User talk:Unscented/Archive 1

News from Nowhere: Journal of the Oxford English Faculty Opposition

Hi, thanks for the heads up, I added a reference for the Copac listing of the book, hope this improves things, if there's any other important info or citations I should be adding, let me know and I'll try and get on to it. Buntworthy (talk) 20:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't know of any other information that needs to be added, but if you have any more references, it would be a good idea to add them, because it's preferred that articles have multiple sources.--Unscented (talk) 20:10, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Zelda series numbering

I've reverted your edits to some of the articles of the recent Zelda games based on the official listing of Zelda games at http://www.zelda.com/universe/, which clarifies Four Swords as a part of the series; at least, that what I believe you were changing the numbering on. This listing is, I think, what the numbering is based on. Haipa Doragon (talk • contributions) 19:22, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I was changing the numbering based on the fact that our template for the Zelda series games doesn't list Four Swords as part of the main series. I guess I'd better go back and revert all those changes I made to the numbered redirects (Zelda 8, Zelda 9, etc.), and edit the series template to prevent any further confusion.--Unscented (talk) 21:07, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of my NSU page

turn my back for 30 seconds and the page is deleted - indeed it looks like it was deleted within seconds of being uploaded.!!

Thanks

Now I need to re-create the bugger

Can someone on wiki show some commonsense and get rid of the delete and edit zealots who give no-one a chance to do something, and seem to have nothing better to do that criticise and delete! Sulzer55 (talk) 05:35, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it had no content. When you recreate it, I recommend adding the information immediately, before you add the picture, so that it won't be deleted again under the same criteria. --Unscented (talk) 20:08, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Subprime Nation

Hi Unscented,

I have been a used for years but this is the first entry that I have created. I perhaps should have added more refrences. I will do that soon. If you could hold off the deletion until I get the time to do that I would be obliged. ConnemaraMan (talk) 10:59, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but now that the debate has already started, there's nothing I can do to stop it. However, if you can improve the article to address the concerns raised in the debate, you could very well sway the progress towards a keep consensus.--Unscented (talk) 19:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng

Thank you for adding to the Article Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng, he was listed in the List of historians, in which I am trying to get rid of the Red Links. Many Red Links were not correctly linked to the Wiki Articles - hence Red, these I've corrected, however such as Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng has no article, yet I felt merited one. --BSTemple (talk) 20:15, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

A centralised discussion which may interest you

Hi. You may be interested in a centralised discussion on the subject of "lists of unusual things" to be found here. SP-KP (talk) 17:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hope you come back

Hey, we noticed you haven't been around en.wiki for awhile, so you've been moved to the WikiProject Orphanage Inactive list. We hope you'll come back, move your name back to the active list, and get back to de-orphaning real soon! Aervanath (talk) 18:42, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Realise the dream

I've declined to speedy Realise the dream because I think there is some potential for an article on this competition. I speedied it as a copyvio in December, but it's been rewritten since then. You are welcome to take the article to AfD for a discussion.-gadfium 02:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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Wuhwuzdat (talk) 13:59, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

undelete

Thanks. I restored the talk page.--ragesoss (talk) 20:14, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Deletion

No, you got it right, but I may have gotten it wrong. Since there was already an article and the title with the apostrophes at either end made it an implausible redirect, I deleted it per WP:SNOW. I can restore it if you'd prefer that it run its course. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:32, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

In this case, I think a Snowball Delete could probably be justified.--Unscented (talk) 20:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Three Orphan Kittens DYK submission

Hello! Your submission of Three Orphan Kittens at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jamie^☆S93 21:03, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Three Orphan Kittens

On March 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Three Orphan Kittens, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 18:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Leverage

My leverage comment is, as stated, to gain access into discussions in situations where many admin refuse to listen to non-admin. Unblock discussions, for example, then to act in just that manner. As does ArbCom enforcement. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the clarification. My oppose still stands, however, due to your substantial block log.--Unscented (talk) 20:06, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

5 blocks. Two of them were right out problematic (you can even notice the one admin admitting their CoI while changing things back and forth in order to find an excuse to indef me). If you read the talk page during the time, you would see a lot of fighting over the blocks. None of those blocks went undisputed by many standard and well known regulars around here. Three of them no longer have the same status that they did in the community (and you can see Ryulong's ArbCom for abusing his admin tools as proof). Most of those blocks were done by the same group of people, with each other responding to the unblocks and the rest. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:16, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, I have been an admin over at Wikiversity for 6 months now and worked with those like Jimbo when trying to deal with a problematic user who has been banned from WMF projects. Ottava Rima (talk) 20:17, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Ulrich Noethen

IMDb counts as a source, right? I don't know too much about Noethen.- JustPhil 20:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe IMDb can be used as a source for some things, but not others.WP:Citing IMDb should answer your questions, but keep in mind that it's only a proposal, not an official guideline.--Unscented (talk) 12:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Sandra

Concerning "Nights in White Satin", you will find everything about this article, in the listed reference form, in its entirety, whereas nothing else is absolutely needed to be cited. Please check this for yourself. Thank you very much! --76.198.234.254 (talk) 17:18, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

That's good. The reason why I tagged it wasn't because it had information not supported by sources, but because it only cited one source, and multiple sources are preferred. Other sources have since been added, and the tag has been removed accordingly.--Unscented (talk) 12:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

MOON-kana-

Is simply Kana_(Japanese_musician). The old page has been there for at least 2 years now and has never been nominated for deletion. She's changed her stage name since the old article has been written. Tagging this page for deletion is ridiculous IMO. Very Old School Goth (talk) 01:56, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Just because the page has been around for two years doesn't mean it should have - I came across the new article at Special:newpages, tried to find some evidence that it met any of the inclusion criteria laid out at WP:BAND, and couldn't find any. If you can prove that the article meets any of the criteria, go ahead and share it.--Unscented (talk) 22:41, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

New user

Im new to the wikipedia thing and was proving a point as to how fast the site is controled.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.19.239.210 (talk) 11:45, 9 June 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Feel free to make constructive contributions to articles, but in the future, try to avoid disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate a point as it's against policy and will get you blocked. If you want to make test edits, you can use the sandbox, but remember that you're never allowed to insert defamatory material about living persons into any part of Wikipedia.--Unscented (talk) 17:40, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Grain (surfboard company)

I've re-written this article to promote a neutral point of view but the tag for possible speedy deletion is still on it.

Please advise. Any tips from you would be deeply appreciated. Commit charge (talk) 23:59, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

There's no danger of the article being Speedy Deleted - the tag only indicates that it needs improvement. I'm not sure what tips I can give you, so my best advice would be to read some of the pages in Category:Wikipedia neutral point of view, and if you still need help after that, ask at the neutral point of view noticeboard.--Unscented (talk) 13:24, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks much, Unscented! \m/ Commit charge (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:41, 14 August 2009 (UTC).

Cleanup?

Hi. In reference to your "cleanup" edit here, a few points: the linking of date fragments is now deprecated; the linking of common terms (such as "Amsterdam") is now frowned upon; over-linking (why the extra link to "Handel's other works"?) is undesirable; "Jeanne Roger" is unlikely to ever get a page since it is a fictitious name (so no need for a red link); and there is no need to make Handel's name bold since he is not the subject of the article. I also feel the "Orphan" banner to be a tad unnecessary as an esoteric article such as "Handel flute sonatas" is realistically only going to be linked from one page (the main list of compositions by Handel). I have left the "Single Source" banner as that is correct.
Just out of interest, do you use an automatic tool to do such work, or do you think carefully about each edit? In either case, I would suggest that you both keep up-to-date with current trends at the various MOS pages, and that you carefully consider the semantics of each of your edits. Thanks for taking an interest in the works of Handel.
 HWV258  23:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi, if I could reinforce what HWV has said: the relevant guidelines are at WP:LINK and WP:MOSNUM. Tony (talk) 00:05, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about the unnecessary edits; I was in a bit of a rush and didn't examine the relevant guidelines carefully enough. I'll try to ensure that no such mistakes happen again.--Unscented (talk) 16:32, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Wayne Allwine.jpg)

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Thanks for uploading File:Wayne Allwine.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image 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 images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit vs. Oswald the lucky Rabbit

Back in March, you removed a template for merging in Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to merge into Oswald the lucky Rabbit. Note the change in case on "lucky". I'm going to go put the template back in. Just thought I should tell you. Later, Fruckert (talk) 04:58, 11 October 2009 (UTC)