User talk:FlyingToaster/Archive 1

hey

hey girl, you on? got some issues on my page. no prob, though. MidKnightHunter (talk) 20:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

yeah

no, it was solved, something about "violating" laws or some bullcrap from a joke I made on a talk page for some cheap lulz. MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aww

Thanks! [ roux ] [x] was prince of canada 05:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Legal loopholee

I refuse to delete something that is true, Nothing there is false. They are all real rumors. Please stop tagging it for deletion. I shall link this to the movie, Mighty Ducks, D3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg1001 (talk • contribs) 06:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

DoubleBlue (Talk) 07:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And correcting this as well. :-) DoubleBlue (Talk) 07:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

G4

Hi there, I've noticed that you've incorrectly tagged a couple of articles as G4 that I've deleted recently. Please note that G4 only applies to articles that have been deleted via deletion discussion. It's not too big of a deal (and it's a common mistake), but I thought that you might like to know. Thanks, Ice Cold Beer (talk) 05:18, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fiona

Thanks for reverting a non-notable addition to Fiona -- but you missed the preceding edits by a slightly different IP user. It's always worth checking recent history when reverting on anthroponymy pages.

I love your user name, and that's the real reason I'm leaving a comment here! - Fayenatic (talk) 12:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rfa Spam

Thank you so much for your support on my RFA, which today passed unanimously. I will do my best to make sure that I don't let any of you down. If you ever need any help with anything, feel free to ask me, i'll be happy to. Thanks again--Jac16888 (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your assistance in keeping USS New Jersey (BB-62) vandal free while the article was up on the mainpage I herby award you The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 00:36, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Zamboanga del Sur Maritime Institute of Technology

I've declined the speedy tag you placed on Zamboanga del Sur Maritime Institute of Technology. The reason I declined it is because the page isn't an advertisement - it's the name of an educational institution and contact information. For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:54, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Henry Jarecki is a legendary figure in the world of commodities. He deserves to have an entry. An innovator in finance as the moving force behind moviefone. He is a driving force in scientific inquiry with respect to Caribean environmental diversity. Kellykaems (talk) 12:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd really enjoy counter-vandalism more if there were money involved.

But then again, I'd enjoy many things more if there were money involved. HalfShadow 03:24, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian military personnel

Hi FlyingToaster, just giving you a quick heads-up here. I wanted you to see the revisions I made to the last five articles you created:

I found better categories for these articles, which you may not have been aware of. I hope this helps you. --Eastlaw (talk) 06:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle

Contact an administrator if your Twinkle tool doesn't work. Marshall T. Williams (talk) 15:34, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle

My error. JohnCD doesn't use Twinkle. I use it. If you have problems, contact me. Marshall T. Williams (talk) 00:19, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John Linehan (basketball) Speedy Deletion

The guy is the current NCAA career steals leader, three-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, and a former NABC Defensive Player of the Year award winner. Clearly notable. I would recommend at least doing a Google search on the guy before nominating for speedy deletion, much less regular deletion.--User:2008Olympian_chitchat^seemywork 05:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, didn't mean to be snippy, it was just that the speedy delete was very quick and unexpected, I should have had more references than I did. I thought that his Iba Award was enough to have him meet WP:NOTEDPLAYER, but he got some national AP coverage too when he set the mark that I hadn't yet included.--User:2008Olympian_chitchat^seemywork 06:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

William Pomerance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pomerance

Saw you tagged this for deletion, but visiting the page it's no longer tagged. Would support a speedy delete, but don't really know the process. Let me know if i can help. Though the name is common enough as a jewish name, there's no links to anything that show's he's a jew; there's also no links to anything that shows he was definitely a communist, though there is a link to 50-year old testimony in which one person accuses him, in a non-specific way, of being a communist. Other than that it's a link farm to "Accuracy in media" (a right wing opinion shop), some guy named persevero's blog, and an old thread on an internet forum with a "list of jews" from disney. There's something creepy about this tiny little article... Bali ultimate (talk) 00:24, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the note, Bali ultimate. After looking this up, I absolutely agree with you that the label of Pomerance as a communist is irresponsible and unsourced, especially since Pomerance denied Disney's claim (which Disney himself admitted was unsourced). However, I do think that Pomerance is notable enough for a Wikipedia article, and so is Disney's accusation of him. So, I've edited the article to reflect this, and will notify the original editors and keep watching the entry to make sure that further information is neutral and sourced. I'll try to add more info to this article when I can. - FlyingToaster 01:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I hope we can remove the "jewish" reference as well. Unless someone was involved in advancing their faith (or fighting battles about their faith) or whatever, it just never seems approproriate. It's like "Babe Ruth a Baptist who played baseball tktktk."Bali ultimate (talk) 01:41, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did remove the Jewish bit, because there was no reliable source that said it. However, I do think that a person's religion is an acceptable piece of information to add if they have a more in-depth article. On many celebrities, you'll find that they have an "infobox" describing information such as their hometown and birthplace. This is an acceptable place to put someone's religion. However, calling someone a "Jewish communist" in the first line of an article is far from neutral human interest. - FlyingToaster 01:42, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not really important, but the article creator is seeking to add back in irrelevant external links to blogs and partisan websites on the argument that such external links are "useful for expanding the article." This is obviously a small matter either way (how many people are going to look at this entry anyway) but since you got involved once and i've made further changes, thought you might like to know. I informed the editor Trojancowboy at his/her talk page.

Thanks for the note, Bali ultimate. I should mention that I and other editors have a history with Trojancowboy and his malicious edits - he is being watched. - FlyingToaster 21:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

uh...wtf?

wtf happend to your page? now you have like, three answers. what did I miss over the past three weeks?MidKnightHunter (talk) 00:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They're in the archives. archives. - FlyingToaster 01:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

srry.

I was having a bad day. I know my actions were inexcusable, so I removed them. can we still be friends? that is if you still wanna. I just was watching TV and saw the debates and propaganda, I guess I just kind of lost it. but thats no excuse. I'm so sorry. =( MidKnightHunter (talk) 17:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

pictures?

how do you put pictures on wikipedia? (as you can see, I'm really stupid) =) MidKnightHunter (talk) 19:08, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Image [ roux ] [x] 19:11, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks!

a bunch! MidKnightHunter (talk) 19:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

porn =(

my cousin down loaded, like a gig of porn, and he blames me! can you belive it? MidKnightHunter (talk) 22:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Er, sorry to hear that I guess... - FlyingToaster 23:18, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hi

so how u doin? anything new going on? MidKnightHunter (talk) 20:35, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey MidKnightHunter. I really don't mean to sound rude, but I use my talk page and Wikipedia in general to talk about Wikipedia. Much as I love the people here, I don't see it as a social network or a place to just shoot the breeze. Please leave messages here related to Wikipedia, and if you want to talk about other things you may really like Wikipedia IRC. Thanks. :D - FlyingToaster 20:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Obama

Just an FYI, Hussein is Barack Obama's middle name. Grsz ^Review! 02:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please review the FAQ and talk page archives if interested, but it is definitely the accepted / consensus / normal practice here. Love your user page, btw. Here's an odd little tidbit.[1] - Wikidemon (talk) 02:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adopted Wikione

Great thanks for adopting a newbie like me, Empireheart —Preceding unsigned comment added by Empireheart (talk • contribs) 11:12, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer, any help would be good, just want to make sure my work meets Wikipedia standards. I would also like to produce more content. So in the end it may be just be bold and jump in. Thanks for your help savasas (talk) 01:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SF Meetup #8

In the area? You're invited to
San Francisco Meetup # 8

	Date: November 8th, 2008
	Time: 2PM
	Place: Metacafe, Palo Alto, California
prev: Meetup 7 - next: Meetup 9

You received this invite because you added your name to the Invite list. If you don't wish to be invited any more, simply remove your name. Thanks. --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 18:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC) [reply]

RfA thanks

Hi Flyingtoaster, and thanks for supporting my successful request for adminship. It was nice to see all the kind comments I got from my supporters and I hope that I will be more useful to the community now that I have the tools again.--Berig (talk) 15:49, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HUZZAH!

YES,

YOU

DID

Thank you.

That's my userpage right now, but you deserved one all of your own. [ roux ] [x] 06:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes.

Thanks for your support in my RFA!!
• If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy •
·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 19:46, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

looking back

I was looking back at some of the rplys from old times. I seriously can't get enough of my awesome friends like you! MidKnightHunter (talk) 17:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unexplained revert

Why? [2] 58.8.17.32 (talk) 08:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yo. I thought you accidentally deleted that section. Added back now. - FlyingToaster 08:08, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. 58.8.17.32 (talk) 08:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for Image:Barack-obama-mother.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:Barack-obama-mother.jpg. Since you were interested in the discussion, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 86.166.86.153 (talk) 14:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user talk page, I really appreciate it! Here's a cookie for your efforts. --Tyler | Talk - Contributions | 06:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

I was trying to improve the page so that it does not look like advertisement. Why have you deleted my changes? 24.242.19.236 (talk) 07:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there 24.242.19.236. If you get a speedy deletion tag on your page but are in the middle of changing it, you can add hangon in curly brackets to the page in order for it not to be deleted. - FlyingToaster 07:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Shelton

I'm sorry, but I honestly do not understand what is destructive about my edit here. I wrote the article. Anything I do is simply trying to improve it. I mass deleted some stuff because it was false, and I wanted to get rid of it before the article as a whole was deleted. STLisbetterthanChicago (talk) 09:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That does help! I apologize for any problem! Thanks!STLisbetterthanChicago (talk) 09:07, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

unsigned comment

dude dont delet my shit its my brothers brith day gift so please dude get outa my girll u dig?

I'm not in your girl, but I was in your mom yesterday. - FlyingToaster 21:12, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Juliancolton/Blink ! [roux » x] 21:16, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

unknown

the gold cup page i was just trying to create is about a drinking game that created by my friends and I and needs a wiki page because it is spreading nationwide to universities and colleges such as Tufts, Boston College, and Washington University in St.Louis. No source is available because it was created by us. I don't know what to do??? -User:Patriots427

Hey Patriots427. Wikipedia is not for things you made up one day. You can read all about it on Wikipedia is not for things you made up one day. - FlyingToaster 21:10, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting vandals

Thank you for your edit to my talk page. I wasn't sure if you were watching it (I'm assuming you aren't), so please see that entry for my response.Cory Fryling (talk) 04:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of The Frank and Jess Story

Hi; I've added a hangon tag to The Frank and Jess Story; please see the discussion page if you wish to make arguments in support of speedy deletion. --bd_ (talk) 05:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection on Nobel Peace Prize

Hi there! Did you mean to request full protection for this page? As I understand it full protection will effectively lock the page off to editors, whereas I presume you want to protect it from IPs? I may, of course, be completely wrong! --Ged UK (talk) 10:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ged UK. I did mean semi-protect actually, because it seems like the vandalism going on in Nobel Peace Prize is for users who are not auto-confirmed. Full protection would mean only admins can edit it, and that seems like overkill for a few rambunctious IP addresses that will probably go away in an hours. - FlyingToaster 10:34, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I thought! I suspect an admin would have noticed and semi-protected anyway, but thought I ought to check! --Ged UK (talk) 10:45, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toasters are cool

It has been a real busy week for me, plan to get back to Wikipedia after the weekend. Maybe add some material from my research, of course not include my original research but stick to the sources. I have a idea about creating an article about a general World Crisis article. This has been talked about in many intellectual circles, there is a page for the environmental crisis and financial crisis, etc, etc, So intellectuals like Ervin László have several theories towards possible solutions for the general World Crisis. This could a general project that would place many solutions to the general crisis. Sorry getting into my research but you did ask. savasas (talk) 11:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cain

Don't lock the topic, there needs to be a general disambiguation page that includes both Cain & Abel.

Panarchy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panarchy (talk • contribs) 09:45, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Panarchy. Since we have a disambiguation page for Cain and for Abel, a term that includes both I think should go in that page. - FlyingToaster 09:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So you're not denying that there should be a page that encompasses both words and an ampersand?

--Panarchy (talk) 14:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Punctuation has nothing to do with it, I just think a title with Cain & Abel in it may be easier to find at the Cain and Abel disambiguation pages. But I also don't feel particularly strongly about it, so create the page you want and I can fix the style. - FlyingToaster 18:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adopt me

Thanks for repoting to me Roux left. But now i have no one to teach me anything. could you adopt me?

Absolutely, consider yourself adopted. :) - FlyingToaster 21:31, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 19:35, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thank you!!!

all right, I'll start right now! MidKnightHunter (talk) 19:11, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: User:Rezanasab

Would you mind taking the articles to AfD to gain a wider consensus? The two can be bundled together, of course, since they're about the same person. A G4 deletion is preferable to an A7. Thanks. GlassCobra 10:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, you're right and I will if it comes again. I've been talking with the IRC Wikipedia channel about it, but clearly AfD would be better. - FlyingToaster 10:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption

Hi FlyingToaster - thanks for your message. Very sad to hear that Roux has left. If you're in touch with him please pass on my regrets, and thank him for the help he gave me.

If you're sure you're in the market for taking on another batch of wikiurchins I'd love for you to adopt me. (Though I should warn you that being passed from broken home to broken home like this, I'm bound to turn out behaviourally challenged ~_^) I'd been working through Roux's adoption program on User:Gonzonoir/Adoption, and would be keen to carry on from there.

Thanks for stepping up to do this. It's more than kind of you. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:11, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - sorry to prod on this, but are you interested? I've got some adoptee-type questions I need to ask someone, and I'll go and sign up with someone else if not. Cheers. Gonzonoir (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Gonzonoir! Yeah, I'm up to it if you're interested. I will give Roux your regrets and thank him. And we know that you're probably a behavioral lost cause at this point, destined to lead a life of good-time ladies and big band music. Hey, everyone's gotta take a cause to make them feel self-righteous. Carrying up on that adoption page looks like a good plan, let's do dees. As for your adoptee-type questions, hit me ya punk. FlyingToaster 17:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*slugs you* Bam! That's awesome, cheers. I'll update my adoptee user box whatsname.

OK, my question: today I was copyediting Karl M. Baer, a newish article with content mostly written by a single user, the originator. She's obviously gone to lots of trouble to put together a thorough piece, including - according to the Talk page - translating stuff from non-English sources. That's left the article with one section, a direct quote, that reads pretty clunkily. I'd like to clean it up, but if the translation itself is third-party text, that's obviously a bad idea. So I want to talk to the user about it, but could use some tips first on:

Are we OK to produce our own translations of third-party material, or does that constitute OR?
Is a big block quote like that even a good idea in the article? Might it be better if I just paraphrased the quote, in clearer English, instead?
Yeah!

I'm not quite sure where to find policy notes on this, so thought maybe you could point me in the right direction. Cheers! Gonzonoir (talk) 19:50, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yo yo yo. WP encourages you to go ahead and do translations. It's held under the same rules as paraphrasing rather than OR. As long as it's referenced correctly, anyone's free to improve the translation. As far as the big block quote - well that's always a bit of a personal opinion question. I always try to avoid large quotes unless the quote itself is notable. If it's only relating information, I'd go ahead and paraphrase it. In the case of Martha, I think the quote doesn't really add much on its own and would be better as a paraphrase. So, I encourage you to go ahead and do it. You don't even need to ask the user first - you're changing style rather than content, and if your edit is questioned you can always go to the talk page. WP encourages you to stray on the side of boldness, so go for it! I'd tell you to make sure and add an edit summary, but you've been doing that very well already. :) FlyingToaster 20:08, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grand. That's done. Being terribly British the old Be Bold injunction still trips me up sometimes, but now the deed's done. Cheers! Gonzonoir (talk) 10:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Uumm, what the?

Hello Flying Toaster.

I just started an article, and it got tagged for speedy deletion.

Did I do something wrong?

ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! (talk) 22:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello FlyingToaster.

Thank you for removing the Tag for speedy deletion.

I am sincere about following the rules of Wikipedia, and trying to contribute this article. I will endeavour to put my best-foot-forward and follow the rules step-by-step, and "see what happens". Again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute.

Sincerely, ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! (talk) 22:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Flying Toaster.

I just wrote an article five minutes ago, you tagged for speedy deletion.

People need time to write an article you know?

Hey

Lol, Np. Doing my job. ^^ Cheers! M.H.^{ITrue Romace iS Dead} 01:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

so called sock puppet

i am not a so called "sock puppet". my friend created the Molasky Wikipedia page and i edited it and then made my own page to try and spead awareness of the sport. (Tjhill (talk) 01:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC))[reply]

who gets to decide if its notable or not? (Tjhill (talk) 01:55, 19 November 2008 (UTC))[reply]

so just because we dont have reliable sources cited on the page it is not notable? thats rediculous, because as was stated on the page it is a new sport that is being established, in which case there is a very small chance that we have any sources to cite on our page but that does not decrease the reality of Molasky or the truth behind the page that was unrightously deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjhill (talk • contribs) 02:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thats ridiculous —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjhill (talk • contribs) 02:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sorry

i didnt mean to i was just seeing what the edit thing ment(Tjhill (talk) 02:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC))[reply]

You have one more chance, so I strongly recommend you don't commit vandalism again. FlyingToaster 02:21, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move of Criticism of Mountaintop Removal Mining

Should that really have been moved? I have no preference one way or another, but I thoguht that only the first word was capatalized...--Kelapstick (talk) 06:50, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Kelapstick. I moved it because I looked on the company's website and saw that they capitalize all of the words in their name. FlyingToaster 06:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HotCat for Dab pages

I noticed your summary on Phelan (and thanks for dealing with the vand'm on it). I've noticed HotCat but don't use it, so perhaps you can help me:

Did it actually suggest Category:Disambiguation to you?
If so, did it also mention either Category:Disambiguation pages or {{Disambig}}?
If you know, does it take a developer to change those suggestions, or can an admin do so?

I've already fixed it, to the template that the vand presumably trashed.
BTW, i love your handle; my guess is that i saw a graphic it would describe before meeting WP, tho i don't remember where, and i don't recall paying attention to you before, but the handle is a day-brightener. Thanks again,
--Jerzy•t 22:41, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there Jerzy. With hotcat, you actually start typing a category and it will fill in the rest for you - then you select it from a list. Unfortunately this doesn't always work very well. When you're looking at an article without any categories, it's not always easy to guess which apply. But, for disambiguation pages this is pretty quick. It mentioned "Disambiguation" as well as "Category:Disambiguation." Also, [[Flying_toaster|Flying Toasters\\ is a reference to the Berkeley Systems early Mac screensaver from After Dark. :) - FlyingToaster 04:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your guidance! OK, the good news is that you seem to be the only one doing it. Please don't: That cat is for pages about Dab'n, and templates for implementing Dabs. Please use {{Disambig}} or even {{Dab}} instead. TIA.
--Jerzy•t 23:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Acceleration

Hi FlyingToaster, Pls do not delete my article on Grey Group Asia Pacific. I've just edited somemore. Pls see if this is ok and could you pls lift off the tag. If not, pls let me know what I can do to maintain the article here in wikipedia. Thanks very much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acceleration (talk • contribs) 10:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My Rfa

FlyingToaster, thank you very much for participating in my Rfa, which was successful with 80 Support, 5 Oppose, 6 Neutral. The comments were overwhelming, and hopefully I can live up to the expectation of the community.

I would also like to thank my nominator Realist² and my co-nom Orane (talk), and special mention to Acalamari and Lenticel ^(talk) for the kindness from the start. Regards, Efe

--Efe (talk) 05:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

I was patrolling the new pages list, and I enjoyed your edit summaries that you provided while creating all those disambiguation pages. Its nice to see something comedic once in a while on Wikipedia! Just thought I'd let you know. Have a good night (or day depending on where you are!) - Killiondude (talk) 08:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks Killiondude. I definitely think that my edit summaries on Wikipedia disambiguation pages are what make my life interesting. And now, to re-sort my sock drawer! FlyingToaster 08:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Confession book

It's not a test (or vandalism, if that was a euphemism). I'm trying to create a redirect to Confession album, but it doesn't seem to be working right. N p holmes (talk) 17:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I actually figured that out once I saw the Confession album article. :) I saw "album" and figured it was a music album rather than a document, and redirecting from a book was a mistake, my bad! Anyway, I took off the tag and fixed your redirect. FlyingToaster 17:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw you'd fixed it. Many thanks. N p holmes (talk) 17:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Embroidered shawl

Hi FylingToaster. Just to inform you that instead of speedy deleting the page, I redirected it to Manila shawl. They're somewhat related. --Efe (talk) 07:30, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, don't add admin, just Efe. Shawl is fine, in a broader sense, but Manila shawl is an embroidered shawl, so I thought of redirecting it there instead of deleting, and the fact that the editor wrote there "You can see Manila shawl". --Efe (talk) 07:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But my first reaction was kinda awkward. Anyway, thanks for that and so much for this. Let's get back to work. Yes, not all embroidered shawls and Manila shawls. I think its fine to redirect it to shawls to be safe, but why not ask the creator? --Efe (talk) 04:08, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Six Magics

Thanks for creating Six Magics and Hans-Heinrich Sievert! cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 18:44, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Advice

Hello Flying Toaster.

The Wikipedian Ckatz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ckatz has placed a deletion Tag on my article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventions_for_Long-Form_and_Short-Form_Names_of_Countries

I am adding content to my article slowly.

How fast do I have to add stuff before CKatz deletes it?

Thank you for any advice that you could give me.

Sincerely, Don

ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! (talk) 21:54, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian Generals

Hi. I see you're creating a bunch of stubs on Romanian generals (of somewhat dubious notability). I can't stop you from doing so, but could I at least ask you to try and place diacritics where appropriate, so someone doesn't have to come do that later? For instance, Ilie Creţulescu not Cretulescu, Petre Cameniţă not Camenita, and so forth. If you don't know what the proper diacritics are, you may find them here. -- Biruitorul ^Talk 05:58, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll go fix them. But I'm also concerned about what you said about notability - I'd rather not waste time if some of these guys aren't notable. Do you have any opinion over what makes a general notable? FlyingToaster 06:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and if there are any you're having trouble with, I'll help you out. Regarding notability, I think a key test is: will this always be a three-line article basically saying the man existed, or does it have potential to develop into, say, 4-5 paragraphs? Regarding Romanian generals specifically, I'd say that (as a rule) Marshals are always notable (but then again, there were just 3 of them), and 4-star generals generally so. With 3-, 2- and 1-star generals, it's a bit more iffy. They'd almost surely survive AfD, but most of them probably wouldn't make very compelling articles either. Perhaps a list format might work better? Anyway, those are my preliminary thoughts. Looking forward, I suggest temporarily halting until you get a more informed opinion from User:Eurocopter tigre, the Romanian military expert here, as well as a Military History WikiProject coordinator. I've asked him to comment here, and if what he says differs from what I suggested, by all means disregard me on this. -- Biruitorul ^Talk 06:31, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem and no need to apologize: who knows, maybe some of those generals will, one day, get longer articles. Even now, they're definitely more interesting than random football players! -- Biruitorul ^Talk 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the fact that World War II was quite notable, any generals who took part in it are notable enough to have articles here - I don't think there are many british or german generals without an article on english wiki, even if they are not very famous/their actions did not affect the course of the war :). Anyway, in my opinion it's good that we create stubs for such low-importance generals, but if you are really interested in this I suggest to focus on the articles regarding notable generals (such as Grigorescu, Dragalina, Constantinescu, Dumitrescu, etc). Also, I invite you to add your name here if you would like to join the Romanian Military history task force. Best regards, --Eurocopter (talk) 13:16, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

		The RfA Barnstar
		FlyingToaster, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) The Helpful One 22:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Mitchell (surname)

I created this page by moving the long list of names from the dab page Mitchell. I see that a bot tagged this new page as a possible copy of the dab page, then you changed it to a redirect and then reverted back to my version. Is it OK now? I thought what I did fit the pattern I saw with similar changes. Maybe I should have saved the dab page changes before saving the new page. Let me know if you see any issues with my having done this. Thanks! Auntof6 (talk) 06:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adopt-a-user

Hello FlyingToaster. Thank you for your kind note and for the cookie! It was very sad that Roux decided to leave. I am very grateful to him for his help. I did find his adoption program useful and I would like to finish it off if you are sure you don't mind taking on yet another adoptee. Just so you know, I am not the most active of users (real life keeps getting in the way!) but I come on here when I get the chance. Safflle (talk) 00:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi thank you for adopting me :-) It's very kind of you. I've added a new userbox to my page. So I now have two! My adoption program is at User:Safflle/Adoption. Many thanks, Safflle (talk) 01:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Point Fosdick Institute Challenges Your Deletion

In light of a recent deletion facilitated on your behalf, the Point Fosdick Institute of Social Sciences would like to challenge you to a debate on international television. The Debate will allow us to defend the opinions that we have expressed freely, which you have seen fit to remove from a so called free website. Our people would like to hold the debate within the upcoming two months but are willing to be flexible depending on your schedule. Please be punctual with your response. The Point Fosdick Institute takes its reputation very seriously.

We can be reached at PFinstitute@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by PFinstitute (talk • contribs) 08:31, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: RE: The Point Fosdick Institute

During the debate each side will have twenty minutes to make an opening statement and ten minutes for a rebuttal. The starting side will be chosen via a coin toss to be held at the site of the debate. The topic would be to resolve the validity of our essay on Herr Evans, and to maintain the reputation of the Point Fosdick Institute of Social Sciences. Unfortunately our institute lacks the monetary funding to buy airtime on one of the larger television networks, so we have made a deal with a local university to simulcast our debate to whoever would like to view it. Please respond with a time and date that suits your needs. (PFinstitute (talk) 19:09, 28 November 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Jclemens RfA

Jclemens' RfA Thankspam

		JClemens' RfA Thanks
		Thank you for participating in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 77 supporting and 2 opposing. Regardless of your position, I thank you for the time you took to examine my record and formulate your response. Jclemens (talk) 02:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry

Hey... I am sorry... but there had been too much irrelevant information in Tampines Junior College's article and is it okay if I just remove them? Ruennsheng (Talk) 10:05, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, please go ahead! FlyingToaster 23:39, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Franz Schubert (film)

The next time, please observe the "UnderConstruction"-Template. I intentionally used it, because I was in the process of translating the article. Greets, --Darev (talk) 07:49, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For taking the time to follow through and see this to its conclusion, I hereby name you a Defender of the Wiki. Many thanks for the effort. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department} 21:34, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

mkay

okay. :)MidKnightHunter (talk) 00:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreement on Crisis

Yes, I agree with you after working on it, I felt that I did not have enough independent NPOV sources to rely on. I guess it just wanting to get into adding to Wikipedia, but the important factor is I found an article global crisis that is along the lines I was planning. for me its just a matter of time before the world crisis becomes like the cold war or the great depression, but if wikipedia was around in 1931, would there be an article called Great Depression. SO the big thing is NPOV. I will continue editing and sourcing, it feeds the little academic within. savasas (talk) 01:30, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My round

Have a beer on me.

Let the amber nectar flow all day and night. Let it run down the mountains and through the caverns and across the rich lawns to swamp the streets. Let it rain beer. Let the heavens open and shine forth beer. Let it all be beer. Wonderful beer. And let it be as deep as the heart of a lion.

This is an acknowledgment of your participation in the RfA of: SilkTork *^YES! 19:12, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for participating in my RfA

I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for your kind words and for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 23:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A question after all

Just realised I did have something to ask: I've seen some edits replacing <references/> with {{reflist}}. As far as I can see the latter just makes the ref section smaller. When should I use which? Or is <references/> deprecated, and it's all the other one now? Cheers, Adoptive Parent! Gonzonoir (talk) 15:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy decline

Hi FlyingToaster. I've declined a few of your speedy-delete tags today. If you would like any explanation beyond what I've put in the edit summaries, please feel free to ask. Thanks! Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:35, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, there wasn't any particular pattern. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

United states state names

Hi, that IS a better rd link! : ), besties, --RedKiteUK (talk) 17:36, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redlink Statistics

Now that I think about it pulling the information off the API might be practical. At 5,000 pages an API query, quering the API every 30 seconds with a maxlag of 5 it should take about 5 hours to pull the link properties of all 2.65 million pages on wikipedia. If you would like a live list this would be a possibility, though it would mean more strain on the servers. —Nn123645 (talk) 22:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

untitled comment

Hi, could you tell me how you see a village as a club? Kortepohja is a village in Finland. Dayvi Eh (talk) 09:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Links: the good, the bad, and the WB

Hi Toastinha - another stupid question for you. Someone just added a link to Ken Marino, pointing to streaming episodes of a show he was in. They're legally hosted (from the network's official website), but only viewable from the US (a place where I, and many of en.wikipedia's readers, are not). I have a hunch that this link shouldn't be here, but I don't know for sure, or which policy would exclude it. Any tips? BTW if I'm bugging you too often, just shout and I'll dial it down a bit. Still trying to get a sense for what's appropriate adoptee behaviour... Gonzonoir (talk) 19:07, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

puppy?

is it possible to give someone a puppy on wikipedia? is it under wikilove? MidKnightHunter (talk) 20:45, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your careful consideration at my successful RfA. "Lots of quality edits, no concerns" was generous and appreciated. Please let me know on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me. - Dan Dank55 (send/receive) 17:31, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Azhakiya Ravanan

Hi, Toaster. The page has been updated. I am notifying you because of this. Thank you. --Efe (talk) 09:20, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome. --Efe (talk) 09:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects - huh?

You have left a message on my Talk page, but I am afraid that I do not know what you are referring to. Another User has opined that perhaps you left the message on the wrong User talk page. Please clarify, using diffs if possible. --Mais oui! (talk) 10:12, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Vihang A Naik

Hi Toaster, I'm sure I'm not telling you anything new, but just in case, Vihang A. Naik has been deleted at least once (after AfD). Thanks for keeping the house clean, Drmies (talk) 20:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Searching Wikipedia namespace, previewing Category edits?

Hi FlyingToaster - a couple of adoptee questions, assuming you have a minute and that asking them over here's all kosher. If I'm bugging you too much, or there's another way you'd prefer to carry out cosy adoptee chinwaggery, just leave me a note and I'll dial it down.

Is it possible to search just the Wikipedia namespace parts of the project, or do I always have to search across articles too? If I'm looking for information about copyediting, is there any place I can search just for Wikipedia policy and projects on this, or do I just have to type it into the wee box at left?

When I'm editing and want to add categories to an article, is there any way to see the categories in Preview? I generally find picking out categories a bit of a crapshoot, since I haven't quite got to grips with the categorical index yet, and it would be useful to check I've got them right before hitting Save page.

Thanks! Gonzonoir (talk) 12:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blackstar Amplification

I created the page blackstar amplification, which you unfortunately deleted. I will not be recreating it as I do not wish to waste my time doing the same work twice.

Here is a list of guitar amp companies on Wikipedia all of whom have pages associated with them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_guitar_amp_brands I presume this list will be usefull to you as you can delete them all for the same reason as the blackstar page. Feel free to dig through the rest of my edit history to delete my other edits. I have no further wish to contribute to this website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peboyle (talk • contribs) 14:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wait...

Then where do I stick USerbox hoards? Resident Mario (talk) 01:57, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. See, I was smart; I saved the templates on Microsoft Word. Thanx. Oh, and

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Resident Mario (talk) 02:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Ayatollah Seyed ....

I've reviewed the circumstances of your ed summary reading "(→Given name: rv vandalism)", in which you deleted one entry i added to Reza (name), in my edit that roughly tripled the size in bytes of a page that now has over 150 lines. I cannot help but sympathize with your apparent inclination to anticipate bad faith in connection with what i presume must have preceded last month's Del-w/-Salt AfD of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab -- especially since i can recall blocking at least a few users for "acting in concert with a blocked vandal" rather than pursuing check-user in the hope of nailing them down as socks.
In this case, however, my (boringly massive!) expansion of the page was a result of my wanting to be sure that a photo-journalist i heard interviewed on Saturday (probably by Terry Gross), and who was referred to repeatedly (and AFAI can recall possibly even exclusively) simply as "Reza" was easily findable by typing those 4 characters into WP. It also reflected my casual impression, once i got to look at the existing list, that it probably included people with the given name who didn't deserve inclusion on it if we had bio articles on others who are equally notable. (And i regard that impression as vindicated by the fact that the entries i added included at least one previously absent member of the Pahlavi family.)
All that being said, i can not find it in my heart to resent you for libeling me in that summary -- nor to let the matter lie! I risk a gratuitous remark: i trust you will get back to me quickly with a proposed remedy. TIA.
--Jerzy•t 19:38, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. My concern is solely with the summary. How about you do a dummy edit on the page in order to make the next summary say that what you did was a partial reversion of a good-faith edit, so your contradiction of the vand charge stands immediately above it? (I think your self-reverting and my removing the name would fall under POINT, so i don't suggest that, and i think deleting the revision that has the summary would be a hell of a sledgehammer for this fly!)
--Jerzy•t 20:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. My summary was

(dummy edit): Precd'g ed'r now understands&agrees that incl'n was not vand; for my part, i never contested either the rem'l, or the del'n that intervened betw our edits. See our tk pgs for today.

(Going offline immediately, so bye for now.)
--Jerzy•t 21:10, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hey

hey i was just wandering why u feel so angry about Benches at the leys

and also how on earth do you reply and know so much about things like random articles

charles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 06whitec (talk • contribs) 22:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion of edits to Langerado

Not sure if you noticed, but TW flagged by edits to Langerado as vandalism and reverted what I was working on. I don't use any third party apps, but I was not vandalizing the page when you reverted my changes. Please check to verify your script is working properly. Thank you. -- Chupon (talk) 23:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's strange, because I put an edit summary on each change I made. It was short, but I did but something there each time. If you look at the histroy of the Langerado page you can see each time I moved a section I put something like 'Move 2004' when I moved the information about the 2004 festival to a new page. Do I need to be putting a longer edit summary? -- Chupon (talk) 16:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List Of Benches In The Leys School Chapel

When this is deleted, you've so got to add it to WP:DAFT. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 05:12, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wanakee

I saw you removed the hangon template, with the comment "relax no one CSD'd you". Actually that article was speedily deleted about 5 minutes before it was recreated (on my nom). Thought you might like to know.--kelapstick (talk) 06:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pakefield Suffolk

I would like to challenge how putting a shipwreck on the history of pakefield page is causing so much trouble. It is NOT an infringement of advertisement as the ship does not even exsist anymore! The only time a shop or pub is mentioned is in a reference. I need toknow where i am going wrong because i am sure i am not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pakefield (talk • contribs) 20:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ARG! Beautiful yet creepy

did you hear about that guy proposing to his gf in halo 3? that is cute and creepy at the same time! its like, cutcreepy!MidKnightHunter (talk) 02:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Commodities and Vandalism

Hi! I was patrolling new pages and ran into your signature in a few places, and stopped by your user page. Firstly, good job, and thanks, and all that... looks like you do good work here. Secondly, I noticed that you refer to ""information" as "incredibly powerful commodity" on your user page. I generally think of the Marxist concept of commodity when I see it (goods or services produced for the market), and this does not seem to fit. Also, the perhaps more common(?) concept of commodity (a good lacking differentiation acoss the market) does not seem to fit either. Maybe I'm missing something? Also... someone seems to have tagged your user page... Thanks again for being a good wikipedian. Sorry to bother you. ./zro (⠠⠵) 05:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BLP

Hi Toaster. Adoptee question if you have time. I've been copyediting and wikifying Midget Molley. It's almost entirely uncited, and since it comes under WP:BLP and contains some pretty serious stuff, I wonder whether it's OK to leave the content up or whether it should be deleted until it can be reincorporated with citations. Any thoughts? Happy holidays, btw. Gonzonoir (talk) 20:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Grand, cheers. Will hit up the creator for sources. Gonzonoir (talk) 20:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

		Merry Christmas!
		Christmas medley A chiptune medley to annoy Ironholds :D Problems playing this file? See media help. FlyingToaster, here's hoping you're having a wonderful Christmas, and here's also hoping that all your family and friends are well. Lets all hope that the year coming will be a good one! If we've had disputes in the past, I hold no grudges, especially at such a time as this. If you don't know I am, I apologise, feel free to remove this from your page. Come and say hi, I won't bite, I swear! It could even be good for me, you know - I'm feeling a little down at the moment with all of these snowmen giving me the cold shoulder :( — neur ho ho ho^(talk) 00:04, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For your efforts in creating requested articles, esp. your recent creations of Karyotin, Straits of Corfu, and Bichak. Just wanted you to know that your efforts don't go unnoticed or unappreciated. Kingturtle (talk) 23:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keith Law (actor)

Just curious - do you think this article satisfies WP:BIO? I don't see how the subject is notable, given the references in that article. I know I could just speedily delete it on those grounds, but you've done a fair amount of work on it and I wanted to talk to you about it first. Mr. Darcy talk 02:32, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of request for deletion of editor FlyingToaster :)

FlyingToaster, the editor you are, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that you satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space. Your opinions on yourself are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at User:GlassCobra/Editor for deletion#FlyingToaster and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit during the discussion but should not remove the nomination (unless you wish not to participate); such removal will not end the deletion discussion (actually it will). Thank you, and have a good sense of humor :). // roux 07:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Hey there, FlyingToaster! Happy new Gregorian year. All the best for the new year, both towards you and your family and friends too. I know that I am the only person lonely enough to be running this thing as the new year is ushered in, but meh, what are you going to do. I like to keep my templated messages in a satisfactorily melancholy tone. ;)

Congratulations to Coren, Wizardman, Vassyana, Carcharoth, Jayvdb, Casliber, Risker, Roger Davies, Cool Hand Luke and Rlevse, who were all appointed to the Arbitration Committee after the ArbCom elections. I am sure I am but a voice of many when I say I trust the aforementioned users to improve the committee, each in their own way, as listed within their respective election statements. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to update the 2009 article, heh.

Best wishes, neuro^(talk) 00:47, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Galib is wishing you a Happy New Year. This card promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day much better. Best Wishes and Happy Editing!

Best To Reply At My Talk Page. Thanks.

Just Stopping by. Yours Truly, M.H.^{True Romance iS Dead} 15:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Reed Bot

Yes, that's me! :D The Helpful One 01:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CSD tag on Property buying guide

Hello, I would just like to inform you that I have removed the Speedy Deletion tag you placed on Property buying guide, as the given reason was not a valid Speedy criterion. From the WP:CSD page:

The following are not by themselves sufficient to justify speedy deletion.

Reasons derived from Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Wikipedia is not: "a dictionary", "an indiscriminate collection of information", "a crystal ball", etc.

I have replaced it with a WP:PROD tag using your original wording, and I've added a piped link to WP:What Wikipedia is not. Thanks anyway for taking the time to tag it, and good luck in your future efforts to improve Wikipedia.--Unscented (talk) 20:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Watch for claims of notability with CSD

Be sure to watch for claims of notability/significance before using CSD A7. For Killian's Angels, the article stated the band "won national radio honors", which means CSD A7 was not valid in this case. Cheers!--ragesoss (talk) 22:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete criterion A7

Criterion A7 only applies to real people, web content and organisations. Other topics such as creative works are excluded - on this basis I have removed the A7 tags you placed on the articles Green Lights and Boris Hilton - both articles about short stories. Regards, Guest9999 (talk) 20:19, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

..?

I havn't heard from you...are you okay?MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well...

...saw a toaster flying by my site. Must have been a good toaster though.--Avant-garde a clue-hexa Chord ² 23:04, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recent deletions

Hey Zanimum - thanks for deleting some non-notable articles today. There's a few more related ones if you'd like to take a crack at them: Holton Hill and The Tale of Gregory Lovell. The article for the of these stories, Matthew Degnan, is itself in an afd. FlyingToaster 21:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing them out; they are clear but speedies, but since he himself is on AfD, I'm letting them be until that process is over. I just know I'd have people whining about policy if I deleted them now. (While I used to be a big fan of policy in Wikipedia's early years, lately it just annoyingly blocks spontaneity.) Anyway, I've replied to the AfD, in favour of quashing it all entirely. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:31, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sorry

i just have been a little shy on this stuff... i'm scared. what if i can't find a citation for my article or edit? I have been slowly working on a leetworld page...maybe i'll try and finish that up...MidKnightHunter (talk) 23:01, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ok, i just posted this, i told scapler about it...can you help? i need to work on some other stuff, so(im not being bossy, am i? i hate my self when i'm bossy)if you want to watch the videoes on youtube, they're always there.MidKnightHunter (talk) 23:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Db-no context

Hey brother, didn't you read the edit summary? I said I was going to do it in a minute, I just had to find my copy of the book to read the blurb, it should be deleted now, considering that it does have at least a little bit a context, just a small amount, not absurd amounts of context, no, that would be absurd, but enough context, to, I think, justify, and reafirm, that article's place amongst Wikipeadia. Yeah, I speak British English, what's it to ya?Will Thompson (talk) 02:47, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It has been a while since I have patrolled the pages of the Wiki, I am just getting back into the swing of things, after a long productive wikibreak. All things will come back to me in time, thanks for the reminder.Will Thompson (talk) 03:04, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled comment

Just wanted to say when on the 'zoo in my luggage' page I put a quote from the book, that didn't belong there you reckoned, o.k, but you wrote ..'deleting nonsense'..that was a quote from Gerald Durrell, so just delete it but don't call it nonsense..Gerald Durrell will be read for years to come and you wont so don't call it nonsense you mugSayerslle (talk) 23:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thankspam

Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 90/38/3; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral.

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Denbot (talk) 22:44, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 80 support, 2 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate all the comments I received and will endeavor to justify the trust the community has placed in me. R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A little something for you...

		The Special Barnstar
		For coming back and making productive edits on Kem Monovithya after your speedy delete request was declined. You may be unique on Wikipedia! Paxse (talk) 05:52, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:Glencreecentrelogo.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:Glencreecentrelogo.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Maintenance tagging

Hi adoptive parent - do you know off the top of your head how I tag an article as having multiple maintenance issues? I thought there was a way to do it with a single template, rather than just stringing together a list of all the problems a given article has. Can't seem to find it in the help files, though. Cheers. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers FT - Twinkle sounds useful (also, adorable); what do I need to do to get it set up your way? Gonzonoir (talk) 08:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

potash one article

Hi Flying toaster

thanks for the notice for potash one. The information was supplied by the company as it is factual information. It seems they used the document on other reliable sites so that is why the copywrite warning came up.

Since the source is reliable, can the information remain on wiki?

Newdesignnow (talk) 06:26, 28 January 2009 (UTC)newdesignnow[reply]

BBN Compamy (sic)

I nuked it. Thanks for your efforts in trying to engage the editor, and I understand why you started to run out of patience! Pedro : Chat 08:35, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Boxxy1.png

Replaceable fair use

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Why?

Hi. I got this message from you when I logged in: "Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Albert Pierrepoint, did not appear to be constructive and has been removed." However, I am the only person who uses Wikipedia in this house, and I've never even looked at the Albert Pierrepoint page, and I'd never heard of him either.

Regards, 86.112.169.148 (talk) 17:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

user:St91 is my account.

page

how do I link my sandbox to my userpage? MidKnightHunter (talk) 15:55, 30 January 2009 (UTC) btw nice new userpage. what's the image from?[reply]

John A. Kelly Page Deletion

I have read the info, but haven't been able to figure out why John A. Kelly is not notable. I used a link to his name from another a page titled "Blackfriars Massacre." —Preceding unsigned comment added by JJ2009 (talk • contribs) 02:08, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Boxxy1.png)

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thank you

My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in, and I wanted to let you know I appreciated all of the comments, advice, criticism, and seriously took it all to heart this past week. I'll do my absolute best to not let any of you down with the incredible trust given me today. rootology (C)(T) 08:03, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Monga

You tagged this as a test page, but it looks to me to be an article on a possibly legitimate topic written by a newbie editor who is not familiar with our conventions. What makes you think it's just a test and shouldn't be kept? Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 08:52, 31 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Hey, good expansion of the article. No sweat about the tagging - the article as it was was quite poor, but it's starting to look like the core of a decent article now, so well done! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 07:43, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adventures in monobook.js

OK boss, given that a go - could you check and see whether I've perpetrated any horribleness? Gonzonoir (talk) 17:40, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for the trust you placed in me by supporting my RfA (which passed and, apparently, I am now an admin!). I will do my best to continue to act in a way that is consistent with the policies of wikipedia as well with our common desire to build and perfect this repository of human knowledge; and can only hope that you never feel that your trust was misplaced. Thanks again! --Regent's Park (Rose Garden) 23:03, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem: Army worm

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Even more exciting than article issue tagging: TEMPLATE CLEANUP!

Hi Toaster - can I test your wikiguru skills again? I just found a glitch in Template:YU Roshei Yeshiva: someone had added to the template a hyperlink in <ref> tags, which threw a cite error on all the articles in which it appeared after the {{reflist}} template, or that had no reflist in the first place. I've removed the stray ref from the template, but the articles on which the template appears are still showing the error. I've found that going to edit each article and pressing save without making any changes makes the error disappear, but do you know of a quicker method than that? Cheers. Gonzonoir (talk) 22:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Toast - that's done. (Blimey, I'm obsessive-compulsive.) Hope your meetup proves a little less snow-capped than mine is promising to be :-/ Gonzonoir (talk) 09:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TalentTrove.com

Hello flying toaster. I Wanted to know why the page i created for TalentTrove got removed so quickly? any recommendations would be appreciated for making it adhere to wiki standards. I've been a user on the site for a few weeks and thought they could have used a Wiki page because they did not have one up. Thanks! User MichaelScott569 —Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelScott569 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

bandh

fyi - "bandh" in india is a synonym for "going on strike". --vvarkey (talk) 21:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hence why I linked it to bandh in the article. FlyingToaster 22:15, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hoax!

It was bound to happen sometime; Maltese prehistory is odd. את אמא כל כך שמנה, היא יושבת ליד כולם (talk) 16:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I made a boo-boo.

My apologies for deleting your CSD tag. I thought that was the orignal article. PoinDexta1 | Talk to Me | 08:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Hehe, only just caught it on CNN. PoinDexta1 | Talk to Me | Looking for a trustworthy Wiki alternative? | 08:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nikolayevka (Kazakhstan)

Sorry i can no speak english so good. Plese do not delete it. write it better //Antonin Andrejev —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonin Andrejev (talk • contribs) 21:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=Nikolayevka%20Kazakhstan&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw - Nikolayevka
http://www.google.se/search?um=1&hl=sv&q=Kalcagaj%20Kazakhstan&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw - Kalcagaj
http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=Dimitriyevka+Kazakhstan&meta= - Dimitriyevka
http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=Novoalekseyevka+Kazakhstan&meta= - Novolekseyevka

//Antonin Andrejev —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonin Andrejev (talk • contribs) 21:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Allstate-NI

Hi, can you confirm if the Article alterations are now up to scratch? I am assuming that you had a problem with the word 'apparently' being in italics? Notice the word is now gone. It makes sense that since an awards section is allowed on the article, that information about recent awards should be allowed on it. In future, perhaps you can avoid a whole-sale deletion, and remove the one word you feel is against wiki terms. Whole-Sale deletions or reversions do not improve Wikipedia in any way. Sonia Paid 2 Make Signatures (talk) 16:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greenbelt Arts Center

Thanks for the advice on the Greenbelt Arts Center page. I'm a noob (90 edits total), so could you explain to me what I should do to make the article better? I could just delete it. I think that might be a better idea. Thanks, Kb3mlmsk (talk) 17:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would there be reliable 3rd party sources?

www.culturecapital.com/organization.php?id=101

www.greenbeltmd.gov/arts/exhibits.htm

Thanks,

Kb3mlmsk (talk) 18:05, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! Could you explain to me what makes something notable on Wikipedia?, because most of my articles end up with deletion tags on them, lol. Is the article now notable? Thanks again,

Kb3mlmsk (talk) 18:11, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RE: A little something for you...

Haha, thanks mate :D GARDEN 20:47, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As it happens it is just that me and my partner don't celebrate Valentines: we hate the damn thing and our anniversary is on the 13th anyway :P. But thanks for the barnstar. Ironholds (talk) 00:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why speedy delete ?

Why do you mark Bold for Delphi for speedy deletion ? I admit that I have not reliable sources for the text. But a search on the net do not give much fact about the framework. I also admit that I'm not a good writer... And I am also a newbie in wikipedia how to add things. But I use it every day in my work and Bold is fantastic, it gives so much productivity back. I also know the founder Jan Norden that started [3] and ECO (Domain Driven Design). I know I must be careful and only write facts and not opinions in this wiki and I respect that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D98rolb (talk • contribs) 19:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marc Burrows

Marc Burrows, which you recently contributed to, has been put up for Deletion. Please add your support to the article remaining on Wikipedia by commenting here. Cheers. Grunners (talk) 21:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sandcastles, or maybe just mud

Hi FT, adoptee question for you. Is it preferable to move articles created in a userspace sandbox into main article space 'properly', using the "move" function (as happened at Giles Hattersley), rather than copying and pasting (which is what I've been doing)? I guess the former option preserves the page history, but is that important if there's been only one contributor? Also, I guess in the former case you then have to delete the auto-created redirect from the sandbox, and should use discrete sandbox pages for each new article instead of the generic all-purpose sandbox I've been using. So in conclusion... srs bzns. Is it just a matter of the namespace edit balance one prefers? :) (BTW, the one in there at the moment is far from ready for mainspace, I know). Gonzonoir (talk) 12:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright concerns, redux

Hi. Thanks for your attention to this matter. I still have copyright concerns with the Army worm article as now in temp space; my notes are here. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article has come current for copyright investigation closure. Do you plan to work on the temporary version further? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:30, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All righty. I'll consolidate it and note that it should be resolved soon. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While I appreciate your interest in correcting this matter, we can't leave it pending indefinitely, particularly as the temporary version of the article still published copyright infringing material. Since the temporary version of the article had not been edited since the 11th, I have closed this matter by cleaning the article and deleting the temp. You're welcome to add details to the article directly that have been drawn from those sources, but please be careful to write the material in your own words. We can't duplicate text from external sources or too closely paraphrase it unless the text you are placing is found in a source that is public domain, is not governed by US copyright law (such as simple lists) or is otherwise licensed compatibly with GFDL. If you are uncertain of the status of a source, you might want to seek feedback at WT:C, but otherwise, as our copyright FAQ notes, it is best to assume that the text is copyrighted. If you would like feedback on a paraphrase, please feel free to let me know at my talk page. Alternatively, you might ask at Wikipedia talk:Close paraphrasing, as contributors to that essay may be able to give you a hand. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Why you has to be so mean? /b/ more kind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohbutyouwilltouch (talk • contribs) 00:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

I wanted to thank you for your support and comments at my RfA, which ultimately failed last night. I was glad to have confirmed something I always thought but had never been explicitly told: that I am clueful and sane! Always great to hear. Your support meant a lot, and I was glad to have impressed enough people for so many supports. Thanks again! ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 16:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You!

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 61 support, 3 oppose, and 1 neutral

Cheers! Nja²⁴⁷ 19:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which closed with 83 ayes to the right, one no to left and five abstaining users!
Sabre (talk) 21:01, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New section

( why was my 1st article selected for speedy deletion?? Quantumleaf (talk) 05:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion of Indian Express Group

Far from being "not noteworthy" (so to speak), the first paragraph itself mentions that this company is of great importance. It is one of the oldest, largest and most respected of Indian broadsheets with large circulation and a reputation for fearless, impartial journalism. I regret to inform you that you have not done the homework before the nomination. Nshuks7 (talk) 08:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the removal. Keep adding the citations though, so that I have a critic to work with. As for the references and body, it takes time :) and it's a process. Nshuks7 (talk) 09:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding sectionbreak for comment

Why my 1st article got deleted? It was not vandalism, where am I suppose to add this question???Quantumleaf (talk) 05:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adrian Volts

I'm strongly inclined to AfD this nonsense straight away. Ignoring the rubbish about 100 million copies, which is presumably left over from J.K.Rowling, and ignoring all the inconsistencies, all that he actually claims is to have self-published one book with a print run of 1,000, of which 500 were given to libraries - i.e. less than 500, if any, sold. No way is that notable, even if it were verified, and uploading images of the cover isn't going to help. Everything else - English publication, lots of future books - is pie in the sky. He has no idea what notability means - he just wants to use WP for publicity, and I don't think we should keep it up any longer than we have to: an AfD would give him five days to produce evidence of notability. I'll wait if you think we should give him a day or two, but I can't see what he could do that would save it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good - I have commented. JohnCD (talk) 18:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

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— neuro^(talk) 07:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA

I've asked you two more questions there. Cheers! →Dyl @n 620 15:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Williams.jpg

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Copyright problems with File:Philmorrow.png

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Your RFA

Hi there. Phew, I admit, I did not expect that reaction to my !vote, it looked like a clear case but now Tan may be right to think it's "derailing"; it certainly will have its fair share of drama. I am truly sorry for that. Should your RFA fail, I hope you have no hard feelings (not many at least) about it. As I said, I think you are a good contributor and I would like to see you become an admin someday. It's just that I am becoming increasingly frustrated by your (and other people's) approach to speedy deletion tagging and you were one of those responsible for it. "Tag them all, let the admins sort it out" leads to two results, both of which are undesirable: either it creates a massive backlog through which admins like me have to wade or admins who have a more "liberal" approach to CSD (i.e. like to ignore the criteria) will delete a fair share of valid content and we end up losing good contributors. No matter if this RFA succeeds or fails, I hope you can take this lesson from it and start to tag much more conservatively. Always think about it this way: There is no harm in keeping something for five days (except attack pages and copyvios). If you haven't yet, you might want to read WP:WIHS. And if I can do anything for you, please let me know. Regards So Why 22:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey SoWhy - thanks for the comment - I appreciate you talking to me directly. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in how the RfA was going, but it happens and the next one will probably succeed. However, I see the actual process of becoming an admin as quite temporary compared the larger span of our years of work on Wikipedia. A more important issue is that if/when I do become an admin, you and I are probably going to be working together and collaborating on patrols, vandalism, etc. I think it's unlikely that we'll ever have such similar personal interpretations of each of the deletion criteria that we work identically. In fact, often we may completely disagree over whether pages should be included. I think this is useful and healthy, and it's good to hear your view on my tagging (though I wish I'd known before RfA, but that's how it goes). And while obviously I don't agree 100% with your view on my edits, I'm definitely going to be much slower and more careful while patrolling as a result of this RfA, no matter which way it goes. Unfortunately, that means a longer backlog for pages to be patrolled, but other people will step in and it shouldn't be a big deal. Anyway, I welcome criticism both now and in the future if you find a problem in my edits. I know the backlog for admins like yourself can get really horrible on CSD, which is a big part of the reason I wanted to apply for admin in the first place, so I'm looking forward to the time where we can work together to protect the content here. Happy editing to you. FlyingToaster 00:35, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow Toasty nice response time :)

Thanks for the quick feedback. As I said, I'm new to this and hopefully as I get the hang of things there wont be as many slip ups on my future pages. I looked over the Wikipedia:Notability and I think I see where I went sideways.

The page was not put up to promote the game, though I did mention that it may be a positive side effect. My intention was to create an OpenGamingResource to document the huge interest in the game via highlighting some of the user content out there. This would include fluff, or background info, and new rules inspired by the game and published in the monthly magazines. I would have also liked to include other user generated material that has generated enough of a reputation by the community to be considered unofficial-official content.

I do concede the point of bias and will keep that in mind for future pages.

However after giving it some thought I think my content would be better suited to wiki.rpd.net. So feel free to throw her in the recycle bin.

Cheers

Wiki-munda (talk) 12:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

for the wikifying help. i always forget about the capitalization rules. figured crushed red needed a little love from wikipedia--UhOhFeeling (talk) 21:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Valentines

Hi! Just saw your msg from V-Day (yeah, im rather inactive these days :P ) Thanks! Lucifer (Talk) 19:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free images in userspace

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Quick question

Do you play poker? Scarian ^{Call me Pat!} 20:58, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Film Info

Hi,

I am new to wikipedia. Want your help in adding content about films. Is this the right page to ask it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by David9211 (talk • contribs) 10:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

It always astounds me how condescending some contributors can be when they are given the opportunity to criticise others. Anyone can make a mistake, and it stands to reason that the more work you do, the more mistakes you will make. So you keep plugging away and don't let the b******* grind you down! Deb (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're so right! If I had to do it over again, I would never have the guts to apply. Deb (talk) 12:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

potash one

thanks for your help and getting me started. I mentioned to Potash the concern about having information that can be considered copyright even though it is from the company's main site and was written by the same person. I do have new material, still have to do some referencing, but please let me know if this is ok.

thanks so much

Newdesignnow (talk) 00:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)newdesignnow[reply]

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Rosiestep (talk) 17:14, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thankspam

Dear FlyingToaster, belated post holiday thanks for your support in my RFA which was successful. I'm sorry to see that your RFA is doing little better than my first one, though with nearly twice the participation and only one reason for opposes instead of the seven I had to face. But I know what you are going through, so when your ready for a bit of cheering up, the full nonpersonalised Oscar acceptance speech version of my Thankspam is here, its best appreciated by reading out loud in the style of Ms Winslet :-) PS If like me you have to make this a two stage process, then if I'm on Wiki break when you next run feel free to ping me an Email. Were Spiel Chequers 00:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA (closed)

I just closed your RfA as unsuccessful. Consensus was not reached. I imagine if you address the concerns of the opposition (specifically issues concerning criteria for speedy deletion) you will fair better next time.

You are a valued member of this community, and I hope you continue to work hard on the Wikipedia project. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me on my talk page or via email. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 14:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA was a very difficult call for me and for a lot of people. I think you're a brilliant and dedicated editor, and I hope you'll help us with CSD issues; I see 3 or 4 initiatives in progress at the moment, and I'm optimistic. Standard advice from my userspace: Take some time off and enjoy yourself. RFAs create stress, and stress creates problems. After failed RFAs where the vote was close, you'll often hear "RFA is obviously crap, otherwise you would have passed" and "No, there's nothing wrong with RFA" (implication: it must be you). Ignore both, because both carry some implication that you'll never be able to pass RFA, and that's rarely true when the vote is close. There's nothing to be embarrassed about; many great admins have failed an RFA, and people generally aren't going to hold anything against you that's said at RFA. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 14:05, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to say please don't be downhearted and try again! I've used your RfA a lot to self-assess before I consider going for the mop, and I really hope that you get them eventually because I think you would be a great addition! Better luck next time! --Ged UK 14:39, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FT, I'd like to add my words of encouragement, too. Sometimes a strong opposer generates a bandwagon effect at RfA which can be hard to overcome. I have no doubt that you will make a fine admin, and would be happy to nominate you in a few months, once the Speedy delete tagging issue is resolved. JGHowes ^talk 15:43, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me too; here's a friendly fist-bump. I was very surprised to see what happened (it's also made me back right off CSD. Woah.). Good on you for stepping up to the plate, and I look forward to voting for you next time around. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry to hear your RfA did not pass. Keep up the good work and I hope you will try again in the future. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sahand & Sabalan Tower

Just a friendly note on Sahand & Sabalan Tower. I declined your speedy deletion request because there's definitely context here -- I can easily tell that these are buildings in Tehran, Iran.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:07, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update

Hey there, Flying Toaster; you're welcome. If this RfA doesn't go through for you, there's always next time. Right? As for my run at it, and its nom, I'm giving it some thought. Rosiestep (talk) 01:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again FT. I've decided it's not my time to hop over to RfA yet. I also want to thank you for your very kind nom offer; maybe in a few months, I can discuss it with you again? Cheers, Rosiestep (talk) 23:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics for your RfA

FlyingToaster, I am sorry to tell you that your request for adminship failed to achieve consensus to promote, with (76/36/6).

Statistics:

Tally:

Trend:

The data used is available at User:Neurolysis/R/FlyingToaster.

Please don't let this get you down - many of our best administrators have failed an RfA at some point. Best of luck acquiring the tools in the future (if you intend to run again), or otherwise, good luck around the encyclopaedia.

— neuro^(talk) 22:04, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's a shame that you didn't get the sysop position. I think you are a very good editior and I want you to be admin, but you are just having a few problems. I hope you do apply again someday. You have my full support! Best, Versus22_talk 23:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me too - sorry this one didn't work out, but I'm sure the next one will. I appreciate your work here, and look forward to working with you in the future. Stay happy, you have some good friends here ;) — Ched (talk) 23:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When you run again, I'm sure you'll pass! :) [chin up]! fr33k man -s- 05:52, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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--Ged UK 23:06, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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fr33k man -s- 23:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re:

Trust you to end that with 'you smarmy cunt'. Thanks, that means a lot. (: — neuro^(talk) 23:50, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Thanks!

Alright I'll get right on that. can i ask you a question though? Guitarzero87 (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Guitarzero87[reply]

Replacing header

Srsly.

Ha ha that was not my question, my question was actually if you were a wiki admin.

--Guitarzero87 (talk) 23:34, 8 March 2009 (UTC)guitarzero87[reply]

Added comment divider

Ping to answer here... Whisper can ascertain his/her own opinion and stand up for herself... and why pray tell should I respect your opinion when you can't even follow the back link and comment in the proper section??? Doesn't give you any credibility with me. Whisper did OK in her answer: here, so mind your own business. Throwing gasoline on a dispute is no way to damp it down. // FrankB 13:49, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reblanked Europartners

Yep, I was just about to reblank and CSD myself. Didn't notice the newness of the page for a few moments after the revert... ah well. Quantumobserver (talk) 06:21, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Your sig

I just noticed your signature is quite messy HTML and I wanted to propose a clean code that is shorter (in the edit window at least) and achieves the same results. Instead of

''' [[User:FlyingToaster|<font color=#0036ff>Flying</font>]]'''<b>[[User_Talk:FlyingToaster|<font color=#e41a1a>Toaster</font>]]</b>

you should try using

'''[[User:FlyingToaster|<span style="color: #0036FF">Flying</span>]][[User talk:FlyingToaster|<span style="color: #E41A1A">Toaster</span>]]'''

Just an idea Regards So Why 17:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, but messy HTML can be a good thing with signatures, since it can be shorter in the edit window and HTML Tidy will make it all nice and proper once it's written into the page. So if you're aiming for the shortest code to show your sig, FT, use

'''[[User:FlyingToaster|<font color=#0036ff>Flying]][[User talk:FlyingToaster|<font color=#e41a1a>Toaster</font>]]'''

→ Flying Toaster 18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC). If you can live with a slightly different shade of blue you can shave off three more characters with[reply]

'''[[User:FlyingToaster|<font color=#03f>Flying]][[User talk:FlyingToaster|<font color=#e41a1a>Toaster</font>]]'''

→ Flying Toaster 18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC) and three more with a noticeably different shade of red:[reply]

'''[[User:FlyingToaster|<font color=#03f>Flying]][[User talk:FlyingToaster|<font color=#e22>Toaster</font>]]'''

→ Flying Toaster 18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers, Amalthea 18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the font tag was deprecated? —Nn123645 (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It sure is in the HTML spec, but we are writing wiki code here. The MediaWiki could easily render a font tag as a span with the appropriate CSS styles, if it were inclined to. --Amalthea 21:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Using <font> is bad style nowadays but my point was the messiness of the code, not the shortness. Yes, it can be made shorter but I'd prefer correct XHTML.

So Why 21:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James Willis Hopkins

I noticed your comment on User talk:Washingblack about the above. While I agree that these articles are probably hoaxes, can I just point out that someone born in Belfast would actually be very likely to have joined the British Army. Until the early 20th century a very large proportion of the British Army was Irish - a much higher proportion than the proportion of Irish people in the population of the British Isles as a whole. Up to 40% of some nominally English, Scottish and Welsh regiments were in fact Irish, and that's not including the several regiments which were actually nominally Irish. The Duke of Wellington himself was an Irish Protestant (although he didn't like to be reminded of the fact). -- Necrothesp (talk) 00:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anne Kronenberg

Wow! That went from redlink to fine, fine article in 24 hours. Thank you for that. A Train^talk 03:55, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

help with perfect 10 vs visa

Hi flyingtoaster! long time no talk! i am done writing the perfect 10 vs visa case. I have not posted it on wikipedia because i would like your help on how exactly to do it. do you have an email where i can send you a microsoft word version of my work? i fear it will take me twice as long if i tried posting it on wikipedia alone.. so if you can help me, let me know! thank you so much! -jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In other news

Great job with speedy tagging. I'm either rejecting or cleaning up after about a third of the speedy tags I find for one reason or another; yours are always right. (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 03:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

perfect 10 vs visa

Hi flyingtoaster! I've posted the article on the stub you sent me. Is it at all possible that you help me post the actual article? If not, I will have to try to figure out how to properly post my first wikipedia article. Either way, I look forward to your instructions.. Thanks for any help! -Jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

perfect 10 v. visa

Hi Flyingtoaster, Is it possible to move my paper from the sandbox to the actual P10 v. Visa page now? It's 90% done, except for the tagging which I still haven't figured out how to do yet.. Thank you a bunch! -jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

perfect 10 v. visa

hey flyingtoaster, i figured out how to tag words! yay. i still don't know how to cite quotations. for example, if i mention copyright law article 17 section 101, i would like to provide a link to the law itself at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000101----000-.html anyway, any help at any time would be appreciated. thanks again for all your help! -jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 00:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question dans le bleu

Hi FT - hope you're well. Did you go to your meetup in the end? I got confused about what day it was, where I lived, what my name was, etc. and missed mine. Epic fail! Anyway, I have a question for you, if you have a sec. Why do people put exclamation marks in front of the words "vote" and "voting" in miscellaneous WP chat? What's that all about, then? Gonzonoir (talk) 12:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

!Obvious really :) Cheers for that - it's very newspeak. SCIENCE is definitely a better reason for missing something than FAIL. I have much to learn from you. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you realize you just ko'd my workface. I'm going to get fired now. MOAR FAIL Gonzonoir (talk) 12:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, absolutely. Actually I think it's enshrined in EU law. Gonzonoir (talk) 14:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re

Thank you for the star... very kind. kilbad (talk) 03:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prods

When you prod an article, you should add it to your watchlist. This one lingered for nearly a month after it got deprodded by its creator. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LOL!

Man, I'm glad that someone appreciates the NPP because I sure have gotten my share of verbal abuse today...! Glad to be a jerk deleting world peace. :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

thanks, for helping with the dan arsenault page. you are super. do you know how to link the other pages in wiki that mention him? they are ice-cube lethal injection album, lou reed's album through the 70's, no doubts album tragic kingdom along with some others. im not sure how to connect his name on those pages to his article. thanks again for your kind help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pennylane is in (talk • contribs) 05:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ricky romulo

Hi, re your adding of a translation for that article, did you use a machine translator? I'm asking because Malay is one of the few languages that I can't find a working machine translator for. Thanks--Jac16888 ^Talk 15:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

seriously? How did I not know about that? Unbelievable, I'm doing a degree in comp sci, you'd think I'd know about something like that. From 2 minutes testing it already looks incredibly useful. Thank you--Jac16888 ^Talk 16:10, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy April Fool's Day

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Happy April Fool's!!! :P - Fastily (talk) 03:54, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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This really should go to the original uploader - I only fixed this image by removing text and improving color balance by request. I've forwarded a copy of this to the original uploader. Flying Toaster 09:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SA L1011 Flight 043

Something about this article makes me pause. The Times of 7 November 1984 reports that a Saudi Airlines flight from London to Riydah via Jeddah was seized by two hijackers from North Yemen, diverted to Tehran, where passengers and crew overpowered the hijackers. A lot of details in the article correspond to reports in The Times - there were eleven Americans on board, the hijackers made political and monetary demands, the plane landed at 3.05am. However, the report in The Times omits the flight number, the detailed account of how the lead hijacker was overpowered doesn't tally with the press report, and the presence of so much news media in Iran strikes me as unlikely.

I don't intend to object to your proposed deletion; so much of the article fails to meet WP:V, and it's far from clear where the boundary lies. Honour demands that I note the result of my research somewhere. There was a hijacking incident on this date, and I strongly suspect it meets WP:N. Full reference for the article I've consulted: The Times, Wednesday 7 November 1984 p.9 col A CJPargeter (talk) 12:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was definitely a hijacking, but I do not intend to object either because the article needs a complete rewrite and a new title. However, it's amazing how much of the article is verifiable based on 17 news reports I see on Lexis-Nexis quoting witness statements and sources. The real question for me is, does the article title meet WP:V? How can we confirm it was Flight 043? And does this merit its own article or should it be included in the list of hijackings? Is it even that notable at all? Discuss, but please know the article describes an actual event. :) --Martinship (talk) 07:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey CJPargeter and Martinship. CJPargeter: you said The Times of 7 November 1984 mentions a hijacking - do you have the article either online or physically? That sounds like all we'd need to possibly create an article based on anything that's known. Unfortunately you're both right - without any sources we're just not going to be able to verify this. Since an article about the event would require a complete rewrite anyway, I don't mind too much if it expires PROD, but if anyone finds anything please give me a poke and I'll write the article. Flying Toaster 13:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Toaster! Sorry to butt in, but I can confirm that the Times of 7 November 1984 does report a hijacking occurred of a Saudi Arabian aircraft on that date, under the headline 'Passengers Escape After Overpowering Hijackers of London-Riyadh jet'. Skinny87 (talk) 10:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]