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Hi Fetch -
Thanks for the review. I am making progress (not a flat-out rejection!). Your input was much better than the "help" I did NOT receive previously. I will try to get this back w/in the time allocated.
Regards -
Bonnie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonnie0718 ( talk • contribs) 14:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Fetch and THANKS for the considerable trouble you went through to help. Of course, the newbie I am, I reworked and resubmitted before seeing said comments! I will forge on with your guidance in mind!
The pix are from pooled (mine are part of the pool) source of free-use images that folks working at Tabby's take (volunteers). It's great getting an image of a cat receiving socialization or physical therapy when it's working! I have to share one of their blogs about one of my project kitties, Cypress (and yes, that is my hand being licked by a formerly completely feral kitty): http://www.tabbysplace.org/felis-catus/2010/07/26/secret-lovers-trey-cypress/
Finally here's something undeniably cute/cats truly rescued from hopeless situations (and why I so desperately want to get this article published): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrZ_9GNfXQ ("Tashi," the paraplegic kitty from the media coverage cited in my article, once on a euthanasia list) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyb3PmBOq_U&feature=channel ("Bronx" rescued literally from the Bronx municipal dumps, scheduled for euthanasia).
Have a wonderful rest of the week and regards -
Bonnie Bonnie0718 ( talk) 16:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
OK, Fetch - I've been combing and deleting (gues I worked too hard on the wrong things!). I had to link to the TP newsletter on a couple of occasions because it is the sole place anything is written on the issue! I hope you will agree with my changes and, as always, I appreciate your guidance and counsel. And yes - it is a fun place. If you ever get to NJ... ;) Regards - Bonnie Bonnie0718 ( talk) 00:03, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Nole lover 15:03, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, exactly which of the listed sources do you consider not acceptable, and which info would be acceptable without another source (I'm hoping "birthdate", as she's only made that public on pages under her own control)?
Just so I know which ones I have to replace / which info to take out before resubmitting. :-)
I sure hope the links from freebsd.org and twit.tv as well as FLOSS Weekly#Shows are acceptable. I could additionally offer http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/events/126.en.html and http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/speakers/104.en.html for a start.
Please reply here, as the IP I am writing from is a dynamic IP. :-) -- 188.98.137.254 ( talk) 15:44, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, guys. The wikification drive has been bumped to October. You might have noticed already, however. I'm amazed how many people came on as soon as I sent out the invite. With a few more, we can easily meet our goal. Just remember. Concentrate your firepower on the 2008 articles, and you should have no problems. Great work! Also, if you have time, please also invite other users to participate. Thanks!
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As you mentioned DD and topic-banning, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Rorschach_Test_(2010)#Statement_2_by_roux -- Cybercobra (talk) 23:50, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that one or more of your userboxes are outdated (such as the not admin) or duplicated (where you spend too much time on your userpage). Hazard-SJ Talk 19:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Also, please archive this page. Hazard-SJ Talk 19:41, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I still don't know how to use Twinkle even though I installed it. Wayne Olajuwon ( chat) 21:31, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I use Internet Explorer and that's maybe why it doesn't work. Wayne Olajuwon chat 22:06, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I have tested some code for the redirect tagging code. — I-20 the highway 22:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the information with the {{ helpme}} template. ill be sure to nowiki it next time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangemohawk ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry for all of the incessant helpme-ing. Wayne Olajuwon chat 00:46, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
I'll remember that to use it for its intended use. Wayne Olajuwon chat 00:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi fetchcomms! I heard the IP address 98.177.155.42 got blocked. He requests to be unblock at this time. He promises to stop damaging wikipedia, and will just make the useful ones instead. The blocking administrator was Ckatz, so can you discuss the block with that admin? Thank you.
68.98.69.218 ( talk) 02:25, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey fetchcomms, you Welcomed me a few months back. How are you? I'm here because I have a question. I uploaded a logo I made, which incorporated one single aspect that I did NOT make, but WAS released in to public domain. The first time I published it, it IMMEADIATELY got removed (by a rather rude admin.) They claimed it was "clearly copyrighted material." So what should I do? reupload it as Public Domain material? Thanks for your help, and the "fruit basket!" :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WOS2014 ( talk • contribs) 04:26, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
In addition to the above, WOS2014 ( talk · contribs) used a {{helpme}}, but actually directed their question to you by name, 'coz you welcomed them. I've answered their query (hopefully correctly), so this is just a FYI thing. User_talk:WOS2014#Help_with_file. Chzz ► 19:28, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that. I'll get back into the article creation groove one of these days. Useight ( talk) 16:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Fetch. You remember BlackImperial of "Young Jonii" infamy? He recreated it a couple times more after the ANI closed, once trying to evade the salting you applied by creating it in mainspace as "Yung Jonii". Then when it got speedied from his userspace he created a new account (again). Reminders of all except the new account here, if needed. His new account is Zero.hack ( talk · contribs). His first three non-userspace edits [1] [2] [3] to had to be reverted; I did two, but someone else beat me to one. Then he went on to create ... well, you'll see the effect of his subsequent work on his new talk page. He did have an admin delete the user page for BlackImperial, btw, but he certainly knows better by now than to just create a new account whenever he gets "bad press" for actions using the old one. You told him BlackImperial was the only account he could use, and I know I told him somewhere that if he ever found himself considering creating another account that he should first ask at the help desk whether his reason for wanting to do so was a permissable one. I've run out of good faith for this guy; he knows what he's doing. I put a note on his new talk page telling him to stop using the new account and go back to BlackImperial. But do you mind intervening again, as well? I'll e-mail brief additional documentation to you. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 21:48, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Telling me about my maturity levels is not respectful, that is maybe how you would talk to a kid. Inka 888 03:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
...for your contribution to the article anti-laser! Chrisrus ( talk) 04:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley Kirilow.
It is my understanding that {{ afd}}s are not votes, and that closing admins are supposed to evaluate the arguments, pro and con, on their merits. It is my understanding that closing administrators have the authority to discount various kinds of arguments, including:
Your closure offers no clues as to whether you discounted any of the arguments offered.
The initial nomination claimed Kirilow was the subject of a single newspaper article. This was an argumen at odds with the documented facts.
When it was pointed out that this wasn't so the nominator then claimed she was a blp1e. I addressed the blp1e claim. No one, including two subsequent contributors, who echoed the claim Kirilow was a blp1e, addressed my counterpoints.
It seems to me that this is not how our decisions are supposed to be made. Our decisions are supposed to be arrived at through discussion. A consensus can only be arrived at through an exchange of views. When the parties holding the majority view simply ignore the inconvenient counter-arguments of a minority then I think it is a serious mistake to describe accepting the majority view as accepting a consensus.
Supposing, for the sake of argument, that my counter-arguments to the blp1e claim were invalid, I suggest it is clearly in the in interests of the project as a whole for someone to explain to me why my counter-argments were invalid. I certainly don't want to go around repeating the same mistakes, and as a prolific contributor, it is in the interest of the project for someone to try to explain why my counterarguments were invalid.
Since those who voted to delete all claimed blp1e, can I assume that if something you were prepared to accept was a second event were to occur, you would agree to restore the article, without a DRV? If so, what would you accept as a second event?
Kirilow has received death threats, as have her remaining supporters. Would you agree that if RS documented that someone killed her, or tried to kill her, that this would be a 2nd event? Would you agree it was a second event if anti-Kirilow elements merely tried to harm her, or one of her few remaining supporters?
A leading psychotherapist described Kirilow as an example of a person suffering from Munchausen by internet. Would you regard this as a 2nd event if the psychotherapist wrote an article that described Kirilow's case? What if they wrote a book?
Several RS documented that legitimate, mainstream charities were experiencing or anticipated a drop-off in their online donations due to the negative publicity associated with Kirilow's fraudulent online donation efforts. Neither the nominator, or any of those contributors who cast a blp1e vote, explained why they didn't recognize this phenomenon as a separate event. Is there some additional number of RS you would require before you recognized the effect Kirilow's fraud had on real charities as a 2nd event?
As the closing administrator, who accepted the blp1e votes without question or comment, and who discounted my counter-arguments, without explanation, who do you think I should call upon for an explanation of the reasoning behind your conclusion of the {{ afd}}? Geo Swan ( talk) 15:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to submit a newer/revised logo for a specific page. I don't want to mess anything up an saw your information as the last poster. What do i do from here? Just upload the photo? Submit it for verififcation? K. Johnson,
Thanks in advance
Thanks for fixing the reference numbering problem at Cape Verde -- Fartherred ( talk) 03:47, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Why do sometimes I'm automatically logged off from Wikipedia? Wayne Olajuwon chat 20:06, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I don't know what you want to do about the pending changes settings, but this article was in fact vandalised just a couple of edits prior to yours. Cheers. Radiopathy •talk• 02:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Take a look at Tommy's comment, do you agree with what he's saying? I will continue reverting blatant vandals until i get your point of view on this, due to the fact that you threatened to revoke my rights if i didn't revert Only Blatant Vandals Thanks, - Dwayne was here! ♫ 20:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello Fetchcomms, thank you for supporting
my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 65/4/3.
I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations, do my best for Wikipedia, and take to heart the constructive criticism. Always feel free to message me if I'm around.
Hi Fetchcomms! I just can't express our appreciation for your help - above and beyond the "call!" Everyone at Tabby's Place was thrilled to finally be on the WikiMap, so to speak. I've learned a great deal (again) from this process. I may even undertake another one some day. Until then, have the happiest and enjoy this process of accurately recording life on planet Earth! Best regards - Bonnie Bonnie0718 ( talk) 14:59, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
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Excuse me, why are you deleting Sideways!? 75.142.152.105 ( talk) 19:40, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
But you can't delete Sideways (Transformers), but you gotta recreate Sideways (Transformers) and you're gonna be sorry. 75.142.152.105 ( talk) 04:28, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Because you participated in Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not/Archive 34#Does WP:NOTMYSPACE apply to secret pages?, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Secret pages 2. Cunard ( talk) 07:07, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi.
I've been looking for a random Admin to help me with something.
A while back I was the victim of an WP:OUTING (I am a registered user but I didn't want to post using it in case he wiki stalks me). There was nothing malicious about it so I got all the info removed from my page history and continued on my way.
Unfortunately me and the other user tend to edit the same pages and we have come to the point where I am ashamed to say that some of our edits have ended in an edit war, so I got blocked. Fair enough, I deserved it.
Now I'm afraid to edit any pages he edits as he knows my real name, my job, my previous job etc etc etc.
I'm not trying to run from my history (my block), but I wan't to retire my old account and create a new one and start again, trying to avoid him (this should be made slightly easier as he is currently in line for an indef block, but he also has a history for socking).
My question is, is it okay for me to do this? In theory would this be classed as a sock account of my main account and therefore against the rules?
Thanks
S —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.182.164.129 ( talk) 13:25, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Brillpappin&redirect=no
I wasn't all that familier with the procedures and simply had a few minutes to fix something. Now that it was changed, can it be fixed by someone that does now the procedures?
By the way, that copyright reason for using move doesn't make much sense to me... isn't it all under the same copyright when entered into the Wiki?
Thanks for closing the AfD on the above page, the information about the police station is already there (see this edit) - I don't see the page name being a likely search term so should the page just be deleted ? Codf1977 ( talk) 09:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you :):):):) for the support vote :) Wifione ....... Leave a message 19:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey fetch, I'd like to help check articles, but I'm not sure how CCI checking works. Take this article, for example. First off, how would you check this article for a CR violation? Just googling the lead sentence to see if it pops up anywhere? I assume you'd check the refs, but what else? Thanks -- Nole lover 22:19, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
My user page is semi protected and it is also move protected, when I put the move protection top-icon on the page it overlaps the semi protection top-icon; how do you prevent this from happening? -- Inka 888 02:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
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File:Windows Internet Explorer 9.pngHello, fetchcomms.
I thought I'd better give you the notice in your talk page too, since it is more polite than you just seeing it in your watchlist. You might like to see the new image description page for a reason. But we can always do the D part of BRD, can't we?
Album cover art is a very good example, although perhaps you should see it in comparison:
In this image, the size of the non-free contents from Microsoft corporation (which are critical for the non-free use rationale) is 1020×66 pixels which is 0.06732 megapixels. (The rest is the free Wikipedia.) A 300×225 pixels screenshot is worth 0.0675 megapixels in whole which is slightly bigger. However, a normal 3:4 artwork cover reduced to 400 pixels width would have 400×533 pixels, which is 0.2132 megapixels in whole. As you can see, the non-free contents of this image is less than the non-free contents in a 400 pixels wide cover art (which normally consists of 100% copyrighted work) or 300×225 screenshot (comprised of 100% copyrighted work).
Given all above, I think the current size of this image is the minimum acceptable.
Fleet Command ( talk) 21:15, 19 September 2010 (UTC)Fastest article creation I've ever had. Thank you very much. -- 184.99.171.157 ( talk) 02:40, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
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Maybe you want to comment at Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion#Lex_and_Terry.-- Tikiwont ( talk) 17:36, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Would you like to speak to me on the phone? I made an error but was fixing it.
...looks too cool :) Wifione ....... Leave a message 15:18, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Fetchcomms,
As an online ambassador, I'm sure you are aware of Wikiproject: United States Public Policy, and I am glad for your interest in assessing articles with the Public Policy Initiative. There is more info about assessment on the 9/13/2010 Signpost. If you're interested or just curious you can sign up on the project page or just contact me. Thanks!
Thanks for joining the PPI Assessment Team. There is a request for you to review some articles and a description of assessment logistics on the WP:USPP Assessment Page. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 16:57, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I would like to submit an entry about al.com. It is a rewrite of a previously deleted entry, but contains only factual descriptions without the self-promoting info. Please let me know if okay to post. Thanks so much:
al.com is the online home of The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Press-Register. Al.com is a subsidiary of Advance Internet, which is a unit of Advance Publications.
Overview al.com publishes Alabama news, sports, weather, entertainment, living, travel, business and politics. It also contains forums and community blogs.
History al.com was launched in September 1997, with CEO Cindy Martin hired a year prior to launch. From 1997 to 2001, al.com offices were located in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2001, al.com relocated to Birmingham, Alabama Offices are now located in the Pepper Place complex in Birmingham, Alabama.
External Links al.com
Hi fellow PPI member! Thanks for telling me about the picture in my signature. I have changed it. Have a great day! Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 19:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
As you've been through the mill of getting a portal to Featured status recently, if you got a chance to look in at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Law of England and Wales/archive1 some time in the next couple of weeks, that would be lovely. Thanks, Bencherlite Talk 20:16, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Greetings Fetchcomms. I want to ask for your help on uploading pictures in wiki commons, specifically flickr photos. I keep getting so fustrated over uploading transit pictures, I just want to pull my hair out. Can I ask for an example? Thank you for your time! ( Jordan S. Wilson ( talk) 21:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC))
The graph says it all, really; massive increase since we cleared the backlog and introduced a bit better system. As I've said before, it is a 'victim of its own success', I think. Currently, it is pretty backlogged.
Quite a few get missed, as you can see if you flick through the archives - but I don't know what we can do about that, really, other than hope more people give feedback.
The long-term solution would be to keep these editors; so many come to just create one article, and are never heard of again; if just a few of those stayed, and started giving feedback, then we'd have a more workable system.
I suggest discussion in this WT:FEED section. Cheers!
(I've send this message out to a small number of people that I think/hope will be interested; people who have given feedback, etc. if wrong, apologies, let me know.)
Chzz ► 00:05, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
A while back you told me to get a raw wikicode if I wanted to have both lock top-icons on my user page, Where would I get that code? -- Inka 888 00:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm torn about what to do. One the one hand, I'm violating the signature guideline because I use a template. On the other hand, if I use "full url", I think I will violate the character limit.
On the third hand, I've been posting at VP:T and at VP:M about the merits of this signature, and I feel like there is at least some hope that this concept will "catch on" in some way -- either by inspiring someone to develop some code that will make it work without violating our policies, or else by winning a consensus that it should be an exception to our policies.
My feeling is that, per WP:Bold, I can continue using this signature line on an experimental basis for maybe two or three weeks. At that point, if the code doesn't get written or the consensus doesn't change, I will most certainly switch to a non-offending signature line.
Let me know how this sounds to you ... I don't want to make trouble. AGradman / talk / how the subject page looked when I made this edit 04:17, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
<small>[[user:Andrew Gradman|AGradman]] / [[User talk:AConcernedChicken|talk]] / how the subject page <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|offset={{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}&limit=1&action=history}} looked]</span> when I made this edit</small>
Hi, this is user:Agradman. So just to clarify your user script idea -- when someone types ~~~~, the script would wait until the tildes were converted into the signature and datestamp, and then it would use that datestamp as an input into {{ Freeze/link}} and substitute that for the datestamp? I think that's a swell idea! The {{ Freeze/link}} template becomes a substitute for the purpose served by the datestamp. 69.143.104.250 ( talk) 15:48, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Because you participated in a previous discussion about vandalism spaces, you may be interested in an ongoing RfC about vandalism spaces at Wikipedia talk:User pages#Userspace Vandalism Sandboxes. Cunard ( talk) 19:24, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Please block AFC clerk bot. Operator's request. User:I-20 as 24.178.137.65 ( talk) 21:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Whilst disappointed that this wasn't simply deleted via the TfD, at least it has been removed from Twinkle.
I wonder if we should also move it, so it is no longer 'uw-' ? What do you think? Chzz ► 02:19, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, Fetch! I notice our old friend of so many names, BlackImperial, quit editing right after he was caught out creating a fifth account (Zero.hack) in a ten-day (or so) span, to avoid scrutiny re his previous sanctions. But I very much doubt he really quit editing. Know any friendly checkusers who'd look for other accounts likely created by the same person? – OhioStandard ( talk) 09:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Fetch -
Thanks for the review. I am making progress (not a flat-out rejection!). Your input was much better than the "help" I did NOT receive previously. I will try to get this back w/in the time allocated.
Regards -
Bonnie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonnie0718 ( talk • contribs) 14:04, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Fetch and THANKS for the considerable trouble you went through to help. Of course, the newbie I am, I reworked and resubmitted before seeing said comments! I will forge on with your guidance in mind!
The pix are from pooled (mine are part of the pool) source of free-use images that folks working at Tabby's take (volunteers). It's great getting an image of a cat receiving socialization or physical therapy when it's working! I have to share one of their blogs about one of my project kitties, Cypress (and yes, that is my hand being licked by a formerly completely feral kitty): http://www.tabbysplace.org/felis-catus/2010/07/26/secret-lovers-trey-cypress/
Finally here's something undeniably cute/cats truly rescued from hopeless situations (and why I so desperately want to get this article published): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrZ_9GNfXQ ("Tashi," the paraplegic kitty from the media coverage cited in my article, once on a euthanasia list) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyb3PmBOq_U&feature=channel ("Bronx" rescued literally from the Bronx municipal dumps, scheduled for euthanasia).
Have a wonderful rest of the week and regards -
Bonnie Bonnie0718 ( talk) 16:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
OK, Fetch - I've been combing and deleting (gues I worked too hard on the wrong things!). I had to link to the TP newsletter on a couple of occasions because it is the sole place anything is written on the issue! I hope you will agree with my changes and, as always, I appreciate your guidance and counsel. And yes - it is a fun place. If you ever get to NJ... ;) Regards - Bonnie Bonnie0718 ( talk) 00:03, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Nole lover 15:03, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, exactly which of the listed sources do you consider not acceptable, and which info would be acceptable without another source (I'm hoping "birthdate", as she's only made that public on pages under her own control)?
Just so I know which ones I have to replace / which info to take out before resubmitting. :-)
I sure hope the links from freebsd.org and twit.tv as well as FLOSS Weekly#Shows are acceptable. I could additionally offer http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/events/126.en.html and http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/speakers/104.en.html for a start.
Please reply here, as the IP I am writing from is a dynamic IP. :-) -- 188.98.137.254 ( talk) 15:44, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, guys. The wikification drive has been bumped to October. You might have noticed already, however. I'm amazed how many people came on as soon as I sent out the invite. With a few more, we can easily meet our goal. Just remember. Concentrate your firepower on the 2008 articles, and you should have no problems. Great work! Also, if you have time, please also invite other users to participate. Thanks!
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As you mentioned DD and topic-banning, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Rorschach_Test_(2010)#Statement_2_by_roux -- Cybercobra (talk) 23:50, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed that one or more of your userboxes are outdated (such as the not admin) or duplicated (where you spend too much time on your userpage). Hazard-SJ Talk 19:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Also, please archive this page. Hazard-SJ Talk 19:41, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I still don't know how to use Twinkle even though I installed it. Wayne Olajuwon ( chat) 21:31, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I use Internet Explorer and that's maybe why it doesn't work. Wayne Olajuwon chat 22:06, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I have tested some code for the redirect tagging code. — I-20 the highway 22:01, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the information with the {{ helpme}} template. ill be sure to nowiki it next time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangemohawk ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry for all of the incessant helpme-ing. Wayne Olajuwon chat 00:46, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
I'll remember that to use it for its intended use. Wayne Olajuwon chat 00:52, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi fetchcomms! I heard the IP address 98.177.155.42 got blocked. He requests to be unblock at this time. He promises to stop damaging wikipedia, and will just make the useful ones instead. The blocking administrator was Ckatz, so can you discuss the block with that admin? Thank you.
68.98.69.218 ( talk) 02:25, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey fetchcomms, you Welcomed me a few months back. How are you? I'm here because I have a question. I uploaded a logo I made, which incorporated one single aspect that I did NOT make, but WAS released in to public domain. The first time I published it, it IMMEADIATELY got removed (by a rather rude admin.) They claimed it was "clearly copyrighted material." So what should I do? reupload it as Public Domain material? Thanks for your help, and the "fruit basket!" :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WOS2014 ( talk • contribs) 04:26, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
In addition to the above, WOS2014 ( talk · contribs) used a {{helpme}}, but actually directed their question to you by name, 'coz you welcomed them. I've answered their query (hopefully correctly), so this is just a FYI thing. User_talk:WOS2014#Help_with_file. Chzz ► 19:28, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that. I'll get back into the article creation groove one of these days. Useight ( talk) 16:12, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Fetch. You remember BlackImperial of "Young Jonii" infamy? He recreated it a couple times more after the ANI closed, once trying to evade the salting you applied by creating it in mainspace as "Yung Jonii". Then when it got speedied from his userspace he created a new account (again). Reminders of all except the new account here, if needed. His new account is Zero.hack ( talk · contribs). His first three non-userspace edits [1] [2] [3] to had to be reverted; I did two, but someone else beat me to one. Then he went on to create ... well, you'll see the effect of his subsequent work on his new talk page. He did have an admin delete the user page for BlackImperial, btw, but he certainly knows better by now than to just create a new account whenever he gets "bad press" for actions using the old one. You told him BlackImperial was the only account he could use, and I know I told him somewhere that if he ever found himself considering creating another account that he should first ask at the help desk whether his reason for wanting to do so was a permissable one. I've run out of good faith for this guy; he knows what he's doing. I put a note on his new talk page telling him to stop using the new account and go back to BlackImperial. But do you mind intervening again, as well? I'll e-mail brief additional documentation to you. Thanks, – OhioStandard ( talk) 21:48, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Telling me about my maturity levels is not respectful, that is maybe how you would talk to a kid. Inka 888 03:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
...for your contribution to the article anti-laser! Chrisrus ( talk) 04:51, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley Kirilow.
It is my understanding that {{ afd}}s are not votes, and that closing admins are supposed to evaluate the arguments, pro and con, on their merits. It is my understanding that closing administrators have the authority to discount various kinds of arguments, including:
Your closure offers no clues as to whether you discounted any of the arguments offered.
The initial nomination claimed Kirilow was the subject of a single newspaper article. This was an argumen at odds with the documented facts.
When it was pointed out that this wasn't so the nominator then claimed she was a blp1e. I addressed the blp1e claim. No one, including two subsequent contributors, who echoed the claim Kirilow was a blp1e, addressed my counterpoints.
It seems to me that this is not how our decisions are supposed to be made. Our decisions are supposed to be arrived at through discussion. A consensus can only be arrived at through an exchange of views. When the parties holding the majority view simply ignore the inconvenient counter-arguments of a minority then I think it is a serious mistake to describe accepting the majority view as accepting a consensus.
Supposing, for the sake of argument, that my counter-arguments to the blp1e claim were invalid, I suggest it is clearly in the in interests of the project as a whole for someone to explain to me why my counter-argments were invalid. I certainly don't want to go around repeating the same mistakes, and as a prolific contributor, it is in the interest of the project for someone to try to explain why my counterarguments were invalid.
Since those who voted to delete all claimed blp1e, can I assume that if something you were prepared to accept was a second event were to occur, you would agree to restore the article, without a DRV? If so, what would you accept as a second event?
Kirilow has received death threats, as have her remaining supporters. Would you agree that if RS documented that someone killed her, or tried to kill her, that this would be a 2nd event? Would you agree it was a second event if anti-Kirilow elements merely tried to harm her, or one of her few remaining supporters?
A leading psychotherapist described Kirilow as an example of a person suffering from Munchausen by internet. Would you regard this as a 2nd event if the psychotherapist wrote an article that described Kirilow's case? What if they wrote a book?
Several RS documented that legitimate, mainstream charities were experiencing or anticipated a drop-off in their online donations due to the negative publicity associated with Kirilow's fraudulent online donation efforts. Neither the nominator, or any of those contributors who cast a blp1e vote, explained why they didn't recognize this phenomenon as a separate event. Is there some additional number of RS you would require before you recognized the effect Kirilow's fraud had on real charities as a 2nd event?
As the closing administrator, who accepted the blp1e votes without question or comment, and who discounted my counter-arguments, without explanation, who do you think I should call upon for an explanation of the reasoning behind your conclusion of the {{ afd}}? Geo Swan ( talk) 15:02, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to submit a newer/revised logo for a specific page. I don't want to mess anything up an saw your information as the last poster. What do i do from here? Just upload the photo? Submit it for verififcation? K. Johnson,
Thanks in advance
Thanks for fixing the reference numbering problem at Cape Verde -- Fartherred ( talk) 03:47, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Why do sometimes I'm automatically logged off from Wikipedia? Wayne Olajuwon chat 20:06, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
I don't know what you want to do about the pending changes settings, but this article was in fact vandalised just a couple of edits prior to yours. Cheers. Radiopathy •talk• 02:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Take a look at Tommy's comment, do you agree with what he's saying? I will continue reverting blatant vandals until i get your point of view on this, due to the fact that you threatened to revoke my rights if i didn't revert Only Blatant Vandals Thanks, - Dwayne was here! ♫ 20:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hello Fetchcomms, thank you for supporting
my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 65/4/3.
I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations, do my best for Wikipedia, and take to heart the constructive criticism. Always feel free to message me if I'm around.
Hi Fetchcomms! I just can't express our appreciation for your help - above and beyond the "call!" Everyone at Tabby's Place was thrilled to finally be on the WikiMap, so to speak. I've learned a great deal (again) from this process. I may even undertake another one some day. Until then, have the happiest and enjoy this process of accurately recording life on planet Earth! Best regards - Bonnie Bonnie0718 ( talk) 14:59, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
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Excuse me, why are you deleting Sideways!? 75.142.152.105 ( talk) 19:40, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
But you can't delete Sideways (Transformers), but you gotta recreate Sideways (Transformers) and you're gonna be sorry. 75.142.152.105 ( talk) 04:28, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Because you participated in Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not/Archive 34#Does WP:NOTMYSPACE apply to secret pages?, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Secret pages 2. Cunard ( talk) 07:07, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi.
I've been looking for a random Admin to help me with something.
A while back I was the victim of an WP:OUTING (I am a registered user but I didn't want to post using it in case he wiki stalks me). There was nothing malicious about it so I got all the info removed from my page history and continued on my way.
Unfortunately me and the other user tend to edit the same pages and we have come to the point where I am ashamed to say that some of our edits have ended in an edit war, so I got blocked. Fair enough, I deserved it.
Now I'm afraid to edit any pages he edits as he knows my real name, my job, my previous job etc etc etc.
I'm not trying to run from my history (my block), but I wan't to retire my old account and create a new one and start again, trying to avoid him (this should be made slightly easier as he is currently in line for an indef block, but he also has a history for socking).
My question is, is it okay for me to do this? In theory would this be classed as a sock account of my main account and therefore against the rules?
Thanks
S —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.182.164.129 ( talk) 13:25, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Brillpappin&redirect=no
I wasn't all that familier with the procedures and simply had a few minutes to fix something. Now that it was changed, can it be fixed by someone that does now the procedures?
By the way, that copyright reason for using move doesn't make much sense to me... isn't it all under the same copyright when entered into the Wiki?
Thanks for closing the AfD on the above page, the information about the police station is already there (see this edit) - I don't see the page name being a likely search term so should the page just be deleted ? Codf1977 ( talk) 09:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you :):):):) for the support vote :) Wifione ....... Leave a message 19:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey fetch, I'd like to help check articles, but I'm not sure how CCI checking works. Take this article, for example. First off, how would you check this article for a CR violation? Just googling the lead sentence to see if it pops up anywhere? I assume you'd check the refs, but what else? Thanks -- Nole lover 22:19, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
My user page is semi protected and it is also move protected, when I put the move protection top-icon on the page it overlaps the semi protection top-icon; how do you prevent this from happening? -- Inka 888 02:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
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File:Windows Internet Explorer 9.pngHello, fetchcomms.
I thought I'd better give you the notice in your talk page too, since it is more polite than you just seeing it in your watchlist. You might like to see the new image description page for a reason. But we can always do the D part of BRD, can't we?
Album cover art is a very good example, although perhaps you should see it in comparison:
In this image, the size of the non-free contents from Microsoft corporation (which are critical for the non-free use rationale) is 1020×66 pixels which is 0.06732 megapixels. (The rest is the free Wikipedia.) A 300×225 pixels screenshot is worth 0.0675 megapixels in whole which is slightly bigger. However, a normal 3:4 artwork cover reduced to 400 pixels width would have 400×533 pixels, which is 0.2132 megapixels in whole. As you can see, the non-free contents of this image is less than the non-free contents in a 400 pixels wide cover art (which normally consists of 100% copyrighted work) or 300×225 screenshot (comprised of 100% copyrighted work).
Given all above, I think the current size of this image is the minimum acceptable.
Fleet Command ( talk) 21:15, 19 September 2010 (UTC)Fastest article creation I've ever had. Thank you very much. -- 184.99.171.157 ( talk) 02:40, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
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Maybe you want to comment at Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion#Lex_and_Terry.-- Tikiwont ( talk) 17:36, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Would you like to speak to me on the phone? I made an error but was fixing it.
...looks too cool :) Wifione ....... Leave a message 15:18, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi Fetchcomms,
As an online ambassador, I'm sure you are aware of Wikiproject: United States Public Policy, and I am glad for your interest in assessing articles with the Public Policy Initiative. There is more info about assessment on the 9/13/2010 Signpost. If you're interested or just curious you can sign up on the project page or just contact me. Thanks!
Thanks for joining the PPI Assessment Team. There is a request for you to review some articles and a description of assessment logistics on the WP:USPP Assessment Page. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 16:57, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
I would like to submit an entry about al.com. It is a rewrite of a previously deleted entry, but contains only factual descriptions without the self-promoting info. Please let me know if okay to post. Thanks so much:
al.com is the online home of The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Press-Register. Al.com is a subsidiary of Advance Internet, which is a unit of Advance Publications.
Overview al.com publishes Alabama news, sports, weather, entertainment, living, travel, business and politics. It also contains forums and community blogs.
History al.com was launched in September 1997, with CEO Cindy Martin hired a year prior to launch. From 1997 to 2001, al.com offices were located in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2001, al.com relocated to Birmingham, Alabama Offices are now located in the Pepper Place complex in Birmingham, Alabama.
External Links al.com
Hi fellow PPI member! Thanks for telling me about the picture in my signature. I have changed it. Have a great day! Canon Law Junkie §§§ Talk 19:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
As you've been through the mill of getting a portal to Featured status recently, if you got a chance to look in at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Law of England and Wales/archive1 some time in the next couple of weeks, that would be lovely. Thanks, Bencherlite Talk 20:16, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
Greetings Fetchcomms. I want to ask for your help on uploading pictures in wiki commons, specifically flickr photos. I keep getting so fustrated over uploading transit pictures, I just want to pull my hair out. Can I ask for an example? Thank you for your time! ( Jordan S. Wilson ( talk) 21:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC))
The graph says it all, really; massive increase since we cleared the backlog and introduced a bit better system. As I've said before, it is a 'victim of its own success', I think. Currently, it is pretty backlogged.
Quite a few get missed, as you can see if you flick through the archives - but I don't know what we can do about that, really, other than hope more people give feedback.
The long-term solution would be to keep these editors; so many come to just create one article, and are never heard of again; if just a few of those stayed, and started giving feedback, then we'd have a more workable system.
I suggest discussion in this WT:FEED section. Cheers!
(I've send this message out to a small number of people that I think/hope will be interested; people who have given feedback, etc. if wrong, apologies, let me know.)
Chzz ► 00:05, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
A while back you told me to get a raw wikicode if I wanted to have both lock top-icons on my user page, Where would I get that code? -- Inka 888 00:40, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm torn about what to do. One the one hand, I'm violating the signature guideline because I use a template. On the other hand, if I use "full url", I think I will violate the character limit.
On the third hand, I've been posting at VP:T and at VP:M about the merits of this signature, and I feel like there is at least some hope that this concept will "catch on" in some way -- either by inspiring someone to develop some code that will make it work without violating our policies, or else by winning a consensus that it should be an exception to our policies.
My feeling is that, per WP:Bold, I can continue using this signature line on an experimental basis for maybe two or three weeks. At that point, if the code doesn't get written or the consensus doesn't change, I will most certainly switch to a non-offending signature line.
Let me know how this sounds to you ... I don't want to make trouble. AGradman / talk / how the subject page looked when I made this edit 04:17, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
<small>[[user:Andrew Gradman|AGradman]] / [[User talk:AConcernedChicken|talk]] / how the subject page <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|offset={{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}&limit=1&action=history}} looked]</span> when I made this edit</small>
Hi, this is user:Agradman. So just to clarify your user script idea -- when someone types ~~~~, the script would wait until the tildes were converted into the signature and datestamp, and then it would use that datestamp as an input into {{ Freeze/link}} and substitute that for the datestamp? I think that's a swell idea! The {{ Freeze/link}} template becomes a substitute for the purpose served by the datestamp. 69.143.104.250 ( talk) 15:48, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Because you participated in a previous discussion about vandalism spaces, you may be interested in an ongoing RfC about vandalism spaces at Wikipedia talk:User pages#Userspace Vandalism Sandboxes. Cunard ( talk) 19:24, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Please block AFC clerk bot. Operator's request. User:I-20 as 24.178.137.65 ( talk) 21:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Whilst disappointed that this wasn't simply deleted via the TfD, at least it has been removed from Twinkle.
I wonder if we should also move it, so it is no longer 'uw-' ? What do you think? Chzz ► 02:19, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, Fetch! I notice our old friend of so many names, BlackImperial, quit editing right after he was caught out creating a fifth account (Zero.hack) in a ten-day (or so) span, to avoid scrutiny re his previous sanctions. But I very much doubt he really quit editing. Know any friendly checkusers who'd look for other accounts likely created by the same person? – OhioStandard ( talk) 09:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
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