User talk:J.delanoy

My wheel-warring policy:

Admins: If you see me make a logged action that you think I should not have done, I will not consider it wheel-warring if you undo it without asking for my permission. However, if I marked the action as being done after running a checkuser query, or as part of a sockpuppet investigation, you should ask me or another checkuser before undoing it. In any case, if you do revert one of my actions, I would appreciate it if you tell me that you did so. Thanks!

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Talk:Maltese_(dog)

G'day J.delanoy - I am surprised you think my edits unconstructive. I am surprised you think the edit-war between Pietru and Imbris was constructive. As a "vanished" editor, I once again must come to the conclusion that nothing of any benefit lives in Wiki-land.

The whole Maltes article was once a useful, if incomplete, resource as a first point of inquiry. Now, it is less than useless.

Of course, you can revert your reversion. 122.200.166.113 (talk) 05:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Um, yeah... Considering that I immediately undid the warning on your talk page, did it ever occur to you that there is a possibility that maybe my tool had an error when I tried to undo the revert, and that I actually did try undoing it? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 14:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Good Friday edit

I just thought saying something like "here is a site about the celebration in Valletta" didn't seem to fit with the tone of wikipedia, shouldn't it be an external link? or perhaps just a reference especially since it is in Maltese (which isn't noted in that spot either). Anyway, just thought I'd explain. I won't touch it again since I'm not editing enough to watch this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.94.82 (talk) 15:21, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Daniel DeFoe

It's OK; having recently changed IP addr.s from a more well known one, I'm not surprized that everyone doesn't know me again. 76.117.247.55 (talk) 22:52, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Quick Move Request

Would you mind moving WXTG to WXTG? The reason for the move is to make way for a disambig page on WXTG and that WXTG-FM is the correct call sign. I would take it to WP:RM but that are always backed up, for days even. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 10, 2009 @ 22:59

What do you mean? I can't move something to the same title. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Well then, that would make it a very quick move. HalfShadow 23:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

(ec) LOL....sorry, that was supposed to say WXTG to WXTG-FM. My mistake. That is what I get for typing to fast. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 10, 2009 @ 23:09

Well, the present article has information about both stations. And WXTG-FM has a lot of history, so I'm not sure I want to delete it all :S J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I was splitting the articles in two for easier reading and because we are talking about two frequencies and two seperate stations. One for WXTG (AM) (already made) and one for WXTG-FM with WXTG being the disambig page. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 10, 2009 @ 23:19

I could do a copy/paste of information from WXTG to WXTG-FM as an alternative. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 10, 2009 @ 23:20

That should work. Since you're not going to keep all of the info there, I don't think moving it is worth it. If you want, ask someone else what they think. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:24, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

No, the copy/paste will work :) Thanks for the help. Take Care...NeutralHomer • Talk • April 10, 2009 @ 23:32

Anne Marie d'Orléans

J. Delanoy: The reason I am turning to you is because I notice that you are a vandalism fighter. On 10APR09, you reverted once then reverted yourself on the article on Anne Marie d'Orléans. I imagine you did so because of the portraits that would have disappeared. I just spent a lot of time reworking this article which our dear 86.164.91.170 (talk) keeps on reverting as *it* does other articles related to the Orléans. I was tempted to revert after you, but decided against it because I knew you had a reason for putting the previous version back; instead, I opted to rework, by editing sentences, removing trivia & details out of the subject of the article, keeping only what pertains to Anne Marie d'Orléans. Once done, I left a note at 86.164.91.170 talk page trying to encourage *it* to work in a more courteous manner instead of destroying - which I call *revert & destroy* - the work done by others. If you have a better idea on how to handle such matters, please let me know. Cordialement, Frania W. (talk) 03:01, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, in general, I try to only revert stuff that is blatant vandalism, so if I do something and then reconsider, I just undo myself. I don't usually know essentially anything about the article I am editing, so you can feel free to revert me to your heart's content. I apologize for the confusion and waste of your time, and I hope that I have not unintentionally degraded the quality of the article. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 03:26, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh - my - God !!! Apologies are not necessary! You created neither confusion nor degradation. I was only seeking your advice on what to do with this anonymous user who keeps on reverting our work with a lot of trivia. It's like a little bug we can't get rid of. Had you not come upon the scene, I would have worked on the article the way I did, as I wanted to show user 86.164.91.170 how to work without destroying other editors' previous work. However, if I ever need help in a case of recurring vandalism, I'll call you au secours! Merci d'avance! Frania W. (talk) 03:48, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't know. Probably just try to get him to enter dialogue, like you did. If he doesn't, and it's a burden to keep undoing him, you could probably ask for semiprotection if it gets really bad. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:00, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Merci. Hopefully dialogue will work. Aurevoir! FW

Frania W. (talk) 12:01, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Header added

Are you serious? How could anybody defend that shit about Jordan Levy!? It's a joke! False! Lies! Nonsense! Go do your homework.

Whats funny is that you are actually keeping the joke running. Thanks for helping out.

Actually, I completed my homework yesterday night, so that I would not have to do it during Easter break. My college doesn't give me a lot of time off, so I wanted to take advantage of all that I do have. Why don't you go do something constructive? I mean, I can't imagine that you really don't have anything better to do than edit Wikipedia falsely claiming that someone is a cocaine addict. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:10, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello

It's Me :) O Yea its me.. Washington95 (talk) 18:22, 11 April 2009 (UTC)Hi, I am Washington95. You first helped me get started on wiki and I have been gone a while. I just wanted to say I'm back!

Sweet :-) Welcome back! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:23, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

IP could you have a word

Hi J.delanoy could you take a look at the contributions of this IP appears they are intent on erasing any Irish language translations from wiki thanks. BigDunc^Talk 22:10, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

It's cool blocked by Ben W Bell. BigDunc^Talk 22:17, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Socks

Here's some of those socks that are attacking NawlinWiki Ginger freckles, Boxy roxy, CRIMINAL STATISTICS, Venn diagramatist, Exellent Judgement, Pwned Traffic Cop, Jerk it out, Horrible ginger smell, Doc grower, VERY witty, Punch and Judy Hope this helps--Abce2 (talk) 4:54 pm, Today (UTC−5)

Not much, but I can see them from the page history anyways. Thanks, though. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:13, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Is there any way you can run a checkuser (or know someone) to stop the vandal/s? CardinalDan (talk) 22:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't have +checkuser, but I'm talking to one on IRC right now, so hopefully they can get something in. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:38, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the info. CardinalDan (talk) 22:39, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Lauren bell

This article keeps on being recreated, so be on the lookout. Cheers. Ŵïllî§ï$2? (Talk!/Sign) 03:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Recent changes

Hi J.delanoy. If you are a Recent changes patroller, you can add the {{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}} userbox to your userpage. -Porchcrop ^{(talk|contributions)} 04:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

User talk:165.29.54.126

did you report vandalism by this IP? Earlypsychosis (talk) 04:58, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Advice please

I see you've helped with reverting my talk a few times. When several IP's and users start that kind of attack, should I just call it a day and log out for a while? Just seeking some direction on what to do. Thanks. Tiderolls 23:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I semiprotected your talk page for six hours, so you should be all right until then. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:31, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Much appreciated. Tiderolls 23:33, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Please respond ASAP

Hello J,

I have just spent at least an hour creating a wikipedia page for The Themba Development Project and as I am finishing it you have deleted it. If it is because of the "Funding" section I can delete that no problem, this is my first time so i am just figuring this out. Can you please restore my work as it took me a very long time to create this page. If there is another issue please advise. I see your comment about web hosting and advertising and I am unclear of what you mean. I am using this page to explain about this project, just like the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation did and many others. I am also surprised that you would just delete all my work without contacting me first. I hope that this can be reverted as i am unclear how my work is any different from everything else on Wikipedia.

--Themba project (talk) 00:37, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

--Themba project (talk) 00:33, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you want the text for something else, I can email it to you, but you aren't allowed to use Wikipedia for things like that. Essentially, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia project. Some things, like advertising or promotional material are not allowed. As far as deleting without discussion goes, there is a limited list of criteria that administrators are allowed to delete with no discussion. Advertizing material is one of them. If you want to appeal, I will be happy to undelete the page and submit it to a deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion, but I can almost guarantee you that the decision would be to delete it again. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 00:47, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi J,

just noticed your above post. My intent was not to use Wikipedia to advertise, I just simply wanted it to be part of the encyclopedia. Can you please help me by explaining why my post was deleted but the Bill and Melinda gates Foundation is allowed? I appreciate your help, I am really just not understanding why there is a difference.

Thanks :)--Themba project (talk) 00:53, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, an article has to show why the subject is notable, or special. Usually, this is done by providing in-line citations in order to make sure that every that is said can be backed up. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

About you deleting info

Hi Nick, I am very new to this so sorry for my ignorance and for writing to you when it may not be necessary if I have studied all the edit stuff, but sometimes you read and it is still hard to understand so I write to you. A friend of mine thought that TheGoodTourist was worthwhile to but on Wikipedia and as he thought that I agreed and we put some basic text together but it was complaines about not having references so I tried to put that in, we had made the mistake as far as I understand to put the actual references under External links. Anyway, I changed this, and you took it away. I did some other changes as well, should probalby not have done that at the same time, and you are right, I didn't know how to write the edit summary correct. I am not sure yet if I know, and my friend who is a very used Wikipedia person, has visitors now from abroad so hasn't got the time to help me out, so I have started to try myself. I have changed the preferences now again, and I hope they will be left there :-) or if you please could assist and tell what is wrong.

 All the best. 
     Anna- Sternfeldt (talk) 01:01, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

P.s I don't know if I signed correctly...

I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. Do you know what the title of the page was? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

TheGoodTourist. (Sorry for butting in.) Bus stop (talk) 01:43, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Sternfeldt -- at the end of your comments, simply type four tildes (~), like this: ~~~~. Bus stop (talk) 01:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC) Or you can click the "Your Signature With Timestamp" button. I do that sometimes. I'll do it now! --Sky Attacker (talk) 02:11, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism ?

How can this edit to the page Resurrection of Jesus be classed as vandalism ? Has it now been proven and become fact ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.13.223.120 (talk) 02:59, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, J.delanoy. You have new messages at Jamesootas's talk page.
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Hiya :D I see you got hold of a vandal of the article "Minimum wage law", i undid his change at the same time you did just wanted to double check there was no edit conflict, sorry about that :D Jamesootas (talk) 03:43, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

No, it's fine. You don't have to apologize if you cause an edit conflict. They happen, and there is no way to intentionally cause one, so it's not a problem. Cheers! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 03:46, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: perhaps you can help me?

Those two are almost certainly the same user. No links to any other users, though, which suggests it's someone (a) trolling at random or (b) moderately clever. Kirill ^[pf] 03:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Removal of {{fact}}

Why did you remove the {{fact}} template on McIntosh High School? --Ian Weller (talk) 04:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Because you added a sentence and the fact tag. In any case, the sentence you added is patently ridiculous. There is no such thing as an AIDS outbreak. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:13, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I didn't add that sentence, a previous anon IP did, and I posted a message to their page asking for verification. --Ian Weller (talk) 04:14, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, okay, I see what happened. Sorry. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 04:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Your good name!

It seems User talk:Liquidysquidypedia took exception to your blocking him/her. Personally I didn't think one could stain that part of the anatomy :) --WebHamster 15:21, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

??????

Hello, um could you please tell me when you will un-block me?

                              Pudge2

RE: Hi

Hey there J.delanoy, I am doing fine and I do appreciate the concern. I have been spending time with other pursuits of late. After having delved deeply in to the inner goings on of Wikipedia and seeing the unbelievable amount of drama and intrigue that occurs, I realized that it was not enjoyable for me. After seeing so many people hide behind their mask of anonymity while crucifying those who are overall net positives to the project, it became apparent that even core principles such as WP:AGF seem to be nothing more than hollow text. This perception for me goes all the way to the top of the hierarchy. On this particular point, despite the protestations of those who claim that a hierarchy does not exist, I see the project as rapidly running over a very tall cliff. I am sure I will reappear on occasion, as I have for the past few years on and off, but for the time being I am focusing on other things. I hope you are well, please give my best regards to the rest of the Cabal. Chasingsol^(talk) 00:55, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad to hear you are doing good. I hope you are successful in whatever you are doing now. Cheers! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:04, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Good Afternoon

(or good whatever time of day it is where you are :)

Two things:

1) I got a note implying I was being rather vandalistic regarding the oneword entry (all I did was point to my page which is also called oneword)

2) I got my page deleted which was simply a discography (with no links or advertising or anything like that) and my bibliography (same). I produced the musical score for the film Lymelife, which has a wiki page, and that isn't being deleted, and I just want to expand that out, as well as all the works I have done.

Let me know what I can do, because I spent a good deal of time with the markup and then came back and it was gone.

Thank you very much for you time and attention,

Invisibleland (talk) 01:28, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Userpage at lower resolutions

Hi, I was testing my resolution on my monitor, and couldn't help but notice that your userpage looks bad on any resolution lower than 1152 X 864. Specifically, the boxes on the top of the page overlap and other funky things begin to happen. Since 1024 x 768 seems to be a rather common resolution, I would suggest either rearranging your userpage to look good at that resolution and higher, or putting a little notice on your userpage saying that "This userpage looks best at x resolution or higher", or whatnot. Obviously it's your call, but I'd thought I'd stop by and let you know. Cheers! --Until It Sleeps 06:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Your user talk page also looks bad on any resolution lower than 1024 X 768, which although might not be a problem for most users, might pose a problem for people with, say, rather old monitors or computers with very old video cards. Until It Sleeps 12:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Header added

Hi,

I've been contacted by Britt Allcroft and asked to make some improvements to the article Thomas and the Magic Railroad. She sees some errors and some places where the narrative could be imroved. Is the page available for editing, and do you have any objections to this work?

Dave Dickinson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davedickinson (talk • contribs) 18:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Of course you can! You don't have to ask to edit, you can just do it! That's the whole idea of Wikipedia. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 18:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Ping

--DFS454 (talk) 19:20, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps You Can Help...

A few of us at WP:TVS are having a problem with User:Theaveng adding copyrighted information to List of television stations in North America by media market‎. The information has to do with the Nielsen Television Markets. The user has been adding information from the FCC (which is exactly alike to the information Nielsen uses). To avoid being in violation of OTRS ticket #2008091610055854, the information is removed. For whatever reason User:Theaveng readds it. The user has been warned multiple times and had stopped, but started up again today. I reverted and issued a Warn4im warning. I brought this to User:Powergate92‎ (who has been involved in talk page discussions about this and who I thought was an admin) and he sugguested I bring it to an admin. I spoke with User:Juliancolton and for some reason he couldn't find the OTRS ticket and directed me to you. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 14, 2009 @ 22:07

I don't have access to the queue that that ticket is in, and I don't know who does. You could try User:Daniel, but I don't know for sure. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 22:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Down the list I go :S - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 14, 2009 @ 22:58

Smile!

J.delanoy, Xclamation point has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! '
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you :-) J.delanoy^gabs_adds 23:14, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Didn't edit

Hello, I'm a little concerened, as I didn't edit the page that you gave me a warning about... I didn't even visit the page! I'm concerned that someone is somehow using my IP, maybe I have a virus or something.

I need to follow up but I would hate to be blocked and wanted to inform you. Is there someway you can make note of that or make sure I don't get blocked.

Thank you for understanding, cpb —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.228.135.171 (talk) 02:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Do you want to add six more months...

To our School IP vandal ? miranda 18:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

 Done J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! miranda 17:49, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

user talk page help

As a fellow anti-vandalism fighter, can you look at this as an objective third party and reply as you think is necessary? Here's the revert in question. tedder (talk) 04:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I'd say remove it. It's unsourced, and probably not notable. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 05:46, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I was talking more about the attack on my talk page, not the revert itself. I.e., I'd rather not warn the user myself. Does that make sense? tedder (talk) 05:57, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, you posted two of the same links above. Can you give me a link to the attack? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 06:01, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Oops! I see the confusion. Here's the attack, and I fixed the link above too. Amusingly/annoyingly, the user seems to be confused that my revert actually re-added the content, not removed it. tedder (talk) 06:05, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I left him a note. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 06:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Still getting used to handling disputes properly, and having them turn so personal is new to me. tedder (talk) 06:46, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, J. Delanoy, I've been told that you are a very good administrator, and I have a few questions about Wikipedia, like how long it takes to be an administrator and other things. --Boy of The Waters (talk) 15:59, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Macedonia name change

Hi J.delanoy. I hope you don't mind me posting here, the edit conflicts are driving me mad over there. I'd like to thank you for your full reply to my question on wheel-warring. I was just wondering if Chris's statement that it could be seen as wheel-warring if another admin reverted him prevented them from doing so, as I could see at least one admin who quite forcefully disagreed with his move. Anyway, erm, that's it really, and thanks again for your reply. Jack forbes (talk) 00:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

• I'm going to be gone tomorrow myself most of the day, probably until afternoon or evening US time. However, if I were to remove the move lock on the article and move it back to where it was, I was wondering if some other admin aware of the situation, such as, say, yourself, would be wise enough to thereafter lock the article there so that there would be no wheel war. I would welcome your knowledgable response. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 01:00, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
  • I really strongly advise against that, John. I think we all should try to avoid any impression of wheel warring; it would be extremely inadvisable to turn this into a fight between admins (which it has a high chance of becoming in that scenario). Why not just let the Arbcom give its verdict when the case has been filed? -- ChrisO (talk) 01:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

  I don't know about moving it back, and I'm also going to be gone pretty much all of tomorrow. In any case, I think that removing the move-lock is a Very Bad Idea™, since I imagine the move-wars would be pretty bad.... On the other hand, if we did that, we could block all the edit-warriors once they spent themselves moving the page, and proceed with some rational discussion for 24 or 48 hours ;-) J.delanoy^gabs_adds 01:20, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Do you or do you not appreciate the social values of sausage?