User talk:Blow of Light

Blow of Light's status: In da hood.

Aw, fine, I'll admit it. Yes, I was who you said. I came to Wikipedia in July, started editing in August, then left in December for a short while, then came back here under a number of different reasons including, but not limited to: My Edit history, and what User:Jeeny went through. There. Happy? Happy Holidays from —BoL 06:45, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays! I found this image while browsing Commons. (Note: If you live in San Francisco, this is at 21st west of Church.) If you're the owner of this house, I like the way you decorated the house!

Welcome to my talk page!

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Contacting me

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Ahem!

Your comments on this user's talk were inappropriately hostile and short (in fact, the CSD tag was inappropriately chosen as well!). Please refrain from biting the new contributors, be civil, etc. (you are not a newbie, so you should know the drill by now).

Just because someone hasn't memorized WP:NOT doesn't mean they intend harm or shouldn't be treated with respect and kindness. There are 8 other Wikimedia projects that have completely different scopes: perhaps you might familiarize yourself with them if you're going to be doing RC patrol. --SB_Johnny | ^talk 13:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Right, thanks. (Dang!) Yes, I am a returning user. They told me if I were to return, that I be adopted. Can you do so? —BoL @ 03:50, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not really familiar with the adoption program -- or the "they"... do they have black helicopters :-)? -- but if you want friendly advice, I'm available. --SB_Johnny | ^talk 10:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Tubbs Corner

Pardon, but what's possibly a problem with the notability of Tubbs Corner, Texas? Places are considered notable, and unless you want to argue with the GNIS, you can't doubt that it exists. I've removed the refneeded template, by the way, because all information is derived from the GNIS source listed. Nyttend (talk) 07:12, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't know that, but I've never heard of it. Not only that, I added that tag because it could've also used a little bit refimprove. —BoL @ 07:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

The source for my statement is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Common outcomes — of course, it's not policy, but it's good enough for most geography-based editors. If you already are familiar with this page, I'm sorry, but not sure what a righttovanish person knows and what s/he doesn't :-) Nyttend (talk) 07:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with that, either. Mostly, right now, it's just people stirring up nonsense, especially about Santa Claus and Resident Evil. —BoL @ 07:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you mind if I remove the notability tag? Nyttend (talk) 07:38, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't mind, but I think it could use a little bit improvement on the refs. —BoL @ 07:40, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

It's 3AM here in Ohio, so I'm going to bed (should have gone hours ago, as I'll likely be sleepy in church!) now, with no more time for research tonight. If you'd be willing to add references for information, I'd quite appreciate it...Nyttend (talk) 08:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Archiving

Hello Blow of Light. While on Recent Changes patrol, I noticed you moved your talk page to User talk:Blow of Light/Work Desk, and then blanked it and requested deletion. Were you aware that this would remove the entire talk page history, as well as all of the discussions? If you have questions about how to archive, see Help:Archiving a talk page. But you may want to not delete the page, as it would wipe out the entire history of your talk page. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Ariel♥Gold 15:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

That was unintentional. I had a work desk on my userspace, then moved it to the work desk as I started setting up my userspace. I didn't realize that would affect my talk page as well. So, I moved it back here, and requested deletion, but, from what you told me, I think it's best to keep the page blank. Thanks for letting me know. —BoL @ 19:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, what you should consider is that when you move a page, the page history itself is moved, and the old page becomes a redirect with no page history at all. That means the dates and times, and names of anyone who posted to the page is also moved. Therefore, when you delete such a page, you delete the history of that page as well, which, in the case of talk pages, is not generally advised. By copying and pasting the contents, you do restore the page itself, but not the history of the page, if that makes any sense, lol. Hope that helps explain it a little bit more. Ariel♥Gold 20:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. And by the way, after this page is deleted, can you salt it? He keeps recreating that page and it's nonsense. I haven't dealt with him yet, but thanks, anyway. —BoL @ 20:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Harassment

Hello, Blow of Light. Apparently, the same anonymous user 84.217.228.139 that has been harassing User:Megistias has been vandalizing my user page as well, as you can see here [[1]]. Any help would be greatly appreciated. --Tsourkpk (talk) 19:11, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll do my best. —BoL @ 19:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Tsourkpk (talk) 20:10, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Wait, do you have Twinkle installed? That would make things so much easier. —BoL @ 20:12, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Don't know what that is. --Tsourkpk (talk) 20:13, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkle.js');

Copy the code to you monobook.js. —BoL @ 20:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

hello

you recently redirected an LG Chocolate phone model to the main LG Chocolate page... i have reverted. The phones are all very different. I am still working on setting them up... the LG Chocolate section was in a mess before... can you please wait it out till im done with it all before re-reverting it all... this has been discussed over and over... and the only way we can arrive at a conclusion for this is by attempting to search out all the models (which I think I have now done... i found 3 extra ones in addition to the about 5 that there were already pages for). It will make more sense once its all done... but for now, we can only be patient. Thank you. Pollypenhouse (talk) 20:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's what you can do: You can merge them with the main LG Chocolate article, and redirect. —BoL @ 20:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

There is no 'main' LG chocolate article... just a page where all the links come from... because they are all different phones. I know, this is confusing, but i think ive managed to make it a lot simpler so far from what it was originally... after i've got all the tables of specifications done, i will start referencing things... but for the moment, there is just so much more pressing work on these LG chocolates that I must do. Happy xmas :) Pollypenhouse (talk) 20:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey, you too. —BoL @ 20:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh my gosh... aren't you 'Ember of Light'? Oo Pollypenhouse (talk) 20:45, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

No I'm not. Not even an impersonator. You see, there are three of us, User:Touch Of Light, User:Ember of Light, and me. —BoL @ 20:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Lol... im not sure if the LG Chocolates will get me as confused as that :S haha Pollypenhouse (talk) 20:49, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm just too busy right now; dang people creating nonsense. —BoL @ 20:54, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Ahem! Ahem!

Well, you asked me to "adopt you", and I looked into it, and I've come to the conclusion that I don't want to be part of that program. However, I am perfectly happy to help walk you through the other wikimedia projects, so that you can see how they come together (because that was essentially why I wrote you the note in the first place). Rather than adopting you, I'll instead offer to be your "mentor" on Wikiversity, so please just list yourself here, and I'll be your mentor (which means you will have admin tools, which I think will be helpful for you to see how things work on wikimedia projects).

It's clear to me that you're a smart and dedicated contributor, but you need to see a bigger picture. If you'll have me, I'll be your teacher for a while and walk you through it. --SB_Johnny | ^talk 22:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

So, all I have to do is just create an account there, list myself there, and you'll teach me there? —BoL @ 23:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

WHAT?

What? Why every sunday there is a very high level of vandalism? I have a very unpopulated user page, so I don't have any vandalism. Please change my vandal status back.

Nillanilla3ee Talk 02:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I can't do that. You know why? Because it's a template. There's a central page called the wdefcon, which tells everyone what the current vandal status is now. Since vandals are starting to die down, I'll change it to level 3, but nothing lower. The exact same thing happened last Sunday, that's why. —BoL @ 03:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Never mind; level 4. —BoL @ 03:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays Blow of Light. Have a Happy New Year !

^{Thedjatclubrock :) (T/C)}

Aw, thanks man! Happy holidays to you too! —BoL @ 03:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Refimprove

Just so I understand what you are doing, what is your rationale for adding a refimprove tag to Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell‎? I'm guessing you meant to use the inline citations tag. —Viriditas | Talk 03:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, you need more references, and you need to kind of expand the article a little bit. That's why I tagged it. Happy holidays from —BoL @ 03:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

No, actually I don't. All three sentences are sourced to the references section, and the claims made are a matter of public record and history, and are not controversial or in dispute. Please be more careful or cite a guideline or policy that supports your view. —Viriditas | Talk 03:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Whatever you say, anyway, Happy Holidays from BoL 04:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

The tag you probably want is {{Citations missing}}, however if you read Wikipedia:Citing sources, you'll see that it says, "inline citations are needed for statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, including contentious material about living persons, and for all quotations." Since that doesn't apply to this stub, I haven't yet added them. Usually, as a stub grows larger, inline citations are added, which is the proces I generally use. A Start-Class article that doesn't have inline citations is generally frowned upon. —Viriditas | Talk 04:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for letting me know. Now I need to get back to my patrols, but Happy Holidays from —BoL 04:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Your UAA reports

Your UAA reports recently have been odd. You've made many reports where the users may be acting problematically, but the problem has nothing to do with their username. The issue here is that UAA can really only respond in three ways: a username block, a username warning, or removing the report. If the problem isn't a username problem, then the only reasonable response is to remove the report.

Most of the things you report could be addressed by a warning on the user's talk page (for spamming or adding unencyclopedic content). In some cases, you may be looking for the conflict of interest noticeboard. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 04:31, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I've never heard of that noticeboard, AN only told me to go to UAA or AIV, but there are some spam names out there. My reports have always (not really) been weird in a way, so, yeah... Happy Holidays from —BoL 04:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

User_talk:ITEntrepreneusse

In order to not bite the newbies, it's important to choose the correct speedy deletion classification (in this case, none applied to the article at all). The claim that an article "seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person" can be quite confusing and frustrating when the article in question is nothing of the sort. Just a friendly reminder. WP:TW is not a license to be imprecise or inaccurate in your communication with other users. —Random832 06:29, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I try to tag stuff for speedy deletion as quickly as possible so it can be ousted out of Wikipedia as fast as possible so that way we tell vandals we mean business. But, yeah, that's true, I should take more time to choose {{db}} tags. Thanks for the reminder, and, are you offering to adopt new users at this time (I'm returning, but because of my history, yeah...) Happy Holidays from —BoL 06:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Right to Vanish

I'd advise you to take a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#RtV Clarification. I'm not entirely positive what Keilana was thinking, but you do not fall underneath the Right to Vanish. You're just trying to escape your block log. GlassCobra 06:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not escaping any block log (wait, I am). But I'm also escaping what User:Jeeny did. I've read the ANI thread and what've you suggested, and I don't mind having those as legit socks/dopplegangers. But, I've recovered from that, and most people know who I am anyway, so, yeah, redirect away... And I'm also RtV because of my edit history. Happy Holidays from —BoL 06:34, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Nothing of what you said makes you eligible for Right to Vanish. I will be redirecting your old user page and talk page. Please remove the notice at the top of your pages that says you have exercised RtV. GlassCobra 06:43, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, please either move your subpages from your old userspace to your new userspace, or tag them with {{db-userreq}}. GlassCobra 06:47, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

It's actually nice to start breathing again, now I know how horrible is Witness Protection (can I do that?) Happy Holidays from —BoL 06:48, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I have blocked Blow of Light for one second to link his old block log to this one. Let me know if something went wrong when I did that. Metros (talk) 06:49, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Eh, good enough. I wanted a clean start, anyway. Happy Holidays from —BoL 06:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

"Cleaning up" my "talk" page

Thanks—but no thanks—for this edit which removed some "nonsense" from my user talk page. It may be nonsense, but it's my talk page, see? I can handle it myself, thank you very much. +ILike2BeAnonymous (talk) 08:02, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Sherman ES

Hi, and thanks for your contributions to WP. You just created a redirect forcing Sherman Elementary School to redirect to Sherman Elementary School (East Omaha). While its interesting that San Francisco has a school by the same name, there is no article on it, and there is no other article on any other school that share the same name. I am not going to revert your edit, but there really was no purpose in doing this, and I hope you consider otherwise next time. • Freechild'sup? 04:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I just moved it. There are lots of schools named Sherman Elementary. —BoL 04:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Until there are other Sherman Elementary School articles, there's no reason to disambiguate this one particular one (I'm not saying you're wrong, but it has more to do with whether or not all those other Sherman Elementary Schools are notable; once we have more than one, yes, we should move the Omaha article). I've moved the article back. EVula // talk // ☯ // 01:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Eh, good enough. Now I'm not sure whether this IP posting on the below thread is crazy, it's pretty much self-explanatory. —BoL 02:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Abuse by Dreadstar

I do not know why you got involved but I have left a reply.

I'm not sure why I am bothering but I have left another reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.147.121 (talk) 01:13, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

No offense to the above thread. —BoL 02:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Is this IP a PeeWee sock? Keilana_(recall) 03:41, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I seriously doubt it, as the IPs were blocked, again. And as for the PeeWee socks, it could be, but normally some form of nudity would be involved, this page may come in handy... —BoL 03:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC) wait, wait, scratch that. I'll file another RFCU. —BoL 03:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, do you need help? Keilana_(recall) 03:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's a doppleganger and a copy of the RFCU. —BoL 03:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Is there anything you need me to do? Keilana_(recall) 03:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I've complied the list, so I'll just go implement the IPs on the checkuser request. Let's see, the IPs are already blocked again, I've started a thread at Jimbo's talk page, someone suggested the feds. [2] —BoL 03:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll list the checkuser. Is he making threats in real life? If it's not serious, then I really don't think that the Feds should become involved. I really don't want them showing up at my door. Keilana_(recall) 04:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

He's comparing a DoS attack with Virginia Tech. And about the recall, I wonder, is that necessary, I mean you are a good admin. I'm a sysop myself, at that new wiki that replaced the shops here. I'm not doing good, and just to make things clear, do NOT nominate me until after December 25, 2008. —BoL 04:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Hm. I don't think that he could do the same damage over the internet as he could in a school, but that's just me. I have the recall link for accountability, I don't want to be doing a bad job and have people be too scared to tell me about it. WP:TROUT is my friend. ;) Do you need help in a certain area? Keilana_(recall) 04:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I already got slapped with it last time. Maybe with the newpages patrol; I've been nominating stuff for speedy deletion lately. Check my deleted contribs. —BoL 04:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

CSD tags

When tagging articles for CSD there is no real reason for adding more than 1 tag (or 4). 1 tag will send the article to CAT:CSD and more than one will just clutter the page. Also db-repost is only articles deleted through Articles for Deletion, not speedy deletions.

And thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. --Michael Greiner 03:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I apologize, and you're welcome. The reason why I do that is to tell the user to pretty much (WAKE UP PEOPLE!) stop recreating the articles, and repost is when a user recreates something from speedy deletion, right? —BoL 03:40, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It is, but it isn't covered by db-repost. Please read Wikipedia:CSD#G4. When someone recreates a speedy deletion it is best to just tag the article with the same tag as before. --Michael Greiner 04:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, got ya. —BoL 04:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Please dont nominate articles as non-notable when they are merely very poor quality articles about people who make some claim to notability. If you think the claim inadequate, uise Prod or �Afd. If the article needs fixing, try to fix it. DGG (talk) 04:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I should tag them more, but they'll eventually have them csd'ed. I'll use Prod or afd next time. Thanks. —BoL 04:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Um?

May I ask why you labeled pingueculum as a suspected hoax article? DS (talk) 19:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Um, I believe I've never heard of it. And I've looked over the history. Apparently, someone created the article in the wrong way, and had no refs and sources, that's why I've labeled it as a hoax. —BoL 21:49, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

TyrusThomas4lyf

Regarding the TyrusThomas4lyf sock-puppetry issue, it's a little early to tell but Hypebuster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) is operating over a similar selection of articles and *may* be a TyrusThomas4lyf sock-puppet. Just a heads-up. Myasuda (talk) 21:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done Tagged as sock of Tyrusthomas4lyf. Now writing up a checkuser report. —BoL 21:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Wwekane

A tag has been placed on Wwekane requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 22:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

You asked why there is no article on Kane? Try his real name, Glen Jacobs. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 22:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

There is. That's a redirect to the real kane. —BoL 22:29, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Foaming

Please avoid using "foamers" and other related terminology in edit summaries and talk pages, because, ironically, you were the one who put it there. —Kurykh 01:01, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ham Day (2nd nomination)

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Misty Schipman

Thanks for the revert - Misty was one of the stranger deletions I've encountered. Acroterion _(talk) 02:20, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. —BoL 02:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

tiger attacks

hi, I think the attacks occurred on separate years. Therefore, the title wouldn't have 2007.