User talk:Roleplayer/Archive05

Lacey Green

Was this what you were trying to do? Have a look at Wikipedia:Footnotes for more information. -- role^player 15:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Very nearly, and with your help it is now as it should be. thanks!81.134.14.178 (talk) 08:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

By the way, did I get the info in the textbox right? Do you have any information as to the population of the village? -- role^player 11:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

PS I can see a fault with the use of the Buckinghamshire accent to describe the link to Chesham: it's because in the old Bucks dialect Chesham was pronouned "Chezzum" - was Cheshire a zz or a sh? -- role^player 11:22, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I assume that pronounciation of the 'sh' by a dialect speaker would have been the same in both cases.81.134.14.178 (talk) 09:27, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

What does AoS mean? -- role^player 00:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

"This text as written bears an Assertion of Significance and hence is not a CSD A7." ;) Gwen Gale (talk) 00:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. -- role^player 00:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

User:MixtapeMassacre

This user already received a final warning from me, not five minutes ago. See the user talk history for the multiple warnings the user has received today, that didn't always get noticed due to the user's policy of blanking their talk page. -- role^player 23:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I missed the other warnings. I saw that the article was deleted 4 times in rapid succession, but only saw the one warning from you - which makes sense, why restore the page and warnings? Given that the user was indefblocked one minute before I posted that warning, it looks like it didn't matter much. Sorry for the confusion. UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 02:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

student lounge

student lounge has recently been rescued, you may wish to review your vote at the deletion debate as new sourcing and copy editing has taken place.Myheartinchile (talk) 19:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Jim Stanton

Hi I think you flagged Jim Stanton as needing cleanup Copyedit and wikification. I'm not sure that its noteable, and I haven't checked back to the sources so don't know whether its genuine, though the US does have plenty of right wing polemicists. But having landed on it accidentally and tried to make sense of it I've taken off the cleanup and copy edit flags, however I didn't take off the wikify because there's no bio template, and practically no bio details. Would you mind having a look and tell me if your happy re the cleanup and copyedit? Cheers Jonathan Cardy (talk) 18:34, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I did PROD it originally, but then changes were made to the article to make me not at all sure if it should be deleted. I then added the tags to it then left it for the community to sort out. As I originally wanted to delete it I don't honestly have an opinion at this time. -- role^player 23:48, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Yay!

You made my page green! Oh, by the way, I'm afraid it's copyrighted. I'm going to have to take all of your money.

Don't worry, it's all free for distribution ;) After all, it's cobbled together from peeking at many other users' pages and making a sort of Frankenpage from those. Hope it came in handy! And if you ever need any help, feel free to drop by! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 06:13, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey thanks! -- role^player 21:45, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Lowering myself to American spelling is the only thing saving me from having a constant flow of people telling me "you're spelling 'neighborhood, donut, and yogurt wrong'". Which they've done. Sadly. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 22:32, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Aberdeen

Can you please provide a reference to your change to the meaning of the name Aberdeen? My reference from when I created the article is provided at the bottom of the article, and that includes for the name Aberdeen. -- role^player 21:42, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there - I'll try to find a reference to support what I added. I confess that I based what I added on my personal knowledge, (having been born in Aberdeen and lived there for a number of years.) I have always understood 'aber' to mean 'at the mouth of' and 'deen' to be a reference to the river Dee - I've never heard it said that the original settlement was ever known as 'Aberdon'. I'll have a look and will get in touch if I find anything. Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 22:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, just to let you know, the Oxford dictionary reference provides the first record of Aberdeen as being called Aberdon in 1187. -- role^player 22:55, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

That's interesting - the royal charter was granted to Aberdeen in 1179 by William the lion -(I think it was him, anyway) - that would be 8 years earlier. That may provide evidence of the name Aberdeen prior to the first reference to Aberdon. Fishiehelper2 (talk) 23:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I've found the following from an interesting article;

"If, then, it can be admitted that the Celtic name of the river was Dee, or as Mr Thorn asserts, [History of Aberdeen, Vol. i. p. 24.] "Deabhadh pronounced Devay," or some similar word, the origin of the name of the city seems easily deducible from "Abar" or "Eabar," a marsh or fen, (and. it is worth notice that the common people pronounce the name as if it were spelt Ebardeen,) compounded with the name of the river, so that it signifies "the marsh of the Dee." [Armstrong, in his Gaelic Dictionary, gives "a confluence of waters" as the meaning of Eabar,—whence Eabardeen would signify "the embouchure of the Dee."]"

This was from http://www.electricscotland.com/hiStory/statistical/cityofaberdeen.htm

Any thoughts on this article? Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 23:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

The article is good, but it makes a common mistake in etymology: it doesn't consider what the place used to be called, just what it is called today. Finding another early reference to the city name that confirms Aberdon or suggests Aberdeen is the key to this. -- role^player 09:31, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I've just seen that Aberdeen and Etymology of Aberdeen both state that the name was originally Aberdon. -- role^player 09:44, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. If you say that the first record of Aberdeen being called Aberdon was in 1187, then I assume the charter 8 years earlier called it Aberdeen (otherwise, 1179 would have been the first record of Aberdon!) Do you have any reference for the earliest use of the name Aberdeen? Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 15:03, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

See the links I provided above, which give a much more detailed explanation of any that I could, and if you still have queries I would suggest bringing them up at Talk:Etymology of Aberdeen. Aberdeen also provides Richard Stephen Charnock. Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names. Houlston and Wright. as a reference for Aberdon, which is one that I don't have access to. -- role^player 20:34, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

William Tait

hi, I don't read wikipedia everyday and only now I realized that you wrote me a note in April about my page on Bill Tait. I hope all's OK and you've agreed that Bill does deserve his page: I think he's one of the pillars of the work that people like me are doing and I'm sure lots of other people also think so. do let me know if you want me to provide more information on this. Valeria.depaiva (talk) 04:30, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your message. As it was pointed out in the afd for this article that this individual is notable and references were provided to that effect, I am no longer of the same opinion as I was when I left you that message. -- role^player 09:46, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

How can I delete a topic

The same to the title. xiaoyuerbaby (talk) 10:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

What exactly do you want to do? -- role^player 10:27, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Try to publish one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xiaoyuerbaby (talk • contribs) 10:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand what it is you are trying to do. Deletion of articles on Wikipedia is normally the domain of admins - trusted editors who have been around a while. See Wikipedia:Deletion. -- role^player 10:45, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Repost

I've been told that articles only qualify for csd as reposts if they've been deleted through afd. Something to do with the text in the tag being about there being an archived discussion? -- role^player 10:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I've used it before without issue, but reading G4 just now, it does say that it "does not apply to previsouly speedy'd material"... hmm... guess I'll have to stop using it for that... thanks for the heads up... - Adolphus79 (talk) 10:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Well it was just deleted for G4, so I guess not all admins are paying attention. -- role^player 10:59, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

fuck off

fuck off you dirty pom —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.14.163 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks For the Welcome :)

Thanks For the Welcome role^player! Osiris2014 03:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Foam shrimps and bananas

If you look I nom'd it for csd earlier, but the deciding admin declined to speedy it. Think it might have to be prod or afd. -- role^player 15:26, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah, missed that. It is borderline, which is why I tagged and didn't delete. I'll make it a prod. Goodnightmush^Talk 15:28, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Family Tree

Hi, just saw the family tree you are creating at User:KAVEBEAR/Hapa Haole Royal Tree. Were you aware that there is a family tree template that can be used on Wikipedia instead? It's at Template:Familytree. I've used it myself here. -- role^player 23:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank for the tip. But I don't know how to use that format. I having trouble with this one also. KAVEBEAR (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at the instructions at Template:Familytree. They helped me out a lot when I was creating mine. -- role^player 23:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Trent from punchy

You can add {{tl:prod2}} to the article if you agree with the proposed deletion. -- role^player 11:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

yeah, that's what I was attempting to do - thanks for the notification : ) Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 11:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Roleplayer. You have new messages at Michael A. White's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Spencer wellborn / User:Swellborn

Hi Roleplayer, I'm slightly confused - did I csd tag the above user page (in which case "Whoops!") or the above article? My contribs say the user page but my warning on the talk page says the article! Plus my Huggle settings mean that User pages aren't ever displayed in it. Make that rather confused! Cheers, Avnjay^Talk 18:08, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, since it was blatant that the user was writing about themselves I moved the page to their user space at the same time as you were adding the csd tag. I then undid your edit once I realised that you had made it. I find it is quite common that new users will create articles about themselves when a user page would suffice, so its less intimidating to move the article rather than mark it for deletion. -- role^player 18:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah I understand now. That's a really good idea - you're right it's definitely more welcoming to new editors! I shall bear it in mind in the future. Happy editing. Avnjay^Talk 18:14, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Riccosimba6

Hi, just to let you know that I have created the above discussion page about User:Riccosimba6. I am notifying you because you added the sockpuppet tag to their userpage on 6th July, though I can't find any supporting evidence as to why. Perhaps you would like to add what you know to the above discussion. -- role^player 01:17, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I suspected that 82.7.198.245 (talk · contribs) was either a sockpuppet or was the IP of Riccosimba6. This IP would, along with Ricco, would remove the deletion templates of pages that were scheduled for deletion, and also contributed to the same pages as Ricco. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 02:24, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Jacopo Bonfadio

Hi, my Italian sources have his date of death as 1550, yet you have recorded his date of execution as 1561. Are you able to find any other sources that clarify either way? -- role^player 10:14, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Let me go back and check that ref. It is possible I mistyped. I'll change it if I was wrong, or will get back to you if the sources conflict. Jeffpw (talk) 10:35, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Ref def states he wrote that book in 1550 and was executed in 1561.

Genoa too has its literary martyrs, amongst whom was Jacopo Bonfadio, a

professor of philosophy at that city in 1545. He wrote _Annales Genuendis, ab anno_ 1528 _recuperatae libertatis usque ad annum_ 1550, _libri quinque (Papiae_, 1585, in-4). His truthful records aroused the animosity of the powerful Genoese families. The Dorias and the Adornos, the Spinolas and Fieschi, were not inclined to treat tenderly so daring a scribe, who presumed to censure their misdeeds. They proceeded to accuse the author of a crime which merited the punishment of death by burning. His friends procured for him the special favour that he should be beheaded before his body was burnt. The execution took place in 1561. The annals have been translated into Italian by Paschetti, and a new Latin edition was

published at Brescia in 1747.

We'll have to keep searching about the dates, I guess. oh, well, it gives me a distracting project to do. Jeffpw (talk) 10:38, 20 July 2008 (UTC) This says 1550 This too says 1550 This says 1560

Obviously there is a great deal of controversy regarding his date of execution. Perhaps that should be mentioned? ~~

Yes I find these things an interesting distraction too - just when I'm a bit bored of fighting vandals I start a new page - Tom Paddock was a typical example of this. I'll keep an eye out for other biographies too. -- role^player 15:27, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

This biography, in Italian, which is written by the state archive, gives the date of death as 19th July 1550. -- role^player 15:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Given that the propensity of sources give the date as 1550, I think we should go with that. The question then becomes: what to do with that ref I used, which did give some useful additional information? Jeffpw (talk) 15:45, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Check where they got their sources from??? -- role^player 16:47, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Just a quick note to let you know I only deleted this section (among others) due to technical issues. It is imperative that the photos and the quote stay perfectly aligned at the top of my talk page. Nothing comes first. I have resolved the tech problem, and have restored this section to my talk page. Just didn't want you to think I had lost interest. Jeffpw (talk) 18:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

PS

Just read your Jane Austen quote above regarding human failure. I am reminded of a quote that one of the directors where I work has pinned to the wall above her desk by Sir Winston Churchill:

The definition of success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm

-- role^player 16:50, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Definitely words to live by; but Christ, how hard to actually practice. Jeffpw (talk) 20:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Immersive Education Deletion

Hello again,

I am a Professor at Boston College and this past Spring I assigned creating and editing the Immersive Education (ImmersiveEducation.org) Wikipedia entry as an assignment to one of my classes. Due to learning curve of the students, the entry was deleted because of the numerous incorrect entries being made to Immersive Education over a short period of time.

I am planning on recreating this entry myself, minus errors, before the Fall semester starts in a few weeks.

I wanted to let you know ahead of time that I will be working on this entry again and if you have any questions I would be happy to answer them directly.

Thank you.

Barbara Bjmikolajczak (talk) 16:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. I am afraid that because of the way the article was deleted it is going to be more difficult for you to recreate it without it being quickly deleted again. This is because it was deleted through AFD, and articles deleted in this way are automatically candidates for speedy deletion as soon as they are recreated. What I would advise you do is have a read through our guidelines on notability, verifiability and providing reliable sources, then ask for the article deletion to be reviewed at Deletion Review. Good luck! -- role^player 19:18, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Betsy Aardsma

Something that the page is going to need in order to stick around is why the case is still worthy of note today. When I looked up the one or two references I added it said something about the case getting legendary status among current students - maybe that's something worth adding? Without a modern-day context there the page is little more than a memorial and may be deleted quite quickly. -- role^player 16:50, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm planning on adding that, as well as that since it's unsolved, police are still actively looking into it.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugerrigby (talk • contribs) 16:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you do me a favor and upload the picture of Betsy from my website and add it to the article? I'm not authorized to do it yet since I'm a new member.

Thanks!--—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugerrigby (talk • contribs) 17:33, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

What is the copyright on the image? -- role^player 17:44, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

None...It's a yearbook photo which has been passed around endlessly. The Phila. Inquirer used it on the front page of their story on the case, and I have an original at home in my files. AFAIK no copyright issue exists. It used to be on the Pattee Library page here, but someone took it down, don't know why.--—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugerrigby (talk • contribs) 17:47, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

I think you need to see Wikipedia:Copyright to understand, but I don't think we can use it if the copyright holder of the image can't be identified. -- role^player 18:01, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll take a look at that. It was my understanding that yearbook photos do not hold a copyright as they are intended for purchase by the subject.

Looked at Wiki Copyright and it looks like this would fall under fair use -- for educational/reference purposes.--—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugerrigby (talk • contribs) 18:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Uploaded at Image:Betsy Aardsma1.jpg. If it's been deleted by the time you see it, then it's not fair use, though looking at the policies on copyright I'm pretty sure it should be too. -- role^player 22:39, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Do please remember though that as it's been uploaded under a fair use licence, then it should only be used in the Betsy Aardsma article and nowhere else on Wikipedia, otherwise it's a violation of the licence. -- role^player 22:42, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks a lot! You've been really helpful. I think I am about done adding things but I will see if I come up with anything vital to add over the next couple of days.--—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugerrigby (talk • contribs) 02:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:TomPaddock.jpg

A tag has been placed on Image:TomPaddock.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I8 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is available as a bit-for-bit identical copy on the Wikimedia Commons under the same name, or all references to the image on Wikipedia have been updated to point to the title used at Commons.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:TomPaddock.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. role^player 23:07, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the advice and steps on getting the entry resubmitted. I appreciate the help.

Have a great day.

Barbara

Bjmikolajczak (talk) 23:18, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Douglas haddad

The above page does suffer from one thing: an all-lower-case surname. I tried moving it to title case when your speedy was declined, but that location is create-protected. -- role^player 00:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I was ready to speedily delete the thing, but the last radio show host article with references I deleted is now looking to go "no consensus" at AFD. The reason you can't move it is 'cause it's been salted after 3 recreations. Will see. Doesn't look notable to me. Dlohcierekim 00:58, 8 August 2008 (UTC)