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Closing TfD

Can the nominator close the TfD by him/her-self? I don't know much about this closing scheme. — Indon (reply) — 14:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Its been doneSatu Suro 14:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (thinking after 2200 hours... its been done :) Satu Suro 13:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

A Bot has taken dowen your protection of The Awareness Center page. I fear the reversion wars will start again when TAC supporters notice. Can you do something? David in DC 21:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Not much of a break really - nonstop stuff related to first week of uni (admin + keep getting lost when trying to find places :)) I'll be back at the weekend. First task will be to design a methodology for the Wheatbelt articles and fill out the "routine" sections in the ones Daniel has expressed an interest in working on - I am starting to think demographic, geographical and such information is actually more useful in the one-real-town-per-shire articles than the town ones, which will be fairly confined in scope. Still working on that though - and obviously different scenarios require different strategies (Shires of Harvey, Northam and Capel for example will be almost the reverse, where the focus will actually be on the towns) Orderinchaos78 07:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Perth

That's fine.

Auroranorth 11:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Campaignbox al-Qaeda attacks

Template:Campaignbox al-Qaeda attacks has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --— Indon (reply) — 15:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

~~Thanks for your advice. I did spamming all of them. :-) — Indon (reply) — 15:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)~~

Busy

I'll check any more rerquests for images in/near the stirling ranges tonight, then I'll be off line until tuesday Gnan garra 08:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Going somewhere special? --Ali K 11:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

User:Xenophrenic

Apologies for my late reply on this question. I've had semi-disasters both around the home, combined with an untimely crashing of my home computer systems. I'm currently working from a laptop and I seem to be all thumbs of late (been a while since I used such a tiny keyboard) ;) My off-wiki mind has been distracted however I've used the time to consider your earlier question...

You ask (in a nutshell) "What can I do help Xenophrenic to re-establish trust with the community and clear his name of the accusations.".

In short, you cannot. The sum of each and every users contributions goes to make up their wiki reputation. Single purpose accounts (Xenophrenic appears to be drawn to the Vietnam Veterans Against the War article, which leads me to make mention of it being a single purpose account) are often associated with their own variety of problems, but on the other hand have often proved to be genuine and valued editors. Perhaps Xenophrenic should consider expanding their editing horizons and take a break from the dramas at the Vietnam Veterans Against the War article. The world isn't going to end if they dedicate time away from the article for a period of time I'm sure, until old flames die down.

If you're concerned about the block log of this user, which may not represent an accurate picture of the users history, you've got little (ie, none whatsoever) chance of actually having that block log edited to remove any mistaken entries.

Keep an open mind towards the problem. Sometimes unhelpful edits are made in good faith, and sometimes good faith edits are agendas in disguise. Time will only tell if a point of view is attempting to be asserted here I'm afraid.

In short, I don't envy your position, but relax, and realise there's not much you alone can do to restore faith in an editor, for they must do it themselves, via appreicated contributions, alone.

I hope my reply eases the load you've found yourself under. I've tried to look into all angles of the problem as best I can, but if I've missed information that should have jumped onto my lap, feel free to drop by my talk page and re-educate me if you feel it's required. Cheers. -- Longhair\^talk 10:38, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

... is all I have to say. :-) Hesperian 11:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

if an hour is a very long time on wikipedia, i bet it was longer in the sturls... :) Satu Suro 11:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Pana- good one! Satu Suro 04:16, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Monbok thingy - good one - just saw it on the stirling range art - excelento! Satu Suro 04:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

B-K photo- wow - v impressed! Satu Suro 04:40, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Forgot to put name in commonist - any clues how to fix up my galleries/name issues in commons - wpould appreciate some help. your photos spurred it on _ ive started (but under old user name) - will send email later about all the issues Satu Suro 06:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

You have first emile request for help Satu Suro 07:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Ta, I might have sorted it out by then - but thanks Satu Suro 08:41, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

welcome to the night shift - im about to get off - Hadnt done much but for a bit of spelling fixes - distracted by all and sundry :) - maybe theres not much to do after all Satu Suro 14:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Dieback

Tops. In the short term, I reckon you should stick it in Phytophthora cinnamomi. There are heaps of other places I can think of putting it... except that we don't have accompanying text yet. For example, Stirling Range ought to have a sections on vegetation, flora and fauna, which ought to discuss threats to biodiversity. Hesperian 05:38, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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Re. Europe

Sure, I'll keep an eye on it. Have a good time. Regards, Hús ö nd 17:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

OIC

Fair comment; yeah, I jumped the gun. We knew he was going to accept, and I was trying to get it all done before I had to rush out the door. Hesperian 00:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I hadn't seen that thread. I'm pretty sure Raul would notice anyhow. Hesperian 01:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Sent you an email. :) Orderinchaos78 13:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of Australian banknotes

I have to disagree with the decision to delete this gallery. The deletes were plainly outnumbered by the merges alone, not to mention the keeps. By my count; 9 delete, 10 merge and 3 keeps. If I am missing something, please inform me, but this should have been a merge. Joe I 02:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I can see reasoning now. Just want to make sure all images that were there are indeed on Banknotes of the Australian dollar, I don't remember how many were in the gallery. Thanks Joe I 19:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Probably

To try to stem any brain drain to the other pediasSatu Suro 04:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

FESA's phone info is up the creek - nothing on it - I have a friend in helena valley who has the equivalent of priceless irreplacable records of wa environmental history - and im freaked- we have had ashes for a couple of hours now in GF - apparently it started at zig zag south side helena 'opening' to the sandflat - hope the bloody water bombers fix it soon - a friend other side of gf has been listening to the 720 reports - Satu Suro 08:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Kaveri Dispute

DO you mean to say people cannot edit even if they have valid points. Boss this is a controversial topic. EVeryday there are fierce protests going on. What the hell is all this permissions for discussion also? Kali-K 09:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks I also know the rules but nobody can disagree with facts right.I dont have any POV but only want to put up facts Kali-K 04:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Your infinited wisdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Indonesia#Coats_of_Arms and also the item below require your infinite wisdom oh gnanggarared one Satu Suro 12:01, 8 March 2007 (UTC) It would be really appreciayted if you could indicate help in the two areas... we're fine in gf - its the gooseberry isolated houses that will be packing themselves tonight Satu Suro 12:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

with gmail one never needs reminding:) it just jumps out at you like the kangarros from behind the smoke :) Satu Suro 12:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC) ::didja get the followup? Satu Suro 13:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Photo Wish List

Just wondering what happened with your photo wish list? Did the kids you were minding hate you so much you stopped after a day or something? Or did you just never update it? JRG 12:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

The work went into a repeat cycle such that they ended going to the same places again. Also I got side track on other stuff Gnan garra 12:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon

It would seem a consensus was reached on the Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon talk page and that the article can be unlocked now. Thank you. :) Drumpler 22:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Apologies

re insinuation at orders talk - you are quite right. Please make that another round, whenever Satu Suro 07:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for positively closing (at least in my view) the AfDs on the latest Australian list articles, and for noticing the userfication request to JRG, as he had done a lot of work in referencing. And thanks for overwriting my bodged attempt at keeping his work by non-GFDL cut-and-paste. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 02:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Email?

I'm not aware of having an unreplied email from you. Can you give me a timestamp or subject, or send again? Sorry for my disorganisation. Hesperian 03:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, yes, of course. Well, we all know he's a busy man. There only no harm in asking if you're happy to be knocked back. Hesperian 03:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

He'll be at the Adelaide meetup. Hesperian 11:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thats a precedent - keep trying... Satu Suro 11:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey

That Indon person keeps deleting anything i post! Yeah i made few mistakes and posted things wrongly but most of my posts are correct, factual and people actually would like to know what i have to say but Indon doesnt know what i know and so he seemingly delete's what he doesnt understand or know! Not my fault!! Regards YellowSnowRecords

Well it will make no difference i tried adding things when i wasnt sure how to aka "Drinking Games" But now i know and understand how to but yet my posts get deleted? How will it make any difference if i read the "welcome page" Reagrds YellowSnowRecords

How do you explain this coward edit [1] after my warnings, YellowSnowRecords? — Indon (reply) — 13:51, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Your note

I saw that edit summary, but it was a single comment by an editor on one day. Lots of people revert with minimal or no summaries - that's part of the wiki process. I think full protection requires a lot more reversions, on a constant daily basis. Out of 1.6 million entries, see how many are actually full protected[2] (182 for now). Also, having an admin involved is not a major issue unless that admin abuses the admin tools - admins are editors with POV too. I think you should reconsider. Crum375 13:43, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Your email

Just so you know, he added Aquinas himself as the showcase article and showcase picture into Portal:Schools. No discussion, no request, no previous involvement on the portal talk page. I understand your concern, and I do share it, but a line has to be drawn in the sand at some time. —Moondyne 00:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

G&S

Knowing the tune so well - it wouldnt be much :8, very clever indeed - but I currently dont kow that many who have alcoholic breakfasts (is that because of the company i dont keep anymore) so I might save on the brewery this time around... Satu Suro 23:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC) Gmail for that Satu Suro 12:23, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

You might have reverted a bit too far back just then. Hesperian 12:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment

In Moondubes do you mean Moondyne? I do not act in an offical capacity, nor do I show conflict of interest, in fact I am aware that Auroranorth made such mistakes and I hope to give back GGS its reputation... I will not participate in any votes or surveys, etc. which might show a conflict of interest. I edit on GGS Wikipedia articles with the backing of the GGS Archivist (she sends me info with permission to use, and I 'publish' it). Is there any problem with this? I don't think there should be any problems, I'm rather passive and quiet. I'll be on tomorrow night. Seventy ... dot ... 14:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Note the block Satu Suro 22:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Eurovision 2008

Thanks, good point :) I've done so. – Riana ^{shiny disco balls} 14:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Shark Island Challenge

I wonder if you wouldn't mind rationalizing your close as "keep" a little bit at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shark Island Challenge. There are several well-reasoned deletes there, none of which are really disqualified by people who responded. Most of the delete votes centered on the fact that the article doesn't cite any independent sources - every source they have that establishes importance are internal bodyboarding publications. --Mus Musculus 17:16, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Thescelosaurus

Hi Gnangarra, this one is on the cusp of being nominated for FAC - was wondering if you'd have a look to see if anything wrong jumps out at you. hastily (runing out the door to work) cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 21:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for having a look; we all thought a fresh pair of eyes would be a good thing. Lemme know what else you notice later. cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 04:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the input, much appreciated (You dissin' me spelling.....?) :) cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 01:12, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your time and effort! I've been the primary editor for that article, but I've been largely unavailable the last few days. J. Spencer 02:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Edward Kearns

It's not suitable for CSD? Gonna have to better read all those pages... Thanks for notifying this, I'm going to file an AfD. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 02:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

On WP:CSD#Articles, it says: "Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content. An article about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject." Doesn't this include the article's subject? —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

If the assertion is likely to be controversial or there has been a previous AfD, the article should be nominated for AfD instead. also says this Gnan garra 02:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Does it look controversial to you? Anyway, I filed an AfD, like you suggested. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 02:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Move Indonesian War of Independence => Indonesian National Revolution

Hi there. SatuSuro has suggested i request you move this article as per the heading above. I've put my reasoning here: [3]. I've also asked USer:Indon and SatuSuro to comment - they have indicated their support elsewhere. Hope you can help. thanks Merbabu 05:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks. I'll check the links etc. Merbabu 06:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Highly recommended move - dont ever ask me for a full blow by blow description of the downfall of the title of Indonesian Civil War - through to the Overthrow of Sukarno title - unless it is at a meetup and I have the requisite amount of the amber fluid to help me, as the next one it is a breakfast - I dont think the bacon and eggs would be enough to allow for the flamboyant description of the long and difficult battle to get rid of the civil war label Satu Suro 06:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Block of 69.254.29.248

I just wanted to thank you for taking care of the problem with this user. I really didn't want him to get blocked but it seems as thought that was the only way possible. He made multiple personal attacks on my talk page that I would like to get rid of, but I wanted to run by an admin first. Your thoughts? Kntrabssi 05:23, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your help! Kntrabssi 05:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1850-51 Australian cricket season

You closed the above AfD - some of the 124 deleted articles have been recreated. Just thought I'd point it out - Ozzykhan 21:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I notice you've deleted most of the recreated article, but I want to ask if they were indeed recreations per WP:CSD#G4? Of the two dozen articles, I only looked at about 5 or so, but they all seemed to contain more information than previously. The main argument in the AFD seemed to have been that the articles contained no content beyond "The 1850-51 Australian cricket season took place in late 1850 and early 1851", and the like. I don't know much about cricket, so I may be mistaken, but the few articles I looked at seemed to contain more significant content. -- Black Falcon 03:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

On the basis of your high-handed action you might as well delete every single stub article on Wikipedia. I accepted the consensus reached in the previous discussion and decided to recreate the articles with increased content and have generally used a similar amount as in stubs that have been accepted and retained. Indeed, the articles I recreated yesterday contain much more information than several of those Australian season stubs that had been retained previously.

Could you not have discussed your thoughts with me before going ahead with your fait accompli? Does it not occur to you how rude and arrogant you are? Do you not understand WP:STUB and have you never read WP:IAR? Evidently not.

No sooner do I decide to return to this site than I encounter someone who knows everything and is always right. People like you need to realise that the point of Wikipedia is to provide information to the readers. It is not a site for pedants and meddlers to practice pedantry and meddling. Or so I was led to believe. --BlackJack | ^{talk page} 06:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I do not give a shit about whether "WP:CSD#G4" applies or about "WP:ARSEHOLE#92" as in this case. As for "WP:DRV" you can drive it straight into the sea for all I care. This site is a complete and utter waste of time. I refuse to waste any more of my time here. I refuse to communicate with arseholes whose role in life is to meddle and interfere and try to tie everything up in red tape. Go to hell. --BlackJack | ^{talk page} 07:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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Peru

I just encountered some vandalism on the Peru article and looked, and lo and behold, the page is protected. And has been since January. Any indication as to how long it's going to stay protected? Corvus cornix 23:39, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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