User talk:Mfield/Archive 4

"Disruptive Editing"?
What is this? You're claiming on absolutely no basis that I'm an alternate account just because I'm editing something?

Listen: the destruction of the Spanish Armada involved NOT A SINGLE SHIP casualty from combat for the English, while the "Invincible Armada" (yes, due to its amazing victories and towering Galleons, the world considered their navy invincible" was utterly decimated. The English fleet didn't consist of many gigantic warships, but many armed merchant vessels, etc.. They had smaller cannons, much, MUCH fewer sailors than the Spanish, and overall their navy was puny compared to the Armada.

This tiny navy crushed the world's most powerful navy easily. This battle established England's naval dominance and began the steady decline of Spain as a global empire.

I will cease editing the article as it really isn't anything to argue over, but I do think that, judging from the battle results, that this battle would be considered by any historian to be decisive. Also, what about that Charles fellow who keeps removing our edits on the grounds that the word Decisive is "too detailed" (yes, exact quote from him)? Isn't the point of articles like this to be as detailed as possible?

--SuperSmashBros.Brawl777 (talk) 22:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok, I understand your point. I'll discuss this with the said editor. However, the only reason I suspect he's being dishonest about these edits is because it's happened before with the Battle of Monte Cassino article. Though obviously the battle was Pyrrhic for the Allies - other editors agreed - one editor kept undoing my edits, saying they were unsourced. It turns out he was a known edit troll, who had been doing the same thing to other articles, and the administrators had him under suspicion.

--SuperSmashBros.Brawl777 (talk) 23:15, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

re: Cinco de Mayo
Thank you! Mercy11 (talk) 23:48, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, the 30-day lock you placed in the article 15 days ago (and set to expire March 23) has been removed by a bot soon a 6-step maneuver  by a certain User:Graham87 in what might have been a good faith effort to accomplish God knows what.  Can you relock the article? I am not convinced the devils are gone, and wouldn't be surprised if they still lurking around for an opportunity to vandalise article further, and 30 days was about the right "ah, I give up" length of time. Regards, Mercy11 (talk) 02:13, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. The page is, yes, in fact, being vandalized again. Can you help? thanks! Mercy11 (talk) 23:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Reprotected. Mfield (Oi!) 01:31, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Your Las Vegas photo
FYI, I used your File:Las Vegas Strip panorama.jpg photo in a brochure for the Cancer Hope Foundation:. Thanks!  howcheng  {chat} 16:05, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

City of Glass band
A previous page was deleted on the Vancouver band City of Glass. I was about to enter the information but wanted to clear it with you first to make sure it fits the criteria. The band has had two releases (free for download demo EP and released EP available in stores, on iTunes and CDBaby.com) and has completed several tours with several upcoming, and many reviews/articles to link to. Thanks. www.cityofglassmusic.com www.myspace.com/cityofglass Miccham (talk) 21:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2
Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 22:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I love your picture
of the frieze at the Liberty Memorial but that particular bit of sculpture was done by Edmund Amateis and not Robert Atkin. I am reluctant to leap in, but that should be changed. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 03:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks my bad, I have changed it everywhere that I can find, please make the same ammendment anywhere else. Mfield (Oi!) 05:07, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

please go to link to support page for deletion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Pit_Bull

Evereadyo2 (talk) 13:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Eye candy
I saw your comment from a while ago at Talk:Justine Ezarik, "Pictures," after I edited the article some (incl. removal of two images). I wonder how long my changes are going to stand, but in the meantime, I enjoyed your commentary. Drmies (talk) 05:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, they didn't stand for long. Did you know that "Ezarik planned to be vacationing in North Carolina when the iPhone 3G was released in July 2008"? North Carolina, of all places! Drmies (talk) 14:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

use of your panoramic images for a game
hi! i'm interested in using some of your great panoramic images (as part of a larger set of panoramas), for a little mobile-phone card-game. i'd like to get in contact to you via email, so i can tell you some details and properly ask for your permission. i couldn't find your email adress anyhwere, so could you please reply me to: sirleto -AT- gmx -DOT- net thanks for any mail, daniel / sirleto http://www.gameprogramming.de/

New York Midtown Panarama
Hi Mfield, I love your photo "New_York_Midtown_Skyline_at_night" I want to blow it up and mount it for use in my house as wall art. So... 1)Do I have your permission to do so? (I can pony up a little but nothing like Getty demands-budget is pretty tight) 2) Is the original a larger file - I was thinking of blowing it up to 20 by 50 and need all the resolution i can get (Also looks like you have a couple different versions). If you are ok with this idea please contact me at smarcell-AT-gmail-DOT-com Hope to hear from you soon! thanks for your help.108.56.155.213 (talk) 00:48, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Author Inquiry
My name is John Bengtson.

I have written movie location books about where the great silent comedians Buster Keaton (Silent Echoes), Charlie Chaplin (Silent Traces), and Harold Lloyd (Silent Visions), filmed their comedies on the streets of Los Angeles 90 years ago.

I am planning to use your Wiki Commons photos of California Plaza in downtown LA for a project I'm working on.

Charlie Chaplin filmed Making a Living, his very first movie, at 4th and Grand in 1914.

Charlie's early films made in 1914 have never been released on DVD. I was contacted on Friday to prepare some "then and now" materials for the DVD, but my deadline is in only a few days.

I live in the San Francisco area, and am not able to travel to LA to take all the photos I need. I wanted to be certain that I have permission to use your photo on a non-exclusive basis. You would be credited at the end of the little program I am making.

I would greatly appreciate your possible assistance. I can send you the Making A Living chapter from my book by email if you contact me below.

Thank you for your consideration, John Bengtson

John@SilentEchoes.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.208.108 (talk) 22:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Turning Ten
On Saturday January 15, 2011, Wikipedia will turn 10 years and people all over the globe will be celebrating Wikipedia on that day. No event is currently planned for Orange County Wikipedians, so I am leaving a message with some of the currently involved editors listed in "Wikipedians in Orange County, California" & "Wikipedians in Southern California" to see if we might want to meet on that day, lunch, dinner, group photo or other ideas welcomed? I will start a "Turning Ten" discussion thread on my Talk page to see if any interest can be planned for and determined. I am located in Old Towne Orange off the circle.Tinkermen (talk) 20:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Images on Tegenaria domestica page are wrong (all four of them)
(Old news, issue fixed; plus I just realized I sounded kind of snotty in my comment and wanted to remove it.) Lady Arachnophile 10:28, 29 April 2011 (UTC)(talk)

*poke* new messages
Happy Tuesday! (haha) I left some novel sized replies on my talk page. Wiki instructions told me to "alert" you if I chose to reply underneath your messages on my talk page rather than in a new section on yours, so here's that alert, lol. This is a funny system... or I guess I'm just not used to it. Lady Arachnophile (talk) 19:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Salim Kerkar
Thank you for protecting this article. There was a lot of vandalism going on. --   Luke    Talk 23:47, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Arizona Charter Academy
I have updated the article largely to cull the NPOV cruft after three long years. Please review it and get back to me. Raymie (t • c) 22:19, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

New york city at night
I would like to use this picture as the starting point for a cd case for a local band. I'd appreciate your permission to use this image as it is a superb photograph of the cityscape. My email is thecluth@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.29.38.45 (talk) 01:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Mfield,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 04:07, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

GA Thanks
On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, I would like to thank you for your contributions to Lupe Fiasco, which has fairly recently achieved WP:GA status. --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:51, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank You for the Wikipedia Picture
Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Galapagos_giant_tortoise_Geochelone_elephantopus.jpg). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

http://www.freeenglishsite.com/

I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

2. USA section - contains information and images of every USA state and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/usa/index.htm

3. English section - "Mel and Wes" lessons in conversation format. Stories are located in various USA states and world countries such as China, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Thailand. Each lesson has many slang terms and idioms, which I link to my Slang Dictionary. This eventually will have over 5,000 terms. Currently, it has about 3,000 slang and idioms. I regularly add new lessons and slang terms. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/lessons/index.htm Slang Dictionary link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/slang/Eslang_a.htm

Prior to retirement, I taught English at several private and public universities in the United States.

Please share this free site with your friends. I hope all will enjoy the pictures and find the English information useful. Sincerely, Duane Hurst in Utah, USA

Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --75.162.209.2 (talk) 17:35, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Olde English Bulldogge
Hi, I just thought I'd drop by to say 'thank you' for doing some cleaning up of the Olde English Bulldogge article - although to be honest, I'm not too sure how long it will be until someone comes along and starts changing it again! For the last couple of days I had been thinking about replying to this comment as it looks like a clear conflict of interest and the link the editor is trying to include clearly states here that the LBA wants to 'differentiate' itself from the OEB.

However, while I've been procrastinating, you've sorted it, so again - thank you! SagaciousPhil  -  Chat  12:19, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Help maintaing NPOV on historical aviator.
Hi. I'm looking for some third parties to review a problem editor who (in my opinion) continues to violate the NPOV policy of Wikipedia on the page of a Pacific War aviator, Mitsuo Fuchida. After exhausting myself trying to maintain viable content in the "Controversy" section, I'm asking for a page ban for this user. If you have time and motivation, I'd really appreciate your consideration to review this issue. The Noticeboard Request is to be found here: I hate to take anyone's time, but this problem is why many won't trust Wikipedia. Thanks for your consideration.--TMartinBennett (talk) 17:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup
You are invited to "Come Edit Wikipedia!" at the West Hollywood Library on Saturday, July 27th, 2013. There will be coffee, cookies, and good times! -- Olegkagan (talk) &mdash; Message delivered by Hazard-Bot at 03:58, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

User:Slick Fitness
I notice that you blocked this user, but you didn't leave a message explaining why or how to unblock. I'll do this, just reminding. If you use easyblock it will do it for you  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:03, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Content Revision Deletion
Hello. I see you revdel'd something recently but there was a problem. You only deleted the revisions that introduced the text. However, it still exists on the page and in all of the revisions since it's addition. When you want to revdel something, you need to first delete it from the page and then delete everything from the revision where it was added to the revision where it was deleted as well.--v/r - TP 04:19, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Yike I spaced that step that time. Thanks for catching it. Mfield (Oi!) 04:21, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Can you unblock me sometime soon?
Hello,

You blocked username "ICPCeditor" because it unknowingly went against naming policies. It was then changed to "SubseaEditorCAN", which I believe now meets username guidelines. Can you please respond to my username change today so I can edit the Wikipedia entry for my international committee using the new username?

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zweisel2013 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Salamat Ali Khan
I am trying to find out why the Wiki page on Ustad Salamat Ali Khan was deleted?

was asking my daughter go go read up on one of my favorite artists. I am pretty sure there was a nice Wiki page about him and his history with his forefathers singing in Akbar's court, etc.

Now it says page has been deleted in 2009.

any info is appreciated. thanks in advance

Sundar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.131.164.174 (talk) 05:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Dimaraji
Hi, our friend has again reverted the edits in the article Dimaraji to his preferred version. And, your talk page message has been replied to with a message in Chinese (I presume, as Google Translate tells me), which means something like, "Home ha ha ha ha will go right back home will go now will go home ha ha ha ha..."! Please look in to this matter. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 10:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup
Help build the Wikipedia community in Southern California at "Come Edit Wikipedia!" presented by the West Hollywood Library on Saturday, August 31st, 2013 from 1-5pm. Drop in for some lively editing and conversation! Plus, it's a library, so there are plenty of sources. --Olegkagan (talk) &mdash; Message delivered by Hazard-Bot at 02:47, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

LAX Is Not Stable
Hello. The page still shows for Columbus, Hartford, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh that the destinations are beginning August 27. Please remove that the destinations are beginning August 27, as today is August 30. Please write something on my talk page if you have any questions. 166.137.210.46 (talk) 23:58, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Blocking
I don't understand why you blocked me when I was updating a page about me that I didn't even create, and you said it was "Self-promotion". How is it self-promotion when you're trying to get the facts straight about your career? Then you said my username represented a group or website. It was my name. You probably wonder why you don't get more donations to your site.

Bobby Fulton, a.k.a. James Hines (Wrester)

Blocking
I don't understand why you blocked me when I was updating a page about me that I didn't even create, and you said it was "Self-promotion". How is it self-promotion when you're trying to get the facts straight about your career? Then you said my username represented a group or website. It was my name. You probably wonder why you don't get more donations to your site.

Bobby Fulton, a.k.a. James Hines (Wrester) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fultonfantastic (talk • contribs) 23:16, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

I have an old account but I need to unblock myself because I made a promise not to vandalize Wikipedia again can u help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheRocknRollPat (talk • contribs) 01:51, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Mfield,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Gun-type fission weapon en-labels thin lines.svg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on April 30, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-04-30. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:01, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 October 2014 (UTC)