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Hello! Thelmadatter´s student

Hello!!! My name is Judith and I am in a course with Leigh, she told us you are a very good mentor that could help us during this semester. These days I am trying to get familiarized with wikipedia but it is really new for me. The use of codes is driving me crazy, so, if you can give some advise I will really appreciate it. I was trying to modify the boxes in the right side of the Wikiproject Mexico. I do not know how to write things in that boxes or load an image...

It would be a pleasure to have contact with you! Have a nice day!

Judith Soto 15:33, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Yellow Fever (album) rename

Thanks! — Mudwater 01:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

user:Cross for Valour

Cross for Valour (talk · contribs) This user keeps restoring copy and pasted content from Daniel Cambridge to Daniel Cambridge VC. I've reached out to him, told him you can't copy and paste to move an article, and told him to WP:RM. But he hasn't made any attempt to communicate. Others have warned him, and I've given him his last and he still continued. I figured some admin could look into it and possible give him a short block but since this is a slightly unusual case I didn't want to bring it up on AIV, and you were the first admin I saw on. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 19:03, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Looking now. Prodego ^talk 19:04, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

re: Collective Punishment

Please explain what you are calling "vandalism." I cleaned up the prose on the article where needed and added sourced information. I have added an extra AP News source in response to the suggestion by Dirk Beetstra. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ForeverFreeSpeech (talk • contribs) 19:18, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I have balanced the article, which was previously highly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli. The article now under my version lists both sides equally rather than an overwhelming amount of the Palestinian side with the Israeli side having no sources. Please note that at no time did I remove any of the pro-Palestinian sources; the only quote I removed I removed after reading the manual of style and realizing the paragraph in question was highly overquoted.

This is not "vandalism" but application of the NPOV standard to make the article properly neutral. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ForeverFreeSpeech (talk • contribs) 19:28, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect. The article is about collective punishment, and it is inappropriate to make the accusation without covering both sides of the issue when the question of whether or not it IS collective punishment is so highly contested. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ForeverFreeSpeech (talk • contribs) 19:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

The edits by Forever Free have so far been a content dispute rather than vandalism, in my view. The article does in fact relate to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, since Israel has been accused, rightly or wrongly, by various humanitarian organizations of engaging in collective punishment. But that aspect of collective pnishment must not become a soap box for that one area of conflict, without appropriate WP:NPOV text based on reliable sources. Edit warring will lead to blocks for all parties who violate the WP:3RR three revert rule. Discuss it on the article's talk page to arrive at consensus. Thanks. Edison (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Edison, I should know about the 3RR, don't you think? As long as someone looks at this fine, I really don't care. Prodego ^talk 19:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

re: Buick Riviera

Please explain what you are calling "vandalism." I wrote more than half of the content in this article. I believe I formed the article correctly. All of the information is factual and there was no attempt to vandalize. Please let me know if there is a mistake.

Thanks,

Aaron Searles
Administrator, www.rivperformance.com

Regarding the line breaks, I was attempting to position the Infobox close to its corresponding section, the same way the previous sections have all been organized. For example, when you scroll down to "4th Generation", its Infobox is to the right. Scroll down to "8th Generation". Its Infobox is shifted down, causing visual confusion.

Thanks for looking after the Buick Riviera article. We appreciate your concern! The page looks good. I will use the br clear=all code in the future.
Thanks for your help!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Searles a (talk • contribs) 19:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Hector Berlioz

Hello Prodego

I am not sure if this is the best way to contact you.

I got your message on my page. I removed some old 19th century pictures from Hector Berlioz because they were from our website for which we had paid fees in order to use them on our site. If you would like to use these picture again it would be nice to ask us first, as many other educational sites do and we are always happy to give permission for their use subject to acknowledgeemnt. We are both Berlioz lovers and should cooperate with one another.

Love to hear from you on my user page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Hello again and many thanks for your respnse.

Here are the images:

Image:Berlioz in 1868.jpg and Image:Berlioz choir.jpg We provided the second image at a high resolution and in large scale (from an 1888 book in our collection) to someone who wanted to write a on 19th century choirs; I was surprised to find it on a different site to which you have placed a link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Hello again

But look. We have spent literally over 5000 pound (about UD dollar 10000) just on anitque books and engravings for our site. You don't really think that people can copy our images at our expense, without even bothering to ask our permission. Do you? The Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris for instance have a lot of 19th century material on their sit but they will sue anybody who copies iamges or texts from their site. We have always asked for their permission to reproduce any of their images. American and European museums sites also sue anyone to reproduce their ancient engravigns and paintings without their permissission.

Our site has also cost us a fortune on ISP, bandwith etc, surely it is not a public domain entity. What would be the incentive for anybody to do anything about any subject?

Your Berliozian friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Hi

btw, the image: berlioz in 1868.jpg is not from an old publciation and we have paid a high fee to reporudce it on our site. Please, please amend the big picture copyright notice; the picture is not in public domain.

Many thanks for your help.

Your Berliozian friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Hello again

In your last message to me you say that “the Louvre has the Mona Lisa, but anyone can have a replica of the Mona Lisa, and the Louvre can't prevent that simply because they paid for the original painting”. But with respect, replicas of Mona Lisa are not given out for free; they are sold at a price. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble and expenses to produce them. Why should electronic reproductions/replicas of 19th century engravings or books be treated as free for all objects? What about the costs involved to the person who has produced them? Never mind the recompense for the cost, why not even ask for permission to use them? The original publications may be over 70 rears old and in the public domain, but the electronic copies are certainly not that old! —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Hello again.

When in 1997 we set up our academic site on Berlioz we sought legal advice regarding our intellectual property rights over the content of the site and their protection from abuse, as we have always done for our print books and articles. Following our lawyer’s advice regarding our rights in UK and international laws, we put the following notice on the home page and all other major pages of our site and a shorter version on all other pages:

Copyright notice: The texts, photos, images and musical scores on all pages of this site are covered by UK Law and International Law. All rights of publication or reproduction of this material in any form, including Web page use, are reserved. Their use without our explicit permission is illegal.

Over the years individuals, institutions and websites from around the world have respected our rights and have contacted us to seek permission to use some of our materials.

It is in the spirit of cooperation and internet citizenship that I am writing this. All I am asking you is to respect our copyright for the electronic image for which we have paid and do not treat it as a public domain item. Please tell your readers to contact us if they want to reproduce it, we would be very happy to oblige on condition of acknowledgement of the source. It's mutual respect and understanding that I am asking for.—Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Hello

Just to say that I have enjoyed my discussions with you and your colleagues. By the way, someone had removed the link to our site as the source of the image and replaced it with a different URL. I have now reinstated the original link.

Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

Dear Prodego

As you know Berlioz 1868 iamge is from our site, now somebody in Germany keeps putting his own site's URL as source. This is a dishonest act. Could you please stop him and reinstate the original link to our site for this image.

Many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by HasHasBoomBoom (talk • contribs)

BOY SCOUTS OF USA ARTICLE

what do you mean it changes nothing with sources. the girls scouts of america, is not single sex they omit boys. the boy scouts of america, is the largest *male* one as staed in link i provided. --Gothgirlangel1981 (talk) 22:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy of Itsumade mo Ai wo Tsutsumou

Hi Prodego. The creator of this article removed the speedy tag (a no-no), and you restored it. (The creator has now removed it a second time). Yet WP:MUSIC allows coverage of albums of notable performers who have their own articles. The article on the performer Miki_Matsuhashi was just created today, by the same editor, and is not such a bad article, though the notability of this musician would require study. Her record Destiny_(Matsuhashi_Miki) is published by J-Disc (record label), and is for sale on Amazon. If J-Disc is a major label (or serious independent label) that is one of the two that would satisfy WP:MUSIC. Should we cancel the speedy nomination? EdJohnston (talk) 22:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

If they put hangon on it is ok to remove it (it keeps it in the cat). Only an admin should be removing the tag, FYI. Let whichever sees it review it. Prodego ^talk 23:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

IP keeps placing advertisements

He added his advertisment again tonight [1], after I warned him on his talk page User_talk:83.199.52.195 because the last time he even disguised the link text to deceive people. He has been warned before three times. His only contributions are adding the same link on the same article. He doesn't look like willing to learn. Can you block him for a bit to see if he gives up? --Enric Naval (talk) 23:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

He seems to have stopped. Report him at WP:AIV if he continues, I probably won't be here. Prodego ^talk 00:30, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

OK --Enric Naval (talk) 03:38, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For the countless times you (and Huggle) have beaten me to reverting vandalism. With staggering amounts and with stunning accuracy in reversions, all vandals should fear you. Keep up the good work! Thingg⊕⊗ 00:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't sure where/what formatting to use putting this on your userpage, so I'll award it here and let you put it on your userpage if you so desire. Again, awesome job. Regards. Thingg^⊕⊗ 00:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, and I do have an extremely complex layout down there :). Prodego ^talk 00:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Hallowe'en Storm of 1991

Just curious why you removed my edit to the page. The storm came ashore between Peggy's Cove and Halifax NS. I've redone the edit. Aloha27 (talk) 02:25, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I reverted because you changed the spelling of Halloween. Otherwise, looks good, carry on. Prodego ^talk 02:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching Re-confirmation

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ANI Thread

I've started an ANI thread about you posting my email address on my talk page. I would appreciate if you would address the topic as to why you found it necessary and if you feel it appropriate to do it again. The issue of my being denied access to the list, quite a tangent, has been raised, so if you want to chime in about my incivility, please post that as well. the_undertow ^talk 11:02, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

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Block'd

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My Email

You never were quite succinct in just why you felt the need to post my email address. Why don't you fill me in on that? I'd be happy to know. I've looked through your edits, and don't see any other examples of this behavior. the_undertow ^talk 09:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[2]. Prodego ^talk 00:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! My request is still pending......--RecorDpRoduceR (talK to mE) 14:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Muddyb Blast Producer: I'm a moderator for the list and I haven't seen an application from you. Though it's likely that the list admins would deny you as a non-admin. John Reaves 16:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Prodego. You didn't found any mail from me?--Muddyb Blast Producer (talk) 06:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did, and I replied. Prodego ^talk 20:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)