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User watchlist

User:Tra/User_watchlist (User:Tra#User_watchlist) Rapido (talk) 11:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Series

The Love Boat was an American television series, so the correct term would be "season" (we use the term "series" to discuss the show itself and not one year's block of shows). Mike H (Talking is hot) 02:51, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Sidney Cooke

Could you add a reference for this person? Out of caution, we are trying to make sure all the people listed in criminal categories have verifiable sources, even stubs. Thanks --FloNight 20:45, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the link.--FloNight 14:40, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Scrote

I have reverted it to a prior version, which still may be less than desired but at least the worst of it is gone. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 19:47, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Pamela Kempthorne

I have declined your speedy request on this one, but nominated it at WP:AFD. Thanks for helping to keep WP clean. Cheers, Carlossuarez46 20:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Energy 106

In the debate on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Energy 106, you asked "Which criminal activities, as a matter of interest?" Operating a pirate radio station is illegal. Emeraude 10:30, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

• It's covered by civil not criminal law, so it's not illegal. Rapido 08:12, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

No, it's covered by criminal law. The most recent Act which consolidates previous legislation being the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36). The relevant sections are:

8 Licences and exemptions

1) It is unlawful—

(a) to establish or use a wireless telegraphy station, or

(b) to instal or use wireless telegraphy apparatus,

except under and in accordance with a licence (a “wireless telegraphy licence”) granted under this section by OFCOM.

35 Unauthorised use etc of wireless telegraphy station or apparatus

1) A person commits an offence if he contravenes section 8.

2) A person who commits an offence under this section consisting in the establishment or use of a wireless telegraphy station, or the installation or use of wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of making a broadcast is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.

3) In the application of subsection (2) to Scotland or Northern Ireland the reference to 12 months is to be read as a reference to six months.

You can see the Act in full here. Emeraude 18:25, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

• Many thanks for that information, but I'm afraid Energy broadcast from the Republic of Ireland and as such is not subject to UK legislation. Rapido 16:34, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
  • You may be right, but I don't think the article made that clear. Of course the article has disappeared now. Any idea of the legal position in Irish law - I would have thought it the same as in the UK and the rest of Europe? Emeraude 08:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Well it's certainly not the same as in the UK - the Republic of Ireland is well known for traditionally lenient legislation against unlicenced radio so dozens of stations in Dublin and high powered stations beaming into the UK were common until a couple of years ago. There is no uniform legislation in Europe, I am not sure where you got that idea from. A station in the Netherlands may have his transmitter smashed up on site rather than taken away, and receive upto tens of thousands of pounds in fines. In Belgium, they will probably just take away the transmitter. Of course enforcement in any of these countries is another issue. Rapido 09:43, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
      • I wasn't suggesting any European uniformity other than the illegality. I appreciate that penalties, enforcement and (in)tolerance vary widely; out of interest, do you know what is the current legal position in Ireland? Emeraude 09:49, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Brackets on geographic numbers

Hi. You reverted my removal of brackets citing "brackets are required for geographic numbers". Where is this requirement specified? I have only ever seen brackets on older format numbers, but hardly anybody does that these days (making them obsolete). ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 19:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

• http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/oftel/publications/numbering/2003/num_guide.htm ("User's Guide to Telephone Numbering"). The brackets are there because you omit them when you are dialling from telephones within the same area. Just because "hardly anybody does that", doesn't make the omission of them correct, nor does it make it "obsolete". Rapido (talk) 20:24, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Well, unfortunately it appears that the "Ofcom" version does not currently exist, and the version that you quoted was an archived "Oftel" version. I still don't believe that there is a "requirement" to include them - it is purely a formatting option. I suspect that (aside from the misconceptions that are still floating around) most people know their correct area code and so the brackets are no required. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 21:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
    • That is the latest version as far as I'm aware; just because a name has changed, doesn't mean suddenly the whole thing is invalid. There is a version with "Ofcom" instead of "Oftel" at the top, but I can't find it right now. If you prefer to quote your number without brackets, or even without spaces, then you have the right to. If you wish to believe it's only a "formatting option", then I will not interfere with your personal beliefs. If that's how a blonde bird I might meet at the Liquid nightclub wants to give me her number, I'm not going to have a go at her! But the whole articles are about telephone numbering in a correct as possible sense. Not what most people prefer to do. Otherwise we'd have to change the article to show 0203, 0207 and 0208 as the codes for London as that's what most people seemingly prefer. Rapido (talk) 15:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Bender/Tighina move

Well, actually this move is somewhat controversial, because "Bender" is the official name of the city (per this legislative document)... See here for the (rather undeveloped) discussion. --Illythr (talk) 17:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with your move! Marc KJH (talk) 18:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

You will be blocked from editing if you will take part in revert wars. `'Míkka>t 18:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Do not start threatening me regarding this. I was not taking part in any "war", there should not be any move to the Tighina article without a proper debate. There was recently a move proposal, as you will see by the talk page, and it ended with no consensus. I suggest you make any arguments about the name of the article on that page. Regarding "rvv", that was a typo mistake, and "rv" was meant to be entered. Rapido (talk) 10:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

He protected the page so that he will keep his version.Marc KJH (talk) 10:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I can say that they are forum shopping and they get closed to our articles, see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Romanian_diaspora&curid=12835085&action=history or Central Europe. Marc KJH (talk) 10:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Your edit to Greg Parke (DJ)

On Wikipedia the city is Derry, per WP:IMOS. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 00:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• Okay, duly understood. I had previously thought that it should stay as the original editor had typed it (whether that be Derry or Londonderry), hence the revert. Rapido (talk) 11:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Sources

Back in the day, we didn't have inline citations. The external links sections of articles functioned as references (other Wikipedias still do this). Before blanking external links in articles that are two or more years older, please check if they were present when the article was written. And please don't blank parts of articles without leaving an edit summary. [1] Thanks. ➨ REDVEЯS dreamt about you last night 20:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

• Many thanks for the detail and bringing it to my attention. Rapido (talk) 21:33, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Usage of the term rvv

"rvv" in edit summaries means "revert vandalism". Please use it only in cases of obvious vandalism. Please read wikipedia:Vandalism on the proper classification of edits. `'Míkka>t 18:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Tighina

Hi. Thanks for the quote from WP:PROT, however, I must say that I am already quite familiar with our Protection Policy. I, as an administrator, was completely uninvolved in the dispute itself, thus, I looked at it from an unbiased point of view and decided that due to the edit warring (page moves) between multiple parties, including yourself, that the page should be protected. Also note that protection is not an endorsement of the protected version. Also, stop preforming cut and paste moves on that page. They are disruptive and will be undone immediately. Use the articles talk page to continue discussion to reach consensus. - Rjd0060 (talk) 14:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I think you're right, consensus needs to be found. Many thanks for your advice. Rapido (talk) 09:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Three-revert rule

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Bender, Moldova. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Stifle (talk) 13:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Stop threating me. I'm a bit disappointed that the target of your threat is myself only, dispite Mikkalai's numerous edits without debate. I can only assume it's due to his administrator status which you both have, but I myself lack. See how he continues to revert any edits, but gets not a word of criticism from yourself. Please note that there was no problem to the article for almost a month before he decided that he was right, and everyone who disagrees with him wrong. Rapido (talk) 08:17, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

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TV Licencing article

Atlantic 252 were a state owned broadcaster, albeit a commercially funded one in which RTE sold a stake in to another firm. Century were the first independent national radio station in Ireland. Please don't go claiming 'vandalism' when someone corrects an edit you make, thanks --85.134.182.22 (talk) 17:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Apologies for putting it down as vandalism; it's a common mistake when the editor is unregistered. Rapido (talk) 18:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Bad titles of articles

How did I move the articles to bad titles? The reason I stated for moving was very legitimate. rpop (talk) 18:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Maybe in your view, but you need to check the rules on formatting. For Wikipedia purposes, s with a cedilla is used, otherwise many people will have problems. [[2]] Rapido (talk) 12:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Question

Could you please explain this vandalism warning for me? I have the user's page watchlisted because of previous vandalism, but I do not see that he has made any recent edits that could be construed as vandalism, nor that you have reverted any edits that he made. Thanks in advance. Gromlakh (talk) 18:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, it refers to Censorship of music. Rapido (talk) 18:27, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah. He hasn't made any edits to that page since prior to his block (which was later reversed in a show of good faith), and I don't think he's made any vandalism edits since then. Mind removing that warning from his talk page? Gromlakh (talk) 18:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: No personal attacks

Response left on my talk page. YaBoiKrakerz

...Please visit my talk page again for my other response... YaBoiKrakerz

Hurricane, Utah

Your edit is factually false. I suggest removal of any mention of the town's pronunciation. If you are familiar with the town, the residents and the pronunciation, as I must assume you are, then you must know that it does not resemble a "British" pronunciation in any way, shape or form. To suggest otherwise is a misrepresentation of the pronunciation to anyone who has not actually been here. I will refrain from editing this page for the time-being and will await your response. If you do not respond within 48 hours, I will assume that you agree to the removal of the pronunciation of the town's name.74.211.35.4 (talk) 02:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I have edited the article to clarify. Any further debate about this should be in the talk page of the article. Rapido (talk) 07:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Not a social network

I understand that, but if you look at my user page it says this: "I'm TRYING to do the best I can with editing wikipedia but I have messed up a few times and my edits were reverted... BUT I'M STILL TRYING, ANYWAY!! I'm not good at editing, thats why I don't do much work so far on pages other than my own. Plus I can't find anything to help with so if you look at my contributions, that's why mostly I've just edited this page. Once I'm better at things, I'll try to be more helpful." So, obviously, I'm still not very good at editing. I know that wikipedia isn't a social network, but mostly I'm jsut fixing my page and when I talk to people I'm usually thanking them for helping me or explaining something that I was having trouble understanding on wikipedia. ♥Tory~♥Amulet♥Heart♥ 18:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

It's allowed to ask qustions and talk about things about Wikipedia. If you have anything to say to my adoptee, please discuss about it on my talk page. What would it look like if an experienced editor would have a very bad looking user page? ;) My adoptee has 200 edits total on her userpage and user talk. You have 93 edits on user talk pages too, so please dont critisize my adoptee. Ilyushka88 (talk) 20:44, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I do not wish to discourage talk about Wikipedia, however a lot of communication seems nothing to do with Wikipedia. I am only concerned about too many people being concerned with trivial things that have no encyclopaedic purpose. I am aware that there is a certain amount of non-encyclopaedic networking allowed, but that should not be the sole purpose of being here. It is also true, my user page is non-existent, however I prefer it that way. Rapido (talk) 10:30, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

If you look at my contributions, you will see that I've been talking less and trying to help out more. ♥Tory~♥Amulet♥Heart♥ 17:48, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Excellent. Rapido (talk) 19:08, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Inappropriate external links

You have warned me [[3]]for inserting inappropriate external links, but you do not say where I have done this. Can you explain, please?

Johnbax (talk) 11:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, the article is John Wilcock‎. Rapido (talk) 11:54, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't get how these links are inappropriate. This is an article about a writer, and the links show where his work now appears, without which the article would be incomplete. This is surely legitimate practice. The article as you have left it omits the last decade of his career. Johnbax (talk) 12:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't very encyclopaedically written either, but it seemed to be mainly a promotion of the 'Ojai Orange' website. Rapido (talk) 15:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

The Ojai Orange website is not a commercial concern, so there would hardly be any point in 'promoting' it as you put it. Unlike Insight Guides, or Wilcock's Warhol book, or the Village Voice, all of which are (quite legitimately and encyclopedically) mentioned in the part of this article that remains, but which you don't appear to object to. I mentioned Ojai Orange for the same reason that Insight Guides are mentioned - because Wilcock writes there. It's hard to write an encyclopedia article about a writer without mentioning their writing, isn't it. If you have some specific criticism of the way I did this I will be happy to take it on board, but so far you havn't given one. I see you have now reversed someone else's correction of your last edit. Perhaps if you made the reasons for your interest in this particular article clearer, we might get somewhere. But then again, maybe this is not your intention. Johnbax (talk)