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Enterprise episodes

Hi. I highly commend you for adding all the Enterprise episode pics etc. Just one little thing though, could you please use a lowercase 'e' for the word 'episode', i.e. "... (Enterprise episode)", to maintain the standard. Thanks! Marky1981 23:16, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi again. I removed some of the ENT navigation templates from the bottom of the page because they seemed redundant once the ST episode template was added. The ST episode template has links to the previous and next episodes, so it seemed pointless having the separate navigation one too. I thought it would help too as it means less episode links to correct. Marky1981 10:50, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Elwood Buchanan

Hi. You recently nominated the Elwood Buchanan article for deletion. I've since done quite a bit of work on it and wondered if you might like to give it another look. Thanks. Perodicticus 18:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your vote and your kind comments! Perodicticus 18:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Cricket player pages

Hi. As it happens I'm not really doing biographies, just the Infoboxes. When a page doesn't exist I merely include the minimal DOB info --Paul 14:38, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I've tweaked my proggie a bit, D&B categories now included --Paul 07:00, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

suggested deletion of golden age hip hop

lemme explain why this deserves an article:

1. Allmusic.com recognizes golden age as a genre
2. Old school hip hop has its own page.
3. There is plenty to talk about, of encyclopedic significance.

Please remove the suggestion for deletion, or if you disagree, discuss this with me. Thanks! --Urthogie 14:44, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

These reasons (above) are why I think it should be kept. You can also find them pasted on the aFd.--Urthogie 15:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

University of Tennessee's Alumni Memorial Gym

Are you American? Tennessee is a top university! The facility in question was their man indoor athletic facility from 1934-1987. It deserves to be chronicled. Please see my prior work on college athletics. WillC 18:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

One More Chance

I didnt know that there was a section for One More Chance, but thank you. Although there is a section, I was going to make my own about the incomplete video. That whole section I put there under videography was for info about the videos and not the singles. But thank you very much for telling me there was a section for One More chance.

Angels

Thank you for your concern! You see, the pages where I got the information aren't directly on the information I took from them. What do I do about that? - Brittany

thank you

thank you for the welcome --WearingSunglasses 6:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of Masonic organizations

Please consider changing your vote in this discussion. Misplaced Pages:Guide to deletion explains how this article needs to redirect to freemasonry to retain attribution for the merged content. - Mgm| 21:55, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks! - Mgm| 09:41, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

heya

could you check golden age hip hop again? looks much better...might consider removing the vfd! thx, --Urthogie 17:28, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

thanks for keep vote. article still needs a lot of work, for sure (id love if youd help). im going to do a search for the phrase golden age hip hop on wikipedia, and try to fix any falsehoods. if you know of any pages that contribute to the obscurity of the term, please notify me. you'll also notice that i have removed the confusion and inaccuracy from old school hip hop that was causing some confusion over eras of hip-hop. from what ive read about the golden age, according to academics, golden age rappers, and historians, are estimates that deviate only by 1 year for when it began(1986 and 1987) and i'm yet to see an encyclopedic source get anything other than 1993 for its end. I'm hoping to make hip-hop on wikipedia a lot better. if you want to help, tell me, i got a lot i could use help with. thanks (and thanks for the afd, it got me to work quick on that article) --Urthogie 18:02, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

AfD/Philosophical Institute

Hi, you recently voted Delete on an article which has subsequently undergone revsion, to the extent that the nominator has withdrawn his nomination. You might wish to (or not of course) take a look at that revison. Dan 23:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi. I see you use an image from Star Trek in your signature. However, this image does not comply with the fair use criteria when used in a signature, or any way unrelated to the image itself. Could you please remove this image from your signature. Cheers! ] 12:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. Sorry if I sounded terse above -- it wasn't the first such comment I've made recently. ] 16:25, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

The Long Goodbye

Hey there. I just wanted to mention to you that The Long Goodbye and The Long Goodbye (film) are two seperate articles. I seperated them and added to the film version. Then someone put the movie info back on the book page making it look redundant. If you look at both now, you will see they are two seperate things. Steve-O 22:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Template:User-AmE-0

As I'm sure you know, user templates are opinions shared by several members of Misplaced Pages. They are templates employed on individual user pages only, and do not claim to represent the official shared position of the Misplaced Pages collective. Still, some self-appointed dictators feel it is their responsibility to control individual expression on user pages. Template:User-AmE-0, for example, was deleted by User:Kelly Martin; after being recreated, it was tagged for deletion by User:DreamGuy and its category removed by User:Carbonite. There are but a few people who want to control personal expression on user pages at Misplaced Pages and hundreds of us who do not want these few to succeed. In standing together to revert tyranny, despotism and censorship of individual expression on our personal pages, we can easily overcome these dictator-wanna-bees. Misplaced Pages can be for the people. Please help us oppose those in the Arbitration Committee Elections who would turn Misplaced Pages into a dictatorship of controlled articles and user pages: Kelly Martin, Jpgordon, Fred Bauder, James F., Jayjg, and Mindspillage.

If you feel passionately about this, you can join us in alerting other users of these individual tags, that their personal expression on their user pages is being censored by people like User: Carbonite. To help, just go to any of the templates that User:Carbonite has tried to change, and alert the people in those categories that they are not alone in their outrage and opposition. --لæmäļ al diη 21:47, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Rational Skepticism

Hey James, I've got the wikiproject page up and running. You can now put your name under Participants and add to the website as much as you like. http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Rational_Skepticism Maprov

Flag of england

Hi, Just FYI - your flag of england doesn't work well on a white background. Suggest you might want to put a black border on it? Regards, Ben Aveling 08:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Stevo Zigon

Thank you for your contributions on this article! --M. Pokrajac 23:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Five_year_old_mother

Just a note - before putting 5 different cleanup, etc tags on an unwikified article that's that big, do a Google search for a random phrase in it. That page was a straight copy-paste from Snopes, which has a pretty glaring copyright notice at the bottom of its page. I changed it to a copyvio and added it to the list. --_└/_TALK 22:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Meetup/Birmingham

This is just a reminder that the Birmingham meetup of UK Wikipedians that you have expressed an interst in is happening tomorrow. Sorry for the short notice. Thryduulf 15:23, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/The second dimension

I refer to the above AFD discussion, where you voted speedy delete. As a regular participator in deletion discussions, I suspect you are aware of the criteria for speedy deletion, so I would appreciate if you could clarify which criterion you feel the site meets, and/or tag The second dimension with the relevant {{db}} tag. Stifle 11:35, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

WP:CSD

Hi. I've heard there was a recent change regarding WP:CSD which says that not adhering to WP:BAND is a criteria for speedy delete. Where is that mentioned? I swear I saw it somewhere but now I can't find it. BTW, you voted on one of my Afd's in case you're wondering why I asked you in particular.  :) Thanks! —Wknight94 (talk) 19:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Ahhhh, I bet that "special" page you mentioned is what I was thinking of. I remember something specifically mentioning the CSD policy change and now it's gone - but I had no idea where it was. Do you know what the name of this special page is? Thanks again! —Wknight94 (talk) 01:28, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Hi, you recently implied that the articles I have started for Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood album's songs might be nominated for deletion. Although I have not provided extensive information on the songs themselves, the album is a pillar for the revival of blues in the 1980s. Many other albums have similar song-related stubs that I consider weren't nearly as influencial as this album. Also, I created a Stevie Ray Vaughan Songs category and hopefully this will be allowed to be filled with further information on the rest of his songs as well. Naturrien 18:37, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/G-Men(Slang)

Could you please revisit and reconsider based on my comment on the AFD discussion page? - Mgm| 11:46, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Armando iannucci.jpg

Edit conflicts

Heh. I don't mind one edit conflict, but I just got two in a row with you while trying to extend Pukehou! Grutness...wha? 23:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

:) No problem. I was just adding a bit of information quickly but stopped to look up what the place-name meant, so took a bit longer editing it than I thought. Then we both did the same thing and remembered to stub and categorise it. At least it looks like a "keeper" now! Grutness...wha? 00:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

It is - when it's not raining :/ Let me know if you ever get down here! Grutness...wha? 00:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Best Friends...Different Personalities

Since you originally prodded it, thought you might like to know that Best Friends...Different Personalities is now at AfD.

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Best Friends... Different Personalities NickelShoe 13:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I like prodding for that purpose too, but the person removed the tag without really improving the article and someone stuck it back on. So it was either AfD or deprod again, and with a 2008 TV show, I thought AfD was proper. NickelShoe 18:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Your userbox box

Hi there! Is there any easy way for me to put my userboxes in a pretty box like yours? I just don't like them in a long line anymore...

Thanks, -- ConDem 06:10, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I nominated you for adminship

-- King of Hearts | (talk) 20:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Catholic Bible Contradictions

Ive never read any religious journals. The protestant case is given (albeit crudely) in Understanding Catholicism - Rick Jones. This is available online at www.chick.com. Cannonical catholic objections are harder to come by as the vatican is notorious for keeping silent about controversies. The debate really centres on whether god gave his authority to the church. This comes down to the interperetation of a bible verse - ill let you know when i find out which one - where jesus says he will build his church on the rock, catholics say the rock was peter (the first pope), protestants say it was jesus himself. Crippled Sloth 21:55, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Your RFA

Hi! I've just been to check up on my own RFA, and discovered that you're the latest poor innocent plucky individual to be listed. I must admit you're one of the people I thought was already an admin; I've written "per (aeropagitica)" I think twice today already on AFD.

However, one thing bothers me. You've been with us since 2004 and yet you have a mere 10 edits to the Talk namespace, and none at all to Misplaced Pages talk?! --kingboyk 01:08, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

List of magical negroes

Your concerns are shared by many. Please see the discussion at Magical negro. However, the likelihood of this being renamed is slim to none as it is its own term. KI 00:19, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

AFD Discussion

Regarding the article on CybOrgasMatrix, your vote was for deletion based on non-notability and the view that it was an advertisement. I don't know if you are watching the article or the AFD discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/CybOrgasMatrix, but it was re-written, due in part to your input. Thank you. The word count was reduced by 1/3, and intensifiers were removed. You may attribute that to an abundance of zeal for the invention, and that has no place here. The edited article is more consistent with NPOV standards on that account. Since the review will be closing soon, your opinion with regard to the new Adjective and Adverb Lite version would be helpful.

With regard to notability, the discussion page links to a 15-second video clip that speaks to that issue (you have to scroll down the Keep entry to find the link). If you are moved to watch it, the 2 things that make the invention notable should be apparent. If I could conceive of a more effective way to communicate the distinction short of seeing and touching the thing yourself I would do so.

Alternatively, it has been suggested that the article be merged with Sex doll. After due consideration of the above, your views on this would be appreciated. If you ARE watching the discussion, I apologize. Please feel free to blank this. --Esoterik1 08:10, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia 04:49, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! You totally deserve this and good luck for the future! --Siva1979 16:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!! I've just deleted an article you marked speedy (Ben Poncer). From now on you'll be able to delete them yourself! Welcome once more to the ranks of admins.--File Éireann 17:46, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! You'll do a great job! -- Samir ∙ _C 23:45, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on adminship

Hi, Glad to see you made it (even though I voted against, somewhat reluctantly). Good luck, I have no doubt you'll be an excellent admin. Dlyons493 Talk 18:53, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats from me, too - and good luck! If you need a hand with your admin powers feel free to drop me a line. Grutness...wha? 00:40, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 01:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Gflores 03:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Likewise! --kingboyk 05:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Many congratulations. I would congratulate you myself, but I've busted my monobook.js and need to wait another 3 days before I can un-bust it as my debug username, as it's semi-protected and the debugger is a "new" user. Anyhow, you'll do great! See you around. haz _(user talk) 10:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Bastard of Baator

Greetings (aeropagitica). I saw you prod'ed this article and the original contributor User:Darth Azrael removed the prod tag. I thought you might like to know I left a message on the user's talk page asking if he intends to improve the article and indicating that if it is not improved it will have to be AfD'ed. Regards, Accurizer 00:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

St Mungos Primary School

Hi! In regards to my addition of a CSD notice to St Mungos Primary School, I agree with you that an article on the topic would be warranted. However, the article that there is worse than a stub - it appears to be almost completely meaningless. Furthermore, naming convention would place the article more correctly at St Mungo's Primary School, especially since that is how it's apparently officially spelled. Furthermore, a majority of the article is POV, since "one of the best schools in Glasgow" is highly subjective. The obvious error "patron stain og glasgow" which should probably be "patron saint of Glasgow" gives the impression that this article was not created seriously. These are my reasons for the CSD notice. If you are willing to rewrite the article and add more information, by all means please do so. But as the article is, I really do think that CSD-G1 applies. Hope that clears things up a bit. — flamingspinach | (talk) 05:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

That's exactly what I meant - great example of responsible inclusionism! ^_^ I made a couple of changes as well. Looks like this article is on its way up. :) Cheers. — flamingspinach | (talk) 22:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:British Museum Reading Room Panorama Feb 2006.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. ~~~~

Congratulations, and thank you for nominating it. Raven4x4x 06:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

AFD closing - heads-up

Hi, I noticed that you are a new admin closing several afds, hence this heads-up. You must not close an afd unless it is five days old. You have closed several afds that were initiated on 8 March by 11 March, which is considered as highly unacceptable. This is akin to closing an rfa within 3 or 5 days, instead of waiting for a week. This does not apply, of course, for speedy deletes. --Gurubrahma 15:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2's edit

Thanks for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Tawkerbot2 13:49, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

lol! --kingboyk 10:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Syntax error my friend, # REDIRECT is not #REDIRECT, that's what happened. Were you recently promoted to admin, for some reason my bots list didn't show you as an admin whereas the db clearly shows elsewise, I've added you to the list. It's a manual one and its easy enough for that to happen, it won't revert admins normally but because you were not on the list it did. Sorry about that. -- Tawker 18:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

AfD Question

I see you closed up the AfD discussion for All-Wrestling_Talk, but you did not delete the article in question. Is there a reason for it still being up? Sorry, but I don't fully know all the deletion policies that there are. Thanks.

The Future Party

Hi mate. Unless I'm missing something, you closed Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/The Future Party but didn't actually delete it?

I just came across the article in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion and was in the process of userfying it when I noticed that the speedy tag said "deleted in AFD" but the deletion log showed no such thing :~ I'm not complaining or owt, it's just thrown me a little bit.

Anyway, this is a clear userfy-to-be-nice situation, it's a school kid's project so I'll move it over and zap the redirect. --kingboyk 10:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm new too but it's fairly obvious that if you close a debate as delete you have to delete the article! :P I suspect you're closing in batches. Close one at a time. Close, act, close, act. Every debate closed requires an action, be it removing the AFD tag and putting a notice on the Talk page that the article survived AFD, or deleting the article and (where necessary) checking and removing incoming links. --kingboyk 10:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Apropos of nothing: Misplaced Pages has 1,066,856 registered user accounts, of which 846 are admins (Misplaced Pages:Statistics). And at least 3 of those admins come from Gloucestershire. (Which part would you be from, pray tell?) --kingboyk 11:00, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, you're gonna hate me and I don't mean to be a whinger, but this just popped up onto my watchlist: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Shabash (2nd nomination). It was a nom for 2 articles but you only deleted the one. Sorry sorry sorry, just a headsup so you know what kind of things to look for. You ought to check what links here for deleted articles anyway, in which case the redirect would show up there. It's no bother I'll zap it now. You don't need to reply, just a headsup. --kingboyk 04:38, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Robotic Hand

I'm not sure I get it. How was that missing context? CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 22:42, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Geeks Paradox

Geeks Paradox had already been prodded before you got to it, so I've moved it to AfD. Thought I'd let you know. NickelShoe 00:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Much appreciated, thanks for letting me know!  (aeropagitica)  01:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Congrats

Congrats on becoming an admin! I was hoping you could help with something. In deletion review (and the deletion process for that matter) and article was deleted that I believe should not have been. User:Tony Sidaway agrees. The article was deleted for notability, but the person in question was mentioned in about a dozen different mainstream media articles, included a recent front page article in the New York Times. Can you take a look and vote accordingly? The review is here. Misplaced Pages:Deletion Review#John Bambenek. Thanks. -- Alpha269 04:51, 14 March 2006 (UTC)