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Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Kimchi.sg/Older messages, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --Huaiwei 14:10, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Find the rest of the Singapore community!

Yeap, you can find us in these pages:

Do leave your name at the notice board, and thanks again for making wikipedia your online abode! ;) --Huaiwei 14:09, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mr Tan's Survey

Thanks for your survey. I would be happy if you can add your name here (or I will add it), for a complete list of SGpedians here would be nice.

Mr Tan 03:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I see that you have added. Thanks!

Mr Tan 04:00, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Talking

Is this a page for poeple to post message for you?If not please specify an email for us to email you. Anyway i guess you must be a sgForum user?Also do you think of anymore content to add into the sgForums page?Then the sgforums logo look slightly nicer without the frame...cheers. Ceecookie 11.45pm Singapore Time

Yes, you can post messages for me here. I'll be notified if I'm logged into Wikipedia. I prefer this method to email... As for the sgForums logo: OK, drop the frame loh. I think it's self-explanatory after all. ;) Please sign off your messages with 4 tildes (the ~ character, aka Shift + "the key to the left of the number 1"). Sign off like this: type a space, then ~~~~ The tildes will be auto-expanded to what you see after this sentence. Kimchi.sg | Talk 15:49, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Straits Times Life! story on Singapore Wikipedians

Hi,

Hope you are not busy with exams or something. I'm a journalist with Straits Times Life! section, and am working on a story for this Sunday about Singaporean Wikipedians, and the trend of Wiki-ing here. Am hoping to speak with you about it. Could you give me a call at <deleted> or email at <deleted>? Much appreciated. Thanks!

Lee Sze Yong aka chronicleme

Thanks for the opportunity! I've sent you an email. ;-) --Kimchi.sg | Talk 05:22, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Phone no. and email removed for antispam reasons. -- Kimchi.sg | Talk 17:07, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

snapshot of shoutbox

Could you please retake the snapshot of the shoutbox as there's rude content inside the SB as a result of an arguement. Ceecookie 05:38, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I'll retake it. But the original image will always be in the image history. Kimchi.sg | Talk 05:43, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Sgforums

Whats your nick at sgforums? ;)

kc_leung Kimchi.sg | Talk 06:11, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Snapshot

May i know what program did you used for the snapshot?

Windows Paint together with the humble Alt + PrintScreen :D Kimchi.sg | Talk 09:27, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Can you show me the steps on taking one? Ceecookie 09:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

  1. Press Alt+PrintScreen to copy the picture of the current window into the clipboard.
  2. Open Paint and select Edit > Paste.
  3. Save the picture.
Done! Kimchi.sg | Talk 09:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

How come the image uploader in wikipedia do not accept .bmp format?

BMP is not a standard Internet picture format. When you go to the upload form, you can see what are the types of pictures that can be uploaded. Kimchi.sg | Talk 10:11, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

sgForum History

Im wondering if you're wiling to specify the past of sgForums?I have seen a what seems to be an old website of sgForums which is different from the pesent..mind checking on that and putting the info on the page?

You will see lots of old versions of sgForums using the Wayback Machine. Just enter the URL into the box in the middle of the page and click "Take me back", it will show you all the old versions that the Wayback Machine cached. Kimchi.sg | Talk 14:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Your answer is correct, my bad 218.186.220.41 15:02, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Singapore Human Rights

In regards to your POV deletions (I mean you're from Singapore), ill remind you that I am going to continue to compile Human Rights abuses in Singapore and publish them on the Singapore page. Other nations have "human rights" issues on their page, and so should Singapore with such a SHOCKING record for a self proclaimed DEMOCRACY.

Everytime you delete my work, ill replace it with even more evidence and more abuses. Ill check the Singapore page multiple times a day even to make sure my work is there and if not add more to what I previously added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattrix18 (talkcontribs)

What a brilliant idea! Except that you're not the first person to do it. Your edit was just basically a repetition of the entire paragraph before yours. Right down to the figures: According to an Amnesty International report, 400 people were hanged between 1991 and 2004, which the report claimed is "possibly the highest execution rate in the world" per capita. Although the Government claims this figure to be false and exaggerated, it has not provided information that would refute Amnesty International's report.
P.S. The United States' naval base at Guantanamo Bay is such a shining paragon of human rights, don't you agree? Kimchi.sg | Talk 07:21, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for watching over my user page. I appreciate the vigilance! — Knowledge Seeker 04:33, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Re : is this user block-worthy?

You did not even issue him a warning! =P (a test4 should be issued before a block is given out) - Mailer Diablo 17:20, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, I'll give him {{test1}}. Hmm... he's a Singnet user with what seems to be a static IP. Strange. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 17:25, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
You've got a point there. ;) Anyway I think it's a rather mild case compared to what we are dealing with at WoW. - Mailer Diablo 17:36, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Yup... At least this person has been restraining himself to one article. :) — Kimchi.sg | Talk 17:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Producer of Bítið Fast í Vítið?

How do you know the name of the producer of Bítið Fast í Vítið? I mean, Dóra Einarsdóttir is credited in the EP as umslag, and that means "album" in Icelandic, but producer is "stukustjörn" or something like that (I don't remember now). Do you know something else? Kind regards, Luis María Benítez 16:00, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I did not realise that. I don't have any other information. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 16:10, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi Kimchi,

I finished rewriting this monster...You know what to do before I send it off for FAC. ;)

*phew* took me a month.

- Cheers, Mailer Diablo 23:40, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... yes. Let me get my dictionary and grammar-checking hat. :D — Kimchi.sg | Talk 00:21, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

RE: Succession box

Hi Kimchi,

The reason why do I put User:ImpalerBugz as inactive. I know about him having three edits last month (and on one single day), but other than that, he's not active. That's why he is considered inactive. This may sound a little bias, but I don't think to put him as active is appopriate, after a hiatus of almost five months. --Terence Ong (恭喜发财) 14:11, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Helpme request

I noticed to {{helpme}} on your userpage. Just to confirm, is your question:

Hey, do you have anyone who can help me check if my Tamil typings are correct? Refer to the List of Singapore MRT Stations and the various towns of Singapore. Thanks.

--Commander Keane 05:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Replied on User talk:Commander Keane

RE:RFA Nomination

Hi Kimchi, could you add me on MSN (if you have one). If you can access IRC that will also be good, but I prefer MSN. The earliest I will accept is in July, but most prefabley August. --Terence Ong 15:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Replied on User talk:Terenceong1992

I love Kimchi

the hot vinegar cabbage salad, that is. I also appreciate User:Kimchi.sg's restoration of content on the Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy page. User:Netscott is trying to nail me on a three-revert violation, after having tried for most of the day to keep content out of this article that describes it in any way other than a conflict between religious zealots and free speech advocates. I have meticulously documented the <40 words I've added to that page, I've refactored, I've negotiated, but Netscott and another editor are determined to delete my documented references to how the controversy is unfolding when they don't agree with the people who's discourse I cite. PaxTerra 14:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Would you mind taking care of this again? An unregistered edit is pushing their viewpoint by claiming anything else is POV, and netscott is complaining that I've reverted too many times. OTherwise I'll have to fix it later. [1] PaxTerra 16:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Replied on PaxTerra's talk

Response to Kimchi from PaxTerra user page:

Fair enough. What I want is to cite precedent under International law for capital punishment in propaganda crimes. Otherwise, the article implies it is at most a hate crime, which pushes the pov that anyone who says it is more is an extremist. So to provide neutral context I referenced international jurisprudence for neutral context without reference to Streicher. P.S. I honestly don't have a pov on this - I am a scholar of communication and recognize it when people draw circles that isolate certain interests as extreme. That is what I am working against. For all I care, I could draw and publish cartoons of anyone in the world, but I wouldn't want to do so in ignorance of how some people might view them. PaxTerra 17:14, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the footnotes!

Thanks for fixing the footnotes on Oral contraceptive -- it's much appreciated. Catamorphism 10:58, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Muhammed cartoons

Hi, you removed the image in the article using the popups revert functionality. There is a clear consensus to keep the images in the article, and in any case you should not be using revert for something like this. It's possible that you made this edit by accident, in which case forget about it. Cheers, jacoplane 08:18, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem :) jacoplane 08:50, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes on my talkpage

You put someone on my talk page for Tomyumgoong, they proably won't read my talk page - so paste it on theirs if you want them to read it.--Commander Keane 10:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Do not edit my talk page

I do not care if it is vandilism or not, DO NOT edit my page. You do what you want to your page, and I will do what I want to mine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.138.115 (talkcontribs)

Hi, another Kim!

Nice to see more Kims around :-)

Kim Bruning 17:58, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I admit it! I'm an addict! Kim Bruning 18:19, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Departure

Sadly, Mr.Leung, I have decided to leave Wikipedia, due to slipping grades.I'm utterly dissappointed.Hope to see you at the meetup in June (which I doubt I'll be able to attend).

Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! My Rfa

09:20, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Yeah, I know it is crazy to the level that people will go to save pages to sites they are affiliated with. I did put up a speedy deletion template but they removed it. I know wiki policy enough to understand that revert wars are bad so I'll leave it as it is. But I have informed the administator who closed the afd vote about the incident. They have also seem to gathered around another article I listed for afd and are resorting to name calling. "Kids these days..." It is getting ridiculous--Jersey Devil 01:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Reply

Personally, I feel that having hidden comments on the articles would look rather distracting to users. I did not eliminate the comments completely; you can find them in the talk page. I believe, that if an editor meets up with some problems on editing, he would naturally consult the discussion page first. Furthermore, unless it is a serious problem such as errant vandalism like those on George W. Bush, I personally strongly discourage hidden comments, especially those that are relatively trival in nature found on Rajaratnam. Mr Tan 13:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, I now know how to archive, the links worked.HappyVR 03:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Your vigilance is appreciated but...

The edits to my user page were just by a friend of mine. Please do not consider her a vandal.

Regarding my user page, I would actually prefer to see what vandals leave in the future, so I will thank you to not revert it.

Tomyumgoong 07:51, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

noscript plugin

Yep. Even deleted cache/history/cookies/restarted firefox. Using Noscript plugin but allowed for wikipedia.org. -Dodo bird 16:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I use the adblock script. I'm not willing to remove the css file, but I'll follow the discussion on the Talk page and see if an alternative pops up. :) Thanks for taking the time to pin down the problem. Much appreciated. Dodo bird 17:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It's working now. -Dodo bird 18:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks, sir.

Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! My Rfa 07:31, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and I saw you on IRC.Can we discuss on my channel?Thanks! Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! My Rfa

09:59, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

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Thanks!

Tan DX 10:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Socialist Organizer on Wikipedia

I'm the contributor of this piece, and I'd like to know what you think needs to be done about it. I'd appreciate suggestions from people who think it needs work, not just to have it tagged with {{advert}}, which I just find annoying.

cargohook 23:32, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

The current problem with the Socialist Organiser article is exactly what the {{advert}} tag says — it reads like an advertisement for the party.
  • For instance, there is an over-emphasis on the ideology behind the party. Compare this with the article Labour Party (UK), which largely focuses on significant events and people in the party.
  • Also, the article states, "it has focused on helping to advance the struggle for independent political action by the working class and all the oppressed—at home and abroad." — how?
  • There are no third-party links or newspaper articles mentioned in the article.
For thease and other reasons, the {{advert}} should stay, until others can edit the article to make it conform to the neutral point of view (which Wikipedia requires for all articles, Socialism-related or not). Please read this for details of this "no propaganda or advocacy" requirement. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 07:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Many thanks to Paul and Kimchi for your helpful hints. Kimchi's right, the base for this article was the front page of the organization's official site. I've just started to work on it, this is virtually a stub, and it will be continually improved and expanded over the next weeks. So I just ask other Wikipedians to be patient with me on this. One idea I have would be to compare and contrast Socialist Organizer's positions with the criticisms of other progressives; that means that arguments for and against S.O.'s positions would be explored. Do you all feel that this would help in dealing with the POV/advert concern? Thanks for your patience, just keep in mind, I'm new at this and still learning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cargohook (talkcontribs)
Yes, please include alternative points of view and coverage of the party from non-party sources when possible. This will help the article to be more NPOV. However, don't remove the {{advert}} tag just yet — it places the article in a "cleanup" category, and people looking for stuff to improve will be more likely to discover the article. Cheers, — Kimchi.sg | Talk 12:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, you listed the above article as copyright violation from two books. If you weren't able to find the online sources, how do you know a copyright violation has occurred? Thanks. howcheng {chat} 22:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Meetup

Oh, Mister Leung, I doubt I can come, but I will inform you. Do check my channel topic for latest updates. I will email you and inform you ASAP. Do tell me where it is (maybe Jurong area?)

--Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 09:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

E1 NS highway Northern route

The particular page need some more info as it only contain signs or so and there's no explaination nor any paragraph...cut for one small one at the top of the page... would appreciate if u could add more info, the link is at here Ceecookie 03:48, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd love to, but I don't know anything about Malaysian expressways. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 07:57, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Sidra Stone

I am new to Wikipedia and I am grateful for your help in Wikifying the Sidra Stone entry. If you would help me raise the standards of the Hal Stone, Aware Ego, Voice Dialogue, Primary Selves, Disowned Selves and Psychology of Selves entries; I would be greatful. Thanks again for helping a newbie. Cate108 00:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


Jeyaraj

I am afraid that there is not much articles in Internet about this. What other "proof" do you need. The fact is that this gentleman has been drawing for Tamil Magazines for over quarter century. How to prove that Doctor Bruno 13:18, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Sweden democrats Nordic Council story

The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers is a cooperation forum for the Parliaments and governments of the Nordic countries. Søren Espersen is the spokesman for Danish Peoples’s party regarding foreign affairs and a member of the Nordic Council.

The answer came from Jens Orback, Swedish minister for Democracy. This story was reported in both Danish and Swedish media about one year ago. Why shold this story not be on Wiki? SweHomer 22:50, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

"This story"... what story? If as you say, "Søren Espersen is the spokesman for Danish Peoples’s party regarding foreign affairs and a member of the Nordic Council.", this information should be added to the Sweden Democrats article in an appropriate place. As it stands now, Sweden democrats Nordic Council story is a long, rambling prose in the form of a "letter to the editor" that hides very well any "story" that it may have. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 00:44, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you!

Thank you for supporting / opposing / vandalising my RFA! The result was 71/3/0 and so I am now still a normal user / an administrator / indefinitely banned. Your constructive criticism / support / foulmouthed abuse has given me something to think about / helped me immensely / turned me into a nervous wreck. If there's any way I can help you in return, please ask someone else / suffer and die / drop me a line! --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:47, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


Dear Mr Blanning, thank you for choosing the ACME Auto-thanker! Simply strike out the phrases that do not apply and tear off this strip at the indicated line to give all your supporters and detractors the personalised response they so richly deserve.
N.B: DO NOT FORGET TO TEAR THIS BIT OFF, MORON!

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RfA Results and Thanks

Kimchi.sg/Older messages, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path.

--- joturner 07:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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Cantonese

You mean you speak Cantonese at home? In that case, you can catch up with the spoken characters easily - when you try to write anything, use your mouth to speak it up instead of attempting to type directly. Then for each word you speak (use a mic to record it and playback, maybe?) turn it into a word and type. Anyway nice to hear that you actually speak Cantonese. --Deryck C. 04:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I've never been typing Cantonese from an linux. I typed all my Chinese from HKSCS-enriched windows computers. Alternatively, as the HKSCS words are available on the edit toolbox of Cantonese Wikipedia, any computer with Chinese IMEs will do. --Deryck C. 14:52, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Install that on top of a traditional chinese windows computer. --Deryck C. 08:33, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the support

Hi Kimchi- thanks a lot for your support on my recent, (barely) successful rfa. Please feel free to leave me any comments or criticisms on my talk page! --He:ah? 22:20, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Kusma's RfA

Hello, Kimchi.sg! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:24, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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A KISS Rfa Thanks

Thank you, I've been promoted. pschemp | talk 01:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you!
Hello Kimchi.sg/Older messages. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- Fang Aili 說嗎?

VandalProof 1.1 is Now Available For Download

Happy Easter to all of you, and I hope that this version may fix your current problems and perhaps provide you with a few useful new tools. You can download version 1.1 at User:AmiDaniel/VandalProof. Let me warn you, however, to please be extremely careful when using the new Rollback All Contributions feature, as, aside from the excessive server lag it would cause if everyone began using it at once, it could seriously aggitate several editors to have their contributions reverted. If you would like to experiment with it, though, I'd be more than happy to use my many sockpuppets to create some "vandalism" for you to revert. If you have any problems downloading, installing, or otherwise, please tell me about them at User:AmiDaniel/VP/Bugs and I will do my best to help you. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:47, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Andy Miller

Mate what have you done with this article? I know Andy Miller's band is Hey Gravity, its on myspace and Andy has confirmed this to me.

Where do you get M.A.S.S from? And did you delete the Hey Gravity page?

What are you playing at mate? Check your facts. GWP 11:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

OK. I reverted my changes to your version. But added in this link. M.A.S.S. looks like the former group of another singer in Hey Gravity!.
And it wasn't me who deleted the page. Please look at the "pages started" section on your user page and you will see a few red links, which means that the page has been deleted, by a sysop. I'm not a sysop so I cannot delete pages at all. Kimchi.sg | talk 10:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
After taking a look at Dodgy, I decided to just make your article into a stub. It has very little information on Andy himself, and a lot on Dodgy and Hey Gravity!, which belong more properly in their respective articles. Kimchi.sg | talk 14:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

SARX

I noticed that you proposed a deletion for SARX saying that they don't have a fanbase throughout bc. i live in kamloops and have been to 3 of their shows in the past 6 months at 2 different bars and the second two times the bars were basically packed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by bcforlife (talkcontribs) 13:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

How can I just take your word for it? If they are really well-known, their songs will probably receive radio airtime or get written about in some newspaper. But the article does not mention this.
In other words, although I like the name of this group (and I said so right from the start in the deletion debate), if the band does not meet Wikipedia's band notability guidelines, the article on the band may be deleted. Kimchi.sg | talk 10:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support on the advisory council elections. 18:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidpk212 (talkcontribs)

Just another RFA thank you note

Dear Kimchi, I appreciate your vote and your kind words in my RFA. It has passed with an unexpected 114/2/2 and I feel honored by this show of confidence in me. Cheers! ←Humus sapiens ну? 03:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting on my RfA

--Mets501talk • contribs 01:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Accidents...

I wrongly listed a category in AfD, which you closed (thanks for pointing me the right direction). Should I remove the AfD notice from the Category's page? --ES2 20:27, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Keep

Are you kidding me? 3 Votes were cast

2 Speedy Keep 1 DELETE

The page was only on Deletion for less then 10 minutes? How do you think you KNOW the outcome in 10 minutes?JuliannaRoseMauriello 21:01, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


hmmm

So I guess her using sockpuppets and Personal attacks is fine right? No one has said a word about it, why, is it because she was a playboy playmate? Gimmie a break. JuliannaRoseMauriello 21:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


Admin coaching

It looks like we've been assigned User:EivindFOyangen to coach under the admin coaching program. I've suggested he (assume he from username?) sets up a user subpage to keep all coaching things together, and asked for a general idea of what he wants out of the program. Look forward to working with you. Cheers, Petros471 19:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

  • User:EivindFOyangen/Admin coaching now exists, please add your input as you feel is appropriate- and of course let me know you think I'm feeding bad information (:-O) or if you have any suggestions as to what we should be doing as coaches. Petros471 20:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • (moved from below) On other matters, I've put some more suggestions as to topics that need to be covered on User talk:EivindFOyangen/Admin coaching- could you take a look and see if you agree with that. Maybe you'd like to take on a couple of them- for example copyright (have you delved into copyright issues?) and deletion? Petros471 09:15, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


Failed Adminship tallies.

Pick a letter that you haven't done yet and I'll do it tommorrow. JoshuaZ 00:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


Apparently I'm a troll

Are you a bureaucrat on that vote?

What makes it a troll vote?

Also, should I just quit now and leave wikipedia? It seems that people like to complain about me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Profundity06 (talkcontribs) 17:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC)


I asked for advice on IRC before placing it for AfD and at least 4 people agreed it should go there, along with someone else on the WP:RFPP page. Now I know the two users involved aren't exactly behaving themselves properly but I do object to it being called 'bad faith', and that would apply whoever had done the nomination. Petros471 21:14, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your apology. Calling edits bad faith rarely helps, and often makes things worse, but hey we're never perfect :) Petros471 09:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


Err...

I don't really like having the page broken up logically across multiple pages. I wouldn't've gone along with the previous unilateral archiving that some dude perpetrated on me without the extenuating circumstances that there were. 68.39.174.238 22:45, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't take over 20 seconds for just the text. The MW portions I don't know. I remember it loading alright in its previous form when I used a 28.8 line on it. 68.39.174.238 00:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanx. Someone'll probably go and archive it anyway when I'm not looking... 68.39.174.238 01:02, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Interesting idea... I may just do that, but I'm not sure... there are a t0n already there... 68.39.174.238 01:15, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


about my addings,

hello, i know they are commercial but they are one of the best sources for models fans, everything on the sites are legal and copyrighted, and there is nothing junk, this is the most important part. they are all about the pornstars, they are not official but legal,

if you are working for the internet user and providing them good sources what they are looking, dont you think they are goods sources for fans? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.95.206.121 (talkcontribs) 17:00, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


Your revert of Cartwheel Galaxy

Hello Kimchi,

are you sure that your recent revert of cartwheel galaxy [2] and the subsequent warning of User talk:220.255.154.96was warranted. It sounded like a good edit to me. Cheers, --Jpkoester1 09:23, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt reply. Cheers, --Jpkoester1 09:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


Autovon

Thanx dude. 68.39.174.238 02:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


Reply

Check the deletion logs. That page has been deleted soo many times it's not funny ;D! 68.39.174.238 04:25, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I would, but personal experience with things like that seems to show that things like that come across in the worst way, IE. a friendly request becomes an order, either explicitly by improper wording, or implicitly by reading between the (nonexistant) lines. I try and keep most of my 4th wall usrtalkpage communications couched so its extremely hard to read anything imperative out of them. It's not that big an annoyance, so I'm willing to just {{db}} it when I notice that tab's blue. 68.39.174.238 04:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


Welcoming Committee

Hi Kimchi.sg, I saw you change your edit to a newcomers page to welcome them first before giving warnings. This is the approach I take and it is nice to see another welcomer who also does it that way. Waikiki!!! ^_^ --ElectricEye (talk) 03:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Archaeology in Singapore, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man 07:45, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


Master of Puppets RfA

Just to let you know he doesn't have any page moves because he just copies and pastes the page. Not correct way to do it but he wasn't lying. Jedi6-(need help?) 19:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

The matter of 'Wuxia' and 'Mohop'

Sorry, I happened to be the chap who modified the wuxia to mohop/wuxia. It is the same characters in Chinese but mohop is more universally used by normal Hong Kong Chinese (I was one of them, now an expatriate in the US). Wuxia is generally used by the mainlanders, Taiwanese, and others who speak Mandarin. Prior to the handover to the People's Republic of China, HK predominately speak Cantonese. No offense to Mr .(?, sorry) Kimchi but it appears his country identifier seems to be Singapore. This being an article on HK, I believe I owe it to the HK citizens who are proud to have created the mohop/wuxia phenomenon and have annotated it as such in their honor. If the Mandarin speakers wish to call it 'wuxia', ok but we Cantonese, Hakka, Tanka Hkers and ex-HKers know it only as 'mohop' or the whatever dialectical name (but 'mohop' will suffice). By the way, I only changed the 'gongfu' to 'kung fu' whenever it was a HK production orf mention not when it was not. Lastly, I reside (still) in a free and democratic society with flaws but nevertheless still free and if wikipedia still stands for freedom and honour then please permit me to modify the mandarin wuxia to Cantonese mohop. Pre-revolutionary China may have made 'wuxia' but HK made 'mohop'. It is one of the HK's more endearing legacies before the 1997 takeover. Please restore the changes or allow me to restore the changes and you chaps can supervise or edit it. Thank you.

                                                                                        Anonymous but still an HKer.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.250.151.251 (talkcontribs) 10:04, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

If you wish to challenge the naming, please post your requests on the Talk:Hong Kong action cinema, as it will be seen by those who frequently edit the article. I will only say here that your point is strange, the article has been edited quite extensively by native Hong Kongers and they, not me, are the ones who have settled on "gongfu" and "wuxia". Kimchi.sg | talk 03:37, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi there. I removed your {{db-bio}} tag because it did make some assertions of winning some uni awards -however, it did have an AfD there that the author tried to remove, which I have reinstated, so feel free to make your points there. Regards,ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 03:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


SaaS AFDs

Thanks for tracking down those references. —WAvegetarianCONTRIBUTIONSTALKEMAIL 10:38, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Glad to be able to save articles from deletion. :-) Kimchi.sg 15:00, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


Art Hauser copyvio

I restored the {{copyvio}} tag. The 48 hour limit only applies to regular speedy deletions, not to copyvio's as far as I know. (any replies on this page please) -- Hirudo 13:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you're correct. I confused the two and thought that was a speedy copyvio. Sorry. Kimchi.sg 14:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


"Welcome" message

I am not a "newcomer" that needs directions. Please mind your own business. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattd (talkcontribs) 23:53, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


Re: Cantonese Wikipedia and Esperanza

I use Changjie IME because the currently available Cantonese input methods are not maturely developed. Changjie cannot do with Cantonese dialect words, but I'd cover that with the toolbox at the bottom of the editbox.

Thanks for yout vote anyway.

Deryck C. 16:07, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


X10

I think I saw it three years ago, so it's long gone by now. I just added it so that someone could write something on its impact on internet culture, it was after all the one thing people were forced to see in every popup for god knows how long :) -Obli (Talk)? 17:34, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Ironically, the wikipedia article is all I can find when trying to source it, doh! -Obli (Talk)? 17:36, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... that's bad for our poor little bit of text. It'll have to stay out. But I did manage to find a source which mentioned both X10 and how to disable their pop-unders, which means that there's still some reminder of their silliness in the article. :-D Kimchi.sg 17:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

After much Google handywork and slashdot archive digging I present to you: a source!, the original publisher (thelemon.net) is defunct, but someone saved it for later use. The details weren't exactly as I tried to recall for the X10 article, but the sarcastic undertone is there :) -Obli (Talk)? 17:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
*Great!* I'll add that back in right away. :D Kimchi.sg 17:58, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Kimchi.sg, thank you so much for your vote and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight.
If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever...
Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me...

The JPS talk to me 21:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the support on my RfA!

File:Danavecpurpletiger.jpg A belated thank you to you for Supporting my RFA! I am still finding my feet as an Administrator, and so far I am enjoying the experience. I am honoured that you felt I was ready to take up this position, and wish to thank you formally! I hope I can live up to your expectations of me. Once again, thank you! --Darth Deskana (talk page) 18:20, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.

Indulge. :)

Dear Kimchi.sg,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your comments and constructive criticism, for every bit helps me become a better Wikipedian. I've started working on the things you brought up, and I hope that next time, things run better; who knows, maybe one day we'll be basking on the shore of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 22:09, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Steve block placed a convincing argument in favor for deletion on the linked deletion request which cites WP:V in saying that the content needs to be verified with third-party content. Just letting you know. —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 00:17, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

New task for Werdnabot?

Hi! Is your bot game for another archiving job? The archive section of Template talk:Did you know, which is humongously big at the moment, needs to be archived to Wikipedia:Recent additions. In conjunction, Wikipedia:Recent additions will also need archiving to [[Wikipedia:Recent additions ''x'']] as necessary.

This job was once done by AllyUnion using a bot whose code can be found at User:AllyUnion/did you know.pl, but hasn't been done for more than 2 months now. (The "rules" for archiving DYK are also on that page.) If your bot is up to the task, we DYK chaps will thank you very much! Kimchi.sg 13:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm certainly up to the task. Later on, I'll take a squizz and write some code, then run a trial job. I'll show you the diff, and possibly the code, and you can let me know what you think. Werdna648T/C\@ 15:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Great! Thanks. Kimchi.sg 15:46, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Hello Kimchi.sg, and thanks for supporting me on my recent request for adminship! It has succeeded with an unanimous support of 67 votes, so that I am now an administrator. Please feel free to leave a note on my talk page should you wish to leave any comments or ask for any help. Again, thanks a lot, AndyZ t 21:48, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Hello, Kimchi.sg, and thank you for vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 62/2/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. As I acclimate myself to my new tools, feel free to let me know how you believe I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! RadioKirk talk to me 05:24, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Escape from Paradise, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man 14:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Escape from Paradise, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man 14:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Preying from the Pulpit you suggested that we delete the article Preying from the Pulpit. 8 out of 10 people who commented there agreed with you and said we should remove the article by deleting or merging its content with First Baptist Church of Hammond. Now the admin that removed the AfD has placed a merge tag on the article instead. Can you please comment on the proposed merger of the article at Talk:First Baptist Church of Hammond#Merging with Preying from the Pulpit? Vivaldi (talk) 02:22, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service.
This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
  1. Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
  2. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
  3. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
  4. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
  5. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture
20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Senior?

hello! are you from the very first batch of dhsgep? one of your juniors look for you! 202.156.6.54 21:31, 9 May 2006 (UTC) qianjinnanmai (at) hotmail (dot) com

Sorry, I was not a DHS student. :-) Kimchi.sg 00:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Whoops, the new page was Vertex model which I bolded but didn't link properly. It was getting too old by yesterday anyway I think, and may have been too technical. Regards, ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 02:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I didn't mean to be negative or anything about the entries, but a few weeks back, Gurubrahma the updating admin, was basically rejecting anything where the main body was less than a page long (on my type of monitor anyway). OK, I won't do it anymore.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 02:23, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting in my RfA!

Thanks for the vote in my RfA! It did not gain consensus, but I'm glad I accepted it. - Amgine 17:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Chat Day

Hello, we have decided to notice all of you at the eleventh hour. Today its Chat Day and its where SGpedians' go to and have a casual off-topic chat. It is held at our very own Singapore IRC Channel from 2000 (SST) to late. Do come to the channel if you have the time and it is greatly appreciated that you turn up at the channel. --Terence Ong 11:26, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, please don't expect to find me on IRC or MSN for this month at least. Wikipedia is interesting enough without having to leave the Web browser. ^_^ Kimchi.sg 00:30, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article graves in Singapore, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man 16:54, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Not to modify the beautiful template above, but the article's name is death in Singapore. :-) Kimchi.sg 00:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


RfA offer

Hello Kimchi. I had planned to make a run at the end of May, but I definitely won't be going "now" (at least in the next week) because I suspect that Anwar saadat will launch an attack, based on his comments at my editor review. This was due to a dispute at Talk:Ajith about his repeated use of the terms "mega-star", "mega-hit", "!" in a very hagiographic manner, in which he accused User:Zora, User:Ganeshk, User:David Crawshaw, myself of trolling and vandalising for trimming the article, and then started to behave in such a way as to irritate most of the Indian noticeboard by leaving abrasive edit summaries in Tamil - see Wikipedia talk:Notice board for India-related topics, and raised eyebrows at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Re:_User:_Anwar_saadat, and left rude comments to Indian bureaucrat Nichalp at User talk:Anwar Saadat/Archive 2. He also made his RfA debut at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Srikeit to oppose on the grounds of not having featured material - I have never seen anybody oppose due to lack of featured content, which may have resulted from Srikeit asking him to keep cool on Talk:Ajith, which was their only interaction. If a lot of Indian editors kept a close watch on the RfA and defended me, (as Nichalp did when Anwar tried to gatecrash the Aucaman arbitration and decided to try and get Zora banned), it would make it better, but I think Anwar might be able to sway people who are not particularly familiar with me, so I would prefer to wait at least two more weeks to see how this issue pans out, rather than pass through in a somewhat undignified manner.

Also, User:Srikeit, User:Snottygobble and User:I@n had started work via email on a joint nomination, as they had already individually expressed interest in nominating me.

Regards and thanks again, ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 01:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Your vote on my RFA

Thank you for voting in favor of my adminship! However, I withdrew my candidacy since I feel I need more experience and practice at handling RFAs. I would also like to thank you for originally voting in support despite the lack of answered questions. I'll be sure to keep that in mind next time! —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 20:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Hi Kimchi.sg,

Thank you for any constructive criticism you may have given in my recent unsuccesful RFA. I will strive to overcome any shortcomings you may have mentioned & will try & prove myself worthy of your vote in the future.

Cheers

Srikeit(talk ¦ ) 09:53, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


Elections

Esperanza elections
Thanks for supporting me in the Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. Although I wasn't elected to the Advisory Council, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was shocked at the support, and was touched by it. Hopefully I will re-apply in June and try again for the job. Thanks again, Highway Rainbow Sneakers

Thanks for voting on my RfA

Mahogany

Highway's RfA

File:Pikachu plastic toy.JPG
Me relaxing...
Request for Adminship
Thank you for supporting/objecting/tropicanising me in my request for Adminship. Although I wasn't promoted to admin status, with a final vote count of 14/27/12, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was pleasantly suprised at the support, and was touched by it. I will also work harder on preventing disputes and boosting my edit count (which is on the up), so thank you to all your objectors. Hopefully I will re-apply soon and try again for the mop. Thanks again, Highway Rainbow Sneakers

My 23 Edits

I don't mean to be confrontational, but I wanted to respond to your comment about how I only have 23 edits here. I realize that that may strongly influence the perceived validity of my opinion on whether or not Rmrfstar should become an admin. However, I'd like to point out that I actually know that user personally and I only commented on things I actually know about him "real life" instead of what kind of a Wikipedian he is. I don't think that you can base the validity of my comment that he is trustworthy on how many edits I have on Wikipedia. Also, thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia. --Jsherman256 00:56, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, it's not questioning your ability to comment on Rmfstar's personality... it's just common at Wikipedia to note when a user with a small number of edits votes on RfA or AfD, as it is often a sign that they were invited to do so by someone else (or may be a sockpuppet). It's not always the case, though. Tijuana Brass¡Épa!-E@ 05:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


RE: Your health problems

Had a high fever with a peak of 40.5C yesterday but has dropped by now. Terrible cough and sore throat and having a terrible headache. Really ill in many months, its so bad until I cannot look at the screen for too long. --Terence Ong 05:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Kimchi, thanks for supporting my request for adminship! Unfortunately, it ended with a final tally of 45/15/2, no consensus. I may have another go in the near future, once the school year is over. Thanks again! -- getcrunkjuicecontribs 22:06, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

user page cleanup - thanks

Hello kimchi.sg, thanks so much for your efforts in cleaning up my user page. I did not know that you can arrange the userbox by using CSS. :) Mdanh2002 09:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


RfA nom

I've got one other person to nominate before you. Once I'm complete with that one, you'll be first on the list to review.--Durin 12:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: translation request

Hi. It's true that i am a Vietnamese and my religion is Buddhism. But I am not a researcher in Buddhism, as in I don't study Buddhism theory in details. Since the article you specified contains too many vietnamese Buddhism terms that are difficult to translate into English, I am afraid that I cannot translate it properly without the help from an expert on the topic (a monk, nun, or a Buddhism researcher, ...). For your reference, Vietnamese doesn't have the Buddhism terms of its own - most of the terms found in the article are derived from Chinese (hanzi dialect), with the pronunciation changed a bit to match the Vietnamese style. Sorry. Mdanh2002 02:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi there Kimchi.sg . I might just butt and try and help on this. As you can see on my userpage I don't have much faith in my Vietnamese abilities, but I do have a Vietnamese -> English Buddhism glossary-dictionary which was published by a local monk I know of to help people like me I guess. It's about the Surangama Sutra, I think that's why the author used KLN1 for Kinh Lang Nghiem Book 1 (my computer doesn't have diacritic buttons). Regards, ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 02:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
I did the first paragraph. Please see if they correspond. I'm no expert in Buddhism, it looks like a personal interpretation rather than a particularly strict encyclopedic material. Regards, ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 02:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC).
Thanks for you help! Kimchi.sg 02:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


Re: translation request

Hi. Haha, it's actually very nice to have an 'active' talk page, rather than an meaningless talk page that stays empty for months. Thanks so much for your messages, making my talk page look more alive! :) Mdanh2002 07:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Glad you liked the page - it was one I knew would need a little care, as both the scientific name (Hamadryas) and the common name (Cracker) have other meanings in Wikipedia. Figured I'd get that straight while I was thinking of it.Dyanega 17:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


RfA thanks

Thanks
Thanks
Kimchi.sg/Older messages, thank you you so much for validating my RfA! I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have taken both the positive and constructive on board. If I can ever make any improvements or help out in any way, please let me know, ditto if you see me stumble! Thanks again for your much appreciated support. Deizio talk 18:07, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tweaks

I must confess, I like the way the group effort can whip a page into shape so quickly; thanks for the reference and photo links. I'll try to become more familiar with the "stub" conventions.Dyanega 20:13, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Question about Burn bag page

No, not the grammar edits you made. Rather, the table you made. It appears to conflict with the photo in the article when viewed from my computer (1024X768). Screenshot here. Want your opinion on how to correct it. Thanks. --293.xx.xxx.xx 22:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll try fix it since it was my doing. Because I made the quotation from the Executive Order display as preformatted text, it ignores line wrapping and I forgot to preview it at lower resolutions. Whoops. Kimchi.sg 01:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
I've fixed the bug, by 1. moving the image up, and 2. changing the preformatted text to <blockquote> which lets the browser wrap the lines. I've tested under Minefield (Firefox nightly) and Opera at 800x600 resolution.
P.S. My university's stupid proxy blocks any URL with "xxx" in it, hence I cannot reply to you on your talk page. This is darn irritating! (it also does the same thing with "sex" and "whore" though.) Kimchi.sg 02:25, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Eh hehe, whoops, Don't vist any sites that might have any references to the movie Swordfish because thats where I got my ID from (a fictious IP number. But thanks for helping out. --293.xx.xxx.xx 03:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


Thanx

Altough certain ppl deleted the one that was there, so the other sides are sortof equal now ;) 68.39.174.238 02:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thank You!

Thanks Kimchi.sg,

I am honored by your support in my recent successful request for adminship, and thanks too for stopping so quickly with congratulations! As an administrator, I am your servant, ready to help however I can. My talk page is always open; should you need anything, or should you see me making a mistake -- probably a common occurrence -- please do let me know. I will depend on the good sense of the community to keep me from making a complete fool of myself! :) In gratitude, Xoloz your fellow wiki-gnome 15:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article cracker butterflies, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your continued noms and efforts! ++Lar: t/c 02:38, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Meet with other Singapore Wikipedians?

Hi. Thanks for the invitation. I will not be in Singapore from 15 June till early August so I cannot attend the meeting. Miss a chance to see how other Singaporean wikipedians are like :) Mdanh2002 13:23, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Sukh's RFA - Thanks!

Thank you for your vote on my RfA. Unfortunately there was no consensus reached at 43 support, 18 oppose and 8 neutral. I've just found out that there is a feature in "my preferences" that forces me to use edit summaries. I've now got it enabled :) Thanks again. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 15:53, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you, Kimchi.sg, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of 23:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I have listed Image:Floodgap gopher in firefox 1.5.PNG, an image you uploaded, for deletion. I replaced it with Image:Gopher in Firefox 1.5.png for the following reasons:

  1. The screenshot in the original was too large.
  2. The text in the screenshot used RGB subpixel rendering, which does not display well on CRT monitors and makes viewing difficult on BGR or top-to-bottom RGB/BGR flat-panels.
  3. The screenshot showed non-standard window decorations and widgets. This can be confusing for users, and can portray a skewed version of the application or its environment.
  4. The screenshot showed unrelated additional content (the other open tabs, Firefox extensions)
  5. The icons for the gopher directories and files were not drawn properly.
  6. Finally, the proper extension for PNG images is .png not .PNG, which is important for case-sensitive systems.

Kbolino 22:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


Merci beaucoup!

Thank you, Kimchi.sg/Older messages!
Thank you for voting for my recent RfA, which passed (to my extreme surprise and shock) with a total tally of 66/15/2. For that, I would like to thank you and offer a helping hand in any admin-related tasks that may be required -- it's as simple as leaving a message on my talkpage. Thanks again! -→Buchanan-Hermit/!? 22:25, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


Hello Kimchi.sg! Thank you very much for your kind words and support at my request for adminship. I'm glad my Wiki-beliefs meet your approval. :o) I look forward to continuing to see you around the project. Thanks again, and let me know if there's ever anything I can do better! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 01:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


Tone's RfA thanks

Dear Kimchi.sg/Older messages — Thank you for your support on my recent RfA. It succeeded with a final tally of 46/2/3 so now I am an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the new tools, but please let me know if there's any anything I can help you with in the future. And please correct me, if you spot I make a mistake. Thank you again. --Tone 23:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC))


Thank you for your comments in Lar's RfA!

We are here to build an encyclopedia!

Hi Kimchi, and thank you for your cliched (grin) but thoughtful comments in my request for adminship! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again and let's get together if I'm ever in S'pore the same time as you! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Adverts: Like The Beatles?... Like LEGO?... In a WikiProject that classifies?... Are you an accountable admin?... Got DYK?...



File:Atlanticpuffin4.jpg Hello Kimchi. Thank you for your gracious support and pre-encouragement at request for adminship which ended at the overwhelming and flattering result of (160/1/0), and leaves me in a position of having to live up to a high standard of community expectation. If you need any admin assistance, feel free to ask me, and naturally, if I make any procedural mistakes, feel free to point them out and I look forward to continuing to work with you in the future, as weel as supporting your impending RfA (sponsored by Durin?).Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 06:32, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


Exams?

Hi, Ki Chi, just popped in to say...Good luck, if you have exams...see you at the meetup!-- 贡献 Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 01:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Enjoy your WikiBreak. hope to see ya soon! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 04:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


Hi. I see you're around! :-) Was this article previously posted and then deleted? (Sorry, newbie stupid q. I guess) Dweller 11:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it was on AfD but speedied soon after nomination. Kimchi.sg 11:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Our friend User:Noeledmunds is back. He changed the Noel Edmonds article to insert his picture (so I gave him the next warn level), and a couple of hours later a new user User:GlynHugill uploads a new picture (this time actually named Deal or no deal) and does the same. - Motor (talk) 14:37, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
I have tagged the images for speedy deletion as only used in vandalism. Kimchi.sg 15:05, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


Your edits to a closed AfD discussion

Please do not edit an Articles for Deletion page when it already has been closed, as you did with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religious rivalry in Glasgow. If you wish to challenge the outcome of the discussion, use deletion review. Kimchi.sg 03:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I recently changed my username and was only removing my old signature. Sorry, I thought that was ok. --TKK 03:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Don't remove your old signature. This will give people the impression you never signed your posts at all. Instead, the preferred method is to redirect your old user and talk pages to your new ones. Hey, this saves time too. ;-) Kimchi.sg 03:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


Hi. Just to let you know that I removed the {{db-repost}} tag from this article as the content is completely different from the version that was previously deleted. I have left the {{prod}} tag in place. Cheers TigerShark 13:50, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... too bad I can't see deleted versions, so I've to make guesses by looking at blue links in the deletion log. Kimchi.sg 14:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


Lolly Pop

Hi... I'm not altogether sure I'm doing this right. I tried to edit down the Lolly Pop entry so that it mainly links the singer to the other related artists in Wikipedia. You have not deleted Doctor Fink or Monte Moir, so I find it odd that you would delete her. Please see my Talk notes as to why this artist is significant/relevant. Thank you IJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isabella Jouelle (talkcontribs) 14:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


Thanks re: Lolly Pop

Thanks for your help Kimchi! I will see what we can dig up to expand it. Also, how can one edit the page? All three edited versions are showing as opposed to it just showing the most recent edit! Help! Merci, IJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isabella Jouelle (talkcontribs) 15:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


thanks mate

thanks for reverting the vandilism on my user page. thanks for your help. i will get my revenge on todgjer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

peace out

Carbine 09:23, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the warm welcome. It was very helpful --Aidnked 09:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Anatolia MUD

Hi Kimchi,

I created the "Anatolia MUD" page and I believe you proposed it to be deleted. Would you tell me why you tell me the reason why it is deleted?

I put my comments in TALK:Anatolia MUD. It is short, so I am copy/pasting here.

-- I believe Anatolia MUD is important in the MUD history. You can check the MUD name listed in MUD trees Wikipage. If you google it, you will see that it is very widely used. I am working on improving the article, but I believe deleting straight is not justified.

This is not a commercial project, so posting this at Wikipedia will not benefit me in any way. It is an open-source / free project to benefit the community.

I was trying to put some historical information about how the game came to existance, etc. --

Thanks for your time.

Sincerely, -Serdar

To avoid being deleted, it is not sufficient for an online game just to have its name mentioned on another Wikipedia page. The page must also state in what ways the game is "notable", or special. What most Wikipedia editors consider as "special" for online content (including games such as MUDs) is listed at WP:WEB. In summary, usually a game will need independent reviews in other newspapers or magazines in order not to be deleted.
I find your sentence "If you google it, you will see that it is very widely used." to be untrue. A Google search for Anatolia MUD -wikipedia [3] finds only 57 unique hits. Kimchi.sg 13:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


[My] DRV request refactored

On my talk page, you:

"Please note that I have refactored (summarised) your request for deletion review. The changes can be seen here. I have made no other comments on the DRV apart from a note about the refactoring. Kimchi.sg 02:48, 10 June 2006 (UTC)"
Thank you. -- Jason Palpatine 03:08, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


Hi

this is waghhh, oone of my friends messed up the school wikipedia edit icon. it's ip is 125.236.44.43. can u help me unblock it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Waghhh (talkcontribs) 04:23, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't unblock IPs because I'm not a sysop. Kimchi.sg 04:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

But can you contact some one to unblock it?

Just place {{unblock|Reason to unblock the IP}} onto User talk:125.236.44.43 and hopefully an admin will come to unblock the IP. But admins may not unblock if the IP has been used for vandalism very recently. You may also want to put {{sharedip|Your school's name}}at the top of the page, but only if this IP is shared by many students in your school (for example if this IP belongs to a library computer). Kimchi.sg 05:01, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


hello

hello —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stupidbum (talkcontribs) 05:41, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for not vandalising this page. :-) Kimchi.sg 05:50, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


re:Revert thanks

No problem with the revert. :)

Sorry that I got myself confused with King of Hearts, but since our signaures are considerably different, it doesn't need to be changed, but thanks for your concern. :-) -- from The King of Kings 06:14, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


RE: db-repost of The School

Hi Kimchi. Thanks for the note. Looks like this has been sorted now. I hope my comment didn't come across as a criticism of you not checking the history, I just wanted to let you and everybody else know the status. BTW I have deleted all of the user subpages you requested. Cheers TigerShark 09:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Kimchi.sg 09:26, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


RE: Hmm...

Sorted. Thanks. TigerShark 14:58, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


Assam University

Firstly, repost really isn't supposed to be used for speedy deletions. The copyvio, in the past at least, has been from http://assamuniversity.tripod.com/assam1.htm. This isn't to say that someone couldn't re-write it and have the article stay, which is exactly why repost shouldn't be used for speedy deletions. Cheers, Mak (talk) 16:42, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Cent

Hello, I see you've recently edited {{cent}}. This is quite all right and I encourage you to help keep it current. But please don't forget to log your changes at Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Template log. This will help us stay all on the same page -- no pun intended. Thank you. John Reid 16:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Retroactively added. Thanks for telling me! Kimchi.sg 16:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


KLG Systel

I saw that already. That was quick. Just pasting a whole page is just wrong. Nice job even if just a stub. Cheers ww2censor 05:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


Admin

Hi

Are you an administrator? (Sorry for daft question, but couldn't find answer on your user page)

I need help/advice from one.

Dweller 10:52, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm not. You can try going to Special:Recentchanges, pick out a name from the lines that begin with "(Delete log)", "(Protection log)" or "(Block log)", and drop a message on his talk page. These are bound to be recently online admins. Kimchi.sg 11:02, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Great. Thanks. If you stand as one, let me know. You've got my vote. Dweller 11:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


Felipe Calderon Photo

Sorry about the photo, I was trying to quickly correct what had been done to Felipe Calderon´s profile. Somebody had placed a political cartoon that shows him in a bad light, while the rest of the candidates had their normal photos. Due to the fact it was already almost 12 AM and had to get to bed, I quickly placed the photo up out of laziness. It won´t happen again.

Still there has to a frontal shot of Calderon.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Libertythor (talkcontribs) 23:09, 12 June 2006 (UTC+8)

I appreciate your effort to get a decent photo of him on that page. The challenge is to find a free replacement. :( It seems others also feel the problem, for since I reverted you, there has been another attempt to change the image to something else; but as I write, the original version before your change is the one in place. Kimchi.sg 15:30, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


Liozna and Larger than Life(books)

Hello. I have bundled the two together for the purposes of the Afd. If you agree or disagree, please make note in the Afd page here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liozna. Thank you -- Avi 18:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


I like Singapore

Hi, I see that you live in Singapore. I want to go back to Singapore. I used to live there. Maybe I can go to Southeast Asia for vacation some day. Bye—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Starionwolf (talkcontribs) 20:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Glad to hear you like our big rock. :) Kimchi.sg 20:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


Admin coaching

As not much is happening with Eivind's AC at the moment, are you ok if I assign you to coach someone else as well? There is quite a backlog over on the requests list, and I'm trying to help clear it (well make a dent in it anyway!). Petros471 20:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks a lot for your comment. Somebody else actually got on my computer and nominated me for adminship, so that's why I withdrew my nomination. Thanks anyway, though. --Danielrocks123 05:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gwernol

Thanks! Snoutwood (talk) 05:45, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Zhudyzhu

Thank you for your guidience, I will definately do more in the future. - Zhudyzhu 06:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

New York Renaissance Faire AfD

Thanks for dropping me a line. Personally, I'm hoping that I can either a) find a source with background info on the early history of the faire or b) find someone who knows. I'm afraid that if I post too much more, I'll just be posting heresay (like the person who posted about Jon Lovitz... I've heard that too, but I can't find a confirming source.) My hope was to plant a seed that could be grown, but it appears that being shunted immediately into AfD, I haven't the time for that.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grepowell (talkcontribs) 16:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy first edit day!

Here's a beautiful flower for you. --Fang Aili talk 17:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy Wikibirthday Kimchi. I'm sorry I completely lost touch with the calendar. Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


RE: Meetup

A cake for you, enjoy it. :P

Yes, I will come for the meetup, no matter how long my Wikibreak is. This Wikibreak will not affect any real life activities. A happy belated WikiBirthday, sorry forgot all about it. --Terence Ong (talk | contribs) 02:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I don't have the time to sort all of them out until I have backlogs until two weeks back. But I will always ask people to judge for me through chatting off-Wiki. I will upload my pictures regularly though, I do have doubts over some pictures, that's why I'm delaying the uploading. --Terence Ong (talk | contribs) 03:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


Stuff

Hello. As far as the typo goes- it seems that I have a motor-movement pattern difficulty with the characters required, but I'm in a rush to blcok all these people so a problem arises as to whether to place enforcement over presentation. You are aware of Mailer diablo and NSLE walking away weren't you? I also will reply to the comment at WP:PNT.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Commons and lang wiki images

Hello. I wonder if you could help with a question I have. Is there a way to request that images be moved from fr.wikipedia or de.wikipedia to Commons, so that they can be accessed here, subject to licensing restrictions of course. The images that interest me are PD or G*L, so I don't think that's an issue. I know that I can download the image and upload it to Commons, but I wondered if there was a "proper" way to do it. Any ideas ? Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ! I'll carry on as before then. Angus McLellan (Talk) 14:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


gwernol rfa

Humo(u)r, great compromise between american english and english english. Dolive21 15:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


First edit

Very happy first edit-day. Actually, I could not come yesterday to wish you. All the best! --Bhadani 15:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Kimchi.sg

I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't vandalize anything. I thought it was an ongoing thing. Please talk to me more civilly in future. Josie the pussy cat 11:47, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

just a thought

Maybe he's not an administator because he doesn't know how to be actually civil. Josie the pussy cat 21:22, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on User:Tijuana Brass

Hi, Kimchi. Sorry, I didn't mean to revert you on User:Tijuana Brass--I didn't get an edit conflict, for some reason. Anyway, TB has declared that he's happy and amused with the dwarves vandalising his page, so I thought I'd not roll back but merely add a sharp-toothed "Darwinbish" to scare the vandalfish. But of course re-do your action, if you prefer! P.S. Sorry the wolfstar/pussycat made a nasty mess at your RFA. But, well, that's what it does. (Compare ANI thread here). Best wishes, Bishonen | talk 08:00, 16 June 2006 (UTC).

lol

Yeah, I actually noticed that and felt quite blue. Thanks for pointing it out! Yanksox (talk) 21:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Adminship and You

Hi,

I am quite impressed with your thoughtful and calm demeanor and obvious dedication to the project. I haven't the faintest idea why you are not yet an administrator (perhaps it isn't to your liking?), but I would be honored to nominate you if that is an avenue you wish to pursue; or, of course, to support you strongly if another nominator is waiting in the wings! ;) Best wishes, Xoloz 16:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Just in case you're not checking your watchlist every 2 mins, or more likely that it's got lost in the flood of support, I'm letting you know that I've added an additional question to your RFA. Cheers, Petros471 20:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Heya, please chat with me on irc sometime (irc.freenode.net #wikipedia) , if you'd like my support. (And also, on how to answer Petros471s evil question about Ignore All Rules) Kim Bruning 21:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually I'd rather hear Kimchi.sg's own answer to my question (evil or not :O). Petros471 21:11, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
(Sorry, didn't notice your comment until now.) I've answered that question already. :) As for IRC, can't join #wikipedia right now as I'll be out for the whole afternoon (Singapore time). I may go there at 1300 UTC today, but no guarantees. Personally, I dislike IRC and MSN, because they take my eyes off WP. ^_^ Kimchi.sg 03:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi i was just wondering, can you please ask permsission for someone to create a forum pls? ty.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Necrowarrio0 (talkcontribs) 03:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not very sure what your question means. Does it mean, "can you please ask permission for someone to create an article about an online forum?" If that is what you meant, you can go ahead and write the article yourself, but it is subject to our content guidelines, such as what Wikipedia is not and notability. But if you're unsure, just go ahead and write it, we can always discuss its suitability for Wikipedia later. ;) Kimchi.sg 03:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Oh, i meant it so that can Wikipedia create a forum which anyone can talk about anything? Of course, it would be Monitored.

User:Necrowarrio0.sg—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.173.191.165 (talkcontribs) 21:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC), signing as a non-existent user.

Hmm... no. You cannot use Wikipedia for a forum; please see What Wikipedia is not. This is an official policy, so there is no way this rule can be waived. (I misunderstood your question at first.) Kimchi.sg 22:07, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Okey Dokie, Never mind, was just wondering. Necrowarrio0

Hi (aeropagitica)! Thanks for closing the AfD for this article. However, I have doubts about the decision reached, and have listed it on deletion review. Regards, Kimchi.sg 08:35, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello! If you look at User_talk:(aeropagitica)#Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion.2FUniversity_of_Sagar, you will see that Dlyons493 is going to recreate the article minus the copyrighted material that brought it to AfD in the first place.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  10:54, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Oops... Saw it too late. OK, I'll withdraw the DRV. Kimchi.sg 11:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, nice to see that you are following policy and procedure, especially as you are going for admin status at the moment!  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  15:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

my request for adminship

i deleted it and will probably retry this fall. message back if you have any thoughts on what i should do to increase my chances of becoming an admin.thank you Aaron teh tennisman 01:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC) thanx for the advice Aaron teh tennisman 23:59, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Dear Kimchi.sg — Thank you for your support on my recent RfA. It succeeded with a final tally of 72/2/0 and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the new tools, but please let me know if there's any adminnery I can help you with in the future. —Whouk (talk) 08:11, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 08:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


Reply by Yezhanquan

I am. Well, hope you enjoyed your time here! Yezhanquan

Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 08:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


Thank-you

The count is in, and now I join the crew who wield the mops and pails.
Thanks for your support! I pledge to serve both you and Jimbo Wales.

If you have anything you need, then please don't think to hesitate.

For I am the very model of a grateful admin designate!
Bucketsofg
Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 08:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

CorbinSimpson's Request for Adminship

Thanks for voting in my request for administrator rights, even though it failed (13/30/4). Sadly, work has forced me to respond to you all using a substituted message rather than a personalized response. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that administrators, to me, should be chosen and approved by the community, and I will continue working to become a better editor and Wikipedian. No matter what the alignment of your vote was, I will take your comments seriously and use them to improve myself. If you wish to discuss your comments personally with me, I would be more than glad to talk about things since the RfA is now over; just leave your concern on my talk page and we will sort things out. Thanks again for voting, and happy editing! - Corbin Be excellent
Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 18:15, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


Time please gentlemen!

As it's almost closing time, I just wanted to wish you good luck with the decision. You'll be a great admin. --Dweller 17:26, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm a bit nervous at the moment - there's still about 2 more days to go. :) Kimchi.sg 17:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)


My RfA

Hello Kimchi.sg, and thanks for voting in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of (68/19/3). I appreciated your comments, which I hope to take on board in order to gain your respect in my work as an administrator. Best of luck in your continued editing of the encyclopedia! Sam Vimes 17:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

RE:Your "major corrections" to your RfA votes

Thank You for pointing this out to me. I will make sure that I DO NOT repeat the same mistakes again. After all, it is embarrassing! --Siva1979Talk to me 03:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello i voted for your adminship

I think that you are a very helpful person so i decided to strongly support you. Necrowarrio0

Thank you! However, remember to log in before voting - IP addresses can't vote. ;) Kimchi.sg 09:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Amazing, dear Kimchi!

You've made it into WP:100, dear Kimchi! Now isn't that a great boost to one's ego? ;) Congrats on your well deserved adminship in advance! Big hug, Phædriel tell me - 00:16, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words here and on my RfA! :) Kimchi.sg 00:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

My (Mtz206) RfA

Thank you for voting at my RFA. My Request was successful with 41 supports, 12 opposes and 5 neutrals, and even though you did not vote for me, your counsel was appreciated. As an admin, I intend to work on expanding my involvement in the project namespace. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. -- mtz206 (talk) 02:31, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Stuff under redirs

The redlinks in the text made it get flagged by Special:BrokenRedirects. Rob Church nommed me for adminship, once upon a time, then de-nommed me, and, well, it wasn't quite unanimous support. Removing the button wouldn't make a difference- my last block wasn't even using the big red button. The edit conflicts were just a recent flurry of activity in that section (and you should be using the + button to avoid edit conflicts); TB2's talk is much more active. --Rory096 07:24, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Weird, MediaWiki doesn't conflict if you're editing two different sections, so one would think the + would be the same. Maybe someone else was adding a new section too, or something. I'll annoy robchurch in the morning, if I remember. --Rory096 08:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


Copyvio image tagging

No, I think that tag is more for permission images with fair use rationales, or something (I've actually never seen that particular one in use). It should probably go on PUI, but if it gets deleted that way, it's fine too (though I'm not sure that category is patrolled much). Yes, {{nothanks}} is probably the only template to give him, but personalized messages aren't against the rules! Weird that Tdxiang would tag it like that, he's an experienced editor. --Rory096 08:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


Sam Vimes RfA

Hi! Haha yeah very sorry about removing that entry. Yes I actually did know that we do normally include the successful nomination, but I must have had a brain fade at the time I reverted you. Thanks for correcting me. It looks like you'll be an admin very soon. :) DarthVader 09:28, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


sorry

I'm sorry for what I did :(. I thought this was something that automatically turned back after a couple minutes —The preceding unsigned comment was added by noobarei (talkcontribs) 10:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Taken notice of

I have noticed these particular images, but Aiman still needs to properly source numerous photographies. And they will be mass-deleted if he doesn't. Circeus 14:30, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratualtions

Please accept my congratualtions on crossing the century. I wish you all the best! --Bhadani 16:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! :D Kimchi.sg 20:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Just to let you know the only reason you didn't see my support is my no-pile on rule. Congrats :) Petros471 21:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


Greg Bravo and Steam

I nominated Greg Bravo (Gary Scott) for deletion because of false information. I have edited a related site, Steam (band), which is linked to by the Greg Bravo site. I have added the names of the original musicians and sources as well as indicating that the musicians were from Bridgeport, CT. I believe that the anon. users who were vandalizing the Greg Bravo AfD and dispute tags are reverting the [[Steam (band)] article back to a version that is more compatible with Greg Bravo's assertion that he is the lead singer.

Could you advise me what to do, since I do not feel that reverting back and forth with an anonymous editor (who is likely to be the banned Musicknight/Countdewiki) is going to be productive.

I am still looking for verifiable evidence of the names of the touring band in '69-'70. If I cannot find this evidence, I will remove the list of touring band members. --Fortheloveofhampsters 17:28, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

If the reverting is frequent and the anons have not been willing to use the Talk page for discussion, please submit a request for page protection. An admin will take a look to see if the page should be "locked" to a particular version (it might be to the "wrong" version!) to stop the reverting. Kimchi.sg 20:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


Archiving correction

Thanks. I had realized my mistake and was in the process of fixing it when you made the move (beating me by seconds and causing me to scratch my head a bit). Sunray 22:22, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On June 23, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article San Antonio de los Baños, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man 11:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Basic Vandalism Query

Hello. I've been encountering vandalism in a few on the articles I watch, and would like to do something more than simply reverting the vandal's edits. However, I couldn't figure out the best way to take action. Could you advise please? Wowbobwow12 21:40, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

You should warn a vandal using the {{test1}} to {{test4}} templates after reverting his change. Sometimes it could just be a new user testing if "edit this page" really works, and this will be a polite way of telling him it does (I ran into one such newbie user today). If the user does not stop after {{test4}}, report him to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism for administrator action. Wikipedia:Vandalism has a list of the most common vandalism warning templates, as well as when to use them. Regards, Kimchi.sg 21:53, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
A belated thank you for your ongoing help! Wowbobwow12 04:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Thank you, dear Kimchi!

Thanks for deleting my old subpages, dear Kimchi! They were absolutely clogged up with prehistoric tests and old designs, so there was little use in keeping all that thrash stuffed up in my backyard... ;)

I also wish to thank you very much for your kind and wise advices and your thoughts on my Talk page. Rest assured they won't go unheard. Have a great weekend! :) Phædriel tell me - 02:38, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Re: Deletion of transwikied articles

I've responded to your comment on my prodding of transwikied articles at my talk page. Unless I'm terribly mistaken, I believe the speedy deletion tag only applies to articles that have already been through AfD, as the tag states. Thanks! TheProject 03:58, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Thanks for the kind wishes.

CHEESQUIRE page

You know what, I posted a page, and picture of my Grandfather Cheesesquire. You removed it, stating it was copyrighted from a newspaper. Not only did I plan on adding to it in the future, the article itself was written with my families permission, and the images are form us, as we took them.

I also DID give credit to the writer. However, HE wrote it, WE gave him his information. It is a story about OUR family.

I would have to say it is VERY rude to delete it without warning. I guess it makes someone feel important.

Anyways, I would appreciate it being restored.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Cyndicate (talkcontribs) 13:00, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

If a journalist for The Graham Star wrote the article in his own words and it was published in the newspaper, the copyright for the article would be with the newspaper, regardless of where the journalist got his information from. If you want the text to be available on Wikipedia, please send The Graham Star a letter or email requesting them to either:
  1. Make a note permitting reuse under the GFDL at the site of the original publication, or
  2. Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions at wikimedia dot org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Regards, Kimchi.sg 13:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Mathematical calculations in cake

Did you consider moving it to WP:BJAODN? Viridae 14:12, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

And its back sort of - relisted, but if you get to it first. Viridae 14:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't like moving things to BJAODN myself, seeing how it's so bloated already. But if you wish, I'll BJAODN this reincarnation. :o Kimchi.sg 14:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Meh, don't worry. And its back - that editor is a necromancer! Tagged it for the third time in 10 minutes. Viridae 14:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Oops that was the talk page :( my bad. Viridae 14:21, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Since he liked it so much, I userfied it. Kimchi.sg 14:24, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

thanks =) before, when my article was deleted, i was so hungry. but now that it has been moved to a safer place, i feel i can live again and bring good news to the world about cake and the beauty of maths that lives within it. thankyou again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.7.75.253 (talkcontribs) 14:33, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

haha i looked up what necromancer means LOL i am not a black magician -- just a lover of cake and maths—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.7.75.253 (talkcontribs) 14:38, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

kimchi said this "as a user page it is likely to survive untouched" --- LOL i love you wiki people, u have a sense of humour ;) wanna date??? KIDDING please dont block me—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Giordano xx (talkcontribs) 14:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

i bet at least 30 people will look at my page in 3 days or less. you just watch—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Giordano xx (talkcontribs) 14:47, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Deskatga Etilika

HI THERE I HAVE A BAND CALLED DESKATGA ETILIKA AND I´VE EDITED OUR PAGE AND INTRO. OUR WEB LINK (http://www.myspace.com/deskargaetilika) BUT IT AS BEEN ERASED I´VE LIKE TO NOW WHY?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Miguel de (talkcontribs) 14:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

ok i´ve got it!!!! thanks—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Miguel de (talkcontribs) 15:03, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Image

The main reason I listed Cygnus x1.jpg as an AFD is because it is a direct scan or copy of a page from a Rush album, so either way, it needs to be deleted as it is a big copy vio (which is much worse that a simple redundant image). Dark jedi requiem 15:21, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Legal Image:Cygnus X-1.jpg
Illegal Image:Cygnus x1.jpg
Dark jedi requiem 15:30, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

It is not copyright free. Period. It is from a copyrighted work. The work however used a Nasa image that is not copyrighted. The link that is shown is NOT the image uploaded. The image uploaded is a scan of lyrics WITH the free image (which is linked to). Plus we already have the Nasa picture without RUSH lyrics on them at: Image:Cygnus X-1.jpg.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dark jedi requiem (talkcontribs) 15:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Please Leave Mildew in my "pants" alone

Hi Im HCB and im just sending you this message to ask you to not ask to put Mildew in Pants alone. It's a fun little comic that's being developed and will hit the web really soon. All the creators are buzzing with Ideas and they just want to show the world what theyre all about and it's important to them and alot of people, so don't try and deleate it please.

Thanks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hcb (talkcontribs) 15:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


Vandalism

I saved your user talk page from certain destruction. Just check your history. Dark jedi requiem 15:56, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi!!!

Thanx 4 giving me that info, Kimichi.sg!!!  :)

  -Lunira 1.0
Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 23:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


University of Chicago Science Fiction Club

The University of Chicago Science Fiction Club was the center of the science fiction world in Chicago for at least thirty years. The article I posted covered the years I was active in it. Almost every name mentioned was of someone well known in science fiction fandom. Several were published authors. One was a science fiction publisher. Two were science fiction magazine editors.

By the way, that brings up a point. I realize (and agree with) your efforts to avoid becoming a personal sounding board for anyone. In the usual case, No Original Research is an excellent policy. But what about the case where what is being reported is an eye witness account of events observed as they happened? If the account is reasonably objective, shouldn't it be allowed if the matter otherwise meets the Wikipedia standars?

I feel this can be particularly important with a subject like science fiction, which for many years was dismissed by many as something not worth serious attention. This has resulted in an impoverished written record for the field, or writings in places like letter columns or material published by amateurs.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by LenZettel (talkcontribs) 23:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Mathematical calculations in cake

Added it to WP:DAFT. Viridae 02:43, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

HOTNESS - emma (creater of mathematical calucations in cake)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Giordano xx (talkcontribs) 04:28, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kelly Roberti

Hi, Kimchi.sg. Speedy delete criterion A8 requires the source to be a commercial content provider - a business that makes money directly from the content that has been copied. You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kelly Roberti as a speedy deletion under A8, but the artist does not make money from the content that has been copied, his biography, he makes money from his artwork. It would have been closer to an A8 if an image of his artwork had been copied, but A8 only applies to text.

His biography may be considered advertising intended to increase sales and make more money, but except in some unusual situations, people do not pay to see advertising. Money must be made directly from the content that has been copied, like a subscription encyclopedia article. Also, posting advertising to Wikipedia helps his business, rather than hurting it. Finally, there is a decent chance that he posted the material himself, giving permission for it to be used. There is a chance that he may try to unrelease it if he was unaware that the content can be edited by others, but there is still a fair chance that he will still let it be posted and he has given permission under the GFDL nonetheless by posting it.

I don't know if you were around when A8 was crafted ("around" meaning participating or reading the discussion), but it was made to only delete material that has almost no chance of being used with permission. Encyclopedia Britannica and the New York Times, for example, are very unlikely to let us use one of their articles after it has been posted to Wikipedia and it is even less likely that someone with the authority to release the article under the GFDL would post the article to Wikipedia himself or herself. Since A8 is so narrow, it is not very useful, but it was crafted this way to make it nearly impossible for content that we might be able to get permission for to be deleted, if the rules are followed.

The commercial content provider provision is ignored by some editors and admins, as is the under 48 hours old provision (included to prevent Wikipedia mirrors being mistaken as sources), and I won't bug you if you decide to ignore it as well. You could try to expand the criterion, instead. This has been unsuccessful in the past, but it might gain consensus now. I'll be offline for a little while, so I won't respond immediately to any replies. Thanks, Kjkolb 04:38, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


Thank you

Thank you for removing my block!!!! I'm so sorry about that mistake, and hope to help out tons here—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Noobarei (talkcontribs) 07:45, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

You'll be coaching Deryck Chan, with your fellow coach EWS23. Let me know if you have any questions, or when you're ready for someone else. Cheers, Petros471 13:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

iskra deleated?

ok I am confused to how the band iskra fit that criteria. I read all the info on the pages about the criteria. Iskra has founded a genre of music and is exstreamly contraversial in that genre, how is this make them no important enough for a page on wikipedia?

Peacecore 22:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reading our notability ("uniqueness") criteria for music groups. I saw the article claims that Iskra founded the genre of Blackened crust, but a Google search suggests that it is not really a well-known genre at all. There are only 29 unique Google hits for "blackened crust" genre. [4] The second factor that prompted me to delete the article is that it has no links to reliable sources (such as a newspaper or magazine) that discuss the band or mention any of the information in the article.
You may look for references in newspapers or other places (besides the band's own website) that mention the band and its unique characteristics, and re-create the article with links to these references. Regards, Kimchi.sg 14:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


24.225.226.57

You removed an alert on the grounds it was not recent. Can you please check? Some vandalism (partial page blanking, removal of warnings) was done by the IP today. Andjam 17:05, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I didn't say the vandalism was "not recent", but that both of them had "stopped vandalising" by the time final warnings were issued to them. We don't need to block if the vandal has stopped after the last warning. Regards, Kimchi.sg 17:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
The user removed warnings after being given a final warning for vandalism. Does that not count? Andjam 17:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
No it doesn't. The removal of warnings was after I removed the report from AIV. The report was there for a good 12 minutes. At the worst if he insists on removing warnings his talk page may be protected, but the fact is, he was warned only 3 times for vandalism recently (including blanking his talk page). That is insufficient warning to merit a block. Kimchi.sg 17:32, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
I presume Andjam is referring to me as the user "he wants to see blocked." Hi, I'm new to Wiki and I must point out that user Andjam and Sdedeo are both blocking any attempts by me to add an npov edit to the article, "CAIR."

First it was the user Sdedeo who tried to deal with my grievances, but since he wouldn't want to deal with me, he alerted Andjam to help him protect the page.

Andjam then revereted all of my previous changes from yesterday (which took me painstakingly 3 hours) on the grounds that 2 phrases didn't adhere to NPOV. I asked him, then why not remove those two phrases instead of my entire edit for the article. I mean that doesn't justify you removing all of my amendments to the article. But he didn't respond and is trying to block me anyway he possibly can.

Now I fear they are trying to boot me from Wiki by using my gullibility against me. I also fear they are trying to quell my protest of neutrality of CAIR article, by reporting me as being a 'vandal.'

I removed part of the article and erroenously pressed the 'saved' button. I then proceeded to remove the warning on the talk page. That function deleted the rest of the article. I apologized saying it was done out of mistake and not out of malicious intent, but the user "andjam" didn't respond.

Could you kindly remove the warnings on my page, or direct me to those in charge of doing that? As you can see both of these users are "teaming up" you can read their comments on andjam's talk page.

I'll really appreciate your help and mediation if you'd be able to read the discussion page for CAIR and tell him to revert to my changes. I even offer lengthy reasons for my edits, but the original user, sdedeo called it blabbering. I would welcome your help. Thanks. tyruler—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.225.226.57 (talkcontribs) 17:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


RFD

When you close an WP:RFD nomination as a keep, please remember that you need to take the {{rfd}} tag off the nominated article. I've fixed Psalm 82, Paul Kitchen, Mixed expressway, Kepone toxin, Isolasi DNA, Acucullophallia, and Software Devlopment Process. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 17:26, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


What do you mean?

I do not understand what you mean by 'commnicating with friends', this is a national event. I am mearly trying to start a useful article. Blake01 18:24, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


Thanks

Thank you for the nice note. Have a nice day! Johann Wolfgang 18:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


reply from Hanfresco

please do not put your user page into article categories, per WP:USER

What do you mean by that? I'm a wikinoob.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hanfresco (talkcontribs) 19:13, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

^^ thx!


Reply from Blastphemy

Dear Kimchi it would have been nice if you had asked me about the copyright violation issue BEFORE deleting something that took me such a long time to do! I can assure you that I have not committed any violation in respect of your concerns and actually own the copyright to www.kelly-roberti.com The text on Kelly Roberti's bigraphy page was given to me by Kelly Roberti to use as I wish.

Now - I would like to know if there is any way of retrieving the article without having to spend time in re-creating it ?

I'd also like to assure you that I am capable and indeed HAVE read all of the guidelines regarding wikipedias strict copyright rules etc.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blastphemy (talkcontribs) 17:46, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Kelly Roberti page and Blastphemy's response

I see that Blastphemy has restored the entire Kelly Roberti page after you speedy-deleted it. I didn't necessarily expect you to delete it immediately, but thought there might be some discussion. Blastphemy claims that he was given permission to use the copyrighted material. But (1) how can he prove that? And (2) even so, just copying material from a musician's own Web page is, as you know, not acceptable according to Wiki policies. I have marked the page for deletion review again but do not know if I followed the correct procedure, since the whole thing was completely restored by the original author. Could you please look into this further? I will also leave a message on Blastphemy's talk page. Thanks. Alan W 23:22, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Kimchi

But could you please tell me, what I should do when you editors constantly reverting my edits on an article and try and block me? Can I keep reverting to my page?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.225.226.57 (talkcontribs) 19:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

No, you cannot. Please discuss on the talk page of the article, listen to other editors, and try to work out which changes to include or not include. Kimchi.sg 03:07, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


Response from Miranda (blastphemy) regarding Kelly Roberti contribution:

Hmmmm ... if everybody went around deleting information they had heard or read elsewhere, or that was relatively common public knowledge, I'm not entirely sure that wikipedia would be here!

I can indeed prove that I am the copyright owner of www.kelly-roberti.com and that I have Kelly Roberti's express permission to use his biographical content as and wherever I see fit. Can you prove that you are a fair decision maker ?

Please tell me what you need and where to send the proof of copyright ? And where Kelly Roberti may have to send his agreement ?

If there are any other issues you would like to debate please don't hesitate.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blastphemy (talkcontribs) 02:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Shadowclan -- Deleted

Dear Kimchi.sg

Why did you delete the Shadowclan page I created a few days ago?

--Bagginator 08:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of 'The Loaded Dog'

How's it going? I just got your message that the article I created was deleted because it was not an actual article, but just Henry Lawson's short story. Sorry about that- I didn't realise. But I just need some clarification. If I write a relatively detailed description of the short story, that's acceptable isn't it? Does this mean that I cannot have the actual story in the article at all? What about Lawson's poetry- are we allowed to use that at all? Thanks! Ackatsis 13:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

We can write articles about literary works, but the contents of the works themselves should not be inside the articles, except for quotation purposes. For example, we have an article about Hamlet, but the text of the play isn't in there; instead we store the text of the play at Wikisource. Kimchi.sg 13:27, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I guess I'll just have to include external links to the actual short stories. Ackatsis 13:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
It appears that the book was published in 1901, and hence should be public domain worldwide (the 1911 Encyclopaedia Brittanica, which was published even later, is already public domain). Hence you should seriously consider submitting the text of it to Wikisource. It will be made always available and freely sharable, and easier to link to from Wikipedia. Regards, Kimchi.sg 13:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of AWIMB

Hi,

Can you explain why you deleted this page please? Was it due to a complaint?

Ben.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.86.213.196 (talkcontribs) 14:32, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

It sounded like incoherent nonsense to me. If it was a page for an online forum or community, as the reasoning for speedy deletion seemed to indicate, it did not assert the notability of the group according to Wikipedia's guidelines. Either way it was deletion fodder. Kimchi.sg 14:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

User name change?

Is it possible to change one's Wikipedia user name? Thank you. Wowbobwow12 00:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the place to ask for one is Wikipedia:Changing username. Kimchi.sg 00:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks again for your help! Wowbobwow12 01:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Coaching can start anytime. Compared to Eric, you've a greater chance to communicate with me directly, because he's in the UTC-4 timezone, just the reverse of us. So my progress really depends on you! --Deryck C. 07:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey! Not sure if you noticed, but we've started a centralized page for coaching at User talk:Deryck Chan/Admin coaching. I look forward to working with you. :o) EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 02:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


Deleting stuff

Thanks for helping with teh images - I had to do 500 yesterday.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


How I Became The Bomb page delete

you deleted the page i was creating for this up and coming nashville band because i didn't have "references" and they weren't "important"...

just so you know they were mentioned on Pichfork media's website as a part of the Athens Pop Fest they're playing... along people with major record deals like The Apples in Stereo, Circulatory System, Deerhoof, and The Mountain Goats http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/36760/Deerhoof_Mountain_Goats_OhOk_Head_Athens_Popfes

there are local magazine interviews http://www.nashvillerage.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/RAGE0203/605110301/1207/RAGE02

they have a video for the song "secret identity" http://youtube.com/watch?v=V8fFx8c3TJI

been featured on podcasts and radio http://weownthistown.net/?p=206

there are good quality photo galleries http://flickr.com/photos/wafflelad/sets/72057594096814777/

people 2000 miles away blog about their music http://www.westondeboer.com/music/how-i-became-the-bomb/

so... just because i didn't have the articles paraphrased or the page done YET... you deleted it. if you don't mind, please let me have it back. i'll have the band history before too long, and then it will go up as well.

that is, if they are important enough. just because they are taking nashville by storm and bringing rise to a genre that isn't heard much in tennessee doesn't mean that you have to delete the page... or does it?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Greet death (talkcontribs) 02:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I will restore the contents of the article to a subpage of your userpage - User:Greet death/How I Became The Bomb, right after I write this comment. Please add more links to interviews and articles about them so that they can satisfy Wikipedia guidelines for inclusion of bands, edit the article there as you wish, then move it back to How I Became The Bomb when you're done (there is a "move page" command at the top of each page you can use).
If the final article does not mention (and provide links to reliable sources that mention) how the band satisfies the guidelines, the article may be deleted again. Kimchi.sg 03:08, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
I have moved the article back to How I Became The Bomb after adding more references. Kimchi.sg 04:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your help and work. i appreciate it. - Greet Death


Re: RFA

Thanks! I am currently undergoing the reform process and I am aiming to come back in two months. I am wondering if I can ask you from time to time (e.g. 2 week - 1 month) about my current situation so that I would know how I am doing in my reforming process? Many thanks. --WinHunter (talk) 07:19, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

"No consensus" closure on PC Load Letter AfD

Hi,

Could you please add your reasoning in closing the discussion on the PC Load Letter AfD as "no consensus"? In looking over the responses, I see 17 Keep/Merge(11/6) versus 4 Delete comments, which seems to me to be a "keep" consensus.

Thank you, --LeflymanTalk 16:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Thank you for the prompt reply! --LeflymanTalk 16:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


LOL

Was having a miserable day, but this diff changed all of that: [5] Tee-hee. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 16:42, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for deleting vanity page

Hi Kimchi.sg, Thank you for deleting that vanity page that someone created in my userspace (and how bizarre of someone to do such a thing!) -- All the best, Nickj (t) 07:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

You're absolutely correct.

(copied from my user talk page) First off, this is not meant to be a nastygram. If it has that effect, I apologise in advance.

As rewriter of How I Became The Bomb, I have no further comments defending the article other than what I said on AfD. What I want to remind you is: When nominating stuff for deletion, please inform the editor(s) of the page by saying "AfD", "prod" or "db-band" in the edit summary. It's very easy to type, and your not doing it multiple times might lead to others suspecting you of bad faith deletion nominations. It's the very least you can do, for courtesy's sake. Regards, Kimchi.sg 13:10, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

You're absolutely correct. Chalk it off to my ignorance. I'll do better in the future. Dipics 13:31, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanx

...for the DYK promotion. Can you please quickly add the words "illiterate to the end of his life" just to round off the sentence and give a small punch to it? Just a suggestion. btw, I so love kimchi -- a Korean friend got me fixed on it. Anyong! ImpuMozhi 04:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I shortened the "hook" sentence (as Lar would call it), because "to the end of his life" sounds a bit redundant for me. I try to reword all the entries so that they contain the least words needed to make people curious and click on the bolded link. If people can learn all about the DYK item just by reading the hook, it is a poorly worded hook, probably too long. Keep up the good work! Regards, Kimchi.sg 05:09, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanx -- thats a good point. Are you at all Korean? I was just wondering, I see no indication of it, except for your username. ImpuMozhi 05:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm not Korean, but Singaporean. My username contains a 3-byte flag of the country at the end. :P Kimchi.sg 05:18, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
I never realized the ".sg" stands for Singapore! So you are a near neighbour---another nice DYK: "... that User:ImpuMozhi's language, Tamil, is one of the Official Languages of Singapore?" ImpuMozhi 05:27, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

No, actually I am not a Tamil, but here is an ingenious piece of sophistry: my user-name is pure Tamil, so doesn't that serve the purpose of the DYK? --- my mother-tongue is Telugu, but I also speak some Tamil, and a large section of my family hails from the Tamil Nadu state in India, and for all these reasons I pass myself off as Tamil when expedient. I didn't put in a Tamil babel-box because my hold on Tamil is none too good, and I cannot help with translating, etc -- the language has a truly awesome "pure" vocabulary and cadence that I greatly admire but can never hope to master. I think I will now add the babelbox -- nobody has yet approached me to translate any Telugu to English for them, so why not add more babelboxes? Regards, ImpuMozhi 14:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations

Please add all messages related to my Request for Adminship to this section. Thank you very much for your support! Kimchi.sg 22:31, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

After an impressive showing of community support, you're now an admin. Have fun wih the shiny new tools to make this a better place. Be conservative with them though, and make sure to re-read the policies before acting. Don't hesitate to let me know if I can help, and again, congratulations. - Taxman Talk 21:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Let me be the second to congratulate you. Have a ball!!!--Kungfu Adam (talk) 22:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Congratulations Kimchi. Hard at work already, eh? Blnguyen | rant-line 01:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC).
Yes. I'll relieve you of the aching in the fingers that you get pressing the "delete", "protect" and "block" buttons. :P Kimchi.sg 01:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats Kimchi! You'll do great! Samir धर्म 02:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. You will make a good admin. --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 14:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I just now noticed your RfA went through! o.o;; Congrats, even if belated! ~Kylu (u|t) 02:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on your RFA, also I left a reply with my RFA, all I want is forgiveness of my past with the leavings. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 02:53, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Well done on achieving admin status in your recent RfA and with such a strong affirmative vote, too! Best wishes and happy editing,  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  17:48, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for your support in my RfA!

Thanks for voting!
Hello Kimchi.sg/Older messages, and thanks for your support in my recent RfA. I'm pleased to announce that it passed with a final tally of (96/0/0). I was overwhelmed by all of the nice comments and votes of confidence from everyone. Thanks again, and see you around! OhNoitsJamie Talk 06:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


Personal attacker

Feel free to modify the block as you see fit.Blnguyen | rant-line 06:55, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I've already shortened it. Kimchi.sg 06:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


WP:RM 16 June

I am working through the 16th of June on WP:RM. I was plesently supprised that you had beaten me to it, but if you decide the outcome of a WP:RM Survey, please also remove the entry from the WP:RM page. Also I will not revert any of the decisions you have made on those I have seen to date, but using the 60% threshold on the Talk:Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg the result was 5 support move, 3 opposed. That is 5/8 which is 62% in favour which I think is a move under WP:RM rules. --Philip Baird Shearer 08:52, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete my page about Matchdoctor.com?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matchdoctor (talkcontribs) 16:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


Issues with deletion

Why did you delete my page about Matchdoctor.com? Why does Plentyoffish have a page when Matchdoctor was the original first free dating dating site?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matchdoctor (talkcontribs) 16:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

It sounded exactly like an advertisement for the website, and did not mention at all how the website satisfies our web-related article guidelines. Kimchi.sg 16:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations

Please add all messages related to my Request for Adminship to this section. Thank you very much for your support! Kimchi.sg 22:31, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

After an impressive showing of community support, you're now an admin. Have fun wih the shiny new tools to make this a better place. Be conservative with them though, and make sure to re-read the policies before acting. Don't hesitate to let me know if I can help, and again, congratulations. - Taxman Talk 21:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Let me be the second to congratulate you. Have a ball!!!--Kungfu Adam (talk) 22:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Congratulations Kimchi. Hard at work already, eh? Blnguyen | rant-line 01:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC).
Yes. I'll relieve you of the aching in the fingers that you get pressing the "delete", "protect" and "block" buttons. :P Kimchi.sg 01:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats Kimchi! You'll do great! Samir धर्म 02:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations. You will make a good admin. --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 14:41, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I just now noticed your RfA went through! o.o;; Congrats, even if belated! ~Kylu (u|t) 02:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on your RFA, also I left a reply with my RFA, all I want is forgiveness of my past with the leavings. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 02:53, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Well done on achieving admin status in your recent RfA and with such a strong affirmative vote, too! Best wishes and happy editing,  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  17:48, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for your support in my RfA!

Thanks for voting!
Hello Kimchi.sg/Older messages, and thanks for your support in my recent RfA. I'm pleased to announce that it passed with a final tally of (96/0/0). I was overwhelmed by all of the nice comments and votes of confidence from everyone. Thanks again, and see you around! OhNoitsJamie Talk 06:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


Personal attacker

Feel free to modify the block as you see fit.Blnguyen | rant-line 06:55, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I've already shortened it. Kimchi.sg 06:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


WP:RM 16 June

I am working through the 16th of June on WP:RM. I was plesently supprised that you had beaten me to it, but if you decide the outcome of a WP:RM Survey, please also remove the entry from the WP:RM page. Also I will not revert any of the decisions you have made on those I have seen to date, but using the 60% threshold on the Talk:Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg the result was 5 support move, 3 opposed. That is 5/8 which is 62% in favour which I think is a move under WP:RM rules. --Philip Baird Shearer 08:52, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete my page about Matchdoctor.com?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matchdoctor (talkcontribs) 16:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


Issues with deletion

Why did you delete my page about Matchdoctor.com? Why does Plentyoffish have a page when Matchdoctor was the original first free dating dating site?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Matchdoctor (talkcontribs) 16:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

It sounded exactly like an advertisement for the website, and did not mention at all how the website satisfies our web-related article guidelines. Kimchi.sg 16:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

So, I guess prodding enough articles does lead to a support (just kidding!). Thank you very much for your support for my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 supporting, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. I'm glad I meet your criteria. Most of all, I'm glad you took the time to evaluate my candidacy, as I believe that's what keeps RfA running smoothly, and I'll be working hard to justify the vote of confidence you've placed in me. Please let me know at my talk page if you have any comments on my performance as an admin. Thanks! TheProject 02:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Kelly Roberti

Kimchi.sg, My name is Kelly Roberti. I am a busy man and would love to learn how to use Wikipedia correctly but as of now the time I have won't allow it. All I am asking is that the lame entry about me be deleted. Could you kindly do this for me? I want no part in poorly informed arguements about me or my history. Thank you so much.

Kelly Roberti—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kelly R (talkcontribs) 14:32, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

It may be deleted. But not because you asked for it to be. Kimchi.sg 14:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)


Well..

That is fucking bollocks. I thought you had more sense than that.

I apologise for my language, but I am sick of Wikipedia. Esteffect 18:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe I was overly harsh above, but regardless, old AfDs (over a year old) can't be used for topics which have only recently became well-known? It's on deletion review anyway, but it won't get a fair trial there. It deserved an AfD, especially as the first was only 66.67% to delete. Esteffect 19:09, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Articles to be deleted

As you asked on my talk page, here is a list of the articles that need deletion: Google's cache of List of United States musicians—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stellis (talkcontribs) 22:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Great, thanks! Kimchi.sg 22:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Note to self: Special:Undelete/List of United States musicians Kimchi.sg 22:48, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Image:Where RFA ty.png—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Where (talkcontribs) 22:27, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Satchel Cohen hoaxer

Thanks for contribution. Still more things coming to light. I suggest we compile all info on Tyrenius/Satchel Cohen hoaxer for now. Tyrenius 10:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose this week's WP:AID winner

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Louvre was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

- Davodd 05:42, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eye4you

Good for you for picking up on the fact that the author of the page had posted his recommendation for deletion of his own article. I had to look over the discussion twice to see that. --NMChico24 08:58, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know of the unblock. The username was created in a peak period for WillyOnWheels type usernames, which I also blocked. Pays to be overly careful at times. -- Longhair 05:41, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

List of United States musicians on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of United States musicians. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. Specifically, this refers to your deletion of List of bands from Wisconsin and List of Wisconsin musicians per this AfD. Thanks, Deathphoenix ʕ 13:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

None of the sublists were tagged, so I think it's pretty clear they should not have been deleted. Assuming you agree with this, could you indicate your agreement at DR and restore the sublists? Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:05, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Jsx1200

Hi, He's now repeatedly adding copyvio material to University of Sagar after repeated warnings. Is there a case for a block? Dlyons493 Talk 04:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Dlyons493 Talk 07:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown 2006

Hi there! :) Just to clear up a slight misunderstanding we may have had re this article's deletion; I was assuming that it wouldn't be eligible for an A7 because it's about a theatrical production, rather than a person or group of people. I've been pulled up on this before - but thanks for your correction. It's gone, and it should have gone; that's what matters. Tevildo 15:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The way the article was padded written (more than half of it lists of people involved) seemed to me that it focused more on the people behind the production, rather than the production (plot and other details, etc). Thus befitting A7. Kimchi.sg 15:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The history on that article shows that it has previously had two redirects that had been reverted. Therefore the redirect suggestion is contentious. You probably missed that when you closed the debate. It seems appropriate, given the history, to allow the editors involved in the article time to voice their opinion. SilkTork 20:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I have reverted my own closing of the AfD in light of what you said, but please note: If you say in your nomination that what you already have in mind is anything other than deletion, others are likely to call for a speedy close. Don't mention redirecting in your nomination, if you want the discussion to proceed naturally. Kimchi.sg 03:51, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


Puzzling one

While patrolling new articles, I came across one from this growing category: [6]

Do you think Wikipedia needs a separate article for each year's playing roster of ANY sporting team, other than (perhaps) international ones?

Can you imagine what would happen if some of the cricket teams that have been around for HUNDREDS of years started doing this!!??! We'd be swamped.

Happy for you to advise. I'm reluctant (too inexperienced) to wade in, especially as someone's doing an awful lot of well-intentioned work. --Dweller 10:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

You are right, it does seem a bit extreme to have lists of players by year for every Australian Football League club. You can put them up for AfD, or have me do it if you wish. It's going to be a big nomination. :) --Kimchi.sg 12:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Bravo's 100 Funniest Whatevers

Hey - hate to be a bother, but I *think* you were involved in the deletion of Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies? It was recreated about a week ago (less than a week after its deletion), so I think it needs a re-deletion. I... guess you're the one I should report it to. I suppose it needs one of those "don't recreate this" boxes, too. Thanks. The Son Of Nothing 00:27, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

It's been taken care of by other administrators. Any administrator can check whether the article is re-created and delete it if that's the case. Just insert {{db-repost}} if you see the article floating around, again. :) --Kimchi.sg 06:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I contribute a lot of information about Battrick on Wikipedia and noticed the tag you put on Battrick and excuse me, because I am rather tired, but do not understand 100% what it means, but basically it means its not notable enough to be on Wikipedia (correct?), why? How is it different from games like Hattrick, Ogame and Kings of Chaos? In the meantime I'll read through these Notability guidelines. Thanks in advance --JRA WestyQld2 15:15, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Would a podcast interview on a reliable site about the game be enough? Also, what exactly is a reliable source? I know it's not in detail but: http://www.mpogd.com/games/game.asp?ID=3023 I'd really like to try and save this article after a few hours have been put into it. --JRA WestyQld2 23:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a million for helping and removing the tag. I owe you one ;-) --JRA WestyQld2 08:55, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Harlow.

I'm back. Huaiwei too. - Mailer Diablo 14:52, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

:-)) Kimchi.sg 14:58, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Good luck editing, I'm oficially out of here w.e.f tomorrow (0500, SST). --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 15:49, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for the reminder

About the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of United States musicians (2nd nomination), I had forgotten all about the disposition of the first one. -- MrDolomite | Talk 16:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


Oh, that is a much easier way to leave a message

No muss, no fuss, no chance of accidentally messing something else up. I liked it so much, I have added it to my talk and user pages as well. Thanks! -- MrDolomite | Talk 17:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Working Man's Barnstar
Thankyou Kimchi for being a supergnome, and doing all this unglamourous and unheralded work. I counted 2100+ deletes, which ranks you second with 118 deletes per day out of all new admins in the last 45 days.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, thanks for the comment about why the sig was always not working, now I know. I've uploaded an open-office thing as to the new admin workload File:Admin.sxc. You can see who is a gnome and who is not from the work/vote ratio that I made up. Blnguyen | rant-line 05:23, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

nogallery

Hi Kimchi, I'm not sure if you noticed, but I just removed the nogallery flag from Category:Images with unknown copyright status as of 30 June 2006 after discussion at Wikipedia talk:Fair_use#NOGALLERY and Wikipedia talk:Fair use exemptions. If that is just how you prefer to work on the cat, that's fine (I'm the opposite), but there seems to be agreement that it's ok not to hide the images simply for copyright concerns so long as they're in the deletion process. Best regards ×Meegs 09:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I added the nogallery flag for different reasons altogether - to see how many images I'm about to delete. I only put it on when that cat's about to go. :S Kimchi.sg 09:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


Thank you for the vote

Hi there. I would like to thank you very much for your vote in the Esperanza Elections, your trust in me was appreciated and I hope I will be able to live up to your expectations. Thanks again! Regards -- Banes 10:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Lots of thanks

Thank you so much for your support in the Esperanza elections, Kimchi.sg! I am honored by your confidence - thanks again! -- Natalya 02:14, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

graham blacow

excuse me, why have you deleted the page for graham blacow ' drummer of uk band yeti'

This is factual, informative and not legible for deletion under the reason 'nonsense'

I would appreciate a response to why this has been deleted,

Many thanks in advance—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.138.218.185 (talkcontribs) 10:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The page was deleted three times. The first two times, the contents of the page was exactly: "Top bloke with great hair", which is totally uninformative at all. The third time it was deleted, the page read: "Drummer of UK band 'Yeti'" which is too short for even a beginning article.
I was wrong to say it was "nonsense", but there was too little in the article for it to be useful. Kimchi.sg 11:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


Hi -- you just edited a sentence out of John W. Campbell with the edit summary "remove link to deleted article". That doesn't seem to be what actually happened. Could you put a comment on the talk page explaining the edit? As it stands I'd like to revert but I thought I might have misunderstood your edit. Thanks. Mike Christie 12:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Kimchi .... advice needed please.

Hi Kimchi, I started editing this article [7] but soon realised it's a bit too much for me but I do think it urgently needs some correction. Could you look at it if you have time, or maybe someone else you know? Thanks :) Mirjay 02:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

  • It was a bit of a pig's ear to start with, but I think I've made it worse.... Mirjay 15:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
I looked through the changes you made to John Twelve Hawks, and didn't notice anything very bad you did to the article. Cheer up - it still reads quite nice! Maybe if you tell me what you think is wrong with the article, I'll have a better idea of what advice to give you.
P.S.: You can turn the "[1], [2],"-style links to newspaper articles into references, like what we did with the Kelly Roberti page. If you need help on that one, let me know. I messed that up a couple of times, on other articles. :) --Kimchi.sg 15:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
P.P.S.: I notice you made many small changes quickly to the page. Please don't - it makes the page's history quite messy. Use the "Show preview" button (beside the "Save page" button) to check how the page will look like, before hitting Save page. It will help you spot mistakes before making them visible to the world. ;) --Kimchi.sg 15:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


Deletions

So why didn't you put delete notices on these?

  1. Critical Chain (book)
  2. The 33 Strategies of War

-Todd 17:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


This article should not be deleted. The article is not an advertisement for a book. It is a very useful review of the key points in a very important and scholarly work about the Toyota philosophy (The Toyota Way) and the Toyota Production System. The Wikipedia article on the Toyota Production System is not very good and this review is a much better source to learn about the basics of the Toyota Production System. Leaders100 18:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Image of Panzerschreck you removed

Hey,

I noticed you removed the image I placed on the Panzerschreck page for "improper fair use". Since I am a newbie to Wikipedia, I was kind of wondering why - especially since the Panzerfaust page has a simmilar picture with a simmilar tag that has not been removed. If you could answer me back on my user or talk page I would appreciate it as I like to learn from my mistakes.

[Edit:] Because the Panzerfaust image tag seems to be acceptible to everyone I will likely be putting the Panzerschreck pic back up with that one attached.

Thanks,

Grandpafootsoldier 22:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


Amanda Fillipachi image

Is it possible to talk to you privately?

Best, Some Name (Some Name 21:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC))

Eldad aryeh.jpg

Hi Kimchi.sg, I reuploaded this image under fair use. I included a rationale similar to the one now up on its previous incarnation, though I admit that I'm not certain that I used the correct notation. If you still see a problem with the picture, please let me know why and how to remedy it. Cheers, TewfikTalk 01:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello
I'm not sure how I'm supposed to address that first point. While I can't guarantee that there are no free equivalents, I haven't come across any. Please advise. TewfikTalk 16:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
The point of criteria #1 is: As long as it is possible that you, me or someone else can take a picture of Eldad (since he is still alive, after all), we can't use a fair use photo of him on his article. It doesn't matter there isn't a free photo already; one can still be created. I know you're frustrated with this one, but it's policy and it's not going to be relaxed. :(
I suppose this policy is to encourage people to take their own pictures for Wikipedia to distribute whenever possible, instead of getting copyrighted ones from elsewhere. So you could solve it by taking your own picture of him. If you feel like asking others to take the photo, put the {{reqphoto}} or {{reqphotoin|Israel}} template on the talk page of the article where the photo is. These will put the article into "photo requested!" categories. --Kimchi.sg 17:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi and thank you for taking the time to reply. What you say sounds logical, but the picture is employed for the same purpose under fair use at Hebrew Wikipedia (there is even a template for Knesset member photographs from the official site), and the fair use policy says that English Wikipedia is more lenient than foreign language ones. Perhaps an official photograph of a sitting legislator on the legislature's website does meet the criteria? Let me know what you think. Cheers, TewfikTalk 23:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The "more lenient" part of the fair use page describes our policy only in general terms. There might be slight differences whereby other language Wikipedias are more lax in their fair use policy.
If you want to clarify what I'm saying is not a distortion of Wikipedia:Fair use, feel free to approach other administrators who handle a lot of image copyright issues, such as Drini or Howcheng. They are more experienced in copyright issues than I am. Regards, Kimchi.sg 07:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Break

I hope you aren't as burnt out as I am. By the time you come back there will probably be a 5-day backlog. All the best, and I am working on Duong Trieu Vu atm.Blnguyen | rant-line 03:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

What 630 deletes today??? Are you still holding up? Blnguyen | rant-line 07:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes I am... don't feel like doing w-... erm, other things. :P Kimchi.sg 07:19, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Looks like someone has decided to follow in my footsteps, fiddling with the magic button daily... ;) - Mailer Diablo 15:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


Hi Kimchi, this is why I ask people not to close things early, especially via WP:SNOW. The deletion article hadn't even been up 24 hours, and the first time I see it is now, and I would have said keep with my explanation, but you arbitrarily decided that it was done. Please reconsider. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! --badlydrawnjeff talk 12:02, 12 July 2006 (UTC)


British identity card edits

Dear Kimchi.sg,

I am shocked to hear that I allegedly violated someone's copyright, because I did NOT. This article, amongst others, is my own writing,in my own words.

You can check if you like the following links where you will find most of my articles:

-http://www.freewebs.com/privacyanddataprotectionact/privacyanddataprotection.htm

-BBC Action Network : http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A10132246 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A4446038

-The Blog : http://d-altacts2006.blogspot.com

-P & DPA 2006 : http://www.pledgebank.com/P-DPA2006

-HoCRA 2006 : http://www.pledgebank.com/HoCRA2006


They are all signed "Anne Lenoir" as you will see.I hope that now you will reconsider the deletion of my article and let me know you decision.

Thank you for your help.

Your sincerely, Anne Lenoir—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anne lenoir (talkcontribs) 12:43, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

AFD for the piece of crap.

Thank you. I was hoping we weren't going to take five days for this. I'll keep a watch on the authors for recreation. Fan-1967 21:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


My RfA

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:53, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Daúde

Re: Daúde is a famous Brazilian singer (see MPB article). She is notable for working for famous Brazilian giants like Caetanao Veloso and Carlinhos Brown, and is signed with British singer's Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. Sarah Smiling Again 10:16 27 June 2006


Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 03:28, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA thanks

Hello Kimchi.sg/Older messages, and thank you for your strong support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 06:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Agile Project Management (book)

Hello Kimch.sg. You removed the disambiguation from Agile Project Management. I just wanted to say this might cause some confusion. The generic topic "Agile Project Management" is essentially equivalent to the topic Agile Software Development but doesn't limit the application to software. I prefer the qualifier "(book)" to diambiguate between the generic term and the review of Highsmith's book. Agile Project Management should be redirected to Agile Software Development, but I have no idea how to do that. --Garrybooker 14:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

deprodded - FYI. - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


Talk pages without articles

Thanks, Kimchi.sg. Michael 06:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Allo' Expat discussion and neutral publication

Hi Kim,

Thanks for the follow up on Allo' Expat page. The problem was that i could not participate in the discussion as it was closed a few hours after it was reported. Maybe a bit fast to get real feed-backs. I noticed that one of the members thought that it could be seen as viable: "Borderline notable. Appears to get a good amount of traffic considering its subject area. Needs significant cleanup, though."

I understand it may be seen as borderline. We just decided to add this page following expatica example, both website proving valuable information to the expatriate community. But i see they were removed, so I don't have much argument here ;-)

Finally, as we had article in the local press, expatriates magazines and chamber of commerce publication, how would you consider them yourself ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jduquesne (talkcontribs) 06:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

You may make a new article in your user page area, perhaps at User:Jduquesne/Allo' Expat, where you can add links to mentions of the website in notable sources. At some time when the article has sufficient references about the website from reliable sources, it can be moved back into article space. But the deleted version will in no way be restored, as it was taken right from the website and hence a copyright violation. Kimchi.sg 09:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your advices and notes, I followed them and created a User:Jduquesne/Allo' Expat page with the content. jduquesne 12:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Request to Undelete "Detroit Techno Militia Collective"

DTM plays an important part in the Electronic music community here in Detroit and should be represented in Wikipedia. I'm not sure who originally submitted the article but I tried to make sure the edits were in accordance to the correct guidelines.

Thanks!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Technochick (talkcontribs) 18:31, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I've restored it and put it on AfD. Kimchi.sg 15:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


My reform progress

It has been almost a month since my RFA, I would like to review my progress to see how I am doing now and know what am I still lacking. Would you mind reviewing my statistics User:Winhunter/statistics and other things so that I may know what I still need to work on? Many thanks. --WinHunter (talk) 15:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Our Admin Coachee

Yes, I noticed. [9] Out of respect for him, I was going to give it a couple days, then declare his coaching on hold and inform whoever is currently running the coaching program that I'm welcome to a new coachee. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 19:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

In light of the above message, can I please point you towards User talk:Zappa.jake/admin coaching :) Petros471 Petros471 11:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that Canadian identity is no longer around, and the only clue I have is your name in the delete log. Can I find out more about why the page was deleted (I thought it was pretty good) or how we can bring it back? Thanks --Mr Minchin Canada 00:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo uploads

Yes thanks, I usually do put GDFL-self but for some reason, things went a bit wierd when I uploaded for a few days. Frances76 08:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


Re: Closing of AfDs with "delete" consensus

Please do not close AfD discussions with a "delete" consensus unless you are an administrator. It is better for AfD-closing admins to deal with the article directly, and if an AfD with "delete" consensus is closed by a non-admin, admins skimming the AfD log may never notice that the page hasn't been deleted. At the least, it will delay the actual deleting of the page, which will probably be not what you intend. Therefore, close only "keep" discussions yourself. Thanks, Kimchi.sg 10:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Nobody has complained to me about me closing "delete" AFDs. The way I do it is I close the discussion and then place an {{afdf}} tag to alert admins to delete the article. It also give the article's auther a chance to save the article to his/her computer before it actually gets deleted. It has worked out every time. Mostly Rainy 10:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
If they want to save it, they had the five days of discussion to save it, so that is a moot point. Just let admins close "delete" AfD discussions, please. I appreciate your good intentions, but it's less confusing the traditional way. Kimchi.sg 11:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
P.S. You are welcome to persist if you don't mind admins constantly asking you why you close "delete" discussions when you've no power to delete the pages yourself. I notice I'm not the first to do so, and won't be the last. Kimchi.sg 11:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Since you and User:Samuel Blanning comment about this, I'll just leave closing such AFDs to admins. I had good intentions, but if the {{afdf}} template has to be deleted, that's fine with me. Mostly Rainy 11:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I love this template. Keep up the good work. If any admin asks, send them my way. :-) Kim Bruning 11:55, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

"Afd is not a vote"

Is a recent edit summary by you. :-)

<griiiiiin>

Kim Bruning 14:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


Captain Olimar slow-motion revert war

Maybe once a week or so, someone, sometimes me, reverts over whether or not to inlcude speculation (that other people have made, not us!) that Captain Olimar will appear in Super Smash Brothers Brawl. The info keeps being removed and re-added over and over. I'm in favor of keeping it, as even though it is speculation, it did happen. It just got removed again, and this time I wanted another user's opinion before I go back and re-add it, if necessary. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 16:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Canadian identity, my thoughts

Thank you for your prompt response. I now understand a little better the policies of Wikipedia, but not really why some articles are listed under PROD and others under AfD.

Had I known beforehand that the Canadian identity was on the block to be deleted, I would have objected, but as that is past, I would like to request its resurrection - could you please undelete it. Here are the reasons I propose to keep it (or rather, bring it back):

  • Length - most articles listed on WP:PROD, in my quick random survey, are short - a sentence to two paragraphs. Canadian identity was considerably longer. The length also supports that it is more than some random user’s vanity page, and has been a collaborative effort, one of the main goals of Wikipedia..
  • Notability - Canada is indeed notable (I hope no one would dispute that). I agree that the question “What does it mean to be a Canadian?” is a slightly different topic, but I would suggest that it is a question that is fundamental to the country. From the American Revolution on, the simple answer was “not American.” Why was Canada formed? In part, to keep from becoming American. The same reason is why British Columbia joined confederation, why the west (now Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) was the subject of a huge drive on the part of the Canadian government to be settled, and why the Yukon Territory was formed. See also Canadian confederation. Canada is also special in the fact that its boundaries were not defined by war, ethic group, or common history, like most other nations (Europe, especially comes to mind).
  • POV - it doesn’t surprise me that the article comes across without a NPOV. By vary nature, the article implies a point of view, because it is about how Canadians see themselves. As noted above, not being American is an important part of that. See “Mild anti-Americanism” in Canadian literature and the article on Molson’s I am Canadian commercials. I would welcome anyone to edit out the POV, but I would challenge them to do so without removing the facts. In any case, the mild POV throughout does not seem to cloud the message
  • Uniqueness of topic - as you noted, the material here does not readily fit elsewhere. The topic is complex enough to require its own article, as demonstrated by its length. I read the articles that you suggested the material should be in, and found no significant overlap.
  • Accuracy - this, above all, it what impressed me most about the article - it explained what it means to be Canadian in a clear, concise, and accurate manner. It is the sort of article I would point my American friends to. The clear explanation in and of itself is reason enough, in my mind, to keep the article.
  • Suggestions for expansion/improvement (things I would be willing to undertake):
    • how the adoption of the maple leaf flag see Image:Flag of Canada.svg has made the maple leaf the Canadian symbol
      • how the maple leaf (or Canadian flag) is frequently attached by Canadian travelers to their backpacks to keep from being mistaken for Americans, who are stereotypically loud and rude
    • British ties, their influence on things such as architecture (I’m thinking of Victoria) and parliament
    • differences between French and Quebecois culture
    • folk songs such as I’s the b’y
    • issues with a united country and culture over the vast distance (it’s over 5000km from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador to Victoria, BC)
    • insuring relevant articles have a link to Canadian identity and the see also section at the end of the article remains relevant

Please advise me how best to proceed. Thank you again. –Mr Minchin Canada 04:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Cross-namespace redirects

You are receiving this message because you previously voiced your opinion on a Redirects for deletion of a cross-namespace redirect that was originally deleted but then went to Deletion review and was then relisted at RFD. This is a courtesy notice so you are aware that the issue is being discussed again and is not an endorsement of any position. --Cyde↔Weys 13:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Kimchi.sg
Thank you for your vote in the Esperanza Elections. Your support is much appreciated, and it means that I am now in the Council. I will continue to try my best, and if you have any questions or queries, please don't hesistate to leave me a message. Thanks again, — FireFox 15:43, 10 July '06

Request to undelete Glifted

===>Notability Per WP:MUSIC, a band is notable if it "[c]ontains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable." If you don't respond in a few days, I'll ask another admin. Thanks. -Justin (koavf), talk, mail 01:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

===>Thanks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Koavf (talkcontribs) 13:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

hi there Kimchi. Finally got the translation done. There are some bits there which sound unenecyclopedic however. Blnguyen | rant-line 07:55, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I feel better now. Some of my writing, in a topic which I wa the only writer was backlogged by some 53 days since my last post to New articles Australia - see my usertalk notice - and the monkey is happy again. Thankyou, Blnguyen | rant-line 08:07, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I think that the upload of that pic IIRC was a screenshot of Paris by Night somewhere, so shouldn't be usable anyway. As for Nguyen, I'm happy to do that and a lot more - I have them ready, but the quality of my pronounciation was never the best and coupled with my southern accent, which is not the ideal accent of "high culture", I'm waiting for an approval from User:DHN as he didn't feel that my recitation of Tale of Kieu was of sufficient quality - hopefully the southern accent and the non-poetic style doesn't matter so much in the word pronunciation. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 02:06, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

== Hello ==

Hi I was wondering if you could help me. User:Rosser1954 keeps sending me personal threats. What should I do? --DangerZoneYes 11:07, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Odd Singapore flag

Hello. I found this flag using Google image search (I used the term Olympic flag). The flag is white with the Lion Head symbol in the center. How often is this flag found in the country? Thanks. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... I have never seen it before. Kimchi.sg 08:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I'll make an image of it, but to echo you, this is my first time seeing it too. Want to ask the SGWikipedian's message board? User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay, it could be a new flag for all I know. I'll copy this to the noticeboard. Kimchi.sg 08:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Done. Kimchi.sg 08:29, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks; SVG flag image made. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:49, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page.
Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing!

NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm.
Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

Ready to archive. Kimchi.sg 14:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Buffer text

Hi. Can you explain the reasoning behind this edit for me? [10] Thanks. --MichaelZimmer (talk) 17:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

It's to prevent the page from showing up in Special:Shortpages. Kimchi.sg 17:50, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Ah. Thanks. --MichaelZimmer (talk) 17:56, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Moves

They aren't controversial movements. I think that it is a unnecessary request. I did this yesterday two times, and an administrator moved without problems. --Emijrp 09:37, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

User page

Hello! What were those two test edits on my user page about?!? Thanks! --Vlad|-> 13:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Your userpage was in danger of being speedy deleted because it was sitting ducks inside Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. When I edited the page, I couldn't see any CSD tags, so I made the test edits to make the server clear up its mind about your userpage, to remove it from the speedy deletion category. Kimchi.sg 15:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, there is an explanation for that inclusion here: Re:Thanks but no thanks, but hopefully wikipedia admins are not sitting ducks :) they look at the page before deleting it (and like I've said, even if it got deleted, I think there would have been an admin to recover it! :)
But it is interesting what you tell here, I did not know that editing a speedy-delete marked page would remove it from that category?!? --Vlad|-> 18:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
No, it does not. The technical reason is, whenever any page is edited, the servers will keep the last edited copy in their cache for quicker loading next time the page is requested. The catch comes when a template which you transclude on your userpage is edited to include a CSD template, and then deleted - the last version edited (with the CSD tag) is cached by the servers, so they'll think your page is indirectly "tagged" for speedy deletion. The nicest way to remedy this is to invalidate the server cache by making a test edit. Kimchi.sg 18:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
I see! Thanks for the edit, once again & for the tip, I'll keep it in mind! --Vlad|-> 23:30, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Monoculture in Research

Dear Kimchi.sg,

Thank you for reading my articles. I appreciate your comments, although I do not agree with the nuclear option you have chosen. My intent was to inform the public about new (and free for personal use) tool. If you think the articles do not serve this purpose, or this purpose is not aligned with Wikipedia guidelines, we should let the public administrators decide.

I do have a remark on your approach. It seems to me that relying on a single search engine results (google) shortly after the web site and the articles have been published is a poor rationale for discussion. I would allow both search bots and public more time to react.

Cheers, --Andy.goryachev 17:12, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Breckenheim image removed.

Kimchi, I noticed you removed the Breckenheim coat of arms. According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like coats of arms are gemeinfrei (in the public domain).

If that is not enough, is there a way to link it to the version on the German Wikipedia,http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Breckenheim_wappen.jpg

Thanks, Tartessos75 03:19, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

In that case, I'll undelete it and mark it as such. Thanks for the clarification. Kimchi.sg 08:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Endre Johannes Cleven image license

Well, apparently I used the wrong tag; it's in the family estate and I thought I'd released all rights to it in the drawbar; what's the tag I should use if we're releasing it to the public domain? The photo is at least 100 years old, possibly more like 107, although I wouldn't know the actual photographer but it was a purchased portrait, with the depictee owning the rights; and me, as his grandson, is in charge of the family photographic estate. I tried to have a look at the image by moving the old Wiki image tag to the article's talk page, but it appears to have also been deleted and no longer displays; so I can't check what I'd put or change the license. Since you're the one who took it off, please advise as to what tag I SHOULD use in this situation. I may replace it with another image, in civilian clothes in a double portrait with his wife, but it would be good to know in advance what tag for this kind of thing.Skookum1 04:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Reply to your reply on my talk page.Skookum1 15:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)Further reply.Skookum1 15:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

BlairhillRailwayStation2.JPG

I took a series of photographs of railway stations in Coatbridge. When I uploaded BlairhillRailwayStation2.JPG, I must have missed the licensing drop-down. After upload I checked and found that it didn't have a license declaration, so I uploaded it again, this time with a license declaration. However, after 7 days, it was deleted. I've just uploaded it again with a license declaration. Will it be deleted again?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by ML5 (talkcontribs) 19:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC+8)

You added the tag correctly now; it will not be deleted. Thanks for placing your images in the public domain. Kimchi.sg 12:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Not sure about the background to this block (sockpuppet), but following the creation of that User:History Student2 upto 12 were also created... --pgk(talk) 18:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow,

Still up 4am in the morning? ;) - Mailer Diablo 19:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

And you? :P I'm too determined to clear the image deletion backlogs I guess. And watching out for socks. =.= Kimchi.sg 19:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I just woke up, have to burn midnight oil and study. :( - Mailer Diablo 20:12, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
You've got a paper tomorrow? Kimchi.sg 20:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Eh, no. Long-term. I have only 6 weeks left to my prelims. - Mailer Diablo 20:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Conservation of value

Hi Kimchi, as you are one of the chosen superusers at Wikipedia, please send me (gunnar.kaestle@gmx.net) by email the article as well as the history page. Thanks!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gunnar.Kaestle (talkcontribs) 09:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Akuaba

Hi kimchi - I made the page Akuaba I took the photo myself and wanted it to be free for everyone to use. Not sure if I uploaded correctly to indicate that. Did I? Thank you!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uptownnow (talkcontribs) 14:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC+8)

thanks for your welcome! I have been wanting to do this for months. I am curator of a computer history museum (see www.digibarn.com) and could add a lot of great historic value to wikipedia!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bdamer (talkcontribs) 15:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Image "Matthias_Edward_Storme.jpg"

I have completed the URL on the image-page. I have uploaded a new version - of less quality, according to the "promotial" material conditions requested by Wikipedia - of this image because I was convinced that its predecessor "Matthias_Storme.jpg" already had been deleted. I just arrived back home after some weeks holiday and simply wasn't able to resolve the problem in time. I hope this image is acceptable to you and Wikipedia. An article without a single image is just not that tempting to read. Berchemboy 10:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

low numbers of support/total votes

I'm not sure what you mean. What notable feature are you trying to point out? Those that pass by the lowest percentages? NoSeptember 16:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

That may be interesting. Of course if we do that there will be pressure to establish higher minimum standards for promotion. Right now there is sort of an informal standard that you need at least 20 support votes, but no one ever fails this standard, it is so low. NoSeptember 16:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
See this note Cecropia left Francs2000 when Francs got promoted. (at bottom of page - now on a deleted page due to Francs departure). NoSeptember 16:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
True, and that note is now six months old. Btw, I may just add that section (Under 50 votes) to my RfA records page :). NoSeptember 16:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Bruce Bamer

Kimchi, about the bruce damer addition, I was thinking of doing a bio page for my work in cyberspace and with a lot of organizations. Many of my colleagues have such pages which I am sure they did themselves. How can I create a proper entry? You can see the range of my work by googling "bruce damer". I am new to wikipedia so really appreciate your guidance.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bdamer (talkcontribs) 02:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Please refer to Wikipedia's guidelines on autobiography articles; many editors consider it bad form for one to write about themself in an article. If someone is really notable enough, it's better for others to notice the person, then write something about him. That said, I will assess your notability according to our guidelines for biographies later today, and I'll tell you whether you deserve an article or not. Biographies (whether autobiographies or not) that don't satisfy the biography notability guidelines are likely to be nominated for deletion. Kimchi.sg 02:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I checked the notable guidelines and yes in a way I feel kind of strange creating an entry about myself as a number of my colleagues have. Perhaps I could ask a colleague to do this on my behalf? On the other hand I feel I can make a great contribution to Wikipedia in the computing history realm and I would think it would be valuable to tie back to my own work and references/publications in this area.

Kimchi, so you don't live in Singapore?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bdamer (talkcontribs) 14:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC+8)

You can mention your own work in related articles, but I'm still not too convinced an (auto)biographical article is a good idea. Why not have a compromise: write your planned autobiography at a subpage of your user page, perhaps at User:Bdamer/article, where you can prepare the article before moving it into the article area? That way, we can have more time to add references about you to the planned article. I have just searched Google and it seems a lot of separate people/organisations interviewed you back in 1997.
As for where I live - I live in Singapore, as a "permanent resident". I reserve the right to scoff at the antics of my government. Which I do fairly often. :) Kimchi.sg 16:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Editing Image:Lance Secretan.jpg (section)

Thanks for your note Kimchi.sg I am a new editor (and thanks for the reference pages). I have looked them over and I still am looking for what I need to to properly tag this image.

Lance Secretan has granted permission to use this photograph on this article, and for others to have free use of it.

What tag specifically do I need to use?

I guess I am looking for the most effective way to have a photo of him appear in the article. I have others that I have taken of him if I have to use one of those I can.

any specific quidance on what comments I need to put in the tag would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Apreston (talkcontribs) 12:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC+8)

You are greatly encouraged to use a photo of him that you took yourself, over photos from other sources. This is because if you took the photo yourself, you can license the photo under a suitable free license when uploading it to Wikipedia. Please take a look at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#For image creators for tags you can use to label self-made photos; choose a suitable license and then tag the photo with it. Kimchi.sg 04:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Request for an undelete of the Swede FA page

The Swede FA page was not an attack page.

It is an accurate account of the team's results and the team itself takes some pride in the 'celebrity' their record accords them.

They were determined to go out to win tonight so that they could edit the profile accordingly.

It is arguable that the only reason the team meets the notability criteria is because of their record.

Kind regrds,

Ebren—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.101.163.36 (talkcontribs) 21:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC+8)

I won't accede to your request immediately. Please read our notability guidelines for sportspeople and re-consider; even if I undeleted your article, it probably will still be nominated for deletion. Kimchi.sg 16:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


Right,

A quick refresh on the guidelines and... The content is verifiable (Goals! website), I think there is a NPOV - the facts and not opinions.

Notability... 100,000 people in the UK alone play this (or a very similar) brand of five-a-side football. Additionally the atrocious record of the team makes them certainly notable (or is that notorious :) ) among this group.

I agree, however, that the strict sports team rules do not apply.

Perhaps a merge with the Goals Soccer Centre article? Possibly and entry for worst football (soccer) team ever (which would provoke interest).

But I respect your opinion on this and realise that - the poor record aside - it reads like a vanity article.

So the question becomes is the record notable.

Your call...

Ebren.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.101.163.36 (talkcontribs) 00:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

"Interesting" can be a subjective word. That said, I think at best merge the bottom half of what used to be the article into the Goals! article, probably under a new "League records" section. Don't include the stuff on how they started, etc, just state that they are the worst-performing team and back it up with the numbers. If it's indeed nice to know, other people won't remove it.
It'd also be nice if you can point me to the League tables for Swede FC, which would serve as the reference for your figures. I tried navigating the Goals! website but not understanding the league and fixture structure at all, it was a pain. Kimchi.sg 17:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

RE: the Accident Hash Image

Sorry for the multiple uploads of the image, but the policy on Wiki confuses me. I have direct permission from the creator of the image to use it. However, that still results in the image being immediately tagged for speedy deletion.

Update: Thanks for your help. I believe I got it right this time. Doc502 15:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Bruce Damer (auto)biography

Sounds like a good plan. I will build the bio as a subpage in my user page for later consideration as an article. This will take some time however as I would like to make my contributions to Wikipedia first. So some time down the road I will work on the bio, if it makes sense to have it as an article I will contact you to check it out. In the meantime I will start to build some articles around computer history. Do you recommend I use the sandbox first or simply copy the style of existing articles?

Btw I visited Singapore on our honeymoon in 2003: http://www.damer.com/pictures/digicamera/pix2003/03-BizTrips/03-12-singapore/

Thanks again for all your help Kimchi!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bdamer (talkcontribs) 03:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

You can treat your user subpage as a sandbox. Kimchi.sg 13:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Othman Abu-Sahnun the Italian

Hello, I am the author of the entry on Othman Abu-Sahnun the Italian, which has been deleted. The point of the entry was not to attack the subject of the entry, but to clarify some things of his biography. Thus, I intended to begin the stub of an entry for others to pick up and complete, relying in that on their more expert knowledge. The things I wrote about are things which I personally know about but do not have verification, i.e. there is no documentation in terms of public papers of any sort available to me, although such must exist, and so was really seeking verification from others. This is relevant because Othman is the author of a web-site in which he writes on a number of subjects, and thus his biography is at least of some interest. After all for some of the subjects he writes on, a search on Google often turns up his web-site as first port of call. I am happy to re-write the entry to remove anything that might be considered inflammatory and unverified. And really only want to create a stub that might be filled in by others with better information.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abdassamad (talkcontribs) 02:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

I deleted it because it simply said he is the owner of a website at [address] "devoted to a number of themes: works critical of psychiatry, eugenics and of the Murabitun movement". This article did not assert the notability of the person according to our notability guidelines for people - no mentions in a reputable media source, or awards, or anything else was mentioned.
This article was deleted twice, and I was the second person to delete it. I have also considered the first deleted version, which says that this person had a "mental collapse" in 1994, stabbed his father-in-law in the abdomen, and "wrote a book [critical of] Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir", in addition to having a website. All of these are still not assertions of notability; in some countries publishing a book has become easy with vanity publishers publishing anything if the author will pay them. Stabbing other people and having a mental condition do not automatically make one notable either. Kimchi.sg 14:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Diadema palmeri

Hello, Just wondering why you deleted my text:Diadema palmeri? A species of sea urchin which has every right to be on wiki - even though it is a bottom dweller. Can the text be retrieved or should I go back to the sandbox and start again. Bit new at this, havn't read the all the small print or for that matter italic or bold print. I should read the instructions before diving straight in.I have permission for the use of the Diadema image, so what Tag/notes do I need to put on it so it can be viewed on wiki - a GNU? How? Any help would be greatly appreciated.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jonathan Palmer (talkcontribs) 09:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Well, the article certainly did not say that it was a species of sea urchin. It said it was "An exploding super nova suspended in liquid and time, with bright reddish-brown spines radiating out from a never blinking eye" - and the diadema link, which goes to a page that says the word has several meanings, wasn't sufficiently helpful. Thus I couldn't find any context to explain what the article was talking about - one of our criteria for deleting articles on sight.
I have restored the page and added in the bit that it is a sea urchin, without the exaggerated description. Please note that the accompanying image will stay deleted - the first deleted version said it was used "with permission" from the photographer, making it unusable for use in Wikipedia. In light of that, the claim in the second version - that the image is licensed under GFDL - seems dubious. It might help if you indicate which website you got it from. Kimchi.sg 14:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the embellishments, poetic liscence gone mad. My father discovered Diadema palmeri and I created the wiki page for his birthday and I got a little overzealous. I will enter website details with next picture. Which liscence should I use? Below is the email from the photographer Re: Diadema palmeri copyright Inbox

Dave Harasti  to me 
 More options   14-Jul 

G'day Jono,

That's very cool that your dad discovered that urchin!!! Even better that the taxonomistw was kind enough to name it after him.

Feel free to use my image and you can leave it up there for as long as you like. If you could give me the photo credit and a link to my website that would be appreciated.

cheers, Dave

Kind regards Jonathan—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jonathan Palmer (talkcontribs) 06:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Please be sure the photographer doesn't mind both commercial and non-commercial distribution, modification and sharing of modifications of the image. The preceding conditions are very important.
If he allows these, we have several licenses to choose from. The Creative Commons license {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} will require all other users to acknowledge him as the creator of his work. Kimchi.sg 00:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Holger Lagerfeldt image

Hi

You mentioned a possible copyright issue. However, there is not. Would you like a statement from the person in the image releasing the copyright? If so, that is no problem and I'll get it for you. Or email holger [at] popmusic [dot] dk—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sensimilla (talkcontribs) 15:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Yes, if you are the photographer, or know who the photographer is, it will be greatly preferred if the photograph can be released under a free license that allows both commercial and non-commercial users to distribute the photo, modify it, and distribute their modifications. Otherwise, I don't see how Wikipedia can use the image - we don't allow fair use images for living people in most cases.
(For a list of free licenses, take a look at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#For image creators.)
Please send an email confirming the copyright status of this photo from an address associated with the original publication (in this case, popmusic.dk) to permissions at wikimedia dot org, and perhaps send a copy to me as well, if you wish. Kimchi.sg 15:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the deletion of "Official Website of Third Seat of Pushtimarg - kankroli" article

HI Kimchi, I would like to know the exact reason for the deletion of the article in the subject line. What was lacking in the article? Thanks Dhawal Patel—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vallabhkankroli (talkcontribs) 20:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

I'll restore it and see if anyone else knows what to recognise from your writing. Kimchi.sg 15:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Permission for Holgerlagerfeldt.jpg

Thank you,

Email sent from holger at popmusic dot dk to permission at wikipedia dot org:


Dear Wikipedia

I hereby grant Wikipedia permission to use the image:

Holgerlagerfeldt.jpg

for use on the page Holger Lagerfeldt, uploaded by user "Sensimilla."

The source is my own website: http://www.popmusic.dk/grafix/holgerlagerfeldt.jpg

I own the rights to the picture.

If you need any further permissions or info please let me know.

Regards,

Holger Lagerfeldt—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sensimilla (talkcontribs) 01:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC+8)

As sent to permissions at wikipedia dot org


Dear Wikipedia

Holgerlagerfeldt.jpg

I am releasing this photo under the {{Promotional}} license

Regards,

Holger Lagerfeldt—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sensimillian (talkcontribs) 17:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC+8)

I assume you understand the implications of releasing your photo under a free license, hence you affixed {{promotional}} to your photo. However, since there is no evidence that you have previously released this photo to the media as advertising material or part of a press kit, I'm afraid the conditions of {{promotional}} fair use do not apply. Unless you can show evidence you have previously distributed this photo to the media or other websites for publicity reasons, this photograph is not usable on Wikipedia. Kimchi.sg 13:54, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
P.S. Would you kindly append your response on my talk page to the section dedicated to your responses? Just scroll down, look for the heading "Permission for Holgerlagerfeldt.jpg", and click on the [edit] link beside the heading. It helps to keep our conversation readable. And do sign your posts by pressing ~ (Shift + the key below the Esc key) four times; this will look like ~~~~. Regards, Kimchi.sg 14:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


Hello,

Thank you for your response. I'm trying my best, I hope you understand. The picture has been used by several media, one use of the picture can be seen in this article from the Danish magazine Ord & Toner: http://www.popmusic.dk/kursusartikel.pdf

PS. I hope this is signed correctly now?

Regards,

Sensimilla Sensimilla 15:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, the photo gets kept and won't be deleted. Kimchi.sg 16:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
P.S. Thank you for putting you comment in the right section and signing the comment. :) Kimchi.sg 16:08, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Popular Holdings

In case you hadn't noticed, Popular Holdings has been proposed for deletion. NickelShoe (Talk) 16:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

So has Lee Kok Cheong. NickelShoe (Talk) 19:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
I prodded the second one myself. Kimchi.sg 01:54, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 28 July, 2006, a fact from the article Akuaba, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Great nomination! I really enjoyed reading the article. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 20:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear Kimchi

Dear Kimchi, please check your email when you have the time. I'd rather talk to you by that private means, if you don't mind. Warm regards, Phaedriel The Wiki Soundtrack! - 15:02, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Help on deleting entries

Kimchi, I would like to delete (or move entries to some invisible sandbox place) the two trial contributions I have made. How can I do that (or can you help?). I dont feel ready to put the time into this to do this properly at this time and dont want to leave things uncompleted. I will keep my account but would like to clear it out to the basics too if that is possible.

Thanks for any help or advice you can give,

Bruce—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bdamer (talkcontribs) 12:41, 31 July 2006 (UTC+8)

I'll help you delete them. (I assume you're referring to the edits on your own user page.) Kimchi.sg 08:46, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Some images you tagged as {{GFDL-presumed}}

For your information: Image:SPL1.jpg, Image:Atrium2.jpg, and Image:SP02.jpg, which you tagged as {{GFDL-presumed}}, have been listed by me for speedy deletion, because they have no source. Although these might have been taken by the uploader himself, his history of proven text and image copyright violations makes this highly unlikely. Kimchi.sg 09:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

If that was the case, I have no problem on it. :) --bluemask (talk) 09:34, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


edit to duncan macpherson article

I noticed you had changed an edit I had made to the page of Duncan MacPherson, changing what I had:

had fallen into a crevasse on the run, and was buried by the snow grooming machine.

To:

had fallen off-course and become trapped in heavy snow.


That's not correct, so I had changed it to what actually happened. I've not edited articles here before, so I'm not sure if I'm not supposed to say anything or if I change it back again, then check later to see if it's changed. Anyway, just wanted to clarify in case I am supposed to.

Thanks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gribbler (talkcontribs) 13:57, 23 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Is there anywhere else on the Internet that confirms what you say? I read again the provided reference on the story of his death, but it seems to contradict what you said, from my limited understanding of the wording: MacPherson's family... speculates that MacPherson broke through a snowbridge on the controlled ski slope, but nobody was on hand to witness the accident. Nothing about a snow-grooming machine. Kimchi.sg 07:19, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


I can probably find some article(s) if you need, but since Duncan was my brother, I'm much more familiar with the details of the case. Thanks.

Gribbler—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gribbler (talkcontribs) 08:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Well, your statement would qualify as original research and is liable to be removed, unless you have sources to back up your claim. Even if your statement is true, we can only include verifiable information. Kimchi.sg 12:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


Hmm. Understood. There is an appeal into the lack of a proper investigation of his death, when this is decided upon, I could probably post that info; though there's about 700 pages of data, I'd not be sure if I can just put ALL that info up here or not. Any suggestions?


This #REDIRECT[[11]] states: "Since the discovery of the body, MacPherson's family has noted that it was found within the safety zone, roughly 25 meters east of the lift. The family speculates that MacPherson broke through a snowbridge on the controlled ski slope, but nobody was on hand to witness the accident." Initialy the police released information that Duncan was found 125 meters east of the chair lift, this information is wrong and if this article is not proof enough, let me know and I'll find others.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gribbler (talkcontribs) 03:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC+8)

There is no need to post the entire report that supports your statement. Just tell us where the 700-page report can be found, in case anyone wishes to check out that what you say in the article is, indeed, what the report says. Lastly, please sign your comments; at the end of your comment, type ~ (Shift + the key below Esc) four times, this will produce ~~~~, which is the nice way we end our comments around here. Kimchi.sg 08:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The report so far is not in the public domain, it's in front of the Austrian Government awaiting their decision in regards to Duncan's death. The investigation wasn't complete and wasn't handled properly. I will do some more digging and see what I can find in the public domain. Is the info you're basing your statements on from a online news article(s)? Thanks --Gribbler 22:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Not sure whether that site is a news report, but it's all we've got on his suspected cause of death, until a more authoritative source mentions otherwise. Wikipedia's job is just to present stuff from other sources, so if there's only one source for some info and they report wrongly, we'd have to echo them. Kimchi.sg 00:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


Article on Institute of Technical Education

Hi Kimchi,

I'm writing to you about your entry on the Institute of Technical Edcuation (ITE). The ITE,which is a statutory board under the Ministry of Education, Singapore, plays a vital role in the mainstream post-secondary edcuation sector in Singapore. As such, we would like the Wikipedia entry to reflect what we feel are our corporate definitions and positioning.

We will be updating the entry again. Hope you will allow it to remain.

Thanking you in advance.

Best regards,

Mathusuthan P Manager/Marketing Communications Institute of Technical Education—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.127.190.2 (talkcontribs) 11:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC+8)

Please do not use Wikipedia as an advertising vehicle. Kimchi.sg 00:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


Hi again Kimchi,

It's not about using the Wikipedia as an advertising vehicle. It's about given the correct information and giving a description which is accurate. You article state 'sanctioned by', which is factually incorrect. 'Sanctioned by' implies that it is a private body and has the approval of the Ministry. The actual situation is that ITE is part of the Ministry of Education and is a wholly-government organisation. There is a difference between 'sanctioned by the Government" and being a body set up by the Government. Also, the National ITE Certificate (Nitec), is an internationally-recognised qualification.

Mathusuthan P—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.127.190.2 (talkcontribs) 11:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC+8)

I have edited the article to remove "sanctioned by..." and change to "internationally-recognised". Kimchi.sg 08:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Back again

Hi Kimchi. I have been ill. Thanks for your concern. Thanks, Blnguyen | rant-line 06:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC).

Alexa ranking-115539 & Google rank-5

Dear Kimchi.sg,

        Thank You for keeping me informed on details about my new entry PressMart.net. I basically wanted to educate the myriad web browsers on the option of reading their Newspaper replica online through PressMart.

There are over 55 Pulbications from 21 countries and its available in 14 languages.

Regret if but kindly let me know the objectionable content.

I would also like to inform you that our Alexa Ranking is 115539 and Google rank is 5. Appreciate your kind response.

Thanks & regards, Vinay—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pressmart (talkcontribs) 19:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC+8)

It was deleted following a deletion discussion, where a majority of the editors who commented called for its deletion. If you disagree with the outcome of the discussion and wish to challenge it, please make a deletion review request, but do not create the article again before the deletion review is ended. Kimchi.sg 08:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Peyman Yazdanian photo

Dear Sir, I can not understand Why you deleted the picture of Mr.Peyman Yazdanian Whish has appeared in his wikipedia profile.I think you are completely missleaded about the source of this picture.It is taken by I and I am sureley the owner of the photo. Regards A.Ahmadi—The preceding unsigned comment was added by M.Shelechi (talkcontribs) 22:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC+8)

Can you explain on the image description page, whether you are Alireza Ahmadi himself? This is because your username does not give any clues, and this may cause people to suspect that the image is not really by yourself. Kimchi.sg 08:31, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

uploading images

Hey Kimchi:

I have uploaded pic files, successfully, but once I try to put them on the file the image does not show. I am just wondering if there has been a new ruling or new programming?

Bestghuran 21:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. Kimchi.sg 08:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA and your vote

Hey Kimchi,
Thanks for participating in my RFA! Ultimately, no consensus was reached, but I still appreciate the fact that you showed up to add in your two cents. I was surprised to see a wikipedian do so much investigation....I appreciate the positive examples you found. You can feel free to talk to me about it or add some advice on my improvement page.


Sincerely, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

On removing fair use images...

Re: [12]. Suggestion? Just remove them. The policy, which is based in large part on U.S. copyright law, is unlikely to change. Commenting it out is perhaps less effective than removing it entirely, and since the policy is unlikely to change, it's just as well to remove it I think. You? --Durin 14:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I was just imitating Orphanbot. :-S And it is easier to see if the uploader re-uploads the same picture again and uses it in the same place, which occurs more often than I initially expected - the diff will just show removal of the comment marks. Kimchi.sg 16:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thankyou for your participation in my RfA. Due to an almost even spread of votes between Oppose and Support (Final (16/13/6)) I have decided to withdraw for now and re-apply in a couple of months as suggested. I thank everyone for their kind support of my editorial skills; it meant a lot to me to get such strong recommendations from my fellow editors. If you ever have any hints as to how I can improve further, I would love to hear from you. ViridaeTalk 15:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I undeleted the image. No permanent damage was done, fortunately. The {{unknown}} tag was inserted by a POV editor trying to fool the system. Next time, please check the history and image description. Thanks. -- Миборовский 01:34, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of successful automobiles

Kimchi, excuse me for the bother, but I believe that among the personal slurs the real issue was lost, and the article still should be deleted. Therefore I would like to renominate it highlighting its inherent unfitness for WP rather than issues that don't merit deletion. How do I do that? (my problem is that after placing the subst:afd1 template on the article's page, the "this article's entry" link would lead to the archived previous nomination). Thanks for you help and sorry for the bother again, Bravada, talk - 08:31, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Use {{afdx}}. See Template talk:Afdx for usage. Kimchi.sg 08:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot and sorry for being lazy enough not to find that out myself. Bravada, talk - 09:10, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Automobile pictures copyright

Hi, you have sent me several messages indicating that my images have insufficient copyright status. The website in which I got the images off do not own the images. They were released by Holden (an Australian car maker) to promote their product. These series of images can be found on several other websites. So I clearly think that these images fit within the GNU licensing. Reagrds.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by OSX (talkcontribs) 18:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC+8)

I am sorry to bother you again, but what am I supposed to use as my copyright tag? I have come across a number of images that are from other websites that look as though they are not supposed to be used on Wikipedia and they have been there for some time. If I make my own website and place those images on it and have a copyright policy saying these images may be redistributed then would that be applicable?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by OSX (talkcontribs) 20:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC+8)

Bradford_Networks has been recreated

Bradford_Networks has been recreated. I put a db-repost on it, the author removed it and blanked the page and also blanked the AfD discussion. --Jamoche 16:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

My edit counter install instructions

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know. Of course, there's still the possibility that the instructions themselves will be changed by a vandal, but I suppose the {{js}} method will be safer. --ais523 17:47, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

central blues afc

hello,

according to the deletion log, you were the user to delete the "central blues" stub due to "no assertion of club's notability.

I was actually in the process of writing a message to assert the club's notability, when it was taken down.

this club is part of a league of 9 teams, each of which has a stub in wikipedia. the club had one such stub, but it was deleted after I expanded the 2 or so lines into a short paragraph. although this is an amateur league, all the clubs have web pages, corporate sponsors and fans, and take themselves seriously. this club IS notable and I would greatly appreciate it if you could restore the stub, or tat the very least not take it down when it is put back up.

thank you—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vkushchenko (talkcontribs) 02:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC+8)

You are free to create the article again in expanded form. Kimchi.sg 00:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Question about the deletion

Dear Kimchi

Could you please not to remove the Bradford Networks information? I am just interested in the company, which initially developed the NAC solution. Especially, this company invented a NAC OS technology. I will keep adding more information about NAC OS. Also I will be adding more objective information about this company little by little.

I should have read the Wikipedia manual before I posted a message. I got a bit confused. sorry about that. I will not post any adv-relasted messages. But if you still think that this message need to be removed, I will remove it.

Thanks—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dsk7061 (talkcontribs) 10:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC+8)

About deleting entries

Kimchi I may have found someone to help create entries for CONTACT etc which will allow us to start building references to some of my entries (Contact Consortium) so we may not want to delete those yet.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bdamer (talkcontribs) 11:26, 4 Agust 2006 (UTC+8)

Ron Waterman

Hey,

I am the photographer and the subject is my client.

I am reposting my image that you pulled down.

If there is something I am not doing correctly to designate that the image is free and clear, please use your vast knowledge and free-time to handle the legal eagle stuff for me or explain exactly what I need to do.

Until then I'd like to repost MY image.

Thanks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cadillacula (talkcontribs) 05:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)

I believe I did it right this time. However if I did not, then you can always delete the image - and then I will put it up again... can't wait to see how things turn out. Unbelievable.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cadillacula (talkcontribs) 05:34, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)

I finally understood the jist of all your words and stuff... some people are s l o w e r than you I guess, except I was actually quicker in my correction of the situation and it was corrected and re-uploaded before your latest post... w00t!.

Please don't take away my privilages - I would hate to have to create another wiki account.

Let me know if there are any more issues... and then go after the BROCK LESNAR entry, a little birdie told me that photo is stolen, but you dind't hear that from me. Go get 'em tiger.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cadillacula (talkcontribs) 05:49, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)

Marching Virginians article

So how would I go about writing about the history of the organization when that history is on a webpage? I am a member of the MVs and I know the webmaster of the official site, would you prefer that I have them send you a note giving me permission to do so?

If you are going to yell at me about copying and pasting from the official website, than i suggest you confirm the originality of the Highty Tighty's article and webpage (http://www.vtcc.vt.edu/unithomes/ht/history/index.htm) and the Virginia Tech article and homepage (www.vt.edu).—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SWozniak (talkcontribs) 07:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)


The GNU FDL does not apply because the work is not copyrighted. However, I will still have the webmaster e-mail the provided address.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SWozniak (talkcontribs) 07:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)

Need For an Administrator

Hello,I was recently reading the user talk of ChrisB and was extremely offended by the language I saw.I was wondering if you could make him delete it and give some sort of punishment/warning.I will be extremely thankful—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.234.49.192 (talkcontribs) 08:09, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)

Nothing very offensive I can see there. Kimchi.sg 00:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright

The copyright holder said it could be used for Wikipedia. I said that in the thing.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by License2Kill (talkcontribs) 13:40, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)

Capix screenshot

Thanks for uploading Image:Headquarters 2.JPG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Kimchi.sg 05:00, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Capix"


Hi,

I have permission from the owner to use the image. The owner can be contacted on beta@capix.nl for more information regarding this issue!

Thanks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Capix (talkcontribs) 21:29, 12 August 2006 (UTC+8)


Nanking Massacre images

Hi. Thanks for listing the "Body everywhere.jpg" picture - I wasn't sure what to do, as Mib was partly abusing his admin powers to undelete without cause.

However, as a side-note, another picture that I listed for deletion was Image:Nanjing ditch.jpg. Now the image on wikipedia was successfully deleted, but it has a counterpart on the Commons site which is just as dubious. I have listed that for speed deletion too, but I have noticed that there is a massive backlog on Commons with such a listing. Is it possible to ask some admins to deal with the backlog, or are Commons listings normally purged/deleted at less frequent intervals.

Just curious if there was anything I could do to resolve the issue, rather than have it drag on for months (with tags removed by third-parties again). John Smith's 16:31, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, what are you refering to? I haven't reverted any tags since you protected the image. John Smith's 17:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
You implied I was still reverting, which I didn't understand. But I'm clear on what you meant now, and, sure, I'll use the alternative method of reporting pictures.
So what you're saying is that Berne Convention means that it is the duty of the external website to ensure the material is properly copyrighted, etc and not a website like wikipedia? John Smith's 17:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
And can you please have a look at the following request and check as to whether it is suitable or not? [13] John Smith's 17:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Ah, you mean copyrighted once scanned or whatever. Ok, well that makes all the difference then. By the way, does the deletion request appear "valid"? I'm not sure what exactly is an acceptable argument on that page. John Smith's 17:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm just as much a stranger to Commons practices as you, but that request sounds okay. Kimchi.sg 17:32, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Ok, I'm much more glad to be doing this "by the book" now. Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways - apologies for causing more stress and work on your part. :) John Smith's 17:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Awww, thanks!

..for the barnstar.  :) NawlinWiki 18:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I've made a proposal to change the software to prevent mainspace pages from being saved unless they contain a category. Since you're appreciative of categorization, I'd appreciate your thoughts! bd2412 T 23:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Ar

Hey nice. I had been looking for missing unprotected stuff on the main page after finding a dot on a dotmap not protected. Then {{pokenum}} slipped through the cracks. {{Ar}}, however, won't be getting abused. Kevin_b_er 09:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I haven't bothered to find out who or why it got included on {{Wikipedialang}}. It might have been there a long time already. *shivers* Kimchi.sg 10:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Found it... was in there since Jul 23. [14] Kimchi.sg 10:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Would it be possible to substitute the Ar template on the main page so it could be unprotected? Its otherwise not that bad of a template (yeah it could be otherwise vandalised, but its not that high risk). Kevin_b_er 04:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps. It's just one line of code with one parameter. I'll do it and hope no one objects. Kimchi.sg 09:06, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I know you're busy right now, but since you were one of the few people who responded to this article's peer review some time ago, I thought I'd let you know that Ketuanan Melayu is now on FAC. If there's anything we can improve on, please drop me a line. :) Johnleemk | Talk 14:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of >7 day tagged fair use images

Nice to see somebody else doing this work. Thank you! --Durin 17:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure. :) Kimchi.sg 17:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Good grief! 1000s of them? I'm going to give you a keyboard with a golden delete key! Wow! You got an edit assist thing to help you delete or something? I delete in groups of 30, and one group takes me about 8-10 minutes. --Durin 18:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
There's a lot, but I use the keyboard shortcuts (available in the monobook skin) to edit/delete the files so my arm doesn't break at the end of the day.
<spam> Opera seems to be the nicest browser with regards to Wikipedia keyboard shortcut support - although the monobook skin remaps all the shortcuts into Shift+Esc+<X> instead of other browsers' Alt+<X>. If you press Shift+Esc it gives a nice menu of all the shortcuts available. </spam>Kimchi.sg 21:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Re : Redirects left over from moving pages

Thanks for the reminder. I almost forgot about it given that it's a long time since I done procedual pagemoves. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 16:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete my stub article Tom Daly? He was mayor of the 10th largest city in California. I thought you had to nominate an article for deletion and allow people to comment on it first.--Plainsong 01:59, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

It was nominated for deletion and the consensus was to delete. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Daly. Kimchi.sg 02:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the unblock

I feel like the Murphy's law of wikipedia, because I get blocked once a week for stuff I don't do. --scareslamfist 18:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Why you have delete the image ?

Why you have deleted the image and said it is with unknown copyrights? It has fair use tag with it. The selected tag of fair use describe the image in a good way. Hence I am not satisfied with your cateria of deletion and hence going to upload it again. --- Faisal 23:50, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Fleur de lys window

Hi!

With regard to that window, it's a bit of a puzzle to me as to what constitutes free and fair use of an image of an artwork.

I was the photographer in this case. But this photograph is not an artwork. It's simply a straight-on good shot of the subject. The subject is a window which looks medieval. Most people who photograph it, probably several hundred times a week, would think that it was 700 years old and publish it without as such without hesitation. But I happen to KNOW that it was created about 1986.

I can't, in all honesty, claim the artwork because I took the photo. I'm an artist myself. On the other hand, because this window has been installed in a uniquely significant building (the first church in the Gothic style), it has become an almost-public work of art, like the Eiffel Tower, Nelson's Column and the ten new statues of 20th Century martyrs outside Westminster Abbey. The only real difference is that because these other things are outside, they are clearly Public Art. You can't stop the public from photographing the Abbey, just because you have created one of the statues that graces its facade.

In every church that one goes into, there are artworks both old and new. They are photographed and published all the time- particularly the stained glass. My case here is that it is Public Art and Fair Use, because it is an outstanding example of what it is, in a building of unique significance.

I refuse to claim it as my own work.

I think it must be PD Art, but I'm not sure.

--Amandajm 12:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

When I uploaded the article in the first place, I made the date of it's creation and the reason it was being used perfectly clear.

But we are left with a grey area. What is the case for art works that occupy public spaces, are on public buildings or are part of tourist attractions? The statue that is currently on the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square, for example?

--Amandajm 12:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

They retain their copyright. The "publicness" of the location in which the work is displayed does not matter, once it has been made visible to the public (the act of "publishing" the work). Kimchi.sg 12:43, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Alternative picture?

Can you suggest a free use alternative for File:Darvel.jpg, which was deleted? Thanks. -- Britishagent 13:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

That image is easy to replace, hence why it's not allowed as fair use around here. Someone just needs to visit the town with camera in hand and snap a picture. Kimchi.sg 14:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

I substantially improved the article when I recreated it. I think my changes make the case that the article should not have been deleted...so if you won't reconsider your action, could you at least email me the text of the article so I can make my case wherever deletions are disputed? I don't seem to have access to it. Thanks.--Plainsong 19:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Got It Here

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=90377439—The preceding unsigned comment was added by License2Kill (talkcontribs) .

Is there another place where it's on, that doesn't require registration to view? Kimchi.sg 23:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Shadowclan

You deleted the Shadowclan page again after over a month of it having been recreated. What was the problem this time? Bagginator 23:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

It's created again with basically the same text. Still the same problem - no assertion of notability per our guidelines on groups articles. No mention of coverage in magazines, newspapers, anything. If you can't say in the article that Shadowclan has been mentioned in any media other than this website, even after the article has been existing for a month, maybe they really just doesn't deserve their own article. Kimchi.sg 23:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

We could do a side by side comparison but it wasn't recreated with basically the same text, unless I edited it wrong recently and put back the same text from the first draft, but I don't believe I did that. There is also other media that has mentioned Shadowclan and interviewed Shadowclan members. So you will put the article back up as long as a link is added to the Media interviews?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bagginator (talkcontribs) .

I'll restore it for listing on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Be very sure to add in whatever media references you have right away. Do not remove the articles for deletion box at the beginning of the page. Kimchi.sg 23:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Also, in the deletion page you write that no previous media articles were linked but there are currently two linked, one for Ultima Online and one for Dark Age of Camelot that were linked prior to deletion. Could you please correct this statement? Bagginator 01:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Please re-read my statement. I said "no references provided as of last deletion". This was the last deleted version and it indeed doesn't have any references. Kimchi.sg 01:41, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I take that back - This is a detailed mention of the clan. The last one doesn't count, it mentions the clan in less than a sentence. Kimchi.sg 01:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Gaming clans not notable.

Under the thread about Shadowclan deletion you refer to Shadowclan as a non-notable gaming clan. You then go on to point explain that if the notability of Shadowclan is not sourced then the page will be deleted. Under that two people vote for delete and give the reason that gaming clans are not notable.

This doesn't seem to fall under the reasoning stated for the possible deletion. Does an answer to these votes for deletion that have nothing to do with noteriety need to be answered? Bagginator 05:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I guess what i'm trying to point out is that it says this under articles of deletion Indeed, if you can address the points raised during the discussion by improving the article, you are encouraged to edit a nominated article but their criticism of the article isn't that it can be fixed in any way, which makes their comments particularly frustrating as they don't seem to follow the guidelines you posted at the outset.Bagginator 05:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Not all objections about articles in any AfD discussion are actable upon. Just concede that gaming clans are inherently not interesting enough for Wikipedia - there are too many of them. Kimchi.sg 07:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know there was an interesting enough clause at Wikipedia. Is this the new reason it will be deleted now since the other reason has been overcome?Bagginator 07:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure... and I'm not sure you've overcome the objections convincingly either. Don't press me for details. Lastly, there's no need to automatically write something in response to every delete comment - it makes you look silly. Kimchi.sg 08:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

To my knowledge I havn't written a response to any delete comment, could you be more specific?Bagginator 08:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I also think you should reconsider the AfD. Bagginator has worked hard to find many sources for the gaming clan's notability. Its Wikipedia's loss if the article is deleted.Bakaman Bakatalk 14:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List
The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential!
What's New?
In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs.
To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed!
  2. The In development section of the proposals page has been created.
  3. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created.
  4. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter.
  5. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program.
  6. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign.
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05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

AFDs made in Bad Faith

If one knows of an article that is nominated for deletion which has a strong suspecion of being made in bad faith, how would one try to address such without appearing to attack the nominator and detracting from the argument? What if there is a history of animosity between opposing parties involved in the article? Cufece 18:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Without knowing which AfD you have in mind, I suppose the antidote will be to say "keep" in the AfD, and then state why you believe it is made in bad faith (e.g. "nominator's only edits are to nominate obviously notable people for AfD", etc). If your claim is plausible, there are likely to be people who investigate it further. Kimchi.sg 21:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Dark and Shattered Lands

I just stumbled upon the discussion/deletion page for Dark and Shattered Lands and just thought that it should be kept as a page, even if it was originally created in bad faith. Even though its membership is small, it is a notable MUD within the mudding community and deserves an article.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Claymoney (talkcontribs) .

cyber bullying

My son has been the target of a cyber bully, who has attempted to create a damaging Wikipedia page with insulting words and profanity, as well as mailing it to a long list of hotmail associates.

Is there any way to find this person's ISP, so I can contact them with a complaint?

The offender is listed as gunzandswordz@hotmail.com, and was earlier the subject of an email to us from the wiki admin with this message:

javascript:ol('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Jobb'); This page has been deleted and protected to prevent recreation for the reason specified below. If you would like to contest this decision, please see Deletion Review. Further information may be available by contacting the administrator who protected the page. Reason specified: "CSD A7 - biography with no assertion of notability, deleted 3 times today".

Please contact me, or let me know how to deal with cyber-bullying of this nature.

jjobb@sympatico.ca—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.230.21.31 (talkcontribs) .

RE: Image:Dr manzoor.GIF

Hi,

I am new to editting and creating new articles...Been a wikiGnome for quite sometime now...I am a student at Usman Institute of Technology in Karachi and the editor of our quarterly newsletter called "The BE Junction". Me and my sub-editor interviewed Dr.Manzoor sometime ago. We took about 5 pictures with my friend's camera phone. I think it was Nokia N90 but I could be wrong.

You can find another picture in the same setting and the transcript of the interview at:

http://uitec.pbwiki.com/Interview

Let me know if there is anything else I should do to fix the article. Please also check Usman Institute of Technology and fix any wiki formatting errors.

Cheers, M o b i 20:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Removal Of The Unblock Thing

Hi, I was wondering who I could complain to over the treatment from Dr. Glasgow. Vice President In Charge Of Office Supplies 23:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

IMO, There's not much you could complain about. He blocked you, then unblocked again with apologies. You could try the Administrators' noticeboard. Kimchi.sg 23:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

What to do?

Hey Kimchi, I'm not sure of procedure in this case - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xcellent. When i went there to vote Keep I noted the nominator has now advised he has withdrawn his nom after learning more about the subject. As you are very experienced on AfDs, what would you do? Close it as withdrawn nom? I really shouldn't because I oppose deletion (even tho I haven't actually posted a keep vote). Cheers. Moriori 23:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

The nomination gets closed once its nominator withdraws. I've closed it as withdrawn. Kimchi.sg 23:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for assistance. Sheesh, you must be busy.. Moriori 23:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

William S Sadler and Lena Kellogg

The photos that were uploaded are not copyrighted. They were free given by the family and in use for many years. I got them from our archive of the historical society.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hershberger (talkcontribs) .

Have they said that the photos are public domain? I would not wish to assume this. Kimchi.sg 13:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The Urantia Book

I got this e-mail:

Wikipedia is about providing the major published views to readers and that very much includes views that are critical. I invite you to post to the discussion page of The Urantia Book article to provide suggestions about any large revisions you think are necessary. Thanks. Wazronk 04:14, 14 August 2006 (UTCRegarding the editing on criticisms.

This is an encyclopedia not a book review on Amazon. I looked on the website for the Roman Catholic church, the largest denomination of Christianity. They do not have a critical review section. Neither does Methodism, Presbyterian, Mormon, Hinduism, Tao, Congregationalism, Orthodox Christianity, or Lutheranism, etc. Why should this entry?

My two history of Dr Lena and William Sadlers have references and are supported by historical documents. The photos are in the public domain, there are no living heirs.

FYI for another reader's thread: As far as its classification, in the Religions list, it is probably from the in the Encyclopedia of Relgions by Gordon Melton, and Urantia and is listed as a splinter or branch of Seventh Day Adventist. But in the "American Religions Collection" at UCSB of which Melton founded, the Urantia Book Movement is listed as a separate organization that has never been affliated with the SDA and I am sure Melton will update that as well in his next edition.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hershberger (talkcontribs) .

That email wasn't from me, was it? You should copy this to Talk:The Urantia Book too - I don't edit that article regularly. Kimchi.sg 13:45, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

My upload

It is a promotional still used to promote the show. I didn't see that on the drop down list. The pic is used for promotional purposes.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnnyBlaze (talkcontribs) .

Yes, you indicated that it is a copyrighted still image. But you haven't told us where you got it from. The source of the image is as important as what type of image it is. Kimchi.sg 02:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
P.S. Even if you told us the source, a TV still of an actress cannot be used in an article which is not mainly about the TV show. According to the fair use tag on the image, it can only be used "for identification and critical commentary on the station ID or program and its contents". Not in the actress's biography, whose main topic isn't the TV show. Kimchi.sg 02:41, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Angelo Frammartino

Two reasons to keep:

1) There is a developing controversy regarding the lack of coverage of his death, and

2) If this page deserves to be deleted, so too do the Tom Hurndall and Rachel Corrie pages. It's a double standard otherwise.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Darianb (talkcontribs) .

Oh alright... Let's give these articles a little time to develop. Kimchi.sg 16:34, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Clock Crew on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Clock Crew. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.49.56.97 (talkcontribs) .

FYI, I'm probably the 33rd admin to have deleted the article. Kimchi.sg 16:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

redirect

Thanks for fixing the Lyndon B. Johnson redirect. I had not been familiar with how that worked. Best regards, Morris 21:26, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

The person has repetivly violated 3rr as well as wp:not (for posting propoganda) and should be blocked. Cat chi? 08:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Blocked 24 hours. Kimchi.sg 11:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Late response is fine, I noticed the block. ;) Cat chi? 11:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Wangi/RFA

Thanks for your comments on my rfA, in the end I did manage to become an admin. Please let me know of anything I can do to help. Thanks/wangi 00:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

A Quick Note of Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for clarifying the issue of the deletion of 'The Re-Bad'. Good of you to take the time to point a newcommer in the right direction! - Blood red sandman 02:40, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikimania 2007

I thought this is interesting. [15]. Other than budget-wise, I think an event here looks pretty feasible. - Mailer Diablo 09:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I would not count on it. No manpower + no budget = not here. Kimchi.sg 09:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
We can try to get sponsors and volunteers though, a few users are interested in organising the event. The previous Wikimanias all had sponsors, we need to apply a license and also to ask some local corporations for sponsorship. Let's see how it goes. --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 12:19, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for cleaning up my mess :-)
BCorr|Брайен 12:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Was there any particular reason you deleted this page? The user continued editing after you deleted it, and now is requesting for it to be deleted again. CSD U1 applies to user subpages, not their main talk page. Userpage can usually be deleted if the person has actually left, but talk page only in exceptional circumstances. I wanted to check if there was any. Petros471 12:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

It looks like he wants to exercise his right to vanish, but came back for a little while. When he first requested it be deleted, I saw that there were no warnings or suspicious history on the talk page, so I deleted it. Kimchi.sg 12:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

What did I do wrong? Cheers :) Dlohcierekim 14:19, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I think I see. thanks. :) Dlohcierekim 14:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

No nomination was withdrawn. Number of "keep" votesAfdIsNotAVote(TM) remains zero. Weregerbil 14:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

And you were saying, "Please close this nomination"? Kimchi.sg 14:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I do not recall saying that nor can I find any comment of mine on the AfD page that contains the word "close". Weregerbil 14:26, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
That was NawlinWiki. Alright, I'll change the closing text. Kimchi.sg 14:29, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I hope you didn't form a precedent: any phrase that falls out of Alex Jones' mouth becomes fair game for a redirect. Will keep fingers crossed. Weregerbil 14:38, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Your AfD nominations of ongoing uncontested proposed deletion articles

Sorry about the AfD nominations of the PROD'ed articles. I have just been reading the PROD and AfD policies, and it's not really clear from those policies that a PROD'd article should not be taken to AfD - particularly since Wikipedia:Proposed deletion says:

If you feel that the article should be deleted, but not without discussion, you may nominate the article for an Articles for deletion debate.

--Dsreyn 14:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info on how to handle the PROD / AfD transition. Does this information exist somewhere in one of the policies / guidelines? Dsreyn 14:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

From WP:PROD: "An article flagged for both PROD and AfD should be dealt with in AfD, and the {{prod}} tag can be removed." Kimchi.sg 15:05, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Foundation issues

The task of improving access to video on Wikipedia is a complex one, and one which I have not only thought about, but explored in many places on Wikipedia and Wikimedia over many months.

I see you commented on my understanding of foundation issues. You will notice that foundation issues item 4 calls for copyleft licensing of content. And yet, interestingly, not all content on Wikimedia is copyleft. This image: Image:Cheatsheet-en.png is explicitly copyright in fact by ... Wikimedia themselves: © & ™ All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc..

So I hope you can now see that there is a gap between idealism and realism even at the heart of the Wikimedia Foundation. While some of us work to close this gap, I hope you can appreciate that this ideal has not yet been reached even amongst the most committed at Wikimedia, and can perhaps begin to appreciate that your initial hasty response on my RfA may not reflect that my understanding of foundation issues may be deeper than it first seems. Stephen B Streater 17:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia

I can see your commitment to Wikipedia. I would appreciate it if you could find time to add the main thrust of your argument to the Wikimedia debate. If you can think of a way forward within your framework, I'd be interested too. Stephen B Streater 19:01, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Please Reblock Me

Hi. I am a doctor who works in the Baltimore area. Ever since January, I used Wikipedia to assist me in difficult decisions if I had no knowledge of a patient's condition (or if I forgot). I get accused of vandalism since I used to vandalize wikipedia a week ago. Why would I ever use Wikipedia to assist my patients again if it's just going to cause more uproar with the administrators? Please post your answer on my talk page, and if it is good enough to convince me otherwise, magic can happen. --Sakura Avalon 00:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

  • I'm convinced enough. --Sakura Avalon 00:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Username change

Hi there, "user formerly known as Kimchi.sg". I've changed your username to Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh, as you requested. This shouldn't affect your admin status, but if something happens, let me know so that we can get it fixed (knock on wood!). Cheers, Redux 01:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 04:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
Be responsible to change your username around more stuff here... -- ADNghiem501 07:18, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe I've changed all my stuff to point to the moved pages. Thanks for your poking me! :) Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 15:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, OK, as soon as I'm done looking at a few more AfDs. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 07:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I liked your old username...Blnguyen | rant-line 07:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I wanted something that sounded like a real name. :P Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 07:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I preferred your old username, sounds nicer. ;) --Terence Ong (T | C) 10:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

zomg... - CrazyRussian talk/email 16:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding my voice to those who prefer your old name. ;)Chacor 10:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

This is dipslime as well. A 1 hour block should calm him down, though he does seem to be using proxies.--Crossmr 04:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I noticed. Blocked 1 hour. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 04:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey an active admin

Could we get some tear gas over at Jile Holmberg some kid keeps trying to push some hoax through (its already been deleted once or twice at least)).--Crossmr 20:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

thanks if that was you!--Crossmr 20:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
though maybe you should salt the earth as he's already recreated, perhaps a vacation is in order for him too--Crossmr 20:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

User reported - remove Ali doostzadeh, not warned

(→User reported - remove Ali doostzadeh, not warned (and not clear-cut vandalism apparently), pseudo-empty)

Ali doostzadeh was warned multiple times, he keeps erasing the warnings from his Talk page. They are listed in the Ali doostzadeh Talk:History pages with notations "test 2,3,4.
On Scythia page Ali doostzadeh is one of the group that delets the contents in turns to work around the vandalism prevention system.

Barefact 00:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

This edit by him and [16] suggests that the content removed was disputed, and hence yours is a content dispute, not realy vandalism. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 00:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually barefact uses false information from his nationalist website: [www.turkicworld.org]. Already one of the enteries he opened was closed because of OR and Copy Right violation. [17]. --Ali doostzadeh 00:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Honestly, I really want to admonish Bobby Boulders on my talk page, but for obvious reasons, I won't. Just wanted you to know that.

--Sakura Avalon 00:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Wait a minute

I think you could have been more courteous in your "speedy close" of the Articles for deletion (now Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Libtard) [18]. - George100 13:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for sounding grumpy there. I can't un-say what I said, but I'll be more polite in closing future discussions. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 18:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

I was trying to see if there was a possible way to make the Esperanza thing on Nightstallion's page seem like it was for Concordia. I realized I messed it up and quickly reverted it back. Sorry. --Sakura Avalon 16:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reviewing the unblock request for Jeyler and reaffirming the block. I appreciate it. -- Gogo Dodo 16:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome

This whole time I was wondering who this Awyong guy was! By the way, as a new user(name), you need to be welcomed:

Welcome!

Hello, Kimchi.sg, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  -- Samir धर्म 17:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, welcome. Let me know if you have any questions - or you can just use the {{helpme}} tag. - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair use image removal

Hi, thanks for removing the fair use image from my user page. However, since the image was given as part of an award given to me by another user, you also inadvertently removed the text as well. I suspect that you also did that to other people who also received the award. I would like to suggest that instead of removing the entire section, you should replace the image with something like "fair use image removed" or something so that the text of the award is still preserved. I didn't like going to my user page and finding that Evilphoenix's words of praise were missing from it. Thanks, Deathphoenix ʕ 18:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Replaced with free flamethrower for all pages, thanks to Samir who found the image. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 06:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Yup. I would have been fine with the blank space, but then Samir up and replaced the whole thing. Even if he is a Sens fan. ;-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 03:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The Blaques

Could you please unprotect and restore "The Blaques". It is a highly regarded club and for some reason all attempts to make articles detailing them have been deleted. I believe this is unfair. - Sam Marcy—The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 16:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

"Highly regarded"? How highly, and by whom? Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 09:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It is highly regarded by all its members, adults children; pretty much most of Sydney. - Sam Marcy—The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 17:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Are there any other reliable sources, than this website, that supports what you say? For example, a newspaper? Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 09:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes. The Sydney Boys High School has a column dedicated to The Blaques in their weekly newsletter, High Notes. - Sam Marcy—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.7.166.166 (talkcontribs) .

That's no different from any of the thousands of other small groups in schools around the world. None of them are notable enough to deserve an article. If this school is never given any publicity other than the local school newsletter, it doesn't deserve an article either. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 11:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Jennifer Walcott

Interesting name change. Anyway, just a quick note, "nominator doesn't give any reason for deletion" currently is not a speedy keep criteria. Please reconsider your close at Jeffer Walcott's AfD. Thanks. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

There is nothing precluding you from nominating it again with a decent reason for deletion. Any number of Wikipedia articles suffer from a "lack of interest and information". Given that sort of terse nomination, letting other editors figure out just what made Jennifer Walcott look especially "lacking in interest and information" to warrant deletion was being manifestly unfair to them. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 11:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Negeltha

Ok, thanks for telling me - being new i was fairly confused about when to use that form of deletion. I will try to bear it in mind as a possibility in future.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blood red sandman (talkcontribs) .

User:Shmegul

Really nasty vandal active right now -- if you are online, please block asap. Thanks, NawlinWiki 01:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

No problem. In a few days' time you'll have the power to deal with this sort of nuisance yourself - congrats in advance. :) Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 01:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

My mistake; possibly led to improper speedy

Hi! I came across an article posted by User:Clippark that was a copyright violation. I then found that multiple articles by him (17) were cut and paste jobs all from the same AT&T website. Trying to tag them expeditiously, I did so in multiple windows. Unfortunately, I only later realized that a number of them were preexisting articles with copyvio text added and the first few I oooked at were the only ones that had been created by him. I immediately rectified the error in those that were preexisting by removing the speedy tag and reverting to a noninfringing prior version. Unfortunately, by that time you had speedied August Busch III. A google search [19] finds that article, which leads me to believe that it was one of those that preexisted. My mistake and lesson learned, but that article must have preexisted so it should accordingly be restored.--Fuhghettaboutit 02:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I undeleted the edits before his and your tagging. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 03:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Great. Sorry for the bother.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

About the warning of subst

Thanks, I'll take note of it. I'm not always 100% sure on when subst should be used. ColourBurst 04:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


GIen's RfA: Thank you!


Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh for your Support!

I I feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here:
My mop & I shall thwart all evil :)
IThank you once again my friend. GIen

PS: YES YOU'RE RIGHT HARRY POTTER USES A BROOM! (BUT GOOD MOPS ARE HARD TO FIND!!)


THANKS

Thanks for reverting the edit.

--BurmaShaver 05:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi. You deleted this page because it was tagged {{db-empty}}. While superficially this was true, this was because the user who tagged the article had removed the content. Please be more careful, checking whatlinkshere and the article history before deletions. Thank you. Sam Korn (smoddy) 16:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Casio Kingdom

Sorry for the misunderstanding, and thanks for clarifying that for me. Cheers! --AbsolutDan (talk) 05:53, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

File:IMG 3666border cropped.jpg Thanks so much for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). I will be stepping lightly at first trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! NawlinWiki 11:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC) talk contribs

The cool thing is I got to act on my own request at AIV.  :) NawlinWiki 11:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Username change

You have advised me to change my username from email address. I tried to do this following the instructions, but found that I could not add my request to the end of the requests page as directed. I'd be grateful for your help in doing this. I thought I'd use Carlos49 as my new username. Thanks.

--carlos49 21:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Kudos to you!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Kudos to you, Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh! You have reverted my vandalism to the point where I decide to give up. Congratulations on managing to get a persistent vandal to switch sides! Kaori Takeshima 02:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Blogtronix

From George (Blogtronix) Hello Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh Thank you for your comment - I think your statement is a little incorrect. Being first in more than one aspects should allow us to be included in Wikipedia. Plus we do have way more than 5 articles about us in newspapers. We can not become Forbes or Fortune 500 company in 18 months but we are aiming there. There is nothing wrong with our software or company type - you do not know the Corporate Blogging software industry to state that We can not be included because we are nobody. I am honestly seeking advise how we can be inclued in wikipedia,i am not arguing with the editors. I need advise what to do as I am certain my opinion is valid as well as the infromation for Blogtronix which should reside in Wikipedia

--GeorgeAthannassov 21:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I can only repeat what I've said. Come back when you're in Forbes 500. We can well afford to wait till then. And where are all those newspapers featuring your company in more than 5 sentences? All the links you gave were to blogs. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 21:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


Plenty of places, with more than 5 senteses. Anyway.. I see what is the wikipedia policy. I will make sure that I have in my mind for quite some time. When we get to fortune 500 hights - believe me, wikipedia guys will enter the info themselves. So talk to you then!

--GeorgeAthannassov 21:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Peaceful Home article

Hi. I came across this article Dharani Sutras of Peaceful Home. Could you please verify if it conforms with Wikipedia? It just looks plain wrong for an encyclopedia. I would nominate the article for deletion, but I don't know exactly on what grounds should I carry on such nomination. Thank you.--Húsönd 21:41, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll prod it. It looks like an exposition of a Buddhist text, which would be OR. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 21:42, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I need an admin

Are you an administrator? I need to speak to one. - Blood red sandman 21:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

*Comes out of phone booth* Yes I am... what's the matter? Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 21:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Could you do something about the user who just created a user page on me (which i have now blanked)? thanks. Also, could you delete my user page please, as it gives the impression I have one, which don't as yet. - Blood red sandman 21:48, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

BTW, just thought i'd say, it's good to finally be considered a worthwhile target for vandalism! looks like the users finally going to get blocked, based on his history. - Blood red sandman 21:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - Blood red sandman 21:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

One more time

You'll probably notice, but here Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rake_Free "do not modify" is being ignored again... and perhaps you could similarly protect the redirect of Rakefree to Rake (poker) as you did with Rake Free. Thanks. 2005 02:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Editor's Barnstar
For all that you have done for Wikipedia, I award you, Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh, the Editor's Barnstar. Michael 02:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 03:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA message

My RfA video message

Stephen B Streater 08:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

S&S link

Hello , Why did u remove the link S&S from the vendor list ?? was it due to the unavailability of an associated article ? best, Ahmed

--202.59.80.53 10:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Which article are you talking about? Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 12:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Teke's RfA thanks

Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Wikipedia in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke (talk) 17:32, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Lyrics

Sorry to bother you again, but I have another doubt which I can not find the answer for. One user just added lyrics to the U2's song Beautiful Day, right in the bottom of the article. I was going to place the lyrics in a more adequate section of it, but then I realized that I've never seen any song lyrics on Wikipedia before. So, is it okay for them to be there in the first place? Thank you.--Húsönd 23:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

No. The song lyrics are a copyright violation, and must be removed. I doubt U2 has released the copyright on their songs. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 23:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Lex Luger page

Can you temporarily protect the page from non-registered edits? There is someone vandalizing the page multiple times daily from different computers.


--Neoyamaneko 03:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

The rate of vandalism of Lex Luger doesn't warrant page protection yet.
P.S. You removed some info in your last revert, which I restored. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 04:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Many of those moves came in the last few days, leading me to believe it was the resident vandal sticking in moves as much as he could until he got caught, so I reverted those changes to the ones before the wave of vandalism started. And the "All-American Hero" thing was a nickname given by the announcers. It was never an official name used by the ring announcers, hence its deletion.Neoyamaneko

Redirect the Cascadian Independence Party

Hello, since the Cascadian Independence Party has been deleted due to non-encyclopedic notablity, I would ask that instead of a deleted page that any queries be re-directed to the main cascadia webpage, much like other Cascadian groups (Cascadian National Party, Republic of Cascadia).

--Meatloafx 05:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Minta

You shouldn't have deleted Minta...


--71.227.149.53 11:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks!

Thank you very much for your comments on my recent Request for Adminship. The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address your concerns before running again.

If you have any feedback for me, please don't hesitate to leave it at my talk page. Thanks!

-- RandyWang (chat/patch) 14:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


Lex Luger

The edits I made to Lex Luger's page were to maintain the credibility of that page. The edits made that reverted mine, give incorrect in formation.(Halbared 17:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)) I see that there were some edits I did not intend, like the name thing, and that stupid thing aboot the t-shirt. That was a mistake, however, the height and ring name thing stays as it was, since the user who wishes to revert it would have to discuss this on the talk page. I edit in good faith, and you should have assumed as much.(Halbared 17:45, 29 August 2006 (UTC))

thanks for delete

thanks for the delete on block log, I created it by mistake. »ctails! =hello?=« 00:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Shamuism

Thanks for clarifying the CSD tag on [20], though I still think it -is- patent nonsense. ;) -zer0render 06:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi! There are two fair use images (Image:AishwaryaRai in Devdas.jpg and Image:Indflg.jpg) on this protected page. Could you please remove them, as the current terms of the license do not cover its use on the article. TIA! -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK 13:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. :) -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK 15:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (62/18/3). I will go very carefully at first, trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools, and will begin by re-reading all the high-quality feedback I received during the process, not least from those who opposed me. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! Guinnog 15:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)}

Entry for The Larch

Hi, I came across a reference to alternative pop band The Larch in the following entry:

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

I've been trying to post an entry for the band but it keeps being deleted. It seems it would be better to have an entry rather than a link that leads to nowhere. How can I post my entry and make it stick?

Ian Roure



--208.3.216.70 16:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I have restored the article and listed it on Articles for deletion. I believe it may not be notable per our musical group guidelines. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 18:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Rake Free discussion

I strongly disagree with your decision to remove my comments from the Rake Free article. The discussion was only open for less than 3 hours before you stopped it. This was barely enough time for me to enter my opinion. Some rules can be bent in certain circumstances, and this is certainly one of them - you should let my entry stay. I feel that my freedom of speech on Wikipedia has been infringed upon. I stated my case in a fair and impartial manner, and you have deleted it. I have lost all faith in you as a fair and reasonable Admin. Cloudreaver 00:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

Sir,

I was extremely shocked when I discovered that you had removed the article about American composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. Mr. Bathory-Kitsz is one of the most active contributors to the scene of contemporary and electroacoustic music. His contributions are always followed with interest and he has gained a considerable reputation in the field.

I kindly ask you to put the article back to Wikipedia.

Thanks, Javier Ruiz, Tenerife (Spain))


--80.58.205.39 16:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I have listed the article on deletion review. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:38, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz is an important contemporary composer, and was a pioneer in establishing a presence for contemporary music online. He belongs in Wikipedia.

Daniel Wolf, Frankfurt (Germany)

Indian nationalism

the request was actually for a protected locked edit change... unprotecting this page will just lead to another edit war. Kennethtennyson 21:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

It's a poster for a film. There's a fair use rationale for it, right below the notice that you posted. I quote,

"It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of movie posters

   * to illustrate the movie in question or
   * to provide critical analysis of the poster content or artwork

on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law."

Also: [21], [22]

The image is only used on ONE page - the site of the film. What is the problem here, and how does it violate wikipedia policy? Esn 01:43, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... didn't know that. Well, the source is the Russian wikipedia. [23] From the info at the bottom of the page, it seems that a user took a picture of the poster and uploaded it. Is that an adequate description? Esn 02:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Mulatto Union

Could you also delete the redirect Mulatto Federation? Thanks.  OzLawyer / talk  13:19, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Image tagging for Image:慈禧皇太后朝服像.jpg

I don't care if you remove the image. It would be quite interesting if the old imperial painter of Cixi come to Wikipedia and claims his copyright.

--Highshines 19:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

If you don't care whether the image gets deleted, why do you even bother to upload it in the first place? Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 00:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC)


A RfA thank you from en:User:Xyrael

WikiThanks
WikiThanks
File:AviXyrael.gif

I'd like to thank you Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh for either supporting, opposing, commenting, nominating, reading, editing, promoting and/or anything else that you may have done for my successful request for adminship (I've broken the one thousand sysop barrier!); I'm thanking you for getting involved, and for this I am very grateful. I hope to be able to serve Wikipedia more effectively with my new tools and that we can continue to build our free encyclopedia, for knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. Please do feel free to get in touch if you feel you can improve me in any way; I will be glad to listen to all comments. Again, thanks 8)             —Xyrael / 11:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Captain Underpants!

I would have moved it back except that it was a duplicate article in the first place. The main article is at Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets, and it was not a very good redirect.

I'm proud of Wikipedia's comprehensive coverage of Captain Underpants -- see Category:Captain Underpants. :) NawlinWiki 22:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Utopia Spells

I do not understand why did you delete the article that I have created ORIGINALLY and of course, I did violate the rules by taking some contents from websites. Soon after that, I modified everything and it has nothing to do with original contents. I did it by myself.


--Survivor88 12:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

"Nothing to do with the original contents" is quite misleading. I looked at both versions side by side, and at least half of the "new" version is copied from the old one word for word, but with the sections rearranged. That still makes it a copyright violation. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


Hello

Hi, my name is Kaori Takeshima (also known as Sakura Avalon). I have given up vandalism (for good this time). What made me turn back to vandalism? I was framed for vandalising due to an idiot known as the JHU vandal, who (somehow) found out I took classes at JHU. I have completely thrown in the towel, provided that I don't get framed for other people's stupidity. I really want to help from now on. --Dr. Takeshima 03:15, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Winhunter's RfA thanks

Hi Awyong_Jeffrey_Mordecai_Salleh, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful today with a finaly tally of (56/0/3). I will be very careful at first to avoid any mistakes. Please feel free to leave a message in my talk page if you have any comments/suggestions about me in the future. Once again, thank you! --WinHunter (talk) 09:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

What did I do?

What did I do that warrants a block? I know I vandalized. I know that I stopped helping Wikipedia, but just because some idiot goes around claiming that I vandalize automatically means I did it. It's inane, it truly is. Kaori Takeshima

Who cares? I've thrown in the towel, and I'd just like to let you know that. Kaori Takeshima

Dracula talks to you

Thank you for your advice my second best friend on wikipedia. King Dracula 12:19, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

On my own behalf

Hi,

I just discovered a discussion about me, asking for credentials.

There is a resume at http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/bathres.html that should take care of any concerns. I have had several books and hundreds of articles in print, and work in many fields. Your entry could just as easily have covered my role as a major author during the first generation of personal computers (1979-85), the post-Fluxus art movement (1973-78), Vermont's Alliance of Independent Country Stores of which I'm director (2001-present), as bibliographer of playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman (published by the Newberry Library, albeit with "Bathory" spelled as "Batory"), or even as an experimental elementary schoolteacher (for which I won the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement's New England Regional Award).

My music has been reviewed in the New York Times and the Village Voice (along with print, broadcast and online reviews, references all available on my music catalog page), but my concentration has been online since 1981, with my influence deliberately outside of academia.

The Kalvos & Damian radio show hosted by David Gunn and me won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award in 2000, which you can easily verify, as you can my appearance on Travel and Discovery channels with respect to my opera (http://bathory.org/). My conducting work has appeared in the accompanying CD to the Longman Anthology of English Literature. I was just talking about my groundbreaking "We Are All Mozart" project on New York's WKCR last week.

If you're looking for academic references, though, you won't find many. Those thousands of hits online represent my work in the very area that Wikipedia used to build its own reputation -- the edge of new information.

I'm not making a case for a Wikipedia entry; folks can find me without it. My point is that the discussion I've been reading is very sloppy, the research poor, the logic unsubstantiated, and the commentary often ignorant.

Thanks, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bathory@bathory.org

--72.237.57.86 13:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

JPD's RfA

Thanks, Awyong, for your support at my RfA, which finished with a tally of 94/1/0 and your congratulations. I hope I live up to the confidence you have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. I think I preferred your old name, but what does that matter? JPD (talk) 15:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Uh

Can you please explain this edit? — Omegatron 14:22, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, while the image was fair use, it was a specific award offered by the image creator to various users, for explicit use on their userpages. --Salix alba (talk) 15:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... why was this image tagged as fair use? It was tagged as coat of arms or similar, and the creator wasn't obvious from the image descrioption. Then somene came along and tagged it as "no source", and I deleted it. Which is where we're at now. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 15:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I think it was User:Dmharvey who created it, [24]. He's away at the moment, so probably did not see the deletion warning when it came up. I can't say why he licenced if as such, probably as an award he did not want indicsriminant use. --Salix alba (talk) 16:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

gracias

thanks for the tip, Awyong. I tried to find the page on tagging copyvio, but at the time I could only find the page on how to report violations of your own works... sometimes searching WP pages is a pain in the butt. Natalie 14:48, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for cleaning up the copyright violation on 3LW. Much appreciated. --Yamla 15:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate you cleaning up my little mess there. It looks much better. Thank you. Dipics 15:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Photo not orphaned

Could you please restore image:Rocky Steps screenshot 3.png. Despite the orphan tag, it was being used for discussion, and was not orphaned. --evrik 15:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Which page links to this image? Also, if it's being linked only from a talk page (or any page not in the (Main) namespace), the image is considered orphaned. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 15:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

It was being used as a placeholder until we could get permission to post it or someone who could donate a free image. Deletion of the image is really uneccessary, and it could be left to let people know what we need. --evrik 16:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I still do not see the need to undelete the image. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 16:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Well, you could do it simply out of courtesy, and to spread good will among your fellow wikipedians. Restoring the picture does no harm. --evrik 16:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
  • What am I to assume by your silence? --evrik 20:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
That the file will not be undeleted. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 23:36, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Further to Bathory-Kitsz deletion discussion

Hi again,

I have been following the deletion discussion. Since there seems to be a reluctance to do any homework on the part of some editors, may I offer the following assortment of links that are *not* to my own sites, but give a flavor of my 40-year career. They include reviews, books, awards, repertoire, etc. I'm afraid many other articles will require a physical library search, and finding my older books is difficult, but they're still listed on Amazon.

http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/deems_taylor/2000/

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9835,gann,3409,22.html

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9927,gann,6861,22.html

http://www.newmusicon.org/v9n4/v94ought1.htm

http://www.ascap.com/playback/2004/june/steppin.html

http://www.rfidupdate.com/contributors/?id=15

http://vcme.org/vrepert.html

http://www.amazon.com/Custom-Trs-80-Other-Mysteries-Dennis/dp/0936200022/ref=sr_11_1/002-2062213-7055215?ie=UTF8

http://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Goodman-chronology-annotated-bibliography/dp/0911028250/sr=1-1/qid=1157601810/ref=sr_1_1/002-2062213-7055215?ie=UTF8&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-6809-Dennis-Bathory-Kitsz/dp/0916015009/ref=sr_11_1/002-2062213-7055215?ie=UTF8

http://www.frogpeak.org/fpartists/fpkitsz.html

http://www.newmus.net/creshevsky.html

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=1716

http://www.pavelkraus.com/FILES/AiA_MYL.html

http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/in_focus/2004/week40/index.html

http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/expmu2.html

http://speakout.com/activism/opinions/5336-1.html

http://esculpiendo.blogspot.com/2004/02/mucho-ms-que-cds.html

Feature articles not available online include:

Trenton's Avant-Gardian Angel, Princeton Spectrum, May 1978

Making the Music Scene: Our Top 40, New Jersey Monthly, November 1977

Co-Author, Composing a New Language, Southern Medical Journal, 85:2, 1993


I apologize if I seem picky. I'm no longer interested in deletion or restoration, but merely to avoid the slander in the Wikipedia discussion, i.e., that my sites and my resume are lying. I hope this clears my name with the Wikipedia editors. Questions, please email me. Unlike the anonymous editors, my name and address are public and available.

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bathory@bathory.org

--72.237.57.86 04:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Speedy tagging of untagged images

As far as I could tell images with the untagged template aren't automatically tagged for speedy deletion after 7 days, as the category goes all the way back to August 29th and all the images from that day as well as the 30th should be deleted by now. Are you saying that the images in those categories automatically do get marked for speedy eventually? I'm not quite sure I understand. VegaDark 07:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I saw there was such a huge backlog that I figured those were being neglected, so I was tagging them. Perhaps more admins should visit that category as often as they visit Category:Candidates for speedy deletion in order ro reduce the backlog. VegaDark 07:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

An arbitrary deletion of a legitimate article

Why did you delete a completely legitimate and well sourced article on Prince Adam from the Masters of the Universe series? You gave no rationale. Restoring an inaccurate redirect is hardly helpful to anyone who is looking for information on the series.

--Papias256 01:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Todd Goldmna

Ummm... That's a picture of Todd Goldman, an artist. --FlareNUKE 03:36, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Tau Lambda Sigma

I do not think it was right that you speedy deleted Tau Lambda Sigma-I wasn't even done with it yet. This sorority (like all of the other sororities and fraternities who weren't deleted on wikipedia) is notable or a variety of reasons: we do service for a national philanthropy, The American Cancer Society, & we do a substantial amount of volunteering and service in the Kirksville, Missouri community where our University is located. As of yet there was nothing to cite & I had planned on adding a new picture. Please bring my article back!!!

--Lvlnglafoftneatsteak 06:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

On the AfD you voted Merge but seemed open to reconsider if more information was added. I've added some notes to the article, namely the books she co-authored and a reference to her influence in the Association of Art Museum Director's guideline against selling art collection pieces. I think those items help establish her notability in the art world. I would appreciate any time you may give in reviewing the additions to see if they merit a keep. Agne 17:54, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Agne 18:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Darth Hmong, Brenda Hmong Esq and co.

You caught em! Haha. I'm putting together a checkuser case, they've been making lots of annoying accounts and it would be nice to, you know, block them for a long time. Tangotango and Merovingian caught some too, I was afraid I was the only one watching this, and I have to go to sleep. Oh and also, good work on all the image backlogs. Regards, DVD+ R/W 09:05, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

==AfD Nomination: HardwareLogic==

Thanks for letting me know how to sign my articles =) What does the HL article need before the deletion request can be lifted? Yurimxpxman 18:05, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I made the correct additions to the summary, could you please tell me if it is ok now? --'Signed' LPD1571 05:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Messages to F3meyer

You continue to refer to me as a new contributor, but that is not the case. Please do not be so presumtive in the future. I have been most active in the Esperanto version of Wikipedia, however I have both initiated and edited articles in the English version in the past.

Wikipedia is a very important development on the net and it should strive to be a reliable source of information. The neutral point of view policy should be taken most seriously. Any inclination of administrators and editors to remove articles that does not meet the neutral point of view policy, must be resisted.

--F3meyer 17:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I give up

I have given up. Here's the ISV's base. Dr. Kaori Takeshima

  • I'll assume you clicked it already, so allow me and my fellow ISV members to laugh at your face! Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't say something that heinous, but for you, I'll make an exception. Dr. Kaori Takeshima

It sure is good that you gave him a second chance. —Centrxtalk • 21:29, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

HardwareLogic

why the negative attention and friggin drama for HardwareLogic? Someone hacked the site and entered a bunch of BS information...and now my site has been marked for deletion


--70.189.173.65 03:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Where do you get off posting my article (HardwareLogic) for deletion? First of all, the article has been hacked, with several BS attachments added, honest input deleted.....and information that is inaccurate and no ones business posted...(Personal attack removed)


--70.189.173.65 03:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I saw your changes. If this "correct" version says all there is to be said about the forum, then it really isn't notable enough for an article. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 03:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


Lock Legion

Hi, I see you deleted the page on Lock Legion for absolutly no reason at all.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kyle Phoenix (talkcontribs) .

Where did my name appear in connection with this page? Also, it was deleted as a blank {{deleted page}} a long time ago. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 10:54, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Hiya.

Just so you know, you're an elitist that shouldn't delete pages so frivolously. Wikimedia wants us to "Imagine a world in which every person has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." Well, you're hindering the process.

Have a good one.

--67.60.45.60 00:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Now, now, you didn't even tell me what page I deleted that made you say such a thing. And there's a limit to the "sum of all human knowledge" can include - unless and until that "sum" includes what I ate for breakfast just now, we'll always need some sort of exclusion criteria that says what to keep out. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 00:54, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it was the five-day voyage of the Beagle? -- Samir धर्म 00:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
But I didn't even touch that page. Now I'm censoring info without knowing it and deleting pages without a leaving a trace in the logs (previous section)? :S Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 01:08, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion requested

Hi, could you delete Category:Images with no copyright tag as of 14 September 2006? I created it, but then I realized that it might mess up OrphanBot. Nothing much seems to be happening at CAT:CSD, so that's why I came to you. Thanks! --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 01:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

CHC edits

Hi. Do you mind if you contact me at my email at weijing@mark1615.info?

thanks, Peter

--Jing13 03:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:Pilot2backgammon.jpg

Hello:

On September 6, you deleted an image as falling under "CSD I4: image from unknown source, tagged for more than 7 days." However, this is incorrect: The image was tagged as a television screen capture (by me) and noted its source as the pilot episode of the series. Further, the image clearly falls under fair use, and is specifically discussed in the article it was part of, Thematic_motifs_of_Lost: Their dichotomy is laid out in the show's pilot episode — Locke explains backgammon to Walt by holding up one black and one white piece, saying, "Two players, two sides — one is light, one is dark." I would appreciate returning the image; otherwise, I'll re-up it. --LeflymanTalk 17:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

That was an incorrect summary I provided. The reason it was deleted is that it was not being used in any articles. As for "source", noting which episode the screenshot is taken from does not suffice; who took the screenshot (or where the screenshot came from, at least) must also be indicated. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 23:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Again, I took the screenshot. But putting myself as the "source" is an entirely silly suggestion, tantamount to claiming a need to list the editor who quotes a section of a book as the "source". The person who performs a screen capture is not a creator, nor originator -- the television broadcast itself is the source, just as a publication would be the source, not the person taking an extract of it. Your claim that it wasn't used is incorrect: Prior to your deletion of the image, it was used in the article I noted above -- you, yourself, removed it from that article: [25]. Again, please undelete the graphic, as well as returning it to the article prior to your deletion.--LeflymanTalk 18:58, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
By "source", we mean that uploaders should just say where the particular file they uploaded came from. Although the show's content certainly wasn't produced or copyrighted by you, by making a screenshoot of a scene from the show you created a particular file containing part of the copyrighted content. This file of the screenshot didn't come from the show's producers. Alright, it's my fault and I shall now go set things right. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 05:21, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello,

I wonder if I could ask for your input a second time about this image which is proving more problematic than it should. I have tried to assist the uploader User:Leflyman in stating the source and creating a fair use rationale for the image through discussion on his talk page now in an archive. After waiting for a time to see if a source and rationale was forthcoming I removed it from the article Thematic motifs of Lost and tagged it as an image without source info. I see that the source was considered implied and that the image was eventually restored. After waiting a little longer to see if a fair use rationale was added I removed the image from the page and tagged it as orphaned. Leflyman has restored the image and deleted my tag. I wondered if you had any suggestions about how to proceed in convincing him of the need for a fair use rationale. He has suggested that I should write the rationale myself but I am not convinced that the image is fair use. Our most recent discussion is here and here. Sorry for involving you in such a trivial matter but I thought you might be able to help because you have been involved with this image in the past.--Opark 77 20:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input.--Opark 77 12:42, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that you blocked User:乾隆也是龍. You may want to block User:乾隆龍也 as well. They are the same person, and both probably socks of User:Edipedia. Strongest evidence is probably that he is his sock to blank out warnings on his main account userpage. Two checkusers have already been performed against him. Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Edipedia. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 18:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

CHCSA

Hi, you asked about my editing on CHCSA. Do you think you can email me at peter@mark1615.info? thanks

--Jing13 03:35, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

I do not recall ever asking you for the reason behind your edits, or having even looked at the page in question or its discussion page in recent months. However, I must say that if you wish / have to explain your editing, writing your reason over the Discussion page will clear up the animousity better than an email between only two people. This is the nature of a wiki. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 15:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

AWB problem

Regarding this edit to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, please note that converting the unicode string to exclamation disrupts the infobox, as it is then interpreted as wikitable markup. If you continue to use AWB to cleanup pages, please preview, especially when the converted code contains possible wiki syntax. I apologize for bringing up such an old edit, but I don't check that page very often (it's a rather horrible article currently) and just noticed it. Is there anything that can be added to tell AWB to not convert the unicode string? Thanks, Pagrashtak 05:35, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

So that's what happened when I left "make general cleanup and fixes" (or something like that) turned on. I'll check more carefully in future. (Notwithstanding the fact that I haven't used AWB since my user rename) Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 07:24, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: username blocks

Sausagebaconpepperonihamoldmoldyshoebox : I blocked this username because it seems overly long, though feel free to unblock him if you like.

Chrisyy666: Contains "666" which I believe is offensive due to its religious meanings.

--WinHunter (talk) 14:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I would argue that the significance of 666 is not well-known except to Christians and Satanists. Then again, I don't understand the significance of "69" either. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 14:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
I don't know about 69 but for 666, if it would be offensive to those groups of people (which btw there are plenty Christians among English speaking people), it should be avoided. WP:U says: "...so take care to avoid anything that might cause offence to someone from a different culture, religion, or ethnic group." I am inclined to reblock User:Chrisyy666. There are also serveral 666 related blocks in the last 500 active blocks. --WinHunter (talk) 14:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I, too, feel that "Sausagebaconpepperonihamoldmoldyshoebox" is way too long a username for most users to record. Please reblock it or urge that user to change to a shorter username. Scobell302 15:07, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I left a note on their username length on their talk page. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 15:19, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Mop and bucket

I figured someone was going to ask me that at some point, and I think the answer needs to be: not at this time. Tempting as it might be sometimes, when I'm having the db-bio war with some 15-year-old who keeps removing the tags, I really don't think I could devote the necessary commitment right now. Fan-1967 15:44, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 05:09, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Subst: command

Ah, thank you much for the update. Didn't used to be that way; looks like ther've been some changes made. BTW, I REALLY dig the automation you've put to use on this page. One day when I'm not feeling lazy (or have more time) I may have to pick your brain as to how I can neaten my pages up a bit. Thanks again! Gotta run.

--Lucky 6.9 17:38, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Range block

Yes that's fine, covers all the addresses you can make by chaning the last part of the ip from 0-255. --pgk 18:39, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

--pgk 18:39, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 18:45, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
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The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
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04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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Re: Vandalism to MTR articles

Not that I am aware of, the company is business as usual. The weirdest thing of this vandalism is that it came from one of the most reputatable universities in HK, which I can't understand how anyone from there would like to vandalize wikipedia. --WinHunter (talk) 12:14, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 22 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2moro, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Garcia Girls

That article really lacked content...and the title was misspelled. It was a reader's opinion to boot. No synopsis, nothing. Might be an existing article at the correct spelling, come to think of it. I'll check. - Lucky 6.9 02:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Seen the book at the supermarket checkout, so it's current...but the misspelling...oy vey. Anyway, 'tis redirected.  :) - Lucky 6.9 02:41, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

--Lucky 6.9 02:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: AO block option

I made a typo in the comment, I actually wanted to allow account creation as an effort to clear up the autoblock issue with that user.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zsinj (talkcontribs) .

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my page. --Nlu (talk) 15:57, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for removing the vandalism from my talk page. I really appreciated that. Thanks a lot. -- bulletproof 3:16 18:16, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking the troll for me!--(Konstable not being able to resist his wiki-breaks)

No Fair!

Iĉ dunn zink Iĉ disserte tüh bee blocked bii sharin' da saame IP Address:64.12.116.8. Pleese unnblaak! User:7112


Iĉ tĔll yuuuuuju!

Iĉ tyellf yoo. Ezhtaapf blookin' mE!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 7112 (talkcontribs) .

Self article

Thanks for the tip.

It wouldn't have occurred to me to write an article about myself except that in the article about The Ten Tenors one of my bandmates has a link to his name and I thought it would be cool.

Turns out the link is to the wrong Shannon Brown anyway.

--Jnturnbull 06:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


Bindi Irwin on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Bindi Irwin. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. · XP · 14:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

ayo

who says im ordinary? the poeple listed on that page are my peirs, shit i didnt even put myself on there i was linked to it by someone

what do i need to make myself offical? links my personal established website? or records ive put out?

i dont understand

plz hit me back


--D305 06:53, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Francesco Boring

There's a cleanup action going on to remove old protected/deleted pages since usually the people recreating them give up after a couple of months. The reason behind it is that there are now so many p/d pages that they start showing up on google and randompage. Hence, the deletion of Fransesco. It works for most of such pages but sometimes the recreators are very persistent. >Radiant< 17:39, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

CKS Int'l Airport

There seems to be a consensus on the Chiang_Kai-shek_International_Airport article that since the airport has had its name Physically changed and on its website, in the newspapers, etc. that it should be moved. However, it still remains protected. Can you help with this? Aep 09:15, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

MTR Vandalism Problems

I noticed that a vandal has been constantly vandalising MTR related pages, substituting the chinese characters with obscenities and phrases like "MTR shut up". I noticed that the vandal probably is operating from an open proxy, with the address having the range of 222.166.160.0-255. When I checked the WHOIS, it seems that the character is having a random IP address assigned by I-Cable, which is a Hong Kong ISP. I suggest that those open proxies be blocked as in compliance with the WP:NOP policy. Thank you for your attention--Kylohk 18:45, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


--Kylohk 18:45, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Mustard Seed Global Fellowship

You deleted the page for Mustard Seed Global Organization, but this is a legitimate page. It is provided to inform those who have inquired about the organization. While the content is not extensive currently, it should remain a stub at least.

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Mustard Seed Global Fellowship. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review.

--Mackerman 03:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


Please tell me why you deleted the Mustard Seed Global Fellowship article.


--Mackerman 04:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Please refer to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, item 7 under "Articles". Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 05:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Southern Expressionism image

Hi. I am a newbie. I have uploaded an image to the page Southern Expressionism. I have permission from the artist, but the image was first deleted by an administrator. I have uploaded it under another copyright drop down -- GNU-- but have received another "dispute" notice. Did I select the wrong drop down license ? Help me out here if you can. Thanks ! User:Mpleahy 06:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

--Mpleahy 06:22, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Wow mate, lay off the delete button.

--DeadGeneral 03:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of my contribution

I am writing about this:

11:43, 6 October 2006 Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh (Talk | contribs) deleted "Escapeman Adventures" (CSD A7 - article about web content without assertion of encyclopedic notability)

Instead of deleting my work (which I had not saved, not expecting deletion) could you please tell me what I did wrong so I can correct it? I copied another page exactly, which has been on Wikipedia for a while, so I know it was done correctly except for what you are citing, which I do not understand. Thank you. -- Doompuppet 06:45, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

If you're not going to explain why this was deleted, that's fine. I mean, it was copied directly from an arcile about another webcomic. Same format and same types of info and link. That's fine. Can I just have the text that was on it, please? Perhaps on my talk page? It's really sad to lose all the work I put into it because the webcomic was less known and/or worth less than another. -- Doompuppet 05:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Nuclear Doctrine of India

Why did you delete Nuclear Doctrine of India ?


--Milki 13:59, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... no article existed with either the name of Nuclear doctrine of India or Nuclear Doctrine of India, and I cannot recall the precise name of the page - it was some weeks ago. Hence I can't tell you why I deleted it. :( Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 08:05, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

This page really isn't an old deleted page, given that it was recreated and protected only 5 minutes before you deleted it. So, why did you delete it? Alphachimp 18:07, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

He just recreated it, and it's been protected again. Alphachimp 05:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

"Old" is an euphemism for a deletedpage created where the editor has not been warned not to create the same page again. And I think for today's creation, you could have just blocked the guy. Anything is preferable to the mainspace blight that are deletedpages. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 07:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete Rock's Backpages? In terms of notability, we have been reviewed by the Library Journal (http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6322018.html), listed in the top 20 music websites by the Observer newspaper (UK) and the Sunday Telegraph newspaper (UK), plus numerous other reviews in the music and mainstream press in both the UK and US. Therefore I believe we conform to the following Wikipedia guidelines: Criteria for web content

Web-specific content[3] is notable if it meets any one of the following criteria:

  1. The content itself has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself.
         * This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper and magazine articles, books, television documentaries, and published reports by consumer watchdog organizations.[4]

I can supply you with a complete list of all references to Rock's Backpages if you so require. Meanwhile, I would ask you to reinstate Rock's Backpages' entry. Pringbat 11:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)pringbat


--Pringbat 11:57, 8 October 2006 (UTC)


OK, so you rinstated the Rock's Backpages page, but you cut large sections. Justify your cuts please.

I have put in external links to a number of the reviews we have had on the respective newspaper and magazine websites.

--Pringbat 13:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

The article as you submitted it looked exactly like a blatant advertisement for the website ("blatant advertising" also happens to be a reason why many articles get deleted). There is zero need to go into extra praise of the database features or the extensive list contributors in an encyclopedia article.
Also, please don't make a new section everytime you want to reply. If you wish to reply to this message, click the "edit" link next to the "Rock's Backpages" heading. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 13:30, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about new sections.

Would you like me to list for you all the pages on Wikipedia that list their contributors? Given the nature of what Rock's Backpages does, listing some contributors (many of whom have their own Wikipedia entries) is essential. Also, why then leave the list of magazines?

Regarding the, your term, 'praise' for the database features, I can assume on that basis that you'll pull the Discogs and All Music Guide entries on that basis?

As to the text you have deleted, please study the following:

"The articles are full text and fully searchable (by artist, date, genre, keyword etc.) including an'advanced search' option."

Saying 'full text' is to distinguish this database from 'list of title' databases. The above information is important for academic users.

"All the material in the database is presented with the full agreement and permission of the copyright holders – freelance writers and journalists – or of their estates."

You don't think this is important? Given the amount of stolen material and rights abuse online, this is not 'praise' but essential information.

I'm happy to remove the bit about it being a subscription site, though I would have thought that would be of interest to Wikipedia's users. I'm frankly baffled as to how what I wrote could be read as 'blatant advertising'.

Pringbat 21:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the message Pringbat 07:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

drooge

ok, thanks for letting me know and sending the explanatory link. i'll get evidence of verifiable usage and resubmit the article at a later date. cheers.

--Storye book 12:36, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Notability of professors

One of our criteria for determining if a person is notable is whether they're as notable as a college professor. (See WP:BIO.) While the article lacks content, it has enough context to be expanded, and that's why I chose not to delete it. -- Merope Talk 14:21, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for placing the text in my userspace. I copied it from another page that had no references and has been around for a while - do I now have the (moral?) obligation to notify the people updating that page that it needs references? Also, is it possible to cite references that aren't online, like the local magazines I mentioned in the article? If not that's alright, but I was just curious. Thanks! -- Doompuppet 17:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Los Tipitos

I now have a biography for the band and a new description text that asserts it's notability.

--Federico Bustamante 23:40, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Template changes

I've reverted your changes to {{no source}} and {{no license}}, as they would break OrphanBot's ability to deal with no-source and no-license images. Please discuss any changes to those templates, especially minor formatting changes, on the appropriate talk pages. --Carnildo 19:25, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Biggers

Thanks. I fixed. Pepso 20:05, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Revert on Template:No source

Sorry for breaking the template. Can you take a look at the code of User:Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh/No source and see if it's OrphanBot-safe? Thanks!

P.S. The update was after some thinking about this wikien-l post. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 09:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

No, it isn't. OrphanBot looks for two things in the "no source" template: the phrase "Unless the copyright status is provided" to identify that it is the correct template, and the date in the format "(dd month yyyy)", using the parentheses to distinguish that date from any other date that might happen to be on the page. If all the templates OrphanBot deals with ({{no source}}, {{no license}}, {{no copyright information}}, {{no copyright holder}}, and {{no rationale}}) are updated to use "<span id="delete-tag-date">", I can update the bot to use that to pick out the date. --Carnildo 06:42, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of my Stub on MC Bearman

I am dissapointed that you have deleted and locked my stub on MC Bearman, I am unsure in which way I have failed to convey his notability, in the context of the UK Grime scene he is particularly notable and he is a worthy addition to the category Grime artists. It is particularly hard to convey an artists notability in the context of the UK Grime scene as major record labels are unwilling to sign/promote artists therefore there is not a huge amount of referencing that can be done as promotional websites/albumn sales etc are not available. However I was under the impression that the internet and particularly wikipedia was supposed to be an environment in which specialist subjects can be catalogued and made accessible not just those that appeal to the masses. If you could kindly unlock the stub MC Bearman and address my concerns then I will re-write the article to convey the notability of this artist further. Thank you.

--213.120.245.71 15:41, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I have restored the last version of your text to this temporary page in your user space: User:Tullett2006/Mc Bearman. Please expand the article at this page. I have indicated in the page code placeholders for the sources and external links you'll want to add into the article. Once you have expanded the page, make a request on Deletion review to undelete the page, and make sure to mention that you have expanded the article at the temporary page. If no one disagrees after a week, an administrator will move the page back into its original title.
Lastly, you will want to refer to our music artiste biography guidelines as you expand the article. Articles which do not satisfy at least one of these "rules" mentioned therein are unlikely to be undeleted. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 08:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Nice welcome template. Btw, while your signature in that template redirects to your talk page, I'm thinking "ask me on my talk page" should be auto-linked to the talk page of the user giving the welcome. It's a shortcut, and could be invaluable to users who don't know where that talk page is.

PS: Why the Don't type the 4 tildes? I see your template for generating it, now that I've previewed this, but it's contrary to the usual habit and the welcome message ("Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (Balsa10 11:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC))"). I presume you have a special reason for doing it, though I typed it automatically and had to delete it when I remembered. And just had to do it again (laugh). I always sign after the last word; this is just my first time doing it -- or not, as it were -- as a username.

--Balsa10 11:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. :)
I've been looking at the Stock Market ticker that is Recent Changes and noticed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olry which appears to still assert no notability of the professor. He appears like a cool person but not notable in the larger sense. I'd readd the db-bio template but it seems obvious they'd remove it again, which wouldn't solve anything. What's the proper thing to do in this instance? Balsa10 11:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! I was about to summon an admin via your link, but it looks like you're on top of it for the moment. The message you left on Monique's talk page is not technically correct, as it hasn't yet been deleted, but it'll probably come true soon. Balsa10 12:20, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh, it's being contested. Fascinating! If they can assert WP-type notability, I'll be surprised but pleased. Balsa10 12:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, there's some assertion of notability. Don't know if it'll be enough to pass the PROF test, as the AfD says, but I'm willing to keep an open mind. Adding those papers would definitely help, and the article would have to be vastly rewritten, emphasizing his notability, not how cool he is in Warcraft, but we'll see. Balsa10 12:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Btw, I was looking at your contributions and noticed " (Protected Image:Picture 001.jpg: generic image name [edit=sysop:move=sysop])" and I don't appear to be able to edit it as I'm a new guy. How'd you do that if you're not an admin? Balsa10 12:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I see. Yeah, Wikipedia is addictive. :) Balsa10 12:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Deleting image from Cumming, GA

Why did you delete the image from the Cumming, GA wiki? The image is in the public domain and is used in road signs that lead into the city. --70.34.187.72 01:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

"Public domain" - according to whom? Is there a statement from the local transport authority or similar body that says the same thing? The street signs are publicly visible, but that does not necessarily mean the design for them is in the public domain. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 02:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Bdarst5.jpg

Sir, you are a harsh task master.[26] I yield to your logic. There is no way that another similar photo reasonably can be obtained. I would like to have the copyright owner authorize use of the photo on Wikipedia. Is there some sort of Wiki copyright owner authorize form from which I may draw upon for this purpose.

--Jreferee 18:38, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I receive your response and I thank you for lighting a candle in my darkness. It is deflating to receive a message that an image I worked so hard to find may be deleted because I don't have a good fair use reason to post the image. To be more gentile to the editors, you may wish to include in your "image will be deleted" posts a sentence that inform them of the Requesting copyright permission option. I really would have appreciated seeing a sentence such as, "As an alternate way of Wikipedia retaining the image, you may wish to review Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission."

Jreferee 19:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

A humble request for your opinion

Hello! I hope you are feeling fine. Recently, you expressed an oppose opinion with regards to my RfA. I would like to thank your feedback on this but I need another critical feedback from you. If you could spare a few minutes to voice any concerns you may be having with regards to my contributions to this project since my last RfA on this page, I would be most grateful. Once again, thank you for your time! --Siva1979Talk to me 05:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Your changes to the Editor Review template

Hey, thanks for the edits you made to the template(s). You made the kind of changes that I didn't even knew could be made, in my ignorance, so it's good to see them done eventually. :) Daveydweeb (chat/patch) 07:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Netheril

Good day,

I see that the article Netheril had been deleted. I created this article as well as a hundred others in part of a wikiproject. As you can see it is related to this page: Geographical index of Toril, so, however big is the article, it does make sense in the context of the whole project, something that had certainly be overshadowed. Consequently, I'd would request this article to be put online again (especially considering that a lot of other FR articles, some even smaller, have not been deleted).
David Latapie ( | @) 07:57, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Adminship

Thank you so much for your expression of confidence! I have considered applying for adminship, but I don't think I'm ready just yet. I probably have to contribute more "behind the scenes". But now that you've suggested it, I'll do some research to find out how to better my chances of a successful application. So why aren't you an administrator, then? ... discospinster talk 23:08, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I was. Real life is more demanding, though. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 23:53, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Latin American Boxing

Jeffrey,

The reason I tried to changed that article is because of this insane paragraph:

        • "Latin America has had a great history in boxing, the two best countries are panama and cuba, wich has had the best champions, nicaragua and chile have also had great history.Puerto Rico and Mexico are the two worst latin american countries, with awful fighters every generation. Roberto Duran from panama is almost alaways considered to be the greatest latin amaerican boxer ever."****

I mean...COME ON...Puerto Rico and Mexico are the two worst Latin boxing producing countries???

THEY ARE THE TWO BEST!!

They have had the most champions by FAR, this is clearly the work of a hater.

Chile a great boxing history???

Name me ONE Chilean boxing champion worth something.

Please, this is a TRAVESTY!!!!!!!!

And the dude who wrote that garbage can't even spell properly.

Thanks you.

Hector. --Galactusz 05:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

I've finally had the time during my long Wikibreak to thank the voters and commentors on my my RfA last month, and I thank you! I'll try again as previously planned in the late of spring, and hopefully I'll win it. I sure learned my lesson on a fair use image misplacement!! When I get off Wikibreak I'll start visting xfD everyday. Do you have any tips or suggestions for me? Thanks again, X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve)08:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


A very Californian RfA thanks from Luna Santin

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of (97/4/4)! I've never been able to accept compliments gracefully, and the heavy support from this outstanding community left me at a complete loss for words -- so, a very belated thank you for all of your kind words.

I have done and will continue to do the utmost to serve the community in this new capacity, wherever it may take me, and to set an example others might wish to follow in. With a little luck and a lot of advice, this may be enough. Maybe someday the enwiki admins of the future will look back and say, "Yeah, that guy was an admin." Hopefully then they don't start talking about the explosive ArbComm case I got tied into and oh what a drama that was, but we'll see, won't we?

Surely some of you have seen me in action by now; with that in mind, I openly invite and welcome any feedback here or here -- help me become the best editor and sysop I can be.

Again, thank you. –Luna Santin

Review Deletion of Wave Structure of Matter Wikipedia Article

Hello,

I have been away for 4 months and on my return discovered that pages on the Wave Structure of Matter have been deleted. I have spent the past day reviewing relevant guidelines and have posted a very detailed reply at my talk page;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Haselhurst

I believe that the reasons given for deletion are not valid, and I have spent considerable time explaining this in my talk page. Could you please read this and review this deletion.

Thanks, Geoff Haselhurst (26th October, 2006)

PS - I am a philosopher, so I take my work at Wikipedia very seriously (encyclopedias were first created by philosophers!). I also have a fairly large website (gets around 50,000 page views a day) so i don't get much time to work at Wikipedia. However, I notice that people keep putting articles back into Wikipedia on the Wave Structure of Matter (often quite poor) and because the original articles were deleted then these further articles also keep getting deleted. My point is that I did not put the Wave Structure of Matter page up originally, but I am convinced that this knowledge is important to Wikipedia, and it will also stop this confusion of pages continually being added by the public and then deleted without reason.

--Haselhurst 05:53, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 09:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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What happened?

- crz crztalk 04:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Real life, basically. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 11:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

"Unspecified source" for Image:Black Man cover (Amazon).jpg

Re: your comment on my talk page

If you look at the page, the both source and the copyright status are specified, with {{amazonimages}} and the {{bookcover}}. Please pay more attention to the details of the images you're questioning in future. — OwenBlacker 17:56, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. A snafu with my RSS reader meant I thought that your post was new, when it wasn't. {{amazonimages}} was already listed on the page, which does imply copyright status, but I did already add {{bookcover}} (as a result of your comment) to make the situation clearer. — OwenBlacker 10:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks.

Thanks a lot, you deleted an article for not having much info WHILE I was adding a bunch of new things. I really appreciate that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by J-Head (talkcontribs)

Resysopping??!

Yeah baby! Woohoo!  Glen  07:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Now let's see if any 'crats are online. :D Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 07:36, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back

Good to see you back around! You're a superstar at clearing backlogs; wish I could live up to your numbers -- Samir धर्म 04:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

And from me too. Kavadi had me fooled on those RfAs. And congrats on the userpage. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
That's better. - crz crztalk 04:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
What's "that" referring to? My user page? :-) Kimchi.sg 04:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you and I read the article differently. I saw four episodes, and unnamed roles that looked like she was an extra. Fan-1967 05:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Never mind. I missed the mention of her father's show, and IMDB says she actually is a named character there. Fan-1967 05:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Stuff moved from your userpage

Hi,

You have deleted our shool webpage and I am very unhappy about this. I would like to know why you felt this necessary considering we have the rights to all content from www.bisc.krakow.pl as it is our web page. And secondly could you please restore this ASAP.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreasHuntley (talkcontribs)

Specifying which article would be appreciated, thanks. MER-C 09:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

For the record, it's British International School of Cracow. Kimchi.sg 09:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

Sorry about that. We as a school are still learning about your website. Can you please unprotect the page so that we can edit it in the future.

regards

Andy Huntley — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreasHuntley (talkcontribs)

Request for undeletion of Context Sensitive Solutions

Hello,

I would like to request undeletion of the article on Context Sensitive Solutions. Here is the reasoning behind my request, which I also posted to the discussion page for the article:

"This article was deleted for a supposed copyright violation. However, the material in question is in the public domain. The lists that appear under the sections "Qualities of a CSS Project" and "CSS Principles" are generally agreed upon by transportation planners as defining the practice of Context Sensitive Solutions. They were originally produced at a conference sponsored by the state of Maryland Department of Transportation in 1998 and have since been reproduced online in several forums, including The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Carter and Burgess (a private firm), and dozens more that can be produced with a Google search of "Qualities of Excellence in Transportation Design."

"In light of the consensus that has emerged around these principles (Federal legislation has referred to them as design criteria for the federal highway system, see SAFETEA-LU, Section 109.c.2.C), I believe it is justified and necessary to include them in this article. I have altered the citation format to make it clearer that the lists are not my words, and I re-directed the reference to point to the original document on the Maryland State Highway Administration website.

"Also, there is other material in this article besides those lists, which I believe should preclude full deletion."

Thanks for considering this request.

--Hobisfried 16:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your courteous reply. I appreciate your rigorous standards and welcome your suggestions. I realize that I have not met the burden of proof, and I would like your help understanding what conditions must be met to either prove that I have permission to use this material or prove that it is in the public domain. Since the source document is a PDF on the Maryland State Highway Administration website, would confirmation from a representative of that public agency be sufficient? I've already reviewed many pages pertaining to copyright protocol on Wikipedia, but I hope you'll be able to give an authoritative answer that will allow me to pursue a course of action free from doubt.

I understand that the most reasonable thing to do would be to find another way to convey the same ideas. However, the reason I'm resisting re-wording the disputed text is because my colleagues in the transportation planning field firmly believe this particular phrasing is intrinsic to the meaning of the term. Perhaps that stance is contrary to the very nature of Wikiedia, but I am trying to explore all available options to preserve the disputed wording before going another route.

I'm also curious as to why the entire article was deleted when the disputed text was only a portion of the whole. Is it possible to restore the remainder of the article?

Thanks again for your assistance.

--Hobisfried 04:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, thanks for your work expanding British International School of Cracow. Looks like you saved it from being deleted again – Gurch 21:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks (once again)

Ah, that never occurred to me. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll be sure to check that in the future. —Chowbok 01:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

it is insulting that an article for a notable do it yourself band {I.E a none signed band that has been on three tours thus far including a european one,} such as the pijin can not be added to wikipedia. Yet I see many inifinitely more pointless articles littering the server that don't deserve to be here. The moderation of this site is bigoted and hypocritical in nature. I propose you allow this article to be recreated and I shall spend a little more time adding images and information so you can see that this act are actually notable and unlike your pre conconceptions not a piece of petty trivia.. Toxic Pijin have been around for three years they have a wide cult fanbase in both europe and England. They have produced four albums in this time period I am very insulted by the fact I create a user name, log in, start to create and article and it is deleted twice and before I can add my coding to it you decide to protect it so I cannot recreate it again and add my further editing. Also I find it very hypocritical to send me a message claiming I am not contributing when in all fairness I have tried to contribute but you have deleted it twice!

I apologise for swearing at you I was merely making a point not everyone has the time you do on your hands and I would appreciate it if you would consider that

thanks

Craigus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swallowthemind (talkcontribs)

Ok I shall get back to you when it is ready thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swallowthemind (talkcontribs)

re: toxic pijin I notice that I can claim the completed article as notable under point 3 . Criteria for musicians and ensembles - Has gone on an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one large or medium-sized country,[1] reported in notable and verifiable sources. "There are, at present, no precise definitions of a "small", "medium" or "large" country in this context. However, a very limited definition of "small" will generally be used, excluding only a few of the world's smallest countries."

I therefore propose I produce links to reviews of their european tour last year and a scan of their media coverage. I have several reviews of their recent england "Oberon gisepe wemblequest" tour. I would also like to add that no other band in the world throws bread, brocoli, dog food at their audience and no other band has the balls to throw tabasco sauce in their eyes and express their pain through feedback and anger.. I am also sure no other band has songs about the number 27, tea breaks, ikea and preaching teachers who tell you to "get in the cupboard with jesus and think about what you've done". I admit I have a hard task ahead to convice you but they are worthy of inclusion due to the fact by their very nature the toxic pijin go out of their way to offend everyone. Excuse my spelling errors this keyboard is in poor condition. I shall get in touch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swallowthemind (talkcontribs)

Amityville Horror theme music

I re-uploaded [27] as for some reason it was coming up as an orphaned file. The link from the article The Amityville Horror is now working.--Ianmacm 21:21, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Re : Deletion project...

Thanks! :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 14:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

You recently tagged Image:DisneyAfternoonGang.jpg with {{no rationale}}. However, the tag is only applicable to images which were uploaded after 2006-05-04. This image was uploaded 2005-07-28. — pd_THOR | =/\= | 03:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

What a surprise...

...to see your name in the deletion log. Glad you never gave up trying for the bit. :-) Kimchi.sg 06:31, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. (By the way, your username change is going to be quite confusing). -- tariqabjotu 06:35, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

You deleted Publimedia International as {{csd-g11}}, which it was. However, I think the company is a notable Romanian publishing company, and it would be helpful if you could restore the article and turn it into something NPOV, if necessary by turning it into a stub. I wasn't the original author, but I was trying to expand another article written by the same author and saw your note on the user's talk page about the deletion of Publimedia International. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 14:00, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Subiaco Marist Cricket Club

Jeffrey,

Thank you for the feedback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subiaco_Marist_Cricket_Club, Nov 15). It is fair that the reader shouldn't have to take the author's word for it when the words "renowned" and "notable" are used. As such, these assertions have now been backed up by references to the 24 state championships claimed by the club and the 11 SMCC players who have represented their countries at the highest level. In terms of achievement and contribution to the sport of cricket, these criteria are more reliable than the number of Google entries.

Regards,

Richard Somerville — Preceding unsigned comment added by Somerof69 (talkcontribs)

Coffee Lounge MfD

Why was the Coffee Lounge deleted after only one day of votes? There's supposed to be about five days worth. Alethiophile123 18:52, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I am not protesting the deletion of the Coffee Lounge per se. I am protesting the unfairness of the MfD. It should not have been closed so quickly. I will request undeletion and a full, fair MfD. I will then go along with the result of that. Alethiophile123 02:05, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Several issues

Are you coming for the meetup on 24 November? Please do reconfirm your attendance at the meetup, as you told me that you are not going months ago. Regarding the AFD on Woodlands Civic Centre, please do consider merging the article into Woodlands, Singapore as this place is quite a huge building in a regional centre. Houses Woodlands Regional Library and other government facilities as well as shops. So do reconsider changing to merge it to salvage the article. --Terence Ong (C | R) 03:59, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Would you like to help doing some assesment for Singapore-related articles? There's a page on how to do it, check the notice board and its subpages for more details. --Terence Ong (C | R) 04:24, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I have confronted my friends already. It will NOT happen in the next six weeks, and see how it goes. Those are in my personal userpage, and I will sort it out with them if that happens again. I don't want to go any further as my blood is boiling now because of some things that happened today. --Terence Ong (C | R) 10:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Libellous statements

There was a personal attack on the Arcadia 2001 discussion page. These statements are libellous and quite simply are lies. I notice you reverted the cleanup, why do this!? 211.31.127.128 18:53, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Not spam

Sending a note to all users who participated in an earlier AfD does not seem to fall afoul of WP:SPAM. I have therefore restored the messages. JoshuaZ 06:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you JoshuaZ. My intention was definitely not to spam anyone, but W.marsh's initial concern was that those who had voted Keep in the first round didn't know about the second, and the agreement we had apparently reached involved notifying them (thus my comment to Awyong and the two others). When the nomination went up a third time on procedural grounds, I thought it was only fair to re-notify the Delete votes as well. Believe me, I understand very well that it's bad form to go out soliciting for votes, and totally unacceptable to do it on random User_talk pages, but that wasn't what I was doing in this case (nor would I ever). --Arvedui 09:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Also, I meant to say thank you to you, AJMS, for taking the time in setting up and listing the third nomination after my mistaken re-opening of the second one (a miscommunication between myself and W.marsh). Thanks! --Arvedui

untitled/unknown

Hi Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh....uh... why did you delete this page? --(this unsigned comment was made by 68.121.111.129 on 09:23, 20 November 2006 )

Hiya, I have just noticed that you speedily deleted Vangelis (Buffyverse) & User:Mets501 speedily deleted In the Heavyskies (WP:AfD/Vangelis & WP:AfD/In the Heavyskies). I can see that at present they are not very notable since they are unlikely to see the light of day until at least 2007, and even then it will remain to be seen if they are covered by some notable sources. Would it be possible for the article to be put onto my user space:

User:Paxomen/In the Heavyskies, User:Paxomen/Vangelis (Buffyverse)

I put a lot of work into the articles, researching them on the web and writing them, and would be interested in using my work, on a Buffy wiki (e.g. http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Buffyverse_Wiki).

I would have saved the content myself for use elsewhere, but I was never informed about the deletions. Please could you help out.

Thanks -- Paxomen 17:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Album covers tagged by sockpuppet vandal

Please be more careful when deleting images tagged with {{no source}}. A number of album cover images were tagged "no source" by a sockpuppet vandal (User:Aujin66), but for the most part the source of an album cover is obviously the album from which it came. See the discussion here. If you could restore these images it would be much appreciated. The following is a list of just some of the images... the majority of images deleted on 19 November were probably similar, and between 200 and 250 were tagged by the sockpuppet on 11 November.

DHowell 23:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for restoring these images. DHowell 20:24, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Note

Thanks for the note about the template, though it took me awhile to figure out what you meant, as I wasn't involved in its creation at all, merely providing an unwitting source for it. --Calton | Talk 00:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

WiktionaryZ on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of WiktionaryZ. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. Andres 01:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC).

Movementarian's RfA

Thank you for taking the time to comment on my RfA. I appreciate your input and although I would like to be successful this attempt, you have a very valid point. Movementarian (Talk) 14:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

張圭陽

Hello. I notice you speedily kept 張圭陽. I just speedily deleted it, on the basis that WP:PNT aren't going to do anything with it, because Cheung kwai yeung (itself likely to be deleted) was already an English version of it. If my reading of the article is wrong or you disagree with this, please feel free to restore. Morwen - Talk 17:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

deletion of IRED page

Dear Salleh, I was not sure why my page( Iqbal international institute for research, education and dialgoue was deleted and protected by you. Can you please give me some information reagrding that. I will appreciate an early reply.Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paada (talkcontribs)

Notable issue ???

thanks for your speedy reply, what i gathered from your reply is that the article was deleted because it does not show how the group is notable. well this page is about a think tank opertaing from paksitan and having President of paksitan as its Patron in Chief. and the institute is headed by world famous femenist theologian Dr.Riffat Hassan. I am yet in a process of adding the things and you have deleted it. i think first there should be some history of Institute and the purpose why this institute has been eastablished and after that we can add who is running it. An early reply will be highly appreciated again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paada (talkcontribs)

Some Links

please visit some links about the institute http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/PRPressReleaseDetail.aspx?nPRPressReleaseId=903&nYear=2005&nMonth=2 http://pakobserver.net/200607/11/national.asp

and there might be many, and if you just googl Dr.Riffat Hassan you will find thousands of pages. Please let me know if you need any further information. So that i can contribute to this. An early reply will be highly appreciated yet again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paada (talkcontribs)

Riffat Hassan to head newly eastablished Institute

Please visit following links to find Dr.Riffat Hassan's link with the Iqbal international Institute for Research, Education and Dialogue. Dr. riffat hassan is a women so it would be appropriate to mention her as HER instead of HIM.

www.powerofculture.nl/uk/current/2006/may/riffat_hassan.html www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-9-2005_pg7_45 www.newsline.com.pk/NewsDec2004/religion1dec.htm www.businessrecorder.com/index.php?id=494931&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate= www.gcu.edu.pk/Media2006.htm

Well about the brief deatil of Institute will you please let me know how much and what kind of detail you need.

I think we should communicate till we reach on a mutual understanding . As this is my first contribution to wikipedia ,I will appreciate if you people can guide me so that I can make some contribution to this community — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paada (talkcontribs)

Siqnatures

Sorry i forgot to sign my last query/explanation Paada 12:11, 23 November 2006 (UTC)paada

Please advise me

I posted User:Xyz_or_die on the vandalism page and you deleted him stating that his last edit wasn't vandalism. So please advise me on what action to take. His last six edits have been identical edits to an article to stick an unfounded opinion in. The first time, it's an honest mistake, but he's done it at least 10 or 12 times now after repeated warnings on his talk page which he doesn't respond to and ignores every attempt to explain what 'opinion' and what 'documented fact' is. There is no evidence he will stop making the same edit over and over again. If he can't be banned for vandalizing, what action can be taken? Thank you TheHYPO 13:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

RE: I do perceve it at vandalism. I do not, in good faith perceve it as vandalism in the first instance. I do perceve it as vandalism if they ignore repeated explainations on THEIR talk page (not the article's) that the content is not appropriate and simply make the same edit 6 times in a row (and several times before that). It's not a content dispute because there is no dispute - the person has made no communications, and if they did there would be no argument. An opinion "this song is similar to that song" has no basis on wikipedia - particularly without any citation. Nor is the fact that the same writer (who has written dozens and dozens of hit songs) happened to write these two, even arguably worth mentioning. The vandalism isn't the comment in itself. It's ignoring any discussion and repeatedly forcing it upon the articles. If I went into The Simpsons and kept writing "This is a really really great show, and the same guys created Futurama." in the lead, and ignored any request to stop adding that, I'd expect to get banned. TheHYPO 16:30, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

A message from SupaStarGirl

I am sorry about my "vandalism" of the Afd page (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States). However, I never intended to become a vandal, and just wanted to play a joke once.

I never intended to hurt anybody:

  • It was an obvious joke, and I only did it once.
  • The joke was done with intention that the entry was not serious, and that the article would not be deleted. Only true vandals would really want to delete the article on the United States.
  • The sentence "Non-notable place. Too few people." was not meant to be serious either. In fact, I'm from the USA!
  • AfD is part of Wikipedia, but not part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. It won't give people any misinformation.
  • The most important reason: On Special:Contributions/SupaStarGirl, the joke is surrounded by real AfD votes and vandal reversions. I would never convert to vandalism.

I am truly sorry. Thank you. SupaStarGirl 14:29, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and P.S., your userpage looks exactly like your talk page. Some users do not have a userpage, and make their userpages redirects to their talk pages. At first I thought you were one of them! SupaStarGirl 14:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello Jeffrey, my name is Robert Wecker. I'm a great grandson of Bruno Piglhein - mothersside. Josef Block was not involved in the paintig of the Jerusalem Panorama. Bruno Piglhein engaged nearly before opening the panorama, a student of him for helping Jos. Krieger in landscape paintig. The other assistent from the beginning was Karl Frosch, the perspective painter. Anyway I'm glad that you mention Bruno Piglhein as the professor of Joseph Block. Sincerely Robert Wecker-Piglhein — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.133.38.49 (talkcontribs)

Books

You have, now. ☺ Uncle G 20:52, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I'm currently undergoing an Editor review, and am trying to get a large amount of replies. I am sending messages to those who left me a message on my talk page as a way of getting the word out. I encourage you to add your two cents to the review! Thanks for your time, and Happy Thanksgiving! FireSpike Editor Review! 21:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use pics

Theoretically, we can use a whole pile of fair use pics of Ian Thorpe to describe historical races right? As they are "replaceable" as we can't go back in time? A few people are insisting on multiple pictures for the FAC.....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:17, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Like stuff from the BBC? and ABC? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:17, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
It appears as though in many articles on actors like Shahrukh Khan you can describe the subject in the actual event - like {some pic - SRK portrays the title character in Devdas}, so I think you could put a pic of {Thorpe competes in some event at a past olympics}. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
I thought Quadell was pretty strict but it seems he has added a fair use picture to Grant Hackett which shows Hackett winning in Sydney 2000. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

please consider my comments.

Respectfully,

Gbop 04:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing the page up a little bit, but it's a waste of time. This article has been deleted several times after a unanimous AFD[28], and is just being recreated by the User:Fluence, who is destructively precious about his low quality contributions. I've asked another sysop to help out with this, but he doesn't seem to be active right now. As you've turned your attention to the page, perhaps you could deal with the matter and with Fluence? He's been blocked for this sort of behaviour before, and certainly isn't hiding his intentions with comments like "suffer now Mekon, Mr. Scare, Richyard. Added back article. Reverted vandalism" (calling official deletions of his content "vandalism" is part of his overall pattern, and something that should be addressed, I feel) and "I told you stubborn: A Bad Dream. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" (on my talk page). The Mekon 05:21, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Ivy Goh Nair

Thanks for the advice on my talk page about removing the article Ivy Goh Nair from this Singapore talk page. I am learning something new everyday. I have left a note directing users to my talk page where the full discussion can be fully followed if anyone is still interested in this topic which is already over for some time.Ivygohnair 13:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Afd - 2nd nomination procedure?

Hi - I see you deleted The Fortunate Sons which I had attempted to do a second nomination for. I had nominated a previous incarnation of this article, although for a different, non-notable unsigned band. For future reference, can you tell me, or at least point me to, the procedure for nominating an article for a second time? Thanks. Camillus (talk) 14:47, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

The Bayesian Poisoning article is my own work!

Re: Bayesian Poisoning.

I wrote the article the you are referring to both the Wikipedia version and the original. I am the copyright holder of the original text and can decide what I do with it. I cannot change the version on the Virus Bulletin site to release if under the FDL because they are licensing that writing from me for their site, but I can put it on Wikipedia if I want to since it's my writing in the first place.

John.

Your edits to "A Bad Dream".

I'm not arguing about what I've said to The Mekon since all he has said to me in the past. I mean, let's not get involved in that. However, I MUST TELL YOU. The article about the single you've just deleted HAS BEEN CONFIRMED to be released as you can see here:[29] and here [30]. So if you can't believe me please visit these pages to see why I keep on reverting the article. So I'm just requesting the unprotection of the page to finally create the article. Please don't let the Wikipedia fail now.--Fluence 16:44, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

OK. Hope it works.

A Bad Dream on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of A Bad Dream. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review.--Fluence 17:01, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your support and well, I didn't take "silly" as an offense so don't worry if you thought that ;). I hope this can be solved soon. I also thank you for showing me another thing about Wikipedia on the deletion review. I'll avoid making also crystal-ball articles in the future!--Fluence 01:00, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Really appreciate it: thanks. --HappyCamper 22:05, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for deleting that page, and I'll remember to use that template next time. I first tried the Requests for deletion page, until I found out it's inactive. So MFD was the next thing that came into mind. My, my. There's alot of templates out there that I need to learn... --AAA! (AAAA)

06:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

A question

Why did you lock Do briefs stink?? from being re-created?? It's better if its just left redlinked. --NorwegianLiner 13:52, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Note, I'm also User:SiobhanHansa as well. --Siobhan Hansa 13:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Kimchi, I did not leave the comment above (see the actual diff) and I am not connected with User:NorwegianLiner. I don't know why s/he would leave such a comment. --Siobhan Hansa 14:10, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking! --Siobhan Hansa 14:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Good evening. Per the discussion about privacy concerns expressed at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Privacy of birthdays, date of birth should generally not be added to the biographies of living non-public or semi-public figures. So far, that policy has been interpreted fairly strictly with a pretty high bar being set for the definition of "public figures" who are assumed to have given up their rights to privacy.

By the same token, we should not be adding Category:Date of birth missing to articles unless we have made the case that the person meets the "public figures" threshold. Otherwise, we're just baiting new users into adding content even though the community has already said that we shouldn't include that particular data point. Category:Year of birth missing is okay but the exact date is often not. Thanks for your help. Rossami (talk) 02:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

You deleted my article!!!

im seriously annoyed you deleted my article for no reason! did you even read the talk page? i wrote my reasons for the article there and for ppl NOT to delete it. Seriously. What was wrong with "Peter Marshall (16yr old bum)"??? Why couldnt you just leave it? But, no. Ppl like you have to make everything 'perfect'. grrr. i spent a whole ten mins writing that tribute article. Only for it to be deleted because it didnt 'assert the importance of blah blah blah'. For gods sake. I take it as a personal insult. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lozzen24 (talkcontribs)

Proposed meetup: Singapore 3

The third Singapore Wikipedians' meetup will be held either on 10 March 2007 or on 11 March 2007 in Chaerani's residence, a piece of landed property in Queenstown, Singapore. An estimated ten to fifteen users in the Singapore Wikipedian community are expected to turn up. Please visit the meetup page to indicate your interest for attending this meetup. —Goh wz 06:55, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Will confirm closer to actual date. ;-) Kimchi.sg 12:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

About Xunlei

Though Xunlei is unfamous in the whole world, but it do have more than 10-million users.
One may consider Xunlei as non-notable software because there is no internationized version or English version of Xunlei(Chinese only now). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yujie (talkcontribs)

Backlog on WP:AIAV

Are you tackling the backlog there? If you are, then I'll drop the WikiDefcon one level. Nwwaew(My talk page) 14:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Various admins took care of it, not just me. And it's building up again. :-( Kimchi.sg 18:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for catching my talk page troller last night. Unfortunately he is a malicious sockpuppeteer who I have had to consistently report. No matter, Patstuart was kind enough to keep a close eye for any more comments left on the page and was the one who reported the lastest incident. Just thought I'd drop a quick thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Wowowee_13

please help me...

how to upload photos that you made on your own?

It's always saying that its corrupt... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wowowee 13 (talkcontribs)

Page concern

Hello. I thought you might be able to help me with a small problem. The page for the electronic music artist Aes Dana is presently under the entry Aes dana and I would like to move the contents of this page to one titled Aes Dana (not the heavy metal band), since this is how the artists' name is properly spelled. Could you please assist? Many thanks. Wowbobwow12 02:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Kimchi.sg 02:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

About Xunlei _

Do you think the site http://www.marbridgeconsulting.com/newsletter/archive/xunlei_bitcomet_cooperate_on_legal_video_downloads.htm is a reliable source that can prove Xunlei is notable enough?

If not, read these tow articles here(article one , article tow) as well. Both of the articles come from blog. However, I am not sure whether articles from blog can be considered as reliable sources.

Besides the sources above, there are still somethings I intend to tell you. First , in my opinion, Xunlei is notable enough because one can easily find a lot of things, which are independent of Xunlei's company themselves, concering to Xunlei by using Google to search "Xunlei" as a key word. If you still do not believe, TRY HERE!
Second, it may be positive if you delete the article of Xunlei, because Xunlei is , indeed, nothing more than a malicious software that will cost a lot of problems(Xunlei decieve its users by lying them that there is no problem). On of these problems is as the number of Xunlei's user(they are mainly Chinese) keeps on increasing, the downlaod speed of non-Xunlei users will become more and more sluggish. So, to remove the article about Xunlei from wikipedia will certainly reduce Xunelie's probablity of becoming famous all over the world. Now I will not remove the "{{notability}}" in page of Xunlei, without your agreement. And I will try my best to find the reliable sources for you.

TELL ME, if you change your viewpoint.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Yujie (talkcontribs)

Electricity

Okay, np. I've unprotected it. I knew that most of the vandalism in the last day was from the same range, but calculating range blocks makes me a bit nervous. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 16:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Natalinasmpf

Thanks for taking care of this. --BostonMA talk 17:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I felt it was very fishy, why was there suddenly a page move. True enough, it was just a vandal. --Terence Ong 17:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Your edit to Wikipedia talk:SGpedians' notice board

I don't think it's trolling, and I always response at the same place (except for user talk pages). — Instantnood 18:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me at RFA, and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae'blis 22:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Deletion request on French Wikipedia

Hi. You need to let me know why you want it deleted. I looked at it and I do see a link to alt.sex stories, etc., but most of the rest seems to be cell phone and news-related. Maybe I'm missing something, but I was under the impression that userspace is separate from Wikispace and that a user can, by and large, have whatever he wants on a page. Am I mistaken? -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 10:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Here's the thing -- I agree with you, he's probably not using all those links for any sort of purpose on Wikipedia. And I suppose I see how you'd want to get rid of it. However, I don't see anything negative or disruptive about his page. Therefore, at this time, I'm unwilling to get it deleted. Maybe you know of something specific this user has done... If I could give you some advice tho -- if this is deleted, it'll probably be recreated. I know it's frustrating, but you might want to leave it alone. -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 17:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Question about deletion

Hi, you've deleted "Template:sgLink" yesterday with the memo "spam". Why do you think, it is spam? --Pschrey 10:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Oh, the humanity!

I had my doubts about accepting a nomination for a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the stir it caused as it drifted to the ground in flames! Still, it was as educational as ever. Thanks for your input; it will be on my mind as I continue to edit Wikipedia, and perhaps I will have earned your support if another nomination comes around. Kafziel Talk 15:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Request for Undeletion of Freedom Imaging Systems

This article was removed under the rule CSD A7 by Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh On 19 November 2006. The reasons for this were it not being notable. Comments included its lack on mention on websites such as Forbes. What is required to prove notability, and who decides? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jstar4 (talkcontribs)

Momoj's "not apparent vandalism"

How can you seriously claim that someone that repeatedly inserts comments implying that a company is proud of poor customer service is not engaged in vandalism? I have never been so ashamed at the non action taken on a vandal. I wasn't looking for indefinite, but to have no block at all is just plain wrong. Multiple warnings ignored...if I thought I could express myself and remain civil, I'd be leaving a much longer note. Severely disappointed. --Onorem 03:56, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

It is not vandalism according to any interpretation of WP:VAND. POV can be re-worded and he did attempt to provide sources justifying the criticism. Kimchi.sg 15:16, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
I respectfully disagree. I would consider it to be Sneaky vandalism by the definition at WP:VAND, specifically "Adding misinformation".
In his first edit, he claims, "Best Buy is proud of its top performance for dissapointing customer service. Best Buy has worked hard to create a brand that is synonomous with bait and switch tactics and various other strategies that deliver an unexpected level of customer satisfaction."
In his next 3 edits, he claims, "The company is proud of its undesirable customer service. Best Buy has earned a top notch reputation for bait and switch tactics which have succeeded in giving customers unparallaled experiences."
His next 2 edits create a new section to once again claim they are proud of having bad customer service.
Then, once he finally stopped trying to make it sound like bad customer service was something the company was proud of, he began reverting any changes that were in the way to get to his own previous edit, losing multiple good edits in the process.
He has since been indefinitely banned...although I had to sit out for 24 hours after accidently reverting his vandalism too much.
Oh well...I guess I'll just accept that we disagree. --Onorem 15:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Was it untrue or incorrect? Please do not mix up "POV edits" with "outright misinformation". Kimchi.sg 15:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
It was untrue and incorrect. Their customer service might suck. They might not care that it sucks. They aren't proud that it sucks. His edits were disruptive and deserved a warning from you at least. He's blocked now, so like I said...I'll just agree to disagree. --Onorem 16:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

dj5dj

I think I still have a wiki page because of you

If so, thanks.

I am still learning, so what is wikisource? DJ 12:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

This is Wikisource. MER-C 12:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)