Oh i was just wondering. you just seem to know an awful lot lol Texasmoderncowboy ( talk) 21:59, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
do you get paid for doing this? Texasmoderncowboy ( talk) 21:53, 5 June 2011 (UTC) Why? Texasmoderncowboy ( talk) 21:49, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Salvio Let's talk about it! 00:49, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello The Mark of the Beast. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Whiskey Island (Bethlehem) to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. JohnCD ( talk) 06:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey there, I just got the message you left for me on my talk page. If you look at the edits I'm making, you will see that I am attempting to add references to the article, and each edit contains new material. Thanks! — Torchiest talk edits 23:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Looks like you're into vandalism patrol and similar tasks. Have you checked out Twinkle yet? Might be worth your time. Calabe1992 ( talk) 02:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
You might want to familiarize yourself with WP:NJOURNALS. It's a clearly notable publication. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 22:04, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
There's plenty of things establishing notability. First the journal has an impact factor / is covered by Journal Citation Reports. Second, it's indexed in a slew of selective databases and journals, such as Biological Abstracts, Current Content or Referativny Zhurnal. It passes WP:NJOURNALS with flying colors.
Concerning the "lack of independent sources", none are required for the information that's present in the article. From WP:PRIMARY,
A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements that any educated person, with access to the source but without specialist knowledge, will be able to verify are supported by the source.
And this is indeed what we're dealing with here. Basic straightforward descriptive statements about the journal. There's no "analytic or evalutative claim" (aka there's no "opinion" present in the article, nor are there any "novel interpretation", etc... I'll revert the tags since they are innapropriate. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:30, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. The reference link under 'Expressive Mime' is a newspaper article which discusses Mr Darius' performances across Australia and in New Guinea. I am working on adding more references. All of the data is however verifiable by referencing the published works listed in the wiki article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appleattic ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. I am trying to add source refs that relate to published newspaper articles or the websites of venues where Mr Darius has performed. Some of your requests for refs and citations seem a little excessive - i.e. a citation for date and place of birth? - Am I supposed to give a link to his birth certificate? It seems that most Wikipedia biographies do not go to such extremes (I am using Placido Domingo as a guide - this seems like a well constructed wiki article; it has 46 references, however there are considerable portions of text therein which do not have a source reference to support each sentence. Mr Darius' original career archives are stored at the Royal Academy of Dance in London and at the Dansmuseet in Stockholm. Ultimately, all claims can be verified by reference to the materials on display at these museums. PS: I am not sure on the protocols of how to communicate with you via talk. Hopefully, you will receive this message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appleattic ( talk • contribs) 18:07, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your continued help. I have been trying to remove vagueness from the article and add references wherever possible. I note that you have reinstated your request for a DOB citation. I have looked at other Wikipedia biographies and it does not seem to be usual practice for DOBs to be cited. For example, there are no DOB citations given for Barrack Obama, David Cameron, Madonna or Vladimir Putin. A simple Google search will give multiple sources where Mr Darius' DOB is quoted. All facts about Mr Darius' life (original scrapbooks, press cuttings, photographs and personal correspondence) are available for public view at the Dansmuseet in Stockholm, or at the Royal Academy of Dance in London. All of Mr Darius' books are filed at the British Library and its U.S. equivalent. Appleattic ( talk) 19:50, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
I repeat the question because I note that a DOB citation was added, then removed, then added again. I also note that many/most Wikipedia biographies do not have DOB citations. If I can locate a suitable DOB citation, I will add one. Appleattic ( talk) 20:17, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Nil Einne ( talk) 08:20, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
v/r - T P 13:49, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
As it appears you still do not understand and I'd rather not hash this out in a deletion debate, let me explain what A7 is and what it is not. I'll start with is not. A7 is not a line of "notability" where subjects that arn't notable qualify for CSD A7. Notability is not and never was the criteria for A7. In fact, editors who mistake CSD A7 as a question of notability are often frowned upon. Now for what it is. As I suggested, read WP:WIHSD. CSD A7 is about a credible claim of significance or importance. For example, the article says "His first film, The Custom Mary is premiering a the 2011 New York International Latino Film Festival." Although this is an independent film and likely not notable, that is certainly a claim of importance. The article creator is suggesting the subject is important because they developed a film that is appearing at the 2011 NY Intl Latino Film Festival. The claim is what makes this article no longer a candidate of CSD A7. Any time there is a claim, other than "Jenny is important because she's hot", the article needs to be deleted via the WP:PROD or WP:AFD methods. Please read WP:CSD again to make sure you fully understand what I am explaining. Bottom line: Claim of significance and notability are two entirely different things.--v/r - T P 17:27, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Do you think this user (regarding your AN/I thread and the link to the violent edit summary) meant that threat of violence? I went ahead and e-mailed to the emergency queue just in case; don't hesitate to do that if necessary. CycloneGU ( talk) 01:55, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Please explain why it is not acceptable.-- Moosh88 ( talk) 05:55, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry I used the wrong page to discuss your unusual name, I made a comment on the Texas person's talk page for attacking me on my first attempt at writing an article. The accusations of plageurism and cutting and pasting were very shocking. Frankly, I've never seen anything like it. I found 15 references which I would like to use. I'm sure some of them shows notability. It's not the most pleasant thing to see a huge nomination to delete. It is a non-threatening article and many of the references I'm sure are valid and show notability. They are all verifiable on the internet. I can see why new wikipedians don't want to write on wiki. It is a very perilous experience. Girlsounds ( talk) 23:21, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
You seem like someone with an agenda.One who goes around drawing conclusions on articles based on personal views,biased websites and for your own gain.Nothing in these articles are factual.Seems like one sided editing.I have noticed many have edited articles and certain individuals thought it necessary to revert back to the start since they gained from it. — Preceding
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Do not remove fnatic current roster! it's up to date, and no wrong information in roster. full roster can be found in www.fnatic.com/players. no proper reason for having a unique page for each player on current roster, check page for mousesports, meetyourmakers, evil genius, sk-gaming and other gaming teams with no unique player page for the roster
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Hello The Mark of the Beast, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Dale Deardorff, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Logan Talk Contributions 01:31, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Sean ( Ask Me?) 19:16, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
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Sources for what? That this event preceded military action? I didn't take part in this edit war. -- Bojan Talk 21:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Which babies? 11 of them didn't have name. Only names of their mother were mentioned - read what you delete. And I am not the IP who keeps the list in the article. -- Bojan Talk 06:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
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What are your reasons for deletion? Get some decorum and put them on the talk page. Stevo1000 ( talk) 22:43, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mark of the Beast, I need help with my article, Brandon Pop Artist. I trying to post correctly but it seems I am not posting correctly. your help is most appreciated...please edit at your convenience
Thank you,
Wick 95008 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wick 95008 ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mark of the Beast, thank you for the help, I apologizes to you and your team...I will stop interrupting you and your team evaluation of my article Brandon Pop Artist...thank you for all your help...any help on correcting the article is most appreciated
Wick 95008 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wick 95008 ( talk • contribs) 12:36, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Laura Kaczor is a new Christian artist. All sources can only be found at the two links below. I would hope to get more sources as they become avaliable in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillboardMister ( talk • contribs) 02:09, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
I have no idea how to post or place an article on Wikipedia correctly. This is the first time I've tried to do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Writer cas ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Why is it vandalism the one i uploaded is of better quality???-- OfficialDzire ( talk) 00:52, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you placed a vandalism warning on OfficialDzire's talk page. It seems that this is a disagreement about which version of an album cover is best. Please review the definition of vandalism at WP:VANDALISM. I don't see anything here that qualifies as vandalism. I see good-faith edits. Am I missing something? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
I will readily concede that their editing pattern was suspicious, and if investigation shows that this was a sockpuppet of a banned user, then so be it. Ban the sock. But the offense is sockpuppetry not vandalism. I still don't see vandalism in this particular group of edits. Don't arrest a burglar for armed robbery. Those are different crimes. Where's the vandalism here, and when you answer, please quote policy. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
And this impacts my life how, exactly? Daniel Case ( talk) 04:57, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
I see you've been on Wikipedia for about this summer. You seem to do a lot of good work, but a word to the wise: Don't take it personally if an admin doesn't respond to your reports with a block. We're here to create and improve an encyclopedia, not play whack-a-mole. Incidents like this do come back to haunt people in RfAs (see this one, for instance) and things like that. You come across as juvenile and immature. I really hope that is not the case, that you're just up too late or something.
I have a lot of respect for Fastily; I don't take it personally if he chose to deal with the situation differently. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some other admin work to do. Daniel Case ( talk) 05:10, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
In a situation which is as you have described, it's often better to take it to AN/I anyway ... from the sound of it, a rangeblock would work better if he just keeps changing IPs, and that's usually beyond our capability at AIV (for one thing, you have to checkuser the range to make sure you won't cause problems for existing users, and I can't do that).
Also, if you have to submit something like this to AIV again, make sure to include the diff that would really justify the block. I have looked through all the contributions from both IPs and can't exactly find the sort of edit that led to this warning. I'm hardly the only admin who might look it over and think, gee, that's someone trying to be productive, just not knowing or understanding how to source things. Perhaps you could have tried discussing things in a non-templated fashion? Or looking for some sources for that yourself, adding them and then leaving a note on the IP's talk page letting him know that you had and you appreciated his attempts to contribute and here's how he could do it better next time? There are many ways to be a good Wikipedian without biting newbies.
I note that Fastily unblocked both IPs two minutes later on the grounds that I had declined the AIV.
I'm amused that you would suggest I'm not doing my job by blocking this guy when I'm 20th all-time in making blocks (and probably higher if you don't count inactive admins and bots).
Look, if this user keeps up like this I'm happy to reconsider. It's just not as simple a situation on its face as I think you'd like it to be. Daniel Case ( talk) 16:02, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about deleting your Speedy Delete template. I was tired-er than I realized and I confused it with prod deletion. Thanks for handling that whole thing calmly, and...well, I'd say I hope to come across you again, but I don't really deal with BLPs much, so... good working with you!
Cheers, Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 18:20, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiPuppies! ( bark) 19:56, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiPuppies! ( bark) 20:00, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I wanted to let you know I challenged your CSD A7 on Eliza Swenson. In my opinion the claims regarding her appearance in films is a claim of importance sufficient to pass criteria A7. I have applied a WP:PROD to the article on notability grounds, and I have no objection if you would like to pursue an AfD on the article. Monty 845 23:44, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for the notice about adding a reference to Taylor Carman. This is my first Wikipedia article. I have since added a reference. Can you kindly tell me if I have done it correctly?
With thanks, -- BlueonGray ( talk) 03:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Oh i was just wondering. you just seem to know an awful lot lol Texasmoderncowboy ( talk) 21:59, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
do you get paid for doing this? Texasmoderncowboy ( talk) 21:53, 5 June 2011 (UTC) Why? Texasmoderncowboy ( talk) 21:49, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Thryduulf ( talk) 03:37, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Thryduulf ( talk) Thryduulf ( talk) 10:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Salvio Let's talk about it! 00:49, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Hello The Mark of the Beast. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Whiskey Island (Bethlehem) to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. JohnCD ( talk) 06:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey there, I just got the message you left for me on my talk page. If you look at the edits I'm making, you will see that I am attempting to add references to the article, and each edit contains new material. Thanks! — Torchiest talk edits 23:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Looks like you're into vandalism patrol and similar tasks. Have you checked out Twinkle yet? Might be worth your time. Calabe1992 ( talk) 02:56, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
You might want to familiarize yourself with WP:NJOURNALS. It's a clearly notable publication. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 22:04, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
There's plenty of things establishing notability. First the journal has an impact factor / is covered by Journal Citation Reports. Second, it's indexed in a slew of selective databases and journals, such as Biological Abstracts, Current Content or Referativny Zhurnal. It passes WP:NJOURNALS with flying colors.
Concerning the "lack of independent sources", none are required for the information that's present in the article. From WP:PRIMARY,
A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements that any educated person, with access to the source but without specialist knowledge, will be able to verify are supported by the source.
And this is indeed what we're dealing with here. Basic straightforward descriptive statements about the journal. There's no "analytic or evalutative claim" (aka there's no "opinion" present in the article, nor are there any "novel interpretation", etc... I'll revert the tags since they are innapropriate. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:30, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. The reference link under 'Expressive Mime' is a newspaper article which discusses Mr Darius' performances across Australia and in New Guinea. I am working on adding more references. All of the data is however verifiable by referencing the published works listed in the wiki article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appleattic ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments. I am trying to add source refs that relate to published newspaper articles or the websites of venues where Mr Darius has performed. Some of your requests for refs and citations seem a little excessive - i.e. a citation for date and place of birth? - Am I supposed to give a link to his birth certificate? It seems that most Wikipedia biographies do not go to such extremes (I am using Placido Domingo as a guide - this seems like a well constructed wiki article; it has 46 references, however there are considerable portions of text therein which do not have a source reference to support each sentence. Mr Darius' original career archives are stored at the Royal Academy of Dance in London and at the Dansmuseet in Stockholm. Ultimately, all claims can be verified by reference to the materials on display at these museums. PS: I am not sure on the protocols of how to communicate with you via talk. Hopefully, you will receive this message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appleattic ( talk • contribs) 18:07, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your continued help. I have been trying to remove vagueness from the article and add references wherever possible. I note that you have reinstated your request for a DOB citation. I have looked at other Wikipedia biographies and it does not seem to be usual practice for DOBs to be cited. For example, there are no DOB citations given for Barrack Obama, David Cameron, Madonna or Vladimir Putin. A simple Google search will give multiple sources where Mr Darius' DOB is quoted. All facts about Mr Darius' life (original scrapbooks, press cuttings, photographs and personal correspondence) are available for public view at the Dansmuseet in Stockholm, or at the Royal Academy of Dance in London. All of Mr Darius' books are filed at the British Library and its U.S. equivalent. Appleattic ( talk) 19:50, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
I repeat the question because I note that a DOB citation was added, then removed, then added again. I also note that many/most Wikipedia biographies do not have DOB citations. If I can locate a suitable DOB citation, I will add one. Appleattic ( talk) 20:17, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Nil Einne ( talk) 08:20, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
v/r - T P 13:49, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
As it appears you still do not understand and I'd rather not hash this out in a deletion debate, let me explain what A7 is and what it is not. I'll start with is not. A7 is not a line of "notability" where subjects that arn't notable qualify for CSD A7. Notability is not and never was the criteria for A7. In fact, editors who mistake CSD A7 as a question of notability are often frowned upon. Now for what it is. As I suggested, read WP:WIHSD. CSD A7 is about a credible claim of significance or importance. For example, the article says "His first film, The Custom Mary is premiering a the 2011 New York International Latino Film Festival." Although this is an independent film and likely not notable, that is certainly a claim of importance. The article creator is suggesting the subject is important because they developed a film that is appearing at the 2011 NY Intl Latino Film Festival. The claim is what makes this article no longer a candidate of CSD A7. Any time there is a claim, other than "Jenny is important because she's hot", the article needs to be deleted via the WP:PROD or WP:AFD methods. Please read WP:CSD again to make sure you fully understand what I am explaining. Bottom line: Claim of significance and notability are two entirely different things.--v/r - T P 17:27, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Do you think this user (regarding your AN/I thread and the link to the violent edit summary) meant that threat of violence? I went ahead and e-mailed to the emergency queue just in case; don't hesitate to do that if necessary. CycloneGU ( talk) 01:55, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Please explain why it is not acceptable.-- Moosh88 ( talk) 05:55, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry I used the wrong page to discuss your unusual name, I made a comment on the Texas person's talk page for attacking me on my first attempt at writing an article. The accusations of plageurism and cutting and pasting were very shocking. Frankly, I've never seen anything like it. I found 15 references which I would like to use. I'm sure some of them shows notability. It's not the most pleasant thing to see a huge nomination to delete. It is a non-threatening article and many of the references I'm sure are valid and show notability. They are all verifiable on the internet. I can see why new wikipedians don't want to write on wiki. It is a very perilous experience. Girlsounds ( talk) 23:21, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
You seem like someone with an agenda.One who goes around drawing conclusions on articles based on personal views,biased websites and for your own gain.Nothing in these articles are factual.Seems like one sided editing.I have noticed many have edited articles and certain individuals thought it necessary to revert back to the start since they gained from it. — Preceding
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Medboy1 (
talk •
contribs)
01:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Do not remove fnatic current roster! it's up to date, and no wrong information in roster. full roster can be found in www.fnatic.com/players. no proper reason for having a unique page for each player on current roster, check page for mousesports, meetyourmakers, evil genius, sk-gaming and other gaming teams with no unique player page for the roster
You recently left this on a page in the template namespace. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:48, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello The Mark of the Beast, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Dale Deardorff, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Logan Talk Contributions 01:31, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Sean ( Ask Me?) 19:16, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Beast
Just go ahead my friend, no problem!.. Peace out Sean ( Ask Me?) 19:19, 18 August 2011 (UTC) |
Sources for what? That this event preceded military action? I didn't take part in this edit war. -- Bojan Talk 21:24, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Which babies? 11 of them didn't have name. Only names of their mother were mentioned - read what you delete. And I am not the IP who keeps the list in the article. -- Bojan Talk 06:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
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I would like to thank you for your best on patrolling new pages and requesting to make deletions. Please reply to me and award me a special barnstar for your appreciation. Thank You! Mohamed Aden Ighe ( talk) 20:49, 24 August 2011 (UTC) |
What are your reasons for deletion? Get some decorum and put them on the talk page. Stevo1000 ( talk) 22:43, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mark of the Beast, I need help with my article, Brandon Pop Artist. I trying to post correctly but it seems I am not posting correctly. your help is most appreciated...please edit at your convenience
Thank you,
Wick 95008 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wick 95008 ( talk • contribs) 01:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mark of the Beast, thank you for the help, I apologizes to you and your team...I will stop interrupting you and your team evaluation of my article Brandon Pop Artist...thank you for all your help...any help on correcting the article is most appreciated
Wick 95008 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wick 95008 ( talk • contribs) 12:36, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Laura Kaczor is a new Christian artist. All sources can only be found at the two links below. I would hope to get more sources as they become avaliable in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillboardMister ( talk • contribs) 02:09, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
I have no idea how to post or place an article on Wikipedia correctly. This is the first time I've tried to do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Writer cas ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Why is it vandalism the one i uploaded is of better quality???-- OfficialDzire ( talk) 00:52, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you placed a vandalism warning on OfficialDzire's talk page. It seems that this is a disagreement about which version of an album cover is best. Please review the definition of vandalism at WP:VANDALISM. I don't see anything here that qualifies as vandalism. I see good-faith edits. Am I missing something? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 02:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
I will readily concede that their editing pattern was suspicious, and if investigation shows that this was a sockpuppet of a banned user, then so be it. Ban the sock. But the offense is sockpuppetry not vandalism. I still don't see vandalism in this particular group of edits. Don't arrest a burglar for armed robbery. Those are different crimes. Where's the vandalism here, and when you answer, please quote policy. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 04:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
And this impacts my life how, exactly? Daniel Case ( talk) 04:57, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
I see you've been on Wikipedia for about this summer. You seem to do a lot of good work, but a word to the wise: Don't take it personally if an admin doesn't respond to your reports with a block. We're here to create and improve an encyclopedia, not play whack-a-mole. Incidents like this do come back to haunt people in RfAs (see this one, for instance) and things like that. You come across as juvenile and immature. I really hope that is not the case, that you're just up too late or something.
I have a lot of respect for Fastily; I don't take it personally if he chose to deal with the situation differently. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some other admin work to do. Daniel Case ( talk) 05:10, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
In a situation which is as you have described, it's often better to take it to AN/I anyway ... from the sound of it, a rangeblock would work better if he just keeps changing IPs, and that's usually beyond our capability at AIV (for one thing, you have to checkuser the range to make sure you won't cause problems for existing users, and I can't do that).
Also, if you have to submit something like this to AIV again, make sure to include the diff that would really justify the block. I have looked through all the contributions from both IPs and can't exactly find the sort of edit that led to this warning. I'm hardly the only admin who might look it over and think, gee, that's someone trying to be productive, just not knowing or understanding how to source things. Perhaps you could have tried discussing things in a non-templated fashion? Or looking for some sources for that yourself, adding them and then leaving a note on the IP's talk page letting him know that you had and you appreciated his attempts to contribute and here's how he could do it better next time? There are many ways to be a good Wikipedian without biting newbies.
I note that Fastily unblocked both IPs two minutes later on the grounds that I had declined the AIV.
I'm amused that you would suggest I'm not doing my job by blocking this guy when I'm 20th all-time in making blocks (and probably higher if you don't count inactive admins and bots).
Look, if this user keeps up like this I'm happy to reconsider. It's just not as simple a situation on its face as I think you'd like it to be. Daniel Case ( talk) 16:02, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about deleting your Speedy Delete template. I was tired-er than I realized and I confused it with prod deletion. Thanks for handling that whole thing calmly, and...well, I'd say I hope to come across you again, but I don't really deal with BLPs much, so... good working with you!
Cheers, Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 18:20, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiPuppies! ( bark) 19:56, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiPuppies! ( bark) 20:00, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
WikiPuppies! ( bark) 20:03, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to let you know I challenged your CSD A7 on Eliza Swenson. In my opinion the claims regarding her appearance in films is a claim of importance sufficient to pass criteria A7. I have applied a WP:PROD to the article on notability grounds, and I have no objection if you would like to pursue an AfD on the article. Monty 845 23:44, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for the notice about adding a reference to Taylor Carman. This is my first Wikipedia article. I have since added a reference. Can you kindly tell me if I have done it correctly?
With thanks, -- BlueonGray ( talk) 03:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC)