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I see that two people have already gone to the Higher Education in BC wiki article that I started. It seems after you moved it they came in and copied stuff. I've notified my professor about this in case my grade is affected. I guess that's the problem with Wiki--there's no copyright and people can delete/add whatever even if it is for a class assignment. :-( ( Dawnalee8 ( talk) 05:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC))
For the McGill University article, I have a small problem. Several cites do not have the sufficient information (i.e. some do not have access dates). Because I didn't support these, I do not know what date they were accessed. So what should I do? And take your time, as I see admin duties have busied you. -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 15:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm not going to protect it after you declined, but Gladys is right about it being a copyvio; it reads word-for-word what is written on the Nickelodeon site, and the IP editors appear to be quite insistent about restoring the copyvio material and removing the warning template. Horologium (talk) 21:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
What would happen to my account if I took liberty and replaced everything in the current Higher Education in BC Wiki article with what I have done in order for it to be graded properly? I have noticed none of my classmates had the same situation as me so I found that very strange! Maybe because I came to the IRC Help someone saw what I was doing? I don't know how to explain why only my article was affected and not my classmates?( Dawnalee8 ( talk) 08:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC))
The image was previously speedy-deleted and then uploaded again, and the user appears to be a sockpuppeteer. I appreciate this may not change the situation, just thought i'd let you know. Ironho lds 22:31, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm a little confused because the warning that my article could be flagged for speedy deletion only appeared when I added the information box to the left of the article. The article itself had already been up for almost 2 weeks with no problems. Why is it that the page got deleted once the info box was added?
I'm also wondering how you can assert importance without advertising the service. I tried to be objective by explaining what the service does and citing the sources. Would it be approrpriate to talk about why this would be a good service for people to use? Does that assert importance?
Also, would you mind sending me a copy of the deleted article so I can work on it?
Thanks for your time!
Leighna ( talk) 22:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Please help me to better understand the protected status of this article? An edit was made today by an anonymous editor. No problem was caused, and in fact, I would have considered this minor edit was an improvement ..., but I had understood that no anonymous edits could be accomplished because of the systemic protections which have been put in place? When you have time, could you please elucidate this minor matter? -- Tenmei ( talk) 23:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Took me a long time trying to reformat Word into Wiki, but done and just in time. I went in and edited the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_in_British_Columbia page to bring it back to where it was when I originally started the article.
It is linked on my class' Wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_in_Canada#British_Columbia
You asked me to let you know when I was done as you were going to do some re-directing. I know I probably broke every Wiki rule, but blame it on the professor. I don't think the professor will do this again for the next class. Okay, hope to hear from you soon. Cheers. ( Dawnalee8 ( talk) 07:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC))
User:69.29.70.177 is deleting my comments on a talk page.
I asked him why he deleted my comment and he just deleted that too. 15:48
This is his page. Will you please sort him out and tell him not to delete my comment and edits in the future? Thankyou. Ijanderson977 ( talk) 15:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much ;) Ijanderson977 ( talk) 16:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I have to strongly disagree with the decision to decline the protection. The sheer number of times that this page has been reverted back to the incorrect middle name is causing other sites to cite wikipedia and say that this is his real middle name when there is absolutely no verifiable evidence showing that this is his middle name. Several of the regular editors of the page have had to keep a constant eye on it in order to revert back the vandalism. How many times does it have to be changed before it qualifies for protection? DanielZimmerman ( talk) 17:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. This user wishes not to receive talk page comments for now, as he is semi-retired until further notice. Please refrain from recreating the talk page.
Thanks for your comment, but check the Ibeji image again - and please go to my talk page for the instructions as to what to do. -- Dumarest ( talk) 20:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight ( talk) 22:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter,
I need to ask why the CeraSport page was taken down yet again. WE have tried in the past to make the page acceptable by taking out anything that can be construde as advertising. The past versions were based almost exactly on the postings of Gatorade and Poweraid. This does not seem fair that our page is being removed and theirs remains untouched. The Gatorade page even references Cera Products which was also removed for being blatent advertising. I would apprectiate some insite on this. Thanks
(bjanis) 96.244.95.92 ( talk) 20:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Wow, you are the Lightning Speed Admin. Thank you for responding so very quickly (and favourably) to my request! -- Bonadea ( talk) 12:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Peter - I saw that you declined the speedy nomination on the above image with the statement "released into PD". However, the image source shows a noncommercial license. Are you seeing something I'm not? Thanks... Kelly hi! 13:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
NO PLEASE DELETING R MACLEOD ARTICLES!!! GO HOME! (please) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexmacartney ( talk • contribs) 14:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds, thanks for deleting that image. Just a heads up, this is the second time he's uploaded that same type of image (laughing man logo) into his userpage. YOu may want to keep an eye on him in case he tries it again. Thanks F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 17:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, you de-tagged an image today that I had tagged for speedy deletion as invalid fair use [1]. That case made me aware of an inconsistency in our tagging mechanism, which I've brought up at WT:CSD just now. – This is assuming that your de-tagging was purely process-motivated. If it was meant as reflecting on the merits of my deletion rationale, I'd appreciate a comment on that, because I'd then have to take it to IfD. Thanks, -- Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Here Gary King ( talk) 19:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting the Big Bro page. StewieGriffin! • Talk 20:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
You delete my page "
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/AcmePlan".
Why pages of the similar companies/products are not removed?
Omniplan [
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Primavera [
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Microsoft Project [
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The page has been removed, but then restored.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=AcmePlan&action=edit&redlink=1" —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Pilovik (
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contribs) 21:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
This article should not be deleted because it's about the next The Sims 2 game for Nintendo DS that EA Games will release soon. It's a part of The Sims (series). -- Iblis Trigger ( talk) 21:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
The article History of modern Macedonia is a POV pushing article because it is trying to assort the only modern Macedonia is the Greek Macedonia, when in fact Greek Macedonia is part of the region of Macedonia. The article is trying to monopolize the term Macedonia and should be looked at carefully.
I see you were the administrator who deleted Att Will. But Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Att Will doesn't contain a concluding statement from you. Am I missing something? Shouldn't there be one? I am not about to defend the article. I know absolutely nothing about it. I only went to the {{ afd}} page because I was examining someone else's contribution history, and noticed what I saw as a curious anomaly.
Cheers! Geo Swan ( talk) 22:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for resolving this. I came online this morning to find that all three articles had been recreated; I G4'd and salted them. — David Eppstein ( talk) 14:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Please undelete this article--it's not vandalism, and I will add sorces to it soon. I'm an Editor of the wiki citation needed 10:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter,
My name is Aaron Perlut. I am the executive director of the not-for-profit organization the American Mustache Institute. We are an advocacy organization and registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in St. Louis, Missouri. We make no money, as we pass all revenues through to charitable entities. We are a global membership organization, with a full-time support staff in St. Louis, which advocates for greater acceptance of mustaches in the workplace. There are dozens upon dozens of like-groups on Wikipedia and I cannot understand why you have delete our page. We are not trying to be difficult, just treated fairly, and we do not believe our deletion constitutes this. Thank you.
Aaron —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.69.39.92 ( talk) 13:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, Thanks for responding so quickly. I do appreciate your guidance. I'm still rather confused. Would it help to add that we are the "only true organization dedicated to facial hair advocacy in the world." That aside from the Wikipedia entry for "moustache," we are the most visited web site online visited for information about mustaches? Would that help as I don't think it was in our original entry. I really want to do this the "right" way and in the appropriate fashion that's acceptable to you and your peers. Thank you again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.228.66 ( talk) 16:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you again Peter. This again is where I'm confused. On the 3rd party verifications. In the original article we link to 5 notable articles from well known media in the U.S. and U.K. discussing our work. Did that go unnoticed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.226.97 ( talk) 18:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, I have again tried to post using the Wikipedia guidelines. Here is the link. I hope I have done this correctly. I'm trying. Really.
Aaron —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aperlut ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply explaining the Pic Deletion bot. Please go to my Talk Page where I'd like to check I've understood. Thanks - Adrian Pingstone ( talk) 15:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
When it was unprotected, not only was there continued disruption and the like, but it threw so many editors from the entire project - I've completely given up on trying to work on it (after working on it for over a year - last year), with him and a few others being so tendentatious. In any case, I'm glad that finally it's beginning to go down the right track. Thank you for setting the point straight and keeping it protected. Ncmvocalist ( talk) 17:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Roses from Dorothy | ||
Dorothy the Dinosaur (and me) have given you this beautiful rose in appreciation for putting rollback priviledges on my account. Thanks, and hehehe! -- Figureskatingfan ( talk) 17:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC) |
Pete, regarding your comments on my talk page: 4! The Wiggles went through 4 FACs! It was hard, for all kinds of reasons. See here and here.Talk about brutal! Anyway, thanks for your support; believe me, I'll take advantage of your offer, I'm sure. ;) -- Figureskatingfan ( talk) 18:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, I always knew you loved the skater girl diff just as I love the skater girl diff... :) When will they ever grow up? Tiggerjay ( talk) 19:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Seeing as most royalty-related questions get answer by you anyway, I thought I'd just come here intstead = ): Do you know where HM The Queen stays whilst in Wales? To my knowledge she doesn't have a residence there (or am I just being muddle-headed again?). I'm sure I read something about a residence in wales recently : S. -- Cameron ( T| C) 16:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
If I go through rrp, it will get laughed at since it is a tiny little page. User:StewieGriffin!/altsig is my alternative signature, with my name for more personal issues. I use it like this: {{User:StewieGriffin!/altsig}} ~~~~~. Could you put it as full protection. Basically this is because I won't keep checking, and it may get vandalised. Connor J. Turnbull • ( talk) 18:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
G'day, I am writing to you because I believe that the page you have protected on Jerusalem is the definitive ' Wrong Version' and is an incredibly nationalist page as it reads now. The lead needs some changes - because it is not Wikipedia's job to 'create facts'. I am hoping you might be able to help fix this up, or point me in the direction of somebody who can. Cheers. Colourinthemeaning ( talk) 20:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
He goes from article to article, engaging in edit-warring whereever he touches down. At the moment he is engaged in wars on Jerusalem, Neve Yaakov, Ring Neighborhoods, Gilo, Pisgat Zeev, and dozens of other Israel-related pages. Several editors have written to me, after being bullied by this person. I spend enormous amounts of time copyediting, fixing links, and adding new information and sources, which are promptly reverted by him. The only information he has added is that "X is an Israeli settlement," which he inserts at least two or three times in each article, backed up with a variety of POV sources. Wikipedia is becoming a battleground and an unpleasant place to be. He has been blocked before, but as soon as the block is up, he goes back to the same articles and reignites the debate. Is there nothing that can be done? - Gilabrand ( talk) 21:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I fully understand Wikipedia is not an ads agency. However, would you be interested in visiting my wiki Simland. It is a MediaWiki that really needs to get off it's feet. I would be happy to immediately give you sysop powers (although please don't edit until tomorrow). StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 20:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
If you are sure! When you are ready, give me a note. I'm not asking you to get in trouble or to spam, but if you know anyone who would be interested in joining, would you tell them. You and my sis, are all the users I have! StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 21:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Cheers for granting me the tool. Theone00 ( talk) 22:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Can you please email me the text of the article before you erased it? Thanks. Zoticogrillo ( talk) 08:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the email. There was another version that existed before deletion. Could you send me that one instead? Zoticogrillo ( talk) 08:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
There are now three articles on a small Arab fishing village that has not existed since 1948 - Tantura, Tantura expulsion and Tantura and the Katz controversy. Is this acceptable on Wikipedia? Each page is very short, repeats more or less the same information, and uses the same sources. The editor who created two of them has a clear political agenda (as witnessed by the tags on her user page). -- Gilabrand ( talk) 09:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I thought it would be easiest to get you here. I am moving sever today, so you may have to recreate your account on the new Simland server. This is also one of my many rollback requests, but would you be willing to grant me rollback? See You. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 10:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Please clarify something for me. This person has an article that has 3 references, yet there is no context, it doesn't say which company he works for, or even what his birthday is. We have no clue who this person is, other than that he works somewhere and likes the environment, and has 20 million pounds to spend on it monthly... I understand your reasoning behind not speedying it, but isn't this article candidate for deletion? Is claiming notability all it takes to not get speedied, even if the article is completely not-notable? Not attacking you, just trying to learn so next time i know what to do. Regards Shoombooly ( talk) 14:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
This is your final warning. Next time you beat me to a rollback request you will be blocked. :) Rudget ( Help?) 17:29, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, does consensus have to be unanimous? On the Obama article, we have a small but very vocal minority (Scjessey and Wikidemo) saying, in essence, that there can be no consensus unless everyone agrees that Scjessey is right. If unanimity is required, how does anything get done around here? 70.9.18.59 ( talk) 18:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, thanks for your quick reply and your link. I've read it and there's obviously a lot of policy I need to learn. But at the Obama article, a two-thirds majority have said that they prefer X, and in my opinion have presented a rationale that is pretty solid. This is the path to ending the edit war. If Scjessey and his little group continue to edit war after that, can't they be banned? 70.9.18.59 ( talk) 18:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I shall put the rollback tool to good use. Cheers! TN‑ X- Man 20:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. -- The 14 Year old MayheM!! 21:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Np.-- The 14 Year old MayheM!! 04:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Please don't falsely accuse people of vandalism. Hesperian 23:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you've declined my speedy deletion request of Andrews Middle School, stating that the article is underconstruction. However, there hadn't been much activity in that article for more than a week, except for my request, your decline, and a couple of wikifying actions which didn't really add content to the page. Do you really see any future for it? Thank you, Victor Lopes ( talk) 00:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I greatly appreciate the rollback privilege you've just granted me. I used to be an admin here under a previous username, but I really don't want to go back down that road. On the other hand, I am more than content to be able to revert page-move and other forms of mass vandalism, aka MascotGuy and ClaimJumperPete. Many, many thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 01:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
It was only there for about 10 minutes and you already gave it to me. Thank you very much! Arienh4 (Talk) 12:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Your comment on the protection page was deleted so quickly I had to check the history to find it.
Per your suggestion I'll post the article on my user page for consideration. I hope you will help me get the submission considered.
While I understand why wikipedia does not want every single candidate for every single democratic function being listed as an article, the Democratic and Republican nominees for federal office are notable just by being selected by the millions of voters in their respective districts.
Thank you for your help. Jerimee ( talk) 15:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds,
Just a heads up - Laughing Man brought back the picture you deleted from him. It's a slightly different format - but it the same image none the less. I left him a polite message at his talk page and tagged the image as G12 as before. That I'm aware of this is the third time he's posted the same image to his [ [8]]. Just a heads up for you. F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 17:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I thought it would be easiest to get you here. I've moved Simland to another server. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 18:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Just confirming that it is you that requested the account on the ACC tool. Q T C 19:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on my RFA. I will go ahead and try and do my best in the next coming months. I will work on many of the concerns raised. :) Thanks again. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 21:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter. It's Aaron Perlut again. I think I'm getting closer on the American Mustache Institute. Appreciate your thoughts and/or edits. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.227.38 ( talk) 21:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Peter Symonds, This article was never intended to be read as an advertisment, It is purely an explaination of what Ecomapping is and where it started.Do you have any suggestions on how to rewrite the article in order not to breech the wikipedia advertising rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aurore1985 ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok Peter Symonds;
Please explain why in your opinion is there a copyright violation or intellectual property infringement by having a Deathriders page based on precise encyclopedic content. It was an innappropriate action on your part to delete this page that was based on your opinion. Are you an Intellectual Property Attorney? Deathriders is a band formed in 2003 by the Original Lead Singer of Anthrax, Neil Turbin. They are also worthy of mention since they are a co-headliner on the Tri-Label Stage/North at this years Rocklahoma 2008 which is set to last 5 days with over 100 International acts (from your country included). Much bigger than Woodstock ever was. Why are you bent on deleting Deathriders when there are numerous cited sources and books with information about them. Is it perhaps to serve some sort of editing agenda and to make it near impossible for important encyclopedic information to everbe shared on wikipedia. I'm not here just citing youtube sources. What the problem is? Do you consider yourself a heavy metal expert?
Thrashiq —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thrashiq ( talk • contribs) 08:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hehe, that was rather a confusing section I was commenting on. -- RyRy5 ( talk) 09:02, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hiya, regarding protection at the Muhammad al-Durrah article, I am currently helping out as an uninvolved admin at the talkpage. If I think that things are more stabilized, would it be alright with you if I lifted protection? If you think it should stay on for a few more days, I will respect that, but it could potentially be helpful to the discussion if I could take on the authority of placing or lifting protection for a bit. Thanks, and let me know, El on ka 16:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I think that Elonka's plan might work, and I feel it's worth trying out. If you disagree, I wouldn't consider it wheel-warring if you re-protect it, but in my opinion most editors are reasonable, and it removes the restriction for uninvolved editors. I won't personally re-protect it, as I'd like to see if this works, but I won't object to re-protection. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
(2)I didn't realise you were involved so don't reprotect it. :) If you strongly disagree I would take it to RFPP, but I'd ask you again to try out Elonka's plan. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:40, 10 June 2008 (UTC) -- PeterSymonds (talk) 16:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds,
First - yep, it's okay for you to leave messages on my talk page :)
Second - I don't want you to think I'm being difficult, however, I re-submitted the laughing man image as a speedy.
It's the same image as the one you deleted the last time, linked to the same page - the image is on that page
at eye level. The logo (image of the smiling face ) is a match for the logo on the website I mentioned.
The logo he's using is the "Laughing Man" logo from Ghost in the shell, hence the link to manufacturers of that Anime. I'm not sure what you didnt see - but both logos were the same, linked to the same page, and yes, both are copyright violations. Let me know what's needed, because this is third time that image has been brought back.
Thanks.
F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 16:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I've heard about a type of review that has the wikiproject a certain article is part of be review by the wikiproject community. I believe it's called an A class review. I can't see to find out how to get one for the McGill University one, though I've checked this. Can you direct me to getting that assessment to A class? Always thankful, -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 19:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks much for your assistance with semi-protecting the National Association of Broadcasters article! I may have to relist it again after it expires, but I'll jump off that bridge when I come to it. -- Dachannien Talk Contrib 20:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Same, but for the Power Macintosh 5500 article. Headbomb ( ταλκ · κοντριβς) 21:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you get any errors (maybe install firebug for more useful error reporting)
does it still not work in other browsers?
Sorry for not getting back to you before now -- Random832 ( contribs) 20:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for protecting my userpages. Vishnava talk 22:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. Can I ask you what do I need to do for being able to use WP:Huggle now? -- Checco ( talk) 10:15, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm just wondering why did you protected the Jerusalem page? It makes me and the Crusader Task Force to improve this article. Sincerely with no hard feelings Hellboy2hell ( talk) 11:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, Thanks for protecting the article Getting_Things_Done. Unfortunately you protected it right after the IP undid JeremyMcCracken's revision, so the IP's vandal act is now permanent. Could you please see the discussions on User_talk:121.72.145.82 and Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests/Archive_23#Vandalism_or_edit_war.3F and then decide for yourself if you'd like to revert to the version before the IP's removal of the citation. Thank you! Lausianne ( talk) 12:36, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds,
I've filed an IFD on the laughing man image discussion This isn't personal at all. I'm familiar with the anime this image comes from and know this to be a copyright issue, additionally, he's placed this image in his webpage before as I stated earlier. I am giving you blanket authorization to alter any comment I made regarding your involvement in the IFD discussion if you believe it's inaccurate or in any way mis-leading . Thanks F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 13:39, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Discussion dormant for two days? Obviously, you're not aware of where the real action is at. Hardly dormant. Not saying you should re-protect the article though... I'd be interested to see what happens. -- tariqabjotu 14:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
If waiting for 1 hour and 20 minutes has become something one should consider "long", the world has become even worse than i thought. Nevertheless, thanks a lot for the upgrade! :-) ~ | twsx | talk cont | ~ 14:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I keep forgetting to delete the talk pages too ;-) Tan | 39 15:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, the discussion you archived has been openened again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi I think this has gone on long enough without getting anywhere, do you have any comments or anything you can do so that more time can be spent on improving the article instead of arguing about the name? CallipygianSchoolGirl ( talk) 17:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Could you please protect the pages Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, as well, since they are subject to heavy vandalism? ● 8 ~ Hype @ 19:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
By the way, I would also like to thank you for adding the rollback function to my account. ● 8 ~ Hype @ 07:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter! Thanks for your helps in the past few days ( the first one). Could you leave a warning to this user ( Rahar1981 and Raja81) for his/her unconstructive edits to Wikipedia [9] [10] and he/she did it repetitively. I am really dislike people who use Wikipedia as a fansite or a advertising. Thank you so much and best wishes to you. Angelo De La Paz ( talk) 21:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
THANK YOU for promptly restoring protection to cowboy! And for doing it with flair and humor! Much appreciated! Montanabw (talk) 23:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter
How are you? I hope all is well? I am just writing to you to dispute the deletion of Samata Angel's post today.
Please allow me to explain from my persepective having read the rules on the deletion page.
Firstly - it is historically accurate - in 2007 Samata Angel became the first ever black British female to show during the New Yok Nolcha Fashion Week - an achievement which earned her a letter of congraultations and recommendation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown. As a result Mr Brown nominated her for the position of ambassador for the national Make your Mark campaign (where she joins the ranks of Sir Alan Suger, June Sarpong and Ruth Badger to name a few). This achievement garnered the designer national and international press.
In addition, her achievements to date out and her business associations far outnumber those for the likes of DaVinche or Rachel Roy for example, both of whom she knows and who have pages on Wikipedia (with arguably less noteworthy content). In addition Samata has designed for Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry and Jamelia for red carpet events. I had not even had the chance to update this information before you deleted the post.
I am keen to know which element of her story is not significant or noteworthy (in your opinion) and what steps I will need to take to take this further. I appreciate the platform that Wikipedia offers and that is why I am keen to understand your process and how to ensure Samata gets the catalogue she deserves.
Kindest regards and I look forward to hearing from you!
Fashion Enterprise
Fashionenterprise ( talk) 12:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
P.S I must add there are no feeling about this I am just trying to see if this was an error or how I can ensure this does not happen again. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashionenterprise ( talk • contribs) 12:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your message Peter! I completely understand - I have deleted the line completely - is that ok?
Thanks again for explaining the logic and I do completely understand and respect it!
THANKS! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashionenterprise ( talk • contribs) 12:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
That was speedy - thanks a lot! Addionne ( talk) 14:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter, why did you delete the HMC International side? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lhtlueders ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter - I request you to semi-protect these sub-pages I've created as part of my userpace: User:Vishnava/DYKs, User:Vishnava/Awards, User talk:Vishnava/Archive 1. Like the main, talk, spacebar and huggle pages, they will be susceptible to vandalism. Thanks, Vishnava talk 19:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Peter - I noticed you declined the speedy deletion on the above image, but the Flickr source shows a noncommercial license. I think this has happened before...do I have to go get a trout? :) Kelly hi! 21:05, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering, why didn't you put it on commons? notwist ( talk) 22:39, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight ( talk) 03:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes. The old ones were free as part of editthis.info. However I now pay for simlandwiki.com. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 07:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, I just wrote a history of wastewater treatment processes on the reclaimed water page. My reference, <P.F Cooper,2001, Decentralised Sanitation and Reuse,chapt 2, IWA Publishing, London, UK> was put into the editing, but did not appear in the article. Did I do something wrong? Thanks for your help. Notindustry ( talk) 14:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, Could you please move List of castles in the United Kingdom to Castles in the United Kingdom for me? Thanks so much! Regards, -- Cameron ( T| C) 16:10, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
The Maurice Vincent Wilkes → Maurice Wilkes move appears to have been held up by your objection, which I think was without basis. It would be helpful to the process if you would comment on my reply over on Requested moves and either bring some new basis to your objection or retract it. Thanks. Robert K S ( talk) 17:49, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Now I understand. I'll fix the rest. 'Really appreciate the help. Notindustry ( talk) 18:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
You said in your summary that the articles were legitimately deleted at the end of a 5 day prod period. They were not, I removed the prods because prod deletion was not appicable in these cases because of the prior AfD. Even if there hadn't been a prior AfD, removal of a prod is a perfectly legitimate editorial action. The articles were therefore deleted out of process, this should be made clear in your summary otherwise it is entirely misleading. RMHED ( talk) 20:38, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter,
I saw recently that you took down the Al Waxman Image (On june 7), and was wondering what I need to do to get and keep this image uploaded.
Al Waxman is my great uncle, and the picture I have been uploading of him is one given to me by my great aunt (and his wife) Sarah Waxman.
It is very important to my family that this image is uploaded in his memory and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Below I have also a letter from my cousin, Adam Waxman who is Al's son.
Dear Peter Symonds, I am emailing you in regard to the "Al Waxman" article. My name is Adam Waxman. I am Al Waxman's son. Together with my mother, Sara Waxman, I own the image of my father that has been removed from his article. I am not very computer savvy, so I have asked my cousin Jonah to re-post it--as he had originally done last year. I'm not sure why it keeps being taken down, but it is very frustrating for me. Posting that photo, is obviously a constructive contribution, and not one that needs to be edited in any way, let alone deleted. Could you please let me know why it has been disallowed, and how I can re-post my father's image on his article? Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Adam Waxman
(User name: Acw1972)
If you could get back to either of us on this matter it would be very helpful.
Thank you,
Jonah
(<personal information removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jglass123 ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Also if you could please reply to this at my email (<personal email removed>) as I check that more often it would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jglass123 ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed that you've removed the speedy deletion tag for Choliyal. Look at the deletion log for Sholiyar. You will observe that the content here is identical to the content of the Sholiyar article that was deleted by an AfD. Anyway, this article here qualifies on atleast five counts of speedy deletion. - Ravichandar My coffee shop 20:25, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I was just about to put a speedy deletion tag on the Ardia Article when it said you just deleted it. Thanks??? What a coincedence. ((Unknown) (Us er) —Preceding comment was added at 20:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
ScienceApologist has made several changes to UFO with-out asking and now he is in the process of fully revising the article with-out asking first if it should be revised. I tried resolving this with him but he does not even seem to care and has charged head long into this revision process which will probably change the article into a Skeptics article. Magnum Serpentine ( talk) 20:52, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter,
actually you did not respond. So here's the question again: You deleted the HMC International page. We went through your guidlines and could not find a reason at all. Should we create the page again or what do you want us to do. Author Lars H.T. Lueders [11] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.16.87.193 ( talk) 07:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way you can semi-protect my user page? If so I would prefer it to be semi-protected. Thanks ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 08:45, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Why have you blocked this person? Davidpdx was instrumental in ensuring the success of the Arbcom case against the serial sockpuppet/meatpuppet abuser Johnski, per this ruling: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Johnski/Proposed_decision It is clear from the nature of the content he is attempting to insinuate into the Solkope article that Mattbray is merely the latest in the long line of Johnski meatpuppets/sockpuppets. As a consequence his edits may be reverted without reference to the 3RR. -- Gene_poole ( talk) 12:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Good Morning Peter. How do I proceed to insert a picture into the text? 96.228.211.209 ( talk) 12:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC) 96.228.211.209 ( talk) 12:50, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Signed my name with the four tildes, but it didn't appear. I am notindustry, editing reclaimed water page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.228.211.209 ( talk) 12:59, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
It's issues like these that make Wikipedia such an unreliable source of information.
If you had EVEN BOTHERED to do a little bit of research, you would have come across VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE that Michael Reagan at least THRICE called for the unsollicited murder of Mark Dice.
Here's a segment of the radio programme.
You need to be ashamed of yourselves for allowing neocon fascists like Michael Reagan to get away with these despicable acts. This goes well beyond hate speech - this is a call for MURDER. Why is that so hard for you to understand?
If anyone gets killed, I'm sure Wikipedia will pride itself on their nice 'coverup' of the event.
With good 'administrators' like these, who needs 'bad' ones?
And the reason no MSM source has 'verified' it is because they are 'cowards'. Multiple people have sent them the Youtube clip - none of them have picked it up.
Michael Reagan's lawyers are now telling Mark Dice he should pull the clip from his website. How convenient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.30.88.83 ( talk) 22:09, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello.. I've noticed that you've deleted my pictures that I have uploaded for the gallery of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40BunarFest article. What seems to be the problem?
arpagjiki ( talk) 22:12, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok I see. Thank you for clarifications. I will reedit the image informations according to the official policy of Wikipedia.
Regards.
arpagjiki ( talk) 22:21, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh, so it's in his 'own words', but because it's on Youtube (an UNRELIABLE source according to the 'unreliable' Wikipedia), it cannot be included and therefore you have to delete the segment that can be BACKED UP BY FACT, BECAUSE THAT YOUTUBE CLIP IS A VERBATIM COPY OF WHAT WAS SAID ON HIS RADIOSHOW.
Unbelievable. You live in denial.
What a reliable source of information, when their own administrators don't even bother to do basic fact-checking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.30.88.83 ( talk) 22:23, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello again, Peter. I am having a lot of fun on this project. My brilliant M.D./ microbiologist friend is helping me with that aspect, and an environmentally concerned wastewater engineer has been contributing to the "history" category. The next category will offer some possible ways to ameliorate the health/environmental problems of waste treatment. I'm looking forward to that one.
In my effort to "pretty up" the page, I fell in love with an image I Googled of the inside of the Cloaca Maxima, the fantastic sewer system built by the ancient Romans. I looked up Cloaca Maxima on Wikipedia, and there was the very image I had googled. Is it ok if I use that image for the reclaimed water page, as well. It is a very impressive picture and I thought it would go nicely with the photo of the "do not drink" sign that's already on the page, with caption showing the connection between ancient treatments and what we are now doing with waste. If the photo is already being used on another page, does that mean I can use it without worrying about copywrite infringement? Notindustry ( talk) 23:05, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I can't figure out your choice to semiprotect this. Only one involved editor is not autoconfirmed ( User:William Saturn, who's probably a sockpuppet of User:Southern Texas, and you've protected it to his preferred version. Every other editor involved is autoconfirmed. Full protection would've made much more sense.
The whole affair is a litttle disappointing; you'd think Didd's campaign workers would've moved on by now, but I guess it'll have to wait until december. Wily D 23:56, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
No probs. :) I've fully protected the article for now. This is done very rarely and for short periods of time, so I'll unprotect it after 24 hours. If that fails then perhaps some sort of temporary general sanction should be discussed on the talk page for users who continue to add this sort of material. In my opinion these election-type WP:BLP infringements go away quite quickly, so if after two weeks things aren't getting better then general sanctions should be discussed. PeterSymonds (talk) 08:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Why did you re-vandalize the article after protecting it? The point of the protection was to make the vandalism stop. And on what grounds are you accusing me of WP:BLP violations? -- Kendrick7 talk 16:04, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, if nothing else, could you maybe give Kendrick some gentle reminders about WP:CIVL and WP:NPA as an uninvolved admin familiar with the situation? Wily D 16:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
It seems that the one-day protection didn't work, because after it's over the article is reverted again. -- Nat Miller ( talk) 14:02, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The Silver Wiki | ||
For your valuable admin work. Your better than a barnstar. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 07:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks a lot for the help! I'm going to go to "Rollback school" now haha. Is there anything special I need to know about rollback other than whats already on WP:RBK?
Thanks again! Katanada ( talk) 16:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter,
Thanks but you seem to have unprotected Template:Convert/km2 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) instead (an easy mistake: {{Convert/sqkm}} redirects there), also, I'll actually be wanting to move the page to preserve its edit history, it'll be up for deletion (the sqkm one not the highly transcluded km2 one). JIMp talk· cont 18:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again. JIMp talk· cont 18:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, Peter.I uploaded two images and cannot delete the extra one. The one I want to keep is Cloaca Maxima jpg. I have tried to say that it is a free license image, taken from Wikipedia, ( or Wikimedia)but it's not happening. I want to write a caption under it and put it on the right side, under the picture that is there. I am computer illiterate. Is this as confusing for others as it is for me? Also, don't know where to log in Notindustry ( talk) 19:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I've got the feeling from the process thus far that more experience will be a boon, which I can only agree with. Also thank you for elaborating upon your concerns, I feel which ever way it goes I'm going to get a lot of valuable constructive criticism. A lot of the opposition comments I've found to be very informative, giving me food for thought and areas to begin building upon immediately.
Your offer of assistance is very generous, and will no doubt be called upon! Cheers, Mark t young ( talk) 21:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
OK Peter. Now I'm going out out for a walk as therapy for Wikifrustration fever. You've been great Notindustry ( talk) 00:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter - I think you may have misinterpreted what went on there today - it was not an edit war, it was a new editor adding material that had previously been discussed and consensus reached to not include. I reverted it and asked the new editor to discuss on talk; the new editor put it in again and another regular editor removed it again. The new editor finally got the message and came to Talk to discuss it. I don't think full protection was warranted here - this was not an edit war. There is an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/User:Andyvphil about how to handle the sometimes problematic editing of this high-profile article that you might be interested in - meanwhile, please reconsider the protection. Thanks Tvoz/ talk 06:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, a short while ago you semi-protected the article Getting_Things_Done. Apparently it didn't do much to prevent the IP from vandalising the page, he became even more aggressive. Now he deleted the whole paragraph that contains his disliked reference using the name 121dot72dot149dot211. Is there anything else that can be done to keep this guy out? Thank you, cheers, Lausianne ( talk) 06:23, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the rollback rights!-- Fireaxe888 ( talk) 12:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
For speedy, i'll ask you here. Would you undelete Portal talk:The Sims as Portal:The Sims is now undeleted. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:47, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm trying to keep the Youmacon anime convention wiki page in the state it was in with proper information given directly from Youmacon staff and it keeps being editted by TheFarix. I need to know if there's a way that the event staff can be the ones to update said page as opposed to have said user edit it without verifying information from said staff. Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Schmoo ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey ya Peter, you've recently closed off an AfD for the singer Almamy, however the creator of the original page has just gone and recreated it under a different name; Almamy_(musician), and with the same lack of WP:RS as the first ones. Just because I'm unsure, but what is the are the steps we can take from here to nominate this one too? Cheers Esradekan Gibb "Talk" 06:33, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I see you recently granted this editor rollback. I left them a message here that it was not to be used in content disputes. Since then there has been the abuse of rollback with edits like this, this (whether Tang is singular or plural depends on the variety of English being used, and it certainly was not vandalism) and this. Not a single one of those edits is obvious vandalism, so I am concerned about this editor's abuse of the tool. BigDunc Talk 11:21, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The {{ further}} is just cut and paste. Take template: Tt0 contents and just lay them in using [ctrl]-[A] to capture the page contents. The graphics of the subpages is probably fooling you. The red stuff is part of tt0/doc subpage and won't go with the edit! (Hope not).
{{{altphrase|
ahead of the boiler plate and }}}
after (BUT before the ':').In short, I'm sure you can handle those. Be brave! <g> // Fra nkB 20:41, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
';bookmark this one... everything you need to know on templates in one fell, if overlong, swoop.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Templates#Parameters
Help:Templates should get there too if you want a cross link. //
Fra
nkB 00:44, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
In regards to the note about not citing sources on the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts page, please note that I have added sources and in line citations and will continue to do so while working on the entry. I'm not sure why the notice is still up. please let me know if I need to add anything else in order to get rid of the notice, or why my sources are not reliable. I work for the Chan Centre and have all first hand sources.
Kristifuoco (
talk) 20:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter,
I am writing to you because you deleted an article I created, Almamy (singer). I understand that it was deleted because it failed to indicate the significance of the subject.
Well, a revised version of my article, titled Almamy (musician), was then offered to Wikipedia. With more indication on the significance of the subject, providing references to reliable published sources but it was also deleted.
The subject, Almamy, is a rising figure in the New York City electronic music scene. He has released few notable recordings and has been written about in the local press and in reputable blogs such as HX Magazine, The Hype Machine... I do think that he, and his work, belong to Wikipedia.
I was hoping that you give me some pointers. Should a new article, with more references and indications of signification should be written or would you "revive" the revised version, Almamy (musician)?
Bech86 ( talk) 22:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter, Thank you for evaluating the Gerald Guterman semi-protect nomination. Yet again, after your decision, a new editor appeared to remove almost all critical information (from the NY Times and an academic economics text). I find it very suspicious that every day a brand new editor comes along who wants to remove anything which points to difficulties Mr. Guterman has suffered. It reeks of self-interest and sock puppetry. I ask again that you look at the edits. Thank you for your time, Smilo Don ( talk) 02:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I have contributed to an article, which has since been amended, deleted and edited countless times by other parties. The articles i have put in are true and give an accurate reflection of the specific industry. This seems to bother other players in this industry which is perhaps why they edit it etc.
Because they kept deleting it i kept reverting it back to my earlier post, and i now notice that you have sent me a message asking me to stop changing things. However, as i said, i am merely changing things back because of the deletion and editing all these other people have done.
I do admit that i had a link on there and i was not aware that i could not do so. I am therefore going to try and edit things again, in a much clearer, better manner, and i would ask that you please check this that it is ok, and if yes,then please note that this is the correct format and changes made to it by others are the problem you need to combat - not my posts!
Thanks for taking care of this.-- Rockfang ( talk) 21:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I will use the undo function to revert vandalism, poor edits, etc. And I will always assume good faith, in about two weeks, I shall reapply. Will Thompson ( talk) 23:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
There has been an anonymous user that has been blanking the section on anti-psychiatry in the article on Psychiatry. I and another user reverted the edits before the ananymous user blanked the section again. His/her reason was that there is already a standalone article on anti-psychiatry. To make things worse, the anonymous user mocked my message to him/her and called my edits "page-adding." What is your take on this??? Willking1979 ( talk) 20:13, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
You blocked a few socks at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Diamond Joe Quimby a little over a week ago. It appears that this user is socking again with TexasPolitician ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Would you take a look and decide whether the main account (now called PoliticianTexas) should be blocked for sockpuppetry? Thanks, Metros ( talk) 20:55, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Good meeting you today! Thanks for the advice on pulmonary contusion, hope I see you around soon. Peace, delldot talk 21:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
You don't need to manually archive Not done RFR's. But the last edit needs to be marked as notdone
- i.e. if there is further input the bot will not archive - just add another notdone tag at the very end and it will be sorted!
Pedro :
Chat 21:43, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
As you may or may not know, the RfC for Catherine Deneuve was recently removed by the RFC bot ( talk). Shortly afterwards, user M06ff1 ( talk) made edits that in part dealt with the dispute at hand. I thought that maybe that meant it was OK for me to start editing the page again, which I recently did. Now that I think about it, though, I should have probably consulted with you on that; so, I apologize in advance. I just came by to let you know about that. Also, in regards to the RfC, no one responded to my last RfC comment, which in a way has to do with one of the edits that M06ff1 ( talk) made. I'm not saying that the lack of responses means that my suggestion should be accepted, but if you have strong disagreements on the matter, please let me know. I'm simply implementing the same standards that have been used on featured articles of actors/actresses.
Anyway, thanks again for your input on this matter, and as always, you can respond to my post here on your talk page. In fact, I would probably recommend that, just in case others who are editing the Catherine Deneueve article stop by, given that you've seemingly been the most recent administrator dealing with the article. -- Luke4545 ( talk) 00:14, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you Peter, it was really helpful.
Bech86 ( talk) 09:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
not a problem.
My intention was to use it purely for vandalism patrol, but I have been blocked a couple of times, so being turned down came as no suprise.
thanks for dealing with it so quickly Sennen goroshi ( talk) 12:51, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a note that I have unprotected the article and blocked the IP for a month instead. I know it's a bit harsh, but it started his edits right after the protection expired, which showed no intent to stop. I don't think there's a reason to block any potential edit to the article when we can simply show the guy the door :) I have no issue if you think I'm wrong and wish to undo my actions :) -- lucasbfr talk 20:15, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Peter,
It took me quite a while to find you after I read your tip. I'm afraid I'm just not up to what it takes to contribute to Wiki. Sorry... But thanks for trying to give me a hand.
Best, Kathryn —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwildgen ( talk • contribs) 01:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot and happy editing to you as well. ~ Bella Swan ? 14:11, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for granting rollback to me! AHRtbA== Talk 16:16, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about anything that occured in NE2's recent request at RfR. I had a concern, and wanted to have it addressed. Thanks for your civility and understanding during the matter. Acalamari 20:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of the vandalism on that article. Much appreciated and respect. :) FaithLehaneTheVampireSlayer 23:58, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words during my recent RfA. I appreciate the vote of confidence and will do my best to live up to it. Karanacs ( talk) 01:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick approval of my rollback request. Klausness ( talk) 12:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for actioning my request- I've learnt quite a few Polish swear words and obscenities of late Tmol42 ( talk) 12:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the update. I haven't checked if everything still works, but I'll let you know if anything is broken/needs further fixin'.
As for the removal of "|CAT|Cat|cat|Category|category", just search the source code (copy+paste in search box) and you should find 3 instances of it (don't remove the equal!).
I also noticed that this:
|Template|template|Temp|temp=[[Category:Template-Class physics articles]] |Category|category|Cat|cat=[[Category:Category-Class physics articles]]
could be improved to this
|Template|template|TEMP|Temp|temp=[[Category:Template-Class physics articles]] |Category|category|CAT|Cat|cat=[[Category:Category-Class physics articles]]
Also this
|#default=[[Category:Unranked-importance physics articles]]
should be replaced by
|#default=[[Category:Unrated-importance physics articles]]
Thanks for the help. Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 15:40, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Since I'm not sure if you watch my talk page, I'm ready. I made a reply in greater detail there (link in sig). Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 16:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Done. I think everything works fine now. I think you had a problem because if you did exactly what I said, you left an "=category" and it could very well have screwed things up. I think it would be a good idea to leave the page unprotected for a little while, as I may get other ideas for the template (your call). If you hear nothing from me by tomorrow morning, re-protect it. Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 16:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
How does one merge articles because just noticed that Franklin borough, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and Franklin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania are exactly same.
Thanks for the rapid response to my request for protection. No need to reply. TrulyBlue ( talk) 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you deleted the talk page of Wikipedia:Advice for parents recently - and I think you slightly jumped the gun! - There's an active deletion discussion at the moment, but I think (and hope) that it's going to be a 'keep'. Could you take another look, and undelete if you think it's the right thing to do... cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 23:25, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
You declined semi-protection here [13], but since then the persistent anon has continued the nationalist disruption, reverting 3 more times since the protection was declined. Please reconsider. Thanks, The Fat Man Who Never Came Back ( talk) 01:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
The only vandalism going on is those who used unsource information in a desperate attempt to convince the public that this woman is Italian. -- 24.56.137.185 ( talk) 04:13, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Ohai PeterSymonds. I was just wondering if you could review my recent edits, maybe the last 100 or so. Just wondering if there are edits I should and shouldn't do. Thanks, RyRy5 ( talk) 10:15, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for responding to my request to protect Ljubo Miloš so quickly! Just thought I'd say thanks- no reply necessary. --/ Mendaliv/ 2¢/ Δ's/ 21:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Any chance you might userfy it? Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 21:16, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the Rollback grant. I hope I can put it to good use. Bartledan ( talk) 23:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Stealing my protection, that's totally unacceptable... :P haha « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) @ 07:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
You have blocked the user Desiphral for broken the 3RR rule although he only made 3 reverts, and one of them was actually an adding of a source. My question for you: have you ever blocked another user before in this situation, or Desiphral got a special treatment? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Desiphral#June_2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by AKoan ( talk • contribs) 08:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter! You've protected Leo McGarry, and I understand why, however the anonymous editor who's inserting the text about Leo McGarry's appearance will not discuss this, either on the article's talk page or on his/her talk page, or on other editors' talk pages. Attempts to discuss the matter with this editor (incidentally, they're on a dynamic IP address but their MO is the same) are met with a tirade of abuse (check out my talk page for an example). This has recently been discussed at WP:ANI. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
Cheers, This flag once was red 09:05, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Peter. Surely, I should have said this earlier, but I'm very sorry that you found me to be making incivil edits. This is the first time anyone (except maybe Rezistenta) has accused me of incivility on Wikipedia, so I must say, I was somewhat shocked to see your message on my talk page.
In fact, I believe I can explain most of the edits that I made and you cited. However, I may not have enough time to explain them right now; perhaps, I might clarify what was going on later. For the time being, I will simply admit that I was somewhat frustrated when I wrote this. When I saw other editors saying it was a personal attack, I decided that I must have made a mistake and needed to make amends. So I striked out the comment and apologized [15] in my next edit.
Anyway, thanks again for your time, sorry for taking it up (!), and apologies again. -- Kuaichik ( talk) 03:37, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
It's cool. We've made up and he's asked me to find something. See User_talk:Everyme#Moving_along... Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 12:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter, I am curious to know how/why you decided the above username is not a violation of policy, as you stated here? It's clearly masked for "Buttmonkey69". Bstone ( talk) 13:16, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
He is important...Maybe not to you but to us his friends and family!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by LIMITLESS NIGERIA ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter,
Could you tell me if there is an appropriate space on Wikipedia where I can post information about this non-profit foundation? I noticed a related organization, which also has a profit-making arm, the NACM (National Association of Credit Managers (sic) - should be Management, has an entry.
I may have put the article in the wrong place so could you tell me the appropriate place to put it.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Crfonline ( talk) 16:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)Tom Diana Crfonline ( talk) 16:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
why was picturebox inc "blatant advertising" and not Fantagraphic books. and what part was "blatant"? would it not be considered "blatant advertising" had it been written by an outside party? I keep asking wiki members what is the proper protocol to get this wikipedia page up and running but no one has provided any answers, only deletions. I would really appreciate some advice. thank you.
PictureBox ( talk) 16:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Peter,
I am surprised that you Deleted my ExtremeWiki article. Can you please mail me that article so that I can try to post it later when ExtremeWiki is more established?
I added EW to List of wikis as well and now that is deleted as well. That is more than strange as it is was after all, list of wikis??
-ransu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ransus ( talk • contribs) 16:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Can you please comment (perhaps on the article talk page ( Talk:Rehan_Qayoom), why you think a speedy deletion is inappropriate for this one? It was already deleted once, and it's pure autobiography. thanks, Nomoskedasticity ( talk) 16:45, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for saving an article I was creating from being deleted ( Redstone American Grill). I am new to editing on wikipedia and I am finding it difficult to track down all the resources I need to edit an article. Miller.12b6 ( talk) 17:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Re: "software is ineligible for a7" on DELTA (VMS). That's what I thought too, so I did an AfD on the last software article I thought should be deleted for A7: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Security Auditor's Research Assistant. However, that was speedily closed for containing "no indication of importance", which is A7, saying it was web content. So I guess I was right the first time? I'm a little confused now. swa q 17:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry about that, I accidentally clicked the wrong button...... Dendodge .. Talk Contribs 18:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, on the template talk:wikify page you said that the current template was "agreed on by consensus elsewhere". Should my proposed template changes have been located on a different page? Not sure what you mean by "elsewhere". Thanks, Thirdbeach ( talk) 19:18, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I accept —— RyanLupin • (talk) 22:08, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
I understand that you have rules and regulations that you have to follow when it comes to blocking users but I fail to understand why I should have to waste my time looking out for these two clowns to strike again when that same time could be spent making constructive edits to Wikipedia. It is as clear as day that they only intend to vandalise this encyclopedia and unless they are below the age of five shouldn't require warnings to know that it is wrong. That said the IP:203.59.132.210 that you removed has a list of warnings longer than the Eiffel Tower so surely that is 'sufficient'? Crickettragic ( talk) 00:53, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello there, I declined the report on AIV as the IP address has only made one edit in a fortnight. I'd call this insufficient activity, one edit in one fortnight, vandalism or not, is not grounds for blocking. If they continue to vandalise, please re-report them. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 00:58, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for replying. When I reported the two I was working under the assumption that they are the same editor using different IPs. Both IPs vandalise in the same way, and even though one of them as you mentioned has only one edit in a fortnight I believe that if you take into account his warnings and the several recent contributions of his 'sockpuppet' then that should be enough. Crickettragic ( talk) 01:07, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering if you would undelete the above to a subpage of my user space, please. I have been helping the original creator with the article and they are looking for references to support notability. Thanks.
תתביש לך ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Razs ( talk • contribs) 12:53, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
How notable must a subject of an article be before it can be included into Wikipedia? This morning I heard on a major radio station's morning show about the phrase "nuke the fridge," and its definition. This show is called the Sandbox, and the Radio station is WFNX in Boston. I know that just because something is mentioned in passing or as a flavor comment doesn't validate its fitness for Wikipedia, but I would like to know, if the mass-media reports on this phrase, whether this could be changed. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read my message, and I hope that the status of "nuke the fridge" will someday not be a foregone conclusion for deletion. K, thnx, bye. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.28.173 ( talk) 14:36, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter. As you normally protect articles labelled as "Requests for Protection", there are two articles that have been laying at the bottom of the top section for a whole day, see here and the request directly below it. Thanks, D.M.N. ( talk) 14:46, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi - I've messaged you on something important. Vishnava talk 15:05, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The only reason why there's no vandalism in the history of my talk page is because I asked Oversight to remove them because it had personal info in it. If you were to look for "deleted contribs" or whatever they should be there.-- CyberGhostface ( talk) 19:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Would you like to explain why you have fully protected this page? I see know reason for this; there have been no edit wars or vandalism, and even if there had semi-protection would be enough. There's some good work going on there. U-Mos ( talk) 20:49, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
I wrote a little article on Troy Jackson here. Would it be possible to move that to Troy Jackson now? Thanks! Zagalejo ^^^ 20:59, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
When deleteing pages [[Template:JonSDSUGrad/Sandbox/PBB Further reading ]] please remember to delete the redirect pages as well Template:JonSDSUGrad/Sandbox/GNF Further reading thank you Dbiel ( Talk) 22:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter,
I agree with your protection of the article. I had tried to make edits to the page, but everytime I had edit conflicts. I think it would be best to leave the full-protection for at least 24hours to let things calm down a bit. Apparently there will be a 'Next Time' trailer up on the BBC's youtube page tomorrow afternoon (1pm). I think leaving the potection as is, until that is up would be the best idea (especially in regards to the 11th Doctor speculation that crept in). Cheers, Mark t young ( talk) 22:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
When deleting pages Love in Motion (1996 album) please remember to delete the redirect pages as well Love in Motion (Icehouse album)(1996) Thank you Dbiel ( Talk) 22:59, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
I would block the IP as well.... Dusti SPEAK!! 04:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm one step aheas of you, Already blocked. PeterSymonds (talk) 04:42, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter,
It appears that you have deleted a page I had written about the Korean punk band Couch, the wider importance of whose actions I described on the Talk page, to which I was asked to contribute. I think I gave a reasonably clear account of my reasons for requesting that my page not be deleted. Wikipedia is prepared to make exceptions for subjects which are important in their own right, even though they may be disallowed under the usual criteria. But unfortunately you didn't reply to me on there, and my page has simply been deleted. I have to say that I don't understand why you didn't engage in discussion with me prior to deletion, particularly as during the intervening period (between notice being given and the deletion occurring), I had then edited the page several times to take account of the Wikipedia criteria for inclusion: that it would be justified if there is a wider significance. Here were the reasons I gave:
Talk: Couch
Please don't delete the page I have created. It is not any attempt to create a fan site. It is important to refer to it because its actions on national television mirrored the Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' controversy in the US, and led to a similar national outcry and soul-searching about the decline of traditional standards across society. The incident with Couch also led to a very thorough review of Korean broadcasting, the effects of which are still very much evident today.
And here was the newly edited page (which I hadn't finished amending) before it disappeared just after 06:00 local time (approx half an hour ago):
Couch (Korean punk rock band)
Couch was formed by two young South Korean musicians, Shin and Oh in Seoul in 2003. They remained relatively unknown to the wider public until they gatecrashed a Korean TV show (Music Camp on MBC), featuring another Korean punk band, Rux in 2005. They dropped their pants on stage, and were promptly arrested for exposing their private parts on national TV.
Their importance was in sparking a national debate about the decline of traditional behaviour among the young, which in many ways mirrored the outcry in the United States about Janet Jackson's accidental exposure of her breast on a live CBS show. In Korea, the incident caused a thorough review of Korean broadcasting output, and calls for punitive action against the broadcaster. The Music Camp show, although already well established, was promptly cancelled by the MBC network as a direct result of the incident.
Please could you look into this? I'm happy to rewrite any parts or to have them added to. But I believe that, as already broadly stated, the information about the band does meet Wikipedia's criteria of exceptions, as its actions were of as great a significance as Janet Jackson's accidental exposure (in what was widely described as a 'wardrobe malfunction') on the CBS network. I believe that both cases are worthy of inclusion on Wikipedia due to their wider ramifications.
I would very much appreciate your reviewing the decision to delete the article.
Thank you very much.
Tai kit ( talk) 05:40, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Tai Kit
Thanks very much. Yes please, I would be very grateful if you would restore it to my userspace, where I could improve it over the next few days. This incident has had a very significant effect on Korean society and for that reason I believe it does merit inclusion, but I do appreciate that its significance needs to be emphasised more clearly and it needs reliable sourcing. Thanks again.
Tai kit ( talk) 06:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Tai kit
As I said you just can't go deleting pages without discussion. It is a notocieable news service as it is the only LGBT news service in Japan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Osakadan ( talk • contribs) 06:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, can you review the request for page protection of Night of Champions (2008)? It is found here. Cheers! -- iMatthew T. C. 19:21, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
I added a comment here. I would just like to make sure it is okay with Lupin and you. -- RyRy ( talk) 21:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Could you consider this user's unblock request in view of the discussion at the bottom of his talk page? Thanks, Sandstein 22:16, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Ohai Peter ^_^. Steve Crossin (contact) 07:49, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar | ||
According to what it says on the tin: "The Special Barnstar may be awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for a specific reason..." I think you know why I'm awarding you with this :) —— RyanLupin • (talk) 07:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC) |
I trust you should think that most of the edits I've made so far using Huggle after you granted me rollback have been good, but I'm unsure about one revert I made, and whether it was appropriate - this. I reverted it in the spirit of WP:BLP - unsourced material about a living person. Do you think that it's acceptable to revert this sort of edit using Huggle? Almost everything else I reverted was blatant vandalism or test edits, bearing in mind that I should assume good faith, and that rollback should never be used in content disputes, but this one I need further clarification on. Thanks.-- Les boys ( talk) 08:57, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Just thought I'd let you know I created stole a template from keeper (he stole it from someone else) and put it at
Template:rfr/granted so you can {{subst:rfr/granted}} on people's userpages when you grant them rollback, if yar like. –
xenocidic (
talk) 14:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just a quick question, I tried looking for the stats page that shows the amount of edits per each user on a certain article, but I can't seem to find it. Can you help me? And while we're on that, how do you find out how many edits you've made throughout wikipedia alltogether? Thank you, -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 15:38, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you both. :D -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 16:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
I cheked and put a worthy reason for my article to be saved but you deleted it. Madirox22 ( talk) 15:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Well you should've read the bottom then. It said exactly why I put it in. Madirox22 ( talk) 15:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
i put a worthy reason on the bottom so how come u didnt read it Madirox22 ( talk) 16:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
i actually put sumtin that sed i put this article here because... there wasnt enough info on the other page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madirox22 ( talk • contribs) 16:04, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. We haven't chatted in ages. Anyway, since you protected my Alternative sig, could you protect User:StewieGriffin!/Welcome? Thanks. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 19:06, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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As mentioned in my semi-retirment message, I really think you made my time on Wikipedia great. You have highly motivated me, and with your contributions related to me... well it's great. Thanks. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 20:06, 30 June 2008 (UTC) |
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Hello. When an article is repeatedly subject to vandalism and removal of large sourced paragraphs, it should be protected. This cannot be solved in 'dispute resolution'. He has been removing a large and essential paragraph which is backed by over a dozen very reliable sources. User:Itaqallah has also intentionally lied and said in his edit summary that 6 users think the citations are inadequate, when this is clearly not the case. Three of them, anyway, are not fit to make a judgment, particularly on this article. I ask you to please protect the article because the edit war will most probably go on for a while. Enforcing Neutrality ( talk) 20:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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I see that two people have already gone to the Higher Education in BC wiki article that I started. It seems after you moved it they came in and copied stuff. I've notified my professor about this in case my grade is affected. I guess that's the problem with Wiki--there's no copyright and people can delete/add whatever even if it is for a class assignment. :-( ( Dawnalee8 ( talk) 05:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC))
For the McGill University article, I have a small problem. Several cites do not have the sufficient information (i.e. some do not have access dates). Because I didn't support these, I do not know what date they were accessed. So what should I do? And take your time, as I see admin duties have busied you. -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 15:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm not going to protect it after you declined, but Gladys is right about it being a copyvio; it reads word-for-word what is written on the Nickelodeon site, and the IP editors appear to be quite insistent about restoring the copyvio material and removing the warning template. Horologium (talk) 21:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
What would happen to my account if I took liberty and replaced everything in the current Higher Education in BC Wiki article with what I have done in order for it to be graded properly? I have noticed none of my classmates had the same situation as me so I found that very strange! Maybe because I came to the IRC Help someone saw what I was doing? I don't know how to explain why only my article was affected and not my classmates?( Dawnalee8 ( talk) 08:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC))
The image was previously speedy-deleted and then uploaded again, and the user appears to be a sockpuppeteer. I appreciate this may not change the situation, just thought i'd let you know. Ironho lds 22:31, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm a little confused because the warning that my article could be flagged for speedy deletion only appeared when I added the information box to the left of the article. The article itself had already been up for almost 2 weeks with no problems. Why is it that the page got deleted once the info box was added?
I'm also wondering how you can assert importance without advertising the service. I tried to be objective by explaining what the service does and citing the sources. Would it be approrpriate to talk about why this would be a good service for people to use? Does that assert importance?
Also, would you mind sending me a copy of the deleted article so I can work on it?
Thanks for your time!
Leighna ( talk) 22:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Please help me to better understand the protected status of this article? An edit was made today by an anonymous editor. No problem was caused, and in fact, I would have considered this minor edit was an improvement ..., but I had understood that no anonymous edits could be accomplished because of the systemic protections which have been put in place? When you have time, could you please elucidate this minor matter? -- Tenmei ( talk) 23:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Took me a long time trying to reformat Word into Wiki, but done and just in time. I went in and edited the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_in_British_Columbia page to bring it back to where it was when I originally started the article.
It is linked on my class' Wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Education_in_Canada#British_Columbia
You asked me to let you know when I was done as you were going to do some re-directing. I know I probably broke every Wiki rule, but blame it on the professor. I don't think the professor will do this again for the next class. Okay, hope to hear from you soon. Cheers. ( Dawnalee8 ( talk) 07:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC))
User:69.29.70.177 is deleting my comments on a talk page.
I asked him why he deleted my comment and he just deleted that too. 15:48
This is his page. Will you please sort him out and tell him not to delete my comment and edits in the future? Thankyou. Ijanderson977 ( talk) 15:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much ;) Ijanderson977 ( talk) 16:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I have to strongly disagree with the decision to decline the protection. The sheer number of times that this page has been reverted back to the incorrect middle name is causing other sites to cite wikipedia and say that this is his real middle name when there is absolutely no verifiable evidence showing that this is his middle name. Several of the regular editors of the page have had to keep a constant eye on it in order to revert back the vandalism. How many times does it have to be changed before it qualifies for protection? DanielZimmerman ( talk) 17:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. This user wishes not to receive talk page comments for now, as he is semi-retired until further notice. Please refrain from recreating the talk page.
Thanks for your comment, but check the Ibeji image again - and please go to my talk page for the instructions as to what to do. -- Dumarest ( talk) 20:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight ( talk) 22:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter,
I need to ask why the CeraSport page was taken down yet again. WE have tried in the past to make the page acceptable by taking out anything that can be construde as advertising. The past versions were based almost exactly on the postings of Gatorade and Poweraid. This does not seem fair that our page is being removed and theirs remains untouched. The Gatorade page even references Cera Products which was also removed for being blatent advertising. I would apprectiate some insite on this. Thanks
(bjanis) 96.244.95.92 ( talk) 20:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Wow, you are the Lightning Speed Admin. Thank you for responding so very quickly (and favourably) to my request! -- Bonadea ( talk) 12:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Peter - I saw that you declined the speedy nomination on the above image with the statement "released into PD". However, the image source shows a noncommercial license. Are you seeing something I'm not? Thanks... Kelly hi! 13:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
NO PLEASE DELETING R MACLEOD ARTICLES!!! GO HOME! (please) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexmacartney ( talk • contribs) 14:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds, thanks for deleting that image. Just a heads up, this is the second time he's uploaded that same type of image (laughing man logo) into his userpage. YOu may want to keep an eye on him in case he tries it again. Thanks F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 17:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, you de-tagged an image today that I had tagged for speedy deletion as invalid fair use [1]. That case made me aware of an inconsistency in our tagging mechanism, which I've brought up at WT:CSD just now. – This is assuming that your de-tagging was purely process-motivated. If it was meant as reflecting on the merits of my deletion rationale, I'd appreciate a comment on that, because I'd then have to take it to IfD. Thanks, -- Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Here Gary King ( talk) 19:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting the Big Bro page. StewieGriffin! • Talk 20:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
You delete my page "
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/AcmePlan".
Why pages of the similar companies/products are not removed?
Omniplan [
[2]
List of project management software [
[3]
Artemis [
[4]
Primavera [
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Microsoft Project [
[6]
Merlin [
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PS
The page has been removed, but then restored.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=AcmePlan&action=edit&redlink=1" —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Pilovik (
talk •
contribs) 21:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
This article should not be deleted because it's about the next The Sims 2 game for Nintendo DS that EA Games will release soon. It's a part of The Sims (series). -- Iblis Trigger ( talk) 21:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
The article History of modern Macedonia is a POV pushing article because it is trying to assort the only modern Macedonia is the Greek Macedonia, when in fact Greek Macedonia is part of the region of Macedonia. The article is trying to monopolize the term Macedonia and should be looked at carefully.
I see you were the administrator who deleted Att Will. But Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Att Will doesn't contain a concluding statement from you. Am I missing something? Shouldn't there be one? I am not about to defend the article. I know absolutely nothing about it. I only went to the {{ afd}} page because I was examining someone else's contribution history, and noticed what I saw as a curious anomaly.
Cheers! Geo Swan ( talk) 22:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for resolving this. I came online this morning to find that all three articles had been recreated; I G4'd and salted them. — David Eppstein ( talk) 14:14, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Please undelete this article--it's not vandalism, and I will add sorces to it soon. I'm an Editor of the wiki citation needed 10:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter,
My name is Aaron Perlut. I am the executive director of the not-for-profit organization the American Mustache Institute. We are an advocacy organization and registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in St. Louis, Missouri. We make no money, as we pass all revenues through to charitable entities. We are a global membership organization, with a full-time support staff in St. Louis, which advocates for greater acceptance of mustaches in the workplace. There are dozens upon dozens of like-groups on Wikipedia and I cannot understand why you have delete our page. We are not trying to be difficult, just treated fairly, and we do not believe our deletion constitutes this. Thank you.
Aaron —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.69.39.92 ( talk) 13:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, Thanks for responding so quickly. I do appreciate your guidance. I'm still rather confused. Would it help to add that we are the "only true organization dedicated to facial hair advocacy in the world." That aside from the Wikipedia entry for "moustache," we are the most visited web site online visited for information about mustaches? Would that help as I don't think it was in our original entry. I really want to do this the "right" way and in the appropriate fashion that's acceptable to you and your peers. Thank you again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.228.66 ( talk) 16:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you again Peter. This again is where I'm confused. On the 3rd party verifications. In the original article we link to 5 notable articles from well known media in the U.S. and U.K. discussing our work. Did that go unnoticed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.226.97 ( talk) 18:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, I have again tried to post using the Wikipedia guidelines. Here is the link. I hope I have done this correctly. I'm trying. Really.
Aaron —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aperlut ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply explaining the Pic Deletion bot. Please go to my Talk Page where I'd like to check I've understood. Thanks - Adrian Pingstone ( talk) 15:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
When it was unprotected, not only was there continued disruption and the like, but it threw so many editors from the entire project - I've completely given up on trying to work on it (after working on it for over a year - last year), with him and a few others being so tendentatious. In any case, I'm glad that finally it's beginning to go down the right track. Thank you for setting the point straight and keeping it protected. Ncmvocalist ( talk) 17:29, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Roses from Dorothy | ||
Dorothy the Dinosaur (and me) have given you this beautiful rose in appreciation for putting rollback priviledges on my account. Thanks, and hehehe! -- Figureskatingfan ( talk) 17:57, 6 June 2008 (UTC) |
Pete, regarding your comments on my talk page: 4! The Wiggles went through 4 FACs! It was hard, for all kinds of reasons. See here and here.Talk about brutal! Anyway, thanks for your support; believe me, I'll take advantage of your offer, I'm sure. ;) -- Figureskatingfan ( talk) 18:15, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, I always knew you loved the skater girl diff just as I love the skater girl diff... :) When will they ever grow up? Tiggerjay ( talk) 19:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Seeing as most royalty-related questions get answer by you anyway, I thought I'd just come here intstead = ): Do you know where HM The Queen stays whilst in Wales? To my knowledge she doesn't have a residence there (or am I just being muddle-headed again?). I'm sure I read something about a residence in wales recently : S. -- Cameron ( T| C) 16:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
If I go through rrp, it will get laughed at since it is a tiny little page. User:StewieGriffin!/altsig is my alternative signature, with my name for more personal issues. I use it like this: {{User:StewieGriffin!/altsig}} ~~~~~. Could you put it as full protection. Basically this is because I won't keep checking, and it may get vandalised. Connor J. Turnbull • ( talk) 18:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
G'day, I am writing to you because I believe that the page you have protected on Jerusalem is the definitive ' Wrong Version' and is an incredibly nationalist page as it reads now. The lead needs some changes - because it is not Wikipedia's job to 'create facts'. I am hoping you might be able to help fix this up, or point me in the direction of somebody who can. Cheers. Colourinthemeaning ( talk) 20:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
He goes from article to article, engaging in edit-warring whereever he touches down. At the moment he is engaged in wars on Jerusalem, Neve Yaakov, Ring Neighborhoods, Gilo, Pisgat Zeev, and dozens of other Israel-related pages. Several editors have written to me, after being bullied by this person. I spend enormous amounts of time copyediting, fixing links, and adding new information and sources, which are promptly reverted by him. The only information he has added is that "X is an Israeli settlement," which he inserts at least two or three times in each article, backed up with a variety of POV sources. Wikipedia is becoming a battleground and an unpleasant place to be. He has been blocked before, but as soon as the block is up, he goes back to the same articles and reignites the debate. Is there nothing that can be done? - Gilabrand ( talk) 21:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I fully understand Wikipedia is not an ads agency. However, would you be interested in visiting my wiki Simland. It is a MediaWiki that really needs to get off it's feet. I would be happy to immediately give you sysop powers (although please don't edit until tomorrow). StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 20:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
If you are sure! When you are ready, give me a note. I'm not asking you to get in trouble or to spam, but if you know anyone who would be interested in joining, would you tell them. You and my sis, are all the users I have! StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 21:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Cheers for granting me the tool. Theone00 ( talk) 22:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Can you please email me the text of the article before you erased it? Thanks. Zoticogrillo ( talk) 08:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the email. There was another version that existed before deletion. Could you send me that one instead? Zoticogrillo ( talk) 08:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
There are now three articles on a small Arab fishing village that has not existed since 1948 - Tantura, Tantura expulsion and Tantura and the Katz controversy. Is this acceptable on Wikipedia? Each page is very short, repeats more or less the same information, and uses the same sources. The editor who created two of them has a clear political agenda (as witnessed by the tags on her user page). -- Gilabrand ( talk) 09:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I thought it would be easiest to get you here. I am moving sever today, so you may have to recreate your account on the new Simland server. This is also one of my many rollback requests, but would you be willing to grant me rollback? See You. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 10:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Please clarify something for me. This person has an article that has 3 references, yet there is no context, it doesn't say which company he works for, or even what his birthday is. We have no clue who this person is, other than that he works somewhere and likes the environment, and has 20 million pounds to spend on it monthly... I understand your reasoning behind not speedying it, but isn't this article candidate for deletion? Is claiming notability all it takes to not get speedied, even if the article is completely not-notable? Not attacking you, just trying to learn so next time i know what to do. Regards Shoombooly ( talk) 14:55, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
This is your final warning. Next time you beat me to a rollback request you will be blocked. :) Rudget ( Help?) 17:29, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, does consensus have to be unanimous? On the Obama article, we have a small but very vocal minority (Scjessey and Wikidemo) saying, in essence, that there can be no consensus unless everyone agrees that Scjessey is right. If unanimity is required, how does anything get done around here? 70.9.18.59 ( talk) 18:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, thanks for your quick reply and your link. I've read it and there's obviously a lot of policy I need to learn. But at the Obama article, a two-thirds majority have said that they prefer X, and in my opinion have presented a rationale that is pretty solid. This is the path to ending the edit war. If Scjessey and his little group continue to edit war after that, can't they be banned? 70.9.18.59 ( talk) 18:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I shall put the rollback tool to good use. Cheers! TN‑ X- Man 20:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. -- The 14 Year old MayheM!! 21:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Np.-- The 14 Year old MayheM!! 04:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Please don't falsely accuse people of vandalism. Hesperian 23:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you've declined my speedy deletion request of Andrews Middle School, stating that the article is underconstruction. However, there hadn't been much activity in that article for more than a week, except for my request, your decline, and a couple of wikifying actions which didn't really add content to the page. Do you really see any future for it? Thank you, Victor Lopes ( talk) 00:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I greatly appreciate the rollback privilege you've just granted me. I used to be an admin here under a previous username, but I really don't want to go back down that road. On the other hand, I am more than content to be able to revert page-move and other forms of mass vandalism, aka MascotGuy and ClaimJumperPete. Many, many thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 01:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
It was only there for about 10 minutes and you already gave it to me. Thank you very much! Arienh4 (Talk) 12:18, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Your comment on the protection page was deleted so quickly I had to check the history to find it.
Per your suggestion I'll post the article on my user page for consideration. I hope you will help me get the submission considered.
While I understand why wikipedia does not want every single candidate for every single democratic function being listed as an article, the Democratic and Republican nominees for federal office are notable just by being selected by the millions of voters in their respective districts.
Thank you for your help. Jerimee ( talk) 15:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds,
Just a heads up - Laughing Man brought back the picture you deleted from him. It's a slightly different format - but it the same image none the less. I left him a polite message at his talk page and tagged the image as G12 as before. That I'm aware of this is the third time he's posted the same image to his [ [8]]. Just a heads up for you. F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 17:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I thought it would be easiest to get you here. I've moved Simland to another server. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 18:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Just confirming that it is you that requested the account on the ACC tool. Q T C 19:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments on my RFA. I will go ahead and try and do my best in the next coming months. I will work on many of the concerns raised. :) Thanks again. <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 21:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter. It's Aaron Perlut again. I think I'm getting closer on the American Mustache Institute. Appreciate your thoughts and/or edits. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.91.227.38 ( talk) 21:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Peter Symonds, This article was never intended to be read as an advertisment, It is purely an explaination of what Ecomapping is and where it started.Do you have any suggestions on how to rewrite the article in order not to breech the wikipedia advertising rules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aurore1985 ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok Peter Symonds;
Please explain why in your opinion is there a copyright violation or intellectual property infringement by having a Deathriders page based on precise encyclopedic content. It was an innappropriate action on your part to delete this page that was based on your opinion. Are you an Intellectual Property Attorney? Deathriders is a band formed in 2003 by the Original Lead Singer of Anthrax, Neil Turbin. They are also worthy of mention since they are a co-headliner on the Tri-Label Stage/North at this years Rocklahoma 2008 which is set to last 5 days with over 100 International acts (from your country included). Much bigger than Woodstock ever was. Why are you bent on deleting Deathriders when there are numerous cited sources and books with information about them. Is it perhaps to serve some sort of editing agenda and to make it near impossible for important encyclopedic information to everbe shared on wikipedia. I'm not here just citing youtube sources. What the problem is? Do you consider yourself a heavy metal expert?
Thrashiq —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thrashiq ( talk • contribs) 08:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hehe, that was rather a confusing section I was commenting on. -- RyRy5 ( talk) 09:02, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hiya, regarding protection at the Muhammad al-Durrah article, I am currently helping out as an uninvolved admin at the talkpage. If I think that things are more stabilized, would it be alright with you if I lifted protection? If you think it should stay on for a few more days, I will respect that, but it could potentially be helpful to the discussion if I could take on the authority of placing or lifting protection for a bit. Thanks, and let me know, El on ka 16:13, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I think that Elonka's plan might work, and I feel it's worth trying out. If you disagree, I wouldn't consider it wheel-warring if you re-protect it, but in my opinion most editors are reasonable, and it removes the restriction for uninvolved editors. I won't personally re-protect it, as I'd like to see if this works, but I won't object to re-protection. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
(2)I didn't realise you were involved so don't reprotect it. :) If you strongly disagree I would take it to RFPP, but I'd ask you again to try out Elonka's plan. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:40, 10 June 2008 (UTC) -- PeterSymonds (talk) 16:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds,
First - yep, it's okay for you to leave messages on my talk page :)
Second - I don't want you to think I'm being difficult, however, I re-submitted the laughing man image as a speedy.
It's the same image as the one you deleted the last time, linked to the same page - the image is on that page
at eye level. The logo (image of the smiling face ) is a match for the logo on the website I mentioned.
The logo he's using is the "Laughing Man" logo from Ghost in the shell, hence the link to manufacturers of that Anime. I'm not sure what you didnt see - but both logos were the same, linked to the same page, and yes, both are copyright violations. Let me know what's needed, because this is third time that image has been brought back.
Thanks.
F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 16:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I've heard about a type of review that has the wikiproject a certain article is part of be review by the wikiproject community. I believe it's called an A class review. I can't see to find out how to get one for the McGill University one, though I've checked this. Can you direct me to getting that assessment to A class? Always thankful, -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 19:47, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks much for your assistance with semi-protecting the National Association of Broadcasters article! I may have to relist it again after it expires, but I'll jump off that bridge when I come to it. -- Dachannien Talk Contrib 20:09, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Same, but for the Power Macintosh 5500 article. Headbomb ( ταλκ · κοντριβς) 21:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Do you get any errors (maybe install firebug for more useful error reporting)
does it still not work in other browsers?
Sorry for not getting back to you before now -- Random832 ( contribs) 20:59, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for protecting my userpages. Vishnava talk 22:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your help. Can I ask you what do I need to do for being able to use WP:Huggle now? -- Checco ( talk) 10:15, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm just wondering why did you protected the Jerusalem page? It makes me and the Crusader Task Force to improve this article. Sincerely with no hard feelings Hellboy2hell ( talk) 11:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, Thanks for protecting the article Getting_Things_Done. Unfortunately you protected it right after the IP undid JeremyMcCracken's revision, so the IP's vandal act is now permanent. Could you please see the discussions on User_talk:121.72.145.82 and Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests/Archive_23#Vandalism_or_edit_war.3F and then decide for yourself if you'd like to revert to the version before the IP's removal of the citation. Thank you! Lausianne ( talk) 12:36, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
PeterSymonds,
I've filed an IFD on the laughing man image discussion This isn't personal at all. I'm familiar with the anime this image comes from and know this to be a copyright issue, additionally, he's placed this image in his webpage before as I stated earlier. I am giving you blanket authorization to alter any comment I made regarding your involvement in the IFD discussion if you believe it's inaccurate or in any way mis-leading . Thanks F.U.R hurts Wikipedia 13:39, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Discussion dormant for two days? Obviously, you're not aware of where the real action is at. Hardly dormant. Not saying you should re-protect the article though... I'd be interested to see what happens. -- tariqabjotu 14:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
If waiting for 1 hour and 20 minutes has become something one should consider "long", the world has become even worse than i thought. Nevertheless, thanks a lot for the upgrade! :-) ~ | twsx | talk cont | ~ 14:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I keep forgetting to delete the talk pages too ;-) Tan | 39 15:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, the discussion you archived has been openened again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi I think this has gone on long enough without getting anywhere, do you have any comments or anything you can do so that more time can be spent on improving the article instead of arguing about the name? CallipygianSchoolGirl ( talk) 17:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Could you please protect the pages Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, as well, since they are subject to heavy vandalism? ● 8 ~ Hype @ 19:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
By the way, I would also like to thank you for adding the rollback function to my account. ● 8 ~ Hype @ 07:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter! Thanks for your helps in the past few days ( the first one). Could you leave a warning to this user ( Rahar1981 and Raja81) for his/her unconstructive edits to Wikipedia [9] [10] and he/she did it repetitively. I am really dislike people who use Wikipedia as a fansite or a advertising. Thank you so much and best wishes to you. Angelo De La Paz ( talk) 21:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
THANK YOU for promptly restoring protection to cowboy! And for doing it with flair and humor! Much appreciated! Montanabw (talk) 23:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter
How are you? I hope all is well? I am just writing to you to dispute the deletion of Samata Angel's post today.
Please allow me to explain from my persepective having read the rules on the deletion page.
Firstly - it is historically accurate - in 2007 Samata Angel became the first ever black British female to show during the New Yok Nolcha Fashion Week - an achievement which earned her a letter of congraultations and recommendation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown. As a result Mr Brown nominated her for the position of ambassador for the national Make your Mark campaign (where she joins the ranks of Sir Alan Suger, June Sarpong and Ruth Badger to name a few). This achievement garnered the designer national and international press.
In addition, her achievements to date out and her business associations far outnumber those for the likes of DaVinche or Rachel Roy for example, both of whom she knows and who have pages on Wikipedia (with arguably less noteworthy content). In addition Samata has designed for Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry and Jamelia for red carpet events. I had not even had the chance to update this information before you deleted the post.
I am keen to know which element of her story is not significant or noteworthy (in your opinion) and what steps I will need to take to take this further. I appreciate the platform that Wikipedia offers and that is why I am keen to understand your process and how to ensure Samata gets the catalogue she deserves.
Kindest regards and I look forward to hearing from you!
Fashion Enterprise
Fashionenterprise ( talk) 12:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
P.S I must add there are no feeling about this I am just trying to see if this was an error or how I can ensure this does not happen again. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashionenterprise ( talk • contribs) 12:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your message Peter! I completely understand - I have deleted the line completely - is that ok?
Thanks again for explaining the logic and I do completely understand and respect it!
THANKS! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fashionenterprise ( talk • contribs) 12:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
That was speedy - thanks a lot! Addionne ( talk) 14:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter, why did you delete the HMC International side? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lhtlueders ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter - I request you to semi-protect these sub-pages I've created as part of my userpace: User:Vishnava/DYKs, User:Vishnava/Awards, User talk:Vishnava/Archive 1. Like the main, talk, spacebar and huggle pages, they will be susceptible to vandalism. Thanks, Vishnava talk 19:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Peter - I noticed you declined the speedy deletion on the above image, but the Flickr source shows a noncommercial license. I think this has happened before...do I have to go get a trout? :) Kelly hi! 21:05, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering, why didn't you put it on commons? notwist ( talk) 22:39, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight ( talk) 03:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes. The old ones were free as part of editthis.info. However I now pay for simlandwiki.com. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 07:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, I just wrote a history of wastewater treatment processes on the reclaimed water page. My reference, <P.F Cooper,2001, Decentralised Sanitation and Reuse,chapt 2, IWA Publishing, London, UK> was put into the editing, but did not appear in the article. Did I do something wrong? Thanks for your help. Notindustry ( talk) 14:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, Could you please move List of castles in the United Kingdom to Castles in the United Kingdom for me? Thanks so much! Regards, -- Cameron ( T| C) 16:10, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
The Maurice Vincent Wilkes → Maurice Wilkes move appears to have been held up by your objection, which I think was without basis. It would be helpful to the process if you would comment on my reply over on Requested moves and either bring some new basis to your objection or retract it. Thanks. Robert K S ( talk) 17:49, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Now I understand. I'll fix the rest. 'Really appreciate the help. Notindustry ( talk) 18:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
You said in your summary that the articles were legitimately deleted at the end of a 5 day prod period. They were not, I removed the prods because prod deletion was not appicable in these cases because of the prior AfD. Even if there hadn't been a prior AfD, removal of a prod is a perfectly legitimate editorial action. The articles were therefore deleted out of process, this should be made clear in your summary otherwise it is entirely misleading. RMHED ( talk) 20:38, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter,
I saw recently that you took down the Al Waxman Image (On june 7), and was wondering what I need to do to get and keep this image uploaded.
Al Waxman is my great uncle, and the picture I have been uploading of him is one given to me by my great aunt (and his wife) Sarah Waxman.
It is very important to my family that this image is uploaded in his memory and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Below I have also a letter from my cousin, Adam Waxman who is Al's son.
Dear Peter Symonds, I am emailing you in regard to the "Al Waxman" article. My name is Adam Waxman. I am Al Waxman's son. Together with my mother, Sara Waxman, I own the image of my father that has been removed from his article. I am not very computer savvy, so I have asked my cousin Jonah to re-post it--as he had originally done last year. I'm not sure why it keeps being taken down, but it is very frustrating for me. Posting that photo, is obviously a constructive contribution, and not one that needs to be edited in any way, let alone deleted. Could you please let me know why it has been disallowed, and how I can re-post my father's image on his article? Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Adam Waxman
(User name: Acw1972)
If you could get back to either of us on this matter it would be very helpful.
Thank you,
Jonah
(<personal information removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jglass123 ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Also if you could please reply to this at my email (<personal email removed>) as I check that more often it would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jglass123 ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed that you've removed the speedy deletion tag for Choliyal. Look at the deletion log for Sholiyar. You will observe that the content here is identical to the content of the Sholiyar article that was deleted by an AfD. Anyway, this article here qualifies on atleast five counts of speedy deletion. - Ravichandar My coffee shop 20:25, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I was just about to put a speedy deletion tag on the Ardia Article when it said you just deleted it. Thanks??? What a coincedence. ((Unknown) (Us er) —Preceding comment was added at 20:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
ScienceApologist has made several changes to UFO with-out asking and now he is in the process of fully revising the article with-out asking first if it should be revised. I tried resolving this with him but he does not even seem to care and has charged head long into this revision process which will probably change the article into a Skeptics article. Magnum Serpentine ( talk) 20:52, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter,
actually you did not respond. So here's the question again: You deleted the HMC International page. We went through your guidlines and could not find a reason at all. Should we create the page again or what do you want us to do. Author Lars H.T. Lueders [11] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.16.87.193 ( talk) 07:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way you can semi-protect my user page? If so I would prefer it to be semi-protected. Thanks ♪♫Al ucard 16♫♪ 08:45, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Why have you blocked this person? Davidpdx was instrumental in ensuring the success of the Arbcom case against the serial sockpuppet/meatpuppet abuser Johnski, per this ruling: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Johnski/Proposed_decision It is clear from the nature of the content he is attempting to insinuate into the Solkope article that Mattbray is merely the latest in the long line of Johnski meatpuppets/sockpuppets. As a consequence his edits may be reverted without reference to the 3RR. -- Gene_poole ( talk) 12:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Good Morning Peter. How do I proceed to insert a picture into the text? 96.228.211.209 ( talk) 12:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC) 96.228.211.209 ( talk) 12:50, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Signed my name with the four tildes, but it didn't appear. I am notindustry, editing reclaimed water page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.228.211.209 ( talk) 12:59, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
It's issues like these that make Wikipedia such an unreliable source of information.
If you had EVEN BOTHERED to do a little bit of research, you would have come across VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE that Michael Reagan at least THRICE called for the unsollicited murder of Mark Dice.
Here's a segment of the radio programme.
You need to be ashamed of yourselves for allowing neocon fascists like Michael Reagan to get away with these despicable acts. This goes well beyond hate speech - this is a call for MURDER. Why is that so hard for you to understand?
If anyone gets killed, I'm sure Wikipedia will pride itself on their nice 'coverup' of the event.
With good 'administrators' like these, who needs 'bad' ones?
And the reason no MSM source has 'verified' it is because they are 'cowards'. Multiple people have sent them the Youtube clip - none of them have picked it up.
Michael Reagan's lawyers are now telling Mark Dice he should pull the clip from his website. How convenient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.30.88.83 ( talk) 22:09, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello.. I've noticed that you've deleted my pictures that I have uploaded for the gallery of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40BunarFest article. What seems to be the problem?
arpagjiki ( talk) 22:12, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok I see. Thank you for clarifications. I will reedit the image informations according to the official policy of Wikipedia.
Regards.
arpagjiki ( talk) 22:21, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Oh, so it's in his 'own words', but because it's on Youtube (an UNRELIABLE source according to the 'unreliable' Wikipedia), it cannot be included and therefore you have to delete the segment that can be BACKED UP BY FACT, BECAUSE THAT YOUTUBE CLIP IS A VERBATIM COPY OF WHAT WAS SAID ON HIS RADIOSHOW.
Unbelievable. You live in denial.
What a reliable source of information, when their own administrators don't even bother to do basic fact-checking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.30.88.83 ( talk) 22:23, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello again, Peter. I am having a lot of fun on this project. My brilliant M.D./ microbiologist friend is helping me with that aspect, and an environmentally concerned wastewater engineer has been contributing to the "history" category. The next category will offer some possible ways to ameliorate the health/environmental problems of waste treatment. I'm looking forward to that one.
In my effort to "pretty up" the page, I fell in love with an image I Googled of the inside of the Cloaca Maxima, the fantastic sewer system built by the ancient Romans. I looked up Cloaca Maxima on Wikipedia, and there was the very image I had googled. Is it ok if I use that image for the reclaimed water page, as well. It is a very impressive picture and I thought it would go nicely with the photo of the "do not drink" sign that's already on the page, with caption showing the connection between ancient treatments and what we are now doing with waste. If the photo is already being used on another page, does that mean I can use it without worrying about copywrite infringement? Notindustry ( talk) 23:05, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I can't figure out your choice to semiprotect this. Only one involved editor is not autoconfirmed ( User:William Saturn, who's probably a sockpuppet of User:Southern Texas, and you've protected it to his preferred version. Every other editor involved is autoconfirmed. Full protection would've made much more sense.
The whole affair is a litttle disappointing; you'd think Didd's campaign workers would've moved on by now, but I guess it'll have to wait until december. Wily D 23:56, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
No probs. :) I've fully protected the article for now. This is done very rarely and for short periods of time, so I'll unprotect it after 24 hours. If that fails then perhaps some sort of temporary general sanction should be discussed on the talk page for users who continue to add this sort of material. In my opinion these election-type WP:BLP infringements go away quite quickly, so if after two weeks things aren't getting better then general sanctions should be discussed. PeterSymonds (talk) 08:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Why did you re-vandalize the article after protecting it? The point of the protection was to make the vandalism stop. And on what grounds are you accusing me of WP:BLP violations? -- Kendrick7 talk 16:04, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter, if nothing else, could you maybe give Kendrick some gentle reminders about WP:CIVL and WP:NPA as an uninvolved admin familiar with the situation? Wily D 16:51, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
It seems that the one-day protection didn't work, because after it's over the article is reverted again. -- Nat Miller ( talk) 14:02, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
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For your valuable admin work. Your better than a barnstar. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 07:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks a lot for the help! I'm going to go to "Rollback school" now haha. Is there anything special I need to know about rollback other than whats already on WP:RBK?
Thanks again! Katanada ( talk) 16:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Peter,
Thanks but you seem to have unprotected Template:Convert/km2 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) instead (an easy mistake: {{Convert/sqkm}} redirects there), also, I'll actually be wanting to move the page to preserve its edit history, it'll be up for deletion (the sqkm one not the highly transcluded km2 one). JIMp talk· cont 18:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again. JIMp talk· cont 18:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, Peter.I uploaded two images and cannot delete the extra one. The one I want to keep is Cloaca Maxima jpg. I have tried to say that it is a free license image, taken from Wikipedia, ( or Wikimedia)but it's not happening. I want to write a caption under it and put it on the right side, under the picture that is there. I am computer illiterate. Is this as confusing for others as it is for me? Also, don't know where to log in Notindustry ( talk) 19:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I've got the feeling from the process thus far that more experience will be a boon, which I can only agree with. Also thank you for elaborating upon your concerns, I feel which ever way it goes I'm going to get a lot of valuable constructive criticism. A lot of the opposition comments I've found to be very informative, giving me food for thought and areas to begin building upon immediately.
Your offer of assistance is very generous, and will no doubt be called upon! Cheers, Mark t young ( talk) 21:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
OK Peter. Now I'm going out out for a walk as therapy for Wikifrustration fever. You've been great Notindustry ( talk) 00:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter - I think you may have misinterpreted what went on there today - it was not an edit war, it was a new editor adding material that had previously been discussed and consensus reached to not include. I reverted it and asked the new editor to discuss on talk; the new editor put it in again and another regular editor removed it again. The new editor finally got the message and came to Talk to discuss it. I don't think full protection was warranted here - this was not an edit war. There is an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/User:Andyvphil about how to handle the sometimes problematic editing of this high-profile article that you might be interested in - meanwhile, please reconsider the protection. Thanks Tvoz/ talk 06:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, a short while ago you semi-protected the article Getting_Things_Done. Apparently it didn't do much to prevent the IP from vandalising the page, he became even more aggressive. Now he deleted the whole paragraph that contains his disliked reference using the name 121dot72dot149dot211. Is there anything else that can be done to keep this guy out? Thank you, cheers, Lausianne ( talk) 06:23, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the rollback rights!-- Fireaxe888 ( talk) 12:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
For speedy, i'll ask you here. Would you undelete Portal talk:The Sims as Portal:The Sims is now undeleted. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:47, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm trying to keep the Youmacon anime convention wiki page in the state it was in with proper information given directly from Youmacon staff and it keeps being editted by TheFarix. I need to know if there's a way that the event staff can be the ones to update said page as opposed to have said user edit it without verifying information from said staff. Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Schmoo ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey ya Peter, you've recently closed off an AfD for the singer Almamy, however the creator of the original page has just gone and recreated it under a different name; Almamy_(musician), and with the same lack of WP:RS as the first ones. Just because I'm unsure, but what is the are the steps we can take from here to nominate this one too? Cheers Esradekan Gibb "Talk" 06:33, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I see you recently granted this editor rollback. I left them a message here that it was not to be used in content disputes. Since then there has been the abuse of rollback with edits like this, this (whether Tang is singular or plural depends on the variety of English being used, and it certainly was not vandalism) and this. Not a single one of those edits is obvious vandalism, so I am concerned about this editor's abuse of the tool. BigDunc Talk 11:21, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The {{ further}} is just cut and paste. Take template: Tt0 contents and just lay them in using [ctrl]-[A] to capture the page contents. The graphics of the subpages is probably fooling you. The red stuff is part of tt0/doc subpage and won't go with the edit! (Hope not).
{{{altphrase|
ahead of the boiler plate and }}}
after (BUT before the ':').In short, I'm sure you can handle those. Be brave! <g> // Fra nkB 20:41, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
';bookmark this one... everything you need to know on templates in one fell, if overlong, swoop.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Templates#Parameters
Help:Templates should get there too if you want a cross link. //
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nkB 00:44, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
In regards to the note about not citing sources on the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts page, please note that I have added sources and in line citations and will continue to do so while working on the entry. I'm not sure why the notice is still up. please let me know if I need to add anything else in order to get rid of the notice, or why my sources are not reliable. I work for the Chan Centre and have all first hand sources.
Kristifuoco (
talk) 20:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter,
I am writing to you because you deleted an article I created, Almamy (singer). I understand that it was deleted because it failed to indicate the significance of the subject.
Well, a revised version of my article, titled Almamy (musician), was then offered to Wikipedia. With more indication on the significance of the subject, providing references to reliable published sources but it was also deleted.
The subject, Almamy, is a rising figure in the New York City electronic music scene. He has released few notable recordings and has been written about in the local press and in reputable blogs such as HX Magazine, The Hype Machine... I do think that he, and his work, belong to Wikipedia.
I was hoping that you give me some pointers. Should a new article, with more references and indications of signification should be written or would you "revive" the revised version, Almamy (musician)?
Bech86 ( talk) 22:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter, Thank you for evaluating the Gerald Guterman semi-protect nomination. Yet again, after your decision, a new editor appeared to remove almost all critical information (from the NY Times and an academic economics text). I find it very suspicious that every day a brand new editor comes along who wants to remove anything which points to difficulties Mr. Guterman has suffered. It reeks of self-interest and sock puppetry. I ask again that you look at the edits. Thank you for your time, Smilo Don ( talk) 02:37, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I have contributed to an article, which has since been amended, deleted and edited countless times by other parties. The articles i have put in are true and give an accurate reflection of the specific industry. This seems to bother other players in this industry which is perhaps why they edit it etc.
Because they kept deleting it i kept reverting it back to my earlier post, and i now notice that you have sent me a message asking me to stop changing things. However, as i said, i am merely changing things back because of the deletion and editing all these other people have done.
I do admit that i had a link on there and i was not aware that i could not do so. I am therefore going to try and edit things again, in a much clearer, better manner, and i would ask that you please check this that it is ok, and if yes,then please note that this is the correct format and changes made to it by others are the problem you need to combat - not my posts!
Thanks for taking care of this.-- Rockfang ( talk) 21:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I will use the undo function to revert vandalism, poor edits, etc. And I will always assume good faith, in about two weeks, I shall reapply. Will Thompson ( talk) 23:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
There has been an anonymous user that has been blanking the section on anti-psychiatry in the article on Psychiatry. I and another user reverted the edits before the ananymous user blanked the section again. His/her reason was that there is already a standalone article on anti-psychiatry. To make things worse, the anonymous user mocked my message to him/her and called my edits "page-adding." What is your take on this??? Willking1979 ( talk) 20:13, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
You blocked a few socks at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Diamond Joe Quimby a little over a week ago. It appears that this user is socking again with TexasPolitician ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Would you take a look and decide whether the main account (now called PoliticianTexas) should be blocked for sockpuppetry? Thanks, Metros ( talk) 20:55, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Good meeting you today! Thanks for the advice on pulmonary contusion, hope I see you around soon. Peace, delldot talk 21:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
You don't need to manually archive Not done RFR's. But the last edit needs to be marked as notdone
- i.e. if there is further input the bot will not archive - just add another notdone tag at the very end and it will be sorted!
Pedro :
Chat 21:43, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
As you may or may not know, the RfC for Catherine Deneuve was recently removed by the RFC bot ( talk). Shortly afterwards, user M06ff1 ( talk) made edits that in part dealt with the dispute at hand. I thought that maybe that meant it was OK for me to start editing the page again, which I recently did. Now that I think about it, though, I should have probably consulted with you on that; so, I apologize in advance. I just came by to let you know about that. Also, in regards to the RfC, no one responded to my last RfC comment, which in a way has to do with one of the edits that M06ff1 ( talk) made. I'm not saying that the lack of responses means that my suggestion should be accepted, but if you have strong disagreements on the matter, please let me know. I'm simply implementing the same standards that have been used on featured articles of actors/actresses.
Anyway, thanks again for your input on this matter, and as always, you can respond to my post here on your talk page. In fact, I would probably recommend that, just in case others who are editing the Catherine Deneueve article stop by, given that you've seemingly been the most recent administrator dealing with the article. -- Luke4545 ( talk) 00:14, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you Peter, it was really helpful.
Bech86 ( talk) 09:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
not a problem.
My intention was to use it purely for vandalism patrol, but I have been blocked a couple of times, so being turned down came as no suprise.
thanks for dealing with it so quickly Sennen goroshi ( talk) 12:51, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Just a note that I have unprotected the article and blocked the IP for a month instead. I know it's a bit harsh, but it started his edits right after the protection expired, which showed no intent to stop. I don't think there's a reason to block any potential edit to the article when we can simply show the guy the door :) I have no issue if you think I'm wrong and wish to undo my actions :) -- lucasbfr talk 20:15, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Peter,
It took me quite a while to find you after I read your tip. I'm afraid I'm just not up to what it takes to contribute to Wiki. Sorry... But thanks for trying to give me a hand.
Best, Kathryn —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwildgen ( talk • contribs) 01:55, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot and happy editing to you as well. ~ Bella Swan ? 14:11, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for granting rollback to me! AHRtbA== Talk 16:16, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about anything that occured in NE2's recent request at RfR. I had a concern, and wanted to have it addressed. Thanks for your civility and understanding during the matter. Acalamari 20:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of the vandalism on that article. Much appreciated and respect. :) FaithLehaneTheVampireSlayer 23:58, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your kind words during my recent RfA. I appreciate the vote of confidence and will do my best to live up to it. Karanacs ( talk) 01:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick approval of my rollback request. Klausness ( talk) 12:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for actioning my request- I've learnt quite a few Polish swear words and obscenities of late Tmol42 ( talk) 12:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the update. I haven't checked if everything still works, but I'll let you know if anything is broken/needs further fixin'.
As for the removal of "|CAT|Cat|cat|Category|category", just search the source code (copy+paste in search box) and you should find 3 instances of it (don't remove the equal!).
I also noticed that this:
|Template|template|Temp|temp=[[Category:Template-Class physics articles]] |Category|category|Cat|cat=[[Category:Category-Class physics articles]]
could be improved to this
|Template|template|TEMP|Temp|temp=[[Category:Template-Class physics articles]] |Category|category|CAT|Cat|cat=[[Category:Category-Class physics articles]]
Also this
|#default=[[Category:Unranked-importance physics articles]]
should be replaced by
|#default=[[Category:Unrated-importance physics articles]]
Thanks for the help. Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 15:40, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Since I'm not sure if you watch my talk page, I'm ready. I made a reply in greater detail there (link in sig). Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 16:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Done. I think everything works fine now. I think you had a problem because if you did exactly what I said, you left an "=category" and it could very well have screwed things up. I think it would be a good idea to leave the page unprotected for a little while, as I may get other ideas for the template (your call). If you hear nothing from me by tomorrow morning, re-protect it. Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 16:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
How does one merge articles because just noticed that Franklin borough, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and Franklin, Cambria County, Pennsylvania are exactly same.
Thanks for the rapid response to my request for protection. No need to reply. TrulyBlue ( talk) 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you deleted the talk page of Wikipedia:Advice for parents recently - and I think you slightly jumped the gun! - There's an active deletion discussion at the moment, but I think (and hope) that it's going to be a 'keep'. Could you take another look, and undelete if you think it's the right thing to do... cheers, Privatemusings ( talk) 23:25, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
You declined semi-protection here [13], but since then the persistent anon has continued the nationalist disruption, reverting 3 more times since the protection was declined. Please reconsider. Thanks, The Fat Man Who Never Came Back ( talk) 01:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
The only vandalism going on is those who used unsource information in a desperate attempt to convince the public that this woman is Italian. -- 24.56.137.185 ( talk) 04:13, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Ohai PeterSymonds. I was just wondering if you could review my recent edits, maybe the last 100 or so. Just wondering if there are edits I should and shouldn't do. Thanks, RyRy5 ( talk) 10:15, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for responding to my request to protect Ljubo Miloš so quickly! Just thought I'd say thanks- no reply necessary. --/ Mendaliv/ 2¢/ Δ's/ 21:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Any chance you might userfy it? Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 21:16, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the Rollback grant. I hope I can put it to good use. Bartledan ( talk) 23:33, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Stealing my protection, that's totally unacceptable... :P haha « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) @ 07:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
You have blocked the user Desiphral for broken the 3RR rule although he only made 3 reverts, and one of them was actually an adding of a source. My question for you: have you ever blocked another user before in this situation, or Desiphral got a special treatment? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Desiphral#June_2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by AKoan ( talk • contribs) 08:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter! You've protected Leo McGarry, and I understand why, however the anonymous editor who's inserting the text about Leo McGarry's appearance will not discuss this, either on the article's talk page or on his/her talk page, or on other editors' talk pages. Attempts to discuss the matter with this editor (incidentally, they're on a dynamic IP address but their MO is the same) are met with a tirade of abuse (check out my talk page for an example). This has recently been discussed at WP:ANI. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
Cheers, This flag once was red 09:05, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Peter. Surely, I should have said this earlier, but I'm very sorry that you found me to be making incivil edits. This is the first time anyone (except maybe Rezistenta) has accused me of incivility on Wikipedia, so I must say, I was somewhat shocked to see your message on my talk page.
In fact, I believe I can explain most of the edits that I made and you cited. However, I may not have enough time to explain them right now; perhaps, I might clarify what was going on later. For the time being, I will simply admit that I was somewhat frustrated when I wrote this. When I saw other editors saying it was a personal attack, I decided that I must have made a mistake and needed to make amends. So I striked out the comment and apologized [15] in my next edit.
Anyway, thanks again for your time, sorry for taking it up (!), and apologies again. -- Kuaichik ( talk) 03:37, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
It's cool. We've made up and he's asked me to find something. See User_talk:Everyme#Moving_along... Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 12:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter, I am curious to know how/why you decided the above username is not a violation of policy, as you stated here? It's clearly masked for "Buttmonkey69". Bstone ( talk) 13:16, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
He is important...Maybe not to you but to us his friends and family!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by LIMITLESS NIGERIA ( talk • contribs) 13:32, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter,
Could you tell me if there is an appropriate space on Wikipedia where I can post information about this non-profit foundation? I noticed a related organization, which also has a profit-making arm, the NACM (National Association of Credit Managers (sic) - should be Management, has an entry.
I may have put the article in the wrong place so could you tell me the appropriate place to put it.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Crfonline ( talk) 16:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)Tom Diana Crfonline ( talk) 16:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
why was picturebox inc "blatant advertising" and not Fantagraphic books. and what part was "blatant"? would it not be considered "blatant advertising" had it been written by an outside party? I keep asking wiki members what is the proper protocol to get this wikipedia page up and running but no one has provided any answers, only deletions. I would really appreciate some advice. thank you.
PictureBox ( talk) 16:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello Peter,
I am surprised that you Deleted my ExtremeWiki article. Can you please mail me that article so that I can try to post it later when ExtremeWiki is more established?
I added EW to List of wikis as well and now that is deleted as well. That is more than strange as it is was after all, list of wikis??
-ransu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ransus ( talk • contribs) 16:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Can you please comment (perhaps on the article talk page ( Talk:Rehan_Qayoom), why you think a speedy deletion is inappropriate for this one? It was already deleted once, and it's pure autobiography. thanks, Nomoskedasticity ( talk) 16:45, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for saving an article I was creating from being deleted ( Redstone American Grill). I am new to editing on wikipedia and I am finding it difficult to track down all the resources I need to edit an article. Miller.12b6 ( talk) 17:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Re: "software is ineligible for a7" on DELTA (VMS). That's what I thought too, so I did an AfD on the last software article I thought should be deleted for A7: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Security Auditor's Research Assistant. However, that was speedily closed for containing "no indication of importance", which is A7, saying it was web content. So I guess I was right the first time? I'm a little confused now. swa q 17:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, sorry about that, I accidentally clicked the wrong button...... Dendodge .. Talk Contribs 18:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter, on the template talk:wikify page you said that the current template was "agreed on by consensus elsewhere". Should my proposed template changes have been located on a different page? Not sure what you mean by "elsewhere". Thanks, Thirdbeach ( talk) 19:18, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I accept —— RyanLupin • (talk) 22:08, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
I understand that you have rules and regulations that you have to follow when it comes to blocking users but I fail to understand why I should have to waste my time looking out for these two clowns to strike again when that same time could be spent making constructive edits to Wikipedia. It is as clear as day that they only intend to vandalise this encyclopedia and unless they are below the age of five shouldn't require warnings to know that it is wrong. That said the IP:203.59.132.210 that you removed has a list of warnings longer than the Eiffel Tower so surely that is 'sufficient'? Crickettragic ( talk) 00:53, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello there, I declined the report on AIV as the IP address has only made one edit in a fortnight. I'd call this insufficient activity, one edit in one fortnight, vandalism or not, is not grounds for blocking. If they continue to vandalise, please re-report them. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 00:58, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for replying. When I reported the two I was working under the assumption that they are the same editor using different IPs. Both IPs vandalise in the same way, and even though one of them as you mentioned has only one edit in a fortnight I believe that if you take into account his warnings and the several recent contributions of his 'sockpuppet' then that should be enough. Crickettragic ( talk) 01:07, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering if you would undelete the above to a subpage of my user space, please. I have been helping the original creator with the article and they are looking for references to support notability. Thanks.
תתביש לך ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Razs ( talk • contribs) 12:53, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
How notable must a subject of an article be before it can be included into Wikipedia? This morning I heard on a major radio station's morning show about the phrase "nuke the fridge," and its definition. This show is called the Sandbox, and the Radio station is WFNX in Boston. I know that just because something is mentioned in passing or as a flavor comment doesn't validate its fitness for Wikipedia, but I would like to know, if the mass-media reports on this phrase, whether this could be changed. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read my message, and I hope that the status of "nuke the fridge" will someday not be a foregone conclusion for deletion. K, thnx, bye. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.28.173 ( talk) 14:36, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter. As you normally protect articles labelled as "Requests for Protection", there are two articles that have been laying at the bottom of the top section for a whole day, see here and the request directly below it. Thanks, D.M.N. ( talk) 14:46, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi - I've messaged you on something important. Vishnava talk 15:05, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The only reason why there's no vandalism in the history of my talk page is because I asked Oversight to remove them because it had personal info in it. If you were to look for "deleted contribs" or whatever they should be there.-- CyberGhostface ( talk) 19:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Would you like to explain why you have fully protected this page? I see know reason for this; there have been no edit wars or vandalism, and even if there had semi-protection would be enough. There's some good work going on there. U-Mos ( talk) 20:49, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
I wrote a little article on Troy Jackson here. Would it be possible to move that to Troy Jackson now? Thanks! Zagalejo ^^^ 20:59, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
When deleteing pages [[Template:JonSDSUGrad/Sandbox/PBB Further reading ]] please remember to delete the redirect pages as well Template:JonSDSUGrad/Sandbox/GNF Further reading thank you Dbiel ( Talk) 22:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Peter,
I agree with your protection of the article. I had tried to make edits to the page, but everytime I had edit conflicts. I think it would be best to leave the full-protection for at least 24hours to let things calm down a bit. Apparently there will be a 'Next Time' trailer up on the BBC's youtube page tomorrow afternoon (1pm). I think leaving the potection as is, until that is up would be the best idea (especially in regards to the 11th Doctor speculation that crept in). Cheers, Mark t young ( talk) 22:45, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
When deleting pages Love in Motion (1996 album) please remember to delete the redirect pages as well Love in Motion (Icehouse album)(1996) Thank you Dbiel ( Talk) 22:59, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
I would block the IP as well.... Dusti SPEAK!! 04:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm one step aheas of you, Already blocked. PeterSymonds (talk) 04:42, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Dear Peter,
It appears that you have deleted a page I had written about the Korean punk band Couch, the wider importance of whose actions I described on the Talk page, to which I was asked to contribute. I think I gave a reasonably clear account of my reasons for requesting that my page not be deleted. Wikipedia is prepared to make exceptions for subjects which are important in their own right, even though they may be disallowed under the usual criteria. But unfortunately you didn't reply to me on there, and my page has simply been deleted. I have to say that I don't understand why you didn't engage in discussion with me prior to deletion, particularly as during the intervening period (between notice being given and the deletion occurring), I had then edited the page several times to take account of the Wikipedia criteria for inclusion: that it would be justified if there is a wider significance. Here were the reasons I gave:
Talk: Couch
Please don't delete the page I have created. It is not any attempt to create a fan site. It is important to refer to it because its actions on national television mirrored the Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' controversy in the US, and led to a similar national outcry and soul-searching about the decline of traditional standards across society. The incident with Couch also led to a very thorough review of Korean broadcasting, the effects of which are still very much evident today.
And here was the newly edited page (which I hadn't finished amending) before it disappeared just after 06:00 local time (approx half an hour ago):
Couch (Korean punk rock band)
Couch was formed by two young South Korean musicians, Shin and Oh in Seoul in 2003. They remained relatively unknown to the wider public until they gatecrashed a Korean TV show (Music Camp on MBC), featuring another Korean punk band, Rux in 2005. They dropped their pants on stage, and were promptly arrested for exposing their private parts on national TV.
Their importance was in sparking a national debate about the decline of traditional behaviour among the young, which in many ways mirrored the outcry in the United States about Janet Jackson's accidental exposure of her breast on a live CBS show. In Korea, the incident caused a thorough review of Korean broadcasting output, and calls for punitive action against the broadcaster. The Music Camp show, although already well established, was promptly cancelled by the MBC network as a direct result of the incident.
Please could you look into this? I'm happy to rewrite any parts or to have them added to. But I believe that, as already broadly stated, the information about the band does meet Wikipedia's criteria of exceptions, as its actions were of as great a significance as Janet Jackson's accidental exposure (in what was widely described as a 'wardrobe malfunction') on the CBS network. I believe that both cases are worthy of inclusion on Wikipedia due to their wider ramifications.
I would very much appreciate your reviewing the decision to delete the article.
Thank you very much.
Tai kit ( talk) 05:40, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Tai Kit
Thanks very much. Yes please, I would be very grateful if you would restore it to my userspace, where I could improve it over the next few days. This incident has had a very significant effect on Korean society and for that reason I believe it does merit inclusion, but I do appreciate that its significance needs to be emphasised more clearly and it needs reliable sourcing. Thanks again.
Tai kit ( talk) 06:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Tai kit
As I said you just can't go deleting pages without discussion. It is a notocieable news service as it is the only LGBT news service in Japan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Osakadan ( talk • contribs) 06:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, can you review the request for page protection of Night of Champions (2008)? It is found here. Cheers! -- iMatthew T. C. 19:21, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
I added a comment here. I would just like to make sure it is okay with Lupin and you. -- RyRy ( talk) 21:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Could you consider this user's unblock request in view of the discussion at the bottom of his talk page? Thanks, Sandstein 22:16, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Ohai Peter ^_^. Steve Crossin (contact) 07:49, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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According to what it says on the tin: "The Special Barnstar may be awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for a specific reason..." I think you know why I'm awarding you with this :) —— RyanLupin • (talk) 07:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC) |
I trust you should think that most of the edits I've made so far using Huggle after you granted me rollback have been good, but I'm unsure about one revert I made, and whether it was appropriate - this. I reverted it in the spirit of WP:BLP - unsourced material about a living person. Do you think that it's acceptable to revert this sort of edit using Huggle? Almost everything else I reverted was blatant vandalism or test edits, bearing in mind that I should assume good faith, and that rollback should never be used in content disputes, but this one I need further clarification on. Thanks.-- Les boys ( talk) 08:57, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Just thought I'd let you know I created stole a template from keeper (he stole it from someone else) and put it at
Template:rfr/granted so you can {{subst:rfr/granted}} on people's userpages when you grant them rollback, if yar like. –
xenocidic (
talk) 14:13, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just a quick question, I tried looking for the stats page that shows the amount of edits per each user on a certain article, but I can't seem to find it. Can you help me? And while we're on that, how do you find out how many edits you've made throughout wikipedia alltogether? Thank you, -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 15:38, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you both. :D -- Sunsetsunrise ( talk) 16:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
I cheked and put a worthy reason for my article to be saved but you deleted it. Madirox22 ( talk) 15:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Well you should've read the bottom then. It said exactly why I put it in. Madirox22 ( talk) 15:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
i put a worthy reason on the bottom so how come u didnt read it Madirox22 ( talk) 16:00, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
i actually put sumtin that sed i put this article here because... there wasnt enough info on the other page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madirox22 ( talk • contribs) 16:04, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. We haven't chatted in ages. Anyway, since you protected my Alternative sig, could you protect User:StewieGriffin!/Welcome? Thanks. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 19:06, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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As mentioned in my semi-retirment message, I really think you made my time on Wikipedia great. You have highly motivated me, and with your contributions related to me... well it's great. Thanks. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 20:06, 30 June 2008 (UTC) |
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Hello. When an article is repeatedly subject to vandalism and removal of large sourced paragraphs, it should be protected. This cannot be solved in 'dispute resolution'. He has been removing a large and essential paragraph which is backed by over a dozen very reliable sources. User:Itaqallah has also intentionally lied and said in his edit summary that 6 users think the citations are inadequate, when this is clearly not the case. Three of them, anyway, are not fit to make a judgment, particularly on this article. I ask you to please protect the article because the edit war will most probably go on for a while. Enforcing Neutrality ( talk) 20:55, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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