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This page was vandalised 2 times after your protection expired on 25 October. One time by abusing in Urdu language and next time by blanking the page, can you give it permanent protection.
Thanks. Night Fury ( talk) 05:10, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Musik Animal
I was the one who added the information to Insulin lispro earlier. I added the edits before signing in as user: 29 October 2014 64.54.15.150 29 October 2014 64.54.15.150 29 October 2014 64.54.212.134
I deleted the content bc I want to edit it further. Please stop putting back what I am removing.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suniesideup81 ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi I am sorry i am new at this i am only 10 years old Emiliehubbrd123 ( talk) 21:47, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, again I am requesting that you fix the edits to the Cultural Marxism page. Today it had been edited to meet the political ideologies of a self proclaimed Marxist user. The user had edited the page to make it seem as though an offshoot of Marxism was only a conspiracy theory. On Wikipedia, we like to keep articles neutral, especially ones dealing with sensitive social issues. Please revert the article back to its former state before all of today's nonsense. Thank you for understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnyg128 ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. I just want to see an unbiased article here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnyg128 ( talk • contribs) 23:34, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
How am I doing disruptive editing. I am trying to send the old page to an updated page. Yoshee08 ( talk) 18:24, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 09:08, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
RICHARD MOONEY
This biography should not be included as the author is the journalist himself and he neither renowned or well-known in the journalism industry. He is currently a student in Taiwan.
Thanks S
could you please restore my entry so i can fix what ever you think is missing? i'm still writing. it's a prominent organisation in Israel dealing with Holocaust remembrance, and maybe that is it's importance?. could i get a minute please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmorko ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi MusikAnimal!
I saw that you have declined the page protection request for User:ClueBot NG/AngryOptin and I would like to further explain myself. I understand that there have been few cases of vandalism there and that ClueBot may possibly be watching that page itself, but I would like to explain what I meant by "vandalism" for that page: Usually, users add specific pages to the list to prevent vandalism. However, if vandals are able to remove the pages from that list, that list would not be very useful.
Moreover, going to the "users listing their user page" part, it seems like ClueBot actually does not watch user pages at all, because there has not been a single edit from ClueBot on the user namespace. (A search returns "Database Error".) (Correction: There are no edits to main user pages, only users' sub pages.) One chief example is
User:Jimbo_Wales, which is on the Angry Opt-In list; there have been countless cases of vandalism on
User:Jimbo_Wales, yet there was not a single edit from ClueBot. The opt in list is really for repeatedly vandalized articles, not user pages. Please reconsider protecting the page.
Thank you! -- Tony Tan98 · talk 23:23, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR MESSAGE Raaz9695 ( talk) 14:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC) why are you deleted a page name Darhal Tehsil
Hi Music Animal,
I deleted the section because it is factually inaccurate and slanderous. I know nothing about editing Wikipedia, but the article in its current form has no business existing. Not to say it should be deleted entirely, but many of the so called facts are concocted and potentially damaging to the continued reputation of the club.
Thanks, BimmerBro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bimmerbro ( talk • contribs)
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'"On Psych, A USA Network TV series Episode 8, The Tao of Gus, Season 6, Shawn refers to pumpkins as "Halloween Apples" because he thinks all round fruits are a type of apple.
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I'd like to see here a request a technical/CheckUser check. While the data is fresh, a)I think the unconfirmed socks should be confirmed (or refuted); as someone who was nearly blocked indefinitely, I'd think you'd be OK with this, but I don't want to step on your close, especially as I'm just off a block myself. It would be valuable to b)look for the real puppetmaster, as the nominal puppetmaster has only made a few edits, and that the investigation should c)expand to this edit - removal of same Iranian Jew population information and source by another editor - though I continue to AGF, we've only got a nominal puppetmaster and this is a lead that could be followed up on. May I make it so or can you? It says anyone can request a technical/CheckUser check, so I'm starting here, since you just closed the SPI. -- Elvey( t• c) 16:34, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I was the one that edited the Chamomile page. I did some research and wanted to add more information to the page to make it more up-to-date and informative to Wikipedia user. If you look at the history of the page, you can find my explanation as in edit summary behind my action. It is as followed: 17:59, 3 November 2014 Trangtrang124 (talk | contribs) . . (15,087 bytes) (+4,239) . . (Editions were made to give the page more structure and make it easier to navigate. More information and references were added to make the information up-to-date and reliable to the public.) After that revision, I also made some formatting to give the page more structure and it could be the reason why you couldn't find my edit summary. My references are all from researches and published journals. Please check on this again. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trangtrang124 ( talk • contribs)
Hello MusikAnimal, you removed content that I edited quite quickly regarding Andrew Lincoln, do you monitor just his site or others too?
Kind Regards, Galvanni
Hello, I'm MusikAnimal. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Andrew Lincoln, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Galvannij ( talk) 16:11, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you keep an eye on every Maroon 5’s pages (including album, singles etc.) if whether unsourced genres or not. 115.164.56.162 ( talk) 15:22, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Re this: really? I've been trying to get CEDstudents to stop adding that crap to the article (apparently Drmies gave up after they simply ignored his actions). I stopped reverting to avoid an edit war, but I was hoping the presence of a third party might help. The material they added (that you helpfully reverted) is completely irrelevant to the topic of the article, and appears to have been tacked on in an effort to simply get their grade. I have offered suggestions on their talk page about where the material might more usefully be added (as well as a warning about their WP:ISU username) but they don't appear to be willing to engage in discussion. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 16:48, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
On 2028 Summer Olympics page, you didn't check my change that Amsterdam canceled their bid. Please revert the edits to where I had it as. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by HanSangYoon ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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For all of the work you do here. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 20:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC) |
hi are you there? Cilla1987 ( talk) 21:06, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
why did you delete Charlotte Devaneys page its been active for 6 years?! Cilla1987 ( talk) 21:07, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
everything i wrote was factual and unbiased , can you please restore the post to its original form. thankyou Cilla1987 ( talk) 21:08, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure why you changed my correction. There were FIVE (5) dogs that were recorded for this 1955 Christmas classic. You even have an image with all FIVE (5) pictures of the dogs with their name below. You need to read up on your history, because what you have now is erroneous. The content and picture alone contradict what you have on this page.
Best regards! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.244.44.188 ( talk) 23:35, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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Note that the IP that you are page protection from editing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is unwilling to cooperate and is reverting (on MGM up to 5 RR already) on several other pages: Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#MGM_.26_others_continual_remove_of_source_information_by_same_IP Spshu ( talk) 22:52, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for granting me the "pending changes reviewer" rights. Chhandama ( talk) 02:02, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello again. I forgot to inform you that File:Megadeth - Peace Sells.ogg has two older versions that need to be deleted. Everything the best.-- Retrohead ( talk) 23:18, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, do you know the context of this article? Please help me rewrite the article and follow the article talk page- Jayanta Nath ( Talk| Contrb) 17:54, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
he started swearing in his talk page now, rm him from editing his talkpage? Avono ( talk) 20:45, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
I have a requested for a deleted article. Could I please have Ordes of england copied to me in some way per . note I do not wish to re-write the article or anything like that, I am just curious as to what is said. I wrote the article over 4 years ago when I was 10 years old (*facepalm* sorry Wikipedia). Also, is it possible to have the IP address of the creator too? I want to have a look at my other contributions from that long ago :p I would love you forever for this! Thank! EoRdE6 ( talk) 23:26, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
Howdy MusikAnimal, this is waiting for 12 days. Thanks, Jim Carter 06:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for reviewing my edit to the "Is Batman Gay" article. I'm the owner and publisher of Comics Bulletin. One of my tasks is to update outdated links to my website. The edit I made to the "Is Batman Gay" changed the link from an old 404 page to a current page for that link. Therefore, I would like to ask you to revert back to my previous change. If you'd like to confirm by checking the URLs, please feel free.
If you have any questions I'm at jason.sacks@comicsbulletin.com or @jasonsacks on twitter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.46.191.11 ( talk) 22:21, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Just a friendly reminder to update the count of GAs in a section when listing a GA. Adabow ( talk) 23:01, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
The content that you have published on the page titled Subhash Kapoor (art dealer) is simply based on news articles and not facts. In legal matters what's true and whats not is decided by law. You cannot simply become an aggregator of links from the web.
I request and suggest that you remove the page. Cposting ( talk) 17:30, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to create a wikipedia page for Tom Derry, however when I try to create one I cannot form the table which other footballers have, showing teams played for, goals scored etc (usually down the right of the page). Do you have any idea of how to do so? I tried to make the article as pauladale then made an account under shotsfan, but it does not work on either page. I see you helped delete my previous page, so thought you might be the right person to help! Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shotsfan ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you block this IP, currently vandalizing a large swath of music articles with this sort of crap. Frietjes ( talk) 21:34, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello MusikAnimal. Yesterday you deleted Obat Tidur Wanita. It was recently recreated, along with Obat Bius Wanita, by Liashoppper3. I speeded it and the CSD tag was removed by Liashoppper4. Obvious sock puppetry. Also would you ming SALTing both titles. - NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900) Talk 04:54, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi there MusikAnimal
19:21, 10 November 2014 MusikAnimal (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft:LEAP Science and Maths Schools (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page)
Could you please explain why this was removed or deleted. Wvyver ( talk) 17:26, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
by Ponyo. [2] Dougweller ( talk) 22:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, MusikAnimal, thanks for your note on the case where I pinged you. I'll wait for the CU. However, on another case, although I notified you, I didn't wait - I just acted: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fanofvan. First, I assure you I'm not stalking your closes. . I'm just going through the overly long list of closed cases and archiving them. Second, I rarely question the action of the closing administrator even if I don't agree with it. A good example is when an admin blocks the master for a shorter time than I would have done. However, yours were different because you didn't block at all, and although I've certainly seen that happen when there's no signs of abuse, in yours there were signs of abuse, just perhaps an insufficient amount to justify a block in your opinion. I confess that as an SPI clerk I have a somewhat jaundiced eye when it comes to socks, but I try to be fair. Anyway, I appreciate your helping out at SPI (we can use all the help we can get), and I don't want to offend you by my comments or actions, but I am a bit concerned that you are being overly lenient in your judgments. I'd naturally like to hear your views on this. Regards.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimal, you deleted my entry for Fernando Ricksen's wiki. I dont know what I did do wrong but he is diagnosed with ALS. Haighton 21:47, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
Blake Gripling ( talk) 23:49, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hello MusikAnimal. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.
The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.
If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)
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Hi thanks for moving the page I am writing to /sandbox. I am clearly a beginner. I misunderstood the comment on the tutorial sandbox and thought all sandboxes were deleted everyday.
While I am here, I noticed that you are interested in studying and fighting vandalism (presubably on wiki). I am a little concerned that the two articles I am writing could be subject to vandalism. Is there some sort of review process I can put my entries through (prior to making them live) that can reduce vandalism in someway? Yama jlac ( talk) 21:35, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the info! Yama jlac ( talk) 04:35, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimal!
Recently you deleted a page of mine about artist "John Dileva Halpern". You deleted it for unambiguous copyright infringement. The page from which I drew information was written by Halpern and myself, from the site "Waking Buddha" which is a personal creation of his. I am wondering (forgive me, I am a new user) if there is a way for me to recover the deleted page. Because I was given permission to use the text from wakingbuddha.com I do not believe I must retool the article; however, if I must, I would like access to everything that has been deleted, as it is the most complete structure in which all of the information sits. Thank you for your time and concern. Dfrontani ( talk) 20:34, 8 November 2014 (UTC) Dfrontani 11/8/14
@ MusikAnimal: I would be happy to reword, but I no longer have access to the page. Is there a way for you to make it available without the flagged section so as not to break copyright rules? Any way I could get the page back; we aren't too keen on donation so I would be happy to rework it. And thanks for the advice. Dfrontani ( talk) 20:34, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
I just saw the their commercial as an advertisement on youtube. It's called the "speaker duet"
I am unable to find a link for it though, but I just saw the commercial right now so there isn't really a source.
Thanks Musik, I did not edit that page my friend did thanks for tracking his edit down and fixing it!!!!!!! :D -Swaggercatz101
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 13:57, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
MusikAnimal. Hi, I have a question. For the Survivor Series 2014 article, is it supposed to be Fandango alone, or Fandango (with Rosa Mendes)? Because people say that it's Fandango alone. Adham2911B ( talk) 15:23, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello. You recently deleted a page on American Alarm Company citing copyright infringement and then referenced my company's Facebook page. I am the owner of American Alarm Company and also the owner of the American Alarm Company Facebook page. What do I need to do to get the page reinstated? Thank you, scott. 174.241.128.130 ( talk) 17:06, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for taking a look just now, but can you remove all of the info, this was meant to resolve the copyright problem that Moonriddengirl put on our talk page on Aug 14 2014. Thanks :) Llamalady28 ( talk) 17:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your quick response :) Can you help neutralize this? It'd be much appreciated! Llamalady28 ( talk) 17:30, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
I noticed you deleted User talk:CannaLink. Since it contained messages left for the user (which we're never supposed to delete), I undeleted it and removed the spam by hand. Jackmcbarn ( talk) 03:32, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Rudolf Virchow is frequently disrupted and/or unconstructively edited, and is quite annoying for those who keep watch on the page. I don't know about the ground rules, is it better to assign pending changes or some level of protection? Kindly take action. Chhandama ( talk) 10:47, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
I don't know what it is about Rudolf Virchow that attracts so much vandalism, but can we perhaps protect it indefinitely? I've requested for it to be protected multiple times from User:Jmh649 (Doc James) if I remember correctly. I've been introduced to the subject through my contributions to deep vein thrombosis, FWIW. Thanks. Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 16:41, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
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This page was vandalised 2 times after your protection expired on 25 October. One time by abusing in Urdu language and next time by blanking the page, can you give it permanent protection.
Thanks. Night Fury ( talk) 05:10, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Musik Animal
I was the one who added the information to Insulin lispro earlier. I added the edits before signing in as user: 29 October 2014 64.54.15.150 29 October 2014 64.54.15.150 29 October 2014 64.54.212.134
I deleted the content bc I want to edit it further. Please stop putting back what I am removing.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suniesideup81 ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi I am sorry i am new at this i am only 10 years old Emiliehubbrd123 ( talk) 21:47, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, again I am requesting that you fix the edits to the Cultural Marxism page. Today it had been edited to meet the political ideologies of a self proclaimed Marxist user. The user had edited the page to make it seem as though an offshoot of Marxism was only a conspiracy theory. On Wikipedia, we like to keep articles neutral, especially ones dealing with sensitive social issues. Please revert the article back to its former state before all of today's nonsense. Thank you for understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnyg128 ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. I just want to see an unbiased article here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnyg128 ( talk • contribs) 23:34, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
How am I doing disruptive editing. I am trying to send the old page to an updated page. Yoshee08 ( talk) 18:24, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 09:08, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
RICHARD MOONEY
This biography should not be included as the author is the journalist himself and he neither renowned or well-known in the journalism industry. He is currently a student in Taiwan.
Thanks S
could you please restore my entry so i can fix what ever you think is missing? i'm still writing. it's a prominent organisation in Israel dealing with Holocaust remembrance, and maybe that is it's importance?. could i get a minute please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmorko ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi MusikAnimal!
I saw that you have declined the page protection request for User:ClueBot NG/AngryOptin and I would like to further explain myself. I understand that there have been few cases of vandalism there and that ClueBot may possibly be watching that page itself, but I would like to explain what I meant by "vandalism" for that page: Usually, users add specific pages to the list to prevent vandalism. However, if vandals are able to remove the pages from that list, that list would not be very useful.
Moreover, going to the "users listing their user page" part, it seems like ClueBot actually does not watch user pages at all, because there has not been a single edit from ClueBot on the user namespace. (A search returns "Database Error".) (Correction: There are no edits to main user pages, only users' sub pages.) One chief example is
User:Jimbo_Wales, which is on the Angry Opt-In list; there have been countless cases of vandalism on
User:Jimbo_Wales, yet there was not a single edit from ClueBot. The opt in list is really for repeatedly vandalized articles, not user pages. Please reconsider protecting the page.
Thank you! -- Tony Tan98 · talk 23:23, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR MESSAGE Raaz9695 ( talk) 14:40, 2 November 2014 (UTC) why are you deleted a page name Darhal Tehsil
Hi Music Animal,
I deleted the section because it is factually inaccurate and slanderous. I know nothing about editing Wikipedia, but the article in its current form has no business existing. Not to say it should be deleted entirely, but many of the so called facts are concocted and potentially damaging to the continued reputation of the club.
Thanks, BimmerBro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bimmerbro ( talk • contribs)
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I'd like to see here a request a technical/CheckUser check. While the data is fresh, a)I think the unconfirmed socks should be confirmed (or refuted); as someone who was nearly blocked indefinitely, I'd think you'd be OK with this, but I don't want to step on your close, especially as I'm just off a block myself. It would be valuable to b)look for the real puppetmaster, as the nominal puppetmaster has only made a few edits, and that the investigation should c)expand to this edit - removal of same Iranian Jew population information and source by another editor - though I continue to AGF, we've only got a nominal puppetmaster and this is a lead that could be followed up on. May I make it so or can you? It says anyone can request a technical/CheckUser check, so I'm starting here, since you just closed the SPI. -- Elvey( t• c) 16:34, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I was the one that edited the Chamomile page. I did some research and wanted to add more information to the page to make it more up-to-date and informative to Wikipedia user. If you look at the history of the page, you can find my explanation as in edit summary behind my action. It is as followed: 17:59, 3 November 2014 Trangtrang124 (talk | contribs) . . (15,087 bytes) (+4,239) . . (Editions were made to give the page more structure and make it easier to navigate. More information and references were added to make the information up-to-date and reliable to the public.) After that revision, I also made some formatting to give the page more structure and it could be the reason why you couldn't find my edit summary. My references are all from researches and published journals. Please check on this again. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trangtrang124 ( talk • contribs)
Hello MusikAnimal, you removed content that I edited quite quickly regarding Andrew Lincoln, do you monitor just his site or others too?
Kind Regards, Galvanni
Hello, I'm MusikAnimal. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Andrew Lincoln, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Galvannij ( talk) 16:11, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you keep an eye on every Maroon 5’s pages (including album, singles etc.) if whether unsourced genres or not. 115.164.56.162 ( talk) 15:22, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Re this: really? I've been trying to get CEDstudents to stop adding that crap to the article (apparently Drmies gave up after they simply ignored his actions). I stopped reverting to avoid an edit war, but I was hoping the presence of a third party might help. The material they added (that you helpfully reverted) is completely irrelevant to the topic of the article, and appears to have been tacked on in an effort to simply get their grade. I have offered suggestions on their talk page about where the material might more usefully be added (as well as a warning about their WP:ISU username) but they don't appear to be willing to engage in discussion. WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 16:48, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
On 2028 Summer Olympics page, you didn't check my change that Amsterdam canceled their bid. Please revert the edits to where I had it as. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by HanSangYoon ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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For all of the work you do here. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 20:56, 4 November 2014 (UTC) |
hi are you there? Cilla1987 ( talk) 21:06, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
why did you delete Charlotte Devaneys page its been active for 6 years?! Cilla1987 ( talk) 21:07, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
everything i wrote was factual and unbiased , can you please restore the post to its original form. thankyou Cilla1987 ( talk) 21:08, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure why you changed my correction. There were FIVE (5) dogs that were recorded for this 1955 Christmas classic. You even have an image with all FIVE (5) pictures of the dogs with their name below. You need to read up on your history, because what you have now is erroneous. The content and picture alone contradict what you have on this page.
Best regards! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.244.44.188 ( talk) 23:35, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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Note that the IP that you are page protection from editing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is unwilling to cooperate and is reverting (on MGM up to 5 RR already) on several other pages: Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#MGM_.26_others_continual_remove_of_source_information_by_same_IP Spshu ( talk) 22:52, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for granting me the "pending changes reviewer" rights. Chhandama ( talk) 02:02, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello again. I forgot to inform you that File:Megadeth - Peace Sells.ogg has two older versions that need to be deleted. Everything the best.-- Retrohead ( talk) 23:18, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, do you know the context of this article? Please help me rewrite the article and follow the article talk page- Jayanta Nath ( Talk| Contrb) 17:54, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
he started swearing in his talk page now, rm him from editing his talkpage? Avono ( talk) 20:45, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
I have a requested for a deleted article. Could I please have Ordes of england copied to me in some way per . note I do not wish to re-write the article or anything like that, I am just curious as to what is said. I wrote the article over 4 years ago when I was 10 years old (*facepalm* sorry Wikipedia). Also, is it possible to have the IP address of the creator too? I want to have a look at my other contributions from that long ago :p I would love you forever for this! Thank! EoRdE6 ( talk) 23:26, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
Howdy MusikAnimal, this is waiting for 12 days. Thanks, Jim Carter 06:45, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for reviewing my edit to the "Is Batman Gay" article. I'm the owner and publisher of Comics Bulletin. One of my tasks is to update outdated links to my website. The edit I made to the "Is Batman Gay" changed the link from an old 404 page to a current page for that link. Therefore, I would like to ask you to revert back to my previous change. If you'd like to confirm by checking the URLs, please feel free.
If you have any questions I'm at jason.sacks@comicsbulletin.com or @jasonsacks on twitter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.46.191.11 ( talk) 22:21, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Just a friendly reminder to update the count of GAs in a section when listing a GA. Adabow ( talk) 23:01, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
The content that you have published on the page titled Subhash Kapoor (art dealer) is simply based on news articles and not facts. In legal matters what's true and whats not is decided by law. You cannot simply become an aggregator of links from the web.
I request and suggest that you remove the page. Cposting ( talk) 17:30, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to create a wikipedia page for Tom Derry, however when I try to create one I cannot form the table which other footballers have, showing teams played for, goals scored etc (usually down the right of the page). Do you have any idea of how to do so? I tried to make the article as pauladale then made an account under shotsfan, but it does not work on either page. I see you helped delete my previous page, so thought you might be the right person to help! Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shotsfan ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Can you block this IP, currently vandalizing a large swath of music articles with this sort of crap. Frietjes ( talk) 21:34, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello MusikAnimal. Yesterday you deleted Obat Tidur Wanita. It was recently recreated, along with Obat Bius Wanita, by Liashoppper3. I speeded it and the CSD tag was removed by Liashoppper4. Obvious sock puppetry. Also would you ming SALTing both titles. - NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900) Talk 04:54, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi there MusikAnimal
19:21, 10 November 2014 MusikAnimal (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft:LEAP Science and Maths Schools (G7: One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page)
Could you please explain why this was removed or deleted. Wvyver ( talk) 17:26, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
by Ponyo. [2] Dougweller ( talk) 22:00, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi, MusikAnimal, thanks for your note on the case where I pinged you. I'll wait for the CU. However, on another case, although I notified you, I didn't wait - I just acted: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fanofvan. First, I assure you I'm not stalking your closes. . I'm just going through the overly long list of closed cases and archiving them. Second, I rarely question the action of the closing administrator even if I don't agree with it. A good example is when an admin blocks the master for a shorter time than I would have done. However, yours were different because you didn't block at all, and although I've certainly seen that happen when there's no signs of abuse, in yours there were signs of abuse, just perhaps an insufficient amount to justify a block in your opinion. I confess that as an SPI clerk I have a somewhat jaundiced eye when it comes to socks, but I try to be fair. Anyway, I appreciate your helping out at SPI (we can use all the help we can get), and I don't want to offend you by my comments or actions, but I am a bit concerned that you are being overly lenient in your judgments. I'd naturally like to hear your views on this. Regards.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimal, you deleted my entry for Fernando Ricksen's wiki. I dont know what I did do wrong but he is diagnosed with ALS. Haighton 21:47, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hello MusikAnimal. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.
The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.
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Hi thanks for moving the page I am writing to /sandbox. I am clearly a beginner. I misunderstood the comment on the tutorial sandbox and thought all sandboxes were deleted everyday.
While I am here, I noticed that you are interested in studying and fighting vandalism (presubably on wiki). I am a little concerned that the two articles I am writing could be subject to vandalism. Is there some sort of review process I can put my entries through (prior to making them live) that can reduce vandalism in someway? Yama jlac ( talk) 21:35, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the info! Yama jlac ( talk) 04:35, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi MusikAnimal!
Recently you deleted a page of mine about artist "John Dileva Halpern". You deleted it for unambiguous copyright infringement. The page from which I drew information was written by Halpern and myself, from the site "Waking Buddha" which is a personal creation of his. I am wondering (forgive me, I am a new user) if there is a way for me to recover the deleted page. Because I was given permission to use the text from wakingbuddha.com I do not believe I must retool the article; however, if I must, I would like access to everything that has been deleted, as it is the most complete structure in which all of the information sits. Thank you for your time and concern. Dfrontani ( talk) 20:34, 8 November 2014 (UTC) Dfrontani 11/8/14
@ MusikAnimal: I would be happy to reword, but I no longer have access to the page. Is there a way for you to make it available without the flagged section so as not to break copyright rules? Any way I could get the page back; we aren't too keen on donation so I would be happy to rework it. And thanks for the advice. Dfrontani ( talk) 20:34, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
I just saw the their commercial as an advertisement on youtube. It's called the "speaker duet"
I am unable to find a link for it though, but I just saw the commercial right now so there isn't really a source.
Thanks Musik, I did not edit that page my friend did thanks for tracking his edit down and fixing it!!!!!!! :D -Swaggercatz101
Extend PC time? -- George Ho ( talk) 13:57, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
MusikAnimal. Hi, I have a question. For the Survivor Series 2014 article, is it supposed to be Fandango alone, or Fandango (with Rosa Mendes)? Because people say that it's Fandango alone. Adham2911B ( talk) 15:23, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello. You recently deleted a page on American Alarm Company citing copyright infringement and then referenced my company's Facebook page. I am the owner of American Alarm Company and also the owner of the American Alarm Company Facebook page. What do I need to do to get the page reinstated? Thank you, scott. 174.241.128.130 ( talk) 17:06, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for taking a look just now, but can you remove all of the info, this was meant to resolve the copyright problem that Moonriddengirl put on our talk page on Aug 14 2014. Thanks :) Llamalady28 ( talk) 17:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your quick response :) Can you help neutralize this? It'd be much appreciated! Llamalady28 ( talk) 17:30, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
I noticed you deleted User talk:CannaLink. Since it contained messages left for the user (which we're never supposed to delete), I undeleted it and removed the spam by hand. Jackmcbarn ( talk) 03:32, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
Rudolf Virchow is frequently disrupted and/or unconstructively edited, and is quite annoying for those who keep watch on the page. I don't know about the ground rules, is it better to assign pending changes or some level of protection? Kindly take action. Chhandama ( talk) 10:47, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
I don't know what it is about Rudolf Virchow that attracts so much vandalism, but can we perhaps protect it indefinitely? I've requested for it to be protected multiple times from User:Jmh649 (Doc James) if I remember correctly. I've been introduced to the subject through my contributions to deep vein thrombosis, FWIW. Thanks. Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 16:41, 20 November 2014 (UTC)