User talk:Wizardman/Archive14

Your DYK nomination for Jorge Valero was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 23:15, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Copyediting Iván Rodríguez
I looked through this article and made a few changes. I posted my thoughts on the article's talk page. It's all fairly minor, but the big thing that should out is that his last name is not spelled consistently throughout the article. I hope this helps, and please feel free to get in touch any time you have a similar request. GaryColemanFan (talk) 19:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK
Hey Wizzy, ya busy?

DYK is overdue, if you can find time to post it, thanks :) Gatoclass (talk) 17:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution RfM
Just a quick note, the parties have agreed to allow you to Mediate the above case, so you can get cracking. Good luck, and thanks for helping out ;) Your initial structure looks very good, which is indeed promising. Don't hesitate to shout if you have any queries. Regards, AGK § 16:53, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:20080310 Lafayette Square.JPG
What needs to be done to undo the protection you put on Image:20080310 Lafayette Square.JPG?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I was unfamiliar with time protection.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 18:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA - Discospinster
Thank you so much for your support (co-nomination, even) in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! I hope to live up to the trust you have placed in me. ... disco spinster   talk  23:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: DYK
Thanks for your selection, although I only created it through AfC. It was actually created by an IP. But thanks anyway! WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN tell me a joke...  22:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

March 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. If you don't stop abusing your IRC powers, you will be terminated. I mean it. Really. -- lucasbfr  talk 00:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Templates
Hello Wizardman :) I am sorry if I in any way offended you, it was not my intension at all. The template was added automatically by an anti-vandalism tool I'm currently testing out. Unfortunately, the tool only warns the user, whereas I only have to approve the message used, but thanks for pointing this out :) A Vand talkcontribs 00:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that option is available. It is actually me who is the noob for turning most of the default settings off *blushes*. Thanks again, I've turned them back on :) I've erased the warning from your page, I hope you dont mind :P A Vand talkcontribs 00:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I found out why the tool picked the edit up, take a look here: :) Best regards,  A Vand talkcontribs 00:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Nomination
Mediation Committee/Nominations/Wizardman. Ta, Daniel (talk) 01:06, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Zedla RfA
Sorry for the delay but just want to drop a quick note saying thank you for participating in my RfA which closed and passed earlier this week. I realize I do have my work cut out for me in rounding out my experience/interaction, I'm starting to realize the extent of the different mindset when doing admin work. Hope I can earn the trust of you and others. If you have any comments I'm always open to the counsel of others. Sincerely – Zedla (talk) 02:49, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Carl Bechstein at DYK
I note you've just selected Carl Bechstein for DYK. I was investigating the article with an eye to doing the same, when I noticed that most of the article is a copy from the old article C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik. There is a little new material, but nothing like a fivefold expansion from the base material lifted that article. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it's too similar to be called a new article. Espresso Addict (talk)

oh i see
Just wondered why you withdrew the piano article but I see the reason above. Not sure what to do re the Irish angle. I'm guessing that we lack the 24 (or so) need to go green all day so we need to jst inclde some green ones. Victuallers (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Replace this image
I noticed that today you removed the "replace this image" image from a large number of articles. Why did you do this? The media was certainly free and non-controversial and without it the infoboxes look untidy and unbalanced. If there is some sort of policy behind this? --Jackyd101 (talk) 23:05, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Block
A little late there. The archives were screwed up so bad. -  Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  02:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk page archives
It took me a while, but I think I sorted it all out. Thanks for blocking him; I wasn't sure what to do.  jj137  (talk)  02:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Block on User:194.82.121.38
Hi. I noticed that you reviewed my block of User:194.82.121.38, and declined the unblock request, instructing one user of that IP to create an account to continue editing. I also notice that that block notice instructs the user not to remove that unblock request while still blocked. But it was indeed removed and the History page shows that it was User:194.82.121.38 who removed it, even though that IP should be blocked. Do you know how this happened? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 04:42, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

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A-class review of the William Stacy article
Hello Wizardman. Last June you had kindly welcomed me to Wikipedia, and given me a barnstar for the William Stacy article, so I thought that I’d ask for your help (if you are interested). The William Stacy article is GA-class, and has undergone a biography peer review. I submitted the article for a biography A-class review here during December, but there seems to be a lack of A-class reviewers. If you have the time, and if you are interested or inclined to review the article, I would appreciate. If not, no problem. Thank you, ColWilliam (talk) 22:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK needs updating
FYI. DYK needs updating. Four hours overdue. Chris (talk) 00:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

RFA
Just wondering, when should I apply again? Also, would you like to co-nom when I do? STORMTRACKER   94  Go Irish! 18:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Mario Cuomo image
Thanks for uploading your image of Mario Cuomo. I agree that the coloration was a little off, so I went ahead and did a few simple photoshop adjustements and uploaded http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mario_Cuomo_adjusted.png. Brokethebank (talk) 03:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Linkspam
I saw your comment on IC. I know what you mean. There are a lot of problems, and the smarter spammers are getting quite wily. Guy (Help!) 09:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, I thought 'official' links were ok in an external links section, am I wrong? The links you removed from the Darius Danesh page are in fact official and very much related to the subject, they are not linkspam so should they be listed or not? Thanks. Transferred (talk) 20:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Looking for some help
Greetings Wizardman. Is there anything you can do about this obvious intention to gather meatpuppets to push his POV at Jeremiah Wright. Thanks,  Grsz  ' 11 ' 03:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Mediation Commitee
It is my pleasure to inform you that your request to become a member of the Mediation Committee has been successful. I encourage you to place the Mediation Committee page and Requests for mediation on your watchlist, as well as the open tasks template, which will be updated as new cases are accepted. You are also encouraged to join the Committee's internal mailing list ; please email me directly so I can confirm your email before subscribing it. If you have any questions about how the Committee functions, please feel free to ask me. Congratulations!
 * For the Mediation Committee, WjBscribe 00:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats! - Mtmelendez (Talk) 02:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations from me also ;) Welcome aboard—I look forward to working with you! Regards, Anthøny  21:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Super Bowl XXXIX
I was wondering if you would assess Super Bowl XXXIX for GA? - And can you check out Super Bowl XXXIV as well? If you are willing to do so, thanks for the help. If not, well thanks anyways :) -  Milk's   Favorite   Cookie  21:58, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Josiah Leming
Just so you know, there are 3 other articles that could be deleted as well. One is one that should be for sure: Josiah Lemming, which is a page which redirects to Josiah Leming. Also, we have Her EP and The Paperplain EP. If his article is deleted, those 2 should be as well I'd think. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 16:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Different Strokes
Please take another look at Articles for deletion/Different Strokes. I count 5 votes for keep, 5 for merge, 1 for delete and 1 for redirect (i.e. delete?). Thanks. House of Scandal (talk) 19:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Bad decision
Your decision at Articles for deletion/Bob Sacamano was wrong. There was 2 keeps, 2 redirects, and 3 deletes. It should have been redirected and not deleted. Now all the content is gone and the editors get no credit. Its not a big deal to me because I have not edited the article, but what irritates me is that all the information is now gone.--Uga Man (talk) UGA MAN FOR PRESIDENT 2008  22:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:OH
Hi there, I have an idea for the WikiProject listed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ohio and was wondering if you would mind giving your opinon on the matter. I have contacted you because you in the middle of the list atWikiProject_Ohio/Participants and I am seeking opinions of users who have been members of WP:OH for awhile. Thank you for your time. §tepshep  •   ¡Talk to me!  23:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

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DYK?
I see you've finished moving hooks to DYK from March 22 and are now on March 23. I just wanted to point out that there are still two viable hooks in the March 21 section (including mine!), if you could take a look. Thanks! - Morinao (talk) 02:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Henry Pollock
I am the creator of the article Henry Pollock. This article was created on 17th March and was nominated by myself to the DYK section on 19th March. Could you please explain why my nomination was removed by you? Is there anything wrong in the article? Thanks for your attention!--Clithering (talk) 09:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Montana class battleship
Well, the ultimate destination will be FAC, but at the moment I am seeking more input on how to improve the article via peer review. So far five things have been identified that need addressed, among them the fact that I lack non breaking spaces for numerical measurements. Rest assured though, GAN is my next stop when the peer review closes :) TomStar81 (Talk) 05:50, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Bankerboy83
If you think your computer can handle it, could you check and see what exactly User:Bankerboy83 did on my userpage. It's way too big for me to see; had to rollback and I'd like knowing what the heck he did. - Warthog Demon  02:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It would seem that I know now. I think this is User:Adam Pirolo, who uncivilly confronted me in my recent RfA, as you can see here: . Lovely. - Warthog Demon  02:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Acorn Antiques
Hello! You sent me a (probably automated) message saying that "Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Acorn Antiques The Musical" - thanks for that, but what fact? Couldn't find it! Thanks.

PS Whilst I'm not entirely new to Wikipedia, how do I get notified as to when you've replied to my message on your board? Do I just have to keep checking it? Thanks! Adaircairell (talk) 12:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School
I just noticed that you deleted Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School under WP:CSD, but A7 doesn't apply to schools. If you could restore the page, that'd be nice. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 00:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Hokay, thanks. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 00:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School
You recently deleted Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School. It's a high school ("Grade 9 & 10 Applications for Fall 2008 are now being accepted," according to http://www.montytech.net/ ), so A7 doesn't apply. Could you please restore the article, tag it as and reopen the AfD? --Eastmain (talk) 00:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Wizardman/Requests for checkuser/Case/Bearian
LOL. Bearian (talk) 00:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

April 2008
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Autograph Images
Hi, please could you help me out with these two images. You removed my tag, but then didn't give clear instructions to put them instead, or what to tag them with. Image:LT_in_Autograph.jpg and Image:Autograph_Large_T.jpg I think you'll agree with me that Wikipedia is not a place for hosting individual user's autographs. Thanks in advance. XcepticZP (talk) 19:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Hawaii articles needing images
I'm curious why you deleted this category. It's a maintenance category that is sometimes full and sometimes empty, depending on whether or not it has members. Last time I checked it was populated. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 11:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No goof on your end, you did just fine. My only concern would be the age of the account making the speedy, as it is a little suspicious for Greg to show up out of the blue, empty categories being used by WikiProjects, and then place a speedy tag on them for deletion.  New accounts wouldn't engage in this type of behavior, so that raises a large red flag for me.  Otherwise, keep up the good work. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 06:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

User talk:24.185.149.50
Hi! Saw your name on the RC page. Please block the user above. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 16:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Saw the user blocked. Thank you. Oda Mari (talk) 17:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi
Can you check my request to use NP Watcher. It'll make my life easier patrolling the New Pages. Fattyjwoods ( Push my button  ) 04:07, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Understanding my mistaken edits in Bedford's RfA neutral list
In this diff, I made a good-faith attempt to fix the numbering format, but I was clearly mistaken, because you and another corrected me. I hope nobody thought I was attempting to refactor another user's comments, but since I wasn't warned, I guess people realize it was an honest mistake. Aside from the basic rule never to edit other people's comments (to which I present mea culpas, and was not my intention anyway), as it regards AfD and other similar consensus-gathering processes, is there a correct syntax for changing a numbered entry to a non numbered entry, so as to allow all the correctly formatted entries to number correctly in the sequence? Is the application of ":" the correct character? BusterD (talk) 14:27, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Interrotron_web_page.jpg
Hi Wizardman, re, I thought that the image summary -- 'In a personal email, the author Steve Hardie responded to my request that I use his image on wikipedia: "Please go ahead, and thanks for asking. If you need the file other than a link let me know."' -- made this case substantially similar to . Could you explain so that I don't make the same mistake again? Thanks! Benja (talk) 23:33, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! I've re-tagged the image, explaining the specific rationale using this time. Benja (talk) 00:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

David Jaffray
I added some references to David Jaffray. I think they are enough to establish notability. --Eastmain (talk) 20:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

The Baka Boyz
Could you please revisit your decision to delete The Baka Boyz at Articles for deletion/The Baka Boyz? All of the "delete" votes were based on the state of the article before I improved it and added references. No one commented at the AfD after I added references and improved the article. DHowell (talk) 01:15, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for restoring and relisting the article. DHowell (talk) 05:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Update
I'm glad someone else has turned up, because it's my dinner time! Do you mind if I leave the rest of the update to you now? Gatoclass (talk) 15:08, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I sort of finished it anyhow. The last few were a lot easier. Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 15:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks
Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence §  t / e  17:39, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Mill Mountain Zoo
That was unexpected, thanks!

I had a quick look through the refs in line with Addict's concerns and immediately came across the three endangered species. It turned out to make a really good hook because it enabled me to link to three existing articles with really good pics! So I'll put that one down to serendipity :) Gatoclass (talk) 18:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Even though it failed with 28 supports, 42 opposes, and 15 neutrals, I am grateful for the suggestions and advice I have received and I do hope to improve as a Wikipedian. If you ever need my help in any endeavor, feel free to drop me a line. -- Shark face  217  19:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Featured list candidates/List of Detroit Lions head coaches
I finished your along with everyone else's suggestion's here, although I created the "stubiest stub" for Hal Griffin. I'll expand it later. Thanks! -  Milk's   favorite   Cookie  22:46, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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Deletion of Kasey Kiker
I noticed you deleted the article on Kasey Kiker, a professional baseball player. Your reason for deletion was he won't be notable for at least 2 years. According to WP:BIO, any person who plays in a professional league is considered notable. There is a category with over 200 minor league baseball players. If you look at 2006 Major League Baseball Draft (the year he was drafted), you will see that most of the players selected in the first round have articles about them. In the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft article, most of the players have articles even though they only have on year of professional baseball experience. Kasey Kiker is notable, being the 12th pick of the 2006 MLB Draft, and a player on the professional Bakersfield Blaze baseball team. Branson03 (talk) 15:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC) If you thought it wasn't notable, you should have brought it to WP:AFD Branson03 (talk) 15:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for giving it a chance even if the result seems like it is going to be the same, I'm sure most admins wouldn't have restored the page. Branson03 (talk) 02:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Hugh Daily was successful
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Questions on RFAs
A lot of us want to know where admins stand on Wikipedic issues of major concern to us. On issues that are clearly important to the class of users who generally participate in RFAs (when to block, when to protect, when and how to close an XfD), the answers tend to come out in discussion. On issues that are completely unimportant to the class of users who generally participate in RFAs (issues pertaining to newbies, unestablished accounts, IPs, and the rights and representation of non-admin users), questions have to be asked outright to get any sort of discussion or answers at all. That's how I feel. Mr. IP, defender of IP editing 22:41, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK update
Not sure if you're active but there's an update ready to go. Gatoclass (talk) 12:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Any ideas?
Hi Wizardman DaughterofSun sent me a credit note for loading the double picture slot on DYK. However I'm confused as the image map above was missing. I had created this just so that it could appear on the front page as I had got very good feedback when there has been one previously. Do you know why it failed to appear as I don't want to spend hours creating an image map only to find that it is disallowed or excluded after being reviewed by everyone for 5 days. I see that it was you who picked this double nom in preference to the one now on the main page which did not have an imagemap. Some clue as to how this happened would be useful Victuallers (talk) 09:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I think you are missing my point. Imagemaps have been discussed on the talk page and they have been on DYK before. I spent time creating one for DYK and waited 5 days whilst everyone reviewed it. They are difficult to miss as the source code contains 100s of numbers. What I'm trying to find out is who loaded it without the image map and then when WP:ERRORS pointed out that the image map was missing merely changed the word imagemap to picture. Can you help with identifying who may have made this mistake? Victuallers (talk) 16:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You said not sure then. I am very confused. When I look at this then I feel sure that you may know who it was. Should I ask for help in investigating with "identifying who may have made this mistake?"? I aoplogise if I am misreading this diff but maybe there is a bug in the system. Victuallers (talk) 16:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK
The reference to the Warrington Town Hall gates was later in the paragraph and covered all the preceding sentences. To add an inline citation to every sentence is silly. Anyway I've added the same citation at the end of the relevant sentence; but I suppose it's too late now!!! A pity. A nice photo for the main page. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 19:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing it. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 07:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

On adminship
(cross-posted from my talk page)

Hello. I asked you a few months back on if you wanted to be an admin, but you were in the midst of an arbcom case. That has since been over, so I was wondering if you would like to take a shot at it now. Let me know of your decision. Wizardman 17:47, 18 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I will accept your offer, but give me a few days to prepare myself. (grin) You might want to ask User:Jc37 if he wants to co-nominate; he had asked me back in November, at which time I declined. He might still be interested.  Horologium  (talk) 17:54, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

On an RfA
I went and nominated User:Horologium for adminship, and he has accepted. Since you asked to nom him earlier, I was wondering if you'd be interested in a co-nom. Wizardman 21:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for the notice. I've commented at their talk page. The RfA page is also now subst and ready for nominations. - jc37 18:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)