User talk:Retired username/Archive3

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VBus

• I think the article on VBus should be undeleted as Vbus is the only bus simulator available to the general public. (there is also a trolleybus simulator SimTR, which has buses, but it isn't as good as Vbus.) Andrewjrvhunt 11:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• I also think the article should be undeleted, same reasons as above. John Smith 212.117.127.91 12:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

• Same, Callum McEwan 194.147.96.2 14:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Matt Leinart Vandal

As a heads up, I put in a checkuser request to affirm it's one user. Of course, do not comment my submission on its page. T K E 00:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

User page

Thanks man for moving my userpage. :)

Zidel333 03:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello W.marsh: Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 77/3/0. I hope I can perform at the standards expected for administrators. If I make any mistakes, or you need anything, please let me know. Prodego talk 01:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Ethical will

Thanks for reviewing article "Ethical will". You left tag Wikisource with comment "if this is just a public domain text, should be on wikisource". This text is indeed "not just a public domain text". It addresses a substantial and interesting topic in an appropriate manner for Wikipedia (with the help of a few small changes).

As Google and Amazon will quickly tell you, ethical wills are the subject of several recent magazine articles and books. In the current Encyclopedia Britannica, the term "ethical will" can be found in the entries "Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon" and "Judaism" (section "The formulation of Jewish ethical doctrines"). The Jewish Encyclopedia uses the term "ethical will" in more than 20 entries, particularly in section "Ethical Literature of the Rabbis" of article "Ethics".

There was a comprehensive treatment of ethical wills by a Cambridge University professor (Israel Abrahams), published 1926 by the Jewish Publication Society of America, and republished in 1976. In Abrahams's position at Cambridge he was successor to Solomon Schechter, the main investigator of the Cairo Geniza. Regards —Hoziron 13:21, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Johnny Unitas

Good morning. Just wanted to let you know that, although Johnny Unitas wore #19 during his professional career, he wore #16 while at the University of Louiville. As such, #16, not #19, is the one retired by the University of Louisville.

Michael Bush, Louisville's star running back, currently wears #19.

Regards,

Jim —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jimsimo (talk • contribs).

Johnny Unitas

No, Johnny U is the only one retired. There are a series of retired jersies at U of L, but only one retired number (16). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jimsimo (talk • contribs).

Brian Doyle revert

mine was edited out several times, this is equally as bad. As you can see from the revert, there is a confirmed source. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.139.87.6 (talk • contribs).

It's a Guy Thing

Hi there. I wondered why you removed the {{catneeded}} from It's a Guy Thing, as you didn't categorise it? Was it because it's up for AfD? Cheers. —Whouk (talk) 14:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, just wondered. I've voted for delete, so I'll leave it off :-) —Whouk (talk) 14:49, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

John Kenneth Galbraith

Hiya, I thought I should explain why a second article was started on this topic. I did some work on the John Kenneth Galbraith article making the partial bibliography into a complete one. During the course of this I posted on the talk page to see if people thought that we should cover/include the articles that JK Galbrath has written, as there are hundreds of these I thought it made sense to start a separate article and no one had responded on the talk page. Sorry for any problem, I'd still like to cover the articles he has written - perhaps a thematic approach explaining major concepts and ideas of JK Galbraith with reference to the relevant books and articles? I don't have much time in the next few months so cannot be of much help in this. Sjeraj 23:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Indeed

I was just clicking the edit tab on your talk page when you posted to mine :) Yes - I really didn't expect it to be finished so fast but we're apparently some sort of supermen :-] Good job - Gardar Rurak 05:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Unfair redirect

You redirected tram spotter to bus spotter, how unfair, bus spotters and tram spotters are not the same thing.Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian):-(

ProhibitOnions's RfA

Thank you, Retired username/Archive3!
	...for voting in my RFA. It passed with a result of 58/2/0. If you have any comments, please let me know here.

Best wishes, ProhibitOnions 22:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you! Hello Retired username/Archive3. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- Fang Aili 說嗎?

Mosque FAC Comment

I've replied to your comment in the Mosque FAC. joturner 04:49, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Clearing out catNeeded

For your efforts in getting rid of an entire backlog:

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		backlog destroyer

Rayc 14:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Matt Leinart

Matt Leinart is one of the most overrated college football players going into the draft. the only reson he played well his whole college career is because of his help form the rest of te team. jay cutlere is a much better quartwrback. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.9.26.139 (talk • contribs) 12 April 2006 (UTC)

qurayzah copyright issue

© www.islam4theworld.com All material from this website can be reproduced and used freely for any genuine non-profit, Islamic activity on the following conditions: Material used must be attributed to www.islam4theworld.com and we should be informed in writing about its usage at contact@islam4theworld.com. Material used must be reproduced faithfully without any omissions or alterations.

Sponsored by Government of Sharjah, UAE Department of Islamic Affairs & Awqaf

http://www.islam4theworld.com/default.htm —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Iqy007 (talk • contribs).

Sorry, I don't believe that meets Wikipedia's copyright license (the GFDL). Text can be editted freely here by anyone, so there would be omissions and alterations eventually. Also, as we strive for neutrality, I don't know that this would qualify as an Islamic activity - Wikipedia is (hopefully) secular. Please see Wikipedia:Copyright. --W.marsh 14:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

"Bob Babich"

There's really no need to humor the North Carolina vandal's requests (re: restoring his inane hoaxes such as "Reidsville Adventures"). -- Curps 22:06, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know he was a sockpuppet, but looking at the article I did realize that parts of the history (unrelated to vandalism) had been deleted, per the GFDL I think those needed to be properly undeleted. It might not be clear from looking at the article history now, but what had happened was someone had just pasted a copy of the deleted article to recreate it, the pre-vandal revisions needed to be properly restored. --W.marsh 22:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I was referring to his talk page comments (your talk page and his) where he peremptorily demanded that his edits be restored and you seemed somewhat conciliatory. This is one of our most persistent vandals, he's been at it for at least a year now. -- Curps 22:18, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Well like I say, I didn't know he was a vandal/sock until you told me. If I'd known that from the get-go I would have blocked him myself. --W.marsh 22:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

sami ghazi article

Why did you delete my article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cam228 (talk • contribs)

article deletion

Oh no, i'm not trying to write about myself. I want to write about the president of the Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society (the oldest continuously operating studen-run theater group in the US) at my university (the executive producer is equal to the president). Is this ok? Cam228cm

Thank you

Thank you for supporting me on my quest for adminship but it has failed. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. General Eisenhower 17:11, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I have plenty of experience with Wikipedia. That is why I'm not taking advice from those 24 users who oppose me. General Eisenhower 17:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Cookie award

I award a cookie for being one of the 2 people who supported me on my quest for adminship. General Eisenhower 17:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

thanks

Many thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, which passed narrowly. I will try to be worthy of your support. Regards, Kaisershatner 21:06, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Ignore All Rules

Ahoy there. I just saw your edit to the IAR page, and i agree that it fits the meaning better, but it makes the page repetitive. "If the rules discourage you from improving the Wiki, then ignore them and improve the Wiki." It says "improve the wiki" twice. Any ideas of a way to change one of them to be less of a repitition? SECProto 22:05, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

ahh that addition make me like it a lot more :) thanks. SECProto 23:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

AfD

Hi W.marsh, thanks for fixing the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of non-instrumental songs with titles that do not appear in the lyrics (3rd nomination) listing for me, it's the first time I've used AfD and the process can be a bit daunting at first. TH 22:15, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Question

What do you think is the copyright violation in the Committee of Correspondence article?

asnet 4/21/06 12:40 am —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asnet (talk • contribs)

Mark Ebner

Hi! I just went to this and found you had copyvioed it, so I wrote a new one. What is the procedure for getting the new one instated? Can only an admin do that? Thanks! Jokestress 11:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Albert Pujols

Thanks for your timely unprotection of this article. I just checked back to see how things were going and saw that you had got there before me. --Tony Sidaway 17:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

3RR

I really don't care whether Naconkantari was irked by it or not, considering that his message was damned condescending and rude. My reason for the reverts is fair, and if he would like to engage in a discussion about them, I would be entirely happy to do so. I could really care less, however, about useless threats. Go work on the encyclopedia. Ambi 00:58, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Please do not call vandalism content disputes

Don't be so quick to label something a content dispute wihout investigating the situation. Take a look at User:Zarbon's history. Take a look at his block log. Take a look at the article's talk page.

It's not a content dispute when one person doesn't follow consensus. It's vandalism, and he's been blocked for it multiple times. Kafziel 22:35, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

category needed

I responded on my own talk page since there's more than one person commenting there... —Wknight94 (talk) 15:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't see what that guy got all fired up over but I'll stop adding the {{uncat}} tag. But I don't see why it's a problem to have a lot of articles in the category-needed category, so I'll keep adding them into the category - just without the clean up tag. Are you viewing that grouping as requests for articles to be categorized? To me, it's simply a grouping of articles that are not categorized well enough or, in most of the cases I'm adding, are not categorized at all. My goal recently has just been to get as many as possible into one common place - and this seemed like the best place for them. —Wknight94 (talk) 17:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's starting to look like the number of uncategorized articles is growing at a ridiculous rate, esp. if you watch the number of new articles being added and take note of how few of them are categorized. It looks like about 150 articles are added every hour and I'll bet only half of them are categorized by the original author. When I see a potential "problem" like that - if you consider it a problem - one of the first steps I take is to determine just how big the problem is. If you chip away at it a little at a time, you'll never catch up. —Wknight94 (talk) 17:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Well if it was up to me, I'd classify users based on experience and every edit by an inexperienced user would need to go through a quick review process - but I'm sure that would never fly!  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 18:30, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Wow, the Special:Uncategorizedpages has been updated and it doesn't even get through all the A's anymore. That's like one of those Greek mythology punishments where the guy pushes a boulder up a hill every day and every night it rolls back down. I give up on that little endeavor... —Wknight94 (talk) 02:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of historic data

Can you explain the total deletion of all data entered on the page for Mount Vernon by R. Murray please, with no reason given on the edit?

Mr Murray is a local, amateur, unpaid historian of the area, who has done much research using the resources of the local libraries and museums within and around the area. He has also been recognised by the museums for uncovering errors in published accounts that are generally accepted as facts today, due to the diligence of his work.

I happen to live in in Mount Vernon, and would therefore wish to re-instate much of the detail, but have no desire to provoke or enter in some kind of restoration or revert war, so would like to clear up your objection prior to devoting any time to the exercise, or discover if there is an acceptable format by which it may be included if your objection is valid. Apollo 03:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Yellowknife article revert dubious claim, please provide a source

I myself am the source, I am Greek and I live in Yellowkinfe NWT. That is what Greek people in yellowknife call it. Its not a dubious claim. Please change it back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DRMAKA (talk • contribs) 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I am also a lifelong resident of Yellowknife, and while I certainly don't speak Greek, there are a couple of strange things about this addition to the Yellowknife article. First, it was slipped in as a "minor" edit (albeit from a new user). The second revision supposedly quotes a 1913 Greek history of Canada for the city's name. There wouldn't have been much of a settlement at that time, or a "Greek mining community" to give it the name. The first addition claims a large recent arrival of Greek-Canadians in the city which I am unaware of, and calls to change the name to the Greek version, which also seems to have escaped my attention. Had the second version appeared originally I might have thought it was an overzealous addition by a Greek-speaking resident, but the first one sounds much more like a spoof. I've reverted this for now - perhaps "DRMAKA" could continue this on the Talk:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories page. David Oberst 07:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I've taken this there... and kind of outlined the situation so that if the claim is in fact true, anyone wanting to include will know what they need to do. --W.marsh 13:02, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

New userbox for Louisville Wikipedians

I just created a userbox for Louisville Wikipedians! Just add {{User Louisville}} to your user page and you've got it! Enjoy!

Also, thanks for all your continued great work on Louisville-related articles. — Stevie is the man! ^{Talk | Work} 19:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah thanks... but alas right now I don't have a user page to put it on. Perhaps I should finally make one, huh?

Anyway, thanks, I think the Louisville articles are progressing tolerably. I have plans to improve my neighborhoodcruft and the Louisville articles in general a great deal... but not really the time to implement them just yet. We'll get there eventually. --W.marsh 04:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

my rfa

A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Retired username/Archive3, thank you so much for your vote and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight. If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever... Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me... after I've been to the Portals, of course :P The JPS talk to me 21:47, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Sybase_MobiLink

Hi,

I have updated the page with a minimal amount of information that I do not believe affects any copyright issues. Please let me know if there is anything that needs to be cleaned up or fixed.

Thanks, Liam —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cavanagh (talk • contribs)

Vantile Whitfield

Hi I am the user Motojicho aka Lance Vantile Whitfield.

I just recieved your message today (see below)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Vantile Whitfield, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://lancewhitfield.com/Vantile-Whitfield-Bio1.html. As a copyright violation, Vantile Whitfield appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Vantile Whitfield has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source. If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:Vantile Whitfield. If the article has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at Vantile Whitfield, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. --W.marsh 00:36, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I am the Author of this piece. My name is Lance Vantile Whitfield. My email address is lance@lancewhitfield.com. I hope the information on Vantile Whitfield along with his photo can remain on Wikipedia. Please feel free to contact me regarding this directly. My phone number is 770-972-7864. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motojicho (talk • contribs)

Hapa

In response to your comment on User_talk:Hapa

It just seemed to make sense to use the "/" for hierarchy. I will fix it. I had planned on categorizing them. As for context, Which page(s) lack(s) context? The individual song pages, album pages, or the band page? It seems to me that "Helstar Baptized In Blood Lyrics" is sufficient for a song, "Helstar Nosferatu a power metal album released by Metal Blade Records in 1989" is sufficient for an album and "Helstar is a heavy metal band from Houston, Texas. Their musical style is generally considered to be power metal." would be sufficient for a band. These descriptions can be considered starting points for further elaboration. (I may be wrong)--Hapa 16:40, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

crapoona

hey why did you delete my article on crapoona?? that was not appreciated by me.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweetymoll (talk • contribs)

See Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day for starters. Wikipedia is not a repository of jokes and made-up words. The main criteria I used was that your articles were short and provided no context. --W.marsh 17

36, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

ok mr. nazi germany

sorry thats what im learning about in SCHOOL—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweetymoll (talk • contribs)

whatever fella

................ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yetiman (talk • contribs)

USHEALTH_Group Copyright

USHEALTH Group

You have marked this as a copyright violation... I work for USHEALTH Group which owns FreedomLife.net, and I have permision to publish this content.

Thanks, Josh Sonnamaker 'Jippz 17:58, 3 May 2006 (UTC)'

USHEALTH_Group Copyright

I'm sorry I did not know about Wikipedia:Notability (companies and corporations). Can we just remove the page all together then? 'Jippz 18:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)'

[personal attack removed]

You are: see subject headline.

You cant throw rocks from your house of glass!

W.MarshEnglishNazi-AntiFirstAmmendmentRightsCensorist —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.77.78.56 (talk • contribs)

Uhh... read the first ammendment. "Congress shall make no law". Are you claiming that I am congress? --W.marsh 19:59, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

The Dancer and the Clown

Why, exactly, was this page deleted?

Billyodell 19:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)billyodell

as it says on your talkpage, it was deleted by Chairboy because it was a copyright violation. --W.marsh 20:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

It is in fact not the same article. I have modified the page "The Dancer and the Clown" as opposed to "Dancer and the Clown, The", and it contains no copyright violations. I should like you to put it back up, if you would be so kind. If copyright issues are still a problem for you, then I can provide necessary information as needed; however, since there are no copyright violations in the last article, I shall repost it, and if you delete it again, I should very much like to know why.

Billyodell 11:15, 5 May 2006 (UTC)billyodell

I do not feel it is a little article or of no content

Marshalld 20:56, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Mount Vernon edits

Apologies if it's not you, but the page history for Mount Vernon, Glasgow currently shows your user name signing the reverts to all the edits by Mr Murray on September 23, 2005. Anyone else maybe have your password or use your account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Portkil (talk • contribs)

Oops, more apologies, my fault. I was sure I'd linked the Glasgow page. I use a source other than MediaWiki for my own wikis elsewhere and the odd syntax differences is a hazard. Appreciate your reply, and will update the Murray content as it's not Wikipedia style and make a bit more conformal before I drop it in later. --Apollo 17:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Indescriminate lists of information in articles

Hi. I recall having a conversation with you here about such information being introduced into wikipedia, and I've transwikied some info from One Piece character articles. See Talk:Roronoa Zoro#Incriminate information. There seems to be a new user advocating the inclusion of the stuff. I'd like another comment from a third party on the matter. -Zero^Talk 04:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Albert Pujols

Thank you for copy editing my additions to the Albert Pujols page. I do not know how to Wikify, so to speak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.32.125 (talk • contribs)

MichaelBowen entry

Hi I'm new to this so forgive me if I've not quite done it right. The piece was supplied by Michael Bowen for this use, and has full permission of the writer, so no copyright problem. Not sure what you mean by format the article. Can I put some pictures up with the article? Is there a limit on numbers/size? Regards Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by PetePassword (talk • contribs)

Divide it into sections, add links to other articles, etc. Also it should really be rewritten in an encyclopedic tone, see WP:NPOV. --W.marsh 17:56, 10 May 2006 (UTC)