User talk:Brian0918/Archive 17

Various Copyright Issues
Regarding Sahariana you failed to note why the page was a copyright violation nor did you note it on the December 6 copyvio page (I did the latter). If you note the discussion page I posted why I think it is not a copyvio. Please reinstate the page.

Regarding Mehariste that is purely from memory, which does not require a source. See also my talk page fo further information.


 * Since my last post you have posted regarding Mehariste but not Sahariana. I am still waiting on why you have not reintstated it.  I plan on reinstating it myself if you do not do so or give me a reason it is a copyvio.

" " in law articles
If you have no objection, I'd like to make a special "unreferenced" tag for law articles - this will put them in a separate category so law folk can easily pick out articles for which they can provide references. Let me know what you think. Cheers! BD2412 T 15:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The new template is Template:LawUnref, and it drops articles in Category:Law-related articles lacking sources. BD2412  T 20:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

User:Ayman75
I think an indefinite block is too harsh -- and I wouldn't advocate for any blocks at all, given it was the user's first vandalism and the user has made productive edits in the past. I am unblocking. If there is compelling reason to reblock, pleaes do so. --Nlu 17:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Depinning of domain wall
Hi. The information in this article came from a class I took at an accredited university. I don't have time to find written sources which confirm it. I hope someone else has the time to do so. I have a book called "Introduction to the Physics of Electrons in Solids" by Tanner that uses the term "pinning of the domain wall", but it does not define it. You could probably find a definition of the term in a book on magnetic materials. Leroybrown 17:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Find-A-Grave project
User:UninvitedCompany has placed comments at WP:AN/I and at Wikipedia talk:Find-A-Grave famous people raising the question whether the links to findagrave.com be deleted from articles. You may want to participate in the discussion. -- DS1953 18:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Brian, after confirming that UninvitedCompany read your last post, I removed all the discussion which was not directly central to the Find-A-Grave linking issue from Wikipedia talk:Find-A-Grave famous people in accordance with Refactoring talk pages. I left a detailed edit description and the comments will remain in page history forever if they need to be retrieved, but should not clutter the talk page for future readers. -- DS1953 13:48, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Reverting Germany
I just reverted your revert to Germany, not because you were wrong, but because you did not go back far enough. The previous edit to which you reverted also contained a little vandalism, so I went back one more edit further than that. &#9678;DanMS 02:41, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Cleanroom
No, I have no information about the sources; I just cut-and-pasted a section from "Cleanroom" to a new article.

Play EP
Hi mate,

Thanks for the comments about my article on the Play EP. I'm never sure what references to use for albums given that the source for most if not all of the information is the album itself - any ideas? Cheers,Cavie78 14:28, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

unblolck me and my userpage
i'll remove the list u consider as a spam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haham hanuka (talk • contribs) i'm still blocked and my userpage is still protected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haham hanuka (talk • contribs)
 * Unblocked. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-12-7 16:06

For a moment there I thought that said "unbollock" me, and was worried about such a strange request. umm, don't mind me... violet/riga (t) 16:08, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm still blocked!!
user:Haham hanuka
 * Should be unblocked now. Wait a while before trying. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-12-7 17:04

Firefox vs. IE
From Talk:George W. Bush:
 * The most popular, most hated browser, Internet Explorer can search in edit boxes. Someone should bug Firefox to fix this bug. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-12-6 21:36 

For a couple of weeks now, I have been experimenting with Firefox myself. Its poorly implimented ctrl-F mechanism has quickly become my #1 complaint. I was curious, since Firefox touts itself as being the most customizable browser on the face of the earth (or something like that), whether there is likely to be a easily obtained plug-in to patch over that issue? I presently find myself using Firefox strictly for reverting vandalism, yet still relying on IE to make "constructive" edits. &mdash;  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( TALK )  19:25, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Firefox used to be able to search within an edit box. Unfortunately, that capability disappeared when I upgraded from from v.0.92 to v.1.05. Still, I'd never go back to M$IE. I've used either Firefox or Opera exclusively for the last three years except for doing Windows Updates (and for awhile, a genealogy website that wouldn't work unless you used M$IE). Blank Verse 20:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Atheism portal
Hello. Recently several Wikipedians, myself included, have set up a multitude of portals for various religions, with a view to having a portal for each major faith. I realise that atheism/secularism/agnosticism is also a major system of thought, so perhaps it would deserve a portal of its own. Would you be interested? If so, I would be happy to provide initial assistance in setting it up etc. If any atheists would be interested in maintaining/updating the portal, which would include rotating "Featured Atheist", "Featured Article" and "Featured Picture" sections every few weeks/months, that would be great. Brisvegas 01:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Owslebury
Hi, thanks for the comments on Owslebury. I've tried to update with some sources now. However, some of the basic stuff is based on direct observation - i.e. it has a pub, I know this as I've drunk there. Wasn't sure if that counted as "original research", but thought it was easily verifiable, not contested and could be included?

On the issues of "Marwell" being referred to as a Hamlet, I was even less sure - I lived there, and my family and neighbours used to term it a hamlet. Iffy?

still blocked!!!!!!! (3)
User:Haham hanuka
 * Should be unblocked now. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-12-8 16:25

BD2412's RfA
Thank you, Brian, for supporting my RfA - I swear, I wasn't an admin already, but now I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 17:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

The "experiment"
This is a note to express my appreciation for you taking on leadership in this. Jkelly 19:46, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

My failed RFA :)
Dear Brian0918, I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. Even though it failed with a with the final tally of 55/22/6, I want to thank you anyways. I don't want to be one a admin anymore until I reach 10,000 edits now that it's over with. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 02:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Awolf002 RfA
Thank you very much for your support for my RfA. I will do everything I can to justify your trust in me. Awolf002 03:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

non-standard characters
Hi Brian,

OK that you remove linkspam from my talk page Archive (User talk:Francis Schonken/Archive 01), although even that is maybe somewhat over the hill (it is a user talk page that's been archived for some time).

The only thing qualifiable as linkspam in that sense would be the external link to bopnews in Stirling Newberry's signature, which occurs two or three times on that page.

Not OK that you remove non-standard characters from discussions whether or not Wikipedia should use these, e.g. what's the use of changing "Slobodan Milošević" to "Slobodan Miloševic'" in such discussion. None of these type of changes had anything to do with linkspam. You just succeeded in making these passages unintelligible. Please revert all changes, apart from the bopnews linkspam (if you insist on removing that).

--Francis Schonken 15:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. Stupid text editor, stupid me. Fixed. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-12-9 15:53

External link spam
I wondered who'd edited my talk page just now... While I now see that there are guidelines Spam, and have seen the link removed from others' pages before, I did not remove the link from mine because I know this user and have for some years, more than the year-and-change that I've been on this site. That said: I had not read that guideline, and if you had directed me to it and asked me first, it would have been much appreciated. Your tact in this situation is appreciated and acknowledged. Thank you. Schissel-nonLop! 17:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I like http://www.bopnews.com/ and choose to allow links to it on my user talk page. For those who wish to know Stirling, or read his latest research, a direct link to his contributions is convenient. Stirling doesn't format his research in a way that is encyclopedic, so most of it does not get into Wikipedia, but I find it very valuable and not duplicated in any form at this site. If we can't truly be the sum of all human knowledge, at least we can allow links to it. --Peter McConaughey 18:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Yet Another RFA Thank You Note to clutter up your talk page...
Brian:

Just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for supporting me in my recent RFA. As you know by now, my RFA succeeded, and I am now mop-and-bucket-enabled. Thanks for being a guiding hand in my fledging stages, and I look forward to working with you to make Wikipedia a better place.

All the best. → Ξxtreme Unction {yak ł <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: x-small;">blah } 21:02, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Your position on spelling
Please check that the changes to your comment made in this edit are acceptable to you. Uncle G 01:03, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Why was Haizum blocked from editing?
I believe that the committee made a mistake in blocking user Haizum from editing wiki articles. The whole apparent vandalism was really a mistake done by an inexperienced user. Fire Start and I had dug into the George W. Bush article's past and found that Haizum was trying to alert people to a vandal that occurred before his "vandalism". Fire Star and I at first mistook his blanking of the page as vandalism, but upon futher research, he was found to be innocent. Fire Star removed the complaint logged against him on his discussion page, and he hasn't done any acts of editing since then! I formly request that Haizum's block be removed immediately. Thank you. --LifeStar 05:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

TV IV
Hi Brian, given that you did such a great job on the Arrested Development article, perhaps you're interested in this wiki focused entirely on TV shows: http://www.tviv.org. Cheers! Jacoplane 02:40, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

cretinism
When someone removed your etymology I defended and replaced it. However, since the etymology is a complicated and unsettled issue (see section) I don't think we should privilege one version in the first sentence. I wrote an entire etymology and usage section based on research for the article. Thanks. alteripse 18:09, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

About my sig
Internet Explorer is notoriously broken, I don't use it, and I can't think of how I would go about fixing my sig. So I'm just going to leave it the way it is and hope all of the people who really need to reach me use Firefox or some other web browser that works. --Cyde Weys talkcontribs 02:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

19th century
Congrats on getting that passed for collaboration of the week. I wish I could contribute much to it... (history is not my forte, unfortunately).

Also, do you have a day job or what? The amounts of edits/contributions you have is astounding! :) - JustinWick 04:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Vote on Fir0002 FPC page
Hi Brian Sorry to bother you so soon after the previous one, but could you please vote here? Thanks --Fir0002 06:37, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio
According to the copyvio template text: I didn't make up the procedure; I'm just following it. Copyvio notices shouldn't be deleted to make room for new text. | Klaw ¡digame! 18:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * "Please do not edit this page for the moment."
 * "If you want to work on this article meanwhile, write a new article at the temporary subpage, and indicate that you have done so on this page's talk page."
 * There is no need to blindly follow a template that was written specifically to prevent reversions to copyrighted content.  That's not my decision to make. I just follow the instructions I'm given. Since there may be legal liability to a copyright violation, I'm not comfortable ignoring those instructions. (I've reverted twice; that's all for me for today.) | Klaw ¡digame! 18:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice, although it sounded a little condescending. It wasn't a question of 3RR, but of avoiding an edit war. I saw that you're an admin and figured I should defer. | Klaw ¡digame! 18:34, 12 December 2005 (UTC)