User talk:John Reaves/Archive9

MySpace Events
Just thought you'd like to know that MySpace Events, the article you deleted this morning (and has been deleted on number of occasions before, has been recreated. Thanks Duke of Whitstable 16:10, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Lk-Hopatcong-Station.JPG
What evidence do you have of this being in the public domain? It had to be published, not just taken, before 1923. --NE2 17:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The photograph was taken in 1911; it could have remained in the personal collection of the photographer until he gave it to the library. --NE2 18:02, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It has nothing to do with publishing; that's my point. The image had to be published before 1923 to be public domain, but we don't know that it was. --NE2 18:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Publishing is making available to the public. This is very frequently misunderstood, and I am assuming good but mistaken faith. --NE2 18:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Presumably he knows that it was in the library, and assumed that old means public domain. I've already explained on User talk:WallyFromColumbia; would you like to try? --NE2 18:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. --NE2 18:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was about to pull the report off myself, I had second thoughts about it. You think this is COI-worthy or should I just drop it? RJASE1 Talk  21:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It's certainly worth mentioning the relevant policies on their talk page. I think there might even be a welcome template with COI information. John Reaves (talk) 21:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, thanks. RJASE1 Talk  21:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Socks
See User:Perrydeath. Sock tags go on user page. You can put "sockblock" on talk page. You can protect the talk page too as even a block user can edit their talk page unless you block it.Rlevse 01:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB
Hi John, thanks for your kind support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and I do intend to run again eventually. Happy editing!  Majorly  (o rly?) 03:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

eighth generation of video games
thanks for protecting that page from re-creation. i really don't want to watch it go up and be deleted again. I've invested a lot of work into it and to watch as people accuse it of being crystal balling and pure speculation just kills me. i was wondering if we could discuses when the article could be reposted for another run. i was thinking like 6 months. by then there should be more official announcements, perhaps enough for it to be kept. and i think both of us would need to agree that the article is ready before it goes back up. An extended version of it can be found on my user page along with a check list. i would greatly appreciate it if you were to look over the article on occasion and tell me where it needs improvement. thanks. J.L.Main 04:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

University of Waterloo
Hello, I have some edits I would like to do on this article. There are alot of missing wikilinks. Perhaps you could ask the warring editors to stop editing the article until their content dispute is resolved? It does not seem to be a really controversial subject, and I should think the editors would comply (or you could always block them). Thanks, Jerry 00:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Why is this page still protected? This is preventing me from improving the article.  Jerry 05:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Has it not been long enough? Its time to allow the article to be improved.  Jerry 19:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of my article on Blade3D
Dear John, I wonder if you could help me. My article on Blade3D was recently deleted without warning. I have tried to contact the admin who deleted it but so far have not received a response. If you could please provide me with a copy of the article I would very much appreciate it.

Also, the article was a lot of work, written by myself and members of our community and the intention was to provide an objective, informative and unbiased view of the product from a technical perspective, not advertise. In fact the article was based on another article Softimage XSI, a well known 3D modeling system and our article maintained the same spirit. If you compare our article with the one for Visual3D.NET for instance I think you will agree that our article is an order of magnitude away from being advertising even though this other article survives.

I am not an experienced Wikipedian, but from a business perspective I'm sure you can appreciate it is important that a company maintain a presence on wikipedia if competitors also have content here. Perhaps in a perfect world no products would be in Wikipedia but the reality is far from this nirvana. We recognize the conflict and this is why we tried to make the content of our article technology related rather than blatant advertising. I might add that we have no objection whatsoever in changing the content of the article to be more compliant so that this does not happen again.

Anyway thanks for reading--Digini 20:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Game Maker Logo
You missed Game Maker Logo while going through the March 29 rfd page. --- RockMFR 21:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Dates in Harry Potter
Dates in Harry Potter - I've recreated the article. I've done some major rewriting, and a lot of sourcing, and I've readded it to the main section because I think it's in good enough condition now to pass muster; however, I haven't reached the bottom yet, which consequently is still in bad shape. Please could you help if you get the chance? Michael Sanders 01:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Admin help
I made a couple of edits to an article, by copying and pasting some stuff I emailed to myself from another location, and it contains my real email address from the header! I would like those edits deleted (I fixed the error, but the edits are in the history, as I didn't catch them immediately (my computer is also having crashing problems tonight). This would not change what I contributed nor the contributions of anyone else, just three intermediate edits I made that contain the problematic info.  I know there is a way admins can hide or delete edits so they don't show in the page history and I really would like this done.  Can you help?  The edits in question are 120652461, 120652197, and 120645600 to the article evolution of the horse.  Thanks! Montanabw 03:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * John, direct to oversight please? Real96 06:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks like you got 'em! Thanks. I'd have replid sooner, but my computer kicked me offline for the evening shortly after posting all this! A zillion thanks. Montanabw 19:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Hol up Homie
um Hello! if u click on tha pic I had on my page it would tell u dat i found it on http://www.azlyrics.com and second of all it was not no "fair use image" hmph it is mines! Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!! Tam` Tam` =] 03:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

AfD
May I know why you closed Turkish settlement as no concensus even though it was proven that the term is not used - and that all impartial users agreed that it was a POV:FORK? Don't forget, it is not a "vote" - it is a discussion: no-one was able to bring any source attesting to the use of "Turkish settlement" in the English language, on top of Fork issues pointed out by every single impartial user in that AfD. cheers Baristarim 17:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, I was going to take it there anyways.. I have been stressed a bit for the last couple of days, so I am sorry if I might have come across as a bit strong in my earlier post. Cheers! Baristarim 17:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I wanted to inform you that I nominated that article for deletion review:

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Turkish settlement. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Cheers! Baristarim 00:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Account assistance
John: I am in need of help to preserve my (3yr old) Wikipedid account. My user name is Vlado and I am unable to login because I have forgotten my password and the email address in my accoung is no longer active so that I can not use the automated password change tool via email. I need to have someone change the email on record in my user profile so that I can reset my password via email. I do not want to lose my user name and create a new one, unless there is a way to close my old user name account and immediately register under the same user name. I appreciate any help you can give me on this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.112.196.4 (talk) 22:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

Dates
Thanks for your help. I made a request on the page you suggested. Incidentally, just a heads up: Blood purity is an AfD. Michael Sanders 23:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Dates in Harry Potter
Dates in Harry Potter: I recreated the article, since it didn't suit the criteria for speedy deletion; however, it was deleted without fair grounds. As an admin, could you please step in and sort this issue out? Michael Sanders 20:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I would like to say thanks for unblocking me.
Thank you SO much, John! Mewtwowimmer 04:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Dont mess wit me(Tay)
Just a note, that userpage seems to have a copyvio on it. Chubbles 05:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you heard the song? Chubbles 05:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure
yea i guess i dont see why not..=]Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!! Tam` Tam` =] 06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

oh and no it aint a copyvio...because I wrote muhself frum listenin to tha song..=] Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!! Tam` Tam` =] 06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Articles
John, aren't you going to list the articles that you have contributed to (pre-admin) on your user page? Real96 08:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

history of video games
There was an article called Eighth-generation video game console. I noticed all the other similar articles were titled "History of video game consoles (foo generation)". So I moved the article. But I typo'd the name. Duh. Then I'm working on something related and I notice that the eighth generation article keeps getting repeatedly deleted to the point of being protected. So this article probably needs to be deleted, but I don't know how to do that and it now has two bits of namespace, the original and History of video game consoles (eigth generation). You seem to be handling this article, so I'm mentioning it here hoping you can clean up... sorry about the extra mess -- Akb4 17:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs article
Hi!

Noticed you did some good work on the Maple Leafs article yesterday so I want to bring something to your attention which is strange but perhaps you can fix. I did a re-direct from the Toronto St. Patricks (the former name or forerunner of the Maple Leafs) and THAT article begins in a heavily vandalized way, although it is supposedly the same Maple Leafs article which was fixed. For reference sake, I was researching Howie Morenz, and clicked the link in his article ("early playing days" - 4th line) to the Toronto St. Patricks. It's odd that although its supposedly the same article on the Leafs, these 2 versions exist at the same time. I hope you can manage to clean it up. Thank you, from an amateur wikipedia user. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.134.80.29 (talk) 00:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

re
what do you mean i answered the qestions

Actually it was this diff
Understand he may be mad but two other editors did not revert back to his change. In addition, in all his edit summaries to Polar bear he has been combative. But, that is your call. Ronbo76 19:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, pretty big of you considering our history. I corrected the diff. Ronbo76 19:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Blood purity
Okay, I may have gone a little overboard with the maintenace tags on that article. (Unfortunately isn't quite done yet.) I moved all the old tags to the corresponding section on the talk page and added a hidden comment refering to that below the cleanup tag. In my defense, those were all real issues, I could have added more. Also, I could use the help of some other experieced editors, do you have interest in that topic or were you just passing through? Mr.Z-man  talk ¢ 03:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Page recovery
I would like to view the deleted article List of fictional self-harmers, can you send it to me by email? I promise I won't post it anywhere on Wikipedia, thanks! WooyiTalk, Editor review 05:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Received, thanks John! WooyiTalk, Editor review 15:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Even if he wouldn't listen, i've warned him for the last time (i did before but he erased my comments, libeling them as "personal attacks") :. I am one of the main authors of the article Strasbourg and have had to fight against his petty reverts for the last six months. Just so you know, too. Cheers, RCS 07:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I Did
..&#91;&#91;Wrestling Maniac]] 01:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

A Request and Thanks
Dear Mr. Reaves, Thank You! I read your advice on my user discussion page. Henceforth, I shall not remove any speedy deletion tags. I might have erred probably due to lack of knowledge of the right procedure. However, I would like to bring to your notice that the article in question, on Tellapadu has been redirected, after being semi-protected, to an article on Doddavaram. I would like to let you know that the former has very little or nothing to do with the latter. Please help me out in reversing the semi-protection/protection, after examining both the articles yourself, if you feel necessary.

Thanking You, Regards, Amar P Altruism 11:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Blink-172
I'm extremely confused by the fact that you removed the R from misspelling that I added to the redirect Blink-172. Especially since you did it separately from removing the rfd tag. I added it specifically in case the redirect was kept, and it seems clearly appropriate to me. If you remove it again, could you let me know why, and, at the very least, replace it with Category:Unprintworthy redirects? TIA, Xtifr tälk 15:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks a lot for your support in my RfA. I was promoted! J Milburn 16:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi John, thanks a lot for the barnstar, I really appreciate it. jwillburtalk 16:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

MySpace Events
MySpace Events was not a copy and paste recreation. It was written by a whole 'nother person. And it had more information and was supported by everyone besides 1 person. i do not understand why you would just delete it like that.Martini833 19:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Removing undefined templates
If you're referring to Microchip08's question, you will notice that I only answered 2 or his/her 3 questions, and said I would leave the template up for a complete answer. You might want to put it back. Hoof Hearted 21:12, 10 April 2007 (UTC) Perhaps I could have moved it to a better location, just above the third part of the question. Hoof Hearted 21:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll
You honestly think there are "far too many good faith" edits to protect? So what do you think of such libellous edits as: "she had sex with a chicken (02:59, 10 April 2007) and clear vandalism such as "she wins" (02:47, 10 April 2007 ), the removal of valid information [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pussycat_Dolls_Present:_The_Search_for_the_Next_Doll&diff=prev&oldid=121585736 (02:27, 10 April 2007), (00:23, 10 April 2007), and mucking up the tables  (01:01, 10 April 2007 ). What I have pointed out is just a drop in the bucket. If you can show me what you call the "good faith" edits, I would not be so frustrated but at the moment I'm feeling that everyone is blind to a bad situation. I thought Wiki was about a high level of accuracy etc, not about letting vandals wreck articles. -- PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  21:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I haven't had much time to sort out the article as I have been at the beach and using a pretty crummy wireless connection. I repeat, please show me the "high amount of good contributions that you are talking about as I think what you are saying is bull.  Start with the diffs from the 8th and flick through one by one - then you will see what I am talking about.  And you shouldn't be closing page protection requests if you can't be bothered doing so.  You will see a large amount of libellous vandalism from a number of editors.  They appear to be coming from a wide range of IPs and I suspect that it is one editor using AOL or the like.  I cannot be stuffed warning them because, quite frankly, what anon IP ever respects a warning?  I am disgusted. --  PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  01:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Congratulations. Since you made that "wise" decision anon vandals have removed the entire contestants table and episode table.  --  PageantUpdater  •  talk  |  contribs  |  esperanza  22:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Watch this...
IP. He has been blanking warnings off his talk page, claiming that it is his. I would go to WP:ANI and support a week long block, but I don't have time at the moment. Real96 22:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like Luna has protected the page. Real96 22:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Help?
Since you are the one who unprotected my talk page before, I'm hoping you can help me. I'm still having the problem with people reversing my edits and an irritated admin froze their edits-which left my page full of all those personal attacks against me and fake warnings-and reprotected the page. I asked her to at least undo their reversions, since I was within my right and following the guidlelines, but she refuses, claiming she is not taking sides. However, by doing what she did, she is taking sides, and not the side a staff person should be on. I do not care if my page is protected, but I want their revision undone. Can you possibly help me? This whole thing is extremely upsetting and no one seems willing to do what is right.67.163.193.239 23:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
sorry... I thought you need to use the "Tag" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WrestlingManiac (talk • contribs) 23:35, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

Now You Told Me ...
Now that you told me that I can't put on the "tag", Can you answer my question?!?

TIA
Since you ask—"TIA" is "Thanks In Advance". And, re Blink-172, thanks again for replying. I shan't worry about it any further. cheers, Xtifr tälk 00:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

And...
Why

&#91;&#91;Wrestling Maniac]] 00:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

What if I...
What if I make a "mona Lisa Parodies" Page? would that work

&#91;&#91;Wrestling Maniac]] 00:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for Unprotection of Tellapadu
Hi there! I created an article on Tellapadu on the 10th of Jan. '07. There was a problem with the content (insufficient information), following which the page was deleted and subsequently, restored. However, I unknowingly tried removing some tags which were placed, as a part of my efforts to revise the article i.e to weed out any unwanted information/parts and add more facts. Due to this, there occured some misunderstanding, for which, I agree, I'm solely to be blamed and the article Tellapadu was redirected to Doddavaram. Doddavaram is a neighbouring village and bears very little relationship, if any to Tellapadu. So I request Tellapadu to be restored to its former status (unprotected and the redirection undone), upon which I assure that all necessary changes and additions would be made by me, in full conformity to Wikipedia's standards, including several new facts, which have come to light as a result of my research on the subject in question. If you are still unsatisfied you may proceed in the course, as you deem necessary, as an administrator. Thanking You, Altruism 07:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Request for information on a deleted article.
Dear Mr. Reaves,

My name is Daniel Mayben, and I was recently alerted to a deleted Wikipedia article that may have contained slanderous or defamatory comments about me and concerning my name. If possible, I would like any and all information that was posted on the topic: The Maybenator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maybenator) before it was deleted. This information would be much appriciated.

Thank you, Daniel Mayben (email: dandylan@cfl.rr.com) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.121.112.135 (talk) 19:26, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

--70.121.112.135 19:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Mackensen's RFB
I don't appreciate you trying to take away my !vote in this discussion. The central question in any RFA is whether the commenters trust the nominee, and since his answer to #15 is directly in conflict with the trait I consider most important in an administrator (avoidance of any impropriety, both in deed and in appearance), I do not trust him to assume additional authority at this time. You're eminently qualified to issue a statement of your own opinion on his trustworthiness, but I don't think you really know all that much about what I think on the subject, and as such your comment was out of line. If you felt that I was in some way unclear (I think it makes perfect sense, but who knows, I could be wrong), you should've asked for clarification, rather than jumping to conclusions and assuming bad faith. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 23:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * In the broad case, I think it's important that process be as accessible and transparent as possible in all things. If people are going to believe that a system works, they need to be able to see it working (or breaking), at whatever level of granularity they choose. Even if we assume that the close in this case was purely procedural (and I'm not entirely convinced that it was, but it's a defensable interpretation of the situation), it's still not right to take administrative actions when you're involved in a situation. Admins derive their authority from trust, and when you let little things like that slide, you start to get bigger things like this, and after a while you get wheel wars and discord and a bunch of good users throw up their hands in disgust and go home. You need to treat conflicts of interest like hoof-and-mouth disease, or they contaminate EVERYTHING. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 23:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * To be more explicit in this particular case, as opposed to general principles: I don't think there would be nearly as much wrangling on the talk page of Danny's RFA if it had been closed by a different bureaucrat, and I think that it would've been particularly bulletproof if it had been done by one of the parties who was visibly undecided heading into the discussion (like Taxman), or if Dan had let people like Redux finish working through their thoughts before running to push the button. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 00:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply, again. My skepticism about it as a purely procedural close arises from Dan's haste to close when discussion was still ongoing. It looked like a consensus to promote might have been emerging, but he went and pushed the button while Redux was still putting his thoughts in order. If you were inclined to look at it skeptically, it would seem like he was overeager to get the decision in the books. That said, I DO think that having an open and public page for the discussion is a definite step in the right direction. Things would've been a lot more contentious if he'd been promoted without any record of the Bureaucrats' discussion, and if Dan had done it without a visible record like this one, there'd probably be an RFC on him right now. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 00:05, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks RE: UnAutoblock
Hi, thanks for undoing a block that was applied to my IP address. I am the effective 'owner' of this IP address; Can you please tell me what was done and in what name and where? I have a feeling that I need to kick some ass amongst my housemates. Details would give me a bit more clout.Cєlαя∂σяєTalk 00:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * PS is there anything you can do to clear this nonsense from my own history? Thanks Cєlαя∂σяєTalk 00:17, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment closing RFD
Hello. I saw the comment when you closed Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 April 11. In fact, I had misread what the nominator had written as "fucking retard" instead of "fucking redirect" and thought that the nominator had attacked the creator of the redirect. I'm going to strike that part of my comment if you don't mind. --After Midnight 0001 02:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for understanding. --After Midnight 0001 03:00, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Editing
Hey John, Im brand new to wikipedia and im trying to edit. I made a wikipedia on someone but I accidentally made it so their name was not capitalized. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eman33 (talk • contribs) 07:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

Copper family redirect
Thanks, John.--QuestingVole 11:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Yaksar
Yeah, I guess I went a little crazy here. I was merely trying to clear the adminbacklog, but I should probably know what the hell I'm doing before jumping in and causing a whole lot of trouble. Anyways, thanks for the message, and I'll take what you said into account if I ever dare venture back to the 3RR page again. By the way, how many reports constitute an adminbacklog template to be added on WP:AN/3RR. Also, how does a report get 4 days old unchecked? If blocks are preventive, then do we take no action on the ones that get missed by admins? Eh, I shouldn't get too upset by this. Sorry about that, and I won't do that again. Cheers! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:01, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Kzulzuall RFA
The diffs pretty much speak for themselves. His grammatical errors adds to my opposition to his RFA. It may have been only semi-relevant to point out his error but it in no way detracts from the overall point. KazakhPol 07:31, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Armyranger
I am a bit confused by your recent block of Armyranger. In your edit summary you said he was blocked "undefined" but on his talkpage you posted for 48 hours. What did you mean by undefined? KazakhPol 07:36, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * He means that the user has so blatantly violated policy that there is no need for a explanation of what he has done. -- KZ Talk • Contribs 07:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, "undefined" is a glitch in TWINKLE for me. I tried changing the default "using Twinkle" but now it's stuck like that. TWINKLE has a drop down menu of different blcok messages. John Reaves (talk) 07:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, I didn't know... Sorry. -- KZ Talk • Contribs 07:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikisource
wikisource:User:John Reaves is me. John Reaves (talk) 08:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm a little confused.
Why did you put this on the mfd?: This is a blatantly disruptive, pointy nomination that contains a personal attack in the nomination. Also why did you give me a final warning when I had stopped? I stopped so I don't get blocked. Please respond! WikiMan53 (talk) (click here) make a sig! 13:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Rob. G
Both articles have been speedied by now, which is why I didn't bother making a redirect. Thanks ever so much for the constructive criticism though. --Bongwarrior 22:36, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey!
Unprotect my page like u said u would..TIA..=] Pretty Ricky aint breakin up yall! yay!!  Its ya gurl Tay!!..=)  03:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)  00:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

done..=] Push It Baby!! ..Dats Muh Song!!..=] (Tay) 03:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)