Hi, Toddst1, Curious why CityBeat is slatted for removal when other publications are accepted. What do I need to do to qualify this as a post and not an ad? CityBeat can be linked to Southland Publishing and California Alternative Newsweeklies who are already on wiki. how did they make the cut? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unionpilot ( talk • contribs) 12:16, 3 January 2008
thanks, Toddst1. I appreciate your direction. Good morning! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unionpilot ( talk • contribs) 12:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
You usually add those tags few minutes after creation of the article? Squash Racket ( talk) 16:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toddst1, I put a number of citations on the article I wrote for Harold Scott, Director, from newspaper references to websites. My question: how do I get the site off "This article needs additional citations for verification."- so that it doesn't head for elimination? Thanks Weimar03 ( talk) 20:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)Weimar03 Weimar03 ( talk) 20:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toddst1
Thanks for the advice, I have used wikipedia for a long time but am new to editing and could do with all the help i can get!
Jimjom (
talk) 20:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Toddst1! Weimar03 ( talk) 22:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)Weimar03 Weimar03 ( talk) 22:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I noted your deletion template on Dante (Harry August Jansen). Although the article is a mess, the magician was certainly notable enough. I did a quick edit, but have limited information at hand. Google shows plenty, however. I am removing your template. If you still think the article should be deleted, please nominate it for deletion ( Wikipedia:Articles for deletion) so that others can vote on the matter. Best wishes. WBardwin ( talk) 05:05, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd, I received your note regarding the name of the website that was put into the external link. I have removed it and re-added it. take a look and let me know if you have any issues with it. Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.236.89 ( talk) 23:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
I've declined the speedy tag you placed on Troubles of the world. The reason is:
I did put it up for PROD, though - I don't think this article belongs on Wikipedia For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Just to give you a heads-up, but Roger Liddle is a real public figure in the UK and his edits need to be handled sensitively. Sam Blacketer ( talk) 23:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Clearly, (given my fundamental disdain of this mass misinformation machine) I would not haphazardly, nor would I arbitrarily 'post' anything here. My reason (previously unstated, given how bluntly obvious it was) for posting the quote and reference of the Icelandic fermented shark and the subsequent mention of the rectum, was that the omission of the shark from the statement needed to be corrected. It was no problem to interpret my intent, as evidenced by a response and a profession that the author of the response would amend the section. So, in closing, all of wikipedia could serve well from this example. Think. For a second consider the context and the parameters of the rhetoric before imposing your foolishness on me. Sincerely, 72.228.113.62 never to be annoyed again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.228.113.62 ( talk) 04:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello I'm a PhD student and I thought it was very helpful the article I created on January 7, 2008 regarding a very critical segment of business now; emerging markets. Zpryme was instrumental in items of research that are critical to my current studies and now the article i created to help others has been removed. Further, it was removed (still do not know why as I thought it was articulated well) and I do not have the code available. Would you have access to this? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Econ123 ( talk • contribs) 06:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Aren't authors from major publishing houses (Random House) "notable?" The criteria on your "notable" page says they are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westrope11 ( talk • contribs) 21:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Three Leaves is an imprint of Doubleday which is a division of Random House. Here is the link to the entry in the Random House catalog:
{ http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767928496}
I probably should have put this on the page, come to think about it. sorry. I thought the isbn number would reveal all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westrope11 ( talk • contribs) 23:01, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Can I put the page back up now?-- Westrope11 ( talk) 17:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Why are you deleting my Roller Skating Ninjas listings? You said it was 'unverifiable' ... so i verified it. I even verified it with a link to a wikipedia entry on Godfrey Ho! If you don't trust your own site as verifiable then what is the dispute over in the first place?! I think its silly and its mean. I spent a lot of time creating that entry and then you just delete it arbitrarily. I even pointed out on the 'talk' page that 'shat' has its own entry in wikipedia. How can wikipedia defend deleting my Roller Skating Ninja's page(verfieid internally and externally) while maintaining the enclyclopedic value of the word "shat"? I think you abuse your editting power. It takes a perpetually growing collective of writers and researchers to create an informational posting, but it takes only one of you to delete all their work. That's not fair and it's not right. I would like you to re-post my entry. Briansantamaria ( talk) 05:47, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Your removal of unsourced information was technically right. However, a huge chunk of the article was a hoax, and that's what i was trying to undo, rather than add back in unsourced stuff. Wizardman 00:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Ah, User:East718 didn't actually create an attack page. He was adding a blocked notice, which does create a page, but not an attack page per se. FlowerpotmaN·( t) 00:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I created this article and provided 5 third-party references in an explicit effort to document "notability." The Economist and The Wall Street seem pretty authoritative to me. I have removed the deletion tag as I believe it is premature based on solely your evaluation, but left the notability tag to see what others will say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.128.229.70 ( talk • contribs) 20:34, 9 January 2008
Hello, I have added painstakingly detailed references to satisfy the notability requirement. I have cited inclusions in such authoritative outlets as The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, specifically linking to the article text. I have made a thorough, good-faith effort to demonstrate notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Algajola ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello there. I plan on recreating the page once I have more info such as accomplishments, impacts, etc. Is there anymore info I need so it doesn't get deleted? Thanks Kageskull ( talk) 20:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
The stuff you keep removing is verifiable. Please stop removing it as it is not vandalism. Bytebear ( talk) 01:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I declined the speedy delete because the article currently asserts a claim of notability. The article is currently unsourced, but this is not a basis for WP:CSD. Suggest WP:AfD to test the validity of the claim. Best, -- Shirahadasha ( talk) 04:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
I am new to the contributing part of the wikipedea. As for entries under Parivesh Mishra, all are done by me so far. I see the point when you said it is shaping up to be very personal. Give me time, a day or two, I will try myself to prune it of unnecessary portions. At the same time, will provide citations wherever I can. ≈≈≈≈ Pariveshm ( talk) 19:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
The language that was mistakenly addedd which sounded like an advertisement has been delted from this non-commercial medical association site. Can it be re-reviewed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mebjones ( talk • contribs) 14:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
There is no material on the College of American Pathologists page that is a copyright infringement. This has been verified by the CAP, who has contacted Wikipedia directly. JTH2008 ( talk) 18:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC) JTH2008
See response on my page, there may be a way to solve this. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi... the text was sourced from the wikipedia page on William Avery Rockefeller. you can find it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Avery_Rockefeller This was my first edit here... didn't know how to cite a reference. Moreover, it has been documented to that effect at a lot of reputed pages. 203.197.77.37 ( talk) 17:28, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
<ref> {{cite book | last = Chernow | first = Ron | authorlink = Ron Chernow | coauthors = | title = Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | publisher = Random House | date = May 5, 1998 | location = | pages = **REPLACE THIS WITH THE PAGE OF YOUR CITATION** | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0679438083}}</ref>
I'm not sure you were right to label this a vandalism revert. -- John ( talk) 21:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Could you please explain why you are labeling Duergarthedwarf's removal of templates without explanation as vandalism, but not labeling the addition of those templates (in alphabetic order by one editor) as vandalism? He is new and some of the templates are likely right, but those templates are appearing at least as arbitrarily as their removal. Thanks, Hobit ( talk) 22:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I just wondered if you've considered becoming an admin. You seem experienced enough, so I'd be happy to nominate you if you're interested. Regards. Epbr123 ( talk) 14:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, like I said - I'm new to this whole thing. I've added a lot of references and cleaned up the language a little. Could you tell me what else I need to change to get back on track? Thanks. Donstorm ( talk) 13:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
How's it looking? I've just cleaned up the bio and the Arab in America blurbs as well as added a couple more references. Can I take off those flags yet? Donstorm ( talk) 10:20, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll try to find a way to show that "up-and-coming" claim instead of just saying so. Why did some guy just put the flags back on by claiming he is reverting vandalism? Donstorm ( talk) 10:31, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
All right. Fixed. Thanks for all your help! Donstorm ( talk) 10:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Todd, I just received a note that you have tagged my FGL topic for rapid deletion for copyright issues.
As the original author and owner of all of the material in question, a fact which is easily verified (www.5g.com, www.open5g.com, www.zude.com, www.angieandsteve.com), there is no issue of copyright. Accordingly, any material that I place in Wikipedia that I wrote and own is obviously placed there with my full authorization.
I am hopeful that Wikipedia cna evolve to be an important informational source for many of the technical projects that I am involved with, and look forward to any assistance, direction, or guidance that may be available.
Thanks,
Steve Repetti Chairman/CTO Fifth Generation Systems co-author FGL programming language —Preceding unsigned comment added by Srepetti ( talk • contribs) 01:53, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
If you acctully read what they had posted you would understand why I handed out warnings and speed tags. Harebag ( talk) 02:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello! Regarding one of your edits (a while ago) to Abdikarim Egeh Gulaid when you added {{expand}}, {{unreferenced}} and {{wikify}} tags on the article. All of the tags are 'correct', but there is no need of the expand template when a stub-tag is already there. Just a friendly notice! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 02:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Wikipedia:Peer review/Heroes (TV series)/archive2-- Chrisisinchrist ( talk) 06:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
You appear to be going through articles and removing {{ reflist}} tags and inserting comments suggesting using <references/> but breaking the references in the process. Assuming good faith here, can you explain? Toddst1 ( talk) 13:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
These edits were discussed in some detail on the relevant talk page. A cursory look at the 'citations' reveals them to be neutral on the issue of whether DRM is restricted to media only, or whether software is included.
The discussion on the talk page is listed under " Edits of MasterHomer / iamacreditcard", and was removed then because it was included as a deliberate attempt to increase credibility of a statement made elsewhere from Wikipedia as a deliberate act of intellectual fraud.
Consequently I believed it was both reasonable and indeed nessisary to remove the post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unedit ( talk • contribs) 22:29, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I removed the db-norat tag because the image hasn't been uploaded for more than 5 days. norat is for images that are older than 5 days old. Corvus cornix talk 22:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey Todd...I'm new to Wikipedia, so I'm still learning the ropes and etiquette here...I used some other articles as models while writing Ifeanyi Chijindu's, so maybe I'm missed something? I've seen untagged articles that have the person's business all over it and there's hardly any sources. I don't know why my article got tagged for "advertisement" when I didn't include her company's website in her external links or in the thumb picture to the right. According to Wikipedia's style definition, it says in RE: to tagging articles for blatant advertising that "Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion." Also, I don't know why it's been tagged for "dispute" when there's lots of sources, online and printed. I'd really appreciate if you could help clarify these things for me since I want to do a good job on the article. Thanks!
Just The Facts Plz (
talk) 23:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Could you please explain in the article's Talk page what you're disputing? Sticking on a disputed tag without an explanation doesn't help to make the article better. Corvus cornix talk 23:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for writing to me. I would like to remind you that it was several months ago now that I removed the banner. Before doing so, I did remove some really trivial stuff and incorporated some other sentences from the trivia section into the main article. I believe that what was left was, at the time, a section on Funyuns in popular culture only. Of course, it has been edited again since that and some real trivia crept in again. (I've just removed some sentences that I think shouldn't have been there.) I am just as keen as you are on making this a real encyclopedia that contains reliable, meaningful information, I may slip along the way but my intentions are good, as you are aware. I don't just want this to be a load of nonsense like "Zach's dog is called Funyuns" that no sensible person would want to read either. Simon Peter Hughes ( talk) 02:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)Simon Peter Hughes
Clearly you're one of the tiny number of people who has attempted to make sense of the article Prem C. Pandey. I'm another. Somewhere almost hidden by the godawful mess of that article I see somebody who for some time was the head of an institute that, rightly, has its own article, but who's otherwise not obviously remarkable. Even the references that I laboriously corrected earlier do no more on average than quote Pandey, underlining the fact that yes, he headed that institute. Can you think of any compelling reason why it shouldn't be sent to AfD? (Please reply either here on on the article's talk page. Thanks.) -- Hoary ( talk) 07:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm starting to think that one "contributor" to this article is insane. -- Hoary ( talk) 14:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I watch “ James Bonard Fowler”, and I note that you have made some solid, well-structured contributions! — SlamDiego ←T 23:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your interesting comment to my page. In future, do NOT revert previous warnings that I have received and served, that is history and should not get in the way of my future wikiediting. Many thanks HaereMai ( talk) 07:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Everyone is ganging up on my roommate. He added a source just as Dorftrottel and Jeanenawhitney requested. Please unblock him! - UWMSports ( talk) 18:41, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
He's been blocked, so its kinda 20-0 without him being allowed to post on your talk pages. I'm closer to the source than you guys. And don't tell me about being civil. I'm being quite civil. I want things to be fair - UWMSports ( talk) 18:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
janette barradas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.50.22.156 ( talk) 19:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1, can you please explain why you reverted without explanation the significant cleaning up I've been doing on Minor characters in 24? Those character sections are greatly laden with WP:OR, WP:PLOT, and WP:TRIVIA; I posted about this on Talk:Minor characters in 24, so discussion is probably more appropriate there, and I'm cross-posting this there. -- Lquilter ( talk) 20:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
You might have noticed this already, but your first revert on Argos was actually fine. Your second revert actually reinserted the vandalism. Natalie ( talk) 17:42, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
You identified the following addition as vandalism
- The sports department has had an annual flag football, softball, and sometimes basketball with its on-campus television rival, WTOP-10 since the 1970s. WNYO's dominance over WTOP has been unheralded over recent years. WTOP sports directors and their members have been known to sore losers as they frequently cry foul for any reason whatsoever. It is clear they are frustrated by the slaughter house happenings. The winner gets to keep the golden pitcher, which is really nothing more than a plastic pitcher from one of the local bars. In fact, it's in worse shape than the Liberty Bell. [1]
This is not vandalism. If you feel that this is not a reliable source, not verifiable, original research or something of that sort, that would be a much better edit summary. I'm going to research this issue a bit more. Thanks, and have a great day. Wjhonson ( talk) 23:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I was looking at SSP cases. What do you propose for User:Anonymous IP? The user is blocked. The user has no edits. Having an account and then editing only from an IP is permitted, I believe. These questions are only asked for my own education, not to harass you. Archtransit ( talk) 00:11, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
If you want to see why I put those nonprinting notices on Way of St. James, look at just a few of the links we removed over the last few months alone: [1].-- Filll ( talk) 01:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
If we let people just post whatever they wanted on the page, clearly the page would be destroyed in a few months. I finally decided to try the notices and see if that helps.-- Filll ( talk) 01:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
apparently you didn't blink fast enough for twinkle :P-- Pewwer42 Talk 04:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I just updated my Max and Ruby update with references. I am hoping that I did this correctly this time. Please let me know if I am I still doing it incorrectly. Thanks! Blm0303 ( talk) 15:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Got your note. I am confused. I thought I did use the ref tags. I guess I didn't do it right, but I don't see with the link you gave me how to just use ref tags on a webpage. Or just do ref website /ref? Sorry to be such a pain in your neck. Blm0303 ( talk) 16:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = | work = | publisher = | date = | url = | format = | doi = | accessdate = }}
and fill in at least the publisher, title and URL. Let me know if you need further help. Toddst1 ( talk) 17:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello...i would love to peer review your article...i will start this weekend-- ChrisisinChrist comments and complaints here! 20:19, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi there; I notice that you welcomed User:Deltalkshow, and then warned him about his creation of an article entitled Del Talk Show. Perhaps you are not aware that Wiki username policy prohibits the use of the names of commercial or media enterprises as usernames. Could I encorage you to become familiar with this policy, as it is incongruous for an editor to comment in this way immediately before a username block is applied, as I have just done. Happy wikying. -- Anthony.bradbury "talk" 21:29, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1, I note you have proposed Beerex for deletion. This is a commonly used term for Beer Exhibition or Beer festival and this redirect page was created to take users straight to the appropriate page; I believe the Beerex redirect to be very useful. Oddly, when checking the page, I can't find the dated prod notice. I look forward to hearing from you Weydonian ( talk) 23:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1 -- I am concerned that by my providing a narrow comment or two within the peer review for Belair Mansion, that I may be interrupting whatever would be the normal process for a qualified peer reviewer to take on the article. I don't feel qualified or able to take on a complete peer review, as I am going through peer review for an article of my own, for the first time, just now, for the article List of National Historic Landmarks in New York. I did ask on your behalf for others in WP:NRHP to consider joining the peer review at talk page of WP:NRHP, but that is not a regular process there and I am not surprised that so far there are no takers.
Please do follow the regular process at Wikipedia:Peer review to ask volunteer peer reviewers to consider reviewing your article, and please do explain that one person (me) has provided only a very limited comment and is not qualified/able to perform a proper peer review.
Good luck! doncram ( talk) 15:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Boy you sure got rid of OC Systems fast. You didn't even leave me time to respond on the talk page. The patent Aprobe technology is signifcant contribution. Cole is a leader in the Open Source community. Could you give me further imput on why you so speedily got rid of this article? Amyyaley ( talk) 22:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
That article was posted yesterday about this time. Another version was posted Monday and was nominated because of blanant advertising. I took out anything that could be taken for advertising and that was the article posted yesterday. So I am unclear as to what you have been seeing for weeks??? Amyyaley ( talk) 22:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
hi, thanks for the note however im not advertising....im simply creating a "bio" or history of a company in my community . you should search " microsoft" or "wikipedia" " home depot" thank you for your concern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert.moore.j ( talk • contribs) 21:47, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of OC Systems. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Amyyaley ( talk) 22:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Clearly an autobiography. Please take the appropriate action. Thanks! - UWMSports ( talk) 23:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
There was nothing wrong with what I linked, look at the other links in the page concerned. The page I linked, showed an alternative, non-comercial example from the 'norm', or is that the issue? The external links on that page are, essentially, spam, by the above definition, in your template, cut and paste. Jeez, so much for free speech and difference of opinion. P.S. I appreciate wikipedia spam policy, but this doesn't even come close to violating it. All I did was find a decent site, and after, previously exaiming wikipedia (and seeing that articles of a similar nature were included, and reading them), felt that (it-wikipedia), was lacking in reasonably suitiable examples, or that the page, in general, lacked in alternative viewpoints. My aplogises for participating in the wikipedia experience. The mass media is correct, wikipedia is dominated by a miniority, what a joke. WATCH HOW FAST THIS POST IS DELETED, that in itself is proof. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amisomeone ( talk • contribs) 18:07, 23 February 2008
you flaged the wterm article with expand and refimprove, templates. Its a very small program, there isn't much else to say. and as for references, the one direct source is good for the article size. Please read the article first before flagging it. Thanks ZyMOS ( talk) 10:27, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
User keeps deleting prod request. Take a look at the article, just a long list of meaningless facts and links. - UWMSports ( talk) 18:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Could you please provide me with (or instruct me how to obtain) the data for the now-deleted article titled Cruise West so that I may revise it to meet your standards of notability. Khaufle ( talk) 22:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
They aren't my standards - they're Wikipedia's. See Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? To see the text that was deleted, contact one of the Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles and one of them will restore the article to your userspace. I don't have access to it. You should review the WP:AFD discussion for the article (it was discussed in an open forum) before you recreate the article. Toddst1 ( talk) 13:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I am not an administrator. See Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles Toddst1 ( talk) 20:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry it took so long to get back to you on your request. I updated the content a little, and added a reference to where I got the information. My previous edit was more to synchronize the Joshua Barney entry with the Battle of Bladensburg entry, as well as adding that Marines participated, which I found on the historical marker and other online research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WhiteKMJK ( talk • contribs) 17:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd. First, sorry about the "WinMagic Inc." article - you can delete that for now, perhaps I will try to make another 'more complying' article later. Also, if I'm editing this usertalk page wrongly, I'm sorry about that too :P
Anyway, I'm mostly working on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software
We noticed our company (winmagic inc) was not listed there, so I'm starting to add our product and filling in all the charts on the page. Is that a COI? Also, should I make a page linking to our product and our company, like some other companies have on the above page? Is that a COI? Please advise.
Thank you very much for your time.
Baonh ( talk) 19:31, 5 March 2008 (UTC)bao
ok, i understand the edit wasn't civil and i apologise. But with the "metal up your ass" i don't see what the problem is. It's just a joke and i doubt anyone can take it seriously...thanks Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 22:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
I quite agree. However, it is clear from the previous editor that they would have otherwise gone to speedy deletion, had an appropriate tag been available. The article is more than suitable for speedy deletion. PS. Please consider archiving this page Jammy Simpson | Talk | 23:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Kinda harsh on Riverpeopleinvasion, aren't we? Just cuz you don't like the thought of metal up your ass doesn't mean you have to freak out. Most people don't even notice stuff like that. elisa talk. 13:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Kakofonous ( talk) 02:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Because this is an editor from Vietnam, and presumably they know who is notable and who isn't (and those redlinks, consequently, would lead to articles). If you want to know who the people are, just ask the editor. WP editing shouldn't be a combat. Badagnani ( talk) 02:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Oh, that edit is disturbing. Probably the editor is about 14 years old. However, there may be good mixed with the bad. Badagnani ( talk) 03:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, welcome to WP:NRHP from a fellow member. I know I have seen your name before, probably on NRHP articles already. If you are interested in colonial NRHPs, perhaps you'd be interested to browse the work-in-progress List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, which has many new stub articles that have good sources linked, but little development. Or if u have a different geographic interest, i would be happy to know. I happen to focus on the National Historic Landmarks, which is kind of an honor roll of the NRHPs; we are getting within striking range of having an informative article for every one of the 2430 or so NHLs. South Carolina happens to be in progress right now; status of all NHLs by state is reported in a table on the WP:NRHP main page. Cheers, doncram ( talk) 20:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi - just been reviewing some of your contributions for your RFA nomination. I've got no problem supporting, but
this edit caught my attention. The spell checker is not a standard tool in Wikipedia, but seems to be an optional add-on in anti-vandal tool. See
WP:SPELL. It seems reasonable that a new editor wouldn't have that installed. Hope you don't mind me bringing your attention to this. It's not enough for me to worry about, so I'll cast my vote help to establish consensus at your RFA now. Good luck! —
Tivedshambo (
t|
c) 11:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I've always edited on Wikipedia using Firefox. That explains why I thought it was built in. Toddst1 ( talk) 15:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I removed your proposed deletion of this article. I agree that the article isn't very good, but it was created yesterday and will be improved. There is no problem with verifiability nor does it violate WP:CRYSTAL. I'm not sure how familiar you are with the Eurovision, but it is the most watched television broadcast in Europe and, to the best of my knowledge, the most watched annual transmission in the world. The entries to it definitely satisfy notability and there are articles on all the other entries. As the entries are selected in March, these articles are still stubs but will most certainly be expanded fairly soon as the Eurovision has a whole "army" of extremely devouted fans. :) Cheers! JdeJ ( talk) 22:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I have reviewed the information in my talk page and as a content owner am permitted to post the information in the article plaxall.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cschiffner ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 10 March 2008
I have given wikipedia explicit pemission which is found at http://www.plaxall.com/about.php You can see it at the bottom of the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cschiffner ( talk • contribs) 21:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I have now added the GFDL statement to the page in question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cschiffner ( talk • contribs) 21:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Is there anything else i need to do to satisfy your requirements?-- Cschiffner ( talk) 21:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
The "spam like" material is removed. As far as the GFDL statement, it releases the information in question while the remainder of the site/page remains under the ownership of Plaxall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cschiffner ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
This user is nothing but a vandalism only account. He repeatedly blanked his talkpage and erasing warning messages. So I have gave some mammoth warnings. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 17:37, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
I am not aware of any general policy of not linking to Google books, and the thousands of links to it imply that there isn't one, but WP:LINKS (not WP:Links ) is pretty clear about not linking to copyrighted works, period. I see no problem with linking to public domain works at that site, but that's just my opinion. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 14:36, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1, The article that I just wrote about David Maupin was listed as an autobiography, which is incorrect. I work at a major contemporary gallery in New York and am creating pages for the owners of the gallery that is taken from major media sources. Can you please help me remove the error messages that I'm receiving on this article? Thanks so much, Bettina Prentice —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lehmannmaupin ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Oh, I missed <the offensive phrase>. Good catch! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 21:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the weird vandalism on my user page. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 22:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
I notice that you've created / worked on two Episcopal church articles. Well, do I have a project for you; one that needs people who write articles about Episcopal churches. No need to be an Episcopalian or even to like them :-) Would you like to join the WikiProject focusing on Anglicanism and the Anglican Communion: WikiProject Anglicanism. Our goal is to improve and expand Anglican-related articles. If you are interested, read over the project page and consider signing up. Cheers!
Hi,
Regarding MC Wrec; I don't even know the guy, other than he is todo with Addict Clothing's music - the link I added there was to give notability for my Addict article, as I was told by the guidlines that if you have links pointing to your article it looks better and I found that there was something about Addict Beats Collective there when looking for link from my article.
Why has he been deleted? I hope it's not because of me, as that page is nothing to do with me.
With regards to Addict Clothing, I write articles for them, for free, because I love the company and what they do and what they are and think what they do deserves to be heard.
Many thanks,
Mischa.wgreen ( talk) 12:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! ... discospinster talk 23:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello Toddst1, I'm pleased to tell you that your RfA has been passed as successful and your are now an administrator. Congratulations, and good luck with the mop. The Rambling Man ( talk) 09:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations on your successful RfA! Do everything you're supposed to and nothing you're not! :) Make sure to check out the new admin school. Good luck and feel free to ask me if you have any questions. Glass Cobra 18:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Wow you did very well! Wikipedia has every reason to believe you will make a brilliant admin! Thanks for taking the time to thank an old "commentor"! Have fun with the tools! -- Camaeron ( talk) 17:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Non nobis solum ; p
Hi Todd
I see that you have edited my contributions to the page on Bob Griese. While I understand why my contributions were not acceptable-- I was in the process of entering citations, but they were not in yet-- you seem to have deleted the entire 2nd half of the article. This deletes Bob's pro football career entirely. It also deleted the one footnote I managed to put in before I saw what you had done.
I wonder if it would be better to either restore the article I wrote, so that I can place appropriate footnotes, or at least restore the work that others had done on that section of the article, as it just doesn't make sense to end the Bob Griese article in 1967, when most people know him because of his pro football career.
Thank you for your hard work trying to keep wikipedia as an authority of reliable information
Elton1111 ( talk) 17:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)elton1111 march 14, 2008 (happy pi day)
Should User talk:Palmer-Ridge be deleted? User seems to not exist and is only being made as an article. - Warthog Demon 19:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
your welcome, but I must say, if it closed with 42 supports, it must be a sign. 101010 -- Pewwer42 Talk 17:33, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps you missed the template I add to the talk pages:
{{subst:spam-warn-userpage|User:XXX|header=1}} ~~~~
That ought to be sufficient, in my opinion. -- Calton | Talk 22:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Do you now see why I put a speedy delete tag on the article, because it was nonsense and a hoax. Someone in the AFD even commented that it shouldn't of gone through AFD. D.M.N. ( talk) 13:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1, You recently deleted INorden.org on the grounds that the text was copied from this page: http://inorden.org/?page_id=31&language=en. The only propblem is: I wrote that page, too, (as iNorden.org editor) and have given myself permission to re-use it here. As I'm new to Wikipedia (as a contributor, that is), I'm not familiar with proccedings needed in order to re-publish deleted pages, but I expect there's a backup of sorts somewhere. Hope you may be of some assistance, as you deleted the page. Thanks a million for your kind help. Jarle Petterson ( talk) 05:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I noted you have just blocked the IP address User:169.244.35.11. In view of some overlapping vandalism from a new 'user account on the John Dalton article could you please take a look at User:Balla207 to see if it could be the same user. If possible could the User:Balla207 account be blocked as a vandalism only account? Also in view of the persistent vandalism history from the User:169.244.35.11 account and the 16 vandalism warnings, of which 3 are final warnings, that have been posted on the users talk page, so far, this year, would not a 12 month Anon Account / School block be more appropriate than a 48 hour one? Richard Harvey ( talk) 18:22, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Thankyou for the info. Besides that, where may I find this article's AfD? Dædαlus T@lk\ → quick link 21:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Since an attorney was invoked at User talk:Wikimania08, that looked too clearly like a legal threat, so I blocked. I could also have blocked as a sockpuppet, so it was almost a case of which reason yielded the longer block.
By contrast, with the comments left apparently by the same person at User talk:Eeihq, I gave the benefit of the doubt that, even though it's a threat, it's not a legal threat. — C.Fred ( talk) 23:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, sorry about that personal attack earlier, I was just in a very bad mood. Everybody gets mad sometimes, and I'm just sorry that I vented my anger towards you. Good Luck with being an admin tho! Once again, I'm very sorry I acted that way.
Tool-apc ( talk) 23:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, sorry about that personal attack earlier, I was just in a very bad mood. Everybody gets mad sometimes, and I'm just sorry that I vented my anger towards you. Good Luck with being an admin tho! Once again, I'm very sorry I acted that way.
Tool-apc ( talk) 23:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Looks like you misread the debate, if you read it more carefully you would see that the consensus was "Yes to keep" and not yes to delete. Please revert. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.209.186.97 ( talk) 09:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
Why did you delete this article? I just spent three days dealing with three different admins and was approved by Discospinster to have this article online. I am sorry for my tone but I can't keep dealing with all these admins different opinions. No article will ever satisfy everyone and it's not fair to have me keep defending my post just because someone decides they don't like it, or has no meaning to them etc. An Admins decision should be respected by all other admins otherwise what is the use? Can you please repost the article?
Thanks Succisa75 ( talk) 16:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I have read that and the A7 ruling does not apply. If you read the article and followed up on the links you would see that this person is a prominent and influential figure in the fashion industry through out South East Asia. No other admin that has contacted me about this article has ever brought that into question.
If Motorola has assigned this person as one of its ambassadors for its Project Red Campaign to fight Aids in its South East Asia I think that would support the argument this person as being important or significant. Succisa75 ( talk) 17:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
It's been deleted seven times because admins like yourself don't take the time to read the history of the article, nor try to contact the writer to try and rectify the problem in a supportive way before deleting. Also every deletion thus far was always overturned because any valid issue an admin had with it I rectified it, in a timely manner, or they corrected their mistake. It's obvious you have no valid issue. Also it shows the lack of respect on your part for the other admins decisions in allowing it to stay active. I will be contacting the Admin notice board to have this handled further. Succisa75 ( talk) 20:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm new to Wikipedia. As best as I can understand from the reams of instructions and rules I've been scrolling through, you have something to do with deleting an article I was working on.
1. I did not intend to post my article yet. I must have pushed the wrong button. I wanted to save it and work on it somemore, adding references and such.
2. There is no copyright violation. I am the original author of the text as it appears on my website and in the revised version I was working for Wikipeida on before you deleted it.
3. I am happy to give Wiki editors the right to edit my posting. I do NOT want to put an announcement on my website to the effect that anyone anywhere can use and edit the text there. Are you telling me I can't use my own writing, which I retain all rights for, when I write for Wikipedia? That's quite a muzzle.
4. Why can't you send a notice that I could respond to instead of, within less than 24 hours, deleting an article I was working on?
5. Who are you and what's your expertise in copyright law anyways?
Thank you.
Will Roscoe, Ph.D. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Willrsf ( talk • contribs) 17:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1, I saw that the article regarding the Carnegie Mellon University Rowing Club was deleted upon the criteria that it was not encyclopedic. The club has a rich history, and significance in Pittsburgh, and as the publicity chair representing the organization, I have been requested by university officials to create a wikipedia article lending to the history of the organization. I also understand that Wikipedia encourages that we, the users, should not write about subjects in which we have personal interest/affiliation with, however, I feel that someone from this small organization would be the only person qualified to write a credible article about the organization. Can you restore this article and provide me with some suggestions on how to make it more Wikipedia appropriate. I will do my best! -- Nicksmarto ( talk) 04:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
hi, can i learn why our "yılmaz bektaş" article is deleted, bec i didnt get it why delete, the arctile is from yilmaz bektas himself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ybektas ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 19 March 2008
Thank you for your report - just a quick point, though, that new cases go at the top of the list on WP:SSP, not at the bottom. I've moved it for you, and dealt with the case (pretty open and shut). The case won't, therefore, appear in the list at all in a few minutes, as it will have been archived. Thanks. GB T/ C 14:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Raffaellogalli ( talk) 17:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC) Hi, I am trying to satisfy the wikipedia requirement and I believe that the previous attempt was not fitting 100% but I do not see any reason for deleteing the article this time. Can you please explain. Thanks.
-- Raffaellogalli ( talk) 00:39, 20 March 2008 (UTC)I understand your point, but you should consider that I have created the article with information regarding the utility and the advantage of the subject and it was deleted because consider blatant advertising. After that I recreated the article without the information and you declared as an article that doesn't indicate why its subject is important or significant. So can you please advise on what should I do? Thanks.
This article has just been deleted when I thought I had put a "Hang On" message on it. I removed some text and left it quite simple with statement of fact. I also asked somebody somewhere in Wikipedia why even if after I removed the text it might still be deleted as other company profiles (and I named a few) were live. I couldn't see the difference between mine and the other companies that I mentioned.
Whilst I completely understand that advertising is not good for this site, I still think that a company name with a statement of what that company does is a definition, not advertising. My article was deleted and it was simply a definition.
Please explain. Thanks Aislingfoley ( talk) 17:45, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm new to Wikipedia. As best as I can understand from the reams of instructions and rules I've been scrolling through, you have something to do with deleting an article I was working on.
I'm not sure why you felt it necessary to delete the content I uploaded to the Y&R page.
I am simply updating information about the company so that it is factual. There is no self promotion involved.
As on of the largest advertising companies in the world, it is important that any information in the public domain be as accurate as possible.
I am greatly disappointed that you felt it okay to delete this content without even the thought of contacting me to ask any questions you may have had.
I have re-uploaded the content and would appreciate it if you would not delete.
Any questions please contact me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcaplan243 ( talk • contribs) 18:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
You recently tagged 1998 South Carolina Gamecocks football team for speedy deletion as an attack page. I fail to see the attack. Please explain. Toddst1 ( talk) 01:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Unless you can explain how this is an attack page, I will decline the speedy deletion a third and final time. If you continue to add the template without explaining how this is an attack page you will be blocked. Toddst1 (talk) 01:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I just explained it. This is not even an ARTICLE. It is a table of results for one single season of South Carolina football, one of the worst in its history. Do you think the author just picked this season out of a hat to write about? Please think about why this article is being posted. Wikipedia is not simply a repository of information. If this author can write an actual ARTICLE about this subject, let him do that and then post it. He shouldn't be allowed to simply post a stub and then promise to finish it up at some future date. ViperNerd (talk) 01:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I've already mentioned this page to the admin who originally speedy deleted it. You can take it up with him. I can't help you if you want to be stubborn and insist you can't see the obvious. ViperNerd ( talk) 01:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Good evening. I have a question as to why the article I wrote about Ellen's Stardust Diner was deleted. Mind you, I don't take any offense to the article being deleted, but I assure you the article included actual information from the restaurant's website. Is there any particular reason why the article was deleted? And can you please tell me what kind of information I would need(if any)to avoid deletion in the future provided the article be written again? Mr. Brain ( talk) 04:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
How could making a test page result in being blocked? Don't Feed the Zords ( talk) 12:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1, I saw that Ponty Mython the quest for a better ending was deleted on the basis that it was not significant or didn’t have any references. What happened was, I was typing it and saved it and went to bed. i was going to put all the references on it in the morning. I have several references that I would like to put on it. could you please either post it on my user page or undelete it so I can put the references in? thanks. Spy boy360 ( talk) 20:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toddst1, I must start by saying I am having problems finding out how to chat with you and please may I request your assistance, could you please explain why you deleted Martin Lindstrom, please find below the text which you deleted, I would be more than pleased to learn from you how to fix the below text, All the very best,
Martin Lindström
Martin Lindström (born March 7, 1970) is a Danish brand futurist, researcher and writer. Martin was born in Århus, Denmark; his professional life began at 12 years of age.
These remarkable beginnings heralded ongoing startling achievements. Still in his thirties, Martin is one of the world’s most respected author and branding gurus, an honor bestowed by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Throughout 20 years of book writing, marketing experience, Martin has conceived a revolutionary set of principles that achieve positive business results from transformational marketing strategies. His unique vision is scientific and process-based, all supported by global studies conducted by a team of more than 600 researchers. Reference site www.MartinLindstrom.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterhenery ( talk • contribs) 01:56, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I still cannot edit a new article for Swami Jyotirmayananda because it is now "protected", and previously deleted by you. I did create a page (showing up as a Project) but I cannot create it as an article. Please view the Swami Jyotirmayanmanda "Project" page, as I want to use that content to be published as an Article. What do I need to do to make that happen? Gbito ( talk) 03:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toodst1, could you please explain why you have deleted Martin Lindstrom, I have the copy below, and if it is advertising as you state, could you please show me why and I will correct it, All the very best,
Martin Lindström
Martin Lindström (born March 7, 1970) is a Danish brand futurist, researcher and writer. Martin was born in Århus, Denmark; his professional life began at 12 years of age.
These remarkable beginnings heralded ongoing startling achievements. Still in his thirties, Martin is one of the world’s most respected author and branding gurus, an honor bestowed by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Throughout 20 years of book writing, marketing experience, Martin has conceived a revolutionary set of principles that achieve positive business results from transformational marketing strategies. His unique vision is scientific and process-based, all supported by global studies conducted by a team of more than 600 researchers. Reference site www.MartinLindstrom.com
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterhenery ( talk • contribs) 01:39, 21 March 2008 (and unfortunately left on User:Toddst1/awards, moved to here and formatted) by Toddst1)
Hi Toddst1
I can understand that you flagged my article since it was about something that I myself created. I have to argue that I attempted to keep the article as objective and as little as possible about myself.
The reason that you gave for deleting it - that this is "blatant advertising" does not seem right to me. The mere fact that there is no product to advertise for should talk strongly enough against that. I mentioned in the article that it is becoming a product, but that sentence alone could be removed if that is what you reacted against?
I feel that the Alien Abduction Lamp has as much a place in Wikipedia as the Lava Lamp. It may not be a product yet, but it has become quite an interenet phenomenon. A quick google search will tell you that it har earned some reputation.
Is there any way that I can recover the text that I entered? I did not expect it to be deleted, so I did not save a copy, and there were formulations in the entry that I would have liked to keep.
Lasse Kleinsan ( talk) 11:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)kleinsan
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Kleinsan ( talk • contribs) 11:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for sticking my nose in but i seen that the user you reported claims they own the photo but you may already know but the photo is from Kurts myspace. here is the link to the page, hope this helps and again sorry for butting in.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=1726537 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thuringowacityrep ( talk • contribs) 11:55, 21 March 2008
Was blocking email and account creation really necessary? When we block at UAA where usernames are promoting a company we just disable autoblocks. Rudget . 12:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Would you explain to me what makes this a bad report, so I do not make the same mistake again. I take it the user was told twice, and continued. Please advise. NonvocalScream ( talk) 19:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey. I saw you PROD'd this article. The author removed the prod tag, so I nominated it for AfD. You can view it here. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 19:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
You speedily deleted this article after an editor nominated this claiming that it was spam in Czech. The article was actually written in Serbian, so I don't think we can take the nominator's translation at face value if he didn't even know what language he was translating from. Could you please restore it to allow it to go for proper translation before we judge it? Phil Bridger ( talk) 18:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I found it quite appalling that you deleted my article about Catalin Dragomir. I was a piece of research that took hour and effort to compile, yet your vile assumption is that we advertise. We asked permission to write about this architect. Can you please restore this article ASAP. Mihai Sima —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cattouk ( talk • contribs) 21:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes. It was deleted each time for copyright violations, which is wrong, as long as we have permission in writing from Catalin. This time it was deleted for "blatant advertising" reason which I personally find ridiculous. What give you the right to be a judge and jury at the same time about its encyclopaedic merits? We find this particular architect quite interesting to be in your sorry encyclopaedia. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Cattouk (
talk •
contribs) 21:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
In my talk, you refer to me as Mr. Dragomar, which is not my name. Mihai Sima is my name and I wrote an article about "MR Dragomir". Also you gave me a warning for my article. I think this is a flagrant violation of our freedom of speech. I find your tactics and position as judge and jury as being not only disruptive but also extremly fascist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cattouk ( talk • contribs) 05:06, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Yours sincerely,
Catalin Dragomir
METHAMORPHIC
www.catalindragomir.com
This originally consisted only of the lyrics to the song, but the author ripped them out after I tagged it. Sorry to have wasted your time. Fritzpoll ( talk) 13:02, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Tichadok ( talk) 23:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hello, the Grid5000 article that you just deleted looks very similar to these articles :
From the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing#National_Grid_Projects
So I was wondering why you deleted it.
Thanks
Tichadok (
talk) 13:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd, if you want to be consistent, I think you either have to delete the three articles above or undelete the Grid5000 article. Thanks
Tichadok ( talk) 14:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you please undelete the Grid5000 article, if the GARUDA exists for India, then the Grid5000 has to exist for France. The Grid5000 article is written as the same manner as the GARUDA article, that's why I see no reason why you deleted it. Thanks
Yes, I see you reposted the same reason for deleting, but did you actually take a look at it? The original article that was deleted was a cut/paste from the Swami's own website, so I now understand why that was deleted. The new content I last posted is completely and utterly different! I spent over five hours creating the new content and digging up references and links. I can name many other articles with much lesser content, references, etc. that have been deemed "OK" to keep in Wikipedia. So now I am now at a complete loss as to what would make you happy in getting this article in. I've read the pages that I was told would help me, followed the instructions as best I could, and you simply re-enter the same information you did last time for deleting the page. Can you please spend a moment looking over the content and compare it to the original that was submitted? If it is truly not satisfactory, rather than pasting the same reason again (which is obviously not helping me understand) can you help me a bit by being more specific as to what I need to change to make the article OK? I am not trying to flame you in any way, I am just not understanding your criteria and asking for your help. Thanks in advance for helping me understand. Gbito ( talk) 01:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
I don't see how a single article in the Rolling Stone instantly makes someone notable for their own article, but I suppose I'll have to take it up with WP:AfD. Sillygostly ( talk) 03:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
I see you've had some issues with this hoax before. We could use your wisdom on the deletion page: [2]. I just eliminated a ton of wikilinks from the hoaxer. This should be salted, don't you think? Qworty ( talk) 03:55, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
I found it quite appalling that you deleted my article about Catalin Dragomir. I was a piece of research that took hour and effort to compile, yet your vile assumption is that we advertise. We asked permission to write about this architect. Can you please restore this article ASAP. Mihai Sima —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cattouk ( talk • contribs) 21:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes. It was deleted each time for copyright violations, which is wrong, as long as we have permission in writing from Catalin. This time it was deleted for "blatant advertising" reason which I personally find ridiculous. What give you the right to be a judge and jury at the same time about its encyclopaedic merits? We find this particular architect quite interesting to be in your sorry encyclopaedia. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Cattouk (
talk •
contribs) 21:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
In my talk, you refer to me as Mr. Dragomar, which is not my name. Mihai Sima is my name and I wrote an article about "MR Dragomir". Also you gave me a warning for my article. I think this is a flagrant violation of our freedom of speech. I find your tactics and position as judge and jury as being not only disruptive but also extremly fascist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cattouk ( talk • contribs) 05:06, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Yours sincerely,
Catalin Dragomir
METHAMORPHIC
www.catalindragomir.com
You speedily deleted this article after an editor nominated this claiming that it was spam in Czech. The article was actually written in Serbian, so I don't think we can take the nominator's translation at face value if he didn't even know what language he was translating from. Could you please restore it to allow it to go for proper translation before we judge it? Phil Bridger ( talk) 18:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Aw, six reverts to the same page within a half hour is nothing. ;-) - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 16:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
i need to learn something that about cant add and article about Yilmaz Bektas. i copied your latest answer to me for remembering. As i understand u said that we cant add an article about someone unless he's not notable, but i can see other results when searching "yilmaz bektas", from pages "ruffa gutierrez" etc. Yilmaz Bektas is a famous business man in Turkey, he got profile from Imdb and many many results from google and images... Why u think that not notable and we cant add an designed his profile article to wikipedia, i need learn that.
Thanks and regards
You said:
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Yılmaz bektaş. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 13:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.247.188.72 ( talk • contribs) 13:54, 25 March 2008
I am incredibly frustrated. You deleted my article that met all of Wikipedia's policies and was contributed to by another user with sources and verification. The reason for deletion was that another user felt it wasn't notable???? Isn't that the purpose of wikipedia that information can be available that USERS think are notable not a consolidation of power? Just deleting a site like that where where was no previous listing for the keyword is downright irresponsible and detrimental to the community. Thanks for ruining the freedoms of a good thing.
Btomasette talk —Preceding comment was added at 22:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for giving that young man a bit of a timeout. I was worried I'd get sucked into a 3RR myself in trying to revert him. Hopefully, he'll get the message. Tried to help him, but he just went on his merry way. Much obliged. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 01:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for giving that young man a bit of a timeout. I was worried I'd get sucked into a 3RR myself in trying to revert him. Hopefully, he'll get the message. Tried to help him, but he just went on his merry way. Much obliged. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 01:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. J Milburn ( talk) 23:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
I was getting ready to redirect to Percy Jackson & The Olympians. It really is not an attack page. It's about a fictional character who happens to be-- a Cyclops. <<LOL>> Cheers, Dloh cierekim 02:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I noted the odd removal of one of your blocks by RyRy5. On March 24 I had a concern with RyRy5 on an AfD page as I noted here. Although it was a disturbing mistake, I accepted the user's explanation that it was a good faith mistake and withdrew the uw-v1 I had issued. Since then I have encountered other concerns about questionable actions/ideas from this user here, here and here. Since RyRy5 is aggressively promoting a user adoption program, I am concerned that this pattern may end up being transferred to other users. Just thought I should let you know. --- Taroaldo ( talk) 06:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I think you used the wrong template for this user block here. I'm guessing you wanted to let them know they were blocked for 1 week, instead of telling them they vandalized the '1 week' article? Anyway, thanks for the assist. Tnxman307 ( talk) 16:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Regards, Anthøny 18:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you have deleted the page I created for Lucky Busker. I read an article in Billboard magazine how so many artists were not using Wikipedia to it's full potential, so having discovered this artist on MySpace I thought I would get in there early. Lucky Busker is signed to a major label, RCA Sony BMG and the entry was no different from that of any of RCA's other artists entries. I would appreciate if you could reconsider this deletion. Many Thanks. -- Maddogjb ( talk) 12:11, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Just a note, it's not our normal procedure to warn users twice for the same edit, especially with a {{uw-vandal4}}template. Be sure you use all the templates, from 1 through to 4, in order, before reporting. Cheers
Steve Crossin
(talk to me) 12:14, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
No problem babe... that was some seriously intense vandalism too. Make my computer choke up for a second or two. Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 14:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Toddst1/Archive 2! Thank you for your
support in my RfA (87/3/3).
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dude , that was a self bio ands the signefics was for my casemanger to read it and see my intire story and aslo freinds if i ever got any ,just cuz its not a clad heart movie star dont mean its not worthy of being here that was how i was going to interduce my self to everyone was that wiki page i rember when you could post anything on wiki but i guess not now —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glyth ( talk • contribs) 08:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I reported this address, you deleted my request [3] with no explanation or action. What's up? I'm sure you are aware that a lot of necessary but tedious grunt work goes into stopping this kind of vandal, one who continues on even after a "final" warning. I'd appreciate either some help or at least an explanation of why not. ~ Alcmaeonid ( talk) 01:09, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for helping me out. I am not sure what I need to say regarding the AfD, or where. I would like to have a chance to defend my article, and finish citing my magazine sources before it is assumed to be a bad article. I'd also like to add that I satisfied every request of all the admins involved in the first AfD by citing independent, verifiable sources regarding Mr. Jaydon. I had been working on the article with a couple of admins; one in particular, whom said she was happy with number of sources that I used, and even helped source the article, and help me to clean it up to meet Wiki standards. If you could give me any advice, I would be grateful. I am not the most experienced in some parts of Wiki formatting, but I am trying hard to learn, and feel like I can contribute well written, unbiased articles to this site. Thank you for your time. Skyler Morgan ( talk) 01:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
If you can, please block User:Joe_Law. All he makes are bogus articles. Thanks. Me what do u want? Your Hancock Please
Your reason for deletion seems nonsensical. How is it possible that "the most prolific recent contributor to the Linux kernel" doesn't indicate the person's significance, so little so that the entry merits deletion? This wiki is running on a kernel that this guy is fairly prominently responsible for. The fact that he's difficult to learn about doesn't make him insignificant. In fact, how is it possible that the archives of your talk pages merit more bytes on this server than a few words on Al Viro? Context, man, context. Please undelete the article and stub it if you must, but it should be available for future clarification and development. Niels Olson ( talk) 19:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I was just looking for Harshing My Mellow (disambiguation). It was speedied using a rationale of vandalism? Please restore it and the other articles that redirect to it. At least let it go through an AFD. Its deletion harshes my mellow. -- evrik ( talk) 20:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I was trying to post an abuse report, following guidelines on [4], apparently it didn't work like I thought. It's an anonymous address from a university with repeated vandalism, so it should be banned for anonymous use and an abuse report should be sent to the relevant address. Thanks in advance, and sorry for the trouble. -- AkselGerner ( talk) 22:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, you seem an active editor, indeed I see you are an admin ... can you explain what is going on at HMM? Why would you be trying to save a dab page with only one entry? It seems madness to me but ... :) Abtract ( talk) 22:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
If you can, please block User:Joe_law. All he makes are bogus articles. Thanks. Me what do u want? Your Hancock Please —Preceding comment was added at 23:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for asking again, but you said last warning to User:Protos44. I just nominated one of his articles for speedy deletion. And I just warned User:Bob McGregor for the last time. P. S. Sorry for writing this section twice. Me what do u want? Your Hancock Please —Preceding comment was added at 01:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. You just deleted my page under Christopher R Snyder while I was still working on it. Can you please give me some time to update it before you delete it?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skiwee10 ( talk • contribs) 00:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
You have blocked him right? And I suppose it is you who also you are also the one who deleted his page. You said that he vandalised. What kind of vandalism is this exactly? I am asking this because there seems to be a reincarnation of him at tl.wp. with the same user page as User_talk:Sixtynine69x69. -- Felipe Aira 04:52, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
You closed this dicussion using the wrong template. Just wanted to let you know, and I corrected your mistake. Happy editing, Dusti talk to me 18:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for moving this page. The speedy deletion tag appeared as soon as i had saved the page, so something strange happened there. Gaia Octavia Agrippa 22:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I know I shouldn't, but his edit didn't leave me any choice. Did well in blocking him and be sure it won't happen to me as well:). Ciao -- 62.1.235.229 ( talk) 23:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Sorry about that ( NATO) but I felt insulted. :) 84.208.79.120 ( talk) 23:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
What made youthink you could remove a bio I placed on Wiki? Who are you to determine who is and is not "important enough?" John is a very important voice in the emerging conversation and have help many people find their voice - your removing him simply shows your bias to people of faith you disagree with - explain it to me - I find your actions personal. [morewormwood] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Morewormfood ( talk • contribs) 17:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
You deleted that article even though it had the {{hangon}} template in it!
Like I said in the contesting talk comment, if articles on books themselves are not eligible for speedy deletion, how the heck is an article about the author of four books eligible? -- ❨Ṩtruthious ℬandersnatch❩ 18:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Deletion review, of course - you should have just clicked on the ISBN number links of the books in the article and seen how many libraries have them. -- ❨Ṩtruthious ℬandersnatch❩ 18:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Tracy Price-Thompson. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
I have restored the article because it was deleted within one minute of the {{ hangon}} tag being placed on it. I've given the user some time to prove their statement, but appropriately warned that failure to add the required sources could result in a re-deletion. Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 19:12, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
I just thought I'd mention that Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duet Total Compatibility System seems to be snowballing! -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 08:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
why do you keep deleting them/?
Could you please re-examine this user's behavior since you last blocked them? After his block expired, LisoOR ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) commenced to upload a photo of Keeley Hazell's breast and tried replacing her infobox photo with the breast photo. He reverted himself because he couldn't get it to work. -- Laser brain (talk) 17:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Does Ravedactyl: Project Evolution not qualify for deletion? Like Codename: Justice, it is a non-noteworthy short film by a non-noteworthy person that appears to be have been written in the same blatant advertisement style as Codename: Justice, but another admin removed that tag I placed on it because, according to them, it was "not G4". What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nightscream ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 5 April 2008
I dont get it. What is with guys power deleting n Wikipedia? There are corporations all over wikipedia that have the exact same messaging. No consistency at all. What is the satisfaction with removing some corporations and not others. What company do you work for? Why are you weighing in on my request to personally speak with the person who deleted the submission? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesoweng ( talk • contribs) 02:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC) Jamesoweng ( talk) 02:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Just curious to the motivation of deleting corporations written in an encyclopedia style being deleted within 60 seconds of being submitted. No one wants to answer my question. Or give me a way of getting a private company entered in properly. I have already read the wikipedia articles. Why is microsoft or amazon or expedia okay when lesser or unknown companies are not?
Jamesoweng ( talk) 03:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, the Grid5000 article that you just deleted looks very similar to these articles :
From the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing#National_Grid_Projects
So I was wondering why you deleted it.
Thanks
Tichadok (
talk) 13:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd, if you want to be consistent, I think you either have to delete the three articles above or undelete the Grid5000 article. Thanks
Tichadok ( talk) 14:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Could you please undelete the Grid5000 article, if the GARUDA exists for India, then the Grid5000 has to exist for France. The Grid5000 article is written as the same manner as the GARUDA article, that's why I see no reason why you deleted it. Thanks Tichadok ( talk) 23:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, you seem very determined to keep the an article about George Sowden off wikipedia. While I appreciate that the first time it was written, it was possibly not "encyclopedic" in style, the second attempt was a good stub. If you feel that there is no place for George Sowden on Wikipedia, may I ask why you don't remove all the other founding members of the Memphis Group also? It seems to be a very random choice of yours. We have dozens of newspaper and magazine references, as well as awards, recognitions and Museum Exhibits of George Sowden's work to add, and, given a little time, will be happy to add them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drkolos ( talk • contribs) 09:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
You could also just do a google search for George Sowden and see four pages worth of independent listings on third party, design, related websites and publications. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drkolos ( talk • contribs) 09:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, you have marked Fooshy for deletion and warned me that I may be banned from editing again for self promotion. As my area of work is Website Development and Content Management, I feel I am in a good position to edit these pages and as such created the Fooshy page.
Although I do have a link to Fooshy, the article was not in any way self promoting - I used terms of the nature "Fooshy Claim" when describing features and I included a link to an external review by a leading authority on Content Management.
Can you tell me why there is still a problem with this article?
Thanks
Bigrbuk ( talk) 08:06, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
According to
WP:Corp - "An organization is generally considered notable if it has been the subject of coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources." As mentioned above - does the review provided by a leading source in Content Management, not count as reliable and independent. It seems it is simply easier to delete an article that has already been deleted before, rather than give it a proper and fair evaluation.
Bigrbuk ( talk) 08:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, and I fail to see the difference between the Fooshy entry and that of many other CMS's already within Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigrbuk ( talk • contribs) 13:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey. Just letting you know that I had spoken to an admin about the deletion of the vote, as well as the comments before doing so. I feel like I posted a legitimate explanation on the page. It wasn't a vandalism act. Please assume good faith. I suppose next time, I will have the admin do it for me. Skyler Morgan ( talk) 00:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for that. Do you by chance know how long an AfD takes to be completed? The one on my article has been going on a week, so I just wondered. Thank you. I am just trying to get an idea. I appreciate the advice, and the information.
Skyler Morgan (
talk) 16:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Please don't take this the wrong way but, I think you may have gone a bit quick on deleting the page that the above talk page related to. I was in the middle of replacing the holdon tag that another user had removed "illegally" and trying to explain to the creator of the article why they needed to make changes for it to not be deleted. I'm asking that you undelete the article and allow it to go to AfD or undelete the article and PROD it instead. For information I have no connection to the article, its creator, or the user that removed the holdon tag. Thank you. Jasynnash2 ( talk) 16:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Sorry! 21 655 ωhατ δo γoυ ωαητ? 16:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
The IP had made several unconstructive contributions before actually being warned. The edit that you're referring to, removing vandalism, is some kind of joke with User:Johnny 5 names, who is indefinitely blocked. The IP and Johnny appeared to be waging some kind of "mafia" war over several articles, see [5]. I thought it best to put an end to their games. Glass Cobra 16:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
I only learned a few months ago. :( - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 11:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, could you please explain me why you deleted this page? You put r1 code next to it but I checked links twice and all of them were fine. Copyright has not been infringed as my colegue who wrote MKG text is ok with me using it on Wikipedia on her behalf. Ups, right, you could not have known about it, but now when you know can you bring it back? What shall I do? Will you leave it as eg. a stab if I add a citation mark? There is no Cathy Wilkes Article on Wikipedia and it should be as she is a great artist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmvf ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC) thanks
Thanks, I will do.It helps very much. Sorry if I am messing about - I am beginner here :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmvf ( talk • contribs) 14:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I'd like to know why exactly the mentioned article ( Dr David Ellsworth) have been deleted. Ellsworth is the author of the book "Smith County Justice", which have recently being published on wikileaks. I also linked to the wikileaks article. I also told on Ellsworth' page, why the mentioned book is so important. It emphazises the corruptive judicial system in east texas in the late 70ies. Yes, the book and the author are not well known today, which is because the book have been supressed by texas state authorties (censored!). While many persons may not like what Ellsworth wrote about the texas justice system, it is a fact that these things really happened. So, could you please provide some further detail why you deleted the page? Scip ( talk) 19:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately, your decision is a bad day for common sense. By reversing his block you have given him the green light to do as he wishes. Furthermore, you have also now made a personal attack against me. I was trying to help clear up what I saw - when I checked his edit history this afternoon - to be a long-standing problem which nobody appears to be willing to address. It seems whenever one tries to stand up to the bullies, one comes away with a bloody nose for one's troubles. Well, on your heads be it. It's unsurprising that Wikipedia is seen as such an unreliable source in the press when people such as this are given carte blanche to do what they want (I am a journalist so ought to know). I would request a third opinion, but see little point in it, and I feel I have no choice other than to leave Wikipedia. I cannot be involved with a project that appears to condone this behaviour. Congratulations must go to both yourself and Mr Green for this. Don't bother posting a reply on my talk page, because I won't be here to read it. Goodnight. 86.147.218.231 ( talk) 22:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Paul20070 Toddst1 ( talk) 16:35, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd. I am the user who reported TomGreen to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism yesterday afternoon, and in light of events that seem to have happened after that, I thought I should come here and explain my position. I realise I was a bit over-enthusiastic in reporting him for something quite small really, and you were right to unblock him. I'm pleased to say I'm not responsible for what happened later in the evening. That appears to be down to whoever inherited my IP address (I logged off after posting my report and my IP address changes every time I do that). I'm glad you've removed that attack piece from the talk page. It appears to be attacking all of us (TomGreen, yourself and me - me because I'm not a journalist and my name isn't Derek). I'd like to request the page be deleted and salted if that's possible. I'm also going to get myself a user ID so this sort of thing doesn't happen again. Thanks 86.147.219.12 ( talk) 11:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Paul20070 Toddst1 ( talk) 16:37, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Your post encouraged me to do a bit of detective work and has helped me to uncover some rather interesting facts. Seems I might have inadvertantly been harbouring a drawful of socks. Hopefully my reply will help to clear matters up and sort things out. Thanks Paul20070 ( talk) 14:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
This page is in no way defamatory as it has been written by the very person in question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkemp24 ( talk • contribs) 18:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
You've recently blocked him for 3RR, if I revert his edits now then I will be in violation of 3RR, if you take a look at his edits, they are clearly in violation of several policies that I pointed out, so could you revert his last two edits (if you agree with me about them being blatantly unconstructive of course) since I don't want to risk getting blocked too, thanks. The Dominator ( talk) 23:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Sick and tired of telling these guys to stop their vandalism on wikipedia, and thanks for putting the block on this guy User talk:137.132.3.7.
Dave1185 (
talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Hi, I am really new to this and I am trying to navigate my way around. The article that I posted was deleted for blatant advertising. I am really not trying to advertise here, but wanted to post more or less a bio of the performer. People kept asking why she wasn't listed here and so I thought I would do that. If I have done it in an improper format, please let me know. I would be happy to redo the article. I copied and pasted the bio because it had a lot of information in it. I had planned on editing it and then was blocked and by the time I was unblocked and got through that process the page was deleted.
Here are the facts:
Performer with 2 E.P.'s "Loaded and Sweet as Sin" First Full-Length Album: Desert Rose Placements: Nu-Line Cinema "The Women"
Let me know if this is acceptable.
Aquila Red (
talk) 00:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, but the odds are slim that I'd get overwhelming support, both because of the enemies I've made who'd come out of the woodwork ( User:Everyking has even posted on WR that I ought to be banned) and the schoolmarmish types who dislike my blunt approach. But thanks for the vote of confidence. -- Calton | Talk 02:36, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
For a taste of the wackiness that wold result from my apply for adminship, check out the shenanigans here, where a few admins get a bug up their butts about my horrible and disruptive tagging of spammer talk pages. User:Doug User:Ryan Postlethwaite, and User:John Reaves seem particularly, well, obsessed -- check out the last one's comments in particular. -- Calton | Talk 12:34, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd- I see you blocked 136.160.138.51 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) - they seem to have moved to 136.160.150.110 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), now short-term blocked after doing more of the same. Just thought you might want to keep an eye on it. Thanks. Tvoz | talk 04:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Reported at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#University_System_of_Maryland_IP_vandals Toddst1 ( talk) 23:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Please double-check your 1 month block on Singapore University's external Internet router. In my opinion, its seems a bit excessive to issue such a block for a single vandalism edit and call it a BLP violation. At the very least, change your block reason to schoolblock before I have to deal with dozens of irate and confused emails on unblock-en-l. Thanks. -- Netsnipe ► 16:54, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
It wasn't the length or the actual blocking that I found excessive. I meant to say calling a one-off bit of vandalism and then citing WP:BLP as overkill, not to mention potentially confusing to the thousand other students likely to be behind that router. = ) -- Netsnipe ► 17:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
User:Sdrtirs left 12 messages on my talk page with 12 separate headings, and I replied. User:Sdrtirs has continued leaving messages on my talk page, after I have already acknowledged receiving his deltion notices. If my actions are legitimately considered vandalism, while User:Sdrtirs's are not, then Wikipedia holds deletionists and bots to a far lower level of conduct than contributors. Dekkappai ( talk) 18:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I have been editing the Chicago Cubs page for a while now, and a few days back, this guy User:Tool2Die4 comes around and starts screwing stuff up. He posted an insult on my page shortly after I tried to make nice with him. Dont believe me? go check it out. I then requested an admin's help in looking at this situation wherein I admitted that I made an angry response to his initial attack. I had tried to get him to work with me (see his talk page) and he ignored this and posted (see my talk page) a message saying "What do you expect from a car salesman who went to the college of dreams" which is a direct and unprovoked attack on both my livelyhood and my background. I tried to be the good guy, this guy is a troublemaker and I wont get involved in an edit war with him, which I think is his intention. I do not know if you are aware of the admin intervention I requested about an hour ago? Thanks. Wjmummert ( talk) 20:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
You two can solve your content dispute - I'm not getting ivolved in that. That personal attack that I mentioned to you is all I saw. I don't know where User talk:Tool2Die4 attacked you and haven't been able to find it. If what you say is true, we have at least two wrongs. I can't stand up for either of them and will warn and/or block as appropriate. I think this is too complicated for AIV. It's been there at least once today and got kicked out. Toddst1 ( talk) 21:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I nominated that user talk page for speedy deletion because the user appears to be inactive, and the page has no substantial edits. Please assume good faith, I believe I followed policy.
Thanks.
Ragnaranchorage ( talk) 22:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Ahh, I see the attempts to archive now. Sorry, I was referring to posting history. Looked like the user hadn't posted in a long time, and that talk page was dormant for a year until today.
Ragnaranchorage ( talk) 22:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand how I have been involved. I never use IP addresses. Can you clarify? Thanks.-- RyRy5 Got something to say? 00:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello User:Toddst1. I am the vandal that has been trying to inject some humor into talk pages. Obviously, I've taken my antics a bit far. Please excuse my actions and try to forgive me. I started out yesterday in a quest to see what the particular responses were from admins in the face of varying degrees of vandalism and disruptive edits.
I began as the bellicose editor User talk:136.160.138.51 and tried to be as harsh and uncooperative as I could. I found that admins quickly came down on me harsh with the schoolblock template as a result of my personal attacks.
The next identity I "claimed" was that of User talk:136.160.150.110 as more of a neutral vandal. I was surprised to find the response from admins to be much softer and more tolerant.
The third time, I was User talk:136.160.154.150: the friendly vandal. I left messages that espoused "have a nice day". Still disruptive, of course, but not the seething personal attacks I started with. I found the admin response to be even softer. In fact, a few complimented me on my knowledge of Wikipedia and invited me to sign up.
The fourth facade I assumed was that of User talk:136.160.160.102: the "ignorant-yet-well-intentioned" editor. With your response to this one, however, I realized you had had enough. I tried leaving a "trail" to see if the admins could follow, yet I don't believe you were able to link them all (The 'Weir-beast', the Bitter Sweet Symphony comments). Anyways, as I said, they were an experiment in admin response and I feel regret that they have been taken as seriously and badly as they have. This has all been my fault. Please forgive my actions. I promise to continue being a constructive editor on Wikipedia. Thank you for your time. -- 136.160.144.22 ( talk) 00:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I disagree with the 15 minute block. I found that to be punitive and in violation of WP:POINT. Instead of a short block you should've given a full 24 hour block for vandalising Wikipedia. Scarian Call me Pat! 09:32, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll check it out. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ( talk / cont) 00:50, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I beg your pardon? Please don't accuse me of vandalizing Wikipedia when I've done no such thing. I only pop into Wikipedia now and then to look things up and if I see a mistake I correct it. I most certainly didn't make a page called "The 10 People Who Suck." 82.31.37.95 ( talk) 10:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Please, tell me how that is uncivil? Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 12:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I don't think we have met. I wanted to get a quick neutral admin review of my block of User:SamuelM555. I received a complaint that this user was adding ethnic/racial categories to articles on living people without any verifiable sources to back them up, and edit-warring when other editors removed them. I warned the user, and then blocked for two weeks when they continued. The length of block reflects the fact that this is now the user's third block. Please, if you have time, take a quick look and tell me what you think. Thanks in advance, -- John ( talk) 15:35, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I'll say it's support. We both got more than enough cr*p off him that day. Pretty soft outcome at AN/I, but there you goes. Best wishes. Ref (chew) (do) 15:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for removing the vandalism from my user page. It is much appreciated! Alanraywiki ( talk) 22:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I notice you've unblocked TomGreen because of this edit, which was actually a response to this edit. This user has a long history of disruptive edits, which he hides amongst constructive edits. Whenever anyone has tried to take him to task in the past, he has accused them of harrassment (see this for example). If he's not to be blocked, I would like to request that someone keep an eye on him. Thanks 86.147.218.231 ( talk) 17:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Suggestion: Perhaps both of you should chill out a bit. My opinion only. Toddst1 ( talk) 18:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Note to future readers: The ip here turned out to be a sock of User talk:Paul20070 who retired after I requested a checkuser Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Paul20070. The sock was confirmed along with many others. Toddst1 ( talk) 16:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have been hired by the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona in order to upload to Wikipedia all the information related to Kosmopolis. International Literature Fest. I have a permission letter (in Spanish) I will be very happy to provide if requested. I was in the midst of editing the article and you abruptly deleted it without previous notice. ? Olga Sala ( talk) 16:47, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I established the page on Suparna Bhattacharya, a person who I consider to be an important Linux kernel developer, and a female at that, which I thought makes her unusual. She is certainly outstanding in the field of Linux kernel developers. Unfortunately, both for her and me, you thought otherwise, and deleted her page in Wikipedia.
I did not see that there was an impending deletion, nor the discussion on the deletion. My 'bad'. Is there a way that I can look at the discussion, and perhaps repechage the decision? Can you tell me how I can ensure that I always see discussions about deletions of pages I established?
I only discovered the deletion when I mentioned Suparna Bhattacharya to my son who is studying computer programming at the Australian National University, said something of her achievements, and went to look her up here.
With thanks, - Peter Ellis - Talk 10:34, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello Todd. I am User:Paul20070 and would like to disappear. But unfortunately, I made the mistake of salting my password before deciding I wanted to make this request, so it is now impossible for me to request this in the preferred way. I am a little vexed by recent events. I would have preferred not to go, but felt I had no choice when I discovered the true extent of what was going on. I'd be grateful for some advice, but would prefer you didn't remove the requests yourself since you appear to be the main interested party in this matter. Thanks 81.152.223.85 ( talk) 08:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
It would be good if you could do that. I've also left notes for Jimbo Wales and Alison requesting their help and advice on this matter, and posted a request at the asministrators' noticeboard and at the the checkuser debate, so I hope this doesn't prevent you from being able to act. Thanks. Paul20070 81.152.149.124 ( talk) 18:35, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Hyowon is my friend here at Shepard's Ranch and I told him that I would clean his page up a little.I didn't delete any words except the ones that didn't make sense. Jacob Green696 ( talk) 14:59, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey what if I change the Greeting to something else that has to do with Metal?I'm only asking you because you seem to have the most problems with it. Jacob Green696 ( talk) 16:17, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for the advice regarding editing pages User_talk:Hazmog. I'm very new to this and I'm not trying to advertise anything - just want to contribute, but its hard knowing where to draw the line! Anyway looks like i need to research editing more thoroughly. —Preceding comment was added at 11:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed this. Thank you. For all the vandalism I couldn't seem to do anything about, thank you. I'd love to know the names of the nitwits doing it, & what they'll have to face for getting the school locked out.... Trekphiler ( talk) 14:00, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
E-mail you have! Hope it clarifies things for you. Best. Pedro : Chat 14:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I was merely bringing the case to the communities attention. Goodandhonestwhig ( talk) 12:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Jackmantas ( talk) 13:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm in the process of merging the pages.
StraightBanging (
talk) 14:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure where to put this. But I made some changes to the abortion and "gay rights" sections of the Kennedy entry that further explained the dynamic post-Casey. They were "reverted" quickly after. I'm unsure why. The edits I made were to further elucidate the impact of the differences between O'Connor and Kennedy on the meaning of the Casey plurality (which was incorrectly called a "majority" opinion on the site before my edit). Furthermore, it seems important to note on the gay rights section that the boy scouts opinion was a unanimous opinion and that the decision did not rest on any "gay rights" arguments but rather on the rights of a private organization to define its membership. The article before my edits did not make that clear. And since the section discussed more than "gay rights" cases, it seemed the title of the section was misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.34.234.180 ( talk) 15:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for responding and reinstating the edits. I will try to remember to log in before making changes so as not to arouse suspicion. Good day.
Thanks for deleting that Azeem ahmed article I tagged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SimpsonsFan08 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
I see that you have placed a warning on the users talk page in reference to the slanderous edit. However, I also see thatyou said in your edit summary that the remark was not aimed at Cook personally? The edit clearly says "Cook" claims to be a humanitarian. How can that not be aimed at Cook? We need to blank this from the eidt history so that no one else can see such rumor. This could end up hurting the subject of this article. Canyouhearmenow 17:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I am not sure why the chamber page(s) I created are considered advertising. I think they relate perfectly with the economic information associated with cites. 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi there; I accept that you have been here longer than I have. But are you sure that this user justifies a block? I was just following through on his WP:AIV report, and it seemed to me that he was reverting vandalism by user:booowooo. I could be wrong. He has posted a very aggrieved {{ unblock}} message on his talk page. Could I ask you to re-check, just to reassure me? -- Anthony.bradbury "talk" 19:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Were you talking to me? Just wondering... J.delanoy gabs adds 00:41, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd,
You have recently deleted
21:08, 19 March 2008 Toddst1 (Talk | contribs) deleted "IP Triple Play" (A7 (group): Group/band/club/company/etc; doesn't indicate importance/significance)
It's a fact that "IP Triple Play" the trade name IPTP Networks is a quite big network organization that have a hundreds of peering partners, it forms 1% of AMS-IX. Also the company is the member of three largest internet exchanges AMS-IX, LINX, DE-CIX in the World List_of_Internet_Exchange_Points_by_size.
References:
I hope it's sufficient to restore page and I will take care to update it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RusMaxwell ( talk • contribs) 22:32, 16 April 2008
Glad you found it useful! How exactly did you configure Lupin to monitor AIV? whoops misread the message, but it would be great if the coding for that code be cracked.
¤~Persian Poet Gal
(talk) 01:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
FWIW: When I posted my original message to JackLumber, I didn't know that Avengah would be unblocked; I just thought that Jack (who had dealt with Avengah both qua 90.205.80.229 and qua 90.208.215.240) should be informed. — SlamDiego ←T 13:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Your warning [19] ] to a new editor seems excessive for a new editor who has created one bio article. Edison ( talk) 19:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I had an RFA at the end of February; at that time I had just over 5000 edits. I failed mainly on the grounds of too little experience outside of vandal-fighting. Around two weeks later someone asked me if they could nominate me for adminship. I asked a few experienced editors what they thougt about my chances of succeeding, and they all said it was way to early. Pedro said I should wait at least 8-10 weeks, which would be around 2 weeks from now. (May 1-May 15) J.delanoy gabs adds 01:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
"Too many co-noms"
á la
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pedro 2?
J.delanoy
gabs
adds 01:07, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1, I am new to wikipedia and have no experience whatsoever. Ive noticed on many articles that on the right side is a large box with an icon, and information about companies. For example, how many employees work for the company, whether it is public or private, when it was founded, etc. How do I create a box like that? ( Dkozick ( talk) 13:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC))
Use of the term "neo-nazi", NPOV violations in this, BLP1E, etc. Sceptre ( talk) 15:56, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
How do i upload a logo that has been officially service marked? What if I dont have the copyright information? help!! i dont want to get booted ( Dkozick ( talk) 21:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC))
Can you get unblocked if you get blocked? Mr. Green chat 15:47, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry? That was not a personal attack on anyone. It was simply a joke referring to the population as "retards". It's not meant to mean anything jees can't i make jokes around here? Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 15:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Heyy I don't think should count as a personal attack.He did not say anyone in particular.He just said that most people wouldn't know what Q3 means and that people who think that everyone does is retarded.He meant everyone who is like that user, not just that particular user. Mr. Green chat 16:27, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
hello, i don´t wanna disturb or something else. I was just a bit surprised about the tempo of deletion. Although i´m using computers daily, i´m a very slow writer on keyboard. For me it´s not exactly clear, why you deleted my entry, because bands he produced, already appear in (the american) wikipedia like beatsteaks and botanica. the beatsteaks are very succesful in europe (golden records some counties) and the become known in u.s. more and more. the Hansa Tonstudio is a legend of studio, where david bowie, iggi pop, u2 and more recorded their records. the transporterraum berlin is a kind of ancestor of transporterraum new york, where his friend gordon raphael produced the strokes. you might read the complete story in the following link: http://www.avalondesign.com/strokes-news.html and look for "The Transporterraum Setup".
I forgot to say that M.S. was nominated for some (german) awards.
I´m looking forward to get an answer. thanks. ah, yes I´m a wikipedia- beginner.
Bwikib ( talk) 22:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC) Bwikib
thanks for the response, yes it would be great to have the possiilty to improve the article in my privat sandbox. cheers. Bwikib ( Bwikib ( talk) 23:09, 16 April 2008 (UTC))
This is concerning the Sviatoslav Richter page. User Steiner_redlich is deleting relevant, cited material. All attempts by myself and other administrators to move the discussion to the articles talk page have failed. Also, when he was previously blocked, the edits continued anonymously. According to his talk page, Steiner_redlich is an admitted sockpuppet of francorussie. THD3 ( talk) 00:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi. :) I see that you've tagged this article for WP:CSD#A2. I can't find any sign that it exists in another wikimedia project in another language. A google search for "Urbanisasi berlebih" didn't turn up a wikimedia project that I saw, and a search for a sentence from the article only produced this wikipedia page. Would you mind pointing out its source so I can process the speedy? -- Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, just so you know, I replaced the g1 tag on this article because it seems to fail the g1 criteria and replaced with {{db-reason|duplicate article}}. There doesn't seem to be a specific speedy for this (but it seems like there should be):) Cheers!-- Sallicio 20:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I deleted the copy righted material yesterday on April 16, 2008 right after I put it their. I was wondering why you deleted it all together? Kc007 ( talk) 20:35, 17 April 2008 (UTC)Kc007
Its okay. Thanks for replying. Kc007 ( talk) 20:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)Kc007
Just for the record, I didn't make any more than 3 reverts. Though the IP's contributions show four edits, another user reverted one of them. The IP refused to explain why they were removing the content, despite the warnings given. BlueAg09 ( Talk) 22:09, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
This user made this edit. This is obvious advertising and his Userpage is the same and could be seen as a personal attack. He hasn't had any useful contributors and has vandalised. Just thought i would let you know. Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 00:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Pardon the interruption, but since you're active there at the time I'm writing this, I have a question (or series of questions) regarding an AIV report I submitted almost an hour before I'm typing this note. It's a re-report of a vandal IP I reported earlier in the day (the earlier report was cleared due to staleness), with some additional examples. Since the creation of the second (current) report the IP address has been used for nine or ten additional vandal edits, while my report languishes, being skipped repeatedly by admins addressing reports submitted after mine. Is there something amiss with the report? It certainly seems that I've given the same or greater level of detail as several of the reports added and closed since my addition. Minimally, I'd like some feedback on this, though what I'd really like is for some action to be taken on the vandal - it's pretty clear this address is being used by a chronic vandal of TV network pages (the edits done a couple of days ago that prompted the warning on his user page are identical to edits made by serveral blocked IPs and at least one vandalism-only account). Majorclanger ( talk) 00:33, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the friendly 3RR warning. I thought reversions of spam were excepted from the 3RR? Thanks for the clarification. Kindest regards, AlphaEta 02:23, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip. I'll keep it in mind. Have you ever danced with the Devil by the pale moonlight? ( talk) 03:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, Regarding this I'm of a similar mind to yourself. I've raised a chkuser but it's almost 2am here now. I don't have access to the IRC channels would you mind pushing it a wee bit please? I'm not sure this is something we can ignore personally. Leave me a message. Cheers Khu kri 23:51, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure how to gain access to the administrator channel, but I'm in the regular channel. I'll try to bring the situation to light. Malinaccier ( talk) 00:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
If we knew the IP we would know what police to call. I think the first step is to get an Checkuser quickly and maybe contact someone from the foundation. Not sure how to proceed with either. Toddst1 ( talk) 00:18, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
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I would just like to say thank you for your efforts regarding the potential suicide thread on ANI last night. This may have been a poor taste message or hoax, but if it wasn't hopefully...... we may have made a real difference. So thank you and if ever there is anything I can do to help you in the future, please don't hesitate to ask. Khu kri 07:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks, Todd, for the quick IP ban on the Taft High School guy. I've been working my butt off on the California Schools and this guy comes in and messes up half the page. Thanks for getting him before he struck again. Manway ( talk) 03:24, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
I was talking about the source in question, not the user - that is the difference between the two comments. The other user, however, is attacking me personally. -- 07fan ( talk) 04:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, can you block this account. This is very likely sock of User:Hkelkar. I have reported it in Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Hkelkar_strikes_back. Hkelkar socks are identified by similar tendentious editing and are generally blocked without any formal procedure like checkuser etc. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 05:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
NOPV: if someone already made wrong artical, and its orchestrated by some govermant to do so, is erasing suchpropaganda a vandal act, or defendingthe truth. Vandalism is for instance to deny the right of name and indentity such some people reffering to themselvs as greeks are doing right now. They do taht to MAcedonians, but also to Kalash people. It seems that they have the right to erasye history and write what tehy consider and want to be truth. So stoping such propaganda is act of good will and not vandalism.
If thats not true, than wikipedia at whole is not encyclopedia but is a politicaly biased bunch of articles
KolevTome ( talk) 10:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC) KolevTome
I wanted to report that it is false but it said "If you didn't edit this page, you don't need to report it." With all due respect, the hell I don't. Because I have 2 vandalism warnings now and it says I have only a final one left. So I'm just going to post my report here. I don't know if I'm making a mistake by doing so, but I don't know where else to write it:
Only my brother also uses this IP because we share the same modem but different computers we use. 1. He doesn't even use english wikipedia, let alone editing a page. 2. I myself did not edit those 2 pages. 3. When I want to edit, I log into my user account, don't do it anonymously.
So this was probably a mistake by your bot. Nobody uses my computer. And I want my 2 warning rights back. Not that I think I'll vandalize in the future, but because I'd like to keep all 3 of them in case I make a mistake while editing.
Thank you for your understanding, in advance.
Mike Cr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.62.138.72 ( talk • contribs) 10:54, 20 April 2008
Please also register your nickname before adding a request (type in /msg nickserv register password
, replacing password with one of your choice). Then leave a note on my talk page, please.
Cbrown1023
talk 16:11, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
This user is requesting an autoblock removal from a block you made, but the account has no edits and looks suspiciously like a sleeper account to me. Mind taking a look when you get the chance? Thanks. Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 17:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, you blocked this user for 3RR today. Now, it seems he was actually right in his conviction that his opponent was a banned sock ( User:Beh-nam). Would you mind unblocking? Defending the Afghanistan articles from socks has been a huge problem, and we don't want to lose our last remaining legitimate editors in that field. Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if I may extend his block to indefinite; his vandalism of J.delanoy's userpage, along with statements such as this, lead me to believe it's just a SPA vandalism account. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 01:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Could I ask you to please reverse your deletion of the FOAD article. It was a valid and IMHO useful soft redirect to Wiktionary. It was deleted a week ago as a G6 Housekeeping deletion, but no actual work has been done there in the week since. I have asked the original G6 tagger for an explanation of the need for the G6 deletion, but they have been inactive in the last several days. In the absence of any progress towards whatever housekeeping was intended, I would request that it be restored. If the tagger returns with a valid explanation for needing a housekeeping deletion, then I can re-delete it myself for them. But until that point, I think the project is better served by the restoration of the soft redirect. - 14:40, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Why did you give Hyowon1 an additional warning about chatting?He's already gotten one and he stopped ater that. Mr. Green chat 18:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Did you read my response to his last comment on my page?He has stopped since then. Mr. Green chat 18:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd, You've recently removed all of the edits I have made about Santa Barbara Business College. It was not my intention to create spam. How would I edit the page to provide users with more information, without it coming across as spam?
And also, what is the 'stub' level, and how would I raise the level of a page?
206.169.19.202 ( talk) 19:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)mr
This was the thing to do, sadly, more so with the unsourced, negative content now gone from the article. Gwen Gale ( talk) 21:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Can you chime in with your opinion on this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 04:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Why did you remove the report from AIV without so much as a comment? Kww ( talk) 01:22, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
What makes this one "inactive"? The last incident was today. - Mdsummermsw ( talk) 17:18, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
That user, RolandR, kept removing my comments from talk pages. When I politely asked him to stop doing it, he removed that comment as well. Seemed strange. Thanks for your note. Amoruso ( talk) 01:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your offer of help. However, my identity has been posted by abusive vandals so often on Wikipedia that removing references seems to be a losing battle. See the edits made by Runtshit (some of them to pages hidden by adnmins or removed through oversight). Some of these edits were abuse posted on Tanya Reinhart the day after she died; it was the content of these that Amoruso was posting again on Steven Plaut. Indeed, he seems to have posted it on the Reinhart article again, for the third time this morning. I'll leave it for now, in the hope that another editor with a sense of decency will remove it. The same gleefully abusive comments were also posted on the articles about Shimon Tzabar and Baruch Kimmerling after they died. I realise that you cannot libel the dead, but this relentless vicious smearing really angers me.
Please tell me where you think I "appear to be in violation of 3RR". RolandR ( talk) 02:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Excuse me for nosing it, but RolandR's talkpage is on my watchlist. Roland gets nothing short of persecuted on Wikipedia for standing his ground in difficult places where the truth can be very quickly bullied away. I'm sure your diplomatic note to both he and Amoruso would have been a difficult for him to read. It's important for editors to see Admins as neutral and impartial when times are tough. Why effectively take sides by calling them both competent editors? This 'levelling effect' often lessens the validity of one editor by seeming to justify the other. Wikibreaks are sometimes sound advice (though 'Wikipedia', imo, could perhaps better appreciate how it benefits on some occasions from people not taking that luxury), but I've had experience of both editors here, and I found the 'double praise' insensitive to Roland in particular. Admins should always keep out of personal judgements! I'm sensitive to admins at the moment - they often only seem to slip up when they let their guard down and start thinking in personal terms: the advice to let go should surely suffice. -- Matt Lewis ( talk) 02:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I have reasons to believe that user On the edge of my mind is a sockpuppet of user 74.130.43.138. Not too long after you blocked 74.130.43.138 (about two mintues after), the other account was formed and was personally attacking me. I noticed the similarities between these two accounts. I figured you are the person who I let know about this since you were the one placed the block on 74.130.43.138. Thanks KeltieMartinFan ( talk) 04:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for responding to my request at WP:ANI about blocking User:Spadge47.This is the first time i requested a block against a user. Next time i'll report vandalism at WP:AIV....Thanks for the advice again... Gprince007 ( talk) 11:36, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Almost immediately after you blocked User_talk:86.129.31.62, a new editor User_talk:Argus-Bot immediate showed up and started making the same changes [21] AtaruMoroboshi ( talk) 15:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I've never posted to AN/I before, I'm concerned I may not have done it properly. AtaruMoroboshi ( talk) 17:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. Have put the page up for protection from non-registered users and alerted the wikiproject:football community. Will pay closer attention to the 3rr rule in future. Londo 06 18:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I Dont understand? i was trying to make a page and oh no it gets deleted straight away. Whats with that. why cant i make a page about myself? whats so bad about that. it says you should not make thm about real people but there are millions about real people. i would just like to hav one about me and my cousin. thought it would be a nice idea. dont undestand why you wont let me? Can you find it in your heart to let me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josephhhhhhhhhh ( talk • contribs) 20:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the notice. I didn't really understand the whole problem. I mean, I understand some like me closing Afd's, but I can do that now. You close one that should be an obvious WP:SNOW keep (I'm not touching any ones that have been decided to be deleted, merged, ect.). You then rm the template off the article, then you add a different template to the talk page.
Anyway, I also stopped adopting since users have told me I should be the adoptee.
Comments?-- RyRy5 ( talk) 00:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Please reply at the section on your talk page "Re:ANI". Thanks.-- RyRy5 ( talk) 01:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
You deleted Gabriella Miller for being an advertisement. I saw the article before it was deleted and tried to find additional references for it, but I didn't have much luck.
After I left a note about Wikipedia's notability criteria to Iprcom ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), the author of the Gabriella Miller article, he or she replied:
That page is a collection of clippings showing the designer's products pictured in editorial photographs in various magazines that don't seem to be indexed by Google. For purposes of verifiability, I would have preferred links to the magazine sites, but I am inclined to think that the collection of clippings is a strong argument in favor of notability.
If the collection of clippings seems to indicate notability to you, please consider restoring the article, adding the press clippings page as an external link or reference, and trimming the article so that it doesn't read like an advertisement. -- Eastmain ( talk) 03:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I am more than familiar with the meaning of good faith. I originally removed |this edit and assumed good faith. Until I researched the user's talk page and saw this edit that was also made today. The user has recieved two "final warnings" in the past two months, one as recently as a week ago. Looking at the "contributions" that come from this IP, I see very little evidence of "good faith" with this IP. Not to mention there's no additional warning that can be posted to a talk page after the final warning. It's not only AIV, but I'd argue it's most certainly WP:ABUSE on top of that. -- TRTX T / C 23:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
You have recently deleted my page Freakytorrent. I really don't get wy? It was marked with Advertising but i just wanted to add an article about my site so i don't get what i did wrong. Could you please explain wy because i really wanted the page and i would like to have a page about my site on wikipedia. Regards, Fyver Fyver ( talk) 16:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Bro, I do not like you, you deleted scoutmatt. Jack Tokarz is an important, historical figure and should be allowed to have a page. He was the 3rd president of the Bora Bora golf club and has many friends. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.4.185 ( talk) 19:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks for your assistance and advice. Thanks alot. Five Years 06:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd,
I'm new to submitting a new article to Wikipedia and my recent page was speed deleted with the reference of A7 as the reason for deletion. I read up on it but I'm unsure as to how I can make Breast Cancer Awareness seem more important . Can you please advise?
Thanks so much
( Shazzy McShazzalot ( talk) 07:11, 28 April 2008 (UTC))Sharon
I see you deleted my article on the Max Lazer Band .The reason given is that they were not important. I also notice that you are Canadian. The Max Lazer Band was an LA based glam punk group. I wouldn't imagine they were known in Canada; although they did play London. I shall not revert the deletion but I will enlist the aid of American editors; especially those familiar with the California punk scene. No hard feelings but I am sorry to see my article gone. jeanne ( talk) 07:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)Max Lazer was brilliant.
I just wanted to let you know that your personal attack warning on my talk page was the most polite warning I've ever received. Thanks for keeping it bare bones and to the point; I appreciate that. Viriditas ( talk) 09:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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Obviously you can't review the unblock request of a user you just blocked, but "I AM A FRIEND OF JIMBO WALES AND HE GIVED ME PERMISSION TO VANDALIZE". Hahahaha. Enigma message 19:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
Reach Out To Asia is a charity that is working towards narrowing the gap between those with and those without access to education. Could you explain, without citing Wikipedia pre-fabricated request for deletion examples, why Reach Out To Asia isn't important, but say Save the Children have a page?
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DQ2005 ( talk • contribs) 10:05, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Todd, I've added a bit more info and a live link.Is it ok now? jeanne ( talk) 11:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I note you have recently deleted From Buddha to Bono quoting "Blatant advertising" as per log entry below. Why didn't you contact me first about this? Surely it is better to address content issues rather than just deleting an article created in good faith? Peter Campbell 10:13, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Question about IP blocks. I don't like to be block happy, but I'm confused and hoping you might be able to help me. I reported an IP address who had been blocked fifteen days ago and has a history of vandalism. So far, they vandalized twice today.
You mentioned they aren't yet worthy of a block but to keep an eye on them. So my question is this: in the past with their history they received a temp. block with two reports in the same month and not even on the same day...so what is the rule on when to request a block? I don't want to clog up the AIV page.
DizFreak talk Contributions 17:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand how it could have been construed as unimportant. It wasn't irrelevant, it was interesting... and it pertained to the article. Maybe you should reconsider. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ottoid ( talk • contribs) 06:35, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Just to notify you about a recent ANI post which has been created regarding your recent edits. Rudget ( Help?) 16:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I feel that User:Nightmare 81 could possibly be a sockpuppet of User: Wonderfool. He baltantly listed it as the first username on his vandalism spree. I need a name000 ( talk) 00:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
I've reformatted the NineSigma page several times, the last was just a bare bones explanation of what the company does. This is no different than their competitors page Innocentive, or any other brand page i.e. kraft, starbucks, etc. Thus, I'm completely in the dark as to how the page is 'blatant advertising' when it isn't actually selling anything.
Could you please advise how I could make an acceptable page about this company that won't be deleted, because I've tried everything! Ninesigma ( talk) 14:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)Ninesigma
I'm not so much into teaching; too much typing. Reminds me of helping new players at Project Rockstar. Not that I don't enjoy it, but making what your saying 'unmistakable' can be tiring... HalfShadow ( talk) 04:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
It doesn't seem like warnings are going to work on Dawn Yang, we've had multiple unrepentant reversions. I've reverted to my limit and even though it's a WP:BLP concern, I don't think anything I do right now will help until the admins take action. Just letting you know. Thanks! Redrocket ( talk) 09:08, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toddst1, please show the courtesy to alert users that you intend to obliterate articles, which will give them a chance to modify content to suit Wikipedia standards or your personal preferences... I worked hard on a page that you deleted. Now, I have to start from scratch. Peterlitwin ( talk) 13:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar! must getz shiny objectz.... Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 16:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Great way to put it! I wonder if the blockee will know what that means.
Best wishes, Wanderer57 ( talk) 16:49, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
The North QLD Soaring Centre article was about a non-profit club of gliding enthusiasts amd therefore should not have been deleted as blatant advertising. How do I recover this article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.185.58.145 ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 2 May 2008
I have added more information.Would you please put the article back.Thank you. jeanne ( talk) 06:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
You have deleted my page, telling me that I am vandalizing and that you have rights to delete MY PAGE. But did you exercised your rights in a right way???
As I am new here, and IF you are real administrator (not Greek propagandist) please revert my page BACK and mark with bold everything you think is not appropriate, so i will delete that AND explain to you why I think it is appropriate. Then, if you agree I will put it back.
Just to stress - that I HAVE NOT CHANGED any article, only talk pages, where I express MY OPINION on what has happen to MY COUNTRY. If I do not persuade people, I will not change anything in the article, as you have deleted MY PAGE, thus eliminating MY RIGHT on free speech. Shame on you.
Rtgs (
talk) 09:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. I'll comment once I read through the whole thing thrice. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 20:17, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. This has been going on for such a long time. Regards, High on a tree ( talk) 15:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Todd. You may wish to consider locking down the talk page on this guy. I was just on my way to report more nonsense on that page when you lowered the boom on him. Thanks for all you do! :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 20:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Todd, thought I alert you to this guy Special:Contributions/Ryoka7, who keeps on blanking his talk page thinking that we are stupid when we don't get to see his list of previous history of multiple vandalism entries and getting multiple warnings from loads of people. I get really sick of having to monitor this kind of people all the time and I shall leave him to you now for whatever further intentions you might have in mind. PS: I'm all for BANNING him, seems that this account was created for nothing but vandalism and vandalism only. -- Dave1185 ( talk) 22:03, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
>>Toddst1, I get that this is Wikipedia, the problem is the exception to whether or not all people's perspectives count applies only to Macedonians when it comes to Balkan issues. The problem is when a peoples self-determinate to a name, a symbol, or etc other people should not influence or force their decision upon them because that nullifies self-determination Mactruth ( talk) 00:23, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Mr. Green
Hit Me Up
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I was being pretty immature recently and I awant to make it up to you.
Mr. Green
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Actually,if you would like to,could you maybe help me with my current project: SRCA.You don't have to if you don't want to. Mr. Green Hit Me Up Userboxes 18:09, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I very much appreciate your support. 99.99% chance that these threats are kids, but the one time it's not I don't want to pass it off. Again, thank you. Cheers, Bstone ( talk) 13:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You might want to consider not using email blocking so often; it's really only designed to be used for very abusive editors who actually abuse email. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 14:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
(Response) I would like a semi-protection on User:ArglebargleIV very much, thank you. I don't mind too much what people do to my talk page, but the user page stuff is annoying. Thanks again. -- ArglebargleIV ( talk) 21:32, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I would like you to review the comment section that you left on my talk page and witness for yourself the type of editor that lodged the complaint regarding the Fairlight article. The fact is that two editors (myself and one other) independently added that story to the article (I was not aware of the first addition when I made mine). Both times the content was removed by an anon claiming that the source was not reliable. I will not judge whether it is or not. But if you consider the anon editor's remarks, both in his edit summaries and on my talk page, I think it's pretty clear that he has his own motivation for prompting such immediate action on his part and yours. I also don't see why such a harsh warning was given by you on my talk page. I have not shown any sort of bad faith on my part (how could I when there was zero prior discussion about the issue?) and I don't think you have acted in a manner that is either fair or responsible. Ham Pastrami ( talk) 00:27, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Did you really put an indefinite block on 216.51.167.250 ( talk · contribs)? Granted I have only been an admin for a few months, but I thought a year was the max for IPs. -- Kralizec! ( talk) 18:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Sorry to bother you but I thought I would invite you to review my 1 month block of this user with whom you've interacted in the past. Too harsh? Too lenient? See what you think; I was tempted to make it an indef this time and maybe should have. What do you think? -- John ( talk) 20:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
FYI. Bstone ( talk) 22:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1
Please can you tell me what went wrong? So far I know I did not change anything and I saw I'm now complete deleted from wikipedia? Please advice me, Sincerely ( Baselmans ( talk) 20:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC))
Thank you very much! I was frustrated last night b/c the admin claimed the user wasn't properly warned--if you've been blocked for something once, shouldn't that constitute fair warning NOT to do the EXACT SAME THING AGAIN??--and then another admin marked it "stale", which was only rubbing salt in the wound. So, sorry about the 'tude. :) Thanks again! Gladys J Cortez 01:14, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
You protected these pages a while back as a result of repeated vandalism from anon ip's. Since semi protection, socks are now editing with newly created names. I've posted to AN/I about it, Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User_talk:Harry_the_Hamster_-_sock_of_User_talk:Argus-Bot.2C_User_talk:86.129.31.62.2C_User_talk:86.145.219.221.2C_User_talk:86.162.213.186] AtaruMoroboshi ( talk) 13:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
I've listed this User at WP:COIN. They've created a large number of articles all related to the same photography agency, with no sourcing. Corvus cornix talk 22:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
I see you did some careful editing at Mark Hanau, as did I several days ago, but Aimulti has responded with reverts of everything, including putting the actress back on as his daughter. Many of his sources are circular (referring back to WP) or original research. Exactly why AB is strongly discouraged. Sigh, Keepcalmandcarryon ( talk) 22:47, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Todd, Can you list the links you have a problem with on the discussion page and I will respond or edit them. I am NOT trying to do anything but provide a true and honest article.
Aimulti (
talk) 23:24, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
With regard to ALRA. Kent Library lists the three directors (managers to use their term) but Sorrel Carson is called Mr. Sorrel Carson. On that basis Sorrel Carson (female) was not involved. The other article (obituary in the Stage) only mentions Sorrel. As Stage is a theatre magazine it has little interest in business people of the Chairman of a company. Mark was hardy about to ask for a retraction of his mothers obituary. EVERY PROSPECTUS, (scan provided) ADVERTISEMENT, & COMPANY DOCUMENT lists the directors correctly (as required by law) with Mark Hanau as Chairman.
Aimulti (
talk) 23:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
I'd just like to know so I can fix the problem - how does the newsletter mess up your archiving? - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 22:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I think the canvassing was reasonably legitimate, but it did emphasize how personal the issue and "his" page has become for this user. I contributed to the debate that the page should be kept, but that this user should not edit it any more. I think that would be to his benefit as much as to anyone else's. -- Simon Speed ( talk) 16:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Todd, I have updated information about Callupsie. It is an indie rock band that features and collaborators that are already noted on wikipedia. The band has been featured in major music publications such as SPIN magazine. Collaborators include members of Black Flag and The Descendants. Callupsie is recognized for being the band who started the new wave of indie rock in the popular Tulsa music community, which is already drawing comparisons to the Omaha and Austin underground music scenes.
Hopefully those notes will be legitimate remedies for the wiki page.
thank you
callupsie27 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Callupsie27 ( talk • contribs) 18:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Todd,
I have looked at your history and you seem to be a real Wikipedia editor. The person who is accused of being a sockpuppet of mine is known to me but other than that we have no connection by blood, business or anything else.
The attack on every contribution I have made (107) pages covering a wide range of topics has been organised by a group called "Dissident Action Group Exposed". Over the years they have distributed smear letters over the internet saying I am a child molester, blow up churches and other such nonsense. Do a yahoo search if you doubt my word.
Also look at the edit history of the two people I named. They both joined within one day of each other (only about 10 days ago) and have made hundreds of contributions since then. ALL ATTACKS ON AIMULTI.
You seem a fair person so all I ask is you check out what I have said above and then act as you see fit.
Wikipedia is not the place to act out personal vendettas. I hope you agree. Aimulti ( talk) 21:10, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
I stumbled upon your Userpage via an XFD recently, and couldn't resist...
Mizu onna sango15/
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:P Regards, -- Mizu onna sango15/ 水女珊瑚15 00:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC).
Could you explain (in the article's talk pages) what in the article as it now stands involves a COI, or otherwise please remove your tag ? RGCorris ( talk) 13:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
How many times does a user have to be warned about blatant vandalism before it is considered sufficient? Niteshift36 ( talk) 16:09, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I reported a registered user who has been warned twice (I just made it a third). His contributions have ALL been reverted as vandalism and he did an article that was speedy deleted because is was pure nonsense about a classmate of his. Yet you removed him from the vandalism list without explaination. Could you clue me in? Niteshift36 ( talk) 16:14, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Is one allowed to remove warnings from their talk page? Such as vandalism warnings... I can't see any policy on it. Many thanks in advance. Rapido ( talk) 16:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I do appreciate it when other editors make me aware that people have been talkling badly of me behind my back, I'm sure you know the word we attribute to this in the real world, and quite frankly I hate these type of people. I would rather people tell me to my face what problems they have with me. So again thankyou I will be checking who exactly has been doing this although I already have my suspicions. Cheers TeePee-20.7 ( talk) 17:20, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi!
Myself and a few other editors have been helping the said user on IRC for the past hour or two, and while the article was a WP:COI, I believe that the editor was turning around, and was going to be a successful editor. Newbies make mistakes, and while the user in question has made a few mistakes, I feel strongly that this account was a vandalism only account. I would appreciate it if you could reconsider this block. Regards, Stwalkerster [ talk ] 22:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Regarding User:Aimulti, I'm not sure it's really a case of sockpuppetry or ban evasion as much as it is a guy who doesn't seem to understand Wikipedia very well. The IP edits strongly suggest he was having great difficulty with posting. I haven't looked too deeply into this, so maybe I'm way off, but I don't think this guy deserves an indef block. The block for personal attacks seems totally right, but he's a frustrated newbie who's facing a situation where an article about himself is being discussed for deletion. Being a little understanding of his mindset will go a long way towards helping the situation. -- Ned Scott 03:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
I respectfully but strongly disagree that Aimulti is simply a newbie who deserves understanding. I have given my reasons on the discussion page for the Mark Hanau AfD. "Elephant in the Room". Keepcalmandcarryon ( talk) 14:39, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
The anonymous vandal is still active at talk:aspartame. If blocking isn't appropriate, would you mind reinstating last week's page protection? Thanks. Deli nk ( talk) 17:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the reminder. I usually need to use the template text to get the syntax right on talk page warnings and the pages were disappearing faster than I could cut-n-paste as it seems that you and other admin are on top of the db queues right now. If you notice, in the case of some users, I am adding the templates to their talk pages as recommended. ju66l3r ( talk) 21:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
As I love reading messages that piss me off on really bad days, I feel like that is nothing for you to notice or bother with, it is not vandelism and what I said was nessearily true according to public opinions. Ya Boi Krakerz
OK, fine, don't reply, it doesn't matter to me if you can't guard your quote or the fact that you're not allowed to remove comments no matter what they are, looks like you were the one breaking the rules. Ya Boi Krakerz
Hi Todd, Just on regards to the Article Nelson Chan, additional revisions were made to it, but it was just deleted, and asked for consideration of deletion.I'm not pointing any fingures, yet on the other hand, the page has been up since 2007, and things just needed to be updated.
can we just allow the updates to take place?
furthermore, can you help with the pages of Mihcael Kuss, and Chirs Potter, they are both great meteorologist, and well deserve a page on Wikipedia.
I'm still pretty new to all of this, and I just read and learned about my own Talk page, so accept my apologies for putting too much info into somethings.
Thanks :)
so all the ref. are there to comply against the AfD template, can we reverted to Revision as of 20:24, 21 May 2008, plus the new referance?
Thanks -- Oingoboing69 ( talk) 19:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
P.S. how do I make those Cookie peace offering thingies? Oingoboing69 ( talk) 19:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Like Bdiu2008 said, this page has been up for awhile now, let's just update some of it and let it stand. Thanks.-- Oingoboing69 ( talk) 23:27, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks..(I'll put it infront of my sig this time.)-- Oingoboing69 ( talk) 23:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
I just wanna know if you're monitoring my edits, I don't care if you are or not, I just think I should know. Ya Boi Krakerz 21:11, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
On 20 March i did place the CSD A7 tag on the article John Baselmans because the article did ( and still does) not mention why the suject is notable or important. You did remove the article following the placement of the tag, but i'm wondering why the article the article now seems to be restored without a explanation ? I can guess this message has something to do with it, but that does not explain why my action was reverted. By the way, I would have liked to add this message as User:81.70.9.250 (as which user I did place the tag) but your talk page does not allow anonymous users to place messages? Kind regards, FruitcakeNL ( talk) 15:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Todd - We've been quite compliant with Wikipedia's rules and have removed any perceived bias. This is not corporate spam. This is a cost model detail. Yet the same warnings keep coming, most of which do not make any sense. How is what we're contributing any different than say Microsoft Excel? We've cited references, etc. I don't understand why the same warnings keep coming back up when we've taken care of them with numerous edits. Thank you. Chrispfister ( talk) 16:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
You are more generous than I ... `cause I would have tagged it for an A11 CSD. -- Kralizec! ( talk) 18:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
So the editor can continue to disrupt British Raj as long as he has support from Admins I guess? Where is the neutrality here? All I am asking is for him to bring up WP:RS? Anyone can continue disruption as long as their viewpoint is implicitly favored by people in wikipedia even though it may not be based on WP:RS? If one is not willing to stick to and enforce WP:RS all we are doing here is reporting bias in wikipedia articles. Desione ( talk) 19:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
How do you get keep out of 7 delete suggestions (not votes) and 5 keeps, one of which was the subject and another was a sock of the subject? Toddst1 ( talk) 23:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
How does linking to another page that simply attaching the website blatant advertising ON wikipedia? Yes, the page for Terra should be filled out more, but I was starting w/ the link. Is that wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arkitect75 ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
I've deprodded SEER-SEM; although it's a rather sorry article, that "widely used within defense, military / aerospace, government" does appear at first glance to check out (a quick google-skim throws up enough respectable names - notably NASA - that it at least warrants an AFD so the specialists can comment on it). — iride scent 23:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
You're right. I just lost my temper when I saw the horrible things that idiot wrote. Thanks for setting me straight and thanks for the compliment. I used to do a lot of NPP as an admin, but it was looney-tunes like that which finally drove me off. Glad to be back as an observer. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 00:09, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking User:Tuds75. However, many of his recent vandalisms are still present. On many of the pages, he's made multiple edits, and as I am not an administrator, I can't quickly and easily revert all of his changes. Would it be possible for you to do this, or point me to where I should request his edits be reverted? Also, it appears he (or someone vandalizing in an extremely similar pattern) is doing further vandalism as 71.63.251.34, which should also likely be blocked and reverted. — λ 00:26, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Why was the page Jewnikah speedily deleted? I did not mean it as an attack page. How was it one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Comradesandalio ( talk • contribs) 04:02, 22 May 2008
Here is the info and the time. This took place on the CSI: Miami page, David Caruso's name was replaced with an unrelated person. If you are able to send a report to the right place in enough time - I would appreciate it. As I explained last time I tried to help by reporting a vandal, I'm an avid Wiki user and reader, and fix things by the people trying to make this "Wanker-Pedia" quickly....but I do not have enough time to learn the procedures to police the place. So I ask for your kind help. I posted the standard "warning" in the IP users talk page. I personally think everyone should have to register in order to edit anything, but I'm not in charge.
Thanks for your kind help in the past. And if you cannot get to this I understand. Cheers, Bloo. Bloo ( talk) 06:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I noticed that this page was deleted and feel as if it was done so unfairly. Meant to provide information about the company, the page was speedily deleted because it was marked so by an individual who's account has been flagged for his frequent deletion.
I was currently in the process of adding information about the company of Medialink when I was initially marked for deletion. As I was making changes, and even referred to the webpage for Public Relations Society of America which was similar in language to Medialink page, the Medialink page was still deleted.
The page contained outside references about this company, pointed out elements related to its development and gave examples of what this company does - much like larger companies GM, Fisher-Price, etc. As more information was being added, the page was simply deleted.
I would like to discuss this issue further with you and work to address the removal of this page in a timely manner. Thank you for your time!
Thanks, -- Eklein428 ( talk) 18:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for the confusion...Yes....I noticed that Medialink on Wikipedia does not represent Medialink Worldwide. I would like advice to make Medialink Worldwide apart of the Wikipedia network as part of an Encyclopedia Entry, not a promotional effort. This is being done on my own accord and is not, in any way, meant to promote the company as a whole. How can I achieve such a post.-- Eklein428 ( talk) 18:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)-- Eklein428 ( talk) 18:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved as you did at
Medialink Worldwide. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible
conflict of interest.
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be speedily deleted as Medialink Worldwide was or listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Toddst1 ( talk) 19:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
In effect, there is nothing I can do to add information about the company even though a completely unrelated organization currently has a two sentence wikipedia post? You have been so helpful thus far and I appreciate all your help but anything else you can do to lead me in the right direction in this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for any additional insight.
-- Eklein428 ( talk) 19:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your help Todd. Sorry for the confusion. I will read through the following and make sure that I adhere by the wiki guidelines. Many thanks again!--
Eklein428 (
talk) 19:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi - I rewrote EasyLearning and Serebra Connect to take into account your comments and you deleted them as "vandalism". I am new to this but this seems excessively heavy-handed. Please explain your thinking as I significantly changed the pages according to your comments.
Also, you have marked EasyLearning for deletion. Would you mind explaining how this program, as a unique and worthwhile one as far as I can tell, is to be deleted when on the E-learning page are listed many commercial companies under "Proprietary"? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.158.140 ( talk • contribs) 21:05, 22 May 2008
Todd you apparently blocked IP user 79.233.126.164. This user was disrupting the article at Isis Gee, where I am trying to doa 3O dispute resolution between two other editors. Can I get the page sei protected for 72 hours or until Tuesday if possible, since I'm travelling over the holiday weekend. I think that we are getting somewhere, but the IP is non cummunicative and blatent. Thanks! -- Kevin Murray ( talk) 22:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I removed two of these tags, as the text I saw was not blatant advertising by any means and contained a significant notability claim (being CEO of a major company) which makes it unsuitable for speedying. You could try AfD, but I suspect that it'll only be binned if it's untrue that he was the CEO. -- Dweller ( talk) 22:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
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For you great work in possibly saving a life today. Tiptoety talk 23:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC) |
I've made changes in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RusMaxwell/IP_Triple_Play , could you place it back if it is all right? TNX —Preceding unsigned comment added by RusMaxwell ( talk • contribs) 00:20, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Could you pl explain why you have intervened here? The editor involved deleted 20 articles which is rather more worthy of your attention I would have thought. Are you an Admin? - if so you should declare that when leaving messages on my page. Sarah777 ( talk) 01:04, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Regarding above, I expect you are doing a particular 'job' in tagging this article for speedy deletion, please can you note it takes more than five minutes to create substance in an article please give it time. It is unfair to delete the article so soon after creating it. Dmcm2008 ( talk) 10:35, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for you rather precise response, I was at work on a break sorry if I was not able to establish an article in that time. Dmcm2008 ( talk) 17:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey, this page was protected a while ago until we reached a consensus over the genres. This has since been reached, and i've put the article up for unprotection here. Although i haven't had a reply so could you unprotect it? Thanks. Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 10:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
66.113.50.120 ( talk · contribs) 18:51, 22 May 2008 66.113.50.120 (Talk) (6,203 bytes) (→Trivia) (undo) 66.113.50.120 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) I hope I did at least part of that right. Person now defacing the page on Conrad, Montana - which I had only checked to see what else this person had been up, too. I did NOT fix it so it can be seen. It only requires an "undo".
If you will direct me to the proper place to report minor vandalism such as this, I will go there. Cheers, Bloo
Bloo ( talk) 14:33, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar. Happy Editing Mate. Rgoodermote 15:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi I would like to know why everytime I publish info about SEPAD, the cuban learning platform the article is deleted. I followed some style of other learning platforms like Moddle with articles published on wikipedia. Our intent with the article is to show how elaerning in 3rd world is posible and not to advertise the product. I appreciate if you can send me an email to yfimia at (g) (m) (a) (i) (l) thanks!! -- Yfimia ( talk) 16:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you know how to find new users? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob696 ( talk • contribs) 17:34, 23 May 2008
Mr, Green, as you're doing that, how about becoming familiar with Wikipedia:Username policy and patrolling the new names? You'll find a lot of obvious trolls there and it could be an area where you could add a lot of value as not many people do that work. When you find one that doesn't meet the policy, you could do one of two things:
{{usernameconcern| REPLACE WITH YOUR WORDS}} ~~~~
Just don't be over-enthusiastic or otherwise impolite with the message (I don't think that would be a problem). Sound good? Toddst1 ( talk) 18:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you perhaps help out on communication with Oingoboing69 ( talk · contribs)? I gave them a heads up today about canvassing, and that seems to have convinced them that we are have some kind of dispute. Please see User_talk:Delicious_carbuncle#Nelson_Chan. I suspect there are language and possibly other issues. Every attempt I make to clarify what the issues are only seems to make things worse. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 18:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Todd. First let me wish you a happy holiday and say I have no hard feelings. I believe you acted in good faith although I feel you may have attributed errors (due to inexperience on my part) to willful wrong doing, in error. I have learned a great deal from you which will make me a better editor in future (if I decide to continue editing).
I have one question you may be able to answer. While working for photographer, John Vickers, he taught me a photographic technique he developed and called Educated Bleachouts.
The technique created astounding copper plate engraving or scraper board like images from regular continuous tone photographs. One example was a cat. Every single hair could be counted in the final EB print. He provided these EB's mainly for newsprint advertising (pre coated stock) as they reproduced well. He told me I was the only assistant he had taught the technique. No article or book on it exists.
I am getting old and would hate to see this outstanding technique be lost for all time. How could I create a Wikipedia article on it as no references exist? Is there anyway experts in photography can review an article and confirm that it is plausible and correct? It need not be attributed to any person but just be a how to article. Does Wikipedia have any way to preserve knowledge that is not already published? Possibly not....but that would be sad as this is the perfect forum in which to do so if the right safeguards existed.
Any ideas? Warmest regards, Aimulti ( talk) 03:22, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Todd, I think there may be some sockpuppets in wikipedia. (Concerning to Blackbelt accounts)-- Gregsynth ( talk) 18:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to take a crack at writing an acceptable stub for Videomaker Magazine. Could you restore the deleted text to my sandbox so I can work on it? Thanks. Philly jawn ( talk) 04:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Please undelete this article. -- SergPodtynnyi ( talk) 16:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there do you think that this article is an attack page on James Simpson seen as there is no relevent links to prove that this person exists or even that this person is who the article says they are. ILoveFran ( talk) 20:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
This is a fully sourced article about an institution that has received a lot of media interest and is thus clearly notable. What is the exact (detailed) problem here? Put another way, if this is not in full conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, what changes can be made to make it so. I think this is an important and notable topic and needs to be made in a format that it acceptable to all and of encyclopaedic value. Precisely how, for example, is the article in any way defamatory.
One of Wikipedias greatest weaknesses is the speed in which some material is deleted and the reluctance for certain admins to engage in intelligible conversation about the same. [SCIS Info] —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCISInfo ( talk • contribs) 00:46, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Again, read what I have actually written and respond with intelligible conversation about the same. Also note "What to do about coatracks". This is clearly an important topic, and with the greatest respect, I think you may have got it wrong. (SCISinfo) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SCISInfo ( talk • contribs) 00:54, 30 May 2008
Hello, Could you please return my deleted article to me. I had been communicating with another administrator user, jonny-mt, who already returned the article to me prior to your deletion and was providing some helpful guidelines for revising the article. I have made the revisions and would like the original article back to make these edits rather than start over. I would really appreciate your help with this. Sincerely, Curt Q12345q -- Q12345q ( talk) 02:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -- lifebaka ( Talk - Contribs) 13:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Last night I revised my article that was deleted by you and clicked "save page" once done editing it. However, this morning when I put the title of the article "Saloon Doors Emporium" in Wikipedia's search window, the article did not come up. Is there something more I need to do? I did not receive notice that it was deleted again either. Thanks Again for Your Help, Curt -- Q12345q ( talk) 14:47, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I also found the article in my user space as you identified but can't seem to figure out how to re-submit it to Wikipedia. I clicked on "save page" and it is only located in my user space. What now? Sincerely, -- Q12345q ( talk) 16:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I think this edit may have been an error :-) Best, Gwernol 00:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Mind explaining an indefinite block on this user beyond a generic template? -- Ned Scott 06:52, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to take a crack at writing an acceptable stub for Videomaker Magazine. Could you restore the deleted text to my sandbox so I can work on it? Thanks. Philly jawn ( talk) 04:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I was surprised that you reverted my cosmetic change to this article. Don't you agree that to have minor headings in a heavier bolder format than the main subheadings creates an inbalance in the presentation of the article? Ordyg ( talk) 12:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Todd. Another admin clobbered his IP with a short block and I'm of the opinion that the main account is deserving of a permanent block. Just my $.02. Thanks. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 15:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
98.217.7.158 ( talk · contribs). -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 15:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
The editor User talk:BanditoLoco who you just indef blocked is asking to be unblocked I suspect it is this other blocked editor notice the same mistake with the unblock template using the round bracket and not the curly ones thanks. BigDunc Talk 19:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Greetings. You removed my addition to the James Woodward disambiguation page, but I don't really understand why you did so. Would you be willing to explain this to me? Victor Gijsbers ( talk) 21:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
I tell you, doing NPP used to get me in trouble with users with attitudes, which is why I quit for a long time and gave back the admin tools while I was at it. Lots of new templates since then and I thank you for bringing them to my attention. This is such a useful resource that it just burns me to see idiots abuse it. The nice part is, we win in the end. Thanks for the compliment. Much obliged. :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 22:25, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I just did what needed to be done. :) – Clockwork Soul 21:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
You last blocked for 1 month, so this time I put 3 months... Is that reasonable? xenocidic ( talk) 19:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
Thanks for your edits on the page I created for Chadwell O'Connnor. This was my first wikipedia entry so it was a little rough. I have added in-line citations for most of the content although there are still a couple of sections where I'm still looking for references. I'd like your assessment that it is now well-enough documented to remove the caution label at the top of the article.
Regards, Jim Jlg1953 ( talk) 22:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your swift response to the vandalism by the editor with the handle Dogface1234. I was afraid he would be something of a nuisance. Be well Ecoleetage ( talk) 23:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks from me as well, for your participation in my recent RFA. i've left some thank spam for you below! if you enjoy reading overly detailed analyses of RFAs, feel free to check out mine here (comments welcome). cheers, xenocidic ( talk) 23:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during
my recent request for adminship, which passed 72
13
2
. Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be
addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank
Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through
admin coaching).
To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).
To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)
Sincerely,
~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
umm you just deleted my information on North Allegheny. 1. You did not go to the school and have no idea what your talking about. 2. I was quoting myself, because I am the webmaster, so I was providing information about myself. 3. You just made the North Allegheny page less informative -- oh well, I could care less. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ironj221 ( talk • contribs) 16:27, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I am creating a post about a notable person and you deleted it, despite its explanation of context. Why?
RealEstateGuru (
talk) 00:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
"A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. "
There are at least 12 regional and local (and 1 national) articles written about Mr. Nelson's contribution to real estate brokerage. He is doing now what Charles Schwab did to stock brokering. RealEstateGuru ( talk) 00:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I did not intend that comment as an "attack". If links/scans of the articles in question are added to TCN's page, will that keep it from being "swiftly deleted?". RealEstateGuru ( talk) 00:54, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I will gather my sources together and try again soon, when time permits. I appreciate your dedication to this great site and I share your distaste for high school students' rumors. RealEstateGuru ( talk) 01:03, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
What do you know about the facts of Bruce Kones termination. The only vandalism occurring is you deleting the truth about the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Micah2020 ( talk • contribs) 01:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that you blocked this user briefly a few weeks ago. He recently reverted my comments on Talk:September 11, 2001 attacks and threatened to block me on my talk page. He is not an admin and I assume not authorized to make such threats. Kauffner ( talk) 08:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
There's an ANI thread about you here. Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEEL TALK 20:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I saw you warned Angelo De La Paz ( talk · contribs) that he was close to violating 3RR on Matilda Mecini... but the WP:3RR policy clearly states that reverting the "addition of libelous, biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced controversial material which breaches Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons" does not count towards 3RR. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 08:42, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
PikKirby ( talk) 10:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC) I know the uprising level of useless articles about just themselves or just useless in total, but PikKirby, an group name for my claymation group my school last year was really important to people in my school and to all my freinds. I wish that I can keep this article so that my freinds, family and others can see what we did during that time at school. Thanks :)
(new at wikipedia.. ) -- PikKirby ( talk) 10:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I listed it, it would appear twinkle messed up. It appears not to be there anymore. I am relisting it. Thanks for the note! Asenine 13:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Why have you deleted this article? I know it's a racist song but it quite famous song sang for white supramecist groups. I think that the song is enough important to be on wikipedia. Thanks, Gabriel Vidal Álvarez ( talk) 15:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
You made added a comment to your opposition stance in this RfA. The syntax you used messed up the numbering/tallying scheme. I fixed the typo, but it is unclear to me whether you were striking out your opposition, or clarifying it. If my edit is wrong, please make the appropriate fix. Cheers, Kingturtle ( talk) 18:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't actually vandalism, but spamvertisement. A block might be in order, but it shouldn't say he was vandalizing, because I don't think he was. In any case, I've temporarily salted the page.
Cheers - Revolving Bugbear 19:33, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to know why the article I created this morning is being sent for "speedy deletion?"
The firm I'm writing about (Kiesel Boucher Larson) just last summer settled one of the larger Clergy Abuse cases in the country ($660 million alone from LA County) totaling over $1 billion.
They're also getting involved with Ed McMahon and his foreclosure situation, along with a number of high profile cases. I see that other prominent attorneys are listed on Wikipedia. Do I need to create individual Wikipedia pages for each attorney, in order to comply with this site's rules?
I'm just wondering. Also, I am self-employed and writing about the firm as Paul Kiesel is a friend of mine and I thought his acheivements and his firm's were worth noting, particularly surrounding cases with mass appeal.
I can clean up the biographical information. I used most of that from their website.
Please let me know.
Ben Lingle kbl8648 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kbl8648 ( talk • contribs) 21:37, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
haha! this just really struck me!
Oh, man. This is the only way to describe my reaction. J.delanoy gabs adds 01:55, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. It is me. I decided that I did not want to use my admin account while on open networks. Vegaswikian ( talk) 01:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Can you block the above again for continued vandalism to the "German Battleship Bismarck" page even after a recent barring you imposed? Thanks, bigpad ( talk) 08:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd. I'd like to ask that you remove the 3 week extension of the block on the Jack Graham (pastor) page. The user who asked for this block has been a disruptive editor, challenging and deleting anything on the Prestonwood Baptist Church or Jack Graham (Pastor) page that has the smallest negative impact on the church or it's pastor, no matter how true, sourced, and notable. Essentially, I believe that he and a couple of other editors (I suspect sock puppeting, but don't have any real evidence) are using Wiki as a PR machine for their church and it's pastor. The page was suspended from editing on it a few weeks ago with unsourced and untrue information on it that this user placed there. I saw what was happening (I wasn't involved at that time) and decided to just let it stay for a couple of weeks and then to see if I could reason with this guy on the discussion board. I suspect that he asked for the extension to keep his false information on the page, and any true, notable, and source information off the page which may not be positive. He's starting to learn how to use wiki admins to get what he wants. Will you please reverse your extension? If things get to heated and vandalism starts, etc. you can always protect the page then. However, for now, now one is making threats of vandalism or destruction on that page and I think that continuing to keep the block is just telling new editors to "go away" rather than giving them a chance to learn and contribute.
I'd also like to ask that, if you should decide to keep the block, that you first correct the information that is there. Specifically, I'm referring to this:
"Dr. Graham also falls in line with the 90% of Southern Baptist pastors who do not consider themselves Five-Point Calvinists. [6] On the subject of five-point Calvinism, he was quoted in The Baptist Standard in 2003 saying "he would not want to see Southern Baptists embrace an elitist doctrine or to minimize the importance of evangelism, which are common criticisms of five-point Calvinism."[7]"
The sourced article doesn't say that 90% of Southern Baptist pastors do not consider themselves Five-Point Calvinist, and the article says "which are common criticisms of five-point Calvinism" Dr. Graham did not say that part, and this makes it look like he did. It says that they polled a small group of SBC pastors and that 90% of them were not 5-Point Calvinist. Can you change the paragraph to this:
Dr. Graham is critical of Five-Point Calvinism. In 2003, Dr. Graham told The Baptist Standard that he would not want to see Southern Baptists embrace "an elitist doctrine" or to minimize the importance of evangelism. Romans9:11 ( talk) 14:36, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
As I asked you yesterday, Todd, it is pretty obvious that there will be another edit war on this page if it is unlocked so I would still ask that the lock continue for the time you set forth yesterday. As you can see in the log of this page in question there were several editors trying to make this page a Calvinist debate for some reason even though this covers about .05% of Pastor Graham's preachings and he doesn't even mention this issue on the beliefs page on his ministry website. The only source for this statement was a quote 5 years ago that puts him in agreement with 90% of Southern Baptist Pastors according to a survey produced so either both sources need to be there or none as far as i'm concerned. No one is trying to make this a "PR page" or remove "negative" information but I do wish for this and every other article to be correct and not misleading. Johnb316 ( talk) 20:35, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes I hear ya...thanks Todd Johnb316 ( talk) 20:56, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
So are you just going to blow off any request to correct poorly sourced material on locked pages because there is always another party who disagrees? I mean, The Wrong Version was funny, and I can see how it's a constant problem, but there's still poorly sourced information on a Bio page that your lock is keeping on this. Remember, I BLEW OFF the first lock leaving this information on this, but Johnb316 is just using you guys to keep his info in place. If you'll review the history you'll see that Johnb316 is one the disruptive people that caused the lock in the first place. You'll also notice that he has not contributions to Wiki - just reverts and complaints. Again, you can always lock the page if a edit war starts, but as you've said before, there's no crystal ball. There will always be some chance that an edit war will happen on any page. If the likelihood of an edit war was good reason to lock a page, pages such as the Abortion page would always be locked. If you feel that vandalism is an imminent threat to the page, then semi-protect the page. I noticed that you did not lock the Prestonwood Baptist page, where vandalism and edit warring did happen - it was semi-protected. Anyway, I'm respectfully asking once again for your assistance in this matter. Romans9:11 ( talk) 13:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
You sure have made/worked on a lot of pages. 76.189.13.127 ( talk) 20:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I am new to wikipedia so I am confused about some of your comments. It will be great if you give more clarification.
Please kindly give me some hints.
Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vivianwonglee ( talk • contribs) 21:36, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Toddst, with all due respect, I highly disagree with your accusation that my comments regarding the user you referred to were without basis. I think that if you'll review his actions you'll find that he is very disruptive, and only causes problems, instead of contributing anything to Wiki (he's made no contributions). However, out of respect of your position, and to not appear as a troublemaker myself, I'll refrain from calling him disruptive. I will, however, use proper wiki channels to report disruptive behavior. Romans9:11 ( talk) 21:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, my article has been deleted by you and I am considering re-writing the article, but i need your help. It was about the company called Media Vision usa and it was not for advertising at all. I don't know which part seemed like advertising, so I talked to Andrew who tagged my article for speedy deletion, and he said I might need to work on it again not to sound like advertising. I'm thinking to start writing from very basic information about that company and I'll add more contents on. is that cool? I am very new to wikipedia, so please let me know what I should do for rewriting my article. I'll upload my old article in my User:Fresh01a/Sandbox for your information. Thanks, Fresh01a ( talk) 17:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1 - I need your help with a situation; wasn't sure if it is purely vandalism so I am coming to you instead of WP:AIV. This User:59.91.210.225 removed information, stating it was "irrelevant" - I gave reasons as to why the removal was unjustified - [25]. This individual has responded with personal attacks (in Hindi, btw) and vandalism - [26], [27], [28]. What shall I do? Vishnava talk 00:03, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Please explain why a generic description of Tek Panel is construed as advertising yet their can be extensive Wiki pages for other computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, IBM, Gateway, etc.)? Tek Panel is a signficant topic because a) it is actually built in the United States, and it is a large format integrated computer. I understand and respect your job and duty to Wikipedia, but its my opinion in the quest to be fair and impartial your decision to delete the topic of Tek Panel is actually unfair in lieu of other manufacturer's having entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chitownram ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
Well that broke the links that I made to the ANI and his stalking and harassment of me is a seperate issue that I want addressed by the Admins. -- 8bitJake ( talk) 17:42, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I don't appreciate you removing my discussion of Nwwaew. His actions and complaints against me are still on the page. I don't see why his complaints are left there while you are blanking out what I said. -- 8bitJake ( talk) 22:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
That was a flawed decision from years ago since it included false accusations. I never used a sock puppet that decision included charges against other people. -- 8bitJake ( talk) 22:48, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
IP addresses are not "accounts" so they cannot be "vandalism-only accounts." Unless you have evidence that an IP is being used by the same person over an extended period of time or there is repeated abuse over a long period of time, IPs should generally not be blocked for more than a couple days as they will likely change owner, and only very rarely should they be blocked indefinitely. Mr. Z-man 18:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I haven't looked in detail at your block of 8bitJake, but it is highly inappropriate for you to "review" and decline an unblock request stemming from your own block. The entire point of the {{unblock}} template is to allow a blocked user to request that a third party, uninvolved administrator examine the reason for blocking. This block may be, and probably is, kosher. But you should never, ever, ever decline an unblock request related to your own blocks. FCYTravis ( talk) 01:14, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Todd, would you please grant me permission to use the rollback feature? I'd like to experiment with a few more features on wikipedia including huggle. Thanks. Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 02:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok i archived it myself, i thought id see if i could figure it out myself without copying anyone lol. I did it in a relatively simple way, the archive is at User_talk:Riverpeopleinvasion/Archive_1. Could you protect the page so only i can edit it? Or the closest thing to that i don't really want people editing it. thanks Riverpeopleinvasion ( talk) 01:00, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1 - obviously you know better about blocking policy, but isn't this one month block a bit excessive for an anon IP that has been blocked for 45 mins and 48 hours in just the past 4 days? Isn't a 1 week block more reasonable? Vishnava talk 15:28, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just a friendly note. You can take it or leave it. I reccomend leaving a personalized note on the page of AIV reporters who make bad reports. I know AIV is often fast paced, and it is alot easier to template an editor but it can often be extremly discouraging, especially to new editors and semi-experienced editors who are not completley familiar with our AIV policies. I have seen sevaerl editors leave because there AIV concerns were not addressed and when they expressed concern over this, they were templated or played off. Again, you can take it or leave it but I highly reccomend a personalized note in this case. For example this. Thanks and happy editing/administrative tasks. Chris lk02 Chris Kreider 15:37, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
I have my suspicions of who the IP is a sockpuppet of, whoever it is constantly hounds my edits thats why I warn and revert him. He cyber stalks me. Police,Mad,Jack ( talk · contribs)☺ 17:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
I realise your only doing your job advising me of these things, and I bear no grudge against you. I just wanted to make that clear, and I will try to Assume Good Faith. Police,Mad,Jack ( talk · contribs)☺ 17:06, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Hullo - I'm curious as to why this was so speedily deleted. I'm also a little concerned at the shortness of the time lapse between the notification and the actual deletion. In fact, I had created the article about half an hour ago, and when I went to update it with some more information, it was not only nominated for speedy deletion, but already gone. While I recognize that Wikipedia needs a mechanism to quickly remove useless articles, half an hour seems a bit too quick. I was going to put a {{hangon}} tag in, but that's kind of hard to do when the article is already gone. I'd appreciate the opportunity to discuss this. ¥ Jacky Tar 20:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Further to my previous - I'm afraid I don't really see how the article constituted advertising. As far as I can see, a link to a blog, when the blog is the information source, or in this case, coordinating point, seems a valid reference. If it was the Frappr! map reference, I don't believe that also constituted advertising, as it was in place as an external reference, specifically to those individuals participating in this year's BLITEOTW. Or is it that I posted a link to this article on another blog? Would that be grounds to delete the article? I look forward to hearing from you. ¥ Jacky Tar 20:10, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
All my stuff got deleted i think because i made a new user name by accident. Do you know if there is anyway to get it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avatarfreak ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 14 June 2008
There is a problem in editing this article, which I originated. My last edit, which involves the Wapsipinicon River is recorded in the edit, but does not show up. Similarly, the reflist|2 bit also fails to work. It is so much work nowadays to find an Admin to deal with such things. -- Ace Telephone ( talk) 04:41, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
I was going to contribute to the discussion, but the section on the ANI page for it is no longer there. But you can red my talk page what he called me on it, what I wrote on his and the DLC talk page, you can see the kind of grandstanding he does. He doesn't listen to anyone and unabashedly tailors things to fit his opinions, dispite something being out of context or contrary to what he wants to think. Tallicfan20 ( talk) 04:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
I didn't continue to edit Kinklesville, i only did it once! There must be a mistake!
Remember you can't spell aircraft without RAF ( talk) 20:03, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
I put a picture in the public domain, is there anything wrong? 203.73.158.177 ( talk) 03:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
You added the template but didn't really protected the page. Please do that! Thanks! -- Damiens.rf 15:38, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Todd, could you please review this? I'm concerned that some evidence for an ongoing RfC is now redlinked. Gnixon ( talk) 17:39, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Actually you need to delete every edit after the first one that reveals personal info, since each subsequent version saves the entire page as it stands at the time. Guettarda ( talk) 18:39, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Hehe, I was going to make a note on his talk page about the notice I put up at ANI, but you were faster than me :) -- Enric Naval ( talk) 21:06, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Why'd you delete his talk archives too? -- Ned Scott 03:15, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. You had helped me out last time I needed a block on User 208.217.164.134, for their numerous vandalising edits. The block you put on them was a 48 hours one which has now ended, and they have chosen to take this time to AGAIN make the same edit by deleting the same sourced factual information. I was wondering if you'd be able to help me out with this user, instead of me reporting them yet again. Thanks for your help - Fall Of Darkness ( talk) 21:06, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that there were no warnings adjacent to the indefinate block on your edit, ({{test 5}}). What was the reason for an indefinate block?
Please read the Permprot box you added to User talk:Moulton. It is not appropriate for a talk page that is uneditable by nonadmins. WAS 4.250 ( talk) 09:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Why did you erase so much of my talk page when you tried to post about the article deletion nomination about United States Air Force tanker contract controversy? Anyway, the subject encompasses much more than the Airbus aircraft, which is why it merits its own article. The Druyun scandal portion is one of the biggest US military procurement scandals in history, and that happened before Airbus was in the picture. Cla68 ( talk) 23:26, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, United States Air Force tanker contract controversy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Air Force tanker contract controversy. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?
You did not create the discussion page, so I created it for you. You may wish to withdraw your nomination, since several editors feel the topic is notable. Please post your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United States Air Force tanker contract controversy -- Eastmain ( talk) 23:47, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I wanted to ask for your input as an uninvolved admin. User:72.211.223.181 who seems to be the subject of the article Joel Widzer is attempting to insert, what I see as unsourced PR type language and remove a COI tag. He is now claiming that I have "nazi type" behavior. I feel that more eyes are needed. -- Daniel J. Leivick ( talk) 01:16, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
The website was copy written by me. It was not an exact replica although I might have used some of the discriptions I used there on this posting. Could you please help me to get my posting back.
Thanks,
Eric 202-210-7883
[email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.62.129.204 ( talk) 17:00, 26 June 2008 (UTC) Why did you erase my posting? This posting was inline with what other companies and individuals posted and was written to inform and not advertise. I do appreciate your efforts to keep wiki clean so I need to ask for your help in getting my posting back up. I welcome your suggestions on the ways that I might change my posting so that it may be reposted I would appreciate your help. I thank you for your consideration and look forward to your prompt response.
Sincerely,
Eric 202-210-7883
Ginser ( talk) 08:05, 23 June 2008 (UTC) ( Ginser ( talk) 12:09, 23 June 2008 (UTC))
Could you explain why the Joel Widzer page was delted. it says self adversting, however the page has been edited throughly thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reagan0005 ( talk • contribs) 01:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
how is this resloved. A reading of the page gives a sense of factual background and notoriety certainly not advertising. In additions, the page has been revised and revised by a number of editors. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reagan0005 ( talk • contribs) 01:42, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Is there an easier way to communicate with you? The page was revised and was in good standing until someone wrote about a unverifiable event today, which kingturtle handled. Then it got caught up in this mess. How can I work with you to have a good page for Wikipedia? Your page says to Assume good faith so I’m hoping you’re here to work with us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reagan0005 ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
I am requesting that you restore Joel Widzer. It is an article that I've been editing and monitoring. The article definitely needs a lot of fine tuning. Your objection is that it is blatant advertising, but it is very easy to simply remove the sections in question. Also, you refer to it as a recreation of deleted material Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joel Widzer - but the AfD you refer to lists only KEEPS and no DELETES. Kingturtle ( talk) 03:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
can we work on restroing the Joel Widzer page? thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reagan0005 ( talk • contribs) 04:29, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
ok how do I close the deltion review (I am trying to learn and really trying to do the right thing) Also how can we make this a better artilce? thank you reagan ( talk) 05:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for restoring the Joel Widzer Article. Do you have any suggestions for improving it and avoiding this problem in the future? Thanks for your help. reagan ( talk) 17:27, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
ok-thanks, i think the expert section was to show the depth of his work. Is there another way to write this sections. thank you reagan ( talk) 17:32, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
If you look at the body of traveling writing you can see that he made the switch in consumers’ minds of thinking about travel for $5 a day to thinking how they could get good value at a reasonable price. But that aside, he has been mentioned in a lot of publications and written about in other books, as well as interviews and done a lot of TV work. reagan ( talk) 17:38, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting. That joke from the Colbert Report is like 10 days old by now. Apparently some of the inter-nuts are just now hearing about it. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 22:51, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey Toddst1, I was writing an article about Illinois' Induced Birth Infant Liability Act. The article didn't have too much content yet and I should have found more media sources for it so understandably it was proposed for deletion as Nonnotable and given 5 days to be improved. Then at some point that tag was changed (decidedly without merit in my opinion) to CSD#G10: Attack page and naturally you deleted it. Any idea who changed that tag? And do you mind if I give the article another go, at this point excluding the names of any of the legislators? - Schrandit ( talk) 06:18, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Bill Blankenship, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Blankenship. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?
Hi Toddst1, I am a representative of Legend Financial Advisors, Inc. We have made several attempts to launch a Wiki site for our President Louis P. Stanasolovich. Each has been unsuccessful due to "copyright infringement", and/or "promoting". With regard to the accusation of promotional use, we have honestly attempted to keep a neutral-point-of-view (NPOV), but our article has been continuously deleted. With regard to the copyright violation all the information that is found to be offensive by the CorenSearchBot is all from our website www.legend-financial.com so I believe that it should be okay to use that (correct me if I am wrong). Can you please give us specific advice as to how to create this article in the proper way? Thank you! -Legend
LFA061807 ( talk) 18:04, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1,
I doubt you remember this but about 3 weeks ago you locked the page for Jack Graham (pastor) due to edit warring on the related page for his church and also for edit warring on the actual page. Anyways, the edit warring of course came back as soon as the lock was lifted and I was just wondering if you would please take a look at the discussion if you have a few minutes and either chime in with an opinion or consider locking the page for an extended period of time. One admin was gracious enough to lock the page for 3 days just a few minutes ago but i'm concerned this is not enough. Johnb316 ( talk) 16:52, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I added some clarifications to Jonny Gomes page about his Charity work before I registered so they appeared just with my IP address. then I signed up and tried to add the citations (two websites) under my PTownFan ID. I see that you reverted them to my first edit so the citations don't appear. when i originally viewed the page, someone had added "citations needed" about these two aspects of the post so I provided two websites using the "ref" button on the toolbar. Is there a more appropriate way to do it?
thanks for any advice.
PTownFan —Preceding unsigned comment added by PTownFan ( talk • contribs) 00:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
Can you take a look at WP:AN/I#Crown Prosecution Service - Second pair of eyes, please.? There are three votes against the indef block, mine included.-- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 21:20, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
why is my page getting deleted —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrPlayGamez ( talk • contribs) 07:58, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1,can you remove the semi-protection for Jon Porter? There are a number of false facts posted in the stance and issues section and I think you can agree that it's mostly negative stuff. To be fair and balance we should put the good things with the bad things...please unprotect the Jon Porter page. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by OfficeMax12345 ( talk • contribs) 21:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1 I made a major reedit to the Joel Widzer page. Can you review it and help with any needed changes. I think that it adheres to the proper policy but certainly would Appreciate your input Thanks reagan ( talk) 20:04, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1. I only just noticed that you'd placed a note on a page that I created some months ago. It relates to the topic, HelpAroundTheHouse, which you marked for removal because it did not satisfy the noteworthiness criteria. I am now able to provide some quality references that attest to the article's noteworthiness. The main one is from an Australian prime-time television report that was done about our website (along with another loosely related service). In addition, the site's creator was also recently interviewed in a radio program. Please note that these reports were entirely non-commercial in nature; in both cases the reporters judged that their audience would be interested in the subject. Would these be enough to meet the criteria? Regards Hcaandersen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hcaandersen ( talk • contribs) 06:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Why would you ever delete the column on Jemele Hill? She writes a frequented column on ESPN.com every week, and espeicially lately, has come under fairly heavy scrutiny for controversial comments she made. I've been trying to find her wikipedia article for almost a year now to see if I could conviently learn more about her, but you deleted it. She is a national journalist whose work is syndicated on the largest sports journalism website in world history every week. Why would you ever have deleted her? It wasn't even my article but I want an article about a fairly significant member of the world of sports journalism and a quite relevant television personality but now I can't read one because you deleted an entire article rather than whatever on it was offensive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TulsaUKBC ( talk • contribs) 13:23, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Give me a chance! I'm still doing it... PC78 ( talk) 18:36, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1. Just a quick note; as it's been well over a month now since this page was fully protected, I'd like to unprotect it now as Moulton would like to discuss his indef block further. He's indicated this via email and I don't think there will be any further private information issues. This is something I tend to do as a matter of course in contentious cases; I've just extended the same to banned editor, User:David Lauder. Over to you :) - Alison ❤ 20:52, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
For deleting that article called "Kiwi's, it was nonsense. ~~Sealim~~ ( talk) 17:06, 23 July 2008 (UTC) Reply at my talk page please. :) I replied at my talk page. ~~Sealim~~ ( talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:11, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, that page was just a joke for my roommate. Is it possible to get a copy though to show him, I think he would find it funny. No worries for deleting it though, I was only planning to keep it up long enough for him to see it. -- Lives.in.snow ( talk) 18:22, 23 July 2008 (UTC)( talk)
I'm good with that. Just so long as that idiotic screed of his is gone. No shortage of internet weirdos, no? :) -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 01:22, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
[30] I used to think that too, but it's actually not true, believe it or not. It's just reviewed unblock templates that aren't allowed to be blanked. – xeno ( talk) 00:26, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
That's cool. It's just that i am a loyal member at Moviemistakes and was just trying to help the site out. I joined it back in 2005, and i thought putting links would help.
Ssiscool ( talk) 20:22, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I think this guy has about exhausted our patience. He's created a sock ( User:Troymgarza) to get around your block, which I've blocked, so I am inclined to block the main account indef as well, for failing to gain any clue despite repeated attempts to show him the way. Any thoughts? Kevin ( talk) 21:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
I just received a warning for inappropriately editing some random member of the Nevada state senate's page from you and I did no such thing. Not only that I'm not even signed into wikipedia for editing so... yeah. please don't kick me off wikipedia or something —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.142.168.130 ( talk) 21:50, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
The article now is a bit tattered and unkempt. As a new article, more will be added in the next few days. Patience please. Thanks for your help. William R. Buckley ( talk) 04:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I blocked User talk:Richit right after you gave him/her a "final" warning. Feel free to reverse my block - it's for 72 hours, probably needed anyways, but I'll defer to you on this one. Tan ǀ 39 21:58, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
The information removed from the Deptford Mall page is considered confidential, and not general public knowledge. The lease plan is not for public consumption, and is as of this date, inaccurate.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tower936 ( talk • contribs) 23:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello Toddst1,
Thank you very much for coming to my defense in regard to the Deptford Mall page. Since
Tower936 is alleging that this information is confidential and not available to the general public, I want to take the time to explain exactly how people find the leasing plan for the mall's website.
Go to http://www.deptfordmall.com
In the top right corner, click "leasing"
Scroll halfway down the page and click "To view this Center's Lease Plans and Market Profile Click Here"
In the middle of the page, click "Leasing Information"
Click "Lease Plan 1"
The leasing plan for the 1st floor of the mall will load, which clearly shows Gilly Hicks in the Sears hallway.
If
Tower936 (
talk personally feels that this information should not be available to the general public, perhaps he should contact his employer.
I am copying this message to the Deptford Mall talk page as well, just so everyone is clear on the issue.
Thank you again for your assistance, you're a great editor.
PanzaM22 (
talk) 19:12, 26 July 2008 (UTC) Mike
Toddst1, I know the Jon Porter site has recently been trashed by a person with his/her own agenda, but protecting it prevents people like me from editing. I mean you have to look at his opponent, Dina Titus, and his page and see a stark difference in point of view. He has all the negative stances and issues attached, while Dina Titus looks like a saint. All I'm saying is to let both sides of the argument appear. Like in the energy and oil section, it says that he has a 0% rating from the Energy Independence Foundation, but it doesn't tell you that he helped create the third largest solar power plant in the U.S. which is located in Boulder City in his district. Protecting this page prevents the candidate himself from responding to the allegations and prevents editor like me to do my due diligence and try to make this election fair. You have already blocked the person who was creating the mischief, so block them again if they continue.( PackerFan123 ( talk) 15:50, 26 July 2008 (UTC)).
Yea I know I got declined by them...but you're the one who has the power to recommend unprotect...when looking at both the Dina Titus's and Jon Porter's page..don't you even see a little bit of bias in favor of Titus? All I want to do is put some facts about Porter..that's it. I lived in his district and from what I've seen he's done a lot of good for us. (
PackerFan123 (
talk) 21:53, 26 July 2008 (UTC)).
Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.
Cheers!
J.delanoy gabs adds 20:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I am extremely annoyed at you deleting the article I created about Laser prototypes, you gave me no reason as to why my article was deleted other than it's about a company, which is not allowed, I followed the instructions to contest and explained why the company was of great importance and should be allowed to be included in wikipedia on the talk page,(Founded first rapid prototyping company in the UK and Ireland, the most well know company in the rapid prototyping industry in the UK and Ireland as they were the pioneers for many of the prototyping processes which are now common place in Industry, their contribution in this field of Engineering, is undoubtedly huge.) but to no heed because my page was deleted there after. I believe you are a wikipedia bully, whom may need to consider, that they may not be an expert in all subjects and should apply haste in denouncing an article! Disappointed and very annoyed wikipedia member! 28th Jul 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.107.243 ( talk) 08:24, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
The page about SUPERAnti spyware was very good, tell me what do I have to add more since it's the third time I make this page and it still gets removed! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emperordarius ( talk • contribs) 14:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey Todd, thanks for your message. I am new to wiki (which I'm sure it obvious to you). I just noticed there had been a link to the freemechele blog and it was taken down. I was actually going to just edit it right now to say "to learn more about" rather than the whole bit about purchasing products, as that is not what the site is really about. It is a site with which I am affiliated, so I guess it's still a no-go? Sorry if these are dumb questions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lookingforjustice ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Just figuring this all out. Will go to the right places to learn more and talk about it. Will sign this!
Lookingforjustice ( talk) 18:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Just FYI, this user, who you blocked indefinitely for a personal attack, is requesting unblocking. IMO, I think that while a block was certainly appropriate here, it might be a bit harsh to make it permanent. I think Starstylers was steamed up about a lot of warning templates from Dave1185, and lost his/her cool in a bad way. Anything I'm missing here? Mango juice talk 15:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Ok, got your answer. I will not put it back again. :) Thanks for being so kind and welcoming.
Lookingforjustice ( talk) 18:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for moving the Rowan Hood article. I didn't know how to move it. It was my first day that I had an account
on Wikipedia and it was nice to have someone help me out. Thanks a bunch!
Petlover26 (
talk) 16:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking that IP. I don't see how that other administrator didn't see what he was doing was vandalism, considoring he was undoing redirections left and right. Thanks again. -- --eric (mailbox) 17:45, 29 July 2008 (UTC) --eric (mailbox) 17:45, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
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For your help in WP:AfD and blockin' dem vandals for me, I award you this barnstar. Thanks for your help sir. Happy editing! -- --eric (mailbox) 18:57, 29 July 2008 (UTC) |
[31] Alison made a 3 month hard block. Just curious why it was shortened. User seems to have quite an extensive history of abuse. Thanks, Enigma message 00:50, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
You gave him that warning, and the same guy is back again, trolling your talk. [32] Enigma message 06:36, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank-you for unblocking me. I am in the process of apologising to the latest group of offended and I am behaving within the constraints of wiki-laws. If I may add two cents- you were right in detecting an element of immaturity and rigidity among some of the complainants- though I admit I was wrong to continue provoking. Starstylers ( talk) 09:46, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank-you for unblocking me. I am in the process of apologising to the latest group of offended and I am behaving within the constraints of wiki-laws. If I may add two cents- you were right in detecting an element of immaturity and rigidity among some of the complainants- though I admit I was wrong to continue provoking. Starstylers ( talk) 09:46, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
My user page says that: "It is suspected that this user has used one or more accounts abusively."
I have never used another account besides this one and I have not abused my account as far as I know. Is there a way I can have that removed? Sydney180 ( talk) 13:05, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
A
proposed deletion template has been added to the article
Martella Wines, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's
criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "
What Wikipedia is not" and
Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{
dated prod}}
notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on
its talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Merzbow ( talk) 22:20, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Toddst1 - I received a message on my talk page indicating that I vandalized Toms_Hardware. This is simply not true. The original page, before I touched it, contained a very large section dedicated to pointing out every bad thing about Toms_Hardware and offered no positive counter points. It appeared as though it were a negative attack on the site.
I removed that portion and replaced it with a staff role of the editorial team. If you read the original section, I don't believe I vandalized anything. The original section did not provide any positive value.
Other media outlets have gone through rough times too, but their pages remain neutral.
I reverted to the staff role after an anonymous user kept removing it, insisting that the staff role was unnecessary. This person also indicated that he would remove staffs and other sections (like forums) from other peer sites and even indicated that he did in this talk page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:66.171.233.231
According to the Wikipedia history on that IP, it has been static for the last three days. If this user was indeed truthful and honorable in their intent, they would have done the same things to other pages of similarity. This was not the case.
Please assist.
Thank you. Bom tuannguyen ( talk) 07:57, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, the same user removed the edits again, the 3rd time over. I believe this violates a rule? The user does not have a login and continues to use this IP: 210.124.181.153
Please assist. Bom tuannguyen ( talk) 08:29, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Todd - you're right on both counts but there's only so much of my weekend I'm prepared to donate to Wikipedia... next time I'll use an underconstruction template.
samj ( talk) 06:21, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
User:Mizbiplob fired an email to me through wikimail, probably because I kept desperately trying to correct his English when he was posting asking for an unblock. He's active on his talk page again, but as there's no block template on there I doubt it will get seen. You were the last blocking admin; so I thought I'd drop this note. -- Blowdart | talk 21:28, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
I've read the blatant advertising section. Salient Media doesn't promote the company. It's written in a neutral tone. It doesn't attempt to sell anything. All information is factual. How can I change the post so that it is not deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SalientMadsky ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
I jsut read another post that said Salient Media was in copyright infringement. I am from Salient Media. I wrote that at the bottom of the post and sent an email to [email protected] from my Salient Media email address. I'm really confused why this keeps getting taken down. Why is it so difficult to post text that I wrote and own?
Erik —Preceding unsigned comment added by SalientMadsky ( talk • contribs) 21:55, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks-- SalientMadsky ( talk) 22:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
As a courtesy, I thought I'd inform you that I extended the block on a user you blocked (See here). Just thought I'd tell you :-) Scarian Call me Pat! 23:19, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Todd -- You deleted the page Center for Technology and Systems Management due to copyright violation. I noted in the discussion for this page that I hold the copyright in the source link. I slightly updated the language. I am the copyright holder. Is there a procedure to nonexclusively transfer the rights to Wikipedia?
Thank you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BAyyub ( talk • contribs) 00:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1: I recently created a page under the heading Lung Cancer Alliance, which you removed for copyright infringement. I work for Lung Cancer Alliance, maintain their web 2.0 outreach and have total permission to use and distribute copyrighted material created by LCA. In additon, the site was flagged for being non-encylopledic because it only promoted a group, company, etc. I have researched other organizations such as American Cancer Society and American Lung Association that have very similar sites (discussion of the mission of the organization, support and advocacy programs, external links, etc). I am new to wikipedia and do not understand why our site was flagged and removed so quickly. If you could provide me with more information, it would be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LCAlliance ( talk • contribs) 16:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Toddst1. See this 3RR report. Your existing block is here. It will not expire until 21:28 UTC on 5 August. Sometimes an existing block may be doubled due to evasion. I'll leave any action up to you. EdJohnston ( talk) 16:40, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
You deleted several comments at this AfD. I assume this was inadvertent. - Smerdis of Tlön ( talk) 17:16, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
The following discussion has been moved to Talk:Jeff_V._Merkey#Relocation_of_discussion:_Self-published_sources. Please continue it there Toddst1 ( talk) 23:06, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I am not certain I understand. What is "a self published source" if its a news site? LWN.NET has been around a long time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.2.248.210 ( talk) 22:13, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
merkey is not the author of LWN.net, jonathan cohen is and posted an article. whether its quotes from merkey are not, its not self published. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.2.248.210 ( talk) 22:19, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I did, its linked under a category titled "articles" and is a reprint of Merkey's press release. Jonathan turned it into an aricle. It is therefore not self-published. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.2.248.210 ( talk) 22:37, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if you were responding to my ANI report without understanding my point, or acting independently. If you look at my ANI report, I'm convinced that StreaksOnChina is actually the same editor, just trying to keep the topic of Raven's weight alive and being talked about.
Why thank you very kindly for the lovely Copyeditor's Barnstar you've presented me with this evening. I've never had a barnstar before :) I was a actually bit hesitant to check your message at first, as I assumed it was probably one of the Wiki-editors trying to ride my block for crinkling their favourite page. How wrong I was ;) Thanks once again Toddst1, and do have yourself a mighty large day! -- WikHead ( talk) 03:13, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Spuh revealed the relationship. I'm interested to see the response, because it will go a long way towards telling me the amount of good faith to extend.
Kww (
talk) 15:32, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
User talk:C0l3kunzl3r is doing it again. Since you blocked him last time, I thought you should know. Qb | your 2 cents 16:58, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
"I actually started to unblock you but in doing so, I decided not to based on your "I don't agree" comment above" Comes across as kind of mean. Did you need to tell him this? Theresa Knott | The otter sank 21:04, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for laundering the socks. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 01:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
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For being a terrific administrator and keeping a cool head, when that editing got hot(exaggerated of course, but!) I still award you this barnstar! You deserve it. Happy editing. Ciao! eric (mailbox) 06:08, 7 August 2008 (UTC) |
Don't take a break because of Abd's attitude. The guy just loves to involve himself all over AN / AN/I just like Beam, albeit with a "nicer" approach. The moralising and pontificating by such non-admins because nauseating after a while; you were spot on with that IP. Note Abd only recently backed down on his talk page by admitting the glaringly obvious - the IP almost certainly ain't a lawyer. In his desire to be seen to "do the right thing", Abd has enabled a troll IP address. You were absolutely in the right; ignore the totally undeserved criticism. Minkythecat ( talk) 07:47, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I am requesting that you unblock this user, since he/she has not in fact made any legal threat, and WP:NLT was the basis of your block. Give'em enough rope and they will hang themselves. For all we know, the user , who claims to be an attorney, just wished to chat with Godwin. Preemptive blocking based on suspicion of a thought crime is just too much. Thanks. Edison ( talk) 03:15, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to provide some after-the-fact support for the position that this was an overly-eager block. Based upon the feedback you've received, will you be re-considering the approach if something similar happens? I'd also like to ask that you think about the effect of the language that you've used. Above, for example, what is the utility of calling the user a "troll?" If you're wrong and they are a good faith user, you've insulted them. In the event that they do intend disruption, what is aided by using a pejorative? - brenneman 03:37, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Dear Todd, I noticed you took a break. Too much Wikidrama. I sincerely hope the conflict we had did not contribute to your decision. I would seriously regret that. Maybe look at it this way. I made a mistake, you made a mistake, because some irritating editor was creating havoc on Wikipedia. I tried to do something about it and got carried away, you tried to do something about it and got carried away - and we got pitched against each other. Is that what we want? Let the bad guys win in the end? I am sorry for my remarks, maybe my ego was offended too much as well. Kind regards and hope to see you again somewhere overhere. - Mafia Expert ( talk) 11:51, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
The page is semiprotected because it was a target for persistent trolling and harrassment by a banned user—a protection reason fully within policy.
As well, the protection policy only bars permanent semiprotection. In this case, the page is temporarily semiprotected. (Even then, WP:IAR can always be considered.) If the trolling doesn't resume after protection expires, it won't be restored.
Beyond the semiprotection policy, is there a specific reason why Abd's talk page needs to be unprotected? TenOfAllTrades( talk) 15:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Smells like socks to me but why? odd, Satu Suro 03:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
I went to Arthur Smart ( talk · contribs) page and offered a truce. I apologized for my part in the exchange and tried to bury the hatchet. Instead, he deleted that and replaced it with this: "This editor is taking a long wikibreak to avoid wasting any more time in ArchConservativePseudopediaville" then altered the "userbox of the month" to read: "Note: This userbox does not apply to anyone in particular, and most especially not to any heavy-handed administrators with hair-trigger 4im guns." I give up trying. Niteshift36 ( talk) 14:48, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Silentnomad ( talk) 15:14, 8 August 2008 (UTC) Hi Todd,
You deleted an edit I made to the Trepak page, saying that the "In popular culture" section cited obscure performances that were unreferenced. I had in fact properly linked to the So You Think You Can Dance (Season 4) page which also notes the Trepak performance. How should I construct the edit so that it is not deleted by a new edits patroller? Thanks...
Hi Toddst1. Thank you for your attention to this and I left a reply on ANI for you. I would like to clarify that Gwen's comments on ANI include: "Corfiot is writing with a casual Greek idiom that I find very hard to understand, hence while I do think his comments are meant to stifle discussion, I can't tell how truly threatening they are." I suggest we consult with user:Future Perfect at Sunrise or user:Yannismarou for a better translation because these were threats and attempted intimidation, legal or otherwise. Thanks again. Dr.K. ( talk) 17:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Im sorry if I have caused you some trouble but I was merely correcting a sentence that was removed by certain members mainly: User:Eupator and User:MarshallBagramyan whom both appear to be countrymen from Armenia. And I inserted a sentence backed up by a reliable source and they just remove it saying the source is not reliable enough. Now I ask you sir,please to take a look at this source, its from topix.com. And it shows that the Vaziani base was attacked by Russian planes from the Russian military base located in Armenia. I also discussed this source and topic with several other member and they all approve of this except these ttwo gentlemen who keep removing it. So that is what I was trying to do, counter their undoings. Could you perhaps keep an eye on this article and make sure this sentence is not removed again. I thank you. Baku87 ( talk) 00:55, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1, Baku87 has now actually violated 3RR on the article. That is despite asking various users for reverting on his behalf.-- Ευπάτωρ Talk!! 02:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
in regards to your rants about vandalism can you please tell me whats so vandalistic about it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.100.167 ( talk) 15:02, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Title should probably be salted. Enigma message 23:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
I've got some concerns about how Hrafn is choosing to edit the Frank Kaufmann article. Since you commented "keep" at the AfD, I was wondering if you'd mind taking a look. I've tried to mediate between the two sides several times, and it appeared to be working, but now he's working on the article again. If you could take a look, I would appreciate it. Regards, S. D. Jameson 05:11, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I got one for you to look at. [37] Nominator is apparently withdrawing his nomination, because he changed to Keep. Enigma message 15:00, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi you seem to be totally blind to what your indian freinds are doing by removing the admimistered and disputed tags on indian mountians and when i try to remove them from pakistani articles the indians pounce and add the un sourced claim again could you please look into Giani g edits and look at the book with both eyes open and do not takes sides as a editor you must remain neutral you make like india but that doesnt mean you have to insert baseless claims on pakistani mountain without references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.235.17 ( talk) 18:34, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
i have told you a million times my ip is dynamic what can i do? as for biased or not thats not how a editor like you should behave maybe wikipedia should reconsider your credentials as a account holder giani g has provided no source and keeps on targeting pakistani articles whats your take on that why dont you warn him? edit waring occurs when un sourced claim such as giani gs are taken as fact and not even read by editors like you he never provides sources only for one article he did on gasherbrumIV so please wake up thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.235.17 ( talk) 18:41, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, if you had read the talk page you would see that I did discuss the edit before making it. The source cited does not say that Young "still maintains" that he is the father, it only repeats the months old assertion of fatherhood:
"In the interview, Edwards denied knowing anything about any support being provided to Hunter or to Andrew Young, the former Edwards campaign aide who has said that he, not Edwards, is the child's father. "
Welcome to wikipedia, please read the sources you are citing and the talk page before reverting other people's edits. DiggyG ( talk) 20:58, 10 August 2008 (UTC).
jeez dude, you didn't even give me a chance to address anything! MY♥INchile 23:24, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
This is checkuser Thatcher talk page.-- Rjecina ( talk) 23:38, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
FYI, see this blacklisting entry:
I'm not sure that this will stop our Volano Software spammer/troll, but it may slow him down some.
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Thanks for your message, I apologise if you feel I have been spamming. However, I felt the links I added were hardly spam as all the articles were superyacht/luxury yacht related, and the website I was linking to contains a full, current and up to date listing of the worlds superyacht fleet, highly relevant I'd say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yachtreport ( talk • contribs) 15:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just before you closed the sockpuppet case against User:Pdfreeman, I added another suspected sockpuppet to the case. This is just a note about that, because of the overlapping edits you may not have seen my addition. BTW, I note that Pdfreeman himself has not been blocked. Thanks for your quick actions in this case. -- Crusio ( talk) 16:58, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you dealt with the recent sockvandalism on this one. In light of this article's origin, and the fact that it has been speedily deleted twice already (my third speedy nom was declined), is it worth A7ing it again or just wait for the PROD notice to expire? In any event, when the page is finally deleted, it needs to be SALTED too. Thanks. – ukexpat ( talk) 17:02, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
One of the Pdfreeman sock puppets, Pbstrypsin, still has a user page cut-and-paste copied from a genuine user, and which has that person's real-world name on it. Would it be possible to blank Pbstrypsin's user page (as you did with User:Bpaftw for the same reason) so that this innocent bystander cannot get associated with it. I know I could save you the trouble by blanking it myself but I strongly feel this isn't something that a non-administrator should do! Regards Jll ( talk) 20:35, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm not trying to create a role account, however there is another organization with the same acronym, and we are hugely different and our organization does not go by any other name. How can I remedy this problem without scaraficing the organizations name?
thank you
NYSSA 8.13.8 —Preceding unsigned comment added by NYSSA - New York Society of Security Analyst ( talk • contribs) 16:33, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for issuing the short-term block, which I suspect will grow. I've seen nothing useful by that guy so far, and was fixing to take him to ANI, but you basically beat me to it. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 16:49, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello - I believe you have misused/abused WP:Twinkle. The edits by User:Lfapn might be undesirable from your point of view, and they might even be contrary to WP:EL, but they are certainly not vandalism. Nomoskedasticity ( talk) 17:28, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the note, I actually commented on the MfD yesterday. I had forgotten all about it until it showed up on my watchlist... Stan ( talk) 18:29, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1
Just about to post a question as to when recent is recent enough when I saw your correction. Thanks for taking the time out to let me know, much appreciated:-) Tmol42 ( talk) 20:56, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of Route 666 (2009 film). What do you think of Revolution: The Ron Paul Story? There are zero Google searches between Ron Paul and any individual mentioned in the article. — Erik ( talk • contrib) - 00:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I find this website and its administrators very unorthodox. This article, Virtual Knights, was called "inappropriate" when in fact it does not violate any "inappropriate" terms. It is simply an article to explain about a book, written by an author, who happens to have published a real book (this statement is not deniable). Wikipedia may have the authority to delete articles such as the previous thereof, but they lack professional conduct and behave in an unsuitable manner to the general public and its users. This is not a personal attack, this is simply a fact. I forgive those you delete such articles, but the manner and attitude should change for the better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creutlinger ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Yep. And Evildeathmath ( talk · contribs) clearly has problems of his own. Why not go after him? Read the reasons for editing, and LEAVE ME ALONE. -- Ragemanchoo ( talk) 06:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I messaged the person who Wiki told me deleted the arcticle to ask why it was deleted because that person Adam Cookson is real what do i need to do to prove to you that he exists and that is what he does, do you want his number?
can you email me somehow? because i really dont understand this wikipedia message thing
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Sword of the Spirit. I'm not understanding why its not notable enough. I have read all the wiki stuff about notability and, this has got to be notable, I mean 25 countries and ten thousand Members. Or maybe I'm just too new to this. -- JB ( talk) 16:28, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
You said that I can't create a page that has been deleted. If I move it to somewhere else, will it be like the page was never created ?
That's what I wanna do, I want to create the article again when I get some reliable sources, can I do that without the article being formerly deleted.
Will it help if I erase everything from the page ? Guidance plz.
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Can I still retrieve the discussion page ? cuz its gone with the article.
And if ur interested here's the
new article page.
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Its not a wikipedia article, its within a user that I created, so please don't change anything (well, of course encyclopedia that anyone can edit). I mean don't delete anything please. I'll take care of my own stuff. -- JB ( talk) 18:48, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
It appears that the problem was that as I have a DST offset on, the contributions log was showing times using my offset, whereas the signature for the final warning was not, causing contributions before the final warning to appear afterwards. -- Muna ( talk) 17:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
My apologies for the inappropriate choice of verbiage - I was fishing for another expression and obviously hooked the wrong one. Ecoleetage ( talk) 18:49, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toddst1, If you have time and are willing to share your point of view. Can you give your comment arguments about the current discussion in the bates method article. Paragraph : The American acadamy of opthalmology link listed in the external link section ? appreciate your comment, Seeyou ( talk) 21:32, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
When you read the current discussion. My creation of Bates method / Natural Vision Improvement article might be a logical improvement of the article. According to wikipedia Bates method and Natural vision improvement are equal. A merge from that point of view is quite logical regards, Seeyou ( talk) 21:32, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1, I have been trying to create Travel Website Wiki page about Trip N Tale (www.tripntale.com). I do not understand why it keeps getting deleted. My first attempts I did not add references, but the last one I added numerous references from outside sources, etc. Please let me know what I am doing wrong.
Thanks, Brent —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmarrelli ( talk • contribs) 22:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
An article you deleted has come up for discussion on DRV here. I thought you should be notified, as well as perhaps be able to clarify some things there. Thanks! Sher eth 22:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Your deletion tagging script fails at notifications. I didn't create that page -- Gurch ( talk) 23:06, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Why was an article about the host of the second largest ham radio gathering in the country not notable enough?
Just curious - The article was The Shelby Amateur Radio Club? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamradiorulz ( talk • contribs) 02:49, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, User:Mynameisstanley is back after being blocked. He again is deleting dead links, adding improper deletion tags and the lot. Please have a look. I rather do not want to be involved anymore, because I am afraid I will loose my patience again. Thanks. - Mafia Expert ( talk) 10:54, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Same here. I am completely fed up with this guy, which is why i am a bit hesitant to be involved myself. I am just afraid of losing my temper over his disruptive editing, and i dont want any unnecessary headaches. Please do the needful. Joyson Noel ( talk) 11:20, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
why did you protect my usertalk page?-- 99.137.208.196 ( talk) 15:47, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
The anonymous user, 74.68.132.134 ( talk · contribs), whom you had previously blocked for edit wars on the Mark Levin page, has once again resumed such edits. There is a discussion on the talk page about how to properly source these uncontested facts on the main page. He won't take part in the discussion, but simply continues his habits of reverting my edits on various pages and accusing several users of sock puppetry.
Please look into his actions, and consider warning him again for ignoring your last ban. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ynot4tony2 ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
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For doing the thankless jobs. Now back to work admin slave! mboverload @ 04:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC) |
I'm InuYoshi and I promise I won't do a edit war again, I will leave TDK as superhero and I won't revert it to action.
Please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.43.37.9 ( talk) 12:21, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
What? ;-) Tan ǀ 39 16:59, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Toddst1
Thanks for your concern about my username. I am unsure if this is the write place to discuss this as I am slowly but eagerly learning the wikipedia ropes.
In any case, you noted that my username sounds off-beat, but the second half of my username is an identifier. BAETA is in fact my last name. As the eldest son of three, everybody in my family (and beyond) calls me the Master, which eventually evolved into Master Baeta. Following the KISS principle, c'est aussi simple que ça! As you will notice online as well I have had this username since about 1994, so I find it hard to depart from it as it proves to be my online moniker everywhere...
Hope that helps to justify that.
Master baeta ( talk) 17:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Toddst1. Nice work on fighting those vandals (27000 contribs is massive!) ...it appears that 71.201.110.92, who was editing just now, is evading the block that was set on 76.97.62.123, as both IPs are registered as Comcast (based in NJ). ~ Troy ( talk) 18:51, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1. Regarding the ANI thread here, I've extended the one-week block you issued earlier today to User:Cult free world to indefinite. The main reason I did this was the outcome of a previous ANI thread here, where he escaped an indefblock by the skin of his teeth. I feel that a return to the behaviour that almost got him indefed just a few months ago is not indicative of someone who has learned from experience, and he should not be afforded any more last chances.
I hope you don't mind me tweaking your block - I would normally discuss such a matter with you first, but I wasn't certain whether or not you were still logged in (from your contribs, the last about 45 mins ago, it looked like I had just missed you). If you feel the need to undo my admin actions in this instance, that's no problem; I won't consider it wheel-warring ;) All the best, EyeSerene talk 19:43, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Toddst1, I think that maybe Skank should be restored and taken to AfD. After all, it did survive two past AfDs here and here, and it seems slightly out of process to speedy it now. I agree that it should probably be deleted, I just think it should be discussed first. It's your call though, take care. -- Bongwarrior ( talk) 23:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Excuse me but I do not believe I blanked out or deleted anything on the John Michell Talk page you were refering to on my Talk Page. I certainly did not mean to. But I do not think I did. I did add commentary to that talk page. Please tell me if I am wrong so that it will not happen again. 216.240.101.40 ( talk) 08:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
I figured I would come to you since you blocked and unblocked this user back on August 10. After you unblocked said user, it appeared that he had decided to abide by consensus and leave the page as it was. Unfortunately, it only took 2 days before he was reverting the page again. Recently, has had engaged in an edit war with multiple editors over this same edit - ignoring the previous consensus (and the current re-opening of said discussion on the talk page). BIGNOLE (Contact me) 01:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
You blocked User:Ragemanchoo recently for incivility and refactoring comments on an ANI thread. Selected from today's edits alone, here is refactoring of other's comments [38] [39] and borderline incivility [40]. Also, this is a re-insertion of material that they had previously inserted and another editor had reverted for obvious reasons. I'm not sure your block had any effect on their behaviour. Can you take another look? Thanks. Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 01:26, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
His last few edits appeared to remove other spammy fansites rather than add more, you might consider shortening the block, or discussing with the user why the EL's were inappropriate and seeing if they plan to contribute in other ways. – xeno ( talk) 17:00, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
hello i was wondering you could add a perm ip user block to the White people being its a race issue we have constent trolls and disruptive editors reeking havok on the article ,thanks in advance if you could check this out-- Wikiscribe ( talk) 20:11, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
that ip just vandalised my talk page also i think it may be some sort of sock of a user you blocked not to long ago [41]-- Wikiscribe ( talk) 20:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
that ip just vandalised my talk page also i think it may be some sort of sock of a user you blocked not to long ago
[42]--
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Thank you for unblocking me, if my edits are undone, I won't insist in my edits anymore. InuYoshi ( talk) 20:52, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd,
You just removed the "The International Affairs Association (IAA) of the University of Pennsylvania" page that I posted about an hour ago.
I have uploaded a statement to the site www.penniaa.com/about so that you can see that everything is ok and that Wikipedia may use this source.
Please put the site back up as soon as possible. I appreciate your help and understand why the speedy vigilance is necessary (but am frustrated anyway ;-p).
Thank you, Lmarkel ( talk) 18:53, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd,
I got your message but am still a bit unclear as to what I need to do. Can you please tell me if the following will be sufficient?
I will e-mail a "request" from my personal e-mail to [email protected], then I will respond to this e-mail from [email protected] (sent to my personal e-mail) confirming the permission to use the content from www.penniaa.com/about/. Finally, I will forward this conversation from my personal e-mail to "permissions-commons AT wikimedia DOT org". Correct?
Sorry about being confused.
Thanks again, Lmarkel ( talk) 19:07, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for getting back to me. Kirrages isn't the person who vandalised that page (Battle of Monte Cassino). Whoever did it didn't leave any trace; that's why I felt bad about having to fix it by reverting, because it undid Kirrages changes, which were good changes. I don't know who the vandal was, he's obviously someone who hacked the page, undid the log of his own changes, etc. I would revert to Kirrages version, but then I don't want to restore the vandalism because it's very difficult to fix. Contact me if you need more details please. Thanks. Srajan01 ( talk) 20:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, i saw you removed the lyrics and MP3 links from I'm a Jayhawk. I'm just curious, are these not allowed? All the other pages in the same category have direct MP3 links, such as ISU Fights and Boomer Sooner. Ryan2845 ( talk) 23:40, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
On the article Shoulda (Drew Seeley song), you banned 96.249.147.90 for edit warring. Johnny0929 is now making the same edits--I think they're the same person, as they've done these same edits before and, at that point, the IP was blocked for 12 hours too. justinfr ( talk) 00:08, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Will it be offensive if you clean, or delete, some notices (i.e. blocks and warnings)? I just want to make sure it's safe and not a form of vandalism. 24.1.4.241 ( talk) 14:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Toddst1--
I would be getting to that soon. This is my first time at doing this. I learn by doing that reading everything. I am in the progress in creating a guided walking tour for Historic Downtown Kingman. So the information is just the preliminaries. I have created a newspaper with Pagemaker for the tours using the same information. One the things I will be doing, is going to the houses and building owners of today and getting more information on the houses and buildings. So my research is very fluid. Thanks for the help, and it you see something that needs correcting by all means do it or let me know. I can't learn if no one shows me. Thanks Rob Chilcoatr ( talk) 23:53, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thanks Chilcoatr ( talk) 00:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Just guide me through. Thanks Rob Chilcoatr ( talk) 18:31, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
On 19 August user:Balkantropolis has recieved your Balkan related edits warning. Can you please give something similar to user:Sinbad Barron because he has not learned anything from this week short block.-- Rjecina ( talk) 15:38, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
New incivil comments by Ragemanchoo ( talk · contribs):
That enough? Delicious carbuncle ( talk) 16:27, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
[43] - WP:DTTR. Corvus cornix talk 20:15, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Todd, I've noticed that you are an admin that likes to help and seems to be quick on the draw; shenanigans afoot on the Battle of Britain page and we may need an uninvolved perspective. Step in before editors violate 3R. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 21:41, 23 August 2008 (UTC).
Wait, why? He can't make two unblock requests? Seems rather premature, at best, draconian and heavy handed, at worst. Please explain. El_C 22:01, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Scarface is not a crime thriller, its possible thrilling moments are in the end in the action scene, so if we should add Crime thriller to Al Pacino, we should also add Action Thriller to it because this movie has just one action scene and the only "thriller" moment was in the action sequence. Scarface is a crime drama.
About Al Pacino, he is not an action film actor, he is more of a crime movie actor, he's only been in around 5 action movies, the same applies for Robert de Niro, who I removed from list of action actors. InuYoshi ( talk) 22:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
How come no research? In IMDB it is listed that Al Pacino acted only in 6 action movies. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/filmogenre#action Not that imdb is reliable, but he probably didn't appear in more than 5 action movies. His vast career as an actor is as a drama and action movie actor. Imdb doesn't list Scarface as thriller (well the first scarface (1932) it lists). The only site which lists Scarface as a Crime Thriller is this one and allmovie
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134/filmogenre#action About Robert de Niro, he has more action movies than Al Pacino, however he is not an action movie actor, he is a crime/drama film actor. Dude have you ever seen one comparing Al/DeNiro with actual action movie stars such as Schwarzenneger/Stallone/Van Damme?
Those are my sources, I trust IMDB. I wanted to help when I edited those pages, if you don't like my contributions go ahead and block. What can I do? Cry and beg for you like a 4 year old child for its mom to buy a new toy. No!! Go ahead and ban me if you want, but remember, I just wanted to help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InuYoshi ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
i am also surprised that you blocked me although i made all my edits based on the discussion on the talk page of Fethullah Gulen. other two users ( User:Adoniscik, User:Nandesuka) who use the edit summaries in the place of discussion page were not. isn't what they are doing an edit war? please have a careful look at the case. all my and other editors' edits are in the history pages of Fethullah Gulen. you can review my explanation here, too. thanks... Philscirel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.224.82 ( talk) 03:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
i can see that your attempts to appear in the talk page after my request, etc. fortunately the whole history of the page, discussion page and your reverts without discussion are all there... -Philscirel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.224.82 ( talk) 19:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes I was aware, and thanks for your concern:). Having made this mistake once before (I still believe I was justified!) I shall not be doing that again! Dapi89 ( talk) 23:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
BTW, the user you have blocked is now using his IP address and sock puppeting, is that what it is called? Bzuk has reverted for now. Dapi89 ( talk) 23:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Todd I am just getting used to Wiki's peculiar wiki lanbguage so please excuse me. You banned me for "vandalism" I am a tech author and all I have done is minor text edits for spelling etc, I always give a change reason, I do not think I have done anything wrong.
I may have slipped but I can't see I did anything wrong unless it was a slip.
I am trying to find a place to put this but this seems nearest.
Best wishes,
Simon. [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonTrew ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Note: Please be aware that an instance of WP:SOCK has occurred in this edit which is a serious breach of protocol on Wikipedia. I have cautioned the IP to stop now. FWiW, this is another example of the WP:TEND issues that are involved. Bzuk ( talk) 04:10, 24 August 2008 (UTC).
Erf, double tagging! I'm gonna revert to your duration ;) -- lucasbfr talk 12:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Toddst1, do you want me to bring Brian de Palma for him to say that Scarface isn't a Crime thriller? or do you want me to bring Al Pacino and Robert de Niro for they to say that they are not action movie actors?
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InuYoshi ( talk • contribs) 12:58, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
You put a note on August 20 that La Conner Marina had been speedied, but the article wasn't created until August 22 (but was listed in List of marinas on 8/20), and there's no indication (that I could find) of a previous article or in the article history of any notice tags. I had left a note about copvyvios, but I don't know if the user has made any adjustments to the new articles he's created since then. Flowanda | Talk 21:36, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
The person i wrote about is a real producer of music...If you want his email i can gladly put you in contact with him. I also have some of his work i can send you. If you didn't want it to be on wiki you should of just told me and i would of removed it. There's no need for a warning.
Thanks.
DoubleTee —Preceding unsigned comment added by DoubleTizzle ( talk • contribs) 23:48, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Todd, for the warning about 3RR. I feel I've done what I can to raise the issue of unwanted content being put into this and related articles, and protect the integrity of WP in this case, and am moving on to other things. Johnfos ( talk) 20:20, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
You've just blocked this IP indefinitely. I presume this was a mistake to block indef. D.M.N. ( talk) 21:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
WP:CSD#A1 reads:
I fail to see how this could possibly apply to this revision of Integration with other techniques which you deleted under criterion A1. Could you please be a bit more careful when going through the speedy deletion requests? Thanks, Jitse Niesen ( talk) 22:37, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Re ANI, thanks for letting me know. There's no use letting a minor issue get discussed ad nauseam because the person who acted isn't there to explain why. :) Whiskeydog ( talk) 23:41, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
I was in the process of declining this unblock request when you granted it. I don't have a problem with that, I just wanted to let you know that her unblock request was basically copied from the "Good unblock request" examples section of WP:GAB, which I've now removed ( WP:BEANS and such). Mango juice talk 17:24, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes the basic template was found in Wiki:guide to appealing...The request was however meant and not a sham...I do appreciate the vast reduction in the sentence. I will seek alternative methods to "edit wars"...Thank you... Ashley kennedy3 ( talk) 17:56, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
On reviewing my actions, I did undo one edit of his in error. I removed it by mistake under the false impression that it was spamming, and I've apologized in full on his talk page. -- Orange Mike | Talk 17:19, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I took the 3 minutes to find an article on NEWS.GOOGLE.COM from a mainstream print publication that had Y Combinator as a primary subject. Once I found it, I removed your prod. I don't think this will do well in AfD, but putting it there is your prerogative.
76.206.233.255 ( talk) 20:18, 27 August 2008 (UTC) (anon)
I think you went overboard blocking Aks818guy indefinitely. The user did not receive any warnings for his edits today. He had been previously blocked for edit warring, and his edits today were good faith edits, not vandalism, no matter how ill-advised. -- Michael Johnson ( talk) 04:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the protective block you did on the John Michell (writer) article, The anon user with two IPs disappeared. However, new anon IP users have appeared who are pushing the same agenda on both the article and discussion page. I suspect either a sock puppet or a puppet master. Can this pp-semi-vandalism|expiry=21 August 2008 be done on the discussion page also to stop an edit war? Can you restore this block please? Thanks. SageMab ( talk) 22:13, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
This is the IP user 82.153.23.251 and as he does not have a talk page I have warned him on the article edit page and the disuccion edit history. I've worked on this article for over a year and I really do suspect either a sock or puppet master. Please protect the article page.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SageMab ( talk • contribs) 22:44, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much Toddst1. I put a vandlism warning on his new user talk page as suggested and he blanked it out on both his page and in page history. I listed facts about him on the JM article discussion page and signed his unsigned comment and he reverted the edit saying I had blanked out his paragraph which is untrue (see history). Vandalism I believe. I am only interested in a good pro and con collection of facts about this author and because of this author's subject matter have seen his article page (and my edits and anyone constructive) abused. Please keep an eye out for this as I have no interest in an edit war. Thanks again. SageMab ( talk) 23:20, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the wise words on the talk page for this article. I agree. But, they are at it again. Please take a look at the talk page and the comments in the section after yours. I am going to post this reply to them, but it looks like a NPOV gang-up. SageMab ( talk) 05:00, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Please take a look at the John Michell (writer) article page again. I do believe there is there is a determined effort by editors, who do not like the subject matter this author writes about or who are unfamiliar with this author's work and who do no reading about 3rd party sources who comment on this author's work, to seriously undermine this article by removing salient information that advances the article as per BLP, cutting down or changing sentences to reflect OR, and removing quotes from verifiable sources that also contibute to the facts about this author or by distorting facts by adding half truths on the page. How can this article be protected to insure no OR and BLP? SageMab ( talk) 14:53, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
May I suggest that the two of you move this from my talk page to either Talk:John_Michell_(writer), WP:SSP or WP:ANI but not more than one of them? Thank you. Toddst1 ( talk) 16:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. Thanks for your patience. I would like to suggest again to DougWelle, whom I have told that I have tried to ignore contentious posts as suggested by Wiki, the the article discussion page is not a chat page or a page where you post long pages of Wiki guidelines when an abbrev. is enough. Going to an editor on this article might be more productive and would avert the appearance of an edit war. Enough already Doug. SageMab ( talk) 17:24, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I notice that you recently blocked Matter of Principle for being a block-evading sock of the abovementioned user. It appears that this person has returned, in the form of Grandsorbs. The strongest indication is that, prior to his block, MoP made this edit to Alan Shearer, which was then reverted. Today, a new user ( Grandsorbs) (with surprisingly good use of the citation template), made this edit and this edit, which amount to the same point. I should note that this particular insertion has never been made to the article prior to this period. Also, checking out the contribs of Grandsorbs and comparing them to those of Brfc97 and those of Matter of Principle shows exactly the same articles edited by them all. Seems pretty clear case. Cheers! - Toon 05 23:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I don’t like to second-guess fellow admins, but did you intend to make this block indef? Cheers — Travis talk 23:45, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Can you possibly protect this page to avoid it being recreated again? Ctjf83 Talk 00:31, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello there,
What was libellous about what I put? I hardly put anything at all. A mere stub. I have no reason to defame Gary Aldridge as I have no personal opinions about him. I know that he died under unusual circumstances but I just assumed that it was notable enough to be at WP. Yeago ( talk) 03:07, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. I did not add any commentary to that article, but in good-faith I did add links within the 'See Also' paragraph of Infanticide to the related articles on Massacre of the Innocents and Abortion. I did not notice any mention or clarification of the two links elsewhere in the article, other than the image of the Massacre of the Innocents fresco at the article's introduction. I appreciate your input. Thanks again. Dr. B. R. Lang ( talk) 11:04, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
I've reversed you and unblocked this user. The user was blocked for a username violation, and while his conduct since then hasn't been terrific, it's certainly not conduct we'd block a new contributor for, especially without warnings. Mango juice talk 18:12, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. I just woke up this morning and saw the edits. -- The One They Call GSK // talk to me // 16:57, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I put something on WP:3 that may concern you. -- Firefly322 ( talk) 20:57, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello
I have noticed that the page Endless Ages (video game) has been deleted, as it seemingly fell under the "A7" category. I have read the criteria, and I do not understand why it was speedily deleted. It clearly says that:
Unfortunately, Endless Ages is a game, which is a software, and the line just above clearly explains that A7 does not apply to software. I also do realize that this might not be the most popular game, however, there are other games with articles on Wikipedia that could be considered of the same importance ( Gekkeiju Online, Underlight, Ashen Empires, Cyber Nations, Starport: Galactic Empires, etc.). Perhaps there was an error with the fact that the official homepage was down, well it is back up now. You can visit it here. Other websites certifying the reliability of Endless Ages include: IGN, MMORPG.com, Google.
PS: There is also a section in MMOFPS that links to Endless Ages. This has been there for a long time. Thank you -- Josellis ( talk) 22:35, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
I see you have dealt with Shkerala today and given him a level 4 warning for introducing inappropriate pages. It might hence interest you that he has now created an article named Malyali and Hartal which I guess has the same content as the ones before. Regards, Gunnar Hendrich ( talk) 14:48, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello there,
What was libellous about what I put? I hardly put anything at all. A mere stub. I have no reason to defame Gary Aldridge as I have no personal opinions about him. I know that he died under unusual circumstances but I just assumed that it was notable enough to be at WP. Comment? Yeago ( talk) 23:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
-- Hi -- thanks for blocking the first IP address. The user appears to be jumping IPs -- he's done it again. Is there a solution for this sort of thing? I'm not really familiar with policies for persistent vandals. RayAYang ( talk) 04:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey there,
I'm a little confused by your proposed deletion of the Robin Danar wikipedia page I created. Much of the information included on the page was found in third party publications like Jive Magazine's site, PopMatters.com and KCRW's site. Robin Danar is clearly a notable subject, as he has worked with many famous artists, which were named in the Wiki page, and Wikipedia pages about other artists even mention him. And I thought the way I wrote it was very neutral and objective -- I did not assert any opinions or use any unnecessary adjectives; I just stated facts. Could you please let me know why you think this is not sufficient for this page to exist?
Thanks! DGUFO ( talk) 06:31, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Very disappointed that you would revert this block so quickly. This person has a history of breaking Wiki rules and causing trouble and they are already in the process of inserting irrelevant propaganda [44] into the project. I'm new here so I might be wrong for pointing this out, but I just wanted to say that I'm very disappointed that this person is back and causing havoc. I urge you to please consider their edits to decide if they are truly a benefit to this project or not.-- Einsteindonut ( talk) 09:19, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
The VSP article is certainly not "inappropriate". It is a legitimate company, and a legitimate article which conveyed information. It was not a complete article, but certainly not a bad one, and needed to be given a chance. I believe that the deletion of this page is not covered in the criteria for speedy deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MBMBMBMBMBMBMB ( talk • contribs) 03:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC) — MBMBMBMBMBMBMB ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Thanks for the note. Off hand, I think that user has "issues." Cheers, Dloh cierekim 19:42, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Judging by the style of the edits, and the re-insertion of an image of Shakira on White people, it looks like the new user User:Joker Begins is the indef blocked user User:InuYoshi. Ed Fitzgerald t / c 15:56, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Why did you delete this? It's the largest local union in Windsor, Ontario, and the home local of current CAW National President Ken Lewenza, Sr.. I think its noteworthy, or at least, deserved the benefit of discussion before deletion. 12.4.238.25 ( talk) 17:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Note while I previously indicated it was a 20,000 member+ labor organization, I can only find a link verifying 5,000 members at Chrysler, plus "other" members at a number of other local employers. In any case, I believe this is a large enough membership for a labor organization to justify its notability for wikipedia purposes, notwithstanding the other reasons why this local is significant. 12.4.238.25 ( talk) 17:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1,
I was trying to post and article on 7b only because when i did a search on it I found another band by that name and wanted to add to it. After reading the guidelines I just became more confused. The one thing that I got from it was that it needed to be verifiable. I was wondering how do you verify a band like some of the others mentioned in Wikipedia? I hope that my asking isn't out of line and apologize if it is?
Best,
7bmusic ( talk) 23:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Toddst1,
Thanks for clearing that up for me and again my apologies!
7bmusic ( talk) 22:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd, an editor you warned back in April is still creating fake pages -- I just added tags for csd for three of them. See User talk:Singboyb16 and User talk:Dajaine360. Flowanda | Talk 16:47, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
It's only two edits into the editor's contribs, but I think it might be worthwhile keeping an eye on User:Amigo Fura Olho. Ed Fitzgerald t / c 21:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
I'll explain why I tagged it an attack page.
User:Raymond poon hasn't done anything but create a couple of nonsense articles (now speedy deleted). When I looked at the userpage it said he was a certified teacher in Manitoba. That's obviously nonsense, considering his edits (and the fact he can't properly capitalize his own name). In other words, some vandal is using his/her teacher's name as an alias. I'm pretty sure Raymond Poon (the teacher) exists in Manitoba. I'm also pretty sure he's not the one using that account.
SIS 23:28, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You semi-protected Benazir Bhutto. Please know that the anons who engaged in the edit warring, 203.220.10.226 ( talk · contribs) and 220.253.177.132 ( talk · contribs), belong to WWGB ( talk · contribs). The semi-protection won't do much. Please fully protect the article.
The above messages were sent to you by a banned editor and a POV pusher. See Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Klaksonn. Also, according to this, can you please remove the Shia claim from the article because it is based on POVs/errors found online by the banned editor.-- Seminoletree ( talk) 16:39, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Please take this to Talk: Benazir Bhutto. Toddst1 ( talk) 17:05, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm back. Cheers. 67.180.253.2 ( talk) 22:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I messed up. I thought that user had vandelized it, but it turns out not. Sorry. Also, could you please tell me on my disscussion page how to know about warned and reported people? Thanks. Marshall T. Williams ( talk) 22:44, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
When I try to make a weblink, it displays that referance looking kind of symbol. How do I make this website name appear at the bottom of my user talk page? Look at my user page first, please, in about 2 minutes after I do something. Thanks. Marshall T. Williams ( talk) 22:58, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Would someone please tell me the purpose of http://www.tripleclick.com?
I'm sorry. I didn't understand that link you gave me. Could you please answer my question on my discussion page? Thanks. And please answer my questions on my talkpage in the future. Thanks again. Marshall T. Williams ( talk) 23:05, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm slightly confused, because I was told I edited a page recently (Scott Van Pelt) that I definitely did not edit. Is there any specific reason this could have occurred? I don't share a computer with anyone, although I do share a network... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.122.136 ( talk) 15:36, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Any chance you could slap a block on User:Webkin as well, please? It's the account of 79.76.139.7 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). - Dudesleeper / Talk 15:41, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd,When I try edit the "Milton Keynes" article from my mobile device it says it is blocked by "Toddst1", then says "for the following reasons:" but there isnt a list. Is it necessary to block editing the article? I can edit it from my laptop if I click Edit from that device.. Now3d ( talk) 17:59, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1, can you get the wiki dropped from URLs? would be much simpler if en.wikipedia.org was the main page. and en.wikipedia.org/Milton_Keynes as the URL of the Milton Keynes article.. atm we are wasting extra 5 bytes each time we have to link with the addition of "wiki/" :) Now3d ( talk) 18:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Pretty much no doubt now that Amigo Fura Olho is idef blocked Inu Yoshi:
Ed Fitzgerald t / c 18:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
I think you blocked this user recently, in the mean time edits from 69.29.68.204 and 161.130.224.13 appear to be from the same person. Now the block has ended the user has added another off-topic/disruptive edit to the java talk page. I don't know what the policy is in this case (or even if this is the best place to ask). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Superfly Jon ( talk • contribs) 16:03, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I would appreciate any guidance that you can give re the CFS and ME articles and subarticles. Within a few days, they have been completely thrashed by several users, who seem to have an agenda to root out from Wikipedia any idea that ME may actually be a physical disease, as it is classified, defined and confirmed by WHO, CDC and IACFS/ME (but of course these major bodies must all be completely mistaken...). Guido den Broeder ( talk, visit) 00:31, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Something happened to the text. Not exactly sure. Just giving someone a heads up that some editing might be done with it. A lot of "REDIRECTS" were suddenly added. Questionable??? Creutlinger ( talk) 01:47, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I posted the Kelley Athletic article some time ago and you tagged it for speedy deletion for no 3rd party confirmation. Would this be sufficient [45] or would more be needed.
Thanks for your help. Tmbrguy ( talk) 17:03, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
they are not a notable company yet, but they are viable, which is why I would like to include them in wiki under the baseball glove heading as manufacturer, its actually missing a few mfg's but I wanted to start with one to get the format correct. When you have a chance I have some notes on my talk page, LMK IYHO if I have enough now. In reviewing the other mfg's listed, there seem to hang their crediability on being public companies oozing with web references and SEC filings. These closely held Co's are a lot tougher. I appreciate the help Tmbrguy ( talk) 06:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm wondering if you could clarify the reasons behind removal of the external links relating to Heidi Diaz and the diet, since I checked some of those, they are relevant and provide balance for the article, since in its present state it reads like a promotional. The links to the Riverside court information and KTLA provide counteraction to the super-positive nature of the article. Its not defamation, its providing an NPOV. :) Please reply here and I will chat through here. Thor Malmjursson ( talk) 13:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you again so soon after your block of PigeonPiece, but yesterday a brand-new SPA, Astutescholar, started deleting material critical of the ORT, deleted an entry of mine on the talk page, added a bunch of Listcruft, and added one potentially useful piece of information which so far I've been unable to verify. When these changes were reverted by Nomoskedasticity, Astutescholar then reverted at 18:32, 21:24, and 21:27 and may have created a sockpuppet, Educationatlarge, whose only contribution was to revert yet again at 16:06 today. Perhaps some sort of warning is in order? Thanks. Academic38 ( talk) 21:14, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of KillaKY6. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. :) Pip ( talk) 23:09, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Toddst1. I noticed you left a 3RR warning at User talk:777LOVE for their edits to Blood atonement. I think the edits were problematic in terms of NPOV and editorial judgment—but I didn't feel like they were getting close to 3RR or really much of an edit war at all. They did restore the edit that FyzixFighter originally reverted, but after my message on their talk page they tried a different edit, not the same. So, I leave it to your judgment, but the warning seems a bit premature to me and you might consider removing it so as not to seem too harsh to the new editor. Thanks, alanyst / talk/ 00:36, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
WELL DONE with the Federal Realty Building. -- mboverload @ 02:23, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Please check the links I posted and the reports I posted at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Depaulicize and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive476#Suspected sockpuppetry by User:Depaulicize -- complex case., as well as at Wikipedia:Long term abuse#Runtshit. The editing pattern, choice of name, persistence of BLP-violating edits, attack on me on AIN and many other characteristics are identical to the behaviour of serial vandal Runtshit, and I request you to reconsider. RolandR ( talk) 20:27, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Eager to get a response to User_talk:Toddst1/Archive_8#Gary_Aldridge_speedy_delete.3F. Thanks! Yeago ( talk) 07:45, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
When updating the page, you seem to have missed my request for 67.60.77.248 ( talk · contribs). - Mdsummermsw ( talk) 18:05, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Dude, I just wrote about a event that happened to O'monte Jackson. I think it deserves to be on wikipedia if he got arrested. tailpipeartist ( talk) 02:19, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
Your participation in mediation has been invoked here. Bogorm ( talk) 08:30, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. Sorry you were bothered with that request. I agree it shouldn't have gone there. Toddst1 ( talk) 02:14, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking that user. If I were a betting man (and I am) I would bet good money that that person was behind the death hoax, since they were sooo adamant that The Greaseman was dead, even though it was confirmed on this morning he wasn't. Again, Thanks :) - NeutralHomer • Talk 02:15, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
Any suggestions for how to negotiate with this editor in Charles F. Mercer? thanks Tedickey ( talk) 00:12, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for blocking User:Cataniaa -- he had been vandalising the Malta Enterprise that I wrote (actually, rewrote -- it was originally Speedy Deleted as spam and I recreated it with proper referencing). Hopefully, the article will be left alone. Be well. Ecoleetage ( talk) 14:22, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
May I please have permission to add the {{ schoolblock}} template to the talk page for this user whom you have just blocked? Bwrs ( talk) 15:34, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I reported ControlFreak for repeated WP:IUP violation, and you left a 3RR block notice. Did you not think it was an IUP violation? If you don't agree it was an IUP violation, I'm on pretty thin ice. If you do agree, wouldn't it be better if the block message made it clear that adding fair-use images to discographies and BLP articles is strictly forbidden? Kww ( talk) 19:45, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1-
I noticed you tagged that page as a speedy delete attack page. I'm hesistant to delete something as an attack page when I don't actually know what it said! Can you give me more information?
L'Aquatique
talk 20:04, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
Since his two week block expired Bogorm has picked up where we previously left, and continues to insert dubious material on the 2008 South Ossetia war page titled "Israeli involvement". He makes use of Iranian sources from a government sponsored website and continues to insert his original research with the help of sources that speak about the Jewish community in Georgia and a link describing how a Georgian minister has an Israeli passport.
We've tried to explain him the difference between a Jew and an Israeli, and how having a double passport is not proof of any "Israeli involvement" in this conflict, also notifying him that some ministers in Georgia's parliament have a Russian passport as well. This however is in vain, and he keeps inserting the section, accusing anyone who deletes it of "vandalism". Bogorm also takes it quite personal because the personal attacks seem to continue [46] wherever he can (the ANI section has nothing to do with me at all).
Anyway I've never really experienced such a persistent user before. What do I do now? Should I post the complain of his use of bad sources at the wp:npov or wp:rsn noticeboards? And what happens then? Grey Fox ( talk) 21:13, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
There is an active discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Bogorm_again. Please move this discussion there. Toddst1 ( talk) 23:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
For your attention to Richmond, British Columbia. Truth is, though I've never been to B.C., and find it easy to sympathize with the substance of the edits in question, it was just too close to pamphleteering. Cheers, JNW ( talk) 00:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much to both Toddst1 and JNW. I was building on several other people's edits after people learned about questionable information. What is stated on the topic now is simply factual. One reason that I did several edits in one day was that I was doing Wikipedia editing for the first time and did not catch on quickly. I think I have finally done the citations adequately. JimWright44 ( talk) 01:18, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps you want to protect this vandals talk page [48] Ctjf83 Talk 16:47, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for blocking that user.
SIS 00:44, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
I have changed the ANI thread back to unresolved, as I dont believe an indef block is the appropriate outcome. John Vandenberg ( chat) 08:59, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Just as a matter of interest, having issued this warning [49] what exactly are you thinking of blocking Nishidani for? He's being a bit dramatic, admittedly, but I don't see him actually doing anything blockable - indeed, I agree with him that he is pointing out a failure of process here. I'd respectfully suggest that backing up an inappropriate block with another one might not be a good idea. Black Kite 21:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Every admin I have come across has indef blocked editors for far less disruption than Eleand's recent outbursts. I'm not sure where you are coming up with words like "grossly excessive" and "inappropriate." I guess I blocked a cabal member.
To answer Black Kite's question, ill-considered accusations of impropriety fall under WP:Civil and are blockable. I'm sure the Kite knows that.
To answer Phil's question, accusing an unbiased editor of having a double standard is significantly different from discussing imperfections in wiki justice.
Frankly, I'm baffled by the response to my actions here - especially by admins whom I have worked with and come to respect. I have yet to see any policy or guideline that shows my actions as inappropriate and I have asked for examples. Quite the contrary - take a look at this:
"Indefinite blocks are usually applied when there is significant disruption or threats of disruption, or major breaches of policy. In such cases an open-ended block may be appropriate to prevent further problems until the matter can be resolved by discussion."
Couple that with this statement:
"..Let me confess; not only did I knowingly violate Wikipedia's various "civility" and "personal attacks" and "play nice in the sandbox, kids," policies, I did it with the very deliberate intention that it cause what we euphemistically call "disruption" here. Quite simply, I was, and am, at wits end, and I have neither the patience nor the passive-aggressiveness to work through the normal WikiPolitical methods.."
"Grossly excessive" and "inappropriate" just don't seem to apply here folks.
As far as a double standard, there may be other blocks necessary to parties involved in Eleand's tirade. This volunteer can't right all wrongs on Wikipedia. If there are other issues here {{ sofixit}}. Saying I have a double standard implies I've looked at two different cases and come up with different answers which I don't see here. Toddst1 ( talk) 08:50, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
'ill-considered accusations of impropriety fall under WP:Civil and are blockable'
As I said above, if there are more remedies necessary to fix all the issues around parties involved in Eleand's tirade, then let's fix them. Toddst1 ( talk) 09:02, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Wow. I think we're pretty close to agreement here. Toddst1 ( talk) 09:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
In reference to your note that Vitilsky ( talk · contribs) would only receive one warning for personal attacks, please note the summary in the [50]. -- Adoniscik( t, c) 05:09, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
You have misunderstood. No-one is saying the block was inappropriate, merely that the length was given the surrounding circumstances (and I can understand why you did it, just that it doesn't stand once investigated more fully). To be honest, I was trying to ensure you didn't do something that might end you up at RfC if you'd blocked Nishidani - indef blocking Eleland after he'd been seriously provoked, and then blocking someone with the same POV as him for complaining about it might be seen by some as suspect - even if Nishidani did do something blockable, it might be worth finding another admin to do it. Black Kite 14:17, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
hi Toddst1 can you please help me out with this user after you blocked him he removed the comments again I think that page really needs to be protected.
Alexnia (If you reply here, please leave me a {{ Talkback}} message on my talk page.) @ 16:09, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
How did u become an administrator.-- Entect ( talk) 01:58, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
This [51] isn't a spelling correction. Flaunting and flouting are both correctly spelt. You have, instead, changed the meaning of what you wrote; and I don't think you should do that. FWIW, "flouting your disregard" is wrong; flaunting was what you meant William M. Connolley ( talk) 19:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the barnstar. We can only hope. -- S.dedalus ( talk) 20:56, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
The editor known as Blowdart is stalking me. See his history of edits. -- NOLAhistorian ( talk) 01:07, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Todd, I am new to this Wikipedia thing, and am trying to do a series of articles on New Orleans area restaurants. In the process of creating a page for Middendorf's restaurant, the user Blowdart, whom you have warned recently, began vandalizing my page by stating that it was not written from a neutral point of view and that it was an advertisement. I have read Wikipedia rules and from what I can tell, it is written from a neutral point of view. I included one quote from Southern Living Magazine and I could not figure out how to cite it properly, so he put the entire history and surroundings article on dock for deletion, while I was trying to figure out how to cite it. Is there a way to remove that vandalism and possibly remove the user who has gone on a rampage? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NOLAhistorian ( talk • contribs) 15:56, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
About this : Thank you very much ! :D Rosenknospe ( talk) 22:34, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd,
I had made an appeal for a block by Futper (an admin that I feel keeps harassing me) and you declined it replying "solid block".
To be frank, I don't think you know the facts in this instance and you're seeing only one side of the story here. I realize Futper is an established admin and I'm a newb (which makes this an uphill battle) and if my points should have been made elsewhere I apologize for that (I'm still learning Wikipedia rules). However, I still think the points themselves are valid (and verifiable... if someone spends time to throughly review them. There are a group of FYROM nationalists on Wikipedia promoting misinformation and deleting pertinent facts (including possibly a certain admin). I don't mind regular contributers but when an admin appears to be one of them it creates a problem.,
(And it isn't just me saying there is currently hostile propaganda against Greeks occurring. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr110-356)
FYROM citizens live on formerly Greek lands. As do some Bulgarians, Turks, and Albanians. I have no issue with this and wish them the best. However, since the break up of Yugoslavia they are trying to be known as "Macedonians" (relating to ancient Macedonian Greeks) This is unacceptable to someone Greek because the denial of Greek Macedonian history is like denying Greeks were Athenians and Spartans. I sincerely feel like the target of bigotry and my ethnic identity is under attack. (like someone Jewish being Moses was Arab.. or someone Italian being told Romans were Albanians... or someone American being Washington is Mexican). These sort of things can and do lead to real wars.
What I'm looking for here is an open ear... and advice into writing a complaint in a format that Wi:AN would find acceptable. I originally tried to make an anon comment about the issue to WI:AN (without naming any names).... instead I ended up getting blocked by Futper (who appears to be a FYROM nationalist himself based on his lopsided editing patterns against Greeks). You declined to unblock me will only add to the perception that I'm trolling when my beef can be validated with a little sincere effort.... and why I've come to you.
Please... I'm asking you for your help here. I realize that it might put you at odds with another admin (who little doubt is monitoring my posts... including this one given he's patrolling even my user page). If you do help and I am not saying the truth. at worst it will mean you wasted a little time with me. If you don't help and I am saying the truth... you will done your little bit in spreading hate and propaganda.
I can only hope given these options you are willing to listen at least a little to the other side (especially given the gravity of the issues). Thanks - Crossthets ( talk) 01:01, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
In a 2007 arbitration case, administrators were given the power to impose discretionary sanctions on any user editing Balkans-related articles in a disruptive way. If editors engage in repeated inappropriate behaviour in this area, they may be placed under sanctions including blocks, a revert limitation or an article ban.
No need to apologize Todd. I very much appreciate your balanced down-to-earth response (and plan to read up on RFCs). I understand given the severity of the charge the onus is still on me, a newb, to prove what I say is true (which is despite that he occasional deals with extreme cases of FYROM vandalism... his lopsided editing and hostility towards the Greek POV on WIkipedia puts him in a conflict-of-interest as an admin)
I am already aware of the arbitration case via carefully examining Futper's diffs. I'd like to point out in the comments of the project page you'll find Futper (who appears to have been a key pusher for those discretionary powers and now seems to use them to the max) said the following about Greek contributers at that time...
In addition about half of the official statements in support of Futper's desire for discretionary powers (judging by the comments intended primarily to silence Greek contributers and to a lessor extent Bulgarians) come from Wikipedia contributers that seem to be FYROM-supporters (possibly nationalists). Please note though my complaint is SOLELY about Futper. Other admins appear far far more balanced in their editing towards Greeks. I am not looking for special status only not to have my edits targeted for blocking solely based on my ethnic background or because the facts are unpleasant for an admin with an anti-Greek agenda.
To understand how Futper targets me... he wasted no time threatening me yet again (for allegedly using the fricken talk page of an article as a "forum" and saying "last warning")
What would really help at this juncture is putting a visible retraction on my talk page that notes after spending time reviewing my case in detail an admin does see potential merit in my claims (to help reduce the newb-is-instantly-wrong railroading effect I am currently experiencing). When I am ready to proceed forward with WI:AN it will hopefully show other admins my issue with him aren't remotely as cut and dry as he tries to portray them.(a statement in itself)
And thanks so much for taking my time to review my concerns Todd. -- Crossthets ( talk) 04:03, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Todd. While you're at it can you perhaps ask him about these offensive comments he made to me on out first encounter as well... a newb... with no prior history. (Futper was coming to the alleged aid of someone who appears to be a FYROM national)
As you can see I already asked him on his talk page... and he completely ignored the question. I'd ask again but he'll just use it as an opportunity to suggest I'm "harassing him" and threaten me again. (or get an unsuspecting admin at ANI to do it for him) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crossthets ( talk • contribs) 05:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Unsurprisingly yet another threat/rant from him against me... in the middle of another admin investigating a claim of bias against him?
Futper is an admin who no doubt is going to try and pull in other admins to come to his aid. If you are going to fight this fight it might very well get ugly. What it comes down to is do you believe Futper's angry dismissive newb-trolling narrative... or do you think my verifiable points are unworthy of even being visible on the talk page relating to the Macedonian Naming dispute? My fate is largely in your hands Todd. -- Crossthets ( talk) 07:35, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Completely unrelated (and very unstressful) question. I've chosen a barnstar I'd like to add to your user page (the very first I've awarded). I've figured out how to do it I think but I have no clue how to get to the page where I need to do it. (says add to User:Toddst/awards??? on your user page but I can't seem to get there) Can you provide a link to the page so I may do the dirty deed?-- Crossthets ( talk) 20:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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If all Wikipedians were as civil as you we'd have no need for admins! Thanks for patiently spending time helping a newb. Crossthets ( talk) 01:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC) |
Hi. Here, [52], you accidentally removed the vandalism which 65.66.39.1, removed. It might be a good idea for you to remove the warning you gave that ip-- Jac16888 ( talk) 18:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thanks. my point to that user has been made. Jw2034 ( talk) 19:48, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
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Dear
Toddst1, thank you so much for your words of support, kindness, and your trust in me. My
request for Adminship has been closed, and the support the community has shown will be with me forever. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am, and all I can tell you is this: I shall try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, please
tell me! :) If you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you are welcome to ask, and I shall do my very best.
Dear Toddst1, I would like to thank you for the question you have asked, although it was very challenging, it left me with something to think about. Please take care. G.A.S 05:41, 7 October 2008 (UTC) |
Hey thanks. Grsz X 06:05, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
if you can include w.a.s.p you can include arab american the article is called white americans and what are arabs white americans there is no precise article called "WHITE ARABS" stop being ludicris you and the other editor are making way to big of a deal, i can in right remove w.a.sp than because they are already covered under european american-- Wikiscribe ( talk) 17:10, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
people tend to fall back on a wiki policy in particlar an administrator when they really can't argue the point because they are wrong, also i am so sorry please forgive me master todd for saying you were being "LUDICRIS"i guess because this arguement falls under the wiki policy for a "LAME" argument--
Wikiscribe (
talk) 17:30, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
sorry did not mean to snap at you--
Wikiscribe (
talk) 19:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Toddst1.
You've linked to WP:RESUME on an AFD. There's a discussion about that essay going on at Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia is not the place to post your résumé#Tone - you might want to join in. -- HughCharlesParker ( talk - contribs) 19:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
complaint: The other part of this problem is an administrator Toddst1 seems to put a block or indefinite ban on the users adding the accurate 3rd party sources while "warning" the other two editors mentioned above to seem like his actions are neutral.
your response: Speaking of socks, it's pretty rare for an editor with less than a dozen edits in mainspace to make such an involved ANI report.
Your response is inadequate.
A suggested response would be:
I, Toddst1, have blocked or indefinite banned on the users adding the accurate 3rd party sources because...
a. The sources are not good sources but I didn't explain this. The reason they aren't good is ....
b. The sources are not accurate but I didn't explain this. The reason they aren't accurate is ....
c. of another reason, that reason being .....
One of the suggested responses would help your case. Your current response just confirms that you are not acting correctly (when challenged, you just call the challenger a sock).
This analysis is just from an uninvolved editor who was not read the article, just the ANI complaint. Chergles ( talk) 21:34, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
I am an editor with more than 18 months of registration and hundreds of edits. Chergles ( talk) 21:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
I see your user box advocating mandatory registration. What is your feeling on mandatory registration with your name? Chergles ( talk) 21:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hello Toddst1. Thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for Adminship, which was successful with 111 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. I have to say I am more than a little overwhelmed by this result and I greatly appreciate your trust in me. I will do my best to use the tools wisely. Thanks again. Regards. Thingg ⊕ ⊗ 01:28, 12 October 2008 (UTC) |
Hello Toddst1. Recently you created WP:Suspected sock puppets/Astutescholar. I've made my own update there. Do you think that the SSP report should be announced at ANI? In a recent discussion, Jehochman argued that no additional blocks should be issued unless an SSP was filed. It's been done, so maybe those concerned should be notified. EdJohnston ( talk) 03:03, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
I hope you will not mind that I have gone ahead and blocked PDCII27 ( talk · contribs), whom you had removed from AIV and left a final warning in lieu of a block. I think you may have inadvertently not noticed that this editor created an attack page against the same person (presumably a schoolmate) twice, six weeks apart, and also that the username is based on the name of the person who was being attacked. If you have any questions regarding this please let me know. Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 15:30, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your message. At no time did I think you did anything wrong. I just thought that you didn't answer the question posed. My philosophy in life is to be nice and try to look at the other person's perspective. Some people in Wikipedia do that but others do not. As much as people can try to work things out and compromise with each other, that's good.
Thanks again for your message and link. Chergles ( talk) 23:50, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Again, I am not the judge of the Oxford article. With any article, see if there is some merit to the edit. Try to separate feelings if the editor is not very nice. That's for the best of the encyclopedia. That philosophy is much better than checkuser data. Checkuser data has some significant flaws. I'm not going to discuss them because those flaws are not pertinent in this case but significant flaws do exists. Chergles ( talk) 23:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
You have one. - NeutralHomer • Talk • October 16, 2008 @ 19:36
Hey, you voted in an AFD minutes after me! I see you are against Joe the Plumber per BLP1E. Should you AFD Lenny Skutnik for the same reason? Chergles ( talk) 22:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
I declined to block either of you (and declined to warn Hibernatears) because Hiberniantears appeared to be reverting vandalism. As someone without deep knowledge or the time or inclination to dive deep into the subject, I decline to block. BTW, let me clarify - my comment about "a well-deserved, but different" notice was to the effect of you should have notified the editor that he or she was being discussed on ANI. Toddst1 ( talk) 05:14, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry to bring this up when it's already been resolved, but that recent threat that was made by a vandal on the Obama article had me quite worried. Shouldn't we also tip off the media so attention can be brought to it and possibly Obama's camp can beef up security? I'm not trying to be dramatic or anything, I'm just seriously concerned. -- Crackthewhip775 ( talk) 23:07, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
The message you left on User talk:Jbdave, is that a template I can save somewhere or did you just write it yourself ? I have need something like that a couple of times today on new page patrol. Cheers. Waterden ( talk) 22:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, as a new user to wikipedia, i have been experimenting, and as you are an administrator who gave me my final warning, I feel the need to make you aware of the fact that some of my other edits may be considered vandalism, so I am informing you now that i was not aware of these restrictions and possible bannings before your warning, so it would be appreciated if you could excuse these, as my recent edits have been constructive and sourced. Thanks, User:Yomammaisamartyr —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yomammaisamartyr ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Here you blocked an IP for a month. IPs change, so the normal block time is generally only a couple days or so, with the exception of school blocks or IPs with long histories of vandalism. Of course, those are usually tagged as such. Regardless, is there any particular reason you blocked this IP for a month? لenna vecia 15:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
From Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/WikiProject Ames, I went to this. I meant to go through the contibutions of User:Emir34. Apparently, I clicked on the contribs link of "Toddst1 (Talk | contribs)" by mistake and proceed with my review. My first reaction from your post on my talk page was "Isn't he blocked?" Looking into it, I saw my mistake. Sorry for the confusion and for not discussing the image matters with you first before tagging them for speedy deletion. -- Suntag ☼ 16:58, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey. I guess this is a TW bug? ;) Regards, — αἰτίας • discussion• 22:15, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Here you go. I posted a vandalism warning on his page and this is the abuse I get: [53].-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 02:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Todd, I mentioned the problem with FYRoM propaganda and hostility being directed at Greeks these days and I'd like to provide you a concrete example. While I am immensely familiar with the highly charged political issues... being of Greek descent puts me in a conflict-of-interest. Your superb response to me before gives me confidence your loyalties ultimately lay towards accurate articles and maintaining civility... not Wikipedia politics or stereotypes. So I've come to you for some objective advice and perhaps assistance. Some more back history first...
The innocent children of Nazis that suffered during WW2... I do not consider "victims" to the allies. Their "persecution" was due to the intolerant actions of their parents not the allies forced to defend their very existence in response. I feel exactly the same about the communists that caused so much misery for much of the 20th century. In the 1944-1950 period Greece was swept up in the early stages of the cold war and as a result experienced a civil war (Hundreds of thousands of Greeks were displaced, injured, or died during the conflict). Directly to the north of Greece were three communist satellite nations (Bulgaria, Albania, and Yugoslavia). To further leverage the situation Tito decided to rename Vardar Banovina region of Yugoslavia into the People's Republic of Macedonia (which eventually became FYRoM when Yugoslavia imploded into ethnic conflicts in the 90s).
Some communists (in Greece) were ethnic Greeks. Others were Slavic Greek citizens that had relatives in Yugoslavia/Bulgaria. Many of the Slavaphone ones went on the create the irredentist communist National Liberation Front.. a group that claiming to be "ethnic Macedonians" and wishing to "liberate" themselves. (Note - A few decades prior to that time, there had been some Bulgarian groups like IMRO and a few Bulgarian writers that lived in the region of Macedonia and talked about forming a new "Macedonian" state... but in practice their numbers were extremely small (so small that no Ottoman census ever documented existence of a Macedonian ethnic group - a point constantly obfuscated by FYRoM nationals) This is what US Secretary of State E.Stettinius wrote about alleged "ethnic Macedonians" in 1944...
Eventually the communists (both Greek and Slavic) were defeated and expelled to communist nations. Fast forward to 2008... Wikipedia.
There is an article that a FYROM nationalist has pretty much singlehandedly written himself (named Exodus of Ethnic Macedonians... a manipulative Moses-my-people-are-suffering-but-will-one-day-return title no less) His article appears like a single sided FYRoM/communist narrative that tries to portray expelled communist FYRoM citizens that lived in Greece during the from 1945 - 1949 as "the persecuted". I tried to remove his "persecution" comments and each time PMK1 puts them back in] as if the article is his personal blog (some FYRoM nationalist even call it "Genocide" and Greeks "Nazis"). To make matters worse he came to my talk page trolling for a fight
I don't want to get into a revert war but I am I wrong to feel seriously offended here? The perps are now being labeled "the persecuted"? Perhaps I should send flowers and reparations to Nazi children for the crimes committed by the allies during WW2? As my blood is currently boiling... I'd prefer a more level headed response to him then me cursing endlessly. Can you perhaps help with the situation? -- Crossthets ( talk) 21:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello,Toddst1. (I'd want you to know that I'm with Crossthets in all of this). I'd like to ask you to check a "barnstar" (...) on my talk page, and if possible, check the IP. I see you're trusted by Crossthets, so I think I can trust you, too.Thank you!-- Michael X the White ( talk) 21:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
This needs to go to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. Please do not continue this on my talk page. Toddst1 ( talk) 18:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Just a little clarification Todd. Are you saying I have to do this right now? Or am I free to wait to see if the issues improve? (as I assume FP is reading this and hopefully using it as an opportunity to be more careful in his edits) -- Crossthets ( talk) 19:17, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello, just throught I'd notify you that a page you semi-protected has been vandalised again as soon as the protection ended, diff. Mr T (Based) ( talk) 13:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
I finally got a welcome message! Chergles ( talk) 20:15, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
My administrator friend, Cailil, whom I have had a long relationship in Wikipedia is away. I asked him for rollback ability. He is on a wikibreak. He knows that I am reliable. Can you grant it to me? I will use it well and sparingly. Thank you. Chergles ( talk) 21:22, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
You recently deleted a page I had created called "Santino Valenti" under the pretense that it was an attack page. I fail to see how any of its content could be construed as having malicious intent. Although I had only begun, what was there was impartial and objective, and I don't think there was anything in there that represented a value judgment or personal opinion on the subject. -CPT Spaz —Preceding unsigned comment added by CPT Spaz ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
In all fairness, it was taken down shortly after I created it. I have sources that I can list, but I hadn't gotten to the point of adding them. I'm allowed to recreate the article if I include these sources, right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CPT Spaz ( talk • contribs) 01:59, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
All right, thanks for the help. CPT Spaz ( talk) 02:13, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Toddst1 ... since F+A Architects ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has been recreated by the same editor after deletion a few hours ago, maybe you could WP:SALT it? Happy Editing! — 72.75.110.31 ( talk · contribs) 02:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi Todd, I have completely re-written the page and would appreciate it if you would look at it and its discussion page. Thanks, Eggzactly ( talk) 22:48, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
The ip addresses have violated WP:MOSTM and WP:Not, specifically making edits that revolve around advertising related data, and have been warned about their behavior with the {{ Uw-mos2}} warning template. It is not a three R violation because their repeated disregard of these policies and have been reported as such. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 00:34, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Please don't change my AfD !vote to comment as you did here. Based on the edit summary, it looks like it was an accident, i.e. you intended to remove a duplicate !vote of someone else. For the record, I'm not a sock/meat puppet of Schmidt. VG ☎ 12:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
You might want to reinstate the editing block on User:Grn78. Immediately after you removed the block he returned to his pattern of WP:TEND and WP:DE at Diamond Way Buddhism and Ole Nydahl. Please review the edit history of these pages for details.-- Editor2020 ( talk) 13:25, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
I wish to thank you for your discourse at the Afd, and wish to assure you that I have the greatest respect for your work on Wikipedia. I trust that our disagreement over the of old magazine online archives of technical forums will not color our meeting together at other discussions, since I, just as do you, wish to continually improve Wikipedia. Regards, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
Heck... looking at the way was set up at that time, and with how the previous contributer's sig was situated, and how my own comment nestled so tightly under his... I do fully understand it was but a simple error that could have happened to anyone. After I changed it back I made a point of doing an indent on my own comment. And in case he might have noticed the switch back and forth, I sent VG to the diff to my correction, and a link to the RSN. As I stated at the AfD, I admire the tenacity to which you stand your ground, and I will not look at that strength as anything but a fervent wish to make Wiki better. Nice crossing paths with you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 06:57, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Not actually done by me, but due to my input [54]. I totally agree with the block, and have laid out my reasons for an early unblock. Hope you're okay with that. Pedro : Chat 12:54, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I'm back and feeling recharged after my Wikibreak. Apologies for the hiatus the other day and no hard feelings about the block. Thanks for the welcome back note, and for protecting my talk page against the ip vandalism. I think the user concerned hasn't forgiven me for helping to uncover their sock activities. Cheers TheRetroGuy ( talk) 17:57, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
I see you blocked this IP address before I had a chance to add the following comment:
Is it appropriate for a malicious editor to use a "shared computer" claim to prevent more extended blocking? I don't really know how all that works, but that IP's edit history is not a pretty picture. Is a two day block sufficient?( ChocoCereal ( talk) 17:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC))
Hey Toddst1 I guess I should have read the guidelines regarding usernames a little better :). Well I guess the reason I chose my username was because its the name of the company I work for its easy to remember and I see the name everyday. I would glady change if it is going to cause problems I would hate to get deleted especially since i just joined. Look forward to hearing back from you.
Tarpworldwide (
talk) 20:05, 31 October 2008 (UTC)Tarpworldwide
Todd, can you please intervene in that matter and mediate a solution? The other editor is adding a citecheck tag inappropriately -- I confirmed the text and keeps insisting it is wrong. Thanks. Ecoleetage ( talk) 20:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your help in resolving the matter of Vienna Fingers. Your patience and input was greatly appreciated. Ecoleetage ( talk) 20:42, 31 October 2008 (UTC) |
I added the links to full text versions of Anne Thackeray Ritchie's work which is only available on my site, texts that are reference in the article and are out of print, hard to find. I did the scanning and editing of the text so it could be found online. My links were not intended to promote SurLaLune but to share information about a little known author. SurLaLune is a top Google search result for its more pertinent topics and considered one of the top in the world for its topic. It's primary purpose is educational and is referenced by Online Books Page and other sites for offering rare folklore and fairy tale texts that are out of copyright in the USA.
Either way, it is your choice as editor if this is considered pertinent. I considered a rare, free look at Ritchie's texts, just like a Project Gutenberg offers, to be pertinent to her entry as I have seen this standard throughout Wikipedia. I receive emails all the time from grateful people who were looking for these texts and couldn't find them anywhere else. I was trying to facilitate their searches. No offense intended.
Surlalune ( talk) 21:30, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
I notice that you have placed a sock puppet tag on my user page. I have worked very hard to be a balanced, fair and reasonable editor. Please take a moment to review my extensive editing history and you will see that I am no sock puppet, and I ask you to remove this false accusation.-- Editor2020 ( talk) 22:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Not "suspiciously identical", just returning the page to the consensus version it had before Grn78 changed it, and changed it, and changed it, and changed it, and changed it, and changed it, and changed it, and changed it, and changed it...and was blocked from changing, and changed it from at least two different IP addresses, then unblocked and changed it, and changed it, and changed it... So I try to assist in defending the article from disruptive edits, ask for your help, since you had blocked him previously, and get accused of Sockpuppetry.-- Editor2020 ( talk) 16:32, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Toddst1. I noticed that you told 76.110.175.48 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) that you were going to block him for a week, but you didn't get around to it. I've taken the liberty of extending his block for a week, as you indicated. (He clearly deserves it.) — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 06:19, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Just a note to warn you that my friend has returned and has been adding unsourced material to pages. I've been reverting it, requesting reliable references, and may have gone over the three revert limit. I think this is a continuation of the harrassment from earlier in the week, and that it is going to continue for as long as my account remains active. I'm starting to believe I should retire as TheRetroGuy and start again under a different name. I'd really appreciate some advice on this. Cheers. TheRetroGuy ( talk) 19:12, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. I think there could also be a danger I'll start looking like a dick myself. Not what we need. Anyway, following this episode I've decided that if there's any more trouble I'll take it to ANI for them to deal with. Cheers TheRetroGuy ( talk) 12:35, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
I thought it was hard to put a list into my own words.-- DABANANAMUFFIN ( talk) 01:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed that you added a coi tag to the article on David S. Rose. While it's true that I have intimate knowledge of the subject [grin], I figured that it would be a Good Thing to edit the article to ensure that it included accurate, referenced information. After seeing your tag, however, I've gone back and ruthlessly edited the article for NPV, removed virtually all adjectives, and cited published references for virtually every statement in the article. I'd appreciate it if you could re-check the article, verify that it is indeed both completely NPV and referenced, and then consider removing the coi tag. I'm not sure what else could be done to the article to ensure NPV, but if you see something that I don't, please let me know. Thanks! Detailhound ( talk) 01:52, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Your input would be appreciated at Template talk:SharedIPEDU#.221_year_or_longer.22 :) Thanks! -- lucasbfr talk 09:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
hi, i'm an anon editor working on removing OR and badly sourced material from the IF pages. as i'm editing anonymously, i get flagged incorrectly by various vandalbots. i've already left a message on pharaoh of the wizards and eekster's talk pages, now i'm doing the same here. please dont revert those edits, thanks! 86.26.52.50 ( talk)
Im from Yemen and they are real, just because you have no idea what they are doesnt give you the right to take them off the website. They are real because i am holding one! :l
Thanks for the star - as an RA, I tend to get twitchy about such things. I didn't actually call the police, though - that was Matthewedwards ( talk · contribs) (hint hint). :-) Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 17:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Sorry i am new at anti-vandal tools Blueking12 ( talk) 18:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Just looked at that block that you did, I like how you blocked them until after the election. Very nice :) -¤ Belinrahs talk/ contribs¤
O.K., no problem. Bearian ( talk) 22:02, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Todd. That "oatmeal box" fool did a hell of a lot of damage which I can't undo with just a rollback key. Lots of page moves. People like that shouldn't be allowed to breed. Thanks. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 23:43, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi. You recently blocked 74.138.164.53. They've resumed vandalising articles. See User Talk:74.138.164.53. Perhaps another block is in order?-- Jeffro77 ( talk) 23:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Dear Toddst1,
We are attempting to create a Wikipedia Page for Lou Stanasolovich who is founder, CEO and President of Legend Financial Advisors, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA. Our company Web site is www.legend-financial.com. We are having difficulty once we have created the page, it is being deleted and we are not sure what we are doing wrong. We are putting in descriptive content that uses a neutral point of view and we believe we are complying with Wikipedia's editorial guidelines. We are primarily seeking to post factual biopgraphical information about Mr. Stanasolovich. Mr. Stanasolovich is a highly regarded and an extremely accomplished financial advisory professional who is frequently sought after by the national media and industry conferences to speak about various topics. Our goal is to create a short, factual Wiki about him as his name is often searched upon in search engines due to the media recognition he receives. We have noticed that a friend of ours in the financial advisory profession, Harold Evensky has successfully built a Wiki article and we were attempting to model Lou's after his but it still got deleted. Could you please advise us as to how we can mold the content a certain way in order to create and sustain the article? Also, is there a Wiki customer service contact person we could speak with directly by telephone if we continue to experience problems? We are excited about being part of the Wikipedia community to provide objective information about one of the most prominent figures in the financial advisory profession. Please advise.
Best Regards,
Christopher J. Kail Legend Financial Advisors, Inc. (412) 635-9210 [email protected] -- LFA061807 ( talk) 14:36, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
-- Tinu Cherian - 05:46, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
After being warned by you and others, I think he's pushing it with this comment. I gave him a notice about it, then I realized that you've warned him more sternly about personal attacks. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 18:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Just curious to know why you indefinitely blocked X123454321x ( talk · contribs · block log). While the editor received a single level-one warning for a questionable edit, their other two edits looked more like un-encyclopedic additions rather than vandalism. Thanks for your time, Kralizec! ( talk) 23:18, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
Please see talk page. Dark Prime ( talk) 00:14, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Todd, I think philscirel ( talk · contribs) is back to push his line on Fethullah Gülen. I would appreciate a second pair of eyes to review my sock report. -- Adoniscik( t, c) 05:37, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
I haven't but I don't see the need; it's obvious enough now. Why would (s)he feel the need to defend philscirel if it's not him/her? -- Adoniscik( t, c) 05:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, chief. I'll wait for the conclusion of the sock report before returning to work on the article. -- Adoniscik( t, c) 06:08, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for [55]. I was wondering when an admin would get around to it. . . -- Flewis (talk) 13:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, could you please look at the IPs Special:Contributions/59.164.187.149, Special:Contributions/59.164.105.254, Special:Contributions/59.164.100.127 and Special:Contributions/59.164.186.29. I believe they are the same person. Although I am agree with many of the IPs edits, I am not sure if using several IPs is allowed or not. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 20:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
...someone as obsessive as this doesn't deserve it. With all due respect to you, of course. I am just SICK of idiots like this hiding behind a computer and doint heir level best to destroy good work. -- PMDrive1061 ( talk) 23:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
This user has asked admin help in his talk page. Could you please have a look. Thanks. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 15:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Removal of unref'ed text is not vandalism. And dont remove citation needed tags!!!!! ( Archangel1 ( talk) 11:14, 12 November 2008 (UTC)).
Given that you have worked on the article, do you think that these additional changes [56] and discussion [57] are alright? -- Firefly322 ( talk) 03:38, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for alerting me about the page tagging. May I ask what it should have been tagged as so I know for future reference? It seems to have been deleted per G1: Nonsense. Also, thank you so much for blocking that froggy guy. I appreciate it greatly. Have a nice day. SwirlBoy 39 16:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Just a reminder to be careful of WP:3RR there. Toddst1 ( talk) 19:58, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
So basically, Dseer said what you wanted to say about Bharatveer, even when he was as large or perhaps even larger of an ideologue than Bharatveer (like Otolemur, Googlean, Tinu, in whose world "Hindu" = POV, much as in BV's and Jobxavier's world "Christian" = POV, and in our world POV=POV). All I am calling you out on is the fact that you used the testimony of an ideologue to back up your assertions, when you could certainly do a better job promoting your arguments through your own interpretation of his edits. Dseer's testimony is suspect at best, and self-damaging at worst. By striking my statement, I am denying arbcom the context of Dseer's statement. So in short, I will look at the statement, and see for myself what I can change to make sure your mistake does not go unseen, but at the same time, ensuring I am not attacking you. Pectore talk 01:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
You may remember Mizbiplob. He has yet another sock Enigma message 06:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
You semiprotected this page to prevent vandalism, but only set it for one hour. This has obviously expired, and the same user is back again. Can you re-protect? Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:57, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Does this count? Padillah ( talk) 13:29, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi, you may or may not remember semi-protecting this article but the cunningly named Skcus_Kcocaeb_Nairb has just vandalised the page. I hazard they went to the trouble of adopting a username to get around the semi-protection. Mr T (Based) ( talk) 15:49, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Orangemarlin. It is so ridiculous as to be laughable, and he should be indefinitely blocked. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 18:13, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, accidents happen. No harm, and all's ended well!
Please remove these pages. They were intended to be used to raise awareness of the humanitarian subjects we cover in our documentaries. The films help charities promote their work and are non profit making. But is it makes you fell better about yourself then please reomove them Well done. ( Atweddle ( talk) 18:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC))
Thanks for the heads-up. I think I'm OK there: in the last 24 hours I did just this revert and this one. I will try to avoid escalating the situation into a revert war. These recent edits by 99.54.136.83 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS), based on unreliable blogs that attack Autism Speaks, have scared away User:Soap, unfortunately, [58] which is too bad. Eubulides ( talk) 21:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Please can you address Mastercasper ( talk · contribs) ( self-confirmed to 71.72.81.230 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS)? Nobody seems to be handling the sock report. -- Adoniscik( t, c) 18:39, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
A new unregistered SPA has nominated this article for deletion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Oxford_Round_Table_(2nd_nomination)
Is this a valid AfD? If so, is there a process similar to speedy delete to defend an article against a baseless AfD? As usual, the editor claims the article is "defamatory," but points out no specific content that s/he claims is defamatory. Thanks. Academic38 ( talk) 06:55, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for dropping me a note saying that you wish to delete this article. I've added my two cents on the AfD discussion page about why I believe it should be kept. Best wishes, Daderot ( talk) 22:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Is there any I could find people willing to help me start up this atricle. hda3ku ( talk) 16:41, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
I am trying to add my client's Bio to wikipedia. Once the bio was added I tried to edit so information. By the time I had more reference to add, his page was deleted. If there is any disputes with his name (which is trademarked) I can provide you with legal documents. Can you provide me with the information I need to get is page added. Thanks Kevin [email protected] Djko703 ( talk) 01:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
I did not post any spam links. Did you investigate the issue before you came to this conclusion? Jonloovox ( talk)
- Thank you for helping me fight against Jonloovox's vandalism. I would like to note he has threatened me, saying on my user page "I'm reporting you for vandalism. I already know your views and motif behind removing it, but you're wrong. Next time you do this, you'll get a message from my friend who is a Wiki moderator." I am not concerned about this threat, but, as with the user's other edits, I think it is contrary to the nature of Wikipedia. Some guy ( talk) 22:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
An increase of 2700 articles.
An increase of 3 articles.
An increase of 0 articles.
Just put that out there for the project's consideration.
--«
Marylandstater» «
reply» 03:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
I've worked over the page at David and the Giants. Straightened out the content, added citations. Any possibility we could remove the flags? Doctorfun ( talk) 01:57, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
You recently deleted The Scott honey brand per A7 bio, yet I didn't see it as having much context to even identify it as a real person so I nominated it for CSD per A1. Perhaps I mistagged? Master&Expert ( Talk) 06:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
That was weird! :) -- RedKiteUK ( talk) 12:40, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Who was the subject of the attack for
User talk:Paulmch..(wondering if it involved me)? Cheers,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► (
(⊕)) 13:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
As soon as the semi-protection expired, vandalism resumed. Thought you'd like to know. Mr T (Based) ( talk) 18:45, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for semi-protecting of malicious disco infobox Template. At last somebody ended that stupid Yanekleklus (& His Socket-Puppets)' edit war. Sincerely, RockandDiscoFanCZ ( talk) 16:45, 9 December 2008 (UTC).
Hi Toddst1. Would you mind reblocking 89.167.221.3 ( talk · contribs · block log) with the so-called British ISP block settings, as it's obviously still filtering traffic for a large proportion of users. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
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Marlith (Talk) 02:11, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Is it at all possible that you could grant me an IP block exempt rights i do most of my editing at my high school during my study hall and any other free time I have. And the school's ip address commonly gets blocked so for ip and account log in which blocks me from editing also. Anyway I was just wondering if you could grant me the right. Hda3ku ( talk) 18:44, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
This is a link the the page on it Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption Hda3ku ( talk) 19:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
So is it possible that you could grant me that ip block exemtion? Hda3ku ( talk) 15:10, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
While you have listed them as being blocked [59] and warned them [60] they do not appear to be blocked. About seven hours later they made these two edits [61] (where they reintroduced false info for the 3rd time) and [62] (where they reintroduced false info for the 9th time), ignoring your warning and all the other warnings. Edward321 ( talk) 00:23, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
The user only made a bunch of redirects that are basically useless and without reason, I do not know if the process of speedy deletion requires a report on some admin notified page, thus I have reported those two users there. I am not asking for a block on them, just notifying admins about the situation that requires attention. BTW, there are more redirect pages created by that account that needs attention. MythSearcher talk 16:38, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
You might be interested in User talk:76.68.82.114 :) -- lucasbfr ho ho ho 16:48, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I reported both Woot511 and the following user: User:Someone5489, for "someone" vandalized the following page: [63]. Kala jan 17:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I declined EHDI5YS ( talk · contribs · count) unblock request, though I did mention that it might be reasonable to petition for a non-indefinite duration. Just an FYI in case you want to comment on future unblock requests. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I really don’t know EHDI5YS other then working with him on projects for, Wikipedia:WikiProject Orders, Decorations, and Medals of Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military, but after reading his statement. I can understand why he is blocked. On the same hand 67.163.17.113 was also in the wrong for calling anyone retarded. Also on the conflict between EHDI5YS and 207.246.181.26 both used poor chose of words. But 207.246.181.26 did also threatened EHDI5YS with bodily harm with the statement of: Also I would talk however I want to anyones face, and I honestly wish I was talking to you face to face. All three at one point were in wrong. Also he did write a statement of intent about future interaction with other editors, when he said that he should have remembered and upheld the policies and guidelines. I support him on the shorter block from wikipedia. ( talk) 13:54, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for granting my request to unblock, but I must reiterate that even though you happen to think it wasn't negative BLP, myself and another editor had both reverted the edits because we both believed it was BLP, and when I checked the talk page of the article I saw that a similar edit was tried in 2006, but the edits were reverted because they, too, felt it was NBLP. Now even if all of us are wrong, and you are correct, all you had to do was leave me a note that you felt I was violating 3RR and I would've stopped. Being so quick to slap a block on an established editor with a perfectly clean record is precisely the kind of thing that turns people off to helping out on WikiPedia. shirulashem (talk) 22:32, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
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Any particular reason you just extended his block? If it's solely because he posted as on IP on my talk page expressing an intent to retire, I'd encourage you to rescind it: He's never coming back anyways, so it's not serving any purpose to give him more incentive to leave. Thanks, Jclemens ( talk) 16:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:ANI#Complain about Admin Toddst1. Thought you would want to know. J Milburn ( talk) 12:25, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your assistance. It's been tough keeping track of all the user's changes, but I think I've cleared up all the issues. The edits may well be true, but no proof has been provided, and due to their controversial nature they had to be undone. I'm not sure what else to do to try and bring the user into the project fold. -- McDoobAU93 ( talk) 19:39, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey Toddst1. :) User:76.30.202.149, whom you blocked, is requesting unblock. He points out that he wasn't aware of the 3RR and that 55 hours are far too long. Perhaps you could comment on the talk page. Best wishes, — Aitias // discussion 22:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Todd, you recently blocked this anon for 3RR. You may also want to have a look at [64] - this is an ongoing thing, and the IP socking never ends with this guy... -- Kaini ( talk) 01:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Replied. — Aitias // discussion 04:52, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for the welcome! Not sure how I'll best use my account yet, but the whole thing has certainly led me to spending hours on reading several WP guidelines and discussions! Looking forward to making my own small contribution to the project. Happy New Year! :) Antiouk ( talk) 14:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
I have sent you one. — Aitias // discussion 07:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I've setup the committed identity feature on my account, but have forgotten what the string actually was.
I've created a new string, but the identity page is sysop edit only ( User:Chrisch/hash). As you can see, I still have control of my account, and was just wondering if you can update the string on that page for me, to:
130d3cd14e0d9026cfe1c5a0331f7581473b8d67a743f1871894cafddddcab846a5cb0eaee821dc27d4f392ccced58aad456d901add9a2050ab7020330ff3da5
(SHA-512).
If you need to email me etc for further verification, feel free to :)
Chrisch Talk 09:29, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Are you aware of any admins who are familiar with this feature, who would be able to make the change being informed on the feature? :)
Chrisch Talk 09:41, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
I think your point is fair. I've moved findagrave.com to an external link. Xn4 ( talk) 09:34, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed you were working on this page, and with the editor. Is he following the steps correctly for copyright permission? It seems as if he should be applying a tag to the talk page of the article. I never worked with that situation before, so I'm not sure. Thanks. -- Omarcheeseboro ( talk) 16:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)