User talk:LFaraone/Archive/09

Unnecessary reversion

Although I quite often revert IP edits myself, I found your reversion of the IP edit at E-mail spam to be unnecessary. It happened to be me -- I was logged out when I made the edit without realizing it -- and the message you left at the IP talk page saying it was unconstructive was puzzling as I was correcting an obvious factual error. Cheers. 23skidoo (talk) 16:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

• No worries. You're not the only one (I've done it to IPs plenty of times myself). 23skidoo (talk) 17:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

For reverting the vandalism to my talk page. Cheers, JNW (talk) 01:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandal-fighting

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. -- Roleplayer (talk) 01:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for your efforts in clearing up the vandalism to my talk page. --Deadly∀ssassin^(talk) 05:25, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:KramerTop 01.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:KramerTop 01.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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Good job?

Have I been doing a good job of warning users and reverting vandalism? I want to know if I am doing the right thing. Thanks, Razorflame (talk) 16:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC) (please reply on my talk page :)) Thanks, Razorflame (talk) 16:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Please consider also warning vandals

Thank you for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia. Could you also please consider using our vandal warning system [1]? First offenses get a "test1," then a "test2," followed by a "test3" and "test4." At the end of this, if the vandal persists, he or she merits blocking for a period of time. If you do this, it will greatly help us in decreasing vandalism on Wikipedia. Much thanks, -- Kukini ^{háblame aquí} 16:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

It is for that very reason that I have remained old school in my rc patrolling. You might find the following useful if you decide to try old school editing. --Kukini ^{háblame aquí} 16:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

{{userinfo}}

==Editing concerns==

#{{subst:uw-test1}} --~~~~

#{{subst:uw-test2}} --~~~~

#{{subst:uw-test3}} --~~~~

#{{subst:uw-test4}} --~~~~

• Cool. Happy editing, Kukini ^{háblame aquí} 16:32, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Rickroll image

Eh, whatever floats your boat. No biggie. --293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 20:56, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Debian edit

Why did you add Unstable and Experimental into the "Branches" section when it already is in the "Official repositories" section? Note you wrote Experimental wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VShaka (talk • contribs) 21:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:RickRoll.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:RickRoll.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? asenine ^{say what?} 16:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Rickroll deletion

Waitaminute, I thought my upload got deleted earler? The first notice that I responded too.--293.xx.xxx.xx (talk) 21:14, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

open mail relay

Hi. First, I need to apologize for taking way too long, but I have finally gotten around to making at least most of the changes I promised to make weeks ago. As Dean Anderson complained a lot about some of the stuff in the history section, I deleted some more of it. I also added a few points about why open relays were important early on, but once bulk mail detection systems were started to be used, they became far less important.

Again, sorry this took so long. Feel free to hack on it. I still have a few things left on my TODO list, but don't think we will step on each other's toes. Wrs1864 (talk) 00:40, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

good luck with exams!

nm +sj + 13:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Username FFM on ZH-WP

Hello Firefoxman, the username FFM on ZH-WP is free now.--Philopp (talk) 05:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:ACC

Per your request, I have approved your account to use the account request tool. SQL^{Query me!} 01:22, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Online/Offline

Could you please help me get that status thing to work for me? I know the page I ahve to create, but I'm not sure what I need to put on it. FogDevil 19:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Anon IP & Welkite

Just a courtesy note: you gave the anonymous editor at 213.55.79.254 some bad advice, which I corrected on his Talk page. He wasn't vandalizing the article -- he was adding a spammy link to a comatose social website; see WP:BLACKLIST for the proper solution. -- llywrch (talk) 20:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Ubuntu GAC

Hey, if you need any help with editing for the GA review, please let me know. You can leave a message on my page, or on the Talk:Ubuntu as I'll be checking there. I'd love to help! --Falcorian ^(talk) 04:46, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the heads-up for where to leave descriptions of errors on the main page. I'll keep it in mind! Cheers! _{TIM KLOSKE|TALK} 21:03, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Please Check the RollerCoaster 3 Tycoon History

Writing a legitimate complaint about your conduct is not vandalism. You have made two incorrect accusations concerning the RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 page yet refuse to admit your mistake nor will you issue an apology or reassurance that these threatening messages will cease. There is nothing to be ashamed of, nobody is infallible, all you have to do is just a check the history for said page to confirm that you have made a mistake and then send a short note to confirm that I will not be receiving any more of these baseless and insulting accusations from you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.2.129.228 (talk) 11:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

glitches

{{helpme}}1) Every time I try to edit a page, I have to first type a character before I can edit anything.

2) Also, I am unable to start any edits in an entirely empty edit box. I am using a Firefox browser on OSX.

3) Also, I never receive email notification for pages on my watchlist, although I have enabled that function.Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 06:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hold on, 1) you mean that you cannot save an edit without making changes? That is by design. 2) On the second thing, did you enter your email and confirm it in your preferences box? On 3, what exactly do you mean? ffm 11:33, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response.

1) No, I do not mean I cannot save an unedited page. I mean cannot make an edit until I enter a character. For instance, I cannot open the edit box and then just delete a word. I have to type something, and then I can delete a word. However, the problem does not arise in my Safari browser. However, other than the glitch, the functionality is better in Firefox, so I prefer to use that.

2) Yes, My preferences page reads: "Your e-mail address was confirmed on 2007-03-28T18:49:08." If I click on New Section, or Create New Page, I cannot enter anything in the edit box. Instead, what I have to do is either click on Edit Page and add a new section to the entire page of edits, or for creating a new page, I open my Safari browser and that works.

3) As per 3.2 E-mail notification, My preferences in Wikimedia reads: "Your e-mail address was authenticated on 2007-03-28T18:49:08." Also, the toggle box "E-mail me when a page on my watchlist is changed." is checked just below that, and " E-mail notification is enabled." appears on my WM Watchlist.

However, I do not receive notifications. Do you think the problem is that my Wikimedia Watchlist does not show these pages? I have them watched under my WP watchlist, but now I have just copied and pasted most of my WP Watchlist to WM. Perhaps that will do it.

Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 04:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Bizzare edits

Can you explain this? I'm at a loss to understand how either of those categories could possibly apply to that article. Raul654 (talk) 22:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Hm... on further reading, that was Solomon I was thinking of (on critics of WP), I was mistaken. However, I assumed was enough for the Skeptic category. ffm 22:35, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page. Raul654 (talk) 23:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Copyvio on Acid3iPod.jpg

Right you are. I have uploaded a new version, Image:Acid3iPod.png which is a higher-quality cropped PNG file that does not include the user interface. Thanks for letting me know! nneonneo ^talk 21:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Here we go...

Let's do this thang. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 06:43, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Questions

Ah, thanks for letting me know. I'll have a look at them. --RyRy5 (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA

Best of luck for your RFA -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 09:25, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, it is much appreciated! ffm 12:57, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA

Congratulations, I'm pleased to let you know that I've closed your RfA as successful, and you're now an administrator! May I suggest you visit the Wikipedia:New admin school to get a few ideas on the best way to start using your shiny new buttons? If in doubt, feel free to give me a shout! Well done and all the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 06:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Enjoy the tools! giggy _(:O) 07:04, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! ffm 14:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Rather than sending out 82 RfA thank you's , I'll do it here:

Thanks so much for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with 82 supports, 1 oppose, and 4 neutrals. I will do my best to use the tools wisely. ffm 14:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Good job, ffm! :) If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Malinaccier (talk) 14:23, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

So, this is one more admin to beat me to my deletes / blocks / etc. ? :P Anyway, well done, and welcome to adminship! (PS: Don't delete the main page, or else! :P) :-) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 15:51, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Rather than sending out 82 RfA thank you's , I'll do it here -- Great idea. Hope you have lots of those as an admin! PS: You probably wont get as much congratulation because you aren't spamming. Don't worry though :P weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 22:23, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! :) SQL^{Query me!} 22:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful adminship -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 18:10, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

HELP!

I've been searching for some articles that need to be corrected, but I can't find any! Can you give me some articles that need help?

And I was just wondering, how do you make your signature so awesome? Please reply on my talk page! --Amina96 (talk) 17:02, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Singularity (novel) page

ffm --

I hope I'm now responding in the correct venue. If not, please advise how better to conduct an "on-wiki discussion."

To begin with: Ouch, is my face red! The page you quoted certainly sounds like me -- or rather sounds like I grabbed a bit of boilerplate, posted it, and never looked back. Reconstructing now, I think what must have happened is that I noticed the "Singularity (novel)" page was a mere stub, and thought: Oh, dear, this will never do. So I padded it out a bit with some ready-to-hand verbiage and promptly flushed the whole episode down the memory hole.

In any case, I sincerely apologize for this faux pas.

Over the next few days I'll try putting together a more substantive contribution, detailing how -- to the extent it (or any work of fiction) can -- Singularity contributes to the ongoing debate over the Tunguska Event. In the meantime, you might be interested in giving a listen to my just-begun "Doctor Jack's Soapbox Seminars" -- a free, nonfiction podcast available at http://www.podiobooks.com/title/doctor-jacks-soapbox-seminars, exploring such topics as the creation of primordial black monopoles, black hole entropy, and whether the Jackson-Ryan hypothesis might be tweaked into something resembling a viable alternative theory of the Tunguska Event.

Best, Bill —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenkoul (talk • contribs) 23:28, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Information

DektopBSD is noncomercial restrictive image, see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#I3, thanks Shooke (talk) 15:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

why would be usable under fair-use Shooke (talk) 18:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the logo is improper license for CSD I3 , but the screenshot not, because is exception for cumpliment WP:NFC Shooke (talk) 18:32, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I put the doubt, after took a decision the administrator, thanks for tell me, salutes for you Shooke (talk) 16:40, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Ubuntu

Ping me if you need help copy-editing Ubuntu. It is a subject interest of mine and I'd be glad to help get it to FA. --Laser brain (talk) 23:47, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Tridicklosaurusceratops

heya, can i get a copy of my article that got deleted on the "Tridicklosaurusceratops"? That'd be awesome. thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dinolover2468 (talk • contribs) 05:41, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Copy of deleted "Cincinnati Fan" article

Hi,

I created article "Cincinnati Fan" last year, and it was deleted. I do not have a backup copy of even the text. Can you forward it to me?

Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nibbler2 (<script type="text/javascript" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Omegatron/monobook.js/addlink.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>talk • contribs) 12:58, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

removal of Hipeac

Dear Firefoxman,

on June 23rd you deleted the Hipeac page I created and to which other people contributed.

According to you, this is due to copyright issues?

Could you please elaborate on this?

I am the project manager of the Hipeac Network of Excellence so I find this a bit strange... If the reason is that certain parts are copied from the Hipeac-website, that is perfectly normal, as I am managing that site.

Regards,

Wouter De Raeve, Ghent University —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wodraeve (talk • contribs) 13:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Washington D.C. Meetup - postponed

I've changed the date posted at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 5 from "August 9th" to "to be determined". A week's notice simply isn't enough. I think it's great that you want to initiate another DC meetup, but please don't pick a date that's less than a month in advance, and please see the suggestions at Wikipedia:Meetup for how to publicize such a meeting. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem, though of course it's not a question of what's a good date per se (I was personally fine with the 9th of August, but it could well have been just you and me at the meetup), but rather how much advance notice there is. A month is, in my mind adequate, as I mentioned above, so yes, the 6th of September is fine, but more importantly is a commitment by whoever calls the meeting to do publicity for it (per the Wikipedia:Meetup page). I see that as a sort of test of the level of interest. Hopefully you have the interest (and time) to do the publicity, but if not, then let's wait for someone else to step up. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 12:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Reviewing your own blocks

The purpose of an unblock request is to get a second admin to review the block. Admins should never review unblock requests for blocks they themselves made. Chillum 22:57, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Never Mind

Dear Firefoxman: Never mind! Thanks for your response too. --Bugnot (talk) 19:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Please send me my text - Lifelong AIDS Alliance

Hi there,

I created the page, "Lifelong AIDS Alliance" which you deleted. That was my only copy of the text so can you PLEASE send it back to me? It took hours to write it and I'd to use the text on other projects.

Thanks, Katherine Katherinejk (talk) 18:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I nominate this person for speedy delete

Why is this person notable?

Delete him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Roper —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.224.206.56 (talk) 01:28, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

TUSC token 4a139f011b3848e6b21af6c43c34b692

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Pleased to have met you.

It was great meeting you at the DC meetup. I have added a request for pronunciation at wikt:idiom. Cheers! bd2412 T 23:38, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

What does this mean?

"Try out FlaggedRevs? Maybe this would be a good time to expose stable revisions?" I kinda just jumped into the middle of a conversation and know nothing of wiki admin stuff. I'm interested in knowing more of the various processes. Where can I read what your suggestions mean? Thanks. :) --98.243.129.181 (talk) 02:54, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

My RFA

Hey! Thank you for your support in my RFA. It was unsuccessful, but I nonetheless appreciate your comment that I would use the tools wisely. I hope to see you around school and Wikipedia! Thanks again, --danielfolsom 03:06, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Sarah Palin notice

Hi Firefoxman. I don't think this is overkill per se, but I do think it's better to centralize it all in MediaWiki:Editnotice-0-Sarah_Palin, which shows up even when admins do section edits of the page (in which case they don't see hidden text at the top). I'll leave it to you what the best course of action is. Cheers.--chaser - t 04:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

The logic behind placing this inline and not in sitenotice is that it will be readable now to people who are editing with External editors, who do not recive the sitenotice. ffm 12:22, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

deletion of Gates Law

I am not convinced that Gates Law should be deleted. Could you please expand on why you chose to delete.--70.125.108.39 (talk) 05:19, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Discussion at the meetup

You had suggested I try again next year for an Adminship. If you look at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/BRG you'll see how bad the experience was for me; even my original sponsor withdrew his support. I just am not up to another fight. (Looking at that page, I was surprised how long ago it was; it seems so much more recent!) Even though (and I just checked at [2]) I have over 20K edits, I have enough enemies that I hesitate to try again.-- BRG (talk) 19:57, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Ubuntu

I just want to say that you might be interested in a discussion taking place at Talk:Ubuntu (operating system)#Survey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.241.116.163 (talk) 03:21, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Newspaper

newspapers began 1245. They began as red and blue. They began with two people named Kenyata Lawso and 'clint jennings'. They were taught by mccdancles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.184.155.187 (talk) 13:54, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Cats needed

Template:Cats needed has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. NE2 12:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Music of Ren and Stimpy deletion

Hi, I was just wondering why this page (Music of Ren and Stimpy) was deleted and if there is any possible way for me to obtain the information that was provided therein. Thanks. --Gfarwell (talk) 02:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miscellaneous characters of Command & Conquer (2nd nomination)

I looked at the old AfD log and discovered that this article hasn't been deleted. I don't know if you forgot to when you closed the AfD, or something else is going on that I don't know about. Just thought I'd let you know. Thank you, MuZemike (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Were you aware that the user who created the article was never notified of the second afd nom? It has caused some problems between the second afd nominator and the user who originally created the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.153.247.244 (talk) 23:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Walter J. West

I noticed that you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter J. West as delete. Would you please move the deleted page to User:Paulmcdonald/Walter J. West so that efforts to improve the article can be resumed?--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:05, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much!--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Luminary AfD

You closed this AfD as delete, but did not delete the bundled article. Any reason why? Thanks! TravellingCari 02:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

No worries, it happens. Was just making sure there wasn't a deliberate reason not to. Thanks! TravellingCari 17:48, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Can you grant me Rollback permision?

Hi Firefoxman, we have never met but your name is on the list [Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to grant rollback requests]. I have done a lot of reversions of vandalism but I would like to have rollback features. Some times a vandalist makes multiple edits so the use of the [undo] button is useless and a time consuming manual reversion is needed (pressing the undo button for their last edit, copying the "Undid revision 240694234 by..." in the edit summary and going back to the last correct version and pasting the "Undid revision 240694234 by..."). I have read the policy regarding Wikipedia:Rollback feature. --Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 18:32, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Firefoxman. Thank you for giving me rollback rights. I just did a rollback, it's a potent tool. I will not abuse it. --Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 21:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julie Umerle

I was extremely surprised by the "No concensus" close of this one, and am raising it here as the first step per the Deletion Review instructions. Lets look at the votes:

• Delete: User talk:Freshacconci as nom, Drmies,Modernist, Ethicoaestheticist, Teapot, Johnbod, total 6, all editors of long-standing, and 5 of whom are visual art specialists (Drmies I don't know).

• Weak Keep: DGG, obviously a very well-respected editor, but not especially in visual arts.

• Keep: Vaishal SPA, account opened Sept 18, first edit starting the article, of which he is the main author, who voted twice, Tshuku SPA, account opened Sept 20 vote 1st edit, Zubrowka SPA, account opened Sept 22 - vote 1st edit, Partitas SPA, account opened Sept 21, first edits to the article.

Total Keeps 5, of which 4 are highly dubious. All of the SPAs have made several edits to the article - itself highly unusual. Some but not all of these problems were pointed out in the debate.

Johnbod (talk) 02:11, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Comment to Johnbod: May I point out that the decision to keep an article is made on the strength of the argument and not the number of votes. You might wish to note that it was Drmies who voted twice to delete the article. It would seem that Vaishal, who is the main author, followed that example in voting to keep it.

PS. There is no reason why newcomers should not edit an article which they are involved in discussing. I certainly have no need to debate with you my field of expertise in the visual arts.

Thanks for a warm welcome to Wikipedia.

Tshuku (talk) 03:36, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I didn't count Drmies' "still delete", which I have only just noticed. I didn't go into the strength of the arguments above, but I think there is no contest there either. Johnbod (talk) 10:25, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I believe then that your time would be better spent in considering the strength of the arguments rather than counting the votes! Tshuku (talk) 12:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Upon further review, the article merited deletion, and the AfD updated. ffm 20:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Johnbod (talk) 20:40, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I dispute the accusations levelled at all four of the editors who voted to keep this article - User:Vaishal[3], Tshuku [4], Zubrowka, [5]] and Partitas [6]

All four have made contributions to other parts of wikepedia.

The question of 'notability' is the reason this article was first nominated for deletion by User talk:Freshacconci. This has not even been mentioned in the reasons given for its deletion. I understood that there could be a certain amount of flexibility in assessing this, and that the rules were not so hard and fast here as in other matters?

Thank you. Tshuku (talk) 02:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Your first edit was to the AfD discussion, as was Zubrowka's, and Partitas was created around the time of the AfD. They all use the same edit summary, "internal links", for a large number of their edits. ffm 02:56, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

And this makes the contributions less valid? Tshuku (talk) 03:18, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Users who have their first edit to an AfD discussion often come under scrutiny, and in addition, the users have very simillar edits ("internal links"). They appear to be by the same person or persons. In any case, the arguments are being weighed, and they had weak ones. If you belive I was errent in my decsion, you can go through the deletion review process. ffm 03:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

i am very unhappy to be treated with such suspicion Tshuku (talk) 04:12, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello Firefoxman, I saw Julie Umerle's work in a show in London on the 20th September. Wanted to know more about her, came across wikepaedia article through google, and was directed to the AfD discussion page to which I contributed. As to the issue of 'internal links'. I am sorry there seems to have been a problem with my contributions.

Zubrowka (talk) 08:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

A Checkuser  Confirmed that Zubrowka, Tshuku, and Partitas are the same person. Daniel (talk) 12:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Indeed I did. Sam Korn ^(smoddy) 12:49, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Damn, anonymous checkusers are for the win... Daniel (talk) 12:51, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Re WCU

Maybe - 3/4 have edited today, but all different articles. May be meatpuppets. Johnbod (talk) 12:40, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah - thanks! Johnbod (talk) 12:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Toolserveraccount

Hello Firefoxman,
please send your real-name, your wikiname, your Freenode-nick (if you have one), your prefered login-name and the public part of your ssh-key to . We plan to create your account soon then. --DaB. 15:26, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Regarding main page...

Dear firefoxman, would you add a link to mr:wiki in the last column (i.e. more than 20000 articles). we have already at a depth of 13. Thanks/Regards, --Kaustubh (talk) 14:39, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

AfD close for Orbital Defence Initiative

You closed this AfD as "no consensus." While there was no clear consensus on whether to delete or to merge, I thought there was an overwhelming consensus not to keep as a separate article. Is there a better way to handle this type of situation than keep by default? ~ Ningauble (talk) 15:50, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Consensus can be so elusive. ~ Ningauble (talk) 21:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

deletion Area 58

Please reconsider.

yes virgina there is an area 58: "The first SDS satellites were placed into highly elliptical "Molniya" orbits to send images from KH-11 electro-optical reconnaissance satellites back to the DCEETA/Area 58 ground station at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia (38d44m10s N, 77d09m30s W). It is possible that some later SDS satellites were placed in geosynchronous orbits and may serve as relays for other NRO satellites, such as Lacrosse." [[]]

or the google books "large windowless two-story building officiallt know as the Defence Electronics Evaluation and Testing Activity DCEETA, and also known as Area 58. While initially Fort Belvoir site was the only downlink.." [[7]] therefore, a published book mentions area 58. it's in my library how about yours?

how unoriginal could i get? Dogue (talk) 16:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC) as to notability, is Menwith Hill notable? is area 51 notable? are the means and methods used to transmit satint to the ground notable?

the concept of Area 58 is falsifiable. is there any source that denies the existance of area 58? is the explanation reasonable?

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TomStar81" Dogue (talk) 16:59, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Area 58

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Area 58. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kristen Aldridge

I would like to know the reasoning behind why you closed this discussion as "consensus reached" when no one who voted 'keep' responded to rebuttals using actual policy to support the argument to delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmore3 (talk • contribs) 03:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

• I was looking for a little more of an explanation beyond "because there was consensus." Last I checked consensus as far as Wikipedia is concerned goes beyond majority opinion and expects general agreement to arise among parties involved. Not one person appeared to be able to respond to a follow up or support their argument with policy or precedent. Tmore3 (talk) 22:28, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Copyediting Burundi

Since I reviewed the massive monster, known as Ubuntu, could you please copyedit Burundi whenever you have time? I am trying to get this to GA. Thanks. miranda 03:37, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll see what I can do this weekend. ffm 22:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

That's kind of too late. I meant ASAP. miranda 22:54, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I have huge amounts of homework to do, sorry. (although I might be able to help out later this week) ffm 22:56, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

In that case, you don't have to worry about it. :) miranda 00:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello dear administrator, i want to protect an article from editing by other users but i don't know how to protect it, since you are an administrator can you protect it? Please protect it from editing, the name of the article is Omid Kordestani.The reason why i want protect it is because of on-going persistent vandalism from multiple IPs on the mentioned article. I hope you will protect it. Thank you very much--Separesh (talk) 04:18, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Logo ibmecsp.gif)

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New Alternative Gravity Theory

This is a published article for reasons on the talk page. I believe you could be violating your own policies at this point if you are an admin. Please return the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slipinski (talk • contribs) 23:38, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

We feel there is no violation of notability policy. This is a novel approach to gravity that has meet the requirements of a well established referred journal for publication, and we understand this article is controversial because it offers an alternative explanation for gravitational effects. You offer information on other alternative theories of gravity that have difficulty predicting the experimental tests of General Relativity. The new gravity theory that we reference has no such problems.Slipinski (talk) 23:56, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

wtf

Um, did you notice when he last talked to me? THAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO! Who the hell brought up that shit again and why am I being bothered about it? ForestAngel (talk) 03:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Closure of AfD for Bangkok Monorail

Hi. You recently closed this AfD discussion as keep, which is understandable, given that at first glance all comments seemed to favour keep. However, I had originally neglected to explicitly state the reasons for deletion when opening the debate, and User:Arsenikk and User:Sjakkalle noted their concerns on the lack of merit for deletion. I subsequently addressed these concerns, disproving the false positives resulting from Arsenikk's Google News searches, and demonstrated failure to establish notability for the article subject. The other editors, however, did not update their comments in regard to this evidence, and User:Blofeld of SPECTRE failed to note on what ground he found the subject to be notable. Given that all the reasons provided by other editors to keep the article have been addressed, I feel that consensus to keep the article could not be established at the time of the closure, and that further comments from editors should have been requested. --Paul_012 ^(talk) 19:09, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

My point is that, since the other users failed to take into account evidence to the contrary, it was likely premature to conclude that an informed consensus had been established. Since AfD is not a vote, and "justification and evidence for a response carries far more weight than the response itself," I feel that their was no evidence to support the keep recommendations by the time the debate was closed. Do you think I should continue the case in deletion review instead? --Paul_012 ^(talk) 22:11, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for bumping; I'm not sure if you missed my message. --Paul_012 ^(talk) 17:07, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Listed at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008_October_17#Bangkok Monorail. --Paul_012 ^(talk) 18:55, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Copy of Kutt Calhoun?

The article Kutt Calhoun was deleted earlier in the year (April) due to the fact he didn't meet the notability guidelines for Artists. He recently released his second album (October 7th) and here we are a week later, and it has charted 60th on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=333&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Albums&ci=3102081&cdi=10022031&cid=10%2F25%2F2008). Thus, he looks to now meet the notability guidelines for Musical Artists, much like the other artists on the label he belongs to.

I was looking to find a copy of what was there previously in the year that would give me a foundation for looking into recreating the article, adding in the new information which would support his notability as well as looking into backing up whatever information may have been there that was questioned. I feel it would be easier for me to get started on it if I was able to start from what was previously there instead of having to start from scratch. I found your account through the "Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles" category, and thus was in hopes you were able to supply a copy of this lost information to get things kick started, meaning I wouldn't have to start it off from scratch. Thanks in advance, whether you do, or if you merely take the time to read this. Mizery Made (talk) 04:40, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I've slowly been making changes to it, but since the actual page (which redirected to what you ressurected) was just speedy deleted, it might be time to get off my hands before someone goes through and deletes it too. Thus, you said you would take a look, would you mind doing that? I added the information about the album charting, which might establish notability per Wikipedia:Notability (music). The biggest problem I see is the information coming from the bio, which is posted on his MySpace. It's the same one that was on his official website, but they redesigned it. I tried finding it through the Web Archive thing, but since it was a flash site, it doesn't look to have saved the information, just the main flash portion. Either way, lemme know. Mizery Made (talk) 04:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Request for Review of Walter J. West

You were the closing admin for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter J. West. Since the discussion closed, we have discovered that he had a career in the National Football League which most likely qualifies for notability on Wikipedia. I have put together a page in my user space at User:Paulmcdonald/Walter J. West that I would like for you to review.

The page Wikipedia:Deletion review recommends first visiting with the closing admin. If procedureally, we must actually go through a deletion review discussion, then I'm all for that--however, the new information I believe is rather clear.

I think I could just move the page myself, but I don't want to do that without first checking with you and to get your feel on the matter.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:14, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

User:Dstebbins

Hi there; this user, whom you indefblocked, has posted an unblock request. Obviously I have taken no action, but would you care to consider his request? --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 18:40, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Did you?

Hi. I'm Mythdon, and I am the user who reported User:Dstebbins at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts. I was wanting to know if you read the alert, and if that informed you to block Dstebbins indefinitely for his incivility and personal attacks. I wish for a response. Thanks. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 18:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Main Page redesign

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll to select five new designs, before an RFC in which one will be proposed to replace the Main Page. The poll closes on October 31st. Your input would be hugely appreciated! Many thanks, Pretzels^Talk! 08:55, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Internet forum

Hi ffm, I'll take another look tomorrow (Wednesday) and post my thoughts, if any, to the PR archive. Finetooth (talk) 23:43, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Passion Pit (band)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Passion Pit (band). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 09:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

ECCT

Please could you retrieve the text from the deleted ECCT (an A1 No context speedy delete) Widefox (talk) 14:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

I'm sorry, i didn't know my message would look like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veraladeramanera (talk • contribs) 01:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

OLPC FA drive

Hiya FFM, I want to update the OLPC page to make it a proper article and perhaps get it to FA status; I know it's unusual to be part of one's own organization editing, but it is possible -- if we work on a draft in userspace and have friends/colleagues helping update the article proper. Are you interested in working on this in the coming week or so? +sj + 20:48, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

The Aqualung Topic

Hi, can you send me the contents of the page The Aqualung Topic? I want it for use on another website. Thanks much. --Cynic (talk) 21:34, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

I enabled email. Sorry, thought I already had. fyi it's <MessageRedacted> in case it didn't work properly. thanks. --Cynic (talk) 23:30, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Wikipedialang

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Redirect of EPRML

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Userfication request

You deleted the article List of characters in Bully a couple months ago. Would you mind userfying it at User:McJeff/List of characters in Bully? Thanks in advance. McJeff (talk) 18:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Possible vandalism in I think therefore I am

Can you please investigate this removal of the entire Criticism section of "I think therefore I am" by an IP user? Dandv (talk) 07:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

The 7th DC Meetup

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Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz deleted, along with its AFD

Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz was deleted, but when I wanted to look at the AFD log, it was deleted as well. Can you please shed some light on this? When asked, the deleter did not explain why they deleted the page on their talk page. -- Dandv (talk) 00:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Help please ...

Hi there, Firefoxman. I created the article The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills - Unfortunately it was deleted March 31st for containing some criteria for "speedy deletion". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legendary_Estates_of_Beverly_Hills) I sincerely regret that it's just now that I'm able to take actions or seek some help. Is there any way that you can retrieve it for me, so I can do the necessary edits? I hope it's not too late. Thank you so much. I'd truly appreciate your help.Jxc5 (talk) 17:43, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Taken care of. Jay (talk) 21:04, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Article on Project Fanboy website

Hi, I was wondering if you would be kind enough to take a minute to look over an article I've written in my sandbox on the Project Fanboy website and let me know if you think it would stick as an article on Wikipedia or not? Millennium Cowboy (talk) 23:43, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, for the corrections on the article. I was a little reluctant to move it to the mainspace just yet as I published it as an article about a year ago and it was deleted (although the article has been re-written substantially and become significantly more notable since then). But if you think it would be good to go as is I'll go ahead and move it over. Thanks again for the input and the help. Millennium Cowboy (talk) 15:13, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Robert Titzer

Sir, Robert C. Titzer currently:Has a Doctor of Philosophy DegreeHas wrote a published book on child behaviorIs very notableWhy did you delete the page?

AfC news

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System of Imagination

A long time ago, you deleted this article. How can I see the content previously in the discussion page? 勇敢な要素 (talk) 20:58, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

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Userfiy

hello Firefoxman, could you Userfiy this page to this page? Ikip has told me that you could help me. Moonwolf14 (talk) 11:50, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Distributor (Band) undeletion

Hi,

I was wondering if you'd be able to help me wih a "distributor (band)" page i created on the 19th August which was deleted under section A7. They have since released their first album and reviews are now coming online http://www.metal-temple.com/review.asp?id=3982 http://www.drop-d.ie/archives/7477 I was just wondering if the page has been permanently deleted, or if it is possible to get it back?

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Userfy Thiller (AQW)

Hey, this is Jakkinx, and I hate to bug you like this, but since I'm a little new to Wikipedia and all, I'm not sure if my previous messages reached you, so I will re-state my request. Recently, I created a page called Thriller (AQW) which was deleted under the speedy deletion thing, due to no indication of importance. I don't exactly understand why they thought that there was no indication of importance, but all I'm really asking is a Userfy for my page, Thriller (AQW). If you could manage that I would be most grateful. Thank you. Jakkinx (talk) 02:14, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Userfy Thiller (AQW)

Hey, this is Jakkinx, and I hate to bug you like this, but since I'm a little new to Wikipedia and all, I'm not sure if my previous messages reached you, so I will re-state my request. Recently, I created a page called Thriller (AQW) which was deleted under the speedy deletion thing, due to lack of indication of importance. I don't exactly understand why they thought that there was no indication of importance, but all I'm really asking is a Userfy for my page, Thriller (AQW). If you could manage that I would be most grateful. Thank you very much. Jakkinx (talk) 02:15, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Userfy Thiller (AQW)

Hey, this is Jakkinx, and I hate to bug you like this, but since I'm a little new to Wikipedia and all, I'm not sure if my previous messages reached you, I will re-state my request. Recently, I created a page called Thriller (AQW) which was deleted under the speedy deletion thing, due to lack of indication of importance. I don't exactly understand why they thought that there was no indication of importance, but all I'm really asking is a Userfy for my page, Thriller (AQW). If you could manage that I would be most grateful. Thank you very much. Jakkinx (talk) 02:17, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Whoooops. REALLy sorry about that. Like I said, I'm a little new. Feel free to remove any of the three that are unnecessary, I'm having trouble figuring out how to do it. Jakkinx (talk) 02:19, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

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Copenhagen Suborbitals - deleted?

I am wondering why the article on Copenhagen Suborbitals was deleted. The company does exist and completed another test of their rocket technology a few days ago. There is an article in the Danish language version, da.wikipedia.org. It seams that there should be an article since they exist and people will want information about them.

Frank Smith US Liaison for Copenhagen Suborbitals —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecomputist (talk •contribs) 22:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Rename request

I am requesting a rename/Wikibooks on Commons. My current Commons/Wikibooks name is Firefoxman. ffm is now LFaraone 14:28, 20 December 2009 (UTC)