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May 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not replace pages with blank content, as you did with this edit to Prepare For The End, as this is confusing to readers. The page's content has been restored for now. If there is a problem with the page, it should be edited or reverted to a previous version if possible; if you think the page should be removed entirely, see further information. Thank you. Kinaro(say hello) (what's been done) 01:37, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Prepare For The End

Hello Nerdtrap. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Prepare For The End to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 07:15, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Iron Maiden?!?!?!

An Iron Maiden fan?!?!?!? Really???? You listen to that stuff???? That's awesome!!! Big fan, old stuff, new stuff and most everything inbetween. ROBERTMFROMLI | TK/CN 21:45, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

York meetup

Hi Nerdtrap. Just to let you know there is hopefully going to be a meetup in York next week - see here for details. It'd be great if you could come along. Thanks. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:55, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Maidenfan - Awards!

Hi, my friend in music taste. I'm the Maiden - Maniac from Poland. Thanx for source links for "Award" categories on official IM Wiki-page. But - what about an Emma - Gaala 2 awards!? See section Awards there are the links. And the few awards from German edition of Metal Hammer! But seriously - Emmas are the great gass - Finnish Grammy Equivalent. Just check them out, please. Congrats bro!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by FaustPOLSKA (talk • contribs) 15:09, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Iron Maiden

The Music Barnstar
I don't edit Wikipedia half as much as I ought to anymore, perhaps in a large part because almost everything I could contribute has already been covered by you. Every single time I check my watchlist your name is all over it cleaning up articles, adding much needed references, and generally improving the quality of Wikipedia's Iron Maiden coverage. A damn fine job, sir. Damn fine. Baron Ronan Doyle (Sprechen mit mir) 17:36, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of best-selling music artists

Iron Maiden's available certified sales are only 15.4 (all figures have been converted from the certifications posted on the sites of the certifying bodies). Your figures posted on here are entirely wrong. Are you familiar with the certification-levels of the certifying bodies? If not, I can help you with that. But please do not re-insert Iron Maiden with anything higher than 71 million. Regards.--Harout72 (talk) 22:40, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Your GA nomination of Bruce Dickinson

The article Bruce Dickinson you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bruce Dickinson for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? Jezhotwells (talk) 16:20, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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Thanks Nerdtrap for helping to promote Bruce Dickinson to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give some a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil © • © 06:32, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello my new friend .... great to see you updating the Iron Maiden page - However there has been a request to remove any references (thus the info) to www.ironmaiden.com because of our policy on Official sites and Fan sites for sources as per WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:SELFPUBLISH. I will give you a few days to find better refs before we start removing the refs and there info.Moxy (talk) 20:58, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for telling me. I will try my best to get most of these sorted over the next couple of days.

Actually I just got a second email telling me that the same web site is used many times in the new GA article on Bruce...last thing i want to see is it delisted because of this simple problem. I am lucky that i get emails asking me to fix this instead of people asking for it to be delisted from GA. I will look over both articles as well before some ass hole notices them and starts going crazy deleting and fighting the GA review... Will help out tonight... First will get 2 books digitized so we can all see them and use them as refs.. I will post the links here for you to.Moxy (talk) 21:09, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Daniel Bukszpan; Ronnie James Dio (1 October 2003). The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. Barnes & Noble Publishing. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-0-7607-4218-1. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  • Peter Buckley (28 October 2003). The rough guide to rock. Rough Guides. pp. 531–. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  • Ian Christe (17 February 2004). Sound of the beast: the complete headbanging history of heavy metal. HarperCollins. pp. 212–. ISBN 978-0-380-81127-4. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  • Marion Leonard (2007). Gender in the music industry: rock, discourse and girl power. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-7546-3862-9. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

I've been through Bruce Dickinson and have sorted out all the references to ironmaiden.com

I've been through Iron Maiden and that's clear as well now. Thanks again for informing me and please tell me if any more issues arise.

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Great job my new friend - I came back online last night to see were I could help, but you had fixed all in a matter of hours.... Again great job Moxy (talk) 18:15, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Your GA nomination of Iron Maiden

The article Iron Maiden you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Iron Maiden for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:24, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll get right on it!--Nerdtrap (talk) 00:11, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I went through the list last night. I trust there are no further improvements to be made?--Nerdtrap (talk) 19:04, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


A barnstar for you!

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For your efforts in promoting Iron Maiden to GA. Your hard work needs to be rewarded! May we see many more good articles from you! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:45, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A well deserved pat on the back

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For the fantastic work on the Iron Maiden related articles I award you this barnstar! Rock on! J04n(talk page) 16:51, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maiden England

Hey!


Stop deleting this second Irvine show in Maiden England World tour page. Look www.ironmaiden.com under tour section and there are 2 irvine shows listed!!!


http://www.ironmaiden.com/tourdates.php

Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.40.12.217 (talk) 08:26, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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