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Trade Air

The content provided under Trade Air article is outdated, irrelevant and malicious toward company present operations. You are kindly requested to enter content that is relevant (i.e. IOSA certification; part of 5% best SAFA records etc). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.136.44.250 (talk) 10:46, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

I disagree, as the wording is neutral and simply states that complaints were brought against the company, and were subsequently unproven and denied by the company. Falcon8765 (talk) 10:48, 14 July 2010 (UTC)


Please do not comment on my wall, thankyou. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.137.221.153 (talk) 10:58, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Practical Guide and Knowledge Reverted

Hello Falcon,

What I posted was deemed COI yet same page links that go to industry reports that charge for the reports or links that go to training that charge for it are not considered COI and remain? The company I represent put together a VSAT Installation Manual that can be used outside of the context of the services the company offers. The guide is free. Of course the context of the knowledge and practical steps to be considered, is designed by the service provider.

Bottom line, it is a quality presentation of neutral Satcom Industry knowledge that is unparalleled even by the links already present on the page, I know, I took the course being offered by the Global VSAT Form link.

The fact that no neutral party is presenting anything of this standard should present you with the clear decision of abiding with the encyclopedia objective of affording people equal access to state of the art knowledge, even if it is brought to you by a same industry service provider.

If you can find a better presentation of this material by a more appropriate contributor then I see the logic in withholding this information from the world. Consider the knowledge starved Third World that needs to know how to become an information society and a VSAT is their only gateway.

I'm sure you will decide wisely.

Thanks,

SkyvisionVSAT (talk) 13:24, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Your material may very well be very good, but that you are obviously are affiliated with the link makes me against its addition. I view it as promotional. Anyways, Wikipedia is not a collection of links as it says on your talk page, and your manual can be found via a Google search. Falcon8765 (talk) 15:38, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert on my talk page. The roving IP is a busy bee and trying to keep up with it is taking up a chunk of time. You look to be busy protecting wikiP so I will let you get back to it. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 00:50, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Pay more attention next time

You left a notice on my talk page about changing an article to use the British date format, and how British articles should use the British format and American articles should use the American format, and not to use the wrong one. That was an article on an Australian advertising campaign. We use the British date format in Australia. I was correcting it. 124.171.130.184 (talk) 03:30, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I know. I didn't revert your edit, just leaving you a note so you don't go on a date changing spree or something. Falcon8765 (talk) 03:54, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Fair enough. 124.171.130.184 (talk) 06:02, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up my talk page

Seem to have acquired a fan - thanks. Moocha (talk) 21:57, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! I had noticed other links set up as so, so I followed their lead..perhaps not the best choice? Clearly I have much to learn about Wikipedia... —Preceding unsigned comment added by GoGreenbeans (talk • contribs) 15:19, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

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Deletion review for The X Factor Fan Site

An editor has asked for a deletion review of The X Factor Fan Site. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Robtencer (talk) 20:40, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Can you tell me why so many admins wanted to delete my article so quickly? Without giving advice or criticism, or editing help to keep the page, they were so quick to delete, that the page went live and within an hour, it was gone. Please tell me, if you are the type of person to help, or are the type of person to make speedy deletions? I am pleading for your help, to make a worthy version of my article, that will withstand attack. Are you that person?

Probably because it doesn't meet Wikipedia guidelines that are linked all over the place when things get CSD'd. Falcon8765 (talk) 20:42, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

You were not one of the admins who tagged my article for speedy deletion, but you do seem to be an active admin. I mistook you for one of the admins with the speedy attack, trigger fingers. Can you please offer any editing help, without speculation and sarcasm? Robtencer (talk)

An editor that was assisting me, uploaded the same image many times, and I was trying to remove the duplicates. Your help and expertise in this area would also be much appreciated.Robtencer (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:55, 21 July 2010 (UTC).

I'm not an admin, just an editor. I'll look at the article when I have a chance. Falcon8765 (talk) 00:32, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

re:electrical substation

Sir,

good day!

I am currently working on a blog that details substation operation and maintenance which is a good additional site to those looking at electrical substattion article. can my website be included? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.57.46.90 (talk) 03:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

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sorry

i didn't mean to do that agian im new and i didnt see the mesasage up top —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.216.210.227 (talk) 18:54, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Red Cross

Hello, Just wondering why my Canadian Red Cross, Peterborough link was deleted. I am trying to raise awareness for the local branch. Peterboroughrc (talk) 13:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I redirected it because it's not notable in and of itself. There are hundreds of such local branches. Additionally, you appear to be affiliated with the subject, bringing up conflict of interest issues. Falcon8765 (talk) 19:48, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Jonny Clarke

Please review the edit summaries for the article to see why the content was removed. Essentially, it was irrelevant to the topic. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 22:32, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Lavar Johnson

I don't understand you changing my edits please explain.

Please explain--N2492004 (talk) 00:47, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Looked again, reverted my edits. Falcon8765 (talk) 00:48, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

What is your relation with Bencharlite? and Oxford University discussions?

Falcon8765 I would like to hear from Bencherlite on the comments made on the University Oxford discussions page. Adminstrator recommended we use the talk pages for consenus so I am using that right. I have read comments of goodbye troll, rather insteading.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.15.231 (talk) 07:28, 8 August 2010 (UTC)


I have no relationship with him, but he's allowed to remove comments on his talk page as he desires. Might try the talk page of the article in question instead if he is being difficult. Falcon8765 (talk) 07:30, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Falcon8765 you might want to read what the adminstrator said below, it says to use the talkpages to discuss this matter. Since Bencherlite is actively envolved in disputing the Oxford University's page, I am questioning his threats and lack of answering questions regarding this matter. Please read the Adminstrators comments left yesterday.

== University of Oxford ==

From Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring: please wait for consensus at Talk:University of Oxford before re-adding your proposed content. You seem to be engaged in discussion, but a number of editors have objected to your edits. Anything you can do to keep the disagreement on the level of interpretation of high quality sources and away from personal accusations would be appreciated.

If this is a shared IP address and you, dear reader, did not make the edits in question, please disregard this note. - 2/0 (cont.) 07:24, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I understand. What I'm trying to say is that if he wants to remove your comment every time you post it on his user talk page he can, and readding it isn't helpful. Talk:University of Oxford would probably be more appropriate. I'm not familiar with the dispute at all. Falcon8765 (talk) 07:41, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Efficient Dishwashing External Link

Hi, I am indeed the owner of the page that I linked from the end of the Dishwasher article, but didn't really do it for self-promotional purposes. There's a lot of hoohar about whether machine or hand washing is best from a resource PoV, and how to minimise the carbon/eco footprint of each, which is what I wrote my page to cover in a practical way. Do you think a near-equivalent page from someone else would be acceptable? I can't find any terribly good ones which haven't gone away. The best I have to hand at the moment is this: http://www.which.co.uk/advice/how-to-be-greener-with-your-dishwasher/eco-friendlier-ways-to-use-your-dishwasher/

(Actually, you prompted me to find out where the best link's content had moved to, which is: http://www.aceee.org/node/3073 I'll try putting that in instead, but clearly if you still object then you'll feel free to zap it! Note: that content has nothing whatsoever to do with me other than my agreeing with it...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.135.97.83 (talk) 08:47, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Rgds

Damon

79.135.97.83 (talk) 08:41, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, The map posted of Patagonia is not the official one done by earlier historians and geoghrafers such as Frederic Lacroix dated 1841. Latitud in chilean Patagonia starts at 39ºSouth as reported by several historians. If you want to post apropiated maps, let me know I will send them to you.

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Ollivanders

Ollivanders does not have a possessive apostrophe. see http://www.freewebs.com/1hpfc/ollivanders.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.68.251.23 (talk) 18:46, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

That certainly is evidence that it doesn't but we need reliable references, like a reference from the books or something. Falcon8765 (talk) 18:48, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I appologize for my actions

I do appologize for my actions I was trying to be funny but realized I wasn't and deleted the text. This sort of behaivor will never happen again, I can promise you that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsnow47 (talk • contribs) 19:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

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Howie Mandel

Why did you say I was vandalizing? It was true of what happened in America's Got Talent. Why delete my current posts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wung97 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

You aren't citing the information, and it's not particularly relevant to the article as a whole anyways.Falcon8765 (talk) 02:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


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Read this:[1] and maybe you'll join me to clear wikipedia from Zombie433 fake edits.--Wrwr1 (talk) 02:51, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Include that in the edit summaries then, instead of just saying 'fake'. Falcon8765 (TALK) 02:53, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

On your note

Hi,

Thanks for your note. In creating the new category "Universities and colleges affiliated with the Transcendental Meditation Movement", I was merely following the pre-existing convention. If you see the note, it mentions that "Institutions of higher education affiliated, associated or administered by the Transcendental Meditation movement" are mentioned, which is all inclusive. So the category "Universities and colleges associated with the Transcendental Meditation Movement" is redundant. Use of the word "affiliated" follows existing Wikipedia convention, unlike "associated".

Regards,

Byomkesh Bakshi (talk) 19:37, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Alright, no worries. You might want to have a look at WP:Categories if you need any extra help or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Categories.Falcon8765 (TALK) 19:39, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Byomkesh Bakshi (talk) 19:41, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit War

I didn't violate the 3-revert rule. I only undid a revision once. Could you please remove the complaint from my profile? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.28.186.30 (talk) 03:10, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

It's just a notification about potentially violating it, and the consequences if you do, you can remove it at any time. Falcon8765 (TALK) 05:36, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

You reverted an edit I didn't even make, somehow.

I didn't make an edit to the Gucci Mane article, in fact, I dont even think I've been to that article. I would like to know how this is possible. 174.31.143.27 (talk) 15:37, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Some ISPs assign IP addresses dynamically, that is they change after a certain period of time and are assigned to someone else. It's possible that someone else was assigned your IP several months ago and it switched to you, amongst several other possibilities. Falcon8765 (TALK) 16:41, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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Akahi Nui

I contest your right to overturn my edits to the Akahi Nui article. On what grounds do you claim authority? Withdraw the warnings on my page or face appeal to arbitration without going through the lower dispute resolution stages. Akahi Nui IS a convicted criminal under Hawaii state law, so writing him as a convicted criminal is correct. So withdraw your warnings. 68.236.155.129 (talk) 06:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The article mentions that he was arrested for burglary. Replacing the entire intro of the article with non neutral material isn't helpful. Falcon8765 (TALK) 06:39, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

If you researched Akahi Nui's backstory, you'd notice he's got other criminal convictions on his record. Therefore I still dissent from your actions, and intend to appeal to the ArbCom against you for your hostile acts against me. I will at this time now remove your warnings from my page. And if you try to block me, we WILL square off in the ArbCom and possibly outside Wikipedia with the judicial process. I maintain my edit is legal and proper. Therefore I will restore it after I leave here. 68.236.155.129 (talk) 06:45, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to remove the warnings. I don't see how arbitration is needed over one sentence of text personally. I'm not terribly familiar with the subject, but it's not neutral and adds undue weight to the article to remove the intro and just say he's a criminal. Falcon8765 (TALK) 06:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Can you explain to me how this edit constitutes vandalism? thanks, ErikHaugen (talk) 16:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Repeated removal of standard style formatting, references, and insertion of 'convicted criminal' in the lede is disruptive, especially when the editor has a clearly non-WP:NPOV to push. Falcon8765 (TALK) 20:52, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Please read WP:NOTVAND. NPOV, disruptive stubbornness, and style errors are all covered; please do not issue vandalism warnings in response to good faith edits like you did here. Some problems with this editor's contribution include 3rr and no sources for contentious blp material. But you also appear to be guilty of 3rr here. When I click on "undo", I see "If you are undoing an edit that is not vandalism, explain the reason in the edit summary. Do not use the default message only." I think this is very good advice; edit summaries would likely not have riled up this editor as much as your actions did. The goal here is to educate the editor about the guidelines(eg BLP) and to encourage. ErikHaugen (talk) 21:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I know the difference between what is and is not vandalism. The notice in the diff is appropriate in my opinion. The editor removed content and references without explanation. I warned him one further time after his above statement, and another editor reverted him. I wasn't sure of how to proceed, so I asked for advice here and he was blocked shortly after. Falcon8765 (TALK) 21:40, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Additionally, the IP has been blocked before, and has a history of making the very same Arbcomm threats all over his talk page against other editors, so I don't see the problem here. Falcon8765 (TALK) 21:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
You "know the difference" - but you're telling me that NPOV and breaking style are vandalism? The arbcomm threats reveal a total lack of understanding of what arbcomm is good for and how to deal with disagreements on wikipedia, but they do not have anything to do with vandalism. I don't see where the editor removed any significant content, what are you referring to? I don't understand what you're saying about the previous block; what does that have to do with anything? The problem is that this editor came here with some good faith, albeit problematic, edits, and instead of guidance about Wikipedia's policies/etc the editor gets templates and unexplained reverts. Your templates, by the way, were kind of confusing; one asserts that content was removed when it really wasn't, etc. I really appreciate all the work you do; you obviously have spent an enormous amount of effort on fighting vandals, but I think wrt these good-faith non-vandal editors a gentler response that explained the guidelines being violated would diffuse the kind of tension we see here. Thanks! ErikHaugen (talk) 22:19, 25 August 2010 (UTC)\
Not vandalism per se, but disruptive editing to the point that many would consider it vandalism. The 1 month block is for vandalism, so I assume the blocking admin agrees. In every reverted edit, the IP removed a reference and thus content so I felt that the removal of content template was the most appropriate. A vast majority of the time I treat new users gently, and attempted to here. I explained what was wrong with the edits and was ignored, perhaps I could have worded my replies differently, but I don't see them as inflammatory personally. I don't see the templates as confusing either, as every edit did remove content in the form of references. Point of view pushing is a particular pet peeve of mine so maybe I was more gruff than I imagined I was being. Falcon8765 (TALK) 22:32, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
To clarify, I thought it was confusing because it suggests that the edit was primarily to remove content, when really the main thrust of it was to add the thing about the conviction. I kind of doubt the editor even noticed the reference, the edits appeared to be done by copying the article text then pasting it into the edit textarea. If NPOV is your main concern, why not mention that to the editor instead? Well, thank you for your time and for considering what I had to say. ErikHaugen (talk) 23:34, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Falcon8765

Hi Falcon8765. I noticed you were running for adminship. Could you please opt-in for X!'s edit counter by creating the page, User:Falcon8765/EditCounterOptIn.js, with any text? It would be helpful for !voters if you could do that. Thanks, FASTILY (TALK) 07:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Rob Gronkowski

Whats the deal bro? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.97.77 (talk) 07:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

As stated on your talk page, the nickname needs a reliable source. Falcon8765 (TALK) 07:26, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Why though? Im a New England football fan... as a man of the fans i should be a source for what people are calling him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.97.77 (talk) 07:28, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but that's not how it works. You need a source from a news organization or something similar. Falcon8765 (TALK) 07:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark

Can you please check your facts. Manolo Blahnik is a Spanish designer, nothing to do with Tatiana Blatnik. All my corrections are correct! Your information is not accurate. Another example of Wikipedia bullying?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.158.15 (talk • contribs)

Sorry if I was mistaken, I simply wanted an explanation that you have now provided. When an anonymous editor makes a change like that without explanation, I usually do ask. Falcon8765 (TALK) 18:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

4

Do you know what I fucking don't like about this shitty page? The number 4 is written as an Arabic numeral. Why? That is so biased against other types of numbers and abstract concepts. Also, what if we were in base 2, there would be no 4. Does it really need its own page? It seems that Wikipedia is full of unacademic cocksuckers lately? --23:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Attack

I did not attack you. Let's be civil and discuss this crap. --23:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.12.139.209 (talk)

People generally frown upon profanities and the like. But feel free to discuss it on the talk page, I see you already started a thread there. Falcon8765 (TALK) 23:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia is a democracy with free speech. I can say whatever the fuck I want as long as I do not put profanities in the articles unless of course the article is about fuck. --173.12.139.209 (talk) 23:26, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
You are entitled to your opinion, but Wikipedia is not a democracy. By all means disagree with the article's naming scheme, but you're likely to run into a lot of conflicts if you aren't civil - I personally don't have any problem with profanities, but many other editors do. Falcon8765 (TALK) 23:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Diplomystus

Someone wrote on the Diplomystus page that the fish is extinct. However, we do not know that. There is not enough evidence to suggest it is extinct and a few researchers say it is not. What should I do? Please help. --23:13, 25 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.12.139.209 (talk)

If you can provide some scholarly references, we could work something out. Falcon8765 (TALK) 23:19, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I don't have any but the guy who wrote it is extinct doesn't have any sources that is extinct either. Do you understand what I mean? --173.12.139.209 (talk) 23:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I understand, I can find a few sources on google referencing as extinct though - [2]. Falcon8765 (TALK) 23:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Re:RFA

Hello, Falcon8765. You have new messages at Fastily's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

-FASTILY (TALK) 23:35, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Blocking without warning

Hi, this is right off the WP:BLOCK.

Furthermore, some types of user accounts are considered disruptive and may be blocked without warning, usually indefinitely:

  • accounts used exclusively for disruptive purposes, such as vandalism.
  • public accounts (where the password is publicly available or shared with a large group);
  • accounts with inappropriate usernames;
  • bots operating without approval or outside their approval;
  • accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Spam.

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Speedy deletion

Hey, saw you tagged my page about a speedy delete - but the article was gone before I even read the note. I don't want to step on any toes, but I think that the existing article is unnecessary (in the sense that it should be a complete bibliography, and not just chronicle books that are parts of series, hence the creation of a full bibliography) - but I just hadn't had enough time to finish the process of getting that sorted. What do you suggest I do? Darquis (talk) 05:39, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

The article was restored per your request. If you'd like, you could merge any information from the other article and have it redirect to the new. Falcon8765 (TALK) 06:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
If I've read this right, you're suggesting that the information be combined with what exists at the current Mercedes Lackey Collection page, and then the article I made should be a redirect to that page (or did you mean the article should live at bibliography and collections would be the redirect? Thanks again! Darquis (talk) 17:05, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
It could go either way depending on what you want to do with it. I think your title is more appropriate however. Falcon8765 (TALK) 18:02, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

RE: Semi-retirement

I respect your work and contributions to Wikipedia and hope that you enjoy semi-retirmement and continue to contribute to Wikipedia as best meets your schedule. Active Banana ( bananaphone 15:43, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I hope you aren't discouraged, and that you will continue to do your good work here. Best wishes, --Tryptofish (talk) 16:04, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Just wanted to drop a line and agree with what Active Banana and Tryptofish have already said. Don't let a failed RfA get you down - you're still needed. Nolelover 17:00, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

  • I've done the needful and closed your withdrawn RFA. As others have mentioned above, do not be discouraged. Take on board the constructive criticisms that were offered and consider re-applying in the future. See WP:PASSRFA for some excellent pointers on how to successfully run the gauntlet. –xenotalk 17:42, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm grateful to everyone who supported, and to some of those who offered constructive criticism. Despite that, the whole process just revealed to me a sizable portion of editors that seem to value content work over the contributions that maintain that content. I don't enjoy creating articles, so I don't do it and leave it to those that do and are better at it than I am. Spending hours arguing over some minor point of semantics is not something that strikes me as particularly worthwhile. I can perhaps understand the rationale behind wanting administrator's aware of the work that goes into creating articles so that they are more sensitive. I've reviewed several thousand new pages and copyedited/formatted/added categories to many of them, so I do understand the work that goes into content creation, accusations that I do not are frustrating.
Editors questioning my commitment to Wikipedia after putting in hundreds of hours of work is pretty disappointing, as well as complaints about my high percentage of automated edits, the latter argument not making any sense to me whatsoever when I have several thousand non-automated ones. Why would you wash your clothes by hand exclusively when you have a washing machine readily available?
Honestly, I should have expected such opposition and framed my answers better so that people didn't think I'm some template-spamming edit warrior, because I'm not. I just don't feel the need to reason with someone who repeatedly replaces articles with ten thousand instances of the word 'poop'. Every time that someone has asked me a legitimate question or pointed out a mistake, I've done my best to fix it. Anyways, increasing late night frustration about a lack of admins around is the reason I'm taking a break, as is the starting school year at my University, with a combination of other factors. My failed RFA is as good of an excuse to take a break as anything else, but I was thinking about taking one anyways. I will likely be around in a limited capacity, as I don't have much to do but I think I've been spending far too much time here.
I hope this wasn't too rantish, but I felt the need to vent. To recap, I'm not relaxing my contributions exclusively because of the RFA, though it is a significant factor. Maybe I'll regain enough confidence to try again in the future, but I'm not sure. Thanks again for those of you who care. Falcon8765 (TALK) 19:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
Sorry to see that you withdraw, as others have said, please don't get discouraged. I would have liked to have seen it run it's full course - not that I'm a sadist or anything, but you might have gained a run of supports. At one stage my RFA was probably worse than yours, certainly more than 33% opposes; 85% automated edits, and only 5000 non automated edits I agree that it is sad that so much emphasis is placed on article writing, and not on vandal fighting - which is what a good deal of admins need to address. Maybe you'll fair better next time. Anyway if you want to see the fuss mine stirred up, have a look at...
Best wishes for whatever you decide to do in the future  Ronhjones  (Talk) 20:44, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm very sympathetic to your "rant". I hope that you don't mind, but I'm going to put a link to this talk thread at Wikipedia talk:Vandal fighters. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't mind, but even if I did tis a matter of public record as it were. Falcon8765 (TALK) 22:18, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Welcome back! And I agree, it is an addiction... Nolelover 13:34, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

US Arctic Policy

The intro's pretty good now, isn't it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robinalaska (talk • contribs) 00:04, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, my initial sentence does help with identifying it, but it should probably be expanded to summarize it the contents more, it's fine for now though. Falcon8765 (TALK) 00:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Appropriateness of add sentence

Falcon8765, the sentence I added stated that 75% of Americans identify themselves as white. This is according to this U.S. Census Bureau. The sentence that preceded this that was added by another user stated that the majority of people at the Glenn Beck Rally in DC on 8/28, were mostly white people. That statement is innappropriate because it is obvious that most rally events in the US will contain mostly white people, as they far outnumber any other race in the U.S.A. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.4.122 (talk) 18:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

I understand your rationale. However, I think most people understand that there is likely to be a white majority at a wide range of political events - however, the lack of significant numbers of non-whites at this particular rally is the point the sentence you modified is trying to make and I'm liable to agree. I'm not totally sure that the sentence is necessary however, so further discussion on Talk:Restoring Honor rally is warranted. Falcon8765 (TALK) 20:17, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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SF Chinatown 1840s

I've already added reliable sources, which you assumed weren't and reverted my edits. They're all good sources, incl. the book by local & official SF historian Daniel Bacon, whose video version of the book you might've seen on PBS, and the one about Life in Chinaown, 1840-1950. Bacon created the "Barbary Coast Trail" of SF. The trail is marked with bronze plaques permamantly engraved in the concrete sidewalks along the BCT, and is one of the jewels of San Francisco. These are 2 wonderful books which I recommend you should read. If necessary, I might be able to procure a free copy of the Bacon book for you if you're interested. Regards, MM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.115.155.107 (talk) 19:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Whoever gave 1860 as the year of Chinatown's establishment probably had it confused with the earliest known picture taken of Chinatown, which was in 1860. M.M. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.115.155.107 (talk) 19:11, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification. The source data was missing the additional information, so I'm still not positive that it's reliable. Further discussion on Talk:San Francisco will probably sort it out though. Falcon8765 (TALK) 19:31, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

CSD

Thanks for updating that field. I hit the wrong button and stumbled over myself. OlYellerTalktome 20:02, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, happens to the best of us. Falcon8765 (TALK) 20:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, wondering about why my product was singled out

In the entry for Accountability Software several products are listed for references. We have an accountability software product, and I posted a link to it, just as there are links to other products. You removed the link to our product but left up several other links to other products. You then gave the justification that my link was removed because it advertised a product. I don't see how you can use that justification and leave up links to any products.

Please explain your reasoning. I can produce ample proof that our product is one of the top accountability software products on the market and if you are going to allow product mentions at all, then you must allow all products equally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.118.50 (talk) 16:11, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I removed it because it's a commercial link to a product, and you are affiliated with it. The other links you mentioned are links to companies/software that are notable enough to have their own articles. Falcon8765 (TALK) 18:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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Death Date

Yes, I do. I currently visited Fort Anderson where they have his coffin on display. If you would like I can email you the photo I have of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.177.21.171 (talk) 19:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. Unfortunately, I don't think that would be considered a usable, reliable source as we use it here. Death dates on tombstones can be wrong and the like, so a source from a news article or something would be better. 19:15, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone just vandalised the article Flowering plant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go check it out please!!!!!!!! --Cayman20 (talk) 21:24, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Contact US

You want to ask your question on Wikipedia:Help desk. Falcon8765 (TALK) 20:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Response

I am not sure if you are a moderator, but if you are, I would like to explain the situation. A few days ago, the editor in question began to harass me because I accidentally made two small edits to two articles when I thought I was in sandbox. The editor assumed, based on my past history of a block (which was removed) that I was "vandalizing". Today, he also attacked me while I was making a genuine edit to an article that has not been edited in almost a year. I have not been vandalizing, and I implore you to check the records of our conversations. Andyjoe7and8 (talk) 21:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I also would like to point out that another editor has pointed out that my revisions are genuine and not vandalism. Andyjoe7and8 (talk) 21:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I can provide information that shows the above user has in fact been vandalizing and is just a troll jerking us around. I have taken this to AIV and await an admins' input. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 21:15, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I warned him for removing talk page comments not his own, I'm inclined to assume good faith here though. Falcon8765 (TALK) 21:18, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

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Tropical Storm Igor

This is NOT a hurricane yet. Why do they keep saying its a hurricane when its NOT. The NHC says so and THEY are the main guys of hurricanes. I am NOT vandalizing. I am putting the REAL and TRUE information up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.49.233 (talk) 01:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Can you provide a link to verify? Please don't WP:EDITWAR. Many editors obviously disagree, if you can provide a source, it will fix the situation. Falcon8765 (TALK) 01:18, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Here ya go! http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/112037.shtml 

The latest advisory was 5 PM EST and the link i sent you is that. The 11 PM advisory comes out im two hours and they are wrong the other editors.

Please check your facts carefully as editors were telling you in their edit summaries its a hurricane per the NHC's RBT: ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/btk/bal112010.dat which normally supersedes advisories.Jason Rees (talk) 01:22, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Instead of edit warring, we should discuss it. Started a thread at Talk:2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Falcon8765 (TALK) 01:24, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry i didnt know they had such a thing. thanks for letting me knoww of this valuable page. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.49.233 (talk) 01:24, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

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Mineola, Texas

I would disagree that you believe that the locales of questions are not "notable". The preserve is one of the largest municipal preserves in the country and brings in thousands of tourists per year. The Select Theater is one of the longest continously running theaters in the state and attracts a significant number of people who come just to see that location. I would argue that discussing the preserve is every bit as relevant to Mineola as is discussing White Rock Lake, Bachman Lake, or Cedar Hill State Park on the Dallas, Texas page. I also believe that discussing the Select Theater is every bit as relevant and notable to Mineola as is the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts in Dallas, Texas. What is disguised as "notable" comes off more as big city snobbery when mods pick and choose cultural sections. I greatly object to your deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.50.174 (talk) 05:23, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I understand your concern. If you can provide reliable sources e.g. news articles about how they are notable and the age claims then I would not object to re-addition, and would be happy to help format it correctly. The antiquing sentence just struck me as being promotional. Anyways, I hope you aren't discouraged and are able to find some sources. Falcon8765 (TALK) 21:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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User:199.4.143.84

Hey Maybe you can help me. I added a "fact of history" to the history and GarnetandBlack is attacking it. I have seen his history so I know I am not the only one. It is at South Carolina Football 2010. I saw he had a run in with a Niorth Carolina IP address last night. I am from South Carolina. Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.4.143.84 (talk) 23:30, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

The location of a user determined by IP has nothing to do with editing Wikipedia, and I think I know why you are taking pains to point out that your address is (seemingly) in a different state, it's likely not a coincidence that you are adding very similar content as another anonymous IP that has been troublesome for the past 48 hours. You have made multiple additions of material that violate copyright policy, you are well beyond the hardline for WP:3RR violation, and you have been generally disruptive in this article all day, demonstrating no seeming interest in learning and abiding by Wikipedia policies. Count yourself lucky that you have not been reported and blocked already. Complaining to random users from the article's history is not helping make your case as someone who wants to make productive contributions to this project. GarnetAndBlack (talk) 23:40, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Quotes on Islamic terrorism

Hi , I was trying to find a way to avoid the quotes but I do believe at least some of the quotes are needed. My question is if it would be ok to add a smaller amount of quotes. Like:


Abd_al-Aziz Ibn Baz states:

- "It is well-known to anyone with the slightest amount of common sense that hijacking planes and kidnapping embassy officials and similar acts are some of the greatest universal crimes that result in nothing but widespread corruption and destruction. They place such extreme hardships and injuries upon innocent people, the extent of which only Allāh knows."[1]

Ibn al-Uthaymeen states regarding killing a non-Muslim[2]:

- "As for a non-Muslim living under Muslim rule and a Mu’āhid (a Non-Muslim ally with whom Muslims have a treaty, trust, peace, or agreement), it’s been authentically established that the prophet ( blessings and peace upon him ) said: “Whoever kills a Mu’āhid will not even smell the fragrance of paradise and its fragrance can be smelled from the distance of forty years away.” and he also said:

- “Certainly, one of the most difficult situations for which there is no turning back for whomever casts himself into it - shedding sacred blood without right.”


And keep it at that? Eyrryds (talk) 21:11, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure. The quotes would need proper context and the like. Discuss on the articles talk page. Falcon8765 (TALK) 22:10, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Well I added the comment to talk page and haven't received any response. I would like to add that the two scholars I am quoting are two of the most respected and prolific Islamic sunni scholars of the last century. By all means I encourage you to look it up yourself. Eyrryds (talk) 00:46, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I would be personally fine with one or two quotes worked into a neutral paragraph. Falcon8765 (TALK) 21:36, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Templating the regulars

See WP:COMMENT. Note carefully the part about talk pages.

I guess it is true that one is treated differently when logged out. --24.184.131.16 (talk) 21:17, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I know what hidden comments are for. I would have likely done the same thing had you been a logged in user with no talk page history, the template accurately and succinctly describes the problem. Depending on what the problem is I'll leave a normal message or a template, as it's not practical when going over large numbers of edits to leave a customized message for each one when a template says functionally the same thing. Looking at it again, I probably shouldn't have reverted your edit, but asking a in universe question over an episode summary doesn't strike me as the intent of the comments. Falcon8765 (TALK) 22:09, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Asking about small points is one of the classic uses of comments, and has been for the last 6 years I've been around. Does a character's inability to get drunk really merit a full-blown talk page section, with a quote, link to the revision, signatures, and consensus gathering? No - the right response would have been to edit the reverted revision to read '...and can't get drunk due to her religious vows' or whatever the in-universe reason is. And plot summaries don't simply leave threads hanging like that. --Gwern (contribs) 23:13 18 September 2010 (GMT)
Alright, I still don't agree with the rationale, but will concede your point. Falcon8765 (TALK) 03:59, 19 September 2010 (UTC)


German Pinscher Vandal

An unregistered user is constantly vandalizing the German Pinscher wiki because of his / her dislike of cropped and docked dogs. This is an international wiki which should represent the WHOLE world, not just Europe Their IP address is : 81.226.7.18. Please help! GermanPinscher (talk) 05:15, 20 September 2010 (UTC)


Hi, the user GermanPinscher on the German_Pinscher page is constantly calling me a vandal and inserting subjective wordings in the descriptions. The user is also constantly adding a certain picture that, if you click it will give a link to a specific kennel. The picture is in low quality and its very weird that this user wants to have it as the MAIN picture. Can you look into the matter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.226.7.18 (talk) 04:58, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

You both need to stop edit warring and actually discuss the issue on Talk:German_Pinscher instead of throwing accusations at each other. Nothing is accomplished that way. Falcon8765 (TALK) 21:39, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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thanks for the edit on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectra_Energy

your comments about my inclusion of an external link could certainly be applied to the whole page which reads as if it was copied directly from Spectra Energy's website, which is one of the two other external links. i included the link in the interest of balancing the page towards a more neutral content. thanks again! 96.250.216.18 (talk) 00:50, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I've added a problem tag to the page. Falcon8765 (TALK) 02:35, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Shiny Object

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Not content with distributing ordinary barnstars, I have illegally enriched several ordinary barnstars, for the purposes of rewarding others for outstanding individual achievement. Congratulations, you have just been awarded one of these rare treasures. They glow in the dark, yes, but I'm sure they are perfectly safe.

For protecting my userspace. Ironicly I was awarding another editor a barnstar for protecting my userspace from the same vandal at the exact same time you preformed the actions that earned you this star. Thanks, Sven Manguard Talk 07:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

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Unregistered Cohabitation in Israel

I'm not sure if you saw my response to your question of several weeks ago, so I'm reposting it here.

Transgendered people are allowed the like entry in Israel, but that's not really the issue. We can switch "LGBT" to "gay" if insufficient documentation is available. The real issue is: the LGBT community rarely if ever uses the term, homosexual, finding it condescending and eliciting of memories of the classification as a mental illness. The religious right has adopted the term "homosexual" as a negative term as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.52.138 (talk) 18:22, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

If you are referring to User_talk:SpikeToronto#LGBT then yes. Falcon8765 (TALK) 20:17, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

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I need help plz!

Hey how do i edit pages? Thx! --69.176.183.250 (talk) 22:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

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Unhelpful edits made from my IP address

Hi Falcon8765, First - thanks for your service to Wikipedia. I adore this online resource; in the course of this issue today I poked around a little and you're obviously one of the good guys. One of a zillion, sure, but I can hardly believe this concept works and it's important to me that I express my appreciation at the very least. I realize this won't be the highest thing on your to-do list. There are doubtless many auto-generated pages of info on this Today when using the wikipedia built-in search - maybe for the first time ever since I usually land here via Google - I was greeted by this:

User talk:96.253.179.2 Someone using this IP address has made unhelpful edits to the page Extraterrestrial life, which have been reverted. If you did this, in the future please try to contribute in a more constructive manner. If you did not do this, you may wish to consider getting a username to avoid confusion with other editors. (Squarewave007 (talk) 07:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)); this will automatically produce your name and timestamp. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Falcon8765 (talk) 00:59, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

For the past five years, this has been a static IP address used by me and my family. There are only three of us here, and a few guests; I can't imagine any of us has edited anything on Wikipedia, let alone maliciously. After looking around I couldn't find a way to locate the unhelpful edit that came from my IP address; perhaps it's not archived that far back? I do see from this message that it was reverted on or about 10 January 2010.

Could you let me know if it's still possible, and if so - how?

Thanks for your help. I know it's not a huge deal, but for my part I certainly want to make sure none of MY family or friends has ANY hand in polluting something as awesome as Wikipedia.

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