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Sebastian Bonnet

21:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Edit to Baldrick page

And why, in your learned opinion did my edit constitute vandalism?

That would be because the turnip in question was shaped like a penis. It was a part of the episodes plot. The link was broken, so I fixed it. So much for assuming good faith. 21:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Thanks very much for rollback =) Aaroncrick (Tassie Talk) 00:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks! That's my two scents 23:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Ravenloft (module)

Hello! I am notifying you that a article you previously reviewed for FAC has been nominated again. Please, if you can, take the time to see if the article has been improved enough to consider supporting, and if not, let us know what needs improving. :) BOZ (talk) 23:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

A proposal for Good article review swapping

I've had articles that have been listed for GAN for well over a month now. You have a few articles up for GA. I propose (if you have time for it) to review as many of your articles you have up for GA as you review for me. There's been some chat about this in the GA talk page, and it doesn't sound like a bad idea. I'm not asking for a favorable review because of this, just a review, even if it results in failure. I want to avoid some of the met articles from making the oldest nominations template, which one (wet season) is about to do. Thegreatdr (talk) 01:50, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Behind Yellow Lines

You recently deleted an article I created about the band Behind Yellow Lines, claiming it didn't meet the standards for inclusion. I disagree with this deletion. The article provided useful information and band history and deserves to be included in an encyclopedia. I was shocked at the lack of response on the talk page for the article and the lack of explanation for why the article was deleted. Additionally I feel that the picture that I was linked to when I clicked on your username was immature and unprofessional. I'm asking you to reinstate the article, or give me an actual explanation as to why it should be deleted. Thank you, and hopefully you will deal with this professionally and respectfully.

Mike Doose

21:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Deletion of Behind Yellow Lines

According to Wikipedia's guidelines, an article is notable if it demonstrates recognition by sources "independent of the subject." In the article, I mentioned the recognition of Behind Yellow Lines by WHSD Radio. Also, what constitutes a reliable source? The goal of my writing this article was to create a reliable source for BYL's history because there isn't really one on the internet as of now. Would including reference to an article published by the Daily Herald or the College of DuPage be considered reliable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers

You seem to be deleting articles for the sake of using your power as a moderator...

Mike Doose

21:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Progress report: Country outlines

Development has been slow but continuous:

Penubag has done a fantastic job on the images for the awards we'll be using for our project's collaborations and contests. We now have 3 awards: a medal, a trophy, and a race ribbon. They all look tight. The trophy needs a small adjustment, but other than that, all 3 awards are complete and ready to use.

Spartaz has warned us of (threatened to take) G4 (speedy delete) action if we run a competition that resembles the previously deleted Awards Center page. So whatever we do, any contests we run must differ substantially from the methods used there.

One type of competition I've been exploring is edit racing. I'm in the process of working the bugs out of this concept - the first race didn't work as expected - you see, because we only had an award for first place, the opponent didn't think it worthwhile to continue once it was clear who the winner would be. And since editors are in different time zones and usually need to start the race at different times, we need to base winning on personal start times - he who completes his assigned edits in the least time (rather than first), wins. And last but not least is quality control. What good is winning if your edits are ripe with errors? So I'll be exploring possibilities such as using a referee (whoever is overseeing a particular race), having participants watching each other for errors to knock them back, etc. I'm not sure yet.

Rich Farmbrough has been applying his bot expertise to filling in blanks in the country outlines (the population and area entries). I'm amazed at the number of edits he pumps out each day on a myriad of projects - ours makes up but a small time slice of his activity, and yet he has saved us many hours of manual work. Perhaps we should look into how he gets so much done.  :)

Zlerman has chosen to work on one outline at a time, and is taking on Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He also has been keen on noticing and reporting design issues pertaining to the whole set of country outlines. Keep up the good work!

Highfields has been filling in the names of capitals, and is our first race winner. Check out the award on his user pages.

As you probably know, this project has expanded to include working on any and all sets of pages that are linked to from the country outlines. Once the set of country outlines go live (in article space), traffic will likely increase for all the links included on them. The quality and usefulness of those pages will reflect heavily on the country outlines (the outlines, which are essentially lists of links, are only as good as the links they present), and therefore we've branched out to solve the biggest problems with those as well. So far, we've taken on:

• The creation of disambiguation pages for country adjectivals ("German", "French", "Taiwanese", etc. About half done.)
• The clean-up of the CIA World Factbook statistics on the "demographics of" country pages. We've been renaming those sections to provide a key string that AWB can use for targetting (for skipping and filtering). Once that's done, we'll be able to break the clean-up down into simple AWB search/replace tasks, because we'll be able to target just those pages that include the CIA stuff.
• Renaming the "Cuisine of" articles to their adjectival forms ("Chinese cuisine", "Italian cuisine", etc.)

Blackadam2 and Thehelpfulone have been helping out with the "demographics of" pages mentioned above.

And we have a couple speed addicts (addicted to wiki-velocity, not drugs)...

Both Robert Skyhawk and Thehelpfulone prefer (and excel at) simple AWB search/replaces. Robert hasn't actually joined our team yet, but he has been helping out quite a bit from the sidelines (via the WP:AWB/Tasks page. Unfortunately, there has recently been a non-AWB chore that has been holding things up on the AWB front - an edit to all the the headings which had to be reverted before too many new edits were made, because any new edits would make the reversion more difficult. The headings have been restored, so now the way is clear for AWB operations, and there are many search/replace tasks in the queue. AWB assignments have started again!

There's a similar bottleneck on the "Demographics of" pages (the "keying" mentioned above), but that's almost cleared too.  :)

With my internet access somewhat crippled, I've been finding it difficult to keep up with you guys. However, I expect to be accessing a Linky-capable workstation on a faster server (I'm on it right now, as you can probably tell from my contributions list for today), and so I should really pick up speed. Feels goooooood.  :)

Recruiting has been a bit slow (but steady), due in part to my crippled access, and because we've been waiting for the images for the awards to be completed. I expect the team to grow more rapidly as the bottlenecks are removed.

Well that's what's been happenin', and here's what's in the pipeline...

I'm about to begin work on a set of lists that corresponds to all the standard links on the country outlines, and these will be presented on the Topic outline of countries which will be organized exactly like the country outlines. Aside from being an extremely useful navigation aid, it will allow editors to easily see the state of country coverage on Wikipedia. I'll provide you with a link once I get up to speed on this.

In the meantime, keep up the good work!

Cheers,

The Transhumanist    05:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Julian is violating a Wikipedia rule.

This is not intended to be a personal attack, but I thought the cat-bad-grammar picture on Julian's user page was immature, so I looked up what is and isn't allowed on Wikipedia user pages. It turns out "Other non-encyclopedic related material" is not allowed...

Mike Doose

Actually, there's no violation. It is well understood that userpages may be used to express the personality of the user, as long as it is neither excessive nor offensive. I strongly suggest that you get over being upset that your article was deleted, and focus on content. If you truly feel that the article can be brought up to Wikipedia standards (especially notability, and verifiability from reliable sources), Julian can provide you with the deleted copy in your userspace. You can use that to improve the article with references and in the fullness of time move it back into the main encyclopedia.

Or, let me put this another and slightly blunter way: your article was deleted, it's happened to all of us. You can choose to turn this into some sort of personal animosity (and I can guarantee to you that Julian does not hold grudges, nor does he ever delete anything in order to annoy people), or you can take the opportunity to learn about Wikipedia's basic policies and guidelines in order to become a better editor. It's your choice, but I will caution you that only one of those choices is likely to ensure that you can keep editing Wikipedia. That's not a threat; it's an observation on how these things tend to go.

Please also note that you do need to sign your posts. If you want to have your posts signed using your real name as opposed to your account name, click on 'preferences', under 'signature' select the checkbox that says 'enable raw signature', and paste the following text into the box:

[[User:Deucemeister|Mike]] [[User talk:Deucemeister|Doose]]

Cheers. //roux   06:13, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Fair-use images are not allowed in user space; everything else is OK as long as it is not offensive. Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 06:18, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I found it to be offensive. --Deucemeister (talk) 06:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I see. Well, I hate to tell you this, but I have to say you're gonna have a real hard time trying to make that case stick. First off, no one else seems to be offended by lulcat images. Secondly, you have a very recent record of arguing with Julian. That would make it look like just an expansion/continuation of the disagreement. Personally, and I hope you don't mind me saying this, I would honestly suggest that you just take a break, take a day off, relax, refresh yourself, etc. Try to revisit your concerns later with a fresh mind and perhaps a little less leftover bad feelings from the recent deletion or whatever. Good luck in all you do Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 07:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Re: Behind Yellow Lines

Thank you Roux.

Julian, can I have a copy of my article that you deleted in my userspace? I would like to edit it and try to bring it up to standards.

Thank you,

--Deucemeister (talk) 06:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Roux, no matter how you put it, it's a threat.

No, it's not. It's a fair warning. If you continue with this behaviour--which I see you have just been warned about--your editing privileges will be revoked. The wiser course is to not do things like attack other editors, and impersonate other editors. This guarantees that you can keep editing. Cheers. //roux   06:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually, no. Hersfold has explained this to you on your talk page. As you are a member of the band, you have a clear conflict of interest. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 16:10, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you send me a copy of the article you deleted? I would like to use it elsewhere. Once I have it, I will be leaving Wikipedia. Thank you. Have a nice day. --Deucemeister (talk) 22:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I responded to this question directly above. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 22:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Well since you didn't send it to me, I had Hersfold do it. The rudeness and condescension of people like you on Wikipedia never ceases to amaze me. I will be reporting you and promptly deactivating my profile on Wikipedia. --Deucemeister (talk) 23:04, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

And who will you be reported me to? –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 23:09, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

WQA apparently. (This is a courtesy notification.) Gerardw (talk) 00:27, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Darby (2004)

On February 5, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Darby (2004), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 15:09, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

CometStyles

Hi, Could you move user:Cometstyles's talk page to the proper place please. Thanks --DFS454 (talk) 18:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Denial of Armenian Genocide

Could you look at the 3rd rv by Njmemo420[Njmemo420]. Guenter Lewy should not be listed as a Middle East historian. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Need of your help

This is ridiculous, there is a move war over at WWE One Night Stand, which is now located at WWE Extreme Rules. WWE has not formally announced this name; last year they used the name One Night Stand: Extreme Rules and just because they have a schedule on the right side of their website says it will be called Extreme Rules is speculation because that was a secondary name so we can't speculate per WP:OR. So 1) can you move it back to WWE One Night Stand [needs an admin move] and 2)Can you move protect it until WWE formally announces, which if it happens, will be in June. Thanks so much.--TRUCO 21:16, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

In addition, a consensus was formed here to wait until official confirmation by WWE, so the move was against a formed consensus.--TRUCO 21:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, I respect your decision since you really aren't aware how WWE works. I mean you could make your opinion known. WWE tends to release ticket information here about their future events, which includes pay-per-view events, here. In the ticket information subpages, links are given that give the all ticket information and the name of the event, such as The Great American Bash here. Now for the PPV in question, WWE publishes a mini-schedule to the right on their official website with upcoming pay-per-view events, which states that on June 7, WWE Extreme Rules will take place, however, last year WWE used the name One Night Stand: Extreme Rules to promote the event, so Extreme Rules could well be a secondary name once again. In addition, WWE has not released ticket information in the above link I presented to formally announce that change, so at the moment we can only speculate, which should be avoided, until WWE formally announces it. If this were official, they would have changed the URL and name of the event at the One Night Stand official website here. But if this does not convince you, I understand.--TRUCO 22:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind, it was moved by an admin who is aware of the situation from WP:PW. Thanks, however =)--TRUCO 22:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

William Henry Harrison

Any help copyedting this for FAC prep would be greatly appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:53, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Should the judicial appointments section remain or be merged since it's only one sentence? — Rlevse • Talk • 10:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Leaving Wikipedia

I am indefinitely retiring from the English Wikipedia, due to my past mistakes on here and my decreasing interest and activity. I am shifting my focus to the Simple English Wikiquote. (I left a message on your talk page there, BTW, just in case you haven't noticed already.) Sincerely, Dylan620 _{Hark unto me} 00:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: Why is your userpage deleted again?

Possible collab.

If you're really interested in Typhoon Longwang, I'm willing to copyedit any contributions you make. Don't expect me to actually know much about tropical cyclones, I just know the basics. Sorry for being kinda late, but I had the science +tech night at my school today. I'm actually devising a way to predict earthquakes, if there's an invention that needs to be invented, that's it. Ceran^→//forge 02:33, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Sea urchin vandalism

Hey there, see you moved sea urchin back after its move vandalism, I moved the talk page back, can you delete Talk:HẬ66ER? as well, Cheers Mr Bungle | talk 03:20, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Country outline tasks

For both of the tasks below, make the AWB list from User:The Transhumanist/Country outlines

Task #1

For clarification (so people don't get these confused with the articles), add {{main|country article name}} to the very top of all the country outlines. You can use AWB's prepend feature and have it insert {{main|}}, and then you'll have to fill in the country article name. Be careful to get the correct article name. China, for instance would be an error (the country article is People's Republic of China).

Beware, some of the articles already have it at the top. (That's what gave me the idea). In edit mode, see the top of Topic outline of Argentina, for example.

Task #2

Use AWB to replace:

"is: a [[country]]"

with:

"is: a [[Nation state|country]]"

(without the quotes, of course).

My reasoning for the change is that the article "country" is very general, and includes many entities which we've given more specific classifications to.

Unfortunately, there isn't an article called "Sovereign state", and so "nation state" is the closest match. It even presents the word "country" as a synonym at the beginning of the lead paragraph.

If you think the above task would be a mistake, please let me know.

Have fun.

The Transhumanist    05:16, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Yaki Kadafi

It's inconceivable that Yaki Kadafi's biography page has been deleted. He was a founding and instrumental member of the Outlawz before his untimely death. His Still I Rise album with the Outlawz went double platinum, and he also has released two solo albums, which counts for 3 album releases. In addition he has appeared alongside 2Pac featuring on over a half a dozen charted hits most notably Hit Em Up. I strongly request that his page be restored. Zup326 (talk) 18:06, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Hartford Meetup: We need your help!

The next Connecticut Wikipedia meetup will take place sometime during April 2009 at Real Art Ways cafe and arts center in Hartford, Connecticut. Please list on the meetup page whether or not you can go. Also please contribute ideas for topics and dates! Hope to see you there!
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 22:49, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Vandalism

The correction I made to the page was legitimate complete with edit summary. Please remove/reverse the comment on my talk page and revert the edit on the page back to my correction. --Deviattor (talk) 01:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't want to simply redo the edit since I didn't know how it would react to that and didn't see any guidance on your userpage. --Deviattor (talk) 17:26, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Stop deleting my article

Hello, I know we like things done efficiently on Wikipedia, but do you mind not tagging my article for speedy deletion and then deleting it whilst I'm still in the middle of writing the bloody thing!!! I'm referring to the article I started on Performers College. You deleted it saying there was no notability established, but until you give me a chance to establish it, you're not aever going to know whether or not it's notable are you? Crazy-dancing (talk) 04:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

That should do for a start? - Can you put a "do not delete me" message on there, whilst I just find a couple of useable references? Crazy-dancing (talk) 04:49, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Protection templates

Hi, could you add a protection template to Hip hop music as well?-Binary TSO ^???

USRD-CRWP WikiCup Status

This is just to let you know that you have been eliminated from the USRD-CRWP WikiCup. However, Scott5114 is planning another contest to open within the next few weeks. Also, there is always next year :) Good luck. --Rschen7754 (T C) 08:59, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Zimdaily.com

Hi. I see you deleted the above per CSD#G11:G11, which I do not challenge (I did not actually see it let alone edit prior to deletion). However, I would appreciate it if you could wikify it, perhaps for now in my user space? It is a widely used news source - including for articles on Zimbabwe [1] and I would welcome the opportunity to work on an article on the site. Babakathy (talk) 15:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC) Ta! Babakathy (talk) 16:07, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback Permissions

Thank you for putting your faith in my abilities. I won't let you down, just like Rick! --Sc0ttkclark (talk) 16:28, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

user name

Oops... didn't mean to cause offense. Actually, it is an old Metroid cheat code (you can Google it and see). I can just change it if necessary. No big deal. Cheers, 99999kkkkk (talk) 18:40, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Arena Rock

Excuse me, but I was in the middle of re-writing the atrocious Arena Rock article when you messaged me. Problems with the article: half the words are in quotes, it is lugubrious, lacks information, lacks interest. The "History" section was stuck with the myth that punk and grunge somehow "destroyed" arena rock, when a look at sales, concert tickets, ect. throughout the past 30 years plainly show the opposite. So Pearl Jam and Nirvana weren't arena rock bands? Guns N Roses? How about Ozzfest? There was nothing about sound system tech or anything informative at all about arena-scaled rock production. I'm punk as fuck but I also love arena shows and have been running soundboards and a roadie since I was 18. And I can write without sounding like I'm doing a book report for sixth grade show and tell. So where do you get off calling my edits "unconstructive" while I'm in the middle of writing it? If you wrote the article, suck it up, you wrote a bad one. If you're just playing "policeman", I suggest you quit until you can tell an informed user from a troll.76.115.59.36 (talk) 21:19, 7 February 2009 (UTC)