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The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

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Dolph Ziggler

The IP edit to Dolph Ziggler here isn't supported in the reference. The ref doesn't mention the Royal Rumble at all. The detail may be correct, but a new ref is needed for it. I reverted it along with the vandalism, but it seems the 7 edits are still pending, and that we bumped into each other. INeverCry 06:26, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Your reversion of the IP edit was completely correct, apologies for missing the lack of sourcing. I was there entirely to revert the image vandalism by the editor after the anon IP and didn't look further back. Euryalus (talk) 06:28, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

That same editor has vandalized the article with 2 accounts, Salah20002222 and Salah2222. INeverCry 06:38, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, both blocked for repeated vandalism. Euryalus (talk) 11:56, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

OAAA OBIE Awards

Hello,

I have created the page "OAAA OBIE Awards" and it has been deleted. The reasoning provided is proposing there is not enough sources and that the award show is not a real award. This award show is highly prestigious in the out-of-home advertising industry. I work for the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and we would like to have this page created and published. Can you please provide me with further insight as to why this page was deleted and how I can make changes to have this page re-posted?

Thank you.

Best Regards, Erica Glotfelty — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbb1184 (talk • contribs) 16:56, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for the message. As a starting point I need to point out that Wikipedia strongly discourages people from writing articles about themseves, their employers or anything directly related to them, as they are likely to have an actual or perceived conflict of interest. If these Awards are notable enough for an article, it is likely that someone else unconnected with them will also think so and will create the article themselves. Note you are not prohibited from creatin the article just because you work for the organisers of the awards; but there is a risk it will be re-deleted or heavily changed.

On the article itself - it was an expired procedural deletion - that is, an apparently uncontroversial deletion because its failure to meet a specific criteria was evident and uncontested over a seven-ay period. The issue with the article was notability. To be included in Wikipedia, the topic of te article must be the subject of significant independent coverage in reliable secondary sources. In this case the only references for the Awards were primary sources - that is, weblinks set up by the Award organisers. If you wished to recreatethe article you would need to include eferences for the major facts in it, sourced from (say) mainstream media outlets, reliable fact-checked specialist journals and the like. This cannot be trivial or passing mentions like a paid advertisement of a simple list of winners - it needs to be significant coverage with some level of detail.

Sorry if all the above sounds overly bureaucratic. In case you do wish to recreate the article and have enough reliable secondary sources to do so, I've saved the latest deleted version at User:Mbb1184/OBIE so you have something to work from. Euryalus (talk) 19:53, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Need Stuff on Page

Need userpage up... Never requested it deleted. (JoeCool950 (talk) 06:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC))

Need to undo deletion. If I wanted it deleted, would have put a templete up, so it needs to be back up. (JoeCool950 (talk) 06:40, 1 February 2014 (UTC))

Just give me a link that has the stuff on there, so I can copy it back up, or put it back up. (JoeCool950 (talk) 06:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC))

Userpage needs to be restored. Thank you (JoeCool950 (talk) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC))

You requested your userpage be deleted here. You seem to have a long history of asking for your userpage to be deleted then changing your mind. Have restored it again. Euryalus (talk) 20:01, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

That's true,or putting up a template, and then changing my mind. (JoeCool950 (talk) 20:06, 1 February 2014 (UTC))

March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

• This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
• Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
• The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
• An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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The Bugle: Issue XCV, February 2014

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Natalac

Are these references good enough to reinstate Natalac 1. Worldstar hip hop video Pimp of the City http://www.worldstaruncut.com/uncut/68146, http://www.mtv.com/artists/natalac/biography/, http://www.broadjam.com/artists/bio.php?artistID=75800, 24 Hour Hip Hop Interview: Natalac To Build an Empire 1. http://24hourhiphop.com/next-in-line/natalac-to-build-an-empire/ Worldstar HipHop Video Natalac - Money Girl 2. http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh1btN0E3Dph8OrGci MTV Releases Natalac - Hidden Adjenda Album 3. http://www.mtv.com/search/?q=natalac Florida Times Union on Nat - Do Whacho No U Shud Album 4. http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100402/ent_10599124.shtml COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPE VOL. 225 HOSTED BY: YO GOTTI 5. http://www.datpiff.com/Yo-Gotti-Coast-2-Coast-225-Hosted-By-Yo-Gotti-mixtape.434715.html COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPE VOL. 224 HOSTED BY: KENDRICK LAMAR 6. http://www.datpiff.com/Kendrick-Lamar-Coast-2-Coast-224-mixtape.432017.html COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPE VOL. 183 HOSTED BY: WYCLEF JEAN 7. http://www.datpiff.com/Wyclef-Coast-2-Coast-183-mixtape.284549.html Natalac Express - Transportation Services 8. http://transportation-services.findthedata.org/l/1549498/Natalac-Express 9. http://www.datpiff.com/Gunplay-Coast-2-Coast-Mixtape-Vol-247-Hosted-By-Gunplay-mixtape.557689.html COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPE VOL.247 Hosted by GunPlay 10. http://www.datpiff.com/Too-Short-Coast-2-Coast-Mixtape-Vol-244-mixtape.546620.html COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPE VOL. 244 Hosted by Too Short 64.134.67.78 (talk) 01:36, 20 March 2014 (UTC) these are some recognized sites for additional refs... s.m. Davis ty for taking the time to reply…

Hi, been largely away from the keyboard for a couple of days. Will have a look today and get back to you. Euryalus (talk) 20:41, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Gracie Barra (Montreal)

There have been two AfD debates in the last month (Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gracie Barra Montreal (2nd nomination). The last one for an identical article in everyway except for the inclusion of brackets in the title. In my opinion it should be salted.Peter Rehse (talk) 12:55, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

You're correct, I checked this title for previous deletions, but missed that they had happened under an alternative title format. Apologies. And have salted this one as you suggest, given the number of recreations. Euryalus (talk) 20:35, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

No sweat thanks. CHeers.Peter Rehse (talk) 20:42, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

I saw that the OP was blocked right after I responded. Thanks! C1776M^Talk 10:23, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVI, March 2014

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HMS Endeavour was the Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771. She was launched in 1764 as the collier Earl of Pembroke, and purchased by the Navy in 1768 for a scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean and to explore for the surmised Terra Australis Incognita. Her voyage took her to Tahiti for the 1769 transit of Venus, then south into the largely uncharted South Pacific. In September 1769 she reached New Zealand, the first European vessel to visit in 127 years. Seven months later Endeavour became the first ship to reach the east coast of Australia, making landfall in Botany Bay on 29 April 1770. Her return voyage marred by shipwreck and the deaths of one third of her crew, Endeavour reached the port of Dover in July 1771 after nearly three years at sea. In 1776 she returned to naval service for the American Revolutionary War but was scuttled in a blockade of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The wreck has not been precisely located, but relics including cannons and an anchor are displayed in maritime museums worldwide. The Space Shuttle Endeavour was named in her honour in 1989. (Full article...)

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Precious

endeavour
Thank you, editor of military History, ships, piracy and Australian places, for quality articles such as HMS Endeavour, for a simple clear user page (with first: To do), for your endavour to gnomishly take care of articles, asking for sources, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:15, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

That's very kind of you, thanks. Euryalus (talk) 05:35, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue XCVII, April 2014

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You were looking for "any other views..."

A while back you were looking for "any other views..." in the talk page of "bank" in the section "Definition of fractional reserve banking"... I just added a view. Cheers. Reissgo (talk) 08:41, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCIX, June 2014

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BNA Access

Hey Euryalus, you have a user email waiting for you with instructions on how to access BNA via our Wikipedia Library Partnership, Sadads (talk) 16:39, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello Euryalus, please make sure to complete the instructions, including completing the Google form, in order to receive access to BNA, Sadads (talk) 15:44, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, done. Euryalus (talk) 12:40, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

For doing the move and particularly for leaving advice on the new editor's talk page! I'm finding it hard to keep up with my watchlist, Admin duties and now my talk page which gets busier and busier! Dougweller (talk) 13:52, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

No worries. He was making a good faith attempt to move the page, but the destination page already existed so he created a veritable thicket of redirects trying to get it there. Easy fixed. Euryalus (talk) 13:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

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Please remember to 'plate new IP vandals, etc. on their talk page

Especially when there is something apparently egregious going on[1] and they don't have an existing talk page. I tend to {{welcome-anon}} editors without talk pages when I see them; and if someone has 'plated them first it can save me some heckling. (FWIW, I think it's also fine to welcome them and 'plate them at the same time, per WP:AGF.)-- Kendrick7^talk 03:03, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. Hard to tell from this user's single edit but they are a sock of a long-term banned user. The point of their post was to include an offensive edit summary about another editor. The reversion was in the context of WP:BAN and to enable a revdel of the edit summary, which cannot be done if it is the most recent item in the article history. As it's a throwaway IP of an inveterate vandal, there was no point in leaving a warning. The IP could have been blocked, which would justify a template, but it appeared from other posts that the vandal's IP had already changed.

Unrelated - I would be interested in your views on the value of welcoming anon IP editors. Do you get much feedback or indication it steers them towards info on how to get more involved? Euryalus (talk) 03:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Re: Unrelated, It's never occurred to me to follow it up. Presumably over the past 8+ years someone has taken the template's knowledge I dropped, created an account, and gone on to be a wondrous editor for the project. If not, then it's whatever's clever. :) -- Kendrick7^talk 02:56, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Kendrick7 That is a well-known banned user, standard template rules don't apply. Anything of his can be reverted/reported/blocked immediately. ♥ Solarra ♥ ^{♪ 話 ♪} ߷ _{♀ 投稿 ♀} 07:36, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

You actually can not revert encyclopedic content, per WP:PRESERVE, although that is currently a subject of debate. That said, this is a big project, with many hands on deck: nothing is "well-known"! -- Kendrick7^talk 02:56, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

He just stopped by here too, to post some personal attacks from a different IP. I feel special :) Euryalus (talk) 07:38, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Deleting the Morgan Garrett page

I want this to be deleted. She doesn't have enough credits, and she's kinda a newbie like Austin Tindle and Martha Harms. So please? Wooeyparks (talk) 24:06, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

It can't be deleted as a WP:G7 because there are multiple editors and the speedy deletion criteria are very specific. If you think the article lacks notability you might consider either the proposed deletion or articles for deletion processes. Euryalus (talk) 01:38, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Question

Hello, I am user JeanBedelBokassa, who you recently reprimanded for adding content from Narutopedia to a wikipedia page. I would like to ask why you thought I was experimenting. In actuality, I was copying content from Narutopedia so that I could read it in a wikipedia article, because I like reading text in the style of a wikipedia article. (Jeanbedelbokassa (talk) 01:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC))

This edit took a slab of text from an anime database and added it to the Wikipedia article on the Dodai tribe. Your addition had nothing in common to the article you added it to. It was either an accidental test edit or it was vandalism. Either way, this is an online encyclopedia and not a webhost for unrelated texts. Euryalus (talk) 01:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Dear Euryalus, Why do you feel the need to be so stern? All I did was use Wikipedia as a webhost. It's not like I inserted 500 million curse words into the article. At least the last guy who reprimanded me acted like he cared about my explanation. I really don't like you dismissively referring to my reasons for the edit as "vandalism", which, while technically correct, is really misleading. Also, I never said(or thought) that wikipedia was supposed to be used for webhosting. My initial reply to you was intended to make it clear that I understood that I had misused the power to edit and to enable you to understand why i did what i did. Sincerely, A 15-year old human being (Jeanbedelbokassa (talk) 02:20, 1 August 2014 (UTC))

Thanks for your reply. I described it as a test edit, which it evidently was. As was your previous edit to Gaston Gradis, which you self-reverted a few minutes later. You're right in saying it is hardly the worst offence in the world, but again, this is an ecyclopedia and not a general webhost - it's not helpful to have unrelated material added to articles and creates work for others in removing it later.

The best place for test edits is a sandbox which you can create in your userspace so you can see how things look when you play around with their layout. You can create your own sandbox by entering something like User:Jeanbedelbokassa/sandbox into the search box on the left of your screen. It will prompt you to create that page and you can then add material and play around with it without affecting the main encyclopedia. Of course, the usual rules apply on copyright materials and images.

So, the short version: you're right that your edits weren't some earth-shattering offence, but please don't make test edits on encyclopedia pages. And in passing, please don't let any of this discourage you from editing Wikipedia further - just keep the test edits where they belong and add the encyclopedic ones to the actual articles. Euryalus (talk) 09:57, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Technical problem?

• 2602:306:CC2E:EFB0:BD56:7138:18DC:D5D0 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

At User talk:2602:306:CC2E:EFB0:BD56:7138:18DC:D5D0 it seems that the user is continuing to post to his talk page although the block log says his talk access is revoked. EdJohnston (talk) 03:34, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. The only thing I can think of that the address was originally rangeblocked by User:DoRD, and somehow that is the cause. I am reluctant to amend a rangeblock to block talkpage access, given the potential to affect other editors. Will pursue this elsewhere to see if there's an alternative explanation. The IP address in question is being used for lulz vandalism rather than anything truly offensive, so hopefully the delay won't cause much harm. Euryalus (talk) 03:40, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Editor still at it

Remember this? The editor is still at it. [2], [3] are the two latest ones but the behavior really hasn't stopped since the block expired. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:04, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know.Blocked for six months. Hope springs eternal that he will learn about reliable sources in that time. Euryalus (talk) 21:17, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Stranger things have happened. Such as a group of volunteers creating the world's leading encyclopedia :-) --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:46, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive

Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

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Royal Cambodian Air Force FC

Why has this article been deleted? Used to be a full article about a top Cambodian side?Abcmaxx (talk) 16:45, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for the message.

The article was taken to AfD here with the suggestion that it was not notable. During the discussion the article's only author, User:Dr. Blofeld, requested speedy deletion as a WP:G7 - a good-faith request by the only substantial contributor to the page.

It wasn't a full article - the entire article content comprised a brief infobox and this text: "Royal Cambodian Air Force FC, is a football (soccer) club in Cambodia. It plays in the Cambodian League, the top division of Cambodian football."

It's not much to work with but feel free to create a new version if you'd like. Euryalus (talk) 23:22, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Where's the abundance of reliable sources??♦ Dr. Blofeld 06:15, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that is a fair point. :) -- Euryalus (talk) 07:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm of the opinion that a stub is better than no article at all. If it played in the top Cambodian League it was therefore notable. The football infobox takes some time though to make, even if the article content was no more than a sentence. I would restore it personally (not sure if that's possible though) Abcmaxx (talk) 11:50, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

There's a couple of options:

• If you disagree with the entire deletion, you can seek a reversion at WP:DRV - even though an AfD was lodged, the article was actually speedy deleted as a G7.
• Alternatively, you can simply create a new article on the same topic. The previous one had little content and no references, but your recent edit history suggests you have a good background in sports articles so you may be well placed to fix that. To assist, I've created a userfied version of the deleted article at User:Abcmaxx/Royal Cambodian Air Force FC. If you do use this text as the basis for a new article you may wish to consider providing some attribution to User:Dr. Blofeld in the first edit summary when you move it to mainspace.

Hope this is useful, and please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. Euryalus (talk) 00:00, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup

Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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Hi. I respect your view immensely. However, kindly understand the long standing frustration of Mr. Adnan Sami who has been seeing false inputs about his career & life being written in the most bogus fashion by anyone whomsoever. For example, please see the history & you will see that on one hand the discography stated that his 1st album was released in 1990 (incorrect!) and then above it states that he is active from 2006 till present!!! They wipe out more than a decade of a man's hard work. In yet another instance, someone wrote that he learned music from a "Maharaj Kathak"... For the record, "Maharaj Kathkak was a Kathak dancer & could not sing or play a musical instrument thus had nothing to do with "teaching" music!! Also please note that this is a living Legend we are talking about! The record HAS to be set straight by someone who has access to him to get the facts right. A;so, please note that this is a man who shifted to India, considered to be an enemy country of Pakistan & many Pakistanis resent him for it since they feel he shifted so called 'loyalties' by shifting to Mumbai & also, many Indians out of jealousy feel the same way about a Pakistani coming to their home & literally becoming a sensation in their land!! Therefore, many who contribute to his page are driven by personal animosity which we must protect him from as he is just an Artiste who loves his Art and has nothing to do with politics.. That is why, you will see the ridiculous discussion regarding his "Nationality".. In the talk comments, there was a person who claimed that he was in the same boarding house as Mr. Sami at Rugby School... Complete fiction as when Mr. Sami was at Rugby, he was the ONLY Asian in his boarding house!! Everyone is either trying to own him or condemn him at times.. So, I need your help to clean up this mess on behalf of Mr. Sami. I will be most grateful if you can help in this as here we are talking about a man who's contribution to Asian Music has been phenomenal & due to his lack of attention to Wikipedia, his page has been grossly abused. Even the pics I posted were provided to me by Mr. Sami personally thus I posted them for him & yet people just chose to have them deleted! Why?? If HE is in the pic & has asked me to post them, then why should anyone object & have them deleted?? He is in those pics and he has no objections!! Please do understand & help.. Many Thanks.. Peter Downings

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ANI

When I saw your comments I thought, "Well maybe that could be offensive and people could take it the wrong way" (Originally it was a comment about Trekkies). However the man/woman that reported me is now canvassing other people in "How to deal with me" at ANI. As I have had 0 interaction with the editor in question, I suspect that this is part of something larger, particularly based on where he went and from whom he seeks counsel. He had to go back 9 months to find a diff of me referring to a US Sanator as a 4-letter word concealed in an acronym (red my articles in the mainstream firearm press to see what I really think). He also dug up a comment I made to another editor totally out of context that was redacted [4] and another one with n editor with whom I have since mended fences. If he or she had approached me and said, "Hey dickhead, that joke is offensive and while I get it is really a pun on people who take everything literally, would you mind removing it"; I would have done so with no problem. Instead he/she tried to hit me over the head with his little rulebook and is now crying bout it to anyone who will listen.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 14:51, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Mike, Before I posted on ANI, I asked you on your talk page to retract the "aspie" remark, as well as other remarks in which you referred to editors as "losers" and compared editors to "eunuchs". You declined to do so. It sounds like you are not willing to remove these remarks. Is that correct?GabrielF (talk) 15:21, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

You did not ask me. You swang for the fences with your rulebook. (That is a metaphor, by the way, an exaggerated comparison not using like or as). The deal with the "eunuchs" which has you so inflamed (another metaphor) is actually a simile, which is an exaggerated comparison using like or as. If you actually took the time to read it, it says "critics", not editors and it is a quote from Brendan Behan. I was not asked nicely and was savagely attacked by you using policy, and you going back almost a year to try to find dirt on me, why would I do anything that you ask of me?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 15:36, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Thanks for rewording the userpage text. Appreciate that it wasn't meant to be a literal reference. Euryalus (talk) 07:51, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Read a few recent closures on ANI, nicely done! OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 13:39, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, much appreciated. Euryalus (talk) 04:41, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Prince of Wales (ship)

I see you have nominated Prince of Wales (ship) for Peer Review. Unfortunately I don't have the time to review it properly but I did notice that the red ensign used in the infobox, contains the cross of St Patrick so probably isn't appropriate for a ship sold in 1797. Hope you don't mind me saying so. Best regards--Ykraps (talk) 09:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't mind at all, and thanks for pointing it out - all of the civilian ships in the First Fleet display this flag in their infoboxes and they are all of them wrong. The Red Ensign article indicates the British Red Ensign was applicable to both merchant and naval vessels, so I have replaced the current images with this one, and moved it to the ship registry field. Euryalus (talk) 11:29, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Actually, I've left them as shipinfobox flags in the Career headers, rather than flagicons in the registry field. This is principally for aesthetic reasons in these otherwise spartan infoboxes. Euryalus (talk) 12:43, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Please

I would really like to have some kind of formal interaction ban between me and this editor Coat of Many colours. Also, for Crisco ... since he wrote also that he wished Coat be I-banned from interacting with me and preferably Hafspajen as well - because in a couple of month the circus might start all over again. Hafspajen (talk) 14:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC).

• I second that; if Coat does come back to edit (as hinted) I'd rather not have to start another thread if/when s/he begins interacting with us. I'd AGF, but considering how the editor seems to keep grudges I doubt its warranted. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:11, 6 October 2014 (UTC)