User talk:Divebomb


Sorry

Sorry for reverting the edit and giving you that warning. It was by accident. WAYNEOLAJUWON 17:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Transformers: Victory directect/merges

If you are going to redirect/merge the articles of the Transformers: Victory characters to the main animation page, can we work on putting more information on that page than exists right now? Many characters simply get a name list there. When the Masterforce characters were merged, the editor made sure to expand the descriptions of the characters a little. If you need some help, let me know. Thanks. Mathewignash (talk) 12:43, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that needs to be done. I was simply redirecting the non-notable characters there (and fixing the redirects that had been created before the list was split off) in preparation for doing that. --Divebomb (talk) 14:24, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Great then. I'll happily support these moves, and we can restore any characters to full pages IF they can get some decent individual third party references. Mathewignash (talk) 19:09, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Transformers Marvel Comics human characters

Since you've decided today to redirect almost every single human character created in the Transformers Marvel Comics comic to List of characters in Transformers comics, without giving much of an advance warning, I think the entries on the list article should be expanded. I originally created the list article solely as an index, it was never meant to fully describe the characters. Now I see that it has to, because there are no other places on the English Wikipedia that even mention the characters. I intend to expand the entries, which currently only state what the character was, to also include what he/she did in the comics. If you or other people who have actually read the comics as much as I have can help in this, then I would appreciate it. JIP | Talk 20:44, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your resent recent article redirection/deletion rampage

Dear Divebomb,

Without any warning or discussion you haven the last few hours iredirected scores of transformers articles and wiped out the contributions of many editors. Please provide a detailed rationale for each article you redirected or I will undo the redirects. Please get back to me as soon as you can. Have a nice weekend. Thank you very much. Carolyn Baker III (talk) 22:09, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article subjects were minor characters and therefore failed every notability test in the book, so I thought it would be better if they were redirected to the appropriate lists instead of someone else stumbling upon them and sending them to the AFD timesink.
There. Done. (Also, most of the pages I redirected were redlinks anyway.) --Divebomb (talk) 07:07, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, but if they go to the AFD then there is the possibility that the articles will be kept and expanded. Carolyn Baker III (talk) 15:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fat chance. They're minor and non-notable. --Divebomb (talk) 17:39, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I say we let the consensus decide that. Lets take it to Aarticles for discussion. Carolyn Baker III (talk) 15:24, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Do you understand what I'm saying? They are minor and non-notable characters and taking them to AFD would be a massive waste of time since the outcome of any such debates is already assured. --Divebomb (talk) 17:27, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CB 3 (if I may refer to you as that), do you honestly think that any of those characters would have earned any "keep" consensus? If so, which one(s) ?NotARealWord (talk) 17:31, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whether or not that is true, the very least that Divebomb could have done would have been to announce in advance he was going to do this. Just bluntly going out and doing it seems a bit callous. JIP | Talk 19:04, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes because it is like you unilaterally and speedily deleted all those article -- a lot of articles. Do anyone else feel this way? Carolyn Baker III (talk) 00:03, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Unilateral redirection is common for articles that clearly don't meet the notability guidelines. There is no requirement (see WP:BOLD) that you first post an announcement of your intentions (and I'm thoroughly unsure of where one could even post such an announcement). I'm not seeing anything wrong here. If the outcome at AfD is obvious, then taking the articles to AfD just wastes the time of another dozen editors who need to read through the article, look at the sources, and type out their rationale. If you feel strongly that some or all of these articles do meet the notability guidelines, then please explain. SnottyWong squeal 00:28, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
But we really won't know until these issues have been presented before the community in legitimate AFD's. Why is due process a "waste of time"? Carolyn Baker III (talk) 00:47, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Am I the only one who's getting a WP:IDHT vibe? --Divebomb (talk) 07:09, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Carolyn apparently doesn't know if a subject is notable unless a group of people tell her? Carolyn, can you yourself demonstrate the notability of any of these articles? If so, that might be a legitimate reason to take them to AfD or revert Divebomb's redirect. If you can't, then how could bringing them to AfD be seen as anything other than a waste of time? Blindly complaining about unilateral redirection is not helpful unless you can demonstrate why it was inappropriate (i.e. how the subjects pass WP:GNG and therefore shouldn't have been redirected). SnottyWong converse 15:23, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, guess what Divebomb? Carolyn Baker III is Tedescoboy22 according to the SPI I filed! Mathewignash (talk) 00:27, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Reply: War for Cybertron vs Prime series

I've replied to comments on Mathewignash's talk page. --Teancum (talk) 02:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Monsterbots

Hello. You recently added a citation to a book from the "Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" series published by Icon Group International to this article. Unfortunately, Icon Group International is not a reliable source - their books are computer-generated, with most of the text copied from Wikipedia (most entries have [WP] by them to indicate this, see e.g. [1]).

I've only removed the reference, not the text it was referencing. A lot of similar references have been removed as they are circular references; many other editors have also been duped by these sources. Despite giving an appearance of reliability, the name "Webster's" has been public domain since the late 19th century. Another publisher to be wary of as they reuse Wikipedia articles is Alphascript Publishing. Fences&Windows 01:07, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I only discovered that yesterday. Had to remove it from a userspace draft I was working on. Sorry. ----Divebomb is not British 07:10, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion tagging

Hello Divebomb. Just a reminder that under Proposed deletion policy, articles that have previously been discussed at an AfD are not eligible. Thanks, Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 18:26, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! ----Divebomb is not British 18:27, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shopping mall lists

Check the categories the lists are in; there are few more that you could possibly AFD with the same rationale. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 23:39, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:List of shopping malls in Saskatoon#Either Don't Delete Page or move it to Category:Shopping malls in Saskatoon. Peter Horn User talk 17:28, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I added some lists at the bottom of the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of shopping malls in Romania discussion. There might be some overlap between articles deleted and those that have reappeared. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:33, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Transformers: Timelines

I've been working to improve the Transformers: Timelines page. Added a lot of references, removed excessive pictures, removed the uncited original research into the plots. I'm trying to save the page and turn it into a comic book page for the ongoing series that is produced and released to the general public through normal distribution channels. If you have any advice that you think would make the page workable, let me know. Thanks! Mathewignash (talk) 09:04, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Ultrablastic123

I see you are onto this guy as well. I've had my suspicions about him from as well. What are we to do? Movadito (talk) 14:29, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What. The. Hell. ----Divebomb is not British 14:32, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What what? Movadito (talk) 14:41, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, for one, I would like to know who you are. New username of an old user? Lurker? Ban-evading sockmaster? Jimbo himself? C'mon, I don't have all day. ----Divebomb is not British 14:47, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am Essjay. Any other questions? Movadito (talk) 14:49, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. Will you actually answer my previous question and not evade it? ----Divebomb is not British 14:51, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect both Movadito and Ultrablastic123 to be sock puppets of the same sock puppeteer who has been harassing the Transformers wiki project and Wikipedia in general. When I get home tonight, I'll SPI the lot of them if no one has yet. Mathewignash (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Aaaaand Movadito's been indeffed as a sock of User:Wiki brah. ----Divebomb is not British 18:22, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Amalthea 19:08, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oy

I am User:6Shot. I am User:Editor XXV. I am not User:Wiki brah.

Stupidity is inexcusable. Retag the sock. ----Divebomb is not British 13:31, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since no one pays attention.....
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Divebomb (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

read the above post

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I read it. Please note that this template is for requesting unblock only. TNXMan 15:47, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Divebomb is not British 14:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

{{Unblock|I am perfectly aware of the Unblock template's purpose. [[User:Editor XXV|I]] [[User:Decepticon Shockwave|have]] [[User:Divebomb|been]] [[User:6Shot|here]] [[WP:SOCK|before]], [[WP:CheckUser|as you are no doubt aware]]. (No wait, that was [[User:J.delanoy]].) I use it because it is the surest way of getting people's attention. Read the above post and retag the damn sock. Run a CU first if you don't believe me.}}

Due to your continued abuse of the unblock template your talk page access has been revoked. If you ever want to make an earnest request for unblock consider WP:OFFER. Amalthea 16:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Jackpot (Transformers)

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