User talk:Anthony Bradbury

Archives

Archive1 Archive2 Archive3 Archive4 Archive5 Joseph Borovsky Hi. In regards to your comment on my bd-bio tag, I initially did a Google Test on Joseph Borovsky which failed miserably. However, when combined with the phrase physics it did in fact return many hits, and so I will be reviewing the article in that context. Thanks for the feedback.Revpfil 00:04, 25 March 2007 (UTC) I believe you are right, and I should really have looked into it further before tagging. Archibald99  00:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC) =RfA Since you mentioned it previously, I thought I would let you know that I have been nominated. Feel free to comment if you would like Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Irishguy. Thanks. IrishGuy talk 22:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC) Thanks It's been a week since my recent request for adminship passed, and since I haven't managed to delete the Main Page or indef-block Jimbo - yet - I figure it's safe to send these out. Thanks a lot for participating in my RfA; I hope to do a good job. If you see me doing something wrong, need help, or just want to have a chat, please don't hesitate to drop by :) – riana_dzasta 07:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC) I'm also glad you found my comments at your RfA constructive. If you are considering running in the future, I would probably support. All the best, – riana_dzasta 07:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC) Is this users actions allowed? Hey there (:O) ... we have an ongoing debate over here on the status of an article. Now the thing I wanted to bring up was the editing and removal and well forceful rhetoric stating the result of the debate before it has even been decided. The one causing all this is User:Ideogram. I have tried so hard to be loving and understanding during this debate, but now I dont know if what the user is doing is right or wrong. I dont know who to go to, so I figure I may ask someone who is very familiar with the wikipedia world and how this should be dealt with maybe? Not sure. Please help. (:O) ---nima baghaei (talk) 03:44, 23 February 2007 (UTC) its ok (:O) the problem got fixed hehe (:O) everything is better now (:O) -Nima Baghaei (talk) 16:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Historical Eastern Germany Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany#Requested_move. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Wikipedia Community AfD You may want to look at the current version of the article and consider revising your opinion since the current version has multiple reliable sources talking about the community including a note about a notable award the community has recieved. JoshuaZ 02:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC) Thank you for taking the time to consider the matter. Incidentally, since you expressed an opinion in the AfD, it isn't canvassing to alert you to new information that might change your viewpoint. JoshuaZ 14:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC) President Kellogg Sorry, I was just trying to help Man of the Year by getting character pages. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 01:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC) I just read the under construction thing, thanks. Obi-WanKenobi-2005 01:07, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Leaving the Nest Thank you. I am willing to "leave the nest" and navigate the broad waters but would like to be able to call upon you for assistance and questions should the need arise. You have been very helpful and I wouldn't want to carelessly jettison you as was done to the forests in "Silent Running".Canticle 03:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Dear Anthony I read your comment on the Goebbels' discussion page concerning the pictures where you stated that your opinion might not be worth a great deal, just thought I should mention that it clearly is as you have contributed to the article alot, both by making edits and conferring with adam about the Doctor.Gavin Scott 20:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Edit question I was wondering if an edit like this is appropriate. I am going to remove it since it is about the character and not the actor, and because it is about some future event that has not yet happened. If you would let me know if that is wrong, I would appreciate it! Thanks. -- Whereizben - Chat with me - My Contributions 20:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC) My RfA In reply for your note on my talk page: I did not submit word for word, my failed RfA last month. If you check the history of that page, you will find that I have change everything. I simply followed the intruction on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/nominate. I simply type my username in Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ USERNAME. KGV 05:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Phillip mccafferty I have removed the db bio tag due to one clause in the reason, that I may remove it with intent to fix the article. I believe it is a reasonably important figure, especially with some of the credits, and the main reason for removal is due to badly written article etc. I am wikifying the article etc, if you feel that even rewritten and wikified this would qualify, then leave message on my talk page. Thanks, TheFearow 22:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Sorry, I believe I misunderstood policy here. I thought the hangon was for original authors of the page only. Sorry about that! TheFearow 22:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC) No, me either. It was my misunderstanding, and ill revert back to the DB-BIO tag if you haven't already. I misread part of the policy. Sorry! TheFearow 22:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC) I'd rather it just went to DB, as I also misread the name. I know of a famous skateboarder called Philip, so as well as mixing up policy I mixed up names. Thats why I thought it was notable :p. I don't know enough about skateboarding, so I guess I should stick to m area of expertise. After rereading, it does seem like a unneeded article. TheFearow 22:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Thats fine, as I said above i had a big misunderstanding, i've had a bad day. Im going to stop editing (for today), ive had this and I got in trouble earlier for a misplaced DB tag. Sorry for the waste of time! TheFearow 22:30, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Image experience Anthony, my general thought is that a lack of experience with images isn't a big problem. Not every admin knows every part of Wikipedia. I'd advise you to put a short note about this into your optional statement: just straightforwardly say this isn't an area you have experience in and you won't use admin tools to work on image-related issues until you learn more. Best, Gwernol 11:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Speedy deleting Yeah, I know that "invention of the mind" isn't a real reason, but I couldn't think of a better one. It wasn't really db-context as there was context and it wasn't db-nonsense as it was coherent... so I couldn't think of anything better to write! What would you suggest? --Samtheboy (t/c) 23:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Sorry if I came across harsh, I didn't mean to! Yeah, I'll have a go in village pump... wish me luck! (oh and btw I think you may need to archive your talk page again :p) --Samtheboy (t/c) 23:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Adoption Thank you for your kind offer. Yes, I'd feel bolder if I knew there was someone I could pester about whether I'm doing the right thing. Right now I'm going through the editing tutorials and policy documents. If you know of anything that should get my immediate attention, let me know. Other issues of current concern: How to establish whether a subject is notable enough to have its own article. I'm working trying to establish that for Mark E. Rogers' Samurai Cat series in collaboration with User:NeoFreak. Relevant stuff: User:RichM90071#Samurai Cat, User talk:NeoFreak#Mark E. Rogers and Samurai Cat, User talk:RichM90071#Your Notability concerns. Finding reliable sources. Is there a list of online sources considered reliable enough to cite in a Wikipedia article? (If not, wouldn't it be a good idea to have one?) Thanks, RichM90071 01:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the adoption. As for questions, any thoughts on my previous message? I have a list of projects I'm currently interested in on my userpage. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. RichM90071 00:40, 18 March 2007 (UTC) I've been reading the article talk pages for a while before I signed up. I've noted that notability is a notable concern. I understand it's a fuzzy concept. What I'm looking for is suggestions on the kind of information that would be used to argue the case for notability of an article in case the issue comes up. In the case of Samurai Cat, I'm doing this research as an exercise to familiarize myself with the subject. In the future, before I spend a lot of time working on a new article, I'd like to be prepared to argue for notability in advance. Also, having evidence of notability would help me prioritize which articles deserve the most immediate attention. I'll be looking at the discussion you suggested. I've also been referred to Wikipedia:Notability (books) by User:Conti and will be perusing that as well. Thanks, RichM90071 23:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC) Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri Please read my comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri and see if you still believe that this article needs to be deleted. I whole-heartedly agree that it needs rewriting. For the interim, I have added the three electronic references to the article, although the last one is not very reliable. --Bejnar 04:43, 17 March 2007 (UTC) Name of the Prophet On a second point, I am incorrect in my stated belief that The Prophet is never referred to by his unadorned name, without honorific? I had thought that the invariable format was always (in Arabic, obviously) either "The Prophet Mohammed" (however spelled) or "Mohammed, blessings be upon him". I trust that this question is in no way insulting.--Anthony.bradbury 10:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC) It has been a long time since I sat at the feet of the storyteller in the market, but I always heard some form of honorific with his name, however so it may be a great deal more variety than your query might suggest, e.g. "blessed be his name", "peace be upon him", etc. Nonetheless, I am unaware of anything more than tradition that would require it. I don't know of any hadiths directly on point, but it is not anywhere near my primary areas of scholarship, so I would defer to others. Certainly saying "The Prophet Mohammed" removes all doubt with respect to what is now a extraordinarily common name. --Bejnar 19:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC) Hi, just to butt in, it is customary for Muslims to write "Muhammad SAW", with the SAW standing for "Shallallahu `alaihi Wa Sallam", Arabic for "peace be upon Him". Some English language Muslim sites use PBUH as the abbreviation. When referring to the role, it is conventional to capitalise the word "Prophet". Davidelit 02:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Email I've just emailed you Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 23:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC) Rfa nomination Fill in the answers and lets rock and roll!Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 16:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Just check my last minor edits, are we ready to go? Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 23:11, 23 March 2007 (UTC) No problem, glad to be able to support you. Sorry I couldn't nominate you myself, my life has been hectic since January. Good luck, you're RfA has got off to a very promising start. Best, Gwernol 00:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Thank you. Last time I made a really stupid answer, very late at night, to a supplementary question, and there was no way home. I understand that you are busy; some six or eight of us have been defending your userpage; willingly, I hasten to add.--Anthony.bradbury 00:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Woohoo!! Good luck with your RfA. I've added my $0.02 already ... - Alison☺ 00:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC) My RfA Thank you for support in my unsuccessful RfA. I appreciate the support, and am disappointed on being judged by what in most opinions seem to be the wrong things. Until next time, edit on! :) — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 03:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Template:ATTCD ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 16:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Rfa Hello:) This is about your Rfa. Why do you think I should support you becoming a admin? Have a nice week and may God bless you and everyone you know in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. --James, La gloria è a dio 02:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC) I have answered on your talk page.--Anthony.bradbury 15:13, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Good luck on being an administrator, Dr. Bradbury! I have supported your candidacy even though I do not know you personally.HumanThing 02:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Your RfA I have to say that ever since my own RfA, I've made it a point to call out ludicrous opposition on RfA. Despite bureaucrat's best intentions, RfA is still in essence a vote and I believe that unless people make a stand against trivial opposition in RfA, we will continue to have distortions in the process. Of course in your case, it's not like that one oppose will make any sort of difference given the kind of massive support you're receiving (rightly so) but as a matter of principle... Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 18:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Joseph Goebbels - Alledged Grafitti/Vandalism Dear Wikipedian, i recently recieved a message from you stating that i vandalised a page on wikipedia, relating to Joseph Goebbels. i would like to state that i did not vandalise said page. i did however find vandalism myself, which was petty, giving crude sexual remarks about Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Hitler. Apon seeing this, i deleted said comment, seeing it as unfactual, and likely vandalism in itself due to the context, layout and grammar employed. I do not wish to say that you are not doing a good job, rather the contrary, i congratulate you on your contributions to the wiki, but i wish i would not be accused of vandalism when all i was attempting to do was remove it myself. i hope i will soon recieve a reply from you. Padijow 22:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Padijow (talk • contribs) 22:01, 26 March 2007 (UTC). (apologies, as unsure how to structure this, but many thanks for quickly resolving the issue, i hope i can be helpful in future) I think you just made an honest mistake there. I noticed it too. --Guinnog 22:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC) I beg your pardon; I see you acknowledged the mistake already. Sorry to trouble you. --Guinnog 22:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC) 3,000 edits? LAcfm 23:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Can you help me with one thing? I'm new and there's a war in one article that needs to be solved. LAcfm 18:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC) It's in the Grand Theft Auto gang article. There's this user, Klypszm, who is making things difficult for other users on there. He accused users of being sockpuppets, and they're just simple users LAcfm 23:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC) KKDA 702CHARTZ Just for your info. Anything like that could be tagged as under Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion as an A1 (no context). CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Sorry I must have thought that you added the PROD tag. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:19, 29 March 2007 (UTC) on the adoption process Hi Anthony. I've been pruning Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user and I'd like to pass along this request. Unless you have a particular reason for not doing so, please try to remember to change the user's {{adoptme}} tag to {{adoptoffer}} when you offer adoption, as this makes it easier for others to find users who have not yet been offered adoption. Thanks! And congratulations on your obviously-going-to-pass RFA. =) — coelacan — 21:30, 29 March 2007 (UTC) I'm just doing it because the category is so full of people who don't seem to be coming back. It may be possible to improve the {{adoptoffer}} tag so that it's clearer that it's only an offer and the decision is completely up to the adoptee. I'm not sure what wording would be better though? — coelacan — 22:12, 29 March 2007 (UTC) No worries, I didn't get any other impression than what you intended. =) I was just wondering if you might have a suggestion for how to better word the template for the sake of the adoptee. In the meantime I've altered Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adopter's Area/Intro to suggest that adopters feel free to make a second offer. — coelacan — 22:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Adminship. It seems your RfA has ended, and I guess you will be sysopped soon, as 108 users supported you. I want to apologize for my original oppose. After reviewing the situation, I withdrew my oppose and changed to support. Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. Acalamari 01:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC) I'm glad there's no hard feelings. Good luck! Acalamari 16:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Your RfA Congratulations, Tony, on your well-deserved promotion. (The champagne's perfectly chilled and the pâté is the finest foie gras, of course;) Rockpocket 03:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC) I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful: Administrators' reading list Administrators' how-to guide Administrators' Noticeboard Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents Administrators' Noticeboard for Three-revert rule violations Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 01:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Woo!! Congratulations :-) You made it! Another WP:PHARM admin - Alison☺ 01:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congratulations Anthony, and good luck with your new tools! Majorly (o rly?) 01:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Many congratulations. --Guinnog 02:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congratulations!! on becoming an admin. Well-deserved. Davidelit 06:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congratulations Anthony! it is certainly well deserved and you will be an asset to the administation Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 07:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congratulations mate! Well deserved. – Riana talk 07:49, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Amazingly, before I had even opened this page to add this message, I had already thought what i was going to write: "Congrats mate, well deserved". It appears that someone can read my mind...(or mine theirs :D). A truly deserving RfA result. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 10:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC) I read yours, Daniel, I'm just special like that ;) I'm glad you think that I pointed you in the right direction - look forward to seeing you in the trenches :) – Riana talk 11:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Dear Jude, congrads on making Admin. Also, wishing you a Happy April Fools Day!, and as much fun as this crap line of coding can bring. Cheers, Dfrg.msc 01:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Congrats Congratulations on a hard earned and well deserved achievement of adminship.Canticle 02:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Ditto. Good luck Anthony. - Anas talk? 11:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congratulations. May you wield the mop and the flamethrower with grace and equanimity. I invite you to read Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 15:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Good luck with your new toys. Pascal.Tesson 18:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congratulations to you, sir, and welcome to the cabal. A Traintalk 20:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congrats from me too - you'll be a great admin. If you need any help with the mop, feel free to drop me a note. Grutness...wha? 22:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Congrats! Enjoy the new buttons. IrishGuy talk 23:46, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Yes, congratulations! (I hope you weren't expecting a speech!) Melchoir 08:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Hey! But I didn't do anything to an article. Why would you block me for having some fun on my talk page? C'mon, be nice :P — Preceding unsigned comment added by RigilKent (talk • contribs) you can mostly do what you want on your talk page, but you can't remove warnings or place misleading tags (like your blocked tag when you are not really perma blocked). Rlevse 19:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Hey man, I really need your help. LAcfm 02:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC) The Human Team Thanks for your support for trying to convince others not to Speed Delete the human team. Wiki needs more Admins of your kind :) Rana Mansoor Akbar Khan 23:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC) User:Modernisticlover He just vandalised O. J. Simpson - I've reverted but he needs banning and I can't. Thanks ...adam... (talk • contributions) 00:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Sorry - block was what I meant. I do feel like a bit of a tattle tale though; is there anything else I can do apart from revert, warn and report? ...adam... (talk • contributions) 00:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Congrats Congratulations and all the best. --Bhadani (talk) 14:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC) You completely deserve it. Make use of you sysop. Again, congrats! Apple••w••o••r••m•• 15:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Congratulations from me, too, Anthony, and all the best with the new tools. Don't ever hesitate to ask if you ever need a hand or a second opinion on anything. Cheers, Sarah 10:09, 2 April 2007 (UTC) RfA Thanks. Yeah, I felt like I had to leave, the pressure was more than I thought it was going to be. I got my reasons for leaving, but given the circumstances I may be back soon. :) But you're welcome for the support, you deserve it.--Wizardman 16:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Good job! Lakers 17:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Thank you for the message concerning you RfA, I trust the people that voted for you know you well enough. I am happy for you and as a member of WP:AMA... even though we are facing possible disbandement per a WP:MfD, I would like to tell you "never hesitate" to ask for advice. There are some nasty assumptions sometimes occur when we do things that are even slightly contrary to wiki policy. Even if you are a knowlegeable user, CYA (cover your ass). I wish you the best experience in all the hard decisions you will need to make and if ever you need an advocate to help explain certain rules send me a message. Cheers. --CyclePat 01:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC) P.s.: That includes explaining rules to other users that just don't understand or a 3rd opinion. --CyclePat 01:03, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Double check, please Greetings! It's the first time that I had requested a new sub-stub-type and I hope that I did it right! Would you mind talking a look at it and see if I screwed up anything... [[Category:Film terminology stubs]] and [[Template:Film-term-stub]]. Thanks in advance for any feedback... SkierRMH 22:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Muchas gracias!! Had to look to see how the others in the "-" category were registered on the "film" page... Hope that's what you were referring to. Should show up now. If there's any other problems, just drop me a line - and again, thanks for the help! SkierRMH 22:37, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Speedy :) Not shouting. See, I'm still a bloody beginner when it comes to CSD, and I'm trying to learn about all aspects involved as to whether Speedy, ProD or AfD an article. I'm sorry for the mis-tagging. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 22:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC) I wasn't shouting either; no prob. Look at WP:CSD.--Anthony.bradbury 22:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC) Actually, I did. I thought that CSD A7 "article about a person, group, company, or website that does not assert the importance of the subject" meant that the article has to bring forth any clue of the notability of the subject, which I couldn't recognize from the article. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 22:48, 1 April 2007 (UTC) OK, fair comment. But the cafe itself is, in reality, clearly notable. Do we really want to muck about going through AfD? I don't mind if you don't. I have no shares in the company, and have never been within 5,000 miles of the place (approximately).--Anthony.bradbury 22:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC) PS you helped put me in this job!!--Anthony.bradbury 22:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC) :) true. No, no AfD is necessary, I have looked it up as you suggested (it should say so somewhere on WP:CSD, or does it?) and they even received a review in the NY Times. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 07:37, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Another article I would have speedy tagged. Would you mind taking a glance at Louis Petolicchio? —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 08:57, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 07:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long_term_abuse/JB196 Because if I sign up just to put an article on afd people will probably think I'm this guy whose mo is to apparently to do crap like that. So its easier to just ask someone to make the afd. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.138.41.54 (talk) 00:46, 2 April 2007 (UTC). Please restore Berry Hill, Gloucestershire 20:12, 1 April 2007 Anthony.bradbury (Talk | contribs) deleted "Berry Hill, Gloucestershire" (NN town) Could you please restore the article Berry Hill, Gloucestershire, and add the following categories at the end of the article: {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub}} [[Category:Forest of Dean]] [[Category:Villages in Gloucestershire]] I think the consensus is that Cities and villages are notable, regardless of size, according to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes. When I want to verify the existence of a British town or village, I look it up at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk, which allows me to add the town's grid reference to the article. --Eastmain 05:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Note, though, that this is the third time it's been deleted. It only a single line of text and probably also meets WP:CSD#A1 - Alison☺ 05:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC) and Yorkley, Gloucestershire 19:40, 1 April 2007 Anthony.bradbury (Talk | contribs) deleted "Yorkley, Gloucestershire" ( nn-town) Similarly, could you please restore Yorkley, Gloucestershire and add the same three recommended categories at the end of the article? The original version of both articles was short, but this is to be expected for stubs, and I think both villages are notable. I don't think that --Eastmain 06:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Could you restore the articles to my userspace as User:Eastmain/Berry Hill, Gloucestershire and User:Eastmain/Yorkley, Gloucestershire so that I could fix them there, as I did Joys Green? --Eastmain 23:54, 2 April 2007 (UTC) QeZ Upitr er;vp,r. smf js[[u rfoyomh@ Vjrrtd. >Radiant< 09:51, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Adopt Hi, if the offer is still on the table, I would like if you adopt me. Thanks SGAtlantis 18:14, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks for adopting me. :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SGAtlantis (talk • contribs) 13:49, 8 April 2007 (UTC). User page I'd like to request your userpage be more readable. Specifically putting your userboxes in their own subsection so that your description isn't forced to wrap around so grotesquely. Thank you, and keep up the good works. - RoyBoy 800 23:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC) Far be it from me to discourage randomness, but reading your user page gave me a headache. :"p Just something to consider as an admin and someone looking to adopt new users; who might be confused and/or put off by the current layout. - RoyBoy 800 23:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC) Just feedback from an experienced user. The 108 users in your RfA were endorsing your contributions and Wiki-experience; not your user page. I display pages at 1024x768 (and frequently check 800x600) in Firefox, which looks poor. It displays properly in IE. - RoyBoy 800 00:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Well as I said, it is my browser showing me your page more literally than other more forgiving browsers. Internet Explorer and other browsers are a little more forgiving when it comes to missing code; whereas Firefox among others are more literal and will more accurately render what you actually have. In this case, you should have a div surrounding your boxes. I'll go ahead and do it, as it will fix it for me, and won't change anything for you. - RoyBoy 800 14:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Cheers indeed, here's my latest edit that might peek your interest. - RoyBoy 800 14:55, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Congrats! Could not think of a better person to be nominated, and accepted as an admin. I was going to nominate you some time ago Anthony, but forgot to, so I'm pleased it was done. Hopefully, by following your patient example, maybe one day I will be an admin too. Best wishes and well done. Cheers. --RobNS 19:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Majorly's RfB Hi Tony, 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. I hope you're enjoying your admin tools; it was a pleasure to support you. Majorly (o rly?) 02:27, 5 April 2007 (UTC) Block of 68.73.147.132 Hi Anthony, glad to see you enjoying your tools :) Just a quick word about 68.73.147.132 - in my view there's not much use in blocking him for 6 months, because he comes back every week or so and insults Youngamerican and myself, under different IPs (all from the 68/69.xx.xxx.xxx range). I don't know if the 6 month block will affect anyone adversely, but it won't affect the anon either, because he just keeps on coming back. Anyway, just a heads up. Take care :) – Riana ऋ 04:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC) I don't know how to do them, but it might be worth a shot. He's not much of a nuisance, seeing as he doesn't attack articles (well, the only reason he attacks us is because we semiprotected the articles he likes to mess up), but it's a bit of a bore. Might give him something more useful to do in his spare time, too... – Riana ऋ 15:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC) Well, I don't mind stuff posted on my userpage, as long as it's not affecting articles. I won't do anything as drastic as a range block until it becomes absolutely necessary. – Riana ऋ 18:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC) My report to AIV (copied from my talk page as I don't know where you'll check) In general, I agree but look at these 2 consecutive edits[1] and the following one (after my revert) which made me report him [2] If you see my edit history, as far as warnings are concerned, you'll see that I do indeed escalate accordingly. In this case I felt it was blatant vandalism. --Kimontalk 00:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC) No offense taken :) I understand the responsibilities that come with being an admin and the caution one must take when having that power. I didn't take it as criticism and I apologize if I came across too harsh --Kimontalk 11:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Adopting Can you adopt me please?Kfc1864 09:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC) `` Thanks for that.Kfc1864 10:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC) .Can you contact me later? Thanks for the advice. I saw the change, thanks.Maye you can fix the other one?Cheers!Kfc1864 08:57, 7 April 2007 (UTC) I've been busy over the last few days. I'll contact whenever I can. By the way, you donot have to care about Scepia Empire Earth. The request was for another userbox. I fixed it myself. Cheers.Kfc1864 13:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC) Response. You're welcome. Glad to help. :) Acalamari 21:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC) you're already a popular admin Seems like your new admin tools are getting you new friends!. :-) Pascal.Tesson 21:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC) I just found it pretty funny that as I was doing NP patrol myself I happened to see a new Anthony.bradbury article. It was worth a good laugh. And no, I'm not an admin and not by my own choice but because my RfA failed a few months ago. I still don't quite understand how that happened although I've been told there was IRC campaigning against my candidacy (and regardless of the truth in that, I'll take that oh so comfortable "it must be a cabal" explanation!) Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 21:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the kind words. However, I will pass for now. I'm spending too much time editing here already and the fact is I don't need more Wiki-addiction through admin duties. But if I ever do have a change of heart, I'll let you know. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 07:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC) I'm not sure It might not be. If you see his contributions, the only the page he edited (and deleted content from) was the Paul McMullen page. It could be his real name, or it could be a "misleading username." --User:EscapingLife 01:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Sure, but this account might be a 'single-edit' one. Anyway, good luck. --User:EscapingLife 01:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC) A brief note about Mmbabies I saw that you gave 68.92.33.195 a 2-day block for vandalism. May I suggest "life"? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mmbabies That IP is a sock of Mmbabies, who's on community ban. -- azumanga 05:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Greenboxed Lol....thanks Greenboxed 16:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Copyvio Hi, I am sorry - I should have done that (paste the URL), but I am just getting the hand of the NPWatcher. I will be more careful in the future and apologize for any confusion that it might have caused - thanks for the heads-up though :) Cheers! Baristarim 16:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC) reply I replied Sancho 19:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC) 63.162.206.162 Don't you think one month is a bit too big. I think it's a single-person/family IP (from North Carolina). When I looked over the history, after seeing it at AIV (BTW, I'm not a sysop), I thought the block would be at most one week, because he had vandalised before. I'm not meaning to offend you, but I'm just wondering. The Evil Clown my contributions 01:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC) I missed that edit. Sorry to bother you. The Evil Clown my contributions 13:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC) Web site index indeed HowStuffWorks is a web site which the Wikipedia indexes - why not within your practice as a quack euthanize it as well? Nebraska bob 03:37, 9 April 2007 (UTC) Autoblock collateral I'm either clicking the wrong buttons, or just too sleepy, but I don't see the autoblock. If User:Vinwe is having issues though, then by all means, feel free to lift the block if it looks like collateral damage. I'm at the end of my "shift", so I'm too bleary eyed to focus at the moment. :) Thanks for the note. --PeruvianLlama(spit) 10:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC) School IPs Hi Anthony. The problem with School, college and university IPs is that they are open to large numbers of users. Just because a particular batch of students are vandalizing using that IP doesn't mean the next year or even class won't contain some great contributors. This is why we tend not to give long blocks to them. That said, so are indeed given long blocks, particularly after they have been tagged as {{repeatvandal}}. If you do put a long term (>1 day) block on a shared IP the general rule is to make it a soft block: make sure the "Prevent account creation" checkbox is unchecked. This way legitimate users of that IP can create an account and edit away even during thew block period. Gwernol 13:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC) That is what I have been doing. But my point remains: I just do not see any sensible edits coming from these sites. I normally insert a {{schoolblock}} template anyway.--Anthony.bradbury 13:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC) No, please ensure that "prevent account creation" is checked in order to prevent abusive account creation. If students need an account from such a problematic network, they can contact the unblock mailing list as the {{schoolblock}} template suggests. RFerreira 05:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC) My RfA Thanks, I'll keep that in mind if I need help, chances are I will :). Darthgriz98 21:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC) Yeah instead of waiting for somebody to block the violators, I can take care of it myself, and work on the backlog. Darthgriz98 21:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC) Are you kidding? Not to sound annoying or rude, but how in the name of Hell does Emeril Lagasse fall under "nonsense"? Irk(talk) 01:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC) My guess is that he was not familiar with the subject at hand, and was viewing a vandalized version at the time. In other words, a mistake. We all make them. RFerreira 05:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Muzzle-loading rifles You wrote a useful article. I have broadened it to include small arms too, although in a very incomplete way so far, as "muzzle-loading rifle" probably means something smaller to, for instance, the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association. There is another article on the same subject; although I haven't merged them yet as I am unsure of the best way of doing it. Jll 14:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks Thanks a lot for your support in my recent RfA. It was a success. J Milburn 16:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC) Doing your best? Of course your are! I tend to assume everyone in the UK works to my schedule, where I can edit exhaustively during our daytime. Not clever of me :( Cheers, Moreschi Want some help? Ask! 19:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC) Re: Talk pages I work on portuguese wikipedia where we delete non-sense like that on talkpages. Many times one nonsense is followed by another one (like an example for others). Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion doesn't have nothing about talk pages. Sorry. Won't happen again. Mosca2 20:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC) codyrotten.com I would like to thank you for deleting the page that I marked, I appreciate your help and your contributions to wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Carlo V. Sexron 21:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Weiszman Yes, please see Dmcdevit's comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Weiszman. Khoikhoi 23:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC) It's no problem. You're doing a fine job so far. :-) Khoikhoi 23:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC) RFA thanks I wanted to thank you for your support in my RFA. Despite my previous apology, as one of the few people I can think of that I feel I have treated poorly in my time here, I think there was great grace in your unreserved and complimentary support.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC) User:Goldie777 I read your comment on User:Rklawton's page and I sort of agree with you. I was in the process of interacting with this user when s/he was blocked (s/he was blanking my userpage to talk to me which is certainly annoying). I mean, if you unblock the user there's a reasonably good chance that s/he'll just get blocked again, but with a few eyes watching, what's the real harm? And there's always the chance that a lesson has been learned... Dina 14:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC) Agreed. I actually don't think Rklawton will mind if you unblock and we keep an eye on the user. He and I were recently in a situation where he questioned a block of mine in a similar situation, and we seem to see eye to eye generally on problem users. So if he doesn't respond, do it, and there will be my eyes as well on the situation. Cheers. Dina 00:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC) ME? I haven't been on here in a while, but I come back, and I see that I'm wrong fully accused of being a sock puppet by someone. I'm new and he's harrassing me. LAcfm 19:46, 13 April 2007 (UTC) I was confused with that question. And no, I had no previous username. LAcfm 23:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC) Vandalism Sorry about putting it on the wrong page - it is a bit confusing! --Tomhannen 22:53, 13 April 2007 (UTC) Incomplete AfD You didn't complete the afd nom of Louis Petolicchio, and in particular you didn't create the afd subpage. Do you mind doing that? Tizio 11:04, 14 April 2007 (UTC) Block of 81.96.161.100 Hi Anthony. I discovered that User:81.96.161.100 is a shared IP. Why did you indef block instead this IP instead of temporary block (such as 1 month)? Amos Han Talk 16:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC) I read the contributions. This IP really deserves a 3 month block (1 month is too short for this kind of vandalism). Amos Han Talk 17:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC) Talk:Kamoebas (kaiju) Was your deletion of Talk:Kamoebas (kaiju) a mistake? Kamoebas (kaiju) still exists, so deleting its talk page because on the justification of "talk page of deleted article" seems a little unusual. Due to page move nonsense, this page and its redirects have been turned into a total mess. Perhaps this was the reason? –Gunslinger47 17:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC) Dino Hollywood page Hello Mr. Bradbury, It appears the page I put uploaded earlier today regarding Hip Hop artist Dino Hollywood may have been deleted in error, all content being factual and verifiable. Please look into this matter. Thank you for your time. Vendettavixen 02:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC) Academic title in Joseph Goebbels article ("Dr. Joseph Goebbels") I am not clear about the logic behind the reversion to "Dr. Joseph Goebbels", with the comment " The honorific is correct for the era and location". The honorific was added , without any explanatory comment, by an anonymous user who also added similar honorifics to articles on a number of post-war German politcicians. This suggests some sort of pattern but I don't recall any discussion at WT:GER or WT:WPBIO. The present language in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) seems quite explicit on this point. Since the purpose of the Manual of Style is to ensure consistency, it doesn't seem like a good idea to deviate from it for individual articles, unless there is a good reason that can be formulated as a rule and included in the Manual of Style. Since this is a matter of consistency, the appropriate place to discuss this would probably be Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies), rather than Talk:Joseph Goebbels but I first wanted to ask you if I have missed something. I know, of course, that Germans can be more insistent on the use of the honorific in a social setting ("Soviel Zeit muss sein!") but I note that the German Wikipedia article does not use the honorific (except in quotations and when pointing out that Goebbels liked to be addressed as "Dr. Goebbels"); nor do a couple of other encyclopaedias that I happened to have to hand. The text of the relevant section in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) is as follows: Academic and professional titles (such as "Doctor" or "Professor") should not be used before the name in the initial sentence or in other uses of the person's name. Verifiable facts about how the person attained such titles should be included in the article text instead. In cases where the person is widely known by a pseudonym or stage name containing such a title (whether earned or not), it may be included as described above. For example: Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992, IPA: /ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmˌɔf/, originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist,... He graduated from Columbia University in 1939 and earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry there in 1948.... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, (born January 8, 1942) is considered one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge... David Drew Pinsky, (born September 4, 1958) nicknamed "Dr. Drew", is a board-certified physician and addiction medicine specialist. [...] Pinsky...earned his M.D. at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1984.... --Boson 23:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC) Thank you for your reply. I take your point, but I would prefer consistent application of a simple rule to avoid NPOV issues. Since you don't have strong feelings about it, I'll remove the honorific. Hope that is OK.--Boson 05:46, 18 April 2007 (UTC) RE: Vandalism Per your comment on my talk page: I fixed the edit; it was an error resulting from me trying out WikED, which faults sometimes. I will also reply to this message on your talk page. Thanks for your effort. Alekjds talk 20:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC) 48 hours for a username with vandal only edits? [[3]] Ive just been chasing the edits of Dancingthenightaway many harsh and personal attack edits and you gave him 48 hours? Any time Ive done RC patrol and reported usernames as oppposed to IPs for something anywhere near this many vandal edits its indef block. Its your call on this on. Just I'll bet dollars to donuts I or someone else will be back reporting them in 48 hours again...--Xiahou 00:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC) Re http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22brad+worrell%22+wrestler&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 Thats notable? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mista Ken Ken (talk • contribs) 01:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC).-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned --> Ciara & Company I realized you redirected the Ciara & Company article and that's a good thing. But some idiot returned the article and i prefer it be deleted all together. It is a hoax article. Charmed36 02:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC) Dark Knight thanks for the fast protection —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CINEGroup (talk • contribs) 19:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC). Request Hey, I noticed that you are the Admin who blocked Sean mc sean for a month for, well, probably any one of a thousand things he has done. I request that his ban either be extended or his ability to edit his own talk page be blocked until his current ban expires, due to his constant personal attacks on other users, myself included. Thanks ≈ The Haunted Angel 20:50, 17 April 2007 (UTC) TeckWiz's RFA Hey Anthony.bradbury. Thanks for supporting my unsuccessful RFA this week. I hope to keep helping and improving Wikipedia alongside you. --TeckWiz ParlateContribs@(Lets go Yankees!) 01:31, 18 April 2007 (UTC) WP:CSD Oh, yes, sorry about that, it is frustrating. WP:CSD was the area I started on when I became an admin. It is very important work, but its easy to burn out on it. The amount of pure crap gets a bit depressing after a while. I sometimes go back and spend a few hours running through the category, but I find I'm mainly involved in other admin areas these days. Its a great place to start, but you;ll need to diversify out a bit to save your sanity! Gwernol 17:46, 18 April 2007 (UTC) And, yes, Anthony - I noticed too. It's a sucky job but kudos to you for doing it. There are many of us here who appreciate it - Alison☺ 00:00, 19 April 2007 (UTC) block Should a blocked vandal get a notice on the talk pages so other editors are aware? (about User talk:Billymacy) Tvoz |talk 00:40, 19 April 2007 (UTC) Hahaha.. well, you're not alone in just missing perfection, I assure you. And I fixed the shrunken type on this page as a thank you! Tvoz |talk 00:47, 19 April 2007 (UTC) Oh sure - the guy forgot to close the blockquote with </blockquote> (it didn't have the slash). Of course I have no idea why not closing a blockquote=small type, but I tried, it worked, and I'm not asking any questions! (I'm far from an IT wiz myself, but I know a bit about html.) cheersTvoz |talk 03:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC) But take a look at the user's page who made the coding mistake - an IT professional! Now I am really laughing... Tvoz |talk 03:55, 19 April 2007 (UTC) Just another query Is there any easy ways to make tables?Kfc1864 02:51, 20 April 2007 (UTC) Servantofkrishna.snigdha You blocked this user for his username. As I said on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, I don't understand why it is a violation of the username policy. "Servant of Krishna" seems to be explicitly allowed by the statement "Usernames that are clearly expressions of faith are discouraged, however considered allowed unless disruptive." in the Wikipedia:Username policy. So is the reason for your block in the "snigdha" part? I do not understand what that means, so I am asking for clarification. Kusma (talk) 14:01, 20 April 2007 (UTC) I don't really want to argue about this either. I personally hate username blocks, as they violate WP:AGF and WP:BITE in many cases. My personal criterion for blocking a user with no contributions based on his username is "Is it vandalism if this name appears on somebody's watchlist?" but I realize that this is a lot more lenient than what the username policy says. Kusma (talk) 06:55, 21 April 2007 (UTC) NERDGASM is a real word Just so you know, i tried to add "nerdgasm" to your site as it is indeed a term used in the comics industry and I believe you too hastily removed it as nonsensical. Winhunter followed up by blocking it from ever becoming a page. I don't know how you can come to that conclusion when industry professionals back up my claim. Ownership of the Holocaust Was in the process of writing material, which is now lost. Will write material in word, else hang on templates be ignored. Alexsanderson83 20:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC) It was a work in progress that was deleted within half an hour of creation, that gives little time to do any work. I believe it was a little hasty, however in future I will have to look after any work, prior to it being fully catergorised and sourced. Alexsanderson83 20:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Speedy tagging Hi there; you appear to be tagging a number of articles for speedy deletion with a label of pure vandalism. This is not universally correct. An article about a non-notable person or a non-notable band , for instance, mnay well be suitable for speedy deletion but not under that lable. Would you care to look at WP:CSD to see that the acceptable {{speedy}} labels are?--Anthony.bradbury 19:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC) I am not trying to discourage you, and have deleted all of the articles which you have tagged and I have found. But some are writtrn by newbies, and categorising a new editor on his/her first edit as a vandal can be very demoralising. See WP:BITE.--Anthony.bradbury 19:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Hi Anthony. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I only tagged one as pure vandalism. I don't recall the name of it now and I can't find it in my contribs (presumably because it was deleted?) but it was, to me, clearly written to vandalize. Actually I debated over tagging that one vandalism or attack page, but either way, that's the only one I've ever tagged as pure vandalism. The other CSD's I have done were db-bios. Please let me know if I am mistaken or if I am misreading your comments. Literacola 23:12, 21 April 2007 (UTC) No problem, I was just confused. I'm a newbie too so I can't afford to be biting my own. :) Literacola 23:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Collaborationists NPOV and other policies nowhere preclude the acknowledgement of certain activities with this word; namely, loyally serving occupation governments and militaries. There are well-populated and well-established collaborationist categories on the wiki eg. Category:French collaborationist. See Petain and others. It would only breach NPOV to pass personal opinions about whether collaboration is commendable or others.Proudlyhumble07 00:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)