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Your RfA

Good luck with your RfA. I hope it works out for you. The Utahraptor/_Contribs 23:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :D SmartSE (talk) 23:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Glischrochilus

Line spacing

Hi there, saw this edit to do with your RfA (which appears to be going excellently by the way). Anyway I saw that you removed a line from between the category and the stub template. Just thought I'd let you know that (for some strange reason) there are actually supposed to be two lines between the cats and the stub template. Definitely not a big deal at all, but I thought you might like to know. Happy editing, Jenks24 (talk) 11:40, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, thanks for the note - nice to see that there are still things to learn! I've added it back and I guess it does look better. It stub tag was beneath the cats so I sorted that out too. SmartSE (talk) 11:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Vernalization

I have been working on vernalization -- how would I ask other members of WikiProject Plants to check up on me? I have a (long-past) BA Biology but it's easy to mess up WP:WEIGHT just snooping through papers that Google spits out. I also would like to go for a DYK on it, but there is a problem with the length rule. When I found it, almost half its 2800 B was uncited ranting about Lysenkoism. Now it has 4116B of "readable prose" plus useful footnotes. I am a little confused anyway about whether you need to double an article or multiply it times 5 to do DYK. Anyway, with or without DYK it is a really enjoyable project. I saw your post on Anna F's talk page, came here to ask you about my own DYK issue, and saw your RfA -- good luck, I'm sure you'd be great! Sharktopus 19:52, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

You can drop a note at WT:PLANTS to get someone else to have a look, but I can do it later on if you like. Regarding DYK, it needs to be a 5x expansion unless it is an unreferenced biography of a living person, and then it can be only 2x. WP:DYKCHECK is a useful tool to check article lengths - it's done on characters, rather than bytes and a quick check shows its still quite a long way off unfortunately. Oh and thanks, I hope so too. SmartSE (talk) 20:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, that was all helpful! Sharktopus 22:51, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

No worries. It'll have to wait til tomorrow I'm afirad for a full read through, but a couple of things at first glance: genes should be italicised and I'm not sure if the massive quotes are needed in the references - it's not something I've seen in other articles before. Certainly much better than before though. SmartSE (talk) 00:05, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the thoughts. I guess the long quotes are kind of dorky looking but when I have seen others use them I really liked them since they add relevant information from the WP:RS. I have a hard time forcing myself to erase stuff that I think somebody else might like to see. Sharktopus 02:49, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

As you might have noticed I got round to reading it - it looks good and I certainly learnt something new as I managed to miss that out in my degree. A couple of things again though about references: you might want to check Misplaced Pages:Citation tools I'm you're writing references out by hand, as there are tools which can help you do it for you. Regarding the quotes, I agree they are useful, but my concern was more about copyright issues, I'm not really sure about it, so I've dropped a note Wikipedia_talk:Copyright_problems#Quotes_in_references here where someone else should hopefully enlighten us. Finally, can you follow me round making articles whenever I add a redlink? SmartSE (talk) 23:04, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the help/feedback on vernalization, and I would be delighted to hound your redlinking looking for interesting places to make articles, such as Gustav Gassner which I have been plugging away at and would now like to think of a hook for. Sharktopus 23:32, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I was going to say that the fact his textbook is still used was good, but then I noticed the picture which has appeared. Since sex sells, especially at DYK, how about: ... that the German plant physiologist Gustav Gassner studied smut? One thing you could do, is to cite the "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979)" rather than thefreedictionary.com since this is the original source of the text. This: Arnold Reisman (2006). Turkey's modernization: refugees from Nazism and Atatürk's vision. New Academia Publishing, LLC. pp. 78–. ISBN 9780977790883. Retrieved 27 January 2011. looks as if it has some good extra details in too. I'm quite a fan of redlinks so you might have trouble keeping up, feel free to dip into the unstriked bits of my to do list though if you want - it always seems to get longer, rather than shorter! SmartSE (talk) 23:46, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

<---Love that idea, how about if YOU nominate it at DYK so that you get credit too, after all you did think up the hook. Maybe even a double fact, " ... that the German plant physiologist Gustav Gassner, whose 1931 book remains a popular reference, studied smut?" Sharktopus 23:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I can if you like, but I'm not too bothered about the badge, regardless, it'll have to be tomorrow if I do. What would be really good though, is if we could find out whether his text book has anything about smut in it, but I don't think we're going to find that unfortunately (it's a good thing that it isn't a BLP too). SmartSE (talk) 00:27, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

You don't need no steenking badges? Maybe some day I will feel that way too. Still waiting for my first DYK to get queued up--does one get any wikiboxbadgegoldstarotherthing when that really happens? Sharktopus 01:24, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, they start to clutter up pages eventually... That's a nice first DYK btw, good to start with an odd one. I'm afraid that there are no stars involved yet, only an orange box. SmartSE (talk) 12:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

An orange box? I am delighted to get an orange box! We Sharktopi are pretty indiscriminate in our enthusiasm for unconsidered trifles. In more mature comment, Moonriddengirl notified me about policy on long quotes, so I have been going back to my earlier contributions and cleaning up what I did in ignorance. Sharktopus 15:50, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thats good then. I saw MRG's note as well - she is the queen of copyright and I'm glad she could advise. SmartSE (talk) 16:00, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

<--I submitted Gustav Gassner and listed you as a coauthor so , no, you can't review it. Trying to figure out whether to drop the picture or not. Sharktopus 22:13, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Graffiti in New York

I was going to pull it out, but stopped: the article is rewritten, with better refs and 8400 bytes of prose which is close to 5x expansion of split content. It might be less, but I don't want to get harsh on PFHLai and Piotrus, both of whom do so much positive here. PFHLai is an old-time admin and his promotion silently means he verified and backs up the promotion. Is it Ok with you if I just write a message to them and you withdraw WP:ERRORS thread. Your call is not incorrect, its just the situation is not to be solved by drastic measures. Materialscientist (talk) 00:19, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok then. Would be nice if you withdraw your WP:ERRORS post (moving it to WT:DYK or any other talk is fine). This post would urge a main-page admin to go check, but realistically, such things are not decided there. Again, your comment is very valid and I'll get to the authors, its just the situation .. Materialscientist (talk) 00:31, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I've started learning wikipedia only after RFA :) Don't hesitate to ask then. To this case: I've briefly talked to Piotrus, and its none of his fault - he was Ok to drop the nom and did not mean to be rude at T:TYK. PFHLai promoted it regardless, and I left your post at WP:ERRORS mainly for him. Anyway, he promoted it, taking responsibility for lacking expansion, it is a valid decision, and he is a hard-working DYK and main page admin (making mistakes too, as all of us). Thus I am pretty sure I shouldn't pull it off, but you will find your way. I am also sure PFHLai won't wheelwar on this, but some other admin could. Such things are decided by consensus. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 10:50, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: DYK error

I hope my comment at the T:TDYK regarding the review was not uncivil in any way. I think you are doing a good job reviewing and helping out! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:06, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

No, I didn't think that at all, I was just a bit surprised when I saw the article about to get to the main page when I thought that I had said it shouldn't but it's not biggee. And thanks - you've reminded me I need to get over there and do some work! SmartSE (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

100+/0/meh

Is it too early to congratulate you? You broke 100 supports, have no opposes, and no neutrals leaning on oppose. You've had the cleanest sailing since Panyd's RfA. Here's to hoping you don't have any skeletons in your closet and don't decide to burn down Misplaced Pages before the RfA closes, otherwise it'd make this message look silly. Otherwise, congratulations! Sven Manguard Wha? 03:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I don't have any skeletons lurking AFAIK. Btw, the 1000px .png is best. I promise to never try and turn flash animations of mine into .gifs, I fear that would really mess with your browser! SmartSE (talk) 11:53, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

You think we'll get to 200? Hey, who are you going to block first with your new tools? ;) Drmies (talk) 15:51, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm not holding my breath to 200 - interest seems to have peaked :( I can practice my aim on you if you like Dr. but this user's been really getting on my nerves, so I think they'll be the first to feel the hammer. SmartSE (talk) 17:12, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I'd better do it whilst listening to youtube.com/watch?v=RLZOXw6RUqE as well. SmartSE (talk) 17:16, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I love that album. Yeah, that dude, pure vandalism, and an SPA of course--and how productive was that edit? You know what, it's probably a sock. Get CU clearance and go fishing. Not that that's allowed, of course, but no one reads your talk page anyway. I'm just a peon, and I almost double that easily. Hasta la vista! Drmies (talk) 19:19, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

It's a good one - think it was one of my first CDs... youtube.com/watch?v=PNB59TG8Ic0 might be more appropriate for now though. Ever heard anything from this side of the pond? Try ?v=AUZlH7N-24I I know - think I'll start a thread at ANI, there's only so many blocks that can be given before a ban is in order. You have a good point, but per edit, I have more views :D We best be careful or we may get told off. How about finding me a useful link so I can learn about comma usage? SmartSE (talk) 19:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

<--Which commas--British or American? I believe in the serial comma and have a hard time refraining from introducing them to BE articles. This is American (BE does not always believe in no. 3), but note no. 4: that's one of the most common comma errors I see in WP articles, with no. 9 probably in second place. Taskforce? I left hip hop alone after Ice-T joined SVU, but it sounds pretty good. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:55, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Bluhhhh - it was bad enough when I just had one version of English to use! I do quite like serial commas though actually, but I tend to just follow my instinct rather than any rules. So if I write "In June 2010" should I put a comma before "such and such happened" or not? There ain't much decent hip-hop being made now, you decided to call it a day at a good time! Tell you something completely different worth listening too: The Boy Bands Have Won by the same people who bought us tubthumping (well, sort of - you would never know it). SmartSE (talk) 22:53, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Simon Higgins

‘Basically, we would need to have published book reviews and ideally an article written about your writing by a newspaper or magazine.’

...thank you so much for that helpful response. Below please find a selection of what (I hope) you need, which I am sure you’ll have no problem verifying as to sources. My apologies that some of the on-line posted reviews are (like many literature industry sites) on clusters that require a subscriber or visitor log-in, but I imagine that some of your editors or researchers will have member access anyway, as it’s where many oft-quoted Twilight and Harry Potter reviews, for instance, get farmed from. All the hardcopy newspaper and magazine reviews quoted should be easily confirmable by presscom search or from each paper’s/magazine’s own archives. Thanks again and warmest wishes...and apologies for the size of the below infodump. :)

Simon Higgins www.simonhiggins.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Literati666 (talk • contribs)

Hi Simon, I've moved what you placed on my talk page to User:Smartse/simon_higgins for the moment. I'll try to look at it later and let you know if you meet our notability requirements. SmartSE (talk) 11:53, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I've had a look, but I'm not entirely sure if the more specific guideline for authors is met, or the alternative general guideline as I think we need articles about you rather than just your books. Sorry that I got that wrong yesterday, I'll see if I can find someone who knows more about these things to double check. SmartSE (talk) 21:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Simon Higgins

Hi again Smartse. Sorry if I dumped all that data in the wrong spot, and for not signing my last correspondence with the four tildes - forgot, bit of a luddite I'm afraid. :) Will work on that. Just to clarify; the articles I cited for you ARE about me, my life, work history, passions, philosophy etc, but -understandably of course as writing is my main claim to media coverage- also mention or variously discuss aspects of one or more of my books to one degree or another. I guess it's a case of try finding an article about Stephen King, for instance, that verifies his former teaching career but doesn't mention at least one of his books or film deals, it's that kind of intrinsic connection. If it would help you, there are also (earlier) newspaper articles about me either in my capacity as a Police Prosecutor or as a private investigator (by then an ex-policeman) which don't mention my writing career (as it hadn't started at the time). One example, with a photograph, is 'Courting a New View of the Defence' (Headline) 'By his own admission, Simon Higgins has crossed the fence' (jockey quote): The Adelaide Advertiser, Monday, November 14th, 1994, page 6. I could also send you scannings of the articles themselves, if this would help clarify by way of showing the actual content. It also wouldn't be a problem finding an interested (professional) volunteer to write, or at least start, the article itself if that would save you assigning the task, as there are publishers, publicists, agents etc. who would happily do it..my only concerns are that a. I don't want to write it myself, and b. whoever does, gets it right this time from the beginning, and hence wastes no more editorial time on your behalf. If it's of any assistance, various short biographies of me exist online on my publisher's WebPages, in their author biog sections, i.e. Random House http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Author/Higgins,%20Simon Little Brown in the US http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/kids_authors_Simon-Higgins-%281527701%29.htm Pulp Fiction Press http://www.pulpfictionpress.com.au/tomodachi/simon.htm Please let me know if there are any other resources you need. Thanks again, I really appreciate your ongoing help. :) Simon Literati666 (talk) 06:05, 29 January 2011 (UTC) www.simonhiggins.net

Free Studio

Hi, Smartse! i've written an article about Free Studio. It has been given a tag "advert" and "coi" recently. I've made several changes in the article and want to let you know about it. If you consider any statements as not neutral, could you point me to them? I also consider the "coi" tab inappropriate as the article highlights both pros and cons of this software. Most (but not all) wikipedia articles about software do not cover both aspects. I would be very glad to receive your piece of advice on this matter. Thanks and have a good day! Noelle pozzi (talk) 19:51, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Hi Noelle, thanks for your note. The reason I tagged it is because it doesn't look like an encyclopedia article at the moment. It looks more like a product specification which is why I tagged it as an advert. Your changes are an improvement, but one major thing that needs working on is turning the bullet points into prose. The COI tag is appropriate at the moment, since you appear to have a COI and are so far the main contributor and it needs to be throughly reviewed before removing the tag. I'm a bit concerned that the parts that are not referenced are based on your personal knowledge too, which isn't permissable. Unless certain features have been mentioned in the reviews, it would be best to remove them from the programs list - this is something much better dealt with at the FS website, rather than here. It would also be good if you could follow the tips that Fleet Command left on your talk page. I will try to look at it in more detail soon and do some more clean up, but if you can try it would be good. SmartSE (talk) 20:05, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Very helpful! I will revise the content according to your tips. Btw, it seems that there is one more contributor on the Talk:Free_Studio regarding the CSD G4 tag. User:Ckatz doesn't seem to answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noelle pozzi (talk • contribs) 21:19, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I noticed. I can't see the previous page, but I trust Ckatz's judgement that it was similar to the current page. Another admin will review it shortly and take the appropriate action. As hard as I am trying to assume good faith I'm afraid that the "one more contributor" line isn't very persuasive. Time will tell. SmartSE (talk) 21:25, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

It would be great to recover an old article in some way and see its debates and the contents. It will cleap up the issue. Thanks Noelle pozzi (talk) 21:33, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

That'll have to be left to an admin for the moment. SmartSE (talk) 21:35, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I have compared the two. They were not identical, but they were similar enough that the new one read as a reworking of the old one to make its ostensible subject different, but still retaining the same essential content. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:56, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks JBW. Noelle - if you decide to recreate it, do it at User:Noelle pozzi/sandbox first and request feedback at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. SmartSE (talk) 22:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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You may be interested to know

that User:DMSBel with whom we are both acquainted from cum shot is appealing his topic ban at WP:RFAR. I see a bunch of involved editors were notified, but apparently only those who participated in his ANI ban discussion. Tijfo098 (talk) 06:54, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Cheers for the note. I'd already noticed it and the ANI thread, but everything looks as if it is being taken care of, so I think they can do with out my $0.02. SmartSE (talk) 10:34, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

For lots & lots of stuff in many different places

	Valued Contributor Award
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Just wanted to say thanks for everything - Hydroxonium (H₃O) 12:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much SmartSE (talk) 14:56, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Ebionites sources page

For what it might be worth, a review of the article talk page will reveal that when I copied only what I considered the "essential" information, Ovadyah challenged it on the basis that he assumed I was misrepresenting the sources, and not including information supporting Tabor and others. It was only thereafter that I made it word for word on the encyclopediac articles. Even there, however, Ovadyah challenged them. Had there been a reasonable and I think policy and guideline based response to that information, the page would have already been deleted, because the reliable sources would have been recognized as such. FWIW, I myself find the article to be comparatively unimportant in and of itself - however, there is to my eyes very clear evidence that at least one other editor is using it for soapboxing purposes. Having said all that, I personally expect the information to be deleted myself upon resolution of the existing problem. I am still however curious how Ovadyah, whose request for input on the Eisenman material first drew my attention to the article, is now supporting the inclusion of that information, even though there have been no independent reliable sources as per WP:RS which support him, and at least one or two which clearly say his theories have been rejected. However, I do agree that there does seem to be no interest in addressing these matters on the part of others, whether they can produce evidence supporting their material or not, and think that if the mediation goes nowhere, I may be forced to take other, perhaps more effective, measures. If that is the case, one way or another, I could probably use the restored page as evidence. Please note that I have asked Michael and Ovadyah for any evidence supporting their material repeatedly, and they have yet to produce any indepenent RS which support Eisenman or Tabor since their publication. One would think, if the theories were creditable, there would be such, at least I would think so. Anyway, please feel free to act as you see fit. John Carter (talk) 22:08, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

This is a preposterous accusation. I never accused John Carter of misrepresenting anything, whereas he recently took me to COIN (archived with no action taken). Let's see some diffs to prove it. But all that is beside the point. There is clearly a copyright violation at User:John_Carter/Ebionites that needs to be cleaned up. Please take care of it. Thanks. Ovadyah (talk) 00:17, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply John, there is obviously a reason that you've collected the sources, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a copyright violation. I'd prefer for you to do it yourself since it is in your userspace and ideally revdel it too, but if you don't then I will have to myself. Your dispute is way beyond me I'm afraid, but it is reasonably clear that there is no obvious COI in the sense that the guideline is written. I suggest you seek some form of dispute resolution where you will hopefully find someone more experienced in such matters. SmartSE (talk) 10:49, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Resource Request

Could you be more specefic about what you need from Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request#Julian_Assange_hacking or if you still need it?Smallman12q (talk) 03:42, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I can't really be more specific unfortunately. To be honest though, it looks as if now his autobio has been released, the same information could be found more easily in there. I'll strike through the REX request. SmartSE (talk) 10:51, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Merging

I have done a merger between Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus and Rabbit haemorrhagic disease. Please could you check to see if I have got it right. Is the "history" bit correct or have I captured the wrong URL? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Almost, but the link should show the edit where you made the merge (this one. If you go to the history after the merge and select the version before and after and click compare, you'll get to the diff you need. SmartSE (talk) 14:50, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Right, I have done that. Thanks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:48, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on a strong showing. Someone will be along shortly to drop off a bucket. If you're lucky, you'll get a t-shirt too. Now go forth, and do good unto the wiki. –xeno 15:42, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Woop. Thanks for the pleasant comments everyone (I'm not gonna be thankspamming). SmartSE (talk) 15:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

129/0/1 is pretty impressive - -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations. Spill on aisle 5. Do you have your mop? . - Hydroxonium (H₃O) 16:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I had to dig around in my archives to find it, but her's your crappy t-shirt. :) Feel free to drop by my talk page if you need anything. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:47, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Hey there...congrats! --Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here 16:55, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new job! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations from me as well. Feel free to borrow some code from my monobook, blocking is so much easier with a dropdown menu:) ϢereSpielChequers 17:24, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Woohoo! Now try out one of those civility blocks. The aftermath on ANI is great fun. If you like, I can insult you for real. All the best, Drmies (talk) 18:20, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Well done, and well deserved! First Light (talk) 05:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!!!! --j⚛e decker 08:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks everyone. I've did some mopping yesterday and the main page is still intact! Now, who do I email my bank account details to, to set up the paycheck? SmartSE (talk) 10:26, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Me me! Congrats, and if you need any mopping help/advice, drop me a line, along with your bank details. GedUK  20:22, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! - just to let you know that I didn't !vote because I knew I wouldn't have too, but I was there all the time. I hope you'll stick around and continue to take an interest in the process that got you there. Best wishes, Kudpung (talk) 07:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Glischrochilus

On 2 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Glischrochilus, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that picnic beetles (example pictured) are attracted to beer? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Yay, it got through. :D Grats. --Obsidi♠n 06:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

could you check the blurb on you at The Signpost?

Hi, it's here. Wondered whether "he" is OK, or is it "she", or perhaps you prefer not to be explicit. Tony (talk) 07:52, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Looks good, made a small tweak. 'He' is correct... funny how everyone at RfA managed to 'smell' that. SmartSE (talk) 10:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Sexist of me to assume. Tony (talk) 13:34, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Not really - it's unfortunately a safe assumption to make. SmartSE (talk) 14:08, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for fixing the archiving on my talk page. I had wondered why things werent being archived, but hadnt bothered to do any checking. Active Banana ( 16:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. SmartSE (talk) 16:55, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Account SmartSE

Hello, Smartse this is Mlpearc from ACC I have received your request for User:SmartSE could you confirm that you are requesting the "doppelganger account" here on your talk page, and I will create, or you can come to ACC and send it through admin's have ACC rights. which ever. The account is on hold pending your response thanx. Mlpearc powwow 18:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

That's correct. Thanks for your help on this - I've tried to do it myself but it always turns back to smartse when I try to put smartSE into the box! SmartSE (talk) 09:58, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done Check your email for temporary password :). Mlpearc powwow 15:32, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Cheers, still can't log in for the same reason as above, but I've tagged it from this account. SmartSE (talk) 15:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Template:Clade panlycophyte

No, I didn't mean to tag this for deletion; I was just trying to clean up pages in user space I'd used for template development, and must have missed the redirect to this real page! Thanks for your actions. Peter coxhead (talk) 08:22, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK

I insulted you on my talk page, and left a hopefully productive comment on the DYK page. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 23:41, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Main article

In an article I am writing on the termite Coptotermes gestroi, User:Cwmhiraeth/New, I am trying to refer to the main page on termites, specifically to the part that refers to the different castes that exist. I have tried using

and various combinations including ""s but I cannot seem to achieve what I want, which is a link and the simple phrase "Social organisation in termites".

Can you help? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) As a "Main" link is supposed to be identifying the actual name of the article/section in question, I think it should simply be {{Main|Termites#Social organization}} (with a space rather than an underscore in the name). -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:56, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I'd been annoyed by this before too and had never worked it out. However, the details at {{main}} show you can be do it using {{Main|Termites#Social_organization|l1=Social organisation in termites}}.{{seealso}} or {{further}} might be more appropriate though, as {{main}} is more generally used when you have a summary style and then links to the more specific articles, but it's not too important. (Thanks for the stalk Zebedee) SmartSE (talk) 20:04, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, that's neat - I've learned something new today :-) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:10, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Regarding block of IDontVand4L1ze

You seem to have blocked IDontVand4L1ze (talk · contribs) for a user policy violation, but I really don't see any major violations of the policy in that name. Also, you wrote on the talk page "Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username," but this person was vandalizing both a mainspace article and another user's talk page. Could you explain? Thanks, Logan _Talk 23:30, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, I reckon that it comes under a disruptive username, when combined with their contribs, but maybe you don't agree. I thought this was the best action to take to minimise disruption though, in part because accounts wouldn't generally be blocked for two instances of vandalism. I've changed the template to make it clear that the username wasn't the only issue - the one I used was a standard one from twinkle, and there doesn't seem to be one for disruptive usernames that could be used instead so far as I can tell. SmartSE (talk) 23:40, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

{{Uw-vaublock}} might be a nice template to use in these situations since it is also a vandalism-only account. →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 23:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Something Seriously Wrong Here

Greetings,

Regarding the below deletion:

22:58, 5 February 2011 Smartse (talk | contribs) deleted "Robert Young (gerontologist)" ‎ (G4: Recreation of a page that was deleted per a deletion discussion: still no sources to address WP:BIO concerns of Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Robert Young (longevity claims researcher))

1. It's clear that DavidinDC was behind this deletion:

1. (cur | prev) 23:03, 5 February 2011 Smartse (talk | contribs) (46,203 bytes) (→Repost of Robert Young (gerontologist): c) (undo)
2. (cur | prev) 18:59, 5 February 2011 David in DC (talk | contribs) (45,858 bytes) (Speedy proposal) (undo)

2. Your "rationale" for deletion is incorrect. "Still no sources" is certainly not true.

http://www.globalaging.org/health/us/2006/longevityclues.htm

Perhaps you meant "not enough sources," but that's not what you said.

3. I realize that there was some discussion here, but I can't see it. I think this page should be undeleted and taken to "deletion review."

It's more than clear that DavidinDC, who is involved with JJBulten in pushing an anti-supercentenarian agenda on Misplaced Pages, is not an objective or fair editor, at least in regards to this subject.

Personally, I did not re-create this article, but I know that my life is substantially different now than in 2007. Thus, the G4 deletion argument is invalid.

For example, I've won a national award:

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwger/6113.html

I've had books published:

http://www.amazon.com/AFRICAN-AMERICAN-LONGEVITY-ADVANTAGE-Comparison-Supercentenarian/dp/3639105702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296951618&sr=1-1

If an objective, third party editor wants to delete this, fine. But DavidinDC has made anti-gay comments and is clearly biased against science in favor of his own ego. G4 was not the appropriate policy in this case.

Ryoung122 00:10, 6 February 2011 (UTC)