User talk:Demi

This talk page is probably the best way to get in touch with me. If you need my attention in a hurry, you can try getting hold of me at the #wikipedia IRC channel. I welcome email but I don't check it very frequently, so IRC or the talk page will probably work best. Please add new sections in the normal manner (+) and sign notes within sections; I copy my reply here as well as to your talk page. I prefer your replies, if applicable, to appear here. Thanks for visiting!

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Macai

Demi, if you have a chance, could you take a look at User talk:Macai and what I've written there, to see if I've got it all wrong, and chip in if necessary? Macai apparently hasn't been able to edit since May 9. In haste, Bishonen | talk 09:38, 22 May 2006 (UTC).

FU images

1. Image:Melissa_Tkautz_-_The_Glamorous_Life.ogg
2. Image:Melissa_Tkautz_-_Read_My_Lips.ogg

Thanks :) --Rory096 05:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Philip Sandifer

It's obviously not a speedy, if you want it deleted put it up for AfD. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:09, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

What are you up to? Jayjg ^(talk) 22:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Demi, what's going on? You've deleted it twice, and now created a new page that only has the speedy tag on it. Can you explain what your concern is? SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:15, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

(copied from Jayjg's talk page)

Under normal circumstances you would be correct; however, I have no wish to act obtuse. An AFD would result in a huge battle and many nonconstructive interactions, for almost no value to the encyclopedia. I haven't seen a clearer application of IAR in a while. Demi ^T/_C 22:16, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I can't make heads or tails of your explanation. Can you explain why you have deleted it? Jayjg ^(talk) 22:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

P.S. It's encyclopedic and well-sourced. I'm not understanding what possible rationale you might have used for these repeated deletions. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:19, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Demi, you've deleted it twice. I didn't understand your note on Jay's talk page. What is your objection to the article? SlimVirgin ^(talk) 22:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

(copied to talk page):

I will thank the two of you to stop accusing me of repeatedly deleting the article, as I did no such thing. Secondly (I have asked SlimVirgin this and she responded with an accusation rather than an answer), you will have to be more specific about what is you don't understand or can't make "heads or tails" of. I said "An AFD would result in a huge battle and many nonconstructive interactions, for almost no value to the encyclopedia. I haven't seen a clearer application of IAR in a while." which I, obviously think it's clear. I invite you to tell me what you don't understand about it and I will be happy to explain. Thanks! Demi ^T/_C 00:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Keep it deleted, for obvious legal and tactical reasons. Kim Bruning 22:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Demi, you could and should have discussed this with me before deleting. This shows extreme bad faith. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 23:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

(copied to talk page):

SlimVirgin, you could and should have discussed this with AdamBishop before restoring. This shows extreme hypocrisy. Demi ^T/_C 00:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I assumed Adam had made a mistake, had seen the earlier version with the speedy tag on it, and hadn't realized the page had been rewritten since then. So I undeleted because I was in the middle of a rewrite. It foolishly didn't occur to me that three admins were plotting on IRC to delete and protect it, regardless of process, and regardless of the opinion of the admin who was working on it. The only time I would speedy something that a person was actually in the middle of writing would be if it was a troll or anon IP creating something totally inappropriate and where I could see there was bad faith. That's why I didn't at first realize what was going on. For the life of me, I can't see how you think this kind of behavior is justifiable. It's disrespectful, divisive, and totally unnecessary, and I don't think you'd appreciate it if someone did it to you. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 17:12, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

You stated "An AFD would result in a huge battle and many nonconstructive interactions, for almost no value to the encyclopedia. I haven't seen a clearer application of IAR in a while." What did you mean by "an AFD would result in a huge battle and many nonconstructive interactions"? There's an AfD going on right now, and none of that has happened; on the contrary, there's a very civil and interesting discussion going on. "I haven't seen a clearer application of IAR in a while." What does that mean? Why is this a clear application of IAR, and why would you assume anyone else would know that? Jayjg ^(talk) 19:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Melissa Tkautz samples

Hi!!!! I deleted some seconds of these samples, OK???

Now both with 29 seconds.

Bye,

Rafael.minogue

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Why arnt i allowed to contribute when i just started name and have not had any warnings????? User:Motor Sport Mad

(copied from talk page)

You wrote: Why arnt i allowed to contribute when i just started name and have not had any warnings????? However, I don't know what you're referring to. You don't appear to have been blocked--I'll try to answer your questions but you'll need to explain the situation to me a little more. Thanks! Demi ^T/_C 18:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Roger Roger

Acknowledged. Jtkiefer^{T | C | @} ---- 09:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

:(

WP:RFD#WP:PWN → Wikipedia:Blocking policy. --CharlotteWebb 14:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Link completion in the edit box

Per your request :) See User:Zocky/Link Complete. Zocky | picture popups 22:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

If you do var linkCompleteOnTab=true in your monobook.js, the completion should now work on tab too. Zocky | picture popups 19:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:WHMT

Hello. You may or may not remember this, but some time ago you signed up for a Hangman Tournament hosted here on Wikipedia.

For some reason or another, you were placed on the "potential players" list.

The next tournament is about to start, and I was just wondering if you were still interested in participating. If you are, please go to the page (linked above) and bold your name in the sign-up list. This will confirm your registration, and move you to the next slot on the waiting list. If you are not interested any more, please feel free to remove your name from the list. If you haven't responded within 7 days, I will assume you are not interested, and remove you from the list. However, if you are too busy, go to the page anyway and renew your "busy" notice. This shows that you are still interested in the tournament, but still are to busy to participate at this time.

If you think anyone else may be interested in this tournament, please drop them a note and ask them to sign up. Good luck, and I hope to see you at the tournament! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka Talk to me! 13:56, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Roseburg, Oregon

Thanks for your work on Roseburg! That poor article has needed help for some time now. And thanks for emboldening me to simply cut the copyvio instead of continuing to hope I or someone else would get around to dealing with it. :) - Katr67 22:20, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Highways

Would it be possible for you to comment on the new section of Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (U.S. state highways)? --NE2 22:12, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

The mysterious Link you mentioned

Hi,

You mentioned the mysterious list on talk pages for Subhashini Ali & Travancore Sisters pages. I dont have a clue about what you said, but I do know a lot about the two topics. Maybe if you could direct, I could help do something.

--Bobby Awasthi 16:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

(copied to talk page)

In a much older version of the article, the article was just a list with no context, I couldn't make heads or tails of what it was a list of. If you can, maybe it can be merged into the current article. If not, no worries, the article has certainly improved. Thanks! Demi ^T/_C 19:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I could relate all the surnames to be same clan, I have merged the list as suggested. :) Thanks for pointing that one out. --Bobby Awasthi 04:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Fictional character pages

Hi Demi. I've been reviewing Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, etc. regarding fictional character pages. There seems to be a lot of them and many suffer from the same problems. Based on what I have read so far, I made several posts here hoping to generate some good feedback. I was surprised by yesterday's featured article, which linked to this page. This page links to other fictional character pages, many having problems in my view. I posted my thoughts regarding the featured article link here. I came across your page Wikipedia is not a reference to fictional worlds and thought that you might have more insight into this issue. More than a year has passed since you wrote that page, so you may have more detailed opinions about the topic. I would appreciate your review of the discussions here and here and post on my talk page some feedback, such as any other Wikipedia policies, guidelines, pages, etc. that I have yet to consider regarding fictional character pages. -- Jreferee 18:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Living people

As of January 1, 2007, there are 151,908 articles in this category. Don't you think a WikiProject might be more useful then a category?. I've proposed for a WikiProject Living People. Kingjeff 19:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Netherlands-orange.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Netherlands-orange.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 14:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Survey Invitation

Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 00:09, 4 March 2007 (UTC)^{talk to me}

Howdy

—dgies^t_c 17:47, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Fishes

There is a new proposal on naming conventions for fish being discussed at WikiProject Fishes. As a member of said project group your feedback would be appreciated at the WikiProject Fishes talk page here. Cheers, David. MidgleyDJ 07:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Big-town-hero-logo.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Big-town-hero-logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 01:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

87 Exit

Hi, I'm the 87-IP from the spoiler discussion. I was blocked again, this time for initiating a vandalism report against an admin who suppressed my comments on WP:ANI: [1], [2], [3] (Oh, and he changed the discussion too: [4])

This whole thing is either:

1. completely ok; good for me, I got finally rid of my Wikipedia addiction! Keep it up!
2. completely not ok; well, someone should do something. I certainly don't feel like heading back into the fight right now.

Your edit to 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0

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Verify removal of sysop access

This is to verify that it is I, User:Demi, who is requesting removal of sysop access for the English wikipedia. Thanks! Demi ^T/_C 17:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)