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Thanks for helping, but I think on reflection his name really is ]! Oddly, the NCFC website is wrong, but the Soccerbase one is correct - I'd assumed it was the other way round, but when the anon came along and corrected it, adding a nationality, I assume good faith that s/he knows what's what. I can always move it all back again :-) --] 16:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks for helping, but I think on reflection his name really is ]! Oddly, the NCFC website is wrong, but the Soccerbase one is correct - I'd assumed it was the other way round, but when the anon came along and corrected it, adding a nationality, I assume good faith that s/he knows what's what. I can always move it all back again :-) --] 16:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
:Oops! Thanks. --] 16:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC) :Oops! Thanks. --] 16:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

=== Idiot ===
Get a life. The only one "Dumbing down" Around hear is you. P.S STAY AWAY FROM MY PAGE.

Revision as of 17:11, 18 April 2007

Guinnog has been on a wiki-break and will be fairly restricted in his contributions for the next while. If you urgently require the assistance of an administrator, please see the list of administrators. If you wish to report a problem, please see the administrators incidents noticeboard, the administrator's noticeboard, 3RR noticeboard, vandalism intervention or the Community noticeboard.

Thank you for your help, one more thing...

I put BBRBR on my user page and, until we get a write up in a magazine or something, I guess that's the best I can do. I would like to add our image, but must be doing something wrong because, although it is uploaded to Misplaced Pages, it won't show on the page. If you're the wrong person to ask, please forgive and I'll just research it more when I get a chance. Thanks again.--MissKriss13:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

BBRBR Article was for information purposes...

...and you deleted it. Whenever I want to know who someone is or what something is, I come to Misplaced Pages. So I added an article about a radio program that people are asking "what is BBRBR". I checked back and the warnings were gone, so I thought it was ok. Please help. Thanks.--MissKriss10:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

User:MONGO again!

Hi guinnog,

I've been having more problems with MONGO. Is he an experienced editor here because he seems to be immune to discipline somehow. Would you consider seconding a request for comment on MONGO's conduct if I was to make one? --I'm so special 22:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Help needed

Hello. I need your help in deleting the page Snake Derek. It's obviously a nonsense page with the material copied from Steven Davis. I've tagged speedy deletion twice but got removed by the creator or some other user both times. Thanks. Chanheigeorge 00:40, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The problem has been fixed. Have a happy Easter! Chanheigeorge 06:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Thanks

You're very welcome. Glad I could help and remove the vandalism. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 10:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

User page

Glad you liked it. Valentinian 10:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

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Persistant IP vandalism

Yep, I'm afraid it is. That UEFA5Star template has been subjected to months attacks by IP's (have a look at the History). I requested semi-protection last week, but was denied cos too "low level". --Mais oui! 12:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

User:86.152.83.236

You're very welcome. Looks like you've got a live one there... 13:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA IP

I smell another troll. Perhaps a request should be made at WP:OP? – Chacor 13:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that, looks like he's just earned himself an indef anyway. :) – Chacor 13:59, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Open proxy confirmed. Heh. :) – Chacor 14:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Undeletion of Talk:Play/to do

Hi. You recently deleted the article Play/to do and its associated talk page, Talk:Play/to do. The talk page was transcluded into the to-do box located at Talk:Play, which is the convention for all articles in Category:To do. Would you please undelete just the talk page of the deleted article? Thanks, Black Falcon 17:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Guinnog 17:33, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Cheers, Black Falcon 17:37, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

BMC page

Guinnog,

I was wondering if you might direct me to the source of some of your info on the BMC, particularly the comment about moving to a market structure for pricing beef exports. Thanks.... ianspeir at gmail dott comm

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Danny

Lol. I usually get beaten to it. Or maybe I just don't realise the times I get there first, like this time. I don't think there's any doubt it's just a minor format error. Easily done in the hustle and bustle. What an extraordinary RfA. I wonder if any previous RfA has drawn so many users in before. And it's in that horrible grey area at the moment re. consensus. Tyrenius 02:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like bureaucratic lose-lose, and the portents are ominous for another massive wiki row, that is even more of one than there is already. A good time for a wikibreak! Imagine if Jimbo stood for RfA!!! Tyrenius 03:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Italy national football team

You do realize that you revert to a wrong version? Italy never wore a blue jersey as an away shirt. Refer to this page for my references on the white away shirt. 121.44.226.60 08:22, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Anyway, I decided to revert your edits, but I have put my reasons on the talk page. Feel free to add your thoughts and revert my edits if you think I'm wrong. 121.44.226.60 08:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I was actually just trying to restore the link to the official site which another editor had deleted. Apologies. --Guinnog 11:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I didn't notice that. Thanks anyway. 121.44.226.60 13:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem, you did right to tell me about my mistake. --Guinnog 15:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Userpage

Hi there; just passing through, thought I'd drop in.

I appreciate that you live in Scotland; I lived and worked in Falkirk for two years some thirty+ years ago. Just a question which I would love to see the answer to; there are many, many beautiful/picturesque/historic sites in Scotland. I have seen them. Grangemouth, which I have also seen, is none of these things. Why do you choose it for your userpage?--Anthony.bradbury 23:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Hah. Long story. I thought it was one of my better photos I suppose; I try to refresh them once a week or so. Thanks for commenting. --Guinnog 23:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


Berwick-upon-Tweed

Long overdue. Well done. I expect it'll get reverted. If so, I'll redo the deletion later. --Tagishsimon (talk)

Thanks! I was sure the message would be one accusing me of vandalism or admin abuse. That was heartening. --Guinnog 09:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Magazine (band)

Hi, thanks for your template. But I don't think I did anything wrong on that article, just a couple of minor corrections . And we don't have to login unless we want to edit a protected article, right? 89.240.202.62 14:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The template I sent you was meant as a welcome and invitation to create an account. You did nothing wrong at all, and you are quite correct in your understanding. Best wishes. --Guinnog 20:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, reading back at the template, I can see it is very welcoming. But when I first saw it, I kind of thought it was someone having a go at me. I think it was the fact that the words 'your contributions' were linked to a list of my edits; it felt like Misplaced Pages was saying "We're onto you! We're watching every change you make!". Don't worry, I know you didn't write the template. I think maybe those words should be unlinked though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.240.202.62 (talk) 01:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

cze

chetnie bym zostal tylko nie umiem angielskiego i nie zamierzam sie uczyc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.156.254.3 (talk • contribs)

I'm dreadfully sorry but I don't understand you. Do you know English? --Guinnog 17:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok, it's Polish and the best I can get with a machine translation is "I do not know (do not be able) english only chetnie zostal and I do not intend sie uczyc " I'll take it as being an apology and assure you that no great harm was done by your edits. However, if your English is that poor, you might want to try editing other wikis written in languages you understand better. Best wishes, --Guinnog 20:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Polish

If I recall right, admin Piotrus is polish. Snowolf CON - 20:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I will ask him/her. I was just wanting someone to check as I know how awful machine translations can be. --Guinnog 20:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure: "chetnie bym zostal tylko nie umiem angielskiego i nie zamierzam sie uczyc" -> I'd like to stay but I don't know English and don't plan to learn it. Tell him abouthttp://pl.wikipedia.org/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna if he ever comes back, I guess...-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  01:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Requested translation

Please see the Incidents noticeboard I have translated Polish messages. If you need my assistance further - call me on my talk page.Vlad fedorov 03:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

RMS Titanic

"Artefact" is the more common variant in British English, see for example http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-art1.htm --Guinnog 08:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

So I see. My apologies. Br Eng is correct in this article. Thanks. Pedro |  Chat  09:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem at all. It actually isn't worth fighting over, but seeing as the article seems to have been using that spelling by consensus we may as well leave it like that. --Guinnog 09:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Totally agree. You can see how edit wars end up on things like this! It's a British Ship so we use Br Eng, but an American rediscovered Her so we use American Eng. Ughhhh! Of such things are Misplaced Pages made! I genuinely thought that artifcat was Br Eng but I see the derivation is Latin (Arte Factum) so your spelling is dead right. Hope to see you around the 'pedia again and Happy Editing.Pedro |  Chat  09:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, likewise. --Guinnog 09:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Edinburgh map

I have left the following at Talk:Edinburgh, regarding the map of Edinburgh: "A copyright question. Do we have permission to copy maps at Multimap or does this derived work break copyright?" Regards, Mr Stephen 17:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk:List_of_American_artists#Date_format

Any clues? Tyrenius 00:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Controversies in the Leads

Just wondering when you're going to fix the leads for Woody Allen, William Burroughs, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hugh Grant, Russell Crowe, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Page, Winona Ryder, Sean Penn, George Michael, etcetera. They're all lacking mention of their very notable "controversies" in the leads.Clashwho 04:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The answer is "never" as I have no interest in these articles. Feel free to have a go yourself though! --Guinnog 12:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Why would I? I disagree with your opinion that all controversies deserve lead coverage. If you truly believe they do, there are a lot of articles you should be fixing. So what is your special interest in Pete Townshend?Clashwho 22:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Oh, he was a hero of mine when I was growing up. In fact I got my first kiss listening to a Who record. Woody Allen is the only one out of those I might be interested in. What about you, what's your special interest in Pete? --Guinnog 00:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm a fan who wants to see him get a fair shake. You appear to be holding him to a different standard than all the other celebrities with controversial pasts that I have mentioned.Clashwho 03:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

If the controversy is a noted part of an individual's life, then it should be mentioned in the lead, as the lead is meant to stand alone to sum up the important aspects. See Michael Richards for example. Tyrenius 06:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

See Woody Allen, William Burroughs, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hugh Grant, Russell Crowe, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Page, Winona Ryder, Sean Penn and George Michael, among scores of others, for counter examples.Clashwho 05:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
If they haven't included significant aspects of the person's life in the lead section, then they're not doing it properly. See WP:LEAD:
The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, establishing context, summarizing the most important points, explaining why the subject is interesting or notable, and briefly describing its notable controversies, if there are any.
I pointed you to Michael Richards because extensive debate ended up doing it properly.
Tyrenius 06:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
If you sincerely believe that, then perhaps you should go to the articles I listed and fix their leads.Clashwho 22:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
As I explained, I haven't much interest in doing so. If you wanted to, WP:LEAD is the guideline to quote. --Guinnog 22:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
I have no desire to, because I'm not holding Pete Townshend to a different standard.Clashwho 20:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
That's my understanding of wp:lead too.--Guinnog 14:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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i removing

because Marie Curie was not French

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Nuclear power plant question for ya

I appreciate your help over at Nuclear power plant. My question is this, and it is more of a procedural one, I know that Homer Simpson works at a Nuclear power plant and so does anyone who has watched it. Thus, the show itself is the primary source. So if almost everyone who watches the simpsons knows it, does it even need to be in the article? If it is in the article for those who don't watch the simpsons, then doesn't it need a citation? I ask because I tend to try to clean up many many 'pop culture' section, almost none of which have citations and are usually very loosely related to the subject. I can't find much guidance or precedence on how to deal with these sections based on WP:CITE and/or WP:NOT. Thanks for any suggestions you may have. --Chuck Sirloin 18:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Revert

Thanks for helping, but I think on reflection his name really is Bally Smart! Oddly, the NCFC website is wrong, but the Soccerbase one is correct - I'd assumed it was the other way round, but when the anon came along and corrected it, adding a nationality, I assume good faith that s/he knows what's what. I can always move it all back again :-) --Dweller 16:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks. --Guinnog 16:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Idiot

Get a life. The only one "Dumbing down" Around hear is you. P.S STAY AWAY FROM MY PAGE.