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Hi, I'm really sorry that your first RFA didn't work out, if its any consolation my first didn't work out either:). Great nomination statement, loved the allusions to that birthday speech. It was a real pity that your recent CSD stuff torpedoed things and stopped people like me from being able to support at this time. You might want to read User:WereSpielChequers#We're Spiel Checkers - thoughts on deletion, hope to see you at RFA again in the Autumn. ϢereSpielChequers08:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Leonard, I wanted to extend my apologies as well. I too very much enjoyed your nomination statement and was extremely surprised to see you getting opposed for it so vehemently. The RfA crowd can be temperamental and unpredictable, and it's a shame that you had to fall victim to it. Please keep up the great work, and I hope to see you at RfA again soon. Best, GlassCobra14:12, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you both for the wonderful support. WSC: thank you for compliments on the nomination piece, as well as the nice thoughts on deletion. GlassCobra: I do hope to return to RfA soon, and I'm glad I'm doing enough for my work to be called "great". Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)06:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Leonard, why remove the ISBN number? I thought this would help people who wanted to look up this car company. Leslie Motor Car company Also the Marques 5000 List is part of this book and all references begin on page 231, after which all pages are not numbered until page 373. Why i do not know. It is most likely because of the size of this Reference book. Sincerely, ;;;; Randall O
Sorry about that. I have replaced the ISBN; formatting error kept it from showing up.
As for the issue of the book title and such, I suggest you add it yourself. I was a bit confused by the initial reference that I formatted, and you obviously know it better than I. The editing syntax should be relatively simple, just take a few seconds to look over how it's laid out and you'll be fine. If you need help, you can always contact me here. Thanks for the notice, and happy editing. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)06:55, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
THANK YOU LEONARD, If you are any one else needs any information from this Reference book just ask. Sincerely, ;;;; Randall O
Not a problem, and that's a kind offer. I suggest you sign your signatures with the four tildes; it makes conversations much easier. Thanks. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)06:59, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Leonard, the reason i,am not signing correctly, is because i have a French Canadian keyboard and the tildes show up wrong. I had to replace my old laptop keyboard with a new French Canadian keyboard. I had an English keyboard earlier, but it went out and so i had to settle for this one. Sincerely, ;;;; Randall O
I usually assess articles after reading their assessment guide a bit. Unless that's a cardinal sin (if it is, I'm already sorry :P), I'm sure you could do it yourself.
Well, I would, but it's bad prose to assess an article that you have extensively edited. :) -t'shaélchat07:13, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. Well, I usually assess stuff when I'm just passing by, either random article or NPP. I'd be happy to assess it for you. Most of my assessments have been for that project, so I have some experience. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)07:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you wouldn't mind, I would appreciate it. This article is currently rated "Start" class, however that rating is 2 years old, and I've reworked it and think that it deserves a reassessment. Either way, I'd like your opinion on it. Thanks again, :) t'shaélchat07:18, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
←Thanks, Leonard, I appreciate you taking the time to do this. Any suggestions on improvements that I can make? -t'shaélchat07:39, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You caught me in the middle of already reviewing it.
Well, if a C.5 existed, I'd give it to you, but sadly it doesn't, and with these sort of things, you need to round down. My "official" review or thought-process is kind of short, so feel free to ask for more.
Needs a longer intro.
If more information is available to you, I'd suggest expanding upon the different periods of her career. Maybe a separate section for the 80s, 90s, etc. This will help add depth to the article, one of the characteristics of a B class.
An image would be nice.
Format the references. I could do this tomorrow, if you want, but as you may observe one thread up, I was gonna hit the hay when you left a message.
Ah, my apologies for keeping you up. Thank you for assessing this for me and I will incorporate your suggestions ASAP. Happy editing! -t'shaélchat07:49, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is completely unprecedented, but thank you for uploading the picture you see at the right. I used to live around this area years ago, and I haven't seen many pictures of the areas since I was a young child. It was nice to see Etna not look so angry and erupt-y for once. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)08:58, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much. I took it last January (I adore Sicily and have been often). I've got some more I took on a wonderful cross country drive from Taormina to Capo Orlando (via Randazzo), with the Etna national park on your left for about half the way. Really wild unspoiled countryside with raptors circling overhead. Very beautiful indeed. Roger Daviestalk13:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
John Diamond page
Hi, I added a comment on the John Diamond page before I saw I had a message from you. So apologies for that (and also if it sounds a bit miffed - it's one of those days!). If the updated version I have entered still seems to you to have some issues, please could you suggest how to ameliorate that? Thanks. AKDiamond (talk) 19:46, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
From what I saw, the content wasn't a problem. However, I welcomed you with a notice a possible conflict of interest because your name is AKDiamond, editing on the John Diamond article. If you have some connection with the subject article, I strongly suggest you distance yourself from the article to prevent a point of view or bias from cropping up. If not, then my apologies. Happy editing! Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)19:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Haha! Actually, I'm a poker player, and the name is my signature hand - the Ace and King of Diamonds! A poor choice for a username in retrospect. I saw that George Goodheart and Applied Kinesiology were up already, so I thought I should add Dr. Diamond (and possibly Behavioral Kinesiology in the future) - however all of the info I've gathered so far is from the same reference (the one I currently have on the page). Should I be tagging all the paragraphs and putting Ibid in the refs? Basically, what else is needed to get those "issues" removed? Thanks for your time. AKDiamond (talk) 23:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's not a poor choice. It's original, and it was my mistake anyhow. As for the article issues, I'll list them out, and then give a manner in which they can be remedied.
Missing citations or footnotes: This is actually invalid as it stands, so I'll remove it. The one reference you have is cited in the article properly, but that leads us to point number two...
Questionable notability: Is Dr. John Diamond notable? You can determine this by using the guidelines Wikipedia has set up for the notability of people, or, as the shortcut is called, WP:BIO. To determine whether or not he is notable, we are looking for reliable sources (WP:RS) that prove his notability. Sources like news articles, or reports in journals. Not self-published sites (like the one you have as a reference; that will work for now, but third-party, neutral sources are necessary), or blogs (unless the blog themselves are notable), etc. Hope that makes sense.
That was my mistake. I pressed the wrong button, but I quickly reverted my edit, and yours has been restored. My apologies. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)21:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I recently noticed that you had rated an article of mine, on theatre director Carlos Gandolfo. If you'd like, could you please look at Man Facing Southeast? I had created that article in January and, at the time, it received a "stub" rating - when the article probably deserved better.
Thank you for the trouble, and please let me know if I can help you with anything in the future.
Not a problem. I've rated the article, and fixed a minor problem. Let me know if you need anything else assessed in the future, and you might wanna check the assessment guides on relevant wikiprojects. Thanks and happy editing, Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)04:13, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I sent the permission e-mail to the requested address at permission-commons@wikimedia.org. I'm still trying to figure out how to add the additional information to the image description. This is all new to me, but I will learn it before the image is deleted.
I have removed the deletion notice, so the image won't be deleted. I have also placed a description template on the file page, so feel free to fill that in as necessary. Thanks, and happy editing. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)03:19, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, so someone noticed my little NFP binge. Thanks for the recognition, and enjoy your evening. Happy editing. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)04:44, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Leonard^Bloom. Don't know if you're interested but I seem to have found a nest of non-free images in a gallery on SCH Sarajevo, which fails the last paragraph of WP:IG. I was going to put those images up for deletion but seeing how you are an editor (or admin hopeful - per this) who is looking to work with images, perhaps you may want to get some experience in this aspect of the project. Have fun! -FASTILY(TALK)02:04, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Y'know, I remember seeing these being uploaded and being slightly confused by the extremely small size, but that's all the thought I gave to it. Thanks for the notice; we all know how much I love to up my brag-list. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)02:10, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And they're up. Thanks for the notice, and I hope you cross paths with you in the future. (Unrelated note: feel free to call me Leonard, Leo, etc. Leonard^Bloom seems so... clunky. You wouldn't address someone by their full name all the time would you? :P ) Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)02:17, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For images like that, there's not really much point with the whole "may have the wrong tag" thing- just throw it to PUI and remove it from the article. Alternatively, if it's really blatant, especially if the uploader has many other blatant copyvios, just delete it yourself and leave the user a warning. J Milburn (talk) 10:04, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
>_< I'm just now seeing this. I don't know how that happened it, sorry. Also, thanks for the advice. That was my first real experience with images tagged incorrectly in that manner, so the advice is really useful. And, by the way, I can't "delete it [myself]"; not an admin. :P Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)21:56, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry! Assumed you were. Speedy deletion notices work for individual obvious copyvios- for larger scale stuff, feel free to ping me on my talk page and I'll look into it. J Milburn (talk) 22:01, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Don't be sorry, I'm flattered. Always nice to know people assume I do more work than I actually do. :P If something like that happens again, I'll just tag as a copyvio or contact you. Thanks for the advice. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)22:06, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for William Henry Sheppard
On July 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Henry Sheppard, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi Leonard, Thanks for your informative comments regarding the SCH images (7/15/09). I'm not sure we'll go through the effort of the individual album pages for now, we'll probably revert back to a text discography, but whatever we do - thanks for your thoughtfulness and if we have additional questions, we'll definitely ask. There really isn't any commercial value for these images - especially as thumbs which are useless except for reproduction - but I better understand the basic rationale why you have such guidelines in place. Take care and I'll let you know if more questions arise. --stephanie krueger (Stephkru) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephkru (talk • contribs) 14:35, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Singing fools image issue
I sent an email to info@wikipedia.com earlier today and they responded asking for my express authorization to use the image which I provided by reply email. Does this resolve the issue or do I have to take other steps? Chelseamorning2006 (talk) 21:12, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, then. One last query. Will the warning tag "this image is a candidate for speedy deletion and may be deleted by July 23..." be removed at some point or do I do it? Chelseamorning2006 (talk) 21:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have already removed, but in the future, if a case like this presents itself, be bold and go for it yourself. Thanks for asking. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)21:29, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SCH - we are making album pages
Hi Leo, just to let you know we decided to make album pages for everything, have let everyone know on the delete page. It's going well so far and we will continue to build tomorrow. Take care and have a good night, --stephanie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephkru (talk • contribs) 22:58, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No problem - I suggested you nom the files for deletion and some issues arose - it wouldn't be right for me not to say anything! Anyways, glad to see everything worked out. Cheers, FASTILY(TALK)17:29, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks
For your help on Committee to End Pay Toilets in America! In particular, the move, I realized I screwed up the caps only today, when I linked the name as it should be. :/ The other stuff is great, I don't know anything about cats in particular. One quibble tho, I'm not sure that a pic of a toilet in France is a good illustration for this article. Are you really committed to that pic? Not that I have a better one... Eaglizard (talk) 10:26, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you wanna remove it, go for it. I just thought it would be best for the reader to at least see a pay toilet; I couldn't any picture of the Committee at all. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)17:40, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Leo. Everytime I log on and check the WP:AFC/R page, you've already filled the requests (grrrr...). But anyways, I recommend you use the {{afc talk}} template to notify users that their request has been filled. Just leave this template: {{subst:Afc talk|PAGENAMEHERE}} ~~~~ on their talk page - it makes users more likely to contribute in the future. Cheers, FASTILY(TALK)23:10, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is a bio in Arabic, of a person with no claim of notability, per Google online translator. It appears to be an autobiography. And could you please fix your signature so it provides a clear link to your talk page instead of some random article, which seems disruptive? Note how easy it was to click on "talk" in my signature and get to my discussion page. Thanks. Edison (talk) 03:51, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, thanks for the translation; I usually don't machine translate them unless I know something of the language. As for my sig, I wouldn't necessary call it disruptive. I would rather not remove the Special:Random link unless it was insisted upon, but would changing it from Bloom to Leo make it less disruptive in your opinion? Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)03:56, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just add a normal signature. It sounds like you propose to make the sig Leo-Leo with the second Leo sending the other editor still to a random page. It indeed seems quite disruptive to send other editors to a random page when they seek to communicate, like an April Fool prank. If you add four tildes, a nice signature will result.Thanks Edison (talk) 04:00, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But this is my normal signature; I sign with ~~~~ every time. As for my proposition for a new signature, I'm sorry, I was unclear in that regard. I meant, what if my signature was: Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ). This would put a link to userpage in the position that is, on default settings, a link to the talk. Do you think that would make communication easier? Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)04:04, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have never used a fancy signature, but how about Lәo βǃʘʘɱ but somehow appending an actual labelled "talk " link? How does sending people wishing to communicate with you to a random page equal anything but a prank and disruption? Edison (talk) 04:58, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If it were a prank or a distraction, I think someone would of mentioned it before. The first part of my signature links to userpage, with a clear notice to those who wish to leave me a message, and the second is, as I like think when I'm feeling especially idealistic, a reminder that we're building an encyclopedia. However, if you wish to see it changed, I will do so. Give me a minute to alter the raw code in my preferences. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)05:01, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations to you as the creator of the article and as the one sending it to AFD. Please assume good faith and do not either chastise the author for creating inappropriate articles or the AFD nominator for pointy AFD nominations. As the only author to have made a substantive edit, you could have requested speedy deletion to avoid bogging down AFD. A PROD might also have worked. Thanks. Edison (talk) 08:52, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have responded to that bit about tagging for CSD on the AfD. The former part though, about assuming good faith and pointy nominations; that I'm a bit confused about. Why are you telling me this? O_o Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)17:34, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Since you prodded this article, you may be interested to see that it is now the subject of an AfD discussion, if you have not already done so. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Leonard, I've taken a good look over this article and made several edits for grammar and clarity. There are a few spots, which I have tagged, where additional clarification is needed from someone familiar with the sources (I left notes in comments in the article text). If you could take a look at those for me, that would be great. Also, please look over all my edits and make sure I didn't change something that altered fact (though I tried not to). Otherwise, it is excellently written, well sourced, perfectly illustrated and ready to be listed as a GA! Regards, Vicenarian(T · C)11:25, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Vicenarian, I can see why User:Javert recommended you. I have hopefully clarified that bit, and as for the [sic] bit, I just removed your note. It was my bad, and you did fix a grammatical error. Anything else, or am I missing something? Thanks again, Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)19:10, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey! I object to the implication that I'm slow at reviewing. I purposefully leave time between when I declare my intention to review an article and the actual review. This is to allow others interested in the article time to review, leave comments, make pre-review edits, etc. But yes, since I do review intensely, I have to have at LEAST an hour of total focus to complete one. And most of the time, I'm lazy. ;) Vicenarian(T · C)15:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
A stalker, I see? Also, for the record, I was a fan of the previous sig more. The colors are a bit excessive. :P Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)19:13, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, somedays all I do is edit user talk pages. :) In regards to the sig, I think that I agree with you and will probably end up changing it before too much longer. :) JavertI knit sweaters, yo!19:16, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I was actually being facetious about the fact that, if left to my own devices, Sheppard's article would still be in my sandbox interspersed with graffiti about George Wallace and Ota Benga and image captions like "Not a nice guy". Nice job. Recognizance (talk) 06:04, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Most of my recent fair-use resizing has been with this, a tool a friend of mine created. I've been testing it for her. Thanks for the barnstar though, and you do great work with images yourself; I've seen you around NFPing and such. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)22:12, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm currently part way through writing this article that will eventually be William Thompson Lusk. There is quite a few memorials with information in War Letters. I started writing the prose, and have about 2k characters of that, but there is a lot more information that I have simply just taken notes on. I have about twenty more pages in War Letters remaining before I exhaust all my sources, I think. If you want to help out, feel free. User:NuclearWarfare/William_Thompson_Lusk#Early_life (the notes section of that) is where I stopped off. Hopefully this will be helpful for you. NW(Talk)03:55, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What you've got so far is incredibly impressive, and much more than I expected. I'll help out now and again, and I'm excited to see the final result. Nice work, and happy editing, Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)04:08, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Phew. That should be all of the research done.
Do you think you could help out with converting the bullet form notes to prose? I have cookies if you help ;) NW(Talk)04:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I can probably put some time in later tonight, and if not, tomorrow most definitely. It's looking really good this far. Plus, I love me some cookies.Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)04:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, this time I'm sure
Okay, this time I'm sure this is the one. This is the topic I want to work on. For now. New England Emigrant Aid Company had one of those courtesy articles (kind of like Sheppard) where someone cared enough to create one but not enough to really work on it. Actually, it looked like someone was writing a school paper and never finished...
There's some good reading material for you on archive.org and/or Google I'm sure. I added an excessive number of books because I'm not sure what all I'll use. I even put in the edit summary that I'd probably make you clean up after me later. You should be honoured.
hello, leo, i am wondering why my article can not be approved.
hello, leo, i am wondering why my article can not be approved. I have read the message u sent to me. but i don't think it is a good reason. i sincerely hope that u can reconsider it.
Hello, and thanks for asking. :) Wikipedia has some guidelines on notability, and, in general, they can be summed up with: reliable sources need to back it up. Third party, independent, neutral sources. Your product, as I noted in my reasoning here does not have sources to back up anything about it. Without reliable sources, we can't discern notability. This isn't based on any personal feelings of my own. If you can provide sources that meet the requirements above (reliable, neutral, and third party), please mention them at the deletion discussion, and add them to the article. Thanks, and happy editing, Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ)08:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
remaining SCH cover
Hi Leo,
Thanks for keeping the sch covers and for all your guidance through the process. You forgot to remove the deletion box from File:Album_SCH_whitemusic_cover.jpg. Please do. Best, srx 13:33, 28 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by StrindbergRex (talk • contribs)
