User talk:Snigbrook/Archive 5

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Kashmir

thanks for reverting my edits and the vandals edits some editors i.e that opinion dude only seem to see one side of the coin thank god there are proper editors like yourself cheers again freind 86.158.237.235 (talk) 13:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't know much about the subject, although I could see that some of the recent edits (both by you and by Wikireader41) were not neutral - but if you add your own point of view, even if it is only replacing the point of view of another editor, it will often result in you being reverted and blocked. —Snigbrook 13:17, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Toyota Duet

Thanks for deleting the db-nonsense on this page. I only though to look in the Japanese wiki after putting it up for deletion. So thanks! -Yupik (talk) 22:52, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

OJ Borg?

Are you radio and TV "personality" OJ Borg?83.244.197.164 (talk) 20:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Carnforth

Thanks for the edit - I missed deleting that old data Ronhjones (talk) 00:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Pacheco

I've commented on this AFD and would like your feedback.- Mgm|^(talk) 15:44, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Verifiable Sources

Get a life.

Leyland Trucks information

Hi. My name is Steve Whelan and I was responsible for adding the content to the LEYLAND TRUCKS section that was deleted by you. I work for Leyland Trucks and own the content of the Leylandtrucksltd.co.uk site. My reasons for updating the Wiki site is to ensure that people who want to research Leyland get the most up to date factual information that they can. I have written the content of the Leyland site and found it easier to use the same text when updating the Wiki site. I am not a technical person and could do with some help here as to what I can and can't put on the site. I will make some further updates bearing in mind your previous comments, but any guidance would be appreciated.

Kind Regards

Whelas (talk) 09:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)Steve WhelanWhelas (talk) 09:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Beanz

Beanz was the name of the virtual currency. Beanz.com was its website. Rarepleasures —Preceding undated comment was added at 06:48, 16 January 2009 (UTC).

Sama (Eyewear)

You know it's users like you who really put a damper on good articles from being added. Thank for reminding of why I left wiki. FrankWilliams (talk) 21:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

esanchez013 page

Ok, Esanchez013 wanted it blank, but could you please explain in more detail why he wanted it blank

I read the request but I do not understand

I'll read it again but it will be appreciated if you can explain.

SaiyanEmperor2008 (talk) 20:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

OK I understand and I am sorry if I have cause an inconvenience to you

Thank You,

SaiyanEmperor2008 (talk) 20:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Liver (album)

Thanks for moving it to the right place Bihco (talk) 18:15, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Hartwood (Lancashire) railway station

An article that you have been involved in editing, Hartwood (Lancashire) railway station, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hartwood (Lancashire) railway station. Thank you. TerriersFan (talk) 21:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Peter Lavelle

Hi! What is the point of an anodyne article about a journalist who would not be very notable at all if it weren't for the salient fact that he works and writes constantly in support of the Russian government and against Western governments and journalists (whom he calls the 'commentariat'). We don't need outside sources for this -- we only need to read the man's own website. Surely this is good enough. What do you mean in this case when you write 'Blogs are not reliable sources'? It is the man's own words we are talking about. Of course Wikipedia must not say that his activities are in any way bad, but it ought to be able to mention them. APW —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pawebster (talk • contribs) 23:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

It should only be included if it is published in reliable sources, or if he has mentioned it himself. I can't see it anywhere on his blog, if it is there you could cite it, mentioning which post it is in. If this is just a perception based on reading it, it is original research. —Snigbrook 23:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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Pain (2Pac/Tupac Shakur Song)

Hey there, I saw your username under the history of the edit page of the above article. I was just wondering if you could maybe check it out for me, considering you've revised bits & pieces over there, because I've submitted in new information in the discussion page I thought is worth noting on. Thanks. =] Kain tl (talk) 13:00, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

It's not a subject I know much about, I only edited the article to undo edits by a user who was adding dubious information and vandalism to various articles. You may need to find more references, as I don't think those you suggested on the talk page are reliable sources. —Snigbrook 18:14, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Gareth Kirkham

I notice you are one of the main players in having the Gareth Kirkham article removed. I can assure you that all the content of the article was true. I am astounded that a google search did not show any results given his notoreity and controversialism. I did a yahoo search and found many hits. He is not on the Cornish Pirates website as he has only recently joined the club. The club website has simply not been updated recently. I will also be returning the article to its former state.

Regards

Dogtitmania (talk) 00:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Any content on Wikipedia should be verifiable. I had looked on Google and on the clubs' websites and could not find sources to verify anything mentioned in the article, so I nominated it for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gareth Kirkham. The references currently in the article are not specific enough to verify (see Wikipedia:Citing sources). —Snigbrook 00:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for fixing my mistake, I appreciate it :-). Regards SoWhy 23:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Banana

Grrr... I made that mistake the other day too. Thanks for fixing it. :) Acalamari 22:36, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Smile!

Also, thanks for welcoming me! Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 12:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

eepis

i wouldnt be suprised if it was a straight copvio in original form :( I am sorry I did not check first before modfiying the article - we get heaps of college websites directly copied to english wikipedia (in both english and indonesian) - part of the game it seems - thanks SatuSuro

Waverton, Cumbria

I am curious as to why Woodrow, Cumbria should redirect to Waverton, Cumbria. Kingturtle (talk) 01:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

It appeared as a red link in the box above "recent changes", and when I looked for information about it, I found it was a small hamlet with probably fewer than ten houses. It's probably not notable enough for a separate article so I redirected it to the parish it is in, as suggested by the guidelines at WP:UKCITIES, and added a sentence to Waverton, Cumbria mentioning Woodrow and other hamlets. —Snigbrook 01:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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There is a request for additional information that requires your attention Mayalld (talk) 16:13, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:550s BC disestablishments

I notice that this category you created is unpopulated (empty). In other words, no Wikipedia pages belong to it. If it remains unpopulated for four days, it may be deleted, without discussion, in accordance with Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#C1. I'm notifying you in case you wish to (re-)populate it by adding [[Category:550s BC disestablishments]] to articles/categories that belong in it.

I blanked the category page. This will not, in itself, cause the category to be deleted. It serves to document (in the page history) that the category was empty at the time of blanking and also to alert other watchers that the category is in jeopardy. You are welcome to revert the blanking if you wish. However, doing so will not prevent deletion if the category remains empty.

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Amazing call

On My little halo (talk · contribs). Toddst1 (talk) 17:29, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

After I reported it I looked at the logs and found a few page move vandal accounts created at the same time, unfortunately I kept getting edit conflicts when trying to add this to the AIV report. —Snigbrook 17:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Pass the salt, my humble pie is just coming to the boil. _Gb^T/c 17:36, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Ever think of being an admin? Toddst1 (talk) 17:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It's something I've thought of, but I don't think I'm ready yet (and won't be for a few months at least), as I probably don't have enough experience of working on articles, or dealing with disputes. —Snigbrook 20:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Johhny hawksworth

Im Johhnys neighbor, hes been ill for some time and passed away at 1pm on friday. Im not sure when that will appear on the net. As for the other stuff i took out the most controversial. I expect that a dispute over his estate between his surviving children will mean further such updates. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilky1 (talk • contribs) 04:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

There is a discussion on the article's talk page, it mentions that reliable sources are needed for this. —Snigbrook 11:56, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Cut and Paste of Properazzi

Hi,

sorry for the misunderstanding, I did a redirect and thought it was ok. My account is quite old, but I still don´t have the privileges for doing a Move Page.

How should I proceed now?

212.121.234.178 (talk) 16:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[[1]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights

Cut and Paste of Properazzi

Hi,

sorry for the misunderstanding, I did a redirect and thought it was ok. My account is quite old, but I still don´t have the privileges for doing a Move Page.

How should I proceed now?

212.230.220.215 (talk) 16:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[[2]]

I requested a history merge, which has now been done (although the article is now likely to be deleted). It looks like you don't have enough edits to move pages, 10 edits are needed to be autoconfirmed and you only have 8 (unless there are any deleted edits) on the English Wikipedia. I noticed you are making edits (on my talk page and the AfD) logged out, it is a good idea to ensure you are logged in, to allow your contributions to be all in one place, also editing logged out could be seen as sock puppetry. —Snigbrook 18:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry, perhaps I was a little hasty with the speedy tag. It looked like vandalism at first glance, seeing as it was one or two lines and seemed like gibberish.Thank you for the correction!FingersOnRoids (talk) 22:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Robbie Kay

I was wondering if you'd retract the AFD on Robbie Kay. In addition to the comments I made at AFD and the expansion of the article, I'd like you to consider the effort the director went through to cast him (makes no sense if it was a minor role). Also, if you'd be willing to trust my personal original research: I decided to rent Fugitive Pieces because it sounded good. I've seen the first 50 minutes of the film and it focuses almost entirely on Jakob's childhood. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:25, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for taking the time to take another look at the article and making the decision to withdraw the AFD nomination. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:46, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Bracelet, Lancashire

It does exist; although whether the source is useful/reliable enough is another thing entirely. --Litherlandsand (talk) 12:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm assuming that "Bracelet Hall" is the same place as "Bracelet". If this is correct, it appears to be only a farm and is probably not notable enough for a separate article, if it is a different place there is not enough information to identify it. According to WP:UKCITIES, if there is no more than a couple of paragraphs that could be said about the hamlet it may be best practice to merge it to an article about the parish it is in (Bracelet Hall is in Broughton West). —Snigbrook 13:06, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

User:NawlinIcky

Thanks for the heads-up. The Anome has got there before me with an indefinite block, so it should be resolved now. Warofdreams talk 22:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Baroness Cox

References 24 and 26 are non-working citations and they should be removed. Her humanitarian aid work was referenced, but the non-registered user removed it. Justif2 (talk) 18:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I've replied on the article talk page. —Snigbrook 18:42, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Merging of Ian Hill into Judas Priest

Just because people didn't provide sources for their material, it means you shall require citations, not just erasing the page. Do you want a birth certificate for everyone who has his/her birthdate in Wikipedia for an instance? And if you don't know what's finger or pick playing, go check the videos on youtube and stop being nosy in things you know zero about. If you don't believe it was his sister who found Halford go write her a mail. By the way, what's a reliable source? some article that one finds in the net written by someone that as well just happens to know facts I do? Next thing you know I gotta have some obscure journalist making an article in a tabloid so that I can cite him to prove that I know the birthdate of my father - it's called Jimboism, or the paradox of second-hand information being more reliable than first-hand. Typical hypocrisy and pseudo-sobriety promoted by the (once porno promoter) father of Wikipedia and his minions who, like him, know nothing about Encyclopedic procedures and correct journalism. Anyway, you know something? you blindly erased the article from Wikipedia because you had nothing else to do. Shinebox waiting for you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.129.74.238 (talk) 02:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

The content is still there in the page's history. My decision to redirect was based on guidelines and policy (WP:MUSIC and WP:V), but it can be reverted, as consensus has not been established. However, the article was tagged as unreferenced more than two years ago, and the problem has not been resolved (and if references are found, I would have no problem with the article). Because anyone can edit the article and change the information, references can be more important than accurate information. —Snigbrook 15:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD for UFC 101

Would you mind withdrawing your nomination of this event? There now is a reliable source confirming a match for the event.--2008Olympian^chitchat 19:28, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Notablility (populated places)

I would like to draw your attention to this discussion. OrangeDog (talk • edits) 14:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Recipe vandalism

Snigbrook my dawg thanks for reverting that edit don't know what came over me good sir my friend and beloved companion, sweet prince —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aye Tee and Tee (talk • contribs) 19:17, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

A few users made the same edit to other articles, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Calculus is Goo. —Snigbrook 19:26, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Blocking a vandalizer

The person with the same IP address is persistently vandalizing this entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Kifle

Is it possible to block his IP address. He has been vandalizing the article persistently for the past several months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.24.255.85 (talk) 07:59, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The user isn't editing from one IP address, this is the problem. I have requested semi-protection of the article but it was declined by an administrator (I will probably make another request if the vandalism continues), and the IP range has a few constructive edits, not just vandalism so unless the vandalism increases is unlikely to be blocked. —Snigbrook 12:56, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The Chuckle Brothers

So somry, but it waws the funny no? I laugheing —Preceding unsigned comment added by BabyBeMyBaioBaby (talk • contribs) 12:36, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is intended to be an encyclopedia. Your edits may be intended as humorous, but they are still vandalism. —Snigbrook 12:50, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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Administrator Impersonation

Thanks for the heads up earlier, both accounts are history. In addition, I have granted you the rollback button, the fastest way of undoing vandalism. Don't use it if you are less than 100% sure an edit is vandalism, otherwise keep up the good work! Best, WilliamH (talk) 09:25, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the rollback, recently I had been thinking it would be useful, but had just not got round to making a request. —Snigbrook 09:55, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

British School of Paris

Do you want me to scan and upload the pupils' examination certificates as a reference?Anon8174 (talk) 15:32, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

What is needed is verification that there has been controversy and anger, and that it is a notable enough incident to be mentioned in the article, so certificates wouldn't be relevant (also they could be a violation of the Biographies of living persons policy or a copyright violation). If the controversy has had no coverage in reliable published sources I don't think it should be included. —Snigbrook 19:20, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Burnt Face Man

I'd rather not, the whole reason I created it was I felt at the time that BFM was notable and deserved an article, as there were clearly droves of people who wanted to read about it. The number of random IP addresses that keep landing on it kind of proves that point. At the same time, I haven't added to it for thousands of years because, considering that nobody was going to listen to the notability arguments anyway, it was a little pointless editing it! So yes, unless a real article is created, I do want to keep the page, it is on my watchlist and I haven't noticed much vandalism, many of the visitors actually add something to it. Regards, Tom walker (talk) 09:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Copies of deleted content shouldn't be kept indefinitely in user space (see Wikipedia:User page#Copies of other pages) and user pages shouldn't be used to substitute for articles on non-notable subjects (see WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not your web host), so unless it is likely to become a valid article it will probably be nominated for deletion. —Snigbrook 16:05, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

ICT at queensbury

i have noticed that u have repeatedly remove edits on the queenbury website about the ict department at queeensbury because their is no source for this well wot i have edited is nothing but the truth so there is no need for u to remove it tis time —Preceding unsigned comment added by THE DMK KID (talk • contribs) 15:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

The word "proud" wouldn't be used for a 0% pass rate (and a source would be needed for unlikely statistics such as this), also you restored other vandalism I had removed from the article. —Snigbrook 15:59, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

the word proud is reasonable as the it teacher himself that he was proud of the results as it reflected their efforts despite none of them passing. THE DMK KID 15:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for sorting to sock label i tagged on User:24.44.90.82 It was my first time tagging someone as a sock and had a feeling i'd done it wrong, but i knew something was up with their edits since they were confined to a userpage. Thanks once again Uksam88 (talk) 19:09, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Gillian Hiscott

I noticed you took part in a deletion debate upon me,I feel the deletion was unjustified. I am a playwright, with several classic adaptations and plays published by Cressrelles and Jasper Publishing, used by professional companies and neither of the these publishing companies are connected to me nor vanity publishers. Also my novel has been in the Waterstones bestelling list for it’s category, still there (genre WW2). I don’t believe people are thoroughly checking information before deleting. The so called Ghits mention that most of mine are Wikis is incorrect, if anyone cares to count. On the first only 2 out of the 10 are wikis, and on the second only 1. I am not very skilled at editing, and don't know what you mean by it being unreferenced. (Gillhiscott (talk) 14:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC))

See Wikipedia:Citing sources about references, they are needed so the content can be verified. I looked on Google and agree that most of the top results are not wikis, but the amount of coverage there isn't substantial and unless reliable sources are cited (whether available online or not) the article doesn't meet the guidelines at WP:BIO. —Snigbrook 14:25, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Legitimate change on Duran Duran discussion.

Read the history, then decide. Don't change just for the sake of it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.44.250 (talk) 14:05, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

You were removing comments from the talk page, for no apparent reason except possibly that you disagree with them - this appears to be vandalism, and you have recently been blocked for it. —Snigbrook 14:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Ron

Hi, sorry to bother you.My userpage has been vandalised again.Can you (AS i SUGGESTED) PLACe IT under protection?So only I can edit it? Ron Broxted (talk) 20:54, 23 March 2009 (UTC).

It isn't possible to protect it so that only you can edit it (it could be restricted to administrators, but then you wouldn't be able to edit it; this isn't usually done). I've requested semi-protection which will prevent edits by new accounts and unregistered users. —Snigbrook 21:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protection is a good idea but this vandal has posted as "Prof" Homerton today as well as "Dr" Hugh Janus. Ron Broxted (talk) 21:07, 23 March 2009 (UTC).

ﻼﻻﻺﻹ

Halt the ﺹﺻﺷﺐ ? me understanding hate English words. Consequently halt the making of English word; engaged in Arabic words.[;-} —Preceding unsigned comment added by ﻼﻻﻺﻹ (talk • contribs) 20:02, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

You could use the Arabic Wikipedia instead. —Snigbrook 20:08, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Reply- ZooFari

I responded immediately to the edit summary "Defamation of character: Jasdeep is an asshole" and thought the IP was blanking the page for nonsense reasons. Also, I didn't consider it vandalism. I think I hit that "removal of content" button. Unless you are right about my mistake, sorry for that. ZooFari 01:08, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Knowledge should be free

Appropriate references were included. TNKTNKTNKTNK (talk) 01:23, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism to William Vandry page

Snigbrook, thank you for reverting the vandalism on William Vandry's page. The website blindtruth references indicates nothing more than the fact that Vandry won the medals he claims. I constantly have to monitor the page to undo his childish revisions. Is there anyway the page can be locked indefinately to exclude the vandalism by Blindtruth?

dfrankiejr151.151.21.101 (talk) 20:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)