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User talk:Fish and karate/Archive 26
If you have some time for that...A comparison with the respective article in Britannica regarding structure and references wouldn't hurt. What references do they rely on? What kind of structure do they prefer compared to the WP article? Squash Racket (talk) 12:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Board elections policyHow Neil will be deciding his votes in the Wikimedia Board of Trustees elections. Make sure you vote!!!:
Current preferred candidates, based on record and responses (no particular order):
Current least preferred candidates, based on record and responses:
If you read this, don't worry about who I choose (this is really for my own benefit) - make your own mind up, but please go and vote. Neıl 龱 13:44, 3 June 2008 (UTC) I'm not gonna second-guess you (WP:AGF and all that); but I have grim suspicions you may regret unblocking him. See my remarks on his talk page for further explication. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC) Re......your indef block of User:Jpmdhd. She has been in touch with me via email (I deleted another Clayton Sleep Institute (CSI)-related article of theirs today) for advice on how to avoid it happening again. She assures me that she and User:Mhf95 are in fact two different people, who collaborated on the article. I wouldn't be surprised to find that they both work in the same place - no prizes for guessing where - but I think perhaps there may be grounds to reconsider your indefblock? It seems to me that it's more a case of inexperience than malice; the second account was only used once, to post a talk page question asking for advice, and I don't believe sockpuppetry is involved. There may still be various issues with COI and the like, but the editors at least seem willing to listen and learn... All the best, EyeSerenetalk 20:45, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Kate and Gin I have nominated Kate and Gin, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kate and Gin. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Buc (talk) 21:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC) I had the same inclinationBut I've been burnt in the past for speedy deleting hoaxes as... hoaxes. The bureaucracy has forced me to be bureaucratic in cases where I know the correct line of action is blocking and deleting but the line of action required has to go round about to achieve the same result. –– Lid(Talk) 10:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Question ?Pure vandals get 4 chances (if not more) before any action is taken. They get warnings on their talk page, they finally they get disciplined. I am a vandal fighter. I have an over 18000 edits since April and I get no warning what so ever. A user puts profanity on my talk page, I report him and you remove access to Huggle for a week. The user made no attempt to show his citation, he jumps on my talk page with this [[1]] and I get punished. I ask once again for you to reverse your decision regarding Huggle. --CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 17:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Neil: you just drove away one of our best vandal-fighters. CanadianLinuxUser was easily twice as fast as I am, and when we were both on huggle, I never saw him make any reverts that I wouldn't have made. I fought vandals for two months more than he did and look at where he is on the list of contributers to AIV. It is impossible make that many reports to AIV without nearly 100% being accurate. If they weren't accurate, the user would be blocked for disruption. Why did you remove huggle from him for a week for that? 24 or 31 hours, maybe, but a week? You may not fight vandals a lot, but I see stuff like that every time I'm on, and 99.999% of the time, it turns out to be false. Removing huggle from him for a week because of that seems to be more than a little vindicative on your part, but I may be reading into your comment a tone that was not intended. I'm sorry, but you really need to count your losses before you act. RickK left after someone blocked him for "breaking the 3RR rule" when he was actually reverting a vandal. Seriously, you do not know how good CLU was. As I said before, CLU was one of the best vandal-fighters I have ever seen. His absence will create a massive hole that all the rest of us rank-and-file people will have to fill. J.delanoygabsadds 17:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Attachment theory[2] What now? (If anything). Fainites barley 22:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Major Updates after AfD - Navneet Singh KhadianThis is in reference to my request on your archive page 25. Respected Sir/Madam, you are aware that during AfD - Navneet Singh Khadian, you had deleted this article because there were 3 Delete Votes against 2 Keep votes, means there was margin of "One" vote in favour of deletion. This margin does not exist anymore. I had previously mentioned that 2 out of three "Delete" voters had clearly shown POV/biased voting, i.e.: 1. User Talk:202.54.176.51 had clearly shown his hate towards the subject by requesting to mention him a terrorist or to delete it at all. 2. User:Vivin's using word Terrorism (POV) against Militancy (NPOV) while giving his delete vote.
3. The third and the last Keep voter, i.e. User:Tomb of the Unknown Warrior has been indifinitely blocked by wikipedia afterwards, so kindly exclude his "Keep" vote from your decision. 4. A fourth User:Mightyunit who, created his user account on May 1st 2008, i.e. the starting day of this Afd discussion, did huge vandalism in this article by deleting several references/information to influence this AfD has also been tracked and indifinitely blocked by Wikipedia afterwards. My requests regarding this matter during this AfD are, 1, 2, 3, 4. Kindly review your decision and Keep this article because of major updates mentioned above, where two wikipedia users have already been blocked AND because Wikipedia's has also Kept another similar article of chief of parallel militant organization, involved in same Khalistan movement, fighting for exactly same cause Singh6 01:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Nice work...
Zachary JaydonHey, Neil I am uploading some magazine scans with Zachary Jaydon/Jaydon D. Paull's mantions, etc. I am wondering what the appropriate place to put these would be. Should I provide a link to the scans? The article is being written off as a hoax, but I think people are lazy in their assumptions. He works mainly in the Indie music market nowadays, and just because the information isn't a google click away doesn't mean it doesn't exist or is fake. Thank you for your help, and please understand that I am not trying to start an argument, just provide information to clarify things. Skyler Morgan (talk) 21:13, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Recent SpamblockHi; no, I don't mind you increasing the length of my block on that spammer. If you think a block of six months on an educational site is OK, then fair enough. You will have noted that I did leave a threat on the user's talk page of a much longer block if he came back, so I was not being wholly superficial. I was watching too, though will unwatch now. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 12:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
OversightI read your statement that you "asked an ArbCom member to oversight an edit that alleged SlimVirgin's real life identity." Which ArbCom member declined to do this due to the fact that "the information is already out there?" I consider that a shocking abdication of responsibility. PouponOnToast (talk) 15:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear NeilI would take it as a personal favor if you did not discuss me on Wikipedia Review. Thanks! PouponOnToast (talk) 17:22, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
DNAPI dropped some sources and comments on User_talk:Neil/DNAP. Thatcher 19:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Good EveningI am humbly requesting Rollback. I was accepted for "VandalFighter" but it doesn't work with firefox, and I do a lot of vandal work on articles like Tobacco, Skull and Bones, and other articles I watch. (see my user page for more articles I defend) I appreciate your time. Thank you. Beam 22:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC) Deletion review for Save TobyAn editor has asked for a deletion review of Save Toby. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
SometimesI put 2 & 2 together. Sometimes I get the right answer, sometimes I don't :) Thanks & regards --Herby talk thyme 08:34, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Zachary JaydonAssuming the AFD goes the way it looks, what's to be done with TragedyStriker? Indef block? That's my preference. It's pretty obvious to me that this goes beyond resume inflation into conscious fraud. HeheThanks for the typo fix, sure it was OK, much appreciated in fact. *blushes* delldot talk 14:57, 13 June 2008 (UTC) Unlock my Userpage PleaseYou blocked me a while back. I have since been unblocked but my userpage is still protected. Can you please unprotect it for me? Metsguy234 (talk) 16:45, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Attachment theory mediationHiya Neil. I commented at WP:AN. I personally would like to have seen a topic ban but most supported the block and i don't see any problem with it. The topic ban was more preference. Its a shame that this had to happen though. I like to see ever mediation successful but it seems this one just wasnt meant to happen. I look forward to prehaps working with you on another mediation in future :) Seddσn talk Editor Review 20:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC) Thanks for giving all this extensive time and attention. Fainites barley 21:14, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
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--Gatoclass (talk) 17:56, 16 June 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a yearHi Neil. With the year almost up, we're making an effort to reduce the number of listings at Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than a year. You've been a big help in the past with that project page and I am hoping that you can knock out a few to contribute to the effort. Thanks. Bebestbe (talk) 20:26, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I noted your comment regarding the lumping of quotes into footnotes at the AN/I board and wanted to let you know there is a RfC on the Borden talk page at this time regarding this and some other issues. I thought you might want to lend your opinion, as it seems we are garnering a consensus, for this article at least, on the use of the quotes. Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 23:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC) HiThis struck me as rather inflammatory. I know what it's like when reading opposes one disagrees with, but upsetting a bunch of editors isn't going to help Avruch, especially if his RfA itself becomes a drama scene. I suggest you tone it down... --Dweller (talk) 10:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Domestic turkey articleCan you please check your facts before you make changes or deletions? Just because you think something is garbage, or you prefer "pets" to "companion animals" doesn't mean that the sources you are quoting support this, or that you are correct. Arbitrary changes to support your POV are simply POV and not acceptable. Thanks Bob98133 (talk) 13:45, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
It sounds to me that if people are providing their turkey companions sanctuary, that a pet turkey is refered to as a companion. The line in the article clearly says that Farm Sanctuary says...and Farm Sanctuary says companion animal. Bob98133 (talk) 14:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Deletion review for The Miracle of GenevaAn editor has asked for a deletion review of The Miracle of Geneva. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Frank Anchor Talk to me (R-OH) 15:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC) joining the ranks of the admins Romanian Umpirer......is basically a really bad pun on "Roman Emperor". You're watching for that article about Romanians and "throwing it out of the game" if it shows up again. d:) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 10:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC) note for uthere is a note for you here [5]--talk-to-me! (talk) 10:57, 19 June 2008 (UTC) ...was also nominated for deletion here but no followup action was taken. Can you have a look at it? Guycalledryan (talk) 12:53, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The StigJust a quick note to ask why you marked my edit to The Stig as vandalism? Tidying up what I considered to be superfluous punctuation marks can hardly be called vandalism! Bettia (talk) 14:48, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Ibiza questionDo you think the infobox is okay the way it is currently? I ask, because you and I have butted heads on the issue of cn tags before in the article, and because I do respect your opinion (though I disagree with it). I think the image of the flag is pretty huge, and pretty much dominates the entire infobox. As the [Island] infobox pretty much sets it up that way, I was thinkng that perhaps, as it is as much a administrative division of Spain that, say Andalusia or Valencia is, wouldn't it be better to use the [autonomous community] infobox instead? I understand that it is in fact an island where the aforementioned examples are not, but it would seem pretty clear that the article shouldn't differentiate between th other admin districts of Spain. Especially when we already have the Ibicine coat of arms in wiki-commons. I would like to change the infobox, but not having done so before, I was wondering if - assuming you have no major disagreement with the substitution - you could kind of keep an eye on the article while I do so, and catch any major cock-up I may make. I would like to expand my wiki-knowledge about how to do these sorts of things. I will wait to hear back from you. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 18:47, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
still neededYour input is still needed here [6]. Kindly close the loop.--talk-to-me! (talk) 05:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC) Copyright violations - warningDear Neil, I'm replying to your following comment : Articles you created, such as Nuclear micro-battery, CIFMS and Knowledge Acquisition and Documentation Structuring, and images such as Image:MRP2.jpg are copyright violations. Do not steal content from others and add it to Wikipedia again, or your account will be indefinitely blocked. Neıl 龱 14:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC) You need to know the reference of the four articles you deleted and the picture have been sourced from y OWN WORK (4 books've written between 1989 and 2007:
I am theauthor of the four abovementioned books and have the permission of the publisher for those type of excerpt. ( I've mentionned them in the reference section the reference section. I think I've clearly mentionned the pages of the book in the bibliography section). So please be so kind and restore the deleted articles. Regards JBW--Jbw2 (talk) 08:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Neil, Soory for coming back with further requests ! here is another absolutely unfounded attack I would ask you to plaid on Wiki Commons if requested : see the message from Creasy "Vu les antécédents, le nombre et la qualité des images, je suis d'avis qu'une demande de suppression soit faite sur commons. Il y a si peu de chances qu'il les ai réalisées lui même... --Creasy±‹porter plainte› 19 juin 2008 à 14:29 (CEST) ". Since I know the autocratic and very expeditious process of the french wikipedia board, I've decided to focus on the english wikipedia, wikicommons and citizendium only. So I will continue to publish on Commons and need to get the full confidence of the Commons administrators board. So I will provide them with ABSOLUTELY ALL the evidence that all the work I've published is mine. Sorry for disturbing you with these childish debate. Kind Regards----Jbw2 (talk) 13:53, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Rfa thanks
Silly mistakeHi I just made a rather silly mistake in uploading a photo of myself. After uploading I realised it is still quite recognisable and I was wondering if you would be so kind as to delete it for me. Thanks very much for your assistance. --The High Commander (talk) 11:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much it's much appreciated. --The High Commander (talk) 11:18, 20 June 2008 (UTC) Re: Jbw / Jbw2Hi Zouavman Le Zouave. You posted a message to the Administrator's Noticeboard ([8]) about Jbw2 (talk · contribs), who you stated was a copyright violator, and who had lied to the administrators about his contributions. Jbw2 is Jean-Baptiste Waldner, a fact which I have confirmed via email. I have therefore restored his articles and image contributions. Waldner owns the copyright to his work, and is entitled to release the work to en.Wikipedia. If fr:Utilisateur:Jbw is the same person, then he may also be entitled to release this work onto fr.Wikipedia. Neıl 龱 12:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Neil. About this user, to whom you recently issued a final warning: I would say he's continuing his disruption. First, see this edit and summary. Again the blanket Moldovan --> Moldavian change, the insertion of bad links, the dismissal of King (see previously here), which he does with no justification. Second, after I asked him not to, he went right ahead and split Cinema of the Moldavian SSR from Cinema of Moldova, which is rather absurd, given that a) those places encompass the same territory, b) the latter is very brief, and c) no other country has splits like that (except perhaps Russia (1, 2, 3), but there there's at least a case to be made for splitting). Biruitorul Talk 14:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC) You might also want to look at this: WP:ANI#More_Moldovan/Romanian edit warring. His friend Xasha is no angel either. andy (talk) 16:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
And now there's this too. You've got to hand it to the guy, he doesn't give up easily! andy (talk) 16:36, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
I started an article entitled Cyclophonica and I accidentally deleted it. It said you had deleted it. What can I to to retrieve what I had written and restart the page again? Or were you actually supervising what I wrote in real time and decided not to accept it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loftyapex (talk • contribs) 19:27, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
BLP image policyHi, I can see the stretch of how BLP can cover an image on twink (gay slang) but there isn't a scrap of information at WP:BLP that seems to connect that this image was in some way violating policy. If I'm missing the obvious please let me know. Perhaps the policy should be spelled out a bit better for those who are trying to understand the nuance. Also simply stating in the edit summary "article requires self-identified or RS identified "twink" rather than someone who fits the description" would have at least helped explain the deletion. Also, I noticed someone has re-added the image so apparently this issue isn't clear. I think I first added it so it wasn't clear to me. Banjeboi 14:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC) Not to mention Neil, you're engaged in an edit war. You should block yourself. 69.247.176.147 (talk) 03:01, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
I've started a thread Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons#BLP needs clear images statements to get the ball rolling. Banjeboi 19:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC) I see you haven't been notified - there is a short thread at WP:ANI#Gratuitously long block by User:Neil for this issue. —Wknight94 (talk) 02:34, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
And thank you, particularly for the way you've handled it all. I've marked it as resolved. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:26, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Just a quick note, after glancing over developments; don't have much online time at this moment. Very much appreciate your openness to discussion and community review. For the most part, anything I'd say now has already been said by somebody else. Understand where you were coming from a bit better, now. I'm still a touch concerned that such a heavy hammer was used so quickly, but you've responded to those concerns reasonably and there's not much more that can be said or done about that at this point, aside from everybody just moving forward. On the bright side, this little incident has brought some attention to the need for BLP-mindful image selection. Anyhow, thanks. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:02, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Unprotection requestHey Neil - I see that a week ago you protected {{Guideline list}}. Given the fluid nature of guidelines (and that I don't see that this template was ever vandalized), could you please unprotect it? There are a couple of corrections I need to make. Thanks! UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Euro 2008 musicOther than yourself, not one person on the talk page has said they think that the goal music should be included in the article, yet you added it anyway. Why? – PeeJay 10:47, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Someone else managed to respond before me - basically there is no Step 10. "Step" is a term used to refer to Non-League divisions (i.e. 5th tier and below), so Step 6 = Tier 10. Plus although there is nothing on the WP:FOOTY page, I can assure you that it has been established consensus that notability is inherited only down to Step 6 - see an example on the talk page here (March 2007). пﮟოьεԻ 57 08:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC) BoredWoo, look what I made:
It's so pretty! Neıl 龱 09:55, 25 June 2008 (UTC) And another:
Anything interesting? Neıl 龱 10:03, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Re: Badgering peopleYou must simply misunderstand. I am badgering no one. I have simply formally asked and requested the fellow to consider resigning his position as admin. I have been civil, polite and formal. He is absolutely free to ignore my request, remove it from his talk page- whatever Cryptic would like to do. I realize you would like me to stop but I shan't. As long as I maintain a civil, polite and appropriate way of conveying my interrogatives (which I clearly have) then there is nothing wrong. I hope you have a great day! Bstone (talk) 15:41, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
RollbackHi, I was looking at the huggle program, and it looks great, although it needs the rollback feature. I requested a couple of weeks ago, although was denied (i had only started fighting about a day before, and was told i needed more experience). However i am wondering, how much experience is needed? E.g how many edits/weeks would you be looking for? Thanks, --Nappymonster (talk) 17:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
KingKevinIGive this guy his long overdue block notice. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:03, 28 June 2008 (UTC) Your sig
"Checkuser and Oversight access will not be given to Arbitrators by default"One point you might want to consider here is that there is presently no means by which someone may be granted access to the CU/OS logs without having access to the associated tool itself. This is less of an issue in the case of CU, since that's pretty self-contained and has its own appeal path; but in the case of oversight, I think our not having access to the log could be problematic. There have been a number of disputes where oversight was involved, either because some of the relevant material had been oversighted, or because the use of the tool itself was under scrutiny. If we're not able to view oversighted material, then we can't really deal with cases of that sort. This could presumably be resolved by introducing a way to grant log access without tool access—an "ombudsman" user-right, essentially—but that's something that would have to go to the developers, and I'm not sure how feasible it would be to implement. Kirill (prof) 11:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
On the election of the ArbcomGiven objections last time around, Mtmelendez and I had discussed improvements to the election process for arbitrators. Essentially, we proposed a 30 day workshop to set policy (who can vote, format, etc), followed by nominations for 14 days, THEN 14 days to discuss and question the candidates, followed by the election itself. It scaled to 90 days total - BUT, now that we have this nice RFC going on, we could (in theory) roll the election workshop into that. The result is that, if there is support for the idea, We could have an election process starting on 1 August with nominations, 1 September for voting, and the new tranche delta would be seated on or about 1 October for a 1 year and 9 month term, which would come up for election in June 2010. Then the next tranche would come up on 1 November with noms, 1 December for voting, and would be seated on 1 January for a 2 year term ending in December 2011. The key is, once we have a process in place, the election itself is greatly simplified. Do you think it would be worthwhile to post a proposal at the RFC? UltraExactZZ Claims ~ Evidence 13:29, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Regarding your suggestions at the ArbCom RFCI've been reading over the reform portion of the RFC this morning, and your suggestions seem very well thought out and interesting. I'm not certain I support all of them yet, but there's some good room for discussion there. I had a thought while reading through them you might like to consider. In hand with your suggestion to increase the number of tranches, I feel cases could move faster if a cap was placed on the number of arbs working an individual case. If, for example, we had 28 Arbs, we might set a cap of 5 or 7 Arbs per case. That is, when a case is opened 5 or 7 of the currently active Arbs would be assigned, and only those Arbs would vote on that case. I'm not sure what method to choose Arbs per case would be best, only that I would give preference to active Arbs with the lightest caseload. Anyway, this is just the inkling of an idea...not well formed enough for me to contribute, so I thought I'd pass it along to you to see if you do anything with it. If it (or any varient) appeals to you, run with it...if you don't, my feelings won't be hurt. --InkSplotch (talk) 13:51, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
My imagesErrmm, why did you delete my images? I use them on my userpage and switch them from time to time - there was no reason to delete them at all. Please restore them. Ryan Postlethwaite 16:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Stern warningC'mon, Neil, that was classic. Well, your response was actually what made me laugh out loud, but really, the whole thread should be archived. Tan | 39 01:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Template:New Rochelle, New YorkYou declined the G5 speedy deletion of Template:New Rochelle, New York. G5 is for "Pages created by banned users in violation of their ban, with no substantial edits by others." The page's only editor was R.T.Gellar (talk · contribs), a confirmed sockpuppet of banned user Jvolkblum (talk · contribs). The criteria does not have an exception for "perfectly good edit", so could please provide a valid reason for declining the speedy deletion. BlueAzure (talk) 03:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the noticeThank you for the notice but I think I'll refrain from commenting re: that. I have already spoken to many curious individauls re: my typing and quite frankly it's all giving me a headache. Feel free to continue to make me on WP:ANI though. I'm sure that is what the page is there for. Smith Jones (talk) 15:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
WR ArticleLooks good, if you can find any more RS before you either take it into mainspace or DRV (and I'm not sure that actually applies as you have created this article from scratch and are not asking for the recreation of a deleted article), then I'd do so. I'll have a look later. --Allemandtando (talk) 17:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC) No good deed goes unpunishedHi Neil - since you kindly watchlisted Lyme disease in response to the AN/I thread, I'd like to ask you to look at Wanaqueling (talk · contribs). This brand-new account was created a couple of hours after Foundinkualalumpur (talk · contribs) was blocked for tendentious disruption, and immediately picked up the same argument where Foundinkualalumpur left off. For good measure, Wanaqueling admittedly "knows" Foundinkualalumpur. I was going to handle this myself as an obvious sock/meatpuppet of a recently blocked editor, but given my involvement I thought it might be preferable to ask you to review it. Thanks. MastCell Talk 17:58, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
verify sourcesI don't think those sources say exactly what you think they do - I commented on the pre-article talk page. PouponOnToast (talk) 18:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC) Thanks for your !vote at my RFA Thank you, Neil, for your support !vote at my RFA. I will be doing my best to make sure that your confidence has not been misplaced. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC) AbbadHi Neil. I recently created Abbad, and I noticed it was previously deleted. Do you think you could advise on whether the non-notable pro-wrestler (whose article got deleted) should be added to the disambiguation page or not? From looking at Special:WhatLinksHere/Abbad, I see that the only article mentioning the name in a wrestling context is Tim Roberts (wrestler). Incidentally, that wrestler taking the ring name of Abbad looks to be a very interesting story of a name migrating across the ages from Arabia to Puerto Rico via Spain! Islamic companion to the Prophet in 7th century Arabia, Kings of Seville in the Iberian peninsula under Islamic rule in the 11th century, and a Spanish Benedictine monk heading off to Puerto Rico in the 18th century, though presumably the name Abbad was widespread in Spain by that time. It only remains to find out why the wrestler took the ring name of Abbad! :-) Carcharoth (talk) 21:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Socratic contributor
I really hate sidetracking important discussions into ad hominem debates but responding to a good-faith constructive comment with the reply "Cack." is not civil. This is the last I will say on the matter, and I trust we can both keep subsequent comments more polite and constructive. Thanks, BigBlueFish (talk) 22:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
???Was this deliberate, or one hell of a coincidence? Either way, amusing! :) Acalamari 23:40, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Yes, "Neil Wikipedia" is me on Facebook, if you were wondering why I sent you a friend request, whoever you may be. All feel free to add me! Neıl 龱 23:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
DOI bot malfunctionDid the bot go whack just now, or was it wacky for a while before you blocked it? I'm asking because the bot tweaked a page I was working on a few days ago, and if it may have screwed something up I do not want to find out about it the hard way. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:27, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
RfA thanks Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.) Thanks for remembering me (old name) :-) I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school... Thanks again!
Oh NeilFive minutes - I'm guessing it's reverted in less. --Allemandtando (talk) 14:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC) If the image is a copyvio, shouldn't it be tagged as such? I wish I knew the template name so I could do it myself, but... 21655 ταλκ/01ҁ 17:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
Image:Ingrid-Betancourt.jpgDude, i'm a sysop of pt.wikipedia and i can guarentee that image its originally licensed as copyrighted material but after the first publication at Colombian News Agency, Agência Brasil (official news agency of Brazil) ask if its possible to Colombian news agency to re-licensed as CC-BY-SA 2.5. So, the actual license its Creative Commons, or its not stay at the page (and in many journals of Brazil, believe me). PS1: Sorry by my bad english. PS 2: The name of her its Ingrid Betancourt, not Íngrid Betancourt
warned user is edit-warring againSee my comment on his talk page [15] (providing a diff in case he blanks my message). Also please take a look at the RFC we are preparing to see just how deep and long-standing the problem is. --Enric Naval (talk) 21:39, 3 July 2008 (UTC) How to...And where to go to ask for an IP range block. I've found two IP folk who have been using revolving IP addresses to edit, and edit poorly. It would be nice to do away with these folk. Halp! - Arcayne (cast a spell) 22:00, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
"proposterose"No need to ask Abd for a retraction, at least not on my behalf. I can take it as well as give it. Let it stand. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 08:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Deletion review for RoadfanAn editor has asked for a deletion review of Roadfan. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Nakon 04:43, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Re:The big green box at Talk:Liancourt Rock would help you understand it. I believe the reverter, Logitech95 (talk · contribs) = 128.120.161.137 (talk · contribs) violates not only the written rule; Naming lameness but also "slow it down" and "edit summary" per the Arb Committee ruling. Those are all immediately blockable conduct. The guy inserted original research to Mike Honda/ POV contents to Korea under Japanese rule without consensus/discussion over several articles. If you have time, can you look at my and his/her contribution history? He/she even blindly reverted unrelated articles of him, such as Yaksik, Kimera (singer) which I edited yesterday, any my field area in Wiki. Thanks--Caspian blue (talk) 08:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Your "warning"What is the deal with "warning" an editor who made one edit only at the articles, and didn't edit war at all after the edit was reverted? I'm asking you to remove the unnecessary and completely unwarranted "warning" from my talkpage. If you haven't done so soon, I'll do it myself. I've never seen anything like that in my short time here. To compare what BC did to what I did is just so far outside the pale of reasonable assumptions that I don't even know what to say. S. Dean Jameson 10:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Regarding user page User:GHcool...I am copying in Neil, Gwen Gale, and LessHeard vanU, since all three of you commented here. So... what should we do? GHcool has made ut abundantly clear he doesn't want to compromise, so we either decree it acceptable, or an admin takes action. There was already a no-consensus MfD. RfC? Mediation? Any ideas? --Jaysweet (talk)
Quantum Hoops
--BorgQueen (talk) 21:29, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Just FYIOut of courtesy, should tell you you're the subject of discussion here. While it's Not My Place etc, I'd really love to let the topic die; if ever there's a topic that doesn't need one more word written about it, βC is surely it. – iridescent 21:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
New user award
Edit summariesI took your user page off my watchlist. So you can make your edit summaries as long as you like now :) Gatoclass (talk) 08:57, 8 July 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia Review DYK
Congratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 21:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Spot ImageThanks! Will do :) guillom 09:45, 9 July 2008 (UTC) |
