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Wikipedia:Editor review/Childzy

I reviewed you. Shalom ^Hello 03:52, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Photography request

Hi Daniel. A while back I stumbled across the page about The singing ringing tree in Barnley, in which I also found your very good picture. I am currently writing a conference report for a university in Sweden about sound/landscape. (Its a non-profit publication for free online access in Swedish.) I would like, if possible, to incorporate your picture. So I wanted to ask if this is ok by you, and if so, how would you want to be credited? Thank you and very best wishes from Sweden, Gunnar Cerwén —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ljudplanering (talk • contribs) 12:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Zui Quan

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent contribution restored content to Zui Quan. Please be careful when editing pages and do not restore content from Wikipedia without a good reason, which should be specified in the edit summary. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. As an experienced/long time member of wikipedia, I would be glad to give you any advice you need to get started. Thank you. Nico 22:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IP 216.79.33.77

Thanks for filing the report on 216.79.33.77. I was actually about to do that, when I saw that you had already beat me to the punch, so to speak. Chengwes 14:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to 'List of Notable Fencers'

Hi Childzy - got your messsage - I re-instated the edits with summary explanation, and full explanation in the discussion page for 'List of Notable Fencers' entry. Thanks for your quick feedback. 216.168.238.7 23:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Knight of Fire

...and if you had waited 5 minutes, you would have seen the article. No problem, I just added it again. Thanx for the extra work.

/peach —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peach666 (talk • contribs) 15:50, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

It is not about waiting 5 minutes, it is about following wikipedia guidelines, I was well within rights to revert your edits, the editing page warns that any red links added will be removed. So please keep civil in future as i am sure that i didn't burden you with any extra work. Thanks and happy editing!--Childzy ¤ Talk 19:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since it was not red for very long (a question of minutes), I regarded the rule as followed but in a dynamic way; when I was done, there would not be any red links in the list. And if you feel threatened and insulted enough by an ironic "thanx" to throw civil at me, there is not much more to say. Happy hunting /peach —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peach666 (talk • contribs) 07:31, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

School pc

This is a school computer dont block it! Its not me that is vandalizing wikipedia! A saw the new messgaes message and there was a block msg! 200.156.17.1 15:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dont worry, i cant block you. I had to put up with the same thing when i was at school, the best thing for you to do is create an acount so that if the I.P is blocked you wont be affected, it also distances you from the others --Childzy ¤ Talk 15:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Szwaja

Please look at Joe Szwaja if you can again and copyedit? I cleaned up and rewrote all material from the claimed copyvio. thanks. • Lawrence Cohen 17:02, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did so, good work cleaning it up. There was very little to fix. What went on with this article before? I was confused, some I.P kept blanking the page, was quite annoying. --Childzy ¤ Talk 22:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what Peru's issue was, to be honest... he/she kept fighting with people about a copyvio. I saw a few sentences that were lifted from that site so I just rewrote it all to fix it. Peru just kept coming back anyway screaming about copyrights and ended up blocked. • Lawrence Cohen 22:17, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well you did well fixing it up and referencing it, as I say i only made a couple of minor changes to it. I'll give it a better copy edit sometime in the near future --Childzy ¤ Talk 22:19, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! • Lawrence Cohen 22:20, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Childzy, can I get a third opinion on an editing dispute I'm having with another user on both Jean Godden and Joe Szwaja? We're certainly both partisan and I'd like more opinions and involvement of people who don't care about this election. Mikesmash 04:49, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure whats the dispute about? --Childzy ¤ Talk 09:24, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I've had a pretty good look at what has been going on. It seems this user [3] is taking issue with some of the things that arent in the article? Saying that some important things are missing. Well i have read the article and sources a bit and the article in no way what so ever fails WP:LIBEL. Everything that is in the article is well sourced and it seems "User:Landsfarthereast" is using the talk pages of article to tell you to do things to the article, dont feel obligied to listen to the guy. Just tell him WP:SOFIXIT, there is nothing stopping the user from editing the page himself. A good thing to remember is not to get stessed, you are a valuable wikipedia, you are getting things done. I left once because it got stressful. Also wikipedia is not cited as being purely factual so if "User:Landsfarthereast" has an issue the tell him/her to read [4] which explains things. If you need any more help with this edit dispute just let me know, i've just tried to outline the basics here. Hope i've been of help --Childzy ¤ Talk 09:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bayern Munich 1 - 2 Norwich City

Hi. You were one of the first to contribute to this AfD. Since then, the debate has been extensive and several users have significantly enhanced the article, demonstrating cited notability (and getting rid of POV). I'd be grateful if you'd review your opinion, as I genuinely believe this to be notable. --Dweller 20:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notice, i'll just have a look --Childzy ¤ Talk 21:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Edits to Fallen

Hey Huntster, could you jsut clear up why you removed some of the personel listed on the album on this edit [5]? thanks --Childzy ¤ Talk 12:54, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A standard has got to be found for these albums. Some were beginning to list every single credited person on the case, which completely fails our indiscriminate information policy. I'm toning it down the absolute basics. If a better method can be found, fine, but till then I'd suggest leaving it in minimal form. I'm frankly getting sick of the crap that tends to creep into these articles over time, and this is just one part of it. -- Huntster ^{T • @ • C} 13:00, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you there but i did add some more back, such as the drummer, bassist, choir and guest vocals. I think all of them that are now listed did play a recognizable part in the album you agree? --Childzy ¤ Talk 13:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Btw i like how you have set it out on Origin (demo CD) --Childzy ¤ Talk 13:05, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and I sorta-kinda agree with the extra personnel in that regard, to the extent of compromise. However, when we start adding individual names of a choir and programmers and such, it is a sure sign of bloat. The other question is, exactly how are some of these guests notable, other than simply being there? I'm trying to find a middle ground as many people want as much data as can be tossed in, even though I'd strongly prefer having only the primary band members listed...it is really the only unbiased way of proceeding. -- Huntster ^{T • @ • C} 15:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah i remember that it once actually listed every member of the choir which is excessive! I think guest vocalists can be considered notable as the usually play a major part in a song. We could come up with some sort of draft guideline to use at WP:Album for whom to include on the personnel section. It may prove handy --Childzy ¤ Talk 15:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, though even background or guest vocalists are a slippery slope. If they are considered vitally important to a song, aren't the directors and producers and compilers vitally important as well? It just seems dangerous, but it'll work for now. Personally, I like guidelines and policies, so any you want to propose over at WP:ALBUM is good with me :P -- Huntster ^{T • @ • C} 15:47, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I like guidelines as well really, it just keeps things smart tidy and encyclopedic instead of just being rambling lists of crap that end up appearing. The best thing that happened to the site was the whole thing about removing trivia, I hate trivia sections lol. But yeah I'm sure together we can come up with a basic outline of what should and shouldn't be in personnel sections. Obviously all band members should be listed. Secondly and guest vocalist should be added or are we not sure on this one yet? Thirdly and choir or backing group/singers that make a continued appearance on the album should be included. As for the producer then I'm not sure, if the article has an infobox then its always mentioned there so it needn't be written twice. What do you think? --Childzy ¤ Talk 15:59, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Linda Gottfredson

I see that you were the last edit on this page. I would like to remove the disputed neutrality box. If you have no objections that you would care to discuss, that is.Die4Dixie 16:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Er im not sure what you are asking, the edit i made was purely to revert some vandalism. If you want to remove the neutrality tag just add a section on the pages talk page and see if other uses agree that it is now neutral. Or Be bold and remove the tag anyway =] --Childzy ¤ Talk 17:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Talk page comments

I notice you also deleted the 1995 civil suit that Szwaja lost in King County. Is that not relevant, either? Or the fact that he was arrested for driving with a suspended license? Also, not relevant? You're unbelievable. Are you getting paid for this?Landsfarthereast 05:38, 1 September 2007 (UTC) [6]

Read Wikipedia:General disclaimer we are under no obligation to make sure the article is completely factual, you of course are free to include it in the article (see WP:SOFIXIT) please note though that any unsourced (WP:V) and potentially libellous material that you add will be removed (per Wikipedia:Libel). Also please remain civil when talking to editors. --Childzy ¤ Talk 10:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prod notices

I have removed the {{dated prod}} tag from Lab 5 since its deletion has already being contested by an IP editor. I have also struck the warning from the IP editor's talk page as well. Removal of the {{dated prod}} tag from an article is not vandalism and should not be reverted as such unless the IP editor has an edit history that demonstrates a clear history of vandalism. Doing so would be assuming bad faith on the part of the IP editor. Ideally, the IP editor should have given a reason why he or she is contesting the deletion, but such explanations are not necessary. If you still think the article should be deleted, then take it to AfD as the next step in the deletion process. --Farix (Talk) 03:41, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vrlika Page

Thanks for fixing the Vrlika page. The guy is always ruining it and changing it.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kukar (talk • contribs)

List of death metal bands

Just thought i'd let you know that only bands with wikipedia article's are to go on the list. It keeps things tidy and verifiable so be careful about linking to any bands without article or the edit will be reverted. Thanks --Childzy ¤ Talk 14:58, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh Okay, thanks for letting me know :) im new to this so yeah thanks again, but if i put up the articles about them i can put them on the list? as i know far more bands that arnt on that list and i want them to have recongition. METALFREAK04 15:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yeah of course, thats what its all about! take a look at WP:MUSIC first, the bands have to be notable etc! --Childzy ¤ Talk 15:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thank you! :) • Lawrence Cohen 16:09, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Thank You for the edits of Government Engineering College,Idukki page -- Joaquim679 18:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

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Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I hate when that happens. It means one less edit for me:( O well. Have a nice day:)--Wikiholic 20:45, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I feel that it is my duty at wikipedia to make wikipedia a more friendly place. I have said rude things to people on a few occasions, wich I feel sorry for, and I feel that the least I can do is to give smiles to people. Peace:)--Wikiholic 20:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Luffy

Please don't vandalize pages, I can see from your use of Wiki code & your contributions you've got a good grasp of the rules, but the birthdate was cited so had no reason to revise the page. IdLoveOne 05:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry bout that, I was reverting some past vandalism but I reverted back to a revision before your edits. I shall be more careful in future, thanks for pointing it out! --Childzy ¤ Talk 06:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok then. Just wasn't sure, guess I should've checked the edits. And thanks for the smile! IdLoveOne 15:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you undo my edit to the political economy page?

Hi, I was just editing the political economy page - did you have a problem with my edit? I noticed that some of the big names of international political economy had been left off and wanted to add them - what's wrong with this??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.21.34 (talk • contribs)

The way it was phrased reads like original research and the warning template above explains my actions anyway.

Robert Cox and Susan Strange are major figures in the so called 'new' or 'critical' school of international policy economy.

The problem with this is who says they are the major figures? I could say black is the new white but it doesn't mean its true, so i reverted it. All that is needed is a source but until it does it is WP:NPOV--Childzy ¤ Talk 21:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added in an academic source, hope this solved the problem —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.21.34 (talk • contribs)

Oops!

Whoops! Thanks for the notification. I got a bit careless there. Cheers, Perfect Proposal ^{Speak out loud!} 21:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Szwaja (again)

Would you mind giving it another once-over when you can? I've just spent about 20+ edits cleaning and arranging it. • Lawrence Cohen 22:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Sorry i never got back to you before, about adding that article to my watchlist and copyediting again. Im back at college again which means i have a bit less time to get things done. I've added your article and will have a check on the article --Childzy ¤ Talk 14:00, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I missed a couple of messages on my talk, as well. Hope the year goes well. • Lawrence Cohen 03:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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new article - Storm botnet

Would you mind watchlisting this, and in several days taking a whack at it after I pore through the sourcing (or dig in yourself, if so inclined/interested)? I'm wanting to expand out this article, as there are a very large number of sources on the phenomenon. I'm worried, though, about the structure and flow of the thing, and you and Jehochman (leaving this message for them, too) are good copy-editors. I can fill it up, but I'm worried it will take me far longer than you two to potentially form it up into a readable state rather than a mere collection of facts and anecdotes. Lord knows, it took me a while on Szwaja to get my bearings... • Lawrence Cohen 16:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Joke Warning

Noted. Couldn't resist it, I'm afraid. I did make similar allegations about Rhyl last week, but in that case, I meant it - no joke! TTFN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.87.101 (talk • contribs)

School's IP address

Just to let you know, this is as school and it would be prudent to block indefinetly to curb the abuse, just a thought. Regards, IamMcLovin209.105.213.250 16:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply... I was recommending a permanent ban to curb the abuse, I should of been more clear as I am a non-sysop user and as such I can't block it permanently myself. Like you said, it would be prudent for you to install a more length or permanent ban on it. Just a recommendation, thats all. 209.105.213.250 16:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the smile! I will try to pass it on. STORMTRACKER 94 21:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply... I was recommending a permanent ban to curb the abuse, I should of been more clear as I am a non-sysop user and as such I can't block it permanently myself. Like you said, it would be prudent for you to install a more length or permanent ban on it. Just a recommendation, thats all. 209.105.213.250 16:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I took care of it for you, Childzy, as you may be still away. • Lawrence Cohen 16:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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fuck me bots fucking ruin this project. its a goddamn fucking album cover. AND you wonder why some people start not having time to fucking contribute. --Childzy ¤ Talk 21:50, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Tortoise FPC

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POTD notification

Hi Childzy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:John Wilkes Booth wanted poster new.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 21, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-12-21. howcheng {chat} 17:54, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wilf Toman

Hi - I don't know if you can help. I have created an article about Wilf Toman who played for Burnley from 1896-1899. Can you clarify the query I have raised on the talk page regarding the Test match against Blackburn? Cheers. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 07:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

First Edit

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John Angus (footballer)

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Para Todas las Putas Celosas

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Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Smrtbmb.JPG

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That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

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Your edit to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Wales (2nd nomination)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Wales (2nd nomination) is an archived debate. The result of the discussion was concluded in April 2007. Archived debates should not be edited (as noted on the AfD page itself). --Lightsup55 ( T | C ) 09:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bloody cheek! --Childzy ¤ Talk 23:55, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Childzy, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Willking1979 (talk) 15:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Swap my picture with yours?

Your picture is nothing but a copy of mine, taken from another angle. Good to know that you derive great pleasure in getting your pictures on articles at any cost. Marco Alfarrobinha {chat}_{contributions} 18:26, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Here Comes the Party

The article Here Comes the Party has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

completely unsourced. cannot find a reliable enough sources to prove they exist as released ep's or if they were just demo's

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Proposed deletion of Para Todas las Putas Celosas

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completely unsourced. cannot find a reliable enough sources to prove they exist as released ep's or if they were just demo's

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Proposed deletion of The Fake Sound of Progress (EP)

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completely unsourced. cannot find a reliable enough sources to prove they exist as released ep's or if they were just demo's

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Proposed deletion of Para Todas las Putas Celosas

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complete rubbish

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Speedy deletion nomination of Para Todas las Putas Celosas

A tag has been placed on Para Todas las Putas Celosas, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

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Proposed deletion of Para Todas las Putas Celosas

The article Para Todas las Putas Celosas has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

still unsourced and no proof that they were actually released ep's or just leaked demo's

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FP promotion

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Gawthorpe new.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 200 FCs served} 14:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! It's a lovely image, and I hope we get more from you. My family's from Preston, so... =) Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 200 FCs served} 14:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, just a minor issue: Could you upload it at Commons? (Commons:Special:Upload) - Just that if it's uploaded there, it can be used by all wikis, not just this one, and if I move it over, the description page gets confusing and it's less clear it's your work. Thanks! Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 200 FCs served} 15:12, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evanescence

One of the categories for the page is "list of Gothic metal bands".

And the article itself mentions outside sources referring to them as either "goth rock" and "goth metal".

And I myself think of them as a Goth band.

So, all three factors combined were the reason I identified them as "goth rock".

agustinaldo.

Gael Kakuta

That's cool. But, you should think about changing the Early career section as he didn't make any appearances with Lens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joao10Siamun (talk • contribs) 22:57, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Gaël Kakuta

An article that you have been involved in editing, Gaël Kakuta, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaël Kakuta (2nd nomination). Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Giant Snowman 09:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FPC Yatton Church south porch

I've just uploaded a new version of the picture of Yatton church porch which you voted 'support' for on the Featured Picture Candidates page. Since the newest version isn't (in my opinion) substantially different to the old one, I just replaced the old file, rather than uploading it separately as 'Yatton church porch edit 2'. I thought I should inform you of this, so you have a chance to inspect the new picture and change your vote if you want. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 21:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PPR

Agreed - when I saw those latest images at PPR I thought surely he must have put them there before my comment on his talkpage, but sadly I think it was after. It's becoming reminiscent of the TonyTheTiger PPR image flood earlier in the year - after commenting on a bunch of them and having a separate discussion with him elsewhere, I ended up just ignoring them as he simply wasn't getting the message. --jjron (talk) 01:46, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relicense

Hi Childzy! I'm working on the license migration project and it would be a help if you were willing to add {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} to User:Childzy/CybershotNew. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MGA73 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would you be interested in joining a WikiProject devoted to Lancashire?

Hi, I have noticed that you are from Lancashire and I was wondering if you have heard of the new WikiProject group of WikiProject Lancashire and Cumbria. If you are interested in joining please feel free to become a paricipant and help us achive our goals. If you do join I am looking forward to your contributions. 93gregsonl2 (talk) 21:01, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

tortoise photo

Hi there. I enjoyed your giant tortoise photo, but I wanted to let you know that the species identity is incorrect. It is an Aldabra giant tortoise and not a Galapagos giant tortoise. I made the caption change on the Wiki page for tortoise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise#General_information) but when you click on the photo it still mentions Galapagos tortoise. You might want to change the file name to reflect the species. Also, I went to the Galapagos giant tortoise entry and removed the photo from that page since it doesn't belong there.

Just wanted to let you know, Aaron

Goody30 (talk) 18:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

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René Rydlewicz - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Childzy, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

File:18th Birthday.jpg

mheart (talk) 00:08, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Images on Commons

Message there & I like 'em :). Hope you don't mind this - I think they are QI!. I'd prefer answers on Commons (watching your page anyway) as I don't stray here often. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:03, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Successful featured picture nomination

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Burnley Pano.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Maedin\^talk 12:53, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Origin (Evanescence album)

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Origin (Evanescence album). We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Origin (Evanescence album). Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

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Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:36, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Pringles!.jpg

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Possibly unfree File:Myth and Magic2 small.JPG

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Possibly unfree File:Myth and Magic.JPG

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Proposed deletion of Scars of Life

The article Scars of Life has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails Wikipedia's notability guidelines for musical ensembles.

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VPC

You are being contacted because you have in the past participated in the Valued Picture project. The VPC project is suffering from a chronic lack of participation to the point that the project is at an impasse. A discussion is currently taking place about the future of this project and how to revitalize the project and participation. If you're interested in this project or have an idea of how to improve it please stop by and participate in the discussion.

— raeky T 10:44, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Childzy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Gawthorpe new.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 11, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-12-11. howcheng {chat} 17:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Childzy, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 02:29, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tortoise Article: Galápagos Tortoise Image

Greetings Childzy,

The image shown in the upper right-hand corner of the Tortoise article (and in your gallery) is named incorrectly and the associated caption in the article is incorrect. The photo is of an Aldabra Giant Tortoise. I am not sure how it went unnoticed for so long but even I have seen the article on more than one occasion and didn't notice the discrepancy. I made an edit to the caption which User:Oda Mari reverted (see discussion on my talk page) because I had not added an edit summary nor was the image file name commensurate with the modified caption. Would you be so kind as to make the appropriate changes? Thanks, HLogicNet (talk) 12:08, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As a follow-up... Apparently a correction User talk:Childzy#tortoise image made by Goody30 (talk) 18:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC) met with a similar fate as mine. The correction is valid. I have requested a file name change for Galápagos Giant Tortoise.JPG HLogicNet (talk) 20:26, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Childzy,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Burnley Pano.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 24, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-10-24. howcheng {chat} 16:08, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Childzy.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Childzy.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. MGA73 (talk) 19:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

inre Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transformers 4

There is no doubt that this article is premature, but as the topic of a planned Transformers 4 film IS being spoken about in reliable souces,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] might you not agree that a merge and redirect per policy instruction for such premature articles to either Transformers (film series)#Future OR Transformers: Dark of the Moon#Sequel per policy instruction for such premature film articles might be worth conideration? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:27, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:13sencesfollowme.jpg)

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Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest

I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:06, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Motto of the Day Help Request April 2014

Today's motto...

Failure is an option, only when you let it be one.

Nominate one today!

Motto of the Day (WP:MOTD) is in a state of emergency and really needs your help! There are not enough editors who are reviewing or nominating mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review, and this probably means that you will notice a red link or “This space for rent” as our mottos for the next weeks and months.

Please take a moment to review the nominations and nominate your own new mottos at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review and Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/'Specials. Any help would be appreciated! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:42, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to the African Destubathon

Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red World Contest

Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

File:Chris playin pool.jpg listed for discussion

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Orphaned non-free image File:Apeesc1psp.JPG

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