User talk:WilyD

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North America

Why you erased my edits in the North America article?, I fixed it, or the point is that you are treating North America as Northern America, this is not a UN article, they are posted many sources where you can check or verify about the North America geography, you are using 1 source vs many sources of information, you can leave Central America and the Caribbean as an independent article, but not grouping Mexico in Central America, is so offensive.

Wikipedia is free information source for all the people, the current version of North America is not the most accurate, the wikipedia articles must been wrote under a neutral point of view and this article is not, I feel a hidden racism inside it. Jcmenal 14:58, 14 September 2006 (PST)

Archive PLX? WilyD 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

NATO

You made a mistake. I hope you're humble enough to admit it and stop reverting. See summary of last edit. Thanks, Gustav

Archive PLX? WilyD 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Toronto Meetup

TORONTO MEETUP NOTICE
	Hello WilyD, I saw you name on the Wikiproject Toronto page and I would like to inform you about a Wiki Meetup that is being organized. If you are interested, feel free to add your input on the Toronto Meetup talk page. Regards, Nat Tang ta | co | em

Re: Toronto Meetup

Toronto Meetup Next: Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon March 23, 2019 at Art Gallery of Ontario 2018: Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon March 24, 2018 at Art Gallery of Ontario

RFA Thanks

Click there to open your card! → → →

Dearest WilyD,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 96 supports, 1 oppose, and 3 neutrals. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm a new admin remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them. I would like to give a special shout out to Hirohisat, Wizardman, and Husond, for there original co-nominations. Thank you once again and good day.

Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor

Credits

This RFA thanks was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks. So unfortunatly this is not entirely my own design.

Wikimania 2009

Toronto Candidate City for Wikimania 2009
Support TORONTO in its bid to become the host city of WIKIMANIA 2009 Visit m:Wikimania 2009/Toronto for TORONTO's MetaWiki page and help build a strong bid.

References

http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds759.3/

thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky

GA review of Augustus Jones

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikinfo

I would like to move Wikinfo into the project namespace, which seemed to have some support. Most did not comment on the idea of moving it, but it would make for an appropriate project page, such as Wikipedia:Semapedia or Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan, both of which started life in the article namespace. -- Ned Scott 23:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Wahbanosay

Everything I've seen says Eagle totem (doodem) not Bear. Do you have some reason for thinking this? You might be right - his daughter was Eagle, and unthinking writers might've back-inferred wrongly. WilyD 02:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Deeds/Nations (online source), along with several paper records I have access to, all say Waabanose signed with a nooke doodem, rather than a migizi doodem. Peter Jones, with a Gichi-mookomaan father would be a migizi-doodem, but his mother would have the same doodem as her father Waabanose.... And anyway, if she were migizi-doodem and married Augustus Jones, who in the eyes of the Anishinaabeg were considered a migizi-doodem, then their two sons would be social outcasts, banished completely from the Anishinaabe culture, as both sons would have been considered a product of an incestuous relationship. However, historically, we know neither Peter or John were social outcasts. CJLippert (talk) 03:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. I see several sources say Tuhbenahneequay (Dapinanikwe?, "Woman who Slays Things"?) was a migizi-doodem... including the Deeds/Nation. As I don't have any records of her (other than what I can find on the internet), I connot confirm if she is nor not. However, if she really were the daughter of Waabanose, she would have been listed as nooke-doodem. Since I do have records that Waabanose was nooke-doodem, I wonder if someone extrapolated from Peter Jones to his mother to her father to derive the doodem, breaking the Anishinaabe idea of a doodem in which the child always have the same doodem as the father, and only in extremely rare exceptions (such as in mass adoption, which their doodem designation would be a Waabizheshi-doodem (marten clan)) do that rule ever gets bent. CJLippert (talk) 05:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Wahbanosay's "signature" on the treaty text of the Toronto Purchase.

There's a copy of Wahbanosay's signature from the Toronto Purchase on page 91 of "Sacred Feathers:..." book. Certainly looks like a pictogram of an eagle, not a bear, to me. I'll try and put a copy of it into the Wahbanosay article for your inspection. In the meanwhile, is it not possible that John and Peter Jones inherited their doodem from their mother because their father was not considered a member of any doodem? I'm not sure I've seen any indication Augustus Jones was ... but I don't know the culture to be able to comment. WilyD 11:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the problem here is that there are two separate chiefs by this name, both Missisaugas, but one of the nooke-doodem (fl. 1778-1816) and another of the migizi-doodem (fl. 1778-1806). It does appear that I was looking at the wrong Chief Waabanose, and Peter Jones' maternal grandfather was that of the migizi-doodem. However, still, no. Peter Jones' doodem is migizi not because he go that from his mother; doodem system does not work that way as the Anishinaabe doodem is patrilineal. Peter Jones's doodem is migizi because his father was a gichi-mookomaan. If Augustus Jones were instead Canadian-born, he would have been identified as nesawaakwaad-doodem (forked-tree clan). I will fix the article, but this also means sometime in the future, the article will need to have an associated disambiguation page. CJLippert (talk) 15:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thinking about this a bit more, though Peter Jones and Waabanose (thus Tuhbenahneequay as well) are both indicated as "Eagle clan," they're of differing Eagle clans. Waabanose is an Alight-Eagle clan (according to the signature), while my guess is that Peter Jones would be a Spread-Eagle clan, as Spread-Eagle clan is the designation of those whose father are American-born. In addition to these two, there are the Gliding-Eagle clan and the War-Eagle clan that are simply called "Eagle clan" as well. CJLippert (talk) 16:11, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

John Jones

In the Augustus Jones article, under "Family life" section, there is a sentence that don't quite sound right regarding John Jones' name. Since the name is Mohawk, and not Anishinaabe, whatever way the name was recorded would have been the best sound mapping into Mississauga Ojibwe, but then transcribed into English. In the Fiero spelling, my guess is that "Tyenteneged" (to approximate how the Mohawk Tyendinaga would sound to the Anishinaabeg) would be Dayendiniged, which would be a gerund from of an Anishinaabe non-sense verb dendinige (vai), a de-transitive form of another non-sense verb dendim (vta), meaning "to 'dend' someone (by speech)" or "to orally 'dend' someone", with an explanation of this non-sense 'dend' describe both dende ("bullfrog") as a "that which dends" or a dendesii ("bluejay" in Mankiwaki Algonquin for what the rest of Anishinaabe communities call diindiisii) as a "bird that dends". A good Minnesota example of a similar situation is with Dakota name Máza-máni ("Ironwalker"), which is recorded in Ojibwe as Moozomaanay. It was recorded in English as "Mazomanie" with an Ojibwe explanation of a "maanay Moose"... but maanay would be an Anishinaabe non-sense word, sometime further turned into an English word "many" just so that the explanation makes sense in English, but "many moose" in Ojibwe is moozokaa, not moozomaanay. CJLippert (talk) 17:35, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

The bad touch

Good call dude. Thanks for the reminder.--Woland (talk) 17:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:

Ahehheh. my bad. Will do in the future though :) Thingg^⊕⊗ 18:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Deleted GraalOnline article maliciously recreated secretly in german...

The GraalOnline article that was deleted due to WP:WEB, NPOV, and other issues noted in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/GraalOnline has been secretly reposted at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graal_Online , with little to no changes except for the language translation... The English page was nearly unanimously voted for removal and barring any significant changes should not be allowed back in any language... Vipercat (talk) 22:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for your comment in my RFA. Even though I withdrew, it still really means a lot to me. :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

if "that template is for talk pages"

Why is it using Ambox? Why is it formatted like all the other message boxes? ViperSnake151 17:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for creating Image:KnowledgeOfEnglishPercentOfPopulationWithSubdivisions.PNG which is very helpful for List of countries by English-speaking population. As you can read on the image talk page, I have questioned whether the image is an accurate reflection of the stats you cited. Particularly, the image seems to show that 0% of citizens in Kenya and India can speak English. Cheers! Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 22:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Huh?

Can you please explain why you created this page in my name space? I don't find it funny in the least. Bstone (talk) 14:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Christopher Dodd presidential campaign, 2008

I think your blanking of this GA article is utterly reprehensible and a disgrace to you and this encyclopedia. --William Saturn (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Unconstructive edits

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Christopher Dodd presidential campaign, 2008. Your edits appeared to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- Kendrick7^talk 18:00, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

James Givins

On 16 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James Givins, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Image:Exploring_hogwarts.jpg & Image:Dumbledore_and_voldermort.jpg

I'm wondering if you might be persuaded to reconsider this deletion, or if I should try at DRV.

In your closing statement, you referenced WP:NFCC#3a -- and rightly so. Including two screenshots was unnecessary given their similar nature. But now all we're left with is the box art, which does not reflect in-game visual output as the screenshots do since it employs a very distinct graphical style. I would like to see one of the two screenshots restored so that readers may gain a better understanding of what the game experience is like.

WP:NFCC#8 of course leaves lots of room for interpretation, but I think it's reasonable to say that a screenshot in this context provides significant insight with regard to the graphical style of the game and (to a lesser extent) the gameplay -- information that is probably more important than, say, a list of voice actors. The many details that comprise the user experience can be difficult to describe in prose, and some aspects -- cell shading, blend modes, and so forth -- would be impossible to describe in simple and succinct terms.

I think this view is fairly well-precedented. {{Non-free game screenshot}} has 9,034 transclusions, and while I understand that some of these images are the subjects of important commentary in one or more articles, I suspect that the large majority are used just as the Harry Potter images are -- to illustrate the graphical style of the game and perhaps provide a bit of insight into its mechanics.

Anyway, let me know if my attempt to convince you succeeded or not. If not I'll perhaps bring it up at DRV for further discussion, or just let the issue rest.

— xDanielx ^T/_C\^R 06:31, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay -- thanks for replying. I may bring it up on DRV as I think we're likely to see many similar cases in the future; I'll drop a link here if I get around to that. — xDanielx ^T/_C\^R 18:59, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_June_19#Image:Dumbledore_and_voldermort.jpg. — xDanielx ^T/_C\^R 01:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

I miss User:Armedblowfish. What happened to him? 69.140.152.55 (talk) 23:43, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Christopher Dodd

After trying to block user Saturn for 24 hours and protecting the article for 24 hours without any result (the article was reverted back after the block was over), maybe it's time to increase the block to 7 days? --Wiendietry (talk) 01:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

Thank you for uploading images/media to Wikipedia! There is, however, another Wikimedia Foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please consider creating an account and uploading your media there instead. That way, all of the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons (you may view images you have previously uploaded by going to your user contributions on the left and choosing the 'image' namespace from the drop down box). Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading!--OsamaK 20:28, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, I see. I shouldn't review each users' account in multiple wikis. Simply as per WP:NOT don't upload free images at English Wikipedia. That's is not a random note. you're an admin, remember that users lose their time for Wikimedia, don't give them killer phrases--OsamaK 20:41, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Pahkatequayang

Sago WilyD, First of all thank you for your ongoing contributions to native North American history and cultural articles, it is appreciated. I am currently in the process of attempting to improve the "History" section of the London, Ontario article and I am experiencing some difficulty. As it now exists, the section attributes the name "Kotequogong" to an early community on the site of the present city, however thus far, I am only able to trace that name to a paper dealing with flood control issues from a few years back and it is not attributed in that context. I have been able to find another name applied to the area now in the centre of present day London, "Pahkatequayang", in a 19th century source found here [1] and I wonder if it is possible if you could check with your own language sources for any information on what it, or a close variant, might actually mean? I am going to make this request of at least one other editor who might be able to help as well, but feel free to consult anyone who you think might be able to offer advice. Once again, thank you. regards Deconstructhis (talk) 21:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Please Undelete

was deleted, when a bot said it was orphaned. It is a WDefcon image, and it was marked orphaned because the level wasn't 2 at the time. Can you please undelete. Thanks, T^heDJA^tC^lubR^ock :-) ^(T/C) 23:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC).

Credit Mission

On 29 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Credit Mission, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 03:14, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Samuel Jarvis DYK

On 7 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Jarvis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 15:29, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Peter Jones

Actually, since we're talking about a person who died before even my great-grandfather was born, I do not think using his journals as a source would constitute OR. In fact, you've got a great source of information right there, as long as you are using stuff whose truthfulness has not been questioned by later historians. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Corktown (Toronto)

Nothing plausible about it. We don't want people getting confused about naming conventions. --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

If they type that in (unlikely), they'll be taken to the search, where they'll see the "Corktown, Toronto" article. By your logic, I should create all these different redirects to all the articles that don't have them. --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:23, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The search field narrows down results as you type now. My contention is that having too many redirects would actually make it harder to get to the right article. I'm all for redirects that are useful, but this one serves no purpose. Plus, it benefits the project to have consistent naming conventions (neighbourhoods and cities use the comma). --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The thing about these redirects is that they might encourage articles with those conventions, on top of the clutter issue. If this doesn't meet the CSD, then why is there a whole criteria for it? It's implausible, and really doesn't do much except for cluttering the search field. --Pwnage8 (talk) 16:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Speedy Deletion

For what it's worth, yours is the first time I've had this notice. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Removal of Speedy Tag at Molly Jenson

Hello There!!!!

You removed the speedy Deletion tag at Molly Jenson with a comment that she asserts notability because she won some awards.

However, FYI the winner of San Diego Music Award is Molly Jensen not Molly Jenson. You may cross check it with the link that claims her achievement.

If You wanna reply then reach me at my talk page.

Hitrohit2001 (talk) 19:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Hitrohit2001

• Hello!!! You may be correct, its just a typo. She asserts notability. However, Thanks for clarification. Regards.

Hitrohit2001 (talk) 20:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Hitrohit2001

DRV

My comment re DRV related to three who are clearly not "replaceable" in any common meaning of the word. Pictures of very old men would theoretically be obtainable (and I say theoretically given they don't exactly go to the local shops) but would make a mockery of the articles they are meant to adorn. They were last in public/political life a very long time ago. Nearly all of the others, though, are either current or recent, hence why I felt a DRV would fail on those grounds. Orderinchaos 00:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

*sigh* Sometimes one thinks the whole world's gone mad. Not directed at you at all, more generally - but when we have major major problems with articles because the encyclopaedia refuses to ban trolls (but is quite happy for good faith editors to be driven away by them) and spends more time navel-gazing than article-writing, you'd sort of think people could get more of a sense of perspective on this thing. We've already tried with the political parties, they're just not interested at all - they're scared the pictures will somehow be used nefariously and they're too technologically illiterate to be convinced. We literally have to wait for former politicians to meet their end so that the living persons component of fair use can be made use of. The security around public figures is so intense that you have to almost be one yourself to meet them, let alone take a picture. Orderinchaos 02:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Despite three years of work, I don't think we'll ever manage to score free images of major figures of any kind in Australia = the few offers we've had have come with conditions so restrictive that they don't even allow fair use under the NFCC. Any rays of light on the horizon have usually turned out to be hoaxes or frauds, such as the National Party business in Victoria. Orderinchaos 03:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Please note Timeshift has responded to you at my page. Orderinchaos 20:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Self-block?

Long time since I saw one of those. You are aware your comment and a following response was removed? I would prefer to see your comment remain on the record, but the diff I added to the thread is probably enough for now. It kind of threw me, though, seeing that self-block in there. I thought you were joking, and then I saw the block log! Anyway, this is another reason why I nearly always step through the page history when following such threads. Invariably there is some background kerfuffle in there. Carcharoth (talk) 19:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank you

		Thank you!
		WilyD, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:LastoftheTimeLords.jpg

Hi, would you reconsider or explain your keep closure of Image:LastoftheTimeLords.jpg? I'm considering WP:DRV. Your keep rationale did not address the substance of several of the delete votes, including mine. The formal lack of a written-out rationale was by no means the only substantial reason to delete here. Yes, it has a rationale now, but it's not a valid one. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay. Sigh. So it's now at DRV. And what a humunguous DRV nomination it has become. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment

Rlevse is a he. :) Rudget 14:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review

An afd you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikinfo (6th nomination) is now under discussion at Deletion Review: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 July 27. You'll quite possibly want to comment there. DGG (talk) 00:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

RfB Thank You spam

Thank you for participating in my RfB! I am very grateful for the confidence of the community shown at my RfB, which passed by a count of 154/7/2 (95.65%). I have read every word of the RfB and taken it all to heart. I truly appreciate everyone's input: supports, opposes, neutrals, and comments. Of course, I plan to conduct my cratship in service of the community. If you have any advice, questions, concerns, or need help, please let me know. Again, Thanks! — Rlevse • Talk • 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

:P

Quiet you - I'm very glad to have been proven completely wrong in your case. —Giggy 06:21, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK - Achille-Louis Foville

On 2 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Achille-Louis Foville, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Rudget 19:31, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration

Your comment there is unsigned. You may wish to sign it. JoshuaZ (talk) 01:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Question

I was wondering if you could answer a question about your comment (or inspired by) here: did he willingly talk about it, or was it brought up and he felt that he needed to defend himself? There is a difference between having to make it clear that he wasn't mentally retarded and being comfortable with other people talking about it. Has anyone actually asked him how he feels if that was used on the main page of Wikipedia to promote his article? Thank you in advance if you can provide any information about this. The issue is too scattered about for me to keep up. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

This is interesting: "But I didn't build my company to sell it. I built my company as an example of what you can do with difficulties in life. In first grade I was labeled mentally retarded, and the teachers told my mom and everybody else that I would never get anywhere. Now I want to show young African Americans that they can run a business too." Instead of saying something like "those who are falsely labeled" or "those who are limited", he switches from being labeled "retarded" to generic African Americans. I wonder if he feels that the false label could have been an overall problem based on race, or if these two aren't linked. Hmm. Are there any other links? I'm wondering what other instances have it as. By the way, what was the exact wording of the original hook? Ottava Rima (talk) 17:36, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I think that the hook as you wrote it might have a problem for not stating "improperly assessed" instead of "assessed". Simple fix and was probably overlooked. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, thank you for the information. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I put forth a proposal that might help ease future problems. Who knows. Too much drama around DYK lately. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 14 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peter Edmund Jones, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 03:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Nedroid

Hi, could you copy this to my userspace? Cheers, Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 00:49, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 01:39, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

List of films by gory death scene

Hi, could you copy this to my userspace also? Thanks, Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 19:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, could you do a couple more, too?

List of snowclones and List of tongue-twisters. Cool, thanks. Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 23:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)