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1. I assume that you have the link there because you wish to point readers to the proper term (e.g "I speak Greek" or "I am Greek").
2. It makes it much easier for those of us who are cleaning up disambiguation links from articles if there are fewer user pages cluttering up the "What links here" page.

Cheers! BD2412

Talk page archives

I have divided my archived pages by topic, rather than by date:

• User:BD2412/Archive - Law the law, or articles on law-related topics (cases, doctrines, judges, professors, etc).
• User:BD2412/Archive - Articles all other Misplaced Pages articles.
• User:BD2412/Archive - Deletion AfD votes, policies, and mechanics.
• User:BD2412/Archive - RfA Requests for Administration and Requests for Comment.
• User:BD2412/Archive - Tools Wikitools (templates, categories, disambigs, etc.) and Wikiprojects (Disambiguation repair, Red link repair, Duplicated section repair, etc.).
• User:BD2412/Archive - Vandalism vandalism-related discussions, particularly requests to deal with vandals.
• User:BD2412/Archive - Miscellaneous everything else (thank you's, screw you's, my signature, jokes, comments, etc).

• I archive frequently - if you post a comment here, do not be surprised if it has been put away by the next day. I reserve the right to delete frivolous posts.

• My archiving is done primarly by the cut and paste method, although I occasionally archive long pages by page move. If you're looking for the edit history of a comment in my archives, it will likely be in the edit history of a page to which I moved a long archive.

I'm nominating "Krka (disambig)" for deletion

Please note: I am nominating Krka (disambig) for deletion.
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Regards, JohnI 18:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Category:Authors whose works are in the public domain

I have nominated Category:Authors whose works are in the public domain, which you created, for deletion. You may want to comment at WP:CFD. Dr. Submillimeter 20:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

As the debate is now over, I'm open to suggestions for a better way to organize the effort to alert users about works in the public domain. Cheers! bd2412 T 06:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Overprinted copyright notices on images

If you have an opportunity, I would appreciate your input on this thorny IP law question. Dragons flight 10:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Addressed in the discussion. Cheers! bd2412 T 06:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Just checking up on you old friend. Hope you're doing well. Prodego 03:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm fine. Tired. Overworked. Underappreciated. But fine. ;-) bd2412 T 06:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Tsk, tsk. Pessimistic too :) Pity I can't force you to take a vacation from work, and enjoy scenic <home region>. I am sure you deserve it BD. Prodego 19:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

List of Fetishes?

Are you still interesting in the article? Please let my know on my user page.--Honeymane_{Heghlu meH QaQ jajvam} 04:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Kind of busy with other things at the moment. bd2412 T 06:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

User:Stevenstone93

WP:AN/I is where the discussion is located. --Tractorkingsfan 07:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I found it. Cheers! bd2412 T 07:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Look, I don't know you, and I'd like to stay away from this as I've recently had problems with arguments. But I'll say this: I don't understand this block. Sure, he was only editing his userspace, but blocking indefinitely? The only reason I could see was the allegation, brought up by User:Jreferee on WP:AN/I, that he was impersonating a real person. But I think if you look at the links that user provided as evidence, you won't be convinced that there is even such a person, and I have found no evidence of such a professor in real life. I think we're dealing with a young kid who is actually quite intelligent and could be a good contributor if taught, regardless the swift indef block is questionable. Maybe I have a COI as I have tried to help this user quite a bit with transitioning into being a good editor. In that sense I have failed, but a block is not the answer. Thanks for listening, --Tractorkingsfan 07:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

It's not my block - I agree that it should be lifted, but just as you want User:Stevenstone93 to come to his own realization of what he needs to do to be a contributive editor, I want User:Ryulong to come to his own realization of why this block should be lifted. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:57, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Respectable indeed. --Tractorkingsfan 03:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks BD2412 teaching me about Talk.

For your archiving purposes, I am sending our dialogue.

>I added passages on Richard D. Wyckoff and a link to a white paper the >James Forte wrote on Wyckoff that was published by the Market >Technicians Association of New York. > >I am new to wikipedia and just getting used to how to send messages, etc. >I did not know how else to respond to you, so I have send you this mail. >Is there a better way I should have responded?

Thanks for the message, but you can respond by putting a note on my talk page (just click the big "T" after my name in my signature). You'll also want to put the pages you've worked on your watchlist by clicking the word "Watch" at the top of your page - that way you can see if anyone else edits (or vandalizes) those pages. Cheers! -BD2412 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jccoppola (talk • contribs) 14:02, 22 March 2007 (UTC).

That's TREASON!

HeHe, I'm well aware of the notorious "III/3/One" vandal. I remember standardizing the LTA page on him before it was deleted. 68.39.174.238 05:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

BTW, thanx, of course, for the picture upload. 68.39.174.238 05:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Closely held companies

Would you please use a little editorial talent and legal knowledge to properly include that accounting (and I would presume legal) term in the article company and then initialize closely held company to redirect the appropriate '#section'. Much appreciate it, and so will 007! <g>. // FrankB 02:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi! See Corporation#Closely held and public. (Note that a company can only be "closely held" if it is a corporate entity, as the term is an alternative to "publicly held"). Cheers! bd2412 T 02:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks -- was my guess, but figured was better to be sure. I'm userfying that as one result. Best! // FrankB 18:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you please do me a a favor? I started to contribute to Misplaced Pages using my own name. In retrospect that was I mistake. Could you please delete my talk page and any other pages associated with my account as is outlined in the right to vanish policy? Misplaced Pages is a great project and I wish you well. I created several good pages such as True Lover's knot, Boston Light, Sabbrage and World energy consumption and resources At this point will leave the project and count on others will carry the flame. Thank you for your help. [[Frank 20:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• Done. bd2412 T 20:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - Frank

quick question

about United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp..

Actually a couple of quick questions. What exactly was the question before the court? And secondly, in what manner did the holding grant the executive "inherent powers" in foreign affairs? I understand that the holding says that the power to deal with foreign affairs lies inherently within the Executive, and not with congress, but what powers exactly are those? How are those different than the implied powers of the executive, found in In re Neagle? Sorry, but this case just confuses the hell out of me. ⇒ SWATJester 04:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

This was basically a nondelegation doctrine case - can Congress give the President sweeping authority to make findings of fact and establish rules in light of those findings? Generally not in domestic law (see Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States), but in foreign relations it can. Differs from Neagle because that case was about the President assigning an executive branch employee to carry out a function, and not enacting a penalty against third parties for engaging in disapproved conduct. Cheers! bd2412 T 13:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyright question

There's a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard#AFI_100_Years..._series_and_copyright that your input might help with. Your name was suggested by another editor as the question deals with copyrights. Sancho 06:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:RoachMotel.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:RoachMotel.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self-no-disclaimers}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Misplaced Pages:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Misplaced Pages:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 19:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MECU≈talk 19:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:HenryLatimer.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:HenryLatimer.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self-no-disclaimers}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Misplaced Pages:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Misplaced Pages:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 21:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MECU≈talk 21:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

A serious legal advice request

Hi BD. I came here as i think you are the only person who can provide me w/ some legal advice re this very serious issue. This is the situation:

• Edit warring and WP:COI at MDS International; a French software company under legal investigation/persecution in the US for patent and intellectual property concerns. MDS Intl. is in conflict w/ MDS America over a software called Xingtechnology StreamWorks Server (see the claim on the web). A Kuwaiti Emir called Sh Ali khalifah al Sabah, former Minister of Finance and Former Minister of Petroleum for the State of Kuwait and Chairman of the Board and Owner of MDS America, who, according to User:Jeanclauduc, who claims to be the CTO of the French companay named Jean Claude Ducasse, had invested an amount of $ 3 millions in MDS Intl. products before asking the company to divulge their accounts. When the company refused the request the Emir proceded to a plaintiff filing in the US. (see Jeanclauduc message at my talk page) All what this French user wants is to get rid of the false allegations or else he will be contacting his lawyers to sue Misplaced Pages in the Criminal Court in France for the false facts.
• Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/MDS International decision was to keep the article.
• WP:SPA - Bhimaji (talk · contribs), WizardOfWor (talk · contribs), 76.109.17.236 (talk · contribs) and the opponent party Jeanclauduc (talk · contribs) are all editing as a "single purpose account".
• Jeanclauduc is accusing these users of being Kirk Kirkpatrick, the CEO of MDS America, himself.
• Ronz (talk · contribs), another involved party in the edit warring (though he is not representing de facto any of the 2 companies) has already posted this conflict at WP:COI/N.
• Conflict resolution - I am in contact via talk pages w/ Jeanclauduc. Note that because of his lack of mastering English, we are communicating in French according to the request at the AN/I.

Could you please advice please? Thanks in advance. -- FayssalF - 13:00, 25 April 2007 (UTC)