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A belated welcome!
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No problem. Thanks for being understanding. Sorry things didn't go more in your favor. Over time, you'll grow to see what types of stuff is acceptable on Wikipedia, and this sort of things will be easier. Feel free to ask me questions if you need help with anything. Sergecross73 msg me 14:10, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
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Altered speedy deletion rationale: St. vincent kaun
Hello NintendoFan, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I deleted St. vincent kaun, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided. The speedy deletion criteria are extremely narrow and specific, and the process is more effective if the correct criterion is used. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 23:13, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
- Namely, G1 is only for complete nonsense. Basically, if you can understand it, it's not G1; plenty of others were applicable, though. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 23:15, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, and have some pierogi!
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Thanks for your support of my RfA. It didn't succeed this time, but that's no reason not to have some nice pierogi. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:19, 3 May 2013 (UTC) |
RfA quals
Of course it is - I wrote it ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:43, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
- Well, I look forward to testing the RfA waters someday. Until then ,take care. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 00:49, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
- You'll need to rack up a few thousand eedits then! Let me know when you're ready - if I'm still alive ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:14, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
- Of course I do, 500 just won't do, but at about 150 a month, I should reach 3000 within a year. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 02:11, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
- You'll need to rack up a few thousand eedits then! Let me know when you're ready - if I'm still alive ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:14, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Roger Rowley
Slow down, Nintendo. That wasn't nonsense, that was an honest mistake by the IP. No need to go all hardcore[1] on the new guy, WP:AGF and all that. ;-) Thanks. Yintan 15:06, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
- I reverted it given your reverting of the same IP, but we'll just have to keep an eye on the page. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 15:39, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
- I pointed him/her to WP:COPYVIO and that seems to have solved the problem. No harm done. Yintan 20:09, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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The Mariano Rivera page was broken twice when you added refs. I'm still not sure why you added a reflist in the middle of the article... lukini (talk | contribs) 15:32, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
An article on a number
- Delete. An article on a number? This really must be a joke. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 02:17, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
- "NintendoFan", you display your ignorance. No one (except you?) would suggest that 1729 (number) should be deleted. And we have others like those. Michael Hardy (talk) 15:13, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
- Writing an article on a non-notable high number is a joke. It's really pointless as consensus would suggest to delete the article. If everyone else were to say "keep" you'd have a point. And no, I have no intention of nominating the number you mentioned.NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 21:46, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
- I never suggested that _this_ article should be kept. But your comment suggested it's a "joke" _merely_ because it's about a number. Michael Hardy (talk) 05:30, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
- Just to clarify. The fact that it exists is a joke, in my opinions since it's such a high number. The content itself does make sense, though. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 13:50, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
- I don't think simply being very large is a reason to consider a number not to be notable. It's just a question of whether there is something notable about it. Most numbers in the neighborhood of 1729 are not notable, but 1729 is. Michael Hardy (talk) 21:24, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
- Just to clarify. The fact that it exists is a joke, in my opinions since it's such a high number. The content itself does make sense, though. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 13:50, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
- "NintendoFan", you display your ignorance. No one (except you?) would suggest that 1729 (number) should be deleted. And we have others like those. Michael Hardy (talk) 15:13, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
It's been four months, but to clarify: When a side the article was "A JOKE" it implied that having an article full of calculations for that large number was pointless in my opinion. It would have been more appropiate to convert it into a zip code article. Basedon inclusion criteria, if the location was not notable the page could be marked as a stub or redirected to the state the zip code was located. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:32, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
My recent RfA
I should have said thanks for your support sooner. ```Buster Seven Talk 03:43, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
Ivan Drago merge discussion
Talk:Rocky_IV#Merge_for_Ivan_Drago_into_Rocky_IV An AFD you participated in that just got closed today, is now at a merge discussion. Dream Focus 19:30, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
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You know, you have a sandbox for a reason... please use it. Yunshui 雲水 12:10, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- I was trying Special:CentralAuth and wanted to see if the count included deleted edits, it does. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:12, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, I see - thought you were just testing templates. There's still a way to check that without creating nonexistent users though; just check your own edit count and match it against the Toolserver one. Yunshui 雲水 12:14, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- I was testing CA's edit counter to see if that number includes deleted edits. I do try to explain my intentions, and I'd surmise deleted content uses server space as each version is stored in the database. So deleted edits do count. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:23, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Exactly - so if your CA count matches your Toolserver one (which you already know included deleted edits), then that would surely serve to indicate that the CA counter also includes deleted edits, would it not? Yunshui 雲水 12:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- That was the point of the experiment and now I have a clear answer. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 07:38, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
- Cool; glad you got the info you needed. Yunshui 雲水 11:35, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
- That was the point of the experiment and now I have a clear answer. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 07:38, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
- Exactly - so if your CA count matches your Toolserver one (which you already know included deleted edits), then that would surely serve to indicate that the CA counter also includes deleted edits, would it not? Yunshui 雲水 12:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- I was testing CA's edit counter to see if that number includes deleted edits. I do try to explain my intentions, and I'd surmise deleted content uses server space as each version is stored in the database. So deleted edits do count. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:23, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, I see - thought you were just testing templates. There's still a way to check that without creating nonexistent users though; just check your own edit count and match it against the Toolserver one. Yunshui 雲水 12:14, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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I would certainly be lying if I said otherwise. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 23:09, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi there, thanks for the warm words on my talk page! As a side note, I did see the message on the administration board about about my username (charleseddy@gmail.com). In fact, I'm not really opposed to changing it, since I already use another name for my signature (pomegranatehouse). That being said, I don't know if it's possible exactly. If you want to have it changed to pomegranatehouse, by all means. --pomegranatehouse (talk) 16:10, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
- No problem. I hate to assume people do things with bad intentions, so I notified you first. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 23:52, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
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Actually, it's not in German - it's in Danish... Peridon (talk) 13:12, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi, The strangest thing just happened I was in the middle of creating this article and i got exited out and you had just also created it that is weird how i got exited out, But Thank You for helping Me out, Thank You So Much. ACase0000 (talk) 06:35, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for helping out, but I wanted to let you know that I created another File:Tennessee 126.svg and uploaded it to Commons. State shapes aren't copyrightable, neither are numbers nor wordmarks. The State of Tennessee could claim a copyright, but it wouldn't hold up to scrutiny. –Fredddie™ 09:32, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
- Not a problem, as long as the image stays there. I appreciate your reviews. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 03:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Betty Harlafti
- ( sorry! , i didn't understood you edit it since i worked the same time with you. If you don't mind please review it again, i did so many changes to go back as to not loose yours.
Sorry again Cantogeneralhellas (talk) 04:42, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- I added ref tags and I used the {{cite-web}} on the weblinks of the article, which were lost in the newer edits. Look at my edits, the references appear on the bottom of the page. The current edits does not have these. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 20:41, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
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- Failed article. The company is independent sells camera equipment to electronic retailers. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 10:56, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you
For taking time to comment on my RfA. I hope you will allow me a question: last time, you supported my candidacy. This time, you are neutral. I'd be very curious to know what I have done in this last year to cause you to reconsider your support? I'd also like to enquirer about the meaning of your "iron fist" comment, I am afraid I don't fully follow you there. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 22:07, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
- The last time I voted, I voted solely on the experience factor and your willingness to contribute to article-related stuff such as protections and deletions. When I vote I usually look at what the candidate is willing to do, so I had reason to support. However the incident concerns me because during that incident you used policy to keep people who you had conflicted off WP, while masquerading to other as someone uninvolved. I would gladly support if you're willing to stick to the stuff on article and if your have to report and block, you either use good judgement or ask another sysop. Clearly, getting the tools under your current name is going to be a difficult process. There are too many people who painfully remember the incident and nothing is going to change their minds.
- I do think that opposers who feel you should be banned are being somewhat extreme, though. If you can stay away from these people and just contribute to articles then there is no reason for a former ban. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 22:21, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
- If I understand you correctly, you are saying that you have looked into issues beyond experience and willingness to contribute, and are more concerned over those topis, yes? You are right that I misused the policy back then, through I'd like to point out that the entirety of any admin abuse was a single semi-protection against IPs I did upon being asked for it (canvassed, yes); after it was undone it was quickly reinstanted by a neutral admin (for diffs, please see here). Anyway, if I get the tools back, I certainly would be even more cautious with them than I were in the past. Is there anything you'd like to inquire about further, or have me clarify? If you reply here, please WP:ECHO me. Thanks! PS. You may find the recent comment by User:DGG at RfA of interest. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:26, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'm given you my support. My concern stems from seeing good editors like Kiefer.Wolfowitz get banned for poor interactions with others and administrators (who I will not name) misuse their privilege to get people who they've personally feuded with banned through offline interaction. If you're going to get back your privileges, then you have to show you won't fall to your mistake again because if you lose them again the odds of getting them back are as good as winning ten Super Bowls in a row. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 10:50, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
- I fully agree that we are using blocks too much, where topic bans and other tailored restrictiosn would suffice. I wrote a mini-essay on this here. For what's it worth, even during the EEML times I never wanted to see our opponents blocked, only reformed. With the declining participation rate, keeping people away from this project is the last thing we need, we need to recruit and retain more editors. Loosing Kiefer is unfortunate, btw; I was always on good terms with him. I wish I could've helped him more. If you ever hear about any proposal to unban him, or such, please don't hesitate to ping me about that, I could volunteer as a mentor or perhaps help in another fashion. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:03, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
- I agree with that blocks are too excessive. The time has come to propose rules as how much time a block should last and place a restriction on indef blocks being given out for the first time. The blocking user would be warned to notify the target user about the behaviour and then allow it if the warning is ignored. Good vandal-fighting involves cleaning up the page, notifying the vandal user, and only blocking when the vandal is persistent.
- In terms of banning, there should be a process where each ban proposal is reviewed and finalized by the Arbitration Committee and a time is determined. If there is consensus to ban then an arbitration case can be open to determine the proper sanctions.
- When I went neutral, I knew you're nomination was going to be like 50/50 and not have enough to succeed. You're best bet might be to consider a name-change so the people who know you on bad terms won't be so quick to oppose. I can't guarantee it will work, but the odds of getting re-nominated under "Piotrus" are still long. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:16, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'm given you my support. My concern stems from seeing good editors like Kiefer.Wolfowitz get banned for poor interactions with others and administrators (who I will not name) misuse their privilege to get people who they've personally feuded with banned through offline interaction. If you're going to get back your privileges, then you have to show you won't fall to your mistake again because if you lose them again the odds of getting them back are as good as winning ten Super Bowls in a row. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 10:50, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
- If I understand you correctly, you are saying that you have looked into issues beyond experience and willingness to contribute, and are more concerned over those topis, yes? You are right that I misused the policy back then, through I'd like to point out that the entirety of any admin abuse was a single semi-protection against IPs I did upon being asked for it (canvassed, yes); after it was undone it was quickly reinstanted by a neutral admin (for diffs, please see here). Anyway, if I get the tools back, I certainly would be even more cautious with them than I were in the past. Is there anything you'd like to inquire about further, or have me clarify? If you reply here, please WP:ECHO me. Thanks! PS. You may find the recent comment by User:DGG at RfA of interest. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:26, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
Some baklava for you!
I am fresh out of wiki kittens; please accept this cake as a thank you for your support and thoughtful comments during my (now withdrawn) RfA. What doesn't kill me... Cheers, Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:26, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
Monopoly board
@MER-C: You don't mind if I use this on my userpage? I substed it and changed a few spaces. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 07:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Please slow down
Do you actually read articles before tagging them? RK Danilovgrad is a club, not a person. PamD 09:11, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- @PamD: I do, I've put the correct stub this time. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 09:14, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'd already stub-sorted it but hadn't closed the edit, so after an e/c I've now given it two rather more precise stub types. PamD 09:29, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- @PamD: It looked like a bio article when I read the infobox, so thats the stub I chose. Now that it has the correct stub tags, there in nothing much for me to do since I don't know much about the handball league. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 09:33, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'd already stub-sorted it but hadn't closed the edit, so after an e/c I've now given it two rather more precise stub types. PamD 09:29, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
New users
If you're having to erase the greeting "You are a prick" from a new user's comment (which you should absolutely not be doing), they probably aren't here to help the encyclopedia. (For context, the deleted page wasn't just a non-existent template floating in a vacuum, it was a named WP:ATTACK page with silly stuff in the broken infobox, and most likely a schoolkid cracking jokes about a friend.)
If you think it would help to respond to the banned user "just in case he comes back", you should do that on the user's talk page instead of restoring a deleted thread on someone else's. User:Jhona43 most likely doesn't want to be called a "prick" by a banned user again. --McGeddon (talk) 11:43, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- @McGeddon:. I think the user was frustrated with you being persistant in trying to get the page deleted. When I saw that page, it only had the redlinked template and nothing else. The page was deleted so I don't know what content was in the page to make it an attack on someone else. If that's the case, then the user should be blocked. It's unlikely they'll request an unblock, though. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 11:49, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- The user was blocked, indefinitely; you added a comment below that block message on their talk page. My only connection with the deletion was to change the speedy template from A3 to G10; there's been no "persistence", the article was just created once and speedied a few minutes later. --McGeddon (talk) 12:11, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- You should either update Jhona43's talk page to have the unedited "You are a prick" post, or delete it. Making it appear as though the user somehow evaded their block and returned to ask the same question more politely is needlessly confusing. --McGeddon (talk) 12:22, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- The comment is hidden, pending review by Jhona43. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:28, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- @McGeddon: You were right for tagging, it just seems the user was not happy at the article being deleted. The one thing I disagree with is the intent of the page. I doubt the user was a troll given the fact he/she was trying to make a few joke edits to the site. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:23, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- The user's only other two edits were to change kids' TV articles to add material about "German fetish porn" and something about a "retarded" character voiced by an actor with the same name as... the "Mexican warlord" they created an article about. I don't think any of this was being done in good faith. --McGeddon (talk) 12:28, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- @McGeddon: I understand the edits were clearly vandalism, and a block of some sort was called for given the user was warned. But new editors getting blocked for vandalism is a classic case of how experienced editors deal with newcomers when their edits are vandalism. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:52, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
- The user's only other two edits were to change kids' TV articles to add material about "German fetish porn" and something about a "retarded" character voiced by an actor with the same name as... the "Mexican warlord" they created an article about. I don't think any of this was being done in good faith. --McGeddon (talk) 12:28, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
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The article Rudy Washington has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.
If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. WWGB (talk) 10:51, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
- @WWGB: Cited at NYC.gov. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 11:59, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
- ..causing the user who tagged the page to remove the deletion tag NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 12:27, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
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Athari supposed school
Hey, do you know anything about islam to delete what i've done ??? There is a sect claming there is a third school of thaught which is not true... They do this to claim their madhhab !