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Wow Toasty nice response time :)

Thanks for the quick feedback. As I said, I'm new to this and hopefully as I get the hang of things there wont be as many slip ups on my future pages. I looked over the Wikipedia:Notability and I think I see where I went sideways.

The page was not put up to promote the game, though I did mention that it may be a positive side effect. My intention was to create an OpenGamingResource to document the huge interest in the game via highlighting some of the user content out there. This would include fluff, or background info, and new rules inspired by the game and published in the monthly magazines. I would have also liked to include other user generated material that has generated enough of a reputation by the community to be considered unofficial-official content.

I do concede the point of bias and will keep that in mind for future pages.

However after giving it some thought I think my content would be better suited to wiki.rpd.net. So feel free to throw her in the recycle bin.

Cheers

Wiki-munda (talk) 12:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Top 100 Greatest Villains

The Top 100 Greatest Villains was created as a reference for the topic The Joker (comics) as per reference number 2. Where they reference is done in first paragraph (Wizard's list of the 100 Greatest Villains of All Time ranked the Joker as #1.[2]) please look at The Joker (Comics) before deleting the Top 100 Greatest Villains article. Regards Abdowiki (talk)

Well the page was deleted. But I hope someone can bring the information of the Top 100 Greatest Villains up. I might try to place the information without the list just as a general idea of the contents of the list. Maybe then it will be my own wordings. Thanks for your time anyway. Abdowiki (talk)

Thank you

Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. Mizu onna sango15

The Barnstar | My RFA | Design by L'Aquatique

		The Mizu onna sango15 Barnstar
		Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. —Mizu onna sango15Hello!

RE: PINKNOISE

hello, any advice on what I need to do to make the pinknoise article meet wiki standards would be much appreciated. thanks. thejive

Thanks toaster.

Narciso Yepes

These are NOT incorrect edits NOR vandalims but the documented truth as per the confession of Narciso Yepes (private and in a radio interview) and as per the official Yepes family account and has also been published in a book by the widow of Yepes. I will add the citations later.

ABOUT BILLY EIBELL

THEN IF HE CAN'T HAVE HIS 15 SECONDS THEN I CAN'T EDIT, BLOCK ME THEN!!!!!!!! (note: Ghj547)

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Copyright concerns, redux

Hi. Thanks for your attention to this matter. I still have copyright concerns with the Army worm article as now in temp space; my notes are here. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

This article has come current for copyright investigation closure. Do you plan to work on the temporary version further? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:30, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

All righty. I'll consolidate it and note that it should be resolved soon. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

While I appreciate your interest in correcting this matter, we can't leave it pending indefinitely, particularly as the temporary version of the article still published copyright infringing material. Since the temporary version of the article had not been edited since the 11th, I have closed this matter by cleaning the article and deleting the temp. You're welcome to add details to the article directly that have been drawn from those sources, but please be careful to write the material in your own words. We can't duplicate text from external sources or too closely paraphrase it unless the text you are placing is found in a source that is public domain, is not governed by US copyright law (such as simple lists) or is otherwise licensed compatibly with GFDL. If you are uncertain of the status of a source, you might want to seek feedback at WT:C, but otherwise, as our copyright FAQ notes, it is best to assume that the text is copyrighted. If you would like feedback on a paraphrase, please feel free to let me know at my talk page. Alternatively, you might ask at Wikipedia talk:Close paraphrasing, as contributors to that essay may be able to give you a hand. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

hoax!

It was bound to happen sometime; Maltese prehistory is odd. את אמא כל כך שמנה, היא יושבת ליד כולם (talk) 16:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I made a boo-boo.

My apologies for deleting your CSD tag. I thought that was the orignal article. PoinDexta1 | Talk to Me | 08:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Hehe, only just caught it on CNN. PoinDexta1 | Talk to Me | Looking for a trustworthy Wiki alternative? | 08:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Nikolayevka (Kazakhstan)

Sorry i can no speak english so good. Plese do not delete it. write it better //Antonin Andrejev —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonin Andrejev (talk • contribs) 21:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

• http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=Nikolayevka%20Kazakhstan&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw - Nikolayevka
• http://www.google.se/search?um=1&hl=sv&q=Kalcagaj%20Kazakhstan&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw - Kalcagaj
• http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=Dimitriyevka+Kazakhstan&meta= - Dimitriyevka
• http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=Novoalekseyevka+Kazakhstan&meta= - Novolekseyevka

//Antonin Andrejev —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonin Andrejev (talk • contribs) 21:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Allstate-NI

Hi, can you confirm if the Article alterations are now up to scratch? I am assuming that you had a problem with the word 'apparently' being in italics? Notice the word is now gone. It makes sense that since an awards section is allowed on the article, that information about recent awards should be allowed on it. In future, perhaps you can avoid a whole-sale deletion, and remove the one word you feel is against wiki terms. Whole-Sale deletions or reversions do not improve Wikipedia in any way. Sonia Paid 2 Make Signatures (talk) 16:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Greenbelt Arts Center

Thanks for the advice on the Greenbelt Arts Center page. I'm a noob (90 edits total), so could you explain to me what I should do to make the article better? I could just delete it. I think that might be a better idea. Thanks, Kb3mlmsk (talk) 17:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Would there be reliable 3rd party sources?

www.culturecapital.com/organization.php?id=101

www.greenbeltmd.gov/arts/exhibits.htm

Thanks,

Kb3mlmsk (talk) 18:05, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Could you explain to me what makes something notable on Wikipedia?, because most of my articles end up with deletion tags on them, lol. Is the article now notable? Thanks again,

Kb3mlmsk (talk) 18:11, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: A little something for you...

Haha, thanks mate :D  GARDEN  20:47, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

As it happens it is just that me and my partner don't celebrate Valentines: we hate the damn thing and our anniversary is on the 13th anyway :P. But thanks for the barnstar. Ironholds (talk) 00:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Why speedy delete ?

Why do you mark Bold for Delphi for speedy deletion ? I admit that I have not reliable sources for the text. But a search on the net do not give much fact about the framework. I also admit that I'm not a good writer... And I am also a newbie in wikipedia how to add things. But I use it every day in my work and Bold is fantastic, it gives so much productivity back. I also know the founder Jan Norden that started [2] and ECO (Domain Driven Design). I know I must be careful and only write facts and not opinions in this wiki and I respect that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D98rolb (talk • contribs) 19:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Marc Burrows

Marc Burrows, which you recently contributed to, has been put up for Deletion. Please add your support to the article remaining on Wikipedia by commenting here. Cheers. Grunners (talk) 21:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Sandcastles, or maybe just mud

Hi FT, adoptee question for you. Is it preferable to move articles created in a userspace sandbox into main article space 'properly', using the "move" function (as happened at Giles Hattersley), rather than copying and pasting (which is what I've been doing)? I guess the former option preserves the page history, but is that important if there's been only one contributor? Also, I guess in the former case you then have to delete the auto-created redirect from the sandbox, and should use discrete sandbox pages for each new article instead of the generic all-purpose sandbox I've been using. So in conclusion... srs bzns. Is it just a matter of the namespace edit balance one prefers? :) (BTW, the one in there at the moment is far from ready for mainspace, I know). Gonzonoir (talk) 12:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

Why you has to be so mean? /b/ more kind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohbutyouwilltouch (talk • contribs) 00:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:Thanks for the help!

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My RfA

I wanted to thank you for your support and comments at my RfA, which ultimately failed last night. I was glad to have confirmed something I always thought but had never been explicitly told: that I am clueful and sane! Always great to hear. Your support meant a lot, and I was glad to have impressed enough people for so many supports. Thanks again! ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 16:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank You!

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 61 support, 3 oppose, and 1 neutral Cheers! Nja247 19:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

New section

( why was my 1st article selected for speedy deletion?? Quantumleaf (talk) 05:27, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Indian Express Group

Far from being "not noteworthy" (so to speak), the first paragraph itself mentions that this company is of great importance. It is one of the oldest, largest and most respected of Indian broadsheets with large circulation and a reputation for fearless, impartial journalism. I regret to inform you that you have not done the homework before the nomination. Nshuks7 (talk) 08:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the removal. Keep adding the citations though, so that I have a critic to work with. As for the references and body, it takes time :) and it's a process. Nshuks7 (talk) 09:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Adrian Volts

I'm strongly inclined to AfD this nonsense straight away. Ignoring the rubbish about 100 million copies, which is presumably left over from J.K.Rowling, and ignoring all the inconsistencies, all that he actually claims is to have self-published one book with a print run of 1,000, of which 500 were given to libraries - i.e. less than 500, if any, sold. No way is that notable, even if it were verified, and uploading images of the cover isn't going to help. Everything else - English publication, lots of future books - is pie in the sky. He has no idea what notability means - he just wants to use WP for publicity, and I don't think we should keep it up any longer than we have to: an AfD would give him five days to produce evidence of notability. I'll wait if you think we should give him a day or two, but I can't see what he could do that would save it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:34, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

• Good - I have commented. JohnCD (talk) 18:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Adminship

— neuro^(talk) 07:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Adding sectionbreak for comment

Why my 1st article got deleted? It was not vandalism, where am I suppose to add this question???Quantumleaf (talk) 05:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA

I've asked you two more questions there. Cheers! →Dyl@n620 15:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

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Copyright problems with File:Philmorrow.png

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Your RFA

Hi there. Phew, I admit, I did not expect that reaction to my !vote, it looked like a clear case but now Tan may be right to think it's "derailing"; it certainly will have its fair share of drama. I am truly sorry for that. Should your RFA fail, I hope you have no hard feelings (not many at least) about it. As I said, I think you are a good contributor and I would like to see you become an admin someday. It's just that I am becoming increasingly frustrated by your (and other people's) approach to speedy deletion tagging and you were one of those responsible for it. "Tag them all, let the admins sort it out" leads to two results, both of which are undesirable: either it creates a massive backlog through which admins like me have to wade or admins who have a more "liberal" approach to CSD (i.e. like to ignore the criteria) will delete a fair share of valid content and we end up losing good contributors. No matter if this RFA succeeds or fails, I hope you can take this lesson from it and start to tag much more conservatively. Always think about it this way: There is no harm in keeping something for five days (except attack pages and copyvios). If you haven't yet, you might want to read WP:WIHS. And if I can do anything for you, please let me know. Regards SoWhy 22:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey SoWhy - thanks for the comment - I appreciate you talking to me directly. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in how the RfA was going, but it happens and the next one will probably succeed. However, I see the actual process of becoming an admin as quite temporary compared the larger span of our years of work on Wikipedia. A more important issue is that if/when I do become an admin, you and I are probably going to be working together and collaborating on patrols, vandalism, etc. I think it's unlikely that we'll ever have such similar personal interpretations of each of the deletion criteria that we work identically. In fact, often we may completely disagree over whether pages should be included. I think this is useful and healthy, and it's good to hear your view on my tagging (though I wish I'd known before RfA, but that's how it goes). And while obviously I don't agree 100% with your view on my edits, I'm definitely going to be much slower and more careful while patrolling as a result of this RfA, no matter which way it goes. Unfortunately, that means a longer backlog for pages to be patrolled, but other people will step in and it shouldn't be a big deal. Anyway, I welcome criticism both now and in the future if you find a problem in my edits. I know the backlog for admins like yourself can get really horrible on CSD, which is a big part of the reason I wanted to apply for admin in the first place, so I'm looking forward to the time where we can work together to protect the content here. Happy editing to you. FlyingToaster 00:35, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

thanks

for the wikifying help. i always forget about the capitalization rules. figured crushed red needed a little love from wikipedia--UhOhFeeling (talk) 21:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Update

Enjoy the coffee!

Hey there, Flying Toaster; you're welcome. If this RfA doesn't go through for you, there's always next time. Right? As for my run at it, and its nom, I'm giving it some thought. Rosiestep (talk) 01:35, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Valentines

Hi! Just saw your msg from V-Day (yeah, im rather inactive these days :P ) Thanks! Lucifer (Talk) 19:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Non-free images in userspace

Hi. I see that you have included two non-free images in your userspace, here, specifically File:Tsar01.jpg and File:Tsar photo11.jpg. I wanted to let you know that this is against policy; non-free content notes that such images are "allowed only in articles...and only in article namespace, subject to exemptions." You are, of course, welcome to link to them there, but please remove them from your userspace. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 19:16, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Quick question

Do you play poker? Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 20:58, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Film Info

Hi,

I am new to wikipedia. Want your help in adding content about films. Is this the right page to ask it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by David9211 (talk • contribs) 10:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RFA

It always astounds me how condescending some contributors can be when they are given the opportunity to criticise others. Anyone can make a mistake, and it stands to reason that the more work you do, the more mistakes you will make. So you keep plugging away and don't let the b******* grind you down! Deb (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

You're so right! If I had to do it over again, I would never have the guts to apply. Deb (talk) 12:45, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

potash one

thanks for your help and getting me started. I mentioned to Potash the concern about having information that can be considered copyright even though it is from the company's main site and was written by the same person. I do have new material, still have to do some referencing, but please let me know if this is ok.

thanks so much

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Thankspam

Dear FlyingToaster, belated post holiday thanks for your support in my RFA which was successful. I'm sorry to see that your RFA is doing little better than my first one, though with nearly twice the participation and only one reason for opposes instead of the seven I had to face. But I know what you are going through, so when your ready for a bit of cheering up, the full nonpersonalised Oscar acceptance speech version of my Thankspam is here, its best appreciated by reading out loud in the style of Ms Winslet :-) PS If like me you have to make this a two stage process, then if I'm on Wiki break when you next run feel free to ping me an Email. WereSpielChequers 00:12, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA (closed)

I just closed your RfA as unsuccessful. Consensus was not reached. I imagine if you address the concerns of the opposition (specifically issues concerning criteria for speedy deletion) you will fair better next time.

You are a valued member of this community, and I hope you continue to work hard on the Wikipedia project. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me on my talk page or via email. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 14:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA was a very difficult call for me and for a lot of people. I think you're a brilliant and dedicated editor, and I hope you'll help us with CSD issues; I see 3 or 4 initiatives in progress at the moment, and I'm optimistic. Standard advice from my userspace: Take some time off and enjoy yourself. RFAs create stress, and stress creates problems. After failed RFAs where the vote was close, you'll often hear "RFA is obviously crap, otherwise you would have passed" and "No, there's nothing wrong with RFA" (implication: it must be you). Ignore both, because both carry some implication that you'll never be able to pass RFA, and that's rarely true when the vote is close. There's nothing to be embarrassed about; many great admins have failed an RFA, and people generally aren't going to hold anything against you that's said at RFA. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 14:05, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I just wanted to say please don't be downhearted and try again! I've used your RfA a lot to self-assess before I consider going for the mop, and I really hope that you get them eventually because I think you would be a great addition! Better luck next time! --GedUK  14:39, 27 February 2009 (UTC)