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why are you blocking me?!?!! can't you take a joke?

[edit] Barnstar

The Running Man Barnstar
The Running Man Barnstart: given in appreciation for so manysubstantial contributions to existing articles about University of Texas, 2005 Texas Longhorns football team and college football

CJC47 21:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Barnstar

I appreciate the Barnstar and the gracious way you handled our dispute. It's kind of odd being on the other side of the fair use argument. (Normally, I'm the champion riding that horse!) Out of this whole thing I'm gaining a better understanding of the copyright law, which is always good.

Anyway, I hope we end up on the same side someday. Let me know if I can assist with an issue somewhere. Normally I moderate and work on the good articles page. --CTSWyneken(talk) 01:52, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

If you'd seen the way others have acted in intense controversy, you'd see that your actions, rise to mildly irritated. 8-) --CTSWyneken(talk) 10:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scouting Barnstar

The Scouting Barnstar
The Scouting Barnstar

- A hearty thank you for your steadfast, tireless, and quality contributions to Scouting articles over many months. Rlevse 02:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use in portals

I created an amendment for fair use in portals, as well as submitted to village pump, see here: Wikipedia:Fair use/Amendment/Fair use images in portals#Also. It would be great if you could express your support there. ddcc 21:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LSU tigers deletion nomination

I'm not nominating these articles because I think they are bad articles, or are poorly referenced, I'm nominating them because its silly to have a unique page for each season of each team for one sport for each school in Division 1. Any easy fix for this would be to merge them into one article for each team, with a different section for each season/year. If you all don't agree, then you're blind to your own bias, and life will go on. DesertSky85451 00:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. I won't use the phrase "blind to your own bias" because I think it is a bit rude, but perhaps you should examine your own bias before you make claims about anyone else's? Even if you don't think that college football is important, you may want to consider that perhaps lots of Wikipedia readers do think it is important and would expect us to contain thorough knowledge of the topic. Johntex\talk
I don't know shit about LSU, or the Longhorns, and I don't care, but I also don't like the deletion of useful information from Wikipedia. I do, however, like a neat and orderly wikipedia, and these articles offend my sense of cleanliness. What is your objection to a merger into one article for each school's football program? DesertSky85451 00:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps seaons by decades, like LSU has for 1893-1899 > see here? There has to be a way to make this neater. DesertSky85451 01:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I recognize that there are very few of these articles, but I'm worried that we're headed down a slippery slope. Soon there will be articles for Duke Blue Devils 1975 basketball season, Baylor Bears 1955 bible-thumping season and Harvrd Crimson 1990 lacrosse season. Where will it end? Also, do I actually stand a chance of getting these merged, or should I just give up? DesertSky85451 01:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
You're an admin, so tell me: How do I withdraw the deletion nomination? DesertSky85451 15:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for being willing to talk about this. I'm going to assume that since you and I tend to feel the same way about an overabundance of articles on this encyclopedia that you'll be a force for reason and restraint in College 'ball wikiproject. I think the lesson I'll take away from this is to start the dialog more gently next time instead of using an AfD. Time for me to take my deletionist agenda elsewhere. DesertSky85451 16:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] response to greeting.

Thank you for the message you sent me.

Fusion 7

[edit] AfD closing

Could you do it? There are lots of pages....? Shin'ou's TTV (Futaba|Masago|Kotobuki) 20:16, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh thanks

Yes, I am feeling sad at so much of wastage of resources at useless discussion here. I feel a bit relieved that there are wikipedians like you who care about fello-wikipedians. Thnaks. --Bhadani 02:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arch Coal

re Arch Coal - I agree - in fact I think WP:CORP should change to indicate taht NYSE listing is enough - the requirements to be on the exchange are onerous enough. And Arch Coal seems an obvious keep to me - but having a discussion about a product - that would be like having an article on my Pilot G-5 pens - probably more well known, and more widely used. --Trödel 17:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Thx for the comments - I support such a change to WP:CORP - as, unlike some other exchanges, the NYSE requiurements are well known and clearly indicate notability - I bet London does too.
Personally, I think such products should be aggregated, and standards of notability set like for music albums must do this - singles must do that if not singles go on the album site, if album not notable goes on singers article, etc. But developing the standard would probably be difficult. --Trödel 18:06, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XIII

Yes, a sad day for all Longhorns. Thanks for your excellent additions to the article. I'll certainly be sure to visit the new Silver Spur/BEVO Center when it opens later this year. - Bevo 14:41, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Johntex, thank you so much! That has really made my day. :-) SlimVirgin (talk) 00:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Housewife Bangers

First of all, hi! Second of all, i'm not a porn star *snicker*. Three, I have sales figures I found on a DVD site that i can add. I also think this movies won a AVN Award too. Please bear with me, its my first article and its a work in progress ok? :) UCF Cheerleader 01:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Hehe...Oooh you bad boy you! Encouraging me to do porn already? hmmm.... :) In any case, I used wikipedia for a while before registering an account. I made some edits without an account before but just miscellaneous stuff. Cya.UCF Cheerleader 01:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Did you see what that guy left on my talk page about my photo? Doesn't anyone bother to read things anymore? Jeez...UCF Cheerleader 02:08, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zzyzx11‎

He removed all the categories the page was placed in so i re-added them. ~Cooljuno411

[edit] RfB With A Smile :)

       

[edit] Something you wrote...

"The German Wikipedia has run afoul of German law before and content has had to be removed on more than one occasion. One of these cases dealt with holocaust-denial. I don't remember the details at the moment, but I can find them for you if need be."

I think this is in error, you might want to review the facts again. :) --Jimbo Wales 14:18, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Jimbo - Thanks for the message. When/where did I say that? I don't recall ever doing so. I can easily believe I did though - judging by the quote - it looks like I was admitting to being uncertain about the details. I'll certainly endeavor to be more careful. I'm sorry for creating confusion. Best, Johntex\talk 14:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hmmm... I still don't know why/when I made that statement. But in trying to retrace my steps, I did find German Wikipedia threatened with injunction, which does say the site had to be taken offline temporarily. I'll do more research later. Johntex\talk 15:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, don't trust the media. There were widespread reports that German Wikipedia was taken offline, all completely false. here is the quote --Jimbo Wales 14:57, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Pictures

Hey John I managed to make it out to the Baylor game so I took some pics. I saw the image on the Longhorn Band and noticed you uploaded it, didn't want to replace it without asking you first. I uploaded the image to the right and you can use it if you want for that article. If you need other images from the Baylor game, let me know and I'll see what I can scrounge up. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enoch Lai (talk • contribs) 19:40, 2006 October 16 Johntex\talk 10:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Enoch, that is great! We can always use more images. I see you added a Baylor pic for the 2006 page. Although I am fond of the UT band picture I put on that article, it has always bugged me that the safety net from behind the goalposts is in the way. Yours is a better image so I am making the swap. I think mine is availalbe on Commons, so I'll add a like to Commons as well. Thanks for the new pictures! Best, Johntex\talk 10:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Fsu-students-performing-War_Chant.jpg

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[edit] Boy Scout article

We have another one. See the revert war and Controversies section of the talk page. What should we do here? I'm so sick of the agendaists that constantly attack Scouting in wiki and won't follow policy. Rlevse 09:46, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hi

[Removed nonsense edits by longtime troll] —Ryūlóng (竜龍) 02:54, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whitman...again

If you're around and willing to help, I wouldn't mind if you'd help me keep an eye on the Charles Whitman article. It seems our friend John Moore has returned with his trolling ways, and I'm wary of violating WP:3RR myself. Much thanks. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 01:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yes

[Removed nonsense edits by longtime troll] —Ryūlóng (竜龍) 02:54, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Johntex, you may be interested in this. Best, Gwernol 13:37, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK: World's Largest Texas Flag

Well, I think I added it to the template page correctly. Thanks for the suggestion. Mishatx 06:56, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up on the Largest Flag article, I'll keep a look out on the DYK section ;). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enoch Lai (talk • contribs) 06:48, 2006 October 20

[edit] The lighted path

Hi. Do you know about Diwali? I wish you All The Best on the ocasion of the Indian festival of light, Diwali. I am sure that the light of hope, confidence, and all positive attributes shall always remain inside you – lighting your path and guiding you to attain higher and higher levels of excellence in all your endevours! And, ID Mubarak too. All the best! --Bhadani 17:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I also thank you and remember you for your kind words sometime back. --Bhadani 17:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 21 October 2006, a fact from the article World's Largest Texas Flag, which you recently nominated, 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.

--Srikeit (Talk | Email) 18:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:Texas Flag at DKR - North Texas vs Texas 2006.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Texas Flag at DKR - North Texas vs Texas 2006.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a free image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}
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I responded on the talk page of the image. -- tariqabjotu 22:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Hello Tariqabjotu - thank you for your messages and for your help with the situation. Yes, I agree with you, the Image should not have been used on the second page. That was my mistake. Most images I upload are free because I have either taken them myself, gotten permission for them, or gotten them from the US govt. I forgot that image had a non-commercial license. I have removed it from the article where it was not fair use. Thanks again, Johntex\talk 22:33, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Alright; I'm glad that got straightened out. It was an honest mistake; it happens to the best of us. -- tariqabjotu 22:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keira Knightley

Hi, I'm pretty new to wikipedia from the editing aspect, and I was wondering what the protocall was for adding potentially damaging material to a biography of a living person, Keira Knightley. In another wiki, I found references to a topless scene she did in the movie "The Hole" at the age of 15. However, adding this material was reversed by a mod.

Links are below. I wasnt sure who to ask, or where to look to get the answer.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keira_Knightley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudity_in_film

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Keira_knightley_16.jpg

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Willowhawk (talk • contribs) 18:42, 2006 October 22

OK - I'll check it out and see if I can give you any advice. Johntex\talk 03:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
OK, I checked the article and here is what I see:
  1. You have not editted the article under your current user name. Therefore, I am guessing that you are the anonymous editor using your IP address. While edits from IP addresses are absolutely allowed, people are more likely to trust a user who has made a user name. It tends to indicate that you are serious about contributing.
  2. You did not provide a reference for the information. That article has several references, so you can look at them and see how they are formated. You can also review WP:CITE about the need to cite sources in general, WP:R about what constitutes a reputable source (E.g. not a blog), and WP:BLP which talks about how sources are extra important for biographies of living persons.
  3. In this case, you are claiming that she appeared topless (which is easy to prove) but you are also claiming that this was controversial because of her age. You can't say that just because it is your opinion that it was controversial. You need to find some reputable source that actually claims it was controversial. Otherwise, all you can do is mention the fact of being topless.
  4. I don't see that you discussed the issue on the article's talk page. This is not required, but it is good practice if the edit turns out to be controversial.
  5. Checking the article's Talk page, I don't see any discussion about the topless scense on the Talk page itself, but at the top of the Talk page is a link to the Talk page Archives. We archive discussions after they get too long. In this case, there is older discussion about that specific topless scene. The claim is that she was 16 at the time and that is a legal age in the United Kingdom
  6. I suggest you look for a reliable source and that you discuss it on the Article Talk page.
Out of curiosity, how did you decide to bring the question to me? I have never editted that article. Johntex\talk 03:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Dear Johntex,

Ricky has 4 children: 1) Marley; 2) Blaze (the one with the woman who now lives in Hawaii); 3) two children with Kristen Barnes.

Have a nice day~~

[edit] fair use images policy

thanks for reminding me I had completely forgoten -- Argash  |  talk  |  contribs  23:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I just noticed that you were involved in that huge debate with Ed g2s regaurding fair use of images in lists and was wondering if that ever came to a conclusion. Considering the number of pages he spread that debate across I'm having a hard time tracking down whatever the resolution was if any. -- Argash  |  talk  |  contribs  09:20, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Last Paragraph in Martin Luther lead

Would you do me a favor and drop by? I'm having a disagreement with several folk on the language of the last paragraph. It is complicated by emotional attachment to different aspects of this subject. I'm trying to get a neutral view of the quality of the writing here. --CTSWyneken(talk) 22:20, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't want you to get into the substance of the fight over Luther's words about the Jews (which is almost the only real heat-bearing issue here) The heat comes from the determination of some to make sure what they see as the role of Luther in the Holocaust is never down-played in the least and others of us, who respect the work of Luther, wanting to see it be put in pespective. (at least I like to think that's what we want) 8-)
Anyway, I'd suggest you run far away from THAT issue.
What I'm trying to do at the moment with the article is streamline it. I and several others have been trying to do what the FA standards suggest, creating subarticles, porting detail to them and moving to summary style. In addition, I've been trying, with success in every spot in the article except this paragraph, to break up long sentences, move from passive to active tense, etc. I thought that when I did this here we were fine, until Slim came by, reverting it out of hand (you know how that pushes my buttons from unfortunate first-hand experience. 8-) )
Anyway, if you're game, I'd be interested in your take on the quality of writing in that paragraph. Am I crazy or just a flame-thrower?
Of course, if you want to help with the trimming, I'd welcome that, too, but for obvious reasons, I'm avoiding the "On the Jews" issue. --CTSWyneken(talk) 19:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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