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((older cruft/undated messages moved to User talk:Coren/old stuff))

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MAndrake Mechanism

i tried to make a page for Mandrake mechanism and giving it's true explantion in verbatum from the book "the creature from jekyll island" it's cited. and i woul dlike to have it back. Just because a person online has a site with it one doesn't mean i copied it from them, they got it from the same book.

Copyrighted material from website

Hey Coren. You have full permission to use the Tony Incenzo interview from the TalkSport web site as I am the author of the article.

People not reading messages

You mentioned on WP:AN that people were ignoring the notice at the top of your page. The reason is simple: it's unreadable: a massive block of text surrounded by two distraction boxes. --Carnildo (talk) 23:52, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

That's odd. It doesn't render that way either in Firefox (Linux and Windows) or IE7 for me. Out of curiosity, which browser are you using? And which skin did you set? — Coren  01:18, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

It's the combination of window width and font size on my computer: all the lines are about the same length, and word-wrapping turned it into a solid mass of text instead of five distinct lines. It looks better on a different computer, but the presence of the {{talkheader}} and {{AutoArchivingNotice}} templates around it still make it harder to read. --Carnildo (talk) 22:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Tell the truth...

...I bet you also think a bot could solve all the problems in the Middle East too, don't you.  :)

Yeah, but it'd probably need to be flagged 'crat for that.  :-) — Coren  22:41, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Seriously though, thanks for the input on my suggestion at WT:AN. I know this much --> 1/(∞-1) about how bots work, but having seen a few in operation, it seemed like something that could be done. have a good weekend. --barneca (talk) 01:28, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Requests for comment/R. fiend

Thanks for your input on the talk page. Just to clarify: would it be in order to put the whole of that statement on the RfC page, or would it be better to put a short summary with a pointer to the full statement on the talk page? If the whole thing, should I cut if from the talk page or leave it on both? Scolaire (talk) 16:47, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, normally you want to support your position with diffs, as you have done, on the main page. Keep to the same format the others are and you'll be okay— I see no reason to keep your statement on the talk page if you moved it to the main page, though. — Coren  16:55, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay if I delete your response at the same time, then? Scolaire (talk) 16:57, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure. That was strictly for your benefit. — Coren  16:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. Thanks again. Scolaire (talk) 17:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Articles drafted in sandboxes

Re this edit. Yes, the article I created is a direct copy of my sandbox, as this is where I drafted the article. I suspect a lot of articles are formed this way. Is it possible to adjust the bot to prevent warnings, if the source is a sandbox or other user page? – Tivedshambo (talk) 23:45, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Ditto for this. This bot should ignore user space. vıdıoman (talk • contribs) 18:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Convention centres in India

The text for the new article was copied from an article appearing in category space. I express no view as to its merit, but if it is a copy-vio (and it may be), the tag needs to be applied to ]. I was attempting to wikify this when you applied your tag and some one else applied another. It is most discouraging when one's work is lost to an edit conflict (which destroys one's work). I should have applied the tag "inuse". I hope your bot is designed not to work on "inuse" or "under construction" tagged articles. Peterkingiron (talk) 09:51, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, you know, edit conflicts do not cause you to loose your edits; if you scroll down your window, there is another edit box with your changes in it you can copy accross. — Coren  13:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Theater Hopper

The text copied from the Comixpedia page for Theater Hopper is the text from the original Theater Hopper Misplaced Pages page. The Comixpedia text was copied from Misplaced Pages, not the other way around, and it merely registered because the article needed to be recreated. -Fearfulsymmetry (talk) 22:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Arb restriction case

Coren a guy you unblocked because he said he'd behave isn't, see Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Arbitration_enforcement#Pocopocopocopoco. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

The Expert at the Card Table

Copyright issie

The quoted material is copied from the back of the book, which is my personal copy. The quoted material is in block quote, and its reference is cited. Therefore, it is not plagiarized. No material on this page was copied from the internet.

I will re-write the material as time allows, in order to further alleviate the situation. Navy.enthusiast (talk) 02:57, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Your Warning

Salut Coren, I am assuming that this edit was in good faith and I appreciate your efforts to uphold our standards of civility and decorum here. I will assume that you did not bother to investigate the user so identified and therefore are not aware that this is a self-proclaimed sockpuppet engaged in wikistalking. As such, my epithet is richly deserved. I am not a keen fan of variants of stock warnings and you can safely assume, upon review of my edit history should you wish confirmation, that I do not frivolously undertake such descriptions and that when I do they are richly deserved. Eusebeus (talk) 07:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)