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[edit] deletion

you deleted my page on ben vaisey???

He wasn't notable. --Evilclown93(talk) 00:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BEinGRID

[1]. Really? Eusebeus 00:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

It's really short, but it puts it in context, and it's notable, so I passed it. If you think otherwise, try WP:AFD. --Evilclown93(talk) 00:19, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enoki Kunuk

I was going to delete this as a non-notable bio but then I saw who had created it. I really don't think that being lost in the arctic or the father of Zacharias Kunuk is grounds for notability. Getting lost in the arctic is a common enough occurrence. So much so that almost every community in the north has response measures in place for when it happens. It just happens that Kunuk's son is well known so it made the southern papers. Other rescues have also been featured in the south and in a least one case was made into a Readers Digest article. I certainly think that a section could be included in in the Zacharias Kunuk article but I don't think it can stand on its own. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't really know what the 60-80 year old group do in the south but up here they go out on the land as long as they are able. I would be surprised to meet an able bodied Inuk of that age group who didn't go out on the land. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:41, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Ah, you have a good point. I may be too close to be objective about this. I've added another category and some links. I'll leave it and see if anybody else comments on it. I also see there is no article for Quassa and he should have one as he was one of the major players in the creation of Nunavut. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barry Everitt

Is a Master of a Cambridge College, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a substantial record as a research scientist (i.e. over 300 academic papers) really non-notable? There are numbers of trivial media "personalities" on Wikipedia who deserve deletion before this person. Please reconsider. Thanks, Ian Cairns 01:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reconsideration. I'll go ahead and update. Ian Cairns 01:55, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your block of Ltouellette

You recently blocked Ltouellette (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) for 31 hours for vandalism. Definitely a vandal. I wanted to let you know that I'd been looking at the WP:AIV report about the same time and noted the vandalism. Further review of all the editors "contributions" reveal only vandalism. I've changed the block to an indefinite. — ERcheck (talk) 02:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

No problem. --Evilclown93(talk) 02:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
BTW, congratulations on your adminship. — ERcheck (talk) 02:24, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You!

Thanks for letting me in to the Ashlee Simpson article - you're a big help. SMASH96 03:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your deletion of The Webb Schools

I see that you deleted this article as spam, apparently as a speedy delete, probably due to the latest serial speedy delete request from IP user User:69.228.127.243 or User:69.228.127.244.

This article had its problems, but it was not SPAM. This pair of California schools clearly qualify as "notable," and the article had existed for a long time, with contributions from many different users. I have no independent knowledge of this school, but got involved with the article due to its close connection with Webb School of Knoxville and Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee), which are in my state. The article has vacillated back and forth between reasonably objective content and promotional blather from a brochure. I personally have rewritten some of the possibly-plagiarized content, corrected errors, and added sources to the article (but I did not fix the entire article). I also removed two speedy-delete tags from the article and reverted this IP user's repeated deletion of sourced information about a notable alumnus.

I am distressed that my handiwork in this article was summarily deleted, and respectfully request its restoration. --orlady 04:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done, but I deleted two revision that made it look much more like spam. --Evilclown93(talk) 11:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] emo gays

just wanted to say sorry for recreating that emo gays attack page, i must have done it by mistake when adding a speedy delete tag--Jac16888 12:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You're an Admin!

It is my pleasure to inform you that you are now an admin. Congratulations. You can feel free to do everything you're supposed to do and nothing you're not supposed to do. If you haven't already, now is the time look through the Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide and Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. -- Cecropia 22:04, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Whee!! First one. Many congratulations on your elevation to the post of mop and bucket holder.--Anthony.bradbury"talk" 22:22, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
P.S. If you want to come and help at WP:CSD I'm working my nuts off here!--Anthony.bradbury"talk" 22:29, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Woohoo!!!! Climb aboard. Congratulations indeed - Alison ☺ 22:30, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes; congratulations! Acalamari 22:40, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
      • Congrats, mate. I'm sure you will do a good job as admin. Best of luck, Anas talk? 22:45, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
You already have four sections on your talk relating to deletions?! Kids these days... :) bibliomaniac15 BUY NOW! 00:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC) PS: Good job on your RFA.

Hey, congratulations! Late to the party, I see :) Good luck with the tools, and give us a shout if you need a hand, I'll try to help out :) Cheers, Riana (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations from the candidate right behind you in the RfA queue. You... are the wind beneath my wings. -FisherQueen (Talk) 02:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Late congrats from me, happy vandals busting. KOS | talk 12:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm a bit late, but congratulations! SalaSkan 14:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Another late congrats :-)... Tim{speak} 20:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

This Not Fair I have been doing as good a job as you and I have not been made an adm I deserve to be one to please make me one I do as good work as you do and have been here longer I demand to be adm to please please please tell the person who made you an adm to make me an adm to from Shrek976

[edit] Thank you

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Keep up the good work on reverting vandalism and blocking trolls! SalaSkan 13:24, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for restoring The Webb Schools. In the future, do look carefully at the page history before deleting spammy-looking articles. ;-) --orlady 13:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Was there any worthwhile content on the talk page for that article? (I notice that the talk page was not restored.)--orlady 15:42, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright Issues

Hi! I notice you removed the copyvio speedy deletion tags from Michael Joseph Owens and Robert W. Gore. However, these are clearly blatant copyright violations. The editor who contributed the article erroneously believed that factual narratives lacked copyright protection. While he is correct that the underlying facts themselves may not have copyrith protection, a narrative that strings them together is protected under the law. If you have any questions on this concept, don't hesitate to hit me up on my talk page. And congrats on your recent promotion! -- But|seriously|folks  14:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Bromochlorodifluoromethane.png

Hi, why do you prefer to keep this image, although there exists more properly drawn picture with higher resolution Image:Halon-1211-2D.png? Tomaxer 14:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:UAA

Great work on WP:UAA, and congrats on becoming an admin! Yours sincerely, Eddie 15:14, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Evilclown93(talk) 18:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted image

Hello Evilclown

You just deleted a photo that I uploaded to wiki. I am asking you why did you delete this file, as I have the full copyrights for using this picture on the web. I am looking forward for a rational explanation for deleting this file.

Thank you in advance

Best regards Schieless,

[edit] Unnecessary block

Why did you block Miszabot II when the bot owner had posted that he had stoped it and was fixing it already? - CHAIRBOY (☎) 16:58, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Probably because no such edit by the bot owner exists. [2] - auburnpilot talk 17:15, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
My mistake, I meant TexasAndroid of course. Well, looking at the block log, I guess the block was made before the relevant post, I was just confused because Evilclown93 appears to have responded TO the post that the issue was being worked, but it must have just been a timing issue. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Also, EvilClown has only been an admin for a few short days, so maybe cut the guy a little slack here? - Alison ☺ 17:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
No, blood! BLOOD! Just kidding, he didn't do anything wrong, it was just the timing of the reply on AN/I. BLOOOOOD! - CHAIRBOY (☎) 23:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article "Pacific Centennial Group"

Hi,

It came to my attention that the article was deleted due to G11. It was strange because the subject has been recognized as an important part of Singapore online history. The company received this email on 11 June 2007:


<-I've hid the letter->

I hope that the article could be re-instated and be protected from vandalism. Thanks.

Y Done Evilclown93(talk) 18:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Sg wiki editor 18:32, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Washita River

Hey, I think protecting Battle of Washita River is definitely better than what was happening. However, you got it just as I was trying to replace the {{totallydisputed}}. Do you think you could throw that in there for me? Cheers! Murderbike 18:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Evilclown93(talk) 18:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Murderbike 18:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC) By the way, what will be the process for getting this article unprotected? Murderbike 19:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for protecting Battle of Washita river against vandalism.Custerwest 19:57, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the Barn Star

Thanks AngielaJ 20:15, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RookZERO

In the interest of fairness to this user, your block notice linked to vandalism, and your block comment linked to sock puppetry, but I believe the block was actually for 3RR.

I support the block itself, but you might wish to correct the history to accurately reflect the situation.

I'm assuming this was an accident on your part, however if there was a reason to obfuscate the links and comments then feel free to ignore this msg. Peace.Lsi john 20:24, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sicko controversies

Why did you protect the page? My notice was placed on the 3rr board. Not that protecting the page bothers me (in fact it gives everyone a little break, which is good), but I don't see it having any effect on the underlying problem. Which of course is the user who reverts any changes made to the page. I have a feeling that as soon as the page is unprotected, user will start reverting the page back to his or her preferred version. User who created the page doesn't use the talk page looking for consensus or real input so it seems that your decision to protect the page is just prolonging the situation. Anyway, it looks like there is consensus to merge the page so maybe it won't be such an issue in a few days. Thanks for trying to help and I know that you are a new admin. so I just thought I would give you my thoughts. Cheers. Turtlescrubber 21:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Page protection is often used as a means for cooling off the situation without having to punish anyone. (especially since 3rr blocks are preventative, not punitive). In quite a few cases, simply protecting the page for a day or so stops the edit warring. Blocking can cause long term hard feelings, resulting in even more animosity later. Bottom line - judgment call. Peace.Lsi john 21:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR

Please, review the 3RR report for PANONIAN, there are new developments. Mr. Neutron 23:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I've seen it. I'm blocking neither of you for now. --Evilclown93(talk) 23:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Four reverts were committed on July 1st on Ahtum and Sermon (ruler), and Panonian keeps reverting. For previous version, take "his" version from the 30th of June,. Mr. Neutron 23:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
He's unsure of the rule. Also, can please not ask me to take action in private. Trying to exert a false air of authority can get you into big trouble. Evilclown93(talk) 23:41, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
He has been blocked for 3RR before, see his log. Then second, you got involved in the case afterall. Third, he did indeed break 3RR, not even by committing more than 3 reverts in 24 hours, but also by gaming it through excessive reverts. Please review the rule. Posted on 3RR rule violation page. Mr. Neutron 23:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Islam

I don't think full protection is appropriate yet for Islam. It's still linked from the Main Page. Please take it back down to semi. -- ChrisO 00:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Islam protection

See WP:AN#Islam_Fully-Protected_while_being_ToFA. The Islam article is technically not off the Main Page yet and some may object to the protection. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but you may want to comment in the section (or at some other appropriate location). -- tariqabjotu 00:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. Let the games begin continue. -- tariqabjotu 00:38, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I've amended the featured article section to exclude Islam, because it's very volatile (ANI posts suggest a future wheel war) on the grounds of WP:IAR. What should be done next with the article? Full-protection? Evilclown93(talk) 00:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

That seemed like a good idea, but I would probably revert that change. Within the next ten minutes, someone's going to say, "wait a second, wasn't Islam on the Main Page yesterday?" Ignoring all rules in highly-visible locations tend to lead to that... I personally didn't think the protection on the article was a big deal. -- tariqabjotu 00:52, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
I never really answered your question... it looks like most editors by now have gotten the message regarding edit warring while the article's on the Main Page. So, it might be just fine with the semi-protection. -- tariqabjotu 01:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Washita River

Thanks for protecting the page. I've been involved in this a bit, blocking one user and warning others for 3RR...I threatened to protect it myself, but didn't really expect to have to until one of the editor's block was up...guess they couldn't wait that long before going to battle again. You'd think they were trying to refight the battle, rather than just write about it. Since this has appeared at ANI and the 3RR board, there are now at least 3 admins, including you and I, who've taken action in this fray. I think it is important that we all, as neutral, outside parties, make sure we're not stepping on each others' toes. So, to that end, I wanted to let you know that I posted a fairly stern comment to all parties involved on the article's talk page, with the primary point being that it is essential to reach consensus, no matter how long it takes. I don't always like being so stern, and when I do have to, I like to check my own actions against another admin's views, as a matter of neutrality and accountability. So, if you wouldn't mind, please check my comments there and see if they are in line with your own views of how this should proceed, since you issued the protect. Thanks! AKRadeckiSpeaketh 00:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block of BassxForte

Evilclown, I think your block of BassxForte (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is way too long. The previous two week block was for 3RR, disruptive editing, and an unwillingness to follow consensus, but you gave him 31 days for a single 3RR violation. This isn't in line with typical procedure to handle 3RR's by graduated increases in block times (12, 24, 36, 48 hours, whatever). I think 72 hours would be more appropriate under these circumstances.--Chaser - T 00:55, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

He was recently released from a 2 week block... My choice was indef or a month. --Evilclown93(talk) 01:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)... or two weeks. Someone needs to tell that guy to keep from revert-warring on that same "Organization" article, though - Alison ☺ 01:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
You need a community consensus to block indef. See WP:BAN#Community_ban. I think Alison's proposal for two weeks is at least more reasonable. You can reply here.--Chaser - T 01:19, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind. After more investigation I've decided to let it sit.--Chaser - T 04:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of C. A. Shah page

You have very quickly deleted this page C.A. Shah without allowing anyone the chance to defend the existence of this page. Pages are sometimes created of people important to the history of a society, with only basic information initially and information added later.

The individual about whom this page is, is important because:

  1. He was a long - time member of the Legislative Council of Fiji
  2. He was one of the founding member of the oldest political party in Fiji
  3. He was a member of the executive council which advised the Governor on national affairs
  4. He attended constitutional conference in London twice to lead Fiji towards democracy
  5. He was one of the first members of independent Fiji's House of Representatives.
  6. He was a leader of the largest farmers' union in Fiji
  7. He was a leading member of his religious organisation.

Please restore this page, for the sake of wider contribution to Wikipedia Girmitya 11:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Evilclown93(talk) 13:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note

Here is a block log:
# 14:26, 2 July 2007, Evilclown93 (Talk | contribs) blocked #556871 (expires 14:26, 3 July 2007, account creation blocked) (Autoblocked because your IP address was recently used by "PennyBot123". The reason given for PennyBot123's block is: "{{usernameBlocked}}".)

  1. 14:26, 2 July 2007, Evilclown93 (Talk | contribs) blocked PennyBot123 (contribs) (infinite, account creation blocked) ({{usernameBlocked}})

Why auto block and account creation block granted shes been blocked twice but it says (in her talk) she can create a new one. MAJ5 (talk) (contribs) 14:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Oops; forgot to disable it. Egg on my face. --Evilclown93(talk) 14:34, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Israeli-Palestinian conflict edit

I requested an edit to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I'd appreciate it, if posible, if you could please do it? thanks. --Sm8900 16:06, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA. It was successful, and I am now, may God have mercy on us all, an administrator. Look at all the new buttons! I had heard about 'protect,' 'block user,' and 'delete,' but no one told me about 'kill,' 'eject,' and 'purée.' I appreciate the trust the community has in me, and I'll try hard not to delete the main page or block Jimbo. As you are the admin created immediately before me, I can't help thinking of you as a big brother of some kind. Don't pull my pigtails.-FisherQueen (Talk) 18:28, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] query

Hi, I'm really sorry to bother you, earlier today i created an article titled Adam Curran, i saw it had been deleted, and i have no problem with this, but is there any possible way you still have this article somewhere, as i never saved it anywhere and it was made for my brother and he never got to see it! If you could email it to me on here or something, i would really really really appreciate it!

Many thanks,

Annette.

[edit] Omega Studios (disambiguation)

I am curious why you marked this as a needed disambiguation page, when one of the two pages it links to was speedy deleted as non-notable. Improbcat 20:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC) Deletion Y Done. Evilclown93(talk) 20:23, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Joseph Owens

Can you help me out again. Michael Joseph Owens is an article I wrote based on info at the link provided. I have another user adding copyright violations to my biographies. You removed one of his tags before. He keeps deleting them as speedy but then no one else gets to decide. They are all based on his, IMHO, flawed decision. He seems to feel that all facts in a persons life are copyrighted, so that no matter what I write, or how I word it, the facts come from the website, and are copyrighted. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 22:34, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] fast reversions

I'd appreciate it if you'd revert much slower, as the last several times I've tried to un-vandalize a page, noooo Evilclown93 has already beat me to the punch. ;) Keep up the great work. -Superbeecat 00:24, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

The correct place to report speeding is "Administrator intervention against reverts with a brick on the gas pedal" or something similar. : ) Anyways, I'm not going to be reverting much now, as I have 100 expired prods to delete. --Evilclown93(talk) 00:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why Snowflow is deleted.

I do not see why Snowflow has been deleted i made it and he is not evil just mischevious.


[edit] Fiesta Online's content is speedily deleted

I am trying to add more content to my Fiesta Online page. I put a short sentence and saved it like that only to see what the page looked like. I then went in and added some more content but as I did, you went ahead and deleted my content. Why is this? I am only trying to make my article improve in content. Windrider07 01:27, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

It already has been deleted three other times over notability concerns. Evilclown93(talk) 13:10, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SHAPIRO was deleted

Recently the article SHAPIRO was deleted. I'm not quite sure why this is the case as the artist is quite well known amongst piano pop-rock fans today. What is the proper way for a page on such an artist that is changing the face of culture today, be created? --Daniel W. White 01:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

You need verification of it, which includes legitimate second-party sources. I can't seem to find the article in my logs, so you're a bit better off seeing the admin who deleted it. --Evilclown93(talk) 13:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OriginXT

The article for OriginXT was not quite finished when it was deleted. I and others working on the page are still new to using Wikipedia, so we are still learning the proper way to post an article, how to list references, which references to use and how to write a good article in general.

If it is possible, is there any way to restore the article? It was still under construction. If there is no way to restore it, is there any way to gain back what we wrote, so we can improve on our article? Please help. Thank you. Icedragon0803 01:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

You will find the article now at User:Icedragon0803/article. When you are finished, you can move it (tab next to history, history next to edit this page) to the desired final title. Evilclown93(talk) 13:19, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! :D Icedragon0803 13:55, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My recent RfB

Thank you so much for your participation in my recent RfB. Though it closed with 72% support (below the required 90%), I'm still quite pleased at the outpouring of support shown by a fair percentage of the community.

I'm currently tabulating and calculating all opposing and neutral arguments to help me better address the community's concerns about my abilities as a bureaucrat. If you'd like, you can follow my progress (and/or provide additional suggestions) at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes. Thanks again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] J train 91 (talk · contribs)

this is userspace

Guy, spam disguised as user pages is deleted all the time. This batch is just from the last couple of months. FYI. --Calton | Talk 04:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

That was my first hour as admin? Am I entitled to one mistake during that hour? Evilclown93(talk) 13:11, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question about deleted image

Huh? How was Image:Page and Plant No Quarter DVD.jpg not fair use? I provided the complete rationale... I'm at a loss here. How can I possibly display this DVD cover? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 04:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Restored. Evilclown93(talk) 13:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks I'm pretty bewildered by the whole fair-use process. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 14:10, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infusion Software Deleted

Can you help me understand why Infusion Software was deleted? I attempted to copy the format of other CRM software company pages, unbiased, objective information, yet it was still deleted. Also, is there any way to bring back the deleted page, edit it to fix it, and restore it? Or will I have to retype it from scratch?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgarns (talk • contribs)

Please read WP:NPOV. Looking at the lead, I suggest you start from scratch. Evilclown93(talk) 13:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Pacific Centennial Group

Hi MSJapan. I understand that you had helped to check on the above article. I have spend some time to edit it and hopefully it meets the mark. I'm still a newbie to Wikipedia hence your comments would be appreciated deeply. Sg wiki editor 14:11, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm not MSJapan. I think you were looking for User talk:MSJapan. --Evilclown93(talk) 14:13, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Oh Gosh. You're really fast! Keep up the good work! Anyway, the comment was for you too (Sorry, I did a cut and paste thing and left MSJapan name there). Both you and MSJapan has helped a great deal to get me interested in safeguarding the quality of Wikipedia. Thought of knowing your opinion would help me to become a better editor.Sg wiki editor 14:15, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
BTW, I feel a little weird in editing the entry as I find myself in a position of conflict of interest. As much as the company was recognized by National Library Board, we're no Microsoft or Manchester United. Still, I'm open to the opinions of other users and admins, and if the article is not notable enough, I guess that it should be taken down.Sg wiki editor 14:20, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello evilclown93, perhaps you care to verify the contents of the rest of the page?

[edit] Edit conflict

I seem to have posted pretty much what you said on User talk:86.131.111.108, probably should actually have read what you wrote...--NeoNerd 14:37, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Have you seen the diff ? Evilclown93(talk) 14:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article

It was a constructive effort, I was trying to put a picture of the school on the page and I was calling him by what every1 at my school calls him.

Probably clicked a bad link. I'm using a special filter that screens out "bad words" and I might have clicked a bad link. I've restored you edits. Evilclown93(talk) 14:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Please e-mail me

lemcoe9 (at) bellsouth (dot) net I need to speak to you not in public. Thank you! Nothing bad.


[edit] Admin

Hey Evilclown can i be an admin--Physik 14:43, 5 July 2007 (UTC) What do you mean i lack experiance ive been here since December 2005

[edit] Your deletion noticeboard

Are you going to link reciprocally to WP:WWMPD and WP:DRV? Just an idea. Shalom Hello 18:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Maybe WWMPD. It's informal deletion review really, for my deletions, as I'm willing to look over deletions, but I hate when I login and I have 15 extra messages, and I'm trying to sort through them. --Evilclown93(talk) 22:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meridian KSI

why did you delete the Meridian KSI article? It didnt seem to be spam to me

User:Evilclown93/Deletion noticeboard/restored. I looked at it, and it was a mistaken tag. Next, can you please use my noticeboard, as I delete hundreds of page per day, and my talkpage gets too clogged up with mixed messages, so I have a separate place for it. Evilclown93(talk) 01:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Orange(colour)

Thanks for looking into this user's edits. Being fairly new to patrolling Wikipedia, I was at a loss on how to proceed.Dust Filter 01:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Out of process deletion

Please restore Category:Fictional affluent characters, as the debate is not concluded. There is an ongoing story of inappropriate administrator actions here, which will have to be taken to the highest level if it is not voluntarily rectified. OrchWyn 02:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Curious

I am curious as to why my page for John L. Bouchard was deleted. The statement was made that he was "non-notable (A7)". I am curious as to what is considered notable if a PUBLISHED author is not? I linked to a page (http://www.publishedauthors.net/johnbouchard/bio.html )citing him as published with two books. What can I do to get this reconsidered. Was the site not trustworthy? Are his books not "adult" enough to be considered noteworthy? Some clarification would be appreciated. Another option is that I somehow did not link correctly or something. Please advise.

Thanks defcyouth

P.S. Amazon considers him "notable" enough to make a profit... http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-6900048-0977254?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=john+bouchard


[edit] Labour Party Constitution

Sorry, let me try again. Could you please explain why the article for the Labour Party Constitution was removed Mr Evil Clown? I simply don't understand how it could've been a copyright violation because I don't think the document was in any way under copyright! Could you reply soon, and restore the article? Wikidea 11:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou. Wikidea 14:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] September 1/3RR

Thanks for protecting the page and not indulging that poor, diluted fool. Now, we can all get back to more important things. Take Care....NeutralHomer T:C 15:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Deletion of MoBlock

I am curious as to why you felt MoBlock should have been deleted, and also if there was even any discussion for such an action. I created the page and I'm certain I had it in my watchlist, yet there was no indication of any discussion on the talk page. Your reasoning was "Very short article providing little or no context"... well, that could have been worked on had you taken the time to begin a discussion. — Sam 15:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

...And I'm not sure what just happened, but the article has been spontaneously restored apparently... — Sam 15:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Note about Mortal Kombat: Devastation

You recently deleted the article as a recreation of a deleted article. It... well, it kind of was, but it had previously lived in the main space, then deleted, then I restored it and moved it to my userspace, then it was moved back when it looked like some new sources had come up. That didn't quite pan out (I didn't have anything to do with the move), but I just wanted to drop you a note to say that I've restored and moved the article again. If you could, watch the deletion history to see if there are alternatives to deletion; a deleted article cannot be worked on anymore, whereas a userfied article can. Thanks! EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:38, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Deletion of Radicalfashion

Thanks, I had not read that before. I will eventually rewrite it, as it does fit much of the criteria- so please reconsider a new article before deleting.


[edit] Userpage

Hey there, just letting you know that I've designed my new userpage, and it's based on the design of yours, because I thought it was so neat. Hope this is okay! - Zeibura (Talk) 18:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Telugu script

Please have a look at this issue. Gnanapiti 20:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Prod-AfD conflict

While an article was in the process of AfD here, you deleted the article as an expired prod. The thing is that consensus seemed to form as keep. I'll leave it to your discretion on what to do. Sr13 21:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] This one

How did Altruism get away without a block? I want an explanation. This is the first time I'm seeing people get away with 5RR! And mind you, he kept reverting even after I had reported him. People are getting docked 2 days for 0.3RR .. and by that measure or any measure, Altruism should have got a substantial block. Sarvagnya 02:25, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Ranking articles

I only do it because there was so much to do and nothing getting done. Never did it to impress anyone. Thanks though. Kaiser matias 05:03, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Justifiable protection

The protection you made to Telugu script is totally justified. I request you not to unprotect it. Kumarrao 08:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] My RFA

Just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RFA. I did not make it this time, but I'll be back in a few months to try again! Hiberniantears 14:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Undead (Discworld)

Erm... I don't mean to be finicky or a nerdy about it, but the information on the page (Bogeymen, on the bottom) was incorrect (source: Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett)


[edit] Ferenc Gyurcsány

You protected article Ferenc Gyurcsány, that protected unjustified, unreferenced, subjective statements, whiches personal attacks on Ferenc Gyurcsány. I tried discussing with editors about do not undid this statements, after I cut this, but they don't think about it. I ask you protect that version which clear from unjustified personal attacks or take an POV sign on the articel. Thanks --Beyond silence 16:47, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] The Alter Group

Why did you delete it??H_Johnson 21:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Expired prod. I use Firefox, so if I type in "e", I get a scroll-down menu, and if I click wrong buttons... bad summaries happen.. --Клоун 22:45, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] User talk:Finngallsucks

Hello. Thank you for blocking User:Finngallsucks! Just remember to sign your posts. :-) Yours sincerely, Eddie 22:50, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from me, too. (sigh) Another dubious milestone in vandal-fighting, I guess... --Finngall talk 23:10, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category deletion

I notice that you have deleted a couple of categories (such as Category:Classics) but that you have missed the category tags in the individual articles. This does not exactly delete the category itself, as the page still functions as a category. While the category page does not contain any text, articles with the category tag will still appear in the deleted category page. See, for example, Category:1801 in music. In the future, when you delete a category, could you also remove the [[Category:Category name]] links from the individual articles and subcategories in the category? Thank you, Dr. Submillimeter 16:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of speedy deletion tags

Please don't remove speedy deletion tags without any explanation as you did to The Bacterium, The Bell Tolls, Doctor and The Street's End. These nonsense articles are now stuck on Wikipedia for several days for no good reason. Miremare 18:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Evilclown is an admin, so he regularly reviews speedy deletion tags. Those appear to not meet the criterion for patent nonsense and should not be tagged as nonsense or deleted as nonsense. Hoaxes are not patent nonsense. Leebo T/C 18:19, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Apart from having no meaningful content you mean? Anyway being an admin does not excuse anyone from edit summaries - quite the opposite I would have thought. Miremare 18:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Meaningful in this sense means "is it coherent". Yes, the articles are not random strings of characters or jumbles of words with no grammatical structure. If it can be read and understood as English (or another language) it's not nonsense per this criterion. It may be untrue, but that's not what the criterion is for. Evilclown's edit summaries indicate that he opted for another method of the deletion process, because speedy deletion was not applicable. That's acceptable. Leebo T/C 18:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Well, he could make that clearer is what I mean. Also some discretion on what's acceptable for speedy deletion wouldn't go amiss, as previous hoax Dr. Who articles (there have been quite a few, mostly from the same users) have been speedied successfully. Miremare 19:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Frustration with hoax articles and the inadequacy of speedy deletion to handle them is understandable. I try to promote strict application of the nonsense criterion, which is why I jumped in and commented here. I ranted about it recently too, so it's been on my mind. Leebo T/C 19:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

You removed a speedy tag without explanation on an image that has been deleted over and over and over and over again as not meeting criteria for fair use, and outright copyright violation. If you are, indeed, an admin you should know that other admins know what they are doing when they delete such images and you should not overrule them. Or, if you disagree, try to give an actual rationale instead of just undoing the edit as if you were some mere vandal. I put the tag back. Perhaps someone with more experience will deal with the image now. DreamGuy 21:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I think it can handle. Thank you for your concern.



[edit] Protection sought

User:Gnanapiti reverted my edits in Brahmic family without proper reason. The six citations provided by me in favour of Telugu-Kannada script are most authentic sources. Please protect the article.Kumarrao 18:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion disputed

WP:SD states That "non-notable" is a non-criteria for a speedy deletion. you gave such reason in your recent deletion of the article pownce therefore i request you undelete the article as it did not meet the criteria for a speedy deletion.(Ke5crz 22:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC))

Reference your noticeboard (Ke5crz 22:26, 6 July 2007 (UTC))


[edit] Deletion Review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of pownce. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Ke5crz 23:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:S142968 is COOL

It might be better to merge the page history of this and User talk:S142968, instead of delete, as it seemed to have some valid content there... Cheers, and may I add that you're doing an excellent job in keeping csd clear... --Dark Falls talk 06:38, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Call of Combat

I write in contravention of your header, but inasmuch as my concern is not strictly about a deletion but, instead, about your reply to a query on your deletion noticeboard, you will, I hope, indulge me. An editor objected to your deletion of the instant page as an expired PROD, and you replied that you thought the PROD justification to have been quite right (you are, to be sure, to be commended for having actually reviewed the article before simply deleting to ensure that the proposed deletion justification wasn't entirely frivolous; too many close expired PRODs pro forma) and consequently would take no further action. Because the justification for deletion included no assertion of notability, you might mean to suggest that this was A7able, but you would probably do well to state the explicitly, inasmuch as, as you are surely aware, a retroactively contested PROD is to be immediately restored, irrespective of the reason for contesting or the identity of he who contests retroactively (except, I suppose, where he/she is banned or is indisputably acting disruptively). Unless, then, you believe that your deletion was consistent with A7 (in which case I imagine it might be helpful for you to cite A7 on your deletion noticeboard in order that the editor objecting to deletion might know to proceed to DRV if he/she wants to contest deletion further), you ought probably to undelete straightaway, with the provision, of course, that you may list immediately at AfD (as well might be in order; I have absolutely no opinion on the encyclopedic worth of the article, and I mean only to offer a gentle reminder that articles deleted by PROD [though not by speedy, generally] are to be undeleted immediately upon the request of [almost] any editor). Joe 19:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

just happened by, and I learned the first few weeks as an admin that in general sending anything other than utter rubbish to AfD if there was argument about whether or not a prod or a hangon was justified was simpler, quicker, and showed that others would support my deletion--which is the best answer to good faith complaints. And keep up the good work in clearing prod! The better it works the more it will be used. DGG (talk) 21:23, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Status

Sorry for not replying sooner. I was away from my computer today and this has been the first chance I have had to check my messages :)

I passed the Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup, so congratulations! Since I passed the article, I guess you are no longer wondering if it is on hold. But in case you were wondering, I was considering it on hold and I would have given you a week to finish editing it (yes, I am overly generous. Bad habit, I know :)) I'll take a look at Ray Emery right now and leave the evaluation on the talk page. Z1720 04:23, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your comments in my recent RfA. However, it was unsuccessful. I am in no way disheartened, and I am working on all the constructive critisism I have received. If you have any further suggestions or comments, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will be happy to respond. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:36, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Washita River unprotected without notice

Greetings,

A few days ago you put full protection on the article Battle of Washita River due to an ongoing edit war. Currently at least some of us are -- or at least I am -- attempting to conduct research to resolve outstanding disputes on this page. But I just noticed now that some edits have been made to the article itself, & that the article has apparently been unprotected, despite a protection notice still being present on the page. Just seeking clarification here about whether the page is being permanently unprotected, or if someone has made an error. Thanks. --Yksin 23:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Yksin 23:19, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

I'm not quite sure whether there has been some kind of misunderstanding or something, but I'm rather confused by your deletion summary "Wimt messed up" here. The deletion and restoration of that page that I made was done before we realised the editor was a Molag sock and was done to remove personal information (a phone number) left by a vandalising editor here. Now if you still think I messed up in some way, feel free to tell me but I would very much appreciate it if you didn't go around leaving deletion summaries like that and not even talking to me about it. It strikes me as rather unhelpful. Will (aka Wimt) 15:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I thought you tried to remove all but one revision... I'm sorry. I should have picked a better summary, like "deleting more revisions". Клоун 16:25, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
No worries - but yeah in future that would be a better summary to use. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 16:37, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Templates for deletion

Hello Evilclown93. I noticed that you closed the deletion discussion on the Doctor Who templates and deleted them per the consensus. There were two added to the list after the main set were nominated but were noted further down on the page. They are:

Template:Black Guardian television stories (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
Template:Slitheen television stories (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Those of us that commented after they were put in wanted them deleted also so if you could take care of this it would be much appreciated. If they have to be renominated because you closed the original discussion that is okay too, just let me know and I will get that process started. Thank you for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 18:35, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Клоун 18:40, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for following up on this. MarnetteD | Talk 21:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Close Encounters Tour

Hy sry for editing on Close Encounters Tour but i find the poster of the Close Encounters Tour and i like to put there the image.Thnkx.O by the way here's the image

[URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1415/etrobbiebannernb2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[edit] Defamatory Content warning?

" What part of BLP gave you the idea that "Unless she states she is a bigot, we cannot call her one"? This is completely false. Would Hitler have to characterize himself as a bigot for us to do so?--Agha Nader 03:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC) Also, you broke Godwin's Law 24.205.34.217 19:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)"

Hardly defamatory. It was just a joke, at nobody's expense. 24.205.34.217 22:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi there.
We have just received this at WP:UTM. I had a quick look through and it does seem you issued a 4th lvl warning for a first offence. Was it for the editor mentioning Godwin's Law as he/she believes or was it for this which I think more likely? Many thanks. Khukri 07:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Daredevil46.jpg

Please check edit history here Image:Daredevil46.jpg in case you have further comments? I have reverted already. Cheers! --VS talk 22:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Collard Greens

In response to your comment concerning the edit of a certain vegetable:

The edit was entirely factual. If you have any doubts as to its veracity, I suggest you taste some collard greens for yourself. 24.227.135.110 14:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Block

I was about to go back and make it indef based on this diff Is that standard? JodyB talk 15:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No problem

Keep it up, mate.

The Ronin 14:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:HOCKEY screenshots

Thanks for the suggestion of putting {{bots|deny=BetacommandBot}} on the image pages, but unfortunately, that wouldn't work. (See Category:Exclusion compliant bots) BetacommandBot would just ignore it. Still, thanks, I had no idea that template existed until I saw what you added to the hidden comment. BsroiaadnTalk 18:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shiv Nadar

I found from deletion log that you had removed article of Shiv Nadar for copyright infringement. I was not involved in putting together the article in either attempts but started from ground zero. FYI. --Kalyan 08:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Severe image-right violation

You can perhaps understand how shocked I was to see myself on the internet; Image:Pasen 2007 045.JPG, is a picture my grandson took from me weeks ago! I don't now how it came on the internet, but what I do know, is that I want it to be removed as quickly as possible. Such things cannot be tolerated! It is a complete violation of personal information I don't want to be within the public domain. I am a amature-sailor and won some sailboat-races, so it is quite possible I am on the internet, but I never gave permition for this to happen. Can you give me the name and some information on the user who uploaded this? Is it used more often? Were else can it be seen? I wanna know! I want it removed completely! -The Bold Guy- 12:05, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article

Why did you delete the article on Deniz Arcak? Rekk 21:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FuturePlus

How is this blatant adversing? Take a look at Ati amd intel i am structuring this page after those examples. I just started, note the work in progress. I will add sources form newspapers and magazines. If you could give sometime like a day or two that would be great. --Daichinger 21:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:PROD

Hi, thanks for taking care of the prod backlog (I'm left with nothing to do, grrr). I couldn't help but noticing that you are leaving deletion summaries like "Prod left uncontested for five days". That would be great if you put the prod reason instead. Prod is not a reason for deletion, just a process, and that allows non admins to know why an article was deleted, as stated in the guidelines. Thanks again! -- lucasbfr talk 00:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I know, to be honest there is just no reason, That's probably a question on when the script is executed when the page loads (it detects the expired prod template, but I assume that it runs sometimes before the page is loaded). That's why I stopped using it ^^. Now, I'm just using the little delete link you can find on all expired prods (near the "Expired [[WP:PROD]]" text). That's faster and doesn't rely on javascript at all :). -- lucasbfr talk 09:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congragulations

Hey! Congragulations on becoming an administrator! Keep the good work up. --Patar knight 00:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unprotection request

For the Walt Disney World Monorail System article that you protected a little while ago. Things have cooled down, and one of the edit warriors is on a indefinite block, so here's hoping. Cheers, ➪HiDrNick! 03:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Oops, just noticed you're on wikibreak. Enjoy your holiday, I'll try RFPP. ➪HiDrNick! 03:36, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Aaron Prellwitz

I am not the creator of the this article, but the subject. I was terribly disappointed to find that you had deleted my entry on June 30, 2007. Why did you do this? All information contained within was accurate and verifiable. Please reinstate my article. Thank you. Scruffy48v

[edit] Eddy Dorozowsky

Thanks for deleting the article, there is also a redirect Sexxxy Eddy which now redirects to the deleted page, could you possibly delete the redirect as well. Cheers Darrenhusted 13:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Hello Evilclown93.

Will you be tomorrow morning online to start my RfA? Otherwise I'd ask Sceptre. … Should I answer the three questions before the RfA starts? … By the way, would be nice to unprotect my user page. :) Greetings, —DerHexer (Talk) 14:29, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

If you're still online we could start the RfA. —DerHexer (Talk) 15:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Hi, Evilclown93, Recently you deleted the Evolve Cars page, under Criteria A7. While it was a stub, I don't believe that it "didn't assert the significance". In my opinion, this is a notable company (because of its appearances in Automobile Magazine[3], Motor Trend[4] and European Car Mag[5]). In my opinion, this is a notable subject, especially considering a Google search of the terms Evolve cars+"volvo" returned 1,710,000 results. I appreciate your review of this case. Thanks! —Curran (talk | contibs | random) 15:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

You deleted some articles after their AfD's but forgot to close their debates. I have done so for you. Whispering 16:55, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unprotect

Would you consider unprotecting the article September 1? No discussion on the topic has taken place. My suggestion is also at Talk:September 1. Thanks. -- Mufka (user) (talk) (contribs) 18:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] September 1

There has been no agreement reached on the September 1 page, none what-so-ever. This was not discussed with anyone. - NeutralHomer T:C 19:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DreamGuy my response to those who have commented on this user's blocking

(Posted also on individual talk pages) Thank you to Bishonen, LessHeard vanU, Hamster Sandwich, Lsi john, Butseriouslyfolks, Pascal.Tesson & Evilclown93 for taking an interest in this matter. I appreciate the views you have provided and understand them all to be in good faith. I detail the following comments for historical purposes:

  1. For the record I do not get upset by comments made towards me on wikipedia. If you feel that I have, those feelings are incorrect, and I wish to go on the record as saying that I do not have any personal issue with or feelings against DreamGuy in any way.
  2. People will have different views on edit-warring. That was absolutely neither my intention nor, in my view a reflection of my actions in regards to Image:Daredevil46.jpg. DreamGuy placed a tag initially [6] on July 5th that said, This images has been deleted probably some 20 times now under various names.... no fair use, not cover art that was used as cover, needs a speedy delete as recreation of deleted image, and the guy who keeps uploading it needs to get blocked so he knows not to pull this crap.... I mean, seriously, how many times do we have to delete this thing, he's just stubbornly refusing to listen.
    I assume as a part of his admin role Evilclown93 removed that tag as detailed here.
    Dream Guy's reply (unknown to me at the time) was to suggest that Evilclown93 was a sock of the uploader.
    It was only a few days later that I, also as a part of my admin role came across the speedy delete request and confronted with the above rationale, agreed with Evilclown93 views and removed the request stating in my edit notice: reverted edits by DreamGuy to that of Evilclown93 - who is not a "sock" but an admin. Pls use only correct speedy tags before replacing (if at all).
    A further four days later, again just as a part of my admin role (see history of my admin work for that day) I came across the renewed speedy request, again with the above rationale. Confronted by no more information, I removed the speedy noting in the edit summary: Speedy deletion tag removed - awaiting a NPOV request that retains civility! You will note that I was talking about the content of the speedy deletion tag request of which I considered words such as the guy who keeps uploading it needs to get blocked so he knows not to pull this crap.... to be misplaced, no matter the frustration felt by Dream Guy. I then left the matter.
    DreamGuy it appears renewed his request again and without alteration at which point Butseriouslyfolks removed it, it was renewed and then Butseriouslyfolks put it up at WP:FUR.
    I came across it a day later and after I had left an adjusted canned message (which as most of you know includes a welcome to wikipedia line) on DreamGuy's talk page that also said, politely, Please assume good faith in relation to tagging an image for Speedy Delete. The reason that two (and now 3 admins) did not agree with your tag was made more and more obvious to you. Quite simply your request was polluted with a non-neutral POV and did not nothing to assist us in attending to the request. Please do not continue to suggest speedy deletion in this method - no matter what editor is frustrating you with their additions as it belittles your otherwise good work. Keep editing! My warning therefore was in relation to his edit-warring with three admins who did not agree with his method.
  3. In relation to blocking ... Following the posting at WP:FUR - at which I note Dream Guy has commented, he still reverted Butseriouslyfolks' removal of the speedy tag, even after Butseriouslyfolks wrote in his edit summary, Let's discuss it first, please?. Finding another reversion, despite an ongoing request at WP:FUR and noting that DreamGuy has been warned before and blocked before, and most importantly that whatever any admin did DreamGuy would revert, I blocked him for a period which I considered at the time to be commensurate with his previous block and the continued reversions. To the extent that others consider that amount of time excessive I thank you, and particularly to Pascal.Tesson for his revision of the time line.
  4. I note the comments above that in the opinion of an other editor Dream Guy is not the most polite individual on wikipedia, but he damned sure isn't the most acrid either and I agree totally. Whilst DreamGuy may not be able to accept that my message to him as detailed above was positive - I reiterate here again for all and sundry that I believe he is an otherwise good editor that was confronted by enormous frustration over the image he has been trying to delete. HOWEVER my job as I understand it is to assist in the protection of wikipedia. For those edits that relate to this matter - in my opinion DreamGuy needed to be blocked so that the process of deletion or otherwise of this image could be dealt with, without having to battle his continuing nose thumbing at the Good Faith decisions being made - especially with regards listing the matter at WP:FUR.
  5. I should end by also indicating that my becoming unavailable at the time I did had everything to do with it being 2.00am in the morning at my location (bed and pillow beckoned) and no other reasoning.

Again thank you all for your comments. Please let me know if anything at all needs further explaining. With best wishes --VS talk 02:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blocking ISP proxies

Do not issue schoolblocks unless you are 100% sure you're dealing with an education IP address. The following IP is an ISP proxy server as far as I can tell. 203.27.231.250 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) --  Netsnipe  ►  12:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:XAndreWx

Hi Evilclown. I've checked his talk page, and I think you should consider his second unblock request (it seems valid to me, upon quick perusal). In any case, I will try and talk to him when he is unblocked (or maybe now, I don't know)...but I should point out that we haven't spoken in a few weeks. We shall see. Anyway, thanks for the notice, Giggy UCP 01:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Evilclown93! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Daniel 04:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I approved the other account as well - when you get your new username, leave me a message on my talk page so I can remove Evilclown93 from the list. Cheers, Daniel 04:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Powerspace

Hi, you protected this page after deleting a copyvio biography of the band. I had to go to DRV last month to get it unprotected; I just haven't moved my mockup (User:Chubbles1212/Powerspace) over to mainspace yet, and I'd hate to have to go and do that again because some idiot posted a copyvio. Could you please remove the protection template? Chubbles 14:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Chubbles 16:53, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Glenn Ulrich

I have been "talking" to nickelshoe about an article I did about Glenn Ulrich. He said I should contact you to get the article reinstated since you have deleted it already. Nickelshoe tought I was personally involved with Glenn and I am not I assure you. I explained everything to him. I am a fan of BODYSLAM Wrestling and I thought an article should be done about Glenn. I have met him and his family at shows but that is all. I got all of the information from what is said at the BODYSLAM Wrestling shows, their programs and on line. Glenn is mentioned on several websites including the doiwrestling.com, wrestlingclothesline.com and he was on 1wrestling.com in their chatterbox column. I know he is listed in several wrestling news websites as well. You could get information from his bio page at http://www.squaredcircleentertainment.com/bwoownerglen.html and I am sure many other sites. Glenn is the youngest owner and promoter of a wrestling company in the history of american professional wrestling. I also found out that Glenn is the youngest member in the history of the famed Cauliflower Alley Club. That is an elite club of some of wrestling's best including Vince McMahon, Harley Race and Roddy Piper. Please tell me whaat you would need me to provide for you to reinstate the article.

--Joseph Doe 17:29, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Battle of Washita River

Hey, so there's been some discussion on the talk page for this article about its issues. Is there any way you'd care to pipe in on the discussion so we can get the article unblocked at some point? Cheers! Murderbike 18:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Ha, hey there Murderbike, you had the same idea. Evilclown93, it seems as if one of the big problems for both HanzoHattori & Custerwest is in understanding the fundamental content policies of Wikipedia like WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, & WP:V. I just wrote a lengthy reply at Talk:Battle of Washita River to Custerwest addressing a post he wrote in terms of these three policies, & I thought it might be helpful to have an admin eye to also take a look at it. I'm not asking for comment on our disagreements about article content -- just on the policies & was I accurate in my description of how they should be used. Any help would be appreciated. Is there anything I missed that he (& I!) should know? --Yksin
Copyright violation. I just discovered that the entirety of the third paragraph of the section of this article called "October to November, 1868" beginning with "The Indians believed they had good bargaining chips" is a quotation from this article (about halfway down at Historynet. com. At the very least, this is a lengthy quote that, while its source is attributed, isn't marked as a quote. I'm pretty sure that this edit was done by Custerwest, though I haven't yet found the diff; I'm not so worried about pointing fingers, though, than in addressing the copyvio, either by removing the offending paragraph or at least putting it in quotation marks. Since the article's blocked from editing, we need admin assistance. This is also discussed here. on Thanks. I'm also alerting User:Akradecki, in case you're not around. --Yksin 00:41, 17 July 2007 (UTC) Update. Here's the diff of when Custerwest added this. --Yksin 00:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Hi, Evilclown93, Recently you deleted the Evolve Cars page, under Criteria A7. While it was a stub, I don't believe that it "didn't assert the significance". In my opinion, this is a notable company (because of its appearances in Automobile Magazine[7], Motor Trend[8] and European Car Mag[9]). In my opinion, this is a notable subject, especially considering a Google search of the terms Evolve cars+"volvo" returned 1,710,000 results. I appreciate your review of this case. I would appreciate a response on this. Thank you. —Curran (talk | contibs | random) 15:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my successful RfA. I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me. Thanks for the kind words. Carlossuarez46 22:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

  • I have already deleted my first article - my personal biggest irk is the attack pages, and I swatted one within a few hours of my new "powers". Perhaps I should go into poetry, then again... Carlossuarez46 23:09, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] DYK Sam Lichtenhein

There is a request pending regarding your Sam Lichtenhein DYK nomination. Please respond here. -- Jreferee (Talk) 02:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Korova (Liverpool)

Please review WP:CSD#G4 which does not cover speedy deletions nor versions that were substantially rewritten. Please undelete the article and nominate it for deletion if you want it deleted. --W.marsh 16:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry W.marsh. I'm fully aware of the criteria, I simply made a mistake. Evilclown93 16:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for reversing it. Sorry if I came off too harshly. --W.marsh 16:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey....I read those comments :P

So watch out...it might be considered er...canvassing. But thanks for the very kind words anyway! Giggy UCP 22:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

It was a joke :P If that's canvassing, we're all going to hell...Anyway, I got the email and will respond there. Giggy UCP 22:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Maxim Mayorov

I was in the process of deleting the prod tag from Maxim Mayorov when you deleted it... It seems to meet the notability criteria of WP:BIO from playing in the fully professional league Vysshaya Liga. I'd recreate it from my log, but I'm on a public terminal (real user: User:Fordan, so could I ask you to undelete it? 206.16.237.13 01:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! - Fordan (talk) 02:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fighting in ice hockey

Funnily enough, having seen that FIIH would be the FA on 19 July, I was reworking the main page blurb to make the article the ice hockey portal selected article for July (and August) and moving Brodeur to selected bio and found that you'd already taken care of it (although it took me a while to realize that you were the former Evilclown, even as I'd just yesterday seen your request at CHU/U—I am, after all, rather slow); good on ya. I will, btw, return the quotes once I have created pages for at least the next two months; I hope to have the selected article, image, and bio and DYK and quotes through at least the end of August ready directly, and I'll write you sometime soon in order that we might discuss plans for the portal thereafter. Hope all is well, Joe 03:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWF - HEY!

I was in the middle of fixing this up, and you deleted it! That's not fair! Australian wrestling sources are hard to find! Please restore this article! Mad Dog Dunstan 04:08, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I have to concur with this, even though Mad Dog Dunstan hasn't been promoting himself too well. He is new here. But he's right - five days isn't long enough. The deletion must be reversed to allow the time required. If you wouldn't mind. Mal Case 05:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Maxim, FYI: I've recommended for Mal Case to actually merge the AWF article & the Greg Bownds article because they are related. The AWF info will need to be re-created and referenced properly. I don't believe that the AWF can stand alone, it is better that it is added with a re-direct to the "owner" Greg Bownds. Again, I feel as though the AWF article will be deleted again if it stands alone, there is simply not enough meat for the stew. Mal Case, make sure to check that Mad Dog saved the article for his/her sandbox as I recommended at the beginning. Hellswasteland 13:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Online

Hey, you said on my talk page to send diffs to you if you are online. How do you tell if a user is online?

Also, I posted my peer review for Ray Emery. Good luck! Z1720 05:51, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: User:XAndreWx

User:XAndreWx, who's 3RR block you removed on User:Giggy's request has gone on to follow the exact same pattarn of behaviour - at least six times since you unblocked him.

I have raised another WP:3RR over here User:XAndreWx reported by User:Sprigot

Furthermore I believe that he has also resorted to sock puppeteering - and have raised a sock puppet notification over here Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/XAndreWx‎

I look forward to your response regarding the flagrant attitude to your kind revokation of XAndreWx's block for 3RR.

Sprigot 10:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VandalProof problems

Hi Maxim, I noticed your comment on Daniel's talk page about the internet explorer script error, I had exactly the same problem but its easily solved, see this. Cheers, – Rlest 17:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Mhh, it often crashes for a few seconds for me when going through the RC, it goes slow sometimes as well; I'm not sure exactly but i use Mozilla Firefox if that makes a difference. :) Rlest 20:31, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK (Sam Lichtenhein)

Hi, sorry that you didn't understand my comment. I was just suggesting we rephrase the hook a bit, as it seemed strange that that was what he was "most" known for (it could be something like: "...that Sam Lichtenhein suffered fires which burned..."), as others might know him "most" for, say, changing hockey from a seven- to a six-person game (which would also be an interesting hook). In other words, I was trying to make it more objective in phrasing. There's no reason the hook needs to specifically hockey-related, the main point is to be interesting, which his bad luck with fires is. Unfortunately, nobody suggested a variation, and nobody picked it, which is too bad because I thought it was interesting and met our criteria. Had I been updating at the time, I probably would have tried to think of a better phrasing and used it; however, for whatever reason it wasn't chosen by the editors who were updating on that day. Unfortunately, it has now passed the five-day limit, so it is no longer eligible. It is often a good idea to check back with T:TDYK to make sure that there weren't suggestions that needed to be addressed, since there is a time limit (to keep them "Wikipedia's newest articles." I'm sorry your article wasn't chosen, but please nominate your next article! Rigadoun (talk) 17:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bot blocked

I sent half of them on Tuesday, and am sending the other half today. If you can show me anywhere where users received it twice, let me know; otherwise, I'll unblock and continue. Ral315 » 19:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm still not seeing anyone who's received it twice. I sent through JoshuaZ on Tuesday, and today, manually removed A-JoshuaZ. Ral315 » 19:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
AHA! I know why. You were renamed, so two days ago you appeared as "Evilclown93", and this time, you appeared as "Maxim", and got it twice. This only happened to you, as far as I know. Ral315 » 19:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion query

Regarding: 16:28, 1 August 2007 Maxim (Talk | contribs) deleted "Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin" (CSD A7 (Bio): Biographical article that does not assert significance)
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin is linked to the existing Wikipedia article "List of Investment Banks" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_investment_banks and is also indicated in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perella_Weinberg_Partners
The proposed content was written parallel to the other organizations under "List of Investment Banks" - can you please help me understand what process wikipedia needs to meet editorial approval?
I read the policy and included citations at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HoulihanLokey/Houlihan_Lokey_Howard_%26_Zukin
Can you please explain how it can be included on the main page for Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin?

When it's written by someone else, and not associated with the bank, as your username implies. Please read WP:COI. Maxim 19:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Who wrote the articles that are linked from the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_investment_banks? Can I request an article from whomever approved those articles to contribute further to the Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin page?

[edit] Deletion query

Maxim - On July 6th you deleted the page 'Credit Action'. I am wondering if you could give me an explanation as to why this action was taken. Cheers. Tappyea2 15:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

It was blatant advertising, which is allowed to be deleted on sight per this policy, and more specifically this criterion. Hope that helps! Maxim 23:55, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok thanks for explanation. However I would question whether it was in fact blatant advertising. It didn't promote any services or company. Credit Action is a charity which does financial education, the main aim of the article was simply informative as to what the charity does and given that the content was entirely factual I don't see what the problem is. I merely added because I thought it could be useful to people looking for a charity which did this kind of work. I would like you to consider reinstating the article as I'm really not sure it does fall foul of the criteria you mention. Thanks. Tappyea2 11:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Deletion of Epic Legend of the Hierarchs: The Elemenstor Saga

Hello, I noticed that you deleted Legend of the Hierarchs: The Elemenstor Saga. First, I think it is more conducive to community process to nominate an article for AfD before deleting it, even if you're an administrator, because I think sufficient points would have been made for it to not be deleted. Second, I agree that ELOTH:TES is not notable simply because it is associated with Penny Arcade. However, it is notable because it is one of the first documented instances of of spontaneous community development and a precusor to player generated content, and it is referenced in other notable articles, such as TerraDrive Live. 66.212.78.46 17:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Check out the proposed deletion policy. It was proposed for deletion, and because nobody objected during five days, I deleted it per policy. However, I agree with the reasoning, and I am unwilling to restore it.The venue for requesting for a deletion to be overturned is DRV (Deletion Review).

[edit] Glenn Ulrich

I had been talking with Nickelshoe about the page I posted about Glenn Ulrich. She thought I may have had a conflict of iterest but I explained everything and she now knows I do not have a conflict of interest. In the meantime evilclown93 deleted the article and Nickelshoe said I need to contact him to have it reinstated. I have written to evilclown but have not had a response. Now when I write to evilclown I am reditrected to you. Please have the page about Glenn Ulrich reinstated.

I am a wrestling fan and a fan of BODYSLAM Wrestling. Glenn is the youngest professional wrestling owner and promoter in the history of professional wrestling. I also found out at the last show that he is a member of the famed cauliflower alley club whose members include Roddy Piper and Vince McMahon. I can get more links for you. I know he has been written about on wrestlingclothesline.com and doiwrestling.com. Would you need me to provide other links to information about Glenn? I could change the link from the BODYSLAM Wrestling website to the bio section that is just about him if that would be better than the general website itself. I have met Glenn and his family at the shows so I know who they are but I am not friends with them other than at the shows. I only know what is said at the shows and written about in the programs or on the web. When I did the article I looked at other wrestler's articles like Harley Race and Roddy Piper and tried to include similar sections. Should I have left out his personal information?

Please advise me how to get this undeleted. He is currently running one of if not the most successful wrestling promotion in the northeastern United States and have partnes around the world.

--Joseph Doe 17:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

The reasoning (prod), (see entry 2 above, very similar situation) was Fails WP:BIO, reads like a copyvio, not an article. I agree. I suggest Deletion review. BTW, sorry for not responding to you, I accidentally archived the discussion without a reply, and Evilclown was me, but I got renamed. : ) Maxim 23:55, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why Thank You!

For the userpage revert. :) -WarthogDemon 00:53, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Nah, not right now. Things aren't too bad, and I don't feel like I'm being targeted right now or anything. But thanks for the offer. :) -WarthogDemon 05:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Omigosh

I just about fell off my chair laughing after seeing your block message on someone I'd been warning, lol. It isn't often something I read makes me actually laugh out loud, so you get the "Ariel Giggles!" Award! Kudos for making your point, and doing it in a friendly way! Ariel♥Gold 15:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I'd love to see more admins use messages like that. I personally like to use the boxes I've made, they convey less "authority/negativity" when warning someone, and it is my hope that they show humor, and perhaps the offender will turn around and become a contributing member! It is so hard to convey intent in words alone, so while some people may hate the "boxes" style of notices, I like them and ultimately hope it shows intent better than the plain templates do. :) Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 15:38, 30 July 2007 (UTC)