User talk:Courcelles/Archive 1

AFD for Clann Credo
Hello, some unusual facts have come to light about the AFD nomination Articles for deletion/Clann Credo - The Social Investment Fund. Your comments are welcome. Thanks, MuffledThud (talk) 08:08, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Afd Constitutional autochthony thanks
Thanks for your kind commentsCathar11 (talk) 04:23, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Another AfD
Don't you know that the only way to kill a Vampire Article is to drive a stake through its heart, then bury it under the crossroads at midnight? The garlic helps, but as you noticed it's only temporary.... : ) Doc   Tropics  21:14, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Kim eng holdings ltd
hi

This is regarding the article on [Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Kim_Eng_Holdings_Limited]

I don't understand why you want to reject my article..

I have the following questions: 1) What do u mean by this company is not notable. This is a more than 30 years old company, present in around 10 countries and one of the most well-known (not to mention top) stock brokers in Singapore. It is a listed company.

2) Which part of the article lacks sources? I have already given sources for mergers and acquisitions part. The whole article is just facts and figures about this company.

3) Can i have a live chat with you or something?

Also, how come you guys don't ask the following people for sources? They have jus listed down their corporate website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCBC

I have listed down sources. What's wrong with them? How did u conclude they aren't third party, reliable sources.

Please help me understand the above issues. Help me understand how I can publish this page. I want to resolve all issues you had with the article because of which you want to reject it.

Thanks in advance for your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.208.248.107 (talk) 06:25, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * "The whole article is just facts and figures about this company." Right there, I'm afraid, is the problem.  You need reliable, independent sources that cover the company.  The policy is at V.. Thanks for your contributions! Courcelles (talk) 10:59, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Courcelles I have removed all figures. And my list of sources consists of sources from Reuters, Business Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, Japan times etc. I really hope that suffices. Please let me know. Waiting for your reply. Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.208.248.107 (talk) 01:45, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Afd Attacks
That user has been doing it to me since I nom'd the article, and to some of the !voters since he found the AfD. Shadowjams (talk) 10:39, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I'm hoping- and assuming good faith here that a quick request to stop will end it. Courcelles (talk) 10:45, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I hope so. It's probably better to ignore and let the attention fade. Shadowjams (talk) 11:07, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

'Twas not an attack, 'twas a comment. I did, in fact, sincerely mean what I said. I guess a disturbing smile will make it up to you. Jonny4026 (talk) 11:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC) 

Hello Courcelles, Jonny4026 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

George G. Wortman
The article looks great! Have you considered nominating it for DYK?

P.S. I think the IP who requested the article is the same who requested Hermann Ziegner and John P. Yount. It seems they are working backwards through the Indian Wars recipients. — jwillbur 02:53, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It does look great, but I didn't write it. It came through WP:WPAFC and I just put it through with one or two cosmetic changes.  Though, a DYK nom?  If I can find a hook, I'll nominate it.  Courcelles (talk) 03:04, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't really do much editing anymore but since you requested it I added a couple things to the article. It didn't really need much though, good job. --Kumioko (talk) 16:28, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of John F. Auer
Hello! Your submission of John F. Auer at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LargoLarry (talk) 16:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

F29
Now we have something. I created the F29 article for you. I pointed the F.29 redirect to the Fokker plane, because it seems to me the period is quite distinctive- should you disagree, since the page is in article space now, you have freedom to point it elsewhere.

Are there any other redirects you would like created? You can either ask me (just reply on this page), and I'll do them if I agree, or you can register an account and have the full ability to create new pages yourself. Either way, welcome to Wikipedia! Courcelles (talk) 08:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, there's the ones I listed at the AfC... F-29 and F 29 - since various people spell things in various ways, and this is how the other dab pages are built (with redirects from the other forms) - as for periods being distinctive, I've noticed that British people replace the dashes with dots and Americans replace dots with dashes, and other people replace both with spaces. This is probably because British planes use dots and American planes use dashes, and some other countries use spaces, for their own planes (ie. F-15 Eagle (US), GR.3 Harrier (UK), Me 263 Schwalbe (Germany) )76.66.192.35 (talk) 08:46, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Question
Are you a Tar Heels fan? Remember (talk) 14:42, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Just don't hold my alma mater against me too much.  Courcelles (talk) 15:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * While I am generally an Auburn fan, I will make an exception for you. If you ever want to work on any Tar Heel related articles, just let me know.  I am currently working my way through all the previous head basketball coaches. Remember (talk) 15:36, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Note
Hello! I apologize for posting on your talk page, but I do not know if you have the discussion watch listed. Anyway, please note that I am undertaking a significant revision here using sources found on Google Books to add definitions of the characters as well as academic analysis of the concept in general. Thank you. Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 18:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

F**k the Facts deletion
You can go ahead and delete that FTF article I created, it is probably too early, I just got all excited :D I will keep an eye on the album development and, when there is more substantial information I will post it up then. Cheers! Ibanez Guy (talk) 11:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries at all- I understand excitement all too well! I can't delete it, if you want, you can always tag it for CSD under G7.  However, what about moving it into your user space, and when more information is available, moving it back into mainspace so you won't have to start completely over?  Courcelles (talk) 11:40, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Your rollback request
Hello Courcelles, 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 (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. For practice, you may wish to see New admin school/Rollback. Good luck. Acalamari 23:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
For taking care of this. I haven't seen your name around, but it's always good having more help. Keep up the good work  Tide  rolls  01:10, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Anytime. The vandals can be so... uncreative at times!  Courcelles (talk) 02:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Get a sense of humor dude. All I wanted to do was insult NAAFA how can you be against that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.157.70.30 (talk) 03:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC) Attacking anyone is not allowed on Wikipedia. Please make yourself familiar with criteria G-10 at WP:CSD. Courcelles (talk) 03:39, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to add my appreciation for this and this. Muchas gracias :) - Minkus (talk) 02:22, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks from me as well for this: ...Modernist (talk) 13:59, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You're both quite welcome. Imnotminkus, they REALLY don't like you!  Courcelles (talk) 14:03, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Shameless Episodes
Its not vandalism at all - the page is in dire need of a cleanup and overhaul and thats what i did. How can anyone possibly justify the way it was??? 92.10.173.136 (talk) 16:22, 15 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the revert, although this user doesn't agree, and does see it as vandalism and has threatend to block me 92.10.173.136 (talk) 00:18, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I can't say anything I didn't say on your talk page earlier. Your edits were very easily mistaken for vandalism, even though under a more careful examination, I changed my mind.  Anyway, you can't be blocked without three things happening from this point: 1) Someone giving you a level 4 warning; 2) Someone believing you have made another vandalism edit after that, and 3) an Admin agreeing with those assessments.  Have you considered registering an account?  A lot of things are easier on Wikipedia with a username, see here for why it is a good idea.  Courcelles (talk) 01:12, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the revert of my user page. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Anytime! Courcelles (talk) 00:21, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!
You're quite welcome. Personal attacks on userpages might be the type of vandalism I like the least. Thanks for the barnstar! Courcelles (talk) 18:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Nihlism
hi you didn't give a reason for the revert of my nihilism edit, please do so now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.54.18 (talk) 18:18, 16 December 2009 (UTC) sorry: you did no such thing! all the best 86.134.54.18 (talk) 18:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries. Yeah, all I did was clean f*** you off the encyclopedia.  We can all agree the article is better without that ;). Courcelles (talk) 18:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello
Why are my edits being erased? I was just starting it? -- pdgator29 talk  22:36, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I reverted your edit because you blanked the page, which is considered a form of vandalism on Wikipedia. If you wish to write an article on a subject that is currently a redirect, you need to either do it all in one edit, or explain what you are doing in your edit summary when you remove the redirect.  Courcelles (talk) 22:40, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

--''' Yeah I was working on it! ugh all that progress gone, thanks a lot dude :( --''' pdgator29 talk  22:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Template_talk:Did_you_know
Thanks for the tip. Done. --TraceyR (talk) 10:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Courcelles
Courcelles. Your recent revert has been changed back due to the fact that the deletion was due to the fact that it did not discuss the top but rather ranted and accused other editors and should have been put in the editor talk box rather than the article talk. Sorry for your misunderstanding.

--Natethegreatest (talk) 16:27, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You should not delete other people's comments from Talk pages. Points must be reasoned with, not removed.  Remember that Wikipedia is not censored, and your actions resulted in censoring User:Caspian blue.  Courcelles (talk) 16:40, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.
I highly appreciate your efforts to keep Wikipedia clean and decent.--Caspian blue 16:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

stop
LOL U TORL ME?!!! 169.244.83.37 (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2009 (UTC) 169.244.83.37 (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2009 (UTC) 169.244.83.37 (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2009 (UTC) 169.244.83.37 (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? Can you please repeat your request in plain English, and not internet language?  Because I have no idea what you mean, sorry.  Courcelles (talk) 21:47, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi, sorry to Courcelles
I'm sorry I wrecked stuff. Okay? might i be forgiven in my boredom?
 * Of course you can be forgiven. Just begin editing constructively and help us build the encyclopedia. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages with ~ so eother people can tell who said what! Courcelles (talk) 21:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Only88keys
It's hardly an attack to say he's not my sockpuppet, although I suppose it's a compliment to compare him to me. Therefore, I suppose that you're sort of complimenting me. Oh, you're such a tease, Courcelles. Jonny4028 (talk) 18:54, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah, I see, you misunderstood. You thought I was calling only88keys a crazy Welsh vegetarian commie. No, I was talking about the guy who said he was my sockpuppet, user:Redvers. Yeah, that was a personal attack. Jonny4028 (talk) 18:57, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was a personal attack, and that's why I removed your comment. Feel free to put a comment up that doesn't attack any other user. Courcelles (talk) 19:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, I was once like you, Courcelles. I was young, handsome, and foolishly scrupulous. Then my beautiful page on the Wikipedian Game was deleted and it destroyed my soul. It's turned my life into one endless spiral of sorrow and hatred. My posse was disbanded. It felt like my life was over. But I must go on, Courcelles. I must go on. Even in this eternal torment. No, don't try and help me. The article is gone, and I will never get it back. Jonny4028 (talk) 19:08, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Marty Brennaman
Sir, you replaced my statement that Marty Brennaman is a doushe puppet when in fact this is true. You should put it back because Marty Sucks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.175.214.34 (talk) 01:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Please read and understand the policy against personal attacks. Editors may not attack anyone, and negative biographical information must always be accompanied with a reliable source to back the statement up.  Courcelles (talk) 21:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

bv3dsxcssdq
I don't get it--how can you be faster than the speed of light in reverting that anontalk crap? Are you human? Drmies (talk) 07:51, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Hahaha. Just came here to say thanks for doing so.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:53, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you both. I can't take all the credit- though I AM human- Huggle makes it much easier than it would be manually.  Courcelles (talk) 07:54, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Bullshit! Even the ones at the very top of the page on Recent Changes--you already got those! No, I demand a Turing test. Please report in Huntsville tomorrow morning, at 8. Drmies (talk) 07:55, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Regarding the Turing Test, "Would you like to play a game?" Thanks for the barnstar- keeping this place clean is hard work, as you well know! Courcelles (talk) 08:12, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for your help with this. It is much easier to play whack-a-mole with just the banhammer than to try to revert-and-swing-banhammer simultaneously. J.delanoy gabs adds  08:18, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * My thanks as well for sorting my page so quickly. Grafen (talk) 10:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Anonymous IP
This anonymous IP left a similar message on talk page that he left on the Torrie Wilson page. Since I see you have been warning the anonymous IP user, I thought you would be interested. It is the last entry on my talk page. I am sure you will recognize it. Steve Quinn (formerly Ti-30X) (talk) 08:02, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I think we've managed to scrub all the vandalism this guy put up off the encyclopedia. Good riddance... I think I made 300+ edits in 30 minutes!  Courcelles (talk) 08:09, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for removing that vandalism/adspam from my page. Ulric1313 (talk) 17:22, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

My Hero!
You removed the spam from my talk page before it was even there! Awesome! Good looking out.--Neptunerover (talk) 19:56, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

IP editor deleting references to Sabbatai Zevi
Hello, I'm very far from being any expert in the field, and hold no religious opinions on the subject, but as a casual and accidental follower of the articles on History of the Jews of Thessaloniki and History of the Jews in Greece, I've had to revert several outright blankings of sections referring to Sabbatai Zevi's time in (Thes)Salonica from a changing series of anonymous IP addresses in the range of 88.220 to 88.239 (See the revision histories for those articles). The editor from those addresses has apparently been attacking Donmeh, and who knows what else, as well. Unfortunately, he or she doesn't have enough courage of his or her convictions (or perhaps enough command of English) to give any reason or explanation on the talk pages to other editors, instead switching to another IP address to delete again.

I nominated the two Greek Jewish history articles for semi-protection over the weekend and was declined on account of insufficient vandalism to justify excluding other unregistered (IP) editors, with the invitation to renominate them if the problem persists. I've also left warnings on the User talk pages, but this has had no apparent effect, and doesn't seem likely to, if the editor's just switched to another IP. These seem to be WP:single-purpose accounts, with no purpose other than to expunge references to Zevi, his movement and his beliefs from Wikipedia in a manner reminiscent of Winston Smith's job in 1984. But clearly Sabbatai Zevi, for good or for bad, is not an unperson by Wikipedia standards. As I was writing, the IP struck again.

Feel free to transfer this to Talk:Donmeh, but now that I see from your User talk page that your interest, like mine, comes as much from wanting to fight censorship by vandalism as from the underlying content of the page, this may be the best place for my comments. Best wishes of the season. —— Shakescene (talk) 22:59, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I've noticed a couple things, but only took a single action. There was one IP who had blanked a section and never recieved a warning for it, so I left him a reminder about deleting content.  I'm not an admin, but I'm not sure I would have protected these pages under these circumstances, either, as none of the IP's had done enough on one record to get blocked.  I've got a couple of ideas for you- more about vandalism in general than this specific incident:

1) Fighting vandalism is much easier with the rollback user permission. You can ask an admin for it here.

2) Use a tool, like WP:TWINKLE or WP:HUGGLE (which only works after getting rollback), to revert vandalism- and warn the vandals using the proper templates. Twinkle is a sniper rifle that works in Mozilla Firefox, while Huggle almost forces you to browse all of Wikipedia.  Using the correct templates is very important, as a vandal cannot be reported to WP:AIV until vandalism occurs after the level 4 warning.

3)Most importantly? Don't ever let a vandal or opposing editor get to you.  I'm not sure edit summaries like "Don't rewrite distasteful history; explain or you'll be banned!!!"  are ever really necessary.

Finally? This case would likely have been a better candidate for a place like WP:AN/I to get the eyes of the community and admins on the issue. It's never a bad idea to get more ideas on a situation; especally since the issue if someone is abusing multiple accounts or IP's isn't one that can be made alone.

Thanks for bringing this all to my attention, though. I'll keep the pages on my watchlist for a while. Courcelles (talk) 23:44, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at Categories for discussion/Log/2009 December 14
You are invited to join the discussion at Categories for discussion/Log/2009 December 14. The category is similar to Category:Members of the Family also known as the Fellowship which you recently commented on. --Kevinkor2 (talk) 09:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

hmm...
Hi! I just wanted you to know I received a message from what appears to be you telling me to stop vandalizing the Bishop Dwenger High School page yet I never did that. I didn't go to Dwenger and I don't know anybody from Dwenger. I haven't been in high school for over 5 years. I don't know how somebody could post nonsense and make it look like I did it but this is the first message I've ever received from a user. Is there anything that can be done to stop it? Thanks!

Rick 71.127.95.141 (talk) 20:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * There is absolutely a way to stop it. Register an account.  When editing without being logged in, you will get messages meant for anyone who used your IP address, whereas an account will be unique to you.  Courcelles (talk) 20:08, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Fun
Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and your ruining how a random person can make up rubbish on the pages which idiots might just believe. Also how do you know what Frankie Boyle has done, or what Arbroath is like? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.167.93.206 (talk) 22:07, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for admitting my reverting your contributions was correct ;) Wikipedia has to be accurate and verifyable.  Courcelles (talk) 22:36, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

dear james
I do not see how my last edit is considered vandalism. Are you insinuating that pescaterians do in fact eat dinosaurs?
 * Um, yes. Dinosaurs are extinct, and have been for millions of years.  They are no longer possible to eat. Courcelles (talk) 21:26, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Right so therefore pescaterians do not eat them. Am I missing something here? Because adding dinosaurs to the list of things pescatirians do not eat is making complete sense to me.Cheeselor19 (talk) 21:31, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Um, I could also say they don't eat Boeing 777's, baby Chihuahuas, or the Andromeda Galaxy. Each would make the exact same amount of sense adding dinosaurs does.  Absolute accuracy does not equal relevance. Courcelles (talk) 21:34, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

unconstructive
i fixed the page beaner not deconstruct the page... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.170.72.240 (talk) 20:59, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

IP 98...
This IP is shared by many people, it is an IP for an office, so their are many people using it, some that may be harmful to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.203.128 (talk) 20:42, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Registering an account will ensure you don't get any notices related to edits you did not make. Please consider registering today. Courcelles (talk) 21:28, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/George Price Shaw
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/George Price Shaw has had no activity in six days, so I was about to decline it. You said you were going to improve it; are you still planning on doing that? Thanks. &mdash; The   Earwig   @  04:34, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Earwig, I've been looking, and I couldn't find any sources beyond what the submitter listed, so I went ahead and declined it. The complete lack of sources for someone who held three ambassadorships truly surprised me. Courcelles (talk) 05:27, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Prep 2- check my work?
Overall the update looks good. There is a nice diversity of topics and a good funny/quirky hook in the last slot. Additionally the image is visually different from others currently scheduled in the queue (a long series of red brick buildings or portraits of dead white men gets boring). The one thing I would have done differently is including a third biography article in the mix. The reason for this is there are a large percentage of biography hooks currently at Template talk:Did you know and going light on two or three updates in a row will result in a glut of biographies in the following updates. --Allen3 talk 16:54, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Not bad. Remember to remove the dummy "Editor" credits after you're finished. Shubinator (talk) 17:37, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA Thanks
  My RFA →→→ Dear Courcelles, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind vote on my request for adminship which failed with a final result of (40/19/12).

Thank you for your participation in my RfA which I withdrew after concerns of my knowledge of policy. Special thanks are owed to Coffee, who defended me throughout and whom I cannot thank enough for the nomination; to 2over0 for being supportive and helpful; to A Stop at Willoughby for the thorough, thoughtful and articulate support rationale; to IP69.226.103.13 for maintaining composure and for a pleasant interaction on my talk page and, last but not least, to Juliancolton who was good enough to close the RfA at my request and, frankly, because an editor whom I respect so much found the time to support me! If the need for more admins at the main page is still apparent in a few months, I may try again. Thank you all for a relatively drama-free RfA and for providing me with much material from which to learn from my mistakes. You're all welcome to drop by my talk page any time. God save the Queen Wiki! HJMitchell   You rang?   19:32, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Your 3O opinion at Talk:Stephen_J._Press#Pictures_of_degrees_on_his_walls_as_proof_of_his_obtaining_them
I'm another Third Opinion Wikipedian and was considering taking this dispute but you got there first. Just in case you have any more involvement with it, and in case you haven't spotted it, you might want to know about WP:Sockpuppet_investigations/Drsjpdc. Good opinion, BTW. Regards,  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 20:55, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the vote of confidence. Unfortunately, no one really seems to be listening in that discussion, to anyone.  That old adage about two ears, one mouth, using them proportionally would seem to apply.  I've got to go for the day, if you want to put that 3O request back up to get more input, it might not hurt. Courcelles (talk) 21:46, 29 December 2009 (UTC)