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BCAD - Sam ware's range
Not heard to the contrary so I guess it's okay to take it over. Good luck, --ROGER DAVIES talk 23:58, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- A new partial A-list range is free. (100 articles left.) Have you time to deal with it? If so, much appreciated. --ROGER DAVIES talk 05:23, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Do you like UFOs? Satipo (talk) 01:33, 26 May 2008 (UTC)SatipoSatipo (talk) 01:33, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
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Rating query
Hi you just rated Battle of Mont St Quentin as
- Referencing and citation: criterion not met
- Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met
I would appreciate advice as to what gaps you thought there were. Regards --Matilda talk 05:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- I went ahead and gave it a B, it's relatively short tho, so the argument could be made that there is more that could be covered :) LegoTech·(t)·(c) 05:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Hi thanks for re-reviewing - it wasn't so much the rating I was seeking as whether you thought something was missing. I appreciate brevity is an issue and therefore there may be depth missing - I will revisit at some stage. Regards--Matilda talk 07:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
BCAD 2008
Military history service award | ||
By order of the coordinators, for your good work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 22:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC) |
Military history service award | ||
By order of the coordinators, for your great work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 22:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC) |
Military history service award | ||
By order of the coordinators, for your excellent work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you this this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES talk 22:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC) |
The WikiChevrons | ||
By order of the coordinators, for your oustanding work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you the Military history WikiProject WikiChevrons. --ROGER DAVIES talk 22:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC) |
D Tools
Hello, My article for d-tools was fladded and I was wondering why. I used AutoCAD company entry format as a reference so I am wondering why their entry is allowed and mine isnt? Can you tell me ways to improve this? thanks! Jillems (talk) 23:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
haha yeah, thanks but d-tools has been around for 10 years(founded in 1998) and although it is a niche market, it is the industry leader within that market and has won many significant awards for their achievments. In addition, AutoCAD is one of their partners and a significant component of it's product. So I dont think its necessarily a "poor" comparison. Jillems (talk) 23:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, thank you so much! I will do that. Appreciate the feedback! how long do I typically have to add some more notable references etc before deletion? Thanks again! Jillems (talk) 23:57, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Dtools
Sorry a bit busy today so I'll copy it below. just remove it from here and copy to a subpage. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC) (article moved to sandbox, thank you!!) LegoTech·(t)·(c) 21:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
News! Tag & Assess 2008 is coming ...
Milhist's new drive – Tag & Assess 2008 – goes live on April 25 and you are cordially invited to participate. This time, the task is housekeeping. As ever, there are awards galore, plus there's a bit of friendly competition built-in, with a race for bronze, silver and gold wikis! You can sign up, in advance, here. I look forward to seeing you on the drive page! All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 12:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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One Stripe (200 articles) -
Two Stripes (400 articles) -
Three Stripes (600 articles) -
Tireless Contributor Barnstar (1000 articles) -
Chevrons (2000 articles) -
Working Man's Barnstar (3000 articles) -
Barnstar of Diligence (4000 articles) -
Third place overall -
Second place overall -
First place overall
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JWR
Article dropped off at User:Legotech/SandboxRawlesArticle. Please keep the note at the top attached if you move it around. Deiz talk 13:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- Here is another reference for that article for you: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2228908.htm
(The Australian radio interview (and web article) that Rawles mentioned in his blog yesterday.) Thanks again for your efforts! Cheers, -- Jeff Trasel (talk) 02:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
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The consensus now seems to be that Jim Rawles is notable. The considerably revamped article now has 53 references, only a few of which point to his web site, and even those meet the test of WP:SELFPUB. All of the rest of the references are verifiable, third party, and in large proportion from reliable hard copy publications. So, can the article's Notability and Self-published flags now be dropped? (I'd prefer that you do so, since I promised to do nothing but add references and annotate/clarify text pointing to those references.) Thanks. And, BTW, thanks again for your input. -- Trasel (talk) 22:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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Suggestion about the name you say you like...
I was browsing ANI and came across the Sock farm conversation. If you really like the user name "This name is a stub. You can help by expanding it" you could always try usurping it or creating it with the ending period to make it a bit more grammatically correct. If you weren't serious, no big deal, but it is just a thought. Have a nice day. :) - LA @ 06:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
albums
Albums may not be deleted by speedy, only WP:PROD or WP:CSD, so As reviewing administrator, I changed your speedy to a Prod. DGG (talk) 22:01, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
- umm, WP:CSD *is* speedy, Criteria for Speedy Deletion. But I went and reread the criteria and see that you are correct, A7 is not for albums...got it...thanks :) LegoTech·(t)·(c) 22:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Ucalegon
I made the redirect to wiktionary because wiktionary actually had more information on it. Feel free to expand the redirect into a stub article! --evrik (talk) 20:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Multiple AfDs
Hey there. I notice you've recently nominated lots of Gob songs and album articles for deletion, using the same deletion rationale for each. In future, consider nominating groups of related articles with similar rationales together - see WP:BUNDLE. Thanks, —97198 talk 05:15, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- No worries! I tried using Twinkle once but it didn't seem to agree with me ;) —97198 talk 05:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- In the future, please actually read WP:Music and read to see if an article actualy passes it or not before tagging an AFD on it. the Majority of the GOB albums you tagged are by a notable band released on a notable label. Why did you do that? do you not like GOB? If so, please don't take it out on there wikipedia articles. [The Spooky One] | [t c r] 20:56, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
The albums should still have WP:RS and not just a track listing. The albums may have been an error, but the songs were not and had you not WP:OWNed the articles and actually read WP:Music regarding individual song tracks, I wouldn't have had to take any of it to AfD. Instead, you removed the Prod and I had no choice but to take all of the ones that fail WP:Music to AfD (there were some that had enough reason to have their own article, I left those be). If I come across other bands that have every song listed, I'll list those that belong gone at AfD as well. Nothing against your band. If you don't like the policy, work to change it, otherwise, work within it. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 22:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
- First off, GOB isn't 'my band' as you put earlier. I simply happen to be a fan of them. Secondly, i never WP:OWNed any of the articles, i simply created them. You must have me confused with another editor. You shouldn't punish Wikipedia. Please re-read WP:Music and make sure you read every little detail before nominating an album for an AfD again. - -[The Spooky One] | [t c r] 02:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Please settle down. I have in fact read WP:Music and it states that songs do not get their own articles:
per WP:Music
Most songs do not merit an article and should redirect to another relevant article, such as for a prominent album or for the artist who wrote or prominently performed the song. Songs that have been ranked on national or significant music charts, that have won significant awards or honors or that have been performed independently by several notable artists, bands or groups are probably notable. A separate article is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article; articles unlikely ever to grow beyond stubs should be merged to articles about an artist or album.
So while you claim you are not WP:OWNing the articles, you are posting nasty comments all over the AfDs and continually coming to my talk page. If you do not like WP:Music, work to change it, but don't punish me for the policy. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 02:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
- i'm not WP:OWNing the articles, it's not like i'm saying "NO, you may NOT edit the article. I created it and it's mine!". I'm open to changes. i removed the prod because i beleived that they were not necassary and the prod tag itself says that if you disagree with the prod, then remove it. I think we should both cool down a bit.. - -[The Spooky One] | [t c r] 03:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
You seem to have made an error
You seem to have submitted an article of mine for speedy deletion, but the reason you gave "no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent" is patently false. Please explain yourself. Did you perhaps make a mistake? --Ceriel Nosforit (talk) 10:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
South East Asian Peninsula Game
Sorry. You said my contributions were inconstructive to wikipedia. I was just adding language links to Khmer wikipedia. Do you think it is vandalism? Please reconsider your judgment on my action. Thank you.--គីមស៊្រុន (talk) 06:09, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- I checked these all out. He is doing exactly that, just interwiki work for the Khmer wikipedia. Perhaps you should apologize to him. This isn't even vandalism in any way... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:15, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- I am sorry....the recent change in allowing non western languages in the usernames caused this...the username looks like nothing more than question marks since I don't have the correct font. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 06:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, it looked all like squares to me... But I thought it was worth checking the links he was adding. Its valid work. You should perhaps apologize on his talk page, and remove the warnings. I have rolled back your edits already, since these were all valid inter-wiki links and belonged in the article. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for cleaning up behind me! I was leaving him a message on his talk page at the same time you were suggesting :) Thanks again for your help! LegoTech·(t)·(c) 06:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- No problem. Keep up the good work!!! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:24, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for cleaning up behind me! I was leaving him a message on his talk page at the same time you were suggesting :) Thanks again for your help! LegoTech·(t)·(c) 06:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, it looked all like squares to me... But I thought it was worth checking the links he was adding. Its valid work. You should perhaps apologize on his talk page, and remove the warnings. I have rolled back your edits already, since these were all valid inter-wiki links and belonged in the article. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
- I am sorry....the recent change in allowing non western languages in the usernames caused this...the username looks like nothing more than question marks since I don't have the correct font. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 06:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your warm help. Let's keep working together! Cheer!--គីមស៊្រុន (talk) 06:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Labyrinth
Hey, could you show me that secret page with the labyrinth to a star? Mallerd (talk) 08:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, this is just to let you know that when you listed this at AFD, you forgot to tag the article itself (which I've now done). Scog (talk) 16:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Secret pages
Hi, just a quick spam message to let you know that I have left a comment at the WP:AN thread that you may want to look at. RichardΩ612 Ɣ ɸ 17:31, May 24, 2008 (UTC)
Room 8
--BorgQueen (talk) 10:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- I just had my own first DYK with a photo of a McDonald's Sign (Pine Bluff, Arkansas). I, too, was completely over the moon about it (thus part of my reasoning in starting to assess other DYK nominations). I am so glad you got to see it on the front page, of all the ones that I looked at yesterday, I truly enjoyed reading about Room 8. I even enjoyed reading further in some of the reference material. Broooooooce (talk) 18:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Tama (cat)
--BorgQueen (talk) 12:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
VISUAL3D.NET
Regarding deletion of several images to do with VISUAL3D.net, I'm not sure exactly what happened, the article did infact exist it was removed without anyone notifying me, and the images were tied to that article.
"A tag has been placed on Visual3D.NET requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words."
What in the world are you talking about???? I AM a realmware employee and those are my words!!! Secondly, It's not copyright infringement when full permission is given by the company and by one of its employees!(sorry if i sound agitated, i spent alot of time on this article). You can view view my profile and contact me here(http://www.visual3d.net/forum/member.php?u=26)
Can you please restore the article and all related images(i spent a great deal of time uploading these). Thefifthlord (talk) 15:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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Student Approaches to Learning
Can you explain to me what you would not mark as an essay according to Wikipedia's terms? I am angry about the removal of my entry about student apporaches to learning. It was an objective statement that sumamrised the views of a number of authors. That is what an encyclopdia entry does. It was not personal opinion and if that is defined as an essay then all of the articles here would have to be reomoved.
I am a senior UK academic and I have been a long term supporter of wikipedia amongst colleagues who treat it with the utmost contempt. I am beginning to agree with my colleagues views.Ardalby (talk) 21:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Misplaced
I guess this [1] was inttenfed for MfD.--Tikiwont (talk) 19:40, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
deletion of taik cr-v
hi why did you delete the article? it is a real internet meme in taiwan. it is not about a group of people. there are 23 different versions now. 171.66.32.87 (talk) 20:33, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
SMV speedy delete
I would have put a {{hangon}} at the top of SMV (band), but unfortunately I was asleep when you left the speedy delete notice, and didn't see it until first thing this morning. AIUI, a group made up of notable members is by definition notable, per WP:MUSIC#Criteria for musicians and ensembles #6. SMV, for now, qualifies more or less as a side project for all three musicians (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten), as all have established careers on their own or with other groups, but while the redirect recommended by the notability guidelines would be appropriate for a true side project of a single notable musician, SMV is really more of a supergroup, all three being influential bassists, and a redirect would therefore, in my opinion, be inappropriate. Considering the notability of all its members, doesn't the group deserve its own article, despite the fact that it's newly-formed and therefore not much is known at this point? --Fru1tbat (talk) 13:33, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
- I respectfully disagree on the point that notability is not inherited, as that seems to be exactly what the notability guidelines say. The guideline reads "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable", and in this case, all three members are otherwise notable. What am I missing? --Fru1tbat (talk) 13:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
- Perhaps you could contact the deleting admin and ask for a copy to be placed in your user space so that you can work in it? Here is the entire relevant section "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable; note that it is often most appropriate to use redirects in place of articles on side projects, early bands and such, and that commonsense exceptions always apply." Perhaps at this time it appears as a side project of the members and once "It has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician/ensemble itself and reliable." it can be recreated. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 13:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Good catch, it just completely slipped my mind that unregistered users couldn't create pages - probably a timely reminder. Sorry for the inconvenience caused, I've undone the close and readded the AfD tag to the article. Seems like it was kind of lucky this wasn't successful. Again apologies, it's not a mistake I'll make again. Guest9999 (talk) 20:33, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
- No need for an apology, it was a really bad mistake and needed attention; I'm very glad you pointed it out. Guest9999 (talk) 20:58, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
User name strangeness on Persian Poet Gal's page
Hi! I'd just stopped by her page to check a message I'd left here when I saw your concern. Those kinds of bizarre, movie-related usernames are the hallmark of banned user User:Lyle123. If you ever encounter another, please report it to the vandalism in progress page. You had good reason to be concerned. The little maniac is known for inserting bogus info in current articles. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 21:24, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up!! I went back and fixed up that article he created...it was a real movie..just MUCH later. Thanks again!LegoTech·(t)·(c) 23:01, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem. Typical from the little sonofagun, but it should actually be deleted since he's a hard-banned user. I also happened to notice that he listed Warner Bros. for overseas distribution. It's subtle misinformation like that coupled with all of his socks which have resulted in the ban. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:06, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Hrm, it really is a movie tho, even if it's cleaned up does it have to be deleted? I'll get rid of the WB stuff. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 23:10, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Kerli
Why??????????? They are singles. Why are you being such an ass hole! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beagle5589 (talk • contribs) 03:20, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there
Hi, I just saw your message RE editing Michael Angelucci on Wikipedia. Are you one of the admins? Sorry if I did something out of line; I'm brand new to this site. I went back and added links to verify some of my concerts and awards. Is that sufficient? Please advise - thanks.
-M —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Angelucci (talk • contribs) 06:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
I fixed up the article in question (note that the title was wrong). I think it should be given the benefit of the doubt, as it has charted and is likely to reach Top 20 like her other three singles did. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 02:16, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- I added a source to the article too. How does it look now? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 02:21, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Looks great, I posted a withdrawal on the AfD...saw a poorly spelled title from a user with a misspelled username and assumed the worst instead of doing my homework...thanks for keeping me honest! LegoTech·(t)·(c) 02:35, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey
This is Buffyfan882 I made the Mufamie Yakatorie and its about areal assassin I have the book ok so please leave it alone! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffyfan882 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
The Purple Barnstar
The Purple Star | ||
Awarded to Legotech, who suffered vandalism to his own talk page in response for defending the integrity of the project. LonelyBeacon (talk) 06:13, 28 June 2008 (UTC) |
burn-e
describing a scene in Wall-E where the character appears does not add anything to an article about a different film that nobody knows anything about. All it is, is filler. (it's like writing an article about the new Wheezy film, and filling it completely with information about how Wheezy sings a song at the end of TS2. It may be appropriate for the Wheezy *character* page, but not for the Wheezy *film* article.) SpikeJones (talk) 11:19, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
Hessam hessamyan
Yep good move, if an article is recreated and speedied again and again and again, it can take quite a while before anyone actually notices the pattern. Spelling it out on an AfD nomination makes it nice & clear. --Stormie (talk) 04:52, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
- I responded on my talk page, but I see it was deleted and salted without the AfD. Saves us trouble. :) Enigma message 04:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
- That's true, I often face that problem. Once I tagged something for speedy deletion and it had been deleted several times, but there was no place to explain where to look (it was created on a different page, so without investigation, you wouldn't have seen the deletions). Next time something like this happens, I recommend approaching an admin directly and explaining your case. No point in an AfD for these kinds of things. Enigma message 05:26, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Visual3D.net
Hey, i've completely rewritten the article on Visual3D.NET. I was wondering if you could take a look at it and see if it meets wikipedia standards.(Please don't delete it if theres something wrong with it, either you could help fix it or you can tell me and i will correct it) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thefifthlord (talk • contribs) 21:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey, how exactly do i make this more "notable" i've elminated all superlatives and its down to bare "bones". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thefifthlord (talk • contribs) 22:30, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Operation COOKIE MONSTER
Damon Gameau
I admit that I had never heard of Damon Gameau either, but it seems a bit over-the-top that people should be so swift in wanting to delete a stub article which was created only an hour ago. He exists, and he is known in Australia, and hopefully should be better known internationally when Balibo comes out in the cinemas. I'm busy doing other things at the moment, but will add relevant information and links when I have more time. You are at liberty to add information yourself - if you want some, look at this Quiensabe (talk) 08:58, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
- Next time you would like to start an article that won't get tagged, make it more than one sentence. I'm sorry, but exactly how is "Damon Gameau is an Australian actor." an encyclopedia article? I mean, if you can't be bothered to write an article, why should the person checking the new pages do it? It's sort of obnoxious to state that he was in "How I met your mother" he played the third guy from the left, not a true recurring character. If that is the quality of his work in Australia, I'm still not sure he should have an article here. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 10:02, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
It was only created within an hour, and I added more information later that day, during the course of a couple of hours. Sure, I was doing several things at the same time, including editing other pages, and linking pages to the one on him. If anybody's being obnoxious, it's people who pounce on an article and deem it unworthy of existence within an hour. So you'd never heard of him - neither had I, because neither of us are in Australia. So what? That doesn't mean his work is of no quality. Yeah, I mentioned How I Met Your Mother because it was more likely to known to non-Australian audiences. I'd never heard of Gyton Grantley, another actor in the Balibo film, because he isn't known outside Australia. Why should the person checking the new pages write an article? Because the whole point of Wikipedia is that people can and do. There are many articles which have plenty of information, which are nonsensical or inaccurate, and they are left unchallenged for months if not years. Quiensabe (talk) 14:13, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
- I I understand it's difficult to find the time to write a complete article right off, can I suggest maybe that you use a sandbox? That will allow you the time to write an article without other editors coming along and tagging it up. As I understand how difficult it is to write an entire article at once, I would hope that you could understand how many new articles are created everyday and how many of them are absolute drivel about someone's dog, best friend, game they invented in study hall, so I would hope that you could start to see why an article that consists of a single sentence might get tagged for deletion. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 16:21, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Twinkle didn't finish the CfD nomination for you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:53, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
- Fixed for you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 23:07, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
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Help with my article, please
Good morning, LegoTech; I hope you can help me resolve the issues as per flagged. I used to be MIS Supervisor of my office but that was ten years ago, and WOW things are very complicated now, but I want to learn this. I was enormously pleased to have learned to work with the special symbols and all, and it appears now, I have two challenges per your markings:
1. I found an old attachment from my publisher asking us authors to do several things and one was to post a wikipedia biography. I stumbled on it while deleting old files and blanched at never having done it, but the request may be sufficiently old that it exceeded your ruling about not posting one's own bio. I just followed the instructions on the attachment. Harcourt, my publisher, just became HMH, (Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt), so I can't even find the person who sent it to see if there is more instruction I was missing! How may I resolve this? Is there a special place it should be posted instead of where I did? Should I delete it and contact my publisher? I believe the article is important because I also teach college and maintain a web site, and many times students (I write for this age group) have asked me for info such as found on wiki that they can include on their papers when reviewing my books, etc.
2. I believe I "posted" without adding my links to the information enclosed. If I post the verifiable links to where else this info may be found, will that suffice some? All?
I really appreciate your help and speedy reading. This is challenging for the old geezers. Yours most gratefully, carol CarolPlumUcci (talk) 16:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
FYI, you didn't sign your comment there. JoshuaZ (talk) 20:59, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- thanks! I'm a dork :) LegoTech·(t)·(c) 21:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Hiya - just to say that I've removed your two recent reports to WP:UAA - just having a company name isn't prohibited by the username policy per se. Since they haven't edited, it would be a bit unfair to block - if they edit and their edits are promotional then feel free to relist. GBT/C 19:45, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- coolies, I'll keep half an eye, but I'm sure someone else'll catch em if they step out of line :) Thanks for the clarification! LegoTech·(t)·(c) 19:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- No sooner said than done. GBT/C 19:57, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Hoaxes aren't speedyable
Wish they were, but G1 says mostly not.
- Patent nonsense and gibberish, an unsalvageably incoherent page with no meaningful content. This does not include: poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, vandalism, fictional material, material not in English, badly translated material, implausible theories, or hoaxes; some of these, however, may be deleted as vandalism in blatant cases.
Thanks for keeping an eye out, though!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:48, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, you'd think G3 would cover it, but since G1 specifically mentions hoaxes, I think that has to take precedence.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion/Archive 29#Hoaxes for a short discussion on the subject.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Joss stone
We have already had these discussions on the talk page, but funk junkie refuses to leave pop on just because he persoanlly doesnt refer to her as pop. While a majority of websites say pop over anything else (700,000 pop, only 300,000 soul and r&b combined)She also has grammy nominations as pop. He also keeps changing her official site to her mirror site, just because the mirror is a UK site and she was born there. Even though when you clik alot of the links on the site it carries you back the the original jossstone.com. He just refuses everything and says that only his opinon matters.Swampfire (talk) 03:40, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- In fact, he went there today made a few edits then logged out using his IP to remove the Pop. He tried to say it wasnt him. But that was the first edit made with the IP that removed pop. Then that same IP went on to make edits on a few other pages. That with just a quick check he has also editted as funk junkie. So now he has reverted to sock puppetry. I am even trying to reasonable with him. In fact after i started proving that i caught him using a sock puppet. He went and added the stuff back. I hope he finally lets it go. In fact I aske him one question on his talk page. And that was if he really wanted me to start a sock puppet case against him. And on my page he replied that he did not want me to start one, and asked if i was willing to forget things. Which I am so i guess this has finaly resovled itself. Swampfire (talk) 02:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ok so after admitting he sock puppeted to remove pop, and asked me not to pursue action against him for it. He goes back a day later and uses the sock puppet again. All you have to do is check the contribs in the IP address used, against Funk junkie contribs and you find all of the IP's contribs also in Funk Junkie. Along with the fact that funk has been mainly reverting the word (pop). And yet the first edit ever made with the IP was to go to Joss Stone's pafe and revert the word (pop). I think you can see now what type is being dealt with here.Swampfire (talk) 17:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
= why erase alone again, naturally?
what is the difference with all the other articles i created about third watch? i mean, why deleat it and not deleat every other episode? it has the same notability as, say, an episode of grey's anatomy. thank you. (could you please answer it in my talk page? thanks) Lucia (talk) 15:47, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
all of them????????????? are you kidding? it took us ages to do them...why erase third watch and not other shows? im sorry if this sounds angry, but it kind of is...its UNFAIR Lucia (talk) 18:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
is there a way in which we could not completely erase them? as in the case of the ER episodes where each episode does not have a webpage of its own? im sorry if i sounded childish before, but i quite understand the reason. Lucia (talk) 19:07, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
what i meant was not that, but making a box like the one in ER in which you can write a short description instead of having a link for each episode Lucia (talk) 14:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
this would be the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ER_episodes its better organized that way i think...see each episode doesnt have a webpage of its own. if you say yes i'll start the changes. XOX Lucia (talk) 14:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
ok im starting with the new design, and it may take me some time. i'll tell you when i finish and then i would be grateful if you helped. I will not change the current design until I finish it all. Thanks a lot for your help! Lucia (talk) 00:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
hey hi again! i've got season 1 and 2 ready, you can see them on my sandbox (i've got a link of my user page). It's going to take me a week to end season 3, 4, 5 and 6, but i'll let you know. Please let me know what you think, and if you want, change anything in the sandbox. Lucia (talk) 17:34, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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hey, the episode list is ready, in my sandbox, from season 1 to 6. If it is Ok, then we can change what there is now for that. Please let me know what you decide. XoX. Lucia (talk) 22:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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Hey it's me. The list of Third Watch epis is ready, you can see it in my sanbox. Anyway, are we gonna change the format or not? ~Please let me know. XOX Lucia (talk) 23:21, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
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G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team
April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive
Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)