User talk:Pilotguy/Archive13

question
Hi - why did you remove user:Unre4L's unblock request? Rama's arrow (3:16) 03:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

On Cplot sockpupets Long-term abuse report
This is because most of the rnage blocks are just unwarranted range blocks due to BWA (blocking while angry) or just laziness. Except for a few large range blocks, the other range blocks were just an overreaction where the Cplot sockpuppets exhibited no signes off using anything more than a single address within the range (you can check the histories if you don't blelive me). The Sprint ranges are dynamically assigned. There might be another range or two that is also based on dynamically assigned addresses (and exhibits signs of that to the blocking admin; since we know more about what's going on). However, most of the /24 mask blocks are due to Raul654 seeing a single address and figuirng, well I might as well cause as much disruption as possible. Disruption is good from our point of view since it draw attention to this highly unconstitutional activity. However, I just thought it was only fair to let you know what you're doing. I can tell you right now from a technological standpoint. You won't be able to stop the Cplot sockpuppets. It's just technologically impossible. You'll have to resort to other measures. --WhatHappenedToOurDove 03:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Governors of Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan.jpg
I was wondering that you have deleted this image, but why does the image page still exists and the image is still there? I put no source & no license templates there, in case the image page is not totally deleted. Cheers. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 08:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Joel Ballin speedy deletion
Hi, I saw your message about the article I created on the artist Joel Ballin (marked for speedy deletion). By the time I got your message a few moments ago and went to look, the article had disappeared. I hadn't been able to research the person very much but am now unsure as to why the article was deleted so quickly.

Dawd 14:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Vandal warning toolbox
Concerning your question, I haven't been too active on W/P lately, but sure I'm interested in keeping the toolbox up to date. I do use it myself, though not too frequently, and I hadn't really followed the update to the warning templates.

The toolbox portion of the sidebar doesn't have a whole lot of room, so I'm not sure how I'd incorporate that matrix of warnings. Suggestions? --Kbh3rd talk 00:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Heh, thanks for reverting that vandalism in my userpage, Pilotguy. . FrancoGG ( talk ) 19:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Hectagon AfD
Hi. You closed Articles for deletion/Hectagon as no consensus, but that doesn't seem quite right to me. It had 9 keep votes to 20 delete/merge/redirect (which are equivalent for these articles, since there was no meaningful content to merge) votes, and two of the keep votes were 'keep or merge.' Further, several of the keep votes had rationale like 'I don't think that math articles should have to pass notability guidelines.'

It seems to me that a better than two-thirds majority in favor of deletion, along with such weak arguments to keep, would mean that the article should be deleted. I don't want to question your judgment, but I did want to be sure that you realized that the delete/merge/redirect votes were essentially the same due to the lack of content in the articles. What would you consider a sufficient majority to indicate consensus? Thanks for your time. --Sopoforic 07:28, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * As a third party admin, I would prefer to see a redirect (I usually hate deletes because they destroy edit history), which puts me in between the two sides. &mdash; Deckiller 07:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I've been kind of busy myself, and I'm biased toward merging all the small polygon articles into a "List of polygons", which is the most logical course of action (a simple redirect might be an issue, because there is still some content, and doing it for all the polygons might make the main page too large). &mdash; Deckiller 01:15, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I posted a thread on Talk:Polygon. &mdash; Deckiller 01:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

he'll tell you
Well, it's an old hangar talk joke, originally nothing to do with the Wikipedia. It is supposed to mean that pilots are so preoccupied with flying even on the ground that eventually they start talking about aviation in a non-pilot croud as well. Then I saw the category allowing the wikipedian pilots to tag themselves as such, this reminded me of the joke right away... --BACbKA 10:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Serial Vandalism by User talk:65.241.114.199
User talk:65.241.114.199 appears to be a group effort as "they" have continuously vandalized articles and then remove the warnings from their user page. I invite you to look at "their" history (one separate entry after removal of warnings say "we are good". I pulled the last intact series of warnings and then reconstituted their User talk page. They hit Wiki hard today and have been repeated offenders this month (looks like a school computer lab caper due to dates and times). I saw your name among list of admin/editors who warned "them" in the past. I vote for a ban. Cheers, HJ 21:50, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page. --Nlu (talk) 06:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Your user page is too wide
Unless your user page is for your personal use only, you might want to consider reformatting it (or at least tweaking it). I, like many users, am stuck with with a 1024x768 screen. I lose some of that to the Wikipedia sidebar. At that point, your page is too wide.

Personally, I used to have access to a much wider screen (1600x1080 + 1024x768). So I understand the value of using that extra space when it is available. Can you provide the best of both worlds? Will (Talk - contribs) 06:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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RE: 818-gillsepie.jpg
Pilotguy: I posted 818-gillsepie.jpg under "Cherry Headed Conure" as the image and it was deleted by you as "Invalid license". I am a representative of Mickaboo, the copyright owners of the photo, and we have given permission for the image to be used anywhere within wikipedia.

I have re-uploaded the image; If you believe it to have an invalid license please contact me.

--foofus

Foofus 18:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Generation Rescue
I believe the version I saved to is far more Wiki. Please exaplin why are you supporting reversion to an earlier version that is:

- Less neutral - Has less information - Does not provide responses to criticisms

If you are taking a responsible position within Wiki, please apply that responsibility in a fair manner. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Staff Writer Wiki (talk • contribs) 20:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC).

Generation Rescue
This 'Headquarters Staff' chap has about 3 or 4 socks... Any ideas? Hawker Typhoon 20:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey Hawker:

Can you pls explain why you are reverting to an older, less WIKI version of GR? Doesn't make sense. New one is more neutral, more information, and allows for responses to criticism. What gives?

Deletion
I object to your deletion of Marco Antonio Bragadin. It was tagged as 'not in English', but that was by an IP number editor and it was not true. The first paragraph was in English, and the appropriate action would have been to cut the rest. Charles Matthews 12:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

MercuryLover's block
At Viridae's request, I reviewed his block of Sable. I feel that MercuryLover should be treated in the same way that Sable is treated, so I looked at that as well. I have no problem with the 24 hour blocks against both users, but I showed a bit of leniency and reduced the remaining time to 3 hours in both cases (this means their blocks will run out at the same time, and a few hours earlier than they would have). I hope that's okay with you; strictly speaking, you should also have been consulted, so my apologies for cutting corners. My excuse is just that I'm a bit pressed for time, and that it's a fairly minor action. You can see my comments on their talk pages. Obviously, I won't be in the mood for any more leniency if edit warring breaks out again. Best wishes, Metamagician3000 14:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The Indian High School, Dubai
Is there a reason you removed the copyvio speedy from this article? It is now restored pending your reasoning. Nuttah68 22:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

LaSalle Quartet
Greetings! I just noticed this zip by in the deletion log. This was one of the most famous string quartets of the 20th century, especially with regard to performance of music of the Second Viennese School. I noticed the tag someone slapped on it said "doesn't even have a CD" -- which is kind of funny, considering their extensive discography. They recorded music for about 40 years, from shortly after WWII until the 1980s. Would you like me to go through DRV? I don't like undoing other administrators' actions. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 22:15, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

anons complaints
Not sure if you care or not, but an anon is complaning about here here on jimbos talk page. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Unblock
Could you please unblock 202.76.162.34? I don't want to create an account for that address! Template-script 00:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Blocked and considered a vandal
i have presisted in trying to edit a page only to have it reverted by other users. now i am blocked as a vandal when the real vandals can run riot on this site and will do so.

my user name is Denisoneill the site is Rochfortbridge

you can check all my edits and tell me where i committed vandalism. i was trying to expand the page in an impartial manner only to have my edits reverted.

its frustrating and has turned me off the validity of the content of Wikipedia and will take a lot of coaxing to lead me to Wikipedia for any information.

please correct this problem and dont leave Wikipedia in the realms of an "anyone can edit" BLOG

denisponeill@eorcom.net —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Denisoneill (talk • contribs) 00:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

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Jimbo's talk page
You're mentioned in this post about banning European AOL IPs, in case you hadn't seen it. --Steve (Slf67)talk 08:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Yet another crowd with surface-to-air pitchforks
You deleted an article (now undeleted) under CSD #A7, but it asserted notability. Now someone is asking for your head (or an apology). This is only for your information; I am not asking you to do anything about it. —xyzzyn 18:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nice change to the user page. Just a minor criticism: in ‘Introducing your Captain…’, the change from the third to the first person after the first sentence is a bit abrupt. By the way, can I assume you won’t comment on the above? —xyzzyn 21:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Troll is back
Since you have blocked this person before, I wanted to let you know what he's been up too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Xizer&action=history

Just reading the comments, this user continuosly makes personal attacks using foul language. Might want to take a look into his behavoir. Has been blocked before as well as blanking pages yet keeps this as his usual MO LexiLynn 23:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Xizer Just a warning, He's been unblocked. LexiLynn 04:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Tag removal
Hi, I noticed that you removed my db tag from an article:  Can you please explain your reasoning? Or was it an error? Thanks, Elonka 21:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I've now deleted the article. — P ilotguy push to talk  22:04, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Er, thanks, but the article Eden Centre appears to still be there? --Elonka 15:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, Pgk got it. :) --Elonka 15:52, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Afrika paprika
When you blocked him, the discussions concluded that it's to be considered a community ban. Could you point me to the there (I need the link for technical reasons)? Thanks. --PaxEquilibrium 22:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Question
Question: I came to wikipedia today and it said I had a message. It said that I vandalized a page about lactic acid. I didn't do it, so how did wikipedia block my ip address if I had not done anything wrong? I had to sign in with my rarely used account to report this. Did I get assigned the IP address of some vandal?

P.S. I don't know where the proper place to post this was, so if I did something wrong or impolite please tell me.

Thanks
Thanks for fixing-up my user page. (And FYI, I just returned the favor re: your talk page; maybe our friend again?)

Atlant 20:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Heh. :) — P ilotguy push to talk  22:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Hectagon
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Hectagon. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Nardman1 15:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Reggie Rockstone
Hi, did you not see my notability comments on the talk page before deleting? i can open a deletion review but would like a second look, first. thanks. Aaronbrick 00:04, 11 February 2007 (UTC) An editor has asked for a deletion review of Reggie Rockstone. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Aaronbrick 02:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

MemoryTen Deletion
Why was the MemoryTen page deleted? Similar companies are already listed under "Category:Computer memory companies" including Mushkin, OCZ Technology. Memoryten 00:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)MemoryTen

WALIDHADDAD
Thank you for pointing me in the right way to tag my photos. I have uploaded several all of them are my creation. I have some which i uploaded however which I do not use how can I delete them? Where are they to be found? Thank you. Walid HADDAD 00:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Nobility issue
One of the wikipedia articles about Welk Musical Famliy.com has been tagged or speedy deletion, and it already has from what I checked, because of nobility issues. I understand for books, magazines and other published works but as for describing websites, such as the one of concern, I looked and checked and Wikipedia seems to be very vague on how nobility applies to websites. I do understand that Wiki is an online dictionary, and like many other webpage with articles here....it basically decribes what the site is in a neutral, non-biased point of view.

If I was to list a webpage for a Wikipedia article, especially if it's a homemade article...what should I look for to avoid any threat of deletion? Burnwelk 14:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Power Tab Editor (article deletion)
Greetings:

The article for the musical notation software known as Power Tab Editor was deleted for "blatant advertising." The software itself is freeware and has nothing to gain monetarily through advertisement. Anyway, that's not really my point. The software was the first of its kind to give the user the same type of printout found in many professional magazines/publications that use expensive, industry standard software such as Finale (computer program). It brought guitar music and tablature to the masses and still has a thriving community.

Other guitar notation software articles remain, such as Guitar Pro. These two communities are very close and competitive (as far as producing quality transcriptions) to this day. We Power Tab Editor users are confused as to why the article was removed, especially since the release of a new version of the editor is on the horizon and the creator, Brad Larsen, has recently expanded the software with a librarian tool.

Could you please advise?

Thanks, DeeKenn 20:17, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandals Trying to Prevent a Nonsense Page from Being Deleted
Hello Pilotguy. Vandals are persistently trying to remove the speedy tag from this article OIFY. I would appreciate your help. Thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 00:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nevermind Nishkid64 took care of it ;).¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 00:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Block
you know you just blocked User:209.247.23.17 for no reason what he was doing was not vandalism.209.247.23.7 00:27, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Too bad I don't care. — P ilotguy push to talk  00:31, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

this has to do with WP:EW not nonsense pages.209.247.23.7 00:50, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

No, it has to do with you being a dick. Deal with it. — P ilotguy push to talk  23:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Help
Pilotguy, i really need help. How do I site references/quotes/etc. I am new to this, and I work with professional athletes in managing their online presence. I am not trying to sell anything, merely trying to document their success and contributions in wiki,.... and my info references directly to the source that the article is about? How do I site this info? Msteilen 19:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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Just FYI
I've gotten around to fixing my userpage. Everything should now be fine now. — P ilotguy push to talk  15:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC-6)
 * I assume your are talking about the message that was archived sometime ago about your user page still being too wide. Any fixes you implemented assume the sidebar is not present.  It does not fit for me.  Do you use Monobook or another skin? Will (Talk - contribs) 09:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Help
Please see my talk page and the label Jessica Lunsford and view the comments left by Fighting For Justice. This users is atrocious in her comments left to users who do not agree with her. LexiLynn 23:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Heathwood Homes
Hi there! You've removed my article with a speedy deletion tag. I've read the articles regarding companies and I believe that we are of note. In Canada, some half million people live in our Communities, we run a major charity, contribute sizable amounts to local governments and law enforcement, etc, etc. I keep getting directed to the same article, but I don't get what's wrong. Is our organization just not Wiki-worthy, or can you recommend an example article to follow? Do we need more references to third party articles?

Thank you!

Trooney2007

Image:Crystal_personal.png
why was this image deleted? I checked the log and couldn't make sense of it...it exists on the commons and I was placing it in my userspace when it disappeared.

User talk:69.109.246.74
Re. your missive at User talk:69.109.246.74 I don't believe I used any swear words on any Wiki pages. In fact I don't think I've posted anything in quite a while. I assume this messages was intended for someone else. Since this is a dynamic IP address, I wonder if the intended user will ever see it.

If you'd point me at the offending message, I'll take a look at it to see if it was indeed me. Later 69.109.246.74 00:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks.
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Hey
This is Sandy. I just started working at the Wikimedia Foundation as Communications Manager. There is a t.v. station in North Carolina that would like to do a piece on Wikipedia, and is seeking to interview editors. I was told that you might be interested. If you can, send me an email to sordonez at wikimedia dot org. Best, Sandy

Sure, I'll try to E-mail you within the next day or so about it. — P ilotguy push to talk  23:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Blocking of 194.125.86.140
I don't understand why you seem to have blocked my entire ISP? Not that it affects me tbh, but can you please provide some examples of vandalism by this IP address, which I appear to currently have the lease for, other than the adding of the external link mentioned in the above linked contributions? BT/Esat/IOL cover a large part of Irish internet users, so if you're blocking a range of IPs you are going to be hitting more than you expect. In any case, we all have dynamic IPs, so I don't see the point... --General Miaow Say Hello! 11:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I was speaking on behalf of other subscribers, not "my customers" :) Given the contributions from that range you're probably right. Trouble is that the ISP uses a fairly big IP pool, (I'm not currently being affected) as they are the amalgamation of all the subscribers in the country either before about 1999. As you rightly pointed out though, it only affects anons. Thanks for the response. --General Miaow Say Hello! 04:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for your speedy response to my unblock request. Regards, Kaushik twin 14:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)