User talk:Deville/Archive 5

Archived!!!
Just archived a ton of stuff, this page looked blank. Deville (Talk) 01:17, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion
Hello, thanks for your reply but why did u find article like Azat Or fine, if it contains only one sentence? Wikipedia is encyclopedia not directory.--NovaSkola (talk) 14:29, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not arguing that the article should stay. What I'm saying is that this article does not meet the qualifications of a speedy deletion.  That process is for articles which are complete nonsense, copyright violations, personal attacks, things like that.  Without question, an article being short is not grounds for it to be speedily deleted.  Again, let me be clear that my removal of the db tag is not an assertion that the article should be kept, but an assertion that it is not to be deleted without discussion.  If you think that this article should be deleted, then the best thing to do would be to nominate it for AfD, see WP:AFDHOWTO; it can then be discussed. Deville (Talk) 16:52, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!!!
Thanks for reverting, vandalism on my user Page.

Regards

Hitro  talk  16:44, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem!--Deville (Talk) 17:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

Thank you very much for unblocking my account! I can assure you none of my attempted edits were malicious in any way!!! I was just trying to correct and update the Oviatt Library page.....with a poor understanding of the process I must say! ;-)

As I previously mentioned I am new to Wikipedia and was asked by the Dean of the Oviatt Library to wholesale update and change the current description which is out-of-date and has several errors. How do I go about a "wholesale" edit so that the page truly reflects the Oviatt Library without appearing to vandalize the page? Thanks very much for all your help!!!....Peter Prager

PS: Our systems administrator took a look at the Oviatt Library page, and based on the IP address of the original page creator, we are almost positive it was created awhile back by one of our librarians at our reference desk who was just trying to be helpful.

Thank you!
Hello,

Thank you very much for unblocking my account! I can assure you none of my attempted edits were malicious in any way!!! I was just trying to correct and update the Oviatt Library page.....with a poor understanding of the process I must say! ;-)

As I previously mentioned I am new to Wikipedia and was asked by the Dean of the Oviatt Library to wholesale update and change the current description which is out-of-date and has several errors. How do I go about a "wholesale" edit so that the page truly reflects the Oviatt Library without appearing to vandalize the page? Thanks very much for all your help!!!

PS: Our systems administrator took a look at the Oviatt Library page, and based on the IP address of the original page creator, we are almost positive it was created awhile back by one of our librarians at our reference desk who was just trying to be helpful.

Peter Prager —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pprager (talk • contribs) 15:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Great, thanks for asking. I think the main reason there was a problem was this edit, where it looks like you're just trying to remove information from the article and cripple it.  Now, it's possible that this information is incorrect (although, looking here it strikes me that the information is close and probably just a bit old), but usually the best thing to do when there is incorrect information is to either modify it and make it correct, to add a template alerting other users to the fact that it is incorrect, or unsourced (adding fact to the article lets people know this), or, if you must remove information, then to say on the article's talk page why you've removed the information.


 * I think what must have happened, though, is that you accidentally removed this information, and then after it was replaced by other editors, you kept removing it because you weren't used to the Wikipedia editing tools and history. So, to move forward:  please make edits to the article (and others!!) as you feel appropriate, with the main caveat being that if you're going to make a massive change to an article (e.g. removing an entire section), then please leave a note on Talk:Oviatt Library as to why you've done it.


 * Anyway, I know you're new and it might be hard to figure all this stuff out, but on the other hand it's clear you're trying to help. So go ahead and try to fix the article as best you can, and if you run into any other difficulties please feel free to ask! -- Deville (Talk) 16:26, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Gavrilo Princip
I wrote on talk page Gavrilo Princip 10 days ago. Maybe user PRODUCER can explain whow that Гаврило Принцип is not Serbian Cyrillic but only Cyrillic. That is Serbian Cyrillic, unique Cyrillic like a English Alphabeth is unique alphabeth. It is a fact that nobody can deny. Producer is vandal, not me. Yugoslav language and Yugoslav Cirillic dont exist. Yugoslavia dont exist any more. Yugoslavs where people from Yugoslavia with serbian, croat or other origin. At the time of Gavrilo Princip, nobody declared himself as Yugoslav. The first Yugoslavs appeared on census in Yugoslavia 1971. - There were not Yugoslavs before. --94.189.175.195 (talk) 15:06, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Zrno

AIV
I try to avoid playing wikipedia ping-pong. He'll get blocked eventually, either by you or someone else. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 20:12, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again!
Hi,

Thanks for all the help! When I attempt to edit the Oviatt page, I'll ask for your help before I go enter into the "Dark Side" again!!! A question...how do I get rid of the "advertisement comment" at the top?

Peter Prager Pprager (talk) 15:02, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi,

I have left you a message...Peter

Konami pages
Perhaps they are not CSD candidates but they do warrant deletion - the AfD process is too long for me to bother going through, however, so I was hoping that someone would sort it out. 91.110.190.226 (talk) 20:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Copy of deleted Pirate Party of the United Kingdom
Could I get a copy of the deleted article Pirate Party of the United Kingdom? The party is now registered and got some more media coverage, so it may be time to recreate the article. --Apoc2400 (talk) 20:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Somebody else created Pirate Party UK before I got around to it. --Apoc2400 (talk) 12:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Just checking...
I see you changed your vote at Headbomb's RFA not long after my conversation underneath your oppose; I hope what I said didn't seem like badgering. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 17:35, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Not at all! Honestly, had I felt badgered, I would surely have been more likely to dig my heels in than the reverse.  The replies below my original !vote were fine; what was probably the largest factor in my swing was going over the support votes one last time.  Several of the arguments there were compelling. -- Deville (Talk) 00:20, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Great, I wanted to make sure that Headbomb understood we're talking about a communication issue. I'm hoping he runs again, and he follows what we're talking about. - Dank (push to talk) 00:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Blocks
IP 71.31.243.127 (User talk:71.31.243.127) vandalized the Whale Wars page after the 24hr block was lifted. The IP also vandalized before you initial block ( please see Revision history of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)What is the best way to request an indefinite block for the IP on this article. There are a whole bunch of ins and outs with these and I thought you might be of some assistance since you have already dealt with the situaiton.Cptnono (talk) 05:21, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've warned the user again, if they vandalize again they'll be eligible for a longer block than 24 hours. It's considered inappropriate to block IPs indefinitely or for very long periods unless there is an exceptional amount of abuse, because of the possibility of collateral damage, and this case is pretty minor so far.  We will watch and see. -- Deville (Talk) 12:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I assume it is a dude having some fun and I know every IP that vandalizes won't get banned. I'm keeping an eye on the page and will bring it up if it happens again. Thanks for getting back to me on it.Cptnono (talk) 12:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem, and thanks for keeping an eye out!! -- Deville (Talk) 13:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The vandal is back and has now also vandalised your talk page. I reported this at AIV. Hans Adler 19:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, I didn't know that I was either GAY or a TREE HUGGER. Learn something new every day.  :)  -- Deville (Talk) 22:31, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your participation in my recent RfA. I will do my very best not to betray the confidence you have shown me. If you ever have any questions or suggestions about my conduct as an administrator or as an editor please don't hesitate to contact me. Once again, thanks. ·Maunus· ƛ · 12:45, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

File:AZ-districts-109-02.gif
Hello, I see that you originally uploaded File:AZ-districts-109-02.gif (many moons ago). Hopefully you can assist me here, or at least point me in a better direction. It turns out that 3 of the congressional districts in the small map are numbered incorrectly. The file is pulled down directly from the public-domain "National Atlas" site, which is where the incorrect data originates. I'm wondering how easy and/or allowable it is to modify Wikipedia's version of the file to correct the numbers, or if that's a no-no due to copyrights or any other reason. Suggestions? Thanks, Oughgh (talk) 05:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

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Unreferenced BLPs
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PATENT HATER
PATENT HATER —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.114.46.237 (talk) 18:35, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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Powerset article
Hi Deville,

I have reverted your change at power set, which appears to have been based on a misreading of the text. But this problem keeps coming up from time to time, and it would be nice to fix the text so that it's harder to misread, if you have any ideas on how to do that.

The misunderstanding is the following: What the text says is that the powerset of the natural numbers can be placed in 1-1 correspondence with the reals. This is just a known fact, a (relatively) easy theorem; it doesn't depend on the continuum hypothesis in any way. What the continuum hypothesis says is that the reals (or equivalently, the powerset of the naturals) can be placed in 1-1 correspondence with the countable ordinals.

I personally don't see any good way to reword to prevent the problem from coming up. I definitely don't want to add language that says, look here, you might think this is the continuum hypothesis, but it's not; CH is this other thing; that's just out of place in the article about the powerset. And I don't see any fix that doesn't involve language like that. But maybe you can see a fix that hasn't occurred to me. --Trovatore (talk) 19:51, 29 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Argh, you're right, I made the rookie mistake here myself. Yeah, I guess it's kind of the way it's written which confuses the issue a bit (if I can absolve myself in that way...:)), perhaps it's worth thinking about how to rewrite this in such a way that it's more clear. --- Deville (Talk) 03:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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US National Archives collaboration
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All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and here !--Pharos (talk) 04:09, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Deville,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

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 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 23:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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