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[edit] Headline text

UNFORTUNATELY THIS PAGE HAS BEEN HIJACKED. YOU WILL HAVE TO SEARCH ELSEWHERE FOR BELBIN THEORY. SORRY.

I think what you wrote there was just fine, however if you like you can also use {{nothanks|PAGENAME}} when you spot an obvious copyright violate from a new user. (where pagename is the article title). Good work. :) -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 08:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Just looked at it, and I'd say it's sufficiet User_talk:67.167.208.53... You told 'em how long, and why, and where to find more info, imho ;] --негіднийлють (Reply|Spam Me!*) 08:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Looks fine to me. --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 08:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Australian Aboriginal flag is the current ACOTF

Hi. You voted for Australian Aboriginal flag to be selected as Australian Collaboration of the fortnight. It has now been selected. Please improve it in any way you see fit. Thanks. --Scott Davis Talk 13:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


[edit] WP:FAC/AD

Can you please reply and/or update your vote here? Raul654 is waiting for confirmation that your opposition has been fulfilled before continuing with promotion. Thanks. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-11-28 02:44

[edit] re: Unidentified flying object

I thought there was some sort of "freedom of speech" on Wikipedia. Why did you choose to consider my editing as "vandalism"? Please leave me and my editing ability alone! You're a bad person! User:4.155.30.102

Removing all the context of the article is considered vanadlism, as Your_Talk page shows, you (or someone from your ip) have recieved numerous warnings already. Harro5 06:03, 28 November 2005 (UTC) (borrowed warning from User:Xaosflux)

[edit] Ravi Batra

Ah, yes I see. Sorry for reverting it, I thought it was just a typical blanking. Talk to you later. JHMM13 06:29, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TIN

Ummm, WP:BITE? Ok, he's a bit hazy on WP:BIO but we (as a group) are not handling this very well.
brenneman(t)(c) 06:40, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

  • This is a guy vandalising Wikipedia, and we're trying to tell him he can't do this. We're upholding policy, he doesn't like that. A block will come soon for him if he posts in the mainspace again. Harro5 06:41, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
    • He's trying to post an article about some tiny group that is important to him. Clueless perhaps, but WP:AGF. He uses talk pages, he's trying to communicate, give him some slack, hold his hand, make a good contributor out of him.
      brenneman(t)(c) 06:55, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Playtech

I find it offensive that you deleted the article without even responding to my comment on the talk page or trying to discuss it. Seriously, it would be nice to at least have an answer or know why you did it.--Quannum5 16:56, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Submitting Original Content...Or Trying To

Dear Harro5,

I tried posting the biography of 20th century American movie theater design pioneer William Harold Lee, but unsuccessfully, given how I was not the original author of it. I wasn't aiming to violate any copyright laws, but was under the impression that the biography I was attemting to submit was so generic that copyright protection did not apply. Live and learn.

So I'm now submitting for your review my own version in hope that you'll find it acceptable. The only thing that remains identical to what I mistakenly attempted submitting before is William Harold Lee's dates of birth and death. All else is written in my own words through and through. Please submit the following for me, or tell me how I can. Meantime, if you need to contact me, my e-mail address is <Freedom_2001@Juno.com>

Thank You

Here is my own version of the William Harold Lee biography:

Born: 12/9/1884, Died: 2/3/1971

William Harold Lee, a protege of acclaimed Phladelphia architectFrank Furness, was a leading pioneer of 20th century movie theater designs, many of which only recently have begun receiving all new recognition. While sadly some of his greatest theaters have been demolished, in most cases the theaters he designed which still exist today are being restored with the greatest of care, most notably the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, PA, Bryn Mawr Theatre in Bryn Mawr, PA and Hiway Theatre in Jenkintown, PA.

Below is a full list of theaters he is credited for:


Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theater, Coral Gables, FL, Open Anthony Wayne Theatre, Wayne, PA, Open Ardmore Theater, Ardmore, PA, Closed Astor Theatre, Reading, PA, Closed/Demolished Bryn Mawr Theater, Bryn Mawr, PA, Open/Renovating/Restoring … Casino Theatre, Wildwood, NJ, Closed/Demolished City Line Center Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Ellis Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Embassy Theatre, Reading, PA, Closed/Demolished Eric's Place Theater, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Erlen Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Family Theater, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Fans Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Goldman Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Hill Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Hiway Theater, Jenkintown, PA, Open/Renovating/Restoring Holme/Pennypack Theatre, Philadelphia,PA, Closed Jefferson Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Landis Theatre, Vineland, NJ, Closed Lansdowne Theatre, Lansdowne Borough, PA, Closed Lindy Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Majestic Theater, Gettysburg, PA, Renovating Model Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Narberth Theatre, Narberth, PA, Open News Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Norris Theatre, Norristown, PA, Demolished Northeastern Theater, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Palace Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Park Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed/Demolished Rialto Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Royal Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Closed Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA, Open State Theatre, Easton, PA, Open Victoria Theatre, Shamokin, PA, Closed/Demolished Walt Whitman Theatre, Pennsauken, NJ, Closed/Demolished

I'm resubmitting this bio in my own words, not realizing my previous attempt was in copyright violation. Please post it. Thank you

[edit] List of notable business failures

Hello. How many entries must I or others add to this list before it ceases to be {{db-empty}}?  Thanks, David Kernow 00:50, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

  • More than the one which was present when I deleted the page. I could name ten notable collapses right now, but a list of only one wasn't worth keeping. Harro5 01:34, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice and my apologies for not responding sooner. I have recently recreated the page to include more than one example and another user has also added some entries. I suspect, however, that between us we haven't included the ten or so notable collapses that came to your mind, so please add them (or simply list them on my talk page). Thanks again, David Kernow 13:02, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hey there...

You deleted my artical 'Kahami Wolfbane', and I was wondering why. ^_^

If you could, please restore it, or I can re-type it, I just wanted to know why you deleted it.

[edit] Slave training

You have just deleted this article twice, once under CSD:G1 and then under CSD:G4. Firstly, it seems that the consensus regarding CSD:G4 is that it only applies to articles previously deleted via an AfD (see Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion/Archive5#G4_Criteria). Secondly, while the article in question is certainly a very poor one, it is by no means patent nonsense, which is what CSD:G1 is about. If you don't mind, I will undelete it and put it up for a proper AfD. With any luck, someone would pick this up and turn it into a real article. Owen× ☎ 23:18, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I think I got a bit more than I bargained for: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slave training... I guess this goes to show that what is a Speedy delete for one, is a Speedy keep for another. Owen× ☎ 02:12, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] deletions

what gives you the authority to delete entries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.188.168.64 (talk • contribs)

The Wikipedia community gave Harro5 the authority to delete when we promoted him to be an administrator. Owen× ☎ 02:14, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Not vandalism

The delete was not vandalism; the page is being split into playable gears and non playable gears because the Gears and Vehicles page was 56 kilobites long. Deckiller 02:41, 3 December 2005 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{2}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{2}}}|contribs]]) Deckiller (UTC)

  • Sorry, I clicked too fast. I rolled back my own changes. Harro5 02:42, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
  • It's okay; I should've put a note in the edit summary. Deckiller 02:43, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] IRC vandalism script

Could you please add me to wherever I need to be added to have Computer2 recognise me as an administrator, not just a whitelisted user? Thanks. Harro5 03:23, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Done --Cool CatTalk|@ 18:59, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ed Hardin

I can understand why you chose to remove the speedy delete tag, but considering I did go to the effort of both restubbing and mentioning that in the edit summary, but why did you choose to cause me to have to go the effort (and additional edit) of restubbing it again? I typically send a few articles each day to speedy delete or AfD as I engage in stub sorting, but even when I do so, I do go ahead and restub the article as seems best since not all of my nominations go through. Caerwine 06:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Reply here. Harro5 06:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
    • A single stub is certainly the goal, and was indeed at one time the recommendation, now two stubs is the recommended maximum of the stub sorting project, but more are tolerated if needed for nuance, provided that it relates to the central reason why the subject is notable. For instance, Mr. Hardin is an American print journalist who covers sports. However, there is no {{US-sport-newspaper-journalist-stub}} so instead to convey that multiple stub types are needed, each providing a narrowing in the topic. Now if he also happened to be a recreational golfer, that might be noteworthy enough to mention in the article, but it wouldn't be noteworthy enough to add {{golfbio-stub}} unless he had done something like win the U.S. Amateur Public Links. (Polymaths who are notable for more than one reason are always a problem when stub-sorting.) Caerwine 06:51, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
    • I'll chime in to agree with Caerwine. With most stub articles it's impossible to accurately categorise them with only one template. It would be like only allowing one category for a finished article. Quite a large number of stub articles actually have three templates (which is okay but not brilliant) and the majority probably have two. Consider two examples: 1) a stub article on Bill Hammond. There are plenty of stubs on New Zealanders (marked NZ-bio-stub) and plenty on artists (artist-stub), but only three or four on New Zealand artists - certainly nowhere near enough for a specific NZ-artist-stub. Under those circumstances, bioth templates are used. 2) a stub on the Tuscumbia River, which flows through Tennessee and Mississippi states. This gets both Tennessee-geo-stub and Mississippi-geo-stub, for obvious reasons. Grutness...wha? 06:08, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Was amazed to see this had been changed back, once more... Naturally, I've re-added the deleted tags. There's indeed no such policy (much less practice), for the reasons ably explained above. To be precise, there's a guideline that says that more than two is "strongly discouraged" (and even that's over-egging things IMO). Alai 05:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nitpickery

I orginally was going to tag the article Nitpickery as {{dicdef}}. I decided not to based upon the fact that I don't believe it is a real word. I can not find it at dictionary.reference.com [1]. There are variations of the word. My question to you is, is it fit for Wiktionary? In my opinion it's not, but I've only vistited Wiktionary once before so I am not familiar with its inclusion of words. Although a quick search for Nitpicker on Wiktionary shows these entries [2] I do not think that Nitpickery is a real word, or slang. I'd really appreciate your thoughts on if the article Nitpickery should still be moved to Wiktionary, or Speedy Deleted, or maybe even put up for AfD? Thank you for your time. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 06:18, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I don't know. It needs to be deleted somehow, maybe as CSD G1. But that would be unfair, as the word "nitpick" is used in slang (eg. She's always nitpicking, focusing on the smallest errors in my work.) I'll AFD it now. Harro5 06:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Blank user pages

I just changed my username, that was my old page! - Gt 06:29, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Whoops! Probably best to mention that in an edit summary in future. When on IRC WP:CVU patrol, "Vanish" reads a lot like, "I'm a vandal vandalising right now!!!" Harro5 06:31, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kelis Tracklist deletion?

Hi there,

I am a big Kelis fan and am writing on behalf of the fans at Ultimatekelis.com. Recently a new Kelis track named 'Bossy' has surfaced on the net and we are all very excited about the new single and possibly the release of an upcoming album (noted to be BAD-aboom). I was looking into wikipedia and noticed that a possible tracklist was recently deleted from wikipedia. I was wondering if you could possibly give me any information on this tracklist, details, source ect as there are many confused kelis fans awaiting some news. The official kelis site is not regulary updated and as such, we dont receive any news other than what we find online - recently, the source for most of our news has been wikipedia.

If you could get back to me at ultimatethombus@gmail.com with any information, i will be greatly appreciative. I have also took the liberty of adding the note (TBC) onto the kelis page next to the 'BAD-aboom' link just in case this turns out to be a big rumour and no truth.

Thank you for your assistance.

Tom

[edit] 202.146.15.20 Vandalism

The user User_talk:202.146.15.20 has been blanking Talk:Charles Hoskinson, the talk for an article that as just deleted. Looking at his history, he has a record of vandalism and blanking pages, and you have restricted his editing before. Seeing as his last block was very recent, I thought you would want to know that he seems to be repeating his actions. Thanks. Nonforma 05:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you delete my article, homeslice?

I wrote an article about a great person I know named Chris Bloomquist. One time he saved me from a burning car, not to mention the countless other act of heroism he has done for the towns people of trimont and the world in general. I must insist that you put my article back on wikipedia for everone to see.

Thanks a million

Jason Steel

  • I can't find the article you are talking about in my delete log. But if I did delete this article, it sounds like it wouldn't have met biography criteria to warrant inclusion in an encyclopedia, and was deleted as vanity. Harro5 20:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your feedback needed on "Rajputs and Buddhism"

I am curious about your reaction to the stub Rajputs and Buddhism.

The main point of the article is the tradition of religious tolerance, and the support and protection provided by the Rajput kings to a tiny religious minority, based on well documented historical sources.

There would be others who might have a similar reaction. I will appreciate hearing from you what struck to you as nonsense; so that I can ensure I have addressed your concerns, as I write the full article.

--Malaiya 21:54, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Issac Hayes

Is there a fundamental problem with that news article being linked? I didn't think there was myself. I don't mind either way, just asking. --Cjmarsicano 06:06, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Not really, but it shouldn't have it's own section and isn't really needed in the article. It's just linkspam that an anon was doing to any and every black figure mentioned on Neoblack.com. If you think the link adds something and want to restore it, please do so, but in a better position context-wise. Harro5 06:08, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Graham Samuel

Sorry, Harro, I really have no idea what is "fair use" and what isn't. There seem to be many copyright experts at Wikipedia, but I'm not one of them. Try asking at the Australian noticeboard page. Adam 23:44, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians in high school page. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in high school for instructions. --Cooksey 19:11, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] why?

Why on earth did you delete my well-thought out, mature and concise comment? That was the first time i have used this site, and thanks to you it will also be the last. It could have been the begining of a beautiful relationship with my computer, but alas it was not to be.. have a great life, loser, and enjoy your lifeless and predictable definitions.

I can't seem to find any deleted articles you contributed to, nor have you made any edits to Wikipedia other than this comment. Sorry, but I don't knwo what you are taking about. Harro5 22:15, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

You probably don't remember me, either, even though you deleted my first post yesterday (12-13-05). High school kids shouldn't be given administrator status. They (i.e., YOU, Herro5) don't have the maturity required to exercise good judgment. - birred, 12-14-05


[edit] Why did you delete my article?

Uh i was testing it out, found out how to work it, then wrote the article. i go to save and it says you deleted it. why did you do this? im new here and i was just trying to make an article about my time on gamespot. care to explain??

== Congratulations! ==

I'm pleased to inform you that you are now an administrator. Please consider reading all the material on the administrators' reading list before testing out your new privileges. Though everything you do, excluding image deletions and page history merges, is reversible, you should nevertheless be very careful with your sysop capabilities. For instructions, please see the administrators' how-to guide. Good luck! — Dan | Talk 06:17, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My Justin Kreutzmann Bio

Hi, Why was it deleted? I am new to this and would appreciate some answers instead of having my work simply removed. My source cam straight from Justin's blog and Justin Kreutzmann himself who is my friend. Please get back to me. Catherine

  • Re-written to serve as a decent stub. Harro5 22:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nick Rose Day

This Day is real. There is no need to delete this. Email me at saucyintruders@gmail.com and i will respond and give you a real HLS email adress to talk to me at.

[edit] Brian Brolly

Hi, I noticed that you deleted Brian Brolly as "CSD A7". However the article clearly states that he founded Classic FM and he's a former CEO of Really Useful. He isn't even remotely speedy material. I've undeleted and wikified it. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:19, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Aaron Karo

This one was speedied as CSD A7 despite a reference to his being author of a published book. The book was reviewed in Publisher's Weekly and Booklist, so it definitely isn't an A7. I've undeleted. Please list on AfD if you think it should be deleted. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 11:52, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] new schools article

Hi I recently finished editting Scotch College and was wondering if you could check it for mistakes etc. I based it around your Caulfield Grammar School article so I thought you would be the best person for the job. Hamedog 14:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey I fixed your suggestions. Can you check it for clearity etc. Hamedog 02:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Celine Dion

This is probably a bother, but could you please take another look at the Céline Dion article. Ive taken the comments at the last FA and have tried to address them: Ive found many print sources, about 4 Books, more authoritative reviews:New york Times, Billboard.com, Los Angeles Times etc. Ive addressed her music, changes in sounds/genres, motivation etc. at the end of each sub-section, and Ive also added a "Image and Celebrity status" section at the bottom. Ive sent it to peer review for two days, but no reply. Comments would be appreciated. Thanks. Oran e (t) (c) (e-mail) 02:23, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch. Ive also thought about omitting the 3rd paragraph altogether: it sounds better without it. What do u think? Oran e (t) (c) (e-mail) 02:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scotch College, Perth

Scotch College, Perth

This article is improving, and well done on what you have achieved thus far. Before it becomes featured at the Schools Portal - and it's very close - I'd look to see a couple more sections just fleshed out a bit more. On a related note, any chance of a picture or two of the school? Currently, there's the school logo, and then the school logo in a blurry blazer pic. Keep up the good work though! Harro5 03:18, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

In my view, to expand: History, Academics, Senior school academics, Moray, The Arts, and any more alumni you can think of that have Wikipedia articles. Have a look at either Caulfield Grammar School or Hopkins School, in my view the two best school article, and see how no section is really too small. That's what the aim is. Harro5 03:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I have expanded the sections. Could you please check the article for errors? I will attempt to get some photos on Friday. Hamedog 15:34, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, i have expanded the sections. What do u think? Hamedog 02:12, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I have now added images, what do you think of the article? Good enough to be featured on the school portal? Hamedog 01:46, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The West Wing is now FA

Thanks to your comments and constructive criticism, The West Wing has now reached featured article status. Thank you again so much for your input! -Scm83x 05:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Plano Senior High School

Thank you so much for the showcase article status on the PSHS article! I am very proud of the article, considering how little reference material I've had to go on. When I go home for break, I intend to add to the article using references from the local libraries (which have a certain book about the history of the school district) and take a few pictures of the school. What suggestions do you have for the article? How can I improve it other than images and references? Thanks so much again!! -Scm83x 07:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the advice, here's what I plan to do, if you are interested:
  • any more notable graduates - still need to put a call into the school to see about this. It will be easier when I'm actually in Plano.
  • the history section is a little bare - I will beef this up with information from the references in the Plano Public Libraries
  • some more info on academics - This is easily done. I'll take care of it when I'm done with exams!
  • if US public schools have fees - Plano is a free public school (Yay!)
  • add a heading to the football table - This need to be converted to a better table format anyways, and I will add a header when I make that change.
Thank you so much! When I make all these changes sometime over break, I will let you know and look forward to your input! -Scm83x 07:28, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I made the change to the table and I was wondering if you had any idea how to add more spacing around a table using wikitable style. If you do, you can go ahead and add it to the page. Otherwise, maybe you can point me somewhere I can find more information, considering Help:Table isn't really all that helpful... Thanks! -Scm83x 05:09, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Any ideas on the spacing around the table? -Scm83x 05:23, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the input. I'll come back to the table issue later maybe. It looks good where it is for right now though! -Scm83x 05:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for noticing the image. I have the book in my hands right now and I was just about to get to reading it for details. HOpe you're having a great holiday. -Scm83x 23:23, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re Members RuneScape quests

Hello. I noticed you have reverted my change of tag to speedy deletion. The page is empty, doesn't that qualify it to be speedy-deleted? Just a thought. Good day. -- Eagleamn 07:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

  • The {{deletedpage}} tag is a notice to the anons creating this article that they shouldn't do it again. The article has been speedied or AfD deleted a few times, and so this is sometimes useful way of getting the point across that we don't want that article. Harro5 07:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Sounds like some discussion re Melbourne is in order.. ;)

Hey there. Just noticed a semi-revert of the Melbourne article that you just performed. I disagree with the parliament building image being there if you're prepared to remove so many others. Why is it more relevent than any of the other (higher quality in both aesthetics and image quality) photos of Melbourne landmarks? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:14, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Also, an infobox is all well and good but I just think that Melbourne needs a representative image near the top to introduce the city. Perhaps this issue should be in the peer review... Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:16, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Meredith Belbin

You speedied this article, and replaced it with {{deletedpage}}, but did not protect it. Was that your intent? (Seeing as {{deletedpage}} categorises into Category:Protected deleted pages...) Jamie (talk/contribs) 09:29, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I'm not sure there's any rule that says you always must protect a {{deletedpage}}. There's discussion of the topic on Template talk:Deletedpage, but it reads more like a guidleline that a rule. It just seemed to me inconsistent not to, since because of the category that the template categorises into... Jamie (talk/contribs) 10:11, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ianbrown's RfA

Harro5, thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received.

Ian ≡ talk 07:34, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject AFL

G'day mate. Bored in the footy off-season? Check out Wikipedia:WikiProject AFL and add your knowledge of AFL footy to this site. Add your name to the list of participants, drop us a line on my User Talk page and I'll see ya there. There is an absolute shitload of stuff you can add, AFL Hall of Fame, an extensive list of player profiles, NAB Cup, AFL Draft, past club rosters etc etc etc. Check it all out at WikiProject AFL. Look forward to it, Rogerthat 04:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted Pages

Harro5,

This is Peter Trevino (User:PeterGay).

If I understand the message correctly you deleted my web pages because they were considered "selfpromotion." Yes, it was my book I was writing a Wikipedia contribution page about; but would it have been different if somebody else had submitted the page instead of me?

The book "The Gay Ghost" has been published (http://www.thegayghost.com) and I thought that was a justifiable reason to place a contribution page in Wikipedia. If this is not the case, please let me know.

I never meant to override the rules and regulations of Wikipedia. But if I did I assure you it was unintentional. I still think that as a published author my book deserves a place in Wikipedia. But if I am wrong I would appreciate if you'd let me know at PedroGay@aol.com

Thank you for any help you can give me,

Peter Trevino New York

[edit] Afl-bio-stub

G'day mate, noticed you're going through all the player pages and changing them from afl-stub to afl-bio-stub. Let people who don't know about football take care of that, focus instead on creating new player articles. cheers, Rogerthat 22:19, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] malo's RfA

Thank you!
Harro5, thanks for your support on my RFA. I was rather suprised at the overwhelming support I received. Thank you for your confidence in me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. Also I'd like to thank you for the laugh of the last second, (wait for it) vote, despite the fact you already voted once before in the rfa :) -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] IYFM

I was in the midst of creating an article on "IYFM" and it was deleted. It was actually incomplete. Could you tell me why you deleted it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Almatada (talk • contribs)

Hello, I appreciate all the good work you do weeding out untruthful pages. I have to ask though why you deleted the page on Archie Mckenzie. Was there something wrong with the page? Please explain. Kind Regards Sydney Writer


User: Snowkeepsafalling Hi there,

A webpage that I have created has been deleted, and I really don't understand why...It is a factual statement of a product name and description, and yet it has been deleted. Please advise.

[edit] My RfA

Victory!
Victory!

My RfA just closed with an admirable 22/4/1. Many thanks for supporting, and one more round of thanks for the FA help; the next time I see you, remind me to buy you a (-insert stereotypical Australian drink-). Deltabeignet 23:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Multipurpose Tree

Hi, I made a stub for Multipurpose Tree, which you deleated. This is a standard term used in agroforestry, particularly tropical agroforestry. The stub was deleated by you as an “unknown concept”. As proof that it is a real term I am citing the following:

Google using the exact phrase feature gave 22,500 hits for "Multipurpose Tree"

Amazon lists 68 books with Multipurpose Tree in the title (some are trees instead of tree)

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) uses it here [3]

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) uses it here [4]

Purdue University uses it here [5]

Cornell University uses it here [6]

Thanks, just want to know what it takes to get the stub restored. Brimba 07:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, will do, its 2AM here now, so will have to wait until tomorrow. Brimba 07:58, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

np at all :) Thanks again Brimba 08:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] deleted article

Hey, you just deleted my article. I believe this may be in error. There was already a list of debate topics on the main article policy debate and I was merely expanding the list to make it complete. The text was copied from a non-commerical website and these resolutions are not copyrighted. Savidan 08:17, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

See my response on User_talk:Melchoir#you_deleted_my_article. Melchoir 08:25, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ToeTapp Deletion

Hi. You have just deleted my submission for the sport of toetapp. while I understand that what we are doing is not the most well recognised sport in the world it is something that we are doing quite seriously ad therefore should warrant a place on Wikipedia. We have had interest from the extreme sports channel as well as some slightly less well known cable channels so it isn';t somethin that is completely ridiculous.

Although we are not an extreme sport in the true sense of the word what we are doing is a jokey satirical look at the world of extreme sports proving that often the culture is greater than the sport itself.

the page I wrote was not a hoax and I would appreciate it if you could reinstate it as soon as possible. Wikipedia is a fantastic resource that is availible for everyone to learn more about strange and interesting things (like toetapp) and I feel that we deserve a page as much as the next person.

If you would like me to re-word anything or alter links etc then please let me know. Please also let me know why the page was deleted so quickly.

I look forward to hearing fromyou as soon as possible

Patrick "Agros" Child

patrick.child@actnowcornwall.co.uk

[edit] Billly Preston Article

I put a lot of time and effort into an article I wrote about a Billy Preston album named The Wildest ORgan In Town. Why was it edited so severely? Was that really necessary?

[edit] Hey

How come Scot Reutzel(WhatEgo) was deleted?

Now why is the WhatEgo one getting deleted? No reasoning behind it.

[edit] My Article

That still doesn't explain why you couldn't have simply edited that. If i'm not mistaken, that's also one of the premises that this site is built upon. It was rude to simply delete all that I wrote.

[edit] Thanks

Thank you very much for the warm welcome and the cookie, and most importantly, thanks for all of the time and effort you have contributed to Wikipedia. This really is an amazing site. Have a great holiday. :) Regards, Kw 07:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Long Beach, California/Two Eastsides

You can't even let me finish?

Because there are two very different "Eastside"s in Long Beach, I've created a brief description of the differences, which will be transcribed into the Long Beach, California article, as well as separate articles on each Eastside, and a disambiguation page. BlankVerse 07:21, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Curious about a page you deleted

Hi Harro5,

How come you deleted http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shaun_Verreault&action=edit

Thx

Kevin

  • The band is notable, the members don't need pages. The article you refer to is extreme vanity, and belongs as the welcome page to a MySpace, not as a Wikipedia entry. Harro5 07:26, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] unofficial industry term

this is regarding the article i put up recently about Six Best Practices. your comment was "verify: is this an industry term? or neologism", as far as i know it is not an industry term but it is sometimes used unofficially. im new to wikipeadia so if you could give me suggestions on how i would go about indicating it.

also, while im at it. i would like to add anoter article about the term Decomposition as used in computer science. however, there is a decomposition article already. do you know what to do about terms that sound the same but have different meanings? thanks

[edit] Howcheng's RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent request for adminship. I was successfully promoted with a final tally of 74/0/0. I will endeavour not to let you down. Thanks again. howcheng {chat} 07:23, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] dear harro5

all your hard work is fantastic and i congratulate you. however it has come to my attention that sometimes you are over-enthusiastic in your dismissal of other people's hard work. I ask you..who are you to be an authority on every subject as a young school student and how exactly do you make your decision so quickly as to whether an article is worth leaving up? yours sincerely, Charles.

[edit] Deleted and protected article

I was trying to put some article about Novosoft, becuase I was new at doing this. I put there some text which appers to be as an advertising for wiki. I tried to fix it immediately but it was blocked after several attemps. Could you please advise if and how it can be fixed?

[edit] User:BenAveling/User:Ben Aveling

Hi,

Thanks for drawing that to my attention. Yeah, I do feel a bit odd about it. I've never met another Ben Aveling. In fact, I'm only aware of one other, a british police officer who made the news for preventing a petrol station from exploding. I'm sure there are others, but they've never shown up online before.

Regards, Ben Aveling (the 1st) 00:03, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hello Harro5/Archive4,

I wish to thank you for your vote on my RfA. It has passed with a final tally of 59/0/0. If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 04:01, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] You helped choose {{subst:IDRIVEtopic article}} as this week's WP:ACID winner

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week {{subst:IDRIVEtopic article}} was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help.

[edit] Please don't trash this as vandalism!

Sorry Harro, couldn't find another way to send you a message rather than edit a page.. :P On the Caulfield page, in the Infobox (which is damn hard to edit) the word enrolment is incorrectly spelled 'enrollment' I think. I would just change that rather than bother posting this, but I'm a pretty new user and don't know where the Infobox stuff is - I can't change them.

Feel free to remove this post completely, it's just a message.

--Teddybearspicnic. 26/2/06.

[edit] Idea

I reduced it a bit from Selena using a direct link to the rfc, which I think was going too far, perhaps I could replace the Stalin image with one of a userbox. I'm going to let people know that I participated in this, but I try to consider myself a reasonable person, and I can understand how comparing something to Stalin would be inflammatory. karmafist 22:31, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Selena's a good kid, she just gets too fired up. Anyway, let me know what you think now. I don't particularly agree, or for that matter enjoy being around, Kelly or others like her, but I can definately understand her issues with how frustrating the internal workings of Wikipedia can be at times. Thank you for your kind words, please let me know if I can assist you in the future.karmafist 22:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
You're welcome, Happy New Year, my friend. karmafist 22:56, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Mistress Selina Kyle

I strongly advise you to file some sort of RfC or RfArb against this user, who in my view should be indefinitely blocked for the worst case of WP:POINT and WP:NPA I have ever seen on Wikipedia. I'm a rational admin, and have only blocked trolls to date, but I can't help but look at this user as wiki-stalking you, and don't want to stand idly by. Maybe if they file a request for arbitration against you I will make a statement against her poor poor behaviour in these matters. Harro5 22:01, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I do not feel that there would be any benefit to taking such punitive measures against Ms. Kyle. I am content to allow the community to decide what, if any, action should be taken in relation to her conduct. Kelly Martin (talk) 22:37, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

WP:NPA and WP:POINT are not carte blanche to block anyone who disagrees with you. We have a deletion policy; either follow it, or relinquish your keys to the broom closet. Firebug 23:41, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New to Wikipedia and need help

I am brand new to Wikipedia. I thought I would begin with "Tiger Woods." I would like some more feedback on the decision process to delete my additions by reverting to prior text.

(cur) (last) 00:23, 2 January 2006 Harro5 m (Reverted edits by 71.131.242.123 (talk) to last version by 71.131.179.192) (cur) (last) 00:21, 2 January 2006 71.131.242.123 (→See Also) (cur) (last) 00:19, 2 January 2006 71.131.242.123 (→See Also) (cur) (last) 00:17, 2 January 2006 71.131.242.123 (→See Also) (cur) (last) 00:02, 2 January 2006 71.131.242.123

Do I need to be "registered" in some manner to make additions? Is there a style guide users need to use? Did you consider my additions factually untrue or simply extraneous? Do inputs to Wikipedia need to be documented in some manner for sources? Did I use material not in the public domain?

I am astonished and impressed with your energy and enthusiasm. Congratulations on your efforts.


I am now registered as "Pennguin"

[edit] policy on userboxes

Great idea to give the discussion new start. Thanks. Larix 09:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, seems to be off to a good start. Suggest that you archive the older version of the page though, just as Paul did for Kelly's RFC... ++Lar: t/c 21:21, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
K, then maybe just a link to it somewhere on the page is all that's needed, as I missed it. (PS I am watching this page, you can reply here, I will see it) I see the link there now so either I was blind before, or it got added, thanks in either case! ++Lar: t/c 22:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orange Bowl

Thanks! I was actually at the game—my parents surprised me with tickets to the game for Christmas, and we all went down. Possibly the most stressed out I've ever been in my life. Anyway, nice work on the Paul Posluszny article; if I get a chance I'll add some of his stats from over the last few years, and then maybe put it up for WP:DYK. --Spangineeres (háblame) 23:48, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Paul Posluszny, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Portal:Schools

I've been browsing the School portal and was wondering what the process for making a school into a showcase is. Is it similar to the featured article process? Please reply on my talk page. Thanks for your help, I'd like to become a dedicated member of the School portal. -ʀ6ʍɑʏ89 23:28, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Organized Labour

Hi Harro5, I noticed an old note you left at Talk:AFL-CIO, so I thought I would mention WikiProject Organized Labour to you. It's only been running for a couple days but I thought you might be interested. Cheers. --Bookandcoffee 23:39, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advice

Noticed that you're the admin doing many of the speedies for redirects lately. Just wanted to check that I'm going about it in the proper manner or if there's a page you can refer me to with more on it — trying to remain consistent with WP norms. Deadsalmon 22:50, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major overhaul at Plano Senior High School

Just thought I'd drop you a line lettign you know that I got around to making big changes at the PSHS article. These were the concerns you had earlier; I've written what I've done to address them.

  • any more notable graduates - taken care of, we have five now, which is reasonable
  • the history section is a little bare - this was tonight's big edit, what do you think?
  • some more info on academics - this still needs to be done, but as I said before, is very easy
  • add a heading to the football table - football table completed converted

Let me know what new changes should be made to the article. Thanks so much! Scm83x 13:55, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks so much for selecting the article for featured status on the schools portal. I just added a little bit more... I hope I did it right, as I noticed that you were the only editor of the page before me. I added the founding date, and a short mention of the football team. I know it's the schools portal, but I think a small mention of the football team is warranted. I'm not sure of policy on this, so let me know if I messed up there. Thank you so much again! — Scm83x talk 07:38, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CDIH.net

I am curious as to why this entry was deleted. it wasnt an advertisement. it was a historical reference to a period in time held very dearly by the 2500 past and present members. I am currently working on a major update of the entry and would hope that it wouldnt be deleted by someone who is not knowledgable of its history and origins.


morgansh@mac.com

[edit] Playwright vs. Playright, and your attack on my work

Dear Harro5, in 23 articles, I changed instances of "playright" to "playwright". In one article, on Caulfield Grammar School, there was a publishing company which, according to research I did at the time, actually spells its name with "Playright", and I inserted a note to warn editors not to change it. Then you flamed all over my work. Should I not have changed "playright" (which is not an English word) to "playwright" (which is an English word)? Should I not have put a note in the Caulfield article about the unusual spelling of the company name? Should I make other editors do their own research on that name when they notice it? Should I let the editors who notice it and who don't bother to research it change it to the English word, so it is no longer the name of the company? Please take a long, hard look at what I did, and what you did, then explain in better detail what mistake was made, who made it, and what steps should be taken to correct it. Chris the speller 04:56, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I was checking the quality of your work, just to see if there is some higher standard that I should be shooting for, selected one of your recent changes at random, and it was John Ashcroft. You might want to take another look at that to see if the result is what you intended. Chris the speller 05:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Apology accepted, thanks for straightening it out. It was not the best way to meet a fellow editor, but at least we met. Good luck on Wikipedia, and elsewhere. Please consider me a resource, should a question ever arise. OK, get back to work! Chris the speller 17:40, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] you deleted my Mutant Penis article...why?

ok uh...if you do reply, send it to my email cause I don't know where to look for this if you reply back in here.

I want to know why you deleted it. It wasn't entirely finished and I was going to post sources and stuff.

email is LICKBALLS88@yahoo.com

[edit] Meredith Belbin deleted, why?

Sorry for the trouble, but I can't find any mention of a reason for deleting the article on Meredith Belbin. Could you provide any info on either the reason or where to find out the reason?

I've been trying to find information on Belbin's team roles, but the mentions in wikipedia seem to point to the Meredith Belbin article. I'm reluctant to add an article on the team roles as the deletion of the Meredith article indicates there may be wider problems.

Edited After a bit more reading, I found the reasoning here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Meredith_Belbin

I've left this post in case someone else comes by with the same question, but feel free to remove if needed.

Thanks lots —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adeio (talk • contribs)

Hi Harro5, Looking at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meredith Belbin it seems the delete was correct (assuming that there wasn't a valid page somewhere in the history), but that the page shouldn't have been protected against recreation. While I don't like Belbin's theories, he is notable. (For eg, 22,500 google) Regards, Ben Aveling 12:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Take a look

Too busy to chat, but take a look at this. I was so surprised. Thank u very much for all u have done. Oran e (t) (c) (e) 23:14, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Of course you know that it isn't over; there is a bit of controversy. Oran e (t) (c) (e) 21:49, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi my dear Harro!

Hi, my dear Harro! Thank you so much for the extremely kind (and undeserving) words you've dedicated me - you've surely bolstered, my ego =) As you will notice, I simply couldn't help but to tamper a little with your page. Can you tell a sick perfectionist? Anyway, please feel free to revert the changes if you don't like them. And please, allow me to tell you that I absolutely love! the color theme you've come up with. I tend to rely too much on blueish ones myself, and I might get somewhat repetitive. Your idea is very innovative, and beautiful in my eyes. You're welcome to drop by my talk page any time you wish =) Kisses! - Phædriel ♥ tell me - 02:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Harro, hun, I'm still somewhat concerned whether it was correct to retouch your page without your express consent... Did you like it, or do you want me to revert it? I hope you didn't mind, but I really really wanted to thank you in some way your kind words... Hope you're doing fine. Kisses! - Phædriel ♥ tell me - 23:28, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Again, you're too kind, hun =) I'm so glad I was able to help you and make you at least a little happy. Thanks for putting my mind at rest. Please, visit me every now and then - it's always comforting to see a friend. Kisses! - Phædriel ♥ tell me - 23:57, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi :)

Did you consider this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whatreallyhappened.com? --Striver 07:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

  • The debate wasn't linked to, so I missed it. Harro5 07:58, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vanity / Gay Ghost

Hi. I noticed an old debate about someone's story that was deleted due to a "vanity" rule. What is this vanity rule please, and what is the reason for it? Is it to help save disk space? Many thanks, --Rebroad 21:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Entry on "Philosophy of computer science"

Dear Harro,


I've noticed that you've deleted my entry on the philosophy of computer science. The event is listed in the deletion log as follows:

22:36, 23 January 2006 Harro5 deleted "Philosophy of computer science" (CSD A8. content was: '{{db-copyvio}}')

I understand from the code 'db-copyvio' that you suspect that the entry was a copyright violation of the web page in the URL you quoted.

You were right: The entry in Wikipedia repeats the definition we gave in our web page. Since I wrote both, your suspicious is correct. However, how can I be violating my own 'copyright'?

In addition, our Web page in pcs.essex.ac.uk is evidently NOT commercial, so I fail to understand the reasons for the speedy deletion.

I am confident that the Wikipedia entry I wrote is current and in good size, but I will be happy to extend it. I will be happy to extend it with more material but I would like to prevent this unfortunate event from repeating itself.

I can be contacted at eden-at-essex.ac.uk.

Regards


Dr Amnon Eden Department of Computer Science, University of Essex --155.245.44.9 14:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Thor Misen

Could you please restore the page on Thor Misen which you deleted - I am the poet, and thought that it might help me expose some new people to my work. You can read my work on www.thormisen.com - I don't have the money for marketing or publicity.

[edit] Hopkins School

I've quickly added a number of images I got from the school archivist. In addition to the images I've got quite a bit of history to flesh out the history section. Could I get a read-through from you for the rest of the article so I can get an idea of what you think I need to work on after the thin history? Thanks again! Staxringold 04:09, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scotch College, Perth

I have put this article up for FA and was wondering if you will vote, and hopefully support it? Featured_article_candidates#Scotch_College.2C_Perth. --HamedogTalk|@ 13:09, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Do you really think that it is tomany? I added them based on a suggestion its peer review page. --HamedogTalk|@ 06:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
    • I have removed the sports links. Would you say the number of links now is acceptiable? --HamedogTalk|@ 07:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
  • User:Staxringold suggested on my talk page that one of the photos from Scotch College be the featured photo for the schools photo. Do you agree, and if so, could you please feature it there. Thanks, --HamedogTalk|@ 08:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion of edits

I would like to ask why you reverted my edits on the Portal:Schools Showcase articles? I simply added the name of another school, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas that cleary meets the characteristics of good quality and is better than a couple of those listed. If you are not allowed to add a school then it should say so on the article and give information about the proper procedure of nominating one. Next time rather than just reverting it could you please leave a message on my talk page about why as it is proper procedure. Thank you. Dustimagic *\o/* (talk/contribs) *\o/* 23:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the explanation. Dustimagic *\o/* (talk/contribs) *\o/* 00:27, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] JCP2 is here!

I know you probably won't be able to contribute very much as you know little about the school, but I just wanted to let you know about this as it has to do with schools and Wikipedia. At last after much request JCP2 has been created. If you who don't know, JCP2 is a special sub-project dedicated to the development of the article into a featured article. JCP2 is not a WikiProject but rather a unique place to discuss and plan out the development and collaboration on the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas article. JCP2 is an effort to move beyond the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas talk page and create a forum for improvement and growth of the article. Please add you name to the list of participants on the project page if you are interested. Thanks and I look forward to your help and hard work. Dustimagic *\o/* (talk/contribs) *\o/* 23:22, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hello

I used the userpage layout that Phaedriel designed and you adapted. I just wanted to say a big Thank You! --Michalis Famelis 02:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Sydney Grammar School

Thanks for making the edit: [7] I almost forgot about it! enochlau (talk) 08:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your vote
My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future.
Martyman - 09:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and you are right she isn't very attractive. ;-) --Martyman-(talk) 09:40, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please delete this image

Could you please delete 2px as I don't see a need for it now. I am the uploader. --HamedogTalk|@ 08:14, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hopkins School

Heh, sorry to keep bothering you about this Harro, but I'm trying to bring this up to Caulfield Grammar standards. Hopkins School continues to plod along, and I'm wondering if there is anything besides the history section (which I am continuing to flesh out) that needs information? Staxringold 16:12, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I am not a vandal (whether you put it in quotes or not: "vandal") regardless of what the moron from Canada (Jack O'Lantern) says, and you should review my edits before taking the word of a stranger. I am better than that and I don't go around calling him a "vandal", although maybe I should start. Rms125a@hotmail.com 22:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date links

Since you have taken an interest in date links. Please be kind enough to vote for my new bot application. bobblewik 20:05, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Template:Infobox Aust school

I looked at the variety of bots available and I've posted a note for Bluebot: User_talk:Bluebot#Can_your_bot_help.3F. Of course, the easiest solution would be to leave the visible text saying "enrolment" but change the parameter back to "enrollment". enochlau (talk) 05:39, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My notice

Dear Harro, No, I just thought it had been there long enough. I will leave a smaller note at my Talk page. Adam 05:04, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hopkins School

Hopkins School is up for peer review, and anything you could note as a member of WP:Schools would be appreciated! Thanks! Staxringold 11:57, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth

Do you think the edits made by the IP address could be by the school? Look at their contribs, its their only edit. BTW, this is User:Hamedog, im just signed out at the moment.

[edit] The Latham Diaries

Can you explain your deletion of the quotes section from the article? I am in the process of reading the book at the moment and am intending to add to it. Grant65 | Talk 14:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

What the hell are you on about? There is absolutely no copyright problem with quoting any book, article, webpage (etc) as long as you don't reproduce the whole thing. And plenty of Wikipedia articles have quotes sections. Grant65 | Talk 11:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meetup in March

I see that you are listed as a participant in the WikiProject Melbourne. If you are a Melbourne resident I would appreciate your views on the suggested Meetup in March . Please give some indication of your interest, or otherwise, in the idea. Even a simple "No thanks" with your user name would be welcome and assist in assessing the level of support for a meetup. Thank you.. Cuddy Wifter 06:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV on AFL articles

Poor form mate. Instead of deleting the content, add it to the discussion pages or better yet, do something as a part of WP:AFL and fix it up to make it sound less "editoralised". Rogerthat Talk 09:56, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Hawkins

Hi Harro5. I have been talking to Rogerthat on User Talk:Rogerthat and User Talk:Meegs about your edit that changed Tom Hawkins from a biography of a Aussie football player into a redirect. I know there's some history between you two, but I just want to talk about this one page. Would it be ok if we did one of the following?

  1. Restored the article with a disambiguated name, Tom Hawkins (footballer) or something
  2. Restored the article to Tom Hawkins and put it up on AFD

The football player looks pretty marginal to me too, but at least two of its editors have expressed stong feelings since your edit, and I'm sure would like the forum to defend it. ×Meegs 10:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for going through this last hurdle. Also, I have no question about your contributions to the AFL articles. Cheers. ×Meegs 12:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support of my RfA

Thank you for your support of my successful request for adminship. I am honoured that the nomination was supported unanimously and that the community expressed confidence that I would use the tools wisely. If you have any concerns please let me know on my talk page. Regards A Y Arktos 02:49, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sr. and Jr.

It is obviously accepted on Wikipedia to insert a comma in. Please stop changing this, as I just have to revert your edits. Thanks. Harro5 05:46, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

How is this "obvious"? I see both versions with and without a comma. Most style guides explicitly disallow the comma, and I couldn't find an explicit rule either way on Wikipedia. Could you please explain why you "have to" revert my edits? (Sorry if your talk page isn't the proper place for this comment -- I'd appreciate an explanation as to where such discussion is appropriate if not here. Thanks.) Alan smithee 20:52, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scotch College, Perth

This article is currently self-nominated for good articles. I was wondering if you could decide if this meet the required quality. --HamedogTalk|@ 01:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harro's majority

When's your birthday?

--EuropracBHIT 04:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC).

The Melbourne Meetup. Can you come on the 21st March?

--EuropracBHIT 06:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC).

[edit] You have me blocked, mate

I am a serious Wiki using doing serious edits. You have blocked me from editing an obscure Baseball pitchers page. I think this is probably a mistake. Hokeman 03:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

It's fine now, mate. I love talking with Aussies and calling them mate. Hokeman 04:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi Harro5. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to consider my RfA, which passed this morning, and particularly for your kind words. If there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask; you know where to find me. ×Meegs 05:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Brendan Joseland Page

Harro why do keep altering my Brendan Joseland page into a stub? It took several hours to complete and the stub asks the reader to expand it, which is what I already have done. Is there something that needs changing?

G'day Harro, I've fixed up the Joseland article so that it appears more concise and has less focus on individual matches (while still noting their importance). I hope this is more to your liking. Rogerthat Talk 02:02, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headline text

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[edit] Alina and Billysan

Hi I am just curious why did you close a AFD after an hour and a half? According to the Deletion policy early closing are allowed for examples such as: a clear consensus for speedy deletion, a clear consensus for a speedy keep, or a consensus for a redirect. This was not speedy delted, but normally deleted and should have remained for the full 5 days. Mike (T C) 02:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hemobag

Hi, Harro5

You deleted The Hemobag but I have permission from the company to create the wikipedia entry.

Although the Hemobag is a commercial product, it is legitimately one of about 3 ways to process and transfuse a patient's own autologous blood during surgery. Moreover, the article is loaded with valuable background information on blood salvaging and educational references on "bloodless surgery" and bloodless surgey websites and also takes a neutral point of view on the product.

I note that wikipedia has other entires on blood salvage companies, most notably [Haemonetics]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemonetics They have a company entry with none of the educational material that I used in the Hemobag entry. Seems weird to me!

I think the Hemobag should be reinstated. What's needed to make it acceptable? Thanks.

Cheers, Pat Pat's University of Alberta homepage Webmaster for: TraQ TSO CSTM

[edit] Radio Five Live

Why did you delete the BBC Radio Five Live article when you are Australian and a high school student?


[edit] Third culture

Hi. You speedied Third culture as "patent nonsense". It wasn't, I'm afraid. As it happens, we already have third culture kid, and it seems nothing would need to be merged. Please be sure that something is actually nonsense (at least Google for it, for example) before deleting under that criterion. — Matt Crypto 10:37, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Dear Harro5,

I'm still fairly new to Wikipedia and have been writing some articles relating to the Australian designer and inventor John Joyce. He was the founder of Bowin Cars, an Australian Car Company that designed and manufactured a whole class of racing cars in the 60's and 70's. John Joyce also went onto invent the low Nox burner, a burner that significantly reduces Nitrogen Dioxide emission. The technology has been granted world wide patents and is a significant contribution to gas-fired heating industry.

He also invented the Set-n-forget Cooker - an article you have marked for deletion. The article is important as it relates to a body of John Joyces inventions.

My goal was to write articles on the individual inventions and lastly write the article on the principle inventor John Joyce. The main article on John JOyce would inter-relate the inventions throughtout his life.

I agree with you, by itself the Set-n-Forget article is a obscure and insignificant, but in context with all the other designs it can be very interesting.

Do you have any tips on the best way to approach my goal?

Regards,

Ashley

[edit] BBC Radio Five Live

I didn't request a deletion as such: I requested that the histories of BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio Five Live be merged (to fix a copy-and-paste move), following the instructions at Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves. According to that page, an administrator must temporarily delete the article, then follow the repair process. Since I am not an administrator, I couldn't do this myself! --Marknew 13:20, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry: it's been done now. --Marknew 18:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you delete the article about the band The Suspendees?

You have deleted the article about The Suspendees twice.

It says you have deleted it due to CSD A7.

I could not find any information on CSD A7.

Please tell me why you have deleted this.

[edit] You did it again.

Stop deleting The Suspendees article.

What is your reason?!

-Monkey_Rad_7

[edit] I've reworked the Set-n-Forget Cooker Article

Could you please re-examine your initial decision to delete this article. When you first looked at it... I was still in the process of writing the article. I have now finished my input at this stage. Whats different... you may ask? Well, as you will see the product was invented in 1970 and was the first ever known automated deep fryer sold. It failed to reach expectations and was pulled from the market a few years later. It may be to do with another things, extra cost and complexity for users. Lets face it in the fast food industry it was quicker and more practical to hang hand-held baskets in the oil. Fast food outlets can also be sporadic in demand so the little canisters would not cook volumes of fried food quickly. I personally feel the article is extremely interesting for people interested on the topic of deep fryers. This is one of those time capsule that people love to read about. You won't find this information any where else, which adds value to the wikipedia site.

I was just wondering why you deleted the page on George Trosley. Was that at all necessary? I'd appreciate if you explained that to me and if your problem was that it was of no importance you might want to check half of the articles on this website, mate. I don't care who the hell you are and that your a big, bad Wikipedia admin. I suggest that you grow up and let articles that support local stars have a chance. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that page and some fans here in America would benefit from being able to access it.

[edit] Why delete this page?

I was just wondering why you deleted the page on George Trosley. Was that at all necessary? I'd appreciate if you explained that to me and if your problem was that it was of no importance you might want to check half of the articles on this website, mate. I don't care who the hell you are and that your a big, bad Wikipedia admin. I suggest that you grow up and let articles that support local stars have a chance. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that page and some fans here in America would benefit from being able to access it.

[edit] Recreation of deleted pages

What actions could be taken if a sockpuppet of a banned user is recreating a deleted article over and over again? I didn't find a general rule for this in the policy... --DmitryKo 00:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I've locked this page from being created again. The only way to stop a sockpuppet from doing this otherwise would have been to continually ban each new account, but this may serve as a better measure. Thanks for your work watching for junk in the new creations. Harro5 00:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! Actually, I've approached it from the opposite side, that is by investigating new sockpuppet accounts of the user in question and all their respective edits :) And it was a really upleasant surprise to learn that the article was recreated on the very next day following intitial deletion, and no-one even noticed it until some 4 months after! What a smart kid of a sockpuppeteer... :lol: --DmitryKo 00:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] under a new name

Holy hell! He now recreated the article using a slightly different name: Chief Marshal Of The Air Force of the Russian Federation (edit · talk · links · history · watch)
I had to open a kind of activity center and track what the guy is doing, while I have much better things to do :( --DmitryKo 17:37, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I see its your 1 year anniversary on editing, isn't that marvelous.

I'd appreciate to know why you deleted the George Trosley page.

[edit] Deleting is fun?

Why did you delete an article about a future NHL star???

[edit] Please explain

Can you just please explain why its necessary to delete the page. There is substantial purpose for this article.

[edit] Due diligence?

I also checked the list of recent candidate speedies, but did not delete some of them as I found (after checking on Google) that the subjects were indeed notable. For example, Soft on Demand is Japans largest independent "adult video" producer with 116,000 Google hits. Do you feel that you exercise due diligence before speedy deleting articles?

Kind Regards, Elf-friend 08:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response and the spirit in which you have answered my question. Well, two of the speedy candidates that I didn't delete - in retrospect I suppose I should have removed the tags, then :-/ - were "Agnar Helgason" (seems a genuinely notable Icelandic geneticist that has been widely quoted in reputable media outlets, for example see [8])) and "Carlos Trillo" (I've never heard of him, but Google ([9]) reveals all kind of comic book-related sites that mention him; he is no newbie either, having been born in 1943 with a lot of publications to his name that are even in university collections ([10]).
Kind Regards, Elf-friend 09:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] o9 deletion

can you explain why you deleted the o9 article? was it because it was a stub or some other reason. the band is well known and influential, as i cited in the talk page. i really dont understand how trashing this article is helpful, i am slowly working on helping to flush out details on artists in the underground electronic music scene so o9 will be added back, i just need to know how to avoid these deletions.

Joshsteiner 21:39, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

ok, you say it needs to meet those criteria, but in the talk page i explicitely explain how it meets this criteria:
  1. Is frequently covered in publications devoted to a notable sub-culture.
this deletion process is really a heavy stick, its a very unfriendly way to treat contributers. why did you not just reply on the talk page instead of just trashing the article? Joshsteiner 22:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
"Important note: This is NOT a criteria for speedy deletion. The fact an article doesn't meet guidelines on this page does not necessarily mean it qualifies for speedy deletion, as a mere claim of notability (even if contested) may avoid deletion under A7." i made such a claim and it was ignored. Joshsteiner 22:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Five-year plans of Nepal

Please avoid Avoid_Copyright_Paranoia. You speedy deleted my article Five-year plans of Nepal which used public domain text from the Library of Congress Country Studies. I indicated this in the reference section of the article and the talk section had a template for Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress Country Studies, which explained the source. The text was on another website, but it originally came from the LOC Country Studies and is public domain. Please be more careful when deleting pages. It would have only taken a little effort to see that this was not a copyright violation.--Bkwillwm 22:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and please restore the article.--Bkwillwm 23:04, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for restoring it. Sorry if I seemed pissed, I was in the middle of working on the article when it was deleted, so I was a bit frustrated. No big deal though.--Bkwillwm 23:42, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caulfield Grammar School and the main page

My take on it is as follows - Caulfield Grammar School and the University of Michigan are two entirely different beasts. By that, I mean we don't have prepetual infighting going on about whether or not to include universities -- everyone agrees that we should. On hte other hand, there has been, for most of the time I have been here, a bitter, nasty dispute about whether or not to include high schools (which I have, much to my ongoing happiness, avoided like the plague). I feel that featuring this article would be akin to throwing gasoline on a raging fire, which I am obviously not keen to do. Raul654 23:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hopkins

As for the college process I got reject from Vassar, I'm into UConn Honors and UMass Amherst, and I'm waiting to hear from Skidmore, Carnegie Mellon, and Case Western. As for Hopkins, I'm waiting on Stuyvesant but also waiting to hear back from some folks in the Development office. I want to see if any of them have a digital map of the campus I can include to make the layout more clear (as it looks almost nothing like the cool, original plan from 1922). I should know from them in a week or so, so basically after that I'll probably make the FAC push. Thanks for all the help! Staxringold 00:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

dude, i'm sorry if i broke any rules with Tookian complex. please tell me why it had to be deleted so i do not make the same mistake again.

Thanks, i was unaware of my folly. i shall not do it again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knightofthief (talk • contribs)

[edit] Gilles Trehin

You deleted Gilles Trehin and apparently without Afd. You probably do not understand french, but you could look at the Wisconsin Medical Society page - Skysmith 21:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Melbourne 2006

Harro Harro. I noticed your addition of the Melbourne 2006 images to your user page. As I'm sure you're aware, fair use images may not be placed on user pages. I wanted to let you know this so that you may remove them and replace them with free use alternatives. Also, check out my new picture and reference additions to Plano Senior High School. Thanks! — Scm83x hook 'em 07:42, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Ah, you got me! Nice work on Plano. WP:PR anyone?
  • Do you think that the article is ready for a PR? I would really love to get it in there, now that FAC/MPFAC work on The West Wing is all completely done. — Scm83x hook 'em 07:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thanks Harro5/Archive4
Thanks for your recent support on my RfA which passed 91/0/0. If you ever need anything, feel free to leave me a message! Gflores Talk 07:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cacofiend mess

It wasn't very nice of you to do two RfD's (including a speedy) to the stub I wrote, without actually even trying to discuss anything with me. Especially since you deleted it when it was no longer a Speedy candidate according to rules, and that you put the other request based on misconception (you called it a cheat). --Arny 10:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA Withdrawal :(

Hello Harro5, it is my apologies to bring you that I've withdrawn my RFA. Due to the lack of experience, I would go under admin coaching first before trying again later. I would thank you for your vote in this RFA whether you voted support, oppose or neutral for me. I appreciate your comments (if you do have) you made and I hope to see you here in future. --Terence Ong 15:14, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Talk:Anti-consumerism

Hi, I noticed that you deleted the talk page to Anti-consumerism but I'm curious if the speedy tag was added as a form of vandalism. It just seems odd that an article that big wouldn't have had any discussion at all. Is it really necessary to delete empty talk pages anyway? I thought they were only deleted if there was no corresponding article. Anyway, maybe you could double check Talk:Anti-consumerism's history to see if there was any content. Thanks. --TM 22:41, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it'll be missed either, was just making sure, some vandalism is getting sneaky. --TM 22:48, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moanalua High School

A few days ago, I made this edit to the talk page of this high school article. I have not yet received a response, and I was wondering what you thought might be my next step. Since this is a Portal showcase article, I wanted to give the regular contributors some time to make the adjustments. Absolutely no sources are cited for any of the claims. What do you think? — Scm83x hook 'em 00:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaby Downey

I had just restored this article per the authors request. Others in that race have articles she said and they do. This looks like a newer article and if it stays fine because I was going to clean the other one up. Thanks.--Dakota ~ ° 01:31, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caulfield Grammar School

Sorry Harro5. I got a bit confused/forgetful. One of my old schoolmates went to Wesley College for a while and told me about it, but I got the schools mixed up. I've been around I while so I hope you'll trust that it wasn't a purposefully mischievous edit.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 07:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks. I've been a lifelong Adelaidean actually. My schoolmate went to Melbourne for a stint and then returned. It's just that I've stuck a whole pile of council and LGA templates all over all of the WP:MELB suburbs because they were missing (in line with Adelaide and Sydney). I'll get back to updating the Aussie swim bios with their cg results. Cheers, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 07:34, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DAPreview

Could you please stop trashing my DAPreivew article all the time man. That sucks dude. I put in a load of time and now I can't even get it back just because you are tis über cool admin dude who has super deletion rights. Exity 09:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Justice Society of Justice

What did I do wrong? I don't understand why it was deleted.

[edit] 4IM

You have just deleted this page Harro5 and I was wondering why. I understand that there was another page called 4IM that was deleted partly because someone had said the 4 was trying to escpae from the 3 and 5 and partly because it had recieved no media coverage, but since the last page was deleted the party has received media coverage http://www.cornwall24.co.uk/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=10369 so I think that the deletion was unfair and unnesacrry. It is a valid polilitcal party that has links in other Wiki articles as well as media coverage, and its ambition to stand in the 2009/10 UK general elections make it worthy in my eyes to have a site in an online encyclopedia, I also ask you to take time to read its policices http://register4independence.bravehost.com/index.html and I think you will agree with me that their views make sense and desreve a page in Wiki.--Rhydd Meddwl 21:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

If the Social Democratic Party-Dusabikanye have a Wiki page a sentence long then why can't 4IM?--Rhydd Meddwl 21:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mini Glastonbury

You just deleted this page. I'm new to wikipedia editing (though have done a bit anonymously in the past) so I was wondering if you could tell me how we can get this page recognised so it is not deleted again? We intended it to be imformative and in the Wikipedia style. Was it that there was not much of the article? Thanks in advance for your help! Gwilym Could you please tell me which part is not notable? It is not actually any part of Glastonbury Festival so I wouldn't think it should be there. Thanks again! Vincentsarego 23:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why did you delete the publicy entry?

Why did you delete the publicy entry? It's meant as a serious contribution. Please comment to wikipedia@publicy.org.

[edit] I don't think it is correct that you deleted my article

First of al I posted an article about a loved Romanian group 3rei sud est, and you deleted it without letting me know. I don't find it sorrect as a renamed professor, Marshall McLuhan's student, if you know about him, has told me that everyone can post whatever he wants on Wikipedia, if requested. Teher is a big number of Romanians abroad want information about them. I have a lot of friends in America and Canada who wish this. So, I will post it again and I hope tou won't delete it anymore. We want to promote Romania and Romanian music abroad, so be kind and let this article at its place.

[edit] Schools Portal featured pictures

Harro again! I was taking a look at the Schools Portal and thought that maybe some of the new pictures in the Plano Senior High School article might make great featured pictures for the school portal. The images I had in mind included the following images, which are all public domain or GFDL:

Thanks alot for giving these images some consideration!

Also, perhaps it might be a good idea to setup a subpage for the schools portal featured pictures, so that we don't lose that designation for them when they fall off the main page. We will have to watch fair use claims in the pictures if we are creating a gallery. For fair use images perhaps we should just use a [[:Image:fairuse school picture.jpg]] type approach. Let me know. — Scm83x hook 'em 05:19, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Since you are the manager of the portal, and the pictures are mine (so I have some preference toward their inclusion), I wanted to ask your permission first. At the moment, I am staring down a materials engineering test. I would be happy to take a look at the possibility of setting up a gallery in the next few days. What do you think of the images and the gallery idea in general? Should fair use images be allowed to become portal featured pictures?— Scm83x hook 'em 05:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
We should definitely try to organize a gallery/category or something. It's a lot easier way to manage it; I agree. I might be interested in your offer of running the Portal together. As you said, I'm a little involved in my RfA at the moment. I'm also a quite involved in studying this week IRL. We also have to remember that that there are plenty of people that you could notify on the Portal to identify pictures. What do you think of creating a little message to leave on the talk pages of all the involved parties to help identify possible pictures? — Scm83x hook 'em 08:09, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gandhicon

You speedy deleted this article as recreation of a previously deleted article. Alphax wanted it considered for a brief mention on Internet slang or a similar page. Would you have any problems with such a solution?

Hey. I was wondering why you deleted the Customer Service music group page. I would like some sort of an explanation- if you are'nt busy.

Please e-mail a response.

Psychosiz@Psychosiz.com

[edit] Bleach Boys

This is a genuine band - the article is original work by the Band's founder, please do not delete it.

[edit] john law

Hey, Are you the person who keeps deleting the john law page? Is it because you feel that it is nonsense? John law is actually a person that is famous among many artists, buring man attendees and various other people. The page on him is not vandalism or nonsense. Seeing as that there are many pages on people like footballers etc why would there not be a page on an influential artist who has been very important to Burning Man and its (very large) online community? If you are not the person who has deleted this page twice please let me know so i can contact the person who has. m chainey

[edit] My RfA

Thank you so much for supporting me in my recent RfA, which passed with a final tally of 56/1/0. I want to give you a Texas-sized thank you for your confidence in my abilities. If you ever need anything or find that I have made an error, please let me know on my talk page. — Scm83x hook 'em 21:14, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Deletion of Eric J. Lindblom PhD

Did you mean to delete this page and reference the AFD from November instead of the current one at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Eric_J._Lindblom_PhD_(2nd_nomination)? It probably did qualify as speedy recreation and the debate was not going in its favour, I just want to make sure it was not deleted from the wrong reason as the second AFD started on the first AFD's page and then moved to the second one. kotepho 02:04, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience:
"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!
  1. Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before.
  2. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log.
  3. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time.
  4. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified.
  5. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community.
  6. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially.
  7. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on.
  8. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] the trolls

Hello

I am just wondering why you deleted to article about "The Trolls?" They are a real band and all information is true and not fictional. Please contact me ASAP.

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[edit] Image Tagging Image:JamesMorrison6.jpg

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[edit] Administrator?

Considering your action regarding the Unix successors category, I think the people who voted for you were a poor judge of character. 65.94.60.61 20:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You got your wish

Looks like User:Boomtish isn't editing anymore. :( The El Reyko 10:03, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Finally, Plano SHS at WP:PR

I have finally put Plano Senior High School up for peer review here. I hope that you will be willing to help put this article on the right path for featured article status. — Scm83x hook 'em 21:19, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:220.240.226.206

Harro, thanks for straightening out the thing with AdamCarr, but I'm pretty sure that 220.240.226.206 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) still needs to be blocked. I believe that it was the other one that was related to Australia (based on the contributions and the message at the top of User talk:165.228.129.11) and that this one was entirely different. If you wouldn't mind restoring the block, I'd appreciate it. (See [11], [12], [13], etc.) Thanks! —Spangineer[es] (háblame) 05:16, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parliamentary staffers

Of course we will see a rerun of that here. As more politicians become aware of Wikipedia, they will assign staff members to make their articles as favourable as possible. Sooner or later Wikipedia will have to tighten its policy on anonymous editing. Adam 06:45, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the memories, we'll always have Hopkins, etc

The Barnstar of Life
I, Staxringold, hereby award this rare Barnstar of Life to Harro5 for continued diligence to all things school-related on Wikipedia.

Thanks once again for all the help on Hopkins School. For your continued work on WP:Schools, the Schools portal, and school articles in general... Staxringold 14:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why are you deleting pages people are working on?

Why did you delete the stub on John Law (artistic pioneer)? It was a legitimate page with multiple people working on it. Did you even check the history for that page or do you even know who John Law is? User:KanoaWithington


[edit] Jan van der Lans

I noticed that you had deleted the article Jan van der Lans, created by somebody else against my wishes. However, I bought a book last Saturday that contains his biography (in Dutch) and bibliography (mostly English and Dutch). Also I think that he is notable enough to have an article. See his obituray Should I place the article on wikipedia:deletion review? I can make a draft article at User:Andries/Jan van der Lans, but please advise me if my request for undeletion is chanceless. Andries 17:57, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I have just written the draft User:Andries/Jan van der Lans. Please advise whether this is good enough. Andries 21:12, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date:
"Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!
  1. The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details.
  2. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page.
  3. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jordan Calloway

You deleted the article on Jordan Calloway while I was writing the hangon notice on the article's talk page. FYI, he is an actor in the television show Unfabulous and is also mentioned at the IMDB[14]. So if I was you I would undelete him to preserve the edit history so I can add info to his article. (I wasn't the person who created the article, BTW). Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:29, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nicholas Lawson

Hi, you beat me to it by a couple of minutes when you deleted the above article. I looked in the history. The article was vandalised after the very first edit, all the original text removed (which is about a proper subject) and replaced by the text which was speedy deleted. I can't get the original text back now, but you might like to take a look at it, and retrieve it.

Tyrenius 03:30, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Following text edited to remove profanities

I'm trying to edit a page about the Pinkerton Thugs and you keep deleting it.

The above is the amended version with profanities removed from the original text posted by Bryan BYFD. For one thing it looked as though it was part of my post.

Tyrenius 04:12, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] references to deleted articles

Hi - I noticed you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of movies, manga, anime, and television shows that take place in Tokyo and deleted the article. I know it's a pain, but admins are supposed to also check the whatlinkshere for the deleted article (see Wikipedia:Deletion process). In this case I presume the links should have been removed. I noticed this from someone fixing the link from the Tokyo article. I've fixed the other references, but thought I'd remind you about this. BTW - as an admin who doesn't generally spend any time closing AFDs, thanks very much for doing this. -- Rick Block (talk) 22:22, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of PIGUI

Please explain to me how PIGUI is a copyright infringement. I own the copyright of the information, am in the process of permanently moving it from a web page to Wikipedia, and want to asign copyright to Wikipedia. Please see Talk:PIGUI for more information (oh, except now that's been deleted too). --Webaware 23:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)