User talk:Seb26

My message Hello Spebi. Thank you for the suggestions. I didn't send those messages in bad faith. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC) Thank you for the reply. I hope will we meet again in the future. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC) My report that was removed I reported an IP address that has been vandalizing a page even after a warning. I'm wondering why action was not taken. Enigmaman (talk) 18:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC) It would help if you provided the IP that was removed, then I could possibly review the case and take action. Spebi 04:25, 12 December 2007 (UTC) I guess the editor is referring to this reporting of two IPs (likely the same editor), one of which was blocked, and the article was semi-protected, so the report was removed for the second IP. Hope that gives some background! Ariel♥Gold 04:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Thanks Ariel :) It appears that the first IP you reported was removed because it had already been blocked, and the next IP address that you reported was later removed due to the article being vandalised being semi-protected. Hopefully this makes things a bit clearer. Spebi 04:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC) thanks for the explanation. The reason I asked you about it is because you were the one to remove my report from the project page. Enigmaman (talk) 04:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC) P.S. Spebi, I hope you don't mind my butting into the conversation, lol. I just figured it would be helpful to give some diffs ;) Ariel♥Gold 05:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Don't mind at all. I wouldn't have been able to explain what I did to Enigmaman without your diffs. Thanks :) Spebi 05:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC) WikiProject Australia newsletter WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 1, Volume 1 — December 2, 2007 Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. WikiProject crowned first by Durova After a post on our regional noticeboard, Durova awarded the first Special edition WikiProject triple crown to WikiProject Australia. Daniel, Blnguyen, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Orderinchaos and Lincalinca had all previously qualified for Durova's standard Triple Crown for articles relating to Australia, and so won themselves and the project the prestigious award. Congratulations to all who contributed. Durova is still accepting new members of the project that qualify for the award, so if you qualify, add your name and your articles (remembering they can't be articles already taken) to the list. Controversial articles debated controversially Subsequent to the Australian federal election, 2007, an edit war sparked on the Australia article, debating over whether newly-elected Labor leader Kevin Rudd had earned prime minister status yet over current Prime Minister John Howard. The debate died down after protection was applied to the page, but later sparked the creation of another article, entitled Prime Minister-elect. The AfD for the article continues today. An article pertaining to the Australian federal election for 2010 was created, and later debated at another AfD. Some argued that the article was purely speculation, and that the article was a clear violation of WP:CRYSTAL, a variation of Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, which states that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and shouldn't be used for speculating about a subject or articles that predict future events. The article was later retitled to Australian federal election, 2011, after new evidence came to light regarding the election being scheduled for that year. Recent events Dec 2: The project was the first WikiProject to receive the WikiProject Triple Crown from Durova. Nov 26 & 28: AfD debates opened for articles pertaining to the future 2010 election and the term "Prime Minister-elect". Nov 26: Seven Australia-related articles were promoted to featured article status, making November 2007 WikiProject Australia's "FA Month". Main page · Talk · Notice board · Portal · Articles · Current collaboration · Complete to-do · Article quality (FA·GA) · Subprojects · Miscellanous This month's newsletter was written by Spebi and published by ~. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 1, Volume 1, December 2007. See [[newsletter archives]] for previous issues. You can also view this issue directly [[here]] Quality watch Yet another crowning took place on the project in the past month – November 2007 was officially crowned by members of the project as "Australian FA" month. No less than seven articles were promoted to featured article status last month making it the month with the highest amount of article promotions the project has seen since its creation. Among the seven brilliant articles promoted in November were Variegated Fairy-wren, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, Ian Chappell, 1999 Sydney hailstorm, Karmichael Hunt, Arthur Morris and Powderfinger. Hopefully more articles to come. Big congratulations to all who contributed – you're doing a great job. Meanwhile, the following articles became GAs in November: I Don't Remember, Alan Davidson (cricketer), Ernie Toshack, Beaumont House, Archie Jackson, Alan Kippax, 1992 Queensland storms, Time on Earth, Small Mercies, Toyota Aurion, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Passenger (Powderfinger song). And again, congratulations to all who were involved there! We are currently aiming to have 100GAs by the end of the year! This newsletter is a monthly newsletter with details relating to events and happenings within the Australian Wikipedian community and WikiProject Australia. If you wish to stop receiving this newsletter, or receive it in a different format, relist your name appropriately at the subscription page. Delivered by BrownBot (talk), at 21:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC). These Days: Live in Concert Yo, Sebzorz...you own this DVD, right? I was wondering if you could find a few more sources/interviews/somethings - it's dangerously close to GA level. Cheers, — Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:55, 11 December 2007 (UTC) It's sitting on my shelf and I'm staring at it right now :) There's an interview with Jack McCoy that I haven't watched, I'll take a look and take down some notes, and there's also a couple of photo galleries. Go on gtalk, later :) Spebi 04:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC) I'm thinking the interview would be helpful. On gtalk now. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 05:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC) deletion of diggeh Hello. The deletion of diggeh I feel was unmerited. Multiple individuals took a hand in editing it. While there has been low activity with the site, it is undergoing enormous alterations as we speak and has been adopted by a major Iranian non-profit organization as instrumental in an outreach campaign. It just needs a little more time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.179.249.147 (talk) 01:41, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Hi. I deleted the page Diggeh under speedy deletion criteria A7 and G11. The article failed to assert the importance of the subject (A7), in this case, it failed to meet any of the criteria for inclusion outlined on Wikipedia:Notability (web), and the article appeared to me to be an advertisement (G11). If you are willing to rewrite the article, with an assertion of notability and writing it in a way that doesn't make it sound like an advertisement, I'd be happy to restore the page. Thank you, Spebi 04:29, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Thank you Hello Spebi. Thanks for your comments in October in the peer review for North West England. I followed all your advice, and it recently achieved FPO status. I appreciate your willigness to involve yourself in portals, even when not necessarily having the time to do so. Thank you once again. Regards, — Rudget Contributions 16:21, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Congratulations. The portal has improved for the better. Good work :) Spebi 05:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Templates for deletion - orphaning I noticed you closed a few tfd discussions, but did not orphan the templates. If a template is still in use, it should be added to the "Completed discussions" at the bottom of the templates for deletion page. Thanks. --- RockMFR 17:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Yeah, sorry about that. I'll remember it for next time :) Spebi 04:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Acrassicauda Are you the one who deleted Acrassicauda artcle? if yes can you please explain me why? the article can be found in sister wikipedias in other langauges[1][2]. Also Google search gives you at least 10000 search results.--Aziz1005 (talk) 20:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Responded on Aziz1005's talk page. Thanks for the respond. I think that band Acrassicauda did not fail to assert the significance of the subject, since it is the only known Iraqi heavy-metal band. and one of the few oriental metal bands that exist in the Middleast. the band is also mentioned in many reliable sources such as BBC, the Guardian,The independent,a documentary film has been made over the band and heavey metal in Iraq.Therefore I think the article worth keeping, what do you think then?--Aziz1005 (talk) 14:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Thanks Spebi. Could you please revert the deleted article in order to make it easier for me to edit and expand that article.--Aziz1005 (talk) 12:55, 14 December 2007 (UTC) Hello Spebi, No I'm not a member of the band and I am not related in any way to this band apart from being half Iraqi :) Thanks you for your quick respond and profissional way of dealing with the issue.--Aziz1005 (talk) 21:37, 14 December 2007 (UTC) Deletion of your essay Hi, You deleted: User:Spebi/Help desk, which is on Wikipedia:Help_desk/How_to_answer#See_also please could you consider recreating it or at least removing the link on the Help Desk? The Helpful One (Talk) (Contributions) 20:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Hi, I've removed the link now. Spebi 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC) I replied on my talk page JERRY talk contribs 23:29, 15 December 2007 (UTC) Oasis COTW Hi, you mentioned on the WikiProject Alternative Music COTW page that you'd be interested in formatting the links on Oasis (band). If you're still interested, that'd be much appreciated. Also, remove any dodgy refs you might come across (there looks to be a few). I'm handling the print sourcing. If we keep it up, we might be able to nominate the article at GAC by the time this week's collaboration ends on Thursday morning. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:33, 16 December 2007 (UTC) Chaser APEC A good source for The Chaser APEC pranks#International recognition which is currently a little brief. And don't throw {{sofixit}} at me :) Cheers, DB.