User talk:Spitfire19

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[edit] The Noob article

Hello there and welcome. I thought you should know that the reason I reverted your edit was because of the discussion on it's talk page which other editors decided to have it as a redirect to Newbie. Maybe bring up the changes on it's talkpage before reverting my edit, so that other editors can decide if Noob needs its own article or if it needs to be merged instead as the terms are fairly similar. Leave a message on my talkpage if you have any questions. Happy Editing! :D AngelOfSadness talk 00:10, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

That is true that they are different. But then again they are very similar. Maybe a small section in the article should define the differences between the meanings of noob and newbie. AngelOfSadness talk 00:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
By the by, adding the semi-protected template to the article doesn't protect the page. You have to be an admin to protect the page(they have special tools that we don't have unfortunately). The page can only get protected if their has been unspeakable amounts of vandalism and edit wars over it. AngelOfSadness talk 00:29, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newbie

OK, I'm talking to you. I would like to delete the section you added because it is confused and contains poor grammar and syntax. It is far below Wikipedia standards. Please fix it promptly or ask for help. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 17:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misplaced template

The Controversial-issues template is intended for the talk page not the main article space and the templates you have added have been removed by other users, also the placement of infoboxes in close proximity of each other (as happened with your edit to Wikipedia) can create a conflict between the boxes over space which can result in bitty broken up layout and an excess of whitespace. These edits have the appearance of vandalism and disruption even if this is not intended, an idea of how the page will look with your edits included can be achieved with the preview option before saving a change. Also there may be concerns with an article that you have created Azuradisc‎ which at present may be taken as an advert for the services provided by a commercial company. KTo288 22:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Templates on Britney Spears

Thanks for contributing to Britney Spears, although I have removed the templates that you have placed in the article because of the following reasons:

  • This article has recently passed GA about a week ago. This clearly proves that it is neutral, proves that the references are well written (without the need for a clean up), and non of the contents are a hoax.
  • This article was peer reviewed very recently. And non of the reviewers said the article has POV issues.

Hence I have removed those templates placed by you. Thanks. Oidia (talk) 02:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Greek Golden Age, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material without the permission of the author. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/goldenage.htm. As a copyright violation, Greek Golden Age appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Greek Golden Age has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

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  • If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Greek Golden Age with a link to where we can find that note.
  • If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Greek Golden Age.

However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. KTo288 19:46, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] István Hatvani

Unfortunately your edits to István Hatvani have been reverted because of violation of the copyright of the web source you found against the express wishes of the copyright holder. You are to be congratulated on having found a great source on the topic in question, and no doubt that source can be used to expand the Istvan Hatvani article however copying and pasting in toto the work of others is not the way to do this. I am sure this was an honest attempt to contribute to Wikipedia, however just adding the source you found as an external link would have been a good and valid contribution, there is no need to think that you need to make large and flashy additions to be contributing meaningfully. KTo288 09:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Playable Stages

The answer to your question would be in the FAQ that goes along with Brawl's talk page, specifically the "Dojo Updates" question about three-fourths down the page. There's also an abundant amount of hidden/commented messages in the text of the main article itself asking people not to make changes related to adding lists, as well as archived talk page discussions (a rather insane number of them, as this topic tended to come up often) about it too. What it all boils down to, though, is that adding full lists of characters, stages, items, and so on will make that article gigantic in size, and articles about video games are only supposed to be limited synopses anyways. Arrowned 20:44, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

By the way, I did notice as I reverted your edit that it was formatted in a way that I suppose could work in the article; our main problem is direct lists. However, many other editors feel the same way I do about this kind of thing, so you may get more support for this idea if you bring it up on the talk page first. Arrowned 21:01, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello. I have redirected your article, Super Smash Brothers: playable stages, back to its parent article, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A list of stages, as I mentioned on Brawl's discussion page, is unencyclopedic listcruft/fancruft that has no viable secondary sources and cannot hold its own as an encyclopedia article. You also failed to gather appropriate consensus on that talk page; contrarily, everyone who responded on that topic disagreed with your proposition. Please do not create pages which do not satisfy conditions of consensus, especially if they do not abide by Wikipedia guidelines and policies. Regards, You Can't See Me! 23:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, almost everyone agreed that a list of stages is unencyclopedic; you failed to garner a consensus. — Malcolm (talk) 23:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do believe that the Bosses in The Legend of Zelda series is extremely unencyclopedic. If I edited Legend-of-Zelda articles more frequently, I probably would nominate it for deletion, or at the very least, transwikiing or merging. Also, the fact that you put a lot of effort into writing an article is by no means a valid argument for keeping it. You Can't See Me! 00:03, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
Cease reverting my redirect. I and multiple users have explained to you why this is not a viable article. If you don't want to listen, that's your choice, but do not violate wikipolicy by ignoring consensus. You Can't See Me! 00:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please read the welcome before you do anything else

... to ensure that you have fewer run-ins with people who try to revert you. Read the pages it links to, especially the Introduction and the Five Pillars of Wikipedia, if nothing else.

Hello, Can you tell me why your changed the "jog" page to a re-direct as opposed to a disambiguation page? As far as I can see there is an ambiguity. In sailing circles JOG would mean Junior Offshore Group to most people.

Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Dixon (talk • contribs) 09:00, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] WikiProject Nintendo Page Redesign

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[edit] 2007 Michigan budget crisis

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fixedSpitfire (talk) 23:18, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] The Great Raid On Cabanatuan

Hi Spitfire. The Great Raid On Cabanatuan was merged with Raid at Cabanatuan as per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great Raid On Cabanatuan. You can use the information you gained from the book in building the Raid On Cabanatuan article. Regards. SilkTork *YES! 11:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Nintendo Nsider Forums

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