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Image Tagging Image:LibertyStadium.jpg

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Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 04:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

tax queries

i have recently started workin as a self employed shopfitter and was just wonderin if you help me with some tax related questions:-

1) How much are you allowed to earn before you pay tax? 2) I have read that i only pay 10% tax until i have earned £4000 then anything after that is at 22%,is that correct? 3) when do i have to submit my tax returns?

if you could help me with these queries or any other information i would be most grateful

yours gratefully Mr N Worthington

Echovoice

well i understand, but how can you discriminate against small organizations, just because we are not as big as a Microsoft you guys want to kick us out, i wrote a legitimate article. that's why i use Google when i want to find something, because they don't discriminate like[REDACTED] does, i am very dissatisfied with the way things were handled

Speedy deletion

Hi there; when you place a speedy deletion tag on an article, it is better if you place it above the existing text, not below it. This allows other editors to see that the tag is in place.--Anthony.bradbury 00:16, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually no, it doesn't always. Putting tags at the top is Wiki policy, it's not just me. --Anthony.bradbury 00:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Friend, I have no intention of criticising, so please do not take offence. We are both on the same side in our attempts to keep our encyclopedia clean. I am only passing on policy as it has been passed to me.--Anthony.bradbury 00:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Echovoice

we are not only known and recognized throughout the entire gaming community in Arizona but across the United States, we have partnerships with some of the top leading technology corporations in the world, we have developed and designed freeware that has received large numbers of downloads and recognition throughout the world and we were acknowledged in September's issue of PC magazine. Please explain to me why we are not considered "notable" Fairchild

well i dont know if you actually read the article but it clearly used all the references i mentioned above, it also included several external links, i asked for help writing an "accepted" article and all i got was a deletion Mike

haha, thanks for the help! Mike

NVC articles - naming conventions

Hi. I noticed that you changed the name of one of the NVC community articles - I think it would be useful to establish a consensus view on how these articles should be named, and then use it for all communities. Would you be happy to take part? I suggest the main NVC page is probably the best place to hold the discussion. Cheers SP-KP 17:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Can you point me at the relevant sections within these policies as they're quite large pages. Thanks. SP-KP 17:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

OK thanks - that seems like sensible reasoning - I'll follow the same approach for future NVC pages I create. Did you plan to rename the other existing ones, for consistency? SP-KP 18:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

S1 & M20 don't look right; other than that it looks like you've sorted them out - thanks. SP-KP 19:18, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Brian Role

Restored to User:Chriscf/Brian Role. --Sam Blanning 00:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

AfD evaluation

Wow. It's complicated but I give you points for being objective. May I suggest handicap points for newbies who are still learning the ropes? :)Dgray xplane 02:48, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

orkut

Hi,

Just came by to note that I reverted your edit to Orkut Büyükkökten. Though a proper noun, 'orkut' (the website) is written as 'orkut', and not 'Orkut'. This is similar to iPod, which isn't written as 'IPod' or 'Ipod' even though it is a proper noun. Regards, — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 21:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Etiquette

The etiquette are the official rules of the underground, it does speed up your journey becuase if you just pushed on noone will be able to move thus slowing the journey down. Unisouth 09:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

What a strange law. I guess people could trip up and break there neck as well. Unisouth 10:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

AfD

Do not change a AfD closure I closed it as Keep pending rewrite. Betacommand 16:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Beta's revert is also improper and he is being unreasonably stubborn. Still a DRV may make more sense than a revert war. (I'm a bit busy right now, but I would strongly support any DRV attempt). JoshuaZ 17:02, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Nebor

I think you are really Nebor from the Planet Vaxia. -Husnock 18:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Hotel Transylvania

I saw your prod, and I can't really see that the article is worth keeping. Thanks. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 19:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

2009 Lusophony Games

Hello. I happen to notice you cleared this page's content making it a redirect to the sport event article - Lusophony Games. Could you explain me why? Thanks. Parutakupiu 02:58, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Indeed it answered. Thank you for the explanation. I'll apply the same thing to another similar article. Parutakupiu 03:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

{{db-emptycat}}

Categories are not eligible for speedy deletion with this tag until they have been empty for four days. You can't remove a category's tag from every article that uses it and tag it for speedy deletion on the same day using this tag. Jecowa 07:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

2014/2018 Fifa World Cup

I apologise if you felt I was uncivil. It was not personal. Your edit will not be reverted again by me, (though I expect somebody else will). Could you please read the guidelines for deletion.
Misplaced Pages:Deletion policy
thank you.

• PS
  

Blanking is considered vandalism as per Misplaced Pages policy which you quote
PalX 09:33, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

• Hi, I just have to say that I really disagree with your recent blanking and redirecting of several future sporting events. First, as a matter of principle, I think you should have tagged the articles in question and linked to some centralized discussion, or discuss each case in the article's talk page, before making such big changes. Second, I disagree on your reading of crystal-balling. I agree that when the event is too far out in the future to have any good information it doesn't deserve an article, but in some cases there is reliable and verifiable information at hand which is of interest to readers. To say that an event is "scheduled" or that a country/city has announced it will bid to host the event is not speculation. They are completely verifiable facts. I agree though that there is too much speculation around, for instance saying that Venezuela is a potential host candidate for the 2014 WC just because they'll have several new stadiums soon. But this means that the articles need to be improved, not completely blanked. Also, I read your comment in an AfD for some distant Olympics that you thought that the 2008 US presidential election deserves an article at this point, despite not knowing who's actually going to run, since it is the next one. If this is the case, I think it's appropriate for the 2014 WC to have an article, since it is also the immediate next edition for which a formal bidding process will start, and there is plenty of information about it. 2018 and beyond can wait, I would certainly agree with that. Finally, you even blanked the 2009 Confederations Cup, for which we already know the host country and another participating team, so you'll surely agree that it does merit an article at this point. I'm not going to go through all the articles you changed, but it's likely that you were too quick in blanking other ones. Anyway, I hope you reconsider the changes you've made, I won't revert them myself. Thanks, regards, --Gabbec 15:36, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Edit warring

Can you please be more careful to stay clear from anything that could be perceived as a violation of WP:3RR? There are better ways to settle disputes (WP:3O is one) and you lose the moral high ground that way. Grouse 11:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Don't be the second one to be blocked because of that page tonight, you are one revert away. Viridae 11:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know you'd invented a new policy... :@

Why do you delete perfectly reasonable articles. Future spoting events do happen, so it is not made up. it is referenced and people may need to have some information on future sporting events, to look at the competition or get tickets for it! why do you do this. In case you hadn't figured out the new policy you seem to have invented, its lets delete reasonable articles and annoy people who need that article for future reference. i am pretty annoyed. Signed: Soopahoops77

Re: 2014 FIFA World Cup

Well, he does say on that talk page that "messages will be removed." (Which is an idiotic way to behave, but at least shouldn't make you surprised that it happens.)

Also, you weren't exactly "engaging in conversation" about what should happen to it...you were saying "STOP! You are wrong. And because of you being wrong, I'll treat you as a vandal by using generic talk page messages, too."

While I'm at it, re your last comment on Talk:2018_FIFA_World_Cup#Article_deletion. and I will probably put the redirect back in if some additional not-crystalballing information turns up somewhere. That "somewhere" means "another place to redirect it"? Sam Vimes | Address me 21:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

S4C Closedown Screen

Someone has got rid of the S4C Closedown Screen main article. Now there is only one small paragraph about it on the S4C main article. What were your resaons for deletion? Please respond. (Cepb 12:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC))

Response

S4C Closedown Screen wasn't notable for being a programme on S4C. Is that why it was limited to a small paragraph on the S4C main article? What does small 's' and small 'c' something about the grand scale of things mean? (Cepb 12:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC))

2008 Categories

May I direct you to Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Computer and Video Games? N. Harmonik 17:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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An NBA season is both notable and expected to take place.

Also posted under talk page for 2008-09 NBA season

Sure thing. I removed the proposed deletion tag, since I believe that the 2008-09 NBA season article should be not be deleted w/o discussion, as per WP:CRYSTAL.

Three points to consider with Crystal Ball:

1) Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place.

• I contend that the 2008-2009 NBA season is both notable and virtually certain to take place. Therefore, I disagree with WP:PROD.

2) Similarly, individual items from a predetermined list or a systematic pattern of names, preassigned to future events or discoveries, are not suitable article topics, if only generic information is known about the item

• I would agree that this is an arguable point to delete this article, but not without discussion. There is speculation that certain cities may host the 2009 NBA All-Star game. Therefore, I disagree with WP:PROD.

3) Articles that present extrapolation, speculation, and "future history" are original research and therefore inappropriate....

• Not applicable in this case, IMO.

Now, I can see reasons to delete this article, but I can also see reasons NOT to delete this article. For instance, there are a few cities that would be considered front-runners for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game Game]],. For the record, the 2009 All-star game article is bunk and needs to be fixed.

Although the location of the 2009 NBA All-star game is ofically undecided, by nature of precident of other similar future-scheduled sporting events that are expected to take place, such as the 2018 Winter Olympics, I think it can be argued to keep the article. The NBA announced the 2008 All-Star game on May 22, 2006, which means that a decision would be forthcoming from the NBA within about 6 months. There is certainly specualtion considering what city may play host to this event.

Personally, this is where I draw the line, albeit weakly. I would agree that anything beyond 2009 is pure specualtion and would fall under WP:PROD as per WP:CRYSTAL. There is a very small set of information, however, which is just as speculative in nature as the 2018 Winter Olympics, that is applicable to the 2008-2009 NBA season.

Therefore, at the very least, deletion in this case should be discussed. I do not feel strongly enough to list it under AFD, however.

Roodog2k 20:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Pretentious assumption on your part...perhaps you don't think that's why you assumed it tenuous. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.3.46.173 (talk) 23:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

FAIL

you have two section breaks numbered 18. That said, I will concede that in all likelihood, nobody else cares about that fact.

Well, that's what I get for compiling a list backwards. Thanks for the heads-up. --Calton | Talk 02:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Redirecting articles, removal of content

If there is no consensus about redirecting pages and removing articles, please avoid disrupting by reversing the restoration of the articles. If you want articles to be created, please use Misplaced Pages:Articles for creation, if you want them to be deleted, it's at AfD. -- User:Docu

Peace, please

Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. See Misplaced Pages:Assume good faith for the guidelines on this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xiner (talk • contribs) 04:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Chriscf! | AndonicO 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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