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Toomanylinks
Bots? I thought that SmackBot came by and added dates to Toomanylinks; am I wrong? Please respond on my talk. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:54, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Replied on editors talkpage. Acather96 (talk) 19:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Securities Industry Association article
For some days before you initiated a CSD G11 speedy deletion of this article, you may have been aware, I'd been working to (at least) get the correct name on the article. The article discusses the Security Industry Association, not the now-merged-out-of-existence Securities Industry Association. I had placed, finally, in pursuit of this goal, a request at Requested moves the day before you initiated your action.

I've not been a big fan of the article as it stands. My hope has been that getting it correctly named would at least give a bona fide platform on which to improve. In fact, I came to the article from the "securities" industry side and what's now the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, rather than the "security" industry side. I do think they are all important articles to have, including maybe an article on the real, now-historical Securities Industry Association, and much hope they are all improved or created as such. The heavy promotional content is regrettable, one element to be improved certainly.

I don't know if you have any opinion on the renaming itself but I encourage you to give any opinion or feedback in regards the renaming by following the Requested moves link above or going straight to Talk:Securities Industry Association. Other comments can of course come to me directly, here or at my page.

For what it's worth, there's another recent tangent of this discussion here. And I'm now headed to DGG's talk page to cover that base, too. DGG declined the speedy delete.

I'm spelling everything out at each step here because this is a pretty complicated process which I almost feel defeated me once before on this same article some months or more ago. I appreciate your forbearance, and attention to the degree it interests you. Swliv (talk) 14:15, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Swliv. First of all, apologies for my speedy tagging, in retrospect I should have probably not have been so hasty. Thanks for taking the time to notify me and explain in such detail whats been happening, much appreciated. I'll comment on the Requested Move soon. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:38, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

VP
you recently closed this nomination,Valued picture candidates/Sumatran Rhino. This nomination shouldn't be closed yet beacuse it hasn't gotten the 7 days time. It can be closed on the 24. Spongie555 (talk) 21:28, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Spongie, I'm very sorry. I've only just started contributing to VP, and this was my first time closing a nom. Sorry about that, look forward to working with you :) Acather96 (talk) 19:46, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you, for some of the image uploads you have done, and listed at User:SuperHamster/Bacon WikiCup 2011/Submissions. I have utilized some of them, at Portal:Bacon. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 22:19, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the thanks :). Theres more as well. Acather96 (talk) 19:49, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

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Deleting a page
How do go about deleting a page that I am also the sole creator? (colts12345 21:15, 20 October 2010 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flave64 (talk • contribs)
 * Hi Flave, if you want to do this just tag it with db-g7. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:45, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:RFPP2
Template:RFPP2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Bsherr (talk) 19:03, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

You have tried to delete my article
Dear sir, I am writing to explain my strong view on the way you are trying to delete the theorem I helpfully added to the wikipedia archive. Do you have a science degree sir? No? thought not. Then maybe you shouldn't try to delete a perfectly plausible theorem just bgecause it didn't come up on google. I seriously reccomend you rethink the deleting of this article. Yours sincerely, Dr A Thompson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr A Thompson (talk • contribs) 19:26, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I've deleted this as an obvious hoax as nothing turns up in Google and at best, this is original research. Applying db-hoax would have been slightly quicker. And I suggest Dr Thompson learns how to spell, otherwise he stands little chance of being taken seriously as a cosmologist. Rodhull  andemu  19:41, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

My Grasshopper (robot weather station) page and the tags
Dear Acather96,

Saw the two tags. Sort of expected them. But I am stumped how to link them or categorize the page. I have written/researched defence articles in the 1980s and 1990s for various publications, and I thought I had read about everything the USAF done during the Cold War till I came across the subject while trolling the old Popular Science publications -- ie it is the one ex link with the photos and drawings. I know it needs to be on WP, but how I do not know. I have some WP helpers on WP and called on them to look at it. But if nothing is done in a few days, take it down. I understand. I am not trying to dodge the WP rules, just can't figure out how to bring the subject into the WP fold properly. Jack Jackehammond (talk) 09:15, 25 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Btw, have you ever figured out why the vandals are so drawn to the Panama Canal, Hand Grenade and Bombs pages? They keep me pretty busy reverting their trashing.  I wonder if it is a college prank? Jack Jackehammond (talk) 09:18, 25 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Jack, and thanks for contributing :) First of all, the article won't be deleted because of any of those tags, they are just tags for improvement. You're not doing anything wrong. I also find it difficult to categorize articles, and I usually leave them to be dealt with by the task force. It takes a while, but gets done (and done well) in the end. Later on today, I'll add links and remove the tag at the top, also look into adding an image. And thanks for the heads up regarding the vandalism, will take a look now. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:27, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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Could you look at the Levee page ex links
Dear Acather96, I just added a very good link on an engineering trick the flood engineers used to protect the river levees against seepage and collapse. And to be honest, with the exception of my new ex link, only one other ex link deals with the construction and history of levees. The rest of the links are agenda driven and are hijacking the page or politics and the New Orleans flood. Jack Jackehammond (talk) 09:50, 25 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I've added a post to the external links noticeboard for wider review. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 13:39, 26 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for looking into it. Probably they will leave it.  Also, I walked into a spinning buzz saw it seems.  While looking for some photos that could be posted as an ex link on the WeeBee (worlds smallest aircraft) I came across a nice article about ocean currents effecting climates every couple of centuries in a 1949 issue of Popular Science by Rachel Carson.  I am not a fan of Carson, but the article has lot of illustrations and maps that made it easier for the layman to understand the theory.  So I put the article as an external link on Climate Change page.  BOOM!  According to a friend of mine it is almost a full civil war on WP over that page.  So I cleared out of Dodge fast and am never going back to that page!  I think I will try and find more peaceful pages like the one on the various Pakistan-India Wars since 1947.  Jack --Jackehammond (talk) 07:55, 27 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, the ArbCom had a four month case regarding climate change, and all climate change related pages are subject to discretionary sanctions. That explains the boom :) Acather96 (talk) 08:04, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

About file Maharaja ganga Singh and Gang cangal.jpg
Acather96, thanx for drawing my attention towards copyright status of this file.Sir this file is not under copyright,any one free to use.This photo is from Ganga Singh trust.If any doubt you can get information from website of trust and phone no. +911512522464.This photo is uploaded by me after getting full information about copyright of this photo.Plz do not delete and help me to solve this crisis after full enquiry.Shemaroo (talk) 11:19, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Shermaroo. I can't delete the file myself, I've just listed at possibly unfree files because the copyright status was unclear. I see you have already added your comments to the files listing which is good, as that is the correct place to do so. Hopefully the issue will be sorted out soon. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 13:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the Bacon Challenge 2011
Hi,, and welcome to the Bacon Challenge 2011! The goal of this event is to expand as much bacon-related content as possible, so get started whenever you can! A side event to the Bacon Challenge is the Bacon WikiCup 2011, an event where participants in the Bacon Challenge have a chance to score points for creating and expanding bacon-related content, all while trying to score as high as they can. Be sure to submit all your bacon-related contributions to the submissions page in order to score points. At the end of the Cup, the winner will get a nice trophy along with all other participants receiving a medal for their efforts (virtual, of course; don't go waiting by your mailbox for it). For any questions or comments regarding the Challenge, please head on over here, and for any questions or comments relating to the Cup, go here. Thanks and good luck. ~Super Hamster  Talk Contribs 00:29, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

AWB
Hello. Just to mention that with this edit to Taiwo Atieno you "cleaned up" the correct spelling of his name. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 19:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry about that. Thanks for telling me, it wont happen again :) Acather96 (talk) 19:56, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

VPC request
Can you please close these nominations? -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 02:41, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia:Valued_picture_candidates/File:Leg_break_small.gif
 * Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/File:Chinaman small.gif
 * Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/File:Slow left arm small.gif
 * Valued picture candidates/Polar Bear
 * Valued picture candidates/Iowa Supreme Court
 * Valued picture candidates/Apple
 * Valued picture candidates/Milad Tower


 * Yeah, will do :) Acather96 (talk) 06:46, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

✅ :) Acather96 (talk) 15:03, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thanks for your help with closures. Note that Valued picture candidates/Apple and Valued picture candidates/Milad Tower were closed incorrectly. With 3 supports these are either not promoted or wait for further input. --Elekhh (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I did the reverts, but noticed that Valued picture candidates/Iowa Supreme Court has been closed but not added to Valued pictures. I leave this for you to fix. I am happy to see File:Polar Bear - Alaska.jpg as the 200th VP. --Elekhh (talk) 20:51, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added the Iowa nomination to WP:VPICS and please please note that Milad tower has gained four supports and these days the rules have apparently changed with many closing by 3 supports. Thanks for your help. -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 03:09, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

I think that we need to come to some kind of consensus regarding the 3 or 4 support votes. Personally, I think 3 is fine as long as no opposes have been made. Or maybe we should just forget the 3-4 supports thing, leave each nomination open for a certain length of time and judge consensus then. Acather96 (talk) 06:17, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You need to stop closing nominations that havnt had there 7 day required wait. You closed the garnet(rock nomination) after one day instead of 7. I know it had 4 support but we still follow that rule. Spongie555 (talk) 06:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry but where does it say about a 7 day requirement? I'm trying to help with the valued pictures project, I've been going and closing lots of old nominations and helping out, and all I get is a complaint. Anyway, you're probably right as you've been doing this longer than me and I apologise. Acather96 (talk) 06:55, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 7 day requirement is how long a nomination is open till it can be closed. The Garnet one was a new er nomination so it need 7 days. Spongie555 (talk) 06:59, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

And please promote this: Valued picture candidates/Sammy woods. -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 13:01, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Acather96 (talk) 13:10, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, I've provided an answer to your question on my Abuse Response Nomination. Regards, —  Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм •  Champagne?  • 7:18pm • 08:18, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * :) Acather96 (talk) 12:56, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Tamil Isai Sangam
hi, I have added a new referece to my article please check tat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raajeswaran (talk • contribs) 11:43, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, the article has been re-written and cleaned up. It wont be deleted, I've withdrawn the nomination. Acather96 (talk) 07:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Help
Can you fix it: Featured picture candidates/Io moon. -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 13:40, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ :) Acather96 (talk) 13:44, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Very thanks. -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 13:46, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Can you comment on it. -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 13:47, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

✅ Acather96 (talk) 14:04, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks, much appreciated!--hkr Laozi speak  14:43, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thanks, much appreciated :) Acather96 (talk) 08:07, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Greg Kelly (That Badass)
H Acather. I thought  I'd just  let  you  know that  this is an A1 (no  context), not  a G3 (vandalism). Not to worry though, it  will be  deleted ;) --Kudpung (talk) 10:24, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I thought because of the 'That Badass' title it was vandalism, done in bad faith. Maybe I'm missing something though. Acather96 (talk) 10:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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November 2010
Hi Acather96. Thank you for your work on patrolling pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I just wanted to inform you that I declined to delete Peter H. Appel, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion. Not actually a copyvio as all text on www.rita.dot.gov is public domain as the creator is the US Government. Regards Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:40, 5 November 2010 (UTC) Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:40, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

The Bollweevils
Many thanks for your input into the Bollweevils page. I've now added internal links, as suggested. I created the page following a link from the Vinyl Solution Wiki page and would like to lose the (Group) suffix so that the pages comes up from simply typing "The Bollweevils". I understand that there is another band of the same name who have a page, so disambiguation would be required. Any idea how to do this? Many thanks, Tartarusrussell (talk) 19:39, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for thanks :) Regarding your above request above, that's been ✅. I've added a template to the top of The Bollweevils that should solve your problem. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 21:50, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

That makes sense - many thanks indeed!217.42.142.118 (talk) 09:45, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

VPC
Can you promote:


 * Valued picture candidates/San Francisco City Hall
 * Valued picture candidates/Solar system
 * Valued picture candidates/Fiji Goshawk -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 17:28, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Acather96 (talk) 17:30, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, in between some delicious garlic pizza :) Acather96 (talk) 18:40, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Dearborn Station VP
Did you finish the Dearborn Station promotion. I did not get a message on my user page and am not sure if you contacted the photographer yet either.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot about that. All ✅ now :) Acather96 (talk) 07:18, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

SCV
Thanks for working on the backlog! Clearly it's been getting away from me recently. Just a reminder though, if something's already listed there's no need to go add it to CP also, since every SCV day gets checked too. Cheers! VernoWhitney (talk) 12:45, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the thanks :) And what do you mean by 'don't add items at CP', do you mean close paraphrases, articles blanked using copyvio or both? Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 07:19, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Any article that's listed on one of the daily SCV pages doesn't need to be added separately to CP. The daily SCV page are transcluded (collapsed) at the top of each respective daily CP page, so they get reviewed at the same time. VernoWhitney (talk) 14:53, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians_who_are_planning_to_retire
The category you created, Category:Wikipedians_who_are_planning_to_retire, has been nominated for deletion. Please comment at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_November_6. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:38, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Double Arches Pit
The DYK project (nominate) 12:02, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Hem Chandra Chowdhury
Hi, I am not quite sure what you mean. I am fairly new to this and would appreciate any guidance you may provide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bengalihistoryin (talk • contribs) 19:00, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi and welcome to Wikipedia :) Before I can help you, I need to know something about the images. Did you take them yourself, did someone else take them or did you find them on the Internet? Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 17:41, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

VPC
Can you promote: ✅ :) Acather96 (talk) 17:39, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Valued picture candidates/Incandescent light bulb
 * Valued picture candidates/Aqueduct of the Gier -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 02:30, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

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Removing Content
Hi Acather, I'm trying to remove content from my old company -- Big White Tiger LLC -- to comply with a legal settlement. Clearly, your rules indicate that my actions are vandalism -- but I still need to remove this content. I have no idea how to do this as I'm new to Wikipedia. Please help. JeanN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.189.231 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 14 November 2010
 * Hi JeanN, can you explain exactly why you need to do this?Acather96 (talk) 15:38, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry -- can't figure out how to continue the conversation
Hi Acather, We are under a legal requirement to remove all references to Big White Tiger LLC - I can't share details because that was part of the settlement. And, since the company is now fully out of business (you'll notice our much reduced web presence which will go away shortly) we would like to do this final cleanup. One of our friends posted this information several years ago and she's moved on, so now we're stuck. We're just trying to stay out of trouble. Does that help? Again, I'm clueless about how we go about it... Thanks, JeanN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.189.231 (talk) 15:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, I'm not really sure how to proceed either. I'm going to start a thread on the administrators noticeboard regarding the issue. Thanks, I'll post a link on your talk page soon, please feel free to comment. Acather96 (talk) 15:49, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Just a reminder...
...that cut/paste moves (such as Mechanical Animals Tour) are one of the problems that we need to be on the lookout for at SCV. VernoWhitney (talk) 20:22, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

On The Hampton Wikipedia Page a "Need for Citation" warning was added instead of the Overzealous Edit that was Dome Earlier
It is acceptable in Wikipedia to post the "Need for Citation" warning and waiting a few days before deleting-- instead of just summarily deleting materials.

That is also a more sensitive and respectful approach to the issue concerning the subject matter is two US military wives of American casualties who also helped start a nonprofit to help families of casualties.

98.245.150.162 (talk) 20:59, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia :) I reverted your edit because you added a template used to warn editors on there talkpage, the template used on articles is citation needed. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 21:02, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

OK, sorry. Thanks!

98.245.150.162 (talk) 21:05, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Careful
The edits to Joe Elliot were clearly explained and were not vandalism. 67.8.72.12 (talk) 21:16, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, you're right, completley my mistake, apologies. Cookie left on talkpage :) Acather96 (talk) 21:19, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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Oldpicdbl. jpg
This is our school pic. (don bosco school, liluah) its no use deleting it because its actually evryone's right to use one's own school photo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soham dbl (talk • contribs) 09:16, 15 November 2010
 * Hi Soham dbl, welcome to Wikipedia and apologies for the late reply. With regard to your statement that 'everyone has a right to use their own school photo', this is untrue. When you purchase a copy of your school photo, the copyright of the photograph still stays with the original photographer. By paying, you are in reality purchasing a license for one copy of that photo. By distributing it online, you are then infringing copyright because you do not have permission to do so, nor is the claim that you are the copyright holder correct. If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 21:10, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Hav Parkash Singh, VC 5-8 Punjab (5 Baloch)2.jpg

 * The file is the digital photograph of a painting of Havildar Parkash Singh, VC, which is on display at the Baloch Regimental Centre Museum, Abbottabad, Pakistan. As the Regimental Historian and Archivist, I have full authority to release it in public domain.Beloochee (talk) 00:05, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Beloochee, I see you have also left this comment also on the PUF listing. This is the best venue to voice your concerns. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 21:41, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

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AS50 guide
I got permission to load that from the manufacture, they actually provided it to me. I intended to use it as a reference, but could not figure out how to do so. Now I honestly do not care if it is deleted or not. Stanislao Avogadro (talk) 17:39, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Stanislao, when you say you 'got permission', do you mean you got permission to release it under the GFDL or just to use it on Wikipedia? And who did you get the permission from? Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 18:43, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Your userpage
I've indefinitely semi'd it since you seem to be attracting vandals (comes with the territory when you revert vandalism). If you want it unprotected at any point, let me know or ask at WP:RFUP. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   19:34, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, much appreciated :) Acather96 (talk) 19:39, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

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Next drive
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WP:Hospitals
I noticed you are co-ordinating WikiProject Bedfordshire. Would you be interested in a collaboration to improve the hospital articles in Bedfordshire? Ng.j (talk) 20:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC) If you are interested in contributing more to articles about hospitals you may want to join WikiProject Hospitals (signup here).
 * Yes, I most certainly would. I came across WikiProject Hospitals today when I was cleaning up and wikifying Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, and was surprised it didn't have a shortcut. I will create a page for the collaboration, and include it in the first issue of our project newsletter. Thanks,Acather96 (talk) 21:29, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for participating in my RfA <div style="border-left:1px solid #440000;border-bottom:1px solid #440000;border-right:1px solid #440000;background-color:#FFABAB;font-family:Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman;color:#440000;-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 10px 10px;-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 10px 10px;border-radius:0px 0px 10px 10px;padding:3px;text-align:justify;background-color: #ffabab; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(, #ffabab, #ffeaea); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top,, from(#ffabab), to(#ffeaea));;">Hello Acather96, and thank you for participating in my RfA , which failed with 20 support votes, 34 oppose votes, and 11 neutral votes. All the feedback was much appreciated, and  the concerns that were brought up are surely not falling on deaf ears. I will strive to listen to everyone's feedback in the days, weeks, and months to come, and I hope that I will eventually be able to gain the community's trust and receive the admin tools so I can further benefit this encyclopedia. Happy editing! – Access Denied ( talk )

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article approval? topic: high-end conservatories
Hello,

I recently submitted an article pertaining to highend conservatories, which you denied in allowing to be published. The current article that has been written on conservatories, relates and places them into the same general catagory as sunrooms. I beg to differ and have included a photo of a sunroom and a photos of conservatories. Please let me know if these photos justify a seperate article, like the one that I had written, on the topic. Thank you.

conservatory photos: http://www.renaissanceconservatories.com/closerLook.asp?iGalleryID=25&iPageNo=1 http://www.renaissanceconservatories.com/closerLook.asp?iGalleryID=31&iPageNo=1 http://www.renaissanceconservatories.com/newsPopup.asp?cImage=estestest_6_lg.jpg http://www.tanglewoodconservatories.com/ourportfolio/glassdome.htm

Sunroom Photos: (This link is of google images of sunrooms. you will extruded aluminum and pvc sunrooms.) http://www.google.com/images?q=sunrooms&hl=en&prmd=ivmc&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=uQ8BTcXJBsH58Abo6anPBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQ_AU&biw=1259&bih=496

I hope that these photos will provide enough information to allow "conservatories" its own category. The category "sunroom" is too broad of a topic. It can refer to patio enclosures, orangeries, greenhouses, and conservatories. The difference between each can be compared to only allowing the search topic "houses" to be written on, and rejecting topics on Tudors, Contemporaries, and Colonial styled homes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunroom63 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 9 December 2010
 * Hi Sunroom63 and welcome to Wikipedia :) To be honest, I'm not really that sure what you mean, as we have an article on conservatories as well as sunrooms, and both seem to be independent, and don't attempt to say that either are the same. Please feel free to add information to both articles, as long as you can verify what you say with reliable sources. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 17:56, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Archive
Can you archive my talk page's first 50 section into Archive 1. -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 02:00, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Acather96 (talk) 17:02, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ :) I've left another comment at the Police motorcycle VP, and also, could I suggest you set up automatic archiving? Details here. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 17:14, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've replied and i like manual archiving -- Extra   999  (Contact me  +  contribs) 08:20, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

I uploaded a picture and I don't understand what I did wrong...
Can you explain me what I need to do with this picture so it doesn't get deleted? I'm quite confused! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1963_Refrigerator.jpg

Phil racicot (talk) 16:22, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, it won't be deleted now. At first, it didn't have an image copyright tag, but one has now been added. Thanks for contributing :) Acather96 (talk) 17:16, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Please adopt me !
Hello ! I just saw your name on the list of adopters. Since your domain of activity is mainly related to maintenance, I would like to know if you could show me around a bit. My english being not quite near perfect, I don't feel ready right now to start editing articles.

How can I get started ? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JWaaker (talk • contribs) 22:53, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit : I forgot to sign.

JWaaker (talk) 22:53, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * HI JWaaker, I'd love to adopt you. I'll leave you a message on your talk page :) Acather96 (talk) 07:09, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Adopt
Hey Acather! I'm a experienced wikia user, but a total newbie :) when it comes to Wikipedia. I would like somebody to help me out. Would you possibly be interested in adopting me? Thank You! -- BobNewbie talk 19:20, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, left message on talkpage. Acather96 (talk) 21:54, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you!
Thank you for cleaning up my userboxes!

Well, I am an wikia user, so I understand the text and programming, though I believe it would be great to have someone to help me set my feet on the ground.

I generally like creating new pages, checking and improving new ones, and I will remove vandalism and spam where I see them.

Thank you very much for adopting me!

-- BobNewbie talk 11:05, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Bob. Well first of all, its good your experienced with wikimarkup and the like, so you can hit the ground running. Here on Wikipedia, we hve new page patrol, which is a community patrol that checks new pages, sometims tagging for cleanup or nominating for cleanup. With regards to vandalism and spam, we have the Counter-Vandalism Unit and WikiProject Spam, which may interest you.


 * Tip: I advise you to go into your preferences, then Gadgets, and then to enable Twinkle, Friendly and HotCat. These three tools will help you immensely throughout your wiki-career. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 16:17, 15 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the advice! -- BobNewbie talk 09:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

IP 174.109.105.242
With this edit, you reverted, as vandalism, an edit by the above-captioned IP-only editor. The edit made by the IP was a grammatical correction and was in no way vandalism. Thus, the edit did not warrant reverting. Moreover, the IP did not merit being given a warning template. Even if the edit had been grammatically incorrect, there was nothing in the nature of that edit that would have suggested that it had not been made in good faith; therefore, it could not be characterized as vandalism. The IP editor was merely correcting the plural spelling of a word that had theretofore been spelled in the possessive. Please consider striking out the warning on the IP’s talk page. Thanks! —  Spike Toronto  19:32, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Whoops, yes, entirely my mistake. Thanks for bringing to my attention. Will remove warning with full apology. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 19:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Great! It’s not like we haven’t all done it sometime or other. Thanks again! —  Spike Toronto  19:37, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I read you help new users.
If you could, I would like to learn about maintainence please.Thanks. Sboy365 Smile and act cool   22:21, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Sboy365, and welcome to Wikipedia :) I'd love to adopt you, and am just wondering what you'd like to do on Wikipedia. It could be writing new articles, cleaning up and maintenance, fighting vandalism (bad edits) and spam (advertising), checking new pages. These are just a few ideas, so please give me an idea of what you'd like to do, and also, what your interests are in real life. I will try and match them to Wikipedia. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 21:43, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'd like to do ant vandalism and anti spam, and help the backlog drive. I already have had 1 article deleted, and used friendly to welcome newcomers. My real life interests are HTML, Javascript and World of Warcraft. Thanks, Sboy365 Licsence To edit 09:13, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Right, well, if you are interested in anti-vandalism, we have a Counter Vandalism Unit (or CVU for short). Could I suggest that you install [User:Lupin/Anti-vandal tool|Lupin's Anti-Vandal tool]] to get started. We also have WikiProject Spam, dedicated to removing spam. The Great Backlog Drive is something I'm part of, and you can work on virtually anything there. Category:World of Warcraft contains articles related to World of Warcraft, the same with Category:HTML and Category:JavaScript. Regarding your signature, please change it so it links back to your userpage and talkpage. You could maybe use something like this:
 * Sboy365 License to edit
 * This would create the following:
 * Sboy365 License to edit

Thats all for now, if you need any help, just ask :) Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:36, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll get lupins tool when I'm on my computer Sboy365License to edit.</I> 09:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

SCV
Hey, thanks for pitching in. Obviously I've been falling behind on it recently. Just a reminder though, when an old article is redirected to a new article it's often a cut/paste move which needs the history merged for attribution. Anyways, thanks again! VernoWhitney (talk) 14:37, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. I'm going to carry on now, would you mind giving Professional Bridal Consultant the once over, its lost me. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 16:29, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I had to run off for most of the day yesterday. I'll take a look at it later today. VernoWhitney (talk) 12:44, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, once thats done we can remove the 15th. Acather96 (talk) 12:52, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I took a look at it but didn't find anything. It certainly seems to me like it's trying to be an advertising brochure, but no copyvio I could confirm. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:35, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

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Mistagged BLP Thanks

 * Thanks, much appreciated :) Acather96 (talk) 06:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Lear's Fool 10:31, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Dean, Smith & Grace
Thanks for the cite cleanup. I was in a hurry to get something in there and was going to revist later. If you look at the history you'll see there is a bit of a problem with the original author who is having problems understanding copyright especially in relation to images. He had reduced this article to just a title so I put a bit of body back in before soemone tagged it for CSD. NtheP (talk) 12:00, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thats OK, I like cleaning things up :). I've declined the speedy here, as I fail to see any advertising (I've explained fully in the edit summary). I'm quite experienced in copyright, so I will take a look at the image. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 12:08, 19 December 2010 (UTC)


 * You know what? This little collusion of yours is nothing more than obstructive mischief. It seems very perverse that one set of Wikipedians want to destroy my not-so-bad work, while another set want to preserve my not-so-good work. Daft, in fact. Weiterbewegung (talk) 14:18, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello Weiterbewegung. Please read WP:AGF and WP:CIVIL, if you have not already done so, and then put them into practice :) ! There has been no collusion, or 'obstructive mischief'. NtheP came to thank me for the work I had done cleaning up the citations. He also informed me of the speedy deletion tag on it, placed by yourself. I went to have a look, and found it to be blatantly false, surely you will agree now there was no promotional material on the page. I removed the tag, mainly citing criterion G11 which states that simply having a company as the subject of the article does not qualify it for speedy deletion, and then you brought it to AFD. Now a discussion is under way, and it is a fair one. I myself have volunteered to try and track down an expert to help improve the article. You really are very welcome here, don't get me wrong, but let me tell you no one has any hidden agendas, we are all just here to improve the encyclopedia. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 09:17, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Good luck with that, all of it. I will not be starting any new or editing any existing articles, by the way, so the admonishments have not been assimilated. In any case, you clearly break your own rules by describing my assertions as ‘blatantly false’. I am, almost certainly, the only historian you will find that has the unique expertise and experience to properly compile histories of firms like DSG (I can see your lip curling from here). The problem is, in this case there are simply no sources.Weiterbewegung (talk) 16:34, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello, you seem to have got the wrong idea from that last message. I'm not trying to start an argument, I am remaining civil, and the links to our policy on civility and our guideline on assuming good faith were not punishments or put-downs, but advice. These two pages describe really the only good way to have a productive discussion, which would hopefully hence improve the encyclopedia, which is ultimately what we are all here for. Apologies if you were offended by my assertions that your deletion rationale was 'blatantly false', it was not meant as an offensive comment, but merely as what I perceived to be fact. The revision of the page you nominated for speedy deletion does seem to back up my argument, as there was no promotional material, only referenced fact, and 'lack of substance' is not a valid criterion under CSD. To be honest, I have no idea what the lip-curling part means - I'm not angry or annoyed, if that's what you mean. Its a shame if you wont be creating any new articles, especially if you really are an expert. While experts still have to cite sources to back up their claims like everybody else, their knowledge is important and useful, and its good to 'free it up'. Also, subject experts may be able to help with some of the articles Category:Articles needing expert attention. By the way, as you are fairly new to Wikipedia, I'd just like to let you know that I am a member of the Adopt-A-User program, and would be more than happy to adopt you if you wish to. Thanks, Happy editing, and Merry Christmas :) Acather96 (talk) 18:52, 22 December 2010 (UTC)


 * This transaction is hereby terminated.Weiterbewegung (talk) 19:18, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!
I'd like to thank you for your recent help with Contributor copyright investigations/20100822. I'm sure appreciates it as well. Please continue. Happy holidays! -- Jsayre64  (talk)  21:37, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) I usually hang around WP:SCV, but this particular CCI interests me as it revolves around images. Merry Christmas to you to :) Acather96 (talk) 15:17, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Hadaka apron
I think the reason why Hadaka apron appears to be a close paraphrase of http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Hadaka_Apron is that that web page is itself based on a previously deleted version of the article! Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 16:11, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, will remove the tag. Thanks, Acather96 (talk)
 * Impressed by the fast response! Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 16:16, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

MessageDeliveryBot Christmas Delivery
Hi, I'm sorry but I've had to deny your request to use MDB to send a Christmas card because we've had some issues with users complaining about personal messages in the past, so, as the rules state, we only accept Wikipedia-related messages now. Sorry. - EdoDodo  talk 13:19, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's a real shame. I had read the rules before, but I'd seen other set of Christmas cards delivered through MBD, so I thought that it would be OK. I know this is stretching it, but I don't suppose my card would qualify for delivery, because it does encourage editors to reference a BLP, Wikify an article, or copy-edit one. To see what I mean, please look at User:Acather96/Christmas and click on the presents. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 13:34, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I still don't think that would be okay. You could use AWB to deliver them, though. The user list isn't massive so it shouldn't take very long. - EdoDodo  talk 15:10, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, fair enough. I've ✅ them all now, thanks anyway :) Acather96 (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your Christmas Card!
Heinrich ⅩⅦ von Bayern (talk) 16:21, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Same from me! Nice idea.  Chzz  ► 17:11, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, both of you :) Acather96 (talk) 18:25, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Merry Christmas! Thanks for the card. :-) Jsayre64   (talk)  19:09, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you, too!
Thanks I don't have anything quite so inventive of festive to offer, but a very merry Christmas back at you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:23, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * That's all right, thanks for the Christmas wishes :) Acather96 (talk) 18:27, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Erm... Regift... I mean, Thanks!
Haha :) I'll try to take care of these presents :) -- Addi hockey  10 e-mail 16:28, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I think there should be a warning that some assembly is required on the outside of those boxes.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:00, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. ;) -- Addi hockey  10 e-mail 17:42, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Lol, good one :) Thanks for the thanks guys! Acather96 (talk) 18:28, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You're welcome for the thanks for the thanks. and thanks :) -- Addi hockey  10 e-mail 18:46, 24 December 2010 (UTC)