User talk:Anthony Bradbury

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Archive1 Archive2 Archive3 Archive4 Speaking of userpage vandalism... Gotcha! Melchoir 01:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC) Adoptee Ya i think ive got it under control so you can adopt someone else.thanks for all the help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vikingboy0129 (talk • contribs) 05:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC). Autoblocks and Adopt-a-User 4 - yikes. I bet that was upsetting - I'm not sure what I would do. I suppose you have to email in or go to the IRC channels to get it removed. In terms of the criteria it is really a given. As they are likely to be guidelines - if someone shows they have acted in good faith I doubt anyone will mind them adopting I took on board your ideas of increasing the number of edits - but I didn't go for a 1000 - I went for the middle ground I think. Its a difficult one because someone with 1000 edits could still be "immature", and someone with 250 and IP experience very "mature". Must say I was shocked with the Users with 7 and 22 adoptees respectively. Not sure how to approach the situation especially the Admin with 22! I struggle with 3 - but then one is in the middle of a revert war and is a suspected sockpuppet - just look at the mess on my talk page! Maybe that is something we should add to the criteria - can only have 4 (or whatever) adoptees any more and you should suggest to your adoptee that they should get another one (i.e. co-adoption). Anyway I would like to ask on a personal note, because I am anxious in a way. Do you think the development of the project is going okay, are we or I moving too fast. Anyway hope you are well. Cheers Lethaniol 17:07, 10 December 2006 (UTC) I think you can Substitute it: Welcome! Hello, Anthony Bradbury, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Help pages and Adoption for new users Tutorial How to write a great article Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  I was only suggesting not to Sub it because if that happened the Adopt-a-User link could not be removed if the project collapsed! Lethaniol 18:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC) Your message Thanks. I see it as a small blip on an otherwise impressive editing record. Rest assured, should you decide on a future RfA, you will have my support. Rockpocket 00:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC) My RfA Thanks for the vote. Let's see what happens... Tonywalton  | Talk 10:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Adoption, II Thank you for adopting me. !! Jake95 20:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Me again. Can you help me with my request at the TV userboxes talk page? Jake95 20:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Re: Adoption Hi there; while I feel we three are all broadly in agreement, wouldn't it be nice if someone else showed some interest?!!?--Anthony.bradbury 21:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Sorry, what's this about? Oh, and by the way, I like the Greedo userbox... very good! CattleGirl talk | e@ 06:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC) Now you listen hear, i'll right whatever i bloody want— Preceding unsigned comment added by SmokeyPirate (talk • contribs) Thank you very much Thank you so much for your support of keeping the Examination of Holocaust denial article. Several members of my family died in the Holocaust, and I spent 3 days in 1999 at Auschwitz-Birkenau, where I saw first hand that Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism are still rampant in the world. Any article (and this is a very well written one) that helps to debunk the deniers is worth keeping, in my opinion. Thanks again. You have re-affirmed my faith in humanity. Jeffpw 08:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC) Vandalism Eh, he's been warned and the attack page deleted. We shall see if he continues. Shimgray | talk | 19:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC) Dunno. I guess everyone picks up a few idiots along the way; it's really down to chance as much as anything else. Shimgray | talk | 19:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC) WP:ADOPT Yeah I am quite happy, we have gone from less than 100 users involved on the 5th Dec, to over 150 today 14th Dec - 50 users in less than ten days. It means that we are getting more known - maybe this helped - Template:Announcements/Community bulletin board see Collaborations. Now all we need to do is finish Adopter and Adoptee areas, and complete those Criteria - though they looks pretty good for consensus. My only concern is that we become too successful too quick and we end up with too many people wanting to be adopted and not enough adopters - but we certainly have not reached that stage yet - we keep increasing numbers of adopters. Oh well we can deal with that if it happens. :):) Lethaniol 11:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Goebbels In May you added some detailed material about Goebbels' early life, but none of it is sourced. I intend rewriting this article, most of which is most inadequate, and I would like to retain your section on his early life. Please go back and reference it, otherwise it will be deleted in my new version along with all other unreferenced material. This is now the standard for Wikipedia articles on serious topics. Adam 11:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Re: Adoption Please don't hesitate to offer suggestions to me or to anyone! I don't take offence to constructive criticism. I've been distracted tonight with vandal fighting and new page patrolling, so the userboxes slipped my mind. I'll do it now before I go off to bed. Regards, (aeropagitica) 23:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Re:Speedy Hi! You contacted me about a misworded speedy tag. I clicked the wrong button in NPWatcher, and was forced to edit a custom summary. I should have used {{db-nonsense or such. Sorry about that! Tyson Moore es 00:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC) No problem. I know what you mean. Tyson Moore es Goebbels Thanks. I'm a little unhappy that your source for Goebbels having osteomyelitis rather than club foot as is commonly said is Shirer, who was not a professional historian and who was writing 47 years ago, although admittedly he was in Berlin in the 1930s and might be expected to know. Are you aware of any more recent sources? Is there anything in the medical literature about Goebbels? Adam 00:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC) OK I will go with that. Some questions so that I phrase this correctly: Is club foot the correct medical term for that condition? Is it always congenital? So if a deformity of the foot is not congenital, it is always incorrect to call it club foot? What would be the correct medical description of Goebbels's condition if it was caused by osteomyelitis? Adam 00:27, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks for that. There are plenty of sources for the effects of Goebbels's disability on his psychology, particularly his worship of physical power and his desire to dominate. Can it be coincidence that both Stalin and Kaiser Wilhelm suffered from similar, minor but humiliating, physical deformities? Adam 00:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Since you are a doctor with an interest in the Nazi period, you might like to read my rewrite of Action T4 and tell me what you think. Adam 01:01, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Sorry, further questions: Can you give a page reference from Shirer? If he had a shortened leg, I can understand why he wore a built-up boot to compensate, but what would have been the purpose of the iron leg brace? He writes at one point in his diary "My foot troubles me badly. I am conscious of it all the time." Why would he have pain in his foot? Is this not more suggestive of club foot than of a shortened leg? Adam 01:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC) DYK for Birger Dahlerus? Since Birger Dahlerus is a new article that's well-referenced and fairly long, you might want to nominate it at Template talk:Did you know. Melchoir 17:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Film Soundtracks Oh sorry it was supposed to be a redirect but it isn't working can you redirect to Category:Film soundtracks. I have just constructed a master template What do you think? Don't be silly. Of course I know how to do a redirect. I told you my computer isn't working very well. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:14, 17 December 2006 (UTC) My computer isn't registering properly on certain things at present Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:15, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Hey mate no problem. yes when I started my articles on List of Argentine films earlier it was playing up then on new pages I had to keep clicking page backwards and forwards!! I might have solved it but just check please. CheersErnst Stavro Blofeld 21:24, 17 December 2006 (UTC) I also think me edits are nearer 30,000 now. I total it at the end of every month. It has amazed me how quick it adds up. This of course includes minor quick edits. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 21:27, 17 December 2006 (UTC) See User:Hoverfish/Sandboxonce I will the flags it will be structured like this. It will look superb when finsihed. Template will go on most film pages. Hey remember though it is qulaity that counts which I try to achieve not number of edits. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 22:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Of course what is there to criticise about my great work? Brown Deer High School I have removed the speedy tag from this article and I want to explain why. You placed the tag entirely properly as the article was clearly an empty. However, high schools have a degree of inherent notability so I have converted the page into a stub. If you are (understandably) still concerned then an Afd is the way to go. In such a case, I would abstain due to my involvement thus far. TerriersFan 23:32, 17 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks Thanks bro. Icarus999 00:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)Icarus999 Adminship age limit discussion I just read your response, and I must say that it struck me as extremely classy. I will definitely keep my eye out for you, you seem like a thoughtful editor. Anchoress 12:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC) Thank you. It really seemed to me that conversation, if that is the right word, between User:Malber and a harmless teenage editor was so far out of order as to be totally off the planet. I note he has a 48-block. While it may be possible that a very young aspirant may be emotionally/psychologically/intellectually unready for Adminship, this would show in their answers and in their edit count. So ageism is wholly inappropriate. I have one no-consensus RfA on my record. Should I try again before entering my second childhood, or after?!!--Anthony.bradbury 19:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC) LOL well you've probably made more friends than enemies with your recent comment, so go for it! Anchoress 00:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC) Your article, Birger Dahlerus, was selected for DYK! On December 21, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Birger Dahlerus, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 22:18, 21 December 2006 (UTC) First, good article. Second, no, I was unaware of the debate: I always thought that Göring was the German spelling and that Goering was the more conventional English form (cf. Schröder/Schroeder), as ö does not exist in English. With regard to Goebbels, I've never seen the spelling Göbbels. We title our article "Hermann Göring". In any case, Goering is not necessarily incorrect, but I thank you for your understanding. Biruitorul 23:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC) Rickstasy article Hi, you just marked my Rickstasy article for deletion on the grounds that 'Wikipedia is not a cook book not even for cocktails'. I agree it's not a cook-book (it's a website) but it does have a useful repository of cocktail-related information (for example List of cocktails), perhaps you were not aware of this? I was simply adding to this useful information. I'll expand the article as soon as I get time. Re:Jim Pattison I started the article for 2 reasons. The first was I kept seeing his name pop up everywhere in articles I was looking at today, and yet he had a red link. Secondly, he's a billionaire, one of the richest men in Canada, and has done a whole lot of stuff for Vancouver and BC. I actually have his autobiography, but I haven't read it. He's someone who needs an article, and it suprised me that it's been left alone for so long. What I put is just common knowledge of what I can recall. I'll get more in depth after I actually get some information on him, like when he was born. Thanks for the interest. Kaiser matias 08:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC) I didn't really see it as criticism; he's one of them not well known billionaires, except around here. But he is highly deserving of an article, so I started it. Kaiser matias 20:43, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Goebbels Thanks for your comments, which I appreciate. After reading Breitman's book I am convinced that Himmler was the "architect" of the Holocaust in the sense that he took Hitler's general, and possibly not explicit, instruction to "solve the Jewish question" and devised a concrete plan to carry it out. I don't think Goering played any significant role. Adam 15:01, 23 December 2006 (UTC) My reading of that is that Heydrich said in effect to Goering - Hitler has decided to kill the Jews and Himmler has ordered me to get on and do it. Sign this, you lazy fat schweinhund, and we will get it done and you won't have to worry about it any more. And Goering was happy to sign and let someone else do the dirty work. Adam 15:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC) PS I don't know if you noticed my 2nd round of questions about Goebbels's foot, above. I am still curious if you have any thoughts on this. Adam 15:15, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Ah, I failed to notice your response of 17/12 re Der Reichsministerial Fuß. Thanks. On the Holocaust, I think the chain of command was Hitler -> Himmler -> Heydrich -> Eichmann. Goering was nominal No 2 in the regime so his pro forma consent was obtained. But as you say, this must remain speculation. Adam 16:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC) Sophia Yin Please look at this page in a few days. It was all of 8 min old when you tagged it for notability. I feel bitten. Plus my last 15 minutes of edits were lost in an edit conflct. Obina 16:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC) My RfA Your vote in my RFA is appreciated. Unfortunately, the RfA failed to achieve consensus. If you have any advice for me on how to do better next time around, it would be greatly appreciated! Seraphimblade 14:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC) Adoption Thank you. I would very much like to be "adoped" by you. The delays you mention are not problematic for me. In fact I will be dealing with them regularly as my wife is about to spend 4 months in London as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and we will need to coordinate our phone calls. I do know the film "Silent Running". I have seen it several times and I love it. It was done by Douglas Trumbull who did the special effects for 2001 (you likely already know that). I too am a science fiction fan though I have read too little of late. My areas of interest are music (I am a classical composer in my spare time), amateur photography, literature of all sorts, psychology, sociology, history (particularly music history) and many other things. I thank you for your offer and I look forward to a fruitful collaboration from "across the pond" as they say. I think we will both learn valuable things. Sincerely, Allan J. Cronin Santa Barbara, California catholic guy Heya anthony, I've noticed you don't think I'm a experienced user, well let me tell u just one thing: "high number of mainspace edits" ≠ "user's experience". Cheers.-- Walter Humala - Emperor of West Wikipedia| wanna Talk? 04:36, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Andrew Thorpe-Apps There hasn't been any "tampering with the Google data". Wikipedia content is mirrored on many sites [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. If you include "-wikipedia" when searching Google, it tends not to show them. Hope that helps. One Night In Hackney 05:00, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Ah, I see now. As the article uses the content from the Devon Malcolm article, the mirror sites have the same content which Google returns in search results. There's nothing sinister going in, it just looks like a clever piece of vanity vandalism, as the page was previously deleted twice before. One Night In Hackney 21:53, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Walter Humala Yes an interesting user. I first came across them when they were using a template on potential adoptees page that added them to the Category of user seeking to ADOPT! - quite annoying. See User_talk:Walter_Humala#Adoption Template. They never replied to this request, but did stop adding the template - so that was good. Even with 300+ edits to their userpage, they do meet the criteria - but I agree with you they are possibly not the ideal adopter. What is interesting, is that even after offering adoption to quite a number of users, they have never been taken up - so the users are deciding for themselves and self-regulating potentially "poor" Adopter (Walter if you read this, I am not suggesting you will are a poor user, but that you may be, like we all could be to varying degrees). So in the bigger picture - we can not stop users, who might not be ideal, from offering adopting, but we have to rely on new users picking for themselves, giving them access to information to help if they have a problem with an adopter (Adoptee's Area etc...), and severe cases intervene. In this case I think you have done the right thing, possibly I would have been a bit more chilled about, but you did not do what should not be done, that is insist that they do not adopt - that would be counter productive. We should not try to use any authority or punishment to stop potentially poorer users offering adoption, but just like wikipedia, give some sound arguments why there might be problems. One of these that you missed in this case, not that it matters, is that Walter has often offered adoption on the basis that it was some kind of slave program - I assume a joke - which I think is not the best way to go about things. Anyway If it is okay - can we copy the points from here and my talkpage the talkpage of Adopt-a-user so others can see the discussion. Cheers Lethaniol 20:27, 27 December 2006 (UTC) PS I have just checked Walter's block log - so I correct they do not meet the criteria, and so a slightly stronger message like you sent was appropriate. Might have mentioned that to Walter. Cheers Lethaniol 20:27, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Erm am I going mad - I can't see Walter's response here or your reply here or on his user talk page. ??? Lethaniol 22:24, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Okay I see the Catholic Man reply a section or two above here. Hmm not too civil. Still did not see your short reply. Maybe we should mention that he does meet the Criteria due to his recent block, and is often in "conflict" as can be seen from his talk page. Hmm not sure they will take it too well. Lethaniol 22:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC) He replied further up, at User talk:Anthony.bradbury#catholic guy RHB 22:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC) I just saw it and started reading related pages. To say the least, I'd agree with Lethaniols use of 'interesting user'. RHB 22:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Hey I do not have a problem you joining in RHB, as long as Anthony don't mind. I will watch this talk page so we can keep the whole discussion here if that is okay Anthony. Two points - still can't find your reply Anthony - have looked at your contribution, Walter's contributions, and Walter's talk page history. Other point - Walter is obviously very keen to Adopt, though has not as yet managed it, which I see as good aspect of the Adopt-a-User program. Maybe we should just leave it be. If he does manage to adopt we can warn any of his adoptees soon after. There is a bigger discussion here and I think we should take it to Wikipedia talk:Adopt-a-User - and get others opinions especially the Admins. Cheers Lethaniol 22:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Cut and Paste from my talk page Lethaniol 22:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC) It does seem that potential adoptees are voting with their feet, and staying away in their hordes. Perhaps we might leave it alone for the moment? While his block makes him unsuitable, there is no compulsion we can apply. Are you prepared to contact any adoptee he might collect and notify them of the criteria?--Anthony.bradbury 22:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Great minds think alike hey. Yes I will keep an eye on him and contact his adoptees if he gets any - just another thing to add to my long list of duties for Adopt-a-User :(:( Lethaniol 22:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC) My girlfriend - who is now dragging me away to watch Desperate Housewives - oh the punishment - thinks that the Catholic guy slur is really bad. Can you imagine (in the UK anyway), if some said Oi, Islamic guy. So very very uncivil and extremely undiplomatic - not a good choice. Lethaniol 22:50, 27 December 2006 (UTC) I'm actually quite happy to be known as Catholic Guy. I am one, and am proud of it. But I take your lady friend's point, and I thank her and you for your concern. If you read this guy's user page it appears to be well in character.--Anthony.bradbury 22:53, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Just to let you know, hes been blocked. See User talk:Walter Humala#Blocked 2 RHB 23:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC) Adopt a user Hi there; you are on the page of users seeking to be adopted. This is a mistake, isn't it? You've been here nearly as long as I have. --Anthony.bradbury 23:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC) Nope, not a mistake, my wiki skills are absolutely HORRID, if I knew how to do a lot more stuff I would probably do a lot more. --Sergiusz Szczebrzeszyński |talk to me||what i've done||e| 22:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC) Adoptee numbers Hi Tony, have replied on my talk page... Lethaniol 19:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC) Actually I think my greater concern is with rouge Adopters, not good Adopters who take on lots of work (as long as they do good work), of course there is lots of shades of grey between these two extremes. As the program is just getting bigger and bigger, I think rouge adopters may become a problem and something we need to keep an eye. When we do get our first major problem with an Adopter then we can deal with it then, using diplomacy first and if that fails the standard procedures in place for disruptive users. At but thinking about the issue now, we might be little more prepared for it. In terms of the adoptee numbers issue, I would leave as you do not seem to have a major problem with it, and there are plenty of new users seeking adoption going around. Cheers Lethaniol 19:44, 28 December 2006 (UTC) Repeated vandalism (copied from my own talk page) Hi there; I saw your accidental page about an IP vandal. Do you know the page WP:AIV?--Anthony.bradbury 22:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the pointer. I have used that page before (WP:AIV), but I somehow got to the wrong page and got mixed up when using it. I'll report the ipaddresses where you have suggested. Thanks again.  DDS  talk 22:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC) I have reported the ipaddresses at WP:AN/I. Once again, thanks.  DDS  talk 22:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC) ^__^ Hey ~ I would be greatful if you would adopt me *got lost trying to find your talk page XD* ~ as you can tell I get lost and confused easily. I will try my best not to spam you with stupid questions XP ~ and most of mine probibly will be stupid. Thank you --Sammie-chan 01:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks for underconstruction tip Thanks for the tip about {{underconstruction}}. Didn't know about that one, and will certainly use it next time. Travisl 00:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC) Goebbels signature It does look that way, but I assume it is a product of haste. The handwriting at the top right clearly spells his name with two Bs. Thanks for your support in defending this article. I had expected more attacks on it by now, and I assume more will come. The best way to deter pests here is really exhaustive referencing, ugly though it sometimes looks. Adam 16:01, 31 December 2006 (UTC) Madrilenian or Madrilenial Butterfly Hello, there! It's me, Radical3, who apparently wrote an article about a bloodsucking butterfly and was deleted by you. Have you heard of the program "The Most Extreme"? It is a program on Animal Planet and I just recently watched an episode named "Bloodsuckers". I am aware that my spelling is incorrect, because I'm not sure about it, wierd name. And I know that there aren't any websites about this species, however ... on the program, they did tell me that this species was recently discovered therefore, I don't think there are any websites on the Internet about this species. But, I'm afraid it's true, this butterfly does suck blood! Go to this website: http://www.tv.com/the-most-extreme/bloodsuckers/episode/620507/recap.html Radical3 23:14, 30 December 2006 (UTC) Look, dude! Just because there aren't any websites about this species, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This species was just recently discovered, THIS YEAR. I wouldn't expect anyone to make a website about the butterfly. Now, if you don't believe me, that's your problem. So if you wouldn't mind, I would really appreciate it if you put my article back or I'll contact Wikipedia and do something about it. If you just put back, everything will be fine for you and me. Radical3 16:23 December 31, 2006 I think I do know a way for you to help me. You can help me get it back for I am a new user. Please tell those Wikipedia dudes to contact me and I will take it from there. Radical3 20:24, 31 December 2006 (UTC) Re: Gaysploitation I'd love to improve the page, and I did, in fact, attempt to do so (and it's in the history) before you prop del'd it, but apparently a bot has decided I'm not allowed to and reverted the change before accusing me of the horrendous crime of linking to YouTube. (Which I didn't actually do, for that matter.) --Stickulator 13:46, 1 January 2007 (UTC) Much obliged. :) --Stickulator 14:03, 1 January 2007 (UTC) Re: "Hide behind" You're not reading into my meaning, which is probably just plain my fault. What I mean by it is that I find the various templates impersonal at best, and while I can appreciate that they can certainly be useful if you want to handle a new user with kid gloves, slapping a subst: on something which is on the face impersonal to make it seem like something it isn't bothers me in a number of ways. I'd rather be spared. --Stickulator 13:56, 1 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks Thank you for fixing my userbox- I appreciate it! Bighoopearrings 17:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC) Adoption I had heard somewhere that adoption can get me to adminship quicker -- that's my only reason to be honest with you. Do you think I could pass rfa by this month? Just H 22:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)