User talk:Fastily

WikiProject Images and Media

Hello Fastily, I have prepared an drive yesterday to get the most images moved to the Wikimedia Commons. It is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons/Drive Sep 2011. It will start at 13 years ago or more precisely at 00:00, 1 September 2011 (UTC). There are some awards you may get. You may sign up now. We need lots of sysops too to delete the moved images. ~~Ebe123~~ ^talk_Contribs 17:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Russian populated places articles deleted

Hello, Fastily! Recently you have deleted quite a number of articles about Russian populated places or subdivisions with a summary G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW). Could you please restore all those articles? Most of them have highly notable subjects and we need them in encyclopedia. I was shocked to see all that deleted. GreyHood ^Talk 11:07, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Indeed. Now we, for example, have red links (to Semyonov, Russia and Semyonov, Ukraine, which were disambiguation pages themselves) in Semyonov, and probably in a lot of other articles. I think whether an article was created by "banned user" or not is immaterial in a situation when the said article is now essential for navigation. -- Vmenkov (talk) 14:49, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Also deleting the disambiguation page Gonda doesn't make much sense. TimBentley (talk) 16:23, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Per WP:CSD#G5, any pages created by Banned users in violation of their ban are deleted. Everyone, feel free to recreate any deleted items. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 22:39, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I've fixed what I could find in relation to Russia. Part of the problem was that some of the deleted pages weren't actually created by the user, but rather simply moved to a different name (often without fixing the backlinks), resulting in a redirect attributed to that user. Deleting the redirect created the situation where the backlinks pointed to a non-existing page, and it became impossible for the bots to find and fix the redirects. It would have been more correct to move those articles back (i.e., to revert the moves) instead of leaving them at the new location but deleting the redirect. Anyway, it's mostly a moot point now, but there might still be some similar holes in topics other than Russia.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 17, 2011; 16:46 (UTC)

Question to Autopatrolled contest

Hello there.

Can I ask you one question? There is a suggested "standard" of 50 valid articles to get Autopatrolled rights yet some Wikipedians who didn't create 50 non-problematic articles do have Autopatrolled rules. How come? ItsAlwaysLupus (talk) 20:38, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

See WP:AUTOPATROLLED. As you can see, 50 articles is the norm. It is not standard practice to grant autopatrolled to users with <50 article creations. I trust you realize that this tool has no visible effects on your editing and is in no way special status of any sort. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 22:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Please come on IRC

Hello Fastily! Could you please come on IRC as soon as possible? I also sent this to you via email...not sure which one you check faster, but whatever. Thanks! — The Earwig ^(talk) 23:20, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Bot issues

Of course the moment you leave the IRC I notice an issue. It couldn't have been while you were around, because the world dosen't work that way.

Svenbot is generating the template {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons|bot=Fbot}}. Should it not say bot=Svenbot?

I've pulled the bot pending a fix. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:31, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Updated. Same download link. I was just about to sign off :p -FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:44, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, will test. Timing is everything. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:50, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Deletion mix up

Hi, From my Watchlist and the pages I edit or use, I find that you have deleted a number of pages that are marked like this: ‘deleted "Begampur, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))’. I think there is a mix up somewhere. On checking I find that there are four pages that were created by P.K.Niyogi. He closed his account in July 2008 and I have worked on these pages subsequently. These pages are Chapra, Krishnaganj, Nakashipara, Palashipara. These are mentioned on his page. Most of the deleted pages seem to have been created by various people at different times. I have subsequently worked on many of them. I am unable to understand how these are identified as created by a blocked or banned user. It is possible that some banned or blocked user is trying to create problems in some fashion and getting such ordinary pages deleted. Since I am working in this area, this is disrupting many of the links to information valuable for my pages. Kindly look into the matter and restore the pages. Cheers - Chandan Guha (talk) 02:33, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

I deleted none of the above-mentioned pages. Please inquire at User talk:Feezo for the first two, and User talk:JohnCD for the last one. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 04:54, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

My Watchlist is showing your deletions as follows:

16 August 2011

• (Deletion log); 03:28 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Sirsha, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:28 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Ramchandrapur, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:27 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Kharagpur, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:27 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Kesabpur, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:27 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Kharagpur" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:26 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Ghaziabad district" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:26 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Debipur, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

• (Deletion log); 03:26 . . Fastily (talk | contribs) deleted "Begampur, India" (G5: Creation by a banned or blocked user in violation of ban or block (TW))

- along with related talk pages.

I believe there were more deletions. I am unable to access the Deletion log for these and other related pages. I have edited some of these pages. I am sure that these pages were created at different times by different users and have been deleted because of some mix up. Amongst the above, at least three pages – 1. Kharagpur, India 2. Begampur, India and 3. Ghaziabad district contain some valuable information. Please check if they were deleted by mistake and restore at least these pages if not all. Cheers - Chandan Guha (talk) 05:36, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see, why didn't you say so in the first place? Per WP:CSD#G5, any pages created by banned users in violation of their ban are deleted on-sight. Feel free to recreate these pages as you see necessary. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 05:46, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry to disturb you again. Tobias Conradi and his sock-puppet Bogdan Nagachop have been blocked. As far as I can remember Bogdan Nagachop edited many of the pages I edit and use. He moved some pages and some of these pages may have been listed as being created by him. These deletions may have been because of that. I cannot recreate these pages, because they were not put by me in the first place. Cheers - Chandan Guha (talk) 06:41, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Beckett400px.jpg

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Can you help again ?

I have problem in editing article Origin of the Azeris with user Arslanteginghazi . After his recent block , again he is reverting my edits in a edit war manner . Please take a look at discussion and history of several reverting . Is there any way for me to edit without interruption ? Just imagine I have to discuss and argue about the most basic Wikipedia roles such as No original research ! Thank you --Alborz Fallah (talk) 07:33, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

User warned. If they continue being a problem, let me know. Regards, FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:57, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

The Standells page

Hey Fastily- I noticed you've protected the page re- edit warring. However, in the current state, it contains knowingly false and damaging information left by Larry Tamblyn (eg- "Larbabe" and other names he and his wife use on wikipedia). Niether Dick Dodd nor Tony Valentino departed/quit the Standells. Nor did Tamblyn create the band name. This is all related to an ongoing legal matter re- an alleged unlawful and fraudulent application Tamblyn filed in trademarking the Standells; re- his alleged misappropriation of monies he has collected and not distributed to and which belong to other members; his intentional and malicious interference with other band members' rights to use the name and ability to do work, as well as re- other issues (eg- his wife is in alleged violation of California Labor Law in unlawfully acting as a talent agent without a license in booking shows and doing Standells business, and is an alleged conspirator in the aforementioned Larry Tamblyn acts). It is being alleged that Mr. Tamblyn and his wife are in violation of both state and federal law. My understanding of Wikipedia is that it have facts. The gords of edits that have been created by Tamblyn and his wife contradict themselves, have contradicted his own trademark application- as you can see for yourself- and are deceiving the public. Please stop him from continuing to do so. Thanks.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Standell66 (talk • contribs) 10:25, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Protection is due to expire in 4 days. Feel free to make changes then. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:59, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Status report on Svenbot

Svenbot ran on Svenputer 1 last night, and did a sventastic job. With the restoration of my sventernet connection, I have transferred the bot to Svenputer 2, where it is running now. How svenerific!

Now for the serious stuff. I have another problem. Firefox updated to Firefox 6 on my laptop without asking me last night, (had it asked, I would have most certainly said no, as I never download the 1.0 version of anything, I always wait until the bugs get cleaned out for 1.1.) To make a long rant short, the Java plugins are now out of date, I can't revert back to Firefox 5 for stupid reasons, and I won't be able to run Svenbot on my laptop until the new Java plugins comes out, I think. Thankfully my desktop is a PoS that dosen't even have Firefox, so it's running Svenbot fine. That can only last, however, until I leave the country, at which point I lose access to the desktop.

Just letting you know. Always something new, eh? Sven Manguard Wha? 20:20, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Hah, good to hear that! Firefox updates broke your Java plugins? That sucks. It just means you probably won't be able to play certain online games or use certain web applets until your plugins get updated (Open Firefox to any window, try [Ctrl + Shift + A] -> "Plugins" -> the little gear button near the upper right corner of the screen -> "Check for Updates"). It won't affect the bot's ability to run on your laptop if that's what you're worried about. Regards, FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:07, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

The bot is running on the laptop again. It's knocked a bunch of stuff out on my whitelist. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:27, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Media Penn Central March 75.jpg

I'm not quite sure why you deleted File:Media Penn Central March 75.jpg per the deletion discussion here. The original rationale was valid, but after my edits, I believe that it was absolutely covered under fair use at PRR MP54 and possibly Pennsylvania Railroad, being the only available image of any Pennsylvania Railroad self-propelled railcars. (The railroad has been defunct for several decades; I only know of one existing car and it's not normally possible to photograph it, so unless some railfan has some favors to call in, there is no replacement.) The deletion discussion had not been closed; could you explain your reasoning? (I'll watch you talk page.)

Thanks! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:54, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

I deleted the file because the !votes to keep the file failed to address the concern noted in the nomination (Fails WP:NFCC#8). You're welcome to try and convince me otherwise though, by explaining how the arguments you made in the discussion are superior that of the nominator's. Also, please note that a bot automatically closes discussions in which the result was delete, so for the record, that discussion is de facto closed. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:14, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

I'll concede that the Pennylvania Railroad use might not be fully covered there. But as the only available image of MP54s, an image that shows what they look like "significantly increases readers' understanding of the topic", just as an image of a person does for an article about them. Multiple units no longer look like the MP54s, so there is no modern comparison, so "its omission would be detrimental to that understanding". I'm putting out feelers for the availability of a free image, but if there is none, not having the image in the MP54 article would be detrimental because there is no substitute. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:41, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Also: the nominator's reasoning, I believe, is no longer valid. When nominated, the image was used on five pages and was replaceable on all. I only added the image to the MP54 article (where it was free-use justified) during the course of the nomination. When deleted, it was no longer used in the articles stated by the nominator. It also did not have a full fair-use justification at time of nomination; that was only completed during the discussion. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback

As luck would have it, you beat me to Dolovis' request by a second or two. I was going to deny it, given their frequent appearance at ANI over things where rollback could come in handy (this was the diacritical issue, a few weeks ago). They've been blocked for edit-warring too, and rollback and edit-warring, that's a match made in heaven. Anyway, you got there first, so there it is. Best, Drmies (talk) 04:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Ugh, didn't know about the ANI threads. If rollback is going to be a problem with this user, don't hesitate to remove it. Regards, FASTILY ^(TALK) 05:03, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

We'll see. Maybe they've learned from the experience. Drmies (talk) 05:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

What would you do...

Hey Fastily! I ran across this[1]. What would you suggest? I know A7 doesn't apply due to section 1.2 (even though not ref'd). I'm guessing if I can verify that, helping clean it up and giving the editor some tips (and ask for their collaboration) may be the route to go? Best, ROBERTMFROMLI | ^TK/_CN 05:42, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Cult Beauty

Hello, Fastily … As you can see by the logs, Cult Beauty (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been deleted and recreated several times … please see this thread about the WP:SOCKs associated with it … maybe you could WP:SALT it this time? Happy Editing! — 70.21.24.28 (talk · contribs) _{10:27, 18 August 2011 (UTC)}