User talk:Raul654

For your tireless work in making Wikipedia better, for keeping Template:Feature up-to-date, for doing the grunt work of cleaning up Wikipedia:Featured article candidates, for mediating in disputes, for adding lots of really nice pictures, and for still finding the time to work on articles! In a few months you've already become a highly valued member of the community. Stay with us and don't burn out, please. --Eloquence Apr 10, 2004

Please

No more hurricane articles for TFA.... Nergaal (talk) 14:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

<devil's advocate> 68/2178*365 = a hurricane TFA every 11 days </devil's advocate> SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Or maybe require the articles to be kept up-to-date? :-) Hurricane Katrina is sporadically updated, but nothing like to the quality required for an encyclopedic topic. On the other hand, it already appeared on the main page, so I guess the motivation to keep it well maintained is less... (that's only partly tongue-in-cheek). Carcharoth (talk) 16:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CLEARLY MAOR KATZ ON THE MAIN PAGE ARE NECESSARY. YOU CAN NEVER HAZ TOO MANY. Ceiling Cat (talk) 04:39, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could we limit them to just Caturday's? k tnx. Ottava Rima (talk) 04:43, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

response

I haven't been on for the summer and now that I back from a break you immediately attack me as before. Stop admin abuse man! I personally think I'm not deserving of this treatment... but even if I was... the last shred of complaint you can call up is from what? 3 months ago!!! Talk about a complete lack of manners and absolute i-regard for wikietiquit. Please, I kindly implore you to leave me alone and let bygones be bygones. If the definition of being a disruptive editor is going against YOUR opinions and fighting to see balance... then disruptive I am. On the contrary, I help to keep balance on here by going against the most popular opinion. And I not the only one. There are thousands of editors willing to fight to see balance on here... and the only way to do that is to fight our stance... which is opposite yours... and the result is compromise and balance. The sign of a good editor is the willingness to work with others and reach a compromise... something which I have done. I have compromised more than you have to date. So please... consider my side in this... be polite... and recognize that your duty as an admin. is not to push your beliefs as absolute truth... but to be willing to work for the most balanced position possible. I'm sorry if I am coming across as rude and angry. I know I have been rude and am rather angry. I hope that you will accept my apology for anything offensive that I've said. Have a good day and please respond. Your Friend, Saksjn (talk) 18:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Second Annual WikiNYC Picnic

Greetings! You are invited to attend the second annual New York picnic on August 24! This year, it will be taking place in the Long Meadow of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. If you plan on coming, please sign up and be sure to bring something! Please be sure to come!
You have received this automated delivery because your name was on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 20:29, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LFOD

Uh, you might want to fill in who exactly he's a sock of, and change it to {{sockpuppetconfirmed}}. :/ Sceptre ^(talk) 03:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As I have already said on both this page and ANI, we do not know who the sockmaster is. Raul654 (talk) 04:09, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weird. You're confident it's a banned user, right? If not, WR would have a field day. Sceptre ^(talk) 04:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We do not know who the sockmaster is. Therefore, we do not know if he's a banned user. However, the account has already been used for disruption and outright vandalism, so checkuser information aside it's perfectly justifiable on that basis alone. Moreover, I really don't care what Trollreview has to say on the matter. Raul654 (talk) 04:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TFA/R dispatch

Hi Raul. I've written a rough draft of a dispatch on the TFA/R process. Sandy's already looked over most of it, but I'd appreciate if you could glance over it too. I want to make sure there isn't anything in there that you disagree with. Thanks! Karanacs (talk) 14:55, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tony and Jbmurray will probably do their thing to it later as well. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:05, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS, this is where I would get on bended knee and ask you to add my vandal and troll magnet to the Jenna Jameson short list. I may go running from the building if I have to deal with all that likely coprolalia-related vandalism. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:11, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Raul, Tony is going to go through this Dispatch tonight, in case you want to keep an eye on it pre-publication. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:15, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FAR W. Mark Felt

Hi Raul. I put this article under FAR last month. I'm new to the FAR process, but since I've put it under FAR a few other editors have found other problems with it, while no one has bothered to step up and fix any of the issues. I would do it myself but I'm currently occupied trying to get a seperate pet project going. Do you think it would be appropriate at this point to move this article to FARC to try and get some butts moving on changing things? Thanks for your time. (Morethan3words (talk) 03:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC))[reply]

I generally leave the FAR to Marskell. I see he's already put it on FARC. Raul654 (talk) 18:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sometimes a few days late, but I keep it moving along. Marskell (talk) 18:59, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Single-page view of Signpost

It seems like a lot of 2008 releases do not have SPV, as suggested by the red-link on this page OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 22:04, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ral315, not User:Raul654, surely? :-) Carcharoth (talk) 23:03, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No no, Ral and I are the same person. Raul654 (talk) 23:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, good, then you can both tell me what to do about Tony's query here; he wants Dispatches to be Dispatch, which involves changing a lot of templates, I think. Since you've merged with Ral, I'll let you do it :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:29, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I have no strong feeling one way or the other. I do suggest that if you want to switch, it's best just to do it from this point forward rather than going back and trying to rename all the old ones; otherwise, get someone with one of those page-moving assist scripts to do it. Raul654 (talk) 18:34, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Opps. I always get confused between both of you! OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Wikipropaganda

I'm curious under which CSD criterion you deleted this page (twice). The arguments for deleting it that I see based on tagging and the AfD are notability and that it's a neologism, both of which are explicitly non-CSD criteria. I don't think this should be an article (I would !vote to delete this in an AfD if more sources for the term aren't demonstrated), but I believe that WP policy requires that this page have its day in WP:AFD. Am I missing something here? Oren0 (talk) 02:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't delete it based on any particular CSD criteria - I deleted it because it's patent nonsense, sourced to an op-ed by a disgruntled ex-Wikipedian. And no, we do not have to have a policy to delete such nonsense. Raul654 (talk) 02:35, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the context of speedy deletion, "patent nonsense" has a very specific definition: "an unsalvageably incoherent page with no meaningful content." This page obviously didn't apply. As I understand it, we as admins are not able to delete pages just because we think they're nonsense if they don't meet specific criteria. Oren0 (talk) 02:53, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BURO. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:56, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not claiming any sort of technicality. Deletion policies exist for a reason and they're quite simple. Administrators can delete pages that meet certain criteria on sight (WP:CSD). Pages can be deleted if their deletion is unconstested (WP:PROD). Pages can be deleted if the community reaches a consensus on their deletion (WP:AFD). That's it and this page doesn't fit any of the above. Using WP:BURO or WP:IAR to rewrite official Wikipedia policy is not something that should be done lightly. Deleting the page twice, salting it, and blocking the creator, all entirely unilaterally, seem to me to violate the letter and spirit of several policies. Oren0 (talk) 03:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

People were lining up to delete it and and deal with its creator before I ever intervened. So yes, clearly it had a speedy termination coming, and Rameses (after being warned not to re-create it) had a block coming for re-creating it. Raul654 (talk) 04:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maintenance delete

Raul, would this be an uncontroversial maintenance delete? Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Avoid weasel words I wasn't around when the switch was made (to only articles), so I hesitate to be a g6 tag on it. Interestingly, since it's not on an article talk page, none of our tools pick it up; Johnbod happened across it. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Life is too short. I just deleted it under G6. --BozMo talk 20:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Input on the undertow

Raul, since you seem to know something about this, you may want to check this out: User_talk:Morven#User:The_undertow — Rlevse • Talk • 02:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied to Rlevse by email advising him of the situation. Raul654 (talk) 18:31, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

suggestion

This might not be the best place for this but still: is it possible to protect or at least semi-protect the TFAs for 24h+ while they are listed on the mainpage? I am pretty sure they are not even semi-protected while on the mainpage. Nergaal (talk) 23:10, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New policy proposal and draft help

Wikipedia:Scientific standards

I have drafted a new proposal and would like help in clarifying, adjusting, adapting, and improving it. It is based on five years of work here at Wikipedia (not always the prettiest, I might add). I think it summarizes the opinions of a great majority of editors as to how to handle scientific situations. This proposal serves as a nexus between WP:NPOV and WP:RS for cases where we are dealing with observable reality. It is needed because there are a lot of editors who don't seem to understand what entails best-practices when writing a reliable reference work about observable reality. I don't pretend that this version is perfect, and would appreciate any and all additions, suggestions people may have for getting to some well-regarded scientific standards.

Note that these standards would apply only when discussing matters directly related to observable reality. These standards are inspired in part by WP:SPOV but avoid some of the major pitfalls of that particular proposal. In particular, the idea that SPOV even exists is a real problem. However, I think it is undeniable that we should have some standards for writing about scientific topics.

See also WP:SCI for another failed proposal that dovetails with this one. I hope this particular proposal is more in-line with the hole I see in policy/guidelines for dealing with these situations.

ScienceApologist (talk) 20:00, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I like it - I was glad to see you included think tank journals as unreliable. I've added that page to my watchlist. Raul654 (talk) 04:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Closing of AN discussion

I believe your closing [1] of this [2] discussion was premature. Cla68 (talk) 00:34, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On the contrary, when I closed it, the discussion was unanimously against unblocking him. Of course, that was before the canvassing on Wikipedia Review and the influx of people therefrom muddied the waters. Raul654 (talk) 00:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Soon after you tried to close it, Jehochman made a good faith effort by offering to mentor the account in question, which I believe is the real reason that the voting began to change in tone. I personally believe that would have put the matter to rest if allowed to take place. Now, it's just tabled again to a later date when it will come up again. But, at least some progress was made on the matter because more people had a chance to discuss it. Cla68 (talk) 10:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Could you take a look at Ishin-denshin? It could use some expansion by someone with more familiarity with the topic. Also, I'm pretty sure there should be a link to it from Mokusatsu (specifically relating to its usage during World War II vis-a-vis Japan's surrender) and possibly Surrender of Japan. Raul654 (talk) 07:40, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I added a citation to Mokusatsu, it looks like it was referenced almost completely from Toland's book. I've started looking through my personal library of Japanese language and culture books to try to find more information on Ishin-denshin. I've done some original research with that phrase, my wife says I misuse it everytime I try to use it daily conversation. Cla68 (talk) 10:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Change image for scheduled TFA?

Hi, Raul -- I saw that you've scheduled Dartmouth College as TFA on August 31. The image you selected was Image:Dartmouth College campus 2007-10-20 09.JPG, which as you can see at right, doesn't show much detail when only 100 pixels wide. Would you consider switching it to one of the ones below? As a Dartmouth student I can confirm that they are much more iconic and recognizable buildings -- and, since they're images with a single, central focus rather than the multi-building scene in the original, they're much nicer at 100px.

Given its aspect ratio, the last one might be really good at 100px wide. Dylan (talk) 20:45, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer a shot of the campus to a shot of an individual building. I've upped the picture size to 125, so that more detail is visible. Raul654 (talk) 20:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RAR file

Do you happen to have WinRAR or similar RAR reader software that you could handle this photosubmission ticket? Thanks. howcheng {chat} 22:38, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Trenton

Hi. Nominated the Battle of Trenton for FA status. I did it quite a while ago, and I fixed what was asked of me, but how long does it normally take for a decision to be made as to if it needs more improvements, or if it meets the criteria to be promoted? Thanks.-Red4tribe (talk) 02:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations last at least five days. Most nominations are finished in under two weeks, but some can last over a month. Raul654 (talk) 02:40, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Phonecloth 554

Sorry, I added a welcome to this user's talk page before realizing the SP problems. My apologies if I have messed with the proper step process. I followed the hist. of Jefferson Davis (one of the many ACW pages I watch) and made their talk after correcting one of the edits. Kresock (talk) 02:37, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't sweat it - it's no big deal. Raul654 (talk) 02:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikisource

A vandal went ahead and attacked your page. I cleaned up what I could, but I'm sure there is probably other stuff. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:06, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

THere's a lot more - look at RC. I'm asking in #wikimedia-stewards now. Raul654 (talk) 16:11, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that when I cleaned up the important templates, it went after me. If this wasn't a good reason to install parental approval requirements, I don't know what is. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 16:22, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gave up on the stewards channel in disgust - lots of rubber neckers who waste my time asking for explanations, but nobody willing to do anything or even investigate the problem. I'll leave it to someone else to to deal with. Raul654 (talk) 16:24, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh. Hopefully this will encourage Wikisource to promote a few more admin or page protect more of the important templates. I made a posting over at their administrator's noticeboard. Here it is if you have any insight to offer (especially since we both know basically what this is based on them trying the same stunt on AN/I). Ottava Rima (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that the one program is operating Twinkle (this one does). Perhaps this needs to be investigated and something implemented, i.e. a new privileged that would limit only users with that permission to use automated script (or multiple posts within a very short time)? Is this worth taking to Village Pump? Or how about putting in to the program code a line in which people who say ""I'M IN YOUR WIKI" are automatically blocked? :) Ottava Rima (talk) 18:32, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, for a mediawiki feature (to limit running monobook scripts to approved users) that's a really, really good suggestion. I'll submit it to bugzilla tonight (after I get back from the New Orleans meetup) or tomorrow. Raul654 (talk) 18:35, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Natalee Holloway

Hey Raul, We are hesitating to renominate (it isn't time yet anyway) Natalee Holloway for TFA consideration on Oct 19, since Sandy (who I know monitors this page, so I'm not going over her head, this is really addressed to both of you) has stated she'll oppose because it is NH's birthday and she fears the family won't like it. If NH is on the short unofficial list of articles which won't go TFA, then the editors on that article won't beat their heads against a brick wall, but otherwise, I think it likely that Kww will renominate it at the appropriate moment. Any advice either of you might have would be very helpful. Thank you.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:15, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Noting (again) that my input at WP:TFA/R weighs no more than any other editor. I believe Raul may have thoughts on Missing white woman syndrome; I agree somewhat, as my views on Aruba are that the outcome in terms of Aruban societal factors would have been the same had Holloway been a Missing Brown Venezuelan Woman, but the story would have been less publicized. I'm not aware of the mainstream media having addressed Aruban societal factors in the case, relative to any outsiders, not just a blonde US outsider. The article covers what reliable sources gave it to cover, but I'd hate to be in Holloway's mother's shoes if the article ran on her birthday, since it reduces Natalee's life to ... well ... one party week. I understand that's what our guidelines and policies say about how we should write about people who meet notability for a crime, but our policy in this area leaves me feeling very uncomfortable for the surviving relatives. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:27, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS, it wouldn't trouble me as much on any other day. It's the idea of running it on her birthday that I find distasteful, because the article doesn't deal so much with her life. I could be wrong <shrug>. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:36, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only reason we'd go for the birthday is that editors noted that is a more relevant date. I don't care when it runs personally, but I believe it deserves to run, and it has the points according to the rules to be brought to Raul's attention. You yourself passed it as NPOV, which it must be as a successful FA candidate. I'd be happy to see it run anytime; I have no wish to increase the grief of the Holloway family, assuming they are even aware of the article. Sandy, I've read just about every RS on this, and no RS has touched on that area, which you noted during the FAC. That is one reason why we only address Holloway's doings on Aruba through quotations. That being said, I don't want to get into an argument with you either here or on the TFA pages.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, the article covers what reliable sources give it to cover, and I passed it because I thought it to be within our policies for people who attain Wiki notability via a crime; it still makes me uncomfortable for her birthday. But that's why Raul gets paid the big bucks; I don't have to make those decisions :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So, is there any reason the article couldn't run on some day that has no association with the story? Gimmetrow 14:43, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That is frankly what I am hoping. But I don't want to step on Raul's prerogatives. But given that Sandy has said that there are five or six articles coming up in October with five plus points, if Kww and the rest of us are going to nominate again, we'll have to do it for the 21st, to get that fifth point. It would solve everything if Raul chose to run it earlier. But all I can do is advocate for that, of course, it is Raul's call entirely.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:43, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I said I knew of five or six articles; that doesn't mean they will be brought forward. And several of them are in the same category, so on similarity, they all couldn't run. Four points should be enough to get the request on the page for another date; why not try it, and see what the community thinks? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any thoughts here, Raul? We'd certainly appreciate a reply. - auburnpilot talk 00:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any strong feelings on this one way or the other. The case has attracted so much attention, I don't think featuring her article on the main page will be noticed by anyone connected with the case, much less cause any more grief. I didn't schedule it for the requested date because I didn't watch any potentially controversial articles on the main page while I'm away. I don't find the prospect of featuring her on her birthday per se objectionable. Raul654 (talk) 05:02, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Raul: Thank you for your input. I think the three of us will confer and will probably renominate, not sure yet if for the birthday or not. We will huddle up and come up with a game plan.--Wehwalt (talk) 05:16, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

Hi. The thing with the candidate page is that several times admins, who are not familiar with the ITN guidelines just go ahead and post the items they find suitable. In order to prevent this, it is better to discuss all new entries. Even admins. Cheers. --Tone 13:47, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Range block query

Raul, don't know who else to ask, is this the sort of situation when a range block might be applied? Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Ecrone. I've spent the better part of several days dealing with this and the sock/vandal/whatever at WP:TFA/R (which could be DavidYork71 (talk · contribs), considering the Mumia Abu-Jamal submissions). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

random FA in sidebar

Hello, Raul. I have made a proposal regarding Dapete's random article tool and the sidebar here: MediaWiki_talk:Sidebar#add_to_navigation, if you would like to comment. 86.44.22.174 (talk) 22:19, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tossed salad

Hi Raul654, this page was fully-protected by you in September 2007. Well, it was very recently requested at requests for page protection to have that lowered to semi. I've already done that, but I wanted to speak to you about removing the semi-protection too. Do you mind if I remove the semi-protection, or do you have a reason for that staying? Thanks. Acalamari 22:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do object. Look at the history for that page - it's the most vandalized disambig page on Wikipedia. It really should stay protected. Raul654 (talk) 03:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Most vandalised disambig page" is a bit like "tallest dwarf"... it still has fewer than 100 edits, spread out over 5 years -- Gurch (talk) 07:27, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you believe that protection is still necessary, then I'll respect that, but I do believe lowering the level to semi was a good thing, especially after nearly a year of protection. I hope that having semi rather than full is a good enough compromise here? That should be enough to stop or limit the vandalism. Thanks. Acalamari 17:50, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my username

Hi Raul,

Can you please change user:Hillelg to user:הללג that was created by the process of unifying my accounts in Wikimedia? Hillelg (talk) 17:55, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this is me. הללג (talk) 17:58, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think a local bureaucrat can do that. I get an error telling me that the target account (הללג) already exists. I think you need to go on Meta and ask a steward to do it. Raul654 (talk) 04:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NowCommons: Image:Road signs.jpg

Image:Road signs.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:Image:Sign children 25.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[Image:Sign children 25.jpg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 20:40, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Survey request

Hi, Raul654 I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions. Thank You, BCproject (talk) 23:41, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Croatia national team FA candidate

Hello, I noticed you were the prime director and decision-maker when it comes to Featured Articles. Can I ask now that you ignore the user Fasach Nua on this candidate page? When you look at the comments, you will see the fair point that I raised in the sense that he has gone around and deliberately ruined FA's etc by bringing up issues that have already been resolved and proven wrong. My replying comment says it all. He doesn't understand or even listen to the replying arguments given to him, he just keeps opposing due to image violations which clearly don't exist. You cannot reach a consensus with him, so I am therefore requesting and warning that you are best to just ignore his comments when you look at this nomination. You can see the results of his deliberate mind-games arguments here. He has clearly been proven wrong but still brings up the issue as if he has massive support, which he doesn't. Just wanted to let you know personally so you can rightfully overlook his opposing of the nomination and focus more significantly on the actual legitimate issues when deciding upon this article. Thanks! Domiy (talk) 09:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

new Scibaby sock?

Showman60 (talk) ? --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 19:54, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Based on checkuser, I don't think so, but I'm not positive. Raul654 (talk) 20:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to have joined a while before Scibaby was banned, then a had over a year of no input. Deamon138 (talk) 20:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Necrosciinae

HI, I just dropped by to stub-sort this one (I couldn't be sure whether it fitted any of the narrower stubtypes under "insects", you might know better!), but I spotted that the few blue links in the list of genera are all links to other things, or to dab pages which don't mention stick insects. You might like to make them into disambiguated redlinks. Thanks. PamD (talk) 09:00, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go through them next week after I arrive home. Raul654 (talk) 06:11, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Alan Turing.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Alan Turing.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sdrtirs (talk) 20:39, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant

I spilled my coffee --Dweller (talk) 14:27, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why thank you :) Raul654 (talk) 06:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Funny edit is funny

Thanks for cheering me up with this! XD Yamakiri ^T_C § 08-27-2008 • 18:47:49

No kittunz for me yet?

Lucifer (Talk) 20:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All fixed :) Raul654 (talk) 06:10, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good Morning. I am speaking on behalf of my Associate Lucifer. He is very pleased. Lucifer Cat (talk) 15:28, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]