User talk:Maikel
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[edit] Welcome!
Hello, Maikel, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! , SqueakBox 02:38, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
- Late thanks for the welcome and info! --Maikel 10:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Harry Cassidy
Why did you speedy delete Harry Cassidy? You should have reverted it to when it was about a real person. Next time check the history!Homey 10:49, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
- You are right and my mistake—I guess the combination of the vandalized article and the pet name ("Harry") in the Lemma threw me off. However, I did not speed-delete the article but merely put up the request. Maikel 16:15, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Vandal
My pleasure. I just happened to run across a vandalized article at the right moment! That IP seems to be a grade school district, so I can't say I'm surprised that a lot of vandalism was coming from it. --Captaindan 13:21, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Anon or test?
Most of us typically use the {{test}} and {{bv}} sequences for all vandals, anonymous or logged-in, but you are welcome to use {{anon vandal}} as well. The test sequence is especially useful to me because it progresses from "did you mean to do that" to "please stop" to "last warning". They aren't reserved explicitly for logged-in users. (ESkog)(Talk) 12:10, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for wisening me up! Maikel 12:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] School Pranks
No problem. I have been contributing less lately and am thinking of doing more of this. So, in a way, you are helping me do this. Thank you, and peace to you. --Anti-Anonymex2Come to my page! I've gone caliente loco! 01:55, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] School Pranks
I know it's kind of late, but...
Hi, the article List of school pranks has been targeted by the Wikipedia Thought Police™. Please help preserve this marvellous testament to human inventiveness—and cruelty—from certain extinction by voting Keep at the article's deletion page if you haven't already done so. May algid reason never reign supreme! Thanks, Maikel 15:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC) PS: This is a generic message that has been hand-posted to you as a former contributor—hope you won't mind.
Wikipedia discourages its editors from telling other people to vote Delete or Keep or anything else in an AfD. Just don't do it, end of story. If other people share your point if view then the article will be deleted anyways. Happy editing! Fredil Yupigo 03:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
- Do you have a reference on that? Maikel 18:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tom and Jerry
Hello. I see you originally added the Onomastics section to Tom and Jerry (mixed drink). I thought you might like to return to this article and review the new information I located about the drink's history. Happy new year! --Willscrlt 06:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- Interesting! Thank you for notifying me. Happy new year to you, Maikel 19:34, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- No problem. Glad you enjoyed it. :-) --Willscrlt 21:37, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bulletproof vest
Hi, I was just curious if there was a reason you deleted several references from the Bulletproof vest article. I haven't looked through all of them yet, but the first few seemed to be on topic and from reliable sources. --Onorem 11:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for asking, this is very strange!
- 1. I have deleted references to two institutions which were said to be currently developing "ultrastrong but ultralight" materials as they were nonencyclopedic and essentially advertising. Lots of institutions everywhere are developing lots of stuff, but noone can know in advance whether their efforts will come to fruition.
- 2. Those other changes ... are not mine. I didn't throw out the categories nor the references (<ref>), these edits are definitely not mine. This is VERY odd. I can only explain it with a inconsistency in the database. I also didn't change the "the late" bit.
- I'm puzzled. Maikel 11:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Gilbert_Shelton.GIF
Thanks for uploading Image:Gilbert_Shelton.GIF. 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 freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:
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If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that fair use images which could be replaced by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted 7 days after this notification, per our Fair Use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Rettetast 11:00, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dad's Army
I replied to you on both my talk page and Talk:The Man and the Hour. --Jack Merridew 12:12, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Page move
Right, well I've moved the page you wanted, despite your rather less than courteous comments on my talk page. Mallanox 20:53, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sybian Link
I'm trying to restore a link you posted on the Sybian article, but user Ronz continues to remove it claiming that "Wikipedia is not a how to". What do you think about his reasoning? I personally find his explanation very weak so I'd like your support as I restore it once again. Buttysquirrel (talk) 19:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)