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Block of User: 24.128.42.57

Might I ask you to re-examine that block? It appears to be a bad AIV report. The only edit after final warning actually removed vandalism from The Muffin Man. Toddst1 (talk) 16:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

never mind. Only the last edit reverted vandalism. Cheers. Toddst1 (talk) 16:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

AIV

Was the note I added after my AIV report sufficient? For some reason, Huggle considers a report on UAA to be the same as a final warning, which is why User:Fartmuffin had no warnings on their talk page. I am asking so that I know whether or not to add the same note if/when that happens again. Thanks for your help. J.delanoy_adds 19:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

What about

"NOTE: Huggle generated this report because the user has been reported on WP:UAA. This user does not have a final warning on their talk page."

J.delanoy_adds 19:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. J.delanoy_adds 19:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct

Dear GlassCobra,

You deleted an article that I was trying to post today for copyright infraction. I am the Treasurer of the Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct Committee which manages the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Authenticating Canadian Diamond Claims (the Code). You will find my name on the Code web site at www.canadiandiamondcodeofconduct.ca. On that web site you will also find the text of the Code. The CDCC has copyright of the Code. The article I posted used the preamble of our Code to explain to your readers what the Code is about. The article was reviewed and approved by the CDCC.

The other site which has similar text to the article took their text from our Code. We do not object to this practice as we wish the consumers to be informed about our Code. We actually encourage our members to publicize the Code and use our logo.

What do I need to do to have the article reinstated?

Sincerely yours,

Pierre Leblanc Treasurer Canadian Diamond Code Committee Pierre Leblanc (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 21:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

NHRHS2010 |  Talk to me  00:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thanks for blocking the vandal IP address as well. I don't know what's going on; the Wiener vandal is very likely someone I know from school, since lots of boys at school say the word 'wiener' to me every time they see me, just to make me mad. This is getting very annoying, so I appreciate a lot that you took care of the wiener vandal. NHRHS2010 |  Talk to me  01:10, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

My vandalism?

Sorry, but the only thing i recall doing to the page Spells in Harry Potter was erase another users highly rude changes to said page. Therefore i do not deserve the warning you posted to me.88.114.208.169 (talk) 11:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct article

To whom this may concern,

I left a message a couple of days ago about the article on the Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct. Have you considered my remarks?

Sincerely yours,

Pierre LeblancPierre Leblanc (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 14:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure how to proceed further with the proposed article on the Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct and need your advice on how to reinstate that page.

Sincerely yours,

Pierre LeblancPierre Leblanc (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 14:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Your editing 2nd Battle of Panipat

Please note that your editing of 2nd battle of Panipat is not as per facts.May I request you to be familiar with the facts before editing this site.2nd war at Panipat was fought between the forces of Hemu which included Hindus as well as Afghans and Mughals, and not only between Hindus and Mughals as you have mentioned.In the background of the war I have described that Hemu had earlier won 22 battles spanning entire North India. This info is necessary to make a reader understand the situation in the right perspective.Similarly, if I start writing all the details, it may become lenghthier than the original site.

Also I would like to post two pictures of Hemu Vikramaditya on the website 'Samrat Hem Chander Vikramaditya', one relates to his coronation at Purana Quila in Delhi on 7th Oct. 1556 and other relates to one of his statues at a Panipat Park in Haryana. I am not familier with the process of putting up the photographs and need your help. If you give me some e-mail Id, I can mail the two photographs to you.

Thanking you in anticipation! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.128.118 (talk) 06:31, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Sudhirkbhargava —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.128.45 (talk) 15:28, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct

Dear GlassCobra,

Thank you for your reply. The Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct is a not-for-profit corporation which was initiated by the Canadian Competition Bureau, an agency of the Canadian Government. Our aim is not to "promote" per se but to inform consumers of the Code.

Since the Code office has the copyright of the original preamble and has approved the modified preamble for posting on Misplaced Pages I do not understand why we are deemed to be in violation of copyright. As indicated earlier, the text that was found by your robot is another version of the preamble of the Code for which we have copyright.

We could always produce another article but it would be frustrating since we would be blocked from using our own material because somebody else copied part of it.

What do you suggest.

Regards,

Pierre Leblanc (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Tre Williams

Good job digging them up. The article's off to a solid stub. I saw it on the recent changes and watchlisted it. And by the way, since you're on the OTRS team, would you be able to add a ticket number for the Killah Priest image (if you have time)? I just emailed the permission transcripts a few hours ago. If you can look into it, that'd be great. Spellcast (talk) 22:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Boloco

your comment on my talk page

I will treat your inquiry as a matter of "contesting the PROD" and I will restore the article and take it to WP:AFD for consideration. In general, I don't think there should be a concrete deadline for contesting PROD's - after the target has been deleted is as good a time as any.

The articles you linked to are reliable source material. However, their treatment of Boloco is as a secondary topic rather than a primary topic. Two of the three articles have as their primary topic food trends in Boston, while the third has both this and the Chipotle chain as "co-primary" topics. The articles would be fine for supporting facts about Boloco ... or even serving as input into a Cuisine of Boston article ... but I do not think that they satisfy the notability criterion for Boloco. I will post a follow-up here of the link to the AFD action when I get it up. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Articles-for-Deletion link

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Adoption

Heyy I was wondering if somone could be adopted by more then one person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob Green696 (talk • contribs) 17:34, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIII - April 2008

Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIII - April 2008
Project news Elections are now taking place for coordinators of the project for the next six months. Any editors interested in seeking a coordinator position, or who want a say in who is selected, should indicate as much here. Member news The project has currently 381 members, 69 joined & 0 leavers since the start of March 2008. Other news The project's long-time lead coordinator, Kevinalewis, has announced he is not standing as a candidate for another term in that capacity. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to him for the extraordinary work he has done for this project. To Kill a Mockingbird and El Señor Presidente were both recently promoted to Featured Article status. This brings the novel FA count to 14! It has been suggested that WikiProject Sword of Truth be merged into WP:NOVELS, perhaps as a task force. Task force news Two inactive projects were converted into task forces, so Chronicles of Narnia task force and Lemony Snicket task force have been created. People interested in the aforementioned subjects are encouraged to support the new task forces. (Thank to Wassupwestcoast for the tip) Novel related news The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died on 19 March aged 90. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 2007. Current debates There is a discussion regarding further task forces for other genres of fiction now taking place here.	From the Members Welcome to the Twenty Third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : /(Desk), Initiating Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is A Farewell to Arms. Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (South Wind) was completed by member User:Blathnaid with a nice starting stub. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Kate Christensen's 2008 PEN/Faulkner award winner The Great Man.
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John Carter (talk) 19:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The Beastmastas

Technically I'm not sure, but so far I see Ghits with alot of self-promotion, without any corroborating proof to their claims. I'll have to read more carefully if I'm going to find WP:V and WP:RS independent of these guys. Can you indeblock them for a promotional user name? - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Can you indeblock them for a promotional user name? Um, that was rhetorical, but okay. :-) - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

By the way, the syntax of the {{uw-ublock}} allows you to get your signature in, with this: {{subst:uw-ublock|sig=~~~~}}. Most of the other block templates do as well. Just FYI. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:17, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Hm, it does say he was the writer of an award-winning song, but it doesn't say that he won an award for writing the song... - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk

I was hoping that its flapping in the wind status would inspire other editors to search, but I guess not. Either go all the way, or kill it. No semidonkeying it will do. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 20:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Admin hopeful

You recently posted on my talk page about my status as an admin hopeful. While I wish to thank you for your recognition, I do not wish pursue adminship at this time. Right now my real world obligations are overwhelming me and I have little time to contribute to Misplaced Pages. Hopefully in the future my work load will decrease and I will be able to more actively contribute to Misplaced Pages. Thanks again! --24fan24 (talk) 04:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Open Proxy

Hi, I wanted to ask you a question about this. Look on Flyleaf talk at the IP I signed from my work which uses an open proxy service on some of their computers. I thought I was logged in and accidentally signed that IP. When I saw the vandalism edits it prompted me to look at the other IP's and ranges that we use here at work sometimes. These ranges (and their are dozens of different ranges that trace back to all over the world) are resposible for A LOT of vandalism here on Misplaced Pages. Can open proxies be blocked just because they are open proxies. That IP I used on Flyleaf is invlolved in a SSP report of user wilhelmina will, also several if not all of the IP's in that report belong to an open proxy. I know because they are the same range as some of the ones at my work. Landon1980 (talk) 14:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I'll make sure and not log in from one anymore. Is there anything I should do about this, can the ones I know of that are being used be blocked? Landon1980 (talk) 17:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 17:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Protection tag on Eek, A Penis!

Oh. It looked like it was semi-protected. That's why I put the mini-protection icon in, but didn't realize it wasn't actually protected. My mistake. The Chronic 05:49, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Must protect penis at all cost. I'm going to protect all genital-related articles. Bye! the_undertow 06:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Landon 1980 and Nickelback

Hi GlassCobra. I know you've been in discussion with Landon before, and I'd like to ask you a favor. A few days ago, Landon changed the genre delimiter on Nickelback to line breaks from commas, citing nothing but WP:MOS. I tried to tell him that either delimiter can be used, but whatever was there originally should stay. The example on Template:Infobox Musical artist shows a band with line breaks as their delimiter. He cited this as saying that all bands' genres should be separated by line breaks in the infobox. I attempted to tell him that under the genre section of the template it says either way can be used, but he just reverted my edit without explanation and continues to do so. He still believes that the example clearly states that line breaks should be used, but another example on that same page uses commas as delimiter. I know it's a pretty stupid thing to edit war over, but I need a third opinion, and someone needs to explain to Landon why either one can be used. On Nickelback, since there's a controversy over this, the delimiter should stay as it was before it was changed. I tried explaining this to Landon on the Nickelback talk page, but he ignored it and just reverted my edits without explanation. I'm not really worried about whether commas or line breaks are used. Landon just needs to know that there is no guideline/policy that states that genres in band infoboxes need to be separated by line breaks and that he cannot cite MOS for something he found on Template:Infobox Musical artist. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide on this. Timmeh! 14:24, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

I just think line breaks are more organized, and better for the reader, it is a much cleaner look. Timmeh says there is controversy over this. However, I asked this very question on the talk page and no one objected. You need to explain to him this is a minor issue. Him taking this to ANI would have been a hell of an April fools joke. When there are three genres to be listed, using commas make them appear to all run together, and looks messy and unprofessional. The majority of the people I have talked to are in favor of line breaks. Timmeh, I suggest you use your time for something productive on here. Especially seeing how you have the time to complain about this for days, and edit war over such a petty thing. The reason I haven't further discussed this on the talk page is no one objected, many have edited the article and left the line breaks, did not even mention them. I am beginning to think Timmeh has a personal vendetta against me. It isn't normal for someone to obsess over something like this. He says I am edit warring, and continues to threaten me with blocks. More than one admin has told him I am not, and that I haven't even neared violating 3RR. He is doing this because he thinks hoponpop and I am the same person, he has suggested this multiple times. I think having suggest bot or whatever it is called give him some things to do would be a good idea. I'm quite frankly getting sick of his obsession with me. Landon1980 (talk) 15:20, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, Landon, more false and far reached accusations against me. You say no one objects to the line breaks. I do. Nobody else wants to get involved. There needs to be consensus. You are edit warring because you are changing things to your liking without consensus. You say I am stalking you, but is it really the other way around? Every time I ask someone about this, you seem to always notice and make a reply full of accusations based on nothing but your own opinion while still not replying to my messages directed at you. I have never suggested that you and Hoponpop were the same person. You need to get your facts straight before accusing me of so many things. Why do you think the commas were there with the genres in the first place? They all fit on one line with commas and there are none have citations. If the genres are short and fit on one line, then they should probably be separated by commas. On the other hand, if they don't fit on one line, or if there are sources with them, the area would be a mess with commas. For this particular article, commas just look better. Plus, with commas vertical space is saved. First, you repeatedly cited MOS for the changes to line breaks, but now you are finally giving a reason for changing them? Why don't you cite MOS anymore? I don't have an obsession with you Landon. I'm arguing with you about this one article. You don't see me contesting your every edit, do you? Anyway, you can't just go around reverting edits before consensus is reached. Timmeh! 16:26, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Timmeh, are you absent minded? You have suggested hoponpop and I are the same person a few times. Glasscobra, where is the policy that says before you can make any change to an article you need to acquire a consensus? I did bring it up, and Timmeh is the only one that objected. And GC if you thing this is shameful, do not involve yourself in the edit war. Landon1980 (talk) 19:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually you didn't bring it up when you first changed them, Landon. You only did that two days after the edit war started. I replied and you refused to discuss the matter. You just kept reverting my edits. Obviously the change you made was controversial and you definitely should bring up the matter before you make a controversial edit. You also added sources for the genres to get a better reason to use line breaks, didn't you? In reality, there shouldn't even be cites in the infobox because it's supposed to be a quick thing to refer to and they just clutter it up. Please don't tell me there's no policy against having citations in the infobox; I know this already. It's just a widely ignored "suggestion", and I think sources just clutter it up. Timmeh! 20:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Well Timmeh it doesn't really matter why I added the sources now does it. You are right there is no policy that says I cannot do that. However there is policy that recommends you to use sources when you can. If you could just add any ole genre without sourcing it wikipedi asure would be a mess wouldn't it? The infobox is the only place in the article the sub-genres are, so where else do you suggest they be cited, on my talk page maybe? Landon1980 (talk) 21:14, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, Template:Infobox Musical artist recommends NOT using subgenres in the infobox and only using more general terms. Subgenres should be discussed in the body of the article, and they sources should be there. Timmeh! 01:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

What about Timmeh? He has made the same number of reverts as I. Does 3RR or edit-warring exceptions cover "they didn't discuss first, or anything about obtaining or enforcing consensus?" Yeah didn't think so. Let timmeh follow you around complaining and griping about you, and even take something like this to ANI, then you can tell me to stay cool. I am sick of him, he needs to leave me alone. He would clearly be valuable to this project if he spent the great deal of time he has doing something constructive. Is there not more important issues here to take to ANI than this? Surely he can find something better to do than worry about genre delimiters on Nickelback. If he would only channel all the time he has in a useful fashion he would be very valuable. Landon1980 (talk) 22:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

So, what makes you think I have so much time, Landon? I never followed you around. I don't know what is making you think that. If I was complaining about YOU, that would be considered attacking you personally, wouldn't it? I can easily say the same thing to you about doing something constructive with your time. Please stop making accusations and assumptions based on some made up world you have placed you and me in these last few days. I'm not going to argue about this anymore. I'm going to be the better person and leave this now. Any more messages concerning this, especially ones written in an uncivil tone and manner, will be ignored. Timmeh! 01:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

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Hello!

Hello! I've taken a lil' wikibreak for school... Still i hang out on IRC... --Cream (talk) 16:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

My RfA...

Report questions

1. Can you describe what the 'cabal' is? What is its history? How did it come about?
2. I'm a newbie wanting to help out at the cabal, what do I do? How can I get involved?
3. There is obviously a striking difference between the BRC and other cabals, but what else makes it different?
4. How did you feel about posting an image of yourself? Did you ever feel inclined to post an image of someone that wasn't you?
5. Why did you join the group?
6. Apart from maybe LaraLove and Riana, are there any other leading members?
7. I felt that the Bathrobe Cabal is a little informal, would you list that amongst the best elements of the group?
8. What's your overall opinion on the group? Has it helped you in any way, for example?

1. The cabal was born from a joke by Riana a while back on Drfg's RfA last October, actually (here); Lara, UT, and Drfg were the only members for a while, then I came on board and dragged some of the others with me, and we've been expanding ever since.
2. The difference between our cabal and some of the other ones that have been deleted recently is that we are simply a group of friends, and we all do our separate things around the wiki. In that sense, there's nothing that one can really do to "help out" because we don't require any sort of upkeep. If you want to get involved, all you need is a bathrobe and a thumb.
3. Like I said, the key difference is that we don't have any sort of official function. While some see this as a reason for deletion, I would instead argue that because we spend little of our on-wiki time there, editing user space, and nearly all of our time working constructively, it's only a place to blow off some steam and have a bit of fun.
4. I was initially hesitant about posting a picture of myself, as several of our members have been. I've certainly seen what can happen when the dregs of the Internet start holding a grudge against you; however, I felt that the benefits of doing it in this case outweighed the losses. I'm easy enough to track down on the Internet should anyone really put their mind to it anyway.
5. I joined the group because I was already friends with the founding members, and I felt I had to take it upon myself to bring together some of our other mutual acquaintances so that we could all enjoy ourselves together.
6. Question stricken? Okay.
7. Absolutely. I love that the BRC is informal; it makes it much more suitable as a place to relax and have a bit of fun. Further, the informality simultaneously serves to dispel the stigma of the "cabal" as a group to be feared or whispered about. We're a satirical cabal, that's for sure.
8. My overall opinion is of course very high. While it hasn't really helped me personally except to meet new people on-wiki, I certainly take the opportunity to help our our younger members with on-wiki problems. In this function, it's a bit like mentorship while still maintaining the fun, casual atmosphere.

GlassCobra 18:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

nm - answered my own question. sort of. (talk) 03:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Tool Newsletter

OpenNebula deleted webpage

Recently the page about OpenNebula (former GridHypervisor) was deleted citing blatant spamming. This is an opensource software in an European Funded Project called "Reservoir Project". I wanted to recreate the page citing more sources and making it comply with[REDACTED] policies but I think it is better to let you know about it first (as stated in the deletion notice). Here are some sources describing the project so you can see this is not vaporware nor backed by a company earning money.

• Project web page
• Reservoir Project Press Release
• virtualization.info post
• European Union web page citing Reservoir project

I can send you a draft of the page I am writing so you can tell me if it does comply or not with the policies.

Thank you very much.

Jfontan (talk) 13:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Response

I would Prod it. Of course, it will probably be objected to - but taking it to AfD on its own removes any appearance of it being deleted unfairly. So try a prod, AfD if it is removed. Pastordavid (talk) 20:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Unblocking of User:ElisaEXPLOSiON

I'm trying to get your friend elisa unblocked.You can help me by going to Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard and vouching for her.Mr. Green 18:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)