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My Scattered comments at wp:ver

Please feel free to more or delete anything I write as needed to keep organized. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 20:10, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the barnstar. Happy to help out however I can. Keep the requests coming. GabrielF (talk) 18:27, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Protection

Why'd you have the drafts page protected? I wanted to add a footnote on copyright as that seems to be the developing consensus. B——C_ritical 17:44, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, it looks like you were just a little late. The deadline I set had passed, and I've moved the mediation on to step five to start to find the final drafts for each work group. That doesn't mean that it's too late to add the copyright footnote, though, and depending on the result of step five we might well end up having another round of drafting. For the moment, follow the instructions and make a note in your statement that you would like to see a footnote about copyright for group three. If there is consensus for it, we can put it in after the step five discussion has finished. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 17:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Okay great (: B——C_ritical 18:06, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Tell me when anything happens with the WP:V process, okay? Hard to keep track of... Thanks (: B——C_ritical 17:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

A big NPT update

Hey! Big update on what the developers have been working on, and what is coming up:

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Stuff to look at

We've got a pair of new mockups to comment on that deal with the filtering mechanism; this is a slightly updated mockup of the list view, and this is what the filtering tab is going to look like. All thoughts, comments and suggestions welcome on the NPT talkpage :). I'd also like to thank the people who came to our last two office hours sessions; the logs will be shortly available here.

I've also just heard that the first functional prototype for enwiki will be deployed mid-April! Really, really stoked to see this happening :). We're finding out if we can stick something up a bit sooner on prototype.wiki or something.

I appreciate there may be questions or suggestions where I've said "I'll find out and get back to you" and then, uh. not ;p. I sincerely apologise for that: things have been a bit hectic at this end over the last few weeks. But if you've got anything I've missed, drop me a line and I'll deal with it! Further questions or issues to the usual address. Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 17:15, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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Ooh, sounds like fun. :) Do I get to see it before it goes out? — Mr. Stradivarius 18:55, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Your highlight reads: "User Mr. Stradivarius was keen on accessing resources related to linguistics". That's it :) This is part of the longer version of the draft; the shorter one mentions linguistics but anonymously. I'm hoping the long one runs, but apparently WMF likes to keep these brief and newsy. Enjoy the post, and your account! Ocaasi 19:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I will. :) — Mr. Stradivarius 19:15, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

resource request

Hi Mr. Stradivarius,

I've uploaded the article you requested at the resource exchange. You can find the link at that page. Best, GabrielF (talk) 19:55, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

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Reformat list of drafts at group 4

Hi. At group 4, I would suggest archiving drafts 1–5 and renumbering:

Draft 0

Draft 0.1

Draft 0.2

Draft 0.3

etc.

--Bob K31416 (talk) 02:25, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, I see a problem with that - we have already discussed these drafts a lot, and if we rename them then it will be a lot harder for people looking back over the discussion to figure out which drafts we were talking about. I can collapse drafts 1-4 if you like, but we should probably just carry the numbering on from draft 5. — Mr. Stradivarius on tour 08:57, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

I didn't mean that 1–5 should be renamed, just moved out of the way to the archive. The new numbering system that I mentioned in my previous message would be for only the new drafts since they would only be versions of draft 0. --Bob K31416 (talk) 14:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I'm a bear of very little brain, though, so suddenly starting to count in decimals would confuse me. :) I think I'll just collapse drafts 1-4 - I've made too many archive pages in this mediation as it is. — Mr. Stradivarius 15:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Looks fine. Regards, --Bob K31416 (talk) 15:58, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank u! :)

• U Sagayam (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hiee , thank u for helping me by editing my article ! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Narthana V (talk • contribs) 09:39, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Always a pleasure. — Mr. Stradivarius 15:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mr. Stradivarius ,

Thanks again !

Please go through the revised version of my article and feel free to make any changes :)

And also please let me know how to upload an image for the page .

Narthana V (talk) 06:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC)Narthana V

Hi Narthana. Do you have any images that comply with Misplaced Pages's copyright licence? It needs to be either your own work, in the public domain, or submitted under a free license. Have a look at our image use policy for the details. If you have an image that we can use, then we can talk about how to upload it. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 06:26, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Transcension Hypothesis

I would like to know why you have gone out of your way to delete the article I was in the process of writing despite the nomination for deletion being withdrawn. Also why you have blocked my ability to log into wiki to continue to write my entry on the transcention Hypothesis? This is vandalism. 86.29.2.155 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:30, 10 April 2012 (UTC).

At least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Misplaced Pages, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Technetium Siamendes (talk • contribs) 22:42, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello Technetium. The problem is that contrary to popular belief, you cannot write about just anything in Misplaced Pages. For a subject to have an article, it needs to pass the notability guidelines. These guidelines say that to be notable a subject must be covered in multiple reliable sources that are independent of the subject. The YouTube video that you linked to on the page, unfortunately, does not count as reliable for our purposes. The article you linked to is reliable, but it is written by John M. Smart, the originator of the transcension hypothesis, so fails to be independent. I had quite a thorough look for other sources on the subject, and I couldn't find anything that would meet our guidelines. The other user commenting at the deletion discussion agreed with me on this point. The reason the page wasn't deleted outright is because it is useful to keep it as a redirect - that is, it is useful for readers to be taken to the relevant section of Fermi paradox when they type "transcension hypothesis" into the search bar. Just because I withdrew the nomination for outright deletion doesn't mean that it is ok to have an article on the subject. It means that I thought keeping it as a redirect would better serve the project. I will restore the redirect now, but please feel free to ask me any more questions about this. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius 23:51, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

3rd Opinion Refresh

Dear Mr. Stradivarius,

Please review your opinion with the latest discussion, with the link conveniently provided: Camberwell Grammar - EL Cliff, Portal Many thanks! Leechyeah (talk) 11:59, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Verifiability (1)

Hey Mr. Stradivarius! Just wanted to let you know about this active RfC on: verifiability just in case you don't see it yet... I don't know if it's within the scope of your MedCab case regarding verifiability. If it is, might conflict the progress of the MedCab case. Regards, Whenaxis (contribs) 18:47, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've got the page watchlisted, so I saw it, yeah. The mediation is dealing pretty much only with the lede, so I don't see it being a problem, whatever people decide. I suppose it could impact the case if people start wanting to put stuff about accessibility in the lede, but that hasn't been the case so far. — Mr. Stradivarius 09:33, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

talk

I wanna delete my user talk page--123.202.64.17 10:21, 12 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.202.64.17 (talk)

Hi there. I'm afraid that you're not allowed to delete your talk page - have a look at our guidelines on deleting user pages for the details. You are free to just blank it, though. Feel free to remove my welcome and the other contents of the page. (However, note that there are some kinds of messages that you are not allowed to remove.) Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius 10:39, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll blank the page myself, as there hasn't been any response for a few hours. — Mr. Stradivarius 16:26, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

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John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories

Thanks for keeping me informed of the issues with the Sandbox page I created. There appears to be a flare-up in Talk:John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories regarding the present condition of one of the article's sections, so I was attempting to make a place for editors to work on it before reinserting it. (See here.) To avoid the appearance of ownership, is there a "common area" off of my userspace that would be better for this? Thanks! Location (talk) 14:53, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Sure. You can just move it to the talk namespace in that case, i.e. Talk:John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories/sandbox. Once you've moved it you can zap the redirect with WP:CSD#U1 (though you probably knew that already). Best — Mr. Stradivarius 14:59, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

That's all very helpful! Thanks again! Location (talk) 15:03, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

Yes, I had copied it. I didn't know to state the name of the article, though I actually usually do that. Thanks! Ncboy2010 (talk) 16:04, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Protonism

I appreciate your good faith, but have a look at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Festes if you haven't already... Drmies (talk) 19:23, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it's quite a mess, I know. The theory behind that was that if someone explained the criteria to the SPAs rationally, then they might start making rational arguments. (We can but hope.) Of course, sending them to SPI works as well... — Mr. Stradivarius 23:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

• I think they're all one. Look at the arguments they make and the edit histories, but also at typography and paragraphing. Still, I appreciate your efforts! BTW, I wasn't joking--critical theory is my business, and this isn't part of the merchandise. Look at the opening sentence of Protonism: it argues, really, that the sky is blue. More seriously, it says "if you can't say anything good about a book, don't say anything at all--and disregard all valid criticism", based on the proposition that criticism is really by definition negative. Anyway, that's my rant about the American educational system for the day. Have a great weekend, Drmies (talk) 23:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Moving forward with DRP

Hi Mr. Stradivarius. With all this talk about streamlining the process and some ideas that I can up with in my userspace, do you think it'll be possible if you could continue and complete the how-to guide and crash course that you already started, when you have some spare time? Regards, Whenaxis (contribs) 22:12, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Ah, free time, I remember having some of that. ;) I'm afraid finishing the how-to guide isn't very high on my priority list right now, but I might have a look at it when I have a moment. — Mr. Stradivarius 23:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I think that the guide is something we can work on as a collective. We really should do it that way I think. Steven Zhang 00:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah. I don't mean to just dump it on you, Strad. I hope you had the time to look at my proposal. Um, maybe like adoption on Misplaced Pages, we could have a crash course for newbies and just a short how-to guide for the DR process. In addition, I was hoping that we could implement an outreach program - have newsletters, so-called "ads" project wide, in conjugation with the crash course. Regards, Whenaxis (contribs) 00:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Marinaj

Hello, Mr. Stradivarius, I received via email the article on Marinaj from the Dallas Morning News. The latest issue of the American Arts Quarterly has something on him as well; I saw the issue on their website but couldn't open it: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295073703894974&set=a.126152620787084.23329.126152294120450&type=1&theater Some of the other articles on him are in PDF format. I was unable to find Baylor Progress. My email address is my first name and last name all together @yahoo.com as in (williamshakespeare@yahoo.com). You can send me an email if you wish, and I will send you the attachments. Best, Tony Zaknic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.248.93.201 (talk) 11:35, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

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Houston Voice Edits

http://en.wikipedia.org/Houston_Voice

All the edits you had to revert back are being maliciously done by the owner of the Montrose Star (User: Justaluvinlife), she wants to erase the history of the Houston Voice. This page needs to be watched for things like that.

(cur | prev) 18:00, 3 March 2012‎ Mr. Stradivarius (talk | contribs)‎ . . (5,257 bytes) (+3,288)‎ . . (Reverted 2 edits by Justaluvinlife (talk): Consensus in the deletion discussion was that this article should be about the Houst...) (undo) (cur | prev) 17:55, 3 March 2012‎ Justaluvinlife (talk | contribs)‎ . . (1,969 bytes) (-546)‎ . . (undo) (Tag: categories removed) (cur | prev) 17:49, 3 March 2012‎ Justaluvinlife (talk | contribs)‎ . . (2,515 bytes) (-2,742)‎ . . (undo) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.196.42.8 (talk)

Lars Pålsson Syll

I've moved this discussion to Talk:Lars Pålsson Syll#Notability and BLP PROD tag. — Mr. Stradivarius 14:03, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Bot

Your automatic update bot hasn't been active for 2 days. Special:Contributions/MedcabBot Hghyux (talk to me)(talk to others) 02:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, that's normal. It only edits when there are edits needing to be done, if you see what I mean. It's updated the listing now, by the way. — Mr. Stradivarius 02:42, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Oh OK. Hghyux (talk to me)(talk to others) 02:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)

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Diet in Sikhism

Can you please tell me what changes where incorrect in the diet of sikhism section please? You cant have a one sided argument on a faith can you?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.127.2.23 (talk) 17:59, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

   Holt (1977a), p.57
   Lapidus (2002), pp 0.31 and 32

Hello there. It sounds like you need to post this at the dispute resolution noticeboard. User talk pages aren't really the proper place to bring content disputes. Let me know if you need any help with posting there. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 23:34, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

hey

hello I am new to Misplaced Pages...anthough i usse wikianswers at www.answers.com/profile/kstewartlover

feel free to look at my other profile and talk to me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kstewartlover (talk • contribs) 18:05, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

More Festes sock puppets

It seems these two users should be added to Festes sock puppetes on http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Festes/Archive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Empathictrust

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/65.248.93.201

Most definately these two accounts belong to Gjeke Marinaj, world-famous poet and father of Protonism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.236.90.110 (talk) 23:06, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks

Kstewartlover (talk) 13:10, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

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Sorry!

I don't know how this happened!; definitely an erroneous click! Purely unintentional! Dreadstar ☥ 19:24, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Whoops! Don't worry about it. I've done the old "fat-fingered revert" a couple of times myself. As long as it got fixed, that's the main thing. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 00:13, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Lars Pålsson Syll

Patience is a virtue.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:42, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Um, hello there. Did I do something wrong? I'm not good at figuring out cryptic clues, sorry... — Mr. Stradivarius 00:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Kaimiloa

Hi, Mr. Stradivarius! I took the occasion of your deletion of my misplaced Cinco de Mayo page as a chance to do an Esperanto stub on Kaimiloa. マハロヌイ! --Haruo (talk) 14:05, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! It's nice to know that my translation has been useful. All the best — Mr. Stradivarius 10:46, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Grand Theft Auto IV Characters

Oh lol, Sorry.. Didnt notice. Would it be alright to do the Crime Familys? — Preceding unsigned comment added by King Genovese (talk • contribs) 10:36, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Probably not. Remember, they have to have significant coverage in a reliable source - so no wikis, blogs, fansites, game guides, etc. Have a look at WP:42 for the short explanation and Misplaced Pages:Notability for the long one. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 10:45, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

GTA characters

Thanks - I couldn't see a specific person to link the Hillside Posse to. NtheP (talk) 11:50, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Dmitry Pinchuk

Dear Mr. Stradivarius,

I have submitted a page for review "Dmitry pinchuk" and in the talk I have that you moved page Dmitry pinchuk to Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Dmitry pinchuk (Moving misplaced AfC submission to project space for review).

Unfortunately, I am new to wikipedia and I cannot understand the resin for it and what I have wrong?

Thank you very much in advance,

Kindest regards, Aliyakh (talk) 13:51, 22 April 2012 (UTC) Aliyakh

Hello there Aliyakh. What happened was that you submitted the Dmitry Pinchuk article using our "Articles for Creation" process, but put it in the main Misplaced Pages article space by mistake. I have moved it back to the "Articles for Creation" space, where you are free to work on it before you submit it for review. I have set the article as "review waiting" now, but if you would like some more time to work on it, just undo my edit. (Or just ask me and I will do it for you.) If it is kept as "review waiting", then a reviewer should come along before too long and either accept or decline the submission. Best regards — Mr. Stradivarius 14:06, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Really?

Disruptive? You dont know what your on about.. I've made pages for Grand Theft Auto Gangs, They arent already listed or made so why is it disruptive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by King Genovese (talk • contribs) 14:58, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

The point is that none of the fictional gangs or characters that you have made pages about are notable. Subjects need to pass Misplaced Pages's notability test before they can have an article, and articles written about subjects that aren't notable are generally merged, redirected, or deleted. It is perfectly understandable for a newcomer like yourself to make articles about non-notable subjects if you were not aware of the notability requirement. These pages do require people's time to patrol though, and it takes effort to do the merging, redirecting and deleting. So what I was getting at with my message on your talk page was that I know you have good intentions, but it is disruptive to continue writing articles about non-notable things when you have already been told that it is against Misplaced Pages's rules. There are still a lot of things out there that are notable that are in great need of attention by editors - how about contributing to some of those articles while you get a feel for Misplaced Pages and the way it works? I recommend WikiProject Video games and WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography as good places to start finding articles to contribute to. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 23:49, 22 April 2012 (UTC)