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Arctic Monkeys

The page you wanted to have deleted about the Arctic Monkey's debut album where you refered to Arctic Monkeys as "a minor English band", I would like to inform you now that Arctic Monkeys have had 2 no. 1 singles in the UK and their album is set to become the fastest selling debut album ever, outselling all the other albums in the top 30 combined, and selling 120,000 in the first 24 hours. This is not malicious in any way, I just wanted to inform you :-) Arctic Monkeys — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.135.13 (talk • contribs)

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Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia

I apologise for reverting the bot so abruptly, I was under the impression that the bot already added that tag and it was removed previously, but I had it mixed up with the Prague Spring article (which does have the "of" parameter). I believe that was is specifically being requested is a picture of the invasion itself (of which there is only one picture). Thanks. The Dominator_Edits 22:30, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

No apology necessary, I just wanted to make sure that any outstanding image requests are clearly documented so that other editors know what you're looking for. :-) Thanks! Tim Pierce (talk) 04:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your photo!

Thanks for uploading the wonderful photo of the candlelight vigil for George Tiller. It's so rare to see photos of that sort on Misplaced Pages. I wish I could have been there. Regards, Cgingold (talk) 03:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

You're quite welcome, and I'm glad I was able to get a picture that was good enough to contribute. I wish I had gotten a better picture of the vigil itself, but you do what you can. :-) See also http://www.flickr.com/photos/qwrrty/3586974701/. Tim Pierce (talk) 11:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

S1L3NC3

Just to say - your speedy deletion of the S1L3NC3 page - it would make sense if you did not know who he was - being American - you probably haven't a clue who Derren Brown or even Paul Daniels are. It is similar to your Phenomenon series. As with the Arctic Monkeys - you seem to be abrupt to delete things if YOU haven't heard of them. Now the Arctic Monkeys are one of the biggest bands in the UK. Show something doesn't it. Just my 2 cents. Deadferrets —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deadferrets (talk • contribs) 08:51, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages's guidelines are pretty clear about what makes an entertainer sufficiently notable for an encyclopedia article. The articles on Derren Brown and Paul Daniels make their notability clear. Your article on S1L3NC3 didn't. If you post a new article that meets the notability guidelines for entertainers, that would be fine. Tim Pierce (talk) 14:36, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Removed speedy deletion tag: Second Glance (film)

Hello Twp, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I removed the speedy deletion tag from Second Glance (film)- because: No such criterion: the reason given is not a valid criterion for speedy deletion. Use WP:PROD or WP:AFD instead. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions, please let me know. decltype (talk) 10:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Hudson Street School

Thanks for noting this — there's no county border issue involved, since all MA municipalities are in only one county. I'm going to move the school to the Middlesex County list. Nyttend (talk) 21:50, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation

Hello Twp, this is an automated message from SDPatrolBot to inform you the PROD template you added to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation has been removed. It was removed by Phil Bridger with the following edit summary '(contest prod - the BBC source and many others found by Google News searches demonstrate notability)'. Please consider discussing your concerns with Phil Bridger before pursuing deletion further yourself. If you still think the article should be deleted after communicating with the 'dePRODer,' you may want to send the article to AfD for community discussion. Thank you, SDPatrolBot (talk) 01:09, 2 September 2009 (UTC) (Learn how to opt out of these messages)

Ernesto Lomasti rough translation

Hi twp, it may be bad english but it's not a translation from an existing text :D Xpai (talk) 11:47, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry! I knew it might not be a translation from an existing text, but {{rough translation}} was the closest template I could find to what I thought needed to be done. :-) Thanks for your work! Tim Pierce (talk) 13:39, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ridge A

On September 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ridge A, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wikiproject: Did you know? 05:23, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

can you stop interfering with my[REDACTED] page?

I am trying to stop inaccurate information from being posted on my page and you are interfering. Please kindly stop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phantomtruth (talk • contribs) 13:41, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

The Nicole Couch page is in an unacceptable condition. Comments like "she inevitably began skipping all her classes so she could stalk Paul Gilbert" and "currently is the process of constructing the website www.phantomblue.net, cleaning her house and waxing her bikini line" are plainly vandalism. Honestly, considering the comments you have added to the page, I am extremely doubtful that you are Nicole Couch. Even if you are, you should not be editing an article about yourself. It would help a lot if you would post to Talk:Nicole Couch to describe what your concerns are. Tim Pierce (talk) 13:46, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, other than sending you a copy of my driver's liscense and SS card, guess I can not prove that I am Nicole Couch and why would I not want to edit my own page and why should I not be able to do so. I do not think the editing I have done is vandalism, it is the truth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phantomtruth (talk • contribs) 14:13, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Editing articles about yourself or about a group that you're involved with is strongly discouraged because it contributes to a conflict of interest -- the goal of Misplaced Pages is to provide verifiable information, as accurate as possible, whether positive or negative, from a neutral point of view. When people edit articles about themselves they are often tempted to add self-promotional content, or remove information they find embarrassing, or something else that conflicts with Misplaced Pages's mission. Please do post your concerns at Talk:Nicole Couch so we can find a way to resolve them. Tim Pierce (talk) 14:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

While I fully respect the work you do for[REDACTED] and understand why you would discourage users from editing their own[REDACTED] page - I highly doubt you will ever find any editing done on my part that is self-promotional - my purpose in editing is to achieve the exact opposite - all information on the Nicole Couch[REDACTED] article is 100% accurate and I would like to keep it that way. Honestly, I have checked the other articles you address with editing and my page is so irrelevant - could you please this one time, let it go. Kind Regards, Nicole Couch —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phantomtruth (talk • contribs) 14:39, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

The information you have added to the Nicole Couch article may be accurate, but at the very least it is not verifiable, which is an absolute requirement for any biography of a living person. I'm sympathetic to your concerns, but you must bring them to the Talk:Nicole Couch page so that they can be discussed with other editors for consensus. Tim Pierce (talk) 18:12, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Chinese origin of playing cards

You're right Tim, the article should be focused on the article writen by Mr. Wilkinson and not the origin of playing cards. There's already an entry on the Chinese origin of playing cards on the Playing cards article, so merging both would most probably be considered a redundancy. You, see, I for one never tag articles, instead I go look for reliable sources myself and fix that which I presently consider inacurate or badly writen. Could you help me re-edit that article Tim ? C'mon, I know you could do that ! Krenakarore (talk) 14:46, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I tried. I searched for any critical response or study of the Wilkinson essay and could not find much. That is why I tagged the article as one that needs work, in the hope that someone who is a better scholar of the history of games may be able to help. Tim Pierce (talk) 18:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

NeXTSTEP

Are you aware that you just moved the talk page but not the actual article? AlistairMcMillan (talk) 20:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Bleah. I used the "move" tab at the top of the page and expected it to move both the article and talk page. The article cannot be renamed over a redirect without administrator help - I will submit a request. Thanks for alerting me. Tim Pierce (talk) 20:59, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Glance Magazine

Just a friendly note on Glance Magazine. I declined the speedy because it's not fundamentally an advert (although the mission statement section could certainly go). However, notability is not at all established, so feel free to prod or take to AfD. Cheers! --Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion/Redirection of Article "NuVinci Continuously Variable Planetary Transmission"

I disagree with your deletion/redirection of the above-referenced page. This technology is unique and growing quickly in both the number of available applications and its market acceptance. It has won five major international design awards. The article is well-referenced and contains a dozen secondary sources that attest to its relevance. It is factual and contains both positive and negative information about the technology. It is much more neutral and factual than the article "Rohloff Speedhub", which has been flagged as advertising but not removed. I believe the article can be improved, but it certainly does not deserve to be deleted and turned into a two sentence redirect inside the Continuously Variable Transmission article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samstone1972 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

The article as written is, unfortunately, little more than a thinly disguised press release from NuVinci, and I have not found much in the way of reliable independent sources to back it up. Most of the references to the NuVinci transmission I have found on the net are advertisements, blog posts, and other NuVinci press releases. The article can be improved, but only by editing it down to its bare bones. I will see what I can do with it. Tim Pierce (talk) 14:25, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

OK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samstone1972 (talk • contribs) 09:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Allen House

The Allen House is located on the south campus of Umass Lowell. It's in the middle of the campus, but it can be seen from the river. In a way, you just helped to explain why the building was in the middle of a concrete jungle, so thanks a lot. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:08, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Twp! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 28 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Stephen Cole (writer) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 05:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Tineye in Vector?

I attempted to install Tineye in the Vector (Beta) skin, and I don't see a change. I added

importScript('User:Twp/tineye.js');

to my vector.js file, but no result. Help?  A p3rson ‽ 23:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Good point. I haven't tried to use the Tineye extension in the beta vector skin myself. I'll see if I can debug it. Tim Pierce (talk) 23:27, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

FYI

Please see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Sciologos. You have been involved with this issue in the past, perhaps you could help with investigation. -- Cirt (talk) 19:46, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Brexx

No problem. I revert everything Brexx does. When he persuades other editors to do his edit for him, I revert with a note, because you may have decided differently if you had known the request was from a banned editor. If you stand by the edit, that's fine.—Kww(talk) 20:22, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for filling me in. I understand the motive but it was still puzzling, because the edit itself seemed so uncontroversial. Also, at the time there was no SPI notice on User:Wohoooo (I see you've added it now). Tim Pierce (talk) 00:29, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

a little biting

No need to ask others when yo can do it on your own! --Stone (talk) 21:59, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

• ... beg pardon? Tim Pierce (talk) 22:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
  • Please do not bite the newbie like you did on the page of User talk:Bridgettttttte.--Stone (talk) 05:27, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
    • Oh, I see. I didn't mean that to sound harsh. It was intended to be a cheerful reminder that anyone can edit Misplaced Pages and that you don't need to ask permission. Tim Pierce (talk) 06:34, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
      • No problem! The user was new and I changed the refstyle, which made it very unclear to him how it works. I used the PMID not the PMC and a bot to generate the refs and that added a few wrong refs. That User tried to figure out what was going on and tried to edit the article but got lost in the templates.--Stone (talk) 10:32, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Football and Silly Season

Helli Twp, you recently added a note to the Thierry Henry article. Please note that every newspaper is flourishing with transfer rumors, and so such stuff should only be added when officially confirmed by either of the two clubs in question. Cheerio Sandman888 (talk) 19:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I saw your revert. Sorry to have muddied the waters! I was working through the oldest {{editsemiprotected}} requests, and the reports looked legit -- clearly I don't have enough football background to judge. :-) If you or other WP Football editors can resolve {{editsemiprotected}} requests as they come in, it would remove the temptation for me to "help" :-) Tim Pierce (talk) 20:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Project invitation

Feel free to join this project. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Mobbing

Just wanted to thank you for your contributions to the Mobbing article. I greatly appreciate your feedback. Doniago (talk) 20:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

...though apparently Penbat feels otherwise given that they just undid your edits and claimed that I had nothing else to say on the matter. I did not realize they were a telepath. Doniago (talk) 20:48, 20 May 2010 (UTC)