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Hi, I didn't expect the article to go through first time of course, but I have some problems with the response. Could you please help? What I got (with my interjections) was:
Sorry to bother, but looking at the text I simply had no idea where to start trying to meet your requirements. Cheers, JonRichfield ( talk) 20:36, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
“ | It is difficult to find clear examples of the use of the word creosite without the likelihood that it either is a typographic error, or used in ignorance by someone who did not realise that the word originated from an error. | ” |
is not sourced and is likely derived from original research. The submission also presents reasons as to why the word should not be used. Unless these reasons are stated in a reliable source, they really can't be included. If the reasons are stated in reliable source(s), then it should be explained that the reasons were stated by that particular source. Another example is "...any chemist knows that there is such a word as creosote..." This statement is unsourced, and appears to be a personal observation. To sum it up, information that cannot be verified in reliable sources (such as newspapers, book, or magazines) needs to be removed. If an opinion is used by a source, it should be made clear that it is the source that holds the opinion. I hope that helps you. If you have any other questions, I would be happy to help. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 20:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello AQ, You recently reviewed the article CODENI, and I am preparing for a re-write. Before I begin this task, I am wondering if the following list of publications would be a sufficient and acceptable collection of sources for the article? Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melissawarp ( talk • contribs) 17:25, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Jess· Δ ♥ 21:24, 21 November 2011 (UTC) Pls. note I'd like to kindly ask you for explanation why I should be not allowed to learn 3rd-party expert analysis for my defence in anticipated arbitration. If there really is such policy (or in case it is deemed as more appropriate), then I'd like to ask you to perform such an investigation of WP:RSN of my resource used, details on my talk page. Thanks a lot in advance.-- Stephfo ( talk) 01:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi My name is Miranda R. Um why did someone delete actors encyclopedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.15.232.164 ( talk) 21:58, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Regarding your review of this draft article, I want to say "well done!" This encyclopedia should not be used as a vehicle to burnish someone's reputation. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:08, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your message regarding the deletion of my addition. I neglected to fully learn and follow proper protocol when adding content to articles. If you can provide any assistance or insight, I would greatly appreciate it. Totally Rock ( talk) 15:37, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha Quadrant, I wanted to give you a heads up that I've nominated Datavo Communications for AfD at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Datavo Communications. I realize you reviewed this at AfC, so I wanted to give you the courtesy of a notification. As I mentioned in my nominating statement, I don't believe the sources show notability for Datavo, but I'd welcome your thoughts on the matter. Best, Sparthorse ( talk) 21:25, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Alpha, most kindly for taking a look at my very first WP article. I am most surprised at the high ranking you gave in on the quality scale. Like Eytel, I am something of a desert rat -- I enjoy trekking across "barren wastelands" and stopping once in a while to enjoy the moment when I can reflect on or that I am a reflection on the [[Eye of God (disambiguation)}|Eye of God]]. After a while I will get up and trek myself to civilization. For my first WP article I was expecting a nice rating -- I was expecting a simple go/no-go on the article submission. So I am inspired to improve what I can properly link as Carl Eytel. -- S. Rich ( talk) 08:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha Quadrant, first of all many thanks for reviewing my article. I've implemented your suggestions and added some additional references. In case of "worthy of inclusion" criteria: I wish to contribute to this great list Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems. I've checked almost every software listed there and I consider notability of my article as equal as those listed there. If you had a time please take a look at my article and tell me if it's ready for another review. (I wasn't sure if it's OK to add subst:submit text before consulting it with you.)-- Timeport101 ( talk) 12:12, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Should I report User:Fuck the Yankees to WP:UAA, despite it being over 5 years after its creation and having never made an edit?-- 1966batfan ( talk) 22:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
I, being a huge Yankees fan, find it extremely inappropriate and want it blocked.-- 1966batfan ( talk) 01:41, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
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おつかれさまでして Chzz ► 01:31, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Alpha_Quadrant, I sincerely hope you will follow some of the posts DIREKTOR mentions in the ongoing issue here. He's not being truthful to you, and is attempting to paint me with some weird sort of reputation. We exchanged words and I defended myself.
I wish you to know I am grateful for your intervention and for not involving me by notifying me. Luckily I watch DIREKTOR every once in a while - without communicating at all - to see what he's doing. AQ, he's done this to other users! Djathink imacowboy 08:12, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Removal and Deletion of Images and Related Issues and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thanks, Virago250 ( talk) 05:29, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
hi, One user 175.106.57.124 (talk)) is continously puttin the wrong data in India national football team page.How to stop/block him? THANKS....Preetam040 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Preetam040 ( talk
Hi Alpha Quadrant, I wanted to make some changes to the reference list for the wikipedia article that I submitted for the Africa/Harvard School of Public Health Partnership for Cohort Research and Training, by adding hyperlinks to them and also noticed that the format of some of the references is different from what I had initially put. The reference list seems to have been condensed to just reflist|2 from an actual list of each reference that is included. How can I make the changes that I want to make, given that the references are not listed anymore? Thanks in advance. PaCtuser ( talk) 01:00, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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For unsurpassed and kind illumination of the way things are done logically. Djathink imacowboy 03:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC) |
AQ, what do you like best about "Star Trek"? I don't wish to pry about, but I have been an original fan and pretty die-hard ever since. My brothers met Leonard Nimoy. I may be the last to seem the type, but I even have an official Vulcan name.
We used to have a small internet group that discussed logic and Vulcan history. T'Chai is the username of my closest old colleague: she was a physician in London but is gone from our scene now. And my favourite fiction book of all time is Diane Duane's Spock's World. Second favourite is D. C. Fontana's Vulcan's Glory. Djathink imacowboy 03:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Alpha_Quadrant,
I am at the end of my tether regarding the Asda store saga - I have put my final position on the talk page. If the other two do not agree, I will be left with no option but to withdraw from mediation and to make a formal complaint regarding POV. The bottom line is that Defacto has been on an anti-metric crusade and he will not let go of the Asda "survey" which asserted that 79% of the Asda's customers were confused by metric units and preferred imperial units - he is either too stupid, too arrogant or too blind to acknowledge that this survey was built on sand, not rock. I don't know what your background is in mathematically-related topics, but to me it lacked all the hallmarks of a properly run survey. A large nubmer of other editors agreed with me, but they just did not have the tuime to argue with these two.
We now have the position that I have a reliable soruce that has produced the strongest possible circumstantial evidence that the Asda experiment is over. DeFacto has demanded a postiive statemetn to this effect, but I believe that he is too dumb to realise that there will never be a public statement because Asda will not issue one - who publishes their failures? Martinvl ( talk) 16:15, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
[1]. Filing party still hasn't taken the hint and notified you, and the clerks seem to be on a long weekend :) As NYB says, I think all this needs is someone to explain our policies to the other editor. -- Elen of the Roads ( talk) 16:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
You seem to have approved the creation of Ellis Hicks, from afc, moved on Nov 22. I've just marked it as a copyvio of http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Knight-Ellis-Hicks/6000000009659982767 Was I in error? DGG ( talk ) 01:02, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I see that you deleted the multiple sections. I think they are needed because they are listed in history, so a chronological timeline makes sense. I will make them more generic and not too granular. Pumpkin Pancakes ( talk) 15:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I tried to post my mandatory contribution for the Intellectual Property project. The topic is "Introduction to trade-mark law in Canada; passing off" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Introduction_to_trademark_law_in_Canada;_passing_off&action=edit&redlink=1). It has been deleted because there's already a page covering trade-marks in general... Any idea what I should do? Thanks a lot! Camiliac ( talk) 22:57, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
I'd appreciate it if you would have a talk with Stepho and make sure he understands what a topic ban means and what he is allowed to edit, and what not. I'm not quite sure he gets it. Thanks. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 23:51, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
on my talk page that I had a week to defend some (what I called) fair use images at Abraham Lincoln: The Hoosier Youth. Today - something like Day 3, I discover that these images are all orphans. I would have appreciated a note from you informing me of you plan to remove them. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 21:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I did indeed take the photographs (located in Album 3 of 17 prints books in the carpchives) - but am not sure how to go to the picture page and change things over to Free License. I guess I need to think of it as being fun, and then go have some fun? Carptrash ( talk) 19:21, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
{{
cc-by-sa-2.5}}
. {{
cc-by-sa-2.5}}
is just the preferred license.Can you remove all of the current license information and replace the current license information with the following.
{{Information | description = A picture of a statue or a detail of it used in an article about that statue | source = {{own}} | date = November 27, 2011 | author = Einar E Kvaran - [[User:Carptrash|Carptrash]] ([[User talk:Carptrash|talk]])) | permission = {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} | other_versions = }}
If you need any assistance, I would be happy to help. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 19:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Life is good. and the "nice work" really belongs to you. Carptrash ( talk) 20:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, what's happening with WP:RFF? Defunc? I can't see any clue as to why it's unavailable to add to or review items, except that you hid it last, in the history. Please advise. Ma®©usBritish [ Chat • RFF 08:39, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ: Ready when you are. Djathink imacowboy 08:58, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha Quadrant. Hope you're well. When you have time, could you look at the link above and and tell me what you make of it? Thanks, FASTILY (TALK) 20:21, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
He needs time to learn and gain experience. As he is editing controversial areas, the editors there are much less forgiving of mistakes. He is improving, but he is still having a bit of difficulty with NPOV on articles where he holds a strong opinion. If an edit he makes is reverted, he wants to know specifically why, and what policy his edit violated. More often than not, the answers he gets don't directly explain how his edits violate policy. Then, if he doesn't understand the answer, he will continue asking until it is explained. He has consulted outside help such as the Reliable Source Noticeboard, when he can't get the answer. Several editors have viewed this behavior as disruptive. I believe it should be noted that it is quite possible that Stephfo is not a native speaker of English, which may have been an influential factor in some of the misunderstandings that have occurred.
The ANI discussion occurred because several editors were tired of explaining policy every time a dispute occurred. They felt that the behavior was disruptive. Stephfo does a fine job in areas where he does not hold a strong opinion. With a bit of experience, he will learn how to edit in a neutral point of view. Rather than blocking Stephfo, I suggested that if deemed necessary, a topic ban should be tried first. I am still not sure a topic ban was the best way to go about this. A topic ban would eliminate any areas where he has strong opinions. However, it also prevents him from making productive edits to the topic area. Right now, Stephfo views the topic ban as something preventing him from pursuing dispute resolution. I have been considering how to better explain the reason for the topic ban to him. I apologize for this long TL;DR post. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 06:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Your recent edit introduced serious errors into the Young Americans for Freedom page.
Here is the edit: [2] Scroll down to the bottom. In the Further Reading section, three kinds of errors were introduced:
I have reverted this portion of your edit (by cutting and pasting), and left the rest of your edit, because it appears to be valid. But please, please, please check your bot or your automated process or script -- whatever you are using -- because you might be introducing similar errors to numerous pages if you are using an automated process of some sort. (In case the script is at fault, I posted a similar message on its talk page.) Thanks! — Lawrence King ( talk) 03:37, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello Alpha Quadrant. I notice that you have been working with Glacialfox. He has applied for AWB. While he has enough edits, I am slightly worried at someone who has only been here one month using that tool. (When you are very new, you are not always aware of what edits are unusual). Do you think it is OK? If his AWB were approved, would you be able to advise him in case of problems? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 04:12, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
To set AWB up for typo fixing you need to do the following.
You can then start using AWB to do typo fixing. Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
I improved Template:AfC talk even more. come back into the IRC... mabdul 19:38, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment and support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Alpha Quadrant. You offered to help Virago250 retrieve some images from the bowels of Wiki deletion. Virago is on vacation for a few days, but I would be honored to help restore those images. What can I do to get started? Best regards, TheBetty1921 ( talk) 08:13, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
==Summary== {{Information | description = | source = | date = | author = | permission = {{PD-old-70}} | other_versions = }}
For each image, the description, source, date, and author would be different. We might need Virago250's help in filling the information in. If you could create a list of deleted images you would like restored, I could track down an admin, and make an undeletion request. Best wishes, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 08:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Grazie, Alpha Quadrant! I'll pull the list together this evening (my time) and get it right back to you. Thanks for being so gracious about this. I know that when Virago returns s/he will be much relieved. TheBetty1921 ( talk) 21:02, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
You are correct. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:11, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
I see my article has now been accepted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hulley
But why has it been changed to mdy dates? This article is about a UK subject, so dmy is more suitable and readable IMHO, particularly with the 60-odd newspaper references. Please could you change it back to dmy. Or tell me how I can change it back to dmy.
Thanks, Eriboll — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eriboll ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for changing it so quickly. Eriboll ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:07, 7 December 2011 (UTC).
Wait! wait! Are you implying GW is NOT hot? Think carefully! (I've protected her talk page for a week, and I know you'll send her a nice bunch of roses to make her feel better.) Drmies ( talk) 23:27, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
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You have been nominated by User:Joe Gazz84 for this award for your constant contribution to WP:AFC. Thank you for your constant dedication to the project. -- DQ (t) (e) 01:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
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Are you a robot? You've been working non-stop at WP:AFC on the hundreds of thousands of articles that come through there. I commend you on that and I don't think I ever could do that. Thank you for all of your help with that project! You surely must be a robot. ;) JoeGazz ♂ 01:49, 7 December 2011 (UTC) |
When I'm reading things fast I pretty regularly confuse you with Delta Quad - Haymaker ( talk) 18:24, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
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For your dedicated work at my talk page since the fundraising banners went up! :] – GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:25, 7 December 2011 (UTC) |
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Dear Alpha Quadrant/Archive 12: Hello, this is to let you know that a Mediation Cabal case that you are involved in, or have some connection with:
is currently inactive as it has not been edited in at least a week. If the issues in the case have been resolved, please let us know on our talk page so we can close the case. If there are still issues that need to be addressed, let us know. If your mediator has become inactive, also let us know. The case will be closed in one month if it remains inactive. You can let us know what's going on by sending a message through to your mediator, Alpha Quadrant, on their talk page. Thanks! MedcabBot ( talk) 13:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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For a non-stop gigantic heart and the courage to help; for valor shown on a regular basis, like no other editor, I bestow this star. Djathink imacowboy 14:50, 9 December 2011 (UTC) |
I have been asked by MedcabBot to comment on the absence of action at the Mediation Cabal case for this article.
Firstly, thank you for taking on this case. It's a generally thankless task.
My position has not changed since I wrote at the very beginning "I have made my points many times already, having been forced to because some editors seem to have far more time to spend on this than I do, and keep repeating their invalid logic. Right now I don't have the time to do it again. This does not invalidate my points. If the points I have already made many times are ignored because of this demand, it's a failure of process at Wikipedia".
I have a life away from Wikipedia. It's clear that de Facto, while he may have one, places more importance on stopping what he mysteriously sees as the evils of metrication than almost anything else in this universe. There never was any point in trying to negotiate with him. There is even less point now. (Yes, I know that might sound silly, but I always have hope that some people will learn. This time I have been let down.)
I must move on. So must the world. Sad about de Facto and this article. And Wikipedia in this case.
Thanks again for your efforts. HiLo48 ( talk) 20:57, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ, I wonder if you could oblige me. I added significant fact to this article with H. G. Wells as my citation. Apparently an ignorant editor dislikes Wells because he was "just a science fiction writer" and cited some stupidly inapplicable rule after he twice reverted the edit. This wasn't edit warring: he re-edited it first, then went back immediately and deleted it all, so I would not be able to undo the edit except manually. Does a scholar like Wells need a source to vouch for him as this editor remarked in his edit summary?! Djathink imacowboy 00:41, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ, would you examine it again? In History of the rosary I added a sentence about H. G. Wells' contention that the Christians borrowed it from the Buddhist tradition. I backed this with citations of both of Wells' "Histories" as we call them. Wells was the first scholar to address that issue specifically, and I added no POV or OR. I think you are being overly generous with the other editor's meddling.
Here [3] and here [4] is the original edit. It shows in its reversion the immediate knee-jerk reaction to my edit.
Here [5] is a correction, User:History2007's 1st revision. It shows his edit summary, quite absurd.
Here [6] is what appears next as the "next edit" .
Here [7] is that user's next revert.
Here [8] is that user's final revert, which I did not alter as you see.
I ask that you examine this and see the talk page here [9] noting the snotty reply History2000 posted - and tell me whether or not that user is violating both POV and OR by repressing my edit. Djathink imacowboy 11:56, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ, I will impose up front: I really need you to at least have a gander at this [10] horrific development. These two new people somehow caught a whiff of this and are sticking their oars in - because their shenanigans yielded them nothing in the Erikeltic case they have now dragged into this. Please come over and lend some sane comment!! They want to see me go down, and editor MikeWazowski is lying by reporting that he has been "following" my edits and seeing "disturbing" things. The edits and talk comments are an open book, as always. This smacks of a personal attack from both those new editors commenting over there. Djathink imacowboy 04:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello AQ, FYI, I just would like to inform you as my mentor that in hopeless situation related to content dispute at [11] and in an effort to do my best to provide references and a version of the article acceptable to other user, I could not at the end find any other way out than trying to go for mediation via WP:DRN process. The thread is Wilhelm Busch (pastor). Thank you. -- Stephfo ( talk) 15:05, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:03, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
why when you use twinkle to rollback something and you mark it as vandalism it makes the edit minor? I'm pretty sure vandalism reverting is not supposed to be minor. O__o Funny thing is the just rollback and good faith one aren't minor. :P Glacialfox ( talk) 22:46, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
For all the excellent work you do in #wikipedia-en-help connect helping new users. :)
LauraHale (
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01:19, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your help!
I fully understand your opinion on reliable, third-party sources, but regarding the article and it´s contents I do not understand which of the sources are not relaible enough... The sources are original.
I would be thankfull for a hint and a few more statements.
Thanks for your time, Robert -- Robert Lock ( talk) 10:59, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " History of the rosary". Thank you.
AQ, I wish to apologise for seeming to have embroiled you in the issue. When I listed you as an involved editor, I made it very clear that whilst you were involved in helping and solving trouble, that was all. User:Chzz in his wisdom removed you from the equation and I'm glad of that. Just wanted you to know, I did not want to be accused of canvassing and therefore listed you in the appropriate place of editors involved. Knowing you'd seen the fracas already, I hope you understand. The decision and advice has been given and I have agreed, bowing out of it altogether. Djathink imacowboy 15:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
See follow up Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive828#Block review requested -- Elen of the Roads ( talk) 01:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Took me a little while to get to the stub first nominated, but the article is now looking far better. My thought here is that we have a film and filmmaker from Peru, and the difficulties of finding coverage for a Peruvian film. The film has been screening since 2009, and while only now getting wider attention as it hits the international documentary festival circuit, most of what I can find is non-English. BUT the film IS slated to premiere at the Museum of Modern Art [13] in less than two weeks... an accolade in and of itself for a piece of art... and with Indiewire [14] having it as among "10 Films To Watch From The Guadalajara Film Festival", we have a reasonable expectation of additional coverage being IN English after its US premiere. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I submitted an new article, "Brixton", but was declined. I am unsure of why this was, because my sources are reliable and I am not trying to sell anything with the article. Please let me know specifically what is wrong with the page if you can.
Thanks TaylorBrixton TaylorBrixton ( talk) 00:07, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Have question about my article on Ed Robison. I'd made a mistake on the birthdate on the infobox and corrected it (unfortunately I wasn't logged in and so it came up as an IP address for the edit). Now both the birthdate on the intro and for the infobox have been removed with the notation that citation is needed for the birthdate? I've looked at a great deal of other biographical articles and have found many do not have citations for birthdates. The only citation I'll be able to find is the one from the county seat of records for Bellingham Washington. Is this going to be OK? What can I do?? Don't mean to bother with trivial question but as I'm a rookie at this I just want to make sure that this article is as good and as complete as I can make it. Thanks again for your time and patience. Stickville ( talk) 00:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
...is all I ask. If you do not reply to me, I will accept that but please look. There is a pending attack page, or something odd like that, under construction here [15], even though that editor is asking for its speedy deletion. I object to the entire abusive action by this editor, who has shown a proclivity to spy on my edits and spread insults about me. I think the archive name is a good example. And the editor is no stranger to trouble. He is attempting to delete the entire archive of my posts on his talk so that diffs cannot be consulted later. Djathink imacowboy 02:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Snowolf and AQ: thanks for seeing to this. May I just point out that my appearances on Erikeltic's talk page have been to try and defend myself. Of course he has almost always stayed off my talk page. He seems to take great pleasure in following my edits, posting things about me on the talk pages of others, then erasing his tracks. He says, "It would also be fantastic if nobody was accused of anything or left nasty messages on other editor's talk pages about the other editor."
It would be nice if he believed that, but his actions show he does not believe it.
He is also not entirely forthcoming about other things that are occurring. Of course I have openly promised on my talk page to walk away from all this. I will not post anything on Erikeltic's talk page ever again. Is my word satisfactory? After all, unlike Erikeltic, I am defending myself and trying to alert the community to what he is doing. Djathink imacowboy 15:22, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death Valley Driver Video Review (6th nomination) An AFD you participated in last month is at AFD again. Dream Focus 00:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Hurricanefan25 would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Hurricanefan25 to accept or decline the nomination. A page will then be created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alpha Quadrant. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. |
I've been thinking about this for nearly a week; although I've never interacted with you, your contributions show that you're helpful, insightful, and patient with other users. Cheers, HurricaneFan 25 01:52, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
For my work on Fedora, I found a couple of famous images that I would like to add to external links. It is an example of Max von Sydow wearing a Borsalino-brand fedora in The Exorcist. The images- which I'm sure we can't use- are here [18] and here [19]. Would you look and see if I could use them? Not for an inline citation because it's inappropriate, but as external links. A lot of people have asked about fedoras, Borsalinos, and I want references to a Borsalino-made fedora. Thanks Djathink imacowboy 19:16, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I didn't expect the article to go through first time of course, but I have some problems with the response. Could you please help? What I got (with my interjections) was:
Sorry to bother, but looking at the text I simply had no idea where to start trying to meet your requirements. Cheers, JonRichfield ( talk) 20:36, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
“ | It is difficult to find clear examples of the use of the word creosite without the likelihood that it either is a typographic error, or used in ignorance by someone who did not realise that the word originated from an error. | ” |
is not sourced and is likely derived from original research. The submission also presents reasons as to why the word should not be used. Unless these reasons are stated in a reliable source, they really can't be included. If the reasons are stated in reliable source(s), then it should be explained that the reasons were stated by that particular source. Another example is "...any chemist knows that there is such a word as creosote..." This statement is unsourced, and appears to be a personal observation. To sum it up, information that cannot be verified in reliable sources (such as newspapers, book, or magazines) needs to be removed. If an opinion is used by a source, it should be made clear that it is the source that holds the opinion. I hope that helps you. If you have any other questions, I would be happy to help. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 20:53, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello AQ, You recently reviewed the article CODENI, and I am preparing for a re-write. Before I begin this task, I am wondering if the following list of publications would be a sufficient and acceptable collection of sources for the article? Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melissawarp ( talk • contribs) 17:25, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Jess· Δ ♥ 21:24, 21 November 2011 (UTC) Pls. note I'd like to kindly ask you for explanation why I should be not allowed to learn 3rd-party expert analysis for my defence in anticipated arbitration. If there really is such policy (or in case it is deemed as more appropriate), then I'd like to ask you to perform such an investigation of WP:RSN of my resource used, details on my talk page. Thanks a lot in advance.-- Stephfo ( talk) 01:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi My name is Miranda R. Um why did someone delete actors encyclopedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.15.232.164 ( talk) 21:58, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Regarding your review of this draft article, I want to say "well done!" This encyclopedia should not be used as a vehicle to burnish someone's reputation. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:08, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your message regarding the deletion of my addition. I neglected to fully learn and follow proper protocol when adding content to articles. If you can provide any assistance or insight, I would greatly appreciate it. Totally Rock ( talk) 15:37, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha Quadrant, I wanted to give you a heads up that I've nominated Datavo Communications for AfD at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Datavo Communications. I realize you reviewed this at AfC, so I wanted to give you the courtesy of a notification. As I mentioned in my nominating statement, I don't believe the sources show notability for Datavo, but I'd welcome your thoughts on the matter. Best, Sparthorse ( talk) 21:25, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Alpha, most kindly for taking a look at my very first WP article. I am most surprised at the high ranking you gave in on the quality scale. Like Eytel, I am something of a desert rat -- I enjoy trekking across "barren wastelands" and stopping once in a while to enjoy the moment when I can reflect on or that I am a reflection on the [[Eye of God (disambiguation)}|Eye of God]]. After a while I will get up and trek myself to civilization. For my first WP article I was expecting a nice rating -- I was expecting a simple go/no-go on the article submission. So I am inspired to improve what I can properly link as Carl Eytel. -- S. Rich ( talk) 08:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha Quadrant, first of all many thanks for reviewing my article. I've implemented your suggestions and added some additional references. In case of "worthy of inclusion" criteria: I wish to contribute to this great list Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems. I've checked almost every software listed there and I consider notability of my article as equal as those listed there. If you had a time please take a look at my article and tell me if it's ready for another review. (I wasn't sure if it's OK to add subst:submit text before consulting it with you.)-- Timeport101 ( talk) 12:12, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Should I report User:Fuck the Yankees to WP:UAA, despite it being over 5 years after its creation and having never made an edit?-- 1966batfan ( talk) 22:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
I, being a huge Yankees fan, find it extremely inappropriate and want it blocked.-- 1966batfan ( talk) 01:41, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
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おつかれさまでして Chzz ► 01:31, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
Alpha_Quadrant, I sincerely hope you will follow some of the posts DIREKTOR mentions in the ongoing issue here. He's not being truthful to you, and is attempting to paint me with some weird sort of reputation. We exchanged words and I defended myself.
I wish you to know I am grateful for your intervention and for not involving me by notifying me. Luckily I watch DIREKTOR every once in a while - without communicating at all - to see what he's doing. AQ, he's done this to other users! Djathink imacowboy 08:12, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Removal and Deletion of Images and Related Issues and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thanks, Virago250 ( talk) 05:29, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
hi, One user 175.106.57.124 (talk)) is continously puttin the wrong data in India national football team page.How to stop/block him? THANKS....Preetam040 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Preetam040 ( talk
Hi Alpha Quadrant, I wanted to make some changes to the reference list for the wikipedia article that I submitted for the Africa/Harvard School of Public Health Partnership for Cohort Research and Training, by adding hyperlinks to them and also noticed that the format of some of the references is different from what I had initially put. The reference list seems to have been condensed to just reflist|2 from an actual list of each reference that is included. How can I make the changes that I want to make, given that the references are not listed anymore? Thanks in advance. PaCtuser ( talk) 01:00, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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For unsurpassed and kind illumination of the way things are done logically. Djathink imacowboy 03:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC) |
AQ, what do you like best about "Star Trek"? I don't wish to pry about, but I have been an original fan and pretty die-hard ever since. My brothers met Leonard Nimoy. I may be the last to seem the type, but I even have an official Vulcan name.
We used to have a small internet group that discussed logic and Vulcan history. T'Chai is the username of my closest old colleague: she was a physician in London but is gone from our scene now. And my favourite fiction book of all time is Diane Duane's Spock's World. Second favourite is D. C. Fontana's Vulcan's Glory. Djathink imacowboy 03:25, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Alpha_Quadrant,
I am at the end of my tether regarding the Asda store saga - I have put my final position on the talk page. If the other two do not agree, I will be left with no option but to withdraw from mediation and to make a formal complaint regarding POV. The bottom line is that Defacto has been on an anti-metric crusade and he will not let go of the Asda "survey" which asserted that 79% of the Asda's customers were confused by metric units and preferred imperial units - he is either too stupid, too arrogant or too blind to acknowledge that this survey was built on sand, not rock. I don't know what your background is in mathematically-related topics, but to me it lacked all the hallmarks of a properly run survey. A large nubmer of other editors agreed with me, but they just did not have the tuime to argue with these two.
We now have the position that I have a reliable soruce that has produced the strongest possible circumstantial evidence that the Asda experiment is over. DeFacto has demanded a postiive statemetn to this effect, but I believe that he is too dumb to realise that there will never be a public statement because Asda will not issue one - who publishes their failures? Martinvl ( talk) 16:15, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
[1]. Filing party still hasn't taken the hint and notified you, and the clerks seem to be on a long weekend :) As NYB says, I think all this needs is someone to explain our policies to the other editor. -- Elen of the Roads ( talk) 16:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
You seem to have approved the creation of Ellis Hicks, from afc, moved on Nov 22. I've just marked it as a copyvio of http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Knight-Ellis-Hicks/6000000009659982767 Was I in error? DGG ( talk ) 01:02, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I see that you deleted the multiple sections. I think they are needed because they are listed in history, so a chronological timeline makes sense. I will make them more generic and not too granular. Pumpkin Pancakes ( talk) 15:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I tried to post my mandatory contribution for the Intellectual Property project. The topic is "Introduction to trade-mark law in Canada; passing off" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Introduction_to_trademark_law_in_Canada;_passing_off&action=edit&redlink=1). It has been deleted because there's already a page covering trade-marks in general... Any idea what I should do? Thanks a lot! Camiliac ( talk) 22:57, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
I'd appreciate it if you would have a talk with Stepho and make sure he understands what a topic ban means and what he is allowed to edit, and what not. I'm not quite sure he gets it. Thanks. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 23:51, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
on my talk page that I had a week to defend some (what I called) fair use images at Abraham Lincoln: The Hoosier Youth. Today - something like Day 3, I discover that these images are all orphans. I would have appreciated a note from you informing me of you plan to remove them. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 21:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I did indeed take the photographs (located in Album 3 of 17 prints books in the carpchives) - but am not sure how to go to the picture page and change things over to Free License. I guess I need to think of it as being fun, and then go have some fun? Carptrash ( talk) 19:21, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
{{
cc-by-sa-2.5}}
. {{
cc-by-sa-2.5}}
is just the preferred license.Can you remove all of the current license information and replace the current license information with the following.
{{Information | description = A picture of a statue or a detail of it used in an article about that statue | source = {{own}} | date = November 27, 2011 | author = Einar E Kvaran - [[User:Carptrash|Carptrash]] ([[User talk:Carptrash|talk]])) | permission = {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} | other_versions = }}
If you need any assistance, I would be happy to help. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 19:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Life is good. and the "nice work" really belongs to you. Carptrash ( talk) 20:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, what's happening with WP:RFF? Defunc? I can't see any clue as to why it's unavailable to add to or review items, except that you hid it last, in the history. Please advise. Ma®©usBritish [ Chat • RFF 08:39, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ: Ready when you are. Djathink imacowboy 08:58, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Alpha Quadrant. Hope you're well. When you have time, could you look at the link above and and tell me what you make of it? Thanks, FASTILY (TALK) 20:21, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
He needs time to learn and gain experience. As he is editing controversial areas, the editors there are much less forgiving of mistakes. He is improving, but he is still having a bit of difficulty with NPOV on articles where he holds a strong opinion. If an edit he makes is reverted, he wants to know specifically why, and what policy his edit violated. More often than not, the answers he gets don't directly explain how his edits violate policy. Then, if he doesn't understand the answer, he will continue asking until it is explained. He has consulted outside help such as the Reliable Source Noticeboard, when he can't get the answer. Several editors have viewed this behavior as disruptive. I believe it should be noted that it is quite possible that Stephfo is not a native speaker of English, which may have been an influential factor in some of the misunderstandings that have occurred.
The ANI discussion occurred because several editors were tired of explaining policy every time a dispute occurred. They felt that the behavior was disruptive. Stephfo does a fine job in areas where he does not hold a strong opinion. With a bit of experience, he will learn how to edit in a neutral point of view. Rather than blocking Stephfo, I suggested that if deemed necessary, a topic ban should be tried first. I am still not sure a topic ban was the best way to go about this. A topic ban would eliminate any areas where he has strong opinions. However, it also prevents him from making productive edits to the topic area. Right now, Stephfo views the topic ban as something preventing him from pursuing dispute resolution. I have been considering how to better explain the reason for the topic ban to him. I apologize for this long TL;DR post. Best, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 06:53, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Your recent edit introduced serious errors into the Young Americans for Freedom page.
Here is the edit: [2] Scroll down to the bottom. In the Further Reading section, three kinds of errors were introduced:
I have reverted this portion of your edit (by cutting and pasting), and left the rest of your edit, because it appears to be valid. But please, please, please check your bot or your automated process or script -- whatever you are using -- because you might be introducing similar errors to numerous pages if you are using an automated process of some sort. (In case the script is at fault, I posted a similar message on its talk page.) Thanks! — Lawrence King ( talk) 03:37, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello Alpha Quadrant. I notice that you have been working with Glacialfox. He has applied for AWB. While he has enough edits, I am slightly worried at someone who has only been here one month using that tool. (When you are very new, you are not always aware of what edits are unusual). Do you think it is OK? If his AWB were approved, would you be able to advise him in case of problems? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 04:12, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
To set AWB up for typo fixing you need to do the following.
You can then start using AWB to do typo fixing. Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
I improved Template:AfC talk even more. come back into the IRC... mabdul 19:38, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment and support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 21:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Alpha Quadrant. You offered to help Virago250 retrieve some images from the bowels of Wiki deletion. Virago is on vacation for a few days, but I would be honored to help restore those images. What can I do to get started? Best regards, TheBetty1921 ( talk) 08:13, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
==Summary== {{Information | description = | source = | date = | author = | permission = {{PD-old-70}} | other_versions = }}
For each image, the description, source, date, and author would be different. We might need Virago250's help in filling the information in. If you could create a list of deleted images you would like restored, I could track down an admin, and make an undeletion request. Best wishes, Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 08:23, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Grazie, Alpha Quadrant! I'll pull the list together this evening (my time) and get it right back to you. Thanks for being so gracious about this. I know that when Virago returns s/he will be much relieved. TheBetty1921 ( talk) 21:02, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
You are correct. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 21:11, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
I see my article has now been accepted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hulley
But why has it been changed to mdy dates? This article is about a UK subject, so dmy is more suitable and readable IMHO, particularly with the 60-odd newspaper references. Please could you change it back to dmy. Or tell me how I can change it back to dmy.
Thanks, Eriboll — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eriboll ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for changing it so quickly. Eriboll ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:07, 7 December 2011 (UTC).
Wait! wait! Are you implying GW is NOT hot? Think carefully! (I've protected her talk page for a week, and I know you'll send her a nice bunch of roses to make her feel better.) Drmies ( talk) 23:27, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
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Given to members of the community who take on huge backlogs several times, or maintaining a large part of a project. -- DQ (t) (e) |
You have been nominated by User:Joe Gazz84 for this award for your constant contribution to WP:AFC. Thank you for your constant dedication to the project. -- DQ (t) (e) 01:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
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Are you a robot? You've been working non-stop at WP:AFC on the hundreds of thousands of articles that come through there. I commend you on that and I don't think I ever could do that. Thank you for all of your help with that project! You surely must be a robot. ;) JoeGazz ♂ 01:49, 7 December 2011 (UTC) |
When I'm reading things fast I pretty regularly confuse you with Delta Quad - Haymaker ( talk) 18:24, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
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For your dedicated work at my talk page since the fundraising banners went up! :] – GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:25, 7 December 2011 (UTC) |
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Dear Alpha Quadrant/Archive 12: Hello, this is to let you know that a Mediation Cabal case that you are involved in, or have some connection with:
is currently inactive as it has not been edited in at least a week. If the issues in the case have been resolved, please let us know on our talk page so we can close the case. If there are still issues that need to be addressed, let us know. If your mediator has become inactive, also let us know. The case will be closed in one month if it remains inactive. You can let us know what's going on by sending a message through to your mediator, Alpha Quadrant, on their talk page. Thanks! MedcabBot ( talk) 13:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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For a non-stop gigantic heart and the courage to help; for valor shown on a regular basis, like no other editor, I bestow this star. Djathink imacowboy 14:50, 9 December 2011 (UTC) |
I have been asked by MedcabBot to comment on the absence of action at the Mediation Cabal case for this article.
Firstly, thank you for taking on this case. It's a generally thankless task.
My position has not changed since I wrote at the very beginning "I have made my points many times already, having been forced to because some editors seem to have far more time to spend on this than I do, and keep repeating their invalid logic. Right now I don't have the time to do it again. This does not invalidate my points. If the points I have already made many times are ignored because of this demand, it's a failure of process at Wikipedia".
I have a life away from Wikipedia. It's clear that de Facto, while he may have one, places more importance on stopping what he mysteriously sees as the evils of metrication than almost anything else in this universe. There never was any point in trying to negotiate with him. There is even less point now. (Yes, I know that might sound silly, but I always have hope that some people will learn. This time I have been let down.)
I must move on. So must the world. Sad about de Facto and this article. And Wikipedia in this case.
Thanks again for your efforts. HiLo48 ( talk) 20:57, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ, I wonder if you could oblige me. I added significant fact to this article with H. G. Wells as my citation. Apparently an ignorant editor dislikes Wells because he was "just a science fiction writer" and cited some stupidly inapplicable rule after he twice reverted the edit. This wasn't edit warring: he re-edited it first, then went back immediately and deleted it all, so I would not be able to undo the edit except manually. Does a scholar like Wells need a source to vouch for him as this editor remarked in his edit summary?! Djathink imacowboy 00:41, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ, would you examine it again? In History of the rosary I added a sentence about H. G. Wells' contention that the Christians borrowed it from the Buddhist tradition. I backed this with citations of both of Wells' "Histories" as we call them. Wells was the first scholar to address that issue specifically, and I added no POV or OR. I think you are being overly generous with the other editor's meddling.
Here [3] and here [4] is the original edit. It shows in its reversion the immediate knee-jerk reaction to my edit.
Here [5] is a correction, User:History2007's 1st revision. It shows his edit summary, quite absurd.
Here [6] is what appears next as the "next edit" .
Here [7] is that user's next revert.
Here [8] is that user's final revert, which I did not alter as you see.
I ask that you examine this and see the talk page here [9] noting the snotty reply History2000 posted - and tell me whether or not that user is violating both POV and OR by repressing my edit. Djathink imacowboy 11:56, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
AQ, I will impose up front: I really need you to at least have a gander at this [10] horrific development. These two new people somehow caught a whiff of this and are sticking their oars in - because their shenanigans yielded them nothing in the Erikeltic case they have now dragged into this. Please come over and lend some sane comment!! They want to see me go down, and editor MikeWazowski is lying by reporting that he has been "following" my edits and seeing "disturbing" things. The edits and talk comments are an open book, as always. This smacks of a personal attack from both those new editors commenting over there. Djathink imacowboy 04:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello AQ, FYI, I just would like to inform you as my mentor that in hopeless situation related to content dispute at [11] and in an effort to do my best to provide references and a version of the article acceptable to other user, I could not at the end find any other way out than trying to go for mediation via WP:DRN process. The thread is Wilhelm Busch (pastor). Thank you. -- Stephfo ( talk) 15:05, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:03, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
why when you use twinkle to rollback something and you mark it as vandalism it makes the edit minor? I'm pretty sure vandalism reverting is not supposed to be minor. O__o Funny thing is the just rollback and good faith one aren't minor. :P Glacialfox ( talk) 22:46, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
For all the excellent work you do in #wikipedia-en-help connect helping new users. :)
LauraHale (
talk)
01:19, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your help!
I fully understand your opinion on reliable, third-party sources, but regarding the article and it´s contents I do not understand which of the sources are not relaible enough... The sources are original.
I would be thankfull for a hint and a few more statements.
Thanks for your time, Robert -- Robert Lock ( talk) 10:59, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " History of the rosary". Thank you.
AQ, I wish to apologise for seeming to have embroiled you in the issue. When I listed you as an involved editor, I made it very clear that whilst you were involved in helping and solving trouble, that was all. User:Chzz in his wisdom removed you from the equation and I'm glad of that. Just wanted you to know, I did not want to be accused of canvassing and therefore listed you in the appropriate place of editors involved. Knowing you'd seen the fracas already, I hope you understand. The decision and advice has been given and I have agreed, bowing out of it altogether. Djathink imacowboy 15:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
See follow up Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive828#Block review requested -- Elen of the Roads ( talk) 01:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Took me a little while to get to the stub first nominated, but the article is now looking far better. My thought here is that we have a film and filmmaker from Peru, and the difficulties of finding coverage for a Peruvian film. The film has been screening since 2009, and while only now getting wider attention as it hits the international documentary festival circuit, most of what I can find is non-English. BUT the film IS slated to premiere at the Museum of Modern Art [13] in less than two weeks... an accolade in and of itself for a piece of art... and with Indiewire [14] having it as among "10 Films To Watch From The Guadalajara Film Festival", we have a reasonable expectation of additional coverage being IN English after its US premiere. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I submitted an new article, "Brixton", but was declined. I am unsure of why this was, because my sources are reliable and I am not trying to sell anything with the article. Please let me know specifically what is wrong with the page if you can.
Thanks TaylorBrixton TaylorBrixton ( talk) 00:07, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Have question about my article on Ed Robison. I'd made a mistake on the birthdate on the infobox and corrected it (unfortunately I wasn't logged in and so it came up as an IP address for the edit). Now both the birthdate on the intro and for the infobox have been removed with the notation that citation is needed for the birthdate? I've looked at a great deal of other biographical articles and have found many do not have citations for birthdates. The only citation I'll be able to find is the one from the county seat of records for Bellingham Washington. Is this going to be OK? What can I do?? Don't mean to bother with trivial question but as I'm a rookie at this I just want to make sure that this article is as good and as complete as I can make it. Thanks again for your time and patience. Stickville ( talk) 00:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
...is all I ask. If you do not reply to me, I will accept that but please look. There is a pending attack page, or something odd like that, under construction here [15], even though that editor is asking for its speedy deletion. I object to the entire abusive action by this editor, who has shown a proclivity to spy on my edits and spread insults about me. I think the archive name is a good example. And the editor is no stranger to trouble. He is attempting to delete the entire archive of my posts on his talk so that diffs cannot be consulted later. Djathink imacowboy 02:38, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Snowolf and AQ: thanks for seeing to this. May I just point out that my appearances on Erikeltic's talk page have been to try and defend myself. Of course he has almost always stayed off my talk page. He seems to take great pleasure in following my edits, posting things about me on the talk pages of others, then erasing his tracks. He says, "It would also be fantastic if nobody was accused of anything or left nasty messages on other editor's talk pages about the other editor."
It would be nice if he believed that, but his actions show he does not believe it.
He is also not entirely forthcoming about other things that are occurring. Of course I have openly promised on my talk page to walk away from all this. I will not post anything on Erikeltic's talk page ever again. Is my word satisfactory? After all, unlike Erikeltic, I am defending myself and trying to alert the community to what he is doing. Djathink imacowboy 15:22, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death Valley Driver Video Review (6th nomination) An AFD you participated in last month is at AFD again. Dream Focus 00:00, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Hurricanefan25 would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Hurricanefan25 to accept or decline the nomination. A page will then be created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alpha Quadrant. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. |
I've been thinking about this for nearly a week; although I've never interacted with you, your contributions show that you're helpful, insightful, and patient with other users. Cheers, HurricaneFan 25 01:52, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
For my work on Fedora, I found a couple of famous images that I would like to add to external links. It is an example of Max von Sydow wearing a Borsalino-brand fedora in The Exorcist. The images- which I'm sure we can't use- are here [18] and here [19]. Would you look and see if I could use them? Not for an inline citation because it's inappropriate, but as external links. A lot of people have asked about fedoras, Borsalinos, and I want references to a Borsalino-made fedora. Thanks Djathink imacowboy 19:16, 14 December 2011 (UTC)