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Nomination of The Meanest Genie for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The Meanest Genie is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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BR symbol

Hi,

I see you have been adding an image of the former BR "double arrows" to various articles, such as Aylesford railway station. However, clicking on the image directs to Transport in London which of course, is not particularly relavent. Please can you change this and ensure it directs to something more globally relevent. Although the symbol is generally still in use, I'm not sure what it now officially represents, as it is not used by Network Rail or any of the TOCs.

Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 15:19, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

It means National Rail, see this doc page 4. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Have changed it on the infobox so that it is National Rail, instead of London. I forgot about the linking when I put it up. Rcsprinter (talk) 16:17, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Brilliant! Thanks, and for the doc link too. Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Igloo

Hey Rcsprinter123. Careful with Igloo. Remember you should only be reverting definite vandalism with it - [1]. Just hoping to nip this in the bud ;) WormTT · (talk) 19:33, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Graduation

Hi Rcsprinter123. I've been watching you over the past few weeks and I think you're actually about ready for this. What, I hear you ask? Well this big fluffy graduation certificate. The one that caught your eye before you read this text. Oh, and it's not fluffy - I just wanted to know if you'd read this.

The Adoptee Graduation Barnstar
Rcsprinter123, you've made fantastic progress since we started working together. You've still got a way to go, but I think that I've taught you all I can and so you can consider yourself graduated from my mentee status. You're always welcome to come back to me to discuss anything, but for now - Congratulations! WormTT · (talk) 19:46, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

So well done! I do think you should watch yourself, you work very quickly and are quite prone to making mistakes. If you can keep them under control, you'll do very well. Remember that using automated tools mean you are more likely to make mistakes, not less! Good luck for the future, and let me know if I can do anything. WormTT · (talk) 19:46, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Well, thanks Worm! I'm actually leaving soon for about three weeks, but then I'll be back and ready and raring to go with AWB, Twinkle and Igloo at my command. Rcsprinter (talk) 20:20, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Automatic reversion

Just a note to say your bot reverted an edit of mine as suspected vandalism; perhaps it responds to any text deletion in a quotation? The page was Shirley, New Zealand; I have now put my proposed edit on the associated discussion page. Basically my edit harmonises two currently unrelated explanations for the origin of the suburb name, so we need to remove the speculation (by an unnamed source) about where the name 'Shirley' comes from; it is now clear. Will have another go at editing the page later. JulianHeyes (talk) 19:59, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Template check request

I saw the note that CAT:PER was backlogged, so I'm trying to help out, but template work is new to me. The infobox book series one looks straightforward, as it appears the sandbox has exactly what is needed (unlike the last one I worked on) but I'll still like you to check to make sure I didn't break anything.--SPhilbrickT 15:36, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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v/r - TP 14:26, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

me....,again

i've made another one if your intrested Ace10000 (talk) 10:57, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

oh and i've got my own website if you want to visit it (its got links to my other sites as well: http://editthis.info/ultipedia/Main_Page Ultipedia Ace10000 (talk) 10:57, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Ah, a police dog. (I don't have one.)
I'm going to make you an offer. Have a look at the Adopt-a-user page and see if you'd like me to become your mentor. Show you the ropes, make you a good editor and hopefully persuade you to stay here. Just have a think about it and reply when you can. Rcsprinter (talk) 10:57, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I'll let ya but only on the condition that you edit my sites a bit im really struggling with my sites i've only got 3 users, two are me and one dosen't do anything ans i'd appreciate the support on my site you can write about whatever you want, Ace10000 (talk) 11:04, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
Great, if not slightly meaty. See User:Rcsprinter123/Adopt/Ace10. Rcsprinter (talk) 11:07, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

about the adoption thing

could you do a bit more advanced stuff for me to learn, i mean no offence but i learnt all that before i even had an account! you know stuff like userboxes, templates, how to use forums you know not too basic, not to advanced and strangely that's how i prefer the internet — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ace10000 (talkcontribs) 11:33, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

1)should i call you rc,sprinter,sprinty or the sprinster

All in good time! I will, but you must read every page I give you, say you are ready for the test, and then I will give you it, and then we will move on to the next module. You don't need to keep coming here, that is our talkpage now. Call me Rcsprinter. (Pron. Arsey-sprinter) Rcsprinter (talk) 11:39, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
do i post on my adopt page or my adopt talk?

--Ace10000 (talk) 11:48, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

adoption page. don't use the talk. Rcsprinter (talk) 11:48, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

questions

i put some questions on the adopt page just in case you didn't know --Ace10000 (talk) 12:09, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, thank you, I have it on watchlist. Rcsprinter (talk) 12:11, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

finished

ive finished the test --Ace10000 (talk) 13:50, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

what does trout this user mean?--Ace10000 (talk) 14:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

have you used my police dog user box like you did wit the no dogs one if you did could you give me the link please--Ace10000 (talk) 14:11, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

a - thank you, but you don't need to keep telling me.
b - See WP:TROUT.
c - No, not yet. I will now mark your test and give you the next lesson. Rcsprinter (talk) 16:10, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

you wanna know why I ain't been editin

I'll tell ya why cause you f***** revert my edits when they were perfectly fine so ya betta gimmi a good reason to carry on editin otherwise I'm outta here never coming back and boosting my website up to make you website go down so gimmi a reason or your sites history! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ace10000 (talkcontribs) 14:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Because when you've done my course you'll be able to make good edits, which won't be reverted. Rcsprinter (talk) 14:45, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

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Maybe, but how do we know? I reverted the change and left a uw-unsourced1 tag on the talk page of the editor who made the change. What source do you have for 1979? --Hammersoft (talk) 20:42, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I happen to be on Twitter at the moment talking to Ian Cook and told him about the page; what a coincidence would it be if somebody with the username of his company came and edited a year right then? Rcsprinter (talk) 20:44, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) His page on myartspace (already cited in the article) gives 28 April 1983 as his DOB, so we should probably go with that. But that would seem to cast some doubt on the unsourced statement that he studied at Langley Secondary School from 1990-1999, which wouldn't fit with his new age. RCS, where did that info come from? Alzarian16 (talk) 20:48, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
There is a source, its [1]. LinkedIn. And would anyone like to check its DYK submission? Rcsprinter (talk) 20:52, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

AfD closes

Hi Rcsprinter123. When you close AfDs as keep, please remove the AfD tag from the article. You neglected to do this at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dade Behring, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Race course, Ooty, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Florida Oceanographic Society, and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zeina Awad.

Also, please carefully consider the arguments made by participants before you decide to close an AfD as keep. Some keep votes are not firmly grounded in policy, like those at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zeina Awad, where participants did not point to specific policies/guidelines or did so vaguely without specific discussion of the subject. When votes are not based on policy, it would be a better choice to relist. Goodvac (talk) 06:35, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

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