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Archive 1: NOV 04, 2005 – AUG 06, 2006
Archive 2: AUG 06, 2006 – SEP 23, 2006


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[edit] Television and Broadcasting Sources

This is a note to all fellow wikipedians of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Television_Stations, as well as anyone else interested.

I get my sources for television stations from the following pages:

[edit] Archives

[edit] What is ArbCom?

Both SPUI and Rschen have been blocked over some arbitary thing.Apparently they were both on some probation.What was ArbCom?HurricaneCraze32 17:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Apparently SPUI is nasty according to NorthEnglish, who's quit Wikipedia, by the way,he certainly doesnt deserve to work here. SPUI's been blocked for 10 days-should be more. Rschen's left also.HurricaneCraze32 17:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
SPUI keeps leaving an original research tag on the article i live on, which is above, I removed it again, I just happened to live on one street of CR 676, and wrote down what he think's is original research. I'm starting to get annoyed that he's probably trying to get me gone also, maybe there's a chance we can block him permanent by reporting him.HurricaneCraze32 17:13, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Mind telling me that you used that chart next time?

HurricaneCraze32 17:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Also this is what North left on his page."Silly me. I thought that this was Wikipedia, a place where civility and consensus mattered. Nevertheless, SPUI, despite being under probation after not one but two Arbcom cases, is still being allowed to do whatever the hell he wants, with no sanctioning from administrators or arbitrators. I disagreed strongly with PHenry's decision to leave Wikipedia, but now I see he was right. SPUI is using Wikipedia as his personal toilet, and those in power are happy to let him do so.

I have tried to fight SPUI, but this is neither beneficial to me nor to Wikipedia. Now that we are back at square one, and SPUI's behavior has escalated back to the point it was at before the Arbitration case that marred my first two months here at Wikipedia, the only choice I have is to leave. SPUI has made it clear that nothing has changed, and the lack of action by those in power in the past month has made it clear that nothing will change.

Have a nice life all. I'll be passing my time somewhere that's better for my mental health.".Its ok, just tell me next time.HurricaneCraze32 17:34, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes.

Just to tell you, you've got two 'This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.' userboxes. Stewart 17:51, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll fix it myself if I notice. *after looking* He does have two but they're not the same userbox. — Nathan (talk) / 22:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Detroit Downtown

Just letting you know, I saw this on new pages patrol and deleted it. Wikipedia is not a directory. While we have an article about the Holiday Inn chain, we don't generally want articles on individual hotels. Buildings of historical, architectural, or other particular importance sometimes have articles, but I didn't see anything like that in this article. Friday (talk) 21:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Restored this, per your request. Friday (talk) 15:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
BTW I've put this up for deletion, for the same reasons I'd originally speedied it. This time we'll get input from more editors tho. Friday (talk) 20:53, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

There's such overwhelming support for deletion of stuff like this that I will continue to speedy them in the future. Friday (talk) 20:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jackson, British Columbia??

Noticed your addition to the BC Communities List; do you mean Jacksons, on the Stikine River, or Jackson Bay near Hardwicke Island? Can't find anything else listed on BC BasemapSkookum1 17:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

'K; that'd be Jacksons then; I'll amend the list; were you intending on writing an article on it?Skookum1 18:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiAward

Hey Raccoon Fox!

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for a lot of great edits recently. Thanks for your hard work, and willingness to let your work be edited. Not everyone knows how to do that. You obviously work well with others, and for that, I'm giving you this award:

The Original Barnstar
For your work on so many TV station/network articles Firsfron of Ronchester 18:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MSN Messenger

I added you to my list for MSN Messenger.Ok?HurricaneCraze32 19:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: SPUI

If you have a problem with SPUI's behavior, the answer is not to stoop down to his level with personal attacks. Find evidence to support your claims, and post it at WP:AE. -- NORTH talk 22:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Your frustration with the administrators is understandable, but they do take action on occasion, so it would be of use to post any additional evidence at WP:AE. What is of absolutely no use is resorting to personal attacks. -- NORTH talk 22:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Post your evidence at WP:AE, or attempt to open a fresh case at WP:RfArb. -- NORTH talk 22:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what's with nominating every windsor building for deletion

I did not nominate those. I did support the delete vote on most of them. The articles did not mention why they are notable and don't assert a reason to keep. Not sure what guideline would be best as a guide for what they need, but in my mind these don't merit an article from what was included. If they did, then every building in every town over 10 stories would merit an article. Vegaswikian 22:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CKXT / MyNetworkTV

I think you are confusing program rights with affiliation. SunTV is not a MyNetworkTV affiliate. It will not use MNTV branding. It will not use the MNTV schedule. It does own the Canadian rights to the two programs currently on the said MNTV schedule, but this is because it bought those rights in May, when all the Canadian broadcasters buy programming rights - I saw nothing to indicate it was any different arrangement than when CTV or Global buy the rights to series like Lost or The Simpsons. Should any other non-telenovela programming suddenly show up on MNTV (as unlikely as that seems at the moment), I expect SunTV would not automatically get the rights.

Please do not assume "affiliation" simply because a station airs some of a network's programming. I can't say this is an exact science by any means, but for me, programming is not sufficient, particularly if the branding, scheduling, ownership and advertising are all completely different. — stickguy (:^›)— home - talk - 16:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply to your message on my talk page

Yanksox actually responded for me, somehow; see my talk page for that response. Anyway, I said those things to the nominator because I'm glad to see a nomination that says more than "Fails WP:BIO". I commended the nominator because s/he put a lot of time and effort into the nomination and didn't just stick it up there. Personally, I believe that since articles take an extraordinary amount of time and effort to write, anyone who wishes to nominate an article for deletion should put a great deal of effort into their nomination. Srose (talk) 21:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buildings

I just speedied one of your buildings (apologies if that was incorrect). Is there some standard for notability of skyscrapers/buildings on wikipedia? I couldn't see anything about 607 Shelby Street that makes it notable enough for an article. exolon 01:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I just did 400 Maynard Street too. Please, don't create articles on random buildings. There's a unofficial guideline at User:Isotope23/Notability:Buildings which I think is reasonable. Friday (talk) 20:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Some 9-story building is the tallest in Detroit? That would really surprise me. Friday (talk) 20:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I wish you'd stop with these- don't you think it appears that people are finding these articles inappropriate? Surely you don't want us to use Afd to tell us what we already know?? Friday (talk) 20:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

There's also an excellent page at User:Uncle_G/On_notability which describes which topics are suitable for an encyclopedia. Friday (talk) 20:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lafayette

No problem, I appreciated the articles about the van der Rohe buildings! Fram 18:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Detroit Buildings Project

I have no idea if such a project is necessary, I have no idea how many remarkable buildings Detroit has. I only came across your pages by doing a New Pahes patrol. As I have more than enough to do with comics articles and New Pages patrol, I wouldn't be joining your project, but that does not mean that it couldn't be useful of course. Fram 05:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I got a message about your project, too, so I'll leave it under this header. I guess the necessity of such a project boils down to several things: 1) Do you have enough to do? I have no idea about Detroit and how many notable buildings it has. 2) Do you have at least two people who are already interested in joining you? 3) Do you have enough time to spend watching your members' activities and rewarding them fittingly, as well as sending out regular newsletters and maintaining the project page? If the answers to these questions are yes, then you might want to start a project. Wikipedia:WikiProject has instructions and even more guidelines. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to participate in your project regularly. If you want help now and then, though, I will do my best to help you out. I've got to keep my eye on Wikipedia:Wikiproject Estonia, my WikiProject, as well as the XfDs I participate in, vandalism, my articles and my images. I will be willing to help you set your project up, however; it can be tricky. :) Srose (talk) 13:22, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
I won't be joining you as I don't even live in the USA :) so don't have the relevant knowledge. You might do better with a more general project - WP:Skyscrapers? WP:Notable Constructions? Maybe something like that. exolon 18:34, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Architectural value?

Now you're creating more articles on random apartment buildings, but putting "NOTE TO VIEWERS: Before nominating this for speedy deletion, this was added for its architectural value, not as spam, not as an apartment building, or anything else, only for its architecture. :) " in them? Why? That'd be like me making articles on every local bar band saying that the articles are for their musicial value. What are you trying to say here? Are these buildings somehow significant for an architectural point of view? Friday (talk) 20:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Is there any way I could talk you into being more conservative with creation of new articles? Do you agree that some of what you're creating here would be seen as obviously deletable material by most editors? Friday (talk) 20:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Direct Copying of Facts from Emporis.com

Hello,

I've noticed that many of your facts that you list on Detroit buildings pages are lifted WORD-FOR-WORD from Emporis.com. I'm here to tell you that I'm the author of almost every one of those facts. You need to go back through and put them into your own words, or delete them.--Criticalthinker 03:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #4

The September issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:32, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada got taken off the poll

Sorry about that, people complained. I think we'll have our hands full with the U.S. I'd suggest having a poll at the Canada Roads WP (since it's smaller you probably can do that). And uggh that poll got just plain nasty. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll. It just got plain ugly. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Coincidence

It is indeed a small internet. You know, if you plan to take up vandal-fighting, you ought to get yourself some fancy javascript tools - I prefer popups and Lupin's anti-vandal tool myself. :) --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 00:01, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For Kids TV and Kids WB aren't networks

Hi Raccoon Fox, Please do not add For Kid's TV and Kids WB to the list ofUS over the air TV networks, as you did here. These are programming blocks, not networks. MyNetworkTV is marketing itself as a network; Kid's WB and For Kids (formerly Fox Kids) have never done so. Check their respective web-sites for details. Also, while the table looks much nicer with the logos, these logos may violate Wikipedia's policy on logos, which is to say they must have a fair use rationale. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 23:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

user:Zzyzx11 has removed the logos, per Wikipedia:Fair_use#Policy item 8: they must either identify this article's subject or specifically illustrate relevant points of the text. Happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 03:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:L-G-Saskatchewan.PNG

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[edit] KXAM KAXM

While reading another user's talk page, I noticed that you had protested the deletion of KXAM KAXM without what you believed to be proper research. I had had trouble with him putting unverified information into articles, so I checked out KXAM KAXM. It turns out that he is correct in having the article deleted.

The FCC CDBS station search indicates that KXAM KAXM was never built. The station's construction permit was canceled on July 3, 2002 and the DTV permit was dismissed at the same time. You cited W9WI in saying that the station was registered, however, while an excellent resource, it is not authoritative for uncorroborated use. I have found several errors in his database, particularly with station affiliations. As the article is for a non-notable station, I am nominating it again for deletion. --dhett 20:34, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ontario Highway Images--thanks!!

Thanks!

[edit] your user name in Arab Canadians category

Hello

I'm not sure you're aware of this, but your user name shows up in [:Category:Arab_Canadians|Arab Canadians] category page. As you probably know, such categories are reserved for Wikipedia articles. I believe that categories for Wikipedians are seperate (in this case, you could useCategory:Arab Canadian Wikipedians instead), though I'm not sure if one can simply create a category or not. --Inahet 17:49, 23 September 2006 (UTC)