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Omar Bravo

Omar Bravo? I didn't make any changes to this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.185.11.110 (talk) 04:18, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)99.185.11.110, fail. On a more serious note, your IP is probably shared. Create an account to avoid further confusion :). Airplaneman ✈ 04:24, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I guess somebody broke into my house to edit a page on some soccer player. Sure thing. I don't have an account, nor do I need one. Please leave me alone as I believe you are both trolls. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.185.11.110 (talk) 04:56, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. I hope the message reaches you before you get a new IP. decltype (talk) 05:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abby Hagyard

I've done some work on the article, turning this into THIS. Might you offer advice for further improvements... or care to asist in researching the additional ACTRA Awards? Thanks, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Nice work as usual! I will take a look tomorrow. Regards, decltype (talk) 21:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lissie

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

You're quick

I was just finding the vaublock template to paste on that guy when you beat me to it. Thanks.  7  05:48, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Did you use a script for that, btw?  7  05:49, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

No scripts, I'm just quick :). You can do it via Twinkle's "warn" tab though. Nice to see that you're putting the tools to good use. Regards, decltype (talk) 05:55, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.  7  05:57, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the reassessment. Much appreciated, as well as the thoughtful and most kind comments in your edit summary. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 06:15, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem! I remembered the article from AfD, and noticed that it had come a long way since then. Of course, there's issues like author info that I do not have to tell you about, but that's certainly not a showstopper for B-class. Regards, decltype (talk) 06:21, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

What do you mean by author info issues? -- Cirt (talk) 06:24, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, there's quite a few citations that do not provide author information. I was under the impression that this was a de facto requirement for e.g GA and FA. decltype (talk) 06:28, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Hrm, the cites are easily verifiable and satisfy WP:V, providing plenty of info in multiple other fields to satisfy verification. However, I will endeavor to add in additional info for author fields. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 06:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

I placed a reminder note on the article's talk page to do just that. I will probably get to it at some point soon. Thanks again, -- Cirt (talk) 06:31, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, there is no problem with verifiability, and it's not at all a pressing issue. It's just something I know at least some reviewers will point out (myself included) - that whenever it is possible to identify the author of a source by name, the citation should ideally contain that information. decltype (talk) 06:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay. No worries, -- Cirt (talk) 06:43, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps you would like to help out, in adding info for the author fields to the citations? :P -- Cirt (talk) 06:45, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Hehe, yeah I know it's very tedious :) I'll put it on my list, I promise. decltype (talk) 06:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay thanks, like I said I will probably get to it soon, just worth a try. :) -- Cirt (talk) 06:51, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Tagging

Thank you for tagging Talk:Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen in a quality way. I find it rare that people bother to include the right tags and projects at the first try (especially LaraBot is annoying). Thank you. Geschichte (talk) 10:33, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

You're most welcome. More often than not, I miss some project tag myself. decltype (talk) 10:38, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Quick Help

Thanks a bunch for declining the speedy deletion notice, I plan on adding the citations and references as well as proof of permission, I just made the article public so that the creators would have something to look at. Thanks again, -Deathstrok. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathstrok (talk • contribs) 00:09, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Will reply on your talk. decltype (talk) 00:23, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. monosock 17:58, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Why am I getting this message? Mono's delivery method is random, so you probably showed up somewhere Mono went. :)

Vandalism

You blocked ConductDiscussion (talk · contribs) for persistent vandalism. Out of curiosity, can you tell me what in his actions constituted vandalism. It looked like he was simply moving pages to include the colon in their titles. But while you're at it, can you fix the one move that he did that seems quite problematic, the one I mentioned on his talk page? WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:23, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I see you're way ahead of me! WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

The user was very rapidly moving pages from one bad title to another, i.e. page-move vandalism. I had to issue an immediate block to prevent further damage, those moves are tedious to fix. Waiting for an explanation would be nice, but not really an option in this case. Regards, decltype (talk) 12:36, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

OK -- thanks for satisfying my curiosity. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:39, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem. In fact, all the pages the user moved had titles that would result in a namespace collision if a colon was used. He or she just got blocked as Special:Contributions/CoIlectonian, and immediately continued his disruption with a new throwaway account. decltype (talk) 13:03, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Bad CSD tag

My bad. I decided I haven't done my share of NPP, so I poked through a couple pages, saw a page in Italian, and looked at the CSD, to see if it qualified.

Frankly, I was surprised to "coherent non-English material" under G1, but I shrugged, tagged it, and was just about to post a message at the CSD talk page to inquire. I see the answer is simple. I didn't read carefully enough. I missed the word "excludes". Sorry. Maybe I'd better stick to article work.--SPhilbrickT 16:29, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Replying on yours. decltype (talk) 16:31, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Just curious, as I see, or perhaps I should say I don't see Frisbee (TV network). What happened to it?

I wrote on your talk before seeing your post here :) decltype (talk) 17:22, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

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re User:Naseah0b/Wakeb

Thank you for allowing this feedback. First I apologize if any of my actions caused any grief. This would be completely opposite of anything intended. The article at User:Naseah0b/Wakeb showed up in WP:AFC, misplaced. I moved the article here Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Wakeb and intended to delete the redirect using {{db-g6}}. I tried to label the move as a misplaced AFC submission. I have performed this type of action in the past, and would replicate it in the future unless you advise me that my actions are improper, or that there is a better way. I would like to add that I was specifically asked in the past to delete the redirect when I moved a misplaced AFC. Thanks for your attention to these and kind regards. My76Strat (talk) 18:38, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

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Replying on your talk. decltype (talk) 19:39, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Deletion

Dear sir, can you tell me about the deletion policy of Wikipedia. How is it decided if some article is to be kept or deleted. The reason I am asking this is that I have been told that one of the artile I have written can be deleted or redirected( I don´t know what is meant by redirection). The article I am talking about is Adil Khan. There is a time when Adil Khan won Dansefeber, but that was just the begining of his career and not the end. While in case of the other winners, the victory was the start and also the end. They were forgotten few months after their victory. Since being the first winner AdilKhan managed to become a star. He got offers for stage acting and has managed to establish himself as a notable young actor. He got nomination for Hedda Award at the age of 25, this is a big achievement because he is the youngest ever to get this nomination, usually people getting this nomination or winning are around 40 year old. Adil has been the first and the only ambassadoe for FRI. A lot could be read about him on the internet, being the role model for the youth etc. Adil got awarded by The Cancer Society, this awarded bring him in the line with names like Gerd-Liv Valla, Dagfinn Høybråten, Gro Harlem Brundtland and many other big Norwegian names. In 2008 Adil received Oslo City Artist Award at Oslo City Hall by Oslo Municipality for his contributions in Oslo's cultural life. IMPORTANT thing in this case is that Adil is not an ethnic Norwegian, He is an ethnic Pakistani, and Pakistanies in Norway has the lowest status but still adil managed to get this prominence in Norway.The biggst publisher of Norway is planning to come with a biography of Adil Khan which shows Adil Khan´s status in Norway. Beisde all this Adil is acting in theatre which could be checked in the table which is in the article about him, every year he has some project. You can check all these details by clicking on the referances ( I can attach lot more referances if needed). The referances are in Norwegian language( In Norway, we use Norwegian language, so it is logical to have referances in Norwegian) but it shouldn´t be difficult to copy the material in the referance and paste that to Google Translater. This would take few seconds to get the translation into English. Off course that won´t be a very good translation but still would give a fair idea abour Adil Khan. If you would like to search more about Adil, this would be a good idea to search for " Adil Thathaal" ( his previous name which he changed about one year back) because there won´t be so much material about him under the name adil khan I have been blamed for being Adil khan myself. If I would have adil Khan then I shouldn´t have problem to find "my" picture to upload. All I can say that Adil Khan is 27 and I am close to retiring age. All of my knowledge about adil Khan is based upon Norwegian Media. I have written another article about kjersti Alveberg, which is being tagged for "recitation", the time it was tagged, this article has just one referance. Now I have added 15 more referances, am i allowed to removed the tag.Jogibaba (talk) 09:47, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Jogibaba. All article subjects on Wikipedia must be notable. For biographies, this normally means passing one or more of the criterions listed in the notability guideline for people. I have no problem reading the references, since I speak Norwegian fluently, but it's true that non-English references are perfectly acceptable for a foreign subject. Since Khan has received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources, he passes the basic criteria. Furthermore, he has received at least one significant award, and been nominated for another, he meets the additional criteria for biographies. Lastly, Khan meets the additional criteria for entertainers with significant roles in multiple notable stage productions. Consequently, I do not see how his notability can be put into question, so there should be no risk of deletion or redirection.

If you have any personal or professional relation to the subject, there may be a conflict of interest. In this case, you can still edit, but be very careful that your edits are written from a neutral point of view and verifiable by sources. In this case, it is best to seek feedback from others to ensure that this is the case - It may be difficult to remain neutral if you are close to the subject.

As for the Kjersti Alveberg article, it is slightly difficult to verify the prose section, because it lacks inline citations, so I would have to agree with the tagging. Let me know if you have further questions. decltype (talk) 15:05, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I have been scolded here on Wikipedia so much that I would call it a pleasant surprise that i got such a nice and polite reply from you, thanks a lot. I would come back to you whenever I get more question.Jogibaba (talk) 15:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Dear sir, Kjersti Alveberg page is showing some error, It was ok before, don´t know why it is appearing like this. I have spent a good deal of time to "repair" it, but hasn´t been able to solve it. Can I get some help please?, can you please solve this problem for me, .Jogibaba (talk) 20:50, 20 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jogibaba (talk • contribs) 20:33, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello sir, the problem with Kjersti Alveberg page is solved by Mr. Lateg, thanks anyway.Jogibaba (talk) 21:16, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok, seems to have been fixed. No need to refer to me as "sir", I'm just a volunteer contributor like yourself. Regards, decltype (talk) 21:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Greetings

Greetings Decltype - thanks for update on SCAR (programming). Often happens that speedy delete tags don't quite fit the context. Which one would have been better for this particular case? Is Prod the only option in such cases? Or would the new unreviewed article tag get faster attention? Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 07:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC) PS amazing pic of folks walking past avalanche zone...

Basically, PROD or AfD is they way to go if it's not a web site or browser game, that is, "something that you see within your web browser [while browsing the web]". It is often proposed to expand criterion A7 to cover software in general, but it has always been rejected. Glad you liked the picture. Honestly, I selected it because it was one of the few featured pictures I could find that didn't make the text very difficult to read. Regards, decltype (talk) 08:24, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for reply. Re. your “where to reply”, it's something I still haven't found the ideal solution to. Open to suggestions. Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 08:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I much prefer keeping it on one page, but I do acknowledge that I may forget to check for a response if it's on someone else's talk page (my watchlist is way too large, really). {{talkback}} does help. decltype (talk) 09:34, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Navbox problem on Barack Obama

Hello decltype. I was reading the above article and encountered a broken navbox on the very bottom of the page (link: Barack_Obama#footer). The template that is giving me trouble is Template:Democratic Party (United States), which is not transcluding for some odd reason. I used two edits in vain to try to fix it. Something even more bizarre is that it worked fine both times I tried to fix it in preview mode, before I hit save. I looked at the article in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, all with the same result displayed. Link FA is showing as a redlink as well. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 17:08, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, this is an interesting one. To put it simply, the article has simply too much templates. The article is exceeding the post-expand include size of templates (which is set to 2 MB). This is causing the server to fail to expand all the templates when the article is viewed in full... I am unsure whether the 2MB size can be increased somehow (sounds like a WP:VPT issue), otherwise the only solution is to remove some templates from the article :) decltype (talk) 17:24, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you; that explains it! Does this only concern navboxes or all transcluded templates (such as {{cite}} and {{Infobox}})? I will consider posting at VPT. Airplaneman ✈ 16:31, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

All transcluded templates contribute to the total. That is why it doesn't show up when you only preview the last section. decltype (talk) 18:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

It's gone for now. My blind attempts were undone :). Thank you, Airplaneman ✈ 02:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, good. Man, that is a lot of templates for one page... decltype (talk) 06:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you very much for your contribution to my Rfa. Even though you opposed me I respect your opinion. I have made a comment about it at User talk:JamesBWatson#Your Request for Adminship which you are, of course, very welcome to read if you wish to. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:58, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Left a comment on your talk. decltype (talk) 06:25, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for invitation - it may indeed be a good idea to create an account, and stop contributing anonymously ;) 83.25.98.37 (talk) 19:03, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Replying on IP talk page. decltype (talk) 19:05, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

You convinced me, but i swear - its damn hard to get a username at this stage of wiki project ... Kyle2^32-1 (talk) 19:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Hehe, don't tell me you started at Kyle1 and ended up at that :) decltype (talk) 19:36, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

hehe, i skipped a few ;) Kyle2^32-1 (talk) 19:41, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

TheRealFennShysa

TheRealFennShysa appears to be engaged in vandalism. Please help protect my edit of the related terms section at related terms. "Healthwashing" is not original research but is is easily found by Googling. 71.100.2.16 (talk) 21:04, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Follow the advice you've been given and provide reliable referencing that establishes the word's usage, and the word can be included. Neologisms that have yet to become notable can not be included. decltype (talk) 08:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Jamie sahote‎ immediately recreated

Thanks for deleting Jamie sahote‎. Unfortunately it was immediately recreated. Can you deal with it?--Biker Biker (talk) 09:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I can. Thanks for the notification! decltype (talk) 09:51, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

User:MelonaWarren

No worries, I can take it to MfD, but check out the history and wikilinks (if only for your amusement). It is nonsense, though it doesn't appear as such at first look. It's actually a rather bizarre mess between that page, user:ApprenticeUK, user:lemonzebras, and about a hundred IPs. Matt Deres (talk) 17:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed that it's basically a made-up biography with random wikilinks. However, we have a few established users who employ similar userpages (without them being tagged for deletion), and in principle everyone should be treated equally. Therefore I think MfD is the way to go for this page. Regards, decltype (talk) 17:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:FILMS June 2010 Newsletter

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Let the Right One In (film) page

Hi, decltype. Another person on wiki, Anna Lincoln, suggested I contacted you. I was a bit frustrated that the "Let the Right One In (film)" wiki page ruined the film for a friend of mine. That's because the first paragraph on wiki uses the word "vampire" twice. Surely the whole point of the film is that you don't know the female lead character is a vampire until later on. I deleted the word "vampire" twice in the first paragraph, but Anna Lincoln reinstated them. She is right to say that it is a vampire film. However, we wouldn't put a spoiler such as "Bruce Willis' character is really a ghost" in the first paragraph of the "Sixth Sense" page, would we? Could we take out the references to vampires in the first para and refer to this genre lower down the page if we need to? What do you think? Fester mower (talk) 10:10, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Fester mower! I'm sorry your friend got spoiled. While I do not think knowing Eli is a vampire is a particularly big spoiler - It should be relatively clear from the point where Eli pounces on Jocke in the underpass, and by the time poor Oskar has gathered up the courage to ask, you'll probably be saying "duh". However, I realize that spoilers are annoying, but Wikipedia is a reference work, and there is general consensus that spoilers more or less are to be expected when reading an article on a work of fiction. There is even a specific guideline that deals with spoilers. A relevant passage is:

It is not acceptable to delete information from an article because you think it spoils the plot. Such concerns must not interfere with (...) any other element of article quality (for example, Wikipedia:Lead section). Because the introduction of the article should summarize all the important points of the article (in recognition of the fact that many people won't bother reading all of it), I think it would be detrimental to the article to leave a very important plot point out of the lede. Having said all that, you are welcome to start a discussion about this or any other concern on the article's discussion page. Regards, decltype (talk) 15:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

How to list on AfD

Earlier today you declined a speedy delete for the Greg Caton article, so I wanted to list it as an AfD. The instructions said I had to create an account to do that, so I did. Then I placed the template at the top of the page, but I get a message in red that says, "This template is being used in the wrong namespace. To nominate this talk page for deletion, go to Miscellany for deletion." However, the Miscellany category seems to be for material other than articles. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Finemrespice (talk) 19:40, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Will reply on your talk. decltype (talk) 20:31, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I signed with my new user ID instead of the IP, to avoid confusion if I reply to other arguments--don't want to be accused of being a sockpuppet. Also removed the collapsible box, for better visibility. Finemrespice (talk) 20:47, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, as you wish. The reason for the collapsible box is that the nomination statement is unusually long (nothing wrong with that per se). decltype (talk) 20:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Article deletion Kylie Minogue Rare and Unreleased

Hello! the person who removed the deletion template 7 days after it had expired did not provide any reason why it was removed and did not improve the article. Please tell me what to do if this person removes the template again? This article should be deleted. Regards MariAna_MiMi (Talk) 18:43, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) If a person removes a PROD template, it should not be restored. Use WP:AfD instead. Theleftorium ^(talk) 18:46, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, WP:PROD is very clear on this. I see you have now nominated the article for deletion, which is the recommended course of action if the deletion is not uncontroversial. Regards, decltype (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Just wondering

Hi decltype, I just happen to check Hanna Mjåvatn´s profile here. She is being deleted, this is really strange that Christopher Flinder Pedersen who ended up with the third position in the first season of Dansefeber is still there, while Hanna Mjåvatn who was the winner of the second season, is being deleted. I am not suggesting anything, just wondering that shouldn´t this have been the other way round.

Moreover, I have a question to ask: is it allowed to use someone´s website ( pictures, video etc) as a reference to justify some claim. RegardsJogibaba (talk) 17:23, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Jogibaba. I think Mjåvatn may warrant an article. I suggest you contact Rettetast (talk · contribs), who turned the article into a redirect. As for your second question, are you talking about a self-published source? In that case, see WP:SELFPUB for details on what kind of information is acceptable to source to a self-published reference. If you can give specific details, I may be able to give a more detailed answer. Regards, decltype (talk) 23:16, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

AfD Greg Caton

Thanks for the notice, from the text this appears to be a proxy nomination vice a direct AfD. Can you clarify? It appears you submitted on behalf of Finemrespice. Jettparmer (talk) 19:24, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the user in question wanted the article deleted, but was unable to complete the deletion nomination by themselves. I simply went through the steps of listing the article and notifying the creator, and have otherwise no particular opinion about the article (except that it doesn't qualify for speedy deletion). Regards, decltype (talk) 23:20, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Jettparmer (talk) 16:36, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Conceptual change

Hi Decltype, I just put an entry on "Conceptual change" online. You deleted this text for copyright infringement. However, the text was self-written and contained no material under copy-right. I am the coordinator of a group of scientists interested in conceptual change (http://www.earli.org/special_interest_groups/conceptual) and we held a competition for the best future wikipedia entry on this topic. The article I put online is the result of this competition. That's why it is so comprehensive. However, it was written specifically for Wikipedia and, in my oppinion, should not be deleted. Best, MichaelSchnmich (talk) 15:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Schnmich. The article contained substantial portions of text copied verbatim from a paper by Tamer G. Amin,[1] with no evidence of permission for it to be released under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL, as required by Wikipedia. The article may otherwise be suitable for Wikipedia. My suggestion is to do one or both of the steps listed at WP:IOWN before reposting the material. Let me know if you have further questions. Regards, decltype (talk) 15:57, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

You are right. I just discovered that. However, Tamer is the winner of our Wikipedia challenge. Since it took me several weeks to put the text on Wikipedia (it's my first entry), Tamer decided to provide the public with the information on his personal homepage in the meantime. He intended to take the article from his homepage after the text appeared on the Wikipedia. I cannot reach him today, but I wrote him and asked him to delete the text from his homepage asap. I will send you a message when that happened. I hope that you will then re-activate the Wikipedia entry. It was quite disappointing for me to have my first Wikipedia article deleted so quickly after it took me hours to put it online for Tamer. However, I understand that you acted in good faith.

Rather than deleting the text, it would be better if Amin made a note permitting reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) at his homepage. This way, there would be no doubts as to the copyright status of the work. Regards, decltype (talk) 16:11, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Tamer now deleted the file and the download link from his homepage. We think that's the better option, because it avoids redundancies between Tamer's homepage and the Wikipedia. Could you please restore the Wikipedia article for us? Schnmich (talk) 18:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I have restored the page. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, decltype (talk) 20:04, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Warnings

I have altered your user warning given to User:Mudkipzpwn. The template you used has five levels based on severity and you jumped directly to the highest level against a new user making their first edit. That appears to me to be contrary to guidelines and consensus procedure. As you are an administrator, I would however assume that you don't blatantly violate WP policies, so I'm asking you to explain your rationale for such a severe reaction. __meco (talk) 22:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi meco! First of all, your willingness to express your concern regarding one of my actions is much appreciated. It is true that I strive to uphold and abide by Wikipedia's policies and guidelines - more so than you might think. I am familiar with the four-level warning system which, as you correctly point out, has become recognized as the de facto correct procedure for dealing with vandals. However, the vandalism policy makes it clear that there is no requirement to go through all the four levels of warning - quite the contrary: Editors may, at their discretion, give a warning of a higher level.

The user in question had made two edits when I warned them - both times introducing deliberate factual errors to a biography of a living person. In this case, those edits were probably unlikely to cause any harm to the subject, but if they were to go undetected for more than a short period of time, would be detrimental to the credibility and integrity of Wikipedia. I'm sure I do not have to remind you of the real harm, and negative publicity caused by vandalism to Stoltenberg's article back in 2005.[2][3]

But I digress. The point is that those two edits made Mudkipzpwn (talk · contribs) fall into the category of an account which appeared to have been created solely for disruptive purposes. The blocking policy very clearly states that such accounts may be blocked without any warning whatsoever. The warning issued (an only warning) was in line with my intentions - I would have blocked the user indefinitely if she had made another disruptive edit - again, in accordance with the blocking policy. This is exactly what blocks are for - preventing damage and disruption to Wikipedia. If the user is seriously willing to reform and contribute constructively, they may appeal the block (an indefinite block does not mean an infinite block).

To conclude, I welcome scrutiny and criticism of my actions (administrative and otherwise) - I make a fair share of mistakes, but in this particular instance I feel that I have acted both in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the applicable policies. I also hope I have succeeded in explaining and justifying my actions to you. Do not hesitate to voice any further concerns you may have. Regards, decltype (talk) 00:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Addendum: I see now that another administrator, MuZemike (talk · contribs), blocked the user before you left your message at my talk page. I take that as an indication that my reaction was not overly harsh. I hope you'll agree. Regards, decltype (talk) 00:53, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I appreciate your extensive discussion of some of the issues related to sanctions against vandalism and specifically as an apologia for your enforcement action. I suppose it's valid, and I certainly acknowledge your integrity and earnest. This probably more than anything else shows the problem of consistency among vandal-patrolling editors in that comparable offenses are dealt with very discrepantly depending on which editor makes the intervention. __meco (talk) 07:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Proposed for deletion

There is no Celinna Katherine Cruz in the Philippines shes not a celebrity all her info is unreliable her references cited to Yasmien Kurdi and JC de Vera shes unfamiliar...

Erick from Philippines —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.202.94.74 (talk) 04:05, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. I have nominated the article for deletion. Regards, decltype (talk) 18:41, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Socking?

Hej hej decltype, hur mar du? Listen, I ran into User talk:Dolvina, which I though was somewhat odd, and clicking on the link for "Govor Andrei" led me to User:Dverencev, whom you blocked as a sock puppet (of Sebiku? who that?). I have some doubts about this Dolvina, and maybe you care to follow up on it, with your extensive knowledge of the digital world, your national Danish Norwegian curiosity, and your unlimited administrative powers. Ciao! Drmies (talk) 19:59, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

• BTW, I know it's hard to overcome the loss of a former colony, especially if they make much better music now (Sugarcubes, Sigur Ros--compare that to "Barbie Girl"), but this is pushing it a little. Good thing you weren't logged in. Drmies (talk) 20:23, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. IIRC Sebiku is someone who created a lot of hoax/unverifiable tennis bios. It seems like NawlinWiki took care of it. You seem to be a bit confused about the Scandinavian countries though, seeing as how you are writing to me in correct Swedish (barring diacritics), and referring to me as Danish, while I'm actually Norwegian. But that's okay :) decltype (talk) 15:09, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Haha, I see: for some reason I "saw" norsk but "thought" dansk. What an odd mistake! Must be Alzheimer's kicking in. As for the Swedish in there, I was never taught Danish or Norwegian, so I though I'd try to get close. Yeah, no diacritics--that's just a mess. Hey, do you guys also have this K-stuff, where the pronunciation of "k" depends on the following vowel? If so, you should get rid of it: the case of Sweden proves that it's really bad for tourism (especially if a hypothetical tourist is on a bicycle and is asking around for a place like Kävlinge). Later, Drmies (talk) 20:56, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Rough times] all around there... Drmies (talk) 21:39, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

No worries, it's close enough. Just need to watch out for those false friends :) decltype (talk) 19:03, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Fann Cup

decltype, It took me a little bit to figure out what I believe to be going on, and it seems to me that there is a lot of drama surrounding this page that I have an interest in. I happened by chance while searching Fann Cup on google to come across a deleted page on wikipedia about the tournament. I requested to Anthony Bradbury to have it restored so I could work on it - and it seems to have been restored and deleted again due to vandalism?, which I believe stems from a 'sockpuppet' case involving the original author?, to which according to my talk page, I was accused of being one of that authors 'sockpuppets' by one of that authors alleged 'sockpuppets' to which that investigation? was deleted by another editor? (I'm extremely new to wikipedia, and I am trying to figure out the right way to do things.) How can I take over this page? Do I just form a brand new page, even though the information contained in the original happens to be correct?

Anthony mentioned original research as oppose to references... I participated in the tournament so I don't know how more original I can get. I'm not sure how that differs from what I already suggested to him. EDIT: I just came to understand what he was saying... to find good third party references that are not involved and that my involvement doesn't qualify as a good reference. I just found this article posted on the National Lacrosse League (www.nll.com) website. (http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4563) The NLL is not involved and they do not sponsor the event. Is this what he has in mind?

BACKGROUND in CHONOLOGICAL ORDER:

Fann Cup The page for the Fann Cup was deleted listed as a blantant/hoax - This is not true, as I have participated in this Tournament from 2007 through the present. The website devoted to this years fann cup is at www.fanncup.com (links to http://fanncup.freehostia.com/2010FannCup.htm). The tournament is in Philadelphia this year and happens to be this coming weekend. I did not write the initial article but can you please undelete it, and I'll make some changes to it. All of the history and information about the teams should be able to be found at our website. A radio station is supposed to broadcast the games live this year, but I'm not sure if I can find actual published sources. The arena www.bucksmontisc.com has our tournament posted in its events area and links back to our page... Can you give me a hint on what you need to keep the page on the site specifically? PapaDrom (talk) 17:53, 19 July 2010 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Anthony.bradbury" Fann Cup Since i deleted this page it has already been restored, and deleted by Decltype, to whom you will therefore need to address your request. The answer to your question as to what the article needs to survive; good references from no-involved and reputable third party sources. The article as left had none. Please note that your participation, which I do not doubt, would consist of original research, not a reference. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 14:12, 21 July 2010 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PapaDrom"

Thanks. Hopefully we can work this out. PapaDrom (talk) 15:17, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I deleted the page because it had no meaningful content at that point. Like Anthony said, for the article to remain in Wikipedia it needs to demonstrate that the tournament is notable, the easiest way to do this is to provide references to reliable sources independent of the subject that cover the tournament. I can restore the page to your user space for you to work on, but if said references can't be provided, the Cup is probably not quite notable enough for an article on Wikipedia, and there would be little point in restoring the page. Regards, decltype (talk) 17:38, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I think I now understand the requirements necessary to improve the Fann cup page. I would appreciate it if the page could be restored to my user space, so I can work on it at my leisure. I am not currently sure if the cup is notable enough at this time but as it continues to grow, having the base information intact would make a good starting point for an article. I very much appreciate your time in this matter.

PapaDrom (talk) 22:11, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I have restored the page to User:PapaDrom/Fann Cup. Please do not move to article space before you have addressed the concerns raised. Regards, decltype (talk) 22:31, 23 July 2010 (UTC)