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RE: COMCARE

Specifically RE the most recent COMCARE deletion: content-wise, is the information I included really all that different than the wikipedia entry for, say, the National Emergency Number Association (NENA)? Like my entry, NENA's entry is taken practically word-for-word from their mission statement. It then follows with a brief description of what the organization does -- and in fact the NENA entry even encourages people to visit the organization's website.

Is there anything substantially different, again in terms of actual content, between the NENA article that has been kept up and my most recent article which was speedily taken down? —Preceding unsigned comment added by COMCARE (talk • contribs) 15:41, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

The first time the article was deleted was because it was taken directly from your website. Please see the directions under template:sd-copyvio for information on why we can't accept copyrighted material. The second time, if I remember correctly, the text sounded like an ad (see WP:CSD#G12) - however, the reason the administrator decided to delete it was that it didn't make an assertion to notability as a corporation (see WP:CSD#A7 and WP:CORP for instructions on how to go about this). In fact, you are correct, and the NENA article sounds somewhat spammy; thus I have marked (though, in fact, it doesn't appear to be insalvageably spammy, thus not qualifying for speedy deletion). Please feel free to write a neutral article that doesn't use any text immediately from your website (unless you follow the directions listed above for releasing the information's copyright). You also might want to make sure the company follows the notability guidelines. Alternatively, you can try deletion review, but I would suggest just recreating the article from scratch. The Evil Spartan 16:01, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:That unblock

I didn't actually do anything, it appears that the autoblock expired, I was just removing him from CAT:UNBLOCK. -- John Reaves 17:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Er, I must have been looking at the wrong contribs page. But I'm still suspicious. The Evil Spartan 17:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Swimming pools

As you've noticed, I declined speedy because the author asserts permission, but it's basically a how-to guide so I've placed it in AFD. Thanks for helping to keep WP clean. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 17:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GriPhyN

Sorry for the faux paus. I noticed that there was no article and tried to start it, and I understand cut-and-paste was a poor choice. I'll try to fill in something later which is not an exact copy.

My further research shows that the project seems to have ended, so it's not as important anyway.

--Wormholio 19:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

copyright

You should check these for deletion though. They either don't give detailed information or include copyrighted material or have doubtful tags.

--Avala 00:29, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've tagged all that are suspicious - I left the Germans alone, because they're all clearly pd-old. The Evil Spartan 01:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good. Thanks --Avala 17:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

L&N Milton, Florida Depot

Although I still feel it was necessary to cut and paste Louisville and Nashville Depot to Louisville and Nashville Depot (Milton, Florida), I apologize if it caused any trouble. In case you didn't notice, there are multiple articles with similar, if not identical names. Since it's already clear that you've moved the history between the former version of the article and the current one, do I still have to post the fact that I did so on the Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen? I can't think of any others I've done specifically. ---- DanTD 01:54, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

request for comment

would you mind commenting here please? [1]Cholga^talK! 01:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cut and paste Xavier

Whoops! Sorry! I'm still new and I didn't know how to use the "move" function. Thanks for your catch. Another (smarter) user has managed to fix the history problem already, so I think that page is good, and I promise not to make that mistake again! The CONSTANT VIGILANCE around this place makes me feel good that I can't really mess anything up too much without being corrected and instructed. Now I have to figure out what to do about my wiki-addiction. SlackerMom 13:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

'resolved' stamp on AN/I about Irishguy and maniac cop

hey, I was reading through, and found that the editor in question added a fairly attack-ish screed to his fansite's mainpage. I noted that in the discussion. Since you marked it resolved, I'm bringing it to your attention, one, I psoted there because after all the link following and back buttoning, i didn't see or note the tag, and two, because such actions may indicate escalation or perpetuation of the problem. ThuranX 19:33, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although I'm not quite following what you're saying happened: let me give you the history. Last night, an editor kept on being reverted by Irishguy because he was including his fansite as a weblink. He brought several editors from off WP to back him up, and eventually complained at ANI. Frankly, I thought we could have included the site, but the editor was completely taking things a little too seriously. He started hurling around insults and swearing at Irishguy, and eventually he got blocked. At that point, I marked it resolved. FayissIf (sp) then blocked him indef for continuing to act poorly (threatening sockpuppetry, etc.), but then relented, and lessened the block. It was very clear this guy just needs to cool down. If you believe it needs to be brought up again, you could say something to Fayis, or you could paste another note at ANI. I'm frankly not surprised that the editor has made an attack site over the issue. The Evil Spartan 19:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michael wines section in the eXile

Glad to finally get a response from a real user on this. I'm sure you can appreciate my frustration after posting multiple times on the talk page for over a week and getting only reversion in response. I apologize if I seem somewhat prickly as a result.

Regarding the actual issue at hand, I have commented on the WP:BLP noticeboard page. Please put the text back if you feel I've convinced you, otherwise a response there or better yet at talk:the eXile would be greatly appreciated. Dsol 21:46, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I realize you may be busy with other things but I would hope if you have time to blank the section, you have time to check the two references I noted and put it back. You are already the second editor (after user:SlimVirgin) to blank the sections and then vanish without so much as a word after hearing my explanation and references, leaving me to edit-war with an anon ip with less than 10 edits. If you have any time to revisit this I would be most grateful. Dsol 09:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's not me. Thanks for reminding me, but I'm well aware of WP:SOCK. If anyone has doubts I would certainly consent to a checkuser. Dsol 16:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please, please weigh in after reading new discussion comments at the BLP noticeboard whatever your opinion if at all possible. I feel I am being left alone to debate with the anon who is not really being reasonable. Dsol 12:21, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

dsf

no, you didn't talk to me about it. Mghabmw 03:21, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[2] The Evil Spartan 03:29, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

?

Not sure were your comment was meant to mean but that conversation was 2 days ago and has passed.Sparrowman980 18:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

9 Parts of Desire

Fair question. I felt enough of it was copied to satisfy G12. -- But|seriously|folks 18:07, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of COMINT metadata and Electronig order of Battle

before taking any further actions, please refere to the talk pages of these articles, or to this comment or perhaps, please contact me on my user page.
regards. Comint 07:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Comint, and thanks for the response. I believe you may be looking for WP:DELREV- a way to ask for a deletion to be reviewed. You might also try asking the administrator again for his deletion rationale. However, if you use deletion review, you will probably need to talk about the concerns brought up at the deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genesis EW. For now, I see that the concerns are that the page does not reference any other sources to prove its notability: in this case, you might be interested in WP:RS and WP:CORP, especially for Genesis EW. You will certainly wish to prove the notability of the subject with third party references. I hope this helps. The Evil Spartan 19:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Europe topic

UK constituent territories are already present in the template and can be made visible in pages using this template by adding |show UK countries=true to the template code in the page using it. --Jhattara ^{(Talk · Contrib)} 09:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

unblocked controversial editor

I received your message. I checked his User: YoSoyGuapo account and I think that he is not even aware that he has been unblocked. I wanted to give this guy a chance and I pointed out your concerns in his talk page User talk:64.131.205.111. He is going to have to learn to discuss matters in a civil manner, however if he ever uses other accounts as a sockpuppet, I would totally agree that he should be banned once more. Tony the Marine 23:39, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Spartan. I marked the IP I sometimes use as another account. I also marked them. I actually filed for an RFC and was asking for other editor opinions to help alleviate a situation. ( I wasn't aware of the proper process) Is RFC and mediation the same thing? If not I would appreciate any help. Once this situation is resolved (on Josh Gibson I'll clear out my talk page on 64.131 and move on solely with YoSoyGuapo. Also please look at this. [3]. and [4] 64.131.205.111 06:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 64.131 (and Tony). Thank you for your polite response. RFC is different from mediation; an RFC is request for comment, in which you're asking other editor's to come in and give their opinion on a dispute. Mediation necessarily brings in a mediator, and the disputants talk it over with each other. RFCs take a long time to fill out properly (more overhead work), and usually still leave bad blood when their done. Mediation involves an ongoing commitment, which is more work, but is more likely to arrive at an agreeable solution. I hope this response clarifies everything. The Evil Spartan 17:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RFA?

I would like to nominate you for adminship via the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship process. Please respond on my talk page if you are interested. Shalom ^Hello 04:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am truly and deeply honored. However, before you consider anything, you would probably be interested in this comment I made, as well as the fact I've had a history of being somewhat snappy and taking controversial stances (e.g., Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff). The Evil Spartan 19:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find the comment particularly troubling, and the BDJ arbitration case has been courtesy blanked, so I don't know what you said (it can't have been that bad). Generally, the way I handle RFA nominations is to write a paragraph in my userspace, and allow the candidate to copy it when the candidate is ready. If you'd like me to write a recommendation for you, please leave me a note. Shalom ^Hello 15:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sarikakeov

Sorry but i don't know how to add any resource because there hasn't been any on western society about this bird or their enclopedia. "Sarikakeov" If you would search it on google video or youtube, u'll see the bird in action. Ozzie osbourne had one in his episodes where he was trying to bite the head. That was the bird that cussed him out. People claim it was a raven but it really wasn't. It was a Cambodian bird "Sarikakeov" because his son went to Thailand for training. Delete if you want but I will continue in effort to put this online. Thank you for reading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ElideN (talk • contribs) 00:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the eXile

I'm at a loss on how you can conceive of an article saying that a named person has two vaginas is not against WP:BLP. And how can you revert this "information" back in? It is not a case of verifying that the eXile has said this (even though the sources provided are laughable - A New Zealand student criticism paper?!), but whether the material is conservatively presented or whether it is simply tabloid sensationalism. I'll revert any such obvious BLP violations whenever they occur without discussion, as provided in WP:BLP 24.127.156.41 21:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The section I reverted was mainly about the Pie incident - I was not going for the vaginas section, though that section is equally well documented, as was apparently known in the media (the fact that it is explicitly mentioned, name and all, in Pravda, is important). The pie section is extremely well sourced, and it is not a violation of BLP if it is well sourced. The crux of the BLP page states, exactly, Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia. And yet it is well sourced, and it fits all the three main criteria - WP:NPOV, WP:V, and WP:NOR. I am cross posting this on the article talk page. The Evil Spartan 15:55, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RSV Catholic Bible

Thanks for uploading that image. I did, however, note your disclaimer about doing it myself in the future. And that's the problem. I don't know how, and the instruction page is confusing. How do you do it? --JoBrLa 15:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I will admit it is a lot. Bt I will do my best to try to give you some information on how it's done. First, You click on the "upload file" link on the toolbox on the left side of your screen. It has a type of wizard there which will help you figure out which license to give the image. If this is confusing, you can do it manually after you upload the file by fishing through Category:Image copyright tags. In the case of fair use images (i.e., images for which you do not upload the copyright and cannot release it - i.e., images of television shows or books), you will need to give the source of the file (where you found it online), as well as a fair use rationale. This becomes more difficult, but you can probably just copy and paste from the most recent one I uploaded, or see the syntax under {{Non-free use rationale}}. If all of this is still confusing, you can try Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, where people will be glad to give better instructions. Hope this helps. The Evil Spartan 16:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool Blue

Hello. Thank you for your work for AFC. I saw you created Cool Blue for the project. Please remember to tag the articles you create for AFC with {{WPAFC}} and try to wikify them as much as you can, since that is the point of AFC. Happy editing! --Ag ü eybaná 14:39, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Thanks for the response. I was unaware of the WPAFC template, and I it already seemed to be wikified enough for my tastes: [5]. I did add a stub and categories, so it was pretty decent for a starting article, IMO. You will notice, that I did give credit to the IPs in the edit summary, which a lot of users forget to do. ;) The Evil Spartan 18:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, thanks :-) I've wikified it some more now; do you like it? (see before and after; comparison) --Ag ü eybaná 18:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. The Evil Spartan 19:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

George Wells/Dean Higuchi

Dear Sir,

With all due respect I can assure you the text of both George Wells and Dean Higuchi is based on my own original work. If there are any similarities between the previously deleted articles and my own submissions, I can only give you my word they are coincidental. Regardless of the reasons these articles have been deleted in the past, I believe I've provided more then enough references to satisfy WP:BIO and WP:N. I should also note that similar articles I have submitted which had been previously been deleted, such as Ricky Rice, were approved after passing Wikipedia's notability guidelines. 72.74.196.194 01:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

stay away from Igero bus

why does it bothers you so much an article about a bus? you have some strong feelings on the matter or why?--Igero bus 06:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For that, you might be interested in reading up on WP:NOTE and WP:CORP. Wikipedia just doesn't include every bit of information about everything. I'm sorry if that's a problem; I didn't meant for it to anger you, but that's just the way we do things around here. The Evil Spartan 06:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Turgut Özal

The guy died when I was a child. How can I take a picture of him myself :) We added a "Non-free / fair use media rationale" under the image which is used when there is not a fair use image around. It would be nice if you check it mate :) Deliogul 07:29, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AFC - George Wells (wrestler)

Just a note to let you know I created the article based on the submission, which you originally declined as it was previously deleted via prod. I have had a look at the version found on Answer.com, which is presumingly the previous now deleted version and am satisfied it is so far different that simply new creation is better than undeletion. The submission also seems to me to satisfy notability concerns that caused the article to have been originally prod deleted. KTC 10:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The user a few notes up said something similar to what you're getting at. You'll notice that he also provided another article you might want to look at. Frankly, I didn't really want to go to the time of submitting the article, so I didn't do it after declining it. The Evil Spartan 10:45, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Casota Frean

Hi, maybe you want to help me with this.. I found that image in the galician project as you can see at http://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CasotaFrean.jpeg Jfreyre 14:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have tagged the image, thank you. I've also marked it to be moved to commons. From now on, you might be interested in {{pd-user}}. The Evil Spartan 19:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Religion and the U.S. Presidency

The U.S. Constitution does very plainly describe the American government as a non-religious institution. It is very disturbing to me to discover that the current person holding the job in the White House is associating his Christian belief with that of his decisions for Iraq. Something about "God's call". You should do some serious research on what's happened in Iraq - look at both sides of the story and compare them both to see why there's a huge disconnect! I've been following these events now for close to 4 years. At first, I thought it's just a bunch of hippies looking for an excuse to balk at everything the President decides. Then, looking at the aftermath and reviewing what the government officials are saying, I'm beginning to think the master plan is to dominate, destroy, and conquer for the sake of self-preservation.

I am not implying that everyone in the U.S. government should be an atheist. I am pointing out the fact that there are members in government who will use Christianity as an excuse or as a protective shield for their actions (even when it is not the will of God) especially when little children are being slaughtered ruthlessly by Middle Eastern madmen with some major psychological problems. I strongly feel this could have been avoided too if Americans had done the right thing in the first place.

And as for your use of the word "trolling", you especially, should be told that I am not trolling, nor am I an atheist. I am one of those folks who see ordinary, humans using their power which the people entrusted that person to have for self-preservation purposes and then to use Christianity as a shield to cover their "dark side". When people do this, it's an insult to me (and maybe to others) because the message being hammered into my brain is "you're stupid".

I hope you now understand why I am not trolling. 65.188.22.40 18:21, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The problem here is not that anyone is claiming that the US government is, or even ought to be, in any way, shape, or form a Christian government. What we're saying is that the George W. Bush article should state that he is a Christian. There is a large difference - and I think that you will find there is scant support for the idea that no US government official should even list his/her religion in his/her article. As for trolling, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you; I think it might be a cultural problem. A lot of times, we Wikipedians assume that users know they should only be discussing article changes, not the subject itself (please see the note at the top of the GWB talk page, which states that explicitly); I think I failed to realize what you were saying. The Evil Spartan 19:03, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Delirious logo.png

When an image is deleted just for lack of rationale, you can just ask any admin to undelete it so you can put a rationale on it. I undeleted this image and removed the DRV. — Carl (CBM · talk) 19:45, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

deletion request for "feral cat 4" image

Hello, The Evil Spartan. Next time you'd file a deletion request for one of my images I would appritiate, if you send me the notification about it. Regards.--Mbz1 14:57, 17 September 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]

I must apologize, but I really can't figure out what you're talking about. I have no such image on my watchlist, which means I never edited it, and I can't find any such image that you ever uploaded. What's more, I usually do notify people if I list their image at deletion. The Evil Spartan 19:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's why I wrote to you about the image.--Mbz1 21:41, 17 September 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]

Ah. The file was corrupt, meaning it didn't even work. I usually try quite hard to make sure a file is corrupt before I tag it for deletion. Apparently, it was corrupt on his computer too. Apologies if that was not the case, but 99% of the images on my computer work, and I won't tag an image unless other images are working for me. It may have indeed been corrupt. If I see any more corrupt images from you, I will let you know before tagging them. I usually consider it the uploader's responsibility to look at his/her logs; perhaps you would want to create a template about notifying the uploader and attach a note at the bottom of {{db-i2}}. The Evil Spartan 23:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think the file was corrupt. I sure saw the image after I upladed it and even put it to 2 articles. Maybe it could have been a problem with commons. For few days already some files have not been shown in articles in thumnail modes. I believe they working on it.--Mbz1 00:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]

Thompson article

Hi Evil Spartan! I just got home, cranked up the old computer to see what's cooking at Wikipedia, and was rewarded by your kind words at my talk page. Thanks.Ferrylodge 02:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Khalid Yasin

Thanks for your note on the Yasin page about the image. I have given an explanation but I am getting a lot of these comments about images. What am I doing wrong, because I am choosing the correct option from the drop down menu. Please help. Robert C Prenic 09:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you might like to read up on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. In essence, every fair use image must have a rationale explaining a) its source, b) its purpose in the article(s), and c) why it is not replaceable with a free image. See the template section in that article in specific. The Evil Spartan 16:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The now-traditional RFA thank-spam

Click there to open your card! → → →

sock

Okay, I am a sockpuppeter and a sockpuppet of earlier accounts. See my response on the evidence page. Basketball fan24111 23:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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+Okay, I am a sockpuppeter and a sockpuppet of earlier accounts. See my response on the evidence page. [[User:Basketball fan24111|Basketball fan24111]] 23:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)