User talk:Anthony Bradbury/Archive8

Quick suggestion

Hi. I would suggest changing your sig's color. I thought it was blank at first glance. Just a suggestion. J-stan 23:03, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dont delet our page on Fat Ugly Kids Club (FUKC) just because you dont know it does not meen it is fake. From Jollyoldchap July 3, 2007.

Thanks

Thanks so much. I will make sure to do so next time... maybe in a few months or so. Thanks again, and Happy Wikying! hmwith talk 21:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

armedblowfish

Since you asked what the user can and cannot do, I would direct you to my comments at WT:RFA#ArmedBlowfish removed. The user cannot simply stop using proxying; he would have to shut off his tor exit node entirely, which would degrade the anonymity of the tor network for other legitimate users. He is using his IP to offer a public service which potentially saves lives; the nature of the block requires him now to either stop providing that public service or stop editing Wikipedia. ··coel acan 22:09, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wholly carp! I'm so unused to people listening to one another, you surprised me. =) If you have further doubts on the matter I will try to answer as best I can. ··coel acan 22:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for un blocking me:), I knew I couldn't stay away from wikipedia that long.Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 22:21, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My exams were delay until June 14 and I couldn't wait until the 10th :).Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 22:25, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not trying be a mean but are you 64? Is Wikipedia like a hobby to you?Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 22:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I ask because I have a friend’s dad that has a account on the Dutch Wikipedia and wikipedia help me before so I will help it back,I'm sorry if I offended you, sorry sorry(I must respect my elders),Again SorryArnon Chaffin (Talk) 22:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not trying to be a pess sorry sir,Thank youArnon Chaffin (Talk) 22:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Its 6:50 PM in Ohio I'm about to watch some T.V later but I'll stay on wikipedia, School lets out on June 28 :-(.I didn't get offended I though you did-Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 22:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You need sleep don't you? Well anyway edit time is over and I got a question do you think I'm ready to become an Admin?(I don't)Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 23:23, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thank you.Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 23:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake

Sorry about the revert I made I don't know how to revert really far,I'll try better next time and thanks for the notice,Thank you-Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 16:04, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandals

At Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp between 1,100,00 and 1,000,000 people - men, women an children - were murdered in cold blood by the Nazis for no reason at all other than becauae of their race. In all seriouisness I ask you - is this really a page which you want to vandalise?--Anthony.bradbury 23:25, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

This was left on my talkpage...does someone have the same ip as me? Because I would NEVER make fun of the people involved in the Holocaust. The reason im bringing this up is because I dont want to seem as some heartless a-hole, who talks crap about other races/ethnicities/religions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.170.197.10 (talk • contribs)

Hard block on bad faith usernames

Hi, I undid your soft block of this username violation and redid it as a hard block[1]. I did this because the name seems to have been chosen in bad faith as an attempt to disrupt, as such we don't want the user creating another account. Just letting you know, not trying to step on your toes. ^(H) 23:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

copyvio of To Encounter Christ

I've reinstated the {{db-copyvio}} notice on To Encounter Christ. A website doesn't have to assert that it's copyrighted for the copyright to exist. In fact it's exactly the opposite - the copyright exists unless it's waived. Under US, UK and EU law copying material wholesale is a de facto breach of copyright unless explicit permission is given. The only exception is if it's a fair use quotation from the material for purposes of illustration, analysis etc.

Anyway the article would fail on other criteria such as POV, Essay etc. andy 23:25, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was just going to say the same thing, as to the first paragraph above. It's clearly a copyright infringement. Please review WP:C before ~~copying anybody else's text~~ removing any more copyvio tags. Thanks. --Butseriouslyfolks 23:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking you had posted the article, so I have corrected my statement above. I think most of what I said applies nevertheless. You did indicate on my talk page that you had removed the speedy deletion copyvio tag from the article because the source website did not have a copyright notice and because "Most Catholic documents are freely available". This shows a fairly serious lack of understanding of copyright law and related WP policies. So even if you did not post the article, I think a review of WP:C is in order. Thanks again. --Butseriouslyfolks 00:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm certainly not, that's for sure. BTW, look around -- you're obviously doing many things exceedingly right! --Butseriouslyfolks 01:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You ....

... have been doing an awesome job patrolling WP:UAA. Some of us notice these things - Alison ☺ 23:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For your tireless work at CAT:CSD and eternal patrolling of WP:UAA. You do an awesome job :) Alison ☺ 23:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, agree with Alison's award - you've been doing a fantastic job, keep it up. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Anthony's Day!

Anthony.bradbury has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Anthony's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Anthony!

Love,
Phaedriel
00:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Well deserved, in my opinion. :) Acalamari 00:19, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wheeee!!!! Happy Anthony's Day! - Alison ☺ 00:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There could not be a better recipient. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 00:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let the awards and the glory pour in! It's Anthony's Day! bibliomaniac 1 5 An age old question... 04:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CONGRATULATIONS! Happy Day Davidelit 07:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have a very happy day! – Alensha ^talk 12:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Happy Anthony's Day! enjoy,Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 12:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Boink!

Email sent your way, dear Anthony! :) Love, Phaedriel - 00:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hero of the wiki award

Its pile on award time for Anthony. But seriouly, i try to give this award out to somebody whom I feel exemplifies heroic efforts on this project.

		The Hero of the Wiki award
		I, Chrislk02, hereby award you my Hero of the Wiki Award. You are always there ready to help no matter what it is. Always willing to prod those lost or new editors in the right direction instead of eating them as tasty snack as oh so many do. On top of this, you daily perform the thankless and humdrum activities of an administrator, cleaning up the mess left behind. This project would be noticeably for the worse without your presence. Thank you for all your hard work and know that you are a Hero of this project and will be listed on My wall of heroes. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 00:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know how it goes, just doing your job. It is often alot of thankless work and every time that yellow bar pops up, we are just expecting to find the next childish userpage vandalism or a "why was my article deleted" or some other complaint. It is always a pleasant suprise to find an award or compliment instead of degrading criticisms. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 01:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, trust me, I get my share of yellow bar of doom message. I think any of us who do a good job must get that bar alot. Except phaedriel who must only get yellow bars of beauty. I wouldent be suprised if every time she got a message, if a beautiful flower gardern full of birds chirped you have a new message popped up instead of the droll old bar. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 01:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome.

You're welcome for the comment! :) As for the E-mail, I have responded. Acalamari 01:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Would be Emperors (Again)

I've been thinking and come to the conclusion that if i only techninally meet one of your criteria of being noteworthy enough to be on Wikipedia then i'd rather not have a Wiki page. I'd rather wait until i've more than earned that right. Feel free to remove the page whenever you want.

Later, Efe Enobakhare

Thanks

I created an account like you recommended-now I can't get chastised for things that other people with the same ip do. (b'.')b Terran1989 16:19, 6 June 2007 (UTC)Sage1989[reply]

Let's go!

Hey Tony! :) I was making some stuff regarding the Cherokee mediation, but I can sure use the exercise - let's go and flush stuff! ;) Hugs, Phaedriel - 23:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tracy Mcgrady (Verson 2.0)

More than likely it's not ... especially given the poor spelling. Best to air on the side of caution and block it.--Blueboy 96 21:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanx for the information! Will look at it and take into account my errors! Best Regards xxx ˉˉ^DuranDuran╦╩ 10:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Julien Doré

I see you deleted the above person's page as non-notable. I'm just curious- this singer has made the final two of this season of Nouvelle Star. Is it possible to have the page reinstated if he wins? The other winners of each season have a page listed, so it would make sense, but I'm not that knowledgeable of the intricacies of the notability rules. Thanks so much for your help! :) --Cabiria 15:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Julien has a decent sized article at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Dor%C3%A9. I wonder if someone can translate it to English? I'd like to know more about him, and computer translated French to English isn't very pretty. :) Thanks 70.116.140.88 21:21, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for changing username

Can I change my username to Busy Bee. Tracy Mcgrady (Verson 2.0) 20:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No Hope

He and his bandmates have had at least ten tries already between No Hope (Band) and No Hope (salted)--I'm all for AGF, but should we be encouraging him? --Finngall ^talk 21:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He's baaaaaack... 0 Hope --Finngall ^talk 22:29, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usernames

Hi. I was looking at your comment on User talk:Tracy Mcgrady (Verson 2.0) - is that a template? If so - which one? Secretlondon 22:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Walther Wever

You deleted this article i started! It does not exist. There are two walther wever's, father and son. Please restore it.Dapi89 23:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony,

Until tonight the only article of the Wever's on wiki was the 'son'. You must have confused this the first time around. The 'father' article does exist now because I put the article back on without waiting for you to restore it. (You can tell this from the article's history) Dapi89 23:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No Probs. I can see how it would be confusing.Dapi89 22:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Gita Nagari

Hey buddy, you must have broken the record for the "speediest" speedy deletion in Wikipedia history! I nominated Gita Nagari for speedy deletion and it was gone no more than 120 seconds later! --Hnsampat 17:23, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion on userpage

Which user's page did I tag? I honestly can't remember putting any speedy tags on a user page :S number29^(Talk) 20:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cottage under the hill ostre

Thanks for speedy deleting it for me. I am so bleary eyed, I didn't even notice it was a repost!

AIV

Not Sonicflood, but Sogood123. More vandalism has occured.VK35 21:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC) Sorry, maybe a sign of a TIA. Is blocking appropriate since someone else gave him a last warning, which was ignored. 6 cases of vandalism, more than 1 warning, no constructive edits.VK35 21:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

University_of_Oxford and User_talk:Sogood123. Now the vandalism count is 8.VK35 21:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC) Thanks, done already by someone else (blocking)VK35 21:36, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AIV

Irishguy, could you do something for me, please. In WP:AIV there is a nom for User:172.195.112.109. I think that I am seeing an edit war, and have warned both this user and User:Space Cadet, the other main protagonist. But the nominator is not happy. And, OK, I could be wrong. Could you please take a look?--Anthony.bradbury 22:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Admittedly, I don't know much about the subject...but it does appear to be an edit war and not blatant vandalism. IrishGuy ^talk 22:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Would you mind keeping an eye on Witton Albion F.C.? Some guy has created numerous socks to remove a sourced item. He created a load of sleepers back in April and is using them whenever page protection from new users is used. I'm getting tired of having to watch it myself all the time and playing whack-a-mole. Thanks. IrishGuy ^talk 22:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna[reply]

OK...I thought it was just me. It has killed my browser about ten times. I finally just stopped trying. IrishGuy ^talk 23:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uzonna

Oddly, Firefox works fine. It just seems to kill IE. And that is the only history page I have seen that does it. IrishGuy ^talk 23:24, 9 JuneUzonna

I agree with protection. The socks are extreme. Also, your signature is slightly off. You need a space in the "User talk" part. It is currently "Usertalk" which doesn't direct here. IrishGuy ^talk 21:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna[reply]

172.195.112.109

How exactly do you figure he's Polish? Is this supposed to be a joke? Pretty stupid one then. Space Cadet 23:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna (edit conflict) No, it was not meant to be a joke, and I had no intention of denigrating either you or him. He appears to edit only Poland related articles, and, given that i know a lot of Poles, his use of the English language indicates an Eastern European origin. I had no intention of taking sides, and sent you both similar 3RR warnings. May I suggest that, as you speak Polish, you address him in that language. If he understands, then you can perhaps come to agreement. If he does not, then let me know, and this will be taken into account in any future blocking request. I'm just trying to preserve the encyclopedia. aren't we all?--Anthony.bradbury 00:09, 10 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna How does bad English indicate that someone is from Eastern Europe? Are you chauvinistic or retarded? Anyway, he is a German revisionist and I don't understand why you only picked us two out of all the parties involved. Space Cadet 00:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First of all. let me say that offensive edits do not advance the discussion. I picked the two of you because you are the two who have interacted the most. Poor English does not necessarily imply Polish origin, although his use of English is typical of people from Eastern Europe. And I was suggesting conversation, rather than confrontation. If indeed he is a German revisionist then that is clearly not going to work.--Anthony.bradbury 00:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Second of all you were offensive first! Watch who you're calling "Polish" next time! If Germany is Eastern Europe for you then I guess France is too. Not a lot of geography in medical school, I gather. I am from Central Europe and I must say that your expert professional opinion about "his use of English is typical of people from Eastern Europe" is way off. You associated with some low class Poles and came to some weird conclusions. But guess what: his use of English is typical of people from low class, who are the same all over the world. Happy editing, your friend Space Cadet 00:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, I have not said you were Polish; I said that I believed that User:172.195.112.109 was. You say that I am wrong, and that he is German. OK, I have not argued that. And I have not said that Germany is in Eastern Europe, although I did say that Poland was, which most people would agree with. If you feel that Poland is in Central Europe then hey, OK. The argument was really not about that; it was about the name of Danzig/Gdansk. And even there I was trying to mediate, not dogmatise, OK?--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 01:02, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you really are NOT playing dumb on me now, then let me explain: I got offended by your "matter of fact" assumptions about User:172.195.112.109 and your aristocrat wannabe tone telling me to go and take care of it. Space Cadet 01:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. I am Polish-American.

Signature

I noticed you were asking about how to alter your signature. You can read more at WP:SIG but basically you just go into "my preferences" and in the signature section type in

[[User:Anthony.bradbury|<span style="color:Red;">'''Anthony.bradbury'''</span>]] [[User talk:Anthony.bradbury|<sup style="color:Black;">''talk''</sup>]]

That should do it. You wanted it red, correct? IrishGuy ^talk 00:07, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you check the "raw signature" option below the signature entry? IrishGuy ^talk 00:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There we go. Thank you--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think I forgot to initially, but yes you need to...and it looks like you got it working. Congrats! IrishGuy ^talk 02:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature currently doesn't link to your userpage. Peacent 16:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3 revert?

Thank you for the helping, but i was no vandal so i cannot get blocked! right? Or am misinformed?

Space Cadet insult myself further? "I no wanting fight. I wanting neutralness peoples who have picked bone speak English. No insualts meant. Space Cadet 00:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)"

Am misinformed myself further. Space Cadet 01:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is SPace cadet bing of the SO uncivilized? makes me hate wikipiediers. 172.195.112.109 01:40, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Test

Uzonna Sig test.-- Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 20:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your ^"talk" link leads to a black hole. Cheerio. --Friendly Neighbour 21:29, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note your sig is nice but you need a space on User Talk as you have to Usertalk just a friendly reminder,Take Care.Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 12:35, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yep it work.Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 23:21, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uncilivness

Spacecadet alienete me and insult me further.. Why does people allow this uncivilness?

20:53, 10 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Albrecht Giese (rv lies) (top)
20:52, 10 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Tiedemann Giese (rv lies) (top)
20:52, 10 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Oder River (Bydgoszcz in German is Bromberg, check your sources, ignorant.) (top)
20:50, 10 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Oder-Neisse line (rv v)
19:31, 10 June 2007 (hist) (diff) Oder River (this is not a history article)

I add relevant information to those, and even additions to Albrecht Giese (rv lies) and Tiedemann Giese (rv lies) are in other articles. But spoacecadet say lieing? Why do people let this get passed without objection? He scares away many wikipiediers?172.191.156.115

Regarding your recent indef block of 172.206.57.143

I think you should look over the indefinite block because in the blocking policy here:Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses#Block_lengths, it states that IPs should almost never be indefinitely blocked. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 23:11, 10 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna Block Log[reply]

Oh, ok, thanks for clarifying your reasons for the indef block. After looking over the contribs, it was probably the right thing to do. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 23:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, I glanced at the contributions page before I inquired about the indef block. The "after looking over the contribs" was looking at each diff individually and not just the edit summary. I wasn't trying to criticize your actions as an admin but was just asking for a reason why the IP was indef blocked. Sorry about that. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 23:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I hate it when people second-guess me, but my 2 cents would be to block the IP for 6 months. I agree with your rationale, but I think that in 6 months things will have blown over, cooled down, etc. Indef-blocking is really reserved for open proxies, and the IP can always be rapidly re-blocked if it becomes an issue again. I think blocking an IP indefinitely, especially based on a 1-day history of abuse (admittedly quite egregious) is probably too much, especially as it may be reassigned (not enough history there to be totally clear that it's static). Again, those are just my 2 cents - and I've been accused of being too lenient in terms of blocks, so take it for what it's worth. MastCell ^Talk 17:07, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Foreign language user warning template

According to WP policy, pages should not be copied between languages without translation, see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, in particularCSD A2. Kolej Kediaman Unimap is identical to ms:Kolej Kediaman Unimap. If you think that a page should be translated, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:translation. Andreas ^(T) 21:53, 11 June 2007Uzonna

Adventure Quest c&h

I really wanted to tag this for speedy deletion, but I don't know what tag to use in cases like this. What db- tag would be appropriate for such things? Corvus cornix 22:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was just curious as to which db tag to use, none of them seemed really specific for this case. I almost went with db-context. Corvus cornix 23:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ellomate no Vandal

Uzonna Hi, I'm just asking. Why did you put the "Blocked for 1 week" as an addion to my template? I'm not going to revert it. I'd just like to ask you why. Please answer on my talk page. Thank you! Ellomate 23:24, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a side note, I will remove the Block Template. Ellomate 23:34, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Can you look at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Tecmobowl_and_possible_sockpuppetry and let me know what you think? I feel I have provided a great deal of evidence for consistent sockpuppetry to spam Wikipedia but other admins have yet to chime in. IrishGuy ^talk 23:47, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are right of course, sorry, Jimfbleak 11:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DrKiernan

Hi, just to let you know that I left a comment for you on this page. (And I am really sorry if you do not like RfA discussions being brought up on your talk page. I will not do it again if you let me know :). Thanks. - TwoOars 16:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ok, Cool :). But I don't see your response anywhere in that RfA... or did you mean you were going to answer? Anyway, no worries, I'll keep checking the RfA page now and then, I've watchlisted it. Thanks. - TwoOars 20:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your removal of 'fact' tag from Auschwitz concentration camp

If the destroyed crematoria had been rebuilt, they would still have been blown up by the SS before they abandoned the camp. Therefore, the fact that they are in ruins today doesn't prove that they weren't rebuilt. I'm not suggesting that they were rebuilt; I think it's reasonable to seek a citation saying that they were not, because the ruins alone prove nothing. Signalhead 23:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

homophobia

would you look at the michael jackson edit page please. user daveyjones1968 has said that MJ is gay and a pedo, he has attacked other editors on the page calling them freaks,loners,unemployed. he directly refered to me as a fagboy. I have monitored his work on other articles and the theme of homosexuality follows him everywhere. in referance to another famous person he said "he is as bent as a boomerang and has BLEW more men than he`s had hot dinners". He is generally unwelcome on most articles he contributes to.Other user`s complaining about his negative POV editing. Unfortunately I in the past reacted in an agressive manner in retaliation called him a "Smart ASS" and "crap face" I have long ago apologiesed for this and truely regret it but his behaviour has not improved. Other editors seem reluctant to block him but where discrimination is involved you have to draw a line. would you sort this issue out and get back to me on my user. thanxRealist2 17:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

there are people who are watching him very carefully, it is hard to contribute to an article when words like fagboy are thrown at you, there is a double standard in general I feel. If he had made racist remarks he would have been blocked instantly. still thanx for the relpyRealist2 21:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sure I will do but he`s clever he no`s what he`s doing. he avoids all user pages and rather makes the comments in edit pages probably to avoid a ban, I been checking his history. According to user [Will Beback] he had another user in 2005/2006 before he was banned. Even in those days he used the edit pages to vent his hatred. [2] there is no end. Speck to Will beback if you need conformation of what I just told you.Realist2 22:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FcukChick

Hey...thanks for the report at UAA. I found it offensive as well, so I banned the name. I like seeing the level-headedness of reporting instead of banning yourself. Nice to see! Hope all is well in Jolly-Ol' England, and happy editing! Jmlk 1 7 09:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TOR node

Apparently it is still listed as a TOR exit node.[3] Jayjg ^(talk) 16:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My recent RfA

Thanks for your support in my recent, unsuccessful RfA. It's much appreciated. IvoShandor 16:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MrsMacMan

It looks like MrsMacMan doesn't want to change her username [4]. What should be done next? 68.161.94.49 16:59, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DrKiernan

Hi Anthony. Could you take a second look at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DrKiernan? I know you opposed and responded to an editor questioning that opinion but still, I'd appreciate it if you can go back and look at some of the arguments that have been made in favour of the candidate. I'll freely admit that I might be taking this one a bit too personally (especially since I had never heard of that user before his RfA) but I really think the community is going all wrong about this one. You and I have both recently been made admins and I don't know about you but I certainly had no specific vision of what I'd do with the tools. Sure, I knew I would probably delete a few speedies, block a few vandals but beyond that I am learning as I go, just as I did with every other aspect of Wikipedia. Some of the tools do make my life easier: I'm grateful for that and I'm confident that it means I make better, faster decisions because of them and this benefits the project as a whole. If a user has shown that he can be trusted and that he's committed to improving the project, then who cares if he uses the tools only sporadically? He's still a more apt user thanks to them and one that does not have to go looking for an admin when a page needs to be protected or a user needs to be blocked. That makes his life easier, that also makes our lives easier. Cheers and again, sorry about the spam! Pascal.Tesson 17:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough and thanks a lot for the detailed response (even though I would have liked a different one!). Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 21:22, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be sorry, it's just normal that we don't always agree and I respect your opinion. I simply came to ask you to give it some more thought. You did and I really can't ask for anything more. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 22:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you visiting and commenting at my RfA, I have tried to expand on my philosophy and answers, and quite a lot has happened since you last commented. Helping my own editing is just one of the three reasons I have applied to be an admin, the other two being to assist in real admin work. I do hope that the new comments address your concerns. Even if they don't, thanks for stopping by! DrKiernan 15:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Anthony. I really appreciate you keeping an open mind about this candidate. Pascal.Tesson 21:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well of course, there's nothing easier than torpedoing one's own RfA! I also managed to screw my first one with one too many humorous notes on an AfD. Oh well, Wikipedia wouldn't be as much fun if it all made sense. As far as DrKiernan's RfA is concerned, I'm still hopeful that he'll make it in time. Actually the number of opposes has been steadily decreasing and if two or three more swithch to neutral or support, I can easily see him ending up in the 70-75% range and squeaking in. It's not over 'til the fat lady sings! :-) Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 21:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

user:Bfissa

Uzonna You said: "Hi there; are you really saying that this user should be given a further chance? You, compared to me, have an amount of experience before which I can only bow in awe. And if you would like an admin other than yourself to unblock this user, then at your guidance I will happily do so. If that is in fact what you were saying at WP:UNBLOCK, let me know. But in the light of this user's previous edits, I would require specific advice before doing so."

Actually, I'm mostly just recusing myself. However, you may want to check out Template:2ndchance which may be appropriate here. --Yamla 23:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okiday!

I can't stay for long, Tony dear, but I'll do my best to empty the trash with you before I go :) Let's go for it! Love! Phaedriel - 22:14, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Epidermic Menace

"NN game" is a kind of short description of the reason why you deleted my article. Please elaborate :( I am still learning, and you are definetly not helping me learn, or encouraging me. Please reconsider. Bobber0001 22:28, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Epidermic Menace

Epidermic Menace was the name. I am pleased that you respond so quickly. The article didn't take more than 15 minutes to start, but I felt a little sad to see that it died only 8 minutes old. Bobber0001 22:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

____________

Thanks for the help. I want to improve the article, but I honestly have the feeling that the article could be deleted any second, thus rendering my efforts wasted. I will do what I can. Bobber0001 22:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Travis Hayden

The given reason is: It is an article about a band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble that does not assert the importance or significance of the subject. (CSD A7)

This article is not band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble. It is about Travis Hayden a co-founder of iheartcomix records which poses great significance. Please google the name or iheartcomix Records and you will instantly see the significance. This is the first effort in building the pages for the founders Travis Hayden & Franki Chan. Please search the web, doing so you will be barraged with a wealth of information. It's nearly impossible for us to sustain such information in one place for users to read, easily and readily available if every time we create a page of us or the company it gets deleted. There is a lot of very pertinent information to the company out there and it is all very relevant to popular culture. Please be patient with us as we slowly build it. They are on the forefront of a new culture of music that has spawned from Los Angeles and spreading around the world. There's of 3,000 google hits when you type it in, why should it be blacklisted from wikipedia?

Troublejr 01:41, 16 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna[reply]

My Talk Page

I am sorry, another little learning curve for me, by the ways its also nice to sign your comments, so we know whoe's speaking, and so the pages get archived, yours is archived to so i am surprised. Happy Wikying . Ω§|Blacksmith2 01:45, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrewlim1

uZONNA Hi, but I am sorry to bother you. But I am suspecting user:andrewlim1 as a sock puppet of user:louielim2007. Please, do check and warm user:andrewlim1. I am now busy checking his information.

Talk SoUzonnaon,

Jorby Ma Choi Lam, wikipedian

Your signature

Hi, I noticed that your signature includes quotation marks around the talk page link. This is incorrect usage, and I kindly ask you to remove them. Only a suggestion, not a command. Thanks! Reywas92^{TalkReview me} 22:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the quotation mark article, you'll see that there is no reasoning for them there. Reywas92^{TalkReview me} 22:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fine then, but you know, are we really going to list every instance where not to put them? You really can't just be adding punctuation wherever you want. Not to be rude, but it makes you look somewhat illiterate. I'll now drop it. Reywas92^{TalkReview me} 23:06, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Experience, age, rank, etc. have absolutely nothing to do with it. I know how to write correctly, and that isn't correct. What exactly do you mean by confirm? I'm sure they were saying it isn't distracting, not that is grammatically correct. Reywas92^{TalkReview me} 23:24, 16 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna[reply]

Thank you

Hello Dr Bradbury, Thank you for your comments at my RfA. Let me know if I can help you and feel free to let me know if I mess up anywhere. Cheers. Shyamal 03:13, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ck lostsword's RfA - Thanks

	Thanks very much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed successfully at 40/2/1, making me Wikipedia's 1,250^th administrator. Your comments were much appreciated, and I will endeavour to fulfil your expectations as an admin. ck lostsword • T • C
File:Ck lostsword copy.png

Uzonna

ck lostsword • T • C 17:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Witton Albion F.C.

Since the protection finally ended, the sockpuppeteer immediately return with the lovely username of GuyIrish :) IrishGuy ^talk 21:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did when he returned as Irishhgguuy. I thought I would notify you because I'm pretty sure he is using a dynamic IP based on how quickly he returns. The autoblock never seems to slow him down. IrishGuy ^talk 22:05, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. He just did it again as 86.140.93.198 so clearly the autoblock doesn't work. IrishGuy ^talk 22:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uzonna Can't do that. I would violate the GFDL because we would be tampering with the edit history. He has returned again as both Irish BB and Irishgeezer. Looking at the creation log, he is probably making more sleeper socks. I would keep an eye on Irisheyes0037 (seems to like using "Irish" in his names) and Lastchanceghs (kind of close to "Last Chance Guys"). IrishGuy ^talk 22:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. We should probably take it to AN/I and see if anyone else can figure out the browser crashing thing. IrishGuy ^talk 22:38, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you wouldn't mind doing it, that would be great. I actually have to step away from the computer for a little bit. IrishGuy ^talk 22:41, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you delete my biography 'lara jade coton'? Somebody made that for me. There was no reason to delete it. ljcoton@googlemail.com

Hi there, I helped my friend create a page on ABERDEEN STUDENT RADIO but I see it has been deleted. It says "NN group" beside it but I cannot find out what this means. Could you please elaborate as to why this page has been deleted?

Best Wishes, Cameron

Oops

Sorry! Thanks for the advice. Cheers, JetLover (Talk) (Sandbox) 00:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC) Uzonna[reply]

Psoloquoise

section move/merged back to User talk:Connel MacKenzie#Nonsense of Psoloquoise --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 16:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uzonna

Re: Username

Please do not take this as in any sense a personal attack or personal criticism; it is not intended to be either.

It is entirely possible that this is just a problem with my hardware; but has anyone ever suggested to you that your username, in the particular shade of green that you have chosen, is hard to read?

You are going to say "no", aren't you, and I will have to go and hide in a corner somwhere. But seriously, could I ask you to ask a couple of your wiki-friends if they can read it, and if they say yes I would appreciate it if you would tell me. Thank you. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Err, I don't have any wiki-friends :-). It might be your hardware, but I'll change it to a dark shade of green. ~ Wiki hermit 22:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I tried to fix it. Is this more visible? ~ Wikihermit 22:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Thanks! ~ Wikihermit 22:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you delete this and salt it? ~ Wikihermit 23:37, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Yes, I know, but the article was recreated.~~ ~ Wikihermit 23:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or not?.. ~ Wikihermit 23:51, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still appears to be deleted, and deletion log records only the deletion which I performed.--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 23:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sorry for the confusion. I thought I was asking you to delete & salt the recreation. ~ Wikihermit 23:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Smile

†Sir James Paul† has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

No problem:) Have a nice week and God bless:)--†Sir James Paul† 23:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of List of Mega Man Zero characters

Hi, you just posted the notice that the article was deleted - was the article userfied to my namespace like was agreed would happen if the page was deleted? Thanks.KrytenKoro 01:41, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page stuff...

I was on the irc channel...the bot reports all suspicious stuff and we revert it...plus TWINKLE helps a lot. Peace. Spartan-James 18:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm...I didn't really mean to say that you were criticizing me. If my message implied that, sorry. Peace. Spartan-James 20:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you so much for blocking Mogurea. He is a really deadly vandal. One more thank you. RuneWiki⁷⁷⁷ 21:12, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I don't think 2 days is enough. RuneWiki⁷⁷⁷ 21:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Witton Albion F.C.

My initial thought against a full protection was that we could eventually exhaust his sock supply...but I have noticed that all the new ones were created on the 6th as opposed to the previous socks which were created earlier. Apparently, every couple of days he creates about ten accounts so there is no way we will exhaust them all. Full protection would probably work. IrishGuy ^talk 21:28, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Noah Landis

My apologies.--Flamgirlant 22:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement. I tagged the article because I'm a metalhead living in California myself. I had never heard of the band. Which only goes to show how true the joke about metal bands is...

You know you are a metalhead when... you meet another metalhead, but neither of you have any bands in common!

Hehe, hope that spiced up your day. =) --Flamgirlant 22:14, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you...

...for you support and kind words at my RFA. Let me know if you have any insight as to backlogs that need help, though keep in mind that I'm so new that I still have that new admin smell.--Kubigula (talk) 03:40, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

mushdy

Might I enquire as to why you deleted my article about Mushdy, an article true in its entirity?

Question

What are mainspace edits? Are they the ones you make to wikipedia, or the ones to your own pages? RuneWiki⁷⁷⁷ 19:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for answering! I was just curious about mainspace edits. RuneWiki⁷⁷⁷ 22:39, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page deleted

Hi, I create a page "João Branco Núncio", this page was deleted by you, on 16 June, because it wasn't in English, but that was the result of research and I don't have a copy, could you send me the original in English so that I can translate?

"Jpvrosa 23:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)"[reply]

Thank you X 100

Thank you very much for supporting my RfA, which closed successfully yesterday... W00t! I hope to be a great admin (and editor) and I'm sure you can tell that my use of a large, boldfaced, capital "T" and a big checkmark image in this generic "thank you" template that I swiped from some other user's Talk Page that I totally mean business! If you need anything in the future or if you see that I've done something incorrectly, please come to my Talk Page and let me know. So now I've got a bunch of reading to do.... see you around! - eo 13:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted NN bios. What best to do?

Back in April, it seems you deleted bios for Walter Beyer, Hans Demme, Hans Schomer, Willie Scholz, Berthold Seidel. These were five German POWs executed in the USA for the murder of a fellow POW cum informer Johannes Kunze, on whom I've now created a brief article. The five appear as redlinks in List of individuals executed by the United States military. What do you think best? To recreate one article on each as a redirect or piping the redlinks to Johannes Kunze? There's actually quite a lot of info out there on this and these guys are probably not as NN as might first have appeared. Anyhow, thoughts sought ← ROGER → ^TALK 08:45, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the swift reply. I'll simply recreate them as redirects: this is the easiest option as I'm really just tying up loose ends rather than having any real interest in the matter. All the best, ← ROGER → ^TALK 10:46, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uzonna

Famecity

At 11:42, 23 June 2007 (UTC), Eliz81 placed a message starting "A tag has been placed on Famecity, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia." on my talk page.

This has never happened to me before, so I'm not exactly sure what to do. From Eliz81's posting, I deduced (perhaps wrongly) that I needed to place { { hangon } } on that page, and then leave a note on the talk page. So clicked on the blue link to that page, and was greeted by "Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name". So I clicked on the deletion log and saw:
11:48, 23 June 2007 Anthony.bradbury (Talk | contribs) deleted "Famecity" ( { { db-corp } } )

Six minutes. Wow! That certainly is "speedy deletion"!!

So please advise: Given that I can't put "hangon" on the page because it no longer exists, what should I do now? Pdfpdf 12:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(BTW: I agree that the page-as-it-was was indeed a CSD - I started it, got tired, left a note to myself to complete enough of it so it wouldn't be a CSD, went to bed. And then completely forgot about it. (And I don't know what happened to the note!))

STRONGLY ABJECT

I strongly abject to the user Nemanmarcus being blocked. This is not even a chain in your country for christ sakes and it is someones NAME. You cannot block someone for having the same name of a store. There might be a John Murphy's sub shop out there but if someone has the name Johnmurphy they wouldn't get blocked. --Bruttafemmina 14:58, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If this is his real name than he is actually "strongly abject" (in the meaning of "most unfortunate or miserable"). But how can we know? In any case I'm happy my surname is not McDonald ;-) --Friendly Neighbour 15:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uzonna

It is perfectly true that Nieman Marcus do not have branches in the UK. As there are more Wikipedia users in the USA than there are in the UK I am not certain what difference that makes. And user is not blocked - only the username. The user is perfectly free to choose another name under which to edit. It is wikipedia policy not to allow usernames which appear to relate to commercial enterprises, but you are perfectly entitled to protest on WP:AN/I if you wish. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 17:54, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May I just ask why my page was deleted?

TJF118 22:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE:

I wholeheartedly agree Anthony, but this guy said the principal was "unknown" when "retired" or "Currently none" would have sufficed, along with saying someone was a communist in the same edit which was the primary reason for reversion. Thanks, « ANIMUM » 23:58, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that the other involved party was reverting vandalism, which is admissible under 3RR. « ANIMUM » 00:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. « ANIMUM » 00:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Coaching

Hey there.

I've crossed your work on a regular basis, and since you're quite well regarded (including by me) perhaps you can help me. I'm a dedicated vandal/spam fighter, and I really think my ability to do so would be improved with the mop and bucket. My previous RfA attempt failed because of some concerns about my being overly curt with some people. That and the fact that I've been courageous (stupid) enough to self-nominate. :-)

I think I've been carful with that, and most of the people I interact with seem to agree (I've managed to point a few newbies in the right direction), but since I still get the occasional admonition to not bite the newbies I'm obviously still doing something wrong.

I'm not very good at editing proper-- this is just not where my strength lies. I think I can contribute with cleanup tasks quite well, however, but I don't want to look like some evil monster from heck while doing so.

Think you can look over my work and give me pointers? Or beat some sense into me? Or something? Coren 05:44, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Famecity revisited

Notes:

I live in Australia. The time zone I live in is called CST and is UTC+9.5
I am placing this on User talk:Eliz81, User talk:Anthony.bradbury, User talk:Wknight94, User talk:Gilliam, User talk:Coredesat and User talk:Pdfpdf

(Is there a better way to do a "group posting"?)

Weeks ago I started creating a page and then forgot about it. It did not assert its notability.

On Saturday 23rd June:

21:12 (CST) 11:42, 23 June 2007 (UTC): Eliz81 noticed this, marked the page for speedy deletion, and left a very nice explanatory note on my talk page.

21:18 (CST) 11:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC): Six minutes later Anthony.bradbury deleted it, leaving: deleted "Famecity" ( { { db-corp } }

21:47 (CST) 12:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC): I left a note on Anthony.bradbury's talk page.

21:52 (CST) 12:22, 23 June 2007 (UTC) I left a note on User talk:Eliz81

Sunday 24th June

no replies received yet.

01:29 (CST) 15:59, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Still no replies. Left a note on Wikipedia:Help desk

02:00 (CST) Went to bed.

03:00 (CST) 17:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Eliz81 replied

03:10 (CST) 17:40, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Anthony.bradbury restored page and put a { { hangon } } on it. (Thanks Anthony)

04:00 (CST) 18:30, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Wknight94 deleted "Famecity" (content was: ' { { db-bio } } { { hangon } } Famecity Entertainment Limited and Famecity Management Ltd are two similar British companies.* Both have the same ...') [No explanation for deletion. No posting on my talk page]

04:02 (CST) 18:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC) Wknight94 restored "Famecity" [No explanation for restore]

09:00 - 16:15 (CST) - Dog damaged eye. Took dog to emergency vet. Organised operation.

16:15 (CST) 06:45, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Started to write Assertion of Notability.

16:23 (CST) 06:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Coredesat deleted "Famecity" (CSD A7, no assertion of notability)

16:30ish (CST) (I think) 07:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC) - hit the save button - found that page had been deleted. As advised by Eliz81, now that I had written assertion, recreated page.

17:00 (CST) 07:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Wife ill. Took wife to doctor

18:00ish (CST) 08:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Dog in distress - back to emergency vet.

19:00 (CST) 09:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Gilliam deleted "Famecity" (content was: ' { { db-bio } } { { hangon } }:-----I agree this page did not assert it's importance.
Unfortunately, my dog looks like it's going to lose an eye, so I ha...' (and the only contributor was 'Pdfpdf')) [Pardon?? What is the reason for deletion?]

22:00 (CST) 12:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Got home. Made dinner.

23:00 (CST) 13:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Looked at Famecity page. Not there!! Looked at deletion log. Started writing this.

Monday 25th June 2007

01:00 (CST) 15:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Finished writing this.

08:00 (CST) 22:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Take dog to eye specialist, and then to animal hospital for eye operation.

20:00 (CST) 10:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC) Look at Wikipedia to see what response I have received.

I thought I had made a copy of my changed page-with-Assertion-of-Notability, but I can't find my copy.

If any of you can resurect the "new" page and put a copy of it in User talk:Pdfpdf/Famecity that would be appreciated. Pdfpdf 15:36, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I have moved your article to the subpage which you created. It curently does not exist elsewhere in wikipedia. I also removed superfluous tags ands comments. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 15:49, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you, but ...

You have moved the original article, not the article that contains the Assertion-of-Notability. How do I get a copy of that one?

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "I also removed superfluous tags and comments." Removed them from where? From the modified version of the page? If so: OK. Thanks. But amidst all the rhubarb you deleted was the Assertion! ;-) So can I have them back too please? And obviously, next time I'll have to avoid the rhubarb and keep it to just the assertion!

Thanks very much for your patience, understanding, help and speedy replies. They are all very much appreciated. Pdfpdf 16:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I moved the article as it was when it was finally deleted (for the third time) and then removed the {{speedy}} tag, your {{hangon}} tag, and you comments about your family and your dog (for which, my sympathy). Following the manoevring that the article has wirhstood these items are now, I regret, irrecoverable. I did not think that you would want them. My apologies.--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 16:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your kind comments.
You are right in thinking that I wouldn't want the stuff you mentioned. Clearly, the assertion was buried too deeply, as you didn't notice it.
C'est la vie. I'll worry about it some other time. I need sleep now. Again, many thanks for your help and understanding, Pdfpdf 16:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CSD spanking

I noticed you left a note on Phaedrial's page to assist in CSD. If you're in a similar position in the future, let me know, I'd love to keep that particular backlog down to a minimum. All the best.. The Rambling Man 19:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Congratulations

Hi Anthony. Thanks for your kind words. I wanted to try out the shiny buttons ;-) I'll certainly been keeping my eye on CSD in future. Cheers. Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:58, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not Herb

Hi Anthony. I'm tempted to revert this speedy deletion you just made. I know the article is quite bad but I'm pretty sure it's not a speedy candidate and I'd prefer letting the whole AfD run. I believe the whole campaign might be famous enough (for all the wrong reasons of course!) to have received sufficient third-party coverage. See [5] for a sample. (although I can't find much in the way of reliable sources. Pascal.Tesson 20:41, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, the article has become a pretty decent stub. I'm a deletionist leaning editor myself but I have the utmost respect for the people roaming AfD with the objective of rescuing as many articles as they can from the brink of deletion. They deserve full marks on this one. Pascal.Tesson 22:47, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't honestly say that I've ever given much thought to you position in the deletion spectrum and actually I don't really care: I trust your judgment and I'm sure you'd never keep or delete on such ideological grounds and against common practice. I do suppose that a number of borderline articles end up following slightly different paths depending on which admin is working on CAT:CSD but in the end, the junk gets eventually deleted and the valuable topics which get the axe end up getting recreated in a more convincing shape. Pascal.Tesson 23:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At the risk of (unintentionally) seeming uncivil myself: why are you so defensive in your interactions with me? I think you're doing a great job around here and I've always found you perfectly courteous with others so it would really take a lot for me to read anything you leave on my talk page as some sort of veiled attack. Perhaps you mistook my actions on I'm not Herb or the DrKiernan RfA as questioning your judgment but that is not my intent at all: when I disagree with editors I know, I've always found that dialog either gives rise to a good compromise or makes me realize that I'm wrong. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 23:31, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Happy Joy Joy! Pascal.Tesson 23:40, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I'm not so sure I would find the above cartoon as funny as I did when I first saw it ten or so years ago with my roommates and probably the help of a bit of alcohol (or other interesting products) but the internet sure contains a lot of stuff! Pascal.Tesson 23:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Anthony

Thank you for all that you have done!
How much love resides therein!
All one's gifts are never gone:
Not seen, perhaps, but stored within.
Kindness is an inner sun.

Your unspent heart a message sends
Of grace and sacrifice hard-won
Upon which happiness depends!

Thank you so much, dear Anthony! :)

Love,
Phaedriel
11:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My dear Anthony, rest assured your beautiful words, and your kind thoughts were, and are, a great help and warm comfort, and not just regarding my latest situation, but way beyond that - you know what I'm talking about. You truly are a gentleman, and a wonderful friend. Thank you, from the depths of my heart. Love, Phaedriel - 11:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail

I have sent one. :) Acalamari 18:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Unblock

That has to be one of the absolutely stupidest unblock requests I've ever seen. However, there has been one funnier discussed on IRC: Riana got an unblock req whose rationale was "I'll vandalize on my other accounts from now on.". —« ANIMUM » 23:37, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe yep, she didn't. —« ANIMUM » 23:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help re: Tori Praver

thanks for the list of links you sent. the tori praver article was my first attempt and hopefully with the list you sent, i'll better understand what i'm doing next time. i searched for a "tori praver" entry thinking someone else might eventually make one. when they didn't, i decided to give it a try. --Darkthrone 04:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The RfA

Thanks for the nomination! It is excellent! Just so you know, Ryan Postlethwaite has moved it to Wikipedia: Requests for adminship/Acalamari 2, from 3. As for me accepting and transcluding, I will probably transclude it tomorrow rather than Thursday. I haven't written my answers yet fully, and also, it's 4:10 pm where I live, so I'd rather start it in the morning rather than the afternoon. Thank you. Acalamari 23:10, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your ongoing efforts in ploughing through CAT:CSD - I notice you doing it most days and I've even seen it empty a couple of times thanks to you. Cheers for the hard work, WjBscribe 23:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

endorsed x 100 - Tony, you're an awesome worker at CSD. And you're good at rallying us all to the cause. Well earned! - Alison ☺ 23:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Awww man. I was just about to give you one for you CSD clean up :-). Support barnstar. ~ Wikihermit 05:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE:

Na, I'll let you know when I want my user page restored. Thanks! ~ Wikihermit 17:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you delete "garage punk"?

Lemme guess... You've never heard of this style of rock'n'roll before. Did you even stop to do some research before pulling the plug on that very valid page? Look it up, it's even a category on allmusic.com. Are you THAT dense?

Click here for starters: garage punk

I started that page because it's a legitimate sub-genre of rock'n'roll, a combination of garage rock and punk rock. Maybe someone with a bit more experience with musical styles should be doing this stuff, because you're obviously clueless.

-kopper

Garagepunk was good!!!

I thought it was really good! Why did you delete it??? I linked it on my myspace-profile!

We at www.garagepunk.com know you deleted the page about "Garage punk." I dont know why you did it, but when we make a new one, Do not delete it again!

Hey, garage punk is real!

Hey Anthony Bradbury,

where o where has the garage punk page gone? If you think it's not a legitimate genre then please tell the legions of Oblivians fans, tell the people who post on the Goner Board, tell the Black Lips fans, tell those of us who are planning travel to Gonerfest, Cavestomp, and the Ponderosa Stomp. Seriously, this is a passionate community that tends to embrace this scene on many levels. We have our fans which I'd estimate amount to roughly equivalnt to the crowds that sdupported punk music in the 70s and early 80s. Of course we have our bands and labels. We also have our media: fanzines (Ugly Things, Shindig, Bad Trip, Wipe Out, Feline Frenzy), online message boards (Garagepunk.com, gonerrecords.com), list servers (Shindig, Bomp, and the various splinter groups), podcasts (again GaragePunk.com as well as those posted by individuals active on the other lists and boards), too many blogs to mention, and even movies (underground indie dir's J. Michael McCarthy and Dan Rose) and radio. Among the shows embraced by the garage punk community are WFMU's Dave the Spazz with Music To Spazz By, Mr. Finewine's Downtown Soulville, Rex's Fool's Paradise, and Little Steven's Underground Garage. We have a fashion, as much as some would like to deny it. Ranges from something akin to grunge to vintage mod print shirts and shift dresses with beatle boots for the guys, zip-up gogo boots for the gals, and Chuck Taylors for all. We even have our photographers, most notably Theresa Kereakes.

Of course nobody would hear the bands without the labels. The principles include Crypt, Norton, Bomp, Vox, Alive, Goner, Telestar, Chicken Ranch, Sundazed, Dionysus, and Estrus. Seminal garage punk events that connected the worldwide community during the 90s include GarageShock, a three to four day festival held in Bellingham, WA and sponsored by Estrus Records, Sleazefest in Chapel Hill, NC which was put together by Southern Culture On The Skids, the wold famous Las Vagas Grind, and New York's Cavestomp, which drew E Street guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt to the garage scene and inspired him to start his syndicated radio show Little Steven's Underground Garage", the Underground Garage channel on the Sirius satellite network, his Wicked Cool label and a garage chart in Billboard.

I assure you that garage punk is not a dismissable genre. That Wicked Cool is heavily promoted in a national chain like Best Buy should be enough proof. Although the name for the genre was coined only during the last decade, it encompasses mucis made from the last six decades. In fact, I own in the neighborhood of 40,000 records that fall under the definition of garage punk. It encompasses a wide range of primitive rock and roll all the way from Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" to wild one-man band Hasil Adkins to the country/folkie pop harmonies of the Everly Brothers and Byrds to underground yet iconic 60s bands like the Downliner Sect, Monks, We The People, Tamrons, Nightcrawlers, Elois, and Kegs, as well as the bigger sellers like the the Left Banke, Chocolate Watchband, Easybeats, Shadows of Knight, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Music Machine, Stooges, Yardbirds, and Love.

During the 70s, the Flamin Groovies and then the Cramps and Fleshtones carried the garage punk banner, inspiring revivalists who appeared in the 80s. The significant players include the Wylde Mammoths, Plasticland, Chesterfield Kings, and Lyres.

In the 90s The Woggles, Oblivians, Guitar Wolf, Subsonics, and Detroit Cobras surfaced. Everyone on that short list is still very active. The Woggles are currently supporting their ninth album and first for Wicked Cool. The Detroit Cobras have nearly a half dozen albums. They tour regularly and have even sold a song for a Diet Coke commercial. How much more mainstream is that? Guitar Wolf is currently planning a tour of the States, which always requires lots of orchestration because they call Japan home. The Subsonics are still together, but currently on hiatus for a year or two while Buffi Aguero, their drummer and den mother, focuses on the band she fronts, Tiger Tiger. Even though The Oblivians have split, all three members are still stirring the pot. Eric Oblivian heads Goner Records, a destination record store in Memphis that specializes in garage punk. He also owns a record label and sponsors for a modern garage punk shindig called Gonerfestthat draws talent and fans from as far as Europe, Japan, and Australia. Jack Oblivian has his own band, Jack O and the Tearjerkers and was rehearsing with Arthur Lee for a Love comeback at the time of Lee's death. Greg Oblivian has gone on to form the Reigning Sound who most recently backed up Mary Weiss after her critcally heralded resurrgence 40 years after the Shangri-Las called it quits. Not only did he play, but he also penned the lion's share of the material. Speaking of revived careers, the Mighty Hannibal emerged from total obscurity because of attention from the garage punk community after Norton Records released a compilation of his work in 2001. Of course, Norton Records is also rsponsible for coaxing Mary Weiss into a comeback, a story very recently chronicled by the Associated Press.

But this is not just some nostalgia show. The Crypt Records' Back From The Grave series of rare and wild 60s punk pounders inspired the Black Lips to form a band back when they were 16 and in highschool. They also cite some older brother's Link Wray and Teengenerate records as huge inspirations. These kids are so very hot right now. They tour the world and have for four years now. MTV even reported that they were *the* break out band of SXSW 2007. So did that newspaper of record, the New York Times. Their feet are planted squarely in the garage punk primitive aesthetic while they redefine the garage punk genre.

Modern garage punk also embraces a lot of 70's and 80's punk and powerpop. Often cited are Johnny Thunders, Big Star, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, Blondie, and the granddaddy Ramones. Musically, garage punk has to have guitars. Despite the technical simplicity, it must sound impassioned, hooky, energetic, and wild. It owes an influence to some part of the vintage rock and roll I cited above. And the songs are short... If it lacks all of that criteria, it cannot be garage punk.

so please reconsider deleting the garage punk entry. I assure you that it is as valid as rock and roll was in the 50s and punk rock in the 70s. Evidently garage punk is similarly regarded as disposable and dismissable as those other two genres which have come to define a large slice of modern pop culture. In this era of splintering musical genres, garage punk is every bit as legit as many of the other newer genres that remain on Wikipedia. I believe that disposing with the entry would be a rather myopic move.

thanks for culling through my rant. I felt it neccessary to dish up a sizable volume of info. Honestly, this is just a skinny slice of what defines garage punk, just what occurred to me in the past hour or so. I have a whole lot more to add if you still doubt the legitmacy of the genre. After seeing your profile, that your interests lie in other areas, that you express not a lick of interest in music, I would implore that you leave decisions like deleting music pages to those who are more musically literate.

Grrtch 20:31, 27 June 2007 (UTC)grrtch[reply]

thanks

thank you for restoring the page. as you can see by my overview, the entry can use a sizable expansion. why it was whittled down to two lines is a mystery to me. Grrtch 21:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)grrtch[reply]

I understand that two lines would make the entry entirely suspect. how can portions of the entry be safe from pranksters who chopped away a lot of content?

or was it some admin bothered by all of the reference needed tags? Those present a bit of a challenge. No library I know of has collected Creem, Trouser Press, or New York Rocker, periodicals that guided the taste for many rock and roll fans in the 70s. The zines I listed aren't cataloged anywhere either. One comment mentioned the allmusic.com guide. is that a good citation? but I see so many errors on that site, too. As for the Detroit Cobras tune used for a Diet Coke commercial, how does one cite the scuttlebutt from chatting with the original guitarist for the band? how would you cite the assertion tha tthe White Stripes are popular? hunt up a list of their MTV appearances, how many times their video got played, but that info is difficult to unearth. Sales numbers are concrete, but that info rarely escapes the distrubution/sales chain. or how would you cite a band's genre or influences when among music fans, it's common knowledge. You listen and hear the influences. A band can say Yardbirds all they want, but if you hear Fleshtones, who's right? the critic listening to the band or the band themselves who are predisposed to name checking the more hip predecessor to impress their fans.

Frankly, a lot of this is like documenting an oral tradition. It may be in written form, but it's essentially one village of rockers sharing info with another village, finding common ground and attracting new members to the community. Referencing a very real and very fluid music scene does present some problems. Grrtch 21:32, 27 June 2007 (UTC)grrtch[reply]

		Thank you for your support and comments at my RfA
		Hi Anthony, It still amazes me that otherwise "anonymous" editors take the time to place !votes and comments on RfAs. Whilst I would have normally thanked you at the time of you leaving your message, the importance of my not appearing to be canvassing prevented me from so doing. Now that everything has progressed successfully I can finally thank you. I intend to uphold a style of good adminship and will welcome your further comments at any time in the future, even if they are in the form of admonishment. I will be happy to help as an admin wherever and whenever I can --VS ^talk 22:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

very helpful

I think I see how we can keep it safe from deletion. someone who has access to several full-text databases has offered to help. I completely understand how a two line article would make it ripe for deletion. how it was whittled down to two lines is still confusing. thanks for your insights on how to keep it legitimized. those two links you sent are very helpful. Grrtch 23:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)grrtch[reply]

CSD

Hi, thanks for your note - I'm on GMT+1 so I was asleep when you left it! Anyway, I've helped get the backlog down to below ten from about 80 this morning so hopefully that'll help a bit! It's an inexorable tide, I agree... have a good day. The Rambling Man 07:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a message

Hi Tony. We briefly interacted a while back. I hope you are well, and this is a simple message sending you my best wishes and fondest regards. Pedro | Chat 21:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, many times at RFA but less so directly. I assume by "the situation" you refer to the passing of your wife, and the thoughts and prayers of myself, my wife and my young boy are still with you. Moing on, so as not to dwell on sad times, I see you so much around the 'pedia providing generous and moderated input that I thought I'd drop you a note. As you so rightly say, it makes a refreshing change to see the orange bar appear with a nice comment behind it from time to time! Pedro | Chat 21:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, three (3) WTC towers collapsed on 9-11-01

re: There were only ever two skyscrapers involved in the 9/11 attack. Where do you get three from? Two airplanes, two buildings. Awful, but comprehensible.--Anthony.bradbury"talk" 23:43, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately the block and page protection made it impossible for me to respond on the same page, so I am responding here. Nobody denies that a total of 3 towers collapsed on 9-11-01, and the video evidence proves it. If you research it you can easily find videos of all three towers collapsing into dust on that date, with many explosions. Either you were not aware of this, have forgotten (as I myself had, before 4 days ago), or maybe you do not consider the 47-storey WTC 7 to be technically a "skyscraper" since it was dwarfed by the twin towers across the street. 172.148.16.4 00:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is true, 3 buildings did collapse, it's just a question of whether or not building 7 is notable enough in the grand scheme of things for inclusion - a reference would need to be found for it. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan, if that's supposed to be funny, it is actually in rather poor taste, given the enormity of human loss in the first two towers. If you are serious, it is simply incredible -- even the shrillest of shills couldn't possibly be taking the position that the collapse of the third (yes third) skyscaper on 9-11 (ie WTC 7) is "insignificant" and therefore "not notable" for mention. 172.164.224.35 01:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Twin Towers were two buildings. The World Trade Center Complex were three (actually more) buildings. I believe the issue here may be mostly semantics. Newyorkbrad 00:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There were only two aircraft involved. The attack was recorded on video. Two aircraft flew into two buildings. That's it. Collateral damage is certainly relevant, but that is not what the original editor claimed.--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:14, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And, just for the record, the World Trade Centre consistred of only two buildings. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's... not entirely accurate. It was a complex of 7 buildings. See World Trade Center. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 00:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record: _→AzaToth 00:27, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WTC

OK, no argument. But how many were flown into?--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:28, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The edit I saw was just that three towers of the WTC collapsed due to the attack on 9/11, not sure how that applies to your statement. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 00:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I do not argue the point that there were seven buidings in the WTC. But only two were flown into, and only two collapsed as a result thereof. Surely this is a matter of record, not an article for debate? It is, after all, factual. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 00:36, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See comments on my talk. Regards, Newyorkbrad 01:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure that 2 planes hit 2 buildings, and I'm pretty sure that WTC 7 collapsed because of the other 2 buildings (debris, fire, etc). In fact, every building at the WTC site probably got damaged. Don't rely on me though, I was only 7 when it happened! :) --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 03:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You better not tell Rosie O'Donnell that WTC 7 collapsed from the other 2 buildings. She thinks it was from controlled explosives. What a convince time to have explosives in a building... ~ Wikihermit 21:50, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Until this moment, I had never even heard of Rosie O'Donnell. But I have now read the wiki-article, and I promise not to tell her!--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Warnings

Thanks for the feedback — I'm still fairly new, so this is the kind of thing I haven't had much experience with in terms of community feeling. I'll bear that in mind for the future! It makes sense. Angus Lepper^{(T, C, D)} 20:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

65.31.98.166

You took the safe path in dealing with this IP vandal, which I don't necessarily disagree with. However, after being warned about blanking pages on his talk page, he said "I don't care," and signed as claymort. There is another rant, also signed as claymort, at Talk:List of Ed, Edd n Eddy Season 2 episodes. That rant establishes that he is behind some of the vandalism edits, and also that he has no respect for Wikipedia. It also matches the COMMANDS that he put on some articles, saying to leave his edits alone. I think he has established his identity, despite being an IP editor. I give little leeway to IP editors, since it is so easy to make your own account, and also so easy for vandals to hide behind. IP editors who resist making their own accounts probably have a good reason not to. I would ask that you monitor this user closely. Thank you. -- Elaich ^talk 23:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just posted:

"BUT I AM NOT A DIRTY, BANK-ROBBING VANDAL. I AM A SOPHISTICATED EDITOR WHO DRINKS MOCK CHAMPAGNE. SO, PLEASE, IF YOU LOOK DEEP IN YOUR FRAGILE HEART, YOU WILL SEE ME DOING CAREFULLY EDITING AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THAT I AM NOT A WARFUL VANDALIST AND INSTEAD THAT I AM A PEACEFUL EDITOR, WHO DOES NOT MEAN HATRED TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL WEBSITE. THANK YOU. - ClayMort, 7/1/07." -- Elaich ^talk 23:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My recent RfA

Hi Anthony Bradbury! Thanks for commenting in my recent successful RfA. I highly appreciate that so many user that I had little previous interation with commented in my RfA. If you need any assistance, feel free to contact me, but most importantly, thanks for commenting in my RfA.

Evilclown93_(talk)

BTW, I'm working there... but the yellow bar pops up reguarly... --Evilclown93_(talk) 22:32, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why intelligence like activity description was nonsense?

Tony, You deleted urgently the article about possible wikiPage hacking I suffered recently in my talk page when trying to describe Red Army crimes category articles. I suppose, that wikiPage hacking is characteristick trick of Russian army services hackers and this must be comsidered in some way especialy after russians mass attacks against estonian sites.

Ttturbo 23:43, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I must place the answer, becouse I'm not sure it will be visionable on my talk page becouse of still lasting hacking attack.

Thanks Honourable proffesor Anthony.bradbury. Unfortunately I had no enough practice of English for five years, but I'm going to improve it, I believe. My personal beliefs are not very important for wikipedia, but EU comission is going to discuss nontheoretical comunism crimes againt, so it is the time to tough those questions more proffesionally, than it was before. I see, Your experience about hacking of any sites or wikipedia is not great enough, becouse Your proffesion is humanistic, but not technical. It is possible to hack wiki even very strong (like having ax not sculpel) - a week ago I obtained such proposal, but my answer was not. Now I suffered myself some tricks of such kind but was not able to describe this proffesionaly, and trust me - this page is possibly hacked again - I can't edit single articles, only the whole article. It is possible to edit pages leaving no trace, and under such attack You are not sure You see the same texts as Your friend or opponent does. This is becouse of complex machinery of all the world web net of servers, rooters, switches - underground world where some specialist feel themselves like deep water fishes. I trust lots of administrators tries to work according to the system of rules, but sometimes it is not easy to stay right. Russian culture full of emotions and beuty is impressive, but there are lots of different sides of this phenomena and russians like to say it is not understandable by the brains. Red army I know the best from the all armies, I've got the different experiences from soviet school and propoganda, my aunt, BBC and even from red army officers, so I've tried to change little situation in wikipedia, but I'm loosing cause I've got only five days for real thesis of history, and only few people supports me. This very profesional hacker attack having clever psychological background is a great phenomena of working XXI century FANTOM.Ttturbo 22:01, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. About wiki hacking You don't trusted!!! Hacking Wikipedia? March 28, 2005 | 14 Comments

This is more of a question than a post. I’ve been thinking about the Wikipedia quite a bit lately and I wanted to know if anyone out there knows of any APIs for hooking into or querying it. I realize that you can download the Wikipedia database, but I’m curious to know if it’s possible to run queries or extract data from it in some way.

Any ideas or examples would be greatly appreciated. As well, if you know of any applications or sites that are using the Wikipedia in anyway, I’d love to see those as well.

Comments 1. Jeremy Flint said: I have been using Trillian on my PC at work for instant messaging, and it will highlight words and show you definitions.

Starting with 3.0, those terms are pulled from Wikipedia.

Posted on March 28, 2005 11:37 AM | #

2. David Barrett said: What exactly are you looking to do with the Wikipedia, Keith? Ultimately, you’re looking for something to fulfil certain needs, and before we can track down something that’s useful we’ll need to have a better idea of what you’re trying to do.

There is at least one API available for Perl, but WWW::Wikipedia at least is of very limited utility.

The Special:Export stuff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export) seems to be the what you would want to build an API off of. Take a look at the Special:Export stuff for the Train article

It looks promising… there’s plenty of stuff available to use. But as the Wikipedia site only contains a reference to one Perl API, I suspect one hasn’t been developed yet to meet your needs (unless all you’re looking for is the ability to search the site).

Posted on March 28, 2005 12:16 PM | #

3. Keith said: David – I wish I had a better answer for you, but really I’m not 100% sure what I’m trying to do–if anything really. I’m just curious.

I guess what I’m thinking about is a way to pull Wikipedia information into another Web application or site. Like how I can pull RSS or Amazon information into Asterisk.

Say, for example, I wanted to create an online bookstore and in addition to the information I pulled from Amazon, my own information, or whatever, I wanted to also pull info from the Wikipedia for the author, etc. and have that info displayed within my application.

Something like that…

Posted on March 28, 2005 12:40 PM | #

4. Thomas Baekdal said: You could use the server side variation of XMLhttprequest (…or even client side) to retrieve pages - and the modify/strip the parts you need.

Retrieve the data, and take out the innerHTML of the “content” div, then placed it somewhere on your site.

Posted on March 28, 2005 12:50 PM | #

5. Chris Vincent said: I’m not sure about an API or anything, but http://www.answers.com/ pulls information from Wikipedia when applicable. It’s actually a pretty brilliant idea; I wish I would have come up with it first.

Answers.com is also the new definitions site used by Google. I like it much better than dictionary.com.

Posted on March 28, 2005 01:29 PM | #

6. Keith said: Chris – Ok, yeah, just like that! So, anyone know how they do that??

Posted on March 28, 2005 01:35 PM | #

7. David Barrett said: Keith: Well, WWW::Wikipedia should be able to do that for you. The problem, of course, is making sure that the entry in the Wikipedia for that name is actually an entry for that author. It could refer to someone else entirely.

Still, it could be what you’re looking for.

Posted on March 28, 2005 01:38 PM | #

8. Simon Willison said: I’ve used Special:Export and it works pretty well. You have to be very careful with automated queries of Wikipedia though, as they already have pretty bad performance and scaling problems and you wouldn’t want to do anything that impacted the performance of the site.

Posted on March 28, 2005 01:41 PM | #

9. Daniel said: I’ve been thinking about something like this, too, given how many times in the past few weeks I’ve referred directly to Wikipedia material. I had in mind the idea that I could as an SOP earmark terms which I thought potentially needed some further explanation I wasn’t intending to provide, and have the appropriate Wikipedia article linked. I even considered an experiment wherein every single word of a post was linked to Wikipedia, which may or may not be useful or engaging, but it might be interesting nonetheless.

However, being of meager technical skill, and with too little time to write let alone explore this sort of thing, I left it to die like so many other pipe dreams. Wouldn’t it be nifty if there were some plugin developed with some simple markup syntax that would take something like “wp:Godel:wp” and turn it into a link to the Kurt Godel entry?

Good luck.

Posted on March 28, 2005 08:15 PM | #

10. dan hartung said: Well, you probably want to start with Wikipedia:Tools, although it chiefly lists browser-side thingamabobs for the ease of editing and tracking. There’s an apparently moribund Wikipedia API for Python project. For Firefox, it would be trivial to write a greasemonkey script to mimic Google’s AutoLink (or M$ Smart Tags), as Mark Pilgrim did with his “Butler” script, only directing to Wikipedia. Getting correct results would be tricky – I wrote in my blog about a site, upto11, that pulls in band articles, except there are often errors – such as Manitoba (Caribou) displaying the article for the province!

Posted on March 28, 2005 09:26 PM | #

11. Keith said: Daniel – This stuff went quickly over my head also! But at least I know it can be done…

dan – That Upto11 site is very close to what I was thinking as far as Wikipedia use. It was the great entries on music, movies, and books that got me thinking…and I can’t help but think that the Wikipedia could be doing much more…combine it with something like Ourmedia and, well….

Anyway, Upto11 has an interesting take on an similar idea I was tossing about the other day. Not the same, but close. For one thing it seems almost too automated…I like my recommendations with more of a personal touch. But the use of Wikipedia is almost exactly what I was thinking. I can see how it’d need a good editor (or three) to avoid errors like you mention.

I wonder if they’d tell me how they did it? ;0)

Posted on March 28, 2005 11:32 PM | #

12. Anil said: Gina’s made some great progress with her WikipedizeText web service.

Posted on March 29, 2005 01:33 AM | #

13. Jonathan Fenocchi said: Answers.com queries the Wikipedia site, or so it seems. I’m working on a JavaScript artificial intelligence robot which will basically respond to any text you put into a box, and I had planned on using Ajax to retrieve related information on specific topics to make the robot smarter. Unfortunately, neither Answers.com nor Wikipedia offers an XML query service, so I emailed them and surprisingly got a response. As far as I know, however, they haven’t implemented such a thing. As a result, my JavaScript artifical intelligence robot has been consolidating in the empty virtual reality that is cyberspace.

Posted on March 29, 2005 05:03 PM | #

14. Gina said: I love WikiWax typeahead search, like Google Suggest for Wikipedia.

Posted on March 31, 2005 06:51 AM | #

Ttturbo 22:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Honouarable Tony, what is your opinion about Lithuanian-russian diplomacy chapter hidden recently from your eys.78.62.20.125 16:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rui Reininho

I hope you can restore the deleted article about Rui Reininho. This person, along with his band, is an icon of Portuguese music. He is not a Pokémon character, I know, but in Portugal he is among the most widely noted singers of Portuguese pop-rock, at least since the 1980s. Page Up 04:01, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excluding point 8 and 9 of Wikipedia:Notability (music)'s criteria for musicians and ensembles, Rui Reininho and his band GNR (band) qualify. You can say the article is a stub and has lack of references, ok, I can agree with you on that. Unfortunately, Wikipedia has thousands of articles with these same problems. But mentionning the issue of notability and relevance of this article is not admissible. In this case, wikify, expand and clean tags are perhaps admissible, not a speedy deletion. GNR (band) and Rui Reininho (GNR's lead vocalist) are getting older, and as of 2007 are not among the most requested or popular bands in the country (only 30 or 40 performances in 2006, from 200 in the early 1990s), but during the 1980s and 1990s they made an inpact and were a tremendous success. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article before it has even started and speedy-deleted it so fast, and I don't remember what is the text cointained there, I can't talk about the deleted article. However, I don't feel obligated to expand it just because it may be a stub or has no references, IMO this is not the point as I explained before. Please have a look at this Portuguese site Interview with Rui Reininho about the 25 years career of the singer SPA - Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (Portuguese Authors Society), and search for "Grupo Novo Rock" using Google search engine. Page Up 17:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree we are all friends here when we assume good faith and when we behave in good faith. Thanks for restoring the article, however I wasn't quick enough to expand it before a second deletion. The speedy deletion tag can have a powerful effect on administrators. I still wonder if an expand or a references tag and perhaps a notice in the article's creator talk page would be more appropriate in certain situations like this one where we have a wikilink to the band - but that's just my opinion. Page Up 22:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lithuanian diplomacy

Anthony.bradbury, please look at one of the most recent communications from Ttturbo which appears to summarize his mindset and goals. Given its content and the nature of the back and forth communications of the past few days, I'm suggesting that the best course going forward is to not directly engage Ttturbo any more. Even the most conciliatory and rational communications with him prompt suspicions of secret police machinations and accusatory responses. There seems to be a deadline approaching over the next five days that is driving his crusade. It's possible that once this deadline passes, Ttturbo may move on to other projects. I'm thinking of placing this same message on other key players' Talk pages as well.
Jim Dunning | talk 00:56, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It never ends. Now a "Lithuanian patriot" is vandalizing my Talk page and asking me to contact the FBI. I am willing my fingers to not touch the keys . . . . lol.
Jim Dunning | talk 18:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome pages

Yes I think I´ve gained the enough experience like to help new users, by the way I´ve got a lot of friends like to help me when I have any doubts.

The exchange with me here and here would suggest otherwise and Lucasbunchi would do well to heed the advice of Anthony.bradbury. Freshacconci 16:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

deleted "Talk:A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'"

Forgive me for not understanding, but I am curious as to why this page was deleted. The answer listed below does not make any sense to me.

Thanks,

Stan

18:37, 30 June 2007 Anthony.bradbury (Talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" (content was: '{{WikiProjectSongs}}Sorry I shifted everything around a bit, I just often forget that Wikipedia observes this capitalisation for albums....')

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA. It was successful, and I am now, may God have mercy on us all, an administrator. Look at all the new buttons! I had heard about 'protect,' 'block user,' and 'delete,' but no one told me about 'kill,' 'eject,' and 'purée.' I appreciate the trust the community has in me, and I'll try hard not to delete the main page or block Jimbo. -FisherQueen (Talk) 18:05, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Developerzeus

Hey buddy, I saw your blocked Developerzeus at UAA...I'm just curious how the username exactly implied that the user was a Wikipedia figure, as the report said? Not hassling ya, just a curious little guy on this end here :). Jmlk 1 7 21:49, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks Anthony :). Jmlk 1 7 21:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to apologize for :). Actually, you've been an admin longer than I have...I've been one less than a month. I just try and be a concise as possible when blocking and such, and have found myself to be somewhat of a stickler in regards to UAA and AIV, as I have found a lot of personal grievances instead of actual vandalism at times. Anyway, I think I have much more to learn from you as a matter of fact. I think you're right on the username block by the way. Hope all's well in Jolly Ol', and the recent news isn't causing too much consternation on that side of the pond. Happy editing Tony :) Jmlk 1 7 22:05, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hey, no hard feelings... Ya know, the page had been up for a long time. Originally it was researched and documented, so I have to wonder if vandals got to it and made it vulnerable for deletion. there's a juvenile feud between garagepunk.com and another board. It's mostly fueled by them, and they do like to prank the garagepunk board. This weekend, we have been noticing links removed to garagepunk.com and to one particular band that inspires strong feelings. Ya either love them or hate them, but zapping their link is inconsistant with the rest of links to bands. It's just one prankster's opinion. Why garagepunk.com was deleted as a fan site while the Goner link remains is also inconsistant. gp.com is a clearing house for info on releases, shows, discussion, etc... Goner is sponsored by a record store and label, and sponsors a message board. wouldn't that make them a fan site AND one that promotes commercial interests? Frankly, I'd like to see both up there, but the vandal is pretty dogged about checking back and deleting just what he/she dislikes. how can we address that?

My recent RfB

Thank you so much for your participation in my recent RfB. Though it closed with 72% support (below the required 90%), I'm still quite pleased at the outpouring of support shown by a fair percentage of the community.

I'm currently tabulating and calculating all opposing and neutral arguments to help me better address the community's concerns about my abilities as a bureaucrat. If you'd like, you can follow my progress (and/or provide additional suggestions) at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes. Thanks again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

help

Can you help me? you admind a block for a user for sock puppets but his original profile wasnt blocked. User:Dukkman112 can you extend his block? Thanks.BlueShrek 13:19, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

welcome pages

Sory to tell you, but I think there is nothing wrong with me sending welcome messages because in this 2 months and a half of being a wikipedian, I´ve been learning codes and helping new people with their new accounts. I will not believe it is fair to report me. By the way you have no idea of how much experience I gained and learned. --LucasBunchi 13:33, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help on the way! :)

Let me handle the images, k, sweetie? Love you, Phaedriel - 23:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rest well, sweetie! I'll keep on deleting stuff for a while over here, and right after that, I'll get to reply my mail (hopefuly! ;) Love, Phaedriel - 00:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Hi Anthony, just a quick note to say thanks for participating in my request for adminship. It was successful and I now have some shiny new buttons. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Happy editing, matt br 09:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the nomination

Thanks for being my nominator! Acalamari 21:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Anthony.bradbury, for taking the time to nominate me! Thanks also for your patience over the last three months, waiting to do the nomination. I appreciate what you have done. Acalamari 21:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I'll send an E-mail sometime in the next day or so. Within a few minutes of getting the tools from Redux, I went to CSD for you and deleted a few pages. :) Also, I hope you like the award I gave you. :) Acalamari 23:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:FormerlyPanairjdde

As you can see from this user's userpage, User:Panairjdde is a banned user. No-one with this username, whether actually Panairjdde or not, could reasonably be up to any good. It's either an impersonator or a sockpuppet of a banned editor. Grand master ka 02:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The high school username

Heh, you beat me to that block. :) Acalamari 19:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that way. :) I've only done one block so far, though I've done a load of deletions. Acalamari 19:19, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I may be wrong, but hardblocks prevent the user from creating a new account and editing from their IP, while softblocks don't do that. Good-faithed but inappropraite usernames should be softblocked while blatant bad-faithed usernamed should be hardblocked? Am I correct on both accounts? Acalamari 19:26, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't apologize. :) I'd rather be asked things like that instead of mess up. Anyway, I think I remember reading that about usernames (possibly on your talk page) not too long ago. Acalamari 19:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

lengthy usernames

Hi, I have started a discussion to try to find a limit on when a username becomes obviously too lengthy. You might want to drop by :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 20:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are You Sure Which Page?

Because that was the reason I wasn't too sure. I once posted a spam username and was told that goes to AIV instead. O.o -WarthogDemon 20:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for the headsup. Appreciated :) Btw, I just reported User:SunnyHills to the Username page. Seems to be User:RentSafe. -WarthogDemon 20:23, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I need Help and Advice

Anthony, I'm trying to make an article about my uncle's choir i'm not trying to advertise them, or anything but they are famous in the Gospel Genre community. I see no reason why they wouldn't be credible. I mean they are signed and have been putting out Top selling Albums and doing concerts all over the east coast.--Makall0209 22:06, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Zachary_Coffin

Hi. Thanks for your work on all this. I'm new to Wiki. Can you undelete your speedy deletion?

Regarding the reason given -- notability (Db-bio) -- please see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1882579/ for evidence of notability info on subject, including credits, news articles, etc.

Separately, but unfortunately, I am the subject of the article, Zachary Coffin, so there's also a seeming CoI; but in reality, I just put up the most basic, absolutely neutral info -- no opinions, etc. I did this because I was referenced in another article at Wiki, but my name was missing a link. Specifically, the article listing the cast for the 2007 film "A Mighty Heart" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mighty_Heart_%28film%29 links to me, Zachary Coffin, a cast member.

Btw, the article for the 1998 film "Simple Gifts" (which I created) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Gifts_(film) also links to Zachary Coffin, as I was associate producer.

Finally, the article for "Bhopal Movie" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_Movie (which someone else created a few months ago), probably should link to Zachary Coffin, as I am the producer. (Btw, just today, someone is now proposing deletion of this entry, too. I don't want to touch it, for fear that people will think CoI is too much, but I'd be grateful if you could address this -- evidence of notability info is at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453568/)

Thank you very much for your patience in helping me navigate all this.

Best regards,

zcoffinZcoffin 06:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I have refrained from posting to your talk page on this subject so far, as I do not wish to tell granny how to suck eggs. However, I feel so frustrated over this that I will ask a question.

Could you explain why Zachary Coffin is allowed to remain when it clearly, and admittedly by all parties, violates WP:COI and possibly WP:VANITY? I do not doubt that the subject will prove notable. But you know that the originator of the article should not be the subject, and I fear your reinstatement of the speedy deletion is wrong.

I have had some discussion with Zachary, and I know that he can see the error also. Thanks. Ref ^(chew)(do) 08:02, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Out of respect for Zachary, and in view of his potential notability, I would rather he asked for deletion of his own article, with a view to a request being made in the appropriate place for its (re)creation by independent editor(s). I have put this to him, pointing out that he could retain all the info and formatting by copying the source to a text file on his local PC. His reluctance in this is what makes me suspicious on vanity grounds. In some small way, I can see why editors get frustrated and leave, when policy is not strictly adhered to and admins over-use discretion (no personal attack intended; generalisation) in a minority of cases. If the policy is incorrect, it should be changed to reflect exactly what Wikipedians should expect to happen as a result of its application by those with the tools. Best wishes as always. Ref ^(chew)(do) 21:05, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've deleted article and pasted to Notepad. I'm not sure if I should let you know in some other area of the Wiki (it gets a little complex to keep track of the different threaded conversations), but I've made a note also on the actual page. Thanks again -- to both of you -- for your earnest efforts. Best regards, z Zcoffin 22:42, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Fight the Funk

We are very disappointed that you approved the deletion of our article, "Don't Fight the Funk." It described a game which is very frequently played by urban youths, much like such informal schoolyard games as Blob Tag and Wall Ball, both of which are allowed on Wikipedia. While it is uncommon to employ a negation to describe the goal of a game, it does not make the article and especially the game "incoherent". You should know that it is also known by the less esoteric name "Bus Surfing."

Thank you.

(Comment - oops! "One of which is allowed" - Blob Tag got deleted!) Ref ^(chew)(do) 21:08, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mhatai

I placed a db-nonsense tag on the Mhatai page which you have removed. Before adding the tag I used Google to look for such an island and it only found a copy of the article on answers.com, which it had copied from Wikipedia. Reading the article itself, it seems a little too incredible, like a village with 60 people having a cinema and an internet cafe.

This page has previously been deleted via an AFD vote - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mhatai.

Could you please have another look at the suitability of this article. It is a good, well written hoax, but nothing more. --Mendors 00:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

deleted "Talk:A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'"

Forgive me for not understanding, but I am curious as to why this page was deleted. The answer listed below does not make any sense to me.

Thanks,

Stan

18:37, 30 June 2007 Anthony.bradbury (Talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" (content was: '{{WikiProject Songs}}Sorry I shifted everything around a bit, I just often forget that Wikipedia observes this capitalisation for albums....')

Turtles and tortoises

See, this is why so many people view Wikipedia as being written for children, and edited by children. Hundreds of articles about the Ninja turtles, one about turtles in mythology, literature and popular culture. But guess which of those 501 articles gets deleted? There's room for childish and grownup things in Wikipedia :| Mandsford 16:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

neologism

Thanks for correcting me, I worded it poorly, I should have said that it did not meet any of the criteria for speedy. --that's what I intended to apply -- It's not really empty or incoherent, and A7 only applies to the categories listed. I agree there's no specif policy involved, just the general ones. I'll change the remark on the prod message. But first, do you think it does meet a speedy category? DGG (talk) 22:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

many are so empty that speedy would apply, and I as well would use speedy in some cases. As you know, there's been some concern about overuse of speedy -- instigated by some particularly inappropriate speedies that were reversed at Deletion Review. The talk at WT:Speedy has been moving towards further restrictions, and I think its a good time to follow the letter of the policy. Now, I do have a general opinion here-- I did not bring the latest proposal for restriction tho I support it, and have suggested similar. So perhaps its a discussion about our somewhat different views in general.-- which I'd of course be glad to discuss--

For the article, looking at the history it will be objected to, so I guess it will end up at AfD--where, if no further information is provided, I will say to delete. For the general question of neologisms, if you do want to establish it as speediable, I think it has to be discussed, but I am not sure where or when.There will need to be a general discussion of the meaning of empty and nonsense as speedy criteria in any case. But since the main issue there now is A7. and I think that's enough of a problem, I'd prefer to wait--I find I am unable to follow too many threads at a time. DGG (talk) 22:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see this particular article has now been tagged by somebody else as G11, to which I have no real objection. DGG (talk) 23:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

block

Yes, I understand that - and thanks for taking care of this iteration of this guy - but it's just another reason why we shouldn't allow IP addresses to edit, if we're not willing to effectively stop them when they engage in sexist or racist or homophobic attacks like this one. Not your fault - and I appreciate your help - but there's something wrong with this situation. Tvoz |talk 23:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ha - I'm there with you in the no-software-expertise matter. If there's an appropriate place for me to raise this range block issue, please let me know. Best wishes Tvoz |talk 23:17, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

E's RFA

Hello. I've left you a message at E's RFA. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, E ddie 23:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reconsidering your !vote. I'm very sorry for the mistake. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, E ddie 23:28, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. I was in no way offended. It was just an observation. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, E ddie 23:43, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately, I have proof that I have messed up several times. Please see (if you want) this, this, this (and many other mistakes at WP:UAA), and the list continues. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, E ddie 23:55, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

21 World

Could you please give me back my (new) article: 21World. I was still buissy with finishing it and it was not necessary to delete it immediately. The 21World Festival pehaps did not happend in it original way. It has been changed to Live Earth Alert (a 24hr festival including LIVE EARTH in the NL) and the oranisation 21World still excists and is organising other activities such as TV-programs and new concept 'One World Idea' etc. Solution: put it back on original wiki-page 21World and/or make it 'beginning' article or put it on my User:Wereld talking-page . Thank you - (Wereld 00:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. However, it was unsuccessful. I am in no way disheartened, and I will hopefully succeed in a month or two. If you have any further suggestions or comments, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will be happy to respond. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 02:30, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sosomk

Why did you unblock this user? He had clearly violated 3RR Rule, and he has a long history of edit warring. After you unblocked him he continues in his spirit [6]. Tamokk 03:10, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If being polite and apologizing is my style, yes I continue in my spirit. Thanks for unblocking. Cheers! SosoMK 13:16, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think this is an absurd of some kind. S. had received very strong warnings [7] long ago. He remained persistently incivil after that, and on the last occasion clearly violeted the 3RR. If Mikkalai wanted to supervise him he could do this after he would return from a fairly legal block. If wikipedia has any formal "supervision" please refer me to it, otherwise the unblock is illigal. Also, I did not see any "supervision" when S. made a chauvinistic statement in his spirit, this time against Tatars. I understand that you have firm rules as an admin, but could you please talk to other admins and let me know what you dicide about this user. It dose not make sense to chase him with bureaucratic rules, when he is: denigrating different nationalities and ethnic groups, insulting different political ideaologies, smearing Georgian politicians just because they are in opposition etc. I am not saying anything about his POV, edit warring and incivility to fellow wikipedians. Tamokk 08:14, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of curiosity

How do I warn someone? Shadow-sama 17:23, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re user:65.32.68.31

I'll make sure to be better informed of the differences between a block and a ban for future vandalism situations. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. HappiestCamper 20:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't criticise me, I know you were just trying to help a fairly lost newbie. And I want to thank you for that as many people have just complained rather than pointing me in the right direction. Thanks again HappiestCamper 21:20, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you think I'm doing well seeing as I haven't been here this long. For some reason it feels longer, anyway thank you for welcoming me and for all of your help. It really means a lot. HappiestCamper 21:31, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

I never usually get congratulated for my edits — thank you. I just like to visit articles on important figures in the 20th Century — I'm doing a History GCSE. Cheers. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:49, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About YourLord, the whole "sock puppet" thing preceded the discussion aboout his ban. He means well as a user (now banned) but could sometimes be unintentionally offensive. Ashnard _Talk ^Contribs 17:52, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Well, I was looking for a prettier way to do this, but I'm not very artistic, so I'll just say thank you for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. I look forward to serving the community in a new way. Take care! -- But|seriously|folks 08:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UAA

For future reference when dealing at UAA, here's the article: Bukkake. --Клоун 20:44, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Plumm

When I put the "delete" mark on it, it was just a list of owners, and I couldn't figure out how to express the delete reason. (I'm Norwegian and doesn't write very good English) Now it's expanded, and I'm not really sure if it should be deleted. The user that wrote it, seems to be one of the owners of the club, and his other posts on WP have been deleted. I removed the delete-mark, but the reason would be blatant advertising. --Sosekopp 21:15, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Mourndove.jpg

I was wondering if you could delete File:Mourndove.jpg seeing as it was only used by User:Sagesagesage to vandalize and has no purpose now. Thank you. Oyster guitarist 00:09, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a million!

Wakinglife24 was vandalizing the heck out of articles. ZeWrestler, Spartan-James, and I were going nuts reverting his edits. Thanks a million for blocking this guy! Savie Kumara 23:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Got your message re: Coelacan, and Phaedriel. I think I am advanced enough to not need that kind of help. But, I still worry about Coelacan, because of the abrupt departure. Thanks for your offer of help. I really appreciate it. I do have some questions, but I think I've got the hang of where to go now. But, I will take you up on your offer if I have problems, of what to do, and such. Phaedriel is a sweet person, I hope she is well. Thanks again. - Jeeny ^Talk 23:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: user:24.36.231.72

Hi. Looking at the earlier contributions, it does seem likely that the same individual has made all of the edits from this IP, so a longer block may be appropriate. I would personally stick with 48 hours, as the previous 24 hour block did seem to discourage them for several months, and I always hope that even the worst vandal can be rehabilitated. However, if you feel that 1 week would be more effective, I have no objection to you changing it. Thanks for letting me know. Cheers TigerShark 00:16, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, they are on mine. Cheers TigerShark 00:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

user:TwiceKnown

If you can substantiate that this account is a sock, I have no problem with any appropriate administrator action taken in this case. Thank you for your consideration in contacting me!Best regards, Hamster Sandwich 00:38, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you very much for your participation in my recent unsuccessful RfA. I am very grateful for all of the advice, and hope that it will help me grow as an editor. Sincerely, Neranei ^T/C 11:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help with article about (Kirk Fraser)

Im sending you a request. I've look over the deletion of Kirk Fraser, The original article had the incorrect spelling of his last name. Check out the (http://www.answers.com/topic/kirk-frasier) the article is still wrong. We originally created a new page on Wikipedia with the correct spelling and paste the content from Wikipedia with the incorrect spelling of Frasier. It was shortly deleted, we once again created it again, and it was also deleted. We don't know what to do. It seems like once it's up it taken down again, when it was originally put up by some one else. We just wanted to change the spelling of the Last name and fix the content that was wrong. Can you please help me in guiding me to correct this issue. Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by YousoCrazy (talk • contribs)

Heyy

Hi i'm Migssant19, what have my Hotel Gran Cibao Article that you put it a speedy deletation? The first two time it was deleted just because it wasn't a real article and it doesn't had explain what about is it, but in the last i made me shure that it have all of this. I what to know why everyboby is deleting this article? Migssant19 14:15 07/15/2007 UTC

Just because in the article says that you delete it, check it Hotel Gran Cibao, but sorry if it wasn't you, i just want to know what is the bat thing that have this article to be deleted. Migssant19 00:12 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know

Please give a reason when deleting pages. Thank you. Luke 02:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]