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Archive 5.

[edit] Stalking

• Stop stalking and blocking me. Your admin privileges and request to become a bureaucrat would seem to warrant a NPOV to editing, deletions and reverts. However, for reasons known only to yourself you prefer to stalk, harass, malign, and block many editors who bring your violations of Wikipedia policy to the fore for discussion. Again, stop stalking me. Do not send me email, and do not contact me for any reason. If you delete or revert this, or block me to punish me for having confronted your violations of Wikipedia policy, I have a copy to forward to support my contention that your admin privileges should be suspended indefinitely.

[edit] thanks

Still learning here. I just get frustrated when it seems that certain types of news are commonly "overlooked" in here. Kukini 23:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC) Let me give you a prime example: Kukini 23:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

• U.S. pilots targeting a house outside of Baghdad where they believed insurgents had taken shelter killed a family of 12. (Washington Post)

• I put it there, and found interesting resistance when I did. Perhaps it was all based on format issues? Kukini 23:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

• • Zoe is the person that continually deletes the article reference, as if it never happened or is relatively inconseqential. Kukini 03:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clean slate

All of my past conversations are available in the above archives. --Golbez 01:33, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Answered question

Thanks for your prompt response. As you may have seen on my talk page, there was a recent ArbCom decision that I found particularly outrageous, and I am interested in electing a new ArbCom that would be more scrupulous, even-handed, and less inclined to abuse its authority. --HK 07:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bahamas map

Thank you for the comments! Even with the map that I used as a base to create the Bahamas district map, it wasn't entirely clear on locating some of the areas, so I had to approximate the location based on descriptions and tourism websites. --Rarelibra 10:23, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey - I updated the Bahamas district map. I'm getting the hang of things using .png files and such. I basically included more detailed islands and cleaned up the labels, and included a label for New Providence. Hope you like it! Rarelibra 00:39 21JAN2006.

[edit] Single-border states

Hi there. Regarding the examples used to illustrate a single-border state, the UK is no less or more "ambiguous" that Haiti in this respetc. Both have one land border. On the other hand, Cuba is much less obvious as an example of this situation, because there is a short functional land border, but de jure the entire island of Cuba belongs to only one state. =] //Big Adamsky 20:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

You may have a valid point there. In any event, those three example that are currently cited to illustrate how a one-border state can also be thought of as an exclave of sorts are clear-cut and easy to grasp. //Big Adamsky 21:22, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your latest articles

I see that you have put up articles on 3 central asian areas. Please note that most of them already have complete articles. Eg. Almaty Prashanthns 05:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. My oversight. Did not notice that Almaty is also a province! If you have already seen the central asia related articles, fine. Keep up the good work. Prashanthns 05:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your help

I was surprised that someone would disregard the week of debate and just unilaterally delete. Glad that someone with the power to restore wsa able to do so. Tokyojoe2002 18:47, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Biography

Template:Infobox Biography has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Infobox Biography. Thank you. DreamGuy 07:31, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lighten up, dude.

• It's just a talk page. Danny Lilithborne 09:15, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anarchism (but of course)

How's it going, Golbez? Long time, no heated argument. ;) I was re-reading my talk page when I saw that you had attempted to work on the anarcho-capitalism article, but gave up on it as a result of RJII. Was this because RJII was difficult, or because he did a good job, making your work unnecessary? I ask, because I am (probably rather foolishly) trying to resolve the age-old dispute on the anarchism article. I think that discussion anarcho-capitalism within the context of individualist anarchism is just fine (it has many individualist anarchist influences). But I think that, most likely as a reaction to the unfortunately dogmatic actions of a few "true anarchist" editors, the anarcho-capitalism proponents on that article (RJII, Hogeye, MrVoluntarist) have been a bit overzealous in their assertion of anarcho-capitalism as "the" anarchism of the 21st century and of anarchism as being strictly divided between socialism and capitalism, collectivism and individualism. Perhaps you agree with them, but that's not the point. At the moment, it seems like RJII is offering us a lot of original research. I trust his expertise (he seems very well-read and intelligent), but I try to shy from what seems to be original research. I was wondering what your experiences with him were like in the past. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Take it easy! --AaronS 01:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response. The only reason why I decided to get involved with the anarchism article is because I felt that the editing process was being more or less dominated by RJII and Hogeye (I keep it on my watch list, but rarely edit the article), and I saw a major dispute arising. I think that they are in the process of revising the history of anarchism, essentially creating a narrative for the emergence of anarcho-capitalism as a "school of thought" (I dislike that term) that challenges "anarcho-socialism" (a neologism). At the same time, some people who disagree with them have erred equally as much, attempting to erase anarcho-capitalism completely from the article. I've tried my best to find middle ground, but that requires compromise on the part of those two, which seems unlikely at the moment. I don't think that they understand that many editors feel that they are already making a compromise by having anarcho-capitalism discussed in the first place.

Please do take a look at the article, if you have the time. It really is a terrible article. No sources cited, unverifiable statements, original research, etc. Also, if you are familiar with individualist anarchism, I would take a look at the individualist anarchism and American individualist anarchism articles. I have an inkling that some of it might be RJII's original research. It may be good research, but until he gets it published, it's no good for Wikipedia. :) --AaronS 03:56, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2005 intro

You believe Epsilon and Zeta are more worthy of mention in the intro than Wilma and Rita??? Jdorje 03:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arbcom candidate userbox

Greetings. I've made a new userbox for arbcom candidates to show on their userpages so that visiters will know they're running.

{{User arbcom nom}}

If you'd like to place it on your userpage, feel free. Regards, – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 02:17, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Provinces of Algeria

Hi Golbez, all the best for 2006 and that we have less fights (with others, and least with each other). Just to hopefully prevent making you angry: I split some Algerian cities and wilaya (provinces) and used X Province. I agree that if only few use "province" it is better to use X (province). I think in the long run all will be split into city and province, seems as if cities gave the name to the wilayas. For cases where this is not true maybe nevertheless other "collisions" exist. I hope that considering the likely fact that all use "province" at some day you will not oppose too much to use X Province? best regards Tobias Conradi (Talk) 02:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

just some thoughts: Iowa City named after the state ... what was first city or state ... state joined 1846. I could not find when the city was founded, at least it existed in 1857 when it stopped being the capital. Well at the end they are maybe both named independently after the Iowa tribe. At the state page a naming comment is made. Nevertheless no fear ;-) that I move Iowa to Iowa State and Iowa City to Iowa, United States and - this would be the most interesting - the tribe to Iowa. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 05:10, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

ah, now I know why the new message statement didnt disapear... you posted one more. yes, I think our proposals where not that far away from each other. If I refrain from using X Province if it is not used in the whole set, the differences decrease. My work in some sets was to find collisions and thus to justify the addition of (province)/Province. And you know what: I think William too had some interesting ideas. I was not opposed at all to his ideas. I just wanted to correct little parts of his statements. What currently is largely unsolved are municipalities. "X, Subdivision" is used sometimes to refer to a municipality even if a city of that name exists in this region. My standard would be "X Municipality" / "X Municipality, Subdivision". But I think this is not really nice. I posted it on Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(subnational_entities)#Municipalities Tobias Conradi (Talk) 05:24, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U. S. politicians and succession boxes

Hi, I noticed you started all this great work with the lists of U.S. Congressional Delegations from each state; these look quite nice. I had some ideas about the following, and there doesn't seem to be any policy regarding these issues, and since you created the original lists, you seemed like the person to go to:

I was noticing that the succession boxes on the politicians' bio pages are pretty inconsistent: some have no box, others list only major posts (such as if the bio is a former speaker of the house, it lists only the Speaker succession box, whereas others list all roles, i.e. there is a box for speaker, and a box for other roles in government).

As examples, contrast Henry Clay with Langdon Cheves.

I think it is best to put more info than less, so I think Henry Clay's example is better. My guess is that the best policy would be that on every bio page corresponding to any U.S. Senator or Representative (and also perhaps corresponding Confederate offices as well), the full succession boxes should be there. The reason I mention it is that it does seem like a lot of work, and I figured I'd run it by your for some feedback, and also to make sure there's no collision if there is a group doing something similar. Also, it seems to me that this is something which could be accomplished by a bot of some sort, given that the lists already exist, a bot could roll through the chronological entries in the list and make the additions.

Anyway, I'd like to hear any thoughts you have on this when you get a chance. And if there has already been discussion of this somewhere that you know of, I'd like it if you could point we towards that. Thanks!! Deville 19:20, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles For Deletion

Hi, one or both of the following situations applies to you, and you may therefore be interested in related discussions.

• You expressed an opinion about the proposed deletion of an article concerning one of the first 200 verses of the Gospel of Matthew. Would you therefore like to join a centralised discussion about the other 199 articles at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/200 verses of Matthew
• You expressed an opinion about the proposed deletion of an article concerning one of the first 19 verses of the 20th Chapter of the Gospel of John. Would you therefore like to join a centralised discussion about the other 18 articles at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Verses of John 20

You may also be interested in a discussion of whether or not the entire text of a whole bible chapter should be contained in the 6 articles concerning those specific chapters, and whether or not they should only use the translations favoured by fundamentalists. This is being discussed at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Whole bible chapter text.

--Victim of signature fascism | Don't forget to vote in the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee elections 17:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Qatar Governorates

Hey, excellent job with laying down the maps of the governorates of Qatar. I'll make sure I'll add more information on the governorates soon. However Governorates of Kuwait is also in need of some help. It would be great if you can add the maps on those. Thanks --Ahmed 13:00, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories in sandbox

Hi, I'm finding articles from your user space in categories. You should know better! Please remove all offenders. Thanks. -- Samuel Wantman 07:57, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Britannicizing country leads

Hi. There has been a proposal to have every country lead follow the EB model of: [conventional shortform], officially, [conventional longform], though a few modification are being discussed. If you're interested, the discussion is here. Regards, El_C 21:19, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kuwait Governorates

The map you made looks pretty impressive. I'll have a look at the lines you made and change them as neccessary. Thanks --Ahmed 22:21, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Back again. I checked the map. Sure is accurate and very well updated. --Ahmed 02:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

"Where to start...

  1. No one really cares about the penis swath.
  2. You're constantly changing simple wikitable markup to more unwieldy stuff.
  3. You removed a link and changed the sourced number.
  4. You falsely accused someone of deleting material.

Based on the third one in particular, this is really starting to feel like vandalism. Please stop. --Golbez 22:34, 22 January 2006 (UTC)"

Where to critique?

1. You falsely accused me of deleting a link 2. The swath is related to Hurricane Rita 3. Again, you falsely accuse me of deleting material. You're the one vandalizing information off the page.

[edit] Provinces of Cameroon

Everything seems okay the way you've moved things around. I'm just worried that the new names will lead to some wrongly directed links. If you change "South Province" to "Southern Province", you get quite a few disambiguation possibilities. Ditto for Western Province, Central Province, Eastern Province, Northern Province. Cameroon's province are referred to by such names from time to time, and I'd assume the opposite were true for other provinces named for the cardinal directions. — BrianSmithson 02:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unisys link

I've put the unisys link in the Image section but I've couldnot find anything about the copyright policies when I got on the Unisys website. Storm05 15:01, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map of Azerbaijan

Hi Golbez, I saw your nice work indeed on the map of the provinces of Azerbaijan. It is quite helpful that you preserved the old boundaries of Karabakh, so that people can see what is being discussed during the peace talks. I would like to also suggest that you add the dashed lines of the old Shahumian region, which is also discussed in the news and which people would probably find useful. It is directly north of Karabakh and many maps do show it (often incorrectly as a part of the officially designated Karabakh region). If you need an example, I can send you one. Anyway, some food for thought. Merci, --RaffiKojian 06:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kangarli

I found out that this rayon was created on 14 March 2004, and the administrative center of it is the settlement of Givrag. It borders with Armenia, and was made of 3 villages of Babek rayon and 6 villages of Sharur rayon. The territory 681,9 sq. km, population - 25 000. Grandmaster 09:06, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] North ....

I see you leave in North Carolina :-). I would prefer not to put all in one list. But let's start with linking all dab lists together and maybe mention the local. Ambigous translations maybe can be mentioned on two or more pages. E.g. if Iraq would have a North wilaya this could be N.Governorate or N.Province. Let's start with linking all Northes together? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 04:29, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I see your point. Is it really that much you have to go through? BTW i would like to use a template. for linking all together. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 04:33, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

To easier let others get involved: Talk:Northern Region Tobias Conradi (Talk) 05:11, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Storm05's images

Those images you listed on his talk page all appear to be copy vios. Image:Hugo4.jpg was taken from an excerpt of a copyrighted book, no mention of use for any purpose and I doubt this is the case. Image:ElenaHOUSE.jpg and Image:Frederic4.jpg are copyrighted storm-chaser photos, almost assuredly not for any purpose, the latter definately not. I say they are good candidates for speedy deletion. -- §HurricaneERIC§ archive 18:27, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfB

Golbez, just to let you know that I have removed your request for bureaucratship from the RfA page. It was unsuccessful on this occasion. Keep up the good work as an admin, and I look forward to seeing your name on another nomination at some point in the future, if you still wish to stand. -- Francs2000 00:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why do you keep removing Paul Kelly (ecologist)?

It's serious and I am not him, and its not vain.

[edit] Sorry

Hey, sorry about the 'attack' i was just mad. I will make it seriously this time.

[edit] Your vote on the RFR poll

Hi, Golbez, you voted oppose on the requests for rollback privileges consensus poll, suggesting that people who would like rollback should just become admins instead - that being an admin is "no big deal". While I think that in an "ideal" Wikipedia, this would indeed be the case, I believe that over time standards for becoming an administrator have clearly risen. This is apparent by looking at the RFA system throughout Wikipedia's existence - intially, all one had to do to become an admin was just ask nicely, now we have a complicated procedure. A recent proposal on the RFA talk page for requiring at least 30 minimum support votes and a significant number of existing contributions was given some serious consideration. There is frequent talk of "bad admins slipping through the RFA net", and while you may not agree with that philosophy of adminship it is undeniable that the standards have risen.

Because of this, candidates who pass are already very experienced with Wikipedia. While this in itself is no bad thing, it means that for the month or so before they become admins they are not being given the tools an admin has which would help them to improve Wikipedia, by removing vandalism and performing administrative tasks such as moving pages. The qualities which make a good administrator are not determined by length of stay on Wikipedia or number of friends you have, but by personality and character. Time at Wikipedia only gives familiarity with the way things are done here. However, being at Wikipedia for an extra month doesn't grant any special insight into the ability to determine which edits are vandalism and which are not. This is why I believe that we should hand out rollback to contributors who are clearly here to improve Wikipedia but won't pass the RFA procedure because of their percieved lack of familiarity with policy by some Wikipedians. I think that adminship should be no big deal, like you, however I see just two ways to make sure Wikipedians can quickly and efficiently remove vandalism - either by all those who believe adminship should be no big deal involving themselves much more in RFA, or by supporting this proposal and giving out rollback to good contributors who have not yet been here long enough to become admins. We have to remember that our ultimate aim here is to produce an encyclopedia, and we should balance the idealism of "adminship should be no big deal" with the pragmatism of granting rollback to our best non-admin contributors. I would be very grateful if you would reconsider your viewpoint on this issue. Thanks, Talrias (t | e | c) 13:56, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date canonicalization

See Wikipedia:Dates for the standards ~ Cheers —This user has left wikipedia 23:08 2006-02-02

[edit] TheDoctor10's copyright

Thanks for your concern, but yes, as you saw, it has been updated.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 08:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please

When you protect pages, please add them to the protected pages list. Thanks. --Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 09:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Azeri maps

Hi! I saw that you created maps for Azerbaijani rayons. I would like a map with the 6 South-Eastern districts in red, for the Talysh-Mughan Republic, and as I'm not experienced in graphics I thought I'd ask you. The districts which need colouring are Lankaran (rayon), Lankaran, Lerik, Astara (rayon), Masally and Yardymli. Thanks, Punkmorten 14:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Beautiful. Punkmorten 16:39, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Wysun

You said you recognized Wysun (talk · contribs) from a past vandal. Would that perhaps be Whitewalls (talk · contribs)? Aecis ^{Mr. Mojo risin'} 21:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Ferry sinking map

Considering that it was the website and not myself who drew the map, I don't think I deserve much credit for it. Anyway, I cropped the image per your request but I don't seem to be able to upload the new version to Commons. Any ideas? -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 22:32, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, forget it. There's a 4-day filter in Commons before I'm allowed to upload a newer version of an image. If you have an account in Commons already I could email you the file. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 22:35, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fars Province

Please move Pars Province back to Fars Province. New user did this without any discussion and "Pars" is not the standard name. He is confusing the language naming issue (Persian/Farsi) with the provincial name, which are worlds apart. Thanks. SouthernComfort 01:52, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I didn't realize that he had done it that way. Much appreciated. SouthernComfort 02:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks, didn't realize not using move was so deleterious. Apologies, I ought not to have moved the articles and you are right, discussion is necessary for controversies such as naming disputes. --Ampersand[[[1]]]

[edit] a few map requests

When you have a spare day or so, I'd like some maps: outline maps of the Galapagos Islands, as well as a political map of Oceania and outline maps of the various territories and island groups thereof. :-) I'm willing to try my hand at making them myself, with proper instruction... Tomer^talk 03:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Um...the Oceania map I was proposing was something like this one. There was a deeper part of my request in there tho, asking for outline maps of the Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotus, etc. There's a reason I figured that, as good as you clearly are with the cartography, I said "a spare day or so"... ;-) Tomer^talk 03:53, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Another pretty map.  :-) Tomer^talk 04:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

What an amazing coincidence.  :-p I just want the outline tho; islands, international boundaries, the equator and the international date line, black lines on a white background. :-p Tomer^talk 04:20, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More map requests

Hi Golbezz. Even if your major field of interest — mapwise — does appear to lie chiefly in the administrative divisions section, perhaps you would also consider creating maps as per this map request of mine that I just made to Astrokey. Thanks! =] //Big Adamsky 07:49, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin NEEDED NOW

I clicked on the featured article page and was offended by the substituted pornographic images. It's blocked or I would have fixed it. FIX IT NOW. You are the only administrator I've interacted with, that's why I came to you.

[edit] Thanks for resolving Hasty Pudding Theatricals

Great job :) Dr Debug (Talk) 06:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Washington Metro Silver Line stubs

Wow, didn't expect anyone to follow that close behind fixing up the Silver Line stubs. :) I'll try to add information in as I can. Living less than two miles from the Tysons East station location causes me to follow news and details fairly closely. --StuffOfInterest 23:32, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, hopefully I saved you a little bit of work. Great job on the other Metro content! --StuffOfInterest 23:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:24.186.222.194

Thanks for the reverts on Power tool, Shoe and Bedding. That user has been consistently spamming those three articles, and violating the 3RR rule. See: Special:Contributions/24.186.222.194. I believe it is time to block him as he has been warned. I have put up a ntice on AN/I, but I think you can just go ahead and block him. Thanks. Luigizanasi 19:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for dealing with it so quickly. Luigizanasi 19:45, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commons

The issue, as I see it, is threefold: (a) technical, (b) community, (c) copyright. The technical issue is that en-Wikipedians who make casual contributions to commons don't see things relevant to them in RC or their watchlist, so there is the potential that an image may be subject to subtle vandalism, poor changes, or deletion due to misunderstanding simply because the contributor was unaware of it. The second issue is that commons sees itself as a wholly different community and does not give any weight to contributions made on en, consequently there are few en contributors who are admins on commons, and there is little en input to commons decisionmaking. En and commons are both large enough communities that there are considerable hurdles to be overcome in becoming a trusted contributor. I think the lack of shared trust is unfortunate. Finally, the degree of copyright paranoia on commons is extreme, and while we could probably do with rather more copyright sensitivity on en, commons goes overboard. This isn't about fair use but rather about such matters as governmental copyrights, copyright in noncreative works, moral rights, and the like -- all things that are generally not recognized in the U.S. I think this is all unfortunate and that it didn't have to be this way but at this point I am largely of the opinion that images hosted on commons probably ought to be migrated to en if they are used here. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 01:30, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nakhichevan

Hi Golbez. I responded on the article’s talk page. Take care. Grandmaster 10:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Golbez. Don’t you want to try to mediate? Looks like another edit war is about to start on Nakhichevan page. Grandmaster 07:19, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanx Golbez

Thank you very much for your message. Indeed I am making messes, but I promise to improve as I get more used to the procedures and points in Wikipedia. I will be looking forward to receiving more and more guidance from you guys as I would love to make more and more contributions.

The images are my own and I hold the copyright for them, but I did not know how to mention that so, I tried to put up the closest option. I try to provide the text for many of the contributions from myself but for some, which I do not have facts and figures about, I copied the text, which was indeed not correct. I will solve that problem asap and write out my own text using viable resources.

Thanx again,

Hadi

[edit] Blocking

• Ace, thank you very much for your explanation, I figured it was something like that (though I was instructed that I'm not particularly owed an explanation). Next time I will understand, since it would doubtlessly happen again (people here boast about vandalising wikipedia). Thanks again! Jdcooper 16:58, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bots

Hello! You appear to be running a bot but are not registered under Wikipedia:Bots. Please advise immediately. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 04:17, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Maps

Hi Golbez - whether I'd have replaced maps depends on the circumstances, really. As it was, I made those maps at the same time as I made the articles on the different parishes (before I started, there were about five articles on Bermudian geography - by the time i'd finished there were about 50 :). In general, I probably wouldn't have bothered unless the maps were of a low enough quality that I thought that any I made would be a big improvement. Another possibility would be if I'd made a series of maps on a particular topic and found one related article that had a map, and it was of a different sort (for instance, if I'd added maps to five Bermudian parish articles, then discovered that the sixth article I came to had a different style of map). It takes a bit of work to make a map, though, so if there's one there that's not too bad I probably wouldn't touch it. Grutness...wha? 04:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Using the "revert" button.

I noticed that you have used your 'revert' button to revert edits on Channel 4 and List of Channel 4 television programmes which meant the link to Brookside was wrong.

Please do not do this unless it is vandalism (which it wasn't), otherwise we do not know your reasons for reverting. -- 9cds^(talk) 13:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tobias Conradi

Just to advise I have blocked this user for 3 hours due to violation of 3RR on Ian Hendry. 23skidoo 16:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elaborate

Thank you for your warning, but I don't understand why reporting the truth is "vandalism".

Once again, I don't understand why inserting the truth is vandalism. Check out the 9/11 truth movement if you don't think there is any evidence.

[edit] Moved from user page

Yo, golbez: I just thought I'd send you a quick counter remark to your presumptuous remark on my comments you put down: as a matter of fact, contrary to your arrogant presumptions, my comments WERE deleted regarding my original posting regarding "going postal". They were promptly REMOVED from where I originally posted them (to the obscure area of "discussion"). Just thought you'd like to know you were full of sh*t on that one. (I'm sure you'll come back with some smart aleck retort though!). Unsigned by 216.99.205.192 (El_C 11:19, 25 February 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Other articles

Please tell me, as you didn't tell TfD:

• What has {{otherarticles}} been replaced by?
• Why didn't you simply put in a redirect?

Septentrionalis 20:40, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

It may be logically redundant to the category list, but not in practice. I have seen TfD arguments settled by compromise on it, when one side wanted a large userbox full of links, and the other side wanted the ugly thing gone. The first are willing to settle on {{otherarticles}}, which marks one primary category as more important than the category-cruft, and the others found it, as it is, smaller and less obnoxious than a large ugly box. I will continue proposing such solutions; I would prefer not to have to write the bos from scratch every time. Septentrionalis 21:03, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Listing 3 top western experts on Japanese history

"Please stop spamming links all over Wikipedia. I'm sure the links you added are very useful in some topics, but not in EVERY JAPANESE HISTORY topic. --Golbez 22:24, 27 February 2006 (UTC)"

Golbez, I received this in response to my posting of the 3 top western historians websites on Japanese history on several wikipedia pages. I feel that education is preferrable to ignorance in this case. With regards to Japanese history, any visitor to a wikipedia page regarding Japanese history can now consult a true expert on the topic. Instead of relying on a definition written by a 15 year old whose only knowledge of Jpanese history comes from cartoons and Manga, you can consult a historians website. Japenese history in particular seems to have a problem becasue of all the lore and legend associated with it. Movies and video games are of no help and are not historically accurate.

When i first visited the wikipedia "seppuku" page it stated that it was "rare, shameful, caused the person to lose their estate, people had to be forced to do it kicking and screaming, etc.....) This is the opposite of reality. It was considered an honor, the person kept their estate and samurai status, passing it on to relatives. It was voluntary and an honor to do so, enhancing one's reputation in some cases. It was very common, in fact the shogunate had to ban it because so many people were killing themselves when their lords passed away (Buke sho hatto law 1663).

In Wikipedia "Ronin" was defined as "someone who had foresaken honor and failed to commit seppuku" Again, this is totally wrong.

Bushido was defined as "an invention of the Tokugawa Shogunate" Totally wrong.

Why would you delete the link to the western world's leading expert (Stephen Turnbull) on Japanese History from the Samurai page? I strongly recommend that you allow the posting of the leading experts of Japanese History on these pages, to do otherwise is disasterous. You are allowing 15 year old kids to write your wikipedia when you should strive for accuracy and excellence.

I took the time to look up the leading experts on Japanese History and link to them.

Copy of deleted material:

• The website of Dr. Stephen Turnbull A leading authority on Japanese History and Samurai, Stephen Turnbull has written more than 30 books for Osprey Publishing

• SengokuDaimyo.com The website of Samurai Author and Historian Anthony J. Bryant

• The website of William Scott Wilson A 2005 recipient of the Japanese Government's Japan’s Foreign Minister’s Commendation, William Scott Wilson was honored for his research on Samurai and Bushido.

Response

Short and simple: These might be useful links on a single page, but elsewhere, please only use them if they are specific references. Putting those three links in every article you can find is spamming, no matter how useful they are. I thank you for your contributions, the seppuku thing you mention really is disgraceful, but again, these linkis should not be put everywhere. External links are only for links directly related to the subject matter, while references are to cite specific materials that back up what is said in the text. For example, on the seppuku article, link specifically to a page about seppuku - like if Stephen Turnbull has a specific article on the matter. Likewise, have a specific link to an article about samurai on the Samurai article. Not a link to a general page not specifically about the subject matter. Do you see what I mean? --Golbez 21:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC) [edit]

MY RESPONSE

Turnbull, Wilson and Bryant have material directly associated with the pages I posted on. Bryant is an expert on the battle of Sekigahara and general Japanese History and Turnbull is an expert on all aspects of Japanese History as well as the arms and armor used by the armies. His site would be appropriate on any matter related to Japanese history. You are weakening legitimate research ability of wikipedia readers by deleting these links and opening yourself to criticism like I see being writen in the newspapers about Wikipedia. Japanese history on Wikipedia is a disaster. I am trying to clean things up by pointing readers to the real experts, not relying on history i learned from movies and video games. If anyone uses wikipedia for academic research they are in real trouble.

There is a disclaimer label on the "Miyamoto Musashi" wikipage which states "The factual accuracy of this page is disputed" and refers readers to the "talk" page. You deleted my link to William scott Wilson, who is probably the worlds leading expert on Musashi. Wilson examined the real historical documents about the man before writing his book , "The Lone Samurai". Nice Going. This is a step backwards for everyone. Ironically, Wilson discusses some of the disputed material ... and dismisses it outright. I'd rather listen to an expert who read the real Japanese documents.

A simple example: You put these three links on Seppuku. The word "Seppuku" does not appear on any of the three links. Therefore, they are irrelevant to the subject at hand. Also, having finally looked at the links, the last one is nothing more than a bookstore. Please stop bringing up your argument about "15 year olds" and manga - it does not apply to me, I have a degree in Japanese language and literature. --Golbez 22:39, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Stephen Turnbull has entire chapters related to Seppuku and is very knowledgeable about it, as are Wilson and Bryant. They are perfectly relevant. A degree in literature and language does not make one an expert on samurai and history.

I am Japanese, have spent decades researching this material and I am a direct descendant of the one of top leaders of one of the largest Samurai Clans. My relatives sat on the boards of major museums in Japan. I am offended by the innaccurate depictions and I am trying to correct them. I expect your cooperation. By the way, the Samurai page is terrible and until recently, it had a warning/disclaimer as well.

THEY may be relevant; their websites, however, are demonstrably NOT. --Golbez 23:57, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

MY RESPONSE

• I am curious how you could find the websites of the leading samurai experts, NOT be relevant to the wikipedia page for samurai. William scott wilson wrote probably the BEST and most comprehensive, thoroughly researched book ever on Miyamoto Musashi, yet you delete links to his wikipage and site. If you knew anything about the authors, you would not be making statements such as this:

"A simple example: You put these three links on Seppuku. The word "Seppuku" does not appear on any of the three links. Therefore, they are irrelevant to the subject at hand."

Any knowledgeable person on Japanese history would realize that these men are the leading experts on this topic in english, and their books would shed some light on the subject. Turnbull has one of the BEST sections on Seppuku in his book. In fact, I posted excerpts of "Samurai way of Death" when I rewrote the seppuku page.

   If that's the case, then cite it as a reference - do not link to a site from which to purchase it. We can find that ourselves if we so desire. --Golbez 00:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• there should be some references to who the experts are some where on the pages. I get email and requests on talk pages for the sources of info. I would like to provide this information. Several pages have been changed back to the INCORRECT and i mean blatantly incorrect form. Maybe if people read a little bit, we wouldnt have this problem. Turnbull's site includes entire chapters from his book. especially about seppuku as does Bryant's site. There are one of a kind items availible online.

Then link specifically to those chapters. I've said this three or four times now, what part of that do you disagree with? --Golbez 01:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Not all of the chapters are available online. The publishers provide some parts of the books online, for others, I post bibliography. I disgaree with the removal of links when the page is marked with disclaimers about material being in dispute and simply reading the authors book would clear much of it up. The best research we have available to us on Miyamoto musashi is William scott Wilsons latest book and you removed the link. You call the links not relevant. Turnbaull also wrote an excellent book on Musashi called "The lone samurai" you also removed that link. we are going backwards here.

The samurai page had Turnbull's and wilson's links removed. The page is sorely in need of this information. what part are YOU not agreeing with?

Either you're not understanding me, or you're deliberately not understanding me. This will be my last word on the subject: LINK ONLY TO PAGES SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE SUBJECT MATTER. Not to a page to buy a BOOK ABOUT JAPANESE HISTORY. I removed a link to Turnbull's website; supply a link to a copy (not a purchase) of his book and it's fine. Otherwise, it's reference. Good day, sir. --Golbez 01:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• When a person goes to to any site, they are intelligent enough to scroll down and look for "The battle of sekigahara" or "Musashi" or whatever the subject matter may be that they are searching for. Those are the official websites of the authors. Like it or not. Unless you suggest linking to the local library catalog, that is one of the best places to find a list of the books, the official site of the author.

• I would like to appeal the decision to remove the above links from Japanese History related wikipages. To whom do I address this appeal and who is next in the wikipedia "chain of command"? I have 3 or 4 college level instructors in both the USA and Japan who are interested in the outcome of this dialog. We are increasingly finding the citation of wikipedia in academic works in the area of Japanese history. Of course some of these entries were of less than acceptable quality.

Example: http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~reames/Papers/EALC175/history_heike_monogatari.pdf

The Historical Basis of the Heike Monogatari ("The Tale of the Heike") An Analysis of the:

Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike)

By Philip Reames University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Completed: April 28th, 2004

(excerpt from the biblio)

1. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

   * "Taira no Kiyomori" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori
   * "Tokugawa Shogunate" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate
   * "Samurai" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai
   * "History of Japan" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Japan
   * "Kamakura period" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period
   * "Emperor Antoku of Japan" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Antoku_of_Japan
   * "Heian Period" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_Period
   * "Bushido" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido
   * "Emperor Takakura of Japan" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Takakura_of_Japan
   * "Emperor Rokujo of Japan" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Rokujo_of_Japan

You want to take this to a higher authority? Just ask people on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) or maybe WP:AN or WP:AN/I. That will take it to a wider audience of administrators. --Golbez 01:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you for your assistance.

[edit] list

okay did you have to delete my list(that i posted on the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season talk page) that i worked so hard on? Storm05 19:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTW

Hey there Golbez, I noticed that you had expressed interest in the article on the Potomac River on its talk page. Another contributor nominated the river for the US Collaboration of the Week and I would appreciate it if you would give the nomination your support. I feel with minimal effort, the article will reach featured status with the assistance of a team of editors. --Caponer 18:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HMS Press Deletion

WayneRay 16:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)WayneRay Why did you delete my publishing page HMS Press  ? I read the suggestions and cleaned it up and updated it about 2 weeks ago and now it is gone. I have published many notable American and Canadian Poets and authors. Explain Please on my discussion page

[edit] Thank you.

I appreciate your stepping in, but even if you think that I am a total fucktard for merely contesting the close of the poll and seperating out the solicited votes, I must insist that you refrain from personal attacks, especially in edit summaries. Hipocrite - «Talk» 21:48, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Please note that I only struck votes once (and then reverted my own strikes to the seperation after striking was disputed - the second striking edit being only to retain the 20 minutes of work I had already done), and with each vote provided a reason and a signature. If this was a mistake, it was obviously a good-faith one. I am substantially over the age of consent in every jurisdiction I care to think of, and do not appreciate being called a "child." Nor, I suspect, will god of war. At this point, however, I will let it drop. Please note that I did not vote in the poll in question, and was about to state that I believed the result was no-consensus. At this point, I am content to walk away. Hipocrite - «Talk» 21:55, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warning

I don't know why you warned me. Yes I have been arguing with Hipocrite but as you will see I only reverted him once. A revert that he did not actually revert back but simply modified. There is no revert warring here.--God Ω War 21:52, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Range blocking of USNewsLink

If you want to block the IPs that are posting legal threats on the Village Pump, a block of "151.213.0.0/16" for 24 hours or so should do the job -- but be prepared to take a lot of flack for blocking such a large range. A block of "151.213.224.0/19" might be sufficient, and it's a significantly smaller range. --Carnildo 06:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ah

So that's were it went. I knew it went awry but then I couldn't find it. Thanks, -Will Beback 10:00, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] landmine blast

Hi Golbez. Regarding Wikipedia:In_the_news_section_on_the_Main_Page/Candidates#.5B.5BMarch_10.5D.5D.2C_.5B.5B2006.5D.5D, I've reworded the title and linked it to another article, Balochistan (Pakistan), which already had some related background. I've added a fair bit of text about the blast there too. Is it OK? Veej 11:05, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:OWL-FELLS

You stepped in and took action while I was humming and hawing — do I block or do I wait? I'm not very familiar with Enviroknot, though of course I've seen some of his contributions, but I am familiar with ROHA — someone in Germany who edits anonymously from lots of different IPs (and so can't be banned), but who always puts ROHA in his edit summaries. His favourite article is Adolf Hitler, which has been semi-protected an many occasions because of him, but I think he has also, to a lesser extent, made a nuisance of himself at Bob Dylan. I don't personally think User:OWL-FELLS is ROHA: the style is quite different, and ROHA never blanked pages. That said, he certainly was not here for the good of Wikipedia, so I'm sure if you hadn't blocked, I would have done so at his next edit. Cheers. AnnH ♫ 23:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin help needed

Hello, I was wondering if you could help. In the midst of a discussion about an article, a user has come in and accused me of "having an agenda" and making generally derogatory remarks and speculations about my personal beliefs. I erased it, but one of his friends keeps reverting it. It is at Talk:Intelligent design/Townes RFC under "Benapgar's advocacy" at the bottom of the page. What do I do when someone says I have an agenda but I don't? Or they make false claims about me? I remember saying one of the editors on that article had an agenda before and I got blocked for it. I told this to the person who is reverting now, but they don't seem to notice the double-standard, let alone notice that it is a personal attack, or that it's "discussing the contributor and not the article."--Ben 05:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maps for Haiti

Hi Golbez,

You made a map for departments of Haiti in French : Haiti map with named departments.

Can you make it in Haitian, pls? Thx.

In the ht wiki, we are using the numbered map : article in wiki ht for haitian departments. The alphabetic order is not respected anymore. The named map would be better. The name of the image could be something like AyitiDepatmanNonYo.png.

If you cannot make it, can you explain to me how to change an image or indicate me a wiki article giving info on that task, pls? Thx.

--205.228.12.193 14:49, 14 March 2006 (UTC) No wiki login on wiki en => my ht page

Hi Golbez, thx you so much.

I am not 100% sure. I think that that map is the first one in whole Internet to be written in Haitian. Not in English, nor in French. That is amazing!

You did it very professional. I saw that you also change the order of the departments in the article and you put the name I asked you. Really cool ! I appreciate this kind of details. :)

I will tell you (one day I hope) when I will have all info for other maps (on Haiti of course) about:

• islands, bays and gulfs
• komin (kind of American county) and sèksyon kominal (kind of American districts)

About cities, I think using a blank map image and place a cross with the map html tag, or something like that. I will use the positions on UN maps.

If you are overbusy those days, just let us know how to do it. :)

--205.228.12.193 14:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

• Thx for the proposals. Next map, I am sure, will be politic map of Haiti, which was taken on CIA site. As you can see, half French, half English! I need first to prepare the list of all haitian names.
• About the size, it fits right for me. If people want smaller, they can put a size in the article code. I just noticed that some wikipedians from commons changed the png images on wiki ht to svg images (flags and coats of arms). Maybe this is to be done for all maps ? I also heard that images less than 10Ko are downloaded really quicker by the browsers. Anyway, for me, that's good!

--70.82.187.175 01:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:DickClarkMises

I appreciate your comments regarding my user page's content. What would you recommend that I do in this situation? I have every intention of abiding by Wikipedia policies and guidelines. No one has yet pointed me to any official Wikipedia policy that forbids the link in question. My current plan is to wait until more voices chime in. Regards, Dick Clark 21:11, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Dear Golbez, I just wished to make the point that when you corrected an article you signed off with 'byebye vandal'

I would just like to say i agree completely with you and your attitude against vandals, and although i often use the nice warnings provided I like your style better!

Are you an administrator? If not, consider it! I would be happy to nominate and support you.

Cheers, Anthony

[edit] ITN Main Page candidate

Hi golbez. I posted a candidate "Three charged with 'racial hatred' for protest at Danish Embassy London." at 6am utc. please will you look at it and consider it for the main page. it's a fairly new story (the details of arrests/charged), so i'm keen for it to be seen whilst it's still fresh. ie. before people read it in today's papers. sorry if i seem impatient. this is all very exciting for me.Veej 07:14, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

cheers mate! i know it's juvenile, but i was ecstatic when it appeared on the main page! Veej 22:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I see you have something to do with ITN. Yes, my proposal for World Intellectual Property Day was like Early Edition, Cheers, Gregorydavid 08:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External article/Aoi Sora

Hi Golbez.

Sorry to bother you, but this is with regards to the article I added and you subsequently deleted in the "external links" section to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_Aoi - the blog discussion itself serves to support the idea of whether the lady's bust is natural or not. Someone changed the definition of "Natural Bust" to "Yes", when it's highly disputed in internet circles; and therefore I thought it might be useful to add this discussion as a source to support the idea that, yes, it is disputed. Not that it matters, it's just a bust after all. I just thought I'd back up my decision to add the article.

EDIT: I just figured I could easily debate this in the "Discussion"-section. I'm sorry, I'm still new to all this.

[edit] Old Man Murray Talk page

Was the talk page really so inflammatory that it had to reverted and locked?

The answer is "no", by the way.

[edit] Fix needed at United States Congressional Delegations from South Carolina

Greetings. You made the original chart on United States Congressional Delegations from South Carolina back in 2004 -- great work by the way -- but there's a minor factual error. I wrote about it here. The table code is rather complex, so if you could help me out, I'd appreciate it. All the best, – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 18:39, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Old Man Murray

I've unprotected Talk:Old Man Murray (Old Man Murray is still semi-protected for now). See WP:AN#Old Man Murray Discussion Page. Also, please try to be civil even when frustrated. Superm401 - Talk 06:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Adolf Hitler

Thanks for the revert here. Editing seems very popular amongst the otherwise silent, thanks again!PhilipPage 01:13, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] you're welcome

...that was a fun one. Amazing that some people don't know how easy it is to rollback all their vandalisms. Happy editing! Antandrus (talk) 04:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anarcho-capitalism

Hey, User:RJII is currently banned from wikipedia. You may want to try working on anarcho-capitalism again? Thanks :) -- infinity0 17:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TC intro

Saw your edit summary comment [2]. I thought the long parenthetical clause in the first sentence (before I rewrote on March 16) was a problem for readability. Are you thinking there's now too much emphasis on structure in the first graf, or what are the problems that make you favor reverting? Is it that you think all the terms must go in the first sentence? -- DavidH 18:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Break up the first sentence maybe? I tried to create one elegant clause to describe the warm ocean, moist air, condensation, heat energy-driven development, but maybe it got away. -- DavidH 19:32, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NK map

Hi Golbez. Thanks for your work on improvement of the maps of Azerbaijan. I just would like to ask you why on the map of Nagorno-Karabakh the name of Shusha is given in Armenian spelling as Shushi? This town had an Azeri population, and now is mostly on ruins and uninhabited. According to the practice adopted by the international organizations they use the names officially established by the government of Azerbaijan, as this territory is internationally recognized as part of that country, or use the names that existed before the conflict. I think that the name of Shusha should be corrected. Regards, Grandmaster 19:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

If it shows the things from an Armenian perspective, I think it should have an explanation underneath the picture. Grandmaster 10:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for page protection

Hey Golbez,

Would you be able to please protect the Iranian peoples page? There's a full-scale revert war going on right now, I already added a request at WP:RPP. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 06:08, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zacarias Moussaoui

I've updated Zacarias Moussaoui with a statement about his testimony today. Sorry about nominating it for a news candidate without checking first; frankly, I'm baffled why no one else has edited it so far. I figured it would be updated if not in the middle of a revert war! --Saforrest 00:50, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page protection of Privatization

Hi, I filed a complaint on the notice board about User Rd232 who has violated the page Privatization protection of that page by editing out a section. Could you look into this? Thanks. --Northmeister 00:53, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I hope you read my comment on Talk:Privatization before reverting me. And see my remark on WP:ANI re Northmeister's request. Rd232 ^talk 04:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

WP:IAR. It doesn't - in anything like its present form - belong in the article, period. Rd232 ^talk 04:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another request

Hi Golbez,

Would you please be able to semi-protect the Armenian Genocide page? Some anon continues to remove images and information - he/she was blocked for breaking the 3RR but simply changed their IP and continued. On the talk page, all they have really been making is personal attacks by calling everyone "Turk-haters". I'd really appreciate it if you semi-protect the page for now. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 06:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] khojali map

hi, the map you offered is really good but I don't know how to edit it and show the region mentioned in the article. --Hattusili 23:15, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for adding the story I requested to the 'in the news' template. Chuck 03:51, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] revert on Mario

This is just a little note to say that I reverted your deletion of the Mario day section in Mario; a Google search on "mario day march 10" turned 15.1 million results, so I figured it was notable. Cheers, Nihiltres 03:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Revert on History section of United States article

Hi Golbez,

Wow, that was a fast revert of my edit. Look, I understand the point of there being two articles, one on the United States and one on the History of the United States.

I have just finished an extensive restructuring of the following articles: Mexico, History of Mexico and Spanish Conquest of Mexico. It took me several hours of moving text around from one article to another and merging text where the same idea was said in different ways.

It would be fine if the United States article had a complete and good summary of U.S. history up to the present. However, it doesn't. It stops roughly at the Civil War and does a pretty poor job with the last half of the 19th century. There's nothing on the 20th century at all.

I propose to fix this by brining stuff over from the History of the United States article and doing the same restructure and merge exercise that I did with Mexico.

I understand that we don't need all of the text of the History of the United States article in the United States article. However, the easiest way to do that is to copy it all over and then delete parts during the cleanup process.

I know that temporary work should be done in a sandbox page. However, being a newbie, I don't know how to set one up.

Any suggestions or advice will be welcomed. (except for the one about the long walk off a short pier).

Richard 08:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Deletion review#List of songs in triple meter (1990-1999)

Hello Golbez, I've taken the liberty of delisting the above nomination well before the customary 10 or so days. I trust Splash's reply clarifies matters considerably. Regards —Encephalon 04:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Golbez, I have emailed you about this, about Ankaram

But out of transpency, I thought that I should write it here and clarify a little more about this. The user Ankaram, is most certainly, and even certainly Sedat Laciner the professional Armenian genocide denier and very close to the Turkish government who has written a good deal of materials specifically aimed at linking the Armenians with anti-semitisn. The evidences are clear. First, the anonymous user who added on the anti-semitism article the links to the articles published by Laciner, and all the links from the Journal of Turkish Weekly, who Laciner is the chairman of. This was done in March 10, this anonymous user also added materials relating to Laciner organizations and affiliations, as well as edited the Armenian Genocide article with materials that Laciner has written himself. Not to forget also the fact that this same anonymous user has added a link in the Armenia article to his article and his journal. Here all this anonymous users contributions. [3]

While this anonymous user appeared in March 10, on March 11, the login Slaciner was created and he started contributing [4], on his user page, he rightly say who he is etc. He also created the page about himself. On 13:30 of April 1, 2006, he stop contributing with this acount, another account appear the same day, which is Ankaram and continue the work started with the alias Slaciner and his attempt to place his works links and his journal everywhere he can find. Right now of course after that anonymous edit of his on the Armenian Genocide article he has not edited there, but this is due to the fact that the article is now locked for new users.

I think it would be wise to have checkuser checked about the three, but since my last request about Tommiks, Karabeir and OttomanReference was refused, checkuser rules to checkuse seems to be either strict or either there seem to be selection on what members request will be accepted. If you think there are sufficiant misdowing, feel free to request a checkuser..., I think given this man works mission, his articles mission and the fact that he has contributed to Turkish government institutions such as the Institute of Armenian studies founded specifically to deny the Armenian genocide, it is a matter of time that under this new alias he has created(Ankaram), he will start disrupting Armenian related articles. It is like Zundel login an account in Wikipedia contributing in the article about himself and then, creating another account specifically to edit Jewish related articles. Also, while the links he has added under anonymouty to his newspaper have been left there, I think neither his newspaper is notable, neither it has the credibility to be used as a source for anything. This man consider Armenians to control the world public opinion and has written works with titles such as : "Armenian propaganda" etc. I wait your comments about this issue. Regards. Fad (ix) 21:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:199.217.32.2

Hello, Golbez, I posted this reply to your remarks at the talk page of the IP address (199.217.32.2) of the Academy School District 20:

"I attend Eagleview Middle School, a school within Academy District 20, and I wanted to inform you that I will be making active efforts to reduce Wikipedia vandalism from my school (specifically from the Computer Lab and Library Media Center, where most school computers are located). The district website contains contact addresses of all staff members and administration of the district. You may want to e-mail the superintendent or another administrator regarding this issue. A possible suggestion would be to filter all edit pages of Wikipedia."

Thanks for being concerned about this issue—I agree with your point of view on students editing. — Webdinger ^{BLAH | SZ} 02:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another map assignment

Hi Golbez! I have an assignment for you, if you wish. It's quite easy. Could you "combine" the municipalities Tolga and Os (maps Image:Tolga kart.png and Image:Os i Hedmark kart.png) to create a locator map for Tolga-Os? And if you like, please combine Image:Nord-Fron kart.png and Image:Sør-Fron kart.png to create a map for Fron. Thanks in advance, Punkmorten 20:17, 7 April 2006 (UTC) It has been dealt with. Punkmorten 20:48, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Hhah sorry boss, saw it on your talk page and seemed like a simple request (10 seconds in photoshop) so i just did it for him. I hope my work was half ok to you. Mike _{(T C)} 04:17, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

How is it POV is that's what the judges ruling the case decided? The artist used the same exact words that male artists used in singing their songs, only turned them around so they would have the opposite meaning. My understanding of the ruing was that the FCC acted rashly and in a manner discrimatory toward the artist simply because she was female and she used tha language in a feminist context--how moire blatant can you be? If you don't believe me, how would you suggest we include the "important facts" i.e. "free speech wins" into the article?? Sorry if I'm a little emotional,--Rockero 01:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

My bad ese..no hard feelings...--Rockero 02:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bangladesh map

Hey, thanks for adding the map to bn:বাংলাদেশের বিভাগ. Looks fine. --Ragib 06:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oui

Yes I'm trying to make some point. Yes I repeat my address cause its hard, & I don't like checking the pages for replys. & if you can find the Perrinal Proposal relating to my comment you last replyed to, Requiring All Changes To Be Made With An Account, then please let me know, you kno my email [since they haven't instituted the option to delete your account, made their own licence, or the GNUL hasn't changed yet, I haven't signed up].

24.70.95.203 20:19, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requiring All Changes To Be Made With An Account

It seems like there's a LOT of Vandalism GOing Onn. Well, we could require all changes made to be made from a logged on Useraccount. Depending on the vandalism though, I acually don't know what the vandalism is like,[since they haven't instituted the option to delete your account, made their own licence, or the GNUL hasn't changed yet, I haven't signed up], but it must be made clear User Accounts have the option to be deleted, & after a certain period of time, they should be deleted; somepoeples personalities are like that they like to have things open ((open ended/no closure)).

Please reply.

Please leave one if you'd like more clarification on this issue. You could also contact me iooiioioo@hotmail.com [since they haven't instituted the option to delete your account, made their own licence, or the GNUL hasn't changed yet, I haven't signed up].

thanks

24.70.95.203 20:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump (perennial proposals). You should have looked at it the last time I mentioned it to you. Also, why do you constantly repeat "your" email address and that screed about why you won't sign up? We saw it the first few times, we don't need to be reminded of it every time you make a comment, unless you're just trying to make some point. --Golbez 20:11, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should require 24.70.95.203 to register before making any more edits. ;) -Will Beback 22:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I checked Perennial Proposals, but the thing thats' not there is the ability for the user accounts to be come deleted after a period of time, & the option to delete an account. 1 reason people do not sign up for an account is because a name they want has been taken. Another reason is because they want closure; if the person decides they no longer want to be associated with Wikimedia, they have no way to achieve that.

Please reply

24.70.95.203 15:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Sympathies—You had done so well!

re: (Talk: United States) That's what I get for not confirming myself. *sigh* Four paragraphs. :P --Golbez 22:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• It could be worse. Good Try, and the right attitude. However, I've recently stumbled over the guideline: WP:BTW, which to me means adding an extra category or two that aren't strictly in the heirarchy on an article page, even when a sub-category is present is a good idea as it allows the user, not us editors to use wikiP more effectively. I think I would have just gone to add it with a note to that effect.

Best regards, FrankB 05:59, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hi Golbez, would you be able to do me an admin-favor? --Khoikhoi 01:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Of course! I was just trying to get you curious - I'd appreciate it if you could fully protect the Persian people page. It's already listed it on WP:RPP. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 01:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. :) --Khoikhoi 01:55, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding 'Search Queries'

How not?

Please reply.

Thanks.

24.70.95.203 08:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for image

You say on your talk page that you do images of countries. Would you be willing to do the track circuit for Road American? It should be simple for you compared to a county. You can google to find an image of the track course. I tried and either I'm incapable, or I don't have the right software. Royalbroil 04:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's an example of the level of detail that I was thinking about:[5]. I don't know if the corner names should be included or not. I think that other racetracks don't include the names. Royalbroil 04:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

Thanx for your reply. But the map is too small. I've made basic map using Corel Draw, and export it to PNG (to be maniputaled by Paint). But the map's line is not smooth. Could you give me advice, please? Wic2020^Talk 05:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

It's not yours, but mine :=) Look at this maps i've made [6] and[7], it's not a pretty map, right (and it's not smooth)?! Could you upload the larger (more detailed) map, please? Beside map of regency division, I also want to make a locator map for Indonesian provinces. wic2020^talk 06:57, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Country subdivisions

• Talk:Administrative division has a voting Tobias Conradi (Talk) 11:31, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2005 AHS storm articles

Hey, it seems like the latest vote on this issue on 2005AHS is coming up in approval of the idea with a high proportion of support. As you are against this, I thought I would just tell you this (I am from the pro-article side) and ask how you feel about taking this dispute to mediation. At this time I prefer the informal option , primarily because this dispute covers a range of issues. Do you like this idea? Nilfanion 15:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates submission

No, I wasn't kidding. I guess you don't watch the news. -- llywrch 05:27, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Wait a second -- do you mean that someone does not need to submit an article to Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates in order for it to appear in Current events? I added the incident this morning -- with sources (I would hope an article in Editor & Publisher supports a claim for inclusion) -- & found that my contribution was immediately removed & without comment. This is why I am upset at the moment. -- llywrch 05:49, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Sorry I lost my temper. -- llywrch 19:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your cats

OK I am agree

Excuses Me

The actors with a well-known origin with the corresponding sub-category.

But in the category Category:Hispanic American actors has a actors without a origin category assigned.

Answer me:

[edit] New Orleans

What else you expect from me after udnoing my work twice? In wikipedia we are in a business of adding info, not deleting it. Before deleting something you have to make a good faith attempt to see if something is worth preserving. Google is your best friend. Wikipedia too. `'mikka (t) 19:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaijin

There is no edit war going on on this page, but please continue to watch edits by User:Saintjust. While the rest of us are struggling to reach consensus (via a lengthy, minutely detailed, and ongoing debate on the talk page), this user is intermittently reverting to a long-ago version. What agreements we've come to on the talk page have been hard-fought for, and represent the consensus of those involved in the discussion. Saintjusts reverts ignore this. Meanwhile, the debate rages on. Exploding Boy 07:00, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

Hi Golbez. As you recommended, I started an RfC with regard to naming dispute over Nakhichevan here [8] I hope I did everything right, as I don’t have any experience in starting an RfC. You may wish to check it out. Any assistance will be appreciated. Regards, Grandmaster 07:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Golbez. Could you please have a look at Nakhichevan talk page? Fadix and Co accuse me of pushing my POV just because I started an RfC to ask community’s opinion. In fact, it was you who recommended me to do so to prevent edit wars, I did not come up with idea. Thanks in advance. Grandmaster 07:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Golbez, read my answer over Nakhichevan, and read from that context again his 'Co' remark. Thanks. Fad (ix) 20:10, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My edit on User talk:Danny

I've taken the liberty of removing a section of Danny's talk page where you and two other editors seemed to be telling Danny how he is to do his job. This seemed inappropriate to me, given Danny's responsibilities, line of command, and the fact that he's in direct communication with Jimbo and (in the case of an action that needs to be taken) the complaining party. I hope you'll realise I'm not denying your right to express disquiet at something that worries you, but in this case the tone adopted seemed to be somewhat dictatorial and overbearing, and after a long day in the office talking on the phone to attorneys and whatnot to keep Wikipedia from being sued into the ground, this is not the kind of treatment that Danny deserves. --Tony Sidaway 20:49, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza alerts

Saw your edit. Anything specifically we can do to help? Just let us know. Cheer up. Don't let those vandals get to you. :-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 15:24, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I hope your stress calms down. In the meantime, imagine yourself at this calming place. -- Natalya 15:45, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Green rivers always tend to inspire questions of where the color came from, speaking for myself.

I noticed you mentioned too much vandalism fighting and not enough content editing. Tell me more, if you've got a minute. I'd offer to take off your hands any specific users or articles you'd been monitoring, but it looks like you've just been watching changes in general. I did see that you sometimes focus on hurricane season articles; if the frustration of trying to fix and clean up the larger ones gets to you, can I suggest taking some time off to work on one of the neglected, more focused articles, i.e. Hurricane Katrina effects by region? They don't tend to get as much attention from editors and vandals alike, so it's kind of a nice place to spend some time doing much-needed research, wikifying, cleanup, or whatever else. Anyway, just some ideas, drop me a line if I can help with anything. Tijuana Brass^¡Épa!-E@ 23:26, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hitler

Three is a huge discussion about the 12-year Reich on the talk page. See the end of it for the reason for the edit. As for the other changes, see the talk page on Over-linking. Drogo Underburrow 02:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] where are you?

• Category:Wikipedians by number of edits Toby / Tobias Conradi (Talk) 00:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pyramid Head

Sorry about the botched move - I didn't realize I was logged out, and I forgot about the move-button functionality that you get when logged in. Thanks for the tip though. :)

[edit] Your opinion on fair use

Recently, I have been making substantial improvements to the article on Hurricane Joan-Miriam. One place where it is lacking is pictures. Now, the NHC has a picture of a page from a newspaper available at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/epacific/ep1988/miriam/news/mh1025p1.gif. Since it is from a newspaper I am of the opinion that it is copyrighted. What I am asking is would it qualify as fair use to upload that picture and use it in the article on Joan-Miriam, in either its current form or with the text (outside of the headlines) somehow blurred out or erased. I have not uploaded that image yet. I would like your opinion as to whether doing so would qualify as fair use. Thank you for answering my question and providing assistance to me. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 22:09, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I have been considering adding that picture as it illustrates the publicity that the hurricane got. At least one other article, Hurricane Agnes, also has a newspaper photo in it. Thanks again. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 22:59, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something Awful

Seems like there is a user that registered just to AfD everything SA he can. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:RabinicLawyer and Something Awful related articles --waffle iron ^talk 23:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ante Starcevic

Thank you for protecting the Ante Starcevic article. Sadly, you protected it at the moment it was vandalized by a user into a heavily POV version. If you could just revert it back, not to the Purger version, that one's POV too, but rather to the friendly edit of Mostssa. Thank you :-) --serbiana - talk 04:56, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Qatar map

The exact borderline that I have drawn is copied from the World Gazetteer's map, as I indicated at commons:Image:Baladiyat Qatar.png before it got deleted.

The baladiyah status of Mesaieed (aka Umm Sa'id) is indicated by such sources as CIA World Factbook and some Qatari government report of 2004, the latter picked semi-randomly using Google.

Regarding mentioning the GDFL license: I've been planning to replace your image with mine, instead of uploading it under a new name, but the system did not let me do this.

If you update your pictures (there are 10 of them, as far as I can tell) and delete mine, that's fine. --tyomitch 09:26, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tobias Conradi (arbitration)

I have written an extensive Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Tobias Conradi. Originally, I'd thought the panel would be more interested in content issues, but early indications are they prefer inter-personnal conflict, and I've recast the request in that form. Note, I just discovered Conradi has been banned at de. Had my RfC been taken more seriously 4 months ago, this problem could have been nipped in the bud.

--William Allen Simpson 16:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cheap brains

Do you really think I do give a @ss damn!? If I am banned!?

>x<ino 07:27, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xino + RfC

Based on Xino's conduct here, and in previous disputes, I've placed a request for comment on this argument. I'd appreciate it if you would provide a statement for it, or better yet, endorse it so the request can proceed. I believe his conduct has been poor enough to warrant this kind of action, particularly in earlier (and ongoing) disputes - I'd really appreciate your help with this. RandyWang 12:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for your help - it's really appreciated. :) RandyWang 13:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yokosuka

Did you read the link I provided!? Yokosuka is a bank, and Yokosuka is a place in the game.

>x<ino 17:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Why shouldn't the link be gone, when someone removed it (rolls eyes). Might be Wanka:P

>x<ino 18:03, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Instead of (again) insulting another editor, maybe you could give me the link? Trust me...you are really wanting a flaming from me, believe me! Do you even know what an insult is? Most of you wiki's are hot headed, just like that other idiot kid RandyWang. Saying me using the word "owned, is an isult":/ maybe you could give me the link?Why should I give you the damn link!? You got hands & legs! Do it yourself! Research it, go to the History page! You go on, acting as if, the Timex thing is wrong, I am wrong! If I am, why don't you just revert me:/

You fools stll don't know what I am trying to prove...don't worry, it will come to you, when the time comes!

>x<ino 18:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I an't interested in those words! I am only interested in "ass/@ss">:-]

>x<ino 18:46, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brophy

Someone has requested (rather, er, abrasively) that this article be unprotected. I wanted to give you a chance to respond to the request, or just let me know whether you think it should be unprotected or not. The tenor of the person who requested it be unprotected was not encouraging, but you never know. · Katefan0 ^(scribble)/poll 00:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hurricane Gaston

A long time ago I uploaded a bunch of images to the Hurricane Gaston article from this website and thought it was the work of a US Government agency. But then checking the site again I realized that the photos are supposed be used with an attribution, but which attribution licence should I choose? 1.0, 2.0 or 2.5. Please respond if you see this message. Storm05 16:14, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, their policy states that anything on their website is public domain. So is this fair use? Storm05 16:25, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your insight

Thank you for your thoughts and insight regarding yesterday's issue. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] *&^%#***^%$#F@

Golbez. I have no idea what your problem is, but I'd suggest you get a life. I will revert the Southeastern United States to the version I had. If I have to report you I will. --Bookofsecrets 11:28, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• I have reverted it to the work I did on it. I did not leave any states out. --Bookofsecrets 11:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• I posted a reply on my talkpage about my willing to leave the archiving of this articles talkpage alone. Now I expect you to leave the update version of the article alone. Neither of us own the article. It needed drastically to be updating to modern standards. I've left the Southern States article alone etc. You are being an editing Nazi, sir. --Bookofsecrets 11:39, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Neither of us own the articleIf either of you own it...then I OWN IT >8-]

>x<ino 13:08, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US demographics

The summary article is inaccurate and misleading. To say that the white population is 81 percent without saying what groups they count is EXTREMELY misleading. Not all people are going to read into the main US demographics article and they are going to go and think that the US is 81 percent European. Even the US census bureau says that most Americans do not think hispanics are European and should not be counted. The edits I made are 100 percent necessary and the demographics is still a summary and remains small.

Jerry Jones 19:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bush family

Actually, I'm working on an article for the Walker family, as I don't want to discuss all the Walker connections on the Bush family page. I've been researching and correcting articles in prep for that. But it prompted me to fix the omission of important spouses (that family tree was just copied and haphazardly expanded from a list page). What was even weirder was that this made me notice that Dorothy Walker Bush wasn't explicitly included in the George Herbert Walker article! --Dhartung | Talk 07:37, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Religion of Peace

Since the article Religion of Peace has been recreated, I've created another AfD. Is it warranted, that User:Andjam called it a "second nomination"? Raphael1 18:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Would you please do the Wikipedia:Deletion_review#History_only_undeletion I've requested. It would be great to have it before the current AfD gets closed. Raphael1 12:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Car accident

Jeez! I can't believe I missed that. Thanks for restoring the vandalised bit. Cheers, Asterion ^{talk to me} 20:13, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] United States semi-protection

It looks like you semi-protected United States a little over a week ago. Would you mind if I removed the protection? — Knowledge Seeker দ 22:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I will defer to your judgment in this matter. — Knowledge Seeker দ 21:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] homophobes

my bad sorry, i mustve just assumed and not read the tag Qrc2006 19:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is your problem?

Metal Gear was ported to Dreamcast. Do some research and you'll know that only three playstation games were ported to dreamcast by Bleem!. Okay? Next time, do some research, think twice, and review your brain's contents before doing something like that. The fact that you gave a description for your revert saying things you don't know makes me angry. Please don't do that.

[edit] Is that so, yeah, is that so?

Talk about unofficial. Look at all the cameos included in the article. If those go in, this would, too. Besides, the Bleem port can't be too unofficial. You don't see Konami blaming Bleem for making Bleem! Metal Gear Solid, do you? Oh, and Mario Brothers on playstation is just what you think. Don't compare a car with a fruit. Mario Brothers was CLEARLY meant for Nintendo and the like. Where does it say that Metal Gear Solid is Dreamcast-restricted?

[edit] Alright, alright, no more

I see what ya sayin. But you see, I only added Bleem! Metal Gear Solid, because it is official enough. It appeared on some cheat sites and was considered an official released game in some other sites. Don't ask for these sites, as I don't remember. Doing research will be big help.

[edit] Toto, we're not in Kansas (Territory) anymore!

Loved the nature of your question. I'm glad I'm not the only one who would be driven batty by a discrepancy like that! --Myke Cuthbert 04:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Geolinks-US-cityscale

Thought I'd come and annoy you with this as you appear to have been one of the last two people editing the template. Why does it give the location as "E" and not "W" in the headers such as Big Flats Airport, New York? A look at the history of the template seems to indicate that it's always been like that so I didn't want to change it but Canada is west of the Prime Meridian and I thought the US was too. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 09:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Forgot to mention that its only the viewing of it that is wrong. The actual maps that it links to are correct. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 09:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

OK. Glad I didn't change it. A comment on the talk page might be a good idea in case someone else is tempted. I did see the "-" but that's standard for W of Greenwich. It makes for odd looking articles such as Washington, D.C. which has E at the top and W in the box. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 09:30, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused, is there an simple explanation as to why it didn't work. I notice that if you use the Template:Coor title d by itself in an article then you can put "W" and get the correct map. Sorry about this but it's bugging me now that I've seen it. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 10:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

This is frustrating when I tried it earlier using the preview I got the link to come out here and now when I put it in I get this instead which is not the same. Sorry, I can't think what I did before. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 14:11, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article formatting

Dear Tropical cyclone editor,

As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article.

1. Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
2. Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
3. Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexible, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
4. Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
5. Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
6. Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
7. Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
8. Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.

Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.

Hurricanehink (talk) 19:58, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] central australia

wow id never heard of it before, the things you learn on wikipedia! I could update the image but since you said you are working on one, maybe ill leave it without then there can be 2 versions that can be compared? --Astrokey44 06:59, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "New Zealand rugby union side"

New Zealand rugby union side means: A rugby union team based in New Zealand. --Hamedog_Talk|^@ 09:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Andrew...

After reading your user page and realizing how much we have in common I thought I might stop by and say a few words of hello. Actually we have so much in common going by the info on your user page that i should probably save most of this for an email. Anyway I am currently looking for an offline PHP editor that will allow me to do edits on a laptop while traveling on the train, bus and you got it subway. DC is a nice place and that is all I will say for now hope you don't take anything personally about my suggestions for more fairness to innocent users. I'm coming in this regard from my extensive knowledgeable of actions resulting from rules derived from natural (or artificial) neural networks. Nothing personal. ...IMHO (Talk) 20:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yo!

Yo! Hey, I'm new here. Golbez jr. 22:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

I see that you agree with User:Bwithh in your objection for the United States article nomination, but now that some of his objections regarding the mentioning of some topics are solved, I would like to see you change your objection.--Ryz05 _t 13:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #1

Number 1, June 4, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the activities of the WikiProject over the past month and upcoming events over the next month. In addition monthly tropical cyclone activity will be summarized.

You have received this as you are a member of the WikiProject, please add your username in the appropriate section on the mailing list. If you do not add your name to that list, the WikiProject will assume you do not wish to receive future versions of The Hurricane Herald. Sorry if the newsletter breaks your talk page formatting.

Storm of the month

Typhoon Chanchu was the first typhoon and first super typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on May 9 over the open western Pacific Ocean, Chanchu moved over the Philippines on the 11th. There, it dropped heavy rainfall, causing mudslides, crop damage, and 41 deaths. It moved into the South China Sea, where it rapidly strengthened to a super typhoon on May 14, one of only two super typhoons recorded in the sea. It turned to the north, weakened, and struck the Fujian province of China as a minimal typhoon on the 17th. The typhoon flooded 192 houses, while heavy rainfall caused deadly mudslides. In China, Chanchu caused at least 25 deaths and $480 million in damage (2006 USD). Elsewhere on its path, strong waves from the typhoon sank eleven Vietnamese ships, killing at least 44 people. In Taiwan, heavy rainfall killed two people, while in Japan, severe waves killed one person and injured another.

Other tropical cyclone activity

• Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm.

New and improved articles

• New storm articles include: Typhoon Joan (1970), Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Tropical Storm Matthew (2004), Storm of October 1804, Typhoon Chanchu (2006) and Cyclone Olaf.

• New non-storm articles include: Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology, Dvorak technique and List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones.

• New Featured articles: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Irene (2005) and Hurricane Claudette (2003)

• Articles which became A/GA class: Hurricane Katrina (A), Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (A), Hurricane Felix (1995) (GA), Cyclone Percy (A), Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (A), List of New Jersey hurricanes (A), Hurricane John (1994) (A), Tropical Storm Isabel (1985) (GA), Tropical Storm Odette (2003) (GA)

New articles and improvements wanted

• An article is requested on subtropical ridge
• The current collaboration of the fortnight is Hurricane Gilbert, please help improve this article.
• Improvements are requested to Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew.
• The WikiProject is likely to submit Hurricane John (1994) and Hurricane Katrina to Featured Article Candidates in the near future, so please help improve them to featured standard.

Member of the month

The May member of the month is TitoXD. The WikiProject awards this to him for his brilliant work in improving articles. TitoXD joined the WikiProject in October just after it had been founded. Since then he has contributed substantially to many articles, for example Hurricane Nora (1997), which is currently a Featured Article Candidate. He is also actively involved in the assessment of articles and so helps to improve many more articles.

Explanation of content

If you have a topic which is not directly related to any specific article but is relevant to the WikiProject bring it up on the Newsletters talk page, and it will probably be included in a future edition of The Hurricane Herald.

These two sections are decided by the community on the newsletter's talk page:

• Storm of the month: This is determined by a straw poll on the page. While all storms will be mentioned on the newsletter, the selected storm will be described in more detail.
• Member of the month: Nominations are made on the talk page, voting is by secret ballot; read the talk page for details. The winner receives the WikiProject's barnstar (when we make it).

Main Page content

• 2005 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 1.
• Hurricane Floyd will appear on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 17.
• Entries from Dvorak technique, Typhoon Joan (1970), Typhoon Chanchu (2006), and Storm of October 1804 appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during May.
• Entries from 5 other articles relating to tropical cyclones had appeared in the Did you know column earlier in 2006.

Storm article statistics

Grade	April	May	June
FA	7	7	10
A	4	5	7
GA	0	3	5
B	62	66	82
Start	154	177	168
Stub	13	12	10
Total	240	263	282
percentage ≥Less than B	69.6	71.6	63.1

The assessment scale

• The cyclone assessment scale is one of the bases of the new assessment scale for Version 1.0 of Wikipedia. It splits articles into several categories by quality, to identify which articles are "finished" and which ones still need to be improved.
• The assessment scale by itself counts of several grades:
  • FA: reserved for articles that have been identified as featured content only.
  • A: this grade is given to articles that are considered ready for Wikipedia:peer review. The way to get this grade assigned to an article is by asking other cyclone editors at the WikiProject's assessment page.
  • GA: reserved for articles that have passed a good article nomination.
  • B: these articles are "halfway there", and have most of the details of a complete article, yet it still has significant gaps in its coverage.
  • Start: articles that fall in this category have a decent amount of content, yet it is weak in many areas. Be bold and feel free to improve them!
  • Stub: these articles are mostly placeholders, and may in some cases be useless for the reader. It needs a lot of work to be brought to A-Class level.
• The way to use these assessments is by adding a parameter to the WikiProject template on the articles talk page ({{hurricane|class=B}} as an example). This feeds the article into a category which is read and parsed to create an assessment table, summary and log.

[edit] Tiffany Holiday

She had about 100 films, pls restore it. see: Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors). --Haham hanuka 14:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

The article DOES MENTION IT. (In the infobox films). Please restore it. --Haham hanuka 20:50, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

If you want to delete it you can use AfD, this is not for speedy deletion --Haham hanuka 20:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)