User talk:MacGyverMagic/Archive/August 2007

Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg
As so ordered by DRV, Image:Cogny Castries Navarre.jpg is again nominated for deletion. Please see the debate at. Regards,  howcheng  {chat} 21:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Deir Yassin massacre
Hi. Could you unprotect the above article for wikification purposes, per talk page. Thanks. Itsmejudith 21:44, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

New username
Patricknoddy here under as new username, Wikipedia has lost my password and somebody erased my cookies on WP so I created this account. - Patricknoddynewaccount 20:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Now I'm User:Presidentman. - Presidentman 11:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

1689 Dutch world map
Hi Mgm, I was wondering if you could look at. I nominated this image for delisting because we have little information about it beyond its author and year created. However, I did find a source in Dutch that might give us some more information, which would be very useful regardless if picture's FP status is kept or not. Links and other info is on the delist nomination page. Thanks.  howcheng  {chat} 19:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Where the top is
It's at the other end. &#9786; Uncle G 12:21, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
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Gazzo Macee
I am currently working on the article Gazzo Macee (right now it's here) and when typed it in at Google came up with this page. I was wondering where you found he was born in 1960, because I can't find that anywhere. If you could please respond on my talk page that would be much appreciated. Thanks! Deflagro 21:30, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks anyway! Deflagro 20:57, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Account creation search
Hi MacGyverMagic, sorry for the really late delay to your question on my Meta talk page. I'm afraid I don't know why your account is turning up incorrect results, and indeed whether it's a problem confined to your account only. I know some very old accounts don't have the exact account creation date in the database, but the accounts that have those problems are really old, dating back to 2003 and earlier. I'm inclined not to really rely on the copy of the English Wikipedia database on the toolserver at the moment, since the data not only appears to be old, but also corrupted somewhat. We're getting a dedicated database toolserver for the English Wikipedia sometime this week or the next, so hopefully that will fix some problems... :-) Cheers, Tangotango (talk) 07:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Redirect of Michael Curtis-Parsons
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Bad faith?
At User_talk:Petergans user:loom91 has admitted introducing something which he knew was wrong. Can an administrator please give this person a warning and let me know when it has been done? Petergans 11:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Mgm_Hoover_the_talking_seal.ogg
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Help controlling vandals on Joseph McManners
Hello, I know you're a frequent editor of Joseph's page but I need a little help. Vandals keep on returning to wreck havoc. I can only revert their edits for so long and I have no power to ban. Please help? Reply to talk... Ryan|(talk) 23:35, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Joseph McManners
Um... OK, then. Force of habit. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 14:55, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:May31-Jpkoester-cdvf.jpg)
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Adding me to the List of Magicians
I was wondering what exactly do I need to do in order to get included in the List of Magicians. Just curious.

www.smoothini.com

I ask because I saw Owen Lean aka Road Mage on the list, and I have the same, if not better, qualifications.

And I know there is a HUGE debate about people including themselves, but .... well, like I said. I'm curious as to what I need to accomplish in life in order to be included.

Mark Hucko AfD, take 2
Hello,

I nominated Mark Hucko for deletion again. Previous AfD was closed as "no consensus". In the meantime the sources for the article have not become any better and it is still unverifiable.

Your opinion will be appreciated at Articles for deletion/Mark Hucko (2nd nomination).

Thanks in advance. --Amir E. Aharoni 12:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

DYK FYI
The current DYK has not been updated in nearly twelve hours! Chris 23:16, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Your userpage
Hey Mgm, I am here to admit to stealing your userpage design. Out of all the ones I have seen, yours struck me as being the closest to what I want. I've never done much with my userpage and have spent the last few days tinkering around with the code. I hope its ok that I took your look, but fear not, I'll changing it further in the near future. I gave you credit currently and I can revert back if you don't want me using your design. Thanks, and remember "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!" -- &gt; Sc h ma ck i t y &lt;  14:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Cathleen Falsani
I noticed you on an entry on the History page there and as I'm neither an admin nor sufficiently Wikismart, I thought I'd approach you in the first instance. Hope that's ok. Anyway, I have no personal or other interest in this page but I notice two things there: One is that the main paragraph seems like a advertisement for a book. Second is the large number of red links which also seem to add to the vanity/advertisement feel of the page. Most of these contributions/changes seem to be made by someone(s) not registered/logged in. Most of my contributions have been either minor changes or to pages on subjects which I know about whereas this is just something I've objectively noticed. I don't know how to tag this - or what is the appropriate step - if any - that I should take re. editing it. Your advice/help/referral would be gratefully recieved. Thanks. Plutonium27 12:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Cameron-bright-jan04.jpg)
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Tcrow777 talk  04:15, 20 August 2007 (UTC) == A DYK Barnstar ==

paul kirk
Hello there! Re: this request from way back in the spring... I don't have page numbers either (though I can go get a copy of the Cyclopedia article if you still need it), but I checked a biographical index and got a few more citations. If you are looking for Paul Leland Kirk, 1902-1970, I got this listing of where biographies appear in reference works for him: ''this is from the "Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 1980- 2007." ''
 * Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 8: September, 1967-August, 1970. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1971. [BioIn 8]
 * Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 11: September, 1976-August, 1979. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1980. [BioIn 11]
 * Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists. An international biographical dictionary of law enforcement. By Alan Axelrod and Charles Phillips. New York: Facts on File, 1996. [CopCroC]
 * The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 56. New York: James T. White & Co., 1975. Use the Index to locate biographies. [NatCAB 56]
 * World of Forensic Science. Two volumes. Edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. [WorForSci]

there's a couple other Paul L. Kirks as well, so let me know if that's not the same one. Hope this helps. -- phoebe/ (talk) 01:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I was wondering if this request has been fulfilled, or do you still want me to look? I got the idea that Phoebe send you a copy? Key to the city 12:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok good news, I've found your request for Paul L. Kirk in the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. But I'll need your e-mail address to send it to you in an attachement. You can send it to me with the wiki-e-mail system if you don't want to post your e-mail address on my talk page. Key to the city 09:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:May31-Jpkoester-cdvf.jpg)
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