User:FisherQueen/Archive19

[edit] My userpage

Thanks for removing that thing that Jacob put onto my userpage. I was sure that the template that I used was the correct one. Was I using the wrong template? Cheers, Razorflame 18:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

You were using the right template, and I hope that some more experienced user sees it and adopts you. (I don't really do the one-on-one adoption system, but you're welcome to drop by and ask me questions if you have them). I just changed it back to the way you had it because you really don't want Jacob as your Wikidaddy. Really, really.  :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I adopt, and I like one-on-one work with contributors. WLU (talk) 20:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Thank you for the welcome on the userpage :). I had a quick question for you. I was going through and reverting IP vandalism when I ran across this:

Your edit includes new external links. These may be much welcomed links to references. Please note that the nofollow HTML attribute is applied to external links in Wikipedia, instructing search engines to ignore these links when computing page ranks. For information on our standards for adding links, please see our External links Guideline.

I'm not sure whether I'm adding in links that are already there or doing something else. Never seen anything like this on the wiki I work on. What exactly does it mean? Thanks, and apologies if the answer is blatently obvious >.< Wandering Traveler (talk) 22:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure of the context in which you saw that message, and I have to admit that I've never seen that template before. It looks like a simple reminder that links can be useful or not, and that if someone is adding a link, they should be aware that links to Wikipedia use a tag that fixes it so that a link on Wikipedia doesn't affect desirable statistics like page-ranking. Lots of people try to add links to their own web sites in order to improve their pageranks in some way that I'm insufficiently nerdy to understand, and it doesn't work, because of a software thing that I'm also insufficiently nerdy to understand. Where did you see it? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Let me look through and see if I can find the article again. I just saw that when I attempted to revert it, so I'll see if it pops up again... Wandering Traveler (talk) 22:19, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It isn't a huge deal; from the wording, it looks like just a rather complicated "Hi, don't spam us" message. I like to use the {{uw-spam1}} set of tags for that, myself. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

aha, I see. I guess I'll be checking links before I undo things :P. Thank you! Wandering Traveler (talk) 22:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It's often useful to take a look at the links people add; sometimes they're very useful, and sometimes they're pure spam. If you see an account that seems to be adding the same link to multiple pages, it's okay to revert them all and politely let them know that it's against the rules to spam your own web site even if it's awesome. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User's Reply

Hello this is User: Political Dweeb here. I am now just trying to make the Wikipedia page on the New Socialist Party better and I heard on the history page of the New Socialist Party a user called Fg2 saying that "Removed deletion proposal. Contesting deletion. Valid article on a subject worthy of an encyclopedia article. Added Nihongo template and link to Japanese Wikipedia."

Does this mean I do not need to change anything on the Wikipedia page on the New Socialist Party of Japan. Or should I find other sources to show what political positions ths party has? The only problem is the New Socialist Party of Japan which can be translated roughly is difficult to understand but it was the only source available which I felt I cound interpret to an extent. If you have any advice please reply soon thanks..--Political Dweeb (talk) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.235.216.187 (talk) 14:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure; certainly better sources are always useful, but I'm not going to nominate it for deletion; maybe some other user will know the sources that you and I didn't. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:01, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The four-minute lawsuit

As they say, that's his story and he's sticking to it. Daniel Case (talk) 20:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I, personally, believe it completely. My own lawyer files lawsuits in under five minutes regularly. But she still bills me for an hour. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:58, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fury of Five again

Hi, thanks for your help cleaning up the article. I came across these forum threads today. Since both of us are mentioned in a less than positive light, you might want to have a look. Looks like the author and talk page commentators are posting on the first board. Any chance of semi-protecting the article and the talk page? // Chris ^{(complaints)•(contribs)} 20:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey FQ, I took a quick look at the article and noticed that the image has some kind of watermark on the side. Are we allowed to use that? GlassCobra 20:19, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know that there's much point in protecting it; the worst of the vandalism seems to have subsided and the vandals seem to be understanding that it isn't going to work. Even some of the users in that thread are trying to explain how Wikipedia works. It's hardly the first time my name has been taken in vain on some forum somewhere; it might be fun to search for them, some day when I'm desperately bored. I did delete the image; despite the editor's claim to release it, it had a copyright notice on the image- I can't believe I didn't notice that when I was moving the image around. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for looking anyway. My first experience with an off-wiki mocking (kind of funny actually). Thanks again for helping clean up the mess. // Chris ^{(complaints)•(contribs)} 22:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure. I may block one or two of those ips if they don't take the hint, though. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:13, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Kintzle

Hello FisherQueen, this is Robert, I have revised the page for Ian Kintzle, and included the links to his IMDB, and the IMDB for the film. I appolgize for I am new to Wikipedia, and help with the page would be much appreciated : )RobertPatla (talk) 23:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

It's fine that you're new, but remember that IMDB is not considered a reliable source that would confirm this person's notability. Only articles in reliable sources, like newspapers, magazines, and books (or significant online sources) will confirm that he is notable. Do such sources exist? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Replied

I've replied to the message that you've left me on my talk page, on my talk page. Cheers, Razorflame 15:50, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

It's all good. Down with vandals! Up with... er... people! -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:50, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Just a question, (just want to make sure that I was correct in my assumption that this doesn't violate the WP:3RR rule as per the vandalism exception), but does this, this, this, and this constitute that exception to the rule? Cheers, Razorflame 16:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, in my opinion, you are clearly reverting vandalism (unless there's some surprising consensus on that talk page) and not in danger of being blocked. At any rate, I'm not planning to block you. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Boileroom

FisherQueen:

We are requesting that you take down all wiki publications mentioning the search term "Ron Bongo" or "Ronald Bongo." including this Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_SEC_Boiler_Room_Prosecutions. In this case the user is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chopped_Lamb but we believe its the same person as JRS-SEC.

These pages have been totally created and fabricated by a defamer of Mr. Bongo who is acting for reasons known only to himself.

Here is the true story. When Ron Bongo was a young man who got a job at a brokerage firm that was censured by the SEC. Mr. Bongo along with the principals and other salesmen at the firm were convicted of securities fraud and punished. Mr. Bongo paid his debt to society and went on to another field where he has made a success for himself.

But because he has an unusual name, the notice of his conviction remained to ruin his reputation. Many others were mentioned in the SEC document but because their names were more common, their reputation was not affected because the notice was far back in Google. Mr Bongo hired us to push down the SEC notice.

For some reason, our helping Mr. Bongo so incensed his attacker that he has worked consistently in Wikipedia and elseswhere (he added Mr. Bongos conviction to various social networking sites.) He has even gone so far as to create an article on "Boiler Room Prosecutions" just so he can "star" Mr. Bongo as a ringleader.

This kind of slander does not belong in Wikipedia which is supposed to be an objective encyclopedia. Mr. Bongo was an employee, a low level employee who made a mistake. He was not a ringleader and does not deserve to be the focus of an article on "boiler room prosecutions" -- there have been thousands of such prosecutions not mentioned by the attacker in this article. Do you think Mr. Bongo should be singled out and made to pay for the rest of his life just because his attacker thinks he should?

Please do the right thing and remove all references to Ron Bongo or Ronald Bongo. Why should Wikipedia be misused in a way that serves no public benefit and causes such harm.

It is also wrong that this damage cam be administered by an individual who lacks the courage to use his own name!!

If required we will provide proof of what we say above and who we are in a more secure channel Jordan G (talk) 16:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Because that article has sources and an assertion of notability, it is not a candidate for speedy deletion. If you believe that an article should be deleted, you can nominate it for deletion using the Articles for Deletion process. Simple instructions for doing that are available at that page. I don't make decisions on what articles should be deleted, except in cases where the article meets the speedy deletion criteria; all such decisions are made by the community. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I've filed a sock puppet case against JRS-SEC, a/k/a Lamb Chop Chopped Lamb. You may want to participate. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I'm Sorry!

Dear Man:

I'm sorry for vandalizing this page. It was right of you to delete the evil things I did. Once more, I'm sorry; may the plantains of heaven fall plentifully upon ye.

-SacKing (talk) 17:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GE Real Estate

When you encounter an article that seems promotional but with a subject that seems notable such as GE Real Estate, it is often better to use the {{Advert}} tag than G11, or alternatively to cut the article down to a stub. See Google News coverage of the company. I have nothing to do with GE Real Estate or General Electric, but I suspect that a company with $79 billion in assets is probably notable. It might be worthwhile to restore the article and remove any text which you regard as excessively promotional. --Eastmain (talk) 03:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with you. That is why I tried to put the article through AfD rather than speedying when it was recreated, but someone right behind me saw it differently. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user account does not allow you to circumvent ip-blocks

Hello! Currently wikipedia does not allow people to log in to accounts when their ip address is blocked.

While there is a proposed update to the site configuration that can partially mitigate this problem, this update is not currently implemented.

--Kim Bruning (talk) 16:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Huh. I did not know that. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:54, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:ChennyMountain

Hey, you blocked Chennymountain for threatening me, but he's actually my friend and he's just messing with me. I request that you lift the block and just give him a warning. I'll make sure he doesn't do anything like it again. Thank you, and please reply on my talk page. Connör ^(talk) 17:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. =] Connör ^(talk) 17:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I once got in trouble for calling a friend a heartless bitch... :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aaron Espe

Since Aaron Espe is mentioned in the Music in Denver article, then why shouldn't there be a wiki article about him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Um randomness (talk • contribs) 17:48, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I think I linked you already to the notability criteria? If he is notable, and you can add real sources- not his myspace page, but newspaper and magazine articles about his significance- then just add those sources when you recreate it. If he isn't notable, though, don't. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

thx for unblocking me i won't do that again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChennyMountain (talk • contribs) 21:11, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I want to give you a poem so you would maybe unblock me?

Hi Fisherqueen this is Hanniganbaiter. Here is a fun poem I want to give you so you might maybe change you mind about blocking me indefinitely. "Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead, For Goodness’ sake, don’t call it deed! Watch out for meat and great and threat, They rhyme with suite and straight and debt." Do you like it? 193.120.116.179 (talk) 22:02, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Block

Oh okay .. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.34.231.236 (talk) 00:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess that block has expired, then.  :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:02, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks, But...

Thanks, but how about Portal:Fish/Quiz? WP:FUN? I think you probably didn't know about it, right? --Mark Chung (talk) 13:25, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I gave you my best advice, the same advice that I see several others have given you. If you don't like my advice, I don't have any different advice to offer you. Some users have a little fun while writing the encyclopedia, but this isn't a good place to go if fun is your primary goal. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Page Vandalism

My talkpage has been vandalized by various IPs over the past year, who may be all the same or copycat vandals, while one has apparently registered with the account Chesea. This user has been adding filthy comments while deleting comments from my talk page. It would be much appreciated if you could protect my talk page, which has previously been protected for 1 month, and 6 months. MVillani1985 (talk) 08:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Your talk page is semiprotected already, which means that new accounts can't edit it, and neither can anonymous ip users. If I protect if fully, then no one will be able to use it. I hate to cut you off from communication like that, so instead, I blocked User:Chesea indefinitely. Do you still want full protection on your talk page? I'm willing to do it, but I'm hoping that semiprotection combined with blocking will help solve the problem; I'll add you to my watchlist, too. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I hate to say it, but at this point I'm kind of considering an impenetrable wall around my talk page. User:Chesea may, and probably will create multiple accounts, knowing him from other websites, he doesn't seem to have a life away from the internet. I'm thinking at this point maybe give it two weeks, and if he's still finding a way to harass me, then I might go for the full protection. Either way, thanks for helping me at least temporarily nix this problem. MVillani1985 (talk) 01:10, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Am I dense?

No offense, but are you dense? When you say "I" make personal attacks, you do realize that you're talking to potentially millions of people and the "I" am not one of the idiots on this IP that do that sort of thing, right? What you should say is "some people who use this IP to edit make personal attacks." If Wiki blocks for poor manners, it's lucky for you they don't block for poor reasoning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.163.0.43 (talk) 14:45, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I meant the person with a distinct writing style who keeps making unblock requests that use the word 'moron,' or phrases like, 'are you dense?' which is a personal attack. Yes, there may be many users on that ip, but the person making the unblock requests seems to have a consistent writing style, including lots of hostile words that make admins unlikely to unblock, and that would make editing cooperatively difficult. Still, I could be wrong, so feel free to get your own account and prove me wrong. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 14:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I like it...

I just ran across your block message here. Hilarious! Cheers, — Scientizzle 21:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I only use that template for the ones who... are really, really asking to be blocked. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I think you owe me a new keyboard. SQL^{Query me!} 06:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problems with User:Elladog

Elladog (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has left an offensive message for you at User talk:Elladog which probably warrants a further block. Before you take action, though, please take a look at his user page at User:Elladog which offers an explanation, but not an excuse, for his behavior. --Eastmain (talk) 03:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Very few 11-year-olds know enough to be able to understand how to use Wikipedia helpfully. This does not appear to be one of them. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:31, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion review for The Benji Hillman Foundation

Hi. I saw your comments regarding deleting the original page and therefore have added a lot of information regarding the Foundation as well as 7 secondary sources. I hope you will decide that this article is now acceptable. Thank you --Chaffchaff (talk) 16:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] =D

I ran across one of your vandalism templates here....no one can say that you did not warn him!... ;) Good day! the_ed17 15:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm a nice, friendly person, and when possible, I try to give people what they're asking for. That's only a few of my many good qualities. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:45, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

You're quite the entertainer too; whatever you say seems to be funny. lol! What are the other good qualities-(or is that only for your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse to know--[whichever applies]) ;)the_ed17 15:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm stunningly attractive, as far as anyone at Wikipedia knows. I also have the nearly supernatural patience that comes from a decade teaching junior high school. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

=) ...you get patience from that? How? The kids at our middle school here are freakin' MEAN!!!! They are horrible kids... jerks! ....and so you are on for the entire school day, or what? =D ...don't get caught!!!the_ed17 15:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

You learn nearly supernatural patience from dealing with that all day, every day. Or, if you don't learn nearly supernatural patience, you have a nervous breakdown, and don't make it to a decade of doing it. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:05, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose you would. Would you like high school or junior high better? (out of curiousity...) the_ed17 18:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I personally like junior high, but I'm in the minority; most teachers prefer high school students because they're so much easier to manage. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Any particular reason? the_ed17 18:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm very eccentric. Littler kids are more likely to think that's cool; high schoolers are more likely to be in that stage of wanting 'normal' from themselves and the people around them. Plus, I don't like dealing with the Big Problems that high schoolers are more likely to have- drug addiction, pregnancy, work problems. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess that makes sense...Though we have quite a few eccentric teachers here at my school, and most of us (not including me, sorry =]) thinks that they are the coolest teachers alive! I definitely agree with the 'Big Problems' part...but cool me, I've never done drugs or drunk alcohol before, and I am still a virgin. =) Figure I'll wait for awhile and make sure that I love the girl! I feel so honest and well-intentioned. the_ed17 19:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

And I've taught high school and liked it well enough. The thing I like about teaching high school is that the kids are more able to write interestingly; 7th grade essays tend to be pretty boring to read, while there are always at least a handful of high schoolers who write well enough that grading their essays is interesting and entertaining. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I can't imagine how annoying it would be to read middle schoolers' work--I have to read my sophmore younger brother's work, and that's bad enough--(he is a terrible writer, for the record)! At least I know that I can write a decent paper, otherwise I would have no room to talk. the_ed17 19:46, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

It isn't so much the bad writing, which I can deal with; it's the lack of interesting or original ideas. I can handle spelling problems, but for God's sake make me laugh. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

What, middle schoolers' humor isn't enough for you?? ....or do they have no humor at all? Also, is it worth being a teacher? I was thinking about going to college to be a history teacher...but now I'm thinking about having second thoughts. the_ed17 19:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Have fun--I've got to go to a tennis meet here vs. Negaunee. (School is over =]) Talk to you tomorrow!! the_ed17 19:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Careerwise, it's pretty good. You'll never be rich, but the old problems of serious underpayment are mostly solved, and if you manage your money wisely, you'll be firmly in the middle class. Salaries tend to vary; I work in a large urban district, so I'm paid much better than my colleagues in rural schools. The summer-vacation thing is a very good perk, though you do have to do continuing education classes that sometimes interfere with vacation. The insurance benefits and retirement plan are good, too. Financially, teaching is a job with a reasonable salary, good job security in general, good benefits. The catch is that it can be very high stress, especially if you're the kind of person who likes to be always in control of things. You have to learn to deal with that stress (and it's a learned skill; no one is born knowing how to do it) in order to be happy as a teacher. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Welllll, i knew that I wouldn't be rich--I go to a very rural school, so the teachers gripe every once in a while about their pay,among other things (they've been working without a contract for like 4-5 years now). The "high stress" part is what I will have to get used to, but I'm sure that that will not be a problem. Thank you very much; when I actually have to make a decision about this in the fall at NMU, I will be referring to this for sure! Have a wonderful day at school, (;]) the_ed17 15:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Most decent education programs will give you opportunities to work in a classroom right away. That will give you a better idea of whether teaching is what you want to do or not. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:37, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, they do say that NMU is the place to go for teaching around here, so at least that's a comfort. the_ed17 15:51, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

For fixing the Kathleen McGowan article... 91.171.200.73 (talk) 20:30, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure that 'fixed' is entirely accurate... 'slightly less broken' is more like it. It could still use a real rewrite, but I'll leave that to someone else. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doritos

This was understandably deleted from the Reference Desk, but I thought you should see it:

I hope this doesn't count as a personal attack, but from FisherQueen's user page and talk page, I find that she is a junior-high English teacher whose hobbies include "reading, movies and eating unwisely," with "eating unwisely" wikilinked to Doritos. And here she is saying students are not yet "developmentally able" to choose what foods to eat. I suppose she's probably found a way to rationalize to herself how she can eat Doritos while forcing her charges to eat carrots and celery, but to me it sounds like typical school-system hypocrisy. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 08:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha ha. I don't force my charges to eat anything; if this child is being force-fed vegetables in English class, when he ought to be studying English, he should probably have a long, serious conversation with the principal. .-FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 10:48, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Jazzmand

Thanks for that; I was rather confused as to what to do :) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 11:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. He doesn't seem to understand about cooperative editing, yet. He'll learn. Or else he'll not edit any more. Either is fine. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:28, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

=P. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 11:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Demonolatry

I notice Merkinsmum had identified an earlier version of this article as a copyright violation, and you subsequently redirected it. Recently, an IP editor has started undoing the redirection. It might be helpful to have a few more eyes watching it. Aleta ^Sing 18:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

They were re-inserting copyvio's from here. I've sprotected the redirect for a couple days. SQL^{Query me!} 18:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi, just to say that the original copyvio is originally from here [1] OFS claim copyright on all this, and they have spoken out about it on the article's talk page, saying we are not allowed to reproduce it. Merkin's mum 21:33, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Mugmart

Thank you for letting me know about the CorenSearchBot and why it was coming up. I should have done more research before advertising the way I did. No hard feelings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugmart (talk • contribs) 17:23, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

No worries. It's one of the most common errors that new users make; if you want to help write the encyclopedia, we'll be glad to have you. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Could I please have advice? I don't want to do anything unacceptable on Wikipedia, or get banned. I re-wrote the article about our company in what I thought was encyclopedia form. I see that the last entry I wrote in third-person form was no different than any other company's information on Wikipedia. Or was it? What am I doing that's unacceptable? All I would like to do is give information about our company and provide a link to the web page. What line did I cross in my last entry that was considered advertising? Thank you very much! -mugmart

Check out your talk page, and look at the links there...they should help with most of the questions you have. the_ed17 19:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I thought I'd hit all of the problems in my previous message to you, but maybe I missed them. The advertising isn't the only problem- as this is your company, you shouldn't be writing about it, because you have a conflict of interest. If someone outside the company decides to write about it, they will have to prove that it meets the notability criteria-- that is, that it is a company so important that an encyclopedia would need an article about it, like Coca-Cola or the East India Trading Company, but you wouldn't create that article because of your conflict of interest. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:33, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

That made much better sense. I'm going to discontinue any attempts. I'm sorry if I wasted your time. Thank you again for your help, I had the wrong impression with Wikipedia. Take care. -mugmart —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mugmart (talk • contribs) 19:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A puzzling note

Not sure what you are addressing here ... I am not aware that I made any changes whatsoever to S -- please clarify. Designquest10 (talk) 22:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Awesomeness2012 vandalized that page, and I warned her on her talk page; as far as I can tell, I've never left a note for you of any kind. Are you operating both accounts? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:28, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

My sincere apologies! I thought your note was addressed to me. I realize now that I misunderstood to whom you were communicating. (And, no, I do not have multiple accounts. Mine is my one and only.) Again, my apologies! Designquest10 (talk) 22:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to User talk:I'm very great has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:04, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

??? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:07, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Twinkle

I noticed that your edits to user talk pages indicate that you use twinkle to generate an automatic message. I recently started using twinkle, and I was wondering how you did that, because I don't seem to be able to. Thanks. -- Irn (talk) 01:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean the warnings? Twinkle adds a 'warn' tab to the tabs at the top of my screen, which I use to warn users. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:54, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

There it is! I knew it had to be something I was overlooking. Thanks! -- Irn (talk) 01:14, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why am I always constantly warned!

Why is the person I am having a problem with never, ever, EVER warned! You can clearly see she is not following policies and is not behaving appropriate to that of an administrator. Don't take a preference to her just because she is a fellow Administrator. Administrators should treat all users fairly! TeePee-20.7 (talk) 15:36, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't have any idea what the dispute is between the two of you. I didn't even make note of who you were talking to. I just noticed that you had been insulting in an edit summary, which, as I said, isn't okay no matter who you are talking to and no matter whether you are right or wrong in your dispute. I don't have any interest in refereeing between you; I try to minimize the amount of contact I have with ill-mannered people. If another user has acted incorrectly, you are welcome to discuss it with them through the appropriate channels or even to request assistance at the administrators' noticeboard, but be aware that your edits as well as the other user's will be scrutinized. Again, I do not know what your dispute is, nor am I interested in knowing, but you may not make personal attacks no matter what your dispute. May I suggest that, if you find yourself constantly warned about the same problem, it might be because you are actually wrong? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:40, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay fair enough then I guess. I will just have to keep the dispute out of the edit summarys so then if another editor does come involved they will see what has been happening and have to base their judgement on what has happened and not just one edit summary which has been a result of built up issues. And no you may not suggest this as you are not assuming good faith. TeePee-20.7 (talk) 17:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by 'assuming good faith' in this context. It means that all of us are expected to assume that other editors are working for the good of the encyclopedia, unless there is strong evidence to the contrary. For example, I assumed good faith of you when I corrected you, because I assumed that you are trying to make the encyclopedia better, and simply had trouble controlling your temper. In return, you could assume good faith of me by assuming that I am trying to make the encyclopedia better by correcting you, and am not simply picking on you. 'Assume good faith' does not mean that everyone has to agree with you, or that no one can correct you when you are wrong. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

One thing that concerns me is that you still appear to think this is about your editing conflict. It isn't. I don't know whether you're right or wrong, or even which article you're in conflict over. This is only about being polite to other users by choosing polite words even when you disagree. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

It shouldn't concern you as this is not the case, so don't assume this. Fun game lol okay I'm sorry for the rude edit summary but if you did take the time to read our conflict and our history you would understand why it spilt into the edit summary. So that's it then, you keep improving wikipedia by keeping an eye on edit summaries and I will keep improving wikipedia in any ways I can. Cheers and good health TeePee-20.7 (talk) 18:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Jonah2461 - possible sock of banned user?

Here's the sequence of events:

1. Jonah2461 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) made this edit to Bullying, claiming "Amanda Linthorne" was a notable bully.
2. I searched Google for said string.
3. One of the results was User talk:Yamla/Archive 14#I hope you don't mind, where you blocked AmandaLinthorne (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log).
4. The reason for blocking AmandaLinthorne was sockpuppet account, without specifying, but it looks like Iamandrewrice (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) was the puppeteer in question.
5. Iamandrewrice user is banned (discussion).

So, it would appear that there's a link, albeit tenuous, from Jonah2461 to Iamandrewrice. Do you concur? The block was a while ago, but you blocked AmandaLinthorne, so you've got probably the most familiarity with that user of anybody. If so, please feel free to extend the block I have already given to Jonah2461 for personal attacks (between the edit summary and the apparent defamation in his edits) to an indefinite. —C.Fred (talk) 23:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, isn't it wonderful that our nation's high school students have such easy internet access in their schools? They are learning so much. Sigh. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Answer to Answering at the Red Desk

I'm sorry if you think my information is incorrect, but most of it is accurate. How many documentaries do you watch in a day? I watch documentaries, I read articles, and I am always searching for knowledge. I only answer on what I have learned and what new stuff I have learned. I watch over 20 documentaries in one day. That is the way life is we learn about something, we find its wrong, and then we relearn for more information.

Always

Cardinal Raven

Cardinal Raven (talk) 04:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

All I suggested was that you identify your sources. If, in answering a question, your source is a specific documentary, include the name of that in your answer, so the person can look it up and watch it themselves. To answer your question, I typically do not watch any documentaries in a day, though I suppose in a month I see one or two. I suspect, however, that I read more books than you do, as watching 20 documentaries a day would not leave much time for reading, as it would take between 20 and 40 hours a day to do that. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

My reading speed is 900-1,000 words per minute. I understand everything I read and I can read books in less then an hour. I can read a good sized novel with over 700 pages in just 30 minutes. I trade off. One week is documentary week. The next week is book week. And of course there is a break where I have to do some of my work. I don't really have much to do. Since I am a published writer(kind of). And I do source the documentary....sometimes. I give the answer: I watched this one documentary called.... That is how I answer when I source the documentary. I answer questions differently from most people. The way I answer is from the knowledge I have collected. And sometimes I can't source that information because it was so long ago that I watched the documentary, but I remembered what it was about.

Always

Cardinal Raven

71.142.222.245 (talk) 15:18, 20 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

• Speed-readers who claim to read 1000 words a minute do so with about 50% accuracy; they do not understand even most of what they read.
• No one, no matter how efficient they are, can watch 30 hours of television in a day.
• If you were a published writer, you would have better writing skills; your writing is on about an 8th grade level.
• Even if you possessed the qualifications you claim, none of that would be relevant.
• Of your recent answers at the desk: This is not a helpful answer. This is an incomplete answer, which doesn't appear to know what the addictive substance in a cigarette is. This answer is blatantly inaccurate;, and appears not to know what a 'drug' is. This is incorrect; brain size is correlated with intelligence. Of your last three days of answers, I did not find any answers which were fully correct. Given that, I suggest that you answer fewer questions, and take the time to look up the answers rather than relying on your memory of television programs you've seen and books you've read at 700 pages per 30 minutes. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:48, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay I was frustrated before and now I am even more frustrated I am pissed off right now. All my answers were correct. My answers come from to points of view here: A documentary I watched And a show I agree with. The documentary I watched about how addictive drugs were was one of the Horizon shows on BBC. The show I agree with is Pen and Teller Bullshit. They make a decent point. Especially on the Drug Wars. They talked about how alcohol is a drug as well and how it is legal. They said basically what I said if you are going to make all drugs illegal then get rid of the alcohol. And I do know the addictive substances in cigarettes. I was answer from personal experience. When I was fifteen I got into drugs. I was addicted to cigarettes and meth.This went on for 3 years. I was eighteen when I "quit". I am no longer doing the drugs, but I crave both everyday. And yes....brain size doesn't tell how smart something is. This is frustrating. I am not going to get anything out of this. And obviously you are to thick headed to understand anything. And excuse, but that is just insulting. I write like an 7th grader. When I in 7th grade I was in honors English. I was on a high school level of English when I was in 7th grade. I understand everything I read. I have photographic memory. I remember what I read and what I don't understand I look it up.

I'm sorry if my last answers haven't been so "accurate", but I have been so frustrated at Wiki right now. Everyone is complaining to me about my salutation at the end, my answers, my questions, etc. I'm so sick of it. And that is why I wasn't ever going to sign up. But you all asked me too and I did. This is more frustration then what I want right now. What do you think I am going through in my life right now? This is just so frustrating. I am not going to get anything out of fighting with people. I didn't want this to happen, but it has. I have been on so much edge these last few weeks because of people.

Whatever, just believe whatever you want. I don't give a shit anymore.71.142.222.245 (talk) 16:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

• You saw a Penn and Teller show which said that alcohol acts as a drug, and should be illegal, and so you wrote that all drugs are illegal in England? Alcohol is not illegal in England. Neither is penicillin, which is also a drug.
• You used to smoke, and so you wrote that hand-rolled cigarettes are chemically different than commercially produced cigarettes? They both in fact contain the same addictive ingredient, the name of which you have not indicated that you know.
• You claim to be a professional writer, but you don't know the difference between 'to' and 'too,' or how many words 'every day' is, or how to spell 'Penn?'
• The reference desk's goal is to provide accurate answers, but you have made a lengthy defense of yourself that doesn't indicate that you have any intention of striving for greater accuracy.
• I haven't asked for anything but this: before answering a question, look it up. Then, when you answer, say where the answer came from. The request isn't a disparagement of your intelligence; it's just the reasonable thing to do. Doing it doesn't require you to explain how smart you are, or how mean everyone else is to you, or how unfair it is that people expect you to actually produce correct answers. It just requires you to look up information and then say where you found the answer. It isn't hard to do at all. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:KabelBot

Just FYI, it isn't Betacommand. It is somebody trying to cause trouble. They did it yesterday as User:AlkmerBot1. - Rjd0060 (talk) 13:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I sort of suspected that might be the case. Sometimes, I use good faith as sarcasm. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 14:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

what do i need to put in my article to be notable? i already included an introduction on what the article is all about. please help me. thanks. Imcb1925 (talk) 17:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

The answer to your question is already in the message I left on your talk page. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:51, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

hello. my new article (newly edited) included why there is a need for this article to be included in wikipedia. to help incoming students know what to expect if they decide to take the said course. and the article has been written in a reliable source. what else can i do? thanks. :( also, the reason as to why i put the underconstruction is to let you guys know that the page is a work in progress. i'm sorry i think i'm a bit slow but i really want to know what i can do. i feel like i have done enough so far to atleast not get my article deleted. Imcb1925 (talk) 17:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Do you expect to find class guides in an encyclopedia? No, encyclopedias are for articles about notable topics, not for class information for one school. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For this block message. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 01:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

You want to hear something funny? I have never seen an unblock request on an account I used that template on. Pure coincidence, I'm sure. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

No longer true; Slingshotecity is now the first to request unblocking after that. Sigh. I watch with interest to see if he will be unblocked. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:19, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sayoni

Hi, FisherQueen. Don't remember where we interacted but you're on my watchlist for some reason. At any rate, a warning for the re-PRODing of Sayoni crossed my watchlist and I just tagged it to the LGBT project. I don't know what the project's criteria for tagging or whether int'l articles are within the scope so I thought I'd give you a heads up. Don't know if it's notable or not but figure tossing it to the project can't hurt. Good night! _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 03:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm not seeing the argument for notability there, just a member who really would like the visibility of Wikipedia. Even she acknowledges the absence of sources. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 10:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Me either, but I wasn't sure. Figured sending it over to the project might confirm that lack, or find something. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 14:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Talk Page

Hi, I don't have the slightest idea about the supposed edit warring that you are talking about. Haven't even reverted any article more than once in the last 48 hours, let alone 24. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 16:34, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] LeCri

FisherQueen, you left a message at User talk:LeCriBand warning them not to create another account. They have created two more accounts since then, LeCriTheBand (talk · contribs) and LeCriFirstAlbum (talk · contribs), with related talk page articles. BlueAzure (talk) 20:39, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 00:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Majeston

Any advice you can give me on handling this editor would be useful. He put a 3RR warning on my Talk page - I'd made one edit yesterday, the previous one was on the 19th. In desperation I reported him once to ANI but nothing came of that (well, his request to have me blocked from editing wasn't granted). [2] He continued to mark virtually every edit as minor after that and hasn't replied to my request to stop it on this Talk page. Maybe he will change, but I doubt it. So, any advice as to what to do if he carries on as before? Thanks.--Doug Weller (talk) 06:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I hope that he'll try to do better after his block. If he doesn't, I'd try correcting him very politely, and if he's unresponsive, explain the problem at AN/I. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 10:25, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Will do, thanks very much.--Doug Weller (talk) 07:45, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barefoot is back!

Hello FQ (and her many fans), Mr/s. Barefoot has returned apparently, as User:SlickZ. I think s/he's already ceased but if you wanted to block then that's fine with me. WLU (talk) 12:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I went ahead and blocked; he was fairly disruptive last time around and those edits don't indicate that he's here for a better reason than indulging his odd fetish- a fetish about barefooted women I can totally understand- yes, even one for barefooted women in jeopardy. A fetish for adding them to Wikipedia... when I develop a Wiki-related paraphilia, someone just shoot me. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:19, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Didn't I spam my sandwich essay to you? Guess who inspired it! WLU (talk) 22:42, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

\==Page about you== A page about you entitled "FisherQueen Wikipedian" exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UDAcommander (talk • contribs) 15:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Also mentioned below. WLU (talk) 15:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I summon the Rouge cabal!

FisherQueen Wikipedian was just created by someone who thinks I'm gay. I'm relatively indifferent to opinions on my sexuality, but I figured you'd want to know about the page. You must have pissed off some 12-year-old with an internet connection something fierce. WLU (talk) 15:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I am not well known, either. Wikipedia Review practically never mentions me, nor have they bothered to 'out' me. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:27, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

You know I don't even know what wikipedia review is? And I keep seeing it mentioned in tones of doom and gloom. Curiously, a search leads to 'criticisms of wikipedia' but no information on actual 'wikipedia review'. I've really got to start trolling about more on the noticeboards, there's a bevy of pages I barely know a thing about, but all the cool kids seem to hang out there. It's like high school all over again. Anyway, blocks were handed out and the page deleted, so the original issue seems settled. WLU (talk) 16:37, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Meh, you're not missing anything. I tried to read it a couple times, boring boring boring.... SQL^{Query me!} 13:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Is it as boring as some of the RARBs I've read? I keep anticipating juicy gossip and instead I get tedious axe grinding.

Who loves me enough to protect a page? I'm actually kinda indifferent to M. Thatcher, as one would expect since I'm gay. Might be worth making it a trifecta. WLU (talk) 19:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't think a man has to be straight to have a crush on Mrs. Thatcher. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

If my sense of smell was more acute, I think I'd smell someone burning Conservative Party propoganda. If my knowledge of British political history was more acute, I'd know who the other parties were so I'd have some sort of appropriate in-joke. No-one ever makes jokes about Egyptian pyramid conspiracies, I've got all sorts of in-jokes for that. User:DeadlySniper, almost certainly a sock of UDACommander is also playing with their talk page. At least they're not outing me, but they're definitely not helping wikipedia by giving themselves barnstars. WLU (talk) 19:27, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Should I report this to ANI?

Please take a look at [3]which looks as though I posted to the user's talk page, which I've never done. I certainly don't want it there, but I don't know if I have any redress. Thanks. (both of them are hard at me on my talk page, but that's life).--Doug Weller (talk) 13:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it would be wrong for you to politely remove it, ideally replacing it with a link to the place where you actually made the comment. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Actually, the TRUE atrocity...

Warning:highly toxic. Do not butter.

...is margarine. Particularly newts with margarine on them. In fact, any effort to spread hydrogenated fats onto amphibians (or reptiles, for that matter) should be STRONGLY deprecated. (I love that word.) Gladys J Cortez 23:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

And actually, I just learned something, because I had to look up whether newts were amphibs or reptiles, and discovered that apparently, newts are fairly toxic! I'll be dragging THAT fact out at cocktail parties for generations to come...which may have something to do with the slow pace of cocktail-party invites lately. Oh well. Gladys J Cortez 00:01, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Heads Up

Just wanted to clue you in on this :P.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 21:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Apparently, 'any means necessary' does not include correct spelling. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)