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December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Menorah (Hanukkah) has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Jake Wartenberg^talk 18:01, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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edit summary

see edit summary under article Kyle Eckel. biography of living persons rules are being violated. relevant facts pertaining to Kyle Eckel are not that of stringing together different news articles and constructing untruths

stop abusing your power. thank you

Menorah (Hanukkah)

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Peter Leparulo

Notable enough for what? To be included? I have no idea. But it is certainly not a clear-cut case based on what I've seen so far, so it can't be speedily deleted. As far as I can see, there has never been a biography of Peter van Stolk, so I can't comment. Speedy deletion should only be used for completely clear-cut cases. Regular deletion should be the regular path. Wily D 22:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

used

Yeah, that was a mistake. I went to fix the last line about the name and release of the new album but undid the wrong edit. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Remote peace (talk • contribs) 03:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

You comment on my talk page

Please do not edit your posts in this manner, as it misrepresents my response. If you would like to add a new comment at the bottom of the thread, go ahead. Thanks, Jake Wartenberg^Talk 22:09, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!!!

Sorry if I was a tad snippy at the AfD. I wasn't meaning to be. I hope you enjoy a festive and joyous holiday season. Enjoy the rest of your 2008, 2009 is coming up fast! ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:14, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Your map is of areas where blacks are the largest ancestry group and not a majority of the population; whites are split up into several groups like English, Scotch-Irish, American, and Germen. So blacks could make up as little and 15% of the population in some of these counties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.113.2.197 (talk) 16:25, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Wilfried Hartung

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magistrates (band)

Hi Mynameinc. If you have a chance, could you re-visit this discussion? A number of sources have been found, which might address your concerns about the article. Thanks, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 13:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

User_talk:124.158.32.247

Don't worry, I got the admin to change the block so he can't edit the talk page for the rest of the block. Momo san ^Gespräch 貢献 01:14, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

That's good. I was sick of reverting that talk page, but it is important for other editors, of course. my name inc 01:15, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

IP:124.158.32.247

Hi!

I see that the IP user 124.158.32.247 is trying to blank his/her page. I also thought that one can not blank or remove messages or even warnings from their own talk page unless they are personal attacks, but then I noticed that I was wrong. Based on wp:blanking all users have the right of removing. So I think this IP user can blank it. Lets remove the warnings and just keep the attention header so that other users know that this IP may not be just for one computer. Kind regards--Parvazbato59 (talk) 01:18, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I guess, I disagree with the rule also, but they must be followed. my name inc 01:21, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes he can remove warnings, the exception is block notices under WP:BLANKING although I disagree with the rule for IP's. but those edits were clear vandalism and had to be reverted. Momo san ^Gespräch 貢献 01:22, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't like this rule either, but what can we do? I wish we could ask for an update on this rule. I personally took a case to ANI and happened to know that one can remove these notices. Actually even block notices canbe removed based on WP:blanking. Only exception is declined unblock requests and confirmed sockpuppetry notices. It does not say that block notices can not be removed. I might be wrong. --Parvazbato59 (talk) 01:30, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I guess the block notice one is a question mark. But I think it should be there letting them know they are blocked. Momo san ^Gespräch 貢献 01:33, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Quoted from Wikipedia: Don't restore removed comments: "There are only three types of messages that a user should not remove: declined unblock requests while the block is still in effect, confirmed sockpuppetry notices, and shared IP header templates for unregistered editors. These templates are intended not only to communicate with the user in question but also to communicate with others." Nowhere does it say block notices. But his blanking was still vandalism, per the third bold phrase. my name inc 01:34, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

exactly. That is why I was sayig earlier, we could leave the shared IP header, and remove the rest, since this is what the Ip wanted. But I also agree with user:Momusufan. This rule needs to be more clear so, it won't be abused. It is okay, the fact is that this user was blocked for vandalism. We can probably remove warnings and give a welcome message after 3 days block, so that he/she can restart editing--Parvazbato59 (talk) 01:42, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Library of Congress

Hi please read the following templates. LOC mterial is public domain. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.

The fact it is publis domain is cited in the reference to Agriculture in Saudi Arabia. I have therefore declined the speedy. Thanks Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:48, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Please read Library of Congress Country Studies. You may not realise it but a substatnail proportion of all our main country/history/geography and economic related article contain whole chunks of text from the LOC. You'll have to trust me on this, Check out History of Panama, Agriculture in Bolivia (which appeared as A DYK) anything Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:53, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

What part about freely available for use by researchers. No copyright is claimed on them; therefore, they have been dedicated to the public domain and can be copied freely aren't you seeing? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:56, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Fine go ahead and tag them all. Nobody is going to delete them as it is public domain. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:00, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Mess around like that again and you will be BLOCKED for disruption. Messing about with articles and placing unwarranted speedy deletion tags on them and then trying to justify your edits as WP:SARCASM IS UNACCEPTABLE and constitutes as WP:Vandalism. You've been warned. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:08, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll accept your last message, mentioning WP:Sarcasm in the circumstances was not. Thanks. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I see but I presented what the policy is on LOC material first time and it took many attempts for you to accept it, even though templates and articles and even a whole sub project dedicated to transferring material from the LOC onto wikipedia. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:14, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

My Grunt Productions Studios should be alright. i already told somebody else about this. i do have all the proof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grunty14 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

DYK for New York City ethnic enclaves

On May 2, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New York City ethnic enclaves, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations on your second DYK! Royal broil 13:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Coasterfalls

What do you mean? It's a reference image, it's used on three pages. Why? —Excelsior, The Flash - ^{(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me bay-bay!)} 20:14, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

User page thing fixed. I really don't get why the image is bothering you. If you want it's purpose, it's to act as a reference for the plot on Phineas and Ferb's page, and as a very important part in Rollercoaster (Phineas and Ferb episode), which is important as it's a series premiere. Is what your asking me to tag the image of it's purpose? Because I think that's already done. —Excelsior, The Flash - ^{(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me bay-bay!)} 20:20, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't trying to be hateful. Extremely sorry if I came off that way. I'm just a tad confused there. There's only four images in the entire "Rollercoaster" page, I didn't figure there was very much. Also, on the Phineas and Ferb page itself, what is the maximum copyrighted images needed, because right now there's only five. —Excelsior, The Flash - ^{(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me bay-bay!)} 20:34, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, good. The importance of the coaster falling is important because it is the actual premise of the entire episode. I think if I remove the Perrytrap.jpg file, the page will be good. Now, on the Phineas and Ferb page, is the amount of images fine now? —Excelsior, The Flash - ^{(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me bay-bay!)} 20:43, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, fixed. —Excelsior, The Flash - ^{(Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me bay-bay!)} 20:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

NYC ethnic enclaves

I started a section here with comments. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 23:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Added more comments. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 20:22, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:WP:AQF(Active)

Thats wonderful. I can have an actual newsletter drawn up in minutes, but my biggest problem was getting it delivered. I've contacted the owners of several bots, but they haven't gotten back to me. If you know anything about delivering newsletters that would be great. Obviously contribution to the writing of the newsletter would be greatly welcomed, but right now delivery is our biggest problem.

Needless to say, you can contribute to whatever articles you want. If, however, you are having any trouble deciding where to contribute, we are putting particualr emphasis on cleaning up the requested articles part of the tasklist. You can also click on the links to the lists of aquarium fish(I believe they are seperated by marine and freshwater) and create any article that hasn't already been created. If you choose this route, I ask that if you see this kind of thing: Common name Betta Scientific name Betta splendens, you take the extra five seconds and add a redirect.

Thank you for your timeD^rewS^mith 01:19, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Good idea with the Active, Inactive, Former tags, however I don't really see it as being practical. Most people don't "tie up loose ends" when they leave a webiste, and they won't take the time to move their name from active to former. Also, no one will sign up as inactive. Maybe if we set some sort of rule like 4 or 5 months with no contributions to wikipedia= inactive. See what tryptofish thinks.D^rewS^mith 22:48, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

I have been through their contibutions list, and have a list of editors who have posted in the last month. But according to trypto(or maybe it was casliber) a month is not long enough to consider them inactive. I'll take a look at the list and see if any of them are considered re-tired. Does semi-retired count towards inactive?D^rewS^mith 23:28, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

The only member who has a tag is Neale Monks, and he is semi-retired. I took a look at a few of the editors contibs, and alot of them haven't contributed anything on wikipedia at all since 07. I think these people should be moved to the Inactive or even Former list. I'll try to get a good list of users who haven't posted in, say, a year? How long is it for Inactive and how long for Former? IDK, I'm gonna move this to the talk page and see what trypto and casliber think.D^rewS^mith 00:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)