Good luck, man. Peace envoys like you are always very valuable. John Carter 13:59, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Interesting. I'll ponder this. Thanks for raising it. -- Dweller 14:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Would it be churlish of me to suggest the Don? The Rambling Man 10:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
As the original author of most of the material included in Bradman's article, I must say I am puzzled by, and not in favour of, the editing and restructure that you have done. It has effected the continuity of the article as originally conceived, why change the section headings? I have one more section that I have researched, about criticisms and personal relationships of Bradman that needs to be fitted in somewhere. Phanto282 03:52, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I nominated Mark Hucko for deletion again. Previous AfD was closed as "no consensus". In the meantime the sources for the article have not become any better and it is still unverifiable.
Your opinion will be appreciated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Hucko (2nd nomination).
Thanks in advance. -- Amir E. Aharoni 12:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Dweller. I haven't actually gone away because I'm still trying to keep my promise to sort out all those tour articles I created. The wikibreak notice is to remind me that I'm supposed to be doing something else and I do expect to be here only occasionally once I get properly organised. Having said that, I am interested in the 1948 topic and I'll do what I can. I managed to find some extra material for the main tour article and I think I can add some more to that. All the best. -- BlackJack | talk page 15:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
We could use Image:Don Bradman statue at Adelaide Oval.jpg - some awesome photography by a regular Wikipedian there......! The Rambling Man 16:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
peter grant has confirmed he is captain tho
Sorry, I've only just spotted your post requesting the removal of my comment or I would have removed immediately. Tyrenius 23:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Community_ban_on_Bus_stop. -- Tyrenius 23:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for trying to help (are you an Aussie)? We really need examples from reliable sources, as this article will become one that meets Wikipedia's highest criteria. Anything from books, newspapers etc would be amazing! -- Dweller 19:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Captains of Norwich City F.C. is up and running it looks abit rubbish tho. could u try and improve it please. thanks. ŞĉŘεÈčḤ 01:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Up for a bit of format and cleanup work? Because I've already started GA assessing it, probly, I shouldn't fix everything myself....The author wants a bit of grammar help. Thanks, Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 09:14, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Appalling is a little vague for a description, can you be a bit more specific? Even general rules e.g start sentences with capital letters would help. I'll be the first to admit my page is not fantastic but PLEASE give me something to work with. It would also help if you put something on my talk page, but no matter you are probably busy. Monsta666 23:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
What's this ( [8]) about? -- Dweller 09:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, been tidying up loose ends at the GAC frenzy I've been doing recently. I'll get back on it straight away sir... The Rambling Man 10:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Added a citation for Sir Hack Jobs. For only runout, 12 runs, 636 runs etc, if we give a stats guru link at the end, it will cover all these, and I wonder citing each one separately may be unnecessary and make the whole thing less readable. Btw, the very first citation is very shaky - an article which has nothing to do with cricket, just mentions it in passing, while talking about an individual who died sixty years ago..... Is "universally acknowledged" true anyway ? - while it is pretty much so at the moment (since all we have for comparison with the oldies are the stats), I suspect that he had many detractors in his time, but this is probably more for the three Johns (Lp, Hall and Blackjack) to comment on. Tintin 13:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Nice language. Reads very well. Tintin 13:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Can you get someone to do a peer review of this page? I changed the lead after reading the lead guidelines and have used The Ashes as a model (since that's FA). I hope this new lead isn't "appalling" :) Monsta666 15:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I am sure your example is wonderful, but, I have no idea what it means. I do know what "out of their element" means; it's just the cricket speak I don't get. I'd appreciate a translation of "on turning wickets". :-) Bielle 21:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Thnx for your message. I think the solution to the article length is to split it in two, as mentioned at the talk page. However, I can't think of a suitable title for the daughter article, best I could come up with is "Bradman Legend and Legacy", which I'm not that keen on. Phanto282 11:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I just finished reading it from top-to-bottom and was very impressed. You guys are doing a great job. I'll come back in a few days to give it a copyedit if you like - I saw a few minor issues. — Moondyne 10:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to throw my two cents in on the matter. Pictures do not add appreciably to the size of an article in any way since they are actually linked to instead of being embedded within the file. The programmers of Wikipedia place images in another place and the images are pulled up in various articles as requested when pages are loaded. As an example, here is your talk page without a picture:
If you will look at your history page for your talk page, you will notice the difference in byte sizes (a difference of only 77 bytes) is only the number of characters in ":Here it is WITH a picture: [[Image:Wikipedesketch1.png|thumb|The Wikipede]]" and does not include the size of a picture. FYI, this is generally how web pages work too (which is why it usually takes extra time for pictures to load since they are being pulled from somewhere else than the text of the web page) — BQZip01 — talk 16:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
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Your work on the reference desk is great! - Pheonix 20:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC) |
[9] - please don't do it again. It's perfectly reasonable to post such a message at a "miscellaneous" reference desk. If you don't know the answer, and have nothing valuable to say in response to a visitor's good faith question - often the first time many people will interact with Wikipedia - don't say anything. Neil ム 14:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, check out Image:BestTestAverages.png. Is that the sort of thing you were talking about? Depending on how it needs to be used, I can always make it a lot thinner (i.e. if it was going to sit down one edge of the article). Perhaps there's a good argument for a Cricketing statistics of Donald Bradman (or similar) sub-article?
(←) Ok, what about Image:CompletedTestAveragesAbove50.png? The Rambling Man 17:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{ inactive}} and/or {{ historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: this comment - Ignoring the problem and letting Childhoodsend continue his misbehavior is not a solution. Raul654 18:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Thought you'd pop by with the tea and biscuits! Does he remind you of anyone, by the way? The Rambling Man 09:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't saying you weren't being tolerant. I didn't mean to make it appear that I was criticising your actions in any way, I was merely adding to your comment on the users talk page to make 100% sure. I didn't mean to imply that I wasn't agreeing with you or anything, I am agreeing with you.
I would have blocked on site if I hadn't seen that you had already gone down the route of messaging the user. So, apologies if I implied that I was being critical. On your side! :) SGGH speak! 13:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
...appears to not have appeared... hmm... The Rambling Man 15:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Oh. Yes, my copy's not arrived either. I think I was going to point out a link. Hold on, I'll try to recreate it on your talk page. -- Dweller 15:43, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I appreciated your questions. A lot of these problems are either cultural or linguistic, I'm sure they're not substantive. How do you feel about asking people to declare (or deny) a Conflict of Interest? It's pretty trivial as questions go, but it strikes me as perfectly proper - indeed necessary. PalestineRemembered 18:59, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I did send you that e-mail. If it is a discussion you are interested in, you can write me back at the e-mail where it came from. — Michael J 20:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Wild! Another doppelganger I suppose. How'd you spot that? The Rambling Man 15:02, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
OK. Doesn't make much sense to me, but I guess a few words of it could be useful in the Stockport County F.C. article. Thanks Papa November 15:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Not really asking for full feedback on this article (although I wouldn’t mind it). I’d just like to know what you feel the best way the divide up the Career section is, by Club, by season, not at all or some other way. Please leave your reply under the section in my talk page named “Milner Career section”. Buc 16:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for that. Apologies for the edits to Katherine Heigl - it was really a placeholder image as such. -- Whitmorewolveyr 10:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't understand your message on my talk page. ⇒ SWATJester Denny Crane. 15:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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You're the most patient Wikipedian I know. Keep it going. The Rambling Man 21:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC) |
I just felt like being nice for a change! The Rambling Man 09:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey you. Right, all three images are being used under Fair Use which means you need each image page to have a Fair Use rationale specifically for their inclusion in the article. If you want a hand in updating the article, give me a shout... The Rambling Man 09:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay, have a good weekend. I'll carry on expanding the article while you're putting your feet up...! The Rambling Man 14:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I've restored the Virtual classroom's main discussion area. The previous one got chopped up into student coaching pages.
The current topic of discussion is Trends on Wikipedia and where we are heading. Please come and join us.
The Transhumanist
22:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "bitee" Although it looks as though it was, I presume your comment at the Humanities Desk wasn't really aimed at me. If you're going to publicly admonish others, please be careful to leave no ambiguity over who it is that you are admonishing. Doing it on their talk pages is probably the best, as it's both totally unambiguous... and more gentlemanly. --Dweller 21:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Rhinoracer"
What are you talking about?
Morning to you, hope you had a good weekend. I was watching a Spitfire performing aerobatics over my house for most of the time, and rain dodging... Back to the matters in hand - you going to carry on with Robson this morning? I've made a request to a Flickr editor to see if he'll release a picture of Bobby under a Creative Commons licence so we can have something half-decent in the infobox. My contact at the club has provided me with an image but it's still ITFC copyright... nightmare. Oh well. You good? The Rambling Man 08:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Not trying to vandalise, just stub the article, per the policy. Sorry. -- Whitmorewolveyr 10:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Nowhere in the WP:STUB WP:BLP does it say to remove over 90% of the text on George W. Bush. This is either a highly mistaken good faith edit or blatant attempts at being disruptive. Spellcast 10:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Dweller - I've been attempting to get the RFC at Talk:Operation Entebbe to show up at the RFC page, copying and re-copying the template from other pages where it seems to work perfectly. I've still not got it to show up, but deleting the reference you'd added was part of my increasingly desperate attempts to fix it ..... do you know something that I don't? PalestineRemembered 21:05, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I saw the virtual classroom and was wondering how I could become a student. I have approx 500 edits so far and am familiar with Wikipedia but some extra tips could help. I already asked transhumanist but he appears to be away (last edit on 17th)--- Pheonix15 21:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm editing and rationalising the refs, as per your list, trying to get it down to comply with WP:SIZE. Apart from that, not much. Just enjoying a nice day. Phanto282 14:42, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Phanto282 14:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC) Think so, I put most of them there. The one of Bradman batting with his cap on isn't one I put up, but it may be dodgy cos I think it was taken in England in 1948 at practice. I see it pops up in a few places on WP. Don't know about rules for UK pics. Phanto282 15:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Phanto282 14:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Could you look at Image:AswadStoning.jpg and the pertinent discussion at Du’a Khalil Aswad please? User: Cshay wants to have the image removed from the Du’a Khalil Aswad page because he feels it is too graphic for Wikipedia. After failing to find support on the talk page, he has tagged the image with “Possible Copyright Infringement.” The picture already has a clear fair use rationale, and is necessary to the article. (He also did not warn me about the tag, as directed by the instructions) As an administrator, could I trouble you to review this image tag please? Thank you! -- S.dedalus 02:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
As someone with whom I have reviewed or worked with on an article or talk page, I humbly request your assistance in reviewing the Aggie Bonfire page for Featured Article status. Any/all constructive input is welcomed and appreciated on the FAC nomination page, but please read the instructions for reviewing before you make a comment. Thanks in advance for your assistance. — BQZip01 — talk 05:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. i did post a message to
User:Whitmorewolveyr's page but then I realised you blocked the user, so I'll direct the message to you instead. Recently I listed a requested move for Milan Central station to Milano Centrale station. Although I am not against the move which I proposed,
User:Whitmorewolveyr moved the page with no discussion and by cutting and pasting, both of which I am sure violates Wikipedia policy and the GFDL lisence agreement. And so I am not sure on what to do. Thanks.
Tbo 157
talk
10:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
The move was reverted. Thanks.
Oh, why oh why. What a waste of our time, eh? Never mind. I think I've cleaned up behind him, deleted all the incorrectly created pages from his copy-and-paste spree. The Rambling Man 10:22, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, how's it going? You may notice the next time to pop over to see Bobby's page, that we now have an image in the infobox! Hurrah. I did some persuading of a Flickr-er and he kindly agreed to allow the image to be licensed under the right thing for inclusion in Wikimedia Commons. Hurrah! The Rambling Man 13:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
The personal attack is the bottom line - the rest of the article is mostly nonsense filler. Ivansanchez 11:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
This article seems to have been deleted solely on the grounds that it was one of several articles I wrote that referenced Richard Binder's website. Binder is probably the greatest living authority on vintage fountain pens and one of only two living people who can actually make true flex nibs: referencing him in articles of some aspects of fountain pen construction is inevitable.
Yes, Binder does make his living from restoring pens, and his website also offers these services - but often such people are the only ones with the expertise and motivation to provide informative and authoritative references. As a general principle, would-be self-appointed anti-spambots should use the discussion mechanism rather than deleting just "because the link is used a lot of times". A good reference site will often be used a lot of times because it is good!
PS If this isn't the right way to contact you, please let me know. I'm knew to this: Umptious. Umptious 12:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I've warned the original author. The copyvio material was added by an anon IP user who has spotted the copyvio tag and replaced it with {{ hangon}}. Goodness knows why - it's clearly a copyvio and if the material is removed there's nothing worthwhile left! andy 15:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:88.107.55.110
I'm rather concerned by this user: all his edits (except one trivial one) target companies owned by the Richemont Group and either add attention drawing stuff or remove unfavorable information and/or restored delete promotional material. In doing this he doesn't seem to provide any reasons in "Discussion". I'm still new: is there a better way to report this sort of thing? Umptious 17:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Is Caitlin Upton notable? She won the South Carolina Miss Teen USA pageant apparently, she finished fourth in the nationally televised event, and she is an internet celebrity because of this video. How is that not notable? There are piles of other beauty pageant profiles who base their notability on things like "appeared in commerical". Why aren't you deleting these? Why are these pageants listed at all on the wikipedia, if their participants are completly unimportant? Is it important to continually update the list of winners, and then disallow users from adding context?
Second you said I didn't provide source material. I provided a link to the video. Is actual video of an event not considered source material? Should I wait for the AP to write an article about the video and then post that? Would that blessing be sufficient? Furthermore, the number of views of that video adds credence to my first point, that she is, in fact, notable.
Please repost the article, or address these questions I have raised.
Thanks Pasienski —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pasienski ( talk • contribs) 15:33, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
Time for FAC? It seems to be mostly filled out. Unfortunately ALoan is not available for copyediting so it's up to us.... Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 07:48, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I assume you're asking about my speeding ticket?
Well, I've got another related issue Ill be posting about now. As to that specific case, the judge was impressed with my arguements and refused to enforce the provision in the constitution--I could have pressed the issue, but I could tell the judge was willing to go easier on me if I didn't... I got my fine cut by over 60%, so it was good I went to trial.
The prosecutor, however, seemed shocked and tried to argue the provision didn't apply. I could tell I caught him off gaurd but the judge told him not to worry about it. XM 19:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for saving the Science Desk thread on drying wet electronic equipment. All I have to do now is remember where you put it when I need it. :-) Bielle 02:22, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, yeah I'll probably be moving Robson to FAC by the end of the week, especially as no-one outside Oldelpaso has passed comment on the PR. As for reviewing FACs, I've been concentrating on GACs lately (see my medals, do you, do you??) but I've been asked to comment on History of Stoke City FAC, which is now on my list of things to do. You going to be looking at anything of interest? Oh, and Jersey was lovely, but no sign of John Nettles... The Rambling Man 12:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You're easily the kindest non-supporter I've had on my RfA (for which I thank you profusely), and so I wonder if I could request your assistance. I've been having a lot of problems with user Danielthesaint, over at the Docklands Light Railway article, as is very, very evident in the history and on the talk page. His IP (78.86.0.134) has been blocked for a gross violation of WP:3RR on that article, his username has now also been blocked. Problem is, he's created a sock, User: Serco dlr, which he has used a) to attack my talk page (see here), and b) to attack my RfA - first oppose on the list (he hasn't quite mastered putting responses at the bottom). As it's my own RfA, I'm not keen on removing the vote - I wonder if you could possibly take a look and remove the offending vote, if you feel it appropriate given the evidence. Having not dealt particularly with socks before, I'd also appreciate it if you point me in the right direction as to what to do about this situation - Danielthesaint is blocked, but is using Serco dlr to circumvent that. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer ;) TheIslander 21:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
...is now at FAC. Contributions welcome. The Rambling Man 12:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
(←) Ooh, look. It might survive now! Good job between y'all. I still want it to be renamed, not just the en-dash, but are we setting a precedent to have articles named after results? Oh, and Robson has attracted SO MUCH ATTENTION I could pass out. So I might just do that. The Rambling Man 21:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I think he's ready.
The only reservation that I have is that he doesn't think he can write well, which is a lack of self-confidence because based on his post to the current VC classroom discussion on trends, I'd say he expresses himself in print very well. He's a natural writer and he doesn't even know it! That cracks me up. He can write, he can vandal hunt, he knows Wikipedia well, and he's trustworthy. I'm ready to nominate, but will hold off if you think he needs another assignment under his belt. I look forward to your reply. The Transhumanist 20:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I think we can add back that this was part of "The club's great success in the early Nineties," on the back of this. TerriersFan 15:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Kits a pretty standard on match articles (see the Bayern Munich category that the article is in). I'd say they're about as encyclopaedic as much of the other content, it all adds background to the match details. It also adds a bit of colour, which doesn't hurt, particularly as free images are hard to find. ArtVandelay13 16:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks. I wasn't sure but having seen your changes and your arguments, I decided the article's good enough. Too many Wiki editors seem to want everything destroyed. Porterjoh 17:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the notice, i'll just have a look -- Childzy ¤ Talk 21:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand surely the whole piont of the FAC page is the discuss issues with the article which may effect it becoming a FA. Buc 11:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment at my talkpage; I am not certain if you mean it is too long, or not long enough. Either way, I hope my answer here will sort things out. Per the notice at the school ip talkpage, 1 year is the maximum tariff - thus I blocked at the maximum duration. I applied the max since the last block, that had just expired, was for six months and I escalated the duration accordingly. I hope this answers your concerns. LessHeard vanU 12:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Good luck, man. Peace envoys like you are always very valuable. John Carter 13:59, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Interesting. I'll ponder this. Thanks for raising it. -- Dweller 14:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Would it be churlish of me to suggest the Don? The Rambling Man 10:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
As the original author of most of the material included in Bradman's article, I must say I am puzzled by, and not in favour of, the editing and restructure that you have done. It has effected the continuity of the article as originally conceived, why change the section headings? I have one more section that I have researched, about criticisms and personal relationships of Bradman that needs to be fitted in somewhere. Phanto282 03:52, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
I nominated Mark Hucko for deletion again. Previous AfD was closed as "no consensus". In the meantime the sources for the article have not become any better and it is still unverifiable.
Your opinion will be appreciated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Hucko (2nd nomination).
Thanks in advance. -- Amir E. Aharoni 12:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Dweller. I haven't actually gone away because I'm still trying to keep my promise to sort out all those tour articles I created. The wikibreak notice is to remind me that I'm supposed to be doing something else and I do expect to be here only occasionally once I get properly organised. Having said that, I am interested in the 1948 topic and I'll do what I can. I managed to find some extra material for the main tour article and I think I can add some more to that. All the best. -- BlackJack | talk page 15:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
We could use Image:Don Bradman statue at Adelaide Oval.jpg - some awesome photography by a regular Wikipedian there......! The Rambling Man 16:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
peter grant has confirmed he is captain tho
Sorry, I've only just spotted your post requesting the removal of my comment or I would have removed immediately. Tyrenius 23:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Community_ban_on_Bus_stop. -- Tyrenius 23:52, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for trying to help (are you an Aussie)? We really need examples from reliable sources, as this article will become one that meets Wikipedia's highest criteria. Anything from books, newspapers etc would be amazing! -- Dweller 19:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Captains of Norwich City F.C. is up and running it looks abit rubbish tho. could u try and improve it please. thanks. ŞĉŘεÈčḤ 01:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Up for a bit of format and cleanup work? Because I've already started GA assessing it, probly, I shouldn't fix everything myself....The author wants a bit of grammar help. Thanks, Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 09:14, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Appalling is a little vague for a description, can you be a bit more specific? Even general rules e.g start sentences with capital letters would help. I'll be the first to admit my page is not fantastic but PLEASE give me something to work with. It would also help if you put something on my talk page, but no matter you are probably busy. Monsta666 23:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
What's this ( [8]) about? -- Dweller 09:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, been tidying up loose ends at the GAC frenzy I've been doing recently. I'll get back on it straight away sir... The Rambling Man 10:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Added a citation for Sir Hack Jobs. For only runout, 12 runs, 636 runs etc, if we give a stats guru link at the end, it will cover all these, and I wonder citing each one separately may be unnecessary and make the whole thing less readable. Btw, the very first citation is very shaky - an article which has nothing to do with cricket, just mentions it in passing, while talking about an individual who died sixty years ago..... Is "universally acknowledged" true anyway ? - while it is pretty much so at the moment (since all we have for comparison with the oldies are the stats), I suspect that he had many detractors in his time, but this is probably more for the three Johns (Lp, Hall and Blackjack) to comment on. Tintin 13:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Nice language. Reads very well. Tintin 13:41, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Can you get someone to do a peer review of this page? I changed the lead after reading the lead guidelines and have used The Ashes as a model (since that's FA). I hope this new lead isn't "appalling" :) Monsta666 15:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I am sure your example is wonderful, but, I have no idea what it means. I do know what "out of their element" means; it's just the cricket speak I don't get. I'd appreciate a translation of "on turning wickets". :-) Bielle 21:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Thnx for your message. I think the solution to the article length is to split it in two, as mentioned at the talk page. However, I can't think of a suitable title for the daughter article, best I could come up with is "Bradman Legend and Legacy", which I'm not that keen on. Phanto282 11:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
I just finished reading it from top-to-bottom and was very impressed. You guys are doing a great job. I'll come back in a few days to give it a copyedit if you like - I saw a few minor issues. — Moondyne 10:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
I just wanted to throw my two cents in on the matter. Pictures do not add appreciably to the size of an article in any way since they are actually linked to instead of being embedded within the file. The programmers of Wikipedia place images in another place and the images are pulled up in various articles as requested when pages are loaded. As an example, here is your talk page without a picture:
If you will look at your history page for your talk page, you will notice the difference in byte sizes (a difference of only 77 bytes) is only the number of characters in ":Here it is WITH a picture: [[Image:Wikipedesketch1.png|thumb|The Wikipede]]" and does not include the size of a picture. FYI, this is generally how web pages work too (which is why it usually takes extra time for pictures to load since they are being pulled from somewhere else than the text of the web page) — BQZip01 — talk 16:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
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Your work on the reference desk is great! - Pheonix 20:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC) |
[9] - please don't do it again. It's perfectly reasonable to post such a message at a "miscellaneous" reference desk. If you don't know the answer, and have nothing valuable to say in response to a visitor's good faith question - often the first time many people will interact with Wikipedia - don't say anything. Neil ム 14:44, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, check out Image:BestTestAverages.png. Is that the sort of thing you were talking about? Depending on how it needs to be used, I can always make it a lot thinner (i.e. if it was going to sit down one edge of the article). Perhaps there's a good argument for a Cricketing statistics of Donald Bradman (or similar) sub-article?
(←) Ok, what about Image:CompletedTestAveragesAbove50.png? The Rambling Man 17:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{ inactive}} and/or {{ historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: this comment - Ignoring the problem and letting Childhoodsend continue his misbehavior is not a solution. Raul654 18:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Thought you'd pop by with the tea and biscuits! Does he remind you of anyone, by the way? The Rambling Man 09:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't saying you weren't being tolerant. I didn't mean to make it appear that I was criticising your actions in any way, I was merely adding to your comment on the users talk page to make 100% sure. I didn't mean to imply that I wasn't agreeing with you or anything, I am agreeing with you.
I would have blocked on site if I hadn't seen that you had already gone down the route of messaging the user. So, apologies if I implied that I was being critical. On your side! :) SGGH speak! 13:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
...appears to not have appeared... hmm... The Rambling Man 15:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Oh. Yes, my copy's not arrived either. I think I was going to point out a link. Hold on, I'll try to recreate it on your talk page. -- Dweller 15:43, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
I appreciated your questions. A lot of these problems are either cultural or linguistic, I'm sure they're not substantive. How do you feel about asking people to declare (or deny) a Conflict of Interest? It's pretty trivial as questions go, but it strikes me as perfectly proper - indeed necessary. PalestineRemembered 18:59, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I did send you that e-mail. If it is a discussion you are interested in, you can write me back at the e-mail where it came from. — Michael J 20:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Wild! Another doppelganger I suppose. How'd you spot that? The Rambling Man 15:02, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
OK. Doesn't make much sense to me, but I guess a few words of it could be useful in the Stockport County F.C. article. Thanks Papa November 15:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Not really asking for full feedback on this article (although I wouldn’t mind it). I’d just like to know what you feel the best way the divide up the Career section is, by Club, by season, not at all or some other way. Please leave your reply under the section in my talk page named “Milner Career section”. Buc 16:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for that. Apologies for the edits to Katherine Heigl - it was really a placeholder image as such. -- Whitmorewolveyr 10:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't understand your message on my talk page. ⇒ SWATJester Denny Crane. 15:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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I just felt like being nice for a change! The Rambling Man 09:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey you. Right, all three images are being used under Fair Use which means you need each image page to have a Fair Use rationale specifically for their inclusion in the article. If you want a hand in updating the article, give me a shout... The Rambling Man 09:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay, have a good weekend. I'll carry on expanding the article while you're putting your feet up...! The Rambling Man 14:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I've restored the Virtual classroom's main discussion area. The previous one got chopped up into student coaching pages.
The current topic of discussion is Trends on Wikipedia and where we are heading. Please come and join us.
The Transhumanist
22:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "bitee" Although it looks as though it was, I presume your comment at the Humanities Desk wasn't really aimed at me. If you're going to publicly admonish others, please be careful to leave no ambiguity over who it is that you are admonishing. Doing it on their talk pages is probably the best, as it's both totally unambiguous... and more gentlemanly. --Dweller 21:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Rhinoracer"
What are you talking about?
Morning to you, hope you had a good weekend. I was watching a Spitfire performing aerobatics over my house for most of the time, and rain dodging... Back to the matters in hand - you going to carry on with Robson this morning? I've made a request to a Flickr editor to see if he'll release a picture of Bobby under a Creative Commons licence so we can have something half-decent in the infobox. My contact at the club has provided me with an image but it's still ITFC copyright... nightmare. Oh well. You good? The Rambling Man 08:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Not trying to vandalise, just stub the article, per the policy. Sorry. -- Whitmorewolveyr 10:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Nowhere in the WP:STUB WP:BLP does it say to remove over 90% of the text on George W. Bush. This is either a highly mistaken good faith edit or blatant attempts at being disruptive. Spellcast 10:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi Dweller - I've been attempting to get the RFC at Talk:Operation Entebbe to show up at the RFC page, copying and re-copying the template from other pages where it seems to work perfectly. I've still not got it to show up, but deleting the reference you'd added was part of my increasingly desperate attempts to fix it ..... do you know something that I don't? PalestineRemembered 21:05, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I saw the virtual classroom and was wondering how I could become a student. I have approx 500 edits so far and am familiar with Wikipedia but some extra tips could help. I already asked transhumanist but he appears to be away (last edit on 17th)--- Pheonix15 21:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm editing and rationalising the refs, as per your list, trying to get it down to comply with WP:SIZE. Apart from that, not much. Just enjoying a nice day. Phanto282 14:42, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Phanto282 14:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC) Think so, I put most of them there. The one of Bradman batting with his cap on isn't one I put up, but it may be dodgy cos I think it was taken in England in 1948 at practice. I see it pops up in a few places on WP. Don't know about rules for UK pics. Phanto282 15:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Phanto282 14:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Could you look at Image:AswadStoning.jpg and the pertinent discussion at Du’a Khalil Aswad please? User: Cshay wants to have the image removed from the Du’a Khalil Aswad page because he feels it is too graphic for Wikipedia. After failing to find support on the talk page, he has tagged the image with “Possible Copyright Infringement.” The picture already has a clear fair use rationale, and is necessary to the article. (He also did not warn me about the tag, as directed by the instructions) As an administrator, could I trouble you to review this image tag please? Thank you! -- S.dedalus 02:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
As someone with whom I have reviewed or worked with on an article or talk page, I humbly request your assistance in reviewing the Aggie Bonfire page for Featured Article status. Any/all constructive input is welcomed and appreciated on the FAC nomination page, but please read the instructions for reviewing before you make a comment. Thanks in advance for your assistance. — BQZip01 — talk 05:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. i did post a message to
User:Whitmorewolveyr's page but then I realised you blocked the user, so I'll direct the message to you instead. Recently I listed a requested move for Milan Central station to Milano Centrale station. Although I am not against the move which I proposed,
User:Whitmorewolveyr moved the page with no discussion and by cutting and pasting, both of which I am sure violates Wikipedia policy and the GFDL lisence agreement. And so I am not sure on what to do. Thanks.
Tbo 157
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10:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
The move was reverted. Thanks.
Oh, why oh why. What a waste of our time, eh? Never mind. I think I've cleaned up behind him, deleted all the incorrectly created pages from his copy-and-paste spree. The Rambling Man 10:22, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, how's it going? You may notice the next time to pop over to see Bobby's page, that we now have an image in the infobox! Hurrah. I did some persuading of a Flickr-er and he kindly agreed to allow the image to be licensed under the right thing for inclusion in Wikimedia Commons. Hurrah! The Rambling Man 13:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
The personal attack is the bottom line - the rest of the article is mostly nonsense filler. Ivansanchez 11:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
This article seems to have been deleted solely on the grounds that it was one of several articles I wrote that referenced Richard Binder's website. Binder is probably the greatest living authority on vintage fountain pens and one of only two living people who can actually make true flex nibs: referencing him in articles of some aspects of fountain pen construction is inevitable.
Yes, Binder does make his living from restoring pens, and his website also offers these services - but often such people are the only ones with the expertise and motivation to provide informative and authoritative references. As a general principle, would-be self-appointed anti-spambots should use the discussion mechanism rather than deleting just "because the link is used a lot of times". A good reference site will often be used a lot of times because it is good!
PS If this isn't the right way to contact you, please let me know. I'm knew to this: Umptious. Umptious 12:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I've warned the original author. The copyvio material was added by an anon IP user who has spotted the copyvio tag and replaced it with {{ hangon}}. Goodness knows why - it's clearly a copyvio and if the material is removed there's nothing worthwhile left! andy 15:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:88.107.55.110
I'm rather concerned by this user: all his edits (except one trivial one) target companies owned by the Richemont Group and either add attention drawing stuff or remove unfavorable information and/or restored delete promotional material. In doing this he doesn't seem to provide any reasons in "Discussion". I'm still new: is there a better way to report this sort of thing? Umptious 17:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Is Caitlin Upton notable? She won the South Carolina Miss Teen USA pageant apparently, she finished fourth in the nationally televised event, and she is an internet celebrity because of this video. How is that not notable? There are piles of other beauty pageant profiles who base their notability on things like "appeared in commerical". Why aren't you deleting these? Why are these pageants listed at all on the wikipedia, if their participants are completly unimportant? Is it important to continually update the list of winners, and then disallow users from adding context?
Second you said I didn't provide source material. I provided a link to the video. Is actual video of an event not considered source material? Should I wait for the AP to write an article about the video and then post that? Would that blessing be sufficient? Furthermore, the number of views of that video adds credence to my first point, that she is, in fact, notable.
Please repost the article, or address these questions I have raised.
Thanks Pasienski —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pasienski ( talk • contribs) 15:33, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
Time for FAC? It seems to be mostly filled out. Unfortunately ALoan is not available for copyediting so it's up to us.... Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 07:48, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I assume you're asking about my speeding ticket?
Well, I've got another related issue Ill be posting about now. As to that specific case, the judge was impressed with my arguements and refused to enforce the provision in the constitution--I could have pressed the issue, but I could tell the judge was willing to go easier on me if I didn't... I got my fine cut by over 60%, so it was good I went to trial.
The prosecutor, however, seemed shocked and tried to argue the provision didn't apply. I could tell I caught him off gaurd but the judge told him not to worry about it. XM 19:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for saving the Science Desk thread on drying wet electronic equipment. All I have to do now is remember where you put it when I need it. :-) Bielle 02:22, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, yeah I'll probably be moving Robson to FAC by the end of the week, especially as no-one outside Oldelpaso has passed comment on the PR. As for reviewing FACs, I've been concentrating on GACs lately (see my medals, do you, do you??) but I've been asked to comment on History of Stoke City FAC, which is now on my list of things to do. You going to be looking at anything of interest? Oh, and Jersey was lovely, but no sign of John Nettles... The Rambling Man 12:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You're easily the kindest non-supporter I've had on my RfA (for which I thank you profusely), and so I wonder if I could request your assistance. I've been having a lot of problems with user Danielthesaint, over at the Docklands Light Railway article, as is very, very evident in the history and on the talk page. His IP (78.86.0.134) has been blocked for a gross violation of WP:3RR on that article, his username has now also been blocked. Problem is, he's created a sock, User: Serco dlr, which he has used a) to attack my talk page (see here), and b) to attack my RfA - first oppose on the list (he hasn't quite mastered putting responses at the bottom). As it's my own RfA, I'm not keen on removing the vote - I wonder if you could possibly take a look and remove the offending vote, if you feel it appropriate given the evidence. Having not dealt particularly with socks before, I'd also appreciate it if you point me in the right direction as to what to do about this situation - Danielthesaint is blocked, but is using Serco dlr to circumvent that. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer ;) TheIslander 21:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
...is now at FAC. Contributions welcome. The Rambling Man 12:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
(←) Ooh, look. It might survive now! Good job between y'all. I still want it to be renamed, not just the en-dash, but are we setting a precedent to have articles named after results? Oh, and Robson has attracted SO MUCH ATTENTION I could pass out. So I might just do that. The Rambling Man 21:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I think he's ready.
The only reservation that I have is that he doesn't think he can write well, which is a lack of self-confidence because based on his post to the current VC classroom discussion on trends, I'd say he expresses himself in print very well. He's a natural writer and he doesn't even know it! That cracks me up. He can write, he can vandal hunt, he knows Wikipedia well, and he's trustworthy. I'm ready to nominate, but will hold off if you think he needs another assignment under his belt. I look forward to your reply. The Transhumanist 20:21, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I think we can add back that this was part of "The club's great success in the early Nineties," on the back of this. TerriersFan 15:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Kits a pretty standard on match articles (see the Bayern Munich category that the article is in). I'd say they're about as encyclopaedic as much of the other content, it all adds background to the match details. It also adds a bit of colour, which doesn't hurt, particularly as free images are hard to find. ArtVandelay13 16:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks. I wasn't sure but having seen your changes and your arguments, I decided the article's good enough. Too many Wiki editors seem to want everything destroyed. Porterjoh 17:41, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the notice, i'll just have a look -- Childzy ¤ Talk 21:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand surely the whole piont of the FAC page is the discuss issues with the article which may effect it becoming a FA. Buc 11:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment at my talkpage; I am not certain if you mean it is too long, or not long enough. Either way, I hope my answer here will sort things out. Per the notice at the school ip talkpage, 1 year is the maximum tariff - thus I blocked at the maximum duration. I applied the max since the last block, that had just expired, was for six months and I escalated the duration accordingly. I hope this answers your concerns. LessHeard vanU 12:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)