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[edit] Clinohumite

Thanks for the feedback on Clinohumite. However, the original text copy and images originated directly from me.

[edit] Long talk page

Greetings! Your talk page is getting a bit long in the tooth - please consider archiving your talk page (or ask me and I'll archive it for you). Cheers! BD2412 T 00:45, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Dunno what you mean ;) --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] Edward Prior

The text comes from my unpublished thesis on ESP written for the RICS Post Grad Dip in Historic Building Conservation back in 1998. That drew on a wide range of published and unpublished material, particularly an unpublished PhD thesis by Lynne Brown Walker dating from 1978 and discussions with her. The stuff on individual buildings general comes from articles published in The Architect et. al at the time.

One day soon I'll sort some illustrations once I have got a handle on their copyright issues.

Phil —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Philcodevon (talk • contribs) 14:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Geolinks template

Thanks for the comment on Clapham Junction. I tried playing with the template to get multimap into it but seemingly you cannot mix the aerial view but called with a latitude/longitude parameter. So I've just restored it below the geolinks so it looks seemless.

The Terraserver issue is that Geolinks-cityscale is in use worldwide. The Terravision scale of 15 is supported worldwide but is a little far out for cities. Go to scale 8 (closer in) and Terravision is broken outside Europe and North America. --Scotthatton 11:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

lol no it didnt hurt, i find it quite funny actually, and how the hell do i properly talk ? or do i have to alter more articles ?

to put it simply, because i am procrastinating from doing my homework and because i find the childishness quite funny and i know im not alone in feeling this way, and the disclaimer at the bottom, it says: "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it." so therefore i find it a direct invite to change anything i feel like changing

i never said i was a child, just childish and i thought it would be good arguing with you as you might put up a good fight, but your just lame dude, you try to sound smart and all that but it dont really make any sense, your just scrambling for ideas and thats sad man. And dont think this means im gunna stop changing stuff :) this was just a warm up

i would tell my mother, if i had one. There is such a thing as right of free speech and not all my stuff was about reproductive organs like moustachioed women, brothels and homosexuality. And where is the fun in contributing something useful ?

so your actually egging me on, trying to get me to produce better ? like i said, it was only a warm up. very good work though, it made me laugh

you wanna know the fun in "vandalising other peoples work"? its the challange of trying to turn something informing into something rude and funny, but try and keep a certain "flow" going, and i know they were shit my first few ones, but as i said, they are just a warm up, i will be back when i have more time, but ive decided i better finish my homework instaed of pissing around here. See you soon :)

it was nice meeting you Tagishsimon. By the way, is that some sort of pokemon name, or someother form of japanese manga ?


Helloo!

[edit] Copyright licences

I uploaded an [[Image:Camp_Sagamore-dining_hall.jpg|image}} to use for the Sagamore Camp article. However, I am unsure which license to tag for this image. I was hoping you would be able to help me out. I am the photographer of this image, and I don't want it to be used for commercial use, if at all possible. Do you know which license would work? I apologise if this is a stupid question; I am new to Wikipedia and don't really know what I'm doing. --Riley 05:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] stubsensor's broken links

Hi,

Its actually not stubsensor that has the problem - its moving the output of stubsensor into wikipedia that causes the unicode characters to get garbled. Specifically, pbcopy on a mac does not handle unicode and makes it garbled. I know what the solution is: write a custom uploader/bot that moves the output with out having me resort to cut and paste. Its on the list of things to do when I've got the time; I know its ugly in the mean time but something is better than nothing. Triddle 22:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Solar Boat

Wow. Thanks. —Tamfang 02:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Sir Goldsworthy Gurney

Firstly thank you for your contributions to the Goldsworthy Gurney article, your work is greatly appreciated. In reply to your comment on my talk page regarding the use of text from http://www.themagicofcornwall.com/Pages/history/gurney.htm in the Goldsworthy Gurney article. I have not obtained permission from the copyright holder. I have tried to make alterations to the text so that it is not an exact copy. If the alterations to the text are not substantial enough then let me know. I do realise that it is not acceptable to put other people's copyright work on Wikipedia without their permission. --Benjaminevans82 20:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC) (talk)

Thanks for dropping an email to the owner of the source site asking if she/he minds. If we can use some of the pictures it would be great. I was quite surprised to see in my watch list that someone had made a contribution to Goldsworthy Gurney so soon after I started the article. I to was surprised that there was nothing on Goldsworthy Gurney in wikipedia to start with. I started to become interested in Gurney because I live in Wadebridge, Cornwall where he once lived. considering the article is only two days old it is pretty good now. Kind regards --Benjaminevans82 (talk)

[edit] Black Panthers

I did look up the subject and read all of it, but there was no mention of the cats in South Carolina. I am going by hear say and someone says one thing and another says another. I was trying to get it straight!

                • There are Black Panthers (Leopards) in South Carolina. I have seen them and know it for a fact. Although the officials deny it. There is also another large cat roaming my area, but I don't really know the breed. It is smaller than the Black Leopard and is tan in color. I would say it weighs around 65 pounds or so.

[edit] Lossie timeline

Thanks for producing the timeline; it is fantastic! ( just realised I hadn't thanked you for the work you did in it. Cheers)--Billreid 12:57, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

As a newbie, I appreciate your input into the Lossie article. I have a spin off at Elgin, Moray based on Lossie so any improvements you can make on Lossie I'll pinch for Elgin ;>) --Billreid 16:39, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Google Books

Thanks for the info; looks promising. I've already bookmarked several books to go back to. --Billreid 14:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DB9

Spring cleaning on the DB9 article, I found that you own the two California Sage DB9 Coupe pictures. Now, what I was wondering was - did you intentionally leave the number plates visible? Don't get me wrong, I like the pictures (and they'd look great above/below the info-box instead of in an oddly-placed gallery...of sorts), but it does seem a little strange to have the plates showing online. If you want me to obscure them I'd be more than happy, just leave a message 'up' my talk page and I'll do them for you, send them back and then re-upload them over the existing images.

My very sincerest and most utter apologies if that is, in fact, your DB9 and you wish to keep the plates 'open'.

Cheers. Abarthaddict 17:19, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Removal of my answer on ref desk

Can you please tell me why you thought you could remove my legitimate answer to the question on cerebellum? i have restored it pending an explanation.--Light current 20:20, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I thought you had deleted one of my posts on the science ref desk. If it wasnt you, I apologise.--Light current 17:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 16 September 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] The commons

Simon, thanks for suggestion. I'll go and have a look. Billreid 15:31, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lists

It is ok in Cologne Blue and Monobook in IE7. If you are experiencing this problem in Firefox, perhaps you could amend for your set-up and I will let you know if it still works ok in IE. Mrsteviec 10:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Malachi Rictsher

Hi, Tagishsimon, I took a "look-see" at Richtsher via google, and additionally added some categories. Say did the Chicago Tribune or any other MSM run an obiturary or a report about his suicide? It would really add balance to the article. Cheers V. Joe 18:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MR& Sanity

Hi again... I don't know if he was sane or not. Truthfully, it doesn't matter as far as notability, etc, BUT if he was in fact, suicidally depressed or had just been given "6 months to live" it would be relevant to his case. I wouldn't know, truthfully, having never heard of him until a few minutes ago. That said, I've never had the slightest urge to immolate or otherwise suicide over events in the news for any reason whatsoever... V. Joe 18:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Main Seal

OK you tell me what the main seal is on an engine?--Light current 18:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

THanks. You could have answered that on the RD. No need to erase my Q. 8-(--Light current 19:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Nervous S***

Thank you for deleting that disrupting comment. I didnt want to do it on my own! 8-)--Light current 01:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Religious portals

It is not about religious portals. It is about some totally unknown grouping has been elevated to a status of a portal by one person. It is about the credibility of Wikipedia and not about religion.

Balajiviswanathan 01:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Religion

User:Balajiviswanathan says some thing About Ayyavazhi there. So I placed the report and citation books there. Sorry, And I don't know with what aim he discussed it there. I don't know what to do. So ask him or remove them all. Thank you - Paul 01:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Friend what is totally Unknown? I've cited with News paper report and Reaserch papers from Proffessors. Once again, Please understand. Thank You. - Paul 01:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image upload advice needed

If i am to upload an image i created, would i put it under GFDL or what would be most suitable? Also what exactly do i write in the summary? I do not want to give my name out but username is okay. Simply south 22:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Incivility on Ref Desk Talk Page

Your recent posts go far beyond what is needed or appropriate in response to an answer which was misguided: "Please do not post CRAP answers..", "As normal, you're deploying dumb..arguments," "..your continued incontinent postings." (definition of incontinent: unrestrained, unable to hold back, but also implies incapable of controlling excretory functions), ""Do you have such an insufficieny of honesty..." This is incivility per se and uncalled for on Wikipedia. Please take a little time to cool down and then do not bite other editors. Thanks. Edison 20:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warning

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. --Light current 21:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ref desk cleanup, help needed

As a user who has expressed interest in dealing with misuse of the reference desk, you may be interested in my comments at Wikipedia talk:Reference desk#Where we stand and my new strategy for dealing with the problem at User:SCZenz/Reference desk comments. It will take help from many people in order to make it clear which behaviors aren't appropriate. -- SCZenz 03:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ray Manzarek's Solar Boat

Hello, I'd been searching for the lyrics of the Ray Manzarek's song Solar Boat, and in Google you appear replying to other man who question that already. Do you know wherer are the lyrics of that song? Could you reply me at the mail mrruntledge@hotmail.com if you know the answer? Thanks already...

Done. --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] Season's Greetings

Happy new year, Simon — Bill Reid | Talk 10:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

I agree, but it's a bit uncivil to say so, lol. Anchoress 23:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

Sorry for bothering anyone for my signature. The signature is now removed, and replaced under WP:SIG. However, I think it is nfair to judge someone should be an admin or not base on their signature. I understand my signature is a little bit awkward. In fact, I had only put this signature for a test drive and attempt to receive comments from others. However, until your comment comes, I had receive no comments complaining about my signature. The only ones are positive. After all, I think it is unfair to judge someone by their signatures, especially they are in a test drive.

--Smcafirst or Nick • Sign • Chit-Chat • I give at 23:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eudes of Burgundy

Regarding the picture you uploaded onto the Eudes IV of Burgundy article: Are you sure it is Eudes? The inscription on the top of the portrait reads, "LE DUCK PHYLIPE DE BOURGUNGE" ("The Duke Philip of Burgundy"), and the subject's neckchain appears to have the Golden Fleece insignia suspended from it. The Order of the Golden Fleece was instituted only in 1430 - by Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. Bearing this, and circumstancial evidence (Philip the Good was active in 1430 and plays a part in Joan of Arc's life, Eudes was long dead and his line extinct), what reason do you have to think it is Eudes? Michaelsanders 18:55, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem - I only noticed it because I had far too much time on my hands. And as mistakes go, I'd rather make that mistake than some of those I've made :). (Incidentally, I hope I didn't come across as rude - I wasn't intending to, but looking at my remark above it does look a little terse. Sorry!). Keep up the good work! Michaelsanders 11:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civility

This, along with several other comments you have made recently, was entirely inappropriate. I see that you have been warned about violating the civility and personal attack policies before. This isn't optional. You must interact with other users politely regardless of what you think of them. Please refrain from being deliberately insulting to others. --CBD 23:23, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Humourous

[1] Thanks for that! It is always good to have another data point on these things. Best wishes, --Guinnog 00:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC) (per User:Spellmaster)

[edit] BR Fixer

Could you try and install this code instead of the code that you did install please?

/**** MECU's BR fixer ****/

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
             + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mecu/br.js'
             + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

/* This is to keep track of who is using this extension: [[User:Mecu/br.js]] */

/**** End MECU's BR fixer ****/

And let me know if this works. Thanks. (you can remove the winc code too) --MECU≈talk 20:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, you have to click "edit" on a page first, once that page loads, you should see the
tag. It won't just appear when just viewing an article. I hope that's it (otherwise I'd be lost). Sorry, you're the first person to use it, but thanks for working with me on it. --MECU≈talk 20:51, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Try just reloading now. I made a change in the script. I had a dependency I forgot, but they changed the global JS so it's not needed anymore. --MECU≈talk 20:58, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Sweet, thanks for your patience. --MECU≈talk 21:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy - Project Gutenberg etext 19488.jpg

Hi! You requested the deletion of this picture from Commons. As a Commons sysop, I have no problem with that. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of the possibility to rename this picture. Do you maintain your deletion request or do you wish me to rename it? Jastrow (Λέγετε) 15:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Just interfering here: I don't think you should have it deleted. It would appear to be Philip III of Burgundy (based on the inscription and the Golden Fleece), so would be useful to his article. Although some clearer confirmation would help. Michaelsanders 15:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
If identification can be achieved, it will not be deleted indeed. Jastrow (Λέγετε) 16:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
The picture was renamed as per your suggestion. Jastrow (Λέγετε) 13:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Banner law firm

I agree with your comment and the founder's article's talk page :-) Pretty unprofessional! Can I leave you to continue the conversation? It is just advertising really but I guess adequately notable even if self-interested.--Golden Wattle talk 21:45, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] iPod Index

"This is a PR puff piece for Commonwealth Securities Limited, based on a 19/01/07 press release. By what yardstick are we converting last week's press release into a wikipedia article?"

See the Talk:iPod Index page for my response Zir 14:18, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing when blocked

Blocked users can edit their user talk page (in order to ask for an {{unblock}}). Hope this helps! 〈REDVEЯS〉 22:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Your continual comments

OK you dont like me. I pretty well dont like you either. So I suggest we stay out of each others way and off each others talk pages. OK?--Light current 22:07, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Also I'll ignore your edits, if you ignore mine. How about that?--Light current 22:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Torchwood Anonymous

Why have you nominated Torchwood_Anonymous for deletion. Khalidkhoso 02:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit]  ??

Can I proceed with my article?

[edit] page error Greenwich_Village_map

The page for the Greenwich Village map:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Greenwich_Village_map_circa_1860_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16907.jpg

Should be circa 1760 not 1860. The text description is correct, but the page title is off by 100 years.

I'm enough of a newbie that I did not wish to risk trying to fix it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wiki-790 (talk • contribs) 04:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] new stubsensor

Hey there old chap,

I got a new stubsensor out, you can find it at User:Triddle/stubsensor/20070206. Good news too, I solved that nasty problem with the red links. The problem was that I was cutting and pasting the cleanup reports into Wikipedia and the pasting was blowing away the Unicode. Now that I'm publishing with a bot, not only is it less work, but it also keeps the unicode intact. Take care, Triddle 08:28, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PDFbot

PDFbot has attempted to specify the size of a PDF in this edit, but got it wrong, at 0.0 bytes. Could you look into the problem, please, and revert any similar instances. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

It looks like a one-off, having trawled some other PDFBot changes. Would be nice to know the cause & prevent a repetition, though. --Tagishsimon (talk)
I had also discover one instance where this happened, similar I had thought it was a fluke. Both the servers were running Apache/1.3.26 with ApacheJserv/1.1.2, but they report the values incorrectly when the bot queries them with the HTTP HEAD Request. I've since put in a few checks into the code that checks for a minimum size and MIME type. —Dispenser 08:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great Fire inline citations

Sorry for the delay. I don't know for sure if there is a way to do it as you asked, with just including the references. Some FA/GAs are now being removed from their status due to lack of inline citations, and I wanted to prevent that from happening if I passed it. I guess the only safe thing to do is either check out the book from a library or buy it to include the inline citations based on page number to be the most accurate and verifiable. I'm sure there are more sources besides the three at the bottom which you could also use. Don't be afraid to include newspaper articles, online articles, or other sources to contribute to the inline citations. Let me know what kind of response you get back about this citing situation. --Nehrams2020 09:20, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Alexander Paul Turner

Tagishsimin, You deleted the page I created on Alexander Paul Turner. I am co founder of Turnerzworld, Turner, is listed here: http://imdb.com/name/nm2592019/, and his resume is here: http://imdb.com/name/nm2592019/resume Bobjane 16:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Checked this thanks to Bugmenot access. Self-created profile with no actual verified details. Nothing to see here, please disperse ;o) RΞDVΞRS ✖ ЯΞVΞЯSΞ 16:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Mitchell and Butler pub

I hope you don't mind but I've used part of your photo from the article on M&B for the group icon of a flickr group I'm the admin on. http://www.flickr.com/groups/thepubspfbirminghamengland/ I've attributed it to Tagishsimin, but if you want me to remove it - please let me know. Thanks.Nedtrifle 16:35, 29 March 2007 (UTC) 16:34, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turner

You don't have a life, do you mate? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bobjane (talk • contribs) 16:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Image:Screengrab - ping in a win2k command window.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Screengrab - ping in a win2k command window.png. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
  2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Image:Huskyeye.jpg Husky (talk page) 21:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] c:)

I appreciate you may be bored & want something to do, but does going around the reference desks finding every single mistake and complaining about them really help? Or was it just me that you are annoyed with. Of the two comments you disagreed with, the first was probably a bad idea as part of it wasn't necessary, and my second may not have quite ilustrated the point I was trying to get across as well as I would have liked, a point which has also been implied by other people on the same question. So yes I suppose I do make a few occasional unhelpful comments, but telling me not to after I have done it isn't likely to help, it is too late now to go back and delete everything. I also disagree with your idea that everything I do is supposed to be 'humourous', because quite a lot of it isn't, it can just sometimes be difficult to see where the line between serious and not serious is. Basically I don't actually think about what I am doing, but since you don't like some of my attempts to answer questions, I will try to think before doing anything now. I also disagree with your complaint that the second comment was offtopic, it was just not the actual answer to the question asked. Finally, why complain now, I have been on wikipedia for a while and made similarly unhelpful comments before, so why start complaining now instead of a while ago? And I really hope you aren't going to complain about anything I have written here. absit iniuria verbis, but sorry for anything you don't like anyway. Thanks for all your helpful advice. HS7 14:17, 20 March 2760 (UTC)

[edit] User:SatyrBot and {{LocateMeBot}}

Thanks - I've stopped the bot and am removing the duplicates. See the project discussion page for a reply about putting the tag on the article vs the talk page. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 17:15, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] London Heliport

Just want to let you know that I removed the title coordinates from the London Heliport article. They are already in the infobox. I figure that you put them in so that the article would appear in Google Earth. However, that is not necessary. If you look at Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome it appears in Google Earth without ever having the title coordinate link. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 23:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed that Google Earth already has it. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 23:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lesson plan

Thanks, Sdudah 21:06, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: speedy deletion templates

Hey, nice work on newpages patrol! :) Just letting you know -- you might want to use {{db-ad}} instead of db|advert. Switchercat talkcont 02:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BAC

No problem with adding anything useful to the templates; but I didn't add BAC because I thought it was due to close soon. Be interested to hear if it's remaining open. Kbthompson 14:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prodding lists

I have made a statement about that at VPP and WP:LIST. Prodding the articles is perfectly acceptable, just as you can deprodd all of my prods. In that case I will move on to AfD for individual lists. I don't think there will be many supports to keep those lits, they are unmaintained and last AfD was closed because of objections to mass deletions in a single AfD without wider discussions; I am now both opening a wide discussion and starting a series of small individual deletions to show that there is no support to keeping those lists. If you are not going to improve and maintain those lists, and nobody is doing so (check their history), please consider twice before deprodding them and making me spend time on AfD. Thank you,-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  20:07, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:82.20.124.228

Please don't be a jerk. I make edits in good faith. Not all things can be sourced (i.e. in the absence of a website link. Indeed, there are THOUSANDS of statements on wikipedia with no source. If someone like pigsonthewing wants a source they can use google or visit the website of the person/organisation that the article is about (and incidentally he shouldn't try to make people angry) --User:82.20.124.228

[edit] troll removal

Not to doubt you, but I'm curious: how did you know right away that User:71.175.119.17 was a troll? —Steve Summit (talk) 00:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Further, and without prejudicial comment on your reversion, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Responding to suicidal individuals - the basis on which the response appears to have been made. Rockpocket 07:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not a troll

Hello Tagishsimon, with all due respect for your decision to revert User:71.175.119.17’s message, I strongly disagree. This does not prove that he was a troll because he tried twice to contact us before he posted that edit summery. Furthermore, the gravity of this issue could make a mistake deadly. S.dedalus 20:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Active Wiki Fixup Projects

Hello I see you added Articles needing coordinates from April 2007 to {{Active Wiki Fixup Projects}} because you linked to the april 2007 category you will need to change this link every month to keep it updated. Also the {{MiniAWFP}} should have the same links as the full version. It might be best to link to Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates then you would only need to keep it updated with directions to the most current category. I have not made any changes, you know the project better then I do. Jeepday talk 00:45, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St John's Beacon - Picture

You have the copyright for this picture.

What permissions do you need for this to be used.

Please can you contact me and let me know

Many Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cliff1152 (talk • contribs) 11:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] re: Blackbeard's Cave

Thanks for your attention to this matter. You are an asset to the project. --Spike Wilbury 18:54, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Other rants & whimsies

Regarding the use of the phrase "Guns'n'Roses" to refer to the "Ring o'Roses" pub in Holcombe - this is a simple matter of local fact. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to prove it to you, short of asking you to go there and ask people. Think I'll give up anyway - it seems I don't understand what Wikipedia is supposed to be about :(

[edit] Coordinates

In edits like [2], you might like to include coord in the coordinates component of the infobox, with display=inline,title. Andy Mabbett 14:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Yup, thanks. I looked but didn't spot the infobox coords. I've entered it into the infobox, but with display=inline only ... is there a good reason to show the coords twice, so close together? Probably not. --Tagishsimon (talk)
Chiefly, I suspect, that some people will be looking for them on one place, and some in the other. Andy Mabbett 14:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Then let them have both --Tagishsimon (talk)
Neat ;-) Thank you. Andy Mabbett 15:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD for CUotS

I was already in the process of writing my comment when you contacted me. In its current form the article might actually be more helpful than a deletion would be (since notability was never the problem with it). Thanks. Malc82 01:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canterbury University of the Seychelles

The Editor's Barnstar
For improving Canterbury University of the Seychelles when it was put up for deletion by means of adding sources, I award you the Editor's Barnstar. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 02:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 02:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your compliments on the NPOV'ing of the article on the esteemed university. I award you the save on this one, though. Coincidentally enough, I am in Oregon right now, so I felt morally obligated to fix the redlink to the ODA and such as well. --Dynaflow babble 04:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Hahaha, nice work. Our watchlists aren't the only list it's found itself added to: List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning. --Dynaflow babble 19:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
That article already seems to have a guardian, with whom I'm currently arguing over whether or not the Esalen Institute is a diploma mill: Talk:List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning#Esalen Institute. His standards are, obviously, quite a bit higher than mine. =) --Dynaflow babble 19:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
I've rewritten some of the article to make the narrative flow a little bit funnier. I've tried to keep it as faithful to your original British English as well as I possibly could, but you may want to give it a quick copy-edit in case I accidentally let a random "ized" slip through. --Dynaflow babble 00:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hippopotamus Defence

Thanks for catching that I hadn't gone back far enough to remove all the vandalism. I thought I had gone back two versions, but obviously not. Quale 23:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Precious

Thank you. ;-) Andy Mabbett 21:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: My sockpuppetry

I have been using socks to fight vandalism - I realise I shouldn't have used my old account to revert the removal of the MySpace link from the Franck page, though. I shan't be going about socking, but hopefully, if - in the process of fighting blatant (i. e. Pelican s***-standard) vandalism - I have to violate the 3RR rule, I won't get into too much trouble.--Vox Humana 8' 23:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I used one sock once to evade 3rr on the personal issue. Otherwise, I've just been using socks to fight vandalism. It's not a matter of opinion on the Pigsonthewing case - it clearly violates WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA - and many other editors, admins included, agree.--Vox Humana 8' 23:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Andy Mabbett

I'll be here pretty much constantly- if you do have any further comments to make, I would be very happy to hear them. As you said, I am a new admin, I will obviously make mistakes. J Milburn 23:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thankyou, I will consider those points. Just a quick response: I raised the issue on the admins' IRC channel, and they said that the issue was something that should be decided on-Wiki, and reccomended AN/I. It isn't just a place for non-admins to request admin help, but for admins to request clarification they did the right thing, or to reach a consensus, or, as I did, to ask for a third opinion, for a neutral party to take a look at a dispute. J Milburn 09:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit

Hi Tagishimon, I appreciate you're a more experienced Wikipedian than I, but wondered whether you'd give a little more information on the change of mine that you reverted on Cheese eating surrender monkeys. I've started a conversation in the page's talk page.

Thanks, Paul (Proberts2003 18:25, 26 June 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Re: Esholt Junction rail crash

Yeah, there must be something wrong with my new train article radar today.... Ah, there it is.... A passing bird dropped a fish on the receiver. Yummy, lunch! Slambo (Speak) 19:27, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vox Humana 8' - blocked & immediately unblocked

FYI: [3]; [4]; User talk:WJBscribe#sock puppets of Vox Humana 8'. Andy Mabbett 20:50, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the whole POTW, VH, Alison etc issue

Ok, I certainly wasn't expecting that, but I think I should respond to some of the points you made. I probably won't write as much as you did, but here goes-

First of all, it is kinda pointless us arguing about this, when we could just ask Seaphimblade, but I got the impression it was for the Franck page, due to his comment Please note that it is not vandalism for other editors to remove a link, nor does this justify breaking the 3RR to reinsert it. This is obviously what was going on at that page in question, and it was that which I discussed at length with Vox. And yes, I know it was completely against policy and consensus, that's why I rebuked him for it.

And, I am sorry, but Pigs does behave in a particuarly confrontational manner, picking fights with people over the tiniest things. He mocks people for typing errors, and feels the need to reply to absolutely every point, never defending his own actions, but instead bringing up things that other people have done, often a long time ago. You can see him doing this all over the place- my talk page, his talk page, on ANI... I am not the only editor to notice it, either. I'll dig up diffs if you really want them, but I am reasonably sure you know that he is confrontational.

Yes, we did revert his userpage, that issue certainly was about him. However, Pigs has a habit of twisting things. For instance, check this edit. First of all, he knows damn well that those attacks where a long time ago, and he knows that I am not supporting a block for 'not assuming good faith', but for the unneeded attacks and many, MANY reverts on his userpage. I am not sure what you mean by 'working as a tag team'- several editors got involved to show that there was a consensus to remove it, and not just the radical opinion of a couple of people, and, obviously, to avoid the three revert rule.

He complained to more people than that. He complained to me and you, as well. He complained to a lot of people, which was just unneeded. As for the subtext you got, I was feeling rather spiteful towards Vox at the time, and that was actually intended as slightly sarcastic, and would have been said through gritted teeth. You also have to remember Pigs' history- he isn't exactly known for being the least confrontational person in the world.

As for the next comment about edit warring, as I see it, Pigs has now grudgingly agreed to just have a comment about being censored on his page, and, whether we like it or not, it isn't particuarly offensive, there isn't anything particuarly wrong with it. I was meaning it was kind of petty of him to put it there, but complaining about it is a lot more trouble than it is worth, and we should just focus our efforts elsewhere. I supported ignoring the newer comments on his talk page, but was willing to continue the discussion over the previous worries, as well as the blocks that resulted because of them. As for vouching for Vox- that was evidently a mistake, and I have no doubt lost respect along a lot of editors (you and Alison included) for doing so. I will be wary of trusting him again.

[Sorry, just realised I missed a key part of your message, I'll quote and then respond]

We do care about actions taken on wikipedia. You are an admin. If you do not care, then are you sure you should be an admin? I do have a problem with you, in effect, saying "no one should care about the wheel war campaign I joined in on, when me & my friend VH and an IP and Leonig decided that our views of what should be on Andy's page should override Andy's view of what should be on his own page ... no one should care that Andy has an issue with VH being unblocked swiftly", despite VH making statements such as 'if - in the process of fighting blatant (i. e. Pelican s***-standard) vandalism - I have to violate the 3RR rule, I won't get into too much trouble.' [4]. Who died & made you king?

Yes, I care about actions taken, just, the point I am making, the compromise we reached was an acceptable one. Perhaps the comment was confrontational, perhaps it wasn't, but there is nothing to be gained by edit warring over Pigs' page any longer. I think people should care about the issue before that- I took it to ANI, of course I think people should care. Also, you don't own your own userpage- you can't just have whatever you want on it, and the comments which were on there were certainly not the kind of things that will foster a good community if they are sitting on people's userpages. Also, technically, Vox is right. The 3RR does not apply to blatant vandalism, or, if it does, I am sure most admins would be willing to overlook the matter.

As for your last points, I will consider them. I have no immediate response. I was certainly not trolling, as my own intentions were sound. Perhaps I was too quick to dismiss Andy, as, despite the fact he is an excellent editor, he has been on the 'wrong' side of so many disputes before. J Milburn 13:21, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sock-puppetry

82.20.56.96 (talk · contribs) appears to be a block-evading sock, albeit over a week ago, so too late to report on WP:SUSPSOCK. Andy Mabbett 11:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Dear Mr Tagish > > I a currently working for a manufacturing company on Walker Riverside in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I am writing to enquire whether it would be possible to use your image of the Tyne bridge which I have viewed on this site.

I would like to use the image on our masthead which is to be used on a fact sheet/ Tech sheet and sales promotions. These documents will usually be one page or double sided. > I would be grateful if you could advise if this is possible and if so what copyright information I should use on the materials?

> > The image is - Tyne Bridge - Newcastle Upon Tyne - England - > 2004-08-14.jpg > > I look forward to your early reply.

> Kind regards, > Lynne Jackson

Marketing NewArc Equipment Ltd Walker Riverside Tel +44 191 2950111

You are welcome to use the image, fullstop. No need for picture credits on the document. --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] Davison's Obelisk

I'm putting together a Webpage on the Obelisk for the Nelson Society website and will be linking to the Wikipedia article. Would it be OK if I used your photograph? I have the leaflet issued for the restoration which was marked by an opening ceremony on 3 April, and will be taking some material from that with their permission. If I can get a post restoration photo I'll use that as well and seek permission to put it on Wikipedia also. --Hartley Patterson 15:38, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

(reply) A new photo would be great. Yes, the Lottery Fund coughed up. I've also emailed the Parish Clerk to see if she has any photos, maybe of the opening. --Hartley Patterson 17:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

You've marked my entry on ARX as being an advert. I've relooked at it and I hope now it's ok. If not, please let me know what you still see as a problem so I can fix.

- Ramel

[edit] Karl Hochreiter

D'oh! Should have checked, but instead I saw the lack of capital and slightly POV text and looked no further. Thanks for the heads up! Mickthefish 16:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adoptable

Thanks for the tip. I haven't been able to locate deletiontools though. --NeilN 22:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Now the article is becoming spamlike. Your thoughts? --NeilN 23:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reeeeeaaally Sorry!

Sorry about that! I made an error when I was patrolling the Recent Changes, again...sorry. L337p4wn 15:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

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--Carabinieri 03:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Redirect of Alnwick Garden

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[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Thanks

Thanks again for putting the list of ODNB people in a useful place. I notice you've removed John Closterman from the list: the space allocated to him in the original DNB was certainly much less than he's been given in the ODNB. Dsp13 22:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] For future reference...

When you're looking to get the attention of all of Wikiversity's Custodians, you might want to use their Wikiversity:Request custodian action page; it will save you the trouble of messaging them all individually. Cheers, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 23:49, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Yup, thanks. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 8 September 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Denton Hall, Wharfedale, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 22:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] warning vandals

Please remember when warning vandals to remain civil. Lowering yourself to their standards seldom helps. Thanks — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 00:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Closterman

I got the name Johann Baptiste from Edward Gregg's Queen Anne. This though, as you suggest is wrong. The artist who painted the Marlborough family was indeed his brother John. Well spotted. Thanks. Raymond Palmer 12:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for adding the disambiguating info - sorry I didn't get round to it as I said I would. Dsp13 15:21, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ramsey Richard Reingate

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Ramsey Richard Reingate, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. Crassic(talk) 01:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Bah, sorry about all of that. I found the page and didn't figure I would have to go through ten acts of congress to do all that. Either way, happy editing. Crassic(talk) 01:17, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:MunkySpunky

Got any idea who MunkySpunky (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is and why they're deleting your comments from the Reference Desk? Corvus cornix 21:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Nice. Corvus cornix 15:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Housing

Thats amazing!! Does it have any "magma" -I prefer my houses with a pool of "magma" and it must we worth "$1 million" to more or no less!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 10:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

That's figging brilliant then. A good location to anhihilate Washington DC under extortion. Ladies and gentleman I bid you adieau. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 11:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Email

Sorry about that. Thanks for the note. I've updated my Wikipedia e-mail to (redacted). You can forward the note to me there. Thanks. --CBD 21:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't get it

Okay, I'll confess ignorance. I have no idea what you mean by this. What is happening on that page? I feel like I missed a long discussion somewhere... Is admin assistance only needed because the individual pages are protected? —Wknight94 (talk) 17:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. Actually, still more instruction is needed IMHO. It's not clear what that page is for or who is supposed to do what, etc. Also, why are the individual pages protected? As far as why no admins have participated, I'm sure it's because no one knows that it's there. —Wknight94 (talk) 17:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Oh! I answered my own question. One of those is actually shown on the Recent changes page. I always half-wondered how that was shown and now I know. Another nice thing to explain on the Wikipedia:Recent changes article requests page (or talk page). —Wknight94 (talk) 17:58, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should i delve into this?

Shouldn't it be "London railway station group" or "London National Rail station group"? Simply south 17:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know

Updated DYK query On 8 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Harrison (Leeds) , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Allen3 talk 10:20, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Albigensian Crusade

I'm contacting you out of courtesy as you have contributed to the page and may wish to supply your own citations. If you feel this doesn't matter to you, please ignore it. This page was rated as a Good Article, but has been downgraded because nobody did the donkeywork of listing the attributions to the various statements provided, which is after all a fairly serious dereliction of duty in what's suppoed to be a historical record. Having discussed the withdrawal of GA with LuciferMorgan, I give notice that I am sitting down with the three classic original source texts (Puylaurens, Vaux-de-Cernay and de Tudèle - the last in the Livre de Poche edition as the Martin-Chabot is long out of print) to add the missing inline citations to this page. I do not intend at this point to make any textual alterations, but if comments are made which are NOT justified, be prepared to state your sources now.

Jel 21:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mike Church

I see that a new problem editor, Orthodoxbush (talk · contribs), has requested that User:Isomorphic/Minions of the Church be unprotected.[5] Curious, I looked and found a listing of socks of Mike Church (talk · contribs). This is ancient history now, but since you participated in that page I thought you might be interested. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 02:31, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cornelius Burges

Nice to have Cornelius Burges around. A tip - there were actually several places on the site where the Cornelius Burgess spelling is used. It tends to be worthwhile to add the redirect, and search the site. Charles Matthews 09:11, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Wilson (bishop)

Thank you for bringing him to my attention. I had never heard of him. I hope to put it for GA in a day or so. Anything else you have to add would great! -- SECisek 22:37, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to keep me posted on any Anglicanism related articles that need work. Thank you again. -- SECisek 23:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up. Some very fine points make this guy somebody else's project. I made the correction and added some cats. Keep up the good work and let me know when you get more. -- SECisek 19:09, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 21 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Reid (soldier), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 15:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)