User talk:Airplaneman/Archive 36

I'm Back!
Just thought I'd let you know I've unretired... again. Not to be the Brett Favre of Wikipedia. :)). Cheers,

Beluga boy ''cup of tea? 22:17, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit warring again...

 * Almost immediate resumption of edit warring on the aforementioned article page after expiry of his/her last block, refuses to take no for an answer when the general consensus amongst the regular editors is against accepting her/his warped version of the article, see the talk page for more evidence. Plus, making personal attacks on the talk page of several editor, including this and this on User talk:BilCat. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 20:11, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Almost immediate resumption of edit warring on the aforementioned article page after expiry of his/her last block, refuses to take no for an answer when the general consensus amongst the regular editors is against accepting her/his warped version of the article, see the talk page for more evidence. Plus, making personal attacks on the talk page of several editor, including this and this on User talk:BilCat. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 20:11, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Almost immediate resumption of edit warring on the aforementioned article page after expiry of his/her last block, refuses to take no for an answer when the general consensus amongst the regular editors is against accepting her/his warped version of the article, see the talk page for more evidence. Plus, making personal attacks on the talk page of several editor, including this and this on User talk:BilCat. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 20:11, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

ARTICLE ON MAURICE LAMM THAT YOU DELETED
Dear Airplaneman

I am contacting you because you deleted the page on Maurice Lamm because the article allegedly did not make the case that Maurice Lamm was important. This surprises me, as he is the author of the classic text "The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning", which is considered to be the definitive work on this subject. I have been reading this book, and decided to turn to Wikipedia to learn more about this man's biography. He has also authored other important books including "The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage", "Becoming a Jew", and "Living Torah in America" and "The Power of Hope".

If you believe he is insufficiently important to merit a wikipedia page, there are hundreds or perhaps thousands of Jewish studies scholars who would disagree with you. I have no personal relationship with Maurice Lamm, and no conflicts of interest.

I request that you please restore this page.

Sincerely

Ronald J. Sigal, MD, MPH, FRCPC Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary Health Senior Scholar, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Ron Sigal (talk) 21:22, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Sept. 7, 2012

Dear Airplaneman

I am still hoping you will respond to my note above, which I left on August 17, 2012.

Regards

Ron Sigal

Ron Sigal (talk) 05:44, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I've restored the page to User:Ron Sigal/Maurice Lamm, where you can work on it without fear of meanies like me removing the page from the view of the interwebs. The most important thing that needs to be done would be to find some reliable references. This page teaches you how. If you have questions, ask away. Happy editing, Airplaneman   ✈  01:39, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Article word usage
I actually figured you would know more about this, since you are an administrator. Here at Elizabeth II we are facing a sort of edit war on how certain lines of Elizabeth's biography should be written. Originally, the article read, "Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930." BUT I changed it to, "Elizabeth had a sister, Princess Margaret, who was four years younger." Another editor stated that the former was necessary because readers would need clarification she had no other siblings. See User_talk:DrKiernan. Spelling Style (talk) 16:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Ambassador Inquiry
Hello Airplaneman. I'm the instructor for a section of students at Ball State University who are beginning a collaborative research project on Wikipedia for our Introduction to Digital Literacies class. I've been teaching with WP since Spring 201; from my user page you can see a few example projects highlighted. We are currently in need of an online ambassador to advise five class groups on selecting topics and putting articles together: this means there will be five topics for an ambassador to assist with. Might you be interested in helping us? You can see the project timeline in my user area.

I have gone through the appropriate channels and application documents with the Wikimedia folks in charge of education programs, but have not heard back in nearly two weeks (I've emailed Jamie Mathewson twice). But time is getting short and we must begin—thus I'm taking the liberty of contacting potential ambassadors directly. Thanks for your consideration and good luck with your projects! Webster Newbold (talk) 17:29, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

 * And thanks for the cookie :). Airplaneman   ✈  01:31, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

teehee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Venomxx (talk) 22:22, 22 December 2012 (UTC) the boss i do not know you but you look like a boss

Season's tidings!
To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:16, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy Holidays
Warm wishes for a wonderful season and a happy new year!

Mono 04:42, 24 December 2012 (UTC) 
 * Thanks, man. It's good to see you around! Airplaneman   ✈  05:15, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Warriors role call
Hello. You have listed yourself as an active contributor of WikiProject Warriors, but as we are trying to see who is still active, we have put all active contributors under "status pending." If you are still active, go to WikiProject Warriors and move your name to "Active." Move your name to "Inactive" if you no longer wish to contribute. You may always move it back. On January 26, 2013, all members who have not listed themselves as active will be moved to the "inactive" section. Thank you!  Bramble  claw  x   01:17, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

2015 Formula One
I'll comment tomorrow, I'm going to bed shortly. In the meantime could you possibly close Articles for deletion/Zest Airways Flight 865 as a snow?...William 03:30, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure; that's been done. Good night! Airplaneman   ✈  03:38, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Somebody created 2015 Formula One again today. It was deleted but I'm betting it will be back again before spring....William 03:01, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It has been create-protected for a year by User:RHaworth. Airplaneman   ✈  13:43, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Moxie Marlinspike & Planogram
Thanks for the help. Much appreciated! --Ronz (talk) 02:33, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It was my pleasure. Take care, Airplaneman   ✈  02:42, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the semi-protection
You semi-protected Chisti Order. Thank you! I hope that one week will be enough to discourage the persistent anon. Zora (talk) 02:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, hopefully it helps! Cheers, Airplaneman   ✈  06:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

List of LGBT characters in film, radio, and TV fiction
Hello! I saw that you Semi-Protected the article. Would you consider changing to PC-1? Many of the involved editors on that article and others are autoconfirmed, so while semi may slow down the campaign, it seems PC would be more likely to protect the project. The same issue exists at List of dramatic television series with LGBT characters and List of LGBT characters in television. Cheers! --Tgeairn (talk) 08:13, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Will respond on your talk page. Airplaneman   ✈  13:19, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassadors update
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Kurita Water Industries Edits
I will admit that my edits were a bit on the fresh side, but I think it would serve the public good to mention Issei Sagawa on the page, perhaps under a category called "Controversy." But before I write something up, I want to know I won't be permanently banned from Wikipedia for doing so. What I wrote was not factually incorrect. It was factually inconvenient. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BJ2727 (talk • contribs) 21:01, 16 January 2013‎
 * Sorry, I'm a bit lost... I'd be happy to help though. I'm quite busy nowadays, so I may not respond promptly, but if you have questions, just ask away. Airplaneman   ✈  21:39, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, Callanecc; I appreciate it! The faster the requests are taken care of, the more effective protection is :). Airplaneman   ✈  01:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, Luke! Airplaneman   ✈  17:40, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Hello Sir, User: Niemti, continues to omit a key fact of WWII, the Nazi Government forcefully occupied Nations, and set up "Puppet Governments" in those countries to do their bidding. These Nations did not commit those atrocities of their own free will, they were forced to do so. I simply added some wording under "Belligerents" to clarify a known fact. Without my wording added the historical accuracy just isn't there. Please be open-minded to the factual truth, and stop Niemti from bastardizing history to their own liking. Many of us would like history to have been one way or another, but the fact remains, what was, is, and cannot be undone.

Sincerely, Rick V. Macys "Unique2tell" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unique2tell (talk • contribs) 19:53, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey, Airplaneman. "Rick V. Macys", so dedicated to defaming the second only to the Jews...the largest group of victims of Nazi racial policy (as quoted from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) while whitewashing the actual Lithuanian volunteers (because they were recruited not from the prisoners starving to death by their millions, but from free men who came on their own will - and this what they did: together with Lithuanian auxiliaries, began murdering the Jews of Lithuania...murdered about 90 percent of Lithuanian Jews, one of the highest victim rates in Europe), seriously needs a block - because protection didn't work, and that's literally all he does. --Niemti (talk) 20:17, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Mr. Macys, I'm not impressed with disputes like this one. It's like little children bickering. There are, of course, multiple way to interpret history. The word even has "story" in it! To this end, I give no credence to arguments that simply claim that information is untrue without the necessary reliable sources provided. With that being said, I realize the history of Europe over the course of the twentieth century is a contentious topic. It therefore must be approached not with fervor, but with caution. Right now, caution is not being taken. Here's a link to the AN/I thread for convenience: Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents. Airplaneman   ✈  21:50, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Your editnotice
The revisionuser magic word only works once an edit has been committed or previewed. The one in your editnotice is blank by default because there is no revisionuser - thought I'd let you know so that you can remove it. I mean, you don't have to, but it's a bit funny - all it says is "Hi, ".

Cheers, m.o.p  03:22, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Haha, thanks for catching that! Is there a way around that? Airplaneman   ✈  03:29, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Not to my knowledge, sadly. I don't think the MediaWiki software has any way of telling who's looking at a page and printing their ID. m.o.p  03:48, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. It's ok; my message will just be a little less personal, haha Airplaneman   ✈  23:26, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Panama's Cities
May I know why was the Panama largest cities page is protected? It's data IS wrong! Cocoliras (talk) 03:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * You are clearly engaged in a content dispute, as per the revision history of the page. I really am not the one to judge if the data is "wrong" or not; rather, it is up to you and your adversary to find a solution. Airplaneman   ✈  03:41, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protection request of Liana Alexandra
Thank You, Airplaneman! I believe that Biruitorul and his actions are in connection with this.Faithfully Yours,--Phorion (talk) 05:44, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This individual has just accused me of being a Romanian spy on your talk page, on my talk page and on an article talk page. Could you please ask him to knock it off? - Biruitorul Talk 06:26, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Re: your protection of Sydney Airport
Hi Airplaneman, thanks for protecting Sydney Airport. My concern is that the protection time is inadequate given the long-term nature of the abuse: the article has been the target of unconstructive anonymous edits for over 5 years. Surely if the article does not merit indefinite protection, 1 or 2 years would be the compromise option? I mean no disrespect, but I feel that 3 months is inadequate. Perhaps a third-opinion on the matter would be better?  James ( T •  C ) • 8:54pm • 09:54, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello James,
 * Don't worry about hurting my feelings; that's quite hard to do, actually :). It's really easy to modify the lengths of protections, and I am therefore not extremely concerned about the exact length of the more long-term protections I do (say, 1 month and above) because it becomes a little harder to estimate from the article's history when the vandalism will stop, if ever. Seeing as Sydney Airport had never been protected before, I thought it would be a bit excessive to indefinitely protect it on the first go. You are definitely welcome to seek a third opinion on the matter, but frankly, all that needs to be done at the end of three months' time is to see how much disruption the article receives (can you call it vandalism? I would just call it poor editing) and re-protect it for a greater length of time the next time, if necessary. Regards, Airplaneman   ✈  14:13, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delayed response. That seems reasonable to me, however, it escaped me as to why protection hadn't been sort before, given the article is fairly visible. I requested longer-term protection because there were a few repeat offenders and incidents where one user, anonymous or otherwise, made successive edits. This is particularly evident in the "recent" edits. Given past precedence, users who make erroneous edits in good faith won't give up and the vandals definitely won't. The period where an article comes off of protection is almost certainly followed by more ruckus. But I won't push the matter.  James ( T •  C ) • 3:32pm • 04:32, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
Torreslfchero (talk) 18:18, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Chris Martin
Hi, TW bug did it again at Chris Martin. Could you restore its move-protection (sysop/Move=Block all non-admin users). Thank you. Tb hotch .™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions.  03:49, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for noticing, Tbhotch! I've fixed it. Airplaneman   ✈  06:09, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

writing a good wiki page
hey there,

im trying to write a wiki page about a club i used to be a part of in college. can you point me in the right direction or help me write a page that doesn't get deleted...

thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.251.68 (talk) 01:34, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello, I assume you're referring to Vietnamese Student Association University of Maryland, College Park, which I deleted as per this criterion for deletion (failed notability). Unfortunately, I'm not sure the subject at hand meets the notability guidelines for inclusion in Wikipedia at this current time. Sorry about that, Airplaneman   ✈  14:00, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi
Could you take a look at my request for page protection on Oba Chandler. It is quite urgent. It is an GA article. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:23, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Requests for page protection could use a few more hands. I'm going up the list; I'll get to it soon. I'm pretty sure most requests on RFPP are urgent; why else would they be on that page? Oh, and "GA article" is redundant (GA means good article, so no need to say article after that). Regards, Airplaneman   ✈  14:26, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
 * OK thank you for taking the time to respond. Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:28, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

List of fatalities from aviation accidents‎
Hi. I don't think this would be considered a WP:CANVAS violation, as there is no formal RfC going on, but I would appreciate it if you would look at and comment on my comment at the article above's talk page regarding possible BLP (BDP) issues. Thanks. Gtwfan52 (talk) 09:42, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't get to this sooner. It looks like you've come to some sort of conclusion. Airplaneman   ✈  18:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!
Your help at Yin Yoga is much appreciated. EMP (talk 18:42, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Hopefully it works out. Airplaneman   ✈  18:37, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Protection off
Hello Airplaneman! You have protected List of South Korean idol groups recently on my request. I am done with the restructuring, and because the article became too huge in size due to the improved refs (around 500 refs), I was advised to split the article by decades. Because of this, protection is no longer required for the article. Could you please turn it off? Thanks a lot! 小龙 (Timish) # xiǎolóng de xìnxiāng  14:24, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ Airplaneman   ✈  18:36, 12 February 2013 (UTC)