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Hey, quick question. I've recently created Strawberry Hill (Rhinebeck, New York) with plans to eventually expand it, but I'm unable to find the NRHP reference number. Is there a standard source for that? Looking forward to working on the TSP, BTW, when I get a bit more free time to start researching it. –Juliancolton | Talk 01:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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"Insufficient activity"? Please have a look at the revision history of ITER. There have been nine identical vandalous edits - with the first back in November of this year - and three of which were in the last 24 hours. Just because the vandalism was not reported until this morning should not be taken as a reason to allow this repeated behavior. -RadicalOne---Contact Me 18:44, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I gather that sysops are somewhat constrained as far as when they can block a user relative to how fresh their vandalism is, and with respect to how frequently they've been warned.
I'm wondering how best to deal with users such as this one, who appear to be gaming the system. By conducting their vandalism at off-peak hours and on poorly monitored pages, they are able to avoid consequences because their edits can fly under the radar for hours without notice. Further, despite a history of edits that include little more than vandalism, they are able to disguise themselves as good-faith editors by blanking numerous warnings.
I've made a log of those warnings and posted it to the user's talk page in hopes that future admins will be able to see it, but do you have any suggestions for how to deal with editors like this?
Thanks. — Bdb484 (talk) 06:37, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I was surprised to find that there's no article on this mountain - unless maybe it's listed under the name of the old mountain house up there? I have some pictures I could upload unless you're aware of any - mine would take a bit of editing to make them less touristy so probably something existing would be better.--otherlleft 22:24, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the one near Woodstock - I'm surprised your DYK machine hasn't found it yet. ;) I'll see what pics I have and let you know when they're up - but I might have to wait until it's nice out to go back there and look at the tourist signs to start looking for sources.--otherlleft 01:06, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm guessing you visit Commons enough that you don't need me to tell you I left a message for you there?--otherlleft 02:08, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I left myself a reminder to get some pictures in the spring. In the meantime I'm going to try to lay my hands on the book cited in Kaaterskill High Peak because it sounds like a good secondary source about the mountain itself. Given the unreferenced state of the Catskill Mountain House article, I don't know what sources might be out there about the hotel.--otherlleft 22:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am planning on picking the brain of one of the fire stewards who tells me he can give me some reliable sources and images. If you're willing to take a look it would be appreciated - I've never worked on a mountain before.--otherlleft 22:07, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats, I think you've managed to master the art of typing dry humor. I stared at my screen blankly for a moment, looked at what I had written above, and smiled. You're a loon. Is there a barnstar for that?--otherlleft 03:13, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You've got a pretty good handle on how to handle Flickr images, don't you? I found this using the advanced search for Creative Commons-licensed files that use derivative works. Is that the only criterion for making a Flickr image acceptable? (Of course, I also want to verify that the photographer didn't take a picture of Plattekill by mistake!)--otherlleft 03:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the image advice. All that alphabet soup makes my eyes bleed. Someday the naming of things like this will be wrested from lawyers and computer programmers and given into the charge of people that wish to make it clear what it means! (I dream of the "Use It However You Like" license.)--otherlleft 15:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I sent you an e-mail. --Tenmei (talk) 04:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your time and consideration. As a gesture of appreciation, may I share a rhetorical question from the Analects of Confucius: "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?" --Tenmei (talk) 20:41, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
About SPI and AVI, I had a question to ask if you have the time. user:bonadea recently posted a string of three accounts which appeared to be socks by implanting 'joe castillo' in articles. My question is how to handle these doctor users correctly. [1] has already been created at long term abuse and the individual behind these is has been confirmed a sock puppeteer. Should myself and others report these accounts to AIV as they come, or should we go ahead with another SPI as you mentioned on the AIV page? The user though clearly has ways to circumnavigate blocks and persistantly is coming back every few weeks or so (even after a check user). I hope i was transparent with my wording, let me know if you need anything clarified, thanks for your time. Ottawa4ever (talk) 17:47, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm answering here since you indicate that you like conversations to remain together.
It sounds for this guy like you're going to need a rangeblock, which someone with checkuser will have to determine since there are only registered accounts involved. Or an open proxy block, which again will require checkuser.
We generally prefer, at AIV, that any suspected sock issues be dealt with at SPI if there hasn't been one already, and those that are posted at AIV be really obvious. Daniel Case (talk) 20:13, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Daniel Case. You have new messages at PMDrive1061's talk page. Message added 02:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]
Since you declined the first unblock request I was wondering if you wanted to weigh in on this. Thanks Valley2city‽ 02:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DELETED PAGE?
You deleted my content for HMCS Malahat, saying it was "Unambiguous advertising or promotion" - what is the diff between what I tried to post, and what HMCS Discovery has on their page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdnnavyhistorylover (talk • contribs) 22:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Daniel, first, I'm sorry if this isn't the way to ask for these things as I've never needed to ask before but I'm getting a little desperate and exasperated with a user who is known to be a repeat offender of edit warring. I haven't used Wikipedia long enough, only about a year of only small edits, to know how to handle these types of disputes but I noticed you had handled a block of the user in question, Doctorfluffy, before. The dispute in question is the revision of the plot section of the Trick r' Treat movie page. He has made major editing changes without discussion or consensus and has ignored repeated requests to enter the discussion on the talk page and reverts any contradictory edits to his own. I'm trying to find help from an admin. now before this gets out of control. Please help! Thank you! (Deftonesderrick (talk) 07:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]
I responded within minutes of you coming to my talk page. Why even bother with that if you were immediately going to do this? Doctorfluffy (robe and wizard hat) 08:08, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Daniel! This is being resolved. (Deftonesderrick (talk) 08:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]
Thank you for responding to what I reported at AIV. However, I feel that, in light of what you said to me, I need to explain to you here. I'm a little taken aback that you would suggest that my reporting it was potentially disruptive, although I now understand why you said it. I certainly was not trying to be disruptive, and I want you to understand why. There has been a long history at that page of single purpose accounts coming from Something Awful and deleting any material of that sort, as a sort of prank, and of making personal attacks against me for defending it. (My user page was blanked just a little while ago, in fact.) The material the IP deleted had already been discussed in the article talk, and the decision seemed to be not to delete it, and the IP deleted it multiple times without a substantive edit summary, and continued after I templated their talk. I did not, and do not, perceive that they were really disputing content in a responsible way. I'm not disputing your conclusion, and have learned from it, but I want you to understand my intentions. Thanks for reading this. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:52, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your response at my talk. Water under the bridge. It's already had multiple AN/I threads, in fact, but just keeps popping up again and again. I just wanted you to understand. Best, --Tryptofish (talk) 19:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How many hoaxes, vandalisms, BLP violations and final warnings does one editor get? Woogee (talk) 22:14, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Entirely wrong. Vandalism has to be ongoing when the vandal is an IP editor, but when it's a person with a User id who can be identified, it doesn't matter if the vandalism is months ago, they should be blocked. Woogee (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Amazing work! (I've been kibbitzing while you've been building and thought I'd let you know!) --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 03:51, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Seconded. I tried to keep up and see where I could jump in, but you were always a step ahead and got it done quite efficiently. That's an article to more than proud of. –Juliancolton | Talk 19:55, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would be interested to know what article you are referring to when you say "Brought to my attention by a new editor after I deleted a similar article he'd created". I am trying to hunt up sources lacking in the Discovery article before weighing in on your AfD. I have found some, but haven't stopped digging. My own sense is that the article should stay but of course that doesn't much matter. The result of this may affect the others in the CFNR category as well and it would seem to me to be a shame to see them all go but I suppose if the sources for Discovery don't substatiate notabilty they could be merged into a single article. Cheers. --KenWalker | Talk 20:36, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there, thought I could tap your considerable DYK experience. I found a nice little stub I want to expand, but I don't know if I can get enough info within five days or not. I thought of just userfying a copy of the article to work on as I've seen other editors do, but if I do so is just pasting the new content into the article going to cause havoc with its history or anything like that? I expect that there won't be any changes while I'm working but I certainly would check that, but is there anything I should know how to do to avoid screwing anything up for you good adminites?--otherlleft 21:44, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:JD Salinger.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Snowman (talk) 23:21, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I'm just wondering if my block has expired, should i remove the block notice or leave it? Many thanks, ToxicWasteGrounds (talk) 16:20, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you think it would help prevent further problems a username RFC would be OK to open. Thanks for the help!
Sydtrolls (talk) 19:20, 21 January 2010 (UTC)sydtrolls[reply]
Where is it written that a user only gets 3 unblock requests and then they should be locked out of their talk page? When they are being entirely civil?–xenotalk 03:11, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The St. Peter's Presbyterian Church article looks great. Thanks for all of your work on providing extensive information and sources for the article. Swampyank (talk) 04:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have any connection to the church that I know of. I was stubbing various churches on the NRHP in the Northeast and happened to come across St. Peter's. Looks like a nice old meeting house. Swampyank (talk) 04:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I want to complain about some Users who vandalize many articles on Wikipedia and push their own POV´s on them. Some of them are Users like User:Ketabtoon who begin to edite all articles that is somehow related with Afghanistan, it´s people or culture, despite he has no knowledge about Afghanistan and it´s history. If you look on his contributions, you will see that he is always pushing unsourced and unreliable datas on articles and delete scientific and reliable sources, mostly scholarely. Be it about Ghurids, Persian language, Afghanistan, Ghaznavids or Tajiks and many more. He corrupts many articles which is a break of Wikipedia´s law (f.ex. here 1 or 2, 3 only three of many hundred of examples). He was many times reported but somewho he still occur on Wikipedia, although all his edites were banned by many Admins. The further point is, that he is known for beeing an ultra-nationalist Pashtun from Pakistan, who do not accept western, mostly scholaric and objective sources, except sources were terms like Afghan are used, so he can jump up and use it in a wrong context. For example as for Ghaznavids or Ghurids he was keeping the term for Pushtuns, while the term Afghan was used in Britannica for the Tajik people of modern Afghanistan who are also known by the law of Afghanistan as Afghans. He makes use of this point to claim and falsify all articles about culture, history, languages, countries etc. I ask you, as a member of the Admin-Team of Wikipedia and as a represant who is doing this job to provide the world the knowledge it needs, to do something against him. He and the User:119.73.4.199 (who is a banned User and a sock of many banned accounts; User:Khampalak, User:NisarKand etc.) are known for working with eachother. All edites of both Users are not only similar, but to 100% exactly the same, the kind of their writings and the kind how they push their POV´s and even the choise of their not reliable sources. As I mentioned they work together...or User:Ketabtoon is a sockpuppet of NisarKand, User:Khampalak etc. Wikipedia would be exonarated when the Admins would block and ban them from editing. As long Wikipedia accept them, articles will turn to slippery goods on Wikipedia and lose their accurate values.
For ca. 1 year ago, I was reading an article about Abul Kalam Azad, an Indian Muslim politician of Tajik origine. However, the article was using the term Afghan to tie him with Afghanistan, since his ancestors were from Herat, Afghanistan, a Persian/Tajik city. I was looking for sources on library and on the Net to exchange the term Afghan with Perian (Tajik). When I found them, I used a few of them. But some days later, the article was falsified by the User:119.73.4.199 and User:Ketabtoon from Persian to Pashtun, but not even back to Afghan (see on the state definition of Afghan, citizen), as you can see here. He claimed that the term Afghan mean Pashtuns and not Tajik. He did not want to understand the term was used to tie him with Afghanistan, as Britannica and other not scientific and reliable sources do, when it comes to regional heritage or origine of someone or something. For Abul Kalam Azad, I had the following sources where it was stated the person´s Persian origine:
^ Die politische Willensbildung in Indien 1900-1960; 1965, von Dietmar Rothermund
^ http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/freedom-fighters/maulana-abul-kalam.phpHis mother was an Arab and the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad Zaher Watri and his father, Maulana Khairuddin, was a Bengali Muslim of Afghan (Tajik) origine. Khairuddin left India during the Sepoy Mutiny, proceeded to Mecca and settled there. He came back to Calcutta
The last source give in addition to the term Afghan as someone who comes from modern-day Afghanistan, his national ethnicity. But it is even interesting to see that User:Ketabtoon uses the same sources that grip on his Tajik ancestory for his Pashtun origineclick here. They just jump over the sources and the sourced terms and exchange them with no opponent sources. I want to ask you, if you can give me the permission to correct the falsified paragraph in the article. I appreciate every help from your side. I am going to create an account for myself on Wikipedia and I would thank you very much if I could stand near to you. With best regards, dear friend--94.219.218.209 (talk) 23:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Newsletter delivery by xenobot 13:46, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if you still check that e-mail, but I sent you something at the address where we discussed our buddy Sean. frontier. Cheers, Enigmamsg 00:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure why I jumped all over your "from whence" the other day. Kudos for your handling of the situation. I did notice that you are a Russian speaker - the great, mighty tongue certainly has some cool words along this line: otkyda, kyda, tyda, syda.
Could I ask you to take a look at my Star Gazers' Stone article? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Smallbones (talk) 13:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bureaucrat note: The name was judged acceptable and the change was put through, so the user should not be blocked. -- Avi (talk) 21:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Morse code as a user name is hardly reason appropriate to block someone; it falls under the Non-English user names. Also -- -- -- was approved at WP:CHU already by Avi; you cannot self-create a user name without a letter in it these days. Between ACC and CHU i spend quite a lot of time on user names. As a hobby i also read unblock requests. Your block of -- -- -- is very close to WP:ITBOTHERSME, evidenced primarily from the lack of a violation of the message in the block notice template. "A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account."
I do not dispute that -- -- -- is a bit of an odd name and hard to pronounce by most people who do not realise it is Morse code. The same could be said for Шизомби (which i also dealt with a CHU) or any other user name written in a script one can not read. Шизомби had been using that as his signature for years now without it being his user name. He was asked to change to the Cyrillic user name or change his signature.
Also it seems that while i was drafting this Avi declined the rename from -- -- --. [2]delirious & lost ☯ ~hugs~ 21:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Saw your notes on my talk page. See now that Avi responded here while i was revising my initial posting. Extreme regret for the choice of linking method that i also used which upon rename implied that there was bureaucrat concern with the new user name. Also let Anna know that it is not her fault for reporting -- -- -- to UAA based on the notes on his talk page at that time. Never again will i use that type of linking. I have changed it in my CHU clerk note at the top of his talk page for future reference, added a note that -- -- -- is the new name, asked -- -- -- to update his signature to include links. From this has come the realisation for the need to re-design (some) CHU templates as they can not be PAGENAME dependent. delirious & lost ☯ ~hugs~ 02:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much for your peer review and all of your additions to "City of Blinding Lights". The article looks a lot better now and it would definitely be lacking were it not for you. Thank you so much for all of your work! MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 07:06, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm actually not sure that we even need to link to iLike. The sourcing reviews thus far, using the album for that part, have all been positive. MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 18:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, did you consider the discussion carefully? He did not even attempt to address the concerns raised in the unblock proposal. He simply made random edits for the last two days. Would you please re-examine the unblock, as he did not address my concerns, or the concerns raised by the other editor on his page? Thanks, NJA(t/c) 18:24, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm willing to assume good faith on his last comment, since he doesn't have a long history of block and unblock yet (and, either way this turns out, he won't). You weren't the only contributor to that discussion. If you want to re-block, go ahead, but I ask you to consider my reasoning first. Daniel Case (talk) 18:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well hopefully whatever 'he gets' is what the actual concerns were. Regardless of who was party to the discussion, I would have hoped that there'd be a pause until my legitimate concerns were addressed, however life will go on. NJA(t/c) 19:48, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm keeping an eye on him, and I'd lay even odds that other editors will too. I'm not entirely convinced he's changed his spots - this AfD he just started seems to be one more based around WP:POINT than any real concerns about notability - he seems to care more about his own opinions than any other concerns. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 21:51, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, I would not hesitate to reblock him if he can't get his act together. Nor should you. Daniel Case (talk) 21:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not an administrator, tho - the only blockage I get is if I eat a lot of cheese... :) TheRealFennShysa (talk) 21:58, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder if uw-ublock is really the right thing to use in cases like User talk:BlindlightLLC, where the user not only has an improper username but also has obvious COI contributions already... It seems more confusing than anything else (to the user in question.) --jpgordon::==( o ) 21:18, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I came here to say the same thing. It's kind of a crappy thing if we tell someone they are blocked only for their username, and then when they propose to change it, we tell them they actually have another, bigger problem that wasn't brought up yet. Although in this case the new username also implies representation of a website. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:31, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In case both of you are watching my page for a response ... Yes, as presently constituted {{uw-ublock}} is inadequate to the message we need to send when an editor is making obviously promotional contributions with a clear connection to the username. I consider {{uw-spamublock}} to only be appropriate when the user is actually spamming, i.e. inserting links to existing articles rather than creating a new, self-promotional one. {{uw-softerblock}} really isn't appropriate for this, either. I really think we need a new username block template that covers self-promotional editing connected to the name. Daniel Case (talk) 21:45, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think you may have something there. I only wanted to bring it up because I've seen this same scenario a lot lately, where one admin blocks solely for the username and another admin declines the user's good faith request to change it. Ok, so who's got the template-fu to whip us up a new one? Beeblebrox (talk) 22:02, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are deeper problems, too. For example, we have a highly specialized use of the concept of "spamming" on Wikipedia, which is only vaguely related to what the rest of the world thinks of as "spamming". Likewise, we use the term "promoting", and I'm sure many of us have run into the same thing repeatedly: "I'm not spamming! I'm not promoting! I'm just trying to tell the world about my company!" I think that's more than we want to go into now, though. Anyway, if someone would come up with the right language, I'll happily build the template. (See, I always pick the easy jobs.) --jpgordon::==( o ) 22:46, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to be banned for disagreeing with you[edit]
Decline reason: "Sure, like this edit] wasn't a personal attack, an impermissible refactoring of a talk page comment, and just plain disruptive. — Daniel Case (talk) 19:56, 7 December 2009 (UTC)"
Well, obviously personal attacks against myself are by far quite against wikipedian rule.
If you, in any manner, had checked the history rather than looking for an excuse to deny; you would have seen that I had edited a comment added by myself. --173.171.222.251 (talk) 22:48, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:JD Salinger.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Damiens.rf 20:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pushing back against this IFD. It's good to see other people stand up for fair use. A+! --Blargh29 (talk) 00:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:Elaine May on location during Ishtar.jpg listed for deletion[edit]
File:November 1988 Vogue cover.jpg listed for deletion[edit]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:November 1988 Vogue cover.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Damiens.rf 20:45, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In timely follow-up, I sent an e-mail detailing a mentorship plan. I wonder if critical commentary or helpful questions about this plan might be within the ambit of your expertise and interests? --Tenmei (talk) 07:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel. Before taking this up with the user, I wanted to get your opinion on whether this is even a username of concern. As you can see, User:Woodsy dong peep has the word dong as part of his username. In recent years, dong has come to be used primarily as a synonym for the word penis. See the entry at Merriam-Webster’s here.
Before taking up the matter with the user, as required by WP:BADNAME, I wanted to first see if there was even an issue. If there is no username concern, perhaps because WP:NOTCENSORED <smile>, then I can avoid taking it up with him, especially given that his responses to other wikieditors on other matters can be a bit odd, to say the least. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 07:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
After reading a number of your comments-especially on the "delete Salinger thread", it seems to me that you have a breadth of knowledge about fair use. I am seeking to understand it as I am about to loose to some files at the request of Damiens. Damiens says that under fair use one can use a copyrighted photo "in a commentary about the photo itself, or in a text about photo-journalist, or in a text about photograph techniques, it does not allows us to use the image in a text reporting the news event the image captures." He further says, 'We can't freely use it to show what that man looked like." Now I was just looking at the historical images template and it says, "Use of historic images from press agencies must only be used in a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts." which I guess is Damiens argument (he doesn't really explain much). When I read that the first time, when I uploaded using that rational, I took it to mean that the picture I uploaded of David Carradine accepting his star on the walk of fame could be used to identify Carradine (the image) and not the event (the accepting of the star). Am I just not understanding English? Thanks in advance for any help in understanding this subject.--DorothyBrousseau (talk) 21:14, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel, could you please re-check the report you declined from me at WP:AIAV? I think either you might have misread my post or not realized that the related contributions are now deleted (so you should check deleted contributions). If you have any questions that need answering please feel free to ask, or if you have any concerns against it, please feel free to let me know. Thanks! --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 03:56, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel, I just thought that I'd let you know that there is a discussion at ANI about an editor you just softblocked. It's not about you, exactly, but I think your input would be helpful. Thanks! (And sorry if this is dragging you into drama.) -- Atama頭 01:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On February 3, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Steepletop, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
This User:inuit18 is valdalisme the article Jamal-al-Din Afghani, but not with his account but only with ip-address and talks bad and he is scolding in his own language and you didn't understand it. Ask it to User:Ketabtoon to translate it for you. look here [3] and here [4]. If he can't talk like a gentlemen, than he has no rights to talk bad and scolding, and hide his face by editing this post without his account (he did it also in the past, look and read my talk page User talk:Abasin). I think is not right and wikipedia most do something against it. If you (User:VirtualSteve) are the one who has blocked me 2 times. I will see what you are doing with this. I will see your justice and of wikipedia. May justice triumph.Abasin-اباسین (Tofaan-توفان) 16:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Or mostly right: it appears you were correct about the double-single matter. In using undo, however, you also undid the LQs, which was the main purpose of the edit, which I must admit to some momentary vexation concerning.
I'm currently trying to work out just how much "allowable typographical alterations" one may (or must) carry out on quoted material. Presumably if it's OK to flip single and double, it's also appropriate to conform direct quotes to LQ, which I'd previously avoided doing. Smartiger (talk) 19:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You got an MA in English at UB in the 1990s? You probably met my dad.. Prof Richard Fly. He retired around when you were there, so maybe so, maybe not. Just stumbled on your page and read this, is all. Night! Pfly (talk) 08:17, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
G'day, thanks for dealing with the UAA report on me before I even knew it existed! As I state on my userpage, I have no interest at all in religion, it's just a name I first chose in the early 90s on IRC and I've stuck with it ever since on most forums/sites that I go on. Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 12:50, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Advice on writing articles about historic districts?[edit]
I'm planning to write about the Firstside Historic District in Pittsburgh before too long, but I'm really unfamiliar with writing about districts of this sort. Unlike the few districts about which I've written before (either residential or residential-and-commercial, and always composed of dozens of contributing properties), this is a small group of commercial buildings, and (unlike others that I've written about before) the only in-depth source I have is the nomination form. Could you give me a few points of general advice on how to format the article? Nyttend (talk) 01:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Do you think it's appropriate, then, to give a detailed description of each of the dozen-or-so buildings, even though all I have on each is the nomination form? I didn't want to use it to the point of possibly paraphrasing, since I think it's better only to summarise our sources. Nyttend (talk) 06:19, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Are you aware of the fact that the complaint to the wrong venue (it should've ANI, not ANI) filed by Je suis tres fatigue (talk·contribs) out of grudge for his recent block? I'm not defending their edit warring, but you should know that Fatigue is suspected as a sockpupet of a banned user for his disruptive and suspicious behaviors, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Michael Friedrich. He violated 3RR, and nearly violated 3RR three more times over multiple articles ever since he registered in English Wikipedia for his SPA purpose. Kuebie was harassed by the banned user back then, and presented evidences for the case. Kuebie's contribution is not a SPI unlike Je suis tres fatigue who also did the same disruptive behavior to another language Wikipedia so got blocked for one month. He also forum shopped to AN3 at the same time even though he reverted the same much. Admin EdJohnston said this as declining his third unblock request and blocked his talk apge
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Your pattern of edits shows extreme stubbornness. I am surpised that the current block is only for 24 hours, and I note the assertion in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Michael Friedrich that your account on the Korean Wikipedia has been blocked for a month. Since this unblock dialog is making no progress, I am disabling your talk page access. You'll be back in business in a few more hours, and I predict you have only a brief moment to show others that you can edit sensibly. Any continuation of your recent behavior will probably be the occasion of a longer block
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I think your block can give a wrong sign to the disruptive SPA. I suggest you to review the case again. Thanks.--Caspian blue 19:52, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I blocked him indef because he's blocked four times before for the same behavior. Whatever the issues with the other user who reported him, his edit-warring was disruptive enough to warrant another block. Yes, it probably should have been on AN/I, but I reviewed Kuebie's history and found clear grounds for a block. Yes, JSTF may be a sock. But the issue at AIV is not who reports the conduct but what the conduct is. Daniel Case (talk) 19:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I think you really need to review the contribution of Je suis tres fatigue and Kuebie's contribution since you choose the hard way. The block of Kuebie instead of the SPA can give negative aspects to the contentious area. If you have a time, could you take care of reviewing the backlogged SPI case which has not been reviewed for over 10 days? Thanks--Caspian blue 20:02, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Moreover, KoreanSentry was never warned nor reverted more than two times.-- Caspian blue20:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that this probably was complicated enough (and, unfortunately, it just got more complicated) that it should have been reported to AN/I. But ... someone took it to AIV. I tend to leave SPIs to the clerks and Checkusers as I don't consider myself as having sufficient expertise in those.
I admit I was unaware of the ongoing sock investigation, which does put these reports in a slightly different light. But I felt KS's conduct was contentious enough that a block was justified, Warnings are desirable, but not necessary. If he requests unblock and someone else grants it, I will not raise any objections. It would be their judgement call as an administrator as it was mine. Daniel Case (talk) 20:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have a question for you. If I posted a block request to Fatigue at AIV, would you block him indefed? Of if I commented there that Fatigue's ill intention is related to his block just getting off his block, then you would block Kuebie and KoreaSentry instead of blocking Fatigue? This is Kuebie's edit counter[5] while this is Je suis tres fatigue's edit counter. You can see who is indeed a "SPA". Kuebie should've more calmly behaved, but most of his blocks were related to "sockpuppeters"'s disruption from off-wiki forums like 2channel. (I've been Wikistalked and hounded by them as well) So your block of Kuebie, almost 2 and half year old editor who made edits out side of contentious areas to the extreme length without reviewing the complaint's recent activities gives the edit warrior a wrong sign. I think reducing the block length of Kuebie to a common block length (24 hours was latest one, so 48hrs, or 36hrs would be appropriate) would be wiser since you did not know the complaint's malicious intention and grudge. I also strongly recommend you review Je suis tres fatigue's contribution regardless of the him being suspected as a banned user. He has ignored my numerous suggestions to take his issue through WP:DR, and insists that his endless reverting and edit warring are valid even though many editors do not think so.---Caspian blue 20:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, don't think of AIV as "requests for blocks". We reviewing admins see it as merely behavior presented for review, without any context. Not all AIVs end in the reported user being blocked ... I declined a couple this morning that the bot had reported.
So now this involves off-wiki activity too? groan ... I may yet commute Kuebie's block, but I remind you as well that he had been blocked on for previous occasions for similar behavior. I can't easily overlook that.
I've noticed that JSTF has been seeking help from other admins as well ... the sort of thing we want people to do.
I am certainly aware that AIV reports can be made in bad faith. If someone had made a comment, I allow that I might have looked at this differently, but I still saw bad behavior. As the American saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Daniel Case (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The diffs are about edit warring past more than 24 hours, and since his AN3 file has not got any response yet, he chose the AIV. I think the AIV was a just bet in his thin hope that he could lead them to be blocked, and it worked because you blocked them without knowing the context. The block is punitive not preventative since the edit warring was stopped one day ago. I'm boldly saying that you were deceived by the SPA's WP:GAMEing the system. I once reported him to AIV because his obvious vandalism and repeated personal attacks: blanking my small note to notify that his message to an talk page is duplicated, and his targeting to one particular editor. He falsely called the edit as vandalism, and called me a stalker because I've warned him for his disruptive blanking campaign over and over nearly violating 3RRs. However, he followed me to AIV page and attacked me there. The request was rejected because an admin said the matter is not a direct AIV case. I considered commenting to AIV page as opposed to Fatigue's ill-faith report, but since he is keeping falsely accusing me in order to avoid the scrutiny, I did not comment, and I believed that reviewing admins would throw out it. I'm sure if I commented there, you would've blocked Fatigue instead of blocking them with the extreme charge. However here we are. I've strongly recommended you to review the contribution of Fatigue because your accuse Kuebie as a SPA which is not true while the very SPA is getting a free way. I'm waiting for your reply to my question regarding your view on his contribution with agenda.--Caspian blue 23:05, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Kuebie is requesting for unblock.--Caspian blue 23:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(outdent) OK. I think I've decided that what I'm going to do is unblock them both (at some point in the near future; I'm busy right now) on the condition that you all take it to AN/I right away and don't darken AIV with this crap again. Daniel Case (talk) 23:12, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've not requested you to unblock them, but just to reduce "one editor's block length" and to review the Fatigue's contribution. The situation is a crap, but since your block of the two editors without knowing of the intention of the SPA to a wrong venue is why we're wasting our time, I don't think I darken AIV with "crap". Caspian blue--23:18, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for taking the action. I've tried to avoid further drama, so that's why I'm trying to talk with you here. But if you still feel the strong need for the block/unblock review of the three editors, I will.-Caspian blue 23:29, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Sorry for being so intemperate. In my humble opinion, any complicated instance of people filing AIVs on each other when the situation is clearly beyond the scope of that page is crap, regardless of who the instigator is and who's in the right. Nothing ticks me off more than AIV reports like that ... we've had a few other ones lately.
You will be happy to know that I have put an end to the current situation by blocking Jstf indef as a sock, among other things, per the comments from the other people reviewing the unblock requests he made. But please, in the future, find ways to keep situations from getting that far. There is no reason this all had to happen the way it did. If you get tired of waiting for an admin to close the SPI (and believe me, I'm not sure who really would have wanted to close that one), ask on AN. This only got to AIV because you didn't take the initiatives you could have taken to get the SPI closed earlier. Daniel Case (talk) 23:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize if I made you feel offended with the messages here but I did not really mean to look down your judgment nor the AIV system. This situation is too complicated and the block evading sockpuppeter just knows very well of how to game the system for years. I agree that I have the responsibility for not taking the backloged SPI case to AN. I contacted a SPI clerk, and he said SPI cases have been delayed for workloads and lacks of active SPI clerks. Kuebie also convinces that Fatiue is the same sockpuppeter who harassed him, so he seemed to lose his temper. Both of two editors obvious saw my SPI request, so the "brazilian sockpuppeter" (well I did not say such thing though) seems to be from their observation on the SPI case. On the other hand, I really wanted to reduce the drama level and strongly believed that any reviewing admin for the SPI case would be convinced over the sockpuppetry of Fatigue, so thought it is not worth fighting with the sock. I just needed more patience. That is the reason for my part of problems in the situation. I hope all this matter would be sorted out at this point.--Caspian blue 23:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just one more thing for clarification, in the diff you seemed to lift Kuebie's block, but he is still blocked. --Caspian blue 00:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, forgot to actually do the unblock :-). Daniel Case (talk) 00:47, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again. No worries. The user is unblocked now.--Caspian blue 00:49, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On February 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article District 10 School, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
given that the pg is empty, can I ask you to review a requested block that was denied? Only if you have the time/inclination ... it is here--Epeefleche (talk) 04:12, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Tx for responding. The reason I raised it is that I have seen sysops block editors who commit flagrant violations (like these last two were) after receiving level three warnings. In other words, if I had just reported the ip, and not given a level four warning as well, I've seen blocks applies for this level of vandalism (leaving profanity on two editors' talkpages) ... the fact that a level four warning was applied as well should not (imho) matter.... though sometimes (to me, without it making sense) that is the approach taken. Just my thoughts. If all sysops on that page took that approach, I would never give a warning to an ip as to which I was seeking a block ... but that would lead to a less helpful record of infractions on their talkpage, and seems not to me to make sense. Anyway .... No need to reply, but if you do you can do so here. Tx.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:22, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's really an admin's judgement call. In a case where the IP does not have a prior block record (this one didn't), most of us at AIV give good faith on a vandal who stops when warned. The point of AIV is to prevent vandalism first and foremost, not block people (although that usually is how we accomplish our main goal). And as we always say, blocks are preventative, not punitive. In this case we had prevented further vandalism without recourse to a block.
Granted, there are situations where I might have blocked with less than a full complement of warnings. I admit that, after having checked the timestamp, I didn't review the edits. Really egregious (i.e., profanity and hate speech, or BLP violations) vandalism would probably get less than the usual four warnings the first time ... as long as it was recent. And if a vandal shows a history of walking up to the wire and stopping, then repeating that sometime later, s/he should be blocked temporarily because they can't keep getting away with that.
So keep giving warnings ... they do have an effect even if they don't lead to a block right away. Daniel Case (talk) 04:59, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Unfair Block - Will report this Admin (you) for abusing power[edit]
First I received a warning about an action that I took, which I believe to be legit, and I firmly heeded that warning and demanded an explanation from Ioeth, who warned me (and I never did get an explanation). Then shortly later I was blocked, even though I seized activity.
Here is my warning and your block information below. I still DEMAND an explanation from Ioeth for the unfair warning, and yourself for abusing blocking privileges.
Hi. If you continue edit warring against the use of DMOZ links in articles I will block you for disruption. You may consider this the only warning that you will receive from me. Ioeth (talkcontribstwinklefriendly) 22:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
This IP address has been blocked temporarily, because suspected sockpuppet evidence has determined that this IP address was used abusively; the address has been blocked to prevent further abuse.
If you are a registered user and you're seeing this message, then please post {{unblock|reason for unblock here}} on yourtalk page, with a note referencing this message. Please be sure to include this IP address in your note.
Administrators: Please consult with the blocking administrator who placed the block before unblocking.
Quick note that this user has placed an unblock request here: User_talk:Wickland, which you may want to comment on. Happy editing, --Taelus (talk) 11:18, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
==Ivy Page==
I am, in-fact, Ivy Page. You asked that I contact you?
Hi Daniel, thanks for the message. Immunise is an enthusiastic young editor, but he is stubborn and will not listen to advice and strongly worded criticisms. He has been a real nuisance these past few weeks, particularly by creating poorly —and often erroneously sourced—lists of medical conditions; most of which either have been nominated for deletion or have been deleted.
If you have the time to read his long Talk Page, (which you might have already read), you will see the problems he has caused. He does not seem to understand the damage caused to the project by saying that a relatively benign viral infection is "closely related to smallpox" for example.
I and Pdcook finally felt that we were getting through to him when he agreed that a week's Wikibreak would be good for him. But shortly after, he continued to add unsourced content. I don't like to block editors and I rarely do so. But on this occasion I think it was justified and that one week was in order given that Immunise had already agreed to stop editing for this time.
I am still not convinced that Immunise understands the importance of our policies and I think that conceding to his request will undermine all the efforts that have been made by me and others to get him to read and adhere too them. I blocked him to protect Wikipedia and I think the project still needs this protection. I know this is a cliche but, if Immunise is as serious about Wikipedia as he says, he will thank me one day for this. My very best wishes to you, Graham. Graham Colm (talk) 19:02, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On February 18, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Agudas Achim Synagogue, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Thanks for the comment on the hook. I was (and am) obviously struggling with it. Surprise has something to do with DYK hooks, so I finally went with the most surprising thing there - that it was named after the grandfather of a saint. But relevance is also important. Let me just give you the one sentence story of the article, and maybe you can suggest something.
Working class education in Philadelphia was supported by one of the richest families of the age of Robber Barrons, and part of that has been destroyed.
Well now I see that this set of "facts" is not well developed in the article - more work to do. If you have any ideas, please let me know, or go ahead and change the hook yourself.
Maybe you can look at my unblock thing again, since I've already "evaded" you guys, there's no point in having that other ip blocked (ps. i can't help when my ip changes, i was just explaining) other129.133.142.87 (talk) 05:43, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel, I recently completed a bunch of articles on buildings designed by Frank Freeman, some of which still exist. Trouble is, I don't have great images for some of them. I know you live in New York, do you ever get down Brooklyn way? If so, there are a few buildings I could really do with a nice shot or two of. Let me know if you can help and I'll give you a list. Gatoclass (talk) 08:16, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm, well I'd have to take a look at his photos first. I think most of the ones you've done look pretty good, which is why I asked you :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:34, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Next time assume good faith of the other, regardless of rules. I was right! see User:Wikipeacekeeper --TheFEARgod (Ч) 10:01, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was just reading over Hudson River Historic District and found this great map of Livingston Manor. I want to try to get a different crop myself for a project, but the source link (citation #4) isn't working. I still don't really understand the nps website. Could you get that link live again, please? Thank you very much! upstateNYer 02:39, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On February 19, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Beaverkill Bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
There is no evidence that the two users are the same, and given that they don't agree about anything, plenty of evidence that they are NOT the same user. I don't believe there is any basis for suggesting that they are the same person. Please take more care. 86.179.106.212 (talk) 22:30, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Smallbones has proposed an alternate hook at T:TDYK for this article; would you be willing to comment on it? Nyttend (talk) 02:25, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DYK nomination of Lock Tender's House and Canal Store Ruin[edit]
On February 21, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Beaverkill Valley Inn, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hello! Your submission of Esopus Creek at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! JujutacularT · C 03:04, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Lock Tender's House and Canal Store Ruin[edit]
On February 24, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article District School No. 14, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Thanks for the fast reply and I like your waterfall picture very much - I like ones where you can see the water's motion, not everything blurred into a mist of white with a long exposure (though those can be beautiful, they just don't look like real waterfalls to me somehow). I will try the QI route. Someday I will get a less crappy camera... Thanks again, Ruhrfisch><>°° 03:17, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, sounds like fun (assuming my schedule cooperates). It is a great place. I keep meaning to tell you (as you asked me once long ago about working on a lake article) but I have gotten Ganoga Lake pretty far along and may even nominate it for FA someday. My email is enabled if you want to contact me that way. Ruhrfisch><>°° 20:02, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your comment about living in Walkill makes me curious — are you very often over in Newburgh? A church of my denomination was once located on Grand St. between Catherine and South Sts. (in the Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic District); it moved some decades ago, but I'm curious if the building is still there. I've uploaded a picture as File:Westminster Church in Newburgh.jpg. Nyttend (talk) 17:37, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Great to hear that the power is back on! I know some people in Walden (if I remember right, they live near Coldenham) who have had to communicate some news by calling a friend in Florida and having him send emails. As far as the church — thanks much. I know almost nothing of this church's history after its congregation left my denomination in 1919, although I've gathered that they moved out into the countryside near Rock Tavern; the source document for the image I uploaded is the only information I have about them after 1919. Nyttend (talk) 16:48, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(out) Glad you are OK too - just wanted to let you know that File:Ricketts Glen State Park Erie Falls 1.jpg is now a Quality Image, thanks for the suggestion, and drop me an email when you are thinking of coming to Ricketts Glen, Ruhrfisch><>°° 01:10, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for participating in the recent RFC/U regarding Asgardian. The RFC has been closed, and the case is now at arbitration. You are neither required nor requested to participate, but you may view the initial statements for the case (please do not edit that page), and you may view the evidence presented and add more evidence if you wish, or simply follow the case. BOZ (talk) 03:50, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Since you've been somewhat active in local politics, would you be willing to answer a Reference Desk-type question? I've never understood New York state politics, with the multiple political parties and the fact (if I understand rightly) that the two major political parties are Conservatives and Liberals. Do you know why the Conservatives don't just join the national Republican Party and the Liberals don't just join the national Democratic Party? Nyttend (talk) 00:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'd read about the origins, but I'd overall not understood about why they don't merge, including missing the bit about the Liberals being somewhat displaced. Thanks very much! Nyttend (talk) 13:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel, from the "history" section in the City of Newburgh article it is not clear if you are the one who added Thomas Vonn to the "Famous Residents" section.
If you are, I just wanted you to know that I removed him and added him to the Town of Newburgh.
The Vonn family lived on Grand Avenue in the Town of Newburgh, not in the City of Newburgh. At the time Thomas was born in 1975, they lived at 636 Grand Avenue. Circa 1979, they started spending winters in Florida and apparently the family (i.e. Thomas' parents) moved to Florida full time in 2005. Thomas did not attend NFA but attended a prep school upstate.
I read Nyttends message to you (above) and if you and he don't mind I believe I can give a brief and thorough answer to his very valid question when I have a little more time.
Nghtownclerk (talk) 17:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)nghtownclerkNghtownclerk (talk) 17:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On February 26, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Esopus Creek, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Congrats on the lead slot and great picture! Ruhrfisch><>°° 18:11, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I know how that can happen - Plunketts Creek (Loyalsock Creek) was just going to be a start article for a red link, and wound growing into an FA. WDHC is not that important in West Branch Susquehanna River basin, but I found a lot of information on it. There are many more creeks I should work on, but keep getting busy with other projects. Ruhrfisch><>°° 00:11, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nice picture! A sure candidate for the portal. BTW, sorry to see you lost power during the storm. We got relatively little snow, so the power stayed on for the most part here. –Juliancolton | Talk 19:52, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Daniel, If you have a second would you mind look over this in relation to this. Many thanks for your time. NickCT (talk) 23:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
To point out this is a promotional account. If you look at the first contributions you will see that the article was written in first person. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 05:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for blocking ip user 122.109.41.191. He is likely the same person as 122.109.252.15, since the edits are identical. Is there anything that can be done to block these IPs permanently, or does that violate guidelines? Thanks. Kmsom (talk) 18:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for blocking User:68.41.131.201. I believe this user also operates as User:68.41.131.209, so would it be possible for you to block that IP too? Thanks. – PeeJay 19:05, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Those are great! I think I wondered at one point why we had so many good articles on synagogues in the Catskills, but I should have realized they came from one author. The subjects themselves are charming and interesting, and the photography is good, both of which help.
It astonishes me how few people appear to be able to write proper articles on synagogues, even stubs. I spend far too much time cleaning up messes; here are a couple of stubs I cleaned up last night and today: Before/After, Before/After. It's a pleasure to see yours, by contrast. Jayjg (talk) 21:11, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There's a debate going on about the List of bow tie wearers about the use of an image of the Eleventh Doctor in the list. Colonel Warden (talk·contribs) believes that it is appropriate to use a hyperlink of this fair use image on the page, citing Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. as justification. The distinction is subtle and, so far as I can tell, novel to Wikipedia. Do you know of any policy decisions that could help us determine if this is an appropriate use or not?--~TPW 12:09, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion is at User talk:Colonel Warden#List of bow tie wearers; it's peculiar in that the image is uploaded with a fair use justification for another article; the editor feels that the court decision justifies then linking the image from another article. My sense is that he may be legally correct, but I know policy is often more tightly defined. --~TPW 15:53, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm hoping that at some point you write up something for Catskill Creek - I went and made a map for it (File:Catskillcreekmap.png) without realizing it didn't have an article yet. :-) Kmusser (talk) 20:07, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If there is a case when the term "Ladi Pee" is acceptable, it may cause similar problems (although not the same) to the infamous Ulysses line. mechamind90 04:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! I am the user that left a note on User:Adam Sandler's talkpage about the username policy here. Since the UAA administrator notation templates are collapsed (and clearly labeled administrator) I wasn't sure if I should make a note of my discussion or not. If that is acceptable, I will do so in the future. Else if my first assumption is correct, I will leave the actual tagging to the actual admins. :) Regardless, thanks for your time and keep up the good work! Avicennasis @ 07:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It can't be the same reason, because I removed the phrase that the first admin refered to... iaaasi(79.117.198.140 (talk) 16:50, 9 March 2010 (UTC))[reply]
DYK for Balsam Mountain (Ulster County, New York)[edit]
I just now went on the discussion page for the City of Newburgh article. I was totally fascinated to read that in 2006 you commented: "Sal Cracciolo (sic; I presume you meant Sal Cracolici) began as an independent; now he is a Democrat."
I am sure you are aware that in 2009 he ran as a Republican!
This ironically underscores how right you were back nearly four years ago!
BTW, please do not beat yourself up. Tara is, i believe, an unusally attractive candidate that anyone would have had trouble defeating.
Nghtownclerk (talk) 19:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)nghtownclerkNghtownclerk (talk) 19:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. I am the person who possesed the account User:iaaasi and I want to ask you a favor:
I understood my mistakes and the reasons for my block and I changed my behaviour. Since I started my new account, User:Ddaann2, I started making only constructive edits, as you can see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ddaann2. Even if i made all my edits in good faith, the user User:Squash_Racket reverts my edits, even if it's obvious that they are constructive, judging them by the author, not by their content. He claims that I am a banned user and I have no right to contribute on wikipedia (a fact which is theoretically true)
Can you please check my last contributions on the new account and unblock my old one if it is possible? I am not here to make disruptive edits. Thanks in advance (Ddaann2 (Ddaann2 (talk) 14:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC))[reply]
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Hi. I noticed you had removed the user's name from the page where I had reported the name as being a promotional one. I don't want a clarification, but just wanted to leave a note so that if you had removed the name mistakenly (just in case, though the chances are less), you could look at it again. Thanks ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 17:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
ps: In case you reply, it'll be nice if you could leave a note on my talk page as I'm not watching your page.
I understand that you were responsible for blocking user Claudinian for disruptive edits and vandal on the Claudine Barretto article. It seems that the user is back and is still continuously doing alterations on the article thus not meeting NPOV. I would like to ask for help if you could post a ban for this user as you did the previous time as i might not have enough knowledge on the proceedings for meriting a ban. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Wiki pseud (talk) 03:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Daniel. Just to let you know that the blocking or not of the username User:Asylummusicmanagement was brought to ANI, though you were not notified, at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#User:Asylummusicmanagement. I'm afraid I've inadvertently involved myself in this, as I came upon the name earlier today at UAA and soft blocked it ([18]), not knowing it had already been there and been declined. My apologies; it was not my intention to second guess you. I wasn't aware that my guess was a second, so to speak. :) Feel free to unblock if you like; I won't myself because I did feel the name was problematic under policy, but I respect that you had undoubtedly had good reason for your different opinion. It isn't really WP:PARENT stuff, because I suspect that the contributor who listed it the second time happened upon it independently, but it feels a bit similar nevertheless. --Moonriddengirl(talk) 14:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the background. I don't do much at UAA myself; in fact, I probably wouldn't have been there today if it weren't for the listing of User:NorthernNine, with whom I had discussed a copryight matter. Once in a while, though, it's nice to creep out of the copyright woodpile and see what else is going on with the project. :) --Moonriddengirl(talk) 18:22, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You declined this user's unblock request, stating: "Users may remove almost anything from their own talk pages. That does not extend to article talk pages. It could be the most vile, vicious hate speech and you still wouldn't be on the right side of policy. And certainly not in doing it twice." But that reasoning no sense. Facts was not blocked for removing content from a talk page, but for adding content to an article. Did you actually check the history before declining the unblock request? RolandR (talk) 18:45, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel, as far as deleting comments from article talk pages goes, the talk page guidelines do actually discuss when it might be appropriate to do that and the approach that should be taken. In the how to use article talk pages section it says irrelevant discussions are subject to removal, a statement that I've seen used as a justification for deleting comments on multiple occasions. Lower down, in the others comments section, after saying editing – or even removing – others' comments is sometimes allowed, but you should exercise caution in doing so it goes on to list some instances where the removal of others' comments is permissible. -- ZScarpia (talk) 23:46, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly defer to your memory on anything having to do with the City of Newburgh. As I get older, I find I remember less and less. Furthermore, at the time of the Harry Porr dustup, I was living in Washington DC. While I tried to keep hands on regarding local developments, I wasn't as on top of everything as I wanted to be. Now that you described events, I recall asking myself at the time why James Taylor had so much clout? In any case, one thing I am sure of: the garbage proposal got nowhere.
To change the subject, I find it fascinating that the Town of Newburgh article is hardly ever struck by vandalism, but the City of Newburgh article seems to be at least once a week. Is this a reflection on the politics in each? Nghtownclerk (talk) 20:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)nghtownclerkNghtownclerk (talk) 20:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You blocked this user for his username. I understand that he wrote an autobiographical article, which was speedy deleted, in part because it was self-promotional. I understand that "Stephaun elite" appears to be part of his name, or a form of it, or a name he wants to call himself. But using a version of ones own name is not in general promotional, in the absence of the now-deleted article. i could call myself User:DavidTheGreat and it would be withinpolicy, tacky perhaps but eithin policy. Perhaps I am missing something but I don't see the reason for this block. DES(talk) 00:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Wikipedia policy in removing personal attacks[edit]
Re: "Users may remove almost anything from their own talk pages. That does not extend to article talk pages. It could be the most vile, vicious hate speech and you still wouldn't be on the right side of policy. And certainly not in doing it twice" [19]
You seem to be completely misinformed about Wikipedia policy. Anyone can remove a personal attack from anywhere. Here are some examples
They must be pretty desperate for admins these days to be giving the tools to people who don't even understand basic Wikipedia policy. Factsontheground (talk) 22:57, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So, despite your equivocation, you are still wrong. People do remove "vile, vicious hate speech" whilst remaining on "the right side of policy".
You made a very clear statement about Wikipedia policy - and I proved you were wrong. And you denied my unblock request as a result of your misinformation.
I know expecting an apology from a Wikipedia administrator is a waste of time, but in future stay away from me, okay? I prefer to deal with admins who do know the rules. Factsontheground (talk) 04:20, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Would you mind giving Joseph H. Allen a proof read? I pretty much finished it (i.e. exhausted all available sources on an obscure guy from the 1850s). I'm going to see if I can bring this to GAN and be taken seriously. :) Thanks in advance! upstateNYer 22:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
13:12, 6 March 2008 Daniel Case (talk | contribs) deleted "Inter-Varsity Club (IVC)" (A7 (group): Group/band/club/company/etc; doesn't indicate importance/significance)[edit]
Hi Daniel
13:12, 6 March 2008 Daniel Case (talk | contribs) deleted "Inter-Varsity Club (IVC)" (A7 (group): Group/band/club/company/etc; doesn't indicate importance/significance)
You deleted this note off this site? Why? IVC has been around for the past 50 years with its origins starting back in 1946. We are a non-profit making organisation and currently have 4500 members covering 45 clubs around the UK?
Although our hey day was in the 60's and 70's we still have many active clubs giving a positive outcome to the outside social world.
That editor is caught in Planeshift rpg (talk·contribs)'s autoblock [22]. Besides using the same company's IP, they don't appear to be related, but the other editor really needs to sit out for a while. —DoRD (talk) 16:07, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So, should we consider an IPBE for Seduisant, then? Daniel Case (talk) 19:32, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good point, but currently moot, as the autoblock was cleared by another admin. Given the remarks on the other user's talkpage, however, I'm afraid that IPBE may be necessary in the long run. Cheers —DoRD (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have blocked the IP for 48 hours, I hope this is sufficient. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:31, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
solving dabs for place names in NYS NRHP list-articles[edit]
Hi Daniel, I wonder if you'd like to try Dispenser's dab-solving tool to fix ambiguous links in Orange County, Ulster County, other nearby NRHP list-articles. For example, this application of Dispenser's tool to Ulster County NRHP list identifies a bunch of ambiguous place names. With your knowledge of the places, it would be easy for you to pick whether it is the town or the village or whichever version of the place name that properly applies. The tool is straight-forward to use in Firefox and perhaps other browsers besides MS Internet Explorer (where it still works but one has to cut-and-paste the entire list-article's suggested new text; I really recommend trying it in Firefox). Hope you might enjoy... cheers, --doncram (talk) 15:40, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You may wish to comment on this since you were involved in the recent unblock review of the user in question. -OberRanks (talk) 18:05, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel, I believe you must have misread something as the block did not have to be appealed to ArbCom, the blockee had simply requested information on how to appeal to ArbCom. It may make more sense to make any relevant comments at User talk:Beeblebrox#Mk5384.
On an entirely unrelated note, please note I have redirected User talk:Daniel case here [23]. –xenotalk 18:12, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you added the typical comment "consider taking this to the COI noticeboard" on a bot reported username. Personally, I think it would make more sense to just move such a name there or tag "non-blatant but keep an eye on". Cue Energizer bunny for the reason why. They don't stop or think - they just do. mechamind90 04:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
An edit warring case you may wish to comment on.[edit]
There has been no admin input on this case as yet, as someone who has both blocked and unblocked the account of the user in question, you might be qualified to deal with this. thanks カンチョーSennen Goroshi ! (talk) 14:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think the bot got messed up when Hersfold blocked the toolserver IP {see WP:Ani#Toolserver_IP_blocked). I left a note for the bot op. TNXMan 14:14, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You have recently participated in discussion at an AFD for a broadcast station. I have recently posted the above topic on the talk page of the notability guideline for organizations and companies, to see if there is interest in adding language related to the notability of radio and TV broadcast stations to that guideline. Your input would be most welcome. Thanks. Edison (talk) 01:46, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On April 13, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New York Society Library, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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Hallo Daniel, just am doing another translation, where I find:
The walls are of King Windsor cement...
What's King Windsor cement, couldn't come up with an expression? Is this simply dry mortar? The only page in the web which came up was this NYT article, what helped only little, since it there denotes only the cement produced by a company with the name King (what could be the source of the name) I can't look into the source myself since those Java pages of the NY NRHPs don't work for me. --Matthiasb (talk) 11:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Another issue I ran into is at the beginning of the history section; the sentence With the end of the Revolujtion, settlement of the region that had started before it once the end of the French and Indian War made it safe resumed in earnest. might be truncated by vandalism oder its author lost his thoughts ;-) however seems to be incompletely. I was not able to think out what was be meant.
Another thing... maybe some content of the article should also be included into the Hartford, New York article. --Matthiasb (talk) 11:24, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please consider restoring SanTan Brewing Company and its talk page. I didn't create the original article, but I added some references, and I think the article was reasonably neutral. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 12:55, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings. Thanks for your assistance with Hooon ... I wasn't aware that the term was derogatory, so I'm glad you caught that as well. We tried to get him to talk, but he always blanked his talk page without responding or even attempting to collaborate with other editors. He did just blank his talk page again to hide the block tag; sounds like he isn't going to try and appeal the block. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 14:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He keeps blanking his talk page ... I know technically a user's talk page is theirs to do with as they see fit, but in the case of a blocked user, does that still apply? Thanks. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 15:02, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 18:02, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, your recently imposed 1 year block of 204.184.35.51(talk·contribs·WHOIS) on 1st April 2010 was noted by me but his edits → here, here and here ← suggest otherwise... what gives? Apparently, he's continuing his vandalism streak despite the "BLOCK". Pardon me and no offence to you... but was it supposed to be a joke or perhaps something went haywire on Wikipedia with regards to this block? Regards and cheers~! --Dave♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 16:32, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
¡Ay, caramba! My bad, please disregard the above message... I have erred~! *note to self... go to sleep!* --Dave♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 16:48, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel, you blocked this user with reference to WP:ORGNAME, but I read there only "Explicit use of a name ... of a company ... as a username is not permitted", not "Explicit use of a name ... of a company ... as part of a username is not permitted" (the user's surname is "Erdmann", her company name is "SQS" - I'm not really familiar with the policies in en:, however). She complained in OTRS that her SUL is broken, could you please give me an explanation that I can forward to her? --Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 16:53, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, i notice at http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/nrlist.htm that Newburgh Colored Burial Ground has just appeared as a National Register featured listing. Not sure if that is within range for you to get a photo or two easily. I would usually create an article for this as a featured listing with NRHP docs available, but would be happy to leave for you to do the honors. It sounds interesting. Cheers, --doncram (talk) 15:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just wondering what the story is about non-admins rejecting AIV reports.[24] I was confused until I noticed he was only a rollbacker. I see that you've blocked KrodMandooon. Hopefully that will stop the harrassment. --AussieLegend (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Your submission of Fishkill Creek at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! LittleMountain5 16:28, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel, thanks so much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the article. It's strange, but I only learned of the controversy last summer, while taking an Ecopoety class. It's fascinating how certain things, so important at the time, fall out of public recollection, right? Hopefully it'll be at FAC in the next couple weeks. :) María(habla conmigo) 16:54, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Revws (talk·contribs) within 7 mins of the block you placed on him is back to his ownership reverts again with this one, despite me clearly pointing out on the Talk page the issues I have with the rankings, he refuses to address them. I do not wish to get into an edit war situation but with an editor so clearley POV I am at a loss to how to maintain a good article. Any help, recommendations or action would be appreciated. Codf1977 (talk) 14:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just tagged a new Hooon sock who popped up and started editing like mad. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 14:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like he's editing again. As per usual, he blanked his talk page instead of responding to the comment. It's definitely Hooon. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 15:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel, thanks for doing that username block. Do you also have time to check oversight-l regarding a message I sent there? Sorry for putting this all on you. Thanks, Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 15:12, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I looked at Hadley Richardson and it is only expanded circa 4,6 times instead of 5. Should I ask to expand further or let goodwill prevail? Thanks. Hekerui (talk) 20:36, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Will do, thanks for the reassurance :) Hekerui (talk) 20:40, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was trying to create an article on this NRHP listing, but the discrepancies the official database (according to Elkman's infobox generator, at least) and the nomination itself. For example, one claims it was listed in 1982 while the other says 1991. Several other statistics differ widely between the two sources. Is this a common thing you have to work around, or am I just missing something? –Juliancolton | Talk 01:02, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, I created it and sent it to DYK. It's a pretty interesting property, one which I'd like to learn more about and take pictures of eventually. –Juliancolton | Talk 20:58, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That would be great. It would be a great time to take pictures, as I noted last weekend when I took shots like this. Maybe we could put together a list of articles on things around the area that need illustrations? –Juliancolton | Talk 03:25, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
One more thing... I also created Nathan Wild House, but I'm at a loss as to a potential DYK hook. I suppose I could revise the Wild's Mill Complex DYK nomination to include both articles. –Juliancolton | Talk 13:05, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that doesn't look too far away. I'll try to get up there sometime soon. –Juliancolton | Talk 12:40, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please consider adding some of your DYKs (or new ones) as suggestions for the DYK section of Portal:Capital District. We need a bunch. Thanks! upstateNYer 15:49, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Under what guidelines or policies do you substantiate your removal of my talk page access? What makes it worse is that you did it even once I asked for a community unblock. I know you also don't like me, so everything you did about it was entirely inappropriate. –Turian(talk) 01:09, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I would just like to thank you for ending the whole IP blocked problem and giving me Block exemption, it certainly is very motivating to invest more time here.
Although I still don't understand exactly what was the reason that lead to the blocking in the first place, please try to make it simple as my knowledge on internet terminologies is limited.
Hi Daniel, this editor has sent me a very encouraging email in which they acknowledged their previous mistakes. As they appear to want to enter into a good-faith discussion I've lifted the block on them editing their talk page - I hope that this is OK with you. Nick-D (talk) 10:10, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for your help with the Bryan Alvarez article and the Figure 4 Observer user. I really appreciate you taking it seriously and fixing the problems so quickly. GaryColemanFan (talk) 04:13, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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> Could you be bit clearer on what might be too detailed in The Devil Wears Prada's plot summary?
Sure. I also shrank the beginning myself. I haven't seen the film, so you might have to change some details if I got them wrong.
There's way too much action detail in the "gallery exhibit" paragraph.
"sees her boss let down her guard" looks out of place.
"succumbs to Christian's charms" and "spending the night with him" are redundant.
The whole section about Miranda getting fired should be one sentence. The only important thing about it is Andy's display of loyalty.
The section about Andy being like Miranda has too much detail and dialog.
Things to delete or compress: "will finally be in charge of his own life", "in the middle of the street the night before she leaves for Paris", "gets out of the limo at the next stop", "instead of answering yet another call from her boss", "received a fax", "insisting she doesn't need them anymore", "she has some large shoes to fill", "snaps back to her usual self and impatiently says "Go!" to her driver"
Generally speaking, a lot of the text reads like a copy of the script. Avoid details of action and dialog, and try to figure out why things happen instead of just describing entire scenes. The story isn't especially complex, so the summary should be about 600 words.
—Codrdan (talk) 16:03, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I see you are active at WP:UAA, and area I intend to concentrate on now that I have just been made an admin. When you get a company username that also posts an article deletable under G11, do you block account creation and IP as well? I want to make sure I get it right.
I agree with you on the issue of aluminum vs. aluminium. As I understand the policy, the spelling within an article should be consistent and if the subject is of worldwide interest, should stick with the spelling established by the original author. On the other hand, an article on an American town should have American spelling and an article on a British town should have British spelling. You're more experienced than I. Am I right? Cullen328 (talk) 15:16, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The editor, who inserted Daniel LaHue into 24 (TV series), has no edit credits other than to the DLH article and now 24. He reverted another editor and placed DLH in the 24 article. However, if you look at 24 on IMDb, his name is not listed while most of the other editors are. I think User:Daniel10600 is Daniel LaHue and editting the IMDb article which can easily be done if you pay to have their Pro account. What do you think? ----moreno oso (talk) 03:55, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've taken to doing some ratings on the NRHP articles, and of course your articles are popping up all over the place. Keep up the good work. As far as my ratings go - please let me know if you think I'm doing a good job. Perhaps I do them too quickly, or I'm not strict enough. On the other hand, I always want to give your articles a higher rating, but tend to get hung up on some of them only having the one source. In any case, feedback appreciated, and keep up the good work. Smallbones (talk) 16:48, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'd very much appreciate it if you would review these comments on my talk page [25] and perhaps add a comment yourself that might help to put this to rest. Thanks.Malke2010 16:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. And if you could keep an eye out for me I'd appreciate that, too. If you see something you think is not right, let me know. Appreciate it.Malke2010 17:13, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that. Thanks a lot. I was once given a DYK nomination for an article on the Montauk Association Historic District, and I turned it down, because I didn't create it. ----DanTD (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That this unblock request you denied earlier today was almost certainly a vandal who created dozens of accounts spoofing The Thing That Should Not Be (talk·contribs) last week, because he logged on to IRC and found TTTSNB's channel and identified himself as such, so there's not much guesswork involved. —Soap— 17:17, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Why is necessary to block this person for an indefinite period? Are you sure that Renpin is a deliberate hoax? Perhaps he is just in need of some guidance. Herostratus (talk) 19:17, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Your submission of Hiddenhurst at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello! Your submission of Thomas N. Wheeler Farm at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:47, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Daniel, I've opposed two of your DYK noms at T:TDYK merely because their hooks are too long and sometimes unwieldy. Please comment. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 22:41, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello! Your submission of Dakin-Coleman Farm at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! — Rlevse • Talk • 01:13, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
PS - time to archive your talk page ;-) — Rlevse • Talk • 01:13, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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There ya go. They don't have a Howells pic. If i find more locations I will definitely give them to you. Ones that come to mind Graham (Guymard) and Greycourt (Chester). I'll link the sites.Mitch32(Growing up with Wikipedia:1 edit at a time.) 01:10, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Daniel. I am looking for someone who could translate into Russian (and eventually publish on Russian Wikipedia) a page about an artistic movement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMMAGINE%26POESIA
Could you help me or suggest what to do?
Thanks a lot for your help, saluti dall'Italia--Alessandroga80 (talk) 15:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! As suggested I have written on the Russian Project Board: if I don't get a reply...I'll come back to you.
I'm drafting a Catskill fire tower article that borrows heavily from the Hunter Mountain Fire Tower article you largely wrote. Any direct improvements or talk-page suggestions you would be willing to offer would be heartily appreciated! (I'm also hunting down a source for my [[User:True_Pagan_Warrior/Overlook Mountain|Overlook Mountain draft, which needs more natural history for starters.) Regards, --~TPW 14:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm ... I'm not really sure that an article on Catskill fire towers generally is something that merits a separate article. Perhaps it could be the springboard to something like Fire lookout towers in New York? Daniel Case (talk) 15:58, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not opposed, although I didn't know about others. Where do you think I should start looking for info?--~TPW 19:23, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Martin Podskosch's book, which I used as a source, is great. Daniel Case (talk) 20:43, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Regarding your unblock decline, I was concerned at my involvement. Specifically: were you concerned that my comment below the request was inappropriate? (I'm a hugely new admin and expect to be doing stupid things, so don't hold back!)
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Hei,
i had disclosed personal information of mine in my user page in all but the present version. So to prevent my OUTING, i would like to have it removed from history.
Also, the very first edit i made to Wikipedia (see [28]) was about myself - I was young and foolish then :D . Now, i would like have that removed from history as well so that i can protect my privacy.
I am not sure how things work at oversight. I hope you will direct me to the suitable place, if this is not the one. Thanks and Regards. Arjuncodename024 08:56, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for doing that. But, if there is a way it can be done, i would like to have my previous revisions of user page even not visible to admins. Thanks Arjuncodename024 22:52, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fine, take time; but pls do tell me when it's done. Arjuncodename024 18:30, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hei, i just noticed that this page also has my personal info (User:Arjun024/About_me). May i pls have it oversighted. Sorry for the extra trouble. Arjuncodename024 15:00, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hei, the edit summary of the first edit in the above page is outing me; pls atleast get that one edit oversighted immediately.Tnx Arjuncodename024 21:35, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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and also a mention on WP:ANI. I would love to have you participate! Remember July 5th, the starting date! Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I need some oversighting and you're the first oversighter that I found that's online at the moment.--Everyone Dies In the End (talk) 04:13, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well on Queen Elizabeth Secondary School there was an IP user edit that put the names of the people involved (supposedly). I don't know if those were the real names nor should I know since those names are protected under Canadian Law since they are minors. Wikipedia explains the law here Youth_Criminal_Justice_Act#Privacy. thanks --Everyone Dies In the End (talk) 04:23, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I would kindly invite you to reconsider Sarandioti's readmission in Wikipedia. His appeal seems sincere and having Sarandioti in Wikipedia actually is less disruptive for everybody than not having him. At least 20 people and IPs have been checked through CU for SPIs that user:Athenean (who commented in the talk page User_talk:Sarandioti) has filed in the last year. Every single Albanian user has been screened in the last year through CU as a sock of Sarandioti. The Albanian Wikipedians eventually quit, because it seems like being an Albanian is being a reincarnation of Sarandioti. The harassment that has been given to me personally and to a lot of people improperly accused as Sarandioti socks is unprecedented. Thank you for your attention. I hope you enjoy Wikipedia! --Sulmues Let's talk 07:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And almost all of those 20 "people" (less than that actually) were confirmed socks of Sarandioti or other banned users. What is unprecedented is your blaming me for the actions of others. Incredible. Athenean (talk) 07:56, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll leave Daniel to judge by himself for all four (4) SPI investigations filed on Sarandioti Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Sarandioti/Archive: Alaricus and Kreshnik were found as socks. I was no sock, Lceliku was no sock, and 13 people were no socks in the last investigation. So 15 were innocent, 2 were socks. Sarandioti apologized for his socking activity, but what I wouldn't like is that all new Albanian users have to go through SPI as soon as they join Wikipedia in a terrible Inquisition process. Their lack of enjoyment of Wikipedia is guaranteed and the lack of coverage of the Albanian topics is evidence. --Sulmues Let's talk 12:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm just astonished that Sulmues supports the request of a maniac that praises Genocides and posted A. Hitler infant in his userpage. Apart for the attempt to misinform eveything Sulmues ignores this [[29]]: Alarichus, Muzakaj, Kreschnik123, xxlrkxx were his most active confirmed socks.Alexikoua (talk) 13:14, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sarandioti feels very strongly about his nation and he improved many articles bringing Albanian sources. So you want Sarandioti because he posted Hitler baby? You got offended by that, Alexikoua? Aaawwww... I think he did that only because he was angry with the Greeks. In fact in that same version he had the Anarchist sign right below it (which he had always kept), so I really don't think he is a nazi or anything like that. Nazi and anarchists don't mix. I have seen him in many disputes with the Greek editors, where I would have sided with him. His blocks brought him to use socks, but I think he has learned the lesson by now. We are more Albanians in Wikipedia than we used to be 2 years ago and we can help him better understand Wikipedia rules and respect for other users. When he was editing there wan't even a talk page on the Albanian Wikiproject. From then we have quadrupled the number of articles tagged Wikiproject Albania and have a much better communication between us and also with the Greek side. Indeed I think that his apology was sincere. Besides his knowledge of Greek along his Albanian one would be extremely helpful in many articles that touch both Greece and Albania, such as Evllogji Kurilla or others. Sarandioti still has lots to give to Wikipedia. --Sulmues Let's talk 15:13, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Disinterested readers are advised to consider the irony of the juxtaposition of the above and the below. Daniel Case (talk) 15:28, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Whilst I always AGF, I don't have much hope for that one; I'd appreciate if you could keep an eye on it if unblocked, too, and consider a longer block if it recurs. It's a hard one to deal with. Thanks again, Chzz ► 16:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey DYK expert. I'm trying to review someone's nomination. I know the limit is 200 characters, but I don't know whether I start counting at the "t" in "that", the first blank space after "that" or the first nonblank character after "that". I know this is picky, but I'm reviewing one where it makes a difference - I don't want to push for an Alt if it is fine as is.
While I'm here, I have a question about one I just proposed. (Texas Longhorns women's basketball on 19 June )
I know the article isn't complete, as I started with 1900 and only got up to 1986, but frankly, I'm exhausted, and want to take a break from the article. My hope is that the prominence of a DYK might prompt some other readers to pick up the baton and help. However, I'm not sure this is a supported use of a DYK. If it needs to be more complete, and it take s me until next weekend, does that eliminate the possibility of a DYK (I know the nomination has to occur within five days, but I'm not sure how the counting works if it take several days to complete the article).--SPhilbrickT 17:58, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I can go ahead and unblock it. THe IP had been reported for vandalism, but it seems more like a content dispute. Thanks for letting me know. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 16:23, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I found this gem and was planning on uploading one of the pages to Commons because I want to use it in an article, but is there some easy way to upload the entire atlas? I would be happy to talk to someone at the County Clerk's office; they might have other good public domain stuff we could use. --~TPW 03:49, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, if you're going to use a living notable person's name as your username, don't be surprised if people treat you like the real person, with all that that entails. Daniel Case (talk) 18:53, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think the name of this article Women Airforce Service Pilots might be incorrect. I've been doing a lot of reading on this subject recently and all the official sources seem to call them the Women's Air Service Pilots.[30] If that is indeed the correct name, what type of sources would we need to make the correction? And how does an article name get corrected? Thanks.Malke2010 19:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Air Force Historical Society pages say Womens without an apostrophe; see this page. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:34, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
My question is the use of the words "Air" as opposed to "Airforce."Malke2010 19:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The answer is, what do the official USAF sources call it? Daniel Case (talk) 19:46, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've sent an email to Harry Reid's office.Malke2010 19:52, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's the Air Force Historical Studies Office, part of the Air Force, that I linked to up above here. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:00, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
May I second this? It is my talk page, after all. Daniel Case (talk) 17:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel, I was simply asking you a question. It's not my fault Toddstl has inappropriately followed me here. He's got nothing to do with this discussion. I was making a simple inquiry. He's looking to make trouble, again. I will break off from the discussion and from now on if I have a question I will send you an email.Malke2010 18:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, Daniel. :) User:LonelyEyeball doesn't appear to be a MascotGuy sock, so I've taken a moment to unblock him. Thought you should know. Thanks for keeping an "eyeball" open for the real MascotGuy. Regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:35, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(Hard to discuss UAA matters, as the postings to the page are so quickly archived)
OK, thanks, I guess it seemed obvious / common sense to me, not to others; I understand; I'll try to be more circumspect in reporting in the future. I'm actually pleased that you are so careful to AGF in UAA; I wish same happened in other areas - see Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account/Guide#AGF! Chzz ► 17:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Would you be willing to write a paragraph or two about NRHPs, NHDs, and NHLs in Albany for my current rewrite? The new section is at Albany, New York#Museums and historic sites. I'd like a summary of numbers (how many NRHPs, NHDs, NHLs) and a listing of what you (as an expert) would call the "most important" of those listed. If there are other places that you think are significant that aren't NRHP-related, feel free to include. I'd appreciate it! upstateNYer 02:15, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, i heard u won't be stopping. I will dig out the NRHP doc for Morgan whatever Pottery site but won't have access to the right computer for that until later this weekend, maybe too late to be helpful this trip. About NHLs, I support your interest in getting better pic for Geneseo Historic District and current pics Cobblestone Historic District. I've accumulated 10 or so other cobblestone pic sets to upload eventually, but that one is indeed hard to get to. Enjoy! --doncram (talk) 18:34, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I left a comment about this nom at T:TDYK, but since it's in your field of interest, perhaps you would like to take a look at it? Gatoclass (talk) 10:18, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I go on a scheduled wikibreak at the beginning of every month. I forgot to do it in July but will start immediately. Dramaout begins on July 5th. I will participate. At the advice of Jayron32, I started it. Since I will be on wikibreak, can you help Wizardman get this going and encouraging others to participate? You can be resourceful and think of how to do this. I chose you and Wizardman because of your good reputation. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:14, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We currently have about a dozen regular editors of Rand Paul, and contrary to 100% consensus amongst everyone except CullVernon, Vernon continually blanks major sections of the article. I see he recently regained his editing privileges, and had lost them for this very behavior aimed at the same article. He clearly hasn't learned his lesson as he has blanked sections over two-dozen times in recent days since his return. Your help would be appreciated. HpK1029 (talk) 17:43, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, thank you for your quick response. In complete seriousness, your timely help is a credit to Wikipedian mods :) HpK1029 (talk) 19:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel, CullVernon has filed a mediation case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/2010-07-08/Rand_Paul). He cited me as an involved user, which I found odd since I never actually contributed content to the Rand Paul page, I just reverted his blanking a single time. I left a note in the talk page, naming the 16 wikipedians more qualified than I to argue the counterpoint (none of whom he named in his case). Anyway, since you're so familiar with this case, I was hoping you could moderate. Personally, I'm not looking for active involvement, since all I know about this case is that CullVernon has blanked sections out of the page about 30 times, and I asked him to stop... HpK1029 (talk) 05:53, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to check with you first on this. From what I see, the user has made generally positive edits - most of which are to the school she attends. The userpage was speedied as promotional, but if you look it's merely personal information with a weblink to her personal student website - nothing is being sold, it's merely her architecture student portfolio. I was contemplating: unblocking; restoring her userpage; possibly restoring the photo that she had uploaded (unrelated to your actions). Concerns? Questions? Free beer? (talk→BWilkins←track) 11:13, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Katonah, New York)[edit]
Hi, you've deleted versions of some pages that I've mentioned at AIV in the past. I was wondering if you could delete a version of Paul Bearer from today that is clearly libelous. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:44, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On July 12, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Smith Tavern, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I thought his edits might have been a little trollish, but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I didn't block him for his name, just suggested it might cause him some difficulty. Daniel Case (talk) 03:43, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
On July 15, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Deep Notch, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On July 19, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William E. Ward House, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Are you aware that the policy page you point to, which you keep using as justification for why promotional user names aren't a big deal, specifically says Explicit use of a name or url of a company, group or product as a username is not permitted.? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 02:46, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ha. Interesting. I wasn't aware that there had been a change on that policy page. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 03:54, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The National Register PDFs for the NJ Transit stations[edit]
Here we go, this is the list of stations for the PDFs if you can find them:
Hello! Your submission of Skinner-Tinkham House at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Nsk92 (talk) 12:50, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Given with respect and admiration to Daniel Case on the occasion of your 350th article to appear in the Did You Know section of the Main Page, and for all your work with that project and on Wikipedia in general. Keep up the good work! Yours, Ruhrfisch><>°° 15:07, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Goodness, that's a lot of articles. Congratulations, and I hope to read more from you! —Ed(talk • majestic titan) 20:43, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings. I'm not sure is there is any guideline addressing this, but I think it would be useful to leave comments on the WP:AIV page for some period after a report is declined or otherwise discussed. I think this would avoid repeat reports from tools such as Huggle and would also provide a window of opportunity for the reporting user to see the response without having to dig into the history. I've always thought 30 minutes to an hour would be sufficient and that's what I see many other administrators doing. If the page becomes backlogged with multiple resolved items, clearing them out sooner may be necessary. Of course this is just my opinion. Thoughts? -- Tom N (tcncv)talk/contrib 02:15, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, maybe six minutes was a little too quick. I think one hour after the last edit would be a good rule. But I also think there's a philosophy at AIV to keep the page as uncluttered as possible. Daniel Case (talk) 02:45, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. The two goals appear to be in opposition. I guess it all comes down to good judgment, which means everybody does their own thing, while hopefully watching and adjusting based on what others are doing. Cheers. -- Tom N (tcncv)talk/contrib 02:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I posted this with Rlevse, but realize they're away...one of today's DYK hooks reads odd, and is rather misleading overall. "... that the 2007 Indy Japan 300, an IndyCar Series motor race held on April 21, 2007, was uniquely held at Twin Ring Motegi, a non-American location?". "Was uniquely held"?? Besides reading poorly, this is only a minor deal - it just happened to be the one year that only one country other then the US (Canada often holds 2) hosted the event ... not at all a big deal. (talk→BWilkins←track) 13:43, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Daniel Case. I would like to become involved with this process. I am an Account Creator and I'm familiar with Upol. I am currently studying UAA Instructions. Just wondering if you have any pointers, suggestions or insight that would help me get started ? Thank you for your time. Mlpearcpowwow 15:00, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
UAA Instructions is pretty clear. I guess my question now is what do you look for and where ? Mlpearcpowwow 15:15, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Just to let you know, this IP you blocked for a week for (among other things) block evasion, continued to evade and participate in the discussion at Talk:Dawn Wells as this IP (note the geolocate for it[31] vs. the blocked IP[32]). He even got congratulated for it[33]. Cute, no? Cheers... Doc9871 (talk) 19:35, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll explain my position because i think we've had interactions about what names should be for post office articles before, and i think my views previously weren't all thought out, and/or they have changed. So you might think i have a more or less bureaucratic or whatever view, and that could be offputting about your participating, i dunno. Briefly, my own position has evolved to be that i think sources should be used for a case-by-case determination of what is the best common name for a place. However, the NRIS name, often showing "US" or "U.S.", turns out often to be an abbreviation of a more formal "United States" name appearing as title in the NRHP nomination of a place, as for the Albion one. I think in most or all of the New York State articles, the NRHP nomination is available and it's title shows a more formal name, and i support using that if just the NRIS and nomination sources are present. If there are other, current more definitive sources, then i think those should prevail. So for the Albion article, anyhow, i would now prefer to move it to "United States Post Office (Albion, New York)", while previously i might have been more wanting to keep it at the NRIS name, which I previously viewed as more definitive than i do now.
I'll mention to BD2412 that i explained this here, in case he wishes to give an alternative view. I really want your independent view, and by my commenting i am not wanting to bias anything. BD and my views started out more differently than they are now, I think.
You probably have created more DYK+ level post office articles than anyone, so you should have a say. I also hope/expect your commenting could help in resolving the RFC. --doncram (talk) 20:57, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate doncram mentioning this comment to me. I think the arguments are fairly thoroughly laid out in the RFC. I would point out that there are two separate issues under discussion, one being whether to spell out "United States" in article titles (which I favor as being more formal and encyclopedic, and consistent with broader encyclopedic practice), and whether to use Congressional designations where those have been legislated. It turns out there is not much overlap with post offices in the second case, as I will expand upon now in the RFC. 21:21, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
On July 28, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Skinner-Tinkham House, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hello! Your submission of Mount Albion Cemetery at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Nsk92 (talk) 13:19, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about this one Daniel. Your message that his name is that of " a feared and loathed tyrant" is your point of view. I happen to share the exact same point of view, but it is still just a point of view. Our own article states "Results of a controversial poll taken in 2006 stated that over thirty-five percent of Russians would vote for Stalin if he were still alive.[259][260] Fewer than a third of all Russians regarded Stalin as a murderous tyrant" So, your username discussion is what would be offensive to a great many Russians. I would also point out that Josef Stalin is not the only notable individual named Stalin, (see Stalin (name)) and it could just be their real name. A lot of these users that get the username discussion message as their first interaction at Wikipedia simply disappear, I'm concerned that it is being used to liberally and is scaring of potential contributors, and that it is being used in matters like this one where the offensiveness of the name is largely a matter of personal perspective and politics. He was actually the leader of one of the Allied Countries in WWII, we Americans and Brits were more than happy to have him as a friend during the war, it's was only afterward that he became so vilified in the West. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've brought this up at WP:AN for wider discussion. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have recently created this WikiProject and had a lot of help in doing so, now that it is starting to develop I was looking for a well experienced User to review it and suggest some improvements or even make a couple. Could you please review it for me. Mr.Kennedy1 → talk 21:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Curious, since you're an oversighter, could you upload a screenshot and add it to Wikipedia:Oversight to demonstrate what the Special:HideRevision screen looks like? I can't remember where, but I've seen other pages about user access levels that include a screenshot to illustrate the use of the technical rights. Nyttend (talk) 00:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Howdy. Wanted to let you know this IP, which you've blocked twice and was blocked once before that, keeps doing the same unsourced edits. Might a longer block be possible? Thanks. :) --Ebyabe (talk) 01:46, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. 'Night. --Ebyabe (talk) 03:59, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know, in North America Smarties are Smarties not Smarties, that is why I removed the smarties variant. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 08:19, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Bureaucrat note: The name was judged acceptable and the change was put through, so the user should not be blocked. -- Avi (talk) 21:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello! Your submission of Lock Tender's House and Canal Store Ruin at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! PleaseStand (talk) 06:25, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
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