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Please delete these pages{{adminhelp}} Would an admin delete all the pages listed in the archive box on this page, except the last four, per WP:U1? Thanks! Goodvac (talk) 19:30, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
Thank youDear Goodvac. Many thanks for your help. And the cookies ! I have enjoyed the process of getting my first entry in, and am most grateful for the help you have given me. TTE678 (talk) 14:16, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
CSD declinesI've noticed you've removed a few CSD tags that suggested deletion under the A7 criteria. I just wanted to give you a heads up on a couple of things. The A7 criteria does not correlate to notability, but is reflective of a lack of significance and/or importance specifically presented in the article. Remember that significance is separate and distinct from verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability. If you have questions, feel free to contact me. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 01:18, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
AFD repeatWikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death Valley Driver Video Review (6th nomination) An AFD you participated in last month is at AFD again. Dream Focus 00:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC) Help is sought with a new article.Please help with my new articles Paul_D._Foote and William_Z._Hassid - thank you so much Standard2211 (talk) 23:46, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notificationHi. In Wallace O. Fenn, you recently added a link to the disambiguation page Rockefeller Institute (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:43, 16 December 2011 (UTC) more help is sought with more new articles - feel free to edit them as you pleaseThank you for your help with one of my articles ! In the meantime I created more :-) ... Help with them would be appreciated as well. Standard2211 (talk) 16:23, 16 December 2011 (UTC) as well as the latest: Standard2211 (talk) 00:49, 17 December 2011 (UTC) I appreciate your effort to work on the article, but it looks like most of the changes you made are to format rather than to content. It's still blatant advertisement. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:53, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, thanks, and a couple of questions.Hello Goodvac. Thank you for reaching out to me and being a source of contact. I came across a page that I did not create, but was of interest to me, and was being considered for deletion. The page was poorly written so I have been editing it. My first question: Is it possible for me to get a more advanced editor to look at the work I have done on a page in order to get feedback related to the quality of my work? My second question: How long does the debate process go on before a final decision is rendered in regard to the fate/outcome of a page? Thank you for your time and attention. Therebelking (talk) 22:47, 31 December 2011 (UTC)Therebelking
I don't think much of the WikiLove thing, so doing it old-styleHi Goodvac, I've been meaning for a while to hand out a few more of these. Today I started counting up who has been doing the grunt work at the Resource Exchange over the last year. Then I got up to 100 or so requests and dropped that plan. :) GabrielF is a pretty major contributor there but you are running a pretty solid second place or so. A few months after I started editing I had this great idea, which it turns out had already just been started up. I've always felt that the Library is a critical resource in improving our content. Thanks much for doing all the work to help out there, and here is the 4th-ever award. :) Franamax (talk) 20:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
I would ask you to fix the closing summary to reflect the actual consensus which was "withdrawn, with three votes for keep" and remove the editorialized soapboxing which does not reflect anything but the opinion of the nominator.LuciferWildCat (talk) 19:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
Talkback You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC) TalkbackYou can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. —Northamerica1000(talk) 13:14, 12 January 2012 (UTC) TalkbackYou can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Mjroots (talk) 19:30, 14 January 2012 (UTC) DreamFocusI left a note on User talk:Dream Focus#Merge != Delete reminding this editor that merging isn't deleting and also reminding them to assume good faith but the initial response indicates that they are still looking at this from a very defensive position. Would you mind weighing in there as well? Maybe having 2 editors share their thoughts will help. If nothing else it will allow us to take this to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct to get some other points of view. I'm a bit reluctant to go ahead with the merge as DreamFocus and Luciferwildcat seem unwilling to compromise.--RadioFan (talk) 02:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC) ConcordiaHello my friend, I am sorry for the delay in replying to your question. Although things have now moved on and it is clear what the ship's track was for her last hour or so, yes, my information came partly from that publication, but also from the AIS data which showed her track (although the last AIS info I saw had her on a heading of (from memory) 010 degrees and a speed of just over a knot.) Also a look at the available charts of the area clearly shows the reef we are talking about. Further, the pictures (stills & video) showed her where she currently is and a lot of confusion may have occurred because of her orientation, as well as the gash on her port quarter. The VDR will confirm this, but I expect that she was turning to starboard (away from the shore) at the time of impact. Anyway, greetings to you. Best wishes, --Rich0908 (talk) 18:05, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
Europa World Year BookI already posted such a request here, perhaps you remember. Can you provide me the newest entry for South Sudan and the Solomon Islands of that book (from their website)?--Antemister (talk) 22:00, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
AFDAn discussion on possible deletion of the Francesco Schettino biographical article (currently a redirect to the article on the disaster) is underway at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francesco Schettino. I see you've particiapated in discussions on this topic in the past and thought you might like to share your thoughts as well.--RadioFan (talk) 19:18, 20 January 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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What are you doing?Any reason you are going through all my edits and reverting them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Savetheday91 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
RosenbergThanks for turning up those sources about Elias Abraham Rosenberg on the Resource exchange, I'm impressed with your work! Mark Arsten (talk) 16:27, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
How the Torah Scroll got to Honolulu and how it came into the possession of King David Kalakaua is still a mystery. Hawaiian oldtimers give three different explanations. The most romantic version claims that the Torah belonged to a certain Elijah Abraham Rosenberg, who landed in Honolulu in 1887 from a whaling ship. "Rosey," as he was called, said he was a rabbi but this is doubtful. He was, however, known to be a man of some Jewish scholarship whose skill in magic and a bent for telling tall stories endeared him to King Kalakaua. "Rosey" seems to have won the monarch's affection by reading his horoscope and amusing him with Bible tales and aphorisms. Although Rosenberg is supposed to have arrived aboard a whaling vessel, tradition has it that among his belongings was a Torah Scroll, the significance of which he is said to have explained to Kalakaua. Before vanishing about 1889 as suddenly as he had come, Rosenberg presented the Torah Scroll to the King, and, so the story goes, even taught him some Hebrew and the rudiments of Judaism. Few put much stock in the "Rosey" story. Most authorities are inclined to accept another version of the origin of the Torah Scroll which involves a certain Rabbi Kline from the United States who stopped in Hawaii en route ...
Today there are some 1,000 Jews in Hawaii, few of whom ever heard of the royal Torah Scroll. Yet in the worship services in Temple Emanu-El the Torah pointer, which Princess Li- liuokalani could not explain, is still in use. In 1959 a member of the Temple presented the pointer to the Temple, explaining it had been given to her by one of the surviving royal princesses. It is a sterling silver filagree, with the design of an arm in ancient priestly garb. A jeweler estimated the intrinsic value of the pointer, including a few cheap stones set in the middle set in the middle, as worth less than $100, but historically it is of great value because it is inscribed in Hebrew with the name of Elijah Abraham Rosenberg, the mysterious "Rosey," and states plainly that "this is the pointer contributed by Elijah Abraham Rosenberg in the year 5645" (Hebrew year for 1885).
In January, 1887, a Jew by the name of Elias Abraham Rosenberg, a self-styled rabbi, arrived in Honolulu and ingratiated himself with King David Kalakaua by his chanting and so-called occult powers. He soon became the king's soothsayer and astrologer and acquired such power over the monarch that the Hawaiian press bitterly attacked him and denounced him as a "Holy Moses." After Rosenberg had taught the king some Hebrew, he persuaded the king to appoint him appraiser of customs. The royal magician was given quarters in the Iolani Palace in Honolulu where he practiced magic and chanted Bible stories in Hebrew. Soon after Rosenberg won the King's favor, a revolution limited much of Kalakaua's power and marked the swift end of Rosenberg's career. Before Rosenberg sailed back to San Francisco in June, 1887, he received from the King an inscribed silver cup, a gold medal, and $260. The Torah Rosenberg had brought with him was left with the King, together with a handsome silver Torah pointer (yad). It has been suggested that the two Judaica articles were left behind as security for the $260, which may have been a loan to enable Rosenberg to leave the islands quickly.
Thank you!Hi Goodvac, I just wanted to thank you for your help editing my article on Ralph Waldo Tyler. Your edits improved my article and barring some improvements of reconnecting some of the text to different footnotes, (which I'll play around with later) I'm happy with the article. I want to add a photo of Tyler now and will try to do it first by myself. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karenfaye56 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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Harvey BengeSeen message, but logging off now. I'll have a look and reply tomorrow Jimfbleak - talk to me? 20:08, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Captain Schettino sentencingYou are right here as the sentence is theoretical. Multiple life sentences are not unknown, though. Britmax (talk) 08:57, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
Colors for visited external linksThank you so much for observing at WP:HD that the problems with colors not changing for visited ELs is a Monobook issue. I've since switched (temporarily) to my backup account, which has a different skin, and all is fine. Nyttend backup (talk) 04:04, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
MD sourcesHi Goodvac, I'm trying to get access to this and this. Do you have access to them? Any help would be appreciated, thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:39, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
Sprinkles.Goodvac, you're killing me. Why the double-standard? Whoever created the Sprinkles Wiki entry makes claims only substantiated by erroneous media reports in local daily papers, not by top-notch culinary researchers or experts. The articles sited are NOT written about thorough investigation of which bakeries are cupcake-only. The mentions, if/where they exist are asides. However, that Sprinkles is cupcakes-only is more than implied, articles or not. Cupcake Royale exists down the street from me. Yes, they will make you a beverage out of coffee beans. Otherwise, all they do is CUPCAKES. That's it. And, that's why people come to them. It's very well known, from NPR to the NY Times. I just can't find a sentence for the dense amongst us that say "Cupcake Royale is a cupcake only bakery. Want a photo? How else would you like this substantiated? Maybe I can grab a crappy blogger's quote that says Cupcake Royale is indeed Cupcakes Only. Maybe one can be made up, posted and then referenced. See what I'm saying? Let's be smarter. Until someone contests Cupcake Royale's existence as a cupcakes-only bakery, I think it absurd that we question it as being so when there's zero hard evidence that Sprinkles had no predecessor. In fact, there's plenty of evidence to the contrary but Sprinkles gains fame, notoriety and economic benefit from claiming they're the first. C'mon! So, want a PICTURE of their bakery/bakeries? A quote from the owner???? Thanks.Xtiang (talk) 20:44, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
The Curator's Barnstar
Do you remember I asked for some resources here. It is because of your help I am able to create this article. Some user by the name JoshuSasori is removing the claim that NMD is celebrated in Japan. You provided a quote from the book, based on which I added the information. I've left a note on their talk page. Could you have a look into it. --SupernovaExplosion Talk 13:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping make Wikipedia better. Enjoy your research! Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 20:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Logo-princesscruises-sm.jpg Thanks for uploading File:Logo-princesscruises-sm.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sven Manguard Wha? 19:40, 4 June 2012 (UTC) Needing Wiki contribution assistance!Hello Goodvac! I am looking for an experienced Wikipedian to contribute an article for our band Mr. Meeble. We have a very basic Wikipedia article written already, but I know that someone like yourself may be able to point out our formatting errors and critical omissions. You can hear our music and see our videos here: http://youtube.com/mrmeeble Let me know if you would be willing to help! Regards, Devbot (talk) 01:49, 12 June 2012 (UTC) Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:
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Riley Schillaci AfD & barnstarHi mate, thought I'd post something after the resolution of the Riley Schillaci AfD discussion. While I am personally annoyed that the process has effectively "rewarded" some pretty disgraceful conflict of interest and sock-puppetry from the subject of the article, I think the outcome was (nonetheless) the right one. The fact that you were willing to stick to your guns and remain civil and courteous (where others would have given up or become hostile) is a credit to you. As such, I thought it only fair that you be given the following...
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--The Olive Branch 19:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC) ThanksDear Goodvac, Thanks for your patient tutelage with my sign-in issue. My problem was that I was not reading the boxes right on my email sign-in. It had said "new email address" and it had not occurred to me that I could type in something there because the box to the right of it contained my Wiki user name--it wasn't blank. So I thought it was a box for my user name. It didn't occur to me to type my new email address over top of it, until I read your recommendation that I try this. Bottom line and good news: I did type in my new email overtop of my user name, AND IT WORKED. Now all I have to do is figure out how to register for the news database which was my purpose for registering an email. Thanks again! EMP (talk) 22:59, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping make Wikipedia better. Enjoy your research! Cheers, Ocaasi EdwardsBot (talk) 05:06, 19 September 2012 (UTC) Page Curation newsletterHey Goodvac. I'm dropping you a note because you've been using the Page Curation suite recently - this is just to let you know that we've deployed the final version :). There's some help documentation Wikipedia:Page Curation/Introductionhere that shows off all the features, just in case there are things you're not familiar with. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC) Kids' mealGood rescue job on Kids' meal. Think that's DYK material? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:50, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Tom Trusky ArticleHi Goodvac, I realize I am almost five years late, but I wanted to thank you for approving the article I started about Tom Trusky after the first editor rejected it out of hand. I would have responded sooner, but I lost track of your original message until I happened to stumble on it just today. Good editors like you are essential to the success of Wikipedia. Sincerely, Donald Barclay (Dog-519) Length of a day listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Length of a day. Since you had some involvement with the Length of a day redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 22:35, 7 March 2018 (UTC) Special:WantedTemplates
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