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Rollback

Hello, this is just to let you know that I've granted you Rollback rights. Just remember:

If you have any questions, please do let me know.

—GFOLEY FOUR!— 18:56, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 18:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My talk page

don't vandalize my talk page again. thanks Cowback23451 (talk) 19:50, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't vandalize, in fact I was warning you for vandalizing in the first place. Maybe you should do some research on what vandalism is before you point the blame. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 19:58, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'll consider it, at this point. Everyone is accusing me of vandalism and thus vandlisiiing me themselves. It isn't funny and you must stop with the fussing and fighting my friends for life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends to the end. Cowback23451 (talk) 20:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Putting warnings on a userpage doesn't really count as vandalizing. If you had been constructive in the first place, warnings wouldn't have had to have been given and so we wouldn't be in this situation. If you think you are being harassed by the warnings (hardly likely) please go to the other editors' talk pages and talk to them directly, telling them how you feel. I'm only here because I added the template. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:08, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IACGMOOH

info is correct mate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.120.143.141 (talk) 22:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm watching it and it isn't correct yet, maybe in 10 minutes it will be. Feel free to update it then, or put proof on the article and update it now :) --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 22:19, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit To Pseudo warm front

Hi BZTMPS, I'm working on it and am looking around for images....it will be fixed soon! Brohnhdon (talk) 23:25, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great! :) hoped the tutorial helped. Happy editing --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 23:36, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to everyone who - whatever their opinion - contributed to the discussion about Wikipedia and SOPA. Thank you for being a part of the discussion. Presented by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Thanks and you're welcome! Glad to be a part of it all. -- BZTMPS ★ · (stop sopa!) 19:43, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Mrsafety.jpg

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Please see your user talk page. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:53, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For fighting vandalism (what else?). Good work and keep it up! Bped1985 (talk) 20:17, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]


License tagging for File:AlexDayForeverYours.ogg

Thanks for uploading File:AlexDayForeverYours.ogg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 23:05, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 23:11, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_February_10#File:Tupac_Amaru_Shakur.jpg

Just FYI. -FASTILYs (TALK) 11:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

February 2012

Hi. I am sorry for posting that page. I was just trying out for the first time, and thought the pages would be saved for later, not published, but pressing save. And I couldn't find a way of deleting it myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drdverg (talk • contribs) 10:27, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, it's cool. In the future, if you want to just try writing a page without it going "live", click here to go to your sandbox and make it there. It will stay as long as you need and you're free to make changes and write articles etc without worrying about all the rules yet. Administrators, or 'sysops', are the only users that can delete pages. Hope this helped. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 11:37, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Asma al-Asaad Personal

Could you explain to me why Wikipedia is allowing purely opinion pieces to be included in the personal history of Asma Al-Asaad? Has Wikipedia lost all credibility in providing objective and non-biased information? It seems you support this practice since now you have even started to reverse the removal of these questionable opinions. Just FYI: Just because a opinion is posted on an article, it does not make it anything beyond a "opinion". Explain to me how removal of these opinion pieces is "vandalism". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.84.46 (talk) 19:14, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The content was referenced, and opinions are fine on Wikipedia so long as the article has a neutral point of view, so removing it isn't really allowed. It's not biased if the article has two different opinions and states them, with references. Please don't keep re-adding it or you may blocked for breaking the 3 revert rule. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 19:42, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so if I find content that is completely the opposite of what is being used and is currently referenced, you can have colliding opinions on a single page?? You do understand that when you use bias opinions from objective news sources that you can have conflicting opinions, right? Which is why opinions really should be irrelevant to begin with. And I don't believe the article is "neutral" at all; obviously the article source is critical of the fact that Asma al-Assad is siding with her husband in this conflict. Please address this, because I assure you, I will have NO trouble finding a news source (Russia Today) that will completely have different "opinions" than the current article. The page will end up with conflicting opinions from "neutral points of view". 68.100.84.46 (talk) 19:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't understand. It's totally fine to have different opinions on a topic on Wikipedia, so long as they are referenced, they don't put undue weight on an incident, and that they're relevant. Feel free to add more opinions, as long as you give them citations. It's fine. But please see Wikipedia:NPOV#Achieving_neutrality, and stop edit warring on the article immediately, as that will just get you blocked, which gets you nowhere. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:10, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you have undone the removal of the opinions yet again. So again, since you say opinions are perfectly fine as long as they are referenced? So if I find information from a news source that emphasizes with Asma al-Assad instead of very low comparisons to Marie Antoinette and Lady Macbeth, those "opinions" are to stay if legitimate citations are included? So basically, there are going to be a lot of conflicting opinions because opinions are solely based on the author and the news source. Ex: Fox News vs. CNN. You are fine with this? Because I will go on researching right now and I will include my own opinions that I find from references? Explain to me how the Marie Antoinette opinion is relevant. How is that relevant at all? It is NOTHING but a critical opinion of Asma for standing by her husband. How is that "neutral"? 68.100.84.46 (talk) 20:15, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if you include other people's opinions with references, that is fine. But be careful, if you disrupt the encyclopedia to prove a point, as per WP:POINT, this counts as vandalism. So don't do that. I also posted here. I have no idea who Asma even is, so unfortunately I can't comment on her. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:22, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just added information to the personal section with a reference. Could you check to make sure it is done correctly. Thanks for all your help! P.S. In regards to "disrupting"; well, I personally find the Marie Antoinette comparison to be disruptive. If you do not know who Asma al-Assad is, why is it you are allowing the other user to continue to keep their opinions? 68.100.84.46 (talk) 20:29, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, it's a tricky one, the tone of that edit seems particularly biased, so don't be offended if the wording is changed (this is why it was reverted at first). But yes, that edit in general is ok. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:42, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andy -- well, someone tried to completely delete it. They claimed NPOV? It's not biased; if you click the link (reference), you will see DIRECT quotations from a leader of the Syrian National Council. I don't see how comparing a married woman to Marie Antoinette is any less biased than an actual threat made by a group of people. My edit is fact; the Marie Antoinette reference is a opinion. What should I do if the person keeps deleting my edit? That would be considered vandalism as well, no? Will you be re-instating my edit like you have been doing for the Marie-Antoinette comment I was deleting earlier? I just want to make sure there is fair ground for these kinds of things; especially when folks prefer to use opinions over facts. Thanks again. 68.100.84.46 (talk) 20:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, the reason why I find the Marie Antoinette comparison derisive is because it is used in a derisive manner. For example, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/so-what-do-you-think-of-your-husbands-brutal-crackdown-mrs-assad-2372008.html, "So, what do you think of your husband's brutal crackdown, Mrs Assad?" I don't understand the necessity to bully and tarnish Asma al-Assad for whatever her husband is doing. In that very derisive and sarcastic article, they bring up the Marie Antoinette reference. It's not meant to be "neutral". It's meant to be derisive, mean-spirited, and highly opinionated. I'm still not sure why it's being allowed to stay. It has absolutely no relevance to her personal life, really. 68.100.84.46 (talk) 20:53, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another editor is reverting the edit... you'll have to speak to him now because you know more than me about this whole thing haha --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 21:21, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andy -- The Marie Antoinette reference was removed by Sarek, the editor. Thank God. I wish you could have done the same for me earlier and sided with the fact that the opinion had no place. He said the Marie Antoinette comparison was a BLP violation. Just for your future reference, so that next time, you don't side with the wrong side. By the way, I'm not a expert on Asma al-Assad either. I just emphasize with her because I'm positive she is going through a difficult time as well, and fingers pointed and judgments of her have no place just because she does not have the patriarchal power to act. Thank you for your help all day today. Take care. 68.100.84.46 (talk) 01:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CKC Onitsha

I'm sure you've noticed from your watch list, I've just "fully" qualified the cites for the refs you repaired. That was not hugely enjoyable, and it would be ideal if you could persuade our new editing friend to look at them as examples of doing things really well (I hope you agree that this is doing things really well!). I also moved the article to what must be its final home. As you'll see form the edit summaries, some of those citations are suboptimal, but beggars can't be choosers. I'll probably dip in and out of the article again, but I'll leave reversions etc and education and help to you :) I just wanted to help by getting it into the best shape I could for you to help the new gentleman. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 22:22, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We'll get there. Luckily the Cite button does most of the annoying work for you. I did a load of cites at Epsom College too. We turned a poorly cited article into, well, judge for yourself. That was pre cite button! Fiddle Faddle (talk) 22:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, thanks for getting the article for how it is right now, it's a lot better than how it was a few hours ago. I'll send the other user another message in a bit saying how its been improved, and its a good example how they can also edit constructively in the same way. I'll edit the article again tomorrow as well :) This is working out alright! --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 22:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was wondering before I pulled back about trying the email contact route since I found it impossible to engage him in any way at all. His heart is in the right place, it's just getting his eyes and fingers there too :) Fiddle Faddle (talk) 23:16, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good grief! Good luck. He IS trying, but he seems unable to see what he is doing. I'm not even going to touch that one now. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 21:32, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well,the gentleman seems to understand some of what is required for references, though is unable to find WP:RS ones. But he seems to have a mental block over learning to use citations. He's gone back to inline, bare url links. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 19:46, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BZTMPS and thanks for your reply! I replied to you on my page (below my long reply to Tiderolls). Nothing urgent... just if you find a spare moment... thanks! Kasamoto (talk) 02:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC)Kasamoto[reply]

Thank you for your time and patience! I never meant to go about this just to be challenging; I sincerely wanted to know Wiki policies. Thanks for the whitelisting info, in particular, since I wasn't aware of that. Kasamoto (talk) 19:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)Kasamoto[reply]

Ghost bikes

Thanks for your comments on my post regarding Ghost Bikes just looking for a little help as I have gone through a number of edits and I am not hitting the mark here. What is confusing for me is that the German language version of Wikipedia has an entry for Ghost Bikes and their parent company has Accell has an entry on wikipedia and I am modelling the entry based on those existing submissions but still running into some editing issue. My goal is simply to fill an information gap as many other bike companies have entries on Wikipedia (including this one) and this company builds a good quality bike that is used by Olympic athletes and they have an interesting story of being started by two partners in a small backyard shop in a town in Germany that inspired their name (the town is a buriel site for 17th century Christain Crusaders-the catacombs are said to have Ghosts.) Any help would be greatly appreciated. "trooperlake" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trooperlake (talk • contribs) 19:02, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 18:30, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Zero Balancing - New Article

Hi BZTMPS and thanks for your help. I was about to submit my article to the articles for creation page and noticed that there is a backlog of 469 articles! Is there any other way to submit an article? I have read thru a fair amount on how to create an article but am getting confused by all of the various possible links of information. Thank you! (Guinyviere2000 (talk) 16:57, 1 March 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Hello. Thanks for the backlog info, you may be astonished to know that the backlog is actually usually higher than that... so I like to help out often at that project. In terms of making your article, then getting feedback and having it actually created on the main part of the website, Articles for Creation is (in general) the main place to get this done. I've heard there are a couple other ways, but they aren't very popular and I don't know much about them. If you get autoconfirmed (after 10 edits and 4 days), you can create your own articles yourself without any help, but beware, if they don't meet Wikipedia's (rather strict) criteria for articles/policies, an article can be "speedy deleted" by an admin. Don't worry about waiting by the way, your AfC contribution should be reviewed in a day or two, if not sooner. If not, feel free to tell me and I can help out. Hope this helped --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:35, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you - this was very helpful. I am submitting it now. Thanks for the encouragement! (Guinyviere2000 (talk) 00:22, 2 March 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Re: WP:DEFCON

Please when updating the template, remember to remove the previous signature and replace it with your own using four tildes Kiko4564 (talk) 11:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! Thanks for the notice. I've edited that template countless times, and this is the first time I've forgotten to do something. Also replied at your talk, as it appears that you're blocked. Cheers BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 18:28, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MOTDs (This space for rent)

You may have noticed over the past few days that the MOTD that you link to on your user page has simply displayed a red link. This is due to the fact that not enough people are reviewing pending MOTDs here. Please help us keep the MOTD template alive and simply go and review a few of the MOTDs in the list. That way we can have a real MOTD in the future rather than re-using (This space for rent). Any help would be appreciated! ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 14:09, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why do I get banned?

I'm putting truthful stuff and it's being deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.2.143.149 (talk) 18:26, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, "he is a bit of a legend" violates Wikipedia's policy of always using a neutral point of view when writing articles. It's best to just state the facts and then let readers get their own conclusions, instead of using your own point of view. Secondly, your edit was not referenced - please include a citation while writing facts such as this; they can be easily made up leading to incorrect information on the article (not that I'm saying your edit was wrong). Finally, do not edit war on an article - if your edit is reverted, there will be a reason for it; it's best to resolve the dispute, by using the article talk page or another user's talk page, instead of thinking that you're right and constantly re-adding your text. This is one of the easiest ways to get blocked, and it causes a lot of stress for other editors, so please don't do it. I hope this information helped, and I hope you continue to edit Wikipedia in a constructive way. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 16:21, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you changing my edits?

Why are you changing my edits on the homo erectus page? I'm just trying to help, and now I'm being threatened to get blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.105.96.238 (talk) 16:46, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This, this, and this is unconstructive and clearly vandalism. If the facts were true, (which I don't think they are), you need to add references/citations to where you got the info from using ref tags. It seems to me like you're not trying to help, but you're trying to add joke information, which unfortunately Wikipedia isn't for. This is also unreferenced and so could possible be incorrect. If you want to help, please be constructive and add to the website positively. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 16:52, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alright alright just calm down there's no reason to be so angry, or to insult me. I respect you and what you do. I was just trying to be helpful and the facts was from my pal Adam. Just take a chill pill and let's put this behind us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.105.96.238 (talk) 17:05, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I came off as angry in that edit, I aspire to be one of those friendly editors who is happy to help. I've just had so much experience with vandals who edit wrongly then have a go at me for reverting it. I'm happy to put this behind us, if you were editing in good faith feel free to remove the warnings from your page. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:20, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Asma al-Assad Page

Hi Andy - I hope you have been well. I need your help again. Please visit the Asma al-Assad page to review changes I have made. I believe the changes are appropriate, especially in comparison to other first lady figures (like Hillary Clinton). The specific change is my edit of using Asma al-Assad's maiden name prior to her life before marriage to Bashar al-Assad. I think it's politically correct to list her as Asma al-Akras (her maiden name) in the information pertaining to her life prior to meeting her current husband. Please visit and review as the tyrant who thinks he controls the Asma al-Assad page makes changes whenever he sees fit (without consultation), but undoes any changes made by others that do not meet his fancy. Your opinion and review is requested and would be appreciated. Thanks. 68.100.84.46 (talk) 05:05, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are you on vacation? Please check the Asma al-Assad page as noted on your talk page when you have a moment. Thanks! :) 68.100.84.46 (talk) 11:23, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Andy - I just realized that you are in the process of moving. Congratulations? I hope the move is due to positive elements. Oh, and this is my user name now. I have registered. I am no longer just my IP address. Stop by when you are settled down. Have a beautiful day. Les Etoiles de Ma Vie (talk) 14:35, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sincere apologies for my late reply! I have been moving house (as you saw) and haven't had internet access for days. So thanks for waiting on me. The article as I saw it before seemed fine, every article has the odd drawback and this one is no different, but there is nothing hugely wrong on it. I hope you will understand that it gets a bit confusing if you refer to the subject as different names throughout the article, so I changed a few parts relating to this, but nothing too serious. If you are having a dispute with an editor, please try your best to sort it out on a talk page instead of edit warring (however I can see that you're already doing that well). If there's anything else you would like an opinion on, please ask. Thanks! --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:50, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Andy, there's no need for apologies. All of us have personal lives beyond Wikipedia. The only thing that I disagree with is addressing the subject previous to her marriage with her surname post-marriage. If you refer to the Michelle Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton or any other First Lady BLPs, you will see that it is always, "Subject was born.....avec subject + maiden name". There's agency there, in recognizing a woman with her born surname; especially prior to marriage. To complicate matters further, for this particular subject, legally, she is Asma al-Akras. Applying al-Assad to her name is a Western practice. It is forbidden in Islam for a woman to adopt her husband's surname after marriage. However, for the purpose Wikipedia and Western readers, I believe referring to her as Asma al-Assad is acceptable and the norm for us. But I do think it is appropriate that we list it as, "Asma al-Akhras was born..." in the Early Life section. The same is done for Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. Let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks for all your help and good luck with your move. Les Etoiles de Ma Vie (talk) 10:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Donna Ida

Hi Andy, thanks for your help on the Donna Ida page. I have made these changes last week after I spoke to a few people in the talk room. I actually am not sure how to make further changes to it that you noted. If you could show me examples and let me know, I would really appreciate this - I'm struggling with this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Ida

Thanks in advance.

Steph — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.170.117.208 (talk) 14:24, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Collins, Indiana

Hello Andy,

you removed my edit on collins, indiana.im sorrry i couldntget it in the right spotbut that article is false. i was trying to put that in there in a nice manner but i couldnt figure out how. I just went through collins about anhour ago, and it was a very small farm town. but every house had a family in it, just had an abandoned old schoolhouse. i would love if you would put that in there for me. i dont ever edit wikipedia because it is almost always correct, thanks to people like you :) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.2.255 (talk) 21:24, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, and thanks for improving Wikipedia! I only removed your edit as it was in the wrong place and unreferenced, however as you have said you've been to the area I've re-added it to the article for you. Here it is. Thanks for sending me a message :) --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 21:34, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Users attempting to impersonate you

I have blocked User:Andy4879, User:Andy4979, and User:Andy4249 for attempting to impersonate you here, although I'd appreciate it if you could make sure I got everything right; all the numbers floating around left me admittedly confused at one point. -RunningOnBrains(talk) 22:45, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, I've never been impersonated before! This is weird. Yes, those three accounts have nothing to do with me, so thanks for taking the steps you did. I'm confused too, haha ;) --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 23:01, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I was the one submitted the AIVs and the numbers had me confused too. I was worried that inadvertedly I had listed you. Fortunately not. I didn't get any impersonaters but did get described as a member of the Rebel Alliance :-) NtheP (talk) 09:23, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, thanks for your help :) --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 22:10, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

For removing that unwanted comment on my talk page. --OfTheGreen (talk) 19:27, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! :) --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:14, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

edits to BullsEye Teleocm

I noticed that you said the edits I made were spam? How can something be spam when it is 1. a statement of fact and 2. a referenced source from several credible sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmediate88 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The company was founded in 1999 by William H. Oberlin and a group of other telecommunications industry veterans whom sought to provide nationwide, high-quality, cost-effective, integrated telecommunications solutions to the business customer. <-- this bit seems too biased towards the company. Even though you may have sourced it from somewhere, that source could still be biased and this kind of language isn't permitted on Wikipedia. Please see WP:NPOV for more info. Feel free to re-insert the text but make it sound neutral. The point is that many people may not agree that it's "a statement of fact" and may hate the company, but some people may love it, writing text like this, and people don't expect Wikipedia to be biased on things. Also on a different note, if you didn't see it written all over the page, please post messages at the bottom of talk pages. Thanks. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:13, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You just did the opposite of my advice. Please stop spamming Wikipedia. It's meant to be an article, not a page full of links. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 20:36, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removing templates

Hi Andy, thx for the advice earlier re the article. However, I feel I have already made those changes (i.e. to add links and to improve the introduction) - what I really want to know is how those comments now get removed from the article if they no longer apply due to my rectifications? thx Andrew J Barker (talk) 21:55, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey and thanks for leaving a message. To get rid of the maintenance tags, click on 'Edit'. At the top of the box you should see two lines, saying: {{Orphan|date=April 2010}} {{context|date=May 2010}}. Just remove them, save, and the templates are no longer there. Hope this helps :) --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 21:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Woh - that was easy! thx (I was expecting some kind of assessment or test of worthiness before they got removed!)

Andrew J Barker (talk) 22:10, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, no, the tags are just there to tell other editors that it's a page that needs work doing. So the notices are just eventually re-added if the problem isn't fixed :) Loads of articles will have tags on, so it would be quite hard to assess them all. Good thinking though! --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 22:14, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gaffer Tape

How was the thing on gaffer tape irrevelant? Just wondering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.142.85 (talk) 23:16, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey :) It wasn't that bad really, adding a sentence or two about it is OK but if you add 2 paragraphs like you did, it kind of sounds like you're going off on a tangent about Top Gear. Remember what the article is about. Your addition is also unreferenced and trivial so depending on the editor, certain people may not like it so it may get removed anyway. Thanks for asking --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:00, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

haha, i had it short to begin with but it was removed by someone else so i figured if i made it longer and explained it it would stay. no harm done, just a good laugh if i may. ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.142.85 (talk) 00:38, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations, BZTMPS, you've recently made your 1,000th edit to articles on English Wikipedia!

Thanks for keeping the encyclopedia free of vandalism (without biting the newbies!), and for helping improve and expand articles. Keep up the good work! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 18:07, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this! It was unexpected! I'm happy now haha :) Glad to help --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 18:37, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

William Woodrow Ward

Andy,

I recently submitted a page for William Woodrow Ward a notable man who was key to the formation of our city Pismo Beach. I recieved a message from you indicating that I need to edit and re-submit. Could you give me more details in what way the submission is lacking? It appears to me that our submission is more complete than several articles of notable individuals I have read on Wikipedia. I have read the note at the bottom of our submission but it is not clear what we need to adjust to make it pass your criteria.

Thanks in advance QuickenFan — Preceding unsigned comment added by QuickenFan (talk • contribs) 22:56, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The article itself was very well written, but there was no indication of notability in the article and why he deserved a page on Wikipedia. Please see WP:GNG and WP:PEOPLE for more information on the guidelines for inclusion of a biography of a person on Wikipedia. For any more info don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 12:37, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Andy,

What makes W.W. Ward a notable man was his funding of the construction of several of the key landmarks in Pismo Beach. He was responsible for the construction of the Sea wall, Pier, and most of the buildings that make up the downtown area of the city today. His contributions put Pismo Beach on the map and made it a popular destination spot for folks in California. The goal of getting him a page is to help the residents and children of the area to understand his contributions to make Pismo Beach the popular destination city that it is today. I can re-write the article to put more emphasis on these elements, but I wanted to check with you to see if that will be enough to get it passed though. If not, is your stance that he simply is not notable enough to be included on Wikipedia? I would hate to think that the folks of Central California will not be able to research his contributions and include them in reports.

Best Regards, QuickenFan — Preceding unsigned comment added by QuickenFan (talk • contribs) 17:46, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. If there are references of him in books and if he is generally referred to as a notable person, then he can be included in the encyclopedia. A quick Google search shows that there aren't many results for him, so he may just not be notable enough to have an article here. Again,WP:GNG and WP:PEOPLE have more in-depth explanations. Thanks, BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 19:32, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request for advice on article

Hello BZTMPS.

I wanted to thank you for reviewing the article I am working an that discusses Hope International. As you probably saw I have been working on this article off and on for several months. I have reviewed the articles you recommended but am wondering if you get give me more succinct examples of what I need to change in my article.

I have compared my article to several articles posted about other non profit organizations (Opportunity International, FINCA, International Justice Mission, Special Olympics, Accion International and Grameen Bank) and feel that it is comparable to those pages. The majority of my sources are completely separate from Hope and are well known, reliable sources. I have reviewed the sources used by other articles of similar topic and those articles also use sources from the article topic as some information has to be pulled directly from the source. Additionally I have had several individuals review the article asking them specifically to inform me of any bias they see and have made those changes.

I have considered adding a criticism portion to the article however I haven't been able to find any published criticism toward Hope. I do have links to the wiki micro finance page that have criticism for micro finance. Finally, I cannot find any biased wording or statements in my article that are opinion- I have been careful to ensure that all info can be backed by a source.

Again I want to thank you for your advice and am very willing to make changes as I would really like to be done with this project. I'm somewhat at a loss as to how to proceed as I have made changes myself, had it reviewed by others and compared it to other articles of like topic.

Thanks again!

RunLeahrun (talk) 18:51, 22 May 2012 (UTC)runLeahrun[reply]

MotD Nomination for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics (27 July 2012)

We at the Motto of the Day would be extremely grateful if you could review a couple of "special" nominations for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics on the 27th of July 2012. Here is the link to the first nomination, if you can help. The others follow it, and you can add your own ones or improve the existing nominations, of course.
Thank you so very much in advance! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki

Good day, I've started receiving vandalism messages recently, while visiting this site.

Specifically relating to 2 entries made to: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gogo_Dodo&action=history

21:44, 17 May 2012‎ 75.92.158.173 (talk)‎ . . (26 bytes) (-5,065)‎ . . (←Replaced content with 'COPYWRIGHT VIOLATION') (undo) (Tag: blanking)

22:00, 17 May 2012‎ 75.92.158.173 (talk)‎ . . (5,216 bytes) (+125)‎ . . (Information posted Violates DCMA Copyright Laws.) (undo)

Please accept my apologies. A visiting nephew decided to show my children how to 'hack' an internet site.

Both of my children and the nephew have now learned the consequences of their actions, and are now banned from using either the computer or their cell phones for the next 3 months.

Our decision to limit the amount of technology usage was based on 2 factors:

  • Be Mindful of their actions.
  • Be with others, away from technology.

Thank you for your time, and again my apologies for the children's actions. We parents try our best.

Have a good day!

A Caine Acaine (talk) 18:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. It's good to see that your children (and the nephew) will hopefully learn their lesson. Vandalism on Wikipedia is a large problem and the more people that are tought not to do it the better. While you are logged into your account, vandalism messages will not be passed on to you so you will avoid any messages not relevant to you in the future.
If there was any concern of a copyright violation, please see WP:COPYRIGHT for more information (however to me it sounded like a hoax).
Thanks again for working with the Wikipedia community, and considering our side of the argument. Some great parenting here. For more information about the website, don't hesitate to leave me a message. Thanks, BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 19:42, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Illbadler

I got your back on this one. That was a rude statement by the user. I've got the page on my watchlist and have reported him to AIV for removing content that essentially constitutes vandalism. --Fbifriday (talk) 00:35, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality of Gangnam Style disputed?

Hello, Im a major contributor of the Gangnam Style article, and I would like to know exactly why you felt that "certain choices of words make me feel the article is slightly toned to making the song sound fantastic ". which parts of the article are you referring to?

Hello, below are a few things I've picked out...
  • "catchy rhythm" with no quotations - like it's your opinion
  • "many of these views were made by repeat viewers, this is nothing surprising" commentary in article
  • "Shanon Cook even went as far as to reveal" use of the word 'even' making it sound sensationalist rather than just stating facts
  • The entire article seems like an article documenting its success, not the song itself
  • There is plenty of irrelevant information and quotes in the article that seem to only be there to keep a promotional tone.
I hope you understand my comments. I would have edited the article and made it more balanced but it would mean a huge change and I would have liked other users' opinions first (plus I don't have much time recently). Please see WP:NPOV for more information. Thanks --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 21:33, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I totally understand your comments, here's what I have to say:
  • There are plenty of articles out there that mentions how addictive the song is, I just added a reference from ABC News that specifically writes "Dancers, anchors can't help but to dance to the viral music video's catchy beat.", so now its not my ::opinion because im just quoting what a national broadcasting network says [1]
  • Well, I was previously accused of quoting too much facts (see the talk page), thats why I wanted to write something ::original so that people wont accuse me of just quoting the facts. And I thought there were more than enough sources to ::justify my words without even the need to quote, and i assumed it was obvious that there's nothing surprising about a video ::having many repeat viewrs when "it’s hard not to watch again …and again …and again. In fact, here it is one more time. We ::can’t help ourselves."[2]
But since that is considered my own opinion and not that of Time Magazine's, I have removed it.
  • Removed the word "even" so that Im just stating facts now.
  • I was previously accused of criticizing this video, so I removed the "Praise and Criticism" section (see talk page). But now I have added a new section, "Criticism" ,that quotes newspapers saying that its a vulgar song, Westerners dont like it, ::and PSY’s fifteen minutes of fame are just about over.
  • You have to tell me exactly whats so irrelevant about this song's success, I dont see anything irrelevant it. I only quote from major newspapers like The Wall Street Journal, top celebrities, etc. And I cant find any section that's clearly promoting this video
I understand that WP:NPOV tells me that I should present balanced viewpoints, but to be honest, when 99% of the ::newspapers, television and media is praising this song, it is difficult for me to criticize it with reliable sources.
Yes you dont have much time recently, but please, I would like to ask you to just do a quick search for news about ::"Gangnam Style" on Google, and see for yourself what the media is saying about it. Is the media generally criticizing it or are most newspapers singing its praises? it doesnt take much time, just a minute or two, so I hope you'll do it, please.A1candidate (talk) 22:32, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Let me jump in and say that the parts of the article mentioning the song's alleged vulgarness and other critical comments are in the extreme minority. NPOV in this case means we should not mention these rare criticisms, no more than we would mention some crackpot's theory on Neil Armstrong being a green-skinned alien in the Neil Armstrong article. --C S (talk) 04:31, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, its from a pan-Asian news network so I believe its a reliable news source. Although I agree that such views are in the extreme minority, but this article is being accused of not having NPOV so what choice do I have!!?? Try finding some very established newspaper (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc) that criticizes it, and I'll quote it immediately. A1candidate (talk) 05:54, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
erm...so can I remove the tag or is it still going to stay there? A1candidate (talk) 16:48, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Um. The dispute wasn't over yet, so I have no idea why the tag has been deleted. But whatever, I'll clean it up in a bit. BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:00, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I deleted the tag because I find it rude and unfair that you're simply ignoring my point of view. A1candidate (talk) 17:07, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't 'ignoring your point of view' - in fact I had not had chance to reply until just now as I'm busy (as I explained here and on my user page). You can't just delete a tag that clearly says "do not delete me" because you're unhappy with an editor. Remember you do not own the article and everyone can edit it however they wish (within the policies). Sorry for not replying within 4.6 femtoseconds. --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:14, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article about Gmelius

Thanks for reviewing this entry Andy. Given that the software in question has been featured in top technology news sites such as TechCrunch, PCWorld, MakeUseOf, Lifehacker, etc. (please see references), the "notability" [1] argument emphasized for the rejection seems not quite valid. Thanks for your time.

Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Gmelius — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.117.143 (talk) 16:12, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

129.67.116.235 (talk) 16:08, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I'd say it's borderline notable. It has plenty of reliable sources, however the article doesn't really explain in detail how it's notable, after all it's just a Chrome extension. With some editing it will be fine. I agree I may have declined this one too quickly; apologies for the mistake. If you resubmit, and leave a message, I'll accept it for you and clean it up. Sorry again! --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 16:23, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article about Gmelius modified

Dear Andy, the entry has been modified to explain briefly how the subject was notable. Thanks for your prompt reply and your time. Best wishes.

Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Gmelius

82.10.108.99 (talk) 17:16, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cool :) You can now find your article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmelius. I've edited it slightly to ensure it stays on Wikipedia. Thanks for editing!  Done --BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 17:27, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/psys-gangnam-style-dance-takes-gma-17217294
  2. ^ http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/22/watch-psy-gangnam-style-dodger-stadium/
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