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Snowfix

This article was deleted under A7 for a non-notable podcast and the Articles for deletion/Snowfix page said to contact you here. The podcast in question actually receives over 60,000 downloads for some episodes and has an established fan base throughout the world. Obviously it is a very specialised topic so if someone is not into skiing or snowboarding they are very unlikely to have heard of it.

However, it is almost always featured on the iTunes UK (and in the winter seasons, iTunes US) sports pages for example, and is featured (and heavily advertised) on the TV station Extreme Sports Channel (available in Europe). It is also going to turn into a TV show for this station in the third season, something which very few podcasts have achieved.

So on the base of the A7 reason I would like to submit it for reconsideration. On the basis of why it was submitted again, another viewer had set up the original page without using the podcast info table, and with some obvious bias, so when that was deleted I created a new article (without using any of the previous content). The viewers have also been asked to help maintain the article to increase the amount of information contained and the validity of said information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Many thanks

Cdk157 23:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some questions concerning editing

Hi, I put some questions few weeks ago at talk:DejaVu hopping that you will see them. I still wait for an answer.

Thanks, Mihaip 22:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy first edit day!

\|Happy first edit day		Happy First Edit Day!
		Today is your first edit day so please enjoy and have a wonderful day,Best Wishes-Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 13:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee is proud to wish you a very happy birthday.
May all your wishes come true!
Thank you for all of your contributions to this wonderful encyclopedia.
Yours truly,
Eddie 00:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday! +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:35, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing IanManka/Archive/16 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Eddie 04:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No prob

Hello. It was my pleasure wishing you a happy birthday and adminship anniversary. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, Eddie 18:24, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Marching band

You're Invited!! Based on your Wikipedia contributions, you may want to consider joining WikiProject Marching band. More information can be found on the project page. We hope you'll join us!

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--Littledrummrboy 23:43, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

snowfix

i forgot about the do not repost a new one speedily my fault but i rely want to create this articale if u could give me pointers on how to fix it and get the articale up and running it would be very helpful. much appreciated Irishbrigade15 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irishbrigade15 (talk • contribs) 07:29, 30 June 2007

Oversight

I thought calling another user a troll was a personal attack??? Hdayejr 16:15, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, how do you get this deleted from the archive? I've looked, but can't find a way to do so, thanks. Here is the link http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mackensen/Archive10&diff=105139573&oldid=104995008

Hdayejr 16:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Send the "diffs" of the edits you want deleted to this e-mail address: oversight-l@lists.wikimedia.org . By all means, ask them to delete any edits that you want that contain your name. The less you and I have to deal with each other, the happier both of us will be in the long run. -TPIRFanSteve 02:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, I am doing what you say, and you won't answer your talk page(even on weekends!). Mr. Steve has decided to post libel on his page yet again, after fair warning. I have emailed the user address, but they are slow to respond. He reverted the libel back to its original post in a few minutes after I cleaned it. I am not going to play his cat and mouse games...I'd appreciate somebody stepping in and blocking him so we don't have to deal with this yet again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TPIRFanSteve

Thanks Hdayejr 16:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So...your own Usenet post from four years ago is a lie? -TPIRFanSteve 16:34, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, thank you for the quick response on Steve's page....I wasn't sure if you were around during the week or not. I'll let you decide(as it's your page) what to do with the above comment posted here by TPIRFanSteve. I am trying not to bait him, but he's making it tough. Thanks again. Hdayejr 23:43, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Elbow

Hi.

I've proposed moving Elbow to Elbow (disambiguation), and moving elbow-joint to Elbow. You moved the disambiguation page to where it is now, so you might want to comment. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 23:23, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The future of 1pm time slot on Nick GAS

Get the Picture been at 1-2pm ET everyday on Nick GAS for 3 years, 39 months & more than 1,000 days and has never been replaced. 68.188.126.78 19:15, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't know what you are referring to. Why my talk page? If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 05:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tallmadge map

Hey thanks for the inquiry. I originally took the census bureau map and used it as a base to make a better map of the county (like the one used for the Summit County cities and townships), so I do have a blank one and just made the one for Tallmadge (it took all of one minute!!). Feel free to insert it in the Tallmadge article where you see fit! --JonRidinger 03:33, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I did add it to my user page and also categorized it with the other maps I have added so far of Portage County. I also added a better map of the entire county with all cities and townships labeled on the Portage County, Ohio page. Thanks for all your work on Wikipedia too and I'll do my best to keep contributing! --JonRidinger 03:49, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for the HR list

The one thing I really haven't dabbled with as an admin is protecting pages, so I think I'm the wrong person to ask. Barry Bonds is protected, but there are so many active players on that top 500 list I think it'd be too disruptive. Staxringold _talk^contribs 04:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That actually isn't a terrible idea. I'd say go with it. Staxringold _talk^contribs 04:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re ITN

I should have clarified, saying I was going to balance the entire main page as a whole by tinkering with the other main page templates besides ITN. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Way to stay cool

Barnstar moved to user page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shell Kinney (talk • contribs) 16:44, 8 August 2007

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Disambiguation/fixer

Hi,

can you explain why you have removed the section about Wikipedia Cleaner on this page, saying it's inoperable ?

--NicoV 09:10, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I understand, I fixed the link to the documentation. The English documentation was at first on the French Wikipedia and I moved it later on the English wikipedia. Basically, Wikipedia Cleaner is a disambiguation tool, much like CorHomo but with other features (for example the ability to fix all links to disambiguation pages in an article).

Have a good night. --NicoV 10:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re. NHE user request

It seems to me that you leave comments to outstanding account requests (perhaps only inbetween the Wikibreaks referred to...).

I do not have an account and can not log in. That is my only problem. Read my request and please have one of your good mood days (endorse my request!;-).

I am seriously writing this because I became frustrated when I realized that I WILL NOT be able to log in for DAYS! I so much want to do it NOW!

Cheers Nils

I did not reject your request to begin with. I'm only sparingly at the Request an account page, and I'm not really up to speed on all the minor details. Considering that it was Arknascar44 that rejected your request and not me, why not send a message to them? However, by the time you send a message to them, your account will be created, because your new account "should be created shortly." Sorry for the inconvenience! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 03:58, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward

Why did you delete the public domain text from Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward. It comes from Appleton's Cyclopedia and was tagged properly. Don't you do a minimal amount of due diligence before you delete something? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 01:26, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and sorry if I sounded harsh! --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 01:36, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Added a comment at the bot to not leave a message if the article has a tag for one of the PD sources. Its actually a cool bot. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 01:47, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Nft

I have taken the liberty of undoing the changes you made to this template recently as it is screwing up the text on the pages where it is being used (although the text displays OK). See the edit history on Eyal Berkovic which may explain things e.g compare the current revision [1] with its predecessor.[2] Daemonic Kangaroo 18:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sortability, or ability to choose how data appears: which is preferable?

At UFWC, you have created this dilemma. Do you wish to comment on the talk page there? Kevin McE 19:31, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unless, of course, I surprise myself by finding a way of having both! Kevin McE 21:30, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Explain CSD G12 in Context of Deletion

Ian, can you explain the reason (CSD G12) for the speedy deletion of Obtree in April.

The only reason I would understand is that this article is about a product not sold under this name anymore. Final action would be to follow this recommendation 'If all else fails, try another wiki'.

Thanks, Metazargo 12:22, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dedication 2

I took this to DRV. P4k 00:55, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Link for my use: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 September 22#Dedication 2 If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:36, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

unicode character list

I've nominated List of Unicode characters for deletion a second time --—Random832 22:32, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Link for my use: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Unicode characters (2nd nomination) If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sam Zell

I do apologise for the false warning. It looked like you had removed a section and put "fix refs" as the edit summary. Since I have seen the exact same thing before, I reverted and warned. I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Regards, NASCAR Fan24^{(talk•contribs)} 22:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TfD discussion

I confess to feeling a little irked at the way you described the fixing of the misused {{*}} templates. I have no idea which pages were using the template incorrectly and certainly wasn't responsible for changing them pending the outcome of a vote. I recognize that you didn't directly accuse me of wrongdoing, but please be careful with your phrasing, as others might be drawn to the wrong conclusion. I know this is only a little thing, and I wish you, in any case, all the best. Q·L·1968 ☿ 20:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your apology; I really appreciate it. It's not an easy thing to admit one's mistakes. Take care, and no hard feelings. Q·L·1968 ☿ 19:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Text format in NFL Draft series of lists

You appear to have undone a number of my recent edits, one in particular in which your summary reads "rm small text to conform with other draft pages, pending (inevitable) discussion"

Normally I wouldn't even reply but it seems (inevitable) that I do. Might I ask how removal of the small text conforms with other draft pages? Of the entire series of NFL Draft pages 2001 - 2007 are the only pages that do not have the small text for such inter - trade notes and ref's. That equals 7/71 Further more none of them are entirely consistent. Some with ref's inside the parenthesis some out side and many were improperly spaced or just typed continuously as teamname(tradenote)ref. You rm'd those repairs as well. I'm sure a "featured Article" argument will be placed here.

Understandably not all articles in the series have such draft notes references or comments, but those that do prior to 2001 are in small text, which formats the table data for a more consistent look and generally helps it fit within the cell.

I have spent a great deal of time trying to assist in the expansion of draft data and a uniform look within the series, and I've not always agreed with changes (sortable tables why? discussion:no) but I live with it.

I now remember why I took a break from the project after the great Koaf fiasco, thank you and good day. Slysplace | ^talk 21:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Opinions, obviously everyone will have a differing opinion, What I prefer is irrelevant to the cause of en:wiki it is and remains a open source project. Three days ago I was ready to post what would verge on a personal attack regarding the RV Edits you made, today I wonder is it even relevant, it was your anti-static FA statement that kept this from being a blatant flame style message against admins. I've posted many suggestions, and comments in the parent discussion group for the NFL wiki project and must admit the only reply I've received are from those who mess up worse than I, or those who feel they are personally responsible for the FA Status of the article.

Back to the issue at hand, I have probably an odd advantage over most wiki users and readers in that I have a Dual Monitor setup at 1680 x 1050, I have played with the resolution and even at the higher #'s I do not personally see a difference in readability. However: ^{(superscript)} vs ^superscript I must agree your suggestion is cleaner and easier to read and would be easy to implement. ^{(Parenthesis)} or ^not the change in text clearly shows it's reference information.

Lastly regarding a straw poll, Opinion (IMHO) is irrelevant in deciding consensus without discussion and debate. And I think there is even a WP policy against it (but cant quote it specifically) polls are easily padded and inherently harder to verify Slysplace | ^talk 22:28, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and converted 2000 NFL Draft from the aforementioned ^style to your proposed ^(style). Yes without concensus or discussion however a lot of work has been done lately to bring 2000 up to the 2001 standard so it seems like a good place to start. Slysplace | ^talk 23:41, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Cut and paste, I use a program called ultra Edit, it has a great search and replace feature, and memory of its use. I can paste in 20 articles, and replace the same thing in all of them at once. If I find another I can easily do it all over again. Slysplace | ^talk 02:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I started cleanup of 2003 and I notice it parses horribly, Has something to do with the REF's in round one, I'm not very good an linking ref's so I thought I would mention it as it appears you had started the ref cleanup. In it's current condition the ref's in round one pull all of the refrences into round one from the bottom of the page, and the Top TOC does not show rounds 2+ until later in a seperate TOC. Slysplace | ^talk 13:27, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing Wheel of Fortune (The wheel's configuration)

Hi, do you have a suggestion as to how I should source the information in that article, since it's based on simply observing the show and probably can't be "verified" in any other way? Thanks.JTRH 14:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SuccessTech Academy shooting

Why would you revert my nomination instead of telling me that you think there should be a 2nd nomination? Corvus cornix 23:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#SuccessTech_Academy_shooting. Corvus cornix 23:06, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't add a new nomination now, it would violate 3RR. Corvus cornix 23:22, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather not trigger an admin's itchy blocking finger. I'll wait until tomorrow evening. Thank you, though. Corvus cornix 23:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tallmadge

Hi,

I just realized there is no stress marked for Tallmadge. (Sorry, I just edited 400 articles like this, so I missed some things.) This only works if it's TAL-muj; if it's tal-MIJ, please correct me.

ɨ is used for the high reduced vowel in English. It's a bit like ɪ, but without stress; the difference is parallel to the difference between ʌ in bus and ə in sofa. Compare the two vowels in business ˈbɪznɨs: For some people they're practically the same, but for others there's a notable difference.

BTW, the IPA link now takes you to a much simpler pronunciation key. I just put that up today, so please let me know if it works for you. kwami 01:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I was curious: do you know why the IPA in your current revision displays as several different fonts? Nyttend 18:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orlando mistakes

I've responded to your questions on my talkpage. Thanks for your help with my honest guffaw. Keeper | 76 18:43, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As stated, I fully accept responsibility for my ridiculous editing. If you need to vent at me, it would probably feel good. Please do so here. Thanks, happy editing Keeper | 76 18:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Imaginationland‎ Merge

User:Sceptre has started to unilaterally merge the episodes together, not waiting until the poll has closed. As there is a 3:1 opinion out there that this should not occur and I do not wish to break the 3R rule I was wondering if you could help me with reverting his edits? Thanks. -- UKPhoenix79 23:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured article review/FIFA World Cup

You nominated the original article to FA status, you may want to look at the review. Thanks This is a Secret ^account 23:35, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

notice/request

I am considering undeleting a page I deleted that you tagged as a copyvio, Graduated Random Presidential Primary System. See the conversation on my talk page at [3] (unfortunately it's a bit fragmented, there are several threads with the same header). It seems the site we thought the article was a copyvio of was actually copying from Wikipedia. Just giving you notice and the chance to stop me from doing something dumb if I'm somehow wrong here. No need to reply if this all makes your head hurt, I take responsibility here. --W.marsh 01:53, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That does sound okay, I guess. I tend not to wander into copyvio territory, but I was reading the article because I was learning about presidential primary methods and I thought it sounded like someone else's work. I Googled it, and found the web page that was an apparent copyvio. I tagged it, hoping someone would look over it and somewhat confirm if it was indeed a copyvio. I really don't care either way if it is deleted or kept. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:11, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wheel of Fortune configuration page

Hi. In response to your earlier stated concerns, I added a note that the configuration graphic is based on observation of the show. There is no other available "source." The graphic page was spun off from a space-consuming list on the original Wheel of Fortune page; no objections were raised to the sourcing there. Would crediting the show with appropriate copyright information on the page address your concerns? If not, there's no way to comply with the request for additional sourcing, so as the author of the page, I'll delete it myself. (I don't think writing down a list based on watching a TV show qualifies as "original research," but if that's the policy, I'll be happy to comply with it.) Thanks. JTRH (talk) 15:32, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response, and I'm glad we were able to come to an agreement. JTRH 22:07, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for assistance

Hi, Ian. Lately, 207.69.137.34 (who's been blocked before) has been sloppily editing the Wheel of Fortune page, inserting irrelevant information, changing perfectly good sections of the page to his own (considerably worse) writing, and leaving "warnings" such as LEAVE THIS AS IS OR THERE WILL BE TROUBLE! I'm assuming stupidity rather than bad faith or intentional vandalism, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Thanks for any advice you have, or any action you'd be willing to take. JTRH (talk) 00:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. The vandal seems to have disappeared, at least for now. JTRH (talk) 21:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NAIA Bowls

Hey Ian, thanks for stepping up and offering to help on bowls. I've got several NAIA bowl articles I've been working on. These bowls probably are not going to get "individual game pages" like the larger bowls, but it is still nice to get the information on the bowls in general. I'd like you to take a peek and offer any feedback you might think of:

Thanks!--Paul McDonald (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject College football December 2007 Newsletter

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Arbcom Elections

Hi IanManka, I noticed that you opposed my arbitration candidacy on the basis that my userpage said that I wasn't as active as I used to be. This is true to an extent, as I used to be very active, but my userpage is a bit outdated - I've been around pretty much every day in recent months, enough to keep up with my pretty large watchlist and the goings-on on the arbitration email list. I'm also likely to be around even more from now on, as I just got the internet back on at home for the first time in two years this week. Rebecca (talk) 07:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)

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Duel

Thanks also to you for constructive edits. What is the point of the "presenter" infobox tag? I don't know what a "presenter" is in terms of a TV show - I guess a host could fall under that, but it seems like the infoboxers used that term with something specific in mind (maybe like presenter in an award show sense? or a sportscasting sense?). Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune both list the host as "host" under starring (I think I put the chip girls on the starring list as well at one point but someone nixed em). I'd like to nix the co-exec credit too if you have no objection. It's unnotable and the "co-exec" title stretches the left side of the infobox a lot TheHYPO (talk) 03:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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