User talk:GSK/Archive 4
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Pickbothmanlol / Iceman sockpuppetry investigation
ResolvedCan you please take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Pickbothmanlol? I've mentioned you in that investigation since you blocked Kevin Morrison on the ActiveWiki. I believe that the suspected sockpuppet User:Fluttershy created an article entitled ""Kevin_Morrison_(cyberterrorist)". Your previous experience with Pickbothmanlol / Iceman would be helpful in the investigation. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 20:54, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 21:43, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
iOS 6
ResolvedWhy did you consider the iOS 6 page for deletion? Dplcrnj (talk) 20:07, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- You being notified was a mistake. The deletion was aimed at it being turned into a separate article, the first iOS version article not to be redirected to iOS version history. Please see the current discussion for a better explanation. --GSK (talk ● evidence) 20:11, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
ResolvedTo answer your edit summary, no, I didn't intend to remove a reference. I was apparently looking at an old revision of the page and noticed Walmart was used as that reference. I then proceeded to edit the new version of the page without paying attention to what I was removing, and inadvertently removed a good reference. After seeing your edit summary, I had a WTF moment, and had to try figure out just how I had done that. Thanks for catching my goof.--Asher196 (talk) 03:31, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Scary Movie 5
ResolvedForgive my ignorance about Wikipedia etiquette... but, what's going on? Last night, I tried to correct several mistakes about the actors cast and their character names. Now, I'm getting weird "warnings" that are associated with your user name.
My name is J.P. Manoux. I am #7 on the call sheet for this movie. We are in the middle of production RIGHT NOW here in Atlanta. Much of the information previously associated with the cast of SCARY MOVIE 5 was incorrect.
Not that I care all that much.
Thanks.
J.P. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.105.193.2 (talk) 17:33, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
- On Wikipedia, we require sources for all content added to the encyclopedia. Anyone can come on here and claim what you have, so we need to be able to verify everything that's added. If you really are JP Manoux, it's great to see you here, but we still need verifiable sources for added content. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 17:42, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
How do I provide "EVIDENCE" that I am who I say I am? And what's to stop "real" people from posting nonsense? And who are you? An employee of Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpmanoux (talk • contribs) 18:11, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
- Verifiable sources means the information should be published via a reliable medium, such as an online newspaper (like HuffPost, for example). There are millions of editors on Wikipedia who work every day to prevent nonsense and vandalism from being posted in articles. I'm one of these editors. If you take a look at my contribution history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/GSK), you can see I rollback vandalism on an almost daily basis on numerous articles. Most of the editors on Wikipedia are not employed by Wikipedia, but are regular people like you and me. If you're curious about the verifiability policy on Wikipedia, I suggest reading over these two articles: WP:V and WP:RS. I'm going to open a discussion on the Administrator's Noticeboard to get a second opinion. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 18:35, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Chris Carter (screenwriter)
ResolvedHi. You've removed a link I added to the Chris Carter (screenwriter) article. The link was to an interview with Chris Carter at the Archive of American Television website. I have no affiliations to either. Can you explain why the link was removed? Thanks. 203.86.206.206 (talk) 22:29, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- After reviewing Wikipedia policies for external links, I have reverted my edit and restored the link to the article. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 01:48, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
GTA San Andreas
ResolvedHello. Thank you for your concern in helping me editing pages! Actually, I read a lot of stuff about video games. I had found a while ago a website reamrking that the game had actually sold 27.5 million copies, so, I just changed the number to 30 million in order to make it easier to read. Also, as it was quoted in the original GTA San Andreas page on Wikipedia, it says In 2011, Kotaku reported that according to Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold 27.5 million copies worldwide.. Concerning the PS2 sales that are 17.3 million, the other 10 million being the PC sales, adding other console sales (PSP, XBOX), it gets even higher than 30 million copies. Please, reconsider it!
Thanks in advance, Jimmy — Preceding unsigned comment added by JimmyzzzX (talk • contribs) 15:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
- We still need reliable sources for anything you add to the encyclopedia. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 15:54, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
-_-
ResolvedThat's all you have to say?! -_- — Preceding unsigned comment added by JimmyzzzX (talk • contribs) 09:03, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. It's Wikipedia policy to include reliable sources. I suggest you familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policy. You can start here. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 09:14, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Cookies.
Resolved
86.5.226.63 has eaten your {{cookie}}! The cookie made them happy and they'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!
No problem :) Thanks for the cookie. --86.5.226.63 (talk) 10:12, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
- One more thing - after waking up and having a more sane mind, I found that the editor copied information from Sulake's own website (especially http://www.sulake.com/press/awards/ and the profiles for each of their games)... This might mean that he doesn't work for Sulake, and it might be a slightly more innocent case of copying directly from the Internet, by an unaffiliated third party. Maybe he's just out to make the world a less critical place or something. Definitely doesn't rule out COI though. I copied this message to the thread you made on COI. --86.5.226.63 (talk) 10:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Dotfriends
ResolvedI really don't understand why my dotfriends page was deleted so hastily without the chance for revisions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.80.129.169 (talk) 07:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Before you published the page, it should be well written and have verifiable sources. Yours did not have any sources, so its notability was in question, and as a result, it was deleted under A7 of the speedy deletion policy. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 07:11, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, and don't forget to login to your account. --GSK ● talk ● evidence 07:13, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
ResolvedMichaels541 continues to edit war on the article. I think a block is in order. Qworty (talk) 19:37, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Cosmic waves
ResolvedHello GSK. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Cosmic waves, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A1 does not apply - it's quite clear what the subject is. Notability is very doubtful, but it's not speediable - let the PROD take care of it. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 20:23, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks!
ResolvedDrm310 has eaten your {{cookie}}! The cookie made him happy and he'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!
iPad
ResolvedMost infoboxes (i.e. infobox person) use the common name not the official name. Even Apple is inconsistent about what it calls it. [1] [2]. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 01:40, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
UAA
Hey, GSK, could you please slow down your reports of usernames to UAA? Promotional usernames don't need to be reported unless they've also made promotional edits, but most of the ones you're reporting haven't edited at all. Thanks. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 19:38, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
- Apologies. I will keep that in mind. Thank you. --GSK ● talk ● contribs 19:39, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Jaqui Lividini
Hi GSK, you marked my article, Jaqui Lividini, for speedy deletion. While editing the article to address the issues you brought forward, it was deleted and now I have no trace of the article. I really do not understand why you so hastily did that. The article was carefully cited with reputable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinkatherine (talk • contribs)
- The article was not only a copyright infringement of http://lividini.com/jaqui-lividini/, but there was no indication that the person was notable enough for inclusion. --GSK ● talk ● contribs 21:18, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I was literally in the middle of UNDOING the clear copy-right infringement and yes it was clear that Ms. Lividini is a notable figure in the fashion and business world. She was the SVP of Saks 5th Avenue and then went on to start her own company. She was quoted in numerous articles as well as placed on lists ranking her the top 20, 50 and 100 most influential people in the fashion industry, all of which were cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinkatherine (talk • contribs) 21:22, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Well, you probably shouldn't have infringed on copyrights to start with. You have a sandbox to use before you publish an article, not to mention you could start discussion about creating a new, non-infringing article at Articles for Creation. Keep in mind that I didn't delete your article, though. An administrator would have had to agree with my nomination in order for it to be deleted. --GSK ● talk ● contribs 21:27, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- WELL GUESS WHAT? THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT YOU ARE ACCUSING ME OF I WROTE MYSELF. I am a writer and I wrote Ms. Lividini's bio FOR HER FOR HER WEBSITE. and i mean really, i get that you didn't delete it (I'm not stupid..) but you are sitting around looking at wikipedia articles and marking them for deletion for kicks. pretty weird if you ask me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinkatherine (talk • contribs) 21:32, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Then it's a conflict of interest and you shouldn't be writing the article at all. As for marking Wikipedia articles for deletion, what I do with my time is not of your concern nor is it something you should judge. --GSK ● talk ● contribs 21:35, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
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Will Smith filmography
Hello, GSK! Could you please provide rationale for why you believe Will Smith filmography should be merged into Will Smith? Thanks! Chickenmonkey 21:34, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
- I don't see a need for a completely different article just for his filmography. Same goes for other actors who have separate articles. --GSK ● talk ● contribs 21:37, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
| Thank you for removing that nonsense off my talk page, I greatly appreciate it. (: Webclient101talk 23:50, 5 December 2012 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thanks for combating vandalism, maintaining, and improving Wikipedia. Well-deserved! Enjoy! :) Mediran talk to me! 10:39, 10 December 2012 (UTC) |
PlayStation Vita
With regards to this edit, what do you mean by "Link can't be resolved"? Trut-h-urts man (talk) 01:06, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, just wanted to make sure I didn't add it improperly. Thanks! Trut-h-urts man (talk) 03:00, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi, GSK. Thank you for assisting at Drmie's talk page. Like I stated here, I'm not the same person as the previous IP. It's posts from the previous IP that editors at Drmies's talk page were looking to stop. I've been a productive contributor to the discussion on that talk page. If you haven't already, see others' edit summary statements here, here and here. I was invited to comment in the section you'd reverted me commenting in (as seen in the section above that one). There, I suggesed that Drmies semi-protect his talk page so that the other editor cannot respond there. And I saw that you'd gone about requesting semi-protection for it (even though you were likely referring to the both of us -- me and the other editor -- in your report). Thanks for your help. 220.255.2.104 (talk) 20:52, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi, GSK. Thank you very much by the barnstar! Cheers, Érico Wouters msg 04:38, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Appreciation
Hey GSK, thank you so much for taking care of my user talk page. I have no Idea why all these random IP's come to my talk page and I have not even encountered them. But I suspect they are previously encountered users who have their grudges against me and want to harass me. But anyways, thank you! (: Best, Webclient101talk 20:06, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
What does this mean?
Kww has been marked for CSD G10 and the user has been warned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pusalieth (talk • contribs) 20:40, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Ya, and it means you deleted the abuse I reported, and warned me, except he deleted my contribution without examining the website, deleting all that work, so I got pissed and left a comment on his page, another user left a comment on my page saying it was uncivil, I agreed and was going to drop it, until Kww came to my user page and started making threats. That abuse file was justified, he abusing his admin privilages for a power trip, like some sort of facist police officer, and if you analyze his contributions, there are mostly deletes, he's abusive. --Pusalieth (talk) 20:48, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
- I don't care what he does. Right now, I'm more concerned with having your blatant attacks against him removed. Just because he's an ass to you doesn't mean you need to step down to that level. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 20:50, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
So what am I suppossed to do, and what do you recommend for action against him? --Pusalieth (talk) 20:58, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
- I don't think there's anything you can do. You pretty much threw your chances of having a reasonable discussion about your situation out the window once you created an attack page about the administrator in question. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 21:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
So what, people aren't allowed to be human, that's rediculous, I guarentee if a person went and deleted a bunch of your contributions for no reason, you'd be pissed to, it takes time and effort to write this stuff, and time cannot be returned once its stolen. Regardless of my actions/emotions the facts remain, therefore the case should too. I didn't delete anything of his, nor did restore the old edit, or any other type of vandalism, freedom of speech should be respected, I didn't hurt anyone by posting that on his page, but clearly he has been hurting others, where's the justice? --Pusalieth (talk) 21:06, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
My talk page
I appreciate the effort and thought, but I actually use my talk page to track misbehaviour. Removing the misbehaviour just makes it harder. I'd appreciate it if you left it to me to decide when to delete things.—Kww(talk) 16:41, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
- Apologies. I can understand that reasoning though. Thank you for letting me know. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 16:49, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Restored PROD
Hi GSK. I'm not intimately familiar with the PROD process so I may be out of my depth here, but could you explain how this was an appropriate edit? From the edit history it looks like you PRODed the article on Feb 15 and then when the PROD tag was removed after 20 minutes by an administrator 20 minutes later, you restored the PROD exactly as it had been only 2 and a half hours later. The text of the PROD tag seems to indicate that if any other editor object to deletion for any reason then he can remove it and that if the template is removed, it should not be replaced. Am I missing something here? -Thibbs (talk) 01:07, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
- I had PRODed the article, but then removed it myself and nominated for CSD instead. When CSD was declined, I restored the PROD tag that I myself had previously removed. I hope this clears up any confusion. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 01:11, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (File:DualShock 4.jpg)
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Your speedy at Valerie Maynard
ResolvedI contested your deletion request. Remember that an A7 is valid only when the article makes no assertions to importance, which is distinct from and has a lower threshold than notability. WP:CSD#A7 explains that quite well. Cheers! §FreeRangeFrogcroak 20:51, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
afc
NOT HOWTO is a good reason for deleting an article by Prod or AfD , but it is not a reason for speedy deletion. Unless an AfC falls under one of the general criteria at WP:AFD, it can only be deleted by MfD, and it's usually not worth the trouble to do that--as with Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/How to convert xbox 360 to PC monitor and Speakers. DGG ( talk ) 17:29, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
The new iPad
Articles about something should use its real name, like iPhone 4S cannot renamed as iPone (fifth generation) Applist (talk) 07:44, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- That reasoning contradicts WP:COMMONNAME. I suggest you give that a read before you continue editing. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 07:46, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
OUYA external links
Hello,
I am really working on a comprehensive Book for the ouya which will be a place to learn all about this device and take it to its limits. So I think there should be a place for a link to my Book in Wikipedia.
Regards, Peter Bauer
- Self promotion, which is what you're doing, is still against Wikipedia policy. See WP:BOOKSPAM for more information. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 15:27, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
copyvio-tagging on Commons
Hi GSK, thank you for tagging the copyvio-uploads of User:Taayz. However, when doing it by manually pasting a warning template onto the image pages, the user is not notified and the file is not recorded (we are currently tracking all speedy-deletions for uploads via the news mobilUpload channels). You can achieve all this together with 1 click by using the link "Report copyright violation" from the framed toolbox that is shown in the column at left on every image page. Thanks. --Túrelio (talk) 07:09, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
- I wasn't aware of such a link, so thank you for letting me know. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 07:14, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Playstation 4 - Battlefield 4 'confirmation'
Just wondered if you could clarify Battlefield 4's alleged confirmation for PS4. Though EA Labels President Frank Gibeau hinted that Gamestop employees had seen BF4 running on next-gen consoles, even that was not properly confirmed as being on Playstation 4. Of particular note I think is that there is no mention of PS4 on the BF4 website, including under pre-orders. Until officially confirmed for Playstation 4 specifically, by EA rather than an employee, I do not think that it should be included in the article. Samwalton9 (talk) 15:52, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
- I'll update the article with this reference: http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/26/4010536/battlefield-4-p24 GSK ● ✉ ✓ 15:54, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hadn't read this particular story, thanks for finding it. I'll update the BF4 article with this too then. Samwalton9 (talk) 16:03, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
As someone who has been involved in the edit warring over whether to include Playstation 4 as a confirmed platform for Battlefield 4, could you give your opinion in order to form a consensus on the talk page? Thanks. As a side note, I think it should apply as the consensus for the Playstation 4 article also. Samwalton9 (talk) 11:20, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Go ahead and delete the article,
I was hoping you might at least read my posting on the article's talk page first, but if you're too busy, that's ok. Scott P. (talk) 01:36, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
- I did read your post and I replied to it. I understand you created it to alleviate confusion, but it being mentioned in the article that it directly relates to will not cause any additional confusion. --GSK ● ✉ ✓ 01:37, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
TheREALCableGuy
I wanted to bring the IP 108.94.64.165 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) to your attention because of suspicious evading behavior from TRCG I've noticed in the past from being involved in previous blocks with them. I've also notified Kww of my suspicions. Nate • (chatter) 01:38, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
G4 to Esquire
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/730099/g4-to-be-rebranded-as-the-esquire-network-on-april-22nd/ It says here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.18.11 (talk) 06:41, 21 April 2013 (UTC)