User talk:Ash/2008

London Meetup - January 12, 2008
Hi! There's going to be a London Wikipedia Meetup coming Saturday January 12, 2008. If you are interested in coming along take part in the discussion over a Meetup/London7. The discussion is going on until tomorrow evening and the official location and time will be published at the same page late Thursday or early Friday. Hope to see you Saturday, Poeloq (talk) 01:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Please help
I'm sorry for writing this on your page but I don't know where else I could put it. You banned me back in February (or at least banned this IP address) for vandalizing an article. I just came on today for the first time in months to look something up, and was surprised to see that message. It's surprising to me because I have never vandalized that page, and frankly never even been to it. I've also been warned before for vandalizing pages I've never even been to... how is this possible? Is it possible someone else out there has the same IP address as me? No one else have access to this computer but me, and I've never vandalized pages on wikipidia... I have better things to do. Can you explain what is going on? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.140.121 (talk) 04:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Nobody's saying your are personally responsible for vandalism but there's never a guarantee that your IP address is only ever yours. It's best to set up a WP account then as it's password protected any edits are pretty reliably traceable as yours (even if you stay completely anonymous).—Ash (talk) 07:35, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hemingway diabetic?
Can you provide supporting info on this? I know his father was but I have not heard of Hemingway being diabetic. Thanks. -Alcmaeonid (talk) 16:51, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Added to talk page. Ash (talk) 23:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

George Lucas
The Q&A video is cited. I'm not in L.A. at the moment so I can't get the exact quote. It's something very near what's printed there. Robert K S (talk) 16:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered sometime in January 2008 (UTC). SatyrBot (talk) 23:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Wikipedians interested in The Freecycle Network
I have nominated wikipedians interested in the freecycle network for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ash (talk) 02:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:TalkTalk Free Broadband logo.png
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Category:Wikipedians who use an iPhone
I have speedy deleted a category you created, Category:Wikipedians who use an iPhone, as a substantially similar recreation of previously deleted material. Please see User categories for discussion/Archive/June 2007. Thanks for understanding! VegaDark (talk) 23:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've also speedy deleted Category:Wikipedians who use a Dvorak keyboard per User categories for discussion/Archive/June 2007. I'd recommend you take a look at User categories for discussion/Archive/Topical index before creating any more user categories, as several of the other categories you recently created look like they will likely be deleted based on past precedent listed there. VegaDark (talk) 23:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Your use of Image:Torchwood logo.svg in Torchwood user box
I'm not sure if you are aware, but Wikipedia has a policy that does not allow the use of non-free images outside article space. Your userbox at User:Ash/Userboxes/Torchwood does contain a non-free image, namely Image:Torchwood logo.svg. I am going to have to ask you to remove the image. Thank you. — Edokter  •  Talk  • 01:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Changed to some fancy text that is similar to the Torchwood titles.--Ash (talk) 15:08, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Leaving in an unsourced statement...
I reverted an edit you made, that removed an unsourced statement. I did this because it looked like you had added a "Need's citation" tag literally one minute before deleting it. If this is close to the truth, then I ask that you leave it in for, say, two weeks, and then delete it. In order to allow someone to possibly find a citation. If I am in error, or you wish to delete it immediatly, I ask that you first talk to me on my userpage, or this page, or on the talkpage for the article before re-deleting it. Kairos (talk) 12:53, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
Re. Freeganism, I did not vandalize the page; I merely added some realism, and provided a counter-point to the Freegan's completely biased point of view. They are basically parasites, feeding off capitalist society. --195.137.105.1 22:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Teeline
Your recent edit to User:Paddles/Userbox/Teeline was to remove the category Category:Wikipedians interested in shorthand with the justification that this had been concluded on User_categories_for_discussion, however the discussion was has only dealt with Category:Wikipedians interested in Teeline shorthand and the creation of the wider category Category:Wikipedians interested in shorthand was in response. I have reverted your edit to this particular userbox on that basis. Ash (talk) 08:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the note. And yes, that was an accidental error. A single word (or lack of it) makes all the difference : ) - Thank you for bringing it to my attention. - jc37 19:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered by SatyrBot around 17:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC) SatyrBot (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Peter Tatchell (Political timeline)
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Peter Tatchell (Political timeline), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add  to the top of Peter Tatchell (Political timeline). Was the intent to help limit the size of the main article? If so I applaud finding some solutions but I don't think this was it. Benji boi 19:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Boyz cover issue 802.jpg)
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 * After undoing some anon edit on the Boyz (magazine) page, the image is no longer an accidental orphan.—Ash (talk) 12:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Request for Comment and Expansion of Syngas Fermentation Article
Hi Ash,

I have been writing an article about a part of Wikiproject Energy Development, and I need comments and expansions in terms of the article. Could you please get a chance, and look at the article. If you can try your best, I would really appreciate for that.

Thanks

Ferit Isik 16:03, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Block request declined
Thank you for your help in fighting vandalism. Unfortunately I am forced to decline your request to have blocked  because this IP's last edit was 13 days ago. When making reports to WP:AIV, please keep criteria #2 in mind: "the vandal must be active now." Thanks again for helping contain vandalism. --Kralizec! (talk) 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template:User car-free
Template:User car-free, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User car-free and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Template:User car-free during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.--DieWeisseRose (talk) 06:17, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

List of LGBT rights activists
Your POV pushing on the above list article is quite stunning - first claiming that those who you do not wish to appear on the list must have sources with specific wording; then insisting that those who you approve of do not need to have a source in the article at all. It is rare that I have seen such bald POV pushing and I encourage you to review the guidelines and policies that I have listed on the talk page. After review, please take appropriate action such as providing the sources that you claim exist on other pages, or reverting to the version where non-sourced material has been appropriately removed per WP:V. Lasalle202 (talk) 00:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm rarely called stunning. In return I hope you take time to understand my response on the discussion page. If you still think I'm wrong perhaps you can quote the specific part of WP guidance that supports your view that citations must be duplicated from other pages from wikipedia rather than linking to the existing wikipage. BTW most folks don't consider undoing incorrect changes pushing a POV.—Ash (talk) 07:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * My position again, is WP:LIST: "Lists, whether they are embedded lists or stand-alone lists, are encyclopedic content as are paragraphs and articles, and they are equally subject to Wikipedia's content policies such as Verifiability, No original research, Neutral point of view, and others." (emph added) We then look at Wikipedia Policy: Verifiability: " Editors should provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is challenged or is likely to be challenged, or the material may be removed." (emph added). Your posistion that "verification located in some other article is somehow WP:V -enough'" for material in another article is countered in WP:V: "Articles and posts on Wikipedia may not be used as sources."
 * As requested repeatedly, please provide sources for the challenged material or revert yourself to the version that does not contain unsourced material.Lasalle202 (talk) 11:32, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Refer to Talk:List_of_LGBT_rights_activists—Ash (talk) 13:21, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:TalkTalk Free Broadband logo.png)
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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director, Miss Julie, and our project is drifting along with a few leaking plugs in the bottom of the boat. Hey, it happens. Every group we join goes through changes. If Wikipedia weren't so interesting it wouldn't also be so frustrating sometimes. And vice versa. More than one Wikiproject has tumbleweeds blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the talk page of the project, you can let us know you're still around.

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WP:LGBT's Role in HIV / AIDS articles
It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in dipping our toes into HIV/AIDS articles. The main AIDS article was delisted as a Featured Article last month, sadly. (Sending a swift kick to WP:Medicine.) A spirited discussion is available for your entertainment on the WP:LGBT talk page about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.

Is Pride POV?
We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic gay pride flag, much like other Wikiprojects have iconic symbols denoting the topic is a core subject in a series of articles. However, a question recently arose asking if the symbol itself is not neutral. Should a pride flag show up at the top of the article on Conversion therapy? How else would anyone know the article is about queer issues? Is there another symbol that is as widely recognized and that includes all our many splintered facets? At what point do we stop asking ourselves all these questions and just go have a mint julep on the verandah and stop caring?

Harvey Milk and Jim Jones
For the love of all that is holy, no Kool Aid jokes. However, an editor involved in pioneering San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk's article has included a section about the late supervisor's support of Jim Jones and the People's Temple. While it may be accurate, there is a Request for Comment regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...

Queer Studies is offensive!
The established branch of study known as Queer studies was brought up as an category for deletion because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.

Lambda Literary Awards
What can you do to help the project out? Be a wiki-fairy, on many levels. There are all kinds of articles that need help. Why, just this morning I removed those ugly wikify and cleanup tags from four articles at random. If you can put  around stuff, you can clean up articles. There's a list of articles that need attention at the top of the WP:LGBT talk page. Or you can start with the Lambda Literary Awards, where the goddess of my altar received a pioneering award, and was "reduced to rubble" by Katherine V. Forrest's wonderful speech. The 20th ceremony of the Lambda Literary Awards, which celebrates LGBT literature, took place in West Hollywood on May 29th. The page needs to be updated with the new winners, to be found on the official website.


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Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Arthur C. Clarke and Bernard Montgomery
Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles, familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the Hall monitors and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.

This month's Wiki stars
This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*) Mulholland Dr. became a featured article in May. This is A Good Thing since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as lesbian porn. I don't care what Benjiboi says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think Laura Harring would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)

Compulsive hoarding of templates
Once I saw a harrowing episode of Animal Planet's Animal Cops where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and track lighting in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's up for discussion on the WP:LGBT talk page.

The Violet Quill and magazines
Zigzig20s suggests we create an article on The Violet Quill, as it seems such a milestone in the advancement of gay/queer literature. Members of the Quill all have pages of their own (Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore). We need to find more info on the Quill per se to reference the page that we create. Perhaps Google Books - and libraries? - can help.

A number of magazines also need articles, perhaps most notably QW, LGNY, and Lesbian Feminist Liberation.

Mom's nagging for Pride Month
It's June, Pride month. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, get a designated driver, then go half-dressed in the streets find a girlfriend or boyfriend, or some homo who's standing there looking lonely and kiss 'em up real good. Remember, it all started 39 years ago when a bunch of drag queens just got fed the f*ck up by the cops raiding the bar and dragging them all out to the pokey again. Rock on, queens! Enjoy your celebrations. My town's is in October, and 200 people attend. I miss Denver.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Hey, I've seen you around! Sorry there seem to be so many—it's been a while. But we welcome you all: Cheezisyum21, Taineyah, Dustihowe, Avesta69, RachelSummers77, Vivekgopinathan, AMK1211, Staffwaterboy, Ted Ted, Joe5150, Leahtwosaints, Robapalooza, Arthomure, Confusionball, Affinity likely, PrinceOfCanada, Yobmod, Npd2983, Neagley, Bvlax2005, Bvlax2005, Rhullsf, Textorus, Kieran.casey, Tyciol, Meojive, Sappho'd, Bookkeeperoftheoccult,  Gaywarrior, Aujourd'hui, maman est morte, and Balin42632003.

It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Wikipedia.

- In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon."
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We miss you, Miss Julie, as well as all the others who have graced our project and are on wiki-breaks or just got fed up with all the nuttiness and went to live their lives. Get your stupid houses built and hurry up and come back. --Moni3 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC) To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Moni3 know.
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This newsletter was delivered by §hepBot around 16:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC). ShepBot (talk) 16:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Gay bathhouse GA Sweeps Review: On Hold
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria and I'm specifically going over all of the "Culture and Society" articles. I have reviewed Gay bathhouse and believe the article currently meets the majority of the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. In reviewing the article, I have found there are several issues that need to be addressed, and I'll leave the article on hold for seven days for them to be fixed. I have left this message on your talk page since you have significantly edited the article (based on using this article history tool). Please consider helping address the several points that I listed on the talk page of the article, which shouldn't take too long to fix with the assistance of multiple editors. I have also left messages on the talk pages of a few other editors and a related WikiProject to spread the workload around some. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 01:20, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Sailors health club.jpg
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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on  explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Melesse (talk) 08:40, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Resized the image, which seemed to be the only issue as I went through all this in 2006.Ash (talk) 15:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Gay Bathhouse
Hi, I've had a full plate lately but I love a challenge. If you want help on refs let me know which ones to sort out and I'll do what I can. Banj e b oi   02:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Been a little too busy to come back to Gay Bathhouse properly (real life does get in the way sometimes). Anything you can do to help with the review comments would be good. Cheers mate Ash (talk) 21:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, just saw this note. Do I just pick one that isn't struck through or ? Banj e  b oi   23:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, go for it stud. ;) —Ash (talk) 08:25, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I think they're done. Banj e  b oi   12:01, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, you really are a super stud. Thanks, this gave me the time to go to a job interview, have a romp in the afternoon with a boot boy off Gaydar and then watch two Batman movies. I feel a bit guilty now, I should at least had the decency to fit in some hands-on research at Pleasuredrome. ;) —Ash (talk) 22:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol. The "dark rooms" link was very disappointing! Banj e  b oi   23:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles for Deletion
Hi. Your nomination of S3M at Articles for deletion was incomplete. Although I completed it, it is still missing an explanation from you as to why it should be deleted. Please provide such a rationale at Articles for deletion/S3M. Thank you. --Blanchardb- Me • MyEars • MyMouth -timed 23:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I added a rationale when using TW's Afd feature but the page must have dropped out without updating.—Ash (talk) 07:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I was surprised that you voted to remove the software maintenance maturity model. My name is Dr.Pigosky and I wrote the preface of the recent 2008 book published by Wiley on the S3M. I think you should take the time to learn the model and talk to the software maintenance specialist before presenting such a motion. Look at the reference from Ross Gagliano from the ACM on this work also. You should retract this motion. Dr.Pigosky 15:21, 19 July 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.Pigosky (talk • contribs)
 * Please refer to WP:MEAT before attempting any further bogus edits.—Ash (talk) 23:36, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello. Just to let you know that (what I suspect to be meatpuppets) have engaged in discussion on the article's AfD page, if you want to participate further. Also, to "Dr. Pigosky", please read this notability guideline. Thanks! -  Toon  05  17:56, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the warning. I have struck out the meatpuppet comments based on checking the page history. The edits are obviously bogus.—Ash (talk) 23:36, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:UAA report on User:Dr.Pigosky
I've declined to block this user. The username policy prohibits the impersonation of famous people, but there's no reason to suspect that Dr. Pigosky is (1) famous, or (2) being impersonated here. Users are allowed to use their real names as usernames. (I've also cut & pasted the below comment, in case you didn't get to see it before the report was removed.) Mango juice talk 16:41, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * It is not against policy to use the name of a real notable person if you are that person. This is too complicated to be handled here. Daniel Case (talk) 14:52, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I'll keep a watch on this user's activities and follow the WP:SSP process if necessary.—Ash (talk) 16:42, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter (July 2008)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  12:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice
Hi,

As a regularly contributing UK Wikipedian, we were wondering if you wanted to contribute to the Oxford bid to host the 2010 Wikimania conference. Please see here for details of how to get involved, we need all the help we can get if we are to put in a compelling bid.

We are also in the process of forming a new UK Wikimedia chapter to replace the soon to be folded old one. If you are interested in helping shape our plans, showing your support or becoming a future member or board member, please head over to the Wikimedia UK v2.0 page and let us know. We plan on holding an election in the next month to find the initial board, who will oversee the process of founding the company and accepting membership applications. They will then call an AGM to formally elect a new board who after obtaining charitable status will start the fund raising, promotion and active support for the UK Wikimedian community for which the chapter is being founded.

You may also wish to attend the next London meet-up at which both of these issues will be discussed. If you can't attend this meetup, you may want to watch Meetup, for updates on future meets.

We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

Addbot (talk) 21:21, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Edits
Thanks for your note. I added the links to GT and Diva articles because I had been reading about a lot of published market research data that Out Now Consulting had undertaken which was all about the readers of these publications. I thought it could help in guiding others to a related source but can happily live with or without the reference I thought made sense - whichever you prefer is cool to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.245.59.206 (talk) 22:43, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Ash, sorry about reverting you earlier. I agree with you that the study itself is worth mentioning but the website that happened to be hosting that article was a bit unsavory as far as NPOV is concerned; with this edit I think you've gotten that straightened out. Thanks for going out and finding the better source, &mdash;Politizer talk / contribs 18:55, 23 December 2008 (UTC)