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Năm mới em chúc anh và gia đình nhiều sức khõe, an lạc và vạn sứ kiết tường. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ở Úc, thời giờ đi trước Việt Nam khoảng hai tiếng và không có bà con gì hết. Và em quyết định năm mới sẽ viết Wikipedia ít hơn và học nhiều thệm. Anh có account ở Wikipedia Tiếng Việt hay không. Năm nay em sẽ bắt đầu đống gớp ở tiếng Việt, ngoài ra cũng có mục đích tiến bộ Việt Ngữ. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cảm ơn anh, gì chứ trong vòng hai năm thì ít khi em quên cái gì lắm (đặc biệt là nơi thật sự dễ gây cảm xúc mạnh như Wikipedia), em nhận lời chúc sức khỏe tốt, còn girl friend thì chắc lâu lắm nữa nên không dám nhận. Em đang học tiếng Anh hết cỡ, hy vọng là sớm nhất 1 năm có thể quay lại Wikipedia tiếng Anh, khi đó thì anh với em lại có cơ hội làm việc với nhau tại đây, giờ thì em limit ở transwiki và sửa các chi tiết nhỏ nhỏ :)). Chúc anh năm mới nhiều sức khỏe, và luôn luôn may mắn Magnifier (talk) 12:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA thanks[edit]

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RFA thanks

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Thanks for supporting me! My RfA passed with a final tally of 5 neutrals, 1 oppose and 148 supports, a turnout I couldn't have dreamed of. I'm going to do everything I can to help out the community, help with sysop tasks, and of course, contribute to the encyclopedia. If you ever need a hand with something, feel free to give a shout! Cheers!

Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 17:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Unblock of TlatoSMD[edit]

I strongly disagree with your unilateral unblock of User:TlatoSMD. There was absolutely no consensus at all for him to be anything less than indefinitely blocked. I do request that you reblock him, as per consensus at the AN/I thread. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 18:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. If you do not reblock him yourself shortly, I will do it. Black Kite 19:15, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this was a big mistake, @pple. It is good of you to give TlatoSMD a second chance to drop the drama and move on to more productive things, but it is very unusual to have gone ahead an unblocked him (especially in the face of a strong consensus among admins that the block was correct) without even his promise to leave the drama and the campaign behind. If he makes that promise I would still be skeptical but at least there would be a point to unblocking him. You're taking his willingness to move on on blind faith based solely on your own appeal, in spite of what even you recognize as disruptive behavior. The right thing to do here is to (1) reblock, (2) tell Tlato he has to move on and if he agrees to you will advocate for an unblock, and then if he does, (3) bring it to discussion before an unblock is granted. Mango juice^talk 19:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Big mistake. Totally against consensus of multiple admins and one crat. Not to mention you never contacted me. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I forgot to contact you because I was in a hurry, my apology for that. However, my points still stand. I have fully explained my reasons to unblock and why I think this indef block is inappropriate, but it seems that no one ever bothered to reply my reasonings, instead people simply reprimanded me for going against consensus that was firmly built upon by "a crat and 6 admins". I'm tired of this whole series of drama recently, so I retract my involvement in this issue. In the inmost recesses of the heart, I know I did the right thing. @pple complain 16:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted page[edit]

My taskbar page was deleted.. i have no idea why. i did not request it to be deleted.. could you please restore it? or atleast give me the text of it.. Σαι ( Talk) 11:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted page[edit]

Hello,

A page I'd created yesterday (Ashok Lav) was deleted by User:Y.

I would like to have a copy of the source text so that I can rewrite it with content and a format acceptable to Wikipedia.

Appreciate your help, Hu114sp (talk) 23:36, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletions on Central Intelligence Agency[edit]

The blocks of text you deleted were all from U.S. government official documents, such as the Foreign Relations of the United States series published by the Department of State, as well as publications by CIA itself. U.S. government documents are not subject to copyright.

I don't disagree with your removal of an estimate of a number of employees that I had originally challenged, as far too large; it was a figure that might fit the intelligence community as a whole but not CIA.

May I ask that if you feel large deletions are necessary in an article, you first mention it on the talk page of that article? Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:57, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I mistook the content is an excerpt from a copyright sources so I deleted it per WP:COPYVIO. I also pasted the content to my sandbox with a view to rewriting it later. Sorry if my action made you confused. Plus the paragraphs are mere copy-and-paste from the original sources, so I think we should paraphrase them as soon as possible to avoid misunderstanding again. And about the estimation imo it is better to remove this unsourced statement because when the information contain a statistic figure, we have to provide the source or it will become original research and the target for vandal (many IP vandals often virulently change the figure and it will make it hard for vandal fighters to recognize it if no source backing up is given). Cheers @pple complain 17:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As to the documents, in many cases I'd agree that paraphrasing is a good idea, but the words are often critical here. Most of the sections in question dealt with the approval of covert operations, and I believe the exact language, and in some cases direct quotes, are critical. My goal is not to whitewash operations that, especially in hindsight, were unwise, but to make it very clear that quite a number of sometimes asinine things were ordered by the White House. There are cases where the CIA acted inappropriately on its own, but many more where they were following orders. I wanted the procedures for those orders to be prominent, with the added benefit of the material being public domain.

I didn't put in the estimation of numbers, and indeed challenged it. There has been enough edit warring at the CIA pages that I'm cautious, even though an item like this may have been thrown in, unsourced, often by an anonymous editor, to leave time for response and then comment it out without deleting, and only deleting if there is no response there. FYI, the 100,000 number was probably in the right range for the intelligence community as a whole, but easily half of those people were military personnel at electronic intercept stations all over the world. With geopolitical changes and improved technologies, those numbers are going down, not up. I would seriously doubt that the CIA itself has as many as 20,000 employees, based on personal experience. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 17:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why not just put in blockquote when you are quoting and say "the following Govt document says [ref]:". Torturing yourself with paraphrasing is unnecessary if you just clearly delineate text-pulls as quotes. Erxnmedia (talk) 19:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Banhchung.jpg[edit]

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Unspecified source for Image:Namcao.jpg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use Image:NguyenNhatAnh.jpg[edit]

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Possibly unfree Image:Lindsay_Moran.jpg[edit]

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Deleted page[edit]

Hello,

I created a page earlier today called Y.B.C. and it was deleted by User:discospinster.

If I could have a copy of the source code so that i could add more 3rd party resources and rewrite it in a format more acceptable for wikipedia, I would be very grateful.

Appreciate your help,

Jordanmindyou (talk) 22:19, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Page[edit]

Hello,

I created page called Adam Tafralis and it was deleted by User:B.

If I could have a copy of the source code so that i could add more 3rd party sources and rewrite in a format more acceptable for wikipedia, I would be very grateful.

Appreciate your help,

kookface (talk) 12:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

High School Musical 4[edit]

I would like to have a copy of the deleted version of High School Musical 4. Please leave it on my talk page. Thanks. — ComputerGuy890100^{Talk to me}_{What I've done to help Wikipedia} 23:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail copy[edit]

Could you please e-mail me a copy of Jack DeAngelo? It's a deleted page. E-mail it to shea224@wowway.com Shea224 (talk) 18:03, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikipediaWeekly Episode 45[edit]

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Dave Small(teacher extraordinaire)[edit]

Please e-mail me the text of Dave Small(teacher extraordinaire) so I can re-write it. I understand the title in unsuitable, but I was unable to change it. benenharrington @ gmail[dot]com

thanks

Deleted Page[edit]

Hello,

A page I'd created today (VistaJet Holding) was deleted by User:Slakr.

I would like to have a copy of the source text so that I can rewrite it with content acceptable to Wikipedia.

Appreciate your help,2McDonnell (talk) 23:56, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Page[edit]

I created The Like Minded Gamers. Please email it to meg_n_jarrod@yahoo.com--Sikadelic (talk) 20:48, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Page[edit]

I created a page called L.Spiros' Memory Hacking Software and was deleted yesterday/today. I don't know who deleted it, but can you please send a copy to me? My email is colintso@hotmail.com--Colintso (talk) 12:09, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Page[edit]

I created a page called Jameel williams and was deleted today. I don't know who deleted it, but can you please send a copy to me? My email is andresandres444@yahoo.com Headphones2413 (talk) 01:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Weekly Episodes 46 and 47[edit]

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Deletion[edit]

my article on john bunten was deleted i would like a copy.

                  THanx.

Deletion[edit]

my article on Chris Zammit is set to be deleted i would like a copy. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npaminns (talk • contribs) 13:51, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Project talk page tagging for WP:VIET[edit]

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User Page?[edit]

Hi. You may want to create your user page to help identify you as an established user. --WikiWes77 (talk) 04:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

@pple hasn't been active since May 2008. We miss you. miranda 05:33, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you come back soon. It's not the same without you here. :( --PeaceNT (talk) 03:37, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed :( —Giggy 11:12, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Weekly[edit]

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Vatel[edit]

I wanted to let someone know that a company called www.moviegoods.com that sells movie posters is placing images on the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatel_(film) and embedding their website in the photos. I am certain this is not what Wikipedia is about. I found another version without any website here http://www.impawards.com/2000/posters/vatel_ver1.jpg, and I also found images of the film cover with a Google search http://images.google.com/images?q=Vatel&hl=en&sourceid=mozilla-search&num=20&start=0&start=0.Vault1996 (talk) 02:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]