User talk:JDiPierro/Archive 1

Archive 1

Your VandalProof Application

Dear Syberwolff,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under main here). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. --froth^T 13:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

UAVs

I notice you just joined up the Aircraft project and have been editing the Hummingbird article. If you have a particular interest in UAVs, there's a big UAV project that needs some attention. If there's interest, let me know and I'll point you in the right direction. Akradecki 03:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem...and welcome to the project. If you have any questions as you get into this, feel free to ask. Akradecki 03:33, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Artix Entertainment (New Membership)

Hey man,

Thanks for joining the Artix entertainment Wikiproject. We're just getting back on our feet, but already we have met some challenges. The three active members of the project are currently working on keeping the DF article active and up to standard. If you could contribute to that by means of reliable sources or other information it would be greatly appreciated. Other than that feel free to take one of our membership userboxes, and jump on in. Again, thank you.

--Be Well and Battle On: Leon Alistair 03:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I'm currently trying to work on getting the AdventureQuest article up to a higher standard than it currently is. By tonight I should have it cleaned up enough to take off the cleanup tag and hopefully get it a higher rating in Wikiproject VideoGamesSyberwolff 13:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Scramble

Syberwolff, thanks. It looks great! --Daysleeper47 21:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. If you need anything else done just ask :) ^SyBer_WoLff 21:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

CSD on FOFL (Internet Slang)

At first glance, it looked like pure nonsense. In retrospect it looks like something made up in school one day. —dgies^t_c 04:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Zelda locations

The list does not fall under those specifications. Recurring locations in LoZ would be too long on the series article, do not belong as separate articles, and there is no other place to merge them. Thusly, to delete the list would be to delete the content. - A Link to the Past (talk) 16:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Adoption

All right, you're adopted ;-) Snowolf ^(talk) _CON ^COI - 21:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Please don't delete Coldwaltham

Please don't delete the Coldwaltham article. It's a place that really exists. I know you're American, but English villages are very historic and some place in America with a population of about 5 get into wikipedia. Coldwaltham has at least 200 inhabitants. It is an impotant place because it is situated near the Amberly Chalk Pits. A famous museum about the late 1800s and early 1900s Thanks --Soopa hoops77 22:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Little Jost Van Dyke

Hi, I appreciate your message. I definitely respect Wikipedia's guidelines. Little Jost Van Dyke is an actual island and I was working on expanding the article. See [1] and [2] A map can be found [3]. --Polylerus 00:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Train stations etc.

WP considers all metro, subway, and train stations notable. I am not sure it was wise, but it was decided that way near the start, and has been consistently upheld at AfD. I can't remember an exception. This is one of the things there's no point in trying to change. See WP:SNOW. (by the way, all geographic places with a defined name are also Notable. "Districts" in India, etc., are true geographic subdivision and are always notable, no matter how little is in the article. )--Also a long-standing rule. In my opinion probably the wrong decision, but it does reduce disputes.

However, bus stations are sometimes notable, sometimes not--they are usuall disputed. Bus stops are usually not notable.

And one thing about deletions--do not mark them a minor. many people have their watchlist set up to hide minor changes. See WP:MINOR. DGG 01:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I never said they weren't notable, I was nominating them for deletion based on no context. Most of the ones I nominated have one line of text and thats all. I believe (and will firmly stand for) that if you want to start an article on anything, no matter how notable, you should do some research and put some guts into it. We could have an article on the most famous person in the world saying "This is a famous male person who has done many notable things and they are a really good person go see them on tv or in the newspaper" but that doesn't make it a Wikipedia-worthy article just because it's about that person. - I added in a script (not made by me) that I use to help make deletions easier and it automatically marks them as minor edits I'll see if I can delete the line that does that. Thanks^SyBer_WoLff 01:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

For people who may or may not be notable, your standard does represent WP practice. For things which are clearly N, or always N, it does not. A stub about a clearly notable subject does not get deleted, but gets marked for expansion into an article. Please see WP:DELETE, particularly section 1.3: Problem articles where deletion may not be needed: A stub (but with potential) ; Expand it! [or add the tag] {{stub}}, or preferably the topic-specific one from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types. If you interpret them differently, expect to have to defend your interpretations case by case.

Those are the rule we use. I don't like all of them either, and I intend to stand by my opinions until convinced otherwise. I comment about my desire to change them from time to time. If you would like to change policies, there are centralized discussions at a number of pages. and the discussion is quite active. The question about Stubs is one of the matters at issue. There is a movement to decrease the rigor of the documentation required for initial notability (for example, requiring only one source if it is a really good one), and it sounds like you probably will want to comment on that. Policy can also be changed by repeated decisions at AfD. Since contestable articles must always go to AfD (see Deletion policy again) , take them there instead, and see what the community thinks. Since I've been there, it has changed on some issues by repeated persistence at AfD and Deletion Review. --6 months ago all middle schools were N, and now it is not automatic. We might well !vote the same way there on many things. DGG 04:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Unsigned Vandalism

wow real mature— Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoyoma5335 (talk • contribs)

Xayacamach of Tizatlan

Hey, the article is not nonsense, it has been a requested article for a while and I'm working on it. He is an Aztec poet, I don't understand why you would even label it as nonsense, I even added a couple of sources, so it wouldn't appear this way. -Solid Reign 01:54, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I hate to be a smart ass, but you just edited the article and made the grammar worse:

"which is where he get his poems from."

is what you wrote, the original meaning is correct, it is were we get his poems from, not were he "get" them from. Anyway, at least take a look at the sources before you add these tags to legitimate articles, you just make the process slower by making me explain myself. --Solid Reign 02:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

It makes more sense than "where he get his poems from." We get his poems from this meeting he had; the meeting was documented and that is how we came to know of his poems, I don't understand how this is grammatically incorrect. Oh, and I apologize if having two more edits to your talk page has caused you any inconvenience, I'll be more careful. --Solid Reign 05:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Xayacamach of Tizatlan asserts notability just fine. Please only tag non-notable biographies with {{db-bio}}. Thanks. Picaroon 03:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Your NPWatcher Application

Dear Syberwolff,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.

Snowolf ^(talk) _CON ^COI - 22:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

This program is messing your stuff up. It had you as nominating for CSD an article 3 times. I got confused seeing 3 seperate speedy delete templates. Try twinkle, it's easier to CSD with. ⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 07:45, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you provide a link to the article you're talking about? Snowolf ^(talk) _CON ^COI - 16:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Mary's Grave

It's not nonsense. Ask anyone from Long Island if they've heard this legend, and they'll tell you. It's almost on par with the Amityville Horror. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KenFehling (talk • contribs) 23:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

1991 Hamlet chicken processing plant fire

Thanks; I shall bear that in mind in future. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 16:41, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Aviation Newsletter delivery

The March 2007 issue of the Aviation WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 17:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Meadowview (Sacramento RT)

This is a station page for the 9th most ridden light rail station in the country-I don't know what the issue is. Many other light rail systems have pages for their systems--is Sacramento too minor of a city for you??? Alamar2001 02:19, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Vote

Okay, so we’ve been talking and we decided that we need to set up a couple go-to guys for questions about the project. Everybody who is part of the WikiProject should type the name of someone whom they would like to nominate for this position and place it on my talk page. The person with the most nominations becomes the MainProject Lead, or our go to guy, and the runner up is his assistant. (If the winner accepts. I nominate Connor(jcd4u), for example, I will place that on my own talk page. Please note that I am not part of this!!! And veteran members-don’t feel put out because I nominated a newcomer: I know him personally and am sure he would do well. Let yourself be heard and be sure to vote! After at least three people have voted (by the end of the month at earliest) I will announce the chosen and ask if they accept. Please vote… Your opinion matters. (If you think this is useless consider this: How little we got done in Supasoldier’s absence? WE NEED A LEADER!!!) Please respond!

Sincere Regards:

Leon Alistair (Talk|UserPage)

Wikipedia New York Meet-Up

NEW YORK CITY MEET UP!!

Howdy! Please come to the First Annual New York Wikipedian Central Park Picnic. R.S.V.P. @ Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
--David Shankbone 18:26, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Your Edit to Perverted-Justice

I have undone your recent good faith edit to the Perverted-Justice article. The reasoning behind this is that PJ is currently redirecting all traffic from Wikipedia to a special page for WP visitors, where it describes its pedophilia-related suspicions about this project - this can be demonstrated by clicking, while on Wikipedia, on a standard link like this: http://www.perverted-justice.com. It was decided on the Talk Page of the article in question that it was inappropriate for us to provide a link that would not lead where it's supposed to and would land the user on an attack page. The two sections of the Talk Page that deal with this situation are "PJ redirecting links from Wikipedia" and "Another Bad Link." The solution proposed and accepted by editors involved was to utilize the Derefer Template to strip the original referrer info before the destination address is accessed. This way, the link leads exactly where it's supposed to - the PJ main page - and not to the attack page. ~ Homologeo (talk) 08:27, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Template:Nikon DSLR cameras

If you wish to restore the labels then you need to add citations per policy. Cburnett (talk) 01:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I wish to reiterate my point that it is your responsibility to add citations. Cburnett (talk) 01:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[From my talk page.]

I've already had a long conversion about this with another editor. The root issue is that people change these titles, reorder them, etc. It's a long string of changes I've seen to {{Canon DSLR cameras}} and it needs to stop because it is not bettering wikipedia. Unsourced information that is clearly contentious does not belong on wikipedia. In fact, this case demonstrates precisely why WP:V exists.

Since you've promised to violate policy then I promise you to uphold policy: WP:V and WP:3RR. Cburnett (talk) 02:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[From my talk page.]

Have you finished citing them? Cburnett (talk)) 02:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Take a look at the discussion, there are already quite enough listed there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Syberwolff (talk • contribs)

Only a few of them apply a label, which I've added to the template. Still nothing on the D60 & D40. Cburnett (talk) 02:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Again, anyone who knows anything about cameras can tell the categories for those, and you can tell by the way Nikon markets the D40 that it's consumer level: http://www.stunningnikon.com/picturetown/ They use slogans like "Anyone can take a great picture" you don't use "Anyone" when you're marketing to professionals... ^SyBer_WoLff 02:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Find me a source that says consumer. The fact that you disagree with Nikon press releases tells me that the citations are imperative. Cburnett (talk) 03:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

You want a truce? How can you have a truce when I'm enforcing policy by including citations when you have absolutely NO INTENTION of listening to those sources? The absolute point of sources is to mark information as verifiable. Flippantly removing citations because they don't agree with your labels flies in the face of the entire premise of sourcing information!!!!! To put it in [roughly] other words: how can we truce when you're breaking "the law"? Cburnett (talk) 03:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Where is the exception in WP:V for "tossing out citations and verifiable in order to make it easier for the reader"? Who are you to disagree with Nikon's label of "Compact Professional"? Cburnett (talk) 03:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Template:Nikon DSLR cameras. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Mike6271 (talk) 02:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikiproject Artix Entertainment

I am currently trying to determine who still active in the AE WikiProject, so I'm going through everyone on the list of participants. Please let me if you are still interested in participating in the AE project. Thank you. --Eruhildo (talk) 07:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

As you have not responded to this message, I have removed you from the list of participants. If you wish to rejoin the project, you can add you name to this list. Regards. --Eruhildo (talk) 19:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

DSLR categorization dispute

Hi Syberwolff, I've laid out some of my thoughts on the basic issues in this dispute: Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Template:Nikon_DSLR_cameras#Additional_issues_to_be_mediated. I hope this is useful towards resolving it. Let me know what you think! ǝɹʎℲxoɯ (contrib) 20:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Request for mediation not accepted

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AfD nomination of Clear Lair TCG

An editor has nominated Clear Lair TCG, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clear Lair TCG and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

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Papulus

I appreciate your concerns about Papulus. I've added several legitimate sources about this 4th century French saint and added content to it. Thanks! --Polylerus (talk) 21:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

April Fools Day

Was last week. So your AFD prank[4] was a bit late. Or was it just a stray bullet from the Twinkle which was aimed at a different part of Wikipedia?Edison (talk) 16:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thai Airways International

Hi Syberwolff.Thai Airways International destination page is have already inThai Airways International destinations. I think no need to copy data from that page to Thai Airways International Page. Thanks ! VAIO HK (talk) 16:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

^-^ VAIO HK (talk) 16:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Skateboard

find me one person that skates with rails anymore. 1980s are over —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.96.11 (talk) 16:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Someone vandalized your page!

Hey Syberwolff, I just wanted you to know that I reverted a personal attack on your userpage (as shown here in this diff). Thanks! Thisisborin9^talk/_contribs 17:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Uncle Milty

Thank you for the repair. I was away and hadn't noticed.--Uncle Milty (talk) 17:28, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

VandalProof Application

You might want to read the sentence in bold just above the "Awaiting Approval" heading. Your user name needs to be capitalized when you submit it. --Cyrus Andiron 12:51, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Spam

I can only assume you're confusing me with User:Gerryforbes who has been spamming band articles like crazy about Monsters of Rock Canada 2008, and whose edit I reverted on Metallica. No worries. Deiz talk 03:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

My revert was not vandalism

Removing a fake episode called "Nigger Timmy" is not vandalism. [5] DietLimeCola (talk) 23:40, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Syberwolff. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. β^_command 04:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

An exciting opportunity to get involved!

As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. - Trevor MacInnis ^contribs 05:26, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Fire Service

Hello and good afternoon (at least it is afternoon where I am). I was looking at the Wikipedian firefighters category and noticed that you are one of the members of the Wikipedia community that lists yourself as being a firefighter. First and foremost let me say thank you for your service. While I myself am not a firefighter, I do work as a photographer with multiple local fire departments. I am honored to have firefighters as some of my closest friends.

I have been taking an active role in the Fire Service WikiProject and am trying to recruit more members to this cause. If this is something you have any interest in, please let me know? You can leave me a message on my talk page. Obviously there is zero obligation. An interest can be anything from helping out with a couple of pages in your local area to helping to overhaul major templates, and anything in between.

Once again, thank you for your service. Hope to hear from you soon. Stay safe! --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)