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  • P.S. "Spanties": Hahahahaha!!!!!!

Broderick

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia, which you are more than welcome to do.  (aeropagitica)  15:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

  • I did not create that article; I just marked it for deletion. Rwxrwxrwx 16:24, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Atreides Family Tree

Hey: I did this entire tree as a project for my AP Latin class. I just need a few hours to put it in. Once completed, it should be fine. I do have citations.

Zidel333 16:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

  • I added a cleanup tag to that page because there was no text in it. Rwxrwxrwx 19:20, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Link spam

What is Wikipedia's policy regarding link spam? I refer in particular to contributions by a certain user from 2006-06-29 to 2006-07-03 which included 71 new pages which are nothing but redirects to two existing pages. Rwxrwxrwx 17:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I should think that should be removed - check out WP:EL for details on external links :) -- 9cds(talk) 17:50, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree it should be removed, but I don't want to cause friction unless I can quote official policy; is there a policy? (I'd have used an internal link if I could figure out how to do it - any advice?) Rwxrwxrwx 18:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Well there is an official policy against link spam which can be found at Wikipedia:Spam. Also Wikipedia:External Links (which 9cds has mentioned above) & Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not are additional helpful pages --Srikeit (Talk | Review me!) 18:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I've tagged those 71 pages for speedy deletion. Rwxrwxrwx 12:22, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

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  • Hmmm ... Nothing of interest here really. Rwxrwxrwx 12:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Please use edit summaries

Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be extremely low:

Edit summary usage for Rwxrwxrwx: 17% for major edits and 29% for minor edits. Based on the last 94 major and 28 minor edits in the article namespace.

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  • Point taken. Rwxrwxrwx 09:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

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  • Tag has been added. Rwxrwxrwx 09:36, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Image deletion history

A picture I contributed some time ago has since been deleted. How can I find out when and why that happened? Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 15:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

You can look in the deletion log, if that doesn't tell you all you need to know, ask again and give the name of the image. --pgk 15:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I found the deletion in the log, thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 16:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Decrain Web Solutions

I deleted this page as per your speedy request. Please note that I did this under CSD A7, hope this helps as future reference. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 21:37, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 08:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

4-Sight Fax

Hello, Rwxrwxrwx, and welcome to Wikipedia. An article you recently created, 4-Sight Fax, has been tagged for speedy deletion because its content is clearly written to promote a company, product, or service. This article may have been deleted by the time you see this message. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not an advertising service. Thank you. NawlinWiki 18:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

  • See my comments on your talk page. Rwxrwxrwx 19:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. I think it was the line about pricing that made me view it as spam; you might want to take that out. NawlinWiki 18:52, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

  • If you're going to start a new thread on a talk page, please don't add your comments to an existing section; start a new one. I have added a section header to this thread. Rwxrwxrwx 19:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I added some sources... the page should stick around now. ---J.S (t|c) 19:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Blocking

How do I request permanent or temporary blocking of an anonymous user who has a long history of vandalism? He operates from a small number of IP addresses which are assigned to a particular company. Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 08:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. This page should be help --Aleenf1 08:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 13:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I can see the blocking policy, but not how to make a request. Rwxrwxrwx 15:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
To list a vandal, put the following text at the bottom of the Administrator invernetion against vandalism page. Replace 'username' with the name of any accounts the vandal uses, and 'ip' with the number of any ip address(es) that he uses:
{{vandal|username}} or {{IPvandal|ip}} optional brief reason for listing (keep it short) --~~~~ '
For example:

{{IPvandal|123.456.789}} and {{IPvandal|987.654.321}} keeps blanking pages and has already been warned about this a number of times --~~~~ '

You can follow this link to do that. Robdurbar 16:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 16:14, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Belay

The climber featured in the image you removed was on belay, so I'm not sure what you meant when you wrote that the image had nothing to do with belaying. Could you please explain? Rklawton 15:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Hi. The picture shows somebody on a climbing-wall, attached to a rope, but the belayer (assuming there was one) is nowhere to be seen. It does nothing to illustrate belaying. I've seen several pictures of belayers on Flickr.com; I'll upload one of them in a few minutes. Rwxrwxrwx 15:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Uploading a photo of a belayer would be great. The image illustrates a climber on belay and that's a term described within the article. Rklawton 15:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The image you uploaded is nice, but the photographer states that the two models are on belay and not belaying as you indicated in the image caption. Indeed, neither one looks like she is belaying in the image. Rklawton 16:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

  • I am an active climber (look at my user page). The girl on the right is belaying a lead climber. Her belaying hand is hidden but that in no way detracts from the clarity of the picture. Rwxrwxrwx 16:06, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I see I was taking the photo's caption too literally. Rklawton 16:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

FAXCOM

Would you please clarify notability for FAXCOM? Thank you. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 21:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

  • All I know about it is what it says in the article. Rwxrwxrwx 10:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

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  • That was a logo for cdrtools, but apparently it is now obsolete. Rwxrwxrwx 10:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:CLIMB

What do you think the next Wikiproject: Climbing collaboration should be? If you wouldn't mind coming up with a list of your top three choices and we'll choose them up at WP:CLIMB? Thanks. ⇒ SWATJester On Belay! 23:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

climbing

Take a look at Horsepens 40 and [1] and see if you can't fill it out a bit? Thanks! This could be an awesome article! there's plenty of external links about it, just do a quick google search. What I would REALLY appreciate is a filling in of some of the topo for HP 40, from drtopo.com . Specifically, the most famous routes there are "eightball, millipede, mortal kombat, crisifix, brawn, man with the slow-hand, red arrow (V4), etc." Also, all of the V11's deserve a mention. ⇒ SWATJester On Belay! 03:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm afraid I know nothing about that particular area, but I'm working on creating and expanding articles about Irish crags. Trying to get photos is the big time-consumer. Rwxrwxrwx 14:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits made to James Delaney (Laois)

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  • I've no idea where that link came from. I probably accidentally clicked the external link button on the toolbar. Rwxrwxrwx 22:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

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  • I thought I selected GFDL, but anyway it's there now. Rwxrwxrwx 10:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Your category edit to Forth

I've undone your edit to Forth_(programming_language) and the removal of the stack category [2]; it's the defining feature of Forth, and removing it is confusing to say the least, as Forth is defined in that category (although I note Forths in general it have been made a sub-category). Let's discuss. Alex 21:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

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  • The picture is the company's logo; I don't know what else to say. Delete the image if needs be; it means nothing to me. Rwxrwxrwx 18:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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  • The picture is the company's logo; I don't know what else to say. Delete the image if needs be; it means nothing to me. Rwxrwxrwx 18:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
    • There's a fair-use rationale there now. Rwxrwxrwx 17:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Help needed

Could somebody please have a look at Category:Shock jocks? I created that category, but every link to it links to its "edit" page. I can't figure out how to fix that. Thanks a lot. Rwxrwxrwx 20:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

  • It seems to be OK now. Rwxrwxrwx 20:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi..Just go to the category and click edit and replace whatever I have written {This is a category for Some group of people} with what you think the category is about and it will work fine..Cheers..--Cometstyles 20:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Tent

I liked your rewording re flexible poles; definitely an improvement on what I had written originally. Murray Langton 15:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 17:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Adesterre

Howdy Rwx, I'm having a hard time seeing how some of your comments([3]) on Adesterre's talk page could be taken as anything other than trying to further antagonize him - bordering on being uncivil. Please try to remember, it is important to avoid becoming hostile and confrontational yourself, even in the face of abuse (WP:ATTACK). I realize that you are tired and frustrated with his deletion of content, but at the same time, I've found that at least some of his arguments have a hint of merit.

Could you perhaps tone it down a little bit? Regards, —Mrand T-C 13:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

  • I agree, the article is quite one-sided (the article's subject does go out of his way to court controversy after all!), but all Adesterre is doing is complaining about it, vandalising it, attacking other editors, and generally doing absolutely nothing constructive to improve the article. And his arguments are rubbish, totally biased and full of inaccuracies. I'd be quite happy to see him playing a part in actually improving the article, and would give him all the help he needs, but for as long as he keeps spouting rubbish, I'll reserve the right to contradict him. I'm certainly not going to join in licking his arse every time he complains. Maybe you should consider toning it up a bit instead of encouraging him. Rwxrwxrwx 15:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Help needed

{{helpme}} Can somebody please check the licencing tag on Image:La palma volcano 2.jpg? The original image is public domain as a result of it being the work of a NASA employee; I copied that picture and edited it with GIMP to produce the current image. Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 11:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll look at it. KTC 11:14, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
It was fine. I've modified it to have more details though. :) KTC 11:19, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Rwxrwxrwx 20:46, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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  • No problem. Rwxrwxrwx 23:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

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