User talk:KsprayDad

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My Question
Wow...fast!

I am working on the page Garry_Galley and have contacted this athlete. He has scanned and emailed to me a photo of himself playing hockey that is from his own personal collection. I want to make sure that the photo is flagged properly so that it follows wiki rules. How/What do I label it as?

Thanks


 * Assuming that he still owns the copyright on the image we can't use a free licence like GFDL etc. So Promotional (a Fair use) licence is probably appropriate. Just explain how you obtained it on the image page and everything will be fine.--Commander Keane 14:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Great! So I'll just put an explanation of how I got the photo and label it as Fair Use.  Thanks for your quick response.

CBS Kids
Sorry about the confusion, i was trying to mark multiple articles for deletion as a group based on the instructions in WP:AfD. Think i've got everything straightened out now. EricR

Deliverance
Hey, thanks for asking. No, the Simpsons reference was fine, but if you look here, you'll see that, down below, on the left, all that yellow text is additional text from the article that, for some reason, the editor deleted. That was good content, so I reverted it. By the way, if you're doing recent changes patrol, you should check out CryptoDerk's Vandal Fighter. It'll blow your socks off. Cheers, JDoorj a m    Talk 02:00, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that someone already put the Simpsons back in. I wouldn't worry too much about the citation tag on that one: it's really hard to cite the Simpsons, and at the same time, there are enough die-hard Simpsons fans out there that, it it's false information, it'll get removed.  (Unfortunately, there really are no hard and fast ruled about when to add those fact tags...)  Anyway, it definitely sounds lik you're on the right track with helping out around here!  I hoped that help answer your question -- drop me a line if you have any questions about this, or anything, really.  JDoorj a m     Talk 02:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Toronto
Unfortunately, you added extraneous information for which the Cdn. city infobox/template isn't configured to capture, and doesn't for any other Cdn. city – for consistency and economy (as the infobox and article is already replete with too much information and in need of pruning), I removed it. And, frankly, nothing prevents you from adding this worthwhile information to the subarticle or to have done so in the first place. I will also remind you of the message below every edit page: "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly ..., do not submit it." Otherwise, I defer to my prior comments. Sorry. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 04:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Frankly, it's a judgement call: I'm not required to carry over information that is arguably misplaced to begin with. In the time it has taken you to comment, you could've have easily acted on constructive criticism and added it to the subarticle or taken it to the talk page.  If editors were more judicious in their contributions and where they did so, many articles would not grow to become as long and unwieldy as the Toronto article has become (which is also in the edit note atop that article, which you overlooked).  My edit summary is more than sufficient and, beyond these comments, I will not do so on this topic further.  Thanks.  E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 04:51, 12 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Good. As well: please do not presuppose or insinuate that you are the only one acting in good faith.  I've fully explained my reasons constructively ... take them or leave them.  Be more judicious with your edits.  And, newbie or not, refrain from being so argumentative. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 05:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

KsprayDad responds: is it argumentative to ask an editor to not remove legitimate work from a page? If I find something in the wrong place, I'll move it to the correct one, not just delete it. To bad all editors don't seem to be worried about knowledge, just format.

Copyright problems with Image:VW_Phaeton_cutaway_4Motion.jpg
moved to Image talk:VW Phaeton cutaway 4Motion.jpg. thanks for pointing inacuracies! --Marc Lacoste 17:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:Please block this guy forever...
Well, since the vandalism was done not within a reasonable period when the last warning was given, it would be appropriate to give another warning. If he/she continues, please add an entry to WP:AIV and an admin will take care of it. --Y.Ichiro (会話| + |投稿記録|メール) 04:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Toronto Twinnings
Good job on getting the correct list of twinned cities. I knew that previous list was wrong, but did not have the time or energy to put the same effort you did into getting the right list. Good work! Skeezix1000 01:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

209.161.72.178
I reported the vandal at WP:AIV, but he/she apparently stopped and was not blocked. Conscious 17:50, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Snellville, Georgia
Just wanted to say thanks for fixing the vandalism!! --Jober14 03:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

name of World Junior Hockey Championships article, and merge
Talk:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships If you're interested. Thanks. ColtsScore 09:44, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

TAR nickname
I've already stated in a previous edit that Ray and Yolanda used the nickname on the show on more than one occasion. I'm unclear as to why, just because I recall it and other people don't, that means it's unverified. No one else seems to get asked to provide episode numbers and time stamps and the like for their edits.

But as I told the other person who continually reverts it, I'm not interested in getting into an edit war about it. It's fine with me if it gets left out for now, I'll just wait for the GSN repeat to bear me out and then put it back in.

Have a nice day. Otto4711 08:08, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Ceiling cat vandal
Working on an AOL range block -- Samir  धर्म 06:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Tim Hortons
Hi. Thanks for providing a source for the wear red issue. But you will need to source the fact that TH now allows staff to wear red, as well as the claim that the resolution was brought about by radio call in shows, etc. Thanks. Skeezix1000 20:18, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Ha Ha long time coming
I would just like to mention I just now received your message that was posted on my Creations talk page.

Hi Croat...

Just to let you know that I've picked up the Stub on Garry Galley and am fleshing it out now...your review/comments would be great. KsprayDad 14:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha, was surprised there was anything on the talk page. I never looked. So next time if you want me to respond to your message within in a year, just put it on my user talk page. I got a real kick out of this, ha ha ha. Croat Canuck  Go Leafs Go   02:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Your revert on John Carmack
Can you explain this diff to me? It looks like you reverted a content edit (not vandalism) with javascript. This is bad form. Please use edit summaries to explain why you are removing content placed by other editors. --Ryan Delaney talk 03:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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Ice Hockey Project discussion of hockey player notability and project scope
Please come join the WikiProject Ice Hockey Notability standards for hockey players discussion. I'd like to see input from all our project members who have an opinion. Thanks! ColtsScore 01:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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Concerning Advance Wars: Days of Ruin name change
I removed the name change info because the user who had originally added it did not realize that it was unnecessary. None of the other Advance Wars articles contain info about the different names of the games in other countries. When he posted it, he also said that it was only a name change for the Australian release of the game. The user referenced this site:

http://www.slicedgaming.com/news/news10335.html

Hope this answers your questions. If not, please continue this discussion on the Advance Wars: Days of Ruin talk page. Comandante42 (talk) 03:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

It appears the site is down right now or something, because I cannot test out the posted link. Anyway, the user seemed confident that the name change was for Australia only, so changing the article's name is unneeded at this point. If I can find more sources like IGN or Gamespot that claim the name change is for the North American version as well within the coming days, then I will see that the article is brought up to date immediately. Again, you can continue this discussion on the game's talk page. Comandante42 (talk) 03:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Alright, now everything has been sorted out. Dark Conflict is indeed only the localized name for the Australian version of AW: DoR. The reason for the confusion is that Australian game sites were only informed of the game on November 20, not October 15 like in North America. The fact that the game was announced there as Dark Conflict gave the false impression to American sites that the game was getting a name change, but in reality this is all one big misunderstanding. Since only Australia gets this new name for their game version, renaming the article is thus unneeded. This site may shed some light on the whole thing, because the other one I posted above has experienced some kind of database corruption and most of their info has been deleted.

http://www.gameplayer.com.au/Home/PREVIEWS/PREVIEWGAME/tabid/1484/Default.aspx?CID=23b1c420-41b6-458a-921c-88fe2c9a6d99

Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention so that I could resolve it, but I'll keep an eye out in case this whole thing turns into something bigger. Comandante42 (talk) 03:57, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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BioShock & PS3
I didn't revert (at least not after you added the sources), I just moved it from "available" to "will be available" (see ). cheers, xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 15:44, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. P.S., Don't forget to sign your posts with  Happy editing, xenocidic ( talk ¿ review ) 15:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC).

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Hello
I see that you're not active anymore, but in case you come back, I'd like to update you about the status of an article you created. The article God of War: Chains of Olympus which you created on March 11, 2007 was promoted to GA-Class on July 22, 2012 and then promoted to FA-Class on October 21, 2012. -- JDC808  ♫  14:37, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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