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Hello. I have a question about WP:Album. About releases, it says, "''Only the earliest known date that the album was released should be specified.''" Does that mean wait until the release date arrives to add it? I think it applies if the album were released multiple times, (like a 10<small>th</small> anniversary edition). I am asking this because I am engaged in a conflict on ''[[Here I Stand (Usher album)|Here I Stand]]'' with [[User:Hello Control]] and we don't want to have an edit war. [[User:Admc2006|Admc2006]] ([[User talk:Admc2006|talk]]) 15:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC) |
Hello. I have a question about WP:Album. About releases, it says, "''Only the earliest known date that the album was released should be specified.''" Does that mean wait until the release date arrives to add it? I think it applies if the album were released multiple times, (like a 10<small>th</small> anniversary edition). I am asking this because I am engaged in a conflict on ''[[Here I Stand (Usher album)|Here I Stand]]'' with [[User:Hello Control]] and we don't want to have an edit war. [[User:Admc2006|Admc2006]] ([[User talk:Admc2006|talk]]) 15:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC) |
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you are really stating to piss me off i am not advertising i just want a pagefor my company....thank you......you fucking dickhead i hope you burn in hell |
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my username???
why did you block me about my user name? because its to similar? please explain? User talk:Lil' kim187 is back i am User talk:Lil' kim187 but it got blocked so i didn't want to move to far from my identity
it was you
Your the one that blocked me, who was i aggressive too and when? sorry if this sounds aggressive to you but it ain't, its a question. User:Lil' kim187
wow, shit, yous a real biatch.
love
spellcast —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.64.244 (talk) 04:08, 7 January 2008 (UTC) -
Nomination
--Shadyaftrmathgunit 16:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
KRS-One pic
Hey, have you requested/got answer for the KRS-One photo I showed? Woop-Woop That's the sound of da Police 10:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe you could've cropped out the left side of it without and puted that version just like the Lloyd Banks photo. Woop-Woop That's the sound of da Police 21:55, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- And btw, are you fan of soccer? Because I saw an edit you had to the player, Lincoln, found on ur archive.--Woop-Woop That's the sound of da Police 21:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Shadowghosts
hey mate can you sort out the 50 cent album sales for curtis, someone keeps changing them and the source is to the united world album chart with is a spam link and a unreliable source, the link also shows the first week of the sales and not everall, need a better source until then use a reliable one, Thanks $hadowghost$ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadowghosts (talk • contribs) 23:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
D.O.C (DIARY OF COMPTON)
Sorry spellcast, but have u checked the sources provided, it doesn't need to be on MTV, for it to be named, listen to the interview it basically confirms it tanv91
50 Cent discography - FAC candidate
I have nominated the 50 Cent discography as a feature article.
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/50 Cent discography.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 01:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!
My RFA | ||
Thanks for participating in my request for adminship, which ended with 56 supports, one oppose, and one neutral. I hope to accomplish beyond what is expected of me and work to help those that lent me their trust. east.718 at 02:34, 11/4/2007 |
Wikipedia has a new administrator!
Thank you bunches!
Thank you so much for suppporting my RfA. I was promoted with a total of (44/1/0) - a vote of confidence from the community that I find humbling and motivating. I will not abuse your trust. Look forward to working with you! (Esprit15d 21:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)) |
Tha Carter III cover
Definitely fake, MediaTakeOut is a joke lol. I ran it through Photoshop and you could easily see someone just rendered those areas a different color from the old original cover that was leaked. --Ayoleftyz 21:44, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
List of 50 Cent awards
I see from your RfA nom that you're knowledgeable in areas relating to 50 Cent. Some time ago, I revamped the List of 50 Cent awards page by converting all the info to tables, which you revamped one again here, which is much better than my version, BTW. I worked along Neranei (talk · contribs) to bring List of U2 awards to Featured List quality (the work was mostly from her part, of course). I think this one has a lot of potential. Would you be willing to address concerns if I nominated it to FL status (hypothetically, of course)? Happy editing! --Agüeybaná 22:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent! Give me some time to write the nom, and I'll alert you when it's ready. --Agüeybaná 22:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- No, not at all. In fact, the ones who worked on the page are the ones technically responsible for addressing concerns. They're also allowed to support the nomination. --Agüeybaná 22:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- I've finished the article. I added sources and copy-edited it. I also supported the nom, as it has already been nominated to FLC status. Happy editing! --Agüeybaná 23:41, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- Why is "gold" redundant? As far as I know, gold is not the same as platinum :-) --Agüeybaná 23:50, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- Oops :-) --Agüeybaná 23:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- Why is "gold" redundant? As far as I know, gold is not the same as platinum :-) --Agüeybaná 23:50, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- I've finished the article. I added sources and copy-edited it. I also supported the nom, as it has already been nominated to FLC status. Happy editing! --Agüeybaná 23:41, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- No, not at all. In fact, the ones who worked on the page are the ones technically responsible for addressing concerns. They're also allowed to support the nomination. --Agüeybaná 22:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Wallowing in my RfA: This time it's personal... | ||
My sincere thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 51 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. Doubtless it was an error to put one of the government-bred race of pigmen in any position of authority, but I hope your confidence in me proves justified. Even a man pure of heart and who says his prayers at night can become a were-boar when the moon is full and sweet. Fortunately, I'm neither a were-pig nor pure of heart so this doesn't appear to be an imminent danger to Wikipedia for the moment. Fortunate as well because were-pig hooves are hell on keyboards and none too dexterous with computer mice. If ever I should offend, act uncivil, misstep, overstep, annoy, violate policy, or attempt to topple the fascist leadership of Wikipedia, please let me know so I can improve my behaviour and/or my aim. I am not an animal; I am an admin. And, of course, if there is any way in which I can help you on Wikipedia, please do not hesitate to ask me. Despite my japes, I am indeed dedicated to protecting and serving Wikipedia to the best of my foppish and impudent abilities. I will strive to be an admirable admin, shiny and cool, reasonable and beatific. Pigmanwhat?/trail 05:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
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List of 50 Cent awards - FLC candidate
I have nominated the List of 50 Cent awards as a featured list.
Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of 50 Cent awards.--Shadyaftrmathgunit 22:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Message
Hi Spellcast,
Just to let you know if you ever see any edits on Craig David's Wiki page from me they will always be genuine.
I do a lot official online work for Craig and his team so all of my edits will always be fine.
Edit: Update. Why do you keep removing the promotional image from Craig's page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by NickHSpurs (talk • contribs) 13:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks,
NickHSpurs —Preceding unsigned comment added by NickHSpurs (talk • contribs) 21:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thank you for reverting vandalism to my talk page. Oda Mari (talk) 15:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
my rfa
Your RFA was successful
Congratulations, I have closed your RfA as successful and you are now a sysop! If you have any questions about adminship, feel free to ask me. Please consider messaging me on IRC for access to the #wikipedia-en-admins channel. Good luck! --Deskana (talk) 21:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations
Congrats for becoming an admin, you'll do a great job!--Tasc0 21:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations SpellCast, certainly well deserved. It was an absolute pleasure to nominate you and if you ever need anything, let me know and I'll do what I can. Ryan Postlethwaite 21:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
About your RfA
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 22:52, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Plus, you're welcome for my comments on your RfA. :) Acalamari 22:52, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'll wear it with pride ;) Spellcast 22:54, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats also, although you'll have to brush up on the cut & paste a little bit ;-() --Rodhullandemu (talk - contribs) 23:17, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- You're right, it's just that this wide scale spamming is new to me :) Spellcast 23:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 23:40, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Congrats! Well-deserved. Lara❤Love 23:55, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Congrats, not the first and hopefully not the last. I have pinned the globe on your user page, another admin pinned me so now I pass it along. :-) Carlossuarez46 01:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, congratulations, Mr. Spellcast! You'll be a good administrator for sure. Daniil Maslyuk 02:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- My pleasure, and thank you for your ability to follow simple instructions - you would be surprised how many admins are incapable of doing so! Good luck, and I'm usually around if you ever have any questions or concerns. Best, Neil ☎ 09:41, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- You're very welcome and I'm glad to hear of your success. Feel free to ask for help, as admins can still get stuck! It's no problem. Best wishes, Lradrama 11:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations, and I'm glad you like the T-shirt (didn't know other people had it, hehe)... oh, and for the record, I like hip hop :D Extraordinary Machine 18:53, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey Spellcast, so your an admin now, sorry i didnt add to your rfa, i didnt kno ur were up for it. I think you'll be a great admin, good luck G - Keep It Real - Real Compton G 17:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
YouTube
You just decimated the article, from your summary I suspect it was a mistake. i reverted, you need to do your edit again. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:35, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- That was a particularly yuck story, glad your edit happened as we do not want someone like that seen as notable enough for our pages. Good edit. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Agh! I missed the chance to vote on your Rfa. Let me congratulate you! Thanks, SqueakBox 03:07, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Craig David
I see your point on the trivia section, and although I don't entirely agree, I completely see where you are coming from. I think trivia makes an artist more "human" and gives bits of information that a reader may find interesting, that they may otherwise never get to read about. Thanks for being POLITE! Skyler Morgan 01:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Actually I DO HAVE a few questions that would be useful to know the answer to.
1. How do you cite sources per Wikipedia standards?
2. How do you insert the little "Citation Needed" notation in articles?
3. What is the procedure for requesting additional help on an article?
THANK YOU!
Skyler Morgan 01:30, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Ouch, yes! Charts-cruft, Fancruft, Listcruft, you name it. This needs to go ASAP - all this separation of countries, etc - reeks of POV as well. There is no reason to go beyond what her regular discography already has... aside from the fact that it sets a horrible precedent - imagine one of these pages for all the pop/R&B divas? Yikes! Speedy-delete or WP:AfD it or somethin'! - eo 01:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
- I may as well, I just responded on its talk page anyway. - eo 01:39, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
- Done. - eo 01:48, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Ahem
Aren't you an admin now? [1] KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 09:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Steve. Yeah I am, but I'm still a bit new to this. I'm really tempted to do a 6 month block since it's a school. But at the risk of doing an overly-long block, I'm letting someone else do it ;) Spellcast (talk) 09:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
- Ahem, be BOLD. :P Besides 99% of actions you do as an admin are reversible so no real harm. You should look at my block log lol. Although when I first got my tools I was hesitant to enforce long term blocks too. If I may suggest, this is my opinion(s) on the matter. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 09:52, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Avoiding redirects
Re: this edit:
Fair enough - I wasn't aware of that guideline. However, my personal view is that I don't like seeing unnecessary links to redirects - it smacks of carelessness as though the editor hasn't checked the link (though I'm occasionally guily of this myself.) In this situation, I don't see that Napolean will be developed into a separate article, except as possible a future disambiguation page in which case any links will need to be updated anyway. However I'm not going bothered enough to get into a revert war about it ;-) – Tivedshambo (talk) 12:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
125.24.36.206
This IP is claiming that they will use vandalbot on WP if they aren't unblocked and are blanking their user talk page. Just wanted to let you know. Matthardingu (talk) 14:25, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello
Hey there, you said i vandalize something. Can you please tell me what did i do? I sear to god i didn't do anything wrong. Thanks =). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.91.213 (talk) 16:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
That's funny...
Either my IP is a shared IP, or Wikipedia hiccuped. I went to Wikipedia, and found myself linked to this(through a message informing me I had a new message). I know it wasn't me, but it's still kinda funny--Vercalos (talk) 05:45, 20 November 2007
- Ok just admit it...you were the IP that blanked the page :P But seriously though, I never thought someone would contact me for an edit I made in April this year. I guess no edit in Wikipedia goes unseen! Spellcast (talk) 06:28, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- Heh. I didn't even notice the date. Strange that I didn't receive any notification of a message until the 20th of this month. Maybe my IP address changed?--Vercalos (talk) 06:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Your RC cleanup
Hey Excirial, I see you a lot at RC patrol. You're definitely one of the finest vandal fighters I've come across. I'd give you a barnstar but it's too clichéd. So I'm just letting you know that every revert and report is really appreciated. I'm sure you will be a great asset with the tools one day. Cheers! Spellcast (talk) 09:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- And all your aiv reports have been great, I see an admin in the making! --Chris 09:04, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- (Becomes tomato red) Not so fast people, i didn't even recover from blushing from the previous compliment! Well, what can i say? I think: "Thanks a lot for the compliments, and glad to help!" Will fit in here just fine! I love doing this vandalism patrol, and perhaps i will issue an RFA someday. Not yet, since my account has been only 1 month old (Even though i have been around since March 2006 on IP level, but not exactly active). Perhaps some time in the future, when i have encountered more of the wikipedia guidelines. Im still quite green on those, and i want to make sure i know them more thoroughly before i request adminship :) --Excirial (Talk,Contribs) 09:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Maleflixxx Television
I noticed that you deleted the article, Maleflixxx Television and I would like to know why you did this. Yes, I understand that this article was deleted before and was created again, but what you may or may not know is that there was never a discussion whatsoever done on this article for it to be deleted in the first place. It was deleted completely out of the blue with no discussion done on it before hand and this is completely unfair. This is a completely ligitamit and notable article that was deleted for no reason because I'm sure some user out there has a personal problem with the context of the article which is no reason for it to be deleted. I suggest the article be created again and if someone objects then a discussion for deletion be done on it, but no way should it just be deleted out of the blue like that again. MusiMax (talk) 16:48, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
And adding to that, the new article did give references to why it was notable as well. So the argument that no references and it being not notable was mute with the new article because it did have both. MusiMax (talk) 17:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Just because Channel Zero Inc. was deleted, that doesn't mean that everything associated with it be deleted as well. That discussion was for Channel Zero Inc., not for any of the other articles. Channel Zero was deleted but you leave the other ones alone unless a discussion is made for that specific article. All of these articles need to be put back. This is absolutely ridiculous. MusiMax (talk) 15:51, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Message
Hi the reason why I deleted it is simply because it is not true, there is no evidence at all that any money was stolen and the user (Lanifex) is trying to find conspiracy when no conspiracy is present, I can give you more details if you want to email me at tom.stubbs@nus.org.uk I am fed up with the mis information that he's giving out. I witnessed the accounts, I know whats going on!
Inapropriate content
Hello! You recently deleted an article titled How to hack school website security blocks. The same user who created that article also created a very similar article titled The ratton password. He is editing these articles under his unregistered IP (86.141.230.124 (talk · contribs)) as well as his username Mattj5095 (talk · contribs). I placed a speedy delete tag on both articles but the second one isn't deleted yet. I also placed a warning on both talk pages of the user. I don't know if he deserves a short "cooling down" block or just a stern warning for recreating deleted material but he might turn out to be a nuissance. SWik78 (talk) 18:59, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Block of Md.albright
That was a fast block! I was just about to do it myself! Acalamari 20:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'm glad you're settling in. :) Acalamari 20:23, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yep: I edit occasionally on that Wiki too. Acalamari 21:26, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Special:Contributions/193.1.178.88
Thanks Spellcast, I got a bit confused myself :) Yeah they seemed to be cleaning up their edits. First time using TW so still getting used to it. Thanks again! Think outside the box 11:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
stop and desist notices
So I'm browsing an other topic & page says I've got a message (?) You were a contributor, said stop messing with the satan page, but really have no idea what you mean or if I will have this IP address again ever. (the complaint was directed to 81.129.117.15. It's probably not worth chasing every non-account IP address, I'm surprised that non-account holders can make changes to be honest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.117.15 (talk) 14:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- It was probably someone else because it's a shared IP. And yes, IPs can also edit. The ability of anyone to edit without registering is a foundation issue. Although I wish it was different sometimes. Spellcast (talk) 16:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
blogspot
No, looks like a variety of "subdomains" are listed on the blacklist here, I just archived it as it was over a week old and the page was in desperate need of getting under control. Dirk is now monitoring it I think. In practice it doesn't look like anyone actually listed anything - I think the whole domain would have people screaming! If you want me to list the ones you flagged...
/thinks - yes, do you want me to bring it back and list those you mentioned - I guess we got sidetracked on to the general point and away from the specific? Let me know - cheers --Herby talk thyme 16:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- I have no problem listing counting-crows.blogspot.com based on that evidence - as you say it really was spammed quite a bit and that is what the list is for. It is a hard balance between putting in sites that really are quite infrequent link placers and those that are so obviously a nuisance anyone would do it.
- Let me know, the crows one happily, the others if you feel strongly - your call, cheers --Herby talk thyme 16:20, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
- No problem, again if you see something up & coming it can always be listed for a month say till the fuss is over, saves tedious reversions. You know where I am - cheers --Herby talk thyme 16:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Re: IP hopper
Yeah; that would make sense. Or perhaps an abuse report? Either way, something has to be done, and I should have done it earlier — this one vandal has been disrupting articles for months. Extraordinary Machine (talk) 22:31, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Regarding international charts in discography
WP policy states AfD is only conclusive as to whether or not the subject article should be deleted or kept. Per the guidelines, merge is only a recommendation, not a mandate. Actual realization of a merge, if recommended, is still discretionary.
"An AFD decision is either to 'keep' or 'delete' the article. AFD discussions which fail to reach rough consensus default to 'keep'. The AFD decision may also include a strong recommendation for an additional action such as a 'merge' or 'redirect'." --WP:GD
Note that the recommendation for additional action is optional, and constitutes no more than a "strong recommendation".
To put it precisely, you characterized it as "Result of AfD was delete, not merge." But actually, the result of the AfD was delete, not keep. The decision does not preclude merging some content.
Even a recommendation to merge is itself a recommendation to delete. But a consensus for deletion is not a recommendation not to merge.
Adding content to another article from a previously deleted atricle is consistent with policy. AfD deletion is not a lifetime ban of any and all of the content of the article. Am I wrong about the policy? Thanks for discussing. Bsherr (talk) 06:43, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
- If you'd actually like to discuss content, is there a specific reason you oppose international charts in articles? I think you mentioned that it is because they comprise less than 1% of CD sales. If so, I'd be happy to provide information showing that the top five countries account for only a little over half of album sales. Other markets are more substantial than you give credit. Hope we can come to an arrangement. Bsherr (talk) 07:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Requesting your expertise and Commons account
Hello, the image of the WP:HH got deleted from Commons. This image was being used in the userbox and project template.
Here it is the diff.
Another user added another image of breakdancing, but I think it was more appropriate the image that got deleted. Check it if you can do something about it. Reply here, thank you.--Tasc0 23:35, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
- I've brought up the issue at the Commons help desk. Hopefully this can be sorted out. I'll keep you posted. Spellcast (talk) 07:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks.--Tasc0 00:02, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- Any news? Can you post the link of the thread?--Tasc0 22:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- You can check out the thread at Help desk#Image:Breakdance-oldschool.png. Apparently the uploader was "User:Jean-no". I'm about to type up a message to him. Spellcast (talk) 22:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- I do not know where did Lupo get the image that was deleted was a smaller version of Image:Breakdance oldschool.jpg.
- I think we can use this one now. I didn't know there was another copy of it. Tell me what you think. Ask it there, maybe.--Tasc0 04:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Well Image:Breakdance oldschool.jpg is under a license that allows you modify it. So you can probably create a PNG version of it as long as you show that it came from the jpg one. Apparently the PNG format is preferred but I can't tell any difference. Spellcast (talk) 05:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Because it is a drawning, not a shot. But I'm guessing you got to process the image. Because it would make no difference if I just change the file extension.
- I'm going to use this image for the WP:HH-related templates. But I will wait to the thread you created, I want to see what they have to say.--Tasc0 05:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- If there's no response in a day, just upload your own version. Just make sure you show that it came from the JPG one otherwise it could get deleted again. Spellcast (talk) 05:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Why would I upload a new version when we have this one already?--Tasc0 05:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- I thought you may have wanted to upload it under a PNG file because it's preferred for drawings. But it doesn't really matter, the JPG one if fine too. Spellcast (talk) 05:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I added the image to Template:WikiProject_hip_hop. Would you mind adding Image:Breakdance oldschool.jpg to your Commons' watchlist? Thanks.--Tasc0 04:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sure, it's already watchlisted. Spellcast 15:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I added the image to Template:WikiProject_hip_hop. Would you mind adding Image:Breakdance oldschool.jpg to your Commons' watchlist? Thanks.--Tasc0 04:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- I thought you may have wanted to upload it under a PNG file because it's preferred for drawings. But it doesn't really matter, the JPG one if fine too. Spellcast (talk) 05:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Why would I upload a new version when we have this one already?--Tasc0 05:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- If there's no response in a day, just upload your own version. Just make sure you show that it came from the JPG one otherwise it could get deleted again. Spellcast (talk) 05:40, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- Well Image:Breakdance oldschool.jpg is under a license that allows you modify it. So you can probably create a PNG version of it as long as you show that it came from the jpg one. Apparently the PNG format is preferred but I can't tell any difference. Spellcast (talk) 05:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- You can check out the thread at Help desk#Image:Breakdance-oldschool.png. Apparently the uploader was "User:Jean-no". I'm about to type up a message to him. Spellcast (talk) 22:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- Any news? Can you post the link of the thread?--Tasc0 22:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks.--Tasc0 00:02, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
<restoring indent>Hello, Spellcast. I just saw your edit to Template:WikiProject hip hop, you replaced it with the PNG version of the image. And according to this, Lupo restored the image on December 2. That's the date this discussion was taking place.
May I was why those move? Are you awared of something? Thanks in advance. Remember, reply here.--Tasc0 01:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I forgot. Take a look to this--Tasc0 01:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't even know Lupo restored the image until today. It was deleted for not having the author, but after finding out it was by Jean-no, he restored it. Spellcast (talk) 01:35, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Also, The Gangsta, The Killa & The Dope Dealer could be official. On Amazon, it says it was released by Priority Records. Spellcast (talk) 01:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, how exactly did you find out the image was restored back?
- Regarding the album article. How come there's no promotion what so ever and just released the album hoping everybody will buy it. I think this was released just by the label and with out advicing the group (ex)members. Just think of the fact that Mack 10 is not a member of the group anymore and the group itself it's not active since 2003.
- If they're coming back, at least Ice Cube and WC, there must be some type of promotion. This is a very similar situation like the "last" album by Above the Law, which wasn't official either.--Tasc0 03:02, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I wouldn't be surprised if the group weren't advised. But if it was released by their label, it should be considered official. Spellcast (talk) 03:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- You didn't say how did you find out the image in PNG version was restored.
- There's also a Mack 10 compilation album, also released on the same record label and with a front cover pretty similar to the Westside Connection album. Amazon
- This is clearly an attemp of the record label to earn some money, since those tracks were already recorded. I suggest you to reconsider your opinion.
- By the way, I have this anonymous user who keeps chaging the name of some songs. Here he is. Do I actually gotta report him to the Noticeboard or you can handle it from here? Thank you.--Tasc0 03:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I found out the PNG version was restored after logging into Commons today. And I agree the album doesn't seem too notable. There's not much you can write about it, but if it was released by their label, then it should be official. You can take it to WP:AFD if you want. And All Music Guide spells it as "G's & Loc's" and "Wish You Were Here". But you say you've got the actual album? Spellcast (talk) 03:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I know what AMG says. But the back of the album it's spelled with out apostrophes. I can't post the back cover here because, like I said, it will violate the copyrights. And this issue is not a fair use. The user can't reach my by e-mail because anonymouse users don't have that right, and I'm not posting my e-mail address on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tasco 0 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'll keep Nationwide Rip Ridaz watchlisted. It's too bad we can't see the back cover, but I believe you though. Spellcast (talk) 04:01, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- You can send me an e-mail here. Just tell me if you did.--Tasc0 04:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Too busy with the images to reply? Lol.
- So what are we doing with this user? Can you range ban that IP?--Tasc0 05:45, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Haha yeah, I'm going through all the albums of the Wu-Tang Clan members. I'm just making sure those annoying bots don't end up deleting them. As for the user, I think he's editing in good faith. I'll still watch the article though. Spellcast (talk) 05:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, the bots just tag them. The admins delete them.
- The user may be editing in good faith, but he's adding false information and he claimed he won't stop. The way I see it, that's a vandal.--Tasc0 06:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well he saw it was spelled that way in the music video, so he thinks it's right. Anyway, he seems to have stopped after your warning. Spellcast (talk) 06:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- No. He stopped editing for this day. Tomorrow he will be back at it. I have this problem for over a week. He started on December, 6. Today is 12. Check the history of both articles: Nationwide Rip Ridaz; Damu Ridas
- He said he won't stop. He'll be back tomorrow and the day after, etc.--Tasc0 06:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- You've cited the most reliable source- the actual album. If he changes it without explaining, I'll block him. Thanks. Spellcast (talk) 06:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay. I'll let you know... if you miss his edits. Appreciate it.--Tasc0 06:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Check your watchlist. I replied to the Nationwide Rip Ridaz talk page.--Tasc0 08:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Don't forget to protect Damu Ridas, and Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues, where the user's been editing also.--Tasc0 03:37, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'll keep an eye out, thanks. Spellcast (talk) 03:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- Don't forget to protect Damu Ridas, and Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues, where the user's been editing also.--Tasc0 03:37, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- Check your watchlist. I replied to the Nationwide Rip Ridaz talk page.--Tasc0 08:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay. I'll let you know... if you miss his edits. Appreciate it.--Tasc0 06:44, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- You've cited the most reliable source- the actual album. If he changes it without explaining, I'll block him. Thanks. Spellcast (talk) 06:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well he saw it was spelled that way in the music video, so he thinks it's right. Anyway, he seems to have stopped after your warning. Spellcast (talk) 06:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- Haha yeah, I'm going through all the albums of the Wu-Tang Clan members. I'm just making sure those annoying bots don't end up deleting them. As for the user, I think he's editing in good faith. I'll still watch the article though. Spellcast (talk) 05:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- You can send me an e-mail here. Just tell me if you did.--Tasc0 04:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'll keep Nationwide Rip Ridaz watchlisted. It's too bad we can't see the back cover, but I believe you though. Spellcast (talk) 04:01, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I know what AMG says. But the back of the album it's spelled with out apostrophes. I can't post the back cover here because, like I said, it will violate the copyrights. And this issue is not a fair use. The user can't reach my by e-mail because anonymouse users don't have that right, and I'm not posting my e-mail address on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tasco 0 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I found out the PNG version was restored after logging into Commons today. And I agree the album doesn't seem too notable. There's not much you can write about it, but if it was released by their label, then it should be official. You can take it to WP:AFD if you want. And All Music Guide spells it as "G's & Loc's" and "Wish You Were Here". But you say you've got the actual album? Spellcast (talk) 03:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
- I wouldn't be surprised if the group weren't advised. But if it was released by their label, it should be considered official. Spellcast (talk) 03:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
<restoring indent>Remember the picture of WC I asked you to request a free-license in your Commons talk page? Take a look to this.
What do you think? Reply here.--Tasc0 06:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- The Slim Thug pic is fine because it was freely released by the photographer. You can see it has "Some rights reserved." The WC pic should be ok too. Although the Flickr user has uploaded copyrighted photos, this one has metadata and the camera model is consistent with other photos she has uploaded. Spellcast (talk) 06:57, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, just making sure.--Tasc0 23:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Block
"Fakeacount123 (talk • contribs) is already blocked (block log • unblock) . To change the block expiry and/or block reason, you must first unblock the user." Darn, you're too fast for me! Pedro : Chat 14:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism intervention request
Hi Spellcast, It's been the first time I have made a vandalism intervention request and I'm not very sure It worked out...the vandal remains unblocked and the article remains undeleted. Did I do something wrong? Thank you. --Varano (talk) 22:37, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- Cuold you please tell me were I should denounce such situations in the future? And besides that I belive Spanish Courts for Violence against Women should be definitively deleted for the same reasons that caused all this mess. Thanks. --Varano (talk) 22:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I tried that procedure you linked me to, but obviously I did something wrong. I find it a pretty difficult deletion mechanism...or maybe it's just that I'm no used to it. Please check what needs to be fixed. Thanks. --Varano (talk) 23:15, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- You missed transcluding the page onto the daily log, which was the only major mistake. I took care of that. I took care of one other glitch also. And I left one thing that could be improved, but really doesn't matter. GRBerry 23:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I tried that procedure you linked me to, but obviously I did something wrong. I find it a pretty difficult deletion mechanism...or maybe it's just that I'm no used to it. Please check what needs to be fixed. Thanks. --Varano (talk) 23:15, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
relisting AFDs
Hi, when you relist an AFD, like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hedrick Cooperative, you need to remove it from the old AFD day log, otherwise it will still show up as being unclosed for that day. I've gone ahead and fixed this one. --W.marsh 01:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- Will do. I'll be sure to remove it from the old log. Thanks for pointing that out. Spellcast (talk) 01:42, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Eton College vandal
I notice that 195.195.166.31 has done it again - however, the address is assigned to Eton, and, who knows, Will Hillgarth may be a real person, even though apparently not notable enough to show up on Google... I have reverted him. Any suggestions? Jpaulm (talk) 02:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback. I have raised the issue of requiring contributors to register but got shot down. However, I now get a sinking feeling every time I see a numeric IP address in my watchlist as I suspect 60-70% of such updates are vandalism. Is there a way to get some kind of survey done? Jpaulm 14:48, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Can you send me the last version of it. I will improve it off wiki and then resubmit the article after it is properly sourced.--Vintagekits (talk) 14:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. Was is completly devoid of references?--Vintagekits (talk) 14:56, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Blacklist
Thanks for the additions to the blacklist - can I ask that you to ensure that you log these entries please. Moving 6 or twelve months down the line any admin coming across a request for removal may be left with no choice if the rationale for the block is unavailable. I know this only to well from experience on Meta. Thanks --Herby talk thyme 21:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- No problem & I'll support your actions. However I am faced with removing one at Meta because I cannot find out "why" it was blacklisted. Is all, is late :) Music works generally (currently playing Songs_For_The_Road :)) Cheers --Herby talk thyme 21:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey, just noticed that you re-moved the article back to its lowercase "like" name. Can I ask which naming conventions you're referring to? GlassCobra 00:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- All official materials refer to the title of the song as "Like" with a capital L, including the picture right on the page, which is the cover of the single. Like User:Esprit15d, I would instead propose that we title the page per the name of the song. GlassCobra 01:54, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- As far as I know, "like" is not one of the ones that is applicable under this rule. See Smells Like Teen Spirit, Head Like a Hole, Smells Like Nirvana, Whatever U Like, Rock You Like a Hurricane, etc. GlassCobra 04:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'm finding it a little hard to believe that a word not explicitly included in the MoS would trump blatantly obvious precedent set by all the other articles I listed. Perhaps we could get an RFC about this? GlassCobra 04:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- As far as I know, "like" is not one of the ones that is applicable under this rule. See Smells Like Teen Spirit, Head Like a Hole, Smells Like Nirvana, Whatever U Like, Rock You Like a Hurricane, etc. GlassCobra 04:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Manuela Darling-Gansser
The article that you deleted had passed the deletion review under question of notability. Even the original deleting admin said that it was not a question of notability but one of sourcing and referencing, which the review agreed on. As stated by one of the current comments by admin Keeper | 76 that the article needed ISBN# and sourcing for it to be accepted. Once that comment was posted i did exactly that. The article is now fully referenced with secondary sources and ISBN numbers are provided as well as links to other wiki sites and categories. There have been 4 editors of the article in its one week on air. Therefore the problems of the admins proposing deletion have been rectified by both editing and the original deletion review decision. To uphold this deletion is double jeopardy! please restore the article, if there are other specific issues i will rectify them as i have made clear through my actions that i am willing to adapt the article to comply with wiki laws. --Birri85 (talk) 01:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for your balanced decision. I'll work with others to keep improving the article and welcome any input. --Birri85 (talk) 03:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Re: Range block
There's more? That's like a /11, which isn't even possible to rangeblock because of its size. I'm going to harass some checkusers and get them to act on that one quickly. east.718 at 03:38, November 29, 2007
- When you get some time can you please shunt me a list of URLs that this guy is spamming, I'm not familiar with all his accounts. east.718 at 17:34, November 29, 2007
Ahem
User talk:Spoilcast. I think blacklisting the URLs is in order if you've not done so already.--Isotope23 talk 17:39, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Ahem 3
This headline will work just fine—as it is something I would have said anyway. I've replied on my talk page. Cheers. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 21:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'm just checking back to see if my advice was helpful? Happy editing. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:11, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'm glad to hear it, and that's a great idea too, I meant to mention it, keep an eye on future contribs. You may notice a few typos in my comment—I was fighting a ton of vandals, and was trying to sneak a few words in to that reply in between reverts. :) KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:16, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Hip-hop image
Hi. I'm the creator of the image but I don't like it a lot actualy ! Why not using a graffiti ? 86.72.115.205 (talk) 22:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'm assuming you're User:Jean-no where I sent you a message using my IP. I actually think it's a good picture. If you can re-upload it, that'd be good. It's not that bad :) Spellcast (talk) 22:44, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- Hi. I don't come often on :en, therefore I never mind login-in properly (I even didn't notice I posted with my IP !). I can't swear you that I still have this image. Jean-no 20:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Speedy deletions
Hello,
I noticed you speedily deleted the article Glued money as "patent nonsense". I hope you don't mind that I restored it because it did not seem to qualify as patent nonsense. I was able to understand the entire thing. I removed the original research and prodded it, but it was not a candidate for speedy deletion in my opinion. Cheers! --Ginkgo100talk 05:17, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- I responded to you on my talk... also, I noticed you may want to sprotect your user page! I resisted doing mine for a while, but once you get the mop, things quickly get ridiculous. --Ginkgo100talk 05:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I LOVE SLEDGE HAMMERS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.93.27.21 (talk) 15:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Could you help with this one?
Hello Spellcast, I noticed that you are currently around and that you do some work on images so could you provide some assistance on the following: Wikipedia:Help_desk#Question_on_tag_for_image.. Thank you. --Kudret abiTalk 02:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Spellcast, I think your input was very helpful, thank you very much, take care... --Kudret abiTalk 04:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
For your attention
User:Mafiadollsauthor - User has only made a couple of edits and those edits have been to paste their novel onto their userpage. Would a block and deletion of user page be appropriate in this situation? ScarianTalk 00:29, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, thank you for your time. I assumed it to be a novel because of the users' edit summary. In the past, I did see one user create an account to advertise his blog on his user page and he was blocked and the page delete. But, of course, I understand that that action can't be applied to all situations. Thanks for your time! ScarianTalk 00:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Nuclear vandal
Now that's one persistent sock. Maybe this needs to be taken to check user for a range block. Spellcast 02:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
- Mayhap. He does seem to have his own little sock farm. Gscshoyru 02:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Quit blocking me!
the world needs to know that nuclear power has killed 45.7 million people. You right wing extremist, you might as well give up and go home. Youve got no chance. Give up now. Ior i will report you for POV pushing.--Westinghouse 31 04:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Vandal (December 2007)
yo block User:TGSNT2008 he continues to vandalize several wiki articles. he also vandalizes articles under User:PaidInFull1987 which is accussed of sock puppeting--Bren202 08:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
User:SwimmingHole Block
Would you like to block the puppet account and note the SSP report? - Rjd0060 02:04, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help. - Rjd0060 02:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- Just wanted to let you know, I modified your block on User:72.33.93.177, removed the AO. I'm somewhat certain that that IP's the source of all those socks. SQLQuery me! 13:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for help with WW II in Italy vandal
I've been working all day to revert vandalism by this person and you've been Johnny-on-the-spot getting his alternate IPs blocked. Thank you very much for your speedy assistance. This might drag on for a while based on how persistent this one is. Rob Banzai 02:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I see you've protected this article, bravo. However, exactly the same problem is occurring in the North Africa Campaign, Western Desert Campaign, Tunisia Campaign and Italian Campaign articles. Any chance of of including these articles in your efforts? Although coming from a variety of IP addresses I'm pretty sure its the same person: there's an internal consistency and extreme persistence in the edits. It's all very tedious and wearing. Regards Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 10:11, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Many thanks for your help. Maybe I'll be able to spend more time now making original contributions rather than dealing with the vandalism! Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 23:27, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hi. Would you also consider Military history of Italy during World War II please? Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 12:02, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- There was vandalism, but it's not persistent enough for protection yet. You can take it to WP:RFPP is you disagree. The sock's last edit was on November 30. But I'll keep the page watchlisted just in case. Spellcast (talk) 12:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hi. Would you also consider Military history of Italy during World War II please? Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 12:02, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- Actually there was significant activity on 30 Nov but also some on 1 Dec. Then a pause but what prompted me to ask was a resumption today, 5th (probably because of lack of access to the other articles!). Still, I agree it's better to verge on the cautious so am happy to wait and see for a bit. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 12:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
There's also a pretty consistent sock attack on East African Campaign. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 01:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your help. Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 09:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Re: Album covers
Hello Spellcast, I use Macromedia Fireworks MX from 2002. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 13:51, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah you should try it. Honestly I have not dealt with the programs you mentioned, but Fireworks allows user set quality (I usually set 90 out of 100) and is very user-friendly. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 14:40, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- 100 is of much bigger size than 90, although visually the difference is hardly noticeable. Hey, may I know where you are from and how old you are? My guess is that you are from United States and about twenty, am I right? Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 15:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hey could you please delete all old revisions of Image:8milecover.jpg? Thanks! Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 06:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
- Could you please also take care of Image:JayZ American Gangster Cover.jpg? Thanks. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 05:03, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- Your argument does make sense, but some covers just aren't available without a Parental Advisory sticker, and I'd like to somehow keep everything standardized. So if an album has explicit lyrics, that should be represented on the cover, if not then not. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 01:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
- Please do so if you have free time, thanks! Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 07:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
- Your argument does make sense, but some covers just aren't available without a Parental Advisory sticker, and I'd like to somehow keep everything standardized. So if an album has explicit lyrics, that should be represented on the cover, if not then not. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 01:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
- Could you please also take care of Image:JayZ American Gangster Cover.jpg? Thanks. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 05:03, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hey could you please delete all old revisions of Image:8milecover.jpg? Thanks! Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 06:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
- 100 is of much bigger size than 90, although visually the difference is hardly noticeable. Hey, may I know where you are from and how old you are? My guess is that you are from United States and about twenty, am I right? Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 15:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Re: Ballin35
Thanks! I was having a nightmare keeping up on James Simmons (poet). Oh, for me to have admin powers.... might have saved me a bit of work (grin). StephenBuxton (talk) 17:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
...for the vandalims revert on my user page. Jauerback (talk) 19:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
WP:LOTD
You are the nominator of a WP:FL that was promoted in the last month. I am inviting you to participate in nominations and voting in a List of the Day experiment I am conducting at WP:LOTD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 23:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
This has no notice on it as to why it is semi-protected. Also, I cannot edit it to make alterations. Can you please unsemi-protect this article? - 211.30.72.60 (talk) 03:16, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
- Cheers :-) 211.30.248.214 (talk) 12:29, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Your deletion of Image:RA1-nukelaunch.JPG
Hi! Just saw you deleted this image. I believe that you've made an error, because this image was made by me and released under a free lisence. Please tell me why you have done this. Thank you.-- Vintei talk 20:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. Sorry, somehow I honestly missed it the first time. I thought someone changed it just because they didn't like it, but if those are the rules then I must accept them. Question though: then why *NSYNC's article still has its asterisk, which is clearly artistic as well?
My sentiments exactly
You beat me to this by 30 seconds! Today being my second day as an admin, I am glad to see I making good calls. Here is the (edit conflict) summary I would given: "declined 162.39.128.70, IP stopped editing one minute after the first warning was issued." Thanks, --Kralizec! (talk) 17:08, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- Not sure if you are a member of WikiProject user warnings, but we recently learned that you can automatically add your signature to the block templates by putting "|sig=y" at the end like this: {{subst:Uw-vblock|time=length of block|sig=y}} . Just an FYI in case you did not already know. :-) --Kralizec! (talk) 17:32, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/50 Cent discography--Shadyaftrmathgunit (talk) 20:08, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I remade the Ca$hville Records article.--Shadyaftrmathgunit (talk) 23:53, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
True Blue editing
Self-blogs? How are those self-blogs? They are reliable sources and justify the existence of the articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hiphophead88 (talk • contribs) 02:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
The blogs are independent of True Blue, but the Grand Rapids Press recently interviewed him and once the article has been published, I'll denote those as sources, as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hiphophead88 (talk • contribs) 02:31, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
User:Abbie15
Per yuor comments as User talk:Abbie15, I thought you should review these diffs [2] . Thanks. Mbisanz (talk) 17:47, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Album cover uploads
Hey spellcast, what happened so you only updated my album cover uploads to new version and adding fair use. I can find plenty others which you have not added fair use and such for. Flesh-n-Bone 13:34, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:HateThatILoveYouCover.PNG)
Thanks for uploading Image:HateThatILoveYouCover.PNG. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot (talk) 20:21, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry
Oh sorry, ummm, can u make it smaller for me, cause i don't have the time at the moment. Thanks! BatterBean (talk) 04:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Reverting of my page
Thanks so much for reverting the vandalism on my page!Here,i'll award you some twizzlers..
Lupe Fiasco
I replied on The Cool discussion page and just The Cool is sufficient as it's what Lupe lists on his official MySpace. --Ayoleftyz (talk) 22:25, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- Just bought a copy and on the side it says "Lupe Fiasco Lupe Fiasco's The Cool Atlantic 2-368316". I'm pretty sure this is sufficient proof that "Lupe Fiasco's" is part of the full title but they just refer to the albums as The Cool and Food & Liquor simply because it is easier.--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 02:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
- Just looked it up on iTunes and it is listed as "Lupe Fiasco's the Cool"--Rebel Without a Pause (talk) 02:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Article Objectives of Spanking Positions delted
At 13:50, 17 December 2007 you deleted the article in question (Speedy deleted per (CSD A1), was a very short article providing little or no context.) I don't agree that this article was very short (there are a reasonable number of shorter articles at Wikipedia) and did not provide context. Further more, I was working to improve the content by adding external and see also links.
As I would also like to improve the content, what can I do?
Warmest regards
Bottom Spanker
Open proxy
Hi - this seems to be an open proxy (here). Will you look at the block maybe? Many thanks --Herby talk thyme 08:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
- BIG disclaimer - I am not in zzuuzz's league. However the proxy detection page shows it as current, the behaviour is consistent and there are a fair few hits for it as being a "fresh" proxy as far as I can see (this is interesting/useful too). I'll deal with it if you want by in general I'll not tamper with other's blocks (until I get to know them :)) Cheers --Herby talk thyme 08:25, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
- OK. I have to say while I have learnt a great deal from folk on a number of wikis I am not expert. However the fact that this one is in the detection page as "now" means it is current in the database so - for me - it is definitely blockable as an Open proxy. However equally "for me" I will no longer block for more than a year. Discussion with zz and looking at info others have given me the view would definitely be that the internet is a changeable place (!). IP's get fixed, re-allocated etc. I've blocked for a year.
- Thanks for the "permission" but I would rarely change the action of another admin - cheers --Herby talk thyme 10:58, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Your Deletion of Article "Objectives of Spanking Positions"
Thanks very much for your timely response! However, I am not able to edit the text in question as it is gone. Is it possible that you reinstall the text and give me the chance to improve the content?
Thanks very much in advace for consideration!
Bottom Spanker (talk) 10:19, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the very fast response
Thank you for the very fast response (within minutes!) to the Administrator intervention against vandalism page and for going the extra mile in tracking down the additional vandalism done by this user ... admin action like this is the reason that the RC Patrol keeps on going - keep up the great work! -- Ukt-zero (talk) 11:23, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Thank you for the super fast response to the vandal report I recently had to place Ukt-zero (talk) 11:23, 18 December 2007 (UTC) |
Mr. Wormwood
Why did you delete my article?--RoryReloaded (talk) 07:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
What?
You welcomed a valdal? He is leaving false warning message on my talk page and several other rubbish? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Now he is falsely accusing me as previously banned user and vandal. Is not it possible to ban him?Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:55, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
- I guess a permanent ban for this troll/edit-warrior, User:Otolemur crassicaudatus, would be in order. His previous ban did not seem to make him improve his behaviour.BjarneMG (talk) 18:56, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for speedily reverting the vandal to my user page! Canthusus (talk) 23:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Barnstar
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
I award you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your amazing speed in getting that vandalism off of my userpage. STORMTRACKER 94 19:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC) |
References
You know how you mentioned that I can make Mr Wormwood again (with references)? I don't know how to put references down. Here's proof: link RoryReloaded (talk) 00:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Nuclear technology
Is it safe to unprotect this now that Pluto 239 and all the socks have been indef'd? 199.125.109.108 (talk) 01:39, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Italian lessons
If you don't know how to speak Italian, come to my talk page! I can provide basic to expert Italian(probably). Feel free to take my lessons whenever you feel like it! :) RoryReloaded (talk) 06:45, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
re: Bolding
Hey.... I don't think there is any official word on boldfacing album titles in discography pages.... personally I don't care for it and I remove it when I see it, but I think it just depends on the editor. I figure if chart positions shouldn't be boldfaced then there is no reason to be bolding anything else. And I'll check out the 50 Cent page as well, thanks! - eo (talk) 02:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hello. Album titles should never be boldfaced anywhere in Wiki. Besides from its POVic nature, it distracts our eyes. =) --βritandβeyonce (talk•contribs) 12:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- Your welcome. It just happened that I came across on your discussion with Eric. P.S., you need to archive. It's quite long now. =) --βritandβeyonce (talk•contribs) 06:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Javelin record holder
There's a new javelin record holder... me! On Mario & Sonic, I set two new records! Record I: 103.666m Record II: 109.290mRoryReloaded (talk) 09:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
I award you this barnstar, not only as a thankyou to your reverting of the vandalism on my talkpage, but also in recognition of your excellent Anti-Vandal efforts in general. Keep up the excellent work, and have a great Christmas. :-) Lradrama 11:02, 24 December 2007 (UTC) |
- You're very welcome! ;-) Glad it came as a nice surprise! Lradrama 11:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Borrowed your userpage layout!
I hope you don't mind me borrowing your userpage layout, I think it looks great. Let me know if you want me to remove it, that isn't a problem. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! --Ayoleftyz (talk) 21:00, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- Of course not, no problem at all. --Ayoleftyz (talk) 02:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Sprint record holder
I hold the sprint record now (on Mario and Sonic)! Instead of 9.77 secs,, it's now 9.550 secs! RoryReloaded (talk) 21:28, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Fair use rationale for Image:The Doors - L.A. Woman.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:The Doors - L.A. Woman.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
The image needs a rationale for each article.--Rockfang (talk) 00:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Fair use rationale for Image:Michaeljacksonthriller.jpg
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This image needs a rationale for each article.--Rockfang (talk) 00:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
OTRS
Hello, I found some images on Flickr of Chamillionaire that seems to be published by the copyrights holders, but the licenses are not free.
Would you mind requesting it thru the OTRS system? Here they are one, two, and three. Tasc0 It's a zero! 18:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- I've sent the requests except for the last one. It has the "Getty Images" trademark on the top left. I'll keep you posted, thanks. Spellcast (talk) 21:02, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I missed that watermark. Thanks! By the way, do you have to register some type of account to use the OTRS system? Tasc0 It's a zero! 21:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Not necessarily. If you've received permission from a copyright holder and have got the email transcripts, you can send it to permissions-commons(at)wikimedia.org. Spellcast (talk) 21:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, where do you have to go/ask to have an account? Tasc0 It's a zero! 22:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- You don't need to register an account. You just send them the email transcripts. Spellcast (talk) 22:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Are you sure? Take a look to this Tasc0 It's a zero! 22:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- You don't need to register to send permission transcripts to the OTRS. But if you want to have access to all the transcripts sent to permissions-commons(at)wikimedia.org, then you have to be a registered volunteer. See Image:WC (rapper).jpg for example. Notice how it says "The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia OTRS system; it is available as ticket #2007100910015187 for users with an OTRS account. To confirm the permission, please contact someone with an OTRS account." To access the ticket, you need OTRS access, which is why that link is secure. Spellcast (talk) 22:43, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay. Keep me updated with the images. Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. If you want to request permission, I recommend reading this. Spellcast (talk) 23:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- WP:TLDR Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- lol fair enough. I'll keep things short from now on. Spellcast (talk) 23:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Any news? Tasc0 It's a zero! 02:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Nope. If I get an email, I'll be sure to tell you immediately. Spellcast (talk) 02:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- I just had time to check your talk page, and I see you haven't got any response. I'm going stop watchlisting this, if you still get something, make sure you go to my talk page. Thanks. Tasc0 It's a zero! 21:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Nope, still nothing. I'll leave you a message if there's a response. Spellcast (talk) 03:41, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- I just had time to check your talk page, and I see you haven't got any response. I'm going stop watchlisting this, if you still get something, make sure you go to my talk page. Thanks. Tasc0 It's a zero! 21:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Nope. If I get an email, I'll be sure to tell you immediately. Spellcast (talk) 02:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Any news? Tasc0 It's a zero! 02:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- lol fair enough. I'll keep things short from now on. Spellcast (talk) 23:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- WP:TLDR Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. If you want to request permission, I recommend reading this. Spellcast (talk) 23:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay. Keep me updated with the images. Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- You don't need to register to send permission transcripts to the OTRS. But if you want to have access to all the transcripts sent to permissions-commons(at)wikimedia.org, then you have to be a registered volunteer. See Image:WC (rapper).jpg for example. Notice how it says "The permission for use of this work has been archived in the Wikimedia OTRS system; it is available as ticket #2007100910015187 for users with an OTRS account. To confirm the permission, please contact someone with an OTRS account." To access the ticket, you need OTRS access, which is why that link is secure. Spellcast (talk) 22:43, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Are you sure? Take a look to this Tasc0 It's a zero! 22:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- You don't need to register an account. You just send them the email transcripts. Spellcast (talk) 22:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, where do you have to go/ask to have an account? Tasc0 It's a zero! 22:09, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Not necessarily. If you've received permission from a copyright holder and have got the email transcripts, you can send it to permissions-commons(at)wikimedia.org. Spellcast (talk) 21:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I missed that watermark. Thanks! By the way, do you have to register some type of account to use the OTRS system? Tasc0 It's a zero! 21:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Badfinger article
I noticed you had removed most (or all) of the photos from the Badfinger article. Stephen (KingBoyk) and I reverted those deletions. However, if there is some valid reason behind your deletions I will not revert them again. If you can respond either here or on the article discussion page I would be happy to read it. Thanks. ZincOrbie (talk) 22:01, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Bad move
You messed up when you moved the Big N' Tasty to Big n' Tasty. Let me quote the WP:CAPS policy that you used as the reason for the move:
Convention: For page titles, always use lowercase after the first word, and do not capitalize second and subsequent words, unless: the title is a proper noun. For multiword page titles, one should leave the second and subsequent words in lowercase unless the title phrase is a proper noun that would always occur capitalized, even in the middle of a sentence.
I bolded the proper noun to point out what you did wrong: Big N' Tasty is a proper noun like iPod, Empire State Building and Burger King and was properly capitalized, if you had taken five minutes to look at the McDonald's web site you would have seen that.
Please use your magical admin power and put it back to the proper name.
- Jeremy (Jerem43 (talk) 17:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC))
- You are not paying attention: the official name is Big N' Tasty with a capital "N". The product's brand name is just like Filet-O-Fish where the "O" is also capitalized, even though the capital "o" is a contraction of "of". Because the capital "n" is part of the proper name, it overrides the contraction rule. This is closer to the General rules found in MOS:TM, which cites Clif Bar is used instead of Clif bar.
- We are not dealing with grammar here, we are dealing with the naming of a product just like in the cases I mentioned. A further example would be the Scion xA where the "A" is deliberately capitalized even though it is not supposed to be in the rules of English grammar.
- Please fix it.
- - Jeremy (Jerem43 (talk) 20:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC))
Re: Old revs
Thanks a lot! I'll keep in mind that note about copyright holder. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 17:57, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Article deletion
I have to say I don't agree with your speedy deletion of Les Paul-100 on A1 grounds. Speedy criterion A1 reads: "Very short articles lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article." The subject is quite obviously an electric guitar and the article provides plenty of context to make that determination. The article even included specs for the guitar. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 22:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Smile!
RoryReloaded (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Smile for the camera, my good friend! RoryReloaded (talk) 07:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Mr. Wormwood
If you can restore speedily deleted articles, then can you restore this as a full page? Just asking... RoryReloaded (talk) 07:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, it's not valuable anymore since it's not even going to be released. --Ayoleftyz (talk) 16:12, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Right... you might have to blank my subpage here...
It was deleted when fully complete, not when it looked like that. Can you blank my subpage (or get rid of it)? --RoryReloaded (talk) 19:35, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yes... please remove it. --RoryReloaded (talk) 20:52, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you!--RoryReloaded (talk) 20:59, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
You just moved "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to "Smells like Teen Spirit". The page was moved once before, but was moved back during a discussion days before the article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page. It was determined to leave the page at "Smells Like Teen Spirit", one of the main reasons being that it's the song's proper title and the song is never referred to as "Smells like Teen Spirit" by media and academic literature, much less on various releases. WesleyDodds (talk) 07:15, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey
Hey spellcast, Dead Wrong asked me to leave you a message about logging into yahoo. --Flesh-n-Bone 20:12, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hi again, why didn't you remind me when you removed the article for "The Documentary (song)"? --Flesh-n-Bone 14:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Nas - I Am....jpg
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heads up
[3] User:Lil' kim187 is back βcommand 05:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Deletion of article on Jofemar
16:43, 21 December 2007 Spellcast (Talk | contribs) deleted "Jofemar" (Speedy deleted per (CSD A7), was an article about a company or corporation that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject..)
as you said the article is about a company, but it is informative on who we are and what we do, not publicitary.
Please reconsider the deletion or give me some advise on how can i assert the inportance or significande of the subject.
Victorjofemar (talk) 12:01, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- User blocked indef, promotional WP:SPA spam account for Jofemar.com--Hu12 (talk) 14:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
RE: Christina Aguilera Discography
There's really no problem- I would have done the same!! I didn't noticed it that I wasn't logged on and so I posted without a signature.. !! Olliyeah (talk) 23:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Re: Request
Hi again. Please see my replies at Commons:User talk:Jeff G.#Request. — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 18:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Fair using...
You're the expert... Reply here or in the user's talk page ¬¬. Tasc0 It's a zero! 07:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Replied on the image's talk page. Spellcast (talk) 16:45, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Appreciate it. But it seems it will be removed anyways. Tasc0 It's a zero! 20:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
User Icefirewater
Why did you already block this user. He was only warned like three times. After the last warning, he hasnt made anymore edits. Dustihowe Talk 18:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I see. Um I was checking the new user log and I found a new user that is apparently a company. User:Adfastcorp. I placed a warning on the talk page, but I think that the account should be deleted. Shouldn't it be an article and not a user page? Dustihowe Talk 18:34, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Oakviewpreservationincorporated
Here is another one. Is there a way that I can do this instead of burdening you? Dustihowe Talk 18:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Ilove69withmen
Here's another one. My god, what is up with this? Dustihowe Talk 18:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Manjubtradingcorporation
This is getting old
64.230.106.232 and Prince Albert's Unit
Many thanks for your help in dealing with the vandalism. Cheers, Victoriagirl (talk) 19:11, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Spellcast. Thanks for the message. It would appear the user is back - as 192.197.82.153 (talk · contribs). Victoriagirl (talk) 20:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Again, thank you. Victoriagirl (talk) 20:47, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- I've made the same assumption regarding socks. I would appreciate page protection, if only because I'm trying to cut back on my Wiki time (I've got an awful workload at school right now). Thanks.Victoriagirl (talk) 20:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image (Image:Hustlenomicsofficial.jpg)
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Salting request
Can you salt Hamad nagori? The user keeps recreating it... Thanks! --Party (talk) 18:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
You are a stupid bastard! Why did you block my move. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.125.169.87 (talk) 17:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm assuming you're referring to this Utah Educational Network IP: 205.125.169.98. It was blocked because of constant vandalism. If you're blocked from making constructive edits, just follow the instructions on User talk:205.125.169.98, thanks. Spellcast (talk) 17:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Spellcast, thanks for the headsup. I think I IP autoblocking on for User:RiainMcA, but I've unblocked and reblocked just to make sure. I have a feeling that the other IP is not actually the same user - I think they might be schoolfriends or something. Either way, thanks for blocking the IP too. Best, Gwernol 18:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Raw Footage
Hey, I have found out more info and release date on the album, so u think it's ok to start it now? Plus the first single has been out now! --Flesh-n-Bone 22:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well it's ok for being re-created but the thing's I will have to need some backup to work with it. It's just annoying that I have always to create some pages single handedly with no one else bothering. --Flesh-n-Bone 10:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- It would be appreciated with the old words along with what he has newly said. Flesh-n-Bone 10:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Done with the work I had, look at it now. Flesh-n-Bone 11:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'll do it later for the single. But so far the album has an article the singles can be mentioned on it. --Flesh-n-Bone 11:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
If...
The Working Man's Barnstar | ||
I have one more edit conflict with you! :) Then...then...then..I don't know what I'll do. :P Rudget. 17:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC) |
Orphaned non-free media (Image:Traerestless.jpg)
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Ca$his
I moved it back to Cashis and changed all the Ca$his links. Can you protect Ca$his so the page can't be moved back? Precious Roy (talk) 15:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Teamwork rules! Precious Roy (talk) 17:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
prison term?
207.63.190.1
How do you decide to block 1 week? When do admin block 24h and when do they do 31h? Archtransit (talk) 20:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Is it written anywhere what the length of blocks should be? Or is it just by looking to see what other admins do? Archtransit (talk) 21:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
RE:Genres
These genres were decided months ago and this user is the only one that has problems with them. It's the other user vandalizing. Charmed36 (talk) 22:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
The genres were long-term. The user has multiple accounts and IP addresses. Charmed36 (talk)
Genres
The user changes the genres but does not change the music cats. He or she does not pay a attention to the article. He or she does not know what he or she is doing. Charmed36 (talk) 23:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Something has to be done about it. I have never seen genres being sourced in any article. They are chosen from the Critical reviews. This is what that has been done with all the articles. Everyone finds What You Waiting For? as a rock song, but it is dance pop accroding to Critics. Nothing can be done about it. This genre war ir getting on my nerve. Indianescence (talk) 05:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
The user changes sourced genre information. He or she needs to be blocked. This is annoying Charmed36 (talk) 20:32, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Another User:Gwenspride08 is doing it also if it's the same person. Charmed36 (talk) 20:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
This user, who is making edits through his address now, has sourced the genres in an odd way. I mean, there are trillions of sources which feel that the song/album is some or the other genre, so are we suppose to list all the hundreds of genre. Are there any guidelines for genres? THis edit war is still on and annoying. Indianescence (talk) 09:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Suddenly this genre thingie has started on wikipedia or it is happening to Stefani related article only. Another guy 87.196.0.106 is editing genres. Something has to be done. Is there any guideline related to genres? Indianescence (talk) 16:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
The user has returned and continues to do the same. I thought he or she was blocked. He or she changes the genre but forgets the cats. He or she isn't paying attention. Charmed36 (talk) 22:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
I may be wrong, but i think 86.29.241.91 is User:Gwenspride08. What say? Indianescence (talk) 07:34, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, so ultimately what is the result of the talk on Gwen Stefani's talk page. Can i restore the articles back to their original genres? Indianescence (talk) 07:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:T-PainEpiphany.JPG)
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Shady Records discography
Thanks for the feedback, bro. -- Harish - 04:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Tupac article
Can you check if any of the links in this section violate WP:FANSITE? I'm not an expert on this, so maybe you can help? Please reply on your talk page if you so choose to comment, I'm watching it. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 00:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- Done. I removed what seems to be 3 unofficial fansites and some random unreliable biography site. Hope that helps. Spellcast (talk) 18:21, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
300px = Best cover resolution?
Hi Spellcast. I noticed you posted a comment on my talk page a couple weeks ago saying that 300px is the best cover resolution, and anything lower is redundant. How come it's 300px if the cover automatically shows up as 200px? Based on this, shouldn't 200px be the best cover resolution? Rappingwonders (talk) 21:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
- I read your reply on my talk page, but I still don't get it. How does the whole "megapixels" thing work? Rappingwonders (talk) 21:58, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Breeding to a draft horse
Hi, Spellcast. I noticed you just deleted Breeding to a draft horse, claiming it was a blatant copyright infringement. I suspected this too, so I did a Google search and found this Word document (Google cache), from which the text of this article was obviously directly copied. But the author of the copied text is identified as Terri Aigner, with an e-mail address of aignerad@cox.net; and the user who created the Wikipedia article is User:Aignerad. So I am led to believe that this is not copyright infringement, but rather the author has contributed her own (previously published) work to Wikipedia, which is fine.
Now, whether or not the article should remain here is another question. Much of it has a "how-to" style, which isn't appropriate here, but there are a few facts, accompanied with references, which may belong in an article such as Draft horse. Let me know what you think. —Bkell (talk) 05:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Brian, thanks for the heads up. I've restored the article as it seems User:Aignerad is the author. Assuming this can even stay in the long-term, it needs a lot of cleanup. I hope this hasn't put that user off editing! Spellcast (talk) 05:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- I added merge tags to the top of Breeding to a draft horse and Draft horse. Hopefully someone who is knowledgeable in this area will take note and be able to do something with this. I agree it needs a lot of work. —Bkell (talk) 05:24, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm certainly no expert on that too. Hopefully someone will come and merge the appropriate info in a month. Spellcast (talk) 05:28, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- I added merge tags to the top of Breeding to a draft horse and Draft horse. Hopefully someone who is knowledgeable in this area will take note and be able to do something with this. I agree it needs a lot of work. —Bkell (talk) 05:24, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
re deleted joujouka image
can you pls show me where i was notified re this deletion ??? Re added image pls inform before any further action Opiumjones 23 (talk) 17:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Thanks for reply. There is no other available image of the group at that time eg 1970 and the group issued it for that use.However i got no warning as you had stated. Opiumjones 23 (talk) 01:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Would you mind giving a hand to a less experienced user?
I chanced upon Image:Cormyr.jpg, which you deleted recently. Its uploader, David Latapie, provided an insufficient free use rationale after being notified of the image's impending deletion, including a request to let him know if it was insufficient because he'd never provided one before. After that didn't happen he contacted the tagger saying that he won't protest the outcome but is unhappy of the lack of further notice or alternate solutions, and was told to do a better job with rationales in the future.
It would probably be fair and certainly polite if someone with the skill to do so - such as you - dropped by to work out with him whether there's a way to make the image acceptable. Please? I'd do it, but I've been <euphenism> ill </euphenism> so it takes enough effort to honor existing admin responsibilities without taking on new ones.
And to end on a characteristic non-sequitur, here's an old something about nuclear war if you really want to freak yourself out. --Kizor 01:26, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Signshare
Do you remember me from a few months ago, we both like Game, now I read that you like Family Guy. Just to let you know, I'm a huge fan of Family Guy. I think that you may be the only person on this whole site that understands me. We should become friends. Please respond to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signshare (talk • contribs) 03:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I was the one that put my comment on your userpage —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signshare (talk • contribs) 03:06, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for responding, but Game said he is retiring. Have you heard his song with Ja Rule, I think it will be a hit very soon. It seems that you are the only friend I have on this website. Signshare (January 21, 2008) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signshare (talk • contribs) 13:17, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
re: OTRS needed?
Yes, probably best to. :) Cheers, ~ Riana ⁂ 06:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I thought a free alternative had to actually exist, hence my questioning. No problem, tho.
David Latapie (✒ | @) — www 15:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Fat Joe picture
Okay, why did you delete that one picture of Fat Joe when it had on the picture's page that it was confirmed that it was the user's picture(the person who downloaded it). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Y5nthon5a (talk • contribs) 22:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Lol, it's Anthony. But yeah, I understand now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Y5nthon5a (talk • contribs) 22:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Tgannon
I think it was a bad decision for you to block User:Tgannon, he in no way was committing "vandalism". He kept adding a fact without a source and then I explained to him how to cite a source. He is a new user who doesn't understand policies. This is a case of WP:BITE.--STX 04:04, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
- I understand but I think we should AGF. Perhaps he was scanning through recent changes and/or experimenting with the undo button. I also should remind you that he was never warned about that particular edit. Yet he was warned for this edit, which was just unsourced. On the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower he did provide a source, which did cite what he stated (although unreliable). I think that blocking him as with many well-meaning editors causes blowback. This defines WP:BITE.--STX 04:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
- Funny ... I was just coming here to say that you made a mistake by unblocking him. I guess it just goes to show you can't please everybody. ;) Looking at his contributions, I can't find a worthwhile edit among them. But I guess time will tell. --B (talk) 04:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
No problem. Hey, can you do me a favor and salt the title, along with these two, InDepenDance Day; Vol.1 The Takeover, and InDepenDance Day; Vol. 1? The user has been told a number of times not to re-create the page under any name, without taking it to deletion review, but has ignored the warnings. Admc2006 (talk) 07:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Gwen Stefani genre dispute
As i had expected. There is a source on the net for every genre for Stefani. I doubt whether inclusion of all genres would be appropriate. I think its time. Can you please decide ultimately which genres make it to the article. Indianescence (talk) 07:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- That is fine with me. But the situation is same with all Gwen Stefani related articles. Are we supposed to repeat the whole process for all 15 Gwen Stefani related articles. It is such a long process. Can you suggest a wiser and faster method because the other user has objection with genre of every song and album. Indianescence (talk) 15:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Article Recreation
Shut Up and stop sending me useless messages about mixtapes. a whole lot of people got their mixtape pages like
- "Beyonce - Speak My Mind"
- "Diamond - Bitch Muzik"
- "Trina - Rockstarr and Rockstarr Royalty"
and more
Soccermeko (talk) 18:25, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Airfrance353
Hi, I reported Airfrance 353, saying that user had vandalised BA038 again. I was typing a correction but you acted before I could post it. The user who vandalised BA038 yesterday was Aircanada001, although the vandalism was similar [4]. Aircanada001 is a suspected sockpuppet of AirFrance358 - a very similar name to Airfrance353 - is this another sockpuppet too? Mjroots (talk) 17:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
User:169.204.210.130 block
Hi, a new Admin here. I was about to block User:169.204.210.130 when I saw you had done before me by just a few seconds. My block would've been for a lot less than the 3 months you applied. As they already had a short-period block before, I thought a couple of days (which extends automagically because of the upcoming weekendas it is a school IP) would have sufficed. No complaints here, just wanted to see your rationale for a harsher block. A newly frocked Admin wants to learn. Happy wiking! (you can answer here, no need to use my Talk for this one) -- Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 18:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hi Alex, I always do a WHOIS search before blocking. If it's a school IP, I usually block for 3 months at minimum. Otherwise, I do standard 24/48 hour blocks. WP:BLOCK says the block duration should be related to the likelihood of the vandalism repeating. That IP has been vandalising for the last 5 months in a row. So yeah, I always do much longer term blocks for schools. Spellcast (talk) 18:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Again, no criticism, but based on Wikipedia:BLOCK#Duration_of_blocks and that they only had one previous block for 31 hours, it seems rather excessive. Thx for the response. -- Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 18:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. Also, that IP is registered to the "Washington School Information Processing Cooperative", which has also been blocked under 169.204.119.55, 169.204.84.133, 164.116.250.230, and 169.204.238.246. There would obviously be many others as well. Spellcast (talk) 18:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ah. I see those others now. Thanks. -- Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 19:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. Also, that IP is registered to the "Washington School Information Processing Cooperative", which has also been blocked under 169.204.119.55, 169.204.84.133, 164.116.250.230, and 169.204.238.246. There would obviously be many others as well. Spellcast (talk) 18:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- Again, no criticism, but based on Wikipedia:BLOCK#Duration_of_blocks and that they only had one previous block for 31 hours, it seems rather excessive. Thx for the response. -- Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 18:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
wasup? I just want 2 tell tha i may retire from editing wiki 4 obvious reasons... And i've had enuff fun with some of the articles etc... But the rules, frontin' users etc... just make me thinkin' this place is retarded 2 edit, and no offense to any of y'll editors i have respected and who backed me up on fighting vandal, voting, clean up etc..... but it's been enough and is time 2 leave for me. any thoughts? --Flesh-n-Bone 19:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
- "Please don't leave and end up like Realest." What's that supposed to mean? Watch your mouth little guy. And get on Yahoo. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 20:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
- Spellcast, you need to stop staring at my user page, and stop idolizing me so much. Anyway, I only came back after he told me about the retirement message and your comment. Get on Yahoo. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 15:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- I don't have your addy. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 15:21, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- Spellcast, you need to stop staring at my user page, and stop idolizing me so much. Anyway, I only came back after he told me about the retirement message and your comment. Get on Yahoo. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 15:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I have decided to take short break and will see what's up in a month or something. If things still look sucked up I may also retire. --Flesh-n-Bone 18:37, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Memory Lane
Hey thanks for the props and I will expand on "Memory Lane" in an attempt to give every Illmatic song an article of its own. PEACE Noahdabomb3 (talk) 21:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
InDepenDance Day
I readded it. Before you even think about deleting it , i changed everything that was wrong with the page. I am going to talk it over with other adminstrators. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soccermeko (talk • contribs) 00:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Tina Arena
Hi Spellcast, I just wanted to thank you for your work editing Tina Arena and her associated discographical (Is that a word?) articles and images so that they are all up to scratch with regard to fair use. You did a great job and saved me from having to do it! Cheers! Phildev (talk) 06:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
RE: Product of the South
Haha, Yea.. I thought so myself, no doubt. —Bruce Wayne of the Rap Game (talk) 21:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Another page Soccermeko has re-created under a different title. Will you take care of it? Admc2006 (talk) 03:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I listed the category:critics of Islam that you deleted in Wikipedia:Deletion review. I cannot think of a good reason to delete it, except that it is not clear whom to include and who not, but clearly this is the most appropriate category for people like Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Geert Wilders who became famous mainly because of their criticism of Islam. If you know a better category for them then please let me know. I cannot think of one. Andries (talk) 14:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Thank you for blocking User:Robot X 10. The admins seem to be a bit slow in checking AIV today, (lazy sunday!) could I ask you to keep an extra amount of time checking it while you are on and vandal whacking? Thanks! 74.133.9.95 (talk) 15:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
My images
How come you think my images are copyvios? And if they WERE video screenshots (which they aren't), I would quite obviously get permission from the video owner first. But they aren't video screenshots. Rappingwonders (talk) 17:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Names
Do I read the username policy correct, email addresses are not explicitly disallowed anymore? — Rlevse • Talk • 11:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Clearer constract?
How does the other version of Image:Curtis (50 Cent album).jpg have clearer constract? Rappingwonders (talk) 22:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Please
Could you please close the discussion at WP:PUI about my images? They are NOT copyvios, so please close the discussion. Rappingwonders (talk) 00:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Category:Images of rappers
Doesn't the no gallery thing only apply to galleries with COMPLETELY non-free images? Rappingwonders (talk) 22:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Product of the South
So I'm in the middle of re-writing the Cashville Records article and as I was adding the Discography, I noticed that Product of the South as an article is now missing. I'm just wondering - why did you delete it? -- Harish - 03:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- What up, my pedophile friend? :P --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 03:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- Geez, and you say I need to stop starring at your userpage. Quit idolising it! Spellcast (talk) 03:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- ^ LMAO! Hilarious... anyway, yeah as I was researching the article I noticed one article (HipHopDX) saying it's a compilation, but Buck seems to be telling SoHH that it's HIS album. Mad confusing, y0! Then again, true - it is pretty soon... and it's hard to see how he'd get around the G-Unit contract paperwork. Damn infernal rap muzik, y0! -- Harish - 03:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yea that's a "battle scar" you get from dealing with socks and trolls. It's not pleasant, but someone has to do it. Anyway I used these refs and yeah, it really sounds like Buck is saying it's his own album. It can always be restored. If it's a compilation, the person who possibly copied it on the Netherlands wiki better delete it. Spellcast (talk) 03:32, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- Haha, damn man. Respect for being able to take it. Do you have any Dutch connects to look into it? -- Harish - 20:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yea that's a "battle scar" you get from dealing with socks and trolls. It's not pleasant, but someone has to do it. Anyway I used these refs and yeah, it really sounds like Buck is saying it's his own album. It can always be restored. If it's a compilation, the person who possibly copied it on the Netherlands wiki better delete it. Spellcast (talk) 03:32, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Gwen Stefani
Hi Spellcast. Recently, huge edits were made to the article by some IP Address. I am not able to make out anything about the edits. Are they proper or not, i am not able to understand. S/he has also replaced some info. Can you please check out whether the edits are proper or not. It would be great if you could help. Thanks! Indianescence (talk) 06:19, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
- That was a great favour you could do for me. Thanks for that. I have a question, Is this ["http://www.mediatraffic.de/german-tracks.htm"] the Official German Singles Chart or is it Independent. Reply awaited and thanks. Indianescence (talk) 09:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- They are not the same. That is what the point is. I don't feel that this chart is bloggish and independent as it is on Mediatraffic.de, but an editor on Early Winter's talk page says that is not official and is independent. I have no clue. Indianescence (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- Its getting repitative, but i will still mention again. For example, On Mediatraffic chart, Number 4 is Early Winter, while on the others its not. Therefore, they are not the same. THus, which chart to be used? Indianescence (talk) 18:25, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- They are not the same. That is what the point is. I don't feel that this chart is bloggish and independent as it is on Mediatraffic.de, but an editor on Early Winter's talk page says that is not official and is independent. I have no clue. Indianescence (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
...
Oh ok, quick question, if It's just entertainment, why do you care...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnny....yes (talk • contribs) 19:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
about the game edits
the reason i put the game (rapper) at the top is because he is more well known that a harvard tradition, the only "game" not refurring to the rapper that would be would be more known by the general public would be the olympics which is at the bottom of all of the games...? im not biased, some people just dont common sense when it comes to importance of placing items with the same name, c'mon, the harvard "game" over the "olympic" game? ridiclous, since i cant do the site some justice and put olympics at the top of the "game" list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnny....yes (talk • contribs) 19:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
another question
Please stop making disruptive edits. You've re-added unreliable sources such as YouTube videos and gossip sites. You've also deliberately broken the formatting of the intro. This is your last warning, you will be blocked if you continue. Spellcast (talk) 19:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
how is it breaking formatting of the intro when all i did was add a source and change the word from nine to three? i dont get how it "changes the whole format".
ok
i had nothing to do with the punctuation of the intro before, all i did was add a source and change one word, terrible.Johnny....yes (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Another title.
Soccermeko has done it again. This time it's User:Soccermeko/InDepenDance Day. Will you take care of it? Admc2006 (talk) 21:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Vandal Blocking
I've got to hand it to you, you are doing a great job handling everbody's favorite phantom IP vandal. Just out of curiosity, how many times have you blocked him so far? I'll find a suitable barnstar to give you for this tomorrow, but until then, I've really got to get some shuteye. Again, thanks for the great job!! Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 06:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- hmmm... I was pretty sure that you had blocked the same guy more than once. (He apparently had something like a proxy server or another way to obtain a new IP address so he could circumvent the block.) After he was blocked the first (?) time, he said something on his talk page about being able to obtain more IP addresses and that is was futile to block him because he would keep coming back. Thingg⊕⊗ 16:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, well, my bad. I thought you were the one who blocked him at least one other time. Anyway, keep up the good work! Thingg⊕⊗ 02:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Shady Records
Hey man, before I explain the new subject I was gonna rant about how that Dutch Product of the South article is not encyclopedic or whatever, but sod it - I'm sure you know haha. Now to the point... I've come to notice that you've got a reasonably heavy presence with hip hop articles - do you know anyone that can look at the Shady Records one to give it some sorta assessment. I'm working to make it as GOOD as I can have it (whether it's FA, GA or another), but I need guidance as to what more can be done (which I'm certain it still has a fair bit to go to achieve). I can't find no record label article worth of looking up to for guidance, let alone a record label guide as you get with albums or biographies. I added the banner templates to the talk pages recently, and no one has assessed it as yet. What more can be done to get it looked into? Random note: I'm excited about this article as I've not worked as hard on any article as I have with this one, excluding what's in my sandbox. -- Harish - 22:52, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hey man, don't wanna sound stupid but what do you mean when you say CITE the refs?... I thought it was as simple as referencing facts? -- Harish - 00:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ah right. I don't mean it negatively, bro, but what's wrong with the current refs? My bad if you feel this is dragging, but in my defense I'm not that advanced as an editor despite my number of edits. -- Harish - 02:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, ok. So all that's left is to make it comprehensive. In your opinion, what do you think could be done to make this article comprehensive enough? -- Harish - 02:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, y0! -- Harish - 15:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, ok. So all that's left is to make it comprehensive. In your opinion, what do you think could be done to make this article comprehensive enough? -- Harish - 02:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Ah right. I don't mean it negatively, bro, but what's wrong with the current refs? My bad if you feel this is dragging, but in my defense I'm not that advanced as an editor despite my number of edits. -- Harish - 02:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Barnstar
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
For your tireless work in combating vandalism on Wikipedia. (ok, that's kind of lame, but I really do appreciate your work.) Thingg⊕⊗ 02:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC) |
This project is dead. Two members are not active on Wikipedoa or are taking a wikibreak. About the others, they don't seem very active also.
I think we should re-consider if we really need this project. The only reason it was created is because there was more than 10 members. The hip hop wiki-project cover this. You know what to do, reply here. Thanks. Tasc0 It's a zero! 02:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject West Coast hip hop
- Yea it's obviously inactive at the moment. You can put the {{inactive}} tag if you want (although a bot does it if no-one edits the page for a long time). Usually, it's better to build articles than build wikiprojects. Spellcast (talk) 08:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- This project should be removed. There is no such thing as "WikiProject for deletion"? I'm talking about nominating it for deletion or some kind.
- On a related: you didn't get any e-mail from the pictures I requested you to ask a free license? Tasc0 It's a zero! 00:30, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- I think WP:MfD is the place to go for deletion. But it's probably better to just tag with {{inactive}} or {{historical}} because more people might join and maybe someone would want to revive it later. And no, there's been no response at all about the pic. But Chamillionaire still has a new pic anyway. Spellcast (talk) 01:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Why would you keep something is not even active anymore? And let's say a member wish to join, he won't get that project all live and active.
- I honestly think that the hip hop wiki-project is good enough to cover this. If later the West Coast hip hop gets more attention (which I doubt) a task force can be created. It's just stupid to think this project even exist. Tasc0 It's a zero! 02:08, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yea the hip hop wikiproject is adequate enough. But I don't see the rush in deleting it. You can nominate it if you want but it's probably better to just tag it with {{historical}}. Spellcast (talk) 02:26, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- My point is that there are articles tagged with the project's banner. If the project is not active any more, shouldn't this be removed? I'm not trying to delete the page of the project. People will follow the link to the project and see it's not active. Tasc0 It's a zero! 03:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yea it's kind of unnecessary to keep categories and banners of an inactive project. Maybe if nothing happens for a month or so, you can take it to MfD. Spellcast (talk) 05:46, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds decent. And by the way, look at this user page User:Cosprings. He's linking illegal content, which is also not related to Wikipedia or encyclopedic content. Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Several editors link their blog on their userpage and it's fine. I'm not fully sure if linking your torrents are allowed. You can bring it up at WP:ANI if you want. Spellcast (talk) 00:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I'm telling you about it. You're the admin. I don't consider it's necessary to bring it at the ANI if I already told you about the issue. Tasc0 It's a zero! 03:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Many blogs are allowed to be listed on peoples userpage, so I don't think listing your own torrents is different. I'm not fully sure if it's a violation but if you want, I'll bring it up at WP:ANI. Spellcast (talk) 03:19, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- Can you pleae indef block User:Tasco 0? This was my old user name. Make sure you state that I requested it. Thanks. Tasc0 It's a zero! 00:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- WP:BLOCK says self requested blocks are generally denied. Blocks are only done to prevent damage. It's not like anyone will compromise your account or anything. Spellcast (talk) 05:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- That doesn't make any sence. Anyways, thanks for the help. And... isn't it time to archive this page? It's pretty long. Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- WP:BLOCK says self requested blocks are generally denied. Blocks are only done to prevent damage. It's not like anyone will compromise your account or anything. Spellcast (talk) 05:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- Can you pleae indef block User:Tasco 0? This was my old user name. Make sure you state that I requested it. Thanks. Tasc0 It's a zero! 00:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- Many blogs are allowed to be listed on peoples userpage, so I don't think listing your own torrents is different. I'm not fully sure if it's a violation but if you want, I'll bring it up at WP:ANI. Spellcast (talk) 03:19, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
- My point is that there are articles tagged with the project's banner. If the project is not active any more, shouldn't this be removed? I'm not trying to delete the page of the project. People will follow the link to the project and see it's not active. Tasc0 It's a zero! 03:15, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yea the hip hop wikiproject is adequate enough. But I don't see the rush in deleting it. You can nominate it if you want but it's probably better to just tag it with {{historical}}. Spellcast (talk) 02:26, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
- I think WP:MfD is the place to go for deletion. But it's probably better to just tag with {{inactive}} or {{historical}} because more people might join and maybe someone would want to revive it later. And no, there's been no response at all about the pic. But Chamillionaire still has a new pic anyway. Spellcast (talk) 01:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Appalled
I have become disillusioned with your behaviour, Spellcast. Definitely not admin-worthy conduct. Step yo' game up. And stop being such a pedophile, I know you want me that way, but please... I don't swing that way. It just ain't my thing. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 16:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Oh, you are funny. Didn't you make fun of these kids who report anything not so long ago? HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA! --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 16:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yo, get on Yahoo or MSN. FRIEND. --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 16:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Crank That
Why did you remove the bit on Crank That where I wrote aboput Censorship?- SCB '92 (talk) 23:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
what do you mean it doesn't say anything about the song's censorship? i just wrote about the censorship bit, i didn't write about the Contreversial lyrics, i don't know what your talking about with the urban dictionary for- SCB '92 (talk) 11:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
ok then, I'll put my edit back but link it this time- SCB '92 (talk) 12:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Howdy
How are you this evening? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.100.82.191 (talk) 04:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Do you never read the summaries before you undo?
Sorry for being rude there, but it's a pest. I specifically said that to remove a statement which might be true is not fair, and I also said that while I don't have time to look for a reliable source for the statement, myself, you or someone else might look for it. Then, if non can be found, the statement may be removed, or you might contact the user who put the statement in, and question them on where they got it from. How hard is that? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 08:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Furthermore, it only had the citation requesting template put there because I put it there, in hopes that other users would be encouraged to find that source. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 08:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Did I not say contact the person who added it? Ask them where they got it from, and if it's a reliable third-party source, suggest that they cite it. If they can't say where they got it from, then you know it's not true. Any comments? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 18:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
block of Rappingwonders
As the blocking admin, you might want to look at this: User talk:71.233.232.196
Cheers - Revolving Bugbear 22:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Hip hop
There's been some scattered discussion about it, but it's never really been formally decided, AFAIK. Some publications do hyphenate it, some don't, so it doesn't really matter as long as it's consistent within Wikipedia. Personally, I don't think it should be hyphenated simply because the hyphen is a punctuation mark used in certain circumstances, none of which apply to hip hop. But anyway, it's just more of a description of the de facto Wikipedia house standard than a claim about the actual correctness of one way or the other. Tuf-Kat (talk) 06:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Cheers
Thanks for blatting that vandal for me Astral (talk) 14:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, can you please unprotect the page Poverty in India and delete an image which a mojority of users are embarrased with. An image of a beggar is present in the article and many users are opposing the image. Can you please unprotect the page. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:11, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
- There is a consensus (not to tell how) to delete the image. So please unprotect the page. There were only five editors supporting inclusion of the image. Two were not actively participated in debate. One is now not involved, I am withdrawing, and the other will not be able to oppose this vast majority. So please unblock the page. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I agrre there are solutions like third opinion. But you don't know this user Nikkul somethingorother. He had informed at least thiry user's about the vote there and now with overwhelming majority they gained the consensus to delete the image. One user is threatening to ban me if I don't delete the image. Now it is impossible to fight with this majority. I am withdrawing and so please unprotect the page. Dispute resolution or third opinion is not possible with this user. It is impoosible to engage with them in discussion, I am withdrawing from the circus there. There is no way except to remove the image. Please unprotect the page. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 14:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
scopes trial
good catch, beat me too it :D. heh im still a newb trying to figure out how to undo the vandal stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raikiri86 (talk • contribs) 10:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:Hereiamps 1.jpg)
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Noob
Yo noob, I thought you said you'd help me get my Wiki game on again. I'm back now, so... help me, fool. Any major rule changes since I left? --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 03:23, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- "Good standing", am I in good standing? Anyway, if you think I am in "good standing", enable that bitch. Anything else that's new? Formatting changes...? --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 14:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Cover
Yeah it is. Here is the link. Page. If you notice the folder the cover is in, it is called "Fan Artwork" and in the second line of pics, where the image is located it states "Her Name Is Nicole Unofficial Cover" meaning its fan made. BatterBean (talk) 11:18, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- What one above it. The above is a PCD one? BatterBean (talk) 11:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, the one where she's like half naked, and behind the wooden this is the official. Because if you on the link (which is locted on the Her Name Is Nicole) and click on the reference that states the UK release dates, it has the cover. And the cover is that one. BatterBean (talk) 11:28, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- OH MY, ITS CHANGED :| TO THE UNOFFICIAL ONE. NOW IM CONFUSSED :s BatterBean (talk) 11:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Lmao, yeah. Oh and check this out. I did some quick googling and found this [5] If you search her album on the image it comes up with various images if her album. But the main ones is the ones with her behin the wooden thing. BatterBean (talk) 11:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- What one above it. The above is a PCD one? BatterBean (talk) 11:24, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Tasc0
I'm having problems with Tasc0 on the articles Damu Ridas and Nationwide Rip Ridaz and Bloods & Crips. Only you can resolve this. Perhaps the only way it will stop is by blocking Tasc0.Same As It Ever Was (talk) 17:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
My Bad
Sorry Bout that. But I did see in one of my old XXL Mags in 05' that Kanye Hit the Def Jam Record with 860,000. Then in a recent 2007 Source article, He took his own record with Graduation —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.134.157 (talk) 02:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Lovechild
what do i have to do to recreate it. Soccermeko (talk) 02:36, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Would you say that these articles [6] [7] are enough information to recreate LupEND? --Asmodeus Samael (talk) 20:18, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Bunch'a words
Sup man? Good job on the copyediting. That Shady Records article is starting to feel like my baby, the amount of work I feel I've put into it so every appropriate change is a good look for it. I was gonna ask you if you could give it a look over, too. By the way the article received a peer review (thanks for guiding that) - if theres any part of it that you can help with, it would be great! The peer review suggests a free image - wasn't sure wht to do about that... do you have any suggestions? Would appreciate any help. By the way, I borrowed your old barnstar format style, bro. Seemed like a good way to do it. -- Harish - 23:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello
You have any idea about what the hell is this? Flesh-n-Bone 20:41, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Just 2 let u know, I am a done deal and retiring from wiki. I'm going to have other shit 2 do and can't really bother wiki. Peace. Though if you want to chat or some I can ask Realest to give the msn and I can add ya. But nah I am not really interested in editing. --Flesh-n-Bone 19:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hey
Hey Spellcast, I remember you said you're Australian, do you live in Australia? If yes, do you have ICQ or AOL? I need to talk to you about something. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 09:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Jim Jones
This image should be deleted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jim_Jones_%28rapper%29.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reverend X (talk • contribs) 17:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Happy Valentine's Day!
A short/sweet little message, which I hope has made your day better! Happy Valentine's Day!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Block of Hundredalexander (talk · contribs)
You blocked this user as a sock of 98E and he is requesting to be unblocked (complete with a youtube video of his request). Any details you can give would be appreciated. Thanks, - auburnpilot talk 02:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- Declined the request. - auburnpilot talk 02:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I notice when you blocked this user you disabled his email, however, didn't state that the user was abusing email. He is currently requesting his email be re-enabled, so if you can chime in on his talk page, that'd be great. Thanks. Rjd0060 (talk) 16:43, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- Okay. Thanks. I figured I was missing something. - Rjd0060 (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Heyz
Hey. Just to tell you, I made a new account. So HI!. And I told you because I didn't want you to think I'm so random editor editing Gwen Stefani articles. --BatterWow (talk) 06:53, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Nicole Wray's fourth studio album
I don't have anymore resources, and I need an adminstrators permission to recreate the page. can u please help me. Soccermeko (talk) 22:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Nominate Me to be an admin
Can you nominate me to be an admin. please Soccermeko (talk) 22:23, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Untitled
[8] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.172.139.246 (talk) 00:46, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your work...
...in removing original research, unsourced statements, and useless trivia from articles such as interrobang! I never seem to be bold enough to do it myself. Anyway, it looks much better now! Enoktalk 16:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
unblock request
User talk:Sgt.fox is requesting an unblock. Looking at the contribs history, I see some 3RR problems, but nothing that yet shows an indefinite block is warrented. I am considering unblocking, since the normal 3RR block time (24 hours or so) has passed. I have left a request on the users talk page to explain their actions. Feel free to comment there on the unblock request. Thank you. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
- I've still made his unblock request contingent upon being able to understand 3RR. If he does not respond adequately, he won't be unblocked. Also, if the same problems start again, we can always reblock him. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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Why?
Hey Spellcast. I'm Hundredalexander on my IP and I wanna know why my e-mail was disabled when you blocked me. 91.77.79.207 (talk) 18:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
deletion of Ironstone Vineyards
Hi,
I see you deleted Ironstone Vineyards. I think we should consider reinstating the page. (I haven't seen the original.)
Ironstone is the leading winery in the Sierra Foothills appellation in California.
It's location offers
- the world's largest specimen of flake
gold at 44 lbs. (The second largest specimen is 5 lbs.)
- gold mining exhibit
- the Alhambra Theater organ installed
after removal from the Sacramento silent movie theater. (Search wikipedia for this.)
- annual Concours de Elegance -- fourth
most important car show in the US each year
- annual multi-county daffodil show and
competition
Ironstone is the 15th largest winery operation in the US. The article should include information on the brands, vineyards (4,500 acres -- a big operations), winery operations, etc.
Do you agree?
Thanks,
Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeVdP (talk • contribs) 05:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Wasup man
Hey spellcast, I have re-considered from retiring and am back, currently it seems less risky to edit for controversy and such shit 2 happen. Yeah you were right, why redirected userpage to talk? --Flesh-n-Bone 15:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
- LOL, I just visited and checked things around, it's more independent than used to be, it's easier to edit. One of the reasons I came back was because I want to fight the vandalism and edit some more articles. --Flesh-n-Bone 12:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Lucas2506
Did the block of that guy not take? Blueboy96 22:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Western Union
Threatening to block someone over content dispute is an abuse of administrative privilege. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:03, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- And your assertion, that a film or book is not a valid source, is not correct. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- If I were to upload the frame from that cartoon that shows "Eastern Onion", would that convince you that it's true? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- Your assertions are false. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- If primary sources are no longer considered valid sources, most of wikipedia will have to be discarded. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- You've got it wrong. Published sources are verifiable. It's only "original research" if the source in question is unpublished. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- If primary sources are no longer considered valid sources, most of wikipedia will have to be discarded. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- Your assertions are false. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- If I were to upload the frame from that cartoon that shows "Eastern Onion", would that convince you that it's true? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Here's the flaw in your reasoning: If viewing the film and reporting on it are not allowed, then you have to find someone else who has written about it. An example would be to find a plot synopsis from Leonard Maltin's movie guide. But you can't publish as-is, because it would be plagiarism. So you'd have to "re-word" it. And as soon as you've put your own interpretation on his words... that's original research. By your definition, every article about every film or anything of a pop-culture nature has to be stricken from wikipedia. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- Or maybe that's your ultimate intention anyway? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- And being "unsourced" is merely a smoke-screen. You've already made it clear you won't allow it, with or without a source you consider valid, because you consider it "irrelevant". That's your ultimate pre-emptive trump-card ... and a violation of the rules. Not liking something is insufficient cause for deleting something. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:24, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I want you to tell me the "right way" to describe the plot of a film or book. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- You keep answering with generalities. I want you to tell me specifically how I should go about writing a plot summary for a film. I can't just copy what someone else says, because that's a copyright violation, forbidden by wikipedia rules. So what's the right way to do it? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- It goes to the larger issue of how to describe something that is verifiable by anyone that watches it. Years ago I was told by people here that "a film is its own source". Now it seems they have changed the rules. Even though the content of something is verifiable, that is not enough. Someone else has to have written about it. That is absurd. It would rub out virtually every book and film plot description in wikipedia. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 08:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
This is not about some minute bit of trivia, this is a much larger issue. Let's suppose I'm writing about a film and I want to list the tracks on its soundtrack CD. The most obvious thing to do is read the list from the CD and post it in the article. But according to your argument, I would have to find someone else who would list the tracks on the CD. Right? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 09:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- OK, if I understand correctly, as long as the CD track list is also published elsewhere, I could cite it. What if it's not? Also, it sounds like I could watch the film and write my own description of the plot, and that would be OK as long as that description also squares with some published source's description. Is that correct? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
- According to your interpretation, I can't cite the CD itself, but only something else that refers to it. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:08, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- No, this about way much more than this little bit of trivia. I'm saying the rules for what constitutes valid sources don't make practical sense, especially where pop culture is concerned. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- If you can't answer my questions about what's valid and what isn't, you might want to refocus your energies here. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 08:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- My point being, if you don't understand and/or can't explain the rules, then how can you properly enforce them? As an admin, the dilemmas I've posed to you ought to inspire you to ask someone "What about this?" You all are trying to apply the same scholastic rigor to pop culture as you are to, for example, brain surgery... and it doesn't work. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 08:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- I want to add that I appreciate you at least trying to answer my questions. I had a similar discussion with someone just last week, a "new" user who copped such a bad attitude that he was blocked permanently, in part also for being a sockpuppet. The discussion here started out the same way, and I thought, "Here we go again with someone else", but at least you're willing to talk about it, and I appreciate that very much. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 09:07, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- No, this about way much more than this little bit of trivia. I'm saying the rules for what constitutes valid sources don't make practical sense, especially where pop culture is concerned. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- According to your interpretation, I can't cite the CD itself, but only something else that refers to it. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 07:08, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Shady Records peer review
Hey Spellcast, sup? ...I was talking to Dead Wrong the other day and it occurred to me he didn't realise that he missed the peer review that was done for the article (see here) when I asked him for help. He also mentioned that aside from copy-edits, he doesn't know what the article needs. So, after having just glanced at the Shady Records history, a few things ticked and it made me wonder when I last asked for help if you happened to miss the review as well or something, outta curiosity? I know you said you were busy, but I'm just wondering. Hope all else is good, brudda. -- Harish - 18:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- Spellcast is not to be fucked-with. What you been up to? --- Who's the one you call Mr. Macho? The head honcho, swift fist like Camacho 02:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
== Black Wall Street Records Problem"
We keep getting people reverting the pages to uncredible sourced information - and albums placed up that dont comply with Wiki's music terms. The Black Wall Street - any suggestions? thanks.. BWSMEDIA (talk) 01:53, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Billboard 200 boxes
Thank you for letting me know about the changes to the Billboard 200 boxes.--Classicrockfan42 (talk) 22:51, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Untitled
You came in and deleted progeCAD but left this one which is identical. Let me guess, you work for ZWCAD. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZwCAD —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.133.170 (talk) 02:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Help
Can you please help me, I am being stalked by User:Esanchez7587. He refuses to leave ma alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signshare (talk • contribs) 02:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- Response: Honestly, I just watch pages that this user edits and he conflicts seem to occur between us. Past conflicts were debates of certain article like Mims' second studio album. --Esanchez(Talk 2 me or Sign here) 02:35, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
A certain user/editor on a certain Gwen Stefani article
User:Shirlthemanson isn't listing any sources (valid ones...not the BBC link) and keeps reverting the genre back to Indie. She isn't making very rational arguments either:
-and Indie was discussed already and there have already been REALIABLE sources calling some of her songs Indie inspired and she aslo worked with Keane
-..Im not saying Gwen Stefani is a full on "indie" artist FFS! Im just saying that indie(/or alternative rock!) is influenced in a few of her songs.
What I'm trying to say is...should I enter a discussion section in Gwen Stefani about blocking her or should I just try to go ahead and do it. (She's also been widely accused of being a sock puppet on her talk page.) --Narcolepticpathos (talk) 05:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
article
I am writing my first entry on Wikipedia and I was not finished with it when you deleted it. I am retrying but it is long, I did not mean to save it yet, but I did when I wandered away from my computer. The entry is on AdviceDiva.Com which is a pretty large site and deserves a slot and description. You cited that it did not specify its importance, but as I said, I was not finished so that was not fair. But, since I am new, how can you stress the importance of a site to Wikipedia's satisfaction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Becca800 (talk • contribs) 03:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
found
I just found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WEB And I can demonstrate its notability with this, but as I have said, I was not finished. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Becca800 (talk • contribs) 03:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
hiya!
Yes...I know! I was getting to it! I guess this time, I will not save it until I am completely finished and the citations and references are posted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Becca800 (talk • contribs) 03:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
me again
I had it saved to my clip board so I am still working on it. I am just about to save it. It lists the references now. That was fun actually! I like the editor part. I hope I did everything okay. I only mentioned one newspaper but I will add more. Thank you for being kind since I am new.--Becca800 (talk) 04:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Moving a page
Hello, could you help me with moving page Ridin' (Chamillionaire song) to the new title of Ridin'? I'm not familiar with page moving. Reverend X (talk) 12:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Need help with Nicole Wray's fourth studio album
I need help with reviewing the page. Also, I want to recreate the page and source it with new links, because more information has become available. Also, I do not have a billboard link to support this, only a myspace page to support it as the albums source. We could do preview page before it goes public. 4.154.56.48 (talk) 00:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
RE: Shady Records
I understand you're busy for it bro. To be honest, I've begun to dim out on the article so I won't be pushy about it if it seems I have been. Honestly appreciate what you've done for it though. -- Harish - 19:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Moving NetObjects, Inc.
Please explain your renaming/moving NetObjects, Inc.--Peter Eisenburger (talk) 08:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
- Re: your message on my talk page. Sorry. I didn't know that. The right guildelines are sometimes hard to find when you need them. Thank you for correction.--Peter Eisenburger (talk) 16:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:Murda weapon front.jpg)
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Can I Have It Like That rename
Ah, a little confused here. I was under the impression that we had established that the "Like" should be capitalized as per official sources found for the song. Can I ask why you re-moved it? Sorry that this is so old; I completely lost track of this article. GlassCobra 11:33, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- Normally I'm all for the MOS; however, as you noted, "like" is an iffy case. As I said last time around, we've already got stuff like Smells Like Teen Spirit and Head Like a Hole, so I'll go ahead and move it back. As for that interview, that was several months ago. My watchlist weighs in at a nice hefty 5,480 at the moment. :) GlassCobra 12:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I have a question about WP:Album. About releases, it says, "Only the earliest known date that the album was released should be specified." Does that mean wait until the release date arrives to add it? I think it applies if the album were released multiple times, (like a 10th anniversary edition). I am asking this because I am engaged in a conflict on Here I Stand with User:Hello Control and we don't want to have an edit war. Admc2006 (talk) 15:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
stop deleting my pages
you are really stating to piss me off i am not advertising i just want a pagefor my company....thank you......you fucking dickhead i hope you burn in hell