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Blocking

Hi there, just came over a user talk page I could not edit because it is blocked. I could not quite see it from your notes, could you please explain what the user did that was disruptive and why even his talk page had to be blocked? Thank you. Añoranza 14:56, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I rudely neglected to thank you for you help with Mathematics Formulae, so thanks once again. About archiving one's talk page, I've seen one user erasing his talk page and simply providing a link to the old version (an oldid, before the erasing) - is this such a good idea? Of course, Wikipedia is not running out of space, but I get the feeling there might be some guideline or part of the licence which discourages this. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 18:07, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again

Thanks, Commander ... you should sleep every now and then :-) Sandy 12:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the dab info!

You are so right, I was confused! Thanks for clarifying the "(disambiguation) in the title issue" for me. In the case of something like Rap, which is the disambiguation page, of what use is the page titled Rap (disambiguation) that just redirects to Rap? Is that used for something? Does it get "moved" to Rap and then deleted, or is it just to be left as a redirect? Dreadlocke 03:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I just answered my own question, the (disambiguation) title page is for linking in things like Wikipedia:Links_to_(disambiguation)_pages so there's no doubt that it's a disambig page, then it just redirects to the actual disambig page that's not titled disambiguation. Ok. I think I have it now.  :) Dreadlocke 03:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admin assistance

A very minor request: Music Genre is, as expected, a redirect to Music genre; however, for some inscrutable reason, Talk:Music genre is a redirect to Talk:Music Genre. I can't move the talk page due to past edit history; can you please move it so that the Talk page goes with the corresponding article? Thanks! --Russ Blau (talk) 13:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Duvall

I see you edited the quote from Apocalypse Now. You ought to back and listen to the scene again. I entered the text as I did for a reason.Telliott 19:12, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About the {helpme}

I didn't place the helpme you removed from my talkpage back there yesterday, that was another user who decided to unblank the talkpage and leave "you have new messages" for the IP even though I told him that my IP can change next time the router is reset. Is it really so that it's vandalism to remove the comments? They stay in history, right? Sorry for the inconvenience. 85.70.5.66 06:14, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Category:Reviewed protected edit requests

I was trying to make it consistant with category:requests for unblock, I actually created a new template for that same reason, you might want to also ckeck the history tab and the talkpage of {{editprotected}} to find out a bit more background information. Myrtone

TriPod the band

Thanks for the clean up and the links for categories!!! Really appreciate it. Hope the winter in Australia is an easier one than the summer in the US! Thanks again. Tint 15:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)Tint[reply]

Thanks for the help mate

Thanks for the help with the translationg mate . I removed an earlier edit made by me in the article on Kelly Van Der Veer on the basis of this translation.

Unitedroad 11:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Ross

Yeah thats probnably a better idea than starting the article again. It's just I hate seeing blocked article on a supposdely free encyclopedia (dont get me wrong I know why it was done but still the information should be there).

Cheers mate. Rob.derosa 21:46, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help desk (VFAQ)

Nice work, that was exactly what was needed in my opinion!

I still feel that the intro bit on the RD and HD pages is too long: if I were a new user, I wouldn't bother reading through the long list of guidelines and rules at the top of the page, to post a question. The question is, do you think we can streamline it without loosing the gist of what they need to know?

Again, great work!

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 15:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've made a small proposal on the help desk talk page. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 13:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Allen

Hi Commander Keane. Thanks for your message concerning the deletion of the article, Dennis Allen. Whilst in my opinion this character is indeed noteworthy, I don't have any references to hand at present, in particular several books concerning the topic. One good reference in particular is a biography on his mother, The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story. As I'm moving house at present, most of my reference material is packed away. I'll have to chase this one up at the other end of my travels and leave it be for now unfortunately. I recently deleted my watchlist (which was growing fast and had reached almost 2000 articles), and missed this deletion. Thanks for your vigilance.. -- Longhair 23:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, I see the issue now. Thanks for your references. It appears the admin who deleted the page did so on the basis the prod notice wasn't removed and perhaps some of the information wasn't cited. I guess it's a case for deletion review. -- Longhair 09:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've created a listing at WP:DRV if you wish to have some input. I'd like to see the deletion overturned. Again, thanks for your eyes on the issue. -- Longhair 09:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article has been restored. Great referencing by the way. I try to reference where I can these days. That was one of my earlier attempts at an article :) -- Longhair 09:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
About Prod notices: Looks like you added the citations but left the prod notice, and the 5-day deadline was just about to expire. Once a prod notice is placed on an article the deletion happens automatically, regardless of citations added, or changes to the article. There is no review. Anyone may remove a prod notice at any time for any reason (or none at all), so normally you want to do that at the same time you add citations (or even if you're planning to). Fan-1967 13:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Realistically, I think often prods get so backed up that admins may not be very meticulous in reviewing them, going by the assumption that if nobody bothered to remove the prod notice, it's probably not worth keeping. The other reason they may not be that careful is that, as in this case, if anyone complains, restoration of the article is automatic, so no harm done. Fan-1967 13:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your Comment!

Indeed {{helpme}} should be used for building the encyclopedia. I would like to think however, that clarifying the issue I had requested help for can only benefit me in future edits. Nonetheless, I appreciate and will take into account your concern from now on :)
--MikeTheRaptor 20:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kite

Thanks for the move of 'Kite (toy)'. Links that go to 'Kite flying' still redirect to 'Kite (toy)' even though the redirect on 'Kite flying' says 'Kite'. I presume I'm being impatient, but thought I'd bring it to your attention in case its a technical glitch that requires human intervention. Cheers Clappingsimon talk 01:40, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, redirects functioning correctly now. Sorry to have bothered you. Cheers Clappingsimon talk 02:03, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

help!!

I notice that if I type Enterprise Steaks in the search engine, nothing comes up. Enterprise Steaks is my name, and just as Omaha Steaks is on here, I feel Enterprise should be as well. How do I fix this?

Thank you  :)

Children's Aid Society

You beat me, I was just about to do the same thing :) ViridaeTalk 03:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Commander!

Thanks for implementing the change I requested re: Children's Aid Society. Now I'm going to figure out how to do a disambiguation page.

"Kibi"

seeking guidance on editing fonts in Wikipedia

Hi! I'm not sure you are the most appropriate person to ask, but I found you via a relevant link, so: I have noticed on the page of "Tibetan language" in Wikipedia that the Tibetan script does not stack up properly. I have no trouble doing this with various editors (including Word) on either a Mac or Windows platform, but, at least in Windows, one has to use a special Tibetan Unicode font such as "Tibetan Machine Uni" so that the necessary Open Type information is available. It seems that the font used on the Wikipedia page is simply some generic Unicode font such as Arial Unicode MS etc. which does indeed contain the Tibetan letters, but does not know how to assemble them (stack them) into a legible Tibetan word. I also noticed that in the article on Pali language, my office XP system with IE browser was unable to correctly show the fonts there no matter what font I tried to use via the View menu (although if the same material was copied into a Word document, there was no problem), whereas on my XP system at home with the Firefox browser, there was no problem on the same Wikipedia page.

-- Prof. Jakob Dempsey 

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Replied via email.--Commander Keane 08:34, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Salt the talk page too

Please also salt the talk page, Talk:New York Yankees SUCK -- GO RED SOX!!, as its going to get recreated too, esspecially with the article page uneditable. Kevin_b_er 03:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lieberman

Thanks :-) I shoulda known it would be you ! (GO SOX !!) Sandy 05:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

For fixing the dodgy Merzbild Schwet infobox. Must have deleted/changed something by accident. Ta! Ac@osr 22:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanking you for your help. Chris. Lost Garden 13:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing semiprotection

Thanks for your response. I was working on the assumption that a semiprotected header would be shown at the top of the page. Obviously not. ViridaeTalk 13:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

your opinion sought at WP:LIST talk

I've made a proposal here, and am seeking feedback. Best,--Anthony Krupp 13:58, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

Sicilian currently is a redirect to Sicilian (disambiguation). Could you swap them, please? Thanks in advance. --Russ Blau (talk) 14:38, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Warsaw Radio Mast photos

Pictures of this building are extremely rare. Extremely. There are people struggling over the net and libraries to find them, including me. There are discussions about this, because it's not a small thing for world heritage and Guinness. It's the world's tallest structure, enfulged in the wave of SSSR mistery. My friend managed to find those images from unknown source, which is a great effort. So, what should I do to make those photos legal on wikipedia? Why there isn't any tag for unknown photos? Not all photos have a known history. I could've uploaded it cropped with notation it's my photo, but I was sincere. Thank you for your answer.

Endimion17 03:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help!

I appreciate the link to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction), and I will check out the Help desk. Thanks a lot for your help! Emily (Funtrivia Freak) 18:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on Sheynhertz-Unbayg

Hi,

I see that you've had some interaction with User:Sheynhertz-Unbayg. Please check out the following RfC, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Sheynhertz-Unbayg. --Batamtig 08:07, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks for the help on spelling

Thankyou for your help on use of localized spellings, I actually read the page you directed me to without spotting it! D'oh Sam Lacey 10:10, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Redirect problem, answer

In answer to your question, on my Preferences page, "Disable page caching" is not checked. Hope that helps, thanks. —Salmar 17:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible sock puppet

There is a vandal who has recently been adding very inappropriate images to the article 2006 redefinition of planet. It may be deeper than ordinary vandalism, however, because it seems that the same person is creating numerous accounts and using each one once to recreate the image each time it is deleted. I hope you or another admin. can do something about this. Thank you, Ruff Bark away! 01:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another misplaced disambig page

Universal is a redirect to Universal (disambiguation). --Russ Blau (talk) 12:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information about "malplaced disambiguation pages". See also my talk page. Twisted86 19:45, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the fix! --Russ Blau (talk) 10:38, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. You're welcome for the ideas. To quote a ubiquitous radio ad here in the States, "Thanks for listening." <grin> And thanks for clarifying the DAB guidelines. They make more sense now. Twisted86 06:41, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Starting up a page

Seeing that you are an administrator on Wikipedia, I was just wondering if you could give me the appropriate instructions on how to set up a page on Wikipedia. I seem to have trouble locating the pages I have set up when I type to title of my page into the Wikipedia "search" URL. Thanks. Canadia

Thanks for your reply. However, with all due respect, I don't think you understand my problem. I have created two pages Military History of Canada during WWI and List of Christian Missionaries. Yet when you put in the title of these two pages into the Wikipedia "Search Engine," it doesn't give you the page I have created. On the other hand, if you type in "Canada" into the search engine, you get a page describing all the things about Canada ([1]) If you could take a look at these two pages and see what's wrong, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Canadia
Okay thanks a whole bunch. Just one more thing: I created the "Military History of Canada during WWI" page on June 15th. Is it suppose to take this long to show up? I know some guys whose articles have shown up just 2 days after their creation. Is there something wrong that I am doing when I make an article? Please reply. Thanks Canadia

Help with stub tagging on amputation article?

I was referred to you by User:SandyGeorgia who said that you were a great help when she had trouble with vandalism on the Tourette syndrome page. One of the pages that I am watching is the amputation page, as it relates to some of my professional interests. In the past two weeks, the page has been tagged three times as a stub [2]. Normally, this would be a quite reasonable tag in wikipedia (and not something likely to be picked up by bots), and I wouldn't be contacting an admin about it, but in this case there are a number of things that make it seem like vandalism or a joke in poor taste.

  1. The article is not a stub. It is long enough (although it could still be expanded) that it is no longer editable by a novice. It currently includes 7 sections, and although it could use some referencing hits the major points.
  2. Stub when referrring to amputations makes for a very poor-taste joke. Indeed, the first editor who tagged the article with "stub" included "huhuhuhu" as his edit comment.
  3. All three users who have tagged the article are IPs. The first one has only this edit in his or her history. Obviously, this are at best circumstantial details, but I am only using them to add to the above. Especially in the case of the first IP edit.

Again, if the article were a stub, or in the absence of such comments, I wouldn't be contacting you. At this point, my question is, does the 3RR apply to vandalism of this sort? Is there any way to make certain that this article does not get tagged with an inappropriate stub notice? I assume bots aren't smart enough to remove stub tags from specific pages? I have added a polite notice {{subst:test0}} on the user page for User:137.73.22.142. In his or her case, the IP has at least been used several times, so perhaps there will be some response. Please feel free to reply on my talk page if you have any other suggestions. Edhubbard 20:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help with the amputation page, and for the advice about the 3RR. I will continue to revert, and remind users that this might be considered vandalism. The last revert, I also invited the user to discuss this on the talk page, in case there is something that I've missed, but if people continue to tag the article with no explanation, I might ask for semi-protection. It sure doesn't seem bad enough to warrant it yet... It's not the elephant article, after all! Edhubbard 21:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A question

Hi again! Thanks for helping out Edhubbard (above). I have a question: I'm past the days of multiple helpme templates, but instruction creep still makes it hard to understand some things on Wiki. I haven't been able to find this answer anywhere.

In spite of a prior mediation (where I ceded to this editor, hoping a show of good faith would help: it didn't), and two RfCs resulting in multiple editors (including admins) telling him his interpretation of BLP is incorrect, another editor has escalated from inappropriate deletions of well-sourced material to what I believe are personal attacks. I have offered him the opportunity to apologize and retract, which he hasn't done. In the discussion, he has added further attacks. There has been a pattern of escalation over two months now, and my concern is that he refuses to listen to consensus or to back down. My question is, am I supposed to leave template npa2 on his page, or is that an admin function only? I can't find any instructions anywhere which explain adequately the use of the template. (I'm not asking you to leave a warning: I'm still hoping he'll back down and de-escalate. I'm trying to find out if the next step is for me to leave the template, or to ask an admin to leave one, or if my discussion on his talk page is sufficient for now.) Thanks for any help you can give, Sandy 16:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Update: as he refuses to discuss and back off (calls it a "debate"), I now do want to add a warning template, and need to know if I should add that, or if an admin needs to add it. Thanks, Sandy 17:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete a page

Sorry to bug you with this... Could you please delete the blank page User:RussBlau/dpl2.js? I can't tag it for speedy deletion because ".js" pages aren't parsed for wiki-syntax, apparently. --Russ Blau (talk) 17:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Housekeeping

A bit of old news here (all the way back to April), but since you're an admin I'll mention it. You posted to User talk:Ziggles Metropolitan recommending the {{Citecheck}} template for articles that needed citations. Actually that recommendation ought to be {{Citations missing}}. {{Citecheck}} is specialized for misuse of citations, such as quotations taken out of context. I've had to change templates on a lot of articles that were using the wrong template. Please spread the word about that difference. Cheers, Durova 04:20, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arsenal images

Hi. I'm looking through all the Arsenal player articles, and they've all recently had the official profile photos uploaded to them. For example take Gilberto Silva, the photo at the top is from http://www.arsenal.com/player.asp?thisNav=first+team&plid=60094&clid=4421&cpid=703

A while ago in my talk you said that this kind of image use wasn't allowed - has this changed? I would love the Gilberto article to be allowed the official Arsenal.com profile pic, but I suspect it is illegal.

Please advise - thanks. -GilbertoSilvaFan 04:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cream gene

I was editing while you were editing, hope I didn't screw things up again. Content should be good now until the geneticists get ahold of it again and insert snarky edits! Will try to figure out how to use "move" the next time I redirect something. Learn something every day. <Grin> Montanabw 04:50, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was too fast

Sorry about speedy deleting the page too quickly, I wasn't sure whether any of the content was either salvageable or worth salvaging. Kudos for finding the useful version. Bobo. 05:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Misery (film)

As far as the db-empty tag I placed on this article is concerned, I did look at the previous edits, and I still felt the tag was justified. All of the movie information is already present in the main Misery article, and the editor gave no indication that he was splitting it off, or why. Instead, he created an infobox, then deleted it. As far as I knew, he would not be completing the article, nor was the article necessary. As I say, I felt the tag was justified. ---Charles 05:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah there was a bit of a misunderstanding on my part there. I saw the attempt at an infobox, and fixed it (it was a very tricky problem, where a borken wikilink broke the entire template). Filling out an infobox takes a bit of time and I was disappointed that it was tagged for deletion. I didn't realise that the film is already covered at Misery, but I think the extra information in the infobox not presented in Misery is useful, and that the film should have its own article. But maybe that is something to discuss.--Commander Keane 06:36, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly have no objection to the film having its own article---in fact, I was quite surprised to find it hadn't one already. When I saw the title on the new articles page, though, I assumed this was either a joke article (which I have seen in the past) or someone creating a new article without checking to make sure it did not already exist (an example of which, again involving a film, I saw just the other day). In a sense, the latter is the case. There should probably be some discussion on the talk page for the main Misery article, and a suggestion that the film content be split off into a separate article. I think that would be the best course of action. Thanks for your response and your vigilance. ---Charles 06:42, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
OK I kicked off a discussion at Talk:Misery. Thanks for your help :-) --Commander Keane 06:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's my pleasure (for the most part). I will contribute to that discussion. ---Charles 20:23, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Russell Peters edits of 65.49.251.20

Hi Commander Keane, I'd just like to seek some advice on a constant pain of an editor; this person (65.49.251.20) keeps reverting the edit or Russell Peters' middle name, which is Dominic (and I also cited a source), and is constantly incivil in his edit summaries, eg (geek - his name as a performer is Russell Peters), or (HE'S NOT PUNJABI DUMBASSES). I'm trying my best to keep cool, and I thought I could've asked you, as an admin of you could warn/block him (as he has not got enough warnings for WP:AIV, I think), or possibly do something to resolve this? Thanks. ~ EmeZxX 14:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there!

Hey Commander Keane, thought I'd pop in to say hi. :) Hope you can come online when your connection's stable again. Cheers, Tangotango 16:06, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request

This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 21:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oops!!

Yesterday I accidentally put a speedy deletion tag on an article I had been working on Selig Percy Amoils. How can I recover the article? Would appreciate help.... Thx Paul venter 18:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shart (2nd nomination)

FYI -- The Indian film article you started has gone to AfD if you wish to comment. --A. B. 06:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for your help

You recently helped me with login problems. I had problems logging in but I seem to be ok now. I appreciate your help in troubleshooting and your suggestions. dr.ef.tymac 03:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the prompt response

I have articles by several newspapers, but they are in paper form, not online, and I was unsuccessful in finding them on the newspapers' websites. I would appreciate any advice you could give me on this issue, and have the whole problem smoothed over as soon as possible.

Thank you for your time and your prompt response, 

R3dheadstepchild 03:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PJIRC

Thanks Commander Keane, I'll take a look at it tomorrow :) Bjelleklang - talk 02:37, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problem fixed, the cause was a variable that wasn't properly initialized. Best guess is that the PHP configuration on the new toolserver was different from the old one. Bjelleklang - talk 13:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to user:Seicer

Thanks, I'll set up the redirects in a bit. I didn't know if I should do that or not, since no other articles would be linking to them. Cheers Seicer (talk) (contribs) 03:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How Should I Handle This?

If you examine the contribs from "Taekowndodogoof (Talk | contribs)" you will find that he replaced the image that I uploaded with itself more than once (the actual image published on my website is http://dwightmccann.com/Images/AnaGabriel10192006/AnaGabriel079.JPG) and has made false claims about "Fair Use" and has neither attributed the image nor provided any reference ... he couldn't, of course, because he is fabricating his explanation. This will likely preclude my contributions to the Public Domain of other the PhotoArt which contains its own attribution material. Dwightmccann 01:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution of Images

I read the image usage policy quickly and did not see any specifics about attribution in captions. Since it is clearly trivial for someone to replace my images with copies of themselves but without appropriate attribution metadata as was the case with Ana Gabriel, I find the suggestion that attribution should not accompany images in articles unresponsive. In all works, including encyclopedias, in which images are used, photocredit exists ... it is like any art: we do not generally see paintings or sculpture shown anonymously. However, I can see there is considerable stress in this area, which explains why there are so few quality images of Performing Artists available here. My intentions with regard to Wikipedia were to share high quality images of major artists for public use, but not without acknowledgement. This is clearly not an appropriate medium and my contributions were ill considered. I will "Be Bold" via a Google sitemap to my images instead. I apologize for taking up your time. Dwightmccann 18:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar!

100px The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You're doing a great job! :-) 70.104.16.146 05:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from a new user

Thanks for the help with that redirect. I was really confused on what to do and how to do it. I'll remember how to do that in the future. Thanks again for being a helper. Gatorsong 02:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suck at Wikipedia :(

So I thought that I would be all cool and develop the page Terry McGovern (actor), but I totally goofed up the reverting pages amongst Terry McGovern (boxer), Terry McGovern (actor), and Terry McGovern. What can I do? (Daniel J. Forman 18:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Redirect or Delete

Hi Commander Keane, can you provide assistance in a discussion on whether to delete or redirect a now-defunct article Wizard (fantasy), the contents of which have been moved to other articles? The "discussion" about it is starting to get a bit out of hand... :) Thanks! Dreadlocke ☥ 03:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the very helpful response, Commander! You've always been very helpful, and it's much appreciated! Dreadlocke ☥ 17:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I passed along the information you gave me, but the one disputing editor is still arguing and just says that you are "incorrect". [3]. Perhaps you wouldn't mind discussing the situation with him? Dreadlocke ☥ 23:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and the one disputing editor appears to be willing to engage in an edit war over the redirect.[4] It's beyond ridiculous...:) Dreadlocke ☥ 23:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article has now been put up for an AfD. Dreadlocke ☥ 20:35, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nubio

Hey Commander Keane, I got your message. I've made the search engine internally replace "(top)" with "toptop", and added that as a keyword for entry #115, so users should be able to search for "(top)" and get the entry. Thanks for continuing to improve Nubio :) Cheers, Tangotango 14:39, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GCC

That was months ago! LOL :D Yeah, I was still a noob then. I've figured it out by now. Reported some cut & pase holding pens too. Anyway, thanks for fixin' it. Even I've already forgotten about that edit. :D Btw, although admittedly, there's yet an article named GCC, shouldn't it be GCC (disambiguation) instead of just GCC? (I mean, wouldn't having GCC for disambig instead of GCC (disambiguation) be hogging a space that someone could put an article about GCC into?)

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~ Feureau has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

~ Feureau 08:31, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

happy Turkey Day!!!!!

{{User:Randfan/accomplishments/personal b-day stuff!/Thanksgiving}}

you might want to archive your talk page, it's kind of long. :) Please respond on my talk page (the red link in my signature). Cheers! :) —Randfan!! 16:46, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pedra Branca

I notice that you deleted this page and move Pedra Branca (disambiguation) there as a "malplaced disambiguation page". Well, the redirect on Pedra Branca was the remnant of a move made by a user without discussion; he moved the original Pedra Branca page to Pedra Branca, Singapore. Then someone changed the redirect to point to the disambiguation page. There is a discussion on Talk:Pedra Branca, Singapore to move it back to Pedra Branca. Joshua Chiew 00:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ideas for Vote Templates

Hello Commander!

Currently, on Meta, people use templates that users place when voting on whatnot to declare their vote. I have created similar "templates" on one of my user pages, but currently these are not mainstream templates (then again they aren't even templates) because I wanted a few Admins to approve them for use on Votes (such as RfAs and other votes). Please see This page for more info.

Booksworm Hello? Anyone home? Vote! Vote! 17:29, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vote! Vote! 

Please vote!

Hello Commander!

Wikipedia needs YOU to cast your vote on this FAC.

Thanks,

Booksworm Hello? Anyone home? Vote! Vote! 17:38, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(P.S. Follow my advice and support it! That's just my advice, you can vote as you please!)

Thank you

Hi Weasel! I have some ideas for you... Hope that helps a bit :-) --Commander Keane 03:59, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, indeed it does! I really appreciate the courtesy and depth of attention that I have received from everyone, and your kind tones. I just wanted to let you know, because I have been away for some time, that I have both received your helpful and specific answers to my questions and that I am thankful for them. Keep up the good work! WeaselADAPT 23:58, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bad Idea?

I could use an assist (maybe two). I have a pet peeve, and thought I'd come up with a good concept for making chides to editors who leave incomplete documentation trails by creating sort of a wet diaper award. It seems to be drawing some adverse reactions, and even before I'd spammed a request to some others like this for brainstorming on how to shorten same and evolve it, as I'm not happy with it either. Subsequently, it's already drawn fire (here) before I could ask in help and get suggestions. Can you take a look and comment here. There has to be some way to let people know 'shallow edit actions' that reflect poorly on our pages need a talk note justification, no exceptions, thankyou. Much appreciated // FrankB 22:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sorry, my bad -- thanks for looking in et. al. -- the discussion on the problem and concept of some kind of template set for my 'Rant' continues at User talk:Fabartus/Wet noodle award (also relinked to 2nd 'here' above) where we're canvasing now for concrete inoffensive reminder template suggestions/proposals--I pulled the plug on the tfd myself and left the forwarding link on the tfd assuming those arriving later would see. With the holiday and RL, wikitime is at a premium right now, so sorry I didn't follow up spam a clarification. Sorry. Right now, the idea is to come up with a few that can be added to the Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace#Editing_hints group, and the consensus is to scrap my desire to have some humor in them. Given a week or three of critique and suggestions, expect to take them as a block proposal to Wikipedia talk:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace. We need something to put some concept of 'good documentation practices' into the conscienciousness of the society. Thanks. // FrankB 16:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Request for comment on my campaign to become an administrator

    Hello Commander Keane, I hope that you are having a happy holiay season. I have recently been nominated to become an administrator here on Wikipedia. I am asking that since I have worked with you in the past that you stop by my nomination page and consider entering a vote, hopefully in support of my becoming an administrator.

    Change to Common.css

    Per recent discussions, the way in which Persondata is viewed by Wikipedia editors has changed. In order to continue viewing Persondata in Wikipedia articles, please edit your user CSS file to display table.persondata rather than table.metadata. More specific instructions can be found on the Persondata page. --ShakingSpirittalk on behalf of Kaldari 00:53, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you

    thanks, man. Gus Knust 05:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

    Malplaced Disambiguation Pages

    I don't know if this answers your question, but here's how I did each entry:

    1. Opened the two pages (Example: Foo and Foo (disamiguation))
    2. Examined if both origin and destination had a talk page.
      1. If yes, deleted destination talk page (Talk:Foo) with edit summary "merging page histories"
    3. Delete destination with summary "merging page histories"
    4. Move origin to destination using move tool, with summary "Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages"
    5. Clicked on destination's history (Revision history of Foo)
    6. Clicked on "View or restore ... edits?"
    7. Restored edits with edit summary "merging page histories"
    8. Clicked on destination's history
    9. Performed hard refresh (CTRL + SHIFT + F5 in Firefox)
    10. Repeat for talk page, if applicable.

    I didn't worry too much about ensuring that everything in both talk pages showed up on the final talk page, though perhaps I should have. However, if anyone wants to consult previous discussion, they could look in the page history. Although, to be honest, most talk messages were short, and discussed whether or not the page should be disambiguated.

    And, if you're curious on what page moves and deletions I performed, you can check using the following links: (IanManka (talk · contribs · blocks · protects · deletions · moves)).

    If that still hasn't answered your question, don't hesitate to ask. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 07:02, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Thnx

    Thank you for the help on srticle deletion. Untitled and unidentified1 21:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    KBS

    May I ask why you made KBS into a disambiguation page, when the vast majority of links to KBS went to Korean Broadcasting System? I have spent about an hour moving almost a hundred pages from KBS to Korean Broadcasting System. I know you're an admin and stuff, so perhaps I shouldn't be talking, but if an acronym is most used for a certain ... "thing", shouldn't it link directly there? The link to the disambiguation page was at the top of Korean Broadcasting System anyway. SKS2K6 18:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hey. Thanks for your clarification; it was greatly appreciated. I was wondering what happened, since it did appear like I was missing something. But yeah, thanks for that.  :) SKS2K6 02:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I contacted him but got no response. Can i edit it now? Is it legal? Vishu123 07:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for ur help in Yadavas of Devagiri. Vishu123 11:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Disambiguation tool

    Have a look at this! If I've got time later today, or during the weekend, I'll try to set it up so other 'pedias can use it as well. Plan to do the same with PJIRC. Bjelleklang - talk 15:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello

    You recently deleted this page that was very similar only a letter off from the same user please see this Jonathan Larkman thank you. Nareklm 03:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Book Swapping

    An editor named Blue Petal keeps adding a hyperlink that leads to an "under construction" page from Book swapping. This organization he/she keeps linking to doesn't even exist.Mazeface 10:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The question or ...

    The question of questions... (re: your post on Fabartus I don't think it's any big deal, but the issue was raised that revising the CFD proposal as I did this afternoon perhaps ought be cause for restarting the discussion. Trouble is I don't know that I have any authority to unilaterally say delete it and start a discussion under the new modified proposal which effectively adds one category leaving the subject cat alone save for clarification editting. That would be fine except since posting, a half-a dozen others have agreed with my original (less informed) thinking. OTOH, we're sort of switching horses mid-stream if left alone. Either way, unless there is a procedural precedent to close the current discussion, someone could get their nose out of joint. Hence the alert and question on AN. If that's not clear on either WP:AN or my talk, I don't know how to make the point better. Examining the linked CFD should clarify it upon inspection. I guess I'll post this to AN as well. Best regards // FrankB 02:39, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Craig Reucassel

    Hi CK, I noticed you redid this page with references. The list of television shows and dates are wrong - The Chaser Decides was an election special (2004 only). CNNNN was 2002 and 2003 (I don't think CNNNN Live was a separate show). I can't access the reference you have as it isn't available online, but can you double check the source? If not, I can find another source with the correct dates. -- Chuq

    A tip of the hat

    Fortunately, I kept that window open and was able to go back several pages to find the article before it got deleted. Looks like you got it right. Thanks, for a second my suspicious mind thought some group had a cookie-cutter mold for uploading articles quickly. Ronbo76 05:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    War of the Worlds disambiguation advice

    I consulted you on a few disambiguation matters a while back and was looking for some input on a few issues arising from The War of the Worlds. Someone decided to move everything around by cutting and pasting entries and shuffling them around on a scheme known only to them. We've been working to put everything back the way it was (although we will need an admin for the last few moves) but we wanted a bit of input on the naming of two of the 2005 films which is enough to keep them apart but still a cause for concern. You can see the discussion of the problem and our working to put things back here and the final moves are indicated in the list - the troublesome filmes 2005 haven't been moved back to their original resting places: "H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005 film)" and "H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005 film)" and we basically wanted to see if there was a better way to name them to put more distance between them (some suggestions are included in the discussion). Thanks in advance for any help you can provide - feel free to leave any replies/comments on the WotW talk page (instead of mine). (Emperor 04:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC))[reply]

    OK no worries. It wasn't awfully important. We'll put them back where they were and if someone decides that the two films names:
    aren't sufficiently different then we can move them later (it just seemed neater to resolve it before doing the last move required to fix things). Thanks for looking it over. (Emperor 23:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC))[reply]

    Flower Pot Men

    Thank you very much for your quick response and help  :-) Roaming27 06:17, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Believe It or Not is back!

    Hello Commander Keane,

    I was wondering if you could possibly restore the Believe It or Not (film) article, given the fact that Paramount has ressurected it and have hired a new screenwriter to rewrite the script. Tim and Jim are still attached, and it will still be released in 2009. If you don't believe me, just look at this article: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117955948.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

    Thank a lot.

    Cartoon Boy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.212.20.96 (talk) 23:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

    Rock Disambiguation

    I started disambiguating Rock to Rock Music and Rock (geology) but realised this was an enormous task. Could your bot help do this, or is there a way that I could help your bot do this? Pontificake 10:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    help request

    I apologize it was not about archiving a page. I am being bullied about article names on level of support for evolution. ScienceApologist is acting like it is some crisis at this moment and I have violated some cardinal rule which no one seems to agree with. He just is unilaterially dictating and in a huge rush to push me and the other editors around. Can I do anything?--Filll 05:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the suggestion. I am not sure of its value unfortunately. We had an RfC style discussion of the name and 25 others disagreed with this editor. He dismissed that with the claim that the other editors were deranged and is becoming increasingly belligerent. He does not want to listen to other suggestions. He appears not to believe in concensus. I do not know what to do.--Filll 06:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Normally there is an admin or two that have helped protect me from his attacks. Unfortunately, they are not online tonight and tonight he has decided the house is burning down and he is frantic to move immediately. I wonder if he is inebriated or otherwise under the influence. This is very erratic. He claims I have not been cooperative but I have suggested about 20 alternate names. Others have suggested about another 30 alternate names. He either rejects them summarily, with claims they violate WP rules (which I see no evidence of) or claims we have not given him any alternatives and are being reticent and unresponsive. Before he moved it unliterally about 10 times on his own and the admins moved it back. He really wants to dictate what he believes is the appropriate name (he has suggested maybe 3 which are intentionally awkward and clumsy in the extreme, I believe). If he could get his way, he would delete the article entirely since he thinks that the entire controversy should not be mentioned on WP since creationists are stupid in his eyes and acknowledging the controversy is playing into their hands (I know this sounds sort of nuts, but that is his reasoning as I understand it). This has erupted tonight because both of my guardian admins are not on right now I guess so he sees his chance to be a bully.--Filll 06:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yo, Commander Gleam!

    Could I possibly bother you with a minor task once again? Could you please move to Commons and fix the link in Sotho language? When I uploaded it almost two weeks ago I didn't have the time or knowledge to do this myself and now that I'm back to Opera Mini I fear that it may be too difficult to do it myself (which is precisely why I explicitly asked my fellow "contributors" to do it for me). If you could also help me with the questions I raised on Talk:Sotho language the day I uploaded the image I would be forever grateful. Thank you. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 18:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for pointer on archiving talk pages

    I appreciate it. StudyAndBeWise 05:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    Beleive it or Not, again

    This article, Believe It or Not (film), should be deleted. I have seen 2009 films deleted all over the place. It's way too far in the future, and this movie likely isn't even being released, at least not in 2009. This isn't a crystal ball, or so I have heard. (Why can't I tag it? I consider myself fairly well established.)A mcmurray 16:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Automation department

    Hiya Commander Keane. We've just set up an automation department at the WikiProject Australia, and as you're someone who has experience in bot operation, I thought I'd invite you to take a look and see if you might be interested in listing yourself as a participant for any future tasks we might have. Thanks,--cj | talk 00:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Block request

    I was wondering if you could get a block on User:207.68.114.48. They were warned about vandalsism a lot back in November and that IP keeps vandalizing Kane, Pennsylvania Thanks.A mcmurray 20:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    re:helpme

    {helpme} I have a question regarding honorific titles, such as "His Excellency". Would it be redundant or unnecessary to put these titles on List of delegates to the Millennium Summit? Personally, I think that since the list is entirely consisting of world leaders, these titles should be dropped. On the other hand, that is how these people are referred to in the United Nations.--Ed ¿Cómo estás?Reviews? 03:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)I'[reply]

    If there was Wikipedia guideline about this, you might find it at Wikipedia:Manual of Style. But I think it would be ok to try and establish consensus on the article's talk page (Talk:List of delegates to the Millennium Summit), if no one objects to your proposal there then you can implement it. You might also drop a note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United Nations to get ideas from more people.--Commander Keane 03:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The problem with that is that I'm the only editor who worked on that list, and WP:WPUN seems inactive, since discussion is scarce over there. Nonetheless, I'll see if I can get a response.--Ed ¿Cómo estás?Reviews? 03:29, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, thanks!--Ed ¿Cómo estás?Reviews? 03:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks

    Appreciate the help as I get up to speed. It's probably not as confusing as it looks, right? Thanks again, --Bmarshallgreene 16:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Request for Participation in Universal Animation AfD Debate

    Need more participation to reach consensus in Universal Animation (AfD). Since you contributed to the article one the New England Anime Society, your comments would be valuable. Echocharlie 15:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This is a automated to all bot operators

    Please take a few moments and fill in the data for your bot on Wikipedia:Bots/Status Thank you Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 18:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Chicago climate

    I have read on Wikipedia that Weatherbase is considered reliable for climate, so I will change the data back.

    In the likely event that the anonymous individual reverts my change, what course of action do you suggest that I take?

    Thanks. Vtguy4242 01:31, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Chicago climate

    Thanks for the suggestion about building consensus for the Chicago climate data. I will try that. Vtguy4242 02:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for helping me

    Thanks for helping me change the skin back!! The link worked, and now everything is back to normal. It was really scary for a moment!--CJ King 01:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks

    Thank you for deleting all of my sub pages. You know that really knoxked down my edit count yet knocked up the % of edits to other places? I thoiught that was odd. Well thank you for doing that for me. Cheers, --Darkest Hour 03:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    about the Blood Pack (Blade II) article renaming

    thanks for the help! but just in case i get involved in an edit war, the person responsible for the renaming of Blood Pack (film) to Blood Pack (Blade II) is User talk:Str1977. i only based my assessment on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_%28films%29. If im wrong about the naming convention stuff, please do advise, again thanks much! †Bloodpack† 06:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hacking Wikimedia!

    Hello there!

    Is the anyway to link to named anchors within an article without creating a section?

    What I mean is, you know that if you create a section "Historical usage" within the article "Looney Bin" you can link straight to it by using "Looney Bin#Historical_usage", right? Now, is there a way to create such a linkable anchor without creating a section?

    The Wiki software does not leave the HTML <a name = "Historical_usage" /> (for creating a named anchor) alone in the rendered page! Should I just create more and more sections, or is there a way around this?

    Could you possibly also point me to anywhere detailing how to load and link audio files (I'm thinking of making recordings of myself for the Sesotho article, assuming I manage to survive this flu)?

    Thank you. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 18:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Funcle

    Commander Keene, I have to respectfully disagree with your deletion of "Funcle". There are numerous other slang terms used to describe sexual acts on Wikipedia. The very nature of these slang terms makes the "references" used to substantiate the terms questionable at best. I'm inquiring as how the decision was made to publish the terms: Dirty Sanchez, Cleveland Steamer, etc... Although the Funcle has not achieved the cult status that these other terms have, it is indeed a sexual practice with a growing following. Thank you for your consideration. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dvavras1 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

    Archiving

    I just wanted to say thank you for fixing the mistake I made when trying to archive Talk:George W. Bush.--Mbc362 00:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for reply

    Thanks for your reply. However, hope you don't mind if I keep the helpme flag up a bit loinger. just curious if anyone else has any inpout on this. thanks. --Sm8900 01:50, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Commander Keane. Thanks for the reply. I read the section you linked to, and you're right it does address it. By the way, I consider it a bug also. However, i guess it's a larger issue than can be handled by one simple question. By the way, I noticed that your talk page does not have an "edit" link for each section. Just wondering, how did that happen? Did you intentionally turn that feature off? JUst curious. thanks for all your help. --Sm8900 02:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi. You're quite welcome. Glad if i could be helpful. By the way...Wow! i had no idea that Nubio site even existed! Thanks so much for pointing me in that general direction. Out of curiousity, are there many other sites like that? Just wondering, how does one find them? ...this is not a big deal, obviously, but i was just wondering. Appreciate your help with having found this site (even if it was an unintended side-benefit). Thanks. --Sm8900 02:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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