User talk:De728631

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Barnstars

The Rosetta Barnstar|-

I see you hang out at WP:PNT all the time, so… Keep up the good work! Admiral Norton (talk) 23:03, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		{{{Heres a barnstar for being such a good friend.}}} Bulldog180 (talk) 22:21, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For your great work with my article Frymburk. The Rolling Camel (talk) 16:11, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For rescuing EnglishRussia.com, and inadvertently taking part in an experiment. ϢereSpielChequers 15:31, 14 October 2009 (UTC) .

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		For taking the extra time to turn a seemingly unsalvagable article into a respectable stub.  -- Lear's Fool 11:04, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For rescuing Thy Catafalque by finding all the sources I couldn't. I'm sorry it took me so long to give you this barnstar. :) NikFreak 13:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Graveney Marsh

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Alderon Resource Corp

Hello De728631. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Alderon Resource Corp, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Publicly traded company is probably important enough to satisfy A7. Try WP:PROD or WP:AfD instead. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 21:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Simply being on the stock market is absolutely not sufficient to establish notability. We need non-trivial coverage. For other reasons, please see my prod summary on the page. De728631 (talk) 21:47, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree with you that being traded on an exchange doesn't make a company notable, but the standard for speedy deletion under A7 is quite a bit lower: "The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance." — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 21:52, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I've seen such sites being speedily deleted before. Anyhow, it's prodded now. De728631 (talk) 21:56, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Who made you the police?

If there are no fan pages allowed on Wiki, why is Ellen Brundige's essay on Legolas allowed on his Wiki entry? This seems unfair. So, if I write about Pippin in essay form my link may be included? Why is Wiki policed by you people who do not understand LotR fandom?

http://www.istad.org/tolkien/legolas.html

I don't appreciate your threats to "blacklist" my domain, simply because you are an elderly man who has nothing better to do than deny younger fans positive Tolkien fan-pages, by "blacklisting" them. I am the only one posting that link, because it is my site. The link is peregrintook.com, for crying out loud, it is a hub for all fans of the character. For you to consistently deny it and seek to ban me from this site seems to me not only childish but also unfair to the world and writings of J.R.R Tolkien. You are not the Tolkien Estate.

Sincerely, Matthew Montelione —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmontelione (talk • contribs) 16:55, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that link out, I've removed it from the Legolas article. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 19:17, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

The only one acting childish and pouty on this matter is you, Matthew. You've repeatedly been pointed at WP:FANSITE, a policy that was not introduced by me but by the overall community of Wikipedia editors. And I could as well report you for calling me names on my talk page but I'm in a good mood today. As to fandom, I'm a great LotR fan (and I'm sure that applies to Carl as well). But Wikipedia is not the place to spread fandom, that's why the Brundige essay has been removed too. De728631 (talk) 20:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps Matthew would be better using this site http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page. It's more fan centric than wikipedia, although a little too tied in to the film adaptations for my liking. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 20:09, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

That looks like a good option indeed. De728631 (talk) 20:18, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I've seen that site, I rather like it. I think the fact that Wikipedia does not allow innocent fan pages with correct information on its subject to be posted is a shame and my main issue stems from the fact that Wiki has watchdogs like you constantly patrolling the whole Tolkien mythology. Again, you aren't the Tolkien Estate, so I do not see why you feel the need to edit out a fan page, even if it is against Wiki's rules. Who is it hurting? Nonetheless, this is only going in circles at this point. Mmontelione (talk)

The problem with fan pages is that we never know if they are actually correct or rather fancruft (not to mention fan fiction). And as the name fan site implies, they are not neutral but biased. That's why we generally don't link to fan sites. De728631 (talk) 20:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles LIVE!

I'm still working on the article on Smokey Robinson & The Miracles LIVE! and haven't finished it yet . Please be Patient. Thanks , Willgee (Willgee (talk) 23:44, 5 September 2010 (UTC))

Demmin 1945

Thank you for taking the time to explain the background of the current events in MVP. I now have a better understanding of the political situation there and how it relates to Germany’s tragic past. One observation that I would like to make regarding the You-Tube clips of the marches in Demmin, in my opinion the young people in those public demonstrations may be the target of police surveillance. Based on my knowledge of Germany it could also have a negative impact on their careers.

Thank you again for taking time to answer my postings, wishing you all the best. Regards--Woogie10w (talk) 00:32, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I have no doubt that they are on Wikipedia also, anybody can edit. Überwachungsstaat Deutschland [1]

Innenminister Lorenz Caffier setzt Initiative “Wehrhafte Demokratie” fort![2]

Radical ties could also have a negative impact on the careers of young people [3] --[4]

--Woogie10w (talk) 19:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Using the lighthouse icon for lighthouse push pin maps

I don't like the lighthouse icon , it is too large, covering the map, so I never use it. The template documentation allows all three icons, so I guess it is a matter of taste. I see you changed one of the articles I wrote, Shark Island Light‎, to use the lighthouse icon, and I will not revert it since it's not that important. Just letting you know before you storm and replace it in the other 50ish articles. Perhaps we should agree on the standard in Template Talk:infobox lighthouse. --Muhandes (talk) 22:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

If there should be a standard, why can we even choose the pushpin? And I don't think it's too large. The base of the lighthouse icon is put on the coordinates in the map and using icons is standard cartographic custom. De728631 (talk) 20:10, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

It's a matter of taste. I don't object to setting a standard (thus eliminating the other options in the process) but until a standard is set I think it remains a matter of taste for every editor to choose. --Muhandes (talk) 16:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Just a quick thank you for your help with the Hohwacht Bay and Neuland Lighthouse articles - we really enjoyed our visit to the area, hence the articles! --Bermicourt (talk) 13:08, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! And I already noticed that you took the lighthouse pic yourself. Nice work :) De728631 (talk) 13:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

David michael close

This article really shouldn't have been proposed for speedy deletion under db-spam. It's got a lot of WP:Peacock prose, and the subject's notability is questionable, but that's not WP:SPAM. Thanks, Nanodance (talk) 14:21, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

In my opinion this is far beyond peacock terms and the article simply promotes said person, which makes it spam. And the third editor has now tagged it for CSD, this time for lack of notability. De728631 (talk) 14:33, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Hermann Fegelein (parody) for deletion

A discussion has begun about whether the article Hermann Fegelein (parody), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hermann Fegelein (parody) until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.   — Jeff G.  ツ 23:33, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Wilhelm Friedrich Mittrich

Another editor has tagged the {{db-g8}} template to the article Wilhelm Friedrich Mittrich, suggesting that it be deleted because the German original (from which you translated) has been deleted. I've converted it into a prod by me and opened a thread on whether or not CSD#G8 applies to interwiki-dependencies at Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#CSD.23G8_and_interwiki_deletions. --Tikiwont (talk) 19:44, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Q

Hey De, can I ask you something? Totally off-wiki, but prompted by your user boxes? Thanks! So--did you read Beowulf at some point in your education, and if so, in which translation, and what did they say about it politically? (I ask in relation to Grundtvig and the meaning of the poem given the politics of the early and mid-nineteenth century.) Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:52, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Hoi, Drmies. I'm sorry but I've never read the poem. I think I've only read some Beowulf prose tale for children in German but that was like 20 years ago and I'm sure it didn't contain any political comments. As a Tolkienist though I'd point you at [[Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics]´], wherein JRRT argues that the poem should not merely be taken as an historical account of Anglosaxon lore but should be seen as a work of art. So that implies that traditional literature criticism in the first half of the 20th century even was still taking Beowulf as a historical document. De728631 (talk) 20:14, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks De. Yes, I just got done rereading Tolkien's essay. He doesn't have much to say on the Danish topic, though, but I read in the most recent Klaeber that the poem had a role to play in the Dano-Prussian wars--your neck of the woods! But I guess that was all in the past by the time you were in school. Anyway, thanks again for your note, and as for Beowulf--I'm going to quiz you next week on the first 1800 lines! Schoene Gruesse, Drmies (talk) 20:28, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the link! Drmies (talk) 22:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Blocking Me?

I don't spend much time on Wikipedia, I'm not a regular editor, but I come on today, edit a link that a client tells me about today that somebody else clearly left some time ago to our website, which was less clear than what I left, and you delete the link and block me in aobut 5 seconds! OK, so you are the self appointed police and you don't like the link. I couldn't care less. But you block me, call me a sloth (that is a deadly sin), and now I can't edit a clear error elsewhere on the subject of Mathew Brady. That's enough to turn me off from bothering to contirbute my expertise to any of these subjects, which is considerable. Rmcmahanjr (talk) 05:09, 30 September 2010 (UTC)rmcmahanjr Robert McMahan

And what exactly are you talking about? I don't know you and I can't even have blocked you because I'm not an administrator. And your account Rmcmahanjr is obviously not blocked. De728631 (talk) 17:55, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Redirects

Thanks for your diligence and action - it was a slip of the mouse/brain, and I realised my error shortly after you did.PeterWD (talk) 19:22, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

How can I put myself right?

Look, how can I explain, I'm not an editor, I am just an ordinary user, I've been using wikipedia for five long years now, but I've only registered 2 or 3 years ago I think... I don't like making articles, but when I want to open a topic that may be interesting to someone I just do it! Yeah, I took some parts of the german version here and there, even though I don't speak german, but I've also tried to make the page look normal compared to other bands pages, because my moto is "Do it good or don't do it at all!", so I don't really think about the rules of your encyclopedia, because I don't often have to obey them (As an ordinary reader) and I don't think it will take less than a day to memorize all big and small rules that you have here, so I just don't bother doing it... I've had my own website and forum before so I understand that autogenerated messages have replaced tet-a-tet speaking, but sometimes the text of these messages is obviously controversal and is obviously not connected to the website's policies... Pantamorph (talk) 23:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)