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J.delanoy vs. World
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Sorry but...

Sorry Delanoy but I would really appreciate a comment on the "discussion" between me and ChrisO, even if you deem that I am to blame. I am really fed up with this kingly attitude of his and I think that he is actively searching to intimidate editors (including me), with his "legalistic" arguments and highly unwikilike proposals. He (and others) throw accusations here and there (I really don't know whether this discussion about this "unnamed" editor was about me, Shadowmorph or somebody else), the mentioning of emails personally sent, as though there is some personal discussion going on between you and Taivo (I have confidence in you and the other referees, but I hope you understand that such comments raise questions), the urge for me to go away, the deletion of my "ranting" as though he still was an admin and many more such actions, which clearly do not help. If I would start a topic about "someone" who did this and that, but did not name him, if I acted in such an aggressive way would you and the other referees tolerate that? I know that my words sometimes sound ironic, but at least I am very careful with my words and I consistently try to not accuse people and whenever I think that we do not act towards Misplaced Pages's interest (as was the case here) I always place myself among those who should rethink and improve. Please, do take a position, even if you think I am wrong in this. GK1973 (talk) 20:42, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

All right, I will look at it. For the record, I did not ask Taivo to email me, and if I do reply, I will not reply to him off-wiki. J.delanoy_adds 20:51, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

hey Kyrenia is not city in Republic of Cyprus(78.135.15.190 (talk) 21:24, 16 June 2009 (UTC))

rr the battlegrounds

okay first there are 3 more people

David German 27 Has three kids and is married to a women who is 9 years older than him —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.156.53.224 (talk) 03:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I thought you were trying to test something, I didn't realize you had made so many edits to the page, and I only intended to undo one of them. Sorry. J.delanoy_adds 03:55, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Exuse me good sir but poeple from missouri are often called "rednecks". I know becaus i live there please look on the internet and you will see. "Redneck" means a rural white republican and if you look at the demographics the you will surly see why i use the term redneck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pattond2 (talk • contribs) 04:26, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

LOL if you were going to speedy delete it, not much point in giving me the notice with a red link! It may have been a public domain image which was incorrectly licensed as fair use under Template:PD-Finland50 but judging by her wrinkles in it I'd say it was made in the last twenty or so years. At least we have a free replacement anyhew. Saludos. Dr. Blofeld 08:53, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Hehe don't worry, you were right to delete it, just not much I can do about a no longer breathing image! Regards and happy editing! Dr. Blofeld 16:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Expired Block

I know my block is over, but can I get some help from the admins. The block was totally abusive and I have been on the receiving end of some harassment by an editor. here and here Can you help me out, please? Thanks so much --DoyleCB (talk) 20:19, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

You should probably go to WP:AN. J.delanoy_adds 20:22, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

I am new to Misplaced Pages and need help fixing http://en.wikipedia.org/Computalk. Yes, this article is about me and my company, but I figured since no one else wrote about it in the 9 years since it ended, I better start it myself, including 3rd party links. I would really appreciate any help possible. You can also email me at tom@tomking.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomkinghouston (talk • contribs) 02:43, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't really do a lot of writing. Sorry. J.delanoy_adds 02:45, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Paula Deen

Thank You, Per: this edit. The sad thing is, donut burger with eggs was actually one her recipes! ISTHnR | Knock Knock | Who's There? 04:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Could you delete this page?

Jack griesel Somehow I created the page when I was trying to replace a mistaken speedy tag I had placed on it. Abce2|AccessDenied 14:03, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Looks like someone else already got it. J.delanoy_adds 14:04, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was about to say that but I got in an edit conflict with you. Well, thanks anyways! Abce2|AccessDenied 14:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

PUMA

My understanding was that old or alternative names for something go at the beginning of the articles, so why when the article admits that "The PUMA acronym as originally coined stood for "Party Unity My Ass";" and this is what I think most people who followed the election but not *that* closely know it as; should it not be put in that alternate name spot? At the very least, why is this vandalism rather than an edit dispute? 208.66.212.230 (talk) 15:13, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Nobody at AIV

Hi J. - Any chance of getting a block here? A group of us keep reverting this BLP violating IP and a notice has been up at WP:AIV for about 15 minutes with no action. ponyo (talk) 18:13, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Ahhh, sweet relief, thank you kindly! ponyo (talk) 18:20, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Candyapple49

You may already know this, but Candyapple49 (talk · contribs) is probably a sock of banned user Tweety21. Same edit patterns, so far anyway. Thanks. Ward3001 (talk) 18:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll keep an eye on them. J.delanoy_adds 18:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Tweety21 has been a prolific puppeteer, for a long time wreaking havoc on several pages, including user pages, articles, Afds, and sock reports about her. Now she pops in with different usernames/IPs about once a month or so until she's caught. Ward3001 (talk) 18:22, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

re: Just so you know

Heh, thanks for the link. I was looking around for something similar before you closed it. But I stopped once you'd closed it. I'll have a read. Cheers - Kingpin (talk) 18:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Just came here to say thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page and for staying on top of that sort of thing in general...

...but now I must complement you on the interactive chess game section on this page. Your idea? If so, how cool. Another wikicookie is in order. - SoSaysChappy (talk) 20:07, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

It would be cooler if he would move (hint, hint). It's been his move for ages. :) T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 21:36, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Attention needed at Macedonia discussion

Please see Wikipedia_talk:Centralized_discussion/Macedonia#Page_protected ASAP. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:13, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Looking... J.delanoy_adds 14:23, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Tyrell

Yes..sorry...my mistake, though once was from Tyrell corporation, the real company..anyway..i think i reverted anything before you do this, when i understood my mistake. sorry again.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psikxas (talk • contribs) 22:06, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Elgin marbles article

Why my change was reverted as vandalism? I set forth my argument down as requested. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vamosr7 (talk • contribs) 22:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Usually, the first title listed in the lede of an article is the title of the page, and any other names for the subject are listed afterwards. J.delanoy_adds 22:56, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Joseph Campbell

Is there any way to stop that guy's censorship crusade seeing that he is apparently editing from several different IPs some of which are public?·Maunus·ƛ· 23:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Muhammad

Shouldn't the article be reverted first to its previous version then protected...not protected with the disputed (against previous consensus) material still in it! --Xevorim (talk) 03:43, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't look at what is on the page when I protect it, I look at the page's history to see if edit-warring has occurred. See also m:The Wrong Version. J.delanoy_adds 04:13, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Reggie Gill

I was patrolling pages and I came upon this page which is a copy and paste of Jerry Rice. I wasn't able to find a CSD for copy and paste so I was wondering what to do. Whispering 03:48, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Ping

I saw that your pinged me on IRC. I wasn't home, but sorry I missed you. Feel free to send me an email. :) hmwithτ 05:39, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Donscalos

I've posted an article yesterday about Paul Roche The man died in 2007 and was a very important Poet and writer, translated classic Greek tragedies that had never been before. Not to mention that he was part of one of the most important art group in England in the 20th century. He's a published author and still after his death has lot of followers and fans. Yesterday I tried to replace an article and it is just unfair that it was deleted. Paul Roche (the writer poet) is mentioned as a reference in several articles on Misplaced Pages but the results of that research is Paul Roche, young sportsman from Ireland with a text as small as his success and importance in the world.

This isn't great and makes the content on several articles irrelevant( Like the one about Duncan Grant). Also it is morally important to bring up the most important information first in an encyclopedia. If my cat was called Barrack Obama and had killed 50 mice I wonder if it would be great to have "Barrack hussein Obama president of the United States of America since 2009" as research keywords because my puss would be taking the space. Well it's a about the same thing Between Paul Roche, an amazing Poet, an acclaimed published writer who wrote a movie script "Oedipus the King" where Orson Welles played and an unknown young man from deep deep Ireland who won a few competition at an obscure sport in his local villages. I don't think the one that comes up first should be the sportsman. Also the content of his article is very poor like his career that still really hasn't taken off. I think Misplaced Pages should be culture orientated and not become a blogging platform for anyone who fancy's himself as part of an encyclopedia. Even if I might post this article in several blogs :)

Also, as an answer to your comment I wanted to say that the author of this article gave me full rights to publish her text. She actually wrote it for the telegraph not the opposite. She's a writer herself. There's no right violation and I can prove it.

My questions are. How do I make sure that this article won't be deleted after 5 minutes again and could we ask the sportsman to add "Paul Roche Hurling player" ? since his tiny career in hurling is not very important compared to the other Paul Roche's achievements over 91 years and that the nice article I'm trying to post might be important for lot of students in literature and classics. Also everytime someone will mention the important Paul Roche (people are unlikely to write in an article Paul Donald Roche (poet)) on Misplaced Pages he will find that unimportant person instead. It will be a bad thing for culture I think. I won't let go about this one, it just doesn't make any sense.

Thanks for reverting the the vandalism on my userpage

Thank you for reverting my userpage, I keep getting attacked by people who's vandalism edits I've reverted... -- RandorXeus. 18:11, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Policy versus practice

I said it was bad form to remove comments, not a policy violation. Removing comments is generally discouraged. 173.66.36.76 (talk) 19:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

3RR

The anon IP has reported me to the 3RR noticeboard. I do not feel any compunction to reply as I was reverting what I define as vandalism. If posting a reply would serve me better I will do so. What's your advice? Thanks Tiderolls 19:49, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't know. You did technically violate 3RR. I won't personally block you, but I cannot say what the result of this will be. All I will say now is, unless you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that something is vandalism, do not revert the fourth time! If it really is vandalism, someone else will revert it. J.delanoy_adds 19:51, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I technically violate 3RR three or four times a day. I know that my reversions are open to scrutiny and that does not intimidate me. I will, of course, accept the outcome whatever form it takes. Point taken about "absolutely certain"...I've heard that one before. Thanks for your time. Tiderolls 19:55, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

The Fat Man

His story about vandalism reversion on Shirley Phelps-Roper checks out, and it's an alternate account of User:The Fat Man Who Never Came Back, who's a user in good standing. Any objection to my unblocking? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

I see you've gone ahead and done so; good on you. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, I wasn't sure if he was an impersonator, but the accidental vandalism convinced me. Sorry. J.delanoy_adds 02:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Request for clarification notice

I've requested clarification on SQRT5P1D2's topic ban here. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 03:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)