User talk:Jreferee/Archive 11

Could you give some advice on Fred Thompson
About two days ago I added an article I read to the Fred Thompson article. Since then two editors (including one who plans on working for his campaign) have engaged in an effort to remove/downplay that article. Could you take a look, and let me know what you think?

In my reading of NPOV, opinions and analysis are allowed as long as they are encyclopedic and WP:ATT. Plantocal 01:28, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:V opinion request
Hi there, do you have an opinion on which of these formulations of a paragraph in this policy is preferable? Tim Vickers 16:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Vivian MacKerrell
Hi, you assessed the above article, one of my pets, and added a link to 11 supposedly easy ways to improve it. While this sounds interesting and fun, your link led only to the Biography wikiproject homepage, and I couldn't find any easy steps, let alone 11. Where might these illusive steps be found?? Jdcooper 17:56, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The link to the steps should be working again. --  Jreferee  (Talk) 18:40, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Your comment would be appreciated
--Doug talk 18:05, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * At Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro.
 * At Birthday of alpinism.

Also note Articles for deletion/Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro (2nd nomination). --Akhilleus (talk) 19:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Article writing
Like I said here, article writing will not be addressed. I don't know if you've read it, but please read why. Thanks, R Parlate Contribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 19:01, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Deletion
Hey. I !voted in your RFA, and I believe I can trust you on this matter. I put this article up for speedy-deletion a few weeks ago. No admin has looked at it yet. I was wondering, if you could look at it. If you would like to, it is called Washington gubernatorial election, 2000, and Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002. If you could, could you please look at them, and let me know whether you think they should be deleted, and then you can delete them. Thanks, Politics rule 20:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC)=)


 * The reason no one was addressing your speedy delete request is because your request did not show up at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, which is the only way Admins know that a request has been made for a speedy delete. The reason your request did not show up at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion was that you did not use the current transclusion string, here . You might want to repost your speedy delete request using  . --  Jreferee  (Talk) 17:04, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much! :)
Thank you so much for the wonderful smile, my friend! Here's a tons of flowers to grace a beautiful person's talk page! :) Please, do visit me anytime you want, and I'll keep dropping by and see how you're doing... messaging you was long overdue, even more after you walked sadly away from Acalamari's because I never had :) Hope you're having a great weekend! Love,  P h a e d r i e l  - 11:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Factory farming RfM
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Zeraeph
Psychonaut provided some of those links at AN/I, and linked to his user watchlist page in that posting. After I saw the evidence there, I was a bit unsure about a block (since the incidents were separated by a number of months). However, I saw SandyGeorgia was also harassed by Zeraeph in some incident back in September 2006, and that's what pushed me over. After I saw Jimbo's note at Zeraeph's talk page, I decided to give Zeraeph the BOTD, and I unblocked him. Nishkid64 (talk) 18:04, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

RfA
Thanks for the advice; how do you do that? Thanks, Nera nei 18:10, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Ryan Postlethwaite/New admin school
Any chance you can take a look at the above page before I start it to see if the format is to your liking? I really like your "newbie admin school" idea - I think it may be better done as a help sheet that new admins can refer to, with a seperate help desk they can post to to ask questions. Another format idea would be to go through step by step and explain exactly what each component of the admin tools does, and when to use them. e.g. on the blocking form, having account creation blocked - explain it and show what situations to use it in. Your thoughts would be appreciated.  Ry an P os tl et hw ai te  18:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Your comment would be appreciated

 * At the stub Genealogia deorum gentilium I just made an article from. Please edit to make any improvements you can see or give me some suggestions on the article Talk Page. Thanks.--Doug talk 22:55, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * At Giovanni Boccaccio where I just made several improvements as a Biography. Please make any corrections or advise on further improvements that could be made on this article. Thanks.--Doug talk 15:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Page about Mary Manin Morrissey
I wanted it to be known that the statements made about me on the discussion about Mary Manin Morrissey are entirely untrue and slanderous. I have never had any restraining orders against me and I have never stalked anyone in my life. These lies are being perpetrated against me for retaliation for speaking out against the corruption I witnessed firsthand at Living Enrichment Center. It is a rule on Wikipedia that if statements of a slanderous nature are made about a living person then they must be removed. I have therefore removed these untrue statements about me. -- Andrew Parodi 10:29, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Please see ...
Talk:Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_controversies, since you previously expressed concern about this article. Wasted Time R 00:13, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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User:Ryan Postlethwaite/New admin school/Blocking
Hey! Any chance you can take a look at the above page for the "newbie admin school"? I've only created the block section, is it more what you thought of?  Ry an P os tl et hw ai te  22:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers for helping out with this, I'm doing a bit at a time (as it's quite boring!). I'll move onto deletions tomorrow and I'll use Newyorkbrads wording for viewing and restoring pages.  Ry an P os tl et hw ai te  23:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

RfA
Thanks for the advice; I have decided not o close it early to make sure all possible issues are addressed. Thanks very much! Nera nei 11:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Use of transclusion?
A reply has been posted at User:Edward Z. Yang &mdash; Edward Z. Yang (Talk) 16:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 16:00, 6 July 2007 (UTC).

My RfA
Well, I was looking for a prettier way to do this, but I'm not very artistic, so I'll just say thank you for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. I look forward to serving the community in a new way. Take care! -- But | seriously | folks   08:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Task Force
Psdubow 22:22, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

V
What happened is that Tim Vickers tried to add to RS that no non-academic sources could be used in science, medicine, humanities, and social sciences, unless scholarly sources weren't available. It was clearly a major policy change, and RS is just a guideline, so it was reverted, and Tim was advised to go to WP:V if he wanted to make a policy change. He did, and the debate continued. Marskell arrived and said that, as a matter of fact, reliable non-scholarly sources are already "actively suppressed" (his words) on certain articles, giving Global warming as a result.

I was taken aback by this, and suggested we add something to V to make clear that all reliable sources are welcome in all areas, while making it clear that scholarly sources are highly valued. That's what the current version says. Some editors want to change it to say that non-scholarly sources may "also be used," or words to that effect, but I think the consensus is behind the current version, which is:

Hope this background helps. SlimVirgin (talk) (contribs) 23:51, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you very much for your helpful comments on my RfA. I am trying to grow as an editor, and this has been a very good learning experience for me; and you have been very patient and have offered excellent advice, which I will tey my best to take you up on. Hope all is well,  Neranei  T / C  02:21, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Your opinion welcome at deletion review for Plot of Les Mis
After Articles for deletion/Plot of Les Misérables closed as a deletion, I'm challenging the way the closing administrator acted as in violation of Wikipedia rules. Your participation is welcome at that discussion, Deletion review/Log/2007 July 14. Please keep in mind that only arguments related to either new information or to how Wikipedia rules were violated or not violated in closing the discussion will be considered. It isn't a replay of the original AfD. I'm familiar with WP:CANVASSING and I am alerting everyone who participated in that discussion to the deletion review. I won't contact anyone again on this topic, and I apologize if you consider this note distracting. Noroton 04:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA
My late congratulations for passing your RfA. I have no colourful pictures or words to express my feelings. Just go forth and use your tools responsibly. ;) Resurgent insurgent 12:38, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

DYK archives
Hi - I suspect you didn't notice this response. I can create the tables for all the DYK archives - and could add main page appearance date and nominator if there's some way to figure it out. No hurry, but please let me know what you think about this. -- Rick Block (talk) 22:17, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Daisuke Amaya
Hi! Thanks for the notification, but I didn't create this article; all I created was a redirect. You'll want to get in touch with User:Akhel, who seems to have been the first person to add content to it. Good luck! --Masamage ♫ 02:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Shaolin Kempo Karate
The article Shaolin Kempo Karate is being abused in a similar way as the United Studios of Self Defense Article. I would appreciate it if you looked into this. User: NJMauthor

Ah, so he is violating that rule by reverting his page over and over again, yes?

Conservapedia
I'm confused by your remark on my talk page since the article does not appear to be up for deletion. JoshuaZ 20:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

DYK Update
As instructed byt the DYK talk page, I am trying to attract the attention of an admin to update the DYK template on the main page because it has not been updated in 13 hours. If you are abailable to help, thank you very much. -Dekkanar 16:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know about Billardiera scandens at DYK. Cheers Fred ☻  06:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for your support in my successful RfA. I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me. Thanks for your perspective about my rocky newbie days, many of us had them. Carlossuarez46 21:52, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Advice
Hi just wondering if you could give me some advice please? My username Tangerines I have used since I joined wikipedia, and that is what appears in my signature. I am a member of the Tibet project on wikipedia, and have made a number of edits on Tibet related articles and also on talk pages. Whilst I have my own personal views on the subject of Tibet I try to ensure that my edits are NPOV. In addition I have reverted POV edits by Tibetan supporters and also reverted POV edits by pro- PRC (Gov't of China) users. Given that the edits by those who are pro-PRC are more common, there have been more reverts made of any such edits that are POV. Mostly these are made by anonymous IP users, some of whom take offence at having their edits reverted and who accuse myself and others of bias based on the fact that more reverts have been made of pro-PRC edits. This has been going on for some time now. Yesterday when checking through my watchlist I came across what looked like an edit made by my username, even though I knew I had not made it. When I checked though it had been made by a new user with the name Tangerime whose sole contribution to wikipedia thus far has been to add WP:China on quite a number of article talk pages. The wikipedia policy on usernames states usernames that closely resemble the name of another Wikipedia user and may cause confusion are inappropriate and not allowed. I am loathe to approach this user as I am also quite sure they have deliberately registered the username to be similar to mine and presumably so as to cause confusion. As you can see from here it looks very confusing as to who has edited. What can be done about it? Thank you and apologies for such a long message! ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 02:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi thanks for replying. Do I need to provide the link I gave above showing how it is confusing? And would I be best simply keeping it very short just stating there is a new user called tangerimes and as we are both editing similar articles it will cause confusion? Would that be enough? thanks. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 03:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! Much appreciated. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 03:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

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DYK (Sam Lichtenhein)
I've responded, finally, there, as I tried to contact Rigadoun directly, but he's offline today. I'd love to get it on the main page, so see what's I've responded. :D Evilclown93 22:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for helping out responding to that question. Driving 12-16 hours a day does not generally leave one in the best state to give good, detailed answers. :) Seraphimblade Talk to me 06:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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List of atheist Nobel laureates
No, a speedy close isn't really appropriate, at least not on procedural grounds. I closed the prior AfD as No consensus; although this defaults to Keep, it isn't equivalent to a consensus for keeping, and therefore doesn't prejudice re-nomination (at least as I understand it). Also, bear in mind that this is a bundle nom, so the situation is somewhat different. I have no opinion on the outcome of the AfD, but it should be left to run its full course. WaltonOne 16:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, as I explained, the second nomination is a bundle of several "List of X Nobel laureates", which addresses one of the issues brought up in the previous AfD; as such, I don't think this is the same situation at all. I won't intervene to speedy-close; just let the AfD run its course, and see what happens. WaltonOne 17:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD SNOW closure?
Hello there! Since you're an active admin online who hasn't voted in this particular AfD, I wanted to ask your opinion about the AfD going on here. I figured as a non-admin under WP:SNOW it would be ok for me to close it as Keep. Does this sound right to you? Also I'm thinking this has a chance of becoming quite heated. Thanks!! Eliz81 17:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ... and that's exactly why I consulted with an admin before doing anything! Thanks very much for the advice. Just for future reference, what would be the types of AfDs that non-admins could close? Eliz81 17:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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DYK

 * The name of the publication (and probably a link) are missing from the citation you added on at 15:51 (UTC) July 15, 2007 to Aspergum which reads:
 * Graedon, Joe; Graedon, Teresa. (August 12, 1997) Take two asprin and sing "Happy Birthday." Section: Features; Page 4E.
 * I looked on Google but couldn't find the source to correct it myself. -- DS1953 talk 15:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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Camboidan literature
Thanks your;re work is also excellent. I have begun adding missing articles from Cambodia where the coverage is so poor particularly from a culturally rich country - I created the Category:Cambodian artists and have begun adding articles to improve this and e.g --Chum Mey. To be honest I've been very busy the last day or two and will be all weekend on trying to complete my List of American films which I created -its mammoth!!!! -so I hadn't really got around to thinking of it. 4,000,000 hits shows how wikipedia is growing rapidly its getting huge!!! Feel free to nominate or let someone do it -it would mean a lot thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  "Expecting you"    Contribs 21:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

An interesting one I created was Yak racing - I did nominate it on 18 July but I don't know if it will get approved ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦  "Expecting you"    Contribs 21:16, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Re:William Walter Kouts
Thank you for your kind words on the article. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to do me the honors of nominating it for the Did You Know? section since I always seem to mess up on those things and besides since I was involved in the search mentioned in the article I wouldn't want someone to think of it as a vanity on my behave. Thank you Tony the Marine 21:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the nomination. I delted the erroneous information in regard to the image in the Pentagon. You see that wasn't Kouts picture, it was of an unknown soldier (whose identity still remains a mystery). Thanks for everything. Tony the Marine 17:35, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Wider Attention system
Thank you, Jreferee! I was thinking about a quality control system, however really that is what the wiki process is all about -- if the page doesn't really belong, you can remove the tag. As for the infobox-related discussion, I personally believe it belongs, as it's a discussion on a more remote part of Wikipedia (as opposed to the village pump, for example) that has relevance to people other than the ones who frequent the page. It's something everyone could look at and participate in. Also, consider using watt box as it presents the list in nice box form. MessedRocker (talk) 22:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

RE Royal Navy uniform
I presume you were thinking of the HMS Harlequin fact. I've nominated it on the DYK page, as per your suggestion. Thanks for the idea. WaltonOne 11:19, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

DYK for Causes of the Palestinian Exodus
Thanks for the heads up. Your message was very helpful. Screen stalker 18:18, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

DYK suggestion
Hi Jreferee. I've received two of your suggested-DYK messages for articles I've already nominated, and I'm wondering if there's anyway to prevent that... No big deal, just curious. Thanks. – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡ ) 20:30, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding. I appreciate that you take the time to do the DYK notices - that's cool. Keep up the great work, and I'll look forward to any notice you send my way. – Freechild ( ¡!¡!¡!¡ ) 04:37, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

J Star
Heyo! No prob on working it in, "He’s being flown around the country for one-nighters at trendy clubs" is the best bit and that's certainly easy enough to do. If you see anything helpful about J Star fashions or Buzznet (or anything else) feel free to let me know. You can also post to the talk page but I have a funny feeling it will be overrun soon by his fans if no one else. Benjiboi 06:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Non-free images
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 * 1) Add an appropriate use rationale.
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My RfA
Thank you for participating in My RfA which closed successfully. I am honored and truly more than a little humbled by the support of so many members of the community. It's more than a bit of a lift to see comments on my behalf by so many people that I respect. I'll do my best to not disappoint you or the community. - Philippe &#124; Talk 06:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath
Per your request on User:Harlowraman talk page, I have put it on DYK page, do you think the hook is correct ? Taprobanus 13:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)