User talk:DVD R W/Archive2

Reminder
Thanks for that - will do. Have you had a chance to get a look at the wikiproject page today? I've given it a dust off. I've also convassed everyone who's a wikipedian architect to sign up so we will hopefully see some more activity there. I've also created the framework for a planning and urban studies subportal - I've been writing a bit about planning in the uk and there's quite a few that might be interested in that. PS congratulations regarding your nomination for adminship - looks like it's going to be a conclusive affirmation from the wikipedia community, nice one mate. --Mcginnly 22:42, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I created the planning portal at Wikipedia:WikiProject:Urban studies and planning in response to User:Singkong2005's request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Architecture. I'm hoping he'll take the bull by the horns and do most of the legwork as I'd rather concentrate on architecture. I've envisioned future sister projects of Construction, Engineering and landscape architecture on the portal and made some redlinks there for when the time comes.

WikiProject:Urban studies and planning
It does seem bare at the moment. We might be able to find more support and input from the people at WP:CITY. Do you have a link to the planning portal? DVD+ R/W 23:08, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No - I wasn't aware there was a planning portal - If you find one please let me know.--Mcginnly 23:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought you said you were making one, well, if not we could always make one. DVD+ R/W 23:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA
I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:
 * Administrators' reading list
 * Administrators' how-to guide
 * Administrator's Noticeboard
 * Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents
 * Administrator's Noticeboard for Three-revert-rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 01:01, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on adminship!


Congrats! Enjoy the tools! RadioKirk (u|t|c) 01:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, and you're very welcome! --M e rovingian { T C @ } 01:56, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! I like your mop. -- Tantalum Telluride 02:37, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Per your inquiry if there is anything you can help, please look for any images with copyright problems. I patrol Special:Newimages.--Jusjih 02:53, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow, unanimous!!!! Congrats.-- Kungfu Adam ( talk ) 03:48, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Try not to break anything (much) and good luck! --james (lets talk) 04:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrat for becoming Admin. Hehe. *~Daniel~* 04:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Finally.-- Andeh 05:10, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! -- Samir  धर्म 07:39, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Many congratulations on adminship. Good luck bashing more vandals! haz (us e r talk) 18:54, 17 June 2006

My pleasure, and congratulations! Jayjg (talk) 00:30, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Unanimous approval! Best of luck wielding the tools —dogears (talk) 01:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Town Shoes
I didn't create this article, but I was a little bit alarmed at how fast you jumped on deleting it. Maybe wait a minute...I was just starting to put up a hangon when you took it down. It was created as an attack, but I had removed the attacking part and made it a stub about a reputable (I think) company.

Oh yeah, congrats on getting admin. -- Alphachimp  talk  04:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I have restored it to as I found it. Edit away. DVD+ R/W 04:49, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Haha, thanks. I actually copied it to the clipboard when I saw it was deleted, so all is well.  Thanks for being conscientious.  Regards, -- Alphachimp   talk  04:52, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for reverting the vandalism to my user page and talk page. IrishGuy  talk  22:47, 17 June 2006 (UTC)


 * ...and thanks for doing it again. IrishGuy talk 23:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)


 * No problem. They're now blocked. DVD+ R/W 23:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Apparently, I owe you yet another thanks :) IrishGuy talk 01:45, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Turdbitch
User was listed on the Admin noticeboard and has already been blocked. Exploding Boy 00:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I missed that, thanks for taking care of it. DVD+ R/W 00:51, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

block overlap
Just a reminder to check the block logs before making a block. It may save you a few seconds now and again. Happy editing. -- Jay  (Reply)  01:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Wow, you really blocked that one. So in the case of overlap you have to unblock then reblock for it to take effect? Sorry and thanks. DVD+ R/W 01:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No apology needed. All has been corrected. -- Jay  (Reply)  01:41, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support
Dear DVD R W/Archive2, Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuivi é nen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

block
Please block User:Phillipwelch@hotmail.com (block) and User:Nemesis88@wikipedia.org (block) because e-mails are inappropriate content for a username. Thanks! -- Big  top (customer service -  thank you for your cooperation. ) 05:33, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * WP:U states, "Using your e-mail address as your username is not a good idea". Though usernames with e-mail addresses are listed under inappropriate user names, I don't think they are prohibited, just advised against. I need other opinions or policy before blocking these users, who don't seem to be causing trouble. DVD+ R/W 05:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Earth sandwich
Hey, asshole. Why did you delete my article stub on the Earth sandwich? A simple Google search would have shown that I wasn't just making it up. I actually learned about it from the New York Times's website. Next time take a bit more care before deleting someone's work, okay? --Plainsong 19:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, sorry you seem upset. It had been deleted before, and when I deleted it it had been tagged for deletion by someone else. Others had considered this to be patent nonsense as well, so don't just take this out on me, make it a better article. DVD+ R/W 19:29, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm particularly upset that the entry was deleted without either your: a) contacting me (if you look at my contribuition history, I'm clearly not a vandal) or b) opening up your deletion decision to at least some public comment. However, I didn't know that it had been deleted earlier (there was no notice of such prior action when I created the article), so I can understand why you just went ahead and deleted it. Next time, I hope you'll be just a little more careful. For now, apology accepted.

Considering that people actually went to the trouble to place pieces of bread on opposite sides of the planet, though, it's hard to see it as "patent nonsense"...at least look at it as the kind of Internet meme that's usually covered on this website.

In response to some administrator's comment left on my talk page, I don't consider my comment on here abusive. I regularly use words like "asshole" to convey my frustration. Please be tolerant of my own cultural norms and don't try to impose yours on me. If I had threatened to Fedex a tarantula to DVD guy, or left repeated messages with "foul language" on his talkpage, then I would consider such a warning deserved. But to rush off to formally warn me of abuse after only trying to express my frustration over my article's being wrongfully deleted--I wouldn't say that creates a welcoming atmosphere here at Wikipedia.

Still, I'm sorry if you were hurt by my comment. (Yes, this is one of those half-assed apologies with a conditional phrase attached. That's the best you're gonna get from me.)--Plainsong 20:30, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I do not know you, but I am the admin who placed the warning on User talk:Plainsong, after I happened upon his/her comment here. On the basis of his/her insincere apology and notification that (s)he regularly demeans others, I've placed him/her on a block for a cooling off period for his/her frustration. We don't need loose cannons on Wikipedia, and I'm sorry you had to be the object of his/her attack. Pollinator 21:00, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page, and helping to clear up the "confusion about my sexuality." :) --Mr. L e fty Talk to me! 20:54, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, they came after me next, and I gave them a short block. DVD+ R/W 21:18, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Robert Mills (architect)
I see that you are an architect. Some time ago I started the article on Robert Mills (architect), and it hasn't grown much. You might be interested in taking a look and see if you can add anything from your expertise. Pollinator 21:06, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It looks like a good start. I don't know anything about him off the top of my head, but I'll keep it in mind, and check my resources. Maybe I can add something later. Also, thanks for handling that other matter. DVD+ R/W 21:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I already thought of some things, a section on the Washington monument, and mention or another section, on his architecture in the overall climate of neo-classicism, colonial architecture, federal style architecture and Beaux-Arts architecture. I am busy studying for the GRE today, but I will do some more research and try to write this evening. DVD+ R/W 22:34, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Volkswagen
Hitler drove Volkswagens. How is that vandalism? Okay, maybe not a Jetta. Stop censoring history. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.72.88.50 (talk • contribs).
 * That may be true, but the vandalism was in removing the whole page of information on VWs. Not just what you wrote. DVD+ R/W 01:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
with all due respect i'm simply vandalizing the vandals, themselves. that user continues to vandalize and add content that is not factual to several articles. maybe a taste of his/her own medicine will serve them right. nonetheless i will not vandalize. ok? 24.148.74.156 02:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't vandalize the vandals. Please refrain from inflammatory and abusive language. Wikipedia has a policy against personal attacks, and the use of abusive comments may be construed as such. There are test templates you can use if you want to help, please see WP:VANDAL for these and other advice. DVD+ R/W 02:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Thanks for the Revert! Looks like on eof the Vandals that I have been reverting decieded to have a go at me. Thanks again Aeon 02:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, happens all the time (too often). DVD+ R/W 02:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep I know it I have made about 25 reverts in the last hour....it is getting tiresome Aeon 02:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't forget to leave test notices. DVD+ R/W 03:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I have don't worry..I have also left a few last chance warns in some cases Aeon 03:10, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

To your health
I was going to give you a WikiCookie, but then I remembered these are better for you, and will increase the Vitamin C content of your edits (which I think is good). Many thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage! Dar-Ape 15:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * What a nice sentiment, thank you. DVD+ R/W 20:14, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!
And congratulations on your adminship as well -- Pilot| guy  22:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Cleaning up vandalism
Thanks for keeping a watch on my talk page (my user page is now sprotected), cleaning up the vandalism. --EngineerScotty 03:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup


Thanks, mate, I hadn't even checked the history recently, and you were very quick off the mark. Well done. Have a lovely cookie. —Vanderdecken&there4; ∫ξφ 18:00, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot!
for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. Regards, -- Alphachimp  talk  03:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Deconstructivism
Yay! We're gonna be on the main page on the 28th June, nice one.--Mcginnly 08:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

User page vandalism
Thanks for the revert! And the block (I guess you were a little less lenient than me....) Cheers and hope you're enjoying adminning -- Samir   धर्म 05:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * We overlapped, does that mean we have to unblock and then re-block the user? DVD+ R/W 05:06, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * For him, I wouldn't bother unless an unblock notice comes up. -- Samir  धर्म 05:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage and giving them the good 'ol 24 hour boot! ;)-- Andeh 08:25, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism to Binary star
Hello, and thanks for reverting vandalism of Binary star and warning the perpetrator. However, you may like to know that he replied to your warning with a profanity. I already listed him for vandalism, but if you want to make a personal attack complaint against him, I leave that up to you. Nick Mks 18:42, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Apparently, somebody has already taken care of the matter. Thanks again. Nick Mks 18:43, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Re. Edit count
Oh, don't worry, hun - the edit counter simply displays all the usernames that begin with the letter string you're typing, that's all. You can try it by searching for different names. Those things you read there are other usernames - aparently, someone saw fit to create these accounts... whatever his motives were (tho I have an idea! ;) Anyway, thank you so much for warning me, dear - and congrats on your adminship! You truly deserve it! (btw, someday you'll have to tell me why you chose your own username - it's quite... original! ;) Big hug,  Phædriel ♥ tell me  - 22:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I see, It is different usernames. I thought they hacked the edit counter. About my username, I started wikipedia as David Rowe, part of my given name, but changed it to DVD R W because it is very close to the name for the discs, though without the vowels. I am not that concerned with hiding my identity, but like to have a pen name for this project. I think of it as a combination of my name and the discs, like DVD(David) R(read) W(write) or just the name without the vowels, D(a)V(i)D R(o)W(e). I don't know if spelling it out like this makes it sound stupid, but that is how I think of it. DVD+ R/W 22:24, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Now that's ingenious :) But you never clarified whether you are +RW or -RW! (j/k) Have a great weekend, dear David! Hugz,  Phædriel ♥ tell me  - 22:30, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Some weekend, scouring books to make footnotes for an article I am working on, while its 90 degrees outside. DVD+ R/W 22:45, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Reverted edits
I'm serious! Why do keep reverting or whatever? OMG, respond!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.250.26.213 (talk • contribs).
 * I am sorry, I don't quite understand what you are asking of me or telling me. Your edits to Uma Thurman were all in caps and some form of 1337, which I don't think is suitable for featured articles. And your comments on my talkpage were out of context, unsigned and at first barely legible. DVD+ R/W 19:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Planning portal
I've put in a request to create the Planning portal, here Portal/Proposals if you'd like to comment/support.--Mcginnly 08:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Planning stub
I've also proposed a stub called planning-stub.You can support it's creation here - WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Proposals/2006/June. --Mcginnly 09:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Your edits on Featured picture candidates/Brazilia National Congress
Hi DVD R W, Thanks for your edits on this nom, however they did not gain support and are not used anywhere else. Do you mind if I delete them? Thanks, --Fir0002 00:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I don't mind. DVD+ R/W 01:55, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Wolkenbügel
It seems it's due to you that "Wolkenbügel" is neuter on the page Deconstructivism. Unless there has been a grammatical change within the last 80 years, the gender of "Bügel", hence "Wolkenbügel", is masculine, and the building is called "Der Wolkenbügel", not "Das Wolkenbügel". Since the photomontage shows two buildings, a more appropriate title might be "Die Wolkenbügel" (the nominative plural article is the same for all genders). Can you provide any references? I suppose you didn't guess the gender. Ncik 00:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I got it from El Lissitzky. Go ahead with corrections as you see fit. DVD+ R/W 01:02, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Deconstructivism - after the storm
During yesterday's (entirely unexpected for me) turbulent edits of the decon article it seems your paragraph on criticality and comparisons between critical regionalism and deconstructivism got edited out by User:Sdedeo. I rather liked that paragraph, perhaps we can make it less jargonistic. How about:-

Critical responses
Since the publication of Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture, a critical history (first edition 1980) there has been a keen consciousness of the role of criticism. Whilst referencing Derrida as a philosophical influence, deconstructivism can also be seen as having as much a basis in critical theory as the other major off-shoot of postmodernism, critical regionalism. The two aspects of critical theory, urgency and analysis, are found in deconstructivism. There is a tendency to re-examine and critique other works or precedents in deconstructivism, and also a tendency to set esthetic issues in the foreground. An example of this is the Wexner Center. The Wexner Center brings vital architectural topics such as function and precedent to prominence and displays their urgency in architectural discourse, in an analytical and critical way (need to say by what means - an example). The difference between criticality in deconstructivism and in critical regionalism, is that critical regionalism reduces the level of complexity involved and maintains a clearer analysis while attempting to reconcile modernist architecture with local differences, in effect a modernist "vernacular" (very long sentence). Critical regionalism displays a lack of self-criticism and a utopianism of place. Deconstructivism maintains a level of self-criticism, as well as external criticism and tends towards maintaining a level of complexity.

Some architects identified with the movement, notably Frank Gehry who often takes an anti-philosophical stance, have actively rejected the classification of their work as deconstructivist. Others remain critical as much of their own work as that of precedents and contemporaries.

--Mcginnly 15:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Edit as you see fit. DVD+ R/W 20:42, 29 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I've put the above back into the article. I would be greatful if you could proof read it and perhaps add the citation. many thanks. --Mcginnly 14:11, 4 July 2006 (UTC)


 * As far as a proof read it looks pretty good to me. More refs would be good, but I unfortunately don't have any, except maybe for the the first line. I would move the last breakaway line, however, back onto the end of the paragraph as it says something about deconstructivist self-criticism, maybe enough if you ask me. DVD+ R/W 22:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Thanks so much for the support on my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 supporting, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. I'm glad you took me into consideration and judged me to be deserving of adminship, and I'll be working hard to justify the vote of confidence you've placed in me. Let me know at my talk page if you have any comments on how I'm doing as an admin. Thanks! TheProject 22:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Expressionist architecture
Re. peer review. If you could give me another week I'd be alot more comfortable, as I said, I've only just received my book and there's some content in it I'd like to include, particularly the influence of the sublime, kant and romanticism and I don't think we've adequately explained the movement away from expressionism to rationalism yet.--Mcginnly 23:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * PS sorry about your back - try an Osteopath - always worked for me.--Mcginnly 23:35, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
Roma, july 1st, 2006 tj marchi (Roman.republic 23:53, 1 July 2006 (UTC))

This block I did
User_talk:64.78.164.226 - What should happen when he makes a comment like that during a block appeal??Blnguyen | rant-line 02:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've been thinking of that, the user made too many threats, personal attacks, and false claims to take the appeal very seriously. I just removed the comment, and they can try again if they must. DVD+ R/W 02:55, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You should probably lock his page. He is now fraudulently signing as me, claiming that I am a paedophile. Regards, Blnguyen | rant-line 02:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry you had to go through that. DVD+ R/W 03:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Just adding my thanks for helping with this one. -- Gogo Dodo 04:13, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I notice you recently blocked this user for 24 hours for vandalism. I'd like to point out that he has no constructive edits whatsoever, and he seems to be here just to disrupt. May I suggest an indefinite block as a vandalism-only account? --Mr. L e fty Talk to me! 19:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Good point, maybe I was too lenient. DVD+ R/W 19:36, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Which template did you use for the talk page indef block notice? DVD+ R/W 19:47, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I didn't. I know there's a template somewhere that says something like that, but I couldn't find it, so I just improvised. --Mr. L e fty Talk to me! 19:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice improv. it sounded like a template. We could make it one. DVD+ R/W 19:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I managed to find the template that I was going off of: vandalblock. I'll add it to the TestTemplates template. --Mr. L e fty Talk to me! 20:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

68.102.195.220
Wow, he's really like clockwork. The third of every month, his block expires and he goes at it again! Such diligence. Thanks for the reverts. &mdash;Bunchofgrapes (talk) 22:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, until I guess next month. DVD+ R/W 22:46, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Your Username
I feel you Username is STRONGLY inappropriate, as it will make people fell you have some sort of God given authority over articles pertaining to Digital Versatile Discs. Ya? NVid 23:38, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry you feel that way, would you like to pick a better name for me? DVD+ R/W 23:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

User_talk:AmiDaniel
Peas do not remove user comment from talk pages.**My Cat inn @ (talk)** 23:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought I was being courteous. It was a rude comment that I removed, here is the diff. DVD+ R/W 23:51, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks


Thanks
For reverting my userpage. Werdna (talk) 06:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism
Hi, many thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Much appreciated. Gwernol 17:03, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
Oops. I thought I was pushing the "preview" button when I was actually pushing the "Save page" button on n00b. My apologies. 204.52.215.107 18:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

User 61.69.12.16
...is at it again. He recently vandalized One good cop and is probably due for yet another block. --Crucible Guardian 03:54, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

No prob on the rv
No need for thanks. I was in the right place at the right time. My own userpage has been vandalized several dozen times. I expect you'll get the chance to return the favour before to long. Cheers and take care! Anger22 21:44, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

User:205.188.116.74
Good job on blocking this IP! I put a couple of warnings to warn the IP, and thanks for the support! -- Big  top  ( tk || cb | em | ea ) 05:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Doppelganger account creation
I'm going to create a doppelganger account of Jimbo Wales. Please don't block me! -- Big  top  ( tk || cb | em | ea ) 05:20, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion of vanity articles
Please don't remove undefined tags. You are free to discuss the pages status on WP:MFD. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.163.100.7 (talk • contribs).

semi-protection of the dinosaurs page.
I started a disscuison on the dinosaur talk page about if the article should have temporary semi-protection do to the recent vandalism. I thought it would be good idea to contact an adim.--Scott3 02:21, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

213.122.132.177 vandal
No problem. Shadow1 22:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Suspected Sockpuppetry on Articles for deletion/Elitism
I noticed that you commented about the obvious sockpuppetry on this page (it was restored after 6 months). I've taken the case to Suspected sock puppets/Sponkerde, listing the first editor as the sock master. I figured that, since you had the same suspicions as me, you might want to comment in the discussion. Regards, Alphachimp  talk  01:46, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * They're actually aliases of the North Carolina Vandal, who is blocked on sight. I didn't realize that at first. There's actually a special template for indefinetely banned NCV socks (there are >= 200!). I've reported it to WP:AIV. Alphachimp  talk  02:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It is difficult to organize all of these user accounts. Thanks for getting so many on one page. I am not sure what to add or how to procede. There might be a few more to add from the 3rd Elitism AfD. DVD+ R/W 02:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :)
Thanks for reverting the recent vandalism to my userpage. Fabricationary 03:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

IG Farben Building
Hi, Thanks for your comments at peer review. I was wondering if you'd like to comment on the IG Farben Building FAC here?--Mcginnly 12:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Airport vandal
I just found this: Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Philp the Moose). There are a lot more names, pretty much the same pattern (name the animal). Fan-1967 14:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * User:Vaughn the Bear who recently began replacing page content with Exxon Mobil material, claims to be the airport vandal. He has also replaced the contents of two user/talk pages with this material. Please help. -Fsotrain09 19:29, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice detective work. DVD+ R/W 03:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

U blocked me unfairly
all i said was' did sun ce use tonfas' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jackietang33 (talk • contribs).
 * Your account shows no record that you've been blocked, or that we have ever interacted. Maybe I blocked you when using another account but I have no idea what account that may be so it is impossible to review. DVD+ R/W 03:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Template redlinks
DVD, Have you seen any guidelines about adding redlinks to Templates? This user has started his Wikipedia experience with valid redlinks added to "list" articles, but also added these redlinks to templates. Continued after polite request to stop by another user. Re: User_talk:167.206.190.114. Thank you, dogears (talk)


 * Hi Dogears, nice to hear from you. To cut quickly to your question, I know of no guidelines specifically about redlinks on templates. There is Red link, for their general usage. If they are not pertinent, they should be removed. If they are valid, the article can always be started, maybe with a stub or brief start. It seems like the latter is the case with User:167.206.190.114's template additions. user:Zero Gravitas makes a good point that nav templates help users through existing articles, and that they shouldn't contain red links, and Zero Gravitas has filled in one of the links to the Alaska template with an article. The Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Bronx, templates are another matter. If the Neighborhoods seem like they will eventually be filled in, it might be best to leave them or have a go at starting the articles. Or they can be removed, and always added again later when the articles are there. Hope this helps, Regards, DVD+ R/W 03:32, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Socks full of lentils
I think that the notice is usually placed on both the user page and the user talk page. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, although the formatting was a pain in the neck... or somewhere else. Anyway, we'll see how it turns out. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:19, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject:Architecure Peer Review proposal
Further to the dismal response to Expressionist architecture (but peer review in general really), I'm trying to build a consensus for a Wikiproject Peer review process. I've opened a discussion page here. Would you like to comment? Would you be prepared to take part in the peer review process? Many thanks. --Mcginnly | Chinwag 12:18, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

IG Farben building
Many thanks for your support at the FAC. --Mcginnly | Chinwag 12:18, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :)
Thanks for reverting the recent vandalism to my userpage. Fabricationary 03:19, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * And thanks again, and also for blocking the vandal :). Fabricationary 03:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

That IP you caught vandalising my page
that is my, GangstaEB,'s IP. I was testing something. Gang sta EB  ~(penguin logs) 17:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, well I hope the test worked. DVD+ R/W 18:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Jon Fitch
Removed your speedy; it says he won a championship of some kind; that's an assertion of importance, so A7 doesn't apply. Maybe use WP:PROD? Mango juice talk 18:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * When I tagged it, that hadn't been written.It was either A7 or A1 at that point. But you're right, now it is more of a PROD case. DVD+ R/W 20:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

No Problem

 * ) --Shane (talk/contrib) 21:30, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thanks
You're welcome. :) G . H  e  21:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
For reverting the vandalism to my userpage and talk page. --Daniel575 22:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Anytime. Lets hope it doesn't happen again though. DVD+ R/W 22:05, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the revert! Dang vandals that one (which tags userpages) has been around for a while. Aeon Insane Ward  01:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. Is there a suspected or known puppetmaster account? DVD+ R/W 01:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ditto on the thanks. I know that it's a sock, but I have no clue whose sock... Alphachimp  talk  01:54, 24 July 2006 (UTC)


 * He always uses the Watchtower Jihad puppet tag, there might be a connetion. Aeon  Insane Ward  01:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Good point, I don't know much about that vandal. Now its coming from AOL IPs. DVD+ R/W 01:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've noticed that to. To bad you all can't block AOL IP's without screwing up other LEgit Users  Aeon  Insane Ward  02:19, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

CotW, thank you!
Hello, DVD R W, thank you very much for your support to the nomination of Spanish architecture, and for your contributions to the article. I am glad to say that, finished the process for nomination, the article has achieved the CotW. However, due to your suport and other editors´, the article is growing quickly. I don´t know how to update the new CotW: Could you do it for me? Thank you again, --Garcilaso 09:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I've updated the CoTW. One concern is Community Portal/COTW, which typically reproduces the article's lead, and since the lead is currently very short for the article, I added your nomination statement. Though the nomination statement is an excellent summary, once we have more of a lead, see WP:LEAD, we can substitute it. DVD+ R/W 19:06, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Thank you
No problem. :) G . H  e  18:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Martin Luther Vandalism
Hi! A vandal attacked the Martin Luther page in exactly the same fashion as the one you blocked. It is User talk:200.3.154.88. This user has just two warns at the moment, but I'm very suspicious of the exact same vandalism appearing just after a block. Thought you'd like to know. --CTS</b> Wyneken <sup style="font-family:Andale Mono IPA; color:maroon;">(talk) 16:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
After being "beaten to the punch" a few dozen times by you while RC patrolling, I figured a barnstar was in order for your extraordinary speed and skill at the job :). The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you, great userpage by the way. DVD+ R/W 03:07, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Sango created the whole "soft blue" style. I piled in the links. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Who made the illustration and what does Chuis mean? I like it even though I don't know. DVD+ R/W 03:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * "Chuis" is french slang for "I am." It's a contraction of "Je suis." It's a doodle I scanned....I figure I might as well give myself an interesting face on wikipedia ;). The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Are there other similar terms for the conjugations tu es, il/elle/on est, vous etez, nous sommes, or ils sont? DVD+ R/W 03:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, "tu es" is contracted into "t'es," "il est" is often pronounced "iyest," and the vocative form of the pronoun is put before them. So in spoken french they say "toi, t'es" for "tu es," "Moi, chuis" for "je suis," "Lui, iyest" for "il est" and "Leur, i(l)sont" for "ils sont." The "nous" isn't used very much, spoken french (as well as informal written french) uses "on" instead of "nous" for "we." The "vous" form is kept the same because of liason (it's pronounced "vou zetez," so there isn't much to contract).


 * It's quite an interesting phenomenon in language, if you like reading about how contractions and slang change grammar I'd suggest "The Unfolding of Language" by Guy Deutscher........he argues how these forms may eventually be considered a new conjugation (i.e. "Moi chuis" the "chuis" may become regarded as an irregular verb and "Moi" would replace "je").


 * More specifically, he finds that in the noun inflections in languages like Latin and Russian (which you know a bit of?) the endings may have been prepositions to begin with, and then contracted to the point that they were regarded as part of the word (you see the process halfway finished in Japanese with its postpositions like "wa," "ga," "ni"). I find it helps to think of the endings as seperate words. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 13:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Architectural heritage
Do you think there will be enough audience to create a portal to organize cultural heritage topics like architectural conservation and historic preservation with related articles including historic houses, National Register of Historic Places, English Heritage, National trust, Landmark Trust, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, etc., etc.? Any comments or suggestions? Thanks —dogears (talk &bull; contribs) 03:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

You can submit the proposal at Portal/Proposals to see if they approve, it is a fairly tough crowd though. One proposal I voted for, Urban Studies and Planning didn't pass. You can make it per Portal/Instructions-- it isn't necessary to submit, though it is nice to have that kind of support. You can always incorporate more from this area into the architecture portal, which would help the architecture portal rather than draw away from it. I worry that there might not be enough articles, and featured articles for a separate portal on this topic, but a portal can be made and maintained on less than expected so who knows really. DVD+ R/W 03:39, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Userpage revert
Sorry about that, I misread the edit. Whoops :-) Gwernol 00:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Peer review
See Peer review/Vincent van Gogh/archive1 Tyrenius 23:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice, I'll take a look and try to formulate a response. Also I noticed your recent use of ;heading on that article and suggested implemention at Peer review/Elevator/archive1, where the article suffers from having too many sections. DVD+ R/W 23:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry forget the warning I deleted it. It was a mistake. Patbaseball2221 23:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Plagiarism
Thank you for your warning about the plagiarism carried out by one of our students on this page on 27 July. We are in the process of idenitifying the student responsible and sanctions will be applied as well as an educative process about Wikipedia.

Please note that on our User Talk page for the school's IP address here I have requested that such vandalism be reported to me personally, the school's Deputy Principal, and supplied my email address for that purpose. We want to work with Wikipedia both to combat vandalism and educate young people about the values of Wikipedia. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ishel99 (talk • contribs).
 * Thank you for your concern for Wikipedia. A minor correction though with regards to my warning, the warning was about an edit to the article plagiarism, linked here, not about an instance of plagiarism. Though it was an unconstructive edit it was relatively minor. Another thing worth noting is that it may be easier for editors to leave a message on your talk page than to email you about unconstructive edits from your school's IP. That way they don't have to leave their desks at wikipedia. You can link to your Wikipedia user page and talk page from the school's IP. Regards, DVD+ R/W 01:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Fratangelo
Completely unacceptable and can be reverted on sight. An article on him specifically has also been speedy deleted. Thanks for letting me know. Wikibofh got there first. I'll look into the IP. Tyrenius 02:30, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Well done. I see you've been reverting them as well, and have become an official vandal-fighter!!! Tyrenius 02:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

My helpful edit.
Since a female relative of mine married into an Azerbaijani family, I'd thought I'd share my knowledge of these people, and add to the article. I don't think my edit should have been reverted at all, and I would like you to revert your revert, or add my information to the article proper.

Thanks for your help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.18.20.252 (talk • contribs).


 * A good strategy in editing articles, is to work with what is existing, and use text or web references to cite valid sources for what you add. Your edit dismissed and erased most of what is a featured article, that is, one that is among Wikipedia's best, and replaced it with stereotype-like observations. That said, I am not going to re-revert my edit. DVD+ R/W 02:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * "Stereotype" is just another word for "I don't really know what I'm talking about, but you're being a meanie", right? Well, regardless, this has dismayed me from making further contributions to Wikipedia. I won't be bothering you or your site any longer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.18.20.252 (talk • contribs).


 * Sorry you want to leave, you're right I really don't know much about this topic. I also don't want to be discouraging. You'd be better taking this up with the contributors to that article, whose work you tried to erase, maybe now, or better later when the article is not on the main page and when they aren't as likely to be busy. DVD+ R/W 02:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

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