User talk:Favonian

Thanks

For allowing me to use the structure of your RfA Q&A. Apparently, it works well :) Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 14:47, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Meh, you brought it upon yourself. Congrats on your new !job. You had to take rather more noise from the opposition than I did, but considering that a "major" issue was your signature(!), I guess you're not going to loose much sleep on that account. Happy mopping, and feel free to ask, if you run into problems. Favonian (talk) 20:47, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Sure :) Thanks again. Take care sir/ma'am Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 06:55, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

For your welcome. :D --VandTrack (talk) 07:04, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Gordon Duff

Please would you copy this deleted page to my user pages. I don't remember it. Kittybrewster ☎ 08:54, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

 Done It was speedied as a copyvio, so I guess you'll make an "honest article" of it in the near future . Favonian (talk) 09:00, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

User:Stevencurtis

Hi Favonian - thanks for reviewing User:Stevencurtis. Just a quick note - I had disabled talk page access due to their attempt to grant their own unblock request, but if you feel that is not appropriate feel free to revert without any need for discussing with me.  7  08:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

That's quite alright. Formally speaking, as soon as there is "evidence" that the account was hacked, it's a lock-down. Less formally, well, I think we agree in our assessments of the editor. Favonian (talk) 09:02, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Thx. Happy Friday.  7  09:13, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Spod

re your message about Spod.

There is no 'proof' regarding the reference changes I made to Spod. They happened as I was there along with all the other staff and delegates of the companies mentioned.

This restriction and the constant undo'ing by Chaos5023 is not in the spirit of Wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spencertaylor (talk • contribs) 12:06, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia relies on verifiability. It's not sufficient to say that you were there, you have to provide reliable sources documenting your claims. Favonian (talk) 12:08, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Ray William Johnson

I am going to be posting this on multiple editor talk pages to get some discussion going. We have yet another section on the talk page requesting Ray William Johnson be added to the List of YouTube personalities. Something has to be done because people request he be added and don't give any references for the most part but someone tried to give references, but I checked them and they were not good ones. We don't need a new section everytime someone wants him added. We have umpteen sections requesting him be added. Again, something has to be done! Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 15:02, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Noah

Just because it's a comedic reference to Noah, doesn't make it invalid. Have you ever heard the pieces referenced? They're classic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.149.207 (talk) 18:07, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Assuming that you are referring to this edit of yours, it's a bit difficult to establish any sort of context, let alone validity. Favonian (talk) 18:12, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Response

So in retrospect I suppose this would be considered trivia and not vandalism as you implied. Please refrain from ostracizing new users by misidentifying their contributions.

"Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Even harmful edits that are not explicitly made in bad faith are not vandalism."

User:92.29.114.41

Can you have a look at this editor please. Codf1977 (talk) 19:55, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Bit on the dickish side. I've sent it off for 24 hours because of the tit for tat against Matthew Yusuf Smith and its talk page. Regarding the original question about the notability of the institute, I have no particularly well-informed opinion but will leave it up to the talk page discussion. Favonian (talk) 20:57, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that, sad thing for them, I had already posted to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities seeking other input here and had moved on before he went on his tit for tat. Codf1977 (talk) 21:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Sensible move. Let's hope for a more reasonable debate. Favonian (talk) 21:45, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Chelsey OMG deleted under A7 guidelines

hi, I am trying to create a page for the web series that I am involved with, and keep being deleted. I am going to re-submit the page with the press references and links, but can you tell me if there is something I am missing? because this series ahs been covered by international press and has over 4million views. please let me know if I need to add anything specific. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukevknight (talk • contribs) 15:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

That's going to be something of an uphill battle. I see that another admin, who deleted a previous version of the article, has listed some guidelines for you to study here. Not much I can add to that except that your article is a typical example of what happens, when people write about their own work, and thus serves as an illustration of WP:COI. Favonian (talk) 16:22, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Our article is entirely bereft of any unsupported praise or hyperbole, is neutral and factual in tone and information, and claims of its relevancy are supported by expansive media coverage from major international media - which automatically puts it in a tiny percentage of online productions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukevknight (talk • contribs) 11:29, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

About the article Apprain

Dear Sir, I created a Page for my non-profit Open Source Project "Apprain" but it was deleted from the wiki pedia and it's may be for any of my mistake that I have done in the article.

Here is my project URL: www.apprain.com It's a project like Joomla, typo3, CakePHP etc.

Can you please tell me how can I create a page for this non-profit project "apprain.com".

Thnx in advancd Rubel —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reazulk (talk • contribs) 16:35, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Frankly, I don't think you can. We strongly discourage editors from writing about something they are involved in themselves, because of the conflict of interest. The article was pure advertisement, even including the sentence "It will be a great help for us, if you donate fund to appRain team." Aside from that, there were no references to reliable source asserting notability of the product. Favonian (talk) 16:48, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Dear Favonian, I know we have type that sentence. But our plan is to use this only for the people who develop plugin for appRain. Please see our terms and condition (www.apprain.com/terms-and-conditions) and download (www.apprain.com/download) page and please see the official website(www.apprain.com) too, you can see what it is. This is a non-profit Project by MIT license. But according to Wiki regulation we have done wrong, we are really sorry for that. If you allow, we would like to re-write the with information regarding appRain and new CMF Concept that we have developed in Web engineering community. Your single positive step will help to get birth this little monster. Please advice us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reazulk (talk • contribs) 18:25, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but it looks like I have to rain on your parade. From your description it appears that you want to use Wikipedia to tell the world about your new system, but that's not the purpose of an encyclopedia. We only include articles about topics that are already notable. If some day your system attracts sufficient attention to be written about in reliable sources, it could merit an article, but at present this does not appear to be the case. Favonian (talk) 19:06, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

No Problem, Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.38.36 (talk) 19:54, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Northstar

Northstar2595 (talk · contribs) was blocked, came back as 69.164.204.168 (talk · contribs) that you blocked. I've just found this thread offiwiki [1] and his blog [2], see also his attempt to put it at the Village Pump [3]. I'm not sure if any action now is indicated, but it's indicative of his attitude. Dougweller (talk) 10:28, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed the Village Pump thing and the blog entry referenced there. AFAIK, we usually ignore off-wiki utterances, and the Village Pump "contribution" was quickly reverted and the editor warned peremptorily, which means that we've stretched our good faith to the limit. I'm keeping a watch on the editor, and one more transgression will result in an indef block. Favonian (talk) 10:34, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree, we usually ignore off-wiki references, but in this case the Hall of Maat one was, I thought, indicative of his attitude/intentions. Thanks for keeping watch on him. Dougweller (talk) 12:27, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

WHY

'Hey favonian I am grateful for your advice. I thouight it wouldn't matter but i respect your and others opinion. You are obviously very clever.

So then why did you ban my best bud JOHNNY ENGLISH PROPER. He was just putting his opinion online and he is really upset. I've told him not to do it again and he's agreed. So please unblock him

Thank you for reading

                      krazy krazy koala  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krazy krazy koala (talk • contribs) 17:33, 22 September 2010 (UTC) 

Thorbjørn Jagland

Thanks for the revert - I think it's time for an WP:SPI to sort this out. Smartse (talk) 13:13, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes. Jagland's minions aren't being subtle. Favonian (talk) 13:14, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Two ways in which Canada has affected the rest of the world.

While New Pageing I came across this - Two ways in which Canada has affected the rest of the world. - thoughts on how to deal with it ? Codf1977 (talk) 13:29, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Felt rather like one of those trick questions that pop up at RfAs: does any speedy deletion criterion apply to this article? Fortunately, in this case the answer is yes, to wit G12 as it was a blatant copy of this website. Favonian (talk) 14:36, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Was not meant to be, any way fixed. Codf1977 (talk) 14:42, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't mean to sound quite that defensive. Guess the memory of being chastised for a faulty A7 still smarts. Favonian (talk) 14:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Catherine Van der Stricht

Thanks for deleting that. It's the second time it's been deleted today. Perhaps you could also consider blocking the creator, because he will only start the page again in a few hours. Two AIV reports have fallen on dead ears.--Kudpung (talk) 16:22, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm way ahead of you Favonian (talk) 16:23, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks :) --Kudpung (talk) 16:25, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks

For the incredible speed of your response. Take care. Dr.K. ^{λogosπraxis} 07:48, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. The swiftness of response was due to my talk page stalking. Let's see if the person's attention focuses on me now. Favonian (talk) 07:50, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I am very pleased to know that you have my talk on your watchlist. As far as you becoming the target of the IP it is a real risk and it takes courage to act the way you did. I'll become a tps for your talkpage for a while just in case. :) Thank you very much again. All the best. Dr.K. ^{λogosπraxis} 07:56, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Reverts

Hi, you have heroically reverted so much IP vandalism on Mary (mother of Jesus) that you might as well semi-protect it. Cheers. History2007 (talk) 20:35, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Tempting! It might get me a place in Heaven, but at present the level of vandalism doesn't quite merit a block. Favonian (talk) 22:20, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Good, that was a classy piece of humor, playing on salvation and temptation. And perhaps also subject to discussion, for the causative view of salvation may run into the statement in the Epistle to the Romans 9:16 which suggests another view. But that is another story. Cheers. History2007 (talk) 23:33, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Our eggnog editor is back

Hello Favonian. I hope that you are enjoying your wikibreak. When you return would you please take a look at this message User talk:MarnetteD#Eggnog and overlinking that I received. The new IP also geolocates to the Philippines so I am pretty sure that it is the same person so we can now and block evasion to their list of disruptive editing. Thanks for your time in looking into this and welcome back when you get back. MarnetteD | Talk 17:54, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for catching the latest instance of this consummate whack job. Though activity seems to have stopped, I've blocked the IP for a month as a clear case of block evasion. Favonian (talk) 16:39, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of this. As I wrote on Colin's talk page the IP's vendetta against eggnog is odd. Maybe they had a nightmare about a cow, a chicken and a bottle of rum at some point in their life :-) Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 18:16, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Found a new IP doing the same link removal today. Here is a link to their edit history page [4] Looks like they are going to be a persistant pest. Thanks ahead of time for looking into this new IP. MarnetteD | Talk 17:10, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Jeez! I'll end up having to develop a taste for that stuff out of solidarity. Favonian (talk) 17:30, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Possible sock of user Megaproject

• Megaproject (talk · contribs)
• Riskrisk (talk · contribs)
• Rcfrcf (talk · contribs)
• Cheapskate08 (talk · contribs)
• Pilgaard (talk · contribs)
• flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C Cross-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Local - COIBot-XWiki - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • Live link: http://www.flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk

What do you think? 85 links makes me think there might be others as well. --Ronz (talk) 17:02, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

I've taken this to Wikiproject Spam. It's a big mess that will require much more time than I have just find the extent of the problems. --Ronz (talk) 17:46, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

A quick request

Hello! Some time back, I created a user subpage to work on an article, and now I am buggered if I can remember how to find it. I checked what links here, and that got me nowhere, and I tried every permutation of the article name I could think of. Do you have any ideas? I should have created a link on my userpage, which I will do, if we find the article. Anyway, your thoughts? Thanks. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:42, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Could it be on this list? The link to your subpages is found at the bottom of your contribution list. Favonian (talk) 16:46, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh, bloody hell! Yes, I forgot about that. I knew I was missing something really basic, and would feel like a numbskull when it was pointed out to me. Alas... Well, thank you. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

No worries. It took me a long time as well to locate that link. Favonian (talk) 16:50, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Request for blank/privacy on Deleted page for living person

Hi,

I'm checking to see if Harvey Silverman's page can have the discussion items about deletion hidden, because he has had people look for him on Wikipedia and then find his page having been removed for unambiguous promotion. He's a dentist here in Cleveland and doesn't want people to think badly of him.

In the Deletion section, there's a listing for how to hide the comments, but I can no longer reach this article, so would it be possible for an admin to do it, or could I get a temporary access to the page to blank and hide the comments?

Thank you so much for your help! Lmitro2010 (talk) 18:44, 1 October 2010 (UTC)lmitro2010

I assume we are talking about the deletion log for the article. To the best of my knowledge, this cannot be hidden, but if you have found evidence that it is possible, please tell me. Wikipedia is a complex system, and I don't pretend to know every nook and cranny. Personally, I don't see how this is such a big deal. Readers will have to make a pretty determined effort to see the log; especially since, according to this, no articles link to the deleted biography. Favonian (talk) 20:32, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi - Thank you for your reply.

He said someone clicked his name from the Washington University Alumni page and it said he had been deleted for self promotion. I tried to make a privacy link, but it seems there's no way to erase the deletion. I tried to make a blank page but within minutes someone deleted it again saying there was no substantive information. Can I remove the link on Univ. of Washington Alumni page? I'm also asking the person who just re-deleted things. Thank you! Lmitro2010 (talk) 19:19, 3 October 2010 (UTC)lmitro2010

Sure, you can just remove the brackets. The red link is useless anyway. Favonian (talk) 19:22, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Yay! Thank you - it worked! Have a great day! :) Lmitro2010 (talk) 19:23, 3 October 2010 (UTC)lmitro2010

User talk:71.178.152.143

Hello

I notice that you recently blocked this IP. I thought I should let you know that they seem to have taken to vandalising their talk page now :) --5 albert square (talk) 21:57, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Thanks, but Courcelles got there first, as always. Favonian (talk) 22:03, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Why? Because you're worth it *tosses hair* PanydThe muffin is not subtle 18:52, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! (trying to toss my hair, but the result is not convincing) Favonian (talk) 18:54, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

So who was he?

Clearly he was a sock, but I can't be bothered to think of who. HalfShadow 21:01, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Our new best friend, Zarapastroso (talk · contribs). Perfect waste of time and space. Favonian (talk) 21:03, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Never heard of him. HalfShadow 21:05, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Block of Ur0s

You blocked User:Ur0s for vandalism, apparently due to persistently posting claims that Lady Gaga's song "Bad Romance" was plagiarised from Mozart. However, this claim has been given some currency on the internet, apparently starting with a video which is shown at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650r-bU7TNM. It is therefore entirely likely that Ur0s was editing in good faith, even though the claim shows every sign of having been intended as a joke. As far as I know the editor has no previous history of disruptive editing. You may like to consider reducing the length of the block. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:47, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Seems reasonable. How about 24 hours for edit warring? Favonian (talk) 10:48, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Seems reasonable. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Undelete the "Camaron Stevenson" Page

I saw that you deleted the page, "Camaron Stevenson" because there was no website backing who he was. Well, here is a legitimate website!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4093861/

So you can put the page back up. Thank you!

-camorama66 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camorama66 (talk • contribs) 16:22, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it did not creditably assert notability of the person in question. The IMDb link you provide states that a person of this name was a publicist for the film El extraño. First of all, that doesn't really match the brief description in the original article, and secondly it is not even close to the requirements for coverage in reliable sources. I therefore have to decline your request. Favonian (talk) 16:31, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Jonathan Doria Pamphilj

Would be great if administrators could genuinely engage in discussion so that arguments are clearly set out in an open and transparent way. That way we can actually improve articles. I've demonstrated that JDP has had reasonable coverage in mainstream reliable sources and that he is notable for several reasons, one of which is that he is a prince with a papal title. Contaldo80 (talk) 15:11, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Sandbox

Sorry- Didn't know about the sandbox. I was teaching my 4th graders a lesson about using Wikipedia for research. Mssipress (talk) 16:40, 5 October 2010 (UTC)mssipress

Great work!

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For your tireless reverting of vandalism. Tyrol5 [Talk] 20:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

And, might I add, you've done a fantastic job cleaning up my trail of csd tags over the past few months since getting your mop. Keep it up! Tyrol5 [Talk] 20:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, thank you! Keep the deliveries coming Favonian (talk) 21:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Arthur Rubin

Hello there Favonian, thanks for the feedback I am just perplexed about how Arthur's page has survived...

1. There seems to be very little which is notable in his profile 2. What has he actually ACHIEVED which is notable? 3. The statements used smack of peacock.... 4. There has been NOTHING since the 80s!

An outside simple cannot imagine any reason why this page has survived if he wasn't an administrator of Wikipedia...

So how do I go through the process once again to propose deletion? I'm having trouble figuring it out... —Preceding unsigned comment added by B-Objective (talk • contribs) 09:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

The instructions are at WP:AFD. Regarding notability, have a look at the three previous discussions, the latest of which is found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Rubin (3rd nomination). Favonian (talk) 09:57, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

2008 South Ossetia war

Occupation of Gori was not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Жека Михайлов (talk • contribs) 15:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean by this, but if you think that whole sections of the article should be removed, you had better discuss this on the talk page. If you delete contents again without seeking consensus, you will be blocked from editing. Favonian (talk) 15:50, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Other possible solutions?

Hi again. The eggnog delinker (is that a word? will it eventually be in the Oxford English Dictionary because of Wikipedia?) is back yet again. Here [5] is the new IP. Looking at this history page [6] I note that the first IP (and the one that hit the most articles) was 121.54.51.22. Since you blocked that IP the three block evasion IPs have all been in the 112.203 range (112.203.239.188 - 112.203.253.151 - 112.203.175.46). Is a range block is an option. I know that RB's are to be avoided due to collateral damage but I am wondering if a short one - two weeks say - might stop are pest. On the other hand it might not slow them down and the last two times that they have returned they have only hit the List of Christmas dishes article. Since I have that on my watchlist I can just keep reporting them to you if you don't mind. As ever thanks for your time in looking into this. MarnetteD | Talk 16:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Gleisinger Corporation

I was about to delete as a hoax - the sites they'd built included Battersea Power Station (famous, non-nuclear) and Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (from The Simpsons). The contact details looked really dubious, as well... TFOWR 09:38, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek while deleting. Author seems a bit unpleasant from looking at his messages to our colleagues. Favonian (talk) 09:40, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Dangerous Mice

Ta for that. Peridon (talk) 11:53, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Miauw! Favonian (talk) 11:55, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

He's now blanked his own userpage (which makes a total of five altogether...). I think I detect a hint of COI, and he might have given up now. I'll put Goodbody on watch in case another one pops out of a hole. Peridon (talk) 13:19, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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92.29.112.82

Thanks for catching this IP - Can I revert the edits (inc the PROD removes) that this editor has made ? Codf1977 (talk) 14:41, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The PROD may be a little tricky, since Rangoon11 has "only" been blocked, not banned. Well, WP:IAR and go ahead. Favonian (talk) 14:43, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I will make sure that I link to the SPI in the edit sum of the undo. Codf1977 (talk) 14:44, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Amit Kumar Khare

shake that salt! Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 08:41, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Delete, salt, block! Favonian (talk) 08:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Salt can be "sweet".. dude. thanks. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 08:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Emraanhashmi

Hiya, that was quick! But please can you also check here, because something may have gone wrong with the report... Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations#Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Emraanhashmi. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  09:50, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Not as impressive as it looks. I have had this sockpuppeteer in my telescopic sight for some days, blocking and deleting as the puppets appeared. The report is in place and duly registered, but your rationale consists only of your signature. I've added a couple of entries and made a note about the naming of the case. Favonian (talk) 09:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Vandal

This person has been vandalising the Kendall Francois page [7]-Est.r (talk) 06:30, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

And you have very appropriately reverted the vandalism. Thanks! Favonian (talk) 10:45, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

... for your help in dealing with the fake sockpuppet accuser. JamesBWatson (talk)

My pleasure. Suspect we'll have the opportunity to deal with him in the future. Favonian (talk) 11:43, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. JamesBWatson (talk) 12:05, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

And so it is: [8]. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:24, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

What a great loss to mathematics! Favonian (talk) 14:32, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Apology

I had already apologised for my disruptive editing. I'm sorry but I think it's a bit hypocritical about deleting various information. I'm a new member so I still don't fully understand the Community Guidelines of this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweep12 (talk • contribs) 21:53, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Apology accepted, though I'm not really sure how that was hypocritical. When you persistently remove entries from another editor's talk page after being told to cease and desist, then voices will be raised. That being said, there are indeed a lot of guidelines to learn, and I haven't mastered all of them either. Favonian (talk) 21:58, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Account Deletion

Could you please inform me how to delete my account as I admit I've had a bit of shameless behaviour recently? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweep12 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Strange as it may sound, you can't actually delete an account. You can stop using it, and if you are concerned about somebody else using it in your absence by, say, guessing your password, you can just change the password to some random gibberish which not even you can remember. Favonian (talk) 22:06, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

My mistake

My bad with the Gigi Buffon edit, I'm new to this Wikipedia stuff and thought I was in sandbox mode. Could you show me where the sandbox is so I can work on my editing over there without screwing up other articles. Also, bro, could you hook me up with a link to where I can learn what special formats are needed in edits? I need to learn the codes for how to make links and all that good stuff. Thanks, bro BiGg3st iTaLiAn0 (talk) 17:55, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

The sandbox is at Wikipedia:Sandbox, and I've added a welcome message to your talk page with several useful links. Favonian (talk) 18:09, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks broski, I'll have to thank you when I get nominated for admin haha. Happy editing! BiGg3st iTaLiAn0 (talk) 18:11, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde

Just a note to say thanks for protecting Oscar's page. I was online earlier when there were just a few edits going on so I was amazed at all that has happened since. This is his birthday (its my mom's too but she doesn't have a wikipage to protect :->) but in my five+ years here I haven't seen this happen on the other Oct 16ths. If we are both here next year I might drop a reminder note so we don't have to go through this again. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 20:04, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Einstein's theory versus Newton Law's

Dear Mr. Favonian: Please allow me to edit the text in the Newton's Law's section. The writing is extremely biased towards Einstein's General Releativity Theory. Granted there are many scientists that believe that this theory is a law, there are many the do not. I have not added any comments to the Einstein relativity wiki, only to the Newton section. There have been some recent papers that caste a doubt on Einstein's theory and reinforce Neton's Law's, so please allow me to point this out. I have kept in place any mention of Einstein as another theory in the interest of fairness, even though I believe that General Relativity has been invalidated, since it predicts a non-existant precession of Mercury.

Perhaps we can come to a compromise in the wording that doesn't make Newton's Law's sound like a "fringe theory". Afterall, these laws have been around for much longer than Einstein's theory, and our space agency uses these laws, not Einstein's for our satellite calculations.

Regards,

Dave Weber —Preceding unsigned comment added by D c weber (talk • contribs) 20:12, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't think anybody refers to Newton's laws as "fringe". You need to present your proposal at Talk:Newton's law of universal gravitation to obtain consensus. Favonian (talk) 20:15, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

ANI

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