User talk:TheXenocide/Archive 1

Edit summary for CSD tagged articles

I noticed that you are using an edit summary for CSD tagged articles and user talk page notifications that look like you are actually putting up the article for an AfD. For example, this summary. That can be a bit confusing, especially for new editors. Can you switch over to an edit summary that says you are tagging as CSD not an AfD? Thanks. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:03, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: The AfD process and the speedy deletion process is different. You have been using the speedy deletion process. You are using the correct templates in the articles and messages left for the editors who created the article, but your edit summary on those two items says, for example, "AfD: Nominated for deletion; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Epperson". That would indicate that you are using the AfD process, when you used the speedy delete process. Usually a speedy delete edit summary for the article will be the name of the speedy delete template used "{{db-bio}}" or "Requesting speedy deletion" or something like that. The edit summary for the user talk page is something like "Notification of speedy delete nomination of Jonathan Epperson". You can see what other editors use by checking the edit history of the articles at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:18, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: Your new edit summary was fine. =) Thanks! -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:21, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: CSD Question

Re your message: Articles on schools should be deleted through an AfD. There are other articles that can't be speedy deleted. The list is at WP:CSD#Non-criteria. You should either use the Proposed deletion or AfD processes on those as appropriate. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:39, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Adoption Request?

Hey, I was wondering if you were still looking to adopt a user. I've gotten most of the basics, like tagging articles for deletion, down. However, there is still a lot of stuff that I could use help with. Get back to me whenever you have time. Thanks! TheXenocide (talk) 23:42, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Of course. I will. Thanks. Techman224^Talk 23:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

What do you want to know about? Techman224^Talk 23:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, here are just a few questions off the top of my head. How does one change their signature? Is there a certain way to find user boxes? Is it worth using a program like Twinkle, and if so how do I download it and work it? I'm sure I'll think of a few more as I go along, but those are the ones I've been wondering about recently. Thanks. TheXenocide (talk) 23:49, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Ok, firstly, the signature. You see in Special:Preferences that there's a Signature box, now if you check the "raw signature", you can put almost anything into the box as your signature. Now my signature is [[User:Techman224|<font color="339933">'''Techman224'''</font>]][[User talk:Techman224|<font color="3300ff">'''^Talk'''</font>]]. You can replace the user and user talk pages with yours. But look at the font color, see the numbers, they tell the webbrowser what color is displayed. Go to list of colors, you can see a whole pile of colors. You want to put in whatever is in the Hex triplet row into the font color without the #. For this example, I've set techman224 to #E49B0F. It would look like Techman224^Talk. Get it? Techman224^Talk 01:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Post whatever you say on my talk page, that way I know when you said something. Techman224^Talk 02:46, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

CSD declined

Hi TheXenocide. Just to let you know, I removed the speedy tag you placed at Hurricane (Kim Carnes song). CSD A9 does not apply when the artist (in this case, Kim Carnes) has an article. Best wishes, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 01:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for informing me. I just have a quick question about articles like this, if you have time. At the time when I tagged this article there was no article for the album it was in, but there was one for the artist. So, would this apply to the CSD for being a sub-page of a non-existent page? Thanks. TheXenocide (talk) 02:18, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure, glad to respond. No, CSD A9 says that if the artist's page exists then we cannot speedy an article about any type of recording by that artist. (Actually, in this particular case, the album article did exist, but the editor had messed up the link to it, making it appear as if it was a red link.) Let me know if you have any other questions. Cheers, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 17:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

speedies

Kindly do not tag articles for speedy deletion as nn one minute after creation, when something is said that even possibly might be notable, and being a professor at mit is one of those things. People need time to write their articles, and it is perfectly legit to go a sentence at a time. For a one sentence article like that, if it stayed in that state another day or two, I'd have tagged it as unreferenced & reminded the creator to finish it. Of course, the sort of disruptive pseudo-bios you've also been correctly marking for speedy should be tagged immediately DGG (talk) 21:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I just responded to your query about this on my talk page. Apologies for the delay. DGG (talk) 21:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

November 23, 2008

Hey, just stopping by to ask you another question. I came by a new page today while I was patrolling, Wehn the Deer Wore Blue. This article appears to be about an actual album, and the artist has their own page, so I know it's notable. However, the title of the page should be "When", not "Wehn", and I can't seem to find any way to change this myself. What should I do in cases such as this? Gracias. :) TheXenocide (talk) 23:34, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Just move it, and put the reason that your just fixing spelling. It's not a controversial move. Techman224^Talk 02:20, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi there...please remove the "speedy removal" tag on my article. I am a theatre professor and beginning my posts of those making a difference and hitting the theatre world.

Sincerely,

M. Thompson —Preceding unsigned comment added by MsMusicalMaker (talk • contribs) 03:42, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Pornstar (film)

I have expanded and sourced the artcle per Film MOS. It has a number of notables and might actually be an interesting drama to watch. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

You did pretty good for a start, finding the notables in the cast which had articles. If it had not been for them, I would have voted delete right alongside you. I have the sense that when this hits wider distribution, there will be much more coverage because of those folks... but after all, its only ben a few weeks. Searching for sources was quite tough because the name itself brought up so many unconnected sites. Felt like washing my hands after the search (chuckle). Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 02:47, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal

Hi,

you recently referred to an article (Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal) I posted as below standards, which at that moment it certainly was. Would you consider the present appropriate, or can you give me more hints to improve on it?

A problem i have with the sources on this article and its parent (Taklung Kagyu) is that most of the information comes from direct interaction with Taklung monks and responsibles, and that there is no european reference available as yet.

Another thing is that I would like to completely remove the stub "Taklung Thangpa" which seems to be empty and useless.

Regards,

Bert0001 (talk) 00:32, 28 November 2008 (UTC) bert0001

long time no talk

sry abuout bugging u for the adoption. I saw u removed it. i am 11, so i can be sort of annoying to older ppl im adopted now in wiki. are you? and what do you do in a project? let me know if i am annying u plz. Dcollins52 (talk) 21:48, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Posting messages on user’s talk pages

TheXenocide said “Please Note; if you want to contact another user, do not create an article. Post a message on his talk page.” That‘s what I thought I was doing. When I clicked the “To respond…” link, I saw that my login had somehow been lost, and that I was identified only by IP address. So, I pasted the secure part of the URL in front of the bit identifying the user; evidently without the desired effect. I have all cookies enabled etc. in a pretty vanilla browser (Safari 3.2), and it has happened before that I've been logged in for less than 5 minutes, and somehow the site “forgets” I’m logged in and gives my contributions a generic (ie. by IP address only) attribution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halibutron (talk • contribs) 05:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Colossus252 and the Beast

Might be two kids joshing each other. Best to warn them separately. Thanks, NawlinWiki (talk) 06:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Cannabis in New Zealand

I see that you shuffled some of the links around on the Cannabis in New Zealand article. I have reverted it to what I have seen as the most common and logical arrangement that is generally used on other articles. A Main article (if one exists) should go at the head of a section and a See also should go at the tail of a section. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 08:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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Rollback

First of all, you have to do some work on some vandalism work first without rollback. A great way to start is to get a IRC client and go to #cvn-wp-en. Use Twinkle to help revert vandalism from the URL's there. It uses scripts that uses undo instead of revert. After you become active, you can go to WP:RFP to request the rollback permission. There aren't exact requirments to rollback, but read WP:ROLLBACK. If you just used undo to revert vandalism, and if you have been doing it for a while, then go ahead to request after you read WP:ROLLBACK. Techman224^Talk 02:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Some IRC clients cost money, and there are different ones. Which platform do you use? Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux/UNIX?Techman224^Talk 17:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

To answer the "ROLLBACK (VANDAL)" question you had, it doesn't warn the user. It just changes the edit summary. You have to warn the user yourself. On IRC clients, I recommend getting xChat which is free.

The server is irc.freenode.org, and you want to join #cvn-wp-en. Techman224^Talk 21:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Todd roydon

I declined speedy deletion of this article as a {{db-repost}} because I couldn't find any prior discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, just a prior speedy deletion. That said, the article may still be worthy of deletion, possibly speedily, on other grounds. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:09, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Black slaves

I disagreed with the classification of the article Black slaves as patent nonsense. It was perfectly understandable; however, it was a superficial and not completely accurate treatment of a topic we have covered elsewhere in Wikipedia in much better detail. That is not grounds for speedy deletion, but for redirection instead. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:53, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

why? I'm the director, everything I write is true!!!

If you don't like the article, don't read it! Let others who wish to read it read it and don't delete it.

If you want me something else, you find my mail on this adress: http://aredrosefilm.webs.com/contactus.htm

my name is on hte top (Oliver Granö) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aredrosefilm (talk • contribs) 21:02, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

No articles or commerciales has been released yet, no, because the film is still beeing recorded! But you doubt me... why don't you get in contact with the sponsoring teams, LTV Films.

Even tho, this film isn't as big as "Titanic", but keep in mind, not all movies that are beeing made is that big. Just wait until late december and you'll see the commercials.

ann-charlotte.johansson@ltv.se

and sorry for my bad english, you see, I live in Sweden, where the movie is made.

By the way, sorry, I missread the last message.

the movie contains very good actores, that works daily for the Swedish TV company TV6.

Could you please inform me about the stuff you need to think about?

Greg Giametta

Hello Xenocide, we believe we've fixed the Greg Giametta {Greg giametta] article by including published reliable references such as Roadrunner Records and Harmony Central press releases....tried adding /hangon/ not sure if it worked. Please have a look and advise. Thanks, Electroman2007 (talk) 21:15, 16 December 2008 (UTC)ElectroMan2007

Your rollback request

Hello TheXenocide, I have granted your account rollback in accordance with your request. Please remember that rollback is for reverting vandalism/spam, and that misuse of the tool, either by revert-warring with other users, or simply reverting edits you disagree with, can lead to it being removed. For practice, you may wish to see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Acalamari 00:39, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Careful with those rollbacks!

You accidentally put some vandalism back on one page. No harm done, but careful with that thing. ;) Thompsontough (talk) 01:24, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I felt like doing something romantic - I tried to choose a suitably obscure article, but I apologize for any inconvenience my endeavors may have incited. D'you think you can let me get away with it, just this once? It is my birthday, after all. I'm surprised that isn't on the article for December 16th... but I'm sure that's an honest mistake. I'll fix it for you sometime, don't worry about it. Consider it a gesture of apology.

Also, do you think you could change that article back? I thought it was fairly accurate, and as informative as I could manage... perhaps a disambiguation page? I apologize, but my knowledge of ancient Norse beliefs is not what it used to be - at least, could it be reintroduced as a stub?

Thank you for your time and concern, and, again, my apologies for any inconvenience. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.8.154.39 (talk) 01:30, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Bex

I felt like doing something romantic - I tried to choose a suitably obscure article, but I apologize for any inconvenience my endeavors may have incited. D'you think you can let me get away with it, just this once? It is my birthday, after all. I'm surprised that isn't on the article for December 16th... but I'm sure that's an honest mistake. I'll fix it for you sometime, don't worry about it. Consider it a gesture of apology.

Also, do you think you could change that article back? I thought it was fairly accurate, and as informative as I could manage... perhaps a disambiguation page? I apologize, but my knowledge of ancient Norse beliefs is not what it used to be - at least, could it be reintroduced as a stub?

Thank you for your time and concern, and, again, my apologies for any inconvenience.

RE: Randy Walker

RE: Randy Walker (football coach)

What is wrong with the changes that I made?

These where QUALITY edits.

Did you even look at them?

I improved the article 10 times. I added GOOD references:

1. 1. ^ Myslenski, Skip. - "As a High School Player, Randy Walker Once Cost His Team A Victory When He Missed Scoring a Touchdown by 18 Inches". - Chicago Tribune. - December 24, 2000.
2. 2. ^ a b c Banks, Lacy J. - "'A devastating loss' for NU: Heart attack blamed for shocking death of football coach, 52". - Chicago Sun-Times. - July 1, 2006.
3. 3. ^ a b "Randy Walker dies, former Miami football player, coach". - Dayton Daily News. - June 30, 2006.
4. 4. ^ a b c Schmidt, Neil. - "NU-MU rivalry almost too close for comfort". - Cincinnati Enquirer. - September 12, 2003.
5. 5. ^ a b Oller, Rob. - "Troy boy made the folks proud back in his hometown". - Columbus Dispatch. - July 1, 2006.

Please tell me why you didn't like them?

- 4.240.159.168 (talk) 03:54, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

You didn't even look did you? You just saw an IP address and knew that it was VANDALISM. Thanks a lot. - 4.240.159.168 (talk) 03:56, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

BLANKING???? TIP: Try look at the history page before reverting and comparing the SIZE of the article before and after I got my hands on it. This should give you a clue if "BLANKING" is involved:

• BEFORE: 6,426 bytes
• AFTER: 9,538 bytes

I increased the article size by 50%, and improved it immensely. - 4.240.159.168 (talk) 04:05, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

editor review for me

I know i may be early but please participate you can find my editor review at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_review/DCollins52

please tell me what to work on. Cheers Dcollins52^{Tell me what you think} 18:50, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

guess what!

reply to me on my talk plz! i think ull like what i have to tell you.

Dcollins52^{Tell me what you think} 20:54, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

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Im in 2 projects!

I am in WP:Christianity and WP:Welcoming Commitee

Cheers, Dcollins52^{Tell me what you think} 23:54, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, just a quick question...

Ok, thanks for the sweet warning. Just a quick question... what was the inspiration for your name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.100.21.67 (talk) 03:01, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Why did you change my edits to Dee Snider?

It made perfect sense that section of the article only talks about his early life not his career and they now live in Long Island, why would you change it?Logger2010 (talk) 23:51, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

What was the purpose of removing Early Life then? It's obvious that was his early life, not his career. Logger2010 (talk) 00:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Bev Perdue

Hello. Just to let you know, 75.177.26.84 was correct in changing the inaugaration dates for Bev Perdue, at least according to her website. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 13:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem, but the IP changed it back and I just wanted to make sure you knew it was correct. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 00:21, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, there are no citations already for many of these so-called "tna wrestlers", so they shouldn't even still be on the list until someone can PROVE they were in tna. I mean, come on! Xpac?? When the fuck was he in tna? Lex Luger? Jesus christ. someone vandalized it already.

Re: Speedy deletion of Clickhaze

You wrote:

A tag has been placed on Clickhaze requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a band or musician, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for musical topics. If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. ^{What I do}Xenocide^{Talk to me} 17:33, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

I really think that was not justified. Clickhaze was a legitimate band and passes at least several of the restrictions pointed out in WP:Music. I totally do not understand why there is such a rush to delete valid articles like this one, where at the same time Wikipedia holds much less valuable content in other articles. I guess that's how it is with this American-oriented, populistic encyclopedia. Anyway, have a nice day. Karol (talk) 19:27, 20 December 2008 (UTC)