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Gretel Killeen and your editing patterns
Hello. I just removed a paragraph from the Gretel Killeen article containing some unsupported and vague assertions about her sexuality. I pasted it onto the talk page for discussion, and found two other people had already pasted it there before me, after removing it themselves. Please justify why you feel this text should be included (with relevant references) there on the talk page. You should be aware that simply reverting repeatedly in the manner you have done is considered by many to be disruptive.

I also noticed two extremely dodgy edits by you: one to Nicole Kidman, and the other to Gretel Killeen. These cases are construed to be vandalism, and if you make edits like this to articles again you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia entirely. - Mark 12:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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WWE No Mercy
It is already mentioned that Cena will go to SmackDown if he loses, I don't think it being a 3 year deal is really needed since it's just a storyline and not a real 3 year contract. TJ Spyke 04:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

CFA image
Hi, just wondering why you removed the photo from Country Fire Authority? --Richmeister 02:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Nicole Kidman
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 * THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED AS HARASSMENT - MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION TO COME - BE WARNED **

You're saying you can't see what's wrong with adding an unsourced POV comment from some minor celebrity, which is obviously negated by the numerous awards Kidman has achieved? That this supposed trivia is similar to vandalism you have previously made to the article, and that you supposedly dated the announcement at 13th September, despite it having been added (and removed) previously, only add weight to it being nonsense. --Steve 02:21, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You state above that you will be reporting this as harassment. I note that you have made no such reports as of today --Steve 03:12, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Championship Sucession
We've been trying to get rid of the sucession boxes where ever they're still around. Where you see them please feel free to delete them and cite WP:PW in the edit summary. -- bd (talk to me) 23:46, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Kurt Angle
Thanks. I've requested protection, which should hopefully cut down on bad faith edits. McPhail 23:06, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Your user page
No problem. Glad to help. --דניאל ~ Danielrocks123 talk contribs   Count 00:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

image of antonio, oporto founder
The image is NOT a logo. Stop using the LOGO license tag on your images. It's the reason why it ended up being deleted last time. I've removed the LOGO tag, and as a result the image now has no license information. -- Blu3d 05:47, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

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spelling
Mike, just to be picky - it's spelled "idiocy", not "idocy" :-) --ozzmosis 08:36, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that! I will make sure I spell it properly --Mikecraig 21:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * We can't unblock you at this time, because you haven't given us the information we need to even look into your block. You yourself were not blocked; if you were prevented from editing, you must have been autoblocked or blocked because of your IP address.  I'm removing your unblock request because there's nothing we can do without this information.  If you still want to be unblocked, feel free to add the  tag back to this page, and be sure to include the message you saw when you tried to edit, including the IP address.  This is what the message looks like.  Without that information, we can't help you. Daniel.Bryant 09:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Civility
Regarding your comment : please moderate the tone of your remarks to other editors: read WP:CIVIL for more information on this policy. -- The Anome 07:48, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

D-Generation X
The reference for the very uncalled for or immature was from Vince McMahon, when they first started doing it and, in an interview on WWE.com in July, there was a section on all the changes that DX had to make, including the crotch chop. I dont have the exact link but, I know it was there, because I read the article. I will find the link eventually but it isn't that urgent. I think you need to cool it and give people a chance to explain. --Mikedk9109 22:56, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It's been there for at least a week, normally editors way more experienced than I would be making more of an issue than I would..I have learnt this from these editors and trying to do the right thing...at the end of the day I think it is a minor thing relating to DX --Mikecraig 22:59, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Protecting Ed Kavalee
Just to let you know, adding sprotected or protected to a page is only a means for an admin to notify users that a page is protected. This does not actually confer protection to the article such as the notice you placed on Ed Kavalee. If you need help protecting a page, please contact an admin or request it. Thanks! --Casper2k3 23:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the advise! If you see the history on Ed Kavalee and Tony Martin wiki's there is alot of vandalism. I will request protection properly in the future. --Mikecraig 23:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

i'm friends with ed and hence know how old he is and he's date of birth.. thus, no need to remove it.
 * That is not good enough - as per WP guidelines "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable" --Mikecraig 05:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

ok. i'll call him up and verify it. my god. how could anything be more verified than someone that knows him.
 * One word for you = clown --Mikecraig 03:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Image on your userpage
Hi Mike. I was just letting you know that I have removed Image:Buyfordollar.jpg from your userpage per our Fair Use policy that prohibits screenshots from being posted on userpages. Regretfully, — Moe  00:37, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks Moe for letting me know...appreciate the assistance. --Mikecraig 00:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, if you ever need anything, you know where to find me :) — Moe  01:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Cookie
Thanks for that! I appreciate it. There's really no need to thank me when I revert stuff to those articles; I'm just trying to do an RC patroller's "job". Thanks for all the kind messages, and keep up the good work yourself. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 05:33, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Watch yourself
Hey mickraige, you might want to tone it down a little or i will ban you.

[| THIS IS TOO RUDE]


 * Dear idiot....what the f' are you talking about? ....--Mikecraig 01:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Another Cookie
Hey mate, thanks for that! Truly appreciated - you deserve one too for the amount of patrolling you do (as well as me) on the Triple M (and related) articles. Cheers! --Ninevah 03:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Richard Marsland Nicknames
Hey mate, what's your view on the constant removal and re-adding of the lengthy list of nicknames on the Richard Marsland article? Should it be in there or not? --Ninevah 02:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmm..good question - I guess it's amusing (esp if you listen to the program like I do) but I think it gets a bit crazy with all the names (esp with vandalism that follows also) and does not help that the show makes light of this and basically "encourages vandalism..etc" to this and related wiki's. The nickname "Armitage Shanks" is the main nickname that is referenced on the show and across other programs he had been involved in, so I guess that rates a mention.  But all the others seem a bit excessive - not sure of the WP policy regarding this? --Mikecraig 02:24, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * What irritates me is that people always re-add all the nicknames, with "Marsland said to put it back in!" in the edit summary... Grrr! Personally, think they should be left out. --Ninevah 22:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Abusive edit summary
Please avoid using abusive edit summaries as you did on David Tench Tonight as per Civility and No personal attacks. Thanks and happy editing. --Spring Rubber 18:46, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Ed Kavalee
Thanks for your comments - Page Protect should be on permanently! --Ninevah 23:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey mate, there's a link on Ed Kavalee's page that cites him as running Theatresports workshops. While this link is good to have to verify it, think maybe it should be removed as it contains a mobile phone contact number for Kavalee. This may be a private number, and in the interests of the Privacy Act, the link should be removed. Letting you know as you may have inserted the original link. Thoughts? --Ninevah 00:21, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Err, hello??? --Ninevah 01:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Corrected link to only show the NSW University Theatrical Society site --Mikecraig 02:13, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. --Ninevah 04:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Satiny Caftans
Hey Mike, where on earth did you get that lovely pic of the Get This boys in their Satiny Caftans? It's fantastic! --Ninevah 07:36, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

They posted these promo pics for everyone on the Triple M site...cool eh? --Mikecraig 09:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey mate, they just indirectly referred to you on the show (as the person who uploaded the pics)! --Ninevah 22:21, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes I heard..how cool is that! Thanks for letting me know...--Mikecraig 22:23, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Listing pages for Semi-Protection
In case you didn't know this, you can list a page as a candidate for semi-protection here: Requests_for_page_protection. I just listed Fifi Box and Ed Kavalee. Once the page is semi-protected, anonymous users and newbies (accounts less than 4 days old) are no longer able to edit the page. This can save a major amount of vandal patrolling hassle. - Richfife 00:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Cool thanks for that --Mikecraig 04:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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Image:Colsandpie.jpg - Harry's Cafe de Wheels
You have uploaded the image Image:Colsandpie.jpg to Harry's Cafe de Wheels under the promophoto tag. I saw this image a few months ago when I was overhauling the article and came to the conclusion it was copyright and therefore unuseable. I think the original is hanging in the cart itself, although there are a couple of online versions around. Can you justify inclusion under the promophoto tag? amitch 21:59, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Update: See Image talk:Colsandpie.jpg amitch 22:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Pizza Haven
Your edit summary on Pizza Haven says "rv - cite reference if this is actually correct then repost (most likely POV", and yet you've done just the opposite - you've restored uncited information and removed my tags asking for sources. What the heck? Do not remove sources tags from articles that still do not include sources. wikipediatrix 21:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Trivia removal
This is an encyclopaedia - there is no context as to why Satiny caftan day was in any way worth recording against the article. Review WP:NOT--Golden Wattle talk 21:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandal tags
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I fully appreciate what a chore it is, but warning helps to deal with repeat vandals more effectively. Thanks--Golden Wattle talk 10:13, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Not a problem, thanks for letting me know! --Mikecraig 10:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Although the above talks about escalating warnings, I frequently use  which is effectively, vandalise once more and you will be blocked.  It speeds things up and these sort of edits are so boring.  A large but not exhaustive list can be found at Template messages/User talk namespace. Regards Golden Wattle  talk 21:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Cool thanks for your help....still learning about some of the different tags! --Mikecraig 21:56, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

re: Category:Date of birth missing
Good afternoon. Per the discussion about privacy concerns expressed at Biographies of living persons, date of birth should generally not be added to the biographies of living non-public or semi-public figures. So far, that policy has been interpreted fairly strictly with a pretty high bar being set for the definition of "public figures" who are assumed to have given up their rights to privacy.

By the same token, we should not be adding Category:Date of birth missing to articles unless we have made the case that the person meets the "public figures" threshold. Otherwise, we're just baiting new users into adding content even though the community has already said that we shouldn't include that particular data point. Category:Year of birth missing is okay but the exact date is often not. Thanks for your help. Rossami (talk) 21:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Not a problem - thanks for the feedback and assistance --Mikecraig 06:55, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

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 * Done --Mikecraig 02:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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TGYH Trivia
Hey mate, what's the reason for removing the Trivia on Thank God You're Here?? You didn't leave a reason! --Ninevah 22:13, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Whoops sorry about that....orginally I was going add some stuff...but found that the item there was not very trivial - you can revert if you want but I think it should be put into the article somewhere else and is not very trivia related. --Mikecraig 22:15, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Have re-added it, but moved the section towards the bottom of the article. I think it's still relevant, just not where it was originally featured. --Ninevah 22:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

John Cena (Subway) image
The image, which is tiny, adds nothing to the article. WP:PW has been actively trying to remove fair use images from wrestling articles as much as possible in place of free use images. John Cena already has three Fair Use images on it, this one only shows an image of Cena standing near Jared Fogle. Why is that important to the article? It was badly placed on top of that.«»bd(talk stalk) 04:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I resized the image as the image was about twice the size and would have moved all the other text out of alignment. NP about the 3 fair use pics..understand. --Mikecraig 04:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Get This - Illegal Download
Good idea to put the pic up for this - have you got a copy of the CD yourself? --Ninevah 23:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah I thought it would look good being up there - No not as yet...would love to get a copy though --Mikecraig 23:07, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Surprised you didn't ring up saying that you keep tabs on the Wiki page - but they might not like that?! Then again, they don't seem to like the people who moderate the pages, they tend to applaud the vandals more... --Ninevah 23:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hehe true...I find some of the vandalism stuff amusing but as we know it's not the thing to do. I was more hoping that they would pick up some of the suggestions I have made via the Get This Triple M website regarding passiona high and other stuff.. - let's see what happens for 2007! --Mikecraig 23:27, 30 November 2006 (UTC)