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Thanks!

Thanks for the work you have been doing on assessing school articles. You recently assessed a pair that I had some involvement with, and I am appreciative of the work, effort, and suggestions that you made. Best of luck on your continued work! LonelyBeacon (talk) 01:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, I am glad my suggestions were helpful. If any other articles need assessing please feel free to request it, though the request section still has a bit of a backlog as this time. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:47, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your assessment

Thank you for your assessment of the Bridlewood Community Elementary School article. Your suggestions will help me improve the article further and hopefully help it attain B-class status. Thanks again, --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 19:20, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

As above, I am glad I could be of help. Feel free to request another assessment in the future after improvements, and if you need further hints and tips you are welcome to ask here. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:24, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Rollback feature

Yes. I will do my very best to use rollback appropriately (only for Vandalism). Thank you Camaron! Best, --Jh12 (talk) 20:20, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Excellent, I will give it you now. Use it well! Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:43, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Done Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:45, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (166/43/7). I appreciate your comments and in my actions as an administrator I will endeavor to maintain the trust you have placed in me. I am honored by your trust and your support. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 03:12, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Again, congratulations. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films coordinator elections - voting now open!

Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 20:27, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

OK, I will try and get round to it. Camaron | Chris (talk) 10:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Camaron. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. It is very much appreciated. :) The RfA was closed as successful with 73 supports, 3 opposes and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank WBOSITG for nominating me. Best wishes and thanks again, —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:18, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 10:34, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

Sorry, but is it possible to lock the talk page too. Because he's hijacked that now. I know it doesn't allow IP's to contribute, but we're in a bind. Lihaas (talk) 14:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I have protected the talk page for 55 hours as well to keep out the disruptive IP. I have left a nice big banner on the top of the talk page to hopefully reduce any negative effects the protection might have. Camaron | Chris (talk) 14:36, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Hi, I wanted to notice you that the IP editor who made changes without consensus on the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season page is back (and he also vandalized a couple of race report articles). You may want to take a look and maybe protect the page once again. Asendoh (talk) 11:25, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, I will try and keep an eye on things and protect as a last resort. I am hesitant to re-protect at the moment as his/her visits are not out of control yet and their are other unregistered users that appear to be making constrictive edits - and protecting the pages he/her visits would block out a lot of these. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

GA/DYK Drive

Me and Sims2 have sort of started a drive to get Eurovision articles to either GA status or DYKs or both. We are taking one article at a time and improving. Just thought I'd let you know if you had time to join the effort and expand one of them. I think we should get all 2008s up to near GA if not GA. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 19:14, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

It would be great if we could achieve that. I have now finished transferring commentators/spokespersons and I was planning to clean-up and re-assess all the 2008 entry articles shortly. I will help out with your GA/DYK drive if I can, I could certainly help with the UK one. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:01, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

many thanks

Thankyou very much for your help on edits and things like that. It is much appreciated. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool (talk) 16:27, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

You are quite welcome. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:16, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: My deleted RFA

Could you userfy the RFA to User:Dusti/RFA_Draft please? Thanks Dusti^SPEAK!! 00:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I have replied on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 16:39, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

blocking and waminrg

Please join the discussion here. Dlohcierekim 16:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I have now commented, thank you for bringing it to my attention. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Advice needed

Camaron,

I need some advice on dealing with a particularly difficult anon editor (User talk:130.127.230.139). He has deleted previous blocks and warnings, including a pair of what I thought were kind requests left on his talk page. IP tagged as Clemson University (also deleted).

The issue is mostly over the inclusion of a referenced statement in the article St. Rita of Cascia High School. The statement is POV about the school's conference, but is referenced to a coach from the same conference. I have zero doubt: the reference isn't reliable because the person is making a claim about their own organization. the anon in insists on keeping it, I disagree. The editor has made many smart aleck comments, but not enough to really cross the personal attack line, and I have not responded.

I could use some advice on how to proceed. LonelyBeacon (talk) 22:35, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I have re-instated the template, with a note, as users should not remove those. A user removing content from their talk page is however generally accepted as an acknowledgement that they have read their messages. I have taken the liberty of re-assessing the article and suggesting you request a third opinion on the content dispute. As I am administrating/mediating I think it would be better if I leave that to someone outside to do. I will keep an eye on things, this IP appears to have a history. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:08, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello Camaron,

Somehow I missed your advice on this. The IP just reverted, and I reverted back. I will go back and self revert. I will also list at third opinion. LonelyBeacon (talk) 20:56, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, that seems sensible to me. I will keep an eye on how things go. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:59, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka

hello camaron, the wikiproject i work on, Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka is almost inactive. members try to recruit and revive the project. i would like extend the invitation to join the project if you can afford a little time. specially as we need help of an expertise to assess articles and improve Portal:Sri Lanka. wishes! --chanakal (talk) 15:04, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the invite. Unfortunately my time on Wikipedia is very limited at the moment and it looks unlikely I will be able to contribute very much here. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:37, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

it's quite alright. I perfectly understand your situation. nevertheless wishes!!--chanakal (talk) 02:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

VX

Thank you 45Factoid44 (talk) 22:12, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

You are quite welcome. I am sorry to hear you are planning to leave Wikipedia for the time being, it is unfortunate you have got caught up in so much controversy. If you wish to continue contributing I assure you that there are plenty of other areas of Wikipedia that are not so controversial. Camaron | Chris (talk) 16:59, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Rollback request

Hi there. I've been considering requesting rollback rights over the last few weeks, and have decided that it would be a good idea for me. I generally use Twinkle at home, but when i edit from work (tsk!), I can't use it as I have to use IE. Consequently, I think that rollback would help my vandalism fights enormously. I went throught the admin list and saw that you consider rollback requests, and as I know you (via the ongoing IP vandal on the MotoGP articles and User:Asendoh) thought that you would be a good place to start. I've had a good read of the rollback guideline pages, and I think that my contributions demonstrate my understanding of the vandalism an innappropriate edits concept. Hopefully you agree! Regards, --Ged UK (talk) 08:34, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello, I am happy to give you rollback and I have just granted it you now. Thank you for deciding to come to me for it, I like to be helpful. Good luck and use it well. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:13, 14 October 2008 (UTC

Thanks! No problem coming to you, you've been very helpful to me in addressing the MotoGP vandalism. --Ged UK (talk) 19:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

DPS Mathura Road

I wonder if you could help with a page move which requires admin assistance. I created a new article for Delhi Public School, Matura Road but mistakenly missed out the H from Mathura in the title. I've now tried to move the article to the existing redirect page at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road but the system won't let me make the move without admin assistance. Many thanks. Dahliarose (talk) 11:15, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I have restored your message for my archives and so I can reply. I have deleted the re-direct as it is an unlikely typo and was not being used except at user talk. Please let me know if you have any further problems. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:03, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:Sims

Hello I have proposed that WP:Sims to be moved to a task force in WP:VG under there Inactive project cleanup Task force. Since WP:Sims has been tagged inactive. There is a discussion on it, here.Hereford 17:03, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

I have responded on the project talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:11, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

1) You're yet to prove your sources, while I have proved mine. See discussion page. I will continue reverting this stupidity, that is bringing whole Wikipedia article down in accuracy and reliability. 2) 3RR rule is about 24-hours period, and it was not violated. 3) I will have to add negative comment to your editor review, if you continue to be one-sided, stick to one source, and failing to prove your position. Zaqqq (talk) 10:55, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

First, please make sure you add communications to users on to user talk pages, not user pages. Next, you appear to have not understood WP:3RR, this rule states edit warring is not allowed, it does not mean you are entitled to 3 reverts on an article a day. Threatening to revert any edit you don't like does not solve anything, and is not in compatibility with this policy. I will not be using my admin tools whatever happens in this case, as I am involved, though other admins may do so. If you had listed Macedonia and Ukraine as confirmed participants on the article from the start, rather than just deleting other users edits, then it would have been less likely you would have been reverted. Listing your sources on the talk page is not enough. Threatening to post negative comments on my editor review won't help your position either, editor review is supposed to be a place for editors to offer balanced reviews on users overall editing patterns, it is not the place to give one issue based negative comments on content disputes. At best, I will respond in a civil but unapologetic manner to such comments, at worst I will just delete such comments off the review (though I have always hoped it would never get to that). I have always tried to use multiple sources when adding content to articles in-line with WP:RS and WP:V, and I will continue to do so. The reliability of some sources has not been resolved, which is why I have started the RfC, until this is resolved you use such sources at risk of them being further challenged, regardless of if you think they are reliable or not. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:07, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Your Country Needs You

Thanks for moving and updating the Song For Europe page. Can you fix the associate page, the List Of Eurovision - Your Decision Contestants also? I don't know how to perform a move. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.17.238 (talk) 17:27, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Y Done, unfortunately due to the larger potential for abuse only registered and autoconfirmed users can move pages. Thanks for pointing it out. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Isn't it "Eurovision: Your Country Needs You!"? ńăŧħăń - ŧăłķ 19:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Most sources I have just refer to it by the current title, though I have seen it that way as well, you can move it again if you wish. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I probably will tomorrow cause it'll annoy me if it's not under it's real name.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Celticfan383 (talk • contribs)

I will do it now, save you the time before I finish for the day. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:19, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Thanks for the restore. I went straight to DRV because of the comment in the protection log - it gave the impression that you specifically wanted people to make the case there before unprotecting. Chubbles (talk) 12:05, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, I will review the comments in the protection logs for create protections of mine still applying to be more specific then. Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Congrats!

Hi Camaron! Thank you for the support and comments :) It was all much appreciated, and I hope not to let you (and others) down with my use of the tools in the future. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 22:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, I am glad to help make more good people admins. Camaron | Chris (talk) 22:52, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Camaron! Thank you very much for your support, warm comments and confidence in my RfA, which passed yesterday. I hope not to let you and the others down, and use the tools for the benefit of the project. By the way, you hit the nail right on the head about what I want/need to do at WikiProject Israel. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 22:39, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Again, you are very welcome. Yes it did ring a bell when you said you wanted to help the wikiproject, and I must confess I put a very similar statement in my RfA for WikiProject Schools. Good luck. Camaron | Chris (talk) 22:45, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Camaron, and thanks for supporting my successful request for adminship. It was nice to see all the kind comments I got from my supporters and I hope that I will be more useful to the community now that I have the tools again.--Berig (talk) 15:35, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the card, I have replied on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:55, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Song selection dates

The user just added the information for the fifth time. I reverted for my third so I'm done. Also the ip notice is wrong, ips provided through a cable provider do not change; usually only DSL does. Its been month as the same type of edits so it doesnt change for him. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 20:02, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I have reported to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:09, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I have checked the Whois and it is an ISP of which that is the standard template, though it does appear to be wrong in this case, it could be replaced with a {{Whois}} one. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:13, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks for your support in my RFA and the comments that you made! • If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy • ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:36, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:53, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Saints Row 2

Camaron, why have you removed protection? About 3 hours ago, the page was badly vandalised so i think you should put it back. Thank you. DJ MeXsTa (talk) 20:58, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I did not remove the protection, just the template, the protection expired a few days ago. Since then the page has only been vandalised once by one IP which was rapidly blocked, this is not enough vandalism to justify re-protection. Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Send my work

Dear Sir, I have created the page B.Sc -Mathematics for Life Sciences. This is one of the paper in our B.Sc stream and the work is not copied. I have just started and as soon as I saved the work. I had come with a blank note. Please help me . User:Sarita Agarwal

I assume you are referring to B.SC- Mathematics for Life-Sciences, the page was speedily deleted by an administrator under Criterion A3, though to be honest I do not think it met this criterion as it was not patent nonsense (i.e I could understand it). However, looking at the deleted article in the form it was deleted (only administrators can see deleted pages), I am not sure it met Wikipedia's content policies such as Wikipedia:Verification and Wikipedia:Notability as it was not yet finished. So I will move it to your user space for you (User:Sarita agarwal/B.SC- Mathematics for Life-Sciences) so you can work on it and move it to the article space when you are ready. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:15, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

CT Cooper, thank you very much for participating in my Rfa, which was successful with 80 Support, 5 Oppose, 6 Neutral. The comments were overwhelming, and hopefully I can live up to the expectation of the community. I would also like to thank my nominator Realist2 and my co-nom Orane (talk), and special mention to Acalamari and Lenticel (talk) for the kindness from the start. Regards, Efe

--Efe (talk) 07:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Requesting your input

Hi there, as I have seen you deal with WP:RFPP just a short while ago, I'd like to request your input on this protection related case. TIA SoWhy 11:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I am investigating, I will give my input shortly. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I have given my input on your talk page, where it will be seen. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:56, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Removal of !vote from RfA

Hey Chris, just to let you know, I removed your recent support in Mizu's RfA, that diff should be pretty explanatory as to why. Any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Have a nice day! — neuro^(talk) 13:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Well spotted, thanks for letting me know. Camaron | Chris (talk) 23:01, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. Mizu onna sango15

The Barnstar | My RFA | Design by L'Aquatique

		The Mizu onna sango15 Barnstar
		Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. —Mizu onna sango15Hello!

Thank you for the lovely barnstar and card, well done again. Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:08, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks [2]

		The RfA Barnstar
		CT Cooper, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) The Helpful One 22:23, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

design by neurolysis | to add this barnstar to your awards page, simply copy and paste {{subst:User:Neurolysis/THOBS}} and remove this bottom text | if you don't like thankspam, please accept my sincere apologies

Replied on your talk page. Camaron2 | Chris (talk) 13:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Notice for users when editing.

Hello, I noticed you were an admin and a part of Wikiproject Eurovision so I decided to ask about this. I've seen on the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 article that there is a message to editors saying not to add any information without a reliable source. Is there any chance the same could be done to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 article? -Diggiloo (talk) 17:01, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

I have created a notice MediaWiki:Editnotice-0-Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 which now appears on the JESC 2009 article when trying to edit. It is based on the one at ESC 2009 with specific mention to some issues which appear to be cropping up repeatedly. I have kept a copy anyone can edit at User:Camaron/Sandbox, so feel free to draft any changes there and I will implement them as necessary. I have also done some clean-up on the article, happy editing. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:23, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for doing this for me, hopefully it'll help stop people from adding stuff without sources. If I need anything else added to it, i'll edit it in your sandbox and then tell you. :) Thanks! -Diggiloo (talk) 20:18, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Undecided

Hi, I noticed your voting guide (not sure what to call these). Feel free to ask me questions. Granted a successful pass at my candidacy appears unlikely but I am more than happy in answering questions. -- Cat ^chi? 19:11, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello, first thank you for approaching me as you have, that itself impresses me. My guide is a little out of date at this moment and I have actually already voted against your candidacy. It is apparent it is not likely to pass but I am happy to re-consider my vote given that, compared to some of the other candidates, I do not know you so well. I could have asked some questions, but for all candidates I was not entirely sure what to ask to be honest, but I have thought of a few now so I might ask them shortly. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:32, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh that's all right. Please do notify me on my talk page so I can give the most prompt response. I do not generally keep a watchlist as it gets overcrowded almost instantly. -- Cat ^chi? 21:56, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Put on your dancing shoes- the beer has arrived

Have an unyielding beer on me. Let the amber nectar flow all day and night. Let it run down the mountains and through the caverns and across the rich lawns to swamp the streets. Let it rain beer. Let the heavens open and shine forth beer. Let it all be beer. Wonderful beer. And let it be as deep as the heart of a lion. This is an acknowledgment of your participation in the RfA of: SilkTork *YES!. 19:12, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films November 2008 Newsletter

The November 2008 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. My apologies for the late delivery, and thanks go to both Wildroot and Erik for writing the newsletter. Remember that anyone can edit the newsletter, so feel free to help out! Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 08:18, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for reading my edit notice, I will read it. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:44, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

		Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 61/52/7; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral. Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board. Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message! Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge TalkContribs, 17:21, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the card and the music Dendodge, I wish you the best of luck for the future. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:59, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Request for Comment

I would be very grateful if you would come and comment about Former Schools sections of Navigation Templates. -- Flutefluteflute ^{Talk Contributions} 18:42, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:14, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Best Wishes

File:Mars celebrations.jpg

Best wishes and a great new year Victuallers (talk) 16:16, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you and best wishes for you as well. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:15, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Meetup

You may be interested: Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester 4. Thanks, Majorly talk 18:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I am, though Manchester is a bit of a hike for me. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Camaron a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Willking1979 (talk) 16:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your kindness, if my user page did not say it I would find it difficult to believe it has been one year all ready! Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:02, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Questionnaire

As a member of WikiProject Films, you are invited to take part in the project's first questionnaire. It is intended to gauge your participation and views on the project. At the conclusion of the questionnaire, the project's coordinators will use the gathered feedback to find new ways to improve the project and reach out to potential members. The results of the questionnaire will be published in next month's newsletter. If you know of any editors who have edited film articles in the past, please invite them to take part in the questionnaire. Please stop by and take a few minutes to answer the questions so that we can continue to improve our project. Happy editing!
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 02:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Just changed some spelling on the Heat 1 section and noticed it was not in the past tense which would seem to make more sense. What do you think ? 安東尼 TALK ^圣诞快乐 12:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Looks good and makes sense to me, well done. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Meetup

For your interest Wikipedia:Meetup/Birmingham_3. Majorly talk 19:21, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I will keep an eye on how it goes. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:30, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your greeting! I'll surely help Wikipedia, especially about music area! --Pierluca91 (talk) 15:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

You are quite welcome, enjoy editing Wikipedia. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:02, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

KDES-FM

Thanks for handling the speedy on this. After you deleted the redirect, I moved KDES over to the right spot, and then I saw later on my watchlist that you "restored" KDES-FM. Just wanted to ask what that meant? Mlaffs (talk) 21:37, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

You are quite welcome. When I deleted the redirect some of the history of that page was lost, so I undeleted (restored) the lost edits behind the moved article so non-admins can see it. Camaron | Chris (talk) 22:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

*Light bulb* Got it — thanks again! Mlaffs (talk) 22:49, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Barnstar

Thank you so much for the barnstar!! It's nice to know that my work is appreciated! Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 16:48, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

As I said on Windows Live, I am glad you like it, keep it up. Camaron | Chris (talk) 16:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: File Source Problem

Hi. Thanks for flagging that, I uploaded that in my darker days on wikipedia when I didn't actually understand fair use etc. Anyhow, I have changed it to non-free as you suggested, which should cover it. Thanks Olly¹⁵⁰ 00:01, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

You are quite welcome, keep up the good work on the article! Camaron2 | Chris (talk) 16:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Requesting 5 articles which were deleted

I notice that you are listed on: Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles.

I am requesting 5 deleted articles to be userfied, pretty, pretty please :):

• Www1 delete. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Auto-Upturn delete. MBisanz talk 13:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
• North london stags delete. MBisanz talk 13:18, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
• Nao Kudo delete. MBisanz talk 13:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
• Blue Fire Burning delete. MBisanz talk 13:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

From: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 November 15

You can move all 5 pages to a userspace, lets say User:Ikip/Www1, with the history intact (I am interested in who created the article, and when).

I really appreciate it. You are probably wondering why I ask. Well, I have spent the past few weeks on a graph found here: User:Ikip/AfD on average day. I am interested in what type of user gets their page deleted, etc....November 15 is just a day pulled out of a hat by another user.

Thanks :) Ikip (talk) 17:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I will be back shortly to undelete them. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Y Done Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you so much, you even removed the tags! Ikip (talk) 21:10, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		The Helping Hand Barnstar is to be awarded to users who frequently help new users. This barnstar is awarded to Camaron, for his wonderful assistance in helping understand AfDs, which will greatly assist future new users. Thank you so much for your wonderful leadership and eagerness to help Camaron. Ikip (talk) 19:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Why thank you Ikip, that makes me feel pleased. Happy editing! Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Best wishes! You deserve it, you were very, very helpful. Hope to edit with you again sometime soon! Ikip (talk) 00:09, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Edit counter

I saw that your edit counter link from your userpage shows the charts and graphs. Mine are faded out and say "opt in". How did you opt in the graphs and charts? Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 17:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Create a page at Special:Mypage/Editcounter using the code from User:Camaron/Editcounter, and mark yes/no for the appropriate things. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 18:33, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Glad to be of help. Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:02, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Editor review

Hello there! I've just submitted myself for editor review. I'd be grateful if you could spare a few moments to have a look and comment, as I'd certainly value your opinion. Wikipedia:Editor review/Ged UK. Cheers! --Ged UK (talk) 12:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I will take a look later. Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Ta. No enormous rush :) --Ged UK (talk) 14:44, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Gentle reminder, don't want to come across as nagging, but i'm keen to work out whether there's anything i need to work on ahead of an RfA. Thanks! --GedUK  10:08, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry, I had not forgotten, I will get round to it shortly. Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:14, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I have now given a review, happy reading. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:07, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Brilliant, thanks. To answer your question, i'd be happy for you to nominate me. However, I am determined to get James Cagney to at least Good Article first (it's currently being reviewed / copy-edited). When that's done, I'll work on those answers, and then I'll be ready! --GedUK  17:37, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Excellent, let me know when you are ready for me to make a nomination statement. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Deleting

What changes do you recommend for "Composite propeller" to make it not "PROD". Im sorry I don't know how to "link it". I am new to this whole thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Piranhaprop (talk • contribs) 21:37, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

The article was deleted by the proposed deletion (WP:PROD), which is when an editor may tag an article using the template {{prod}}, if no one contests the deletion in five days the article is deleted. The concern the editor gave when tagging the article is in the deletion log which you may view, as you have contested the deletion I will restore the article (only admins can do this) per WP:PROD. Camaron | Chris (talk) 22:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Image Galleries

Hey, your thoughts on image galleries would be appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision#Image Galleries. Greekboy (talk) 21:24, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

I do have an opinion on these, I will respond later today. Camaron | Chris (talk) 09:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Limavady Grammar School assessment

Hi. I was just wondering if you would have a look at the Limavady Grammar School page again before I resubmit it for assessment. I added in most of the recommendations that you made on your first assessment where possible, and I would just like to know what you think. Thanks Olly¹⁵⁰ 15:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the changes to the page. Would it be worthwhile putting it up for re-assessment or is more info needed? I would make additions to the history section, but there is nothing at all I could back with references. Olly¹⁵⁰ 18:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. I have promoted the page to B-class, as it is now good enough for this grade. If you would like to pursue the even higher article grade (the potential is there) of GA, I would recommend going to Wikipedia:Peer review, though you can always ask for general comments at WP:WPSCH/A#R or WT:WPSCH. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Re:Award

Thanks a lot. I think your assessment skills require recognition

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I hereby award Camaron this barnstar in recognition of his precision, accuracy and dedication to upholding the standards of article assessment, helpfulness, and knowledge of the Wikipedia's Manual of Style Olly150 20:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Olly¹⁵⁰ 20:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Olly150, that is kind of you. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:38, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Automobile

Thanks Camaron for unprotecting this article. :-)

Cedars (talk) 11:08, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome Cedars. Camaron | Chris (talk) 11:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

This is an extremely poor decision IMHO. Whatever factors caused the article to be so frequently vandalised in the past (around once per hour) - and always by different IP users - still pertains today. There is absolutely no justification for unprotecting it. All this causes is a lot more work for a bunch of busy editors - and an article that will be almost permenantly in a vandalised state. Stupid, stupid, stupid. SteveBaker (talk) 17:35, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

The justification is that pages are not semi-protected forever and vandalism patterns do change, sometimes unexpectedly. Particularly as it can often be a small group of users pushing vandalism out of control, which will not return for a long while after unprotection. It is hence standard practice to test the water on indef semi-protected pages occasionally. It may be an essay, but WP:ROUGH describes it well, The only way to determine if ongoing semi-protection is still necessary is to remove the protection and see if the vandalism resumes at previous levels. For this reason, all pages that are indefinitely semi-protected can have their protection removed from time to time. The administrator should monitor the page after removing the protection. And that is exactly what I am doing, the page is currently being monitored and vandalism has as of yet not resumed. There is nothing stupid about trying unprotection occasionally given this is supposed to be the free encyclopedia anyone can edit, and I am not exactly the only admin that does it. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:14, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

There are a few articles (computer and automobile come to mind) that are vandalised by a totally random collection of people for no apparent reason than these were the first titles to come to mind to type into Wikipedia. In previous rounds of unprotecting...huge amounts of vandalism...arguments...reprotection (of which this is at least the third) - there is no noticable pattern to the vandalism of automobile - no sign of a small group of people - just random visitors hitting the page. That's exactly what happened this time...and guess what - the page is now reprotected. There is no believable MECHANISM by which vandalism of this kind of page would mysteriously come and go. It's not like pages about politicians or TV stars where there is some period of time when vandals are attracted to the page for a short period while the person has notoriety...then fades as the news about them in the press fades. In THOSE cases, I entirely agree that we should wait until they fade from public notice and then try unprotecting. But that's not what's happening with automobile and computer - those have been vandalised at pretty much the same uniform level for pretty much the entire life of the encyclopedia. There is absolutely no reason to suspect that things will change - so unprotection isn't justified - it just causes grief for the editors and gives the general public an unnecessarily bad experience of Wikipedia for these high-traffic articles. Hence, I continue to believe that unprotecting these kinds of articles is strongly counter-productive. However, I would equally strongly support trying an experimental unprotection of George Bush as his persona fades from public attention. And I'd certainly agree that we recommend a periodic unprotection of articles that were protected due to systemic vandalism by small special-interest groups. But that's CLEARLY not what's happening here - this is just a matter of some kid randomly coming to Wikipedia - seeing that (s)he can edit it - noticing that the front-page can't be edited - so typing in the first thing that comes to mind ("car" or "computer" or a small set of other things) - and then vandalising it. I did a study of this for the computer article and found that the vandalism peaks while UK and US school kids are in school - and drops off sharply when they are on vacation (eg on Martin Luther King day or Presidents day when most people are at work - but kids are at home - there is very little vandalism, on the same day in the preceeding or following week - there is the usual amount, there is much less vandalism during summer vacations than during term time). SteveBaker (talk) 21:36, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

It was worth a try in my view, but yes in this case it did not work and the page is now re-protected again, though it did take a day to become necessary again. The amount of time lost and real disruption in testing the water for a few days is negligible in the bigger picture of things, and if it gives the chance to investigate where vandalism is coming from re-enforces the need for what is often controversial indef. semi-protection, when there is a good faith request I am happy to try it. Camaron | Chris (talk) 22:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

C-Class discussion at WT:FILM

This discussion is due to close today, and it could do with someone neutral to close it and draw some sort of conclusion. With all the project coordinators having commented in the discussion, I looked at the list of admin project members and yours was the first name on the list. Do you think you would be able to do it? :) Thanks in advance either way! PC78 (talk) 12:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I am really not sure how I would close it to be honest, I am giving it a good think about. Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries, just let me know what you decide. :) PC78 (talk) 13:19, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I have decided I would probably be better as a participant given that I have been quite involved with pushing C-class introduction on other projects, and just this makes me a bit non-neutral. I have hence commented in the debate and given my support (I did not actually know to be honest that WP Films had still not implemented C-class). So, I'm afraid you will have to find someone else to close the debate. Personally, I would probably close it as no consensus. However some of the opposition seems to be more opposition to WP:ASSESS generally than C-class, and consensus seems to be moving slowly towards supporting, so perhaps it is matter of "when" rather than "if". Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:58, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Edoardo Agnelli and User:Beta321!

Hey Cam, How is a very new user, User:Beta321!, capable of editing the Edoardo Agnelli article if it was semi-protected? Doesn't semi block IP's and new editors? --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 22:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, this appears to be a sleeper account of some kind [1]. The user deliberately made null edits to there user space to get around the 10 edits minimum requirement, this is clearly a sock puppet (new users just don't do that), so I have indef blocked. Camaron | Chris (talk) 23:11, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh cool, I didn't realize he created the account before today. You're a clever one; can't get stuff past you ;-) --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 23:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

:), I will look out for any more sleeper socks that may appear. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Re:Your RfA

Hey Camaron - thanks for your your message regarding my failed RfA. I appreciate your participation and support and will definitely be trying again in the future. Thanks again! FlyingToaster 23:14, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

That is good to hear, keep up the good work. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:34, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

To remove protection prohibiting creation of Wael Kfoury page

I had requested that the protection be lifted from article on Wael Kfoury. My initial comment said:

This was protected because of repeated action to create the page. But the attempts were first on November 1, 2005 and the last on 22 August 2007. Protection isn't supposed to be a permanent measure. Prohibiting a Wikipedia article on a hugely significant performer such as Wael Kfoury is simply a result of a couple of unknown contributor with no registered Wikipedia names trying to create it repeatedly... I am applying for "unprotection" here. You may allow only established editors to be able to edit, and prohibit anonymous contributors. That would be perfectly acceptable. werldwayd (talk) 03:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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You had responded as follows:

Not unprotected - Please make an established/appropriate version of this article in your user space and then re-request unprotection here. This appears to covered under WP:BLP so caution must be given. Camaron | Chris (talk) 11:01, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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Chris, After your request, now I have prepared a proposed draft of what the article would look like: My comments left on the page says on the Requests for Protection/Unprotection page:

Thanks for the comments. Based on those, now I present a suggested text for re-creating a page in English language Wikipedia on Wael Kfoury. You can find it at this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Werldwayd werldwayd (talk)

Kindly check material I have prepared and allow at least established editors to create and edit the page for wael Kfoury. werldwayd (talk) 02:47, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I have created the page for you with the material you have given. I would be careful in using YouTube as a source as it not considered reliable, but generally the content is good enough for an established article. Be aware that any editor can still take the page to WP:AFD if they think it is necessary, good luck. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:48, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. This was greatly appreciated. For extra security though, how about adding a restriction that only registered editors can edit the page. We don't want to have a repetition of earlier incidents a year and two years ago when anonymous contributors just creating havoc. It was their action that resulted in this long prohibition of creating the page werldwayd (talk) 08:09, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

As Chris is offline, you may want to take this to Requests for page protection as that is the noticeboard for such things. I would, however, be amazed if there was any protection granted in advance of vandalism, that's not how it works. --GedUK  08:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

As Ged said, page protection is not usually given pre-emptively. However I am watching the page ans I will protect if vandalism becomes an issue (again). Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:36, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

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Thanks for indefinitely blocking the sock puppet vandal of my user page.TomCat4680 (talk) 20:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Responded on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Coordinator nominations

It has been six months already! I will visit when the voting begins. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Bow Wow

I think you overreacted to the vandalism since March 9 happened to be his birthday, so obviously there'd be a lot of vandalism to a person's article on that day. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 00:22, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

That explains a lot, I never noticed, that is quite a coincidence. If I had noticed his birthday was coming up I probably would have waited longer before trying unprotection anyway. His birthday may give his article extra attention for a while afterwards so I will just lower the expiry to 2 weeks, then it can be found it if protection is still needed in the long-term. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Y Done, thanks for the heads up. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:47, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I didn't even notice his birthday was March 9 either, so I think I learned to think before requesting unprotection. :) But thanks anyway. --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 21:12, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

RfA

Right, Cagney's passed its RfA, which I wanted to get done before an RfA. So, I'm ready if you still want to nominate me. I've drafted my responses to the first 3 questions in my sandbox. Let me know if you think they are OK! User:FlyingToaster said they were happy to co-nom, not sure how you would want to go about that. --GedUK  08:52, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey Camaron - I hear you are going to be doing some nomming. If you'd like/think it would be helpful, I'd be thrilled to co-nom. Fair disclosure: I failed an RfA last month, but it was for speedy tagging rather than civility or somesuchthingassuch. FlyingToaster 09:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

I would welcome FlyingToaster to do a co-nom as well, I will give the question answers a look over and think of making my statement tomorrow hopefully. Camaron | Chris (talk) 23:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

FT has decided not to co-nom after all (due to her recent failed RfA), but SoWhy is happy to instead :) --GedUK  07:45, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I have created your nomination page ready for me to add a description shortly. I have added you current answers to the questions also. Your answer to question 1 is good, but I would perhaps expand your answers to question 2 and 3 a bit to include more contributions/disputes, or general detail. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Righto, I'll expand 2 & 3. --GedUK  19:54, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. I've updated the RfA with my fuller answers (and corrected a link). --GedUK  20:58, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I see SoWhy has added his co-nom to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ged UK, I should add mine of similar quality some time this weekend. I assume you wish to transclude quite soon now. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Yup, i'm ready when you are :) --GedUK  19:32, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I am ready and have made my nomination. I hope it is good enough for you, I had a lot to live up to with So Why making such a good co-nom. You are now free to transclude at any time, though make sure you formally accept the nomination and update the timer. Camaron | Chris (talk) 14:22, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Looks perfect to me :) I'll accept and transclude now (once i've re-read the instructions!) --GedUK  14:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Excellent, I will watch and see how it goes. Camaron | Chris (talk) 14:36, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Bubble tea

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Thanks, I have never had bubble tea before so it will interesting to try it :) Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:05, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly three years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 17:49, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind thoughts Rjanag :), it is actually two years but I still almost find it difficult to believe it has been that long already. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

User:MBH2000/Florcello

Happy Anniversary !

Please help!

User:MBH2000/Florcello Could you please explain how my article on Florcello submitted 03/16/09 is considered "blatent advertising"? How could it possibly be written in a more unbiased fashion ? I want to learn. Please take a look at the articles for Tuaca, Liquor Fogg, Sabra... If these articles are acceptable, please advise how I am offending the Wiki rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MBH2000 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC) --MBH2000 (talk) 22:32, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest contacting the deleting administrator, in this case Dank55 (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights), as he is probably best placed to explain why he deleted the page, and can easily reverse his own actions if he agrees to your appeal. If he refuses and you still want the article restored, I would suggest going to WP:Deletion review where a full discussion can take place. Camaron | Chris (talk) 22:51, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh and thanks for the happy anniversary greeting. Camaron | Chris (talk) 23:00, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

I'm glad I didn't cock up your first nomination! Thanks for the support :) --GedUK  15:14, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Responded on your talk page. Camaron | Chris (talk) 17:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I Do Not Hook Up

Hey. This article was deleted per an AfD because the single itself is not notable. It's been recreated 4 times afterwards with no claim to notability. After the 4th time, the 4th creator recreated the article again. I'm not looking to get into an edit war. Can you check the history out and see if it deserves a protect from anons please? Thanks for your time. OlYeller^Talktome 19:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

They've reverted 3 times. Someone else left a 3RR warning on their talk page after I tried to explain why the article is currently a redirect. OlYeller^Talktome 20:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It appears all sorted now, the page has been fully protected indef. Coincidentally another admin came along to protect the page at exactly the same time in response to a request at WP:RFPP. Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:35, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Would you be willing to unprotect I Do Not Hook Up and then merge the article/history of I Do Not Hook Up (Kelly Clarkson song) to I Do Not Hook Up? If you look through the history of I Do Not Hook Up, I was one of the few people who kept requesting speedy deletions for the article based on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/(I Do Not) Hook Up. At this point, I believe the song passes WP:Songs and has reliable sources for the chart peaks. I was not sure if I should ask you or Ged UK since you were both doing admin actions to the article at the same time, but I felt since you action was first that I would ask you. Thank you, Aspects (talk) 03:28, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I have merged the pages as it seemed to make sense, and I agree that the current version of the article is an improvement over the AfD version. The merge has automatically overridden Ged UK's protection so I will let him know what has happened. Camaron | Chris (talk) 09:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Fine with me. --GedUK  13:46, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

WP ESC essay

I started the essay for the guidelines here. I wanted to get this thing rolling. Feel free to add to it as you please, it's not supposed to be just my little project. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 16:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Good idea to get it rolling, I have read it and it is a good start. I will add my stuff later. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy birthday

Wishing you all the best on your birthday! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee.

--Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign) 12:35, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Dylan, I wish you all the best as well. Its nice being an adult, the possibilities are endless: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee, Wikipedia:Oversight, Wikipedia:CheckUser... Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:38, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Congrats. Keep up the good work here on Wikipedia. RashersTierney (talk) 12:57, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy Birthday! --GedUK  13:47, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Woo, happy birthday! FlyingToaster 13:48, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks FlyingToaster, Ged UK, and RashersTierney. Camaron | Chris (talk) 14:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Charis School Assessment

I made revision to the above article following your assessment. But before I could go to other sections it was deleted. Should I go on rewriting them again to follow your advice? Xapis (talk) 14:46, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you sure? It seems to still exist to me at Charis School and there is no record of it being deleted. Feel free to continue improving it. Camaron | Chris (talk) 14:49, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I mean the other sections were deleted (not the whole article) I don't know the etiquette for this. Should I put the sections back (with revisions) or rewrite it again? Xapis (talk) 15:05, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Its now at AfD, yes feel free to re-write these sections and integrate back into the article. Camaron | Chris (talk) 15:20, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

A recent post suggest it to be merged. Made revisions already following suggestions. Can the article stand alone itself? Xapis (talk) 03:22, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Only if you can convince AfD participants that it meets the Wikipedia:Notability guideline. The article will need more secondary sources to do this. Camaron | Chris (talk) 09:10, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Illegal immigration to the United States

Moving opposing opinions to where they cannot be seen is -not- keeping in the spirit of the article talk pages being a neutral place for discussion about the article. Attempting to argue otherwise is deeply disingenuous. Yet this is exactly what Wikidemon did. You ought to be ashamed for defending his doing so..-32.164.131.11 (talk) 17:46, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Many of your comments weren't discussing the article at all, they were discussing Wikidemon, and a violation of WP:NPA. In fact I think moving such comments to an archived section is giving grace given that he could have made a case to remove them completely. I do not think you are in a position to take this line given you have removed his comments and edit warred over it [2]. Any argument you had over the article was lost through that behaviour - free speech here is not a right and it will taken away as necessary. I see the above as just confirmation that I made the right decision. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:38, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I restored my comments. The only way I could restore my comments was by reverting his screwing around with my comments (I don't have cut and paste). In other words, he forced me into removing his comments in order to restore my own and if he hadn't have been screwing around with my comments, I wouldn't have had to do any reversions. So that's on him. As for "personal attacks", check the history. An admin came in and locked the article down and told us to use the talk page. I tried to do that. I stopped my side of the personal conflict and focused only on the debate arguements being made. And Wikidemon started screwing with my comments - preventing the talk page from being used for it's intended purpose.-166.197.4.101 (talk) 22:27, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Well it is your responsibility when reverting other users to ensure that you are making the changes you intend - the edit window as well as the 'show preview' and 'show changes' are here for this purpose. If it was a one off incident then no matter, but in fact you edit warred over it several times. A personal attack is a personal attack - it does not matter what Wikidemon did to your edits, they are still not allowed. As for focusing on the debate, well since the very beginning of this dispute that has been slipping. The first slip was to incorrectly accuse Wikidemon of vandalism [3]. The next slip was; "You aren't qualified to give warnings which have any kind of merit to them and to assume you do is boldly arrogant." A blatant personal attack. The worst slip was probably "I'm going to need a Wikidemon to Common English translation dictionary." How these comments help improve the article I do not know, Wikidemon's comments were not always perfect either but he generally remained civil and refrained from personal attacks. You are right that the talk page is for debate on improving the article, personal attacks do not come under this definition, and hence may be subject to removal from talk pages without warning. Camaron | Chris (talk) 09:06, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikidemon was repeatedly and deliberately moving opposing views to where they could not be seen. I was restoring them. You call that edit warring. I call it using the talk page for it's intended purpose - making sure all views are heard so that we can work towards NPOV in the article. Sure, restoring opposing views meant that Wikidemon's were lost, but that was due to how he was making his comments in the same edits he was screwing with mine. Also, pointing out that someone's debate arguement is predicated on a highly idiosyncratic, highly peculiar, uncommon use of language is focusing on their debate arguement, not making a personal attack.-32.164.137.179 (talk) 12:47, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

As for Wikidemon allegedly "generally remaining civil", I think you should review the history. I tried to get a third party involved. Wikidemon refused and, instead, called me "tendentious". His personal attacks also included calling me "disruptive" and making the statement "I am the good faith editor here" - implying that I was not editing in good faith. His behaviour (ignoring consensus, screwing around with other editors's comments on the talk page, etc.) have been consistent with article ownership. In fact, when an outside editor (Schrandit) did try to make changes to the article (Schrandit agreed with me), Wikidemon immediately reverted him.-166.199.126.38 (talk) 13:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

But there were plenty of comments that shouldn't have been said - especially at the beginning. I'm concerned about how the article was locked down so that we could discuss our differences in the talk page, then when I tried to do that, Wikidemon started hiding my comments from view, and, now, he doesn't even have to do that because you've made it so that opposing opinions can't even be posted on the talk page.-166.199.64.153 (talk) 13:24, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

There is a narrow line between a personal attack and heavy criticism, yes as I said earlier Wikidemon's comments were not always perfect, and I have no reason to unduly defend him. Though there was nothing beyond what can be put down to a presence of a belly button, and I have to say the way he reacted was not surprising given the stress he appears to have experienced, and you have brought some of these accusations on yourself. Some of your comments however were blatant violations of the Wikipedia:Civility and Wikipedia:No personal attacks policy. The former policy even gives the example Belittling contributors because of their language skills or word choice, so there is no defence here, and I glad you appear to have changed your mind at least slightly in later comments. As for Schrandit, well he may have agreed with you on the content dispute, but he remained civil and that is why he can still edit the talk page. I don't see any strong case for claiming Wikidemon is violating WP:OWN either, yes he did revert Schrandit, but only once and he gave an edit summary, so no policy violation there. He has hardly reverted every edit - in fact in the last 100 revisions he has only edited the article at all after the 5 April. As for archiving comments, well again if comments aren't civil, there is a case for them to be removed. He has now archived the entire discussion, including everyone's comments, which is common practice on talk pages by many users when it is felt a discussion is non-productive, so no real policy violation there. If you want to continue the discussion after the semi-protection expires I would suggest starting joining in with the new thread by Richwales - and make sure that this time no one can make a case to hide/delete any comments you have made. Camaron | Chris (talk) 19:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Let's see if we can establish a couple of points of mutual agreement. 1.) The whole point of an arrticle talk page is to make all available points of view regarding the article available so that editors can work towards NPOV 2.) Rather than struggling to draw exceedingly fine and arbitrary lines, we should just call a spade a spade 3.) There is a difference between commenting on someone's ability to communicate (that is, on their mastery of the language) and pointing out sophistry (that is, pointing out when a debate arguement is DEPENDENT on a highly idiosyncratic, highly peculiar, and uncommon use of language).

Can we establish those as points of agreement? And you appear to be asking that I cooperate in not making all available points of view available, that I make the effort to draw fine and arbitrary lines whenever doing so supports the favored point of view, and to embrace sophistry. I mean, really, pointing out that a person's arguement is based on uncommon language is a personal attack, but calling someone "tendentious", "disruptive", and not editing in good faith is not?-32.166.189.142 (talk) 03:00, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

If the dictionary comment was just pointing out uncommon use of language, there were much better ways to go about - "I do not understand what you are trying to argue" or something of the sort would have done, suggesting "I'm going to need a Wikidemon to Common English translation dictionary" was not helpful, and was excessively personal. As for the use of the terms 'tendentious' and 'disruptive' they are just quoting the essay Wikipedia:Tendentious editing and the guideline Wikipedia:Disruptive editing, and are established terms on Wikipedia. Unjustified use of these terms can be a personal attack, and while I do not think you are a blatant disruptive or tendentious editor you have left yourself open to being accused of being one. For example at Wikipedia:Tendentious editing#Characteristics of problem editors, the third and fifth one apply to some of your edit summaries. So in response to your suggestions of points of agreement, yes to number one but only in line WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA - talk pages are not a free for all, and yes to number two but again only if it is civil. Number three seems off the point to me, and looking at the definition of sophistry, it is does not fit very well with WP:AGF, and is hardly a productive suggestion. Camaron | Chris (talk) 10:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The protection is due to expire this morning on both the talk page and on the article. I have decided to let it expire, however I will be monitoring things for a while to see what happens. Camaron | Chris (talk) 08:38, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikidemon has repeatedly accussed other editors of vandalizing articles. He has often reverted edits while complaining that the editor didn't discuss the edit first. And, while I have asked him repeatedly to answer good faith questions (that is, my repeated efforts for him to explain what his problems are with my edits), he has refused to do so (sometimes he complains about stuff that isn't even in the article). You take issue with the fact that I've pointed out that his debate arguements rest on him using the English language in an uncommon manner. All of the actions described above are examples of his tendentiousness. Rather than criticize his debate arguement for being dependent on an uncommon use of language, it seems you'd prefer that I just call -him- 'tendentious'. How about, "I am the good faith editor here"? Is it okay for me to use that statement? -32.165.6.151 (talk) 10:57, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I have seen no evidence that Wikidemon has been accusing anyone of vandalism, that is something only from IPs as far as I have noticed, but if some direct evidence can be provided I will obviously look at it. There have been accusations from both directions of bad faith editing, including from Wikidemon, and although unhelpful, you have again brought such accusations on yourself, even if they are not true. How about moving away from the Ad hominem side of things completely and actually debating the article itself. The current debate that has started on the talk page has no such personal remarks, and I see no reason why they need to be reintroduced. Camaron | Chris (talk) 11:17, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm disturbed here by your implicit insistence that the only editor in this dispute who has a belly button is Wikidemon. I'll bring you evidence of Wikidemon accusing other editors of vandalism. As for discussing the article itself, you've been focusing us here in your talk page on personal attacks. I said earlier in my discussion with you that there were many things, especially in the beginning, that were said by both parties that probably shouldn't have been said. My issue is that when I tried to represent a different point of view in the talk page, my comments kept getting screwed with and when I restored them, you singled me out and criticized me for it.-32.164.91.29 (talk) 12:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Your comments and actions were far worse as far as behavioural guidelines go than anyone else's and over what can be put down to the presence of a belly button, as I think I have already made clear several times above. Most of the accusations you have given me against other editors, such as the accusations of vandalism, apply to you as well on a larger scale, which does not render a very strong argument. The semi-protection did its job as far as I'm concerned in that civility has occurred since it was implemented, despite continued debate, and does remain for the moment with its expiry past. All I have been doing on this page is explaining my actions and responded to your questions, something that I certainly was not under any obligation to do. Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:33, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

As far as I'm concerned, I did nothing especially wrong and your inability to point to any incidences of me doing any especially wrong only validates that fact. What has happened here is clear. Wikidemon took action to prevent all available points of viewfrom being represented in the talk page and an admin defended him doing so. As I said, you should be ashamed of yourself.-166.197.80.176 (talk) 18:02, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

All I can say to this is: See above. This is clearly going around in circles with the same claims being posted over and over again, and me having to divert time I would normally use for more productive purposes to being lost repeating myself again and again over what policy actually says and what has actually happened. Despite all this I have managed to assume good faith, although that has began to strain. The aim of this debate appears to be to extract some kind of apology out of me; I have no plans to give one, although I have done in the past to what appear to reasonable complaints from editors in good standing - this is not one of them. Hence, I fail to see any reason to keep this discussion open, and I am archiving it now, and is hence closed. Please note that any editor is allowed to delete/move comments from their user talk space as they see fit per the Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Any further postings on my user talk page for this same issue or incident by unregistered users will be deleted without response. Established users in good standing may however post comments on the issue or incident, and any user may continue to make postings on new issues or incidents. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

It's easy to be self-righteous and duplicitous when you've got the power to keep anyone who disagrees with you from speaking. All you've convinced people of is that you aren't afraid to abuse your admin powers. As I said before, you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm not the one gaming the system here. I've got no power to game. As I pointed out before, you've turned a blind eye to Wikidemon making personal attacks such. as "tendentious", "disruptive", and comments that other editors aren't acting in good faith, you've ignored the fact that he has a long history of personal conflicts throughout Wikipedia and and that I was working on this article peacefully when he wasn't around. You've ignored the fact that he was working to prevent the article talk page from being used for it's intended purpose, and you've glossed over that despite all of this, from the very beginning you've singled me out. So, perhaps it's too much to expect you to admit that you've never assumed good faith in me.166.198.109.18 (talk) 22:43, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I -have- been using the talk pages appropriately. I stopped making personal attacks a long time ago while others continued. I didn't game the system by removing other points of view. Just because you've got admin powers doesn't make you right.-166.199.173.225 (talk) 08:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Dharmaraja College Wiki

Dear Camaron I appreciate your wonderful contribution to Dharmaraja College Wiki ([4]). I am the president of Dharmaraja College Archives which is the official repoistory of the college. Since our college is 122 years old, information about early days is limited and also because we did not have any mecahnism to preserve information before 2002 (Establishment of the College Archives). Now I see the wiki is growing up.

I had the idea to have a separate wiki blog of our own (not in Wikipedia) as we are trying to collect all the minute details including information of every student. I do not think Wiki allows to have such a vast repository. I need your advise on this.

Secondly I saw you have deleted some links including Archives Link to limit the list. But I prefer to have exisiting links as there are not many. I think Archives link is a must as it directs to all the detailed infromation. Rajans' Mountaineering group is one web site you leave which is similar to a groups one you deleted. Kamalanath Samarakoon President Dharmaraja College Archives Foundation —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.105.244.86 (talk) 09:42, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I have only been involved in the article due to a request for an assessment on the articles quality at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Assessment, which I gave on the talk page. You are free to create your own wiki for the school, the MediaWiki software which this website uses is available for free use for those that want to create their own wikis, for details of which a comprehensive encycylcopedia such as Wikipedia would not cover. I cut down the external links section in the article as there were way too many - external links in articles should be kept to a minimum as Wikipedia is not a respiratory of links per the Wikipedia:External links guideline. I was arbitrary on what links stayed and which didn't, and I can't say my choice was based on a lot of research. You are free to add links you think are helpful to readers though they should be in line with the guideline I have linked above, stick to the official links and those directly related to the content of the article. There is no rule on the amount of external links an article should have but as a guide I would say one to three is a good number, and even zero if there are no relevant external links, but I don't think that is the case here. More than five is probably too many, and more than ten is almost certainly too many. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

I have added the archive link ([5]) back for you as it seems relevant enough and it is official. Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)

i change the charts of italia . beucause the real position now is not 13 is 7 . http://acharts.us/italy_singles_top_50 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gagavisione (talk • contribs) 01:11, 17 April 2009 (UTC) ON the wikipedia page (Lady Gaga ) you did not cited approximately the number lady gaga sell to date . it is because she was popular or she always sell . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gagavisione (talk • contribs) 05:42, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I have not made any changes to any Lady Gala pages, I only protected the page to due to excessive inappropriate edits following a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. You are still free to make any edits you want to, just make sure they follow policy such as Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research. Camaron | Chris (talk) 08:41, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Please see my reply to your last post. It's on my talk page

This is utterly depressing. The message I'm getting is that dispute resolution is not worth it. I'm discouraged and sad. I'm trying, very hard, to do the right thing, and I feel pissed on from all quarters. This makes me want to turn in my badge and leave. Do you understand what I'm saying, at all? -GTBacchus^(talk) 15:45, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes it is depressing, and I know you are trying hard, please see the reply to your comments on my talk page. If you leave I cannot stop you, but it would only make this more depressing. I think we are all trying to do the right thing, but unfortunately people disagree about what "right" is. Camaron | Chris (talk) 16:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films April 2009 Newsletter

The April 2009 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 07:38, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Good luck

I'm sure you know what I'm referring to . Do the best you can. I'm sure you'll have some good results! Best regards, --Kanonkas :  Talk  18:05, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Kanonkas :), I will try and I hope so. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Shameless thankspam

FlyingToaster Barnstar Hello Camaron! Thank you so much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of 126/32/5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust. FlyingToaster

WikiProject Films May 2009 Newsletter

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A problem (maybe)

Cam, First off, I hope your exams all went well.

Second, there is an editor, User: EagleFan who has been making some pretty unilateral decisions about school articles. Some of the edits are a matter of opinions, but despite a lack of consensus, he has been doing them. I suppose that's his right, but I'm not sure it makes for the best of community decision making when the editor claims "I think it looks better" and "in the absence of consensus, I will continue", while a discussion is ongoing. Yesterday, he started making a tour of the high school articles, resetting their importance ratings to "Low" in the Schools project box. Some of these articles had been ranked "Mid", and some of them hadn't been ranked, but had lists of referenced notable alumni a mile long. I inquired at his talk page as to why he was doing this, and he basically implied that colleges are mid to high, and high schools are not. It was a unilateral decision on his part. What prompted me to come to you was his change in assessment at Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois). You had personally rated this as a high importance article, and he reset it to low. You had a clear reason for your assessment. I am concerned because his unilateral actions are going to take a lot of time to reset in the future. I have resisted over the last month or so to revert any of his edits to avoid an edit war, but I have to tell you that the temptation to revert is getting more and more difficult. I will revert his change on this article (his own talk page said that he was willing to allow other editors to do so). I thought someone in your project may want to take a closer look at this. LonelyBeacon (talk) 15:58, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello LonelyBeacon, you have caught me at a good time with my exams finished. Yes I think they have gone pretty well, but it is nice to be back fully at long last. I do not agree with some of these assessment changes either, and have raised some of my concerns at WT:WPSCH. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Camaron | Chris (talk) 18:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

David D'Or

Thanks for the assessment, as well as the comments.--Ethelh (talk) 05:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Camaron · Chris · talk 08:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

I have concluded the reassessment and delisted the article for the Good Articles list. Reasons are at Talk:Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008/GA2. If you disagree with this decision please take it to WP:GAR. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 14:17, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I was not going to take GA credit for this article anyway, I have hardly contributed to it. I will be bringing this very Eurovision mess at WT:EURO shortly however. Camaron · Christopher · talk 14:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

thanks for notification

I'll probably not intervene since it isn't my type of discussion, but thanks anyway. AfroGold - Afkatk 21:23, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome, participation is not compulsory. Camaron · Christopher · talk 21:32, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Newsletter

The deadline for completing the newsletter is tomorrow night and I think all we need is some more news and a good copy-edit. Just let me know when you are ready to publish. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 14:59, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes I have just realised that, but thanks for giving me a nudge, I am going to give it some attention tonight. Camaron · Christopher · talk 16:47, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I think it is all complete now, you may distribute when you are ready. Camaron · Christopher · talk 18:22, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Amador Valley High School

Hi Christopher, Thank you for your helpful assessment of Amador Valley High School. I have updated the article according to all of your suggestions. I am not sure how to create a dedicated gallery page for the photos (that are now hosted on the commons), and would appreciate a link or an example. I would like to request a re-assessment of the article when you are free. Thank you. Deltawk (talk) 23:22, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

OK, I will give deal with the photos and re-assess the article later today. If you would like to see an example gallery, a user space one would be my own and a gallery space (the mainspace on Commons) one would be Commons:Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Camaron · Christopher · talk 08:49, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I have now created a gallery and linked it from the article. There is still one Flickr image which needs to have its licence changed to be on Commons, though I see you are coming to an agreement with the Flickr author. The article is already B-class and I cannot unilaterally promote it any higher, I will leave some suggestions on the talk page. Camaron · Christopher · talk 12:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help with the article and the barnstar. My school's wikipedia article is my first ever Wikipedia project, and I am glad to learn more about how wikipedia works and gather opinions from editors like you in the process. I do like the new gallery, and hopefully I can resolve the issue with the Flickr author today. Thanks again. Deltawk (talk) 18:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome and I'm glad I could be of help, I look forward to seeing that cross replaced by a tick at File:Amador Valley We the People.jpg. Camaron · Christopher · talk 18:18, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films June 2009 Newsletter

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Thanks for stopping Kn100.

n/t —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.130.120.243 (talk) 11:00, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Camaron · Christopher · talk 11:05, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Italy in the Big 5

Cameron,

I'm writing with regards to the Big 4 section in the main Eurovision Song Contest article. I found information about Italy being apart of a "Big 5", and also several websites which can back this information up, all of which come under the WikiProject Eurovision as reliable sources. I added this information to the main Eurovision Song Contest article as I feel it supplies valid encyclopaedic information to readers doing any research into Eurovision via the Wikipedia site. However, one user keeps removing the text (which I added in my own words), and has since started to dispute the fact that this information about Italy shouldn't be included in the Eurovision Song Contest article. They say that as Italy haven't participated in a long time that the information is pointless - but I disagree with this. The wording for this information mentions that "Eurovision Executive Svante Stockselius confirmed that Italy is a part of a Big 5 if they were to return to the contest, however since Italy haven't participated since the 1997 Contest they have yet to use their Big 5 status". I was wondering if you could help in this dispute, so that some sort of resolution can be arranged between users in question, and also WikiProject Eurovision members. Do you agree that this information about Italy should be included using the wording as shown above in bold/italics? I look forward to your reply. Kindest Regards. (Gareth Pr3st0n (talk) 14:04, 1 July 2009 (UTC)) P.S. Please could you inform me how to archive things in my talk page area, as I'm unsure how to do this, and it would come in handy to help tidy up my talk page. Gratefully appreciated. (Gareth Pr3st0n (talk) 14:08, 1 July 2009 (UTC))

Hello, I will take a look into it and post my opinion at Talk:Eurovision Song Contest later today. As for archiving, yes that is a good idea to stop your talk page getting to long and is more helpful than just deleting old messages. There is a good page on it at Help:Archiving; most users including myself use the 'cut and paste procedure'. You simply cut what you want to archive from your talk page, create a sub-page such as Special:Mytalk/Archive 1 and then past the talk page material there, add {{talkarchivenav}} to the top of the archive, and then add a archive box to your user talk page such as {{Archive box}}. You can get a bot to archive your talk page automatically if you want though I personally stick to manual archiving; instructions on how to do this are at User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo. Camaron · Christopher · talk 14:45, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Make that tomorrow morning, I have had my first driving lesson today and I think I will be more helpful when I am less tired. Camaron · Christopher · talk 19:15, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Camaron, thanks for adding your valid 3rd opinion to the whole Italy Big 5 dispute. Although since your opinion User:Eurosong has contacted me via my user page and has been very rude to me in all honesty, which I find disgraceful, especially when he is suppose to be an active member of the WikiProject Eurovision. I have replied to him as polite and understanding as possible, but in all honesty his attitude towards me has been very hurtful, and I've decided to take personal action and ignore that particular user from now on. If he continues to be abusive and use bullying tactics once again, I shall have no other alternative but to report the user to the relevant department, or even local authorities. Internet Bullying is against the law in some countries, and his use of context is breeching exactly that. Is there anything you would suggest to prevent this user from using personal attacks on myself in the future? I look forward to your reply in due course. (Gareth aka Pr3st0n (talk) 12:55, 2 July 2009 (UTC))

Yes, I think it would be better to cool things down by you two keeping your interactions to a minimum as things have got rather personal, I don't think intervention by me here would be helpful. A less passive idea would be to visit WP:TEA. There are many tips I can give, first I would recommend you keep use of text in all caps to a minimum as many users do see this as shouting even if you don't mean it that way and are more likely to respond in anger. If you need to emphasise text I would use alternatives such as italics. Second, use of personal references in discussions is inevitable to some extent but I would try and keep them to a minimum e.g. avoid using the word 'you' a lot. Third, don't respond in a hurry, if someone annoys you take a walk or something and then respond, you will be calmer and the outcome will often be more pleasant for everyone. Wikipedia:No personal attacks provides guidance on how to respond to personal attacks, which brings to another tip, don't bring this policy up in the middle of a discussion without good cause as it can often make things worse. I would also recommend you do not talk about taking legal action against other editors as legal threats are prohibited by policy for various reasons. I take it as a compliment your suggestion that I am in control of WikiProject Eurovision; while I am active in the project I do not wish to, and cannot be, a dictator, and in content disputes I try to mediate rather than arbitrate. Camaron · Christopher · talk 14:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Women's Islamic Games

Hi Camaron. I've launched a clean up assault on these articles and brought them all from an utter mess to a bunch of coherent articles. It appears you deleted 2005 Women's Islamic Games as gibberish. I presume this is a similar kind of raw text I've converted for the rest of the articles. If so, do you fancy restoring it so I can clean that one up too? Frankly, I'm amazed that several editors added categories and dabbed links without flagging these articles for clean up! Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{WIKIPROJECT ATHLETICS NEEDS YOU!} 14:06, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, yes I deleted it following a WP:PROD, this was one PROD I considered declining actually as it looked like the article had potential, but it was in such a state I would have felt uncomfortable declining it. Good luck with cleaning them up. Camaron · Christopher · talk 14:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Cheers for that. Basic clean up is all done. Hopefully I can dig out a few references at some point too! Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{WIKIPROJECT ATHLETICS NEEDS YOU!} 20:44, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

RE: Barnstar

Thanks Camaron for the barnstar, I feel privileged to receive my very first barnstar. It's better than an Oscar award any day lol. (Pr3st0n (talk) 10:04, 5 July 2009 (UTC))

You're welcome, you deserve it. Camaron · Christopher · talk 10:09, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

I have conducted a reassessment of this article and found a large number of issues with the prose style, referencing and possible original research. There were so many that I delisted the article. These concerns can be found at Talk:San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008/GA2. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Well I would personally like a hold on GA reviews until this sourcing issue are resolved, and if I am honest I am not convinced you remain an impartial reviewer. Camaron · Christopher · talk 15:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists

I saw that you correctly declined the request earlier today to protect this article, as edit warring had died down. However, someone just reverted again, and I see the makings of a slow edit war. Could you watchlist it please? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 16:55, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I have now added it to my watchlist, I will see what happens. Camaron · Christopher · talk 18:53, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Clarification

Wikiquette requires that I inform you that I have sought guidance at Wikipedia_talk:Canvassing#Cross-posting_to_46_project_members_and_about_to_do_more. about your multi-posting. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:51, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know, I have responded to the concerns on the talk page. Camaron · Christopher · talk 21:52, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Eurovision RFC

Just a note that acceptance at RFC often will not correlate to acceptance at FAC/FAR. YellowMonkey (cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 02:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

This RfC is not for the FAC/FAR, it is just coincidence that is happening at the same time, this is for all the articles on the project and will correlate into the currently in draft project guideline if a consensus if formed. Camaron · Christopher · talk 08:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Cameron. Thank you for inviting me to the request for comment regarding reliable sources on Eurovision articles. Sorry I have not replied until now: I have been busy in my offline life. I have a couple of days off coming up very soon, and hope to spend some time on Wikipedia then. I appreciate your efforts with the Eurovision project! EuroSong ^talk 10:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

No worries, and you're welcome. Camaron · Christopher · talk 13:04, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Eurovision Sources

Hey Camaron. I just wanted to say that esctime is relaunching on Thursday, this is also another source that you should put on the RFC? I think it's used around the site, not much, but occasionally, like for Melodifestivalen and some NF pages. Nathan | ^talk 17:07, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thank you for your suggestion, I will add it to the list. Camaron · Christopher · talk 18:07, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome

Thank you for your welcome, I was going to sign the comment but avoided it since I have only heard the devs confirm it within the closed beta. Warll (talk) 17:26, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Camaron · Christopher · talk 18:40, 16 July 2009 (UTC)