User talk:Tb240904

November 2009

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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Lanark Grammar School. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Jusdafax 15:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Lanark Grammar School. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Jusdafax 15:09, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit that you made to the page Lanark Grammar School has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you. Favonian (talk) 13:39, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

These edits were made by my school mates when I forgot to log off Wikipedia. It won't happen again. --Tb240904 (talk) 00:06, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

WP:RODENT

Welcome! I saw your edit at Syrian Hamster and hope you'll continue contributing to those articles. The pet articles attract a lot of stuff that doesn't belong in Wikipedia. Ucucha 01:07, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Will do my best to edit regularly. I've been thinking about rewriting the Syrian Hamster article and splitting it into "Syrian Hamster" and "Domestic Syrian Hamster" so that there is a page about the actual animals and a page about the pets. What do you think? --Tb240904 (talk) 01:13, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

That sounds sensible, but might be worth taking up at WT:RODENT, so that other project members can have a say. There's a couple of other pages where the same could be done, like the Phodopus hamsters. Alternatively, you could lump all material on captive Syrian hamsters into an "In captivity" section. (By the way, talkback templates are appreciated but unnecessary as I'm temporarily watchlisting your page.) Ucucha 01:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Move

Do you want to state your opinion on Talk:Syrian Hamster#Requested move Feb 2010? —innotata (Talk • Contribs) 02:42, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Andrew Byrne (paedophile)

A tag has been placed on Andrew Byrne (paedophile) 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. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Supertouch (talk) 17:27, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't know for certain that this isn't a valid subject, but I do understand why someone else deleted it. I have three suggestions: 1) Make sure you read through relevant policy on articles about living people before you do anything else. 2) If you can, try writing a much more substantial, more widely cited article offline, and then post it here. A couple sentences about a sex offender with one news story offered in support is obviously not going to cut it. If you can't find more sources discussing this individual and establishing his notability, then he isn't an appropriate article subject. See also WP:NOTNEWS. 3) Figure out a better, less inflammatory way to disambiguate the title from the other Andrew Byrne; such a title just raises red flags that the content is just sensationalistic and POV. postdlf (talk) 17:37, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Andrew Byrne article

I have been asked to move this article into your userspace to give you time to work on it. You will find it at User:Tb240904/Andrew Byrne (paedophile). I am not convinced that there is an encyclopedia article here: before proceeding, here are some guidelines you should read carefully:

• WP:Biographies of living persons - read this very carefully. Whatever he has or has not done, it is of the utmost importance that anything you say about him is directly sourceable from reliable sources. Note particularly that it is policy that "Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."
• WP:Notability (criminal acts)
• WP:BLP1E - you might do better to make an article about the crimes rather than the person. In any case, I agree with the editor above that this is not an appropriate title.
• WP:NOT#NEWS - just because something has been in all the papers does not mean it has notability in an encyclopedic sense. "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events... most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion." If these crimes give rise to a change in the law or otherwise have some permanent effect, they may be notable; if they are just sensational crimes, probably not.
• WP:109PAPERS - ditto

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the LGBT Studies WikiProject!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Brian O'Sullivan (Comedian)

A tag has been placed on Brian O'Sullivan (Comedian) 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. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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 page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. noq (talk) 19:59, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Stagyar Zil Doggo's User Talk Page

Hey there. You left me a message asserting that I'm not allowed to delete things from my talk page. I didn't mean to offend you, but while it's true that the talk page guidelines speak against wholesale deletion of content, it isn't actually prohibited, strictly as a matter of fact. You might like to know that I deleted the threads on my talk page because they had run their course and were no longer pertinent to any ongoing operation. As you've demonstrated, deletion is not what the word implies, but more like relegation, since erased text can always be revisited in an article's history.

There's also the matter of my retroactive signing of a post. I've got no idea how you manage to keep tabs on things like this, and if it's not just me I expect it must be a nighmarish task; I apologize for adding to your burden, but if you've got information contrary to my understanding that an incorrect timestamp on a benign post to a user talk page causes users meaningful difficulty, please share it. If that is the case I will gladly apply greater vigilance in the future, and I want you to know that I meant no harm at all.

On a more personal note I would appreciate it if you would abstain from editing my talk page for any reason other than to add content. It is my talk page after all, and I've got it organized the way I like it. Stagyar Zil Doggo (talk) 01:40, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Excuse me

I'm contesting all the "copyright" image violations i have done. All the images i have posted are mine or i have stated they are not and given the credit to their respective authors like "Orad" and other users from SkyScraperCity Forum. I dont see any reason why should i get banned...EdwinCasadoBaez (talk) 18:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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GA Review Lethbridge Collegiate Institute

Has this processed changed? Do you not have a certain amount of time to make changes before the article is failed? Doesn't make much sense, considering the backlog. -- Phoenix2 02:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

'Luxury villa'

Please provide an url to news stories that have both Salmond and MacAskill (or either) saying " "the bomber's life expectancy had been boosted by sending him to his luxury villa in Libya". II've searched, can't find any quotes from them saying that or even mentioning a 'luxury villa.' Dougweller (talk) 18:27, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I worded it wrong. Both politicians confirmed this in interviews in the Daily Mail. Words to this effect were used by writers in the Daily Express. They did not say this, merely confirmed the statement to be true. I will edit it soon. --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 18:37, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I'd also like to point out that offline sources are just as valid as online sources. You cannot demand that I search the internet looking for a quote which I've found in a newspaper just because you disagree with it. I admit, in this case, I was wrong but if it had been a valid quote, it had been adequately cited and there was really no need to question it. Newspapers don't put every single printed article on their websites and they certainly don't included word-for-word copies of every article. It's possible the article was worded differently online as it may have been edited after the original was published. --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 19:28, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I understand that offline sources are relevant, but these are online sources. It's not at all likely that two politicians said the same thing in any case. And, of course, there are plenty of reliable online sources to use. And if a quote was worded differently online than the paper story, that's a concern that suggests we shouldn't use that source. Dougweller (talk) 19:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I was quoting what the newspaper said, not an actual quote from a person. --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 19:47, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

King's Men

Hi, thank you for commenting on my talk page. The reason for my edits were firstly to add a new entry (the Baganda people), secondly to remove an entry which did not have an article (the vocal group), and thirdly to remove the bolding and re-write the summary of each article more concisely to bring this disambiguation page in line with WP:MOSDAB. The changing of the article order was part of an (fairly futile) attempt to list the articles in some sort of order of importance, but the overall edits were not meant at vandalism. As such, is it possible to restore this version? City of Destruction (The Celestial City) 22:44, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

This version has been restored. Thanks for explaining. --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 22:48, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

GA Mount Greylock

I see you nominated Mount Greylock for GA. I have not really gotten in to the review yet, but it has made it beyond quickfail. Us441 (talk) 15:45, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I gave up the review. Us441(talk) (contribs) 17:49, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

School project

See Wikipedia:School and university projects and Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination for advice. Fences&Windows 01:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank-you --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 01:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Account creation interface

This is a confirmation edit to complete the signup process for the account creation interface. --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 02:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

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User:Lanark Grammar School 1

Would you be willing to account for these usernames (User:Lanark Grammar School 2 and User:Lanark Grammar School 3) as well? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 22:52, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

I did account for them, on the Administrators Noticeboard and the Village Pump. The last I heard, an administrator was going to be looking into it but I haven't heard anything. --tb240904 ^{Talk Contribs} 11:30, 13 September 2010 (UTC)