User talk:Explicit/Archive 8

August Raspet photo
Hey Explicit,

I noticed that you deleted my file of "August Raspet" citing an F4 violation, which is fine (I'm new to this and trying to learn), however, I believe I cited the photo properly as per these guidelines:

F4. Lack of licensing information. Media files that lack the necessary licensing information may be deleted after being identified as such for seven days if the information is not added. Be aware that editors sometimes specify their source in the upload summary.

I have also contacted "Soaring" magazine to verify that I have the right to use the photo (with proper citation, which I believe I had and is still on the wikipage sans the photo). If I've made a mistake, I'm very interested in learning why and how to correct it. Thanks for your time!

Also: On the "Wait!" warning before someone posts to this talkpage, you have a grammatical error in the first sentence, it says "Before you starting typing" and I think you meant "Before you start typing".

Thanks again!

-Brian —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianSfinasSSI (talk • contribs) 20:29, 9 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Firstly, thank you for spotting that error on my page notice! That's been there for a while, I wish it was caught sooner. As for the file you uploaded, File:AugustRaspet.png, the only content on the description page was "Dr. August Raspet, from Soaring magazine, August, 1960." All uploaded files must be accompanied with a license tag; if licensed freely by another individual, you can either cite the page which specifically states so or, if you received permission from the copyright owner to license the image freely, forward the email to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org] and link to the deleted file. If the file should be licensed under a non-free license, it needs to be accompanied with a fair use rationale. — ξ xplicit  20:55, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I understand. Thanks for the speedy response! I'm researching the process now and will have the problem remedied soon. Keep up the good work!BrianSfinasSSI (talk) 15:33, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

RfC
Hello. If you can spare a few minutes your opinion would be appreciated at: Wikiproject/Discographies#Do music videos and other charted songs belong. --Lil-unique1 (talk) 01:03, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

The Fame Ball Tour
Can you take a look? There is some problem with the formatting as the tour dates section the whole article is appearing small in its font size. --Legolas ( talk 2 me ) 12:06, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed, problem was here. — ξ xplicit  19:21, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

comment wanted
hi can you please see the discussion i started at here and comment there? thank you. Aisha9152 (talk) 00:54, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Torn Up (Album) Page deletion
This music page was undeserving of deletion. Your rationale of "non-notable" makes no sense as I know several people who are fans of this music. This page was a valuable resource to me for determining what parts of the songs are sourced from. I am requesting that this page be re-instated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.118.44.26 (talk) 18:34, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The article Torn Up (album) was deleted under the speedy deletion criteria as the article for the artist did not exist; E-603 was been deleted last year via articles for deletion, and any album or song articles by this recording artist were eligible for speedy deletion. — ξ xplicit  19:37, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Protection
Are you sure this was a good idea? There were quite a few useful anonymous edits. If we can keep up with the vandalism (which I was), don't you think it would be better to leave it open? -- Sh i r ik ( Questions or Comments? ) 21:18, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There may good edits coming from IPs, but a majority were plain old vandalism. Considering how high-profile the article will be for a few days, this is nothing a but a vandal target—the 20 minutes prior to the protection of the article shows it. Protection is only for five days, anyhow. — ξ xplicit  21:25, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't see your note here. After discussing it with a few others we thought perhaps pending changes would be better so I switched it over to that. I hope you don't mind, Sh i r ik  ( Questions or Comments? ) 21:26, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine with me. I'm personally not a fan of pending changes, but to each their own. — ξ xplicit  21:30, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

I think it's best to re-instate the semi-protection as it was. Most of the changes won't be productive, as Explicit stated above. -- Kanonkas : Talk  21:40, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Could you block this user?
The user OKOJONAS seems to be a vandalism-only account. Could you block him/her? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Access Denied (talk • contribs) 22:53, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * OKOJONAS recently received a final warning regarding their edits, so I'd wait until they edit afterward. — ξ xplicit  03:57, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

CfD help
Please see here I honestly have no idea what's going on with this category, and I've seen you at CfD before, so I figured you might be able to shed some light. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:35, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll give it a look when I get the chance. — ξ xplicit  23:08, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Fashion_Week&action=edit&redlink=1
Sorry for late response. I am just getting confused about the decision of Bangladesh Fashion Week. Please mention the explanation link and also to know what you exactly need to for the page and logo uses. Thanks. Ross 19:01, 12 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rashadul (talk • contribs)
 * The page was tagged for deletion by, so he may have a better insight on this. From what I can tell, the subject didn't appear to be notable as it failed to receive substantive coverage from reliable sources to assert notability—two of the three citations that were in the article at the time were from the event's own website, which by itself is not enough to assert notability for inclusion on Wikipedia. — ξ xplicit  23:08, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Hey
Hey explicit I hope you don't mind but i modelled my user page on yours. I had no idea how to do it but i've seen yours and used it to get an idea of how to format my own. I hope you don't see it as copying. I've tried to make mine different. If there is anything you like from mine e.g. links etc. please feel free to take them. =) --Lil-unique1 (talk) 21:21, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Nah, I don't see it as copying. Everything I publish is for anyone to use or remake as they wish. Speaking of which, I've been meaning to switch my userpage up a bit, I'm tired of this damn color.  —  ξ xplicit  23:08, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Important
Can you block User:CameronPG? He's been a nuisance for a very long time and constantly recreates articles that have been speedy deleted. Access Denied(t 22:18, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems like beat me to the punch. Feel free to report vandals over at the Administrator intervention against vandalism venue, response there will most likely be quicker than mine when I'm not around.  —  ξ xplicit  23:08, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar :-)

 * Why thank you! —  ξ xplicit  05:17, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

File:OrlaaandoWeeeks2.jpg and File:JIIIMEISEN.jpg
Hi, you recently removed the tag for deletion on these images. The uploader was indefinitely blocked some time ago due to extended sock puppetry. Part of this sock puppetry was to create fake pages using images which were claimed to be taken by the uploader but included no EXIF data. There is no evidence that this sock puppeteer took these photos or has permission to issue them as public domain. If I was using the wrong tag to mark the image for deletion, perhaps you could suggest a better way to get these dubious images removed, particularly considering that the uploader has never responded to questions and lacks any credibility? Thanks Fæ (talk) 09:16, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, the di-no license template was inappropriate for these files as they were accompanied with license tags. The place best to nominate these files for deletion would be at the possibly unfree files venue. — ξ xplicit  17:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll apply the PUF process as suggested in the same way as has been done with File:OrlaaandoWeeeks.jpg. Fæ (talk) 19:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

CfD closes
I've been trying to clean up the backlog on CfD closes, but there are some I can't close because I either started them or voted on them. Feel like tackling any of these?
 * hip-hop groups / tennis people / heads of settlement / river places / Nobel organizations / political candidates / Native American places

Closing any of these would be appreciated (by me, anyway).--Mike Selinker (talk) 13:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The first two are off limits for me, as I commented on the first and initiated the second. I'll give the rest a look when I get back from school. —  ξ xplicit  17:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoops! Should've paid more attention.--Mike Selinker (talk) 20:33, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * River places and Native American places left open, I'm uneasy to close either at this time. — ξ xplicit  21:29, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Every little bit helps. Thanks!--Mike Selinker (talk) 22:11, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use decision
Greetings! Looking through the deletion logs of "Category:Replaceable non-free use to be decided after xxxxx", I note that you have been active in that area. I come to you asking for a different set of eyes in a particular case. I want to make it clear I am not asking you to decide in a particular way; only to ask that you review the case with your judgment.

The file in question is File:Colton Harris-Moore.jpg. This file was uploaded on 2 July 2010, and marked as CC-BY-SA 3.0 (though there was no evidence it was released under such a license). Subsequent to this, I re-licensed the image as I saw appropriate, and it has remained licensed in that manner since. I tagged the image as replaceable fair use. I made my case as the time, as did the uploader. The tag was removed by Fastily on 6 July 2010. Though he gave no explanation why other than to say it was not replaceable, the belief is he agreed that it was not replaceable due to the subject's fugitive status at the time due to that being the primary objection of the uploader. Fair enough, I did not contest the removal of the tag.

Five days later on 11 July 2010, the subject of the photograph was captured in the Bahamas. With the fugitive status now gone, I once again tagged the image as replaceable, and this has been contested. The reasons for it being replaceable and the defense against that have been made elsewhere, linked now from the image's description page.

Since you are active in this arena, I am asking for you to have a look at the file, the short discussion on the image description page, and the very lengthy debate at Talk:Colton_Harris-Moore, where discussion was merged from multiple locations. From there, if you would please make a decision. I'm asking you to have a look not because I disagree with Fastily's prior actions, but that I feel it would be a good idea to get another set of eyes on this. Thanks for your time, --Hammersoft (talk) 16:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there, apologies for my late response, school is keeping me extremely busy, but at last Friday has come around. It seems that has taken the file to WP:FFD, so my assistance is a bit unnecessary at this point. —  ξ xplicit  20:08, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Skystream Markets
Hello I am new to Wikipedia and although I am getting an idea of the guidelines I'm still not quite sure what to do to avoid infringing on the the way things are done. What we are is a small startup company that designs trading software for the environmental markets. In this case RECs. There are about 3 articles I think on the subject.

I am trying to put up an article that: 1-describes the company and what it does 2-describes what a REC is 3-fills in other information about the future development of the environmental markets

So far I've managed to run afoul of the system twice so I am trying figure out :

a-what I'm doing wrong b-if its even possible for a new and small company to put up a general info page c-4 or 5 simple guidlines to follow

like : 1-Start off as a regular user 2-No explicit mentions of services 3-etc etc

Please do let me know. I actually don't know enough about how Wikipedia works to even think about trying to game the system.

yours,

ross von burg vonross@fifthseason.net user: skystreammarkets —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.125.102 (talk) 13:16, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there, in order for the subject to merit an article here on Wikipedia, the subject must be notable. This means that Skystream Markets would need to receive significant coverage from reliable sources; if the company does not have such coverage, an article of it should not exist, as our notability guideline for organizations and companies indicates. I see the userpage for User:Skystreammarkets was deleted as unambiguous advertising or promotion and I will note there are certain things you may and may not use your userspace for. — ξ xplicit  20:08, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Bitch Damnation Alley album cover jpg
I put up an image of the album cover of Damnation Alley by the heavy metal band Bitch (File:Damnation alley 4 5.jpg) for inclusion in the Damnation_Alley_(Bitch_album) article. According to everything I can see, an album cover is fair use, and I think because this was the first picture I had tried to put up that I didn't get the tags right and it was therefore deleted. I would like to be allowed to re-upload it. Keyboard warrior killer (talk) 00:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi there, the issue with this file is that it lacked essential source information, as it's needed to verify that the album cover is the official one. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:06, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Transwiki importer flag
Hello, how do I request the transwiki importer flag? I would like to know becaue I want to help clear the transwiki backlogs like the one here. Thanks in advance, Bobby122   Contact Me   (C)  00:44, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I'm not entirely sure. Help:Transwiki and Help:Import can probably be more helpful than me. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:06, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you! Appreciate it. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:06, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of empty categories
I have said this elsewhere, but there seems to be absolutely no safeguard against categories being emptied and then deleted. Sometimes this is done deliberately.--MacRusgail (talk) 09:31, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The category was tagged as empty by, so contacting this user may bring insight as to why the category was emptied. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  18:18, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Removal of prod notice
Why did you remove the prod notice from Ryan Lafferty. As I clearly explained in this edit summary, the prod notice was removed by the IP of a user who was blocked at the time. As a blocked user he shouldn't have been editing Wikipedia at all, so the removal of the prod was invalid and inappropriate, as evidenced by the fact that he removed a valid deletable image-caption at the same time. The editor in question is now indefinitely blocked. Justifying the removal of the prod notice by a block evading user is saying that it's fine for blocked editors to evade their block. --AussieLegend (talk) 01:35, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:CONTESTED: If anyone, including the article creator, removes a prod tag from an article, do not replace it, even if the tag was apparently removed in bad faith. Just because the user was evading his or her block does not mean that contesting the prod is any less valid. If it were a banned user, it would be a whole other story, but that's not the case. The prod was removed by another administrator shortly after your first revert, it would have been more useful to take it straight to AFD from there. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:46, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

06:37, 18 July 2010 Explicit (talk | contribs) deleted "Sacramento talent magazine" ‎ (Expired PROD, concern was: Non-notable magazine.)
You deleted the article posted by me on Sacramento Talent Magazine stating that this is a non-notable magazine. Can you specify what exactly do you mean by non-notable? Because I'm sure that with 10 editions out in the market and over 3 million hits, the magazine is definitely notable. It is a well recognized magazine in Sacramento and rest of Northern California and a lot of artists featured in the magazine have the magazine listed on their websites. What else do you require for the magazine to be notable? Vishal Sharma (talk) 05:01, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The article was proposed for deletion by with the rationale that the magazine was not notable and it deleted after seven days, as the deletion was not disputed. The amount of editions out and the amount of hits it gets is simply insufficient to assert notability. In order for the magazine to merit inclusion on Wikipedia, it must have received significant non-trivial coverage from secondary reliable sources. A good example that meets the criteria is Rap-Up magazine. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Then I will just re-edit the article and place some "reliable" quotes from artists, musicians and other celebrities who have been featured by the magazine in the past 10 months. Will that suffice? Vishal Sharma (talk) 04:08, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Where will these quotes come from, the magazine itself? If that's the case, it won't suffice. By secondary reliable sources, I mean that the magazine must have received coverage from other published sources (other magazines, websites, newspapers and so on). — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:13, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The sources will be the websites of the various artists featured in the magazine where they have mentioned the magazine. Vishal Sharma (talk) 04:32, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

deletion request
could you delete User:Redekopmark/monobook.js/personalSidebar.js for me? i don't need/want it anymore, i tried putting deletion templates on it but that didn't work out, thanks Mark (talk) 07:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Already done by . — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  08:10, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

List of Home and Away children
You removed the prod on List of Home and Away children, that previous discussion you cited, it's redundant to that now. Can you get it deleted please? We reached a consensus on Talk:List of current Home and Away characters that it's no longer needed, it's a mess, no sources, all information already exists in the other article anyway. That's why we chose to get it gone in that way. Can you put it on the AFD? RAIN the ONE  (Talk) 01:47, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Articles that were nominated for deletion through the WP:AFD venue and were not deleted can not be deleted via prod, see WP:PROD, point three. The best option at this point is to take it to a fresh AFD or just merge the contents with the parent article. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  03:37, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Already merged, in the past these lists have been restored. Please, could you put it up for deletion then? Just one favour? =)  RAIN the ONE  (Talk) 21:45, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * If there's consensus to merge and the another editor unilaterally restores it, you could always request full page protection to keep the redirect in place unless a consensus is formed to restore it. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  23:43, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Warning
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Explicit, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it It is far to explicit to be allowed as a name. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. (HAW!)  Half  Shadow  17:00, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, you're right! My username is extremely out of line. I'll make sure to be renamed Rated G for all audiences ASAP! — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:25, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll see about possibly getting you the name PG13, but only if anyone reading you is either in their teens or being accompanied by an adult. Half  Shadow  21:55, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Too bad is a registered username. I'm stuck in the kiddie section.  —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  23:43, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Wat da fuck, there's nothing wrong with your user name. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 13:34, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Surely this is a joke, there's nothing wrong with this username in my opinion. --Lil-unique1 (talk) 13:55, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Yup, just a little humor. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:27, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your work with the mop at Possibly unfree files/2010 July 6. Much appreciated. hamiltonstone (talk) 04:56, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Just doing my job. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:27, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Vandal
Can you keep an eye on this recent sockpuppet? --Legolas ( talk 2 me ) 13:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet of who? The account has been around since September 2009. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:27, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The omnipotent ElPilotoDi of course. Also, block please the brand new avatar of him. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 03:43, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Another one, User:El javo. Come to think of it, can you do a Checkuser for all the accounts used by IP 201.153.* range? All of them seem to be socks. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 03:55, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * We'd need a CheckUser for that (I'm not one), so a case should be created at WP:SPI. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:57, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That's the thing I'm not very good at, always screw up the process :(. Can you raise a request? I believe you can check Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of ElPilotoDi. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:06, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Will create a case shortly. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Created here. If you could comment and submit any behavioral evidence, it would be appreciated. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:34, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Daniel Hayes photo deletions
hey explicit, i sent in my permissions for the two files that were deleted. can i find out more specifically why? i forwarded the permission from the copyright holder. i felt it was pretty clear. where do i go from here? Designsbyd (talk • global contribs  • email) 05:14, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, did you forward the emails to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org]? If not, that would be the first thing to do, as well as including a link to the images you uploaded. If you have already done so, you may want to shoot them another email to make sure they got the email. I was recently told that the permissions venue has been quite backlogged, so it may take a bit longer than usual to verify that the files were released under a free license. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:23, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * yes i did send them to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org]. perhaps they are there waiting to be verified. i sent the consent form from the copyright holder along with a copy of the file for reference. i will email them again just in case. is there something else i can do? my article's image gallery looks silly without them. and the most confusing part is that i actually uploaded 5 pics at the same time and sent permissions at the same time but fortunately only two were tagged to be deleted. Designsbyd (talk • global contribs  • email) 18:59, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The editor who tagged two of the images must have missed the rest. At this point, removing the deleted files from the article would be the best option, as they can easily be re-added once permission is received. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:27, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion/Log/2010 July 12
Thanks for closing the CFD. Curious, do you know who cleaned the category (and how)? I don't see it in Cydebot's contribs. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 17:22, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Cydebot made a large number of edits removing the category. Other pages were populated via templates such as here, here and here, so those pages were out of the category once was removed from the templates. I made a small number of manual edits to user talk pages for the substituted templates, so I'm guessing other admins must have done the same. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:27, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. My problem was I had filtered it to user:, now it's quite obvious to me the lions share of these were user talk:. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 12:24, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

new Brexx?
i think might be a brexx sock. I have deliberately allowed him to write on my talk page because I was unsure at first but no im convinced as he's begun to ask why certain pages are reverted. E.g. "what's happening with Katy Perry's album"? --Lil-unique1 (talk)
 * Or maybe not. Im just not sure with this one! Lil-unique1 (talk) 23:38, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * When an account stretches back to 2009 and the countless CheckUsers done since January 2010, I really doubt it's Brexx. The lack of "..." by Solotwilight in his/her comments and edit summaries also makes it seem unlikely. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  23:52, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * OH i didn't realise the user had been checked previously. Thanks for that. I didnt think it was but couldnt be too sure. --Lil-unique1 (talk) 00:17, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

What about this one? He/she is using the dreaded elipses which may be a tell-tale sign? --Lil-unique1 (talk) 18:14, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I wonder if banning the use of excessive ellipses would finally get rid of Brexx? One could only hope. IP blocked. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:21, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
For so quickly fixing the typo in the Consent (2010 film) page move. I was actually improving a poorly submitted new article when my laptop fell on the floor! --Kudpung (talk) 04:16, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries at all. Is your floor alright? —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:18, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Aimetis
An article that you have been involved in editing, Aimetis, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/. Thank you.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 11:51, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

DCHS Deleted Article
REF: 04:21, 22 July 2010 Explicit (talk | contribs) deleted "Douglas County Historical Society Museum" ‎ (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.douglashistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=51)

I am a volunteer web designer for the Douglas County Historical Society. However, I am new to Wikipedia and unexperienced with your system of posting information. However, I was asked by the DCHS committee to give their museum presence on wikipedia, and that is what I am attempting to do. The text which I copied from the website is the history of the DCHS which was edited and published by me to begin with. Once the page is started, I then plan to add more pics and info about exhibits at the DCHS museum. Please guide me in the proper way to do this.

Thank you Suppackfan (talk) 01:55, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Suppackfan


 * Hi there, in order for copyrighted text to remain on Wikipedia, the copyright holder of said text (in this case being Douglas County Historical Society Museum) must be released under a free license, such as the public domain, the GNU Free Documentation License, Creative Commons CC-BY or CC-BY-SA, etc. In addition to that, the subject must meet our notability requirements to merit an article here. Particularly, the Douglas County Historical Society Museum must have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. If the subject meets all the criteria, an article can be created for the museum. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:46, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Prod undo
Could you please restore Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto? The character is notable, considering he was recently made into a figure that is part of a limited run, made into another figure, and has appeared in other media (, also a character in Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes). This should confer notability; in addition, it is a practice of WP:TOKU to write articles on the main characters of these television series. As it stands, he is now the only character of this year long television series who is without an article, having appeared in the particular series (Kamen Rider Kabuto) for 11 of its 49 episodes.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 02:37, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

If you do decide to restore the article, could you also restore the two images that went with it (File:Dark Kabuto.JPG & File:Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto - Masked Form.png)? The only reason they were deleted is because their article was.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 02:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, article and files restored. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:46, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Talk page, too? :P— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 06:52, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * D'oh, must have slipped my mind. Restored as well! — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:54, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Madonna
If you are online, please come into the Madonna article as administrative intervention is needed for hte edit warring going on. The concerned edit warriors are not stopping even when being requested to do so. --Legolas ( talk 2 me ) 05:18, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, the two users are discussing the issue on the talk page, so that's a start. At this point, there isn't anything that I can take action on, as both have only reverted twice. I will, however, remind both users about edit warring and 3RR. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:21, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Lets hope its limited to that. And FYI for you, never trust Guiness. Its an evil, bad, bad, bad book. Spank it! --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:26, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Both users warned. Guinness can't be that bad... in comparison to such blasphemous books like Twilight or something. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:28, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Ughh, Twilight? Seiously? Are you trynna throw shade at me Godministrater?.
 * J/k j/k, thanks for your help. The reason I said that statement about Guiness Book of World Records, because they are highly late about updating their data, and that too, referencing non-verifiable sources. See my reply at Talk:Madonna (entertainer). --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:32, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Godministrater? Atheist does not approve. Anywho, if two sources from the same year claim different album/record sales, why not place a range in the article? That's what I had to do with Aaliyah, despite the 32 million albums sold worldwide is blatantly wrong, but a compromise is better than nothing. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ILLUMINATI!!! Finally got cha! Well your suggestion looks really enticing *scuttles back to the Madonna talkpage* --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Isn't Gaga the one with the crazy Illuminati dreams? Silly monster! Hope things work out for the article. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Gimme817 requests unblock
Since you blocked them, you must have access to diffs which show these are the same person, and not two people who both happen to be fans of Ciara. Could you please provide those diffs or other clear evidence so that I can intelligently respond to the unblock request? Thanks! -- Jayron  32  05:40, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Of course. First, WikiStalk rang an alarm for me. The lack of edit summaries and similar editing styles of Gimme817 to CiaraFan4Ever and two other suspected sockpuppets of this user at List of awards and nominations received by Ciara are also quite telling. CiaraFan4Ever edited Alejandro (song) at least twice with their main account, only to come back with a sockpuppet named... , who has the exact editing styles as CiaraFan4Ever and Gimme817. CiaraFan4Ever usually, but not always, to choose usernames somehow related to Ciara and some obsession with numbers in their usernames. "Gimme817" refers to the second single from the album Basic Instinct (note: User:Basic Instinct '10) which is titled "Gimme That" or "Gimme Dat", can't really remember. I can dig up more, if you'd like. I should note a CheckUser request was made in the past here, but it didn't turn out anything helpful, which is where behavioral evidence falls into place. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Categories and Speedy renaming
I have noticed that the Category:Naturalised citizens of Spain doesn't fit into the template, and should of course be Naturalized citizens of Spain. I don't know whether I as a normal user can consider articles for speedy renaming, so could you do that please? Thank you :) Roslagen (talk) 10:43, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * isn't eligible for speedy renaming. Criteria C2.A states: "Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2.C below." As does not follow one convention over the other, the proper form of spelling of the region is used. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:18, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, just wanted to notify you on it. But if there's no consensus, I guess you're right.Roslagen (talk) 09:42, 24 July 2010 (UTC)


 * And we stick with  the spelling  system  that  was used by  the article creator. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kudpung (talk • contribs) 10:28, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

File:The Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship.jpg
There is no free equivalent for this image, which was clearly explained in the licensing of the image. Why did you delete it? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:20, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The image failed to meet point one of the non-free content criteria by a long shot as the image could adequately be described through text. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  00:25, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining.Practically any image "could adequately be described through text", but it is better one time to see than 100 times to hear. It is a unique image, with a very low resolution, and I disagree with your decision to remove it.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:59, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The best I can do at this time is restore the file and take it to WP:FFD to allow the community to comment on it. Would you like to take that route? — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:58, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I sure do, at least it will have some small chance to survive. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 05:18, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Listed at Files for deletion/2010 July 24. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:23, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Squirethatisbrickandred.JPG
Please see User_talk:Fetchcomms - perhaps you can answer the question; I'm not sure quite what happened with File:Squirethatisbrickandred.JPG - I can't see the discussion in PUF for 25 May 2010, and I'm not sure why PD was applied. Thanks,  Chzz  ► 20:38, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw the thread, but I never knew that a statue has to have a copyright notice on it to be protected by copyright even without FOP. I'm a bit confused also.  — fetch ·  comms   20:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * This discussion sure is getting all over the place. I've left a comment at Fetchcomms's talk page. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:52, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw your answer there, and I understand; so - thanks for clarifying. And I thought I'd write this here; the thread on Fetchy's page should be fine to explainify things to the user. cheers,  Chzz  ► 17:50, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

TorporBOT
Thanks for your note. That's pretty funny.  Will Beback   talk    06:42, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

File-class articles
Could I draw your attention to Rename of Image-class to File-class. As you were interested in this previously, perhaps you would be able to help? In particular, perhaps you know how we could get Cydebot to create and delete all these categories? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:06, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Cydebot creates, moves contents and deletes categories that are added to WP:CFDW. The problem with this case is that the categories are populated by template parameters, so the most Cydebot would do is create the targets—it doesn't delete categories until they're emptied. When the Image-class categories are emptied out (presumably by a bot that deals with templates), they could probably be deleted with no hassle afterward. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  18:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Still better than a human having to do it =]. – xeno <sup style="color:black;">talk 18:32, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe it should be done on an iPhone. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  18:35, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Question: would adding 600 categories to WP:CFD/S overload it? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:33, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I would think so, in addition to the fun of tagging all those things. After a certain amount of links, it basically breaks the page—this happened with this colossal nomination, but I'm not entirely sure what that limit is or if these nominations would reach it. A subpage and a link to it at CFDS (Namespace:Blah/Image-Class categories) would probably work. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  23:18, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, as you may have realised I don't really understand all the intricasies of moving categories. What I'm trying to ask is whether Cydebot can help us to move all these categories. If so, perhaps you would be able to do it (or at least get it started to show what needs to be done) as you are familiar with this bot. Do they need to be listed at WP:CFD/W or WP:CFD/S? Do we really need to tag every single category - I would hope not! The alternative is manually creating/deleting all these categories which I am trying to avoid if possible. Thanks &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:14, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I just checked CFDW and Xeno has the ball rolling . The categories are being created by Cydebot and the few that are being deleted were either empty to begin with. Once the rest of the categories are emptied, Cydebot should delete them with no problem. So basically at this point, we're waiting for a bot to change the template parameters from Image to File. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  17:09, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Keep
Thanks. Confusion seemed to have been created by a newly registered editor, though looking at the complexity of things s/he has done in first few days of editing they may, or may not, be new to WP. PamD (talk) 22:27, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. The editor really should discuss their edits, hopefully the move protection will make them do just that. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  22:33, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

D'Link
I just got an image orphaning alert on my talk page a moment ago, and am a little puzzled. Flexx is an artist from the group T.O.K. and the album is, from what I can tell, attributed as much to the group as it is to Flexx himself (other artists from the group also participate in a number of the tracks, granted there are also other special guests). I never got any notification that the article was even being considered for deletion and thus could not participate in these discussions. The group T.O.K. has a total of five albums, of which three are attributed fully to the group and not an individual artist featuring from the group (as on this and another one). Why therefore is this article just instantaneously deleted and I am only notified of the image being orphaned?

Also, I am aware you yourself placed the orphan tag on my page; as this is a discussion related to the article itself, I chose to post a new thread here instead of adding on my page. CycloneGU (talk) 01:11, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The article was proposed for deletion by, so that user can bring more insight of the deletion reason than I can; one can guess Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars failed (by mistake or otherwise) to notify you about it. The prod went uncontested for seven days, hence its deletion. If you're contesting the deletion of the article, it can uncontroversially be restored. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:18, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Personally, I did not see the discussion. Can you please show me where it is?  CycloneGU (talk) 01:19, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Prods don't require discussion, articles are just tagged with prod with a deletion reason. See AFA Press, for example. If a prod is contested after the article was deleted, it can be restored by any admin just by request most of the time. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:26, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah, that explains why I can't find it in anyone's contributions, AfDs, or anything. *LOL* Can you please restore it?  I'll contact Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars regarding the attribution of the article to T.O.K. and see if we can come to some kind of agreement. =)  CycloneGU (talk) 01:28, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅, and I've removed the orphan tag from the file. If Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars would like to pursue further, he's open to initiating an AFD. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:34, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Cheers. I've sent him a msg. as well to see if he has any additional concerns other than notability, since T.O.K. themselves are notable. =)  CycloneGU (talk) 01:39, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

How dare
You delete such an improtant contribution. Do you have no shame? Easter eggs sends you their hate and curse!! --Legolas ( talk 2 me ) 05:16, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The real crime here is your spelling. Do you type to your mother like that? And don't think I didn't see this! — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:19, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That was a direct pointing to the improtant post fail that user did, Godmin. Ugh!!! --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:33, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sir, if you continue your behavior, I'll have to throw out all my eggs just to make my point. I'm not sure what my point is yet. Also, I need suggestions for breakfast, I'm all out of eggs. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:37, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I suggest Paratha, while listening to "Teenage Love Affair"! --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * So that's what that stuff is called. I've had it twice before, it's pretty good. Not a bad choice of song, either. On an unrelated note, I seem to have stumbled across vandalism on one of the images and fixed it over at Commons. Three birds with one stone? I tip my hat to you, good sir. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:59, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * BRAVO! --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 06:39, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Favonian RfA
... thanks! --RegentsPark (talk) 16:47, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  17:09, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Adrian Plass
Hi, you deleted Adrian Plass because it was an expired PROD, looks like I looked for it just too late. Can you userify the article for me please? I'm sure I can find references. Edgepedia (talk) 11:33, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅, userfied at User:Edgepedia/Adrian Plass. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  16:48, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looks in a worst state than I was hoping ... Edgepedia (talk) 04:47, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Images
Really? I thought that those two images both relating to Oregon Community Credit Union were deleted weeks ago. Well thanks anyway for helping clean up. I don't know what I was doing trying to add those images when I could just fairly use the non-free logo. Now I have the "non-free logo" tag on the real logo of the credit union and it seems that my fair use rationale was acceptable, because the tag doesn't mention seven-day deletion. Before that could possibly get deleted, can you confirm that the image is safe? Jsayre64 (talk) 15:43, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Yup, the current image's fair use rationale and license are just fine. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  16:48, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Odd...
I routinely monitor this Pending Changes talk page...and interestingly, between today and yesterday a number of conversations from JUNE made their way into the talk page below all of the July ones. Is this something that should not have happened, or is there a merging taking place of other pages? I'm surprised these aren't just archived ATM... CycloneGU (talk) 22:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The threads seemed to have been moved there by through these edits from four different talk pages: one (redirect), two, three (redirect), four. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  22:47, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Want sum tea?
Come here. Which tea cup do you like old lady hag? Don't let the **male who is into other males** smack you up! --Legolas ( talk 2 me ) 06:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * You kids and your slang, I don't understand anything beyond the first two words of your post. Anywho, I've commented on the discussion. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:17, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Was quite to the point. And who are you calling kid godmin????  --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 06:25, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

CfD response
Please see here I don't know if you check these--you're usually pretty up on CfDs, but who knows? I responded to your (completely correct) objection and I will modify the proposal if you think that what I'm saying makes sense. Please respond there. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:09, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

A warning or a block?
For Mr. Laugh, for continuously vandalising the Madonna albums discography page—even when asked to explain its actions. — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 03:57, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a definite need to discuss the sales. The source from Chicago Sun-Times claims 12 million copies sold worldwide for Confessions on a Dance Floor (published April 2008), while the Marketwire source claims eight million copies sold worldwide (published a month later, May 2008). The edits are, at most, misguided, but they aren't vandalism. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  04:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The marketwire article links to the Warner Bros Press release from 2006. Tee hee hee. — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 04:46, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * J/K. The Timesonline article claims that COADF sold 8 million in 2007, while talking about the year 2006. Hence it seems respectable that the Chicago Sun-Time claiming 12 million after further two years. — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 04:52, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

File:1964 Finn Victors.jpg
Not understanding this at all. I wasn't saying it was replaceable (which "historic" media very easily could be, depending on how it is used, but that's by-the-by)- I said it wasn't needed. We don't need to know what the medalists look like. Could you please reconsider? J Milburn (talk) 12:22, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I think the di-replaceable fair use disputed template threw me off. It's been over a week since I removed the tag, so overturning my decision at this point might not yield the greatest results with the editor(s) interested in keeping the file. Perhaps WP:FFD should be the next step? — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:57, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. It's been orphaned now anyway- thankfully, the WikiProject seems to recognise the images aren't needed. I've tagged it for deletion. J Milburn (talk) 00:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

jetNEXUS
Hello

You recently deleted my contribution titled 'jetNEXUS'. In fact it was my only contribution, which toke me ages to create and submit. For which I had the help of a couple of administrators, and before it was published they assured me it wasn't breaking any Wiki rules. Still its been deleted at which I am seriously upset. So could you maybe tell me how I can recreate it or tell me which of my changes made you delete it.....since it was fine at the beginning obviously being approved intially. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SamehraMalik (talk • contribs) 12:25, 29 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there. The article was originally tagged for deletion by, so that user will bring better insight as to why it was tagged for deletion. From I can tell you by looking at the contents and the deletion summary—which was "Advertisement for a non-notable back office tech business. References are to trade related blogs or routine coverage of financial transactions or test results.  No showing that this business has historical, technical, or cultural significance or long term historical notability"—the problem appeared to be that the company has not received significant coverage from reliable published sources (magazines, websites, newspapers, etc.) to assert notability for organizations and companies. You may want to contact Ihcoyc and ask for more detail. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:57, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Cherokee HTTP Server
Hello, Just would like to know why did you delete the Cherokee HTTP Server article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.184.107.26 (talk) 17:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The article Cherokee HTTP Server was deleted because another editor had proposed it for deletion, which went uncontested for seven days. It appears that the web server was not notable as it did not receive significant coverage from reliable published sources (magazines, websites, newspapers, etc.) to assert notability for web content. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:57, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm just a Cherokee user and actually there is more reference to Cherokee on the web than Hiawatha (web server) or even Boa (web server).200.85.30.149 (talk) 02:20, 30 July 2010 (UTC)


 * The article lacked those inline citations to assert notability, which is probably why it was tagged for deletion. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  02:23, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Irish Yearbook of International Law
Your deletion of the Irish Yearbook of International Law page was somewhat misguided. For a start, only two volumes have been published because it is a relatively new journal. The last journal was not published in 2007 as you imply, but instead the last journal published (in 2009) was the 2007 edition. The next edition is due out on Sunday. It also has a highly and internationally distinguished editorial committee. You presumed it wasn't important based on your own lack of research and knowledge of international law. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.29.184 (talk) 17:34, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Your assumption that I deleted the page based on my research (or lack thereof) is equally as misguided. Another user,, proposed the article for deletion, which went uncontested for seven days, leading to its deletion; it's standard practice. I have absolutely no knowledge or opinion of journal, but the deleting rationale was that of another user—I was simply the deleting admin. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:13, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Page deleted
Hi,

I'm a webmaster for Shakti Dance Company and wanted to create a page for Viji Prakash. I put one of the page info from the website, but due to copyright it has been deleted. Could you please, let me know how I can create a page for the founder of the company without being deleted.

Thank you Irina —Preceding unsigned comment added by A.areena (talk • contribs) 06:34, 31 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there, as you're well aware, your userpage was deleted because it was a copyright infringement of the Shakti Dance Company website. In order to use copyrighted material from the website, the copyright holder of the text (which is most likely the Shakti Dance Company) would have to donate the content and release it under a free license; see our donating copyrighted materials guideline for more information. In addition to that, the subject you wish to create an article for must meet the notability guideline in order to merit inclusion on Wikipedia. I doubt it will be difficult, as a quick Google News search also shows that Viji Prakash appears to notable to some extent. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  06:46, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Nine Mile Run.JPG
I checked the article for the Nine Mile Run and noticed the map wasn't there. Just to let you know, I plan to upload it again. Most likely I forgot to add the licensing tag. FYI, --Chemicalinterest (talk) 12:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Hey
Hey, not meaning to be argumentative so ive gone ahead and uploaded a new image. I think it now passes, as it more antiquity increases the readers knowledge and understanding of the video. What are your thoughts on it now? (CK)Lakeshade ✽ talk2me 02:29, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not meaning to bug but i need a consensus as soon as possible so the file doesnt get deleted (im not sure who decides if it get deleted or not) (CK)Lakeshade ✽ talk2me  21:50, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ehh, I'm indifferent about the new image. Discussions are open for seven days, so there's still time for others to contribute to the discussion. The closing administrator will review the arguments and make a decision in about six days. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  21:53, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Your thoughts would be welcome
Often images and files need to be grouped in Wikipedia into categories. When those files are moved to Commons any such categorisation on Wikipedia is lost. Or. like today, when a tranche of what one might call "file placeholders" that contain only a category (because the file has ben moved to commons) is deleted, the underlying categorisation is lost.

How do you recommend that one categorises such files on Wikipedia? The Commonscat template does not feel appropriate.

The reason I'm asking you this question is that you have just deleted such a tranche of placeholders. Please don't take this as a complaint, for that is not my intention. Either I, or you, or perhaps both of us, have something to investigate and learn from I think. :) Fiddle Faddle (talk) 18:52, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there, if the file is over at Commons—like those that were deleted today were—they should be categorized there, not here. This issue was actually brought up quite recently to WP:CSD, and the consensus of the discussion was that editors should not categorize files on Commons here on Wikipedia, as it's just double the work. These files should instead be categorized at the Commons category Category:Islands in the River Thames, which they all appear to be. The Commons cat template is in the category to direct users of the categorized images on Commons. Naturally, if a file is on Wikipedia and has not yet been moved to Commons, it would make sense in these cases to categorize those files here until they are moved and categorized at Commons. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * It sometimes surprises me how difficult we can make things with consensus opinions like that one :) Many editors, novices and experienced editors alike, will miss the fact that the file is on commons and categorise it in Wikipedia. Now, if we had a bot to take those faux categories and migrate them to commons there would be an excellent idea, and you would have been saved the labour of the deletion that you took on.
 * Equally, the category(ies) on WP are incomplete because one has to refer to a remote category as well as a local category.
 * Ah well, mine is not to reason why. The alleged wisdom of crowds is quite often strange. :) Fiddle Faddle (talk) 21:12, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Response
Thanks for the info. I come from the spanish wikipedia and didn't know about any signature's restrictions. Andreasm just talk to me 04:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for fixing Pierre Laurent, I'll make sure not to mess up with my keyboard again! Manuel Menal (talk) 17:31, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No trouble at all. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  20:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

H. Salt Esquire
Can you please undelete this page and move it to my userspace so I can work on it? I was going to get around to it but it slipped my mind. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:53, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Err, I see you reverted your edit. I had already moved it to User:TenPoundHammer/H. Salt Esquire. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  21:57, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I clicked rollback by accident. I've moved it back to the article space. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:01, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Do you know...
... what is wrong with my user name editcount tool? I did not understand the below two sections where it is asking me to create something called js. Will you help me out? — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 07:18, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey guys, well just putting my two sense here. The "Month Count" as Im sure you know shows you a color (representing whether article, talk, user page etc.) bar for each month since you've started, including the number of edits. This info used to be included, except a few months ago after an upgrade, where its no longer available. Other features included most edited articles, talk pages, user pages and user talk pages, and which they were. Now I agree, I do not know how to do what they ask and would also like to do it and see the information. So please Explicit, if your able to help, I would love to understand it to, thanks :).-- Peter Griffin  &bull;  Talk   08:40, 3 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Basically, you have to opt in to view your month counts and top edited pages. This can be done by creating a subpage at User:Legolas2186/EditCounterOptIn.js (for Petergriffin9901, you create yours under User:Petergriffin9901/EditCounterOptIn.js) with anything in it and it will subsequently show your month counts and top edited pages. You can be my creative subpage, where I created it solely with one space. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  16:55, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * LOL. That was so easy and so weird thing. Thanks. — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 05:15, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Wondering if you could help me with something
I recently posted a page on my boss, Eugene Pack, which was done well and with proper citations and references. I moved it from my subpage to the official wikipedia. For some reason, my boss had a problem with it (don't know why, it was neutral, factually accurate and on no level insulting) and made me delete it. I deleted the contents but not the page with the intention of going back when he had calmed down and making some edits. I was thus surprised to see that the page had been deleted and there was no record of any previous incarnations from either the wiki page or my subpage. Is there any way I can access it? Thanks, and in the future I will be sure to save my work. i was just surprised this happened so quickly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingferris1 (talk • contribs) 06:57, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've restored the article Eugene Pack. Articles are typically tagged and deleted under the speedy deletion criteria if the creator blanks the page. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  22:07, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Lol
That was quite to-the-point and teenys harsh. I have never seen you lose cool. That user must have been a havoc. — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 04:58, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That wasn't be losing my cool, that was me being stern. The user was hell, but a range block took care of him quite nicely. —  ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  05:27, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

IC Manage Deletion
Hi Explicit,

I just now noticed that you flagged the 'IC Manage' Wikipedia page, which was then deleted in late July. This happened to me over a year ago earlier for another page I created in the same industry, and I went through a process with another Wikipedia admin (Deb) to remedy it to her satisfaction. She okay'd my new version of that page after I did research showing that independently written articles were acceptable to Wikipedia, as long as the editors had a reputation for independent writing and research.

Someone then deleted the IC Manage page (which I did not originate) and I recreated it using the same technique that Wikipedia admin had okay'd. I used  no press release postings, but instead carefully selected sources that were articles from our industry's top publications where the independent reporter or editor did additional research before covering the topic matter. I greatly shortened IC Manage's page from what was originally written because I limited it to where there were resources available.

The editor that had deleted the original IC Manage Wikipedia page said he was satisfied with the new page I had created.

I am not sure if you are familiar with the industry where I monitor and institute content for Wikipedia, but it is 'Electronic Design Automation' - aka Chip Design software for semiconductor companies. Since it is not a consumer industry, you may not immediately recognize it as 'notable'. However, it is extremely technical and thus Wikipedia has been growing in importance for technical content for engineers to better understand this technology. Because the technology is not directed to consumers, the big pubs like NYTimes and Wall Street Journal simply do not write about it. It is more covered by trades instead.

I would appreciate it if you would please reinstate the IC Manage page. To give you some background, below is a link to the discussion I went through with another Wikipedia admin on a similar page, along with the other editor on IC Manage page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mukis

Also, below are other Wikipedia pages on companies in that space that have few if any references: (I was not involved with them, but am listing them to show that these pages are intact with limited external citations for content, while I was careful to cite references for all statements made. (Yes they are public companies, but I am talking about the content having clear citations.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synopsys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_Design

I appreciate that Wikipedia admins are trying to keep Wikipedia content useful - so I am careful to contribute objective useful content with credible independent sources (e.g. no bloggers).

Thanks, Mukis (talk) 20:30, 6 August 2010 (UTC) Mukis


 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|18px]] Done - as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request. — ξ <sup style="color:#000000;">xplicit  01:07, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

the sock puppet mess
Just want to thank you for unblocking me and apologising, I think it would be cool if we could start fresh, and don't worry everyone makes mistakes, no ones perfect right, so lets just put this whole thing behind us now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayman95 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Template:List of Colors
That's ok. I suppose I could use it as a redirection even though not entirely the same topic. It will support why the portuguese version template of the same name is on the color topics template. Thanks anyways. Jhenderson777 (talk) 19:08, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkpages
Hi. You have recently deleted a bunch of my F2 nominations, thanks for that. But, just want to let you know that you forgot to G8 some of those files: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Thanks and regards. Rehman(+) 01:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm back :) & thanks
After an extended absence, not of my choosing, I'm finally back! 2 problems at the same time in January... New boss at work who restricted all 'non-necessary/non-work related' internet & computer use (complained that band-width use was too high), even after hours, which is when I did my wiki stuff. & my laptop computer died in the same week. Have now replaced the laptop, & can get back to work here. It'll take a while to work through the talk page, at least the stuff that's still relevant! Ciao - & keep up the good work. Skier Dude ( talk ) 04:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Sock block please
Another ElPilotoDi sock. Indef please. User:MadonnaPenguin. — <i style="color:blue;">Legolas</i> ( talk 2 me ) 05:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Sir Please give Semi Protection to the Himesh Reshammiya article
Please give Semi protection to the Himesh Reshammiya article indefinitely,it is being vandalised by unknown people.The people vandalising the article have no respect for anyone and dont listen to reason. this is the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himesh_Reshammiya please give indefinite semi protection to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.204.139.224 (talk) 17:33, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Gearslutz discussion
I am having some opposition at this discussion, and apparantely one of them has threatened me w/blocking for the recent edits I made to Voodoo (D'Angelo album) and The Root concerning a video interview source and the Gearslutz source (only for Elevado's info on his own individual work). User:Jrod2 said "U cant use what Elevado said about Hunter at gearslutz or any other place period. It makes no difference if ya find another source; ya just cant add that type of content regarding LP". I would really appreciate some help. Dan56 (talk) 23:05, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Pretzky Anderson?
Hello. When I saw a user named PrivacyAnderson editing a few days ago, I said aloud to myself, "Pretzky", and looked to see how fast you blocked his sock account this time. Instead I found this. Okay, you know him better than I do. Now somebody with the user name 74Anderson774 is making edits to Nelly 5.0 similar to the other Anderson account. Are you sure they're not Pretzky socks? Or are they just socks of each other? (I don't know anything about Pretzky myself yet, except what I've seen at SPI and on the Nelly 5.0 page.) Regards, &mdash; JohnFromPinckney (talk) 21:28, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Jackie Evancho
I've done some work on her article here today after seeing her on America's Got Talent - I think it's safe to say that by the time the results air Wednesday nite, she'll be as notable as Susan Boyle was after her debut in Britain (or at least pretty damn close). Her performance literally blew everyone away, which is remarkable for a 10 year old girl.

NEway, the reason I'm writing you ATM - my spidey senses are tingling. She was not a notable person until today, I believe, despite having a self-released album of cover material (which I took the liberty of creating an article for this evening). But her Wikipedia article appeared on November 5, 2009. Thus, I have a suspicion either she is the person who created it, or someone who knows her personally did so under the ID of Binlied2 (which simply redirects to the article). Nothing is visible on the talk page. Might this be worth checking into? Or should I hit my Reset button somewhere in my brain? CycloneGU (talk) 04:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

M.I.A.
Hi there! I've had a go at revamping the M.I.A. article with several new sections. Still in the process. Please give your opinion on the M.I.A. article under "Politics" section regarding User:Exander's insistence on it being kept. He seems perfectly content with the new sections, but wants it all repeated in a section with the title "politics" and I don't understand why. Thank You. Lifebonzza (talk) 16:29, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello how are you?
i am XxAyaXx it is nice to meet you. plz resopnd to this i think this would be a great way to get to know each other! =) —Preceding unsigned comment added by XxAyaXx (talk • contribs) 20:14, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Query: G8 deletion of UKnow4Kids
Greetings, Explicit. I just noticed that you had deleted my page on August 3 describing the UKnow4Kids Linux distribution for reason G8. I had not been aware that I had linked to non-existent content, but I would be happy to fix the problem. I'm a Wikipedia neophyte, so how should we proceed? intelligo 19:45, 15 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Entj1963 (talk • contribs)

Alex Marquez
You recently deleted Alex Marquez. I think I want to contest the prod but figure it would be best to add some sources and get it cleaned up. Would you mind shooting it over to my userspace?Cptnono (talk) 01:42, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Mariah Carey albums discography
Please leave your comment HERE. Baratayuda (talk) 07:34, 17 August 2010 (UTC)