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[edit] Society for All British Road Enthusiasts

Why did you delete this using "speedy deletion"? The Society is quite possibly the foremost authority on British Roads, and the SABRE name has been mentioned in the media a few times - certainly, enough to give it notability.

I request that you either revert your deletion, or place the matter up for discussion.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.210.208 (talk) 20:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

I've never found the energy to get through the nomination process. However it is become a bit annoying not having the key abilities. You are not the first to suggest this. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The famous Beatles' Newsletter

User Basketball110 asked Hotcop2 how he/she can get it. Time to start it again? (Ouch!) --andreasegde (talk) 18:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Feel free. I won't be doing it though, I'm working on technical/bot stuff and I've not been involved with the WikiProject enough to know what's been happening anyway. --kingboyk (talk) 19:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Context is everything

Hi, Kingboy. Thanks for this smack with the cluestick. :-) --Uncle Ed (talk) 23:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

 :) You're welcome. Thanks! --kingboyk (talk) 23:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Deletion

I am aided by Twinkle and do review the history every image manually before deleting it - this specific plugin lets me view them at high speed and this one deletes them. My RfA is located here, and you can edit my user page if you want, it's just located here - although I'd prefer it be left alone. :-) east.718 at 00:46, January 22, 2008 —Preceding comment was added at 00:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello again, I noticed your message on East's page asking for his old RfA, after recent events, I'd caution against dredging up rename issues like that. Just, you know, a suggestion. Keilana|Parlez ici 01:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry? I advised you not to stand again. How is it my fault? And since when has it been out of order for a Wikipedian to ask an admin for his/her credentials? --kingboyk (talk) 01:55, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
You were the person who originally brought up the issue, IIRC. It's not out of order, I just recommend you do it privately. I doubt East wants or needs a reconfirmation drama. Keilana|Parlez ici 01:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
East hasn't been renamed. I was looking at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/East718 but his RFA is at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/east718. It would seem that subpage titles are totally case sensitive.
I mentioned your renaming on your talk page, that is true. Whether the thread at RFA developed because of that or independently of it I have absolutely no idea. I was amazed at the turn of events as you were.
I don't in general approve of admins being renamed without leaving behind redirects from their old identity and without a link to RFA, and if I find admins who have no visible credentials in the future I may well challenge them. I conduct my wiki business, warts and all, on wiki. That includes asking for credentials. (Note: An easy way around this would be for admins who've had to change ID because of harassment to simply state that on their user page. Harrassment of volunteer admins is a terrible thing, and nobody begrudges username changes in those cases.) --kingboyk (talk) 02:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

Why are you deleting everything I make. You're really pissing me off.

It's hard to see why you were making large and complex changes to someone else's wikipage without discussion. However, I am aware that I use vandalism in edit summaries a bit too easily, and probably shouldn't here. What the hell IS going on here, anyway? I was asked to look at page changes, and seem to have stepped into some sort of war. Adam Cuerden talk 01:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Any idea how to fix the mess in the history? Prodego talk 01:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
No war, just several people looking at the same page at the same time and causing a big mess (mostly my fault). See User talk:Prodego for perhaps the best explanation. Sorry. (There was discussion, btw, but an admin's user page which is hidden and which makes my browser go right to left just isn't acceptable imho... Decided to act on it - and would have left it if he reverted me - but unfortunately others stepped in). Again, sorry about that, the important thing now is to make sure he has a user page! --kingboyk (talk) 01:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC) (e/c)
No hard feelings. Just leave it red for now, I'll figure out how to put the deleted histories of four different pages together sometime. :O east.718 at 01:38, January 22, 2008 —Preceding comment was added at 01:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
K, thanks :) I'll take a look tommorow if it's still red; I'm pretty good at merging histories and what not. --kingboyk (talk) 01:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC) (e/c)
Me too, but frankly 4 nearly identical pages simultaneously in existence will be nearly impossible to salvage. Now what we could do is get a database dump, and reconstruct from that, but the en.wiki ones fail a lot. Prodego talk 01:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Now, could you demonstrate this hack, in some more cordoned off area? I would be interested in seeing how it works. Prodego talk 01:41, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Me too quite frankly. It was rather amazing. The page name was backwards, and when I pasted it into another window it totally f*cked up the edit box. Was a transclusion ending in a /. Very strange. --kingboyk (talk) 01:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
The "hack" is nothing but 0x2020D. east.718 at 01:51, January 22, 2008
Got a LTR mark I can copy? (or create?) Prodego talk 01:55, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Silly me, of course you do. Kingboyk, visit my sandbox. Prodego talk 02:00, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Now hit edit ;) Freaky huh? :) --kingboyk (talk) 02:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Horn shooting controversy

Hi there, I was wondering why it was deleted without notification or debate. --Hourick (talk) 04:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] + tip

Good tip, how on earth have I missed that one for so long. Learn something new every day!. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 08:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Africa

Actually already finished the Libya and Eritrea banners. Will be going out myself on the various articles tagged for the other deprecated banners myself. Some of the projects already engage in their own assessments, and they might be less willing, at least initially, to use the Africa banner, and there might be a problem of category equivalence in some cases. I don't think that they'd object to having their banner removed if another relevant AfricaProject is involved and they can get their assessments with the same banner, though. And I sent you the cover letter of the letter from Sealand. The attachments are several hundred K long, though and it might be easier to forward them to you. John Carter (talk) 16:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

You're not doing it manually surely? --kingboyk (talk) 23:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bio project

Hey Kingboy. Long time no see. :) I wonder if you could comment at Wikipedia talk:Version_1.0 Editorial Team/Index#Table update. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 17:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mostly?

Your use of the word mostly [1] intrigues me. Is there a shortcut? :) Hiding T 13:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Lol. I'm saying nothing! --kingboyk (talk) 17:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My Rfa

I wish to thank you for being supportive of my effort to regain my adminship. Though it was not successful, your support was still very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--MONGO 06:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Decommissioned highway

I don't know if you realize, but this page is protected. In addition, the {{fact}} you removed was for a controversial claim - that these "downgraded" highways are in fact "decommissioned". --NE2 11:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It's not controversial. It's a petty argument over the title of the article, not the encyclopedic content. Likewise, the references don't prove that the term is acceptable as an article title and don't refer to roads at all; as such they are useful for advancing arguments on the talk page but not relevant in the article. It's rarely necessary to reference a dictionary in an encyclopedia article.
I hadn't noticed it was protected though, thanks for pointing it out. Let's see if we can get it unprotected, it's been protected long enough.
Any more messages about this on the article talk page please. I don't take my edits personally and prefer to use this page to discuss matters which concern me personally. Thanks. --kingboyk (talk) 20:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Decommissioned highway

I'm recused in that case; please ask one of the active arbitrators. :-) Kirill 23:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:GR

I see your nomination of Template:GR today, and I'd ask you to look at my proposal. If you like it, would you be willing to find someone with the technical knowhow to try it out? Nyttend (talk) 16:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Jack London is only "start class?"

Yes, it's ego, since I've been heavily involved in the article, but I'm baffled as to why it is only rated "start class." I'm writing to you because you inserted the entry classifying it as such.

It's certainly longer than the Britannica's five paragraphs, and I think it's obviously more complete and more comprehensive.

Dr. Clarice Stasz has called the article "sophisticated and well-researched" here and recommends it to students. She's a recognized Jack London scholar, author of two biographical books about London; I've never met her, I'm not a colleague or student of hers, and she's had no involvement in the article. Dpbsmith (talk) 22:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, Armatura rated it start here, on 5 April 2007. At that point, the article looked like this, ie. much as it does today. Clearly not a start article. Changing to B-class but would encourage a review for GA or FA status. Carcharoth (talk) 01:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Nick Counter.

I am just curious to know why the Nick Counter page was deleted. It is of no immediate concern to me, just simple curiousity. Thank you. Polarbear97 (talk) 18:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Inactive?

Hey Kingboyk, I am replying to the "Inactive?" comment you left on my talk page earlier in January. I know I haven't been doing much with wikipedia lately, and I used to be more involved in the Muscians Wikiproject and then later the Burmese Wikiproject, but lately I've been more involved in the Google Earth and SketchUp communities. I designed 3D models of Shwedagon Pagoda and the East Builing of the National Gallery of Art, and have enjoyed doing this as a new hobby. I still use wikipedia often as a general information reference and hope to make contributions in the future. You can take a look at the models I made by going to Google's 3D Warehouse. Take care - cgilbert(talk|contribs) 00:05, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Ad·ver·sary

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[edit] San Diego Highwayman

You may want to chime in on this discussion. Bovlb (talk) 05:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

http://www.carestoration.com/55-ford-wagon.htm

http://www.bennett-watt.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DVDDACA

http://www.sdpressclub.com/photos/headliners2.htm

not noteable? Charles Kuralt might disagree ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.212.207.113 (talk) 03:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Albert Féraud

Please undele the article. You deleted it because it didn't assert significance. I think I can do it but I don't wan't to start fresh. Please reply on my talk page. Editorofthewiki (talk) 21:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Beatles banner picture

Hi. I noticed you added the current picture to one of the banners for the Beatles Wikiproject. This image is of a boulevard in Paris, not Abbey Road; the similarity is incidental. Can't a better picture be found, so that a British band isn't represented by a French setting? Robert K S (talk) 02:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chamberlin (music)

Should have stayed the way it was per guidelines, there's no way in hell Chamberlin the instrument should come up as the first page when there are other articles and people with that name galore.Awotter (talk) 04:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bot auto assessed an article as featured

Any idea what happened here? I presume that is a mistake of some sort. Could you check the bot didn't slip up anywhere else? I found that while compiling User:Carcharoth/Featured articles needing regular updates, in case you are interested. Any ideas on how to extract and stick dates next to the single-person biography lists? I'd be interested in mini-groupings of 20th-century, 19th-century, classical Greek/Roman, etc. biographies, if possible. I'm sticking to cross-referencing with "Living people" first. Carcharoth (talk) 01:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I misread the page history. It was the IP here who added the FA tag. Your bot wasn't to blame - sorry about that! I've removed the FA-tag. Carcharoth (talk) 10:23, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Separating out group biographies and single-person biographies

I suggested this before at the talk page {{WPBiography}}, but I don't think anything got done. Category:FA-Class biography articles, like all the WP 1.0 assessment categories, includes featured lists, which I want to separate out. Easily done (eg. using CatScan) but still annoying to have stuff mixed up like that. More specific to WPBiography is the mixing up of group articles (in this case music group articles) with single-person biographies. It is the latter I wanted to extract, and that took a while, especially as the "musicians" category includes both single-person musician biographes and music group "biographies". I suspect this is a historical feature due to the set up of WPBiography being done by you - is this right? I have no problems with music groups being included in WPBiography, but I do wish they could be filtered out more easily. Music groups are not the only examples of "group" articles, of course, but they are the most common, I think. Would you be able to help roll out a "group" parameter for use in WPBiography? Or failing that, the more ambitious proposal I made here? Carcharoth (talk) 11:12, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your help please...

I see you deleted Sarfraz Ahmed (unnumbered Guantanamo captive).

I would appreciate you directing my attention to the place where the possible deletion of this article was discussed.

I would appreciate you moving the article, its history, and talk page, to User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/rescue/Sarfraz Ahmed (unnumbered Guantanamo captive).

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 00:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I see [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Abdur+Rahim+%28unnumbered+Guantanamo+detainee%29 you deleted Abdur Rahim (unnumbered Guantanamo detainee) and Mohammed Al Amin.
As with the other article I would appreciate you directing my attention ot the places where the possible deletion of these article was discussed. I would appreciate you moving these articles, their edit history, and talk pages to User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/rescue/Abdur Rahim (unnumbered Guantanamo detainee) and User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/rescue/Mohammed Al Amin.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 01:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Since you haven't been online for three weeks I decided not to wait for you, so I took my request to DRV.

[edit] Deletion Review for Mohammed Al Amin

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[edit] Deletion Review for Sarfraz Ahmed (unnumbered Guantanamo captive)

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[edit] Deletion Review for Abdur Rahim (unnumbered Guantanamo detainee)

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When you are back online I would still appreciate you drawing my attention to the location of the discussion that preceded these deletions. Geo Swan (talk) 02:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is this how administrators are supposed to use their deletion powers?

Today I realized that you deleted eight articles in one session. It concerned me. I raised my concern on WP:AN/I. Geo Swan (talk) 01:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion, without a second set of eyes?

I see you are back from your wikibreak. As I noted above I raised my concern about these eight deletions on WP:AN/I. A number of people felt sure you deleted these articles after they had been properly tagged by someone else.

In the interest of clarity -- you did perform these deletions without a second set of eyes, correct?

We are all volunteers here. No one should feel terrible for realizing they made a mistake. AGF. I am going to assume the reason you haven't offered an explanation for your deletions is not that you don't feel accountable -- that there is some other reason. Geo Swan (talk) 04:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I mentioned these eight deletions in a DRV of a similar action. I said I thought I had been civil to you. And I told participants there that I was still waiting for your reply. Geo Swan (talk) 23:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
I have described the queries I have left you as civil queries. I believe they are civil queries and I am frankly mystified that you have not offered me a civil, meaningful reply. Geo Swan (talk) 22:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No content in Category:Girls schools in England

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[edit] Defamation Badfinger issue

Steve, I have an odd issue I'm hoping you can assist me with. There is a person who has created a website full of unfounded speculations about Badfinger, as well as apparent defamation about the book author and the family of Pete Ham. Virgin Media has already once removed the website from its servers because of the defamation issue, but the webhost has put it back up on another server. He is now linking to it from the Badfinger Wiki article, and I suspect he will not easily surrender should I begin deleting this link. Is there any way Wiki can block his website - if they also deem it to be defamatory? Thanks. ZincOrbie (talk) 18:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WikiProject Theatre and talk page tagging/fixing

Hi, I saw User:Kingbotk/Plugin, not quite sure I understand that, but perhaps you are the right person to ask about this. Many talkpages that are already tagged with {{WikiProject Theatre}} have no rating for quality, but are already rated as such by other talkpage WikiProject templates. Is there a way for your bot, Kingbotk (talk · contribs), to go through, check if the talk page contains ratings for quality in the other talkpage templates, and just add that exact same rating for the {{WikiProject Theatre}} template on that same talkpage? Would really appreciate it, it would help with my eventual work on Portal:Theatre, and identifying the quality content in WP:WikiProject Theatre. Cirt (talk) 08:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Demery.

I have found some misinformation regarding your entry for Thomas Demery. I have some information that would shed better light on the facts of this entry. How would you prefer I go about changing the entry? Would you like me to send you the information, or shall I make the corrections myself? --Zndc (talk) 19:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] E-mail.

You've received an e-mail, regarding WP:RFH. · AndonicO Hail! 13:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied. · AndonicO Hail! 13:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Space music

I see that you have a talent for music articles, and am wondering whether you wouldn't mind taking a look at the above. Progress has effectively been stalled by an editor who apparently has a personal obsession with the subject that borders on the monomaniacal. Currently the main problem is one of undue weight - although there are numerous other issues as well. I've now sought input from univolved parties on the wikiproject music page, and am also putting together an RFC on the subject. However, I think the situation could also benefit from whatever insights you might be willing to provide. --Gene_poole (talk) 02:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Albert Féraud

Hello Kingboyk. I noticed you speedy deleted Albert Féraud, claiming he is not notable. Could you please undelete the article? There are articles on him on the de wiki and fr wiki. I'll see what I can do to spruce it up from there. Editorofthewiki 10:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't rush to comment. Editorofthewiki 23:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Beat 'Em Up

I've added to the entry.

At your leisure, please review, and provide suggestions that would improve the entry. Beat 'Em Up was the third Iggy product I'd ever purchased -- after The Idiot back in the seventies and Raw Power after a manager at cbgb's berated me for knowing more about the Sex Pistols than the Stooges -- and I've been a die-hard fan since then.

Thanks for the initial work.SLY111 (talk) 17:14, 11 March 2008 (UTC)SLY111

[edit] AfD nomination of Todd Palin

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[edit] Girls/Memphis Bells

Around two years ago in 2006, you started a discussion whether Girls/Memphis Bells is worthy of its own article. I still think its an issue, so I've kind of resurrected the discussion on the talk page. If you could take another look and chime in again, I'd appreciate it. Drewcifer (talk) 22:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My talk page formatting style/suggestion at Wikipedia talk:Citing sources

I've put up a suggestions for some talk page formatting changes over at Wikipedia talk:Citing sources#Archive moves and indexing, okay to set up?. Especially after the pointer you gave on my over-using the talkheader template I'd appreciate your input. Thanks, Optigan13 (talk) 09:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Template talk:WPBiography

I posted a question at Template talk:WPBiography. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 16:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DRV

As I understand it, ordinary wikipedians who think an article should be restored to main article space are encouraged to contact the administrator who deleted the article first.

I am completely mystified as to why you have not responded to my earlier queries.

I would like Hamid al-Razak restored to the main article space. As a courtesy, I am asking you to perform the main-space restoration, before making this request at WP:DRV.

I'll wait 24 hours before I go to DRV. Geo Swan (talk) 20:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Christene LeDoux article

Due to a personal riff between Ms. LeDoux and myself, I am avowed not to edit her biographical article. You may note, however, that it was her edits you reverted late last year. I see she has recently (in the last two months) reintroduced those edits. I don't care either way, but her editing style is not exactly up to WP standards, nor is it exactly kosher for her to be maintaining her own article anyway. Geolocating 212.186.17.85 shows that it originates in Austria, her (and my) current country of residence, and a message (to me) on this IP's talk page seals the deal. Please use your judgment accordingly. --Otheus (talk) 23:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kingbotk plugin source

I was wondering if the source code for your plugin is available somewhere. I was curious because I've started running a bot that does wikiproject tagging using it and in the event that someone requests tagging involving extra parameters you haven't provided programatic support for it would be much more convenient for everyone involved if I could add it myself instead of asking you to do it.--Dycedarg ж 18:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] your deletion of the Clark Gesner page

Hello, I represent the family and estate of Clark Gesner and it has been brought to our attention that his biography has been removed from Wikipedia and this is of great concern to us. He was a most talented and well respected man in the theatre world, his body of work is archived in the library of Princeton University, and he is best known for his musical comedy, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" which is the most produced play in the world each year, according to Tams Widmark. We would like to know what reasons you had for eliminating this biography from Wikipedia, as it is performed in community theatre and schools across this country and others and is only fitting that he be represented here. What did you disagree with perhaps? Were there errors in his biography? People from all over the world came to his memorial service, and respected and well-known actors, singers and musicians performed in honor of him. He was significant enough to have received a full-page obituary in the New York Times, and yet Wikipedia does not find him worthy of mention in their esteemed database? We find this disconcerting. Please correspond with us on your reasoning and perhaps we can come to some understanding and resolve this matter so that he can be returned to his rightful place. I look forward to hearing from you on this matter. Sincerely, Willow wren (talk) 13:20, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copies of deleted articles

Dear Kingboyk,

Could you please provide me with copies of the articles Pamela J. Ball and Philip H. Farber? I would like to work on them some more and try to bring them up to Wiki standards. Thank you. Rosencomet (talk) 17:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Just an informal note

I saw on you user page that you wish to visit India. You are always welcome here :-) NamasteIndianescence (talk) 20:13, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] moved from userpage

"Dr Kitty (talk) 00:17, 25 April 2008 (UTC)When you get the change can you please provide me with a copy of the "Havet Research" article which was deleted. Any help here would be appreciated." (LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Spyware=

I undid the change to the spyware page concerning Fake Anti-Spyware. But, in retrospect, I agree with your change. I added a merge tag to the List of fake anti-spyware programs and Rogue software. What do you think? Cheers! -DevinCook (talk) 23:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CfD Category:Lists of ambiguous human names

Hi Kingboyk. You created Category:Biography disambiguation pages. Your opinion at CfD Category:Lists of ambiguous human names would be welcome. GregManninLB (talk) 16:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnbrook

"(→Biography: I've just watched his speech and he couldn't even remember Johnson's name (nor, evidently, was the winner known at the time))" His speech was during the ceremony that announced the mayor results. The results were declared, and then the mayoral candidates spoke in order of votes. Barnbrook certainly knew the result of the mayoral vote, as he spoke after Johnson. The results of the *assembly* vote were not known at that time, they were announced about half an hour later. 212.183.134.209 (talk) 19:27, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, how strange. I watched his speech (and the others of course) on the BBC website. He forgot Johnson's name for a moment, but talked about Livingston and Johnson as though the winner wasn't yet known. I must have misunderstood somehow :/ Thanks for letting me know anyway. --kingboyk (talk) 21:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Thanks, I'd never read the instructions; I just thought it was a good thing to have at the top of a talk page. Silly me. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 11:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Terminator 4

Hey, can you unprotect the Terminator 4 page? The film has already started production as confirmed here: [2] Thanks! — Enter Movie (talk) 00:00, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kingbotk source code

Could you please share the source for the Kingbotk project banner plugin? I was hoping to write a new AWB plug-in and this would really help me get started. I looked for a VB.NET plugin, but all the ones shipped with AWB were written in C#. There is a mention of a VB.NET plugin, WPAssessmentsCatCreator on the plugin page, but I could not find it on SourceForge. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 03:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

The WPAssessmentsCatCreator was removed a few revisions ago, but if you check back in the log you would be able to find it. C# isnt that much different from VB, tbh... And AWB will do the basic layout of the plugin code to get you started... —Reedy 11:04, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Reedy, Thanks for the info. I checked out WPAssessmentsCatCreator from the logs. It was very useful. I still need the Kingbotk plugin source code since it is more advanced and is close to what I intend to create. Could either of you please give me a read access to the SVN or e-mail me the source-code? Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 11:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Renfrewshire Youth Voice

My contribution Renfrewshire Youth Voice was deleted.

I am currently in talks with users of why and how to prevent this in future, however may i have a copy of the content of the page so i may edit it so i don't have to start from scratch. KrizzyB (talk) 14:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AWB error

Any ideas on this? asenine say what? 07:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

We're looking into it. Its related to a crap Regextypofix rule, that we'll fix. —Reedy 14:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Beaulieu.gif

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  • That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
  • That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

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[edit] Question(s)

Just downloaded everything necessary for awb. But I don't see where to start the program. (No desktop icon,start menu has nothing) Does it start automatically? I would hate to download something and found I couldn't use it a second time.It's currently on because I activated its exe file right from where I extracted it to.Help!I am approved.Xp54321 (talk) 22:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Already answered on my page. Please note there is no need to duplicate this around all the developer pages, we generally watch each others pages to answer questions if necessary. —Reedy 15:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Alan Goodrick (Gimpo) M25.jpg

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Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 19:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problems

OK, I've had enough of this. Will someone PLEASE tell this user (Ultraviolet scissor flame) to stop? He has had his bit of fun, but he needs to be told that this can not go on. Just look at what he is doing now... I truly believe that he has a personal bias against Paul McCartney, and pretends to be a "newbie", but as anyone can see, he is not. This message will posted on various pages. --andreasegde (talk) 23:58, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Avoiding notability

Hi, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at two accounts:

Seems they're avoiding WP:N by creating article/user accounts and I've already warned Country of Nordic on his vandalism. I think Wikipedia would want them closed down - any suggestions?

Thanks ------ Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 10:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re Girl drama - reposted from user page by User:LessHeard vanU 07.06.08

  • My article, Girl drama got deleted. I want to get access to the deleted content so that I can edit it in order to make it qualified for the wikipedia inclusion standards, or if all else fails, post it in another wiki. Can you please provide me with the article's text. Thank you. Jubeh (talk) 18:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I had a look to see if I was able to email the content, which I tried to do but the editor does not have email enabled. LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AWB plugin

Hey, thanks for creating the plugin, im currently trying to organise a bot for Wikipedia:WikiProject Swimming, taging articles with the banner and assessing them as stub class if the article has been listed as a stub. I was under the impression that your plug in would automaticly assess the article as stub if it was indeed a stub article. If i turn the 'auto stub' function of it just seems to tag every article as a stub even if it's not listed as a stub. Is there somthing i'm doing wrong? Or have i misunderstood the concept of the feature. Ive got an example to show you [[3]]. This article isnt a stub and its gone and marked it as a stub because i have that feature turned on..If you can help me i would appreciate it. My bot is under trial, so ill need to get this worked out before its approved. Cheers Printer222 (talk) 03:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)