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North America

Why you erased my edits in the North America article?, I fixed it, or the point is that you are treating North America as Northern America, this is not a UN article, they are posted many sources where you can check or verify about the North America geography, you are using 1 source vs many sources of information, you can leave Central America and the Caribbean as an independent article, but not grouping Mexico in Central America, is so offensive.

Misplaced Pages is free information source for all the people, the current version of North America is not the most accurate, the wikipedia articles must been wrote under a neutral point of view and this article is not, I feel a hidden racism inside it. Jcmenal 14:58, 14 September 2006 (PST)

Archive PLX? WilyD 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

NATO

You made a mistake. I hope you're humble enough to admit it and stop reverting. See summary of last edit. Thanks, Gustav

Archive PLX? WilyD 21:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Toronto Meetup

TORONTO MEETUP NOTICE
	Hello WilyD, I saw you name on the Wikiproject Toronto page and I would like to inform you about a Wiki Meetup that is being organized. If you are interested, feel free to add your input on the Toronto Meetup talk page. Regards, Nat Tang

Re: Toronto Meetup

Toronto Meetup Next: Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon March 23, 2019 at Art Gallery of Ontario 2018: Art and Feminism Edit-a-Thon March 24, 2018 at Art Gallery of Ontario This box: view ‧ talk ‧ edit

RFA Thanks

Dearest WilyD,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 96 supports, 1 oppose, and 3 neutrals. No matter if you !voted support, oppose, neutral, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm a new admin remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them. I would like to give a special shout out to Hirohisat, Wizardman, and Husond, for there original co-nominations. Thank you once again and good day.

Wikimania 2009

Toronto Candidate City for Wikimania 2009
Support TORONTO in its bid to become the host city of WIKIMANIA 2009 Visit m:Wikimania 2009/Toronto for TORONTO's MetaWiki page and help build a strong bid.

References

http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds759.3/

thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky

GA review of Augustus Jones

I've reviewed the article and left notes on the talk page. I've put the nomination on hold for seven days to allow the issues to be addressed. Feel free to contact me on my talk page, here, or on the article talk page with any concerns, and let me know one of those places when the issues have been addressed. If I may suggest that you strike out, check mark, or otherwise mark the items I've detailed, that will make it possible for me to see what's been addressed, and you can keep track of what's been done and what still needs to be worked on. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikinfo

I would like to move Wikinfo into the project namespace, which seemed to have some support. Most did not comment on the idea of moving it, but it would make for an appropriate project page, such as Misplaced Pages:Semapedia or Misplaced Pages:Wikipe-tan, both of which started life in the article namespace. -- Ned Scott 23:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Wahbanosay

Everything I've seen says Eagle totem (doodem) not Bear. Do you have some reason for thinking this? You might be right - his daughter was Eagle, and unthinking writers might've back-inferred wrongly. WilyD 02:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Deeds/Nations (online source), along with several paper records I have access to, all say Waabanose signed with a nooke doodem, rather than a migizi doodem. Peter Jones, with a Gichi-mookomaan father would be a migizi-doodem, but his mother would have the same doodem as her father Waabanose.... And anyway, if she were migizi-doodem and married Augustus Jones, who in the eyes of the Anishinaabeg were considered a migizi-doodem, then their two sons would be social outcasts, banished completely from the Anishinaabe culture, as both sons would have been considered a product of an incestuous relationship. However, historically, we know neither Peter or John were social outcasts. CJLippert (talk) 03:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. I see several sources say Tuhbenahneequay (Dapinanikwe?, "Woman who Slays Things"?) was a migizi-doodem... including the Deeds/Nation. As I don't have any records of her (other than what I can find on the internet), I connot confirm if she is nor not. However, if she really were the daughter of Waabanose, she would have been listed as nooke-doodem. Since I do have records that Waabanose was nooke-doodem, I wonder if someone extrapolated from Peter Jones to his mother to her father to derive the doodem, breaking the Anishinaabe idea of a doodem in which the child always have the same doodem as the father, and only in extremely rare exceptions (such as in mass adoption, which their doodem designation would be a Waabizheshi-doodem (marten clan)) do that rule ever gets bent. CJLippert (talk) 05:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

There's a copy of Wahbanosay's signature from the Toronto Purchase on page 91 of "Sacred Feathers:..." book. Certainly looks like a pictogram of an eagle, not a bear, to me. I'll try and put a copy of it into the Wahbanosay article for your inspection. In the meanwhile, is it not possible that John and Peter Jones inherited their doodem from their mother because their father was not considered a member of any doodem? I'm not sure I've seen any indication Augustus Jones was ... but I don't know the culture to be able to comment. WilyD 11:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the problem here is that there are two separate chiefs by this name, both Missisaugas, but one of the nooke-doodem (fl. 1778-1816) and another of the migizi-doodem (fl. 1778-1806). It does appear that I was looking at the wrong Chief Waabanose, and Peter Jones' maternal grandfather was that of the migizi-doodem. However, still, no. Peter Jones' doodem is migizi not because he go that from his mother; doodem system does not work that way as the Anishinaabe doodem is patrilineal. Peter Jones's doodem is migizi because his father was a gichi-mookomaan. If Augustus Jones were instead Canadian-born, he would have been identified as nesawaakwaad-doodem (forked-tree clan). I will fix the article, but this also means sometime in the future, the article will need to have an associated disambiguation page. CJLippert (talk) 15:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thinking about this a bit more, though Peter Jones and Waabanose (thus Tuhbenahneequay as well) are both indicated as "Eagle clan," they're of differing Eagle clans. Waabanose is an Alight-Eagle clan (according to the signature), while my guess is that Peter Jones would be a Spread-Eagle clan, as Spread-Eagle clan is the designation of those whose father are American-born. In addition to these two, there are the Gliding-Eagle clan and the War-Eagle clan that are simply called "Eagle clan" as well. CJLippert (talk) 16:11, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

John Jones

In the Augustus Jones article, under "Family life" section, there is a sentence that don't quite sound right regarding John Jones' name. Since the name is Mohawk, and not Anishinaabe, whatever way the name was recorded would have been the best sound mapping into Mississauga Ojibwe, but then transcribed into English. In the Fiero spelling, my guess is that "Tyenteneged" (to approximate how the Mohawk Tyendinaga would sound to the Anishinaabeg) would be Dayendiniged, which would be a gerund from of an Anishinaabe non-sense verb dendinige (vai), a de-transitive form of another non-sense verb dendim (vta), meaning "to 'dend' someone (by speech)" or "to orally 'dend' someone", with an explanation of this non-sense 'dend' describe both dende ("bullfrog") as a "that which dends" or a dendesii ("bluejay" in Mankiwaki Algonquin for what the rest of Anishinaabe communities call diindiisii) as a "bird that dends". A good Minnesota example of a similar situation is with Dakota name Máza-máni ("Ironwalker"), which is recorded in Ojibwe as Moozomaanay. It was recorded in English as "Mazomanie" with an Ojibwe explanation of a "maanay Moose"... but maanay would be an Anishinaabe non-sense word, sometime further turned into an English word "many" just so that the explanation makes sense in English, but "many moose" in Ojibwe is moozokaa, not moozomaanay. CJLippert (talk) 17:35, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

The bad touch

Good call dude. Thanks for the reminder.--Woland (talk) 17:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:

Ahehheh. my bad. Will do in the future though :) Thingg 18:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Deleted GraalOnline article maliciously recreated secretly in german...

The GraalOnline article that was deleted due to WP:WEB, NPOV, and other issues noted in http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/GraalOnline has been secretly reposted at http://de.wikipedia.org/Graal_Online , with little to no changes except for the language translation... The English page was nearly unanimously voted for removal and barring any significant changes should not be allowed back in any language... Vipercat (talk) 22:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for your comment in my RFA. Even though I withdrew, it still really means a lot to me. :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:51, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

if "that template is for talk pages"

Why is it using Ambox? Why is it formatted like all the other message boxes? ViperSnake151 17:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for creating Image:KnowledgeOfEnglishPercentOfPopulationWithSubdivisions.PNG which is very helpful for List of countries by English-speaking population. As you can read on the image talk page, I have questioned whether the image is an accurate reflection of the stats you cited. Particularly, the image seems to show that 0% of citizens in Kenya and India can speak English. Cheers! Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 22:29, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Huh?

Can you please explain why you created this page in my name space? I don't find it funny in the least. Bstone (talk) 14:07, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Christopher Dodd presidential campaign, 2008

I think your blanking of this GA article is utterly reprehensible and a disgrace to you and this encyclopedia. --William Saturn (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Unconstructive edits

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Misplaced Pages, as you did to Christopher Dodd presidential campaign, 2008. Your edits appeared to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -- Kendrick7 18:00, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

James Givins

On 16 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James Givins, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 11:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Image:Exploring_hogwarts.jpg & Image:Dumbledore_and_voldermort.jpg

I'm wondering if you might be persuaded to reconsider this deletion, or if I should try at DRV.

In your closing statement, you referenced WP:NFCC#3a -- and rightly so. Including two screenshots was unnecessary given their similar nature. But now all we're left with is the box art, which does not reflect in-game visual output as the screenshots do since it employs a very distinct graphical style. I would like to see one of the two screenshots restored so that readers may gain a better understanding of what the game experience is like.

WP:NFCC#8 of course leaves lots of room for interpretation, but I think it's reasonable to say that a screenshot in this context provides significant insight with regard to the graphical style of the game and (to a lesser extent) the gameplay -- information that is probably more important than, say, a list of voice actors. The many details that comprise the user experience can be difficult to describe in prose, and some aspects -- cell shading, blend modes, and so forth -- would be impossible to describe in simple and succinct terms.

I think this view is fairly well-precedented. {{Non-free game screenshot}} has 9,034 transclusions, and while I understand that some of these images are the subjects of important commentary in one or more articles, I suspect that the large majority are used just as the Harry Potter images are -- to illustrate the graphical style of the game and perhaps provide a bit of insight into its mechanics.

Anyway, let me know if my attempt to convince you succeeded or not. If not I'll perhaps bring it up at DRV for further discussion, or just let the issue rest.

— xDanielx /_C\ 06:31, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay -- thanks for replying. I may bring it up on DRV as I think we're likely to see many similar cases in the future; I'll drop a link here if I get around to that. — xDanielx /_C\ 18:59, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Please see Misplaced Pages:Deletion_review/Log/2008_June_19#Image:Dumbledore_and_voldermort.jpg. — xDanielx /_C\ 01:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Question

I miss User:Armedblowfish. What happened to him? 69.140.152.55 (talk) 23:43, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Christopher Dodd

After trying to block user Saturn for 24 hours and protecting the article for 24 hours without any result (the article was reverted back after the block was over), maybe it's time to increase the block to 7 days? --Wiendietry (talk) 01:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

Thank you for uploading images/media to Misplaced Pages! There is, however, another Wikimedia Foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please consider creating an account and uploading your media there instead. That way, all of the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Misplaced Pages:Moving images to the Commons (you may view images you have previously uploaded by going to your user contributions on the left and choosing the 'image' namespace from the drop down box). Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading!--OsamaK 20:28, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, I see. I shouldn't review each users' account in multiple wikis. Simply as per WP:NOT don't upload free images at English Misplaced Pages. That's is not a random note. you're an admin, remember that users lose their time for Wikimedia, don't give them killer phrases--OsamaK 20:41, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Pahkatequayang

Sago WilyD, First of all thank you for your ongoing contributions to native North American history and cultural articles, it is appreciated. I am currently in the process of attempting to improve the "History" section of the London, Ontario article and I am experiencing some difficulty. As it now exists, the section attributes the name "Kotequogong" to an early community on the site of the present city, however thus far, I am only able to trace that name to a paper dealing with flood control issues from a few years back and it is not attributed in that context. I have been able to find another name applied to the area now in the centre of present day London, "Pahkatequayang", in a 19th century source found here and I wonder if it is possible if you could check with your own language sources for any information on what it, or a close variant, might actually mean? I am going to make this request of at least one other editor who might be able to help as well, but feel free to consult anyone who you think might be able to offer advice. Once again, thank you. regards Deconstructhis (talk) 21:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Please Undelete

was deleted, when a bot said it was orphaned. It is a WDefcon image, and it was marked orphaned because the level wasn't 2 at the time. Can you please undelete. Thanks, TDJACR :-) 23:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC).

Credit Mission

On 29 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Credit Mission, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 03:14, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Samuel Jarvis DYK

On 7 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Jarvis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 15:29, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Peter Jones

Actually, since we're talking about a person who died before even my great-grandfather was born, I do not think using his journals as a source would constitute OR. In fact, you've got a great source of information right there, as long as you are using stuff whose truthfulness has not been questioned by later historians. --Blanchardb--timed 01:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Corktown (Toronto)

Nothing plausible about it. We don't want people getting confused about naming conventions. --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

If they type that in (unlikely), they'll be taken to the search, where they'll see the "Corktown, Toronto" article. By your logic, I should create all these different redirects to all the articles that don't have them. --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:23, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The search field narrows down results as you type now. My contention is that having too many redirects would actually make it harder to get to the right article. I'm all for redirects that are useful, but this one serves no purpose. Plus, it benefits the project to have consistent naming conventions (neighbourhoods and cities use the comma). --Pwnage8 (talk) 15:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The thing about these redirects is that they might encourage articles with those conventions, on top of the clutter issue. If this doesn't meet the CSD, then why is there a whole criteria for it? It's implausible, and really doesn't do much except for cluttering the search field. --Pwnage8 (talk) 16:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Speedy Deletion

For what it's worth, yours is the first time I've had this notice. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Removal of Speedy Tag at Molly Jenson

Hello There!!!!

You removed the speedy Deletion tag at Molly Jenson with a comment that she asserts notability because she won some awards.

However, FYI the winner of San Diego Music Award is Molly Jensen not Molly Jenson. You may cross check it with the link that claims her achievement.

If You wanna reply then reach me at my talk page.

Hitrohit2001 (talk) 19:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Hitrohit2001

• Hello!!! You may be correct, its just a typo. She asserts notability. However, Thanks for clarification. Regards.

Hitrohit2001 (talk) 20:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)Hitrohit2001

DRV

My comment re DRV related to three who are clearly not "replaceable" in any common meaning of the word. Pictures of very old men would theoretically be obtainable (and I say theoretically given they don't exactly go to the local shops) but would make a mockery of the articles they are meant to adorn. They were last in public/political life a very long time ago. Nearly all of the others, though, are either current or recent, hence why I felt a DRV would fail on those grounds. Orderinchaos 00:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

*sigh* Sometimes one thinks the whole world's gone mad. Not directed at you at all, more generally - but when we have major major problems with articles because the encyclopaedia refuses to ban trolls (but is quite happy for good faith editors to be driven away by them) and spends more time navel-gazing than article-writing, you'd sort of think people could get more of a sense of perspective on this thing. We've already tried with the political parties, they're just not interested at all - they're scared the pictures will somehow be used nefariously and they're too technologically illiterate to be convinced. We literally have to wait for former politicians to meet their end so that the living persons component of fair use can be made use of. The security around public figures is so intense that you have to almost be one yourself to meet them, let alone take a picture. Orderinchaos 02:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Despite three years of work, I don't think we'll ever manage to score free images of major figures of any kind in Australia = the few offers we've had have come with conditions so restrictive that they don't even allow fair use under the NFCC. Any rays of light on the horizon have usually turned out to be hoaxes or frauds, such as the National Party business in Victoria. Orderinchaos 03:23, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Please note Timeshift has responded to you at my page. Orderinchaos 20:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Self-block?

Long time since I saw one of those. You are aware your comment and a following response was removed? I would prefer to see your comment remain on the record, but the diff I added to the thread is probably enough for now. It kind of threw me, though, seeing that self-block in there. I thought you were joking, and then I saw the block log! Anyway, this is another reason why I nearly always step through the page history when following such threads. Invariably there is some background kerfuffle in there. Carcharoth (talk) 19:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank you

		Thank you!
		WilyD, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Misplaced Pages community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Misplaced Pages career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:LastoftheTimeLords.jpg

Hi, would you reconsider or explain your keep closure of Image:LastoftheTimeLords.jpg? I'm considering WP:DRV. Your keep rationale did not address the substance of several of the delete votes, including mine. The formal lack of a written-out rationale was by no means the only substantial reason to delete here. Yes, it has a rationale now, but it's not a valid one. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:10, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay. Sigh. So it's now at DRV. And what a humunguous DRV nomination it has become. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment

Rlevse is a he. :) Rudget 14:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review

An afd you closed Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Wikinfo (6th nomination) is now under discussion at Deletion Review: Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2008 July 27. You'll quite possibly want to comment there. DGG (talk) 00:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

RfB Thank You spam

Thank you for participating in my RfB! I am very grateful for the confidence of the community shown at my RfB, which passed by a count of 154/7/2 (95.65%). I have read every word of the RfB and taken it all to heart. I truly appreciate everyone's input: supports, opposes, neutrals, and comments. Of course, I plan to conduct my cratship in service of the community. If you have any advice, questions, concerns, or need help, please let me know. Again, Thanks! — Rlevse • Talk • 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

:P

Quiet you - I'm very glad to have been proven completely wrong in your case. —Giggy 06:21, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK - Achille-Louis Foville

On 2 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Achille-Louis Foville, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Rudget 19:31, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration

Your comment there is unsigned. You may wish to sign it. JoshuaZ (talk) 01:38, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Question

I was wondering if you could answer a question about your comment (or inspired by) here: did he willingly talk about it, or was it brought up and he felt that he needed to defend himself? There is a difference between having to make it clear that he wasn't mentally retarded and being comfortable with other people talking about it. Has anyone actually asked him how he feels if that was used on the main page of Misplaced Pages to promote his article? Thank you in advance if you can provide any information about this. The issue is too scattered about for me to keep up. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

This is interesting: "But I didn't build my company to sell it. I built my company as an example of what you can do with difficulties in life. In first grade I was labeled mentally retarded, and the teachers told my mom and everybody else that I would never get anywhere. Now I want to show young African Americans that they can run a business too." Instead of saying something like "those who are falsely labeled" or "those who are limited", he switches from being labeled "retarded" to generic African Americans. I wonder if he feels that the false label could have been an overall problem based on race, or if these two aren't linked. Hmm. Are there any other links? I'm wondering what other instances have it as. By the way, what was the exact wording of the original hook? Ottava Rima (talk) 17:36, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I think that the hook as you wrote it might have a problem for not stating "improperly assessed" instead of "assessed". Simple fix and was probably overlooked. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, thank you for the information. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:53, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I put forth a proposal that might help ease future problems. Who knows. Too much drama around DYK lately. Ottava Rima (talk) 18:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 14 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peter Edmund Jones, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 03:31, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Nedroid

Hi, could you copy this to my userspace? Cheers, Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 00:49, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 01:39, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

List of films by gory death scene

Hi, could you copy this to my userspace also? Thanks, Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 19:57, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, could you do a couple more, too?

List of snowclones and List of tongue-twisters. Cool, thanks. Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 23:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Addition of noindex to Template:Userlinks

Why? --Random832 (contribs) 15:01, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Another request

If it's possible, I'd like to see all versions of Kevjumba (I think there have been at least 5 different versions). Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 03:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi WilyD

You blocked a user called 82.36.94.228 back in June because he was inserting abuse to the Lionel Blue page. He has for the past month been inserting abuse into the Johann Hari page, calling him 'fat' etc. Despite reverts by several admins, he just keeps putting it back. Would it be possble to permenantly block him, given he is ignoring the warnings you gave?

Best wishes

David —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.168.112 (talk) 20:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

David

It's a broadband UK internet provider, which probably means its not the same person, nor is the same person likely to have it for very long. I put a bit of a block on it, but IP address blocks that run extended periods are rarely worthwhile. It's sometimes done for schools, but in this case long enough that he feels compelled to move along is all that's worthwhile.

Brian.

WilyD 20:40, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, but...

Hello WilyD. First of all, thank you for correcting the map and the description for the English official language clickable map template. Second, there is still an error: English is not official language of Quebec, even de facto and de jure. We should do the same as in the French article about English language (Anglais): say “Countries and territories where English is the official, de facto official or primary national language (excepted province of Quebec). ” or change the color of the province (but is more difficult and long). Thanks. Jimmy Lavoie 18:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Even if English is an official language in Canada, the Charter of the French language (Charte de la langue française) remove English official status in Quebec as only French is official. Quebec case is really interesting. As you can see, the culture of Canada and the culture of Quebec are really different, but it’s a fact. Your new maps are right, there are English speakers in Quebec, but when writing in the article "X color means it’s an official language" is wrong. You should put one for your maps (they say how much people are speaking English in different locations, not the official status). I particularly prefer this one. Thanks a lot for your care about this subject. Jimmy Lavoie 22:34, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

MZMcBride

Did I actually see that right? Did you just block User:MZMcBride for 3 hours for this edit? I will note that this page is a stomping ground for partisan politics and that I do think that the page should be protected. However, I think blocking an administrator for what could be a completely innocent edit is wrong and in fact calls into question your own biases. Is there an explanation for this?--Cdogsimmons (talk) 17:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I see. So a consensus was reached that you can point me to about what the protection status of the page should be? I guess I didn't see it. I assume it's in the archives.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 17:52, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Wow. I actually still don't see a consensus reached in any of those links. Misplaced Pages:AN#Please_help_on_Sarah_Palin does seem to favor full protection but the discussion is ongoing. There does not appear to be a consensus reached at Talk:Sarah_Palin#Page_protected either. I suppose you are correct that this issue will be resolved at Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration#MZMcBride. To be continued there I guess...--Cdogsimmons (talk) 18:08, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

One of the arbitrators has asked that every admin who is arguably involved in the events at Sarah Palin be notified of an arbitration case covering it. I therefore draw your attention to Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration#MZMcBride. GRBerry 18:49, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Hiya

It's been a bit of theme today, hasn't it...anyway, I've reversed your block of MZM. AFAIK we don't usually reward wheel-warring (and I agree he was wheel-warring) with blocking (there even used to be something in WP:WHEEL about this), and blocking for 3 hours just seems punitive. It will hardly stop him fiddling around with the prot levels, will it? If you'd blocked for 31 hours, I wouldn't have a problem, but 3 just seems like..well...blocking for the sake of blocking. Plus, he probably should be allowed to participate in the RFAR (the requesting of which is the way to deal with wheel-warring, IMO). Cheers, Moreschi (talk) 18:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

P.S: I have no problem - and will not count it as wheel-warring - if you put the original block back on if you feel there's an overwhelming need to do so. That's fine. hopefully we, being rational people, can sort this out ourselves without Grandpa ArbCom getting involved :) Best, Moreschi (talk) 18:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Question: Was your block justified using the footnoted quotes arbcom decision? I think that was the rationale, but I'm curious of your view on it. Kyaa the Catlord (talk) 18:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I didn't know that. I'm... interested in administratorhood, not in becoming one, but in what ya'll do. :P Curiosity killed the catlord. Kyaa the Catlord (talk) 18:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Image

Hi, one editor tagged the Image:Girl sufferedwithburnwounds.jpg for speedy deletion. I am not well-versed with images. I checked the commons page, there is not speedy deletion tag in commons page. But the articles in which the image is present, showing the image is a candidate for speedy deletion. See Persecution_of_Christians#Persecution_of_Christians_in_India. The caption below the image shows "This image is a candidate for speedy deletion. It may be deleted after Friday, 12 September 2008". Could you please look into the matter if the copyright is ok or not. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 12:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Sullivan Productions-related articles

You seemed interested in this link-breaking and COI issue when it was at ANI. After failing to get any action at ANI, I eventually took it to WP:COIN as suggested. Take a look if you're still interested: Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#Sullivan Productions-related articles. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 13:48, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Sarah Palin protection wheel war

The Sarah Palin wheel war arbitration case, which lists you as a party, has been opened.

• Evidence for the arbitrators may be submitted at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Sarah Palin protection wheel war/Evidence. Evidence should be submitted within one week, if possible.
• Your contributions are welcome at Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Sarah Palin protection wheel war/Workshop.

If you have any queries, please drop me a note and I'll try and assist you.

For the Arbitration Committee, Anthøny ✉ 20:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

OTRS confirmation

Hello!!!

I just dropped by to request that could you please confirm the permission of this image. This image seems to have reserved copyright as available on this site.

Thank you for your time!!!!

Hitro 17:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

re:Shavona

Thank you for this information. This user has introduced lots of copyrighted infringement in past and currently he is under temporary blocking. Therefore, I think this OTRS tag is fake.

Even this image shows same OTRS ticket number. However, I hope you'll soon be able to clarify about this.

Thank you

Hitro 18:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. but Please note Image:Shavona.jpg does have copyright mark on the photo itself, unlike Image:Elizabeth_Hawthorne_long.png and most of the pictures related to beauty pageants. Hitro 18:56, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Sarah Palin wheel war case request for evidence

Copying this to all admins who applied or extended protection on the Sarah Palin article.

To date there's been plenty of evidence pointing to discussions and otherwise offering commentary on the admin actions taken, but there's been little covering the circumstances prior to admin actions, namely the edits that the admins concerned based protection on. Newyorkbrad has put a question to the parties on this basis, but it seems to be only non-parties that have noticed that so far, so I'm putting this question to those involved directly.

Rootology has made a start here, and GRBerry has started drafting in his userspace. Ye might like to assist them in their efforts, or add a section of your own. This evidence will be vital in assisting the Committee's understanding of not only what happened and when, but why it happened. --bainer (talk) 14:01, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Question

Care to explain what "POC (close, eh?)" means? Prince of Canada 21:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Insulting people--because it is obvious what you meant by 'close, eh' is also likely to result in what is known as a 'block', so your point is what, exactly? Prince of Canada 21:25, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Clarification

What you describe as my definition of uninvolved, was taken from the admin policy. PhilKnight (talk) 12:57, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Peter Jones (missionary)

Looking pretty good, good luck with it. It's a shame if it fails due to a lack of comments. If so, just wait a bit, give it another touch up, and try again. FAC is weird like that, sometimes. Giggy (talk) 02:05, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Speedy deletion request

Sorry if I mistook it. Alexius08 is welcome to talk about his contributions. 02:12, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

OSU.svg

Sorry, I don't see where I'm wrong. The image is copyrighted, so it should have a copyright tag. As an advertisement it passeses the Threshold of originality and copyright is therefore owned by The Ohio State University. You could also argue that the font which is used is not a free font. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 21:19, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

re: your removal of my comment

I don't know you very well, but your edit summary was far more-BITEy than anything in my portion of the comment you removed. I can see how you might wish to remove my comment, since it made reference to an ACTUALLY un-civil comment; however, nothing AT ALL about my evaluation of the situation itself was even REMOTELY uncivil. It raised a perfectly-valid point re: the wisdom of having >60 middle-schoolers running amok through Misplaced Pages with no assurances as to how their "volunteer" coordinator would be guiding or supervising their activities. Similar concerns have been raised regarding classes of COLLEGE students, and have been treated with MUCH more consideration than that which you gave my equally-valid comment; again, I don't know you very well, but I should hope you don't make a habit of referring to considered user input as "trash" on a regular basis. On a scale of greatest to least WP:CIVILity, here's how I perceive that exchange: 1. original poster; 2. me; 3. tie: you and Kurt, for different reasons. Your removal of my comment, though I will not revert it (not being as persistent as Kurt) was inappropriate. Gladys J Cortez 01:23, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

I have to agree with Gladys, that she has a right to voice her concern. Since it was civil it should not have been removed and certainly not with "trash". — Rlevse • Talk • 01:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

re: Simpsons chalkboard gags deleted, yet couch gags remain?

WilyD, why delete the chalkboard article but keep the couch gags page? They're pretty much the same format, length, etc. I read the deleted article on Deletionpedia and liked it. User:newspaperman 18 September, 2008 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:23, 18 September 2008 (UTC).

(from Ling.Nut) Peter Jones

• Hi Wiley,
• I kept meaning to reply to your message, but kept getting distracted.. mainly by Misplaced Pages-related things, but also by RL. I'm sorry that I didn't reply before PJ was closed. I apologize.
• Having said that, I probably would not have changed my vote due to copy editing efforts that took place during the FAC. I thought the whole article needed a good top-to-bottom scrubbing by a good copy editor. The examples I gave were just that—examples. I didn't think my examples were the only probs.
• Please do give PJ a good going over. Find one or more outstanding copy editors. Send it through WP:PR. And try again. :-)
• Later Ling.Nut 08:30, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

GA doesn't guarantee FA; PR is supposed to be better but even there the quality can sometimes be a little uneven... suggest that you start making friends with some of the better-known copy editors. ;-) Ling.Nut 12:11, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Qilinmon listed as a notable (former) Power Rangers editor

Qilinon, the user you banned last week has been listed in my user subpage User:Mythdon/Power Rangers notable editors in the "former" piece of the list. Do you approve of him/her being listed? If not, notify me of your dissaproval and I'll remove him/her from the list. Mythdon (talk) 10:12, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (154/3/2). I appreciate the community's trust it me, and I will do my best to be sure it won't regret handing me the mop. I am honored by your trust and your support. Again, thank you. –Juliancolton 19:09, 27 September 2008 (UTC)