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Hey there... cool that you deleted the Larissa shasko (small s), I was trying to create an article for her with proper capitalization "Larissa Shasko" and couldn't get past the auto-reference to 2008 election candidates...
As per the copyright infringement... I had used larissa's own website, and could easily attain her permission (we are close friends and colleagues)... The only reason I left the copied and pasted short bio was because I didn't want to edit the small s article while the large s wasn't allowing me...
so how can I start on a large s, Larissa Shasko article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Treesforourchildren ( talk • contribs) 07:55, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
...are you in? (there's a reason I'm asking in this way) Lord Spongefrog , (I am Czar of all Russias!) 12:35, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Cactus Writer. I was a brand-new editor back last summer when an individual, perhaps using several accounts, persisted in vandalizing the The Third Man article, contending that Orson Welles had written and directed the film. Eventually he went away. 'Cept now he's back. He's been copy-and-pasting his arguments from July back into the article in the same spots. He's as tenacious as I am, and one more round of pasting-and-undoing will put us into edit war status. I'm confident in my edit skills, but not so much in my battle skills. Any chance you could help out on this? -- HarringtonSmith ( talk) 23:22, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
I don't think that the resolution would stay that high anyway if one of the dimensions is reduced to 300px. Usually the image is rendered in the infobox at 200px anyway, so it usually doesn't need to be much bigger than that. I've been running across a lot of images that are above 300px, but I've usually been tagging only 350 and above. I believe that there is some page somewhere that talks about resolution as well, but again, it shouldn't be an issue with the reduced size. Let me know if you need further clarification. Thanks for taking the time to resize them. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 00:14, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
why did you delete united atists??? its my dads team i hate you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feargondeoin ( talk • contribs) 17:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
If you can delete them that'd be fantastic. I added them before I knew all the ins and outs of the system here. Alex ( talk) 18:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your polite posting on my web page.
Please check the comments page where the subject Himself clearly states He has no issue with text being used from His web site and in fact encourages the use. Whilst I appreciate the policies in place, surely common sense should prevail? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trevorsem ( talk • contribs) 12:46, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm working at spanish version of Masada, and saw this edition you did long ago. Do you have any reference that could hold that assertion? Because I'm not sure we were talking about only one person. I really need one solid reference to prove that fact. Thanks and regards, Kordas ( sínome!) 22:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
You are a worthy addition to the land pickled herring and atrocious weather. Favonian ( talk) 19:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Please see here Respond on my talk page if you would like to contact me. Thank you. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 22:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Why was the Sarah Roberson page deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HeyitsSarahKate ( talk • contribs) 22:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the welcome! -- Cucumberkvp ( talk) 16:03, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello Cactus… Supreme Deliciousness is acting up again. On 30 December 2009, you filed this AN/I report against SD for meat puppetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive588#User:Supreme_Deliciousness_ban_violation. SD was soliciting User:Nableezy to edit Asmahan on his behalf as a way around his ban from the Asmahan arbitration case. SD was found to have violated his ban and was blocked very briefly. SD is now doing it again on Omar Sharif. Again, he is posting the references for Nableezy on the Talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Omar_Sharif#Omar_Sharifs_lebanese_background and Nableezy is doing the editing using SD references: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Omar_Sharif&action=historysubmit&diff=341729948&oldid=341725654, again as a way around his ban. SD is prohibited from influencing the nationality or ethnicity of a biography on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Asmahan#Supreme_Deliciousness_topic_banned. Not only is Omar Sharif a biography, it was also part of the Asmahan case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Asmahan#Statement_by_Arab_Cowboy and again, SD is using a meat puppet to do his editing in violation of his ban. I ask you to please take action again, this time to block him indefinitely, since he has been violating his ban so many times. Thank you. Nefer Tweety ( talk) 20:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
CactusWriter, I have made one single post at the Omar Sharif talkpage since the case ended which I am allowed to do, a very civilized post bringing sources to the talkpage, while Nefer Tweety has reverted Sharifs background at least 5 times since the case ended misrepresenting the sources in the edit summary, not making one single post at the talkpage while edit warring with numerous editors, and you are here saying that I am the one that "continues to create battles over ethnicity and nationality, and stirring up fires at various WP venues" and that "and any provocation by SD can be ignored" What is this? I am allowed to make posts at talkpages about any topic, and I am doing this in a civilized way, am I not? Was it not civilized? Have I not been polite? So what is the problem? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 19:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
If talk pages was not written in the remedy, then I would say that it's not a violation. If you feel topic banning the talk pages as well is necessary then you can request an amendment. That's how I read the remedy. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 23:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
It was not my intention to delete S. V. Nadkarni just like that - several readers are also responsible for that. At the same time, I had also marked one of my articles B. A. Uralegaddi to be deleted as I thought it is not worth keeping on wiki. He may be notable somewhere else. Yes, Nikil Dutt, D. S. Nadkarni were my mistakes. S. V. Nadkarni was not understood by many. The others are marked correctly – votes are coming in. Thanks. In summary, this notable stuff on wiki stinks. I have been seeing a lot bias in that process. I’m some what close to what David Eppstein’s speaks though it differs sometimes from others. -- DoNotTellDoNotAsk ( talk) 13:11, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
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Nice work! -- ThaddeusB ( talk) 20:21, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
An editor has nominated an article which you worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Real Ultimate Power. Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real Ultimate Power (second nomination). -- Erwin85Bot ( talk) 01:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactus Writer, thanks for helping on the Drents Museum, I'm glad your dedicated to helping us!-- Cucumberkvp 19:19, 10 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cucumberkvp ( talk • contribs)
CactusWriter/Archive 2010 - Thanks for your participation and support in my recent successful RfA. Your confidence and trust in me is much appreciated. As a new admin I will try hard to keep from wading in too deep over the tops of my waders, nor shall I let the Buffalo intimidate me.-- Mike Cline ( talk) 09:03, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
I have filed the ammendment request as you have previously suggested. I HOPE that you will support it this time. Thanks! Nefer Tweety ( talk) 18:11, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I gather you might have some insight to offer at User talk:Arab Cowboy (specifically the sections " Email" and " Some Sane Admin, Please Unblock"). AC is asking for your input specifically, for what it's worth. – Luna Santin ( talk) 12:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I have now talked with the arb drafter of the Asmahan arbitration case. He has told me that I am allowed to ask a neutral person to take a look at points I have posted at the talkpage. I am planning on asking either Nableezy again, or some other person. I am giving you this information in advance so that no future misunderstanding will happen. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 18:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
How long should a page completely devoid of information be allowed to exist? An hour? A day? A month? Kinda negates the purpose of {{ db-a3}}. Perhaps you could move it to a user subpage instead. 98.248.41.128 ( talk) 02:30, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Dear CactusWriter could you please elaberate why you deleted the hagoole page in new (lame) user terms. In my opinion it was far from advertising as I was describing what hagoole search is, does and how it differentiates.
The hagoole tool is a NOTABLE and unique new engine as it deals with issues affecting people in the current financial crisis attempting to take on monopolistic competition where they differentiate on everything other than price. This is an important topic of interest to many around the world part of a new trend as the consumer is increasingly empowered in a highly competitive global competition. Was it too long? Would you be kind enough to help locate an example of what would be acceptable? I would very much appreciate your time and any input that your experience would suggest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hagoole ( talk • contribs) 2:12, 5 March 2010
Hi, thanks for your earlier amendments to the images I uploaded. Helped me understand Wikipedia much better. I uploaded this image thumb, which I was given a couple of months ago by a follower of Shahi, so I have the original copy of the photo. I've uploaded it to share it on Shahi's article, but another editor User:Off2riorob, who I'm sure means best for the article, doesn't understand my point. I just need some advise. How should I fix the information regarding the image so that it may be used in the article and may stay up? I wasn't sure of the rights to place on the image. So I put up 'Public Domain', whatever your thoughts upon the matter, please let me know. -- Nasir | ناصر یونس have a chat 22:32, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
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on the image page.Tu te crois malin de supprimer ça? Abdekarim Izaiaoui ( talk) 14:16, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
NerdyScienceDude :) ( ✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 02:24, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Georgia Gould, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgia Gould. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. CMG ( talk) 14:42, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I see and I apologize. So once you place that AfD tag on the article, there's no turning back. ;-) Thanks for letting me know. — Mike Allen 01:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Unless the editor changed it after I moved the article, how was it a test page? CTJF83 chat 20:28, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mottram
I hereby affirm that I, David Mottram am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the webpage that my Wikipedia article details ( http://www.mottram.com/index.html).
I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0".
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
David Mottram - copyright-holder, director, owner of mottram.com 3/24/2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidmottram ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi. :) Good to see you at CP! Just to let you know, in case you didn't see it, I'm working on this one in temp space. I'm not done, but you're welcome to move it into article space. I'm distracted by some copyright issues in a cluster of Indian articles, brought to my talk page. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
You recently speedy deleted Joe Arpaio controversy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), while leaving no notice on my talk page, even though I was the page creator. I was wondering if you would please move the contents to a user page of mine; namely User:Outback the koala/Joe Arpaio controversy. From there I will work on it, expand the content, and reference/source the content until it is ready to be reintroduced. It's good content that we could really use. If not, please contact me on my talk page. Thank You, Outback the Koala ( talk) 03:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Why did you delete image Spectronic_ts2200_phone.jpg? As I said in the image comment I am the author of this image. It is correct that the image is also in use on the Spectronic website, which might be confusing. However, it is still my image and I have the rights to it (which is an agreement between me and spectronic). I choose to make the image, in this specific resolution, avaliable under the creative commons licence (which was also said in the image comment) and I would prefer not to have it deleted. Could you please restore it. Regards, Cmas one ( talk) 20:24, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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I appreciate the feedback via your edits to my postings and I am comparing them and learning from them. I am trying to start out slowly, and you are one of the first who has edited my contributions and not just deleted them as part of mass edits. If you see me getting out of line with POV or bias, reach out to me and I will try to expand out my topics and not have a singular focus. Overdriver ( talk) 08:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
"was a cult-leader who founded Holy City, California, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California"
"Riker grew up working as a palm reader and mind reader, but faced trouble for bigamy. Riker fled to Canada and soon founded his religious sect "The Perfect Christian Divine Way" which emphasized White Supremacy, Racial segregation, separation of people by gender, and abstinence from alcohol."
"Riker was arrested in 1942 for sedition due to his pro-Nazi views[citation needed]. He was freed due to the efforts of attorney Melvin Belli but Riker soon sued Belli for defaming him by referring to him as a "crackpot" during the trial"
How is this not an Attack page, Its only source the Apologetics Index (by no means a Reliable) which made claims like the middle on above? Weaponbb7 ( talk) 18:27, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
We just had a RSN discussion on it Weaponbb7 ( talk) 00:49, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
I just need to let you know that someone's name has been put on East Side Union High School District and I'm trying to permanently remove the history of it, which is why I posted the article for deletion. I have created East Side Union High School District (San Jose, California) to clean up the mess made. I suggest that you delete the orginal article and then rename the new one to East Side Union High School District, because I know the person and I'm trying to protect him. If you have any questions are comments about this, you can post it on my talk-page when you have the time. Thank you! Hotel5550 ( talk) 02:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Listing the superintendent and board of trustees members would be fine -- that is, they may be considered publicly notable figures. However, a list of employees would not be proper for an encyclopedia article -- that would be an invasion of the privacy of non-notable and non-public individuals. So the tables of warehouse workers and accountants and such should not be re-added. — CactusWriter | needles 03:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
As you know I asked the drafter of the arbitration case Wizardman if I could present points of corrections for a neutral editor and he said that I could, after this another arb also said that [1] that we should discuss sources, arguments and let other experienced contributors help. Well I presented the corrections at the talkpage and got a neutral editor to take a look, look at nr 4 in corrections: [2] I presented my suggestion and linked to the source in the book and Nishidani came with a suggestion following the source and added it to the article,
On 2 September 2009, AC said on the talkpage: "I removed Beirut and Palestine because 'Alia did not "move to" them. They were merely stops on her way to Egypt.", 7 months after ACs comment at the talkpage, NT shows up and without participating at the talkpage, ads "stopped in" according to what AC had said 7 months before [3]. Nefer Tweety has done this without saying anything at the talkpage, he just changed what me and Nishhdiani talked about and typed "corrections" in the edit summary.
NT has now over several pages declared that his only intent is to revert anything not accepted by AC [4] and he says "disgusted by SD's ways that they are staying away for the time being." "SD has harassed all other opinion to the point where they are no longer contributing. " "SD's continued pushing of a Syrian agenda" "I will revert any statements that have not received consensus with all parties prior to the arbitration" -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 08:58, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Cactus, you say misplaced anger? Have you seen SD's mountain of complaints against a very simple edit that I made on Asmahan? When are you going to take action against this very deliberate harassment and intimidation of all editors opposing his opinion? How much can editors bear of this unacceptable behavior? NW is clearly biased and I formally ask that he does not interfere with this case. What was wrong with my edit on Asmahan? The only person who deserves a warning or even a block is SD who wrote a wall of complaints to silence me. For there to be new consensus, all other editors should be reinvited to participate. I am not making threats, I am telling everyone that I have no time for endless sticky arguments which are the trademark of SD, I will edit the article and I am privileged to do so. It had been proven before that Asmahan's family "stopped" in Haifa and not "relocated" to it. So why is SD bringing back his fallacies especially that there are no sources supporting them? -- Nefer Tweety ( talk) 20:23, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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Hi,
I have discovered that a page called Scotland in the Late Middle Ages was deleted by yourself on grounds of copyright violation. It's not a page I knew much about, and I have no record of having been involved in editing it, though I did visit it at least once. Can you please explain what the nature of the copyright violation was, and why, in your judgement, it justified deletion of the whole page.
The topic is of interest, and I am thinking of maybe reconstructing the topic, though it seems rather daunting in light of complete disappearance of all previous information, (things like what linked to it, etc)..... Was it really the case nothing at all (text/ structure/ headings/ images) could have been retained, especially when the title is such a general one? Any explanations would be appreciated.
I am not that experienced a page maker, more an occaisional editer, so advice about how to go about legitimately reviving such a deleted article would be appreciated as well. (Does no history even exist?) If there was any feature or genuine wiki aspect of it that was at all salvagable, that would be a help. Thanks. Jimp jougler ( talk) 21:11, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Hey,
I am new to wikipedia. Thanks for cleaning up the photos I posted for both the jib arm and camera dolly articles. I struggle with that HTML stuff and I knew things did not look great, but did not know how to fix it.
I did not realize I was breaking the rules putting links to Porta-Jib. Sorry. I saw links to other commercial sites. The most obvious of those is Jimmy Jib, which is not a generic type of Jib arm, but a trademarked product. I think it only fair that if I cannot put in a link to Porta-Jib, then Jimmy Jib's link has got to go too. Merging the articles sounds like a good idea, since having an article about a particular company's product is not allowed.
My husband, Mark Schweickart is the expert in Jib Arms and other camera support equipment and has been working in the industry for over 30 years. He has a new blog, but he doesn't contribute much to it, he is too busy working for Porta-Jib. Before he worked there, he was the manager at Burns and Sawyer.
He wrote an article about the difference between front and rear operated jibs at his blog. The article is long and very detailed. I condensed the information for the wikipedia article I amended. I tried to make sense of what the previous contributor had said as well.
You can read the entire article about the difference between front and rear operated jibs here.
http://porta-jib.blogspot.com/2009/12/front-vs-rear-operated-jibs.html
I cited the blog in the article. Isn't that what I am supposed to do?
I am a little annoyed that you have excised all the information I added. Now the article is inaccurate and mostly discusses rear-operated jib arms. Porta Jib is not the only maker of front operated jibs, so this is not unique to our product.
Front operated jib arms allow the camera operator to control the camera directly. Nowadays, independent filmmakers are using the new DSLR cameras and using the actual display on the back of the camera instead of a separate monitor.
Would you please restore the information I supplied? This was the text of the article as I had left it:
<redacted>
Thanks, Madmadmadeleine ( talk) 01:10, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I made a mistake and saved a Jacqueline Hernández page I was creating. She is the COO of Telemundo. Please help me recreate her page without the issues of being restricted. Thanks -- Unirico41 ( talk) 20:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)Jack Rico
Hi. :) I'm going to be away from Wikipedia from May 13th until May 27th. If you have time, can you pitch in a bit at WP:CP? I'd hate to come back to a two week backlog. :/ (You're not the only person I'm asking; I'm hoping to keep it from overwhelming anybody. :)) My preparation and family obligations have already got me a bit behind, but I'm going to try to get it current through Wednesday, anyway. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:08, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Cactus Writer, I was wondering if I could nominate a friend of mine as an administrator, and I am still confused about how to do it. I've been on the page that you request for adminship, but I'm still confused about it. I know you're on vacation, but I guess you can get back to me when you get back. Thanks, -- Cucumberkvp ( talk) 14:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi. We have never met before, I'm an administrator on it.wikipedia. I'd need an opinion about a possible copyright violation. Maybe I should have to follow the WP:CP page, but I'd rather make it quick. As you can see in this thread there is an amount of text identical to the official website. I removed it, as I learned about your policies, but the user reverted without explaination. I can't tell from our discussion if he's underrating the problem or just denying it. Anyway the disputed text shouldn't be leaved on the article; maybe other his contributes must be verified. Thanks for your help. -- Gliu 22:25, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
I am pretty sure I responded as I generally act when I receive a credible message regarding copyright issues by removing the contested data on 9 May 2010. I assumed the user who pointed out copyright issues was happy with my text removal edit to the SIG GL 5040 article, but started doubting his own expertise regarding this matter. To my dismay I can not find traces of my text removal edit on 2 May 2010 in the article history. Is Wikipedia totally error proof in keeping track of edits or am I getting paranoid?-- Francis Flinch ( talk) 13:25, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you for your quick efforts in getting the Charles P. Cecil article created. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:49, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm generally from Wikia where I'm an admin on most. So if I can help, leave a message on my talk page. Trikster87 ( Talk), 17:31, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
You may have missed this one. In light of your original talk page comments, any thoughts on the AFD would be welcome. Fæ ( talk) 21:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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For your recent assistance responding to the request I left on someone else's talk page, I award you the WikiJaguar Award for Excellence in talk page stalking efforts. I was wondering when this OA could be used. And then I remembered you - thanks for helping out with that request! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:32, 26 May 2010 (UTC) |
Hello Cactus Writer, Thanks for letting me know about the userpage stuff. I'll delete the some of the info. Thanks, -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Boy of The Waters ( talk • contribs)
And whoot! That pretty much says it all. :) Thanks! -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:54, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
You're quite right: I misread the timestamps. I saw anon edits from his ISP and wrongly concluded he was socking anonymously, as he had done after being blocked at Italian WP. Thanks for catching my error. -- Rrburke ( talk) 14:12, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 14:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
This is in reference to your speedy deletion of the Soho Center page -
Dear CactusWriter,
Thanks for the reply. The copyright issue is easy to solve - but I am a bit confused on the COI. The writeup on the Soho Center is a factual summary of a long-standing non-profit. It is essentially the same sort of writeup as currently exists on Wikipedia for (for example) a non-profit like "Reading is Fundemental" (RIF) and that was obviously written by one or more of its seniors. If you could give me a better sense of why the RIF example on Wiki is any different than the proposed Soho Center page, I would be better able to figure out how to get this information bout the Soho Center into Wikipedia. Thanks in advance!
George Beker —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikigbjgb ( talk • contribs) 15:38, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
I am not sure my earlier message got to you. I am trying again with an apology in case this is a repeat.
Dear CactusWriter,
Thanks for the reply. The copyright issue is easy to solve - but I am a bit confused on the COI. The writeup on the Soho Center is a factual summary of a long-standing non-profit. It is essentially the same sort of writeup as currently exists on Wikipedia for (for example) a non-profit like "Reading is Fundemental" (RIF) and that was obviously written by one or more of its seniors. If you could give me a better sense of why the RIF example on Wiki is any different than the proposed Soho Center page, I would be better able to figure out how to get this information bout the Soho Center into Wikipedia. Thanks in advance!
George Beker —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikigbjgb ( talk • contribs) 16:28, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Why was my wiki article deleted without any responses in the talk section? I believe that is unfair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacksonhewit ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
The wikipedia definition of a 'musician' is one in the role of creating music, which both follows the wiki definiion of a 'record proucer'. Is there a reason why even though most of wiki's record producer pages list them as musicians, it wouldn't be considered under the definition. On the other hand 'DJ' is listed under wp:musicbio but does fit the definition of a musician under wiki's articles. Under wp:musicbio the articles refs point 2 of chart position on the worlds largest chart ( http://www.billboard.com/charts?tag=allcharts#/album/jadakiss/the-last-kiss/1197853) and point 3 record certified gold ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadakiss_discography). -- Jacksonhewit ( talk) 20:05, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter! I've noticed that the last 2 times you deleted an image you never removed usage of the image. If you don't mind, if you could do this in the future it would be appreciated. Thanks, FinalRapture - † ☪ 18:03, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi there! It is unfortunate that you deleted the image File:ProminentKammas.jpg when I'm the sole copyright holder by virtue of my authoring the image. Can you please reverse the deletion or can I provide any additional information to firmly establish my exclusive copyright over the image. Hoping for a positive response from your end. Thanks -- Altruism T a l k - Contribs. 18:07, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Manuel Agrella, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manuel Agrella. Thank you. Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. jmcw ( talk) 13:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying the issue vis-a-vis copyvio and user subpages. Herostratus ( talk) 17:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering why the Dylan Le Blanc page was deleted and whether I can get the content to rectify it? Best, Ed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edhodge89 ( talk • contribs) 14:59, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
The OTRS on that page is likely useless, as the website from which permission was received has a history of copyright violations itself. See a conversation at User talk:VernoWhitney/Archive 2#Web Gallery of Art. VernoWhitney ( talk) 20:47, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi - I see that you've been involved in the deletion of this article for copyright reasons. I have contributed to it in the past and I missed the opportunity to resolve the issue which led to its deletion. Is there any way that I can access the article, address the issue and restore it? Cheers. Jaygtee ( talk) 16:42, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for that explanation, CactusWriter, on why you had to delete the article. I'll have a look at the stub and see where I can take it. Jaygtee ( talk) 10:52, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
So I have a question about this article I tagged as copyvio last night. It's (apparently) copied from Wikipedia, but only licensed under GFDL, so as it stands it's still a copyvio as I understand as it is using the wrong license. However, should the history be imported to fix it or should the article just be re-deleted under A7 (or whatever criteria was used on this version of the article previously)? VernoWhitney ( talk) 11:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
Hey Cactus Writer, Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. Thanks, -- User:水の男の子 User_Talk:水の男の子 16:57, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films/Resources#Unreliable_resources. In light of this could you please notify User talk:Jimbo Wales and Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Is_it_appropriate_to_add_unsourced_information_to_articles_on_BLPs_.3F about this? Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:40, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm reinventing the wheel you discovered: WP:RSN#"Faith & philosophy of Hinduism". Will Beback talk 12:04, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
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It certainly is - which is why the article was previously deleted, as it did not assert such a thing. A version that covered the Grammy award part would be vastly less likely to be speedily deleted. - Vianello ( Talk) 00:22, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
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This page was deleted and I was wondering why and what needs to be done to have it be restored.
Also I forgot my user name and password. The user name was something like "RedFox 1-120th FA" or something. It should be in the discussion page of the page mentioned above. I can't remember what e-mail I used for it either. If you could take a peak at the deleted pages discussion section and remind me what the user name was that would be spectacular.
If you could I would appreciate your help with getting our page up to standards. I know we had a copyright violation but I was under the impression that we got it resolved. So unless there is a new problem I don't understand why it was deleted.
Thank you,
CDT Motacek 1-120th FA Bn - Defacto S6 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.56.60.99 ( talk) 13:48, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I am a bot notifying you on behalf of the the unreferenced biographies team that 1 of the articles that you created is currently tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 874 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{ unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article: Eve La Salle Caram - Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL Thanks!-- DASHBot ( talk) 21:25, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello!
I do appreciate you vigilant approach to copyright protection. However, I am the author and holder of the copyright to the material about the Chepakovich valuation model published at
http://www.istockresearch.com/valuation/ and in the Wikipedia article "Chepakovich valuation model". I've just granted permission (on "Talk:Chepakovich valuation model" and in an e-mail to permissions-en@wikimedia.org) to Wikimedia Foundation re-use of this material under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL.
I would greatly appreciate if the article is restored.
Best regards,
Alexander Chepakovich, CFA — Preceding
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Please discuss seriously about Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Wikipedia and public domain for upcoming edits.. Rishikeshan ( talk)
I already referenced and expanded Gedvilas and Sakalauskas. So they are ok. As for Acukas, I can only tell he is a real person. His notability is somewhat marginal. I will need more time to investigate. Renata ( talk) 16:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter, I need some help on my userpage. I put an image on it to make my page look cool, but it was too big, and it is in the way of letting me edit my page. Could you possibly get rid of that image? Thanks, -- User:Platyfishkeeper User_Talk:水の男の子 15:04, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the help at CP today. :D Lately, I've felt perpetually pressed for time. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:31, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
I created a page then later deleted it. However, the heading remains. How do I delete that as well? Thanks. CRJAC ( talk) 12:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
200px|thumb|Left|This is the picture which I would like to enhance. Hello, sorry to bother you but my mentor is on a long wikibreak so I'd just like to ask you if I can enhance a picture that I would like to put a little more contrast to it so the picture doesn't look so old. I just need to find out 100% that it is legal, Thanks, -- User:Platyfishkeeper User_Talk:Platyfishkeeper 15:44, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactuswriter, Thanks for looking over the page I created. I added a source, because in your message you asked for one. I am just a beginner at Wikipedia, so if I made a mistake please let me know. Thanks,----G24845 —Preceding unsigned comment added by G24845 ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I started the page Arthur Silber, Jr and it was deleted before I had a chance to continue. Arthur is my client. I am his manager. He has written the book "Sammy Davis, Jr. Me and My Shadow" which is a biography about his 25+ year friendship with the legendary artist Sammy Davis Jr. I am sorry for not being proficient at creating a wiki page but I am a novice so it will take me a few days to complete. How can I create Arthur's page without fear of it being deleted again? Thank you for your help. Tammyagnt ( talk) 05:48, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I tried to make a new article titled Sciences of Qur'an and I faced the folowing problems: 1- I couldnt put any photos, I couldnt understand a thing from all these instructions u put there and after it seems that I found it I couldnt place it on the right edge as the way it goes in Wikipedia. 2- I coundnt put my article in portals 3- I was working on my article, building it step by step. so yes I took from one reference but I intended to take from other sources, arabic ones but I didnt know where to put them coz I thought it wont help in an English article.
as for Ahmed von daffer, he is a German journalist and has an article on deutch wikipedia, all I did is I translate some about him into English. any way I got a great help from wikipedia while I was working on my Ph.d. and when I finished it and as an acknowlgment I thought to contribute to wikipedia as it gives me a lot earlier. but it seems it's harder than I thought. thx anyway Wafaashohdy ( talk) 06:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the history merge. Cheers! Geo Swan ( talk) 18:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that you have deleted my article Rahul Pillai. I do not understand why did you delete it, it is not an "attack page". Can you please restore it? thanks, Spapush —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spapush ( talk • contribs) 20:27, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello CactusWriter. Thanks for deleting my duplicate image, as I requested on the image page. This was my own photo, which I released to WikiCommons. I have a general question about images, this being my first WP article (Gordion Furniture and Wooden Artifacts). I have used several of my own photographs, to which I hold the copyright, which I cannot release to WC, because they are photos of objects in the Ankara Museum and associated with an excavation run under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. I could not see any way to tag them other than with the tags "Non-free 2D art" and "Non-free with permission". This throws up the cautionary notices on the image pages, which asks for detailed information regarding compliance with WP's fair-use guidelines. As I am using my own photos, copyrighted by me, and am not using the images according to the fair-use doctrine, I am wondering if there is a different/better way I should be tagging them. Meanwhile, I have provided the requested detailed fair-use rationale as indicated in the tag notices. My copyrighted photos are of course available to be used by others according to the fair-use provisions of the US copyright law and WP guidelines. I cannot as yet make these available as free images, but I may be able to do so in the future, after the final reports on the project have been published (one of which is in press right now). Can you please advise? If you have time, you might look at the image page for one of my images to let me know what you think. I support WP and am trying to comply but am unsure of the correct way to do it. I appreciate your help. E. S. V. Leigh ( talk) 17:29, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
I empathize with you over your frustration. However we continually protect the fundamental concept of an unequivocally free and open encyclopedia -- both as a philosophical and a legal entity. This support for the entire project sometimes comes at the expense of, or weakening of, individual articles. The debate over the issue of expert editors has been ongoing since Wikipedia's inception. (See Wikipedia:Expert retention, Wikipedia:Expert rebellion, Wikipedia:Ignore all credentials and Wikipedia:Credentials are irrelevant to name just a few.) Fortunately, even without resolving that issue, Wikipedia has expanded to more than 3 million articles -- several thousand of which are well-reviewed or highly reviewed. And an increasing level of respectability -- even among academics. I hope you will stick around. Cheers. — CactusWriter (talk) 19:49, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Um, is there any particular reason you restored this? There's an actual rewrite in the appropriate location at Talk:Sergio Rendine/Temp which I'm trying to figure out just what to do with it at the moment, but the one I tagged is unneeded and just sitting there in mainspace. VernoWhitney ( talk) 18:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Cactus Writer, You posted a copyright infringement notice on the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mansion_on_O_Street I am trying to rectify the situation as quickly as possible and I wanted to let you know I edited this page yesterday to reflect the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Mansion_on_O_Street This copy is permitted to use see: http://www.omansion.com/museum/about/history/ - BOTTOM OF THE PAGE it states: re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0 In addition, I do have permission to use the photos on this page directly from the photographers but I think I have to deal with that separately. If you could let me know if there is anything else I need to do to have the stamp removed I would appreciate it. Thanks! Sortiesimon ( talk) 14:44, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactus Writer, I got notification that O Street Museum Foundation was tagged for speedy deletion but it was deleted before I could put a hang on tag on it to discuss. The copy on the deleted page is permitted for usage please see: http://www.omansion.com/museum/about/history/ - BOTTOM OF THE PAGE it states: re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0. I would like to have this page restored if possible. If you could let me know if there is anything else I need to do to have the page restored I would appreciate it. Thanks! Sortiesimon ( talk) 14:50, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. :) There's a listing at CP with which I'd appreciate the help of somebody fluent (or semi-fluent) in computer: Linear Data Set. It's been marked as a copyvio of [11], and the tagger helpfully refers to section 1.6.5 (Linear Data Set) and its subsection (Data-In-Virtual) as the point of origin. I have difficulty assessing articles written in computerese, because I am unfamiliar with the jargon, so I can't always tell when a paraphrase is acceptable or not. This does not seem to be direct pasting, although some text is verbatim. Any chance you can take on the ticket? It's at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 October 13. If you can handle that one, I'd be grateful. I'll take care of everything else from that day, including SCV. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there :) Do you know if it's okay to use a template to significantly decrease the size of your signature? Mine is pretty long and I believe it might bug some editors. -- Addi hockey 10 E-mail this user 20:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter! I am researching and working on updating both of my articles and I saw I have a new note from Jan 1922 (talk) 16:11, 23 October 2010 (UTC). So I went to talk with them about how I am working on what you have recommended and it seems this user has been permanently blocked? I'm not sure what to do but I would really appreciate the opportunity to act on the guidance you have given me before anyone deletes the page. Can you help me? Thanks! Sortiesimon ( talk) 20:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Yea, probably yet another sock. I just went through and rolled back changes by Wwef2010. Vegaswikian ( talk) 20:55, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Ok, I'll be happy to ask him to contact you. Thanks, -- Cucumberkvp ( talk) 13:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter! I have been working very hard researching and re-writing The Mansion on O Street page and I was wondering if you could take a look at it for me. I did a ton of research, added some additional information under the history, and cited sources from third party publications. In addition, I tried to rewrite much of the article from a neutral point of view. I have some additional sections I would like to add but I wanted to work on getting the tags along the top removed first before I add too much new information for review. Thank you very much for you guidance, I really appreciate it! Sortiesimon ( talk) 22:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, I see you were the editor who tagged this page with speedy delete. I should explain that in reality I was attempting to create a subpage so that the portal icon for Portal:Gastropods could be automatically linked, in order to be able to display the icon in templates where it appears. I was trying to follow the directions, but I erred in what I did. The title of the page should have been "Template:Portal/Images/Gastropods" instead. I will go ahead and create that one. Thanks, Invertzoo ( talk) 00:51, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactus Writer, Had a few questions for you regarding a page I had recently created for my "in-laws" company Rex Fine Foods, based out of New Orleans, Louisiana.... I have never created an entire page and maybe I just need some direction on how to correct whatever was wrong with the first page. If you could just let me know I would greatly appericate it. I have the authority from the owners Gene and Jenni Ratliff to create this page and use stuff from our online homepage at WWW.Rexfoods.com.... Please let me know what I need to do to correct this. Sorry and Thanks for your time My email is Aleshia1733@sbcgloabl.net Aleshia Ratliff04:46, 29 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aleshia1733 ( talk • contribs)
Hey friend, if you want to delete an article you better make sure that there is inof around explaining why (along with the votes) as I can find SFA information on this (former) article. Please explain _and_ point me to said information and article history or I will undelete it. (I will be back.) 202.139.23.75 ( talk) 03:31, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, CactusWriter. I came across this one watching recent changes. I reverted this edit, not realizing it was a copyvio (even with the huge hint). In looking at the article (to assure myself I hadn't made it worse), I saw the History section. Doing some poking around I found this, this and this. I can't tell if WP's content is copied from one of these or if they copied WP's content. The formatting and wall-of-text layout doesn't bode well for me, though. If you could take a look and offer an opinion, I'd appreciate the help. If you feel led to take action that wouldn't hurt my feelings either :) See ya 'round Tide rolls 06:16, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
You have deleted my page and i dont understand why. please restore it... thanks, Drewvols80. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewvols80 ( talk • contribs) 20:29, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you for the information. I was aware of the guideline. However, I have tried on many internet providers and the links just don't work. They are clearly fake. The box office score if available on Billboard.Biz only, but the links don't take you there. That's why I reverted. Thanks for keeping an eye, though. Jayy008 ( talk) 16:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter, the article Ayya Tathaaloka was deleted over a year ago (00:02, 12 September 2009). At the time, it only appeared to be a copyright violation because Dhammawiki.com copied the original Wikipedia article (Sept 2006) w/o citing Wikipedia. They now cite Wikipedia as the original (see: http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Ayya_Tathaaloka). So, the deletion you completed in 2009 should be reverted. Would you be willing to do that/recommend that? It would be best to have the edit history, rather than re-creating the article. Dekyi ( talk) 07:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, I had just finished publishing and saving the article for Miguel "Mike" Fernandez and noticed it had been deleted due to copyright issues. The article information was provided by Mr.Fernandez' assistant to me in an email for publication on Wikipedia. I had not realized this was exactly the same text on their website listed under his information under the team page. Please let me know what needs to be done in order to bring the page back on Wikipedia. Thank you Compsys1 ( talk) 22:06, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
You deleted this just as I was about to decline the CSD nom. At my RFA I got a lot of flack for nominating articles that consisted of nothing but an infobox as empty/no context. I don't happen to think that is a sensible policy, but it is in fact policy, as noted at WP:CSD#A3:"Similarly, this criterion doesn't cover a page with an infobox with non-trivial information." Beeblebrox ( talk) 22:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi CactusWriter - you just deleted a new article I was creating on Paul Hilder, who I've just discovered appears to have been a founder of a few notable organisations I've been following in parallel -- openDemocracy.net (which has its own article which cites him as a founder and has published many articles by Wikipedia personages), Avaaz.org (which has its own article and claims over 6 million members) and 38 Degrees -- he also gave a TED talk recently and there are plenty of references to him. So having taken a look at the criteria I think it meets the notability criteria but obv this is my first article so am open to discussion! Slothrop2010 ( talk) 23:53, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
If Rapunzel is an important character and the main protagonist, then how come Flynn Rider defeated the main villian, Gothel? Is he supposed to be the main hero? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EDavies94 ( talk • contribs) 06:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hey there... cool that you deleted the Larissa shasko (small s), I was trying to create an article for her with proper capitalization "Larissa Shasko" and couldn't get past the auto-reference to 2008 election candidates...
As per the copyright infringement... I had used larissa's own website, and could easily attain her permission (we are close friends and colleagues)... The only reason I left the copied and pasted short bio was because I didn't want to edit the small s article while the large s wasn't allowing me...
so how can I start on a large s, Larissa Shasko article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Treesforourchildren ( talk • contribs) 07:55, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
...are you in? (there's a reason I'm asking in this way) Lord Spongefrog , (I am Czar of all Russias!) 12:35, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Cactus Writer. I was a brand-new editor back last summer when an individual, perhaps using several accounts, persisted in vandalizing the The Third Man article, contending that Orson Welles had written and directed the film. Eventually he went away. 'Cept now he's back. He's been copy-and-pasting his arguments from July back into the article in the same spots. He's as tenacious as I am, and one more round of pasting-and-undoing will put us into edit war status. I'm confident in my edit skills, but not so much in my battle skills. Any chance you could help out on this? -- HarringtonSmith ( talk) 23:22, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
I don't think that the resolution would stay that high anyway if one of the dimensions is reduced to 300px. Usually the image is rendered in the infobox at 200px anyway, so it usually doesn't need to be much bigger than that. I've been running across a lot of images that are above 300px, but I've usually been tagging only 350 and above. I believe that there is some page somewhere that talks about resolution as well, but again, it shouldn't be an issue with the reduced size. Let me know if you need further clarification. Thanks for taking the time to resize them. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 ( talk • contrib) 00:14, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
why did you delete united atists??? its my dads team i hate you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Feargondeoin ( talk • contribs) 17:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
If you can delete them that'd be fantastic. I added them before I knew all the ins and outs of the system here. Alex ( talk) 18:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your polite posting on my web page.
Please check the comments page where the subject Himself clearly states He has no issue with text being used from His web site and in fact encourages the use. Whilst I appreciate the policies in place, surely common sense should prevail? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trevorsem ( talk • contribs) 12:46, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm working at spanish version of Masada, and saw this edition you did long ago. Do you have any reference that could hold that assertion? Because I'm not sure we were talking about only one person. I really need one solid reference to prove that fact. Thanks and regards, Kordas ( sínome!) 22:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
You are a worthy addition to the land pickled herring and atrocious weather. Favonian ( talk) 19:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Please see here Respond on my talk page if you would like to contact me. Thank you. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 22:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Why was the Sarah Roberson page deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HeyitsSarahKate ( talk • contribs) 22:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the welcome! -- Cucumberkvp ( talk) 16:03, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello Cactus… Supreme Deliciousness is acting up again. On 30 December 2009, you filed this AN/I report against SD for meat puppetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive588#User:Supreme_Deliciousness_ban_violation. SD was soliciting User:Nableezy to edit Asmahan on his behalf as a way around his ban from the Asmahan arbitration case. SD was found to have violated his ban and was blocked very briefly. SD is now doing it again on Omar Sharif. Again, he is posting the references for Nableezy on the Talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Omar_Sharif#Omar_Sharifs_lebanese_background and Nableezy is doing the editing using SD references: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Omar_Sharif&action=historysubmit&diff=341729948&oldid=341725654, again as a way around his ban. SD is prohibited from influencing the nationality or ethnicity of a biography on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Asmahan#Supreme_Deliciousness_topic_banned. Not only is Omar Sharif a biography, it was also part of the Asmahan case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Asmahan#Statement_by_Arab_Cowboy and again, SD is using a meat puppet to do his editing in violation of his ban. I ask you to please take action again, this time to block him indefinitely, since he has been violating his ban so many times. Thank you. Nefer Tweety ( talk) 20:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
CactusWriter, I have made one single post at the Omar Sharif talkpage since the case ended which I am allowed to do, a very civilized post bringing sources to the talkpage, while Nefer Tweety has reverted Sharifs background at least 5 times since the case ended misrepresenting the sources in the edit summary, not making one single post at the talkpage while edit warring with numerous editors, and you are here saying that I am the one that "continues to create battles over ethnicity and nationality, and stirring up fires at various WP venues" and that "and any provocation by SD can be ignored" What is this? I am allowed to make posts at talkpages about any topic, and I am doing this in a civilized way, am I not? Was it not civilized? Have I not been polite? So what is the problem? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 19:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
If talk pages was not written in the remedy, then I would say that it's not a violation. If you feel topic banning the talk pages as well is necessary then you can request an amendment. That's how I read the remedy. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 23:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
It was not my intention to delete S. V. Nadkarni just like that - several readers are also responsible for that. At the same time, I had also marked one of my articles B. A. Uralegaddi to be deleted as I thought it is not worth keeping on wiki. He may be notable somewhere else. Yes, Nikil Dutt, D. S. Nadkarni were my mistakes. S. V. Nadkarni was not understood by many. The others are marked correctly – votes are coming in. Thanks. In summary, this notable stuff on wiki stinks. I have been seeing a lot bias in that process. I’m some what close to what David Eppstein’s speaks though it differs sometimes from others. -- DoNotTellDoNotAsk ( talk) 13:11, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
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Nice work! -- ThaddeusB ( talk) 20:21, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
An editor has nominated an article which you worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Real Ultimate Power. Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real Ultimate Power (second nomination). -- Erwin85Bot ( talk) 01:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactus Writer, thanks for helping on the Drents Museum, I'm glad your dedicated to helping us!-- Cucumberkvp 19:19, 10 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cucumberkvp ( talk • contribs)
CactusWriter/Archive 2010 - Thanks for your participation and support in my recent successful RfA. Your confidence and trust in me is much appreciated. As a new admin I will try hard to keep from wading in too deep over the tops of my waders, nor shall I let the Buffalo intimidate me.-- Mike Cline ( talk) 09:03, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
I have filed the ammendment request as you have previously suggested. I HOPE that you will support it this time. Thanks! Nefer Tweety ( talk) 18:11, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I gather you might have some insight to offer at User talk:Arab Cowboy (specifically the sections " Email" and " Some Sane Admin, Please Unblock"). AC is asking for your input specifically, for what it's worth. – Luna Santin ( talk) 12:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I have now talked with the arb drafter of the Asmahan arbitration case. He has told me that I am allowed to ask a neutral person to take a look at points I have posted at the talkpage. I am planning on asking either Nableezy again, or some other person. I am giving you this information in advance so that no future misunderstanding will happen. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 18:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
How long should a page completely devoid of information be allowed to exist? An hour? A day? A month? Kinda negates the purpose of {{ db-a3}}. Perhaps you could move it to a user subpage instead. 98.248.41.128 ( talk) 02:30, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Dear CactusWriter could you please elaberate why you deleted the hagoole page in new (lame) user terms. In my opinion it was far from advertising as I was describing what hagoole search is, does and how it differentiates.
The hagoole tool is a NOTABLE and unique new engine as it deals with issues affecting people in the current financial crisis attempting to take on monopolistic competition where they differentiate on everything other than price. This is an important topic of interest to many around the world part of a new trend as the consumer is increasingly empowered in a highly competitive global competition. Was it too long? Would you be kind enough to help locate an example of what would be acceptable? I would very much appreciate your time and any input that your experience would suggest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hagoole ( talk • contribs) 2:12, 5 March 2010
Hi, thanks for your earlier amendments to the images I uploaded. Helped me understand Wikipedia much better. I uploaded this image thumb, which I was given a couple of months ago by a follower of Shahi, so I have the original copy of the photo. I've uploaded it to share it on Shahi's article, but another editor User:Off2riorob, who I'm sure means best for the article, doesn't understand my point. I just need some advise. How should I fix the information regarding the image so that it may be used in the article and may stay up? I wasn't sure of the rights to place on the image. So I put up 'Public Domain', whatever your thoughts upon the matter, please let me know. -- Nasir | ناصر یونس have a chat 22:32, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
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on the image page.Tu te crois malin de supprimer ça? Abdekarim Izaiaoui ( talk) 14:16, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
NerdyScienceDude :) ( ✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 02:24, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Georgia Gould, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgia Gould. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. CMG ( talk) 14:42, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
I see and I apologize. So once you place that AfD tag on the article, there's no turning back. ;-) Thanks for letting me know. — Mike Allen 01:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Unless the editor changed it after I moved the article, how was it a test page? CTJF83 chat 20:28, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mottram
I hereby affirm that I, David Mottram am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the webpage that my Wikipedia article details ( http://www.mottram.com/index.html).
I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0".
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
David Mottram - copyright-holder, director, owner of mottram.com 3/24/2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidmottram ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi. :) Good to see you at CP! Just to let you know, in case you didn't see it, I'm working on this one in temp space. I'm not done, but you're welcome to move it into article space. I'm distracted by some copyright issues in a cluster of Indian articles, brought to my talk page. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
You recently speedy deleted Joe Arpaio controversy ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), while leaving no notice on my talk page, even though I was the page creator. I was wondering if you would please move the contents to a user page of mine; namely User:Outback the koala/Joe Arpaio controversy. From there I will work on it, expand the content, and reference/source the content until it is ready to be reintroduced. It's good content that we could really use. If not, please contact me on my talk page. Thank You, Outback the Koala ( talk) 03:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Why did you delete image Spectronic_ts2200_phone.jpg? As I said in the image comment I am the author of this image. It is correct that the image is also in use on the Spectronic website, which might be confusing. However, it is still my image and I have the rights to it (which is an agreement between me and spectronic). I choose to make the image, in this specific resolution, avaliable under the creative commons licence (which was also said in the image comment) and I would prefer not to have it deleted. Could you please restore it. Regards, Cmas one ( talk) 20:24, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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I appreciate the feedback via your edits to my postings and I am comparing them and learning from them. I am trying to start out slowly, and you are one of the first who has edited my contributions and not just deleted them as part of mass edits. If you see me getting out of line with POV or bias, reach out to me and I will try to expand out my topics and not have a singular focus. Overdriver ( talk) 08:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
"was a cult-leader who founded Holy City, California, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California"
"Riker grew up working as a palm reader and mind reader, but faced trouble for bigamy. Riker fled to Canada and soon founded his religious sect "The Perfect Christian Divine Way" which emphasized White Supremacy, Racial segregation, separation of people by gender, and abstinence from alcohol."
"Riker was arrested in 1942 for sedition due to his pro-Nazi views[citation needed]. He was freed due to the efforts of attorney Melvin Belli but Riker soon sued Belli for defaming him by referring to him as a "crackpot" during the trial"
How is this not an Attack page, Its only source the Apologetics Index (by no means a Reliable) which made claims like the middle on above? Weaponbb7 ( talk) 18:27, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
We just had a RSN discussion on it Weaponbb7 ( talk) 00:49, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
I just need to let you know that someone's name has been put on East Side Union High School District and I'm trying to permanently remove the history of it, which is why I posted the article for deletion. I have created East Side Union High School District (San Jose, California) to clean up the mess made. I suggest that you delete the orginal article and then rename the new one to East Side Union High School District, because I know the person and I'm trying to protect him. If you have any questions are comments about this, you can post it on my talk-page when you have the time. Thank you! Hotel5550 ( talk) 02:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
Listing the superintendent and board of trustees members would be fine -- that is, they may be considered publicly notable figures. However, a list of employees would not be proper for an encyclopedia article -- that would be an invasion of the privacy of non-notable and non-public individuals. So the tables of warehouse workers and accountants and such should not be re-added. — CactusWriter | needles 03:10, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
As you know I asked the drafter of the arbitration case Wizardman if I could present points of corrections for a neutral editor and he said that I could, after this another arb also said that [1] that we should discuss sources, arguments and let other experienced contributors help. Well I presented the corrections at the talkpage and got a neutral editor to take a look, look at nr 4 in corrections: [2] I presented my suggestion and linked to the source in the book and Nishidani came with a suggestion following the source and added it to the article,
On 2 September 2009, AC said on the talkpage: "I removed Beirut and Palestine because 'Alia did not "move to" them. They were merely stops on her way to Egypt.", 7 months after ACs comment at the talkpage, NT shows up and without participating at the talkpage, ads "stopped in" according to what AC had said 7 months before [3]. Nefer Tweety has done this without saying anything at the talkpage, he just changed what me and Nishhdiani talked about and typed "corrections" in the edit summary.
NT has now over several pages declared that his only intent is to revert anything not accepted by AC [4] and he says "disgusted by SD's ways that they are staying away for the time being." "SD has harassed all other opinion to the point where they are no longer contributing. " "SD's continued pushing of a Syrian agenda" "I will revert any statements that have not received consensus with all parties prior to the arbitration" -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 08:58, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Cactus, you say misplaced anger? Have you seen SD's mountain of complaints against a very simple edit that I made on Asmahan? When are you going to take action against this very deliberate harassment and intimidation of all editors opposing his opinion? How much can editors bear of this unacceptable behavior? NW is clearly biased and I formally ask that he does not interfere with this case. What was wrong with my edit on Asmahan? The only person who deserves a warning or even a block is SD who wrote a wall of complaints to silence me. For there to be new consensus, all other editors should be reinvited to participate. I am not making threats, I am telling everyone that I have no time for endless sticky arguments which are the trademark of SD, I will edit the article and I am privileged to do so. It had been proven before that Asmahan's family "stopped" in Haifa and not "relocated" to it. So why is SD bringing back his fallacies especially that there are no sources supporting them? -- Nefer Tweety ( talk) 20:23, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi, as a member of the Guild of Copy Editors you're hereby notified of and invited to participate in the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2010. Please help us eliminate the 8,000+ copyedit backlog! Participating editors will receive barnstars and other awards, according to their level of participation. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 00:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I have discovered that a page called Scotland in the Late Middle Ages was deleted by yourself on grounds of copyright violation. It's not a page I knew much about, and I have no record of having been involved in editing it, though I did visit it at least once. Can you please explain what the nature of the copyright violation was, and why, in your judgement, it justified deletion of the whole page.
The topic is of interest, and I am thinking of maybe reconstructing the topic, though it seems rather daunting in light of complete disappearance of all previous information, (things like what linked to it, etc)..... Was it really the case nothing at all (text/ structure/ headings/ images) could have been retained, especially when the title is such a general one? Any explanations would be appreciated.
I am not that experienced a page maker, more an occaisional editer, so advice about how to go about legitimately reviving such a deleted article would be appreciated as well. (Does no history even exist?) If there was any feature or genuine wiki aspect of it that was at all salvagable, that would be a help. Thanks. Jimp jougler ( talk) 21:11, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Hey,
I am new to wikipedia. Thanks for cleaning up the photos I posted for both the jib arm and camera dolly articles. I struggle with that HTML stuff and I knew things did not look great, but did not know how to fix it.
I did not realize I was breaking the rules putting links to Porta-Jib. Sorry. I saw links to other commercial sites. The most obvious of those is Jimmy Jib, which is not a generic type of Jib arm, but a trademarked product. I think it only fair that if I cannot put in a link to Porta-Jib, then Jimmy Jib's link has got to go too. Merging the articles sounds like a good idea, since having an article about a particular company's product is not allowed.
My husband, Mark Schweickart is the expert in Jib Arms and other camera support equipment and has been working in the industry for over 30 years. He has a new blog, but he doesn't contribute much to it, he is too busy working for Porta-Jib. Before he worked there, he was the manager at Burns and Sawyer.
He wrote an article about the difference between front and rear operated jibs at his blog. The article is long and very detailed. I condensed the information for the wikipedia article I amended. I tried to make sense of what the previous contributor had said as well.
You can read the entire article about the difference between front and rear operated jibs here.
http://porta-jib.blogspot.com/2009/12/front-vs-rear-operated-jibs.html
I cited the blog in the article. Isn't that what I am supposed to do?
I am a little annoyed that you have excised all the information I added. Now the article is inaccurate and mostly discusses rear-operated jib arms. Porta Jib is not the only maker of front operated jibs, so this is not unique to our product.
Front operated jib arms allow the camera operator to control the camera directly. Nowadays, independent filmmakers are using the new DSLR cameras and using the actual display on the back of the camera instead of a separate monitor.
Would you please restore the information I supplied? This was the text of the article as I had left it:
<redacted>
Thanks, Madmadmadeleine ( talk) 01:10, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I made a mistake and saved a Jacqueline Hernández page I was creating. She is the COO of Telemundo. Please help me recreate her page without the issues of being restricted. Thanks -- Unirico41 ( talk) 20:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)Jack Rico
Hi. :) I'm going to be away from Wikipedia from May 13th until May 27th. If you have time, can you pitch in a bit at WP:CP? I'd hate to come back to a two week backlog. :/ (You're not the only person I'm asking; I'm hoping to keep it from overwhelming anybody. :)) My preparation and family obligations have already got me a bit behind, but I'm going to try to get it current through Wednesday, anyway. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:08, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Cactus Writer, I was wondering if I could nominate a friend of mine as an administrator, and I am still confused about how to do it. I've been on the page that you request for adminship, but I'm still confused about it. I know you're on vacation, but I guess you can get back to me when you get back. Thanks, -- Cucumberkvp ( talk) 14:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi. We have never met before, I'm an administrator on it.wikipedia. I'd need an opinion about a possible copyright violation. Maybe I should have to follow the WP:CP page, but I'd rather make it quick. As you can see in this thread there is an amount of text identical to the official website. I removed it, as I learned about your policies, but the user reverted without explaination. I can't tell from our discussion if he's underrating the problem or just denying it. Anyway the disputed text shouldn't be leaved on the article; maybe other his contributes must be verified. Thanks for your help. -- Gliu 22:25, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
I am pretty sure I responded as I generally act when I receive a credible message regarding copyright issues by removing the contested data on 9 May 2010. I assumed the user who pointed out copyright issues was happy with my text removal edit to the SIG GL 5040 article, but started doubting his own expertise regarding this matter. To my dismay I can not find traces of my text removal edit on 2 May 2010 in the article history. Is Wikipedia totally error proof in keeping track of edits or am I getting paranoid?-- Francis Flinch ( talk) 13:25, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you for your quick efforts in getting the Charles P. Cecil article created. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:49, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'm generally from Wikia where I'm an admin on most. So if I can help, leave a message on my talk page. Trikster87 ( Talk), 17:31, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
You may have missed this one. In light of your original talk page comments, any thoughts on the AFD would be welcome. Fæ ( talk) 21:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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For your recent assistance responding to the request I left on someone else's talk page, I award you the WikiJaguar Award for Excellence in talk page stalking efforts. I was wondering when this OA could be used. And then I remembered you - thanks for helping out with that request! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 18:32, 26 May 2010 (UTC) |
Hello Cactus Writer, Thanks for letting me know about the userpage stuff. I'll delete the some of the info. Thanks, -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Boy of The Waters ( talk • contribs)
And whoot! That pretty much says it all. :) Thanks! -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:54, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
You're quite right: I misread the timestamps. I saw anon edits from his ISP and wrongly concluded he was socking anonymously, as he had done after being blocked at Italian WP. Thanks for catching my error. -- Rrburke ( talk) 14:12, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 14:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
This is in reference to your speedy deletion of the Soho Center page -
Dear CactusWriter,
Thanks for the reply. The copyright issue is easy to solve - but I am a bit confused on the COI. The writeup on the Soho Center is a factual summary of a long-standing non-profit. It is essentially the same sort of writeup as currently exists on Wikipedia for (for example) a non-profit like "Reading is Fundemental" (RIF) and that was obviously written by one or more of its seniors. If you could give me a better sense of why the RIF example on Wiki is any different than the proposed Soho Center page, I would be better able to figure out how to get this information bout the Soho Center into Wikipedia. Thanks in advance!
George Beker —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikigbjgb ( talk • contribs) 15:38, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
I am not sure my earlier message got to you. I am trying again with an apology in case this is a repeat.
Dear CactusWriter,
Thanks for the reply. The copyright issue is easy to solve - but I am a bit confused on the COI. The writeup on the Soho Center is a factual summary of a long-standing non-profit. It is essentially the same sort of writeup as currently exists on Wikipedia for (for example) a non-profit like "Reading is Fundemental" (RIF) and that was obviously written by one or more of its seniors. If you could give me a better sense of why the RIF example on Wiki is any different than the proposed Soho Center page, I would be better able to figure out how to get this information bout the Soho Center into Wikipedia. Thanks in advance!
George Beker —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikigbjgb ( talk • contribs) 16:28, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Why was my wiki article deleted without any responses in the talk section? I believe that is unfair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacksonhewit ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
The wikipedia definition of a 'musician' is one in the role of creating music, which both follows the wiki definiion of a 'record proucer'. Is there a reason why even though most of wiki's record producer pages list them as musicians, it wouldn't be considered under the definition. On the other hand 'DJ' is listed under wp:musicbio but does fit the definition of a musician under wiki's articles. Under wp:musicbio the articles refs point 2 of chart position on the worlds largest chart ( http://www.billboard.com/charts?tag=allcharts#/album/jadakiss/the-last-kiss/1197853) and point 3 record certified gold ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadakiss_discography). -- Jacksonhewit ( talk) 20:05, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter! I've noticed that the last 2 times you deleted an image you never removed usage of the image. If you don't mind, if you could do this in the future it would be appreciated. Thanks, FinalRapture - † ☪ 18:03, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi there! It is unfortunate that you deleted the image File:ProminentKammas.jpg when I'm the sole copyright holder by virtue of my authoring the image. Can you please reverse the deletion or can I provide any additional information to firmly establish my exclusive copyright over the image. Hoping for a positive response from your end. Thanks -- Altruism T a l k - Contribs. 18:07, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Manuel Agrella, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manuel Agrella. Thank you. Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. jmcw ( talk) 13:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying the issue vis-a-vis copyvio and user subpages. Herostratus ( talk) 17:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering why the Dylan Le Blanc page was deleted and whether I can get the content to rectify it? Best, Ed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edhodge89 ( talk • contribs) 14:59, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
The OTRS on that page is likely useless, as the website from which permission was received has a history of copyright violations itself. See a conversation at User talk:VernoWhitney/Archive 2#Web Gallery of Art. VernoWhitney ( talk) 20:47, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi - I see that you've been involved in the deletion of this article for copyright reasons. I have contributed to it in the past and I missed the opportunity to resolve the issue which led to its deletion. Is there any way that I can access the article, address the issue and restore it? Cheers. Jaygtee ( talk) 16:42, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for that explanation, CactusWriter, on why you had to delete the article. I'll have a look at the stub and see where I can take it. Jaygtee ( talk) 10:52, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
So I have a question about this article I tagged as copyvio last night. It's (apparently) copied from Wikipedia, but only licensed under GFDL, so as it stands it's still a copyvio as I understand as it is using the wrong license. However, should the history be imported to fix it or should the article just be re-deleted under A7 (or whatever criteria was used on this version of the article previously)? VernoWhitney ( talk) 11:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
Hey Cactus Writer, Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. Thanks, -- User:水の男の子 User_Talk:水の男の子 16:57, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films/Resources#Unreliable_resources. In light of this could you please notify User talk:Jimbo Wales and Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Is_it_appropriate_to_add_unsourced_information_to_articles_on_BLPs_.3F about this? Thank you for your time, -- Cirt ( talk) 17:40, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm reinventing the wheel you discovered: WP:RSN#"Faith & philosophy of Hinduism". Will Beback talk 12:04, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
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Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. elektrik SHOOS 02:23, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Since you added the "Unreliable sources" section to WP:FILMRES, I'm letting you know that there is a discussion about it here. Erik ( talk | contribs) 18:11, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
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Jimbo Wales—signed up this time (nearly triple the participants of the May drive). This benefited the Guild as well as the articles in need of copy editing. You can see from the comparison graphs that we increased the number of completed copyedits substantially. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet our goal of completely wiping out 2008 from the queue. We also were not able to reduce the backlog to less than 6,000 articles. We suspect people were busy with real life summertime things, at least in the northern hemisphere! We were able to remove the months of January, February, March, April, and May from the backlog, and we almost wiped out the month of June. We reduced the backlog by 1,289 articles (17%), so all in all it was a very successful drive, and we will be holding another event soon. We'll come up with some new ideas to try to keep things fresh and interesting. Keep up the good work, everybody!
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It certainly is - which is why the article was previously deleted, as it did not assert such a thing. A version that covered the Grammy award part would be vastly less likely to be speedily deleted. - Vianello ( Talk) 00:22, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
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The Guild of Copy-Editors – September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles. Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! |
This page was deleted and I was wondering why and what needs to be done to have it be restored.
Also I forgot my user name and password. The user name was something like "RedFox 1-120th FA" or something. It should be in the discussion page of the page mentioned above. I can't remember what e-mail I used for it either. If you could take a peak at the deleted pages discussion section and remind me what the user name was that would be spectacular.
If you could I would appreciate your help with getting our page up to standards. I know we had a copyright violation but I was under the impression that we got it resolved. So unless there is a new problem I don't understand why it was deleted.
Thank you,
CDT Motacek 1-120th FA Bn - Defacto S6 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.56.60.99 ( talk) 13:48, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
I am a bot notifying you on behalf of the the unreferenced biographies team that 1 of the articles that you created is currently tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 874 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{ unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article: Eve La Salle Caram - Find sources: Google ( books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL Thanks!-- DASHBot ( talk) 21:25, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello!
I do appreciate you vigilant approach to copyright protection. However, I am the author and holder of the copyright to the material about the Chepakovich valuation model published at
http://www.istockresearch.com/valuation/ and in the Wikipedia article "Chepakovich valuation model". I've just granted permission (on "Talk:Chepakovich valuation model" and in an e-mail to permissions-en@wikimedia.org) to Wikimedia Foundation re-use of this material under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL.
I would greatly appreciate if the article is restored.
Best regards,
Alexander Chepakovich, CFA — Preceding
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Investor123 (
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Please discuss seriously about Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Wikipedia and public domain for upcoming edits.. Rishikeshan ( talk)
I already referenced and expanded Gedvilas and Sakalauskas. So they are ok. As for Acukas, I can only tell he is a real person. His notability is somewhat marginal. I will need more time to investigate. Renata ( talk) 16:16, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter, I need some help on my userpage. I put an image on it to make my page look cool, but it was too big, and it is in the way of letting me edit my page. Could you possibly get rid of that image? Thanks, -- User:Platyfishkeeper User_Talk:水の男の子 15:04, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the help at CP today. :D Lately, I've felt perpetually pressed for time. :/ -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:31, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
I created a page then later deleted it. However, the heading remains. How do I delete that as well? Thanks. CRJAC ( talk) 12:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
200px|thumb|Left|This is the picture which I would like to enhance. Hello, sorry to bother you but my mentor is on a long wikibreak so I'd just like to ask you if I can enhance a picture that I would like to put a little more contrast to it so the picture doesn't look so old. I just need to find out 100% that it is legal, Thanks, -- User:Platyfishkeeper User_Talk:Platyfishkeeper 15:44, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactuswriter, Thanks for looking over the page I created. I added a source, because in your message you asked for one. I am just a beginner at Wikipedia, so if I made a mistake please let me know. Thanks,----G24845 —Preceding unsigned comment added by G24845 ( talk • contribs) 03:11, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I started the page Arthur Silber, Jr and it was deleted before I had a chance to continue. Arthur is my client. I am his manager. He has written the book "Sammy Davis, Jr. Me and My Shadow" which is a biography about his 25+ year friendship with the legendary artist Sammy Davis Jr. I am sorry for not being proficient at creating a wiki page but I am a novice so it will take me a few days to complete. How can I create Arthur's page without fear of it being deleted again? Thank you for your help. Tammyagnt ( talk) 05:48, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
I tried to make a new article titled Sciences of Qur'an and I faced the folowing problems: 1- I couldnt put any photos, I couldnt understand a thing from all these instructions u put there and after it seems that I found it I couldnt place it on the right edge as the way it goes in Wikipedia. 2- I coundnt put my article in portals 3- I was working on my article, building it step by step. so yes I took from one reference but I intended to take from other sources, arabic ones but I didnt know where to put them coz I thought it wont help in an English article.
as for Ahmed von daffer, he is a German journalist and has an article on deutch wikipedia, all I did is I translate some about him into English. any way I got a great help from wikipedia while I was working on my Ph.d. and when I finished it and as an acknowlgment I thought to contribute to wikipedia as it gives me a lot earlier. but it seems it's harder than I thought. thx anyway Wafaashohdy ( talk) 06:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the history merge. Cheers! Geo Swan ( talk) 18:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that you have deleted my article Rahul Pillai. I do not understand why did you delete it, it is not an "attack page". Can you please restore it? thanks, Spapush —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spapush ( talk • contribs) 20:27, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello CactusWriter. Thanks for deleting my duplicate image, as I requested on the image page. This was my own photo, which I released to WikiCommons. I have a general question about images, this being my first WP article (Gordion Furniture and Wooden Artifacts). I have used several of my own photographs, to which I hold the copyright, which I cannot release to WC, because they are photos of objects in the Ankara Museum and associated with an excavation run under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania. I could not see any way to tag them other than with the tags "Non-free 2D art" and "Non-free with permission". This throws up the cautionary notices on the image pages, which asks for detailed information regarding compliance with WP's fair-use guidelines. As I am using my own photos, copyrighted by me, and am not using the images according to the fair-use doctrine, I am wondering if there is a different/better way I should be tagging them. Meanwhile, I have provided the requested detailed fair-use rationale as indicated in the tag notices. My copyrighted photos are of course available to be used by others according to the fair-use provisions of the US copyright law and WP guidelines. I cannot as yet make these available as free images, but I may be able to do so in the future, after the final reports on the project have been published (one of which is in press right now). Can you please advise? If you have time, you might look at the image page for one of my images to let me know what you think. I support WP and am trying to comply but am unsure of the correct way to do it. I appreciate your help. E. S. V. Leigh ( talk) 17:29, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
I empathize with you over your frustration. However we continually protect the fundamental concept of an unequivocally free and open encyclopedia -- both as a philosophical and a legal entity. This support for the entire project sometimes comes at the expense of, or weakening of, individual articles. The debate over the issue of expert editors has been ongoing since Wikipedia's inception. (See Wikipedia:Expert retention, Wikipedia:Expert rebellion, Wikipedia:Ignore all credentials and Wikipedia:Credentials are irrelevant to name just a few.) Fortunately, even without resolving that issue, Wikipedia has expanded to more than 3 million articles -- several thousand of which are well-reviewed or highly reviewed. And an increasing level of respectability -- even among academics. I hope you will stick around. Cheers. — CactusWriter (talk) 19:49, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Um, is there any particular reason you restored this? There's an actual rewrite in the appropriate location at Talk:Sergio Rendine/Temp which I'm trying to figure out just what to do with it at the moment, but the one I tagged is unneeded and just sitting there in mainspace. VernoWhitney ( talk) 18:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.
Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page. Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Awards and barnstars A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page. Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive! |
Hi Cactus Writer, You posted a copyright infringement notice on the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mansion_on_O_Street I am trying to rectify the situation as quickly as possible and I wanted to let you know I edited this page yesterday to reflect the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Mansion_on_O_Street This copy is permitted to use see: http://www.omansion.com/museum/about/history/ - BOTTOM OF THE PAGE it states: re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0 In addition, I do have permission to use the photos on this page directly from the photographers but I think I have to deal with that separately. If you could let me know if there is anything else I need to do to have the stamp removed I would appreciate it. Thanks! Sortiesimon ( talk) 14:44, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactus Writer, I got notification that O Street Museum Foundation was tagged for speedy deletion but it was deleted before I could put a hang on tag on it to discuss. The copy on the deleted page is permitted for usage please see: http://www.omansion.com/museum/about/history/ - BOTTOM OF THE PAGE it states: re-use is permitted "under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), version 3.0. I would like to have this page restored if possible. If you could let me know if there is anything else I need to do to have the page restored I would appreciate it. Thanks! Sortiesimon ( talk) 14:50, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. :) There's a listing at CP with which I'd appreciate the help of somebody fluent (or semi-fluent) in computer: Linear Data Set. It's been marked as a copyvio of [11], and the tagger helpfully refers to section 1.6.5 (Linear Data Set) and its subsection (Data-In-Virtual) as the point of origin. I have difficulty assessing articles written in computerese, because I am unfamiliar with the jargon, so I can't always tell when a paraphrase is acceptable or not. This does not seem to be direct pasting, although some text is verbatim. Any chance you can take on the ticket? It's at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 October 13. If you can handle that one, I'd be grateful. I'll take care of everything else from that day, including SCV. -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:26, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there :) Do you know if it's okay to use a template to significantly decrease the size of your signature? Mine is pretty long and I believe it might bug some editors. -- Addi hockey 10 E-mail this user 20:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter! I am researching and working on updating both of my articles and I saw I have a new note from Jan 1922 (talk) 16:11, 23 October 2010 (UTC). So I went to talk with them about how I am working on what you have recommended and it seems this user has been permanently blocked? I'm not sure what to do but I would really appreciate the opportunity to act on the guidance you have given me before anyone deletes the page. Can you help me? Thanks! Sortiesimon ( talk) 20:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Yea, probably yet another sock. I just went through and rolled back changes by Wwef2010. Vegaswikian ( talk) 20:55, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Ok, I'll be happy to ask him to contact you. Thanks, -- Cucumberkvp ( talk) 13:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter! I have been working very hard researching and re-writing The Mansion on O Street page and I was wondering if you could take a look at it for me. I did a ton of research, added some additional information under the history, and cited sources from third party publications. In addition, I tried to rewrite much of the article from a neutral point of view. I have some additional sections I would like to add but I wanted to work on getting the tags along the top removed first before I add too much new information for review. Thank you very much for you guidance, I really appreciate it! Sortiesimon ( talk) 22:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
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We have reached the midway point in our backlog elimination drive, so here is an update. Participation report — The November drive has 53 participants at this point. We had 77 participants in the September drive. In July, 95 people signed up for the drive, and in May we had 36. If you are not participating, it is not too late to join! Progress report — The drive is quite successful so far, as we have already almost reached our target of a 10% reduction in the number of articles in the backlog. We are doing very well at keeping our Requests page clear, as those articles count double for word count for this drive. Please keep in mind the possibility of removing other tags when you are finished with an article. If the article no longer needs {{ cleanup}}, {{ wikify}}, or other similar maintenance tags, please remove them, as this will make the tasks of other WikiProjects easier to complete. Thanks very much for participating in the Drive, and see you at the finish line!
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Hello, I see you were the editor who tagged this page with speedy delete. I should explain that in reality I was attempting to create a subpage so that the portal icon for Portal:Gastropods could be automatically linked, in order to be able to display the icon in templates where it appears. I was trying to follow the directions, but I erred in what I did. The title of the page should have been "Template:Portal/Images/Gastropods" instead. I will go ahead and create that one. Thanks, Invertzoo ( talk) 00:51, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi Cactus Writer, Had a few questions for you regarding a page I had recently created for my "in-laws" company Rex Fine Foods, based out of New Orleans, Louisiana.... I have never created an entire page and maybe I just need some direction on how to correct whatever was wrong with the first page. If you could just let me know I would greatly appericate it. I have the authority from the owners Gene and Jenni Ratliff to create this page and use stuff from our online homepage at WWW.Rexfoods.com.... Please let me know what I need to do to correct this. Sorry and Thanks for your time My email is Aleshia1733@sbcgloabl.net Aleshia Ratliff04:46, 29 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aleshia1733 ( talk • contribs)
Hey friend, if you want to delete an article you better make sure that there is inof around explaining why (along with the votes) as I can find SFA information on this (former) article. Please explain _and_ point me to said information and article history or I will undelete it. (I will be back.) 202.139.23.75 ( talk) 03:31, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, CactusWriter. I came across this one watching recent changes. I reverted this edit, not realizing it was a copyvio (even with the huge hint). In looking at the article (to assure myself I hadn't made it worse), I saw the History section. Doing some poking around I found this, this and this. I can't tell if WP's content is copied from one of these or if they copied WP's content. The formatting and wall-of-text layout doesn't bode well for me, though. If you could take a look and offer an opinion, I'd appreciate the help. If you feel led to take action that wouldn't hurt my feelings either :) See ya 'round Tide rolls 06:16, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
You have deleted my page and i dont understand why. please restore it... thanks, Drewvols80. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewvols80 ( talk • contribs) 20:29, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
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We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats ![]()
Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators – The Utahraptor Talk to me/ Contributions, S Masters ( talk), and Diannaa ( Talk) |
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Thank you for the information. I was aware of the guideline. However, I have tried on many internet providers and the links just don't work. They are clearly fake. The box office score if available on Billboard.Biz only, but the links don't take you there. That's why I reverted. Thanks for keeping an eye, though. Jayy008 ( talk) 16:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter, the article Ayya Tathaaloka was deleted over a year ago (00:02, 12 September 2009). At the time, it only appeared to be a copyright violation because Dhammawiki.com copied the original Wikipedia article (Sept 2006) w/o citing Wikipedia. They now cite Wikipedia as the original (see: http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Ayya_Tathaaloka). So, the deletion you completed in 2009 should be reverted. Would you be willing to do that/recommend that? It would be best to have the edit history, rather than re-creating the article. Dekyi ( talk) 07:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hello, I had just finished publishing and saving the article for Miguel "Mike" Fernandez and noticed it had been deleted due to copyright issues. The article information was provided by Mr.Fernandez' assistant to me in an email for publication on Wikipedia. I had not realized this was exactly the same text on their website listed under his information under the team page. Please let me know what needs to be done in order to bring the page back on Wikipedia. Thank you Compsys1 ( talk) 22:06, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
You deleted this just as I was about to decline the CSD nom. At my RFA I got a lot of flack for nominating articles that consisted of nothing but an infobox as empty/no context. I don't happen to think that is a sensible policy, but it is in fact policy, as noted at WP:CSD#A3:"Similarly, this criterion doesn't cover a page with an infobox with non-trivial information." Beeblebrox ( talk) 22:24, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
The article Maritime Football League is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maritime Football League (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Paul McDonald ( talk) 23:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi CactusWriter - you just deleted a new article I was creating on Paul Hilder, who I've just discovered appears to have been a founder of a few notable organisations I've been following in parallel -- openDemocracy.net (which has its own article which cites him as a founder and has published many articles by Wikipedia personages), Avaaz.org (which has its own article and claims over 6 million members) and 38 Degrees -- he also gave a TED talk recently and there are plenty of references to him. So having taken a look at the criteria I think it meets the notability criteria but obv this is my first article so am open to discussion! Slothrop2010 ( talk) 23:53, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
If Rapunzel is an important character and the main protagonist, then how come Flynn Rider defeated the main villian, Gothel? Is he supposed to be the main hero? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EDavies94 ( talk • contribs) 06:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)