User talk:Madchester/Archive07

Even in the article you have provided, it still seems this statistic was provided by Gordon himself. I am yet to see it corroborated by anyone else. The use of the word 'alleged' is appropriate in the circumstance, especially as the video evidence suggests otherwise. --Splitpeasoup 02:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's POV-pushing when you don't believe in the 85% figure provided by two independent sources. --Madchester 04:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Article: Dust

This article, which was reinstated recently after a review by Sam Blanning and resolving the issue of copyright, has again been removed. I would like to be informed why this action has been taken. John Bolton MBICSc 01:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)John E Bolton[reply]

Spam

I noticed your edit and was going to respond but decided against it. However since you have raised the issue:

I don't need you to tell me "what Wikipedia is not". I would never, ever add spam to an article. This was a talk page edit, and while you might argue the same applies I would say not to the same degree. The link I added was largely factual, stating the progress of the campaign "for anyone interested, and who doesn't know". I personally believe this was an exceptional circumstance and that you could find better things to do with your time on the project. Regards, Mark83 20:41, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can add as many external links as you please on your user page. Doing so on an article or its talk page is designated as spam. I would advise you to keep your cool and owning up to your mistake(s) next time. Cheers. --Madchester 20:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll read WP:COOL, maybe you could have a glance at Wikipedia:Assume good faith? But yes, sorry, the above is unnecessarily confrontational. Regards, Mark83 21:12, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Brown

I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to whip up a quick stub of Ian Brown's single "My Star"? As it currently stands, the song of the same name by Brainstorm is still what comes up when one clicks on the link on Brown's article. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 22:08, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Sorry. I am doing the needful. --Bhadani 01:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello friend. I regret that I blocked you inadvertantly. I am sorry. Would you plese forgive me for my mistake. --Bhadani 01:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I wanted to block User talk:208.187.86.38 whom you had reverted for removing the notice from the user page. However, I blocked you instead, which I have lifted. I regret the incidence, and trust that I continue to have your trust. --Bhadani 01:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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What a Mad Chester.

You sure are one Mad Chester. 18:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking ISP 195.93.21.33.

Would you please unblock this ISP address - it's one used by AOL, so you have managed to block many more than the intended recipient! Skinsmoke 21:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Departed

I responded to the comments you left on my talk page about The Departed.Larry Dunn 02:39, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you please reply to my response on my talk page? You have called my edit "vandalism" and described it in your revert as "bad faith."Larry Dunn 22:12, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

Consider if you don't want to use my pictures, i admit is terrible shot, just delete it if not use in other place. --Aleen f1 05:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Departed

There is no need for 4 cleanup boxes on that page, and the "plot" box was in the wrong location anyways. The "Box office" cleanup box was not needed at all, the "cleanup" at the top of the page was unneeded because no rational was given on the talk page and specific cleanup boxes are placed throughout the article so no need to place one at the top. I also just moved "plot" to the proper location. Since I feel that my edits were needed, I have reverted the page back to my edit. --BJ 03:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

he page has been listed on WP:Cleanup. Please review that summary before making any further reverts and potentially violating WP:3RR. Thanks --Madchester 03:31, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, you wanted the "Cleanup" tag to stay, not sure why you revert my whole edit twice instead just re-adding the tag; so I have again reverted back to my edit and added your "Cleanup" tag back. Also please spare me the 3RR warnings, I can count and as of your warnings I had only reverted the page once, in no way "in danger of violating" the 3RR rule. --BJ 03:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please assume good faith. Thanks. --Madchester 03:53, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I am sorry that my SON was writting nonseense on Wikipedia, because i use it alot its very useful 4 my teacher knowledge.

Thanks

User of Wikipedia/Father —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.248.127 (talk • contribs)

If you don't have time to make edits any more, would you please stop editing my talk page? Thanks kindly. BronzeWarrior 08:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:201.7.53.245

I'm not an administrator, but I'm a little concerned about this block here. People type all sorts of bigoted crap all over pages consistently, and he certainly deserved a short block, but an indef block for an IP? That's quite contrary to normal policy; we have schools with literally thousands of vandalous edits, and they're not indef blocked. Indef blocking an IP, after only 5 edits, one of which happened to be typing the word "fag" ("Johnny is gay" and "PENIS" vandalism probably take up 50% of all vandals) seems pretty outlandish and contrary to policy. -Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Homophobic epithets and vandalism of user pages with total disregard of warnings, warrant the IP being used as nothing more than a vandalism account. There are actually a number of vandalism accounts that are flagged down immediately and blocked indefinitely. If the user had any intent of actively editing Wikipedia, then he could have simply asked me or another admin to unblock the IP via email or their talk page..... But with no response whatsoever since the block, it's obvious that the IP had no intent of make actual contributions to the site. --Madchester 18:10, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Closing TfD discussion - note added to template talk page?

Hi there. As mentioned at this WP:AN thread, I was wondering if you could confirm whether or not you ever put a note at Template talk:Wr concerning the TfD discussion you closed here? Such notes are extremely helpful for anyone later considering nominating the templates for deletion, or speedy deleting them. Apologies if you did add such a notice. Carcharoth 16:04, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I already added the note... but I remember some of the coding on template being kinda "meh", so it may not have ended up in the right place... --Madchester 18:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Micah Sanders

Commenting on character talk page. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 01:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thanks for the note, but I still agree with everyone else in that thread. Micah has proved able to fix machines with his mind, what makes him a technopath (maybe with other powers, but this one is for sure).I know what the rules say, but you are focusing too much on that and missing the big picture. Besides, being a dynamic enciclopedia, nothing prevents a mistake from being fixed as soon as we are proved wrong. I say we put back the technopath mention in his article. And not wanting to strugle, but just as a note, so far you´re the only vote against. DinobotTM2 02:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to know, there is more editing in the technopathy thread than just Micah. If you want to erase him, it´s up to you, but keep the other ones, unless you think they´re wrong to.DinobotTM2 03:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I saw... And I´m nominating you for it...DinobotTM2 03:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please read up on Wikipedia policy before making false nominations, based on incivil behaviour and comments. See edit "Daring" or threatening other editors is not the way to go here. --Madchester 03:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I saw, I still think you are wrong, I still think the nomination is valid and If you keep up harrassing me, I´ll put you up to the abuse of adm power. Stop being so stubborn and accept you are wrong. Let´s keep the 3RR thread up and wait for someone else to say something. Untill a higher authority says something, stop messing up with that page, ok? DinobotTM2 03:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You keep making edits that violate WP:NOR, namely making personal interpretations of a primary source. Talk page warnings do not constitute harassment. --Madchester 03:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I´ll wait for someone else to tell me that. Since you are the other side here, you are not neutral enought. Either call someone higher than you, or stop harassing me. DinobotTM2 03:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"You keep making edits that violate WP:NOR, namely personal interpretations of a primary source. Talk page warnings templates do not constitute harassment, when they are used to tell editors about their problematic edits. --Madchester 04:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)"

No, they don´t. It is not what you have being doing. We gave many reasons why that is not a NOR, and you chose to ignore it only on the grounds of what YOU think it is. Call other adm to judge that thread or find an argument different from "I think it´s wrong". Until that, stop harassing everyone posting there and abusing your adm condition. DinobotTM2 04:16, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, according to WP:NOR,

Any interpretation of primary source material requires a secondary source.

If you want to make the claim that technopathy was involved, then it needs to be supported by a secondary source, other that the actual television show. Unless, Micah or another character explictly states that the power is technopathy or technology-based on the actual program, such a claim cannot be made in according with the original research policy. If this was a fansite or messageboard, such speculation is fine, but it is not allowed on Wikipedia. --Madchester 04:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It´s not a case of bad faith, just of stubborness. Everyone else made a clear statetement of why he should be included there, and you refuse to accept that. And so far, you are the only one against. I still say that would be nice to call the opinion of another adm, and solve it once for all. DinobotTM2 12:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

==Jake Daubert==

Just a suggestion...

Edit summary comments like "you are now being reported for the violation of the 3rv rule. I'm not taunting you, i'm getting sick of dealing with you." can be considered incivil or a light personal attack. I'd advise making comments towards the changes/edits and not the individual. --Madchester 04:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comment. I see your point. I think I am most frustrated by the fact that this user is an Admin and was attempting to respond to the fact that he told me i was "damaging the article". Again, you are 100% correct. Thanks for the advice. //Tecmobowl 04:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coldplay

User talk:192.28.65.210 reply to your comment about experimenting and adding incorrect information. 192.28.65.210 09:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedster (comics)

Hi. Sorry to bother you, but it looks we might have an edit war at speedster (comics) between myself and Ace Class Shadow. If you could chime in with your opinion on that article’s talk page, so that we can achieve some sort of consensus, it would be appreciated. Thanks. Nightscream 10:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Concerning Gordom Ramsay

Dear Madchester,

I am very sure you had good reason to delete what I added about Ramsay's rapprochment with Joan Collins, but could you explain it to me? It's not that the event I described didn't happen; I was watching the episode of The F-Word when I saw her go into his restaurant, he mentioned throwing her out, I remembered reading of it on this page in the past, and I thought it would be appropriate to add a coda to this page's account of the incident. Unfortunately, my Comcast guide didn't have an episode title, or I would have provided it so as to better cite my source. In any event, could you make clear what your reasoning was to me, a neophyte? Erik Pflueger 13:57, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Image Deletion

Madchester, Rather than get into an "edit war" with you on the Ramsay page, can you just tag the picture as up for deletion so that I can respond, rather than just removing it from the page. As you can see from Jamie Oliver's page, this is going on in several arenas, and I don't know why you've chosen to side as you have, but it really should be up for discussion rather than dictatorially deleted.

Thank you, Jmdustin 18:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the image is a screenshot from Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and it can be used to illustrate that program under the fair use license. However, the TV screenshot cannot be used to illustrated the actual biographical article and the individual in question. --Madchester 18:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced

Hi, just a note to say it's better not to "subst" these type of cleanup tags. See WP:SUBST for more details. Rich Farmbrough, 09:56 6 December 2006 (GMT).

Smith Mountain Lake

You are reverting false information on the Smith Mountain Lake article.I have lived at Smith mountain lake for 26 years and I still do (Isle Of Pines rt 655) and I know personaly that the marina was Bernards Landing.I was there.Also the credits at the end of the movie (What About Bob) clearly shows the name of the marina (Bernards Landing).Visa Yacht Club was not around in the 90's!! Pirates Of SML 63.152.9.217 18:38, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removing Images

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Re: Facebook

That's ok. I was really just curious as to which project you were an admin on. :) You've been approved! Zsinj^Talk 22:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All-Star game

I feel that Rory Fitzpatrick is a notable event within the all-star game and thus deseverves significant mention. I am not a supporter of his campaign in any way, and thus you can not accuse me of advertising. And by the way, you've reverted my edits three times as well (four times, to be exact), so I can slap 3RR tags on you too if you wish. This qualifies as an edit dispute, so I'm going to see if I can get some isight from Wikiproject Ice Hockey. -- Scorpion 02:15, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I've made a few changes to the section on the advice of some others, and it is considerably smaller than it once was. -- Scorpion 03:43, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Man...

... you really could've read that edit summary, it was sourced. :-) theProject 03:23, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Until the information has been independently confirmed by non-local media, it is speculative at best. International media is only relaying local reports of his death; it has yet to be independently confirmed by MSNBC, CNN, BBC, etc. --Madchester 03:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, hopefully that's the closest I've come to edit warring with another admin. :-) I suppose the version that's on right now is fine, though I really have to ask -- MSNBC cited Sky News, and Sky News cited Iraqi state television. I'm not talking local TV channels here -- the state television. Is that not a reliable source? Because if it isn't, I really need to read that policy over again. theProject 03:31, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

International media is only stating reports of his death, not an actually confirmation. Those are two different things. See the In The News discussion. --Madchester 03:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Err, I wasn't asking about international media. Is Iraqi state television not considered a reliable source? theProject 03:36, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(Update: Not really expecting a response to the above, but apologies if this got under your skin. Take care, and have a happy new year.) theProject 04:04, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

Apologies for not giving you a block message, but we kinda blocked each other at the same time (and we both deserved it, too). Also, I tried to email you, but you don't have email enabled. This situation just illustrates what the hell happens when folks don't know how to chill out, which we are both very guilty of in this case. No hard feelings, and I think we can both live with a few hours off, no? If we encounter each other again, than may it be with cooler heads. Good luck with your continued efforts making this Project better. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 04:05, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Eddy Curry Line

I didn't appreciate your passively deletion of the Eddy Curry Line article. Not only is this statistic widely used, but more importantly you never (a) Started a discussion suggesting a merge, or (b) Started a discussion suggesting a deletion, nor did you even (c) Migrate the information to the Eddy Curry article to which you had redirected it. Maybe you're Eddy Curry's agent? Mother? Or Eddy Curry himself??? In any case, please use proper procedure next time. I'm no administrator, but I know strange conduct when I see it.

- Thomasmallen 01:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No personal attacks please. --Madchester 22:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The Amazing Race

About The Amazing Race 10. The links and the articles still exist. --evrik ^(talk) 05:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noted what you wrote about Wikipedia:Listcruft and Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information. I also read what you wrote about creating articles about Amazing Race 1 contestants. FU arguments aside, do you have a problem with Amazing Race 5 contestants? I have several more articles ready to go. --evrik ^(talk) 21:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I guess you do. --evrik ^(talk) 21:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand your last message on my talk page. I deleted the prod with my reason stated in the edit summary as required. I'm actually right in the middle of justification on the talk page. --evrik ^(talk) 21:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Would you please more specific? I'm not follwoing the comments you're leaving on my page. --evrik ^(talk) 22:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually Madchester, Evrik is right on this one. According to Wikipedia:Proposed deletion#Contesting a proposed deletion and the tag itself you are allowed to remove a prod tag. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 22:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Madchester I checked with editors on the Prod policy talk page (see my query here) and got this reply: "Yes, but doing so without addressing the concern which lead to the prod is unhelpful. However if there's disagreement, you can always take it to WP:AFD- prod is aimed mostly at uncontroversial deletes." -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 22:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2nded. PROD tags can be removed by anyone -- that's the point of the policy. Please don't spread such misinformation, or misuse the {{uw-delete2}} tag this way. JesseW, the juggling janitor 22:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

In the past, I've been told that the removal of maintenance tags without asking for he original editor's permission is generally in poor faith. That's why whenever someone adds a tag on my user talkspace or an article I'm working on, I just leave it there. I simply comment on it and see how it goes from there. --Madchester 22:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is a excellent and sensible course of action (I do it myself), for any tag except a PROD tag. Prod tags are intended to be removed on the first sign of disagreement -- that's their purpose, to allow for easier deletion of pages where there is no sign of disagreement (within the seven days). JesseW, the juggling janitor 22:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Amazing Race contestants

If you think the prod is going to stick you're kidding yourself. If you think it needs to be deleted, I would suggest heading straight to AFD. Would you be able to offer your two cents on the sense of including the images? Evrik has (in his own peculiar style) warned me that he will report me for vandalism if I continue to mess with them :P -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 21:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FYI - I'm not loading any of the other pages until this mess gets sorted out. So, nominate it for deletion if you want to - and we'll see what happens. --evrik ^(talk) 22:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your message

I will comment on the AFD. However, I'm not an admin, as you said you thought I was in your message. --TeckWiz^ParlateContribs_@ 22:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evrik

Would you care to take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Evrik and leave a comment if you feel it is appropriate? Thank you. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 23:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would you possibly be able to "certify" the RFC...? I'm not exactly sure what the process is but I'm worried it will be deleted... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PageantUpdater (talk • contribs) 08:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Image:TAR10Kandice.jpg

What exactly were you hoping to achieve by reverting Evrik's last edit? You have removed his fair use claim, which I believe is fairly valid, and you removed the generic fair use in tag, which is probably the most likely tag that fair use falls under. If you ask me Evrik's edits were a positive move forward, and that it is up to an admin to make the final call. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 02:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! I had no idea you were an admin until I saw you close the afd. Apologies and will revert back the image page. My bad! (How did I miss that?!) -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 02:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS - obviously the List of AR contestants was a no-brainer but even so don't you think it would have been wiser to avoid being involved in closing the AFD nom, considering your history with the page? As I said, it was a no-brainer to delete so at least it wasn't a contentious close but I was somewhat surprised when I realised. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 02:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Admins are allowed to vote and close AFDs where appropriate. --Madchester 02:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. What I'm saying is that I'm not sure I felt it was appropriate, considering the battles we've had with Evrik. In this case it didn't matter because it was so clearly in favour of deletion, but had it been closer I would have been disappointed. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 03:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Colin Cowherd

Can you please revert to last version by me because it now contains "Colin wears a duck outfit every wednesday in july and eats hotdogs in a van with hot minor league prospects". Corpx 17:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Blood

My post is not a vanity article, i enjoy tom's work and attempted to put a page up. He is a noted author. i don't understand your statement re. 'it will be edit by numerous users, not just new ones.' There is no article on the author and i was trying to put one up. What is the difference between this post and Tom Clancy or Dan Brown? --Ddonofrio 17:46, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heroes

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopaedia. However, talk pages are meant as a place of discussion not places to add unwarranted boiler plates. If you are uncertain whether the page requires further work, or if you disagree with the notice removal, please discuss these issues on the page prior to adding unwarranted boiler plates because a user does not agree with your (wrong) interpretations of our policy. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 19:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the sarcastic message! :-) But on a more serious note, those Heroes episode articles really need to be trimmed per [[WP:NOT#IINFO. Thanks. --Madchester 19:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

or maybe they needed to be expanded further per WP:NOT#PAPER. :-) thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 19:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then how did Pilot (House) become a featured article? It's also an hour long show, yet its plot synopsis is contained within 3 paragraphs. WP:TV#Guidelines explicitly lists Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (#7, Plot summaries) as one of the projects main guidelines. Likewise, WP:EPISODE#Content stresses that any plot synopsis should not be done scene-by-scene. As stated, a sypnosis should be about the show, not a replacement for watching the show. --Madchester 19:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know very well how to write an episode page thanks, having written and created a lot :) thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 19:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then could you help reduce the synopsis to 5-6 paragraphs, while retaining the main idea of the episode? Pretty please? :-) (P.S., I hope you haven't put my Talk page on your Watchlist... that's kinda creepy) --Madchester 19:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an inclusionist nor deletionist, I do believe as an encyclopaedia that we are not paper and so don't mind long plots that others hate. Also it's possible I may work on the page, and no I haven't I just check the pages history to see if you've replied. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 19:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

heroes

You're the one who is vandalising those pages by adding the Trim tag. The articles are hardly a scene by scene description of the show. We spent alot of time triming the episodes already. We finally got to a point when they are acceptable, and you come along asking us to trim more? Why don't you look at the Doctor Who, 24 (tv series), or Lost (tv series) before you complain about the Heroes summaries. If you wish them to be trimmed even more, then please go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Heroes and tell the wikiproject there why. And give a good reason, don't just quote a wiki-guideline and say that it somehow violates it. If you fail to do this, i will remove the tag again and have the articles protected until you tell us what the issue is. Thank you. dposse 19:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm asking you for your cooperation and to tell us, in detail, about what the issue is and you won't do it. Now, who exactly is the one not showing good faith here? dposse 21:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

subst

When adding warnings to user talk pages, please remember to add "subst:". Thanks, Chris Griswold (☎☓) 22:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing Race contestant articles

I'd like to use WP:AGF, which is why I'm writing you here. About these article:

The Amazing Race 5 contestants (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The Amazing Race 10 contestants (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
The Amazing Race 11 contestants (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

You do not own the articles. The changes you have made reflect your personal style and not any policy. You are also one ediut shy on violating 3RR on this one.

The Amazing Race 1 contestants (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

--evrik ^(talk) 21:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please dont threaten other editors per WP:NPA. Instead of being confrontational, I've actually created a straw poll to discuss the matter. Thanks! :-) --Madchester 21:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was no threat. Simply a statement of fact. I appreciate the poll. DO you want to make that a global poll? --evrik ^(talk) 21:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This user seems to be vandalizing again

You told him that if he does it again, he'll be banned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:207.69.140.35

AfD nomination of List of TV networks that air The Amazing Race

I've nominated List of TV networks that air The Amazing Race, an article you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that List of TV networks that air The Amazing Race satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion; I have explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of TV networks that air The Amazing Race ( 2nd nomination) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of List of TV networks that air The Amazing Race during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 20:16, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kitchen Nightmares

We now have the rediculous situation where Kitchen nightmares is a disambiguation page and Kitchen Nightmares links to the US show. Since they ARE two different shows, they need distinct names, and Kitchen [N/n]ightmares need to go to the disambiguation page. I am reverting your edits. --Edokter (Talk) 22:52, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I STRONGLY advice you not to threaten to block me in a content dispute of which you are a party. I'm sure you are well aware what happened to admins who did. Since you are so intent on confusing the navigation between all the articles, YOU may clean up all the inter-article links as well. I will check them in 24 hours, and if there are any links not pointing to the right article, I will take it to dispute resolution. --Edokter (Talk) 23:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And I would avoid threatening other editors, per WP:NPA. Thanks. --Madchester 00:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please point me to the spot where I threatened an editor (presumably you) and made a personal attack (presumably against you). Taking an editor to task according to policy is never a personal attack, and I resent the implication.

Now, to explain my actions; I was following naming policy, namely WP:TV, which states same or similair named TV shows should be given the extention (US TV series). I did so after someone made Kitchen Nightmares a disambiguation page, which up until then, was a redirect to Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. I had to have Kitchen nightmares moved via WP:RM, resulting in the move to Kitchen Nightmares (disambiguation) (which you have now deleted). I then fixed all inter-artice and disambig links. Then you stepped in and moved Kitchen Nightmares (US TV series) to Kitchen Nightmares, basically creating chaos, so I reverted. Now the mess is complete because as Kitchen Nightmares is now taken, the old redirect can no longer be restored, which will confuse Brittish readers. "Kitchen Nightmares" is a common shorthand for "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares", and therefor should either redirect to Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares or a diambiguation page. And as you can see, I'm not the only one complaining. --Edokter (Talk) 03:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television) states that disambiguation is only reserved for programs with the same name. Cheers, --Madchester 05:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your deletion ([1])of Kitchen Nightmares (disambiguation) left Kitchen nightmares redirecting nowhere. I fixed it by redirecting to Kitchen Nightmares. Please check "What links here" when deleting articles. -- JHunterJ 00:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protecting Mandy Moore

Haha, are you sure you want to protect Mandy Moore? I really don't think the 20+ reverts I alone made were an unusually high amount reverts against of vandals daily, lol. It was so fun for like 5 editors/bots to protect it against vandals all day? haha. I thought it was strange that there were so many vandals even for a featured article. Thanks for the protect. MrMacMan^Talk 23:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]