User talk:anetode

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Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. - Carlos Castaneda

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I am again participating in Wikipedia somewhat reluctantly because I had a bad experience uploading what I considered valuable listings of *.pdf files with links to 2,000+ railroads and 14,900 ports worldwide (167,000+ URL hypertext links) in 2008. In spite of that bad experience, I have decided to jump back in by editing individual Wikipedia webpages on Japanese railroads at the moment. I also provide my Ports Internet listings to the Wikipdia associated Captain Wiki webpage. They are treating me right and I will continue supporting them. However, if you treat me the same way I was treated in 2008, I will sever my contacts with you. Please advise.

TIBC1

In re MrRogersLovesYou

I'm currently talking with him via IRC; it appears he was the victim of a shared IP and a vandal live-in cousin. I'm considering unblocking his email access so that he can appeal via email; is there anything I need to know beforehand that would affect my final decision? -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Tear him for his bad verses!)} 04:25, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

I have unblocked MrRogersLovesYou (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) after a request on unblock-en-l. He appears to have restricted access by others to his computer. I will closely monitor his editing and other activities. Fred Talk 22:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Ah, thanks, Fred; looks like my question is moot now. Apologies, anetode. -Jeremy ^{(v^_^v Tear him for his bad verses!)} 23:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the note ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 15:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi! I am not so up on Wikipedia protocols. Let me start by wishing you a great day. If you would be so kind, I would appreciate your emailing me a copy of my deleted article: Third Sikh Holocaust 1984. Many thanks... Guru Fatha Singh Khalsa (talk) 15:17, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Minnesota Meetup

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2009

Proposed date: Saturday, October 10. Details under discussion.

Please share this with anyone who may be interested.

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Delivered by Jonathunder (talk) 21:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Update: the meetup will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 11, in St. Paul. Click here for more details and to R.S.V.P. Jonathunder (talk)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Wikipedians committed to ascetic editing

Category:Wikipedians committed to ascetic editing, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. VegaDark (talk) 23:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Kibum.jpg

Just FYI: User:Madz67 immediately re-uploaded Kibum.jpg after you deleted it for copyvio. I re-listed it, but thought you might like to know. Regards, --Manway (talk) 17:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

thx ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 07:14, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Richard Gere

Is there a way to add a note to the top of the discussion page that the Gerbil issue is essentially a dead horse, and further discussion is pointless? Crotchety Old Man (talk) 12:37, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid that such a note is the equivalent of telling a kid not to stuff beans in his nose. My intent was to communicate the point in a subtler mannerer through use of the courtesy blanking disclaimer to do away with the entirety of discussion on the topic. A different approach may be more effective in the long-term or the immediate future, so I am all for trying out alternate methods. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 13:23, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Richard Gere

1. Nowhere in your user page does it state that you're an admin, aside from the 'Admins open to recall' category at the bottom - you should consider adding a userbox like, well, every other admin I've seen on Wikipedia, 2. You should justify your actions, like, well, every other admin I've seen on Wikipedia (bar a few) - your reason that you 'courtesy blanked out of respect for monsieur gerbil' doesn't really say much, and, at face value, is not an acceptable reason (who is monsieur gerbil, what is it that you're trying to say?). 3. Even if an admin did the blanking, they could be wrong, made a mistake etc and as such unless you can explain why you're blanking and why it's necessary I have to stand by my reversion - if you really are an admin you should know about assuming good faith - how am I suppose to understand your actions if they aren't explained, and frankly don't make any sense - you seem to be partisan to Crotchety Old Man's stance on this, I take it you don't think the ^{heavily sourced} gerbil rumour should appear on Richard Gere's article, and that's fine, but by blanking a talkpage discussion you are, in, effect, edit warring. Rfwoolf (talk) 01:42, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, 1. no thank you, this is my prerogative; 2. including the term "courtesy blanking" is sufficient to imply WP:Courtesy blanking; 3. yes, I could be wrong and yes, all my administrative actions are up for review. I did not mean to assume bad faith on your part and I don't recall ever having communicated with Crotchety Old Man prior to his post on my talk page. As for the rumor itself, I neither know the details nor care about them. BLP-related rumors warrant intervention (and not only by administrators). Regards, ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:51, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Agaskodo Teliverek

Thank You for your help! :) (Pokeas)

Ps: Do you think that I could remove the signs (notability, sources ect.) from the articles now that I have added notability and sources?

I'll take a picture of the Logitech G35

I'll take a picture of the Logitech G35 but I do have a question. Am I in trouble with anything legally pertaining to the picture? Also, after I have taken the picture, should I remove the old picture and just put the new one up? Thanks Neo The User (talk) 19:18, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Spinosaurus reconstruction by Stromer

Hi, Could you confirmed me that this picture [1] you imported has really been made by Stromer himself? Because I have a scan of the article of Stromer (1915) and I have not seen it there. If yes, on what page of what article does it appear? I read somewhere that it could be the reconstruction of Spinosaurus by Lapparent and Lavocat (1955) based on the material that Stromer published earlier. However, I have got that picture (taken from the book of Piveteau) and no human skeleton is appearing...

- Stromer, E., 1915. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromer in den Wüsten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 3. Das Original des Theropoden Spinosaurus aegyptiacus nov. gen., nov. spec. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische 28 (3) : 1–32.

- Lapparent A.F. de & Lavocat R., 1955. Dinosauriens. In Piveteau J. (sous la direction de), Traité de paléontologie, Paris, Masson et Cie : 785-962 pp.

Thanks in advance, --Christophe Hendrickx (talk) 00:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

W-Short

The extra username? That was what I fixed. I'm kind of confused. Gigs (talk) 14:01, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... and now so am I ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 14:03, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

It was consistent with other templates, and they correctly render the sig. I don't know enough about template syntax to decipher what might be the problem ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 14:10, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

I got it... twinkle is passing our usernames in as parameter 1, which apparently the template author intended to be as a space for extra comments like {{W-short|Have a nice day}} but twinkle does {{W-short|Gigs}}. So actually my signature adjustment was OK, it just had no effect on what I was trying to fix. We can either take out that parameter substitution or we can get twinkle fixed. Probably best to do the latter in case anyone is using it the way it was originally intended. Gigs (talk) 14:15, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Twinkle/Bugs#TW-B-342_.28new.29 Thanks for letting me know so we could get this hammered out. Gigs (talk) 14:21, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Nice find! I think that the following might have something to do with the problem, from User:Ioeth/friendlywelcome.js:

if( friendlywelcome.artHash[ self.params.value ] ) {
                        if( FriendlyConfig.insertUsername && self.params.value.substring(2,0) != 'W-' ) {
                                Status.info( 'Info', 'Will add your username to the template' );
                                text += '|' + wgUserName;
                        }
 
                        if( self.params.article != '' ) {
                                Status.info( 'Info', 'Will add article link to the template' );
                                text += '|art=' + self.params.article;
                        }
                } else if( friendlywelcome.vandalHash[ self.params.value ] ) {
                        if( self.params.article != '' ) {
                                Status.info( 'Info', 'Will add vandalized article link to the template' );
                        }
                        text += '|' + self.params.article;
 
                        if( FriendlyConfig.insertUsername ) {
                                Status.info( 'Info', 'Will add your username to the template' );
                                text += '|' + wgUserName;
                        }
                } else if( FriendlyConfig.insertUsername ) {
                        Status.info( 'Info', 'Will add your username to the template' );
                        text += '|' + wgUserName;
                } 
 
                text += '\}\}';

Yeah I guess it is technically Friendly. Oh well, Amalthea maintains both at this point anyway. I wonder what the reasoning behind taking the users own username as a parameter to the W-templates was? Maybe it predated the trick to get proper tilde sigs into templates. Gigs (talk) 14:28, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

ArbCom questions

I did see your note temporarily posted on my talkpage (there's no way to undo the "new messages" banner). I understand your satirical point, but I guess I saw your multipart question as a little too much of a good thing (or a not-so-good thing). Of course, I might have been wrong. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:49, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

All's cool, my pretense of indignation was caused more by not having slept for two days than any offense. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 16:06, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Meara

See my latest comment. I make an exception, because the manner is so repugnant to give them any encouragement . You were right.--worst university PR I've seen in a while--they should leave it to the professionals--or get better professionals. I wonder if he is aware of this. I am tempted to write to him after this is over. DGG ( talk ) 00:40, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Image

Regarding the upload of the image, it was not taken for marketing reasons. It is the work of a member of the Philippine police, and has been released to the public. As it is a rare image, it is very difficult to replace. I ask you to remove the deletion tag.

Reenem (talk)

User:Kennethjackson

He's now refactoring others comments (including yours) on his talk page. Thought I'd point it out. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 10:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

I thought the capital "Y" could have stayed in, so didn't revert it

For the rest, see Talk:Cassie Bernall. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:28, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

OK

Please notify me when it is acceptable to post these images.

Reenem (talk)

Hi

I replied to you at my talk page. Please reblock the account. You should be ashamed of yourself for giving your own personal feelings priority over policy. Jehochman ^Talk 15:00, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Anetode. 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 discussion is about the topic WP:ANI#Role account used for COI editing. Thank you. Jehochman ^Talk 15:16, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Civility

I realise that you unblocked User:Kils, but please withdraw your personal attack against me.[2] It does you no favours and doesn't help Kils either. I have no vendetta against that account, I only came across them at the AfD. After I blocked one of the shared accounts yesterday and then came across the thread again on ANI today the penny slowly dropped that these accounts may be sockpuppets. I wasn't sure to start with, but after careful examination came up with sufficient evidence to file. The case is certainly not flimsy, so "shit" and "paranoid" are far from accurate descriptors. Fences&Windows 21:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I fail to see the personal attack, I also fail to remember meaning to insult you rather than your actions. Tell me, have you tried talking to the holders of these accounts? You know, in case a reasonable dialogue offers an explanation that doesn't require the CU's pulling of teeth.

Anyway, it doesn't matter what I think about the request, it's been accepted and will soon be fulfilled, for better or worse. I don't want to place bets on the result, but I hope that it doesn't involve blocks and more accusations. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 21:34, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

You've directly called me paranoid and delusional and sworn at me. Again, please strike that comment. I've seen enough of the communications from this collection of accounts to doubt that I would have received a reasonable reply, and what I saw very much passed the WP:DUCK test. If sockpuppetry is shown, I see no reason why you would oppose a block. Fences&Windows 21:49, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I've already retracted the comment, which, by the way, was a criticism of your actions. Compare: You're a paranoid and delusional shit vs. I think this request is paranoid and shares the delusion that everybody's a sock + a shit somewhere in the middle.

If cu confirms these are socks of the same person, I have neither reason nor intent to oppose a block. Again, look at what I said: "I hope that it doesn't involve blocks and more accusations". Meaning that I hope you're wrong, though not necessarily certain.

Fuckin 'eh ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 21:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

On second thought, I'm going to stay away from the controversy surrounding this account. I've taken another look over the evidence, and while I still think that communication could sort this all out, there's enough here to justify the request. Good luck and I'm sorry for the intrusion. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩

Covers

Thanks. Covers have to be 300x300 max per the copyright guideline. For older albums I tend to use [eil.com] and then reduce it. Their quality is flawless although some clarity may be lost when compressing. It's annoying, but oh well. RB88 (T) 01:19, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

and this...

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For shiny new and clear Remain in Light covers. RB88 (T) 01:26, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Spinosaurus

Sorry for the very long delay Anetode, and thank you very much for your swift response. I am almost sure this is not an illustration made by Stromer in his monograph of Spinosaurus. I really believe it is the reconstruction made by Lapparent and Lavocat in 1955. Therefore, I am not sure whether this has still a free copyright in the U.S. Another thing. Is it impossible to use this picture, as well as the drawing of the vertebrae of Spinosaurus by Stromer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spinosaurus_vertebrae.png), in the French Wikipedia??? I am a little disappointed those illustrations have got a U.S. copyright while they are made by European scientists (Stromer is German and Lapparent and Lavocat are French...). Could you tell me what I could do to use them in the article I'm writing on Spinosaurus on the French Wikipedia please? Regards,--Christophe Hendrickx (talk) 16:08, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

user you blocked a looong time ago is asking to be unblocked

See User talk:Clarince63. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:48, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for unblocking me, i really appreciate it. Their is no possibilty of an autoblock because since then I attained another internet connection. Once again thank you.--Clarince63 (talk) 20:01, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Concerns on deleting Nimi Visuals article

Greetings, I understand Your concerns however, I don't see a point of removing "Nimi Visuals" entry - especially as - bluntly - it could be seen by some people as some kind of black ops. In whole article we tried to keep objectivity necessary for encyclopedic titles, moreover I doubt that even if there were ones that one could eventually consider to match this G11 whatever criteria it didn't apply to whole entry - You have to admit it's plainly very little possible.

As ain't very skilled with Wiki system(frankly to say I find it difficult - even as software developer), I would like to humbly request Your help in order to retrieve this entry or propose how this entry could be written not to possibly violate any of Wikipedia regulations.

Knowledge should be highest goal of all beings - by so I believe You will understand my worries on wiping out encyclopedic existence of project which is only such application for Microsoft Windows, leaving users only information on some commercial applications.

I would appreciate contact via email at address sami in mynimi domain.

Yours, truly Yours Samantha Nimi projects

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Electric Retard

Hey mate, thanks for the message. I understand the article had been deleted for its non-notability in the past, but I thought I'd have an attempt at putting the article up in the category of "shock site" as well as "webcomic", the former it seems to be a lot more notable for. The comic's following seems to have increased over the last few years, especially here in Australia. Electric Retard seems to be a much more notable subject than a lot of other webcomic articles that have been left up on Wikipedia. Why haven't they been deleted if Electric Retard has to be? Nothing personal, just a consideration. Anyway, thanks again for the message and hope to hear from you. LoofNeZorf (talk) 02:25, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Heya, here's the link for the deletion review if you'd like to look - Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2010 February 7

Cheers. --LoofNeZorf (talk) 05:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 00:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Though I believe that the article was correctly deleted, others believe that the addition of an unreliable blog and an unreliable student newspaper article constitute the significant changes needed to ignore CSD G4. To end the pointless DRV discussion, would you undelete the article and list it at AfD? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 22:29, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

If I were to undelete the article, I would have done so after the above request from its author. To do so now in order to satisfy the thin legalese of some of the DRV comments would compromise whatever integrity there was in my enactment of an administrative judgment. Not that there's much ;) ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 00:03, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for having the backbone to not undelete the article. A look at the Google cache tells me that it best remains deleted for failing verifiability and thus compromising Wikipedia's integrity with such distasteful, valueless sources as realplatform.com. I just hope that the DRV debate won't overturn your deletion after seven days of arguing about the minutiae of policy. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 01:16, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, against my wishes, DRV overturned the deletion. I've nominated the article for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Electric Retard (2nd nomination). Cheers, Cunard (talk) 11:23, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Previously Deleted Page

Hi, Im new to wikipedia and was going to write a page about ImaGem. When I did a search for it, it said it was deleted due to being written as advertisement and so on. I plan to write the page but I was wondering; Could you possible help me through some of the steps? I don't want to be a nuisance by writing a page and having it deleted...again. Thanks! Teva3 (talk) 19:18, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

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FARC: Bangladesh

Hey mate, would you take a look at the article. It really needs an independent image editor's help. There's been issues with images. Please, help the article if you can. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 03:55, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Meetup

Hello. Discussion of a 2010 Minnesota Wikipedia Meetup has begun. Please see the talk page. Jonathunder (talk) 23:22, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

In the area? You're invited to the
Minnesota meetup
	Date: 31 October 2010
	Time: noon
	Place: Midtown Exchange Global Market, East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 44.9493°N 93.2612°W / 44.9493; -93.2612

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File:CDN-Navy-OS.svg

It is supposed to be all black with nothing on it. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 19:33, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents

Thanks for your help. I now award you the "U+2555: Box Drawings Down Single And Left Double Barnstar of helping out folks that sometime struggle with wikicode":

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Erm. Yeah. That's... it. Have I mentioned that I sometimes struggle with wikicode?--Shirt58 (talk) 14:48, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

re your e-mail

Hey Anetode,

Just wanted to reply to your e-mail. A few points -

re " not-so-veiled accusation " - Look, the picture in question was really, really bad. I find it a little hard to believe that anyone could look at it and not think "this is a ridiculous picture". Notice that my sentiments were shared by a number of people on the talk page. As this character is someone who incurs a lot of hate, I thought it likely that someone who disliked him might have picked it on purpose. Was this such a wild connection to make? Notice, that when I made the "veiled accusation" I used the word "likely" (i.e. I didn't accuse anyone explicitly). If you did pick the image, and you picked it in good faith, then please understand that I ain't got no beef with you. I might, however, caution that images of historically important individuals should be given some assessment for aesthetic appeal. Images that are grossly unappealing should probably be avoided.

re " invalid " - I'm not trying to disparage handicap people. Frankly, I don't think using the term "invalid" in relation to handicap is as politically incorrect as the term "cripple" (but let's not debate semantics). I think if you consider my initial statement (i.e. "Usually biopags don't use pictures which present people as invalids"), you might recognize some truth in it. Consider Christopher Reeve, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or Larry Flynt. Like it or not, showing subjects in wheelchairs, will in some readers eyes, disparage the subject. I'm not saying that's right. I'm not saying it's a good thing. I'm just saying that's how it is, and that it might be a good idea to try and avoid infobox images that place heavy emphasis on someone being in a wheelchair.

Again, just to be clear, I absolutely do not think people in wheelchairs should be looked on disparagingly. Those who do looks on people in wheelchairs disparagingly are, as you say, subject to "prejudicial judgment".

Regardless, I think you may have taken my comments in the wrong light. I hope the above clears up any confusion. As a sidenote, though you might not have selected the image b/c you thought it was disparaging, I think others were defending it for that reason.... but, hey... maybe I am paranoid.

Finally, I like to avoid using e-mail wherever possible. Can we keep this conversation on-wiki?

Best, NickCT (talk) 21:43, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Part of the reason that I chose to contact you privately about taking offense to an obvious prejudice was to spare you any possible risk of embarrassing yourself on wiki. It seems that I've failed:

I think if you consider my initial statement (i.e. "Usually biopags don't use pictures which present people as invalids"), you might recognize some truth in it. Consider Christopher Reeve, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or Larry Flynt. Like it or not, showing subjects in wheelchairs, will in some readers eyes, disparage the subject. I'm not saying that's right. I'm not saying it's a good thing. I'm just saying that's how it is, and that it might be a good idea to try and avoid infobox images that place heavy emphasis on someone being in a wheelchair.

If you don't see something very, very wrong with this excerpted statement, then I don't think that you quite get the grasp of WP:NPOV or WP:BIAS (and I say this despite a strong dislike of directing experienced contributors to basic policies).

"place heavy emphasis on someone being in a wheelchair"? What does that even mean? That's like saying that a photo places heavy emphasis on the fact that the subject happens to be wearing pants, or a hat, or a pair of glasses. Guess what, disabled people aren't obliged to model themselves in a way that attempts to contradict or mask the physical appearance of their disability. That you bring up Roosevelt seems absurd as you appear to completely miss the historical significance of the efforts taken to conceal the mobility impaired appearance of a fully competent head of state out of fear of mass prejudice. Roosevelt came to terms with his disability and was lauded for the courage to make "uncensored" appearances before the public late in his administration. Reeve toured the country doing basically the same thing.

Guess what, most photos of people who use wheelchairs will show very clear indication that a wheelchair is in the frame. Photographs of blind people may catch them not making eye contact with the camera. This is reality: it's documented and we compile it in articles. Consider for a second that when you are speaking of the poor people who have to endure disparaging photos of wheelchairs that you are simply projecting your own prejudice. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 01:10, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Not sure you're really trying to see my point. Perhaps if I make an analogy that avoids the hot button "disability" issue. Imagine if Tom Cruise's info box image was him standing next to basket ball players, or in some context that emphasized how short he is. I might protest at that as well. Now, I have nothing against short people, but fact is, a lot of people see "shortness" as unflattering (though you'll probably say I'm "projecting" again). We shouldn't try to "hide" the fact Cruise is short, but at the same time, choosing a photo that places a lot of emphasizes on it seems unfair. Does that seem like a radical idea?

And FYI, I'm more than aware of how FDR treated his disability. Furthermore, having met Reeve on one of his "tours", I'm more than well aware of how he took up the role as an ambassador for those in his position.

If you're still convinced I'm some kind of handicap hating bigot, please don't bother replying. I'm not interested in conversing with someone who's only looking to argue. NickCT (talk) 04:28, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Not a bigot per se, just very backwards in your views of disability and public perception. For one, your Cruise analogy is awful - the photograph of Yassin wasn't emphasizing his disability, that's simply what the man looked like. I'm not at all trying to argue with your views, you're entitled to them. So long as they don't spill over to some sort of bizarre censorship of wikipedia biographies like the kind you're promoting. Then I do have a problem, and I doubt I'm the only one.

Oh, and being disabled myself, I assure you that conversing with you about this brings me no pleasure. Consider this conversation over. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 13:54, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Alright, well... I meant no disrespect. I think in pointing out something that I think is wrong, unfortunate and "backwards" (as you say) in public perception, you assumed I was condoning that perception.... I was not... My apologies if I inflamed... My best to you, NickCT (talk) 15:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Largest urban areas of the European Union

i just need a help , cause any contact or discussion with people who made this list are useless, demographia com have bad datas, cracow is 2nd largest city and in all statistic it have more than 1,200,000 citizents only on demogrphia com it have 700 000 , and it is making me angry that someone is basing on such a bad datas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracow

and here numbers in a table

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obszar_metropolitalny

Ah, I see what the problem is. That is a list of urban areas (cities) and not metropolitan areas (cities + surroundings). Although you are correct that the metro area is home to 1.2 million people, only ~.75 million live in the actual city[3]. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 20:15, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for catching and reverting the vandalism on my userpage! –BMRR (talk) 20:41, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank You !

i created account :) thank you for helping me with Kraków ( Cracow ) , i hope nobody will change it to 760,000 anymore :)

uhm , someone again changed it to 760,000 :( --Naroznowski (talk) 21:36, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to take part in a study

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Orphaned non-free image File:Lili (Tekken).png

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Nomination of Ace of Hz for deletion

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

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghosts (Ladytron song) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 June 5#User:Timeshift9

As you participated in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 June 5#User:Timeshift9. T. Canens (talk) 10:14, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Readers digest

Thanks for sorting the image. Just FYI, the uploader Mpmedia (talk · contribs) is an employee of readers digest who has already signalled that he/she intends to upload a new magazine cover each month. I am not comfortable with this - the user has already been warned about COI, but uploading the latest cover version shows a clear promotional intent. As someone who clearly knows a lot about images, fair use etc. perhaps you might want to keep an eye on the article and on the user's contributions. --Biker Biker (talk) 17:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Bottle jack

I have reverted the changes to the article you made for now. I would suggest, we leave the image for now and see what happens. Hopefully, an editor can create or find one of equal quality. With respect, that image you provided it of poor quality, due to the one large size of the bottle jack. If you want to start a merge discussion, that is your business, but you should start a discussion then, not just post a +tag. Thank you. Zabanio (talk) 17:33, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:1997 Island Games.png

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Orphaned non-free image File:Ace of Hz.jpg

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Madonna images

Anetode, can you please tell me what are you exactly doing with all the overlapping uploads of the Madonna album images? — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:07, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I started off after noticing a number of high resolution covers uploaded by MindyHall. In most cases these were simple deletions, but I noticed that there was room for improvement in the image quality of the relevant articles. So, in order to provide a better reference 300x images I looked over all of the uploads and chose which files would indeed benefit from PNG vs. JPG compression, which image file title names were confusing, etc., hoping to also provide a sort of example for MindyHall as to how to properly contribute.

From a third party standpoint, however, I can see that the massive uploading/deleting activity could be seen as confusing or even worrying. I'd like to assure you that I've gone over all of the affected pages to make sure that the images are of the highest quality, that all files have standardized fair use templates and are of the standard resolution. Please let me know if I missed something or if you need further clarification. Regards, ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 05:13, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I see now what you have done, thanks for that. I was actually reverting MindyHall's addition as the edits by this user today confimed that he/she is indeed a sock of a previous user. I had my suspicions from a long time, just got confirmation today. CU is already through it. If by mistake I have reverted your edit, please feel free to do so. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:24, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

You must have a very good memory to spot that. I surmised that Mindy was just a little green, harmless from my interactions with her, but I guess there's more to the story. Good luck wrapping up the sock case.

Collecting album art is kind of a hobby of mine, so you'll probably see me around updating covers for Madonna and others :) ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 05:35, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Haha and Madonna covers are really surreal. :) — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack!

You have been trouted for: Hi! I received a notification that the page "Romana Correale" that I created has been deleted. Can you help me recover it? Also I don't understand why it was deleted. she's a fashion designer. I used the Armani as a template and wrote it very factual. it was called ambigous advertising :(

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus & Millichap

Anetode;
Is there any chance that you can expand your rational on this close, I'd like to hear more on how you came to your decision. Given there was concern raised about the sources, that that several deletes proponants specifically rejected those sources, and that the keep proponants failed to answer those arguments, just a few words of explanation would be helpful. Thanks,
Aaron Brenneman (talk) 04:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

The concerns over the two sources appear well founded since they are the only current reference sources. The keep proponents, however, pointed to the plethora of other reputable third-party sources available on the topic. Looking over these sources I found enough information to fill out the article beyond stub status. These include books which discuss the corporate culture of M&M and lots of articles that refer to M&M's NAI. It's not a particularly interesting topic, but it satisfies WP:V requirements. Also, improvements to the article were made throughout the course of the nomination and its current revision satisfies most of the nominator's original concerns.

I'm more concerned about the Sternsjohn SPA. The contributions reveal a rather ordinary corporate spam m.o., so I assume that the person behind them is a professional. My hope is that they choose to look over policy and interact with other editors instead of just intermittently posting M&M's latest accomplishments. I also hope that the latest plastic surgery research allows for grafting wings to even-toed ungulates. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 05:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

And unrelated, but the subject of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UFC 139 that you closed has been re-created. Is it a speedy deletion candidate in your opinion? - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 04:51, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Nah, the people who work on UFC articles are remarkably fastidious about these things. The latest stub merits at least a new nomination, not a speedy. Regards, ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 05:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks on both of those things, I'm happy now. - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 06:00, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Biophilia.jpg

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TUSC token 2e6566e41952f53682a25fc40b9ddb80

ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 04:18, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Green Day - International Superhits!.png

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Deleted file

Since the file was deleted and it wasn't tagged for reduction recently, there's no longer any history for me to look back on. It was tagged because of size, but the tagging for reduction didn't have anything to do with its deletion. Am not aware of any files being deleted for size; they would be reduced.

Clicking the redlink shows this:

"00:21, 5 November 2011 Skier Dude (talk | contribs) deleted "File:James Bond 007, Gun Symbol logo.svg" ‎ (F5: Unused non-free media)"

The file was deleted because it was orphaned. We hope (talk) 15:52, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

I wish there was some way of not only notifying the uploader but posting a message on the article's talk page when an image is orphaned as so many of us deal with articles we didn't upload all of the files for. Have had files I uploaded orphaned through either edits gone wrong or vandalism--getting the notice was the only way I knew that the file was orphaned. While it hasn't (as yet) happened to me, I can imagine how confusing and irritating it must be to find article images missing and then possibly have them deleted because they were orphaned. Many people would restore the file to the page if they only knew it had been removed like this. We hope (talk) 16:37, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

CodySafe

Yura87 (talk) 19:03, 12 December 2011 (UTC) CodySafe (ad-article on which you deleted) attempts to hijack PortableApps.com platform (if PAC platform is found on the drive, it will make PortableApps the default folder). Now, with external software possible to add into the list, it can be seen as bad behavior. And, their claim of "biggest" collection is untrue - PortableApps holds the biggest collection of portable software. If possible, restore the article - but with those warning (put them on "citation needed" for now). CodySafe is both paid and malicious.

Russian translation

Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Russian to English translators and wondered if you could translate Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa and/or Vladimir of Staritsa? Thanks.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 01:13, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not going to have a lot of free time in the next few weeks, but I can take a stab at these sometime later in January. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 03:12, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Any news yet...--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 23:59, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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Kaseya page

I am writing to understand more of the reason that you removed the [article] ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/kaseya ) under "Criteria for Speedy Deletion". I feel that its valuable encyclopedic content that needs to be in Wikipedia and felt like my latest effort to post the page was a clear effort to put in an article that follows the guidelines for content here, and other places. Can you shed some more light on your decision? I'll admit while lots of documentation exists there is some bit of confusion on my part that I'm hoping you can help me with since clearly you are in the trenches here on Wikipedia. Thanks in advance for your help. Cozthegrov (talk) 21:52, 16 January 2012 (UTC)Cozthegrov

You appear to be attempting to use Wikipedia for promotional purposes. The Kaseya article was protected from re-creation because repeated drafts were written by contributors with a conflict of interest, contributors who were quite likely in the employ of this company. While this apparent conflict does not by itself mean that there can't be an article on the company, all article content must be referenced (by reliable, non-primary sources) and written from a neutral point of view. You could try addressing concerns with a new draft of the article and submit it for consideration through the new article wizard. Regards, ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 08:35, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Anetode,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:06, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon at Hennepin County Library

Minneapolis History edit-a-thon

The Minnesota Wikipedia community and local historians are invited to edit entries in Wikipedia on Minneapolis history. Please help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by utilizing materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own Minneapolis History topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections Librarians.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
When: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10-5 pm
10 am - 11 am Orientation to Minneapolis Collection
11 am - 5 pm Edit-a-thon
Website: Hennepin County Library, Special Collections, Map & Directions
Parking: Metered street parking or pay ramp in basement, enter on 4th Ave

For more information see Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Minnesota#2012. —innotata 00:32, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Suggested Merging Kindness Day Uk

(Cyberfan (talk) 07:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC))Kindness Day UK is an independent project which was set up by UK Kindness Movement and therefore should not be merged with Kindness UK which is an organisation which was only set up in 2011. (Cyberfan (talk) 07:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC))

Merge of Kindness Day UK

Hi there. I wanted to comment on that merger proposal, but you did not create a place for discussion nor list a rationale (see Help:Merge) so I have nowhere to comment. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 19:14, 15 February 2012 (UTC)