User talk:Daniel Case

Hi, welcome to the tenth volume of my talk page.

School Ip Block

I am useing this account from a school computer. The Ip adress is blocked, but my account is not. The Ip adress of miami dade is blocked. DanSand (talk) 14:15, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you edit any page but this? Daniel Case (talk) 14:39, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

I can not edit any other page than this.DanSand (talk) 12:12, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

From the school, anyway (did you post the message to me from home?). We need to know what the IP address is ... maybe we can soften the block to let you edit from the school. What does the message say from the school IP? Daniel Case (talk) 10:24, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

The IP address from school is 168.221.143.68. The message form school said that the IP address is blocked and it does not allow editing from that IP address. I can only message you from home. The school ip adress is blocked from all types of edits execpt, the usar's talk page. DanSand (talk) 13:48, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Hart-Cluett Mansion

On 9 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hart-Cluett Mansion, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 11:11, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I figured it's about time you scored a pic spot ;) Gatoclass (talk) 11:11, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Cannon Building (Troy, New York)

On 10 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cannon Building (Troy, New York), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 10:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Asgardian, again

Neither are acceptable responses especially the reply to you (as an uninvolved admin who is only helping out after a request for help was made).

As the reply is to you I suppose it would be better if you asked another admin to look it over just to avoid any chance there might be suggestions of you not being unbiased when it concerns a direct reply to you. I know it ropes someone else in but that is unavoidable. (Emperor (talk) 11:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC))

Have you not read the reply I posted on my talk page to the question you asked me last month?

The reason why I chose the username "I Hate Pat, I Hate Pat, I Hate Pat And His Stupid Old Cat" was because yet another new series of Pat started on the day I joined, and I really think he should be axed because he has been on since 1981! If you look at my userpage, you'll see that I have written a parody of his theme song! I Hate Pat, I Hate Pat, I Hate Pat And His Stupid Old Cat (talk) 12:11, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Fashions

Template:Infobox Fashions has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:30, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Sharpesoft

thanks. I really tried above and beyond to steer him in the right direction. His company might even meet the notability guidelines for inclusion if he's only stopped for a while and read some of the links he was given. --GraemeL ^(talk) 22:53, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Survival of the Shawangunks

I just created this uniquely Hudson Valley article today and was wondering if you'd be willing to assess it. I also nominated it for DYK. To disclose fully, after I started it I discovered the less-well-named and less-informative SOS triathlon article. However I thought about it and decided that if I couldn't find it by searching the first time, neither could anybody else, so I redirected it to the new page in a bold fashion. Don't know if that makes it ineligible for DYK, but I figure telling the DYKing what I did will cover that angle of it as well!--otherlleft (talk) 01:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Hudson Valley/DYK

Just wanted to make sure you knew about Wikipedia:WikiProject Hudson Valley/DYK, which User:MBisanz created a while ago. I try to keep it updated, but if possible, could you add the ones that I miss? Thanks, –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 16:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey there Julian, thanks for the tip! Not that it was directed at me, but I already updated it.  ;)--otherlleft (talk) 22:03, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Request to have my DYK nom looked at

Bonjours M. Case,

I posted a DYK re: Béatrice Bonifassi on Nov 8th and it seems that all the other noms from that date have comments except for mine. Since some of the articles I have referenced are in French, I figured I'd see if you could look at it, given you have an intermediate knowledge of the language.

Merci bien -- Marchije (talk) 18:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Je vous remerci! -- Marchije (talk) 19:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

My comment about Blade Runner

Say, that's pretty interesting; I didn't realize Blade Runner was so often used for such comparisons. The article certainly illustrates several instances as well, though it seems to emphasize the video documentaries. Thanks for letting me know; I had no idea I was culturally in-tune. :-) Matt Deres (talk) 00:37, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Check your e-mail

Thanks!--Pharos (talk) 10:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Troy, New York)

On 14 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Troy, New York), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 13:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

User TheWhiteBiatch

Just FYI. The user blanked their talk page to erase your notice, which I reverted. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I was just mentioning that as the message was erased no one really could engage them in dialogue about their user name. Anyhow, It's sorted regardless due to your continued vigilance, so cheers anyhow :) Nja247 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

64.18.144.132

Edit conflicted with you declining the unblock of 64.18.144.132 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). That's the second one I've seen in short order. They were both web servers in data centers (almost certainly with compromised admin panel access) being used as open proxies. --GraemeL ^(talk) 23:16, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I have tagged the page as such. Daniel Case (talk) 23:18, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

71.243.223.66

The moment the block expired, 71.243.223.66 (talk/contribs/block log) came back and is doing the exact same things to Talk:Kodocha and Kodocha - deleting talk page documentation and rebuttal of his behavior, deleting or discombobulating anything in mainspace he perceives as negative, and adding personal-blog-style commentary such as "At Last Sana and Akito are Together again How Long They Stay Together Is Not Told But We Can All imagine What Happens Will Be Handled By Both of Them......Together..."
It's possible that some of his edits could be perceived as being within AGF, albeit with an extremely poor command of adult English. But they're almost all detrimental, and I'm not keen on trying to sort through them while he's actively engaged in vandalising the pages. arimareiji (talk) 05:17, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your intervention. I'm about to head off to work, so I don't have time to sort through and find any salvageable material. I'll do so when I get home, but almost invariably his edits since Hexachord were unhelpful at best. arimareiji (talk) 06:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

User: Leighton International

Hello, I see that you have blocked? this editor(s) Leighton International and Leighton Int account. What is WP policy on reverting edits made by this editor?, should all edits made by this user be reverted? See Leighton Holdings & Thai Leighton Regards Surfing bird (talk) 02:11, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, I take it from what you are saying, its fine for a corporation to edit an article about itself as long as that edit is non controversial? Surfing bird (talk) 05:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Torturegardens

I realize that the user in question already has a block review template on their page, I would just like you to review your own block for a moment, considering things. Your template says that the user is a sockpuppet account of a previously blocked user. As to my understanding, sockpuppeting is only not allowed if it is used to disrupt, and as far as I can see, this second account was not used to disrupt, and was only created because the user had forgotten his or her password. Secondly, the original user was never blocked in the first place. I hope that you do not take offense at this.— Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 12:34, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Readability

Daniel, here is the tool I mentioned at the meetup for readability: http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/readability1.4.py?page=The_National_Conference_Center MBisanz ^talk 12:41, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Bylaws process (ending December 1)

Per discussion at the November 16 New York City meetup, bylaws will be decided on-wiki with a deadline of 2 weeks to complete the process. Please read the proposed bylaws, and comment on them before the process ends on December 1. Thanks for participating!--Pharos (talk) 22:12, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Dick Sargent

Actually, Sargent's dead, but I'm certain the intent of the name was to use his anyway. Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 07:40, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Greenville Presbyterian Church (New York)

On 18 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Greenville Presbyterian Church (New York), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 11:26, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Bridges and River County Cats

Recently I have seen some editors adding Category:Bridges in New York and Category:Bridges in Ulster County, New York to the same article, same thing with Category:Rivers of New York and Category:Rivers of Ulster County, New York. I have raised questions at WT:WikiProject_Rivers#Category:Rivers_of_Ulster_County.2C_New_York and WT:WikiProject_Bridges#Bridges_in_X_County about the desirability of the child/parent combo in these cases, since, if extended to all counties in the state, the child cats would exhaust the parent cat. I belatedly figured out that the county cats in question were created by you, so I thought I should let you know.

Actually, in the case of rivers, I think the county cats are probably a bad idea per se, which would make the parent/child issue moot in that case. The bridge county cats seem fine as cats-- I'm just not sure we should duplicate. Anyway, I will look forward to your views.

BTW, am I the only one driven crazy by the Bridges-in/Rivers-of difference? Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 16:25, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

With bridges, the thing is that wp:Categorization_and_subcategories suggests that duplication is usually to be used "when the subcategory is not part of a complete categorization scheme for members of the parent category. For example, actor Marlon Brando is in both Category:Best Actor Academy Award winners and its parent Category:Film actors." But if we create a complete set of Bridges in X county cats, then the county cat assignment will be exhaustive, suggesting that duplicate cats should not be assigned.

The note in WP:BRIDGES#Categorization about duplicate cats is, I think, talking about nonexhaustive cats, similar to the Actors/Academy-Award-Actors situation, like Toll Bridges, and Suspension Bridges.

Since we presently have only two Bridges in X county cats (Ulster and Orange), and one Rivers of X county cat (Ulster), now would be a real good time to settle both issues. -- Mwanner | Talk 17:53, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanx lots

Thanx mister daniel case for takin my blocke off.I got punished cuz owen sanders told the admisiter that i waz breaking stuff in the enyclopeda & he made my pg red & it waz red & stuff.It got blockede & then i could do nothing.i waz bad onece & said a bad thing for jessica simpson & the other admister punished me.Im being good now. Pleese make owen sanders stop picking on me.Im scared of him.Eddie Wood (talk) 01:27, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

UAA query

Is it best to wait to engage a user on their talk page until they've done at least one edit? Thus if the name potentially is a vio but has no edits should one use the "wait until edits tag"? Just looking for best practice on this. Thanks. Nja247 (talk • contribs) 11:49, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Piracy in Somalia

OK I see what you mean. It seems though someone has dealt with it but I'll keep it in mind in the future. Nicknackrussian (talk) 20:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Slemcal1

Heya. I'm thinking of unblocking, but of course I'll ask you to support/raise concerns first. Here's the page. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 04:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Its better not to unblock him/her because he keeps on making new accounts aside from Slemcal, Slemcal1 also created this account, Samsterzai which is now blocked and even if you unblocked him still he will not changed and still he will stil put fannish statements on Sam Concepcion, its better not to unblock him anymore. Its my opinion! Wynchard Bloom ^{contact me}_{My work} 04:33, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

If you could comment on this ASAP so we could get him unblocked (depending on your input) you'd be my hero. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 21:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Uncivil Edit Summary

Hi. I think this Edit Summary, in which User:RetroS1mone said to me, "what part of do not modify don't you understand" and accused me of "promoting blp violations" (even though the note I placed was done on the instructions of Jimbo Wales and MastCell), was clearly uncivil, and could've been worded more politely. If you agree, could you address the matter? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 04:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

If it Jimbo indicates to me that links to the removed versions were not wanted, then that's fine. My issue is with the manner in which Simone disregards the Civility policy. Jimbo is more than able to clarify any misunderstandings on my part of his instructions without the obnoxiousness exhibited by Simone. Nightscream (talk) 19:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Daniel thank you for trying on clarifying this problem. Nightscream refuses to talk to me, that is not how we work together at Wikipedia. I am sorry when you think my edit summary was abusive, it was just, I am very exasparated Nightscream keeps intervening in a very very simple matter, very very easy to interpret policy, again and again. It was not a mistake Nightscream linked to the blp violation, it is Nightscream's on-going disagreeing on blp policy.

There is a fringe group called AIDS denialism, mostly like thirty or forty people who are full time activisits in it in the world, they say HIV and AIDS are not real. They have a message board on MSN and I watch it and some from my friends watch it bc now or then they have a campaign to sabotage WP. They did it in this spring, that is when I first became editor, they did it again in last weeks. They try putting on false claims about HIV and AIDS and on smearing good scientists like Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier. They do not use sources, when they do it is stuff they publish themselves.

November 4, one of them goes to Robert Gallo, AIDS denialism, adds this stuff, it is what Jimbo is talking about when he says "RetroS1mone did the right thing, clearly. Wikipedia is not a place for people with ranting agendas to come and smear people they don't like." and also "Treating angry lunatics as if they are worthy discussants devalues people who really are worthy. Allowing vicious insults and/or rants from lunatics to stand, as if they need to be responded to on an equal footing with thoughtful objections, makes Wikipedia a less noble place"

So I see this stuff, for me it is not worth any thing bc of, WP:SPS, WP:SOAPBOX, WP:BLP, WP:TALK all kinds. I know what the source is, it is from a full time AIDS denialist that publishes her own stuff on the internet and made a "publishing company" to publish her one book. Total Talk page violations, it should just get deleted, this is a mean angry person trying to disrupt Wikipedia. So I remove it just like WP:BLP and WP:TALk says, I inform every body like User Verbal and Someguy1221 about why, I even said to the IP editor why it was.

Then Nightscream restores the whole thing w/o an edit summary. WP:BLP is very very clear, burden of proof for sources is on people that add or restore blp stuff. So what Nightscream does was a blp problem, Nightscream did not look up the sources, did not look at the false smears, just restored it. BC Nightscream thought BLP does not apply on talk pages, Nightscream said that later. I showed Nightscream they were wrong quoting the BLP policy, they were rude and dismissive of me and said, well do you know all the policies by heart? Well no i don't, but I also don't make big edits when I am not sure about a basic policy. That is what Nightscream did. Nightscream still did not understand the BLP policy bc they put examples in a long comment at Jimbo's talk page, where they say potential blp violations should get discussed even when there is not a source before you do anything with it. That is just wrong there is nothing in BLP about doing that.

I apologized very much when Nightscream said I was incivil, Nightscream never accepted my apologies. Nightscream said they wouldn't talk to me again. Nightscream went to Jimbo Wales. Jimbo said I was right. Jimbo said Nightscreams interpertation of censorship was "odd." Jimbo also said a way to handle stuff like this in the future would be deleting the stuff and leaving a note. Jimbo did not say, "hey nightscream pls leave a note there." But Jimbo also said I did the right thing and SheffieldSteel did the right thing deleting or refactoring. Well I had all ready left a note saying blp violations were deleted, SheffieldSteel left a note like that, and MastCell closed the discussion. So a week later Nightscream goes to MastCell talk page and says they want to leave a note, MastCell I do not know if they knew my note and Sheffields were there, is like, ok, whatev, but keep it short. Nightscream puts a paragraph in the discussion that says do not modify and they link to original blp violations. Well in mean-time, the IP editor was banned. They made an account call Whereistheproof and put the password on their AIDS denialism MSN group and made socks. The IP was a proxy server they were all using to get around recognition, put rants on WP, stack AFD voting. They kept trying on adding this same blp stuff at Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier and AIDS deniallism.

So what I will do in the future is this, I will try be more polite, but I think linking a blp violation is promoting it, want to or not, delibarate or not. I also want Nightscream to understand BLP better, that is a main policy here, it is bad when administrators do not know it and restore and then link to violations. I am happy talking to Nightscream even tho Nightscream keeps calling me "obnoxious" and things, I think we need to talk and work together on WP, and I am not having a personal problem, I just want policy to get understood and followed. May be Nightscream can get a mentor on blp, is that a good idea?? Thx, RetroS1mone talk 00:36, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Catskill Escarpment

On 21 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Catskill Escarpment, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 18:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Making sure

Since you work UAA a lot, just making sure you know that Bots must be approved by WP:BAG. Only approved bots can have "bot" in the username. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:10, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

OK — Rlevse • Talk • 14:24, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Jak3m copyvio machine

Hi. Jak3m (talk · contribs) the non-stop copyvio machine is at it again and isn't going to stop any time soon. JBsupreme (talk) 15:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

• The same would apply to AALIYAH2014 (talk · contribs) who is apparently an enthusiastic fan but does not have a handle on our fair use policies. JBsupreme (talk) 09:51, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

DYKproblem template

I left a message at Template talk:DYKproblem regarding the problem with the signature in it (and then after I left it I realized there's probably nobody other than me watching that page, so I doubt I'll get any answers). Anyway, if you're good with template syntax maybe you could take a look. I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is, so if we can't fix it maybe a better solution would just be to remove the signature part from the template and sign messages manually when using the template (as you've been doing). —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 01:40, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Fatal!ty

Hi there. I note you unblocked User:Fatal!ty a couple of days ago, I regret to inform you he has been re-blocked per this discussion. As the unblock was so recent, I thought it prudent to give you a heads-up. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:08, 23 November 2008 (UTC).

if another indef is needed, I'd appreciate if you do it instead of me--since he claims his deletionism as a reason and my tendency in the other direction is well-known, I'd like to avoid any possible wiggle-room for a claim that what I did might be so motivated. I was reluctant to do even the short block, but I though it urgent, since he was continuing at the very time. DGG (talk) 21:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, don't sweat, I was initially convinced he was just a clueless good-faith editor at first too. No need for feeling terrible! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:07, 26 November 2008 (UTC).

DYK Nomination

Podaxis

• ... that species of the mushroom genus Podaxis are used as face paint in Australia, and to help heal wounds in Mali? -- new article self-nom by Sasata (talk) 00:26, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

• ... that fungi in the genus Podaxis are often associated with termite mounds? New article, Nom by Imperat§ r^(Talk) 00:01, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

(Alt)... that the fungi Podaxis is often used for face paint by the Australian Aborigines? Imperat§ r^(Talk) 00:12, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

And yes, before you ask...it has been more than 6 hours. :D Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 02:28, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Reply: Yes, it is a hook which no-one reviewed, which is the primary reason I bring it to your attention. Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 14:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Just added an external reference; do you want to review it? BTW, I'll be going now, so I'll reply later. :) Cheers. Imperat§ r^(Talk) 15:12, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Request to unprotect User talk:Chanakyathegreat

Hello, could you please unprotect the page talk of the user Chanakyathegreat?

I just that I want to give him a barnstar for the great work he did at the Ships of the Brazilian Navy article. EconomistBR 19:34, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for accepting my request, I've already awarded him the barnstar. I am done.EconomistBR 19:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

ban discussion

I saw your ban proposal on ANI.

I have some interest in the ban topic because more than a year ago, I was banned (blocked as a sock of a banned user). Both the administrator calling for the ban and another administrator have told me that they don't believe that I am a sock. I was called a sock simply because someone thought that I was opposed to the proposed ban. I was not opposed to it but simply thought that the offense should be cleared spelled out and not just a "I don't like you ban". It took months to get unblocked. The wisdom of unblock has been proven by over a year's worth of good editing.

I haven't looked at the ban proposal much but I've started to think if the current definition of bans are overly harsh. People, especially teens and young adults grow and mature. Wikipedia will likely be around for many years. Should a ban be limited to 1 year (a common maximum by ArbCom), 3 years, another term? What do you think?Chergles (talk) 16:14, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Hoax articles

Thanks for the message. I actually had no idea what to do in with this case. It's obviously a fake page. I tried nominating it and for whatever reason couldn't get any of it to work. I'm still kinda new with a lot of the things on here. Basically this person started a page about themselves to justify adding themselves into a list elsewhere. Completely asinine. If you could help that would be great. DX927 (talk) 03:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Deleted the hoax article? It seems to be still up. Unless you were talking about something else? Thanks again for the help with this. DX927 (talk) 03:24, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much again. Sorry for all the trouble. DX927 (talk) 03:33, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Charles G. Boyd

Hi Daniel. It doesn't seem clear which of the three hooks of Template_talk:Did_you_know#Charles G. Boyd are approved. -- Suntag ☼ 21:26, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. -- Suntag ☼ 23:26, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Pics

Don't you think the terrorist Pics are you have added are copyrighted. How can the User on Flickr be trusted. Seems he has copied it from newspapers. Kensplanet^Talk_{Contributions} 14:54, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I've seen them both floating around the media yes and the flickr streams show no evidence of self authorship.Geni 15:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I remember seeing those pics in news channels. Is it possible for anyone to get the image of a terrorist with a curfew imposed. unless he's a professional photographer working for a news chaneel. Kensplanet^Talk_{Contributions} 15:07, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, I thought a professional photographer wouldn't put out something so grainy. The burden is on both of you to provide a link to a copyrighted version of the image before I calm down about this. Daniel Case (talk) 15:18, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

It's dark and useing a flash will significantly increase your chance of being shot. Grainy is kinda inevitable under those conditions.Geni 15:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure, but a) IME a flash outdoors at night with a digital camera will give you an almost totally black image anyway and b) most news agencies would clean it up a little before putting it out. Look, can you remember I did this in good faith? It's morning where I am and I haven't been following the news all night. So I have no idea what's been out there and what hasn't. Daniel Case (talk) 16:17, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I know you did it in good faith. Flickr feeds tend to become lousy with copyvios after this kind of event so the issue comes up a lot. Modern digital cameras will let you take pics in the dark (mine goes up to 3200 iso) but they will be very noisy (so the ability is mostly useless). The amount of cleanup that can be done is limited and the images come from when the news agencies were still trying to rush stuff out the door.Geni 18:06, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Gobble gobble

Happy Thanksgiving from a Pennsylvania wild turkey (and Ruhrfisch _><>°^°)

Women in Black for Peace and Justice

Hey Daniel,

After I realized that you took the picture Image:Elting Library.jpg, I was curious if you ever got one of it when the Women in Black were protesting. I don't think they're notable in and of themselves, but probably warrant a mention at New Paltz (village), New York. If you didn't, I'm going to see if I can get a shot before the war runs out.--otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 01:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Have you really? I should start looking more closely at your edit history to see where else you've taken pictures and make sure I'm not in any of them!--otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 01:22, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. However, you definitely roam up and down I-87 and Route 9W a lot. I try not to cross that river . . . it's really much too wide for that.--otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 01:42, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

When I lived on Long Island I traveled up that side a lot, but now I've gotten eastofhudsoniaphobia. It's a darn shame, and an even worse neologism. I think it's because the toll is eastbound.--otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 01:49, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. And hopefully on Saturday we'll have the only image of Women in Black on Wikipedia. I hope it's not too cold . . . --otherlleft^{No, really, other way . . .} 01:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for unblocking me.It wasent my fault.my little 3 year old sister,oyu know...IT WAS A DISASTER WHEN MY SISTER TYPED THINGS ALL AT ONCE AND I WAS BLOCKED!!!so see...im sorry for all the bad typing and all that.I will never try to make it happen again.Thnaks!

SIDS And Kids Foundation

hi Daniel. My daughter contributed an article for this topic, which you removed

This page has been deleted. The deletion log for the page is provided below for reference.
 * 13:20, 8 October 2008 Daniel Case (Talk | contribs) deleted "SIDS and Kids Foundation" ‎ (G11: Blatant advertising)

It wasn't contributed by the foundation themselves and wasn't meant to be advertising, let alone blatant advertising. In fact, reading the link to ADS doesn't help me know why it was categorised as advertising - what we wrote seems ok to me. Of course, it might have been changed significantly - but I can't check :-( Is there any place to discuss how to bring it back correctly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.44.157 (talk) 12:07, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Personal attack

Why did you personally attack an Anonymous editor here? Message from XENU^{complaints? leave me a message!} 18:52, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Was there evidence of the user being a Sockpuppet from CheckUser? Message from XENU^{complaints? leave me a message!} 19:19, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

I noticed one of your ArbCom votes

It's something that can be perhaps revisited after the voting. I don't think people will agree to have it SNOW-closed. Enigma ^message 17:46, 1 December 2008 (UTC) ...what, exactly, am I supposed to have done differently (for the worse) since people tried (and failed miserably) to do this a couple of months ago? Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 16:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

BufferedIO

Hi! It looks like Mangojuice got to it first, and lifted the autoblock on BufferedIO (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). I've also modified the block on Zstfu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) to not automatically block the underlying IP address. Usually there's no need to ask the blocking admin first in these sorts of cases, but I appreciate the heads-up. Cheers, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:13, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Reassess?

DrKiernan downgraded 1400-1500 in fashion from A-class to B-class with these comments: "parts of this are unsourced: e.g. blonde hair was desirable; layout needs sorting out (large white space on my screen; image showing straight-cut neckline next to text about V-cut necklines)". I removed the white space (caused by a recently added image). You originally did the A-assessment; can you take a look and see if this downgrade seems reasonable? (I admit it, I want my A back.) Thanks - PKM (talk) 04:22, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Kamilo beach

Kamilo Beach has been described as "Hawaii's dirtiest"

Good work, but we should probably remove that as well due to the problems with the term "dirty". Hawaii's dirtiest beaches are listed by the NRDC (see for example [1]) and the way "dirty" is defined in this context, applies to beaches exceeding the limit for bacteria content. The list already shows two entries for Hawaii, and Kamilo isn't on it. So, I think we should avoid repeating these claims made by popular sources (I didn't add them to the article) and focus on using more accurate terms, such as "plastic pollution", etc. Viriditas (talk) 10:38, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

For your outstanding work on Kamilo Beach I hereby present to you:
THE EEL OF EXCELLENCE

I'm not sure why you declined the DYK when I explained the alternate above it. Did you read what I wrote? Viriditas (talk) 10:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

There's no problem. I'll remove the photo. Both the article and the photo were written by a brand new editor, which is why we are scrambling around here. I think the DYK issues are solved. Viriditas (talk) 10:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Great. Viriditas (talk) 10:54, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

The Algalita photo is public domain. I have emails to prove it. I have been exchanging correspondence with them. Here is an except.

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Re: Kamilo Beach Friday, December 5, 2008 12:30 PM From: "Marieta Francis" <marieta@algalita.org> Add sender to Contacts To: xxxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com Any of the photos in the gallery on our website are public domain and can be used. We just ask for photo credit and our website listed, if possible. Marieta

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Re: Kamilo Beach Friday, December 5, 2008 12:29 PM From: "Marieta Francis" <marieta@algalita.org> Add sender to Contacts To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com Yes, the photos on our website are public domain.

Please pass this on... Thanks--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 10:57, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I was very, explicit on the public domain issue. I wanted to be sure. I know how important this issue is to Wiki. I was very clear. --Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Wow! I just saw it on the Main Page. Thank you all for your efforts. I am tickled pink! You folks really know how to snap into action. You should be in charge of the planet.--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:22, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Chanakyathegreat

May I ask you to un block Chanakya. I have to talk to him about this missile, Sudharshan. And how to go about starting an article about it. Thanks Enthusiast10 (talk) 14:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Your unblock of 123.2.123.220

123.2.123.220 (talk · contribs) may not be an open proxy, but it is most certainly being used abusively by a user that is using multiple accounts and multiple IPs. This was also previously noted in the block log. A re-block for a shorter period of time but longer than 24 hours would have been more appropriate than simply an unblock in and of itself. Cirt (talk) 21:07, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Not at all, I did not see your post to my talk page as a rant, just a detailed explanation of your thought processes, so thank you. :) As for further info, it basically relates to a banned user using lots of IPs, proxies, and sockpuppets to be disruptive, but you can find more in the history and talk page history of the article Project Chanology. Cirt (talk) 22:35, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

You can say that again. Cirt (talk) 22:47, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ShopRiteLogo.JPG)

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Could you take a look at this please

User:Dmadeo/nnl-ny I've been plowing through these. Before I take the next step of breaking out the NY entries from the nationwide list, I thought I'd get some other people to take a look. I figured you might find the topic interesting in any case. dm (talk) 07:59, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Some guidance

I notice that you are regularly involved with WP:UAA. I was hoping for a small suggestion. I found Hollywoodnorthreport (talk · contribs) from a recent spam report. The username is nearly 2 years old and to my knowledge has never been reported. I was rather unsure whether to leave a personal note to the user first or report straightaway to UAA. ^LeaveSleaves _talk 11:44, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Catskill Escarpment

Hmm, maybe a PR would yield some helpful comments, but after a read-through of the article, I didn't find anything of terrible concern. It's a very interesting page, and it provided me with some information I've been in search of for a while. Maybe aim for FA? –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 17:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello, apology and comment

Sir,

May you accept my humble apologies, but first... Thank you for taking the trouble to review my call for help.

I would like to comment and in some parts apologize on the reason of you not wanting to unban me

Decline reason: "This edit clearly indicates you are another blocked user using this IP to evade a block. In fact, I might have checked out for open proxiness based on what you said, which, if true, would allow us to block this one permanently. You also engage in personal attacks and fail to assume good faith. And reposting the same unblock request three times without getting one of them reviewed is disruptive as well. — Daniel Case (talk) 14:07, 9 December 2008 (UTC)"

The edit you referred is to of someone I know nothing of, but might I add that the IP I am using is that is given by my ISP, something like the one they have in Dubai. Anyone who uses the same network that gave me this IP can access it, As for PAs, well I was being friendly I merely added a hello as in the case of [[2]] but was said by another user to be commiting a vandalism. I'm not trying to say that he's a bad person or anything but I just think that perhaps he should cut the newbies a little more slack.

As to the personal attacks, I am a little confused as to what that might mean, what I wrote on Kira's userpage was merely [[3]] . I can't see how this might be an attack of any sort.

I would like to disagree on the part of assuming good faith. I think I did. It's just that they didn't seem to have the same on me. I think one of them secretly reported me. But now it doesn't really matter, then I think, I got somewhat upset from it, and tried unblocking myself. Which I think led to the multiple requests. But if you were to look back at my first request you will find that I only did one. But as I took my time waiting, i think impatience got the better of me, but I still don't think it's much of a disruption. One or three... the net result and workload is still roughly the same. Anyways I apologize for that, and any of all what I have done.

140.174.9.14 (talk) 17:27, 10 December 2008 (UTC)