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Presidents' nickname list

Cumulus, why did you revert my addition of Chimpy to List of United States Presidential names? It's a popular nickname, and the source I gave is perfectly legitimate and cited as-is. Wiwaxia (talk) 02:33, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Your edit to my talk page

Hi there. Recently, you added a post to my talk page, in response to a comment by BQZip01, saying: "You know I'd really appreciate it if you would stop leaving messages like this on people's talk pages. Running around screaming about my unwillingness to compromise isn't going to help your case at all and, in fact, will probably only make you look worse." Personally, what I'd appreciate is you not bringing your dispute with BQZ to my talk page. That message was intended for him, not for me, and should have been left on his talk page, not mine. I recognise you have an ongoing problem with BQZ, but that doesn't mean you have to follow him around and make sure every post of his is followed by one of yours. For what it's worth, I opposed his RFA, but your comment actually made me consider supporting it. Terraxos (talk) 03:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

• I'm sure if you reviewed more of the history you'd be less inclined to change your mind. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 15:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Dismissiveness

It looks to me as if you took an article that I created, edited it down to a WP:DICDEF (removing the references), and then nominated it for deletion on this basis, all without seeking my input or notifying me of the AfD as recommended. Is that correct? If so, I suggest you seek input from other editors who have worked on an article, and seek consensus as is the wiki process, rather than just persuing your own agenda. Dhaluza (talk) 16:10, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

You should not consider this a personal attack. First, deletion of your user page history make it look like you were a new user being a little too bold. Second, my comments were intended to focus on your behavior, not your character, so they are not meant as a personal attack. I still suggest you try to seek input and engage other editors more. For example, you could try asking leading questions before stating your opinion. So, rather than threatening to seek sanctions for a personal attack, you could ask if comments you took personally were intended to be insulting. This will avoid unnecessarily insulting the other user thereby escallating the situation. Dhaluza (talk) 12:45, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

FYI on references

First off, brilliant job on finding all the references for Christine Gregoire. However, I noticed a couple of suggestions with the formatting the references:

1. When you are citing a news agency (newspaper, tv station, etc) please use {{cite news}}. {{Cite web}} should only be used for non-news sources.
2. With newspapers and magazines, make sure you italicize their titles. If you use {{cite news}} the easiest way to do that is to use the work field, otherwise just use two single quotes before and after the name of the newspaper/magazine, i.e. ''The Seattle Times''.
3. If you are using the cite web and cite news templates, you don't need to wikilink the date field if you use ISO formatting. Both templates automatically wikilink ISO dates.

Other than that, keep up the good work with hunting down those references. --Bobblehead 00:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:Dokdo from ullengdo2.jpg

wait, this is a too complex to me. i don't know what is the otrs. and is it really necessary procedure? i found photographer kim chol hwan who work for Ulleung goverment's site.(he is a public officials of ullungdo goverment) here if i recieve permit from that site's notice board(he is a admin of ullungdo.com site, answer from ullungdo.com site's admin) or recieve e-mail from him.(recive e-mail from that site admin, or recive e-mail from his ullungdo goverment public official's e-mail) is it OK? and are you admin? Masonfamily (talk) 00:07, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

• I'm not an administrator, however, if you recieve an email from Mr. Hwan, forward that to permissions-en@wikimedia.org with a link to the image you have uploaded (most preferably the largest resolution you can find). The OTRS team will take care of the rest for you. If you would provide a translation of the email into english from Korean, that would also be very helpful. Thanks, Cumulus Clouds (talk) 00:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

i contacted with mr. hwan by phone call. Ok. thank you. next time, don't say "delete" to my image Masonfamily (talk) 02:03, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

FPaS RFC

As a participant in the recent discussion at WP:ANI, I thought you should be informed of the new RFC that another user has started regarding FPaS's behavior.

• Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Future Perfect at Sunrise

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Question about Prestige Academy of Motion Pictures...

I apprecite the encouraging words, and since you have experience in these typs of cases, do you feel I was thorough enough HERE and in my comment HERE? Schmidt, 19:09, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

• Yes. I believe your interpretation was absolutely correct. It would appear that User:Kyliecrazy12 is the perpatrator of a hoax or of a very minor organization that is trying to use Misplaced Pages as a vehicle for advertisement. They are one of the only substantive contributors to that article and there are 0 sources to back up their claims. Nice catch. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 21:35, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

NFC issue

Hi, since you were discussing the question recently, you might be interested in the discussion I opened here. Thanks, -- Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:21, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Closure of Image:Lt Clayton.JPG at Deletion review

After some to-and-fro I've listed my closure of this discussion at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2008 September 15, and as a participant in the IfD I invite your comments - Peripitus (Talk) 03:46, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Daily Mail not a source?

I perfectly happy with your edit of Murder of Meredith Kercher, but I am intrigued by your assertion that the Daily Mail is not a source. It is quoted elsewhere in the article. Rachel Pearce (talk) 16:28, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh I have hardly edited the article at all, and am not in the least offended. It is ironic that I specifically made an effort to find a source that I never read myself, for fear of "favouring" a particular source. I hadn't realised the Mail's poor standard of reporting in this case. Rachel Pearce (talk) 23:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Why ?????

Dear Cumulus, May i can know why you deleted some of my pictures ? It fit with articles !! and you did that before asking me, which is very impolite !

I look forward to hearing from you. Gabriel. --Gabriel Moginot (talk) 22:26, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, thank you for your answer, but i don't even know on which facts you based your idea. Please : be factual and don't think that your opinion is the only truth ! This is my photograph, and even if i know Misplaced Pages is a 💕 (which is dedicated to you as it is dedicated to me), the information about the photographer is a part of a media (the image i mean), so it is normal that it appears. I you have a look at any media which is well builded, you will see that authors informations are always displayed.

I try to share my work to help this website in having more illustrations, and then being more "friendly" and understable for readers. What you did on my work (i mean my contributions, and the hours i spent for this) is clearly unfair.

I earn no money for this, i am not engaged by any model agency, and i don't need wikipedia to get professional projects.

So, unless if you have clear and factual proof that i work on wikipedia for my promotion, your are invited to set back my work as soon as possible.

Many thanks. Gabriel.

It is not. Because you are quite brilliant, you can also see that i'm a new user and i thought i have the right to have a page on Misplaced Pages, but people here act like you, they deleted my page without giving reasons. Then because i had no reasons i re-created it. Hopefully, on the French Misplaced Pages, they explained me with i can not have a page yet. So it's ok.

About my own page, i don't know what's the matter ! The user page is dedicated to present my own profile, that's what administrators suggested to do for my own presentation, because i can't have a page on wikipedia yet.

And, again, i can see that you consider your own opinion about my past errors and my profile (which is a free area for me) as the truth.

So, give me proof or a factual reason that i made all this contributions into a commercial or promotional aim, or set back my work.

Thanks. Gabriel. --Gabriel Moginot (talk) 23:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC) --Gabriel Moginot (talk) 22:45, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

I have to inform you that :

In your crisis of pretention to judge what is good or bad about my work for Misplaced Pages, you asked for a deletion of the Marilyn Agency page !! This agency is on Misplaced Pages from a while ! You destroying the informations of this website, you have to be careful !

Moreover, i set back my work, you don't gave me any good reason. And please don't think i have all my time for this (as it is in fact free usefull contributions).

All the best. Gabriel. --Gabriel Moginot (talk) 23:23, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Name in pictures

Hi there,

I'm sysop on the french Misplaced Pages and I would like to talk about User:Gabriel Moginot. We had the same problem with him. This contributor has been warned many times about his contributions, especially when he used to add obstinately his name on many articles.

By the way, I used to explain him but he seems to persist on english Misplaced Pages. As far as I'm concerned, I suggest you to revert such contributions, this is what we've done on the french Wikipédia.

Have a nice day, do not hesitate to contact me back. Nanoxyde (talk) 11:00, 21 September 2008 (UTC) (PS : would you please answer on my user talk page on the french Misplaced Pages, many thanks)

News from the commies...

You once said you'd be interested in this image. I've now got the international proletariat's very own confirmation that it's free, so I've undeleted it. :-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Halloween is back

I'm contesting the wrongful deletion of my image as well as your groundless arguments. Please feel free to contribute to this ongoing issue of fair use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Willjay (talk • contribs) 02:19, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

3O on Rossi

Did you read my third opinion on the talk page? Specifically, I am concerned that you are deleting newspaper-sponsored blogs in violation of WP:V's stated exception for them. I'm certainly not going to revert you, but I wanted to point out that I don't believe you have the policy support for your actions which I think you believe you have. Jclemens (talk) 18:46, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Honey And Thyme

I respect your comment at this latest AfD about the SPA account Honey And Thyme. The nomination seems likely to come from someone who had dealt with this article in the past, as new users would not have the knowledge or experience to do an AfD nomination as their first (and only) act upon Misplaced Pages. I have also noticed that no one involved in the article or first AfD, you and I included, were notified by the nom of the second AfD, and this is even more suspicious, in light of the nom's apparent knowledge of how to do an AfD nomination. With your experience in ferreting out puppets, what is your opinion of this one... who may have been created for this one purpose and may never edit again? Schmidt, 20:11, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

It was your own keen eye and inciteful comment here that caused the nom to go to other "S" articles, so as to not have only one edit. Then the nom made a statement showing far greater knowledge of Wiki than one might expect from a newcomer. With your greater experience dealing with sockpuupets and meatpuppets, what would be the next step? Schmidt, 02:55, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

• I wouldn't say I have any greater experience than you do with sockpuppets. I'm just going to watch his contributions and check the histories for pages he edits. If his patterns match those of any past editors on any of those pages, that would be a start. Otherwise, we'll just have to wait and see. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 03:33, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

• Don't sell yourself short... when it comes to tracking down puppets, you are as tenacious as a pitbull. The puppet patches I helped uncover last September and August were simply because it was so blatant. I got lucky. Schmidt, 21:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

inre this diff

Inre: this diff, I have chosen to not reply to User:Collect, as to not get in the middle of any disagreements between you and he. I will be archiving that section/comment shortly and I ask that this discussion not be carried out on my talk page. I will make the same request of him. Schmidt, 00:28, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

2nd AfD nomination of Michael Q. Schmidt

An article that you have been involved in editing, Michael Q. Schmidt, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Michael Q. Schmidt (2nd nomination). Thank you.Schmidt, 17:58, 15 October 2008 (UTC) Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice?

• And yes... I know you know already. I am just sending courtesy notifications out to anyone who edited the article. Best, Schmidt, 17:58, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

So, not a directly linked sockpuppet. Checkuser would not be able to determine a meatpuppet or sockpuppet if the master were careful and did not use the puppets from the same IP or to do the same edits. Yes? No? Myself, I am still concerned about the reason for a newly created single purpose account, as a true newcomer would not or could not act in such a manner or have such depth of knowledge. Schmidt, 01:29, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

3RR reports

Please see your 3RR report. I am not sure that was necessarily a sound report. What is your relation, if any, to AB? ++Lar: t/c 14:48, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Geoff Simpson

I re-added the material you removed in Geoff Simpson, which is fully sourced and legit under WP:BLP, since it is a well-publicized allegation against a public figure. The article was only unstable due to the efforts of User:Truthteller47th, who has been blocked for that vandalism. --HoboJones (talk) 22:29, 27 October 2008 (UTC)