User talk:Marek69/Archive 6

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Awesome!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For being so damn fast! A8 UDI 04:00, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi A8UDI, Thanks very much. :-))

We've got to keep them in check ;-) -- Marek.69 ^talk

:) you can call me Tom. PS- isnt it really really late there in the UK? A8 UDI 04:15, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Tom! No not really late - just a bit early ;-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:18, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

hahah love it. A8 UDI 04:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

daayyyummm 2 attacks in one night! you're setting a new standard over there Marek ;) A8 UDI 03:12, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

On Palestine

Hello,

In the spirit of a lack of bias or indication of endorsement, I request that 'Palestine' not be referred to as a country until it has become a country. Circumstances surrounding the entity at present include an agreement which is recognized by Israel in which the entity is referred to as the 'Palestinian Authority'.

Best Regards, Adam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.166.128.162 (talk) 04:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Adam, I'm fine with that. Please feel free to change any instances you find.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 04:10, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Deleting squinchpix.com links

Hello Marek, Please help me. Someone named Hu12 is reverting several links I have to my site at Squinchpix.com. My links are to appropriate and useful pictures. There are no ads on my site. Squinchpix has about 3000 links back to Wikipedia articles. I am a good wiki citizen. Hu12 does not give a reason for deleting my links. Perhaps he doesn't like the pictures. Help!

Hello Marek, O.k. all the links to Squinchpix have now been removed by editors Hu12 and someone name 'CKatz'. I've been told that I'm potentially in a conflict of interest with my links. It is true that I have a small ad on my home page for a book 'The Best of Squinchpix'. I'd forgotten about that since no one has ever purchased a copy of it. Does it require ads to create a conflict of interest? If it does then you should delete all references to paradoxplace.com and sacred-destinations.com. They have hundreds of external links on Wiki and nearly every page linked to contains ads. Their business model is avowedly the travel industry; they sell books, maps, tours, flights, the whole nine yards. Why aren't they being hounded about their links? Unlike them I really have no business model (nor am I ever likely to). But I'm being hounded about fewer than 10 links. Sacred-destinations has 994 external links when I search for it on Wiki. When you click through this external link (Article on 'Sant Pau del Camp'): http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/barcelona-sant-pau-del-camp it has a sidebar with links to their business which is selling Books (Amazon), Tours (http://www.partner.viator.com/en/3888/Barcelona/d562-ttd), Hotels, Hostels, and Car Rentals. Their whole business model is ads.

Paradoxplace.com has 134 hits on Wiki. Every last one of these links contains ads or links to their own ad pages. He sells thousands of books from his site. For example, if you click through Wiki's external link in the article 'Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos': http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/Spain/Camino_de_Santiago/South_of_Burgos/Santo_Domingo_de_Silos/Domingo_de_Silos.htm (That's the external link) When you click through it leads you to a page where he sells Amazon books.

And there are a lot more. For example seindal.dk which has 26 external links on Wiki and every one leads to a page on which the sidebar reads "MERCHANDISE" which consists of T-shirts, caps, mugs, kids clothing, bags, home&office supplies, mugs, cards, prints, calendars, and stickers. Let's get Seindal off of Wiki! I'll start right now!

Since Wiki is user-edited I'd be happy to tear out their links for you; just let me know.

It's true that I was warned not to spam in August. I was putting up some links in August and I did this out of ignorance truly not knowing that Wiki would regard it as spamming. Since then I've asked permission as I did you for the Venice link. If I AM a spammer and ParadoxPlace and Sacred-Destinations are NOT spammers then I wish you'd explain the difference to me.

Can we be consistent please?

My goal is to take the best and most complete pictures available on the web of various art and architecture and archaeological sites. It's in that spirit that I linked to my site from Wiki.

Best regards,

Bob Consoli—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dante4848 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Bob, you seem to be having a spot of trouble adding external links from Wikipedia to your website.

I'm sorry to hear this. Please try not to get upset as this situation is incredibly common on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia's guidelines on external links can be found on Wikipedia:External links

I have no doubt that your site is indeed appropriate and makes a useful addition to the individual articles.

However, I'm guessing what the other editors are objecting to is a conflict of interest, i.e. that you are adding the external links to a site you own.

You can read Wikipedia's guidelines on this in Wikipedia: Advertising and conflicts of interest

In this case you may want to add your link to the article's talk page and let another editor decide.

The argument you present above, that there are links to similar, or worse sites, unfortunately is also covered by the following Wikipedia guidelines: Wikipedia: Arguments to avoid and Wikipedia:Other stuff exists. However, I do agree with you though that we should be consistent.

I'm sorry that you are experiencing these problems, but I think that if you familiarise yourself with the pages I have suggested, you may find a solution.

I hope this helps.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 00:43, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Bob, as I outlined on Hu12's page, your conflict of interest lies in the fact that you are assessing your own site as being worthy of inclusion, instead of leaving it to other, uninvolved editors. Your desire to share photos is certainly appreciated, but it would be far better for you to simply upload images to Wikipedia rather than adding external links to your own site. That would allow much better use of the images, and better integration within articles relating to the photos. Simply adding external links is not really a viable option. --Ckatz^chat _spy 08:02, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello Marek,

Thank you for looking into this. I guess the frustrating thing is that the pictures to which I linked definitely enhance the articles in which they were placed. However, I undertake never to link to Squinchpix again since that's your policy.

I'm asking you, if you will, to consider undeleting these links. Follow the links if you have the time and judge for yourself whether they're relevant to the articles in which they were inserted. CKatz says that it's not a viable option to use the external links feature for this purpose. Well, it's certainly viable for some people to do it. I think it's the lack of consistency that's the puzzling thing. I confess that I don't really understand it.

Anyway, that's what I'm asking. Either way; no more links to Squinchpix on my part. That's a promise.

Dante4848 (talk) 20:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandal

Hello Marek69! I am a new editor, and I see by the talk page for 128.0.178.178 that Fastily had, in October 2009 blocked the user for three years. I caught one today, and you caught another vandalized page. Maybe the block was not placed? Maybe I should ask Fastily?-- $T h a t g u y f l i n t$ ^{Talk to me!}03:59, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Thatguyflint,looking at the IPs edit history, it seems that they can only edit their own talk page. Nevertheless they are using this ability to attack other editors. I will put a report of their behaviour in to AIV. Thanks for pointing this out. Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 04:44, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

I've also informed User:Fastily of the situation -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

You know what, no I'm not even worried!

Hello Marek. Conte di Cavour should be banned from wikipedia in my opiinion. 110,000 bytes of info he has deleted from Italy. Now I've reverted it. I'll get the support of other users to prove that he is wrong.--Theologiae (talk) 14:06, 23 November 2009 (UTC) Rely, and now I'm really desperate!

Hi Theologiae, I've had a look at the Italy article, and in my opinion reverting back to the version of 17 October 2009 is a little bit drastic.

More so, the fact that, apart from yourself and user Conte di Cavour, a further 40 individual users (including myself) have made edits to the article since this date.

I have left my comments on the article's talk page.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 18:08, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

4chan page

I would like to delete the 4chan mediation request. I'm penneth. The username is close to my actual name and I would request, as per my right to privacy, for it to be removed from the site. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Penneth (talk • contribs) 03:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Penneth, Maybe you could put this request on the Requests for mediation/4chan page itself or contact the administator, Ryan Postlethwaite, who seems to be dealing with the mediation request.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 03:16, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

my User Page

Hi,Marek69,its me,Purz12.Thank you for the advice on my User Page.It looks awesome! If you mind,you can take a look at it,can you?You can get there by pressing on my signature.I also made a sub page about my made up robot.It has a hyperlink to it. Thank you!And make a new page for your discussion,its overfilling. P.S. Put your comments about my pages on my Talk Page. Thanks! --Adam "Purz" Purzynski (talk) 07:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Adam. Your user page makes good reading :-)

If you want any further design tips, have a look at Wikipedia:User page design center.

Kind Regards & Happy Wiki-ing Marek.69 ^talk 16:03, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

My userpage

Hi, thanks for reverting that vandalism, are we going to see you at another meetup soon? I'm skipping December but will be around in Jan. Ϣere SpielChequers 14:21, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi again WereSpielChequers, No Problem. As for the meetup, I'm not sure at the moment (December is likely to be very busy). I'll probably know closer to the time...

All the best :-) Marek.69 ^talk 14:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

IP 208.122.68.39

No fair! I was going to report him! Darn, so close! :P You work fast... --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:25, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Thejadefalcon, I'm sorry, I am trying to slow down for you ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 15:37, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah, no matter. Someone has to take on ClueBot before it becomes sentient and kills us all. I'll stick to fighting J.delanoy for his title. :D --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:39, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Lol! I thought ClueBot was one of us :O -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

That what it wants you to think. Don't be fooled by its automaton exterior! --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:50, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

But we've been exchanging e-mails for months...? -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:49, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Eh? --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:50, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure user:Cluebot is attending the next meetup in London. I think you must have him confused with J.delanoy^.bot -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh, right. Sorry. A very easy mistake to make. :P --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 16:09, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, Good Luck with the title fight; J.delanoy is a truly formidable opponent. He will not be easy to defeat. -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:19, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Should I start playing Rocky music? :P --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 16:28, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

If you think it will help :] -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:33, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

School page vandalism

Thank you for helping us twart vandals who were trying to deface the information about our school, Walsingham Academy. I don't know how you do it, but it works great! Directorbrandx (talk) 16:27, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

No Problem. You're welcome Directorbrandx :-) Marek.69 ^talk 16:30, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Welcoming error?

Hi, are you using a bot to generate welcome messages on anonymous IP talk pages? It would be helpful if the first edit of the IP were examined before posting a welcome message. In those cases where the intent of the editor is clearly to spam Wikipedia, a warning rather than a welcome is warranted. Such was the case at User talk:93.139.8.176. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:39, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Amatulić, In answer to your question, no I'm not using a bot to generate welcome messages.

I carefully review each edit, by each new (or, as yet, unwelcomed) IP, manually and then leave an appropriate message using either Friendly or Twinkle.

If you look again at the IP you give as an example 93.139.8.176, you will notice that it was me who reverted the edit in question, which, as you rightly said, was clearly Spam.

Also, the template I used, {{Welcomespam}}, I think, reflects this message and also serves as a warning (If I could ask you to please take some time to read the template message again...).

In this case, as it was the anon IP's first edit I thought it friendlier to assume good faith and provide them with links to the relevant Wikipedia policies, rather that immediately warn them.

I hope this answers your question.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 21:00, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah, yes, you are correct. I overlooked the spam part of the message; it looked like a standard welcome template at first glance. And thanks for the explanation of how welcoming works. ~Amatulić (talk) 21:55, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

It's no problem :-) There are a number of welcome and warning templates available and I usually try to match the appropriate template to the new users first few edits. Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 22:17, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Just a thanks

Hi Marek69,

I just wanted to say thanks for your helpful and constructive edits you have made to the Hungarian articles that I (as the dogsbody) and User:Monkap (as the translator) have worked on. No particular mentions, just small, good edits. It is appreciated.

I like the thing on your user page about edit summary, BTW. I may steal it.

Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 22:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Simon, thank you for message. I have recently been working on improving European city articles and have been concentrating on Eastern European articles, so will probably be doing some more work on the Hungarian articles.

Thank you for your words of encouragement, it's always good to receive positive feedback.

Regarding the edit summary thing, feel free to take it, (although I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, sorry).

Best wishes to yourself and to your partner. :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:21, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is always good to get "positive feedback", or as we say in English, "thanks". As it happened I noticed your edits in a totally different area, I forget which as I am somewhat an omnivore, but remembered you had tidied up a few things on the articles we had edited together, Monkap and I, which I think stand good at least as wikified translations but there is only so far one can go as we are not experts in everything, or anything, our job as I see it is to provide a good wikified English translation and then others can take it and correct it or add to it.

As for the edit summary, one of my own pet hates is blank edit summaries and personally I should liek to see the server just refuse them (including if they have the C-style comment /* section */ before it). I am sure from your own declared editing habits it is perennially annoying to have to check an edit where it might be simply a typo correction or whatever, though of course we all know that vandals lurk under those too, but it chips away at good faith. There were 48 in a row the other day on Alan Bennett by no doubt a good faith editor, but how am I or are you to make head or tail of them when none has an edit summary? So your little animation saying "this is an edit summary box, put stuff here" or whatever it says, I found both amusing and constructive. You can check my user page for other pet hates, a few of which you may agree with, and those you don't, will make you think. WP:OWNFEET, an essay another relatively newbie editor wrote after I hammered home the need for progressive improvement instead of [reculer our mieux avancer] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) may also interest you a little. I am really a newbie WP editor but not by any means a new editor in real life, since technical documentation is part of my job. Which is why, for example, all my templates are documented with testcases.

Keep up the good work, it really is appreciated, and I imagine you get little thanks for it and much criticism. Si Trew (talk) 23:40, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Simon, I share you views wholeheartedly on edit summaries. If you wish to use the userbox, here's the code:

{{User:Marek69/edit_summary_template}}

It didn't originally have the wording you mentioned, but your comments inspired me, so it does now...

Thanks again and take care ;-)) Marek.69 ^talk 00:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Marek, thanks for reverting vandalism to my page! Loves Macs (talk) 02:38, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi LovesMacs, No Problem. You're very welcome :-) Marek.69 ^talk 15:27, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Charlemagne (a friendly heads-up)

Say, fellow vandal fighter, check your edit on Charlemagne when you get a chance and then pull 24.150.179.156's warning on his talk page. He's on our side! It was an easy mistake to make, looked like content blanking and was reported as such, but it wasn't. You can catch me next time I flub one. Yours in vandal detestation, Jus da fax 02:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for letting me know Jusdafax. I should have looked the edit more carefully. Cheers :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Main Page

Hi Marek,

Who and how do we contact someone who can do something about it, when an item in the main page ("In the News", "On This day", or "Did you know") is apparently erred? Morogoso (talk) 04:27, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... I've never thought about that. My guess would be that you go to the article that the main page is talking about and post a message on the talk page, explaining what's wrong. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 11:20, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, either that or report it on the main page talk page I suppose. Which article are you referring to Morogoso? -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:46, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Look at talk page

Hi Marek. Sorry for my extremeness in my message, I was just infuriated by Conte di Cavour's exaggerated edit. Anyway, look at the Italy talk page to see the new developments...

Reply when you see this message--Theologiae (talk) 17:56, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Theologiae, Thanks for the update. I have been following the developments on the Italy talk page.

There is currently a poll in progress, initiated by Sicilianmandolin on 24 November 2009

However there is no time limit specified for its duration.

I suggest waiting a bit longer (perhaps a couple of days) to ensure a fair vote on the proposal.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 18:09, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Ok

So Marek you think that we should wait some more days for a fair poll, I agree. I am willing to take Sicilianmandolin's considerations into account, and if there are enough people saying so, can you help me in restoring some old info? Can I just know your opinion on the matter?--Theologiae (talk) 18:15, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

I pretty much summed up my opinion in my comments above.

I haven't made that many edits to the Italy article, so am relative unfamiliar with it.

Unfortunately I have not had time to carefully review the article and to form a strong opinion either way, which is why I entered the discussion as neutral.

You do seem to have several editors who support your views, so at the moment it seem unlikely that the reversion to the 17.10.2009 version will be kept.

Restoring info is relatively easy: If you go into edit history, you can select the version you prefer and make a comparison with the current version and click ‘compare selected revision’.

This will show you all the additions and removals since your preferred version.

Regards Marek.69 ^talk 18:32, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Another quick question

I get it Marek that doing the 'compare' thing is what to do to restore, but how can I or anyone be sure that by doing so another person's edits haven't been deleted? Anyway, thanks for the help, and still keep an eye on the talk page. Reply and ciao!--Theologiae (talk) 19:56, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

You use the ‘compare selected revision’ feature only to compare the two versions, not to restore.

The changes will have to be done manually.

Regards Marek.69 ^talk 20:26, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Why?

Why do you revert the truth?

The contect marked is either not NPOV or is not verifiable and in fact the contect which is not verifiable is mostly untrue, that's why it's not. For example the colonel did not develope this game a team of programmers hired my the Army did. That's just one example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.235.22.27 (talk) 03:06, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know where you got your understanding of NPOV from, but review scores are NPOV as it is not Wikipedia itself giving out the scores. If those aren't allowed, well, let's just shut the whole project down, because nothing would be allowed. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 03:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Why did you not start off by discussing your views on the article's talk page? You're second edit (from this IP) [1] looked unconstructive to me. More so, it was virtully identical to this edit [2] made by another editor 20 minutes previously. Do you have any connection to this other edit? -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:20, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Chill out!

I demand that you get a slower internet connection. You are stealing my anti-vandalism credit by sniping in reverts before me. This is unfair and I will see that you are banned for this!!

Note: If you couldn't tell, I'm just kidding. Nice work. I think I spend too much time thinking about exactly how I want to classify it (not to mention I'm just getting started with WP:HG -- mind if I look at your configuration for ideas? --Mpdelbuono (talk) 03:42, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mpdelbuono. Thank you for the message. I don't think that there's anything different with my huggle configuration, but feel free to look. IMO speed is not the most important thing when reverting vandalism. Getting it right is, so you are absolutely right to spend time thinking, before hitting the button. It is far better to be accurate as mistakes can be more time-consuming, plus then you have to apologise for incorrect warnings.

Happy Huggle-ing :-) Marek.69 ^talk 04:09, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Really?

Are you that naive? My second edit ever?

Seriously man get a grip, IPs change, often, just because someone has a life and edited by IP doesn't mean you can track their entire life by it, how silly is that.

Fact, the information is true, verifiable, makes no personl remarks and thus is NPOV, is is also under controversy which seems correct as well, you people want to change it because you don't like the truth unless it suits you and that's obvious.

As for the other edit, opinions are not NPOV, to say the got this award or that awrd is one thing, but to include the remarks which are not NPOV is entirely different considering your problem with the controversy, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander", also there were more edits than just the table, there are also other non NPOVs that were cited as well throughout the artical and untrue statements, like a single Army colonel develpoed the game, but you because you don't like the truth and think you are the great god of wiki hastly revert the entire thing without reading or understanding it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.235.22.27 (talk) 04:13, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

In which case, as I have already asked you, why did you not start by discussing this on the talk page?

And as you say, IPs change, are you the same person who made edits to this article under IP 75.48.252.144 ? -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:28, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks...

...for three protective reverts in a row on my user page! I am very much obliged to you... Happy Thanksgiving. Jus da fax 07:00, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

No Problem. Happy to help out. :-)

I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving too, Jusdafax. -- Marek.69 ^talk 15:57, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Theologiae

Marek, I understand you were very friendly with the user Theologiae and that you helped him out. He has been banned because we used the same computer to make accounts and that we only edited similar articles. This led to myself, Theologiae, Aslordofd and Seurope being banned for "sockpuppetry". Is there any chance you could help? Please respond on my page --Atlantispy09 (talk) 20:21, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

If you truly are innocent, you're not helping yourself here. Make an unblock request on your previous account and explain the situation. And for the love of god, stop editing. Even if you are innocent, you may find yourself blocked anyway for evading the first block. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 20:40, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I already made an unblock request but was denied because the other admin didn't believe the case. I would continue anyway and who would want to be called Theologiae? No one seems to belive that I'm innocent. --Atlantispy09 (talk) 20:54, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Did you get a sockpuppet investigation? If not, ask for one. If you edited different articles or behaved in different ways, despite the IP address, you may be believed there. If you did get an SPI, give me the link to it so I can have a read. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 21:10, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

They did investigate me and I know the user who was accused is innocent also. Unfortunatley I have know way to prove short of videoing ourselves. Theologiae did edit other articles. I hadn't had the chance before the block was initiated. Aslordofd was a new user like me not getting the chance to edit or not having enough time due to work. Go-COD-MW2 also is innocent and wasn't blocked due to the fact he edited COD MW2. Seurope was banned for no particular reason and there was no proof that he was a sock. I admit I didn't know to declare the sharing of an IP adress.

[[3]] --Atlantispy09 (talk) 21:34, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

The evidence does appear to be against you. Without a link to the SPI investigation or even your old username, I can't help you more. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 21:38, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't think a sockpuppet investigation would be of any extra benefit here, Jadefalcon. All persons concerned edited to one page Talk:Italy with exactly the same motive and purpose. These users have no other edits. As J.Delanoy explained on Atlantispy's Talk Page, whether this was one individual with several accounts, or several individuals conspiring, is irrelevant. The sockpuppet rules are the same.

You may want to read the guide to appealing blocks, but given the evidence, I fear that it will be unlikely that you succeed. I'm sorry. -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:51, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I noticed the contributions by everyone else just before I said "The evidence does appear to be against you." Thanks for the link to the old userpage though. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 22:07, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

In that case is there any way to delete accounts to free up space on the website? For I will undoubtably be banned for doing this and it might free up space for others —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atlantispy09 (talk • contribs) 21:55, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

No. Wikipedia can't delete usernames due to their involvement in article history. If someone wants your name, they can usurp it though. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 22:07, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Re: Thank you

It's no trouble at all. I've become quite the talk page stalker recently. It's fun (except yesterday), it keeps me occupied, and it saves other people time. Not a bad job, really. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 00:22, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

You're right. As I said, it's always useful to have another pair of eyes :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:26, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Wow... I seem to be racking up barnstars lately. Very surprising and very confusing. Regardless, thanks a lot! --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 00:37, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

You must be doing something right... ;-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:38, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Can't possibly imagine what though. :P If you take part in them and if you have the time, I'd appreciate your opinion on my editor review. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 00:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Ooh, I'll have to think about it... Marek.69 ^talk 00:50, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I just want as broad a consensus as possible, so I'm bugging anyone who gets within three links of my talk page. xD --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 00:51, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

It's just that I haven't done an editor review yet. I'll have to do some research first :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:58, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

In that case, research away! :P --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 01:06, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Wikipedia:Section

An article that you have been involved in editing, Wikipedia:Section , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. – imis^☂ 01:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Idea for Stubs on Wikipedia from Public Domain Books Hosted on Google Books

Marek69,

I wanted to get your opinion on an idea I had for creating new Wikipedia article stubs based on Public Domain Books hosted by Google Books. I got the idea when reading the Wikipedia Article on Wikipedia's Growth, link included here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Modelling_Wikipedia's_growth At one point in the article it mentioned that an article stub was created for every town in the United States by Rambot in October of 2002. Here is the quote from the article.

"The sudden jump in article count in October 2002 is due to roughly 30,000 stub articles on U.S. towns and cities generated from a database being added by an auto-posting robot, Rambot, during an eight-day period. Although initially controversial as to whether these were "real" encyclopedia articles or merely "stubs", most of the Rambot articles have since been substantially expanded."

That got me thinking that other large data sets of notable and important books might also be worth automatically creating stubs for which can then later be expanded upon. With this information still fresh in my mind I was checking up on the progress of Google Books and noted that they are now hosting more than 1,000,000 public domain books as part of their Google Books project.

I think it would be an incredibly valuable resource to have a bot like Rambot which created the town stubs for the 30,000 cites of the United States to create 1,000,000 stubs for the public domain books hosted on Google Books. This is a resource of already vetted and notable material, hopefully in a standard format at Google of author, title, publication date, publishing group, summary of the book and more.

Let me know what you think of the idea and if it has been tried before.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

OrangeCorner OrangeCorner (talk) 11:21, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi OrangeCorner, thank you for the message (and sorry for delay in responding)

In short, Yes, I think it would be a very good idea to do what you suggest. It would expand Wikipedia in a positive way.

How to do it is another matter. Unfortunately I do not know much about bots or their operation. Your next step would be to approach someone who operates one and discuss this further. There are many people who do this. One who springs to mind is User:Kotniski who seems to have created a lot of stubs using his bot. It might be worth discussing it with him.

I'm sorry that I couldn't help more at this moment. I think the idea is excellent so please let me know if you require any help once you get going :-)

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 17:05, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Marek69,

Thank you for the response and for the encouragement. I'll be sure to contact user:Kotniski as you suggested and see if he can help recommend or implement the proper methods for achieving this goal.

Sincerely,

OrangeCorner (talk) 01:35, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Eastern Sectionals

Why was my editing undone? I don't see how it was unconstructive. I wrote a summary of what I did. I got my info directly from icenetwork.com, which is owned by United States Figure Skating. US Figure Skating organizes and runs these championships. So if I can get some specifics as to what was so wrong that my info was removed, it would help. I'm not being sarcastic or angry, just confused. Please explain. Thank you.

Dana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.246.250 (talk) 19:16, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Dana, I'm sorry it was a mistake. Please accept my apologies. I have now restored your edits. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 19:20, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I appreciate it. I really was confused. But after looking at your page, I'll go create an account, it seems to make things easier. Thanks again!

-Dana

I'm a bit confused as well. I've looked at your edits again and I still have no idea why I reverted.

The only thing I can think is that I got you confused with a similar IP.

You are absolutely right to create an account. You're less likely to get confused with someone else. An IP address can change, but you account name will stay constant.

Thanks for your understanding. :-) Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 19:33, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Please Help!

Text Editing Box has disappeared. I can only see the "edit summary" line. What do I do?Nickeyrc (talk) 00:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Moved to make things easier to read. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 02:30, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Nickeyrc, Did you change any of your computers or browsers settings? If not, and

If it was working before, it's likely to be just a glitch. Restart your browser to see if that helps.

If not, you may have to restart your computer.

If you still have no joy, please come back here and I'll try to help further :-) Marek.69 ^talk 02:36, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.

I just wanted to thank you for your excellent anti-vandalism work, and particularly for reverting the vandalism to my talk page yesterday. It was much appreciated. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 14:48, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi A Stop at Willoughby, thanks for the message. We've got to keep these vandals at bay :-) Marek.69 ^talk 18:19, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello Marek69!

I've been putting up the pictures, sometimes anonamously, on Kabbalah and Hasidic pages. This post is just to say that when you changed the text terminology from "Image:" to "File:" today, two pictures dissapeared on Hasidic philosophy! The top, introductory picture was missing a "]", so it disappeared. The second, Ukrainian Carpathians picture disappeared, I think, because the text straight after it continued without an "Enter"-button break! Thanks anyway for your vigilance, but please be careful about disappearing pictures! I'm just wondering also, isn't "Image:" just as good as "File:"? Tell me, and in future I'll use "File:". "File:" is more automatic, as wikimedia images are listed as that, but in the later image gallery on the page, "Image:" is more natural, as that is the automatically generated format when you click the image galley button. Please advise me! April8 (talk) 18:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi April8, Thank you for pointing this out. I'm not quite sure why the images you refer to disappeared. I'm sorry if my edit contributed to it. Thanks for putting it right, though :-)

In answer to your question, the Image namespace was depreciated earlier on this year and was replaced by the File namespace. (for more info see WP:Images)

You may have noticed that images now start with the prefix File: instead of Image: At the moment the two formats (File: or Image:) are interchangeable, but I suppose its probably better practice to get used to using the new name. Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 19:30, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

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hi i am new to wikipedia and im just wondering what was so bad about my edit on red hot chili peppers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brutallyhonest55 (talk • contribs) 22:20, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Brutallyhonest55, Thank you for your message.

Wikipedia, being an encyclopaedi,a is written in an encyclopaedic format. 'Neutral point of view (NPOV) is a fundamental Wikimedia principle and a cornerstone of Wikipedia. All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopaedic content must be written from a neutral point of view, representing fairly, and as far as possible without any bias.

Your edit, adding ‘red hot chili peppers are the best band on earth’ goes against this principle, because describing the band as ‘best band on earth’ is a (positively) biased point of view.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 22:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Don't bother. I'm not even going to try to assume good faith with this edit. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 22:38, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

I do not see a problem with my post "dj Freemix" please remove the speedy deletionGamester9 (talk) 00:40, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Gamestar9, I did not place the speed deletion tag on the DJ FREEMIX article. Another user did.

If you read Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion policy you will notce the following line:

The creator of a page may not remove a Speedy Delete tag from it. Only an editor who is not the creator of a page may do so. A creator who disagrees with the speedy deletion should instead add {{hangon}} to the page and explain the rationale on the page's discussion page.

It was for this reason that I reverted your edit.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 00:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

hi, i have added a reason for the post on the talk page of my post, could you please ask the user that put the speedy deletion on my post to lift the speedy deletion. thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamester9 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Too late, the article was deleted. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 01:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

User posting false and slanderous information

Marek, how do you deal with editors that post false and slanderous information other than by removing their wrong edits? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Merkovah (talk • contribs) 01:14, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

You can post a report at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents

Regards Marek.69 ^talk 01:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for protecting my talk page. I'm not retarded, am I? RandomStringOfCharacters [T] 04:31, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't think so :-) Marek.69 ^talk 04:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hey, I recently received a message from you asking me to refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, and you provided me with a link to a page that I had supposedly vandalised - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3aMonique?diff=324027578.

I would like to make it clear that I have never even edited Wikipedia in the first place, let alone vandalised it, and I don't even have an account... this isn't a shared computer, and my name is not Monique, so there has obviously been a mistake made here... is it possible that my IP address is shared? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.130.208 (talk) 00:03, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

You likely have a dynamic IP, which means that your IP address changes every so often (though I have no idea what use that is). This makes it very hard to pin down most vandals (sometimes the IP has shifted so quickly that in the time it takes to warn a vandal, we're warning an innocent user). You probably got caught with a warning from a previous user. I'd suggest creating an account to prevent any more messages not meant for you appearing. Hope this solved your question. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 00:09, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[Edit conflict - excuse the repetition of information]

Hi, agreed, if you did not make the edits concerned then, yes it is very likely that you have a dynamic IP address, which means it could be different every time you turn your computer on.

If this is the case, I would advise you to create an account. This has many benefits, the least of which is avoiding situations, like this.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:10, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks... I've created an account. Karan (talk) 00:44, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

And a signature too already? Damn, you're fast! :P --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 00:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

:-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 00:48, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

PTiger1985 on Alimony

The last edit you reverted as actually OK (just fixing a ref title). The user has made some attempts to source the material, though I went through and tagged or deleted statements not supported by the refs. I think there could be some WP:UNDUE issues, so I'd suggest you review the newest material added and weigh in. Thanks, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:57, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Ohnoitsjamie, Sorry looked non-constructive to me at first glance. Marek.69 ^talk 19:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism

I left you a message here. NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 22:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi NHRHS2010, thank you very much for the barnstar! :-)

Cheers -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:24, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome. You deserved it. NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 01:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Mystery Social

Hi, I blanked out a page for Mystery Social, because the page should be deleted and I don't know how. Instead you reverted the page back? I'm not sure why because Mystery Social does not exist - http://mysterygoogle.com goes to 'Mystery Seeker' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puredemo (talk • contribs) 01:07, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Puredemo, If that is indeed the case, then you should raise this on the article's talk page.

If, as it looks to me, it is the former name of Mystery Seeker, then this article should be changed into a redirect page.

Again this should be probably raised on the talk page first.

You should not simply blank the page, as this is against Wikipedia's policies, please see Wikipedia:Page blanking.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I can't do a move. It says, The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puredemo (talk • contribs) 01:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Puredemo, the page does not need to be moved, it needs to be converted into a redirect page.

Have you put a note on the talk page yet?

Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Test edits?

I don't appreciate my response (accidently posted as an IP) being reverted as test edits when other IPs have blatantly violated our policies by suggesting that people vandalize another Wiki. I'm not being sucked down by this; if you have a problem with my comments, lets take this to ArbCom my friend. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 03:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi PCHS-NJROTC, Thank you for your message. Unfortunately I have no idea which edit you are referring to.

Would it be possible for you to provide a diff of which edit I reverted?

Thanks Marek.69 ^talk 03:43, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

It's at Talk:Main Page [4]. I'm going to WP:Assume good faith and say you probably just saw it in recent changes and it looked pretty bold coming from an IP, but I must say it's rather pathetic that we've got these immature liberals saying "hey, vandalise Conservapedia" and yet say "hey, you can't do that" when somebody just shows them an example of what they're doing. This nonsense about vandalizing Conservapedia or any other site needs to stop; we all feel the pain of when 4chan and Encyclopedia Dramatica encourage vandalism here and have no right to do the same exact thing. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 03:49, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

You're absolutely right PCHS-NJROTC. I've been working on vandal-patrol tonight. I hadn't actually read the discussion, or looked at the context of your comment.

All I saw was: new IP user + use of four letter profanity on Main Page talk = revert + standard template message.

I'm sorry if it was taken as anything else.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Yep, no problem, RC patrol it's really easy to take something for what it's not, happens to me all the time. I actually was trying to avoid actually posting the not-so-nice four letter word, but someone "lol"ed at that, so I posted the whole thing, and was unknowingly doing it as an IP. Just as long as I don't have a bunch of liberals, or conservatives for that matter, trying to censor what I'm posting here. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 04:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

PCHS-NJROTC, I really have no opinion either way on the said discussion, and certainly would not want to censor anybody, as I thoroughly respect your right of expression :-)

Lets just put it down to a misunderstanding...

Happy Wiki-ing Marek.69 ^talk 04:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

That works for me. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 04:15, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello Marek69, PCHS-NJROTC has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 04:16, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :-) Marek.69 ^talk 04:20, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Help editing a page

Hey, thx for the message. I wanted to edit the article "List of best-selling video games" but it said it was protected. Do I not have the qualifications yet? Anyway, I wanted to add "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" to the list of best selling xbox 360 games ever. It would be number four all-time, on November 12 (so it is now higher, just couldn't find the numbers) it was reported as selling 4.7 million copies. Again, number four below "Gears of War 2" and above "Grand Theft Auto IV". This would knock "Assassin's Creed" off the list, making "Fable II" number 10. If you could do this for me, that would be great. Also, since it just came out, it will be rising up the charts quickly, so watch it. In the next year it could be number one. Thank you! Crookedvulture (talk) 19:28, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

You can't make the edit yourself because you're not autoconfirmed. To be autoconfirmed, you need to have been on for four days and have ten edits. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 19:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. By the way, don't use that data yet, those numbers are for all three platforms, not just xbox 360, which is the list I planned on editing. Crookedvulture (talk) 21:24, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean he is not welcome?

I saw that! O Fenian (talk) 19:51, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi again O Fenian, if it is our ‘friend’ again, (and your usually very good at spotting him) then I think he's already outstayed his welcome. :-) Marek.69 ^talk 20:07, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The difference between the two versions of Copenhagen make it plainly Historian19. And he's now moved onto the Netherlands and making massive changes, probably to an exact copy of Historian19 version but have not bothered to check. O Fenian (talk) 20:11, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Quack, Quack - looks like you were right again O Fenian :-) Marek.69 ^talk 04:29, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism to Temple of Artemis

Hi Marek - I just reverted some very offensive (racist) vandalism to the above from a shared IP. The IP has been given warning and has a block history. I don't know what to do in these cases - the technology's rather more than I can handle - so left a notice on user Snigbrook's page then noticed you're online at the moment. Would it be poss for you to report it? Honestly, I ask not through laziness but simple lack of competence... Regards, Haploidavey (talk) 19:54, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Not just yet. Needs one more edit before he's breached the final warning again (shared IP, so can't simply block now). --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 19:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks for that. Snigbrook has just responded to the IP. Haploidavey (talk) 20:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Keep an eye on him if you can (I'd do it myself, but I'm watching six people's contributions logs right now and it's a bit crowded). If he does it again, tell me and I'll report him. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 20:04, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm watching the IP's edits. -- Marek.69 ^talk 20:11, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

igloo

Hi Marek69, and thanks for your interest in igloo. Before using the program, please read the following information carefully - failure to do so may result in your test access being revoked.

igloo is a JavaScript-powered, browser-based anti-vandalism tool, which means you do not have to download or install anything on your computer and it will work on multiple operating systems. However, it does mean that the performance relies on that of your browser and it may operate more slowly than downloaded programs. You must have either Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Google Chrome to use igloo, as it is currently incompatible with other browsers.

igloo relies on a system called iglooNet to assist you in finding and reverting vandalism. It is this system that transforms the program from a pretty version of recent changes to an actual anti-vandalism tool. Naturally, this is beyond the power of a client-side program, and igloo will regularly communicate with an external, non-Wikimedia server. Because of things like server logs, and the iglooNet abuse tracker, this may allow your IP address to be attached to your username - something which is otherwise impossible on Wikipedia. If you do not want this to happen, you MUST NOT USE IGLOO.

If you decide that you do want to test igloo, please keep in mind that it not wholly stable, and you may experience problems where it performs an invalid edit, or other unwanted action. If this happens, fix any mistakes you've made, apologise to anyone you've offended, and let me know. I don't take any responsibility for your use of the program - if you aren't willing to fix any errors, don't use it.

igloo is already quite powerful. The following is a simple guide to using the program:

The igloo interface is similar to that of other software, including huggle. Recent changes appear on the left, and diffs appear on the right.
igloo sorts diffs based on iglooNet data so that edits most likely to be vandalism are displayed first. You can press spacebar to view the top diff, or click on any diff to view it directly.
When you find vandalism, press 'Q' or click the revert button to revert the change, and issue a warning to the user. igloo automatically issues the correct warning. It will ignore existing warnings that are more than 5 days old, and restart from the beginning.
The iglooNet assertion system tags clean and dirty edits with colour coding - if it suspects an edit is vandalism, it will be flagged as red, and if it believes it to be clean, it will tag it green.
At any time, you can re-review diffs you have already seen by pressing backspace or using the icons to move through the diff history.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to know. If you hate it, and won't be using it again, please let me know why - and I'll remove you from the test whitelist. If you now try and use igloo, you should find that it will allow you to use the program. Thanks, and good luck! Ale_Jrb ^talk 15:49, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much Ale_jrb :-) Marek.69 ^talk 15:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

How do you change the main title of an entry?

Hi Marek 69,

Thank you for the plate of cookies! :-) I do in fact, need your help. I posted an entry: "Alcarez rugs". The main title is supposed to be: Alcaraz Rugs. I cannot figure out how to change this. Would you please help me?

Additionally, I want to post images I found on a few websites. How do I get permission to do this? Do I have to give the site credit? I tried looking over this in Wikicommons. Perhaps you could direct me to a specific section?

Thanks so much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by G329 (talk • contribs) 16:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi G329, thank you for your message.

Regarding your question on "Alcarez rugs" I suggest you first read Wikipedia:Naming conventions, particularly the Article title format section. -- Marek.69 ^talk 16:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Done for you. I needed to experiment with moving pages anyway. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 16:35, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thejadefalcon, thanks for doing that so quickly.

Sorry, I don't mean to sound rude, but is "Alcarez rugs" a proper name? --Marek.69 ^talk 16:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I did when you gave it to G329. I hadn't read it clearly enough and somehow got the impression it was a company. Want me to move it to "Alcaraz rugs"? And don't worry. I'm man enough to admit to a mistake, so you don't need to tell me politely. Just smack me with a trout (or a minnow if the offence was minor). --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 16:53, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thinking about it, Jadefalcon, I'm not sure if "Alcarez rugs" is a proper name? To me it looks like it simply means 'rugs from Alcarez', although I'm not sure now whether I'm right or wrong?

P.S. Don't worry, I won't be smacking you with anything Jadefalcon :-) Marek.69 ^talk 17:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! It's always fun not being hit. :P --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:05, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

G329, Regarding posting images, you should find the information you require on Wikipedia:Uploading images

The most important part to get right is to determine the copyright status of the images

If the image has a Free license compatible with Wikipedia, then you should have no problems

Otherwise you have to be very careful, please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's copyright policies.

You can find out more on the subject in this article Wikipedia:Image use policy.

If you have any other questions, please come back

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 16:47, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Thank you for the information. Alcaraz Rugs are a type/style of rug. Rugs from Alcaraz would not be proper. Wouldn't Rugs be left capitolized as it is a title? --G329 (talk) 17:07, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

In which case, it's probably best we leave it a "Alcaraz Rugs". (I'm not really sure either way now)

It won't do any harm, and if it's wrong I'm sure someone will put it right :-) Marek.69 ^talk 17:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello Marek69, I am afraid I have the same problem. I have a typo in my entry: "Sulatanabad Rugs" it needs to be: "Sultanabad Rugs and Carpets." I went to the link you provided, yet I am still unable to change this title. Would you mind helping me please? Thank you.--G329 (talk) 22:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Callum Johnston Wiki page

Hello Merek

Sorry about the late reply been to busy, can you send your reply to the callum johnston page on here. I really need this page deleted asap... Its embaressing on my behalf

Kind Regards Callum —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.173.132 (talk) 20:17, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

[DISCUSSION RESTORED FROM ARCHIVE 5]

User name Callum Johnston

Hello Marek

I was browsing the Internet when I found a post on here about me. None of that was written by me which comes under User name Callum Johnston on here. Can you please delete the whole page.

Kind Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.135.45.127 (talk) 05:20, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Callum, Is this page specifically about you or is just the same name? Marek.69 ^talk 05:24, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Its about me somehow... Someone used a log in under my name, and someone has put up very personal infomation which could later on embarress me. I don't know who done this, but I would like it fully removed please.

Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.135.45.127 (talk) 13:35, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

I've already notified the other party and asked them to comment.

I expect you will have to prove your identity before any action can be taken. I will look into it and let you know.

Regards Marek.69 ^talk 14:19, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Callum, I left the other user a message on 9th November 2009. He has not responded. In fact his last (and only) edit was on 20 August 2007 to the user page you are wanting to delete.

As this was over 2 years ago, I think it may be possible for you to usurp the account.

Instructions for doing this can be found here.

Once you take over this account you can delete the page and replace it with whatever you wish.

Meanwhile, I will remove the text you refer to. (However this does not stop somebody else from reposting it)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 03:07, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you from Donabate

Hi Marek, Many thanks for your edits to Donabate which helped improved the article. --Dwellings (talk) 20:40, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

No Problem :-) Marek.69 ^talk 02:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Questions

Rochelimit (talk) 20:55, 6 December 2009 (UTC) Thank you, I am old with Wikipedia, but recently I begin to edit some pages when for the first time I saw vandalism in Wikipedia: some people trying to mess up with the Water article. So I'm new with the editing features. Glad to be a Wikipedian.

I have some questions: 1. Is Marek69 a computer generated message? 2. Can I post a vector image (for maps)?, how do people upload an SVG image? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rochelimit (talk • contribs) 20:54, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Rochelimit, well 'Welcome to Wikipedia!' anyway. Thank you for your message.

In answer to your questions:

1. No I am a real person (at least, I think I am)

2. Yes you can upload vector images to Wikipedia. For more information on this please consult Wikipedia:Uploading images

If there is anything else I can help with, please get back to me

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk

Thank you very much for your assistance (and for cleaning up my messy questions :)), time to learn ... Rochelimit (talk) 21:24, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem, Happy Wiki-ing! -- Marek.69 ^talk 21:26, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Portugal

External link section. While removing vandal edits, my mobile browser deleted some text. As article is long, I can not undo my edit as browser edit box can not load whole article. Please rectify the mistake. Sorry for mess and thanks! RAMA (talk) 23:53, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi RAMA, Thanks for letting me know. It looks like someone beat me to it, though.

Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 23:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Create account

Hi Marek, thanks for your welcome. Perhaps you can help me: I am "Nikopol" on commoms and metawiki, but the name is already gone in the english wikipedia. Is it possible to check whether this account is still being used and if not, whether i could use it and create a unified login? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.2.140.83 (talk) 01:39, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Nikopol, the account has been taken, but has only made 4 edits Nikopol edit history, the last one being on 5 October 2007. In view of this situation I think you probably have grounds to usurp the account.

Instructions for doing this can be found here.

Please let me know how you get on

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:45, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.2.140.83 (talk) 01:55, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

..Last Post

Ohh..sorry about that..i do not use wiki that much and someone had told me that you could edit info and i guess i just wanted to try..sorry..about the isiaha thing (my boyfriend)sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.191.102.227 (talk) 21:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

albert hahn and heinrich eisner

hi marek, i saw your page on wiki for BOHUMIN, I am doing some research on the lives of both Albert Hahn and Heinrich Eisner, who I saw mentioned on yr page. Do you have any other information on them or their business? thank you antony —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anteaston (talk • contribs) 23:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Antony, thank you for your message.

The page you refer to Bohumín was not written by me. I merely made a couple of corrections to the page and unfortunately have no additional information on Albert Hahn or Heinrich Eisner.

The person who has contкibuted most to this article is user Darwinek. He may be able to help you further. His talk page can be found here.

I've done a search on Wikipedia and could not find any additional mention of these persons.

The only other suggestion I have is to search for them on Google.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 23:55, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

hi marek, i'm a bit confused about this. how do i send a message to the other author? through my talk page?. also i have a mac and don't have the four tidles. only the straight ones ----—Preceding unsigned comment added by Anteaston (talk • contribs) 00:18, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Antony, you can access Darwinek's talk page by clicking on this link here

If you dont have the tildes on your keyboard, then you can copy-paste them from here ~~~~

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 00:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Alanya

Marek69, why do you think the Sister cities section of the article on Alanya needs three different headings? Isn't one heading, either "Town twinning", "international relations", or as we had it, "Sister cities" enough, and not all three? I don't understand how this is "AWB cleanup" either, and am pretty sure this isn't what that tool is made to be used for.-- Patrick {_oѺ^∞} 00:07, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Patrick, I'm sorry I was unaware that you had changed the edit. That is one of the problems of using AWB to do search-and-replace (it doesn't look to see if it has done the same edit previously on the article). I certainly didn't intend to simply revert your edit, so please accept my apologies.

AWB can be used for a variety of uses; spellchecking, cleanup, search-and-replace and many other things

The reason I have been doing this, is that some cities separate their international relations into separate lists; ie: Twin Towns, Sister Cities, Parnership Agreements, Twin Ports etc. (despite being similar, they're all subtly different concepts) for example see the Marseille article, (this is just one permutation, among many others)

In fact I have just recently had a discussion with another editor on this exact subject. You may care to read this thread.

I'm simply trying to introduce a standard nomenclature & format for this part of Wikipedia's town and city articles.

I hope you can understand my intentions and logic behind these edits

You may or may not agree with my format or nomenclature; I am therefore always open to suggestions for improvement. :-)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 00:37, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, though Alanya is a relatively small city, the basis of my format has always been from other Featured Articles, such as New York City or Boston, which still use the one section title approach with "sister cities". I have to disagree with what you are doing though. In general, standardization within an article's text has repeatedly been found to cause more problems that it might solve when dealing with articles across different countries or cultures. And I'm not sure this system of yours aids in clarity or accuracy. Alanya, for example, has a term for these other towns, "sibling cities" they call them, and have no "sister ports" or other divisions. Different cities are similarly likely to have different terms for their own partnerships, and section titles should try to reflect the precise local situation, not some overriding "standard" terminology.

Further, I have a problem with the use of the Template:Main in your "International relations" section. That's not a proper use of that template, which is reserved for article splitting. A list of a nation's sister cities is not an article that is split off from an individual city. While I don't see this as a useful link, you might consider using Template:See or Template:Further instead. For the reasons here, I fear that your change to this section will endanger Alanya's chance of retaining Featured Article status. The review of San Fransisco's status for example determined that the inclusion of this section there was trivial.-- Patrick {_oѺ^∞} 01:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Patrick, I've already reverted my edit to the Alanya and will certainly respect your request to remove it from my AWB list.

I appreciate your feedback, especially the information on Template:Main and Template:See. I was unaware of my incorrect usage of the previous and will change my setting accordingly. Thank you.

I understand that Alanya is unlikely to have any more sections, but there are many other cities that do need seperate subsections. Generally twinnings within Europe are referred to as 'Twin Towns' (whether they are towns or cities) and similar arrangements with US towns and cities (usually registered with Sister Cities International) are called Sister Cities. There are also a variety of other international partnership arrangements between cities, which are known by a variety of names, such as the ‘sibling cities’ you refer to.

The whole subject may appear trivial, but the European Union Commission, for one, is actively encouraging and promoting its expansion [5], with sustantial grants and advertising in order to promote increased internal and international friendships & cooperation.

Again, thank you for your help and feedback. I shall certainly be making the necessary adjustments to my editing :-)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 01:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism?

What did I do wrong I was a parent of a student there and that article was written by the school. I talked to parent often and the statements claimed in this article are misleading. Now why dont you go get on with your life and start finding ligitimate problems to solve Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.34.48 (talk) 03:59, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi, The line that you keep inserting ‘The school has teachers that beat their kids, and do not listen to complaints from parents.’ as in this edit and this edit constitutes original research or personal views and is against Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. Along with this it is also uncited. In view of these policies, the line cannot be included in the St. John Bosco Interparish School article.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 04:11, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Edit

I edited the Third Position page because Third Position is linked to Neo-Fascism and Fascism, which it isn't, it's neither Fascist nor Communist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.17.226.100 (talk) 04:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

The edit I was referring to in my message was this one in which you blanked a Wikipedia page, namely Template:Fascism. Wikipedia pages should not be blanked, as you can verify in Wikipedia:policy on page blanking.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 04:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

My apologies

The blanking of the page was an accident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.17.226.100 (talk) 05:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, no problem, thanks for your message, you can't be expected to know every Wikipedia policy when you are just starting out here :-)

Please try to get to know a few of them , though. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Kind Regards & Happy Wiki-ing -- Marek.69 ^talk 05:15, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Abuse

Sorry to trouble you, but can you check out Template:X9‎; 03:11:12 . . (+16) . . Bigzack202 (talk | contribs) I'm not sure what to do about reporting this abuse Cogoal (talk) 21:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cogoal, thank you for your message and for letting me know about this edit. I've removed the nonsense now.

Cheers -- Marek.69 ^talk 06:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I would have removed it myself, but thought someone else should be aware of it, as this person might make a habit of it. Cogoal (talk) 09:04, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you Marek69 for your welcome message - a pleasant surprise! I have only edited one page, but it looks like you are a senior editor - salute to you from a new comer!

I am a neurophysiologist in US; I just went to Dubrovnik, Croatia for a conference last month, and also I stopped by in Rome. Beautiful cities, and beautiful countries! I saw that you are a member of Editors of Italy and Croatia, so you must have connections with them.

It was my first time to Europe, and I am sure I will visit many times again!

Thanks,

Baoqing Baoqingwang (talk) 00:54, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Baoqingwang, thank you for your message. I'm pleased you enjoyed your trip to Europe. I also visited Italy and Croatia earlier this year. You are absolutely right about the beauty of these two counties - fantastic places to visit.

I hope you do manage to visit again as they're both great locations for a holiday.

I also hope you enjoy you're time on Wikipedia, as editing here can also be very rewarding.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 06:46, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I'm just a regular editor. I started in September 2008, but if there's anything I can do to help please don't hesitate to ask :-) Marek.69 ^talk 06:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

Hello, Marek69! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice.

KV5 (Talk • Phils)

Hi KV5, you're very Welcome. I'm glad you passed with flying colours, as in my opinion, you deserve it.

Congratulations. I'm sure you'll be a great admin.

Good Luck & Happy Wiki-ing -- Marek.69 ^talk 06:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Chilean people

Hello, you must remove the article of chilean people, the introduction and the subsection on racial mixing, for they both feel "for sources that are in the actual article (ethnic structure) that signal or indicate that the majority of the population of Chile is white and mestizo no .-—Preceding unsigned comment added by NewAntarcticwik (talk • contribs) 18:50, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

If you disagree with the content of this article, please raise you concerns on the articles talk page. Start a discussion to see if other editors agree or disagree, then make appropriate edits.

Do not blank the article (or substantially remove content from it). This is against Wikipedia's policies and will be regarded as vandalism

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 18:56, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

know the problem is that the article was recently amended by a couple of editors Chilean leftist ideology and anti-Western and pro-Indian, and changed them without discucion this article. I'm just excluding sections that violate all the sources cited on ethics structure including genetic studies from the University of Chile --NewAntarcticwik (talk) 19:12, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

whooopsss!

lol A8 UDI 19:05, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Are you looking for trouble, Tom? [6] -- Marek.69 ^talk 19:08, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

>.< don't hate me A8 UDI 19:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

There are severe punishments for misuse of Igloo. Just thought I'd let you know. :-o -- Marek.69 ^talk 19:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Greetings, Marek69!

Thanks for the reception, mate! ;D

--MrSkaloon (talk) 00:01, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

No probs, you're very welcome MrSkaloon. Enjoy your time on Wikipedia and if there's anything I can do to help, just ask..

Kind Regards :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:08, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Alright. Again, thanks. ;-) Have a good day!

--MrSkaloon (talk) 00:14, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello !

Thank you for the barnstar! I really appreciate it, and I hope that you will also keep up the good work. Thank you so much! Oxana879 (talk) 02:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

You deserve it, Oxana Marek.69 ^talk 23:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Caydenism

I don't know the pass for my account Caydenism and the account was created when I was stupid and solicited my info, All i want to do is removed instances of "Cayden" from the article. PewpaPew789 (talk) 04:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi PewpaPew789, I've removed any info from this page -- Marek.69 ^talk 01:39, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank for message

Thank for message you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ihorm1968 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Ihorm1968, You're Welcome :-) Marek.69 ^talk 00:00, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

What to do in a possible vandalism situation

Hi Marek, I'm now active in cleaning up wiki vandalism. Sometimes I found editions that look like vandalism, but I'm not 100% sure. Is there a way to tag such an edition to draw the attention from more experienced wiki-ers that are more familiar to the topic? I wonder whether leaving a message in talk page is an effective way for that situation. It will be nice to know how you guys usually handle this. Thank you. Wikislemur (talk) 05:28, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Generally, the best idea is to bring it up on the article's talk page. That way, others are alerted to it. Give me the diffs and I'll see if I can tell. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 12:52, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Thejadefalcon, thanks for the quick response. Here is a particular page that I wonder the most: Quercus kelloggii. Anthony daccc inserted a few paragraph in the "see also" section, then 68.187.235.202 removed it. At first I thought 68.187.235.202 removed it without reason because he/she did not leave a summary for the edit. After reverted 68.187.235.202's edit, I realized the reason might be that "see also" section is not exactly where paragraphs of article should be written. Then I reverted my own previous edit (the summary I left unfortunately was miss-written, it should be: I'm not sure this paragraph should be here or not, so I reverted my previous edit.)

Anyway, it will be great if you or somebody else could take a look at it. Thanks!

Wikislemur (talk) 15:30, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Have a look at one of the diffs with it on the page. Look up a section. It's an exact copy. That would be either vandalism or an editing test (depending on the user's other contributions). Personally, unless it's blatantly obvious it's an editing test, I always warn for vandalism in this sort of scenario. Hope that answered your question. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:35, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that was really quick! I see it now, an exact copy. I think then, in the end I did it right by removing the paragraphs. Assuming good faith, it might had been an editing test. Thanks for your help, jade falcon. Wikislemur (talk) 15:46, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:51, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Jadefalcon for dealing with this issue.

I'm sorry I couldn't reply sooner as I'm ‘on the road’ again and have no reliable internet connection.

I'll be back soon, though :-) Marek.69 ^talk 23:50, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Always glad to help out. --Thejadefalcon ^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 23:53, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Cheers, as always, it's much appreciated :-)) Marek.69 ^talk 23:56, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello Marek69

Hi Marek, Thank you very much on your review tags on No Ten Dollars Ride, Vignesrealm Motion Pictures and Vigneswaran Rajkumar. I would like to request them not be tag for deletion. I have provided the necessary references and links for these articles. I hope you will removes the tags. Thank you very much.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cinefan (talk • contribs) 11:04, 13 December 2009(UTC)

Hi Cinefan, Thank you for your message. I'm not sure what this has to do with me though.

As far as I can see, I have not edited the articles you list above at all, I haven't put any form of tag or requested their deletions.

If I'm mistaken then please let me know.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 23:58, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Yo ho ho

Ϣere SpielChequers is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

Hi maybe see you at the Oak again next year? Ϣere SpielChequers 21:10, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi WereChequers, I'll be there... :-) Marek.69 ^talk 23:41, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Kiev

Just so you know, although Kiev has long been the standard English spelling of the city, it seems this is beginning to change to Kyiv. Take a look at the article, I found it interesting. (And I haven't reverted you btw.) Oreo Priest ^talk 03:52, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Oreo, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Hmm... I will look into it further. At the moment the artcile name is Kiev. If it changes, then I will respect the consensus :-)

Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 01:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry.

From November 13th to the 30th, My Internet was hacked (I was getting IP address conflicts although I was the only one using the Internet). So wikipedia is saying that you reverted a change that was made on my IP(I swear I never made it...). Well I'd like to say sorry, and thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.71.155.177 (talk) 12:39, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I've removed the warning :-)

To avoid this problem in the future it might be worth opening an account. Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits such as the ability to create articles. -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:01, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Deleted flag images. Need third person opinion (and action probably)

Dear Marek69,

Previously I make a minor addition in Jakarta Sister Cities section (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta#Sister_relationships). I add a small picture of flags, trying to follow some article of sister cities e.g. Paris, New York City, Kuala Lumpur, just to maintain its consistency.

Later, a user called Merbabu [[7]] delete this small flag pictures.

Then I try to talk to him, and said to him that I merely trying to maintain the consistency of city articles by adding small pictures of flag. I told him to tell me if he read my message or leave any sign. And, I also add the flag pics again (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Merbabu#Why_do_you_delete_the_flags_of_the_Sister_City_in_Jakarta.3F)

Later on 15 December, he deleted the flag pictures again. I check the history and he said something like this:

(diff) (hist) . . Jakarta‎; 01:17 . . (-343) . . Merbabu (talk | contribs) (Flags serve no purpose and are messy. Apparent precedence in Other articles is not a justification. See WP:PRECEDENCE )

I check WP:PRECEDENCE but there is no link about it. Also "messy" is something that is too subjective. I'm actually a little upset with him not replying me, so being clueless, I resort to you since I saw you as more experienced than I am. So what do you think? And what should be done? Can you help me concerning this? If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page.

thanks

Hi Rochelimit, thank you for you're message.

I'm sorry I couldn't reply sooner as I'm ‘on the road’ at the moment and have no reliable internet connection.

I will certainly take a look at the Jakarta article and add my comments on the situation.

If I can't do this immediately, please excuse me (internet connection is intermittent here), I will do the best I can.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 22:11, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Rochelimit, I can see (and understand) the situation; an editor is opposed and is saying that you cannot justify your edit by using WP:PRECEDENCE. On one hand, I can understand this side of the argument as I personally happen to agree with the policy. (i.e. if we justified our additions with the argument that it exists elsewhere on Wikipedia, so it must be OK. then we would be in danger of introducing all manner of unnecessary unwarranted extra material, which would not help Wikipedia).

I also have experienced this same situation when I have added some ‘missing’ {{flagicon}} templates to certain articles, particularly those to Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland city and town articles, with the editor concerned claiming that flag caused a problem in these areas, were inclined to cause 'fighting' among editors and were best avoided. My view was to respect this and to leave alone.

However, you are ‘right’ in thinking that Twinning sections do generally include {{flagicon}}'s (with the exception of Ireland, of course). I have recently reviewed over 42,000 of these, trying to introduce some sort of standard nomenclature and format for this section, and a very large percentage of these do include flag icons.

In the case of the Jakarta article, I don't know the answer. If the other editor is strongly opposed to this, then probably the best thing to do, is to walk away and avoid arguments. Its not really that important an issue to argue, in my opinion :-)

I wish you all the best (I'll be keeping an eye on any developments on this issue)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 01:04, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

P.S. I don't think that adding small flag icons to these lists does any harm and I also do no think they are 'messy'

I will do my best to help ... Marek.69 ^talk 02:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. No need to sorry, a reply is enough to make me happy :D, and a whole paragraph of it is even better :DD.

Yep, I will just leave that discussion, although ya I'm still rather disagree with him (yes, his only argument for opposing the flags is that it is 'messy'), but since this is an unimportant issue, it's wiser to leave it, you're right (although my heart still telling me that I have to confront him for being irrational haha)

BTW, I have checked that twinning - sister cities dispute thing. I post some stuffs there, and I use this template to let you know (probably not exactly the right template (below) to tell you an update of a discussion). Thanks for including me in the discussion anyway. --Rochelimit (talk) 06:04, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Marek69. You have new messages at Talk:Sister_cities.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Stockholm article

Your reversion of White Nights in Stockholm (talk · contribs) has been reverted by that user. Suggest bringing this up at WP:ANI may be the better course of action rather than keep reverting. I'm afraid I don't know enough about the history of the sockmaster to be able to usefully contribute here. Best, Mjroots (talk) 20:19, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

I've raised the issue at ANI myself. Mjroots (talk) 21:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mjroots, thanks for the update. I'm (too) familiar with Historian19, as are many other editors. His pattern of edits is relatively easy to spot. Thank you for raising it at ANI. I believe the account has now been investigated and blocked. (Confirmed by Checkuser evidence: [8])

Cheers! -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:39, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Help with editing pages...

Hey, I was wondering if you could help me out a little... could you please tell me how to add pictures to articles properly and how to cite references (preferably as links to external sites)?

Thanks! Karan (talk) 03:17, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Karan, thank you for your message.

You should be able to find out more about adding pictures in Wikipedia:Images

Basically the code to add a picture looks like this:

[[File:Bad Title Example.png|thumb |left|alt=Example alt text |Example caption]]

Which will produce this:

Example caption

As for citing references; Wikipedia:Citing sources should give you all the info you need.

To start with I would advise experimenting in a sandbox, until you get the hang of it.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance with this :-)

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 09:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Strong's Strongmen

Strong does not need you to defend him. He has a private army and control of most news media for that. Perhaps a world socialist government and climate change fraud is ok with you. It is not ok with me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.70.174 (talk) 17:47, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

As I and two other editors have stated on your talk page, your edit to Maurice Strong is vandalism and has been reverted. Please do not continue these actions as you risk being blocked from editing. -- Marek.69 ^talk 18:00, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Patrollbot

Hey there, I thought (because of your participation in the conversation here) that you would like to know that I coded a bot to mark CSDed AFDed and PRODed new-pages as patrolled. See the bot's discussion for approval here. I would appreciate your comment. NOTE: I am not trying to canvas you, I just wanted some input. Tim1357 (talk) 02:12, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

thanks

...for the welcome message :) --达伟 (talk) 03:32, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

You're very welcome 达伟 :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:34, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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Dear Marek69,
Wishing you, your family, and friends a very merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year), and I hope that the new year will be a good one, in real life, and on the wiki. There is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit; it's a special time of year of almost everyone. ;)
Love and best wishes, Meaghan - ^Merry _Christmas! - 00:11, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Meaghan :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:08, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Thank you very much, December21st2012Freak :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 04:09, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Article Brazil

Marek, could you please take a look in here and give your opinion about it? Thank you very much. --Lecen (talk) 03:00, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Bashing (pejorative)

Thank you for handling the vandalism at Bashing (pejorative). I've been trying to revert but you keep beating me to it. I think I'll leave it in your capable hands and go check other Recent Changes. :) Happy editing! 152.16.59.102 (talk) 04:40, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome

Thank you for your welcome, I use to edit in Wikipedia in Spanish for three years, but I decided to start editing too in Wikipedia in English. I will appreciate so much all your help. Merry christmas, Oikema (talk) 13:24, 28 December 2009 (UTC).

I'd like to join Oikema under this headline; thank you for your warm welcome. My usual edits take place in the German wikipedia, where I contribute for almost 4 years now; but sometimes I find something to edit here. Thank you for the support you offered, maybe I will come back to it some day. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year--Christian Lindecke (talk) 02:02, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Why are you reverting to wrong information about 3-point shots?

Why are you reverting to information that is clearly incorrect. There is no way the 3point line in NCAA is 25 feet 9 inches. Why revert to wrong information? Just because some uncited article in wikipedia says it's 25 feet 9 inches doesnt make it so. It's 20 feet 9inches, which every website in the world with that content except wikipedia would state. Quit trying to post wrong info on wikipedia. The site is only as strong as its community.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.68.36.115 (talk) 19:38, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi, you have asked why I reverted your edit to the Three-point field goal article.

As well as changing 25 ft to 20 ft, your edit added the following text to the article: ‘i added a reference for this, but cant be bothered to enter a capcha so fuck that’

May I ask you, do you consider this edit a useful addition to Wikipedia?

Do I really need to explain why I reverted your edit?

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 23:09, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Ownership in article Brazil

Hello. The article Brazil has several issues, the main one is the fact that it's simply huge and overly detailed. In accordance with Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries and taking as model other Featured class articles such as Canada, India and Peru as I explained in here. As I made the changes, I explained carefully why and where I made them such as in here.

However, editor Rahlgd reverted all with no explanation at all as it can be seen in here. He is the only one who can edit the article without being reverted. Just see the history log in it. Also, this is not the first time he reverts an edit.

His behavior is clearly ownership. Please, help us. --Lecen (talk) 01:30, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lecen, Thank you for your message. I understand your frustration. Unfortunately this is a far too common problem on Wikipedia. I have been keeping a eye on the Brazil article for some time and will continue to do so.

Due to time constraints, I have not been so active on Wikipedia recently and so unable to help as much as I would like. I will therefore try to enlist some additional help with this article as I can see there are a number of unresolved issues here.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 00:39, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, my friend. I got the help of Hoary. Now the article is quite fine, as it is just 110 kb long. Again, thank you! --Lecen (talk) 03:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lecen, That's great! I'm glad to hear that. Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 03:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Brazil editting

Hello, Marek. You recently notified me that I have editted (vandalized) Brazil's page and the changes were reverted. I don't really remember ever editting this page. Can you please show me what changes I had supposedly made? Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saulocpp (talk • contribs) 19:34, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Saulocpp, Thanks for the message. I'm sorry but I cannot see which message you are referring to. Have you edited as an IP possibly? If you point out the message, I may be able to explain.

Kind Regards Marek.69 ^talk 00:20, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Halloweentown

I changed it because the plot that was already there looked messy. Please give me a message.

Jabrona (talk) 31 December 2009 at 05:41.

Hi Jabrona, thank you for letting me know.

I assume you are the same editor as IP 67.252.133.208, in which case I've restored your edit, which I originally mistook for ‘removal of content’. I'm sorry :-)

I'm glad you now have an account.

Kind Regards -- Marek.69 ^talk 05:52, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. I just logged in as "Jabrona" after I made that edit so that's why. Thanks for changing the edit back.

Jabrona (talk) 31 December 2009 at 05:56.

No Problem :-) -- Marek.69 ^talk 06:01, 31 December 2009 (UTC)