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Congradulations from Princess Rebel!!!

For being nice to Princess Rebel, you are officially one of her Wikifriends! Congradulations on being a WikiFriend of the most wacko, pokeynuts auzzie twelve-year-old you will ever meet!Princess Rebel (talk) 12:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

About the userbox - shweet! it's cool. i STILL haven't figured out how to make userboxes (i've seen the userbox page AND tried God knows how many times and I STILL am a dismal failure). Just a little point - I've added it onto my userpage, but I forgot to mention I am Korean Singaporean - Technically I AM Korean-Chinese, because my mum is a second generation Chinese immigrant to Singapore (confusing) so yeah, if you could change it whenever you ahve a mo that would be cool. Thanks, Princess Rebel (talk) 12:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem, that should be a quick fix... - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

my so called nonsense article

if your going to delete it fine but please do not pinpoint me with a vandal. --TheGreenGorilla (talk) 05:01, 3 July 2008 (UTC) look at my other contribs you will see...

sorry i was wrong --TheGreenGorilla (talk) 05:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I apologize... from the original edit summary, I thought it was a move that you had made up yourself... I was certainly not pointing you out as a vandal. There are several pages started each day that are not notable enough to be included, this does not automatically mean you are a vandal... I've removed the speedy and tagged it with the standard new article tags... happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

well thank you for seeing that i'am not a vandal...

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Vandal?

hey I think someone from this coffeeshop is doing some vandalizing. So this ip is not pesonal. I'll log on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.13.98.207 (talk) 18:55, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

no problem with that, signing in and having an account has a lot of advantages anyway... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:08, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Rural Letter Carrier

I've done most of the Rural Letter Carrier entry. More often than not, I don't like the alterations someone else makes to my work. That said, you are the exception to this rule. Nice job! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnny Spasm (talk • contribs) 14:21, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, sometimes I get bored and just go off and start reading random articles. You've got a pretty good article there... happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:14, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback granted

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback can be used to revert vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! –xenocidic (talk) 21:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I was about to post on RfR regarding the responses to the concerns I mentioned, but I wasn't able to, as the request got archived while I was responding. Anyway, I read the discussion, your answer, and also reviewed some other reverts of yours, and I believe granting you rollback was a good decision. My apologies for any trouble. Best wishes. Acalamari 21:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem, thank you... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Right, I didn't even see the RFR thread so sorry for not chiming in there. The reason I granted rollback was because he's a long standing user and I didn't see any complaints on his talk page about his actions. Since he hadn't used Twinkle there was no "identified as vandalism" edits to poke through. As long as he knows that rollback is only used in clearcut cases and undo (preferably with an edit summary) should be used in other cases, I'm sure he'll do fine. –xenocidic (talk) 00:57, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

No, I do everything the old way, no twinkle or huggle, and rarely even any undo... but thank you for the vote of confidence, and rest assured that I know rollback is strictly for vandalism... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Tagging of (SJ)

Please be careful in applying G1 (patent nonsense) to an article. This tag should only be used for articles that contain a load of gibberish (random strings of characters, etc.). It should not be used for articles with poor writing, impossible facts, hard-to-understand things, and so on. Let me know if you have any questions. --cremepuff222 (talk) 03:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

sorry about that, I changed to db-reason|WP:MADEUP... hope this clarifies the issue... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: The Darren Stevens edits

The reason they're angry at me is that, while they can change IPs to get around a block, they can't get around page protection so quickly—and I protected Darren Stevens. —C.Fred (talk) 04:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I know, I was the one to request the semi-pp a couple days ago when he first started adding himself... LOL - Adolphus79 (talk) 04:02, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Jackahuahua

I don't know why you have it out for everyone who uses this ip, but I don't want to edit war with you. I was merely trying to clean up an article Jackahuahua you had reccomended for deletion to give you a little faith for this ip block and all your recent problems with it. In my opinion a photo , plus several sentences, plus a quote from someone else is more then a 'photo', even though it might be less then a full expose on the breed. 204.108.8.5 (talk) 19:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

It seems funny that "everyone who uses this IP" just happens to troll my edits. Ever since I reverted the non-notable edit by Ahhbears, this IP has made 50 edits, and only 10 of those were not related to me or my edits/articles. I would believe that this IP was being used by more than one person if you could avoid trolling my recent edits and/or articles created for any period of time. This IP has been harassing me and my edits for almost 3 weeks now. I am willing to assume in good faith that you are not Ahhbears. I would also be willing to accept that more than one person is using this IP if you created an account instead of editing as an anon IP, and were to not show up on my watchlist for at least a couple weeks. - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry you've had such problems. I do think an account creation would be in order. Sorry if this got you upset. 204.108.8.5 (talk) 19:54, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Repost

I've been told that articles only qualify for csd as reposts if they've been deleted through afd. Something to do with the text in the tag being about there being an archived discussion? -- role^player 10:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I've used it before without issue, but reading G4 just now, it does say that it "does not apply to previsouly speedy'd material"... hmm... guess I'll have to stop using it for that... thanks for the heads up... - Adolphus79 (talk) 10:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Well it was just deleted for G4, so I guess not all admins are paying attention. -- role^player 10:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Starzik

Hello,

The article I was creating had been deleted twice. It is said that it's because I didn't mention the subject's importance. But I was actually doing it. What's more, I have difficulty to understand everthing is sent to me because I'm not very good at English. Can you explain me what happened and what can I do to create a conform article ?

Thanks

Starzik (talk) 11:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Certainly, I would first recommend you read the Wikipedia general guidelines regarding notability and specifically the guidelines regarding web content. You should also read up on verifiability. After you've done that, you should check out the links I provided you in the 'Welcome!' message at the top of your talk page. The basic information is that some of us don't think your website is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia based on what little information you provided. An option would be to make a userpage here, and work on the article (making sure you meet the notability and verifiability guidelines) before trying to add it to the actualy encyclopedia again. The userpage is not part of the actual encyclopedia, so you can write about yourself without worry of being deleted (take a look at my user page for example). Feel free to let me know if you need further help. Happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 11:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Statusing

I gather you want your status display to show those status'es with the LED display and such? You'll need to robbe the code from Template:Statustop and create your own. I think the best thing to do would be probably subst it into a user subpage of yours and then if you want I can eliminate a lot of the cruft that you won't need because it's your personal status thinger. –xenocidic (talk) 00:37, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Heh. Copy the code from User:Xenocidic/sandbox into a user subpage and it should work how you like it. later on I may decide to implement your idea of fully customizable status types. –xenocidic (talk) 00:51, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

yeah, that was the first try... I was halfway thru coding the new template myself when your second message popped up... awesome work, thank you... feel free to steal it back anytime User:Adolphus79/MyStatus... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:56, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Quinton catheter

I came across the deletion of Quinton Catheter (which you patrolled and tagged for deletion) while checking broken redirects (here, quinton catheter). I think we should have an article on this, or at least a redirect to catheter and the text placed there. We have articles on catheters at Category:Catheters. I will check with the deleting admin and then undelete (and maybe merge) if there are no objections. Carcharoth (talk) 11:50, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't have any objections, if I remember correctly, it was only deleted due to a lack of content. A redirect to catheter and a short section on that article is fine by me... - Adolphus79 (talk) 13:25, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

SPROOSE

Hi, i'd like to know why my page SPROOSE was deleted, I did it very similar to the mahalo.com page, in the same manner, with the same basic information.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbelaunde (talk • contribs)

It was deleted on the basis of G11. Basically, it read like an advertisement, with no claims of notability. - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:40, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I read the guidelines over and over again, however it is almost impossible to mention notable features without it sounding a bit like advertising like you say, though this is not the intent. I reviewed Mahalo.com, even google... and I seem to have written everything in a similar fashion. If they're allowed to stay why can't this one, I did it the same way and stuck to the guidelines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbelaunde (talk • contribs) 16:51, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I honestly don't remember your article word for word, but IIRC, there were not enough third party sources. Third party sources means having a newspaper article, book, etc. written about the subject. Google is notable and verifiable, everyone in the world knows what Google is, and there have been several books and news articles regarding it. I don't know about Mahalo myself, but there seem to be a good number of third party sources cited. Please check out the notability and verifiability guidelines.

If, after reading those two policies, you still believe that Sproose is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia, here's what I'll do for you. Go ahead and write/recreate the article in your userspace (a subpage of your user page, e.g. User:Mbelaunde/Sproose), and I'll take a second closer look at it. If it looks notable enough and verifiable, I'll try to help you restore it. - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Remember to sign your talk page comments with 4 tildes (~~~~), so we know who wrote it... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I see... I wasn't done with it, I definitely was not aware that I had to put all my third-party sources on my first edit, this is also my first article, and all this coding takes me a while, I'm not used to it. The guidelines specified that if my page was going to take a few edits to complete, to post an UNDER CONSTRUCTION at the top of it to let editors know the page wasn't done. I did that, but it still got taken out. I have more sources, I had posted 4, from newsweek, NY times, etc.

Please, put it back up, i will work on it this whole week, and have it ready. Thank you. Mbelaunde (talk) 17:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to try to put it up again, there's nothing stopping you from recreating the exact same article, but if someone comes across it and doesn't think it's "good enough", it could still be deleted again. A friendly hint, most editors (myself included) will build a page somewhere off the live part of Wikipedia (some even user Word or notepad), then once it's mostly done, put it live. I'd recommend the subpage of your user page per above (e.g. User:Mbelaunde/Sproose). If you do this, let me know when it's up and the link, and I'll help you with it. - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:15, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I will reword the original content and make it so it is as non-promotional as possible. I will repost it later and -hopefully- it is acceptable this time. Thank you for all your help Mbelaunde (talk) 17:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem, any time... happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:22, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, i know you're busy all the time, but if u got a chance, could you bring back the article on my subpage and read it? I just want to know which parts you think are unacceptable, and maybe I can take them out... I don't know where to start since like i said before, anything i write could sound promotional...

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.99.1 (talk) 06:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I can't. I don't have access to what has been deleted. You might check with an admin, I think one of them could do that... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:14, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Nikon F70

why did you delete my article on the nikon n70, it seems you have deleted alot of articles on this topic —Preceding unsigned comment added by Azsportpilot (talk • contribs) 02:15, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

not copyrighted, wrote by me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Azsportpilot (talk • contribs) 02:19, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

The information you added was removed because it is copyrighted material, which we can not allow to be used on Wikipedia. This is a violation of copyright, as explained in the message I left on your talk page... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:21, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. -- PenelopeIsMe 02:10, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Usurp request

Just had a look at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations#Adolphus79 → Adolph78. I see no problem with the usurping (yeah, he made edits, but they weren't valid in my opinion), but could you register a throw-away account? That will make sure that the account stays in your possession. Just a "Adolphus Temp" account or something like that, and then plug that name into the request. Thanks! EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

ok, so make a new account, and usurp Adolph78 with that new account? - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:57, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Ayup. Ordinarily this would be an issue, but since it's just a vandalism-only account we're talking about, you should be able to usurp it without an issue. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

thank you, I'll do that now... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

done... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Excellent. I'll probably be around on the 16th to perform the rename. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

thank you

thank you. my coworker says he does have account on here for a long time. i have a message on my page about it. thank you! ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by I said wat wat (talk • contribs) 22:42, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

no problem... happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Who's Up To The Challenge?

See if you can find my secret page (no cheating!) The Rebel's Gone Pokeynuts LOL 05:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

. - Adolphus79 (talk) 06:35, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Sock Puppet?

Dear Sir,

I logged onto wikipedia today and noticed you labeled my account as a sock puppet account. I noticed changes to and back to my original page then your label. I believe my account was hacked and even though I can't find any traces of vandalism besides this talk page vandal most admin are chasing, I'd appreciate if you'd contact me before doing that again. I'm working on a church of the firstborn project that is very important to me just like I'm sure all your edits are to you. Anyway, please let me know if I can do anything to help. Thank you. Learjetsuperkingairmechanic (talk) 19:27, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

the evidence of sockpuppety is here and here, not to mention the disruptive tagging here... if you are not the same user, why are you making the exact same edits? - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:38, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Sir, As I stated before we share the same IP address and I'm sorry for any edits this vandalizing fiend has made to wikipedia. I have respect and integrity and I'm 110% committed to my project. If you would like you can email me at chase.molloy@chickasaw.net or even call my home phone 580-272-7527 and we'll talk. I've changed my password and things seem to be in order now. I'm sorry for the confusion. I am a true good faith editor. I'll let the sock puppet label stand until you figure out what you want to do. Thank you for your time. Learjetsuperkingairmechanic (talk) 20:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I find it interesting that this project you speak of was all of 5 edits with this account, and that was 6 months ago, then no edits until two days ago, when the sockpuppetry started. Then, your edits today didn't start until one of the other puppets was banned. Not to mention [a bit of evidence of one of the other IPs used for sockpuppetry working on the same 'project'. Anyone with half a brain that looks through the contributions of each of the different IPs and users listed in the SSP report will see a common theme... I'm sorry, but there is just too much evidence against you for me to believe you are not the same user. - Adolphus79 (talk) 20:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, whoever is playing games needs to stop. I'll make a new user id then and better protect my password. Thank you. Learjetsuperkingairmechanic (talk) 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Strange edit on AN/I

I assume you didn't intend this revert of a CoolHandLuke comment - probably a software glitch. I've reinserted CHL's comment. :-) ATren (talk) 03:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

no, it looks like 3 or four editors hit submit at the same time and I was the loser of that fight, I was reverting the removal of the image... - Adolphus79 (talk) 04:03, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the homebrew - very refreshing! :-) ATren (talk) 06:16, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

no problem... happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:45, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Usurp

As per the usurp policy, we do not usurp accounts that have made edits. In case of a troll account, usurping the account is not needed. Troll accounts are created everyday, and the best solution is to let them be. If I approve such an usurpation, it would set a precedence where every person who has a troll account sets up a request for the usurpation of all those accounts. This would clog the pages, leaving those with genuine cases behind. In addition, bureaucrats are not too keen to create dormant doppelgänger accounts. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

That was all written after my request, so I'd ask for a grandfather clause (LOL)... but I'm not too concerned, so long as that username was blocked, I'm fine. - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:49, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/137.240.136.80

I saw your recent post, and would encourage you to email a checkuser with the details. Include a link to the above SSP case, and as much detail on the new accounts involving personal details. They'll be able to handle it without revealing personal information on-site, and can block the underlying IP addresses. - auburnpilot talk 18:53, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks... sorry about not responding, I guess your comment got lost in Xeno's null edits... I've left a message there, we'll see what happens... so far I've emailed OTRS, oversight, and 1 'crat so far about the situation and nothing so far... I also spent most of the afternoon on the phone with my troll's ISP... we'll see what happens over the weekend... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:41, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Someone has vandalized "West Germany" and "Second French Empire"

Hi, Adolphus! I don't know if you're an administrator (so please excuse me if not), but case yes, you must take an urgent look at West Germany and Second French Empire: someone has made the same vandalism on both of them, and it's not even possible access the page history to find out who did it. It seems they were simply wiped out and replaced by that vandalism. Best regards to you, and good luck to all of us, who work on en:wiki, Joao Xavier (talk) 00:57, 19 July 2008 (UTC) (from Brazil)

Both pages look fine to me, and I checked the page histories also. There seems to be some java based vandalism or a bug going around. Some users see this 'vandalism' and others don't. I think someone mentioned it could be a browser based error of some kind... There have been a few cases of this in the last couple weeks. Can you give me details of exactly what the vandalism was? - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:00, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Ruby Williams

Thanks for your help Adolphus with Ruby Williams. Can you let me know what else I need to do to get this listing in line with all the guidelines. Know you are busy and appreciate your guidance.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregorycromwell (talk • contribs)

Hmm... besides the already discussed notability concerns, I would say you should try to find more personal information about her (date of birth, place of birth, etc.). Also, an ISBN for the book, and a source for the award information. The one link you have looks like a blog, while this is good for information, it's not technically a "reliable third party published source", a published newspaper article or book about her would really help you get closer to proving notability. I would say that at this point, you've got a really good start, but try doing some deeper research and try to find some good sources, you're biggest issue at this point is that ever looming WP:N... You may also try talking to some of the people involved with Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts, they may have a better grasp on what would help you with this article specifically. I know the overall guidelines, and can give you generalized help and advice, but they may be able to give you specific help with an article about an artist.

P.S. make sure to sign your talk page additions with 4 tildes (~~~~), so we know who wrote it and when... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Compliments

Heh, funny. Although it's "Heloise", not Eloise. DS (talk) 03:23, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Eh... Heloise, Eloise, Bertha, Tom, Dick, Jane... wtf-ever... it got the point across... ;) - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:24, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

editor review

After looking over your contributions, it is apparent that while you have done nothing bad, your contributions have not made a significant difference. Most of your edits seem to be small and largely irrelevant tweaks or exclamations of internet memes. While this may be a good way for you to occupy your free time, of which you clearly have a great deal, it would be helpful if you were to take your contributions to another level.

The most beneficial way for you to do this would be to do some original research: I noticed you haven't done much by way of improving stubs and this is an area in which wikipedia could really use your help. Wikipedia doesn't need so many vandal hunters, bored teenagers with nothing helpful to contribute, or edit-count chasers. A number of your posts reflect that you are especially cogent and articulate, and as this is the case I hope that you will turn your energies towards helping to improve Wikipedia by improving existing articles, especially with respect to stubs.

Notepad47 (talk) 07:51, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

While I would normally be greatful for the review, I am slightly concerned by a couple things.

The first being that you only just registered today, and had made all of 2 edits before this one, why did you feel it necessary to immediately go about reviewing other editors before you have much experience yourself?

Secondly, this is an exact copy of a message you left on two other editors talk pages. Why did you feel it necessary to copy and paste such a message to multipule editors?

Also, I'll assume by your message that you have have either not read, or are unfamiliar with, No Original Research (one of the Big 3 policies of Wikipedia, the other two being Notability and Verifiability). This policy clearly states that Wikipedia is not interested in Original Research. Why then, would you recommend to other editors for them to add Original Research?

I can only conclude by your message that you in fact did not look through my contributions history. Could you please explain? - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, he/she's just practicing trolling (read somewhere it is considered uncivil to call some one a troll). See, what was posted on my talk page. So much do I regret responding to a possible troll on their talk page. Is calling a spam also uncivil if it looks a blatant copy-paste-handiwork on a cursory glance? Good, at least the review wasn't put on the actual review form (hope this won't prove to be WP:BEANS! Regards and sympathy. —KetanPanchal^taLK 21:32, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Is this civil enough? - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:29, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

If you make the same mistakes, you deserve the same criticisms. If you can't take the heat, get out of the oven. Don't ask for comments if you aren't prepared to handle them.Notepad47 (talk) 08:16, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I had read so much about trolls and vandals, but had never seen any troll up till now. But, now I'm so happy that I experienced trolling first hand. It's really brought some excitement to my otherwise mundane existence on Wikipedia. Finally, some one found me worthy of showering with such attention. Now, the only desire left is that my user page be vandalized once (at least, once). And, congratulations, Adolphus! You've got a bit customized review. Read very, very carefully the lines (not between them) of notepad's reply. There indeed is some difference between how he/she responded on my talk page and here. —KetanPanchal^taLK 21:58, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I've had more than my share of trolls, you can have some of mine if you want... as far as the differences go, the edits were made 15 seconds apart... there is absolutely no difference... I like your idea of striking his/her/its review on your review page though, I may do the same... - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:08, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

I have posted a general warning for his/her/its removal one of my comments from Nick Cooper' talk page. Incidentally, it seems Nick Cooper didn't get to go through my message as it was deleted before he could read it. The warning has been placed on Notepad47's talk page. As such am sleeping now. Wouldn't be able to reply for a day. Regards. —KetanPanchal^taLK 22:35, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for helping me out. --SkyWalker (talk) 19:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

no problem, let me know if it continues after the block... happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:27, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure. You are now added to my secret list of friends. :)--SkyWalker (talk) 19:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Morellia

Cool, thanks for the greeting, that wasn't a test, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nortix (talk • contribs) 19:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

It may not have been a test, but it still does not belong on the list if you can't pass Wikipedia's notability and verifiability policies. With no article or citations, it doesn't pass either. - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion policy and Adnan Koucher

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Speedy_deletion, which states: "Anyone except a page's creator may contest the speedy deletion of a page by removing the deletion notice from the page." In the case of Adnan Koucher, he is vice-chancellor of a university, and the article now includes a newspaper article about him and the title of a book he wrote. --Eastmain (talk) 23:35, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Conversation is continued where it originated... - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:44, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Help?

Adolphus, since you already stepped in on my talkpage, can you please check there and also User_talk:Shorty23sin#July_2008 here and mediate? This user seems to think it's wrong for me to delete his link from the article. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 06:00, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

been watching... he's gone so far as the help desk to try to report you, and it seems User:Darkage7 has already stepped in to mediate... I'd hate to seem BITEy and jump on him also... I'll keep an eye on things though... - Adolphus79 (talk) 06:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah, that wasn't there a minute ago. Thanks. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 06:04, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

np... good luck... ;) - Adolphus79 (talk) 06:05, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

speedy tags

Adolpus, Eastmain is perfectly right that anyone (except the author) can remove speedy tags. I did it for a long time before I became an admin, and, in fact, I think its good training for adminship. Only thing is that when an admin does it, it is less like to be protested, so when I do it now I say I'm an admin in the edit summary. DGG (talk) 16:35, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah... Eastmain and I talked about it, he pointed out that anyone other than the creator can remove the tags... I guess I had missed that line the last time I had read the page... duly noted... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Thank you...

You're very welcome. I just sent you an e-mail through OTRS, actually. Unfortunately, if you reply to that, the message probably won't get directly through to me. If you need me to rename/check other accounts, feel free to mail me directly. --Deskana (talk) 01:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I think everything is pretty much under control at the moment, the last couple things that needed to be done were those rename/deletes and the oversight at WP:UAA... I'll check right now to see if those diffs are gone... again, tyvm! - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to send you an email right now, if you don't mind... or I can PM you on IRC? - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Umm, okay

Yep, sometimes i find im at a loss for words as to what exactly to say concerning articles that need deletion. Can you clue me in? Love isNoobish 03:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

read WP:CSD, there is a set format for using these templates... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

List of micronations

What's your opinion on adding semi-protection for this page? I have already asked the administrator (User:Georgewilliamherbert) that added semi-protection last time but so far he hasn't replied. It would help seeing as IP addresses and newly created accounts constantly attempt to use this article for advertising their new micronations. Would you support semi-protection for this page? Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 14:53, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Definately, this page would be helped greatly by an indef semi-pp... I can help with the admin too if you need it, I've got a couple that would probably do it for me... BTW, you've done a lot of great work on both this and the main article, thanks... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for your help. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 19:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, seems the IPs are back again. I asked two admins if they could semi-protect the page but it seems they aren't replying (they must have seen the messages though, they have logged in since I placed them). You mentioned that you know a couple of admins that could help - could you please leave them a message on their talk page?

Thanks. ----- Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 12:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

The report I filed was declined but I don't agree with the assessment - I find that the user judged the case as too weak when in reality it is a problem that occurs multiple times almost every day, in fact it has come to the point where we can predict and expect it to happen. What do you think?

Here's the link: Requests for page protection ----- Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 16:09, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I left a comment, we'll see if it gets a second look or not... if not, maybe we'll try another route... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Seems that the request was declined again. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 16:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I noticed... but I think the anon edits have slowed down over the last couple days... we'll see if it picks up again, and I'll have someone take care of it... - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:05, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Lagoan Isles

Hi, the summary you wrote for the coat of arms was well written, actually it's more detailed than some of the other summaries I saw. The templates used in the article are also fine, and welcome to WikiProject Micronations. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 21:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I couldn't find a "National Symbols" classification, so I thought logo was the closest option... - Adolphus79 (talk) 21:42, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Dominion of British West Florida - perfect, the licenses and templates are all correct. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 10:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

British West Florida

I'm aware of the slab of content which I copied from the blog. Given the complex legal argument, and timeline that it describes, it's easier to keep it in WP for a day or so, while I rewrite the relevant section based upon what it says. It's certainly not intended to remain in the article for any length of time. Unfortunately WP had a very well written article on this exact subject, but it was deleted as a consequence of an AfD 2 years ago, so we're now having to recreate it from scratch. --Gene_poole (talk) 18:43, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

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Kenshin Holstein

Why exactly are you removing refences to the Empire of Somple? It is a legitimate micronation. [[1]], [[2]] or [[3]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by KenshinHolstein (talk • contribs) 12:30, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Because it fails notability and verifiability policy... 3 self published pages are not verifiable... it also has WP:COI concerns... - Adolphus79 (talk) 12:35, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

They are not self-published pages and the Somplenese Reich does not fail. You can email the President of Molossia and ask him if Molossia has a friendship with Somple. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KenshinHolstein (talk • contribs) 12:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

There is no point in lying, it's not like anyone can't click on the links themselves...

• Link 1, an article on another wikia that YOU created and did all the work too.
• Link 2, a FREEWEBS website that you put up yourself
• link 3, another wikia...

you really must read WP:V before telling me these are not self published... without third-party reliable sources, you fail WP:V, which means you probably also fail WP:N... - Adolphus79 (talk) 12:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I had a large part in helping and giving Chancellor Kenshin the sights through email but they were not created by only one person. Do not jump to conclusions. I agree that adding information about the Empire of Somple to other micronation articles was wrong but I think that the article on the Empire of Somple should remain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SompleGovern (talk • contribs) 12:56, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

The issue is mute now... your article has been deleted for failing notability and verfiability policy... There are no thrid party reliable sources... a couple self published wikia articles and your own website proves nothing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 13:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

AIV

Hi. I removed the report from AIV, could you please raise it at WP:AN3 instead? Cheers TigerShark (talk) 12:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

certainly, thanks... - Adolphus79 (talk) 12:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Maine State Route 228T

Just a quick question since you said you've driven on this route that you wrote an article about. Is it actually signed with shields that say 228T on them? Or does it have 228 shields with truck banners () on them? -- Kéiryn (talk) 02:53, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

bah... I'll check it tomorrow (meant to take pics this weekend also), I think it's 228 , but floodgap had it listed as 228T, so I thought that was MOS... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Generally, if it's officially known as a suffixed route (i.e. 228T), but it's signed and commonly known as a bannered route, the article should be named and linked as if it were a bannered route, i.e. Maine State Route 228 Truck. That being said, regardless of which it is, since it's such a short spur, it might be a good idea to merge it with the parent article, but it's more or less up to you which you think is best. -- Kéiryn (talk) 10:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to move the article wherever you think is best... here is a photo of the actual signage... I also got a photo of the 228/164 intersection signage if you think you can use it anywhere... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:39, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Dominion of British West Florida

A tag has been placed on Dominion of British West Florida, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

the Dominion of British West Florida is not notable nor is notability claimed. Like most micronations, this is the fictional creation of one individual with a website

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as an appropriate article, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is appropriate, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. PERSONAL NOTE: I like reading about micronations, and the article is well-done, but I'd be a huge hypocrite if I didn't move to have this deleted. Sorry. House of Scandal (talk) 22:47, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Not to be a whiny creator, I myself hate when someone complains about my CSD tagging of their blatently non-notable article, but I do believe that the Dominion is notable (at least notable enough to not qualify for CSD), and have replied on the article's talk page. - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:43, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Prods on gangster

I agree the sources are inadequate, but have you checked each one of them for better, at least in GoogleNews and--probably--in Lexis? Pls. respond on my talk p. DGG (talk) 01:10, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Bico Australia page updates

I'd like to improve the Bico Australia article so that it falls in line with wikipedia's requirements. Can you help me by letting me know what I should add/change? I think you marked the page as NN, I'm not really sure what that is. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josefpacific (talk • contribs) 20:57, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

It was tagged NN meaning non-notable. This means there is a concern that the subject of the article does not qualify under Wikipedia's notability policies (found here). If you can show notability, and verify that notability, then the article will not be deleted. Do not take offence to this, as there are literally thousands of articles created each day that do not qualify. If, after reading WPN and WP:V, you think you can improve the article, then feel free to do so. Happy editing... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:54, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Guess who?

It's always fun around here. User:Antandrus rangeblocked him; after all, he was begging. ;) Haha. Thanks for the backup! GlassCobra 05:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

not a large enough range, I think... might want to just PP your page... ;) - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Editing Hightstown High School notable alumni

I was not experimenting with the HIghtstown High School page. I was trying to add myself as a notable alumnus. To call that vandalism is a bit insulting -- I am one of the leading attorneys at the world's largest biotechnology company.

I am, however, new to editing Wikipedia, but I believe I got it correct. Please check my syntax below:

• Scott Bernstein, Attorney at Law and Director of Intellectual Property at Amgen Inc. <ref>[4]

Thank you, Scott

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