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User talk:Szyslak/Archive 7
 Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Spencer's Gifts, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 17:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC) UCR FACHello Szyslak, Hey, I'll be traveling today and tomorrow, and beyond that won't have much time this week to edit the article. As far as I can tell, all it should need further are passive voice adjustments and other random MOS fixes. Best regards, Ameriquedialectics 23:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
RollbackHi, Szyslak. You've probably noticed by now that you have a shiny new rollback tool. It's supposed to be nothing special, almost like, say, installing twinkle, but the tool is much, much faster. If you have any questions or you need any help, feel free to contact me at my talkpage. --Maxim(talk) 02:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC) AmusingUser:SummerThunder, User:Mmbabies ... is there a full moon out tonight? I ran across a short-lived edit to the UCSC article that you might find amusing: [2]. It lasted for about two minutes. I presume it took the IPvandal quite a bit longer to craft it. It's almost a shame. =) --Dynaflow babble 10:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC) What makes something notable.What makes something notable? Angstyraccoon (talk) 21:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC) Makes sense. It doesn't look like it applies does it? Sorry about the mistake. I actually received an e-mail from the author afterwards, seems he'd hit the right moment to look himself up, and he expressed his reluctance to be on Wikipedia, because he's so new and doesn't want to get slandered. Probably good it got taken down then. Sorry to bother you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angstyraccoon (talk • contribs) 00:38, 13 January 2008 (UTC) Okay so I have a question, I came upon a article that isn't notable or significant. Why hasn't it been deleted? The article title is: Cigarro & Cerveja. Angstyraccoon (talk) 05:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC) My RfaI wish to thank you for being supportive of my effort to regain my adminship. Though it was not successful, your support was still very much appreciated, as were your efforts to clarify some issues that arose. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--MONGO 17:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC) UCSC athleticsHey Szyslak, I don't care much for athletics myself, but I'm curious, what do you think was the motivation for the students at SC to vote against funding intercollegiate athletics? Although I understand they voted for a $5 fee increase for athletics last year, they defeated two earlier referendums that would have put UCSC athletics funding closer to parity with other DIII institutions, while students at UCR (in 1998) and UCSD (more recently last year) voted for dramatic fee increases for their respective programs. I can see UCR students in 98 voting to fund DI athletics, because basically there was (and is, unfortunately, even with DI) nothing much going on in Riverside, and SD I'm kind of surprised isn't at the DI level already but I can see them voting for it as a deliberate move to create school spirit at (and as the UCSD article reflects) a notoriously apathetic institution. As UCSC is not politically apathetic would you say they voted against funding athletics as an outgrowth of their general anti-growth or "anti-UC" sentiments or was the vote more reflective of a simple disinterest or apathy towards athletics? Probably both, I think. Ameriquedialectics 18:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Re: Dog run, yeah, I'm surprised the university had the audacity to ask the students to fund a rec center after that. Ameriquedialectics 20:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC) The Animated (1985 film)Hi. I see you found the The Animated (1985 film) article. I probably should point out that the IP edit that added the hoax tag was actually me in a unwitting logged out capacity (and fiddling with a connection via mobile phone); actually I saw a change to Live-action/animated film on my watchlist in one browser window and cut and pasted the link into another browser which didn't automatically log me in....; anyhoo :O), long story short, the IP edit that added the hoax tag was me and I was only getting a chance to sort it all out when I saw you had already got there. Actually the reason the Live-action/animated film article is on my watchlist is that I had fun and games trying to sort out another bizarre set of edits, which I'll have to come back to later in the day. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 10:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC) Replied ....on my talk page. Cheers Khukri 09:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC) He's back...Just before you caught ST's latest IP, I had a hell of a time getting him blocked, as my AIV report was "declined" at first, on the grounds that it wasn't "obviously" ST, and because the report was "supposed" to be at WP:SSP. Oh, and there were no admins watching AIV for almost an hour. szyslak 12:14, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you!Thank you! Socal gal at heart (talk) 12:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC) Celebrate! UCR FA! Hey hey! I almost can't believe it. Honestly, if that article hadn't been such a POV wreck in the first place I don't think I would have bothered with Wikipedia to the extent that I have. I'm glad you were there to see it through... I don't think anyone else from that period other than ElKevbo still edits WP. Let's hope the shining FA star, not unlike the UC "Fiat Lux" star in the seal, wards all angry and bitter UCR grads away from that article, and lets everyone know that, yes, UCR is the least of the UCs. Ameriquedialectics 02:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC) Edits to Wikipedia:perennial proposalsYou do realize that the two cites you added to the section on prohibiting anonymous users do not support the policy, especially when it comes to sprotecting all articles? The first cite only shows that 31% of edits are made by anons, but doesn't show whether they are good or bad. The second cite is to a non WP:V blog made by somebody who privately analyzed "several" WP articles, and expects us all to draw conclusions from this! What? In fact, we have no idea what requiring registration and even autoconfirmation would do to the average IP, because it's never been looked at. Either retrospectively on an article sprotect/desprotect basis, or prospectively and randomly by assigning articles to one class or the other. The argument that IP-vandalism would be undetered by requiring 10 seconds to register, applies equally well to the argument that this would not deter people bent on adding good content, who have the same 10 seconds. When it comes to the issue of sprotection of all articles, the very policy admits of a belief that vandals are deterred by the > 4-day wait between attempts and bans for that account, more than are new nameusers who wish to add good content, and must wait the same time, but only once (since they presumably won't be blocked). Basically, since most vandlisms are made by anon-IPs, and we have no evidence whether sprotection deters good-users more than it deters vandals, we really don't know the answer. This policy has no substance to "rebutt". It exists in a vacuum, at the whim of the Foundation and Jimbo (neither of whom have to do the nitty gritty work of dealing with vandalism in the trenches). SBHarris 01:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC) RFA thanksThanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 17:49, 12 April 2008 (UTC) FYI re ANI noticeAt WP:ANI#Repeated extreme incivility by User:Ottava Rima towards you and others. Wasted Time R (talk) 05:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC) McDonalds mapYou've mistaken Fiji for Vanuatu. Also the map would be more useful if countries were coloured different shades of the same colour. Kransky (talk) 01:46, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Survey requestHi, Thank You, Sam4bc (talk) 00:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC) Hi there, I read your userpage and saw that you copy edit. Would you mind copy editing this article for me, as it's going through FAC at the moment and needs little fixes throughout according to a comment from one user. Therefore, if you have time, please copy edit the article for me. Thanks, The Helpful One Review 16:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC) Orphaned non-free media (Image:Ucdavis aggies.gif)
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 06:28, 3 October 2008 (UTC) Proposed deletion of Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, California A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, California, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. — X S G 05:04, 4 October 2008 (UTC) AfD nomination of Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, California I have nominated Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, California, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, California. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. — X S G 22:08, 7 October 2008 (UTC) — X S G 22:08, 7 October 2008 (UTC) FACRSzyslak/Archive 7, you posted at one or more of the recent discussions of short FAs. There's now a proposal to change the featured article criteria that attempts to address this. Please take a look and consider adding your comments to the straw poll there. Mike Christie (talk) 19:34, 11 October 2008 (UTC) I'm just sick and tired of trollingPerhaps I was over the top. But the reason I reacted is because I am sick and tired of seeing trolls engaging in a war of attrition by bringing up this already-settled issue every six to nine months. This is one of the reasons Wikipedia is losing competent editors like crazy, because intelligent people have better things to do than play such games. --Coolcaesar (talk) 08:50, 17 October 2008 (UTC) Happy Birthday!
Willking1979 (talk) 02:04, 12 December 2008 (UTC) First off, I apologize for the spam. You are receiving this message because you have indicated that you are in Southern California or interested in Southern California topics (either via category or WikiProject, or I happen to know personally). I would like to invite you to the Los Angeles edition of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art, a photography scavenger hunt to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Saturday, February 28, 2009, from 1:00 to 7:00 PM. All photos are intended for use in Wikipedia articles or on Wikimedia Commons. There will be a prize available for the person who gets the most photos on the list. If you don't like art, why not come just to meet your fellow Wikipedians. Apparently, we haven't had a meetup in this area since June 2006! If you are interested in attending, please add your name to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art#Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Please make a note if you are traveling to the area (train or plane) and need transportation, which can probably be arranged via carpool, but we need time to coordinate. Lodging is as of right now out of scope, but we could discuss that if enough people are interested. Thank you and I hope to see you there! howcheng {chat} 00:31, 10 January 2009 (UTC) TfD nomination of Template:Totally-disputed-section
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LinguisticsHi, do you have Linguistics on your watchlist? Supriyya is back, trying to redefine linguistics according to what she wishes it meant, and Garik and I are having difficulty persuading her she's acting against consensus as there are only two of us at the moment. More contributors to the discussion are needed! —Angr 10:05, 16 February 2009 (UTC) Research request: RodomontadeHi Szyslak. I'm a student at UCSC doing a research project about Wikipedia. I noticed in the UCSC talk page that you actually went to UCSC as well, and I'd be really interested to talk to you about your thoughts on Wikipedia. Please let me know if that would be possible. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks. Rodomontade (talk) 18:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC) Hi Szyslak, Do you still control the passwords to User:ArbCom and User:Arbitration Committee? I was going to suggest (on WT:ARBCOM or somewhere) that ArbCom take them over, so that Special:Emailuser/Arbitration Committee sent an email to their mailing list (the same reason that User:Oversight was created). But before I do that, I wanted to check that you are actually the one they should talk to. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:58, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for putting up so much interesting information on Chris LattaI just wanted to thank you very earnestly for putting up so much interesting and fascinating information on the late, great Chris Latta. He brought so much joy and happiness to my life, and enriched that of so many others. I felt a little sad that Chris wasn't able to get the respect and accolades that he would have received had he lived up until the present day. I do regret not getting the chance to thank your father. I am sure he would be very proud of the work you are doing to honor his memory on Wikipedia. Best wishes, Albert —Preceding unsigned comment added by Albert Cheng (talk • contribs) 04:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC) Happy Birthday!
MentorshipThe Revision History of Wikipedia:Mentorship records your participation the article's development; and for this reason, I am reaching out to you. Please consider reviewing my edit at Wikipedia:Mentorship#Unintended consequences. In the search for a mentor deemed acceptable by ArbCom, I plan to cite this as a useful context for discussing what I have in mind. --Tenmei (talk) 21:12, 14 December 2009 (UTC) GA reassessment of University of California, Santa CruzI have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:University of California, Santa Cruz/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:46, 19 February 2010 (UTC) You are now a Reviewer Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010. Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages. When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here. If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 17:35, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
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Mc Donalds Maphi Szyslak, Im working on a project about fastfood/mcdonalds for my bachelor degree at the university of applied science in muenster/germany. could you maybe tell me where you got the data for your mcdonalds map from? it would be very useful for my research! I would appreciate it very much! best regards, jan (jan.lichte@cuplin.de) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.101.185.244 (talk) 14:47, 11 April 2011 (UTC) LA-area Meetup: Saturday, November 19
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New cfds regarding "Old Fooians"Two new cfds propose the renaming of some twenty categories. Most of those who took part in last year's cfd "Former pupils by school in the United Kingdom" seem unaware of them, so I am notifying all those who took part in that discussion, to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus. Please consider contributing here and here. Moonraker (talk) 13:26, 26 February 2012 (UTC) WikiProject Cleanup
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Paul McCartney FACThanks for your help editing Paul McCartney, much appreciated! ~ GabeMc (talk) 22:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC) Thanks again for all your help. For clarification ... I always thought periods go inside quotes if they did so in the original source, and outside if they did not. Can you point me to where the MoS clarifies this? Thanks Szyslak, you've been a huge help. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 21:28, 5 July 2012 (UTC) I had gone through all the quotes and made sure the periods were in the appropriate place, so if they were outside, they likely belong there, I'll double check your work, and move them back as needed. Also, I was wondering, were you planning to !vote at the FAC? Just curious. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 21:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC) Sgt. Pepper Straw PollThere is currently a straw poll taking place here. Your input would be appreciated. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 02:55, 9 July 2012 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
"The/the" request for formal mediationFYI, I have requested formal mediation here to decide the "The/the" issue, hopefully once and for all. Feel free to add your name there if you so wish. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 00:24, 13 July 2012 (UTC) StopI have asked you politely to stop commenting on my talk page. After your comment, "you have no right to order people off your talk page", I ask you to please look at WP:Harassment.--andreasegde (talk) 21:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
User talk:Penyulap is disrupting the poll at Sgt PepperNow User talk:Penyulap is disrupting the straw poll at Sgt Pepper. What should I do, can you help with this please? ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 01:18, 21 July 2012 (UTC) There is now more disruption occuring there. Please take a look. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 23:56, 22 July 2012 (UTC) |
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