User talk:HangingCurve/Archive 2

Wolfgang Smith Article

Hello, You recently flagged my Wolfgang Smith Article. Please reconsider. I have added a bibliography and emphasized this man's academic works.

Hey Blue

Hey Blue...who are you? I don't believe anything I posted was protected by copyright. In fact, "The John Marshall Law School in Chicago" owns the trademark name "John Marshall Law School".

Prior to bringing my website on-line, I informed The John Marshall Law School of its’ contents, and posted a disclaimer on the title page and on every Table of Contents Page. I’ve heard no objection and received no “cease and desist” letter from The John Marshall Law School.

I am a newbie so I'd appreciate an email or something before recommending changes. I agree, my posts were not in the correct page and/or format, that was an error. I don't hide my identity and anyone can send me an email and message.

In any event, it appears you do provide an excellent service for Wikipedia readers.

However, I strongly believe that you should give contributors (especially new contributors) a chance to modify a post----before you report it to the administrator. It's a "due process" thing...if the goal of Wikipedia is to encourage freedom of speech---then a poster should also be given a chance to modify a post while still on the “learning curve” of Wikipedia’s policies, which are somewhat convoluted and difficult to understand where to post comments depending on the subject matter of the comments one wishes to post.

Thank you. Gina Van Detta

WIS

Hi, Blue. When you get a chance, could you take a look at the edit war going on on the WIS (TV) page and the associated talk page? I'm pretty sure this cries out for a Request for Protection, but I'm not an experienced enough Wikipedian to know how to do it. My requests to one of the warring parties to have a civil discussion have been blanked within seconds. Thanks, John JTRH 00:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)JTRH 00:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. One of these days, I'll figure out how to do this stuff myself. :-) JTRH 14:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Please reconsider your AfD of the Deputy Director for Blood Policy and Programs, US DHHS

Hey Blue - I completely see your point for recommending deleting this article; however, I have edited it based on your comments. This position is the result of 10 years of hard work by many of us in the blood and plasma users groups (cancer and other patients). It's very important and groups like the AABB and America's Blood Centers have announced it in their national newsletters. Many thanks. MS 01:11, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Tillie Fowler

I concur with JeffPW's concerns about your edit of the Tillie Fowler article. I admit that I'm not totally objective, having served as her Chief of Staff. But that is why I haven't objected to other edits from "objective" contributors. I'm not so sure all of your edits lead me to believe they were made without a political agenda or motivation. I also don't understand why you minimized her service as Chairman of the Defense Policy Board. It's one of the most influential positions in the Pentagon, and she was the first woman ever to serve as Chairman. Finally, it is not correct to say that Tillie was the first Republican woman elected to the House "in her own right." While Ileana did fill out the remainder of Claude Pepper's term when he died, she did so after winning a special election. She was "elected in her own right" to the seat - it just wasn't in November. You can't really even say Tillie was the first Republican woman to be elected to a full term in the U.S. House since Ileana was also elected to a full term in the 1992 regular general election. David W. Gilliland 20:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:FSweeney.jpg

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Your Comment on EN Talk Page

Sorry to have been out of the loop. Only recently saw your comment. We are working on the article again and have left a note on DavidLRattigan's Talk Page to have him take a look at the article too. Thelma Bowlen^Talk 10:50, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summaries

Please consider the importance of using the edit summary box. WP:ES Alan.ca 21:28, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Please view Bobby Jindal talk page

I have asked one question about a revision there and am about to ask another. Thanks DanielZimmerman 08:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

(added to add link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bobby_Jindal ) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DanielZimmerman (talk • contribs) 08:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

KTVX

Hi. When reverting an edit by another editor, please use an edit summary to explain your action. Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 20:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

WKAR

I want to thank you for your work on the WKAR stations. I've been working on cleaning up the mess that is the Michigan Radio articles since the start of the year, and it's always nice to see another editor come along and help out the cause. Thanks again! JPG-GR 18:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Also, so you know, I've moved WKAR (FM) to WKAR-FM since that's it's offical callsign. Update your watchlist as necessary. JPG-GR 19:19, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs

If you could read the entry you were editing, you would see that it is not discussing the Toronto Hockey Club, better known today as the NHA's Toronto Blue Shirts, but rather the NHL team that used the Blue Shirts players and were also called the Blue Shirts for one season before becoming the Toronto Arenas. This is the team that went on to become the Leafs. I know your edits are made in good faith, but you often replace verifiable information with content that is inaccurate or ahistorical. Maybe you could try raising questions on discussion pages. --Walor 21:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Every Nation mediation

The Every Nation mediation has been started at Talk:Every Nation/mediation. Please give your input and proposals there. Thanks! Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 07:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

User:76.5.155.175

This case may be a bit complex for AIV. You might try posting this on the sock page. I've left it on AIV, but no one seems to want to touch it. Rklawton 18:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Blue,

While your editing of the Congressman's page is "well-cited" (one source), I believe you are merely seeking to discredit someone based on a single newspaper's attack columns rather than piece together actual facts. It is helpful that your profile lists you as an active Democrat, but should you wish to add to the Congressman's biography, I would welcome your views on his background.

hey, now

i saw that now! Is that a way to give thanks for the thankless work that i just did, i.e. reverting all of the non administrative edits (basically medical edits) except for 1 day left (3/31)? Atlas87 00:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I'm pretty damn sure Atlas is a Dereks1x sock. Taking this to Durova's talk page, then CN if need be. · j e r s y k o talk · 00:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed. Tvoz |talk 07:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for placing some templates and listing Dereks1x at the banned users list. It was a pleasant surprise to come home from work and find that already finished :) · j e r s y k o talk · 23:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

WDBJ

Hello...I reverted the WDBJ page and then rewrote the section that was in violation. I only reverted cause it makes things easier to write:) Give the rewrote section a look and let me know if further changes should be made. My apologizes for the first revert, I didn't actually look to see if it was in violation (it was) and that was my fault. I just reverted without looking while dealing with other problems. That is no excuse and I again apologize.

Please let me know if the rewrote section needs work and if any further changes should be made. Rock on...SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Toil)} 19:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It could have been that old FCC rule that prevented owners of newspapers from owning a certain number of TV stations....at least I think that is how it went. Of course now, companies can own papers, radio and TV stations, but I think in the past (before the 60s) were limited or banned outright from owning papers and TV stations in the same community, but I could be wrong. - SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Toil)} 22:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Looking at that, you are more than likely correct. I didn't know WDBJ got that far. I knew 'DBJ had far-reaching coverage, but figured it was just via cable. Now, in Richlands, Grundy, Marion, South Boston, Farmville (where their signal doesn't reach) they are on cable and remain on cable in Bluefield and Beckley from the days before WVNS-TV, so they cover ALOT of ground.

But you are more-than-likely right about the Landmark/coverage thing. - SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Toil)} 22:44, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

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TQS

Most TQS affiliates are on UHF, true, but CFAP and CFRS aren't. Bearcat 00:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Chris Washburn

Thanks for cleaning up Washburn's article a lot. However, it's still an unorganized mess of random paragraphs. Please do not remove the clean up tag next time. Thank you! :) FamicomJL 02:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Twin Cities Public Television entry

Blueboy,

Your reversion of this site to an earlier edition eliminated substantially updated and factual information that was placed there by Twin Cities Public Television. This will not be appreciated by our viewers, who have found the info that we provided to be helpful.

Re:DavidYork71

Hey Blueboy, thanks for your message. Making a TOS violation report to his ISP will probably have to be the next step but unfortunately his ISP (Telstra) has been rather unhelpful with similar Wikipedia complaints in the past. Thanks for endorsing the community ban. Take care, Sarah 08:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Hi there, just stating that "Username is a clear violation of the username policy" is not a reason to be blocked (as per the green box on that page). You need to state why the username is a violation of it otherwise you need to report it to WP:RFCN. Thanks in advance --Samtheboy ^(t/c) 19:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Response

You put:

Per WP:SPAM, advertising-only accounts can be blocked on sight ... that's why I reported it.
Blueboy96 16:27, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't say it can be blocked on-sight (spambots can, though), it says that they must be given proper warning here. --24.136.230.38 16:40, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

User talk:RakeHoe

I removed your warning. This doesn't look like vandalism at all to me, just a newbie trying to learn how to edit. Please assume good faith when dealing with newbies unless they are obviously vandalising. Cheers. 20:47, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Brendan Loy revisions

I revised the article to reflect your previous revisions. In my opinion, the article does suffer from inadequate sourcing, but the latest edits by Scientizzle do not address that issue. In fact, his latest revision removed verifiable content, and inserted content regarding Loy's graduation from college which is unverified.

Chappy Sinclair 22:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Kd lvr and User:Kdkatpir2

For awhile this afternoon and evening, we weren't sure on who was the puppet and who was the puppeteer. Hence the dual sockpuppet tags. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 02:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Whatever you do, User:TREYWiki and I will totally back you up and give you all the help and information we can. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 02:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

As promised ... let's shut him down, NOW.Blueboy96 03:15, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I posted as did User:TREYWiki. My post (went 3 paragraphs....sorry) but the last two paragraphs are slightly out of alignment with the first. Wasn't sure how to get them to line-up with the bullet there. Hope that helps. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 03:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

WOBM-FM

Whilst mindlessly searching through Wiki, I noticed the infobox on WOBM wasn't right...I fixed it with the cool version I have (more info) and it will not correct itself. I am not sure of the problem. Thought you could take a look at it. Thanks....SVRTVDude ^(VT) 05:07, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Not sure what I did, but I fixed it. Hey, I don't ask, as long as it works. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 05:10, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks!

I just wanted to say that i found out that there is a "Burger King." I requested a change. Thanks for being nice about it. It's just that I'm in rural Asia, and there's no "Burger Kings" there. BergerKing 17:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		I couldn't find one for moitoring usernames, so im giviing u this one BergerKing 17:07, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs

Hello Blueboy96, I've reversed your edit at this page. The 'Torontos' & the 'Blueshirts' did not evolve into the Toronto Arenas/St.Patricks/Maple Leafs. In all the NHL publications I've read, the Maple Leafs franchise began as the Arenas. There was never any linkage with the Blueshirts or Torontos. GoodDay 18:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Though it's true, the Arenas used the Blueshirts players in the 1917-18 season, that reasoning is left off other NHl team pages infoboxes. Example: the Montreal Canadiens don't list Halibury, Chicago Blackhawks don't list Portland Rosebuds, Detroit Red Wings don't list the Victoria Cougars etc. GoodDay 19:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Smile:)

James, La gloria è a dio has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Re: Checkuser

Thanks, I wasn't sure how to do that. I thought it was an external site like WhoIs. Shows I still have many bells and whistles to learn about. Also seems that User:TREYWiki and I have been reported to the Admin board. I am not even going to respond to it personally. I find the whole thing laughable. ^[1] Thanks again....SVRTVDude ^(VT) 20:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

It'll be a pig in a poke, I think ... a sanity check I did on this last night revealed an instance where those two voted "keep" on an AfD discussion within one minute of each other. And they say they're two different people? Not bloody likely. At the very least, it indicates they're on the same 'puter, if not the same body.Blueboy96 20:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

That is what I am thinking, the latter. It is sadly and hysterically obvious they are one in the same. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 20:28, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

You may want to include in the checkuser everone in this category,as they are his other suspected socks.--TREYWiki 20:30, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Watched

Oh, I know....that's why I am just sitting back and waiting. They will slip up again and when they do, I will be there waiting. KDKA-TV is always on my watchlist anyway (it is part of the stations I have knowledge of and help edit/keep an eye on), so keeping an eye on those little buggers should be easy. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 20:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I think they get the point now. 1 down in the KD Twins, I got my second press credential, and it is a sunny, warm and not humid day....life is good:) - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 19:30, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah (Part 2).....

....I think you also deserve one of these....

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		A well-deserved barnstar for the uncovering of the "KD Twins", putting up with their trolling, defending others from their personal attacks, helping us launch the initial investigations against them, and keeping them from putting the project at further jeopardy. Well Done! - SVRTVDude (VT) 19:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar, it is my first one ever. :) Eaomatrix 20:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

RFCN reports

I can see you've been enthusiastic in reporting users who might possibly violate the username policy to WP:RFCN. Thanks for your enthusiasm, but no thanks. Please don't bother with borderline cases, that just ends up being a way of biting the newbies and wastes community time. Also, WP:RFCN has recently been reformed, and it is heavily frowned upon to bring users to that board without first discussing your concerns with them, possibly using {{UsernameConcern}} to help you write the text. For cases you wouldn't report to AIV, you shouldn't bring them to RFCN unless (1) the user actually edits, (2) you've asked them about their username, and (3) they have explicitly declined to change usernames, at the very least. Mangojuice^talk 21:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Your second report to RFCN may qualify for WP:AIV as long and excessive- please report at AIV if you wish to persue this or, if the user makes contributions, re-report at RFCN, thanks. GDonato (talk) 21:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thank you! Keep up the good work yourself.... -- ArglebargleIV 21:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Sock...Meat?

I am not sure which one to put now, I am so confused. :) - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 19:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

The admin that blocked kdkatpir2 blocked him as a sockpuppeteer. --TREYWiki 19:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Ah, now I understand. I also just read your post on my KDKA talk page....which doesn't let me know someone has posted there....so I apologize for that delay. But now I do understand:) Thanks...SVRTVDude ^(VT) 19:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Looks like User:Kdkatpir2 has somehow gotten around his block and has posted on his talk page. Lovely. - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 20:09, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, he's allowed to do that--under WP:BLOCK, indefblocked users can only post to their talk page, and nowhere else.Blueboy96 20:11, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I did not know this. Hey, I just learned something:) - SVRTVDude ^(VT) 20:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

RfA closed

Hi. I closed and delisted your RfA. Better luck next time. Regards, El_C 20:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Request

Could you please email me with some explanation why you think Licorne's ban need to be ratified for "legal" reasons? Thanks, JoshuaZ 06:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Annoying person44

hi blue, about my username, when i created it i did intend for it to sound as if i would be doing anything annoying. i have been described as annoying so this name describes me. i do not intend to hurt wikipedia in any way. in closing please consider allowing my username to remain.

Annoying person44 23:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

So you know, he has been vandalizing, adding useless comments to Talk:Osama bin Laden and Talk:Adolf Hitler Ichibani 23:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Role accounts

I wouldn't revert edits to userspace, but edits to articles should be reverted because role account do not comply with our licensing since edits can't be attributed to a single person. John Reaves (talk) 20:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

We just had an edit conflict on AIV sorry if I messed up your message. WikiMan53 talk / sign? 23:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Dafungaafarts

According to WP:USER#Removal_of_warnings and WP:VANDALISM#Types_of_vandalism, removing a warning on your own user talk page isn't vandalism, although it is not encouraged either. You might want to reconsider your statement on his talk page. Phony Saint 00:12, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Dude

Well, I guess you know that TREY and I got blocked for our "behaviour" when dealing with Kd lvr and Kdkatpir2 and that those two are no longer sockpuppets nor meatpuppets. Which adds to my confusion. Oh well. TREY has quit Wikipedia and I no longer helping, reverting, or reporting anyone. I am going to let them handle it. Hope you have a good day....SVRTVDude ^(VT) 03:35, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Username Reports

I've noticed you've been making a lot of reports to WP:UAA. Are you cruising the New Users log? CASCADIA^Howl/_Trail 17:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Be sure you're only auto reporting blatant violations, we'd like to limit biting editors on grounds of a good faith bad choice of a username. CASCADIA^Howl/_Trail 17:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, you are reporting with WP:TW, and apparently a fix has been done to stop TW from creating headings when it reports. You have to bypass your cache. see WT:TW#TW_adding_headings_at_UAA. Flyguy649^talk_contribs 18:04, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Primoris Sanctus Ordo Of Sanctus Omnimodus Mens

You might want to drop a note by him asking him to change his name. Cheers! —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 04:58, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok, you might want to keep an eye on it and also leave a note that you have left a message at WP:UAA. —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 05:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello, this is Primoris here. What part of the user name is in violation? Please leave a comment on my page. Thank you. Primoris 14:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Since User:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is not considered too long with sixty characters, then how could my user name be too long with forty-eight? Please leave a comment on my page. Cheers. Primoris 14:37, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protection

Alright. I'll just let the ANI go, it's probably already protected enough against the libelists. If any admin decides to block, I'll be fine with that, though. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 14:41, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

thanx

No, I really appreciate what you did for me with the username. Someone else might have been way less gentle. BergerKing

Penguinboy bot

I was thinking about using a bot account. But I have decided against it, I will delete penguinboy bot asap.

EN Mediation

Please stop by the mediation page that Seraphimblade created. Thanks. Thelma Bowlen^Talk 06:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Biting

Please be a little more careful with new users. Many new editors post a couple of articles in quick succession, not realising our rules on copyright. It was a little early to threaten him with administrative action. --Steve _(Stephen) ^talk 23:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Twinkle

Hey, I notice you use Twinkle, and Ive been wanting to use it too. I cant seem to figure out how to get it to work. Could you help me, please?--TREYWiki 23:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Ive got it working now, on Firefox. If you have time, would you mind explaining to me how it works?--TREYWiki 23:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:BAN

I'd be interested in seeing this, do you know where the source for this is? Thanks in advance, Navou ^banter 21:21, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

That was helpful to me, an editor posed a question to me regarding the reciprocity of bans across projects. Thanks, Navou ^banter 22:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Confidence Tricks

WikiProject Confidence Tricks You recently edited an article that was about confidence tricks. I'm currently proposing an WikiProject to cover confidence tricks, and I'm curious to see if you're interested. If you are, please check out the proposal page, and join if you wish! Of course this is legitimate! Would I lie to you? Scalene•UserPage•Talk•Contributions•Biography•Є•

I'm not as active as I once was but I do follow these kinds of articles. I'll check back and see how far this has progressed. Hopefully I can be of some help down the road. - Tεxτurε 18:54, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to WCBS-TV

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User:Beoch

I am probably showing my naivety here, but what is wrong with this username?--Anthony.bradbury 22:49, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

OK. It has no meaning on this side of the pond.--Anthony.bradbury 22:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Arrogance

Who and what gives you the right to have an article removed????? Nicholas Monteleone happens to be my father. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vluanne (talk • contribs) 02:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC).

Thomas Graham

I was fixing the links on Graham's page when I got your message. One of the links was vandalism, directing to the webpage of a young guy, with nothing to do with our man. Pls. review.

Yours,

KilkennyConfed

Question

Hey Blueboy, I have a question. I noticed that you changed User:Bobby Boulders's sockpuppeteer template's pipe from "blocked" to "proven", what difference does pipe change make? Wooyi^{Talk to me?} 20:47, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I know that, but seems like the pipe doesn't make any difference on the page itself. Is suspected/proven really a valid parameter on that template? Wooyi^{Talk to me?} 20:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I see it now, it was subtle. Thanks. Wooyi^{Talk to me?} 21:33, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page. --Jennica 22:47, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Question for Blueboy as to why he removed my links

Hey, Blueboy, I was wondering if you could explain to me how linking to a few legit outside movie reviews is considered "vandalism," especially considering that some of the movies pages I linked on invited users to add additional content as the article in question was a "stub?"

Anyway, it wasn't my intention to vandalize anything or promote a website (I didn't write those reviews I linked to, nor do I have anything to do with that site- I just like the guy's reviews). I'd like to to add the links back but if that's a no-no, whatever. --User:Dolemite7

Bans

I think you are considerably misunderstanding how bans work at Wikipedia, so I want to try to offer some insight. This is just constructive criticism, so don't take is asnything more than that, or as something personal. If you ever consider adding an adjective to "ban" like "official," "formal," or "ratified," you've got it wrong: a ban is a ban is a ban. Efforts to make bans, intentionally or not, into a bureaucratic process, will always be resisted. P\On a most basic level, people are banned if no one unblocks them. If that has already occurred, discussion is needless and overly process-concerned. This is also why I'm concerned about your unneeded verbiage at WP:BAN; please avoid instruction creep. Furthermore, the concept of "ban" doesn't really make sense for vandalism. There is no need to propose a vandal for a ban, as an admin will simply deal with vandalism by blocking, no admin will give it a second thought and consider unblocking, and that is that. No reason to discuss the matter, unless you want them unblocked for some good reason. Thanks. Dmcdevit·t 08:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Dolce, Dolce, Gabbana!

Why would you put the page up for deletion? It isn't made up, this is a game that's ACTUALLY PLAYED! Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's made up!

KUAT's broadcast range

I'm trying to figure out how come KUAT's signal isn't the greatest in northwest Tucson (hence the need for KUAS). Only reason I can think of is the need to protect San Diego's XETV, the only full-powered channel 6 anywhere close to Tucson (according to FCC files, the only channel 6's in Arizona besides KUAT are translators for Phoenix stations). I added that to the KUAT article ... but if I'm wrong, can ya find out? Thanks ... Blueboy96 19:56, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Nope, it's terrain shielding. That's also the reason KVOA needs K64BV, KGUN needs K16EO, and KUVE-TV needs KUVE-CA. The four stations have their main transmitters on Mt. Bigelow, in the Catalina Mtns. NE of Tucson, but the Catalinas stretch all the way over to Oro Valley, where the mountains suddenly end with a very steep drop-off. Add the fact that Mt. Lemmon is W of Mt. Bigelow, and is higher, and it's easy to see why Tucson's NW suburbs cannot receive the primary stations' signals. KMSB, KOLD-TV, KTTU, KHRR and KWBA don't have that problem, as KOLD, KTTU, and KHRR are on Towers Mtn. west of downtown Tucson, and KMSB and KWBA are in the Santa Rita Mtns. about 30 mi. S of Tucson. Accordingly, those stations' signals don't reach NE of the Catalinas. dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

KAZT-TV

Why are you replacing accurate information with inaccurate? KAZT doesn't brand as channel 27, cable 13; they brand as AZ-TV. Period. When they use their legal ID, it includes both of the Prescott channel positions, 7 (TV) and 25 (DT). Also, the station wasn't founded in 1982. They may have come on the air in 1982, but they were founded when the original construction permit was granted, in 1980. I live in Phoenix. dhett ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:36, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Active Interest Media article Speedy Deletion

Hey, I saw it nominated for Speedy Deletion and think I fixed what was wrong with it. If you think it still is hideous enough for speedy deletion, go ahead and put the tag back. Redian (Talk) 04:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Iasson/Faethon

Thanks for the heads-up. If you ask me, there's really no need to bother reverting their edits. It's not as if it really mattered much what tag those pages have. Just report them and get them blocked. Cheers, Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:56, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The checkuser archive is [2]. If you need to know the IP ranges you'll have to check the closing admins block log (sneaky backdoor there). -N 20:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Not from around here, clearly

Excuse me, Blue, but it has come to my attention that you have edited my contribution to the March section of the 1989 article. Clearly, you have never visited my hometown of Nanaimo. Doug Cox is a national hero here on the island, also sharing the name with our world famous doborro guitar player from Vancouver Island, Doug Cox. Thank you.

thanx again

tank you again for helping me with the username problem BergerKing

WCVB-TV edit

I removed an outdated piece of info from your recent edit to the page. As the DFW Metroplex has eclipsed Beantown in terms of Nielsen market size, WFAA-TV is now ABC's largest non-O&O affiliate. Ranma9617 03:47, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Blueboy -Please explain the rationale behind your recent decision to intervene in the Columbia International University article, in particular the "Controversy" section? Hopefully, the edit was not reinstated automatically since it would be clear to even the casual reader that Wikipedia is being used in this article as a platform for someone with an axe to grind, and to stir up ill feelings. Is there an admin who can assist? Much appreciated. CBCean 18:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Blake Vining

Hi, that man's name was a red link at Seattle Seahawks. I couldn't possibly decide about his notability. Can you? Best wishes, <KF> 19:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't understand a word you're saying, but that's of course exclusively my fault: never been interested in sports.

There's a self-made problem here: As long as his name appears as [[Blake Vining]] on the Seattle Seahawks page (three times!), people will keep creating that article. All the best, <KF> 19:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Follow up to your comments

Blueboy - Can you point me in the direction for dispute resolution? I'm new to all this but someone(s) is taking advantage of Wikipedia and Columbia International University, and it needs to end. I agree this type of dialog should take place on the Talk pages; however, having said that, I can understand the frustration of CIUboy when he reads someones personal opinion in such a malicious manner. How this got into the article is questionable. I assume the person simply got bolder with his/her attacks on CIU. As a side, you mention you just happened on this article but I can assure you this type of diatribe has been going on for some time. I've watched it off an on for numerous months. Now I read about it in blogs as though Wikipedia is the place to go for gossip and ill news. This should not be; neither for Wikipedia nor CIU. So I am asking for your help. If you don't have the time or incentive, do you know whom I may contact? Thanks for your understanding. CBCean 23:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

My user page

Yes, it was vandalised complete with some links to some shocking images which I wasn't prepared to have left in my history. Oversight refused to remove the previous edits, so I deleted the page. Drc79 06:45, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

- Ooops! Sorry just realised I posted this message on your user page by mistake. I've now reverted that. Sorry for the unintentional vandalism! Drc79 07:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Removing dorfirrion studios?

The page dorfirrion studios does not and will not provide blatant advertising, it is a page describing the company, much as would be done for Microsoft. yet it is not removed for 'advertising'.

i state that dorfirrion studios page is not to be deleted as it is of encyclopaedic knowedge and may feed ones eyes with more wiki knowledge.

yeah thanks a bunch for removing it without thought. >:( i shant' use wikipedia again!

When the world is not enough... eat cake! 20:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Biblical Inerrancy

You have to let me know why you keep allowing the inclusion of an invalid external argument about God's character in the Biblical Inerrancy article whereas comments about what the Bible itself says about the character of God are omitted. Hey, it's an article about the Bible, why cannot citations from the Bible be used? This is biasing the article towards external views. In an article about the BIble the reader must know what the Bible says about ITSELF!

OK

OK IT WAS A Joke. I have seen too many people bitching because the canon is female so i wanted to pull a prank

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For your funny response on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Garcia, Ten Pound Hammer and his otters award you the Barnstar of Good Humor. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 23:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Re. Roosaa

Hi there Blue! :) I'll email you with the info I possess, because I don't wish to give this troll the satisfaction of recognition. Let's just starve him! ;) Please contact me for any further help you need. Thank you! Love, Phaedriel - 13:35, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Mail on its way! :) Phaedriel - 13:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Tracy McGrady

Hi there; may I take it that you are sure that this username, which you have marked for block under WP:UAA, is not in fact owned by the person of that name? If not, it clearly qualifies for username block. But if it is in fact Tracy's own page.......?--Anthony.bradbury 21:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm. Really, erring on the side of caution implies not blocking it. I think I will wait, on a hair-trigger, and see if there is any vandalism forthcoming. Or another admin might username- block anyway, which I will clearly not object to.--Anthony.bradbury 21:58, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the invitation to RfA

But I think that at least some folks will not consider me good admin material due to my lack of article edits at this time, so I'm going to decline the opportunity, at least for now. If you still think I'm admin material in September (once I get a chance to get my edits up), we can certainly go for the mop then. Again, it's very appreciated. SirFozzie 17:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

On 2nd thought, encouraged by several users, I have accepted your nomination, and hope that you will formally nominate me, and hope for the best. SirFozzie 23:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Possible error in characterisation

Dear User:Blueboy96. I note that you have identified as vandalism a recent change made by User:Ftmaustralia. The change can be found here, and involved changing this address to this address. A quick inspection reveals that the former link is just a redirect to the latter link. A closer inspection (see here and here) would indicate that the organisation called "MTRA" and the organisation called "FTMAustralia" are/have been one and the same, or at least had much in common. I cannot speak for any other changes that User:Ftmaustralia has made but, on the face of it, it would seem that this change was not vandalism per se but a simple attempt to update a link. You might want to inspect the two links yourself to reassure yourself on this point. Thank you for your time, Regards, Editwikipediausername 01:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so very much

It looks like my Request for Admin has closed successfully at (58/8/2). Your nomination of me and gentle prodding to accept the nomination are things I'm very grateful for. I consider it my duty to try to live up to the trust that you and others have shown in me. SirFozzie 17:39, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Yawn

Christ, this fellow is boring - and persistent. I'll try to get the IP/IP range blocked, though he may well be using proxies. Cheers, Moreschi ^Talk 14:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:WTVM.gif)

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user abuse

dear blueboy96, I don't believe that I misused wikipedia in any way, or abused Merope. I left a very polite comment, which you are free to read on her talk page, however I deleted it the first time, becuase I realized I left it in the wrong place. I don't see how I did anything wrong. she deleted my article, and I merely asked her what I need to do for it to be kept up. I apologize for any misunderstandings, but I hav had my account for all of 2 hours, and i just want to see my fraternity have a page on the site, that is it. Skarangermuffintop 19:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Nationalist

Taken care of, I found a checkuser that linked the two, and indefblocked the user. SirFozzie 20:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Gregory B. Johnson

• The Gregory B. Johnson article was written by the artist himself. He posted on his talk page that he authorizes what he wrote on there. So there is no copyright violation if he will indicate this in the article. --David Andreas 21:06, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Ahh, but I now see what you wrote on its talk page to the author. My bad... --David Andreas 21:08, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:NPA

I was baffled by the removal of the sentence in this edit.[3], since you indicated that you wish to "add teeth" to the policy. Actually, this struck me as weakening the policy, and I was surprised you removed it again given your stated intent. Cheers,--Mantanmoreland 15:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I figured it was! Thanks your reply.--Mantanmoreland 15:28, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:13wibw.jpg

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Panairjdde

If you find that Panairjdde is harassing you again, come to me and I'll deal with him. Kingjeff 01:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Cool it?

Facts are facts and you seem to want to ignore them. You are closing in on a 3RR violation ... perhaps you are the one who should 'cool it'. The mentions of race are not POV, they are factual. Sorry.

p.s. Does your choice of schools have anything to do with your edits about this incident? Hmm. Duke53 | ^Talk 05:14, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

"I'd advise you to cool it, or else this goes to dispute resolution. Blueboy96 14:45, 1 July 2007 (UTC) You do what you think you 'gotta do'; so will I. ("Suitable for the DUKE Chronicle") Cheers. Duke53 | ^Talk 15:15, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, the musician I wrote a page about gave me permission to do so, how do I prove it? Thanks.

---

Mocavious_Kryst

Babe Ruth

You had made some semi-lengthy text changes to the article a couple of days ago. However, that was to a maliciously-reverted version. I have restored the previous version and have re-applied a handful of minor changes. I need for you (if you want) to review the article now vs. the changes you had made, to see if you want or need to re-apply any of them. Baseball Bugs 22:03, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Cool it :)

I'll thank you to stay out of my business. Since your last little 'gambit' didn't work, this latest attempt at 'annoying' me is very transparent to anybody following this. 04:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)Duke53 | ^Talk 04:49, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

ANI

The comment that you just restored at WP:ANI was actually still there [4], so it was duplicated. I removed the duplication [5]. Please revert if you feel I was in error. Flyguy649 ^talk _contribs 04:44, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:UAA

Hi, thanks for reporting a user here, unfortunately I can't really say that 18 chars is an extremely lengthy username. We got plenty of legitimates users that have 25+ chars in their username. Perhaps you should consider discussing with the user first or bring it to the username noticeboard in such cases :). There's a discussion going on at WT:UAA on that subject, you are welcome to join the discussion! Thanks! -- lucasbfr ^talk 13:50, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

CIII

I honestly have absolutely no idea, actually... Bearcat 03:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

DBE

DBEs are generally notable--not always, but the presence of the title is certainly at least an assertion of importance, and doesn't fit speedy --and the article does have sources. If I deleted it, other admins would complain. If you think she's NN, afd is the place. DGG (talk) 20:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Deleting userspace pages

Why do you think accurate content on my userspace needs to be deleted? --User At Work 23:00, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Lustfaust

Hey, when doing non-admin closures, don't forget to remove the AFD notice from the article and put a template such as {{oldafdfull}} on the Talk page. That's all. Happy editing! --Dhartung | Talk 17:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Your SSP report against Ghirlandajo

Hi. Please carefully reevaluate the evidence in support of your suspected sockpuppetry report against User:Ghirlandajo. In my view at least, there is wholly insufficient evidence for this serious accusation against a very senior and experienced contributor. Additionally, edit-warring to keep warnings on a user's talkpage is rarely worthwhile. However, I do appreciate your contributions to our anti-vandalism efforts. Regards, Newyorkbrad 01:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Hare krine

I have reverted your revert and restored User:Hare krine's edits on Joseph Stalin. I have done this for two reasons:

1. You claim that User:Hare krine is a sock puppet of User:Ghirlandajo. I generally trust Ghirla's edit. If Hare krine can emulate Ghirlandajo, he most likely produced something good.
2. You claim that his edits are vandalism. I can see no vandalism, but agressive POV-pushing. Calling someone a vandal without cause is an indication of bad faith.

It seems to me, that Hare krine's edits may have pointed out some systematic bias in the article. You should carefully study his edits before revereting. -- Petri Krohn 01:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

MfD closure

You closed the deletion discussion for User:Mat lario with {{Mfd top}} at the top, but you forgot to put {{Mfd bottom}} at the bottom, causing problems. I fixed it. Thank you!  Tcrow777  talk  23:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, mate. I just could not be bothered to follow process at the time. I just thought that a user with a single edit was not worth the effort but I appreciate that you did it by the book for me. Regards, --Asterion^talk 22:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Community sanction noticeboard

As the person who made an proposal on TJ Spyke on the community sanction noticeboard, I think you should take a look over at something else I have brought there. — Moe ε 00:30, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Hervey Bay Bombers AFC

An article about a sports team should either demonstrate that anyone who is associated with the team meets WP:BIO (that's not official and you wont find it anywhere) or meet WP:CORP. If you feel that the Hervey Bay Bombers AFC deletion debate has bought to your attention other articles which don't meet either WP:N or WP:CORP then feel free to bring them up for deletion.

Note that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS and WP:ILIKEIT are not reasons to retain articles. Garrie 01:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Um, given you are the one who listed the article for deletion - I don't understand the question you asked on my talk page. I don't see though how any precedent can show you any given sporting team won't pass WP:N, really, any particular sports team (say one associated with a run of national representatives) could pass WP:N regardless of the level at which it competes. This could easily happen with some sports teams from around Wagga Wagga where it could pretty easily be shown that some specific clubs have had long term success at contributing to instilling skills and values which go on to produce top level players.Garrie 01:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I read my talk page again. I think I worked out where you're coming from.

Generally speaking there is no reason why there are articles on ARFL teams unless they are in either the AFL itself, or in the VFL or an equivalent league from before there was an AFL. But there is a wikiproject that disagrees with my sentiments there.

From WP:V, any topic which has been the subject of multiple works is sufficient for an article. Some very low-grade football teams pass that level.Garrie 06:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

First Vision - time for action

I appreciate the efforts of Visorstuff to resolve the situation at First Vision. I now understand that he was hampered by his past involvement in this article and with John Foxe. No one is editing the article right now, but I believe that John Foxe's comments on the talk page demonstrate that he either cannot understand or refuses to comply with the WP:NPOV policy. I'm trying to gain a consensus on his inappropriate behavior, and I invite you, as a past contributor to this article, to add your comments to this discussion. If you think that my behavior also warrants criticism, I invite that as well. I will be posting this invitation on several other user talk pages, but with your past history on this article you might be aware of other editors who have walked away. Please feel free to let them know what is going on and invite their input at Talk:First_Vision#Time_for_action. 74s181 13:47, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

WCNC

Thanks very much. I think the two of us have produced a pretty good page! JTRH 14:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Slut Night

When you get a chance, take a look at the work Benjiboi did on Slut Night. And consider reviewing your non-vote? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 14:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Filomena Hanas

The newspaper link seems to be real ... but even if she is real, she's well wide of the notability mark. What seems bogus about that newspaper? Blueboy96 19:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

The paper is a tiny village publication. The link points to the newspaper's home page, not any specific article. A search in the archive revealed 0 results. --Targeman 19:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't count on AT&T being responsive

We've got a similar problem with Mmbabies (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who gets Internet service from a corporate sister of SBC Global ... as you can see at WP:ANI, all efforts to contact them have been met with no response even though the guy's been doing things that put the project in severe legal jeopardy. Worth a try, I know ... Blueboy96 19:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi BlueBoy. Thanks for letting me know. Well, WP:RBI is the best way to deal w/ it. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 19:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: I mean they would be back no doubt and there is no admin who would think of unblocking their account. Thanks for your assistance. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 20:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

copyvio

no it isn't... not anymore, since i added new stuff. oh, and i know someone who works there. --Cold washed 20:32, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Reference to you on talk page I noticed

Hello! You may wish to respond to this message I noticed on another user's talk page. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 04:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

NFL Rants & Raves

Please consider how popular this podcast is. It has the 2nd highest rated site and the highest downloaded NFL podcast on Itunes in 4 different countries (USA, UK , Candada and Australia) Vicklt7 01:18, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

McSweegan

Thanks of jumping in on the McSweegan article; it needed some attention. Studerby 17:23, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Whaddya mean "if you still want the article deleted, we'll definitely comply with that request"? Do we just short circuit ongoing AfDs when the subject of an article screams loud enough? --ElKevbo 04:52, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in My RfA which closed successfully. I am honored and truly more than a little humbled by the support of so many members of the community. It's more than a bit of a lift to see comments on my behalf by so many people that I respect. I'll do my best to not disappoint you or the community. - Philippe | Talk 20:20, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Premier League fixtures

I think it's a licensing issue. The Premier League has copyrighted their fixture lists as their intellectual property, and as such any site that doesn't have "Nominated Fanzine" status with a club has to pay £266 + VAT per year to display Premier League or Football League fixtures. - PeeJay 14:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with you. Most people over here think it's just a case of the Football League trying to rake in as much cash as it can, without any thought to the people they have to trample on to get it. - PeeJay 14:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Escats

You commented on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Escats. I have re-listed this for further discussion, and you might want to look at the issue again. DES ^(talk) 16:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Potential sockpuppets

I noticed that you reverted the last three acts of vandalism on my user page. I really appreciate it. However, both of those users I suspect are sockpuppets of a user who vandalized my talk page some time ago, giving a death threat, as well. I suspect that the users Below the bridge and Underneath the bridge are sockpuppets of Beneath the bridge. Beneath the bridge was blocked indefinitely after it was determined that it was a vandalism-only account belonging to a troll (Beneath the bridge = troll). And I have a strong hunch that the two most recent users are sockpuppets of that original user. So, if any other user vandalizes my talk page, then if it has "...the bridge" in its name, most likely he would be a sockpuppet of Beneath the bridge. Please look out for that. Thank you. Ksy92003(talk) 17:06, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forgive Me

RE this AfD - I've now found out that Brooklyn Wednesday is actually real, so I've removed it from the AfD again and refactored your comments back to how they originally stood so they make sense to the closing admin. Hope that's OK. ELIMINATORJR ^TALK 19:05, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries

If you don't mind, try to be more explicit in your edit summaries. For instance, this edit, for which your summary was just "copyedit", involved consequential textual changes, including rewriting sentences and adding material. I am assuming you're using "copyedit" to mean "changes to the copy" rather than "fixing grammar, punctuation, and style issues", since this edit was not simply a copyedit according to the latter definition. However, as all edits are changes to the copy, I'm sure other editors would appreciate summaries that don't have the same potential for confusion. Croctotheface 14:19, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Biblical Numerology (2nd nomination)

Just wanted to let you know that your speedy tag for Biblical Numerology under G6 was removed by DGG, for whatever reason. It may also interest you to know there is a discussion going on about this article, as noted above. Sidatio 13:36, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

PS - The Flyers looks strong this season!

Bokononism edit

Hi Blueboy96, I don't understand why you considered my recent edit to the Bokononism article to be vandalism. I certainly didn't add the sentence for any malicious reason. It is simply a true statement (see http://www.marypat.org/stuff/mywords/dante.html) that I thought would be of interest to readers of the article.

Listcruft

Please be warned that if you continue to nominate lists on the basis of WP:Listcruft and "will never be complete" I will report you every time. This is a complete abuse of the system, as these are not valid reasons. Refusal to acknowledge this is WP:POINT#Refusal to 'get the point'. Make sure you read the guidelines at WP:LIST so that you understand what criteria must be met for a legit list. However, it is my view that you have proven yourself unworthy of voting here. Please formulate an understanding first, and then participate. (Mind meal 10:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC))

Thanks!

		My RFA
		User:TenPoundHammer and his romp of Wikipedia-editing otters thank you for participating in Hammer's failed request for adminship, and for the helpful tips given to Hammer for his and his otters' next run at gaining the key. Also, Hammer has talked to the otters, and from now on they promise not to leave fish guts and clamshells on the Articles for Deletion pages anymore. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 16:50, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

SCETV

Thanks for the heads-up! 01:18, 29 July 2007 (UTC) (EDIT: Thought I signed it?) JTRH 01:18, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with your latest suggestion, but I'm not an experienced enough Wikipedian to know how to do it. If you take the initiative, I'll support your efforts. Thanks again. JTRH 02:05, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I just Googled this "scandal". It has not been reported by any reputable media source, except that The State (Columbia's newspaper) reported that a lawsuit was filed in the matter. No further coverage, which probably means it was dismissed immediately. Our friend, however, seems to have recently vandalized a couple of ETV sites with his ongoing complaint. JTRH 02:43, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

At it again, once again as Wikiwriter100. JTRH 03:16, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your edits to this page - the other user's edits weren't really "vandalism" so to speak (they were probably not good faith edits, and I did end up blocking the IP, but you can't call them vandalism). Therefore, I have to warn you that you are in danger of violating the 3 revert rule (in fact, you already have, but nobody has warned you yet). ugen64 03:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

First of all, the edits weren't vandalism as you claimed in the edit summary and on WP:AIV. Second of all, what you should have done was warned the user about the 3RR after his 3rd revert and then, if he had reverted you again, reported him to WP:AN3. You had plenty of time to do this, and that's preferable to making 6 reverts in 24 hours (even I'm hesitant to do that no matter what the vandalism/libel/etc. is). Also, it's better to report bad faith users to, say, WP:ANI (okay, you didn't technically violate the policy, but making so many reverts is in somewhat bad taste unless the situation is especially dire). ugen64 04:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

A comment -- User:Wikiwriter100 did not violate WP:BLP, because this article is not a biography. No living persons were potentially libelled. --Ginkgo100^talk 04:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

More comment -- I misread the disputed text; I had thought they were both companies, but it appears one was indeed a living person. More comments on my talk, in response to you there. --Ginkgo100^talk 04:25, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Good job! JTRH 12:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Poornachandra Tejasvi Upadhyaya

[6] - That is a perfectly appropriate username, in my opinion at least. Picaroon (Talk) 01:38, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Dash Signature deletion

Hello Blue, you commented "No notability asserted at all, borderline spam" at [Afd] The article has been rewritten now, and if you can please compare it to the FXpansion one. Thanks--Luigi 16:23, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Traditions of Texas A&M University

Sorry if I'm coming across overly harsh on the Traditions of Texas A&M University page. I'm working on getting this ready for GA, and then FA. I've been monitoring the article really closely to try to keep all the material properly sourced on the sections I've already revamped. Thanks for your additions -- it's nice to see that non-Aggies are being exposed to Aggie traditions too! Karanacs 16:42, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Wbtwold.jpg)

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The Sam Harris situation

I'm vacilating between blocking and not blocking. On the one hand, the user is definitely trying to be disruptive and has obvious, declared ownership issues with Sam Harris (singer). On the other hand, though, I think they are baiting us and are pleased by a reaction. It's possible that if they are ignored they'll just go away. Natalie 03:21, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

I suppose you turned out to be right, since in the middle of my vacillating some bolder administrators hard blocked. I guess now we just wait and see if they come back. Natalie 03:53, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: WNYW on the Upper East Side

I'm a little confused ... how come you don't think it's important to say that WNYW's studios are on the Upper East Side? I figured that someone reading that article is more likely to know where the Upper East Side is rather than Yorkville, so that's why I put that in there.

Speaking as a native, lifelong New Yorker, and someone who worked in the area for five years, it is very accurate to put Yorkville in the article (despite what you may think). The name Yorkville existed before the whole area was given the blanket name of Upper East Side. Only non-natives would refer to it only as U.E.S., but we still use the name Yorkville around here. Besides, if Yorkville didn't exist legitimately, there wouldn't be a Wikipedia article on it, right? Rollosmokes 09:02, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: Fdfdfdfdfd

I remember seeing the edits of a blocked editor who posted the same rant about "YOU SHALL NOT HOLD DOWN THE RIGHTS OF THE VANDALIZERS!!!!" on every page he vandalized...I can't seem to locate those edits again but this guy has been around before.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 20:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

• Found it: User:I Am Zezima.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 21:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Aggie War Hymn

Thanks for spicing up this page! Similar to what User:Karanacs mentioned, it's nice to see non-Aggies to edit A&M articles. Thanks and gig 'em! BlueAg09 (Talk) 05:06, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:UAA

Hi, just to tell you I decided to remove Www.funnyperson.uh (talk · contribs) from the list, the website being non existent. You are of course free to request a comment at WP:RFCN. I let an other admin make the call for the other one, personally I wouldn't block. -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:13wibw.jpg

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no source information ;)--OsamaK 21:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Michael Vick

The semi-protection on it doesn't seem to have any automatic expiration. We will need to watch it, and make any adjustments indicated. As an admin, I can remove the current or apply full protection if things really get bad. This happened with the Va Tech Massacre article, for a day or so. I will try to watch, but you can also leave me a message if you note action needed. Thanks for helping. Mark in Historic Triangle 14:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

About the other article you mentioned, we cannot semi-protect (or more) until there have been incidents which make that necessary. Let me know if you see that happening, OK? Mark in Historic Triangle 22:47, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:TAMU

Your knowledge of things related to A&M is quite impressive. Of course, that isn't a requirement to get this...

Howdy! As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Texas A&M, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Texas A&M University. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks and Gig 'em! BlueAg09 (Talk) 22:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I added you as a participant on WP:TAMU. I'm also adding the category which indicates you're a member. Hope you don't mind :) BlueAg09 (Talk) 22:53, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Check out some of the edit summaries here [7]. We're special :) Giggy\^Talk 06:38, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Link to church discipline blog

At church disciple I created a topic. I wanted to notify you. Here is the link [8]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.82.181.129 (talk) 14:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

This article questioned

I am at a loss here because I do not know enough about it, and/or wikipedia, to evaluate this in the greater wikipedia world. What is your take on this article: Beta Male. The article reads like a not-so-"critical review" you might find in the Life-section of a newspaper, and the list of links looks like a repository replacement for The Times. Is this encyclopedia stuff? VanBurenen 09:17, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 22:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Iantresman sockpuppet

There is a new sockpuppet of User:Iantresman: User talk:81.31.38.19. Please check it out, thanks. 24.199.99.169 20:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

By the way, the IP address being used is proprietary of exmasters.com, a webhosting service that Ian Tresman uses for his site: World-Sex-News.com. 24.199.99.169 20:39, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

List of banned users

Hi Blueboy96, I would respectfully ask you to revert your edit to the discussion of nathanrdotcom's reason for banning. While what you have written may be true, Arbcom took the unusual (but probably appropriate) step of hearing this case in camera, and thus did not reveal any of their findings or reasons for their decision - only the decision itself. Unless you were sitting on Arbcom, you do not know if that was an actual finding of the case; and if you were involved in that decision, you are violating the secrecy of the deliberations by releasing one of its findings. Please reconsider. Risker 03:49, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Rubén Hinojosa

The vandal has done it several more times since you reverted him. Anomalocaris 07:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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Champions...

Proof of falsified claims and research cannot be "proven" except by the fact that the methods to obtain such information were not taken and by the very virtue of their existence they are untrue. In other words, there is no way for anyone to "prove" that Don Beck never contacted CFC, or its athletes, and only based his opinions off the writngs of newspapers and Sports Illustrated, and practically guessed salary figures. Furthermore, there is no way to cite the fact that no athlete in the organization felt pressured to switch agents, because the only way to prove that is to have a transcript of someone interviewing athletes within the organization - which never happened. Darrell Green, Mark Brunell, Tony Boselli, and Dave Jamerson, the only athletes interviewed, dismissed such claims, but others did not have the public opportunity to do so nor the desire to play into the controversy by giving the media the time of day.

The fact that no athletes that were ever a part of CFC have ever gone on record to say they felt either pressured, or misused, or any of those things is testimony enough to the fact that the accusations against CFC were false. The quotes in the Controversy section should be deleted because it presents one-sided accusations that are unfounded, and the other side cannot be presented with sources since the other side is supported by the complete absence of accusations from those associated with the organization. Furthermore, personal knowledge of the organization from third party sources like this user, cannot be cited though such knowledge is much more reliable than the quotations of people like Don Beck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timsaway (talk • contribs) 02:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

RFC/USER discussion concerning (ThreeE)

Hello, HangingCurve. Please be aware that a request for comments has been filed concerning ThreeE's conduct on Wikipedia. The RFC entry can be found by "ThreeE" in this list, and the actual discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/ThreeE, where I would appreciate your participation and comments. — BQZip01 — ^talk 11:59, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Champions Revisited

Sir,

I appreciate your desire to keep Wikipedia free from non-sourced opinions and the like, so I think you would agree with me that the citations attributed to MinistryWatch.com as a source are inappropriate considering that they are not vaild or functioning links. A quick search of the organization's website reveals no such page, or any other for that matter, regarding the CFC organization. Please do not repost these faulty links if you take seriously your perspective on Wikipedian ideals of verifiable citations. Thank you, and I appreciate your informing me of Wikipedia's guidelines as I am a new user. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timsaway (talk • contribs) 22:44, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Archer-Fish

Hi. You changed

"... Not until after the end of the war did the Americans learn that Archer-Fish had sunk the still unfinished Shinano, ..."

to

"... It was only after the war that the public learned the identity of Archer-Fish's quarry--Shinano, ...".

Did the Navy know the carrier's identity? The Archer-Fish's patrol report tentatively identifies her as a Hayataka- (actually Junyō) or Taiho-class carrier of approximately 28,000 tons. I don't see a date for the PUC; the citation mentions "a large Japanese aircraft carrier ".
—wwoods 15:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

AT&T vandals

Tell me about it. WAVY 10 19:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Anaheim Ducks alternate captains in 2006-07

Hello Blueboy96, I fixed up your edits at Scott Niedermayer. The Ducks alternate captains in '06-'07, were Chris Pronger & Rob Niedermayer (Pronger replaced Selanne before start of season). Selanne only wore an 'A' when S.Niedermayer, Pronger or R.Niedermayer were 'out of the lineup'. GoodDay 19:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)