User talk:JoanneB/Archive2006/July

oshvision wiki page

It seems that the artical i wrote about 'oshvision' on its wiki page has been deleted, although it was attacked by a wiki vandal, therefore this caused the deletion due to rude comments and language unsuitable for the site. The vandal has now disappeared and now does'nt seem to be bothering my user page anymore either, therefore (as you have admin preferences) it would help if you could unblock/undelete the artical or open it up so that i can repaste the saved artical on my pc to it, this would really help me and my buddies read more on the oshvision info! It is vital is we use the page to interest old oshvision people to read what we have done and doing, i would real appreciate you help to undelete the page.

Many thanks --Oshvision 09:24, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Disagreement on "Mid-Atlantic States" entry

The discussion on that page has been lengthy, and those holding the POV of the old entry have been unable to support their view. While my revision may not be perfect or the ideal of what should ultimately reside there, what preceded it (and currently resides their thanks to your revert) was totally inaccurate. It is a nebulous topic to begin with, but the staunch resitance to correction by those who seem to have a grip on what's currently there is uncalled for. There is a mountain of evidence that shows the entry should be revised, and there has been little to no attempt on their part to do so. As a result, I have made my own preliminary attempts. Why I should be singled out for blocking when there is no give from the other side is something I would appreciate some explanation for. It's unfortunate that it became heated, but the combined arrogance and ignorance of what I presume are the orginial authors is mind-boggling.

Alright, I'll stay out of it. Mind you, I did not tell you you'd be blocked, I just reverted you and pointed you to the discussion page, because I didn't see any recent discussions there. It would really help if you would sign your edits with ~~~~, or better yet, create an account and sign your comments with your username, so that it's easier to see that you did indeed attempt some discussion before you made those edits. --JoanneB 09:46, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RFA thanks


Hi

Hi, JoanneB. Can you help me get Stockport to featured article status?? --Sunholm(talk) 21:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Sorry, I don't think I can help you much with that. I'm not a native speaker of English, so I'm not very good at copy editing, and I don't have a lot of experienced with featured articles yet. Aside from that, I have a rather busy time ahead, so I'd rather not commmit to a project like this right now. Sorry! Perhaps someone from the UK would be able to help you, perhaps even someone from the area? --JoanneB 22:00, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Esperanza Council

Hi JoanneB. I just wanted to thank you for all the great work you've done as part of the council. You've really shown newbies like me how to act like a upstanding Esperanzian, and, more importantly, what the spirit of Esperanza is. For that I am very greatful. Yours, The Halo (talk) 09:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Calvin Cheng

The Calvin Cheng page was vandalised again. I have since reverted it.

Richardcrome 15:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apollo Hoax edit

Thanks for the tip, Joanne, I've reedited the Moon Landing Hoax page, and don't seem to have destroyed too much this time. Not quite sure what I did wrong, but then, I'm a newbie :)

Walter Gildersleeve (84.159.252.200)

Don't worry, these things happen. I've heard of browsers with certain toolbars that have that effect but I'm not quite sure of the specifics. Anyway, information is never 'lost', it's always easy to fix, so no harm done :) --JoanneB 10:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Fairies

I note that the wiki-fairies have been weaving their magic spells on the Dutch Wiki's page about a certain Oxford college page :D Thanks --Alf melmac 15:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

:) It's not nearly done, but for me to get anywhere we should 'get together' one day when we both have time so you can explain some of the concepts to me, so I can find an actual translation for those typical English words and concepts... --JoanneB 15:31, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Worth Abbey

The guy with the grudge against Worth Abbey seems to have gone, but I notice you replaced the original text, which looks as if it came from an Abbey press release, which I had removed on the grounds it made it harder for me to claim that Wikipedia was the wrong place for his sort of argument.

I told him he was being opposed not because we were associated with the Abbey, but because Wikipedia should contain only encyclopedic content. I absolutely don't care either way (I never even saw the TV programme), but I feel slightly that I've been made into a liar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Worth_Abbey&diff=60644517&oldid=60627347 Amcguinn 05:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry about that. The edit was made by a user who had everything reverted because he was apparently evading a block. It seemed, however, that some of his edits were legitimate and constructive, but apparently that was only on the surface. I've removed most of it now, hope that helped. And again, my apologies! --JoanneB 08:23, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HRE

I don't know the full story or anything, but he's able to contribute with Professional English, right? As a third party, I'd have to agree it seems to be compromised.

Talkpage

Before
Yeah, yeah - I agree with you. :) Surely there were "Greater Serbia" (Serbia(with Vojvodina and Kosovo)+Macedonia+Montenegro+Bosnia and Herzegovina+Croatia to the line Virovitica-Karlovac-Karlobag) and a "Greater Croatia" (Croatia+Bosnia and Herzegovina+Bay of Kotor+Srem+western Vojvodina+Sandzak). However, they are far too insignificant when compared to what our nations did together. :) --HolyRomanEmperor 07:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC) [1]
After
My other edits have been nullified as well! Not only His Majesty Crown Prince Leka's! And I didnt brake the wikipedia policy there (I read it now, a little). --HolyRomanEmperor 21:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC) [2]

Edit summaries

Before
"Croatian" is slightly not correct - only as neologism; his Croatian origin is noted in the article - and he himself was a "Ragusian" and a cosmopolitan ("European") by self-determination [3]
After
WTF? IT DOESN'T EVEN MENTION!!! [4]

Articles

Before

From
The Serbs have organized a surprise attack on the German entreched camp. Wilhelm of Tyre...
To
The Serbs have organized a surprise attack on the German entreched camp. William of Tyre...[5]

After

From
...discussions on the aborted Rambouillet Agreement.
To
...discussions on the aborted Rambouillet Agreement. By the end of the war over 800,000 Albanians have been ethnicly cleansed from Kosova by the Serbian forces and around 12,000 executed. [6]

Again, I don't know the full story. Just figured I'd stop by and give you the opinion of someone who didn't know him personally. 69.145.123.171 Hello! Friday, July 7, 2006, 07:56 (UTC)

Encyclopedist RFA

I closed Encyclopedist RFA because he just came out of an indef block less than an hour ago and there is clearly no hope for it. I left an explaination in his talk page. I hope you understand. Jaranda wat's sup 19:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I'll stay out of it then :) I was just very surprised to see a 'speedy close' by someone other than a bureaucrat, and I don't think it sets the right precedent. Perhaps a next time, you could find a bureaucrat to do it, or convince the candidate to withdraw... --JoanneB 19:39, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure I've seen admins close RfAs before, speedily and not speedily. I know Carnildo's second was closed by an admin, though not speedily. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 21:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroesjka's

Could you translate this article to english? English translation is Russian Dolls (series). I would be very gratefull.

Regards,

Luka Jačov 15:35, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably a better idea to list it here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_translation#Dutch-to-English. Translating such a rather long article about a topic that I know nothing about is something I rarely do myself (because of the quality that would be compromised, but also time constraints), but people that are interested in doing translations usually keep a close eye on that page. --JoanneB 16:28, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. -Wisekwai 17:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your note on my talk page

Hello. You left the following message on my talk page. Can you explain in detail what my actions were to have received the message? Thanks! —RJN 23:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. --JoanneB 09:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Sure! I think I first ran into the line of edits starting [7]. Then I checked your contributions and saw that it happen more often. It was not meant as criticism, as your contributions are definitely valuable, just a hint. --JoanneB 07:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for adding a category to St Mary's Cathedral, Perth. Its nice to see someone has their eye on things :P --Ali K 11:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hi

thnx sorry about copy pasting from somebofy elses page. I took it out. And yes please do explain to me how to correctly how to use wikiedia correctly. :). —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Kings Of Cleverness (talk • contribs)

No problem. A good start would be to sign your edits on (user) talk pages. To do so, just add --~~~~ at the end, either by typing it or by clicking one of the buttons above the text editing field (the one that looks like a signature). Kind regards, --JoanneB 16:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help.

How can i tell how many pages I have edited?. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Kings Of Cleverness (talk • contribs)

There are edit counters, but an easy way for you to see how many edits you have, while you don't have that many yet, is to just click on the contributions list on the left. Kind regards, --JoanneB 23:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use image

Hi Joanne. Good job in spotting the Camel pic. I've just replaced it w/ Cigarette ashtray (ugly one though hoping to really stop smoking). Cheers -- Szvest 14:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Wiki me up™[reply]

RfA thanks

Thanks for your positive comments in my RfA. Here is a little reference to the now legendary frog collaboration...

Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:51, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

oshvision again

Hi, look you have replied again to the artical, i have now edited it to make it fit to the oshvision page, and now you tell me just because i used my user page as the editor for it when you would undelete the page instead, because you got that 'artical needs to be unblocked' thing on the oshvision artical page???- please can you unblock/undelete the artical and i will move the stuff i have reedited on the user page to the artical... THANKS --Oshvision 12:57, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll explain it one more time. These are the rules:
  1. If a company does not fit the criteria in WP:CORP, it's not notable enough to be the subject of an article in Wikipedia.
  2. You have a lot more freedom to write about yourself and your activities on your userpage (although you can't use fair use images, like logos, there), but if that's the only thing you use Wikipedia for, your userpage will be deleted as well: Wikipedia is not an advertisement medium!
  3. Finally, please place new messages at the botom of a page.
Kind regards, --JoanneB 13:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ohnoz uzer vandalism

In an odd way, having a userpage vandalized with RC patrol reminds me of working in a kids' store. I could tell how well the windows were displayed by how often I needed to get out there and wipe off their little fingerprints. Thanks for the revert! Luna Santin 14:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandals

Hi Joanne, thanks for the vandalism-revert to my userpage. I've sprotected User:Samir (The Scope)'s page till the wears off. Cheers --Srikeit (Talk | Email) 17:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the revert, BTW. Appreciated! -- Samir धर्म 03:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quantum aesthetics

Hi, you deleted the Quantum aesthetics page but it seems to be back! Someone has labelled it copyright violation aswell. Rex the first talk | contribs 00:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I put a {{db-repost}} tag on it as it can be speedied. The copyright violation process is not needed here. Ansell 01:07, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Block request

Please could you block the users listed in [[Category:Imposters of Garykirk]]; they are not me! — Garykirk | talk! 09:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers — Garykirk | talk! 10:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock requests without info

Hey -- I saw you leaving a few messages of this type, and I thought you might enjoy Template:Autoblock which I recently created. Using it, and removing the unblock request, has the advantage that the instructions are still available, but the unblock request we can't help with no longer shows up on CAT:RFU. Cheers! Mangojuicetalk 17:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, I will definitely use that! Thanks! --JoanneB 17:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch sentence

Hi, Joanne, we haven't been in touch since you helped me with ergative verbs, but I'm wondering if you could tell me if you agree with this? It doesn't seem quite right to me, but my Dutch is very rusty! Thanks. AnnH ♫ 20:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! It's hard to translate that sentence, as that sentence is famous for him using it, nothing else, it's not a real expression that has a counterpart in other languages. The current version of the translation is not bad per se, but it misses something, I think. Elsewhere on the net, it's translated as variations on 'I'd rather get (us) blown to pieces'. I think the main thing that should be apparent in the translation (and I'm not sure if that's the case in the current one) is that there's a comparison going on, a decision, and that the outcome is that he'd rather blow up the whole thing than surrender. "To bits and pieces then", while it definitely is a good indicator of the end result ;) , does not convey that comparison so much to me. --JoanneB 09:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that, Joanne, and although we haven't had much to do with each other lately, your name does pop up on my watchlist occasionally, and I think you're doing a great job. Cheers. AnnH ♫ 19:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stay cool

File:A glass of sweet tea.JPG

I hope you will accept this cool refreshing glass of Sweet tea to help you weather the torrid summers that you Dutch are having these days. -JCarriker 11:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very much appreciated, thanks!! --JoanneB 23:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


FYI

Just so you know, I now have a new username at User:Seivad. Previously I was known as [[User::Abcdefghijklm]]. This message has been left for everyone who has left a message on my talk page . Thanks for your time, Seivad 21:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Misza13's pile!

 Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page.
Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing!

NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm.
Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

My new name (formery: User:Reichsgauleiter Hansen)

Hello JoanneB. Thank you for unblocking my iP if you've done it. What about my new username? Is this ok? Please check out the term Feldmarschall. greetz --Feldmarschall von Hansen 18:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome for the unblock. I won't block you for this one, no. But I cannot guarantee that no one else will. --JoanneB 19:08, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/V. Alexander Stefan

Hi Joanne,

You've missed some of the other articles that were added later to the AFD nomination. Are you planning to delete them as well seeing as everyone else in the AFD has agreed that they should be deleted on the same grounds or will I have to file a separate AFD and get everyone who's already commented to resubmit their votes? It's going to be a bit troublesome filing a new AFD since the original vanity bio isn't there to provide context.

Thanks,  Netsnipe  (Talk)  20:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry, I was planning on deleting those as well, but I got side tracked. Will do so, thanks for the comprehensive nomination and the reminder! --JoanneB 21:01, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Gah! Will Beback has pointed out that I had missed two more templates: Template:Doctor-Faustef-15 and Template:Stefan-University-Press-Series. Why am I not surprised my AFD didn't get them all = ) --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  21:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I speedied them, as I think the AfD sets a strong precedent for these pages - and their likelihood of being used in any other article is zero. --JoanneB 07:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage, and also for your general assistance over the last few weeks. Here is a small present for you! :D

Happy munching! — Gary Kirk | talk! 11:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the yummy cookies! --JoanneB 13:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

29,000

Well, despite your best efforts to slow me down, this edit is my 29,000th :D --Alf melmac 13:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! --JoanneB 09:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

comma

ok I didn't realise it was a main problem. First I am going to start all the new commune article stubs in Italy. Then at a later date I will set up all the commune info boxes and upload the flags and then translate them from Italian wikipedia. James Janderson 13:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a main problem, don't worry about it. It would just be nice if you t it out in the new articles that you'll create in the future :)--JoanneB 13:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Hi

Thanks, but I think it was likely a mistake of misplaced and temporary exuberance. -JCarriker 13:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recent block of TheWLAsavingAmerica

Just a "thanks for the assistance". It was good to have the cavalry around the the shape of Chris and yourself. Regards -- Nigel 09:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Attack

Whats wrong with Prince Charles? --1 Meat and 2 Veg 08:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing is, well, nothing that's relevant to Wikipedia. But you're not supposed to leave your userboxes all over the place, on other people's pages. --JoanneB 08:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Todd Witteles page

Hi Joanne. I am the creator of the Todd Witteles page. When seeing that Todd's name was a dead link from the 2005 WSOP page, I interviewed him and wrote up a Wiki page for him. I see that most of what I was written was cleared because of not citing sources. The source for that information is Todd himself. I am not that familiar with Wikipedia, so how do I cite that? Also, there are two vandals who are repeatedly destroying the page. The worse of the two is at 71.227.246.49, using accounts Toddsego and Neilfrikn. The other is 75.4.207.239, using account Bovine2006. Could you get these two nuisance users blocked from editing? They are here only to vandalize the page. Thanks. --Poker2006 11:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

It's probably a good idea for you to read our policy on verifiability and reliable sources. I'm wondering, btw, how you know what accounts are used by what IP? (Oh, and the easiest way to sign your comment is to just use --~~~~) --JoanneB 10:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Joanne, I read those articles and still don't see how I can cite an unprinted source. The source was Todd himself. How do I cite that? BTW I can't say how I know about the IPs, but if you have a Wiki sysop look into it, you will see I am correct. Also, the IPs I mentioned vandalized the page without an account a number of times. Poker2006 11:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I pointed you to those pages because they state what kind of sources can be used for Wikipedia articles. Interviews that you have conducted yourself are not listed there, because they cannot be used. This might sound silly or even stupid, but the main point is that all sources should be available to be checked by others to check your claims, and an interview that you have conducted yourself and that has not been published elsewhere is not accessible to others. I will look into those IPs, but in the mean time, please limit yourself to 'secondary sources', as described on those policy pages. --JoanneB 12:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]