User talk:Cliff/Archive 1

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 * Hamiltonian Path Join me on the talk page to discuss how to improve this article. This article is under the purview of the Mathematics WikiProject. Let's collaborate to make the maths pages more readable and consistent.Clifsportland (talk) 07:32, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Trying to Rename my account to something suitable for long term use.
There has been much talk about unified logins across wikimedia projects. I'm wanting to do that, but don't like my username that much. It was a spur of the moment choice when I first joined wikipedia. I've made an usurpation request for a username I'd like that hasn't been used for contributions to the en.wiki since 2001.

Please do not edit other users' comments
Diff. If you disagree with another user's comments on the reference desk, please make a note as a separate comment. Nimur (talk) 18:40, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I apologize if my reaction was too knee-jerk; it seems your edit was made in good faith. We've had trouble in the past with vandalism that takes the form of subtle modifications to other users' comments, and I assumed the worst when I saw your edit.  Kainaw has restored your modification personally.  Nimur (talk) 19:35, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Nimur, I did see the rules for the Reference desk that suggested only allowing minor changes for clarity in other user's comments. I made sure that there was no other way to interpret the comment except that there was a typo. Didn't mean to step on any toes. Cliff (talk) 22:40, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

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Edge of the Universe (album) is a song
It's a song, not an album. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:36, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * so it should be Edge of the universe (song)? but it was released as a single, and the page discusses the release of that single, not the release of that song. ...I'll rename it, I just wasn't sure about convention. Cliff (talk) 01:38, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Moved again.Cliff (talk) 01:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Edge of the Universe (song) seems right to me. It was part of an album. A lot of the singles at Bee Gees and Category:Bee Gees songs have (song) or (Bee Gees song) in the title, and it is an actual song with lyrics at . The article is a stub but may say something about the song later. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:56, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Done, and thanks.Cliff (talk) 01:57, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Shape of the Universe will need a Redirect hatnote now for readers looking for the song. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:05, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I've been trying to get all the bee gees links to point to the new article name, but am having trouble locating them all. is there a bot I can use on specific pages to change specified links to a new link?Cliff (talk) 02:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * There is AutoWikiBrowser. But I suspect most links were from Bee Gees and the corresponding pages will automatically be removed from Special:WhatLinksHere/Edge of the Universe when the job queue gets to them. You can revisit Special:WhatLinksHere/Edge of the Universe in a day or two. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:19, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
 * thanks for changing my for to a redirect. I get how that works now. Cliff (talk) 02:25, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

CSD notification
The page L.A. Street Racer looks like it may be a valid CSD, but I prefer not to delete a page unless the creator has been notified. I understand that sometimes automated tools fail to do the notification for some reason. Not sure if that was the case, but could you make the notification? SPhilbrick T
 * the page has been deleted. Sorry I missed the notification. Cliff (talk) 18:34, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The straight times
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fighting overly technical articles
Hi Cliff - glad to know I'm not on my own. My pet hate is smart arses who get together in their little clubs on here and write to impress each other rather than write something the general reader can understand. They don't seem to understand that being able to communicate a complex idea in a simple form is not 'dumbing down' - it's a rare talent. The upside is that over the last few years I've learned a lot researching things myself and trying to rewrite them in a more understandable form. Richerman (talk) 08:27, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Fauble2000
What evidence?

Your rollback request
Hello Cliff, I have granted rollback rights to your account in accordance with your request. Please be aware that rollback should be used to revert vandalism/spam/blatantly unconstructive edits, and that using it to revert anything else (such as by revert-warring or reverting edits you disagree with) can lead to it being removed from your account...sometimes without any warning, depending on the admin who becomes aware of any misuse. If you think an edit should require a reason for reverting, then don't use rollback and instead, use a manual edit summary. For practice, you may wish to see New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 16:16, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * thanks for your trust. I will not dissapoint. Cliff (talk) 02:15, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

July 2011 Reverted Douchebaggery Comments
Hello Cliff, please refrain from personal attacks on my attempts to improve wikipedia by reverting blatant vandalism, I am doing constructive work here. Any further interference will result in a possible permanent IP ban and at least 14 years of bad luck. 98.221.216.234 (talk) 23:15, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with the page
Thanks for your help with the Mining Institute Page, i'll get on to moving it to the site now. (MiningInstituteNT)

Requested move
Teledyne Brown Engineering, or TBE, formerly Brown Engineering (BECO), is a Huntsville, Alabama-based subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies. Formed in 1953, BECO was acquired by Teledyne, Inc., in 1966. The successor, Teledyne Technologies, evolved in 1999. TBE provides software engineering, technology services, and manufacturing for many clients, including the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA (including support for the International Space Station).

TBE includes the wholly-owned subsidiary Teledyne Brown CollaborX, Inc. (aka TBC)

request to publish
Please publish my page Call me by your name that I requested to be moved on July 20th and that you removed.

Also, how do I make it clear when I want my newly created page to be published in the public domain?

Hypatia Fellini Hypatia Fellini (talk) 15:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * When your article is ready, it must be submitted to Articles for Creation. You can do so by adding subst:AFC submission/submit to the top of the article. Any problems, let me know. Cliff (talk) 02:22, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

photo publishing
Hello again. Another question: if my article Call me by your name is approved, I would like to add a photo of the book cover eventually. How do I go about getting approval for publishing such a photo? Would I need to show a letter from the publisher or the writer himself? What do I need? thanks. Hypatia Fellini (talk) 23:32, 29 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not too sure about using images, this is nothing I've done before. Cover art is usually copyrighted. I think Wikipedia does not accept licenses for use. Something is either copyright-free, and we can use it, or there's a copyright and we can't. There are some exceptions for fair use listed at that link, but I'm not sure how to interpret them. Look at "Acceptable use"/"Images"/1, it seems to say that cover art is free, but "Unacceptable use"/"Images"/9 seems to indicate that cover art usage is only acceptable if that art itself, not the album or book is the subject of the article. I would post your question on that page's discussion page, or read the discussion there first to see if that question has already been answered. Good luck! Cliff (talk) 02:16, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I removed your symbolic additions. They did not accurately describe your cited, English language addition. Cliff (talk) 21:52, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
They did. Put it back. Or put back what you think it should be. Having an article about the Archimedean axiom without stating the axiom in mathematical terms is totally unacceptable.Mollwollfumble (talk) 10:31, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Written English is "mathematical terms". Symbolic math is not necessarily preferred, nor more correct. In fact, symbolic math can be used differently in different regions. It's not necessary. Also, this discussion should take place at the AP page. Cliff (talk) 14:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thinking more clearly now. There are three main quite different ways that the Archimedean axiom is normally stated. And I've yet to see any article that refers to more than one of the three, although some articles, such as "Completeness of Ordered Fields" by James Forsythe Hall, give many synonyms for one or the other. That means that I can't be sure if all three are in fact equivalent. All three need to be in the AP Wikipedia article. I'll give it a bit more thought then probably make some very major changes to AP. Do not undo those changes. Overall, it's a darn shame that Wikipedia "Archimedean Axiom" redirects to "Archimedean Principle". "Archimedean Axiom" is a better title. Perhaps I need to break the link, though I'd prefer not to. What do you think?Mollwollfumble (talk) 22:51, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

DRN
The discusion on the merge of Super-logarithm and Super-root to Tetration has been forwarded to Dispute resolution noticeboard and your name has been listed as part of the discusion

Feel free to join in with the discusion. Robo37 (talk) 20:11, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Usurp request.
I am attempting to usurp the username Cliff at wiktionary.org Cliff (talk) 19:02, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

RSCS edit
I'm new here, and it would help me if you would identify yourself and tell me why you made your recent edit of my RSCS article. I don't see anything supporting your change in "Wikipedia, The Missing Manual." George.McQuilken (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:56, 27 September 2011 (UTC).
 * Hi George, my name is Cliff. If you recall, I am the person who removed your move request and suggested that you go through WP:AFC. I normally watch the articles for which I have removed requests. The reason I reverted your edit is because that template clearly states that it should be removed after a review, and it should be removed by someone other than the article's creator, (that's you). A good way to get a review of your article is to place a request for feedback. The normal process for disagreement on edits is just like what we're doing now. Someone edits boldly. If another disagrees with the edit, they will revert. Then discussion happens, usually on the talk page of the article. I'm open to more discussion, though it would be better to discuss your article at its discussion page. Start a new section there if you would like to continue talking. Cliff (talk) 01:49, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mina Giannopoulou
Hello. I have put everywhere I can references about this artist (official pages of the artist, webzines,magazines, official page of the band she is into, blog reviews). Can you please help me and make it more reliable because it is denied? If it isn't much for you indicate me where is wrong. I don't know what else to do. I have put as much as I can reliable references. Thank you for any help. AngelCryGr (talk) 05:10, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The reason your article was declined is given on this old version of your article. The references you are using are not references that Wikipedia usually accepts. Read the link about verifiable sources on that old version. You should remove all references from youtube, MySpace, and other places that are not verifiable. You should use sources like magazines (rolling stone, etc...), newspapers (new York times,...etc), and other sources that have to use verifiable information. Please read the information about what verifiable sources are. Cliff (talk) 12:25, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

RM bot; Kudu bot
I'm glad I can help with RM bot. Thanks for the heads up on the Kudu bot discussion - I'll comment on the Kudubot 4 page. Hard Boiled Eggs [talk] 03:25, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Let me explain what I mean by explain ...
When I asked for an explanation of your action I was hoping to see something like
 * your article could not be moved because ....

instead of a repeat of what you had said before and a suggestion for an inappropriate action on my part. I am relatively new here and still trying to understand the ropes. I was expressing a genuine request for understanding and your response was not helpful.Bill Cherowitzo (talk) 19:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * My apologies. I am not denying your request. I am simply trying to tell you that Requested moves is not the place to request that an article you created be placed in Wikipedia. Requested moves is where people request that current articles get moved to different names. There has been a lot of confusion about this lately, and I'm trying to get it cleared up as we speak. The correct method for submitting your new article is to put on the top of your article (not the discussion page). This will let the editors at Articles for Creation know that you think your article is ready to be included in Wikipedia. After a review, they will include it, or suggest improvements before it gets included. Sorry for this confusion. If there's anything else I can do to help, or if you're still confused about any processes in the future, I'm very willing to help. Just ask. Cliff (talk) 22:12, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Taking another look, I see that there are more issues. The article already exists, but you did a major overhaul in your sandbox. I see what's going on. People don't usually like sandbox work because then the edit history is attached to your subpage rather than to the article in question. If you want, you can attempt a merge of your page to the old page. I suggest doing it piecemeal rather than all at once. If anybody has any objections to certain parts of your overhaul it's better that they revert those specific things rather than your entire work. Some people have been known to simply copy their entire sandbox's contents and replace the old page with the new one, but I don't suggest that because of the issues I already mentioned. People tend to freak out when they see a MAJOR edit happening in one fell swoop. I think it's mostly because they don't want to read the whole article in a sitting to check your work. They'd rather check one piece at a time. Good luck. Cliff (talk) 22:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * So you responded before I got a chance to say -
 * But there is the rub. It is not a new article, just a reorganization with additions of an old article. It was supposed to be moved to the old article Projective plane name, something which I can not do myself. The editors at wp:AFC have rightly pointed out that the old article exists, so they won't touch it. Can you make a suggestion as to what I should now do? Bill Cherowitzo (talk) 22:39, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I thought that I read that what you are suggesting was discouraged and that the move was the preferred method. I am willing to go either way, but the nature of my edits makes the piecemeal approach very difficult (which is why I did it in my sandbox in the first place). Bill Cherowitzo (talk) 22:39, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * A move also is not the way to go because your sandbox's history will replace the original article's history, something we don't want to lose. Anthony Appleyard said something about a history merge, I would ask him what he meant and if that's something he'd help you with. I think an admin needs to do that I've got no idea. Give him a link to this discussion if you want; to help clarify the situation. Cliff (talk) 03:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Thanks
By the way, the redirect from User:Cliff to Cliff is funny the first time, but gets annoying quite quickly. Would you consider removing the redirect? Cheers, Jowa fan (talk) 23:28, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * yeah, I could use a change and have been annoyed by that a bit myself. Cliff (talk) 03:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Requested move of Côte d'Ivoire
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Usurp request.
I am attempting to usurp the username Cliff at en.wikiquote.org Cliff (talk) 06:10, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Cheers! bd2412  T 00:48, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

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