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Icarus takes intermittent wikibreaks as required by his college schedule. Editing may be sporadic, and talk page messages might not receive a timely response.

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Oh yeah, no personal attacks. (I was going to attack you) •Sean•gorter• 05:16, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Boxipuss

Good afternoon, I would like to report that my article on The Malaysian Boxipuss, has resulted in wide research on the subject and I do have more information on the Boxipuss but I feel it will be rejected by you so i do not have the desire to add this to Boxipuss page, after your unacceptable rudeness. Dr. Alan Sieve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.38.29.9 (talk • contribs) 08:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Your article was not deleted (over a dozen times) because of any kind of rudeness. It was deleted because it was an obvious hoax. We welcome any article on a notable subject with reliable sources. --Icarus 07:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Organi Studios

Hey, I saw that you put a {{bv}} template on User_talk:Organi Studios. I was watching this user, which is something I do when I notice a string of vandalism or vanity so I can check back the next day to see if anything new has to be reverted. When I checked the user's contributions to remember which guy this was, however, I only saw one edit that wasn't blatant vandalism. Do you remember if this user had blatant vandalism edits that were deleted, like starting inappropriate articles that were speedied? Mistaking WP:YFA for the place to start articles is unfortunately very common, so it's more of a newbie mistake than blatant vandalism. Anyway, I was just curious if you remember anything worse, or if it would be okay if I removed the {{bv}} warning for being overly harsh and replaced it with {{vanity}}. --Icarus 19:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

That seems fine. Organi Studios has only made one edit, which was to replace YFA with what looks a lot like an advertisement, but I have no problem with giving the benefit of the doubt. Michaelbusch 20:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Gladin'

The members of the 4x4 community have and continue to severely vandalize this page. Its not worth the trouble anymore. I give you permission to move this to a speedy delete, if I may. Lets just get this out of here and save everyone a headache. Thank you. Jnonnemaker 19:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The horror! Marshmallow kills people

You are right. TWO (2) people choked on it. It is very important and encyclopedic. Yes it is the deadliest food on Earth. How about deadly pizza?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.118.35.197 (talk • contribs) 18:02, 22 December 2006.

Please read the edit summary I wrote when I reverted your edit. The section you removed may not belong in the article, but as it's disputed, it should be discussed on the talk page first. --Icarus 22:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Additionally, please do not make bad faith edits to make a point. --Icarus 22:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Why bad faith? I thin consensus in Wiki is clear. Marshmallows are deadly and it is very important and encyclopedic subject. You've convinced me. So I'm just trying to add more context. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.118.35.197 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 22 December 2006.

He has now been blocked (at last!) on both addresses that he was using. Hopefully that will be the end of that. -- Joseph Sanderson 00:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I've not eaten my last deadly marshmallow yet (thanks to Wiki). I'm aware of it's deadliness now (thanks to you guys). Marshmallows aka Satans spawns will not get to me that easily. Boys you are doing great job of spreading the message of puffy killer awareness. keep it coming. But how about deadly pizza campaign? Pizza kills, man.

Yeah - something productive you say, like writing an article about deadly cheesburger? case was very simple - I've removed some fear mongering non-sense, and you and your fellows has rushed to the "crime" scene with vandal templates, reverts (not even reading what you are reverting), and slander - yeah playing Chuck Norris, vandal bashing Texas ranger is fun, I get it. But two can play this game.

"Chubby Bunny" is a real game, not nonsense, and all we said was that removing it should be discussed first. You weren't given vandal templates until you started acting like a vandal. If you thought that section shouldn't have been in the article, you should have participated in the discussion like a reasonable editor instead of throwing a tantrum. I won't bother trying to speak reason to you anymore, I just hope you'll stop wasting your time on something so silly. --Icarus 01:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I added this to Misplaced Pages:Lamest edit wars just because the idea that two people dying over choking on a marshmallow being significant in an article is just plain humourous. Thanks for the explanation. I certainly will keep an eye out for marshmallows out there that could potentially kill me. :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 01:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Undecylenic acid inputs

Hello Icarus3:

Thank you for editing my prior errors. I will do better next time if you tell me what's wrong with the references posted before removing my undecylenic acid additions. Castoroil101 03:25, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

sources?

i am just curious why sources are necessary for the stub Chained dollars. Kingturtle 01:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Everything on Misplaced Pages is supposed to be supported with reliable sources, partially to satisfy the verifiability requirement. The stub looks totally legit, so it's not as big a deal as when a word is suspected to be a neologism, hoax, etc., but I found the article while doing some new page patrolling, saw that it had no sources, and tagged it as such. Presumably, there's an economics textbook out there that could easily be put in as a source. --Icarus 05:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi!

Did you make the name of Jimbo Wales in Aurebesh? Do you mind if you can do one for my page, User:Leor Natanov/In many languages, please?? Thanks!!! Leor Natanov 02:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Please respond on my talk page Leor Natanov 23:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much!!!! Your are one of the best people in Misplaced Pages!! You just made my week!! Leor Natanov 02:05, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Template images

Thanks for noticing. See my reply on my talk page.Cbdorsett 06:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! It works great and will save me a lot of time. Cbdorsett 06:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Phosphatodraco

Icarus, could you please explain the tag you put on Phosphatodraco? How is it wrongly categorised? I cannot find any pterosaur articles categorised Tree of Life. Cheers. --Gazzster 10:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I added {{ToLCleanup}} because the article would benefit from having a taxonomy box added, and also from having a little bit of cleanup (putting the reference in common Misplaced Pages format, in particular). I don't see any problems with the category; I used the Tree of Life cleanup template instead of the normal cleanup template because it's about a living (well, extinct now, but you know what I mean!) organism and would benefit from having a taxobox. I've just added a stub template to it, too. Don't worry, it looks like a great start for an article, those templates just give a heads-up as to what would make it better. They're there partially to attract the attention of other editors who can help to make those improvements. --Icarus 00:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Thank mate. I'll work on the T box and the reference. But I'll take the stub category away, because there really is nothing else known about Phosphatodraco, as far as I have been able to research. Cheers.--Gazzster 10:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Dated templates

Just to let you know the -date templates are on their way out, as the standard ones now take MONTH YEAR default parameters: cleanup-date => Cleanup, wikify-date => Wikify, linkless-date => Orphan, unacat-date => Uncategorized. Rich Farmbrough, 21:04 10 January 2007 (GMT).

Poverty - please vote

I think the poverty article would benefit from this Misplaced Pages:This week's improvement drive --since you have help a lot with it please cast your vote.futurebird 17:32, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiCommons Picture of the Year

I certify that I am the user who made the following vote:

• 281, 266, 53, 67, 194

--Icarus 02:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

12.173.197.130

Why are you removing to picture I inserted. I am trying to make it better. You are a vandele. --12.173.197.130 08:26, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

You have been repeatedly warned, over multiple (now blocked) usernames and IP addresses, by multiple users, to stop spamming images across articles. Your refusal to abide by the rules and community standards of Misplaced Pages shows that it is you who is the vandal. --Icarus 08:29, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

And thanks for the advice - I hadn't spotted the {{Blatantvandal}} template so will bear that in mind - I had wondered what the best way to tackle leaving warnings for multiple recent actions was. I don't necessarily have much to input for articles (but will correct things when I can), so my way of thanking the wikipedia community is to help out with vandalism or errors! sjwk 19:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned images

Well the easiest way to find orphaned images is Special:Unusedimages. There are over 100,000 unused images on WP and the number grows daily. Here is a step by step help list to get you started (I use Windows and Internet Explorer):

1. open this link in a new browser window.
2. this may take some time, a few minutes depending on server busyness
3. open the image by opening it in a new window so that the gallery of images remains separate (keeps you from having to re-open the gallary page)
4. you can jump to any image number (the 2100 in the url). The lower the number, the longer it has been since it was uploaded (not nessesarly orphaned tho) Also the higher the number you put into the url the longer it will take to load - as much as 5-7 minutes when you get to the 90000 mark.

A great tool for tagging images easily is User:Howcheng/quickimgdelete.js. Have a read through the talk page of that user subpage and see how to install the tools in your session. The main features needed are the nominate for deletion, tag as an orphaned fair use, mark as move to Commons (for good quality free images) and the mark as redundant. The others get used occasionally. These tools make taggng images so much easier as it does the image tagging, notifying uploader and adding to the IfD page.

Also you can have a look at some of the project links I have on my user page (most are just searches that result in a number of orphans) but note these links result in many images that are used and should not be deleted - just an increased likelyhood of finding dead images.

If you got any questions, please just leave me a note on my talk page.--User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 14:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Belginusanl

Excellent work! :) - Gobeirne 07:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Girly girl

Hi. Are you interested in fleshing out Girly girl? PMA 03:39, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Osteotome

Hallo Icarus3, I found you among the contributors to the article on the osteotome on the English Misplaced Pages. The article is a stub and I am not sure if the definitions in the first lines are correct. The osteotome (German: Osteotom) that I know was invented by the German physician Bernhard Heine in 1830 and was used for opening the skull. In my Commons gallery you can see the pictures that I uploaded, I have some more on my computer. The usage of the instrument can be seen in the Bernhard Heine article. My question: Do you know anything about the other meanings and types of this instrument? Hans555_talk 17:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

MyBlackBook

Article is NOT advertisement. It has neutral tone, and is cited by many articles (over several references, and news sources). This has been in an article for quite some time. There are numerous references, and sources cited. Google returns over 20,000 results searching on the subject "myblackbook".

This article has been removed from speedy deletion numerous times by other members and editors of Wiki.

The article meets all Misplaced Pages requirements, and is an educational encyclopedic entry. The article was put for speedy deletion over a year ago, and was saved after meeting the criteria of wikipedia.

The article still meets the criteria of Misplaced Pages. Resorb 00:31, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I nominated this article for deletion, but the final decision is not in my hands. It is currently being discussed at WP:AFD, which is a different process from speedy deletion. AFDs involve a discussion period for wikipedians to consider the merits of the article and come to a consensus as to its fate. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you may do so at Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/MyBlackBook. --Icarus 03:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Icarus3. Thanks for welcoming me and for all the helpful information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasHabifMD (talk • contribs) 04:41, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Sourcing needed on marshmallow article

Requesting sourcing is not a WP:POINT violation. I am trying to abide by my understanding of WP:V, because I find reason to challenge the information involved. The practice of toasting marshmallows is almost completely obsolete, due to the dangers involved. Some older editors may remember it from their own ancient childhoods, but for everyone else, the information in question is false and may lead to accidents. That's why I think the claim should be sourced. NBSTVM 04:58, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I was going to do my best to assume good faith (as per Misplaced Pages guidelines) despite my personal incredulity as to your sincerity, but the unbelievably over-the-top nature of the comments you have left on Talk:Marshmallow make that a pointless formality in this case. While the onus of evidence is usually on those making a claim, toasting marshmallows is such an incredibly common practice that you might as well ask for a source that the sky is blue. You are certainly free to provide a source to support your claim that this is a widely abandoned practice if you want to maintain your position. --Icarus 05:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Edmund Vestey

Greetings, Icarus3. I removed your speedy tag from the article Edmund Hoyle Vestey as I recognised the name as being somebody who was a member of one of the most notable families of the 20th century, which created and owned one of the biggest meat trading companies in the world and was one of the wealthiest families in the world (second only to the Queen here in the UK). I guess that the author both inexperienced (fewer than 200 edits) and was writing it from scratch, and had not got very far when you placed the tag on it 14 minutes after he started it. Anyway, I picked up the article a few hours later (he had placed a hangon tag on it) and have expanded it. I may do a little more work on it but I trust that it is adequate for now. Kind regards. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:12, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Peer Reviews

Happy New Year, Icarus! Since you've assessed quite a few good articles and contributed to them, I thought I could solicit your assistance. I've submitted two articles for peer review, and thought that you might be of some help in critiquing them:

• Duck Soup. I've listed this article for peer review because, even though I and other editors have contributed much information and references, I'm certain that there are other aspects of this classic film that have yet to be covered. I'd like to hear feedback from you, so that I can get help in improving this (and other Marx Brothers films) quality.
• Princess Leia Organa. I've listed this article for peer review because it right now seems oddly cluttered and, despite a lot of references as of now, lacks reliable source citations. Although I've already requested another peer review, as long as it helps the articles get better, I've got the time. Any helpful comments will certainly be appreciated, as this should help me in expanding other Star Wars-centric articles.

If you have the time, it'd be great if you could review those articles and assess their strengths and weaknesses. Thanks, and a Happy New Year to you! — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 02:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Icarus3 DONT EVER AGAIN POST ON MY TALK PAGE!

Icarus3 DONT EVER AGAIN POST ON MY TALK PAGE!

I HAD TO VOMIT!