User talk:Mkativerata/Archive3

Talk:Russell Hantz
Please remember to swap editsemiprotected to {{tl|editsemiprotected} } so that it doesn't appear as a false-positive on IRC lists.Spitfire 19 (Talk) 21:02, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that note, I wasn't aware of that. Cheers --Mkativerata (talk) 21:03, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Nigerian President
Hey, you seem to be still on line, could you add a few lines to the article so I can get it up on the Main Page- I have an image uploaded an fully protected and everything else, I just need a quality update to the article! Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   01:32, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I see its done now! --Mkativerata (talk) 01:43, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Umaru Yar'Adua
--Nice work- and very fast on the nom! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   01:45, 6 May 2010 (UTC) Thanks very much for the help, I haven't visited ITN before. Just my luck that I logged into the news this morning and saw that a sitting head of state had just carked it. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:49, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well we could do with more participation in the discussions that aren't so much of a "no-brainer" and certainly more people to update the articles, so I hope you'll look in again! Anyway, I had intended to go to bed an hour and a half ago- trust me to be the only admin around ITN when it needs updating! HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   02:02, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2009–10 Premier League
-- HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   21:43, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you: nice to see Wikiproject Football is on top of updating the important things! --Mkativerata (talk) 22:09, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well of course! >:( It's just good to see that some editors are actually willing to update an article rather than continuously moan while refusing to do any work and then continue to complain after it's posted! Ah well, some people are never happy! HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   08:27, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
If I'm reading the timestamps right, this comment was about 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt; if that's the case, I just wanted to thank you for your kind words. Steve Smith (talk) 20:48, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes my comment was about that article - and thank you very much for the article. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:52, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Betty King
The DYK project (nominate) 00:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

US torture in Afghanistan
Hi there, you opposed the mentioning of the International Committee of the Red Cross' confirmation of a second, secret jail at Bagram, Afghanistan for the "In the News" section, claiming it was "insufficiently significant. The Red Cross is merely confirming something that the US isn't denying, and there's no firm claim that there is anything significantly problematic about the prison." Now the issue is outdated for "In the news". However, I wanted to let you know that I find your position very puzzling. Obama had promised to stop torture and the practice of secret prisons. The International Committee of the Red Cross for more than a century practices a policy of neutrality, not revealing any information it would not have without the crucial cooperation of involved parties, no matter how cruel they may be. Now the BBC reports about consistent information from several sources about new torture in a secret US prison - something I cannot believe anyone reasonable could say that it is not significantly problematic, and something the US does deny. The Red Cross confirmed it gets information about inmates of such a US prison in Bagram, Afghanistan. Usually all developed countries give inmates of their prisons access to the Red Cross. In this case, this is denied. I remember that some years ago, even before 9/11, there was activism against the taliban because of their violations of women's rights and their destruction of cultural heritage. How can the western world convince anyone to be any better if prisoners' rights get violated and we destroy our cultural heritage by ignoring basic standards like giving prisoners access to the Red Cross? Knopffabrik (talk) 16:00, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. I'm not disputing that the news isn't significant in any way at all. But I didn't think the news had the degree of significance warranting front page news attention. People will always have different opinions about whether something is big enough news to go on the front page so I certainly respect your view that it should have. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:02, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I completely agree that it is debatable whether the issue of that day was important enough for the front page. What I found extremely strange was your statement that there was no firm claim that there was anything significantly problematic about the prison. Knopffabrik (talk) 15:17, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 ICC World Twenty20
--Quite a collection you're growing :) HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   23:43, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Mkativerata (talk) 23:46, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Julie Stoffer DrV
Hi, Could you look at the userspace draft for Julie Stoffer ? I believe it's improved a lot since you commented at the DrV. Not sure it's enough to change your mind, but it's now got two sources that are primarily about the topic and two others that are at least fairly reasonable. Hobit (talk) 01:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for the note: I agree it has improved so have amended my contribution accordingly. --Mkativerata (talk) 02:36, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 2010 ANZAC Test
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Lost Man Booker Prize
Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 10:06, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 15:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Rocket Knight saga Story sections
Fine. Since you seem to be so interested in ticking all the Story sections of the whole Rocket Knight series as copyrighted content, then go and write something to accurately replace them at least, instead of just leaving the articles the incomplete way they are now. Since your first language is English, chances are you can write some replacement texts easily and better than I could. Or is your interest in this matter not so big as it is in the mere "I stick all these as copyrighted content", perhaps? (Mr Wesker (talk) 01:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC))
 * Not knowing anything about the subject matter or having any reliable sources on it I'm totally unqualified to rewrite these sections. When content is found on wikipedia that is a breach of copyright, it gets blanked straight away. That's policy, and it's a policy that is necessary to protect the legal interests of wikipedia and its contributors.--Mkativerata (talk) 06:27, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Just what I suspected. Instead of contribute, you just remove, and without having absolutely any idea what are you removing. Then you leave it that way because you don't really know anything about what you are dealing with. That sure is helping to Wikipedia and its articles to grow and be a better source for everyone. (Mr Wesker (talk) 14:49, 21 May 2010 (UTC))
 * It's simple really. "Growing wikipedia" should not be done by stealing other people's work. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:16, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for May 2010 Central European floods
--Thanks for your help with the blurb :) HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   22:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Gyles v Wilcox
I just wanted to stop by and thank you for the GA review, which was one of the more thorough ones I have seen, and for passing the article. Your work is much appreciated! かんぱい！ Scapler (talk) 04:21, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries - thank you for your work on the article. --Mkativerata (talk) 05:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 UEFA Champions League Final
-- HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   22:07, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

"My 2010 atlantic hurricane season predictions"
I see that the article was deleted on the hoax criteria. My suspicion is that it probably would have been deleted on any criteria, however, there definitely is a gap in the rules, and when I have a chance I'm going to raise the issue. By the way, I do believe that the general drill is to not remove speedy templates under such circumstances. Best to let the closing administrator made that decision. ScottyBerg (talk) 23:01, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I can't argue with the deletion of the article despite it "falling through the cracks". As for removing speedy deletion templates, it is quite common for non-admins to do that. Our deletion policy says "Anyone except a page's creator may contest the speedy deletion of a page by removing the deletion notice from the page". I tend to do this conservatively by only removing tags that are clearly inapplicable. Hence I didn't remove your G3 tag even though I disagreed with it - it was arguable either way. --Mkativerata (talk) 23:07, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, OK, your point on removal is well taken. I've raised the issue of this "loophole" in the talk page of the speedy deletion policy page. I've encountered this kind of situation before: speedy-worthy articles that need to go right away but don't seem to belong to any category. Cheers, ScottyBerg (talk) 23:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Dappy
Hi,

Everything I said in my edit was factual. Why am I getting a final warning for vandalism when Wikipedia is meant to be a factual encyclopedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.72.25 (talk) 23:16, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This edit? Ha ha. Mate the comments about "bad fashion sense" and "talentless" are sentiments I can't disagree with, but your edit was vandalism. --Mkativerata (talk) 23:19, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 Cannes Film Festival
--Quite a collection you're growing! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   21:18, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I must say these credits are a lot easier to accumulate than DYKs, GAs and FAs. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:20, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN: ROKS Cheonan sinking
--  tariq abjotu  19:58, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Malaysia Update
Here's a brief update on the latest... :-
 * I've transcluded the new members list to the prior existing members list. There's a redirect on the new members list page to the actual members list.
 * I've compiled the list of feedback given here and placed them on a plan page. Please do go and take a look at them. For the suggestions to be carried out, we need volunteers. At the bottom of the plan page, there is a  Volunteer  section. Please add your name and include which area you would like to volunteer in.

If you have any questions or comments please leave them here. On behalf of WikiProject Malaysia, Bejinhan  Talk   09:46, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN: Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2010
--  tariq abjotu  22:00, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

APCO Worldwide
Thought you might be interested in this edit from. &mdash; e. ripley\talk 12:18, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks - that whole section of the article looks spammy to me: "here is a list of APCO's clients according to the website". Anyway in lieu of dealing with the section as a whole I've added a third party source to support the claim that the Malaysian government is a client - this is quite a controversial matter in Malaysia. Cheers --Mkativerata (talk) 19:53, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 Indianapolis 500
--...And another one! :) HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   22:08, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Ebola
--And another! Two in one day, impressive! HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   22:20, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 actually, I did the Czech election one but the credit didn't materialise. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:34, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Energize. You're right, you did do the work. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 22:37, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * While I don't follow the Star Trek/Wars reference, thank you!--Mkativerata (talk) 00:01, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Group of 15 Leaders
Template:Group of 15 Leaders has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. --Tenmei (talk) 01:44, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I'm unlikely to have a view on this as my only input to the template was to make the naming of leaders consistent with naming conventions. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:46, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 Dhaka fire
-- HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   22:49, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Collaboration of the Month
Per the WikiProject Malaysia's Plan page, I've "jumpstart" the Collaboration of the Month's project page. Please head over there to vote/comment or submit new nominees. We need your help to make this a success! On behalf of WikiProject Malaysia, Bejinhan  Talk   03:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 2010 Stavropol bomb blast
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Malaysian politics
Thanks. I'm happy to help out wherever I can. - Yk (talk) 04:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Barisan Nasional
I see that you have reverted my edit of this topic, which I find offers a more comprehensive view. The problem is, that this knowledge is difficult to cite, based on its nature. I agree that my topic is highly controversial but I would still insist that people are aware of the controversy around this issue so they are not mislead. I have tried referencing this section, but a bot automatically reverted it for "vandalism". By the nature of the knowledge, it's pretty apparent that I would be unable to find a credible citation, as people would have been ISA'ed for it. As this is a forum where users are given rights of free speech, I would insist that this section be put in- but welcome editing so that the topic is more fair and balanced. Thanks- FCMalaysia —Preceding unsigned comment added by FCMalaysia (talk • contribs) 05:16, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. The reason I reverted the content was that it was quite contentious material that wasn't cited to any sources. I appreciate that sources can be hard to find, but if there aren't sources, the content can't be included. Verifiability is a core policy of wikipedia. All the more so when the material is negative. Now if you can find reliable sources to support the content, it can go in. Have you had a look at this source?--Mkativerata (talk) 06:16, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you
Mkativerata - Thank for your participation and support in my RfA.

I can honestly say that your comments and your trust in me are greatly appreciated.

Please let me know if you ever have any suggestions for me as an editor, or comments based on my admin actions.

Thank you! 7 22:48, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! --Mkativerata (talk) 09:12, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Table help
Hi, do you know where I can find help with editing tables? I made this table at Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat with using Help:Table:

but I want it to look like this (without that little box with a dot on the right side):

i.e., Mohamed Zahir Ismail's term extends into the 11th Parliament. Would appreciate it very much if you could help me fix it. - Yk (talk) 07:19, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I'd be happy to have a look - I'll just have to wait 12 hours until I can sit down at my home computer. That table is a great idea - it would be an interesting task to fill in the redlinks for all the Speakers!--Mkativerata (talk) 07:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Began working on that. Sources are really obscure though. - Yk (talk) 13:18, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it might be done (after playing around in preview for a while) - let me know if it's ok. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:02, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope it looks the same. Sigh. I can't figure out why what you tried wouldn't work. - Yk (talk) 10:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, it doesn't work on Google Chrome but works on Firefox. Thanks! - Yk (talk) 10:41, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Luigi Padovese
Minor point, I do think the closure should have been Snow keep rather than speedy. Codf1977 (talk) 09:56, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I think WP:SK applied because there were no arguments to delete. SK is a guideline so it's safer ground than SNOW. --Mkativerata (talk) 10:50, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Up for adminship?
No is fine, of course. Yes would be be nice.  — fetch ·  comms   19:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind note, Fetchcomms. I honestly can't say "yes" - I don't think I'd be ready for it for a while as I'm not confident enough in my abilities and experience now. Even then I'd have to genuinely assess whether I'd want to be an admin at all and whether the community would benefit from it - I'm really not sure of either question. I was about to turn the "up for adminship?" question over to you, but I see from your talk page you've already answered it. You'd be an obvious candidate for the tools and when I was thinking a few weeks ago who might be a good candidate, you were the first name that came to mind. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:34, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Let me just nose in to say that I think you would make a good admin and that I know at least the WP:COPYCLEAN neighborhood would benefit! VernoWhitney (talk) 19:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks VernoWhitney - another comment from someone who should be running for admin well before I do! You could obviously use the delete and revdel buttons sooner rather than later... --Mkativerata (talk) 20:01, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously I can't answer the "do I want to" for you, but I can easily say that it would benefit the project, if you do decide to run in the future. And I've been getting a lot of offers to run.. was planning to finish more writing before then, but I might go up in a few months ;)  — fetch ·  comms   17:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * If you were to run, Mkativerata, I'd happily co-nom --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 18:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for the confidence, PhantomSteve - I'd be very happy to accept your offer (if I ever decide to go for it!). --Mkativerata (talk) 20:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Snottywong/userboxes/ARSbackfire
Would you care to revisit your vote at this discussion? It appears to be based on the premise that an accusation of canvassing is an accusation of breaching Wikipedia policy. Per WP:CANVASSING there are allowable forms of canvassing which may nevertheless be appropriate targets for close scrutiny, with that dones by the ARS generally falling into such a category. No worries if your opinion is unchanged; just thought you might be interested. - 06:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Victoria University of Wellington Debating Society
As someone who commented on the merge of the above page to Victoria University of Wellington and in case you do not have the target Watch-listed I thourght I should let you know that an IP user has proposed the page be spit off and back to the original page. See his rational here. Codf1977 (talk) 12:50, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for letting me know - I didn't have it watchlisted. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:35, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank spam!
TFOWR 21:00, 11 June 2010 (UTC)