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==Deletion review for ]==
Even in the article you have provided, it still seems this statistic was provided by Gordon himself. I am yet to see it corroborated by anyone else. The use of the word 'alleged' is appropriate in the circumstance, especially as the video evidence suggests otherwise. --] 02:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a ] of ]. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. <!-- This originally was from the template {{subst:DRVNote|PAGE_NAME}} ~~~~ --> ] (]) 18:48, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
:It's POV-pushing when you don't believe in the 85% figure provided by two independent sources. --] 04:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
==Luca Caputi==
Trade has been verified by Darren Dreger of TSN.ca and Rejean Shero of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Link has been posted on the Penguins home page. http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519736&navid=DL|PIT|home ] (]) 03:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


==Spam== == Tour Dates ==
I noticed your edit and was going to respond but decided against it. However since you have raised the issue:


Why do you keep reverting the tour dates to A Rush of Blood to the Head tour, they are the real dates.--<big>] ]</big> 00:35, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't need you to tell me "what Misplaced Pages is not". I would never, ever add spam to an article. This was a '''talk page''' edit, and while you might argue the same applies I would say not to the same degree. The link I added was largely factual, stating the progress of the campaign "for anyone interested, and who doesn't know". I personally believe this was an exceptional circumstance and that you could find better things to do with your time on the project. Regards, ] 20:41, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
# We don't add details to Misplaced Pages because they're ''true'', we add them if they can be ] by a ]. A fan site lacks proper editorial screening and is not considered a reliable source.
:You can add as many external links as you please on your user page. Doing so on an article or its talk page is designated as spam. I would advise you to keep your ] and owning up to your mistake(s) next time. Cheers. --] 20:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
# We don't add flag icons merely for decorations (]).
::I'll read WP:COOL, maybe you could have a glance at ]? But yes, sorry, the above is unnecessarily confrontational. Regards, ] 21:12, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


:Thanks. --] (]) 18:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
== Ian Brown ==


Alright then, can we please add the dates in ''some'' form instead of deleting them alltogether?--<big>] ]</big> 19:17, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to whip up a quick stub of Ian Brown's single "My Star"? As it currently stands, the song of the same name by ] is still what comes up when one clicks on the link on Brown's article. ] - ] (]) 22:08, 2 October 2006 (UTC)


==Sorry== ==Congrats==
I must say that even though we dont always get along, you do seem to be a good editor of coldplay articles, putting something in Strawberry Swing before I can! :)--<big>] ]</big> 00:25, 28 September 2009 (UTC)


== Flag icons ==
Sorry. I am doing the needful. --] 01:41, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi there. Flag icons were removed from two Depeche Mode touring articles and I can't read anything on ] that states that placing them in such a way (in this case, an article about a concert tour) is inappropriate. I did read the section about using decorative images (]) which recommended disabling the link to the flag icons to improve web usability. Will that suffice? Thanks. (] (]) 21:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC))
:Hello friend. I regret that I blocked you inadvertantly. I am sorry. Would you plese forgive me for my mistake. --] 01:46, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
::Actually I wanted to block ] whom you had reverted for removing the notice from the user page. However, I blocked you instead, which I have lifted. I regret the incidence, and trust that I continue to have your trust. --] 01:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


::I used flag icons in the articles I was editing as a visual cue for the reader, so it is unfair to deem them redundant. Per the appropriate use section of ], icons may ''"aid navigation in long lists or tables of information as some readers can more quickly scan a series of icons due to the visual differences between icon."'' It also suggests that these icons are accompanied by sortable tables, which I plan to do.
== Image:DSC00422.JPG listed for deletion ==
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, ], has been listed at ]. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. ] <small>] ] ]</small> 16:35, 8 October 2006 (UTC)<!-- Template:Idw -->


::The guideline also states ''"Icons '''may''' be purely decorative in the technical sense that they convey no additional useful information and nothing happens when you click on them; but purely decorative icons should still have a '''useful purpose in providing visual cues or layout'''"''.
== What a ] ==


::To my understanding, the ''"do not emphasise nationality without good reason"'' guideline applies to instances where flags are associated with a particular person, or a particular collective of people or organisation. I find it hard to believe that people would assume emphasis on the locations where the tour dates took place. The flags are in seperate columns after all, away (but still adjacent) to the country name. Again, I reiterate my perspective on their utility as a visual cue. (] (]) 21:06, 6 October 2009 (UTC))
You sure are one ] 18:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


== Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe ==
==Blocking ISP 195.93.21.33. ==
Hi. What did you do? Before your modifications the article was perfect. The flag icons were a easier way to navigate through lists of tour dates...
Why do you delete the setlist variations? Also as the flag icons, it were a easy way to find the selist from your city. I don't understand you.
For last, if you want references or sources, please visit the Official Depeche Mode WebSite http://www.depechemode.com/tour/setlists.html<br>
<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 03:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


== Flag Use ==
Would you please unblock this ISP address - it's one used by AOL, so you have managed to block many more than the intended recipient! ] 21:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


Having just read ], I find nothing that edit violates so why do you keep on reverting the edits to ]?--<big>] ]</big> 16:31, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
== The Departed ==
I responded to the comments you left on my talk page about ''The Departed.''] 02:39, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
:Would you please reply to my response on my talk page? You have called my edit "vandalism" and described it in your revert as "bad faith."] 22:12, 18 October 2006 (UTC)


== DM Setlist Variations for TOTU ==
== Pictures ==


As a freelance writer doing work on the band, the setlist variations are incredibly helpful and there are few places on the web that are as comprehensive and as frequently updated as the wikipedia is. The current format is user-friendly as well. If the point of wikipedia is to assist scholars, then the setlist variations, as presented, should be left intact. Perhaps after the tour a cleaner way of presenting material could be worked out (and I agree that the number-crunching stuff regarding how often a song was played is just trainspotting for the sake of). But an "in-progress" tour should be allowed some leeway to organically develop. In any case, it is working for me, as a researcher, the way it is. ] (]) 01:46, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Consider if you don't want to use my pictures, i admit is terrible shot, just delete it if not use in other place. --]] 05:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
:Please refer to ]. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia and just a starting point for research - it is not an almanac (or fan site) recording each and every detail of an event. Fan sites and setlist wikis (like Setlist.fm) contain details that go beyond the scope of Misplaced Pages's coverage. --] (]) 21:06, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
::: Frankly, something like a simple list of songs shouldn't be something that needs ground-up, primary sourced research. I can get verification from people who actually see the shows, but one does have to start somewhere. I am not always sure how well thought out the various guidelines on wiki are. To my mind, you are either organic or you are not. That being said, I appreciate the care you take with your monitoring. It is slightly terrifying but comforting too. (Just a little levity...) ] (]) 01:43, 19 November 2009 (UTC)


==]== == Lyrics ==
I didnt know you could not put lyrics into wikipedia is there a rule that states this? Thanks for future ref(] (]) 17:18, 21 October 2009 (UTC))
There is no need for 4 cleanup boxes on that page, and the "plot" box was in the wrong location anyways. The "Box office" cleanup box was not needed at all, the "cleanup" at the top of the page was unneeded because no rational was given on the talk page and specific cleanup boxes are placed throughout the article so no need to place one at the top. I also just moved "plot" to the proper location. Since I feel that my edits were needed, I have reverted the page back to my edit. --] 03:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
== Title Cards ==
:he page has been listed on ]. Please review that summary before making any further reverts and potentially violating ]. Thanks --] 03:31, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi there I am in need of some advice. Is there a rule in wikipedia that states that TV Series articles absolutely most use a title card. If so I have been talking to someone by the name of Bignole and apparently they often edit articles. But everytime I submit something even if it's minor they change it. And some of the reason's there sending aren't making sense. I've asked them to show me a guideline that explains title cards on main pages but they've sent me nothing. Now, I've made some errors in submitting fan-art and reverting photos and I'm sorry but i don't know what else to do to please this person, Bignole. So I need your help? --JKSarang 03:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::Ok, you wanted the "Cleanup" tag to stay, not sure why you revert my whole edit twice instead just re-adding the tag; so I have again reverted back to my edit and added your "Cleanup" tag back. Also please spare me the 3RR warnings, I can count and as of your warnings I had only reverted the page once, in no way "in danger of violating" the 3RR rule. --] 03:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
:::]. Thanks. --] 03:53, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


== Sorry == == Roman888 ==


Thanks for the reminder you gave Roman888; I really don't want to respond to him at all, and thereby reinforce his petulant behavior. Have you looked at his user page? (not talk page) He's using similar language there. I after this attack, I'm starting to ask myself where we reach a point with him that some sort of action is in order. ] (]) 16:55, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
I am sorry that my SON was writting nonseense on Misplaced Pages, because i use it alot its very useful 4 my teacher knowledge.


: And now, given the below, this has begun to make me a bit uncomfortable with a tone that verges on a threat. ] (]) 21:03, 8 November 2009 (UTC)


== Madchester ==
Thanks


Madchester, thank you for your constructive comments in the discussion page of Kitchen Nightmares. Your arguments have merit, but is entirely unconvincing. Rather than condemning the behaviour of DrMargi and his clique, I will just be gathering lots of evidence of their continuous reverts and report them. Just for your information, I will be taking the matter of Kitchen Nightmares to arbitration (I have already gotten positive feedback from one of the main moderators about the updates) when I have the time and settle this matter once and for all. ] (]) 18:10, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
User of Misplaced Pages/Father
:Per ]... Wiki's not a platform to hold some vendetta against other editors. The tone I see here is one of "getting back" at certain editors for disgareeing with you. That's not approriate behaviour here.... --] (]) 19:24, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
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:: Let me point out to you that there is no personal vendetta here against any individuals, rather a pattern of abuse that can be seen over the course of a few months - the constant reverts and censorship. Rather than discussing the issues, there are automatic reverts and censorship being carried out. Notice that a certain individual keeps coming to your talk page and others' looking for for a shoulder to cry on. Don't you see a pattern of abuse and collusion ....]? ] (]) 21:17, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
If you don't have time to make edits any more, would you please stop editing my talk page? Thanks kindly. ] 08:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


== Complaint ==


As you clearly haven't engaged both partys of the disagreement I will be looking into complaining about your decision as an admin. The other guy clearly was displaying edit war behavior but you have not commented this on his profile <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 02:10, 8 December 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
==]==
I'm not an administrator, but I'm a little concerned about block here. People type all sorts of bigoted crap all over pages consistently, and he certainly deserved a short block, but an indef block for an IP? That's quite contrary to normal policy; we have schools with literally ] of vandalous edits, and they're not indef blocked. Indef blocking an IP, after only 5 edits, one of which happened to be typing the word "fag" ("Johnny is gay" and "PENIS" vandalism probably take up 50% of all vandals) seems pretty outlandish and contrary to policy. -]<sup>]]</sup> 02:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
:Homophobic epithets and vandalism of user pages with total disregard of warnings, warrant the IP being used as nothing more than a vandalism account. There are actually a number of vandalism accounts that are flagged down immediately and blocked indefinitely. If the user had any intent of actively editing Misplaced Pages, then he could have simply asked me or another admin to unblock the IP via email or their talk page..... But with no response whatsoever since the block, it's obvious that the IP had no intent of make actual contributions to the site. --] 18:10, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


== Halladay ==
== Closing TfD discussion - note added to template talk page? ==


Hi, Madchester. I'm noting some confusion at ] about including information about the apparently imminent trade. I agree with your reversion of the infobox change, but I don't find in ] any basis for excluding reports about the trade on the grounds that no official announcement has been made: ] imposes no such requirement: it merely says that ''unverifiable'' speculation ought not to be included. As this story has been published in the sports pages of dozens of major newspapers across the continent, it's not at all unverifiable speculation: it's plenty ]: it's been published in multiple reliable sources. ] was never intended to exclude information like this, and, in my opinion, any editor is well within his or her rights to include the fact that an imminent trade has been reported in The Globe, The Star, The New York Times, The Washington Post (it's a long list). If it's solid enough to appear and , that's plenty good enough for Misplaced Pages.
Hi there. As mentioned at ], I was wondering if you could confirm whether or not you ever put a note at ] concerning the TfD discussion you closed ]? Such notes are extremely helpful for anyone later considering nominating the templates for deletion, or speedy deleting them. Apologies if you did add such a notice. ] 16:04, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
:I believe I already added the note... but I remember some of the coding on template being kinda "meh", so it may not have ended up in the right place... --] 18:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


If we were required to stick only to information from official sources, Misplaced Pages would be composed chiefly of material drawn from press releases. Cheers. ]<sup><small>]</small></sup> 17:21, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
== Micah Sanders ==
:There's only ''verifiable'' information about a tentative agreement. There are no ''verifiable'' sources about the deal having been completed by any of the 3 clubs. Per ], we avoid changes based on speculated roster changes - hence we wait for a ''verifiable'' source to confirm a transaction is actually official before changing XXX number of related pages. --] (]) 18:05, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Commenting on character talk page. &ndash; ] (] | ]) 01:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
::Well, thanks for the note, but I still agree with everyone else in that thread. Micah has proved able to fix machines with his mind, what makes him a technopath (maybe with other powers, but this one is for sure).I know what the rules say, but you are focusing too much on that and missing the big picture. Besides, being a dynamic enciclopedia, nothing prevents a mistake from being fixed as soon as we are proved wrong. I say we put back the technopath mention in his article. And not wanting to strugle, but just as a note, so far you´re the only vote against. ] 02:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
:: Just to know, there is more editing in the technopathy thread than just Micah. If you want to erase him, it´s up to you, but keep the other ones, unless you think they´re wrong to.] 03:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::: I saw... And I´m nominating you for it...] 03:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::::Please read up on Misplaced Pages policy before making false nominations, based on incivil behaviour and comments. "Daring" or threatening other editors is not the way to go here. --] 03:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::::: I saw, I still think you are wrong, I still think the nomination is valid and If you keep up harrassing me, I´ll put you up to the abuse of adm power. Stop being so stubborn and accept you are wrong. Let´s keep the 3RR thread up and wait for someone else to say something. Untill a higher authority says something, stop messing up with that page, ok? ] 03:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::::: You keep making edits that violate ], namely making personal interpretations of a primary source. Talk page warnings do not constitute harassment. --] 03:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
:::: I´ll wait for someone else to tell me that. Since you are the other side here, you are not neutral enought. Either call someone higher than you, or stop harassing me. ] 03:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::: "You keep making edits that violate WP:NOR, namely personal interpretations of a primary source. Talk page warnings templates do not constitute harassment, when they are used to tell editors about their problematic edits. --Madchester 04:00, 10 November 2006 (UTC)"
::: No, they don´t. It is not what you have being doing. We gave many reasons why that is not a NOR, and you chose to ignore it only on the grounds of what YOU think it is. Call other adm to judge that thread or find an argument different from "I think it´s wrong". Until that, stop harassing everyone posting there and abusing your adm condition. ] 04:16, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


== No personal attacks ==


Can you point out the personal attack? I raised a point that the editor in question reverted a change I made and, in my opinion, is now intentionally misleading. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 18:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Again, according to ],


== December 2009 ==
''Any interpretation of primary source material requires a secondary source.''


] Please remember to ] when dealing with other editors{{#if:Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Cookie (cockatoo)|, which you did not do on ]}}. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}}<!-- Template:uw-agf2 -->. ] (]) 14:28, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
If you want to make the claim that technopathy was involved, then it needs to be supported by a secondary source, other that the actual television show. Unless, Micah or another character explictly states that the power is technopathy or technology-based on the actual program, such a claim cannot be made in according with the original research policy. If this was a fansite or messageboard, such speculation is fine, but it is not allowed on Misplaced Pages. --] 04:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
::]. Don't take it personally when your recent AFD noms have not "gone your way". Thanks. --] (]) 20:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
:::You were throwing around accusations of ], despite there being no evidence for this. I'd expect better from an experienced user; clearly not the case. ] (]) 20:29, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
::::Again, ] and don't take critcism about your edits personally. Thanks. --] (]) 20:45, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Practice what you preach. Also, if you didn't vivaciously criticise people in such a way, there would be nothing for them to be offended about. Just something to think about. ] (]) 21:19, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
:Again, ] and ] - the only way you'll learn the ropes around Wiki is to learn from any criticism from other editors. No one is criticizing ''you'' - only your ''edits''; this goes back to not taking othe people's criticsm of your edits personally. i.e., consider ''why'' another editor would suspect your edits of violating ] and learn from those comments.... if you review ], it's common for editors to nominate an AFD becuase they view the topic as trivia... Thanks. --] (])


:: It´s not a case of bad faith, just of stubborness. Everyone else made a clear statetement of why he should be included there, and you refuse to accept that. And so far, you are the only one against. I still say that would be nice to call the opinion of another adm, and solve it once for all. ] 12:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


N.B... editor WossOccuring has since been blocked indefinitely for bein a sockpuppet.... see ] --] (]) 05:06, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
== ==Jake Daubert== ==


== re kitchen blah blah ==
Just a suggestion...


I did 'again review the talk page carefully'
Edit summary comments like "you are now being reported for the violation of the 3rv rule. I'm not taunting you, i'm getting sick of dealing with you." can be considered ] or a light ]. I'd advise making comments towards the changes/edits and not the individual. --] 04:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


I disagree, thanks. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 21:29, 7 January 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
* Thank you for your comment. I see your point. I think I am most frustrated by the fact that this user is an Admin and was attempting to respond to the fact that he told me i was "damaging the article". Again, you are 100% correct. Thanks for the advice. //] 04:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


you win, keep the page however you please. I have a life and no more time to waste. You are a perfect example of what has driven everyone else off of wikipedia. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 04:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
==Coldplay==
:]. Wiki's about reaching consensus - not unilaterally changing articles as you please. Thanks. --] (]) 05:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


==Unreferenced BLPs==
] reply to your comment about experimenting and adding incorrect information. ] 09:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
] Hello Madchester! Thank you for your contributions. I am a ] alerting you that '''3''' of the articles that you created are tagged as]. The ] policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure ], all biographies should be based on ]. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current '']'' article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{tl|unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:


# ] - <small>{{findsources|Sophie Muller}}</small>
==]==
# ] - <small>{{findsources|Ken Nelson (British record producer)}}</small>
Hi. Sorry to bother you, but it looks we might have an edit war at ] between myself and ]. If you could chime in with your opinion on that ], so that we can achieve some sort of consensus, it would be appreciated. Thanks. ] 10:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
# ] - <small>{{findsources|Vanessa Lorenzo}}</small>
Thanks!--] (]) 00:52, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


==WP:COI Kai Tak and YouTube==
== Image:South.jpg ==
So, I need an explanation for some of your edits. You specifically deleted links to YouTube (not a personal site) but left up links to personal web pages on the same page. The YouTube links are the only existing public videos off the airport and do not reside on my personal homepage, I realize that the user page on YouTube is mine, but how else could I upload videos to be publicly available?
Thanks for uploading ''']'''. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under ], but its use in Misplaced Pages articles fails our ] in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


If I were linking to a personal page, I might understand, but YouTube is for everyone. It would be the same as if I had uploaded it to Archive.org and lent a CC license to it and then linked it. It would still be on a third party website.
# Go to ] and edit it to add {{]}}, '''without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template'''.
# On ], write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.


It is well within the EL guidlines "Linking to user-submitted video sites: There is no blanket ban on linking to YouTube or other user-submitted video sites, as long as the links abide by the guidelines on this page (see Restrictions on linking and Links normally to be avoided). Many videos hosted on YouTube or similar sites do not meet the standards for inclusion in External links sections, and copyright is of particular concern. Many YouTube videos of newscasts, shows or other content of interest to Misplaced Pages visitors are copyright violations. Links should be evaluated for inclusion with due care on a case-by-case basis. Links to online videos should also identify the software necessary for readers to view the content. For example, all links to YouTube videos should, if applicable, indicate that Flash video software or a web browser supporting H.264 is necessary to see the content."
Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject or by taking a picture of it yourself.


Additionally, you left links to airliners.net which is a third party website with user generated content, like YouTube. I think you've taken the admin editing a little far. I had links to 2 videos out of the 75 that I have for Kai Tak. Hardly, personal promotion. They were of the two things people associate specifically with the Hong Kong Kai Tak airport, the checkerboard approach and the low planes over Kowloon.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on <span class="plainlinks"></span>. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on ]. If you have any questions please ask them at the ]. Thank you. --] ] 19:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Where do you suggest that videos of a now closed airport should go? I either specifically filmed the video (origin of copyright) or have a collection of open source and Creative Commons Share Alike aviation videos. Again, YouTube is a third party website.

Excerpt showing the links you left and the two you deleted.

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*Pictures from Kai Tak: -
* {{YouTube|dHvqAjOkZaw|Cockpit video of landing at Kai Tak}}
* {{YouTube|UyU9OLqQ8XA|Video of planes landing at Kai Tak}}

Please explain, thanks.
] (]) 19:20, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
:While YouTube is not a personal website... you've continually added external links to ''personal'' YT page/videos. That's to be avoided per ]'s provisions for self-promotion. If you feel your videos are worthwhile additions to articles, you should be bringing up discussion on a talk page to see what if other editors A)think it's a valuable addition and B)if it's not deemed to be self-promotion for your own videos. Thanks.
:N.B... and don't get me started on the potential ] issues...because we never link to any (YouTube) videos that are not hosted by the original rights holder.... --] (]) 19:53, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I will follow your instructions for the talk page. I was hoping you'd provide general answers to the questions I asked prior to escalating the discussion to the next step. Maybe I don't have the dispute resolution guidelines down well?

1. Why leave a link to a personal Geocities (defunct) site, but take down other links you identify as personal?

2. What is your criterion for deciding what personal page is adding (Geocites site with personal photos and anecdotes) and that which is detracting (2 YouTube videos)?

3. How would one add pertinent valuable video while maintaining copyright flow, if not through a "neutral" third-party video site?

4. How are personal photos on Airliners.net any different than personal videos on YouTube?

I agreed with you previously, that my YT page was a personal page (as opposed to airboyd.com, which ''is'' a personal page), but it would have to be somewhat personal in nature to satisfy the copyright demands that you, quite rightly, state have to be met. The links were to specific videos and not to my personal "channel." I have contributed 700+ , mostly open source and CC-BY-SA, videos on YouTube, I have ''less than 5'' linked from the entire Misplaced Pages. I'd call self-promtion or spam-linking a bit of a stretch?

Checking my stats, Misplaced Pages is responsible for 000.03% of the 3,000,000+ combined views on the specific videos linked to the article out of more than 36,000,000 total views of all of my videos. What would I have to gain from less than 1500 clicks from here? Where is the self-promotion? Where is my gain? I have been a contributor here as long as you have and turned down an admin request to help with the aviation pages. I have no need to be the most popular YouTuber, but was providing pertinent and specific video to the Kai Tak page. In regards to "worthwhile additions to articles," this is video that no one else has online anywhere and specifically shows, visually, what the article talks about and I can verify the copyright source. I actually worked at the airport during 1997-1998. An example of this is the IGS Checkerboard Approach. I linked an actual video of it. It's very difficult to visualize using the included text "...Upon reaching a small hill marked with a checkerboard in red and white, used as a visual reference point on the final approach, the pilot needed to make a 47° visual right turn to line up with the runway and complete the final leg..." unless you had actually been there and seen it yourself.

It seems to me that having a video showing what the actual text from the article is describing is exactly what an internet encyclopedia should do. No?

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== how ironic ==

then do that for other articles not just that one. I guess i should go remove the grammy stuff from music artists.] (]) 03:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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About ]. The links and the articles still exist. --]&nbsp;<sup>(])</sup> 05:46, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
*I noted what you wrote about ] and ]. I also read what you wrote about creating articles about ''Amazing Race 1 contestants.'' FU arguments aside, do you have a problem with ]? I have several more articles ready to go. --]&nbsp;<sup>(])</sup> 21:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
*I guess you do. --]&nbsp;<sup>(])</sup> 21:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
*I don't understand your last message on my talk page. I deleted the ''prod'' with my reason stated in the edit summary as required. I'm actually right in the middle of justification on the talk page. --]&nbsp;<sup>(])</sup> 21:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
*Would you please more specific? I'm not follwoing the comments you're leaving on my page. --]&nbsp;<sup>(])</sup> 22:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
:Actually Madchester, Evrik is right on this one. According to ] and the tag itself you are allowed to remove a prod tag. -- <font color="#DE3163">]</font> • <small><font color="#660066">]</font> | <font color="#FF4F00">]</font> | <font color="#2E8B57">]</font></small> 22:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
::Madchester I checked with editors on the Prod policy talk page (see my query ]) and got this reply: "Yes, but doing so without addressing the concern which lead to the prod is unhelpful. However if there's disagreement, you can always take it to ]- prod is aimed mostly at uncontroversial deletes." -- <font color="#DE3163">]</font> • <small><font color="#660066">]</font> | <font color="#FF4F00">]</font> | <font color="#2E8B57">]</font></small> 22:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


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I'm on a wiki-break and will be doing more "casual" editing over the next couple of months

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Deletion review for David Wong

An editor has asked for a deletion review of David Wong. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Genb2004 (talk) 18:48, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Luca Caputi

Trade has been verified by Darren Dreger of TSN.ca and Rejean Shero of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Link has been posted on the Penguins home page. http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=519736&navid=DL%7CPIT%7Chome Jasonstru (talk) 03:50, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Tour Dates

Why do you keep reverting the tour dates to A Rush of Blood to the Head tour, they are the real dates.--Coldplay Expert 00:35, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

  1. We don't add details to Misplaced Pages because they're true, we add them if they can be verified by a reliable source. A fan site lacks proper editorial screening and is not considered a reliable source.
  2. We don't add flag icons merely for decorations (WP:MOSFLAG).
Thanks. --Madchester (talk) 18:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Alright then, can we please add the dates in some form instead of deleting them alltogether?--Coldplay Expert 19:17, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Congrats

I must say that even though we dont always get along, you do seem to be a good editor of coldplay articles, putting something in Strawberry Swing before I can! :)--Coldplay Expert 00:25, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Flag icons

Hi there. Flag icons were removed from two Depeche Mode touring articles and I can't read anything on WP:MOSFLAG that states that placing them in such a way (in this case, an article about a concert tour) is inappropriate. I did read the section about using decorative images (WP:ALT) which recommended disabling the link to the flag icons to improve web usability. Will that suffice? Thanks. (Freak.scenery (talk) 21:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC))

I used flag icons in the articles I was editing as a visual cue for the reader, so it is unfair to deem them redundant. Per the appropriate use section of WP:MOSICON, icons may "aid navigation in long lists or tables of information as some readers can more quickly scan a series of icons due to the visual differences between icon." It also suggests that these icons are accompanied by sortable tables, which I plan to do.
The guideline also states "Icons may be purely decorative in the technical sense that they convey no additional useful information and nothing happens when you click on them; but purely decorative icons should still have a useful purpose in providing visual cues or layout".
To my understanding, the "do not emphasise nationality without good reason" guideline applies to instances where flags are associated with a particular person, or a particular collective of people or organisation. I find it hard to believe that people would assume emphasis on the locations where the tour dates took place. The flags are in seperate columns after all, away (but still adjacent) to the country name. Again, I reiterate my perspective on their utility as a visual cue. (Freak.scenery (talk) 21:06, 6 October 2009 (UTC))

Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe

Hi. What did you do? Before your modifications the article was perfect. The flag icons were a easier way to navigate through lists of tour dates... Why do you delete the setlist variations? Also as the flag icons, it were a easy way to find the selist from your city. I don't understand you. For last, if you want references or sources, please visit the Official Depeche Mode WebSite http://www.depechemode.com/tour/setlists.html
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Live.Forever.11 (talkcontribs) 03:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Flag Use

Having just read WP:MOSFLAG, I find nothing that this edit violates so why do you keep on reverting the edits to Viva la Vida Tour?--Coldplay Expert 16:31, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

DM Setlist Variations for TOTU

As a freelance writer doing work on the band, the setlist variations are incredibly helpful and there are few places on the web that are as comprehensive and as frequently updated as the wikipedia is. The current format is user-friendly as well. If the point of wikipedia is to assist scholars, then the setlist variations, as presented, should be left intact. Perhaps after the tour a cleaner way of presenting material could be worked out (and I agree that the number-crunching stuff regarding how often a song was played is just trainspotting for the sake of). But an "in-progress" tour should be allowed some leeway to organically develop. In any case, it is working for me, as a researcher, the way it is. Jackbox1971 (talk) 01:46, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia and just a starting point for research - it is not an almanac (or fan site) recording each and every detail of an event. Fan sites and setlist wikis (like Setlist.fm) contain details that go beyond the scope of Misplaced Pages's coverage. --Madchester (talk) 21:06, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Frankly, something like a simple list of songs shouldn't be something that needs ground-up, primary sourced research. I can get verification from people who actually see the shows, but one does have to start somewhere. I am not always sure how well thought out the various guidelines on wiki are. To my mind, you are either organic or you are not. That being said, I appreciate the care you take with your monitoring. It is slightly terrifying but comforting too. (Just a little levity...) Jackbox1971 (talk) 01:43, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Lyrics

I didnt know you could not put lyrics into wikipedia is there a rule that states this? Thanks for future ref(Monkeymanman (talk) 17:18, 21 October 2009 (UTC))

Title Cards

Hi there I am in need of some advice. Is there a rule in wikipedia that states that TV Series articles absolutely most use a title card. If so I have been talking to someone by the name of Bignole and apparently they often edit articles. But everytime I submit something even if it's minor they change it. And some of the reason's there sending aren't making sense. I've asked them to show me a guideline that explains title cards on main pages but they've sent me nothing. Now, I've made some errors in submitting fan-art and reverting photos and I'm sorry but i don't know what else to do to please this person, Bignole. So I need your help? --JKSarang 03:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by JKSarang (talkcontribs)

Roman888

Thanks for the reminder you gave Roman888; I really don't want to respond to him at all, and thereby reinforce his petulant behavior. Have you looked at his user page? (not talk page) He's using similar language there. I after this attack, I'm starting to ask myself where we reach a point with him that some sort of action is in order. Drmargi (talk) 16:55, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

And now, given the below, this has begun to make me a bit uncomfortable with a tone that verges on a threat. Drmargi (talk) 21:03, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Madchester

Madchester, thank you for your constructive comments in the discussion page of Kitchen Nightmares. Your arguments have merit, but is entirely unconvincing. Rather than condemning the behaviour of DrMargi and his clique, I will just be gathering lots of evidence of their continuous reverts and report them. Just for your information, I will be taking the matter of Kitchen Nightmares to arbitration (I have already gotten positive feedback from one of the main moderators about the updates) when I have the time and settle this matter once and for all. Roman888 (talk) 18:10, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Per WP:POINT... Wiki's not a platform to hold some vendetta against other editors. The tone I see here is one of "getting back" at certain editors for disgareeing with you. That's not approriate behaviour here.... --Madchester (talk) 19:24, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Let me point out to you that there is no personal vendetta here against any individuals, rather a pattern of abuse that can be seen over the course of a few months - the constant reverts and censorship. Rather than discussing the issues, there are automatic reverts and censorship being carried out. Notice that a certain individual keeps coming to your talk page and others' looking for for a shoulder to cry on. Don't you see a pattern of abuse and collusion ....WP:VAN? Roman888 (talk) 21:17, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Complaint

As you clearly haven't engaged both partys of the disagreement I will be looking into complaining about your decision as an admin. The other guy clearly was displaying edit war behavior but you have not commented this on his profile —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.15.9.117 (talk) 02:10, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Halladay

Hi, Madchester. I'm noting some confusion at Roy Halladay about including information about the apparently imminent trade. I agree with your reversion of the infobox change, but I don't find in WP:CRYSTAL any basis for excluding reports about the trade on the grounds that no official announcement has been made: WP:CRYSTAL imposes no such requirement: it merely says that unverifiable speculation ought not to be included. As this story has been published in the sports pages of dozens of major newspapers across the continent, it's not at all unverifiable speculation: it's plenty verifiable: it's been published in multiple reliable sources. WP:CRYSTAL was never intended to exclude information like this, and, in my opinion, any editor is well within his or her rights to include the fact that an imminent trade has been reported in The Globe, The Star, The New York Times, The Washington Post (it's a long list). If it's solid enough to appear here and here, that's plenty good enough for Misplaced Pages.

If we were required to stick only to information from official sources, Misplaced Pages would be composed chiefly of material drawn from press releases. Cheers. --Rrburke 17:21, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

There's only verifiable information about a tentative agreement. There are no verifiable sources about the deal having been completed by any of the 3 clubs. Per WP:CRYSTAL, we avoid changes based on speculated roster changes - hence we wait for a verifiable source to confirm a transaction is actually official before changing XXX number of related pages. --Madchester (talk) 18:05, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

No personal attacks

Can you point out the personal attack? I raised a point that the editor in question reverted a change I made and, in my opinion, is now intentionally misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Riksweeney (talkcontribs) 18:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

December 2009

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Cookie (cockatoo). Thank you.. WossOccurring (talk) 14:28, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:AAGF. Don't take it personally when your recent AFD noms have not "gone your way". Thanks. --Madchester (talk) 20:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
You were throwing around accusations of WP:IDONTLIKEIT, despite there being no evidence for this. I'd expect better from an experienced user; clearly not the case. WossOccurring (talk) 20:29, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Again, WP:AAGF and don't take critcism about your edits personally. Thanks. --Madchester (talk) 20:45, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Practice what you preach. Also, if you didn't vivaciously criticise people in such a way, there would be nothing for them to be offended about. Just something to think about. WossOccurring (talk) 21:19, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Again, WP:AAGF and WP:COOL - the only way you'll learn the ropes around Wiki is to learn from any criticism from other editors. No one is criticizing you - only your edits; this goes back to not taking othe people's criticsm of your edits personally. i.e., consider why another editor would suspect your edits of violating WP:IDONTLIKEIT and learn from those comments.... if you review WP:IDONTLIKEIT, it's common for editors to nominate an AFD becuase they view the topic as trivia... Thanks. --Madchester (talk)


N.B... editor WossOccuring has since been blocked indefinitely for bein a sockpuppet.... see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/Dalejenkins --Madchester (talk) 05:06, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

re kitchen blah blah

I did 'again review the talk page carefully'

I disagree, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.214.245.131 (talk) 21:29, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

you win, keep the page however you please. I have a life and no more time to waste. You are a perfect example of what has driven everyone else off of wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.214.245.131 (talk) 04:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

WP:AGF. Wiki's about reaching consensus - not unilaterally changing articles as you please. Thanks. --Madchester (talk) 05:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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WP:COI Kai Tak and YouTube

So, I need an explanation for some of your edits. You specifically deleted links to YouTube (not a personal site) but left up links to personal web pages on the same page. The YouTube links are the only existing public videos off the airport and do not reside on my personal homepage, I realize that the user page on YouTube is mine, but how else could I upload videos to be publicly available?

If I were linking to a personal page, I might understand, but YouTube is for everyone. It would be the same as if I had uploaded it to Archive.org and lent a CC license to it and then linked it. It would still be on a third party website.

It is well within the EL guidlines "Linking to user-submitted video sites: There is no blanket ban on linking to YouTube or other user-submitted video sites, as long as the links abide by the guidelines on this page (see Restrictions on linking and Links normally to be avoided). Many videos hosted on YouTube or similar sites do not meet the standards for inclusion in External links sections, and copyright is of particular concern. Many YouTube videos of newscasts, shows or other content of interest to Misplaced Pages visitors are copyright violations. Links should be evaluated for inclusion with due care on a case-by-case basis. Links to online videos should also identify the software necessary for readers to view the content. For example, all links to YouTube videos should, if applicable, indicate that Flash video software or a web browser supporting H.264 is necessary to see the content."

Additionally, you left links to airliners.net which is a third party website with user generated content, like YouTube. I think you've taken the admin editing a little far. I had links to 2 videos out of the 75 that I have for Kai Tak. Hardly, personal promotion. They were of the two things people associate specifically with the Hong Kong Kai Tak airport, the checkerboard approach and the low planes over Kowloon.

Where do you suggest that videos of a now closed airport should go? I either specifically filmed the video (origin of copyright) or have a collection of open source and Creative Commons Share Alike aviation videos. Again, YouTube is a third party website.

Excerpt showing the links you left and the two you deleted.

Please explain, thanks. airboyd (talk) 19:20, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

While YouTube is not a personal website... you've continually added external links to personal YT page/videos. That's to be avoided per WP:SPAMMER's provisions for self-promotion. If you feel your videos are worthwhile additions to articles, you should be bringing up discussion on a talk page to see what if other editors A)think it's a valuable addition and B)if it's not deemed to be self-promotion for your own videos. Thanks.
N.B... and don't get me started on the potential Misplaced Pages:ELNEVER issues...because we never link to any (YouTube) videos that are not hosted by the original rights holder.... --Madchester (talk) 19:53, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I will follow your instructions for the talk page. I was hoping you'd provide general answers to the questions I asked prior to escalating the discussion to the next step. Maybe I don't have the dispute resolution guidelines down well?

1. Why leave a link to a personal Geocities (defunct) site, but take down other links you identify as personal?

2. What is your criterion for deciding what personal page is adding (Geocites site with personal photos and anecdotes) and that which is detracting (2 YouTube videos)?

3. How would one add pertinent valuable video while maintaining copyright flow, if not through a "neutral" third-party video site?

4. How are personal photos on Airliners.net any different than personal videos on YouTube?

I agreed with you previously, that my YT page was a personal page (as opposed to airboyd.com, which is a personal page), but it would have to be somewhat personal in nature to satisfy the copyright demands that you, quite rightly, state have to be met. The links were to specific videos and not to my personal "channel." I have contributed 700+ , mostly open source and CC-BY-SA, videos on YouTube, I have less than 5 linked from the entire Misplaced Pages. I'd call self-promtion or spam-linking a bit of a stretch?

Checking my stats, Misplaced Pages is responsible for 000.03% of the 3,000,000+ combined views on the specific videos linked to the article out of more than 36,000,000 total views of all of my videos. What would I have to gain from less than 1500 clicks from here? Where is the self-promotion? Where is my gain? I have been a contributor here as long as you have and turned down an admin request to help with the aviation pages. I have no need to be the most popular YouTuber, but was providing pertinent and specific video to the Kai Tak page. In regards to "worthwhile additions to articles," this is video that no one else has online anywhere and specifically shows, visually, what the article talks about and I can verify the copyright source. I actually worked at the airport during 1997-1998. An example of this is the IGS Checkerboard Approach. I linked an actual video of it. It's very difficult to visualize using the included text "...Upon reaching a small hill marked with a checkerboard in red and white, used as a visual reference point on the final approach, the pilot needed to make a 47° visual right turn to line up with the runway and complete the final leg..." unless you had actually been there and seen it yourself.

It seems to me that having a video showing what the actual text from the article is describing is exactly what an internet encyclopedia should do. No?

Thanks for your time, airboyd (talk) 23:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

how ironic

then do that for other articles not just that one. I guess i should go remove the grammy stuff from music artists.74.234.21.245 (talk) 03:46, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

WP CRYSTAL

Could you clarify the Crystal policy for me. I noticed you undid my edit saying LeBron James won the 2010 MVP trophy. Pretty much everyone knows LeBron has won the MVP, the announcement is all but arbitrary today. Many sources have reported it for days, so how does my edit violate the Crystal policy? I'm new to this policy and any clarification would help. Thanks. JakeH07 (talk) 17:29, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Protection

Hello. Where can propose a page to protection? 188.25.226.89 (talk) 19:24, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I hope Madchester doesn't mind me responding to a question on their talk page but I came across this by accident through Huggle and I know the answer so thought I'd help out. You can request protection for pages at WP:RFPP, however there must be sufficient vandalism and it must also be recent. Hope this helps :) --5 albert square (talk) 19:34, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Flag Icon

Hi, Thank you for letting me know about this certain topic. I saw the flag on some pages and then thought it's okay to add it. Are there any special situations where the flag needs to be displayed? -- And Rew 00:08, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay thanks for your help.-- And Rew 01:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Begging You

As creator of the Sones Roses Begging You article maybe you will be interested in a little discussion that was (or is) talked in your article. ThanksKim FOR sure (talk) 20:20, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Seems your beautiful inline link in the article is threatened. Feel free to see if you agree with it ]. Kim FOR sure (talk) 21:38, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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Roman888 and Kitchen Nighmares/Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

I have a growing feeling our old friend Roman888, in the form of an IP hopper, is back on these articles, pushing the restaurant updates again. There's not a lot to go on yet, and the article for Kitchen Nightmares is already semi-protected because of his sockpuppetry. Now he's moved over to Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, and some of the old rhetoric seems to be emerging; there's also a familiar pattern to the IPs he's using. I thought I'd give you a heads up just in case you'd like to take a peek and see what's going on. Drmargi (talk) 19:23, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Madchester,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Misplaced Pages administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


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If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

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London 2012 Image

this image Kim Clijsters London 2012 Women's Singles Quarterfinals.jpg of London 2012. I want to know is this from official site or you got from somewhere else. If it is from official site then let me know in which category of license do you upload because I also want to upload some image of London 2012

I was in London at that match - just review the photo's (EXIF) details. --Madchester (talk) 02:31, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

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David Wong

Hi, I understand the procedure for getting an article undeleted is to first talk to the admin who deleted the page. 8-9 years ago, you deleted David Wong's page. Back then, it was determined David Wong was a new attorney who had not accomplished anything of significance. But since then, David Wong put an end to frivolous lawsuits by George Louie by getting him declared a vexatious litigant in California, which prohibited him from filing any more frivolous ADA lawsuits. In the legal community, there is no lawyer who would say getting someone declared a vexatious litigant is an easy thing to do. Also, David Wong has gone on to give several concerts and is on tour (www.davidwongpianist.com). It's notable that he can do both. Would you kindly reconsider your position in light of the new facts that have arisen? Genb2004 (talk) 17:20, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

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Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Madchester.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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ArbCom 2019 special circular

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Infobox shopping mall

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My song, "Tools"

You just stay around to keep the tools, you just stay around to keep the tools! You think that we're all fools, you just stay around to keep the tools! Making minute edits every year, you make minute edits every year! We can see it's very clear, you make minute edits every year! Users such as yourself who make a significantly low amount of edits just to keep your administrative tools sicken me and many others. Just give up the tools already!!! What are you holding on to them for anyways!! What a selfish thing to do!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.35.104.149 (talk) 16:36, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Nomination of Kiss Ya Lips (No I.D.) for deletion

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