User talk:BrianZ

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Hi again
Good to see that you've been busy on both your user page and articles. I fixed a couple of broken wikilinks to technical writer on your userpage. If a link shows up in red, it's pointing to a page that doesn't exist.

You might want to be careful about posting too much personal information on your page. In the past, some less than scrupulous vandals have been known to take things into real life. Emailing complaints to people's employers has happened in the past. It's your choice about how much you reveal, but I thought I would give you a heads up. --GraemeL (talk) 22:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I appreciate the heads up. I was 50/50 on adding my employer. I also plan on looking into adding articles on some of the red links. BrianZ 22:41, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application
Dear BrianZ,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact with the new 1.2 version release it has even more power. As such we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that that you have not made enough edits.. Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again in the not too distant future. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. -- Xyra  e  l  T 15:10, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I understand, I'll continue to make edits and apply again later in the summer BrianZ 15:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, I wasn't patronising you with the .. after my reason, but it was a typo instead. Just thought I'd rather clear that up, and thanks for your understanding. See you around the project. -- Xyra  e  l  T 15:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem, I didn't even take it literally. :) BrianZ 15:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, I *didn't* deny your application based on anything to do with the stuff on my talkpage - please see these issues as totally seperate. Thanks. -- Xyra  e  l  T 17:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

okay, thanks for telling me. It's much appreciated. BrianZ 01:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

About the page Atkins Diet Discussion Forums
Please see WP:NOT. Because this article is soon to be deleted.-- A c1983fan  ( talk  •  contribs ) 22:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I figured so. Thank you so much for doing so. The user that created it, Tommac2 needs to be told that what he is doing is against policy and he just won't listen to me. BrianZ 05:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Case now in mediation - see here
A mediation cabal case has now been started to attempt to resolve this issue peacefully. As your assigned mediator (if you have a problem with this, do say and it can easily be reassigned), I'll be trying to see what both sides want and what both sides are willing to give, and will attempt to provide a reasoned solution for you both. You are never under any form of obligation to accept what I say, and but I'll try and be fair to both sides all the same. I am also here to advise on official Wikipedia policy from time to time. Thanks. -- Xyra  e  l  T 17:18, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Xyrael, it's nice to see that this will get resolved by someone instead of the continued and misguided arguments that have no place on Wikipedia. Please ensure that the user Tommac2 does not allow links to his site to appear on the Atkins Nutritional Approach article until a solution is found. Whatever that solution is, I'm happy with it, just so you know. BrianZ 18:06, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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 * Fixed image copyright as promtional. The image is available on his press kit at www.willvinton.net BrianZ 14:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Full protection on Atkins Nutritional Approach
Naconkantari, User Tommac has reverted the Atkins article again to March 26th. His last revert was to spam his site on the article. I am fine with a 12 hour break, but the article needs to be reverted so that no links to commercial sites are allowed. That last revert were the article was clean was my last revert: 04:26, 6 June 2006 hisreverting of the article nullifies many changes besides mine, including several admins or editors deleting his spam.

This issue is currently in mediation and the article, thank God, has been locked so the spam will stop, but as the article stands, it is unclean and needs fixing.

I'm not sure why I was blocked, because I was following policy and fighting vandalism. I undertand that you are new to this discussion and may not have had a chance to view it in detail. i will discuss more after the block has been lifted. Please see Admin Graemel's edits of the external links on the Atkins article to see that the links should not be added. BrianZ 16:02, 7 June 2006 (UTC) ___________________________________________________

I'm adding that user Tommac2 has deleted several of my edits in order to make it look as if I am not involved or disputing any of his words and simply reverting his edits. I have been victimized here and I'm losing faith in Wikipedia. Someone who has experience with Vandals, please help me deal with this. How has this vandal been allowed to take this issue so far? BrianZ 16:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd like to edit my userpage while the block is in place. Am I not able to? If so that's fine, but the block is allowing me time to be able to edit my user page instead of fighting spam. BrianZ 18:25, 7 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Regarding your unblock request, I only see you making three edits to the article in question today, so I will take it up with Naconkantari. --Sam Blanning(talk) 19:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the WikiThanks
I'm glad to here that you are staying with us. Keep up the good work - I might just bump into you again someday. -- Xyra  e  l  T 15:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Howdy
I'm currently stationed at Fort Stewart, 4th BCT, 6-8 Cav. Yeah, some things don't change (RE: BS in the rear) but being a combat MOS in a time of open conflict kind of moderates the, well, chickenshit tendencies, for want of a better phrase, of certain individuals. Our 1sg is outstanding, our officers are outstanding, our NCOs are great, (Except that my section sergeant is in the barracks room next to me...) and there really is an E-4 cabal. I swear that there is. Of course there's quite a bit of downtime to play with, as we don't deploy for a while. The only thing really set in stone on our training schedule is a week of ranges next week. We get to play with 249s, M4s and m203s. Hooah.

Why Thanks!
Thank you for the whole information on the leaving the name and I am happy I finally got an account with wikipedia. I have been on wikipedia ever since 4th grade just searching articles for research projects and just to learn stuff. It is nice to be helping wikipedia in the ways that I can. So, thanks again for the comment, they mean a lot to me. Chickyfuzz123 02:48, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * You're Welcome. I wish I had Wikipedia when I was a kid. BrianZ (talk)  02:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

oh yeah....
on yours and some others pages you have an awsome background...how do you get that? or is it some kind of special secret? haha. Chickyfuzz123 02:50, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


 * It's actually pretty easy once you realize that you can have subpages and you can set your own CSS Styles.


 * I actually stole mine from Sango123's user Page. I changed the colors and tons of content. It took me about 3 hours. :) You can check out Esperanza/User Page Award for some more ideas. I used Sangro's template because it was the most different, and I guess unique although not very much anymore by me using it. lol Interesting note, Sangro is 14.  BrianZ (talk)  02:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

From Damo
Thanks for the welcome Brian.

I have a question.....

I uploaded a picture to wikipedia but I managed to do it with the wrong name. How can I change the name or page? I don't seem to see the 'move' option for the picture page?

The image in question is Nauton_Park.jpeg‎ and really it should be spelt Naughton.

Regards & Thanks

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DamienLaughton 08:39, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Damian, Try checking out this page: Pictures needing attention. There are requests there to rename files. Moves/Renames can only be done by Admins and they are notified when additions are made to the page. Hope that helps. BrianZ (talk)  14:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay - I've updated that page - Thanks again!

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RE: Infoart -- Copyright Concern
Hi BrianZ,

Thanks so much for your message re: copyright concern on the pages I've recently created. I'm new to Wikipedia, so am not all that familiar with the policies yet (but learning!).

I use Wiki a lot in my research, and noticed that there's not that many entries for contemporary art, so I thought it might be nice to contribute. Some of the text I've posted does appear on other websites -- but it is all mine. I'm a freelance art critic, so I regularly publish/post articles that I've authored. I hold the copyright to all of this material, and any quotes in these articles are from interviews that I've conducted with the subjects. Please let me know if this is ok for Wiki policy?

I'm really happy to provide proof of copyright for any of the texts. I noticed on the copyright guideline pages that an email from the original site of publication might suffice? Could you please let me know to which email address this might be sent, and I'll arrange to have written conirmation sent from the original publishers.

Thanks so much for all your help.

best, --Infoart 10:32, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure of the email that the users speak of, but I did see it referred on Copyright problems. If I were you, I would post your situation on the page and someone will give you that information. I posted the copyright info for you because you, as I expected, were unaware and not malicious in adding your articles. I would try to make articles less like a reviews of the artists work and more biographical in nature. I hope that helps. BrianZ (talk)  11:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Celebration of the Arts Festival
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RE: Your request for merge of Street Fighter EX2 Plus
I noticed, that you posted the merge tag under the above article and didn't vote in the discussion. This is just a friendly reminder that you may want to view the article again and post your vote. It has been expanded greatly since you placed the tag and you may disagree with your initial assumption. Thanks, BrianZ (talk)  18:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed, it shouldn't be up for merge any longer. I still think that there could be a better system for organizing the Streetfighter articles, as "EX2 Plus" only gets a quick mention of it's title on the main street fighter page.  Video games aren't my area of expertise, but I somehow feel that something should be done to better standardize the articles.  Anyways, thanks for dropping me the message. --KPWM_Spotter 18:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Video games aren't my area either. I was just checking out the article creators contribs since he's new and I was welcomign him, and I stumbled upon the article. No problem. BrianZ (talk)  18:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:My Warn template
Sure, no problem whatsoever. Thanks for putting in the time to create the template. If you ever need any help, advice, or just a good conversation, feel free to stop by my talk page. (I love seeing that orange bar...) :o) EWS23  (Leave me a message!) 20:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Cruft Vandal
Got any suggestions regarding a vandal who creates a lot of crufy, unsourced, articles suitable for SD and AfD? I've put his name forth for blocking, but it seems admins don't have a record of an account's deleted articles - so it looks like he's practically clean (except for the articles still pending AfD). Ideas? Rklawton 21:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, I'm assuming you're talking about GVnayR. I looked over his talk page and noticed that no one has posted anything good. :) Do you have any admins you are friendly with that might be able to watch him for a short time? I'd report him for deleting warnings and blanking other people's talk pages. What about the deletion log? I'm surprised there is no way to research this user's past deleted articles. Just by reading this user's talk page, I can see something is fishy, but I'm not an admin so I can't look into it too deep. Brian Z (talk) 21:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * With your interest in vandals, I thought you were an admin. My bad.  Rklawton 21:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

In response to your deletion of images on Celebration fo the Arts festival
I appreciate your comments to me. Unfortunately, the only license I could find for the images that most resembled the actual license was noncommercial. If it's not allowed, then why include that license in the list?

I remember a while ago, "Promotional image from " or something resembling it was an available license. Why not now? Do you have a suggestion as to what license I could use? The images are definately available and are often used in press outlets and are available in the COTA press kit. Thanks BrianZ (talk)  19:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I've added the template to the images and left "None Selected" as the choice in the drop-down. I hope this is sufficient. Let me know if it's not. I'd rather work with you to fix the licensing so it's correct, then reuploading them after you delete them without working with me. Thanks again.  BrianZ (talk)  20:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This appears to be fine. By the way, I or any other admin can undelete any image deleted after June 25th, so if that is more convenient than reuploading, then there is no problem. If an image tag is listed on WP:ICT as a valid choice, you can always type it into the description box and use None Selected from the dropdown.
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 * promotional and its entry on the license dropdown was removed because it was being badly abused by people who just slap "fair use" on every image they find on Google Images. For the reasoning behind having the noncommercial and permission options in the license selector, see MediaWiki talk:Licenses.
 * Finally, don't forget to add a source URL to all the images you uploaded, including the three on Celebration of the Arts Festival, so that they will not be deleted. Stifle (talk) 21:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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I changed the template a bit to allow an optional "as you did to xxx" to be added. I hope you like it :) -- lucasbfr talk 02:04, 18 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I saw that on my watchlist last night, I think it looks better. Thanks. -- Brian Z (talk) 13:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Podcasting
I've noticed that you are a podcaster. Well, recently I've proposed a Wikiproject for podcasting. If you're interested go to the proposal page and list yourself under 'Interested Users'. Thanks, and hope to talk with you again soon.  Gan fon  19:38, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Podcasting Started
The project is now under way. If you'd like to join, feel free to add your name to the members list on the project page. Thanks, and I hope that you'll be joing us soon.  Gan fon  21:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, and welcome to the Podcasting Wikiproject! Already I can see you're dedicated to the project. I addressed your concerns on the talk page. I look forward to getting to know you better, and working with you to make this project great. If you have any questions feel free to ask or leave a comment on the talk page. Thanks!  Gan fon  20:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Podcast Template
First off Brian, great work. I love the new table template. Secondly, the other template typically goes on talk pages, thats where I've been putting them, and where other projects put them.  Gan fon  20:50, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Okay, I only added the other one to a few. I'll fix that now. Brian Z (talk) 20:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I was working on that myself. By the way, I also didn't agree with the 'size' issue of the template personally didn't bother me, but I did notice a lot of the links went straight back to the Podcast page, and wer'nt that necessary. I think as the project grows we'll be expanding the template many times.  Also, when you respond to comments, please do it on my talk page, because I don't go back to other users pages to look for responses.  It's just easier.  Thanks!  Gan  fon  17:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
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Notice to WikiProject Podcasting Members
Hey there all, I've noticed that action on the podcasting project has slowed down. I'd just like to take this time to promote more action from all of you on the project. there are still open tasks to be worked on, and if anyone has anything else to contribute feel free to add a task to the list. Also, I've put the members names into a box, and would like to invite you all to add your favorite podcast to the column. Hope to work with you all soon,  Gan fon  20:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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Template:Non-admin fwarn
In my understanding, having this template deleted doesn't prevent you from creating it in your own user space and continuing using it. I might be wrong though :) -- lucasbfr talk 14:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Let's Get Rolling
The Podcasting wikiproject had a brief initial surge, but has since died away. I admit my part in this, I've been very busy as of late and have had little time to do any sort of editing. However the project has had almost no progress over the last few months. Our first task is to outline notability requirements. I have placed what was 'discussed' on the talk page on the main page, but there is certainly room for more input. Once the requirements are outlined we will need to start removing non-notable podcasts from Wikipedia. You all joined this project for a reason, now let's get the ball rolling. Gan fon  15:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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 * This is incorrect, the bot is somehow not aware that the image is being used in 2 articles. I've added the second because somehow the image is in the article based on the subject of the image and it does not affect the "what links here" option. I realize this excuse is futile since it was a bot that posted this, but whatever. :) Brian Z (talk) 14:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Vballjohn 02:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Hi Brian, hope I am doing this right. I'm interested in helping on the volleyball project. I had the listing on Pepper. As you can see I don't check wikipedia very often, I am a software developer though, so I can probably fumble my way through ok. My wife and I have been playing ball on the California coast for over 10 years now. Trying to get my two boys into it but the club fees are very expensive! I am also interested in recent military history and will be watching the movie Bravo Two Zero tonight. Let me know what help you need. :c)

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 * I'm just going to stop adding pictures to Wikipedia completely. Every time I add a picture, whether I take it personally with a camera or take it from a PR website or other location, it always gets deleted with some BS excuse. It's not worth the time looking for a picture to improve the Wiki when people just delete everything I do. Brian Z (talk) 13:43, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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Speedy delete of Hittman
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Invite
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No content in Category:Volleyball coaches infobox templates
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Help needed
I need your help in this: Templates for deletion/Log/2009 October 8 is about the deletion of Template:Beach Volleyball player infobox


 * The proposal is to merge the two templates. The two templates are mostly the same, with some minor differences.  I would be happy to mock-up a merged version so you could see how the same template could be used for both cases.  Thanks for your input. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  04:26, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 07:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Jim Bachi -

Volleyball
I have seen some editions you have done to volleyball articles. Some players articles, most of them looks outdated. I would like to improve players by country. Could you please choose a country to contribute with? Please take a look on Yekaterina Gamova, Hélia Souza, Serena Ortolani and Kenia Carcaces for a model to follow. Please can you please improve some volleyball players with infobox and some addons? Let me know. Oscar987 21:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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Your FireFox Persona with Animated EKG
Hello BrianZ, My name is Gregor (twitter.com/CalgarySlim) and I would like to thank you for creating the animated EKG theme.

Please create a another version where the animation is not reversed or mirrored.

While it is true the left-most area is packed with icons, having it go right to left makes it unusable by people whose jobs include interpreting EKGs. I'm not sure if it possible, but if you created a Persona that put up one of 10 or more EKGs everytime Firefox opened, people like me would be happy to pay for it.

Regards, Gregor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.147.40.99 (talk) 03:50, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup
Hi just wanted to see if you would be interested in helping with this article 2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup? This is an Olympics qualification tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Intoronto1125 (talk) 17:19, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox volleyball coach
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Proposed deletion of Jim Bachi


The article Jim Bachi has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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