User talk:MacGyverMagic/Archive 27

The warning
I dont normally do that but I did in that case as a) The block was for an extended period and b) as it's a learning institution there may be teachers etc who edit (with accounts). Wont happen again :) - Gl e n 08:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC) PS; fixed the link, thanks for the heads up - only just changed to this name this week so still ironing out the move.

Bindi Irwin
I thought that it deserved a debate at least and that User:Croclover might then better understand process, but never mind. I'll be bolder in future. - I@n 10:36, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Emil Kraepelin arbitration case
I noticed your comments on the Emil Kraepelin (Londhart v. 84...) RfAr urging the ArbCom to accept the case. Perhaps inadvertently, you have placed your statement under the heading "Clerk Notes." I'm sure you agree that you can't take a position on the merits and be the Clerk in the same case. I suggest that you refactor your statement under a heading like "Statement from Non-Involved User MacGyver Magic" and make it clear you are not acting as the Clerk for this case. Just a thought so you don't get criticized for trying to be helpful. Regards, Newyorkbrad 14:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I know you're an Arb Clerk in other cases which is why I figured it was inadvertent you were commenting as a user, not as a clerk, in this instance. One of the parties to the case seems to have gotten upset but hopefully will be mollified that you moved it. Regards, Newyorkbrad 17:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I guess in this particular case it turned out not to matter much.... Newyorkbrad 20:53, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Help!
hi!!! I need your help please... I formated my computer and so far everything is fine, but I have a little problem... I can't listen to anything cause 'there's a problem with the sound device'. it says that it's being 'used by some other program' or that I don't have one... do you know where can I download a 'sound device' (something I don't really know what is supposed to be)... btw, I have a soundcard and everything...and the sound was working fine until I formated it. the error is this : 0xC00D11BA

thank you! =).--Cosmic girl 21:02, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

nvm, I got it, thank you anyways! :D--Cosmic girl 17:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: My Reference desk edit
Sorry about that, it was a misunderstanding. --Ter e nce Ong (T 16:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

boô
Very neat! Enjoyed the article very much. Tweaked the tag a bit so it wasn't a surprise what a boô was. Hope it's ok. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 18:17, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Definition of "Bude"
Hi- Didn't want to edit without consulting you first, as I'm not familiar with Boôs. I think we might change the English definition of "Bude" from "stable" to "hut," "shed," or "shack." One common translation is "stall," but that only refers to a single compartment.

--Eric 21:18, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi MGM, got your message. I'll be on the road for a few days but will check in soon. I'm new at this, so please let me know if I should have communicated with you via the talk page for the Boô article instead of by going to your talk page. Thanks. --Eric 21:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Mgm--got your message and thanks for the "Getting Started" links. --Eric 16:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Breadmaster?
Me again. I've never heard of bread lord, breadlord, breadmaster, or bread master, but then again I'm neither master nor lord of European farming history. It depends on what the role of the broodheer was, I guess. Bread lord sounds funny; does broodheer sound funny in Dutch? --Eric 16:31, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Rachel Hunt
I have noticed when you closed the above AfD, you did not remove the category template, "REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD". By deleting this when closing it pulls the discussion out of the category. I have deleted it from this discussion, but if you could review any other closures you have done recently and remove the tag from them it would be greatly appreicated. Thanks. --Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 14:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a fairly recent change. The official policy is at WP:AFDC.  In regards to why it is categoried after closure, it should not be.  I have been going through the listing in each of the categories CAT:AFD and removing the tag from pages that are closed and adding the approriate category code for those in the uncatagorised group.--Gay Cdn  (talk) (email) (Contr.) 18:44, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Robert Brownlee (chemist)
Hey if you want to add something to the article, be my guest. I'm basically done with the main bits I can find on him. Still have to look up the obit later this week hopefully. I'm fairly sure I know the names of his parents, but I want to check the obit to make sure. Wjhonson 23:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Could you watch an article for vandals?
This article seems to be a hotspot for vandals.

Keeping on Gaming

and

KoG

Thanks. Mr. Turcotte talk  00:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Kia Motors
Your recent edit to Kia Motors (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // AntiVandalBot 10:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm.. vandalising articles!! Not a very nice thing to do;) -- Lost (talk) 11:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Jt Ervin
That is not myself. He is a close friend but its not me. I wouldn't write about myself. Jtervin 11:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * He has done something he was about to release an album but last minute he cancelled it saying it was personal choice and now he is doing another album, a clothing line, and he writes poetry and shot stories and he started a book. U don't think that qualifies as something?????!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtervin (talk • contribs)
 * OK then thats fine. All I'm saying is that when he gets his stuff I'll just re-create the page again. Jtervin 12:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol no I just named me after him lol he is my idol :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtervin (talk • contribs)

Silken Windhound
Why do you think this needs a history merge rather than a simple redirect to finish the merge (the text is merged already right?) - Mgm|(talk) 08:21, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, the article was originally written at Silken windhound, but was then copied and pasted to Silken Windhound. Blanking and placing a redirect at the original page would effectively hide the history of edits between, if I remember correctly, the article's creation on June 2 and June 6. Of course, we have to follow the GFDL license, attribute sources, yadda, yadda, yadda. Anyway, Rich Farmbrough's already gotten to it, and everything should be all right now. Thanks for taking a look! &mdash; Rebelguys2 talk 11:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

NC images
Not allowed on commons either. See Commons:Commons:Licensing.--Eloquence* 11:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Not so indiscriminate
Please have a look at the potential sources, especially in light of what the more common name for these movies is. Uncle G 16:34, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

RE: Jessica Lunsford arbitration
(information posted by 65.184.18.231 was exact copy of his response on arbitration page.) - Mgm|(talk) 18:34, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Eatonsh=Continueddonations=Returnoftheman
With literally no break at all, permanently blocked user Eatonsh aka Continueddonations is back, this time exclusively focusing on the main Schizophrenia and the Talk:Schizophrenia page. That they all are the same user is obvious if you look at his writing style, interpunction, topics, timing, appearance, mode of reasoning, etc. that IMHO it does not need any further proof. However, I am not sure how to deal with it any further; I admit I am somehow involved in this by now (he has called me a Nazi perhaps once too often by now), and reverting him all the time is a drag and looks, in spite of my explanations, odd to some other users on the page in question, some of which are helping him. Thus, I am herewith asking some of the users, admins and ArbCom members who were involved in this case previously to check and to either suggest what to do or to initiate some remedial course of action. Many thanks in advance. Ebbinghaus 23:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Podcast Alley
Hi,

This article was nominated by you for DRV, and that nom. succeeded. Its AfD is now languishing in inattentive limbo, so any comment by you there would be very helpful. Best wishes, Xoloz 15:16, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

re: Interested?
Hi Mgm-

''You told me you're new and I saw you did mostly small edits. Can I interest you in written an article? It doesn't have to be long, but I'd like to see at least a non-stub on various subjects and I can't write them all myself. If you do, there's a Barnstar in it for you. If you like the idea, I'd like to hear what your interests are, so I can suggest some much-needed articles. I know a full article can be daunting, but I'd be happy to offer support along the way. It's a great way to learn those little tricks of the trade. See ya later! - Mgm''
 * In principle I'm interested, but I might not have time for a while to get to it. Chances are I will be less busy in the winter. Some of my interests are: mapping (GIS), languages/translation (French, German), medieval European history, Romanesque architecture, strong cheese, and good beer.


 * I have a couple questions I can't find answers to in Help; hope you don't mind me bugging you with them:


 * Do you know of a shortcut to add a link to one's own Talk page on one's signature, the way I've seen you and others do?


 * Is there a preferred format for quoting a post from one's Talk page (italics above) when one wants to include it in a reply on the poster's Talk page?
 * Thanks! --Eric 21:49, 17 September 2006 (UTC) | →Talk
 * You need to put talk in the box in your preferences (along with what else you want to display - like your regular userpage) and check 'raw signatures'. The date doesn't need to be included. What I typed above is the shortest way to type your talk page link.
 * I couldn't get that to work on my preferences page. Are you saying that you arranged your preferences such that when you type ~, it generates your signature with the talk page link included?--Eric 19:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I finally grasped the signature customization, with add'l help from Customisation. Also started messing with a couple articles. Thanks again. -Eric (talk) 17:40, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: IWannaCutYourHan
Ok, thanks for telling me, I'll reblock him with the proper comment and don't do that in the future. --WinHunter (talk) 12:45, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

E-mail addresses as usernames
In response to your message (quoted below) on my talk page: You posted to User talk:Abrinezs@gasairca.com saying email addresses weren't allowed per policy and blocked them while simply recommending a name change to User talk:Mpmv8@yahoo.com. Why did you send different messages? Also, I know email adresses are discouraged, but I have yet to find the policy that forbids them (if they wanna be spammed, who are we to stop them?) Please point me to the policy you referred to here. - Mgm|(talk) 12:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

The policy on Usernames is at WP:Username. On that page, there is a section on inappropriate usernames. E-mail addresses: Using your e-mail address as your username is not a good idea. Wikipedia content is extensively copied and the site itself is one of the most visited sites in the world. Any edit you make on Wikipedia will have your username attached to it, and using your email address will make you a tempting target for spammers. Additionally, usernames containing "____@wikipedia.org", etc. are blocked on sight, as such a name may misleadingly imply that a user is a member of the Wikimedia Foundation. There is no official policy regarding whether to block non-"wikipedia" email addresses, so it is left to the discretion of the blocking admin. Note to new user patrollers: you may use the template to recommend a username change to such users, or  to inform them of a block. (Underlining is my emphasis.)  The "message" to User talk:Abrinezs@gasairca.com was from the template UsernameBlockedEmail, while the "message" to User talk:Mpmv8@yahoo.com was from the template WelcomeEmail. I did not make any changes to the template messages. So, the template is misleading and perhaps should be changed (not use the word "policy").

I see a few issues with e-mail addresses:
 * 1) With out verification, it is possible for a person to register another's e-mail address as their username.  I've seen some admins block with a message to send them verification of their e-mail address.
 * 2) Spamming.
 * 3) Use of company e-mail addresses. (This is the case of gasarica.com ).  There is the possible implication that the user is representing their company; and/or the potential for their company to receive spam into their system as a result of the user registering a e-mail address from their company.

As per the WP:Username page, it is left up to the admin to make a decision on whether to block. I've seen admins revert (completely delete the user talk page ) my use of the WelcomeEmail, noting in the deletion summary that my message left a record that would open the user to spam.

How do you usually handle e-mail address usernames? &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 20:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
...for looking into the Daredevil vandalism thing, and I will check with the official Marvel Guide re: the question of photographic memory. Thanks very much. --Tenebrae 17:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

ISBN
(Nice to see Dragon's Flight box spreading!) Essentially it didn't know about 13 digit ISBNs at that time, although I have since scanned for them to remove incorrect labels - why Sam Stern got missed I have no idea. There is a 10 digit ISBN listed here (and in the URL now I look), and arguably that is the correct one to use until midnight 31st Dec. ISBNs should be laid out, according to the International ISBN Agency, with spaces or hyphens separating the components. Spaces break wiki-magic, so the hyphens are the best solution. Rgds, Rich Farmbrough, 22:26 19 September 2006 (GMT).
 * That's a suprise. Let me know if you find that page agian. A solid block of numbers is only "allowed" for internal IT storage. Rich Farmbrough, 10:32 20 September 2006 (GMT).

Can you point me to some edits he did after his final warning (especially tag removals). With his edit history empty I can't check without knowing what the articles are called. - Mgm|(talk) 11:28, 20 September 2006 (UTC)


 * He created a total of five attack articles, beginning with the one warned on his talk page, then after his final warning created four other identical copies of it at various titles (including as templates designed to imitate db-attack (Template:db - attack). All of these have since been deleted at attack articles. As you observe he does seem to have stopped now, but at the time of report the vandalism was ongoing. ~Matticus TC 11:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Judo
The simplest approach to people copying and pasting corporate promotional blurbs into articles is Copyright Judo. Miles Consulting Corp was a case in point. It was a word-for-word copy, except with the first person changed to the third person, of the company's own blurb, which is labelled "© 2004-2005 Miles Consulting Corp", and thus clearly a violation of our copyright policy. Uncle G 12:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Sam Stern
Well, I'd say quite many people dream of going to the North Pole, not to mention every other EU citizen probably wants to run his or her own restaurant, so even this combination of wishes is not that unusual. I'd say it is pretty amazing to hear of a celebrity chef NOT running his own restaurant, but being regarded a celebrity chef (or even just a chef!) at the age of 15 still is unusual! As to another fact, there isn't really much more in the article - if I were pesky I would actually dismiss it as a stub, but I appreciate your work on the references :D Bravada, talk - 22:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Active learning copyvio issue
I took a quick look at User:Wikilibrarian's contributions, and saw at least one other article, Case study, that was based on one of the documents from that site. however, looking at that one, it does say in the footer of the page, at http://www.ericdigests.org/1992-5/study.htm, that "This site exists to provide the text of the public domain ERIC Documents previously produced by ERIC." But the site that was indicated by the editor who pointed out the Active learning issue had a distinct copyright mark at the bottom. I'm all confused ow. I think I'll look this over more when I'm home from work. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

The Apeman Cometh
Sorry, I didn't know I needed to spell it out. IMHO, it could even be speedied, as it doesn't really assert any true notability, using references to people and other subjects which have a very low search engine hit count -- which takes all of two seconds to perform. Never mind the line about being 'a poor black child being mistaken for a pile of poo'... . I've never had anyone else complain, but I'll try to document a little more... a hard thing to do effectively while wiki-ing at work (yes, I am mildly addicted). - CobaltBlueTony 01:21, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Majestic Tower Wellington
Not a problem the origional artical did not express notability. thanks for taking care of that. Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 08:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I was refering to "the tallest buliding on the street" but since you fixed it you cleared that up :) Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 08:25, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

CSD catch on Image:Quintote colony counter.jpg
Thanks for catching the apparent issue with Image:Quintote colony counter.jpg. I found several interesting pictures on this site and uploaded several of them; I'll make sure to go back and provide the specific URLs for the ones I uploaded. FYI, the image in question is at http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/details.cfm?imageid=2044. Also, if it helps, the public domain licensing isn't merely implicit by being part of a US Government agency; these images are explicitly licensed to the public domain here: http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/about.cfm

Now I see what happened, and realize that the image captioned a scintillation counter on visualsonline.cancer.gov is, according to Deglr6328, not what it says it is. I don't know any better, so I'll take Deglr6328 at his/her word. Thanks for your help. I'll go ahead and delete the image. I'm now much less confused. :-)  - Quintote 02:39, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Tool?
Replied on my talk page. Cheers, — FireFox  ( talk ) 11:04, 23 September 2006

AfD
Thanks for the message you left me on my Pop Idol AfDs. I'm glad you spoke up because I would be interested in your views: I have had confrontations before whilst attempting to be bold. As you can no doubt see on my talk page, I tried doing just that for some of those in line of succession where there was nothing more than geneological info, and got rebuffed. I also tried doing same with some of the ANTM cycle 7 contestants and StarbucksDude keeps reverting them. I don't particularly wnat to clog up AfD, but hope you can help me with what I'm up against. Ohconfucius 14:05, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Tobias Bamberg
I noticed that your list of Articles I plan to create includes Okito. I have begun that article and I wondered if you would like to contribute some more information. Thanks. IrishGuy talk 22:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for catching the typos. I fixed the book cited with the appropriate template as well as moved the external link to the references section. As for the stub itself, I created it and then checked what linked to it (assuming there had been references to Okito/Bamberg in other articles) and saw that your user page did. So I figured I would drop you a line about it. IrishGuy talk 18:09, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your action on User:Javierechevarria
Thanks for blocking this user! :) Walter Ching 02:16, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Mgm Okito poster 1910.jpg
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 * Oops, made a typo in the closing brackets in the tag. Fixed now. - Mgm|(talk) 10:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Giano case
Thanks for the reminder; I have done so. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 00:02, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza/User Page Award
Congratulations, MacGyverMagic, you have been nominated for the Esperanza User Page Contest! The judges have received the fifteen entries, and are ready to start judging. The judges will take a week to complete the judging process, and they will contact all the participants when the judging is done.

Please drop by the contest page for contest updates and questions. Take care, and good luck! Daniel.Bryant 07:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: 212.248.245.241
It's and automated message by VP, don't know how to change it, sadly. Worst case scenerio I have to revert some vandalism to my talk page. But with VP, I can do all that with 1 click :). --  Karafias   Talk • Contributions 08:45, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Danmeister
My mistake. I'll remember to check that in the future. – Someguy0830 (Talk | contribs) 14:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Giano RfAr
Hi,

Although the proposed decision page says only one arbitrator is recused, I must imagine that two are: Mindspillage said she was, and James F. must be recused as a party, right? Please adjust the page, and/or raise the point with James F. (I'd ask him myself, but when I've tried to talk to him previously, he treats me like I'm a moron.)  Best wishes, Xoloz 04:11, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your note about the User image contribution gallery. Very cool. --Thameen 07:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Note on Talk Page
And I know you're a respectable enough admin that a clumsy veiled threat like "I've seen enough useful contributions from you to know that losing you would be a shame for the project" is beneath you.

The subject of the AFD IS a bog-standard working artist, period/full stop. If you want to read something into that on behalf of someone else, I can't stop you ("My God, that barbarian called him average") but don't tell me what I meant, because as the one saying, I'm probably in the best position to know.

And as for the sockpuppet I told to "put a cork in it"...well, that was about a mild rebuke as he or she deserved. Take a read of his or her ranting and active personal insults both on the multiple AFDs and on the Admin page. --Calton | Talk 12:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Clueless Newbie :)
Hi again. Thanks for replying on the new users help page. I see you have received an award for the above and I seem to fit the category quite well :) Could you please be so kind as to point me in the direction of where I leave my name on the list to start leaving welcome templates.  Thanks.  Louisemil 10:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Delete and merge, etc...
Got your comment about my weird vote, and thanks for the pointer there. --Dennisthe2 15:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Tecmobowl: Sockpuppet
Just look at and his contributions. He has targeted baseball related articles, something has had a run in with  who was the unwitting victim of the  sockpuppet ring thanks to Scott Brown from tvnewstalk.net. TBTA feels he was driven off Wikipedia by Tecmobowl and communicated his suspicion that the user may be part of the sock ring.

Tecmobowl's ëdit styles, types of edits reflect the those of the sock ring, as his reaction to being accused, including denials and anon ip attacks. What has changed is that he did not target CFIF directly with this latest sock, leading me to think that this is most likely a new form of attack from this problematic vandal taking the time to make seemingly good edits, along with many questionable ones, such as claiming links are spam when they are not. I feel that the overt avoiding of CFIF is a move to throw off suspicion, as is his avoiding AFDs. However, the other activities by Tecmobowl, especially the choice of who he attacked and the anon attacks seem to be typical of the Scott Brown/Spotteddogsdotorg sock ring.

Respectfully submitted. TV Newser Tipline 21:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Let's please centralize this discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Please Help. There are at least five user talk pages being spammed with this.  —Wknight94 (talk) 03:02, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

why does my article not appear
I have been trying to find my article in Wikipedia for four days. I assume when I click on 'save' it is then submitted. When I check the article after signing in, the article displays, but it is not (yet) available  on the main Wikipedia site. Why not...what am I doing wrong.

Andrew

Clerk
As clerk for the extraordinary case which for obscure reasons bears my name, I woud be grateful if you could follow through on this edit here. I am anxious that it does not become lost in the volumes of edits there. I would like Fred's comment removed and deleted without fuss. Thankyou. Giano 09:12, 30 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, For better or worse, I've already made a judgement call and actioned Giano's request. If Fred feels I've miscalled, he can revert or take extra action as he sees fit.  Regards, Ben Aveling 11:29, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

EffK
Hallo MacGyver, thanks for your message. I think User:Splash has alredy taken care of EffK's talk page. The only thing that remains (but is hardly bothering me) is one posting on his user page, where another editor paints EffK as an innocent victim. But, as I said, this is hardly bothering me. Cheers, Str1977 (smile back)