User talk:Hotspur23

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:AMT_Longslide.jpg

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[edit] SWORD

Thanks for putting this article together. I've made a few comments on the articles talk page and I welcome your input. Just so you are aware I am moving the article to S.W.O.R.D. (The Saint) in order to be consistent with other articles on The Saint, plus SWORD only appeared in one Saint book and TV episode and wasn't a recurring group. 23skidoo 15:15, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

No, as you can see, it still has a diambiguation element to the title. But WP:STYLE says article titles do not include quotation marks, plus it's inaccurate to use the word "novels" since the group appeared only once. So to say (The Saint) is the best way to go about this, plus it is consistent with other disambiguated article titles such as Getaway (The Saint). I have adjusted all articles accordingly. I think the WP:STYLE jury is presently out as to whether acronym titles should be presented like S.W.O.R.D. or like SWORD. I'm ambivilent either way as long as its consistent. 23skidoo 15:35, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teal

I intend to do an article on him just as I did one for Patricia Holm, however I am still reading the books so I don't have enough information to start one yet. It would be Claud Eustace Teal as WP:STYLE says to leave titles out of article namespace. If you're familiar enough with the character to start up an article, please do so and I'll fill in what I know. The only other Saint character who probably deserves his own article is Hoppy Uniaz, but I've yet to read any of the stories featuring him. 23skidoo 17:09, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I've now created an article at Claud Eustace Teal. As I noted earlier, we generally don't use titles in the article namespace (and Teal's rank changes over time, anyway). 23skidoo 18:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving articles

Hi, You recently moved Life on Mars to Life on Mars (scientific theory) by copying and pasting the contents of the page. Do not do this. The only allowed way to move an article is via the "Move" button that appears at the top of each article. If a move is not likely to be controversial, go ahead and move using the button. If the move is controversial or the button's function is blocked, the move needs to be discussed first on the talk page or dealt with more formally using the procedure at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Copy/paste moves are not allowed because they mess up the stored history of edits, which is important for protecting Wikipedia from copyright lawsuits.

I am reverting your move, because an objection has been raised. If you still want to do this, raise the issue at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Note though, that the articles you were working on are now disambiguated at Life on Mars (disambiguation), and each of the articles links to that. I suggest that this configuration is better than doing the disambiguation at Life on Mars, because the scientific theory is the primary meaning of the phrase.--Srleffler 04:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation pages

Hi again. See WP:MOSDAB. There are special rules for the formatting of disambiguation pages, which differ from normal article format. In particular, the only links that should appear on these special pages are the words or phrases that are being disambiguated. The information content is also to be kept to a minimum. The purpose of these special pages is not to provide information, but to allow a reader to find the correct article as quickly as possible. --Srleffler 06:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More move issues

Please don't change the redirects between Life on Mars and Life on Mars (theory), nor the link to the former on the disambiguation page. The proposal to move the former article to the latter has clear consensus and will go through in a couple of days. In the meantime, it's polite to keep things simple for the admin who closes the move, by keeping all the links pointing to the new location of the article, with a redirect from there to the old location. This makes the move simple, and means nobody has to go through and fix all the links after the page is moved. By changing these links and redirects, you are just making more work for everybody and doing no one any good. --Srleffler 04:16, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fitzroy Maclean

Various anonymous editors have been changing the Fitzroy Maclean page (including dates and titles). I've no idea whether the old text or the new text is accurate. Could you please give the history of the article a quick look-over. Thanks Bluap 22:05, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Galco

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Galco, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.usgalco.com/About.asp, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), you can comment to that effect on Talk:Galco. Then you should do one of the following:

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It is also important that the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and that it follows Wikipedia article layout. For more information, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! James084 20:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

This user's request to have the autoblock on his/her IP address lifted has been DECLINED.

  • Decline reason:

Please provide the blocking message and admin. -- Yamla 16:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 208.54.95.129 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: CBD 12:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

This IP address is a T-Mobile hot spot. If violations have been committed, it may be due to other users. I also have not been given a reason why I have been autoblocked. Hotspur23 17:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll notify Dmcdevit about the collateral damage. Mangojuicetalk 14:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Scratch that, Centrx beat me to it. Anyway, it's up to Dcmcdevit to decide what to do here. Mangojuicetalk 14:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pimm's Cup (cocktail)

I left a note at the talk page for the article. Do you plan on making any substantial additions to the article that would qualify it for inclusion in the encyclopedia? It appears to be a non-notable drink, and the body of the article is just a recipe. Leebo86 02:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 4th Estate Cocktail (cocktail)

The (cocktail) part of title wasn't needed. The title already states it's a cocktail and there's no chance of misunderstanding what is meant. Bracketed modifiers are only used when disambiguation is needed. - Mgm|(talk) 09:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD Nomination: Fourth Estate Cocktail

An editor has nominated the article Fourth Estate Cocktail for deletion, under the Articles for deletion process. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the nomination (also see What Wikipedia is not and Deletion policy). Your opinions on why the topic of the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome: participate in the discussion by editing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fourth Estate Cocktail. Add four tildes like this ˜˜˜˜ to sign your comments. You can also edit the article Fourth Estate Cocktail during the discussion, but do not remove the "Articles for Deletion" template (the box at the top of the article), this will not end the deletion debate. Jayden54Bot 15:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Down Low Cocktail

Hi there. As part of the WikiProject Mixed Drinks, I have been reviewing cocktail articles across Wikipedia, discovering this article, of which you appear to be the sole author. While the cocktail you have described is interesting and plausible, it currently has no independent verification. I would be extremely grateful if you could provide a link to an external source in a "==External links==" or "==References==" section. This would also aid us in determining the notability, and hence final destination of the cocktail (if it is not a notable cocktail it is likely to be transwikied to Wikibooks). If you are able to add any information relating to the cocktail's history, origins and culture, that would also be extremely helpful. Many thanks in advance, Happy-melon 15:50, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please do not remove proposed speedy deletion, let the admin decide

A tag has been placed on "The Fore and Aft" Regiment, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Tdmg 06:27, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I understand that people often post articles and then flesh them out later. However, it is best to make your article in a sandbox or subpage, and make sure its grammar/spelling are good, it is wikified, and most importantly has references that assert its notability. You should copy and paste your current article into a sandbox. If it does get deleted then you can repost an updated version that is worthy of a Wikipedia article. I want more articles on Wikipedia, but I don't want to include ones that don't have any references or are ambiguously (at best) notable. Getting the article deleted is not the end of the world, it just means that you'll have to come back with something better next time. Tdmg 17:07, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chauvinism sources

Thanks for your edits to Chauvinism. I was wondering, while it was still fresh in your mind, if you could go back and add where you got your information. Wikipedia operates on verifiability and attribution, and it can only help the article by adding references to the new content. Thanks for your cooperation.-Andrew c [talk] 22:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of FUGAZI (acronym)

A tag has been placed on FUGAZI (acronym) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JohnCD 11:53, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FUGAZI (acronym)

If you disagree with deletion, put {{hangon}} on the article page, just under the db tag, and explain on its talk page why you think it should be kept. Then the administrators will read that before they decide. JohnCD 16:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)