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[edit] Rewriting

Apparently, it's harder to write civil edit summaries. Seriously, it is difficult to be patient when dealing with serial copyright violators (like the one who posted that article). And if those of us watching for copyvios took the time to rewrite them all instead of just tagging them, we'd be overwhelmed by the volume of them and Wikipedia would be facing multiple infringement lawsuits, like youtube, google, etc. I'm just trying to help out here; I don't need your thanks, but just the same I'd rather not be the brunt of your sarcasm. --Butseriouslyfolks 07:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I can see your point, and I'll even raise you one by thanking you (belatedly) for rewriting the article. That's me -- keepin' the dream alive since 2006! See ya' around . . . --Butseriouslyfolks 08:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Behr (food writer)

The upshot of your statement was that I had made the nomination in bad faith. I don't think this case is much different from any other contested speedy or prod that is forwarded to AFD - this happens many times every day. The only difference is that I found out that the speedy had been declined by way of someone opposing me at RFA for being a trigger-happy deletionist. My first reaction was anger; my second reaction was to reexamine my judgment and see if I really had made a mistake. I decided that there might indeed be grounds to delete, hence the AFD. I do not really care about the result: I've been wrong before, and it won't affect the RFA which is currently failing. But I do care about my reputation, and I will not keep silent when my motives are called into question. I apologize for the harsh tone because I can't find a calmer way to voice my frustration. YechielMan 09:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] YechielMan's RFA

Thank you for participating in either of my unsuccessful requests for adminship. Although the experience was frustrating, it showed me some mistakes I was making, and I hope to learn from those mistakes.

Please take a few minutes to read User:YechielMan/Other stuff/RFA review and advise me how to proceed. Best regards. YechielMan 21:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC) An editor has asked for a deletion review of Hi-Zack (Mobile suit). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jeffpiatt 04:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage deletion

Thanks for the speedy delete! *Cremepuff222* 18:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: tag on <article>

I try to be civil. I honestly could not understand the article. It was way out there for me. Perhaps you should assume good faith with my edits before telling me to be civil? Userpietalk to me! 01:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Again, I will try to be more civil. I can say I will be using less POV adjectives in my deletion requests. Thanks for the lecture. Userpietalk to me! 13:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
I would also like to note, in some, probably vain, attempt at redeeming myself in a fellow Wikipedian's eyes, I am not entirely irrational. I do not believe I put down uncivil, as you put it, things in all my speedy tags. As evidenced here, I was actually quite worried I was tagging something that was potentionally notable, though I saw nothing in it. Thank you. Userpietalk to me! 13:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thanks for the advice on handling the re-appearance of speedy deletes. Of course, it makes sense not to speedy delete just because it was once deleted, otherwise a quality replacement might never appear. WWGB 09:12, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cellulose acetate film was blanked by creator.

Actually, Cellulose acetate film was created with references but no content by a new editor. So I moved those into Safety film and made the article a redirect. The original author then blanked the article, removing the redirect, which is usually considered a request for deletion per CSD-G7. (They probably realized they'd made a mistake by adding a new article on an existing subject, and were trying to undo the damage.) So I put up a housekeeping delete for it, to get rid of the empty article. It was either that or revert their blanking.

I have no problem with it being a redirect; that's what I wanted to do. No big deal. --John Nagle 05:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] question

Hi, I have a question. I'm part of Indonesian Wiki Project, and I want to put some pics in the articles of Artika Sari Devi, Nadine Chandrawinata, and Agni Pratistha. My question is, what kind of tag should I use if the pics are already exists in Indonesian Wiki portal, because I want to upload it to the main wiki portal. The original pics and tags are Copyright and used by permission. File such http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkas:Nadine_Chandrawinata.jpg explains everything (I can just translate the whole thing) but I want to make sure. Thanks! HoneyBee 15:58, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Vintagekits

This editor and his friends/cabal (One Night In Hackney and Paidraiguk) do seem to follow my contributions. VK added speedy delete tags to 2 articles yesterday that I was trying to build up and they got deleted before I could respond. Thankfully another editor helped to maintain the other one (Edwyn Burnaby‎) before he could speedy that one too.

I have had problems with this editor in the past (as have many others) and I do generally try and avoid him/her if possible, and generally ignore any insults or comments he/she may make my way. I did take his troll comments to be a personal attack especially as I have been editing Wikipedia for 4 years! Thanks Astrotrain 18:06, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

  • You dont try and avoid anyone, in the past four months you have given up any notion making any constructive contributions to the project. Disruption and confrontation seem to have become your only goal.--Vintagekits 13:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • You've seen the RfC in question, plus Astrotrain's recent lengthy block log for personal attacks and incivility is worth looking at as well. One Night In Hackney303 12:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zlib licence

There seems to be a dispute about a desired move involving page Zlib licence. Please what is who wanting to do with what? Please discuss the matter in Talk:Zlib license#Move discussion June 2007. Anthony Appleyard 12:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting pages makes you feel important

(no, there's no assertion of notability. Good luck with getting famous, but until you are ... please write about something else.) I have a question. Who the fuck do you think you are deleting my page, how about I assert my foot through your ass maybe that has notability, fucking aussie. Get off your fat ass and stop eating kangaroos, you think your better than me to delete my page and call it unimportant, well fuck you. Your whole livelihood is on the internet, maybe you should download yourself a wife, some kids, and a lost virginity. Go get laid, move out of your whore of a mother's house, and get yourself some rogaine and proactiv for your ugly ass face. You don't know shit about BC because you never get off you fat lazy ass and listen to what the real people want. When this band is making four times what your making right now with your fun, cool, exciting job, your ass will come buy our CD and t-shirt. Shit, It'll be the most excercise your fat ass has gotten since you took a lap around the Comicon for Danny DeVito's autograph. Delete my account if you can, I don't give a shit about what makes you feel giddy, but just know that you are a failure in life, and you will never amount to anything more than being a vegemite eating --dickhead 02:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SpVgg Unterhaching Task Force

Would you like to join the SpVgg Unterhaching Task Force at WikiProject Munich? If you are interested you can sign up here. Kingjeff 01:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ABA mediation

Hi,

I should get to the ABA mediation by end of day tomorrow. WLU 23:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure, that's fine. Thanks for the heads-up. WLU 14:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Non-free use disputed for Image:FootballFederationAustralia-logo.png

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[edit] HI Mark!

Hey Mark! You might not know it but it is hard for a band promoter these days and the two artists I'm trying to put p on Wiki are both well known and need to be up: Riktam Matkin and D-RYTH, of whom who have deleted both....please make sure you verify deletion before, cause I work hard enough as it is! If you need further proof let me know. Cheeerz Satish

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[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Zeitgeist

To determine if it warrents undeletion, I would like to look at it. Could you please userfy it for me? Image:Smile-tpvgames.gif — Xiutwel (talk) 08:46, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joyland Amusement Park (Wichita)

Hey, Mark... can you help me out with Joyland Amusement Park (Wichita)? User:Ccane continues to add extraneous material to the article, and I'm just not sure how to handle the situation so that we address his/her concerns but still fall within WP rules. (I think the edits are in good faith, but just not done in the proper way, and after having rv'ed a couple of those edits already, the last thing I want to do is imply malicious intent.) Thanks! Amnewsboy 15:48, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:SRASHID.jpg

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[edit] User:Rambutan

I'm glad to see that you managed to get Rambutan to actually promise to change in the future. That said, I wish you'd discussed the unblock with me first before reversing my action. Phil Sandifer 11:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 11:44, 30 May 2007 MarkGallagher (Talk | contribs) deleted "Michael Bolanos" (blatant advertisement)

Hi Mark, We were surprised to see the above referenced article deleted, it was third party researched and sourced; there were references to other Wikipedia areas (CompuServe and other involved organizations). We don't have access to the article any longer to try to understand what you'd like to see changed, we're new to this and would appreciate your help. Thank you for your consideration and kind regards. Nymichael 08:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AfDClosed

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[edit] invite

Old Parliament House


You are invited to the next Canberra Meetup
10th November 2007, 2:30pm, Old Parliament House Cafe


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[edit] advice wanted on RS requirements

Dear Mark,

I am in a prolonged dispute with admin User:Haemo. I want to add information to an article. The information is RS sourced. The information is not misleading. (It might ofcourse be wrong, as any info, but it is not suggesting anything that it should not suggest (SYNTH).) He now says it would violate SYNTH as well as neutrality (UNDUE) to include it, while there is no RS that says it is important. (He sometimes even claims it is not relevant, but that is completely intenable.) But the RS are not saying it is important (in fact they ignore it), because they are holding viewpoint A, whereas this info is stipulated by holders of viewpoint B. Viewpoint B is acknowledged to exist by RS, and has many prominent adherents. Can you give me advice whether Haemo is correct !?? PS I will ask one other admin these questions.  — Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (speech has the power to bind the absolute) 02:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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