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Rabbit rabbit - one more referenced item for the list

  • Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits! (First person to say it as soon as it's the first of the month.)<ref>Anna's mum</ref>

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:54, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, it really is a persistent saying :) We still try to remember to say it over here too. It seems to go with "Pinch and a punch, first of the month". I'm hoping I'll be able to find some better secondary sources tomorrow. But - why am I even doing this???  —SMALLJIM  22:14, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes. I doubt it will ever vanish. And why are you even doing this? The same reason Richard Dreyfuss made a mashed potato mountain. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:40, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
You're right: look at the photo I chose to illustrate it before I read the above - weird...  —SMALLJIM  22:47, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Nice. The perfect bunny for the article, and also for the popular buffet item Potato bunny. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk)
Ta! Gone midnight here. I'm off for a night of dreamless sheep.  —SMALLJIM  23:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Ta to you too. :) Morning here (China). Off for a day of chaos and vegetable markets. Sleep well. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:20, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

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Gianna Gessen problems

Hi, Smalljim, the latest edit to the article is Newman's, reverting me. As you no doubt know, I commented on the Talk page as to why I reverted the IP's edit. I have now read the subsequent comments, mostly by Newman and you (one by the IP). I lost good faith in Newman a long time ago and have no desire to discuss anything with him. I don't intend to revert Newman as edit-warring is not the answer. I'll continue to watch the Talk page to see if there's anything useful I can contribute. Depending on what happens, I'll consider any WP:DR options that might be appropriate to resolve content and/or user conduct problems.

No matter what, I want you to know that your patience and valiant efforts to be even-handed are much appreciated. Best.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:13, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the supportive comments. I do try to give more leeway to new editors who show promise - WP needs them! Despite the dispute, I still think User:Newmanoconnor has the potential to be a net asset to WP, maybe fighting vandalism, combating socking etc., if he would put in a little more thought before clicking the button. He seems to be doing good work at MMA, and it's interesting that his postings there are far more coherent than at Talk:Gianna Jessen. Perhaps he enjoys an argument a bit too much. Anyway, this isn't the right place to be discussing his actions - my fault - so out of courtesy I'll let him know of this posting. But, for the record, I don't propose to continue discussing his actions now.
I'm still planning to post the results of my research on Jessen's birth, and what I think policy tells us that the article should include; I'd appreciate your comments on that in due course.  —SMALLJIM  12:00, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Not your fault, I brought it up. And, just so it's clear to Newman, I wasn't doing this here to "hide" anything from him - I just felt it was better here than airing it more "publicly" on the article's Talk page, and I wanted you to understand what I was doing. I'll wait for your research results and post. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:12, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Both of you guys need to go look at the page as it is today, an admin came and restructured and edited it. I had posted to the noticeboards before Jim started the back to policy section and I forgot about it. I promise I wasn't trying to derail things, it was before we all came to consensus. I think it actually fits the most recent discussions and I like the breaking out by timelines, but I await your opinions.Newmanoconnor (talk) 15:51, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

A Barnstar Point
Thanks for deleting my db-userreqs :) benzband (talk) 12:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
No probs. I wouldn't want WP to cause you "pain to maintain" :)  —SMALLJIM  12:46, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Speedy delete / AfD on Vaibhav Maloo

Thanks for your message on my talk page. I've replied there. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Crockfords

Yes, AWB them Sorry I'm not clever enough to do that myself Bashereyre (talk) 13:16, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Newsmaker Group

Hi

I am writing to you in regards to the deletion of Newsmaker Group page I created last week. I would like to rewrite the content for this page and list it to the category "Public relations companies of the United States".

Would the content be accepted if I write it in a neutral tone and if I won't use links to the company's website? Please find below the content. Would this be neutral enough?

[content deleted  —SMALLJIM  13:27, 14 May 2012 (UTC)]

Thank you in advance, Leigh

Leigh Hopkins (talk) 12:17, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

No. There's ample evidence that you're closely connected with the company. You need to take note of the message about conflict of interest that I posted to your talk page a few days ago. It's best if you stop trying to use Wikipedia for advertising.  —SMALLJIM  13:27, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
I should add that there's no indication that the company is notable enough for inclusion either.  —SMALLJIM  13:43, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Leigh Hopkins (talk) 14:24, 22 May 2012 (UTC) Hello

Newmaker Group is full-service communications company in the United States and I strongly believe it should have a company page that should link to the category “Public relations companies of the United States” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_relations_companies_of_the_United_States) on Wikipedia. The Newsmaker Group agency has a great experience in dealing with clients from several industries such as: business/ corporate, consumer marketing, nonprofit/ government, technology/ internet and completed with success Public Relations campaigns for big client such as Lufthansa, American Institute for Stuttering, Guggenheim Museum, New Jersey State Museum, New York Public Library, State of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Yale School of Management and many others.

Leigh Leigh Hopkins (talk) 14:24, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Of course you "strongly believe" the company should have a page here, it would be most surprising if you didn't. I'll tell you for the third time that you really must read our conflict of interest guideline; you've given no hint that you have done so yet. Wikipedia is not a means of promotion, as explained here. The conditions for a company to be included in Wikipedia are set out in our Notability (organizations and companies) guideline, and as I said above there's scant evidence that Newsmaker Group satisfies the notability requirements - so its absence is no great loss to the encyclopedia. If you are interested in helping Wikipedia be a useful resource, then the best thing you can do is to contribute to some different articles - maybe you have some outside interests that you could add something useful to?  —SMALLJIM  16:50, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Times ref

I have found the reference again

Personal Column. The Times (London, England), Friday, March 26, 1993; pg. 18; Issue 64602

It also says his known name is Peter
Bashereyre (talk) 11:59, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Flags on the Royal Barge

I think some of the flags were doubled up. Can you find out more? Amandajm (talk) 04:08, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Looking yesterday, I couldn't find any RS that listed them all so I restricted myself to what seemed obvious. A bit of further research suggests that the two identical flags were those of the charity Motability.[1] I'm sure someone will be interested enough to confirm and add the details in due course :)  —SMALLJIM  10:09, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Seriously?

You might ban an anonymous user? Doesn't it feel weird to be part of the dwindling Wikipedia cult? Doesn't it feel weird to be protecting the sanctity of the shocker page on Wikipedia? Doesn't it feel weird to have an emotional response to vandalism of the page of a highly marginal Australian Rules footballer?

Yes, it's immature to muck around. But wikipedia is an awful resource. I was trying in earnest to find information about Clarence Anglin and was re-reminded, when directed to Anglin's page, of just how low the quality of Wiki's content is. Wikipedia has really fallen apart at the seams. Though, obviously, it was never a strong product to begin with.

Clarence Anglin

Seriously. Read that bullshit about known relatives? It reads like a 4th grade essay. Shouldn't you be more worried about cleaning that up to a known and acceptable standard of literacy? This is serious stuff, man! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.1.224 (talk) 21:43, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

In case you ever come back here, I'll say that your remark has some validity and I've removed that paragraph from the article, though mainly because it doesn't appear to be based on reliable sources rather than the standard of writing - even 4th graders are welcome to contribute if they do so in good faith. The important thing, of course, is that you could - should - have done something helpful instead of splattering "The above is incomprehensible. Who wrote this tripe? They call this a free "encyclopedia"?" on the article. And yes, I am aware of the irony that your vandalism has still indirectly helped improve the encyclopedia. I look forward to welcoming you properly as a valued member of the editing community one day.  —SMALLJIM  10:32, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Michael Morse

Isn't it weird that an encyclopedia would have barely more to say about William Makepeace Thackeray (admittedly a novelist of the second order) than Michael Morse (admittedly a baseball player of the third order)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.1.224 (talk) 21:48, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I've added what's generally considered to be a useful message onto your talk page. It would be a good idea for you to read it and the guidance it links to before making any further edits.  —SMALLJIM  21:55, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Cornish flag

It is hard to keep everybody happy! Somebody dropped the Cornish flag stuff right into the middle of the list of flags on the Gloriana, so I moved it down and somewhat reduced the sentiment. Amandajm (talk) 05:59, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

WP harbours a number of conflicted editors whose main purpose is not to improve the encyclopedia. Some of them are Cornish nationalists, and whilst they should certainly be allowed their say, their statements must be verifiable and the space allocated to them must be proportionate. Gosh that's starchy, but I guess you get my drift!  —SMALLJIM  11:45, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey, you wanna do a list of vessels that were there? I have located several on line that we could draw from. I'm not suggesting we list the whole thousand, as some could be grouped, but we could attempt to list all the historic and significant vessels.

What do you reckon?

Amandajm (talk) 06:02, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Oh dear, I'm not really one much for lists, and I'm not particularly interested in boats or pageantry either. But if you think it would be beneficial, by all means go ahead: I'll give such advice as I can.  —SMALLJIM  11:45, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
I loooove boats and pageants, particularly pageants with boats!
One of the highest points in my life was the Parade of Sail on Sydney Harbour, 26 Jan 1988 to celebrate the Bicentenary. Oh, it was glorious! The sun shone! I had an ideal position at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy which had been set up some days earlier at Mrs Macquarie's Chair, on the point adjacent to the Opera House point. The craft had all sailed up from Hobart. (They run a Sydney to Hobart yacht race every year, but that year it ran Hobart to Sydney). They had all docked at Darling Harbour, the other side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with the Juan Sebastian del Elcano (almost the tallest masts in the world) having to wait till low tide. Anyway, on the great day, everything that could sail took to the harbour in a huge procession, which made the Thames affair pale by comparison. There would have been a dozen huge tall ships, including two with four masts, and the afore-mentioned with the largest sails in the world. Then there were perhaps 80 moderately-sized schooners and barques, every yacht from Sydney, Newcastle and the 'Gong, every fishing boat from 100 miles north and south of the harbour, twenty or more ferries, four steam boats (one of which had chugged all the way from Bali under its own steam). Then there was every motor launch from Sydney Harbour and Broken Bay, hundreds and hundreds of them. And in between them, in this total muddle, were people in row-boats, canoes and kayaks. I can't imagine why the Guinness Book of records listed the Bremerhaven event as the biggest flotilla pageant. It wasn't, not by a very long way! ...sigh! [2], I love this pic with the steam launch Lady Hopetoun right at the front to the left. The four -master is Nippon Maru, [3], What a lovely day it was! [4], Here's the Polish ship Dar Mlodjedziezy going under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, [5] and here are some of the largest, including Juan Sebastian, in Darling Harbour [6]. There is a classic picture of some absolute ning nong trying to get his little yacht run down by the rather large "Gloria" but I can't make it stick! Amandajm (talk) 10:50, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
You are indeed keen. I'd guess that you stayed up late to watch our small and damp Thames pageant. It was on TV in the room while I was doing other things - I can confirm that the BBC coverage was indeed dire, as many have reported.  —SMALLJIM  19:45, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
I did watch the "small" damp pageant, every second of it. I stayed up till 4.00 am in a freezing room (no double-glazing here) unable to go to bed until that old lady got herself in out of the cold.
I cannot imagine why someone didn't take charge of the pair of them and insist that they went down for hot tea and toilet at some point in the 4 hours. I do wish that Queen Bea of the Netherlands had been there. She is probably the only person in the world who can deal with HM on an equal footing. She would have simply wrapped her up in a fur coat and a tartan rug and that would have been that! No-one would dare say No to Queen Beatrix.
I watched part of the BBC coverage, but at the point at which the Horrible Histories man started to do his loud and horrible thing, while "Jerusalem" was playing on the other half of the screen, I dropped out. The only good commentator on the BBC was the one who knew about ships, protocol and the workings of the Tower Bridge. I had another screen, which had no commentary at all, but unfortunately, if I wanted to know the details of the craft I had to keep returning to that appalling trivia.
Talking about trivia, I have been having an edit war at Elizabeth II where the whole article is heavily weighted in favour of the trivial. It took about four goes, over a year to convince the quorum that incidents like 1. visit to Ireland 2. visit to Pope 3. Addressing US Congress were significant.
Even a few days ago, one of the quorum deleted reference to war in Iraq and Afghanistan from the Intro, as being not relevant to someone who is only a figurehead, not political leader.
I cannot get them to accept that the most important facts of her reign (and life) must be treated as FACTS, i.e. The Queen acceded the throne on date. Rather then On her accession, she........ Her coronation was the first televised now has a date in it, but they have reverted my statement The Queen was crowned on.... at least six times.
Another thing repeatedly deleted (almost beyond belief) is the statement that Word came that "her father" was dead, which I reworded as Word came that "the King" was dead. They appear to have no understanding that "the King" was Elizabeth's KING as well as her father, and that, in the terms of an encyclopaedic article, "the King" being dead had greater impact on her life than "her father" being dead, regardless of the personal sadness.
I am so sick of the lack of real understanding of the monarchy these people bring to the article, while at the same time, being able to trot out correct spelling and modes of address. The justification for a total reversion was that "Townsend" was spelt wrongly in a footnote, and the reverter didn't like the phrasing of a sentence.
I am feeling so frustrated that I eventual reported the 3rd Revert within about an hour, having had the same thing happen last week.
Could do with some backup.
Amandajm (talk) 04:10, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Looking at the history of Elizabeth II, the lead is now considerably better than it was before you started discussing it on the Talk page, and I'm sure that a lot of the improvements are due to your work. It's a pity that you didn't take part in the FAC discussion - once an article has been featured it's assumed to have been approved by a number of experienced editors, so getting significant changes to stick is always going to be an uphill struggle. Perhaps it's time to look back at what you've achieved rather than worry unduly over what still needs doing. Are you still having fun?
Best,  —SMALLJIM  22:37, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the encouragement! The Thames Pageant thing was great fun! It just seems odd that a major contributor to the article is sitting here on the other side of the world, having watched it on tele, rather than at the riverside. My family were there, and ended up watching from a pub, where my 4 yr old granddaughter stood on the back of a seat, and had an excellent view, but the rest of them only caught glimpses.
It's so blinking freezing and wet, I wish I was in London! Do you like poetry?
Amandajm (talk) 03:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
If it's any consolation the weather over here continues to misbehave too: As flood water rises bang goes any hope of a flaming June. Nowadays "flaming June" is probably more an expression of exasperation than heat.
Poetry? Well one thing I know about it is that it's vital to listen for its meanings, whether they're up-front or subtly expressed. The same applies to all communication, of course: I've looked at some of the comments that have been made recently on your actions and I can see some not-so-subtle concerns being expressed. I'd hate to see you getting sanctioned for being over-enthusiastic.  —SMALLJIM  18:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
"Over enthusiastic"? Oh, it went on for months last year! Today's attempt is really quite polite. Amandajm (talk) 05:30, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Such things are not considered on a daily basis: pay heed to Jacob Marley's chain.  —SMALLJIM  19:32, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

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Interesting info about the Barony of Moor appearing at his talk page. Article may well have been created in good faith. Peridon (talk) 00:15, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for spending the time to do that in-depth research - his replies do make it appear less certain that his intent was malicious. But I think we should see what he says about his editing before coming to a decision.  —SMALLJIM  10:46, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

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Coral Island

Also found this photo. What a mess.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

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Articles for Creation/Beagle Street

Hi,

I submitted the above article on 30 Aug and it has been reviewed and declined twice (latest by yourself on Sept 1st). I have since edited and improved it in line with your recommendations but now when i click 'Save Page', it no longer gets reviewed nor indeed appears as an article submitted for review.

Have I done something wrong or is there another reason why it can no longer be reviewed?

Thanks,

Matt

MattScaysbrook (talk) 09:12, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

After finding this, I've added a conflict of interest notice to user's talk page.  —SMALLJIM  13:26, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

Having read the 'Conflict of Interest' page, I cannot see any reason to reject an article on that basis. I understand that it means that I must exercise extreme caution in the manner in which I edit the page so that it remains a neutral article and I believe that I have done that.

If that is not the case and the article is not neutral, I am more than happy to edit it further until you are satisfied that it does not support any external agenda.

Thanks,

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MattScaysbrook (talk) 13:40, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

As a marketing executive, your intentions regarding any company that you're involved with are inevitably going to be in conflict with Wikipedia's remit. Therefore I strongly recommend that you do not edit any such articles. If you'd like to work on some other topics unconnected with your business interests, I'd be pleased to help.  —SMALLJIM  15:50, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

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OH to HO

I was trying to change the numenclature on wikipedia pages from the old-fashioned OH, once used is molecules such as OH2, O2H2 or even OH3+, to the more modern HO. Apparently, you misenterpretated this as vandalism and put it all back the way it was. Sorry for living in the 21st century mate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.23.197.177 (talk) 11:51, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid that the fact that no-one else has noticed this apparent "error" suggests that it is your interpretation that's faulty. You could perhaps have avoided the warnings by writing an edit summary explaining what you were doing - the edit page does prompt you to "Briefly describe the changes you have made". Without such a pointer to your intentions, two of us independently decided that what you were doing wasn't beneficial. If you're sure that what you're doing is valid, the best action to take now would be to raise the issue on the Hydroxyl talk page. Hope this helps,  —SMALLJIM  13:54, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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Okay, I found a source for my Tekken Tag Tournament 2 edit, and I'll add it now. Thanks! 108.5.107.137 (talk) 14:59, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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Power Searching with Google

Good eve. Thanks for deleting the article. Maybe you are duing your duty. You are right from your point of view. I would only like to bring to your notice that you can yourself search it on net and can see if it is really notable or not and possibility that I am advertising. I am sure that someone will create it soon with better referencing. in that case please guide me about better referencing. Thanks. Have a nice day. Abhijeet Safai (talk) 22:24, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Several reliable third-party sources that discuss the course would be needed to make this an acceptable article. But it may be better mentioned in the Google Search article anyway if, as it sounds, it's a regular feature.  —SMALLJIM  14:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Expired PROD Steven_W._Meier

Hi, could you please help deleting this one, Steven_W._Meier? It was PRODed 9 days ago but somehow it slipped through the cracks. Thank you. Logical Cowboy (talk) 00:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I would have done, but I'd retired for the night an hour or more earlier!  —SMALLJIM  14:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

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Email sent 20/11.  —SMALLJIM  12:17, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Christopher Snell for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Christopher Snell is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Snell until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 18:42, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Will keep an eye on it.  —SMALLJIM  12:17, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Your recent CSD decline reasons

  1. ..Should be given chance for improvement, or perhaps take to AfD. (diff)
  2. ..Not noticeably different from other accepted mall articles (diff)

I understand the decline process (perhaps I should have AFDed them from the beginning) but don't understand how you deemed these edit summaries appropriate? The first one seems perilously close to WP:ILIKEIT. And the second seems like WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. They reek of arbitrary judgement, am I mistaken here? Mr T(Talk?) (New thread?) 18:09, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Maybe I didn't word those as carefully as usual, but there's bound to be an element of personal opinion in coming to a decision in cases like these. Remember that we're dealing with places in India where the existence of reliable sources is not always immediately apparent. I took a cautious attitude - with our need to counteract systemic bias in mind too.
Further, the Empress City Mall, Nagpur claims to be the biggest mall in Central India, which is a credible claim of significance (A7). I accept that the case for Poonam Mall, Nagpur is weaker, but neither of them was irretrievably unencyclopedic (G11). Let's see what your AfDs turn up.  —SMALLJIM  20:35, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Let me clarify straightaway that I am not a pusher of anti-Indian POV, mind you that. Nonetheless, as a reviewer (probably still a novice patroller) I think I need to look at articles on a case by case basis. Your reason on this page may be an argument that these articles are not bad enough to be speedily deleted; but that does not mean it should be kept permanently, or does it? I don't question the legitimacy of your decision on the Empress mall article and you were right the Empress mall does claim its significance. But you should have picked your words carefully while justifying your action. Agreed that a plethora of non-notable articles exist that probably should not. Equally, a lot of articles do not exist that probably should. I have thus with good-intention AfDed them. Please do not look at it as a matter of personal ego or POV-pushing. Let's see how these turn up. Mr T(Talk?) (New thread?) 09:48, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
That all sounds reasonable. After some further fruitless online searching—hampered by not reading Devanagari and by the Indian newspapers' failure to maintain decent online archives—I suspect that both articles will end up being deleted through lack of sources. —SMALLJIM  10:07, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Help

{{HelpMe}} To Smalljim. please can you tell me how to add TimeText. From Jameb (talk) 18:17, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't give any help because I don't know what you mean by "TimeText". I'll try to help if you can explain more clearly, or you could have a look at our editing tutorial if you want to practice and learn more about Wikipedia.  —SMALLJIM  19:12, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

TimeText is timed text added to Audio on Wikipedia Jameb (talk) 18:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

OK. I guess you mean Timed Text, which article gives a link to our local guidance at Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Video, which in turn leads to the fullest information at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Timed_Text, and that is where you probably need to look for further help.  —SMALLJIM  18:37, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that is what I was trying to do and when I tried to make some Timed Text for Wings by Little Mix it accidently made a new page with the lyrics for Wings on called Eng Jameb (talk) 09:56, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Many thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page - Enjoy! Denisarona (talk) 16:14, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll have it with dinner tonight :)  —SMALLJIM  16:30, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

The Admin's Barnstar

The Admin's Barnstar
For all your hard work in the administration of the Wikipedia project! Cheers. --Hu12 (talk) 16:49, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Wow - didn't see that hurtling towards me. Thanks very much!  —SMALLJIM  17:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Emergency - page protection

Please protect this

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nation_state&action=history — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.117.207.106 (talk) 12:11, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

By the time I saw this, another admin had taken action. It looks more like an ongoing edit-war than an emergency. —SMALLJIM  13:58, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism

hi, am Anenenkova i want to report article about michael tawiah.the user name Oleola is writing the fact which is not true.i could ask if u would blocked him from editting as he already block me. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ananenkova (talk • contribs) 12:07, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Let's see what comes out of your report at the BLP noticeboard. At the moment it's up to you to reply there if you want to continue this. User:Oleola is not an administrator, so he couldn't have blocked you.  —SMALLJIM  12:39, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi,Smalljim thanks for your respond back, please can u help me out cause when i open michael tawiah article is shows me know sign of editting anyway my husband did not give this guy Oleola premisson to write about his article. please plaease i will be pleased if you can help me out by editting on michael article and also bloocking Oleola thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ananenkova (talk • contribs) 13:09, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not getting through - will reply on user's talk page.  —SMALLJIM  13:26, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Smalljim,i checked this morning on Michael Tawiah wikipedia the changes that was made yesterday have been replaced again can u do something about that? --Ananenkova (talk) 10:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Discussion is continuing at the BLPN. —SMALLJIM  11:33, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

QUERY FOR DELETION

Hey Smalljim,

Their is no reason why you had deleted the page.

My intention for creating this page was to just highlight how the coaching pattern is changing from being traditional approach to a modern live interactivity solution.And how it can be helpful for children's who are coming from remote areas and they can also be at par with other kids by receiving the good learning tips from experts.So i request you to not to delete this page futher and do give a valid explanation if you have some issues with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SHAH1975 (talk • contribs) 10:17, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Please read the links in the message I posted to your talk page. I strongly suggest that you use the Article Wizard if you want to add Xcelerate again. Ensure you avoid promotional language (such as "Experience Resonance's successful teaching methodology in your own city/town") and note that as an encyclopedia we only summarise what has been already published about topics by independent reliable sources.  —SMALLJIM  10:32, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Personal attack

Hi Smalljim. I think there is a personal attack in this contrubution.--Rapsar (talk) 21:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't look like a personal attack to me, but I'm not an expert in that topic. If you feel strongly about it, I suggest you report it at the incident noticeboard where I'm sure someone with specialist knowledge will provide a better reply.  —SMALLJIM  21:56, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for reply. Have a nice day (or night :)--Rapsar (talk) 21:59, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Topyred using talk page for spam

Hi Smalljim, User:Topyred whom you blocked in mid-December for spamming has been using their talk page to keep doing the same spammy thing. Maybe it's time for them to get a holiday from talk page posting? Cheers, and Happy New Year! --bonadea contributions talk 10:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Done (and email too, just in case). Best,  —SMALLJIM  11:01, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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