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For User:Nyttend. Your recent revert comment for the copyright notice on one of the Theodicy pages referred to criteria for copyright violation. Are you presenting yourself as someone who has read the book? Or are you presenting yourself as a Senior Copyright Admin? The history of two-word copyright and trademark violations is so extensive that your comment on the Talk page alone is ambiguous. Please clarify. Similarly for your comment on "fair use" which normally requires the first use of a copyrighted phrase or sentence (Macmillan Palgrave, Copyright (c) renewed 2010) to be fully attributed, which at present Wiki is claiming and asserting as its own. Please clarify. (Preview: http://www.amazon.com/Evil-God-Love-John-Hick/dp/0230252796/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380551005&sr=1-1&keywords=john+hick+evil). 209.3.238.61 ( talk) 20:32, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
The short note above was in good faith. It responded to the question raised in the discussion listed because your response seemed the most thorough one of all the ones there. The edit which i offered to repair the copyright issue did not change a Single word of the opening sentence of the wikipage, but only requested fair use by quoting the first instance of the unique two word copyrighted phrase and placing a footnote at the Bottom-of-the-page to acknowledge Macmillan.
If you are a serious graduate student planning a doctorate at the University of Indiana in History, then my only purpose in providing the url link above was only for you to be able to make an objective comparison of the Table-of-contents of the book with the outline of the wikipage. Because of your graduate student status your objective opinion of whether these two respective outlines match up one-to-one or not would be of significance. My question was not to suggest that you read the entire book. The preview url was presented for you to make an objective comparison of the one outline and the other Table-of-contents and to tell me if they match up in your opinion or if they do not match up with one another. Otherwise, there is a long history of two-word copyright violations which i can provide to you, mostly self-evident examples, if you request. My main question here is if you can look at the Table-of-contents only and match it objectively to the wikipage outline. 209.3.238.61 ( talk) 18:20, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
In receipt of your note. Since i am an admirer of Justice O'Connor and of her decision on the sine qua non of originality, i agree with your high value of it. You have put your finger on a central matter, and John H. Hick is recognized by a very large group of scholars and associated publications to be the uniquely Original author of the phrase "Augustinian theodicy". Not only is he recognized as the uniquely original author of this term but there have been two book-length studies of his unique theological innovation of this term, as well as a large established literature. The standard for acknowledging John H. Hick's originality on this issue is provided in my link from the 'Augustinian Theodicy' Talk page to David Griffin who acknowledges using the standard of the religious community scholars as "A Critique of John H. Hick's Theodicy". Acknowledging this standard of unique originality to Hick is not done on the Wikipage for Theodicy.
The term theodicy was only invented in Leibnitz in the 18th century for the first time, over one thousand years after Augustine. This was explained on the Talk page of Iren. Theodicy three weeks ago, and the principal authors of the page (ItsZip and Quad) acknowledged this and agreed to include proper attribution to Hick in the first sentence of the article. A drive-by editor then took it out last week, and then the copyright issue of proper attribution against copyright violation returned. After Leibnitz, John Hick's introduced the uniquely Original phrase "Augustinian theodicy" in 1966 and attained large fame in the scholarly community thereafter. Two book anthologies have been published to honor him for this.
There are actually four words involved in the proper attribution for fair use provision which remain unaddressed: "Augustinian theodicy" and "Irenaean theodicy" both of which were copyrighted by the publisher for John Hick as being used by him for the first time, two hundred years after Leinitz invented the word "Theodicy" for the first time. This is not acknowledged on the Wiki article under discussion.
Since everything else you mentioned in your most recent note was so accurate, i need to add that when i did a comparison of the wikipage outline to the book table-of-contents it matched up one-for-one. That is, for each section in the wikipage essay, i was able to draw a direct line from the subsection subtitles to a specific section in the book's table-of-contents. Are you saying that you could not do this? On my desk i have the one-to-one match-up before me and can provide you with the match-up from each subsection of the wikipage to a unique section within the Table-of-contents for the book. Please confirm if you can or cannot do this. If they match up, then the difficult for copyright infringement becomes even more prominent. 209.3.238.61 ( talk) 18:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
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Your speedy deletion of several boxing posters, in my opinion, was completely unwarranted. First off the debate had only four users who offered opinions (not including Stefan). Two who voted keep and two who voted against. Because of this, we opened another discussion here and I took it upon myself to re-upload the deleted pictures at least until the new debate was settled. This time, more people participated and we were able to clearly reach an agreement to keep the posters. For whatever reason Stefan just could not seem to move past his defeat and remained somewhat bitter if you will. I don't think he understands the promotional side of boxing, which is all about hype and just how important these images are; they are not just part of boxing history, but Worldwide sports history as well. So I ask of you one thing, to do the right thing and reconsider your decision to delete these images Beast from da East ( talk) 00:42, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Under what justification did you restore this file? When you restored it you also removed the deletion tag. In this case it clearly violates N NFCC. Werieth ( talk) 01:08, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
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This IP editor has been "claiming" that 'Corazon Indomable' already ended and its successor 'Por siempre mi amor' already started even though: 1. CI ends tonight with a 2-hour finale broadcast at 6pm Mexico time, as per source. 2. PSMA will be broadcast tomorrow October 7 at 4:20pm Mexico time, again per source.
I've warned him for the past few days and told him to not make those "claims" official until said finale happens for CI, and until PSMA is broadcast tomorrow, but he chose to ignore my warnings. I thank you in advance for your time. Platinum Star ( talk) 18:21, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
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I note that when you removed the CSD tag, you said that it is "Nowhere near the same as before." This isn't really true. It looks nearly identical to the 2009 version. If we need to keep the history, I think the right option here would be to redirect it. Mr. Z-man 22:25, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Are you sure File:Frank Schlosser House.jpg is the right building? I looked up the nomination form to start an article on it, and it says the house and harness shop on the property weren't built until 1908 and 1890 respectively, and the picture of the house in HARGIS doesn't match your picture. (That, and the sign in front of the building says "Joseph Schlosser House", which isn't mentioned in the nomination form.) TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 05:28, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
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Why was this G4 only now protested? It was deleted two years ago, and just now someone finds out that it wasn't a valid G4? Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 21:42, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
Regarding declining the db-move for The Terrible Towel, would it change your opinion if the official name is The Terrible Towel? See the official trademark: THE TERRIBLE TOWEL-- GrapedApe ( talk) 02:45, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
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You blocked Januarythe18th ( talk · contribs) on the 10th for privacy policy violations. I suspect - from the nature of the edit and the style of the user name that this edit is Januarythe18th returning to the fray. I'm not asking for action, but as it is recent, I thought you could advise based on the aspects of the case. What's the appropriate process for my concern? ANI? or another noticeboard? I will hold hard - and AGF since it could be a coincidence, or a fellow traveller rather than the same editor - but I'd like to know if possible for future reference. GraemeLeggett ( talk) 16:25, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hi - this redirect is causing the target page to wind up fully protected because it's listed on User:John Reaves/PT as a potential spambot target. I think it needs to be deleted. ;) — foxj 21:50, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks you for understanding on these, and for putting forth such cogent arguments!-- Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 16:45, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Since you participated in the discussion here, I though you may be interested in this discussion. United States Man ( talk) 21:41, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
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Just thought I'd point it out to you in case you would be interested by such a thing: Link. Dismas| (talk) 21:50, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
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For the first time since being on Wikipedia, I (and another editor) am being bullied, rather systematically. I've reported this on the Admin noticeboard. Another experienced admin, whose judgement I trust, has contributed to the page. Not sure if he is going to sum things up or what. Obviously I don't want to contact him!
The bullies have simply continued bullying, even on the Admin notification page (!), and are inventing new ways! My encounters with pov people before has been mostly confined to people with limited experience and, while it might have taken awhile, we convinced them to desist. These people are experienced, and collaborating which I find horrifying. If I thought that 3% or more of Wikipedia editors were like them, I would stop editing now. I don't know how they have continued without admin warning, for so long.
The issue is (as always) content, with which they disagree. And I am fine with their disagreement. They are not fine with mine! Or anyone else's!
So is the Admins notification board the wrong place? Should I just "wait awhile?" Would it be better to take this to mediation? Not sure what to do. Their behavior is, IMO, obvious and (in one case) notorious. WP:AGF is in the toilet with no effort to maintain it, as well as a number of other protocols.
I would appreciate your general advice. Thanks. Replying here (or by email) would be preferable. They are, of course, watching my page, and would come up with some new bullying tactic! Student7 ( talk) 17:26, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
You're not the first. Please see the page history and my comment here. I won't revert this second removal of Holdek's request from the category, but I'm not very happy about it. Is it really confusing? When I unblocked Holdek temporarily for the purpose of commenting at ANI, I never meant for it to slow down the review of his unblock request. It can't be much fun to have to wait so long. I can only hope the ANI thread (where clearly nobody's interested in commenting on the block in any case), gets archived soon, so that these delays become moot. Do you happen to know if ClueBot is working the way it's supposed to? Bishonen | talk 14:55, 19 October 2013 (UTC).
-- Chaswmsday ( talk) 07:35, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend. Neo ^ has had an open unblock request for the last 3 weeks with you as the reviewing administrator. He has been unable to to file a new request due to the current one still awaiting review. Would you mind actioning the unblock one way or another? I'll be dropping a line to Daniel Case, as well. Ish dar ian 10:39, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi. Since you contributed to the discussion resulting in the ban of Wikiexperts, you may want to consider the CEO's appeal at Wikipedia:AN#Ban Appeal of AKonanykhin. -- Anthonyhcole ( talk · contribs · email) 17:19, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
Regarding [2], no, the dispute over Chris's spurious noticeboard postings is not resolved. -- erachima talk 16:16, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia_talk:Conflict_of_interest#Something_that_should_be_changed_for_such_a_discussion:_Disclosure_for_COI_policy_discussions or find an equally respected admin to do it? Smallbones( smalltalk) 21:36, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
I recently noticed that the NRHP nomination forms for at least some listings in at least Garret county Maryland are now available on the Maryland State Archives site. I don’t think this was true when I was taking pics there in 2012. Only small summary page was available on the Maryland Historical Trust site, but I could be wrong about that.
Some NRHP entries, like Hagans Homestead use the nomination form as a reference, when it is available somewhere. Some, like Pennington Cottage use the summary from the MHT site as a reference when the nom form is (or was) not.
I started the process of adding an external link to sites like Pennington, with an external link to the full nom at the MHT site. Another possibility would be to replace the summary reference with a reference to the full nom, but looking closely at each one to make sure that the information referenced is in fact in the nom form is more work that necessary at this point, hence the adding of the nom form as an external link.
I bring this up with you because you are actively editing in this area, and you are working on a bot project with Dudemanfellabra that may make certain assumptions on external links vs references vs known locations for the nom forms, etc. Is what I’m doing on pages like Anderson Chapel helpful, hurtful, or neutral? Generic1139 ( talk) 15:15, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
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I'm not sure why the talk page archives under " Xiao (mythology)" are problematic. It is permissible, indeed in most cases obligatory under Wikipedia policy (largely due to copyright concerns) to preserve the user contributions represented in the discussion "talk" pages associated with articles. The archival contents of discussion pages are not subject to deletion, speedy or otherwise, except under extremely rare circumstances; indeed, discussion pages,do not meet the technical definition of an "article", on Wikipedia. Indeed, this is perhaps the only time that I have seen someone removing archival material from talk pages, and I am quite certain that this is not at all in accord with Wikipedia policy regarding archived discussion material (in fact, the archiving of article discussion ("talk") pages is a standard practice, even automatically by bot software). Deleting them is against normal practice, and even allowable practice, as far as I know. There may have been a problem with the implementation of these discussion page archives, or a glitch in the Wikipedia software, although it's hard to do an analysis when you have not only nominated talk page archives for deletion, but removed the material from the talk page with which the discussion is associated (it seems the "Hsigo" article is basically being moved to "Xiao (mythology)", and being rewritten, for good reasons, as indicated in the associated discussion pages, some of which you have removed, apparently with the intention of permanently deleting them. I did notice that the non-article pages which you have decided should be treated as articles for deletion did show up listed in X!s Tools, in article space, so I can see why you may have considered them to be actual articles. I'm not sure why, and it's the first time that I have seen this, but I suggest that it would be better to restore the archived discussion material and to instead figure out a different solution to whatever problem may exist with these non-article discussion pages (and, which may indeed have something to do with my implementation of them, perhaps a syntax error in the names). Maybe they just need to be re-named if they are showing up stored in the wrong data space. Thank you for your attention to this matter and taking the time to consider the seriousness of this matter. Dcattell ( talk) 06:35, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
On 23 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gaston Borch, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Gaston Borch conducted the first orchestral performance to be broadcast on Swedish radio? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gaston Borch. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Gatoclass ( talk) 08:03, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
The article relating to "Sviatoslaw Trofimenko" …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslaw_Trofimenko
… needs to be deleted - this is not the correct spelling of the late Mr. Trofimenko's name and Mr. Trofimenko's widow has asked me to correct this misinformation.
I have created a new article with the name spelled correctly ... "Swiatoslaw Trofimenko" ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiatoslaw_Trofimenko
Please note the corrected spelling "Swiatoslaw" versus the incorrect spelling "Sviatoslaw".
Therefore, the article ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslaw_Trofimenko ... needs to be deleted.
I repeat - the correct article can now be found at …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiatoslaw_Trofimenko
Thank you.
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Have a look at the new Illions map I made on the Graphics Lab-page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop#Illinois_locator_map 143.176.96.236 ( talk) 09:23, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Sorry - I once contacted PennDOT and they released for their NRHP bridges photos, but I have not been in contact with PHMC about the historical markers (I replied on the Commons Files for Deletion page yesterday - sorry to be slow, very busy IRL). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 11:57, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
there is ip editor edit warring at mafia state who does not want to give a proper edit summary other then some gruesome accusations like calling me "sockpuppet" just because of some so called "ip from the same country" at first i explained why i did my edit and he continues to disrupt the aritcle so there was no point for me to argue with him so i just reply that he is a sockpuppet himself, he should be blocked or something 90.129.84.220 ( talk) 16:25, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
there is no reason to force the article to be focused on putin! there already is a similar article with the same picture, i do not know what agenda this ip has but wikipedia should be a place for dirty politics, wikipedia should be neutral, yes putin is a authoritarian leader i have nothing aganist the dictator part but "mafia state" neologism is just verty dirty political propoganda we do not need a putin picure, the article is obviously about the concept not olny about putin and we already has a similar article with the very same picture 90.129.84.220 ( talk) 20:43, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Is there something you suggest be discussed at ANI? You have closed the AN3 report, and there is none at ANI. Please also look at the fact that Rms125a has copied the entire AN3 report onto the Talk:Marcia Wallace page. I'd hat it as not relevant to that article, but maybe as a neutral admin it would be better if you consider doing that. Thanks. μηδείς ( talk) 21:56, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Please see
this diff -- Medeis is vandalizing the Marcia Wallace page and about to try to start an edit war. Please give him a lengthy block.
Quis separabit? 22:22, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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Don't think I didn't see this! :P
Actually, though. I was gripped by fear when I saw localhost start editing, since I had been testing a filter a few minutes beforehand. The kids who came to my door right after thought I was dressed up as a ghost, but I was just terrified. m.o.p 01:50, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello-
I'm dropping a more personal note here, but I left a short response regarding the possible benefit of removing {{ Sisterlinks}} to articles created by a topic banned user at the thread on ANI.
Personally, I don't have any issue whatsoever with the editors at List of new religious movements or really anywhere else. Cirt is a highly respected editor, former admin, and obviously a very valuable contributor to the project. I thought for a very long time before posting at ANI, and I don't take posting there lightly at all. I don't think my proposal is "crazy", and I do think it's a simple solution to the problem. In that subject area, Cirt has shown reliably over a very long time to not be able to maintain a NPOV. Removing links to his creations (in this subject area) on other projects seems like a perfectly reasonable action. Maintaining those links continues the long pattern of POV editing. I have now spent a month trying to unwind the mess of a single article, and he (and others) are actively editing from a clear POV in ways that negatively impact the article. I am open to other solutions, but I haven't found any.
Thank you for your input, and I am genuinely interested in any other solutions you see. Cheers! -- Tgeairn ( talk) 04:30, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
Replied to your query on my talk page. Blueboar ( talk) 02:29, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
I've been asked to implement your suggestions at [3]. I know I don't have time for about 36 hours, and I'm not even clear about what I need to do about the restorations to keep the history intact. Delete, restore a set of edits, then move the article to a new name? So, I either need more of an idiot's guide (which would be great), or to ask you to do it! Sorry to be a pain. Dougweller ( talk) 17:54, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi - thanks for the comment re the C2D possibility for my proposed category move - I did see as one of the possibilities but wasn't entirely sure as I haven't done much around category moves, so decided to err on the side of caution and go for a full rename proposal - will bear your comment in mind for future cases, thanks for your help with this. -- Bcp67 ( talk) 21:31, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
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Grand Tower Island is a very nice article. keep up the good work Hell In A Bucket ( talk) 15:13, 4 November 2013 (UTC) |
We were reviewing and editing the article at the same time, please take a look again, you'll find that it is well over 1500 characters.... Ajh1492 ( talk) 16:49, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
I've brought in a second source for content reference points and re-sumarized the entire article. I can't make it more abstract without delving into original research. The numbers remain, but still have an immediate ref tag. Ajh1492 ( talk) 14:28, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. I may work on some of those counties, or at least Saline, Williamson, and Jackson, which seem to be in the worst shape; for a combined 26 listings, they have only two images and didn't have any articles that weren't NRIS-only stubs until a month ago. Thanks for getting all those images; it really helps in writing the article when I can see what the site actually looks like and add a nice picture. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 07:44, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
I have opened a new RFC at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style § RFC: Proposed amendment to MOS:COMMA regarding geographical references and dates. — sroc 💬 08:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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I just wanted to bring Wikimedia LGBT, a proposed user group and thematic organization that promotes the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT communities, to your attention. I am sure you are so busy with your current projects, but I hope you might be able to direct people to this group if they are interested in LGBT content in any way. Of course, you are also more than welcome to indicate your interest/support, if you wish. Hopefully we can get some LGBT-related GLAM/Education/etc. projects up and running in the near future. Best, -- Another Believer ( Talk) 20:15, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
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The image had a copyright notice on the image, which I had a feeling that the image didn't belong to the user. Also, you threating to block me again is not assuming good faith, and this time I won't use a template for that matter if that's what you were planning to get from me, so please if this is offensive to you, I would highly appreciate it if you would settle this kind of matter by discussing it instead of cutting to the case by threating, and/or blocking someone. Thank You! Blurred Lines 01:51, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
Why are you reverting it? Confused. Renata ( talk) 22:57, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi ... I just passed your Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Dayton, Ohio) article at DYK, but have questions as to some of your reverts.
For example, just to pick one that popped out immediately -- why don't you believe that it is a violation of wp:overlink to link United States. The link does not seem particularly relevant to the topic of the article, is an everyday word understood by most readers in context, is the name of a major geographic location -- in other words, it is the poster-child of what wp:overlinks says should not be linked. And do you really think that is a link that will be helpful? I would think that people who read wikipedia know what the US is.-- Epeefleche ( talk) 05:59, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, just to let you know that we're in the third and final stage of the RM discussion at Talk:List_of_artifacts_significant_to_the_Bible#Requested_move_09_November_2013. I'm sending you this message because you participated in an earlier stage of this discussion. We'd be grateful for your input. Thanks! Oncenawhile ( talk) 08:22, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 16:02, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
You wrote:
Response to your comments:
What would you suggest I change? Nyttend backup ( talk) 23:47, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
I'm aware that there some differences between the current version of this article and the last version to be deleted, but I was hoping we would apply some common sense. The afd to delete this article was closed only ten days ago. Is it really necessary to go through another discussion to establish a consensus that clearly already exists? Best Regards. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 16:31, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
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I don't intend responding to this extraordinary comment in the thread, as others have more than adequately dealt with it. I would, however, invite you to withdraw it. DeCausa ( talk) 12:40, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 08:02, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
You recently deleted File:CCGS Labrador.gif Could you please tell me who uploaded it, and when?
Could you tell me who listed it for deletion?
Could you check its information template, and list here the source field that showed where the image was taken from?
Thanks Geo Swan ( talk) 16:00, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, you participated in Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 December 29#T:, some of which I have relisted at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 November_18#T:WPTECH. Please come along and share your thoughts .. ;-) John Vandenberg ( chat) 15:41, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Compare here [4] and here [5]. I replied to you at ANI too. ...William 23:20, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for voting to unblock me. I'll simply avoid editing Latin American topics. I don't want to cause any more distress at AN than what is already regularly in it. That said, I appreciate your wise judgment. MarshalN20 | Talk 14:39, 19 November 2013 (UTC) |
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Glad to see you're putting your new book to use. The list looks pretty good so far (aside from the missing columns). Though the final title should probably be List of county courthouses in Illinois, to match the other articles in Category:Lists of county courthouses in the United States. All the existing lists seem to include a column linking the counties, too, though I can understand if you leave that out since it's somewhat duplicative. TheCatalyst31 Reaction• Creation 05:53, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your recent edits to the Bitcoin article. I don't understand what this phrase is meant to mean though, "even though the issuing network is constantly decreasing the rate of inflation." Are you referring to the fact that the rate of bitcoin creation is halved every four years? Chris Arnesen 02:09, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up Bitcoin vs bitcoin. [7]. I'd write "A bitcoin exchange" instead of "A Bitcoin exchange" since here it's referring to the unit of currency. What do you think? Cheers, Chris Arnesen 10:20, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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Poor guy. First he gets blocked based on a completely bogus report (not your fault whatsoever), and now he's having his talk page vandalized by another of those IP socks... Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:37, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Could you please explain to me what is innaccurate? Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 13:06, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 00:22, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Could you have a look at Carneal House (Covington, Kentucky's oldest house)? You added it used to be known as Elmwood Hall.
There are two contradictory addresses. It is not located at 244--246 Forrest Ave, Ludlow, Kentucky, as given in the infobox. It's on 405 East Second Street in Covington, Kentucky, as indicated in the article text and this source.
The Google Maps link is also wrong. Gilliam ( talk) 07:19, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi Nyttend. I've been looking at Spf5000's unblock request, and I have to say, I'm not seeing the reasoning behind the block. As far as I can tell from looking over recent contributions, nothing this user has written violates any of the sanctions applied at the Manning naming dispute case. I'm inclined to just unblock him, but in case I've missed something (wouldn't be the first time...), would you mind expounding a bit on your decision to block? Cheers, Yunshui 雲 水 08:23, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. I have to say, I think that's reaching a bit - SPF's comment, while admittedly unnecessary and prejudiced, doesn't appear to be anywhere near egregious enough to warrant a block in itself, and I still can't see how it falls under the Manning sanctions. Given that he's already accepted that his comment was inappropriate, and has agreed to avoid such statements in future, can you see your way towards condoning an unblock? Yunshui 雲 水 14:14, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate the unblock and have struck through my comment. I do want to clarify that in no way was this a revert war, for which i had previous run afoul of things. And the discussion wasn't about transgenderism or sexology or anything to do with the Arbitration case. I'd appreciate if you would correct the record on that. Not because my comment was acceptable but because there are many cases where such comments are genuinely in that filter and of need to be looked at. Your time is appreciated on this. Sportfan5000 ( talk) 14:34, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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It appears that the House was moved in January 1982 to what was then known as Sharon Woods Village. source- Gilliam ( talk) 14:13, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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Nyttend, I want to make a personally plea for you to reconsider your actions here. I think you have made an error. That error has cause a great deal of discord, and has long-term editors, including myself, reconsidering their ongoing involvement with the project.
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IMHO this is more RFD case than a speedy. jni ( talk) 18:32, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
I have initiated a discussion at WP:AN. I am posting this notice as I am required to do so. Candleabracadabra ( talk) 19:13, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
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Nyttend, thank-you. I have grown so weary of working alone to prevent many, many "editors" who have tried to eliminate or damage the photo File:Musée Hergé.jpg. I did not have the energy to mount much of a defense yet again over this last attempt. Thankfully, you have come to the rescue. Take heed: There will probably be others making similar attempts in the near future. Will you help me keep an eye on this file?
One thing: I have spoken to the photographer, and placed his permission on the file description ("I, the copyright holder of this work..."). You inadvertently removed it. The permission is no longer on Commons. Will you please restore the permission statement?
Thank-you again Nyttend. Cheers. Prhartcom ( talk) 00:37, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Why are you removing the statement I added that the Crittenden Farm is located in the township from the article, saying it's unsoruced, while leaving a photo of the farmhouse in th infobox? Are you just being disruptive? Candleabracadabra ( talk) 14:51, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Nyttend, I'm sure you've heard enough about this, but Sportfan is asking that their entry on the arbitration enforcement log be amended/struck to note that it was in error. What input would you have on this? Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 23:53, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Nyttend. With regards to this CfD, could you say whether you favour renaming the sub-cats, per the query I've raised at the discussion? Cheers, Number 5 7 13:04, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
This editor, who has done a poor job insulting me, has been adding unsourced content in addition to using the comment box to insult me with profanity. He has been warned for adding unsourced content. Platinum Star ( talk) 18:42, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
I responded to your concerns at my nomination of Template:Did you know nominations/Agroecomyrmex. Could you take a look at it when you get a chance?-- Kev min § 12:36, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Eh, no worries. The question is whether, in a disagreement on Talk, let's say, the fact that I'd been digging the site for a long time wouldn't give what I was saying more weight - given that I'd have a better understanding of the site than say, a person who has never dug that site or any at all (there are some things only learned via digging) - and then use the article as proof (this is the net after all and you have to regard most things as lies). Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 5 Tevet 5774 05:31, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of that. Unfortunately, this IP has a history of edit warring from first hand experience (see December 1 UTC and their "WP:PRIOR" edits) and their past warnings/blocks. While I think they mean well with their edits, I don't think they understand the issues involved. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 05:47, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
It's easy. The user first made their request at the IP talk page (not logged in, perhaps) and then made it at their account page when the mistake was pointed out to them. Daniel Case ( talk) 03:58, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
I have initiated a discussion of your deletion at the above noticeboard. Candleabracadabra ( talk) 20:18, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Didn't need this right now! Dougweller ( talk) 17:11, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Revert the deletion of the Dab, if you want it.
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Responding to your comment: I don't have any independent knowledge of the name of the building in Nashville. I was cleaning up untagged articles on the NRHP list, and Doctor's Building showed up as unassessed -- because it was a redirect to the building in Cincinnati. I created the article so there would be a clearer basis for the disambiguation page and because I found a source (in addition to NRIS). I used the "Doctor's" spelling for the article about the Nashville building because that's the spelling in NRIS and on that Tennessean webpage I found. The placement of the apostrophe doesn't seem right, but it's quite possible that it's the name of the building. (This is the world that named a car "Millenia," after all.) -- Orlady ( talk) 05:31, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Please check back at the nomination page: General John Frelinghuysen House. Thanks, Zeete ( talk) 14:55, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Nyttend,
Believe me it wasn't easy. Here's what happened.
I was at the Pickaway County library in Circleville doing some research. I figured since I was in that area (I live in Hillsboro) that I'd try to get some updated shots of the National Register of Historic Places. As a guide I used the Wiki "Bird's Eye" aerial photography option (the only problem is that you can't make copies with Bird's Eye). I already had a Pickaway County road map from the Department of Engineers Office. So I'm driving up and down Highway 56 southeast of Circleville. I was keeping my eyes on the road in front of me but at the same time I'm looking out my passenger window to see if I could see the mounds. I stopped into a church parking lot to get a shot but the mounds were partially obscured. So finally I pulled into the driveway (actually a long lane) of the house that was closest to the mounds. I propped my camera up on the guy's mailbox for a steady shot. I had to set the telephone option on the camera to maximum. The shot that I uploaded is about 600 yards (estimate) from where I was standing. I think the photo came out pretty good.
I have been following the drama with User:Neo ^, I was the one who first brought it up at a noticeboard. Today I responded to one of his "poor me" rants on Talk:Armenians in Cyprus and immediately got a nasty e-mail from him (I suppose to be expected, given his attitude). I'm not going to respond to it, but should I do anything with it?-- Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 07:10, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
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from a glance it looks pretty good. Merrick was fun btw - he was nutso! Smallbones( smalltalk) 05:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for the block of User:US1939. I will keep track of his edits after the block expires. Cheers! Ruigeroeland ( talk) 14:42, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Washington_Court_House,_Ohio -- someone keeps deleting Fayette Advocate under "media" and Derek Myers under "notables" even after sources have been given. I believe they dislike Myers so that's why they keep deleting it. Please help stop this! It's just an IP address, no user ID. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leavewikifactsalone ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
You are welcome :) The first problem of Turkish Wikipedia :) Anyway, this article has been nominated for deletion in Turkish Wikipedia, so if it's OK with you you should nominate it in here, too. It is not a notable magazine.-- Rapsar ( talk) 09:17, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
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Harrias talk 13:17, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
I'm afraid that I have to disagree with your restoration of the adjective "historic" in First United Presbyterian Church (Madison, Nebraska). The use of the adjective in the article (and in the rest of Swampyank's NRIS-only church substubs) strikes me as the very essence of peacockery: it proclaims the subject's significance without giving the reader any reason for it. In its fourth and final sentence, the article states that the building's been listed in the NRHP; it seems unnecessary to pre-iterate that in the first sentence.
My objection to the adjective only applies in cases like this one, where no explanation of the historic significance is given. In a real article, it wouldn't be at all inappropriate to describe the subject as "historic" in the lead section, as a one-word summary of a reasonably detailed explanation in the article's body. Ammodramus ( talk) 16:56, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
Would you please explain your edit summary "Vandalism by tagger" on the restoration of Template:Campaignbox Little Rock? I don't have a strong objection to the template existing as a redirect – nothing should link to it, but it might prevent someone from recreating the Campaignbox in the future. And, if you noticed, that's what I originally did before tagging it db-t3 and consulting with Moonriddengirl, whom I expect you'll agree, knows more about copyvio than both you and I combined. . Mojoworker ( talk) 22:58, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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Can you block User:Hohohoinyourbutthole please? Rosario Berganza 06:12, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
Isn't the subject being alive a valid reason for a speedy? — Vensatry (Ping me) 13:17, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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This is a software project, and therefore not one of those things that fits in speedy A7, so please restore it. I know I can do it myself, but I prefer to ask. DGG ( talk ) 06:20, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for blanking my userpage. Since there's nothing wrong with a blank userpage, I have decided to keep it that way for a while... Sincerely, Ante Vranković ( talk) 06:26, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 19:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
Could you explain how CSD G6 applies to this deletion? My understanding was that if the redirect were sufficiently implausible to be speedily deletable (which it isn't, according to some searching), the applicable criterion would be R3.
Would it be appropriate to seek RFD at this point?
The redlink you had in mind would probably be better titled as Storage pool (computer science) or Storage pool (computing).
Sorry for not noticing earlier, and sorry for not having read Effective Java. -- SoledadKabocha ( talk) 21:29, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
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Harrias talk 00:03, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
The clarification request concerning you has been archived, and the resulting discussion can be read here. For the Arbitration Committee, Rs chen 7754 18:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
Please be aware that according to Wikipedia:CheckUser, CheckUsers have the final say in whether or not the tool should be used. If you disagree, you are welcome to discuss it with them on their talk page, but revert warring a SPI back open against a clerk is clearly not an appropriate action. -- Rs chen 7754 21:15, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
You closed Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Category:International_aquatic_competitions_hosted_in_Spain, but didn't indicate if repopulating the categories, which were emptied out-of-process, is okay or not. Armbrust The Homunculus 05:19, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps you know this already. Feed corn (as opposed to corn for human consumption) is left on the stalk as long as possible (a) to dry it out completely and (b) to keep the storage costs low. (At that time of year, there is no other use for the field, but silo space costs.) The perfect timing for the harvest is, I believe, the day before the first snowfall and after about 2 weeks of no rain. I am in southern Ontario where, for the last few years, corn was still standing in the fields into January. This year, however, any left in the field much after November first is still buried in the snow. Bielle ( talk) 20:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you again regarding the Washington Court House page shenanigans that you've been dragged into. But the ID "leavewikifactsalone", that has recently been blocked, stated on 12/24 at 10:09 that they consulted with you over the removal of Harry M. Daugherty as a WCH notable. That seems exceedingly odd to me since Daugherty has about a 7 foot long Wikipedia page and is clearly notable. That ID is convinced I am the one deleting the FA and Derek Myers (not true) and probably just wanted to irritate me since I added Daugherty back (I assumed he was deleted from notables by mistake). Anyway, I'd be happy to hear why it is not appropriate to list him if that is indeed the case. BTW, I read your information page about history and Old English. Though it is certainly not Old English, if you ever get a chance to read "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentelman" you'll be glad you did. I made a bit of a study of the book and have dozens of pages of notes and definitions for most of old and obscure terms, dashes, and foreign languages. Thanks for the information. ThomasSchroeder ( talk) 23:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)