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February 24, 2009 - April 30, 2009

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The page of one of our clients, Shawn Pettus-Brown, has been receiving persistant vandalism for one particular user. The signed in user goes by datruth100. We believe it to be a person that has been stalking our client based upon the information that she is using to vandalize the page. Could you please assist us in the matter and possible protect the page for a period of time? Also, what suggestions do you have to help make this page more informative? thank you for your time. Kappa96 (talk) 06:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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Deletion review for YouTube cat abuse incident
An editor has asked for a deletion review of YouTube cat abuse incident. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. WikiScrubber (talk) 21:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Werner Heisenberg
FYI, you're going to have to address all the cleanup messages in this article before it can be considered for GA.  Socrates2008 ( Talk )   10:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

My RFA
With my RFA not succeeding, and the archive and permanent record of it. When I'm ready for my next RFA, how do I go for it? Failed RFA's are a permanent record. -Porchcrop (talk 07:27, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, but do I have any good edits? Who is an established and respected editor? -Porchcrop (talk 08:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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Why did you delete the article on joytokey?
Why did you delete the article on joytokey?

It appears to be a program that uses a game pad to emulate a keyboard/mouse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.195.121.83 (talk) 18:39, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Performance criteria
I vaguely remember saying that "Gp75 is, of course, aware that he will have to meet certain criteria" but they never quite explained themselves. Is it that I have to do, let's say, X amount of edits a week, or is it just the topic ban itself that I have to stay under? --Gp 75 motorsports TALK  19:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

72.252.242.171
Please change the block settings for that user and select "cannot edit own talk page" due to talk page abuse. -- IRP ☎ 06:25, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Why
why did you delete my page?  Sourlemonade  18:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Which page are you talking about? -- IRP ☎ 19:06, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Armies of Gielinor.  Sourlemonade  19:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Because there was no indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion. See CSD A7 (that reason was stated in the light red box at the top that says "You are re-creating a page that was deleted". If you ever want to know why a page was deleted, enter it in the search box on the left pane and press Enter/Return. When the next page loads, click on the red link that says what you searched for, then you will see the bright red box above the edit window that explains why the page was deleted. The final thing I would like to tell you is please, indent your post if you are replying by using colons. -- IRP ☎ 19:39, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Well said, IRP, thanks for the help. Glass  Cobra  19:41, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

yes but what does no indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion mean?  Sourlemonade  12:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The article had no reliable third-party sources that would allow for verification of its notability. The prose also had problems, using words like "our" that suggests either a copy-paste job, or a conflict of interest. There were no claims of notability present, and without those, we wouldn't be able to tell the site from a hole in the ground. Glass  Cobra  17:50, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks at WT:RFA
I appreciate the support, and I think we need to be more supportive of newbies at WT:RFA. Also, if you feel like weighing in at WT:RFA, that thread could use some attention. It's a difficult thread, and I don't know how to make it simpler. (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 05:45, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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RFA
I've responded again. Feel free to respond there; further responses by me will be at your talk page so as not to clog up the guy's RFA with our (moving to the philosophical) discussion that only tangentially touches the candidate him/herself. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 00:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC) == Wikipedia Signpost : 23 March 2009 ==


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User:Dylan620/Today
I know you said that I should keep to other helpful stuff for a while, but I'd still like to carry on with my "Today's Wikipedian" program. Plus, Rlevse's sick, which means that Bibliomaniac15's program and my program are the only two active at the moment; there were two "Today's Wikipedian" programs before I created my program. So, may I please carry on with my program?

Before I go, I would like to leave the following post scripts: &rarr; Dyl @  n  620  01:45, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you think of my contribs since you alerted me?
 * Please reply here on your talk page; as of 3/27/09, I keep conversations to the original page.
 * I am going to go ahead with it tonight. I hope that's OK; I'd like to give Today's Wikipedian the award before going to bed, and giving the editor the award halfway through their day would seem rather pointless. Again, I hope it's OK. &rarr; Dyl @  n  620  02:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I was certainly not telling you that you must stop, just expressing my (albeit rather vehement) opinion that we do not need yet another Today's Wikipedian award going around. I'm afraid that I may have come across too harshly before, and for that I want to apologize. As we are a volunteer project, it's silly and rude to try to tell someone where they should or should not edit; I know that you're doing some decent work outside the mainspace, helping with ANI evidence and other stuff. Your contribs since we last spoke have been just fine; if you do a little antivandal work and keep up your other various gnoming activities, I will be quite satisfied. Thanks for your time, Glass  Cobra  02:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Unmerging Pokemon
I was absent from that entire debate it seems. . . what was the result? - Warthog Demon  05:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Venetian People page
Why do you deleted the Venetian People page? Please restore this page. It's explain thing that the italian nationalism hide!! Otherwise you must cancel also Catalan people, Basque people, Breton people, Scottish people, etc.

Thank you

GIorgio Roncolato —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xorxi (talk • contribs) 20:33, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

White Chicks
Do you have a vested interest in this film that makes you delete the controversy section? There is clear evidence (as referenced in links) that the film is perceived as having racist elements by some people. Please cease vandalism of this section. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.117.232 (talk) 07:04, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Please assume good faith, 87.194.117.232. It is poor practice to accuse longstanding editors of vandalism. This does not meet the Wikipedia's definition of the act. If you disagree with someone's good faith edit, please engage the editor in discussion (per WP:BRD) rather than accusing him of vandalism.  hmwith τ   13:22, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

This guy disagreed with my edit and didn't engage in discussion before I tried. He disagrees with my references despite them being the only ones in the article. How much evidence do you need to back up 'some people believe...'? You take opinions from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB all the time and they're just user submitted subjective opinion, just like forums and blogs. But then I'm not one of the wiki elite so I guess what I add dones't count. I didn't believe the rumours but I can see they're true, only the oligarchy can decide what the truth is on wikipedia and if anyone elses version disagrees with it then the oligarchs will cite 'unreliable sources' and silence it. Your claims of neutrality are quite frankly a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.117.232 (talk) 16:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

E-mail
Hey - I've replied to your e-mail. Alexius Horatius 23:05, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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One last thing before RfA
Hey GlassCobra - It's me again. Say, I was sort of mulling this over last night, and I was thinking that it may by better if you removed the sentence about my WikiProject participation from my nom. I understand why you put it in, and what you wrote about my participation in WikiProject South Dakota was all technically correct. However, the flip side of the situation is that the WikiProject isn't all that active (it's basically me and one other editor) and almost all the tagging I have ever done was in the last couple of days; I think that I have a total of like three or four edits to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject South Dakota. In other words, I've never really been much of a WikiProject co-ordinator, even though my most recent edits may make it look that way. I just think that people may read the nom, see my edit count, and think "something ain't right here"; it may look a bit dishonest, not on your part, but on mine, for OKing a nom that could be seen as presenting me as something I'm really not. Other than that, though, like I said when we spoke earlier, the nom looks great. I'll probably wait on the transclusion until this is done. I'll be on-wiki for the next few hours, working on my answers and so on, if you have any questions or comments. Thanks - Alexius  Horatius 15:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, I'll go tweak it now. :) I don't think removing it entirely is necessary, we still want to keep the stuff about your article assessing, but perhaps "foremost" might be a little much. Glass  Cobra  15:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Looks great now, and I see your point about not removing it entirely. It probably wasn't that big of a deal to start with, I just thought that the original made me sound like some hard-core WikiProject editor, more involved than I really am, anyway. Thanks for taking care of that. I'm thinking about transcluding around 3 p.m. central US time, after I answer the questions of course. Alexius  Horatius 16:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. :) I'm not sure how active I'll be tonight, but I'll look in as much as possible. Glass  Cobra  16:17, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Sounds good. You can be as active or inactive as you want - completely up to you. I'm not expecting any major participation past this point on your part, but if you want to drop by, that's cool too. Alexius  Horatius 16:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Addition to DRV process
Hi, you've been active as an administrator in the DRV process in the past so I would appreciate your comments on my suggested change to DRV requirements. Thanks! Usrnme h8er 17:37, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

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I finally answered the questions. Not too gripping, but hey, I appreciate you and Jayron as noms. Anyhoo, ball is your court! Lawshoot! 07:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy April Fools!
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I'm writing a book, and...
...it's a compilation of 220 featured articles starting from today. I was wondering if I could write something in my userspace detailing the lifecycle of an FA so I could import it into the book? --<font face="Copperplate Gothic"><font color="#FF0000">Gp <font color="#000000">75 <font color="#FF0000">motorsports <sup style="color:#800000;">TALK  15:00, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
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 * Gp75motorsports, is it a real-world book made out of paper, or is it a Wikipedia book like Books/Featured Articles? -- Amalthea : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Chat 15:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
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 * P.S. To clarify: It is a Wikipedia book that I hope to have PediaPress print and put in stores. --<font face="Copperplate Gothic"><font color="#FF0000">Gp <font color="#000000">75 <font color="#FF0000">motorsports <sup style="color:#800000;">TALK  18:22, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The way I read Books those pages should be held at a subpage of your book (like Books/3D Rendering/Introduction), both if you keep it in your userspace and if you keep it at WP:Books. Amalthea : <font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Chat 18:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * But I'm on a topic ban which restricts me to the mainspace and the talkspace unless I gain permission to edit elsewhere, so I have to ask someone involved with my "case". --<font face="Copperplate Gothic"><font color="#FF0000">Gp <font color="#000000">75 <font color="#FF0000">motorsports <sup style="color:#800000;">TALK  18:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I'd just like to announce...
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Senate Bill 1801
look at this article... Recon Unit (talk) 14:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Happy GlassCobra's Day!
Congrats GlassCobra! :) Malinaccier (talk) 18:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * zOMG, a GC Day! <font face="times new roman"> hmwith τ   18:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

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All done!
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A second opinion
I think I need another set of eyes at User talk:hmwith to make sure I'm not in the wrong. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, <font face="times new roman"> hmwith τ   17:33, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Reply
Please read the edits before issuing threats. I have added bona fide information regarding York Schools. Others have acted in a group to revert the information. Don't shoot the messenger. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomtolkien (talk • contribs) 22:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Point taken - I have raised this on the discussion page, although I trust you will warn the other parties involved and prevent moderators flouting the 3 revert rules? Tomtolkien (talk) 22:23, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Reverts with no explanation
You have just made two reverts, on york and malton with no explanation. Why? Tomtolkien (talk) 22:27, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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Malton, North Yorkshire
Hi, just wondered if you can let me know what is going on with the Malton, North Yorkshire article? I would hate to tread on toes here but the Education section appears to be valid information even if unreferenced. May be there is some other valid reason for its removal which happened while I was away. Keith D (talk) 19:05, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

A Request
Please read what I have added regarding the question of whether to delete my article.

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WikiBirthday
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Userbox
I was trying to make a userbox without knowing what I was doing...sorry about that. F4M (talk) 17:43, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes I just have the one account...and another one I created years ago, never used, and forgot the login details. —Preceding unsigned comment added by F4M (talk • contribs) 17:48, 30 April 2009 (UTC)