User:Joyous!/Talk archive 14

Edinburgh Zoo GAN
Hello, I saw that you had given a preliminary review of the article for GAN. I hope you don't mind me butting in, but I left further suggestions on the talk page. In short, I feel this article is not comprehensive enough in order to be promoted at this time, so I left various suggestions for expansion which should take a while to complete. However, since you are technically the reviewer, I'll leave it up for you to judge. There is a backlog for GA candidates, however, and this article has been sitting for two weeks now, so perhaps you'd like to make a decision sooner rather than later? If you need further help, just let me know. María ( habla con migo ) 15:45, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quick reply! I definitely believe there is a wiki-job for everyone, so don't be down on yourself.  The more positive a reviewer is, the better they're liked, after all; I tend to be far too critical sometimes, which has got be in trouble before. :)  The most important thing is that the article benefits from our suggestions, and you made an excellent start of it.  I'm glad you agreed with my assessment, and hopefully this article will be ready for next time.  Take care, María ( habla  con migo ) 16:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Unhappy, apparently
Hey! Fuck you; you stupid prick. This is a shared IP and I don't need your queer recommendations on how to use the sandbox. I use Wikipedia frequently and in 5 years have never once vandalised a page until you can strolling along and forced me to defend my honour by saying, FUCK YOU ASSHOLE! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.35.171.197 (talk) 00:26, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Odd. I didn't force you to do anything. Actually, most people on a shared IP just ignore those messages, if they were misdirected. Try that next time. Joyous! | Talk 01:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Joyous! I was passing through and saw the garbage above - interesting spelling for someone apparently in the Seattle area, don't you think? I do hope you feel the urge to lodge a formal complaint with QWEST. Accountability and all that. Hope the move went well and you're enjoying the new vista! AncientBrit (talk) 18:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I second that. You use the term faggot on your page but then go around acusing people of vandalism. Well you are a bigot and a hypocrit! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chadk77 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry you're unhappy. I don't actually see where I've used the term anywhere on my userpage or talk page, though. Joyous! | Talk 00:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

IP Vandal
Thanks. I'm not an admin (although I'm in coaching and shooting for a May RfA), or I would have done it myself - I jumped from a level 1 to 4 warning because of all the past activity. I probably could have even skipped the first, but WP:AGF blah blah. Tanthalas39 (talk) 23:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Halo Wars
it wanst exactly that I wnated it deleted it just had some innapropiate content until someone fixed it, now it is ok and I wont try to delete it--Kingrock (talk) 04:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Days of the year guideline
As a frequent contributor (or vandal patroller) to the days of the year articles (WP:DAYS), your comments on the current state of the proposed guideline for that project would be greatly appreciated. Discussion is taking place here. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:57, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Valley Forge High School
Hey. Try being a little more careful when reverting vandalism. While your revert here was technically right, you reverted the page to an attack state. Just pointing it out, since it probably would've been up there for some time had I not noticed it. Wizardman 22:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for catching my error. Joyous! | Talk 02:15, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

hello
hello joyous,

regarding Image:Honor_deo.jpg

can you tell me why this was deleted, as I think it is useful, and other schools articles feature emblems, but don't want to make the mistake of undoing something that was done for a reason. Thanks. Philc 0780 20:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

hello from queenmomcat
Thank you; I'm a librarian, though in adult services, so I wanted to make sure that the entries for various books were as accurate as I could make them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Queenmomcat (talk • contribs) 02:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

justinfr
Hey,

Thanks for monitoring my talk page last night. The person was originally vandalizing Armour as 70.233.155.53 and returned as 70.233.158.82, 70.233.166.58, and 70.233.167.38. Rotating IPs can be so much fun! justinfr (talk) 12:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the revert on my talk page. Landon1980 (talk) 02:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA thankspam
Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoy gabs adds 20:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

CAPRI PANTS
Hi, I read your comment in regard to the picture of the Capri pants. And I totally agree with you. We would like to replace it with the historical first photo of the original Capri pants as well as the first photo with acress Mady Rahl instead (we own the copyright); however, I don't know how to do it? Could you possibly help me with this? Thank you. Eleonora de Lennart, PhD --Eleonora De Lennart 14:56, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello Joyous!
Thank you very much for your advice. Best! Eleonora --Eleonora De Lennart 10:16, 28 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delennart (talk • contribs)

My night has been made...
...for the Joyous One is slaying vandals! It is beyond good to see you. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:50, 8 November 2008 (UTC)



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Positive Chaos
Upon looking for this band (Positive Chaos), I noticed that they had been deleted a few years ago by you. I came across them on the WCCC-FM page, and saw that they still don't have a page. I was wondering if someone could create a page about them, I'd be willing to do it, but I don't want to do it and then see it deleted.

Drv7788 (talk) 19:29, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page. Joyous! | Talk 02:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for responding, I read the requirements and based on the criteria, I think these guys make it. They were featured on WCCC-FM and were also featured on the Webster Compilation album with their single "Sore". If you wouldn't mind shooting me the original article I'll do a little more research and spruce it up a bit.

Drv7788 (talk) 02:57, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Pages
I am writing this because you have deleted my page cash crate. It was not advertising or spam or whatever, it was a true honest report with positives and negatives it was not advertising so please do not delete it again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Businessmouse (talk • contribs) 11:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I was wondering why this page was deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Dudde I don't believe this deletion occurred in 2005, if that is what's indicated by the log. I would like this page to be restored. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.26.86.178 (talk) 01:32, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Lynn of Tawa
I've restored Lynn of Tawa to the List of fictional New Zealanders because she is rather well known (though mainly to New Zealanders who were adults in the 1970s), and she has an entry in the major New Zealand encyclopedia, Te Ara. I've added Te Ara as a source.

The list is marginal and might not survive an AfD; I split it from a very disorganised List of New Zealanders some time ago.- gadfium 20:16, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Kuriki
Long time ago you concluded here that this page should be deleted - but seems it it wasn't. I've nominated it again here here. Can you help ensuring it actually goes away this time? --Noe (talk) 09:38, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

We were all wrong
RE: Articles for deletion/Yara-ma-ya-hoo and Articles for deletion/Yara-ma-yha-who my AfD. travb (talk) 08:38, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thankies ^_^
Thank you very much for the offer ^_^ You guessed right -- haven't been around here very long. I think if I find something that really confuses me that nobody has fixed yet, I'll ask you, kay? You're my new friend. Sparkstarthunderhawk (talk) 00:44, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Bean musicals
It looks very promotional to me. Many of the articles don't even make it clear where, or even if, these musicals have ever been produced. All the references are to Bean's own websites. If you AfD them, I'll vote to support. Let me know! -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Los Angeles Ovation Awards are legitimate awards given for theatre in Los Angeles (if he really got it), so I think that Wondrettes is OK if it checks out. If a play was produced by a blue-linked regional theatre company and got reviews from legitimate papers, then it is probably going to survive an AfD, especially if it received more than one such production.  If not, then it should be AfD'd.  However, these articles are extremely vaguely written:  In each case, they should clearly state who wrote the book, lyrics and music; what previous material the work is based upon, if any; who directed and choreographed; when and where it was produced, and how long it ran; what major reviews it got, and what they said; what notable actors were in it.  Obviously, all the promotional language must be deleted.  Best regards!  -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

MWAAAAHHH!
Wow, am I ever glad to see you're online! Just caught you at the blocked users page. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:04, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

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Shalos
I have a question I went to put a speedy bio on this only to realize that it is a fictional bio and db-bio doesn't apply. Should I just prod it or put db-context on it instead?  Whispe ring  04:16, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Pantheism article
Just so you'll know, the IP user who has made the recent deletions in the Pantheism article now has a User ID. This user has explained on my Talk page, and I have responded there. So feel free to drop by and add your advice and comments as well. Thank you very much for helping to improve this encyclopedia! .`^) Paine Ellsworthdiss`cuss (^`.  01:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

June 25, Linking Dates
Thanks for clearing that up Joyous!, I thought an error had occurred and that someone forgot to link some of the dates. (Pr3st0n (talk) 05:31, 4 July 2009 (UTC))

List of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? episodes
I need your help. One user using various IP addresses keeps merging the 5 seasons of the list of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? episodes together into one full episode list, but it's supposed to be at seperate seasons for easier reading. He can't be blocked, because he'll get a new IP address, so the only way it can be done is if that page is protected against vandalism. Can you help, please? WikiLubber (talk) 02:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

(replied at your talk page) Joyous! | Talk 02:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

new user, GA improvement
Hi Joyous!, I was hoping you could give me some advice. I'm a new user, and I just finished my first expansion of a stub (my namesake). I had it assessed at the Children's lit project up to a B, and I want to keep improving it. Do you think you could look it over and tell me what it needs before I nominate it for GA status? Thanks! Maniacmagee (talk) 17:25, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I just added it to the nomination list. Thanks for your help. Maniacmagee (talk) 00:14, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Re increased block time
No problem with that :) EyeSerene talk 08:28, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Newbery
I have it down where I copy and paste such that it takes me between 30-45 seconds to create the main page and talk page for each article. I plan on doing them in batches by decade, with a break in betweeen them. I think I should be able to knock out all of the oldest books today. For some of the more recent ones I am likely going to try and create real pages which will no doubt slow me down. I noticed you added in a reference & category for the books and I will use that going forward.Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:53, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

(replied on your talk page) Joyous! | Talk 16:58, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * While doing my job as a new article patroller, I have noticed that you and Barkeep49 are creating several articles about Newbery winners. I am sure there are some in the Wikipedia community that would feel that the list of recipients in the Newbery Medal article is sufficient and that each book having its own article is overkill and not encyclopedic. For now, I am going to indicate that each new article has been patrolled, on the basis that each book article should be improved in the future to include at least a basic story line. That is the kind of information our Wikipedia users would be looking for, and that is why we are all here, isn't it. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 18:06, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * In the future, would you please use the template instead of the  tag in the Reference section. Usage of the template is preferred and has several advantages. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 18:28, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Robin McKinley
Noticing your interest in Newbery winners, I wondered whether you might be interested in helping me clean up Robin McKinley's page. It looks as though it has been put together by fans a while ago and has had very little serious attention since then. I'm collecting a list of possible sources and references which I can paste into my talk page if you would like to collaborate. My interest is more to do with cleaning up unreferenced BLPs in the Children's Literature Project (am currently working on the Peter Sis page) than the Newbery Medal but it occurred to me that our interests might coincide on this page. Oh - and she also happens to be married into my family, so I have to be extremely careful to maintain a NPOV--Plad2 (talk) 11:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Susan Patron
Another Newbery Medal winner in need of attention, if you are interested and have time. I've added references to avoid the risk of it being deleted as an unreferenced BLP but it is really very scanty as it stands.--Plad2 (talk) 20:42, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Message from WikiProject Children's literature
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sandbox
Hi Joyous! Your sandbox page is showing up in the Category:Bird terminology list. Any chance we can get you to clear it out? The fecal sac article has been vastly improved since you last looked at it... Thanks, MeegsC | Talk 14:45, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! MeegsC | Talk 19:16, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. It was no trouble. Joyous! | Talk 13:57, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

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Sharon Creech
The biography of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech has just popped up on the WikiProject Children's literature/Unreferenced BLPs list. With your interest in the Medal, I thought I would draw this to your attention in case you felt like fixing it.--Plad2 (talk) 06:08, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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Roald Dahl
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Requesting information about a deleted article (2005 deletion)
Hi,

I wanted to ask your help with something. In 2005 you deleted an article Abdulkarim Ghuraib. The deletion log is below. The reason I am asking your help is because I am involved in the editing of the article Algiers Accords. From the article Iran hostage crisis, I extracted this name. After a citation was requested (with good reason I might add), I searched to verify the existence and role of this person; my web searches have not turned up a person "Abdulkarim Ghuraib". I scanned the history of the Iran hostage crisis article, and saw that the name was added in this edit Iran hostage crisis, Revision as of 2005-02-07T20:18:25, with an edit summary pointing to the deleted article.

The deletion discussion Articles_for_deletion/Abdulkarim_Ghuraib only refers to notability and the fact that he did not turn up in Google. In the contents of the article were there any sort of references for this person and his role in the negotiations? Is is meaningful and possible for me to see the contents of the article before it was deleted?

2005-02-19T21:23:54 Joyous! (talk | contribs) deleted "Abdulkarim Ghuraib" ‎ (vfd consensus. content was: ' Abdulkarim Ghuraib is a former Algerian ambassador to the United States. Assisted as an intermediary in the [[Iran ...')

Thanks,

--Atavi (talk) 20:53, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply.
 * Don't worry about the delay. It's fine. I had noticed in your contributions that your last edit at the time was a while back, so I wasn't expecting a quick response.
 * As for the substance, you're quite right. It doesn't help. I had hoped that maybe the article was a bit longer, offering a piece of information that could guide further "research".
 * But no...
 * Anyway, thanks again.
 * Cheers, --Atavi (talk) 17:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Happy new year!
Hi Joyous - thanks for messaging me on my talk page...I was editing infrequently for a long period too, and I'm really glad to see you around as well! Have you heard of Wikimania 2012? --HappyCamper 04:19, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Carol Huston page reinstatement request
Hi, I just noticed your name as the admin who deleted the Carol Huston page 5 years ago. I think it is worth reinstating the page. She is the only star listed on the Matlock (TV series) page whose name is not a wikipedia page, and she has a substantial list of TV and film credits. I neither know her nor have any conflict of interest, but I just think the page deserves to be reinstated. I figured you would be the right person to contact regarding this. Thanks for all the work you do! (P.S. If you do reinstate it, please leave a message on my page so I can work on bringing it up to standards.) Davemcarlson (talk) 07:01, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Articles deletion
Dear Joyous,

I apologize for the inconvenience, but have no other way than appealing for   administrators’ help recover a deleted article.

I published a film article entitled Drits (Derivas), a film by Portuguese director Ricardo Costa. It is the second film from an autobiographic trilogy, Faraways. The article was kept untouched by several months. To my surprise, it was recently eliminated and redirected to the director’s page with no discussion. I undid the redirection, but saw the article was proposed to deletion. Reason: independent, verifiable, secondary resources. I argued that the article couldn’t have but primary sources (the producer’s ones) as it is an upcoming film, like many others listed at upcoming films. A film that has not yet been premiered or distributed may not be commented. Besides, none of the films so listed has ever been deleted or even contested.

At last, in discussion, user User:reddogsix proposed that the article should be renamed to Drifts (film) or similar, and at the same time put at the disambiguation page of Dritf this reference «Drifs, unreleased film by Ricardo Costa (filmmaker). I created a new page for the same article entitled Drifts (Portuguese film). As the semantic root “drift” seemed to be the problem, I replaced the article name to Derivas (Drifts) and published it once more with some improvements. As a result, the article was fast deleted and I blocked for three days.

In the meantime, a new article about the trilogy was published: Faraways, which was proposed to fast deletion as well by the same user, User:reddogsix.

Although unreleased, although having no reliable secondary sources, Drifts is unquestionably an outstanding film for its uniqueness and characteristics: autobiography, comedy, docufiction, metafiction in one. I guess that “outstanding” may be a synonym for “notable” in such cases and that articles like this shouldn’t be deleted without previous cared analyses: important information may be lost.

This sequence of interventions is clearly a personal attack by User:reddogsix, supported by two or three user friend. It has no other explanation. It contributes in nothing to improve articles quality. Mists article, which I created on 10 September 2010, is the latest example. The article structure was unreasonably modified, loosing clarity and useful content.

NOTE: sent to 30 administrators.

Thanks for your attention, User:Tertulius 21:53, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Review request
At Talk:Call screener, I'd like your take on the recent restoral from redirect to article. You were an involved editor in 2006. --Lexein (talk) 03:12, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)