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Wikify?

Hi Robofish,

I just saw the Wikify template added to http://en.wikipedia.org/Kenny_Marquez. I read through the various links on that notice, but I'm not sure I totally understand the message it's trying to convey. I went through and made some changes and added some sections. Can you take a look and let me know what I need to do to make it meet all the "wikify" requirements. Thanks --Warriorboy85 (talk) 08:04, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Again Robofish,

I added several third party references and hope you find it satisfactory. Can you please take another look and let me know. Thanks --Warriorboy85 (talk) 21:07, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi there

Hello, I'm new here. What happens after one of the redirect pages I put up for deletion gets a "delete per nom" comment? Should I go ahead and delete the redirect myself, or will a moderator/admin do that job?

I put the erotolepsy redirect up for deletion on May 26. -Roastporkbun (talk) 10:04, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

-- Okay, great, thank you! -Roastporkbun (talk) 20:11, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review

See this deletion review. You were a participant in the deletion discussion. Good Ol’factory 02:29, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Transgender Day of Empowerment

Thanks for the note. I've nominated it at AfD - one article in a local gay paper does not reliable sources make. Rebecca (talk) 16:29, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

The Onion Girl

You stuck an unreferenced tag on the article for The Onion Girl, and I am wondering why, since all I did in creating the article was basically a plot synopsis and list of characters. I realize that the article needs more content, but what's there right now isn't in need of references, according to Misplaced Pages guidelines. marbeh raglaim (talk) 22:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for providing me with a detailed explanation for your actions, and for removing the tag when you realized it was inappropriate. I knew the article was far from complete, which is why I added a stub tag. But I have now searched for and found a secondary source--an interview with Charles de Lint--and I have added it to the article. It's just a start, but I was able to find it through Google News archive search. I also searched my local library's magazine and newspaper database but did not find much. marbeh raglaim (talk) 04:16, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Invitation

Since you are one of the editors who has participated in the discussion about renaming Category:Pages for deletion to Category:Pages for discussion, I'd like to invite you to comment upon my proposals for this category here. Debresser (talk) 16:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

bot

are u a bot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Magibon talk (talk • contribs) 01:48, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Happy Bastille Day!

Dear fellow Wikipedian, on behalf of the Kindness campaign, I just want to wish you a Happy Bastille Day, whether you are French, Republican or not!  :) Happy Editing! Sincerely, --A Nobody 23:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Archie Humanoid Robot

Just a friendly note on Archie Humanoid Robot. I declined the speedy because a robot doesn't really fall into any of the categories in A7. If you think the article isn't notable, try prod or AfD. HTH!--Fabrictramp | talk to me 21:59, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Will do. I applied A7 under "Group" as it was built by a group of students a s a project, but it is understandable how that may not apply LeilaniLad (talk) 22:01, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi there,

You left a reply on my talk page about this article. Since I haven't seen it or edited it before, I'm guessing it wasn't meant for me - you probably meant to reply to User:Fabrictramp, right? But since you've brought it to my attention, I'll take a look at the article anyway... perhaps there's something I can do for it. Robofish (talk) 15:01, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Good lord, sorry. Yes, was not meant for you, was meant for Fabrictramp. The article seems non-notable to me if you want to look at it (i.e. a science group project that has no secondary sourcing). LeilaniLad (talk) 16:14, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Ladder Theory

Since Ladder Theory survived AFD in 2006 the {{notability}} template does not belong on the article. Samboy (talk) 18:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply, and have a wonderful day! Samboy (talk) 13:16, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for making WP:NODRAMA a success!

Thank you again for your support of the Great Misplaced Pages Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at WP:NODRAMA/L with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:

• T:TDYK for Did You Know nominations
• WP:GAC for Good Article nominations
• WP:FAC for Featured Article nominations
• WP:FLC for Featured List nominations
• WP:FPC for Featured Picture nominations

Again, thank you for making this event a success! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 02:46, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of South Park title sequence

The article South Park title sequence has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

non-notable - no third party sourcing

While all contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. -- The Red Pen of Doom 15:52, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Emanuel article

Thanks for the welcome back. I don't have any particular opinions about the content of the article, my only interactions with it were administrative. I suppose I should have re-deleted the redirect when it was created, but it didn't seem to be doing any harm, and arguably was helpful. I didn't imagine a conflict would arise about which article it should re-direct to. Jayjg 00:03, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Arkham (animated short film)

I had been led to believe that it was an official trailer for an upcoming animated film. Considering that I can no longer find any sort of valid or reasonable link to it or mention of it, as far as I'm concerned, it's fodder for deletion; I'll happily send it to Speedy deletion, or barring that, to AfD. --mhking (talk) 19:45, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Orphan tagging

Hi there. I'm curious why you decided to retag 2012 Conference with {{orphan}} after I already removed it? I think it's great that you're helping to identify articles which are orphaned however, the current backlog of orphaned articles is so huge right now (second only to unreferenced articles) that per consensus reached at the WikiProject Orphanage talk page we decided to focus on tagging only those articles which have NO incoming links from other articles. I know the criteria says 3 incoming articles but until we can make a bit of a dent in the backlog our goal right now is to get at least one or two relevant incoming links and that should be enough to remove the tag. There's also a bot we can set loose that automatically tags any articles as an orphan depending on the criteria we give it, whether that be 1, 2 or 3 incoming links. So once again, although I can't tell you to stop, you can do whatever you think is best, but it would really help if you could only tag as orphaned those articles that have absolutely zero incoming links from other articles or lists (disambig pages don't really count but even they help too.. anything to help get that tag off). Btw, see my log of de-orphaned articles for some examples of what I deem to be enough to remove the tag. Thanks. -- œ 23:53, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

User Lida Vorig

Hello, I would like to ask advise from you as user named user:Lida Vorig flags all Azerbaijani articles due she is armenian and her anti-Azerbaijanism hate. Where I can complain?--NovaSkola (talk) 14:56, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

{{Recent death}}

Please see this discussion which is related to a proposed change to {{Recent death}}. An example of how this change would appear is on this userpage. --Brian McNeil / 00:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Danny MacAskill

Hey Robofish. Regarding your addition of {{notability}} to Danny MacAskill. I'm not sure what you are looking for. The article already quotes multiple, reliable, and secondary sources (e.g. BBC news and Times Online). And an AfD discussion concluded that this individual is notable per WP:BIO. If you disagree, please let me know, and suggest ways to improve it. Otherwise, could we please remove the tag? Thanks - Kingpin (talk) 23:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the tag. Hehe, can't say I look forward to the AfD ;), I'll keep my eyes peeled for any thing more from him - Kingpin (talk) 23:40, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody 04:26, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Stephen Eyre

Thanks for the note.

Over the next month or so, I'm planning to dredge through all the constituency articles for the upcoming election and try to identify the various borderline candidate articles (there's a lot), so that hopefully we can have the worst of them tidied away well before it becomes an issue, and keep the rest watched to make sure they remain of a decent standard. If you'd like, I'll let you know when the master list's ready for poring over. Shimgray | talk | 22:55, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

==AfD nomination of YIMBY==

Lucas Gonze

Hi Robofish, about the conflict of interest comment you left at http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Lucas_gonze , see the notes I left at http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Lucas_Gonze

But the case for me editing my own bio page is:

• I didn't create the bio page in the first place.
• My edits were minimal as possible.
• I documented my edits ahead of time and followed responsible practices for community involvement.
• The substance of the edits wasn't random self-promotion.
• The page as it was left by ordinary social processes misprepresented me and needed a little bit of gardening.

--Lucas gonze (talk) 00:20, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Encounter group/T-group (social psychology) merge proposal

A late reply, if you're still interested after all this time: . I think it's okay to have two articles; there seem to be enough sources which draw a distinction between the two. If you agree, let's remove the merge proposal, and perhaps put a "See also" in each article. Cheers, --JN466 22:50, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Alright, you listen up here mister

User:OAC/List of people who have taken psychedelic drugs <-- redlink. are you happy now? you broke my heart with your comment on my discussion page. i mean, you didnt even call me to tell me... you did it over the internet... thats how i know you are a certified noob. no courage to tell someone they violate some crusty wikipedia blp policy in person, huh? you eat boogers. any idea how the eff to get User:SuggestBot to stfu and stop spamming my wall?

Pornopedia article

I've added some references at the article. Are there enough in order to remove the notability templates? Thank you User:Biris —Preceding undated comment added 16:05, 8 October 2009 (UTC).

lookout

thanks for watching my back and correcting that. i appreciate your help and understanding. happy editing.
>>>> Posted By Alex Waelde (Leave Me A Messgae) 03:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

RFA spam

user:Kww/RFAspam

—Kww(talk) 18:26, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

(Note to readers: I de-transcluded the above message as I felt it was taking up too much space, but left it as a link. Robofish (talk) 18:12, 21 October 2009 (UTC))

Invitation

WT:Sock_puppetry#Interview_for_Signpost. - Dank (push to talk) 17:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!

As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A Nobody 16:39, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Chronology of Star Wars

An AFD discussion that you have previously participated in has been reignited. See here for more the new discussion. Dale 11:01, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.

For the Arbitration Committee,
Risker (talk) 08:32, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Lifetime

You seem to be replacing defaultsort and categories with the lifetime template. This is pointless, as Lifetime is a convenience template. It only exists to make writing articles easier; if someone has already put in the information longhand, Lifetime is redundant.

From Template talk:Lifetime:

"{{Lifetime}} is s shortcut to generate birth and death categories and DEFAULTSORT. Automatic bots regularly replace it with the expanded form, but editors can still use lifetime to save on typing."

Hesperian 23:37, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

User talk:FeydHuxtable/AfD is not a war zone

re your comments there - you've echoed what I've been thinking for some time, but haven't yet got down to writing. My own view is that those who perpetuate the inclusionist/deletionist split (which is less of a split than it was, seems to me) are those who feel in some way validated by it - by belonging to an in-group within the larger group. If you do write anything I'd be interested in taking a look.   pablo_hablo. 23:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A Nobody 16:20, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Requested move (please comment)

Hey Robofish, I noticed that you had participated in an AfD discussion regarding the Honduran articles, and I would appreciate your comment here: Talk:Chronology_of_events_of_the_2009_Honduran_coup_d'état#Requested_move I hope that you can kind of understand the logic of what I was saying there, even if you don't agree with the move. Thanks! Moogwrench (talk) 12:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Please suggest replacement template

Hi. You recently participated in a template deletion discussion which resulted in the deletion of a template, Template:OtherusesSubtopicAlias, used at the top of the article Positive airway pressure. The deletion discussion did not mention which template should be used as a replacement. I can't even see what the text was that was formerly at the top of the article as created by the template. Could you please suggest an alternate template to use at the top of this article? (I'm also posting this request to the talk pages of others involved in the deletion discussion.) Robert K S (talk) 02:26, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Ah, according to the Google cache, it used to read, "This article includes a subtopic, Continuous pressure devices, which is often known as CPAP. For other uses of this term, see CPAP." Robert K S (talk) 02:32, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, see reply on my talk page. If CPAP was a direct redirect to Positive airway pressure (as it used to be, and, IMO, ought to be), what would the appropriate replacement template have been? Robert K S (talk) 18:46, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

RfC at 2009 Honduran coup d'état regarding mention of the constitutional crisis in the lede

Sorry to bother you again, but I'd like your opinion, and that of other editors that have been interested in the Honduran articles, at Talk:2009_Honduran_coup_d'état#RfC:_Do_the_sources_support_the_mention_of_coup_as_part_of_the_constitutional_crisis_in_the_lede_of_this_article.3F. Thanks! Moogwrench (talk) 21:34, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Joe McElderry

The AfD for Joe McElderry which you participared in closed as Redirect to List_of_The_X_Factor_finalists_(UK_series_6). There is a proposal now at Talk:List_of_The_X_Factor_finalists_(UK_series_6)#Joe_McElderry_2 to restore an independent article and your opinion would be welcome there. I42 (talk) 19:09, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Requested edit on Body burden article

Hi, Robofish -- I noticed that, earlier this year, you placed a warning tag on the Body burden article and a comment on its Talk page regarding a POV section. (Some time after, the template was removed without explanation.) I agree with this complaint about the article -- and have several others. Over the past few months I've been working on an alternative to this article which is currently located in my userspace. It is now finished and addresses all of the problems I have with the current version. But I haven't replaced it yet because I have a potential conflict with the subject matter: the public debate in which the body burden concept figures is a matter of import to the American Chemistry Council, which is a client of my employer. That's why I've decided to open it up for another editor to review and see if they agree with my judgment calls and, if so, implement my suggestions. (Read my full explanation on the Body Burden Talk page here.) Since you had expressed some interest in fixing the article, I thought I would reach out to you now. Let me know if you decide to take up the matter. Cheers, NMS Bill (talk) 02:54, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

The Great Misplaced Pages Dramaout

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Talk:2011 Obama's Coup Fails

Would you please copy the text from that talk page to my userspace somewhere? I was working on an article... thanks. User:Pedant (talk) 03:05, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

A Nobody is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Dave Warwak

I had meant to AfD it following the contested PROD, but didn't get around to it. Thanks for taking the initiative. Cheers, and have a great new year. --kelapstick (talk) 16:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Gladstone (humorist, writer): Consider 'Needs references' tag?

Hi Robofish-- At the end of November you quite justifiably tagged this article as needing references. It was in its beginning stages at the time and has undergone several revisions. Could you give it a look and either consider removing the tag or give some more specific feedback now that it's more developed? Thanks. --Sainge.spin (talk) 11:24, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks & thanks for the advice. Going to talk it over with a couple of people & get back to it. --Sainge.spin (talk) 22:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA/2

Just a quick reminder that the Second Great Misplaced Pages Dramaout has begun. Please log any work you do at Misplaced Pages:The Great Misplaced Pages Dramaout/2nd/Log. Good luck! --Jayron32 01:47, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Important notice about VOTE 3 in the CDA poll

You are receiving this message as you have voted in VOTE 3 at the Community de-Adminship 'Proposal Finalization' Poll.

It has been pointed out that VOTE 3 was confusing, and that voters have been assuming that the question was about creating an actual two-phase CDA process. The question is merely about having a two-phase poll on CDA at the eventual RfC, where the community will have their vote (eg a "yes/no for CDA” poll, followed a choice of proposal types perhaps).

As I wrote the question, I'll take responsibility for the confusion. It does make sense if read through to the end, but it certainly wasn't as clear as it should have been, or needed to be!

Please amend your vote if appropriate - it seems that many (if not most) people interpreted the question in the way that was not intended.

Regards, Matt Lewis (talk) 15:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Reply from tomalak_geretkal

Hi; please see my reply to your message at User_talk:Tomalak_geretkal#Luc_Bernard. Cheers. Tomalak Geret'kal (talk) 20:08, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Yellowface and Racebending

I do agree that the Yellowface article may need to have a separate entry for racebending.

I attempted to improve an article for racebending, but it was deleted. I then created my own, but that too was deleted.

The reasons were supposedly due to a neologism created by Avatar: The Last Airbender fans.

I currently have it on my userpage and you are welcome to peruse and perhaps give pointers on how to improve it for publication.

Nemogbr (talk) 14:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC) --Nemogbr (talk) 14:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Mentorship

I write because you participated in editing Teachable moment. In the months since I created this article, the topic has taken on an unanticipated personal relevance. I wonder if you might consider joining other co-mentors in a mentorship committee for me?

Perhaps you might consider taking a look at an old edit at Misplaced Pages:Mentorship#Unintended consequences? In the search for a mentor deemed acceptable by ArbCom, I cite this as a plausible context for discussing what I have in mind.

Please contact me by e-mail or on my talk page. --Tenmei (talk) 02:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your time and consideration. As a gesture of appreciation, may I share a rhetorical question from the Analects of Confucius: "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?"

I have sent you further details in an e-mail. --Tenmei (talk)

May I offer a proposal? Please replace your username with your signature (four tildes ~~~~) in the list of "active mentors" at User talk:Tenmei/Sub-page Alerts. This is necessary step in a constructive direction.

You may find that what I'm asking for is probably less than you imagine in the short term, or perhaps more than you anticipate in the long term. --Tenmei (talk) 06:47, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

My username

It has been bought up a few times before, going through all the discussion processes. In my opinion, if someone views my userpage it's pretty obvious I'm not that other fella. Regards, --Jimbo 12:42, 31

January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I removed the stub template from Omar Amanat article by mistake. Can you please re-add it?

J araneo (talk) 02:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Climatic Research Unit hacking incident

Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia! In case you are not already aware, an article to which you have recently contributed, Climatic Research Unit hacking incident, is on article probation. A detailed description of the terms of article probation may be found at Misplaced Pages:General sanctions/Climate change probation. Also note that the terms of some article probations extend to related articles and their associated talk pages.

The above is a templated message. Please accept it as a routine friendly notice, not as a claim that there is any problem with your edits. Thank you. -- TS 00:14, 12 February 2010 (UTC)