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MySpace Events

Just thought you'd like to know that MySpace Events, the article you deleted this morning (and has been deleted on number of occasions before, has been recreated. Thanks Duke of Whitstable 16:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Lk-Hopatcong-Station.JPG

What evidence do you have of this being in the public domain? It had to be published, not just taken, before 1923. --NE2 17:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

The photograph was taken in 1911; it could have remained in the personal collection of the photographer until he gave it to the library. --NE2 18:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with publishing; that's my point. The image had to be published before 1923 to be public domain, but we don't know that it was. --NE2 18:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Publishing is making available to the public. This is very frequently misunderstood, and I am assuming good but mistaken faith. --NE2 18:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Presumably he knows that it was in the library, and assumed that old means public domain. I've already explained on User talk:WallyFromColumbia; would you like to try? --NE2 18:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --NE2 18:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Deere Corporate Communications (talk · contribs)

Yeah, I was about to pull the report off myself, I had second thoughts about it. You think this is COI-worthy or should I just drop it? RJASE1 ^Talk 21:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

It's certainly worth mentioning the relevant policies on their talk page. I think there might even be a welcome template with COI information. John Reaves (talk) 21:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks. RJASE1 ^Talk 21:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Socks

See User:Perrydeath. Sock tags go on user page. You can put "sockblock" on talk page. You can protect the talk page too as even a block user can edit their talk page unless you block it.Rlevse 01:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB

Hi John, thanks for your kind support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and I do intend to run again eventually. Happy editing! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 03:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

eighth generation of video games

thanks for protecting that page from re-creation. i really don't want to watch it go up and be deleted again. I've invested a lot of work into it and to watch as people accuse it of being crystal balling and pure speculation just kills me. i was wondering if we could discuses when the article could be reposted for another run. i was thinking like 6 months. by then there should be more official announcements, perhaps enough for it to be kept. and i think both of us would need to agree that the article is ready before it goes back up. An extended version of it can be found on my user page along with a check list. i would greatly appreciate it if you were to look over the article on occasion and tell me where it needs improvement. thanks. J.L.Main 04:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

University of Waterloo

Hello, I have some edits I would like to do on this article. There are alot of missing wikilinks. Perhaps you could ask the warring editors to stop editing the article until their content dispute is resolved? It does not seem to be a really controversial subject, and I should think the editors would comply (or you could always block them). Thanks, Jerry 00:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Why is this page still protected? This is preventing me from improving the article. Jerry 05:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Has it not been long enough? Its time to allow the article to be improved. Jerry 19:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of my article on Blade3D

Dear John, I wonder if you could help me. My article on Blade3D was recently deleted without warning. I have tried to contact the admin who deleted it but so far have not received a response. If you could please provide me with a copy of the article I would very much appreciate it.

Also, the article was a lot of work, written by myself and members of our community and the intention was to provide an objective, informative and unbiased view of the product from a technical perspective, not advertise. In fact the article was based on another article Softimage XSI, a well known 3D modeling system and our article maintained the same spirit. If you compare our article with the one for Visual3D.NET for instance I think you will agree that our article is an order of magnitude away from being advertising even though this other article survives.

I am not an experienced Wikipedian, but from a business perspective I'm sure you can appreciate it is important that a company maintain a presence on wikipedia if competitors also have content here. Perhaps in a perfect world no products would be in Wikipedia but the reality is far from this nirvana. We recognize the conflict and this is why we tried to make the content of our article technology related rather than blatant advertising. I might add that we have no objection whatsoever in changing the content of the article to be more compliant so that this does not happen again.

Anyway thanks for reading--Digini 20:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Game Maker Logo

You missed Game Maker Logo while going through the March 29 rfd page. --- RockMFR 21:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Dates in Harry Potter

Dates in Harry Potter - I've recreated the article. I've done some major rewriting, and a lot of sourcing, and I've readded it to the main section because I think it's in good enough condition now to pass muster; however, I haven't reached the bottom yet, which consequently is still in bad shape. Please could you help if you get the chance? Michael Sanders 01:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Admin help

I made a couple of edits to an article, by copying and pasting some stuff I emailed to myself from another location, and it contains my real email address from the header! I would like those edits deleted (I fixed the error, but the edits are in the history, as I didn't catch them immediately (my computer is also having crashing problems tonight). This would not change what I contributed nor the contributions of anyone else, just three intermediate edits I made that contain the problematic info. I know there is a way admins can hide or delete edits so they don't show in the page history and I really would like this done. Can you help? The edits in question are 120652461, 120652197, and 120645600 to the article evolution of the horse. Thanks! Montanabw 03:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

John, direct to oversight please? Real96 06:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks like you got 'em! Thanks. I'd have replid sooner, but my computer kicked me offline for the evening shortly after posting all this! A zillion thanks. Montanabw 19:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Hol up Homie

um Hello! if u click on tha pic I had on my page it would tell u dat i found it on http://www.azlyrics.com and second of all it was not no "fair use image" hmph it is mines! Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!! Tam` Tam` =] 03:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

AfD

May I know why you closed Turkish settlement as no concensus even though it was proven that the term is not used [1] - and that all impartial users agreed that it was a POV:FORK? Don't forget, it is not a "vote" - it is a discussion: no-one was able to bring any source attesting to the use of "Turkish settlement" in the English language, on top of Fork issues pointed out by every single impartial user in that AfD. cheers Baristarim 17:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I was going to take it there anyways.. I have been stressed a bit for the last couple of days, so I am sorry if I might have come across as a bit strong in my earlier post. Cheers! Baristarim 17:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I wanted to inform you that I nominated that article for deletion review:

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Turkish settlement. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Cheers! Baristarim 00:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Account assistance

John: I am in need of help to preserve my (3yr old) Wikipedid account. My user name is Vlado and I am unable to login because I have forgotten my password and the email address in my accoung is no longer active so that I can not use the automated password change tool via email. I need to have someone change the email on record in my user profile so that I can reset my password via email. I do not want to lose my user name and create a new one, unless there is a way to close my old user name account and immediately register under the same user name. I appreciate any help you can give me on this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.112.196.4 (talk) 22:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

Dates

Thanks for your help. I made a request on the page you suggested. Incidentally, just a heads up: Blood purity is an AfD. Michael Sanders 23:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Dates in Harry Potter

Dates in Harry Potter: I recreated the article, since it didn't suit the criteria for speedy deletion; however, it was deleted without fair grounds. As an admin, could you please step in and sort this issue out? Michael Sanders 20:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I would like to say thanks for unblocking me.

Thank you SO much, John! Mewtwowimmer 04:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Dont mess wit me(Tay)

Just a note, that userpage seems to have a copyvio on it. Chubbles 05:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Have you heard the song? [2] Chubbles 05:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure

yea i guess i dont see why not..=]Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!! Tam` Tam` =] 06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

oh and no it aint a copyvio...because I wrote muhself frum listenin to tha song..=] Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!! Tam` Tam` =] 06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for your support on my Request for adminship, which finished successfully, with unanimous support of 40/0/0. I will do my best to serve Wikipedia and the community. Again thanks.
--Meno25 07:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Articles

John, aren't you going to list the articles that you have contributed to (pre-admin) on your user page? Real96 08:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

history of video games

There was an article called Eighth-generation video game console. I noticed all the other similar articles were titled "History of video game consoles (foo generation)". So I moved the article. But I typo'd the name. Duh. Then I'm working on something related and I notice that the eighth generation article keeps getting repeatedly deleted to the point of being protected. So this article probably needs to be deleted, but I don't know how to do that and it now has two bits of namespace, the original and History of video game consoles (eigth generation). You seem to be handling this article, so I'm mentioning it here hoping you can clean up... sorry about the extra mess -- Akb4 17:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs article

Hi!

Noticed you did some good work on the Maple Leafs article yesterday so I want to bring something to your attention which is strange but perhaps you can fix. I did a re-direct from the Toronto St. Patricks (the former name or forerunner of the Maple Leafs) and THAT article begins in a heavily vandalized way, although it is supposedly the same Maple Leafs article which was fixed. For reference sake, I was researching Howie Morenz, and clicked the link in his article ("early playing days" - 4th line) to the Toronto St. Patricks. It's odd that although its supposedly the same article on the Leafs, these 2 versions exist at the same time. I hope you can manage to clean it up. Thank you, from an amateur wikipedia user. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.134.80.29 (talk) 00:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

re

what do you mean i answered the qestions

Actually it was this diff

Understand he may be mad but two other editors did not revert back to his change. In addition, in all his edit summaries to Polar bear he has been combative. But, that is your call. Ronbo76 19:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, pretty big of you considering our history. I corrected the diff. Ronbo76 19:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Blood purity

Okay, I may have gone a little overboard with the maintenace tags on that article. (Unfortunately {{articleissues}} isn't quite done yet.) I moved all the old tags to the corresponding section on the talk page and added a hidden comment refering to that below the cleanup tag. In my defense, those were all real issues, I could have added more. Also, I could use the help of some other experieced editors, do you have interest in that topic or were you just passing through? Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 03:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Page recovery

I would like to view the deleted article List of fictional self-harmers, can you send it to me by email? I promise I won't post it anywhere on Wikipedia, thanks! Wooyi^{Talk, Editor review} 05:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Received, thanks John! Wooyi^{Talk, Editor review} 15:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

R9tgokunks (talk · contribs)

Even if he wouldn't listen, i've warned him for the last time (i did before but he erased my comments, libeling them as "personal attacks") : [3]. I am one of the main authors of the article Strasbourg and have had to fight against his petty reverts for the last six months. Just so you know, too. Cheers, RCS 07:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I Did

..[[Wrestling Maniac]] 01:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

A Request and Thanks

Dear Mr. Reaves, Thank You! I read your advice on my user discussion page. Henceforth, I shall not remove any speedy deletion tags. I might have erred probably due to lack of knowledge of the right procedure. However, I would like to bring to your notice that the article in question, on Tellapadu has been redirected, after being semi-protected, to an article on Doddavaram. I would like to let you know that the former has very little or nothing to do with the latter. Please help me out in reversing the semi-protection/protection, after examining both the articles yourself, if you feel necessary.

Thanking You, Regards, Amar P Altruism 11:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Blink-172

I'm extremely confused by the fact that you removed the {{R from misspelling}} that I added to the redirect Blink-172. Especially since you did it separately from removing the rfd tag. I added it specifically in case the redirect was kept, and it seems clearly appropriate to me. If you remove it again, could you let me know why, and, at the very least, replace it with Category:Unprintworthy redirects? TIA, Xtifr _tälk 15:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot for your support in my RfA. I was promoted! J Milburn 16:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi John, thanks a lot for the barnstar, I really appreciate it. jwillbur^talk 16:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

MySpace Events

MySpace Events was not a copy and paste recreation. It was written by a whole 'nother person. And it had more information and was supported by everyone besides 1 person. i do not understand why you would just delete it like that.Martini833 19:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Removing {{tl:helpme}} templates

If you're referring to Microchip08's question, you will notice that I only answered 2 or his/her 3 questions, and said I would leave the template up for a complete answer. You might want to put it back. Hoof Hearted 21:12, 10 April 2007 (UTC) Perhaps I could have moved it to a better location, just above the third part of the question. Hoof Hearted 21:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll

You honestly think there are "far too many good faith" edits to protect? So what do you think of such libellous edits as: "she had sex with a chicken (02:59, 10 April 2007) and clear vandalism such as "she wins" (02:47, 10 April 2007 ), the removal of valid information [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pussycat_Dolls_Present:_The_Search_for_the_Next_Doll&diff=prev&oldid=121585736 (02:27, 10 April 2007), [4] (00:23, 10 April 2007), and mucking up the tables [5] (01:01, 10 April 2007 ). What I have pointed out is just a drop in the bucket. If you can show me what you call the "good faith" edits, I would not be so frustrated but at the moment I'm feeling that everyone is blind to a bad situation. I thought Wiki was about a high level of accuracy etc, not about letting vandals wreck articles. -- PageantUpdater • talk | contribs | esperanza 21:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Watch this...

IP. He has been blanking warnings off his talk page, claiming that it is his. I would go to WP:ANI and support a week long block, but I don't have time at the moment. Real96 22:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks like Luna has protected the page. Real96 22:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Help?

Since you are the one who unprotected my talk page before, I'm hoping you can help me. I'm still having the problem with people reversing my edits and an irritated admin froze their edits-which left my page full of all those personal attacks against me and fake warnings-and reprotected the page. I asked her to at least undo their reversions, since I was within my right and following the guidlelines, but she refuses, claiming she is not taking sides. However, by doing what she did, she is taking sides, and not the side a staff person should be on. I do not care if my page is protected, but I want their revision undone. Can you possibly help me? This whole thing is extremely upsetting and no one seems willing to do what is right.67.163.193.239 23:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)