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Welcome Daniel.Bryant

Hi there Daniel.Bryant. Welcome to Wikipedia, its always good to see new users. When you get a chance, drop us a note at Wikipedia:New user log to introduce yourself! You might also like to put a short introduction on your user page so that other wikipedians can get to know you.

Welcome, it's a bit late but neverthe less. Oh and see my comments below.

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If you have any questions or just want to chat then leave a message on my talk page and I'll answer as soon as possible. Happy editing, Tmorton166 (Errant Emote) talk 19:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This personalised welcome message was created to follow my own policy on welcoming users. I hope that many others will adopt these common sense ideas. Add your support here

Controversies article & some other suggestions

I just wanted to say that I really welcomed you additions / cleanup of the article on controversies. When I nominated it for deletion I figured that no-one would step forward and improve it enough for me to change my mind, so thanks for that.

So when i came here to say thanks I saw you hadn't been welcomed yet so theres my little notice above to say hi and welcome to wikipedia.

Oh and also RE: your edits, when you make edits it's a good idea to try and stick a little comment in the text box below the edit window to tell everyone what you are adding / changing. It just helps to keep other editors in the loop :D, see my contributions list for an example, oooh vanity ;). Oh and also you might want to try and consolidate your edits down to one main edit for adding content then a few others for corrections / additions afterwards. Stick a note like {{ Inusefor|30 minutes to add new content }} which leaves the note below on the page and stops other users from changing the page whilst you are editing:

This article is actively undergoing a major edit for 30 minutes to to add new content .
As a courtesy, please do not edit this article while this message is displayed. The person who added this notice will be listed in its edit history. If this article has not been edited recently, please remove this template.
This message is intended to help reduce edit conflicts; please remove it between editing sessions to allow others to improve the article.

Remember you can hit the 'preview' button to see what your changes will look like too - rather than saving the page each time. This helps make the history of the article look alot cleaner and means more users edits can fit on one page :D

Not a rant by the way just some handy tips!! Have fun -- Tmorton166 (Errant Emote)^talk 13:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the welcome, and for the tip about the 30mins template. I hope to end up having a home-page at some stage, however at the moment the contraversies article is taking up a lot of my wiki-time :P

Thanks for all your support, and hopefully we can brush off that controversies article in a NPOV way :D --Killfest2 07:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Poundland

Hey, looks good. I might find time to sort out some of those locations tonight. To be completely honest I'd half forgotten obout the list so thanks for the reminder :P -- Tmorton166 (Errant Emote)^talk 18:14, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problems. By the way, how do you add a contents box? --Killfest2 07:31, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

easy just add __TOC__ to the page, it appears anyway if there are more than 3 sections. -- Tmorton166 (Errant Emote)^talk 13:38, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CSA - Images

Visit this page to see some funny photo-shopped images from the AUS v ITA World Cup 2006 game. Oh, and CSA stands for Community Service Announcement... and yes, this was just so I could get a contents box... and yes, this post is now finished. --Killfest2 11:04, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User Socceroos2

As per Wikipedia's policy on fair use images (number 9), copyrighted logos such as Image: World Cup 2006 logo.png are not allowed on userboxes. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:22, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Making my own logo replica of the WC 2006 one isn't illegal, is it? --Killfest2 03:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2006 FIFA World Cup controversies

Don't forget to give the 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies article some love! MyNam e IsNotBob 10:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK...I'll begin to love it again...want me to continue your sourcing thingy? --Killfest2 10:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Try to neutralise the article a little as well. I've been using news.google.com to find a reference for each of the facts before putting it in in a factual, as it goes way. Just take a look at how I've transformed any of the sections as an example. MyNam e IsNotBob 10:49, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Daniel.Bryant! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. —Xyra e l _{/ 16:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)} 16:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

World Cup Controversies

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		Just took another look at the World Cup Controversies page and it's history and I reckon you deserve a barnstar for all the work you've done to make it a much better article - I certainly wouldn't list it for AFD now!! Keep it up! Tmorton166 (Errant Emote)^talk 09:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I am especially impressed that you managed to keep NPOV (or refused to edit) the australian bits - especially considering the errrr slightly unfair situations your team suffered :D -- Tmorton166 (Errant Emote)^talk 09:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks, that was unexpected...my first barnstar *does a little jig* Anyways, there's more still to come with that article, so keep a lookt. And the way I kept NPOV with the Socceroos incidents was read the international media, see what they were saying, then form my opinion on the incident - much more reliable than patriotic Australian media reporting.

Thanks again! --Killfest2 12:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Żagań

Hello, Daniel. Can you wirte an article about my city (Żagań) on icelandic Wikipedia? Kondzio1990 09:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Put on my to-do list. --Killfest2 11:30, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Translated it successfully (only took me about 15 minutes), but I'll expand on the article later. To see what I did, check out the link on my user page. --Killfest2 12:48, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A big thank you

Dear Daniel,

Just thought I'd pop by to say a "BIG THANK YOU" for the barnstar. I really don't feel ready for that yet, there is so much still to be done. Hopefully over the next few weeks (after France win the cup) we can transform the article into something totally amazing.

Regards, MyNam e IsNotBob 10:15, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

p.s. Here's for the Socceroos winning the Asian Cup!!! And the Matildas too!

You're welcome - you certainly deserve it. Go the Socceroos! --Killfest2 11:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism at Football

Hi Daniel. It seems you made a mistake and replaced the vandalism that Tawkerbot4 had removed. I've reverted back again. JPD (talk) 11:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, that must have been a double-edit with the IP changing 2006 to 2007. Sorry about that. --Killfest2 11:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my user and talk pages. I've already reported the IP at Wikipedia:AIAV Stephenb (Talk) 12:12, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. --Killfest2 12:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting my user page

I was a cocksucker for less than a minute there, and didn't even have time to notice it before you took care of it. I just can't keep up with myself, apparently... Anyway, thanks! -- Captain Disdain 15:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see someone has a sense of humour around here - no problems --Killfest2 23:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A thanks from me also.Blnguyen | rant-line 06:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem-o. Daniel.Bryant (aka Killfest2) 07:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anaheim Hills Revert

Thank you for reverting the edit on the Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California page. I have not had alot of support up until this point on the page, and do truely thank you for putting the infobox back on, and keeping my hard work from being removed. --OC31113 07:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problems. --Killfest2 08:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting error

First of all good work with the vandal fighting. Secondly, I am not sure if was an accident by you or Vandal Proof, but just so you are aware there was an error in your revert of Tour de France. You reverted vandalism to a vandalised page (If that makes sense). You can see the diff here and also take a look at the history to see the reason for the mistake. If it was your fault please be more careful when using a tool as powerful as VandalProof, if not please let AmiDaniel know of the bug here. Any further questions let me know. Happy editing.--Joe Jklin (T C) 07:56, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about thtat. I believe it's a limitation of VP that if two different users vandalise a page in two different areas, the reverter can't see the earliest vandalism, unless they read the whole article which is impractical for an article as big as that. --Killfest2 08:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting error 2

Careful with the reverts. This one went the wrong way and was overlooked for a couple of days. David D. (Talk) 21:17, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See here. --Killfest2 01:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rafael Nadal

Conversation moved to User talk:68.0.36.204#Rafael Nadal --Killfest2 02:53, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IP Range Block

Let me know if another range of IPs is giving you trouble. I like performing range blocks... (ooh... too much power going to my head again :P). Anyway, that's the simplest way to get rid of abusive AOL bot vandals (or otherwise). Ian Manka Talk to me! 09:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, simultaneous posts on each others' user talk page about the same thing *head goes haywire*. Anyways, I'll notify you both on the AIV and your talk page if it comes back as bad. Cheers. --Killfest2 09:04, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: "Various Users"

Thanks. 66.218.28.22 09:27, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changed title to something less ambiguous. Just add the "evidence" whenever you want. --Killfest2 09:30, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's really not so much Prometheuspan as it is a bunch of other editors and admins. I'll try to get a few things for you tomorrow. Thanks again, friend. 66.218.28.22 09:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changed title again, and no problems :D --Killfest2 09:37, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some more outrageous horrible accusations and lies

Hey, Daniel. For some of those outrageous horrible etc., see here, and here on the List of banned users. Bishonen | talk 15:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]

I'll keep an eye out. What am I meant to be looking for, exactly? -Killfest2 02:06, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fact, truth and reality would be a start. You did make a promise also, if you recall. 66.218.22.4 07:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I mean, where in particular in those pages? --Killfest2 07:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Where in particular"? None so blind as those that will not see. If you're serious, unpack the links and read them; if not, I'm a little busy. Bishonen | talk 09:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]

User talk:149.135.47.197

Please leave my talk page alone! It's mine and I'll do what I want with it! Thankyou!

For your information, it is not. Registered users can post warnings there, and you are NOT allowed to remove them. --Killfest2 05:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for my barnstar! I am flattered by your comments as well; always nice to be appreciated. Keep up the good work yourself and happy editing. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 06:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure :P *hastily runs back to VP* --Killfest2 06:50, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page archiving

For future reference, talk archives belong as subpages of the Talk pages, not the article pages, as Talk:Marco Materazzi/Archive1, which I have moved there. See also Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page. —Centrx→talk • 07:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that's where I did look, and it said "(full page name)", so that's what I did - it didn't say "(full talk page name)" or "talk:(full page name). Anyways, I'll remember that in the future. Thanks for the heads-up. --Killfest2 07:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Killfest,

If I can't control my own talkpage, I rather be blocked from Wikipedia altogether. So go ahead, please block me as soon as possible. Still, I will always 'heart' Zidane. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.18.12.231 (talk • contribs)

Feel free to post whatever you want on your talk page - just make sure you don't remove the warnings. You can write "I <3 Zidane" at the top, and as long as you don't copy+paste it all over the page so it becomes spam, it is fine. The only thing you're doing wrong at the moment is removing your warnings. I don't want to ban you - you're forcing me to though. --Killfest2 07:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel Bryant,

Sorry for the confusion on the Argentina national football team page. I was just trying to fix the spacing on the page (from the Trivia section on), but could not figure on how to do it. Perhaps you know how. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.180.19.89 (talk • contribs) 07:28, July 10, 2006 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. If I published a warning on your talk page, remove it with the edit summary "misunderstanding between Daniel.Bryant and myself". I'll go fix it up now. --Killfest2 07:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Killfest2 07:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use images outside the article space

Hi. You uploaded a number of images that are used on userpages, but these images (or their original, unaltered versions) are copyrighted. Wikipedia does not allow copyrighted images to be uploaded to its website unless a valid claim of fair use can be made. However, Wikipedia policy (#9) does not accept images used on user pages as fair use, as has been similarly mentioned for copyrighted logos in userboxes above. Unless you can find a free image or a valid fair use claim, these images will be deleted within 7 days. Please make sure to follow Wikipedia's Image Use Policy when uploading images by not uploading copyrighted images without a valid fair claim.

Also, your claim that some of these images, from the SMH (I'd assume that's the Sydney Morning Herald) and under a "free license", seems dubious. SMH's copyright policy is not anywhere near a free license, which you seem to have agreed with considering all the images are claimed as fair use and not under any free licenses.

Lastly, as far as I can tell Image:Poundland Store Map.gif is not a logo, as claimed, so if the image is to be kept its fair use tag must be replaced. I couldn't find any appropriate ones at WP:ICT, but you can try to find one yourself. Thanks. Telso 08:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the three images from SMH as soon as you want - that was a mistake in judgement from me. The Poundland Map, however, I still have hope in saving, which may include writing to the owner of the franchise and getting their permission, if it comes to that. Killfest2 08:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I put a speedy on the three SMH images. The Reuters one would also fall under the same category, so it's likely to go as well within the 7-day period. Image:FFA.JPG could easily be put into Football Federation Australia, but they already seem to have an appropriate image; feel free to discuss it with them. It still can't be used in the template, though, so that'll have to get pulled from it eventually. As for the Poundland one, yes it certainly could have a valid fair use claim, and you certainly could get permission, just I wasn't sure what it could go in as ({{Non-free fair use in}} would probably be fine, but again it depends on context). There's a huge backlog for disputed fair use images, so you've got some time, but that of course doesn't mean it doesn't need to be fixed. :)

And lastly, sorry if I seemed a little dry above; it was late and I was just going to sleep and as amusing as the images were, I figured I had to say something and was too tired to say anything except the standard impersonal wiki-talk message. :) Telso 03:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Playboy - Thank You!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank you for your sterling efforts on reverting the numerous vandalism attacks by 71.38.189.10 - you are an absolute star! Rgds, - Trident13 08:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks! *adds to Awards page* --Killfest2 08:55, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watch me...

In the User talk:NikoSilver/Signature shop... I just saw your message and will work on it in the immediate future. Sorry but I was abroad and busy and didn't check it... :NikoSilver: 13:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problems. Thanks for this! Killfest2 00:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: your head page...!

LOL! Politis 15:35, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought so too... Killfest2 00:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop editing my IP-based user page

Or direct me to a wikipedia policy that states that anonymous users cannot edit the user page associated with their IP address. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.198.252.184 (talk • contribs)

Thanks in advance.

The point of the aforementioned policy is for it to be enforced, and that's what I'll do. Request Denied. Killfest2 05:10, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What "aforementioned policy"? I'd like a cite to something not on your user page or talk page please. In what Orwellian universe does the Wikipedia Welcome Message constitute a "warning message"! (a welcome message, I note, you do not have on your own user page). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.198.252.184 (talk • contribs)

Ah, yes I do have a welcome message - it's the first one. It doesn't look like yours, because mine is a custom one. Oh, and the definition of a warning is "A recommendation of prudence", which is exactly what the following are:

Please respect others' copyrights; do not copy and paste the contents from webpages directly.
Please use a neutral point of view to edit the article; this is possibly the most important Wikipedia policy.
If you are testing, please use the Sandbox to do that.
Do not add unreasonable contents into any articles, such as: copyrighted texts, advertisement messages, and texts that are not related to that article. Both adding such unreasonable information and editing articles maliciously are considered vandalism. A user who repeatedly vandalises articles will be blocked from editing. }}

Q.E.D. Killfest2 05:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you are going to police this rule as assiduously as you seem to, you might benefit from being able to give us perps the cite, viz., Wikipedia:Removing_warnings#Vandalism. I'll let you keep the nickel. 64.198.252.184 05:36, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed last line for coherancy. Thanks for the link, and this issue is now solved. Thanks for fixing up your talk page appropriately. Killfest2 05:42, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]