User talk:Bravedog

Please stop changing the images on List of Big Brother housemates (UK series 7), unless images you wish to replace the existing ones with are of the same aspect ratio and have a full fair use rationale and source information. — JD [ don't talk|email ] 18:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Please don't remove maintenance and deletion tags from images or articles. Thanks. — JD [ don't talk|email ] 19:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

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Orphaned fair use image (Image:ChandlerBingPilot.jpg)
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:JoeyTribianniPilot.jpg)
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The Apprentice -> The Apprentice (US TV series) move
Wikipedia has clear procedures on moving pages. Other than in exceptional circumstances all pages should be moved by following the instructions on the Requested Moves page. Unilateral moves can trigger edit wars, break links and cause a lot of problems. Please stop unilaterally moving pages and follow the correct procedure. -Anþony 03:31, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have started a move request to revert your move. If you would like to offer a reason for the move, you may contribute to the discussion at Talk:The Apprentice (US TV series). -Anþony 04:15, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:PrincessNikki.jpg)
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Timothy Dalton
Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. SteveLamacq43 12:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Radio City Music Hall 08-01-2006.jpg
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Possibly unfree Image:The_Apprentice_Launch-Hewer_Sugar_and_Mountford.jpg
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Articles_for_deletion/Log/2007_August_14
Hiliarious yet stupid attempt to go after WP's founder. Bearian 01:00, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

AfD tag on Jimmy Wales
Please stop putting an AfD tag on this article. You claim that Mr. Wales does not qualify for either notability or verifiability, but this is obviously untrue. A simple Google search will pull up over 2 million references to him, to his projects, to his charity work, to his life, and he is most certainly worthy of a biography article. The references most certainly pass the reliable sources test, as he's been reported by such major publications as Time, The New York Times, and many others as seen in the article. I respectfully request you stop placing AfD tags on this article. Thank you. Ariel ♥ Gold 17:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Final warning
Edits like this one show that you're not here to improve the encyclopedia. If you cannot find a way to contribute constructively, this account will be blocked for disruption. -- Merope 18:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Redirect of Janice (Friends character)
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Manuelgate
Try as I might, I cannot understand this move, which was without discussion or consensus. If you'd care to give some explanation, an unblock may be forthcoming, but it has to be said that your previous record of editing here is not that impressive. Comments welcome. Rodhull andemu  01:17, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I have unblocked you; on reflection, it is late here and such a sudden move without consensus by an editor with a WP:REDLINKed use page can easily be mistaken for a particularly insidious type of vandalism that we see here from time to time. However, "Manuelgate" is, as far as I know, not a common term for this incident and should have been discussed before being made. Your editing record didn't help you either, but apologies if I over-reacted; my focus is to protect the encyclopedia. Rodhull  andemu

File:Susan-Boyle.jpg listed for deletion
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Diversity (dance troupe)
Why did you submit the article for deletion. The winners of Britain's Got Talent were announced minutes ago, this is an important article. Rhyshuw1 (talk) 21:14, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And, please do not strike out other editors comments. Best wishes, Graham Colm Talk 21:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Star Wars AfD
Thanks for your concern, I'll see how things pan out over the next couple of days :) Dale 13:41, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, and WP:NPA: Regarding dismissing those you disagree with as "fanboys"
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Noteworthy Article?
Hi. My name is Sean Wolfington and you recently decided to delete the article written about me and it was then deleted. Over a year ago i recieved a message that someone wanted to delete the article but other people decided to keep the article after making edits and adding references. Since i am not very familiar with Wikipedia I wanted to find out why the article was not noteworthy. In addition to not being noteworthy some people said it was self-promoting. This is not true. I discovered this wikipedia page when i googled my name for something else. A freind showed me how i could update it and i updated it so there was more accurate information and then i was told i should not do that. Since that time i never updated it again.

Since i don't know alot about Wikipedia i asked a freind and they suggested i provide information to the people on the business page of Wikipedia to get their oppinion of wheter the article is noteworthy and i wanted to give you additional information that was not on the article you deleted to see if that may change whether the article is noteworthy.

Here is a summary of my background so you can evaluate whether it is noteworthy. All of this information is available through major news outlets and some of it was referenced in the article that was deleted, which i thought was the criteria for determining if something was noteworthy... but again i don't know alot about how this site works. Below is my background information, please tell me if any of this is noteworthy. Some of the information was not in the original article and the additional information may effect whether the article is noteworthy.

Here is my background: I am an Entreprenuer and a film maker. I founded and sold 2 technology companies by the age of 34. The first company, HAC Group which operated as Cyber Car and Automark, sold for $200 million (article with info can be viewed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/18/business/company-news-reynolds-reynolds-to-buy-hac-group-for-200-million.html) and the second for $125 million dollars of enterprise value (BZ Results article- http://www.dealerrefresh.com/adp-buys-bz-results/ - there are many articles about these companies but these are links i just found). My company was recognized as the "Innovative company of the year" from Auto Success Magazine along with SAP (http://www.autosuccessonline.com/leadership.aspx) and I was a finalist for the Ernst & Young "Entreprenuer of the Year" when i was 34 years old and a few months ago was recognized by Haute Living Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential leaders in the Haute 100 (view at:http://www.hauteliving.com/?s=sean+wolfington). After selling the second company, I started a film production company where i financed, produced and distributed the first film myself (Bella)and it was the #1 top grossing film in its category. (here is an article i wrote for the Huffington Post about it- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-wolfington/what-i-learned-about-maki_b_102704.html and LA Times wrote an article about it - articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/04/entertainment/et-bella4) It also was the #1 rated movie on Yahoo, NY Times, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes while in theaters and it is currently one of the top 50 Rated Films of All Time on Yahoo and it was the #1 Rated movie of 2007 by the users of the largest film review site in the world, RottenTomatoes.com. After that i produced 2 other films including a new motion picture called Mighty Macks (you can view at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034324/ and you can view my film history at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2055676/). In addition to the film production company i currently own 6 companies in the technology, real estate and entertainment industries.

I can provide more information but this is a summary of my background. Please let me know if you believe this is noteworthy enough. Thank you. Seanwolfington (talk) 05:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

AfD deletion
Did not realize that the statement had ever been posted. I received a notification about a conflicting edit after I had saved the changes, and did not see my statement in there. My apologies. Vulture19 (talk) 16:23, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

RE: Sockpuppet?
Oh, seems like someone was trying to build a case against you by making personal attacks. I wouldn't worry if I were you :) GaGaOohLaLa (talk) 19:10, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case
You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Sockpuppet investigations/Bravedog for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Blocked for sockpuppetry
I have blocked this account without an expiry for engaging in sockpuppetry(see Sockpuppet_investigations/Bravedog). I have also blocked your sock puppet accounts User:GaGaOohLaLa and User:Dalejenkins. While I have made the duration of the block indefinite I am not opposed to another admin changing to a fixed duration. You may request a review of this block, or its duration with the unblock template. Chillum 02:13, 7 December 2009 (UTC)