User talk:Mark83/Archive 6

Can You Read???
KenL 20:52, 1 January 2007 (UTC)Please refrain from contacting me.
 * Hi. Happy New Year and thank you for your message on my talk page. Unfortunately refusing to talk to other users is against Wikipedia policy. I will be happy to elaborate if you so wish. Feel free to contact me any time about it or any other matter. Thanks again for the message. Have a nice day. Mark83 21:05, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

KenL 13:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC) Why do you think I would want to talk or hear anything from you? And when have you decided to talk about anything to anybody to begin with? You really should be the one to talk when you maliciously delete other people's efforts, calling them "awful and dreadful", now you have the nerve to say I refused to talk? Why should I talk to someone who engages in personal attacks just because I actually have the guts to stand up for my contributions?

Go back to your self-induced and self-deluded sense of superiority. And by the way, I am having a nice day considering that most of the screenshots I contributed are now being deleted because the Bond fans here at Wiki do not appreciate my efforts, so I wonder why I even bother to begin with. I will save my energy to those who appreciate other people's "dreadful and awful" contributions.

Loser.

Renault F1 vs Renault Sport
Hi Mark83. We've been having a discussion on that topic for the past few days here. The concensus was that we should link all F1-related instances of "Renault" to Renault F1. For what it's worth, my initial position on the subject was exactly as you described on my talk page(!), but the discussion convinced me that linking them all to Renault F1 was the way to go. However, I'm happy to suspend making further changes for a while (it's incredibly tedious anyway!) if you'd like to add to the discussion. - DH85868993 12:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your offer of assistance. There are about 150 more links to Renault Sport to check. And once they're done, those that link directly to Renault need to be checked (sigh). And once they're done, then there's "Team Lotus vs Lotus Cars" and "Honda F1 vs Honda" to do, although I'm trying not to think about those yet :-) DH85868993 12:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Good work, my friend! DH85868993 23:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I've done Renault. DH85868993 02:02, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Schumi again
Beats me why some people are so fixated on the flawlessness of their heroes. I decided years ago that no driver (not even Prost, my then hero) was above doing things that were either dumb or morally dubious from time to time and that there was no point in bending the truth to avoid it.

Anyway, I'm practicing the art of suffocating the enemy with (almost) infinite patience. I feel it's worked quite well with some other editors. ;-) It'll probably get me into trouble when I run into a real idiot with too much time on his/her hands. 4u1e 22:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * As you say, at least we get the pleasure of taking the high ground. It's probably good for my karma, too. 4u1e 23:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:RB211 BLX.jpg
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User:Ernham
Well, he is well aware of the 3RR rules on Wikipedia. I happened to wander upon the article, and I saw that I was going to block him for 24 hours, but after a look at his user talk page and block log, I felt a one week block was most appropriate. He has had a history of adding German nationalist POV material, and has been repeatedly warned not to do so. Yet, he persists to override edits of other users despite consensus. For these reasons, I felt the current one-week block was most appropriate.  Nish kid 64  23:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:windows 2000
Perhaps leaving some comments on the talk page first would be better. If the issues aren't addressed you could put it up for FAR, but maybe first ask someone experienced at FAR to see if it should be there. M3tal H3ad 02:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Smiths
Gracias. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 21:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Removed template
Posted on talk page:

"Removed template of corporate assets, at the bottom of the article, as there was no direct source supporting it. Please see history and re-read Wiki policies.162.84.159.253 04:05, 22 January 2007 (UTC)"

Admin?
Nice...so now WP:Air has its own pet admin! &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 22:54, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Pan American World Airways
Hi Mark83. Please note that you are correct that "two hundred seventy" should be numerical. However, one exception to this rule is at the beginning of a sentence (no number should be numerical if it begins a sentence). Clipper471 01:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Peter Jennings FAC
Hey there. Forgot about those FU rationales...thanks for bringing it up. I've added rationales for all of the images. Could you revisit them and let me know if the rationales I provided are OK? Thanks! Gzkn 06:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I would say it was verifiable. But I don't think it should take you to the LexisNexis screen. Any link on our site should take you to the article itself. If there are no articles online (or a summary from the newspaper's archives) then it should not have an external link in it. Jeffpw 11:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Jennings refs
Hey there...I'm being fickle and thinking about ditching the citation templates...could you hold off converting the refs for now? Thanks! Gzkn 01:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

You're right...
...Cherie Blair was irrelevant (but true) - I put it in as a little joke... --Jim (Talk) 21:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

My talk page
The reply that you put on my talk page has been answered and can be viewed here. HyperSonicBoom 01:00, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Your reply on my talk page has been deleted. You can clearly see what the template at the top of my page says. And it says: "This is an archive. Please do not edit the contents of this page."


 * Plus, I'm over the SAAB thing because I read that it stands for "Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolag", so if it were Saab AB it would be "Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolag Aktiebolag", which just wouldn't be right. HyperSonicBoom 20:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I read the link you sent me. It just tells "Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolag" (SAAB), and doesn't show what the AB is for. HyperSonicBoom 20:49, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Again: "Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolag" is "SAAB". "SAAB AB" would be "Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolag Aktiebolag"! HyperSonicBoom 21:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I'd be happy to continue this conversation further, but I'm just going to have to repeat what I've been saying. It's very clear, while Saab used to be an acronym it isn't any longer. You obviously seem to know better than the company itself so perhaps contacting them would be the best route, maybe they can explain things to you better than I seem to be able to. Regards Mark83 21:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Please help
In regards to the merge tag on Ford can you please help me fix this tag if I am doing it wrong? As per: Template_messages/Cleanup I think I am doing it right, but let me know. Thank you. Travb (talk) 15:43, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your time Mr. Mark83, have a great work week. Travb (talk) 14:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Mark, please do not remove my merge tags again. Please stop. Travb (talk) 03:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

RBR
Well, I was 'passing through' that article (can't remember why!) and saw the tags, so yeah, I think they achieved their purpose. At least the flow makes a bit more sense now, it did jump around rather. Cheers. 4u1e 07:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Travb
FYI, he is referring to your deletion of his request to discuss merge of the Bridgestone and Firestone articles. I was going to delete the message box myself as it's been there 15 days and had no interest in merging these two articles by the current editors. Travb has replaced the discuss merge on the page that you removed. Bridgestone  Mobile 01 Talk  12:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Ian King
Hi Mark, why this article's (Ian King) been deleted?? I also noticed it's been redirected as Ian King (businessman). Give me feedback. Thank you NAHID 13:26, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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Re: List of Scrubs episodes
I did not realize they were copyright from another source and hadn't yet been paraphrased, I assumed that the anonymous editor had a problem with summaries of future episode in general, and he was writing that in an only slightly relevant Talk page section. Especially because no one but an anonymous editor changed it. Where were they stolen from? -- Viewdrix 17:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

BBC UK regional TV on satellite
Hello, I was just wondering what your opinion is on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite article - I personally think it probably meets the GA criteria now, but it would be nice to have a second opinion. Bob talk 23:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

BAE Systems assessment
What is it you need me to do? For the record, I'm not a fan of the assessment system at all. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 20:59, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I can add my opinion to the location you need; but I can't find it in relation to the assessment. Is it in an out-of-the-way area? &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 21:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Schumacher talk page
Hi, no offence meant or taken :) My main beef with what Jordan said lies in that he never worked with Hill or Senna at the same stage in their careers as he did with Schumacher. Hence he's not particularly well-qualified to say what he said. He is of course well-placed to have an opinion, but not one like that.. I have a sense that he's biased towards Schumacher anyway, because he "discovered" him - but you're right, it doesn't make him an unsuitable source - though I do think he's moved outside the scope of his knowledge with that quote as it's worded there. Cheers! Bretonbanquet 22:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey, no problem :) I too am encouraged by the direction the discussion is taking - I think this one may run for a while yet! Bretonbanquet 20:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Jeremy Clarkson

 * Please stop. If you continue to vandalise Wikipedia, as you did to Jeremy Clarkson, you will be blocked. Mark83 14:03, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

As a major fan of wikipedia, I was shocked to find you accusing me of vandalism. I visited the article in question and found that it had been vandalised. In response, I changed the article back to give the correct details, as I outlined in my summary. So why have you accused me of vandalism? 129.67.53.115 23:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Sainsbury's Staffing
I have no problem with you changing the section, but I would rather an explanation as to why you have also deleted information which could be informative to the reader. Wikipedia is supposed to expand information not reduce it. So please place your issues on the talk page rather than delete the information unnecessarily. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.196.82 (talk • contribs)

I could say the same about the CTS information, but it is there anyway!

Kimi Raikkonen
Hi - sorry it's taken a while to get back to you. Busy in the real world, and I wanted to take the time to reply properly. I think it is absolutely right to aspire to cover more intangible things like opinions of drivers, especially their driving ability, although also the broader matters, like leadership, that seem to form such a big part of Schumacher/Ferrari's success over the last decade. So the short answer is 'yes' - I think it's a good idea to cover the kind of points raised by Martin Whitmarsh and JV.

However, this being Wikipedia, I think it is also going to be really tricky to do it properly. Straightforward things like numbers of race wins or 'first to' content are very easy to do (so why does it always take so long.... : because you only need to find a single reliable reference to establish your position. For something like, say, a view of someone's driving talent we can't just rely on one source. In theory what needs to be done is to read everything (!) relevant about that drivers' skills, and then summarise it in the article, giving all significant views. So to really get a proper handle on how M Schumacher's driving skills are viewed, I'd need to read all of his biographies (most of which are not good reads, by the way) and probably the Autocourse and Autosport season reviews for the last 15 years, and then summarise whatever the sum total of that was into a snappy paragraph. Yikes! You can short cut to a certain extent by knowing the ground - i.e. I know Jackie Stewart and Stirling Moss think Schumacher has too many accidents - but you are short cutting and leaving the article open to challenge.

In the real world, where some of us have other things to do (see para 1), I'm not sure that level of research is possible - I haven't read into Brabham in quite that level of detail for example, and it's still taken me more than 6 months. Without it though, the article is always open to challenge and you can't really have discussion about whether the balance is right. It's much easier for older topics, because there is a much bigger chance that someone will have done the groundwork for you and summarised the position on the topic in question. Newer topics, or worse - current ones, rely on your judgement in taking material from primary or near primary sources, and the judgement of others will always be different.

The long answer therefore is - 'Yes, it's a noble aim, but it'll be hard to do properly and be prepared for lots of arguments (see talk:Michael Schumacher!)'. Not sure how helpful all that is, but you did ask what I thought! 4u1e 18:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Survey Invitation
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Re: Top Gear
Before your comment, there was only one dissenting statement against moving the article. There also has been no discussion in the past 3 weeks and the article was in its current place for much of that time. The only debate was to what the article title should be. I felt that consensus had been reached in that the article shouldn't be named Top Gear. The current name isn't the one I would have chosen, but if it is renamed again in the future, it isn't a big deal to have a bot run through and replace all of the links. It is a bigger issue now though because there are quite a few wikilinks pointing to Top Gear, but they are in reference to the original format, so this has the extra benefit of providing an opportunity to point them to the correct location. I also replied to your comment on Talk:Top Gear. Have a good day. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 08:36, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Alonso's success IS good for F1
After reverting my comment (the 1st time such an embarassing thing has happened to me) from the F1 page, I would kindly like to point out that Fernando Alonso's success has been good for the sport - it's a fact, not my point of view;


 * it has provided variety after 5 years of Ferrari (and Schumacher) domination.
 * and MORE IMPORTANTLY, the Spanish are a major customer of F1 now, with the Circuit de Catalunya's grandstands bursting at the seams and more money being raked in.

Look at the Spanish people now, and even some from other countries since Alonso started winning... F1 is a hit! They love it (I am, by the way, taking it you watch F1) and I oppose the elimination of my edit. Lradrama 19:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Alonso reply
OK, thankyou for your reply, i get the gist of what you're saying now. Lradrama 09:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Formula-one.net images
Hey. I see you noticed the problems with some of the Kimi Räikkönen images and tagged them as not sourced. I agree that these need to go, as "free for media use" is not free enough and the license tags are dubious. However, the source itself is valid, as you can see on web.archive.org. Thanks, Prolog 13:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'd say that Ifd is process-wise more correct. I don't know if dead source links should be considered a problem, unless the uploader has a history of copyright problems with his/her uploads. Prolog 14:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Aviation Newsletter delivery
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Type 45

 * It's that you're about to, not that you have. If you had you wouldn't have been able to write to me because you would have been blocked by an admin.
 * Oh, no - I've been blocked for edit warring. So what? That doesn't mean you can get away with it. John Smith&#39;s 23:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Well if you think I needed to be reminded about Wikipedia policy, fair enough. However not only have I never been blocked, but I have showed sufficient knowledge of WP policy that I have passed a Request for adminship. Please stop your moral high ground position - eg. "That doesn't mean you can get away with it" - I'm sorry but your claiming a superiority that doesn't exist. I cannot replace the information into the intro for obvious reasons, however I would like to discuss the issue further. Best regards, Mark83 00:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Who said I claimed any superiority? You were doing that by bringing up my blocks, as if that really matters. I was merely replying to your snide comment. John Smith&#39;s 00:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I apologise if that came across as "snide" - that was not my intention. And of course previous mistakes don't mean that they can be extrapolated into current behaviour, so apologies again. However as I said I would like to discuss the issue further. Lead section says that "The lead section should briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article in such a way that it can stand on its own as a concise version of the article". And if a possible export of 2 or 3 £0.6 billion warships is not a "most important point" I have no idea what is. Mark83 00:19, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the apology. There is nothing to say potential export orders have to be included in the lead section. The lead should stay pretty much constant in my view - only the latter parts should have "news" in them, in my opinion. John Smith&#39;s 00:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * But there's the problem, you qualified your position by saying "in my opinion". So you feel strongly that it shouldn't be in the intro and I feel it should be. We either have to expand our discussion or get a third opinion. You don't agree that it's a "most important point"? Mark83 00:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Are you saying that wikipedia policy would not prefer the lead to stay relatively the same? John Smith&#39;s 00:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you mean. That the lead should stay stable? No that's not what it means. If the PM was assasinated one night the lead should change ASAP. i.e. the lead should summarise the article as fully and as quickly as possible. Mark83 00:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That the lead should stay constant, unless something is confirmed/happens. Your comparison was not suitable, as an assassination would be instantly confirmable - would a lead have been edited if there was a report some terrorist group was considering to kill him? John Smith&#39;s 00:33, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Well I maintain that an export would be significant, however I concede your point about the possibility of a PM assasination/warship export not being analogous to an actual incident.
 * By the way, I've aplogised for my initial response and I stand by it. However might I suggest that your 3RR warning was overkill? My reverts weren't intransigent, the 1st was because you provided no edit summary and the 2nd (although you disagreed) was a genuine attempt at compromise. Mark83 00:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but when I don't know an editor I need to make them in case they push the issue further. Of course in your case everything seems fine, so sorry about that. So what are we going to do? John Smith&#39;s 11:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Template:British Shipbuilders evolution
I have been working on improving the template Template:British Shipbuilders evolution and was rather pleased with the results, but appear to have incurred the wrath of someone who has proposed it as "listcruft" at templates for deletion. Y I would appreciate any input that you might have at TFD (positive or otherwise, if I am being too protective of my "baby" perhaps its about time I saw the light). I understand you are now an admin, I understand therefore if you are unable to enter into such wrangling, and would like to make it clear I amn't looking to round up support amongst the powers that be! :) Rather, you previously expressed support for the template when I was originally developing it, and thought you might be interested in preserving it. Regards, Emoscopes Talk 13:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

ASDA
Hello there, mate. Currently I'm doing an essay on globalization, and I have been told by numerous people, even ASDA workers themselves, that ASDA stands for Associated Dairies. I just don't see how they can all be wrong. I'll stay off re-adding until I can find out for sure, please write back on my talk page, I'd like to hear what made you think it was wrong. δ σ  ώ  п  ҹ  (talk) (cont)  11:36, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Finally, something to show my teachers up with. Heh, thanks for correcting me, mate. δ  σ  ώ  п  ҹ  (talk) (cont)  22:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Template:BAE Systems evolution
As discussed, before I start adding it to pages, I thought you might like a proof read of the template. Emoscopes Talk 18:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't include Tracor / Plessey / Ferranti etc. as I intended this particular template to concentrate on the aircraft companies, so that it can be displayed on all the namespace of all the companies involved. I am more than happy to make a newer version showing the defence electronics industry consolidating into GEC and then into BAE systems. Emoscopes Talk 20:09, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I've made the changes you suggested and incoporated the template in the suitable pages. Hope you like it :) You may wish to add the image to IfD, I have decided that I will make a BAE Systems specific template to put on that page, including as much of the defence companies (aircraft, shipbuilding, electronics, land systems) as I can, rather than have 3 or 4 separate templates on that page. All in good time though :) Emoscopes Talk 15:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I've incorporated your suggestions, let me know if that's what you were after. Also, as a heads-up, someone has raised a query about the template here Emoscopes Talk 19:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Mark/Hughes Electronics
Hi Mark,

I noticed that my Hughes Electronics page was deleted. I am sorry for that mix-up on forgetting to add the cite reference on where I got that information.

What you want me do? Do you want me to add the cite information? That information is more reasonable then what was on the previous Hughes Electronics page. I would like Hughes Electronics to have a page and that - that information can stay on their.

Also the Image Hughes Electronics - I can't find info. on who created it. My guess is General Motors Corp. because they created Hughes Electronics as a subsidairy for Hughes Aircraft and Delco Electronics. I asked help for that image but no so far as helped me find that info.

Please let me know on how I can be better at this web site. I am a brand new member to wikipedia.

Thank you,

Anthony Gracian

Create a New Hughes Electronics Corporation Page
Hello Mark,

Thank you for replying back to me. You said "You are welcome to write your own article or to paraphrase the source in question."

How can I create a New Hughes Electronics page? And how do I paraphrase the source in question?

Can I take out certain infomation from that article and put quotes and citation web site. Some of that information is good info. and better than the infomation that it had on the previous Hughes Electronics page. This info. gives more in deep information about Hughes Electronics.

Also, like I mentioned to you before the Hughes Electronics logo, I need help with that on who created it - I say GMC because they combined Hughes Aircraft with Delco Electronics to form Hughes Electronics. I can you please help me with that or direct me to a person that can help me with that.

Thank you,

Anthony —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anthonygracian (talk • contribs) 03:04, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

Casino Royale FAC
To let you know that Casino Royale (2006 film) has undergone improvement in the last week and I have now nominated it for Featured article candidates. I would very much appreciate you taking the time to review the article and state your opinion. Thankyou. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you"    "S.P.E.C.T.R.E" 09:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

THanks. Oh I don't usually make so many small edits but trust me I was so intent on improving it quickly that I didn't even think about the save or preview button!! THe mos timportant thing is that it has improved. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you"    "S.P.E.C.T.R.E" 11:59, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Paula Yates
Hello, thanks for correcting my edit on the Have I Got News For You page, you're quiet right; I don't know how she felt. (INXS-Girl 16:00, 05 April 2007 (UTC)

Ernham is back
I notice you've been involved in blocking User:Ernham before. He's just come back from his ban, and is already at it again, removing sourced references etc he doesn't like with no attempt at discuss. I'm immensely frustrated at wasting time reverting him, and hope not to get sucked into an edit war. I'd appreciate your help in keeping an eye on him, especially his 'contribution' to Lothar von Trotha and Herero and Namaqua genocide. Thank you :) Greenman 12:52, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've reported him at and commented on a report of his against another user at . It would be much appreciated if you could add your comments if you get a chance. Thank you :) Greenman 12:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

FYI, I have proposed a ban at WP:CN. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Greenman 09:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

SMART-L
Thanks for catching that! I didn't notice the comment in the article, and I likely should have. :)

(by the way, you'll probably want to take out the image in your header for copyright reasons)  Bl a  st  08.04.07 2032 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the logo was what I was referring to, per WP:FUC Rule 9. Thanks for removing it! :)  Bl a  st  08.04.07 2120 (UTC)

LSXsound
Okay, sorry. I would like to talk about one of my edits, particularly, FORD. --LSXsoundTALK

Ok, thank you, so anyway can you talk to Kafziel about putting my Current Vehicles edit back on. I see his reason for taking it off, Ford makes hundreds of vehicles, yes. But, I was listing the U.S. vehicles, and, would later add a little blurb about each vehicle! --LSXsoundTALK

Maybe I was forgetting them, but on the weekends when I'm free, I would have added them! --LSXsoundTALK

What do you mean, "F1" fan? --LSXsoundTALK

F1
I didn't know you meant Formula one! I thought you might be a fan of McLaren. They make a car called the F1! I'm a Ford fan, myself. --LSXsoundTalk

So you like SLR. Okay. By the way, when you leave me a message, please leave a link to your talk page. --LSXsoundTALK
 * When I leave a message, I choose to do it as per Wikipedia policy, which is ~ . That produces Mark83 01:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

Messages
Okay. --=LSXsound 02:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Asda
Thanks, I've commented there, jimfbleak 05:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

F1
So what is your favorite part about Formula 1? --LSXsoundREPLY

Administrator
Are you an administrator? --LSXsound REPLY
 * I've indef blocked this kid. I feel bad that it had to come to that, since he's obviously like 8 years old, but he was totally out of control. Creating nonsense pages, experimenting on policy pages... I had to do it. Kafziel Talk 02:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:2006 CVF STOVL.jpg
User:Shimgray has removed this image from the Aircraft carrier page, stating "rm unfree image". I don't usually get involed with this image-rmoval stuff. I noticed you had uploaded the pic, so I figured you had a better grasp of the legalitiies than I, esp of British images. Shimgray has a habit of removing images from articles he/she thinks should not be used, some of which are OK, such as Canadian DND images. THanks in advance for whatever you do on this. - BillCJ 19:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Ernham...
Not worth the juice engaging him in any form of conversation; and right now it just looks like you're taunting him... --jpgordon&#8711;&#8710;&#8711;&#8710; 14:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I came here to say the exact same thing. Stop please. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 14:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry for being redundant then. Thanks, ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 10:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I totally understand... I've had to deal with a number of frustrating users in my time. We all occasional need a polite nudge. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 21:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

144.138.25.x
I notice you've been dealing with "our mutual friend", too. This IP address range seems to be used solely by an Australian-based low-level but persistent vandal, who indulges in the blanking of criticims of anything related to the activities of BAE Systems (particularly the aircraft and ships they are currently producing) and the EHI Merlin, and inserting heavily POV statements loaded with weasel-words singing the praises of these products. I'd like to get something done about them as they have yet to make more than a handful of their many edits in good faith. As they don't use a static IP address it's quite hard. I notice yourself and User:John Smith's have been reverting this user's "contributions" over a common range of articles. It seems we need a history of warnings to take this forward, so I would like to let you know that any time this user makes a bad-faith contribution from now on will be met with a warning from myself if I happen to revert it. It's beginning to get tiresome, and if we can at least force them into registering it might get us somewhere. Emoscopes Talk 20:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * P.S, I'm going to start a log of their IPs, here; User:Emoscopes/Play . Feel free to contribute if you feel so inclined. Emoscopes Talk 20:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Casino Royale (2006 film)
I agree wholeheartedly. —AldeBaer 14:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

UK Nationality
Mark, could I ask your advice on something? Mais oui! edited two articles (Jackie Stewart and David Coulthard) earlier today to include the Scottish flag in the infobox. I reverted for the usual reasons, and things have gotten rather out of hand since. See discussion on his talk page and on my talk page. Mais oui! then went on a bit of a spree changing various articles to Scottish rather than British and doesn't seem to be willing to enter a discussion at WP:F1 on the topic. I'm trying to keep us within the spirit of Wikipedia by considering Mais oui!'s points, but it strikes me he's being a bit unreasonable about the whole thing. Any thoughts? 4u1e 20:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, quite. If he's not willing to discuss I can't see much of an alternative to getting sucked into an edit war. Sigh. Thanks for your thoughts, just wanted a second view on whether I was misreading the situation! 4u1e 20:38, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yikes! ;-) 4u1e 21:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I meant: 'Yikes, that all kicked off in a major way!' Thanks for your edits and interventions, which I think were the appropriate ones. Cheers. 4u1e 21:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You have a message
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Tesco article
Just a note: I didn't consciously add the text back. It took a while to format the reference I added, so we must have had an edit conflict. I don't know why Wikipedia didn't warn about it though. Notinasnaid 19:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Image source clarification
Hello. Could you please clarify the image source of Image:United Devices.PNG? Did you create this screenshot yourself? I worry that someone would delete it without this information. —Remember the dot (talk) 19:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

UK nationality
Looking at one of your recent edits, we did actually agree here that we would go with the British flag and 'X is a British driver from England/Wales/Scotland/ Northern Ireland' in the lead, so technically those who are reverting to that form are right, it is the last agreed consensus. I feel much less strongly about the form of words in the lead than the flag though, because several options are viable here and I only came up with that version (which is clumsy I admit) to stop people 'correcting' Eddie Irvine's flag to the Irish tricolor. As I've said at WP:F1, I'm fairly happy with the approach Mais oui! seems to have settled for. I'm still trying to decide whether absolute consistency is worth the hassle of opening the debate wider, but have to admit that (may the gods of Wikipedia forgive me!) Mais oui riding roughshod over what other people want to get his version without the courtesy to discuss it rather makes my blood boil. 4u1e 20:05, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Be even more useful if I'd remembered/twigged that some of us are talking about subtly different things sooner! BTW been meaning to mention, if I can ever usefully cast a second pair of eyes over anything you're working on, let me know (I don't get offended if people don't take up my suggestions either!) 4u1e 22:05, 30 April 2007 (UTC)