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When patrolling 'recent changes,' mistakes can occur. If I revert a legitimate edit, mistaking it for vandalism please leave me a kind and courteous message alerting me of my misunderstanding and I will take full responsibility for my actions. Sincere apologies will be offered to all involved so please don't be angry with me, I'm just trying to improve Misplaced Pages.

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A tool for you!

Hi Rotorcowboy! I've just come across one of your edits (or that you have been patrolling new pages), and noticed that you might appreciate some help with references.

I case you're not aware, you might consider using this tool – it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script:

// Add ] launcher in the toolbox on left
addOnloadHook(function () {
 addPortletLink(
  "p-tb",     // toolbox portlet
  "http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py/" + wgPageName 
   + "?client=script&citeweb=on&overwrite=&limit=30&lang=" + wgContentLanguage,
  "Reflinks"  // link label
)});

onto Special:MyPage/skin.js, then paste the bare URL between your <ref></ref> tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for PDF documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. You may consider taking on Category:Articles needing link rot cleanup. So long! --Sp33dyphil © • © 07:03, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Ron Blaauw

Can you explain why you moved Ron Blaauw to Ron Blaauw (disambiguation)? Night of the Big Wind _talk 19:45, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello! I just recently became active on Misplaced Pages, and today is my first day patrolling pages. The page clearly suggests that it is a disambiguation page, does it not? Whether my action was right or wrong, I assure you that it was in good faith. Rotorcowboy (talk) 19:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

There is no need for the move, because the chef and the restaurant both have their own disambiguation. So, can you please move it back?

Secondly, why do you consider Ron Blaauw (restaurant) an advertisement? It is a rather short and factual article. It is difficult enough to avoid all the trash that you can find on internet. It is amazingly difficult to find the facts and write them down as bare facts and not as advertising. Can you review your opinion, maybe with help of the other restaurant articles I have written? (I know, every start is difficult so take this as advice, not as criticism) Night of the Big Wind _talk 19:57, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Alright, I moved it back. Sorry for the trouble. Now that I think about it, I really didn't do much thinking when I marked the page as advertising. There's just so much to do! But luckily, anything here can be undone. I also moved it back, since Ron Blaauw appears (to me) to be one entity, but then again, I'm not the expert! Rotorcowboy (talk) 20:07, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

LOL, give me time to write about the chefs. I have a few hundred Michelin starred restaurants to do! Only then I start about the famous chefs. Night of the Big Wind _talk 20:22, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Ow, I hope you don't mind that I am checking out your nominations. I am an experienced NPP (and still make mistakes), so maybe I can prevent some accidents! Night of the Big Wind _talk 20:02, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks for your help! Rotorcowboy (talk) 20:07, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Prevented accidents: Danya Barsalona (was referenced), Infinite (song) (CSD for copyright violation). (2 out of seven checked, not bad!) Another advice: you better start checking from the end of the list. Those articles have been a bit matured (15 tot 30 days old). With very new articles it is more then likely that they are not yet finished. Except for articles that are clear b**lshit or plain advertisements, you better wait an hour befire nominating. That saves you and the author a lot of frustration... Happy hunting! Night of the Big Wind _talk 20:22, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Rename

I, Rotorcowboy, certify that I would like to have my account renamed to "Kevin Hicks". Rotorcowboy (talk) 00:14, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Zotung

Hello Rotorcowboy, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Zotung, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is sufficient context to identify the subject of the article. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Logan _Talk 01:51, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

It did take some thinking to select the appropriate tag for this page, so this one seemed the most appropriate. Let's go to its talk page to discuss what should be done. Rotorcowboy (talk) 01:54, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

PROD tags

Hi. I just happened to notice you appear to be having a disagreement at User talk:Jorgenev over the removal of PROD tags. While it is true that an editor may not remove Speedy Deletion tags from an article that they created, and nobody should remove an AfD tag, it is permitted for anyone (even an article's creator) to removed a PROD tag - at Misplaced Pages:PROD, it clearly states...

"If anyone, including the article creator, removes a {{proposed deletion}} tag from an article, do not replace it."

If you see PROD tags being removed, please feel free to take the article to AfD, but you should not revert the removal or issue warnings to the editor who removed it, even if it's the article creator. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:07, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! I've cooled down since that dispute. It seems to be his, "The rules apply to everyone but me," attitude that's getting to me, but I realized that life is full of people like that. "I am incontrovertibly in the right." I mean, who says that? Anyway, thanks for visiting, I appreciate it! Rotorcowboy (talk) 15:24, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, that's cool - I can see you were well-motivated, and I just wanted to make sure you didn't get yourself into any trouble :-) Cheers -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:17, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

School in kukatpally

I've declined your A7 on that because A7 is not for schools (says so on the label...). Non-notable schools (which is everything below 'high school') have to be prodded, or AfDed if that doesn't work. Any school can be got for copyvio, spam, hoax, or attack if those fit. (They don't look to, here.) BTW I put some prods back too in my early days of patrolling - that was before I started using Twinkle which makes AfDing far easier. Peridon (talk) 20:02, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

My mistake. Sorry about that. :) Rotorcowboy (talk) 20:24, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Ash Sakula Architects

Please explain how this article reads like an advert, or the tag will be removed. I am an honest Wikipedian that has written a number of well sourced articles on notable subjects. I can't win. If I explain why something is notable it is an advert. If I don't explain why something is notable, the article will be deleted. You are the second over-zealous editor that has tag bombed an article only minutes after it has been made 'live'. Please give people a chance! To be frank, I am f*cking annoyed because I spent over 2 hours finding reputable sources for this article, my sandbox crashed, so I uploaded a basic stub to expand later. There are plenty of unsourced and un-notable articles out there that you could better spend your time policing! Sionk (talk) 23:46, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

For example this one Talent Middle Schhol, which you visited 4 minutes later, though chose not to recommend for deletion. The title is misspelt, the article is only 8 words long and it is unsourced. Sionk (talk) 00:10, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

I give you my apologies, Sionk. Thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. Rotorcowboy (talk) 00:13, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Good catch

Your copyvio tag on marketing spending was correct, and the article was deleted. But I need some assistance from you. Did you determine it from the direct examination of the book, or on the basis of manner of the cited references.? See my comments at User talk:Karenmharvey.

I was not able to physically open the book in front of me and rub my finger across the infringed text. I simply ran a Google search for several sections of the article, and found results for all of them verbatim from the same source. Glad I could help! :-) Rotorcowboy (talk) 20:19, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

By the way, some of the other comments above on your user page are fuly justified. Please read WP:CSD carefully before proceeding. If in doubt, use WP:PROD. DGG ( talk ) 18:58, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

I am still relatively new to NPP, and I seem to have gotten a little "trigger-happy" with the CSD tags. "Hmmm, maybe it qualifies, maybe it doesn't. I'll mark it anyway and see if it works. If someone justifiably contests to my CSD, I am swift to respond with an apology. I will certainly review the CSD and PROD guidelines so that I may do a better job in the future. Oh yeah, and User:Jorgenev, in my opinion, was simply a difficult person to deal with. That was some practice for debate. During the AfD discussion for Wikiracing, he improved the article so that it would meet Misplaced Pages's guidelines, making me look like an idiot. Oh well, (sh)it happens. Thanks for visiting! Rotorcowboy (talk) 20:19, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

BTW, I should thank you for your apology above. As you can see, I was ever so slightly cross at the time and not in a good mood :)

I do realise there are many companies that treat WP as free advertising. Personally, I use the 'Assume Good Faith' approach to these type of pages, unless the article is blatantly self-promotional and self-sourced. Maybe I am too soft! Sionk (talk) 23:21, 18 November 2011 (UTC)