User talk:Skybon/Archive 2009

GAR Russian language
I have started the GA review and left my first comments. Uspehov.NIMSoffice (talk) 07:55, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Спасибо (Thanks) ;). SkyBonTalk\Contributions 08:00, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Artem, I'm going to fail GA:russian language. Points 3 and 4 are essential (I'll be burned if I pass it without 3) and it is very difficult for me to fix point 3. I suspected its not your field and was surprised by your thorough and honest attempts to cope with the comments. Good try. Best wishes.NIMSoffice (talk) 22:57, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Rollback
Per your accepted request, I have added rollback rights to your account. Ensure you only use rollback correctly, ie its intended usage of reverting vandalism only. For information on rollback see: New admin school/Rollback and Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback in the future, just let me or any admin know. Cheers. Nja 247 10:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. I have already looked through rollback guidelines. Thanks for help :) SkyBonTalk\Contributions 10:19, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Global Radio
Yep, I blanked that section for four valid reasons:


 * 1. It was poorly cited - only 1 citation, and directed at a rather dubious looking site.
 * 2. It wasn't even a criticism of Global - only LBC, one of the radio stations they happen to own. The criticism WASNT directed at Global
 * 3. It had nothing to do with the rest of the article and it stuck out like a sore thumb
 * 4. The tone seemed to be written with a point to prove.

I'm afraid to say, I think that you are in the wrong here 81.132.254.98 (talk) 17:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

81.132.254.98
Excuse me, but when Iooked at 81.132.254.98's talk page, it seems that you have given him a level three warning. I believe that this is not appropriate as you should have given him a level one warning but I'm asking you why you gave him a level three warning. Please reply on my talk page. Wi re le ss Key boa rd ( t a l k ) 22:24, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Pros'ba
Izvini chto tak dolgo otvechaju SkyBon, prosto slishkom zagruzhen v nastojashij moment, novaja temka kotoruju pytaemsja zamutit', novaja podruga, sessija v univere, vobshem vse dela, na wikipediju prosto vremeni ne ostajotsja, ochen' hotelos' by tebe pomoch no k sozhaleniju prosto ne mogu, esho raz izvini i udachi tebe so statjoj :) Ban  Ray  11:57, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Да нет, ничего :). Все проблемы из области мелких недочётов я исправил. Оставшиеся недочёты должен исправлять кто-то из профессиональных лингвистов. К сожалению, никто из них не откликнулся и статья провалила GAN :( SkyBonTalk\Contributions 12:30, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

American Units
There is a long-established convention here that both American and metric units should be used, and that those articles overwhelmingly likely to be read by Americans should use the units most intelligible to them.

There is also a long-established tradition that such matters should be left alone, as too unimportant to edit war over.

We are intended primarily to serve anglophones, who have no other wikipedia. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:14, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

GAN Moscow
Artem, predlozhenie takoe, otzovi sam GAN Moscow (prosto udali ee s WP:GAN), poskoree, i v budushem takoe ne delai. Eto poka prosto zamechanie, bez obid i uprekov. Nominator dolzhen vnesti zametnyi vklad v stat'yu. Perehvat stat'i u ee glavnogo "redaktora" eto nepravil'no. Redaktor ne soglasen s etoi nominatsiei, t.e. GAN neetichna i skoree vsego provalitsya. Pomni chto vse dokumentiruetsya, t.e. igrat' v WP nado predel'no chestno. Materialscientist (talk) 22:45, 24 May 2009 (UTC)(NIMSoffice)
 * OK, OK, я отзову номинацию, однако, конечно, хотелось бы увидеть развёрнутую рецензию, чтобы я мог улучшить статью. К счастью, это General Knowledge статья и я, не будучи большим специалистом, могу внести в неё улучшения. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 15:29, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Dlya nachala posmotri eto. Ya vizhu po istorii stat'i chto tam ne vse utryaslos' v plane kartinok itp. GA budet podavlena srazu esli stat'ya nestabil'na. Ya gotov retsenzirovat' ee v budushem, no tol'ko esli GAN soglasovana s redaktorami (tipa user:texmon). Eshe sovet, uchis' pisat' po-angliiski, bez etogo v en.wikipedia nikuda).Materialscientist (talk) 23:49, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for advice :). Fortunately I know both English and Translit well and I can use them frequnetly.
 * Ну а так: тогда буду по-тихоньку доводить статью до уровня GA и попозже номинирую. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 10:14, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Redirect
Hi Skybon, it seems that you have redirected my old userpage "Wireless Keyboard" to my new userpage. However, I "undid" this because I switched usernames because someone compromised my identity. I had a bureaucrat to delete all old pages and subpages. Please do not redirect any of my old pages to my new ones again. Thanks. Class I Laser ZAP!   Boom! 12:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * OK. Sorry for breaking into your user page. I just thought that smth like you didn't like your old username so you asked to rename it. Don't forget to delete redirect at talk. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 14:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

User levels
Hi SkyBon,

I am a new user on Wikipedia. I was wondering what is the criteria to have rollback rights and to be different levels of editors. Please feel free to add new things and edit my user and talk pages since I am new I'm not very used to how to do this.THanks

WaveRunner85 (talk) 16:30, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There are different permissions in en-wiki. From the lowest to the highest: anonymous, new user, autoconfirmed (+rollbacker), administrator, bureaucrat, steward. About all of these ranks feel free to read corresponding articles in Wikipedia space e.g. Administrators. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 14:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The only rollback criteria is experience. Prove yourself and surrounding people that you are aware of basic WP policies and gouidelines and go to WP:RFR then.
 * In case you have any questions contact me asap. :) SkyBonTalk\Contributions 14:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

RollBack Rights
Hi! I have checked My Preferences and I have 80 edits. I have been on Wikipedia for two weeks. I was wondering if you could grant me rollback rights? Reply Soon. Thanks!

WaveRunner85 (talk) 20:05, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Only admins and higher can grant Rollback Rights to users. Go to WP:Requests for permissions/Rollback and ask admins to grant that status to you. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 06:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Bangladesh
Hi, it seems there are quite a few parameters that are not now supported when you converted this banner. Can you check it out? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi! I've added new parameters. Unfortunately it is impossible to maintain backwards compatibility so params upgrade at talk page is necessary. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 10:28, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You shouldn't remove any functionality unless you are absolutely sure that it is not being used. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:53, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I re-added vital parameters back. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 12:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm concerned that you're going about these banner conversions in a haphazard way. It is not normally appropriate to add or remove features from a banner without asking the WikiProject about the matter. I would suggest making changes in a sandbox and then posting a message on the talk page to ask for feedback. Regards, &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:15, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Re.
Hello SkyBon. The template has now been unprotected. Regards, Hús  ö  nd  21:53, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Daily Mail
Political affiliation is getting IP edits again ... you might wish to check. Thanks! Collect (talk) 21:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting my attention to it. I rollbacked unreferenced edits of anonymous. Regards, SkyBonTalk\Contributions 09:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! This playing around with what is generally regarded as a Tory paper is tiresome indeed :). Collect (talk) 10:33, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

re United States protection
Every single time that article is unprotected, it is flooded with vandalism within hours. I caught the last one within 40 minutes; the vandals aren't watching it as keenly as I am. I assure you that within 24 hours of it being unprotected, you will see dozens of IP edits, most of them vandalism. You might be able to find someone else to carry out this charming experiment but I'm certainly not going to do it. --Golbez (talk) 17:04, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

EAM?
Excuse me, but can you tell me what the "EAM" is that you talk about on WP:DEFCON? --I dream of horses (talk) 13:17, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Emergency Action Message. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 14:37, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, so where is the one that refers to Wikipedia? Where are you getting this information? I don't mean to sound paranoid, I'm just incredibly curious. --I dream of horses (talk) 21:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Heh, just look into recent edits and compare the number of constructive edits to the number of vandal edits. SkyBonTalk\Contributions 00:32, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

re:Featured article review/Sun/archive1
please take another look at the article now that it has been expanded. Nergaal (talk) 19:37, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of of Dooble
A tag has been placed on Dooble, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

the page is a recreation of deleted content that still has no assertion of notability - no coverage in reliable secondary sources.

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 * Page nominated for deletion. WLU  (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/complex 12:06, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

MAKS 2009
Hello SkyBon!

I want to state one question to you: From August 19th until August 23rd the MAKS Airshow  takes place again in Zhukovsky, near Moscow. Do you have the time to go there in order to take a lot of photos? Would be unique contribution for Wikimedia. I hope your response is positive. Greets, High Contrast (talk)  18:13, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm sorry but it looks like I won't be able to go there because of expensive tickets. Although I won't go to  MAKS that would be great if you could bring my attention to another  event or site where it would be great to take some shoots. Anyway thanks  for your request. ;) SkyBonTalk/Contributions  13:38, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Messed-up svg files
Hi, SkyBon. I'm just letting you know that the "code cleanup" you performed on   and   (perhaps more?) has left them buggy, whereas the previous versions seem  fine. Paperxcrip (talk) 05:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, at least they do what they are meant to do: illustrate articles. I removed as  much as possible from images, even the XML declaration in order to make  these images as light as possible. MediaWiki renderer fortunately is  able to identify and render SVG images without XML declaration. SkyBonTalk/Contributions  13:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:GNU General Public License 3 Logo.svg)
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August 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Ahunt (talk) 12:52, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Ahunt (talk) 13:18, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Prostornaya Street


The article Prostornaya Street has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Highways meet notability guidelines, but city streets seldom do. No sources or assertion of notability.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing  will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.  Durova 311 21:34, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Editing URLs
Removing www from the front of URLs often renders them non functional; the webservers not infrequently require this, and even if it works, the page often redirects you back to the www version.

I'm pretty sure there's no wiki policy or guideline that requires this to be removed; or if there is, there soon won't be. Please do not do this.- (User) Wolfkeeper (Talk) 15:52, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

RationalPlan page
Hi there,

Noticed your proposal for deleting RationalPlan page ("Not notable enough to have an article" - you say ). Could you please more precise here ? I mean ...

http://project-management-software-review.toptenreviews.com/index.html http://www.isoftwarereviews.com/project-management-software-reviews/
 * 1) 1 - there are at least 2 independent "top ten - desktop project management" where RationalPlan is mentioned


 * 1) 2 RationalPlan is rather a new product (is started about 1.5 years ago); taking it out of wiki might prevent it from getting spread. As part of RationalPlan team I can say that large companies are considering RatioanlPlan viewer (one of the few free MS Project viewers available), one of the top-ten banks of the world are considering RatioanlPlan as a replacement for MS Project for the entire company, etc (can't provide names on confidentiality reasons yet)


 * 1) 3 independent Project Managers are considering RatioanlPlan as being a top PM product (see for examplehttp://www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/articles/37218.aspx)

In the end, even accepting your idea that is "Not notable enough " (which I really don't understand), it looks like some people (some of them, project managers) find it as a valuable/notable .. This page on wiki is not an advertisement but just a short description of one the PM tools available on the market today. So where is the problem actually ? Because it looks like only a handful of products might get the advantage of being listed on wiki Where is the difference between RationalPlan page on wiki and let's say http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmniPlan, just to name one of a list of hundred of similar products

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by194.102.135.133 (talk) 10:52, 6 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The sites you mentioned are not notable. If you mentioned sites like ZDNet or Engadget that would make difference. Consider reading Notability.SkyBonTalk/Contributions 11:08, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

You mean something like this: http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1173045&tag=content;col1 ? RationalPlan is also listed in Apple site: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/business_finance/rationalplanmultiproject.html Don't know which are the sites you find as notable ... There were also articles about RationalPlan in PM Network Magazine, MacFormat Magazine, PC World Magazine, PC Plus Magazine, etc, its just that some of them were visible to subscribers only while some might be over one year old ... 194.102.135.133 (talk) 13:11, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * These are download pages. Notability must be demonstrated, not asserted.SkyBonTalk/Contributions 13:12, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I have closed the AfD. Jayjg (talk)03:54, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:-)
Template:-) 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.  The thing that sho uld not be  06:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Ring Line
Hi! I noticed you wanted to disambiguate Ring Line. While I don't see any problems with your intentions and could support your motion, I am rather concerned about both your choice of name for the line in Oslo and for the way to made the move. If nothing else than for respect for other authors, please take the time to propose the move on the talk page first. Because Ring Line is also a good topic, proper process needs to be followed to ensure a smooth moving of that topic too. 'Ring Line' undoubtedly being a rather common name (there is also one for the S-train in Copenhagen, currently located at Ringbanen), I would easily supported your notion. However, I am not impressed with your naming of the article. All railway, tram and metro lines in Norway use their English names, and I cannot understand why you would want to move it to its Norwegian name (that is virtually unintelligible for a non-Scandinavian speaker), per WP:UE. Following the general naming conventions of Wikipedia, 'Ring Line (Oslo)' would be the most appropriate name, in my opinion. Perhaps other people have opinions too, and it is just courteous and advantageous for the project that as many involved parties have a say. Also note that you attempt to create a disambiguation page has failed, sine 'T-Baneringen' now links back to the new 'Ring Line' page (due to a capitalization error). There will also need to be an amount of dabbing of links to the new location, since an unknown number (perhaps as many as 50 articles) have links to the Ring Line, many which are GA standard. As the mover, it will be reckless of you to not perform this, as smooth navigation is essential for the project. Thank you for your understanding, Arsenikk (talk)  16:51, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * There was quite a mess created (and a lot of unnecessary time wasted) with the move of the topic (three times, due to lack of communications because of your hurry), but the article and topic are now located at Ring Line (Oslo). I hope this is expectable. Again, next time you believe an article is at the wrong place, leave a not on the talk page and let things run through as they should. No-one cares if we wait a week to create the disambig page for Ring Line or similar situations. Arsenikk (talk)  23:24, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
Logan Talk Contributions 02:30, 2 January 2010 (UTC)