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Hello Woodym555! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some recommended guidelines to facilitate your involvement. Happy Editing! Budgiekiller 16:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC) Getting Started Misplaced Pages Tutorial • The five pillars of Misplaced Pages How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Misplaced Pages is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Build consensus • Resolving disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Useful templates • Categories • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Tools • User scripts

Happy New Year

Hello Woody, I hope you had a pleasant New Year's Day, and that 2008 brings further success, health and happiness! Thanks for all your work on MILHIST and making it such a pleasant area in which to work. No wonder it is so successful!~ Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 250 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES  10:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

		Military history service award
		For tagging and assessing 500 articles in Tag & Assess 2007, by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this Military history WikiProject Service Award. --ROGER DAVIES  10:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be good to have your feedback/comments on the drive at the Tag & Assess workshop

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES  10:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)

The December 2007 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 23:59, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The football league

Now I found the league tables on this website, which covers every season from the beginning. I think it goes in the format

• Games played, games won, games drew, games lost, goals for, goals against, and points. Blueanode (talk) 21:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there is now The Football League 1890-91. Blueanode (talk) 21:46, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Easington Colliery A.F.C.

Cheers for rating the article, i intend to expand but information about them is really hard to come by. Thanks.  Sunderland06  21:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, about the colour bit could i use this as a citation .  Sunderland06  22:00, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad...

...to be back, although the holiday was great! Thanks for your message. Look forward to kicking on with some more stuff! Happy new year to you! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: J0HNNY, I replied on my talk page

JERRY _contribs 21:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for helping out there and reminding me about the 3RR rule. That would of been embarrassing :P Compwhiz II 22:30, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
UPDATE:God, hes doing it agian! AIV Compwhiz II 22:32, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Okay I'm going to step out of this one. Good Luck, Compwhiz II 22:39, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

ships as females

Thanks for you messages on my talk page. I think the issue needed to be discussed, and that it should not be hidden away in archives or in one of those purple cover-ups. I agree that the debate could have been more civil, but that's easy to say in retrospect. In a way, it was necessary to expose the emotional aspect of this aspect of the grammar to make people take it seriously. I'm not being "pointy" in saying that; this is an issue that involves what I consider to be a highly regrettable practice on WP. Tony (talk) 01:15, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Dead links

Hey Woody, thanks for that. In a miraculous fluke of coincidence I was just looking at that on WP:FOOTBALL so I'll get on with it asap. Thanks for the note. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Kingston University

Thank you for the protection put on this page and the note about multiple reverts. --Mattalex (talk) 20:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC) I am copying you into my correspondence with Mattalex. Thanks for your assistance.

Sent to Mattalex: If you work for Kingston University and/or a reputation management company hired by Kingston University, you should not be involved in whitewashing factual information referenced from external sources. If you are not convinced about the veracity of the information, I would be happy to discuss the sourcing with you, but you ought not to simply remove it on your own.

I would like to resolve this matter with you in order to avoid the need for formal dispute resolution. So let's try to agree to come to some understanding regarding the inclusion of accurate information, even if you find it to be unflattering. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.51.176 (talk) 21:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I hoped that you would semi-protect the article, at least slowing down the ip's desire to insert his/her POV constantly. I realise that you could've banned people for their revert-tastic ways and I'm glad you didn't. Full protection is perhaps the least worst solution. Having been involved in an unbelievably inane article conflict aaaaaaages ago, I have no interest in teaching a pig to sing, again. I just didn't want to see libels edited into that article, over and over. Thanks, Mrfixter (talk) 01:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC).

Crocker Motorcycle page

Woody, Thanks for your help. Someone had to step in and take control.

Michael —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.16.223 (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Woody,

I do not need to edit the Crocker page further at this time. The saved version describes the Company without battle or issue. That description was and is sound. Be sure that Karalash will revert to his version when allowed and I will have no choice but to change the description to an accurate one. If you cannot see who the vandal is in this case, please discuss this with the other editors. Karalash is trying to damage both Crocker and I. I will be glad to send you the Affidavits of both Karalash and I. The content should clear up any questions as to what is going on. If you allow Karalash to accuse me of stealing on line without proof, you will be promoting defamation and slander to both Crocker Motorcycle Company and I. I am sure that this is not what Misplaced Pages is all about? Thanks

Michael —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.16.223 (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Rome: Total War 7 day RFP

Thanks for the semi-protect. I asked for help on the issue here as the vandal is using a dynamic IP. Other than page protection, how would you deal with this kind of vandal? BrokenSphere 20:43, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I've raised the issue on the article's talk page. The vandal is apparently pro-Hannibal, because they keep the mention of Julius Caesar, who's also mentioned in the same sentence, as just that. I've been throwing level 3 warnings at them now, but I wonder if they even see these and/or just move on to another IP address to keep making their POV edit. BrokenSphere 21:02, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll try leaving a hidden message to discuss in that sentence when the block expires after they make another change and will let you know if it gets ignored. --BrokenSphere 21:20, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: +FA -A

Ah, no problem; I just happen to recognize most of the titles since I do the bulk of the A-Class closings. :-) Kirill 22:47, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

A&W Root Beer

I was wondering if you could peer review the A&W Root Beer article. I wish to make sure that it gets peer reviewed, as I have been working on this article fr a while now. Thanks, - ~VNinja~ 23:07, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Yea

I know. It's wikistalking and I'll take it up at 3rr and ani if it goes on. Eusebeus (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:59, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

No need to protect. there are another half dozen editors who will revert should I fall foul of 3RR on that page. Thanks for being diligent! Eusebeus (talk) 07:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Adding others to CAT:AOTR

From the automated tracking page:

1. User:Bearian added to Category:Wikipedia_administrators_open_to_recall. On 22:48, 07 January 2008 by Woody.
2. User:Aqwis added to Category:Wikipedia_administrators_open_to_recall. On 22:47, 07 January 2008 by Woody.

That confuses me a bit. It may be best to allow admins to add themselves, it's a voluntary category. ++Lar: t/c 16:36, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I didn't add them, I merely amended the cats to show their names alphabetically. Bearian diff, Aqwis diff. (Just as Krimpet didn't re-add everyone into the category, he just recreated the category). Woody (talk) 16:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Cool. Krimpet's adds were because she was implementing the restore after the DRV. ++Lar: t/c 17:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I know, that was my point... ;) (Obviously not well made). Woody (talk) 17:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Well adding everyone in the category all at once didn't raise my eyebrows but adds of just two people did... :) Thanks. ++Lar: t/c 21:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Montenegro protection

The question was actually closed on the article's talk page. There is only one anon that keeps constantly bumping, despite the in-warning following the language bit in the article - furthermore, his version is protected, which means that he will not return and discuss regarding the article either - the protection goes at his benefit.

Any idea for a solution? --PaxEquilibrium (talk) 20:15, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I indeed have suggested a while ago semi-protection over at WP:RFPP, but the explanation given was that it's not yet critical enough...and I knew it was going down this road. :( --PaxEquilibrium (talk) 21:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow

This! We both settled on a week! :) Acalamari 18:28, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. :) Acalamari 18:30, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Osment

Ok. Didn't realize that "revert rule." Thanks. I can't believe someone objects to the fact that Osment was driving a 1995 Saturn when he had his wreck and DUI. It's a fact. I've found some people on wikipedia to be quite rude, especially a few of the admin types. Why is this? OddibeKerfeld (talk) 18:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I won't enter the Saturn again. What personal attacks? I never attacked anyone. OddibeKerfeld (talk) 20:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

On "edit warring"

I refrained from "edit warring" for 48 hours in response to your comment on my talk page, and all that happened is that the other "side" in this "war" became more aggressive and destructive. I don't believe what I've been doing is any more than opposing organized vandalism. Certainly repeated de facto deletions like this and this can reasonably only be described as vandalism. And comments like this and this (note the edit summary) and this can only be described as flagrant, deliberate violations of Misplaced Pages's policies regarding civility and personal attacks -- with no meaningful enforcement of those policies. The editor who made those comments, who has along, disturbing history of harassing other Misplaced Pages editors in an effort either to drive them away, or provoke uncivil responses frovoking admin action, refuses to even acknowledge that his actions violate policy , deletes admin warnings from his talk page , and uncivilly mocks editors who cite his comments, regarding me and others, as inappropriate .

Now how about protecting the unvandalized forms of City_of_Bones, Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special, and The Mortal Instruments Trilogy, and take some appropriate action against the clear violators of Misplaced Pages policies involved in this dispute? VivianDarkbloom (talk) 23:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

AVFC FT

Hey, following on from what ChrisTheDude is doing with Gillingham and what I think MattyTheWhite can do with York, how about trying to get Villa up to Featured Topic? I don't think you're far off already... I'm intending to get Ipswich (and possibly Norwich with Dweller) up to FT this year so I was just thinking it'd be pretty cool for WP:FOOTBALL to get five or six FT's... what do you think? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

A request for your consideration regarding CAT:AOTR

...My guinea pigs and the "A"s through "S"s having felt this message was OK to go forward with (or at least not complained bitterly to me about it :) ), today it's the turn of the "T"s through "Z"s (and beyond, apparently)! I'm hoping that more of you chaps/chapettes will point to their own criteria instead of mine :)... it's flattering but a bit scary! :) Also, you may want to check back to the table periodically, someone later than you in the alphabet may have come up with a nifty new idea. ++Lar: t/c 21:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

		Thanks for your support
		Thank you SO MUCH for your support in my unanimous RFA. Take this cookie as a small token of my appreciation.--Jayron32|talk|contribs 06:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for welcome

Heh, thanks for the welcome. Nnkx00 (talk) 06:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Just a little, but I appreciate it nonetheless.  :) Nnkx00 (talk) 01:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for watching out for my page. Ra2007 (talk) 22:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

TrackerSuite.Net entry deletion

Hello,

Your recently (well, today actually) deleted an entry I made for one of my company's products, TrackerSuite.Net, as 'blatant advertising'. I understand the need for Misplaced Pages to remain spam-free, and it wasn't my intention to enter anything other than an factual summary of what our product and its features. There are numerous software vendors who have posted entries about their companies and products: Basecamp (software), Journyx, Artemis (software), Microsoft Project, ProjectInsight, JIRA (software), Central Desktop, Teamwork (software) and others. There are several pages on Misplaced Pages such as Comparison of time tracking software and List of project management software, both of which we offer products for, that require listed products to be be Misplaced Pages entries.

I believe I kept our entry content factual as opposed to promotional. Please let me know specifically what you objected to, so that I can make corrections and submit our entry alongside the other software vendors and their products.

Regards,--KarsKormak (talk) 22:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Thank you for your reply. Aside from the statement that it is a modular product, which can be easily changed, were there any other portions you considered promotional as opposed to factual content?

"The Personnel Tracker.Net module is a required component of any TrackerSuite.Net configuration." - I do not understand your complaint that this sounds like it came from a technical manual. It is neither promotional, nor untrue.

I appreciate your offer to post our entry as a sub-page, however, Misplaced Pages's policy page on the subject indicates that sub-pages are intended for temporary or transitional material.

I did post an external reference to our product, which is fairly new. Is there a minimum number of external references required for a Misplaced Pages entry?--KarsKormak (talk) 00:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Yes, thanks Woody. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

Hey Woody, I've left some pretty extensive comments on the talk page which should help with your quest for GA. Feel free to shout at me if you need anything more...! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, the Villa article does seem to be attracting a bit of a sod but nothing we can't handle I reckon. Let's leave it for now and just revert on sight - I've blocked both "prick" IPs so we'll just have to be careful when they get back online. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

As always, no worries! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Glen Maxey

Thanks for noting the block of the user. I'll be keeping an eye on it and will post on it again if the person keeps coming back to mess with the entry (we think we know who it is locally but I guess in today's politics this is something we have to deal with now). Amplifiedlight (talk) 19:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Leeds

I guess you have to go with what the majority want. But I had hope I would be able to compromises with the ongoing season note. It's sad really I really wanted this list to be a FL. Buc (talk) 23:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Well I certainly wouldn't support any FL noimination for it. Buc (talk) 23:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

aargh

Tryin' to put your little note above mine? How egocentric! - PeaceNT (talk) 20:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Lol, you (really) didn't get conflicted? Well, the MediaWiki must have packed up I guess. ;) - PeaceNT (talk) 21:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, but I've got no idea how to see that precise stats. Anyhow, never mind - PeaceNT (talk) 21:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Leeds seasons

Hey Woody, do me a favour and review the article when you get a chance will you? This is close to FL so I'm going to push it there. It'd be good to iron out any outstanding issues before I put it up at FLC. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey Woody, a double check would be good. I didn't think the PR would be this detailed but I guess that was what went wrong last time! I'll see you at the article! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Woody. Villa stats reviewed at the PR. I'll see if I can get some more time to re-review the late history section. No need to list at GAN, if I think it's good enough I'll promote it without having to go through that. No reason not to! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Woody, started going through the history article and felt that a few of my previous comments might not have been dealt with. Can you do me a favour (boring I know) but can you check off all the points and make sure you've done them? I've found quite a few points in the current lead already so before I continue could you just revisit the last comments? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!

Thanks

Thanks for putting the FLC box on the talk page for the List of the birds of North Carolina. Can't believe that I forgot. Oh well. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Leeds seasons FLC

Woody. I've gone and done it and nominated it. Hopefully you'll feel that you can support, but obviously if there's anything outstanding don't hesitate to bring it to the FLC. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:55, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok, so you beat me to it by seven minutes! Eagle eyes...! Cheers. Joint effort all round. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

That's the key. I think if I can do one thing around here, it's communicate. So this, should it make it, ought to be a weeny bit of bronze star for about a half a dozen editors. A great example of WP:FOOTBALL collaboration. Oh, and I'll kick on with the Villa stuff when I get a moment tomorrow. Best to you, The Rambling Man (talk) 23:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Your relentless efforts to improve the quality of the numerous articles and lists relating to the Victoria Cross and football (soccer ;-) have been impressive. In recognition of your progress and achievements, I hereby award you a shiny barnstar! Congratulations on yet more acknowledgment!

SoLando (Talk) 23:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem at all. Most deserving, I can assure you! :-) The lists have desperately needed attention. I personally cannot conceive of a British Army VC list ever being created, I really can't! We can only hope an intelligent, dynamic bot is designed soon ;-). SoLando (Talk) 23:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I would certainly be interested in rendering whatever assistance would be welcomed. Perhaps embarking on a campaign of stub creation to blue'ify the lists? Have you assembled an unformatted "dump" of names or are you labouriously collecting them individually? There's always the archive repository at . Regards, SoLando (Talk) 09:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. I speculated that with the magic of C & P, the process might perhaps be less time-consuming. I'll start linking at discretion. Blue is aesthetic ;-). Regards, SoLando (Talk) 16:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Woody, are you monitoring Kevin Keegan? In the words of the protagonist of a once popular television programme - oh boy! ;-) SoLando (Talk) 17:14, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Question

One small question, I was thinking of adding a list of "Unsuccessful nominees" to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame page. There is a source Although it is sort of a fansite (but if needed, I'll likely be able to find articles) and there have only been something like 30 that have been nominated by never inducted. So, I was wondering if you thought I should give the section a try, or just leave it to official inductees. -- Scorpion 01:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR 09:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! (re my old username)

Thanks for that! Now I know why Ralbot left those messages... gah, I forgot to remove myself from the spamlist! Please can you fully-protect my old username/user talk page (of SunStar Net (talk · contribs · count), now a doppelganger), since it should need no further editing! Thanks, --Solumeiras 12:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: WP:ERROR

Oh, no problem. I didn't think your reply was blunt at all; I'm always aware that how words appear on screen are often not as they were intended. Reading some of my old edit summaries back to myself I come across as a bit of an arse, when in almost all cases they were intended tongue-in-cheek. Anyway, all the best, Liquidfinale 15:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Protecting Kangaroo

Would extending it really prevent the vandalism? It appears (looking through the history) that the mass of the vandal edits are compiled by the same editors. Regards, Rudget. 17:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No, you're right. We may as well let it run it's course now. Thanks. Rudget. 17:18, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: WP:ERROR

Yes, but the timer said "Time since last update: -1 hours". That is fixed now. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} 22:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, okay, it was fine when I looked at it. In that case someone didn't refresh the clock at Template:DYK-Refresh when they updated the page. You can do it next time by clicking the reset clock when on the Template:DYK-Refresh page. Woody (talk) 23:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Telemann's 1716-1717 whatever

• That page looks like it may be vanity (re: username). You're sure it should be kept? JuJube (talk) 10:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

BA flight 38 news

It looks like I was one of 3 people who started articles on this. My article was quickly merged & redirected by User:Edward which was good. I come back an hour later and the article history doesn't reflect the early article creation history that I remember. What happened? Astronaut (talk) 15:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Villa recent history

Hey Woody, close to GA now. I've added a few more comments to the talk page. Good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Salting

Hi,

I'm always late to learning these things, but I did notice that a few days ago. Since I'm plagued by inertia, I won't switch over until I think things through a bit (examine the appropriate policy page, with a particular eye to the question of how long such protections should be.) I'll probably get around to it before the end of the month, anyway. I'm dim-witted, but I've learned to accept it. :) Best wishes, Xoloz (talk) 15:02, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Villa later days history

Good work, I've promoted to GA now. I'll have another look over the records article and see what Naphit's saying too. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:39, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Unblock

Thanks for the unblock. I'll have to find out who has been making all those edits on this IP. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

		The WikiChevrons
		In recognition of your diligent efforts in converting deprecated templates, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons. Kirill 16:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Woody, I wish to tender my sincere thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 37 supports, 2 opposes, and 2 neutral. The results of the RfA are extremely bittersweet because of the recent departure of my nominator, Rudget. Hopefully I can live up to his and your expectations. I would especially like to thank Epbr123 and TomStar81 for mentioning that they were preparing to offer me a nomination. The past week has been one of the most stressful weeks in my life, and I appreciate your vote of confidence in me. If you ever need anything, just get in touch. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)