User talk:Goodvac/archives/2010


40 wall street / oakwood law article

Thank you for the invite to write on your page. I am new to Wikipedia as a writer.

As you are in love with boats I am in love with architecture. I live in NYC and when I look at the tall historic buildings I think about the stories that shape their past. I have a curiosity for the stories of the tenants that occupy the spaces themselves. My goal here on Wikipedia is to write about happenings in the NYC downtown real estate market. This little article is a vignette about what I believe shows how time moves forward and as one company moves on another one steps into it's place. We are all replaceable and just here for some short moment in time... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotsummer 9 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

German Submarines

Thanks for taging them. (It saves me the work) However, I was only creating the pages so that way they exist. I don;t really have any sources. If I ever come across them i'll be sure to add them into the article(s).--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:21, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your clarification. But, it is quite pointless to create articles based on your own knowledge. If you have no sources, you will be better off to mark them for deletion. I would greatly appreciate it if you saved me the work by doing that if the aforementioned is accurately stated. Goodvac (talk) 23:26, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Scratch that. The thing is, there are a few sources that talk about every one of the 300 and thirty odd U-boats in the German Navy in WWI but I have'nt been able to include them in the article yet. I'll get to it as soon as possible.--Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:29, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Please attend to that matter in a reasonable amount of time. Thank you. Goodvac (talk) 23:30, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Hilay

I wrote an article Hilay which was deleted and I just wanna know why. It does not contain any rude words it's just a legend??? Please answer,thank you :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonlight Shadow (talk • contribs) 17:21, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Your article does not convey any significance that shows it is notable. If it is a legend, you better provide sources for it. Without sources, no doubt your article will be deleted. To find out if your article is notable, please search the article name on Google and see how many relevant results you get. In your case, I didn't see any. Goodvac (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Gateford park primary shool

Hiya ... this article has problems (including the title!), but it's not a db-attack speedy deletion, it says nothing negative about the school. Take another stab at it maybe? (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 20:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree that it has many problems, but it both compliments and attacks the school: "it has very boring lessons made fun and the staff are up to scratch." Schools are notable on Wikipedia, so I guess that cleaning that up would work. Goodvac (talk) 20:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Peugeot Motocycles

Sorry, dropped my laptop in the middle of everything. Took awhile to get it going again. Fixing edits.--Degen Earthfast (talk) 21:34, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Thank you for paraphrasing the article, though the last four paragraphs of the "History" section are still copied verbatim. Please paraphrase these as well. Goodvac (talk) 22:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Inventor of Milkshakes article

This is a recreation of a previous CSD (G3) article...USER:Edison deleted it the first time, I left a message on his page so that the user didn't get templated by a bunch of different people. Just so you know there's more than one set of eyes on it! Frmatt (talk) 23:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

My article on AMAWATERWAYS, about a River Cruise Line was deleted and I am curious. Viking River Cruises has a page up and I basically followed the same guidelines when writing about AMA. What should I do?

Airrally, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airrally (talk • contribs) 17:11, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

The main reason for the deletion was that your article was written in a promotional tone. See the deletion log. Goodvac (talk) 17:56, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Worldstuffer - Speedy deletion

Hi Goodvac, thank you for reviewing my article, but I can not really understand what is wrong about it. There is such service and it works for people and I think the description is matching all the guidance of Wiki. What did you find promotional in this article, I put just straight facts what this site do and why it was invented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bejohny (talk • contribs) 20:39, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Your article has been deleted. You can see the deletion log, where an administrator has deleted it as promotional. Certain phrases you used indicated favor for the topic. This company may be notable, but you will have to write it in a more neutral tone in order for it to stay. Good luck, Goodvac (talk) 21:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Tagging of Kasama College of Education

I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on Kasama College of Education. I do not think that Kasama College of Education fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because WP:CSD#A7 specifically excludes schools, so school articles are never to be speedy deleted under A7. Use WP:PROD or AfD instead if need be.. I request that you consider not re-tagging Kasama College of Education for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page. DES (talk) 21:54, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Your UAA reports

Thank you for your reports about users Hommos2010 and Moohoe. However, your reports were removed as UAA is for name policy infringements that are serious enough to warrant an immediate block. Notably, the use of homo or hoe is not necessarily a serious issue, particularly when there's a lack of collaborative bad-faith edits by the user. Even then, newly created vandal only accounts typically get reported to WP:AIV, not UAA.

As noted at WP:BADNAME, had the names been general name policy violations, you should have first discussed the concern with the user on their talk page. A helpful template to do just that is {{subst:Uw-username}}. Note that a request for comment can be filed if the user disagrees that their name is against the username policy, or has continued to edit after you have expressed your concern. You may find the UAA instructions helpful, and I'd recommend reading them over prior to making future reports to UAA. Cheers, NJA (t/c) 10:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

  • And also your reports of Blondeshavemorefunwhenreading and Sorooshhit. Can you please acknowledge you understand what I am trying to discuss with you? Thank you, NJA (t/c) 09:25, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Ok. I understand why Blondeshavemorefunwhenreading may not have been a good call, but I cannot fathom what makes Sorooshhit okay. It contains "shit" after disregarding an "h." Furthermore, it reads like the real word. People often repeat characters in cuss words like these. Please review this. Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 16:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Also, are you saying my warning of Xx killah emo xx was justified under the username policy? Goodvac (talk) 16:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
In addition, before I report any more non-blatant violations, would you pass your judgment over the name "Rasel mahboob"? Does that conform to the username policy? Note: User:Boob was blocked for username violation. Goodvac (talk) 17:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Your concern and use of the {{uw-username}} on Xx killah emo xx wasn't likely needed without edits to indicate that they were a bad faith account, though it's not the biggest issue here. More obviously unjustified were the warnings to blood nemesis and liverpoolwtf. Can you see the reason why? I don't want to tell you what is and is not okay, rather I'd like you to read and fully understand name policy so you can make better decisions on your own.
As for the Rasel mahboob, no, that clearly could be someone's name. When the account isn't a clear violation it's best to either watch their edits to see if they are a bad faith account or not, or discuss with them. The way to go about it is clearly outlined at WP:BADNAME. And no, Sorooshhit is not a blatant violation. SORO SHIT may have been a cause for concern, but not sorooshhit. Remember that even though it's English Wikipedia, people from all over the world register names. NJA (t/c) 08:38, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Use of username warnings

Aside from the concerns above, I would also like to note that warning users who are not in violation of name policy (like this & this) is a cause for concern. I'd like to discuss with you your understanding of the username policy, what is and what is not a violation, how to handle non-serious concerns, etc. Again, I recommend reading WP:UAA/I and WP:BADNAME, if not the entirety of the username policy, and then post here to discuss before making more reports to UAA. Thank you. NJA (t/c) 09:47, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Note that I've posted here in an attempt to seek advice from others. I'm in no way trying to discourage your participation, but we need to discuss your understanding of the username policy, whether here or at the link I've provided. Cheers, NJA (t/c) 11:17, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help!

Tisane (talk) 21:17, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

You are certainly welcome! Happy editing, Goodvac (talk) 22:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

My London's Burning edit

My London's Burning edit was NOT vandalism, I was making a genuine edit. Please don't accuse me of vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.148.207 (talk) 20:25, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Adding "Billy: 'SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!'" to the quote was not very constructive. The excessive number of exclamation points (!) is unnecessary to convey the point that he said it loudly, which is already depicted in the caps. Changing the "who is" to "whos," which itself is incorrect, does not add anything. Your edits may not have been vandalism, but certainly they were not significant additions. Goodvac (talk) 20:34, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Alright, point taken. Im very sorry if it came across as vandalism I just thought I was making a genuine amendment as im such a die-hard fan of London's burning. Once again, my apologies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.148.207 (talk) 13:26, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

My user name

I understand your concern and honestly I did not check the naming rules. The username is a combination of my favorite gaming characters and themes I can see why it seems weird. Blood- dragon age blood mage, Nemesis-resident evil, 360- the console and A47- Hitman series. I have no intention of vandalising articles though I will change the name to something that will not make users think im going to mess up the articles :}. Thanks for informing me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blood Nemesis 360 A47 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 13 February 2010 (UTC)


To Goodvac concerning the message I left on your page earlier it seems as if the individual/group you filed the complaints to didn’t find my username offensive. I hadn’t fully reviewed the username policy at that time and neither had I read these exchanges. I have explained the reason for my name and hope this allays your worry but I will no longer be changing my username as I believe it is acceptable I will however place the reason for the name on my page as an explanation to any who are concerned. Also I apologize for not signing the message earlier thank you.--Blood Nemesis 360 A47 (talk) 14:47, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

As noted here, the name is fine. And this has been discussed on this page. Hopefully understanding of what is and what's not a real concern is now known. NJA (t/c) 07:35, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

sorry

i am sorry but i was hopping a could get my birthday on the board. how do u get your birthday there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.42.177.17 (talk) 02:23, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

I cited the article to the New York times, I don't think this is innacrruate or lieblous information. The fact that the wiki page for Gallo is an advertisement should be more concerning to you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blu dan (talk • contribs) 23:38, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I appreciate your defense of your unconstructive edits, but your addition was utterly inappropriate. In no way did you "cite the article to the New York times." You repeated the same paragraph twice, enough to reveal that your edit was not made in the interest of building a cited and solid online encyclopedia. Goodvac (talk) 23:45, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Sock puppet accusation

I am confused as to why I would be accused of being a sock-puppet. The recent edits that I have made on the Covino & Rich page are simply reverting slanderous/libelous statements.

I am responsible for the majority of the legitimate data on the page, why would I cause myself more work?

I have been requesting that the vandals be banned/blocked/etc., if I am going to be accused of not following the wikipedia policies for trying to be a good citizen then I'm not so sure I want to be a citizen of Wikipedia at all.

That being said, I respect, applaud, and appreciate all the work that the editors/admins/etc. do on wikipedia to ensure that it runs smoothly. I have such high respect for the wikipedia team that I've often felt that I would like to be a member of this great team. JoshinWinnipeg (talk) 03:57, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

As noted at the page where I filed this concern, this has simply been a bad mistake on my part. Please do not take this mix-up as a discouragement to your participation on Wikipedia. Put this incident behind you and make the most out of your editing on Wikipedia. Cheers, Goodvac (talk) 07:26, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Binoy Job

Hello Goodvac. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Binoy Job, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. The WordsmithCommunicate 20:40, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

tagging of Georgian Coast Guard

You tagged Georgian Coast Guard for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#A10 but you did not indicate what article this duplicates. It is very helpful to the reviewing admin, who may not know the subject well, if you indicate a specific article when tagging under A10. DES (talk) 00:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Reverting edit on Template:Economy of Switzerland table

HI ! I updated the Economy of Switzerland table using Template:Infobox economy, but you reverted my edit, and called it vandalism. May I ask you why ? Thank you for your answer ! 92.104.63.101 (talk) 11:42, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Now that I look at your edit more clearly, I understand what you were doing. Your edit was tagged as "repeating characters," so I immediately thought it was vandalism. Apparently, it wasn't. I have reverted the template back to your revision. In the future, please write what you did in your edit summaries so that other editors will not construe your edits as vandalism. Goodvac (talk) 02:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Double warning

Sorry about that, I was reverting the same vandalism - Twinkle was either dragging its heels, or must have bailed out because I was adding back an email address. --McGeddon (talk) 16:39, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

It's all right. Twinkle sometimes lags. Goodvac (talk) 16:41, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I recently edited some model and fashion person pages with links to MyFDB.com and you removed them without checking this page. Please let me know what I should do to be able to add these links without them being removed in five minutes. My comments on that External Links page explain why what I'm adding is by the books for WikiPedia. 74.113.130.2 (talk) 20:28, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I am questioning whether you even checked that page. RL0919 explicitly states, "The content might be useful in terms of providing details that don't belong in the article itself (per WP:ELYES #3), but the sources of the material on the site is unclear. If the content is supplied by non-expert users (like our own content is), then it would probably fail WP:ELNO 11 or 12. I couldn't find anything on the site itself about who generates the content." Basically, the info on myfdb.com is unsuitable for use and does not meet Wikipedia's policy requirements. Goodvac (talk) 20:55, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

User Andrewrp

I've indeffed the user for vandalism and because I feel that the account may have been compromised. Issue raised at WP:ANI if you're interested. Mjroots (talk) 19:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I suspected that it was compromised too. Queer that a vandal-fighter would start acting like a vandal. Goodvac (talk) 20:31, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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The blackmore Murder speedy

FYI, I changed this to a spam speedy at it seems to be a fictional story written to promote the youtube page it links to. --YixilTesiphon TalkContribs 20:14, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that seems suitable. Goodvac (talk) 21:39, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: 01SJ Biennial

Hello Goodvac, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of 01SJ Biennial, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Sources are included. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. The WordsmithCommunicate 15:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

FYI

This was a PROD-contest. The associated article was prodded a few weeks ago, so I've restored the article per the talk page comment, and declined your speedy tag. Best, JamieS93❤ 13:28, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Request to change the colour of your signature

Might you be kind enough to give a recognisable colour to your signature? It currently is not visible. I noticed it when you left a note on the Help page. Best. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 09:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I think it's recognizable. Did you have any specific colors I used that did not show up clearly? Goodvac (talk) 17:11, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Funny. Your name comes invisible in Google Chrome (which I use; and suspect some others would be using). Try changing the text shadow colour (which is green too I guess). Perhaps it works. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 19:38, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
and let me add this - the work that you do is very highly appreciated; let this request of mine not be seen in any way against that. In case you do feel not inclined to change the colour of your name, perhaps you could ask the view of some others trusted by you, who might be able to comment. Regards, ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 19:41, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Could you clarify what exactly did not show up? My username or the link to my talk page? Goodvac (talk) 19:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Surely. It's your name which is not showing. Your talk link shows. But the name is totally invisible. Thanks for the effort being taken. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 18:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm going to test out some different versions of my signature. Let me know if you can view them. Goodvac (talk) 21:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I actually like the other one I came up with below more than my current one. What do you think? Goodvac (talk) 21:55, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Alright Googvac, now comes the weirdest part. I can't see either of your changes - which leads me to suspect whether it's a case of my browser not being compatible with your font colours/shadow or whatever. But I compare this with the fact that no one's name till date has come out as invisible to me. Let me suggest something out here. I suggest to you that don't change your signature right now. In case you come across anyone else who also comments that they were not able to view your signature properly, perhaps change the signature font/style completely. But if you don't, as Lennon says, let it be. I thank you for the effort taken and realise it's a war between creativity and user friendliness :) If you need any help in the future, write to me. Take care ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 02:30, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
(Right after I left you a message, I checked your page using another browser, Internet Explorer, and your signature comes out quite fine. Warm regards ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣)
Will do. Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 05:22, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
I like the one I came up with above, so I'm going to change it to that. By the way, thanks for letting me know that my signature is not visible to Chrome users. I'll keep that in mind. Goodvac (talk) 05:36, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
You're welcome. Best. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 11:48, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

bla bla —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camolist (talk • contribs) 00:07, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Garfield Heights Ohio

Your point is well taken. See if you can look into banning whoever keeps deleting the section of this article on Fallen Officers. This individual will not sign in and insists that the information is not "encyclopedic", whatever that is supposed to mean. Maybe he just hates cops. Meanfrank (talk) 23:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC) 23:16, 7 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meanfrank (talk • contribs)

Do not restore content that another editor has removed without providing a reason. See Fuhghettaboutit's response at the help page. Another note, do not personally attack other editors with whom you have conflicts. Doing so will get you nowhere. Goodvac (talk) 23:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

That was kind. Question: Are you a girl or a boy. My Answer is Girl —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaunciaton (talk • contribs) 00:46, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad that you are eager to get started with Wikipedia. Have you checked out the Introduction yet? If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, continue posting here, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Once again, welcome to Wikipedia! Goodvac (talk) 00:52, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Who

Did I attack on the Garfield Heights talk page? Meanfrank (talk) 01:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

In this revision, you told the IP, "The only reason you are not signing in is because you are a coward who knows he will be vandalized." You are attacking his character by calling him a "coward," which is inappropriate to do in constructive discussion. Goodvac (talk) 01:08, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Userpage

My goodness, you are quite right, that does indeed look tedious. It was much more complicated than I assumed...anyway, I'd love to help you figure that out, but I won't be able to immediately rush to your assistance for several reasons:

1. My computer crashed and I can only edit for about half an hour maybe once a week.

2. My User space edits have been rather numerous, and my adopters and friends have banned me from any unnecessary User space edits until I have applied for and gotten Rollback

3. I am not actually sure yet what to do about your numbering problem, but I will try to figure something out while I'm getting my computer fixed

Anyway, I'm sorry to have to make you wait, but it's rather hard to edit without a computer. 0_o However, I will try and see what can do as soon as I am able. Happy editing! :) -Jakkinx|Talk|Sign! 17:49, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't mind waiting. Cheers, Goodvac (talk) 21:21, 9 April 2010 (UTC) Goodvac (talk)


Vandalising

Hi, sorry about that. I was at school and had logged on to Wikipedia, and my friends were messing around and editing pages. Promise it won't happen again :) --darksoulknight (talk) 22:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Take care not to allow others to access your account, or you may bear the consequences. Regards, Goodvac (talk) 03:31, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
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what to do about User talk:Idahoprov

User talk:Idahoprov has been adding POV and making disruptive edits to two articles related to Rashad Hussain. What can be done? Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 23:23, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

You could take this concern to Wikipedia:ANEW. Goodvac (talk) 23:26, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you. Ism schism (talk) 23:29, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

can you issue a warning

can you issue a warning to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:68.226.105.195 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosmoskramer (talk • contribs)Cosmos 05:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

The article "Phineas Gage" is under persistent vandalism by this user.

 Done I've issued a level-3 warning as this user does not seem to understand not to vandalize. Thanks for notifying me. Goodvac (talk) 05:07, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


Thanks for telling me about Twinkle. :) I will try to learn more about it. Cosmos 05:13, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Problem IP user

what was wrong with my post?

You know very well why this is not constructive. Goodvac (talk) 06:23, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Did you delete my edit on booger? if so why?

No, but I reverted it. What you added should not have gone in the "people" section. Goodvac (talk) 06:27, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Is that not a true description on a booger, if not then prove to me what is!

This is an accurate description of a booger. Goodvac (talk) 06:27, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

nAH!!! MINE SEEMS TO BE JUST AS ACCCURATE AS THAT DESCRIPTION.IT MIGHT BE GROSSER,BUT STILL ACCURATE.BYBY!!!

Hey Goodvac, this same IP has been doing a similar thing on my talk page. He's about to get blocked, but I don't think he's apersistent vandal. Just lacks the maturity to admit it, that's all. Deagle_AP (talk) 06:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, I've seen your talk. Thanks for the heads up. Goodvac (talk) 06:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

will someone please revert thischristianity

I've reverted it. Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 07:20, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

how do i revert vandalism.help! i just started a new account and need to know how to revert vandalism on my watch list. How do i revert vandalism? THEN WILL SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO REVERT VANDALISM —Preceding unsigned comment added by SupaBGG (talk • contribs)

There's no need to shout. Calm down. Goodvac (talk) 04:53, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

IS athiestfish giving you problems still?--Force101 (talk) 18:54, 28 April 2010 (UTC)Force101

PLEASE SEE MY TALK PAGE,PLEASE its NOT that good but will somebody edit comments on it PLEASE!

User talk:88.218.142.77

Excuse me sir.I accidentally erased something.Thank you very much for the reverting.I didn't know what to do to correct my mistake.Again thanks very much and I' really sorry.(Made a fool of myself again. :o) ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.218.142.77 (talk • contribs)

It's all right; we all make mistakes. Thanks for coming by to tell me. I hope you will continue trying to improve the articles here. Goodvac (talk) 06:49, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

User talk:DeCa MaCh

Thanks very much for your answer. DeCaMaCh (Talk|Contributions) 19:43, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Sonic X The Movie

Just FYI anyone, including the article's creator, can remove a WP:PROD template from an article, and once removed it should not be replaced. I went ahead and moved on to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sonic X The Movie, your comments would be welcome there. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Signature

Just for your information, it looks like your signature does something strange in Chrome 4.1.249.1064: it shows up as blank space, and when you mouse over it, only the underline shows up. It works fine on IE 7. If I had to guess, it looks like a font substitution problem. For example, in my signature, I use <font style="font-family:Constantia" size="3" color="#0077bb">[[User:TheFeds|'''''TheFeds''''']]</font>, while you use <font face="Papyrus" color="green">'''''Goodvac'''''</font>. If you changed it to <font style="font-family:Papyrus" color="green">'''''Goodvac'''''</font> (giving this: Goodvac), I think it would fix the problem—that code works on Chrome. TheFeds 20:30, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Someone has already told me about my signature not working in Chrome. I just wanted to see if anyone else using Chrome would notice that my signature doesn't work. So, are the shadows not working? I've changed my signature to what you have above, leaving the shadows. Goodvac (talk) 21:43, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
That's weird, I still can't see any of it (though I can see your talk link). I've signed this post with the same shadow as you're using—and it works as expected, and I can see it. In fact, when I preview this post, but change your signature to use the Constantia font (like mine), it works—so maybe there's something strange about that Papyrus font that clashes with Chrome (only) when you use the shadow property. TheFeds 17:09, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
I've just completely taken out the font-family tag, but it still looks the same. See if it works now. Goodvac (talk) 01:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
It does work now. The shadow is visible. TheFeds 04:13, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your help! Cheers, Goodvac (talk) 04:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

The_Joy_Of_Sect.PNG‎

How do I report the file: The_Joy_Of_Sect.PNG‎ is in fact The_Joy_Of_Sect.JPEG‎  ? There doesn't seem to be a system to report such errors, and my time is too valuable to search for another half an hour. I'm just trying to HELP. -- Ron ryouvan@tampabay.rr.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.40.182.35 (talk • contribs)

I appreciate your effort to help, but unfortunately The Joy Of Sect.PNG is in fact a PNG and not a JPEG, so your concerns are not applicable. Goodvac (talk) 07:02, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Need for Speed Underground 2 misinformation

Some idiot keeps altering the article providing the wrong information, obviously this dickhead hasn't played the game or they would know that Caleb's gang in the game is called The Wraiths yet said idiot keeps changing it to say Street Reapers. If you play the friggin game Rachel Teller says "The Wraiths" at least once and it can be clearly heard. How do we stop people from vandalizing the article? (SnakeEyesNinja (talk) 23:53, 1 May 2010 (UTC))

please stop accusing me of sock puppetry i have done nothing wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipetiki (talk • contribs) 19:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

You know very well that you are a sock puppet. Goodvac (talk) 19:09, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

YOU dont have a say in this conversation,no proof! so fuck off! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.213.157 (talk • contribs)

Rich Zubaty

I am tired of neurotic idiots messing with my page and my links. I asked this Ebike weirdo to email me but he hasn't done it yet. Who can act as a mediator to resolve this. I want him to leave me alone. Tell him to go bother someone else. richzubaty att hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.253.135.100 (talk) 07:18, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

The article may be about you, but you don't own it. Goodvac (talk) 07:20, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

I took my article down five years ago becuase people kept removing links and fucking with it. Then someone else put on up and I said OK. then I saw all the links had been removed and I fixed them. Now I have you neurotic shits fucking with it. Leve it alone or take it the fuck down.

This isn't about cruise ships, it's about women. I am constanlty under attack and I dont' need you abetting that. Fuck off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.253.135.100 (talk • contribs)

It's not up to you to decide whether your article is going to stay. Looking at the books you've written, you certainly are notable, so you would be suitable for inclusion. And no, I do much more than improve articles on cruise ships. Much more. By the way, your incivility is not helping your case. Goodvac (talk) 08:19, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thank you for reverting my talk page back to its pre-flame status and for your other help in this matter. Ebikeguy (talk) 15:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm always happy to help. Cheers, Goodvac (talk) 22:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Urban Family Dog

Hello Goodvac. I was wondering where the appropriate place to discuss the deletion of the Urban Family Dog article would be? I am contacting you because of your note.

Also, I noticed on your profile you've written articles about cruise ships. I worked as art director on a project with a talented illustrator by the name of Dusty Deyo. She has done many commercial illustrations of cruise ships and their decks. Here is a link to one of those. She is very nice, and may be helpful in your cruise research.

http://dustydeyo.com/HTML/Misc_Large07c.html

Thanks for your help.

Nelsdrums (talk) 16:00, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Sock

See edit Jeepday (talk) 23:45, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

By this, I'm assuming that you as well consider Garanam (talk · contribs) to be a sock. Regardless of contributions, a sock is a sock and should be blocked. Following the present path of not blocking this user shows favoritism of constructive socks over disruptive socks. This sock is hardly constructive. Besides three edits in the user and user talk namespaces, the user has not contributed in any helpful manner to the encyclopedia. The user linked to an edit by a blocked user. That same blocked user created his own userpage and talk page with "Hi", as did Garanam. This evidence is sufficient to block Garanam for abusing multiple accounts without filing an SPI case. What are your thoughts? Goodvac (talk) 21:03, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
Those may all be valid reason to block if the user is a sock, but the criteria for vandal blocking is as below, if you want to have them blocked because you beleive the user is a sock the place to report is WP:SPI not Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
1. The edits of the user you are reporting must be considered vandalism.
2. The user must be given sufficient recent warnings to stop.
3. Unregistered users must be active now, and the warnings must be recent.
To file a report, edit this page and follow the instructions at the top of the "User-reported" section.
Jeepday (talk) 22:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey thanks for the help, I was needing it :). Please check Isaías D'Oleo Ochoa article because it was originally in [[1]] but I redirected the page to the new location. I noticed that the old talk page is still here and I dunno what to do. Please help me. I'm a new user here. --Laura.hernandez (talk) 01:08, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! I've redirected the talk page to the current talk page. A note: when you want to move a page from one location to another (in your case, from "Isaias Doleo Ochoa" to "Isaías D'Oleo Ochoa"), you don't have to manually create the page again and redirect them. Instead, you can move the page (click on the "move" tag at the top). This will automatically create the new page and redirect the previous page to the new page, including talk pages. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! Goodvac (talk) 01:25, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Thank you again for the help. You are very kind! :) --Laura.hernandez (talk) 01:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
If you ever need any more help, feel free to come by! :) Goodvac (talk) 01:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
OK! --Laura.hernandez (talk) 02:32, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Brian Roberson

Hello Goodvac. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Brian Roberson, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. ϢereSpielChequers 10:50, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User talk:Wuchencheng

I declined the speedy deletion of User talk:Wuchencheng, because if the page were speedily deleted, the speedy deletion warning you placed there with regard to User:Wuchencheng would also disappear. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:44, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

thanks....

....for that. Much appreciated. The Magnificent Clean-keeper (talk) 22:25, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

ANI notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Another chance?. Thank you.. Since you've been the main filer of Force101's case, I thought you'd want to give your 2c. Elockid (Talk) 12:21, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Disruptive Edits Notice Question

Hello Goodvac, This is Golnaz1979. I just received a Disruptive Edits Notice from you about my posting of interviews with guests from the radio show Pussyfoot.

I'm not clear as to why external links to large publication like Rolling Stone or Urb Magazine are acceptable and interviews in smaller outlets are not. Should I instead post to the guest (ie Bruce Bickford's page on Pussyfoot, and allow listeners to the search out the interviews?)

Would this be an acceptable link http://thehomeofpussyfoot.com/archives/guests080829.html

and people interested in Bickford's interview can then look for the mp3 which is at http://thehomeofpussyfoot.com/episodes/080829.mp3

Please let me know. I just discovered this show, and they've had a lot of guests who have Wiki pages which don't have interviews linked to them so people can hear the people in their own words.

Thanks! Golnaz1979 (talk) 06:12, 21 May 2010 (UTC)Golnaz1979

What you are doing right now (adding links from Pussyfoot to articles) is considered external link spamming. I assume that you are affiliated with Pussyfoot and want to distribute their links to the ends of the Internet so that more people will visit your site. That's not the point of Wikipedia. Goodvac (talk) 06:17, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello,

Thanks for clarification, I apologize for any perceived spamming. However, this leaves me with a couple of questions. I am indeed, affiliated with Pussyfoot, as an intern. I'm wondering, as I look through some people's pages, how links to interviews with other outlets are posted, and since they have corporate sponsorship on those pages, isn't that in some way seen as a way to drive up their traffic? Since we have no Google ads or Indieclick, etc. sponsors, the traffic to our site is unimportant. Also, if we have permission from the artists/interview subjects themselves to put these interviews on their page, and they are 100% direct audio from the horse's mouth interviews, aren't they as valuable if not more as a resource as a reference? Having worked at a couple of record labels in the past, I know that many musicians', actors', and artists' pages are created, maintained and updated by publicists and not necessarily by uninterested parties. Again, apologies for any excessive external linking, I promise to watch it in the future. Thanks again, Golnaz1979 (talk) 21:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)Golnaz1979

Avatar 2 addition

Heya. Just a note, you got the {{imdb name}} template on the article. This wasn't quite right and put it on for an actor - {{imdb title}} is the way to go here. Fixed it already. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:10, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't sure which to use. Thanks for fixing it. Cheers, Goodvac (talk) 22:12, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Riordan, Lewis & Haden

Hi! I'm new to Wiki and trying to help RLH increase the content and accuracy of their entry. I've been adding info which is true and trying to add citations so that it is provable. I'm not sure but it looks like you might be trying to undo my efforts. Not sure what I'm doing wrong but would appreciate learning about the problem. I'm not putting in bragging or anything like that. Thanks for your help.

PS By the way, if you aren't the right person to talk to about this problem, I'm sorry to bother you. InvestorPE (talk) 22:37, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Peacock phrases such as "exhibiting high growth potential in both revenue and earnings" are promotional and inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Goodvac (talk) 22:41, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Following up

Thanks for the helpful advice. I've changed the peacock wording you pointed out to hopefully make it more objective. Are there any other changes I should make to avoid the "advertising" caution at the top of the page? Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by InvestorPE (talk • contribs) 22:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

The string of irrelevant info in the history section — "a successful attorney and philanthropist who would later go on to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles" — is not needed and seems to be lifting up the image of this company and its associates. Once you have removed that, you may removed the {{advert}} tag. Goodvac (talk) 23:05, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Wrapping up

Thank you for the good ideas. I've eliminated the details re Riordan and, with your permission, figured out how to undo the advert tag. If you have any further suggestions, please don't hesitate to let me know. I may add a few more citations (if I can find them) to support information in there. Best wishes! InvestorPE (talk) 23:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Dollar Tree

Hello

I work for Dollar Tree and was given text to put in our Wikipedia page. I started to do that and you blocked it. What did I do wrong and how can I edit the page in the future? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Councell (talk • contribs) 18:03, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

If you work for Dollar Tree, then you have a conflict of interest. Writing about topics with which you are associated is discouraged on Wikipedia. You added promotional content to the article, which is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. If you wish to make further changes to the article, suggest them on the talk page first. Goodvac (talk) 18:07, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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So when does my page get deleted now? And I have several organizations that I would love to have a Wiki page about, but I dont' know if that violates your policies? They are a substantial part of our town...Cdardi (talk) 22:30, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

when an administrator gets around to looking at it. out of curiosity, what are the organizations you would like to make wiki pages about? WookieInHeat (talk) 22:42, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

One is an Education Foundation, a Wellness Council, and our local Athletic Boosters. Could these possibly come off as "subpages" from our School District page? Thanks.Cdardi (talk) 22:51, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

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I've notified the user. Sorry about that, it was my first ANI and I don't really have much experience there. --Addihockey10 07:28, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

It's all right. We all make mistakes. Goodvac (talk) 07:29, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

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stop reverying my changes about jovan ducic in bosniacs ... he was serbian from herzegovina ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.77.244.85 (talk) 15:52, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

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I have updated the entry for mary kostakidis but after saving it and closing Wikipedia, it disappears. Why is it being deleted? Ka-de22ra (talk) 08:34, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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Sure, your version looks fine. Goodvac (talk) 07:33, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Act on National Flag and Anthem (Japan)

Man your good and quick. Thanks a bunch! User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 17:12, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

No problem. The prose was not too bad. Goodvac (talk) 22:54, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Sprinkles

Hi, I see we're editing the page at the same time. I'm now reviewing the page for DYK. I took out the quotes around "sleek, minimalistic" because I'm quoting a different source. Best, Yoninah (talk) 23:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I put quotes around "sleek, minimalistic" because the source you added is the same as the one I had originally, just hosted on a different site. I'm worried that the article may sound like an advertisement. "sold exclusively", "finest quality ingredients", "offbeat offerings" ought to be quoted, or it could be construed as non-NPOV. Thanks for your help, Goodvac (talk) 23:18, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

My Practical Joke Removal

Hello User:Goodvac.I have just came to know that you have removed that practical Joke.I think it does not violates any Wikipedia Policy.You could warn me about that.I don't think it is complete harmful.Seeking reply.Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 07:34, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Using the banner to trick others qualifies as a spoof of the MediaWiki interface, which is prohibited by WP:SMI. Please self-revert, now that you understand that what you are doing violates policy. Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 07:38, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I agree with you, but let the other user comment about it at Wikipedia Help Desk.The banner has been there since many months.I once again say that the banner isn't for any harmful purpose according to WP:SMI.It's not in any article, where it can cause any trouble.It's in my userpage, which won't cause any violation.Thanks.:-GMax Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 07:50, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
WP:SMI applies to userpages. I don't doubt that the banner not for a harmful purpose, but simply said, it violates a guideline. Goodvac (talk) 07:53, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
The smart thing to do would be to stop wasting your time visting people's user pages. And read this too. Happy editing. Lugnuts (talk) 07:55, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
The smart thing to do would be to get in line and start following guidelines if you haven't considered it yet. Goodvac (talk) 07:59, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
User:Lugnuts also uses this.Why don't you remove his banner, too?Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 08:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Lugnuts has a notice in his userpage saying to discuss before removing the banner. Apparently, he feels himself justified in violating a guideline. Goodvac (talk) 08:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Is there no guideline about "Guideline freaks" such as you? If not, maybe someone should think about creating one! Common now... CETTALK —Preceding undated comment added 12:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC).
Perhaps you ought to write one. It'd be a marvelous addition. Goodvac (talk) 20:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

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The information is well known to all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.219.239.238 (talk • contribs) 00:19, 12 November 2010

Then you would be able to provide a source that substantiates those claims. Goodvac (talk) 00:20, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

You got ...

... that one right. Antandrus (talk) 00:46, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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Re. ANI for PsychClone

Actually she has a point - but to get it one must return this toxic half-screen banner. Perched atop an AFD or RFCU the banner, indeed, looks like the kitty menace. Sometimes only socks pronounce the obvious.

Cheers, East of Borschov 10:37, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

With no doubt, PsychClone has some valid points, but the circumstances in which the comments were expressed lead me to believe the user is a sock solely here to disrupt. Goodvac (talk) 10:40, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: User:Expedrium

Hello Goodvac, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Expedrium, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:11, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

G11 was not the only reason I had. See this; it was also a copyvio of http://www.elance.com/s/expedrium/. Goodvac (talk) 19:27, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

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Matthew Edward Hall

if my article is deleted, can you give me some tips to prevent this in the future? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessicagilmore (talk • contribs) 08:36, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry that the article being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew edward hall will likely be deleted; I can see how much effort you've expended to put it together. To prevent deletion of an article you create, make sure that significant sources exist (to meet WP:GNG) and that the subject is notable by Wikipedia standards. See Wikipedia:Your first article for a guide. Goodvac (talk) 08:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

'Commie'...!

Your suggestion for a cite was welcomed and I thought we were trying for consensus but Beyond My Ken has unilaterally decided that this cite will suffice and used it to reinstate 'RC Pool'. It's wholly indicative of personal whims and stalkery getting in the way of accuracy. I just don;t see my edits here as disruptive - challenging inaccuracy and reverting what has now become vandalism. Worryingly, other editors seems happy to pick up the baton of inaccuracy, including one that reverted me so I 'wouldn't get away with it' (er.. having it correct?). That's got to be concerning as an edit summary and modus operandi? --89.211.65.21 (talk) 10:22, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Now it's happening all over again. Help. --89.211.65.21 (talk) 10:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

S'ok. Me and he have been blocked for 24hrs. This pleases me. --89.211.180.189 (talk) 17:01, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm hoping that the edit war at Royal Commonwealth Pool has ceased and will not spark again. Goodvac (talk) 04:51, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Promotion Notice

Congratulations! You've just been promoted to Administrator through your selfless duties in the preservation of the Wiki in a time of conflict. Actually... you haven't: but I'm glad to see that editors like ourselves are catching the trolling that is seen by millions all over the world on a page watched by thousands (if not millions) while others sleep. Cheers :> Doc talk 08:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Hah! It's queer that the trolling isn't reverted for so long. But the wiki is asleep; I'm guessing that 50% of our active users are on the East Coast. Cheers, Goodvac (talk) 08:15, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Multiple CSD tags

I thought since you might not look back again at User_talk:Bwilkins#Explanation about CSD it was worth letting you know that two admins (myself and Syrthiss) have both posted there in support of your view that it's perfectly OK to put more than one CSD tag on a page. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:58, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'll continue doing so. Thanks for the notification. Goodvac (talk) 02:57, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

When You Reach Me

Hey thanks for starting the copyedit! I'm not sure if you're doing this after seeing the request from here. If you are just make sure you write on the page you or else another editor might come and also copyedit it. As noted there, the plot section was hard to construct and please ask me for an clarification. Thanks! Derild4921☼ 00:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi! I did indeed find When You Reach Me at the GOCE requests page. When I reach the plot section, I'll drop you a line. By the way, in my initial copyedits, I left in-line commented-out queries about confusing parts. Goodvac (talk) 07:44, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Sure, I've tried clarifying the last plot paragraph which is the most complicated part with all the details revealed; can you see if they make sense? Thanks! Derild4921☼ 02:02, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

notes formatting

Hey, that was slick, over at Amanar!

1. Was trying to figure out how to make a notes section, and couldn't find good directions (maybe I didn't read MOS hard enough). I can just ape what you did, but is there a good place that describes how to do what you did? I want to use it with other articles.

2. Also, that way you had a semicolon to make headings that don't show in the table of contents was nice. I may need that for other things. Instructions on that?

TCO (talk) 00:13, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

  1. Check out WP:REFGROUP and Help:Footnotes#Separate lists of references and footnotes (grouping footnotes). For footnotes, enclose the footnote within <ref group="note" name="name"> and </ref>. The superscripted note will appear as [note 1]. "Note" is whatever you specified for the group. The "name" parameter is optional, unless you want to use the same footnote in other areas of the article.
  2. I don't think this type of heading is mentioned in the MoS; that's odd. See Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Article Sections and Tables of Contents#Technical Solutions for Long TOCs under "Use semicolons as pseudo-headings." Basically, all you need to do is put a semicolon right before the desired heading.
Hope this helped! Goodvac (talk) 05:19, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Great info and writeup. TCO (talk) 06:10, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

List of Hindu avatars born as Rajputs

Hi, visit this link.It has alredy discussed.You put the right criteria which meets the deletion.thank youMkrestin (talk) 07:06, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't see that. Will tag as so. Goodvac (talk) 07:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

For you

The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Thank you so much for going above and beyond a copyedit and helping improve the references and suggestions. Derild4921☼ 23:25, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. It is a pleasure to go through and improve articles in ways other than copyediting. Goodvac (talk) 23:57, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

image layout in baton (symbol)

Will you improve the image layout? In particular, that long blue baton is (at least when displayed on my laptop), hiding the numbers in the Third Reich section and also needs scrolling to see the whole image. I wonder if it could be rotated and put at the very top of the article? Or something?

I tried myself a bunch, but could not get it.

And if you are not the image/layout expert, please point me at him.

TCO (talk) 17:57, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I've attempted to rectify that. Let me know if it works. Goodvac (talk) 22:02, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

GA review for When You Reach Me

Saw you made a number of edits to When You Reach Me, just wanted to make sure you saw the GA review at Talk:When You Reach Me/GA1, Sadads (talk) 05:10, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Louis Diat

Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Why did u revert my edit?

I welcomed another editor to Wikipedia. Sorry if I didn't do it correctly.  :-(--Voluptuous Nature (talk) 18:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

You're obviously not new to Wikipedia. Goodvac (talk) 18:13, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Um, when did I claim I was? But the user I welcomed, on the other hand, DID appear to be new to wikipedia, so would you please answer my question.--Voluptuous Nature (talk) 18:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
You never did say you were new, though it's patently obvious due to your editing style. The user you welcomed was a bot, so stop pretending. Goodvac (talk) 18:19, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Pretending what? What's "patently obvious"? That I'm a new user? I never claimed to be. But the user I welcomed was NEW, and I think it's okay to welcome anyone, even if they're a bot. If all users (including bots) are warmly welcomed, it enhances the sense of cordiality and collegiality that so crucial to the project. Even though bots don't have feelings, the VERY PROLIFERATION of welcome templates will subtly imrpove the editing experience, and I thought your hasty removal of the welcome template was a bit hasty and impolite.--Voluptuous Nature (talk) 18:26, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for making it even more obvious that you aren't here for constructive reasons. Goodvac (talk) 18:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
Yes I am, and I resent the accusation that I am not. Keep it up, and I'll file a Wikiquette grievance against you.--Voluptuous Nature (talk) 18:31, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!