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Nope, no hard feelings. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 11:59, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Good nom -- but re: "while my participation on Misplaced Pages is gradually winding down": I hope that's not true. -- Rrburke (talk) 21:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Yeah, I've been getting kind of bored with WP lately, but I still have the occasional burst of activity. Juliancolton (talk) 23:43, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Issue Regarding Deleted Article

Hello, I'm writing because of deleted article Esenthel Engine, deletion discussion available here Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Esenthel Engine. The discussion made more than year ago however was about the previous version of the article, the two reasons for deletion of the article was advertising tone of the article and lack of secondary sources. Both reasons no longer applied to the improved secondary version of the article, it was online for long time, but just few days ago it got deleted and blocked without any specific reason at all. Thanks. Silverbyte (talk) 10:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Have you tried contacting UtherSRG (talk · contribs), who made the most recent deletion? Juliancolton (talk) 23:44, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, JC, it was my suggestion (at WP:REFUND) that Silverbyte came here, as you were the closer of the original AfD. Bencherlite 14:55, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Well, it looks like you (Silverbyte) have already received some helpful comments at the undeletion page, but let me know if there's anything I can help with. Juliancolton (talk) 15:05, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ 14:52, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

GAN Help

Hello, I would like to review good article nominees, but I need some help. Could you tech me this concept? If you can, I would mostly like to review Sport and recreation orFood and Drink. Thank You and Happy Editing! --Nascar1996 20:43, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to help. Do you have any experience with the GA process? Have you read the GA criteria? Juliancolton (talk) 20:52, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't have that much experience, but I have read the criteria. Also, you may need to know that I have created seven GAs, but I am also in school. --Nascar1996 20:55, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

The school bit doesn't matter, not to me at least. Would you like a step-by-step tutorial, or simply somebody to tag along while you tackle a nomination? Juliancolton (]) 21:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I have read everything about GA and I believe that somebody to tag along during one would help me better. --Nascar1996 21:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good, then. If you haven't already, go pick out a decent-looking article and I'll work with you from there. Cheers, Juliancolton (talk) 21:10, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Does it matter what subsection it is in? --Nascar1996 21:11, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, find something that interests you, ideally. Otherwise it can be hard to stay with an article long enough to assess its quality. Juliancolton (talk) 21:13, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I have chosen Park Grill. --Nascar1996 21:20, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Of all the choices! ;-) That one is somewhat controversial; you can review it if you want, but I'd recommend picking something more "dull". Juliancolton (talk) 21:23, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes you have to run before you can walk. I would appriciate if you would help. Here is the link. --Nascar1996 21:27, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, OK, I guess. The first thing to do is take a somewhat-cursory look at the article, and see if there are any glaring issues. Do any such problems jump out at you? Juliancolton (talk) 21:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

First, I noticed that most of the reference are in the body of the article, but I beleive that the references also need to be added in the lead. Second, I noticed that there are no coordinates for the location. Third, under the History section, shouldn't there be a comma after parnerships, but before including? I am still working on it.--Nascar1996 21:57, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Does this make sense "In late 2001, Matthew A. O'Malley and James Horan proposed Park Grill and Park Cafe to "provide both white-tablecloth meals and picnic-hamper fare for visitors to Millennium Park"." or would it be "In late 2001, Matthew A. O'Malley and James Horan proposed Park Grill and Park Cafe to "provide both white-tablecloth meals and picnic-hamper fare for visitors in Millennium Park"? --Nascar1996 23:18, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I have finished reviewing it and the rest is on the Nomination page.--Nascar1996 01:39, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I am going to pass it because it looks as good as my most recent good articles.--Nascar1996 14:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Honestly, I'm not very satisfied with your review. You don't address the issue that caused the article to fail multiple previous nominations: over-emphasis on unimportant information. Juliancolton (talk) 14:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Thanks, Julian, for the autoreviewer rights. Finetooth (talk) 05:27, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Sure. I'd give you rollback too, but I don't know if you want all those extra buttons floating around. Juliancolton (talk) 14:43, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Previous delete of Hezekiah M. Washburn

Hi Juliancolton, is it possible to undelete an article which was deleted for notability (Hezekiah M. Washburn) and place the restored article in my userspace so I can refine the article to attempt to get it up to notability standards? Feel free to respond here as I automatically add pages to my watchlist. Thanks for your time, Dygituljunky (talk) 15:30, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done at User:Dygituljunky/Hezekiah M. Washburn. Regards Juliancolton (talk) 17:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response on an old issue. --Dygituljunky (talk) 19:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Issue Regarding Deleted Article

Regarding, User_talk:Juliancolton/Archive_29#Issue_Regarding_Deleted_Article

Hello, thank you for the reply, the UtherSRG user is currently unavailabe, some other user replied to me (User_talk:UtherSRG#Issue_Regarding_Deleted_Article) that the article didn't contain enough external sources. I however disagree with that, there are plenty of other articles with similar or even less number of external sources, let me just name a few: ShiVa (game engine), Leadwerks Engine, Truevision3D, I can list much more.

Thanks. Silverbyte (talk) 17:08, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

You might want to initiate a discussion regarding the article at this page by following the instructions there. Let me know if you need help in doing so. Regards, Juliancolton (talk) 00:22, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Question about confirmation decision

For my own edification, can you explain why you confirmed user:Joekoday, with only a single edit, presumably to ask to edit here, but no edits in subsequent month. Is this someone you know?--SPhilbrickT 20:54, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I generally grant the autoconfirmed right to anybody who asks. If they vandalize, they can be warned or barred from editing like any other user. Juliancolton (talk) 00:19, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer. I probably read too much into it.SPhilbrickT 22:58, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

(grumble) G. Howes

Please take a look at this. Just wrote it and nom'd for DYK. Please copyedit, reorganize, etc as you see fit. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:16, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Sounds familiar... :) I'll take a look this evening. Juliancolton (talk) 19:34, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

And the article even has local significance! Neat. Juliancolton (talk) 19:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Nice side benefit for you, hehe. Great reorg you did there. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:13, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, although 2-column reflists do look much better. ;-) Juliancolton (talk) 00:18, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

No they don't! If they look so much better, why don't people put the body in two columns? Huh, huh, huh? — Rlevse • Talk • 00:20, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Some sections would be nice as well. Overall, solid article. Airplaneman ✈ 04:08, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Saw this and thought why not try? Ucucha 20:39, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:BEANS at its finest. Though in all seriousness, with a bit of tinkering, that could be a good idea for the extremely long articles. Juliancolton (talk) 20:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Ugh, you guys are great copyeditors, but you need to work on your "columnization" prefs ;-) Seriously, User:Ucucha/Columns, hurts my eyes to look at, honestly. We'll just have to agree to disagree on the column thing. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:19, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

I hope you didn't think I was seriously proposing that. :-) Ucucha 06:32, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

But... Misplaced Pages is serious business... Juliancolton (talk) 11:41, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Ucucha-actually I did think that. JC is correct on seriousness ;-) You guys are a riot. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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Carmen

I found that before, but unfortunately I have no idea where the disaster declaration was issued - What do you mean? BTW no response on FB from the messages left Hink last night yetJason Rees (talk) 20:52, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

FEMA does not specify any details about the disaster declaration, such as the area affected by it. As a result, including it in the article would leave the reader hanging in my opinion. Juliancolton (talk) 00:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Thats a fair response.Jason Rees (talk) 01:39, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Carmen review

Hey there. I noticed that User:Atmoz commented on the "slowed to a drift" phrasing in the Carmen FAC. That now makes two people who have criticized the ambiguity of the phrasing. I didn't press the issue in my review because you said you would add forward speed statistics (which, as far as I can tell, hasn't happened). Perhaps instead of telling us why the phrasing is good, you should simply acknowledge the fact that it is ambiguous and work to improve it.

There are two things you should know about me: the first is that I try to avoid commenting on the behavior of other users. Instead, I focus on the content. The second is that I really really enjoy doing line-by-line prose reviews. I even enjoyed working on Quark, despite the subject matter being way over my head and having to work with 4 authors who rarely agreed with each other, let alone with me. However, when I was going through Hurricane Carmen, I found myself wanting to just give up. Your general attitude seems to be either "Well, I don't see that this suggestion improves the article, so I will argue against it." or "I'm convinced beyond all doubt that this will improve the article, so I will employ it." The attitude I've enjoyed working with in the past has been the exact opposite: Either "Well, I don't see that this suggestion hurts the article, so I'm going to employ it." or "I'm convinced beyond all doubt that this will hurt the article, so I will argue against it."

As I mentioned during the review, it is impossible for any human to accurately judge the readability of their own writing. As such, the second attitude is far more likely to result in an overall improvement than the first attitude. I strongly suggest you employ the second attitude for future reviews. I apologize if you feel like I'm lashing out unnecessarily or if you think this particular article did not provide me with an accurate characterization of your editing views. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 01:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Cryptic,

I totally appreciate in-depth reviews of my articles, don't get me wrong. I find assessments from users unfamiliar with the topic at hand particularly valuable, and as you know, my ultimate goal is to provide readers with a solid foundation on which to begin their research. I'm sorry if you regret getting involved—I certainly hope that isn't the case—but in to be perfectly honest, I think your description of my FAC philosophies is more-or-less accurate. I consider myself knowledgeable in the field of meteorology, though by no means an expert, and I write articles to the best of my ability. When I nominate them for FAC, I seriously consider most or all good-faith suggestions and contemplate whether they truly improve the article. If I disagree, I'll say so, and I generally don't make any suggested edits unless I agree with them. This is obviously not a gesture of disrespect toward anybody, but rather a reflection on the open-editing principles of Misplaced Pages; even if I disagree with a particular suggestion, anybody else is welcome to carry it out themselves, at which point it becomes fair game. I intend to continue responding to my recognized content candidacies in this manner, although I hope we can resume constructive debate on other articles in the future—even if our beliefs differ so widely.

With respect, Juliancolton (talk) 12:25, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

As a personal rule of thumb when reviewing other people's work, I try to discuss changes I'm unsure about before implementing, as it's much easier for the author to sift through a brief discussion than it would be for them to reread the entire article or check through the revision history to see what damage I've wrought. However, if you want me to be more proactive, then so be it! I'll go put my remaining suggestions into effect and add my support to the FAC, and if you feel the need to revert, I won't be offended. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 01:30, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

GA Mentor

Hello! I am currently reviwing the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, my second GAR. Currently I have some problems with the nominator who does not seem to believe in my comments. He/She seems to think they are to harsh and begs me to fail the article. Since I am not very experienced with this so I would gladly take advice from a GA mentor here so I know what/if I did something wrong and what I can improve. And perhaps most relevant now, what to do with this review.

Thank you in advance! Esuzu (talk • contribs) 12:52, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Esuzu. I haven't read the entire discussion, but at first glance, I tend to side with the nominator. I know from experience that vague criticisms of an article can be quite frustrating, and while his or her tone does seem a bit strong (at first glance, again), I think the debate would benefit from more specific points. Keep in mind that when an editor nominates an article for GA or FA, they probably feel their work is as good as it's going to get. And while it may be clear to us what needs fixing, it's much harder for them to pinpoint issues. Juliancolton (talk) 12:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer I will try to be more specific in the future. Unfortunately I had to resign as the reviewer since the nominator stopped assuming good faith etc. Esuzu (talk • contribs) 21:51, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hi. Thanks for the new Reviewer userright. However, I am having trouble putting three topicons simultaneously on the top-right corner of my page as only the last one displays. Is there a way to do this, or would I have to use the image and associated link? Thanks. ~AH1 21:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm not sure. I don't think you really need one for reviewer, though. Juliancolton (talk) 21:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Don't be silly Julian, of course you do. What's the point in having a bauble if you can't show it off? Malleus Fatuorum 21:39, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Taken a shot at this for you, let me know if it's okay. - Kingpin (talk) 21:37, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

I've fixed the icons now, thanks. ~AH1 22:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ

I have a quick question. You were the "deleting administrator" for Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ. Yes, I do agree that the article should have been deleted. However, the church appears on List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement as it can be cited using a WP:V source as to existing. I was wondering if it would be appropriate to re-create the page only as a "#REDIRECT ]". This would allow the church to appear in several categories that these sects are listed in. However, I'm still a bit green on WP and have never done this with a previously deleted page. Is this a No-No so to speak?--ARTEST4ECHO 18:24, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Artest. Yes, that would be perfectly acceptable, and indeed very helpful. Juliancolton (talk) 18:27, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Again, I have never done this on a prevously deleted page and didn't want to do it when I shouldn have in the first place..--ARTEST4ECHO 18:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Can u publish

Hi Julian Can you please move this to 1990-91 South Pacific Cyclone Season please, ThanksJason Rees (talk) 12:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done Juliancolton (talk) 12:53, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

ThanksJason Rees (talk) 12:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Greetings

Hi.
This matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:1928_Okeechobee_hurricane#Requested_move has been re-listed with an amended proposal to a shorter title, and the period for comments is about to expire.
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Commons username swap

This French speaker could use your help to sync his accounts: User talk:Xeno#Commons migration to move his commons:User:Sitron to "Citron" (it appears he autocreated a commons account that will block it). –xeno 13:23, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done I think? Juliancolton (talk) 13:34, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Yep - looks good. Thanks. –xeno 13:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Carmen

Congratulations on the promotion of Hurricane Carmen to FA. Finetooth (talk) 16:49, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! (And thanks for helping out with the PR and FAC as well.) Juliancolton (talk) 18:53, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

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I was sent to you by another user, UpstateNYer, who said you may be able to help me a bit more on this. I was wondering if it would be possible to become a researcher. It's a new class, just recently created, but it allows people to view deleted content. I work in the area of music on this wiki and I always like to see the content of deleted articles, especially if there is a way to prove notability. (It's always nice to see where one article left off before it was taken away) Let me know if it's doable. Thanks. Undead Warrior (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Ordinary Misplaced Pages administrators cannot assign the "researcher" userright, and I don't believe anyone else on the English Misplaced Pages can either. It was created by the Wikimedia Foundation for a particular project, and I believe that the people in that project are only supposed to use it for that project, and not just to view deleted pages. Besides, if I understand correctly, it only gives you the deleted usernames and timestamps, not the actual page content itself. You look like you could potentially be an administrator some time soon; have you thought about running? —Soap— 10:23, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I failed 3 RfA's a while back, so it's been a while since I have ran. Although, I would not mind running again... Undead Warrior (talk) 20:50, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

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Response from Chris Landsea about your query of 1887 AHS

I just got a response from Dr. Landsea earlier today and he did reply to your question of whether Hurricane 6 and 7 were the same storm. I'll paste that part of the email below

Lastly, storms #6 and 7 in 1887 are definitely two distinct, strong hurricanes. Please check out the great work that Jose Partagas did in digging up original ship reports from these hurricanes: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/Partagas/1887/1887a.pdf Occasionally, we do have TCs that have similar genesis/tracks. For example, Katrina and Rita and, more recently, Alex and TD2.

Hope that helps :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Works for me. Thanks for the info. Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

JTWC

Howdy. Just wondering if you or any of your talk page watchers know if JTWC archives their forecasts anywhere online. Thanks. -Atmoz (talk) 01:44, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

The JTWC doesn't archive their bulletins online but their are a number of websites that does it for them - including us (WPTC). , . If you let us know which storm you are trying to work on i should be able to point you in the right direction of the JTWC advisories for that storm.Jason Rees (talk) 01:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I found what I was looking for. Mawar in 08/2005 is the specific storm I'm looking at. -Atmoz (talk) 15:20, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

I would tell you to download this Text file but if you've already got the advisories then i wont.Jason Rees (talk) 18:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

I was specifically looking for the 00Z forecast/advisory/whathaveyou from the 22nd, but I found it. I like websites that have easy navigation. Got the links saved so I don't have to look foolish by asking the same question in 2 months. :-) -Atmoz (talk) 22:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help JR, and good luck with your project Atmoz. Let me know if you need any more help (although I admit the WPAC isn't my strong suit when it comes to TC tracking). Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Bujutsu Kodosokukai

Hi Julian, How are you? I have made a couple of posts on your recall page http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Juliancolton/Recall about our article, but maybe you have not visited that site for some time. We would like your opinion on our progress with this article so we can have formal approval from an administrator in order to publish it again. (Freezydk (talk) 12:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC))

Unfortunately I'm not very active on Misplaced Pages at the moment, so you might wish to ask another administrator for advice (a few credible admins who come to mind are Dank (talk · contribs) and Moonriddengirl (talk · contribs)). Best of luck, Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Another road pic for the portal

Julian,

I finally got this view from the hairpin turn above Amenia on Route 44 in. I see you're sort-of taking the summer off ... but do you still think this should be a selected pic (for both the HV and NYSR portals, I should add)?

Also, you're closer than I am if you want to improve on the image by going there on a clearer day, perhaps with little white fluffy clouds in the sky to make it more interesting. It isn't hard to duplicate this shot. Daniel Case (talk) 16:02, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

I like it. I think an even better perspective would have been from just before the "vertex" of the turn, so you could capture the view looking south more clearly (like this, sort of). Next time I'm in that area I'll bring my camera and try to take a few different shots. Until then, I think your image would be great to add to the relevant portals. The HV portal might be running a bit heavy on road pictures, but as long as the quality and encyclopedic value is there, I don't see an issue.

By the way, I'm going to be in the Westerly, RI area in a couple weeks, and the SD memory card for my camera feels too light... It looks like you were around there a couple years ago, and since you're the go-to guy for NRHP sites, do you happen to know of any locations lacking decent pictures? I'd like to get into the habit of researching an area before I visit it to maximize the chance of snapping relavant shots. Juliancolton (talk) 22:16, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

you are the expert!

You may be away but you are the expert here! Not quite a weather storm. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:07, 15 July 2010 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/July_2010_Biob%C3%ADo_earthquake

I think DG's summary is probably accurate, and while I do personally agree that the article should be deleted, I'm not all that familiar with seismology. Ceranthor (talk · contribs) might know a thing or two about it. Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Template:Storm path

What did you do to the template? [I can't find the picture anymore. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 15:26, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I just added the ability to adjust the size of the image. I don't believe I've inadvertently harmed anything. Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't know about that. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 20:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you have to include the file name itself, eg. {{storm path|Katrina 2005 track.png}} Juliancolton (talk) 20:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I see it now. Thanks, :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 01:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Cite web news and the like

Hey Julian. About two months ago there was an issue concerning those templates and I saw that you wrote something about that it is important to distinguish those templates according to the object which is cited, e.g. cite web should not be used for papers, cite news not for journals or so. You referred that you have been informed in the chat about that. Could you please explain that to me, since we have a discussion on that topic on the German WP at the moment. TIA. --Matthiasb (talk) 19:13, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

If you could link to the dewiki discussion, I would probably be able to provide more specific feedback. Regards, Juliancolton (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

MOTD changes

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DYK for Tropical Storm Ignacio (1997)

David A. Johnston FA

Oh, thanks! I didn't even notice it fell under the scope of the Chicago project. Juliancolton (talk) 14:27, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Editor review archived

Just a note, I've archived your editor review. You might have missed some comments (or not), but your review is located at Misplaced Pages:Editor_review/Juliancolton_4. Cya around! Netalarm 14:29, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Kww

Hi Juliancolton, Can you provide me a link to what you have on Kww? Thanks. Like I said, I really had moved from dislike, to respect to actually liking him and it feels quite sad to hear he is gone. Hobit (talk) 00:32, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, no! I meant "passed" in the sense that he passed his RfA! Juliancolton (talk) 00:38, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Ah, scared me. That I did know. I !voted for him infact. I'm going to remove my comment, you might wish to clarify yours. Sorry I misunderstood. Hobit (talk) 00:47, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed that you have two pages in this category, your main user page and User:Juliancolton/Info... it's probably best to only be in one time, if possible. If you could fix it, great, if not, I may try to do it for you but I'm not totally clear on page structure. Best. ++Lar: t/c 16:31, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

That /info page is a relic from one of my old userpage layouts, so I deleted it altogether. Thanks for the heads-up. Juliancolton (talk) 16:49, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello Juliancolton!! If you can help me, i have a doubt with these images , , i uploaded then to illustrated the soundtracks wich article, however, someone put out and now wich image is a orphan images...THe same happens with this image... I also read WP:FU, but seeing articles like this one (10 images in fair-use) and this (7 images in fair-use), for exemple, what is the problem with this image...?! :-/ i´am also a Reviewer on PT wikipedia, but i just want only like to be understood in this situation... Best regards Light Warrior 21:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

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Deletion review for Yaki Kadafi

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Yaki Kadafi. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. --Illuminati hater (talk) 06:28, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Brenda (1960)

In this article, you state that it "transitioned into an extratropical cyclone before weakening into an extratropical cyclone." I'm uncertain what you mean (subtropical?), so I'm not gonna change it, but you wrote it I believe so just wanted to tell you. Hello32020 (talk) 01:23, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. Juliancolton (talk) 11:40, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of page Koel Bewaren

I was wondering why you deleted the page about the band Koel Bewaren? I was looking for information about them, and came across a reference to that page on the page about the town Aalsmeer, but apparently you have deleted it. Fenneke (talk) 15:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Paul LaViolette

I came to this one when I responded to a request for feedback.

New article was recently made, Paul LaViolette. I removed the PROD because, despite it being previously deleted through discussion, it was hardly a clear-cut case; Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Paul LaViolette (2nd nomination). Also that was almost a year ago, so I thought that it 'deserved' discussion (if the PRODder decides to take it to AfD).

I hope you understand my decisions there.  Chzz  ►  15:36, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

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Retirement?

Why on God's green earth would you ever want to retire??? -- œ 22:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

:( upstateNYer 03:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Just no. —La Pianista 03:54, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

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We'll miss you! --Rschen7754 04:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

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