User talk:Arwel Parry/archive 8

Tell me...[edit]

Tell me on what articles I blanked during my "blanking spree".... Yeah, couldn't come up with any... CAUSE I DIDN NOT GO ON A BLANKING SPREE! Prove that I did! ~VNinja ~ 01:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you're the AOL user 207.200.116.204, then the vandalism for which I issued that block is:

John Marek

Chet Lemon

Triggerfish

South Gosforth

-- Arwel (talk) 01:23, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gahh... mods should block because of usernames, not IPs.... ~VNinja ~ 13:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well sorry, but when a vandalising IP is all we've got to go on... That particular IP has been blocked ten times in the last two weeks for vandalism, and my block was only for 3 hours anyway. It's up to AOL customers to complain to AOL about the crappy way they refuse to pass individual identifying information about their proxy users, which force us to take this action - they sure as hell don't take any notice from AOL non-customers. -- Arwel (talk) 14:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Time to close?[edit]

Hi! is it time to close this discussion. I am guessing a non-consensus keep? - Mike Beckham 15:46, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's only been open for 4 days. Canada Day and Independence Day holiday weekend in Canada and USA, so I'd be inclined to give it a few more days just in case anyone else wants to join in. As it stands, with three deletes and two keeps (and one anon IP on its only contribution to Wikipedia), yes, I'd say non-consensus keep. Remind me on Wednesday or Thursday if I've forgotten about it! -- Arwel (talk) 16:31, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you should also see this...[edit]

Perhaps you might also look into this, as you've blocked Kingjeff for violating the 3RR, I also feel that something should be done about this edit [1], in which he not only attacked any italian users, but an entire country of people. This type of stuff should not be tolerated. Note that in this edit [2] I crossed out the offending words, but left them as evidence to you, his prior blocking administrator. Batman2005 03:15, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I had noticed those edits and not been impressed, but decided to let them slide for the moment. It's all evidence that can be brought up in an RFC for ArbCom, which I was contemplating doing last night, but I usually wait a day or two for my blood to cool down before deciding whether or not to proceed. -- Arwel (talk) 14:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good, let me know if I can do anything to help, i'm typically not the most civil user when I get upset, but ethnic slurs is one thing I just cannot stand for. Batman2005 15:04, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

KingJeff Page-ARYAN Claims[edit]

Look at this please: "By the way, I'm not anglo saxon. I'm part of the Aryan race. Kingjeff 00:47, 5 July 2006 (UTC)2

You or someone with power should do something about this vandal. He should be totally banned from wikipedia. It's almost talking like Hitler. It's a vandal, racist and I think he shouldn't be allowed to be here.Best Regards.

ACamposPinho 23:59, 5 July 2006

Perhaps you can help with a question i've got[edit]

If you head over to the Alessandro Del Piero page and take a quick read you'll notice that it sounds like a paper written for an 8th grade english class on someones hero. I've listed some things on the talk page that I believe need to be cleaned up (note that it is in no way a complete list). I'm unfamiliar with the clean-up and NPOV tags and which to use in what situation. Could you guide me a little bit here and list the page for clean up and tag it that its not NPOV and then let me know where you do stuff like that so in the future i'll be able to do it. I appreciate any help you are able to give. Batman2005 01:33, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, it is a bit hagiographic, isn't it? I've put a cleanup template "{{cleanup-date|2006-07-06}}" on the page, and I note you've already listed many of its deficiencies on the talk page, which is very useful. I've not put the NPOV message up, since I think that should be covered by the cleanup, but if you want to put it in, it's either {{NPOV}} or {{POV}} (they both point to the same template). By the way, I'll be offline until sometime next week after today, just in case you leave me any more messages! -- Arwel (talk) 11:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maritime military history[edit]

Hello! As I see you have an interest in naval history I just wanted to let you know that a Maritime warfare task force has been established under the WikiProject Military history. Why not take a look? :) Inge 11:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject on Sheffield Wednesday[edit]

Hi Arwel Parry/archive 8. I am inviting you to join the WikiProject on Sheffield Wednesday, an attempt to improve and expand Wikipedia coverage of articles relating to Sheffield Wednesday F.C. You have received this message either because you have previously edited pages related to Sheffield Wednesday or you have stated on Wikipedia that you are a fan of the club. This is a fledgling WikiProject and we would welcome your contributions, please visit the project page for more details. Dan1980 11:37, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

July 2006 in sports[edit]

Hello. I notice that you seem to be one of the "keepers" of the current events in sports article. I noticed that the July article still had several "current" references and so I took an attempt to clean it up to make it look like June. If you have a chance, can you please take a look and make sure that I did it correctly? Thanks --Brian G 12:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request your attention to the GoldToeMarionette case[edit]

GoldToeMarionette (talk · contribs) had a WP:RFCU inappropriately completed on their account by Jayjg (talk · contribs) and Hall Monitor (talk · contribs) blocked the account after it was identified as a multiple account despite their being no violation of Wikipedia policy by GoldToeMarionette. These users did not respond to requests to undo the action.

Other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

Comments on RFCU itself [3]

Other Admins contacted [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Hall Monitor was emailed with no reply

GoldToeMarionette posted on the account's User and Talk Pages seeking assistance when the talk page was protected without the issue being discussed. User:GoldToeMarionette User_talk:GoldToeMarionette

GoldToeMarionette notified article contributors that illustrative examples were subject to an AfD. The account strictly followed the WP:SPAM#Internal_spamming guideline. The AfD was without controversy. GoldToeMarionette did not participate in the vote. HereToCleanup removed the posts following the AfD in accord with the widely accepted Wikipedia Guideline Wikipedia:Spam#Internal_spamming that states "Clean up your mess. For example, after engaging in cross-posting to promote some election, be sure to remove those cross-posts after the election is complete." [9]

Since GoldToeMarionette was strictly following Wikipedia Policy, there should not have been a Check User completed by Jayjg. Hall Monitor only blocked the account because it was labeled as a sockpuppet by Jayjg's completed Check User. Absent policy violation it should not have been processed in RFCU or been blocked. I am asking for your help to confirm that policy was not violated, administrative action should not have been taken, and request that the administrative action be reversed by unblocking GoldToeMarionette and unprotecting the talk page. Thank you for your time with this request. SixWallRoom 04:07, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You want me to get involved in a case that goes back five months? PoolGuy has been banned from Wikipedia, which means that all of PoolGuy's sock puppets are also banned correctly in my opinion. All the rest is just Wikilawyering. OK, you've had 15 minutes of my time, and that's all you're getting. -- Arwel (talk) 12:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Guardian[edit]

Please cite, if possible, the dissatisfaction of readers of The Guardian that you noted. Thanks, Tchadienne 15:52, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Readers I know in Wrexham. The distribution chain there seems convoluted even though it's fairly near the printing plant in Manchester. -- Arwel (talk) 18:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Pound Scots[edit]

I should have been more observant. Thanks for fixing that. — GT 17:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New temple consecrated in Tividale, West Midlands, UK[edit]

http://www.venkateswara.org.uk/

British banknote[edit]

I see you have an expertise in this area. Could you help filling out the table at Talk:Pound sterling#Status table? Nobody seems to care. --Chochopk 08:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tevez / Corinthians.[edit]

False information has been put on wikipedia and I have only put the truth. Tevez has said he will be joining West Ham on his website, but West Ham have NOT confirmed this, neither have any of the main sports news sources (BBC, SKY, etc.) If you want unconfirmed information on wikipedia, then that is fine, remove my posting priviledges.

Unisouth[edit]

Can you please explain why I have been blocked. I have not vandelised depite a warning in the article. If this was a mistake can you please unblock me as I need to edit my userpage. Lenny 14:36, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your account is not blocked, and has not been since February according to the block log. If you are still being prevented from editing, please provide the exact message you are receiving. -- Arwel (talk) 14:50, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is the message:

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing.

You were blocked by Arwel Parry for the following reason (see our blocking policy):

vandalism despite warning embedded in article

Your IP address is XXX.XX.XX.X.

Lenny 14:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. You appear to have shared an AOL IP address XXX.XX.XX.X which was banned for 31 hours yesterday for vandalising the page of a Brazilian football club - this is the 12th time since March that this particular IP address has been blocked. The block has been lifted, but for information if this happens again, if you log out and log in again AOL will probably allocate you another IP address. AOL now provides Wikipedia with the true IP addresses of many, but not all, of their customers, so this sort of collateral damage should become less common in the future. -- Arwel (talk) 15:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks! Lenny 15:28, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Current sports month change over[edit]

Hello. It looks like someone did a copy/paste move for the new month instead of following your established procedure. I'm not an admin, so I posted a request for clean up at WP:SPLICE#New requests. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 15:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. -- Arwel (talk) 15:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. You may have noticed that I have also been trying to help to "uncurrent" the old month and to work with the calendar templates. This month, I created the {{August 2006 events}}, since it didn't look like that had any special procedure to it. Please feel free to let me know at any time if I need any correcting. --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 17:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse report[edit]

Hi Arwel,

as you were the last to warn User:212.219.247.129, i am poking you directly. They are editing pages systematically, again. RichiH 14:28, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Translation Request (2 sentences)[edit]

For the front page of the Novial Test Wikipedia it would be nice to have a Welsh translation of the following 2 sentences:

<>

Welcome to the Wikipedia in the Novial language!

You can read about the international auxiliary language Novial here.

<>

See the original request at Wikimedia Incubator here.

Thank you, Nov ialiste 17:27, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Arwel (talk) 18:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Galatasaray article[edit]

On the page of Galatasaray i saw a mistake but i cannot revert it becauce the page is under protection , in the Managerial area Yılmaz Gökdel was the manager in 1974-1975 season could you fix this?

Johnny200 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Hammond/Current events[edit]

I'd like your opinion on it. I don't believe it meets the "international interest" criteria; how a car crash victim progresses in hospital isn't notable enough - we aren't an indiscriminate collection of information, after all. – Ch acor 12:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While the progress of a car accident victim is not inherently newsworthy, the wide distribution of Top Gear worldwide (est. audience 350 million, apparently) makes it likely that there is considerable interest in Richard Hammond's condition. It has certainly been the lead or second item in all TV and radio news bulletins in the UK for the last two days. -- Arwel (talk) 13:10, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for the reply. I still don't know. I myself do watch the show on BBC World on occasion, but it really seems to me a bit too much to be following the day-by-day progress of someone who was stupid enough to be driving at 480 km/h. Thanks for your opinion again. – Ch acor 13:12, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It isnt going to be a day by day progress report. It just happens that Thursday was when a major incident happened and today is a follow up. (Borisjohns 13:20, 22 September 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Welsh question[edit]

Hi Arwel, I'm redesigning the main page at cy-wikisource (s:cy:Hafan) and I want to say "Our newest texts". I've written "Ein testunau ni newydda", but I'm not sure it's right. Is it "Ein testunau newydda ni"? Is it something different altogether? Thanks! Angr 19:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gosh I'm rusty! "newydda" sounds very informal, I think you'd need at least an apostrophe on the end. "Ni" at the end of the sentence, anyway. I don't think I've ever worked out comparatives for "newydd" before - possibly newydd, newyddaf, newyddach / new, newer, newest, but it just doesn't look right to me. I'd probably go more for somethng like "Ein testunau diweddarach ni", "our most recent articles". What do you think? -- Arwel (talk) 19:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought -ach was comparative (= -er) and -af (colloquial -a) was superlative. That's what my grammar books says, anyway, and what makes sense etymologically (-af is distantly related to the Latin -imus ending of the superlative). So it would be "Ein testunau diweddaraf ni", wouldn't it? Angr 19:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Argh!! Yes, I don't get back home nearly often enough :( -- Arwel (talk) 19:54, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Diolch yn fawr. If you ever get the urge to put up public-domain texts in Welsh, stop on by. I'm the only active user there, not even a vandal or spammer to keep me company... Angr 20:03, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, I'm asking for adminship rights at cy-Wikisource. If you would like to support or oppose my request, please go to s:cy:Wicitestun:Y Sgriptoriwm. Thanks! Angr 10:52, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Éamon de Valera categorisation[edit]

I noticed your comment about Tayana's edit and seeing as no one else stepped in I have reverted her bio class edit as justified on the talk page. She has not got the experience to demote the article and she assumes the article is flawed because there seems to be one discrepancy she noted. Cheers ww2censor 16:12, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dates on the William Brown article[edit]

Understood, and thanks for the link. =) 200.89.166.132 21:16, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

City of Manchester Stadium[edit]

Looking at the last two paragraphs of the BBC reference you added to City of Manchester Stadium, I get the distinct inpression that the author used the Wikipedia article in their research... Oldelpaso 17:36, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for Christoper Eccleston additions[edit]

It comes directly from a senior crew member on the Dr Who set. I'm not sure how much more of a citation you need.

It needs to be a published source. See Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. -- Arwel (talk) 15:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, well it's not a published source so I guess you'll have to remove it.

I see someone already has! -- Arwel (talk) 16:12, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Persondata[edit]

Sorry! I'm still learning!

--Daemonic Kangaroo 21:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MUFC[edit]

I need to add my friend who plays for Leeds Fc he plays in the youth squad for them: Matthew Edwards England 39

Thank You

Not verified on the MUFC website. -- Arwel (talk) 22:05, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Owen[edit]

Sorry, Arwel, I didn't realise it was your categorisation I was changing, but really - a native of Flintshire? I notice he's also down as a person who comes from Chester. Deb 21:23, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not my categorisation, but I'm defending it! :) Hawarden's only about 15 minutes by bus from Chester, and a lot quicker by car, but I'd knock that categorisation off, since it only exists because he was born there! -- Arwel (talk) 23:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm. Yet it would be quite correct to call him a native of Chester, wouldn't it? Deb 11:57, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suburban Chester, perhaps... -- Arwel (talk) 12:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Need for sysops on wicipedia[edit]

Sut mae. I just had an exchange with Lloffiwr, and would like to nominate him/her as a sysop on wicipedia. I think you're the only person able to create one, aren't you? I'm getting out of my depth. Hwyl. Deb 12:30, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now that's what I call fast![edit]

No wonder you're a bureaucrat! Deb 12:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now you are too! :) -- Arwel (talk) 12:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucratship - cwestiwn[edit]

Diolch. I'm not sure I'm ready for this honour. Just out of curiosity, why are you concentrating on English now? There's still so much to do on wicipedia. Deb 15:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just lack of time. -- Arwel (talk) 16:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I give in! How do you make a sysop in wicipedia? Deb 17:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Tudalennau arbennig" in the left hand menu bar

"Gwnewch ddefnyddiwr cyffredin yn weinyddwr" - third option from the bottom

Enter the user name in the field (without "Defnyddiwr:" or "User:"); click the tickbox if you also want to make a bureaucrat

Click "Gosod hawliau defnyddiwr", et voila!, Robert is your parent's sibling! (and the user's a sysop :) ) -- Arwel (talk) 17:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. of matches in Premier League season[edit]

Yeah, i releasied that and changed it back ;)

Dont know what i was thinking.

(213.123.138.50)

Removing tags from images[edit]

I see you removed ifd tags from some images. As the images are still on Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion, it is better you revert you edit, since Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion requires those tags to be inserted in the image tag.--Panarjedde 03:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks![edit]

Thanks for the info. I'll remember that, although my old computer "fried" during a thunderstorm last August, I'll have a new computer this coming month. NoseNuggets 1:38 PM US EST Oct 31 2006.

Vandal 85.210.xxx.xxx[edit]

Please help if you can, I notice that you encounted this vandal before, here

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theo_Walcott&diff=next&oldid=82253347 Theo Walcott
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moe_Szyslak&diff=next&oldid=82280473 Moe Szyslak
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gil_%28The_Simpsons%29&diff=82622060&oldid=82279705 Gil (The Simpsons)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Ferdinand&diff=82621999&oldid=82407982 (revert vandalism by 85.210.203.182)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wayne_Rooney&diff=next&oldid=72586179

I been working to revert this out of control Vandal's edits, and make a report as I go along I'm not sure who I should turn this over to as I'm sure that I'm not finding all of this vandal's IPs, If I should post it in Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling & Wikipedia:WikiProject Football so they will know about him, but at the same time I wouldn't want to give any other vandals idea's.

My report so far. User:Sirex98/Sandbox thank you ▪◦▪=Sirex98= 06:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Violations[edit]

Please explain why you consider removing UK Gov. Copyright images, vandalism - when they are embedded in some cases in info-boxes that resist changing labels? Also the main image had a selectively quoted rational that neglected to show that each use of the copied image requires a fee to be paid. Are you willing to pay the fee to the UK Government? Also the image was used wrongly to illustrate articles of royal persons who have there own (copyright) coats of arms - so you seem to uphold effectively calling all these people the King or Queen of the UK, etc. - and I do not see how that can be justified. You seem quite interested in carving out a police state for yourself by intimidation, and merely using “guarding” wiki from vandalism to hide real infringements of civil liberties and misinformation that undermines Wiki credibility. Tauex 11:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that your edits are being repeatedly reverted within minutes by several different users should indicate to you that your point of view is not widely accepted. Wikipedia operates under the laws of the State of Florida, which allows for the 'fair use' rationale to be argued. If you have a problem with that rationale, then argue your case at Images for Deletion, just don't unilaterally delete them from large numbers of articles. Please note that for some articles you risk falling foul of the Three Revert Rule. If you are arguing violation of Crown Copyright, then please note the statement at WP:COPY#UK_Crown_Copyright that "The UK Office of Public Sector Information, formerly HMSO, has told us: Crown copyright protection in published material lasts for fifty years from the end of the year in which the material was first published. Therefore material published [fifty-one years ago], and any Crown copyright material published before that date, would now be out of copyright, and may be freely reproduced throughout the world." which would cover use of the Royal Coat of Arms. -- Arwel (talk) 12:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tauex[edit]

User:Tauex is a sockpuppet of banned User:Generic Character (and User:Copiedimage). The new account should be blocked for evading the bad again. A checkuser for the accounts might reveal other sockpuppets. MRSC • Talk 17:10, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on what to include on sports news page[edit]

Hello Arwel,

An important discussion is taking place on Portal talk:Current events/Sports on what scores should be included. Your input would be appreciated. Thanks -- Mwalcoff 02:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

I thank you greatly for helping me sort Sunderland AFC out. I' ve had the wandal warned, and all the work in that section of the article was literally ruined. I support Sunderland AFC and it has been vandalised repeatedly by a variety of diffrent users in the last two weeks. So, how about we request protection for the article? I' am a new user on Wikipedia, this being my first day. I'm getting into things. I'm cracking on Vandalisim, contributing to articles, and uploading reasonable appropiate images. Star of the north 18:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of rail accidents[edit]

There is currently a discussion about whether we should set criteria for inlcusion of accients on the List of rail accidents page, and if so what the criteria should be.

The discussion is located at Talk:List of rail accidents/Criteria for inclusion, where your input would be most welcome. Thryduulf 00:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

SFD notification[edit]

This message is to notify you that a stub category you created (Category:Welsh football club stubs) is up for deletion at WP:SFD. Please join the discussion. Thanks. ~ Amalas rawr ^{=^_^=} 16:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked?[edit]

hi

I got a message from you this afternoon saying my IP is blocked from editing due to vandalism. While this is fine because I never edit anything anyway im just curious as to why im blocked, because I didnt vandalise or edit/change anything!

Im confused more then anything

Cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.200.25.42 (talk) 15:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Your IP address was blocked for 48 hours on 13 September for this vandalism to the Thierry Henry article. -- Arwel (talk) 07:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock[edit]

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

I hate anything even approaching wheeling, but this really looks like somebody hit the wrong button. Kungfuadam's not available for an explanation, unfortunately.

Request handled by: Luna Santin 07:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCast[edit]

Hi, Noted your contribution in respect of a spoken Article on the Welsh language. Would you be willing to do some Welsh Language stuff for [10] Wikicast ?

ShakespeareFan00 22:39, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hargreaves article[edit]

You realize I wasn't the one who changed that info. Therefore I'm not the only one who is thinking that it is wrong. Therefore citing a source wouldn't be a bad idea. I may not know the english law that you're referring to, but I do know that, acording to FIFA and UEFA, the four British nations are considered different countries. That's why Celtic FC and Manchester United played in the Group Stage of this season's Champions League. According to FIFA Rules and Regulations, a player is only eligible to play for a country if he is born in that country, if any of his parents of grandparents or if he meets the residency requirements. Kingjeff 20:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've emailed FIFA regarding this little debate. What's your email? I'll send you the email irregardless of what it says. Kingjeff 21:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

arwelp@gmail.com -- Arwel (talk) 23:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you two don't feel that I'm going against you two. It seems that FIFA's philosophy and this law is very contradictive and this email shall explain FIFA's view on this. Kingjeff 23:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Date wikilinks[edit]

Thanks for your message regarding date links in SMS Ostfriesland. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I was under the impression that no official policy exists on date linking. While the guideline at WP:MOSNUM indicates that "the date should almost always be linked to allow readers’ date preferences to work," the guideline at WP:CONTEXT states that editors should not create the "same link multiple times, because redundant links clutter up the page and make future maintenance harder." In the absence of an official policy, and as these two guidelines appear to contradict each other, I generally try to use the ‘link only to important dates’ rule of thumb. Reviewing the Ostfriesland article, I agree that I was overly stingy and removed far too many date links, breaking even my own rule of thumb. Thanks for fixing those. However I feel that you linked too many dates. As an example, does a 562 word article really need four links to 1920? Thank you for your assistance in helping me to understand this complicated issue. --Kralizec! (talk) 01:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. Regarding 4 links to "1920" in a 560-odd word article, yes, the links are needed when it forms part of the date, as it is needed to satisfy the user preferences of people who have selected ISO format dates as their display preference, e.g. 1920-11-05. I was involved in the original debate in 2003 which led to the creation of user date preferences, as there were huge edit wars between people who used "European format" and "American format" dates and viewed the other as the work of the devil; it has always been the intention that ALL dates must be wikilinked in order for preferences to work, where "date" means a combination of day and month, or day and month and year, but not necessarily "standalone" years which have indeed tended to be delinked in the last year when there was no particular reason to link to them. Regards, -- Arwel (talk) 07:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is linking all dates official policy, or just a guideline? --Kralizec! (talk) 13:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's a guideline, but a guideline which has stood for over three years now and I think it's fair to say that removal of date wikilinks is extremely likely to be reverted. I note that in the talk page for the MoS there's one participant who's opposed to linking dates, but he appears to be very much in the minority. -- Arwel (talk) 00:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I think I understand now. Thank you for your time and especially your patience in explaining the situation to me. From here on our I will proceed to wikify all dates I see. --Kralizec! (talk) 18:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilinking[edit]

Many thanks for your constructive advice on Wikilinking - I'm still learning! However, I would say that some links need to be repeated to make the articles more user friendly for skim reading. Pgg7 00:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Briec[edit]

Hi Arwel ! I have announced your article at Wikipedia:WikiProject France/New article announcements. Happy editing,STTW (talk) 00:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

discuss the conflict. I did not change current club. only LIST of clubs. I was not wrong.[edit]

be more respectful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sdsoc (talk • contribs) 23:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Apologies if I was abrupt, however this has been inserted and removed for days and is getting silly - particularly when there is a direct instruction commented into the infobox NOT to include Galaxy in the infobox until after 30 June. -- Arwel (talk) 23:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

help[edit]

help

Hi, i need your help

One of your admin, Doc glasgow , is threatening me and blocking my account. We have a dispute in the definition on living person.

Please contact me for more information.

Thanks

Senatorto

I will echo Arthur Rubin's comment. The school may not be a living person, but the people you are naming are and fall within the purview of WP:BLP. You are also within 1 reversion of a 24 hour editing ban for violation of the Three Revert Policy in any case. Going alphabetically through the entire list of Administrators until you find one who might support you is unlikely to succeed - Doc is absolutely correct in his interpretation of Wikipedia policies. -- Arwel (talk) 16:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dates[edit]

Yep, I understand now. Thanks. What really jars is linking (for example) the United States or England, whenever they are mentioned — as if the reader isn't perfectly capable of looking up those topics if the desire upon reading about, say Harold Shipman, suddenly spurs a desire for knowledge about England. --Cunningham 11:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Spelt"[edit]

I know that the word is proper, I just find that "spelled" would fit better is all. Thanks Kornfan71 19:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

==Rolling stock==[edit]

Someone has put back the "includes locomotives" claim back onto the rolling stock page. Like you I am convinced this is wrong, and someone is using a dictionary as reference. G-Man * 20:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]