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WP:RFPP

Hey East718, thanks for the advice, I'm always open to it! I was wondering, was there a specific case that you were concerned about or just a friendly reminder. And nice job on the stats! :-)
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 03:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok, well I only answered 3 requests, 2 protected, 1 not that are still on the page :P But I understand your concern, thanks for the advice and I will keep it in mind in the future. Cheers!
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 04:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha oh come, my teenie weenie little signature, I think it it was just the amazing Wiki-aura that surrounds my signature and shows everyone how Wiki-magnificent I am</sarcasm>. Haha have a good day/night!
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 06:08, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm sure I guess, can you write out my whole signature, because I cannot get the tags right. Right now it looks like [[User:Gonzo_fan2007|Gonzo fan2007]] ''[[User talk:Gonzo_fan2007|talk]] ♦ [[Special:Contributions/Gonzo_fan2007|contribs]]''.
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 07:32, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does the that is bad?Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 07:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks for the help! – Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 08:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

i just wanted to thank you for allowing me to edit the NCAA Division I-A national football championship page. it was really bugging me to see the information posted incorrectly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cson37 (talk • contribs) 09:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Notice

See User talk:Equazcion#Changes to templates -- The reverter has conceded to my edits. Could you revert back, or unprotect the page? Thanks. Equazcion •✗/C • 11:06, 1 Feb 2008 (UTC)

{{editprotected}} is your friend - and that's a lot of templates you got away with editing. :O east.718 at 19:36, February 1, 2008

Homeopathy

Hi there! Yes, I know about the probation, and you may have noticed that I have not done any editing of an article since then. I am also being mentored by [LaraLove], and it is a blessing having her as a mentor. She has asked me to not edit any article at this time, and instead, I have only written in the Talk pages. I have also learned more about wiki in the past month and have grown to appreciate both sides of the debate. Thanx for giving me the heads up, and if you ever have any feedback to give me specifically, please know I'm open and am still learning. Dana Ullman ^Talk 14:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re misbehavior of User:HanzoHattori|HanzoHattori

Hi, the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Macedonia case imposes stricter requirements regarding civility and behavior on Balkan related articles. I see that you have previously blocked HanzoHattori for such (mis)behavior. He's becoming quite aggressive and rude on the Bosnian Mujahideen talk page (again). Example: ([1]). I think you blocked him last time around. I'm not sure if this warrants any reprimand or a block, but I would appreciate if you could check up on him as his behavior disrupts discussions. RegardsOsli73 (talk) 17:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help

I need some help to be as great as I want to be. Is it true that if you don't strive for greatness and just do what you do, you'll be bettter than if you tried to be legendary? --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 21:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anthon01

Talk:Homeopathy#Vaccinations_comment_unsupported_by_sources

I think this section is way out of line, and in violation of article probation. It may have blown over by the time you see this, but that talk page is a sea of tendentious quibbling by pro-homeopathic editors right now. Vanished user ^talk 21:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

homepathy error

Hi, this is not a duplicate. Jossi is an active editor so is bound by the probation the same as anyone. Admins are not exempt. Lawrence § t/e 22:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but as Jossi is demonstrably an editor involved in these articles, he is listed in the wrong section. Lawrence § t/e 22:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, the community can simply remove him. Lawrence § t/e 22:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, re your edits just now

[2] Lawrence § t/e 22:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question about Homeopathy probation

Hi I've been placed on the notification board by user Whig, and he hasn't given a good reason. I'm not against being on there, as I've no plans on breaking the rules. However, I'm still worried that I've been given a warning just because I've edited the homeopathy talk page and had (civil) discussions with Whig. Would you comment as to whether this is appropriate or not? Any clarification/advice would be useful. See my talk page for details. Thanks --DrEightyEight (talk) 00:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was more the addition to the list which bothered me. I was trying to work out what I'd done wrong. Oh well --DrEightyEight (talk)

Dove Falconhand and Alustriel Silverhand

These two articles went to AfD with results of Delete

Yet the content was not deleted, it is alive and well at Seven Sisters (Forgotten Realms) having been merged there after a trip to user space. So, is it appropriate to simply delete the content there? If that happens, it can always be pulled back from history. Maybe the appropriate action is to delete the edits that merged it there. Please advise. Cheers, Jack Merridew 13:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't really inclined against a merge for the first article -- deleting it from the parent list is an editorial decision which doesn't require admin involvement. Have you asked Mr.Z-man regarding the other article? east.718 at 16:41, February 2, 2008

My concern really is that 'delete' results seem to have been thwarted; yes, I could remove the merged from the sisters page, but that content is supposed to be gone. I don't care a whole lot either way about the content issue, I'm interested in the process. I have not dropped Mr.Z-man a note as I've never had any contact there; I figured I'd start with someone I've already encountered. A bit of background on my concern here is that I've seen a number of AfDs short-circuited by someone redirecting or merging the content during the AfD and then someone (else, or not) closing the AfD as moot. To me, this seems like cheating — if, at some later date, the redirect is undone. I've seen that happen, however not necessarily by the same editors, so there may be no nefarious plan at work.

Maybe I need to think of AfDs a bit differently; i.e. that the discussion is more about the content at whatever named article, and less about the content itself. Is it 'cheating' to move content being considered for deletion due to an issue such as non-notability to some other article? Cheers, Jack Merridew 07:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Worthington

I couldn't view the previous reasons for deletion before I created the page, and I created it in good faith. I still disagree with the current deletion reasons, as far as I can guess them, since I can't see the deletion discussion. The last time I checked the page it was about even keep versus delete, and if the reason is the "notable for only one thing" phrase then I disagree, because he's been asked to host the new season of Big Brother, among a lot of other things. --AW (talk) 16:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please

Please provide diffs for supporting the ban. Anthon01 (talk) 17:17, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Will you give me an opportunity to defend myself? Anthon01 (talk) 18:19, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I observe that Anthon01 does not appear to have been individually notified of the article probation on homeopathy. —Whig (talk) 18:29, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[3]. R. Baley (talk) 18:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry east, my mistake, and thank you R. Baley. I see that Anthon01 is on the list of users who have edited the page. There is also some discussion at WP:AN#User:Anthon01. —Whig (talk) 19:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Homeopathy probation

Hi. Could you please have a look at the edits of User_talk:86.134.27.61 on the water memory page. He's in violation of the probation, I believe, and has been made aware of it. I've also asked MastCell, but I'm not sure if he's on a wikibreak. Thanks --DrEightyEight (talk) 19:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just FYI, I placed this IP user on 1RR and asked him to discuss his edits on the talk page. MastCell ^Talk 19:47, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

San Fernando City Proper.jpg

Why did you deleted the image without informing me of any copyright violations and there are tags there to identify it. I do not see any violations there since the city is owned by the government. Thanks. Barrera marquez (talk) 23:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Itu Aba Island

The current version clearly violates WP:NPOV. Please revert to earlier version. (I realize that this may be considered simply a case of protecting the The Wrong Version, but I don't think that any case can be made for the current edit as being anything other than POV.) --Nlu (talk) 08:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Opps!

Sorry about the protection muddle on this page, I thought you were offline so a short-time protection was appropriate, though due to the slowness of StatusBot's substitute that was not the case. Happy editing! Camaron | Chris (talk) 12:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AN discussion

You may want to see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Question_about_admin_action. Friday (talk) 21:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on AN

Anthon01 has initiated a discussion on WP:AN regarding the edit restrictions you placed on him/her. —Whig (talk) 21:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On Whigs recommendation I placed a request on the AN. You banned me for 1 week from editing the homeopathy article and talk pages. There I was told to ask you directly. Is it possible for me to get greater clarity as to why I was banned? Perhaps some concrete examples so I can consider if there is any reason for me to appeal and what I should appeal. Thank you Anthon01 (talk) 21:40, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you ever going to respond to these inquiries? I'm very curious to find out for what specific behavior you initiated this administrative action against User:Anthon01, what specific policy his behavior violated, and when his behavior took place (IOW, did Anthon01 violate the article probation?) I look forward to your reply. Dlabtot (talk) 20:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image category

Hi. I have gone through your list of disputed book cover images, so the images that are on the list after your next update can be deleted. Thanks. Bláthnaid 23:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

Why did you protect DerHexer's talk page? Only one user was vandalizing it. Blocking him would've solved the problem. Protection is usually used when it's a getting vandalism from multiple IP's that can't be stopped...not just one which can. Why was it protected? -- R ^TalkContribs_@ 00:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was wondering why one IP would equal protection :]. -- R ^TalkContribs_@ 01:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page

I can't get on IRC at the moment, but if I could, I would be stabbing the lot of you. Null edits and bot edits to protect against deletion? That's simply silly. The 5,000 limit was entirely arbitrary and frankly, needs to be raised. I imagine at some point in the near future it will be raised. Instead of talking to one of the developers / sysadmins and asking for an actual solution to the problem, you all went and ruined the history of the Main Page, the page that is not only the most viewed, it also is one of the oldest pages on the site and contains quite a rich history. Oy vey. --MZMcBride (talk) 01:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Please be sure to forward this message to Beta and Nakon and anyone else who was involved.

I see your message, but an FYI that administrative actions you've taken are being discussed at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Adding_useless_revisions_to_pages_to_make_them_undeletable. MBisanz ^talk 04:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Hi, just dropping by to say thanks for supporting my RfA, I totally wasn't expecting to get so much support, it was a really pleasant surprise. Melesse (talk) 04:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Melesse (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. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

De-sysopping

Tim Starling has proposed here [4] that you be considered for de-sysopping for actions taken earlier today on the Main Page, just an FYI that you might want to consider joining the discussion. MBisanz ^talk 04:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion is also going on about your behaviour on the WikiEN-l mailing list, in this thread. - Mark 05:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Non-monobook skins

It would be easier to contact you if you could remove the banner that is hiding the "edit" button. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:East718&useskin=modern Happy editing, Kusma (talk) 12:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. — Werdna talk 11:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should* be fixed now. east.718 at 13:22, February 14, 2008

Deletion Review for Corey Worthington

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Corey Worthington. 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. AW (talk) 19:12, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your deletion of Images with unknown copyright status as of 23 January 2008

According to the logs, you did a WP:CSD#G6 speedy deletion of Category:Images with unknown copyright status as of 23 January 2008 on January 30th, however there were still over 70 images remaining in the category. Since these images should have been processed last month, I went ahead and took care of them today. Was this cat deleted by accident, or do you know something I do not? --Kralizec! (talk) 20:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pics

Hey I came across a lot of the pics you uploaded for NHB articles and have followed your advise by asking different wrestling websites if it would be okay to use their pics. I have been given the okay, but I was wondering how I should word the license summary? I used the GFDL template and they agreed with the stipulations, but now when I upload the pics - other then crediting the website and photographer - is there something else I should note or use to make sure whoever comes across the pics knows the permission given to me is legit? Thanks! --Endless Dan 18:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as East is on a longterm wiki break, I'll answer. Best case is to communicate the details to Wikipedia:OTRS and get approval via a ticket number (they'll give you a tag format). Then we have a permanent record. MBisanz ^talk 18:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Please don't edit my Wikipedia user-talk page without permission, fanks! --Eth01 21:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Wu-Tang Clan logo.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Wu-Tang Clan logo.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 02:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Country data Dutch Guiana

Hello, some time ago you protected the page Template:Country data Dutch Guiana. Basically I understand the reason, but there is a mistake on that page I would like to be corrected. So I hope you can do that or inform me where to put this request.

As can be seen on the article Flag of Suriname the flag shown in Image:Flag of Dutch Guyana.svg became the official flag of Suriname (or 'Dutch Guiana') in 1959 (or to be more precise December 8th, 1959). Before that date the Dutch flag (Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg) was in use. On pages like 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification the wrong flag is shown as result of this mistake in the template. On the page List of countries by population in 1907 a similar problem occurs which might be solved by fixing the same template. If not, I hope you can find out where that problem originates. Best regards, Robotje (talk) 18:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This request was moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Flag Template - Robotje (talk) 19:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cloister Inn

Cloister Inn is one of the ten eating clubs at Princeton University, and the only one which does not currently have a wikipedia page. Thus, it seems reasonable that the page be restored, as well as its links to Princeton University and Eating Clubs of Princeton University category pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.15.200 (talk) 23:03, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay; I've restored the article. east.718 at 13:34, February 14, 2008

Image Undeletion Request Image:Marshall2.jpg

In order to review and address any concerns about the image Image:Marshall2.jpg, please un-delete it as soon as possible. Thank you. Cato2000 (talk) 03:06, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks East! Very much appreciate all of your help here. I'll do some digging on authorship. The date of the photo may make it tough if it really is 1954 (according to the website). It appears to be published in his autobiography as well.Cato2000 (talk) 15:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion Review for Image:Marshall2.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:Marshall2.jpg. 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. Cato2000 (talk) 01:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback

Cheers. --Nate1481(^t/_c) 17:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probation question

Hi. Sorry to bother you, but I was wondering about the status of probation/mentorship for Whig (talk · contribs). Is this user still under any sort of probation or mentorship agreement with you? I wasn't entirely clear. MastCell ^Talk 21:39, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Zoporific

Would you mind unblocking Zoporific. It seems to be another roommate situation. I think we should let them both be unblocked, start a conversation at WP:ANI and try to sort this out. Jehochman ^Talk 00:18, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I dunno, these accounts were pretty clearly used in tandem to edit-war, and have checkuser confirmation that they're at the same computer. Such accounts are generally treated as socks, whether they claim to be roommates or not (e.g. Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Starwood#Who.27s_who). I'm not against discussing on WP:AN/I, but I suspect we're going to see an upsurge in "my roommate did it" after the recent JOG situation. MastCell ^Talk 00:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we will need to come up with an addendum to policy. For instance, if your roommate also edits Wikipedia, you will be treated as the same user so don't tag team edit war. This may need to be made more clear. Jehochman ^Talk 00:27, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about "If your roommate also edits Wikipedia, don't take turns sitting at the computer, logging in and out, and making the same controversial revert in tandem?" :) MastCell ^Talk 00:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I couldn't find an autoblock, did one of you already take care of it? east.718 at 02:48, February 15, 2008

I get an error when running the autoblock search tool,and have no idea how to find them otherwise. Jehochman ^Talk 03:13, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, the autoblock tool's been down for months. I just go to Special:Ipblocklist and search for blocks made by me until I find the original block I'm looking for. east.718 at 03:16, February 15, 2008

Zoporific II

Hi East,

The discussion seems to have fragmented to 10 different talk pages, so not sure where to say this, but since you unblocked the account, I'll choose your talk page as the place that's as good as any other. Also, you appear to be the only person involved who's edited recently, so you might actually still be online.

If I thought there was a possibility that this was two different people, I would have handled this much differently. I think people are focusing too much on the Checkuser evidence, and not on the extreme similarity in editing pattern, style, interest, and timing.

I've seen the discussion above about doing something about the "my roommate did it" excuse. I understand that we need to settle the issue of how to handle roommates, partners, and spouses editing from the same computer, or else we might as well skip checkuser all together. But in this particular case, this isn't an issue. I really can't imagine that these are two separate people.

I don't have some vendetta against this person, and in my mind the most important thing was that they not become an admin. If people want their Zoporific account and their Snocrates account both being able to edit, I guess I'll drop it. At the very least, both accounts will be closely watched now. But if anyone questions my judgement in handling this the way I did, I'll ask Jehochman to re-open the SPP report (I was a ltitle surprised it closed so quickly), and I'll spend my time documenting in extreme detail why I think they are the same actual person. If you'd like to settle it in your own mind, spend a little time looking at the content of what each account is editing, the editing style and the pattern of editing times listed in the subpage of the SSP report, not just the Checkuser evidence.

Let me know if there's a more appropriate place to discuss this further; I'll look in the morning to see it the ANI discussion mentioned above has started or not. Or, if no one is questioning how I handled this, like I said I can live with both accounts being active, and I won't need to discuss this further anywhere else. --barneca (talk) 03:32, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, barneca. In my opinion the sock should remain blocked, but I'm really quite antipathic about all this. Jehochman appeared to have the ball to me, so I unblocked upon his kind request. :-) He's probably watching my talkpage now and will get back to you, but if he doesn't I'm sure a quick poke will do it. I'm not really aware of where else this discussion is going on aside from AN/I, but you should probably post there since it's likely the highest traffic place it could be. east.718 at 03:38, February 15, 2008

Yeah, actually to be honest, this has very little to do with the fact you unblocked the account, and alot to do with the fact that everyone else seems to be offline, and I saw you'd edited 5 minutes ago, and I wanted a little human feedback on this before I went to bed myself. I hope/assume I was clear that I'm not upset you unblocked; I saw Jehochman's request, that's fine. I'll look for a more appropriate place to follow up in the morning (my time). Later. --barneca (talk) 03:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

People who spend a lot of time together may talk and sound alike. For the moment, it really doesn't matter. The two accounts were tag team edit warring on an article where one of them had been blocked twice previously for edit warring. That is enough to warrant action, whether it's one editor or two working together. At this point, I think this situation should be presented at ANI, now that both accounts are unblocked and are able to respond. Let's discuss what happened and decide what follow up steps are needed. (An SSP report isn't a good place for community discussion, which is why I closed it rapidly.) Jehochman ^Talk 03:41, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rather than one being indefed, I imagine that both receiving a modest block for edit warring might be fairer. Perhaps we can let them off for time served and aggravation endured. Jehochman ^Talk 03:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh hi Jehochman, for some reason I wasn't edit conflicted when I posted right above. Somewhere else is fine, and later is fine, I just wanted to check in before I went to bed. East, I'll get off your talk page now. --barneca (talk) 03:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your block.js

Could you please edit your javascript so that it wont include itself in Category:Tor_proxies_blocked_on_Wikipedia.

Something like:

var lang = new Array(
	'[[WP:VAND|Vandalism]]-only account',
	'[[WP:3RR|Three-revert rule]] violation',
	'[[WP:EW|Edit warring]]',
	'Abusing [[WP:SOCK|multiple accounts]]',
	'{{' + 'blocked proxy}}',
	'{{' + 'tor}}',
	'{{' + 'UsernameBlocked}}',
	'{{' + 'UsernameHardBlocked}}'
);

should do the trick. Q ^{T C} 02:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image category trackers

Hi, sorry to bug you while you are busy. If you have the time to spare, could you update your disputed images divided by category lists with images in the categories Category:Disputed non-free images as of 12 February 2008, Category:Disputed non-free images as of 13 February 2008, Category:Disputed non-free images as of 14 February 2008 because more than 10,000 images have been tagged. Your category trackers are a great help in working through the image backlog. Bláthnaid 11:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Bláthnaid 14:58, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:UliEkMuDkiPz?

He's asking about his username block. I have to say, this one confuses me, too. - Revolving Bugbear 20:16, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"So I herd u liek mudkipz" is a pornographic troll meme from 4chan. east.718 at 20:18, February 15, 2008

I'm almost sorry I asked. *grin* Thanks for clearing that up. - Revolving Bugbear 20:20, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Communication

Perhaps you should be telling this to Whig, not MastCell. I don't think Whig agrees with you wrt the first three restrictions. Raymond Arritt (talk) 23:05, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image cats

Random question, is AWeenieMan using some implementation of your scripts? The naming structure is very similar and it appears he stopped updating his today...right when you started updating yours. The reason I ask is that his method of breaking it down into (Usage 1) images used only on 1 mainspace article and (Usage 2 and 3) used in 2 or more articles, was a really easy way to blitz through a list. If he has handed it back off to you, could you adopt that method? MBisanz ^talk 01:26, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not worth it then. Obviously he has some special system of scanning (given the auto-updating and what not), so I'll just bug him. Doesn't slow me down that much in any event. MBisanz ^talk 01:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I talked to AWM and he's traveling which is why there are less frequent updates. So I'll get the best of both worlds, your list of Symbols and his of logos. thanks. MBisanz ^talk 02:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 58 supporting, 0 opposing, and 2 neutral. I hope to demonstrate that your trust in me is rightly placed and am always open to critiques and suggestions. Cheers. MBisanz ^talk 03:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me!

You deleted a photo seconds after I uploaded it. I didn't even get a chance to edit the inaccurate license information which was your basis for deleting it. Robert K S (talk) 06:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:1966GriffinAward.jpg. Robert K S (talk) 14:11, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If images for that license type are auto-deleted instantly anyway, why is that license type even a valid option? Robert K S (talk) 14:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The real problem is that once you choose that an image isn't your own work, it doesn't give the option to select a public domain license. In my case, I was uploading an image for an older gentleman who isn't Wikipedia-savvy. The image is perfectly public domain, but I wasn't given an option to select that, and before I could even modify the license or do anything to prove that the image was free, it was zapped. I hope you can see my consternation and the reason why I think something's wrong with the system. Even "10 minutes" isn't enough time to "write a letter containing proof yada yada yada to the Wikimedia Foundation" or whatever other rigmarole is necessitated. Robert K S (talk) 20:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The image I uploaded is "donated" but it's not from a web site somewhere. The gentleman took it of his trophy at my request so that it might be uploaded to Wikipedia, and gave his express consent when I said it would be put in the public domain. Robert K S (talk) 20:58, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale

Um, is there a reason you deleted Fair use rationale? It was used by FURME in several thousand edit summaries to explain what was going on. I see it was a cross-namespace issue, but haven't exceptions been made in the past? MBisanz ^talk 08:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Old discussion not finished?

Hi East. Glad to see you back. I know it might be a touchy subject for you, but now you are back would you have time to respond to the unfinished discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Response? Feel free to copy it out of the archive to here, if you want. I appreciate that you might not have seen my reply there, so even if you don't want to reply (and obviously I'd prefer it if you did), I wanted to get something on the record. See also Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Old discussion not finished?. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 11:59, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you've got any questions, just ask me here - the discussion there got derailed a week ago. :-) east.718 at 12:12, February 16, 2008

OK. Here's a quote of what I said over there:

Hi East. Thanks for the apology and for explaining what happened. Hopefully you will be around for long enough to reply to this, but if not, then I guess it will have to wait until you get back.

"It was very bad form of me to just unilaterally do this" - can we have assurances that you won't act unilaterally like this again?
"I've always been of a mind to just get things done" - in future, will you discuss things like this before doing them? There is boldness and then there is recklessness. No harm done this time, but what about next time?
"but it won't be useful as I'm disappearing for a long while" - the question is whether you will repeat the misjudgments made this time round, so this thread will be useful in determining that - sure, it can wait until you get back, but the attitude that going away for a long time means that the possibility of sanctions (even if it is only a thread like this with lots of criticism of your judgment) should be discounted, is, well, rather strange.

Then there are the three points I raised above:

(1) discussion of the actions - did you in fact discuss this with anyone? I thought you had discussed it with Betacommand, but it seems now that you didn't.
(2) the actions themselves - I think it is clear now what you did - can we have assurances that you won't add dummy edits like this in future, or do page merges like this in future, without discussing it first? Especially given that Tim Starling has said he will block anyone who does this?
(3) the response afterwards - if you do do something unilaterally in future (boldness is sometimes good), can we have reassurances that you will make every attempt to be around in the aftermath? The notice you put up two hours later saying that something had come up is fair enough - but can you tell us what happened in those two hours? Did you see the talk page messages people had left you? Did you get lots of people asking you what had happened, and did you respond to them? Off-wiki response are all very well, but the on-wiki records just shows silence, a notice after two hours, and then this response. If you are not going to be around to deal with the follow-up to something, discuss (on-wiki) with others and maybe let someone deal with it - there was no urgency here.

I'll let others respond to the other points, and I'll respond to the Betacommand bit in the section Ral315 started. I appreciate the image work you do, East, so I hope things do work out. If I'm happy with the above points, I won't be taking things any further, and I would hope no-one else would either. Have a nice wikibreak! Carcharoth (talk) 08:27, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hope that's clear enough. As I said to Betacommand, no need for long replies, and I'd be very happy to move on once the specific answers are forthcoming. See the result of that discussion here. Carcharoth (talk) 01:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; yes; I never said sanctions should be discounted; no; no, and I've spoken with Tim Starling; sure. east.718 at 13:04, February 17, 2008

OK, thanks. Back to work! :-) Carcharoth (talk) 13:17, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My page

I didn't ask for anyone to remove me page. If you did it by mistake then please be careful. Grounded into a double play (talk) 20:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Co.nr

I was about to revert to a preceeding version of this page, it was a disambig page with a worthy content. I think that it should be undeleted then restored to its previous state. Cenarium (talk) 03:03, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image undeletion request: Image:Hong Kong Market Crash.jpg

Hi there, I notice that you deleted this image on February 15, less than 48 hours after a notice was left on the page of User: Bishonen. In the interim, I believe User:El C had added a NFU rationale to the page. Could you please undelete the image and return it to its article? If you feel that it should still remain deleted, I would appreciate a more detailed explanation of how this image failed CSD-I7. Thanks. Risker (talk) 03:59, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peacock words

Hi, your deletion of the redirect for peacock words just created a bunch of red links. Am going to recreate for now, if for no other reason than to fix the links out there. If you know someone with a bot who can find and fix the double redirect, that would be cool. Thanks Montanabw^(talk) 07:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: STBotI

What are the new templates and what exactly is wrong with the current status or the bot's taggings? (Either a list of the new templates or a unix style diff will do, I'll change it tomorrow when I need to get into the toolserver to do some other stuff) --uǝʌǝs ʎʇɹnoɟ ʇs(st47) 03:15, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I've committed the changes and rebooted the bots, let me know if you see any more problems like this. --uǝʌǝs ʎʇɹnoɟ ʇs(st47) 13:08, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The assembly of Kosovo unilaterally declares independence, a move opposed by Serbia and Russia but supported by many western governments

Just 5 countries! —Preceding unsigned comment added by US - Jimmy Slade (talk • contribs)

Cloister

Thanks for restoring the Cloister Inn page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.15.200 (talk) 16:31, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kosovo

I am sure, as well as I, you probably don't wish to engage in any further discussion about Kosovo, but I'd just like a short note for the edit summary you gave when you unprotected. If I can see where the unanimous decision was to unprotect it, it might come in handy later on when I unprotect pages, and protect too. Regards, Rudget . 18:23, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you put the templates on the Kosovo page under cascading protection? That freezes POVs that may be inaccurate to some people. — Rickyrab | Talk 19:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Um, ok — Rickyrab | Talk 19:06, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alrighty then. Thank you. Rudget . 21:59, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection.

I know you don't like it, but under the circumstances would you consider it? This guy has a huge IP range and blocking him doesn't appear to be doable. HalfShadow (talk) 22:48, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The source of the vandalism is Grawp putting calls for action on /b/. Don't worry about my talk page, this happens every couple days. :-D east.718 at 22:50, February 17, 2008

Perhaps a checkuser request would find any accounts he's making? That may be useful... Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 23:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think he is. It's a b-tard invasion. I'd suggest someone report them,as it's clear violation of 4-chan's Global rule #4: 'The posting of personal information or calls to invasion is prohibited.', which B-board is supposed to follow, but that would probably be a waste of time. HalfShadow (talk) 23:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll semi your page if you want. - Revolving Bugbear 23:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No thanks. east.718 at 23:40, February 17, 2008

Heh, also, I totally forgot that you're an admin, which would make that kind of a silly offer.

So, um, would you like some pie? - Revolving Bugbear 23:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How bout at least blocking all these ips, maybe for a week or so? There been some repeat performances. Equazcion •✗/C • 23:53, 17 Feb 2008 (UTC)

So, what's your score so far? :) ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 00:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you to all the RC patrollers helping out. You're beating my bot to the reverts half the time.

east.718 at 00:50, February 18, 2008

I think you should do a range block, to prevent further vandalism.--Lights (talk) 00:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I reported this guy on Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets, he is just making too many IP addresses. I believe that someone should semi-protect this page, 'cause even though you may not like this, it is not certain that this will end in the near future. — Cuyler91093 - Соитяівцтіоиѕ 00:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just range-blocked him for you (on my fourth edit conflict already) -- cheers! Antandrus (talk) 01:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! I guess the best defense is a good offense. Maybe... but thank you for blocking him! — Cuyler91093 - Соитяівцтіоиѕ 01:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image upload and deletion stats (2007)

If you have time, would you be able to comment on Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria compliance#Weekly uploads and deletions and bot taggings? Discussion should be taking place at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content criteria compliance. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 01:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of WP:ANI

Hi, I see you changed my temp semi-pp here, my aim was to limit damage since it did seem to be a concerted effort. Can you point me at the policy for protecting this page since I am a n00b admin & would like to have it for reference? Thanks. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think I get it; is there no way of keeping the move protection once the semi expires other than manually? This would seem to make sense for short-term protection against this sort of thing. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 03:04, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Block review (MickMacNee)

Hi East. I wonder if you could explain the history behind the block of User:MickMacNee? I've asked SwatJester, who was active on the talk page, to have a look. Hope that's OK with you. I'm also writing up an ANI report on this, as the timing is unfortunate, given the history with Betacommand. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 12:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see you blocked the IP address as well. That's good. Carcharoth (talk) 12:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted redirect Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Christian cult ‎

Hi,
You deleted my post-page-move redirect a second time, after I wrote it on the second try as:
#REDIRECT [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2005_March_13#Christian_cults]]
My initial problem was that I used a full http-prefix URL, which is not supported for redirects to prevent cross namespace hard redirects. You then deleted it (under "CSD R1: Redirect to nonexistent page") before I had a chance to diagnose and correctly re-edit it.
I then recreated it with the above wikilink (using a #section which previous to a bugfix didn't work with redirects), and it worked correctly. I thought I was done.
After returning, I discovered that you had deleted it again under CSD R1. Can you tell me why, since I left it as a working bluelink here? (Please reply here if desired) Milo 17:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kosovo

Hi East718. What is the reason for semi-protecting Kosovo? 82.20.28.142 (talk) 20:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been subjected to high amounts of vandalism, edit-warring, and disruption in the past and is currently on article probation. It was actually fully protected to prevent disruption related to the recent declaration of independence, but I downgraded it back to semiprotection. If you've got a constructive change in mind, please propose it on the article's talk page using {{sudo}}. Thanks! east.718 at 21:00, February 18, 2008

I've just had a look at the edit history of Kosovo and when it was last in a state of unprotection there didn't seem to be much vandalism. Edit warring is not a valid reason for sp according to the protection policy, nor is any form of pre-emption. Maybe if it was completely unprotected vandalism might ensue (as per Serbia), but we don't know for the moment. I would suggest unprotecting this article since there are no valid reasons for its current protection status. If excessive vandalism commences then it could no doubt be quickly sp'd. 82.20.28.142 (talk) 21:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This page

Semi'd it due to general silliness. Black Kite 04:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to be past the children's bedtime now. Unprotected. Black Kite 09:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I totally missed to uncheck the autoblock box on this one [5] :-) - Caribbean~H.Q. 06:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ANI thread change

FYI see this. When you removed your comment later, it changed the apparent meaning of Redvers's comment (or at least made it unclear), so I've left that note there. I've also let Redvers know. If I've misunderstood this, please let me know. Carcharoth (talk) 10:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CAT:CSD work

Could I please request your attention to a discussion here about the appropriateness of some speedy deletions you have recently made. Note that the discussion is not intended to be critcal of your actions in any way. I myself made some of the same deletions before I started to second guess myself over them. - TexasAndroid (talk) 20:35, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Filling in "Author" on self-created works

I've reverted your edit that removed the behavior that automatically filled in the "author" value if the user selects that the image "is entirely my own work". This feature was a popular change, discussed at Wikipedia talk:Upload#Automatically fill in "Author" field for self-created works, that saves a lot of time and helps make sure that the author information is included with the image. If it's causing problems with bots, then let's work to fix those bots rather than making everyone who uploads their own work retype their username in the "author" field. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:33, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(replying to User talk:Remember the dot#Filling in "Author" on self-created works) - I'd be very interested in simplifying the process, but try not to implement major changes before we agree on them. One thing that I would like to do is add an "It is from Flickr" option that directs users to the Commons. Does that sound good to you? —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:45, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(replying to User talk:Remember the dot#Filling in "Author" on self-created works) - The interface is annoying and confusing, and it's a pity that the developers won't implement single-user login to make uploading at the Commons easier. The templates are also a bit nasty. The Commons is actually experimenting with a script to present the user with fields and have the input automatically transformed into information template form.

Even so, I think that a soft redirect to the Commons for Flickr images would be a good idea. We might even want to just replace the "own work", "work of someone else" and "US Government" forms with soft redirects to the Commons. Unfortunately, the Commons' "own work" form does not even explain the basic differences between the available license options. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 04:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pic

Why did you delete it?

The other image I loaded I didn't put the right copyright on it so I put it back up with a new license. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NOSaintsFan02 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Help! Accidental Deletion!

Can you please undelete User:VigilancePrime/Userfied/Laserbeak's Fury? I think it accidentally got the {{db-userreq}} transcluded from a template I had deleted... it shouldn't have been deleted! Thanks! • VigilancePrime • • • 20 06:06 Feb '08

Thank you! My mistake... they are all fixed now, I believe. Apologies for the inconvenience! • VigilancePrime • • • 20 06:06 Feb '08

I noticed that you deleted peacecorpswiki

Why did you delete this...this is an important online resource for Returned Volunteers. --76.21.186.127 (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Wikipedia has standards of inclusion for articles about websites (see WP:WEB), and the article did not explain why the website is notable. You can demonstrate a website's importance by including a couple sources from the news or books about it. If you feel that the article meets that criteria and can be created, feel free to do so again. east.718 at 21:07, February 20, 2008

Main Page deletion

May I ask what you mean by this? How is it that no one can delete the Main Page now? Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 21:26, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could a developer delete an article with more than 5000 revisions? Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 21:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Was it always this way? Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 21:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shut down Wikipedia for 45 minutes! How did I miss that? Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 22:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help! Cheers. Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 02:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image tracker

Hi, I have gone through the list User:East718/DFUI/14 February 2008/Book covers. The images left in that list after your next update can be deleted. (It's a short list) Thanks :-) Bláthnaid 21:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While you're at it...

Saw you deleting some images from User:Alex 8194. While you're at it, would you please block him? See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User_willfully_violating_our_image_policies. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 22:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He's been given multiple chances, and previously blocked for the same violations. He just doesn't care. He knows better, and doesn't care. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Image:Larryy Yaeger.jpg

Hi, I saw you deleted this image. However, this image was re-released under Creative Commons 3.0. As such, I see absolutely no reason for its deletion. I plan to reinstate this image. Let me know if you object. Romanpoet (talk) 00:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Person with the mop!

Cool page. I like the bag thing. Basketball 110 :) 02:46, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Village stocks

		You have been sentenced to the Village Stocks
		for your "good idea"

Thanks for adding yourself. Your nomination was mooted at one point, but we thought it might still be a little tender... Thanks for being a good sport, and a lesson to us all! Gwinva (talk) 03:24, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ha! I'll have to hunt that one down... BTW, sorry for the upper case "E", noticed from your talk page I'd made a mistake and was going to go back.. Gwinva (talk) 03:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject TAMUI

Howdy! As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Texas A&M, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Texas A&M University. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks and Gig 'em! Oldag07 (talk) 04:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of current world boxing champions

Hello! I think it's time again for a 14-day-period of semi-blockage. The IP vandals are getting very active these last days... Cheers! claudevsq (talk) 20:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can you also block that user please that made 15 vandal edits for example today, using Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler? Thanks! (This message doesn't necessarily need an answer, if you don't have the time, only the action, if you please! Cheers, claudevsq (talk) 20:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ash Koley.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ash_Koley.jpg This is a photo of me and I am wondering why its getting rejected, thanks, Ash —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greedyemu (talk • contribs) 22:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Country data Zululand flag

Since you have protected Template:Country data Zululand, can you please remove Image:KwaZulu flag 1985.svg from the template? This flag was not the flag of Zululand. It was the flag of the KwaZulu Bantustan from 1985 to 1994. And KwaZulu-Natal does not yet have an official flag. Thanks. — AjaxSmack 00:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I honestly have no idea about what needs to be done regarding flags, I just mass-protected them all because of the risk of vandalism. Could you please point your query to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Flag Template? east.718 at 02:51, February 22, 2008

I've tried that here and the response is not exactly resounding. Any chance you could unprotect it for a short time or delete it yourself? — AjaxSmack 08:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I remain loathe to mess with things I have no knowledge about. I apologize for sending you around in circles, but as a last-ditch effort, could you run it by Andrwsc, who is active and is the most knowledgeable person regarding flags I'm aware of? Thanks. east.718 at 20:08, March 4, 2008

I'll try that. Thanks. — AjaxSmack 20:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your deletion of Main namespace

Hello, I assume you meant well, but your deletion comment was "orphan cross namespace redirect that is not needed", Actually, the page was not orphaned, it was linked from numerous templates and other pages, including Template:List category and Wikipedia:Content forking. I have therefore reverted your deletion. Thanks, JERRY ^talk _contribs 02:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The page exists

Thank you for your help, however the capitalization was wrong, the redirect goes to the correct page which exists.

Take care

Larryandjai (talk) 02:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem East, thanks!

Larryandjai (talk) 03:26, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I'm asking since your an admin and seem to be experienced and helpful (you just randomly came to my mind). Could you tell me which revision we should use, this or this? The editor says the second revision follows the MoS, but it's just hideous. -- penubag (talk) 05:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No I haven't because I know exactly what he is going to say given his edit summaries and hidden comment ( ). Sure, his follows the MoS, but looks terrible. -- penubag (talk) 07:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sticktopia

Why would you delete this page It makes know sence, Please give me a valid reason ASAP

Ross Armstrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by RossLArmstrong (talk • contribs) 07:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Come on give me an answer at least —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.178.221.60 (talk) 03:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: Inbetween Politics

why did you delete my page? I saw the quick delete message up and then someone (NOT ME) deleted it because it shouldn't have been up for deletion. Why did you delete my page? Please put it back, that took a lot of work and that site is legitamate. I found the name in other wiki pages that linked to it, but it was not made. Please fix it now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Inbetweenpolitics (talk • contribs) 08:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I replied him on his page. -- lucasbfr ^talk 09:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Award of a Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		The Barnstar of Diligence is hereby awarded in recognition of extraordinary scrutiny, precision, and community service. Awarded by Addhoc (talk) 18:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New mailing list

There has been a mailing list created for Wikipedians in the New York metropolitan area (list: Wikimedia NYC). Please consider joining it! Cbrown1023 talk 20:59, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:Alex 8194

Apparently he is still at it, conversation can be found here. Thought I would tell you as you did warn him last. Rgoodermote 21:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quick Question

Just a quick question: How do you delete images so fast? SchfiftyThree 23:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've heard of that Twinkle program, even though I'm not using it right now. SchfiftyThree 00:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Copyright violations

Yes, I can. I'd like to know everything about uploading images and copyright policy. But, can I just upload images that are entirely my own work(self-made) ? I never had problems with those. --Alex 8194 (talk) 00:12, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ty

I'm in an annoyed mood anyway, and while I can't excuse that, I'm still in a bad mood. I won't explain, but I will apologise for my immature behaviour. Here [6] is an amusing cartoon of dinos. I hope that cheers you up after all your admining. I'll go to bed now and be annoyed about a whole different set of issues in the morning. Enjoy the dinos. Blammermouth (talk) 02:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Logo

Im trying to upload the exact version of a television stations logo, but it keeps on getting deleted.

The current one is a plain version and ist the exact one. How can i stop it from being deleted ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leostar20 (talk • contribs) 08:43, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So do you mean just have a link to it in the artice about the tv station?

But is there any way i can update the logos that are shown with it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.28.193.29 (talk) 11:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Category:Rouge admins

Hi East718,

I noticed that you still use the Category:Rouge admins on your userpage/usertalk page. Please consider removing it, as it has now been deleted as of this discussion. Have a nice day!

The Helpful One ^(Review) 13:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)--The Helpful One ^(Review) 13:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Vgy

Was it really tagged for deletion for seven days? Did it really completely duplicate the function of another template? If so, which one?

The template is part of Wikiproject Video Games' template set, did you discuss the deletion of this template with the project? I can't seem to find the section regarding it. Also you should inform the members of that project which template to use in place of Vgy, since Vgy was a complete duplicate of another template's function as you stated in your reason for speedy deletion.

Even if there were valid reasons to delete this template you might consider cleaning up after yourself. Thank you. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 17:58, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops! :P It's cool, I'm just glad you're not one of those admins that delete things out of spite. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 19:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

thanks :). Λua∫Wi se ^{(Operibus anteire)} 18:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you did what was needed. ;)

What I am trying to figure out is why a certain function is not working on new pages....It appears that after your edit, something has changed which affected it, I have checked and compared but your edit should not have interfered with it.. I have bypassed the cache for 100 times, no cigar.

Thanks

Λua∫Wi se ^{(Operibus anteire)} 18:28, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Bonehead

This is Jason Scott, the director of the BBS Documentary. I'm sorry I wasn't notified of your stupid little decision about the BBS Documentary cover art. The cover art is Creative Commons SA licensed and can certainly be used on the site. Fair use also dictates it can be used, but I am giving specific permission for it to be used. People may re-upload it and return it to my weblog entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jscott (talk • contribs) 22:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind sending this permission to OTRS? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 02:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Plot rewrite

Could you restore this one, please? It's not the talk page of a deleted article, but rather a subpage containing a proposed rewrite of the plot summary of the article. See Talk:Aftershock:_Earthquake in New York#RfC: Plot needs radical trimming

I originally created it in article space by mistake. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 02:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I probably confused the hell out of everybody there. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 02:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Helping with the backlog?

Got a question for you. Would it be at all appropriate for me to help with the backlog, or is that an action typically reserved for administrators? Should I just go and pick one of the categories at WP:BACKLOG, or is there one (or a few) categories that need more help than others? Just trying to do a little more around here, so any advice/help on this would be appreciated. Thanks! — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 16:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ergh, this is more daunting and overwhelming than I thought. Any advice on getting started? Sorry to be a pain... — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 05:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kook Color

You deleted File:Kook color.jpg with the argument that it existes in wiki commons. you did not put a link where it existed, nor you corrected the links to it, and I cannot find it in commons. CitricAsset (talk) 20:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No notification for deleted images

Hi, I did not receive any notification on my Talk page 48 hours prior to when you deleted some images that I uploaded, including Image:061116.friedman.jpg. Could you point me to where you posted these notifications? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 01:19, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please restore the following images (Image:Milton-hand.jpg, Image:Free_to_Choose.jpg) and then I will look for suitable replacements? I am currently working on making Milton Friedman into a FAC and the removal of three images from the article in a day hinders my work; I would at least like the chance to find replacements for the images or improve the Fair Use Rationale. Thanks. Gary King (talk) 01:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comment

Thanks for your comments at my RfA. Although you opposed my adminship, it is of no consequence. I've dug around more on FU regarding living individuals and have found more content asserting your stance. Thanks for the helpful comments, they are well received! seicer | talk | contribs 01:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And I think we were reading from the same page :) NFC == FU. seicer | talk | contribs 01:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Francisco klinger carvalho

This is an article you speedied as a redirect to a nonexistent page. I had prodded it a few hours before, when it was still a full-fledged article. If you see it fit, could you restore the page so that the prod will run its course?

There is a short discussion on that article at WP:PNT. If you do not see it fit to restore the article, you may remove its entry at WP:PNT. Thank you. --Blanchardb-^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}-timed 01:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

File:Zimmerman Mugshot.jpg

You deleted the File:Zimmerman Mugshot.jpg even though it is a public record and its "fair use" was more than justified. Please restore it. Otherwise, please provide me with my avenue for appeal so that I can have your actions reviewed. As I have said before, I wish admins and editors who care about Wikipedia would put their efforts on ways to include photos instead of focusing on deleting as many as possible. Overzealous deletion efforts are ruining Wikipedia. Thank you.--MiamiManny (talk) 03:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am shocked to see that you also deleted Al Zimmerman, the Florida Department of Children and Families spokesman who was arrested for child pornography. I think it is curious that you have removed any reference to this accused sex offender/political appointee. As with his mugshot, please restore it. Otherwise, please provide me with my avenue for appeal so that I can have your actions reviewed. Thank you.--MiamiManny (talk) 04:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's pretty disingenuous since it was you, east718, that deleted the article, Al Zimmerman, in which it was included. It is curious that you have removed any reference to this accused sex offender/political appointee. It is inappropriate of you to dissuade me from using the appeal process, and I will pursue this matter and a review of your actions agressively. --MiamiManny (talk) 04:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't there also an opportunity to have your actions reviewed as an admin as well? Can't admins who abuse their powers have them removed? Where do I lodge a complaint against you? --MiamiManny (talk) 04:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for information on the noticeboard. Your explanation for deleting the article was: "I deleted the article under a policy that allows purely negative biographies to be deleted on sight (WP:BLP)." You are misstating wikipedia policy. The policy, (WP:BLP), says: "Administrators encountering biographies that are unsourced and negative in tone, where there is no neutral version to revert to, should delete the article without discussion." The Al Zimmerman article was sourced, so your basis for deleting the article was incorrect. The reason negative biographies with sources are allowed in wikipedia is because some biographies can't help but be negative. For instance, it would be very difficult to make the bios of Adolf Hitler or Jeffrey Dahmer appear positive. The bio of Al Zimmerman, an accused child pornographer, may present a similar challenge. Wikipedia policy allows these articles to exist, as long as they are sourced.--MiamiManny (talk) 04:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki policy says that, "Before listing a review request, attempt to discuss the matter with the admin who deleted the page (or otherwise made the decision). There could have been a mistake, miscommunication, or misunderstanding, and a full review may not be needed. Such discussion also gives the admin the opportunity to clarify the reasoning behind a decision." I have already begun this discussion, but I want to be sure that I give you sufficient time to address the matter and take remedial action before I post my review request.--MiamiManny (talk) 05:02, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am reviewing my options (review, rfc, arbitration, etc.) and I expect I will begin dealing with it over the weekend. Of course, I will notify you when it occurs so that you will have a chance to respond. Based on your comments on my talk page, I suspect a novice editor has an uphill battle in combatting the abuse of power by an admin, but at least your peers will become aware of your actions. Those actions include: deleting politically sensitive legitimate content without notice or comment,[7][8] justifying the deletion of politically sensitive legitimate content by mistating wiki policy,[9] removing an image associated with a politically sensitive article that you had also deleted because "the image was used only on a deleted article,"[10](see also WP:COI) and discouraging a wiki editor from seeking a review of your actions by stating "I can tell you right now that there's no chance of success."[11] Good evening. --MiamiManny (talk) 05:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Your speedy and inappropriate deletion of my article and image is strangely similar to the m.o. of the admin ^demon,[12] who very coincidentally tried to delete the same article within 60 seconds of your effort.[13] I will need to look into that issue a bit further before I begin the review effort.--MiamiManny (talk) 06:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Consigahria

Ktdavis122789 = Who told you to erase my Consigahria site?!!! Do NOT erase it again, or I will re/port you.
This page had nothing false!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheerupemokid1995 (talk • contribs) 20:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheerupemokid1995

Who is this guy and what on earth is he talking about? HalfShadow (talk) 20:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He said something about standing up for him (On my user page, no less, for some strange reason). Wasn't I the one who delete-tagged that in the first place? HalfShadow (talk) 21:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:UFC78.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:UFC78.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Orphaned non-free media (Image:UFC79.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:UFC79.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Orphaned non-free media (Image:UFC 80.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:UFC 80.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Fair use "overuse" in Little People

You removed five non-free images from "Little People", calling their use "fair use overuse". But they are the only images of "articulated" figures in that article. And for what it's worth, those images might be considered one image per some interpretation of WP:NFCC, as they make less than 0.1 Mpx put together. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 03:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:BonziBUDDYApe.png

Hey there. I noticed that you deleted The Ape...

The fair-use rationale for it was pretty self-evident. It's really not a good idea to be slavishly removing images where the tags are obvious but nobody noticed that it had been tagged as needing a current rationale. Admins are recommended to fix rather than remove.

Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 05:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that is one of two non-free images in that article (BonziBUDDY). I don't think the second one (this one) adds anything that the first one doesn't, so I'm removing it and it'll probably get deleted as an orphaned image. Carcharoth (talk) 00:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Campbell

What was the reason for the deletion of Stephen Campbell?

Thanks

18:35, 26 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acearchie (talk • contribs)

Table of nuclides

Can I ask you to execute my deletion request? Tanks, --Quilbert (talk) 02:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks, I just picked someone from Recentchanges who obviously had administrator priviledges … It seems you were using a bot then, I didn’t notice that. Regards, --Quilbert (talk) 12:27, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unreleased Albums

I noticed you recently voted in AFD concerning an unreleased album. I invite you take part in the conversation here Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(music)#Unreleased_albums any input you have would be appreciated. Ridernyc (talk) 09:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Template:US-airport protection

A request was placed in RFPP to fully protect Template:US-airport which you had semi-protected. I honored the request. Just a heads up. Cheers! -- Alexf⁴² 12:42, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Experts Exchange logo.png

Hello. I noticed that you deleted Image:Experts Exchange logo.png due to lack of appropriate fair use rational. If you could undelete it, I would provide the justificiations. Cheers, huji—TALK 18:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ring magazine belt

I also thought that the Ring magazine's championship was only a honorable distinction, but (maybe this is new?) I just saw a photo on the Internet where Casamayor wore his WBC interim lightweight belt around his waist and a small belt around his neck, and that has to be the Ring magazine's belt, because it was not one of the sanctioning bodies' belts. Here's the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=3104453&story=3104402 Doesn't need an answer. Cheers! claudevsq (talk) 19:32, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Matteson_Scarlet_Letter.jpg - public domain or not?

I was looking at the Matteson Scarlet Letter painting and was confused by an apparent conflict between what it says in the source field under the summary (copied below) and what it says in the Licensing section (that it's in the public domain). I posted something on the discussion page for the picture, and as far as I can tell, you deleted it. Is there a way to clear up this confusion? (I'm a newbie to participating in wikipedia -- apologies if I'm not going about this the right way...)

Permission to use this paintimng was specifically granted to the Montana educator mentioned, and onebody else. This image is NOT in the public domain since in absence of descendants of the artist who are resiuary legatees, the rights reside in the owner of the painting, Neil K. Fitzgerald, who can be contactd at neilfitzgerald@earthlink.net. Misuse of this image will be aggresively countered with litigation.

ZipR (talk) 21:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image

Hello,

I'm new to editing Wikipedia and tried uploading an image (kan_rally_2007) that my friend took a few months back but you deleted it. How do I go about uploading it as 'free content'?

Thanks,

David Rogers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvrogers (talk • contribs) 21:52, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re Your Image

Thank you for your explanation, however, I believe that the interpreted policy is incorrect. The need for "fair use" when a copyright holder has given permission for an image to be used on Wikipedia is invalid. Having given permission for an image to be used inherently allows its copying.

The copier is at fault if he then republishes. Most of the images that I have had challanged, are older photographs and the companies I have approached have given permission (sometimes with the proviso that low definition images be used. As the size in wiki is seldom greater than 350 pixel wide, this is not difficult.

I have been submitting to Wiki since 2005, and I am finding that today there seems to be more emphasis on deletion and format than content. I would like to know how many copyright holders have complained on misuse to warrant such a position. I have a particular hate with Bots that are not overseen by human input before action.

I have made this rather longer than I had intended, because you are an administrator, and that I am an old-timer wishing for the "good old days".

Best wishes DonJay (talk) 03:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion of Image:96.9 VikingFM.PNG?

Hi, I believe you deleted Image:96.9 VikingFM.PNG under CSD15 a few days ago. I've just removed some vandalism from 96.9 Viking FM and found that the image was included in that article, but the vandal had added some words to the infobox that broke the image link. Is it possible for you to restore the image? Vl'hurg ^talk 12:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Vl'hurg ^talk 13:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hillman Hospital House

And I thought I jumped the gun!! ;-) - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

William Rayborn

Could I request that the William Rayborn page be restored? Bill has had a number of his server hosts cut off. I am his tech advisor and assisting him to get his technical situation rectified. I can modify the error links so they are gone or point to active hosts.

15:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)Chris Paschen, Paschen Communications —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.98.139.148 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is not a web host. east.718 at 05:10, February 29, 2008

Victor De Leon III

This page should be reinstated asap. This 9-year-old is the youngest professional video game player in the world! He went pro at age 6. He's in the Guinness Book for this accomplishment. Sources: New York TImes, June 2007 [14] Wired mag [15] (London) Times [16] The kid's homepage (he goes by the handle Lil Poison) [17]

28 February 2008, Tuesdae —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuesdae (talk • contribs) 01:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I'm sorry if I'm not correctly following protocol in replying to the message you left on my talk page. I couldn't find anything in Help that addressed this sort of thing.

Regarding my comment (above, on 28 Feb) about reinstating this entry, you wrote:

Then just write the article again. :-) The version that's been deleted was completely unsourced, which doesn't fly, especially for a minor.

I actually didn't write the original article. I never even got to read it. :-) I am willing to vet the original article and source it with the articles I cited to you above, but I'm really no writer. Is there someplace I could find the orig entry? I tried looking in the deleted databases but had no luck. Thanks. Tuesdae (talk) 06:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia local wiki (wikimetro.org) feedback request

I am a Wiki developer, have spent the past 12 months developing wikimetro.org in asp.net as a local wiki and would like to ask for (expert) feedback. www.wikimetro.org a local wiki 04:22, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Jeff Brauer

Sorry for any inconvenience caused Thanks and Regards, Jeff

Redirects

You're deleting all my redirects despite my edit summary saying that that is only step one. (I have to do it in two steps because of PAGENAME.) Please undelete them so I can run step two. Thank you. --NE2 06:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Sorry bothering you again so soon, but I have a question regarding the match between the two interim champions Casamayor and Katsidis. I read on three different web pages now that Katsidis' WBO interim lightweight title will be on the line as well as Casamayor's Ring Title of course, but NOT Casamayor's WBC interim title. Now, what will happen if Casa wins? Will he then have to lay down his WBC interim belt, being the new WBO interim champion, or can you be the interim champion of two different sanctioning bodies at the same time? Cheers! claudevsq (talk) 14:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interact club page

Why is my page submitted speedy deletion? They claim "It is blatant advertising for a company, product, group, service or person that would require a substantial rewrite in order to become an encyclopedia article." but it is simply an informative description of a community service club sponsored by Rotary International.Kpkammer (talk) 18:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Mosdell image

Hi again

Copied below is the thread from your earlier response, regarding the uploaded image "chrismosdell.jpg":

Hi! Sorry for the delayed response, I've been away from Wikipedia for a couple days.

Could you please drop the name of the image on my talk page so I can take a look at what happened here? Thanks.

Bkce23 wrote: > The image for the Chris Mosdell entry was deleted, and I'm not sure what I've done wrong. Registered it via Creative Commons, uploaded it via Wikimedia, added requested tags, and continued to get the message that it would be deleted. Again. And again. > > What am I doing wrong? -- Sincerely, east.718 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:east718

And then Chris Mosdell has also been in contact with someone trying to validate the copyright permissions. Here's the latest thread from his communique: > Subject: Re: [Ticket#2008022510015268] Image Permission

> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:13:15 +0000

> To: inkmusicinc@hotmail.com > From: permissions-commons@wikimedia.org >

> Dear Chris Mosdell, > > I was very curious to receive your mail because I distinctly remembered seeing > the photo in the article. As it turns out, it had been uploaded to both > Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (the latter serves as a file repository, but > files can be uploaded to either). I had edited the Commons file, not knowing > it had been uploaded to both. Subsequently, the local Wikipedia file was > deleted for lacking permission and it was then automatically removed from the > article by a bot. > > If the above is too confusing, suffice it to say that the image has since been > restored and I expect no further wrinkles. > > chris mosdell wrote: > >> >> Hi Howard, >> >> I see the photo is not up on the page yet. Can this be done as soon as >> possible please. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris Mosdell >> >> website: http://www.chrismosdell.com

So I'm just sort of at a loss - the image is obviously still not loaded and at this point I'm completely confused as to where it might reside. Wikipedia? Commons? Lost? If I need to re-upload again, that's fine, but I'd hate to further add to the confusion...

Brian (bkce23) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bkce23 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I modified one of your archives

I deleted references to the old name of a vanished user on one of the archives of your talk pages. I only replaced the old name with "Vanished user". --Enric Naval (talk) 17:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]