User talk:Hydeblake

Arsenal/Arsenal Ladies
Please stop making detailed additions to the Arsenal F.C. article about the ladies' team. There already exists a full article dedicated to the ladies team at Arsenal L.F.C., where your edits would be more suitably placed. Thank you.

1 If you mention the quadruple, you should have mentioned all four trophies, which you didn't in the first edit. I'll admit that the current version is better than my initial entry.

2 The Arsenal page isn't yours and yours alone and I'll edit and add to it, along with the rest of the world if I want to!!


 * "The Arsenal page isn't yours and yours alone and I'll edit and add to it, along with the rest of the world if I want to!!"
 * And conversely, the same applies to your edits, which did not meet the standard of a featured article, in my opinion. Qwghlm 08:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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Please don't blank your own talk page
Hello. In case you didn't know, it's considered bad wikiquette to remove content from your own talk page that others have placed there. It's like a record of what people have talked to you about - if the stuff is offensive or highly personal you can remove it, but things like warnings or welcome notices (or even past discussions) should be left alone for archival purposes. If your talk page gets too long, the approved method of removing content is to archive it, preferably with the Move method. Thanks. If you have any queries or need inspiration for something (say, a user page?), don't hesitate to ask me/steal my stuff. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 18:13, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem, just a reminder! Welcome, and see you around. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Page protection
Hello - I saw you added a semi-protection template to private investigator. You may not be aware of this, but adding the template does not protect the page. An administrator needs to do that. Given that there does seem to be some ongoing vandalism from brand-new accounts, I've semi-protected the page for 4 days and altered the template accordingly. If this continues to be a problem, you can contact me or go to WP:AIV or WP:AN/I to request administrative assistance. MastCell Talk 17:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Your user page
Hey, just wanted to tell you that the comments made by the two "new" users weren't on your talk-page but on your main user-page. You might want to blank it to get it back the way it was. Cheers Terper 19:13, 21 May 2007 (UTC)


 * To follow up, has been indefinitely blocked by another admin already. I've warned ; if he/she continues to behave inappropriately, let me know or report them to the vandalism noticeboard. Happy editing. MastCell Talk 20:35, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much to you both! This was a spammer trying to get advertising onto a page, which I had to delete a couple of times. --hydeblake 08:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Just an update - this issue is now solved:, and  have all been indef blocked, for sockpuppetry, offensive usernames, WP:SPA and harassment. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 18:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks to you Vanderdecken and to everyone else who helped me out with this! --hydeblake 08:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Garryowen
Hi, Can you let me know why you deleted a perfectly good chunk of material I had put up onto the Garryowen page? The article is now much more balanced and includes more of the early history, rather than just being a brief history of its connection with the US Army. --hydeblake 11:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, let's be clear about that, I didn't DELETE any material, I simply REVERTED the article back to its original state before your edits. It seems all your additions are not supported by in-line citations. Don't worry, I won't revert it back anymore, but do append citations to your edits. -- • Kurt Guirnela •  ‡ Talk  03:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

That's fine - by a request for in-line citations to be included would be better than deleting without any explanation!
 * Can't you read? It wasn't deleted, it was reverted. It's a simple task of reverting it back and appending your citations. And please sign your posts. -- • Kurt Guirnela •  ‡ Talk  08:18, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

What a silly question – of course I can read! That is why I put things into an online encyclopaedia! Delete or revert – same difference. You removed something without thinking about what you were doing. My original point still stands: if you had asked for in-line citations or referencing, then that would have been a far better way of doing it instead of removing the text. I know how to revert - which is exactly what I did after your actions, which I think were unthoughtful and unnecessary. --hydeblake 14:24, 21 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Well now... when you made those edits, you were an unregistered user. How could I "request" you for in-line citations when you might be using a dynamic IP? Now it seems you are a registered user, so your contributions will be "respected" by other usrs. What else do you want me to say? If you feel offended, I should tell you that this sort of thing happens all the time, don't let it affect you, simply revert the edit if you find it out of place and go on with your contributions. -- • Kurt Guirnela •  ‡ Talk  07:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm, interesting. Actually I was registered and if you look at the History log, you'll see that for yourself! --hydeblake 08:33, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Private Investigator
Look up 'Spam' on wikipedia, we have not spammed. If you allow links to organisations like the IPI and ABI, WAPI etc, it is only fair that we can link too. These are private members clubs, not professional bodies as suggested, and therefore should not be described as such. Left unsigned by Moore321 on 21 May 2007
 * They are not private clubs at all. They are national and international associations.  This is SPAM and will be treated as such.  Please also sign your messages on talk pages. --hydeblake 16:02, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Royal Irish
The Killaloe lyrics are fascinating - thank you. I agree, that popular is a difficult one. You will note that some of the stuff you have copied across was my stuff! Faugh a Ballagh! --MJB 09:56, 23 May 2007 (UTC) I have found Connaught ranger lyrics - fascinating. --MJB 10:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Fricourt
Don't mention it! The thanks are really down to you for beefing up the text and adding one of your pictures :))) Roger 11:22, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:General W Slim - 1945.jpg
You might want to re-tag this image, unless you took the photo yourself 62 years ago, as it may contravene copyright law. I'd suggest that if it was an Army photgrapher then PD-BritishGov might be appropriate. If it's a press photograph, then you'll need to track down who took it and tag it appropriately. I've seen this picture on the cover of a book, Slim, Master of War, so that would probably give a source. Hope this helps. Leithp 10:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops - I uploaded the wrong one - I was uploading a picture of Slim's statue, which I did take! Thanks for pointing this one out – I’ll amend the entry – thanks for pointing this out! --hydeblake 10:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

articles for deletion
First add this at the top of the appropriate article

subst:afd ... inside these brackets

Then click on 'preloaded debate'

I would suggest from there going to the articles for deletion log for today and entering the article then going back and typing in your reasons for proposing deletion. Valenciano 14:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! --hydeblake 11:08, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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 * Corrected information. --hydeblake 14:12, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Private investigator
Hi,

I think I'm right in saying you added the wikified tab to the private investigators page. Whilst I agree with it being there (the whole page is a mess really!) I'm relatively new and haven't worked on a large existing piece before. Firstly, is there any particular etiquette I should follow. Secondly, the Wikified tab refers to "especially its section layout": what do you suggest could be done to improve the layout? --hydeblake 14:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That "section layout" bit is irrelevant. But all the general wikification guidelines apply.  Cheers, --unforg e ttableid | how's my driving? 01:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

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 * Amended 20.6.7 --hydeblake 09:48, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Slim
Military rank is lower case unless actually prefixed to a person. GrahamBould 08:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry about the mistake, I misread the diff. Sarsaparilla (talk) 20:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Let's keep leaving notices at their page to create backup for a block and/or put something at WP:VIP. Shall you do the honors or shall I? Sarsaparilla (talk) 20:54, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Response to your block request
I've responded to your block request over on my talk page. --Quintote (talk) 21:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

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Ned Hanlan
I read your additions to the Ned Hanlan article. It looks pretty good. Even though you added three books as sources, the article would be much improved if you made inline citations to these books rather than just listing them as reference sources. This would be in keeping with the referencing method already in place for this article. Right now there is no way of knowing where the information comes from. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 12:21, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Sourcing.
is too vague. Did you read wp:v ?

"The source should be cited clearly and precisely to enable readers to find the text that supports the article content in question. Editors should cite sources fully, providing as much publication information as possible, including page numbers when citing books." - WP:BURDEN

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GA Reassessment of Erast Fandorin
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Copyright problems at Maurice Oldfield
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 * I'm afraid that further investigation reveals copying in multiple articles from the ODNB. Given this, I have opened Contributor copyright investigations/Hydeblake to request assistance from the community in reviewing articles for additional issues. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:54, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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