User talk:Knicholls

Some Advice

You must be really dumb. You spelt advice wrong and i changed it. Do you have a life since all you do is go on Wikipedia and fix it? Give me a break—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.128.235.254 .

Actually, it was Lookuman who entered it as "advise". And nothing smacks harder of irony than a spammer telling me to get a life. Kevin 20:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Knicholls , i suggest you adopt similar standards for all articles in wikipedia, its really strange that you decided to revert the article on brahmins to an earlier date, because i added the names of some notable brahmins, but why is not the same thing applied to articles about kammas', kapus' etc. Did you not see them or did you choose to ignore them??? i reverted the article on brahmins back to my previous edit and would not mind even if it is removed only if you remove all such similar articles.

Keep this in mind:you are not the sole custodian of wikipedia, do something useful, try to contribute something useful instead of wasting your time correcting other people—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lookuman (talk • contribs) .

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Johnson Elementary, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Johnson Elementary. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --Frankie 04:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism warnings

Thanks for reporting vandalism at WP:AIV. However, please don't use the {{test5}} template, as that produces a "You have been blocked" message. (Since you can't block users, you shouldn't use that template.) Depending on the severity of the vandalism and whether the person is a repeat offender, you can use {{test1}}, {{test2}}, {{test3}}, or {{test4}}. Also, please sbst the templates. Thanks. Thatcher131 18:34, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks 4 th'Diligence

That was some great cleanup you did on the Criticism section of the Zune page. I'm often discouraged by the "slash and hack first,.. contribute later" policies of most edits. I may not fully understand the standards of a criticism section, but the logical part of me exepects to see a summary of things criticised, and references to critics (of note)... you made it so, and I appreciate the diligence. [original "criticism" contributor]

Now your just following me

Look, the Troy edits demanding citations that you've made prove that your just following me around wiki-pedia. I didn't put any links in there, I just reduced bias of a pre-existing lengthy POV analysis rather than completely deleting as your style would have me do. Any complaints you have about my edits are because the pre-existing framework was laid in place by some Democratic operative. I made no effort to write it favorable to either Dems or Republicans - I simply reduced it, reworded it to NPOV, and let some of the obvious (to people who are experts in the field and geography) points stand. Troy is affluent in the sense that its average income (contained in the demographics chart on the page0 are above average -- on the other hand, if you want to ax that is as editorialization, fine. I didn't put it in there in the first place. Look at what I edited and tell me that wasn't biased, and that I didn't substantially improve it. However, I'm not out to destroy everything that someone else contributes - I tried to rephrase it to be NPOV. If you can do better, do so -- but don't expect me to source obvious things like "Troy is affluent" even though the editor originally using that phrase used it to "spin" in favor of Democrats.

But the real point is that you've now targeted me for everything I write, and that is unreasonable.Chetlyzarko 22:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

On the Clawson Talk Page [1], I put down some additional comments. Regardless, I tire of this. I deleted the Troy section down to its bare minimum, correcting the blatant Democratic POV that you didn't correct over a longer period of time and then when I pared it down you critiqued it as non-sourced (it wasn't sourced for months). Fine. If you can tell me that the version I posted wasn't better than its predecessor, I look forward to hearing the reasoning. But with your encouragement and consensus, I've deleted it all.Chetlyzarko 23:55, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Paul Boyd

I don't know why you left me a message regarding Paul Boyd (radio presenter), the article is just a duplicate of Paul Boyd. They should just be merged not deleted. This isn't vandalism, and I had nothing to do with it. Thankyoubaby (talk) 04:12, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

If you think the content should be at Paul Boyd, then please tag Paul Boyd with a {{db-move|Paul Boyd (radio presenter)}}. This should get an admin to move the page over in a clean way. Please note that pages should never be moved by copy-and-paste, as this causes the page to violate the attribution clause of the GFDL. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

I think one of us is missing the point on the Paul Boyd article.

Until someone changed it to a redirect about four days ago, the link went to an article about the director Paul Boyd. So, I'm having a hard time understanding exactly why the (potentially malicious) change from a legitimate article to a redirect is something that should stand, and why restoration is something that needs justification. I would agree with you entirely if the page began life as a redirect and was suddenly changed... but that isn't the case here.

Now... where it gets interesting is that the existing Paul Boyd article (now a redirect) has disappeared in the process of undoing what Djpaulboyd did to the original. And the redirect now goes to a page that has information about the director Paul Boyd, but has the title of the Irish radio DJ Paul Boyd.

If anything, Paul Boyd should be turned in to a disambiguation page. -- Kevin (talk) 19:24, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

1. If there is any page which is currently in the wrong place, then either move it yourself, or (if it can't be moved) tag the target with a {{db-move|source}} tag. If pages need their locations swapped, this is a little more complicated, but can be done by any admin - just request it at the Admins' noticeboard. If Paul Boyd should be a disambig page - feel free to create it in place of the redirect. What I was complaining about is a copy-and-paste move, when you take the wiki-text from one page and paste it on an other. This is a copyright violation, as the GFDL (which is the license of the old page) requires full attribution and this action breaks it. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:23, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Kurtz Elementary

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Kurtz Elementary, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Doesn't appear to meet criteria for notability.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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re: Circus World (store)

Hi Knicholls, on the Circus World (store) article ... should I move that paragraph back from the talk page to the article page then? I'm still pretty new, it wasn't an attempt to screw anything up - I just thought the editor that posted it was putting "talk page" kind of info in. It was below the stub/cat tag. I'll gladly move it back if you think I should. Ched (talk) 07:54, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Michigan/Detroit

Hi! A task force in WikiProject Michigan has been started about Detroit and its suburbs. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan/Detroit WhisperToMe (talk) 08:04, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Your statements on Telugu Brahmin article

I concur with your assessment- it is a "fluff piece." However, being a relatively green Wikipedian living in Andhra Pradesh, I wanted some advice on how I might go about editing it (actually, it needs to be completely rewritten.)

While I certainly feel it meets a notability requirement, I wanted some advice on etiquette. Would it be allowed for me to just delete all the unsourced cruft and start my own article?

Additionally, there is an ugly undercurrent among many Indian articles for "regionalistic vandalism." Case-in-point, said article has been tagged with several Karnataka-related categories when in fact the article has nothing to do with that state. Is it appropriate to remove them?

If these questions are better explained elsewhere, I apologize for crowding your board. Thanks. --Gñāna (talk) 10:13, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

A discussion on Windows Phone 7

You are hereby invited to a discussion on the Windows Phone 7 discussion page. Illegal Operation (talk) 14:34, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

A question

Hi there! I'm a freelance writer with Hour Detroit magazine, and I'm working on a piece about Detroit's Wikipedians. Would you be willing to talk with me a bit for my story? You can reach me at patrickpdunn@gmail.com, or let me know what's the best way for me to get a hold of you. Thanks so much! PatrickPDunn (talk) 04:28, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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