User talk:BarkingFish

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Talkback

Hello, BarkingFish. You have new messages at WP:IRC.
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I need you and I can't send you a memo. Frood! ^Ohai _{What did I break now?} 20:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Radio Vannin/Manx Radio

Kys t'ou, BarkingFish. Ta mee jeeragh erreish art mychione Radio Vannin y chur er ny hoshiaghey hoal er wiki yn Ghaelg. T'eh ry-lhaih ayns shoh. My vel red beg ny ghaa ry-chur rish, cur feysht orrym er my ghuillag resoonaght hoal er wiki yn Ghaelg.

How are you BarkingFish. I've started an article on Manx Radio on the Manx wiki. It can be found here. If you can think of anything in particular that you feel should be on the article let me know on my talk page over at the Manx wiki.

Gura mie ayd, ^Mac Tíre _Cowag 20:54, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback re: AFD on Skype version history

Hello, BarkingFish. You have new messages at C.Fred's talk page.
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Planck times

See Planck time and Orders of magnitude (time); you can easily see from the protection logs that they've been protected for one week (11218573000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Pt) and two weeks (22437146000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Pts). Nyttend (talk) 23:28, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, ok, that's fine. But it'd be a real help at least if you'd just note that on the RFPP so more people don't ask you the same thing, especially ones who don't know how to view the protection log.  BarkingFish  23:30, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Wondering if you could help with the concerns raised here

[1] Thanks --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Sure Doc, no worries. I'll get onto that this evening. Thanks for the heads up!  BarkingFish  19:16, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Courcelles

You accidentally removed another editor's comments with your last posts, it appears; I've reverted so you'll need to readd your edits. Nobody Ent 15:08, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

17 times 64

Hi BarkingFish- The school admins dictate certain rules, I tried to suggest other ideas, but generally intend to work around regulations and not get bogged down. I understand your logic. Most all seems okay for now, just that the school seems to operate with only one IP address, currently frozen. Class starts Friday, April 20 at 15:30 UTC so hope all will have access. KSRolph (talk) 00:32, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Stories Project

Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'm curious about your work on medical topics on Wikipedia

I'd very much like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project.

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

user:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 22:02, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you for your help and patience. A person like you is hard to come by and very appreciated. MJ94 (talk) 23:16, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Talkback re: explaining the talkback template to me

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TheIrishWarden

Oh, thanks for the help, I have read through the guide and I it is just a waiting game now for twinkle to be activated TheIrishWarden - Irish and proud (talk) 08:14, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Hi. I appreciate that you are doing your best for Wikipedia by nominating a number of articles for speedy deletion, but you should be aware that I have declined a number of these (Gorou Ibuki, Jen Gould, Mikiho Niwa and Rich Aron) because they are not candidates for speedy deletion.

The requirements for speedy deletion under notability are very strict. If they do not assert credible notability then they are potentially candidates for speedy deletion. However if they do make a credible claim, and please note that they do not even need to provide references, then they will NOT be deleted by speedy deletion.

Take Jen Gould for example. The claims are that she won a music award, and a leading lady in a theatrical play for 4 seasons. Either are sufficiently credible to mean this article won't be speedy deleted. What's more, there is a reference made to back up the claim of the music award.

If you still think an article should be deleted, then I would recommend WP:PROD or WP:AFD/

I would recommend re-reading the policy on speedy deletion and candidates for A7, as this would help make sure you choose the correct deletion template for an article. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Stephen! ^Coming... 21:06, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

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Hey Man

Hey, the IRC went crazy, and I couldn't communicate with you. Did you find any pics of the Evoque? Coolboygcp (talk) 22:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure if it'll work...

Hello, BarkingFish. I'm not even sure if this'll work.. First time I try to contact a Wikipedia member. I just wanted to know, was it you who uploaded the fake numbers station example? (Grenadier-code-and-numbers-station-demo.ogg) If so, do you still have this file somewhere with you? Guyome prime (talk) 07:54, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Guyome, yes I do still have a copy of it - although after it was removed from the Numbers station article here, I had it taken down from Commons as "no longer in use". If you are looking for a copy, please let me know.  BarkingFish  13:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh, great! I was wishing somebody somewhere had a copy of it. How could we proceed for you to send it? And thanks for your fast answer :) Guyome prime (talk) 04:20, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I can get it to you as fast as you like. Just follow this link to drop me an email, and include your email address, and I will email a copy to you upon receipt of your contact. Cheers!  BarkingFish  12:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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I modified the text of proposal to address your concerns. Please, review your !vote. Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 18:37, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for swift response! — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 20:34, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

RE: Fish Bread

Hi, I noticed that you de-prodded the article Fish Bread and requested to have it transwikid to Wikibooks Cookbooks. I think that article may, in fact, be a hoax and thus not appropriate for transwiki-ing. The creator of that article has done nothing with their account except make various hoax pages (included other so-called recipes), all of which have been deleted already. I would be a little suspicious to believe that he happened to make one, non-hoax article in the midst of all of the more obvious hoaxes. In addition, looking around, I found only one actual hit for a recipe for something called "fish bread" and the recipe is in no way similar to the one presented here, nor is any of the supposed history presented verifiable. I'm certainly no expert on cooking, so I may be wrong about this, but I thought I should at least bring this to your attention. Rorshacma (talk) 22:39, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your contact, Rorshacma - Fish bread actually does exist, and there are plenty of different recipes for it - including the best known one, which happens to be French - see this link - it bears little resemblance to the recipe posted here, but I can vouch that it is authentic. Fish^Barking? 23:09, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Cloak application

Cloak request completed. Fish^Barking? 00:35, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Re:Nilgiri Malabar Battalion

Whatever...

Hi! Nice to meet you. When I edited the article, there was no CSD tag on it. When I saw the article history, I saw that the creator was (probably) struggling with properly structuring the article, and was repeatedly removing and adding content. So, I helped him with initiating the structure of the article. Afterward, I see he has been expanding the article nicely (so may be my guess that he was simply struggling due to technical issue may be true). Rather than going by rules only, I did use some history search, and the result is not too bad, what say? I was careful in this case, that is why checked the article history, and tried to fathom the problem rather than following the rule blindly. What you did was probably not check the content properly, and tried to tag it for CSD. Content-wise, the article does not qualify for CSD. So, you tried to follow the rule, which is very good. I added something on top of rule, that is being careful :) Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 22:44, 17 August 2012 (UTC) What I did was seeing that the only author on the work had blanked the page, which is an express right under G7, I tagged it for speedy deletion under the G7 criteria. When the csd saved, I noticed that there had been data restored to the article while I was applying the csd tag, which you had done - G7 is an express wish for deletion by the only author of the work, so obliging their wishes, I tagged it as such. I removed that tag immediately, upon noticing the restored data. At the time I applied the tag, the history clearly shows (Blanked the Page) - which is a clear wish for deletion under G7, saving and leaving the article with no content. FishBarking? 22:52, 17 August 2012 (UTC) You are not reading CSD G7 properly. It reads, "If the sole author blanks a page other than a userspace page or category page, this can be taken as a deletion request. ". So, blanking by the sole author can be taken as a request, not must be. In this particular case, if you had looked at the content the author was trying to add, perhaps you could have understood that it is more likely that the author is not requesting deletion. I looked at the content, guessed that probably the author is facing technical (wikifying) difficulties in creating the article. So, I helped him initiate the article. Then, he expanded it. He did not blank it anymore, which goes to subtantiate my guess that he, in the first place, did not intend to delete it. You told in my talk page, "Since you have now re-added that work, the author's wishes can no longer be complied with". To the contrary, what I did actually helped the author in realizing his wish! CSD was not his wish. So, let me copy-paste from your message in my talk page, "Please be careful about what you edit and how :)". Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 23:52, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Moses Simwala

BarkingFish, Moses Simwala is not a living person. He has been dead 19 years. References will be added in due course.Ace72 (talk) 14:24, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

• Apologies, Ace72 - I had not noticed that the date of his death was included in the article at the time I triaged it. I can see that my tag has been removed, but thank you for notifying me of this. Fish^Barking? 15:57, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Open proxy catch: Not sure if this is correct or not

Hi guys. I am not sure entirely what is going on right now, I am staying with a friend of mine overnight in Nuremberg, and I've tried to log in both here and on freenode, and the system is screaming at me that this is an open proxy. I have no idea what an open proxy is, but unless something is wrong with my buddy's internet connection, this can't be right. Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on? Fish^Barking? 21:47, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

IP block exempt

I have granted your account an exemption from IP blocking. This will allow you to edit through full blocks affecting your IP address when you are logged in.

Please read the page Wikipedia:IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions.

Note in particular that you are not permitted to use this newly-granted right to edit Wikipedia via anonymous proxies, or disruptively. If you do, or there is a serious concern of abuse, then the right may be removed by any administrator.

Appropriate usage and compliance with the policy may be checked periodically, due to the nature of block exemption, and block exemption will be removed when no longer needed (for example, when the block it is related to expires).

I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. James F. (talk) 23:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

NGC 2119

About NGC 2119 I do that I can, but it is not more data in the esperanto page... The galaxy is bad know. See the exernal links. --Jean-François Clet (talk) 12:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

wikitech-ambassadors

Hi! Just wanted to bring your attention to the tech ambassadors list and ask whether you might join it. Thanks! Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Community Manager (talk) 14:55, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Concern regarding information found on Princeton, Minnesota page

Hi. You were kind enough to help me with something a few weeks back, and I have run into something I needed to ask another editor for help with. I thought you may be able to help me hopefully. In editing the page foe Princeton, Minnesota I found some inappropriate information/language listed under the notable people section. I deleted the information but was not sure if I was suppose to report that in someway or do anything else? Please let me know. Thank you--BuzyBody (talk) 19:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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TBrandley 00:01, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Just for the record

I don't wish to get into an unpleasant dispute, but when did I say that the candidate deserved to be an admin? AutomaticStrikeout 02:26, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Lantern transparent.png

A tag has been placed on File:Lantern transparent.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Fish^Barking? 19:21, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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—Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:34, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Yogo (yoga) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Yogo (yoga) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogo (yoga) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. BO | Talk 18:32, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Deleted text

I also deleted it as spam, perhaps I should have put a formal G11 on it. Text here shortly Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Year

		Best wishes for the New Year!
		Here's wishing you and yours a joyous, healthful, and productive 2013! Please accept a belated thank you for the well wishes upon my retirement as FAC delegate this year, and apologies for the false alarm of my first—and hopefully last—retirement; the well wishes extended me were most kind, but I decided to return, re-committed, when another blocked sock was revealed as one of the factors aggravating the FA pages this year. Maintaining standards in featured content requires vigilance, dedication and knowledge of people like you, who are needed; reviews are always welcome at FAC, FAR and TFA requests. Somehow, somehow we never ever seem to do nothin' completely nice and easy, but here's hoping that 2013 will see a peaceful road ahead and a return to the quality and comaraderie that defines the FA process, thanks to many dedicated Wikipedians! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:19, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

/R/

Hello BarkingFish. I noticed your userbox that identifies you as a redditor. It does strike me as appropriate to inform you of an untimely tragedy involving one of that forum's primary co-developer's, and Wikipedia user, AaronSw. --My76Strat (talk) 16:24, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Hi mate, I just wanted to say thanks a lot for your support with everything, it's much appreciated. Cheers, Russavia 15:36, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

An edit that altered a time stamp of another editor

This edit altered the time stamp of another editor's comment.  I hope you will fix it.  FYI, Unscintillating (talk) 13:43, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

What up man LOL

What up man LOL Russavia (talk) 23:21, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

this. - Bye :)

Don't be a twit mate. There's no abuse on your part; not that I can see anyways. If you do decide to rejoin us; be sure to get in touch, your secret is safe with me :) Russavia (talk) 23:33, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

No abuse? Are you joking? Maybe I can't provide evidence of it, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. I've had over 20 different ISP services in 7 years, it's no bleedin' wonder the stewards can't link them together. What I am is someone who's LTA'd for pretty much most of his existence on Wikipedia. 86.135.13.124 (talk) 23:54, 13 April 2013 (UTC)