User talk:Tobyw87

oops!

ya sorry! accidentally deleted some stuff there :S

just added a spolier warning to the characters!

Vandalism Watch

Thanks for fighting vandalism on the Drew Carey page, however, you reverted a correction by a bot and left the vandalism there. I appreciate the effort, but please ensure the vandalism is reverted, not the correction. Keep up the good work. --Nehrams2020 03:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars

In response to your message, I removed the image because 1.) There is already an image of a dual-blade lightsaber in the section and 2.) the image doesn't even appear to be Star Wars related, short of the lightsaber. Whereas the image already there is from Episode 1; top lvl canon. Raveled 01:50, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Breast article

I saw your comments regarding posting a picture of a male breast. I don't know if you realized it, but your comment was especially appropriate since, upon checking the image that was posted, the picture actually was the user who commented right before you. Chuchunezumi 17:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:German Window.JPG

This image's description refers to me (or rather, an old account of mine). I changed the description to refer to you. I hope that's right! —Toby Bartels 20:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FI Thanks!

just wanted to thank you for supporting my image's Featured image nomination here. Blind14 22:04, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pic copyrights

Speaking as no more than a fellow Wiki user butting in on a conv :)

If you took it yourself, I usually use "own work, attribution required". An example of this licence can be seen at (an image I uploaded in similar circumstances). Entirely up to you of course what copyright you use, and everyone's got their own opinion on it. Orderinchaos78 ^(t|c) 21:23, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tripp!

He is the cutest dog ever! I posted him on my page because he represents the patrollers who spot vandalism and other nonsense. And yes it is now safe to say that Tripp is famous, congrats Tripp.___Seadog ^♪ 22:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture

You didn't complete the process for filling out your featured picture page. Sharkface217 19:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to fix what I can. Sharkface217 19:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added in all the info you left out. You're welcome. Sharkface217 19:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your nom

Heh heh, nice image, but it is already a featured image :p. I have removed it from the main page. Just make sure if you look at the image you will see a featured image template. Cheers! — Arjun 14:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POTD

Hi and thanks for creating Template:POTD/2007-03-20. However, it's not time for this picture yet. The FPs go in order of promotion, which you can find at WP:FPT. March 19's is Image:Richat Structure - SRTM.jpg, and the WWI pic you scheduled is 56 pictures behind it, so it's still got some time before it's supposed to appear. As such, I've deleted the template for now. If you're interested in helping schedule the PsOTD and writing the blurbs, let me know and I'll actually get around to writing the guidelines instead of letting them sit on the back-burner. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POTD scheduling

Due to a general increase in interest in writing the POTD by a number of different Wikipedians, I've created the POTD scheduling guidelines. Please have a look and feel free to schedule more PsOTD. Thanks! howcheng {chat} 01:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Ww2-198.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Ww2-198.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for nominating it! KFP (talk | contribs) 18:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Toby,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Australian infantry small box respirators Ypres 1917.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 22, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-05-22. howcheng {chat} 16:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POTD and delist notification

Hi Toby,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Ww2-198.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 1, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-07-01. However, please note that I've also created a delist nomination so that it can be replaced by a brightness-and-contrast-enhanced version that had been uploaded in February 2005. Please see Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image:Ww2-198.jpg for the nomination. Regards, howcheng {chat} 19:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, this image has been moved to appear on July 10 instead, July 1 being Canada Day so I'm going to put a Canada-related image there instead. howcheng {chat} 22:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tobyw87.JPG

Hi. Please add source and author to the image (on commons) and then remove the no source template. Thank you! Amada44 ^{talk to me} 11:47, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Hoyt Archery

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1RR on rescue op article

You've violated 1RR several times on the article e.g., this and this. JDiala (talk) 18:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't reverting anything, I cited a specific article that said that. So no I did not. Tobyw87 (talk) 19:30, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since you violated the 1RR restriction and to avoid reporting you, I'm giving you the chance to revert this edit. Please reply to this comment. M.Bitton (talk) 17:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: if you don't revert in the next 10 minutes, I will go ahead and report you to the admins. M.Bitton (talk) 17:26, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted it, however the original edit was mine and someone made a reversion claiming that it wasn't sourced properly (it was, the source uses the exact wording as what I wrote). Please participate in the Talk page and try and defend how using human shielding does not make you at least partially morally culpable if humans die during a rescue operation. Tobyw87 (talk) 17:32, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You also reverted Nori2001's edit in the process (see diff). Please be more careful in the future. M.Bitton (talk) 17:35, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well you gave me 10 minutes. Maybe you should give people more time in the future. Thanks!Tobyw87 (talk) 17:36, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks but I am well aware of 1RR.Tobyw87 (talk) 17:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)![reply]

Your comment

Please note that @Ecpiandy is well aware of the CT restrictions as evidenced from his Talk page history.[1] You are not allowed to post repeated warnings, and I've reverted it. Additionally, Ecpiandy immediately self-reverted on Gaza genocide, and the text you re-added was not inserted by him. Your stern warnings and edit summaries mentioning 1RR are misplaced.

Regarding the passage you're edit warring about, interviews and opinion pieces are not a reliable source for Wikipedia, as they are not subject to editorial control. — kashmīrī ^TALK 09:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article on "Gaza genocide" cites the opinions of many experts in this field. You act as if the head of the ICC is not a relevant source, when her writings are as significant as quotes by Chief Justice Roberts who are quoted extensively on Wikipedia. It was not an "Edit war", since it was removed incorrectly through an IRR violation. And no, it was not corrected---I did that. Please refrain from assuming I am acting in bad faith as it is against the ethos of Wikipedia. Your comment and the comments of many others are indicative of the extreme anti-Israel (Jewish) bias going on on Wikipedia right now. Tobyw87 (talk) 19:02, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Go through the page history again please. You restored what I removed[2], not what Ecpiandy removed.

Donoghue's interview was discussed on Talk[3]], and Donogue's interpretation was viewed as not aligned with reliable secondary sources, and so it was not given much weight. Note she wasn't head of the ICJ – she was a former head, also she spoke only for herself, not for the ICJ. — kashmīrī ^TALK 23:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

:::Again you are fact-free and proud. As this is my own talk page I am free to say what I want (unlike the rest of the entirety of Wikipedia which is clearly pro-Hamas and pro-murdering as many Jews as possible). I simply do not care that you think that the head of the ICJ is an irrelevant source, she absolutely 100% is, just as Chief Justice Roberts is relevant in the US and is extensively cited on Wikipedia, so should President Joan Donaghue who clearly knows more about the ICJ than any of these Wikipedia editors who would rather cite in favor of terrorist sympathizers than the truth. Your friend violated IRR and I reverted his violations (nobody else did that), so you can continue to lie about it all you want but it changes nothing at all. Eventually the truth will win and your hateful/bigoted narrative will lose. The ethos of Wikipedia is about truth over lies---therefore I am in the right here and you are in the wrong. Unlike you, I won't remove your comments here because I see them more as a totem to what is so wrong with the world than a threat. Tobyw87 (talk) 05:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I've made a statement on the complaint page. I will respect this ban and may appeal later. Thank you for your consideration into these matters. Tobyw87 (talk) 21:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a personal home page, all pages in user space belong to the community

See WP:UOWN which says "Most community policies including No personal attacks and Biographies of living persons will apply to your user space, just as elsewhere.". I'd advise you to read the whole of that page. Doug Weller talk 13:36, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that you can no longer discuss anything here related to the Arabi-Israeli conflict Doug Weller talk 15:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Tobyw87 (talk) 21:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]