User talk:Firefoxman/Archive/08

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Contents 1 Vandalsims 2 NPOV 3 Re:WP:IFU cky singles covers 4 License tagging for Image:KramerTop 01.jpg 5 Main Page 6 WP:ACID nom 7 series and parallel circuits 8 Vandalism Help 9 TW comment 10 Hey 11 Articles for creation 12 Autoreview 13 New WikiProject 14 Soccerangle 15 Signature 16 Main Page discussion 17 Cookies 18 AFC Backlog Drive! 19 Images for upload template 20 Gradhiva 21 AFC Barnstar debate underway 22 WikiProject Articles for creation 23 Main Page discussion, part III 24 Evolution edits 25 Reason for decline on Rodney S. Markin 26 AfD Word choice 27 Chldren's Dance Theatre 28 WikiProject Nintendo Page Redesign 29 Careful what templates you use. 30 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Logo ibmecsp.gif 31 You helped choose Carbon as this week's WP:ACID winner 32 Photographs of XPS Computers 33 Redirect of Xindesk 34 Gussethunters 35 Geekmaster34 36 Cheers 37 funketeers 38 RE: New Pages Patrol 39 Barnstar 40 IRC cloak request 41 fosters restored 42 Ultrasone vandalism 43 Orion (constellation) 44 Vandal, me? 45 Greetings 46 Hi! 47 WP:AFC Backlog Drive 48 Barnstar 49 New Article 50 Sorry. 51 AFC News 52 simpsons 53 Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

[edit] Vandalsims

It wasn't vandalism. Please give me the proper reason to why your reverted it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jimster 260 (talk • contribs).

Sorry, but unless you have a source for that, that could be considered SLANDER of wikipedia. ffm ^yes? 21:37, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough Thanks. No hard feelings I hope. Jimster 260 21:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

You posted a message to my talk page which seems to contradict the previous post by administrator, Jkelly, which directed me to do put the concern on the Third Party dispute page. I agree with your assessment and made a note to him about it, but since he doesn't like it on NPOV I'm not sure where to post it. Would you help me resolve this with him? --Landen99 22:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:WP:IFU cky singles covers

On WP:IFU you declined "cky singles covers" as copyrighted. Album covers are concidered fair use on Wikipedia. Why did you decline the request?--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 00:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I'll do it.--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 00:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:KramerTop 01.jpg

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Fixed. ffm✎ 19:34, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page

Lol, why are you testing your script on the Main Page talk? Nil Einne 21:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ACID nom

You inadvertently nominated Article for improvement (in other words, your nomination didn't specify what article). I removed it, but you might want to nominate whatever article it was again. Mangojuice^talk 15:01, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. ffm ✎talk 19:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] series and parallel circuits

In reply to

May 2007 Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Wikipedia has a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Using different styles throughout the encyclopedia, as you did to Series and parallel circuits, makes it harder to read. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. ffm ✎talk 00:55, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Qbdude"

Thank you- I have corrected thisDr DHKelly 04:09, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism Help

Thanks so much for replying! I'm surprised that you replied even though you weren't involved; I'll take a look at those tools. --LoganK 21:01, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TW comment

Need help deciphering your comment here. Thanks! Joie de Vivre 01:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

I was looking at the Max Ride page (for the first book), and you said you'd rewrite once you read it. My question is, have you yet? I would, but school it being a bitch at the moment.--Whsitchy 03:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Alright, thanks--Whsitchy 20:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles for creation

Hi there! Just wanted to thank you for participating in Articles for creation. Sometimes it feels like a bit of a desolate wasteland in there! Out of curiousity, are you interested in taking a look at the backlog there?--Xnuala (talk)(Review) 00:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Autoreview

Hi, could you run this on Evolution if you have time? Thanks. TimVickers 17:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Ta muchly! TimVickers 19:42, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New WikiProject

Hi there! You might be interested in joining the new WikiProject, Articles for creation. Please drop in and have a look.--Xnuala (talk)(Review) 02:16, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Soccerangle

This may explain the strange edits [1] David D. (Talk) 18:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

What do you want me to do about it? Powerfulmind ^{please talk to me} 23:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Is this better? Powerfulmind Powerfultalk Powerfuledits 23:18, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

The only problem is that it doesn't show up when I type ~~~~. It says "Invalid raw signature, please check HTML tags" in the bow where I type it in on My Preferences. Instead, I have to copy the text of my signature, paste it, and put ~~~~~. Please help. Powerfulmind Powerfultalk Powerfuledits 21:38, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. Now it actually saves into the preferences. Powerfulmind Powerfultalk Powerfuledits 20:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page discussion

I have a question about how the talk page for the Main Page is organized. One of the topics of the general discussion that was there in the past is not there now. I know it says that "sections of this page older than three days are automatically archived", but that topic was there for over a month. I checked some of the more recent archives, and it wasn't there. What happened? Powerfulmind Powerfultalk Powerfuledits 20:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cookies

Hello! I just wanted to give you a plate of cookies for being a Wikipedian. Peace and Wikilove, Neranei 01:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AFC Backlog Drive!

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[edit] Images for upload template

hey, I noticed you've been doing a lot of work on Wikipedia:Images for upload. I'm trying to help out, and am noticing some pretty complicated code around rejections and approvals, so I'm sure it must be from a template. Could you tell me exactly where I can find these templates? it would be greatly appreciated. --Ybbor^Talk 13:38, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gradhiva

Hi, just looking at Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2007-07-16, a source in Le Monde was provided for the "Gradhiva" article and a quick google search suggests it's a reasonably notable topic. I think it could be an article. Matthewmayer 20:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AFC Barnstar debate underway

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[edit] WikiProject Articles for creation

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[edit] Main Page discussion, part III

I found it in the archives. Thanks anyway. Powerfulmind Powerfultalk Powerfuledits 22:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Evolution edits

Hi there, I'm afraid I've reversed both of your changes to this article. This is because both features you changed were the outcome of discussion on the talk page, rather than inattentiveness to layout. The reference list is very long, people therefore felt that for the casual reader it would make more sense for it to go last, rather than separating off the External links and Further reading that they would probably be more interested in. The See also section was also removed deliberately. We found over time that it grew and grew and was a constant source of conflict, besides all the links your suggested were also already in the article. I hope this is OK with you, I didn't want to appear to be reverting with no reason. Tim Vickers 00:54, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for decline on Rodney S. Markin

I don't understand the reason for rejection. In reference to your reason, there are 3rd party sources listed, but because they don't have a wikipedia entry, you decline the article? This appears to be a catch22. However, what more third party do you require? Included are the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), College of American Pathologists, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (Formerly NCCLS), publications etc.

Dr. Markin is a faculty member and very important figure with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a pioneer in Clinical Laboratory Automation. Please indicate what else needs to be established. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.197.176.79 (talk) 17:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD Word choice

Hi there. Just a quick note: please don't use the word vanity in AfDs, regardless of how much the subject deserves it. It can be inflammatory, and there are usually other words that work just as well. See WP:AFD#How_to_discuss_an_AfD. (Or at the risk of using a argument ad jimboneum, see here). Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 18:17, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chldren's Dance Theatre

Please read my comments on the talk page for Chldren's Dance Theatre before deleting.

IT HAS BEEN RUN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

It is not a private or commercial operation looking for free ad space. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robertgreer (talk • contribs) 23:04, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I am not saying it is worthless or that it is unimportant, the article was simply written like an advert for the theater and not like an encyclopedia article. ffm 23:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining your reasons (and I understand the problem; every Jack and Jill looks at Wiki. and thinks of its advertising possibilities.)

I have added their performance credits stretching back to the 1950s and hyperlinked to the more notable venues to try to make it apparent that this is NOT a proprietary dance school but a professional dance company based at a major state university, even if the performers are children (which is what makes it unique).

The .EDU suffix on the hyperlink should by itself be a kind of Good Housekeeping seal of approval; one cannot simply log onto GoDaddy and ask for a .EDU registration.

If you could suggest anything I might do further to make this look less like the Daisy Dinkle Dance School fishing for students please let me know.

Contemporary / modern dance is poorly documented, not merely on Wikipedia but in all senses, and Wiki. would seem to be the ideal format for doing so (a further problem is that the dance community is not particularly computer literate -- still.)

My own involvement in this arose by a chance encounter with Virginia Tanner's papers which are deposited with the N.Y. Public Library's performing arts collection.

I am a stage director, member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers; translator, member no. 2 of Swedish Translators in North America and founding vice president, now retired; and full time faculty member at City University of N.Y. (not retired -- which is what pays the rent.)

Doing some theatre research at the library I came across an entry for a professional children's dance company, and the more I read the more astonished I became.

Tanner founded the University of Utah's dance department and the Children's Dance Theatre almost immediately thereafter.

In the 1960s the Rockefeller Foundation on less funded her founding of the Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, which has recruited dancers from the children's company ever since.

This is a contemporary dance relationship that directly parallels that which exists between the New York City Ballet and its School of American Ballet (even in the fact that the children's company predates the adult, much as George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein founded the S.A.B. before the ballet company.)

It would've been nice to put up three or four massive pages all at once covering Tanner, the dance program U. of Utah, the R.D.T. (as it's known) and Children's Dance Theatre; but this is a labor of love, not my 9 to 5 job.

I'm hoping to track down a few of the dancers from the early days of the company, either for consultation or to get them involved in filling out the details (they do not need great computer skills; they can e-mail me text and I can plug it it.)

Since this runs the risk of being a recurring problem, I will build it all -- the Repertory Dance Theatre as well -- into the Virginia Tanner entry, which I hope will eliminate any possibility that anyone will mistake it for an ad.

I apologize for taking so much of your time (there is surely more than enough work maintaining Wikipedia for you volunteer staff) but there is so little dance documented on Wiki. (other than ballet) that I felt it necessary to explain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robertgreer (talk • contribs) 13:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Nintendo Page Redesign

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[edit] Careful what templates you use.

Hi, I noticed at you gave a vandalism warning at User_talk:Bosox38schilling for the creation of a non-notable article. In general, please do not give vandalism warnings for the creation of non-notable articles unless the problem is repeated. Good faith creation of non-notable articles is not vandalism. JoshuaZ 20:25, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

No need to apologize. In the future, when you give an incorrect template it is a good idea to append a note explaining that the template was in error and then explaining what you meant to say. JoshuaZ 22:34, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Logo ibmecsp.gif

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Fixed. ffm 13:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You helped choose Carbon as this week's WP:ACID winner

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[edit] Photographs of XPS Computers

Reply to your message. Happy editing, [sd] 22:24, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect of Xindesk

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[edit] Gussethunters

Please explain why you removed the db-bio tag I placed on Gussethunters, if you believe that the article should be allowed to remain then discuss on its talk page.Paste (talk) 23:16, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Geekmaster34

you recently restored his talk page after he blanked it. while i'm not defending him, especially since his actions seem to constitute vandalism, wikipedia policy says that " Policy does not prohibit users from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred" so he was within his rights to blank his own page

O keyes (talk) 14:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheers

for the talkpage revert. It was very much appreciated :) AngelOfSadness talk 21:08, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] funketeers

i did nothing wrong you should consider deleting the nerd, geek, and gamer pages before deleting funketeers as the page helps people to understand the african american culture of the 60's 70's and somewhat 80's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deanostrodamus (talk • contribs) 13:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

it is not a recently coined word so don't assume just because you haven't heard it before it's been around for well over 30 years. Deanostrodamus the Mystical (talk) 14:32, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: New Pages Patrol

Simply put, no. I, at the moment, am not doing NPP; I am going through recent changes. The "Mark Page as Patrolled" button is only available when viewing a page via Special:Newpages. - Rjd0060 (talk) 18:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Excellent work. It seems that every person that I block today has been referred to WP:AIV by you. Trusilver (talk) 21:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! It's all in a day's work. (Actually, this is my first vandel fighting session this month! ). Glad we have admins like you to do the other part of the job, blocking persistent vandals. ffm 21:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] IRC cloak request

I am ffm on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/firefoxman. Thanks. --ffm 17:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] fosters restored

pleas I was restoring articals that were deleated/merged without discussion or reason, fosters in an emmy winning show and more information should be available for it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.186.159.121 (talk)

Ok. Thats fine, but there should be some discussion on it first if there is a dispute. ffm 23:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ultrasone vandalism

Hi. I did not vandalise the Ultrasone page. I suggest you look at the talk page of that article, and remember to assume good faith. I was removing poorly sourced, irrelevant information that is also misleading. Wikipedia is also not supposed to be an advertising board for companies. I reverted to a good version. --147.171.255.159 (talk) 09:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orion (constellation)

Hello. I wish to nominated the article Orion (constellation) to be semi-protected because of the extreme number of anonymous vandals editing that article. Considering it's a high profile article, an article children would be likely to look up, the detrimental effects of the vandalism to how Wikipedia looks as a whole, and the proportion that most edits are vandalism and reversions, I think semi-protection against anonymous users would be appropriate. Since the process requires a consensus on the article's talk page and you are one of the registered users who have reverted vandalism recently, I am writing in the hopes that you will go to the talk page and agree to the semi-protection. If we can get a convincing consensus, we can continue the process to the next step. Thanks for your time. --Bark (talk) 15:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal, me?

Hi there Foxman, this is VASCO from Portugal,

regarding your reverting of my edits (which have been reinstated, and not my me but other user) of basketballer AWVEE STOREY, you say, not without the irony, that i reverted Downwards' (username) work. He has been, someone who i cannot recall dropped a message on my talkpage, banned for six months, so it strikes me as a bit surprising that my edits can be identified as vandalism but, what can i do about it?

TAKE CARE, FROM PORTUGAL VASCO AMARAL - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 01:14, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Foxman, VASCO here again,

no problem man, all working as a team, i hope

FROM PORTUGAL, have a great week, VASCO AMARAL - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 01:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

Just stopped by to say 'hi'. :-) --Iain (talk) 02:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AFC Backlog Drive

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[edit] Barnstar

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[edit] New Article

Thanks for the message. Yes I was trying to create a page for the Pahlavi coin, but then realised that what I was intending to write seemed to be covered in 'Iranian Rial', so I am not sure if it really needs a page of it's own.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by JosephLondon (talk • contribs).

[edit] Sorry.

Hi,

I did not mean the editor before me, who tried to undo the spam on Cameroon. I did not even see that the page was edited by Acroterion when I reverted the spam. As soon as I saw it, I sent him/her a message clarifying that the note was meant for the actual vandal.

[edit] AFC News

[edit] simpsons

check forums man, it is the end —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.91.189.128 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

Thanks for your interest in coming and being a part of a conversation! - I'm going to host a chit chat at 00.00 UTC March 26th (which is probably tomorrow for most - it's 8.00pm east coast US) - it'd be great if you can come along, and I've created a new 'confirmed' participants section at the wiki page, which it would be great if you could pop over and sign, if you are indeed available! - I hope so, and I look forward to chatting tomorrow! best, Privatemusings (talk) 02:11, 25 March 2008 (UTC)