User talk:Gtdp/Archive 1

This page is an archive, please do not edit it. To leave me a message, please go to my current talk page. Cheers!'''

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Ok, thanks for the help. I'm brand new at this. Yeah, I don't have much info, but the link to their web page is http://www.thewatermarks.net I had a hard enough time figureing out how to leave this message. I'll try to clean up my page when I have more time. Thanks for helping. Wesley Moats 22:59, 30 December 2005 (UTC)Wesley Moats

Svetlana A. Pletnyeva
Many articles have more than one stub tag. That is the only way many will get attention from people focussing on different fields. Please point to any Wikipedia policy that prohibits using more than one stub tag. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 20:54, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


 * See, e.g., Aleksandr Laveykin; Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter; Mile Kitić; Atli Dam; just to pick four random articles I have never worked on. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 20:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


 * No worries. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 23:17, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Dode-Unit
I think it is wrong to assume that an up and coming rap group is unotable. They are well known in aberdeenshire and I wish to publicise my group. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dode13 (talk • contribs)

Psychatric terms
LOL! Of course it's OK with me. You were right...I was doing new page patrolling. Wonder if there's a confusing psychaitric term for someone like me who plays cleanup on Wikipedia as a pastime? - Lucky 6.9 17:38, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

ROTFLMAO! Oh, we're a couple of sick little monkeys, we are! :)) - Lucky 6.9 17:41, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Drifit-soft
I removed the "empty" speedy delete tag from, since it didn't apply. I added afd since the company doesnt meet WP:Corp.--Esprit15d 19:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Recent Changes Patrol
I just wanted to let you know a little bit about recent edit patrol, since it seems like you might be participating in it already. It is somewhat a thankless job, but if you are conscientious, you can do it in a manner that minimizes conflict, yet still helps maintain the reputation of wikipedia. Click on the link above to see some of the tell-tell signs of pages that need to be speedily deleted, nominated for AfD, merged, cleaned up, wikified or marked for copyright violation. You may not do everything. My personal, say, strengths are copyright violation and cleanup (I like clean formatting), and you will find others who are vandal patrolers, etc...

I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with Nominations for deletion, warning templates and speedy deletions. Users hate for their pages to be deleted (understandably so), so it's important to (1) be right, (2) leave good edit/talk comments and (3) warn users. I primarily warn if it looks like they made an innocent mistake or if the deletion tag is ambigous - but not all the time, as it isn't always necessary. If you have any more questions, just visit my talk page and ask. Happy patroling.--Esprit15d 20:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Kyle Rote
Be sure to check somewhere (Google test if anything) before you start calling a subject non-notable. While the article wasn't written according to the Manual of Style, it can be edited into something worth keeping. Thanks!&#160;—  The KMan  talk  21:16, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Wtwilson3
I Just moved Jason morgan to Jason Morgan to correct the capitalization and I see that I have created a double redirect with a page that was deleted last month. This new age appears to be about a legitiamte soap opera character, so might not be the same topic as the one that was deleted. But now I don't know what to do. I noticed that you added the Wikify tag, so thought you might be able to help. Thanks for anything you can do. Time for me to go to work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wtwilson3 (talk • contribs)

Wtwilson3
Sorry for the confusion. I wasn't looking for help expanding the article. I didn't write it, I just moved it, and I was just worried about the fact that a page of the same name, probably about a different person, was deleted last month. And when I moved the page, it created a double-redirect from the archived AfD discussion. I'm still learning my way around, and I hadn't been checking "What Links Here" (I'm checking now.) Also, sorry I forgot to sign, I'm a cab driver and was being rushed out the door by the dispatcher. Signing is one thing I learned to do early, I just forgot. Thanks for your time and your help. --Wtwilson3 18:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Question
So you just cant create a page highlighting a beloved bar in Gainesville? Im a little confused. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nickfsmith (talk &bull; contribs).

Oh wait
So what you are saying is that Wikipedia would find something giving the location of the bar and when it was founded acceptable, but not my opinion of it.? fill me in here &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nickfsmith (talk &bull; contribs).

Jewell
Hello: I would like to discuss the spelling of the name Jewell or Jewel.

I am a Jewell family genealogist in the US.

I have visited John Jewell's grave at Salisbury and the engraving on his tombstone has two L's

Over the years it has been spelled both with one and with two. I think the more common spelling is with two, especially the British seem to use two more often than one.

When you say Jewell is a common mis-spelling of Jewel I would say Jewel is a common misspelling of Jewell.

BuffaloBob

User talk:210.49.138.189
Hi there. I noticed you gave a warning for this guy. He was given test3 a couple of days ago, so the next one should be test4, not test1. It looks like you're a long-serving vandal fighter, so I'm sure you're clued up about this, and that this was just a mistake, and that I've wasted the last five minutes typing this message to you. Oh well. Thanks for your time... =) -- gtdp (T)/(C) 00:36, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * You're correct:) That user has already given test3 9 hours ago. Does it really take 5 minutes to typing that message:) Thanks for noticing me.--Ugur Basak 00:41, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * No problem! To be honest, it's nice to see somebody else patrolling Special:Newpages for a change...and yeah, my typing's slow at the moment, it's almost 1:00am... need...sleep... -- gtdp (T)/(C) 00:44, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Its 02:46 here. i need a sleep too:)Cheers--Ugur Basak 00:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

RE: My user page
Hi. You're welcome. Cheers TigerShark 02:42, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar! I was wondering when I'd get one of those...bob rulz 23:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

User talk:80.249.52.138
''Hi there! I just wanted to talk to you about this IP address, and the amount of vandalism that it has (unfortunately) been doing. I'm a pupil at the school in question, and it saddens me to see this kind of behaviour against Wikipedia going on.''

''Since you appear to be a well-respected community member (and somebody who looks like a great candidate for the mop), I'd like to point you in the direction of a few websites and email addresses; the school website, the [mailto:enquiry@keaston.bham.sch.uk email address] of the reception, and the [mailto:emmersonj@keaston.bham.sch.uk email address] of the system administrator. Feel free to send emails about the vandalism that has been going on, as it's very easy for them to find out who did it and punish them accordingly. If action is taken against the IP address by an admin, I'll let them know of these addresses too.''

''Thanks for your time, and I'm sorry that your time has been used up dealing with petty vandalism... -- gtdp (T)/(C) 16:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)''


 * Thanks for those addresses. I will certainly keep them in mind if there are more vandals coming from the school. Vandalism-cleaning is a dirty work, but it has to be done. :) Thanks again. -- Buchanan-Hermit™ .. CONTRIBS .. SPEAK! 19:40, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Lindsay Lohan
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I reverted your change because the quote already closes. The excerpt ("on tape. Vanity Fair stands by the story.") is a direct quote. Please write with any questions! :) Radio  Kirk   talk to me  16:46, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry about that. Hope I haven't caused you too much hassle... thanks for your time. -- gtdp (T)/(C) 20:46, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Nah, not a bit. Happy editing! :) Radio  Kirk   talk to me  21:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Nice catch on my user page. It took that guy long enough to come after me. I blocked him way back in January. –Abe Dashiell (t/c) 23:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

LUElinks Userbox
I'm surprised to see support of LUELinks on here. I know there's a few LUEsers and LLers on here but that's about it. Once again, thanks for making the LUELinks userbox! Douglasr007 01:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Ahem
I believe an edit to one of your userboxes is in order I have my own style page now christened with my beautiful hand made 24 userboxes. Don't I just rule. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JAB (talk • contribs)

Grr
Well first off I don't have the picture of the day and secondly my userboxes are cool your's are trying to show your power as a wikipedian patroller! -- JAB[T][C]

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available
 After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:29, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: BB table
Yes i do know the notes lead nowhere but I can't be bothered to copy them over call it eternal laze if you must! -- JAB[T][C] 10:16, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

 * Hehe, thanks for mine too. Nice coincidence giving each other them at the same time. -Goldom (t) (Review) 13:58, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

automated tools
Careful with those automated tools! Sometimes helpful bots rise up and turn against you. SchmuckyTheCat 14:55, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

PP in pokemon
there's currently a merge discussion regarding the article Power Points that you orginally wrote, please visit the page to add to the discussion. -Zappernapper 18:30, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Hedda
I have added a "" template to the article Hedda, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Dreamafter 19:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

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Image copyright problem with Image:Brmb logo.gif
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my appologies
there was no need for me to do this.... sorry i made a little mess. thanks for cleaning it up. 05:33, 25 December 2008 (UTC)