the helpful welcome on my talk page. I have been lurking for over a year and using Wiki as a resource in many projects. I hope to add to and improve some of the rock music articles that I have seen recently, as well as add those things in which I have an expertise and interest. Dan40 08:08, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] CSD question

You put up ITC Solutions for {{speedy}} and I had two questions for you. Since you're an admin why did you just not delete it? (I suppose it would be bad if there was a rule that you couldn't speedy something you tagged, or you thought should be if there was no tag and I didn't know). Secondly, does it meet the CSD? I didn't think it did... but, you've been an admin longer... so, if you could comment that'd be great. gren グレン 09:37, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] C-uploaded

Yes, I just uploaded the image locally on top of the red image page that previously pointed to the Commons image. I did this just to protect it while it's being used on the main page. The way to revert to the previos status is to delete the image, but on something like an ITN image it's appropriate to wait a day or so because there are sometimes controversies over what should be up.--Pharos 14:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mi-Ki copyvio again

That copyvio person is back at Toy Mi-Ki. They've ignored hidden comments that it've placed - maybe you could put in a block for a while? Sadly they are coming from a ton of different IPs on the same subnet. I'm never really sure what to do in situations like this. - Trysha (talk) 23:06, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

  • I've put a 24 hr block on 209.225.96.122 for the moment. If it gets really bad, I'd consider a IP range block, but I'd normally do that only in extreme circumstances, as there is high potential for collateral damage. These IPs resolve to http://www.wi.net/, a Wisconsin ISP. Cheers, Fawcett5 04:48, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your support during my time here, unfortunately it seems Tony is very well placed. Undoubtedly due to my support for his RfAr, I am now falsely accused of sockpuppetry. Radient was good enough to unblock me, but given the users participating it is clear Tony and his ilk run Wikipedia. Quite frankly, this sort of abuse of the system and blatent mob style tactics is the last straw. I am leaving for good here. My only purpose in coming back was to fight this sort of thing, but given those involved, it's a battle that cannot be won. Goodbye and goodluck. Agriculture 16:11, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Dr. Charles McArver Why was this page deleted? For what reason justifies deletion oh administrator!

Ok however i was going to add more the only problem i guess is that it was deleted after about 1 minute :\

  • Uh, in any case, the article seemed unencylopaedic - saying that some random school teacher gives easy tests is not going to cut it. Fawcett5 04:23, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Ok then i will compose a more organised page about this teacher and see what you say then. Sound good? And also have a point.

  • Sure, if you really think this teacher has done something notable that makes him worthy of an article, by all means try again. I will put a link on your talk page that will give advice about making an article. Don't be disappointed though if someone else thinks it is not sufficiently encyclopaedic. Cheers, Fawcett5 04:27, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

I noticed in my review of WP:AN/I that you were a fairly vocal proponent of justice and no doubt played a significant role in bringing to light the ideals of which my unjust treatment violated. Thank you for your vigalence on behalf of an anonymous user. Your efforts have not gone unrecognized. Should you have any lingering concerns I encourage you to join the discussion on my talk page. Open discussion is the best way to heal wounds and calm stormy waters. TheChief (PowWow) 17:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Confidence Men

Hi. I'm prowling for broken redirects. It looks like you created this one[4], but I can't figure out what you were trying to do. (In particular, did you want to link to con man, The Confidence-Man, or something else?) --Russ Blau (talk) 20:01, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Greetings from Bacau County ~~Dacodava~~

[edit] Thomas Crapper

Nice pic :-) Were you visiting? I must get down to Westminster Abbey and get pics of the manhole covers mentioned in the article ... - David Gerard 17:14, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fort Pepperrell Map

Hi, is an image scan of a portion of a City map considered fair use? If not, what do I have to do to make the image [Image:Pleasantville.JPG] a fair use image? I'm asking for your assistance; please don't take offense to my questions! HJKeats 17:29, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. It would seem that it would be best then to remove the Image and I'll try and find another with free rights to it. Without a map showing the design, the factoid accompanying the article is mute. Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. HJKeats 23:05, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you very much for supporting my rather contentious request for adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to do a little dance here *DANCES*. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future, and thanks once again!  ALKIVAR™ 07:44, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DoCB talk template

Do you think something like this would be appropriate for DoCB-article talk pages? It certainly would improve visibility of the project.--Scïmïłar parley 20:41, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hello from Linguiste

Hello Fawcett5 and a very late thank you for your welcoming message from 18 October. Yours friendly. Linguiste 15:30, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hitmen bench picture

Hello. I just ran across your comment in Image:HitmenBench.jpg. I didn't see the comment, since that was not on my watch page (actually, it didn't exist before you created it). The picture is actually in the Wikimedia Commons, and the history can be found there. Hope this helps. -- JamesTeterenko 06:29, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada/Prototype

Thank you for participating in the WikiProject on Electoral districts in Canada. As you know there will be an election soon. So this may be the best time for the Canadian Wikipedia community to band together and write these articles on current federal electoral districts. Based on your comments, and the comments of others, I have put together a prototype layout at the above link. The prototype is not a final proposal. It is just a place to start from, where we can discuss and experiment. Please review it, comment but keep an open mind, and help form a concensus. --maclean25 01:05, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Boeing 747/Boeing 747-8 split proposal

Hello. I note you voted on a merger of Boeing 747 Advanced article with Boeing 747. The verdict was 4 to 5 to keep the articles separate, however since then it has been merged. I have proposed the section be split from the article once again and would welcome your opinion here. Mark83 13:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] John Tanner (narrator)

I noticed the edit to the title from what I had to the above. I thought that it should be set up to conform to the list in the initiative. I was planning on tackling a few more titles from the list and am open to some direction. I have been doing some Canadian history stuff which is one of my interests. Thanks! (Stormbay 23:06, 12 December 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Image:CanadianMintLogo.jpg has been listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:CanadianMintLogo.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.
I see that it was replaced by a higher resolution image, so I went ahead and deleted the old one. Fawcett5 19:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Canada

There is some discussion at Talk:Canada about this edit of yours, which does strike me as a little odd. Maybe you could explain what you were trying to express about the article's direction? Jkelly 18:28, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Huh what? Very strange. Either there was a database glitch comingling my edit with some vandals, or I inadvertently edited an out-of-date version of the article. The only change I intended to make was to remove the following advertising external link that an anon author has added all over the place to further their business: http://www.trailcanada.com Travel guide to Canada. Regards, Fawcett5 19:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)