User talk:Stephen

Brackets

Hello, I have made an issue explain at article File:Brackets in the discussion page, and see you have deleted discussion page. Please note you have no right to do it, and there is wikipedia policy against edit alteration in discussion pages. If you are kind please comment on your act as little as possible and unerase it, because I want to follow the issue.Paul188.25.55.102 (talk) 17:11, 21 July 2011 (UTC) [1]

User talk:Jeffpiatt

Hi there. This user is requesting an unblock after about 4 years. You were the original blocking admin. I'm going to raise an ANI to see what people think about unblocking the user as I don't know them quite well enough to rule on my own. Is that okay with you? S.G.^(GH) _ping! 17:32, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for handling it. I support whatever ANI and you decide. Stephen 23:09, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Request Move / Questions

Hey Stephen:

A few months back I asked if you could unlock an article that you moved to my account. Today I'm here to request if you could move http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Krispin16/VSide back to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vSide. I also have 2 questions. One is about web references. Is it preferred to use work=XXXXX in web citations? The other question is about images we added to the article. They were removed because the copyright conflicted with pictures in the user pages. Is there a way to undo that, or do we have to re-upload those again?

Thank you for taking the time to address my question Krispin16 (talk) 20:40, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Request for undeletion

Hello i have been using wikipedia for a while but i had just made a user account today, just to do what i am doing now. I noticed that the page "Initial D Car Modifications and Character Relations" had been speed deleted by you in 2007 under the code (csd r1). I researched a bit to understand more about the guidelines of deleting, and i do not quite understand. Why was this page deleted? It had valuable information to all Initial D fans, and contained information that i could not find anywhere else. But there is an alternative to undeleting the page, there is another page regarding Initial D that is titled "List of Initial D characters and teams". This page has a list of the main characters and information about their cars. The only problem is that it is missing some information, that i am sure was in the page "Initial D Car Modifications and Character Relations". So if you could please go over this specific deletion and maybe look into finding more information for the other page, i would be joyed. Thank you for your time. Sasoriraver (talk) 13:43, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:SydneyTowerSkywalkLogo.png

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Thanks for uploading File:SydneyTowerSkywalkLogo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Themeparkgc  Talk  07:33, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you

Thankyou for participating in my request for adminship. Now I've got lots of extra buttons to try and avoid pressing by mistake... Redrose64 (talk) 15:34, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

As an gift! I just love giving kittens!

That's me! ^{Have doubt?} Track me! 16:33, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Deletion

I'm curious why you think an article on a 60 year old canoe manufacturer doesn't indicate notability. Do you think this subject is less notable than someone who plays one game in the NFL or qualifies for an Olympic team? I was also not given an opportunity to dispute the deletion on the article's talk page. This type of deletion makes working on Wikipedia rather unpleasant. I hope you will be more helpful and supportive of goof fatih contributions made to Wikipedia in the future. I don't see any need to rush to delete the work of others. Finding sources and working up articles takes a lot more effort than pushing buttons and tearing stuff down. I understand that Wikipedia is fast losing contributors. This type of approach may explain why. Take care and Happy Holidays. Candleabracadabra (talk) 23:46, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

ITN

Added an image, but I don't recall having fewer choices. Stephen 21:42, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

That's a surprisingly suitable image, the use of which didn't occur to me as a possibility. Thanks for adding it! (Otherwise, the photograph of Portia Simpson-Miller probably would have returned soon, due to the length of tomorrow's featured article blurb.) —David Levy 23:34, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Request for undeletion

Hello Stephen, I am a long time Wikipedia user. I recently noticed that the page "Nimble Storage" has been deleted by you on January 7th under CSD A7. Nimble Storage (www.nimblestorage.com) is the fastest growing storage company in history. Nimble's break-through CASL architecture is redefining the enterprise storage industry. The article is already linked to atleast four other Wikipedia pages already. We've had multiple visits to Nimble website from Wikipedia in the past after users read the Nimble Storage wikipedia page. I can share Google analytics logs if that would be of interest to you. Considering the importance of this article, could you please undelete the wiki page so that users searching for Nimble Storage can get to know about it? Thank you for your help. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. —Nimblestorage 2:35, 19 January 2012 (PDT)

I've restored the page to User:Nimbleneo/Nimble Storage for you to improve. Stephen 02:53, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Fæ

A request for comments has been opened on administrator User:Fæ. You are being notified due to your prior participation in ANI, RfA, or RfC discussions regarding this user. Thank you, MadmanBot (talk) 19:39, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Nutz (band)

If this is the 70s hard rock band, would it be possible to recreate the article? I'm happy to add sources; four albums on A&M Records is easily enough to pass WP:MUSIC. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 12:57, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

It wasn't long but I've recreated at User:Blackmetalbaz/Nutz (band) for you to expand. --Stephen 22:24, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Stephen,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 20:58, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your support at my RfA, which was successful and nearly unanimous. Be among the first to see my L-plate! – Fayenatic L (talk) 13:58, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

ITN

you didnt explain your addition, this was controversial as there was barely any consensus and it wasnt a mibnority topic.Lihaas (talk) 05:22, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Stephen. You have new messages at David Levy's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

—David Levy 05:11, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Collodictyon

Can you judge consensus here? Bzweebl (talk) 02:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Perfect Stranger

Umm, OK. I would really like an explanation as to why you deleted Perfect Stranger's ARTIST Page. I am speaking in reference to the Isreal-based progressive psy/tech producer. He is one of the most cutting edge producers in our scene/industry and I find it really defiant that you would go and shed such disrespect by claiming him as an insignificant. Put that page back up man! Seriously. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.252.170 (talk) 01:37, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

1Password

Hi Stephen: I'd like to recreate the article on 1Password. It was previously speedy-deleted as G11 in 2010. However, this software is now notable enough to warrant an article, analogous to other password managers such as LastPass, KeePass etc.
Let me know if I should go ahead with it or not. Thanks. EngineerFromVega^★ 09:31, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for providing the deleted text. I'll try to improve and move it to the mainspace. EngineerFromVega^★ 13:09, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Craig Thomson (politician)

Please note that this article has been protected, yet it still contains a false and defamatory statement:

"Fair Work Australia has commenced proceedings against Thomson in the Federal Court ."

This is a defamatory libel; there are no current proceedings against Mr Thomson there, as you may verify by visiting https://www.comcourts.gov.au/public/esearch/disclaimer

Could you please remove this libel or unlock the article. 121.216.230.139 (talk) 05:27, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I've removed the disputed sentence, as it is not backed up by the source cited. I would however advise you to read WP:LAWSUIT and be careful to avoid language that implies that you or anyone else may take legal action against Wikipedia or any of its editors. (Of course, you may take legal action - but you may not continue to edit Wikipedia while doing so.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 05:56, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Deaths in 2012#Tom Maynard

The material below was added after I posted the help request for an administrator above. How does this request not require administrative action? If I had reverted the edit myself, I am certain that someone somewhere would have pounced on me for violation of the 3RR rule. So, how exactly was I supposed to request the edit to be reverted, if not via administrative action? Please advise. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:59, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

You could just request it there on the talk page for one of the other interested and collaborating parties. Having an administrator perform the edit might have added a false authority to the version presented. --Stephen 07:27, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism by 129.15.131.141

This person or persons keeps going to all NCAA pages and remarkably has the attendance to all games of the past. On the Georgia page they say a year book is a source. I can claim anything myself however that does show the sores. I think it needs something more than that to show they know what they are posting/ editing. I have deleted quite a few not because I don’t like what they are editing they are unhorsed and it kind of looks like guess work. It seems they don’t seem to want to work with anyone on them. I think this person needs to be blocked altogether. MDSanker 01:09, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

If you go to the media guide for 2012 it shows some of the numbers a close or the same. However I randomly checked two years and the number are made up. 1964 This poster has 738361 total, real number was 364142, they had the top attendance game right GT game 52050. 1966 was the next year I checked this one was closer they have 428734 tot, real number was 416368, the top att game they have SMU at 75504 real was Florida 62800, they had this game as 62820. This kind of proves my point MDSanker 12:41, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Australian Centre for Photography

Hi Stephen, I noticed you deleted the page for the Australian Centre for Photography, I'm not sure what it contained before but I'd like to take a crack at making the page as I think the centre is of noteworthy merit, what are your thoughts on the matter? Iamjameshill (talk) 12:04, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

There's no problem in principle to recreating the page, it was deleted primarily as a conflict of interest copyright violation. Stephen 00:18, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

In absentia

Hello. The previous wording of the line was poorly formed - putting it into active voice (which I have now done) helps to illuminate the problem. One is not "sentenced in absentia" as if it were a compound verb. The relevant details of the sentencing (i.e., term of imprisonment, execution, etc.) functions as a direct object, while "in absentia" functions as an adverb, since it modifies the verb. The direct object should be placed either directly after the verb or directly after the indirect object, and the adverb. For example, one would not say "Frank kicked slowly to Jim the ball." Does that make sense? Parsecboy (talk) 20:58, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

All makes perfect sense, thanks. The discussion has moved on though and we have a different phrasing on the main page now. Stephen 00:17, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Historical Fact Defamatory?

Hi Stephen, thanks for the heads up regarding the Yumi Stynes page. I must say I take offence to your comments describing my edits as poorly referenced and defamatory. I have amended my wording and elected to not bring up anything of her controversies in her Personal section. I do understand if you choose to have me blocked, as it hasn't been the first time I have been blocked for next to no reason. As you can see, I'm still here. :) Tables n chairs (talk) 03:19, 11 September 2012 (UTC)