User talk:Agathoclea/Archive 2

Cutting down watchlist
I have cut down my watchlist by about 4000 items so that I can concentrate on the articles that I am really interrested in, and not get sidetracked too much. - I am also quite busy in real life at the moment so my contributions will be rather erratic.

Happy editing everybody -- Agathoclea 15:01, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Merging 2 articles together
I started a voting section in the merge discussion on Talk:Germany national football team over a week ago. It clear that people want to have the 2 articles merged with 7 votes for merging and none against. When can we have this done. Kingjeff 16:46, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for fixing my glitch re: blocking e-mail from Cyrus XIII - I would have done it myself, but I was asleep. As for my rationale for blocking him in the first place, I've already gone over this in great detail on many other talk pages; I don't feel like rehashing it again, so if you're bored enough, you can look through my most recent contribs for today. DS 16:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Cheers for correcting my balls up of a block, I was positive that Manny had added that block message herself, but obviously I screwed up. I offered her my humblest appologies so hopefully there's no hard feelings there. Thanks again,  Ry an P os tl et hw ai te  18:29, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Germany
Hi danke for your help. I can easy tag the German villages when I start them -save you the effort - I did a few I think. I would like to see the standard German info box on every muncipality in Germany - I am ery surpised ina project of this enormity it hasn't been done yet. Hopefullly later the German info can be translated -my knowledge of German is unfortunately very slim indeed!!! Great work Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  "Expecting you"   Contribs 20:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Project Banners
I've noticed that you, at one time, were interested in a proposal for a wikiproject called WikiProject Banners. I've expanded on the idea in my wikiproject proposal, and was wondering if you would like to check it out. The proposal can be found here. I hope this would be something you would be interested in!  Psych  less   16:42, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Heinrich Severloh
Thanks for keeping an eye on this article. I fail to understand the animosity that this article has generated. I wish that the critics would simply write a criticism paragraph than simply slagging off everyone. I appreciate your help. Gillyweed 23:03, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

SpVgg Unterhaching Task Force
Would you like to join the SpVgg Unterhaching Task Force at WikiProject Munich? If you are interested you can sign up here. Kingjeff 01:01, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Agathoclea/WHEEL WAR... ON WHEELS!
Hi! I just wanted to draw your attention to something that looks like you might have abandoned a while back (User:Agathoclea/WHEEL WAR... ON WHEELS!. You still have the Category:Wikipedia essays tag on it and it's showing up on the cat listing. I'm not one to mess about with other's userspace too much - do you think you could remove the category tag or finish the essay? Credo From Start    talk  18:46, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed the category - should really finish the thing. Agathoclea 18:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Credo From Start    talk  14:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

MS 1860 Munich
This article should be TSV 1860 Munich. Kingjeff 02:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Never mind. It's going for speedy deletion now. Kingjeff 02:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

For some reason, this is a redirect now for TSV 1860 Munich. This was nothing more then a spoof page and should be deleted per the request that is in the history of the article. Kingjeff 18:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * All sorted now by Pascal. In future could you also please provide a wiki-link to the offending article? Agathoclea 23:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Dpool2002
Can you speak to User:Dpool2002 about not using starting lineups in the main FC Bayern Munich? Kingjeff 23:56, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Thuringia
Good work on Thuringian municipalities! Could you also update the related district articles Wartburgkreis and Weimarer Land? For example, see Wolfenbüttel (district). Markussep Talk 12:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Will do that when I finished the current batch and then do all three in one go. Agathoclea 12:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Hallo
Danke für deine Wilkommensgrüße, aber ich schon seit einigen Monaten bei Wikipedia. Meine Muttersprache ist übrigens auch deutsch.--Flori999 17:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Start / B-Class.Tag for Lauterbach, Baden-Württemberg
Hello Agathoclea, I removed the above tag on the talk page of Lauterbach, Baden-Württemberg because I wanted an answer from Kusma, whether or not it was still needed. Now, I can ask you why it is still needed. Thank you. Best Hans555 11:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:GER
Thanks for your note. There has been a lot going on for me over the last few months, and it's not going to stop any time soon. I'll probably remain active on some German articles, but mostly within the scope of WP:WPFC. But if there's any way I can continue to help out with templates, that's no problem - it just won't go as quickly as before. What did you have in mind? - 52 Pickup 13:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That entry is cleaned up now. The creation of English names for all the parameters is something that I still plan to do - unfortunately, the code is complicated enough as it is with only one set of names, so it will take a lot of time to get it done right without breaking the template. - 52 Pickup 08:22, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Germany national under-21 football team
Can you close the merger discussion at Talk:Germany national under-21 football team? It's already 9-1 in favor of not merging. Kingjeff 17:21, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Rex Germanus
User:Rex Germanus seems to be attacking the German people. Does this not go against official policy? Kingjeff 02:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I would prefer if you would bring that up on a more open forum like WP:AN/I to get an unbiased admin to look at it. I personal view is that NPA is more used in respects to a specific contributer. If specific contributers feel themselves attacked by that they should go to AN/I as well. Agathoclea 07:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Night of the Long Knives
Thanks for your message. I've spent several days working on The Night of the Long Knives trying to get it up to a B or even Good status. Any further editing would be a help.--Mcattell 06:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Hoax and deletion
Right, OK. Do I just AfD a hoax?--Vox Humana 8' 06:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. By the way, do you think you could stick a link to your talk page in your signature, much as I have done, with talk, user and contribs? Even a simple Agathoclea (talk - contributions) would do nicely, with the talk and contribs turned into appropriate internal links.--Vox Humana 8' 06:16, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Saxony-Anhalt
Indeed a lot of work ahead there! I'm not sure what to do with Dessau, Roßlau, Bitterfeld and Wolfen, since the merger cities Dessau-Roßlau and Bitterfeld-Wolfen, and the "old" cities would all deserve separate articles IMO (as in de:). See for instance Sittard-Geleen, a recent combination of Sittard, Geleen and Born (Netherlands). The Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt link is very useful indeed, there are alphabetical lists of municipalities by Kreis and by Verwaltungsgemeinschaft under Gebietsinformationen/Gemeinden. If you need some help, I'll jump in after I'm done with Hesse. Markussep Talk 11:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Germany/Cities/Saxony-Anhalt]

Bilder
Hi, wenn du mal auf den artikel Eschenrode guckst, siehst du, dass ich die Bilder vom deutschen Artikel Eschenrode eingefügt habe, allerdings werden sie nicht angezeigt. Aber das Wappen wird angezeigt. Weißt du was da man machen kann? Bei Nievoldhagen ist es übrigens das gleiche.

PS:Entschuldige bitte, dass ich im englischen Wikipedia Deutsch schreibe, aber das kann ich besser als Englisch.--Flori999 10:14, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Damit deine Bilder auf en-wiki verwendet werden können müssen sie auf commons geladen werden, nicht nur auf de-wiki. Sowieso eine gute Idee das zu machen. Agathoclea 12:38, 19. Jul. 2007 (CEST)


 * Danke für den Rat.--Flori999 16:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

German Location infobox
Hi there. Just a quick request regarding the insertion of Infobox German Location. Upon adding the infobox to the article, please also remove any coord templates that may be present, as well as any "Category: {towns/municipalities/etc) in (state)" placements that you see. Both of these things are now incorporated into the infobox and so this duplication of information is no loner required. Thanks. - 52 Pickup 08:23, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks for the confirmation, there was a little edit-scirmish on the subject a couple weeks back. Agathoclea 11:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Really? Where did this happen? Earlier there were some problems with the coord template, so displaying the co-ordinates in the title bar via the infobox has only been enabled during the last week. The auto-categorisation has been part of the template for a month or so - and as there have been no clear problems with how it works, the relevant manual categories can now be phased out. - 52 Pickup 11:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You can find the incident from this, but I haven't noticed anything since. Agathoclea 11:50, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Lee cat
I put it here, sorry, please let me know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Mr._Lee_.28cat.29 Fromage911 07:16, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

sorry, could you look here? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CC_TIT1.JPG I think I did it right like other pictures, but I do not want to see it deleted by anyone like Rye did the article. Sorry. Please let me know? Fromage911 07:49, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh sorry--
I saw Kimper closed the deletion review so I got confused. I never Ryu give me permission to use Wikipedia...? Fromage911 07:35, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

To clear things up regarding this DRV: I talked to Ryulong on IRC and he said he would be OK with me SNOW closing the DRV, undeleting the article and AfD so it could undergo a full debate; I know from my experience at DRV that it would have unquestionably been overturned and relisted, and I figured it would be best to fast-forward straight to the debate.  K r  i  m  p  e  t  07:44, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Llandudno Wiki
I would like to know what right you have to constantly keep removing links from the Llandudno Wiki pages, in particular reference to the non-profit Llandudno Enthusiast Groups Forum at www.llandudno-forum.co.uk this site has over several thousand articles relating to Llandudno with designated sections where people can reminisce, ask a local or carry out research on Llandudno this is certainly an education and encyclopedic free source of information. This is well within the keeping of Wiki criteria. The link is removed over other links such as profitable businesses and organisations such as North Wales Theatre. I really think you should stop knit picking or keep out of that topic all together. I would be be quite happy to talk about the issue before you decide to remove the link again if you wish to argue your case forward. I have added some more relevant links to the Wiki page, so as you can see, my interests are not simply in that of promoting my own cause.

caollerton.


 * WP:EL, WP:RS - WP:COI Agathoclea 08:25, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Ban of Clonetroop125
I would like to have banned Clonetroop125. For password abduction of my password and changing his name to my password.--HBKH 17:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)HBKH

User:Loom peat
Hi there; I make it an invarying rule never to wheel-war, and so have not interfered with the block that you have imposed. I was just in process of sending him an ultimately final warning. As he appears to vandalise only by inserting passages from the Book of Genesis, I wonder if he is just misguided, or does not understand wiki, rather than being a true vandal? But your call. -- Anthony.bradbury "talk" 10:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Just discovered that he appears to have a sockpuppet, user:West store, which rather strengthens your position and demolishes mine. So ignore my earlier posting. -- Anthony.bradbury "talk" 10:55, 18 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The speed and reaction to messages was the giveaway. Agathoclea 13:38, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Munich S-Bahn
This message is regarding your removal of my HTML comment at Munich S-Bahn. You asked me to see the German interwiki for the reason. Why can't you just put the reason in English on the English Wikipedia article?? Georgia guy 17:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Verifyable sources is one reason - although I can vouch for the German article to be correct on mentioning that S3 was replaced by S8 (And later briefly resurrected on a different track) it would need researching. Lack of time and lack of access to German off-line sources is a bit of hindrance. Agathoclea 20:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

First apologies, no matter how many windows I open I loose my cut and paste. Second, you have commented, something close to "please do not copyright others' stuff as your own" [3]I am not arguing with you. [4]This is in regard to a GIF Power and Control over Women Wheel [5] As an early NOW member I can hazard a guess at which two people contributed most to this "document", I can not prove it though. [6] This document Power and Control Wheel" was intentionally created as propaganda and directed into the public domain with no claim to authorship or copyright: further it is my understanding that was purposely done. [7] Again I do not seek malicious argument, and I bear you no malice at all. [8] The Power and Control Wheel exists, and is very widely circulated, without copyright or claim to authorship. [9] The GIF is my creation (only way to get into the computer [and done so faithfully]) I apparently have a license problem. I have read your remarks and disagree to the extent that I created the GIF and yet agree with your remarks becuase I did not solely create the contents. I truly am unsure of a best manner to deal with this. I very much desire to retain the piece as it amplifies the describtive piece, here at en.wikipedia "Power and Control". Should you be able to assist me in any way I would very much appreciate the help. auf weidersehen BobV01 17:22, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Germany
OK forgive me for my ignorance then but why on earth then do all the templates containing the places that are municipalities which "aren't towns" say Cities and towns in ..... ??? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 09:48, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it was the same editor who created or in some cases renamed it. We discussed it some time ago and thought it to be a low priority task to change them all. Maybe we should revisit the idea and discuss it at WT:GER Agathoclea 10:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Its just I want everything to be consistent!!!! Hey I've added some 100 more places today and I'm onto the next one now. Soon enough all the infoboxes will be added and gradually information added. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 10:28, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Power and Control
Agatholclea, this article has been deleted. I am unsure whther to ask for a deletion review or to start from scratch, and if I start from scratch, what obstacles to avoid, if you have time, would you please offer your commentsBobV01 19:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC) Agathoclea, I truly do not know how to thank you enough, I apologise for my newbie ineptness, creating the user space as a place to edit, did not work well when I tried it. I read your comments, especially history and better explanation, and shall heed the advice. Thank youBobV01 00:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

New articles
If you look at User:Agathoclea you see how I proceed with these articles - cut and paste the articlename into the lead and the interwiki link - preview - follow the interwikilink to the German wikipedia to see if it is correct and bring back the infobox from there in the process. That way you don't need to worry about the category and the coordinates. Agathoclea 20:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean exactly? I don't understand.  Wikidudeman  (talk) 20:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You can reply on my talk page and I'll reply there as well.  Wikidudeman  (talk) 20:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

phenomena of pyramid

 * I am the author of that site on which I refer. To me have already prompted as to rectify an error. I have made necessary changes to site licensing. You can check up and if will consider possible to help the beginner.--Shatilov Konstantin 13:30, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Template:Db-song
I have deleted the template due to misrepresenting policy. Songs and albums are not listed in speedy deletion criterion; while albums made by blatantly non-notable bands could be speedily deleted under the criterion (on the grounds that an article about an album can be considered an article about the band that made it), mere lack of assertion of notability of the album itself is not sufficient. Please use db-music instead. - Mike Rosoft 10:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Vorderschmiding
Oh sorry! It's right Vorderschmiding is only a village. :) I only copied it. Thanks for change that. ;) Davidfr 18:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Potsdamer Platz
Does Potsdamer Platz have a english name or is this one Rex Germanus protests against Germany? Kingjeff 15:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Acciermalin
As you can see, this user's username is basically mine backwards. [(Malin)(accier) to (accier)(Malin)] I didn't know where to report this, and it seems to be a vandal only account. I don't want anybody thinking that the account is my sock puppet. Please reply on my talk page. Thanks in advance! •Malinaccier• T / C  00:01, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Little England
I'm wondering if you can advise me. The neutrality dispute on Little England beyond Wales is deadlocked: no progress is being made to improve the article's neutrality, other than my own attempts, which mostly get reverted. How does one get a dispute like this arbitrated? There is much that can be done to improve the article, but it's impossible in the current climate. I'm aware that I've been too close to this article, and I'd quite like to stand back and let someone else sort it out. If an arbitrator would only say what exactly is wrong with the article, it would be quite useful, as I'm totally in the dark about that at the moment. . . .LinguisticDemographer 23:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Castlemartin
I guess you realize I have moved this to Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire. I have fixed all its links, fortunately not many. See article discussion. . . .LinguisticDemographer 17:19, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Hiding flag icons
Hi, I finally got around to your request to hide flag icons in your browser view, so try this in your .css page and let me know how it works: .flagicon { display: none; } Hope this helps, Andrwsc 20:31, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

B.F.G.
Gibt es einen Grund für die Löschung des Artikels? Relevanz kann es ja wohl kaum sein, die Band veröffentlichte mehrere Alben. --Breathtaker 21:50, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Die Relevanz war nicht im Artikel nicht offensichtlich. Willst du dich des Artikels annehmen und die Relevanz einbauen? Agathoclea 22:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Das ist noch lange kein Grund für eine Schnelllöschung. Der Artikel wird doch sicherlich einen Diskografie-Abschnitt beinhaltet haben. --Breathtaker 22:51, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Doch. Die Schnelllöschung wird gerade in den Fällen gemacht in der keine Relevanz erkennbar ist. Agathoclea 06:49, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Das Angebot steht noch - ich kann den Artikel in deinen Userspace zum überarbeiten geben. Agathoclea 15:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

stubs and volapük
Hi, you posted a message on my talk page about our Germany-related stub creations being cited as an example. The length of the discussion discourages me to read it completely, what's the bottom line regarding our stubs? BTW in a week from now all German municipalities will have an article!!! Markussep Talk 13:15, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Munich U- & S-Bahn articles
Yes, I noticed some of the wrong categories (like Munich S-Bahn) and have been trying to rectify that. Sorry for any inconvenience, that was mostly carelessness on my part. As for the naming conventions: Per Deutsche Bahn, the correct naming would be München, like München Hauptbahnhof, München Ost, München Marienplatz, München Karlsplatz etc., all of which are already named that way (not by me. ;-)) I was - sometimes rather inexpertly, I admit - trying to adjust the new names according to the majority of article names already present and according to official Deutsche Bahn naming conventions. (Although DB itself is obviously not consistent in its naming of stations, at least not in files I've been able to access. However, every (inter)national train station in Munich is - on the platforms - named München, though, so I'd think that to be authoritative.)

Cheers, Something Wicked 18:35, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Haham hanuka
Hello Agathoclea! I need your expertise at Suspected sock puppets/Haham Hanuka. Thank you for any feedback! Regards, gidonb 14:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Delete
Hallo Agathoclea, vielen Dank für Deinen Willkommensgruß. Könntest Du bitte die beiden alten Versionen von Two Old Women löschen. Vielen Dank im voraus. Gruß Hedwig Storch 20:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Gerne. Agathoclea 22:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Vielen Dank. Gruß Hedwig Storch 11:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Saxony-Anhalt
Hi, thanks for the link. I think we already covered these changes of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften (Bitterfeld-Wolfen, and Bad Kösen not disbanded), not sure about the municipalities, but I checked most of those this summer. Next up: Saxony, 2008. Is there an easy way to find out about municipality mergers? Markussep Talk 13:30, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * de:Wikipedia:WikiProjekt Kommunen und Landkreise in Deutschland/Aktuelle Gemeindegebietsveränderungen is what I wanted to port to our project for a while. Just very thin on references. Agathoclea 14:29, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi
I can see why you are adding reqphoto=yes to WP Germany template, but why are you removing Germany's name from the reqphoto template below? They are not exclusive of one another, and in the case of a collapsable grouping of WikiProject templates, the only one visible to the uninformed reader is the seperate reqphoto template. cheers Baristarim 07:56, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, I understand what you mean with the categories. My only concern was visibility for the uninformed reader, that's all. Cheers! Baristarim 08:12, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Book covers
Hallo Agathoclea, ich habe mich entschlossen, die Infoboxes meiner Artikel über literarische Werke zunächst ohne Covers zu gestalten. Könntest Du bitte deshalb Two Old Women löschen. Vielen Dank im voraus. Gruß Hedwig Storch 21:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Done - please note the normally a bot would recognise the situtation and tag the image for deletion anyway. Agathoclea 06:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. With the automatic deletion, I knew not. Many greetings Hedwig Storch 08:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Categories German places
Hi Agathoclea,

I noticed in some cases that the infobox as copied from de: didn't contain the "Art" field even though it was a town/Stadt. I corrected the ones I noticed, but probably I missed several. And there are still many places in both a "municipalities" and a "towns" category. I think the best way to fix this is to compare the "towns in X" categories with a list of towns from de:, like de:Liste der Städte in Deutschland, or the bold names in de:Liste der Städte und Gemeinden in Baden-Württemberg etc. for the states that have been completed (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Hesse). Unfortunately, there are no lists of towns by state, or categories of towns by state in de:. It's not my highest priority, though. One complicating thing is also that there are several places in the "towns" categories that aren't independent municipalities or towns (e.g. Rheydt, Obermarsberg, Nassau, Saxony). They should go to a "villages" or "boroughs" category, but I don't think there's been a decision on that yet. Maybe "localities in X", "quarters in X" or "municipal subdivisions in X". Markussep Talk 12:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Note that now and then, a municipality is elevated to town, see de:Liste deutscher Stadtgründungen/21. Jahrhundert. For Bavaria, this only applies to Stadtbergen, I changed it in the Stadtbergen article. Apart from that, your list should be OK. Markussep Talk 14:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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Map images German municipalities
There's no need for a map for Hörselberg, since the municipality will cease to exist next week. For other municipalities I keep track of locator maps on my user page User:Markussep/Germany. For instance, there are map images for the municipalities of Nordvorpommern available in de:, that should be uploaded to commons. Markussep Talk 19:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Classification of admins
Hi Agathoclea. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee    t / c  22:43, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Star Trek
It seems that took your advice here; almost all of the Star Trek articles on my watchlist are tagged with the AFD template now. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Silly, but at least it raises community attention and will settle things one way or the other. Agathoclea 22:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I changed what I was nominating, going through them by each series, one at a time, and finding the ones that are minor and very insignificant instead. Ejfetters 22:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't understand your comment. If there is something you are trying to point out in particular, just let me know. Ejfetters 22:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Unprotect?
Mind if I unprotect Llandudno, which has been semi-protected for 4 months? If the linkspam resumes, I'll reprotect. Regards, BencherliteTalk 22:43, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * unprotected. You'll probably have a closer eye on the article than I have. Agathoclea 23:12, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks (quickly goes to add it to his watchlist!) BencherliteTalk 23:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! BencherliteTalk 23:42, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And the spam is back, so I've reprotected for another 4 months. Hey-ho... BencherliteTalk 22:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Please help me
Anietor continues to importune me leaving tags of edit-war in my talk, while I'm doing the same thing as him. He continues to rollback his POV and sinophobic version of Christianity in China. --Xi Zhu (talk) 22:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, I welcome any objective third parties to come on over and take a look. There are a few of us that are trying to reach a consensus on some issues there, but XiZhu just keeps steamrolling his block edits without engaging in the discussion.  Thanks!  --Anietor (talk) 23:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

makoa combatives
i have written and article and had it deleted twice---odd ball reasons were given and no consideration to me. I am curious why a general article about a martial art is deleted every time i write it. there is genuine crap located on wiki but not deleted---first it was advertising---no advertising according to your guideleines was present, 2nd it was because of the size--too smallthe article was about 7oo words--i was working on more when the deletion occurred---what do i have to do to get an article writtin on Wiki---this is a public encyclopedia--right?

ANT:Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Transportation
Hallo, Sorry Ich hast kein Ideen das mein Template für WikiProject Germany/Transportation hast macht problem für die Template für WikiProject Germany. Ich blick der Template für WikiProject Germany und der ist Kein Problem. Ich hast "Copy" der code für die template WikiProject Germany und "paste" in der neu platz für Template:WikiProject Germany/Transportation. Aber ich nur Wechsel(?) die text für die neue Template. Bitte sie gibt ich die korrekt Prozess für macht BRANDNEU template in Englisch oder Deutsch. Danke und Frohes Fest! MKLPTR P.S. Mein Deutsch ist Kein Muttersprache Deutsch ich hoffe du Verstand MKLPTR (talk) 07:27, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for the edits to the article on Eltmann, Germany. With the assistance of many kind Wikipedians like yourself, this article has really matured from the simple text article that I first wrote. NDM (talk) 21:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks
John Carter (talk) 00:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Blacklist
Hi - I see you recently added an entry to the spam blacklist. Can you please log the entry with some form of permanent link. It may seem an irritation but in a few months time it will be impossible to find the rationale if there is an appeal and the entry will be removed. Thanks -- Herby talk thyme 09:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Suspected sock puppets/Durzatwink
I noticed that you recently deleted by suspected sock puppets page on Durzatwink. However, it was not a test page, unlike the simulation I created on the user's talk page. Perhaps you should consider revisiting it. STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 00:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * In my opinion, this is quite absurd for you to be making a request because it clearly states here (#1 Reporting Suspected Sockpuppets) that "An alternate account that is not used for abuse does not warrant a complaint." and I have not acted uncivil and vandalized articles at all. Best regards -- Durza Twink TALK (talk) 01:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppets: But it also says here that people may not make new accounts if they were banned from a previous account. STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 01:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the input and feedback on the issue with the VBS:Malware-gen. Much appreciated.--Hu12 (talk) 00:25, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Re;

Adoption
Can you adopt me please?--96.235.179.193 (talk) 20:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Warning: This IP address was used by User:Durzatwink's sockpuppet User:Sorcd2. contribs STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 20:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Where is your evidence?--96.235.179.193 (talk) 00:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

What are you talking about? can you show me the diffs in which i vandalized styrofoam's userpage? DIFFS not Contribs plz--96.235.179.193 (talk) 00:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

May i also add, most of the reasons as to why u blocked me before was not done. please show me the diffs in which i did not keep a neutral point, harassed another user, wrote a biography and blanked another user's page--96.235.179.193 (talk) 00:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

February 2008
User:96.235.179.193 has been constantly harassing me by vandalizing my user space, including my talk page. I would like it if you or/and some other administrators helped me out here. contribs STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 00:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind; he got banned for 1 month. However, I suspect that he constantly changes IPs to evade bans and blocks. contribs STYROFOAM☭1994 TALK 01:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi there. Thank you very much for giving your support to my admin application, which recently closed successfully (36/3/1). I hope to be able to continue working together with you and, if there is any way that I can help out more, please drop me a line. Thanks again. - 52 Pickup   (deal)  22:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

deletion question
Dear Agathoclea, it would be nice of you if you explain the reason for deletion you made

23:01, 9 December 2007 Agathoclea (Talk | contribs) deleted "OGOGO" ‎ (Expired PROD, concern was: Importance of subject not established)

I'll appreciate yur response..

thank you very much..

Armatist (talk) 02:54, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The reason is quite simple. Per WP:PROD you can tag a page for deletion and it will get deleted if no-one contests it within I think 7 or 10 days. What went wrong is that who placed the PROD on the article missed out on informing you of the impending deletion.
 * Have a read of Notability an if you think the subject of the article is fitting our notability criteria than I can restore the article for further scrutiny of the masses. Agathoclea (talk) 07:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: OGOGO deletion question
Dear Agathoclea,

I understand that you have thorough knowledge of the art of avant-garde music, but the OGOGO IS the major force of that music art genre on the American West Coast and influenced number of musicians in Europe and Japan in the last 19 years.

Plus, two of my articles here pointing at OGOGO which you deleted w/o respect and understanding of their contribution to the art of music.

Your response "The reason is quite simple" only means that it's simple for you to delete and doesn't justify that action.

Sincerely, Armatist —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armatist (talk • contribs) 08:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Tenby Davies
Dear Agathoclea

I see you’ve just reverted my changes Tenby Davies/Frederick Charles Davies and I wondered why? I hope I haven’t broken any rule? As the original creator of these pages, and as a relatively new user, I thought it would be alright if I swapped things around as I felt this worked better. Perhaps you could tell me why you don’t think I should have done this?

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Agathoclea

As you haven’t got back to me yet, and as I have to go home now, I thought I’d just send you this before the weekend. I think I might know why you reverted my move of Tenby Davies/Frederick Charles Davies – was it because I forgot to swap the project banner as well? I really do think things would be better off under Tenby Davies with Frederick Charles Davies as a redirect, so I’m going to swap them over again. If you think there’s some reason why I can’t do this, I’d really appreciate it if you’d let me know rather than simply reverting things. As I said, I’m a relatively new user, so I’m still finding my feet.

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 15:47, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Agathoclea

I’m really sorry about this, but it seems you placed your message only seconds after mine to you, and consequently I went ahead and carried out the swap before getting yours. I now see that you’ve changed things around for me, which I really appreciate. Apologies if I’ve upset the apple cart a little today, but I am grateful to you for your help in resolving things – it’s so easy to put a foot wrong here without realising! Thanks again.

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 16:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:GERMANY
How far are you? -  Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  02:30, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ -  Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  16:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

March 2008 edition of the WikiProject Germany newsletter
This newsletter is delivered by a bot to all members of WikiProject Germany. If you do not want to receive this newsletter in the future, please leave a note at the talk page of the Outreach department so we can come up with a better spamlist solution. Thank you, - -  Newsletter Bot  Talk  14:09, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Tom Macdonald
Hi - could I ask you to leave this alone for a few minutes please - I'm just trying to sort it out. Thanks. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh gawd! What has happened here, all I was trying to do was correct a mistake I made when I first created a entry for him. It seems that the correct spelling of his name is without the capital 'D'. I did leave notes on all the discussion pages to this effect, but my attempts to put in redirects etc. have all been reverted. Hope someone can help! Lepidus Magnus (talk) 14:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Just remember - never ever move a page by copying the content to a new page. Agathoclea (talk) 14:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help with this. I seem to unintentionally keep throwing a spanner in the works – my sincere apologies. Lepidus Magnus (talk) 14:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Question?
Dear Agathoclea

As you and Tivedshambo seem to be keeping a watchful eye on me, I wondered if one of you could help me with a little question I have. I’d like to know if there’s any way of hiding the qualifiers you use to distinguish different entries with similar titles, i.e. Tom Macdonald (writer). If not, do you think you could ask someone at Wikipedia if it might be possible to create some kind of command text, such as ‘Title: hide qualifier’, that would do this? Obviously I appreciate the importance of these qualifiers, but I personally think that the overall appearance of pages would be enhanced if they did not actually appear in the entry heading. All of this may well have been mooted elsewhere of course, but as a relatively new user I thought I would just ask.

Regards

Lepidus Magnus (talk) 11:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Agathoclea

Sorry it’s taken me a while to reply to the note you left on my talk page in response to my query about hiding the qualifiers in entry titles. What I was wondering was if you can actually hide the qualifier in the heading of the entry itself. You know at the very top of a page it has the title of the entry in bold, above where it says ‘From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia’, i.e Tom Macdonald (writer). I just think it would be good from a presentation point of view if you could encode the entry itself with something which would actually hide the qualifier so in the heading it only shows the name of the subject without the qualifier. I was thinking something like {Title: hide qualifier}? Any thoughts on how this could be done?

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 12:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

St Cadocs/Penygarn
I presume you meant to tag this as a Wiki-project Wales article, as I don't see any obvious connection with Germany. — Pek, on behalf of Tivedshambo (talk) 08:33, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly Agathoclea (talk) 09:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Pen-y-garn/Skanda Vale
Dear Agathoclea

On the Pen-y-garn disambiguation page I see you’ve changed the entry for Pen-y-garn, Carmarthenshire to ‘Pen-y-garn a hamlet now known as Skanda Vale in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales’. The only thing is I think this Pen-y-garn was originally a farm, and the hamlet of Pen-y-garn is actually located near Llanfynydd at.

I did find the following on the internet ‘The application site is located on the holding of 'Pen y Garn' which together with an adjoining farm 'Cwm Creigiau Fawr' forms a single holding known as Skanda Vale.’ Maybe it might be better to restore the original ‘Pen-y-garn, Carmarthenshire - a hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales’, but to also add something about the Pen-y-garn that became Skanda Vale? I’ll leave it up to you.

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 10:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I am still pondering on that. That Pen y garn does not exist anymore and is now the site of the temple itself and the larger area is now known as Skanda Vale. I was trying to find more details for that disambiguation. Normally disambiguation pages should only contain redlinks if an article about the subject is very likely. If an article is not likely it should have a bluelink to the closest article. Agathoclea (talk) 13:12, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I changed it to: Pen-y-garn a former hamlet in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales, now part of the area known as Skanda Vale to make it more excact. Agathoclea (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Rereading your original comment and I noticed that you speak about more Penygarns - same principle applies. Find the closest village and bluelink there. Agathoclea (talk) 13:18, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Dear Agathoclea

There seems to be a bit of confusion here. There are/were at least two places called Pen-y-garn in Carmarthenshire. One is a hamlet at, whilst the other is merely a former farm that is now part of Skanda Vale at. The Skanda Vale Pen-y-garn is not the same as the hamlet of Pen-y-garn.

I trust you don’t mind but I have had a go at changing things to reflect this. I was not aware that you could only include ‘redlinks if an article about the subject is very likely’, so will not restore the link for Pen-y-garn, Carmarthenshire – but there again you never know someone might just have a lot to say about the place!

Regards Lepidus Magnus (talk) 13:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Your "edit war" accusation
You have accused me of edit warring on Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar. If you look at the edit history, you will see that an anonymous editor, who has history of only editing this one article, and of only making destructive edits, has been repeatedly removing valid content. He/she is not prepared to discuss, simply to declare that the material should be removed, and only after he/she has removed it. His/her deletions have now expanded from the fake quote section to the ancient and medieval sections. I have done my best to maintain the article with no support whatever from other editors - the only other reversion of this anonymous user's vandalism (and I stand by that description) has come from a bot. If you are watching the article, then give the constructive editor a hand. --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:21, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Suspected sock puppets/Doppleganger
OK, I've thought about this for a while, and I give up, and just have to know... how do you know about the oversighted edits? The only thing I can think of is that you were originally involved in some incident with them. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know to ask someone who could know. If this is top secret or something, OK. But if not, the curiousity is killing me. --barneca (talk) 21:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC) sigh. nevermind, I'm an idiot. --barneca (talk) 21:34, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I figured it was something like that about 2 seconds after hitting send on the message above. I was operating under the unconscious assumption that old edits would have been oversighted a long time ago, and it occured to me too late that it could have been a relatively recent thing.  Anyway, thanks for the info. --barneca (talk) 22:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

special watchlist
Hi - I've been looking for a way to have a super watchlist for a subset of the too many articles I now have on mine - and I saw your note at the Village pump, but I can't quite understand what you mean. Could you explain to me step by step how to set it up for myself? Thanks - I'd really appreciate it, as will my watchlist. Cheers Tvoz / talk 03:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Here's how I did it -


 * Put links to the pages you want on the special watchlist on their own page i.e. User:Xeno/subpages
 * Type the page name into Special:RecentChangesLinked
 * Bookmark or copy the address bar of the resultant page to create an external link with it.
 * Hope this helps! Thanks again, agathoclea. xenocidic (talk) 03:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I never could have figured that out on my own! This is very good as far as it goes, but it's really best for articles with relatively few changes as it's giving all recent changes on those pages. My problem is that some of mine have many changes so  I'm still looking for something closer to a watchlist, showing only the latest change per article.  Thanks for this, though, to both of you.  Tvoz / talk 04:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It is quite important to increase the number of revisions covered to 500 hundred then before saving the link. Agathoclea (talk) 05:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have it set as 500 - that doesn't help with my problem though. If you include a page like Barack Obama, for example, you find the special list is inundated with the many changes that took place there in one day and I can barely see the other articles' entries. I'm looking for a selected super watchlist. Tvoz / talk 06:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Museums
You disappoint me amigo. With Greece i have added external links to fairly decent sources so they should all be able to be expanded decently. I've developed Abdera Archaeological Museum, Aegean Maritime Museum, Aiane Archaeological Museum etc to begin with and will gradually try to fill out all the other greek ones. You said absolutely nothing to me and went to ANI behind my back as if I was creating a huge crime. I certainly wouldn't bother creating these articles if they weren't of notability and couldn't be expanded in a major way. Many of them if expanded fully are likely to be very interesting insights into archaeology in Greece. IN future if you have a question about my work please don't hesitate to speak to me freely  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 16:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the misunderstanding. I actually tried to make the point that a) it is quite normal for you to create a large number of stubs in a relatively short time and b) that you normally work together with other editors that do flesh out those stubs. That comment was meant to be positive. As far as museums are concerned I cannot make any statement about notability but my recommendation was to look at those articles in a few weeks time to avoid any rash deletions - attempts thereof have been made in the past wasting everybody's time in the process. You might notice that when I do have the time to do newpage patrol I make a special effort to clear your creations as patrolled (see the quicklink on my userpage). Happy editing. Agathoclea (talk) 17:56, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh OK no probs. They will all be made worthwhile soon enough but they were Blofeld bot created articles to blue link them. Every museum that was started it officially recognized by the Greek Ministry of Culture meaning each one has symbolic importance in relation to the country's heritage, which for me is a notable assertion. Often it is best to sub stub them and then devleop them afterwards. We know wher we are then and what needs doing. Admittedly I can't dedicate my time solely to them as you know I do a lot of work across wikipedia but I will certainly aim at fleshing most of them out like I did to those earlier. But in future please feel free to ask me first hey. Regards  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 18:48, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey incidentally I used to surf at Freshwater West quite regularly. I was always down that neck of the woods in my youth  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 18:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Rfb participation thanks
Hello, Agathoclea.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi (talk) 18:21, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

OGOGO restoration
Dear Agathoclea,

Please restore the page on OGOGO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGOGO

As you said on 2 March 2008: 'I can restore the article for further scrutiny of the masses'

Please do it.

30 June 2008

Sincerely, Armatist (talk) 23:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Created the needed AFD Agathoclea (talk) 08:46, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi there
You wont remember but you blocked me a while back for apparently "vandalising" Jimmy Wales user page, and i wanted to say hi. Wannabe Wiki ( talk ) 07:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually the block was for editwaring - in particular for breaking WP:3RR. It should be noted that 3rr is not an entitlement either and that editwaring can be blocked without even reaching that threshold. Agathoclea (talk) 09:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany
Hi, noticed you rated the article start class. Is not it meet B class criteria?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 11:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * My ratings are never final. Feel free to use the internal flags of the template to ascertain B-Class standard or request a wider review. Agathoclea (talk) 13:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

foreignchar
Appologies for answering from my bot account. I intend to close this TfD as delete; before the TfD can be closed, the template must be deleted; before the template can be deleted, its transclusions must be removed to prevent the display of ugly redlinks. So as soon as I have finished removing the transclusions with this account, I will log back in as Happy-melon, delete the template, and close the TfD. At AfD a template ( I think) is used, but there is no equivalent for TfD. I hope this explains things. Melon ‑ Bot  ( STOP! )  22:24, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

This template seems to be a bit confused now. When I undid the removal of the template from Fürth, it produced "The title of this article contains the character Fuerth. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as ü." So the parameters seem to be switched, and the link to ü has therefore gone. Do you know what could have happened? --Boson (talk) 21:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. I have changed Fürth, copying your edit summary.--Boson (talk) 06:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * carry on from here Agathoclea (talk) 12:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

foreignchar
Thanks for adding back in to some pages at least. I couldn't beleive when it was deleted. --DerRichter (talk) 01:30, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Current territorial changes
Template:Current territorial changes has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Yellowdesk (talk) 03:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Links
I have just added some to the section on ani, Chafford (talk) 16:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Question
You recently deleted an entry for lookanshop, it would appear before the explanation could have been reaad. I have to explain this article is being watched by a journalist in the Uk so any comments may be used in a documentary being created. Should you not wish to comment we will understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aptnicola (talk • contribs) 08:46, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

just wondering
Excuse me...but i don't understand why my page was deleted...it's not an attack on anyone...it's my page about myself....i don't intend to attack myself...that's a bit silly. i just want to know why it was deleted.

Bottleofsunshine13 (talk) 08:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Joel Rivenburg


 * 1) An article about yourself can only stay if it is relevant or "notable" and "verifiable". If you want people to get to know you I suggest one of the many Social Network sites. 2) While you claim that this is you this can at this stage not be proven. The kind of comments you made can therefore not even stand on a userpage. Agathoclea (talk) 14:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * why do you keep deleting my page???? it's my page!!!! i am not attacking anyone!!! it's about meee!!!!! why is it keep getting deleted????? why???????????????????????????????????????????


 * Bottleofsunshine13 (talk) 07:45, 30 July 2008 (UTC)joel rivenburg

How kind to welcome me
Thank you for welcoming me. I feel special. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GUID-FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF (talk • contribs) 07:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Tampa Tony
An article that you have been involved in editing, Tampa Tony, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Tampa Tony. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?  Donald Albury  16:35, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Ogwen
Hi, just wanted to clarify my edit to the Ogwen talk page. The reason I removed the "WP Wales" tag was that I'd just turned the article about the supposed village of Ogwen (complete with huge UK place infobox!) into a disambiguation page. If it's normal for a disambiguation page to be in WP Wales that's fine by me, just wondered maybe you'd missed the main edit? Cheers, Enaidmawr (talk) 18:40, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


 * nope - disambigs are borderline as far as WP's are concerned but in this case it is an all Welsh topic so I wanted to keep the marker albeit with a Class=NA. Agathoclea (talk) 19:13, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem, makes sense. Enaidmawr (talk) 19:17, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Lily - the novel
A tag has been placed on Lily - the novel, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jordan Timmins (talk) 20:26, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:WALES contact
is quite active, though I think he says he tends to stick to the Welsh-language 'pedia. He'd be my suggestion. Regards, BencherliteTalk 06:14, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Rp Welcome
Thank you very much. That's nice. Sebastian scha. (talk) 16:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Civility
Your comments directed to me in Articles_for_deletion/Michael_Gottlieb_Agnethler were rude and uncalled for. -- R andom H umanoid ( &rArr; ) 22:14, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Have you ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf? It is not just yourself - it seems a common problem that by constantly restating their position against a large number of opposing opinions they can actually change public opinion. The opposite actually happens and should you actually have something of merit to say it will not be listened to due to the "tiring" effect I made reference to. Agathoclea (talk) 22:23, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You are making a category error. Discussion and crying wolf are not comparable.  Regardless, lead by example, not by being rude.  You'll notice that I insulted no one in my comments.-- R andom H umanoid ( &rArr; ) 22:29, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Parishes, civil parishes, communities, etc: a taskforce
Hello, I've seen your comments on the category renaming discussions, and I think you've made some very good points. For quite a while, I and a few others on WP:UKGEO have thought we need a longer, more detailed look at this tier of local government and how it is described and organised on wikipedia for the UK, but possibly restricted to England and Wales for now. There seem to be a few problems, not least of which is the Infobox, which needs a lot of work doing to it including to the name, which is not neutral at all. We've tought of setting up a specific taskforce to deal with the issues and make suggestions which people can dicsuss in more formal ways, and which we think may be better done in a unified way than the piecemeal changes that often get proposed (as is the case with these current category proposals) and which may have undesired side-effects and consequences (as I think we can see if the proposals for Wales go through). So, I'm wondering if you would think such a taskforce would be at all useful, and, if so, if we set one up, whether you would be interested in contributing to it: such a taskforce would probably be assisted greatly by your knowledge of how things are done in Wales. DDStretch   (talk)  12:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly. I can also bring in some ideas from WP Germany where the infobox has dealt with this situation. Agathoclea (talk) 13:06, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

re: MfD nomination of User:Ched Davis/archive/sg1-1x3
Hi Agathoclea, thanks for the tip on a better way to delete excess pages. I'm all for less red tape, in fact I'd do it myself if it were allowed, and wasn't considered bad form. I'll use that tag from now on. I'll assume that I just copy the –  and text inside, then paste at the top of the page, unless otherwise notified. Thanks again, and have a good one. Ched (talk) 09:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Real Radio (Scotland)
Hi Agathoclea, thanks for the temporary semi-protection to the Glasvegas article. Can you have a look at Real Radio (Scotland), it looks like it's having the same problem from the same sock puppet vandals. Thanks, --JD554 (talk) 08:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. When I have a bit more time I will take a closer look at your SSP report. I would appreciate if you would add the already blocked users for completion - mark them as blocked - in order to get the fuller picture. Also has been clearly identified as the Rab Allan that is mentioned in the article? Agathoclea (talk) 09:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll have a look at seeing which users have already been blocked for similar vandalism to the two articles. I don't think I have a feeling that RabAllan isn't the Rab Allan from the band, it was probably just an edit summary to throw more confusion into the pot. Thanks again, --JD554 (talk) 09:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. I've gone through the histories of Glasvegas and Real Radio (Scotland), which has shown up a lot more than I originally thought. I've added them to the report. Thanks, --JD554 (talk) 10:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Dyfodwg
Completely agree, it is not a community of Wales but it was a parish of sorts as far as I can tell. A parish is a subdivision of of a doicese, but Wales tended to use clasau which were often built around a cantref. But these categories don't exist, not sure why not. I hate to see any article without a category, maybe it should be placed under Category:Geography of Wales until something more suitable could be decided upon? Cheers for ther input. FruitMonkey (talk) 01:16, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I see you finally got your rename of the category sneaked through. Could you now spend some time filling Category:Communities in Ceredigion with some content as I had to remove the previous content as not fitting the category as the articles were about former church parishes. Agathoclea (talk) 16:18, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I am not sure what you mean by "finally... sneaked through" since this rename, "Communities" was someone else idea.
 * As best I recall and looked at them the articles in Category:Parishes in Ceredigion were civil parishes. Please note that a lot of civil parishes are based on former (or even ongoing) church parishes.
 * If you really think the current articles do not fit you should have brought that up in the discussion. Maybe you did. The library I typically use to access the web with would filter-block that discussion page, so after the first couple days I never looked at it again.
 * I cannot really talk much about it now either since all the articles are now removed. -- Carlaude (talk) 23:05, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Just a bit frustrated at the time because I did mention in the December CFD that most articles were not about communities. The name communities is right as the welsh version of civil parishes. Just the articles in the categories weren't about that. In fact the headline of the category pointed to Church parishes. Anyway I am trying to fill these categories (and I added the other counties for good measure). The whole UK category system needs a bit of an overhaul. But just throwing CfD's at it won't do the trick. Agathoclea (talk) 23:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * 1. I now see it was the Dec 28 CfD that I had trouble reading. (Trouble passing any also.)
 * 2. Looking at all your comments then-- I do not see what you wanted to say. You did not vote and were not clear in other ways, right down to the end. E.g. what does "So rather than renaming I suggest to take a good look at the needed category tree and establish a functioning system and move articles which wrongly are in Category:Parishes of Wales to where they should be" mean?
 * 3. Even if had wanted to and had planned to empty and refill the category with new articles-- others would not have let the CfD go forward-- because that is not how we change categories. We make categories fit the articles in them at that time. -- Carlaude (talk) 23:52, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Höchstädt
OK, obviously you did not like the idea of a disambiguation page Höchstädt. Can I ask why not?imars (talk) 22:31, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, I understand. I knew I could not move the content so I was taking a short cut. Now I know why I can't do that. Lesson learned. :-( imars (talk) 22:49, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * It looks like Template:Cities and towns in Dillingen (district) still links to Höchstädt. When I go to Höchstädt and look at "What links here," those cities are still listed. I think because the template exists on all those pages. But when I look at the template I only find Höchstädt. Am I missing something?imars (talk) 09:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Hundreds in Wales
You commented on another talk page: "In Wales though I find a lot of articles placing villages in parishes of certain "hundreds" - entities long gone." Could you give some examples? I've had a quick look, and couldn't find any such mentions - and it would be a shame if other editors were distracted by thinking that a problem exists when, in fact, it doesn't. Thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:18, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Nolton and Roch, Camrose, Pembrokeshire, Johnston, Pembrokeshire, and Dale, Pembrokeshire. To a lesser degree Llangwm, Pembrokeshire. Just following the backlinks from one Hundred in Pembrokehire, where I already tidied a number of other articles. You will find the town or otherwise more prominent articles to be fine but the more obscure places are based on some 1870's topographical dictionary. Agathoclea (talk) 15:57, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Those edits were all done some time ago by an editor in California, who probably isn't particularly aware of current local government arrangements.  I would have been more concerned if it was a local editor making those changes!  I've pretty much steered clear of Pembrokeshire in my edits, but if you want help cleaning those articles up, let me know.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Either way. My first priority is to categorize the Communities in XXX within Wales. Then I will look at the whole parish situation again. Agathoclea (talk) 16:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. I've commented on your other suggestion here.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:07, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Mein Artikel ist hin, mein Herz ist schwer

 * -) Markussep Talk 18:28, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Real Radio (Scotland)
Please consider protecting Real Radio (Scotland) as vandalism is constantly being introduced about a specific DJ on the station. Some of the users who are relentlessly vandalising the article are even using usernames related to the DJ. Screaming Treeman (talk) 20:57, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * So far the user in question has been warned - monitoring. Agathoclea (talk) 21:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The individual being abused will surely succeed should he take legal action against Wikipedia and the users making the edits, however? Screaming Treeman (talk) 21:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes I'm aware that there's nowhere near enough material here to take legal action, but the edits are becoming more prevalent. Should they become more aggressive and persist over time, I wouldn't be surprised if the subject didn't go about seeking to have the individuals responsible officially warned by police for their conduct. Thanks for your time. Screaming Treeman (talk) 22:48, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure, if you let me know what's needed, I'll help as best I can. --JD554 (talk) 07:38, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the only one that might be missing is RonnieCocozza (I think the "Chad Kroeger" edit summary is a give away). Wow that list is getting long. --JD554 (talk) 09:33, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

That's great, hopefully it will be the end of it. Thanks very much for your help. --JD554 (talk) 08:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Just noticed Screaming Treeman there (WP:GHBH). Why doesn't that surprise me? Thanks again --JD554 (talk) 09:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I've left a comment (basically in agreement) at Nishkid64's talk page. --JD554 (talk) 09:10, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism on Real Radio (Scotland) and Glasvegas
I am responsible for much of the vandalism on these pages, most notably the shocking recent edits to Glasvegas. My friend and I are two college kids who thought it would be funny to vandalise wiki - we didn't actually realise that it was causing people genuine work. He was the other "puttetfarm" and has been banned. I see there's still some kind of case open to chase and ban me. Why is this the case? I've admitted on the SSP investigation page and to NishKid64 personally, yet never been acknowledged. Am I receiving an "overall" ban or what? I want to straighten up my act on WIki and make good edits (which some of those usernames listed were used for despite what some admins are saying). I want to contribute good work to Wiki and put this in the past. If you're trying to prevent vandalism, then why am I having such a hard time trying to make amends with the admins? I've yet to receive any acknowledgement from anyone. I'm free to edit as I please currently, but have refrained from vandalism, although when I don't receive the time of day from any of the admins it makes me wonder why. What's happening now? And why is the "case" still open? Let's put this in the past, then? I've learned my lesson... if there's a ban coming I will readily accept it and make constructive edits on return. I simply see no need for an ongoing "chase". Damone Rhodes (talk) 17:47, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the forgive and forget attitude. I genuinely feel that I have done a lot of good work on WIkipedia, but myself and a number of friends found it amusing also to vandalise, without fully realising that it's a genuine taboo and people are working hard to eradicate it. On the SSP investigation page, I believe the chief account was DerrikLounds. The other is was the work of a chum. I plan to use a final username to continue on Wiki, as this one has been used to essentially ask for a new start, and I want to avoid bias. Damone Rhodes (talk) 23:07, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

The vandalism has returned. I've left a message on Niskhid64's talk page. --JD554 (talk) 11:22, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of user talk pages
Replied on my talk page. Cunard (talk) 05:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Replied again. Cunard (talk) 22:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...
♠For the welcome to Wikipedia!!♠ SixBlueFish (talk) 17:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Spam
I found the pages Validation Data Repository (VDR) and Roznama Siolkot, they were complete advertisements and have been tagged under the criteria for speedy deletion. :)I Grave Rob (talk) 11:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC) Sorry, Roznama Sialkot hasn't been deleted yet, I misspelt it the first time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by I Grave Rob (talk • contribs) 12:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, deleted already. I Grave Rob (talk) 11:59, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

✅, although tagging them as speedy is normally good enough. Plenty of admins check the categories. Agathoclea (talk) 12:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Usurping
Even though you don't handle usurpations, do you know what happens to the block log of an account if you usurp a previously blocked account with no contributions that show up on the bots? Can they be suppressed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by I Grave Rob (talk • contribs) 12:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Images moving to commons when image already exists there.
I agree fully :) You should ask Sfan00_IMG who uploaded it under that name to commons though. Apparently both versions differ (they don't share the same hash, hence the "The Wikimedia Commons has another file with the same name" warning). This is why the bot only detected the renamed version and not the original one. I don't see any visible difference though so I guess it should be easily deletable on Commons as a duplicate. -- lucasbfr  talk 10:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually on second look, both images do differ. Can you check which one is correct and nominate the other one for deletion on Commons? -- lucasbfr  talk 12:08, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Bauer
♠ He was indeed reinstated to party membership, and did serve again in Parliament (I guess Social Democrats have short memories and they all kissed and made up :-)) ), but the source in question does state that he resigned as a result of the Barmat Scandal.

Another interesting point in the source (this is Fulda, which is by far the best on the Barmat incident and which is mainly directed to the Power of the Press in this period) is that Bauer was sort of an ingenue in dealing with the press. Well, it was the 1920s and way before TV and spin doctors and so on, so maybe that's understandable. But they really did hoist Bauer with his own petard. Even the hot shot Weimar pols were not media-savvy.

The right-wing manipulated Bauer like a little rag doll, by asking him point-blank "Do you have anything at all to do with this mess?" and he lied and said "Absolutely not!"

At this point the right-wing Berlin paper (supplied with good leaks from the friendly right-wing prosecutor) whipped out the letter from Barmat to Bauer about the commission dispute (ye olde Smoking Gun - ooooppps!!!) and Bauer was, surely at this point, entirely mortified. Well, it could have been worse: these days, they would call him before the Committee, put him under oath, let him lie in that forum, and then indict him for perjury.

I'll check Fulda again in the next couple of days anyway, as I'm going through the sources again to generate ver 2.0 of the Barmat article.

And --Thanks for the tip on looking at Night of the Long Knives and will do it later on this week!! ♠ SixBlueFish (talk) 21:58, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

++++ ♣Oh cool, I didn't know about DYK )). Not sure I can beat the 5-day clock but there's a chance!! ♣SixBlueFish (talk) 22:28, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Bauer's career & the Barmat Scandal
Here's the "final" word on our friend Mr. Bauer, who despite his probable good intentions did not exactly help the forces for republicanism and democracy in Weimar Germany:

The first climax of Prussian investigating commission took place in late January 1925, with Gustav Bauer, a prominent Social Democrat, giving evidence. He was an SPD member of the Reichstag at the time of his testimony and had previously served in various roles in the Weimar government.

He served as Minister of Labor in the period October 1918- August 1919. Thereafter, Bauer succeeded Philipp Scheidemann as Chancellor. Scheidemann had refused to support any decision to sign the Treaty of Versailles; he resigned a few days before its signature on 28 June 1919. Bauer's new government eventually formed on 14 August 1919; he then served as Chancellor until 26 March 1920.

He then served in the next government (the first Mueller cabinet), as Minister of Finance from March to June 1920 and as Minister of Transportation in May-June 1920.

Bauer later played a dual role as Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister in the Wirth government, from May 1921 until November 1922.

During his period of government service, he had helped Barmat win food supply contracts with various Reich departments. After leaving office he helped Barmat one time with a Government scrap-metal deal; Bauer was to receive a commission from Barmat for this help. p. 95

He attempted to conceal his involvement with Barmat, denying to the press in early January 1925 (after the arrest of the Barmat brothers) that he served on any Barmat supervisory board. p. 95. This was a lie, and he was forced to admit as much under the cross-examination by the Commission.

He was also forced to admit that his actions in helping Barmat win government contracts were considerably more frequent and more involved that his previous statements to the press had indicated.

However, he steadfastly and repeatedly denied to the Commission that he had received any financial compensation from Barmat. However, a few days later in early February, the Lokal-Anzeiger reprinted a letter from Barmat to Bauer as a part of an article on the scandal. This letter was written during the period of their 1923 commission dispute over the scrap-metal deal, and identified the occasions on which Bauer had received money from Barmat.

Bauer was caught in a bald-faced lie and, it would appear, had committed perjury in denying any receipt of compensation. The SPD promptly asked Bauer to resign from the party and the Reichstag, and he did so on 6 February 1925. p. 95-98. He regained admission to the party, having fought to re-establish his blemished reputation, in May 1926.SixBlueFish (talk) 16:51, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Now all we need is the details of him getting back into the Reichstag, where he apparently was until 1928 Agathoclea (talk) 17:03, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * ♠Yea, and this part is really interesting (and so far, mysterious). He must have been a huge embarrassment to the party, yet he finagled his way back in within just over a year and got back into parliament. Did he say "Well, yea, I lied under oath, but you know... it was just to a bunch of Prussian right-wingers, and they deserved it anyway because it was just a political witch-hunt"? Or did he try a Bill Clinton and say "Well, they just misinterpreted what I said." (Fulda is quite clear that Bauer was asked repeatedly if he got any compensation and that he steadfastly denied it).


 * I'll see what if anything I can find out.


 * I checked "history" and the article was created on 15 February. When does 5 days run out? No way I can get finished today (the 19th)...♠SixBlueFish (talk) 17:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi, If you think I'd be suitable for then yeah I think that would be useful - Twinkle can be so s-l-o-w at times. Thanks, --JD554 (talk) 13:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Will do, thanks again. --JD554 (talk) 13:27, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks. I hate those hyphens. α§ʈάt̪íňέ-210 discovered elements ∞ what am I? 22:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Germany → Template:WPGERMANY(?)
I'm curious about your use of AWB to replace instances of Template:WPGERMANY (a valid redirect) with its target, Template:WikiProject Germany (one recent example). It seems to me that this sort of edit goes counter to both editing guidelines regarding working redirects and the AWB rules of use ("Avoid making insignificant or inconsequential edits…"). Is there some compelling reason for this that trumps both of these guidelines? — Bellhalla (talk) 15:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There are scripts available dealing with article assessment on the article page. When a banner template is used on the talkpage that is not the main banner it will make it appear, that there was no article assessment for that particular project. Therefore it has a significant effect and while the redirect is not broken per se - the effect is broken. Agathoclea (talk) 18:29, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's what I suspected it might be. I'll be sure to tag with the full template in the future and save you the extra work :) — Bellhalla (talk) 18:52, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

A-Class discussion
Hi, we're starting the discussion on A-Class here today, thanks for signing up! I hope you can present your views. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 07:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
Bettia  (bring on the trumpets!)  10:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

kamag.jpg
Hi,

I answered on my talk page. regards, Broccoli (talk) 13:37, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

German municipalities
Hi, what do you want to use that WP-Germany switch for? Updating population figures etc.? Might be a good idea, I've never used anything like that. Markussep Talk 10:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0526-003,_Chemnitzer_FC_-_1._FC_Magdeburg_1:0.jpg
Wow, I am truly puzzled. I've checked that picture by hand, and the CheckUsage tool reported it wasn't used anywhere and that's why I've deleted it. The replacement for that picture is File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0526-003, Chemnitzer FC - 1. FC Magdeburg 1-0.jpg, as given at the Commons. Anyway, thanks a lot for the information. Tomasz W. Kozłowski (talk) 11:54, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: Blanking
Agathoclea,

I read your note:

''.. In particular Extensive self-promotional material that is unrelated to your activities as a Wikipedian. In this particular case even if it was to be argued to be self promotional it would be extremely related to to Mike's activities as Wikimedia's legal council.''

It's a Resume, all resumes are promotional. Resume's are explicity not allowed on userpages

''Please concentrate your efforts on article space rather than making pointy deletion attempts. Agathoclea (talk) 19:47, 10 March 2009 (UTC)''

Please assume Good faith. I'm following policy. Thus far, nothing about WP:NOT states that his resume should be on his webpage or even could be okay on his webpage. (By the way, the large majority of my edits are in article space ! ;) ) &mdash; KoshNaluboutes, NalubotesAeria gloris, Aeria gloris 20:41, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Skeeter Jones
You commented on my page (under contruction) for Skeeter Jones. I plan to document his work around the city of San Francisco with photographs of his completed renovations along with the "before" photos when they are available. I think that the quality and quantity of his work makes him a valid topic for a Wikipedia entry. Do you have any suggestions for how best to ensure that this is clear to others who might question the appropriateness of this entry?

By the way, I am working to make the tone neutral, and I'm also working to learn how to format better. If you question whether or not Skeeter is important enough to warrant inclusion, that's a subjective issue and I'd appreciate pointers to clear guideposts... In my personal opinion, he will be heralded as a genius at some point in the future. At what point does an as-yet-unrecognized giant among artists warrant inclusion?

Ihavespoken (talk) 00:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * You fill find the general inclusion criteria at WP:N - In particular this will refer you to Notability_(people). What speaks against notability in the wikipedia sense is your comment above: "as-yet-unrecognized giant among artists" - The point is he needs to be recognized to warrant inclusion. Have a read at the guidelines and see if you have enough sources that show he has been recognized, else I am afraid the article will not last. Agathoclea (talk) 09:36, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

disambigulation
I hadn't thoought of it, although as more synagogues are aded disambigulation pages are certainly needed. If you do one, this is the other page that comes to mind.Ohel Ya'akov SynagogueHistoricist (talk) 23:22, 17 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Many synagogues use similar names, so, those of us who edit articles on synagogues have standardized the format, routinely adding the city and country to the page titles.Historicist (talk) 23:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Shaker Verlag
I started this article which was deleted without much time for me to react. As an admin and also possibly aware of the German context of the article, could you help me on it?? Cheers --STTW (talk)  08:55, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Kreis
Seeing as you contribute here, you may be interested in Special:Contributions/Gereonmc and this. Best wishes, Knepflerle (talk) 13:46, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * same topic. I can understand why you reverted most of my changes. But I don not understand why you have deleted the small paras in the articles of County and County borough linked to the "normal" district-articles?!?!?--Gereonmc (talk) 18:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * If you meant this edit then you were referring to something, that was redlinked after deleting the cut-and-paste moves ie not the "normal" district-articles and implying that the about 25000 articles in Wikipedia do get it wrong. This is a more complex situation and I would suggest you contribute to wikipedia in more non-controversial  subjects. You will soon understand how we source the details in the articles. Have a gander over to Talk:Kiev to see what a potential minefield government decreed translation terms can be. Regardless of how one organisation might wish to be translated common usage will be used here. Agathoclea (talk) 19:03, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It was nevertheless an interesting experience in how wikipedia works. Obviously accuracy is not the main goal of wikipedia. Comprehensibility is maybe a nice aim for the democratization of knowledge but not appopriate and not compatible with my conception of an Encyclopedia, in which accuracy is the main objective and comprehensibility is only a question of implemetation. Doing it this way you obliterate mankinds knowledge and you don't cope with the responsibility wikipedias success gave you.--Gereonmc (talk) 20:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is about verifiability not about truth. I know things to be wrong here but cannot change it without proper sourcing. And on some things we have to make editorial decisions so that there is constancy as far as the whole is concerned. Agathoclea (talk) 20:30, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Torsten Amft
Did you actually read [this]? Did you notice that most of the relevance was provided by anon's (actually Mr Amft himself?) Jcwf (talk) 02:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

FYI
I'm going offline shortly, but if you decide where best to raise the interwiki-translation-templates-self-referentially-polluting-the-mainspace issue (lulz, bias), feel free to start the discussion and perform the procedural close on the mass-TFD. – xeno  ( talk ) 20:54, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

municipality/community
Oh.

I thought it was a matter of personal preference, and since a town, city, borough or any of a number of other entities can be a "municipality", that word seemed a bit meaningless as to the municipality's level. However, I cannot readily think of a better word. I realize that even "community" is rather inexact.

Nonetheless, I shall adjust my cheatsheet so that all articles hereafter will come out saying "municipality", and link to the appropriate article. But I refuse to go back and edit the HUNDREDS of articles about Gemeinden that I've already translated.

I've done a lot here. I'll let someone else have a go.Kelisi (talk) 14:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps "municipality" should be qualified with "lesser" or "minor". Kelisi (talk) 14:41, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Jerome, Arkansas is an even bigger chuckle. St. David's would have to do a lot of shrinking to be a smaller city than that. As for the 100,000 cutoff figure, I'm well aware of this and have edited at least several articles about German towns that called them cities. Either English-speaking translators think that Stadt is uniformly translated "city", or German-speaking translators don't undertand that the Großstadt/Kleinstadt distinction is de rigueur in English. Where I live (when I'm not teaching school in China, ie Canada), the distinction is enshrined in law, but isn't always logical. Check out the Town of Newmarket and the City of Woodstock. Kelisi (talk) 05:03, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the popups suggestions
I never saw those options before and learned a few more I never seen before :) JasonHockeyGuy (talk) 04:22, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Pembroke Castle
I've left a message, and tagged a couple of the articles that weren't duplicates of existing ones. Hopefully some better-quality edits will emerge with help. Thanks, BencherliteTalk 12:59, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Hmm, are you suggesting I buy it with my Amazon birthday present gift voucher and improve the articles that way?! The enthusiastic-but-slightly-misguided efforts of our mutual friend continue; however, at least one editor has stepped in to help make something out of the sub-stubs... Regards, BencherliteTalk 20:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually I am seriously tempted - or as I just found my library card again I might convince the local library to get a copy - as it is a book about the locality. Agathoclea (talk) 21:30, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Just spotted that you're Pembrokeshire-based - it's the wrong end of the country for me, but a perfect sideline for you! BencherliteTalk 21:33, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

comments at my talk page
I receive the same advice from User:John Carter. I had wanted feedback from the individual WikiProjects, but I will stop bothering all the WikiProjects and just add the template. Thanks for the feedback. LDS-SPA1000 (talk) 20:06, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Simon Schubert
Thanks for the notification on this. User:Infoart has left a bit of a legacy of articles. A task force gave them all a looking over: see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts/Infoart articles. For any future issues over his or other visual arts articles, a good place to post is Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts.  Ty  03:51, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Peter Deilmann
I got a ref from the LA Times describing the line as "100 million" dollars per year. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:05, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Mehmed V
Hello there. Did you mean to find someone to compare the articles on English and Turkish wikis? What about German?

Those edits seem to be accurate but if you think the article should be revised, I can try to find someone with deeper experience in this subject to monitor the edits made on the article. Please let me know, thanks. Superyetkinileti 00:24, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello again. I have informed the community about the matter and hope someone will be able to examine the recent edits in detail. Hope to talk to you again. Superyetkinileti 22:15, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Pergamon Altar
I have removed your note regarding expansion of Pergamon Altar from Portal:Germany as the article does not really relate to Germany

This is quite simply wrong. Putting aside that it is in Germany, and the central importance of classical culture to modern Germany, it was also a design source for Speer and is the subject of an ongoing cultural patrimony dispute between Germany and Turkey. It is as much German as it is Greek. Please do not be so peremptory just because it is beyond your ken. Twospoonfuls (ειπέ) 11:53, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

John Bufton
Hi! It seems you recently created an unreferenced biography of a living person: John Bufton. Please add references as soon as possible. Thanks! --LaraBot (talk) 06:31, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Notification
There is a discussion that from your previous comments I think you might be interested in at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_June_9. Debresser (talk) 17:57, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Mistaken about Boothroyd MFD
Please see my comments at the MFD in response to your "procedural keep" comment. Assume this is the only discussion on the matter. Lets not presuppose this will eventually get back to DRV; lets just look at the content and decide if the article should be kept or not. Pretend this is the first AFD go-round and comment like that... --Jayron32. talk . contribs 14:46, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I made myself clear that I feel notability is getting established while I will defer to the next round of DRV for that. Notability is getting clearer and clearer - anything else is a question of WP:SOFIXIT not of article deletion. Agathoclea (talk) 19:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Good enough. From your initial objection, it made it seem like you were objecting to the nature of the MFD on procedural grounds and not on article content.  I just wanted to make sure you had the full background of this unique and unusual case.  Thank you for clearing that up your position a bit.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  23:03, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

needed article
in the WP Germany, there was a needed article request for Herman Detzner. Would you take a look? Thanks--Auntieruth55 (talk) 14:26, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

re: Your Message
Hi Agathocle, I've left a response to your message on my talk page --     17:12, 19 June 2009 (UTC)