Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 10:43, 14 February 2013

English will change

English will change. We have dropped many complex spellings of words in the last few centuries, and we will drop more. A few decades from now there may be only the shortest spelling: 'by' and ther(e) may be accepted for all uses of the words. The apostrofee(sic) may go altogether as we learn to understand words in context. If the writer wants to make the context very clear, then the older forms may be used to do that. I remember when British rules allowed 'color' because spell chequers(sic) kept dropping the you(sic). --Canoe1967 (talk) 11:34, 23 March 2012 (UTC)--

Citation Loop on Mitch Gaylord

I am waiting for you to add an explanation of your recent revert to Mitch Gaylord on the article's talk page. Please explain why the citation I added constituted a "Loop." The citation was from Rotten Tomatoes, which seems to be a reliable source. Thanks. Ebikeguy (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I just added explanation to his article talk page. The website cites an uncited article in wikipedia on his 1st wife.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:07, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Argh! Just noticed that. Sorry. Would you have any objection to my looking for a truly RS? Ebikeguy (talk) 17:25, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

No objections at all. I just thought I would remove it until cited. IMDB has the same info, but it has no citations at all. Are marriage, birth, and divorce records public access somewhere? With biographies of living people I feel it is best to just remove the info until properly cited.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:29, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely. Thanks for the catch. Ebikeguy (talk) 17:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Wow. I would not have thought that something so obvious would require so much research. I did find this. While a Playboy reference may raise some hackles, Playboy does, in general, seem to be recognized as an RS (example 1, example 2). Plus, the photographic evidence presented on that page is fairly overwhelming. Thoughts? And, thanks again. Ebikeguy (talk) 03:00, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Another supporting sight at playboy.com, again with overwhelming photographic evidence. Ebikeguy (talk) 03:08, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I definately agree with Playboy being far more reliable than IMBD. It has one of the highest reputations for journalistc credibilty. I just ran into and edit conflict changing the high school yearbook ref to IMBD and adding a cite to the current spouse with the same ref. The other editor changed it to the Playboy one. I may just get an account on IMBD, write a cornball article on my boss, then create a wikipedia article on him with the same info and cite IMBD.--Canoe1967 (talk) 11:23, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Deleted post

There is a discussion which concerns you at Misplaced Pages talk:Reference desk#Deleted Birther soapboxing. SpinningSpark 19:37, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Civility

Please review Misplaced Pages:Civility. Calling another user a "gutless piece of shit" is not acceptable behavior, and is a block-able offense. I suggest you edit it out of your original post and apologize on the talk page. You are welcome to disagree with other editors but you may not use offensive language in your interactions with them. --Mr.98 (talk) 21:20, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

But Dad, he started it?, kidding. I have deleted and apologized. Sorry.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:10, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

list of metal

I find your edit summary interesting when all you did was revert the revert. On another note I live in Edmonton as well.Curb Chain (talk) 19:32, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

RE:Angel wing gif

Thank You!! It perfect! ReelAngelGirl Talk to me! Tea? 00:24, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Nun killing a grizzly with a broom.ogg

Thanks for uploading File:Nun killing a grizzly with a broom.ogg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Misplaced Pages uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information; to add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Misplaced Pages.

For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Misplaced Pages:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 03:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Eh? Get stuffed, hoser-bot!--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:15, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Right

I was wondering what the guy was shoveling. Trolls here? On Misplaced Pages? Mugginsx (talk) 00:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Sandbox

Thank you for lending me your sandbox with the translated W. Stower WP:Germany article. It was useful, and I now have access to more information to help improve the English article. Feel free to delete, or whatever. ~Eric F (Talk) Don't talk:98.26.28.41 (talk) 22:01, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Did you ask in the de:talk page for the article for any Germans that may wish to help on en:WP?--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:31, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

I haven't thought of that, sounds like a good idea. However, I think I have the translation situation under control. I just wish the de article had citations for the bio information. Btw...

Der Untergang der „Titanic‟

If you must "improve" Stöwer's lithograph, please upload as a new version, not replacing the "faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art" (unless there is a consensus to do so). I would really like to have a copy for his page that hasn't been tampered with. Thanks, ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 19:02, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Please revert and chew my ass out in the comment section. You may also mention something like "Do not revert this image! Upload other versions as new files", type thing.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:19, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Either I can't figure out how to revert, or I don't have admin access, or something. Btw, I have a copy on my computer that I have adjusted (histogram) that is more of a digital restoration rather than "improvement". I'll figure out a way to upload to Google docs, or get a Picasa account or something. ~E 184.76.225.106 (talk) 19:55, 7 May 2012 (UTC) -- Btw, that new image wasn't really "higher resolution", it was simply enlarged -- compare the two, the smaller one actually is much sharper and less grainy. ~E 19:58, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Ok. I will revert it and leave a comment about uploading other versions as new files. I may be able to google the same image you have and upload that one for you. Can you not log in to your account because of lost password?--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:05, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I don't have a WP account. The image I have is on my computer (not online anywhere yet) -- which is currently in the shop (HD crash) -- hopefully, the file will be recovered. Currently using a borrowed laptop; and need owner's password to access google docs; and if I remember correctly, you can't simply upload images to Google docs, must have Picasa "web album" or something,. ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 20:48, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I think I've set up a Picasa album, and set copyright stuff to 'Creative Commons' licence:

• Link to Picasa Album? ~E 98.26.28.41 (talk) 22:31, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
• On Picatom? ~E98.26.28.41 (talk) 01:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
• Direct link to image from Picasa?

Can this image be uploaded as an "Other version", instead of replacing current file (unless/until there is a concensus)? ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 20:56, 10 May 2012 (UTC)21:10, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

I think we can just replace the existing. The picacom one won't load in my browser. The picasa one does seem slightly better quality. We should have the best quality b/w version in that image page.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:27, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the upload!

Can you access this signature image file? ~E 184.76.225.106 (talk)184.76.225.106 (talk) 04:50, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

• Please see "talkback" here. ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 23:49, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Булла, Виктор Карлович

According to the Russian wiki article he was killed on 1938 (shooted) or in 1944 (cancer of stomach). See articles on ru-wiki and de-wiki: ru:Булла, Виктор Карлович de:Wiktor Karlowitsch Bulla. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 03:18, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

ELBURDEN

Please note WP:ELBURDEN and please revert your edit to comply with WP:ELBURDEN. Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 19:18, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

From WP:ELBURDEN: "Disputes about links can be addressed through the normal dispute-resolution process, particularly at the external links noticeboard."--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:25, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Take your time looking over the policies and guidelines. There's no rush, and I see you're relatively new here.

I tend to be very brief and to the point, which some find upsetting. I'm happy to explain further and sorry if my editing or comments upset you. --Ronz (talk) 19:52, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

• "Disputes about links can be addressed through the normal dispute-resolution process, particularly at the external links noticeboard."--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:04, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Glad we came to an agreement with the DMOZ link! --Ronz (talk) 20:13, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Me as well. I know WP has policies, but I think we can ignore all rules here. Many may look in WP first for a list of online directories. That is far better than getting all the spam from google for them. I added their postal code list to the postal code article. You may wish to spam check the other 3 links there.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:22, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Please fill out our brief Teahouse survey

Hello fellow Wikipedian, the hardworking hosts and staff at WP:Teahouse would like your feedback!

We have created a brief survey intended to help us understand the experiences and impressions of veteran editors who have participated on the Teahouse. You are being selected to participate in our survey because you edited the Teahouse Questions or Guests pages some time during the last few months.

Click here to be taken to the survey site.

The survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete. We really appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to your next vist to the Teahouse!

Happy editing,

J-Mo, Teahouse host

This message was sent via Global message delivery on 01:11, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Finally. Someone calls me a veteran instead of a fucking newbie.--Canoe1967 (talk) 12:54, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Deleting talk page comments

This was inappropriate. My post there was a discussion of the sources and the way a COI editor should approach editing the article. Don't do that again. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 05:43, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

"My edits (the ones you reverted) were not coatracking. I intend to be rigorous about the COI issue." <--This seems to be a statement made by an editor that doesn't seem to focus on the article and just focuses on another editor.--Canoe1967 (talk) 06:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

re this, please see WP:REDACT. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:33, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

• Stay on topic: Talk pages are for discussing the article, not for general conversation about the article's subject (much less other subjects). Keep discussions focused on how to improve the article. Irrelevant discussions are subject to removal.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

The comments from Abhayakara and Nomoskedasticity that you deleted do not meet any of the criteria listed in WP:TPOC. The comments were about whether a particular text needs to be in the article and thus were entirely relevant.

In Misplaced Pages:Talk page guidelines, the section titled "How to use article talk pages" tells you what you should add. The section titled "Editing comments --> Others' comments" tells you what you can and cannot remove. That section starts by saying "Editing—or even removing—others' comments is sometimes allowed. But you should exercise caution in doing so, and normally stop if there is any objection." The above comment by Nomoskedasticity is clearly an objection. You should respond by indicating that you will not do it again. Also, please follow WP:REDACT. --Guy Macon (talk) 18:37, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

There seems to be a clash in WP policies then. One says that they are subject to removal (the same as irrelevant material in articles). At this point we should use the 'discuss cycle' to reach consensus on whether I can remove all irrelevant material, just mine, or none at all.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Given what these guidelines say about others' objections, I think it's reasonable to anticipate that others are likely to object. If you really want to remove your comments -- and certainly if you want to remove others' comments -- my suggestion is that you ask those affected first. You appear to do good work here in other respects and I don't want bad blood between us -- my suggestion is meant as genuinely constructive. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 19:08, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

I agree that the wording is confusing, and I believe that Canoe1967's removal was in good faith, although I disagree with his conclusion. I have asked for clarification at Misplaced Pages talk:Talk page guidelines#"Irrelevant discussions are subject to removal". --Guy Macon (talk) 19:16, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

• (ec)@Nomoskedasticity - I will avoid that article if I can and sorry if my edits seemed wrong to many. I can well understand why editors need to go off topic to help the discussion and article. It just isn't a thing that I normally do. You are a good editor and I hope we can just drop this with no bad blood.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:26, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

I have a similar objection to your recent edits to the Magnotta talkpage. This wasn't even a sentence, let alone a claim. I get your general point, but I think you're taking it a bit too far here. If you must edit, keep other people's replies to what you're editing in mind. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Too mention the video as relating to a BLP is a violation of policy. There is no RS that confirms he had anything to do with the video.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:08, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, but there's a big difference between someone claiming "Magnotta is the murderer in that murder video" in the article and someone typing the words "view magnotta murder video" (presumably intended as a question) on a talk page. Your intentions seem good, but I think you overestimate the defamatory effects of something so minor as this. We certainly do not need to verify our talk page comments with reliable sources! Anyway, I've changed it and you've said you're fine with the change, so we're cool. As for me adding the bit about changing it and the reason why, this is encouraged by talk page guidelines and was done in the interest of transparency. I would strongly advise you to NOT edit any more comments by others unless there is consensus on whether and how to do so. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:21, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Sondra Locke

The following is meant to be a helpful/friendly note, so I hope you take it that way. I urge caution to you when it comes to "agreeing" and engaging in converse with brand new editors whose first edits are at Sondra Locke. It has been a very contentious space for quite a while, mostly due to the high number of sock puppets that have been there. In the two or three years since the issues initially began, Excuseme99 has appeared with no less than 10 socks to "defend" and "agree" with his earlier opinions. Please do not misunderstand me, I am not accusing you of meat or sock puppetry with your most recent edits -- but I am urging you to proceed with caution. Thanks. Erikeltic 18:01, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

I doubt it is another sock or meat of the other socks. I still expect Rovi to change their date. I have sent their legal dept. an email recently which totals two sent to Rovi. I have yet to hear back from the publisher of the book. It does seem strange that I received prompt emails back from the sources that state 1944 and that the 1947 ones seem to just STFU. Although they may be just being thorough about their source checks before they respond. On the matter of the original sock. I went back in their edit histories and did find a few edits that were improvements to other articles and later reverted by admin after the investigation. They were good edits and I may just add the diffs to the talk pages and see if another editor wants to re-add them so I can avoid all the bullshit that I had to go through before.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:20, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

So... let me get this straight. You're planning to re-add material of a indefinitely banned editor? You may be new to wikipedia, but that would constitute editing on behalf of banned editors. Furthermore, you really, really need to understand that your emails to various people constitutes original research and is therefore pointless. If you genuinely want to improve the article, I suggest you familiarize yourself with WP policies, rather than trying to rewrite the rules to make work that which won't. At this point I'll just take it back to the talk page, as my friendly note has very clearly fallen on deaf ears. Erikeltic 21:01, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

If it is good (RS) material that improves/expands the article, I see no reason not to add it back. I think admin just erred on the side of caution when they removed it. I will check the sources, discuss on talk pages, and possibly have other editors do the edit. The articles may have changed too much to just paste in as it was. Asking a source to check its source and possibly change it is not OR. She was not born in both years, and it would be nice to have all sources agree on one year. The book can not be changed until a new addition is printed but the publishing company may find another way to correct it publicly.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:47, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The luckiest man in Iraq

The article The luckiest man in Iraq has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

An article on a non-notable video, used in a military press-conference like hundreds of other videos from aircraft targeting pods and probably fails WP:NOTNEWS as well.

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 {{proposed deletion/dated}} 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 {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. MilborneOne (talk) 20:08, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Machine translated articles

Please don't create articles using machine translations as you did with Viktor Bulla, they are really too poor to be of any real use, especially when you don't even do it properly and create and article filled with s and s and untranslated sentences. WP:TRANSLATION describes the correct procedure, please follow it in future--Jac16888 17:12, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I have the top third done and was hoping others could help. I had started it in my user space a while ago and thought I would move it to mainspace for others to finish. It seems all my work is being fucked up by a bunch of assholes that stalk me and mess up my edits. I will probably just edit at ref and help desks now or just leave wp altogether. I can't believe wp has so many childish editors that are allowed to power trip, bullshit the policies and admin and get their way like whining children.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:22, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Oh I'm sorry, do you try and deal with the hundreds of terribly translated articles that people create then leave for someone else to fix? No? Must just be me then. Like I said, if you can't do it yourself then follow the instructions at WP:TRANSLATION instead of creating such a poor article--Jac16888 17:27, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

The s and s aren't rocket science. They match the ref numbers and the untranslated sentences are just repeats of the english translation beside them. If I edit the article I am sure a few assholes will just show up and make a mess. They will prob add a delete tag to it because they are too lazy to do the simple fixes. It does add to the project, but it seems many don't think any edit I do does.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:35, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

So these assholes? They're too lazy to do the fixes that you didn't bother to do when you created the article in the first place? What does that make you then?--Jac16888 17:37, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I am willing to do it, but I am sure they will come along and fuck it up somehow. I will give it a day or so to make sure they don't slap a delete tag on it and delete all my edits with it.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:43, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Rob de Luca picture

please read why I keep removing this pic, follow the history and you'll find the story behind it. If you have any newer free pic of Rob De Luca,, you're welcome to suggest it to him and post it, if he agrees. Contact Lovemberrecords.com for approval!

Thanks, Moonslide (talk) 13:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2012

Template:Z10

Canoe1967 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Consensus was not reached. Most editors are sleeping now including at least two more that disagree with the current image. Other editors have pushed the issue in the meantime. Canoe1967 (talk) 06:07, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Your claims that this image violates BLP are absolutely unfounded, as several people tried to explain to you on the article's talk page. Max Semenik (talk) 08:19, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

I can't believe this bullshit. The way wp treats BLPs is atrocious. I wouldn't be suprised if a bunch get together and file a class action suit in Florida. I may be first in line to gather evidence for them.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:13, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

@MaxSem:

While it is not likely to be a harmful image, the BLP policy is clear: "Contentious material about living persons (or recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion. Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing."

On Talk, Canoe1967 made a claim that the image violated some portion of WP:BLP and summarily removed it. Other editors reverted the image. This seemed to turn into an edit war over the inclusion of the image. Seems like this was poorly handled and not quite in line with how the BLP policy says to handle it. We may not always immediately see what another editor sees and a couple of the other editors in their edit summaries said "Reverted good faith edits by Canoe1967" (although this appears to be part of a templated response by Twinkle). Point being if they are willing to claim the edits were in good faith, why were they going against BLP guidelines and reverting without a consensus having been established? -- Avanu (talk) 18:44, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

There were two editors with COIs. Every established editor on BLPN, the editor's talk page, and the article's talk page soundly rejected there was a BLP issue. --NeilN 18:48, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

It didn't appear that there was a conclusive consensus established. While I can't see a big deal with the picture, I don't think you can just say "I don't see a problem. Done deal." if someone raises a BLP concern. What I can see from the edit history is people edit warring over something that didn't need an edit war. If the image is gone for a day, how much does that hurt anything? Why did it have to be rushed? -- Avanu (talk) 19:09, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know where this COI bullshit is coming from. The BLP requested an updated image. An editor uploaded one under fair-use. It was speedy deleted and the image that can possibly affect his career was placed back in and I kept removing it. I have sent an email to the BLP since my block to request a better free image and he is working on getting us one. I see no reason why we can't remove the existing image until the new one arrives. We could include both in that case.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:59, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

The COI is that you are in contact with the subject and editing on their behalf. Fair use images cannot be used when free images are available. If the subject wants to use a different image, have them place it in the public domain and then suggest the change on the talk page and be fully up front that it is their request (declaring the COI).--v/r - TP 21:06, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

I only contacted the BLP after I was blocked. Some editors should read more closely. If you and others wish BLPs to look bad on wp then you may end up in deep, brown holes. See the image issue below as well. We are not in a hurry here. To have editors blocked for copy vio of images within minutes without waiting for OTRS is total bullshit. The uploaders are responsible for the images, not other editors.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:27, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Concern re possible legal threat

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. - SummerPhD (talk) 18:21, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

What a joke that was. Just like that fucked up SPI that other editors tried on me. I still don't know why editors are stalking my edits and articles created and trying to piss me off. I even gave you huge assistance in a BLP article that you were alone in trying to fix. Not even a thank you for that. I still find this bullshit totally unbelievable. I will continue to edit but probably only in ref and help desks where some other petty, power-tripping editors are far below the line of any decent input.--Canoe1967 (talk) 14:53, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Thanks for your help, just a question or 2 left. Bluefist 01:29, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Request for Luckiest Man in Iraq Video

Thank you for contacting me at the Canadian Forces Base North Bay Misplaced Pages page. Our air force base does not hold a copy of the video. Because the video deals with an event in Iraq, a theatre of operations that the Canadian Forces did not participate in, I doubt that a high-quality copy exists anywhere within our military. Best wishes in your search.22WHERO (talk) 12:20, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Minor COI Edit Request

Hi, you may remember me, you implemented some minor editors for me to the Peabody Energy article because I have a WP:COI. I have another minor edit proposal for the page. In the info box it currently says Gregory H. Boyce is the company's "President and CEO" when technically his title is "Chairman and CEO" which you can see here. If you agree with the edit, can you please change the title to say Chairman and CEO? Thanks. Namk48 (talk) 17:54, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Canoe1967 (talk)

"for another week"?

Heck, it could be a fortnight or more! --Orange Mike | Talk 21:29, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Ooops. Could you; as admin change my edit summary to reflect that? I wouldn't want to cause any confusion. Perhaps use the term '14 days or more' in case some don't know what a fortnight is?--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:38, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

COI

Could I trouble you to try to explain this? Are you implying that I have a COI w/rt Roach? If so, I'll insist that you provide evidence. Since I don't have a COI on that article and you won't be able to provide evidence, I would strongly advise not repeating that edit. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:15, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

"I intend to be rigorous about the COI issue." <--This seems to be a statement made by an editor that doesn't seem to focus on the article and just focuses on another editor. I would consider this as COI toward an editor and not the article. I offered to help you before on the article an you basically told me to fuck off. With an attitude like that I can see why you are alone with it now.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:34, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Lisa Gerrard picture dispute.

Hi Canoe. I noticed you reverted my last edit on the article. I'm not going to edit war, or argue with anyone about the whole ordeal, since you have good faith. But the picture you cropped is actually the bad one, and its already on the article. The original one may be kind-of bad, but at least you can see her whole face. I hope you understand, and hopefully the dispute would end :}

Tribal44 (talk) 03:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

That image looks like shit! I assume you know nothing about photography. You have had another editor banned because the BLP agrees that it is a shit image. If you want a BLP to look like shit in a wp article then you will have a hard time finding others to back you up.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Hey, no need to be rude. Just pointing out the facts there, buddy. And apparently you're such an expert on photography, why don't YOU pick out another image you think its so great, huh??

Tribal44 (talk) 03:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

Rude my fucking ass. You are the rude one that reverts edits on 'possible' copy vio that are still in OTRS. The uploader is responsible for the image not other editors. When that image passes OTRS I am going to laugh long and hard. Did you even bother to read the image page on commons? We are not in a hurry here. To block an editor, delete an image, and edit war like children, all within minutes is total bullshit.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:33, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You are being rude by cussing me out for reporting a user who kept uploading COPYVIO IMAGES WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED! I'm trying to be civil and you just want a fight, which you aren't getting one anyways. Get that stick out of your butt and pay attention. Good lord.

Tribal44 (talk) 03:43, 11 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

How do you know they are copy vio? Someone slapped a tag on an image that is still in OTRS. You may wish to look at that system closer. I don't know why this wikidrama keeps bleeding over to commons where most wp assholes lose very quickly. I still don't know why you were in such a hurry to bully the the other editor and their image. Again, all within minutes. Why does no one have any patience on wp? You did not upload the image, commons will deal with any possible copy vio, you just seem to be another focused bully that doesn't like it when others tell them to shut up and fuck off.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Look at the link here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Lisagerrard01.jpg It was from another webpage. Now tell me that is copyvio.

I'm not bullying anybody. I think you are butthurt over the fact that I reported that user for something they knew was wrong and kept doing it. You need to keep on your wiki facts there.

Tribal44 (talk) 04:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

That is another joke. If you would take the time to pop over to commons you may notice that 90% of wp editors wonder why they can't upload every image they find on the net that doesn't have a copyright watermark on it. They are a new editor and they were bullied to the point of being blocked without anyone even trying to explain it to them. If I had been involved earlier I would have set them straight with a simple 'Learn the copyright shit!' type statement instead of playing edit war, image tag, block editor games with them.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:30, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Oversight request

It has been done. Daniel Case (talk) 05:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you.

Truce? :}

Tribal44 (talk) 08:13, 16 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

Lol ok. And I believe David Bowie is a lyric baritone. It was on the page, but it somehow got taken down.

Tribal44 (talk) 18:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

No, I don't. But I do get what you are saying. He does perform mostly in the lyric baritone range. Sometimes in the dramatic range, lol.

Tribal44 (talk) 23:15, 18 July 2012 (UTC)Tribal44

List of shopping malls in India

That's harsh. Lets not bite the newcomers --Anbu121 (talk me) 06:56, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Rangers FC Dispute

hiya,

i wish it was that simple but you have two sets of opposite biased editors one who wont accept to say the club could be alive and the other who wont accept the cub could be dead and they wont accept a medium ground hence the need to go to request for comment next to get uninvolved editors like yourself for input but it isn't live yetAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 08:33, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

unfortnally neither side is willing to comp

yes a relible source has been posted a few infact but any edit request is opposed because there no consensus, its been at ani but the admins dnt want to get involved one did and beraged with talkj posts saying this a scandel type things. i am hoping the request for comment will get more neutral with no knowledge or bias editors like yourself who will review it with the sources and make a consensus--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 18:18, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Let's try to resolve this

You have claimed several times that I once told you to get lost (and other less restrained versions of the same thing). Could you please provide a diff, so that if I have something to apologize for I can do so? I recall requesting that you abide by TPO and REDACT, but I don't recall saying anything like get lost. If I did, please remind me with a diff. thanks. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 21:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I couldn't be bothered to waste any more time on your childish antics. You are spewing crap in every dispute forum you can find on the matter. I hope you continue to waste your time on that article because this will prevent you from pissing off editors in other ones.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:09, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, that's lovely. Since you won't/can't find a diff, I'll hope not to see the accusation repeated. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 21:12, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Kile Glover death on Usher

Hi, Canoe! Thanks for making the edit. But I left you a reply on the Usher talk page because you only completed part of my edit request. Thanks again. --76.189.114.180 (talk) 01:22, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:28, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! --76.189.114.180 (talk) 01:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Far better response than I get from other IP edit requests.--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:35, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Re:WTF

I have no idea looks to me like he/she is new when it comes to these type of articles, I put a message about article ownership on the talkpage. If the editor continues to cause trouble just give warnings. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:12, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

No problem =) Have a good day (Or night depends on where ya are). - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:19, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding.

--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:21, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Your email request

Done. A curious history, seeing the edit a few minutes later by the same IP. JohnCD (talk) 21:50, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

"strange"

The witness, Holmes, is not a reliable source, neither is media that repeats his statements. The word "strange" clearly involves an interpretation of facts. Mfhiller (talk) 21:00, 24 July 2012 (UTC)mfhiller

2012 Aurora shootings

Hello. This edit you made to 2012 Aurora shootings caused a lot of problems. When you originally made that edit, you removed the source that supported the entire paragraph. When I attempted to merge the content from the Colorado section back, it had a different source that no longer supported the material and led to the deletion of the entire paragraph. In the future, please do not remove sources like this, even if you think it is repeating material. Viriditas (talk) 01:25, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Paris Hilton

The image you just added to the Paris article is from 2011, not from 2008.EricaL2003 (talk) 20:54, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Look: http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Paris+Hilton/NBC+Universal+2011+Winter+TCA+Press+Tour+Star/Ikr_c4U1KsZ EricaL2003 (talk) 20:56, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

That picture would be a perfect one for the "early life" section - putting it alongside the part where we talk about her family. What do you think?EricaL2003 (talk) 21:12, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I think it's ok, it's actually pretty cool. EricaL2003 (talk) 21:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Removal of POV tag

Moved to Talk:Gun laws in Colorado--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:12, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I've deleted it. As you were previously informed, per talk page guidelines, you did not have my permission to move my comments. Feel free to brush up on Misplaced Pages:Refactoring talk pages, Misplaced Pages:Talk page guidelines, and Misplaced Pages:Civility, all of which you have violated. Viriditas (talk) 03:17, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I've deleted my comments for a second time. If you add it again for a third time, I'll remove it again and file a noticeboard report. Again, I told you that I did not want my comments moved to that page. You are, of course, free to do whatever you like on your user page, including deleting my comments. But, you cannot move my comments wherever you want. Viriditas (talk) 03:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Wim Crusio

Good point, but bad analogy. The pea guy wasn't editing his own Misplaced Pages page. Crusio is.

WP:COI edits are allowed. If other editors wish to cite policy/guidelines they are allowed to seek consensus. Making inane, childish comments on the talk pages of articles and users does not help the project though.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:46, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

ANI notice

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. —Viriditas (talk) 04:20, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

RE: helpdesk

Hi! I posted a permalink on the talkpage. Is this OK? I did chose to "collapse" the discussion using the {{hat}}-template, if you don't want it to be collapsed just tell me and I'll remove the template. Arcandam (talk) 04:32, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Courtesy 3RR warning

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware, Misplaced Pages's policy on edit warring states:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made; that is to say, editors are not automatically "entitled" to three reverts.
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.

• 04:01, 29 July 2012 -Removed a blatant BLP issue.--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:10, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
• 01:27, 29 July 2012 -Removed a template that was WP:POINT--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:10, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
• 19:31, 28 July 2012 -Removed a very sloppy, incoherent, edit and replaced the good material in the next edit.--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:10, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

If you persist, one of us is going to get reported, and it's not going to be me. Viriditas (talk) 08:52, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Why can't you WP:STICK? Are you going to piss off more editors and admin with your POV now by dragging me to another ANI? You may wish to read WP:PETARD--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:10, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

"If you are involved in a dispute with someone, try to discuss matters with the other person via their talk page. If they won't cooperate, seek dispute resolution. Try to avoid reporting someone for administrator intervention when you are angry; wait until you are calm and then think about whether the report is appropriate. If you do report someone, be sure you are at the correct noticeboard and read the rules of the board before making your report. Finally, consider whether your own actions in the matter have been entirely blameless."--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

MfD nomination of Misplaced Pages:Gun debates in article space

Misplaced Pages:Gun debates in article space , a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Gun debates in article space and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Misplaced Pages:Gun debates in article space during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Viriditas (talk) 19:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

As a result of the discussion the page has been moved to User:Canoe1967/Gun debates in article space. Hut 8.5 17:03, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

ANI

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Arcandam (talk) 04:45, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Re: Infantry service

Thank you for your service and dedication to your home country. Viriditas (talk) 07:33, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. The only reason I left is because the pay sucked.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:39, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Posting comments in comments

Unfortunately posting comments inside other comments quickly becomes confusing. In this edit you signed the sentence "Or this one?", but I wrote it. In the most recent edit its almost impossible to determine who wrote what. Please don't put your comments inside mine. Thanks in advance, Arcandam (talk) 08:04, 30 July 2012 (UTC) p.s. I am bored, I am going to do something else for a while.

Then please don't ask me questions I can't answer for you according to format policies. Format them in a way I can or don't bother asking them.--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:13, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

You can answer below my comment. Duh. Arcandam (talk) 18:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

You can sign each question in place, so I can answer them in place. Otherwise is looks very confusing as to which ones I am answering. Duh!--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:35, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Re: Out of colons

This article is being discussed for pre-deletion. If you wish to discuss intermediate deletion, full AfD, pre-rename, or pre-merge please select the appropriate template. Only Paris Hilton may remove this tag.

When that happens, you can use {{outdent}} Viriditas (talk) 10:01, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I have used those often. I will wait for others to respond though. I think a discussion by only three people on the delete page, the article talk page, 2 times at a laughable ANI, my talk page, other article talk pages, Jimbo's talk page, 3 pages on commons, 2 on meta, Paris Hilton's face book, Obama's twitter, the Popes Sunday mass, etc, etc. is fine for a while. If you come up with any valid points at all I would be interested in how others will respond to them, but I don't think I will be responding to your repeats over, and over, and over, and over after I give you the same valid answers, over, and over, and over, and over.

--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:13, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Policies and guidelines

Please read Misplaced Pages:Policies and guidelines. I'm making this request because you truly believe the personal essay you are writing could actually be elevated to a policy. I'm sorry to have to tell you this (but it will save you some time) that's completely impossible. Viriditas (talk) 06:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

It may also help if you read Misplaced Pages:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays. Viriditas (talk) 06:24, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I feel I have answered this at least 10 times already, here, here, my talk page, the article talk page, etc, etc.. Why do you keep asking over and over. Drop the stick, walk away from the horse, take the article and my talk page off your watch list, and ignore them all if you don't like them. You and User:Arcandam seem to be focused on other editors judging by your recent contribs. If you have a problem with an editor it will not help by stalking them all over WMF and hampering their efforts in the project. I have spent more time defending my work from your improper deletion request than actually improving it. You both repeat the same questions, I keep giving the same answers. Much of the time within seconds you repeat another question and never allowing others to have any input. I have said the same to User:Arcandam: Drop the stick, walk away from the horse, take the article and my talk page off your watch list, and ignore them all if you don't like them. The article consists of policy therefore it is policy that can be followed. There is no POV on how to follow it so it is not truly an essay. It is a work in flux that others are free to edit, add examples, and offer ways to follow the said policies. If you keep bothering my talk page with more entries like this I feel I may have to formally ask you both to stay off my talk page and never come back--Canoe1967 (talk) 06:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

us

us meaning: User talk:Sensei48, User:HammerFilmFan, and myself. I have only had one interaction with Sensei48 that I can think of when they reverted an edit of mine and HammerFilmFan is similar except I may have responded to them on article talk pages. With Sensei48 you decided for some reason to join us on her talk page about the revert. With HammerFilmFan you filed a 3RR on one revert they did of mine plus some IP reverts. That 3RR was declined. With me this list is incredible if admin wishes to do a checkuser on your edits and mine they may feel as I do that you seem to be hounding me all over en:wp as well as User:Arcandam. It is very difficult for 'us' do do anything when other editors act like this.--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:12, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Canoe, if you won't fix a problem you introduced into the article, then I'm forced to escalate the matter. I'm sorry you feel hounded, but if you continue to ignore these issues when they are raised, then I will have to ask others to look at them. Since, you refuse to fix the problem, that's what I have to do. Your summary of Hammer's 4RR in 24 hours indicates that there's still a major communication problem. Viriditas (talk) 08:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I have asked for consensus for it on the talk page. If you would take your time to read the correct forum for issues like this I would not have to keep answering you on the wrong page.--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:23, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Again, local consensus does not at any time override or supersede core polices. NPOV and our other policies are clear on this. We don't replace the name of a source with a generic term. That you persist in this kind of disruption is troubling. I'm going to start composing my report. Viriditas (talk) 08:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Did you even follow the wikilink? Pew Research Center, I may just speedy it for a few reasons that I think it is guilty of.--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Canoe, I feel some responsibility for your behavior. I want to apologize for stressing you out. I'll try and give you some breathing room. Again, I'm sorry. BTW, feel free to speedy PEW. It might be a good learning experience for you. Talk to you in a few days. Viriditas (talk) 10:15, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

L@L

"The dog is dust, the carrier was firewood, the car is probably part of my beer can now."

Thank you, I enjoyed that. Belchfire-TALK 02:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Most of the time my sense of humour gets bad response from editors who have none.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Astray template

Please check Misplaced Pages:Help desk#New astray template when you get back (actually it may well be at Misplaced Pages:Help desk/Archives/2012 August 1#New astray template by then). In the mean time, I have struck out your use of it at Talk:Olympic Park, London. BigNate37_(T) 05:11, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request for Serbia

I have an issue with this. Just because an edit is "minor" does not mean it should not be done, nor is it appropriate to make someone ask at the help desk. (Especially when it is minor!) The help desk is for asking questions about using Misplaced Pages. When it's a simple matter of "Let's do edit X to article Y", that's why article talk pages are there. BigNate37_(T) 15:49, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Unhelpful

Hi,
What on earth were you thinking?. If somebody requests help, just telling them "I want to reduce the list of requests for help so I'm going to cross this one off the list but if you actually need help, meh, you'll have to figure it out for yourself now" is deeply unhelpful, a waste of everybody's time, and a rather kafkaesque way to bite the newbies. bobrayner (talk) 17:50, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Gun debates in article space

I just saw your note on my talk. I don't understand what this page is supposed to be about. Can you explain? -Stevertigo (t | c) 04:58, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Ways to improve Billion Dollar Gift and Mutual Aid

Thanks for creating Billion Dollar Gift and Mutual Aid, Canoe1967!

Misplaced Pages editor Kieranian2001 has tagged the page as having some issues to fix. In addition, they wrote this note for you:

reviewed needs style.

The tags on the page can be removed by you or another editor when the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on Kieranian2001's talk page.

Learn more about page curation.

User:Canoe1967/Template/astray

I disabled the active MfD tag at User:Canoe1967/Template/astray as the nomination was not complete. If you want to delete it, you can just add a {{db-u1}} tag to it. Monty₈₄₅ 18:11, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Got the screenshots

The New Search Bar
Copies-2, at the talk page of the other two involved···Vanischenu/_Talk」 16:22, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Followup RFC to WP:RFC/AAT now in community feedback phase

Hello. As a participant in Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Abortion article titles, you may wish to register an opinion on its followup RFC, Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Abortion advocacy movement coverage, which is now in its community feedback phase. Please note that WP:RFC/AAMC is not simply a repeat of WP:RFC/AAT, and is attempting to achieve better results by asking a more narrowly-focused, policy-based question of the community. Assumptions based on the previous RFC should be discarded before participation, particularly the assumption that Misplaced Pages has or inherently needs to have articles covering generalized perspective on each side of abortion advocacy, and that what we are trying to do is come up with labels for that. Thanks! —chaos5023 20:26, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

2012 gang rape & BLP

Hi, I don't understand this edit by you. The source, which is reliable, clearly states the charges being faced. I know that WP:BLP is a minefield at the best of times but this seems not to be speculative. Well, it is not speculative if you understand Indian English. Could you perhaps clarify, as I'm presuming some sort of WP:CRYSTAL might underly your quote of BLP. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 03:21, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

With current events that are still unfolding it is best to remove contentenious material then seek consensus as to what if any should be added back. Possibly facing charges is wp:crystal, yes.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:26, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

It is not contentious. The only contention is whether the charges will become more serious (ie: murder). As for the "suspects", there is a thread on the talk page that explains the problem relating to the infobox template - "suspects" vs "accused". These named people are in the Indian criminal justice system, no-one else is being sought, some have already admitted guilt/complicity etc. I think that in this instance you are being over-cautious and, believe me, I am usually cautious <g> Maybe we should take this to the article talk page? It being 0330 here, I'm off to bed shortly anyway but, honestly, unless you want to strip all the names etc out of the thing then this looks like a well-intentioned but poor application of BLP. - Sitush (talk) 03:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I'll copy this entire thread over to the article talk page. My apologies for raising it here - it really is not the best venue, and I suspect it may end up at WP:BLPN. - Sitush (talk) 03:34, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you Canoe1967 for your help in getting us started!!! James W. Pickens 22:25, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Re:The Little Mermaid

Thanks for adding the image to the article! I was too hasty in removing it. I thought that an image of a similar statue might be confusing, but I can see that it aides the "copies" section. -- Hazhk 02:02, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. I hope we can find more detail on the controversy for either article. It seems the images of the real one are up for deletion in commons. I think the copyright holders enjoy filing legal actions. They may yet file one on WMF. I would rather we avoid spending our WMF funds on defense lawyers though. It may be cheapest to just delete them.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, the best thing to do with images in commons is simply delete them. The article must have gone thought ten different images over the past few years, and the current licensing on the main image is the only one acceptable. The Eriksen family must be making a lot of money from aggressively suing what they see as infringement. -- 11:49, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Hazhk

Reply

I have replied to you on Talk:Duck. Henrib736 (talk) 02:08, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

It was recently removed from Misplaced Pages:Most vandalized pages so it may be safe to edit with your changes. Many will agree it should have a section like that, but many won't. If they give you a hard time like they try with me then you can either fight back or walk away.I doubt anyone will lose an eye.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:47, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, Thank you. Henrib736 (talk) 03:09, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Moshe Friedman

Am aware of what makes a Rabbi and also aware that comments are being scrubbed from legit sources. The article they use where they say he is a rabbi if you click the link it says he's not a rabbi. They deny the holocaust in their very post.68.174.123.10 (talk) 10:42, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

The defintion of Rabbi is very broad. He seems to meet our wikipedia definition. In that case no editor can remove the term from the article. It will just cause edit wars and blocks.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

So at least make the article accurate. They are using obscure newspapers rather than stating what chief rabbi of israel said about him and wiki sources.68.174.123.10 (talk) 10:50, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Canoe, this IP is a self confessed sock Darkness Shines (talk) 10:51, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

abuse@rr.com then? I think I will go back to the duck article and edit war there. Far more important to the project.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Jennifer Graylock for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jennifer Graylock is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Jennifer Graylock until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. JFHJr (㊟) 23:01, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Canoe1967, per The Thin Blue Line (emblem)

Hi Canoe1967,

Sorry to revert you, but I did some clean up of this article, and an IP reverted all the changes without an edit summary so I reverted him and went to the talk page. Hopefully we can work something out. Do you think this article should even be kept? Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 03:09, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I just saw your last edit summary. I am sorry about that. --Malerooster (talk) 03:12, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Moshe Friedman

I understand that you are an involved editor in a content dispute on this article, however can you please explain how this revision relates to controversial information that requires consensus. I am coming over to this article in response to a merge discussion, and would like to help you guys work out the problems with this article. Tiggerjay (talk) 17:39, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

No worries. I will probably have time this afternoon to take a closer, critical look at the article to work to improve it. Tiggerjay (talk) 19:37, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Also next time, please be sure to assume good faith before you make such blatant personal attacks like you did here. Tiggerjay (talk) 19:50, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

2012 Delhi gang rape case

Hi, I have mentioned you on the talk page Talk:2012_Delhi_gang_rape_case#Teek_hain --sarvajna (talk) 04:07, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Canon 500D

Hello, Canoe, and happy new year. I wanted to ask you about your camera in connection with that fake photo. I've never had a Canon DSLR so I'm not sure what it does if you screw on a lens that's not programmed into it. Say a teleconverter and a telescope. Does it still measure the F-number and focal length somehow? BadaBoom (talk) 10:00, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

You noticed that 0 mm lens and 0 f-stop as well I see. I don't know how the camera got that. I will try to take a picture with no lens in the daylight and see what the EXIF data reads. I have a new 300mm Vivitar lens that I haven't tried yet as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:07, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's exactly what I meant, thank you. :-) I know that DSLRs don't "see" some lenses and you have to go to MF with them. But I'm not sure how the camera records the data. Please let me know how your experiment turns out. Nice lens btw. :-) BadaBoom (talk) 10:13, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Hal Erickson

You recently added a birth year to his article. Any editor can remove this as unsourced but I didn't. Do you have a reliable source for it?--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:47, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately nothing special. But look here and here. -- Doc Taxon (talk) 14:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for January 11

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Misplaced Pages appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited The Attic (restaurant), you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages CBC and George Barris (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:21, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Opt-out instructions? No way! I like telling you hoser-bots off on my talk page. Get suffed, hoser-bot!--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:27, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Charles Marega

Let's see what can be done. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 19:42, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

HI Canoe1967, thanks for welcoming me back. I have received both your messages (on my WIkimedia and Misplaced Pages account). While you were writing me, I also had asked the question with the copyrights village pump (per the suggestion in the help desk), which you can find here.

Great to hear that it's no problem uploading the logo to the English Misplaced Pages under the Fair Use Rationale. I've done it before with various album covers, so I will do it once I have a nice 300px version of the logo ready (in a couple of days). I think that in the mean time, I will look into the question of the copyrighting/trademarking a little more. Is it okay for me to contact you should I have any questions? Should everything run smoothly, I will at least keep you posted on whether it worked ;-) --Eddyspeeder (talk) 18:59, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

SarahStierch (talk) 00:18, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

hi, here is the siris search for John Weaver ; here is a photo of the artist on a blog . because the artist is deceased, you can use a "fair use" photo that you upload here at english wikipedia (use upload file in the toolbox). 198.24.31.118 (talk) 20:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I managed to upload a good cropped image under fair use. I hope to get more images of his sculptures though.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:33, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

The Drop (sculpture)

I posted a few more links on the talk page, but have you come across any other sources? I figure expanding the article with one source per day should get the article GAN-ready in no time! --Another Believer _(Talk) 23:37, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for January 18

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Misplaced Pages appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Elek Imredy, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Hungarian (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:04, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Erin Brockovich (film)

Just seeking your opinion on the now rewritten -scientific accuracy- section. Boundarylayer (talk) 01:46, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

User:MartinPoulter/Scottish_Economic_Society

Hello Canoe, and thanks for your quick response. With all the controversy about COI editing, WP being used for PR campaigns, Jimbo telling people not to edit in mainspace when they have a COI etc., I'd like to take up your offer to move to mainspace, even though it's a small, uncontroversial article. I've taken your advice and used search to find places to redlink it from. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 19:15, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry about COI edits to the main page. Being a charitable.org it isn't as crucial as a company article or blp. Just don't use colourful words, promotional material, etc. Keep it nice and dry/boring and Jimbo won't block or email us about it.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:21, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations!

You have been awarded the seldom coveted Thumbs Up Award for speedily coming to the rescue (in a canoe, no less) of another editor who was floundering in a sea of formatting confusion. Life is good, and it is even better with folks such as you around. Carptrash (talk) 19:03, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your recent insights, I will try them out. Carptrash (talk) 16:58, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:How many Wikipedians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Hi Mr Canoe. Did you forget to add the actual link? (Or would that take many Wikipedians also?) darwin 17:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC).

I used the commons category template as the link.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:07, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

I have

retired from wikipedia for a bit, until I get over (emotionally) this latest copyright thing, but I don't want to be rude about it. I am very curious as to where where you may have seen the two pictures being discussed at my talk page, and look forward to hearing from you on this, or any other subject. Carptrash (talk) 18:17, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Ooops! It may have been flickr.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:29, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's me too. Carptrash (talk) 18:41, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

You should be able to upload the one to commons with template {heir}. I can't see anyone coming out of the woodwork with the other. It does look like a professional shot that was taken by a government photographer though. I don't think regular press were in China at the time. The pilot had sent the photo, so I assume the government gave him at least the one copy.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:48, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Feel free to check my talk page for the details of what other editors think/feel. Carptrash (talk) 19:38, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Celine Dion's Vocal Range

I don't even have much to say about this. It's simple and easy. Her range isn't even about sources. They love exaggerating. One source that tells the truth against three exaggerations. She hits B2- C#6.... B2 is a B note at the second octave in a piano, B3 in the third, B4 in the 4th, B5 in the fifth. from B2 to B5 it's 3 octaves. She then hits a C#6, which is a tone higher. Unless you can show me Celine Dion hitting a B7, it's only logical that her range is that of 3 octaves. So yes, I am getting real. It's simple math. Mariah Carey can hit G#2 and G#7, 5 octaves right there, you can hear it on youtube, a 1 minute video of her singing, it's all 5 octaves. The sources are good and all, but it's simple and logic. I mean, unless you know more about music, then I can surely take your word for it.

Well, actually. First, sorry if I were too snappy. I was going to suggest not even considering her vocal range in the description. Her vocal type? Sure. But a 3 octave vocal range is pretty standard, Whitney Houston, Tamia, Beyonce, Demi Lovato and such. All have 3 octave vocal ranges, one does not need to mention it really. I was correcting it just because it was utterly wrong. However, if you do prefer it being with different sources, I wouldn't mind. I mean, it's annoying because it's just wrong and it's just the media trying to make it seem awesome. They will say oh wow, 5 octaves then go for Mariah and say she has 7 and you know, they just want to write and make people impressed when they don't even know what a 5 octave vocal range really is. So I accept whatever you choose, it being both being mentioned due to sources or it being not mentioned at all. The thing about wikipedia that annoys is how the rules are so...german. It's okay to bend the rules because this is the internet, one non-famous nor completely recognized source can still be reliable because it comes from a specialist.

TUSC token 763853c8e7dbd0ba9894665382433fd8

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Select Medical

I have changed the logo size in the infobox back to 150px . 300px is way too big for an ibox logo and made the ibox overpower the article's lead section.--ukexpat (talk) 16:51, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Dmitri1999

Hello! Your name pops up within this thread at WP/AN. You may wish to comment there. -- Hoary (talk) 05:51, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Fuck off asshole!

• This outburst, and the above comment, are of course completely useless, to put it mildly, and I don't see where it came from. Drmies (talk) 16:53, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Then maybe you should open your eyes. Bullying good contributors into leaving en:wp and commons is total bullshit! It was handled badly and now admin have egg on their faces. Keep up the crap and you may loose access to my photos and images on commons as well. I can't revoke the licences but I can change attribution to show my username on en:wp articles only. --Canoe1967 (talk) 17:47, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Certainly there are better ways to get this across than "fuck you assholes". Unless you don't wish to achieve results. Drmies (talk) 18:02, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps you should have thought of that before acting like assholes and losing a good contributor.

I didn't do anything, and "you" (plural) means "you" (Canoe1967) also. "Fuck off ashole" doesn't do anything to retain anyone, but it seems to me that mopping the kitchen floor will be more productive than this conversation. Drmies (talk) 18:18, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Flickr bidness

Hey Canoe1967. How's it going. Just a note to tell you I've manually uploaded most of the images I want from this collection, there's a couple more, I'll grab them later. To avoid any duplication of effort if you get your tusc thing together. He's got lots more good ones in his other collections, but some aren't labelled... The Interior (Talk) 05:11, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Storm naming controversy for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Storm naming controversy is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Storm naming controversy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.

Thank you!

In less than two minutes, you fixed the problem I reported with the Christopher Jordan Dorner article. Rybec (talk) 04:26, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Seems they tried to delete the PD image over at commons. I re-tagged it as a slower review. It should be able to stay as a PD work by a CA employee.--Canoe1967 (talk) 05:00, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup! I'm still getting used to wikipedia, where it seems the usual revision of my careful work is wholesale deletion of everything I've entered because it doesn't cohere with someone's or some gang's intended narrative. So thank you for the pleasant surprise. Mathematician0 (talk) 04:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Quick note on educational assignment related to Machinima

By now you may have already noticed that a number of students working with me (as their tutor) are exploring ways to improve machinima related pages across Misplaced Pages. The course details are available here. I'm sure that those who interact with you will benefit greatly from your experience and good spirit. Thank you! --ToniSant (talk) 14:22, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

ToniSant (talk) 13:58, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Eyesnore (pending changes) 22:13, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

I would like to call you an ignorant asshole, but wp guidelines frown upon that.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:16, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Jan Mak‎

Did the IP actually claim to be Jan Mak at BLPN? I don't think he did. GiantSnowman 09:39, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, apologies - I knew I'd seen it somewhere. He doesn't claim to be Our Mr. Mak - he doesn't claim to be any Jan Mak at all. We should not take an anon's unsupported claim over a source. GiantSnowman 09:53, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

He doesn't claim to be the Jan Mak we have an article on. He doesn't claim to be called Jan Mak at all. GiantSnowman 10:04, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

I am trying to be as clear as I can - what evidence is there that the IP was talking about the subject of this article? GiantSnowman 10:13, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Plenty of sources say 1948 - see Google - and this one is widely used/respected across Misplaced Pages. GiantSnowman 10:26, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

What an over-reaction, what crap will hit what fan if (and I doubt we have) got the date of birth slightly wrong. GiantSnowman 10:33, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Fuck you are an asshole! Why be such a prick an stuff the wrong date in there just to piss me off!--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:43, 14 February 2013 (UTC)