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Tawker is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Misplaced Pages when the above gets sorted out

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Removal of template acknowledging source of imported material

Please see Template talk:EnPW. I see that a dozen or more pages had that acknowledgment removed "per Danny". A violation of license, on the face of it. Robin Patterson 18 Feb 2007

Master Nan

I assume you are the one who deleted the article on Master Nan. I can't understand why you did that as the sources were cited and corrections were made to avoid copyright infringement. Moreover, at the time the only tag on the article was for the article to be cleaned up. All I did was try to reiterate some facts on a famous buddhist scholar and all the work put into it has been deleted in a flash and without warning. I cannot claim to be tech savvy enough to know whether you are directly responsible, but if so, it makes unfamiliar and new contributors like myself have a strong sense of distaste that there is not even the chance for correction. What's the point of trying to establish an article if it keeps on getting deleted before it's done. If you could please give specific reasons why it was deleted as the article was rewritten to avoid copyright infringement. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Studydoc (talk • contribs) 14:18, Mar 14, 2007 (UTC).

Cadiz Record

Why deleted? regards densbtly

Deletion of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Page

Hi,

I noticed you apparently deleted the "Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency" (MIGA). How come? Is there a copyright infringement (I'm guessing that's what "copyvio" means)?

I should point out I work for MIGA.

Thanks, Michael Durr mdurr@worldbank.org —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mikedurr (talk • contribs) 14:08, August 22, 2007 (UTC).

Smile

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Jeff Macpherson

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Userboxen

The userbox template on your page is empty. Did a vandal delete it, or is this on purpose? --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 06:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

{{Proxyip2}}

Just an FYI that a discussion is being made to change the TOR link on this template here Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject on open proxies. If you have any thoughts, your input would be appreciated. SkierRMH (talk) 06:23, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching Re-confirmation

Hello, previously you expressed interest in participating in the Misplaced Pages:Admin coaching project. We are currently conducting a reconfirmation drive to give coaches the opportunity to update their information and capacity to participate in the project. Please visit Misplaced Pages:Admin coaching/Status to update your status. Also, please remember to update your capacity (5th table variable) in the form of a fraction (eg. 2/3 means you are currently coaching 2 students, and could accept 1 more student). Thank you. MBisanz 09:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Weekly

Sure, I'd be happy to be part of the podcast. I'm scheduled to do a radio show on Wednesday the 5th; someone might want to see if that includes anything interesting for the podcast: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bcradio/ -- John Broughton (♫♫) 22:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

BAG/BRFA issues

Please read and, if possible, discuss :). Thanks, Martinp23 18:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

RFA comments

I see on Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Discospinster you mentioned a support regarding bots, so I presume you mean the Cobi RFA, unfortunately, it's been closed. Just thought I'd inform you. Rudget. 16:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA - Discospinster

Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! ... discospinster _talk 23:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

g'day tawker.....

and I hope you're good! - I thought I'd drop you a line with a couple of questions - firstly to see if you had any idea when / if Mediawiki might have RSS capabilities at all... I'm presuming the answer is that it just can't do it, and it's not on the horizon - but it's worth asking anywhooo, I guess. It also leads me to my more cheeky question - which is to see if you would be at all interested in creating notthe.wikipediaweekly.org at all, and maybe hosting an mp3 file or two? - my small efforts in encouraging community chit chat are intended to be complementary to your own esteemed 'round tables' and interviews - and I've had a few emails from people asking about an RSS feed - which I think is a good idea in principle, but lack the clue to implement / deliver.....

give some thought, and let me know if something like kicking in for the hosting costs might be appropriate, or if you've got any questions at all.... cheers - Privatemusings (talk) 02:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

my RFA

Thank you! Thank you for your support in my RFA. The passed with a final count of (73/3/1), so I am now an administrator. Please let me know if at any stage you need help, or if you have comments on how I am doing as an admin. Have a nice day! :) Aleta 18:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Mike McCracken

I am new to Misplaced Pages and I am trying to create a legitimate article. You wrote a sarcastic comment on why the page should be deleted. I am just learning the ropes here, please allow my article to stay up as I aquire all the neccessary information and references to be a relevant, informative and important article on Misplaced Pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nra4ever5585 (talk • contribs) 20:01, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Wales protection

Why is there any level of protection on the article Jimmy Wales, yet there are few other biographies of living persons on Misplaced Pages that are so protected? Is it because you and Jimmy don't trust the "wiki way" to produce responsible, accountible reference pages related to living people, but you extend the courtesy of "protection" to those who are on the "inside"? It just doesn't seem fair. Like a Chevy salesman who won't let his family drive anything but BMW's. You seem like a hypocrite, just like Jimmy. - Six Eleven (talk) 22:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Why not come join us?

--Filll (talk) 02:19, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Vancouver

You are receiveing this message because your name appears on the WikiProject Vancouver Inactive list. The WikiProject Vancouver is currently having a roll-call; if you are still interested in participating, please visit Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Vancouver/Inactive and move your name over to the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Vancouver/Members list. Also the WikiProject is currently discussing some proposed changes on the talk page. Thank you for your time. Mkdw 08:27, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Kwantlen

You may want to see relevant discussion here. GreenJoe 04:08, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Canucks

I totally agree, in principle. However, it has not been officially announced. Seeing how that is the most impportant thing here, its probably safe to wait. After all, if all is true, it will only be about 12 more hours or so. Kaiser matias (talk) 05:21, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about that. I protected both Vancouver Canucks and Mike Gillis until Wednesday night, Vancouver time. Should keep the pages stable until everything is sorted out, officially. Kaiser matias (talk) 05:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Vancouver Meetup Invite

Vancouver Meetup Please come to an informal gathering of Vancouver Wikipedians, Monday, May 5 at 6:30 pm. It will be at Benny's Bagels, 2505 West Broadway. We'd love to see you there, and please invite others! Watch the Vancouver Meetup page for details. This box: view • talk • edit

Regards, Mkdw 22:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Mention

Heya, is seems redundant. :) Can we remove it? REgards, NonvocalScream (talk) 01:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

It is redundant yes - and yet in the interests of transparency it makes sense to make it stand out that we're writing about something closely associated with the site. I took the idea from Wikinews - basically keep it as a disclaimer notice. I'm not going to edit war over it - it just seemed a good idea to me -- Tawker (talk) 01:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

That sounds like a good enough reason to me. I'm not set on reverting anyone. :) Best, NonvocalScream (talk) 01:20, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:WikimediaMention

Template:WikimediaMention has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Cenarium (talk) 15:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Template talk:Csa

I've started a mini-RFC over at Template talk:Csa and I'd love your feedback. Thanks. GreenJoe 12:08, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Yea, sorry again on the C-61 bill, I can remove the criticism part if you want. I'm not really that good at editing wikis, and you're probably better than me, so I'll stop instead if you want. Noian (talk) 20:23, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Would you say the page would follow under

This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. Feel free to improve this article or discuss changes on the talk page, but please note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed. (Learn how and when to remove this message)

or not?Noian (talk) 20:53, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay this is just me (sorry to bother you again) but do you know how to multi ref the same thing? I think there was something like that when I was reading how to do references a while ago, but I guess, the same resource is used twice and the second time the cite note click doesn't work because it brings it to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Bill_C-61#endnote_http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/12/tech-copyright.html

instead of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Bill_C-61#cite_note-0

and replacing the brackets with the greater than and less than method of ref just creates duplicates in notes

(well, as far as I know on my browser), just something trivial Noian (talk) 21:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Broken Ref on Bill page

do you know what caused it?Noian (talk) 18:44, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Do what was done with the $20,000, say that "since bill 61-c doesn't apply to all" (or maybe we can combine both together), the following will happen based on previous legislation:

listlistlist

in addition, other legislation (like ACTA) have been proposed to make the following changes:

listlistlist

See main article acta

or something like that (really roughh outline) Noian (talk) 18:48, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "PUMA Pac"

A page you created, PUMA Pac, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, organisation, or web content, but does not indicate why its subject is important or significant.

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Thanks. CWii_{(Talk|Contribs)} 02:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Cite for the poll criticisms

Since I didn't read all of the PDF, is the criticism about the poll in the PDF cite or not? Depending on the answer, I might move the cbc one to a earlier spot and leave the PDF one there. Thanks ηoian ‡orever ηew ‡rontiers 23:31, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Bot

Is it possible for me to get the AntiVandalBot's Source, thanks, TDJACR :-) 20:03, 25 June 2008 (UTC).

Spirit (comics)

I'm curious about the reasoning behind this move - I added a note on this here: Talk:The Spirit#Move/name. (Emperor (talk) 00:56, 26 June 2008 (UTC))

Concur with Emperor — please discuss before making such a drastic change. Wiki policy is not to begin article names with definite (e.g. "the") or indefinite (e.g. "a") articles.

If you would go to Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name)#Other cases, in fact, you will see Joker (comics) used as an example of proper naming. He's the Joker, as Denny Colt is the Spirit. "Joker (comics), "Spirit (comics)". Thanks, -- Tenebrae (talk) 05:18, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

See Talk:Spirit_(comics)#Move.2Fname -- Tawker (talk) 05:36, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Tony Dadson

When deleting pages Tony Dadson please remember to delete the redirect pages as well Tony dadson, thank you Dbiel 22:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Move to talk page

Hello. You recently deleted Paul M. Warner--would you please move the article to my talk page so I may work on it--it is a crucial article in relation to a current FLC. Thank you. --Eustress (talk) 15:37, 9 July 2008 (UTC)