User talk:Cirt/Archive 18

WikiProject English
WikiProject English looks like it needs to be restored and tagged. You deleted it, but the MfD result was actually to tag-'n'-bag. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 11:06, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * There was another MFD, see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject English (2nd nomination). Beeblebrox (talk) 04:08, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:34, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

A request...
I have never asked this before, but I request an early close of Articles for deletion/Del Zamora and then that the article be userfied to me per my explanation at the AFD. I think a protracted discussion will likley result in a deletion of the current version of Del Zamora and would have asked for userfication after deletion anyway, as I have the sincere belief that sources exist so that I can save this one to better serve the project. It's just that fixing it will take a lot of time and will take a lot of work. I can do it. I will advise the author to watch my progress and learn from it.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 21:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably best to post to a central noticeboard, or maybe the talk page of WP:AFD or a related page. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:35, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXV, July 2011
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Space Pirates and Zombies (and possibly cleavage and big guns and ninjas)
Hi Cirt, as predicted at Articles for deletion/S.P.A.Z. this game has since been covered on Rock Paper Shotgun, the site of the game magazine GamePro, as well as an interview on this site and another review on Atomic Gamer. There should be plenty there for me to expand the article. Would you mind restoring the article for me? Someoneanother 15:10, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I just checked your contribs. to see if you're active and you've been having a break for more than 3 weeks, I'll ask David Fuchs since he was the only other participant in the AFD. Sorry to bother you. Someoneanother 20:16, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:33, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Barack Obama inaugural address.ogv


A tag has been placed on File:Barack Obama inaugural address.ogv requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page 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 page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Logan Talk Contributions 02:15, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was moved to Commons. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:32, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Duffmasterofpuppets
Just so you know, I have overturned your block of this user. They had not edited in over a year and there was no visible sign of any kind of bad faith. Furthermore, there is no prohibition in the username policy against the very presence of the word "puppet." They requested unblock and I took the unusual step of granting that request without consulting you because I believe this block was manifestly incorrect in addition to being handled poorly. I realize the block was quite a while ago and I'm not trying to make a big stink about it, just letting you know why I undid your block. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the notice, no objections. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:33, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I had assumed this was an isolated incident, but it is now clear that it was not. Are there many more of these? Beeblebrox (talk) 17:19, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with the review, looks like the unblock was handled appropriately. Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:41, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Hill
I wasn't sure if you were too distracted with other things. I am presently away from home, but will be back and then will do my part. Although what you've written is quite good.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:25, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Independent Alphanes
You deleted a redirect but not the article Independence Moses Spina, cheers --Pontificalibus (talk) 18:37, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:39, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/List of male superheroes (2nd nomination)
I had been watching this for awhile and was probably going to close it soon the same way. If you get any gruff about this close, I think the "keep" !votes were actually more about supporting Lists of superheroes, which was deleted in an Articles for deletion/Lists of superheroes that seems a bit contrary to WP:CLN, so it would be more productive for them to challenge/recreate that than to support an undifferentiated list of all male superheroes. Cheers, postdlf (talk) 23:13, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the heads up! ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:24, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

X-Series
Just so you know, regarding Articles for deletion/X-Series, I created a new X-Series page as a redirect to Xseries. I presume you have no objection. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  04:27, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, no objections! :) But thanks for informing me. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:53, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

your eyes, please
I asked Ron yesterday, but he may be away for a short while.

 Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 00:13, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hrm, perhaps ask at a more central location, like the talk page of WP:AFD, or maybe at WP:AN. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:25, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I was hoping you might've known.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:18, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:56, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay. I asked As neutrally as possible.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 08:26, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Alright, thank you. :) Feel free to keep me posted if you wish. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:15, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Courtesy notification
Just to let you know that I have mentioned you in conjunction with an arbitration case (in which you are not a party) at. Please feel free to suggest any corrections if you feel that I have made any errors of fact about your role. Prioryman (talk) 23:59, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:15, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Maturity Road Mapping deletion
I have no problems with this deletion. I also have no experience or proficiency with wikipedia. There is still an active link from the "Roadmap" wikipedia entry to the deleted entry. I suspect this should be removed? Thanks 192.41.148.220 (talk) 21:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Yacht Bounce Article Deletion
Why was the article deleted? Do you people just run around aimlessly deleting articles based on if "you" have ever heard of the subject? The article DID comply with Wikipedia's notability guidelines. It DID have sources. It was in full compliance. But what I perceive as a high-and-mighty "we're in control here" consortium of editors dropped the ball here and deleted an article I worked hard on to ensure was in full compliance. Rather than provide improvements to it or suggest how it could be made MORE compliant, it was blindly deleted. Just what the hell am I supposed to do to make a new article that WON'T be deleted by you enforcers??? Heavy (talk) 15:16, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Mona Vasquez cover.jpg
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Page deletion
I am trying to determine if you deleted this page. Thank you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seay_(musician) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vidente123 (talk • contribs) 13:03, 30 August 2011 (UTC) Vidente123 (talk) 13:18, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

I am not well versed in this as you are. How can I discuss the deletion of this page. I want to have it undeleted or resubmitted addressing your concerns. I AM NOT THE ARTIST.

While I understand your ability to delete this I am concerned as I can provide and direct you to at least a dozen artists who are Seay's peers that have very similar articles here. None of them are being targeted for deletion. In fact, any of these artists will vouch for a Seay's career in this genre over a 10 year span I am happy to have Sirius XM music directors verify this is a bone fide music artist with global airplay and sales. I can also have several magazines and music reviewers do the same. Also distributed national by a major brick and mortar distributor etc etc. Many of the references I used are the same as we are all part of the New Age Music Market. Please help me understand the process and provide responses to any of your concerns.

Respectfully submitted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seay_(musician)Vidente123 (talk) 14:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Another Page Deletion Query
bobrayner deleted the entry for Advance Centre for The Scotson Technique. So, on 13 June 2011, I sent him the following message but never heard back from him. I always hear back from you so I hope you will be able to help:

"Here are some articles that mention the Advance Centre for The Scotson Technique:
 * in the Reader's Digest http://advancecentres.blogspot.com/search?q=readers&x=0&y=0
 * in The Times http://advancecentres.blogspot.com/2009/02/linda-scotson-mentioned-in-times.html
 * in a Hungarian newspaper "Hope for brain damaged children" http://ujszo.com/napilap/regio/2008/08/01/remeny-az-agykarosodott-gyerekeknek?mini=calendar/2008/09/all&
 * on Radio 4 http://advancecentres.blogspot.com/2009/10/linda-scotson-is-guest-on-bbc-radio-4s.html
 * on BBC TV and radio http://advancecentres.blogspot.com/2009/06/marathon-test.html
 * on ITV http://advancecentres.blogspot.com/2010/09/itv-have-two-reports-on-advance-centre.html
 * in The Autism File magazine, an authority on Autism http://advancecentres.blogspot.com/2011/02/linda-scotson-writes-article-for-autism.html

Are any of these articles good enough to allow the entry to be reinstated? Johnalexwood (talk) 10:31, 7 August 2011 (UTC)" Johnalexwood (talk) 12:04, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Request for archived page deletion
Hello,

May I request you to urgently look upon the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FDr._Ikram_Abidi

This is an old archived page. The problem is that this page is showing up in one of the top Google searches whenever the name "ikram abidi" is being typed in. As a result, my potential customers and clients are being affected and my own reputation is being negatively impacted because of the same.

I'm sure that you'll agree that a an ordinary viewer or customer has got nothing to do with an old archived debate between Wikipedia editors and an author over whether to include a person or not.

I, therefore, request you to do something about this matter. Would be grateful if this could be permanently deleted or at least hidden from the google searches.

Regards,

Ikram Abidi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.106.42 (talk) 09:01, 26 August 2011 (UTC)


 * You may address this request to the administrator's noticeboard, too. There it will receive the attention of more administrators. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 18:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, courtesy blanked. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:51, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Request to undo deletion of Kokondo page
I apologize for my lack of familiarity with how to make this request and any errors I may make, but I would like to request the undeletion of the Kokondo page.

To address the concerns that this is an irrelevant or defunct martial art, this is indeed a legitimate marital art practiced at a number of schools nationwide. Official website is http://www.kokondo.org and is referenced in the article. I do not have a comprehensive list of dojos, but I know they at least exist in Connecticut, Florida, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Idaho, Missouri, and Ohio. The reviewer who indicated that it was clustered around a city in Connecticut is incorrect. There are no notable competition successes from students because the art discourages competition and instead focuses on real-world self-defense. It was founded around 50 years ago, which I would argue doesn't qualify as a recent splinter, and has been continuously practiced since. There are at least a dozen other websites on this art. See example links at http://www.kokondomartialarts.com/links.htm.

Thank you for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.66.77 (talk) 21:40, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

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Blue Sky Network
Hi Cirt,

I would like to get my company's wikipedia page re-instated. We are an established company with a 10+ year history and thousands of customers. Our tracking equipment is in the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space, and our clients include ExxonMobil, the US Forest Service, Bristow Helicopters, and hundreds more.

Here are some links to a sample of pieces by third parties on us over the years. Please let me know if this is enough. If not, please help me understand what is...

Thanks, Matt Casper Dir. of Marketing matt.casper@blueskynetwork.com

xconomy, 2/15/11 http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2011/02/15/blue-sky-network-finds-markets-beyond-aviation-for-satellite-based-technology/?single_page=true HEADLINE: Blue Sky Network Finds Markets Beyond Aviation for Satellite-Based Technology

San Diego Business Journal, Monday, November 29, 2010 http://www.sdbj.com/news/2010/nov/29/blue-sky-help-red-crescent-navigate-remote-terrain/ HEADLINE: Blue Sky to Help Red Crescent Navigate in Remote Terrain

Wireless News, May 4, 2010 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-179633816.html HEADLINE: Peruvian Air Force Utilizes Blue Sky Network's Portable GPS Tracking and Communication Devices on Planes

Satellite Today, August 1, 2007 http://www.satellitetoday.com/st/headlines/18760.html Blue Sky Network, Iridium Provide RAF With Flight-Tracking System For Search-And-Rescue Missions

“Polar First,” a book by Jennifer Murray, published by PPP Company Limited, October 23, 2008 (we’re thanked in the opener)

Business Wire, February 6 2006 http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/telecommunications/5368049-1.html HEADLINE: Steve Fossett Set to Break New Record With the Support of BSN's Satellite Based Flight Tracking, Voice, Mapping and Telemetry Solutions

64.73.229.23 (talk) 23:43, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

BSplayer
Why did you delete bsplayer page on Wiki ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.159.191.88 (talk) 14:01, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

New motion
After much thought, I've reluctantly added a new motion on which you may wish to comment on the case PD talk page. Roger Davies talk 03:26, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Cirt, just for the record, and especially considering how multiple arbitrators have voted for de-sysop, I think the proper thing for you to do at this point would be to resign. Let things settle for awhile, continue good work in other parts of the project, and then if you want, go for another RfA at some point in the future. I understand the frustration since the problems weren't related to using admin tools, but trying to struggle to maintain your bit at this point is just going to cause negative feelings within the community.  The honorable thing to do at this point is resign in a dignified manner, and then re-visit things later. --Elonka 14:46, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input, that appears likely to happen anyways. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:35, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

EnWq
Hello, you recently blocked AvicBot on EnWq (rightly so; I was changing settings in AvicBot's config to include more wikis, however EnWq was added by accident - it should not have edited EnWq, and I agree with the block) however it seems you may have accidentally left the option "Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to edit from" checked, as my main account is auto-blocked there, as well. If possible, I'd like to correct this, so I can offer my explanation and apology to the EnWq community. Thanks. Avic ennasis @ 23:44, 8 Elul 5771 / 23:44, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, but pop me a reminder please on my user talk page locally at wikiquote. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:34, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case/Cirt and Jayen466 closed
An arbitration case regarding the conduct of User:Cirt and User:Jayen466 has been closed and may be viewed at the link above. The following is a summary of enacted remedies: For the Arbitration Committee, Hers fold  (t/a/c) 00:30, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Cirt is topic-banned indefinitely from making any edits to articles related to new religious movements, their adherents, and any related biographies of living people, broadly construed.
 * 2) Cirt is further restricted on biographies of living people if the articles are substantially about, or Cirt's edits introduce material relating to: politics, religion, or social controversy. Cirt is permitted to edit articles incidentally related to such topics provided the articles, and Cirt's edits, are not biographical in nature. The Committee may extend this restriction if BLP-related problems continue, and Cirt may request relaxation of this restriction after one year from this date if there are no further problems.
 * 3) Cirt is desysopped for admitted violations of the neutral point of view and biographies of living people policies. He may reapply for adminship through requests for adminship at any time.
 * 4) Jayen466 is reminded to strictly adhere to dispute resolution processes in any future disputes.
 * 5) Cirt and Jayen466 are subject to an interaction restriction wherein they may not communicate with each other, nor comment on each other, or each other's actions or edits, directly or indirectly, anywhere on Wikipedia. Comments on the same page are permissible provided the previously mentioned restrictions are upheld. Neither party may respond directly to any violations of this or any other remedy, but shall report any violations via email directly to the Arbitration Committee.
 * 6) Any violation of these restrictions may be enforced by block, to be logged at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Cirt and Jayen466.

P.S.: Pursuant to the above mentioned remedy, I will be removing your sysop flag shortly. Hers fold  (t/a/c) 00:30, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries, Hersfold, you did a good job during this case. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:25, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Conversation at WT:RFA
You may already be aware of this, but there is a conversation at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship related to the ArbCom ruling on your case. I wanted to let you know about this as a general courtesy. Best regards. - Hydroxonium (T•C• V ) 02:42, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice, I'll defer to the community consensus that arises from the discussion. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:25, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

A request WRT your previous AFD closes.
First I'd like to say that this sucks. You were a decent admin and I'm sorry that it happened. However, I would like to make a request. You often closed AFDs as "delete" with only one participant but you were pretty good about reopening and relisting them if somebody later objected. Therefore, when your AFDs were challenged at WP:REFUND or occasionally on my talk page, I would tell them to discuss it with you. However, now that you can no longer undelete articles unfortunately, I would like your permission to undelete the articles and reopen the AFDs mmyself if they are challenged if in my best judgement they might benefit from further discussion (but no unsourced BLPs) --Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:52, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Great idea, you have my permission. I'll defer to your judgment. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:26, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Userfy request
Please userfy the recently deleted BS.Player to User:Lexein/BS.Player - I'll source the thing. --Lexein (talk) 05:04, 11 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks like it was already restored to User:Ico-Man/BS.Player. -- &oelig; &trade; 06:05, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, good. Also, I forgot about the de-sysopping. Doh. Sorry. --Lexein (talk) 07:11, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVI, August 2011
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 * Hey Cirt. Further to the automated message above, some users feel that naming you directly in the (sub)title was inappropriate (the subtitle has since been changed, but the old version will already have been seen by many editors). Although I selected it as a factual summary of that section of the report, I am not the world's best judge of what can offend. For this reason, I submit this issue to you and await your response as to whether or not the subtitle was appropriate. If the affirmative, then I can only apologise wholeheartedly for the inconvenience caused. You will be relieved to know that steps are now being taken to devise and document a proper strategy for the future. Regards, - Jarry1250 [Weasel? Discuss.] 11:35, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Ouch
I'd really not expected that outcome from ARBCOM and feel it was massively disproportionate. If you still plan on hanging out here (which I hope you do) I'd suggest you wait a few months and go back to RfA. No one has even argued you've been anything other than an outstanding admin... Hobit (talk) 13:51, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd support your resysop today.--v/r - TP 15:05, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd also support a resysop. BusterD (talk) 15:25, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Echo what the 3 above said. The remedies are absolutely one-sided against you, which I think is not fair at all. OhanaUnitedTalk page 17:25, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks all for the kind words, but I'm not considering that path at this point in time. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:26, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * With your reply to Hersfold above, you have gained more of my respect, than has otherwise accumulated to date. I'll support whichever path you choose, and hopefully better myself, by your example. My76Strat (talk) 03:35, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, with everything that went on, I have to say that really did a great job with all the associated duties required during the case itself. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:36, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I just found out now (with the Signpost), but I very much echo the sentiments already expressed above - it does all seem very one-sided. If you do run again at a future point, you are assured of my support. Orderinchaos 08:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I still respect you, Cirt! Bearian (talk) 15:29, 13 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I wasn't aware of the controversy until now either, but wanted to send you a message of support too. I don't know if you saw this, but it might cheer you somewhat. In any case, I hope you continue to contribute and I look forward to supporting your RfA if you decide in the future to take this path. Best wishes, --John (talk) 16:38, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your work as a sysop. I would support you if you choose resysop. jmcw (talk) 20:44, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Request for assistance re Battle of Vukovar
I noticed that you had left a review at Talk:Battle of Vukovar some months ago. I've since largely rewritten and greatly expanded the article, addressing the issues that you raised. I'm aiming to get the article to featured status in time for the 20th anniversary of the battle, on 18 November. It's a tight timetable but I think it's achievable. You've had some experience with FAs before so I would really appreciate any help you could provide. In particular, I'm a bit stuck with formatting the news references - I've used the harv format for the book refs but it doesn't seem to work for news items. Can you suggest a way around that? Prioryman (talk) 21:51, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Take a look at Time Inc. v. Hill and try modeling after that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:27, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. I've now nominated the article for featured status. As a past reviewer, you are very welcome to contribute to the discussion at Featured article candidates/Battle of Vukovar/archive1. Prioryman (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Notice of article recreation and expansion
You're listed as the deleting admin for Instantbird. The article has been recreated - I'm notifying User:Ron Ritzman per his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cirt/Archive_18#A_request_WRT_your_previous_AFD_closes. | expressed interest in your AfD's]. --Lexein (talk) 15:21, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh, Those Guys
Reverting User:Prioryman's additional censorship of this page.

I was trying to send you a message but Wikipedia talk pages are censored and I used shocking scatalogical language as regards to Arb.com showing their true nature in your regard. I seriously got a talk page note on my IP talk page thanking me for participating in WP but hoping that I would be constructive in my participation... I apologize profusely and suggest that one might have to comb the history of this page to discover my true feelings. Suffice it to say that you are one of the best content creators on Wikipedia (the tendentious restaurant promo page proved it to me). I hope that you take your freedom from the idiocy of Administrator duties as an opportunity to fulfill your destiny as a content-creator at WP.

--Tim Davenport, Corvallis, OR 24.20.128.148 (talk) 02:35, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

'''WP TALK PAGES ARE CENSORED. FOR THE RECORD:'''

September 2011 Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to User talk:Cirt with this edit, did not appear to be constructive, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome puage to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. User:WayneSlam 02:20, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * My friend Carrite who discloses on his user page that he is Tim Davenport, is protesting against Cirt being stripped of admin powers by not editing while logged in for the rest of September. He is not acting as a sockpuppet since he reveals what he is doing.  In part, he is trying to learn what happens to enthusiastic IP editors here.  Best to you, Tim.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  05:48, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

A friendly word
Thank you for all that you have done to improve and protect this encylopedia. Perhaps you have made some errors - I don't know for sure. I don't think we've ever had much interaction, so I guess I can be considered an "uninvolved editor" in this matter. I encourage you to consider reapplying for administratorship after an appropriate period of time has passed. But in any case, I hope that you will stick with the project and continue contributing productively. Take care.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  03:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I also urge you to stay with the encyclopedia. I had to take the summer off and was away for nine weeks, and have only now, to my surprise and dismay, become aware that you lost the mop by one vote. Since ArbCom itself was clearly divided on the issue, I hope you will take heart and hang in here. Regardless, my best wishes to you, always, Jus  da  fax   20:41, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

BOARD International
I'm aware of your recent desysopping, but as you were the closing administrator, could you still take a look at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/BOARD International? If you're not sure, then maybe defer to a current administrator. —  Kudu ~I/O~ 23:59, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

George Anastaplo needs an article
Hi Cirt!

If you like Supreme Court cases, maybe you would enjoy writing about the first amendment case of George Anastaplo?

Cheers, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 00:58, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Recreating deleted article
Hello, I am planning on recreating an article that was previously deleted. The article was "The Monarch(producer)....I believe i would be able to recreate it with more relevant and verifiable information. I was directed by wikipedia to consent with the deleting administrator.  Thank you for your consideration TheFraternity (talk) 20:47, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

G. One (character)
Hi. I happened to come across this page which seemed to fail WP:WHIM and WP:CFORK. Kindly nominate for deletion or delete it if it is inappropriate. Thanks!  Secret of success  Talk to me  16:52, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Employment Law Alliance
Hi Cirt,

Earlier this summer you helped me userfy this page. Could you please give me some tips on how to rewrite the content so as to make the article appropriate for posting? Thanks!!

Mabond17 (talk) 22:53, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Hockenheimring/ fatal accidents/ Tony boden
I added Tony Boden to the list of fatal accidents at hockenheimring but it was deleted on 14/06/09, can you help me, I do not understand how this all works but want this re undeleted as it is a fact that can be verified, please help me. Seabass31 (talk) 00:40, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

AfD
Please see Articles for deletion/Cults and governments since you contributed to the article. Borock (talk) 13:58, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Daniel Severino
Please feel free to re-create this article. He has now made a senior appearance for Gold Coast United. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.65.80 (talk) 05:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Jacques Offenbach
Hi. I hope you had a good summer. Several editors have been hard at work on the Offenbach article, but it does not have any sound files, and none of us know anything about making sound files. Could you check out the page here to see if any of these files are useful? Also, Offenbach music has been used extensively in films. See here. In any case, if you can make a sound file for the article (preferably PD), everyone would be very grateful, and it would be a great addition to the article. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:21, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Guitar Resonator
You deleted this article in May, but some how it's resurfaced. Would you mind deleting it again?--Atlantictire (talk) 01:38, 16 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The text appeared to be identical, so I've speedy deleted it as a repost. —C.Fred (talk) 01:45, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

FPR
There are some old FPRs languishing. Do you think you could put them out of their misery? Thanks, — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:59, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

AFD of article you contributed to
Please see: Articles for deletion/List of new religious movements BigJim707 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC).

Re-instating Structure101
Hi Cirt,

I would be grateful if you could review your decision to delete the Structure101 page.

As I don't normally log into Wikipedia I have only just become aware of the deletion. Automatic email notification would be sweet!

In terms of notability for our software let me just point you at our many customers and what they have to say about our software.

As for the notability of the award itself, let me first point you at the specific award granted. The JOLT awards are widely regarded as the 'Oscars of the software industry'.

Best regards,

Pth81 (talk) 12:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Statement on my Wikipedia editing
I've given my editing some significant thought, and I'm going to shift my focus for an extended period: both in (1) Articles chosen to edit, and (2) Activity level. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 14:19, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) I'm going to reduce my activity level significantly, as I've done now for the past few days.
 * 2) I'm going to focus primarily on getting prior articles I had already improved in quality - up to FA quality.
 * 3) And I'm going to shift efforts in new areas of interest - to primarily editing and improving the quality of articles about U.S. Supreme Court cases (as mentioned above diff).
 * 4) I'm going to try to seek out collaborative help from other respected editors, and WikiProjects, in all of the above endeavors.
 * 5) I remain committed to not editing DYK again in the future.

See diff. -- Cirt (talk) 08:05, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Further comment

Articles for deletion/Viktor Pogadayev
Hello there. Back in June you deleted the above article - an auto-bio of a non-notale. It re-appeared a few weeks later under a slightly different spelling by a new user whom I'm guessing is sock. What's the procedure here? Can the article be deleted again? Does it need to go through a sock check? cheers --Merbabu (talk)
 * Looks like this was taken care of and deleted. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:42, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose that Jason Plummer (Illinois Politician be merged into Jason Plummer (Politician). I think that the content in the Illinois Politician article can easily be explained in the context of Politician, and the Politician article is of a reasonable size in which the merging of Illinois Politician will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. I understand the Politician page was due to deletion, but Plummer is currently running for office, which fits into wikipedia's definition for a notable person and politican. 108.199.242.214 (talk) 13:45, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Merger discussions are best taken place at the respective article talk pages from whence they are associated with them to have those talks on the pages of them. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:43, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

File:J J Abrams cropped.jpg listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:J J Abrams cropped.jpg, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:13, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was deleted. No objections here, thanks for the notification. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Unfair ban
Why did you ban the user Sebsauvage ? He's well known in France for talking about open source software.

You banned him because he posted ONE LINK that showed something pertaining to a Wikipedia article (Generative Art, he made an open-source software that mixes images).

I gave money to Wikipedia, I corrected many articles, but if you admins keep banning people like that without any valid reason, you'll end up killing Wikipedia yourselves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.239.190.80 (talk) 14:05, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you look again, you'll see he added links to his own website on two separate articles. He also (this you can't see currently) created a userpage that was only promoting his website. This is the very definition of spam - apparently being here only to promote some entity. It was a good block, and when appealed was declined by an independent administrator. Lady  of  Shalott  14:44, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer, and sorry if I sounded rude, I got carried away a little bit, because a lot of bloggers tend to trust this user (Sebsauvage), so we were really surprised that he was banned from Wikipedia :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.239.190.80 (talk) 15:00, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, he wasn't banned, which would be a permanent restriction from any editing on Wikipedia. He was blocked for a violation of the username policy; he would likely be able to edit if he requested a change of username (unrelated to his website, which he's tried to promote) and if he agreed to abide by the conflict of interest guidelines. —C.Fred (talk) 15:08, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello, Sebsauvage is an abreviation of his real name: Sebastien Sauvage. It's not a "company, group, or organization for purposes of promotion and/or publicity" of anything, it's an individual! And whatever the name or pseudo, when you've built your internet identity on one, you don't want to change it. Besides, isn't it allowed for one's userpage to link to one's own website? A userpage is not an encyclopedic page; I thought the point of a userpage was to introduce oneself, and sometimes the best way to introduce oneself may be to link to one's external presentation. If this is forbidden by a Wikipedia rule, I think you might consider changing the rule.
 * P.s.: I don't understand either why the blockage's date is 2009. Grasyop ✉ 15:47, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

I'll defer to the judgment of reviewing admins on whether to unblock the account. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Mark Roberts Motion Control
Hi Cirt - have I created this article OK? Setomorp (talk) 23:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like it has a few good secondary WP:RS sources there. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXVII, September 2011
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 * Thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Upon a Burning Body
If you delete a band's article, delete their albums too please (The World Is Ours (Upon a Burning Body album)). Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 12:58, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll have to defer to other admins in the future about that, as naturally I no longer close AFDs at this point in time. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:46, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

US Supreme Court cases
Category:United States free speech case law - note to self, some articles to research and improve in quality ratings, for a longer term project. -- Cirt (talk) 02:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC) -- Cirt (talk) 02:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC) -- Cirt (talk) 02:16, 14 June 2011 (UTC) -- Cirt (talk) 14:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Related WikiProjects - reach out for collaborative editing and review
 * 1) WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases
 * 2) WikiProject Law
 * 3) WikiProject United States
 * 4) WikiProject Human rights
 * 5) WikiProject United States courts and judges
 * 6) WikiProject United States Government
 * Quality rated articles - use as models for improvement
 * Category:FA-Class U.S. Supreme Court articles
 * Category:GA-Class U.S. Supreme Court articles
 * Idea for new portal
 * 1) Portal:Supreme Court of the United States.
 * 2) Use GA and FA content.
 * 3) Will help me gain familiarity with coverage of articles on the topic on Wikipedia.
 * 4) Involve editors/WikiProjects in help with key sections of the portal. :)
 * Landmark_decisions_in_the_United_States. -- Cirt (talk) 20:48, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Time, Inc. v. Hill = project with FA writer = . -- Cirt (talk) 15:19, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikisource: Time, Inc. v. Hill. -- Cirt (talk) 15:44, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Follow-up ideas after that one: New York Times Co. v. United States and United States v. Nixon. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:07, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart = was going to be the project with, but we'll do Time, Inc. v. Hill for the first one. -- Cirt (talk) 15:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. = interesting case about parody. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:27, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Infobox SCOTUS case. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:52, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I am traveling the next two weeks, but I hope to get back to work on Time perhaps in late November. I don't know how much work it really needs, I'm just effectively going to adding a few touches about Nixon.  I did not want to bother you when you were involved in you know.  And I feel you were dealt with in a very unfortunate manner.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Scott Wright (American football)
Hey,

I was wondering if you could please restore the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wright_%28American_football%29 to my userspace so I can improve it.

I am actually the subject of that article. I did not create it, but somebody notified me that it had been deleted and I didn't think that looked good. Especially since I am mentioned in other Wikipedia articles (ex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_draft). Believe me, I am not one to toot my own horn but I believe there are countless resources out there that verify I am a prominent expert in the field. One example is at http://www.thehuddlereport.com/Free/mockdraftscoring.shtml, but a Google search for "Scott Wright + NFL Draft" reveals page after page after page of confirmation.

I understand it may be a conflict of interest to do it myself so I am open to having an impartial party do it as well, I just wanted to get it active with reliable information.

Thanks in advance for your time, I look forward to hearing back!

Scott Wright — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scooptie (talk • contribs) 00:50, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm no longer an admin, perhaps you can ask another administrator, or at WP:AN. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Can you recommend another good admin to take this issue to? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scooptie (talk • contribs) 17:01, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest posting to WP:AN about it. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:37, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Note to self, quality content
For some ideas regarding quality content. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:52, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Portal:Supreme Court of the United States/Recognized content

AN notice
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Rklawton (talk) 13:17, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, I'll choose to respectfully defer to the judgment of other administrators about this issue. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:22, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back!

 * Good to see you back, Cirt. Prioryman (talk) 08:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you both, very much! ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Welcome back.   Will Beback    talk    23:25, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you return. OhanaUnited<b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 01:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:37, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Another welcome. Good to see you back. Hobit (talk) 02:57, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Count me among those pleased to see that you've returned! Jus  da  fax   05:09, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:14, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

afd on penis removal

 * Existing lists are mostly consisted of events which have articles of their own on wikipedia due to their notability''' For example, see List of serial killers by number of victims, List of assassinations and assassination attempts, List of bank robbers and robberies, and List of kidnappings


 * almost all of their entries link to articles of their own, List of kidnappings has Mary Jemison, List of bank robbers and robberies has Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza, List of assassinations and assassination attempts has Ehud, List of serial killers by number of victims has Luis Garavito. Very few red links are included


 * the only two entries at list of cases of penis removal which have their own article are John and Lorena Bobbitt and Sada Abe. the rest are all unimporant cases about a random guy mostly in china, mr joe six pack getting his penis cut off by his wife, they aren't notable, they don't have their own wikipedia articles.


 * These lists specifically state, "The following is a list of some of the most famous assassinations and assassination attempts. It is not intended to be exhaustive." "This is a list of famous bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies."Bunser (talk) 04:36, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/List of cases of penis removal was closed as no consensus. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:32, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
Mt king <sup style="color:gold;"> (edits)  22:14, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Responded there. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Biological warfare
Portal:Biological warfare, a page you substantially contributed to, 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/Portal:Biological warfare and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Biological warfare during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:29, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:01, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Journalism
Hello Cirt. I see that in the past you've been one of the most active participants in this WikiProject, but it now looks fairly moribund - indeed, since this question was posted on the talk page, the activity seems to have come from non-members. Is it defunct, do you think? --Dweller (talk) 10:15, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * According to its history, there is responsive discussion and dialog among those that post to the talkpage, as recent as the last month or so. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:46, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Portal news
Just in case my little section gets lost in the Watchlist chatter of the busier discussion, I replied to your comment at Wikipedia talk:Portal. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 22:04, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, will take another look. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:35, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 * You're welcome! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:35, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Increasing portal visibility on Wikipedia

 * I've started a new discussion with a specific focus upon increasing portal visibility on the portal discussion page here: Wikipedia talk: Portal - Ideas to increase portal visibility. — Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:27, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Good ideas. I'll evaluate and comment there. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:35, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Outside Bozeman
Hi. Given your involvement with Articles for deletion/Outside Bozeman Magazine, I'd like you to know that a similar article on the same magazine, Outside Bozeman, is up for deletion. Please join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Outside Bozeman. Thank you. —  Jeff G. ツ (talk)   04:39, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to judgment of closing admin from that discussion. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:06, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Arts at peer review
Portal:Arts is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Portal peer review/Arts/archive1. I've put a bit of effort into this as part of a featured portal drive related to portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page, and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:04, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Per your message
Care to add yourself into the table at Wikipedia_talk:Portal? Essentially would be updated to note status pre-peer review, and then peer review, and then WP:FPOC discussion and hopefully featured. Sound good?
 * Been having internet connection problems here, so I'd rather not add my name for now. Northamerica1000 (talk) 07:26, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

– Lionel (talk) 23:40, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:03, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

@ CIRT
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The Bugle: Issue LXVIII, October 2011
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Featured portal drive
Featured portal drive = drive to get all portals linked from top-right of Main Page to Featured Portal quality status rating. ;)

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:01, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated status = Portal:Arts on peer review at Portal peer review/Arts/archive1. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:06, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * And again updated status = Portal:Society = beginning Featured Portal drive on that one. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Now also at Wikipedia_talk:Portal. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Dispute Resolution
You may be interested in this. Peter jackson (talk) 11:09, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice but not at this time. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:32, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Stuart Riordan page
Hi Cirt, I would like to resubmit my Stuart Riordan page as a stub. Would that work? Thanks--happy holidays. Lu Vickersl (talk) 14:21, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds fine with me, good luck with it. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:33, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Back in 2008....
...you offered input at Articles for deletion/John Roecker that was instrumental in the article being kept. But since in the intervening 3 years no one took advantage of your searches to improve the article, it has been renominated at Articles for deletion/John Roecker (2nd nomination) with the inferrence that because of the lack of effort, your search and results and conclusion must somehow have been flawed. I wish to notify you that I have been using your 2008 argument to support a 2011 keep. And yes... when I have the free time I'll tackle the demanded improvements that had not been done for 3 years.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 22:15, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I was out of town but would have deferred to community consensus on that one. The AFD closed as Keep, diff. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:32, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

History browsebar
Hey, using the history browsebar on Portal:History is giving me a very strange error; you know why? I hard-copied it and removed History and it started working again, but it suddenly displaying Wikimedia at the top is...odd. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:28, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Noinclude doesn't seem to help =|. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:28, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * And my workaround isn't working either, using ifequ isn't working either, I've no clue why. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 02:40, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

You might try asking, he's great with that stuff. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:31, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

RFA thank you
Thank you for your comment and support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Your own civility and reasonableness has been a terrific example. Best,  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 22:03, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Bacon Challenge 2012 Update
Hey! It's been a good few months since the Bacon Challenge 2012 kicked off in June, and I'm pleased to say that decent progress has been made. While we were a bit slow to start, bacon-related contributions have been picking up again, and scores have been rising in the Bacon WikiCup. Here's a quick rundown of the overall positions as they stand: Currently, only a handful of participants have reported contributions: to those who haven't, remember, there is still plenty of time left to contribute and rise up in through the positions, as the Challenge and WikiCup run up until March. Just like last year, all participants will receive a shiny medal which they can place on their userpages, or use as a self-esteem booster if need be (just joking...sort of). If you need ideas for what to work on, a list is available here.
 * 1st : Silver seren
 * 2nd : Worm That Turned
 * 3rd : Rcsprinter123
 * 4th: Doh5678
 * 5th: Cirt

One last thing! Per request, we are bringing back territory representation into the WikiCup! Editors can now represent nations, states, or provinces, just to add a bit of fun and Olympic-flair to the event. Simply reply to this message with the territory you wish to represent, if you choose to do so.

Thanks for reading! Good luck! ~<i style="color:#07517C;">Super</i> Hamster  Talk Contribs 02:02, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

New Michael Prysner page
I drafted a page for Michael Prynser but I see that an earlier version was removed after an AfD. You were the admin.

Here is the draft User:Nowa/Prysner. Any concerns?--Nowa (talk) 16:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty good, I'd go ahead and use WP:CIT with WP:CITE input for cite templates for the references. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:08, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Unblock request
Just to let you know, User:OlegLisePP, who you blocked last year for a promotional username, is requesting unblocking for a username change. Do you have any comments? &mdash; An  optimist on the run! 19:35, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll respectfully defer to judgment of reviewing administrators about that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:08, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Request
Hello, Please request possible.

Can you fix this article (Corbin Bleu), delete the non-reliable sources. And to delete the template at the top of the article. Such as this (version).

And check spelling errors, to become a Good Article. Please, my friend Do so. Thank you my friend. --176.45.110.144 (talk) 22:18, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I posted it to WP:BLPN, where it will hopefully get more attention. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:03, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you to add the article in the WP: BLPN. But please try to fix the article, Such as what has worked in an article Miles Fisher, as far as you can, my friend. please. --94.97.181.193 (talk) 13:20, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * There's no problem with the article. This is just trying to evade his ban (the SaudiNet IP address is a dead giveaway). WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Chace Watson/Archive details his dozens of socks.&mdash;Kww(talk) 15:09, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Copyright Alliance
The Copyright Alliance article was deleted by you as an "ORG1E". I haven't seen the article, but I just linked to it from Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act because their reaction to the draft was cited in a New York Times article. Could I get this undeleted quickly with your help without having to go through a DRV? Thanks. Wnt (talk) 18:41, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You'll have to ask an administrator on Wikipedia about that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:29, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I went ahead and DRV'd it at Deletion_review/Log/2011_December_15. Wnt (talk) 23:28, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Main Page featured portal drive
New subpage at Featured portal candidates/Main Page Featured Portal drive. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:38, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Jamie Hanley
Back in December 2009, you contributed to a deletion discussion for this article. The result was 'no consensus', but two years later, I still believe he is non-notable by our standards, and have re-nominated it for deletion. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Jamie Hanley (2nd nomination). Robofish (talk) 21:27, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll respectfully defer to outcome of community consensus on this one, thanks for the notification however. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Portal:History
Chugging along slowly, got any suggestions for extra sections? Right now only FA and DYK is left. FA will take a bit of work, but DYK is going to be an interesting challenge, given the sheer amount of material. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 19:30, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually I think I'll top off a biography section as well. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 19:58, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * After a fruitful day, only DYK, the most difficult task, remains. You should consider writing that FP dispatch I've been bothering you about for ages now ;) <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 03:23, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Great work so far! As for a dispatch, I'd rather do an interview. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:53, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * We could do something, methinks. The purpose is to outline the know-how related to making a portal shine. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 23:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Demoscene culture
Please leave demoscene articles in place. Don't delete them just because you don't understand the culture, or what it is about. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.49.206.234 (talk) 20:23, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Please reinstate the Pouët article. Here are some external references for you guys:
 * http://www.demoscene.info/demoscene-forums/
 * demoscene info listing it as one of five primary sources for up-to-date demoscene information.
 * http://tomaes.32x.de/text/faq.php
 * Pouët repeatedly referenced in the PC Demoscene faq
 * http://forum.classicamiga.com/forum/vblinklist.php?do=showcat&catid=2
 * Pouët listed as only significant demoscene website
 * http://www.dbfinteractive.com/forum/index.php?topic=215.0
 * Pouët thread on Dark Bit Factory.

Remember, the demoscene is largely an underground phenomenon so you won't find references to it in the Washington Post or Nature Magazine ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.49.206.234 (talk) 20:48, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You'll have to talk to an admin about this. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:52, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXIX, November 2011
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Re: Remedies
That was my intention, yes. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 00:24, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well to be quadruple safe you could create a request for clarification and get other arbs' input so you're 100% safe. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ( talk ) 03:40, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Daryl Wine Bar and Restaurant logo.jpg listed for deletion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Daryl Wine Bar and Restaurant logo.jpg, has been listed at Files for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Magog the Ogre (talk) 21:14, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of the Ed Alleyne-Johnson page.
RevDrJoFreddie (talk) 17:48, 11 January 2012 (UTC) RevDrJoFreddie 11/01/2012 This page should be put back up Ed Alleyne-Johnson, was a member of English post-punk/alternative rock band New Model Army and worked with them on their Top 40 single "Vagabonds", and their albums Thunder & Consolation (1989) and Impurity (1990), as well as touring extensively with them for five years. Therefore is a significant musician. RevDrJoFreddie (talk) 17:48, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You'll have to talk to an admin about that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:28, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Military Historian of the Year
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Bugei Juhappan
Hi Cirt,

Last year, you deleted an article on Bugei Juhappan, per consensus at AfD (which seemed to indicate a lack of sources as the problem). I've got a number of sources lined up ready to write the article afresh, but it would be handy to see what existed before. Is there any chance you could temporarily userfy the deleted version of the page to my userspace, so that I can take a look at it? (my draft is going up at User:Yunshui/Bugei Juhappan, so if you could userfy to a different title (say User:Yunshui/Bugei Juhappan1) that would be handy.) Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 09:24, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * As you can tell from the bluelink, I've now moved the article to mainspace. No need to worry about finding the deleted one any more; I think I've covered the relevent bases. Thanks anyway, Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 14:10, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:19, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review for Damian Roberts
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Damian Roberts. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. George Ho (talk) 10:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll defer to consensus of that discussion. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

article request
so as not to violate any terms--do you know how one goes about approaching a wiki writer to create and article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.163.39.239 (talk) 20:22, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, try Requested articles or WP:Article development. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:37, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

FPs
I took a stab at a Dispatch. It's not nearly finished, as the bulk of it remains to be written, but I feel as though we can get this published in the next week's Signpost. I'm hoping a Dispatch could help users get used to writing Featured portals, and perhaps draw some more attention to the process. Awaiting your contributions :D. Cheers, <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 04:43, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll take a look at it. Thanks, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates
I noticed that you're one of the moderators at Featured portal candidates, and that there may be a consensus there to promote Portal:History to featured status. I'm also notifying User:OhanaUnited about this matter, as they are also listed as a moderator for the featured portal candidates page. Northamerica1000 (talk) 02:43, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I commented in that one myself, so I was going to either defer the close ... or just wait a while longer until even more stuff was addressed, first. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:11, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012
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Blake Mills
Blake Mills is very much legit. Frankly, I'd never heard of him until last night. He was billed as the "opening act" for Lucinda Williams at the Montbleu in Stateline, NV, but that was a bit of a misrepresentation. In fact, he played six songs solo, took a break, and then went on to back up Lucinda in an "unplugged" type concert that ran nearly 2 hours. He has a solo album from 2010 out called "Break Mirrors." I'm a bit suprised I wasn't able to get at least some basic bio info on him from Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.67.89 (talk) 07:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest registering an account, researching the subject matter in secondary sources, and then reading WP:Article development. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Notification of Creation
Dear~ a warm hello to you.

I am informing you as courtsy about thinking to write on one of your deleted articles. i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mulberry_Chemicals.

Please gran premission. The work will be done on a user page. you advice will be taken and then it will be added to main space.

Please confirm the message receipt.

X*chemistry nerd (talk) 23:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to the judgment of admins about that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Thats very right and same here. I will proceed then. thanks for reply!X*chemistry nerd (talk) 11:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

 * Thank you very much! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:04, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Requests for comment/F&aelig;
A request for comments has been opened on administrator User:Fæ. You are being notified due to your prior participation in ANI, RfA, or RfC discussions regarding this user. Thank you, MadmanBot (talk) 20:11, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:38, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

What
...is this. Tireless worker, get to closing those noms =S <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 01:11, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, been out of town lately, will take a look soon. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:02, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ...and do take a look at this, too. <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"><b style="color:#333333;">Res</b> Mar 21:43, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Okay will do. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:25, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note to self, don't archive. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:32, 11 February 3012 (UTC)

Non-Neutral Point of View
Today, I was speaking with a man who is a practitioner of sungazing. He told me to look up information about it on the internet, and specifically to look for Hira Ratan Manek. I tried to use Wikipedia to find more information about this. I first looked at the sungazing page, but it had no information about any of what the man had told me. I then used Google to find Hira Ratan Manek's web site, as well as a recently-deleted Wikipedia page about him. I returned to Wikipedia and searched for his name and found a section on Inedia, which itself did not link back to sungazing, which is really what he's talking about. So I decided to make a few edits. I linked sungazing to inedia, and I put in a cross-reference to Hira Ratan Manek. This is good practice because it allows the easier access of similar information by Wikipedia users. I shouldn't have had to leave the site to find the information I needed when it was already here.

It is my contention that your deletion of the redirect does not constitute NPOV, but rather an example of the victors writing the history books. Sungazing has been practiced for millenia around the world and is still practiced in many cultures, just not those that spend a lot of time on Wikipedia. On the other hand, lots of Wikipedians have easy access to Western medical research, which is of course incredibly biased by the fact that western medicine is quite distinct from many of the modern cultures that practice sungazing. There is in fact a lot of information available about sungazing; it even used to be on the page. But it was deleted by the aforementioned victors, because it didn't stack up to western medicine. What the victors forgot was that this is an apples to oranges comparison: western medicine and sungazing are discussed in different traditions. The proponents of sungazing do not use statistics and controls, nor do they publish in journals, but they do write and publish material in their own manner. But they do not all experience vision loss, which seems to be guaranteed according to western science. We must be very careful of our bias.

--Guypersonson (talk) 08:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Feel free to make an editorial decision about that, or speak to a current admin. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:33, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Joe job
It has recently come to my attention that I was joe jobbed on Wikinews, and that you facilitated this joe job without question by accepting the initial query and running a checkuser at the request of the complainant. You also alleged in your response that the use of multiple accounts was indistinguishable from myself and should be blocked on sight. I'm afraid that your response as an administrator and checkuser in this regard is entirely unacceptable. Since I am prevented from responding there, I'm hoping that my response here will be satisfactory. Now, either one of the following three things are correct: 1) a user was trying to pretend to be me by creating and editing in a similar style, or 2) a user was trying to pretend to be me in order to justify a check user and by guilt by association, make it seem like I had violated the block, or 3) it was me. Based on the fact that I live in Hawaii and only edit (excepting island hotspots) from two IP ranges (home and cell), number 3 is unlikely, since I don't have access to a mobile phone or IP in Europe.  Number 1 is also unlikely, but not impossible, as someone might think they are "helping" by disrupting Wikinews.  Which leaves 2, which appears to me as very likely, as this kind of editing behavior would directly lead to a checkuser and associating my account with malfeasance, of which there has been none to date.  Unfortunately,  I am inclined to think that your conclusion was biased, based on our past interaction at Talk:Mau Piailug/GA1 and my support for the removal of your administrative tools on Wikipedia and/or your topic ban on controversial topics. Interestingly, or should I say, coincidentally, several of the administrators directly involved in this dispute, actively edit from European ISPs. It would be easy for them to associate my account with malfeasance and request a checkuser simply by creating a new account and editing in a similar style. This is a classic joe job, and one that seems, on the face of it, to have links to Wikinews itself. Viriditas (talk) 02:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but as you appear to not be able to use your talk page on Wikinews, the venue for you to communicate is not here, but rather through [mailto:wikinews-en@wikimedia.org the Wikinews OTRS queue.] &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:07, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You want me to ask Wikinews to investigate itself? I don't think so, as you're probably responsible for answering the queue.  Fox, henhouse, etc. No, this requires the assistance of a neutral ombudsman, as it appears that the integrity of the Wikinews community has been compromised.  Intentionally associating users with joe job accounts is unconscionable. Viriditas (talk) 04:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Please note: From the very start of the check I'd noted I conferred with other Checkusers on this issue, and noted so, on wiki, diff. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:44, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You associated me with a joe job account that neither belongs to me nor reflects my contributions in any manner, and quite clearly, edits from Europe and uses British English. I'm an American, and I edit from Hawaii.  If this isn't making sense to you, then feel free to ask questions, but arguing from authority or saying you were only following orders isn't an acceptable use of the tools and displays a lack of good judgement on your part. Viriditas (talk) 05:14, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You appear to be confusing associations I made with the named accounts with each other at n:Wikinews:Requests_for_CheckUser, with yourself. Actually, if you look closer, I made zero statements of the sort. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:44, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I haven't confused anything. You performed the CU based on a poorly constructed joe job attempt that was created to justify the CU in the first place.  You know for a fact that the CU exonerated me, but you refused to confirm or deny, leaving the suspicion open.  Further, the CU should not have been run in the first place, as this was quite clearly an amateurish fishing expedition for personal data that you allowed to occur. Viriditas (talk) 06:17, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

If you think there was a privacy violation, you can refer the matter to the Ombudsman commission at cu-ombuds-l@undefinedlists.wikimedia.org. If you think there was a Checkuser policy violation, you can seek out help from the Wikinews Arbitration Committee. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:53, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Cirt, you ran a checkuser on my account based on an obvoius joe job that had zero relation to me, and cannot be connected to me in any way, shape or form. However, you and others over at Wikinews refuse to acknowledge this and continue to claim it is me.  I can easily prove it is not and I'm not even a checkuser:


 * 1) "193.62.43.202" is a vandalism-only account, having engaged in vandalism and homophobic edits. I've never done either of those things, ever.  193.62.43.202 also used the js button to repeatedly submit unauthorized reviews and to submit unauthorized publication of news articles. I've never submitted any Wikinews article for review more than once, nor have I ever used the js button.
 * 2) "Free Web Defence" engaged in the exact same behavior as 193.62.43.202. This is behavior that I've never once demonstrated on any wiki at anytime.  Please also note the use of British English.  I'm an American, and I spell "defense" with an s not a c.
 * 3) "Fkjsdnkjfndsjfsd" does not appear to bear any relationship to "193.62.43.202", nor to "Free Web Defence", nor to myself, nor can I understand why it is even under discussion.
 * 4) "77.28.104.213" appears to be "Fkjsdnkjfndsjfsd". No relation to myself in any way.


 * So, Cirt, on what evidence did you run this checkuser? And since you found no connection at all between myself and these other accounts, why are you and others still maintaining that they are me?  It really sounds like you are abusing the tools and smearing innocent users like myself.  I don't think anyone with admin rights or CU tools should be allowed to do that, and this has nothing to do with me.  I would be saying the same thing about anyone that was being smeared like this. Please escalate this to the highest level, as I want it resolved immediately. I'm not asking that you lose your admin rights on Wikinews as you did here, I'm asking that you take the necessary steps to resolve this in a fair and just manner.  If you can't do the right thing, say so, and I'll try and contact the Foundation. Viriditas (talk) 09:33, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: Cirt is a most professional CheckUser, and you obviously "lack clue" regarding the privilege and it's use. You are speculating, Viriditas, that he actually checked your account. Given you well-warranted permanent ban from Wikinews, the logical checks to carry out would be the accounts raised, and the ranges they edited from [Because, we'd lack recent history on your assigned IPs]. Since these turned up open/hacked proxies, it would be pointless to check your account &mdash; unless there were grounds to suspect you had made use of proxies in the past.
 * You proved the point already on Wikinews: You don't know how to write a news article; you can't comprehend a wiki holding a "snapshot" of what was known at the time; and, you're prone to throwing the toys out your pram if people do not bend to your will.
 * You should take a degree of satisfaction from your failed efforts on Wikinews provoking a joe-job (if indeed it was such).
 * You need to admit that the RfCU was legitimate, that the use of CheckUser was legitimate, and that the "no clear evidence" response is acceptable. If not, then you're setting yourself up for the self-same treatment here, on Wikipedia &mdash; should you end up in a dispute and someone employs similar smear-tactics. In short: You owe Cirt an apology. I'd go further and say you owe the entire Wikinews community one over your dismissal of our arbcom's ability to function impartially, but I know that is not likely to be forthcoming. --Brian McNeil /talk 19:57, 14 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian McNeil (talk • contribs)
 * On the contrary, there is incontrovertible evidence posted directly above your reply that shows there is no way these other accounts could be linked to me, either on a technical or on a behaviorial basis. This is obvious to anyone with a "clue".  You've become so blinded by your personal disputes with other editors that you've become unable to execute your duties with a calm, rational demeanor.  You appear to be more interested in propagating false allegations and inventing fantasies than in looking at the hard evidence.  I don't really see how you can continue to function as an admin on Wikinews, but then again, Wikinews is entirely dysfunctional and operates as a walled garden at this point.  It appears to be suffering from the same endemic problems as Meta.  I would love to help fix the problem, Brian, but you're going to first need to accept that I'm here to help. Viriditas (talk) 21:57, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Dear Cirt: Could you please review the decision on the page for 'Getamungstit'
Dear Cirt

There used to be a page for the student magazine Getamungstit. The magazine went defunct, but is now archived in the National Library of Australia and I would be grateful if you could restore the page so I can add the story of how the magazine ended and how people can now access it through the archives of the National Library of Australia.

I hope I have done this the right way.

Yours sincerely

Kathryn Young

(that's the closest I cam come to four wiggly lines)

youngk@bigpond.net.au

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4668395 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.165.4.220 (talk) 11:19, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest you create an account. Then, you can work on a proposed draft version, in a subpage of your user page. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 11:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Explanation?
I'm in WTF mode on this one:. Care to illuminate me? Carrite (talk) 19:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Everyone can use a Welcome. It can't hurt for users to be aware of the major policies. Sometimes when I warn vandals, I even welcome them, then give them a warning. That way, they are aware of the specific policies, and the individual one they violated, and may choose to stop, and contribute in a constructive manner at a later point in time, and have the "Welcome" links to important policy pages, to refer back to. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:20, 14 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I am unconvinced. This looks like a very poor decision, at a minimum, and evidence of collaboration, at a maximum. But done's done and I've probably said too much already. Carrite (talk) 19:39, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: For example, even Template:Uw-vandalism1 tells the user to read the welcome page. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:41, 14 February 2012 (UTC)


 * If I may comment, this doesn't look nefarious at all. Cirt probably saw the user lacked a welcome message and he decided to add one. However, this vandal hasn't been active for two years, so I can also understand how Carrite finds it odd and questions its purpose.  One thing that concerns me is the user name. Viriditas (talk) 06:20, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Reckless Love
Hello Cirt. I'm contacting you about Reckless Love because you closed an AfD on it and deleted it on 18 May 2010. The present article on the same topic was (re?-)created on 1 November 2010. On 8 December 2011, the article was tagged for suspected copyvio, but it appears that the tagger may not have added it to the copyvio investigations page, and the tag is just sitting there.

I am quite bemused as to what has happened and what should happen now, not knowing whether the article should be re-deleted, put up for copyvio investigation, or what else. Please could you take the matter up or, if you prefer, tell me what I can most usefully do? Best regards, --Stfg (talk) 19:54, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to your judgment about what you think is best, or that of an admin. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:29, 15 February 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks. I've launched the copyvio investigation at Copyright problems/2012 February 15, describing the key points of the history and suggesting it might benefit from admin attention. --Stfg (talk) 14:55, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Fascinating case
Now this is a most fascinating legal case! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:50, 15 February 2012 (UTC) Gotta flesh this out a bit more with secondary sources. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * United States v. The Progressive
 * I'm willing to give you a hand with improving it. I'm not a lawyer though. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:30, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I very much look forward to see this! Two very talented wikipedians who writes about a very interesting topic. It can only result in a really great article! Valerie Duval (talk) 09:57, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, yes, I'll try to get to it soon. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 13:36, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Good reference for use on article, United States v. The Progressive
Good reference for this article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:15, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * ''United States v. The Progressive

Note to self - Main Page Featured portal drive
Convenient link again. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:57, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Featured portal candidates/Main Page Featured Portal drive

Commons:Category:Freedom of speech - Crosswiki Sister Link project coordination

 * Commons:Category:Freedom of speech


 * I've added a Sister Links template to Commons:Category:Freedom of speech, as a way of coordinating Crosswiki sister Wikimedia projects together along the topic. If anyone knows of any other Sister Wiki site links in other languages, and/or other websites, that aren't yet included, please feel free to suggest them at Commons:Category talk:Freedom of speech.


 * I'd be most appreciated to anyone interested in this topic who'd like to help out!

Thanks for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Nominate A Tale of a Tub for GA status
Whatever happened to the proposal to nominate A Tale of a Tub for GA status? I don't know anything about GA nominations, and it is clear from this talk page that you do, so please tell me about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dthomsen8 (talk • contribs)
 * Feel free to do so yourself, it'd be an interesting process. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:24, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Yellow Bird
You may be familiar w/Swedish company Yellow Bird, which controls the rights to Steig Larsson's books, producing the Swedish films and negotiating w/Sony on the English productions, notably "The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo" of late. YB has an article which will likely get a lot of traffic about now, and seems to be about 3 years out-of-date. Maybe you could make mention on the right talk page: I can't edit them unless there is already a topic/thread begun, as here. Rags69.171.178.23 (talk) 18:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry I haven't done research in that area yet. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Andrew Biersack
Hi, there's a request at Talk:Andrew Biersack for this article to be recreated and you were the deleting admin. Tra (Talk) 16:12, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to judgment of an admin about that, or perhaps you can post to talk pages of related wikiprojects. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:30, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXI, February 2012
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ILGLaw
Hi, you voted at Articles for deletion/International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender &. We looked for sources and I posted a review of each of the sources which were found. The sources do not seem to be enough to pass GNG. Would you care to comment or to change your vote? Dingo1729 (talk) 06:01, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

New article on film director Oliver Blackburn
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oliver Blackburn

Next steps for Freedom of speech portal
&mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:53, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected quote = do some more research, add some more quotes here up to forty (40), possibly more.
 * 2) Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected anniversaries = flesh this out and add some more dates for later intervening ten (10) months.
 * 3) After above is done, do another look-through, and then submit for portal peer review.

Portal:Arts for featured portal consideration
I've nominated Portal:Arts for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Arts. Thank you for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Portal:Arts

Olly Blackburn
I was just doing my normal daily routine of looking at all the new living biographies...

I did remove stuff on the talk page. The archive and the talk header aren't needed yet. If there are alot of talk messages, then you add them. I also removed WikiProject British TV shows as it generally doesn't include people. I removed WikiProject Media and WikiProject Journalism. He wasn't a journalist and he didn't fit the criteria of Media... of course the last two were my personal opinion, so I may wrong again, as usual. Bgwhite (talk) 06:54, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

New article on music composer François-Eudes Chanfrault
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * François-Eudes Chanfrault

Thank you
Thank you for the interwiki link at François-Eudes Chanfrault to fr:François-Eudes Chanfrault! Much appreciated, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:06, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * you're welcome. I'm the same same personne who is translating your article. Louxema - 兔 Talk with me on my French talk page - Angers 23:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
 freshacconci  talk talk  00:58, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

GA reviewing article Gwen Cooper
Note: I will review this article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Talk:Gwen Cooper/GA1
 * Talk:Gwen Cooper/GA1
 * In the midst of a few read-throughs and copyedits prior to actual GA Review sweep of article text itself. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:15, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:33, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Possible interesting FAC candidate to read and review
&mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:14, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Featured article candidates/S&M (song)/archive6
 * Featured article candidates/S&M (song)/archive6
 * FAC was closed, could maybe leave some suggestions at article's talk page. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:19, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Interesting article at peer review to read and review
&mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Peer review/R v Peacock/archive1
 * Peer review/R v Peacock/archive1
 * Appears that peer review was closed on this one, could leave some suggestions at article's talk page perhaps. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:19, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Xplico restore
The Xplico Wikipedia page was deleted in the 2008, now the Xplico project is more popular and some Wikipedia pages have a reference about Xplico:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsniff-ng

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_packet_analyzers

Xplico has more users and more features that Justniffer ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justniffer ) and it is officially used in BackTrack, Security Onion, DEFT-Linux and BackBox.

Is the time to restore the Xplico's Wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.2.17.249 (talk) 11:37, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry you'll have to ask an admin about that, or post to the talk page of a related WP:WikiProject or two. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:22, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

New article on British actress Sian Breckin
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sian Breckin

A Free Ride
This looks like an interesting read. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:40, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Featured article candidates/A Free Ride/archive1
 * Featured article candidates/A Free Ride/archive1

Gwen Cooper
Just posted a few edits I had running &mdash; a few grammar points; reduced reliance on in-universe material in characterisation sections and a bit of paring down of wordy sentences. I had also noticed that a couple of the websites that were referenced had been removed and replaced with a new website, I removed one reference and found an alternative source for the other. Sorry if this disrupts any open review. Let me know what you think &mdash; Eshlare (talk) 10:16, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay will try to take another revisit to it soon. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 12:46, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

jonas raskolnikov christiansen
somebody has closed the wikipedia page about jonas raskolnikoc christiansen, why? the man just died of cancer and was a black metal legend, there is also several unreleased bands, and music, made from the man before he died, yet to be released. this page should really be opened again, so that it can be updated as time goes by? please help? I just dig this mans music.

yours — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr. Zaja (talk • contribs) 19:53, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I suggest you read WP:ARTICLEDEVELOPMENT and work on a draft version on your sandbox page. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:16, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 18
Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 18, a page you substantially contributed to, 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/Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 18 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 18 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:07, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

inre this discussion
I do appreciate that as the verifiable directorial debut of a notable person, this article meets a criteria of WP:NF... and that it does have coverage... but I ask that you take a look at this edit and consider that a "redirect" is pretty much okay for now just so long as there is no prejudice toward a recreation of the article if/when more sources become available AND as long as the returned article be properly sourced and maintain a properly neutral tone. Reasonable?  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 21:25, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I respectfully disagree, but I won't object, and I'll defer to consensus of the community discussion's outcome. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:43, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:New Religious Movements, Cults, and Sects
Template:New Religious Movements, Cults, and Sects has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Grrahnbahr (talk) 23:23, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Trademarkia
Hi, Trademarkia has been deleted three times, and is back now. I'm guessing that this probably meets the criteria for Speedy G4, "Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion," but have no way of comparing, since the prior page was deleted. Could you check and let me know? I pick on you as the admin who closed the AfD (the other two deletions were speedies). TJRC (talk) 03:24, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You'll have to consult with an admin about that, or try WP:AN. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thakns. Sorry, I didn't know you were no longer doing admin stuff. TJRC (talk) 14:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

The Arts Portal

 * Thank you very much! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I have promoted it. Let me know when you begin on Portal:Geography, cause I have some ideas. <b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 03:28, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, will do! :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:02, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the first step is to set up automatic rotation, right? <b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 15:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Edwin Ubiles
Hi, this article was deleted by you in 2010. The reason was that he was not a notable basketball player at the time. I believe that he is now that he plays professionally in the NBA. It would be great if you can restore it, so I can develop it. Thanks.— Chris! c / t 01:15, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You'll have to ask an admin, or at WP:AN. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * So you are no longer an admin. Sorry to bother you then.— Chris! c / t 02:50, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:50, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

WSJ article "Keep a Civil Cybertongue"
Please see Wikipedia talk:Civility (permanent link here). —Wavelength (talk) 19:20, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:45, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXII, March 2012
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Talkback
Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 04:24, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Burden of proof is still on you. If you know where sources are, show them. Don't just say "but but but, THERE ARE SOURCES!!!!1111!1" unless you can prove it. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I said I found a whopping one source which is a 404. One is not multiple third party sources. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * And what's more, I was able to recover the 404'd article and find out that it's not actually about Atop the Fourth Wall at all — the writer just says "While I can't tell you who won the last “American Idol,” I can recall the last comic book discussed in “Atop the Fourth Wall." and the article otherwise has nothing at all to do with AT4W. So it's just a one-off mention which doesn't even qualify as coverage. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:29, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Note: I've been replying at Articles for deletion/Atop the Fourth Wall. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You still haven't acknowledged the fact that the one source I did find is trivial. Does that not matter to you? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:28, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, maybe my comments were a bit vague. Nowhere was I intending to imply that "we can't use this source, ever, it's a 404". I know full well that a 404'd source can still be used. My implication was "I found only two hits on Google News — one is obviously unusable as it's a video response to one of Linkara's reviews, and I'm not sure on the other due to it being 404", and I'm sorry if it came across otherwise. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 13:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Cirt
Hi Cirt,

This is Daniel Loo from Malaysia. I recently joined Wikipedia and would like to explore more in writing and editing Wikipedia's Article.

I would love to write more about Malaysia's Artist profile, i realize that Chris Cheong was deleted. And i wonder why? I would like to recreate them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Chris_Cheong — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel.lcc (talk • contribs) 06:43, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 25


A tag has been placed on Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 25, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

empty page

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:52, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 24


A tag has been placed on Portal:Current events/Science and technology/2009 August 24, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

empty page

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Update on The Main Page Featured Portal Drive
Next featured portal drive project up for me = Portal:Society. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:11, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Featured portal candidates/Main Page Featured Portal drive
 * Portal:Arts = ✅, promoted successfully to Featured Portal Quality Status. :)
 * Next steps for Society portal
 * 1) Fix DYK formatting to standardized method per model at Portal:Theatre/DYK, add twenty (20) entries.
 * 2) Add selections and standardize Featured media per model at Portal:Arts/Featured audio add up to twenty (20) entries.
 * 3) Finish up fleshing out entries for Portal:Society/Selected anniversaries.
 * 4) Submit for portal peer review when above is done.

Hi Cirt!
Hi Cirt! I'm a new Wikipedian--though I have enjoyed Wikipedia articles for years. I have edited an article that stated incorrect facts--even misquoting the very article they referenced! I edited it, correcting the errors, and the next day it was edited back to the incorrect information! I have re-edited again, this time with even more credible references (from industry sources, first party announcements, and newspaper articles--not op-eds!). Direct quotes! I am concerned that someone will change it back to more incorrect statements. What should I do?

Thank you. And I loved the photo of the cookies!

KimberDale (talk) 01:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)KimberDale

Some baklava for you!

 * Thank you! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:38, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Dispute resolution survey

 * Thanks for the notification. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:48, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Roe v. Wade FAR
Hi Cirt - The Roe v. Wade FAR has been ongoing for a while and has been moved to the FARC section. It could use some comments on whether the article should be kept or delisted. Thanks! Dana boomer (talk) 14:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks, I'll give it another look. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:49, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Lady Gaga Queen of Pop.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:Lady Gaga Queen of Pop.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:37, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Several editors rvv'ed the edit that removed the image, so you can presumably ignore the above edit. DMacks (talk) 20:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:59, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Tags
No problem I like monotonous, simple tasks. I'm happy to help. For what it's worth, thanks for making the free speech portal. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Definitely And as a further act of mutual admiration, I notice that you added my George Orwell bibliography to it as featured content. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:17, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Free Speech for Me — But Not for Thee

 * Free Speech for Me — But Not for Thee, by Nat Hentoff. Interesting reading. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:01, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Response
Thank you very much for your clarification. Pendright (talk) 01:25, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Erm, about what, where? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:27, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikiversity's ANI?
Do you know where I would go on Wikiversity to address this personal attack? Silver seren C 21:43, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Does that not count as a personal attack over there then? Silver  seren C 22:23, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I read their civility policy. Seems like, yes, it was a personal attack, but that they don't have any avenues of response like ANI for any level of attacks like that and they only advise ignoring it. Seems like the policy is an attempt to ignore the "bad things" that people do and pretend that there's no bad stuff at all. I would have expected Wikiversity to have a more adult response than that, but I suppose ignoring it is for the best.


 * Would I be within my rights over there to remove the links he gave? All I linked to was a general forum discussion with no attempt to specifically state who the user was, while those links he gave, on the other hand, are specifically about me in other forums. Silver  seren C 23:56, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It's alright, someone else already removed the comment in question. Silver  seren C 05:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Permission to contribute towards a Featured List drive
I'm requesting permission from the Arbitration Committee to contribute towards a Featured List drive on the page I'd created, Dan Savage bibliography (originally modeled after the WP:FL page, George Orwell bibliography).

Request at Arbitration/Requests/Amendment. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Cirt, no worries about the support. Of course I'd be happy to act in any capacity (specifically mentor if you require) in order to help you get the best of your list.  The Rambling Man (talk) 07:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Weather
To be honest, I had completely forgotten about the FP review, but I have been slowly improving the portal, mostly trying to make it less US-centric and fill in the dates with no events. I also made all the "selected" features random instead of one per month, since I don't have the time to update it that often. I'm not especially worried about the "Featured" label (although it seems the project is almost completely inactive if a review could go un-closed for a year), so I really don't care about the outcome; I'm maintaining the portal just because.- Running On Brains (talk) 08:22, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Houston portal review
I think all of the issues raised about the portal have been addressed successfully, so I don't think there's anything else that needs to be done WhisperToMe (talk) 07:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll check when I'm back to more regular editing after the Easter break. Thanks for reminding me. BencherliteTalk 06:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, it would be nice to have more than 4 quotes but that's hardly a deal-breaker. Close it as a "retain status", I suggest. BencherliteTalk 07:17, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd have no objections to that. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:40, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you going to close this, then? I ought not to, as a participant in the discussion, and you are a FPo Director still... BencherliteTalk 10:59, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I suppose myself or should do it. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 13:42, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Sailing
I made a request here for promotion to Featured portals. Any suggestion or contribution is welcome. --Kasper2006 (talk) 18:40, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggest you leave notices at talk pages of relevant WikiProjects. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:58, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

David W. Woods
My son recently found an article on the internet with my name. When I did a google search, I also found the following article: David W. Woods won the National Motocross Association 125cc National Championship in March 1977. David was born in Memphis, TN and competed nationally in several motocross classes. He was sponsored by FMF of Van Nuys, CA and later DG Performance of Anaheim, CA riding Suzuki RM motorcycles exclusively. As an amateur, David's team mates consisted of Bob Hannah and Brock Glover prior to their departure to the pro ranks. David and Mark Murphy of Florida comprised the School Boy national team for DG. One of David's most impressive motocross performances was sweeping every moto in the 100cc, 125cc, and 250cc class of the 1976 Southeastern United States Championships in Birmingham, AL. David graduated from Memphis State University with an Electrical Engineering degree and is reported to have had a very successful career in the military. Rumored but not confirmed, David flew fighters in the US Navy and later Commanded a combat F-15 unit in the Air National Guard. David retired from active duty and is reported to be flying for a major US airline. David is believed to be living in Florida and family information is unknown.

The origin of this article is unknown but the facts (although vague) are very accurate. Accurate to the point of having me scratch my head wondering where this came from. My guess would be Mark Murphy of Florida or Hannah/Glover but I have not spoken with them since my departure from motocross in late 1977. I flew F/A-18's in the US Navy and graduated from the US Navy Test Pilot School in 1991. I did fly F-15's for eight and a half years and currently fly for a major airline. So all in all, pretty accurate but still freaky.75.66.179.177 (talk) 04:04, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It was deleted after a discussion, at Articles for deletion/David W. Woods. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:43, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIII, April 2012
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Arbitration motion regarding Arbitration/Requests/Case/Cirt and Jayen466
Resolved by motion at Arbitration/Requests/Amendment that: The Cirt and Jayen466 case is supplemented as follows: Notwithstanding other restrictions on his editing, Cirt is granted an exemption in order to edit the article Dan Savage bibliography, its talk page, a peer review for that article, and a featured list candidacy for the article. This exemption may be withdrawn by The Rambling Man at anytime, or by further motion of the Arbitration Committee.

For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 17:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Discuss this
 * Let's do it! The way I see it working is that you make the changes and updates you deem necessary, then I'll review the changes.  Once we get to a good state, you nominate the article at FLC and we see how it flies.  During that time I'll just monitor what goes on, what changes you make, and hopefully, in a month or so, we have a nice shiny FL.  Sound good?  The Rambling Man (talk) 17:13, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * @, thanks for the notice. :) @, I really appreciate your help, and I'll keep you posted as I go with this project. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:47, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

FP candidates/Portal:Athletics
I wanted to ask you, if you know how and when it ends a candidacy to the FP. No, because is passed long time since I've done what I had been requested, now seems OK. --Kasper2006 (talk) 09:59, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Josh Jenkins
Hi there, a few years ago you (quite rightly at the time) deleted Articles for deletion/Josh Jenkins. At the time he was a rookie listed player who had yet to make his debut in the top level Australian Football League. He made his debut today (ref1, ref2), so can you please undelete it, or do I need to go through an official deletion review system? (I am assuming that it is the same guy... born 08 Feb 1989?), Thanks The-Pope (talk) 08:10, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't pay much attention to the drama admin boards, so I wasn't aware that you'd lost the bit. The-Pope (talk) 15:22, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Dan Savage bibliography for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Dan Savage bibliography is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Dan Savage bibliography until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:50, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you,, for this notice. Much appreciated. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:47, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Encouraging feedback about my page creation
Encouraging feedback about my page creation of Dan Savage bibliography (originally modeled after the WP:FL quality page George Orwell bibliography), by :
 * Dan Savage bibliography

"Wikipedia has numerous lists and many are not in as good a shape or as informative as this one."

I really appreciate that feedback. Very much!

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:54, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Figured I'd ask...
You were the closing admin for Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Grand_Masters_of_the_Grand_Lodge_of_Scotland back in 2010, and interestingly enough, the creator of this article was, subsequent to the AfD, indef blocked for persistent copyright violation. I didn't find this out until after posting the AfD this time (couldn't notify user due to talk page protection), but since I'm nominating this time around for a total lack of sources, I think it's fair to assume that the list was originally taken off the Grand Lodge's website, not from the 1987 book that was falsely cited. Is that enough circumstantial evidence to pull the AfD and go for a CSD G12 even if the source is gone? MSJapan (talk) 22:23, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Probably, but for expert opinion I'd suggest you check with . &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:09, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: The Last Temptation of Krust
This is a note to let the main editors of The Last Temptation of Krust know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on May 28, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Today's featured article/May 28, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director or his delegate, or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

"The Last Temptation of Krust" is the 15th episode of The Simpsons ' ninth season. The episode first aired on February 22, 1998. Bart convinces Krusty the Clown to appear at a comedy festival organized by Jay Leno, but Krusty's old material does not go over well with the audience, and he receives bad reviews. After Krusty goes on a drinking binge, Bart and Jay Leno bathe him in the Simpsons' house, and Krusty decides to announce his retirement. At Krusty's retirement press conference, the audience finds his tirade against modern comedy hysterical, and he returns to comedy with a new style where he complains about commercialism. He later agrees to a deal with marketing executives in return for a new "Canyonero" – a spoof on sport utility vehicles, and markets products during his next comedy appearance. The episode ends with an extended Canyonero sequence, with a background song sung by Hank Williams, Jr. The writing staff initially had trouble getting Krusty's offensive bad jokes through network censors, but convinced them this was simply a way to emphasize his old and dated comedic material. The episode was highlighted by USA Today in a review of The Simpsons ninth season, and received positive reviews in The Washington Times, the Evening Herald, and in books on The Simpsons. (more...) UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, most appreciated! :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:33, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Paul Carrigan for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Paul Carrigan is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Paul Carrigan (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Request for amendment: Scientology (Lyncs)
A request for amendment to the Scientology case has been filed here, in which you are directly named. The filing party has requested that you be notified by someone other than themselves. For the Arbitration Committee Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 11:52, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * See reply. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:28, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Blocked spam username DEIF AS
I would like to create an account with a name which Wikipedia rates "Too similar to blocked user DEIF AS". If it is possible for you to block DEIF AS, is it not possible to just delete it ?

HundiVarg (talk) 22:30, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXIV, May 2012
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Articles for deletion/Jared Siefert
You closed this discussion several years ago and I'm asking about undeleting the article. The main reason that the article was deleted because of the newly-written WP:NMOTORSPORT made non-professional drivers non-notable. I started that article because he was a United States national racing champion in the top class in IMCA. People commented that he was a local driver even though he raced at their major national event (IMCA Super Nationals). I recently came across another strictly local driver Tia Norfleet diff at nomination who has less notability than him (no championships, touring series starts, etc) and nominated it for deletion. It was recently closed as keep (see Articles for deletion/Tia Norfleet) with everyone commenting keep. The only reason that the article was nominated for deletion was because he was non-professional (diff). I asked User:The Bushranger to give an opinion after I nominated Norfleet for deletion based on the same rationale. He read Siefert's AFD, read the deleted article, and commented that he felt that Seifert was probably notable enough (diff).

Looking at the sources, The Green Bay Press Gazette is a major national newspaper owned by Gannett. Racing Online is a regional website on racing and Who Won is national. The Hawkeye Racing News is a national print racing magazine that's been around for 44 years.

Additional sources / updates: column from radio station racing reporter in Iowa (far away). Interview He won the 2008 Wisconsin state championship. He is now mainly racing on the Badger Modified Tour which is a statewide touring series. You can respond here.  Royal broil  03:17, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to the judgment of admins and the community about this. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:34, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for looking at it. I'll think about if I want to pursuit it farther with a deletion review.  Royal broil  00:51, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

GA articles to review
I'm reviewing these articles for GA candidacy. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:20, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Minor v. Happersett
 * 2) Lady Gaga on Twitter


 * Are you still planning on reviewing these two? It's been over two weeks since the above, and there's no sign of any action on either nomination. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:37, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup, read them both over, have some comments to post to the talk page subpages, they'll probably result in some minor suggestions relating to a brief hold period. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:01, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Great. Sorry to bother you. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I was going to get to it but they've been handled by another, no worries. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:47, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Recreating a deleted article
Hi Cirt. I was considering creating an article this morning on the book Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere, however I noticed that an article on the topic was deleted a year or two ago per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated Introduction. I think it could merit revisiting; several sources are available ( are a few examples) which evidence its importance as a text on aikido. It can certainly be shown to pass criteria 1 and 3 of WP:NBOOK. Would you have any objection to my recreating the article based on these and other sources? Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:36, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to the judgment of other editors, suggest you consult talk pages of relevant wikiprojects. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 13:53, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 13:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Featured portal review/Weather
For your information, I have commented about the length of time this review is taking and set out my position. BencherliteTalk 16:20, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Replied to you there. BencherliteTalk 19:52, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Mail
Hi Cirt. I sent you an email, did you get it? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:41, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Conjugation tables
Hi,

Were you involved in deleting the English Conjugation tables? I would like to have that page undeleted? The people who wanted it deleted never contributed to the page or used it. They just wanted some power to say no, and used specious arguments. I have referred many people from all over the world to help with their English. The page is cumbersome and needs some work, but that is no reason to delete it. bruvensky (talk) 18:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Link please? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:00, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive
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Hire to write an article of a biography of a living person
Are you available for hire to write an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel.lcc (talk • contribs) 08:10, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Nope. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:47, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

deleted page Warpigs (band)
Hi Cirt,

I have just noticed that the page I edited got deleted and with your permission I'd like to reinstate it. I have checked the logs and it seems it was deleted because there weren't sources that proved that the band actually published 2 records at major labels. I have now added such references to the article so I hope it can stay now. Please let me do if I need to do anything else in this regard

18:11, 30 August 2011 Cirt (talk | contribs) deleted page Warpigs (band) (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warpigs (band))

thank you

Mrs Nerd (talk) 09:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest you contact the talk pages of relevant WikiProjects for help, and go for a peer review see WP:PR. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:08, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Nation of Yahweh
Template:Nation of Yahweh has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:25, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:01, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

List of Pixar film references
I notice you've been deleting inbound links to one of the Pixar-related articles, such as:
 * 18:23, 23 February 2010 Cirt (talk | contribs) deleted page Dinoco (Deleting redirects to "List of Pixar film references" after Articles for deletion/List of Pixar film references)

I haven't checked through the logs to see if there are more of these.

Only one issue... the AfD discussion you reference closed as keep. Inbound links like Dinoco → List of Pixar film references should therefore still be valid as the target still exists. Were the redirect deletions made in error? 66.102.83.61 (talk) 16:06, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to the judgment of the closing admin which was, feel free to query that admin about this issue. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:54, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVI, July 2012
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Featured portal candidates
Since you're listed as a "portal director" on the Featured portal candidates page, you may want to check in there, as several posts are pending. Thank you for your consideration. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, will do. Thanks, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:24, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Werner Erhard (book)
I saw your article (good work btw!) and especially noticed the section Werner Erhard (book). I have been working on the article W.W. Bartley, III from time to time, and I would love it if you could add there some material about Bartley and est, which is mostly lacking so far. Thanks. --rtc (talk) 02:07, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

AN/I notification
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive825 regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Prioryman (talk) 11:13, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notification about /. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 14:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I really think you need to make your opinion clear there, in fact there's been a request or suggestion that you should say how you feel about this. Dougweller (talk) 15:03, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I was hoping you'd post that to the ANI thread, if you don't want to, can I quote you? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 15:11, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Outage
I was going to comment that I know exactly who you are: You're two... two... two mints in one! Then I realized it's spelled Certs. Sometimes these things just don't work out. :) Speaking of which, I was noticing that article on Simon Bolivar Buckner. It seems like everything he tried to capture in his public life slipped through his fingers. Just like another famous Buckner. And so it goes. d:( ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:22, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I like Certs, tasty candies, especially good for popping in your mouth before kissing someone. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:29, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You're showing your age there, buddy. All the best, —Tim //// Carrite (talk) 05:46, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue LXXVII, August 2012
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Redirect recreation
At WP:AFC/R there's a request to recreate the redirect from Dinoco to List of Pixar film references which you deleted back in 2010. I'm not quite sure why it was deleted in the first place. Is there a reason not to create it again? Huon (talk) 23:00, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure, no objections, I'll defer to your editorial judgment on this matter. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:52, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, done. I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss some reason for not having the redirect. Thanks! Huon (talk) 02:32, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:56, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Tom Cruise/Comments
Please see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Tom Cruise/Comments.

I was thinking that I hadn't seen Smee for a long time... --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:28, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. I'll respectfully defer to the outcome of the consensus established from the community discussion there. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:46, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page. In this issue: Read the entire first edition of The Olive Branch -->
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 * Discussion update: Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
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--The Olive Branch 18:55, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the welcome and the useful links, Cirt! --Mknjbhvgcf (talk) 11:33, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:11, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Because you were a participating member of the Deletion review for Category:Gay Wikipedians, I've contacted you to let you (and all others involved) know about and participate in the current category discussion. Thanks for your participation! Ncboy2010 (talk) 17:07, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:37, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Request for undeletion, Elliot Miles Mckinley
I believe you are the administrator who closed the discussion concerning deletion of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Miles_McKinley. As such I would like to argue for it to be undeleted as Dr. Mckinley is a notable composer in the world of contemporary classical music. He has received multiple awards and commissions, has had his music played in multiple respected venues worldwide, and is also the son of a notable composer as well (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_McKinley)

http://composers.com/elliott-miles-mckinley http://www.allmusic.com/album/elliott-miles-mckinley-string-quartets-mw0002177674 http://www.allmusic.com/album/elliott-miles-mckinley-string-quartets-mw0001553691 http://www.iue.edu/people/bio/bio.php?bio=elmmckin http://www.elliottmilesmckinley.com/Elliott_Miles_McKinley_-_Composer/Home.html http://archive.org/details/iuma-elliott_miles_mckinley http://www.earwormimprov.com/earWorm/Members.html http://www.composersforum.org/members/directory/elliott-miles-mckinley http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?id=33701 http://www.amc.net/ElliottMilesMcKinley http://music.wvu.edu/faculty_staff/george_willis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.160.13.240 (talk) 02:45, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggest you go the route of WP:DRV, and I'll defer to community consensus from that discussion's outcome. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:37, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Done, thank you. I'm not good at formatting, so apologies for mistakes I'm making throughout this process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.160.13.240 (talk • contribs)


 * Okay, no worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:30, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Deletion review for
An editor has asked for a deletion review of. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 149.160.13.240 (talk) 20:27, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:30, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Category:Nation of Yahweh
Category:Nation of Yahweh, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 22:40, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you for the notification, I'll defer to the consensus of the outcome of the end of the finality of the discussion of the community. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:59, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination)
Hi Cirt. Because you participated in Deletion review/Log/2011 June 5, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Timeshift9 (2nd nomination). Cunard (talk) 06:04, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:38, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Military history coordinator election
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OTRS question
I uploaded an OTRS image. I added it to the article and someone removed it. Its OTRS permission hasn't been officially verified yet was used as the reason. Does the image need to be cleared first by OTRS for it to be used? Especially since it was uploaded and its authenticity asserted by a well-respected editor.  Royal broil  11:31, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:36, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * While done is nice, it doesn't answer the question: does an image need to be cleared first by OTRS for it to be used?
 * That fact that it's clearly a copyright violation as it's press kit photo is another issue. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:44, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The answer is no, it doesn't need to be. However it's certainly ideal, yes. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:45, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking the OTRS, Cirt. I really wanted to know the answer to the question in case it comes up again. And Walter, just being a press photo doesn't necessarily mean that it's a copyright violation. Artists will often hire someone to photograph them and one of the terms of doing the photograph is that the artist acquires the copyright license of the photographs. So the artist can relicense that photo. While a press kit photo is usually a problem, that's why OTRS exists - for verifying the rare scenarios like this one. If the OTRS fails on a photo, then I knew it gets deleted immediately - so I never would have replaced the previous image if there was any risk of having no image.  Royal broil  04:03, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Request
Hi, would you possibly restore my userpage? I asked for it to be deleted while i was a bit angry. THanks. RAP (talk) 15:05 19 September 2012 (UTC)

You're Invited! Wikipedia Takes Portland 2012

 * Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:52, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Medicine
Hi. We're discussing a proposed m:Thematic organization at Talk:Iridescent and your thoughts on COI or anything else at this early stage, before incorporation, would be welcome and valued. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 02:48, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay I'll try to get a chance to look it over by chance if I get a chance. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:51, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Welcome
Are you a bot? If no, tanks for the "welcome". From sunny Italy: --Sandro kensan (talk) 19:53, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Not a bot, and no worries! ;) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:07, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue LXXVIII, September 2012
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 * Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

GA reviews = Culture, sociology and psychology
I'm reviewing two articles for GA candidacy listed in Social sciences and society, under the sub-topic of Culture, sociology and psychology:

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Finger (gesture)
 * 2) Nonviolent Communication

thanks, from eddacker
Hiya,I received my e-mail this morning telling me of your entry on my talk page. And I just wanted to say I appreciate it. I have been an infrequent contributor to Wikipedia, when I find some simple or obvious error I take the time to correct it. I have recently retired and would be more than willing, over the next few months, to learn and to join a more active role. I am no way associated with Ed Decker. My username is usually spelled in all small letters and is a combination of my first and last real name. As I said earlier I do have some extra time now and I do know how to use both text editing, Microsoft Word and wiki style. I will start by doing some reading and update/refine my user page.

Again, thanks for noticing and encouraging me. Signed eddacker Eddacker (talk) 08:21, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * You're most welcome! :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 12:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Re creating deleted article
I asked Orderinchaos how I should go about re creating this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Left_Right_Think_Tank on his user page here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Orderinchaos&direction=next&oldid=512127151. I've gone about re-creating the article to an acceptable level here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JakeSpi/Left_Right_Think_Tank and was wondering if, considering you were involved in the deletion, you would be considered a neutral party for the go ahead, or perhaps you would help me get in contact with someone. I'd also like to re-state the fact that I am a biased party, as I currently volunteer for the organisation. Thanks. JakeSpi (talk) 08:26, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggest you post to talk pages of relevant WikiProjects for assistance. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 12:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Nonviolent Communication GA Review
Thanks for doing the review. I have removed all the Citations Needed tagged text from the article. If it comes back, I will make sure it has proper sources. One of the major bones of contention in the past with this article has been reliability of sources, and so we spent a lot of time going over our sources in great detail. It is a good reminder that text has begun to creep back in that is less well sourced, and we need to stay on top of that.

Thanks!Michaplot (talk) 14:17, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

We Can Do It! FA
Thanks for your review of the "We Can Do It!" article. It is now FA! Binksternet (talk) 18:08, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

New article on actor Robert Boulter
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Robert Boulter

New article on film One Hundred Years of Evil
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:29, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * One Hundred Years of Evil

re: Thank you
Anytime - I know they're only minor changes, but every little helps.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 08:46, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

New article on novel Donkey Punch
I've created this new article. If you've got additional input for secondary sources, please feel free to suggest them at the article's talk page, I'd really appreciate it. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:21, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Donkey Punch (novel)

Contributions to Wikiquote = cleanup = Freedom of speech
Phew, that was a fun little project. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:51, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Freedom of speech (cleanup after tagged for cleanup).

The Bugle: Issue LXXIX, October 2012
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Main Page featured portal drive inquiry

 * Will reply there. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Slightly baffled
How is Statute of Monopolies related to freedom of speech? :S Ironholds (talk) 00:48, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ditto William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. Ironholds (talk) 00:48, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Reviewing for GA = Social sciences and society
Reviewing these GA candidates, found listed under Good article nominations/Topic lists/Social sciences and society: &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:57, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Valerie Solanas (subsection: Culture, sociology and psychology)
 * 2) Self-categorization theory (subsection: Culture, sociology and psychology)
 * 3) The Guardian (subsection: Media and journalism)

Derek Abbott
FYI, the AfD is now up. Thank you for providing essential background on this one! Qworty (talk) 22:57, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Reviewing for GA = Language and literature
Reviewing this for GA, found listed under Language and literature GA candidates: &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Childhood's End
 * 2) Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari

FAC comment
Hey since you successfully got a song to FA status, would you mind leaving some comments to my FAC on a song? Thanks, Jona <sup style="color:blue;">talk to me  11:51, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Doing a research project at the moment, will try to look it over in a bit. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 11:53, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That's fine no rush . Best, Jona <sup style="color:blue;">talk to me  11:57, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Freedom of speech project - The Signpost notice
WP:WikiProject Freedom of speech will appear as a notice in the next issue of The Signpost, see Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk. Maybe at some point after that we could do an interview to let other editors know about ways to improve Freedom of speech topics on Wikipedia. :) Just something to keep in mind down the road in the future going forwards. Have a great day! :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:57, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

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New article: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate
New article, created, at Freedom for the Thought That We Hate. Additional assistance in research would be appreciated, feel free to help out at the article's talk page. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

Successful save at AFD = Freedom of speech related article
Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance
 * Articles for deletion/Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance
 * 1) I made quality improvements to this page while it was at AFD and was successful in saving it, AFD recently closed as Keep.
 * 2) Here's a summary of the quality improvements, diff.
 * 3) If anyone's got input on additional secondary sources, it'd be most appreciated if you could suggest them at Talk:Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance.


 * I left you a reply on my talk page. Best, Lord Roem (talk) 03:23, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

FPC nomination Streisand effect
Hi Cirt, after noticing your I've decided to nominate it on en.wiki as well. Have a look on Featured picture candidates/Streisand effect. Would be great if you could cast your vote. Regards, Peter Weis (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notification, but I will respectfully defer to the consensus of the community after the closure of the discussion, and won't weigh in there myself. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:00, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate
Hey, that was quick! I've actually only just started reviewing the article and haven't gotten through the whole thing yet.  C üRly T üRkey  <sup style="margin-left:1.5ex;">Talk <sub style="margin-left:-5ex;">Contribs 07:10, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Help pick Newyorkbrad's FA project

 * User:Newyorkbrad/Newyorkbradblog, subsection: Help pick Newyorkbrad's FA project
 * Suggestions at talk page, User talk:Newyorkbrad/Newyorkbradblog, same subsection title, Help pick Newyorkbrad's FA project


 * I've gone ahead and suggested "A deceased former Justice of the United States Supreme Court", Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. &mdash; because he coined the phrase, Freedom for the Thought That We Hate, which then was used as the title of a book on Freedom of speech.

Feel free to suggest and/or discuss at User talk:Newyorkbrad/Newyorkbradblog your preferred options. :) Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:02, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Update: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate is now a GA

 * Update: Freedom for the Thought That We Hate is now a WP:GA quality article. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:27, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Freedom of Speech WikiProject
While I'm definitely interested in the subject, I don't think I've got the time to join any more WikiProjects (not if I want to keep my wedding ring, anyways!). Thanks for the invite!  C üRly T üRkey  <sup style="margin-left:1.5ex;">Talk <sub style="margin-left:-5ex;">Contribs 07:11, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

WP Human Rights in the Signpost
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Human Rights for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. –Mabeenot (talk) 17:39, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * In particular, you may be interested in mentioning WikiProject Freedom of Speech under the question regarding any projects that would be interested in collaborating with WikiProject Human Rights. Cheers! –Mabeenot (talk) 17:41, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, answers given here, thank you for the opportunity! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:58, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Harald zur Hausen
Hello Cirt. First of all, thanks for your participation in FPC in general, and in my nominations particularly. Regarding the above nomination: I added an alternative version. Maybe you would like to check it also? Regards, Tomer T (talk) 10:57, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, thanks for the update. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:13, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Abortion-rights movements
You said "but redirects to this page title are cheap" - would you be able to take a look at this edit - it strikes me as being over the top. Please consider joining the discussion at Talk:Pro-abortion movements. StAnselm (talk) 19:09, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll just leave it at my one initial comment, for the rest of that stuff I'll respectfully defer to community consensus and outcomes that are hopefully acceptable from further dispute resolution processes. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:13, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Society at peer review
Portal:Society is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Portal peer review/Society/archive1. I've put a bit of effort into this as part of a featured portal drive related to portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page, and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Featured Article Candidates to review
&mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:52, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Ann Bishop (biologist)
 * Frank's Cock

Reviewing for GA = Language and literature
Reviewing these for GA, found listed under Language and literature GA candidates: &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:11, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Mitică
 * 2) Catullus 16

Possible candidates for further quality improvement
Above are possible candidates for further quality improvement. Will have to do a little more additional research. Any suggestions for secondary sources would be most appreciated at the respective articles' talk pages. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:20, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Truth in Numbers?
 * 2) The Truth According to Wikipedia

Featuring portals
Portal:Poland is maintained by user Kpalion, and Poeticbent contributes to it on occasion. Maybe you'd like to take a look and consider nominating it? --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 22:54, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Just realized it is already featured :) --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 22:55, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh, okay great! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:56, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Portals
I'll have a look and see what I can find to nitpick about! As for the other conversation, to be honest I had forgotten all about our disagreement there, but thank you very much for what you've said. I didn't word my comments in a way calculated to win friends and influence people, I know... sorry for making it unnecessarily personal. Good luck with the FPo Drive - I think it's an excellent idea to get an underappreciated set of main page links up to the very best standards. You might even inspire me to finish P:OXFORD and get the bronze star for that too... With best wishes, BencherliteTalk 08:38, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay sounds good. Also, keep me posted on P:OXFORD, that sounds like a worthy endeavor. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:38, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

PR question
Cirt, I've left you a short question here. Cheers, Lord Roem (talk) 03:59, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Responded there with some additional suggestions, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:37, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

FAC
Hey Cirt, thanks so much for your really helpful comments at Featured article candidates/Ann Bishop (biologist)/archive1! I'm sorry it took me so long to respond, but I've finally gotten through all of them. If you've got time, would you mind taking a second look? Thanks again! Best, Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 21:17, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:30, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Freedom of speech
Would you mind letting me know when you write or see a good article in this topic area? --Anthonyhcole (talk) 12:33, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * My apologies for butting in, this appeared on my watchlist. Perhaps Freedom for the Thought That We Hate is something that matches your request? Other possibles are Freedom of Expression (McLeod book), Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege" and Beyond the First Amendment. All four are the work of Cirt. Fram (talk) 12:51, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much,, I really appreciate that reply! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:16, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As do I. If either of you remembers, can you let me know when other work you think might interest me rolls out? (I'm trying to educate myself on this topic.) --Anthonyhcole (talk) 16:28, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

GA on Woodhull
Right, looks good. I'm happy to award this page GA status; I'd still really recommend that you WebCite a lot of these links though. I know that it'll take time, but if you don't do it, many of these links might die in a year or so, and then the GA status will have to be revoked because the sources shall be un-verifiable. Midnightblueowl (talk) 14:43, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, it was my pleasure! Midnightblueowl (talk) 16:54, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Re: Welcome
Gee, thanks for reminding me all that ;) Godai (talk) 20:40, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:41, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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File:Mork Goes Erk.jpg
There is nothing substantial about this image. I had discussion, and I realize that VHS covers are not appropiate for episodes. I wonder if it is all right for you to let me delete this file. --George Ho (talk) 17:56, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I will respectfully defer to your judgment about that. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:00, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * In other words, you approve, right? --George Ho (talk) 02:55, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Just in case, I have tagged it with "db-g7". --George Ho (talk) 02:58, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:00, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Judaism at peer review
Portal:Judaism has had quite a few features added. I'd really appreciate if you could take a look, and leave your thoughts at the Peer Review or any other place. Thanks - ypnypn (talk) 04:50, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Got a couple other things on my plate with GA Reviews ongoing but will take a look, thanks for the notice, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:17, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Donkey Punch (novel)
Hi Cirt, I'm beginning the copy-edit you requested for the above article at the GOCE Request page. Please feel free to contact me, or to correct or revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:19, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Done - I removed a lot of the biographical info on the author per WP:COATRACK; however there's no article about him to which to move it. Feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit; good luck with your GA nom. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:44, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks good, thanks very much! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:50, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Human rights coming up in The Signpost
WP:WikiProject Human rights will be discussed in The Signpost coming up, see link above for an advance look. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia Signpost/2012-12-10/WikiProject report

The War for Late Night
Hi Cirt, I'm beginning the copy-edit you requested for the above article at the GOCE Request page. Please feel free to contact me, or to correct or revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:34, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds good, thanks again for all your help, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:21, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, though it seems I'm going to cut out a lot of waffle so feel free to review the changes. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:39, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll keep an eye on it. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:39, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Well I think I'm done; feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:38, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

TFAR
Cirt, I've noticed that you frequently run through WP:TFAR and support as many as four articles in four minutes; do you actually read the articles to be sure they are mainpage ready? There is a long discussion at User talk:Raul654; when ill-prepared articles are run on the mainpage, the delegates are the ones who end up getting shot at. I see you often Support articles even when significant issues are raised, at TFAR or on talk, and I wonder how you can review so many articles in such a short time. Perhaps you will review the conversation at Raul's talk page, and consider taking closer looks at articles you support? Or perhaps you feel that the quality of the article shouldn't be an issue in mainpage selection; if that is the case, the delegates still end up getting shot at when that occurs. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 18:07, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi there, Sandy, you raise important points! I generally try to make time to read over the articles a day or two before commenting at TFAR itself. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar, which I assume is related to scheduling the South Park episode rather than any of my other TFA actions... BencherliteTalk 23:13, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Moreso your overall friendly demeanor and respect for freedom of speech as expressed by comedy and specifically satire and parody. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:47, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate
Hi Cirt, I'm copy-editing the above article now; see above, ;-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:25, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:06, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Done; feel free to contact me about any issues arising from the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:06, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Recreation of Joey Rainbow
Hi. You deleted the article some three years back due to having no real-world coverage and pretty much being in-universe but I've now found some sources and have been working on it in my userspace for a while and am considering restoring but I figured I would consult you beforehand as per the instructions. Will it be alright to restore? Conquistador2k6 12 December 2012 01:49 (UTC)
 * I have no objections, but I'd suggest you run it by a few WikiProject talk pages. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:07, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

WP:TFAR (2)
Hello, if you get a chance, would you mind popping back to WP:Today's featured article/requests? There are now two suggested articles for 1st January and I'm inviting input as to which one people would prefer for the day itself and when the other one might be scheduled instead. Thanks, BencherliteTalk 09:43, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Now sorted: Vidya Balan on 14th Dec, her wedding day, and Action of 1 January 1800 to start the new year. BencherliteTalk 11:13, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the updates! :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:50, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

The War for Late Night
Hmm, well I now see from your user page why that was so simple... I've only done two other GA reviews on this wiki so far, and they each took several weeks. I was being just as thorough with this one, but all it took was a couple of days&mdash; I can see why now. Congratulations on your 90th! Osiris (talk) 06:55, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, ninety (90) WP:GAs, thank you very much for the review!!! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:26, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

GA nomination for Donkey Punch (novel)
Greetings, Cirt! I just wanted to let you know that I will be reviewing your GA nomination for Donkey Punch (novel). I'll leave a link to the review page here, for reference. Good luck! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 17:11, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll keep an eye on that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for FTM cross-dressing
An article that you have been involved in editing, FTM cross-dressing, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:24, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for the notice. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

This article is advertising and self promotion and should be considered for “speedy deletion “ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Catullo
CIRT, This article is advertising and self promotion and should be considered for “speedy deletion “ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Catullo  I am sorry for the long post but I feel that this is very important.

I am reaching out to you about the wiki article/bio page for Dan Catullo aka Daniel E Catullo III. The page should be considered for “speedy deletion” under the rules and guidelines for Wikipedia articles. This individual is using Wikipedia to advertise and promote himself. Further he has filtered out any and all bad information that gets added to his page leaving a rosy bio filled with in accuracies, fabrications and half-truths. If you look on the pages history you will see a good deal of the corrections and changes are made by user Dc3director,  and Dan Catullo 3rd are one and the same. He has carefully manipulated his biography to omitt his long criminal history. To read his bio you would think he was an angel, but if you add his criminal history and he is the last person you would trust. I am appealing to you to either add his criminal past or to remove his biography completely. There are a lot of people who look at this bio and make a judgment to work with or invest in Mr. Catullo without all the facts being present. My understanding is that the editors at Wiki want supporting documentation and links. So please see below. I think its important for you to see the serious amount of criminal and also civil legal action has been brought against Mr. Catullo. He has shown a pattern of comitting felonious and deceptive criminal behavior as demonstrated by the cases listed here. Everything listed here is from public court records. There is no opinion or unsubstantiated information. just the Facts, case numbers, names, address, dates and links.

VERIFIED CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS WITH CASE NUMBERS:

Dan Catullo aka Daniel Edward Catullo 3rd aka Daniel E Catullo III DOB 12/4/1971

1. Arrested & Prosecuted In New Jersey for Felony: Forgery, Insurance Fraud, and Theft by Deception. Sentenced to 3 years concurrent probation for each charge. $365,000 in restitution (Majority still unpaid) 2 weeks in jail after arrest due flight risk Multiple Probation violations (resulting in Multiple extensions) Probation extension due to failure to pay restitution CONTACT: Criminal Records Department, Summerset County Court House CASE: Docket # 94-12-03163-Z    and     Docket # 94-12-00569-I

2. Arrested and Prosecuted in Santa Clara California for Felony: Identity theft, Forgery, Grand Theft Arrested and Jailed for repeatedly threatening the victims with violence Order of Protection Issued and violated repeatedly resulting in Jail time After judgment sentenced to 8 Months In Jail. CONTACT: Hall of Justice, Clerk of the Superior Court ,191 North 1st Street, San Jose, CA,  95113 CASE: # 178016

3. Arrested (2009) Prosecuted (2010) Van Nuys California for Felony: forgery, identity theft, grand theft. Trial in progress in the city of Van Nuys California Sentenced at 8:30am Wed 9/1.10 at the Van Nuys Superior Court House. Sentenced to 3 Years Probation for Fraud Identity Theft. CONTACT: Northwest District Court, Courthouse West, Department V, 9th floor, Van Nuys, 14400 Erwin St. Van Nuys, CA 91401 CASE: # LA-062596

CURRENT CIVAL LAW SUITES

Named in over 130 civil cases in California. For Non Payment of wages, repeatedly not paying vendors, Multiple Bad Checks, Multiple Bounced Checks, In LA County, Ventura County, San Francisco County

Breach of contract and fraud 2010 by Entertainer Mel B aka Melanie Brown http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/MelBDocs_0.pdf

Breach of contract and fraud 2011 by Baseball Player Jimmy Rollins http://www.radaronline.com/sites/radaronline.com/files/Dan%20Catullo%20BC452297.pdf

PAST CIVAL SUITES

And here are a few links there are hundreds more all basically complaining about the same thing. Fraud, Non Payment or Breach of Contract.

CATULLO DANIEL https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID1>  Small Claims   04/25/2005   West Los Angeles Courthouse  CATULLO DANIEL E 111 C/O COMING HOME PRODUCTIONS INC. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID2>   Small Claims   09/09/2002   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL E. III AN INDIVIDUAL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID3>   BREACH CONTRACT (Limited)   08/02/2010   Santa Monica Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL E. III <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID4>   Othr Breach Contr/Warr-not Fraud (Unlimited)   01/14/2000   Stanley Mosk Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL E. III <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID5>   Abstract of Judgment (Unlimited)   09/30/2005   Stanley Mosk Courthouse   15      CATULLO DANIEL E. III <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID6>   Other Employment Complaint (Unlimited)   12/23/2004   Stanley Mosk Courthouse   73      CATULLO DANIEL E. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID7>   Other Promissory Note/Collections (Unlimited)   07/07/2005   Burbank Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL E. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID8>   Small Claims   05/19/2004   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL E. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID9>   UNLAWFUL DETAINER (Limited)   10/12/1999   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL EDWARD <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID10>   UNLAWFUL DETAINER (Limited)   11/19/1999   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL E <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID11>   CONTRACT (Limited)   11/18/2002   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL E <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID12>   CONTRACT (Limited)   10/09/2002   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL E <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID13>   CONTRACT (Limited)   02/07/2006   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL IIIPRESIDENT/PARTNER C/O COMING HOME ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID14>   Small Claims   11/09/2001   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL III <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID15>   Small Claims   01/09/2003   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID16>   Othr Breach Contr/Warr-not Fraud (Unlimited)   03/19/2007   Santa Monica Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID17>   CONTRACT (Limited)   06/27/2005   Stanley Mosk Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID18>   Small Claims   12/21/1999   West Los Angeles Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID19>   CONTRACT (Limited)   06/01/2007   Stanley Mosk Courthouse         CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID20>   COLLECTION CASE (Limited)   09/11/2007   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID21>   Other Commercial/Business Tort (Unlimited)   09/05/2008   Stanley Mosk Courthouse   5      CATULLO DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID22>   Other Promissory Note/Collections (Unlimited)   09/22/2009   Stanley Mosk Courthouse   21      CATULLO III DANIEL E. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID23>   CONTRACT (Limited)   03/09/1999   Van Nuys Courthouse West         CATULLO III DANIEL E.AKA CATULLO DANIEL E.AKA CATULLO DAN AN IN <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID24>   COLLECTIONS (Limited)   09/29/2006   Beverly Hills Courthouse         CATULLO III DANIEL E. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID25>   Commrcial Compl-Not Tort or Complx (Unlimited)   06/25/1999   Torrance Courthouse                Type   Filing Date   Location   Available Imaged Documents      CATULLO III DANIEL E. <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID1>   UD/Residence (not Drugs/Evict) (Unlimited)   02/14/2006   Santa Monica Courthouse         CATULLO III DANIEL E. DBA COMING HOME STUDIOS <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID2>   Small Claims   12/19/2005   West Los Angeles Courthouse         CATULLO III DANIEL <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID3>   Small Claims   05/12/2005   Van Nuys Courthouse West         COMING HOME PRODUCTIONS INC AGENT: DANIEL E.CATULLO III <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID4>   Small Claims   12/10/2001   Van Nuys Courthouse West         COMING HOME PRODUCTIONS INC AGENT FOR SERVICE: DANIEL E CATULLO III <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID5>   Small Claims   11/09/2001   Van Nuys Courthouse West         DANIEL CATULLO II <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/onlineServices/civilIndex/CICSLINK.aspx?pickID=recID6>   Small Claims   06/23/1999   Van Nuys Courthouse West

Case Number: 10C02991 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING VS. DC3 MUSIC GROUP Filing Date: 08/02/2010  Case Type: BREACH CONTRACT (Limited Jurisdiction)  Filing Court: Santa Monica Courthouse Status: PENDING Future Hearings NoneHistory Information <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civilcasesummary/Casesummary.asp?referer=index#HIST>   Parties Plaintiff:  NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES INC. A DELAWARE NONPROFIT CO  Attorney:   PROSKAUER ROSS LLP - ROBERT H. HORN Defendant:  DC3 MUSIC GROUP LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  Attorney:   None Defendant:  CATULLO DANIEL E. III AN INDIVIDUAL Attorney:   None Party Information <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civilcasesummary/Casesummary.asp?referer=index#PTY>   Histories ( Dates listed in descending order) 08/12/2010 PROOF OF SERVICE RE: SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILED. SERVED AS TO (DC3 MUSIC GROUP), LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY. COSTS OF $ 0.00 08/12/2010 PROOF OF SERVICE RE: SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILED. SERVED AS TO (CATULLO, DANIEL E.) III, AN INDIVIDUAL. COSTS OF $ 0.00 08/02/2010 COMPLAINT FILED. RN SM500645009. 08/02/2010 SUMMONS ISSUED. 08/02/2010 SUMMONS FILED. 08/02/2010 NON-APPEARANCE CASE MANAGEMENT REVIEW SCHEDULED FOR 01/31/11 AT 08:30A M, IN DEPT. CLK. CLERK`S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE MAILED/GIVEN TO RESPECTIVE  PARTIES/COUNSEL ON 08/02/10 08/02/2010 NOTICE OF CASE ASSIGNMENT ON FILE. CASE IS ASSIGNED TODEPT. WED OF HONORABLE DIANA M. WHEATLEY .Case Information <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civilcasesummary/Casesummary.asp?referer=index#CAS> | Party Information <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civilcasesummary/Casesummary.asp?referer=index#PTY>  | History Information <https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/civilcasesummary/Casesummary.asp?referer=index#HIST>  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.220.150 (talk) 23:14, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Suggest you post about this to WP:ANI, I'll defer to the judgment of the admins. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:34, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and posted to WP:ANI about it. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:10, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

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Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas5}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
 * Thank you very much! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:53, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Brands

 * Thanks for the notification, I've got a lot on my plate but this sounds interesting ... &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:54, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, and happy holidays! Northamerica1000(talk) 06:47, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much! :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:45, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Holiday cheer

 * Thank you! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:45, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Season's tidings!
To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:46, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:05, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikiquote block
Hi Cirt, assuming your username is the same on Wikiquote it looks like you blocked my IP address (67.236.178.223). I don't even have permission to edit my user talk page there. If you look at my Wikipedia and Wikiquote edits I think you will see I am a valid user and have never used multiple accounts. How can I get the ability to edit Wikiquote again? Can you make an exemption for one IP address within a range? Thanks. –CWenger ( ^ •  @ ) 00:33, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the query, I'll respond to this over at Wikiquote. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Reviewing for GA
Reviewing for GA candidacy: Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:36, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) George Herriman - a nominee from Good article nominations/Topic lists/Language and literature.
 * 2) Lobster (magazine) - a candidate from Good article nominations/Topic lists/Social sciences and society

The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)
This newsletter was delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:33, 3 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:22, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Portal:Society for featured portal consideration
I've nominated Portal:Society for featured portal candidacy, discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Society. Thank you for your time, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:22, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * '''Portal:Society

FLC
Hello sir, Please take a look at List of awards and nominations received by Priyanka Chopra. I had contributed mostly to this list and I want to take it to FLC. Please, tell me how it has shaped up and a PR is going on, you could give your suggestions for the improvement of the list. Thank you.Pks1142 (talk) 20:05, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks for the note, will take a look, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:05, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Freedom for the Thought That We Hate
I've been listening to the spoken word version. What an excellent summary of the history. I'll have to re-read/listen before I have anything useful to say about it but I just wanted to thank you for putting me on to it. (Shouldn't "That" in the title be lower case?) --Anthonyhcole (talk) 03:56, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm so glad you're reading about the history of Freedom of speech. I thought that too about the title, but actually that's how it's capitalized on the title page of the book itself. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:12, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Image question
I have never uploaded an image before that wasn't cover art or a screen shot. i don't really understand the proper procedure in uploading an image of a live person.

I found this image ( File:Eric Andre with Hannibal Buress.jpg ) of comedians Eric Andre with Hannibal Buress on set of The Eric André Show, and I thought it would valuable in helping to illustrate the series in the article. After I uploaded it I received a notice I did something wrong.

The image was found used as the background for Eric Andre's official verified twitter account which has been available to the public.

can you help me? Grapesoda22 (talk) 06:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


 * You would need to get permission from the copyright holder to use it. But if you do an advanced search on Flickr for images licensed under a Creative Commons license and take a look at this I bet you could find something else that would work. CorporateM (Talk) 16:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

An invitation for you!

 * Thanks, I'll look into this a bit more. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:17, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

GAN quick fail of Sandra Fluke
I recently did a GA review of Sandra Fluke and quick failed it due to instability. The nominator,, is upset over the review. Could you take a look at the article (especially the article history and talkpage) and let me know your thoughts?

My reasoning for the quick fail is shown at Talk:Sandra Fluke/GA1. I believe that I have correctly assessed the article according to WP:GACR and WP:GACN. I have both written and reviewed a number of GAs, almost all in WP:LAW.

If you need them, I can provide diffs, outlining specific points in the article that I believe supports my review.

Thanks, GregJackP   Boomer!   12:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, not right now, I'll defer to the community discussion and/or the subsequent process at WP:GAR, good luck to you! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. It's not at GAR, I was just wanting to see if I was looking at it correctly or if I was off-base.  GregJackP   Boomer!   01:00, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit-thon: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Hope to see you there! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:44, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, I'll look into this, certainly anything related to "Keep Portland Weird" sounds fun. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:00, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Battlefield Earth
Hi, what did you think about that? --87.18.89.153 (talk) 17:09, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notification, however I'll choose to respectfully defer to other editors in the community to form consensus about that. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 07:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

RE
Always happy to help. Andreasm <sup style="color:green;">just talk to me  07:32, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

There are replies at...
Village pump (proposals)

The Transhumanist 13:24, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for the notification. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 15:36, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Working out the details at Today's article for improvement
The RFC for TAFI is nearing it's conclusion, and it's time to hammer out the details over at the project's talk page. There are several details of the project that would do well with wider input and participation, such as the article nomination and selection process, the amount and type of articles displayed, the implementation on the main page and other things. I would like to invite you to comment there if you continue to be interested in TAFI's development. -- Nick Penguin ( contribs ) 02:45, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification, I'll look into it further. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

TB
 S ven M anguard  Wha?  16:05, 26 January 2013 (UTC)