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Why is my contribution called "nonsense" and swiftly removed?

I attempted to make a contribution to Wikipedia, but it was swiftly removed, and I was called a Vandal, told I might be banned, because the example I provided was called "nonsense".

The edit was to Deus Ex Machina, where I attempted to provide a modern reference to its use as a way to exemplify, in a well known source, the use of Deus Ex Machina.

Why is my changed called "nonsense"? Who empowers someone else here to call it nonsense and remove it?

I thought this was a place that allowed the editing of pages!? Does some editor disagree with the use of my example? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.156.36.12 (talk) 18:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

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about nilwande1.jpg

this photo was shoot by me at that dam site so the copyrights belongs to me you should have mailed me before deleting the photo thanks dr sachin Dr.sachin23 (talk) 17:19, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

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hello mouthy

you are the mouthiest admin in all of wikipedia

i got your four tildes right here buddy 220.235.31.108 (talk) 15:04, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Trying to sort out some IP contributors

Ryulong left a message on my talk, asking me to renew two 3-month rangeblocks that I had placed in April. Since I don't know much about this dispute, I thought I would do a quick check to see if I could understand it. Ryulong cited your recent block of this IP for evasion. Can you say more about what block is being evaded? The blocks I am considering renewing are 76.200.100.0/22 and 76.204.76.0/22. The guy you just blocked appears to be from one of these ranges. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:57, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

@Ed: User:Ryulong/Sandbox#Ref removing vandal should be clear enough. He hopped around so much 3 months ago, that he's likely to do it again.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 06:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

User Recovery of Vayden page

Hello ClosedMouth, I was hoping to get a deleted page I created recovered for my own personal uses, and I was directed to your userpage as per "Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles". Here is the link to the page: Vayden. Thanks! MetalMilitiaESP (talk) 21:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

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Dynamite (song)

Please can you state specifically why you removed the prod? as per WP:CONTESTED you should "Explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion". --Lil-unique1 (talk) 01:22, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Prod was contested here. The prod policy suggests that the user, for the courtesy of others, explain the reason why they are removing the tag, but that in no way suggests that someone's edit should be reverted if it doesn't contain said explanation. "If anyone, including the article creator, removes a {{prod}} tag from an article, do not replace it, even if the tag was apparently removed in bad faith." --Closedmouth (talk) 01:37, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
In no way does it say I cannot re-add the prod. either. the IP was merely removing the template to keep the article, without an explaination. In my eyes that is vandalism/disruptive just as removing maintainance templates without explaination is. However since you're insisting on AfD that's what I've done. --Lil-unique1 (talk) 12:30, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
"If anyone, including the article creator, removes a {{prod}} tag from an article, do not replace it, even if the tag was apparently removed in bad faith." Emphasis added. :-) Killiondude (talk) 18:10, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I came to move, move, move, move. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:14, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I bring shame to you and your wiki authority

A closed mouth gathers no feet. says (7:54 PM):

  • w/e
  • you and your fancy spelling


SUFFER AT MY HAND —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.61.239 (talk) 11:56, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

omg outing --Closedmouth (talk) 11:38, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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Kevin McKiddKid

I just tried to add him to the sock investigation he started astutely with only 12 edits under his belt. He just made this. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:35, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I see you pounced. Nice. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Yep, caught him, thanks anyway :) --Closedmouth (talk) 11:38, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. I see that he was acting as culprit, investigator, and prosecutor all at once. I saw only the "investigator" and "prosecutor" part. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:47, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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Grow Indiana Ventures afd

The double nomination was totally my fault. I was fighting off a copyvio/spam attack from a (presumed) member of the company at the time and pretty much borked the afd every way that I could in the process. I don't know if that changes the tags that you place on the article so I thought I'd let you know just in case it does. Cheers! Millahnna (mouse)talk 09:01, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. --Closedmouth (talk) 11:57, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for deleting these pix

Hi, Closedmouth,
Thank you for deleting the non-fairuse-compliant previous versions of File:Panther Paperback 1963 MordechaiRichler TheIncomparableAtuk Cover.jpg, File:Picador 1998 ElliotPerlman ThreeDollars Cover.jpg, and File:RandomHouse Hutchinson RuthRendell 2007 NotintheFlesh.jpg.
--Shirt58 (talk) 12:02, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

I hereby thank you for your revert. It would have made Mr. Hemingway proud. Killiondude (talk) 16:53, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I dedicate my life to these noblest of pursuits. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:15, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks but no thanks

If your pursuits are noble, then I'm Richard Marx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.68.217 (talk) 09:07, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Sarcasm detector: engage! --Closedmouth (talk) 09:09, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

You beat me to it.

Just wanted to say good work for beating me to the revert on the Ned Kelly article, I always enjoy it when I know someone else is on the hunt for vandals. Happy Hunting. Cheers ZooPro 10:28, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Heh, well I'm going to have dinner and watch something, so keep at it. --Closedmouth (talk) 10:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

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Kinjal Kishor Article

Hi , there are a lot of people things and whatever that wikipedia lists and not object to being an encyclopedia, I request to restore the kinjal kishor article you deleted, as he is a sufficiently notable author, even if it is difficult to find his references as he mainly writes in a language other than english. It is not as if he is not searched on google, meaning he is searched a lot. You can look at google search statistics if you maintain them. [nexon7] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nexon7 (talk • contribs) 09:26, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

  • Kinjal Kishor has recently switched to writing in English language from his native language Hindi, which was the reason of English article, though he remains to publish something highly notable in English Language. With all due respect I see your concern. I propose that we should leave the Kinjal Kishor article deleted, until he has made major name in English literature. After which I think there should be no problem with that article. If the administrators agree to restore the article now I have no objection, since it is still searched highly, or if you want to delete the article in current situation seeing your reasons, I propose to leave the article open for creating again at a latter date when sufficient references in English speaking countries is available. Please inform me of your decision on this page. Thanks, I understand the rules of wikipedia and agree to follow them. Thanks, for consideration. Nexon7 (talk) 09:01, 16 August 2010 (UTC)nexon7

Facebook page found

Hello Closedmouth, per the above deleted BLP article, this is what I discovered on Facebook, note also that a simple search using google revealed just about a handful of sites all related to him and has that "headshot" photo in them (with this profile on MySpace standing out the most). Another thing, the author/source of his photo that has been uploaded by Nexon7 is unclear and is also lacking permission as well, this has been brought to FfD for review. I suspect that Nexon7 is either the person himself or just another fan but I could be wrong, care to share your thoughts? --Dave ♠♣♥♦№1185♪♫™ 16:59, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

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Gugtup

Just to let you know that Gugtup, who you blocked indefinitely in March as a vandal only account, has requested unblocking. I've rejected it immediately, but offered them a second chance. I'll watch their talk page and see if anything develops. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 12:14, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

User:Julian Assange119

Hi, could you add a blocking template to this user's talk page please? You blocked them yesterday this morning but you can only tell from their contributions page, I just reported them to UAA again because I hadn't noticed. Thanks Smartse (talk) 17:43, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks like if you want a job done you should just DIY. Smartse (talk) 16:23, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
Pretty much. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:20, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks but...

I think you are doing a worthwhile job with tagging of old, forgotten articles, but please ensure that you don't in the one edit add both a Unreferenced BLP tag and a year of death cat to an article with heaps of refs! We're trying to get rid of UBLPs, so we don't need more mistagged ones appearing. Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 16:05, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, AWB converts unref'd tags to BLPunref'd if the article is in the living people cat, and it had added that cat automatically when it didn't detect the year of death, which I subsequently rectified without noticing the change of tag. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:23, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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Hi!

I see you protected my user talk page due to vandalism. Thanks! I'm curious to know what happened (I can't view those revisions in the edit history for some reason). --Alphador (talk) 06:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Some sad, sad, sad guy put death threats on your talk page. I saw everything but thank GOD closedmouth deleted the revisions cause, mate, all I'll say is if a guy said that in real life, they'd be subject to legal prosecution provided they're over 18 that is. call me stupid but for some reason I think the guy whose harassing you is a li'll kid ... Na mate ya don't wanna know what was on your talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.72.246.90 (talk) 07:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd also like to add that I'm sorry you had to encounter that. I looked up the IP he's from OPTUS WIRELESS BROADBAND which is the same dial up I'm using (btw, he lives in Sydney so don't worry about his deatht threats, it's all empty talk). Unfortunately the guy's blocks go through the server and now and again some of my mates and me find we can't edit Wikipedia for his abuses (we know it's his abuses cause we find we're blocked for his attacks on your user page). The guy is a menace to society. Oh and you shouldn't worry about the death threats mate. I know how you feel it's scary. If you want Report the guy to the police with his IP (the police can track him down, they have acces to these kinds of things). But you shouldn't worry about anything happening since there's theoretically no way anyone can find out who you're (and the guy lives in Sydney). One way they can is if you edit anonymosly so be sure to edit with your account at all times and avoid editing with your IP. It's sad to see that you had to encounter this but just ignore the idiot and he'll go away. telling others that he correct identified your state as you did at AN/I only feeds him so try to avoid saying that publicly. Contacting the moderators by email is the best way I feel to privately communicate. Good luck mate! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.72.204.8 (talk) 08:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

AfD

Since you contested the PROD of Matthew Dugan, I thought I'd let you know it is now at WP:AfD. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 19:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The PROD was contested here. I have no opinion on the matter. --Closedmouth (talk) 04:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
My apologies and thanks - I missed the removal and restoration of the prod tag. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Hiya!

Hiya closedmouth? How are ya? No hard feelings mate. Just wanted to be friendly and say hi! BTW, I know you live in Tasmania so no don't doubt I know where you live. Apart from that g'day mate! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.72.242.250 (talk) 05:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Where exactly in Tasmania do I live? --Closedmouth (talk) 06:01, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
The, (Ho)bart, the. 124.150.54.177 (talk) 04:25, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
You're so cute. --Closedmouth (talk) 04:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
^_^ 124.150.54.177 (talk) 05:29, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I WILL prove you wrong

Give me a chance >:( Yaanface (talk) 10:04, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Get to work. You talk the talk, we'll see if you walk the walk. --Closedmouth (talk) 10:12, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
But I'm a walkie talkie! Hurr hurr Yaanface (talk) 10:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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Too quick.

I thought I blocked flying triangle, only realizing after I posted the block template that you had.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:08, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I removed talk page access, considering the style, I figured he'd post something abusive. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:20, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Man I did not eat my Wheaties. I did block, and you (wisely) removed the talk. I used to see a lot more of this stuff. Seems the edit filter actual has an impact.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:24, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Creating a page without it being deleted

Hi, i created a page called Kassidy before it was deleted for lack of notability. I tried explaining that I believe the band is notable, because they are signed to Vertigo Records and have producer Jim Abbiss, who both have articles. I believe that this band is notable because anybody looking on those two articles may want to see who this band is, as Kassidy is mentioned on both. Can you please try help me with this Kal! (talk) 11:23, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

could you please answer me Kal! (talk) 16:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, been busy. If you read the notability guidelines on bands, one of the requirements of notability is that they have "released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels". The band you wrote an article about hasn't even finished recording their first album, and they don't meet any of the other requirements yet. They may one day, when they become popular, but Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball, so you'll have to wait. --Closedmouth (talk) 10:47, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Ok, thank you, that was more useful than schuminweb! so it's just albums? or do E.Ps count because they have released two E.Ps (E.Ps are basically smaller albums, 5 tracks on each.) they are being sold in HMV Kal! (talk) 16:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Nope, we mean full-length albums. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:08, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Okay, thanks anyway. Kal! (talk) 08:51, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of File:2nd_Convocation.jpg

Dear Closedmouth, Would you please help me to upload the file of 2nd_Convocation.jpg which you have deleted earlier? Your kind cooperation is earnestly requested.Iqbalbhuyan (talk) 09:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmpf

Then why don't you MARRY Wikipedia -Yaanface (talk) 12:17, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for your help!

Thanks for your help with my recent WP:AVI!!! --Wolfnix • Talk • 04:58, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

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User:Enrisga

A user that you recently blocked for copyright violations has commented at User talk:Enrisga where he declares he also has a conflict of interest. It may be useful to remove the block so he can comment on the article talk pages but rather than just unblock I thought the polite thing was to refer it back to you to see what you thought. thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 13:55, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to unblock, I have no problem with it. --Closedmouth (talk) 13:56, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Did you really mean to delete all those reports?

[1] Philip Trueman (talk) 14:48, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes. --Closedmouth (talk) 04:56, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
D'oh! I see - the bot was down, and some kind of caching meant I didn't see that the vandal I'd reported had actually been blocked by then. Best wishes. Philip Trueman (talk) 09:52, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Proxy block on 75.76.252.250

Hiyas ClosedMouth,

The unblock-en-l mailing list received an unblock request related to the block you placed on 75.76.252.250. The person who contacted us stating that, while the IP is internally shared, it isn't an open proxy that is public ally available. As far as i could check the server only runs IIS and RDP, and nothing that would indicate an open proxy. Is there some additional information i am missing in this case?

Kind regards, Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 19:25, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I must have misinterpreted, feel free to unblock. (Apologies for the slow response, my internet has been dead since midnight Thursday.) --Closedmouth (talk) 13:35, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Curtained hair page

Sorry to borther you, but I saw your edit on the Curtained hair page. IP Adress user 99.252.214.44[2] keeps putting up his/her's own fanart picture on the the Curtained hair page[3][4], is this even allowed on wikipedia?TheHeronGuard (talk • contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 19:14, 25 September 2010 (UTC).

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HI,

If you didn't already notice, the Global GUTS episode list was already deleted months ago. Sorry.

Rainbowsunshine86 (talk) 20:57, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

10-1-2010

SmackBot

Thank you. Rich Farmbrough, 02:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC).

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How did you know?

Hi, How did you figure out that Lars Svenonius‎ had died in September. I was not following his obituary, etc. Is there a system that checks the obituaries etc. and notifies people on Wikipedia? That would be interesting. Benoît Mandelbrot died in October, but that was big time news. Svenonius‎ was not on prime time. So how did you know? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 14:03, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

His article was listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/Potential biographies of dead people (3), i.e., it's in a XXXX deaths cat but the talk page had the {{blp}} template on it. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:18, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Now I know that Wikipedia:Database reports exists, but it is not obvious to me if that page is "automatically generated" or hand edited. I have a few programs that automatically generate Wikitables etc. to keep things consistent, so I wonder if there are some auto-page generation routines out there. If this is not your topic of interest, could you please point me to who the expert in this topic is. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 14:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
That would be my good buddy MZMcBride. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
ihu --MZMcBride (talk) 16:10, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

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<3 Yaanface (talk) 11:29, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

^_^ --Closedmouth (talk) 12:16, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
And so are the days of our lives. Yaanface (talk) 14:14, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Template:PROD

Hello, Closedmouth … as an Admin you should know that {{Proposed deletion}} must be substituted … see the documentation for confirmation. Happy Editing! — 70.21.16.94 (talk · contribs) 14:48, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you substitute {{proposed deletion}}, in this edit you're substituting {{proposed deletion/dated}}. The process was changed to reduce confusion for newbies but of course change invariably produces confusion in veteran editors such as yourself. --Closedmouth (talk) 03:53, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
D'oh! Well, that's news to me! :-) That being the case, someone should create a Template documentation file for it, and list it with the other templates in {{Proposed deletion templates}} … I have never used it, but I'll watch out for it the next time I encounter an un-subst'd PROD when adding a {{Prod-2}}, which is the only reason I noticed it … to be honest, I almost submitted a bug report that {{Proposed deletion}} was failing to error when not substituted … well, that's the New Thing that I learned for today. — 70.21.16.94 (talk) 04:33, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

You are such a hypocrite

lol jk <3 Yaanface (talk) 06:53, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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Please delete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kevios page. --Somerwind (talk) 01:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

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Soooooon, my pretty. Soon.

yessssssssss--Yaanface (talk) 16:49, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

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MST3K task force?

Since you have this userbox on your page, I thought you might be interested in this discussion I started about a possible MST3K task force over at the WikiProject TV talk page. Feel free to share your thoughts and let me know if you'd be interested in joining! — Hunter Kahn 02:29, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

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Deleted page - International Debate Education Association

On 15 March 2010, you deleted the page International Debate Education Association and I wondered if you could send me the content you deleted, as I wish to renew the page. I would like the content you deleted so that I may renew the page without the 'blatant advertising' style. Perhaps I could pass my final draft by you before publishing it? vwoodstock (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, article's available at User:Vwoodstock/International Debate Education Association. Have at it. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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