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DYK for Bryan Jurewicz
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 12:02, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

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You are now a Reviewer
Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010.

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages.

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If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. —DoRD (talk) 00:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool, let's see how it works. Burpelson AFB (talk) 01:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

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GOAT Store
How many references does an article containing 3 lines needs. I gave 3 refernces in total, one for each sentence why isn't that enough?--Cube b3 (talk) 00:57, 10 August 2010 (UTC) I've added 3 more references, furthermore it is connected to other well referenced articles on wikipedia such as Irides & Midwest Gaming Classic--Cube b3 (talk) 01:17, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

It is a videogame store, so it is natural that videogame website's will talk about it. The Midwest gaming reference is from MidWest's official website's sponsor page. I have also given a reference from Journal Sentinel which is very noteable printed medium. http://www.jsonline.com/features/technology/81755557.html I have also added references for the pubulishing company from Gamespot & IGN, and I can keep adding them it just makes the 6 line article look over referenced.--Cube b3 (talk) 01:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

ANI notices
Dear Burpelson AFB, I just wanted to drop you a kind note and let you know that you forgot to inform an involved editor in the thread that you opened on Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Don't worry! It's been taken care of. Just wanted to gently remind you to make sure to do so when and if you open a new ANI thread in the future. Thanks! Basket of Puppies 01:57, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

PFW tournaments
Hiyas Burpelson AFB, saw your note on that MFD I commented on that you hadn't heard of this spammer before so I figured I'd link you to their SPI and method of operations just for reference. Sockpuppet investigations/PFW tournaments/Archive. Essentially they make an account like User:Somewrestlingtournamentname and make a userpage that looks like an article, but only references their own company website. They don't reply to talkpage comments which suggests they are throwaway accounts, made for making the userpage and abandoned. In at least one of the accounts listed there the userpage was deleted and the sock was blocked, and another sock came along later and restored the userpage.

Its very weird. Its entirely possible that some of these events are notable enough to have articles, but him spamming userspace isn't the way to go about it. :) Syrthiss (talk) 11:16, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * How obnoxious... more likely it's just some kids with their own backyard wrestling clubs. I'l be on the lookout when I'm patrolling newpages since they seem to have ventured into making actual articles instead of just spammy userpages. Thanks! Burpelson AFB (talk) 23:11, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

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User:Mario1987
I notice that here on ANI you wrote "If there's some evidence he edited productively at a sister project" etc, so please note that, at the users request on their talk page, I just copied over (to ANI) a link to their contribs on Romanian Wikipedia.

I make absolutely no judgement about the significance of this; I'm a totally neutral party here, just relaying information as I believe is appropriate. Best.  Chzz  ► 09:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

List of Home Shopping Network themes and cues
Thanks for your message. I'm not sure how I missed that in the edit history. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 03:39, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries! Burpelson AFB (talk) 03:42, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

a request
In this nomination you initiated -- Articles for deletion/Ashley Kirilow -- you claimed there was only a single article about Kirilow's case.

May I remind you that the deletion policies are pretty clear that deletion should be based on the merits of covering the topic of the article, not on the current state of the article? Weak articles on topics that merit inclusion should be improved, not deleted. If you come across a weak article on a notable topic, and you don't have the time or interest to improve it yourself, you are supposed to use wikitags, or leave a note on it talk page, indicating your concern.

Your nomination strongly suggests you didn't use your favorite search engine to see how many articles there were on the topic. If you decide to continue to nominate articles for deletion I encourage you to take part of a minute for this essential step first.

Cheers Geo Swan (talk) 12:26, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for thorough follow-up
Hi, Bur! I wanted to thank you for


 * placing the shared-ip tag on 74.248.43.156. I didn't know how to do that, and now I do. :-)


 * Following up with this cleanup of the Tom DeLay article.

I had intended to do the same thing, re Tom DeLay myself, later tonight, since the 2006 source to a Kim Novak blog saying DeLay had been exonerated was clearly just a "beltway rumor" at that point, and because the IP who added it was a two-edit single-purpose-account.

So thanks for the completeness of your work with that; not many editors tie up the loose ends with such care. Strange thing re timing though, but it turns out that, as of four days ago, federal prosecutors have said they won't be charging DeLay in the Abramhoff thing, according to the NY Times. That doesn't meant he has clean hands, of course, and he still faces charges on a different thing in Texas, according to the NY Times, but I thought I'd let you know, while I was saying thanks, anyway. I have to race out the door immediately, and if I can possibly make a few minutes later tonight to incorporate this news into DeLay's article, I'll try hard to do so ... unless you might be able to get to it first? Thanks again, and best regards, –  OhioStandard  (talk) 03:16, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Support
I have supported your ban proposal at AN/I. Have you considered running for Adminship? The site could use many more administrators to watch over pages like this. Kindzmarauli (talk) 17:37, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion of Detours (band) page
Hello,

Thank you for the welcome message you sent me, much appreciated.

I have been using Wikepedia for reference material for many years now, and I have always found the site to be an incredible source of information. However, I am new to editing and have just set up my account. The very first page I created, 'Detours (band)' was speedily deleted yesterday and I would like some help in being able to reinstate it so that it meets the required criteria, please. Detours are an active band who have had many record releases, and my article was unbiased, although it may possibly have had too little content and did not give any online references. The page 'Kristyna Myles' includes reference to her collaboration with Detours on the song 'Sense Of Purpose' but previously had an incorrect link, as it linked to a different band called 'The Detours' from Scotland. I corrected this link yesterday after creating the page 'Detours (band)' but now of course it links to a page that does not exist!

I really would appreciate your help.

Thank you very much BigBonesBillie (talk) 09:40, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

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