User talk:Metropolitan90/Archive 9

"[Insert Nationality] Brazilian" articles
Hello, I just found out that you sent three articles to WP:AFD. So you do agree with me and Opinoso that many articles in Template:Demographics of Brazil are really useless, and they need to be deleted. I do wonder why Skanter created so many pages and left them almost empty? Opinoso actually WP:PROD these articles, but they were somehow removed, so I decided to intervene and sent seven article to WP:AFD, four have already been successfully deleted. Anyways, Thanks for your help on sending these articles to WP:AFD. I do appreciate the help. Lehoiberri (talk) 18:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I actually sent four to WP:AFD: Articles for deletion/Georgian Brazilian, Articles for deletion/Luxembourgian Brazilian, Articles for deletion/Danish Brazilian, and Articles for deletion/Moldovan Brazilian. But I am trying to be selective. If I see any sign that an "[insert nationality] Brazilian" article could be a decent article, I won't submit it for deletion. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

hangon
Thanks, I forgot to change the backgrounds back to the original. Apologies. Best, PeterSymonds (talk)  09:09, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Best In Show Radio etc.
Metropolitan90, please reconsider your "speedy keep" response at Articles for deletion/Best In Show Radio and other AfD debates. The debate should be about the substance of the deletion reason. I nominated them because I believe that the original Prod reason was substantial enough to warrant debate. Speedy keeping these on the grounds that I used the term "procedural nomination" is not based in policy or practice. Please address the substance of the deletion reasons. Thanks, Gwernol 22:05, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I have gone back and changed those responses. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:46, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Len Berzerk
Can someone help me get some work going here. Would like to add information on and about Len Berzerk.--67.87.207.249 (talk) 12:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The Len Berzerk page you were working on had been placed at Template:Male Hip Hop Artist. I moved the page to Len Berzerk so it would be at the proper page name. The next step should be to add some more independent sources about him (not just his MySpace page). Make sure the page explains how he meets at least one of the criteria for notability which can be found at WP:MUSIC. Also, the text should be cleaned up so as to break it into paragraphs, avoid having excessive space around the quotation marks and parentheses, etc. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

&#123;{hangoff}}
I did a double-take on this edit. An admin applying an hangon tag to an article written by someone else! Have I been mis-reading the rule book? Surely anyone except the creator may remove a speedy tag? Sgroupace (talk) 01:42, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right. I didn't need to place a hangon tag on the article to rescue it. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:36, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Carolyn Joyce Carty
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Carolyn Joyce Carty, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. jonathon (talk) 02:25, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't write that article; I just made a single edit to it, almost two years ago. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:34, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * A slapped prod notification on the talk pages of everybody who has edited the article in the last two years. jonathon (talk) 03:44, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Pixologist rewritten
Hi, I've rewritten pixologist and encourage you to revisit Articles for deletion/Pixologist to see if your concerns have been addressed. Please note that a name change to pixel artist is almost assured if the article is kept. Banje boi 20:53, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * As it turned out, the AfD had already been closed and the article moved by the time I got this message. Thanks for doing the rewrite. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem! Banje boi  14:48, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Kennedy Gotha's reliability
Your comment here is being construed as authorization to continue use of the disputed source, the recent Kennedy Gotha, to substantiate the contention that Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia has been recognized by the Almanach de Gotha as "the senior male representative" of the Romanovs. That isn't my read of what you're saying. Could you please review the posted arguments and clarify? Thanks. FactStraight (talk) 11:09, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Where on earth have I said this FactStraight, don't misrepresent me. I said it is acceptable to cite from the book but if something is contentious other sources should be provided I said this at the Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia talk page. - dwc lr (talk) 11:18, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:The Salt lick
There is an ongoing discussion on its talk page right now.

Cheers mate!

&Lambda; u  α  (Operibus anteire) 06:52, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

incorrect capitalisation is not a minor problem
Please take a look at Talk:The_Beatles Thanks, Espoo (talk) 19:30, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Airport notability discussion
You have shown interest in an airport AfD in the past at Chadwick Airport] You may wish to visit [[Stoney Point Airfield and Articles for deletion/Stoney Point Airfield to participate as well.  This message is being sent to editors who participated at Chadwick but have not participated at Stoney Point, regardless of the editor's opinion.  Thank you!--Paul McDonald (talk) 11:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

3XX
Oops. Was meant to be company. I've retagged it (I hope it's right this time). Bidgee (talk) 03:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Clifford Lett
Thanks for correcting the article. I only looked at the most recent version before the page blanking before tagging it for speedy. Thanks again. :) Latics (talk) 03:24, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

My Susie Silvey Thing...
Thank you for letting me know about that. I will try to make it again, and make it come out better. Thanks once again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deonson91 (talk • contribs)

JD article citation
If this is the kind of use you were saying would be ok, could you tell us so on the discussion page? It might help us clear it up. Thanks for your help. Zoticogrillo (talk) 02:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion request
Hi there, could you help me delete because it was copied from another website without permission. Thanks. --Amazonien (talk) 02:04, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Someone else has deleted it. For future reference, if you need help with deletion that can be done by any administrator, you can post to the Administrators' noticeboard, where it is likely that some administrator is available at almost any time of day. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Info for obtaining the offline publication I asked you about
You can go here: to order your own copy of it. Or, as I stated, I will scan it an email it to you. To be honest, the insinuation that I am fabricating this is insulting. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:01, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

The item is not copyrighted, but some material in it should not be posted to a public website. The main reason the feds don't and why they rarely produce reports limited to specific gangs is that it feeds their egos. That's why most of their reports on the topic talk about gangs in general and don't specify certain ones. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

When you say upload it to wikipedia, where exactly do I go to do that? Niteshift36 (talk) 04:00, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * If you are logged in, look at the left rail of any Wikipedia page. You should see "Upload file" in the toolbox section of the left rail. Click on that, and you will see instructions to follow from there. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:07, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. If Wikipedia going to have a cow if the publication is marked For Official Use Only? Niteshift36 (talk) 04:13, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I really don't know. But the obvious follow-up question is, how would the people who supplied you with the publication react to it being uploaded? I guess if the publication is available for sale to anyone, maybe it won't make a difference to them, but then you did say earlier that some material in it should not be posted to a public web site. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 09:52, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


 * And yet not posting it has caused some editors to flatly say I am lying. The publication is not for sale, it is free. It just isn't available to everyone. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:29, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Spoiler template
Keeping the template as a redirect has essentially the same effect as keeping the old template (it can be used in mainspace), so I have deleted it again. If you want to remove the ugly red links from talk pages, it is probably better to request a bot run to remove the transclusions from non-mainspace. Happy editing, Kusma (talk) 12:34, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Deletions
Hi. If you come across copy vios again after speedy deleting them if they are notable could you at least restub it. Thanks The Bald One      White cat 12:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * What article is this in reference to? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 14:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Template:EASAD
I hope I have managed to cover all the issues raised in the deletion discussion.Would you, kindly take another look at the discussion? Aditya (talk • contribs) 10:12, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I have been following the discussion on a day-to-day basis, but I don't think I want to add to my previous comments at this time. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:19, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Méryl marchetti
Hello! I've replied on my talk page. – Toon (talk)  21:36, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Gmanblues
Why did you decline the speedy on this page? Does it not look like a g11 to you? I might nominate it for MfD unless there is a good reason to keep it. Drop me a note if you think my signature's too ostentationus,  Spec ial K 16:20, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Help with an edit war
As you're one of the few admins I've had direct contact with (and that was fleeting and a long time ago) I was wondering if you could help (or recommend someone to help) with an edit war I seem to be in on the Flag football page with User:LouPepe. He insists on adding an external link to a web site which I've repeatedly asked him to justify with regard to notability. What information he's provided in return has either directly shown it's lack of verifiability or it's origin as original research. He doesn't seem to be taking the hint. Have I lost my perspective? Could you provide some? Thanks. -- Bdoserror (talk) 04:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I have a couple of suggestions. You could try to raise this as an issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject External links, which is the project that assesses external links, or ask for help from members of WikiProject External links/Participants. You might also consider discussing this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject American football. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll look into those -- Bdoserror (talk) 05:23, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Tara McCluskey
 Tara McCluskey  I figured it out.

Hi Metropolitan90

You edited the Tara McCluskey article earlier. I had input the information and wasn't really sure how to go about doing so. I thought I had finally figured out how to create the sub catagories through the proper code. I didn't realize that it was you who had done it for me :-) I was so proud of myself when I clicked the save page and saw that each subcategory had the edit button on it. I had not read the reasons for the changes for the removal of the links on my page to John Paul DeJoria and I appreciate that you authorized leaving the entry in Wikipedia. I apologize, I was not trying to offend you by putting them back. I just didn't know why they had dissappeared. I noticed after reading the editing log that it appears that you tagged the Tara McCluskey page for deletion after my going back carelessly and putting them back. Please forgive me :-( Have a wonderful day -- tgsnewswireTgsnewswire (talk)
 * I think when you mention "subcategories", you are referring to what Wikipedia calls section headings. Thanks for your comments. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:17, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Morochuco
Please see my comments at Pages_needing_translation_into_English. --Cbdorsett (talk) 04:14, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * My request for cleanup of the translation was not aimed primarily at your edits, which admittedly I did not even notice. Rather, they were aimed at the edits by the person who initially translated the article from Spanish to English. That would be me. I did notice that the article still contained at least one obscure term (lappet) which made me think that the translation still needed work. But upon further review, I no longer think that the translation is problematic, and I removed it from WP:PNT. That said, the article still has other problems, such as a lack of sources and a failure to disambiguate other meanings of the word "Morochuco". But I am going to withdraw from working on this article for the time being since I don't think I should be involved with it any more, at least for now. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed the cleanup tag. Let me suggest, though, that you do one more thing before you retire from working on this article: put the right tags for the type of editorial work the article still requires. Since disambiguation is one of the problems, maybe you could take care of that at the same time. I don't think either of those things would be controversial. --Cbdorsett (talk) 15:26, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

User talk: Raj Jaipur
Hey metropolitan, you left me this message on my talk page: "Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created, User talk:Raj jaipur, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:17, 20 September 2008 (UTC)"

I'm not sure what I did. I most likely created/edited that page during new page patrol, which I have been doing for the last half hour or so, and I put a speedy delete tag on the page, and also a notice on that user's talk page. Thanks in advance. Pirate452 (talk) 03:21, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied at User talk:Pirate452. The underlying problem was probably either not your fault or just a mistake. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: User:Bettnerb
Sorry, I should have just removed the link, as per WP:EL. I'll be more careful next time.— <font color="Green">Dæ dαlus<font color="Green">Contribs /Improve 07:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Why not just leave the link? It didn't seem to violate WP:USER. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

ha i blocked you
You have been blocked from editing Wikipedia  as a result of your . You are free to make constructive edits after the block has expired, but please note that vandalism (including page blanking or addition of random text), spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, personal attacks; and repeated, blatant violations of our policies concerning neutral point of view and biographies of living persons will not be tolerated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.220.62.56 (talk • contribs)
 * Well, obviously you didn't block me because you are not even a registered editor, much less an administrator. If you had some complaint about something I did, you would have been better off to tell me what the problem was, and maybe I would have changed my mind. But this was only your second edit from this IP address, and I can't figure out whether I have ever had any interaction with you before (such as when you were using a different IP number). Further comments to follow on your talk page. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Icelandic gudji
Basically my little brother set up the account then used a bunch of user subpages to vandalise/write absolute nonsense e.g. [] Therefore, this user is not a real user, you can see he has made like 3 edits ever and I wanted the account/page deleted before someone suspected it of being a puppet acount. user:SE7User_talk:SE7/Special:Contributions/SE7 16:43, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, he hasn't used the User:Icelandic gudji account in months. In fact, he created User:Icelandic gudji/Fm/Fm2/Roger I/Henry using your account. So if you want that subpage deleted, you can put db-author on it, as no account but "SE7" has edited that page. I would also recommend that you change your password to prevent anyone else from accessing your account. It would be better to allow him to edit as Icelandic gudji than for him to edit using your account. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:48, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


 * My brother has an entirely different account that he's edited for some time - User:DavidJJJ. He essentially created it for no good reason, perhaps vandalism and we want the account deleted basically user:SE7User_talk:SE7/Special:Contributions/SE7 20:20, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Schools
Referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Soccer174, http://forum.mediacorp.com.sg/board/showthread.php? Not sure if it is considered copyright violation when the above thread was started by me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soccer174 (talk • contribs)
 * The issue was whether Schools of Singapore Celebrities was copied from . Please note that I was not involved in that discussion; my comments on your user page were only related to List of Singapore Chinese celebrities by dialect. However, as to the copyright issue, if you are "TheBeng" who posted the first message in that thread, you can release that message for use in Wikipedia, if you can still edit that message (as you did before). At the end of the message, add the following line: "This particular post is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License." That way, Wikipedia can use it. However, there are two other issues with Schools of Singapore Celebrities that are separate from the copyright issue and which would need to be resolved if the article were re-created. First, the list was organized only by first name and so its use is limited. The schools that a particular celebrity attended would normally be listed in the article about that celebrity, not a generalized list such as Schools of Singapore Celebrities. Second, the forum post could not be used as a source to prove that the celebrities really did attend those schools, because a forum post is not a reliable source. Anyway, I see you are back to Wikipedia after being gone for a while, so I hope you enjoy it. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:59, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
You declined the speedy on this article but failed to provide any explanation at all. Please explain your actions. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 18:07, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The speedy deletion request was based on the idea that the article was "a very short article lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article". However, I recognized the subject as a song, which I had heard before, and the article did identify the songwriter and two notable artists who had recorded it. So I made some minor improvements to make sure that there would be sufficient context to identify the subject, and after that I don't think the article was lacking in sufficient context to identify the subject. That said, if you believe the song is non-notable, that is a different matter and should be taken to WP:AFD. The relevant guideline, WP:MUSIC, says that "Songs that have been ranked on national or significant music charts, that have won significant awards or honors or that have been performed independently by several notable artists, bands or groups are probably notable." In this case, "Big Bad Bill" has been performed independently by at least two notable artists but I don't know if it ever hit the charts or won a significant award or honor, so it's a judgment call as to whether it is notable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

User: Mnpil - editor help
Hi there. I just noticed your comment you left on Mnpil's page. I'm helping to wikify an article that they're having some CSD and wikification trouble with. Thanks for giving them time for an explanation - I'm sure one will follow. I think the user has used the User space to create a record of their article, so that they can refer to it if the article is deleted - it's an exact copy of the article (before I wikified it). I suppose this would be in place of a personal sandbox. I'll explain the sandbox idea whenever the user comes online again. Once again thanks for being patient. I noticed you got blocked by an IP - first I've seen - you must have felt pretty bad after that. ;) These IP's huh?  <font face="Steiner" color="#FF6600">Olly150  20:26, 30 September 2008 (UTC)