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Appreciate your support - look forward to working with you!!! - GIen 06:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Two users using templates that belong in articles

User:WIKISCRIPPS 07 and User:Firsfron/TV Markets 2 are two examples of users who are using templates that belong in the main space, and thus these two user pages are showing up in article categories. Is there a normal approach for dealing with this kind of thing? I want to be able to ask them to remove the templates (due to guideline or policy x) or have an admin request them to do so. Please advise. Thanks! Stevie is the man! 01:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, in somewhat similar situations, where people are using a template for decoration or instruction and thus putting a page in a category it shouldn't be in, I've subst'd the template and then removed the category manually. It's a reasonable thing to do, in my opinion, since user pages shouldn't be in most categories. And people get to keep the actual box where they want it. Not really sure what/if there is an official policy, but this seems like a reasonable compromise. --W.marsh 01:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I went ahead and did surgery on the first one, as the template inclusions appeared to be casual, and in the second one, the user appeared to possibly be working on a new page (or at least some kind of serious work), so I just asked them to deal with it one way or another. Stevie is the man! 03:04, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Childrens' World Magazine

Hi, I believe the name should be Children's World Magazine, with the apostrophe before the s, and not after, like you renamed : Children is already plural. I am not sure how to go back to the original title though. Could you verify and help? Cheers, Sdsouza 10:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Well the original title was a typo. It's at Children's World Magazine which should be correct. --W.marsh 14:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

My mistake. Thanks for the move. Sdsouza 15:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Copyvio revisions to remove: Aron Pumnul, etc.

I have edited the articles

• Aron Pumnul
• Andrei Muresianu (which is now a redirect to an article with the correct spelling of the name)
• Culver Community High School
• Gary Grimshaw
• Hunter Irrigation

so as to remove copyvios. Could you remove the earlier copyvio versions of these articles? --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 21:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• • and also Ion Ionescu de la Brad TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 22:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. --W.marsh 22:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Enghelab Stadium (Karaj) and Shiroudi Stadium

Hello, do you know how to get rid of the Enghelab stadium redirect to Shiroudi Stadium. This is a mistake as the stadiums are completely different and in diffrerent cities. Shiroudi stadium should be redirected to Shahid Shiroudi stadium, which is just another variation of it's name. I am only asking because I saw you were the last person to edit the page. Thanks.

Nokhodi 18:00, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Can you please link to what articles you're referring to, exactly? I am kind of confused. Better yet, just fix whatever... most likely I was trying to fix bad redirects or something. Thanks. --W.marsh 18:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Enghelab Stadium (Karaj). I fixed it though, sorry for the trouble.

Xtreme iTalk

FYI, User:Taylorhewitt, whose vanity page (Talk:Taylor Hewitt) was recently deleted, has once again removed the prod from Xtreme iTalk ... is there some way to protect the main page and still let him make comments for improvement on the discussion page? (I'm too new at this to understand how all of the magicks work.) --Dennette 19:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, I know Misplaced Pages is hard to figure out at first. PRODs can be removed by anyone, no problem there, so I've gone ahead and listed it at WP:AFD - and this tag can't be removed by just anyone. The discussion is at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Xtreme iTalk now. If he should remove the AfD tag, it can be put back on, and the page protected if need be. --W.marsh 19:16, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Rec.sport.football.college

I'd be more than willing to discuss Rec.sport.football.college with you from a few different perspectives. I wrote a decent paper about the group, and as a long time participant in the conversations.

you can send me mail at drjudsjr At verizon dot net. I'd be more than happy to cite reference materials and such as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drjudsjr (talk • contribs)

I'd probably support inclusion, like I said, if an article legimately asserting importance is written, with a source or two. I don't have time to write it right now, but any links to a good source would be appreciated... you can mention them on my user page or by e-mail (click "e-mail this user" on my talk page). Thanks. --W.marsh 19:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Kentucky-stub

71.2.16.16 is continuing to make changes to this stub without any discussion whatsoever. I would prefer not to jump to blocking this user, but if this user can somehow be talked to, I would appreciate it. Or, if blocking would be the right course, I would appreciate that too. Thanks! Stevie is the man! 21:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I've modified it to be consistant with other state stubs. If the guy reverts again without discussing I will report him at WP:3RR I guess. Thanks. --W.marsh 23:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I had changed it at an earlier time to use the state shape, and this anonymous user changed it to the state flag. The reason I want to use the state shape is because the flag is indistinguishable at that size from many other flags, but the state's shape is unmistakable. I don't think consistency is the issue here (unless you can point me to discussion where that was decided), but what Kentuckians want to use. Therefore, this stub's look should be managed by WikiProject Kentucky, as it's now considered to be a part of the project. Stevie is the man! 01:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Trustafarian

Thanks for letting me know. Canderson7 02:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Teke's RfA thanks

Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Misplaced Pages in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke 17:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Deleted page

The page is incomplete, please reconsider your deletion. As soon as it is complete the world will see how it asserts the important of individuals in the salt lake valley/

Uh... what page? I'm not a psychic. --W.marsh 22:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

CodeBlack Entertainment talk

Hi; I noticed you were the one who moved the page to the correct capitalisation; do you know what happened to the contents of the talk page? Did they fail to get moved? Or did they somehow disappear before that? Anchoress 08:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Apparently the talk page was deleted before I made the move. is where the deleted comments are. Do you want me to move them to the new page (requires a history merge)? --W.marsh 14:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Gee that's really strange. Is there any way of figuring out why that happened or who did it? I guess it doesn't really matter, I don't think I said anything profound, but I was just curious. Thanks for checking anyways, don't bother merging. Cheers, Anchoress 03:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

George Steinbrenner

To save you time and effort, you might want to find a source saying $1.7 Million for the List of Major League Baseball principal owners. Kingjeff 16:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

How would that save me time and effort? It sounds like it would involve about the opposite. --W.marsh 16:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

It's a choice of you wanting to change it a billion times or finding something to back up your claim just once. Someone will always find a reason to change it back to $10 Million. I'm not trying to be critical or anything. I'm just trying to help you avoid those assholes who complain about every little thing. Kingjeff 16:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Comair Flight 5191

Thanks for the note. It supremely bothers me when people add in ridiculous links, especially to websites like that.

I should really establish an account... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.217.154 (talk • contribs)

Chilkur Balaji

Hi, you've tagged the above as a copyvio from http://experts.about.com/e/c/ch/Chilkur_Balaji.htm. However this site is a part-WP mirror and mentions it at the end of the page along with GFDL attribution. Pl. be careful in future and check if a site is WP mirror. btw, I did a bit more investigation and found that the article is indeed a copyvio from another URL, http://www.chilkurbalaji.org/History.htm. I've changed the URL accordingly on the copyvio listing and the article page. Interestingly, this article has been deleted thrice previously, twice as copyvios. I'd probly be writing a copyviofree version in the next couple of weeks. --Gurubrahma 06:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I tag hundreds of articles as copyvios... I am careful. Mistakes happen. Thanks for fixing this. --W.marsh 14:13, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

bot update

Hi, can you update your bot so it uses the new format of by-date templates, as they now have optional parameters, e.g. {{Wikify|September 2006}} rather than {{Wikify-date|September 2006}}, though the old ones do still work. Also, it's best to update all the by-date tags at once (as AWB does automatically), this saves editting each article multiple times to update each by-date template. thanks in advance. Martin 19:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I will use the new format from now on. But I'm a bit confused as to what you mean by "it's best to update all the by-date tags at once". Is this something I'm not doing, but should? I'm using AWB so if it does that automatically, it should be doing it, right? --W.marsh 23:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Ahh, that did't quite make sense did it ;-), what I meant was that when an article has, for example, {{cleanup}} and {{wikify}} it's good to change them both at once, as I've noticed a few bots don't, and go through making multiple edits to each article to change each template individually. AWB does this in the "Auto tag" feature in the newest version. thanks Martin 23:05, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Your block of Masssiveego

Hi W.Marsh,

Regarding your re-block of user:Masssiveego. You're a good user, and a good administrator. I feel, however, that you have overlooked some important things regarding the incident.

First off, there was apparently no warning for this block. here is the block message only. We're supposed to warn users before blocking them, aren't we? There was no warning. Even random IP vandals get a warning.

Second, according to WP:BLOCK, "Disruption — For dynamic IPs, such blocks should last 24 hours. For static IPs and user names, such blocks should initially last 24 hours, but repeat violators may be blocked for increasing lengths of time." Since his block log shows nothing prior, I'm assuming he hasn't been blocked before. Therefore, isn't a 168 hour block somewhat excessive for the first block? A friend of mine, who will remain nameless, made some personal attacks and caused quite a bit of disruption, but because he was a long-time editor, he received a 12 hour block. 168 hours is considerably longer than that. Furthermore, when you re-instated the block, you didn't subtract the original time he'd been blocked, meaning he will actually be blocked for about 176 hours.

Also, here you state:

Uh, I didn't know he was talking about doing it, so the accusation that I waited until it happened is just untrue. I don't see every edit on Misplaced Pages... I can only respond to what I do see, when I see it. If someone does something bad, the fact that they quietly talked about it somewhere a week ago and no one objected is absolutely not a "get out of jail free" card. That's just not how things operate.

In fact, he talked about it just yesterday, not in some obscure place, but right on the RFA talk page, in this thread, which you presumably read, since you replied to it. I am not saying you purposely waited for him to create the RFA; I'm stating he made his intentions known, in a very public area, and wasn't discouraged from starting his RFA.

I am always unwilling to remove the block of a well-respected administrator such as yourself. That sort of thing only leads to wheel wars. However, I would ask that you reconsider this block, or at least the extreme length of this block, given that this user was encouraged to create the RFA, and received no objections when he spoke of it beforehand, received no warning before being blocked, and got a full week block for something that, according to policy, should only have been 24 hours. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 18:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

This is just pathetic. You want the troll? You got him. --W.marsh 18:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)