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Luna class starship VfD
Hi! I think you've messed up a bit with the VfD entry you've created for Luna class starship. You haven't linked it to the VfD main page (so that people would see it), and you're not supposed to start a new VfD debate this soon after the previous one has ended (it's only been for days). - ulayiti (talk)  00:43, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * No problem, I've added the nomination to Votes for deletion/Log/2005 August 15. - ulayiti (talk)  00:51, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * You can't close the debate, but it will probably be closed by someone after a short while. After it's closed, you should wait a few weeks (I'd suggest at least a month or so) before renominating it. - ulayiti (talk)  01:03, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I've closed the new VfD. Please wait at least several weeks before nominating this article again. If you have questions about the VfD process, please feel free to ask me. -- Essjay ·  Talk 04:16, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Earth.gif
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Bush Crimes Commission
She gone! Morton devonshire 01:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Rotatinearth.gif
Thanks for uploading Image:Rotatinearth.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Doctor Who/Simpsons
Hi, Aeon. I noticed that you removed the Fourth Doctor-Simpsons style from Doctor Who. However, you didn't use an edit summary, so other people have to guess why you did it. Do you think it's not fair use? If so, why not? Thanks. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:02, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks. I hadn't noticed that the image was deleted.  That's a shame — I'll go see why it was. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad to have you around! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

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Re: Vandal
I am not an admin, but if you have an issue with a vandal, and they have been appropriately warned, you can list them at WP:AIV with the following template:. Be sure to give a reason why they should be blocked.-- digital_m  e  ( Talk  ) (  Contribs  ) 23:54, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application
Dear Aeon1006,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact with the new 1.1 version release it has even more power. As such we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that unfortunately you do not meet our 250 mainspace edit minimum. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof.

- Gl e n  TC (Stollery)  04:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

My request
Hi Aeon1006, Thanks for responding to my request. After looking into the situation with some images, I understand what went on, even though it was not explained to me by the other editor. I won't require any assistance at this time. --Fahrenheit451 15:38, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

*** Important - Your input requested ASAP ***
Please see this Deletion review.

Merecat 00:30, 4 May 2006 (UTC) --- ---
 * Please tell me what you think of this: Articles for deletion/Rationales to impeach George W. Bush (3rd nomination).
 * You can leave your message on this talk page here.

monobook.js
We both edited at the same article not too long ago, so I was checking you edits list. What is "monobook.js" and what is it used for? Sal 09:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Attention!
Replace with  (reason stated at WP:UB). The Republican 20:50, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

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General Eisenhower (at war or at peace) 18:16, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

voting on xfDed articles
G'day Aeon,

some editors on xfD subpages like to break down their opinions into the wiki equivalent of sound bites; that's what the bolded "recommendations" are for. It's a very popular habit, particularly for users who worry they may not be clear enough in prose. However, a bolded recommendation is not enough: even ten people who say "delete nn" on AfD can be "outvoted" by a single person who says "keep, he won the Nobel Prize for literature, has been on the front page of the /New York Times/ repeatedly since he became the President of the United States, and holds the world speed record for climbing Mount Everest naked while chewing tobacco". The important thing is the reasoning. Hope this clarifies, fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 05:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

California WikiProjects
As a California Wikipedian, you may be interested in the California WikiProject (and/or one of its 'daughter' Wikiprojects on Southern California,  Santa Barbara County, California State Highways and California County Routes). Please take a look at the WikiProject to see if there is anything that interests you. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to contact me. If enough people express an interest, it would also be very easy to create additional daughter WikiProjects, such as a Northern California WikiProject or a California Politics WikiProject.

It has also more than seven months since the 2nd Los Angeles area Wikipedia meetup ([ 26 September]] 2005), so it is time for another one. There have also been California meetups in San Diego (18 October 2005) and a very small one in Santa Barbara (8 April 2006. It's also about time that the Bay Area gets its first Meetup if anyone is willing to organize it. Blank Verse 05:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Article formatting
Hurricanehink ( talk ) 20:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Mail-order bride
I noticed you reverted another editor's nasty comments on the Mail-order bride talk page. While I agree that his comments were inappropriate, I think it's important that they stay on the page, since this was not vandalism, but part of an ongoing dispute with an uncooperative editor whom we've been trying to negotiate with for quite a while and the discussion needs to stay intact. It wasn't vandalism, either; Michael is quite sincere, as far as I can tell. I reverted your deletion. --Grace 03:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

DM
hi could you please help me getting the code right for Diogo Briso Mainardi? the article linked

http://conjur.estadao.com.br/static/text/45378,1

gives his name as "DIOGO BRISO MAINARDI" at the bottom. thanks. Doidimais Brasil 03:33, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

i found a different link with the same info

http://www.viajus.com.br/noticias/viajus.php?pagina=noticias&fazer=mostrar&cod_news=7082589&editoria=portal-viars-direito

DISTRITO FEDERAL RELATOR: MIN. GILMAR MENDES REQUERENTE(S): DIOGO BRISO MAINARDI Doidimais Brasil 04:56, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry for that. The only thing I ask, which I don´t know how to do myself and I failed at trying, is to code that link (which starts with viajus.com.br) as a source for the fact that Mainardi is named Briso. That´s it =). Like: Diogo Briso (little ble arrow) Mainardi. Thanks =) Doidimais Brasil 05:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

The AFD on Eon Blue Apocalypse
The Article as been blanked, can it be deleted since it is going to have consenus to delete? Aeon 23:07, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The article was blanked by an anonymous IP address. If they wanted to register their opinion then they should have done so on the AfD rather than vandalise the article-in-question.  I have reverted their vandalism and left a message to this effect on their Talk page. The AfD may be relisted because of a lack of votes or closed as a delete consensus by the closing admin. In either case, when the consensus is not a speedy delete, the process takes five Calendar days from the point of the AfD starting.   (aeropagitica)    (talk)   05:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

User page vandalism
Happy to help - cheers! --P e ruvianLlama(spit) 06:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Aeon1006! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Computerjoe 's talk 18:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
...for the "last warning" warning. I just blocked 203.10.59.63 for massive reverting, edit-warring, and abuse. I presume you meant to give the warning to him. Antandrus (talk) 05:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * No problem! Happy editing, Antandrus  (talk) 05:05, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Revert
Thanks for reverting the spurious AfD tag on Higgins glass. I'm sure that any article which gets mentioned on the Main Page is a likely target for nonsense. Keep up the good work! :) --Doc Tropics 15:36, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

And I just noticed your stress-level rising. Anything I could help you with? --Doc Tropics 16:41, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I found the AfD you mentioned. Can you say..."sockpuppets"? I threw in my own comment and I'll watch the discussion. Re the vandalism, I'd take that as a sign that you're on the right track. Keep your chin up :) --Doc Tropics 17:07, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2
The July issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:51, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I need an advocate.
Dear Advocate,

I need an advocate. My user name is "Michael D. Wolok" Thank you.

Best regards, Michael

Greetings Earthling!
Hi there,

I thank you very much for your help offer. I didn't know I had a talk page. I prefer communicating by email because I all ready have to many places to check for messages each day. Don't you. I don't know if I need to look here for your response, or my talk page or someother place else. If you respond to me you might send me an email letting me know where to find your reply. I apologize for being such a pain in the ass. But it really would help newcomers if there was a single Wikipedia FAQ that newcomers to Wikipedia couldn't miss. I think I am going to post this suggestion on Mr. Wales' talk page.

I have a lot of patience, a lot of time, and a lot of determination--a lot more than the average person. Wikipedia loses a lot of talent by being so esoteric.

Warmest and kindest regards, Michael D. Wolok

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #1
Number 1, June 4, 2006 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary of the activities of the WikiProject over the past month and upcoming events over the next month. In addition monthly tropical cyclone activity will be summarized.

You have received this as you are a member of the WikiProject, please add your username in the appropriate section on the mailing list. If you do not add your name to that list, the WikiProject will assume you do not wish to receive future versions of The Hurricane Herald. Sorry if the newsletter breaks your talk page formatting.

Storm of the month Typhoon Chanchu was the first typhoon and first super typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on May 9 over the open western Pacific Ocean, Chanchu moved over the Philippines on the 11th. There, it dropped heavy rainfall, causing mudslides, crop damage, and 41 deaths. It moved into the South China Sea, where it rapidly strengthened to a super typhoon on May 14, one of only two super typhoons recorded in the sea. It turned to the north, weakened, and struck the Fujian province of China as a minimal typhoon on the 17th. The typhoon flooded 192 houses, while heavy rainfall caused deadly mudslides. In China, Chanchu caused at least 25 deaths and $480 million in damage (2006 USD). Elsewhere on its path, strong waves from the typhoon sank eleven Vietnamese ships, killing at least 44 people. In Taiwan, heavy rainfall killed two people, while in Japan, severe waves killed one person and injured another.

Other tropical cyclone activity
 * Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm.

New and improved articles
 * New storm articles include: Typhoon Joan (1970), Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Tropical Storm Matthew (2004), Storm of October 1804, Typhoon Chanchu (2006) and Cyclone Olaf.


 * New non-storm articles include: Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology, Dvorak technique and List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones.


 * New Featured articles: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Irene (2005) and Hurricane Claudette (2003)


 * Articles which became A/GA class: Hurricane Katrina (A), Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans (A), Hurricane Felix (1995) (GA), Cyclone Percy (A), Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 (A), List of New Jersey hurricanes (A), Hurricane John (1994) (A), Tropical Storm Isabel (1985) (GA), Tropical Storm Odette (2003) (GA)

New articles and improvements wanted
 * An article is requested on subtropical ridge
 * The current collaboration of the fortnight is Hurricane Gilbert, please help improve this article.
 * Improvements are requested to Indianola Hurricane of 1886, Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Andrew.
 * The WikiProject is likely to submit Hurricane John (1994) and Hurricane Katrina to Featured Article Candidates in the near future, so please help improve them to featured standard.

Member of the month The May member of the month is Tito XD. The WikiProject awards this to him for his brilliant work in improving articles. Tito XD joined the WikiProject in October just after it had been founded. Since then he has contributed substantially to many articles, for example Hurricane Nora (1997), which is currently a Featured Article Candidate. He is also actively involved in the assessment of articles and so helps to improve many more articles.

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If you have a topic which is not directly related to any specific article but is relevant to the WikiProject bring it up on the Newsletters talk page, and it will probably be included in a future edition of The Hurricane Herald.

These two sections are decided by the community on the newsletter's talk page:
 * Storm of the month: This is determined by a straw poll on the page. While all storms will be mentioned on the newsletter, the selected storm will be described in more detail.
 * Member of the month: Nominations are made on the talk page, voting is by secret ballot; read the talk page for details. The winner receives the WikiProject's barnstar (when we make it).

Main Page content
 * 2005 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 1.
 * Hurricane Floyd will appear on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on June 17.
 * Entries from Dvorak technique, Typhoon Joan (1970), Typhoon Chanchu (2006), and Storm of October 1804 appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during May.
 * Entries from 5 other articles relating to tropical cyclones had appeared in the Did you know column earlier in 2006.

Storm article statistics

The assessment scale
 * The cyclone assessment scale is one of the bases of the new assessment scale for Version 1.0 of Wikipedia. It splits articles into several categories by quality, to identify which articles are "finished" and which ones still need to be improved.
 * The assessment scale by itself counts of several grades:
 * FA: reserved for articles that have been identified as featured content only.
 * A: this grade is given to articles that are considered ready for peer review. The way to get this grade assigned to an article is by asking other cyclone editors at the WikiProject's assessment page.
 * GA: reserved for articles that have passed a good article nomination.
 * B: these articles are "halfway there", and have most of the details of a complete article, yet it still has significant gaps in its coverage.
 * Start: articles that fall in this category have a decent amount of content, yet it is weak in many areas. Be bold and feel free to improve them!
 * Stub: these articles are mostly placeholders, and may in some cases be useless for the reader. It needs a lot of work to be brought to A-Class level.
 * The way to use these assessments is by adding a parameter to the WikiProject template on the articles talk page ( as an example). This feeds the article into a category which is read and parsed to create an assessment table, summary and log.

Uhhh...
This was meant to be vandalized. I was making my picture look 3D-ish. Let me guess: still learning how to use Vandalproof? :)  69.145.123.171 Hello!  Saturday, June 24, 2006, 04:38 (UTC)


 * Not a problem. Happens all the time, which is why I think I'll go without using Vandalproof... Too tough to learn. :)  69.145.123.171 Hello!  Saturday, June 24, 2006, 04:41 (UTC)

AfD
Technically? Yes... but it won't happen. The thing is that everyone is invited to participate in an AfD discussion... even anomomous IPs... even when they've show a kindergarten level ability to construct a logical argument. At the end of the AfD it is rather likely that all anon IPs and newly created users will be discounted. My guess though is that there are enough keeps from longer term users that at the end of the day, this will be another No Consensus. My advice is to just take a deep breath, stay WP:COOL, and if it is stressing you out, stay away from the AfD for a bit.--Isotope23 18:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, yeah... userpage vandalism is the eventual outcome of doing anything controversial. I've gotten 6-7 vandalisms in my time here.--Isotope23 18:26, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * FYI - I've requested that someone (an Admin) look into the parade of sockpuppets. I think it's appropriate for the comments of confirmed sockpuppets to be struck out (stricken?). But now I'm going to follow Isotope's advice and stay away for awhile. Who needs this much silliness? --Doc Tropics 18:30, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Closed as Delete on July 4th, 2006. That was...interesting, eh? :) --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 18:40, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd propose a betting pool on how long they take to recreate the article (and have it deleted again)...but that would probably not be good wikiquette :) --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 21:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Heh, heh...no bet. It is nice to see that reason can prevail over simple masses of opinion on WP. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 06:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)