User talk:FlyingToaster/Archive 1

hey
hey girl, you on? got some issues on my page. no prob, though. MidKnightHunter (talk) 20:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

yeah
no, it was solved, something about "violating" laws or some bullcrap from a joke I made on a talk page for some cheap lulz. MidKnightHunter (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Aww
Thanks! [ roux  ] [ x ] was prince of canada 05:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Legal loopholee
I refuse to delete something that is true, Nothing there is false. They are all real rumors. Please stop tagging it for deletion. I shall link this to the movie, Mighty Ducks, D3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg1001 (talk • contribs) 06:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Double Blue (Talk) 07:08, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

And correcting this as well. :-) Double Blue  (Talk) 07:49, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

G4
Hi there, I've noticed that you've incorrectly tagged a couple of articles as G4 that I've deleted recently. Please note that G4 only applies to articles that have been deleted via deletion discussion. It's not too big of a deal (and it's a common mistake), but I thought that you might like to know. Thanks, Ice Cold Beer (talk) 05:18, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Fiona
Thanks for reverting a non-notable addition to Fiona -- but you missed the preceding edits by a slightly different IP user. It's always worth checking recent history when reverting on anthroponymy pages.

I love your user name, and that's the real reason I'm leaving a comment here! - Fayenatic (talk) 12:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Rfa Spam
Thank you so much for your support on my RFA, which today passed unanimously. I will do my best to make sure that I don't let any of you down. If you ever need any help with anything, feel free to ask me, i'll be happy to. Thanks again--Jac16888 (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Zamboanga del Sur Maritime Institute of Technology
I've declined the speedy tag you placed on Zamboanga del Sur Maritime Institute of Technology. The reason I declined it is because the page isn't an advertisement - it's the name of an educational institution and contact information. For your information, עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:54, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello!
Henry Jarecki is a legendary figure in the world of commodities. He deserves to have an entry. An innovator in finance as the moving force behind moviefone. He is a driving force in scientific inquiry with respect to Caribean environmental diversity. Kellykaems (talk) 12:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd really enjoy counter-vandalism more if there were money involved.
But then again, I'd enjoy many things more if there were money involved. Half Shadow  03:24, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Romanian military personnel
Hi FlyingToaster, just giving you a quick heads-up here. I wanted you to see the revisions I made to the last five articles you created:
 * Constantin St. Anton
 * Barbu Alinescu
 * Paul Alexiu
 * David Popescu (Brigadier-General)
 * Ilie Antonescu

I found better categories for these articles, which you may not have been aware of. I hope this helps you. --Eastlaw (talk) 06:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle
Contact an administrator if your Twinkle tool doesn't work. Marshall T. Williams (talk) 15:34, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle
My error. JohnCD doesn't use Twinkle. I use it. If you have problems, contact me. Marshall T. Williams (talk) 00:19, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

John Linehan (basketball) Speedy Deletion
The guy is the current NCAA career steals leader, three-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, and a former NABC Defensive Player of the Year award winner. Clearly notable. I would recommend at least doing a Google search on the guy before nominating for speedy deletion, much less regular deletion.--User:2008Olympianchitchatseemywork 05:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't mean to be snippy, it was just that the speedy delete was very quick and unexpected, I should have had more references than I did. I thought that his Iba Award was enough to have him meet WP:NOTEDPLAYER, but he got some national AP coverage too when he set the mark that I hadn't yet included.--User:2008Olympianchitchatseemywork 06:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

William Pomerance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pomerance

Saw you tagged this for deletion, but visiting the page it's no longer tagged. Would support a speedy delete, but don't really know the process. Let me know if i can help. Though the name is common enough as a jewish name, there's no links to anything that show's he's a jew; there's also no links to anything that shows he was definitely a communist, though there is a link to 50-year old testimony in which one person accuses him, in a non-specific way, of being a communist. Other than that it's a link farm to "Accuracy in media" (a right wing opinion shop), some guy named persevero's blog, and an old thread on an internet forum with a "list of jews" from disney. There's something creepy about this tiny little article... Bali ultimate (talk) 00:24, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the note, Bali ultimate. After looking this up, I absolutely agree with you that the label of Pomerance as a communist is irresponsible and unsourced, especially since Pomerance denied Disney's claim (which Disney himself admitted was unsourced).  However, I do think that Pomerance is notable enough for a Wikipedia article, and so is Disney's accusation of him.  So, I've edited the article to reflect this, and will notify the original editors and keep watching the entry to make sure that further information is neutral and sourced.  I'll try to add more info to this article when I can. - Flying Toaster  01:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Cool. I hope we can remove the "jewish" reference as well. Unless someone was involved in advancing their faith (or fighting battles about their faith) or whatever, it just never seems approproriate. It's like "Babe Ruth a Baptist who played baseball tktktk."Bali ultimate (talk) 01:41, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I did remove the Jewish bit, because there was no reliable source that said it. However, I do think that a person's religion is an acceptable piece of information to add if they have a more in-depth article.  On many celebrities, you'll find that they have an "infobox" describing information such as their hometown and birthplace.  This is an acceptable place to put someone's religion.  However, calling someone a "Jewish communist" in the first line of an article is far from neutral human interest.  - Flying Toaster  01:42, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

It's not really important, but the article creator is seeking to add back in irrelevant external links to blogs and partisan websites on the argument that such external links are "useful for expanding the article." This is obviously a small matter either way (how many people are going to look at this entry anyway) but since you got involved once and i've made further changes, thought you might like to know. I informed the editor Trojancowboy at his/her talk page.


 * Thanks for the note, Bali ultimate. I should mention that I and other editors have a history with Trojancowboy and his malicious edits - he is being watched.  - Flying Toaster  21:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

uh...wtf?
wtf happend to your page? now you have like, three answers. what did I miss over the past three weeks?MidKnightHunter (talk) 00:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * They're in the archives. archives. - Flying Toaster  01:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

srry.
I was having a bad day. I know my actions were inexcusable, so I removed them. can we still be friends? that is if you still wanna. I just was watching TV and saw the debates and propaganda, I guess I just kind of lost it. but thats no excuse. I'm so sorry. =( MidKnightHunter (talk) 17:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

pictures?
how do you put pictures on wikipedia? (as you can see, I'm really stupid) =) MidKnightHunter (talk) 19:08, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Help:Image [ roux  ] [ x ] 19:11, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

thanks!
a bunch! MidKnightHunter (talk) 19:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

porn =(
my cousin down loaded, like a gig of porn, and he blames me! can you belive it? MidKnightHunter (talk) 22:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Er, sorry to hear that I guess... - Flying Toaster  23:18, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

hi
so how u doin? anything new going on? MidKnightHunter (talk) 20:35, 28 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey MidKnightHunter. I really don't mean to sound rude, but I use my talk page and Wikipedia in general to talk about Wikipedia.  Much as I love the people here, I don't see it as a social network or a place to just shoot the breeze.  Please leave messages here related to Wikipedia, and if you want to talk about other things you may really like Wikipedia IRC.  Thanks.  :D  - Flying Toaster  20:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Obama
Just an FYI, Hussein is Barack Obama's middle name.  Grsz  Review!  02:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, please review the FAQ and talk page archives if interested, but it is definitely the accepted / consensus / normal practice here. Love your user page, btw.  Here's an odd little tidbit. - Wikidemon (talk) 02:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Adopted Wikione
Great thanks for adopting a newbie like me, Empireheart —Preceding unsigned comment added by Empireheart (talk • contribs) 11:12, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer, any help would be good, just want to make sure my work meets Wikipedia standards. I would also like to produce more content. So in the end it may be just be bold and jump in. Thanks for your help savasas (talk) 01:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

HUZZAH!
That's my userpage right now, but you deserved one all of your own. [ roux  ] [ x ] 06:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

looking back
I was looking back at some of the rplys from old times. I seriously can't get enough of my awesome friends like you! MidKnightHunter (talk) 17:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Unexplained revert
Why? 58.8.17.32 (talk) 08:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yo. I thought you accidentally deleted that section.  Added back now.  - Flying Toaster  08:08, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. 58.8.17.32 (talk) 08:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Image:Barack-obama-mother.jpg
An editor has asked for a of Image:Barack-obama-mother.jpg. Since you were interested in the, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 86.166.86.153 (talk) 14:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting vandalism to my user talk page, I really appreciate it! Here's a cookie for your efforts. --Tyler |  Talk  -  Contributions  | 06:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Untitled
I was trying to improve the page so that it does not look like advertisement. Why have you deleted my changes? 24.242.19.236 (talk) 07:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey there 24.242.19.236. If you get a speedy deletion tag on your page but are in the middle of changing it, you can add hangon in curly brackets to the page in order for it not to be deleted. - Flying Toaster  07:28, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Joseph Shelton
I'm sorry, but I honestly do not understand what is destructive about my edit here. I wrote the article. Anything I do is simply trying to improve it. I mass deleted some stuff because it was false, and I wanted to get rid of it before the article as a whole was deleted. STLisbetterthanChicago (talk) 09:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

That does help! I apologize for any problem! Thanks!STLisbetterthanChicago (talk) 09:07, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

unsigned comment
dude dont delet my shit its my brothers brith day gift so please dude get outa my girll u dig?


 * I'm not in your girl, but I was in your mom yesterday. - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  21:12, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * ! [ roux  » x ] 21:16, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

unknown
the gold cup page i was just trying to create is about a drinking game that created by my friends and I and needs a wiki page because it is spreading nationwide to universities and colleges such as Tufts, Boston College, and Washington University in St.Louis. No source is available because it was created by us. I don't know what to do??? -User:Patriots427


 * Hey Patriots427. Wikipedia is not for things you made up one day.  You can read all about it on  Wikipedia is not for things you made up one day. - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  21:10, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Reporting vandals
Thank you for your edit to my talk page. I wasn't sure if you were watching it (I'm assuming you aren't), so please see that entry for my response.Cory Fryling (talk) 04:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The Frank and Jess Story
Hi; I've added a hangon tag to The Frank and Jess Story; please see the discussion page if you wish to make arguments in support of speedy deletion. --bd_ (talk) 05:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Page protection on Nobel Peace Prize
Hi there! Did you mean to request full protection for this page? As I understand it full protection will effectively lock the page off to editors, whereas I presume you want to protect it from IPs? I may, of course, be completely wrong! --Ged UK (talk) 10:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Ged UK. I did mean semi-protect actually, because it seems like the vandalism going on in Nobel Peace Prize is for users who are not auto-confirmed.  Full protection would mean only admins can edit it, and that seems like overkill for a few rambunctious IP addresses that will probably go away in an hours. - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  10:34, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's what I thought! I suspect an admin would have noticed and semi-protected anyway, but thought I ought to check! --Ged UK (talk) 10:45, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Toasters are cool
It has been a real busy week for me, plan to get back to Wikipedia after the weekend. Maybe add some material from my research, of course not include my original research but stick to the sources. I have a idea about creating an article about a general World Crisis article. This has been talked about in many intellectual circles, there is a page for the environmental crisis and financial crisis, etc, etc, So intellectuals like Ervin László have several theories towards possible solutions for the general World Crisis. This could a general project that would place many solutions to the general crisis. Sorry getting into my research but you did ask. savasas (talk) 11:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Cain
Don't lock the topic, there needs to be a general disambiguation page that includes both Cain & Abel.

Panarchy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panarchy (talk • contribs) 09:45, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Panarchy. Since we have a disambiguation page for Cain and for Abel, a term that includes both I think should go in that page.  - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  09:47, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * So you're not denying that there should be a page that encompasses both words and an ampersand?

--Panarchy (talk) 14:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Punctuation has nothing to do with it, I just think a title with Cain & Abel in it may be easier to find at the Cain and Abel disambiguation pages. But I also don't feel particularly strongly about it, so create the page you want and I can fix the style. - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  18:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Adopt me
Thanks for repoting to me Roux left. But now i have no one to teach me anything. could you adopt me?


 * Absolutely, consider yourself adopted. :) - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  21:31, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support!
Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future!--Aervanath lives in <b style="color:green;">the Orphanage</b> 19:35, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

thank you!!!
all right, I'll start right now! MidKnightHunter (talk) 19:11, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

RE: User:Rezanasab
Would you mind taking the articles to AfD to gain a wider consensus? The two can be bundled together, of course, since they're about the same person. A G4 deletion is preferable to an A7. Thanks. Glass  Cobra  10:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yep, you're right and I will if it comes again. I've been talking with the IRC Wikipedia channel about it, but clearly AfD would be better. - <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  10:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi FlyingToaster - thanks for your message. Very sad to hear that Roux has left. If you're in touch with him please pass on my regrets, and thank him for the help he gave me.

If you're sure you're in the market for taking on another batch of wikiurchins I'd love for you to adopt me. (Though I should warn you that being passed from broken home to broken home like this, I'm bound to turn out behaviourally challenged ~_^) I'd been working through Roux's adoption program on User:Gonzonoir/Adoption, and would be keen to carry on from there.

Thanks for stepping up to do this. It's more than kind of you. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:11, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi - sorry to prod on this, but are you interested? I've got some adoptee-type questions I need to ask someone, and I'll go and sign up with someone else if not. Cheers. Gonzonoir (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Gonzonoir! Yeah, I'm up to it if you're interested.  I will give Roux your regrets and thank him.  And we know that you're probably a behavioral lost cause at this point, destined to lead a life of good-time ladies and big band music.  Hey, everyone's gotta take a cause to make them feel self-righteous.  Carrying up on that adoption page looks like a good plan, let's do dees.  As for your adoptee-type questions, hit me ya punk.  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  17:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * *slugs you* Bam! That's awesome, cheers. I'll update my adoptee user box whatsname.
 * OK, my question: today I was copyediting Karl M. Baer, a newish article with content mostly written by a single user, the originator. She's obviously gone to lots of trouble to put together a thorough piece, including - according to the Talk page - translating stuff from non-English sources. That's left the article with one section, a direct quote, that reads pretty clunkily. I'd like to clean it up, but if the translation itself is third-party text, that's obviously a bad idea. So I want to talk to the user about it, but could use some tips first on:
 * Are we OK to produce our own translations of third-party material, or does that constitute OR?
 * Is a big block quote like that even a good idea in the article? Might it be better if I just paraphrased the quote, in clearer English, instead?
 * Yeah!
 * I'm not quite sure where to find policy notes on this, so thought maybe you could point me in the right direction. Cheers! Gonzonoir (talk) 19:50, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yo yo yo. WP encourages you to go ahead and do translations.  It's held under the same rules as paraphrasing rather than OR.  As long as it's referenced correctly, anyone's free to improve the translation.  As far as the big block quote - well that's always a bit of a personal opinion question.  I always try to avoid large quotes unless the quote itself is notable.  If it's only relating information, I'd go ahead and paraphrase it.  In the case of Martha, I think the quote doesn't really add much on its own and would be better as a paraphrase.  So, I encourage you to go ahead and do it.  You don't even need to ask the user first - you're changing style rather than content, and if your edit is questioned you can always go to the talk page.  WP encourages you to stray on the side of boldness, so go for it!  I'd tell you to make sure and add an edit summary, but you've been doing that very well already. :)  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  20:08, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Grand. That's done. Being terribly British the old Be Bold injunction still trips me up sometimes, but now the deed's done. Cheers! Gonzonoir (talk) 10:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Uumm, what the?
Hello Flying Toaster.

I just started an article, and it got tagged for speedy deletion.

Did I do something wrong?

ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! (talk) 22:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello FlyingToaster.


 * Thank you for removing the Tag for speedy deletion.


 * I am sincere about following the rules of Wikipedia, and trying to contribute this article. I will endeavour to put my best-foot-forward and follow the rules step-by-step, and "see what happens".  Again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute.


 * Sincerely, ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! (talk) 22:18, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello Flying Toaster.

I just wrote an article five minutes ago, you tagged for speedy deletion.

People need time to write an article you know?

Hey
Lol, Np. Doing my job. ^^ Cheers! M.H. <sup style="font-size: 9pt;color:#169">ITrue Romace iS Dead 01:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

so called sock puppet
i am not a so called "sock puppet". my friend created the Molasky Wikipedia page and i edited it and then made my own page to try and spead awareness of the sport. (Tjhill (talk) 01:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC))

who gets to decide if its notable or not? (Tjhill (talk) 01:55, 19 November 2008 (UTC))

so just because we dont have reliable sources cited on the page it is not notable? thats rediculous, because as was stated on the page it is a new sport that is being established, in which case there is a very small chance that we have any sources to cite on our page but that does not decrease the reality of Molasky or the truth behind the page that was unrightously deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjhill (talk • contribs) 02:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

thats ridiculous —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjhill (talk • contribs) 02:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

sorry
i didnt mean to i was just seeing what the edit thing ment(Tjhill (talk) 02:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC))


 * You have one more chance, so I strongly recommend you don't commit vandalism again.  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  02:21, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Move of Criticism of Mountaintop Removal Mining
Should that really have been moved? I have no preference one way or another, but I thoguht that only the first word was capatalized...--Kelapstick (talk) 06:50, 19 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Kelapstick. I moved it because I looked on the company's website and saw that they capitalize all of the words in their name.  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  06:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

HotCat for Dab pages
I noticed your summary on Phelan (and thanks for dealing with the vand'm on it). I've noticed HotCat but don't use it, so perhaps you can help me: I've already fixed it, to the template that the vand presumably trashed. BTW, i love your handle; my guess is that i saw a graphic it would describe before meeting WP, tho i don't remember where, and i don't recall paying attention to you before, but the handle is a day-brightener. Thanks again, --Jerzy•t 22:41, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Did it actually suggest Category:Disambiguation to you?
 * 2) If so, did it also mention either Category:Disambiguation pages or Disambig?
 * 3) If you know, does it take a developer to change those suggestions, or can an admin do so?


 * Hey there Jerzy. With hotcat, you actually start typing a category and it will fill in the rest for you - then you select it from a list.  Unfortunately this doesn't always work very well.  When you're looking at an article without any categories, it's not always easy to guess which apply.  But, for disambiguation pages this is pretty quick.  It mentioned "Disambiguation" as well as "Category:Disambiguation."  Also, Flying Toasters\\ is a reference to the Berkeley Systems early Mac screensaver from After Dark. :) - [[User:FlyingToaster|<font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  04:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your guidance! OK, the good news is that you seem to be the only one doing it. Please don't: That cat is for pages about Dab'n, and templates for implementing Dabs. Please use Disambig or even Dab instead. TIA. --Jerzy•t 23:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Acceleration
Hi FlyingToaster, Pls do not delete my article on Grey Group Asia Pacific. I've just edited somemore. Pls see if this is ok and could you pls lift off the tag. If not, pls let me know what I can do to maintain the article here in wikipedia. Thanks very much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acceleration (talk • contribs) 10:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Edit summaries
I was patrolling the new pages list, and I enjoyed your edit summaries that you provided while creating all those disambiguation pages. Its nice to see something comedic once in a while on Wikipedia! Just thought I'd let you know. Have a good night (or day depending on where you are!) - Killiondude (talk) 08:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks Killiondude. I definitely think that my edit summaries on Wikipedia disambiguation pages are what make my life interesting.  And now, to re-sort my sock drawer!   <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  08:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Confession book
It's not a test (or vandalism, if that was a euphemism). I'm trying to create a redirect to Confession album, but it doesn't seem to be working right. N p holmes (talk) 17:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I actually figured that out once I saw the Confession album article. :)  I saw "album" and figured it was a music album rather than a document, and redirecting from a book was a mistake, my bad!  Anyway, I took off the tag and fixed your redirect.  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  17:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw you'd fixed it. Many thanks. N p holmes (talk) 17:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Embroidered shawl
Hi FylingToaster. Just to inform you that instead of speedy deleting the page, I redirected it to Manila shawl. They're somewhat related. --Efe (talk) 07:30, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, don't add admin, just Efe. Shawl is fine, in a broader sense, but Manila shawl is an embroidered shawl, so I thought of redirecting it there instead of deleting, and the fact that the editor wrote there "You can see Manila shawl". --Efe (talk) 07:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * But my first reaction was kinda awkward. Anyway, thanks for that and so much for this. Let's get back to work. Yes, not all embroidered shawls and Manila shawls. I think its fine to redirect it to shawls to be safe, but why not ask the creator? --Efe (talk) 04:08, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Six Magics
Thanks for creating Six Magics and Hans-Heinrich Sievert! cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 18:44, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Request for Advice
Hello Flying Toaster.

The Wikipedian Ckatz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ckatz has placed a deletion Tag on my article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventions_for_Long-Form_and_Short-Form_Names_of_Countries

I am adding content to my article slowly.

How fast do I have to add stuff before CKatz deletes it?

Thank you for any advice that you could give me.

Sincerely, Don

ArmchairVexillologistDonLives! (talk) 21:54, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Romanian Generals
Hi. I see you're creating a bunch of stubs on Romanian generals (of somewhat dubious notability). I can't stop you from doing so, but could I at least ask you to try and place diacritics where appropriate, so someone doesn't have to come do that later? For instance, Ilie Creţulescu not Cretulescu, Petre Cameniţă not Camenita, and so forth. If you don't know what the proper diacritics are, you may find them here. -- Biruitorul Talk 05:58, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'll go fix them. But I'm also concerned about what you said about notability - I'd rather not waste time if some of these guys aren't notable.  Do you have any opinion over what makes a general notable?  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  06:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, and if there are any you're having trouble with, I'll help you out. Regarding notability, I think a key test is: will this always be a three-line article basically saying the man existed, or does it have potential to develop into, say, 4-5 paragraphs? Regarding Romanian generals specifically, I'd say that (as a rule) Marshals are always notable (but then again, there were just 3 of them), and 4-star generals generally so. With 3-, 2- and 1-star generals, it's a bit more iffy. They'd almost surely survive AfD, but most of them probably wouldn't make very compelling articles either. Perhaps a list format might work better? Anyway, those are my preliminary thoughts. Looking forward, I suggest temporarily halting until you get a more informed opinion from User:Eurocopter tigre, the Romanian military expert here, as well as a Military History WikiProject coordinator. I've asked him to comment here, and if what he says differs from what I suggested, by all means disregard me on this. -- Biruitorul Talk 06:31, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem and no need to apologize: who knows, maybe some of those generals will, one day, get longer articles. Even now, they're definitely more interesting than random football players! -- Biruitorul Talk 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Considering the fact that World War II was quite notable, any generals who took part in it are notable enough to have articles here - I don't think there are many british or german generals without an article on english wiki, even if they are not very famous/their actions did not affect the course of the war :). Anyway, in my opinion it's good that we create stubs for such low-importance generals, but if you are really interested in this I suggest to focus on the articles regarding notable generals (such as Grigorescu, Dragalina, Constantinescu, Dumitrescu, etc). Also, I invite you to add your name here if you would like to join the Romanian Military history task force. Best regards, --Eurocopter (talk) 13:16, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
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Mitchell (surname)
I created this page by moving the long list of names from the dab page Mitchell. I see that a bot tagged this new page as a possible copy of the dab page, then you changed it to a redirect and then reverted back to my version. Is it OK now? I thought what I did fit the pattern I saw with similar changes. Maybe I should have saved the dab page changes before saving the new page. Let me know if you see any issues with my having done this. Thanks! Auntof6 (talk) 06:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user
Hello FlyingToaster. Thank you for your kind note and for the cookie! It was very sad that Roux decided to leave. I am very grateful to him for his help. I did find his adoption program useful and I would like to finish it off if you are sure you don't mind taking on yet another adoptee. Just so you know, I am not the most active of users (real life keeps getting in the way!) but I come on here when I get the chance. Safflle (talk) 00:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi thank you for adopting me :-) It's very kind of you. I've added a new userbox to my page. So I now have two! My adoption program is at User:Safflle/Adoption. Many thanks, Safflle (talk) 01:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

The Point Fosdick Institute Challenges Your Deletion
In light of a recent deletion facilitated on your behalf, the Point Fosdick Institute of Social Sciences would like to challenge you to a debate on international television. The Debate will allow us to defend the opinions that we have expressed freely, which you have seen fit to remove from a so called free website. Our people would like to hold the debate within the upcoming two months but are willing to be flexible depending on your schedule. Please be punctual with your response. The Point Fosdick Institute takes its reputation very seriously.

We can be reached at PFinstitute@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by PFinstitute (talk • contribs) 08:31, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

RE: RE: The Point Fosdick Institute
During the debate each side will have twenty minutes to make an opening statement and ten minutes for a rebuttal. The starting side will be chosen via a coin toss to be held at the site of the debate. The topic would be to resolve the validity of our essay on Herr Evans, and to maintain the reputation of the Point Fosdick Institute of Social Sciences. Unfortunately our institute lacks the monetary funding to buy airtime on one of the larger television networks, so we have made a deal with a local university to simulcast our debate to whoever would like to view it. Please respond with a time and date that suits your needs. (PFinstitute (talk) 19:09, 28 November 2008 (UTC))

I'm sorry
Hey... I am sorry... but there had been too much irrelevant information in Tampines Junior College's article and is it okay if I just remove them?  Ruennsheng  (Talk)   10:05, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly, please go ahead!  <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  23:39, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Franz Schubert (film)
The next time, please observe the "UnderConstruction"-Template. I intentionally used it, because I was in the process of translating the article. Greets, --Darev (talk) 07:49, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

mkay
okay. :)MidKnightHunter (talk) 00:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Agreement on Crisis
Yes, I agree with you after working on it, I felt that I did not have enough independent NPOV sources to rely on. I guess it just wanting to get into adding to Wikipedia, but the important factor is I found an article global crisis that is along the lines I was planning. for me its just a matter of time before the world crisis becomes like the cold war or the great depression, but if wikipedia was around in 1931, would there be an article called Great Depression. SO the big thing is NPOV. I will continue editing and sourcing, it feeds the little academic within. savasas (talk) 01:30, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in my RfA
I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for your kind words and for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 23:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

A question after all
Just realised I did have something to ask: I've seen some edits replacing → <font color=#0036ff>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC). If you can live with a slightly different shade of blue you can shave off three more characters with → <font color=#03f>Flying <font color=#e41a1a>Toaster  18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC) and three more with a noticeably different shade of red:  → <font color=#03f>Flying <font color=#e22>Toaster  18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC) Cheers,  Amalthea  18:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I thought the font tag was deprecated? —Nn123645 (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * It sure is in the HTML spec, but we are writing wiki code here. The MediaWiki could easily render a font tag as a span with the appropriate CSS styles, if it were inclined to. -- Amalthea 21:44, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Using is bad style nowadays but my point was the messiness of the code, not the shortness. Yes, it can be made shorter but I'd prefer correct XHTML.  So  Why  21:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

James Willis Hopkins
I noticed your comment on User talk:Washingblack about the above. While I agree that these articles are probably hoaxes, can I just point out that someone born in Belfast would actually be very likely to have joined the British Army. Until the early 20th century a very large proportion of the British Army was Irish - a much higher proportion than the proportion of Irish people in the population of the British Isles as a whole. Up to 40% of some nominally English, Scottish and Welsh regiments were in fact Irish, and that's not including the several regiments which were actually nominally Irish. The Duke of Wellington himself was an Irish Protestant (although he didn't like to be reminded of the fact). -- Necrothesp (talk) 00:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Anne Kronenberg
Wow! That went from redlink to fine, fine article in 24 hours. Thank you for that.  A  Train ''talk 03:55, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

help with perfect 10 vs visa
Hi flyingtoaster! long time no talk! i am done writing the perfect 10 vs visa case. I have not posted it on wikipedia because i would like your help on how exactly to do it. do you have an email where i can send you a microsoft word version of my work? i fear it will take me twice as long if i tried posting it on wikipedia alone.. so if you can help me, let me know! thank you so much! -jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

In other news
Great job with speedy tagging. I'm either rejecting or cleaning up after about a third of the speedy tags I find for one reason or another; yours are always right. (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 03:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

perfect 10 vs visa
Hi flyingtoaster! I've posted the article on the stub you sent me. Is it at all possible that you help me post the actual article? If not, I will have to try to figure out how to properly post my first wikipedia article. Either way, I look forward to your instructions.. Thanks for any help! -Jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

perfect 10 v. visa
Hi Flyingtoaster, Is it possible to move my paper from the sandbox to the actual P10 v. Visa page now? It's 90% done, except for the tagging which I still haven't figured out how to do yet.. Thank you a bunch! -jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

perfect 10 v. visa
hey flyingtoaster, i figured out how to tag words! yay. i still don't know how to cite quotations. for example, if i mention copyright law article 17 section 101, i would like to provide a link to the law itself at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_00000101000-.html anyway, any help at any time would be appreciated. thanks again for all your help! -jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjack182 (talk • contribs) 00:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Question dans le bleu
Hi FT - hope you're well. Did you go to your meetup in the end? I got confused about what day it was, where I lived, what my name was, etc. and missed mine. Epic fail! Anyway, I have a question for you, if you have a sec. Why do people put exclamation marks in front of the words "vote" and "voting" in miscellaneous WP chat? What's that all about, then? Gonzonoir (talk) 12:22, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * !Obvious really :) Cheers for that - it's very newspeak. SCIENCE is definitely a better reason for missing something than FAIL. I have much to learn from you. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I hope you realize you just ko'd my workface. I'm going to get fired now. MOAR FAIL Gonzonoir (talk) 12:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, absolutely. Actually I think it's enshrined in EU law. Gonzonoir (talk) 14:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Re
Thank you for the star... very kind. kilbad (talk) 03:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Prods
When you prod an article, you should add it to your watchlist. This one lingered for nearly a month after it got deprodded by its creator. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 23:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

LOL!
Man, I'm glad that someone appreciates the NPP because I sure have gotten my share of verbal abuse today...! Glad to be a jerk deleting world peace. :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:32, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank You
thanks, for helping with the dan arsenault page. you are super. do you know how to link the other pages in wiki that mention him? they are ice-cube lethal injection album, lou reed's album through the 70's, no doubts album tragic kingdom along with some others. im not sure how to connect his name on those pages to his article. thanks again for your kind help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pennylane is in (talk • contribs) 05:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Ricky romulo
Hi, re your adding of a translation for that article, did you use a machine translator? I'm asking because Malay is one of the few languages that I can't find a working machine translator for. Thanks--<font color="Blue">Jac <font color="Green">16888 Talk 15:51, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * seriously? How did I not know about that? Unbelievable, I'm doing a degree in comp sci, you'd think I'd know about something like that. From 2 minutes testing it already looks incredibly useful. Thank you--<font color="Blue">Jac <font color="Green">16888 Talk 16:10, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Happy April Fool's Day
Happy April Fool's!!! :P - Fastily (talk) 03:54, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Al-ali.jpg
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 * This really should go to the original uploader - I only fixed this image by removing text and improving color balance by request. I've forwarded a copy of this to the original uploader.  Flying  Toaster  09:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

SA L1011 Flight 043
Something about this article makes me pause. The Times of 7 November 1984 reports that a Saudi Airlines flight from London to Riydah via Jeddah was seized by two hijackers from North Yemen, diverted to Tehran, where passengers and crew overpowered the hijackers. A lot of details in the article correspond to reports in The Times - there were eleven Americans on board, the hijackers made political and monetary demands, the plane landed at 3.05am. However, the report in The Times omits the flight number, the detailed account of how the lead hijacker was overpowered doesn't tally with the press report, and the presence of so much news media in Iran strikes me as unlikely.

I don't intend to object to your proposed deletion; so much of the article fails to meet WP:V, and it's far from clear where the boundary lies. Honour demands that I note the result of my research somewhere. There was a hijacking incident on this date, and I strongly suspect it meets WP:N. Full reference for the article I've consulted: The Times, Wednesday 7 November 1984 p.9 col A CJPargeter (talk) 12:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * There was definitely a hijacking, but I do not intend to object either because the article needs a complete rewrite and a new title. However, it's amazing how much of the article is verifiable based on 17 news reports I see on Lexis-Nexis quoting witness statements and sources. The real question for me is, does the article title meet WP:V? How can we confirm it was Flight 043? And does this merit its own article or should it be included in the list of hijackings? Is it even that notable at all? Discuss, but please know the article describes an actual event. :) --Martinship (talk) 07:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey CJPargeter and Martinship. CJPargeter: you said The Times of 7 November 1984 mentions a hijacking - do you have the article either online or physically?  That sounds like all we'd need to possibly create an article based on anything that's known.  Unfortunately you're both right - without any sources we're just not going to be able to verify this.  Since an article about the event would require a complete rewrite anyway, I don't mind too much if it expires PROD, but if anyone finds anything please give me a poke and I'll write the article.  Flying  Toaster  13:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey Toaster! Sorry to butt in, but I can confirm that the Times of 7 November 1984 does report a hijacking occurred of a Saudi Arabian aircraft on that date, under the headline 'Passengers Escape After Overpowering Hijackers of London-Riyadh jet'. Skinny87 (talk) 10:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)