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Hi, as with the article rebetiko the same vandals/sockpuppets are constantly attacking Music of Greece, Laïkó, Zeibekiko, Çiftetelli, Skiladiko, Larissa and other Greek music articles. It get's better: After several warnings one of them ( User:Plouton2 most likely a sockpuppet) made a new article ( Zeimbekiko) and copy-pasted there all the previously reverted "text" from the vandalized Zeibekiko article!!! Then User:Rchard2scout came by (a "real" user, no sockpuppet) and proposed a merge of the two articles!!!!! the users are: User:Plouton2, User:79.129.15.249, User:62.38.21.106, User:94.69.227.28 and another one was allready blocked for 24h. If you have some time or suggestions on the matter please help! thanks! (ps:I' am sending this message to you and User:Tbhotch as you both seem to check these articles out)- Yangula ( talk) 01:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
I noticed your intervention on that article and wanted to thank you for that, please stick around. The more experienced editors we can get on that article, the better it will be. Phoenix and Winslow ( talk) 17:07, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Airplaneman,
I know you're travelling at present so I don't expect a quick response. And perhaps I'm not asking the right person (I can't tell whether you deleted the article or you wrote it in the first place, though I suspect the former.) Anyway, I logged on today to create an article about the UK band Hell, who are just about to release their debut album, nearly thirty years after their first demo (!), but I see that there was already an article which has now been deleted. I understand that the subject of an article must be notable, and I can accept that despite their unique story this band don't count as that yet, but perhaps you can explain why the article was deleted, and send me a copy of it so I can see if I could improve it sufficiently to be accepted (or is that only possible for the person who created the article in the first place?)
Thanks in advance.
JaneVannin ( talk) 06:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi! I am Warren Carpenter' daughter, and I just discovered that you removed my dad's Wikipedia pages based on copywrite infringement of his obituary published in The Gazette (Colorado Springs). (Q.v., "This article may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion as a copyright infringement of http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20030709/ai_n10024682/.")
My sisters, my mother, and I wrote that obituary and we paid The Gazette to publish it. Doesn't that mean that we own the rights (and not the newspaper)?
I gave Terry Carpenter the right to use the obituary we wrote when Terry posted the Wikipedia page.
Please let me know if this circumstance is NOT a copyright infrigement (as I believe), so that Terry can repost this website to recognize and record for history my father's many achievements.
Thanks, Gray Carpenter Church
PS I have written to The Gazette to find out their stance on this matter. I have asked them to let me know if they do not have a problem with the text of our obit to be used in the page on my dad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.111.225.93 ( talk) 03:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello Airplaneman -- I've reworked the Warren L. Carpenter article on my userspace at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohee/Draft_of_Warren_L._Carpenter_article and would appreciate your assessment of its worthiness and readiness for moving to the mainspace. I believe I've addressed all the criticisms that got it deleted. Thank you for sharing your expertise. Cohee ( talk) 10:54, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, do you know how to remove /noinclude that shows between Leicester and Cheltenham manager templates? Regards -- palmiped | Talk 17:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello Airplaneman! I'm in need of a bit of help, possibly. I will likely be quite busy this week, and the Moonrise GAN is on hold (once again, for reliable sources). I'm going to try to do this myself, but if you happen to have time, it'd be nice if you can find a RS for the UK publication dates (basically get rid of amazon from the citations). If an rs cannot be found, I personally suggest just modifying the article to say that the book was released to the rest of the world on so-and-so date, and cite american harpercollins for that date. I'm going to inform Princess as well (Derild seems inactive, otherwise, I'd ask him too). Another editor said on my talk that Moonrise's prose is reads rather complicated. I'd ask her to do a copyedit as she suggested, but I'm not sure if I want that to happen in the middle of a GAN. Opinion? and many thanks, Bramble claw x 01:34, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
You speedily deleted this article under the author request criterion. My recollection is that content had been added to the article by an editor other than the author about the closure of this business, so I don't think that that criterion applies. The article has since been recreated and is under discussion at AfD. It would be help to inform that discussion if the previous content and sources could be restored. Can you please do that? Phil Bridger ( talk) 17:21, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, you have been most helpful compared to some ignorant users.-- NovaSkola ( talk) 16:28, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Dear Airplaneman,
When you have a chance, could you please review two articles that I've posted on my sub-page (".../Yossi_Sheffi" and ".../Arkeia_Software") and let me know if you feel they're ready for the main space or if I need to make changes to them? Thank you as always! Michael Leeman ( talk) 14:29, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Airplaneman, I'm starting to run out of ideas for the Hong Kong Sinfonietta page, so I'm using information from the Chinese page to assist myself. I am a violinist ♫ talk to me here! 23:23, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
This is in regarding to your questioning my revert on the issue of protection for Dear Friend Hitler. Bill william compton Talk 22:04, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Please do something as these things won't come down unless you take some action. It is like their routine, they remove content from the page, I revert it and give them warning, after that they come in any other form (like now as anonymous user). And please don't go on "if multiple users keep up the unconstructive editing" case, try to understand the motives behind these edits, it is like some sort of periodic activity they do in some kind of hope that they would success without getting attention, which is really disturbing. Bill william compton Talk 23:54, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
I was really shocked when I came to this article - Nalin Singh (writer and cast member of movie), please check it. When they didn't allow to access the article, they chose this way. It is clearly their blatant attempt to use Wikipedia for advertising themselves and their movie. This is my request that first delete this article (after observing previous attempts made on the main article (Dear Friend Hitler) and considering their narcissistic demands (refer my talk page) there is no need to wait for ten days) then [if it is possible] do something for these users and IPs, because I don't think they would ever stop, Thanks. Bill william compton Talk 14:17, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
this its not as urgent as its in Spanish. -- Eraserhead1 < talk> 09:17, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Dear Airplaneman, since you are familiar with the article 2011 Chinese protests, I just wanted to inform you that there is vandalism or edit warring going on with the article China's 2011 crackdown on dissidents. The user Benlisquare, who has nominated 2011 Chinese protests AfD, also nominated China's 2011 crackdown on dissidents. Before the AfD discussion is over, he now has replaced 126 references in the article with "Citation needed" because of his personal doubt of WP:RS. I am a newbie and do not know what to do in a case like this. Although I was working on adding references and replacing the references with easily findable undoubtly reliable ones (google news search brings many reliable news agencies and newspapers reporting the same) - with all the former citations lost it is really hard for me to continue my work to improve the references. I would rather prefer the page undone to the version before the 126 references were deleted, and blocked for a few days until the AfD discussion will have ended instead of having an article with 126 "Citation needed" tags, which definitely will influence the AfD voters. But this is not to me to decide, therefore I contact you as an administrator. By the way, Benlisquare also nominated the following articles for deletion: Li Hai, Li Shuangde, Ding Mao, Chen Wei (dissident) all about Chinese dissidents, who were active in 1989 or in the founding of democratic parties (against the CCP) and are currently in arrest. Best, Waikiki lwt ( talk) 13:25, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey Airplaneman. Is there any rule against re-nominating for GA without any major improvements? Bramble claw x 00:24, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
I don't want to be rash and assume that policy is the same nowadays as when I was active, but do you think Xiomara Griffith is CSD worthy? Yes, random question, I know, but I'm working on an essay on another Griffith and it's bothering me to no end. =P · Andonic contact 23:53, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
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Airplaneman, I know I have not been on Wikipedia much anymore, so I decided to retire. As my final ever act as a Wikipedian, before I log off forever, I have decided to award you this barnstar.
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Airplaneman, you were the subject of my first edits, so I think it is fitting my last edit will be for you, as well. You are a true cyber-friend, Airplaneman, and if we were to meet in person, I'm sure we'd get along quite well. Beluga boy cup of tea? 12:04, 24 April 2011 (UTC) |
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Look who managed to get past your bot denial on Jubileeclipman's talk... Bramble claw x 01:36, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Airplaneman,
I was just looking at the Afterworld (anime) article, and was about to remove the speedy deletion tag from it (but leave the prod tag in place), when I noticed that you had deleted it. I think that the article in no way qualified for speedy deletion under A7, as it certainly wasn't about a real person, animal, or organization, and there was no evidence that it was web content. Perhaps the article could have qualified under criterion G3 as an obvious hoax, but the reason you gave in the edit summary for deleting it was A7. If you think it would have qualified for G3 then it is fine to leave it deleted, but if you don't think it would have qualified as a G3 then I ask that you undelete it and allow the prod to run its course. Regardless, please don't delete articles under criterion A7 unless they actually meet that criteria (in case it isn't clear, I don't really care about this specific article, only that criterion A7 is applied correctly). Calathan ( talk) 14:29, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently posted a new article about some team members of somewhereelseland. I understand that the article was made quite quickly, and I intended to work much more on it, however, at that time I was not able to finish.
The reason I feel this is noteworthy is because two of the team members, are world record holders, which seems to me noteworthy, and this is a project that is consistently underway, that is, they operate under this name.
I thank you for your time and consideration, let me know what I need to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iskarandos ( talk • contribs) 13:41, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber ( submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.
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The 2011 Budweiser Shootout was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on February 12, 2011 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 75 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won by Kurt Busch for the Penske Racing team. Jamie McMurray finished second, and Ryan Newman clinched third. Pole position driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. maintained his lead through the first corner, but Clint Bowyer, who started seventh on the grid, led the first lap. On the 25th lap, the first caution was given, as Jeff Burton became the leader. During the caution all the teams made a pit stop . Two laps later, an accident involving several racecars prompted the second caution to be given. On lap 63, Newman became the leader. He maintained the lead until the final lap, when Denny Hamlin passed him below the yellow line (out of bounds line), as Busch passed him on the other side. Hamlin passed Newman below the yellow line giving the win to Kurt Busch. There were four cautions and 28 lead changes among ten different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Busch's first win in the 2011 season, as well as his first win at a track that uses restrictor plates, such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. A total of 80,000 people attended the race, while 7.8 million watched it on television. ( More...) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hello, could you please semi-protect User talk:Nascar1996/Archive 14 and User talk:Nascar1996/Archive 15 as user request? Thanks. -- Nascar1996 ( talk • contribs) 16:38, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
If you consider yourself an uninvolved admin when it comes to abortion related articles, I'd like to draw your attention to two move discussions Talk:Pro-life#Move.3F and Talk:Abortion-rights_movement#move_2011. I'd like for you to comment on two things. Do you think Anthony Appleyard was an uninvolved admin in the matter? And do you agree with the closures (that one discussion had a clear consensus and was within policy, while the other had no clear consensus)? I am looking for review of these admin actions by an uninvolved admin (and sure, give me a slap on the wrist for wheel warring or whatever, I'm not above scrutiny by any means).- Andrew c [talk] 23:30, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Airplaneman/Archive 31,
Your work as an Online Ambassador is making a big contribution to Wikipedia. Right now, we're trying to measure just how much student work improves the quality of Wikipedia. If you'd like contribute to this research and get a firsthand look at the quality improvement that is happening through the project, please sign up to assess articles. Assessment is happening now, just use the quantitative metric and start assessing! Your help would be hugely appreciated!
Thank you, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 17:10, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
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