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November 23, 2008 - January 9, 2009

EfD
GlassCobra, the editor you are, has been nominated for deletion. In other words, I NOMINATED THE EFD KEEPER FOR DELETION!!! --Dylan620 ( Home •  yadda yadda yadda  •  Ooooohh! ) 13:27, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
The Barnstar | My RFA  | Design by L'Aquatique

in response to the "Seorak" redirect link
thanks. i did expand "Seorak" into an article that correctly reflects her, a singer. It's pending approval right now. So for right now, can you just leave the page blank?Davkim (talk) 22:16, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

wikipedia help
Hey friend, my name is RJ Shaughnessy I am a professional photographer living in los angeles. I am new to this whole wikipedia editing world but am really excited about wikipedia and what an amazing community it is. I wanted to contribute some of my photos to their relative wikipedia entries, as it seems a lot of the entries are lacking in professional pics. Wondering if you might be of some help. You seem like a pretty knowledgable person in this respect.

One of the first images ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lil_Wayne.jpg ) I wanted to contribute was this one of lil wayne. I shot this for Urb Magazine and I really wanted to post it to the lil wayne wikipedia page. I don't have a high enough ranking to place it on his wikipedia page myself.

Any ideas?

Any help you could give would be AWESOME!!!

Many thanks!

Ohthislife (talk) 03:25, 26 November 2008 (UTC)RJ

PS --

You can view my website here. www.rjshaughnessy.com

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Happy Thanksgiving!


I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, A NobodyMy talk 02:55, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

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Hey GlassCobra
I went through the necessary things to get the my image verified. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lil_Wayne.jpg

I am really excited to have the image in circulation.

I am new to wikipedia and I have limited access...Do you mind placing that image on the Lil Wayne page as the main image?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Wayne

I am going to place it places where I do have access.

Let me know. Thank you so much for your help.

Thank you for participating in my RfA
I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" 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) 23:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Help
Hello,

Cab you help, I am not to sure on the working of this site!! Anyhow, that aside, i thought i might be able to help! I have seen various 'Deleted pages' and postings about ERIC YEPAO. None seem to sure about who he is or how true it is. I am guessing thats why its deleted. I wanted to clear this up for you as your user name was linked to statements about ERIC.

In short, I can clarify any doubts or non-official thoughts and will gladly do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.109.129 (talk • contribs)
 * Mr. Yepao's page was deleted a long time ago. What is it exactly that you need help with? Glass  Cobra  17:53, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Redirect of The Supreme Poet (Album)
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Wikibreak
Hi there: just wanted to let you know that I had some surgery on my hand that didn't go well -- I'm booked for another session in the next week, but I'll be barred from typing -- and hence contributing -- for some time to come. Thanks for your concern -- and my best to you and all the Bathrobe Cabal. Accounting4Taste: talk 00:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Note
Hi Glasscobra, hope you don't mind the intrusion. As a member of the school of thought that says too many hats is as bad for Wikipedians as it is for runway models, I wanted to point something out, as you have some concern about this thinking. You said something at User:GlassCobra/ACE2008 I wanted to respond to. Please don't get me wrong, as I supported Deskana for bureaucrat and think he's a great guy, but he does not edit the encyclopedia. Since becoming an arbitrator he has averaged less than one article edit per week, and this includes minor edits, trivial reverts, and edits that would have been avoided by using the show preview button. I don't believe--not for a moment and I'm irked by the thought!!--that Deskana should be punished. --JayHenry (talk) 01:47, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You have to bear in mind though, he has been seriously ill this past year. But I do agree, and I'm sure he's well aware, that he's not the most active of article writers.  Majorly  talk  02:01, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I actually didn't know anything about him having had an illness and I most sincerely hope that he's doing better. I would never wish ill health on any editor, and I hope my remarks are not interpreted as any sort of ridicule of his health.  But it's another reason with the hats: we do need to recognize that life happens.  I'm deeply sorry that he was sick.  But we should remember there are lots of things in life--some unfortunate like an illness, but many positive like a promotion, the sudden will to exercise more, a revived close friendship, a new passionate lover, an unexpected pregnancy--that will pull editors away from a hobby like Wikipedia.  There's no need for anyone to be ridiculed or to apologize for the inevitable times that life happens.  But when it happens to an editor with a half dozen hats, suddenly all their work, and all their roles, suffers.  An editor with a more appropriate number of hats is better able to scale back. --JayHenry (talk) 02:22, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Incidentally, this is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about. It was never meant as ridicule to suggest such a thing could happen. --JayHenry (talk) 00:48, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

GlassCobra, thanks for the response. I was not offended by a slow response, but was only worried that I'd worn out my welcome! The point I really wanted to get across was that I don't think a single person who espouses the "too many hats" school of thought has any intention whatsoever of punishing or ridiculing Deskana or anyone else. --JayHenry (talk) 01:08, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Tiny clarification
Hey. In your ACE guide, I'm in my fifth semester, not my first. My first semester was a cakewalk :) It doesn't change anything in the grand scheme of things, I just noticed it and thought it made me sound a lil young :P Wizardman  20:18, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Don't revert improperly
Reverting something to a redirect when it is clearly stated that the page will be expanded is completely improper, and your acting on that on multiple pages is the very definition of edit warring. This gives you two options: undo your action or be reported for your edit warring. Ottava Rima (talk) 22:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hostile? No. You made a mass change over multiple pages for the same action on the same topic to push your view, which is the very definition of edit warring. There was nothing encyclopedic about your action, and quite the contrarily, it disrupts the addition of encyclopedic content. I reverted you because I couldn't wait all night for you to do the right thing. I have a tight deadline, and I really don't need people doing such things like you did that only damage the encyclopedia. Why don't you look before you leap and ask questions, especially when the edit summary makes it 100% clear what was happening. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:20, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

RE:Milkshakes
Fraid not; the Food Standards Agency took my license away. They say human breast milk is an improper ingredient, I say they need to learn to recycle.Ironholds (talk) 16:04, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Excuse Me
but can I ask why you removed my comments to Horselover frost and TenPoundHammer? I honestly believe they are sock puppets. This is standard procedure ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.105.121.61 (talk) 20:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

OTRS
I've actually had it for months - I only just today stumbled across your page. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 09:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries - I figure that by helpfully updating it myself, I only proved that I belonged on the page. Or something. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 09:25, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Image:Greek Riots 8 Dec 08.JPG
Oh my, are you in Greece now? What a bravery... --BorgQueen (talk) 03:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Forgot that you are in Greece. Hope that you are safe.  miranda  16:08, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Current RfA
Yeah, I was in the process of adding my support when I got distracted, lol. Added now, and I too wish I could have gotten the chance to co-nom. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 12:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

belated thanks....
I only now discovered this diff. I suppose I should pay more attention to my own talk page. Your good looking out is most appreciated. Have a great holiday season!  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 21:43, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Old Summer Palace
People should really give the reasons when they are trying to revert edits from others. I am trying to add some records from the movie 《Lin zexu》 and articles in the official site, also I corrected some tones to make it more neutral. And what's your reasons to delete other's efforts silently? Startwiki (talk) 12:14, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Stop helping TennisExpert on his KeyBiscayne invasion spam spree
The tournament is called ATM Masters Series Miami, whenever it is hold. So the name is MIAMI. Stop reverting all my changes and joining him on his keybiscayneSpree. Korlzor (talk) 17:21, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

seasons greetings


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Block of Korlzor
Hi. I see you have blocked incivil and disruptive Korlzor for a month. Fine in my opinion. Unfortunately, the user, as before, just continues under IP addresses. See, e.g., here. See all the 62.57.XXX.XXX numbers (he/she has previously boasted about how easy it was to use IP numbers). This is getting out of hand. Any help is appreciated. Thanks --HJensen, talk 18:09, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Not quite sure of what to make of this edit
Not quite sure of what to make of this edit, AGF for now.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 22:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

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Cobra!! :)
  A special message, just for you! → → → →  Happy holidays, GC! May your holidays be filled with family, friends, and fun, and may the new year bring you much joy. Ariel ♥ Gold  21:10, 25 December 2008 (UTC) As with many designs on Wikipedia, this one was of course, inspired by the wonderfully talented Phaedriel , the "design Obi Wan".

Editnotice
Hi. The preferred way to use editnotices in userspace is to use Special:Mypage/Editnotice and Special:Mytalk/Editnotice, to allow non-admins to have personal editnotices and also an easier detection and maintenance of editnotices in non-user space (using prefixindex). So could you please relocate your editnotice from Mediawiki:Editnotice-3-GlassCobra and then delete the page ? Thanks in advance, Cenarium  (Talk)  01:09, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Multiracial
I'm sorry about the template. While I agree that Dr Carebear seems determined to include an over-size picture of his son on too many articles, there's got to be a better solution than revert-warring over the size of the picture. Have you thought about leaving him a message, or asking other editors to speak to him? — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 03:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: RfA
In short, it's a mix between Arbcom taking up all my time, it being harder to find good candidates, and just getting tired of RfA in general. I might still pop in and vote, though noms i'm done with. Wizardman 04:06, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Goth Slang Deletion
I'm not resurrecting a two year old deletion debate, exactly. What's happened a few times with this article is that it attracts so little interest that deletion gets proposed, 4 or 5 people vote narrowly to keep the article when it's clearly in breach of guidelines - Wikipedia is not a dictionary or a slang, jargon or usage guide and here we have what is fairly obviously a slang and jargon guide. One user, Deathlibrarian, tries to claim on the talk page that other subcultures have slang articles, but none of the list he provides are actually such. So the article stays up, wasting space. I don't know what to do, really: proposing deletion will probably mean the same half dozen people will turn up and vote to keep the page, or if it's deleted will ask for another review. Paul S (talk) 12:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

IRC
I'm online right now. You've time? LeaveSleaves talk 16:46, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!
Dear GlassCobra,

Wishing you a happy new year, and very best wishes for 2009. Whether we were friends or not in the past year, I hope 2009 will be better for us both.

Kind regards,

 Majorly  talk  21:22, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

4th Wall Theatre, Inc.
I was looking at the deletion discussion about this group. The references listed are from actual NJ papers or even from a NYC leading Theatre critic (Peter Filichia) who has taken a liking to this group and wrote an article for TheatreMania.com.

I can definitely tell you they are a real organization as much as George Street Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse...also both in NJ who are listed on Wikipedia. Thank for for considering keeping the article here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GregAGoldston (talk • contribs) 17:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry you find a multiracial child "obnoxious" as you put it on my talk page.
There are many race supremacists in the world especially white supremacists. On the melting pot article the picture of the half filipino half white American was in an appropriate location within the text right next to the section discussing the past prohibition of whites mixing with filipinos. And placed there at a size that would not shock people with peculiar sensitivities. Dr CareBear (talk) 03:15, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I do not appreciate you implying that my comment was somehow racially based; I have absolutely no opinion on race mixing or anything of that nature. My concern is merely for the articles that you continue to insist placing your picture in. As noted above by Will Beback, you continue to place your image in unnecessary articles at an exceedingly large size. The image, along with the text you usually place into articles, is against Neutral point of view, especially noting that WP:MOSIMAGES states that images should not have specified image sizes at all. Glass  Cobra  03:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

The picture in no way shape or form violated Nuetral Point of View standards. The caption under the picture made no promotion for or against admixture but only displayed a child of mix race for the edification of people's enlightenment. Dr CareBear (talk) 04:29, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Your recent removal of a known fact from the article "Mail Order Bride".
Being someone involved in a Transnational marriage I find it highly inappropriate that you would remove the recent edit from Mail Order Bride that stated: "This label is considered offensive to many people most especially those involved in such interracial marriages and their multiracial children who view it as being similar to that of domestic introduction services or dating services except that a transnational marriage is involved." If a reference is what you demand then I am certain I can provide one and I am highly motivated to do it. Dr CareBear (talk) 05:28, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is about verifiability, not truth. References are always useful, especially from reliable sources. Your motivation to improve the project is most welcome. Frank  |  talk  06:27, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

In other words what you are saying Frank is that you could verify a lie printed in a publication and you could list it here on Wikipedia as a "truth". That just does not make any sense at all. Dr CareBear (talk) 14:37, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's hardly a strange statement. It's a direct quote from Verifiability (in fact, the very first line) which is official site policy. Why would a reliable source print a lie? "Truth" is subjective, so we have to rely on sources that we can trust, with a reputation for fact-chcecking and neutral reporting.  Glass  Cobra  14:45, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would add that the concept of "truth" or "lie" doesn't really have much place on Wikipedia. One of the most common sources of dispute on Wikipedia is that people want to put in what they "know" to be true, because they were there, or their relatives survived some dispute, or their side has been right for hundreds (or thousands) of years despite what people think. To pull a few links from current events, just check out these talk pages: Talk:2008 South Ossetia war, Talk:War in Darfur, Talk:Rahm Emanuel, or Talk:Timothy F. Geithner. Wikipedia is not in the business of publishing The Truth&trade; or even original research, but rather publishing links to reliable sources. Frank  |  talk  15:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Image help
how can i upload images i know html but forgot it ...here its quiet tough...help me i have a lot of official images but cant upload..be kind...i wana help wikipedia....my beloved website...noman alam —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alam82 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

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I've informed you, you want incorrect articles like Jan Dlugosz, fine, be my guest! Great wiki norm! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eglarge (talk • contribs) 20:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

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2012
Good call, I was considering doing that myself. It was inevitable. dougweller (talk) 16:45, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Followup re: RFA
Just to be clear (with you and for anyone interested): I have no bad experiences with you and no evidence at all that you lack clue. I made a guess that those questions for that candidate at that time might have a net negative effect on the RFA process ... but that's not at all clear, and whether it's true is a multi-part question of its own. I felt the best thing to do was just register quick disapproval during the RFA. After it's over, I'll run a few ideas by you and see where we agree. What's right and wrong with RFA always seems to be guesswork in the dark. (Watchlisting for a few days.) - Dan Dank55 (send/receive) 19:42, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Jeff Dunham puppets
Rest assured that I wouldn't make the closure if the consensus wasn't crystal (no pun intended)-clear and near unanimous. If a debate is in any way controversial, I'd indeed leave the closure for someone else. - Mgm|(talk) 08:51, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Your undo on my add on M.Shadows wiki page
Though youtube is not a reliable source Matt is saying "My beautiful wife is here tonight" therefore its coming straight from HIM —Preceding unsigned comment added by NoOneCanTouchUs (talk • contribs) 12:20, 7 January 2009 (UTC)