User talk:SmokeyTheCat

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SNLF

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert an article to a previous version more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. 151.205.43.10 18:53, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

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Tony Blair talk page

I'm sorry SmokeyTheCat, I fairly rigorously undo anything vandalistic, including rude remarks, and in my hurry I saw your comment as being on the main Tony Blair page as opposed to the Talk:Tony Blair page, so I apologise, I shouldn't have removed it. Feel free to add it back. Thanks. MarkThomas 11:30, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Susana Reche

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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. Random Passer-by 18:06, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

AfD Nomination: Susana Reche

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Tony Blair, worst Briton

I have removed this from the article as it falls foul of WP policies, please see Talk:Tony Blair#Hundred Worst Britons The18thDoctor 10:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The limits to encyclopedias

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The problem with the article was that it was your original opinion. See Wikipedia:No original research. NawlinWiki 14:10, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

<<It was a very anodyne and inoffensive article which many people might have agreed with. You didn't give anyone a chance to read it.>> Doesn't matter if it was offensive, inoffensive, or the next Gettysburg Address. Because it's your original opinion, it's not appropriate for an encyclopedia. NawlinWiki 15:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Just browsing.... The limits to encyclopedias sounds interesting, and suitable as a Wikipedia essay or Userspace essay. You might consider asking for userfycation (undeletion and move to User:SmokeyTheCat/The limits to encyclopedias. Do you still have I copy? I'd be interesting in reading it. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

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Windows Vista

Hello; I've removed your comment from this article's talk page. Wikipedia talk pages are for discussing the article itself, and what can be done to improve it, not for general chat. There are plenty of good sites out there for discussions, but when we're here, let's focus on improving the encyclopedia. Thanks. -/- Warren 19:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Pardon me for butting in, but I saw your message on Warren's talk page and thought I could clarify. Talk page guidelines specify that Talk pages are not for general conversation. Keep discussions on the topic of how to improve the associated article. Irrelevant discussions are subject to removal (emphasis mine). That is, the talk pages can be used to discuss about the associated article - its strengths, weaknesses and how to improve it; and not for having a general discussion about the subject of the article. Your edit asked for opinion about Windows Vista, not the article about Windows Vista. As such, it was not a suitable topic for discussing on the talk page, and by Wikipedia policy, subject to removal. What you wanted to talk about is worthy of a discussion forum, not an encyclopedia. It was only this reason Warren had deleted your message, not to be rude to you or anything.

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It seems a bit rude and unnecessary of you to remove my contribution to the talk page on this. I didn't touch the main article and was making an intelligent contribution, hoping to get some feedback. SmokeyTheCat 11:25, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

It's policy: Wikipedia is not a discussion forum. It also says this right at the top of the talk page. Removing off-topic conversation is actually necessary to keep us focused on building an encyclopedia. -/- Warren 15:04, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Lauryn Hill

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RE: Help please!

Hi Geoff, i added some extra stuff on your page, i might off moved some boxes too. I'm not sure if that was what you were going for, let me know! =)  LaNicoya  •TALK• 18:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I hope i got it right =) Thank you so much for the barnstar, its my first one hehe!  LaNicoya  •TALK• 15:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, i looked at it... it seems fine " SmokeyTheCat  •TALK•" is it the time stamp you dont get? When you sign your name and want the time to show up after it enter that code with five "~" after it.  LaNicoya  •TALK• time stamp ---> 18:34, 21 May 2007 (UTC) 10:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)SmokeyTheCat 10:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, i just found out how to get your sig. when you sign your posts with the four tilds =). At the top of the page you'll see a link that says "my preferences", click on it and enter the code for you sig. where it says "Signature" and check the box that says "Raw" right under it and then save.  LaNicoya 

 •TALK• 13:57, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Testing  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 10:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC) Testing ...  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 10:12, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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FLSN Page

Your help is requested at the Sandinista National Liberation Front page. Specifically, the POV pushing taking place in the Red Dawn inspired KGB section. Thanks in advance. Abe Froman 19:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

You want to turn this into a "who can grab more friends", we can play that game. Torturous Devastating Cudgel 19:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

TDC, Please do not stalk me. Abe Froman 19:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Sarah Jane Morris

Hi, I fixed up the situation with the two different people of the same name.

The page that *was* at Sarah Jane Morris (disambiguation) didn't work because anyone typing in "Sarah Jane Morris" was going to go straight to the actress's page, and *that* didn't mention the singer, nor the dab page.... they'd never have come across them(!)

One solution would have been to put a "dab" line at the top of her page like

For the English singer, see Sarah Jane Morris (singer)

but I chose to move the actress's page to Sarah Jane Morris (actress) instead, and to make Sarah Jane Morris itself the disambiguation page.

Hope this helps.

Fourohfour 18:57, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

NPOV

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Ronald Reagan. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. The Evil Spartan 17:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

So you and your fellow Reagan fans can quote far-Right sources like the Cato Institute and this constitutes neutrality???SmokeyTheCat 10:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not even going to dignify that with a response. You were inserting improper POV, and you know it. As for me, I've never even touched the Reagan page, thank you very much, except to say I thought it was too long. The Evil Spartan 14:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Nigel Short

Please stop vandalizing Nigel Short. Quale 02:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

It's not vandalism. It's a piece of trivia that is of interest.  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 08:20, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

FSLN page again

Greetings. Somehow stumbled upon your edits and I like the cut of your jib. There's a little edit war brewing on the FSLN page. I'm trying to keep the civil war from reigniting, but the casualties are mounting. As someone who's edited the page before, would you mind checking in and helping the kids before they kill each other (over who killed each other). Gracias Notmyrealname 18:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Please don't get them started on the whole KGB/Marie Osmond conspiracy theories! Notmyrealname 15:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Invitation

We need any members who can make collaborative helps within the scoupe of the project, you are very welcome, even only if you know about few artists, but artists that you like a lot. Think about it further. Eduemoni^↑talk↓ 20:23, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Ronald Reagan

Yes, this man's page needs some work. Although there are many polls which show how many stupid Americans think this man was a great president, I think it is quite difficult to convey to these people that his actions have ruined our nation. Do you happen to know where I can find any scholarly criticism of him? And I do appreciate your encouragement. Fighting right wing bias is certainly an uphill battle. Notecardforfree 19:10, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Your comments on the talk page of Bono

I've left a message for you at Talk:Bono. Chupper 21:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Your questions at Talk:Alice Walker

I've answered your recent questions to Talk:Alice Walker, and have also done some slight formatting updates to the two articles you've created. I suggest you read Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines and have a look around the Novel WikiProject in case you're interested in having more to do with novel articles. It's always good to see someone who's interested in creating novel articles. :) María (críticame) 23:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

{{LGBT-stub}}

I changed and added categories and the stub template. But I'll leave it for you to expand the article :) User:Barliner ^chat 11:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Possessing the Secret of Joy

Hey, I am aware of the book--I think I deleted the article because it was spam. Fear not, it should be quite safe. jengod 17:48, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Gay Ex-Jehovahs Witnesses

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Slackness

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Vandalism to Ronald Reagan page

Please stop. If you continue to blank out (or delete portions of) page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to Ronald Reagan, you will be blocked from editing. Happyme22 17:38, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

It was not vandalism. I was correcting a factual error. The Nicaraguan government at the time was not communist so the Contras can't have been anti-communist.  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 15:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Reagan

I noticed your comments on Hapyme22's page and thought you might like to know that the article is up for FAC review. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Ronald_Reagan Wikipediatoperfection 15:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Saint Ana

Hello, Smokey. I recently discovered the article Saint Ana, and since a page already exists on that subject (and is much more extensive), I have made the smaller article into a redirect. Since you are the creator of the page, I thought it would be courteous to notify you. Have a good day and happy editing, Alekjds ^talk 19:53, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Tori King

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Tori King

I'm sorry if I got carried away. I go through the New Pages list and we get hundreds of people that put "I am famous" on one line and/or use WP for advertising. Again, If I got carried away, I'm sorry. If this is an article you feel belongs then please put a {{hangon}} tag right under the CSD tag and it'll hold the article there. That'll give you some time to expand and provide context for keeping the article. If you just take the CSD tag off you'll get noticed by the admins, cause they hate that. Let me know if you need some help, I'll do what I can. Padillah (talk) 13:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Aquatic ape hypothesis

Please note the discussion here. WLU (talk) 17:42, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

London Meetup - January 12, 2008

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Narnia

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For the record, yes, there is The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Alientraveller (talk) 18:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, that's not how you phrased it. I'll add a link in the lead. Alientraveller (talk) 21:30, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Replied here

--VS ^talk 22:21, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Sassy

Thanks for your great contributions to Sarah's albums. I've standardised Sarah + 2, and I'll do the others. You could use it as a template if you want. I've found it quite hard to find any kind of discography or sessiongraphy for Sass online, can you help? Thanks again :) Gareth E Kegg (talk) 14:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Stroppy

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Articles for individual songs

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The articles haven't been deleted but they have been redirected back to the Countdown to Ecstasy article. I've merged in the factual information regarding the My Old School incident and the sampling of Show Biz Kids to the main album article. The rest of the text was either redundant or commentary on the lyrics which is not useful. Exxolon (talk) 22:12, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll try again. I have NOT deleted your work. I've simply edited the articles to point to the main album article. If you go to each article and click the 'history' tab at the top you will be able to access your version and retrieve whatever you like. However as each article stood there was insufficient information that could be sourced about each song to warrant an individual article on each song. You are better off expanding the Countdown to Ecstasy article instead. Please note that commentary on lyrics is not something that we normally have here unless it's sourced and relevant.

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Courtesy notice. I've asked for assistance at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:SmokeyTheCat. Exxolon (talk) 22:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Good manners

Wikipedia works because we all cooperate, which is why we have a civility policy requiring us all to speak politely to one another. Wikipedia's rules are numerous and complex, which is why we appreciate it when other users point out rules that we are not familiar with and correct errors that we have made. Some editors find it hard to work together with others, which is why we block people from editing if they are rude to other users. It would only take one more rude post of the sort you left for User:Exxolon before you, too, were blocked. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Regarding songs

In general, the consensus has been that information about individual songs belongs on the page of the album, not on separate pages- that way, it's easier to find and use. There isn't much reason to have an article on a single song unless it's a song that has its own importance and there's so much to say about it that it wouldn't fit conveniently on the album page, and so many sources that it's clear that the song has a significance that goes beyond that of the album. We Are the Champions is an example of the kind of song that has so much material that it needs its own page. You don't have to feel badly for not knowing that consensus, but it is the way we generally do things. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:50, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Apology accepted.

No hard feelings - if you need a hand with anything you are welcome to drop a note on my talk page. Exxolon (talk) 22:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Is everything ok atm? you can just write the song description in teh album page if there is too much of a disagreement as to the location. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:10, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Ethiopian famine dispute

Be careful SmokeyTheCat! Til Eulenspiegel has a long record of obsessive edit-warring over a wide range of subjects. One of his tactics appears to be to provoke opponents into breaking the 3 revert rule and then applying to have them blocked.210.246.12.77 (talk) 10:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Official warning for repeatedly deleting valid text from Africa

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to Africa, you will be blocked from editing. --Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 22:15, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Young Americans (album) vs Countdown to Ecstasy

The pertinent policy here is WP:OTHERSTUFF. If the individual song articles from the David Bowie album don't meet our criteria they too should be merged into the parent album article. Exxolon (talk) 21:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I restored the redirects here; if you read an earlier message from me that's still on the talk page, you'll remember that individual songs only require separate articles if there's something verifiable to say about that song's importance. As a rule of thumb, you shouldn't create an article about a song without referencing at least two reliable sources that discuss the importance of that song. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Brixton

Hi there, i have extended Brixton and the Brixton riots... maybe you want to ahve a look and contribute. --SasiSasi (talk) 23:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Invitation to Wikipedia meetup in London

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If you haven't been before, these meetups are mainly casual social events for Wikipedia enthusiasts in which we chat about Wikipedia and any other topics we fancy. It's a great way to meet some very keen Wikipedians, but we'd also love for you to come along if you're interested in finding out more about Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, or other collaborative wiki projects too.

The location is a pub that is quite quiet and family friendly on a Sunday lunchtime, so hopefully younger Wikipedians will also feel welcome and safe. Alcohol consumption is certainly not required!

Although the meetups are popular, many UK-based editors still don't know about them. It would be great to welcome some fresh faces, so I hope you can come along.

Yours,

James F. (talk) 09:27, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Please forgive the slightly impersonal mass-invite!

Proposed deletion of Kingpin (chess)

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Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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Richard Wright and Pink Floyd

I noticed you posted a note on the Pink Floyd talk page, with some formatting problems, then removed it. I'm not sure if this is the reason you removed it, but the news about Wright's death is already mentioned. In fact, during the week which followed his death, the article (and many other Pink Floyd related articles) were edited hundreds of times by people trying to add the information again, or change how it was presented. I presume this happens a lot when famous people die. If you think there is still something that needs to be changed in the article, feel free to post again. As to the formatting problem, a box around a paragraph usually means there is a space at the beginning. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 17:53, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Ronald Reagan WQA

Hello SmokeyTheCat. I would like to inform you about a Wikiquette alert discussion begun regarding some edits made to Ronald Reagan. You can see the thread here. --Happyme22 (talk) 03:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

And you've been reported to AIV. I declined to block you, but stop edit-warring on Ronald Reagan - repeatedly adding your own two cents without discussion or much explanation - or I will block you. Looking above on this talk page, you've had enough warnings. This is the final one. Tan | 39 00:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Maxine Harvey

An article that you have been involved in editing, Maxine Harvey, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maxine Harvey. Thank you. Schuym1 (talk) 03:58, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Peasants Revolt

I reverted your addition. Please note that history articles should be sourced from works by historians. Etymologies should come from sources like dictionaries. The notion that "fob off" comes from the village of "Fobbing" is a factoid and unworthy for the encyclopedia. Itsmejudith (talk) 14:44, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Of course you can put it back if it's a good reference. Itsmejudith (talk)

Speedy deletion of Ricky Bishop

A tag has been placed on Ricky Bishop requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. THF (talk) 15:58, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

re: protection of Teletubbies

This article was one of many that was protected in an attempt to prevent a highly disruptive banned user from further damaging Wikipedia. It is only semi-protected, so you or any other autoconfirmed user can still edit it. This banned user has operated over 100 sock accounts, but they usually get detected within a few hours and blocked, so semi-protection was used in order to "pre-block" the sock accounts, as it were. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:20, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Duke Karl of Brunswick / Count Isouard

Duke Karl of Brunswick / Count Isouard, an article you created, has been nominated by me for deletion. Note that one of the players (the Duke) already has a page anyway. Details at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duke Karl of Brunswick / Count Isouard. Peter Ballard (talk) 04:12, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Brixton Riot 1985

True, but you did make it out to read like you were actually a rioter, I apologise if I labeled you incorrectly. [[::User:Police,Mad,Jack|Police,Mad,Jack]] ([[::User talk:Police,Mad,Jack|talk]] · [[::Special:Contributions/Police,Mad,Jack|contribs]])☺ 08:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Your virtual novel sounds interesting though, I would be glad to help in some way if I can =). [[::User:Police,Mad,Jack|Police,Mad,Jack]] ([[::User talk:Police,Mad,Jack|talk]] · [[::Special:Contributions/Police,Mad,Jack|contribs]])☺ 08:26, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Elvis: racism

We already had this discussion. For relevant quotes, see, for instance Talk:Elvis Presley/archive11. Onefortyone (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia! I am glad to see you are interested in discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Smoking ban are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. Also on Gordon Brown talk page. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 20:26, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

An adventurer is you?

An adventurer is me as well. What happens to be your in game name in KOL? ...Ω...^..¿TooT?.._..¡StatS!.. 02:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)