User talk:Corvus cornix

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Smallpox thing

I don't know how to sign, but this is about the smallpox thing you edited---it was not vandalism. Read the source itself--it only makes passing reference to smallpox as a weapon against the Indians (and its source is an un-cited paper about the need for vaccination written in 1945) ..it is a report on the modern usage of smallpox as a weapon. That being said, there is no credible evidence of smallpox blankets...some blankets may have been given to Indians with smallpox on them, but only as larger trades, but there is no hard evidence of this either.

I made a discussion in the discussion page. Did you see it? Either way I removed it again because it is not true. A section about unsubstantiated rumors of this happening could be put in, but I do not want to write it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.215.238.136 (talk) 00:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Gwladrugby.com

Wow that was quick! If you don't believe that the link from the Hen Wlad Fy'Nhadau page is sufficient reason to reinstate the gwladrugby.com page, then I suggest you remove the link. I though the idea was to eliminate dead links? Iwanymmherth (talk) 23:48, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Assuming Good Faith.

I believe that I made an error in judgment regarding your intentions on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Wilmington_Montessori_School. I would like to apologize for that. I began my first wiki entry (for WMS) by viewing most of the other articles for sister schools in the Mid-Atlantic region. At the time, I was unaware of WP:WAX and WP:N, as such, my first entries mirrored many of those articles and did not carry much weight for notability even though I was providing as much or more information than other representative schools (again, unaware of WP:WAX). Although I would have preferred a more cordial, initial comment on the lines of "not notable due to xxx", I have come to believe that your intent is to ensure quality WP content.

Since that time, I have been working to provide better sources for notability. Whether or not you agree with my opinion and those of other editors, I would still like to request that you review how the article currently stands along with the additional comments on the AfD and the article talk page.

Regards. Daddy.twins (talk) 21:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

learn to read after all.

While fighting for you not to fall into their pride (recession), we fought for the dignity that you lost long ago in Vietnam. Come back to the field man, if he works. No to NAFTA

we lovs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.92.118.151 (talk) 00:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I see he gave you his speech in english, he gave it to me in spanish, though his/her/its words were touching, hey/she/it was still wrong. --Antonio Lopez ^(talk)00:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

He is just saying that NAFTA takes away jobs from Mexico, but he is wrong; It gives jobs to them, and he told me not to forget my roots... -- Antonio Lopez ^(talk)00:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

roots is heritage -- Antonio Lopez ^(talk)01:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I think he is just getting off topic with Vietnam. Vietnam has nothing to do with NAFTA.-- Antonio Lopez ^(talk)01:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

What do you recommend?

Keeper | 76 00:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to start a thread regarding article bans. I agre the semi-protection may be futile in this situation. Keeper | 76 00:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I'll watch for it. Keeper | 76 00:34, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your reversion of the recent attack to my user page and the AIV report. Cheers! CounterFX (talk) 22:40, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Explanation

Hello there. Just writing to explain what I will do with the Template:1993 Montreal Expos season game log. Right now, I'm just creating the template -- I will insert it into the 1993 Montreal Expos season article after it's finished. Thanks for the inquiry. Gujuguy (talk) 02:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Perepiteia

Yes, indeed. A perpetual-motion machine is eminently notable, but a claim to have one probably isn't - though it seems people think this one may be. JohnCD (talk) 10:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Reverting Vandalism on my Talkpage

Thanks so much for reverting the multiple vandalisms on my talk page. Alexbrewer^{talk} 17:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks from me too for reverting vandalism on my userpage. NHRHS2010 20:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Randy Richards Article

The article contains the type of references you describe, citing issue dates and name of articles/newspapers. And someone, somewhere - indeed several someones - did find them, and reported this on the article's Talk page. So how do I improve these properly cited, independently verified, offline references? Thanks in advance. Malakai Joe (talk) 21:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I have moved the article to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Malakai_Joe/Randy_Richards (scroll down to "TV Appearances & Community Activism") as suggested. Please check the references and let me know how I can improve, as previously noted. Malakai Joe (talk) 23:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but you said the reference didn't have to be online. Both newspapers are very large, established newspapers, but they do not archive all (or apparently any) their articles online. The references I posted refer to specific dates and names of the articles, but not page numbers. I borrowed clips of the articles in question, and neither had page numbers on them. Malakai Joe (talk) 23:55, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I will try and get the exact dates. I am not familiar with Locus - what is that? Malakai Joe (talk) 23:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Are you saying that if I can find page numbers, the references would be good enough to get the article reinstated? The reason I ask, is that it may take a protracted effort, possibly even costing money. I want to know if its worth it. Malakai Joe (talk) 00:10, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Not that I am aware of, but let's say I find one. Even if I get the exact dates and page numbers, I still can't post the articles online because of copyright issues. Malakai Joe (talk) 00:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

True, but we already had local independent verification on the Talk page of the Randy Richards article (unless you buy the argument that they were all the author, and he is a major hacker). The odds of an established Wikipedia editor (provided we could find a local one) taking the time and effort to do that kind of research seems "slim to none", especially when its not a guarantee of reinstatement. Malakai Joe (talk) 00:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. But whoever helps will likely get accused of being a puppet. Because a lot of the citations are offline, I don't think any amount of evidence will be good enough for these people. Malakai Joe (talk) 00:25, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking more along the lines of the helping editor being accused of being a Meatpuppet. Mr. Richards is very popular locally. Its not hard to imagine these haters claiming he would do it. They've made worse, more bizarre accusations. Malakai Joe (talk) 00:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about that till the time comes. Corvus cornix_talk 00:36, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin

Hey, Corvus, we go back a long way. Why on earth are you not an admin? You have the track record, the right attitude, the commitment and the respect of your colleagues. You would walk it and be a great admin. Why not go for it? --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 03:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your congratulations, it's no big deal yet, I am easing myself into the new role. I still think you'd make a great admin. OK, one week of intense scrutiny can be stressful, but just look at my RfA; it generated a WP:SSP, WP:CU & an ArbCom case. That was bizarre and stressful, but I had good support from people I had never seen before. If you ever want to go for it, you can count on my support; you have nothing to worry about. Until then, we are losing a potentially great admin. Regards, --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 04:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Christine Craft

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Christine Craft, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Christine Craft. <3 bunny 04:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Patriots Jet Team

Hi, CC! This actually sounds like a pretty notable group. I'd like to slap a construction template on it for the time being in hopes that it's for real and that I can find sufficient sources to back up the claim. I agree that it's a mess at present, but I'm just leaving work and it'll be a long time before I can log back on. Many thanks for the good NPP work you do. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:18, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

• You got it. It may even be a hoax for all I know. If I can't find any suitable sources or if it's bogus, I'll put the speedy back on it. Talk to ya later; heading for home. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

When did you compete on Jeopardy?

When did you try out on Jeopardy!? I saw that you were a contestant. Just curious. Chris (talk) 03:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I tried out for the 1991 Teen Tournament though it would have been for the 1991 College Tournament since I was a high school senior in May 1990 when I took the test in Chicago. I did not survive first cut though I knew a person who made it all the way to the semifinal of the 1991 Teen Tournament, Jim Paulsak (now deceased) from Dorman HS in Spartanburg, SC. Another person I met and competed against (though not in an actual tournament) was Eric Newhouse, the 1989 Teen Tournament champion from either West Sioux City HS or East Sioux City HS in Sioux City, IA. The high school I was with absolutely hammered Newhouse's high school in a scrimmage match while at that tournament. Palusak was a good guy while Newhouse was a complete jerk, IMO. Chris (talk) 18:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Warped Tour 2008

Thank you for reverting the vandalism but please do not remove sourced material again. Thank you. DX927 (talk) 06:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

First of all, yes they are. Secondly, half of it is from the official Warped Tour Myspace. Thus the information is in fact reliable. You can stop reverting it now. Thanks. DX927 (talk) 06:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I suggest you move on. We've been doing this for years now and it's been going fine. DX927 (talk) 06:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

"WE" meaning myself and a few others. I don't see how hard that is to understand. I'm done discussing this. DX927 (talk) 06:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

A bit too aggressive with BLP, perhaps

I'm a bit concerned by your edit to the Ref Desk here, where you removed a comment by an anonymous IP citing BLP concerns. The issue is now being discussed at Wikipedia talk:Reference desk#Now we're not allowed to give opinions on living people when asked?.

As an aside, could you make an effort to use edit summaries for substantial edits like that one? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 18:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Apology

I accept the apology but I do not regret anything that I said last night. You went above and beyond what was needed to try and prove me wrong and got me blocked for absolutely no reason when I had already explained what I meant by "we." Especially when it was obvious that you didn't care about the subject matter at all, just whether you were right or not. The fact of the matter is that page gets vandalized A LOT, in fact I haven't touched it since last night and it's been hit around 5 times but I'm truly at the point where I don't care anymore because anything I'm going to change back is going to be reverted because somehow citing something from a band's official Myspace page (especially when most bands don't even bother with websites anymore because they use that as a source for all their news) isn't a reliable source. You would have realized that had you actually inspected the sources instead of acting without research. I know you acted without researching it first because you removed the non-Myspace sources as well. But I'm done arguing that fact and I'm moving on. DX927 (talk) 21:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

FIGJAM

Sorry about the accidental nominations for deletion. I should have checked the history before doing the nom. I was in the process of reverting to the proper version when the edit-conflict window popped up showing that you had reverted me. I'm sorry, and I won't do that again. GlobeGores (talk page | user page) 02:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I replied on my talkpage to you. Just so you know, I posted the note above before I read yours on my talkpage. :) GlobeGores (talk page | user page) 03:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Removing Vandalism on Booker T Washington

I was just attempting to remove vandalism on the Booker Washington page, explain to me what I did wrong. I was trying to remove the text that said "WHIPP LASH KILLS!""99.9% OF BLACK PEOPLE WANT TO BE BEATEN AND OWNED BY WHITES!!!!! " Zevlag (talk) 03:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

{{Oldprodfull}}

Hello, Corvus cornix ... please see this talk page and tell me what you think of my newly created Template:Oldprodfull ... would you use it, or update it if you encountered it?

Also, what are your thoughts on my proposed WP:FLAG-BIO protocol?

Happy Editing! — 72.75.72.63 (talk · contribs) _{14:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)}

Ten of the greatest sex songs

I removed your speedy deletion tag that marked this article as a violation under A7 - The article does not meet such criteria. I have replaced it with A1. Make sure your tags are appropriate before applying them. Cheers. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 00:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

I think you’ll find that it is Collectonian who is claiming my edits that she/he disagrees with are vandalism, and if Collectonian can call my edits vandalism, I see no reason why i am not justified in doing the same back.Edito*Magica (talk) 22:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok you’re right, but neither are my contributions vandalism. It’s also impossible to reason with this user (how I’ve tried), it’s his/her way or no way it seems.Edito*Magica (talk) 22:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Well do you think I should go straight to the Arbitration stage? maybe that's the best way? Edito*Magica (talk) 22:49, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Right, thanks for your help, I’ll look at the other steps first. Edito*Magica (talk) 22:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Page Moves regarding Dmitri Hvorostovski

I was moving the pages to try and make sure as many variant transliterations as possible will redirect there.Staygyro (talk) 01:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: AfD

Good, but I think you should make use of the box that lists the previous AfD(s). I don't know how to do this, but you should find out. Justin^(c)_(u) 02:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Valentine card

Greetings from Kitty53

Happy Valentine's Day! -- Kitty53 (talk) 21:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day, Corvus!Kitty53 (talk) 21:42, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome.Kitty53 (talk) 21:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Soitanly!

User:Callumcowan and User:Callumx created Callumcowan. Misdirected userpage? Dlohcierekim Deleted? 23:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing the formatting. :) Acalamari 23:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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You're welcome! :) Acalamari 23:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Champions Online

It's real.

“ Check out the first-ever screens of the game in action. If that’s not enough, we have the first look at Cryptic Studios’ latest superhero MMO, Champions Online. The City of Heroes developers are taking on PCs and consoles, too, letting us all unleash our inner heroes—or villains. ”

JAF1970 (talk) 23:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

GameSpot announcement JAF1970 (talk) 23:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: User talk:AkiKimura99 - bogus barnstars

Thank you for bringing this to my attention! Owen× ☎ 22:41, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

My apologies

I truly am sorry, as you seem to be offended by my not responding to you giving me a barnstar. If I was supposed to reply, I didn't know, I've never gotten one before. Either way, let me assure you that I am very flattered that you felt my work was worthy of one, and I thank you. Packerfansam 16 February 2008

Fair Enough If you want tag Ruolle that way is fine, Now, help remove all of the nonsense about Grace Talarico di Capace, it's a nice little article with a lot of great info in there. If you want to tag it in the same way as Ruolle, fine. But it deserves to exist, an I will get a copyright image to also compliment it. Mctrain (talk) 23:00, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I have already discussed her listing in the sources on the talk page already.Mctrain (talk) 23:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

joel gilbert is Joel Gilbert, and I discussed her sources on the Grace Td'C talk page after an administrator said to Deor, stalking meMctrain (talk) 23:16, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

cheap shot

Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Mctrain. Just saw your nice little shot at me there. I did read the material. at the time, it sure looked like he had the sources to back up much of what he'd said. As to me saying it should stick around, no, my suggestion was that the material be moved and reworked, not preserved as is. Later, after more of the evidence of hoaxing was made transparent, I changed my vote. Good to see that either way, i'm in trouble. Please don't misrepresent me like that again. ThuranX (talk) 00:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Apology accepted, and I toned down the vitriol above. It's been a long day on and off wiki, and I probably shouldn't have even brought it up, but I really was acting in good faith, i'd read through things, you'll note i even counted the sources. That not everyone's up on this hoaxster isn't ground to assume those who AGF and support are fools, though. anyways, all good by me now. Have a good one. ThuranX (talk) 02:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Santa Fe International Art Fair Market

I take full responsibility for my actions. I deeply regret my hasty decision in creating the page. I was on the irc channel #wikipedia-en-help where I got the request for help. It did not occur to me that the user might have had a COI. Please let me know what I can do to make amends. Kushal 03:35, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Mctrain

I just reported him for using his dynamic IP to edit around the block. [1] Edward321 (talk) 00:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Raveau

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Vandalism

I took this as vandalism so I revered it off your talk page. Hope you don't mind. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Lol. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

WFAL

WFAL is not my wiki article, I didn't hurt it, I actually added in and also a link- therefore it has a reference and citation.

• I provided a link for reference purposes so how do the cleanup boxes get removed without it being considered vandalism...

Just make sure you're not reverting to a version where someone else removed them..or..simply do not remove the templates at the top of the page when you click edit. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 22:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

• I'm new at this, so If I can find a newspaper article on the radio station and other objective outside link, that would work. I'm not trying to be a vandal, I want wiki to have quality info too.Sbkbg (talk
• I'll find some other sources for the WFAL page. I don't like those cleanup things because I feel it ruins crediblity. Sorry for deleteing them, I thought I could because I thought I fixed the citation issues.Sbkbg (talk

cool I'll work on bringing it up to standards. I have located at put up a few outside sources.--Sbkbg (talk) 00:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

• I have a few questions, I've provided the article with secondary sources that only a few don't think are appropriate. can you give the article another quick overview- what can i do to bring it up to wiki guidelines or have a already done so. also how do you get those cool little box on you wiki profile for things like county, language, hobbies etc... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbkbg (talk • contribs) 17:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Vitus again

Yes, you did refute his existence, you just changed your tune now. He was never part of those bogus frat groups, that is where the whole hoax biz started, placing his name into that to make him look bad. Also there is some hacker in the works that is confussing posts- that is their game, and I was able to call him/her/them for that- I know because what was posted when I was blocked- they got to be from the Midwest and know Vitus personally, they gottahave some issues with the guy. Also, you even found Gilbert listed on an ebay site- you know those lithos are by him- and no one gets lithos without being in demand- lithos are expensive to make- you have to carve a whole stone- and it isn't worth the cost for a publishing company to do if the artist is not notable- it is just like being a published author- if you want to go around and limit valid knowledge for everyone- you aren't doing anything good. Also, why is thorp school flagged, how many articles are out ther about schools of no importance, and there is plenty of info out there to note it a a magnet schoool for Chicago. So this is what I mean Covus, bogus behavior, fingers are pointed, peoples reputations are ruined, and the witch hunts begin.Mctrain (talk) 23:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

You should also note, that asking for evidence from me about those frat group's does not make sense, I was not invoved with those frat group writings, in fact, I only learned about them after people brought them up, and I checked the background- I could care less about frat boys, never written about them. I'm an ex-surfer, with a full history of editing surfing/skateboarding topics, frats are not my cup of tea.Mctrain (talk) 23:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Julian Z. Gilbert

Yo, Crow. I'll say my piece in the AfD when I get home from work. If I may be so bold as to offer some advice: It's probably not a good idea to engage with Mctrain by responding to his various comments in the AfD. It looks rather unseemly and just encourages him to comment even more. With regard to the images (which are off topic in the AfD, so that discussion of them should probably be dropped there), the crucial points seem to me to be that (1) whether or not the uploader was the son of JZG, he never released the images under an acceptable free license—in fact, the captions he attached to them explicitly reserve all reproduction rights to himself and other JZG heirs—and (2) the images themselves were clearly copied from EBay and thus were not his to upload, even if he claims rights to the original works. Deor (talk) 23:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

• First off, why is it "unseemly" to respond to me? Second, maybee the ebay seller is attached to Joel Gilbert?Mctrain (talk) 00:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Patrolling pages and tagging with CSD

Hi there, in case you didn't know, there is a feature called patrolled pages. After you tag an article for speedy deletion, you should mark it as patrolled so other editors don't waste their time re-reviewing it. Thanks Shootthedevgru (talk) 00:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, i know that some people will let junk through, but at least for new articles, if you mark them for speedy deletion then also mark as patrolled, it'll help other editors greatly. Shootthedevgru (talk) 00:57, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

The revert

Thanks! Acalamari 01:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Executive disambig

I was just unlinking the red link to the Seinfeld-raincoat "Executive" when you deleted the whole thing. Do you know it to be untrue, or were you just removing it because of the red link? Or is there 'something else' going on? Eleven even (talk) 05:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC) I put it back, without the red link. Eleven even (talk) 06:43, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

"I was reverting vandalism, and that was part of the edits by the vandal. But an article about a coat in one episode of a sitcom doesn't seem a likely article. Corvus cornixtalk 17:57, 21 February 2008 (UTC)"

Yeah I was pondering that; Is it valuable to have entries on a disambig page that don't actually have links to the word in question? I decided that my opinion is, "Yes, it's valuable". Even though the Executive (raincoat) was not actually a link, the mention of it could be the answer to someone's question. I understand that we're only being encyclopedic and not omniscient and all-inclusive, and yet part of me just doesn't want to let factoids like that escape. Do you know of any WP guidelines for disambiguation pages BTW? Eleven even (talk) 18:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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What...

...gave him away?! _GB^T/C 21:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

France

Thankyou much appreciated. Few people seem to be realising the potential of what I'm doing and are taking them at face value as they are initially. For instance - prime example. A typical stub like Albas, Lot. Now see this, the French equivalent Basically I see it that english wikipedia is missing 30,000 articles like this which I think eventually would be enormously beneficial. They should have been started years ago -surprised they weren't but they should a tleast be started!! I'm past the half way mark in total now anyway! ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 00:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Lol I;m only too aware of this. The other day I added some infoboxes and images to places like Luang Prabang in Laos. At present we only have about 10 articles on towns in that country yet there are over 10,000 that exist. I;ve created over 100 missing locator maps so we can have push pin maps for any settlement in every country in the world. If wikipedia is to be taken seriously as thr "greatest source" then it needs to think about seriously thinking about how to achieve this for each country -nothing is more important than real world content, rather than a list of pokemon or list of fictional worlds in some sci series ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ ^$1,000,000? 21:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Odell Brewing Company

You're right, I should have put some explanation in the edit summary. I forgot since I was intended too (and did) add it to the article's discussion page instead (and now also the deletion discusion). Sorry about that, didn't mean to cause offense, I'm new-ish at this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrucePodger (talk • contribs) 00:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Ezra Jampole

• Great minds... ^_^ JuJube (talk) 23:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Kennedy Center

What are you talking about?

A whole section was arbitarily removed by an unregistered user with no discussion or justification whatsoever.

The present state of the KC is very much the work ofof Michael Kaiser and so how can you justify YOUR arbitary removal???

If you wish to discuss his, do so on the TALK PAGE. Viva-Verdi (talk) 02:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Sources or not, nothing warrants an arbitrary removal. If this is your sole criterion for reemoval, you'd have to rtemove half of Wikipedia.Viva-Verdi (talk) 02:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Delete Happy

How can you delete something that's notable. It doesn't matter if you've never heard of it but a lot of people have. Melbrooksfan101 talk 03:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

If I do that can you remove the deleation things. Melbrooksfan101 talk 03:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Then can I put it back on? Melbrooksfan101 talk 03:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Put the article back up saying what you told me. Melbrooksfan101 talk 03:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You're not even an admenastrator Melbrooksfan101 talk 03:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I have responsiblity to tag non-notable articles for deletion discussion, and to place warnings on your Talk page for removing afd tags. Have a problem with it, take to WP:ANI, but they'll tell you the same thing. I taged Passions but you took it off. Why? I'm never heard of the show. Melbrooksfan101 talk 03:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Go to this website [2] and you'll see it is notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melbrooksfan101 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello...Shovelhead!

Is the current version of Hello...Shovelhead! any better than the one you deleted before? I am on the fence on whether the subject matter has enough notability to pass an AfD review. —Noah 02:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism??!?!?!

Corvus Cornix, You have left me a message 3 times stating that I have vandalised pages and threatened to have my account blocked. The first time was fair enough, that was vandalism but the second two times - a) was a genuine edit of a page and the second was i thought me cleaning up a bit of vandalsim on a someones user page. Could you please let me know your reasoning behind these two cases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jherek13 (talk • contribs) 03:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC) --Jherek13 (talk) 03:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC) Surely the user who added that comment to that user page (not the discussion page) added that comment without consent as it was not his user page? and i understand the telstra one will reissue with comments/reasoning.--Jherek13 (talk) 04:03, 26 February 2008 (UTC) No You are wrong. The user page was created by Amargosa the comment was posted by Apmab1. and choice magazine is not factual information.--Jherek13 (talk) 05:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Heads up

Corvus cornix...please watch the way you talk to Smith jones, he is a respected member of the community. Please don't use arguments and sarcasm. </sarcasm> Metros (talk) 03:41, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

J Stalin

The people who have removed the content which is a clear BLP violation and sets a terrible precedence if allowed has not been reinserted by banned users. ILike2BeAnonoynous, SqeakBox, myself and others are not sockpuppets of Boomgaylove.Icamepica (talk) 03:45, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

What did you list?Icamepica (talk) 03:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I will definatly let the discussions go on and participate. Thanks for the help. By the way i feel wikidemo is harassing me by placing warnings on my page for claiming he was acting in bad faith just once after he has accused me dozens of times, what should i do?Icamepica (talk) 09:03, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Hilksha2

reblocked as indefinite. Sorry, I was only responding to the more recent edits, and the removal of warnings from the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 03:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

HEY!

dONT MOVE THE ARTICLES IT WAS A PAIN IN THE ASS DOIN IT AND i dont know how to move this page button please explain it on my page some pages already existed, i just redirected them to their proper names, SO EXPLAIN IT ON MY PAGE--Ariobarza (talk) 04:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Ariobarza talk I ALSO ADDED ALL THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION PAGE CONTENTS TO ITS ORIGINAL PAGE BUT DIFFERENT TITLE WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE SO NOTHIN HAS CHANGED ABOUT THE ARTICLE ITSELF! I AM A ROOKIE I DO IT THE HARD WAY, SORRY EXPLAIN ON MY TALK BYE AGIAN--Ariobarza (talk) 04:42, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Ariobarza talk

Tell me how to use or where to go to press the MOVE THIS PAGE BUTTON????--Ariobarza (talk) 04:46, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Ariobarza talk

Big ol smooch

...for scraping that infernal "quotes" section off the bottom of the WordGirl article. I've wanted that cruft gone for so long, but didn't want to get in a kerfuffle about it...I can only take so much kerfuffling, and I've got plenty of that IRL at the moment. So thankee, thankee, thankee! Gladys J Cortez 00:21, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposal RE: User:Mikkalai's vow of silence

You are a previous participant in the discussion at WP:AN/I about User:Mikkalai's vow of silence. This is to inform you, that I have made a proposal for resolution for the issue. I am informing all of the users who participated, so this is not an attempt to WP:CANVAS support for any particular position.

The proposal can be found at: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Proposed resolution (Mikkalai vow of silence) Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 01:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Declining speedies

I'm sorry if you think it's rude but I have never sent notices to taggers and I know no admin that does. For the record, I declined this because it clearly has content and context, and CSD notability doesn't apply to products. It's not really spam either. AfD or {{PROD}} (see WP:PROD for info) is the best route for albums. --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 06:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of retired professional American football runningbacks

This is a rather meaningless post, as I'm sure that you'll see it there anyway, about the "personal attack attempt" that you removed. I made the comment small because the way that Phbasketball wrote that comment looked horrible and I wanted to make sure that the closing admin wouldn't think of it as a double-vote. Second, I wasn't in no way condoning the attack. I wasn't even sure what to make of it and thought better to not remove it or say anything about it. It was such a weak attempt at a personal attack, in my opinion, that I couldn't even make the call as to whether it was one or not.

So my "<small>-ing of the text was simply to protect you from a "double vote" (which you could've easily defended yourself from, anyway) and wasn't condoning the actual comment. Thought you should know that. Ksy92003 (talk) 14:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Marc Pourpe

If an article is already listed in a subcategory, it would be redundant to list the parent categories in the article as well, that's the reason for removing those. Aldis90 (talk) 20:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Category:French military personnel of World War I is a subcategory of Category:French people of World War I, for example. Aldis90 (talk) 04:45, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Dan Wesson

Thanks for understanding, CC. Rudget. 19:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't I know. :) Always willing to help the newbies, though. Rudget. 19:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

SOFA

Thanks for your help and I do apologise for the copyright infringement, it has all been cleared up now, thank you very much for your understanding —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ezzahhh (talk • contribs) 05:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

பாவலரேறு பெருஞ்சித்திரனார

Just of note, when it's in a foreign language we typically tag it with {{db-notenglish}}. :) -WarthogDemon 05:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Weird. I saw actual letters and words with my browser... -WarthogDemon 05:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Metrosexual

I noticed you reverted the placement of a new image on the Metrosexual page based on the fact that it was a "personal attack". No one in the photo was named explicitly, nor did the picture seem defamatory in anyway. Could you explain why you so vehemently forced it off? 129.97.83.93 (talk) 16:00, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Steve G. Jones

• Okay, I understand your position. Just realize that I have made a number of edits to make the page more congruent with Wikipedia Standards. But I respect your opinion. Jccort (talk) 16:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Sensōji

Sorry, I'm new and I think what I was attempting to do was a little over my head for now. I didn't mean any harm. Thanks for the help! Torsodog (talk) 07:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Burma

Be it noted that you were correct; it was a copy and not a move. Lostinlodos (talk) 16:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Please explain

Could u kindly explain your action on this? Removing reproduced articles when it was use for the purpose of discussion & verification earlier (as per WP:FACT patrols) is one thing, but removing its link pointing to the history log that can be easily seen & traced is another matter. Being a free-lance history researcher and feature writer with access to various official sources, I'm well aware of the relevant copyright/IP issues, acceptable use & its enforcement. Pse give me a satisfactory answer or revert your action soon. -- Aldwinteo (talk) 01:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

At times, one should exercise discretion & follow the 'spirit' & not just the 'letter' on any issues. (See one of the cases I brought up to an Admin previously). The reproduced ST articles were included in the discussion in response by the deletist camp asking for credible third party references earlier. As u are an experienced editor here, I would like to hear from u:

• On how would u response otherwise as per the context of the discussion earlier?
• Constructive advice or follow-up in ending this on-going edit warring once & for all for the common good of Wikipedia?

-- Aldwinteo (talk) 02:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

ED

Thanks for the words, but seriously, people use the ED article about me too often to show what's wrong with ED (as I'm a minor), but my main objection is to the Phaedriel article. And to think, I'm getting accused of a COI and gaming the system for trying to enforce our policies... it's despicable. Will ^(talk) 18:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)