User talk:Crzrussian/Archive 14

ORBCW
Dear Crz, may I remind you that you stated you'd look over Rabbi Shneur Kotler... also, the picture in Rav Levin's article is not ideal, due to the white surrounding on both sides. I think we may need to cut that.

Also, I just had this idea. What do you think of a page where people put down names of Rabbonim they'd like written about (non-existent at the moment though), even if it's just a stub, and after we've evaluated notability etc, a team of editors volunteer to check this page and write up the articles. This would be different from the ORBCW as it only deals with non-existent rabbonim, and and the aim isn't to improve articles or create really detailed ones, although I concede that could happen. What do you think? With many thanks, Nesher 17:16, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Chuck Marean
I think these edits were also by User:Chuck Marean: after you blocked him. He has made edits with a very similar IP in the past before remembering to login (,, etc), and it fits his MO. --mtz206 (talk) 15:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll follow-up on the IP tracking. Meanwhile, he continues to blank his talk page. Is a {Wr4} appropriate? --mtz206 (talk) 15:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed "Prod" from Ciaron O'Reilly
Hi,

I've just removed the Prod you applied to Ciaron O'Reilly - it seems to me that he's recieved significant press coverage for his protests. And additionally, he appears on Requested articles/Social Sciences and Philosophy. If you disagree, perhaps we could have an AfD, which would allow for a bit more debate than a Prod? (At least - maybe it's possible to have debates with prods I just haven't worked out how!!).

Cheers,

--JennyRad 15:38, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * NP. I will consider AfD at a later time. - CrazyRouge ian talk/email 15:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Jonathan Edwards (Journalist)
I looked and couldnt find anything about this person; I would still throw in my nom for deletion, but its up to your disgression.--Gephart 18:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Tax case: Gregory
Study tax,... it is the joy of life. Bona Fides 19:27, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mboverload
I'm always interested to read your comments in RfAs -- I'm new to the process and you seem to have shrewd insights and high standards.

If you have the time, I'd be interested to get your impressions of the dynamics I'm seeing in Mboverload's RfA. In particular, take a look at the links I posted in opposing comment #2 and supporting comment #24. I was a bit surprised, but then I may be a bit naive about the way some things work around here. My comments were posted after almost all of the votes were cast so most voters never saw these links. Does this sort of phenomenon occur very often in RfAs? (For what it's worth, I have never had any dealings with either admin -- Cyde or Mboverload -- before this RfA.)

I'm not asking for any action on your part -- just curious as to your reaction.

--A. B. 20:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Novardok
Hi Crz, how's it going! Hope all's well. I'd be much obliged if you can look over Novardok yeshiva for me and add your many improvements. Many thanks, Nesher 22:29, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone worth keeping an administrative eye upon...
A new user, User:Mphamilton, has arrived on the seen and is adding some good content and doing some excellent formatting on some West Virginia-related articles. The problem, however, lies in his uploading of copyrighted images with improper tags. He is continuing to do so despite numerous warnings on his talk page. Mind keeping an eye on the situation? This, of course, means I will owe you some copyediting and second opinions. Cheers.  young american (ahoy-hoy) 22:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I am Back
Hello once Again, I am editing the Electoral District Trintity-Spadina[], but it keeps on getting reverted for some odd reason. If I revert once more, I would have supassed the 3 revert rule. My Contributions to the entry our statistical, I don't undersstand why this should be an edit war. Can you please revert it back to my most recent version and censure the IP for it's misuse. Pete Peters 01:31, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Malacia
Prod'd. Suffix dicdef with full articles on osteomalacia and chondromalacia already existing. Cheers -- Samir  धर्म 01:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

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My RfA (with apologies for my failure to have responded sooner)
Okay, so I ought perhaps to explain myself a bit, lest you should think me (a) an ungrateful lout, (b) an arrogant jackass, (c) a mercurial nutjob, or (d) all of the above.; (d) is probably accurate, but I wouldn’t want you to discover that. I ought at first to apologize generally for my failure to have written of late; I have been occupied altogether with maintaining the tennis, American football, baseball, basketball, chess, ice hockey, and golf portals&mdash;which, inasmuch as the perfecting of each can consume hours, aren’t a good area for someone with obsessive tendencies&mdash;to the exclusion of all other Wikipedia work (hence, in large part, my reticence vis-à-vis adminship, about which more in a moment).

I recognize that I ought to have been much clearer in my declining the nomination&mdash;and, obviously, that I ought to have written to you, but, as you will see from my contribution history, I was updating the tennis portal in exorbitant (and excrutiating) detail&mdash;lest my words should have been construed to mean something much more drastic than I’d intended (perhaps the first instance in many years in which I elected to curtail my verbosity is one in which a more thorough explanation would have been appreciated).

I am not, to be sure, leaving the project. Rather, having fully healed from an abdominal injury, I am resuming fully my exercise program, which, between work at the gym and work at home, comprises nearly seven hours each day (which craziness is perhaps the reason for my having suffered an injury in the first place) and limits the time I have for other pursuits; managing my 20-plus fantasy baseball teams consumes the remainder of my time. I wasn’t intending, then, to leave, but, instead, to be absent for several weeks while adjusting to my new schedule, after which I planned to edit a bit more, although not to undertake any tasks for which admin tools are necessary (indeed, you will notice that nearly all of my contributions of late have been to mainspace or portal space, with almost none in Wikipedia space). I have decided, btw, that, since I don’t think I could go a few weeks without editing (worrying, as I would, about my beloved portals), I’m going to make time to edit a bit each day, in order that, when my seven-hour workouts fall to six hours a few weeks in, I’ll be sufficiently familiar with goings-on here to pick up where I’d left off.

My main reason, then, for declining the nomination is not that I have no interest in adminship&mdash;there are a few tasks with which I’d try to help&mdash;or that I think myself unqualified [after all, in my mind, the peoples of the world ought to worship me :-) ] but, instead, that I simply won’t be around too much over the next three weeks, such that I wouldn’t accomplish much with the tools. To me, an expression by a candidate of a breathless eagerness for the admin tools, especially where a primary use will be blocking editors, is off-putting, but I know that most RfA voters think that the risks associated with supporting a prospective admin are such that someone who won’t use the tools much shouldn’t be supported (and, of course, that a candidate who shows insufficient devotion recently to project space oughtn’t to be approved).  I have also, as you will have gathered, been wholly derelict of late in replying to messages on my talk page (having just today replied to messages from as long ago as mid-June)&mdash;again, those darned portals–and so my community involvement on the whole has been quite meager, and I’ve been an insular editor, about which RfA voters would surely be concerned (probably rightly).

Once more, the slapdash and cursory nature of my RfA reply wasn’t meant to convey anything other than that I would write more soon thereafter and that I didn’t want Bln to take time writing a co-nomination. I was, I should say, altogether grateful for your expression of trust in me (for the belated nature of which expression I apologize), and I hope that you’ll not infer from my having been less-than-precise in my wording that I am unfit to be a repository of trust, as capricious and unstable.

I ought not to have dispensed with the issue as I did, but I very much wanted to nip the RfA in the bud lest others should see it and get involved. When I have more time to contribute to the project and/or when I become slightly less obsessive about my workouts, following, you know, the advice of, well, everyone, I would surely hope to be an admin, and I’d be rather honored if you should still be inclined to support me. I think I’ll modify the RfA page to note that I’m not so much declining the nomination as asking that it be held in abeyance; if, in the meanwhile, you should find yourself feeling uncomfortable about nominating me, I will, of course, understand entirely.

Thanks once more for the nomination. Please trust that I’m not acting arbitrarily or crazily here and that I didn’t intend melodramatically to intimate that I was leaving the project; I wanted simply to express that I wasn’t prepared for an RfA at this time, with the intention of writing you straightaway. You can guess what got in the way (seriously, you’d think that, having spent so much time on the other portals, I’d not have created the tennis, golf, and ice hockey portals, or that I’d have ensured that other users might get involved with them, lest I should have to be the sole substantive contributor; on the other hand, I obviously own them…). In sum, nothing major or strange going on, simply my inability properly to convey my sentiments with brevity (not that that’s a new thing). Joe 06:33, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for not thinking me to be irredeemably crazy. I am thinking about cutting back on the workouts; what began as a project that was physically and mentally fulfilling has now become an oddly driven effort.  That, and the people at the gym think I'm nuts.  :) Joe 19:39, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
I'm going to skip dropping notes on everyone's talk page who participated in my RFA, but I did want to leave you one. I appreciate your nomination and the work you put into it. I'm happy that it was successful and I think a lot of that has to do with your nomination statement. Thanks again! -- JLaTondre 11:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

{[tl|clothingstub}}
ohhh dear. I see you've had a word with the creator of this. Looks like instant SFD material. Grutness...wha?  11:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

clothingstub and
First of all, STOP. Secondly, your out-of-process creations have been discovered and listed at WikiProject Stub sorting/Discoveries, and may later be taken to WP:SFD. Just in general, in order to create a new stub type and category, one must propose it at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals and get consensus, besides for which your creations do not conform to our naming conventions. OK - a discussion will now take place. Please don't change over any more stubs for now. Thanks. - CrazyRouge ian talk/email 11:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * No problem. Those were my first attempts at creating a stub type. I haven't done any work on them since creating them. I'll be guided by your advice. SilkTork 11:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Planets AfD
Yea, I figured most of it was junk, and the rest we could summarize in a sentence or two at List of Power Rangers planets. I've learned the hard way that you can't win the war on cruft, so you just have to contain it to one article.
 * As Uncyclopedia says, "[Wikipedia is] a database including such things as of trains, Mortal Kombat characters, one-time villains from Mario games, road intersections, boring suburban schools, garage bands, cats, dead flounders, webcomics, Bionicle characters, kittens' headquarterwebforums, characters from English soap operas, Mortal Kombat characters that don't exist, and a thing they call articles." AdamBiswanger1 14:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * True, true. I'm sure not averse to deleting cruft.  Just take a look at my contributions.  However those examples seem to be egregious violations of notability guidelines, and I would consider this a borderline case given the popularity of Power Rangers and what seems like mild prominence of the planets within the series.  In any event, I think we are on the same page, in that we both do not wish to nominate List of Power Rangers planets. AdamBiswanger1 14:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Kylu's RFA
Hello. :)

You mentioned that you thought Kylu was too eager for adminship. However, I just wanted to point out to you (if you did not already see it) that she really was quite reluctant to accept the RFA. Cheers, -- Where 15:22, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK. - CrazyRouge ian talk/email 15:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Follow up to Thunder B ay Public Library history page
Hi Crazy Russian...

On June 16, 2006, you deleted the page I had created for TBPL (Thunder Bay Public Library), asserting (correctly!) that it was a cut-and-paste of copyrighted material from the tbpl website (www.tbpl.ca).

Becuase I am working on a Wiki entry for the Library, on behalf of the Library (the copyright holder of the copied text), am I not entitled to use this material? Would Wikipedia require some sort of documentation or official permission from the Chief Librarian of TBPL, confirming that I am working for them?

Thanks, in advance, for your help.

Joanna aka TBPL 19:36, 11 July 2006 (UTC)TBPL

Persian Jews
I think it was a retaliation for Teleportation in Islam. Pecher Talk 20:51, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You're apparently much better educated about Islam than I am, since something that is obvious to you is not obvious to me. I did what I found to be the best way to proceed, and I have no reasons to be ashamed of that. Pecher Talk 21:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Different Standard For Warnings
Hello, in the spirit of the World Cup, I was wondering if issuing Yellow and Red Cards would be an appropiate form of censuring rogue editors. By the way, my user talk page keeps getting vandalized. There are other editors nice enough to revert this. I was wondering if you could issue this editor a red card. I have already given him a yellow. Pete Peters 23:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
Hey Crzrussian...thank you VERY much for your quick reply to my question about using copyrighted stuff from tbpl. I appreciate it! Joanna TBPL 14:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)TBPL

KFC.com
I appreciate your acknowledgement of my contribution to the re-write on the KFC.com article (I laid the groundwork, another filled in more details that really made the difference). I really hope you didn't take my link to the essay personally (the very nature of whether or not that essay can be constructive or only an attack is being decided by consensus right now). Thanks again! PT (s-s-s-s ) 15:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Articles for Deletion
Please be advised that a similar vote pattern from Ottawa based IP addresses is also happening on this Article for Deletion. [] Pete Peters 16:13, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome message
Thanks for the welcome. I hate to give you a reason to not be so welcoming, but I have a small favor to ask. Since I'm unregistered, perhaps you'd consider moving Portland millennial art renaissance into a more appropriately-titled article? Perhaps List of artists and artistic institutions in Portland, Oregon might be appropriate, though you might be aware of a better choice in title. Thanks. 69.3.70.201 19:06, 12 July 2006 (UTC).

Central Resource Page
Hi Crz, what do you think of creating a central page full of links to useful sources of orthodox rabbinical biographical material, such as theTzemach Dovid index or the NY Times Archives. This would aid biographical research and we can see where people get their info from, enlightening the entire spectrum of users. There would also be a section for books, with their ISBN numbers, which would include biographical encyclopedias and useful works etc. What do you think? With many thanks, Nesher 21:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D1%8B
Could you expand Caucasian Avars by translating above mentioned article? I would be very grateful.

Regards,

Luka Jačov 22:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Well I am quite interested in ethnic groups especially in those in Daghestan and Caucausus where there are so many and I see also its almost Featured on Russian Wikipedia compared to stub on English one. Luka Jačov 00:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Stubs
Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply, if you can.

Thanks!

why delets the list of planets from PIS? ( power rangers in space )
there are plenty of fans of the show including me that would be imterested it that. ;_;

Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Hi Crz: All further discussions about Rabbi Chaim Brovender centralized at Talk:Chaim Brovender. Thank you. IZAK 03:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Legolost Reply
I do every thing right, to create a picture but when i look at the actual page, It does not show the picture,it shows what is on the right hand side of this question, can you please help? Legolost 03:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * On Every photo I've tried to put down on every page i've tried to put down a photo.
 * Ok... How do you upload a file so you can add it to an article?

ohh, now i get it, thanks !!!

Username
Wow, I'm sorry, and I feel particuallary awful considering I report such things to AIV. I will be far more careful about this. Thank you! Yank sox  04:25, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Deir Yassin Discussion
Prevet Druzhban!,

There is a survey going on in the article about changing the name to Deir Yassin Massacre. I think you would be interested in the result and participation.

Thanks,

Guy Montag 04:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Gmbeeotch
Sorry, I don't get it. What's wrong with this name? Thanks. Tyrenius 04:52, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

LOL. Well, you live and learn. I have to admit that listening to rap is fairly low on my scale of priorities... Tyrenius 04:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

If you ever get stuck with art, feel free to drop me a line... Tyrenius 12:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

How do you track new messges?
You just posted a good message on my talk page about how to post a new user welcome message. Thank you, that was helpful. I'm very curious though how did you know I had asked Yanksox in the first place? Do you keep your eye on the recent chagnes page all day? Or is there some other/better way to keep track of moessages. It seems like the Wikipedia would generate so much volume of artcle edits and page changes that iw would be impossible for someone like yourself to notice my post on someone else's talk page and then respond. Or did you just happen on my question on his page by sheer chance? I'm desperatly trying to figure out how to be a good admin on my own Wiki so that is where this question is coming from. Also, no chance that there is an extension (or hook? I don't know what either means specifically) that will write a message to each new user's talkpage so that they could be sent automatically a new message upon registereing. How about a bot, could I create a bot that would do it? thanks! --Clf23 05:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey
I know you're on wikibreak, but if you have a second, could you check out Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Haham hanuka/Alex. I just closed it as U1 speedy delete, but Haham hanuka added the essay in question to his user page. How inflammatory is this and should it be considered hate speech? -- Samir  धर्म 08:00, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Short pages & long comments
I think substing also has the desired effect. Just zis Guy you know? 10:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Question about a vandal
Hi, I have a question regarding User: HappyVR. On his page, it said his ban was only a week, but it seems he has been blocked indefinitely. Why is that? The only reason I'm asking is because is name is still on the list for Wikiproject: Fishes. QuizQuick 21:44, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting in my RfA
I appreciate your concern that I might not be ready for the role. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me. PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Sysop Q
Tell me, dear Stifle, what shall I do: I deleted this article, HVATOS, per AfD, with prejudice as n.n. - and now I have this image, Image:Hvatos.jpg, a PD image with no possible encyclopedic use. What do people do in this case - zap it per AfD or submit it for separate IfD process? If it had been fair-use, I would have for sure deleted it per AfD, w/o having to tag is as an orphan and waiting 7 days. Advise me please. - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:36, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I just speedied it as it was corrupt, but if it wasn't then it would have to be deleted by IFD.
 * We're debating a CSD for just this situation at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion, so please have a look in. Stifle (talk) 15:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Argo Tea
Why did you move the photos where they can't be seen? TonyTheTiger 21:57, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis
I see that you're spending time on those pesky ol' real life concerns, but I wonder if I might ask, rather untowardly and surely on the condition you should feel free not to respond (thank you, oh wise and powerful Joe, for deigning to permit me not to reply), what you think apropos of the instant crisis. My views are, I suppose, colored by my general anarcholibertarian disfavoring of states (and my strong belief that, history aside, the most relevant concern in constructing a state is how and where individuals live at the moment), by my belief that terrorism ought to be treated as a problem to be addressed through traditional law enforcement mechanisms (as against with military means), and by my belief that Israel isn't the best citizen of the world, but I think neither side, as most world leaders have noted, is blameless here. I really don't know how a nation-state ought to deal with crimes perpetrated against its citizens by individuals residing in another nation, which nation is unwilling/unable either to interdict such crimes or to extradite for prosecution those responsible, but I don't think, rather inexplicably, that Israel's response has been appropriate (either in view of its scope or in view of its precision, or both). I thought I ought to ask since, you know, when accused of pro-Palestinian bias, I always reference my Jewish online acquaintance. :) Joe 04:34, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA


Regarding my RfA, I would like to thank you for voting. Although you opposed my RfA, thank you for letting me know what points you feel I should work on. I wasn't really too suprised when my RfA didn't pass, nor am I disappointed. I will keep trying to do my best here at Wikipedia and I hope you will vote again on my next RfA. Paul Cyr 22:22, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Finish Discussion
Click Here to Finish Discussion. Rlk89 00:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Redirect edit summary
Regarding, etc., I found that if you don't put an edit summary when creating a redirect, the software automatically puts in "Redirecting to Article". —Centrx→talk &bull; 08:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Kevin Barrett - would you look at this article
You seem to know how to create a proposal to delete. I propsed the article Kevin Barrett for deletion. He is a crackpot university lecturer at Wisconsin who believes that Muslims were not involved in any way with 9/11, and that an elaborate U.S. Government conspiracy toppled the WTC towers. Have I set up the proposal to delete correctly? --Metzenberg 08:39, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Somebody has objected to my proposal to delete. Please see the discussion again. How do you open a debate on the subject? What is the template that you add to the article? Could you do it? --Metzenberg 21:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

That's great
...especially since Srosie was blocked for forty-eight hours. >< Oh, boy. =P How's the wikibreak going? Srose (talk)  15:33, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The Smile of Shiva
Why did you delete my article on the great phenomena? I believe it is important for information. Thegreatandmightyshiva 19:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, my dear Alex!
Thank you, my dear Alex! And please, don't mention it; in fact, I must thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'm concerned about you, hun, and your message up there, which I noticed a couple of days ago... is everything ok, dear? You know you can drop a line in my mailbox if I can help you somehow. A great big hug, and take care, Phædriel  ♥   tell me  - 01:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

AFD
Umm, I didn't know it was relisted, I counted the 3 delete votes vs one keep, saw the article, and closed it while doing a quick round of them. I probaly forgot to purge the discussion. I'll undelete and revert myself if you like. THanks Jaranda wat's sup 02:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Baseball-bio-stub
I've no idea why it's protected. The only thing I can think of is that it's been regarded as a "high-use" template and that's the reason for it. But it should have been listed somewhere. There's nothing on the discussion page either. Unblocking shouldn't cause any problems, and if it does at least we'll find out why it was blocked in the first place! Grutness...wha?  07:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah! Found it! Yes, it's listed as high-use at List of indefinitely protected pages. Grutness...wha?  07:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed from Timeless (demo)
Just wanted to notify you, I removed the proposed deletion tag from Timeless (demo) and updated the article. For what it's worth, "timeless demo tran" gets over 14,000 hits on Google. The article could stand to be expanded some more, but I hope there's at least a little more there to show it's not non-notable. --Vossanova o&lt; 13:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

signatures
Why does it bother you that i have a signature? <span style="border: 2px solid #330000; text-align:center; background: #C0C0C0; text-color: #DDDDDD; link: #A0522D; vlink: #000000"> User:Raccoon Fox • Talk 17:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)