User talk:Stifle/Archive 0806c

No worries

Thanks for your note on my talk page. I appreciate the apology, although it wasn't even necessary, since I know that you were acting in good faith, and, with the information you had, it was the right thing to do. My comment on WP:AN/I was not directed towards you, but rather to the greater community of administrators, just so that they understand the context of the situation a little bit better. Best of luck, and happy editing! :) --AaronS 14:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Eoscamelbeeckf1.gif

Why was the Image:Eoscamelbeeckf1.gif deleted? I've included the rights. I've requested the right to use it from the authors of the file and got it. Shouldn't you first mark it for deletion instead of just go around deleting things? Jorgenpfhartogs 16:39, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message. Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia. As a result, it does not accept images that are permitted for use only here, as that permission could be withdrawn at any time and it stops others from using it. To upload an image onto Wikipedia, it must either be released under a free license (and verification of that release lodged with the Wikimedia PR Dept at permissions@wikimedia.org) or usable under the very narrow fair use policy. There are some email texts that you can use to request such a release.

Images that are licensed with permission only are eligible for speedy deletion under criterion I3, and nobody needs to mark them for deletion or wait for any time. Also, when you uploaded the image, a warning was displayed that the page was a candidate for speedy deletion, which is why you were not further informed. Stifle (talk) 17:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kerry

Beg to differ, Kerry will win. After loosing the Munster final will beat Cork again in the semi-final (like last year).Kerry are the most successful team in Gaelic football!!! They have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on 33 occasions and WILL win it a 34th time. The county holds a number of distinctive records in football championship history. Kerry has played in more All-Ireland finals than any other team - 51 in all as of 2005 (52 as of 2006). Although Wexford has the honour of being the first team to win the coveted four-in-a-row, Kerry has the honour of winning four consecutive titles on two occasions (1929-1932 and 1978-1981) and WILL do so again.

We have shown Ulster we can come back! Cork can have the Ulster Championship, no contest there! If I would have to support another county, I would choose Cork but as it is I will support Kerry till I die. Jorgenpfhartogs 17:56, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Hello!

Thank you for participating in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (32/31/5) which no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'd like to thank you again for your comments and to keep an eye out for me within the next 3 months. If you would like to give any helpful advice, please contact me via my suggestions page for my next RfA. :) SynergeticMaggot 22:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3RR Response

Hi and thank you for your response to a 3RR violation. Although I may not agree with your ruling, I will accept it as is. The problem now is that the same person has now began harassing me, [1], on my own talk page and is deleting my OWN responses without my permission. I'm not exactly sure what the right thing for me to do is, but I just want nothing to do with this guy. I apologize for some of the strong language that I've used in my responses, but I have never seen anyone as persistent as this poster. Thanks and let me know, --Palffy 23:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Before your decision, I put a 3RR warning in his talk page, which Palffy removed. When you wrote me that it is forbidden to remove warnings, I readded it, with your text as an explanation: he removed it again. My question is if the keep-the-warning rule applies to each contributor, or only to selected ones.--Kwame Nkrumah 23:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just heading to bed, can you please post on WP:ANI and another admin will sort it out. Stifle (talk) 23:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You wrote on User talk:Palffy:

Removing warnings from your own page can be considered uncivil and/or vandalism, but if the warnings were vandalism themselves, then I think it's reasonable to revert it. Given the section title Kwame Nkrumah used, I suspect there's nothing to see here. Stifle (talk) 00:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you understand there was a good reason for my tag:

Original version of the article

Reverts by Palffy

with the last three reverts in less that 24h. Do you still suspect there is nothing here? Should Palffy be obliged to reinsert my 3RR tag?--Kwame Nkrumah 00:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, please take it to WP:ANI. Stifle (talk) 00:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Connor Barrett

Hi, Given how much the article has changed, are you still in favour of deleting it? Regards, Ben Aveling 03:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll have a look again. Stifle (talk) 12:41, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block evasion by User:Lucaas

Hi Stifle: Got a question. How does a user evade a block? ... Kenosis 18:42, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When the admin says he's going to block him and manages to forget to do so. >_< Stifle (talk) 22:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I understand better now; thanks Stifle. ... Kenosis 23:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The block at never was

Hey Stifle. I see here yesterday that you were going to block Lucaas for 48 hrs: WP:AN/3RR#User:Lucaas_reported_by_User:Kenosis_.28Result:48h.29. Unfortunately, his block log doesn't show any block and he's back at it: [2]. Could you put the block in place please. If you're unavailable to do so I can or may find someone else. Thanks. FeloniousMonk 18:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have blocked Lucaas for 48 hours. If this was not your intent, please let me know. JoshuaZ 21:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, thanks guys. Stifle (talk) 22:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added comment to administrator's page as follows:

Thanks for advising me on how to file a report. I'm new to this, my first "war", though never expected such an onslaught, kenosis is very skilled at this. Glad to have created this article (under my old name, I now use my common name), but will be more wary in future. By the way, how was the fourth edit not a revert, he simply undid what had been added by me? --Lucaas 19:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I suppose the reason I was adamant to make good edits and keep it simple because I had created the page in the first place and really just wanted a straight definition rather than elaborate history etc..

Anyhow, it seems to have a life of its own now, I tried creating a "Consensus Forum" on talk page of the article ontotheology but people seem to just go ahead and edit without consensus. --Lucaas 19:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

disputed tag needed in LTTE artical

Plase put the {{disputed}} tag on this artcal as the page is protected and the regular usere cannot do so. The intro. of this is inaccurate given below are the details.

Intead of independence say that its fighting for a Separate state for the majority Tamil regions. When it says independence it means like there is no freedom for Tamils in Sri Lanka which is clearly misleading the reader.

There are Tamil political parties representing the GoSL
there are Tamil political leaders representing the GoSL
there are Tamil government workers
there are Tamil mercantile executives (in the private sector)
And there is the Tamil general Public - working, schooling and living very comfortable lives in all parts of the Island except for the regions controlled by the LTTE.

Untill this is disputed and verified I'm putting the dispute tag to this artical for inaccuray.---RavenS 21:11, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is not within my purview as an admin. Please see the protection policy. Stifle (talk) 22:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block of User:70.249.197.46 (Ferrari spammer)

Thanks very much for your quick and appropriate block of this IP. Unfortunately, I've noticed that a registered user, Riddle9, has begun spamming the same article with the same EL, three times tonight so far:

15:38, August 11, 2006

17:06, August 11, 2006

22:24, August 11, 2006

His list of contributions seems to indicate he's a sockpuppet. Would another WP:3RR violation report be the fastest way to exorcise him (if/when he makes a fourth edit), or is there a quicker path?

God, and I don't even like Ferraris that much... --DeLarge 23:13, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In this case, a 3RR violation would be easiest; a post on WP:ANI or WP:RFCU may end up having him blocked as an abusive sock. Stifle (talk) 22:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hey Stifle, just a quick note to let you know I withdrew my RfA at 13/11/10. Thanks for your opinion - I hope I'll meet your WP: standards next time I'm on RfA. Cheers :) --james^(talk) 11:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, Stifle!

Thanks so much for your support vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I am thrilled with the overwhelming positive support from the community, and sincerely thank you once again for taking your time to voice your opinion. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future!
—Mets501 (talk) 03:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Kehrli

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Kehrli. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Kehrli/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Kehrli/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, --Tony Sidaway 19:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pairc Ui Caoimh

Hi ya. Just noticed that you removed the image on that page. Just wondering why it was removed. Was copyright approval not given for the image. Is this also what you mean when you say "unjustifiable fair use image" ?

Thanks

Niall123 20:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The image was removed because it was a Google Earth image, which is copyrighted and did not fall under the fair use policy. Stifle (talk) 22:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FHM lists

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FHM lists

A deletion discussion that you participated in before has arisen again. Uncle G 00:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ed poor RfC

I noticed that you just endorsed an opinion in Ed Poor's RfC. You may want to be aware that the RfC is somewhat obsolete at this point and there is now an RfAr on the matter. JoshuaZ 21:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Thanks, I'll look and see if there is anything to contribute to the ArbCom hearing. Stifle (talk) 21:43, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Speedy deletion

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood the instruction on WP:IFD that states: "For a redundant or duplicate image, please use isd|Full name of image excluding the "Image:" prefix for speedy deletion." The replacement image is Image:Aim logo2.png. I should have explained that better in my comments. Thanks, Srice13 17:36, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, that other image doesn't exist. Did you spell it incorrectly? Stifle (talk) 21:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up

But it's really hard to keep up with all the existent templater for modifications and whatnot, is there a page I should check? --2dMadness 21:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There are several categories. Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion has a list at the end for deletion candidates. Stifle (talk) 21:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user Elalan

Elalan tries to promote his/her pwn agenda using the article LTTE. Most of the edits he has been doing represent the one-sided opinion of the LTTE (banned as a terrorist organization and more recetly http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/21/srilanka.terror/index.html?section=cnn_latest). Please see the edit history. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Supermod (talk • contribs) 21:56, 22 August 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Please sign your posts on talk pages with ~~~~.

I am at a loss as to what you want me to do about this. If you feel someone is vandalizing an article, please post it on WP:AIV. If it is a general issue regarding a problem with a user, please use WP:AN. While I am an admin, I do not generally take requests to deal with a certain problem personally, but instead read the noticeboards and pick issues to deal with specifically. Stifle (talk) 11:10, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Dorff needs help

Hi, Stifle

This user needs help saving his articles from deletion. Can you guide him? Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 02:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done. Stifle (talk) 11:17, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reference

Hi Stifle. Hope this reference will do, for now at least. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:30, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me. You didn't need to run it by me, but thanks for getting in touch. Stifle (talk) 11:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Request from WikiCast...
[edit]
Hi..
I note that you produced a spoken version of WP:STUPID that made me chuckle..
Would you be willing to look into recording other humor for a net-radio project called WikiCast?

~~Contact me on my talk page for more information if interested :-) ShakespeareFan00 11:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)~~ [reply]

Sure, subject to having time available and free license. Stifle (talk) 11:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~Are you on IRC? #WikiCast is the WikiCast channel on freenode. Incdidentally the WP:STUPID article might needs some adjustment in it's audio levels.. Just thought you would like to know.~~

~~ShakespeareFan00 15:35, 23 August 2006 (UTC)~~ [reply]

Image:Hitler_Posing_Official_Colour_Picture.jpg

I found this passage which confirms that the image is still copyrighted (the photo is <70 years). The reason given by the uploader is false [3]. I don't know if I should tag it as speedy delete again or not. Can you handle the rest because you know much more than me about image copyrights? Thanks! Aran|heru|nar 12:46, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unless it meets one of the criteria for speedy deletion, which I don't think it does, please do not tag it for speedy deletion. It will be deleted in two weeks' time unless it can be confirmed that the image is usable. You can add further discussion to the listing at WP:PUI. Stifle (talk) 20:59, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why was this article deleted?

I've had an article about "Antony Crowther" in my watchlist for a while. He's a highly respected game programmer and I believe he deserves the attention from people who admire his work.

I've found today that his entry in Wikipedia was removed on august 1st with the comment "A7 speedy deletion, article about a real person that does not assert the person's notability". I'm not sure what it means. Does it mean that nothing proves that what the article says is true? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lyverbe (talk • contribs) 17:34, August 23, 2006.

Sorry to butt in, but apparently I have this talk page watched, and I noticed this conversation. I'm surprised it was deleted myself. If our article was accurately reflected by the one at Answers.com, then I'd say it meets WP:N. I can also find external validation of Crowther's notability (albeit way back in the old days when 8-bit computers were all the rage) here, here and here, and ironically, all the following WP pages either mention him or now have a redlink because of the deletion:

Aztec Tomb
William Wobbler
Gryphon
Wanted: Monty Mole
Blagger
Son of Blagger
Bombuzal
Ariolasoft
Gremlin Graphics (well, this last one doesn't but he wrote a lot of his best games for them...)

The Monty Mole game used the then-ongoing UK miners' strike (1984–1985) as a backdrop, and as a result garnered quite a bit of media attention. I'd definitely attest to Crowther's notability. I had a poke around for the deletion debate, but couldn't find it. However, if it can't be resurrected, I'd be happy to recreate it as long as it doesn't violate some Wikipolicy I don't know about. --DeLarge 18:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I have restored the page. Stifle (talk) 21:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Stifle. I took this opportunity to clean it up.Lyverbe 18:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hi

hi —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.136.79.67 (talk • contribs) 08:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Hi to you too. Stifle (talk) 12:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfA message

		My RfA video message
		Stephen B Streater 08:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Permission from license selector

Hey -- can you point me to where the debate about this template was taking place? Was it on mediawiki? I remember seeing it at one point and you were involved. Mango juice^talk 20:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was primarily at MediaWiki talk:Licenses, although it came up on WP:AN at some stage also. Stifle (talk) 20:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Good behaviour does not entirely excuse bad behaviour"

You may have wanted to place that in the proposed principles not in the proposed findigs of fact. JoshuaZ 14:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Thanks. Stifle (talk) 18:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]