User talk:Seidenstud

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Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:17, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

See

See WP:AIV for how to get a vandal blocked. =D --mboverload@ 08:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

If you put {{subst:test5}} on a page, it comes up with text that says a user is blocked. If you put it up without actually blocking a user (which I'm guessing you can't do yet) it makes things confusing. Just for your information. Cheers, and feel free to ask me questions on my talk page. Mak (talk) 20:43, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, if a vandal is continuing to vandalise after a test4 warning, you should go to WP:AIV and report their IP address or username, and an administrator will look into it, and possibly block them for a period. You don't necessarily have to leave another message on their talk page, since if the other warnings didn't work, yet another template warning won't do the trick either. Cheers, Mak (talk) 21:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and also, usually warning templates are substituted with code, just preface it with subst: like so: {{subst:test}}. Mak (talk) 21:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Other

--Thanks for the notice. Will keep it in mind next time.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.81.123.252 (talk • contribs)

SLight reprieve

Kid just left a message on my talk, saying it was big sister playing up, on the user you just gave a T4 to 72.26.93.96

I'll keep an eye for now any more then any more I'll get it blocked.

Cheers Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 21:29, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

satan and serpent

You reverted the Satan page, putting back in the assertion that the Tanakh uses the term "satan" to refer to the serpent in the Garden in Eden. Since the Tanakh itself doesn't use the term "satan" to refer to the serpent, that seems like a mistake. Was it intentional? If so, could you discuss your reasoning on the talk:satan page? Thanks. Jonathan Tweet 01:18, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Drumaville Consortium

I have requested semi-protection here. ... discospinster _talk 14:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Artlex.com

Hi. I've been coming across some of your reversions to Artlex.com and agree there has been spamming of this site. However, it is not quite that straightforward and sometimes it has been already cited in a legitimate earlier edit. Then the "spammer" has actually made a useful edit to the link by inserting an anchor to the URL which means a user goes directly to the definition, rather than the top of the page where the definition is. However, you have reverted to the previous edit, which actually removes the anchor, but keeps the URL as in Catalogue raisonné.

On another occasion the "spammer" corrected a spelling mistake on Deesis and in your reversion you inadvertently reinstated the spelling mistake.

Some of the artlex.com links are useful such as the one in Apollo Belvedere, which showed the sculpture with and without a fig leaf. Your reversion deleted this. I have reinstated it.

The edit made to Cy Twombly was an improvement with a more appropriate description, but you reverted it to the inferior description.

I suggest that where the artlex.com link has been used by a genuine editor it is kept, and if it is then amended usefully by the "spammer", we should keep that amendment.

However, when the "spammer" has just inserted the link themselves it should be reverted.

The user contributions are here. I have been through all of these up to the current time.

I see that you are doing a good job, but I thought you would like to have these points brought to your attention.

Tyrenius 09:43, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Cool! Tyrenius 02:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Apologies

I'm sorry about that - I won't let it happen again. Thanks for pointing it out. Best.--Lo2u 16:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup Templates

I noticed that you recently applied an improperly formatted cleanup template. I have fixed the template, but felt I should tell you that it needed to be replaced. You can find a list of properly formatted cleanup templates here. Please note that it is never appropriate to substitute a cleanup tag.

Thank you very much for your contributions to Wikipedia. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Alphachimp ^talk 23:09, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Deletion discussion

• Since you initially marked the article for deletion, I thought perhaps you'd care to weigh in on the debate for the Matt Hollowell article. MisfitToys 20:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting for me

I was a bit too slow, it seems. I was trying to get the report for 67.49.28.88 in, but I had my hands rather full just catching all the vandalism! Again, thanks! BW52 08:59, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Help

Please take a look on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dora Venter (2nd nomination). --Haham hanuka 16:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

US vs. UK punctuation

I really recommend against changes like you made at Jean-Paul Marat, where you moved periods, etc., inside quotation marks rather than outside. This is a US/UK punctuation difference. It previously followed UK/Commonwealth standards; you converted it to US standards. Wikipedia MoS generally has no preference between US and UK/Commonwealth English. Changing things from one to the other is usually pointless at best, and liable to provoke anger from the "other side" at worst. This is especially the case when the change is in this direction, because the UK/Commonwealth contributors often feel outnumbered and outgunned. - Jmabel | Talk 18:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. You would not believe the number of edit wars we were getting over this a couple of years ago. - Jmabel | Talk 19:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Anabolic steroid

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AOL

Take point on this one. I'm going over to post on WP:AN/I. Alphachimp ^talk 06:36, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It's posted here. I hope you realize that you can just go off the photo page and the "what links here" section at the bottom. I have my firefox set to automatically refresh the page every 5 seconds, but I'm gonna hit the hay in a few minutes. Think you can take it? Alphachimp ^talk 06:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Crap. Well, it's not beyond people to clean up in the morning. Thanks for your hard work. Regards, Alphachimp ^talk 06:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Question and Suggestion

I noticed your photo of 168th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line). You ever thought of joining WP:NYCS? We could use a couple of good people taking photos of train stations (my photos totally suck.) Alphachimp ^talk 06:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

That sounds awesome. Thanks for joining. If you do have a chance (if you ever commute through it), get a pic of George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal. The article seems sort of lacking. Alphachimp ^talk 06:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Nikka Costa edit

I'm sorry if I'm addressing this to the wrong person, but I just recieved a message alerting me not to add an external link to a Nikka Costa fan site. If this message originated from you, I would just like to say that the site is not my own. I added the link because I found it by searching through the sites that are already listed as external links beneath the Nikka Costa entry, and I felt that this site was superior to at least one, if not two of the links given. I apologize if my addition does not meet with the standards or regulations of Wikipedia, but I feel that the link I added was of substantial interest and deserved to be included. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.133.10 (talk • contribs)

Bus Terminal

I agree, it's absurdly hard to get a good angle from street level, or anything less than from within a building, for that matter. The same goes for the Port Authority bus terminal. Your photo looks really good, considering the difficulties associated with trying to capture that architecture from street level. It's sure better than the photo we had before (e.g. none). Of course, I'm not trying to stop you from taking a better photo, but that would be really hard from ground level.

As for the 175th St. station, the line infoboxes state the next station north or south on each line passing through the station. So, for 168th St, for example, the next station north would only be listed the A train, but the next station south would be listed for both the A and the C train. I know it might seem a little counterintuitive at first glance, but it allows you to follow the flow of a train line (conceivably by clicking on each station down the line.) I hope that clears things up. Thanks a lot for your great work! αChimp ^laudare 23:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Forgot to mention, nice photo at 175 St. too. αChimp ^laudare 23:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Weird. I see what you're saying. Check out 14th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) and look South. West Fourth Street-Washington Square (New York City Subway) is a stop on the A B C D E F V, but none of them are listed at 14th St. Let's bring this matter up at WP:NYCS. I'm sure Larry V. has an opinion on this. αChimp ^laudare 00:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Posted. αChimp ^laudare 00:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandals

• Vandals such as Ian the Gecko and a bunch of anonymous IPs are trying to take over my User page. What should I do? Clan rHrN 00:10, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I am not taking over your user page. You are violating Wikipedia policy, and I was letting you know on your Userpage. I put it up for deletion. Ianthegecko 00:22, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Why do you suggest to delete the Pradip Somasundaran's Artilce

Pradip Somasundaran is a well known artist in the south indian music artist.He is well know in Kerala as "Mera Awaz Suno" winner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Azharttm (talk • contribs)

The place to make an argument against the deletion is Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pradip_Somasundaran. -Seidenstud 17:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Article : Pradip Somasundaran'

Hi Seidenstud,

I modified the article Pradip Somasundaran . check it up and say your comments. Rgds Jyothish Jothishkumart 08:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the note on image uploading and encouragement. Must fight "the Man" IE wikipedia's verification, NOR and NPOV Nazis who seem to take everything as a violation unless you've got like upteen billion references. However, they also seem to confuse Physics and Cultural anthropology, especially with regard to belief about physical processes (EDM in Space). Wikipedia doesn't care about truth of beliefs, only that they are documented. The belief about a physical process is NOT tantamount to a proof of its existence (despite anecdotal references in support). I'm only arguing for the belief or (concept) interpretation EDM i Space marked for deletion, since it's a central tenet of another belief system and has no article partaining to it. Anywho, thanks for the encouragment. Mgmirkin 19:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Current mac project collaboration

The current WP:MAC collaboration is Apple II family. Please devote some time to improve this article to featured status. — Wackymacs 14:00, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Baseball

Baseball

Greetings fellow baseball fan! I notice you've made edits to baseball articles and thought you might want to become a WikiProject Baseball member. Among other things, we've recently started an article improvement drive just for baseball-related articles at WP:BBAID. Please take a look and vote on an article or add one of your own. Once an article has been agreed upon, feel free to stop by and lend a hand in getting it to featured article status. Hope you can participate! —Wknight94 (talk) 02:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Clan rHrN Needs your Help!

• Some dude named Litereality keeps vandalising my page. I revert it, and there he goes putting it back in there. Is he that stubborn? Please help me, sir. Clan rHrN 11:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't think the addition of a meticulously-sourced, neutrally-worded and entirely truthful section to Clan's userpage constitutes "vandalism"; the true problem, in Clan's eyes, comes from the fact that it reveals some nasty truths about him that he'd rather have kept under wraps. Furthermore, he's not exactly an innocent himself; he's repeatedly removed comments that show him or his behaviour in a negative light (including but by no means limited to personal attacks) from his talk page, which I recently reinstated, on one occasion altered an article to fit his beliefs, maintains a list of enemies on his userpage, and appears to be using his userpage as a personal hosting/publishing site. Literality 12:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

spammer

You need to give a vandal some new warnings to block him. One from weeks ago won't do--at least with me. If you come across someone with an old "final warning", give them a fresh one and then report them if they vandalize afterwards. Best regards, Bucketsofg 04:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the mo justifies you in going straight to a final warning and reporting him on the next vandalism. (I'm not trying to be difficult, but if you want quick admin action on something like this, make it easy for us. When I get a report, I go to their talk page to see if they've been warned; then I go to their contributions to see if they've edited since the warning; then I go to the post-warning edit to see if it is indeed vandalism. That takes me 15 seconds if it's done right and then I can get to the next vandal on the list. Bucketsofg 04:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Do not contact Interactivate for now

You could get in trouble for doing this, even though it seems justified. I don't have the policies in front of me, but I know this has gotten some editors in deep trouble when the folks they report get fired. I wish I could remember what the policy was -- I wanted to get to you before you did anything.

I think something should be done along these lines, but I suggest you go first to WP:ANI and get others involved.

For what it's worth, I'm absolutely on your side -- I just don't want you to be the one that gets burned. --A. B. 18:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

This person has subsequently been blocked -- see User talk:63.80.97.254‎. I still think it's worth raising your question about Interactivate on WP:ANI, especially since this person is promoting a pretty dark organization, www.syndk8.com. It's not clear to me what his angle is -- he/she may be trying to either discredit Interactivate (by using that IP address) or get infatex blacklisted (by spamming it) (see Joe job). There are some people playing a complex game with spam and Wikipedia now -- see some spammer's comments (such as User:Jdevalkin these recent discussions:

• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#When useful sites spam Wikipedia
• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Google and Wikipedia share a common interest in combatting link-spam

Also see "Developing link-bait using Wikipedia".

I finally found that policy: Wikipedia:Privacy policy. I have seen a fairly high volume editor get permanently blocked for just threatening to reveal another editor's identity to her boss along with a complaint about her use of a company-owned computer on company time. There are provisions for doing this sort of thing -- see Wikipedia:Abuse reports. --A. B. 22:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem

Hello. I thought I could release the image to the Public Domain as I did some modifications to the picture using Microsoft Paint (removing some text, resizing the picture etc.), and because that is the same picture he used in public areas all around the country to publicize himself. Still, It doesn't really matter to me whether it is deleted or not, as I understand it is better to have a picture removed than to face some lawsuit because of copyrights. Greetings, Dalobuca 20:48, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

My photographs placed in the deletion que

Is there any reason I'm getting a hard time about my photographs of Highbridge Park? I find this copyright issue far too confusing. By the way, I see you are from WaHi. Have you ever been to that park? Isn't it amazing?

-futurebird 10:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Mild amusement

I've come to state that I find it mildly amusing that you don't consider a press release for a journalism award from Columbia University to be a "substantial story from a citable source". Isn't Columbia among the world's most prestigious journalism schools? Unfocused 09:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Padre Pio

Dear Seidenstud,

Thanks for reverting the vanadalism at the Padre Pio page. Yours, Savio mit electronics 04:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

New Subway Service Information table consensus at WP:NYCS

There is a new subway service table being proposed at the WP:NYCS talk page. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway#Subway Service Information and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway#Hybrid Icons for discussion details, then go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Subway#Subway Service Information table consensus to cast your vote. I really hope you vote support. Thanks! --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 01:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Daniel KEyes

It was edited for the fact that it had input "Michael Jackson" by someone, I didn't know whom he really did marry, and being new to wikipedia, wiped it all. Sorry if I did anything wrong! >< —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rtm2 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Since You've Chosen to Step In

Perhaps you can explain how to remove the libelous comments you won't allow to be removed from the User Talk Discussion Page assigned to me.

Either that, or refer me to the Legal Department of Wikipedia so I can have my lawyer contact them directly.

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.170.239.56 (talk) 06:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Milgram's picture

I mean, please! it's just a photo of the guy, for godssake, not that we scanned the cover of a big'n expensive journal or something, it's totally fair use. Let's just stick to the KISS principle, nobody's ever going to sue Wikipedia for that. Hmm... OTOH, I have to brush up on the fair use basics. Tout à l'heure! I mean, toodles! See!? haha okay, I'm done ranting. --Dennis Valeev 21:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Club of New York

Noticed you missed the Meetup in December 2006. I'm organizing stuff for the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Club of New York. If you'd like to get involved, keep updated, drop me an e-mail at cdthieme@gmail.com and I'll add you to the mailing list. —ExplorerCDT 21:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

About a template.

Hi. I just uploaded a picture (Image:Eugenioespejo2.jpg) but I don't know what template to use. It's an Anonymous oil painting. Thanks. Dalobuca 23:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I took that picture from a book, which is now included in the picture's description. I also agree that is quite old; perhaps it is not contemporary of Eugenio Espejo (18th century) but it could be from the 19th century. Greetings, Dalobuca 15:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

User Jaynekennedy

I removed both mine and their personal attacks from the Tiffany Limos delete debate page since they have nothing to do with the article, but they keep on re-posting them instead of posting them on my talk page like they should have. I am trying for once to be civilized but they refuse to listen. Perhaps they might listen to you. Warren85 18:46, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Music Venues

I noticed your interest in music and edits on certain venues. I wanted to invite you to join the Wikiproject Music venues. There are hundreds of articles on music venues, most of which are stubs and need to cleaned up. Feel free to invite others, especially because the project is very new. Acidskater 19:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Lastings Milledge

Good work keeping an eye on the BLP violations at Lastings Milledge. I will try to keep track of the article too and if necessary, block people who repeatedly add unsourced controversial information. Rhobite 22:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

There was nothing libelous that was put on there. Everything included had been cited. Maybe you are confused about the definition of libel? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BPS12345 (talk • contribs)

Perhaps there is confusion regarding the definition of "cited" (the edit in question) -Seidenstud 05:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Unofficial Nicknames

Hi Seidenstud. Thanks for your support on the Mets' talk page. I invite you to join in the discussion I have initiated here --BlueMoonlet 15:17, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Faust

Yeah hi. You're off the mark with [1] but I can see it could appear this way. The statement is pretty much verbatim from the Oxford edition's introduction. Unfortunetely the guy does not cite which scholars except to suggest it is mostly critics from the beginning of the 20th c. In any case I think it's reasonable just to cite the introduction in this edition. Can you provide me a link to a guide to making citations on Wikipedia - conventions templates etc. Thanks, Leonig Mig 17:39, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link to the citation template - I will sort that bit out. Here's the thing about Faust though- the whole story is epic and fantastical and when you get to the end it just goes plain weird. The ending it noteworthy in that it goes completely against the original legend. I think a lot of people stuggle to understand or make themselves feel comfortable with the ending of part II - it's almost immoral! The way the Oxford edition conveys this is by saying that historically commentators have found it "glib". I think I can come up with a better way of conveying this (cited if necessary) but I do think it is important to include in an encyclopedia article on this subject. Thanks again. Leonig Mig 09:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

life

u have no life — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.203.136.247 (talk • contribs)

in a way, u r rite. -Seidenstud 16:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Emerson page

Images have all the correct permissions, approvals, etc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ernest_Emerson.jpg

Please read before you delete them, especially from a featured article. --Mike Searson 22:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

No problem! And I do appreciate the help with the disambiguation link to the Punisher Film! --Mike Searson 22:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Smile!

WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

-WarthogDemon 02:40, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Joe Hill

Just wondering why you removed link to Luke Kelly version of the Joe Hill song you cite WP:EL which says ;
Linking to YouTube, Google Video, and similar sites There is no blanket ban on linking to these sites as long as the links abide by the guidelines on this page (which would be infrequent). See also Wikipedia:Copyrights for the prohibition on linking to pages that violate intellectual property rights. Thanks. BigDunc 11:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

	Happy Birthday	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Seidenstud a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

LizzieHarrison 13:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:X-cops-you have the right to remain silent.jpg)

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Flickr Review

I am, in fact, the same person as Commons Seidenstud -Seidenstud 04:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

request for comment on Hugh Hefner

Please take the time to go to Hugh Hefner's talkpage [2] and respond to the request for comment on what jerrygraf is trying to add that does not belong on Hugh Hefner's page, but belongs on PEI's, as well as the part I deleted is ment as a "controversial comment on the biography of a living person"Rogue Gremlin 04:24, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

New York City Meetup

New York City Meetup Next: Saturday November 3rd, Brooklyn Museum area Last: 8/12/2007

The agenda for the next meetup includes the formation of a Wikimedia New York City local chapter. Hope to see you there!

AMNH tour

We need to get a preliminary head-count for the AMNH tour happening before the meet-up. If you think you would like to go, please sign up at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#AMHN tour sign-up. Thanks! ScienceApologist (talk) 02:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Mao

Your edit on Phil Ochs was totally correct - I am forever amazed that people change direct quotes without thinking twice. Tvoz |talk 06:17, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Image:Seidenstud.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Seidenstud.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 19:46, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Vote for a post-meetup restaurant

I'm charged with making the reservations for us, so let's make it official. We'll do this via voting and everyone including anonymous voters, sockpuppets, and canvassed supporters is enfranchised. Voting irregularities and election fraud are encouraged as that would be really amusing in this instance. Please vote for whichever restaurant you would like to eat at given the information provided above and your own personal prejudices at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Let's make it official. The prevailing restaurant will be called first for the reservation. If a reservation cannot be obtained at the winning restaurant, the runner-up restaurant will be called thus making this entire process pointless. Voting ends 24 hours after this timestamp (because I said so). ScienceApologist (talk) 17:19, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

New mailing list

There has been a mailing list created for Wikipedians in the New York metropolitan area (list: Wikimedia NYC). Please consider joining it! Cbrown1023 talk 21:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

You are invited!

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday March 16th, Columbia University area Last: 1/13/2008

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

Well also make preparations for our exciting Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, a free content photography contest for Columbia University students planned for Friday March 28 (about 2 weeks after our meeting).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

You're also invited to subscribe to the public Wikimedia New York City mailing list, which is a great way to receive timely updates.
This has been an automated delivery because you were on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 03:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Rafael Correa article correction

Hi!

I want o know why my correction to designate the FARC as a terrorist group instead of a leftist rebels was reversed? Is any wikipedia policy?

From the FARC page in wikipedia:

"The FARC is considered a terrorist group by the Colombian government, the United States[1], Canada[2] and the European Union.[3][4] Cuba and Venezuela instead refer to the leftist rebels as “insurgents”.[citation needed] "

Why did you reversed the terrorist designation if only 2 countries avoid calling them terrorists?, and theres even lack of citation on this 2 countries doing this

This is my first correction, want to know why it was not taken into account.

Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daraper (talk • contribs) 00:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Status at WP:NYCPT

Hello. I've noticed that you have registered as a member of WP:NYCPT. Please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation/Participants and add or correct you status as an active or semi-active member, as well as if you are an admin, whay projects you work on, and a sample of the work you do in the NYCPT scope. Thank you. —Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 15:56, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Thong

Sure. If you look a bit deeper into the page history, you'd see that this section was removed with a summary that stated it can be reinstated when it's better referenced. Which is not reason enough to remove an entire section without discussion unless there's objectionable or highly dubious material in it. In this case neither seems valid. It's just plain unsourced, and tagged as such. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 09:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday June 1st, Columbia University area Last: 3/16/2008

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, elect a board of directors, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

We'll also review our recent Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event, and make preparations for our exciting successor Wiki Week bonanza, being planned with Columbia University students for September or October.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

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RE: Civility

Sorry? Sometimes I can't control myself when dealing with idiots on wikipedia. There's a lot of them, no doubt. I'm mostly civil even when running into blatant vandals or people who just want to bring down wikipedia, etc. But sometimes...there's just somebody so stupid that comes along trying to espouse their views on others and won't accept, "no," for an answer. That's where the bitchslap comes in. You gotta just slap 'em a little with your words and wake them up. Y'know? Smell the daisies or w/e. Because some people don't learn. They want you to accept what they say when they have no proof, no sources and worse, no logic behind their reasoning. So sometimes I just say, "Hey, stop. Calm down for a second. Ok? You're an idiot and you need to realize it and stop. So we can all get on with actual shit that matters." If you didn't guess it by now, evrything I've just said was intended to be humorous (albeit true to some degree). Nice Manowar shirt. Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 20:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Your Patrick Ewing photo

Any chance he actually made that freethrow? Anyway, thanks for scanning an older image and uploading it. So much of our stuff is newer digital images that it is great to see something from back in the day. y'american (wtf?) 18:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

DRV of an IfD

I'm advising all participants in the IfD discussion for the Image Indiana Jones and the Cross of Coronado.jpg that a subsequent DRV was filed here. Your participation is welcome. Dreadstar † 01:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Second Annual WikiNYC Picnic

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Torchwood logo transparent.png)

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A&F

I do not recall uploadign that Image! It must be a technical error or something because I would have known that that is obviously not a User crated image. - Hpfan1

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Seidenstud. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!-- ~~ ĈĠ ☺ Simple? 01:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

A&F Image

Yeah, I see although I do not know how did place that image their becaues it has been there since 2007. It has been a really long time and it is strange how all those constant editors who go into the A&F article did not bother to notice this. In so saying, it perfectly illustrates what the section it is found in talks about. Nevertheless, you are right. It may be a good image but...ohh those tags! Well, all I can say is that I do not know. I believe that it is a technical error for my name to be on this image because I thought kudos for the person who placed that image there. In fact, the person had originally placed it in soem random section. So I went in and moved it to its current spot. IDK1 Why don't you take this little discussion to the Discussion tab and see what happens. If it has to be deleted, then "boo hoo" but whta can one do?

Happy B'Day. :> No one gave m esomething like that on mine :< -- User:Hpfan1 talk 20:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism and you

Hi! Thanks for reporting vandalism to AIV! Just a quick note on IP addresses; most often, an IP address is shared between many people, or is dynamic, meaning that it rotates through a network provider's clientbase every so often. For this reason, blocking an IP indefinitely requires extreme circumstances. I hope that makes sense, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 05:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

What happened here?

I can see the mentioned dab fixing, but look lower in the diffs. Were you using some tool that might've goofed? (I'm kind of down on tools) I noticed somebody trying to fix it today - whoops, they didn't understand - fixed. Shenme (talk) 23:23, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Grrrrrrrrr!

Why did you revert my edit [3] to Wilson School District? Adding information is not vandalism as long as it's correct. Maybe you thought I was adding nonsense, but take a walk to the school bus lot near the Wilson Southern Jr. High and Cornwall Terrace Elementary School, and you'll see what I mean. And why are you using pop-ups? That really irritates me. --Amanda Thomas (talk) 02:52, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, thanks for your message. I just wasn't sure which warning templates to apply. I am most willing to assume good faith in all cases, it's just that when I see edits like [4] ("Get <such-and-such film> at the online DVD store..." framed as a "References" section), it just says "spam" to me! 131.111.223.43 (talk) 03:15, 30 October 2008 (UTC)