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Wow, sounds pretty impressive. Inverting the Goings-on list for FPs won't upset the other Featured content projects that are doing it ascending by date the old way will it? How does it go with handling noms with edits and alts, and with distinguishing between Commons and Wikipedia hosted images? -- jjron ( talk) 07:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Hello Merc, I read your user page and have carefully read the Wiki rules about spamming links. And I agree with them.
I am asking your permission to reverse the undo on the links in several of the articles. Please let me explain.
I missed the history warning on the "removed spammed links". I am not a Wiki expert and did not know to look for them. I made the incorrect assumption that they were removed for some other purpose. If I had seen that, I would have initiated a discussion before doing anything. I know better now.
I asked for an opinion from the person who is the driving/guiding force behind the entire Civil War Project - Hal Jesperson. He states "I think your animations are well done and don't object to judicious inclusion as External links. My concept of judicious would be to select only the most important or relevant places to link. For instance, Gettysburg has dozens of articles about the campaign and battle and literally hundreds of articles about men, women, and units who fought there. I'd recommend linking only from Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Campaign (assuming you also animate the campaign as a whole)."
The only warning I had ever known I had received was put into my talk and was an informal warning to which the author of the article responded and actually thanked me for adding the link saying it added to the the article.
So, the key author for the entire project does not believe they are spam and feels they are "well done" and would like to allow them.
The animations are free and take about 200-250 hours each to make. If I could just directly donate them to Wiki I would, but there is no vehicle for Wiki to have these on site. The website is merely a repository for the animations - nothing more. It promotes no commercial products (It has the smallest possible Google ad which, if you find it objectionable, I will remove - it is only there to ensure that Google takes a hard look at the site). I make no money off the site and have no intention of doing so.
There are no screaming banners enticing people to the site in the animations.
Please take a look and reconsider. http://civilwaranimated.com/
The SPAMMING rules say look at your intent: My intent is clear if you look at the material and the websites - I have created a unique way of displaying the article content and am making it available for free. (there is another site, TravelBrains.com which charges $29 per animation for very similar content). I am not promoting products nor myself. And the website is only there as a holder of the content.
Would it be acceptable to you if I followed Hal Jespersen's recommendation and undid your deletion of the links for: The Battle of Gettysburg The Overland Campaign The Battle of Perryville The Battle of Stones River The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Thank you for your consideration, James Cagney Jcagney ( talk) 14:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi MER-C, I just wanted to say that I appreciate the links you posted on WP:AN pertaining to cleanup of unfinished or mistaken edits. I've stolen it for myself on my user page, and I hope you don't mind. Hbent ( talk) 05:11, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
I softblocked it for one month--have the sites he's been spamming been added to the meta blacklist? He's been spamming since February, so it might be time to blacklist them both. Blueboy 96 13:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, it's very flattering that you posted to my user page, but I really have to hand back these borrowed feathers. That was Shoemaker's nomination; I only placed the image at one article. Best, Durova Charge! 05:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I have not visited wikipedia in some time, but on a recent visit noticed that you have removed most of the external links from various articles to the website http://www.book-academy.co.uk. Having read your comments on your reason for doing so ( User_talk:MER-C/archives/21#Removal of links to book-academy.co.uk added by User:88.107.126.110) , I admit that as a newbie I was not careful to read the guidelines for external links and that in my zeal in pointing to the resources available on my website I may have come across as merely interested in advertising my website. I can assure you that the links were only placed on the articles concerned because they were extremely relevant.
Another criticism was that the links pointed to a single page which had no anchors so that readers would have to find the works mentioned. We have now rectified this on our site and I am more than happy to supply links to the anchored sections.
May I please ask you to reconsider your decision to remove the links?
Thanking you in advance for your consideration.
SC
80.42.167.134 (
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Thanks, for answering my question :] II MusLiM HyBRiD II 18:34, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
I struck your two year old unexplained Context template at the aforelinked article after expanding it somewhat and introducing sourced descriptions of the sorts of material that get flagged as sensitive. Does that cover it, or were you looking for something else? MrZaius talk 11:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
You appear to have given me a warning though I accept this could be a mistake. You have said that i have been vandalizing Wikipedia but I checked all edits and they all appear to have been constructive. All the edits I have done on Wikipedia (of which none have currently happened in October the month you gave me the warning) appear to be fine.
Either a explanation or a apology would be fantastic 83.104.51.181 ( talk) 19:15, 2 October 2008 (UTC).
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page [1] - much appreciated -- Super flewis (talk) 13:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Just saw this being used at WP:GO. With modifications, could this work for other featured content? Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 16:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
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You've likely got numerous such awards, but I feel the need to provide further appreciation. May your tireless anti-vandal, anti-spam and generally anti-nonsense efforts continue on for many years to come. — Anonymous Dissident Talk 04:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC) |
Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my talk page. Keep up the good work!, Best wishes -- Badgernet Talk 10:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Considering we just had two Dispatches on how to review Free and Non-free images, I assume you mean a general guide to reviewing images at WP:FPC relative to WP:WIAFP? [2] Can you clarify that entry at WP:FCDW? Would you interested in or able to write that? Would you be able to write it soon? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:43, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user-talk page [3] -- Flewis (talk) 10:45, 4 October 2008 (UTC) |
Have you seen the thread I spawned at WT:RFA about admin candidates? -- Dweller ( talk) 15:49, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
You just let me know when you think you might squeeze it into your schedule and I'll strongly considering nominating you. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I apologize if this is the wrong place to address this but I've had an awful time trying to figure out how to communicate with anyone on this site. I just edited the Havana Silk Dog page to restore it to its original content, content which was placed in Wikipedia with permission from the HSDAA (Havana Silk Dog Association of America.) The page has been under attack by disgruntled members of the Havanese community who are angered over a split in the breed. According to the page history, in Aug 2008 original content was replaced with a malicious, defamatory article by Moorea1307 (Marie Cane, a Havanese breeder in New England who is well known for defamatory attacks on the Havana Silk Dog community.) Once this libelous action was discovered, we have regularly been checking the page to be sure it has not been corrupted again. This morning I found that it had, once again, been assaulted, this time by 'SmackBot' who reverted it to Marie's text so I undid it. You undid mine and I do not know why as my change served to restore the original content of the page and remove the defamatory garbage that Marie had placed there. There has been a long-term pattern of harassment since the split in June of 2007 which culminated in a lawsuit being filed against the Havanese Club of America and settled in favor of the Havana Silk Dog fanciers in Sept 2008. This illegal harassment simply has to stop and we should be able to protect our page by undoing the defamatory changes that have been made to it.
141.152.30.169 ( talk) 12:04, 10 October 2008 (UTC)Havana Silk Dog Fancier.
I am one of two webmasters of the HSDAA and also a board member, from whose website theis material was taken and it is fine with us for it to be on Wikipedia as long as it is not sabotaged and corrupted as has been done (and is now restored.) Havana Silk Dog Fancier —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.152.30.169 ( talk • contribs)
Better not use TWINKLE for that again... Hut 8.5 10:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Some nasty fight on my user page there, thanks for all the reverts! :) -- Razor ICE 10:38, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi MER-C,
Just a quick message (to keep things time relevant) to say that I disagree with the closing on
this (surprise surprise!) - but I'll discuss it when I have a bit more time (i.e after exams = nov 10). Regards, --
Fir0002 10:40, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
G'day, thanks for all the hard work at FPC. However i think you made a mistake with Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Brown Tree Frog (7 supports and no opposes or anything). Noodle snacks ( talk) 08:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Good evening, sir, and I am here because of this edit you have made, as you mentioned a manually updating category. I was going to suggest run a bot account specifically for that page. Thank you.-- 79.73.127.99 ( talk) 18:39, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
See [ [5] — Rlevse • Talk • 21:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for rescuing my talk page. It seems grawp has found new people of interest :P «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l» (talk) 06:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Might be worth keeping an eye on. Not quite G11 yet though I think? -- Herby talk thyme 15:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
This web site has been removed by the web hosting service that the person whom hosted it was using. -- IRP ☎ 21:20, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Again me. :) Since today, bot is unable yet again to make an edit. It can login. The older version cannot read pages (your latest can), and both versions cannot edit a page. This older version I use has mark 0.10 14/11/2007, but I also modified it so that it can read utf-8 streams and did the login modification from the last time. That's it. I hope you fix it, cheers.
Mihajlo
talk 06:40, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, thanks. I will look into the issue.
Mihajlo
talk 09:09, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Mailing list thread. MER-C 01:27, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
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You and THEN WHO WAS THE PHONE keep beating me to the vandals. Ha ha! Andy ( talk) 12:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment at the Village Pump. I have got in touch with the editor who previously proposed the idea. Much appreciated, Elucidate ( parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 20:22, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for defending my talkpage a few days ago, I thought a barnstar was in order «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l» (talk) 02:13, 27 October 2008 (UTC) |
How is a link to the official site spam? Monster Under Your Bed ( talk) 11:47, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your support of my design in this poll. I just wanted to drop a note to inform you that the wrong version of my design was placed in the poll. The current version is here. The differences may or may not affect your decision. Regards, لenna vecia 02:54, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi there,
Why do you believe Namibia-1on1.com is spam? The information provided by the web site seems reliable and truthful. -- Thomas.macmillan ( talk) 16:15, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
This Wikipedia Valued pictures project sets out to identify and encourage users' efforts in providing valuable images of high encyclopedic value, and to build up a resource for editors from other Wikimedia projects seeking such educational images for use online. The project also provides recognition to contributors who have made an effort to contribute enyclopedic images of difficult subjects which are very hard or nigh on impossible to obtain. The project will run alongside the existing Wikipedia Featured pictures and Picture peer review projects.
Please visit Valued picture candidates to nominate an image, or to help review the nominations. Anyone with an account on Wikipedia is welcome to nominate images, and also to take part in the open review process.
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Elucidate ( parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 16:59, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Just noticed that a Commons admin has deleted my recent featured picture as a duplicate. This is true, as per the nomination, there was a higher res version that wasn't as nice to look at at 100% so I uploaded a downsampled version as well and this was the one that I nominated. I guess he didn't check which version was actually in use in the various projects though, and now that it is gone, I can't see where it was used to reinstate the version that does exist. Are you able to determine where it was previously used on En.wiki and replace the link where appropriate? I've changed it on the article where it was used. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 14:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi
I noticed that you tagged
Image:Dynamite-3.svg as an I8 speedy, which I just undid since there is no picture here to be identical to one at commons: it only exists at commons. However, I then noticed that you also closed the featured picture nomination, so maybe you just wanted to delete the description page? I personally would keep it around, along with the FPC link, but I don't know what the process is there. If anything I suggest tagging it as a
WP:CSD#G5 housekeeping with an explanatory comment or edit summary. But feel free to do what you think best. :)
Cheers,
Amalthea
Talk 23:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, MER-C. I found this image taken by Stereo (SOHO). Once SOHO images I uploded were deleted for copyrights violation. May I please ask you, if the policy has changed? Thanks.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 21:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, MER-C! I just reverted one of the massive spammings, and put a note on WP:ANB that the account should be blocked, nothing but spam. Can you do it, please? -- Janke | Talk 11:04, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
You've been on here for 2 years with 130K edits. When you see edits like this absolutely no reason to give any warning. When your an admin you can decide to block or just ignore because as you can see in the page history, they seldom make more than that 1 particular edit. Ta 220.239.47.163 ( talk) 06:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
-- Spencer T♦ C 23:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Sir Mer-C
I juz now juz fooling around. I promise I will not do the same thing anymore. I cross my heart will love wikipedia with all the effort I can.
Can you forgive me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.54.20.208 ( talk • contribs)
I haven't seen your name in CSD nominations for some time... but then again I haven't been online as much as I used to, due to RL needs. Just wanted to say...
You're still not an admin?! If I could hand the bit to someone else, you're probably one of the first five persons I can think of passing it to. :D
(Note: This is not intended to culminate in any RfA nomination; I don't have the willpower to start one currently. Please do not quote this post in support for, or in the context of, any future RfA nomination. :^)) Pegasus «C¦ T» 10:45, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Could you please get rid of the spam links this guy added Special:Contributions/Maoyingying. Thank you! -- Techfast50 ( talk) 16:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello, on this page here ( Mount Huang) there is a red link in the external links section. But this "ChinaTravelGuide" wiki was deleted as a template to an external site. How do I find others? Another one is here Xiamen. Thank you. -- Techfast50 ( talk) 02:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just to let you know I opened a sockpuppet investigation against Karen Spain ( talk · contribs) at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Karen Spain. If you have a better idea, let me know and I'll close it. Wronkiew ( talk) 02:26, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't believe the links you have removed are spam - they're press articles about specialist subjects, and report only on the given subject. Some pages have limited information, and these links surely provide visitors with up to date information about the developments of these companies.
Sorry, but I think these articles will give people the information they're obviously here for. Is there a particular way we can add allow people to find out more on the subjects they've searched for, without it being regarded as spam?
I've also noticed that the links just above mine, have mostly been added by other magazines. Why are they allowed to remain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coxt001 ( talk • contribs)
Well you've removed edits to the page on ISES - which you have now made inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coxt001 ( talk • contribs)
Why have you removed the articles I've added as spam or the site as spam even though it's not. I believe these articles are relevent and add something to the actors already listed in Wikipedia. Have I done something wrong? I'm new so please let me know if I have violated a rule somewhere Archantlifelondon ( talk) 11:24, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
I apologise. Should I delete the username? Even if I could contribute meaningfully to the articles by providing information not already present citing our interview page for that actor will be not be allowed I suspect as it would be seen a conflict of intrest?
There are other articles that are linking to the angelmagazine.co.uk by other contibutors should they also be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Archantlifelondon ( talk • contribs)
I just wanted to thank you for what you did a few minutes ago. I think you deserve this!
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For reverting vandalism on my talk page and in articles. Thank you, and keep up the good work! Vernon (Versus22) ( talk) 11:29, 1 December 2008 (UTC) |
Hi MER-C, I am relatively new to posting images on Wikipedia. Would you please explain why you indicated that a photo taken of Lego sets that I own within my own home is a copyright violation? The image I posted is not any official Lego image. Thanks for any advice. The image in question is here: Image:Exo-Force_Humans_2008.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by G.I.Zhou ( talk • contribs)
OK, thanks for the link to the article. I will remove the image.—Preceding unsigned comment added by G.I.Zhou ( talk • contribs)
Cool, thanks for your help. How do you delete the image? Or does it automatically delete after a few days after it's tagged? G.I.Zhou ( talk) 17:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Let me know if I stuffed anything up with the promotion of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Louis Armstrong. Thanks -- Noodle snacks ( talk) 03:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my Victory High School page. I am just now starting to get really involved in working on the site making contributions so I am still learning. I will go back and re write the section you removed that I copied from that website, I thought I could get away with doing that because I reworded some items and referenced the site as the source of the information but I guess that is not good enough.
Thanks for your help
Garkeith ( talk) 21:38, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm hoping you're online, since we'll be publishing soon. Are there any suitable examples to replace the Michele Merkin picture you included? It's a great example, but I'm not sure whether including a picture that's probably not safe for work is appropriate. Ral315 ( talk) 06:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for answer me. I think the problem is that bug. Do you know what can I do to repair that. Sincerely I don´t understand if it is possible to repair it or not. Thanks again.-- Eliasjorge4 ( talk) 01:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
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For all your help in reverting the grawp vandals :-) Chris 12:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC) |
Are you sure you wanted to delete everything on the page? Wronkiew ( talk) 06:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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Wow, sounds pretty impressive. Inverting the Goings-on list for FPs won't upset the other Featured content projects that are doing it ascending by date the old way will it? How does it go with handling noms with edits and alts, and with distinguishing between Commons and Wikipedia hosted images? -- jjron ( talk) 07:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Hello Merc, I read your user page and have carefully read the Wiki rules about spamming links. And I agree with them.
I am asking your permission to reverse the undo on the links in several of the articles. Please let me explain.
I missed the history warning on the "removed spammed links". I am not a Wiki expert and did not know to look for them. I made the incorrect assumption that they were removed for some other purpose. If I had seen that, I would have initiated a discussion before doing anything. I know better now.
I asked for an opinion from the person who is the driving/guiding force behind the entire Civil War Project - Hal Jesperson. He states "I think your animations are well done and don't object to judicious inclusion as External links. My concept of judicious would be to select only the most important or relevant places to link. For instance, Gettysburg has dozens of articles about the campaign and battle and literally hundreds of articles about men, women, and units who fought there. I'd recommend linking only from Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Campaign (assuming you also animate the campaign as a whole)."
The only warning I had ever known I had received was put into my talk and was an informal warning to which the author of the article responded and actually thanked me for adding the link saying it added to the the article.
So, the key author for the entire project does not believe they are spam and feels they are "well done" and would like to allow them.
The animations are free and take about 200-250 hours each to make. If I could just directly donate them to Wiki I would, but there is no vehicle for Wiki to have these on site. The website is merely a repository for the animations - nothing more. It promotes no commercial products (It has the smallest possible Google ad which, if you find it objectionable, I will remove - it is only there to ensure that Google takes a hard look at the site). I make no money off the site and have no intention of doing so.
There are no screaming banners enticing people to the site in the animations.
Please take a look and reconsider. http://civilwaranimated.com/
The SPAMMING rules say look at your intent: My intent is clear if you look at the material and the websites - I have created a unique way of displaying the article content and am making it available for free. (there is another site, TravelBrains.com which charges $29 per animation for very similar content). I am not promoting products nor myself. And the website is only there as a holder of the content.
Would it be acceptable to you if I followed Hal Jespersen's recommendation and undid your deletion of the links for: The Battle of Gettysburg The Overland Campaign The Battle of Perryville The Battle of Stones River The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Thank you for your consideration, James Cagney Jcagney ( talk) 14:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi MER-C, I just wanted to say that I appreciate the links you posted on WP:AN pertaining to cleanup of unfinished or mistaken edits. I've stolen it for myself on my user page, and I hope you don't mind. Hbent ( talk) 05:11, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
I softblocked it for one month--have the sites he's been spamming been added to the meta blacklist? He's been spamming since February, so it might be time to blacklist them both. Blueboy 96 13:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, it's very flattering that you posted to my user page, but I really have to hand back these borrowed feathers. That was Shoemaker's nomination; I only placed the image at one article. Best, Durova Charge! 05:47, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
I have not visited wikipedia in some time, but on a recent visit noticed that you have removed most of the external links from various articles to the website http://www.book-academy.co.uk. Having read your comments on your reason for doing so ( User_talk:MER-C/archives/21#Removal of links to book-academy.co.uk added by User:88.107.126.110) , I admit that as a newbie I was not careful to read the guidelines for external links and that in my zeal in pointing to the resources available on my website I may have come across as merely interested in advertising my website. I can assure you that the links were only placed on the articles concerned because they were extremely relevant.
Another criticism was that the links pointed to a single page which had no anchors so that readers would have to find the works mentioned. We have now rectified this on our site and I am more than happy to supply links to the anchored sections.
May I please ask you to reconsider your decision to remove the links?
Thanking you in advance for your consideration.
SC
80.42.167.134 (
talk) 21:24, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, for answering my question :] II MusLiM HyBRiD II 18:34, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
I struck your two year old unexplained Context template at the aforelinked article after expanding it somewhat and introducing sourced descriptions of the sorts of material that get flagged as sensitive. Does that cover it, or were you looking for something else? MrZaius talk 11:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
You appear to have given me a warning though I accept this could be a mistake. You have said that i have been vandalizing Wikipedia but I checked all edits and they all appear to have been constructive. All the edits I have done on Wikipedia (of which none have currently happened in October the month you gave me the warning) appear to be fine.
Either a explanation or a apology would be fantastic 83.104.51.181 ( talk) 19:15, 2 October 2008 (UTC).
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page [1] - much appreciated -- Super flewis (talk) 13:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Just saw this being used at WP:GO. With modifications, could this work for other featured content? Matthewedwards ( talk • contribs • email) 16:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
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You've likely got numerous such awards, but I feel the need to provide further appreciation. May your tireless anti-vandal, anti-spam and generally anti-nonsense efforts continue on for many years to come. — Anonymous Dissident Talk 04:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC) |
Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my talk page. Keep up the good work!, Best wishes -- Badgernet Talk 10:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Considering we just had two Dispatches on how to review Free and Non-free images, I assume you mean a general guide to reviewing images at WP:FPC relative to WP:WIAFP? [2] Can you clarify that entry at WP:FCDW? Would you interested in or able to write that? Would you be able to write it soon? SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:43, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user-talk page [3] -- Flewis (talk) 10:45, 4 October 2008 (UTC) |
Have you seen the thread I spawned at WT:RFA about admin candidates? -- Dweller ( talk) 15:49, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
You just let me know when you think you might squeeze it into your schedule and I'll strongly considering nominating you. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
I apologize if this is the wrong place to address this but I've had an awful time trying to figure out how to communicate with anyone on this site. I just edited the Havana Silk Dog page to restore it to its original content, content which was placed in Wikipedia with permission from the HSDAA (Havana Silk Dog Association of America.) The page has been under attack by disgruntled members of the Havanese community who are angered over a split in the breed. According to the page history, in Aug 2008 original content was replaced with a malicious, defamatory article by Moorea1307 (Marie Cane, a Havanese breeder in New England who is well known for defamatory attacks on the Havana Silk Dog community.) Once this libelous action was discovered, we have regularly been checking the page to be sure it has not been corrupted again. This morning I found that it had, once again, been assaulted, this time by 'SmackBot' who reverted it to Marie's text so I undid it. You undid mine and I do not know why as my change served to restore the original content of the page and remove the defamatory garbage that Marie had placed there. There has been a long-term pattern of harassment since the split in June of 2007 which culminated in a lawsuit being filed against the Havanese Club of America and settled in favor of the Havana Silk Dog fanciers in Sept 2008. This illegal harassment simply has to stop and we should be able to protect our page by undoing the defamatory changes that have been made to it.
141.152.30.169 ( talk) 12:04, 10 October 2008 (UTC)Havana Silk Dog Fancier.
I am one of two webmasters of the HSDAA and also a board member, from whose website theis material was taken and it is fine with us for it to be on Wikipedia as long as it is not sabotaged and corrupted as has been done (and is now restored.) Havana Silk Dog Fancier —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.152.30.169 ( talk • contribs)
Better not use TWINKLE for that again... Hut 8.5 10:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Some nasty fight on my user page there, thanks for all the reverts! :) -- Razor ICE 10:38, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi MER-C,
Just a quick message (to keep things time relevant) to say that I disagree with the closing on
this (surprise surprise!) - but I'll discuss it when I have a bit more time (i.e after exams = nov 10). Regards, --
Fir0002 10:40, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
G'day, thanks for all the hard work at FPC. However i think you made a mistake with Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Brown Tree Frog (7 supports and no opposes or anything). Noodle snacks ( talk) 08:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Good evening, sir, and I am here because of this edit you have made, as you mentioned a manually updating category. I was going to suggest run a bot account specifically for that page. Thank you.-- 79.73.127.99 ( talk) 18:39, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
See [ [5] — Rlevse • Talk • 21:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for rescuing my talk page. It seems grawp has found new people of interest :P «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l» (talk) 06:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Might be worth keeping an eye on. Not quite G11 yet though I think? -- Herby talk thyme 15:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
This web site has been removed by the web hosting service that the person whom hosted it was using. -- IRP ☎ 21:20, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Again me. :) Since today, bot is unable yet again to make an edit. It can login. The older version cannot read pages (your latest can), and both versions cannot edit a page. This older version I use has mark 0.10 14/11/2007, but I also modified it so that it can read utf-8 streams and did the login modification from the last time. That's it. I hope you fix it, cheers.
Mihajlo
talk 06:40, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, thanks. I will look into the issue.
Mihajlo
talk 09:09, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Mailing list thread. MER-C 01:27, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
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You and THEN WHO WAS THE PHONE keep beating me to the vandals. Ha ha! Andy ( talk) 12:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment at the Village Pump. I have got in touch with the editor who previously proposed the idea. Much appreciated, Elucidate ( parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 20:22, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for defending my talkpage a few days ago, I thought a barnstar was in order «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l» (talk) 02:13, 27 October 2008 (UTC) |
How is a link to the official site spam? Monster Under Your Bed ( talk) 11:47, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your support of my design in this poll. I just wanted to drop a note to inform you that the wrong version of my design was placed in the poll. The current version is here. The differences may or may not affect your decision. Regards, لenna vecia 02:54, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi there,
Why do you believe Namibia-1on1.com is spam? The information provided by the web site seems reliable and truthful. -- Thomas.macmillan ( talk) 16:15, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
This Wikipedia Valued pictures project sets out to identify and encourage users' efforts in providing valuable images of high encyclopedic value, and to build up a resource for editors from other Wikimedia projects seeking such educational images for use online. The project also provides recognition to contributors who have made an effort to contribute enyclopedic images of difficult subjects which are very hard or nigh on impossible to obtain. The project will run alongside the existing Wikipedia Featured pictures and Picture peer review projects.
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Elucidate ( parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 16:59, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Just noticed that a Commons admin has deleted my recent featured picture as a duplicate. This is true, as per the nomination, there was a higher res version that wasn't as nice to look at at 100% so I uploaded a downsampled version as well and this was the one that I nominated. I guess he didn't check which version was actually in use in the various projects though, and now that it is gone, I can't see where it was used to reinstate the version that does exist. Are you able to determine where it was previously used on En.wiki and replace the link where appropriate? I've changed it on the article where it was used. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 14:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi
I noticed that you tagged
Image:Dynamite-3.svg as an I8 speedy, which I just undid since there is no picture here to be identical to one at commons: it only exists at commons. However, I then noticed that you also closed the featured picture nomination, so maybe you just wanted to delete the description page? I personally would keep it around, along with the FPC link, but I don't know what the process is there. If anything I suggest tagging it as a
WP:CSD#G5 housekeeping with an explanatory comment or edit summary. But feel free to do what you think best. :)
Cheers,
Amalthea
Talk 23:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, MER-C. I found this image taken by Stereo (SOHO). Once SOHO images I uploded were deleted for copyrights violation. May I please ask you, if the policy has changed? Thanks.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 21:09, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, MER-C! I just reverted one of the massive spammings, and put a note on WP:ANB that the account should be blocked, nothing but spam. Can you do it, please? -- Janke | Talk 11:04, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
You've been on here for 2 years with 130K edits. When you see edits like this absolutely no reason to give any warning. When your an admin you can decide to block or just ignore because as you can see in the page history, they seldom make more than that 1 particular edit. Ta 220.239.47.163 ( talk) 06:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
-- Spencer T♦ C 23:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry Sir Mer-C
I juz now juz fooling around. I promise I will not do the same thing anymore. I cross my heart will love wikipedia with all the effort I can.
Can you forgive me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.54.20.208 ( talk • contribs)
I haven't seen your name in CSD nominations for some time... but then again I haven't been online as much as I used to, due to RL needs. Just wanted to say...
You're still not an admin?! If I could hand the bit to someone else, you're probably one of the first five persons I can think of passing it to. :D
(Note: This is not intended to culminate in any RfA nomination; I don't have the willpower to start one currently. Please do not quote this post in support for, or in the context of, any future RfA nomination. :^)) Pegasus «C¦ T» 10:45, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Could you please get rid of the spam links this guy added Special:Contributions/Maoyingying. Thank you! -- Techfast50 ( talk) 16:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello, on this page here ( Mount Huang) there is a red link in the external links section. But this "ChinaTravelGuide" wiki was deleted as a template to an external site. How do I find others? Another one is here Xiamen. Thank you. -- Techfast50 ( talk) 02:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just to let you know I opened a sockpuppet investigation against Karen Spain ( talk · contribs) at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Karen Spain. If you have a better idea, let me know and I'll close it. Wronkiew ( talk) 02:26, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't believe the links you have removed are spam - they're press articles about specialist subjects, and report only on the given subject. Some pages have limited information, and these links surely provide visitors with up to date information about the developments of these companies.
Sorry, but I think these articles will give people the information they're obviously here for. Is there a particular way we can add allow people to find out more on the subjects they've searched for, without it being regarded as spam?
I've also noticed that the links just above mine, have mostly been added by other magazines. Why are they allowed to remain? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coxt001 ( talk • contribs)
Well you've removed edits to the page on ISES - which you have now made inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coxt001 ( talk • contribs)
Why have you removed the articles I've added as spam or the site as spam even though it's not. I believe these articles are relevent and add something to the actors already listed in Wikipedia. Have I done something wrong? I'm new so please let me know if I have violated a rule somewhere Archantlifelondon ( talk) 11:24, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
I apologise. Should I delete the username? Even if I could contribute meaningfully to the articles by providing information not already present citing our interview page for that actor will be not be allowed I suspect as it would be seen a conflict of intrest?
There are other articles that are linking to the angelmagazine.co.uk by other contibutors should they also be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Archantlifelondon ( talk • contribs)
I just wanted to thank you for what you did a few minutes ago. I think you deserve this!
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For reverting vandalism on my talk page and in articles. Thank you, and keep up the good work! Vernon (Versus22) ( talk) 11:29, 1 December 2008 (UTC) |
Hi MER-C, I am relatively new to posting images on Wikipedia. Would you please explain why you indicated that a photo taken of Lego sets that I own within my own home is a copyright violation? The image I posted is not any official Lego image. Thanks for any advice. The image in question is here: Image:Exo-Force_Humans_2008.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by G.I.Zhou ( talk • contribs)
OK, thanks for the link to the article. I will remove the image.—Preceding unsigned comment added by G.I.Zhou ( talk • contribs)
Cool, thanks for your help. How do you delete the image? Or does it automatically delete after a few days after it's tagged? G.I.Zhou ( talk) 17:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Let me know if I stuffed anything up with the promotion of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Louis Armstrong. Thanks -- Noodle snacks ( talk) 03:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with my Victory High School page. I am just now starting to get really involved in working on the site making contributions so I am still learning. I will go back and re write the section you removed that I copied from that website, I thought I could get away with doing that because I reworded some items and referenced the site as the source of the information but I guess that is not good enough.
Thanks for your help
Garkeith ( talk) 21:38, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm hoping you're online, since we'll be publishing soon. Are there any suitable examples to replace the Michele Merkin picture you included? It's a great example, but I'm not sure whether including a picture that's probably not safe for work is appropriate. Ral315 ( talk) 06:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for answer me. I think the problem is that bug. Do you know what can I do to repair that. Sincerely I don´t understand if it is possible to repair it or not. Thanks again.-- Eliasjorge4 ( talk) 01:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
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For all your help in reverting the grawp vandals :-) Chris 12:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC) |
Are you sure you wanted to delete everything on the page? Wronkiew ( talk) 06:38, 10 December 2008 (UTC)