User:Leonard^Bloom/Archive6

Eternity Bible College article

Hi, Mr Bloom!

I had put an SD-G11 on the above article, then saw you'd done it previously, so removed it.

The article (despite what its author says on the talk page) looks like promotional material to me - I'm just curious about why you decided that it was not?

I had a quick look on Google, and could find no reliable hits!

As a relative novice eager to learn, I would be grateful if you would let me know what you saw that I didn't - the creator didn't convince me with his arguments on the talk page.

Regards, -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 19:00, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

To be honest, the creator did not convince me. The article, as I felt and still feel, is promotional, but I believed that it was going to grow and assert notability like he said it was. I did not consider notability an issue at the time, because it's a school, and usually, those have articles (see WP:DEFACTO). However, as it is appears to be a private school, you bring up a good point; it may not be notable.

The article also has not changed much since I removed the tags. I will probably prod it or take it to WP:AFD, unless you want to for the experience. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 20:41, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I've literally got a couple of mins before I have to go out, so I'll look later. If you haven't AfD'd it when I get onto wikipedia later, I'll start the process. TBH I don't think it'll be worth PRODing it, as the creator will probably just remove the tag. I don't need the experienced (I've PROD'd and AFD'd before), but if you dont get the chance to, I'll do it tonight. Regards -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 07:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I've got a few minutes to leave until I go on a 4 day trip, so... well, you'll probably be the one to take it AfD. Also, sorry to assume you needed the experience; I was really just judging by the "relative novice" bit. Later, Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 12:45, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Eternity Bible College

An article that you have been involved in editing, Eternity Bible College, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eternity Bible College. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 18:50, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Premature archival

You know me. I can never make up my mind. The main reason, though, was some trouble I had in acquiring the book about the New England Emigrant Aid Company that was to be the primary source of information. I've been preoccupied lately, but I did write a couple paragraphs on the topic I was threatening to do instead. Here's the book I mentioned.

In case you're interested - you usually are, no matter how obscure the topic - the chapter "Guillotine: The Jacobins Remove the Ancien Regime" is quite an appropriate title; it's about Goldwater's convention and the official removal of the Rockefeller Republicans from power. Probably not worth wasting your preview pages on; the same goes for the "Rise of Goldwater" chapter. That one is about people like Robert Taft and is summed up in the Background section I wrote. And yes, {{page number}}. I'll do that and cover the stuff in the "Goldwater Ambivalence" chapter when I can. I also have a few more books to sift through and extract information from. I keep coming back to Hurrah though. Here's something for you to digest when you get back.

The picture on this cover is somehow Palinesque to me. The image issues he had in his lifetime were in a different ballpark from hers though. Recognizance (talk) 06:08, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

It's obvious I cannot leave, or you go stir crazy and leave long ramblings on my talk. Work on NEEAC, and I'm content; feel free to do whatever to your other stuff. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 06:06, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

1. Oppose. This user has no concept of the Preview button. Or rather how to use it effectively. Recognizance (talk) 07:17, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

   Fixed the indent. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 07:19, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the mix up.--S_U_F (talk) 01:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

No, it was my fault. Happy editing. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 01:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Get out of my sandbox/post-it note area. Anyway, we have a formatting emergency. See Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1968. Recognizance (talk) 09:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I don't know if you can call it an emergency when it's something that doesn't apply to Firefox and has apparently been that way since March 2008(?) at any rate. But try looking at the page in Chrome. Recognizance (talk) 09:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Does being ugly count? Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 16:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Template:GA

Thanks for your oldid additions to GA templates. I recommend just changing to Template:ArticleHistory, which can be used to integrate multiple actions (peer reviews, featured X candidacy, AfD discussions, etc.). Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 18:46, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. I've been doing a little maintenance around here, and adding the oldids was easy enough. I'll use that template from now on. Again, thanks, and happy editing. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 21:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

New Page Patrol - Vector skin

Hey,

The new page patrol script now natively supports the vector skin. You can switch to the original one if you want.

importScript('User:TheJosh/Scripts/NewPagePatrol.js');

Cheers, TheJosh (talk) 02:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 07:01, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William Thompson Lusk

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Thank you

Hey man. Thanks for the advice. I was just kind of angry but thank god you were there to advise me. I've apologised and I hope the guy can forgive me. Thank you for helping :) mÆniac ^Ask! 21:13, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Beate Eriksen (I thought you created the article, my bad)

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Um... thank you? :P All I did was create the talk page, but thanks. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 05:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

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I didn't upload it, only resized it. Huh. Well, CSD is CSD. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 06:45, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

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sorry

sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by B1ink82 (talk • contribs) 09:16, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to assume this is referring to my tagging your recent article for deletion. No need to be sorry, just read up on notability and reliable sourcing, crucial elements to creating articles on new topics. Happy editing. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 09:18, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Undated AfC submissions

Hi Leo. Alright - that sounds like a great idea! I'll try it out. Thanks for letting me know! Cheers, FASTILY ^(TALK) 22:59, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/McClellandtown

i know i am sorry i know afc is everyone and it's weare people go and get help with an article you want to put up on here but in the past i put up some articles that other people may have not thur afc although most of them are still on here and i am trying to get better on that. i do not want to start anything with anyone if you know i mean so i am sorry again and yes i would reconsider the article again sorry if i was not clear on that before.Oo7565 (talk) 22:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay, and thanks for reconsidering the decision. :) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 22:12, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:WP:AFC/R backlog

Hi Leo. That was quite the backlog! Unfortunately, I was only able to get in on filling the requests near the end when they were almost all filled :( ...but I still managed to fill a fair share of the requests. Thanks for letting me know though. Cheers, FASTILY ^(TALK) 22:44, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh snap, there's more at the bottom. Never mind the above. FASTILY ^(TALK) 22:46, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, I guess it's all done now - no more uber backlog. I could only imagine what everyone was thinking upon seeing such a backlog (so much in fact User:Earwig is working on a script to make processing requests faster). Anyways, thanks for letting me know. Best, FASTILY ^(TALK) 02:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

For you...

		The Original Barnstar
		Please accept this barnstar for all the work you have done to improve the dermatology-related content on Wikipedia! ---kilbad (talk) 19:42, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :) I take it this means I'm to go ahead on those redirects? Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 19:49, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I am working on some of them right now as well. ---kilbad (talk) 19:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Alright. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 19:52, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

It looks like you took care of the redirects. I'll try making a stub or two. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 19:58, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Three Months

Hi Leo. Well, I'm not going to lie, I've been watching your edits for quite some time now and frankly I do like what I see.

However, I will be on Wikibreak until December. From now until then, I'm hoping to see that you keep up (improving if you can) your quality edits, ensure that your csd taggings and afd nominations are correct, and fix the issues noted in your previous rfas. If you do this for the next three months, you'll have my nomination. Please consider it. Best, A signed out Fastily. -24.4.249.48 (talk) 00:07, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much Fastily. I have time; I'm in no big rush. December should be fine. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 04:10, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Javert, who has also been stalking your contributions, really likes this. →javért ^breakaway 04:21, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

It appears someone has been doing more than just stalking my contribs, eh? :P Thank you. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 04:22, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Great!! Some tips to follow for the next few months to help ensure a successful rfa:

• Join discussions whenever relevant. We like to see people with a history of adding meaningful points to discussions.
• Show that you understand consensus. Maybe perform some non-admin closures of xfd's.
• Will you be working with files? You MUST (no exceptions) have a thorough understanding of WP:NFCC, WP:NFC, WP:IUP, ect. Rfa voters will be looking for this understanding.
• Working with Articles? Rfa participants like to see candinates with at least one GA or FA under their belts.
• Working in CSD? You MUST have an extremely low number of mistaggings. Some users will scour your edits searching for mistaggings and use those to sink your rfa (This has happened too many times in the past...).
• Don't use automated tools (i.e. WP:HG, WP:AWB, WP:FURME, WP:TW) too often. Some users look down on this and will !vote oppose solely because of that.
• You MUST be civil towards all users and yes, that includes disruptive users.
• Participate in the "WP:" pages/discussions of the project whenever possible. Rfa participants will check to see that you understand the what goes on in the inner workings of the project.

I'll try to take a look at your contribs every once in awhile when the opportunity presents itself and give you some advice if you need it but...beyond that, T–3 months. Make the best of it! Regards, FASTILY ^(TALK) 20:48, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

I'll keep those in mind. :) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 22:10, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

submission to Articles for creation.

Thank you for putting up my article. I was able to find it immediately when i got back to the computer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.171.106.205 (talk) 02:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Inappropriate username

I have started Wikipedia:Changing username process to change my username from MJP-wiki-editor to PK-wiki-editor I hope this is the correct procedure --MJP-wiki-editor (talk) 15:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

note

thank you for caring re: my loss. DS (talk) 12:44, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Never a problem. You know where to find me if you need anything. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 16:50, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Reisser-Cycle

Your deletion request/deletion in progress, is erroneous and false. Your statement relating to the credibility of the article is incomplete, due to the lack of your research. We understand that today's posts are at large questionable, but you should always contact the author or research the subject before attempting to delete. Due to you and your colleagues' skepticism, we have included references to other websites and the United States Patent Treaty Organization that will validate our article and position. Furthermore, we will include references in our article from field-related textbooks. We are looking forward to you changing the deletion request in respect to our article. Should this not be done, we will look to alternate steps in posting our article and validating our information on Wikipedia.

Respectfully, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.218.33.171 (talk) 17:39, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the appropriate steps for confirm the information on our articles. Wikipedia relies on reliable sourcing and neutral information. However, even with attempts to source the article, it is nonetheless essay-like, and reads like original research. I linked the relevant guidelines when prodding the article. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 17:46, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Sarcasm

Surely you didn't mean to roll back the changes so that "DICK" was reintroduced to the page? Fences&Windows 19:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, this was an accident. That's one of the main reasons I don't use huggle as often as I used to; I always find some way to screw it up. My apologies, and thank you for notifying me. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 19:48, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

I was all ready to slap on a vandalism notice when I realised you didn't look like the kind of editor to do that! And I remembered "don't template the regulars". I screw up rollbacks occasionally too. Fences&Windows 19:59, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh. Thanks. For future notice, feel free to template me. Templates were made for a reason, with an idea to communicate. Experience doesn't mean you're exempt. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 20:44, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of List of panels making life or death decisions

I have nominated List of panels making life or death decisions, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of panels making life or death decisions. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Leuko (talk) 22:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Not my article. See AfD. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 22:56, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey, sorry, I wasn't really trying to make an end run around WP:AFC (I didn't even know there was a sub-R page, good to know!). I originally tried to expand Death panel but no one liked that idea, believing panels deciding life and death to be purely the fantasy of Sarah Palin (as opposed to the real life panels which do exist I as have since detailed at List of panels making life or death decisions). Anyway, if I'd known there was going to be such a fuss, I would have figured out a better title and submitted it all to WP:AFC directly. Sorry again, but keep up the good work. -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 23:09, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

New Resize Tool Version

You should try it. I managed to make it just a little more streamlined. And most importantly, more reliable. RandomStringOfCharacters (talk) 20:37, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Nifty. I didn't even know that reliability was a problem. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 23:06, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

MY dear Bloom

I was basing this after scanning...."As of late he has run two races as a senior, this third race (in Boise) is up to question. Scott currently feels that he costs the team more than he is worth in terms of points." First we'll find a fluke! Hell In A Bucket (talk) 06:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

My blanket, my blue blanket....Hell In A Bucket (talk) 06:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I would hardly call that enough to make it an attack page or worthy of blanking, and I'm confused by the blanket statement. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 06:44, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I was assuming your name was a play on The Producers. Wonderful film, written by Mel Brooks. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 06:46, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem, it's a common mistake. Actually, this handle is based off of Leopold Bloom, a character from Ulysses by James Joyce. The Producers allude to this character. I altered the name mainly because I prefer Leonard over Leopold. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 06:48, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

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TY you for Agf on that!Hell In A Bucket (talk) 06:50, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. :) *noms* Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 06:51, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

[[1]] The clip in question Hell In A Bucket (talk) 06:57, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Mel Gibson Brooks is a funny man indeed. (Apparently I don't know my cultural landmarks.) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 07:03, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

The actor with the Blanket is Gene Wilder. Mel Brooks penned Robin Hood Men in Tights Blazin Saddles and Young Frankenstein a truely impressive writer/actor. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 07:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

No, I know who Mel Brooks is. I just made a typo, then made a comment about it. It was a joke, I suppose. :P Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 07:08, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

For beating me to EVERY single redirect request.. -.-

		The Redirect Barnstar
		For being the most diligent and knowledgeable redirect reviewer that I know SparksBoy (talk) 05:45, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 16:48, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Special Barnstar
		For the hard work you put into revamping my userboxes. I appreciate the time and effort that you put into it very much! Thank you for all that you do. Warmly, –Katerenka (talk • contribs) 02:52, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Your welcome, and many thanks for the barnstar. :) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 03:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks man

Hey, thanks for fixing that mistake with the spam vs vandalism .. Not that expert at this yet Vishnu2011 (talk) 03:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Question about member

So I was doing some recent changes patrol (fun I know), and found this chap here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Spoisp.

It seems all his contributions has been going around changing the references to Abortion and sneakily redirecting it to Feticide. For example look here ..

[[abortion]] BECOMES [[feticide|abortion]]

It seems like he's someone who is anti-abortion who wants to redirect all abortion links to a criminal definition of the word .. So what can a wikipedian do about this? Vishnu2011 (talk) 03:39, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

I've gone through most of their edits; they don't have too many. They almost entirely editing within one topic, with a rather clear bias. [2], [3], [4], [5]. Nice job catching it. I suggest either contacting the user, and if that doesn't stop the problem, then starting a thread on WP:POVN. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 04:19, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Good stuff, thanks for the help Vishnu2011 (talk) 04:26, 5 October 2009 (UTC)