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Question

Where did you get that "deleted user warning" template thing. Just interested since it looked like something I'd need sometime. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nol888 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

Nol888_(Talk) 03:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Dark Devil

Did you have any particular opinion on this user's current unblock request? I noticed it's just a 24 hour block, so probably nothing to worry too much over, either way. They've promised to stop vandalizing, and while they did say some stupid/silly stuff, I think it was more stupid/silly than intentional. Thoughts? – Luna Santin (talk) 09:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Image speedies

Hi, thanks for taking care of this one and its fair sisters:

• 02:32, 25 February 2007 Pilotguy (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Image:TAR10Vietnam.jpg" (Deleting page - reason was: "Per CSD I7 - image has an invalid fair use claim" using NPWatcher)

Just two questions. I notice you are using "NPWatcher". Is it to be recommended? I've been looking for some tool to make the work of image deletion less painful myself. And: This case about the "Amazing Race" screenshots was a bit of a pilot case, there's lots more images in other articles of that series uploaded and maintained by the same users. Would you agree we now delete them all on this precedent, without going through the loops of tagging and waiting and debating every single one? Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Photo and Fair Use

This is regarding the photograph I uploaded for the Silvanus Thompson article. The photo is at least 94 years old, and was obtained from a web page (British) and used with the site's explicit permission. I don't know the specific tag needed to cover such things, despite my having read the very long Fair Use article on Wikipedia. I'll be glad to add the appropriate tag if there is one. Any advice on how to proceed? -- Astrochemist 14:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Template Deleted

User:Pilotguy/Wr2 was deleted. The reason for deletion was: G4 of template:wr2, template:removewarn, et cetera.

If I'm not mistaken, G4 is "It was previously deleted as a result of an articles for deletion (or another XfD) discussion." Just wanted to let you know. Apparantly you made a template and it was deleted quite a while ago. Sorry to hear that. Nol888_(Talk) 15:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak request

I am Pilotguy on freenode and I would like the cloak wikimedia/Pilotguy. Thanks. --—Pilotguy push to talk 16:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Redpoppy.gif

In a message, you informed me:

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as Image:Redpoppy.gif has been listed for speedy deletion because you selected a copyright license type implying some type of restricted use, such as for non-commercial use only, or for educational use only or for use on Wikipedia by permission.

I must have mis-labeled it. I received permission from the original artist and copyright holder to use this image on Wikipedia. Do I need to re-uploaded and make that more clear?

Thank you.

--Rick Klaw 23:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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Friedpez 17:56, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I received a notice that the article on the Sutter Bypass would be deleted because it may be about a band or group or because it's not of notable interest. I thought it deserved a page because it is the other major component of the Sacramento Flood Control Project which includes the Yolo Bypass (the Yolo Bypass has its own page). The Sutter Bypass protects at least a dozen northern California communities from winter flooding so I felt that it should have its own page as well. Thank you for your comment. Keep me posted on what happens. Thanks! -Ali (Username: Friedpez)

You didn't follow speedy deletion guidelines

Last Thursday, you marked a page for speedy deletion on the basis of not significant material. This was an improper basis for deletion and was contested by someone not the author. Rather than answering on the Talk page, you immediately deleted the page the following morning, not following the guidelines for the time under which speedy deletion notices should remain up. Be more careful about following the rules.

User talk:Kaushik twin

You unblocked this user previously (well, their IP), and they're requesting unblocking again on what appear to be similar grounds. Since you responded, previously, I'm guessing you're more familiar with this one than I am. Just bringing it to your attention. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Revert

Why did you revert this? I needed an update on the situation regarding AIV. Usually when the level falls to level zero, the next person updates the situation and signs it rather than reverting back to the old time period. Real96 00:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

User talk:83.67.217.254

Why didn't you unblock this one? It was only autoblocked because the blocking admin did an autoblock for a bad username, which wasn't a good idea. Part Deux 19:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Primetime is the most unorginal plagarist

Thanx for the block. I have to admit I found the block log message HIGHLY amusing. 68.39.174.238 05:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Happy Spread-the-funny and-slighty-random-love day!

:) pschemp (talk) 00:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Reason for not unblocking Huntress829 ?

The "punishment" (blocking and protection) is not only wrong, it is not being done per any Wikipedia policy. I suggest that she could take this to another level from here, but that should not be necessary, should it? You added a remark... was that to, indeed, ask a question, or were you being "crafty." She is my girlfriend; not me. Please remove her block and protection. If not, please state a reason why not, so we can pursue this issue. Thank you for your time. Lee Nysted 05:17, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I've looked at the situation, and see no merit to reverse my decision. Take it up with User:JzG. —Pilotguy go around 00:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Very well, then. I will keep a record of this. It is a clear violation of Wikipedia policy to punish a user with a block or protection. This is an example of a "system failure."

Lee Nysted 02:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

• Actually it's not. Per previous ArbCom rulings, we do not need to draw a distinction between sockpuppets and meatpuppets. Guy (Help!) 12:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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IP block

Maybe I'm not seeing something, but you blocked 219.90.192.215 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log) for vandalism after a final warning, but the final warning and AIV report appear to have been added 4 hours after the ip's last contribution. John Reaves (talk) 07:06, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I see now that you immediately blocked the long term vandal and another user found it necessary to add a final warning four hours later. John Reaves (talk) 07:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Question

I am trying to improve three business articles I created that are have proposed delete tags because someone does not think they have primary criterion, but some of my sources are on databases. Can I cite newspaper articles that are only avivable through databases such as ProQuest? If so, can I use a cite tag, or do I need use another method? Thanks a lot.

-ChristopherMannMcKay 15:54, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I found Wikicite, but I do not have windows, so I can not use it. Can I use standard MLA format and not use any templates to cite my source? Thanks a lot.

-ChristopherMannMcKay 20:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:European Research Networks

I am surprised. By the time I got your msg for speedy deletion, I had posted {{hangon}} and was working on the article, and simoulteneously discovered that the article was already deleted. Seems like the deletion was so "speedy" that it didn't wait to let you post the warning!--IslesCape^Talk 23:14, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

well done. I had almost given up on it.--IslesCape^Talk 12:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I ask that you withdraw as my advocate

The AMA FAQs state, "the Advocate should not do anything that would ... jeopardize their Advocee's position. ... The Advocate may be faced with a situation where they can no longer represent the Advocee (i.e. the Advocee ... expresses concern over the Advocate's ability to continue the representation). In these situations, absent any kind of compromise between the Advocate and the Disputant they are trying to represent the Advocee should understand the need for the Advocate to withdraw. ... As well, if the relationship between a Advocee and their Advocate needs mediation there may be a member of the AMA that might be willing to help mediate the difficulties between the parties in a confidential private forum."

You contacted me on my talk page. Two days later, before hearing back from me, you contacted the user I filed the case about. Before I even realized you had accepted the case, you were having a discussion with him!

I see that the first question listed at AMA Handbook Opening questions is, "Would you prefer to discuss this privately?/Would you mind if we discuss this on your talk page?"

It would have been nice if you had asked me that first.

Association of Members' Advocates/Guide to Advocacy/Anonymity states, "Advocates may work anonymously, when they are requested to privately help a member. In some cases, nobody will ever be aware that advocacy is taking place, and some advocates consider this to be ideal. Advocates participating in a mediation or arbitration process as publicly acknowledged representatives of the disputant(s), will formally become a 'representative' of the disputant(s), and their usernames will then be publicly announced."

Did you read, in the first email I sent you (March 7th), "I'm emailing you, because I think discussions between advocate and client should be open, honest, and -- at least for the most part -- between us"?

Now I see that you are back on the "request for assistance page" expressing dubious opinions that trivialize or diminish my position! The more I establish that something was going on, the more you publish on the "request for assistance page" that nothing was going on. Things have gotten so bad, that we're are now in a debate, and you are advocating the other party's position!

We haven't even had a preliminary discussion on how best to begin yet, yet you turned my request for assistance page into a debate forum from the getgo.

I see that you suggested that the opposing Wikipedian email you his side, and that he did. May I see it, or is it protected by advocate-client privilege, now that you are publicly advocating his position?

The AMA main page starts out, "The Association of Members' Advocates (AMA) is a Wikipedian voluntary association devoted to advocating, counseling, and protecting Wikipedians in need."

I can't even tell if that is what you are out to do.

I need someone that wants to do that thoroughly and conscientiously. -- Rico 23:30, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Speedy Deletion

I debate.

I wanted to say "for all purposes", but that was not on the list. I just went for the broadest category. It was deleted unjustly. I will have through go the trouble of putting it back. Please do not be so quick to judge in the future. (Plus, is there a "All permission given" option?) Nousernamesleft 00:10, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Had you uploaded it correctly with a free license in mind, it wouldn't be "deleted unjustly", you wouldn't "have through go the trouble of putting it back", I wouldn't "be so quick to judge in the future", and we wouldn't be screaming at each other. I've never heard of an "all permissions given". It needs to go under a free license. —Pilotguy (go around) 13:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Huh? Screaming? But... but... I was trying to be as polite as possible. Sorry if I offended you. (Well, I won't be sory if you respond with something like "You better be sorry", but I don't think you'd do that) Nousernamesleft 19:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Image:Royal Malaysian Navy Crest Symbol.gif listed for deletion

Okay, you may delete the image. It's my mistake. But please next time teach me how to make it right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ryan darknight (talk • contribs) 01:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC).

Deletion of CGP

I'm sorry that Coordination Group Publications were non-notable. I, however, felt that they were, and I think this was an understandable mistake; for example, WHSmiths.co.uk reports them as having published 637 revision guides. Could you please elaborate as to more precisely why they are a non-notable company? I don't 'get' these things yet.--Islomaniac 973 00:37, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Aha! Proof! Sorry for not finding this earlier; given your permission, I shall recreate the article, in expanded form. --Islomaniac 973 00:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Personal Question

Do you think that I have a chance surviving the RfA procedure now? In a few months? I already got an opinion from Irishguy, and I just want to know your opinion. Thanks, Nol888_(Talk)^{(Review me please)} 02:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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Deleted Article

The Allen Group article was deleted. I updated the sources before it got deleted and I just wanted to know if I can have to copy of the article in my userspace to see what was wrong with the sources. Thanks. -ChristopherMannMcKay 17:19, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Apetito article speedy deletion

The article I wrote on Apetito was speedily deleted, I am assuming because it was non-notable due to a lack of secondary sources on the article. However, try googling "Apetito", especially on google.de. It is clearly notable. Here is a sample of articles on the company:

http://www.meatprocess.com/news/ng.asp?id=15015-apetito-adds-to

http://www.allbusiness.com/wholesale-trade/merchant-wholesalers-nondurable/497231-1.html

http://www.unternehmermagazin.de/unternehmer_a.htm (in german)

and so on....

Could you please undelete the Apetito article?RedBLACKandBURN 22:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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Repeated blocking

I'm not sure if we are currently blocked, but I previously posted the last unblock request; is it possible for students to edit wikipedia if they have an account created at home or from a college account? Due to yet more repeated vandalism, I think a block would probably be a good idea=/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.194.142.135 (talk) 15:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

You bet. —Pilotguy (go around) 20:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

AMA (Urod)

Hi i am also working on this AMA case and i just want to tell you that you forgot to put you name at th bottom of the page. Cocoaguy ここがいい _contribs^talkTodays Pick 23:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I am not interested in this dispute anymore since 2 of 3 pages in question had been deleted. --Urod 17:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

However, do you want to be my advocate in the related case of deleting my external link on the C++ page? Do you believe that

• the link had been deleted rightfully?
• the words "spamming" and "vandalism" are appropriate at this case
• it is the violation for which i should be banned

Please (if you want) read the discussion at the Talk:C++#appropriateness_of_external_link, User_talk:Urod#Removal of the link http://freecomputerbooks.com/langCppBooksIndex.html, and User_talk:Urod#Continued spamming, and write what do you think about this. --Urod 17:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use images

You're leaving a string of broken image links across article space. An image being in the replaceable fair use category does not mean it is orphaned. -- Cyrius|✎ 02:19, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

blocked because of open proxy?

hi. first of all it's not an open proxy, if by 'open' you mean 'public'. it's my own private proxy server and you have to have a user/pass to use it. second of all, is there a wikipedia rule against using proxies? it doesn't seem logical. what's the harm? Barnetj 18:26, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:OP contains the relevant policy —Pilotguy (go around) 15:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

BOT - Regarding your recent protection of Wilmslow High School:

You recently protected[1] this page but did not give a protection summary. If this is an actual (not deleted) article, talk, or project page, make sure that it is listed on WP:PP. VoABot will automatically list such protected pages only if there is a summary. Do not remove this notice until a day or so, otherwise it may get reposted. Thanks. VoABot 16:01, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

User page

Hi! Just thought you might want to remove the "width: 950px" next to "style" on your user page to get rid of that rather unnecessary horizontal toolbar. Unless you intended it to be that way, then ignore this message! That is all. Spellcast 10:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The 950px is in there, put in by another user, on my request, for a reason. The previous width of the page resulted in those with lower resolution monitors (i.e. 800 x 600) getting annoyed by a page that was too wide, and having to constantly scroll across. I did try numerous things to provide for the best of both worlds, but in the end, this is the best that I can (and am willing to) do for you. My suggestion is if you have an issue with the space there to hit the restore down on the top tight of your browser (where the two squares are). —Pilotguy (go around) 20:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Jessiejr6yahoo.com (talk · contribs)

Was this really such an egregious WP:U violation that they deserved to have account creation blocked?--VectorPotential^Talk 23:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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Advocates case

Hi, regarding the Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates/Requests/March 2007/mstrassburg case. It seems like quite a clear case. But if you want to check it out and see if I made a mistake (always possible), please. All the text in Jonathan Fielding (and I searched a lot for some non-copyvio text) is copied from some website. (Which probably has its text from the standard bio from Jonathan Fielding) But without proof, it seems like an obvious copyright violation. I also pointed the user out to the permissions e-mail. Garion96 (talk) 17:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Block of User:Jayharper

Thanks for blocking User:Jayharper. This user even vandalized my talk page by blanking it and replacing it with a not so nice comment, which even has a curse word in it. Han Amos 17:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Plurilingualism

Did you mean to only remove the {{hangon}} tag from Plurilingualism? I don't really follow your edit summary. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 23:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

re: Image:RobertKirby.jpg listed for deletion

Yeah, I anticipated that it would be, unfortunately i could not ascertain the correct one to use. Thanks for the message. Cheers, Jonomacdrones _(talk) 00:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Moscow-id-us-welcome.png listed for deletion

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

Sounds great! GNU FDL rocks. —Pilotguy (go around) 12:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

oh, great

once again i got blocked for something i didn't do...who cares? you and everybody else on wikipedia don't seem to give a crap. Typical--74.138.102.134 04:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

If that's the case, you need to register an account with us and tell your dearly beloved ones to put a sock in it. —Pilotguy (go around) 12:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

template speedy delete

Please see Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_March_19#Template:Bogota-localities. This deletion may have been a bad idea. I would request that you would check out the history of something before you delete it as empty. Patstuart^talk·edits 07:37, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

whyd you delete the pics?

the band's guitarist gave me those pics to put on their page, so you can fuck off

Adr11iano 11:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Brookside Adolescent Psychiatric Unit

Thanks for your comments on my submitted page on Brookside Adolescent Psychiatric Unit [now deleted]. After my initial drafting was marked for speedy deletion I looked at the entry on Thorpe Coombe Hospital which is another NELMHT unit near to me, and tried to edit my page along similar lines. As it has still been deleted I'm a little baffled what specific criteria were operating. What also hinders me is that I no longer have access to the text I submitted. If you can help I'd be grateful. Philipch 16:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Userpage revert

As always, thanks for the revert Pilotguy. Best, Gwernol 22:34, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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AMA deletion

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Exeter School page on wiki - removing a link

ref: Exeter School page on wiki

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

I added a link to the Old Exonian Club ( http://www.oldexonianclub.org ) , yet you reverted the edit citing popups. Can you explain your reason in more detail please? Thank you. I dont see anything wrong in the link ??

62.56.69.83 15:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Revert/ect

Thanks for the revert and congrats on your first solo. I completed mine at the Auburn Airport in this C172 and it's certainly a flight I'll never forget. I'm sure the same will be true for you. - auburnpilot talk 23:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC)