User talk:Anonymous Dissident/June

2007

DYK

I love DYK and it fits my unusual articles beautifully: coming up with a quirky/odd/unbelievable hook is great fun. I've replied to your question on my talk page. violet/riga (t) 08:19, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Xbox loves to eat orange CDs for lunch but not dinner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.70.210 (talk) 13:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Good article review Johannes Rebmann

Hi, I've reviewed this article, and am afraid that I have failed it, for reasons given on the talk page. Best wishes --Fritzpoll 18:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

When you want to resubmit it, go through the usual procedures, and then drop a line to my talk page and I will look over it. I would try to get some input from other editors to help you. Good luck with the clean-up. Best wishes --Fritzpoll 19:02, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

RE:You wanna try for adminship?

Yes. But don't create the page yet as my admin coach has stated that he wants to nominate me no earlier than June 7. Thanks for your kind offer, ~ ΜΛGиυs ΛΠιмυМ ≈ √∞ 01:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

... for the compliment. Feel like commenting at the Peer Review, on how to get this up to FA status at some point? Smee 02:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC).

Award

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		For helping me learn the ropes of Wikipedia. Thanks. ♠ŚиíþéЯ♠ 03:54, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks alot for this! Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 07:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

No Problem

Thats alright.It doesnt matter your the one who helped me. Thanks for the help. Good luck ♠ŚиíþéЯ♠ 09:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. And remember - always sign on talk pages :). Thanks again, Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 09:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Award

Award

have a good day mate.

Here, have a Big smiley: ♠ŚиíþéЯ♠ 09:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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GA Alexander

Good luck - I'll keep an eye out! The only time someone nominated one of my articles it was some weeks before it got a review, then passed, but for some proceduarl technicality it was on GA Review within a month, & got delisted. So beware! Johnbod 00:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, big help

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		For helping me create my userpage and a template. andrewrox424 Bleep 01:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks! Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 02:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Did you know/Hall of Fame

Hi Anonymous Dissident. I created a DYK Hall of Fame (WP:DYK/HoF) as a result of the discussion above. I divided the tally categoriess into article content creation and into article content nomination. Would you mind merging your DYK awards totals here into WP:DYK/HoF? Thanks! -- Jreferee 17:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

History of poison peer review?

Since the aforementioned article reached GA status, I think it would be best if we applied for a peer review to find more suggestions to build up the article. Tell me what you think, and I'll act accordingly. bibliomaniac15 An age old question... 23:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

 Done. Here's the link: Wikipedia:Peer review/History of poison/archive1. Please add if there's any points I missed. bibliomaniac15 An age old question... 02:01, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On June 7, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Helmut Schmidt University, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions. This one is one of the truly unusual ones in recent times...interesting.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks..but how, exactly is it interesting? =] Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 01:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Yeah, they took me about 1 minute to make each! I used adobe photoshop cs2 to make them.
Want me to make you one? If so what colour scheme do you want? andrewrox424 ^Bleep 09:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 7 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kirchberg convent, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 18:58, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Congrats...

... on your second GA! You're on your way! By the way, just out of curiosity, how long were you planning on running your Editor Review? Smee 21:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC).

• I just wasn't sure how long reviews usually go for... Smee 06:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC).

RfA Thanks

		Thanks...
	Thank you for showing your support in my recent RfA. Unfortunately, consensus was not really going my way, so I decided to withdraw my self-nomination last night. The final vote tally was (15/7/10). Your support does mean a lot to me, and I will certainly let you know when I go for my next RfA, most likely in a few month's time. Thank you again, and happy editing! Hersfold (talk/work) 17:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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Happy Anonymous Dissident's Day!

Anonymous Dissident has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Anonymous' day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Dissident! Love, Phaedriel 06:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

• Hey congratulations! You are truly an awesome contributor on the project, and you deserve this honor. Great job, and keep up the good work and great attitude. Yours, Smee 06:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC).

Hope it's not too late to wish you a good day! bibliomaniac15 An age old question... 22:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Bereny

Wow that had to be a world record for tagging!!!!!! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 10:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Adam Leemon

Hi, I removed the speedy tag you placed here because the article asserts Leemon is head by over three million people a week on radio, which seems a clear assertion of notability to me. The article reads a bit like crap ATM, but it could be improved, and one possible source indicates it actually understates Leemon's notability (the source asserts he is heard by five million people weekly, has been featured in the LA Times, etc.). Johnleemk | Talk 11:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Dutch Australians

I will save you the problem of making a comments at the review. Just take care - if you dont know much about Australian history you managed to get perhaps the longest European contact group for the continents history - oops - enjoy yourself and dont take it too seriously - cheers SatuSuro 15:44, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletes and afd are dangerous territory - unless you know the context of the subject of the stub or new article really well the mud or cream on the face can hit back quickly :) cheers - take it easy SatuSuro 15:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

ok - just be very sure when you touch on something like that you know the subject a bit better - less likely to get back to you or repeat on you at all. cheers im off now SatuSuro 15:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Electronic communication does not allow for nuances we observe of face-to-face and even discussion. I am not a deletionist, but have nominated some articles for deletion and merged others where appropriate. I looked at some articles you had done and think they looked very good, but on the Dutch Australian AFD it seemed to me you were not taking in the points put forward against deletion, nor reading the article as it developed. Paul foord 16:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Haha

Sorry, but this edit [1] was damn funny, considering this other one.[2] :P EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

.. for letting me know. Page duly tagged for deletion :). Ale_Jrb^talk 17:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Rosenberg Brothers Department Store

Has been out of business since the 1970s. It's a historic structure. Do you even read at the articles before you tag them or are you just trying to make a lot of edits? Please try to be more conscientious about the hundreds of tags you apply. You tagged an article earlier as no references even though the templates for buildings on the NRHP gives access to the references. Please stop. -Give Union 18:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

• problem fixed on talk -- misunderstanding. Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 23:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Basically, you're right in your analysis. If you spend more time evaluating new pages, you could definitely avoid the possibility for mistakes. Would like me to close your RfA, or do you think you can handle it now? Nishkid64 (talk) 23:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've handled everything. As for your RfA, your final examination was correct. Speedy deletion tagging is always a problem, and if you make mistakes, it will come back and bite you in the butt (it's actually happened to one my RfA nominees). Anyway, I think you need to examine speedy deletion more carefully, and also analyze the criteria again. Remember, if there's any assertion of notability, either leave it alone, prod it or send it to AfD. I think it was your over-hasty tagging that resulted in the opposition for your RfA. Nishkid64 (talk) 23:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

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		I'm looking forward to giving you a strong support on your next RfA. Keep up the good work and just take this first attempt as an opportunity to get some constructive feedback. —Gaff ταλκ 00:43, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thank you Gaff. I aim to better myself and make sure I'm ready for the next shot! Anonymous Dissident ^Utter 00:47, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
  • The sorts of mistakes you made are the same one's that I see in myself. There really are a lot of policy issues to understand. I've been trying all day to come to understand fair use policy on image uploads. There are thousands of images on here claiming fair use with no rationale. It seems like the kind of thing that is a lawsuit for Wikipedia waiting to happen. Even if it doesn't cause a lawsuit, it seems that everything in WP should not only be verifiable and NPOV, but also be in line with copyright laws. I've hand to go back and look close at some of the things that I have uploaded (including a handful of images that were deleted). Anyway, you are obviously trying to do the right thing with the strange phenomenon called Wikipedia. —Gaff ^ταλκ 01:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Image policy is murky as can be, to be sure. Its coming up again at RFA now Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mecu 2. —Gaff ^ταλκ 01:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
• I am sorry I did not notice in time to comment at your RfA. You are a very valuable contributor to the project, and would be valuable as an Admin. I hope you will try again at some point in the future, but perhaps after a nomination by someone else, and not a self-nom... Yours, Smee 04:46, 11 June 2007 (UTC).
• Hey there dissident, I am sorry you had to go through all of that, but you're on the right tracks to becoming an admin, and your attitude towards it is top notch, so I'll almost certainly support you next time. Regarding speedy/newpage patrol, have you seen User:Badlydrawnjeff's field guide to speedy deletion? It's really quite a good comprehensive guide with clear examples, and I'd definitely recommend it to all newpage patrollers. Anyway, keep up the good work, and I'll look forward to seeing your name on RfA again in a couple months time! - Zeibura ^Talk 05:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

German translation

There is no need to attempt to translate proper names such as the names of ships. Also, are you using some machine translation on these articles (as some of the translations are extremely literal). Yomangani^talk 01:02, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

OK. You need to check the Google output carefully, it is far from perfect. These two phases are suspect "used primarily to assault hostile maritime trades" and "the actual use of the ships at large", they either need further explanation or rewording. Is the article title a machine translation too? I think it is normally referred to as the Brandenburg Navy. Yomangani^talk 01:21, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

First one is fine. "use of the ships" either needs "lack of" prepending (if that is the case) or some explanation as to why the use of the ships connects to the dissolution of the navy (as this would generally prevent it being dissolved). Yomangani^talk 01:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I would think the other way round. Leave me a note if you want me to swap them, and I'll do it tomorrow. Yomangani^talk 01:35, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Article- Hopeless failure

I found out it's talk page was just redirect vadelisum link to Article- 'Islam'! How do I deleat the link? I agree with the tag, the talk page has got a peace of sinical redirect vandalisum on it! (Redirected from Talk:Hopeless failure) I told the (loan I.P.) crater of this suposed 'joke' it was not funny on there talk page.----Pine oak 02:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC) You are corect, I was trying to remove User: 86.25.48.144's prank. Ah, I'm calming down! Whach out I.P.s like 86.25.48.144.

My dear Dissident

My dear Anonymous Dissident, first, let me tell you I'm sorry for taking a full day to get back to you; the last couple of days, real life has meade it nearly impossible to edit as much as I use to. I am delighted that you liked the surprise, and know that I wholeheartedly believe you deserve the modest recognition I gifted you. You're a hard working, fantastic editor, and your kind and cheerful attitude makes talking and dealing with you a pleasure. Our mutual friend Bibliomaniac spoke highly to me of your many excellent contributions, which I must admit I wasn't familiar with, even tho your name is well known to me and it immediately gives me a fond smile when I see it; big credit goes to him for helping me to get to know you better, and dedicating you this Day that you truly deserve.
As I write you this, I'm also aware of the recent unplesant circumstance of your RfA. Those are the saddening moments we all go through at one point of our wiki-life, but please, please know that we all think you're doing a fabulous work, and nobody questions yoru commitment nor your writing abilities, which are great. Image copyrights are something we all find difficult at some point, and I was myself opposed at my RfA for messing up monumentally in the matter. Remember my words when I tell you, you're destined to be an awesome admin, and that wil be sooner than you expect.
Btw, I got your email and your suggestion; rest assured I've taken note of it, and I agree with you. That day will come, don't worry! ;) Love, Phaedriel - 05:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the message

I'm impressed by your self-discipline in reacting to criticism. It's clear that you have already absorbed the lessons of today, and they will guide you in the months to come.

I never make commitments longer than two days on Wikipedia because I can leave at any time. But if I'm around long enough to see you at RFA again, my decision is already made. You should be proud of all the "Did you knows". I have two to my credit, but (don't tell anyone!) I mooched them off other newbies when I found some good articles on newpage patrol. :) YechielMan 06:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Sorry that your RFA failed man. Hopefully decided to keep editing here at wikipedia, and maybe I'll see you up for admindship again, and I'll support you then too. BH (T|C) 06:34, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Sorry things didn't turn out as they expected, and I hope you will run again in a few months or so. However, I do feel that some of the editor's concerns do need to be looked at, but to sum it up, don't (nominate for a)delete unless you are absolutely sure. Let me know if you run again, but be sure to include a permanent link to this version of this page (I will put it here in a minute or two), to prove that I said that if anyone notices it (and thinks it's canvassing) at your next RfA, cos I just want to know. Of course, don't tell me if i've already voted! Good luck, and don't be as trigger happy at deletion nominations, and you're sure to succeed! Stwalkerster talk 15:24, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

OK that permanent link is here after my sig (but note that it won't contain this little message) Stwalkerster talk 15:26, 11 June 2007 (UTC) : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anonymous_Dissident&oldid=137467036

Don't worry, Anonymous, I've got your name in my list of future noms. It's inevitable that you will get the mop; you just have to wait for the right time. bibliomaniac15 An age old question... 17:06, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Brandenburg Navy

On 11 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brandenburg Navy, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

As a side note, please upload free images to Commons instead of here, especially those you find on other wikis. You can them mark them as {{NowCommons}} (this template exists on all wikis, or at least a redirect does) so that there aren't multiple copies lying around. Regards, howcheng {chat} 23:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dissident. I was wondering about your statement in the new Brandenburg Navy article that "Frederick William's descendants took no interest in the Brandenburg Navy, and it was probably this lack of financial support and interest from William's relatives and the disuse of the ships that contributed greatly to the dissolution of the Brandenburg Navy in 1701." What is your source for this statement? Frederick William was both Margrave of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, as you know, and he only had one successor (his son, Frederick III) before 1701. It would seem most likely to me that the Brandenburg Navy was dissolved in 1701 not necessarily because of any neglect or decay (I have no idea whether there was or wasn't such), but because Frederick was crowned King in Prussia that year, so that Brandenburg became much less important to him than it had been, and he consolidated his naval operations under the banner of Prussia. I'll leave it to you to judge this information against your other sources and edit accordingly. Thanks for creating an article about an interesting topic I hadn't heard of before. --Tisco 05:53, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Gnome Week!

	Gnomes, unite!
	Hello, Anonymous Dissident! You are invited to participate in Gnome Week, a mass article cleanup drive between June 21 and June 28, 2007.
	This week, backlogs will be cleared. Articles will be polished. Typos will be fixed. Bad prose will be edited. Unreferenced articles will be sourced. No article will be safe from our reach! The more people who participate, the better Wikipedia will become as a result.
	I would love it if you would participate! - bibliomaniac15 An age old question...
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Brandenburg Navy

I've found the answers here and here. Frederick William started his navy not just to project power in the Baltic Sea, but because he was interested in overseas colonies. It was these colonies that his successors had little interest in maintaining, and his son Frederick sold to the Dutch. My understanding of that troublesome paragraph in the German Wikipedia article (with help from freetranslation.com) is in keeping with this. --Tisco 20:23, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

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Here we go again...

Sorry to hear about your RfA...anyway, this might be a good group effort here, though I am surprised this is here as I'd have thought there were FAs in worse shape. cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 06:53, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

A.D., if you take this on it will make my week. :) Kla'quot (talk | contribs) 07:36, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thanks for your support and defense in my recent, unsuccessful RfA. It's much appreciated. IvoShandor 16:03, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Jaffa Road

Did you know? was updated. On 14 June, 2007, a fact from the article Jaffa Road, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 16:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

User Category for Discussion

Also, Category:Wikipedians who support NPOV. VegaDark (talk) 09:34, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

• • Ok. I dont actually care much. Thanks for telling me though. Anonymous Dissident ^Talk 09:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Date on your signature

Hello,

I am always flattered when people ask me about my signature or how to get something like that. Well, it's actually quite simple. What I did was design the signature in a subpage of my userspace (here actually), where I could fully customize the date to my preference. The trick (which I hope is self explanatory on the page) to getting the date to only be added when substituted, rather than on the page is by making the date format look like this, {{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>CURRENTDATE}} for each of the items needed. Like I said, I hope it's self explanatory. Then, in order to get it to sign properly, you put {{subst:User:^demon/sig}} into the "Signature" field in your preferences, and being sure to check the "Raw Signature" option. Then, signing becomes as easy as typing ~~~ (note it's three tildes, not four). Hope this helps. Don't hesistate to ask again if you need some more help.

All the best, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 09:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Glad to see it worked out well for you :-) Have a great day! ^demon^{[omg plz]} 10:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

For the future

I like working on collabs so I've made a bit of a standing list here as a subpage of my userpage, just in case one comes up to collaborate on in the future if you think I'll like it too. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Additonally, wanna put yer 2c in here? cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:Studying

See my talk if it's not watchlisted. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 23:48, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This barnstar is for your tireless anti-vandlaism fighting. Keep up the good work! Sir James Paul 07:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar:) Cheers!--Sir James Paul 07:54, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle

Are you using internet explorer?--Sir James Paul 08:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

There is just about a 0% chance twinkle will work on internet explorer.--Sir James Paul 08:24, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem.--Sir James Paul 08:27, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

This has some tools. Cheers:)--Sir James Paul 08:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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RFA

I'd urge you to reconsider your oppose on DrKiernan's RFA. I was surprised to see you lumping yourself in with the "no use for the tools" brigade. Yomangani^talk 14:28, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

• I have, and my !vote has changed to support. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 23:17, 16 June 2007 UTC)

I guess I'd like to add that I agree with Yomangani - I've never interacted with the candidate but I get really annoyed at this idea there are "editors/'pedia builders" and a bunch of other people who are "administrators". At the end of the day someone who writes 6 Featured Articles has done a pretty good job at showing they can be trusted and also a helluva lot more 'pedia building than many editors. Since I have become an admin I have use Protect and Move (uncontroversial MOS) more than block. (Hey I think I'll add this to the RfA page)....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:56, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

• After looking at the contribs, I have changed my mind. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 23:57, 16 June 2007 UTC)

I saw that - that's fine. I was just reading the comments on the RfA and wasn't sure about a place to stick in a rant. Anyway, back to Blue Whales and other things.....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:05, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Always keep on task eh mate? :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 00:06, 17 June 2007 UTC)

Regarding canvassing: I don't think it falls under the auspices of WP:CANVASS. If I'd come to you knowing you were a fan of DrKiernan and asked you to support that might different. I would actually urge you not to use the "no need for the tools" argument in any RFA, as it seems particularly weak. Wikipedia needs more admins, therefore everybody has a need for the tools. In my opinion, whether an editor would use those tools responsibly should be the question, not whether they have a list of tasks that they think potential supporters want to see ticked off in answer to question number one. Yomangani^talk 00:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Sassanid Empire

As per my edit summary, I removed a section that was copy/pasted directly from a copyrighted website. Please do not re-add copyrighted material to this article. Rklawton 23:39, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

• Matter solved. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 23:51, 16 June 2007 UTC)

Userbox

Instead of listing them all at the bottom of your page, you might just want to utilize {{User wikipedia/NP Patrol}} - which gives a link to that page. Smee 08:42, 17 June 2007 (UTC).

• WP:ROAD -- I like it. It will be interesting to see what others think of it, and how it evolves over time. Smee 08:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC).
  • I added a "nutshell", but feel free to modify it. Smee 08:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC).

Alison Jackson

Please at least read the edit summary and look at the differences between articles before assuming something is vandalism. This is the second time I have been wrongly accused of vandalism, both times when I was editing constructively (indeed I am not a vandal). It is not good for wikipedia to operate like this to anons, particularly as most won't know if what they've done has been reverted. 195.137.30.238 09:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

• • My TW messed up - a reversion error I was too late to stop. I trust that has been fixed now. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 09:53, 17 June 2007 UTC)

OK, that's fine, if it was a genuine error. I don't like to think this kind of erroneous vandalism-reverting goes on too much. 195.137.30.238 12:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Did you know?

On 17 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexander Brodie Spark, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 14:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA Possibility

Thank you for the suggestion of me possibly attempting an RfA in the future. I have considered it and I think that I may try it sometime in the future. Captain panda 16:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Ck lostsword's RfA - Thanks

	Thanks very much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed successfully at 40/2/1, making me Wikipedia's 1,250th administrator. Your comments were much appreciated, and I will endeavour to fulfil your expectations as an admin. ck lostsword • T • C
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ck lostsword • T • C 17:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, An edit was made by a Vandal to the company page. It has been edited, but could you kindly remove the edit from the history-

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NSys_Design_Systems&oldid=138936645

Alan Franks

hi

i meant to create one article called Alan Franks but in error named 2 articles

- "Alan Franks" and

- Alan franks

sorry!

if you can make it right again I would be eternally (sp?) grateful

Ashbya gossypii Layout

Hi, I added a part to the Ashbya gossypii article and by that could remove one of the "please help to expand ..." boxes. Still, the layout is not satisfying, but I don't really know how to improve it. If you have any idea, it would be highly appreciated. I address you because you left a comment on this topic.

Thank you very much

Spitfire_ch 15:39, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Commas or parentheses for scientific name in opening sentence and elsewhere

(Now that was a long header wasn't it?) There's a debate here about commas versus parentheses for scientific names for organisms (well in this case birds). I'm not sure whether this has been raised elsewhere but would be good to establish once and for all here and could apply as MOS across all biology articles. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

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THanks for the signing advice! Smaug123 12:38, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Ashbya gossypii layout

Hi Anonymous Dissident, thank you very much for your reply! Slow? You answered within a day, a weekday, although you said you only had time on weekends. That was a superfast reply of yours!

To the topic: first of all, if you have just general ideas how the layout could be improved, they would be very welcome. I just realize that something is not right with the layout, but I am not experienced enough to know what it is. What particularly disturbs me is that the figure in "Growth, Development and Morphology" is so much larger than the text, forcing me to introduce gaps. Is there a way to make the width of the paragraph less wide? So that the paragraph would be more narrow but contain more lines, fitting better to the figure?

Thanks a lot for helping me!

Spitfire ch

This is indeed a lot better. So the empty lines I introduced rather made things worse than better. If you have ideas how to fix the general layout more: sure, that would be great! (if it's not too much of a burden to ask for)

Thank you so much!

Spitfire ch

Smaug123 Revert

Thanks Anonymous Dissident! I didn't realise I'd been vandalised! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Smaug123 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 19 June 2007.

Yo man

Hey. It is me Pendo. Remember that Nafa article. Yeah. I saw the awards. Nice job. I am just passing by so I dont hav any articles that I need help on now. But If i do I will contact u ok?Pendo4 is here...Look around...hello???...I am here... 22:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Did you know?

On 20 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James Mudie, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 00:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Award

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your efforts at reverting out vandalism and nonsense from Wikipedia, I hereby award you this lovely and deserved barnstar  *BloodSpiller*Wassup 06:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for your kind comments and support at my RFA. Don't take offense, but I was startled to see your age after taking a glance at your page and contributions. Keep it up!--Kubigula (talk) 17:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the award. I'll do my best to see that I've earned it. Peace. Spartan-James 21:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Homeandbeyond

[[3]]

Please take a look and let me know what you need from me. thanks -- adam. MKTHB 07:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Sanchom's RFA

Hi there - just a quick question: did you mean to take out the edit count? [4] I put it in as I was the first there, but as I haven't done it before I may well have made a mistake which you corrected, rather than the removal being accidental, so do let me know! Thanks, Bencherlite 10:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

No apology necessary; thought something odd was happening as your edit summary didn't match what you were doing, which would be unusual behaviour for you! I'll go back now. Regards, Bencherlite 10:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

I object to you saying I was vandalising Lifeblog. I created a new page for the Nokia software as I believe the subject can be expanded. I linked the Lifeblog page to the Nokia Lifeblog page using { { main|Nokia Lifeblog } } as seen here. Coolmark18 11:55, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• See user talk page. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 12:31, 21 June 2007 UTC)

Re: I appreciate your quick response. Although you say you did believe the edits were down in good faith and you believed it to be unintentional, it is annoying that your edit summary states Vandalism. I think I have contributed some good things to Wikipedia and I object being called a vandal as many of my edits are reverts. The reason my edit was so drastic is because I was going to set up 2 individual pages for the Lifeblogs and make Lifeblog a Disambiguation page – this meaning that the main article link would only be there for a short time. Coolmark18 15:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Vadodara: Places of Tourist Interest

If page like Tourism in London can exit on Wikipedia, what's wronge with the information for smaller cities. Kind regards, -- Baroda Boy 13:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Why delete?

Kevin Lipsitz deserves an entry! He is mentioned on many, many sites that involve competitive eating; here is one:

http://www.ifoce.com/eaters.php?action=detail&sn=41

He is mentioned in here in many places...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutbusters

I don't understand why you and exploding boy want to delete what I have written abut Kevin. Please explain.

ZZ — Preceding unsigned comment added by zyzle2 (talk • contribs) 16:41, 21 June 2007

• replied on talk page -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 17:02, 21 June 2007 UTC)

New yes... but

I disagree. Thank you for your explanation. It makes sense, but from your POV. Ask me about someone playing Major League Soccer and I would feel the same way, but that is not to say I think an article about them should be deleted. Kevin is a big-wheel player on the IFOCE circuit, and though it is a young and often times misunderstood competition, it is a legitimate and televised sporting event with fans and followers. This might be stub, but I am working on original research to contribute to the page about him and his stats and other info. If this is not the forum for tracking someone like this then I don't know what is. hope that you reconsider.

If Takeru_Kobayashi has an entry, then there is no good reason why Kevin shouldn't have one. They are competitors, rivals and contemporaries.— Preceding unsigned comment added by zyzle2 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 21 June 2007

• replied on talk page -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 17:02, 21 June 2007 UTC)

Thanks again. I appreciate the time you have taken to explain. You're right... I re-read again and you're right about the comments. I would like to expand on it but I am currently gathering and writing. How can this not be deleted in the meantime? Should I just re-submit later with more information?

Thanks again.

User:Raybeard

Please do not nominate user pages for deletion under db-bio. They aren't articles, and they don't have to be notable. I realize you are using automated tools to help in vandal fighting. They give you considerably more power in terms of efficiency. Along with that must come increased case in their use. This is the second time I've had to undo overly hasty edits of yours. Please make it the last - at least for awhile. Rklawton 19:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

• Accident. Replied on user talk page. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk -- (dated 19:31, 21 June 2007 UTC)

Frederick Augustus Hely

Why did you use {{{PAGENAME}}} a few times in this article? It's mostly used for things in templates, which may have a different value depending on where it is. It's very odd for non-transcluded text, and makes it harder for editors less familiar with wiki-syntax to figure it out. It may also imply that the text was somehow automatically generated. (For example, a vandal could write one "article," using that tag, and quickly produce a number of innocuous-looking pseudo-articles under random names.) Rigadoun (talk) 20:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

It's not that it causes so much trouble as just draws attention to itself. The full name needs to only appear once, right? (After that he's Hely). I changed the one at the top, since that's what I noticed. If you used it elsewhere you might want to change them. It's not that big of a deal, though, I just didn't think it was great style if you do it in a number of articles. Rigadoun (talk) 20:33, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

User talk:JediLofty

Extract from (User talk:JediLofty)'s history:

• 10:16, 22 June 2007 Anonymous Dissident (Talk | contribs) m (979 bytes) (Reverted 1 edit by Anonymous Dissident to last revision by JediLofty. using TW)
• 10:16, 22 June 2007 Anonymous Dissident (Talk | contribs) m (2,264 bytes) (Reverted 1 edit by JediLofty identified as vandalism to last revision by Pdfpdf. using TW)
• 10:16, 22 June 2007 JediLofty (Talk | contribs) (979 bytes) (→Trivia?)
• 09:56, 22 June 2007 Pdfpdf (Talk | contribs) (2,264 bytes) (→Trivia?)

I don't really understand what's going on here. Can you fill in the gaps please?

• 09:56 - Pdfpdf placed some information on Lofty's talk page.
• 10:16a - Lofty removed it.
• 10:16b - Twinkle identified Lofty's action as vandalism, and reverted it. (Interesting. Can one vandalise one's own page?) How was TW able to detect and act so quickly after the event?)
• 10:16c - Twinkle reverted its own reversion. Why? Why didn't it just not make the first reversion?

Thanks. Pdfpdf 12:38, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you X 100

Thank you very much for supporting my RfA, which closed successfully yesterday... W00t! I hope to be a great admin (and editor) and I'm sure you can tell that my use of a large, boldfaced, capital "T" and a big checkmark image in this generic "thank you" template that I swiped from some other user's Talk Page that I totally mean business! If you need anything in the future or if you see that I've done something incorrectly, please come to my Talk Page and let me know. So now I've got a bunch of reading to do.... see you around! - eo 13:32, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Frederick Augustus Hely

On 22 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frederick Augustus Hely, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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UAA

Why do you have to be earlier by 5 seconds [5]? --Evilclown93_(talk) 01:35, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I actually saw it from my watchlist. It's my "article writing shift" tonight. NHL Draft, and I've learned stuff about references... so I have correct a lot of my mistakes, cite an article, create 2 emergency stubs (I do need to create a third one, but I'm too tired.) I'll probably vandal-whack instead... Evilclown93_(talk) 01:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Magical Negro edit

My edit was not vandalism of an edit by another user. If you had taken the time to properly check I hadn't edited any content by the user you mentioned. I was removing examples listed because I disagreed with them because they displayed non-NPOV.

Next time don't just blindly revert.

Thank you.

• There was NPOV expressed in every single word you removed. It was a referenced list, one of the most neutral things you can have. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:17, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

CSD G11

Hey there dissident, good to see you're still chipping away at special:newpages after your RfA. Just thought I'd make a clarification on what constitutes {{db-spam}} though, as I noticed you put such a tag on the article ESP EXP Series, which doesn't meet the speedy criteria. Speediable advertising has to be really, really blatant, for instance articles about companies written in the first person, e.g. "We are a company who focuses on..." (if in doubt, these often fall under A7 as well) or articles which are just one sentence and a link to the subject's website, e.g. "Get 1000s of ringtones now at www.spywaremagnet.co.uk!!!" Generally, a good rule of thumb to employ with the oft used general criteria (G1, 2, 3, 10, 11) is "if you have to think, at least for a second about whether it meets this criterion, it probably doesn't". There's no harm sending it to AfD or using PROD if you're in doubt. Anyway, keep up the good work, and have a nice day! - Zeibura ^(Talk) 06:38, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks. Replied on talk. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

How is Church of Bunny inappropriate?

Greetings,

In regards to your deletion of the Church of Bunny informational page, I do not understand how Church of Bunny is inappropriate... It is simply a new religion which has a different theory of evolution. Do you say that pages about Buddha and other religions are inappropriate? If not, then that is good and it should mean that the Church of Bunny website is appropriate as well. Please explain.

Thanks, Fraser

• Replied on talk. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:29, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Technical glitch

Hi. Thanks for the message, but looks like it was a technical error, looks like you and I at the same time tried to revert vandalism and as a result, I reverted you [6]. Sorry about that. Zondi 08:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

And by the way, could you please either cross out or comment on my user page regarding this incident? Thanks. Zondi 09:04, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks:) Zondi 09:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Fatty 2488

You listed this user at WP:UAA for a possible username block, on the apparent rationale that "fatty" was a badword. Although I am not an admin, I reviewed the case and decided that it was not actionable. I checked Special:Listusers and found about 200 usernames that began with the string "Fatty." Apparently some people consider it a term of endearment to call themselves "fat" (as opposed to calling other people fat, which is inappropriate).

I had a similar situation once when I suggested to User talk:Perversedork that he change his username. He explained that he used this names in other forums, and it didn't bother anyone; besides, he's allowed to call himself a dork if he wants to, as long as he's not calling you a dork. I think this reasoning holds water. YechielMan 09:01, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Johannes Rebmann

AnonDis, the Good Article Candidates page does show the article as currently being on hold. I'm happy to give you any time you need. Geraldk 22:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I still feel there are some fundamental problems with the sourcing. I know you trust the foundation, but Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view suggest that sourcing should be to reliable, third-party sources and should be neutral, and a foundation established in Rebmann's memory has a vested interest in making Rebmann sound good (because they do, after all, have to raise money). I'm not comfortable passing it with that source in there, unless another source can be added that is more neutral. Also, you might want to consider splitting the references up into separate notes and references sections or standardizing how you are listing the sources. Geraldk 19:56, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

No, you're right in differentiating between facts subject to bias and facts that aren't. I'm giving it GA, though with a couple slight adjustments that won't change the substance of the article, I think. Geraldk 22:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Went ahead and took care of it. Congrats. Geraldk 11:58, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Ads

Hi Miranda, could I ask you a big favour? Even though I haven't met you before, I saw somewhere that you were accepting requests to create ads, and everyone at WikiProject Malta would be eternally grateful if you could make an ad for the project. Its very new, and we need the kickstart that such an ad would promote. Please get back to me with a reply: if you can - that would be awesome, if you cant - that's okay as well. Thanks! -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Should get it to you this week. I made two banners today, and I am kind of pooped. Miranda 11:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

How about this? Miranda 16:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you for all that you have done! How much love resides therein! All one's gifts are never gone: Not seen, perhaps, but stored within. Kindness is an inner sun. Your unspent heart a message sends Of grace and sacrifice hard-won Upon which happiness depends! Thank you so much, my dear Dissident! :) Love, Phaedriel 16:46, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 24 June, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Common Bronzewing, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Beguni

Hi, can you have a look into this article if it should be prodded? I am not sure about the AfD process. Anwar 17:16, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Rufous Whistler

I gave this a little copy-edit and in doing so I'm afraid I've knocked it below the 1,500 character limit. Any more info on it? Yomangani^talk 17:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

On June 27, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rufous Whistler, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for all your work AD. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

thanks

Impressive list of contributions for a person of any age. Keep up the good work.

• Thanks. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:05, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for the award

Thanks! I really appreciate you giving me an award! andrewrox424 ^Bleep 10:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

• You are most welcome. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

User confusion

You left a note on my talk page suggesting that i had an unconstructive edit reverted. I believe you had me confused with 172.209.151.101 - you may want to look at history pages (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=history) more carefully in the future.

• I didnt mean to revert you - we must have some how got mixed up. Obviously I meant to revert the user ahead of you. It was just a mix up at TW, I wasnt being careless. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

The bot never reverted me in the first place - check the history again. Anyway, no harm no foul. :-) --John_Abbe 06:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Which bot are you referring to? And I will now strike the warning, but please understand that it was not intentional, or even careless. You must have edited in the very short time it takes to actually operate the twinkle application. So its no-ones fault - you made a good faith edit, and I was obviously TW-ing while you made it, thinking I was reverting some other persons edit (79.1.207.61). Anonymous Dissident^Talk 13:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Ah, i had thought the note was connected to the MartinBot reversion of 23:05, 26 June 2007 in the Scissor Sisters history. Apparently not. So now i don't know what reversion the original note was referencing, do you? --John_Abbe 20:07, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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My signature

Sorry, I didn't mean to concern others. I'll change it to something more readable, and try to keep it short. Hirohisat03:56, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

A page you just created...

is in mainspace see: User;AnonymousDissident/talkpage. Note the semicolon instead of colon. You may want to blank and request deletion with {{db-author}}. Flyguy649^talk_contribs 05:12, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind... you caught it! Flyguy649^talk_contribs 05:14, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I know. I picked it up like 5 secs after creation. Thanks for the tell though. Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:14, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Anonymous Dissident. Thank you for your support and kind words in my RfA, which passed with 95 support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral !votes. It means a lot to me to have your individual support and the collective support of so many others. I truly will strive to carry myself at a level representing the trust bestowed in me as I use the mop to address the never-ending drips of discontent in need of caretaker assistance. Jreferee (Talk) 07:39, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

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		For being so nice to new users, especially my adoptee, Smaug123, I award you the Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. Happy editing! Yours sincerely, Eddie 17:59, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

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Smaug123

Thanks very much for the barnstar! Smaug123 19:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

• no worries Smaug Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:10, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

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WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 22:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Request to extend block

link Enigma ^message 02:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Oops, that's a misread by me. I'll block for some months. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Extended to 3 months. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. WP:WHACK!

Sorry to hear about your health issues. Do you still want to be listed at HAU? Enigma ^message 02:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. I'm generally ok, and I'll remain active enough to be listed. Thanks for your concern. Cheers, and happy editing, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Cat

Last year I gave the article a big heave and was nibbling at it again two weeks ago. I'll get back into it shortly. Much of what we need is already there. Marskell (talk) 15:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, I jumped in with quite a lot of edits today. (Thank you for the poke in the butt—'bout time I did some work on a cat again.) There's a thread on the talk that could use some feedback. Marskell (talk) 20:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

No worries. I think the taxonomy section is now just about done.

I have to say one thing though: I actually tend to avoid zoos and conversation charities when editing the cats. For simple things like coat colour, OK, but not for the hard science. Try to find abstracts and/or books. (I rely a lot on the former, Cas more so on the latter.) Cheers, Marskell (talk) 10:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Guys, do you wanna GA Leopard or not bother and march on to FAC? Sometimes I find GA good as I have had some ver detailed and good feedback recently, but if one has a good template (like Jaguar or Lion), then maybe just marching on is good too. Your call (after more fixing). Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I think you may be right about GA feedback. Opinion, Marskell? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not bothered either way. I've never paused to do a GA before FAC. I suppose an extra reviewer won't hurt. Marskell (talk) 11:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Re from my talk

Not a problem at all. — _Maggot^Syn 05:43, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Please create new my Account and Subpage

Hello Anonymous Dissident,

please create my Account new (so that he is "red", no more "blue", so that there is no history to see in der user's page, the discussion-page a´nd in the subpage. Please crate even the subpage new, this would be very kind, and then please make this edit/sontributión (== Please create new my Account and Subpage ==) away on this your discussion-page, thank you in advice! Here the links to the pages to create new or better delete the subpage "User:Nup/staffalang".

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

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Nup/staffalang&action=history

Thank you in advice, Nup —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.75.235.44 (talk) 14:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand this request. Are you requesting the creation of an account? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 15:11, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Strangely worded, but I believe he's requesting his userpage, user talk page, and a subpage to be deleted. Useight (talk) 15:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Tank you for your message at User Nup.

Unfortunately my English is not so good, so that it is difficult to explain what is my request. I try: Can you please "make new" the Account of User Nup, so that there is no more the old discussionpage and no more the old history-page? And delete/make new the subpage User:Nup/staffalang? A little bit like here in the german Wikipedia *http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benutzer:Mautpreller/Staffa&action=edit&redlink=1

but the discussion field above please make "red" like the word "Benuterseite" (User Page). This would be very nice. And then please wipe away this message here on your discussionpage (new edit without these words here. Please excuse my bad English, and I hope now you understand my request? Nup (not locked in in the moment) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.75.235.44 (talk) 15:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes Useight, that is exactly what I mean. Please excuse my strangely worded contributions. Nup (talk) 16:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)Nup

I've locked myself hin to confirm, thank you, you are right.Nup (talk) 16:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

All done =] -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 16:01, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I thank you very much, Anonymous Dissident. Nup —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.210.95.31 (talk) 16:27, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

I tried to add some details (an OCLC number) to this ref and discovered it's actually a serial. The reference as currently given is misleading (there were a number of those published in 1841, and It's at best dubious Timbs can be given as sole author), but also could be outright useless if the issues/volumes published in that year happens to have separate page numbering. Do you think you could doublecheck for the details? Of course, if it's a second-hand ref from one of the other books, it's probably more accurate to note it as "quoted in foo, p x". Circeus (talk) 19:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

From what I understand, the book I have quoted is the 1841 edition of a series of books all republished under the same name. I'm not sure if that makes any sense. Here, the Google Books link: [7]. Furthermore, the very source of the statement I have made concerning Horace Walpole etc., is page 406 of that 1841 edition. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 03:08, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I switched it to a periodical pub (see page 401, with issue and volume # etc.) with anonymous authorship (other bound collections are given with various attributions in gbooks, and attributing anonymous stuff to the editor is shoddy scholarship anyway). As a side notes, how well could [8] be integrated in the article? Circeus (talk) 04:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure. In any case, it may not be reliable, as it is a .com site. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

We have consensus at Barack Obama

... for certain details regarding William Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and Tony Rezko. See Talk:Barack Obama. However, a small but extremely active and dedicated group of Obama fanboys are trying to WP:OWN and sanitize the article. Anyone who tries to support WP:NPOV and revert to the consensus version is threatened, called a sockpuppeteer, etc.

First, this has been an ugly situation for some time and more attention from admins is needed. Second, the Obama fanboys need to be brought under control. They do not own the article. WP:NPOV means proportionate representation of all significant POVs. The POV that is questioning Obama about his relationships with Wright, Rezko and Ayers is not a fringe POV. Editors who seek to include that POV in a balanced manner are not "Obama haters," and when they agree with one another, they are not sockpuppets. Please help. Kossack4Truth (talk) 20:23, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

The one thing you do not seem to have is consensus, unfortunate as that may be. Now, it is quite obvious that this conflict about the inclusion of information regarding these three others has grown into a massive issue, judging by the proceedings in regards to the polls, the calls for closure, the voting and the often heated discussion on the talk page. I really would feel uncomfortable being the only person to look at this situation and come to a conclusion about what should be done here; I think the issue is too large for that. Any decision by me at this point, where "consensus" among the people on this talk page is most definitely not clear (in fact, there seems to be significantly more than two camps, from what I can see...), would simply result in more warring and conflict the minute I had the protection removed. Whatsmore, as I have already stated, I do not think you have "consensus" here at all, so closure by that particular principle is likely impossible for now. I would encourage you to look at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution, and take the necessary steps toward resolving this problem. The article has already been protected due to warring; this is a positive step. You have tried to talk it over, but that has just resulted in, from what I can see, a bigger mess and greater division in people. It seems to me that further steps may now be necessary. I'll ask for another opinion on this matter (this matter being what steps of action should be taken in regards to this issue) now. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 03:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I have elaborated on the matter on the talk page; further details regarding the discussion are there, and, should further discussion from me be required, I would prefer to take it there than discuss it her eon my talk. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 16:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Please see the article's Talk page, then. We have a serious misconduct problem. Kossack4Truth (talk) 11:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

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Hi. Look: Changing username. Why you removed my conclusion? Platipl (talk) 10:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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Problem with the IP

Hey Anon D. My new IP is shared by 1000s of users. What can I do? Many users from this IP have caused problems in the past. Do you have any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.62.21 (talk) 13:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Replied. · AndonicO ^Engage. 13:44, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to state my agreement with AO. There are no drawbacks to creating an account, and it gives you great security in your editing. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Leopard refs

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DYK thanks!

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DYK trouble:Espada Cemetery

Your gonnna lose your DYK nom on Espada Cemetery 'cause Daniel says it doesn't have inline cites. Bebestbe (talk) 03:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I added citations to the article and let 'em know at Did You Know that the article has citations now.[9] I hope my effort don't go to waist. Could you help insist that Espada Cemetery be posted on Did You Know? Thanks. Bebestbe (talk) 17:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

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Hello,

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2. I will also send a questionnaire to you. The questions are related to my research topic, and I need your viewpoints about these questions.

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Userpage.

I hope you don't mind my copying your design? To the letter, almost? · AndonicO ^Engage. 21:27, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Not one little bit. :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:40, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK

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Please clear up too the Subpage

Hello Anonymous Dissident, please clear up the subpage User:Nup/Staffa too like the Userpage. I cannot log me in, because the use-page is cleared up, and this is good so. Thank you in advice —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.74.93.207 (talk) 09:24, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Done, sir. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Can you do the same please with User:Nup/ds? Would be very kind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.74.93.207 (talk) 10:08, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello Anon Diss from Healyhatman

Aheyhey. You sent me a "message" saying you had reverted some change I had made... I've never been to the Get This page, never heard of Get This. Must have been my younger brother who frequents my computer. I'll lett him know to get his own account if he wants to go gallivanting around the interwebs editing wikipedia articles.--Healyhatman (talk) 17:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I never messaged you about anything. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:15, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo

Thank you for your new article. I hope you didn't mind me doubling it in length. If you are going to write more articles on Hogarth prints, I recommend the catalogue from the recent Tate exhibition - it is much more extensive than the summaries on the Tate website. You will also want access to Paulson's seminal works, and Uglow's recent biography can also add useful colour. There are also plenty of sources available from Google books.

Regarding your recent edits:

1. You deleted a citation as "unreliable". Why is the website of Lüder H. Niemeyer (art trader since 1959) "unreliable"? Assuming that it is, why didn't you also delete the sentence taken from that source?
2. You deleted two {{fact}} tags with the comment "actually check the refs". I have tried but could not locate those facts from the cited sources that were available to me - which sources are those facts taken from?
   1. "He is said to have painted Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo with the intent of proving that he could equal works of the "old Italian masters", and he made the work with the intent of it being one of his masterpieces." - who said that and when, and where is the citation?
   2. "...critics ... marked Hogarth's attempt to emulate the drama depicted in older Italian paintings foolhardy and ridiculous" - who called his attempt "foolhardy and ridiculous" and when, and where is the citation?
3. You also deleted a link to Greenwood's as "more fixes" - I should have thought it would be interesting to learn about John Greenwood and his auctioneering activities in Georgian London (his entry in the ODNB makes it reasonably certain that he is the right person). -- Theramin (talk) 22:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Why would I mind? To the first: it is a personal, .com website. I would prefer this not be used, as it is not reliable. I did not delete the material because this is not the purpose of Wikipedia, and it would be counter-productive to remove probably true material, just because it doesn't have a source. To the second: The book references noted that he wanted it to be his masterpiece, and that he failed. Unless you ahve read the books, you have not "checked" the sources. The inline citations come at the end of relevant paragraphs and sentences; to reference every statement would be ludicrous. Finally, I deleted teh link because it was to the article "Greenwood's", which is not going to be, and never will be, an article. Link to John Greenwood if you would like to. I hope that will be all. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

As you wished, I have referenced both statements. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. From the original article, it was not clear to me where they came from, sandwiched as they were between the "Hargraves" reference before and the "Anonymous" reference afterwards. -- Theramin (talk) 23:05, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

History of timekeeping devices

Hello. This is a courtesy note to let you know that history of timekeeping devices is currently at FAC, where you are listed as a nominator. It would be appreciated if you watchlisted the FAC to help addressing comments. Thank you for your work on the article. Keilana|Parlez ici 19:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK

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Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

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Your monobook needs to be updated to avoid an error

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Re: Sigismunda mourning over the Heart of Guiscardo

No need for a notification – I watch all GA reviews :) Gary King (talk) 07:07, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Thanks. :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:09, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

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WP:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee

Re: WP:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee: I edited out your use of <ref>...</ref>, as it will cause problems if someone else uses the same reference-style on the same page. When <ref>...</ref> is used, all references show up where the <references /> or {{reflist}} tags are. This happens to work in your case but only until someone else tries to do the same thing, then it will be a mess. I hope you don't mind the way I refactored it. Feel free to change it to something more of your liking. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 20:17, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

No, you are correct. Thanks for moving it. Cheers, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:06, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Culture of Malta

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Quark's FACy

I think it's pretty much ready. Having just re-read it one more time, it looks very good to me - great work!

The only thing that still needs to be changed is the "SU(3)c was introduced after the discovery of color charge and the subsequent realisation that there are at least eighteen distinct types of quarks, three subtypes to each flavor.[55]" - it's just misleading (see my earlier on the comments on the talk page) and should be replaced by some brief sentence that at least mentions the Pauli principle problem. Markus Poessel (talk) 12:14, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you have any suggestions as to a replacement? —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:02, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know problem

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Inquiry

Thank you for your help on my request to change username. Just a question though, my DYK is on queue right now and is set to come out tomorrow, would that still get credited to me? Hey Thanks again, appreciate it! --TitanOne (talk) 08:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it will. Your old username redirects to TitanOne now, so all obsolete links to Maverx are still useful and functional. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:57, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Great to hear that. Thanks again! --TitanOne (talk) 11:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

A request

Hi Anonymous Dissident. I noticed you opposed my first RfA in December 2007 based on experience concerns. If you have the time, would you mind giving me an editor review telling me what issues I may still need to fix before running for adminship again? Thanks. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 15:43, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Looking back, I'm shocked and humiliated by the curtness I displayed in my remark there. I would be happy to give you an editor review – though you'll have to forgive me for delaying it until tomorrow, as it's quite late here. Best, —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 15:50, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Just a reminder: Don't forget my editor review. I'm in no hurry though, so take your time. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 14:44, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Spherical wedge

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting

In case you didn't see it, I replied to your inquiry at T:TDYK. Since the article was rejected at ITN, does that mean it's suitable for DYK? APK (If You Wanna) 01:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind. APK (If You Wanna) 20:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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Cosmo Kramer

You don't cite EVERYTHING. In this case, Kramer is the only character who is depicted doing things for others out of sheer will to help and therefore, the closest to a "nice guy" there is. One of the basic traits of Seinfeld characters is being selfish, which is perfectly summarized in The Finale. This is not original research, this is stating what is seen on the screen, as per WP:FILMPLOT. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 17:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

It's POV, more than anything. I can't be bothered to war over this, though. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Stating the obvious is not POV; I've already explained why (in detail) in my first comment. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 10:00, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Heh, but that it is obvious is your point of view. For instance, I disagree, based on my own point of view and my own viewing of the program – that's just me. So, therefore, if your point is arguable, and if it can be seen to be grounded in personal viewpoint, it should not be there. You need to examine your comment and your ideas objectively. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

He is the only character that is motivated by genuine feelings towards others rather than acting upon social norms and his own convenience. This is called "nice"... dunno, I've reverted back to your version since you are obviously convinced otherwise. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 13:19, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Strangeness

I have just entered a WP:RM request to move Strangeness (particle physics) back to Strangeness. Because you moved the article a year ago, I thought you might want to comment at Talk:Strangeness (particle physics)#Requested move. Cheers! --ShelfSkewed Talk 18:06, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Dash rage

I've been using AWB to correct errors of the form " - " --> " – ". If you believe I have mistakenly removed a hyphen, please report it to me and I shall correct the error. I have been taking care to avoid file names and such, but you never know. Cheers, —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Well you missed the image filename at Boulton and Watt steam engine (Powerhouse Museum). I've fixed it, but you may want to double-check your search criteria.--EdJogg (talk) 11:33, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

It's attributable to a miss by me. As I say, I did try to make sure it didn't happen, but you never know. Thanks for catching that one out. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

You also changed the image link at 2009 flu pandemic in the United Kingdom. Puzzled me for a bit but now fixed, do watch out though. |→ Spaully ^τ 11:50, 19 June 2009 (GMT)

I've refined my criteria to filter file names. I'm sorry this has happened (twice!) but future edits shouldn't suffer the same oversights. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:55, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

could you?

hi, could you take a look here? Latest apply is mine and i wonder if it is possible? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.102.137.247 (talk) 14:48, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

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WHACK

WP:MOSBOLD on Death of Michael Jackson. FWIW, I only learned about it recently myself. --Cybercobra (talk) 06:02, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Eh, definitely not trout-worthy; it's a matter of discretion. I feel the title should indeed be bolded, as "Death of Michael Jackson" is a widely-accepted phrase. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 06:09, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

My re-institution of the bolding was a product of edit-conflict, not a protest of its removal. I don't have strong opinions either way. —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:11, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

My whack was intended primarily in its humorous capacity. --Cybercobra (talk) 06:18, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

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Subpar

Hi Dissident, apparently you have difficulties with the grammar of the phrase "The notion of permutation is used with several slightly different meanings, all related to the act of permuting, that is rearranging, several objects or values." Please explain, it looks perfectly normal to me. Maybe you'd like the interjection "that is rearranging" enclosed in dashes or parentheses rather than commas; that's OK with me. But "rearranging in an ordered fashion" which you seem to prefer sounds strange to me: surely randomly shuffling a deck of cards amounts to permuting them, so I don't see why the rearranging should proceed in an ordered fashion. Indeed it escapes me why orderliness should be mentioned at all. And what's wrong with (the second) "several"? Surely one does not usually permute a single value or object. Maybe it is that using "several" twice in one sentence is considered subpar; one of them could be changed to "various", that is a matter of taste. Marc van Leeuwen (talk) 15:44, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello Marc. "that is rearranging" should be "that is, rearranging", but then we'd have too many commas in the sentence. several is a problem because it's an imprecise word that means "more than two but not many", and clearly we can consider permutations of sets of billions of objects. If you really don't like my rewording, I think we could reach a compromise with "The notion of permutation is used with several slightly different meanings, all related to the act of permuting (rearranging) objects or values." What do you think? —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 21:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

OK, I understand your difficulty better now. I never realised "several" meant more than two but not many. I do think it is good do delimit in some way the collection being permuted lest the description be too vague. So how about your sentence with the end expanded to "a number of objects or values among each other"? Without being too technical here, this is menat to indicate that every object displaced has to be replaced by another (rearranging objects in a geometric figure for instance is usually not a permutation). Marc van Leeuwen (talk) 05:34, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

"a number of objects or values among each other" is very verbose. Do you have any other suggestions? To be honest, I think this problem was avoided with my original "rearranging in an ordered fashion". —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:13, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for the barnstar and comment on The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig! The article is actually more recent than it appears - it wasn't in article-space until 13 June. It is indeed surprising that we don't have at least a stub for each of the important pieces of early Celtic literature, but even now there are still a lot of gaps in that area: I recently discovered that there doesn't appear to be an article on The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu, the most famous medieval Irish romance, for example.

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