User talk:Seb26

My message Hello Spebi. Thank you for the suggestions. I didn't send those messages in bad faith. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC) Thank you for the reply. I hope will we meet again in the future. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC) My report that was removed I reported an IP address that has been vandalizing a page even after a warning. I'm wondering why action was not taken. Enigmaman (talk) 18:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC) It would help if you provided the IP that was removed, then I could possibly review the case and take action. Spebi 04:25, 12 December 2007 (UTC) I guess the editor is referring to this reporting of two IPs (likely the same editor), one of which was blocked, and the article was semi-protected, so the report was removed for the second IP. Hope that gives some background! Ariel♥Gold 04:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Thanks Ariel :) It appears that the first IP you reported was removed because it had already been blocked, and the next IP address that you reported was later removed due to the article being vandalised being semi-protected. Hopefully this makes things a bit clearer. Spebi 04:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC) thanks for the explanation. The reason I asked you about it is because you were the one to remove my report from the project page. Enigmaman (talk) 04:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC) P.S. Spebi, I hope you don't mind my butting into the conversation, lol. I just figured it would be helpful to give some diffs ;) Ariel♥Gold 05:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Don't mind at all. I wouldn't have been able to explain what I did to Enigmaman without your diffs. Thanks :) Spebi 05:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC) WikiProject Australia newsletter WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 1, Volume 1 — December 2, 2007 Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. WikiProject crowned first by Durova After a post on our regional noticeboard, Durova awarded the first Special edition WikiProject triple crown to WikiProject Australia. Daniel, Blnguyen, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Orderinchaos and Lincalinca had all previously qualified for Durova's standard Triple Crown for articles relating to Australia, and so won themselves and the project the prestigious award. Congratulations to all who contributed. Durova is still accepting new members of the project that qualify for the award, so if you qualify, add your name and your articles (remembering they can't be articles already taken) to the list. Controversial articles debated controversially Subsequent to the Australian federal election, 2007, an edit war sparked on the Australia article, debating over whether newly-elected Labor leader Kevin Rudd had earned prime minister status yet over current Prime Minister John Howard. The debate died down after protection was applied to the page, but later sparked the creation of another article, entitled Prime Minister-elect. The AfD for the article continues today. An article pertaining to the Australian federal election for 2010 was created, and later debated at another AfD. Some argued that the article was purely speculation, and that the article was a clear violation of WP:CRYSTAL, a variation of Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, which states that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and shouldn't be used for speculating about a subject or articles that predict future events. The article was later retitled to Australian federal election, 2011, after new evidence came to light regarding the election being scheduled for that year. Recent events Dec 2: The project was the first WikiProject to receive the WikiProject Triple Crown from Durova. Nov 26 & 28: AfD debates opened for articles pertaining to the future 2010 election and the term "Prime Minister-elect". Nov 26: Seven Australia-related articles were promoted to featured article status, making November 2007 WikiProject Australia's "FA Month". Main page · Talk · Notice board · Portal · Articles · Current collaboration · Complete to-do · Article quality (FA·GA) · Subprojects · Miscellanous This month's newsletter was written by Spebi and published by ~. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 1, Volume 1, December 2007. See [[newsletter archives]] for previous issues. You can also view this issue directly [[here]] Quality watch Yet another crowning took place on the project in the past month – November 2007 was officially crowned by members of the project as "Australian FA" month. No less than seven articles were promoted to featured article status last month making it the month with the highest amount of article promotions the project has seen since its creation. Among the seven brilliant articles promoted in November were Variegated Fairy-wren, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, Ian Chappell, 1999 Sydney hailstorm, Karmichael Hunt, Arthur Morris and Powderfinger. Hopefully more articles to come. Big congratulations to all who contributed – you're doing a great job. Meanwhile, the following articles became GAs in November: I Don't Remember, Alan Davidson (cricketer), Ernie Toshack, Beaumont House, Archie Jackson, Alan Kippax, 1992 Queensland storms, Time on Earth, Small Mercies, Toyota Aurion, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Passenger (Powderfinger song). And again, congratulations to all who were involved there! We are currently aiming to have 100GAs by the end of the year! This newsletter is a monthly newsletter with details relating to events and happenings within the Australian Wikipedian community and WikiProject Australia. If you wish to stop receiving this newsletter, or receive it in a different format, relist your name appropriately at the subscription page. Delivered by BrownBot (talk), at 21:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC). These Days: Live in Concert Yo, Sebzorz...you own this DVD, right? I was wondering if you could find a few more sources/interviews/somethings - it's dangerously close to GA level. Cheers, — Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:55, 11 December 2007 (UTC) It's sitting on my shelf and I'm staring at it right now :) There's an interview with Jack McCoy that I haven't watched, I'll take a look and take down some notes, and there's also a couple of photo galleries. Go on gtalk, later :) Spebi 04:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC) I'm thinking the interview would be helpful. On gtalk now. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 05:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC) deletion of diggeh Hello. The deletion of diggeh I feel was unmerited. Multiple individuals took a hand in editing it. While there has been low activity with the site, it is undergoing enormous alterations as we speak and has been adopted by a major Iranian non-profit organization as instrumental in an outreach campaign. It just needs a little more time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.179.249.147 (talk) 01:41, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Hi. I deleted the page Diggeh under speedy deletion criteria A7 and G11. The article failed to assert the importance of the subject (A7), in this case, it failed to meet any of the criteria for inclusion outlined on Wikipedia:Notability (web), and the article appeared to me to be an advertisement (G11). If you are willing to rewrite the article, with an assertion of notability and writing it in a way that doesn't make it sound like an advertisement, I'd be happy to restore the page. Thank you, Spebi 04:29, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Thank you Hello Spebi. Thanks for your comments in October in the peer review for North West England. I followed all your advice, and it recently achieved FPO status. I appreciate your willigness to involve yourself in portals, even when not necessarily having the time to do so. Thank you once again. Regards, — Rudget Contributions 16:21, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Congratulations. The portal has improved for the better. Good work :) Spebi 05:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Templates for deletion - orphaning I noticed you closed a few tfd discussions, but did not orphan the templates. If a template is still in use, it should be added to the "Completed discussions" at the bottom of the templates for deletion page. Thanks. --- RockMFR 17:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Yeah, sorry about that. I'll remember it for next time :) Spebi 04:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Acrassicauda Are you the one who deleted Acrassicauda artcle? if yes can you please explain me why? the article can be found in sister wikipedias in other langauges[1][2]. Also Google search gives you at least 10000 search results.--Aziz1005 (talk) 20:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Responded on Aziz1005's talk page. Thanks for the respond. I think that band Acrassicauda did not fail to assert the significance of the subject, since it is the only known Iraqi heavy-metal band. and one of the few oriental metal bands that exist in the Middleast. the band is also mentioned in many reliable sources such as BBC, the Guardian,The independent,a documentary film has been made over the band and heavey metal in Iraq.Therefore I think the article worth keeping, what do you think then?--Aziz1005 (talk) 14:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Thanks Spebi. Could you please revert the deleted article in order to make it easier for me to edit and expand that article.--Aziz1005 (talk) 12:55, 14 December 2007 (UTC) Hello Spebi, No I'm not a member of the band and I am not related in any way to this band apart from being half Iraqi :) Thanks you for your quick respond and profissional way of dealing with the issue.--Aziz1005 (talk) 21:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC) Deletion of your essay Hi, You deleted: User:Spebi/Help desk, which is on Wikipedia:Help_desk/How_to_answer#See_also please could you consider recreating it or at least removing the link on the Help Desk? The Helpful One (Talk) (Contributions) 20:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Hi, I've removed the link now. Spebi 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC) I replied on my talk page JERRY talk contribs 23:29, 15 December 2007 (UTC) Oasis COTW Hi, you mentioned on the WikiProject Alternative Music COTW page that you'd be interested in formatting the links on Oasis (band). If you're still interested, that'd be much appreciated. Also, remove any dodgy refs you might come across (there looks to be a few). I'm handling the print sourcing. If we keep it up, we might be able to nominate the article at GAC by the time this week's collaboration ends on Thursday morning. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:33, 16 December 2007 (UTC) I'll see what I can do. Spebi 04:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Chaser APEC A good source for The Chaser APEC pranks#International recognition which is currently a little brief. And don't throw {{sofixit}} at me :) Cheers, DB. Thanks for your note. I'm sorry about that. I saw the "3" in the time stamp as a "5" and KnowledgeOfSelf's warning was one minute before. I apologize and will be more careful in the future. Thank you very much for your note. --SimpleParadox 23:25, 19 December 2007 (UTC) Report Removed Hello. Just curious... I recently added a report at WP: Administrator intervention against vandalism. The subject was User:Sawyer curd. Your edit summary said 'format'. Just curious, what was it about the format that was sub-par? Guldenat (talk) 06:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC) Thanks buddy. I will keep any future reports concise and in proper format. Guldenat (talk) 07:05, 20 December 2007 (UTC) Continious personal attacks OK, I'm gonna chill. But I have a right to revert personal attacks. I do not want this person on my talk page. I do not want people to bully my hard efforts, this is distressing for me, all the hard work i've done for this site. Alientraveller (talk) 22:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC) Vandalism I know that you deleted page 2 of my userpage without even me noticing. (Read hidden comment: ***Hey! Why are you editing my page? You better not change anything or I will spill milk on your pretty dress! >:-(*** --> )  iXela  talk  00:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Replied on user's talk page Powderfinger discography Yo, S, any ideas on the following: How'd we get the #4 figure for Double Allergic Came with the article (lol), ask Linca if he remembers where he got most of the charting stuff when he created the article. Spebi 08:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Will do. — Dihydrogen Monoxide (Review) 08:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Why're we using this for NZ charts when we could use this (although it aint much) yes Spebi 08:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Um, OK? I'm gonna replace it anyways...— Dihydrogen Monoxide (Review) 08:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Where oh where can I get chart information for Double Allergic and Parables? :( Parables didn't chart. Spebi 08:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Yeah but DA did apparently. — Dihydrogen Monoxide (Review) 08:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC) — Dihydrogen Monoxide (Review) 08:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC) loldongs no moar nonsens on mi pg pls. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Riana (talk • contribs) 21:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC) Timestamp on Riana's Talk Page Thanks! :) I am not sure why me "nowiki-ing" that one section goofed up when she put ~~~~. Oddness. Take Care and Merry Christmas...NeutralHomer T:C 21:21, 22 December 2007 (UTC) Natalie Thomas Hi. Long ago an article I created about another TWN person was deleted. However, that was because the person was no longer an on-call producer on the TWN site, so the source was no longer avalible. However, I never got notified about this prod, and didn't know the article got deleted until now. Could you show me the reason and contents of the prod? Also, could someone notify me when one of my articles is put up for prod? Thanks. ~AH1(TCU) 02:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC) The PROD reason given was "Non notable weather presenter", and the tag was placed by Nuttah (talk · contribs) on December 2, 2007. When I deleted the article, the proposed deletion time had expired and there were no contests to the deletion. If you want, I can temporarily restore the page if you have a need for a particular part of it, or provide you the whole contents as they were when they were deleted by e-mail, but to have the page restored back to normal, you will have to list it at Wikipedia:Deletion review and follow the methods there. As for the lack of notification, it's a necessary step for the proposing editor, as it would seem unfair to the author not to have a say in it, however, I'm not really sure that a notice of deletion is usually handed out. Cheers, Spebi 03:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC) Hi. Why is this particular article non-notable? I've created other articles about TWN broadcasters, but that was only because some of the other broadcasters already had articles. So, I created the new ones. If the overall topic of TWN broadcasters were not notable enough, why did the original ones get the articles in the first place? Do the broadcasters all have to have some major achivement, and is that something this person in particular doesn't have? Is it only because this article had been deleted more than once previously, and someone watching it that had seen it previously deleted saw it pop up again, and said it was unnotable? The article for Michelle Jobin which was previously deleted was deleted because the only reference had expired. Should the articles have a source other than just their TWN page to ensure their notability? Also, I'm rather new to deletion review, but I'll go see what it's about. I've heard rumours that it doesn't work, but I'll go see what it is anyway. Thanks. ~AH1(TCU) 14:38, 23 December 2007 (UTC) Unfortunately I was not involved in proposing the deletion at all, but I did make the deletion when it was time for it to be made, but when I checked up on it, no apparent attempts to contest the proposal had been made. I strongly suggest talking to Nuttah further about this matter rather than myself. If you do decide to reincarnate the article through Deletion review, I suggest you create the page in a user subpage to move into the main namespace if consensus is to overturn the deletion and rewrite the article. This also allows people who comment in the debate to see what the article will look like and will it differ from the old deleted version. If you do decide to do this, I strongly suggest you read Wikipedia:Notability (people) and its criteria to see if Natalie Thomas does satisfy it, and if she does, the article must state it. This is quite an important stage in rewriting deleted articles as you need to convince those in the debate that an article on Natalie Thomas is needed in Wikipedia. Spebi 21:11, 23 December 2007 (UTC) You have mail Thanks, -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC) Got it, thanks :) Spebi 09:34, 23 December 2007 (UTC) Have you tried to make use of it at all? It recently hasn't really been working for me.... :( -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 21:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC) I tried last night and it said that delete.cs couldn't be found and some other type of error... I don't think I followed the instructions correctly though, so mistake on my part :) Spebi 21:53, 23 December 2007 (UTC) I see... you have to save the delete notepad file as a .cs file beforehand, you do have to specify, try that.... -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 22:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC) Yeah I did that, there wasn't a delete.txt in there... there's definitely a delete.cs, I'll have another look in a minute. Spebi 22:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC) FrugalReader page... Two threads merged (see diff); see original pagesection 1 and 2 The FrugalReader page has been deleted and forced from being recreated, even though it was only deleted once. I feel that this page should be undeleted and back to the state it was before deletion. It is much like PaperBackSwap, which has been online for the same amount of time. It has been offering Author Spotlights, which is not offered by any other book trading site (to my knowledge). It is fairly well known, with about 2,000 members. I ask you to revert the page back to its original state before deletion. Thank you. Ksax (talk) 01:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC) I deleted FrugalReader (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) because the article failed to assert the importance of the subject, in other words, the article didn't say why the the subject met our notability guidelines for web content, Wikipedia:Notability (web). I urge you to read this page as it contains important guidelines for articles about web content and though the website may merit inclusion in Wikipedia, the article needs to state why. And for the record, the page was deleted three times before previously before I had deleted it recently (see deletion log), and so I protected it from recreation, although I can remove the protection so you can rewrite the article up to standard with Wikipedia:Notability (web) and hopefully not have it deleted again. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. Spebi 03:01, 21 December 2007 (UTC) I have created a new FrugalReader page under my username. If this is OK, please unblock the page and I will move this page here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ksax/FrugalReader Thanks! Ksax (talk) 22:19, 21 December 2007 (UTC) I've been busy with other things recently and my Internet connection hasn't been the best so I apologise for my lateness. Spebi 20:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC) I apologise for the lateness in my response to your query. I have viewed User:Ksax/FrugalReader and come to the conclusion that from the information and sources provided in it may not satisfy notability criteria. The article provides two sources, the first is this article from SmartMoney; which explains some of the basic details of FrugalReader. A criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia is significant coverage in multiple reliable sources, but this excludes sources that state "a brief summary of the nature of the content or the publication of Internet addresses and site" – quote from Wikipedia:Notability (web). The second source provided, an article about online book sharing from USATODAY.com, contains merely a quote from FrugalReader's CEO. I'm afraid that it does not appear that the FrugalReader site is notable, but if it is, the article in your subpage does not state if it is, and why. Spebi 21:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)