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Hey Purplebackpack, how ya doin'? Sorry for the late reply. Um, thanks for wanting to nominate me for an Rfa, but I'm not ready. I still have a lot to know. Even if a Rfa is opened, I don't have the time to "keep up", as I'm busy here and not here. So, thanks again for wanting to nominate me, heck thanks for having me in mind. :) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:01, 4 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Even if you ain't a mop, keep up the tenacious editing. By the way, Dem bums was robbed, and here's to them in the WS next year! Purplebackpack89 ( talk)

Hi. I don't understand this edit. Is there a reason you chose California, of all places, and not say, Nebraska. Lincoln is a top importance city in Lincolnshire, and Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska, but what's with Lincoln, California?

I'm not disagreeing with the edit, just puzzled why you chose that state in particular... - GTBacchus^{( talk)} 03:45, 6 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Not a member of those projects. Member of Cali Purplebackpack89 ( talk) 05:02, 6 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Oh, I see. - GTBacchus^{( talk)} 05:42, 6 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Hello, I have been monitoring the discussions on WikiProjects and I'm now offering you some advice: move on. You have been bold, made your point clear and it has been discussed and voted on, many other editors are now opposing you and few are supporting you on either discussion. I agree that some other users went about discussing perhaps in the wrong tone, but for yourself and others, let it be. We are all working hard on Wikipedia and this is now begin to get frankly boring and is starting to take up our time that could be better spent on other things. You don't have to stop editing, just stop this WikiProject stuff and carry on like normal. It's up to you whether you choose to listen to you beut I am just trying to help, please at least think about what I have said. 95jb14 ( talk) 20:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC). reply

Tried to contact you via History Dept but they weren't great at WK nom de plumes. Check my WK User Page if you could help me re some WK matters. Please email to flambert@att.net (and then delete that email address from here!) Thx. FrankLambert ( talk) 21:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Hello, Purplebackpack89. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. 95jb14 ( talk).

Hi Purplebackpack89/Archive 3. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! Tiptoety ^talk 22:32, 11 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi. I've reverted your edit restoring the lead margin column to the main table at Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012. I initially removed it because I just don't see what information it gives the reader that can't be easily gleaned from a look at the figures supplied by the pollster. Still, it's certainly possible that there's a significance to the numbers that I've failed to understand, so feel free to put them back if you feel strongly about it. (I'll also remove the column from the three-way race table now.) Thanks. –  Hysteria18 ^{( Talk • Contributions)} 16:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC) reply

It's considerably easier to tell the margin of victory with the column. You'd have to do lots and lots of math...or just look at column. In newspapers, websites, even other Wikipedia articles like Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008, the margin is included. Besides, is it really hurting anybody that it's there? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 19:56, 29 January 2010 (UTC) reply

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to Sasata ( submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than Hunter Kahn ( submissions) and TonyTheTiger ( submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to Fetchcomms ( submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot ( talk) at 00:19, 1 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Hey there Purplebackpack89, thank you for your contributions! I am a bot alerting you that Non-free files are not allowed in the user or talk-space. I removed some images that I found on User:Purplebackpack89/Advancement in Cub Scouts (Boy Scouts of America). In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use images to your user-space drafts or your talk page. See a log of images removed today here, shutoff the bot here and report errors here. Thank you, -- DASHBot ( talk) 04:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Could you just kill the whole subpage? I've moved it back into mainspace Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 16:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC) reply

You're talking to a robot ;p I've deleted the page for you. – xeno ^talk 16:47, 4 February 2010 (UTC) reply

I've sorta been spamming people's user pages if they attend Occidental College, but you're one of the few main editors of that page still active, so here I am :). Basically, I have a custom image request, because I'd like a free image to illustrate a portion of the Star Trek III: The Search for Spock article, specifically where Occidental College was used in the film's only day of location shooting; from what's on Commons and freely available on the web, I haven't been able to find anything suitable and I believe I need a custom image. You can read the specifics and see what I'm looking for in a post at another user's talk page but the image I was using for reference is located at [1]. Many thanks in advance if you're able to help; if not, thanks for listening! Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^{( talk)} 21:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC) reply

I see what you mean, but you'll be disappointed that we have an academic quad instead of a mountain. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)}

I'm sure there's not that massive stairs to a Vulcan temple, but it'll still be useful to show what was there before they worked their movie magic. I was curious, myself :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^{( talk)} 23:38, 8 February 2010 (UTC) reply

The former Continental Airlines headquarters in Los Angeles are at World Way West Road. See this map: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=pnq6xr53yfbw&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=31975229&encType=1 - Click "W" and you will see the side with the former Continental logo.

Occidental College is close to LAX, isn't it? Would you mind photographing the building? Thanks WhisperToMe ( talk) 21:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC) reply

If by close, you mean across town... Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 23:10, 8 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Oh, I was mistaken about the proximity. I mean, if you still want to try to take the photograph, that would be nice. There was a guy who apparently went to UCLA, but I don't see him on here anymore... EDIT: He seems to be editing again, so I'll see if he's willing to do the request WhisperToMe ( talk) 13:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Even better would be if you could find somebody from Loyola Marymount. In terms of proximity to the airport, Oxy<USC<UCLA<LMU Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 15:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Yeah, I'll see if I can find any LMU area residents at WikiProject California - that would be great :) WhisperToMe ( talk) 19:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: Loyola Marymount University Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 19:33, 9 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Thank you! I sent notices to a person who still seems to be a student at Loyola. WhisperToMe ( talk) 20:19, 9 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Friendly's is a sit down, family style restaurant in the style of IHOP and Big Boy. -- Jeremy ( blah blah • I did it!) 21:41, 10 February 2010 (UTC) reply

It's trivia, that's why. Does it really matter? -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 19:09, 14 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Well, the lead was weak and most other articles I've seen have something like that in the lead. Being trivia is a bad reason to delete something...really, the whole article is trivia Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 19:21, 14 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Well, if we didn't delete trivia from articles, then users such as yourself would continue to add it and before long the article would be a huge unsourced mess. That's why I try to stop this stuff before it gets too bad. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 19:42, 14 February 2010 (UTC) reply

You're making a mountain out of a molehill. A little here and there is OK. "Canada has won medals..." is fine, but "Canadian athlete Jacques McDonald came in fourth in his heat because he wore a different pair of shoes before the race" isn't Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 19:44, 14 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

1. Proposal to Close This RfC
2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 03:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC) reply

But I don't have to vote if I don't want to. Honestly, right now, it's like, whoa? You see what I'm saying? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 04:43, 24 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Round one is over, and round two has begun! Congratulations to the 64 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our first round. A special well done goes to Sasata ( submissions), our round one winner (1010 points), and to Hunter Kahn ( submissions) and TonyTheTiger ( submissions), who were second and third respectively (640 points/605 points). Sasata was awarded the most points for both good articles (300 points) and featured articles (600 points), and TonyTheTiger was awarded the most for featured topics (225 points), while Hunter Kahn claimed the most for good topics (70). Staxringold ( submissions) claimed the most featured lists (240 points) and featured pictures (35 points), Geschichte ( submissions) claimed the most for Did you know? entries (490 points), Jujutacular ( submissions) claimed the most for featured sounds (70 points) and Candlewicke ( submissions) claimed the most for In the news entries (40 points). No one claimed a featured portal or valued picture.

Credits awarded after the end of round one but before round two may be claimed in round two, but remember the rule that content must have been worked on in some significant way during 2010 by you for you to claim points. The groups for round two will be placed up shortly, and the submissions' pages will be blanked. This round will continue until 28 April, when the top two users from each group, as well as 16 wildcards, will progress to round three. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup; thank you to all doing this last round, and particularly to those helping at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot ( talk) at 00:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi! I noticed http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Irvine,_California&diff=next&oldid=316690118

I know this was a few months back, but anyway, I added back the LA tag. Everything in Orange County is a part of the LA project. I set the scope once the project went inactive. WhisperToMe ( talk) 01:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Whatevs Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 04:48, 5 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Let's spice up his page. ~ Butros ( Talk) 08:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi. Please put in your two cents for my new format proposal on Talk:Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2012. Thanks.-- Jerzeykydd ( talk) 15:00, 27 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the help! Keep up the good work. Look to a few other council pages for a template if you want to do more. The council district websites also have good demographic data you can source.-- Jkfp2004 ( talk) 21:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC) reply

I created a separate article for the Southern California Regional Rail Authority. Some people think I should merge it back into the Metrolink (Southern California) article. Your thoughts? Butros (talk) 10:58, 30 March 2010 (UTC) reply

We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Hunter Kahn ( submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. TonyTheTiger ( submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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I removed the information per Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. To quote, "Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion." Add inline citations from reliable sources to document birthday and any other information added.-- TM 03:06, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

My point was that you're removing information that's not questionable, like his birth date of March 31, 1955. You are on the verge of an edit war...you have deleted his birthdate thrice in a few hours Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 03:20, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Actually, I consider it contentious. And since there were no sources to back it up, I was well within WP:BLP to remove any contentious and unsourced information. I've removed the unsourced information and have added three inline references to substantiate the claims still made in the article. If you have more references, feel free to add information. Otherwise, don't add information without sources, especially to biographies of living people. It will be removed.-- TM 13:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I never added anything contentious. You considering his date contentious is just petty, as is considering most of the other stuff in that article contentious. You don't need inline sources for bithdates. Obama does not have an inline source for his birthdate--and he's a FA with more debate about his birth than Cowlishaw Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 14:24, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I challenge that his birthdate is March 31. Provide a source or do not include it. Stop adding the edit warring template to my talk page. I am simply protecting a BLP from uncited information. I will bring this to the BLP notice board if it continues.-- TM 14:27, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

You honestly shouldn't challenge birth dates, and you deleted lots of other information that is uncontroversial. The guy admitted it was his 55th birthday on air. And if you undo my edit, I will paste another 3RR warning and notify administrators of your disruption Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 14:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I deleted uncited information on a well known BLP. Did you see what happened when Scott Van Pelt talked about his wikipedia page on his show? Cowlishaw's article was visited around 2,000 times yesterday, compared to 1,300 views from March 1-30. These pages are regularly vandalized and commented on by people like Cowlishaw. It is better to have a smaller article with less information which is all certifiably correct with reliable sources than one which perhaps has more information (if even correct) but is uncited or poorly cited. That is the essence of WP:BLP. Feel free to report me because every long time editor will recognize that I am acting correctly.-- TM 14:43, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I have taken this incident to Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Tim_Cowlishaw.-- TM 15:25, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

The article Los Angeles mayoral election, 2013 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article is total crystal ballism, as there is no information possible at this point which is encyclopedic.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{ dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{ dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. TM 15:06, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Honestly, you just nominated that just to get back at me for Timmy C. If I'm reading the rules of a PROD right, if I don't think an article should be deleted, I just remove the prod and say why. So I just removed the PROD. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 15:16, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

An article that you have been involved in editing, Los Angeles mayoral election, 2013, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Los Angeles mayoral election, 2013. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. TM 15:19, 1 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi, Purplebackpack89. I saw that you closed this AFD after the nominator expressed a desire to withdraw the nomination. I understand why you did it, but it is not really appropriate for you to close an AFD for an article that you created. Also, when other editors have expressed "delete" opinions in the discussion, the nominator's withdrawal may not be sufficient justification to close it. So I've re-opened the discussion, and would recommend that you wait for an uninvolved administrator to close it. Thanks. -- RL0919 ( talk) 16:59, 2 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Thanks for the source, but you really don't think a statement that "someone's support is more likely a liability than an asset" could possibly be contentious? A living politician, in fact. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 00:48, 4 April 2010 (UTC) reply

First off, it's a past event, no "is" where you have one. That comment is referencing the 2009 election, specifically Jack Weiss' loss to Carmen Trutanich for City Attorney; pundits believe that Villaraigosa's support ended up not helping Weiss. It's much as someone would talk about George W. Bush's support of John McCain not helping. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 21:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Even then, that is possibly contentious. For me to say that someone's support was a liability in the past isn't exactly a positive attribute. -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 07:19, 6 April 2010 (UTC) reply

So? We don't have to always say positive things about people, even BLPs. Remember WP:NPOV. 15:10, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Purplebackpack89. Thanks for taking up my suggestion on the naming of Los Angeles articles with such relish! I'm a bit stunned! Skinsmoke ( talk) 16:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I've requested that the article on Reseda, (which you moved to Reseda, Los Angeles) be moved to Reseda, California, which more closely conforms to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)#United States. The city, county construction sounds awkward, and Reseda just isn't notable enough to qualify for single name designation. Vgranucci ( talk) 15:30, 26 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Uh, Reseda isn't a city. It's a neighborhood of Los Angeles. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 20:00, 26 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I realize it's not a city, but a part of the city of Los Angeles. It is however still in California. The city (or neighborhood if you prefer), county construction is what I am objecting to. The city (or neighborhood), state is how it is usually referred to, and is therefore preferable, with city/neighborhood, county, state as an acceptable 2nd choice. Vgranucci ( talk) 05:32, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Neighborhoods never go neighborhood, state. They go neighborhood, city, state or just neighborhood, city (i.e. Beacon Hill, Boston). In this case, Los Angeles is the city, not the county. There isn't a county anywhere in this proposal. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 05:39, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Los Angeles is both the city and the county. My apologies for not understanding which was being referred to. Vgranucci ( talk) 06:34, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Accepted. Now you see what I'm gunning for? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 06:38, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

No discussion was necessary because there was never a discussion to split it off from the main article in the first place. It was little more than a poorly written re-hash of the lead paragraph of Ford F-Series. I didn't just "merge an article about the best-selling truck." As it is, the majority of the main article is about the F-150 and there has never been a reason to have it split off. I don't know why that stub got created and I don't know how it was missed earlier.

I hope this clears it up, I'll re-do the redirect if you don't have any other concerns. -- Sable232 ( talk) 20:11, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I can understand what you did on that particular case, but I kinda feel that the F-150 eventually deserves its own article...done right, of course Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Trails blazed)} 00:14, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi, thanks for good efforts. Need your help please to restore Chatsworth, Los Angeles to Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California.

1. Many articles (around 250+ it seems) go to blank page now, including wiki-search for Chatsworth.
2. Please consider 3 name template use to avoid other Spanish placenames/words confusion. L.A. districts with a Spanish name more 'vulnerable' eg: Encino, Playa del Rey.
3. Most (nearly all?) other districts-towns within L.A. city limits use 3 word template it seems.
4. Non-local & non-U.S. readers may be served better with '3 names' ? (I have been in other countries' searches).

Again, thanks for creating and improving so many wiki-articles.--- Look2See1 ( talk) 20:33, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Point-by-point response:

1. The reason Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California was blank is not because of anything I did, but because you deleted the redirect while unsucessfully trying to undo my move (I undid your revision, and now you can get to Chatsworth, Los Angeles just finwe.)

2. What? That doesn't make any sense. But there doesn't seem to be any trouble navigating to the places you mentioned

3. and 4.: Actually, through user moves and move requests, more than half of the neighborhoods in Category:Neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California do not contain Los Angeles. There is no set, but I feel that since the name of the city article is Los Angeles, not Los Angeles, California, the names of the neighborhoods should be Blankedyblank, Los Angeles, not Blankedyblank, Los Angeles, California. And why add twelve unnecessary characters? That violates WP:COMMONNAME.

Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Trails blazed)} 22:13, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your note. Angelino Heights is not a large area and we can't expect there to be many eyes watching it. The naming should be consistent across all districts, so let's have a discussion at talk:Los Angeles to avoid conflicts and to get consensus.   Will Beback  talk  23:18, 27 April 2010 (UTC) reply

P., That's a good start, though we may want to fill in more of the details and place notices on the talk pages of the 100 (?!) affected articles. While "Wiki" means fact in Hawai'ian, from my experience it's best to go slow with big changes. Otherwise, as in this case, it's possible to get half way through and suddenly hit resistance. In this case, I see that Angeleno Heights and even Reseda have fewer than 30 watchers, while Los Angeles has over 600. Once everyone is on board then it'll be smooth sailing.   Will Beback  talk  03:30, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

There's a bot-generated message on most of the talk pages directing it to the RM discussions I started; but I can add a "talk about it here too" message to some of them in the next day or two. Also, what's your ruling on the legality of the move with regard to naming conventions? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 03:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

"what's your ruling on the legality of the move with regard to naming conventions?" - What do you mean? Are you talking about the process or about whether it meets the current naming convention? Sorry I can't give you more time on this, but I'm working on about ten other project right now. ;)   Will Beback  talk  04:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Just whether or not the proposals violate any. I'm pretty sure they don't, but somebody thought they did, so I wanted to check to make sure ;-D Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 07:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Any what? Naming conventions? The issue of naming articles on districts in US cities has never been settled, so far as I know. But it was fairly consistent across most US cities, so we should get wider input before making changes that could ultimately effect thousands of articles (if the practice extends to other city districts). As for the process over the past month, I think we can do better. Let's not rush or be uncivil to each other. Folks getting really riled up around here about creating standardizations, and then they fight over which standard should be used. The more trivial it is the more commitment they have to their position. There was a big fight over " Yoghurt" versus " Yogurt". Let's keep avoid that and keep our cool. Wikipedia is a long term project. We'll get it right eventually.   Will Beback  talk  07:17, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Realized posted this response on my talk page yesterday, but not to yours. Please be patient with a beginner. Putting your 'talk-name' on article discussion pages seems the norm, yet you complained about it later. Please share the correct way to 'use + not use' a 'talk-name'. Thank you.-- Look2See1 ( talk) 19:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

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===Reseda request===

(Purplebackpack89)-I closed it again for the same reasons I closed it the first time...you don't have multiple move requests (or multiple of any requests) going on at the same time. Voting "I don't want to move PAGE-A to PAGE-B, but to PAGE-C is a perfectly acceptable vote" in the first move request, if that's how you feel Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Trails blazed)} 00:01, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

(Look2See1)-I'm sorry, but have no idea what process you are talking about. Yet again - I'm a newbie - and learning a lot quickly, however your suggestion makes no sense that I can followup on. I'm sure it's a good approach, but unapproachable for my skill levels. All I know is you are repeatedly erasing messages on talk pages - that is wrong even to a beginner. Please stop 'power-tripping' the situation, it feels abusive now, and try calm resolution effort instead.--- Look2See1 ( talk) 00:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

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--- Look2See1 ( talk) 19:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

You started a move request on a page that already had one, which you shouldn't do. I speedily closed the second request for that reason and urged you to move your request to the first. You can, and should, still comment on the first move request, and you can advocate the same positions you did in the second move request. Understand? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 19:57, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi Purplebackpack89,

Not knowing how to get Administration page response to you, but taking it seriously, I paste it here. You have missed my intent and goodwill. Neither of us are vandals.

I have no idea how this conundrum is resolved, I'm only interested in peacefully. I'm a newbie so please do not run over me with your wiki-expertise. Please try not to go 85mph in my low-tech 35mph zone, neither of us will benefit. As I've said to you elsewhere your major wiki-accomplishments and work are respected and appreciated.

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Purplebackpack89 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Purplebackpack89. Thank you. Content issues Civility problems

I am a newbie. I do not know what this process is yet. I take it seriously. My goodwill intent was for clarity of article linking and retrieval use.

Re: Purplebackpack89's calls out a user (myself) in an (article's) talk page, even after I warned him not to over both talk and e-mail. - I'm sorry but do not understand problem and never received understanding that a user's wiki-i.d. is not ok to refer to as is on all history pages of all articles I tried to discuss with him. His message was not comprehendible. I hope this isn't repeating that mistake again - I'm terribly confused - so respectfully suggested; if one reads my note to User:Purplebackpack89 talk page a half-hour or so before this it may help show the shared problem. Purplebackpack89's 'Also accidentally deleted some redirects (then blamed me for it) and exhibited bad form in movereqs, not that that matters.' I have already explained to him it was my mistake I couldn't fix, and did not 'blame him' - I was over my wiki-tools head. However unskillfully and incorrectly I attempted to do it by, the essence of my message to Purplebackpack89 was please discuss this with me and others, it is causing disruption, difficulty and confusion (his unintended vandalism). My putting a notice on article talk pages was not vandalism, but was my best effort to share concern.

A basic wiki-guideline seen is "be kind to newbies." That has not been my experience here with Purplebackpack89 yet. I feel attacked by a wiki-expert. Purplebackpack89 has erased my questions from articles' talk pages, may be wrong but thought it was not ok to delete non-vandal talk. Not knowing another route or how to use this page properly the best I can do it insert a ((vandal|Purplebackpack8)) above. The intention is not a struggle, game, or to be provocative ! - I've no idea what else to do. I've asked for his help before this note without success, and so will try this. Perhaps some messages from him are backed up while working on this, I'm not fast on a computer. Did not click on new wiki-message banner when have been in midst of writing concentration - not ignoring and can do no better as not tech-savvy. Very open to help resolve this and learn more about my mistakes, to not repeat them. I am not a vandal, please consider looking to my San Fernando Valley articles' edits to see sincere intent to be of service. I hope the ((subst:ANI-notice|Purplebackpack89)) above is the required notification to Purplebackpack89, the request is respected and will try a cut/paste to his talk page in case above isn't proper. If anyone reviews this please consider helping me to resolve it peacefully.

Sincerely, Thank you,--- Look2See1 ( talk) 00:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

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Since we are at the subject at hand, I need your opinion about the neighborhood articles in another major city of Tampa, Florida and see whether or not "Florida" should be removed (103 articles total), because I'm having second thoughts following your comments posted:

• Hyde Park, Tampa, Florida --> Hyde Park, Tampa
• Ybor City, Tampa, Florida --> Ybor City, Tampa
• University Square, Tampa, Florida --> University Square, Tampa

If you feel that these and more should be move, feel free to comment. Thanks -- Moreau36 ( talk) 20:21, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I'm honestly torn, and feel that an argument (in fact, arguments I've made) could be made for either side. The problem is what Tampa is. It's a redirect; not a disam like Charleston or an article like Los Angeles. On the one had, I support NEIGHBORHOOD, City because of COMMONNAME, on the other hand, I support NEIGHBORHOOD + (Article title of the city) because of ambiguation concerns. Los Angeles is the same for both, Tampa not so much. If I had to choose on this one, I'd lean towards the shorter name because of the redirect. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 21:44, 28 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I was looking at the Louisville, Kentucky article, which is also a redirect. The neighborhood articles, however, are the "Neighborhood, City" title:

• Fairdale, Louisville
• St. Dennis, Louisville

My point was that the titles of many neighborhoood articles are inconsistent and they should uniform as much as possible. My opinion is that this format is more simple due to the fact that most readers will already know that the city is in that paticular state and that there's no need for redundancy.

As far as Tampa, is concerned, the reason why the (Neighborhood, Tampa) title is more approriate is that this is the "better known" Tampa in national terms (for example Westshore, Tampa). The only reason why there's only the "city" title in some articles is to conform with the "AP" style of city listing. -- Moreau36 ( talk) 17:42, 29 April 2010 (UTC) reply

I am 100% fine with Tampa, Louisville, San Francisco, any of those moving to NEIGHBORHOOD, city. Fortunately, most of the neighborhood articles are in cities that a) Go by just City (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago), or b) Go by City, State, but have the city name as a redirect (Tampa, Louisville, Orlando), or c) are City, State because they share a name with something that's a non-city (Phoenix). No ambiguations problems in those cases. Where we get into problems are places like Charleston Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 18:39, 29 April 2010 (UTC) reply

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I have nominated Win Shares (book), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Win Shares (book). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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Thanks for picking up on the error. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 02:43, 3 May 2010 (UTC) reply

No probs. I'm actually reading Da Costa right now Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Trails blazed)} 04:35, 3 May 2010 (UTC) reply

• Oh, good. I look forward to seeing any material you could incorporate from the book - I only had access to snippets of it on Gbooks. I can't help but feel Bryant's account understated the brutality of the killings, seeing it was written in the light of standards prevalent at the time. Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 08:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC) reply

I've done all the requested moves... (Phew). Let me know if I've missed any.  Ronhjones   ^(Talk) 23:56, 4 May 2010 (UTC) reply

• In this move request:
  • Ghetto (song) → Ghetto (Kelly Rowland song) ( move) — Several songs are named Ghetto, or some variant. Not even sure this is the most notable one. This should be a disambiguation page for the Rowland Song, the Akon song and others. The lack of a disambiguation page here is the work of a now-indef-banned editor Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 00:23, 5 May 2010 (UTC) Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 00:23, 5 May 2010 (UTC) reply

  Does that mean that the now-banned editor made a useful disambig page, but it had to be deleted because the banned editor made it? Anthony Appleyard ( talk) 06:11, 5 May 2010 (UTC) reply

  Well, what it means is that the editor blocked a disambiguation page from being made by moving the song into the space were it should go. I will make one myself. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 06:21, 5 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Why weren't these moves handled with the rest of the moves discussed at talk:Los Angeles? Whatever format is used, it should be consistent for all of the neighborhoods. Echo Park shouldn't have use different system from Reseda.   Will Beback  talk  19:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Echo Park and Financial District? That's my bad. Must've skipped them in my move discussion. As for Hollywood, it had to be handled slightly differently because it's the only neighborhood in LA that's a really high-profile article. Let it be known that I support all those being in the "NEIGHBORHOOD, Los Angeles" format; I was merely offering an interpretation of the consensus Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 19:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC) reply

OK, OK, I'll do it. ;)   Will Beback  talk  11:07, 18 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Thank you. Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 16:02, 18 May 2010 (UTC) reply

One of the things I like about Wikipedia is that if I procrastinate long enough, someone else does the work. ;) RegentsPark seems to have moved many pages. Let me (or him) know if there's anything left to do. (Seriously, I wasn't blowing you off, it's just that I'm involved in an ArbCom case, am mediating a separate dispute, and had some other on-Wiki issues that also needed prompt attention.)   Will Beback  talk  22:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC) reply

I was combating vandalism and happened to revert the article Grand Avenue back to your most recent edit. Small world... ~ Butros ( Talk) 11:36, 11 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Small world indeed Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 16:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC) reply

• Context: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Chauncey_Hosford&diff=361940908&oldid=361905861

I'm still wondering where "Osborne" came from. At the point a {{ cn}} is used, removal of the tag clearly needs to follow WP:BURDEN. As far as I know, the middle name could be "Orange" or "Oliver". Please find a reference that specifies that name. It's good faith to leave the name behind and simply ask for a cite on it. tedder ( talk) 20:30, 13 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Oh, and in the spirit of The Great Magnet (random events occurring apparently nonrandomly), you forgot a signature). tedder ( talk) 20:39, 13 May 2010 (UTC) reply

You do realize it's very unusual to challenge a guy's name? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 21:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Thanks for adding it. It's somewhat unusual because most information about a person starts by saying "Bob Smith is a..", or there's nothing to be found, so the person fails WP:BIO. In this case, the sole citation didn't support the name. I wasn't intending to be pointy; just to not lose a citation that added information about the article. tedder ( talk) 21:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC) reply

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You missed that it was a logo, which is a fair use rationale. This template was placed in error Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 04:56, 30 May 2010 (UTC) reply

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Better criteria added and image placed in an article, Mr. Ratburn Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 21:13, 2 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Looks good now though personally I prefer to use the {{ Non-free use rationale}} template rather than the non-template style. Good luck. ww2censor ( talk) 21:57, 2 June 2010 (UTC) reply

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Now that's a piss-poor reason to TFD a template. All the other states have sports templates. Out of curiousity, was it nominated just because it was on some list of orphaned templates? Purple backpack89 16:03, 5 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Just so you know, the IP already has been autoblocked. It won't show up on the block log, but I can assure that autoblock already took care of this IP. If you have any questions please feel free to message me. Elockid ^{( Talk)} 20:46, 5 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Good. The IP user, AKA Whithj, claims the stuff about being the grandson of H.J. Whitley. If it's true, he's a new user who's bumbling about. If it's false, he's an IP vandal. Purple backpack89 20:52, 5 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi, I'm sorry to inform you that your nomination of Flags of Puerto Rico for DYK is ineligible. See WP:Did you know for full information, including: "DYK is only for articles that have been created, or expanded fivefold or more, within the last 5 days." MANdARAX •  XAЯAbИAM 05:42, 17 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Huh. That's different than Simple English Wikipedia. At sim-wp, anything can be nominated. Purple backpack89 15:27, 17 June 2010 (UTC) reply

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...whether this user is a troll or a particularly clueless and abusive newbie. Thank you for the backup. "Poor man's checkuser" tells me he previously edited as 72.187.216.44 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), so he's been trying to force Claremont into the Los Angeles article for a while now. Do some people honestly not understand the difference between the formal City of Los Angeles, with boundaries and all, and the informal L.A., referring to the wider metropolitan area, as in "hey, I'm driving down to LA today, I won't be back until evening" -- that usage is the only thing that makes any sense of his edits. Anyway -- thanks. Antandrus (talk) 14:23, 27 June 2010 (UTC) reply

What worries me the most about Wikkedout is that he's told off me, B-Band, and other editors, claiming essentially, "I don't care about your bloody consensus. I'm right". Yesterday, I reported him to AIV. Instead of blocking him, a mop gave him a level 4 warning. He responded by accussing the mop of enforcing a false consensus, and threats. I returned to the discussion at that point telling him that if he doesn't go along with consensus, he'll be blocked; and if he has beef, go to ANI. I think that's where were at right now. If he's a troll, he'll probably bumble on in to ANI and make a fool of himself, probably getting himself blocked in the process. We basically have him where we want him--if his next edit isn't a bumbling ANI, it'll be a talk-page attack or another bad edit on LA, and we can just report him to AIV again saying he did something bad since his final warning. With regard to the IP, when Wikkedout is blocked, he may revert back to using the IP range again, and we can report that to AIV as well Purple backpack89 15:15, 27 June 2010 (UTC) reply

I'll block him myself if he does anything outrageous -- the only reasons I haven't are: the risk of an inexperienced admin thinking this is a legitimate content dispute on the LA article, and pasting "involved admin" on me; that he hasn't gotten a 3RR warning; that he may be a genuine clueless newb who brings his standard internet comment-board social skills to Wikipedia (the bigger the bully, the bigger your status). I'd go to more trouble to educate him if I thought he brought something of value to the project, but honestly, looking at his edits, all I see is noise. Antandrus (talk) 15:23, 27 June 2010 (UTC) reply

I'm sorry that you're unhappy about it, and I don't really blame you for being unhappy. I'm an ACC fan myself, and I was displeased when the ACC expanded 5 years ago. But it still happened and so an article on it should exist. Rreagan007 ( talk) 15:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC) reply

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Wanted to say good job over at Talk:Chicago O'Hare International Airport/ Talk:O'Hare International Airport. While I didn't originally agree your argument was very convincing and I would have crossed out my oppose had the discussion not already closed. N419 BH 13:47, 3 July 2010 (UTC) reply

Thank you Purple backpack89 15:19, 3 July 2010 (UTC) reply

I've been an admin for a long time (5+ years now). I'm not saying I'm perfect...nobody is, obviously. I make mistakes...we all do. But I'd prefer a friendly discussion to a generic user warning. Especially an unsigned one. :) -- User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 00:45, 11 July 2010 (UTC) reply

And by the way, you put your rationale on the talk page BEFORE I made my edit. Your talk page reasoning was posted at 15:18 on the 10th. My edit that made the page into a redirect came at 08:58 on the 10th. So unless I'm missing something, I didn't do anything wrong. -- User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 00:55, 11 July 2010 (UTC) reply

Sorry about the signature. Sometimes I have trouble with it. But since there was a talk page explanation for why it was there before you deleted content, it should have been countercommented on or at least considered when content was deleted Purple backpack89 04:11, 11 July 2010 (UTC) reply

You know what? I messed up. Your rationale was put up after my edit, not before. Look at the times. I mistyped. My edit was a full 6 hours before the explanation. -- User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 17:27, 12 July 2010 (UTC) reply

OK Purple backpack89 20:00, 12 July 2010 (UTC) reply

HI, I think you offered to help me in the past but I am not sure. I am working on the Hollywood page and I am 86 years old. I want to get this done as quickly as I can but have found it frustrating. I have many references but it is soooooooo time consuming. This is where your help would be greatly appreciated. If you go to http://www.thefatherofhollywood.com/media_Room.shtml you can find many references to Los Angeles Times Articles that are used as references. Can you link them to the Hollywood page? Either way thank you for the help you have given me in the past. Whithj ( talk) 02:42, 13 July 2010 (UTC) reply

I see that you are interest in the California Museum. How would you like to nominate H J Whitley, The Father Of Hollywood into the Hall of Fame. Maybe your friends at college could help with this. Whithj ( talk) 04:12, 15 July 2010 (UTC) reply

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To be honest, I don't know that much about Wikijunior. I remembered that such a thing existed, and I had to look up where it was. The main page for it is http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior and I do think it is relevant to what you wanted to work on at Famous Americans. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC) reply

I think (and I've said so at the AFD) that Wikibooks would be the ideal place. My mind had gone blank on alternatives, but that is a good one. It would be a shame to lose your work just because this isn't the ideal venue for it. There is, for example, a book on Kings and Queens of ENgland, and one on Unites States Charters of Freedom. There doesn't seem to be anything yet on Famous Americans, so I think that would fit nicely in there. You'd have the list as a kind of contents page, and then could write smaller pages on each person you list. There's also Wikibooks in general if you wanted to do a non-kids version.-- Beloved Freak 10:26, 23 July 2010 (UTC) reply

We are half-way through our penultimate round, and nothing is yet certain. Pool A, currently led by Sasata ( submissions) has ended up the more competitive, with three contestants ( Sasata ( submissions), Sturmvogel_66 ( submissions) and TonyTheTiger ( submissions)) scoring over 500 points already. Pool B is led by Casliber ( submissions), who has also scored well over 500. The top two from each pool, as well as the next four highest scorers regardless of pool, will make it through to our final eight. As ever, anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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Earlier this round, we said goodbye to Hunter Kahn ( submissions), who has bowed out to spend more time on the book he is authoring with his wife. We wish him all the best. In other news, the start of this round also saw some WikiCup awards sent out by Suomi Finland 2009 ( submissions). We appreciate his enthusiasm, and contestants are of course welcome to award each other prizes as they see fit, but rest assured that we will be sending out "official" awards at the end of the competition. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox and The ed17 22:45, 31 July 2010 (UTC) reply

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I've improved Professor Frink quite a lot. Do you still think it should be merged? Regards, Theleftorium ^(talk) 23:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC) reply

I think that there are too many articles about minor Simpsons characters Purple backpack89 00:35, 3 August 2010 (UTC) reply

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And one more thing: Please start the section headers with "Cool it" instead of "Watch it" cause it sounds impersonal and NPA-violating-ish. I would like to AGF and politely remind you to the best of my abilities Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines#New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages which shows some of the proper ways to start section headers.

:| TelCo NaSp Ve :| 22:52, 16 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Re: fine, if you say so. But remember, about the articles "you" created, WP:OWN... :| TelCo NaSp Ve :| 23:37, 16 August 2010 (UTC) reply

No Ownership of Articles doesn't give you the right to edit every article I also edit, while adding irrelevant tags and removing relevent ones. Purple backpack89 23:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Hi. Please don't forget to include attribution in the edit summary when you move content from one article to another. This is done by including a wikilink to the source article. See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you, Theleftorium ^(talk) 17:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Thanks for adding the null edit. Theleftorium ^(talk) 17:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC) reply

By the way, you may want to start a merge discussion for Snowball (The Simpsons) too. I'd support a merger into List of animals in The Simpsons. Theleftorium ^(talk) 17:24, 17 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Perhaps...but I have one question...why Snowball and not Santa's Little Helper? Purple backpack89 17:30, 17 August 2010 (UTC) reply

SLH has appeared in more episodes, and has been the center of more episodes. Plus, he has received significant coverage in reliable sources. Theleftorium ^(talk) 17:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC) reply