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List of computer viruses up for deletion

You seem to have a vested interest in this article. Please share your opinion as it is currently up for deletion. Thank you - A-Day 00:30, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks for the heads up. Danny 03:43, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• • No problem. Thanks to you for the Keep! A-Day 03:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• • • Oop, looks like there's similar voting going on for the list of trojan horses. Thanks again (and sorry for bothering you!) - A-Day 22:07, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• • • • Thanks for your help! A-Day 00:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

tpi:

I've been doing some edits on tpi.wikipedia.org and I intend to continue contributing there. I'd like to edit the main page so we can have a nice main page there.. Thanks. -- Caffelice 04:38, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

new noticeboard

I've created Misplaced Pages:Islam and Judaism controversies noticeboard, I thought you might be interested. --Victim of signature fascism 19:39, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Acutally ISLAM became predominate in Palestine in the seventh century. Arabs were living there long , long before that.

Quadell's RfB

I'd like to apologize for removing your vote from Quadell's RfB; I assure you it was totally unintentional. I was looking in the history for the first edit claiming to withdraw Quadell's nomination (which was an anonymous AOL IP), and I simply missed that you had also voted in your edit that had -- I'm sure unintentionally -- reverted the hoax. I am sorry about doing that and I certianly was not implying at all that you had anything to do with the hoax. -- MicahMN | μ 02:44, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Saint

For all the important things you do for the Foundation, I hereby canonize you a Saint of Misplaced Pages. -- Essjay · Talk 18:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Did you miss me?

I'm back. I'll try to stay as long as I can this time. Mike Garcia 23:11, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Unsure if you are aware

Several pseudoscience former editors of wikipedia are planning on publishing a book. Your photo apparently is on the cover. http://www.aetherometry.com/antiwikipedia/images/Wikipedia_Techno-Cult_of_Ignorance.jpg Or at least Zscout and I are pretty sure your one of the faces on there. You might want to do something about this.  ALKIVAR™ 11:31, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Dear Danny. I wish to confirm that it is your photo at is used on the cover of this book. Zach 11:37, 5 January 2006 (UTC) (Zscout370).

main page of tpi:

May I ask you to protect the main page of tpi: again and change the title of the main page to 'Pes fran' as suggested in 'Haus bilong toktok'? Thanks. -- Caffelice

Clean language and a dirty mind

Ok, per your request, John Cleland has been totally rewritten. If you see other 18th c. topics, let me know. What used to be there was kind of awful, and I'm still displeased by the disambiguation stuff stuck on top of it, but one problem at a time. Geogre 16:15, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:250px-Elsana taleb.jpg listed for deletion

Still The Achilles' Heel of Misplaced Pages.

Maybe someone who checks in on this talk page might now where to go with it?

First, a public reply to Dragons flight, (and maybe his own sockpuppet "Freestylefrappe"): Hardly a "sockpuppet" when I used the very same name.... followed by a "2". Or are you talking about blocking Pgio "too", who simply agreed that someone here is quite a J_rk? I asked so clearly that you wouldn't take away WMC's opportunity to block me himself.... I would have been proud. But you knew that too, right?

Wikipedians: I freely admit, that my own level of civility here has lowered.... even against my own admonishment to others to avoid such behavior. All I can say, is that it is a VERY difficult dynamic to avoid when some here play by such despicably manipulative and base rules of engagement. I'm thinking of that dichotomy between people who claim that their Ends or so worthy, that they should get a pass on their occasional stray from acceptable means, vs. those who retain some hold on the idea that they will be judged by their Means, no matter the final outcome.

This is made all the more difficult where users such as Admin WMC, who know full well the self imposed limits of their opponents, demand verbal civility on one hand, and yet play such extensive games of "pretend to forget", "I didn't see that" written ten times before, and ALWAYS selectively choose the lowest hanging fruit in a nest of specific challenges to their type of behavior, contributions, and edits.

Worldly people understand the sensitive nature of situations like these. Educated people (especially those through the School of Hard Knocks) know that these situations are more often set-ups, initiated by the manipulator. The manipulator has at least learned the fine art of camouflage where they can hide very well 'in plain sight' flying the banner of Democracy. Failing to acknowledge this simple possibility, marks one as either the manipulator, or just a pseudo-intellect.

As I've said before, and will say again.... If users like WMC were genuine, they'd acknowledge human fallibility and the basic rights of dissident opinion. Doing so, WMC would quickly gain my support of his presentations on mainstream understanding. He gets that part right VERY OFTEN and has demonstrated a tenacity to seeing his POV upheld. Good for him, and why I have absolutely no trouble with his dominance over others trying to write articles presenting such information. Yet why? Why does he refuse to acknowledge his lack of verse in material outside of his very public field of knowledge? Why does he go so far in his chilling drive to stifle the good faith presentations of non-mainstream fields?

Please, I'm not just talking about aether theories alone. The electric fields have plenty to say about corollary/causal dynamics in cogent presentations about a very possible relationship to atmospheric phenomenon. Damn if WMC shouldn't be reading some of that stuff instead of JUST pointing out how it's counter to the formulas used in current Climate Models. I mean, just forget about the LONG history of trial and repeated errors in aether postulation, the mysteries of electricity still surround us and we would all benefit by keeping an open mind about that.

In the least, do we really think it wise to insist by near constant omission, any possibility that Birkeland or Alfvén currents effect our conductive atmosphere. I'm not saying that WMC's models need to be trashed or even that he should modify them this afternoon, but it's highly suspicious that he suppresses the postulations and formulations from even the notable sources working on competitive modeling. It is so suspicious, that is why I question his objectivity, and point out that he IS a PAID agent of tax dollars vested in a particular model. That he doesn't acknowledge and recuse himself, is just annoying to say the least. That Misplaced Pages doesn't impose some boundaries on this user's blinding conflict of interest, casts a far greater doubt upon Misplaced Pages NPOV all together. TTLightningRod 21:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Lestrade

It was at Dr Edward Lestrade. He wants the afd page removed. User:Zoe| 04:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Red Allen

Hi. Some old business; I just noticed that you never explained how something was "resolved" on Talk:Red Allen. Still wondering, -- Infrogmation 05:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Goldwasser

Hi Danny, this stuff _is_ also made in Germany, and AFAIK the original company (Der Lachs) and recipe did indeed move to Germany after the war. I changed the text with perhaps a more neutral wording and filled what little detail I could discover; comments are welcome. -- Blorg 15:49, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

WP:CFD#Category:Living people

This category has been nominated for deletion. Demi /_C 15:27, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I'm responding to your comment on JW's talk. I was on IRC when you popped up and gave the name of the new category. Prefacing the next statement with "I had no idea of your position", my instant thought was that you must be a clueless but enthusiastic noob. It is, I hope you can admit, a really dumb idea as a category. The fact that it's actually a meta-data tag and that it will fill a pressing need takes a while to sink in.

You don't have to convince me that it works. I was cleaning up the only article in the cat at the same time I was saying in IRC that it was dumb. But when I look at sponsorship, user boxen, and now this, there are a few common themes: The right thing, done too fast, a bit rudely, without enough discussion.

Surely we can start to learn from our mistakes?

brenneman 05:00, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Owyhee

Hope you don't mind...I turned your redirect at Owyhee into a {{disambig}}. Tomer 19:56, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Peter F. Paul

What do you mean "While your information may be accurate, it cannot remain as long as the allegations are unsourced. If you decide to re-add the material, please provide sources for it and present it in an NPOV manner, or else it will have to be removed again"? I tried hard to make only fair changes, and I provided sources for everything. If you dislike my particular phrasing, let me know or edit it, but don't wipe hours of research without cause. Uucp 03:19, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Israeli govt image tags

Hi, Danny. I hope you've been well. A question: can you advise on (or with whom to speak to about) creating Israeli govt.-specific fair or conditional use image tags (תבנית:תמונת חבר כנסת, תבנית:תמונות מאתר צה"ל, etc.) ... ? And whether it's permitted, that is. Thanks. All the best, El_C 03:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Great, thanks! If we're able to work that out, we'd immediately be able to use hundreds of images for a host of political and military figures (not to mention many other items). All the best, El_C 20:59, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

creation of new articles on other sites

Hi Danny, I understand that you are too one of the creators of Misplaced Pages. Since Jimbo did not answer my question, I was told that perhaps you would be able to answer me. See my question at User talk:Jimbo Wales#creation of new articles on other sites. Thanks, Yonidebest 22:36, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Teenage wildlife forum

Hi. I'm considering nominating this article for deletion. I've contacted you first since you've put a notice on the talk page. The reason for my nomination would be that the article does not assert (with evidence) the importance of the forum, and that it does not demonstrate in impact outside of its own user community as required by WP:WEB (Note: WP:WEB has subsequently been rewritten so that this exact wording isn't there anymore, but the rewritten guideline still requires third party verification by e.g. a recognized publication, which this article fails to meet.) Please reply on my talk page or the article talk page. Zunaid 08:01, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Joe Scarborough

I regret what part I may have played in exacerbating this matter. However, you must realize that this article has been subject to blanking, insertion of copyright material, personal attacks, a great number of sockpuppets, and general trolling for over a year. Last year I blocked one user who claimed to be Scarborough for impersonation. If this user was Scarborough, however pleasant he may have acted on the phone, on the talk page he spelled his own name wrong, issued legal threats, accusations of bias and personal insults, and generally acted in a manner unbecoming a Congressional Representative.

This article may be lacking in a number of areas, but the contentious allegations are properly sourced and clearly identified as allegations. I don't think your comments are fair to those editors who have striven to write an NPOV article in the face of over a year of sockpuppets, vandalism, personal attacks, and accusations of bias. Gamaliel 00:02, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:CharlesIIIMonaco.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:CharlesIIIMonaco.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Misplaced Pages because of copyright law (see Misplaced Pages's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Misplaced Pages are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. -- Longhair 02:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Seeking guidance

I am seeking your guidance and advice on a particular issue. Mahuri page on wikipedia was initiated by me, and I have contributed to the page from time to time. As per policy of the wikipedia anyone can use the contents of wikipedia, but I understand that use of such contents should indicate the source, that is, the wikipedia. The contents of the page Mahuri have been used in the site mahurivaisya without giving any reference to wikipedia - though I am glad that they have used our contents. In this case, a problem may arise at a future date if that website takes a stand that the contents of page Mahuri on wikipedia have been copied from that site and thus violates copyrights. In an alternative scenario, a user here may tag our Mahuri page with copyright violation under the impression that our contents have been copied from that site, reference to which was given by me long back as an external link when that site was not active and having only a welcome page. Although I am not aware of any such issue, which wikipedians may have encountered in the past, I believe that such a situation may have arisen earlier too. I seek your advice and guidance to deal with this issue, which you are requested to kindly post on my talk page please I also utilize this opportunity to say Hello to you. Thanks. --Bhadani 13:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, and perhaps you may please also watch that with the canges in our contents of Mahuri page, they will perhaps also change the contents - few days before they were using the words "Mahuri folks" as we had used, which they changed to "Mahuri people" when the word was chnged here. And, thanks for your concern. --Bhadani 14:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Follow up

As a follow up to our conversation in January, could you copy/translate anything the Hebrew Misplaced Pages has on Shimon Agranat? Raul654 20:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Wallerstein

Fixed it. And hello from the North Sea Coast. -- southgeist 23:27, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Bodil Joensen

I started a discussion on the page Talk:Bodil Joensen about the fact that u placed the unreferenced template in the article. Ik.pas.aan 14:03, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

debate you might want to look into

You started a page Ushpizin. There is also a page Ushpizzin (2 z's). On the Ushpizin talk page there is now a debate about the future of these pages (merge or double redirect to sukkot). If you would like to participate we would appresiate your inputJon513 20:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Blocked user

Hi, Dan. Responded on your e-mail as you requested. - Lucky 6.9 21:24, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Disclaimer of WallaPedia

Sorry that I write at Hebrew but the exact translation of the message is too much for me:

שלום דני,
אני מודע לעובדה כי אתה לא האחראי על הנושאים המשפטיים של הקרן, אולם יש צורך בתרגום שהוא מעבר ליכולת הכתיבה שלי באנגלית של הבעיה המוצגת כאן, אודה לך אם תוכל להעביר את הנושא לעורך הדין של הקרן או לטפל בנושא בדרך שתראה לך.
אתר וואלה (http://www.walla.co.il) יצא לפני כחודשיים עם וואלהפדיה (http://pedia.walla.co.il/) , אינציקלופדית רשת המבוססת על ויקיפדיה בעברית. האתר הפר בהתחלה בצורה גסה את רשיון ה-GDFL של ויקיפדיה אולם לאחר שיחות של משתמש:דוד שי איתם נפתרו כמעט כל הבעיות (פירוט קיים בויקיפדיה:מזנון/וואלה פדיה). לעומת זאת וואלה מסרבים לטפל בבעיה האחרונה (שאיננה מופיעה בוואלהפדיה עצמה אלא באתר הראשי שלהם) למרות שגם דוד וגם אני פנינו אליהם.
הבעיה המדויקת היא הכיתוב:

הוראות תקנון זה מתווספות לכל הוראות תקנון אחר המצוי באתר ובמקרה של אי התאמה, גוברות עליהן.

ביחד עם:

אין להעתיק, להפיץ, להציג בפומבי או למסור לצד שלישי כל חלק מן הנ"ל בלא קבלת הסכמתה של החברה,

בכתב ומראש. המופיע בתנאי השימוש הכלליים (http://friends.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=disclaimer) של אתר וואלה. פירוש תנאי זה הוא שרשיון ה-GDFL שמאפשר העתקה חופשית בתנאים מסויימים לא תקף בוואלהפדיה (המהווה אתר משנה של אתר וואלה).
אודה לך אם תוכל לטפל בבעיה זו.

Thanks, Troll Refaim 19:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Lee Terry

Even with your summary of "wp:office block", I don't see how that articel should be protected, especially since I don't think it's been hit up on by any of the recent Congress vandals. Infact its entire history seems to be generally legit. 68.39.174.238 20:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Linked to same on the articel talk page. I don't know how often this happens, but if might be a good idea to have a standard message to stick on talk pages, as to all other indications, it was a protection from nowhere for no reason. 68.39.174.238 20:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

As a person who's been informally checking many of the Nebraska-related articles for vandalism over the past year or so, I'm slightly curious as to the nature of the vandalism that occurred (I've reverted vandalism on his page several times in the past); was it along the lines of "He stole my seat!"? Also, how long will that article remain locked? – Swid 20:39, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I've been working down the line creating Nebraska reps, and fixing the current ones. I would also like to know when Lee Terry's artle can be unlocked so that I can add the representative box to it. Thank you. --Rayc 23:27, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Poly Prep Country Day School

I dialed down your protection on this article to semiprotection since all the vandalism was coming from unregistered accounts. Regards, howcheng {chat} 17:41, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

FYI, I was contacted directly by the sysadmin of Poly Prep via email in regards to this article; they wished to have the libelous edits removed from the page history per Misplaced Pages:Libel and I complied (I'll send a copy to you). I deleted the page and restored it to a January 14 2006 version (all edits after that date were vandalism and subsequent reversions). I apologize if I've overstepped my bounds and from this point will leave the article to you to handle. howcheng {chat} 18:03, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

WP:OFFICE and protected page list

Heya! I created a special list on the WP:PP page to cover pages protected by you due to WP:OFFICE guidelines. Look it over and make changes if need be. I thought it'd be advisable to do that so then admins won't accidentally unprotect them. Thanks. --Woohookitty 10:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

need to know if legal dept has sent letter yet

Hey Danny, I've been trying to get in touch with Jimbo about a legal issue, but I haven't had any luck. I know you guys must get flooded with bullshit legal stuff all day, but since this one is for real, I want to make sure I have done my due diligence on it. It involves a DMCA complaint that was delivered to the Misplaced Pages co-lo back in October or so. Please read User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Richard_Barrett_and_the_Crosstar_Image and let me know if I'm in the clear or not. Thanks for your attention and let me know if there is someone more appropriate to direct this too. Kaldari 20:48, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey Danny, I sent the information to you in an email (as I have also done for Jimbo). Please let me know if someone is going to look into this issue or not. Thanks. Kaldari 17:19, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I saw the email from Jean-Baptiste. Good to know someone is looking into it. Thanks for your help and keep me posted. Kaldari 18:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Harry Reid and Amgine

With all due respect to the both of you guys, the information that Amgine is removing is based completely in fact and is well accepted by the mainstream media. I would suggest that she reread the sources before, she makes sweeping changes against consensus.--M4bwav 21:18, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

I apologize if I have offended your power, but not only are the new edits NPOV, but they are a rejection of the ideals that wikipedia was founded upon. You are essentially yielding to pressure to whitewash an article based on fact. I guess, truth and objectivity will always be a victim of social and political pressure--M4bwav 21:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

The protection page said Reid was unlocked but the protect tag wasn't removed. Some of the discussion mentions "legal action" by Reid?? If so, I think the AP would be interested that Reid thinks the AP has somehow slandered or libeled him as all the information was sourced and undisputed factually by Reid. Tbeatty 03:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

So at what point can people who study Reid, actually write about Reid? This lock thing seems pretty unusual, is there a time limit here that I'm not aware of? Also I would suggest that you read all the sources before you revert to a deletion of cross-referenced information. It seems like the consensus of most, if not all, of the Reid writers is against this locking. This whole event seems pretty heavy handed.--M4bwav 14:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I apologize for acting on the ill-advised and inflammatory assumption that Sen. Reid's office was threatening legal action. I believe that you and Jimbo have the best interests of the encyclopedia at heart in this matter, though I wish that you had been quicker to explain the matter. Please let me know if there is anything in particular I can do to improve Harry Reid. NatusRoma 07:12, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

As I understand it, today (2/21/2006) was supposed to be the day in which Misplaced Pages was explained to Reid's staff, their concerns noted, and the page unlocked. My question is: what were their concerns and when will the page be unlocked? I don't think this is an unreasonable question. Remember, m:Protected pages considered harmful. Danny has already said that this was not a legal issue. Therefore it is hard for us to see how this fits in the protected page policy. There was no edit war. There was no vandalism. AS far as I can tell this shows a lack of trust in the Wiki community to edit this particular page and determine the scope of content. Tbeatty 03:27, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I had to travel on wiki business. Believe it or not, there are other priorities, I am more worried about your insistence on jumping on the page as soon as protection os removed. right now . Danny 12:39, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I have not touched the page and I haven't insisted on jumping on it. I have only insisted that the lock be explained or removed. I would hope that the belief that m:Protected pages considered harmful is more than just a web page and the administrators actually believe it. Tbeatty 16:29, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Mike Garcia

Guanaco thinks that this edit is by Mike Garcia. Are we supposed to believe that he's reformed? User:Zoe| 04:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Brian Peppers

Could you place a note somewhere to let us know what the WP:OFFICE wants doing with Brian Peppers? (if anything, that is ;) Physchim62 (talk) 21:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

quick question

Hi, Raul654 directed me to you and siad you might be able to answer a question for me. here it is: what insigna Israeli combat medics wear to identify themselves as combat medics(prior to the Red crystal)? Would it be the red Star of David? did it still protect them under the Geniva convention eventhough it was not recognized? We're trying to figure this out over at Talk:Combat medic. Any help would be apreciated. Thanks! Mike McGregor (Can) 22:46, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Banu Hud

I feel bad that I just noticed, but thanks for touching up the quick super stubby article I tossed together. I found an interesting list of early rulers for the city and put together the template and stubs, it's nice to see someone expand one! Staxringold 01:47, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

A Grant Idea

I would like to talk to Danny about a grant idea that I believe would help wikipedia and the wider community but am unsure how to contact him. If he could email me at Nbruch@gmail.com I would appreciate it. Thanks

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/David Quinn (Actor)

Does this fall under WP:OFFICE? User:Zoe| 01:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your kind words! One man's magnamonious is another man's cheesy ;) Nach0king 09:33, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Lafayette!

Danny,

Thanks for coming to Lafayette and presenting to our small group. I've been extremely impressed with what the foundation has done and look forward to contributing to these worthwhile projects.

Danny Morgan

Poly Prep Country Day School part 2

Can this be unprotected yet? Rich Farmbrough 15:34 7 March 2006 (UTC).

In fact, Tony Sidaway has unprotected the article, with Since it was protected as WP:OFFICE I thought you might like to know. I've also told Tony -- probably just an oversight, since the only place it's mentioned is in the protect log. · Katefan0/poll 22:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Yup. He's reprotected. (Sorry for all the text here on your talk page.) · Katefan0/poll 22:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Pauley Perrette, whcih Jimbo sprotected as WP:OFFICE, was also unsprotected March 5 by Xaosflux. I left a message on his talk as well; FYI. · Katefan0/poll 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I've restored protection on this page per it's listing on WP:PP#Pages_protected_due_to_WP:OFFICE_guidelines. The protection log, deletion history, talk page, etc did not specify that this was due to WP:OFFICE, and I unprotected in good faith of a forgotten SEMIprotected page. This reply also implies that this should be over by now, as 6 weeks is more then 'a handful of days'. Perhaps a more prominent method of decaring these WP:OFFICE restrictions (and lenghts) would be helpful? xaosflux /_CVU 02:57, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Legal threats

Hard to say. Certianly I have responded to things people thought were official legal theats. Then there is the issue that while of course I've never been on the reciving end of a DMCA I've delt with many copyright complaints. Yes I've delt with that side from time to time. Strangly I never felt the need to protect anything for a significant length of time or indeed do anything without provideing at least some explantion to my fellow wikipedians. WP:Office lets you protect in the short term. If you want more either respect the community enough to give a decent justification or if stuff has to remain confidential get an arbcom injunction or something.

Incerdentaly I see you have protect Jack Thompson (attorney) without listing it on Misplaced Pages:List of indefinitely protected pages.Geni 20:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

About Danny getting "an arbcom injunction or something", Danny obviously operates with the full and absolute backing of the entire Committee; that, however, is irrelevant. He does as is necessary. m:Don't be foolish and all that.

James F. (talk) 20:56, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Geni, if you think office tags are up for a vote then you're dumber than I think you are - David Gerard 21:17, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

WP:OFFICE

Hello, Danny! Several comments: first, someone else had already unprotected Poly Prep Country Day School; I removed the notice that was added but wanted to make sure you knew about it (follow-up: it's been re-added; could you provide some clarification on this? The article is no longer protected, having been unprotected by Geni, and your message on WP:OFFICE says that all articles except Jack Thompson (attorney) may be unprotected.) Also, on WP:OFFICE I moved your list and your comments to the bottom under a new section for easier reading; if you don't like that, feel free to revert. Finally, I've created a new template so that it's easier to tag such articles: {{Office}}. I hope that'll be useful to you; let me know what you think. Thanks a lot! Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:39, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 03:10, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Poly Prep Country Day School protection

I saw Poly Prep Country Day School was unprotected but it still had your WP:OFFICE notice on it so I reprotected. I'm just confirming with you whether it should stay protected or whether it should be unprotected and the notice removed. Thanks. --Cyde Weys 21:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Office actions template

I made some changes to {{office}}, including usage information, marking it as a self-reference, and protecting it. The reasoning behind protecting it is that all other templates used to signify protected pages (such as {{protected}} and {{sprotected}}) are themselves protected, because if they weren't, they would be a backdoor loophole that could be used to modify the page, and of course, a vandal magnet. Let me know if this judgement was made in error. Thanks. --Cyde Weys 04:41, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:El Rom.PNG

Thanks for uploading Image:El Rom.PNG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Misplaced Pages because of copyright law (see Misplaced Pages's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Misplaced Pages are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Shyam 11:11, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Danny, if you know a little bit hebrew language then you can help it to tag propely. Please tag the image with whatever tag is put on hebrew wikipedia image page. It shall make avoid deletion in future. Regards, Shyam 06:48, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Grenada st george.jpg

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Misplaced Pages Logo is being used without permission violating its copyright

The wiki at http://brethrenpedia.quist.ca/Main_Page is using the puzzle logo as their logo, could you please forward this to whoever would handle a copyright violation. Mike _{(T C)} 02:41, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

OFFICE/Jack Thompson

Please, when you protect or unprotect a page for WP:OFFICE, I think you should leave a message on the talk page. It's all part of the transparency, it's nice to be notified of things other than the removal or addition of the template and protection. Is there a reason this wasn't done? I want to make clear that my complaints were mostly that it was a "from on high" pronouncement - it was protected, and no notice was given whatsoever except for the template. I want us to be told of these things, just a short "This page is temporarily protected because of a WP office complaint". Yes, it might duplicate the template, but when WE add templates to articles, we are supposed to explain why on the talk page. Of course I don't want the legal reasons set out, just ... yeah. A notice. A courtesy. My complaints were never on the nature of OFFICE itself. Thank you. --Golbez 20:00, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

moink

Have you been in contact with the user in question? Is there a reason you blanked this? Thanks. --LV 19:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I assumed some appropriate action was taken, but it is an important issue, so I had to be sure. Thanks for your help in this. See you around, my friend. --LV 22:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

QUESTION

Hi, I have a question that might be a bit stupid, but its important if I plan to work my way up through wikipedia. It seems I have done several major edits without logging in, so they are credited to my IP address (66:71:31:62) and not to my name. Is there a way to transfer these credits? It should be pretty obvious that the IP is mine, if you look at where theyve been used. Thanks. --Pal5017 09:31, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Karaiskakis2.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Karaiskakis2.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Misplaced Pages because of copyright law (see Misplaced Pages's Copyright policy).

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templates substituted by a bot as per Misplaced Pages:Template substitution Pegasusbot 08:04, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Robert Ayton

Hi, I notice you removed him from the list of English poets. I wasn't sure on your reasons for this, so I reverted pending discussion. Regards, Dlyons493 Talk 09:04, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I missed the second entry :-) Thanks, Dlyons493 Talk 10:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Predatory lending

Hey Danny, you put a sprot tag on this on March 30 but didn't actually push the protect button. I did it for you but wasn't sure whether or not you intended this to be considered under WP:OFFICE. You might want to clarify. (I assume so given the edit immediately prior, but wanted to check.) · Katefan0/poll 22:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Gotcha, thanks for the quick answer. Well at any rate it's actually sprot'ed now. =) · Katefan0/poll 22:43, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

PorthosBot

Hi, if you would have any info on PorthosBot, could you have a look at Wikipedia_talk:Bots#PorthosBot? Tx! --Francis Schonken 09:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Survey

I am conducting a survey on Misplaced Pages and would like to invite you to participate in the study. I've posted a message on wikien-l, but here is the link again in case you are not subscribed to that list-serv. Thanks a lot for your time! --Mermes 02:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Funds from EU

Hi Danny, you may remember me from IRC as Yodo (Yodo1). Any chance we could talk? Could you please email me? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Zureks ) --Zureks 10:31, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Please stop removing content from Misplaced Pages; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Cyrruss 15:25, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Tito Beltran, source

Hello. It is indeed Tito Beltran who will be on trial for pedophilia crimes commited against a 7 years old girl. Nobody can deny this. The only source on the net is a neo-nazi site. Do you think it's better to cite the neonazis and link to their page?

Please stop your futile removal of the content on Tito Beltrán. Improve the site instead. After all, it's still just a stub.

Cyrruss 17:08, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Danny as a former New Yorker. I thought you might be interested (if you are in the area), so take a look at this and please tell any other Wikipedians that you think might be interested in participating about this event. Thanks. Alex756 02:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Problems with users and accounts

I'm having a problem with one user in particular, and I've got two accounts on my name. Two diferent problems, not related. Can you help me?

Frankie 15:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Tito Beltrán

If you do not like the controversies you can at least keep all the wikifying that I did. The reference is in Swedish, but still relevant. --Drdan 17:02, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Just a public 'thank you' for clearing up the confusion and explaining what happened. After having read some of the messages on your talkpage I must say that I never realised that legal threats towards Wiki are so common. rxnd ( t | € | c ) 21:37, 19 April 2006 (UTC) (PS changed my signature from Drdan)

OFFICE actions or not?

It's becoming very confusing when you are using the OFFICE authority and when you aren't. Clearly, and are well outside of the usual protection policy here since they hadn't any edit-war problems, vandalism problems etc. You just didn't like what was in the article, apparently, since you decided not to use an office tag. With you de-sysopping people when they removing such tags, we need to know when you are and are not using Higher Authority in your actions, adn when you're justing protecting as a preference to editing. In the latter case, the protections should be lifted quickly. -Splash 15:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

It was protection, not deletion. But can I ask you to actually do the pretty small amount of notpaper-work to let admins know when you are OFFICEing and when you are not? Sometimes you act as a run-of-the-mill admin round here, other times, you act officially and have imposed pretty summary de-adminning in the past. It's not fair to expect us to read your mind on this, especially when a simple edit to WP:OFFICE, or a clear protection summary, or a use of a better tag would make things immediately clear. I'm not asking you to divulge reasons where you can't, but to let people know which hat you are wearing. Admins need to be able to both abide by the decisions and to back them up if and when they are challenged. If the best we have is "yeah, maybe" it makes life unnecessarily difficult. -Splash 16:21, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

So based on the current (00:51, 19 April 2006 (UTC)) discussion on Misplaced Pages talk:Office Actions#Still in use?, it appears that you do want those two pages tagged with {{office}}, right? If not, you better clear up what would be a misunderstanding. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:51, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Although it is my belief that no sysop should revert another sysop's action without discussion, this edit summary does not give an adequate explanation of why you removed most of the article and protected the page. Fred Bauder 23:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

- Xed 09:24, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Press Inquiry WikiNews and Blogger

From Christopher J. Bradley

Results to be placed in http://wikimaniadreams.blogspot.com

Controversial? Yes. Revolutionary? Yes. A System that will undermine and fundamentally change the way we do things? Yes. Yet the question remains, who is the figure behind this Controversial Revolution, the system that will fundamentally change the way we do things? Can we get to know him a bit better. Its not a question of whether we can or should, its a question of the perspective we frame things in.

What would it be worth, to all of us, to hear it from the founder of the ever changing and expanding Encyclopedia of everything? This WikiNews author holds him in high regard, regardless of the controversies of the past, and looks forward to a future in meeting him for a sit down at some time in the future.

As I said in my Frugalware interview, it was the Spring that Vista never sprung...Yet the march of change through the seasons continues on. Where will you be this August when Harvard becomes Wiki Central, and the Mania commences? Given my options, I'd like to be dead center in all of it, just to see what kinds of possibilities arise.

1). You’ve been at Harvard for some time, just so we can get aquainted, roughly, how long have you been at Harvard?

2). You’ve been known to travel far and wide...What is the coolest locale you’ve discovered?

3). People have accused Misplaced Pages of everything from being a Cabal to being outright Communist...There’s no truth to any of it is there?

4). What does it take to run the coolest hippest wealth of free knowledge on the planet, and not lose perspective?

5.) I noticed you checked up on your steak knife comment once...Can anyone really escape this sort of web narcissim? Or are we all doomed to it. I check on my own face about once a day...

6.) What do you think the up and coming resources that capture the public’s attention will be...?

7.) MySpace has been accused of predatory behaviors by its users. Is this why Misplaced Pages has always had the standpoint that Misplaced Pages is not a children’s resource? And has that helped to some degree to improve its image?

8.) When will Misplaced Pages fully integrate the Chinese Edition with the English Edition? Are you in need of translators, editors?

9.) What are the key items on the menu for Wikimania 2006 at Harvard in the beginning of August? What can be expected, and who will be the VIP’s thus far?

10.) What do you think of other services trying to position for similar ideas or spaces within the internet, like Everything2? Are these ideas good in and of themselves, and can they help or hinder the flow of information?

11.) Can you talk a little bit about the Creative commons liscense? What are the reserved rights and how can we find out about them?

Thank you for your time Mr. Wales, It is always nice to interact with you and the members of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Sincerely,

Christopher J. Bradley 69.161.110.89 07:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC) Chris Bradley 07:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:HIRE and its AfD

Are you aware of this? If the office has an opinion it should weigh in. I don't think this should be allowed to proceed without careful consideration and Foundation approval. My own opinion is in the AfD. The scheme is not too far removed from letting folks put up Misplaced Pages pages offering used computers and cd's for sale. Misplaced Pages is not ebay. Certainly, the AfD process is just about the last way to decide something like this. Phr 11:59, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Crystal Gail Mangum

WP:OFFICE seems to follow me around, I just rejected a speedy request on this page(didn't seem to meet CSD), and it has now been deleted. Anyway, you deleted the afd discussion for the page, and I was wondering if it might be appropriate to undelete the AfD discussion and close it as deleted as an Office action, as there are still red links in and it might confuse some people. Alternately, the red links could be deleted. Which should be done, or neither?

Prodego 02:30, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Danny, I was wondering why it was deleted? Verifiability? Ethical concerns? Thanks. --tomf688 23:00, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. So if a reputable source comes out with the name its OK to bring the article back? --tomf688 (talk) 01:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

We have a reputable, verifiable source now. Can we please have the WP:Office removed?

Suggestion Re: DannyIsMe Talk Page

I don't know if you check your DannyIsMe talk page for messages. If not, you may wish to leave notice of same there, or perhaps redirect it here. — WCityMike (talk • contribs) 16:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikitruth

(also left on your Dannyisme account -- not sure of appropriate place)

Could you please state on Talk:Wikitruth whether the placement of Wikitruth.Info on the spam blacklist, and forbidding Misplaced Pages editors to link to sites that redirect to Wikitruth.Info, is a Wikimedia Foundation-based action? Administrators currently acting on that page are stating that their edits are being motivated by consultation with Wikimedia Foundation counsel, but as far as respectfully differing editors are concerned, we believe that you are the sole Misplaced Pages admin authorized to make non-countermandable decisions based on foundation counsel's advice, yes? Your clarifying statements and/or edits would be appreciated there. — WCityMike (talk • contribs) 16:20, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal

Please review 2006_Duke_University_lacrosse_team_scandal#Publication_of_the_accuser.27s_identity and then please remove your block of the Crystal Gail Mangum article. Please just use your higher intellectual facilities for a few moments: The woman is a criminal and she is notable. Whether or not she was raped by those Duke students no longer matters. She is now part of History whether she likes it or not and there is nothing that you can do to protect her. The DA won is primary election and I think it is obvious that unless some miracle happens, all charges will be dropped. Again: it does not matter. Crystal Gail Mangum is an American criminal, she is notable and that is all it takes to get a bio page at Misplaced Pages. -- 71.6.14.2 10:42, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Anon user appears to be a sockpuppet of banned User:Amorrow. - Nunh-huh 10:59, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Danny: Do you have those higher facilities I previously mentioned? I expect that you do and that you can se that it does not matter if it was Amorrow or Nunh-huh or whomever wrote the above text. Your prior decision has been overtaken by events that neither Amorrow nor Nunh-huh had anything to do with and the place for Crystal Gail Mangum in History is now determined. She is toast. It is just a matter of time before you unblock the page. -- 71.6.14.2 11:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, while you are at it, would you please take a look at and consider just unblocking the Peppers page also? The block you have on the page is, in my opinion, not an asset to Wikipeida. The page can be done in an appropriate way fo this American criminal also. Personally, I do not think that Misplaced Pages needs a copy of the photo for itself. In my opinion and as a matter of style, it is better to just guide the user to the definitive source of that image. In this particular case, several hundred words IS better than a picture. Wikpedia should help the reader to understand what they are look at when they go to the eSORN database just as if it were to provide a description of a classic painting. In case you think I am some kind of cruel guy, just take a look at Sam Sloan and Jefferson Poland. I like those people and I added Sam's criminal record to his page. He does not seem to mind and we are still friends. These online criminal databases are here to stay. If Misplaced Pages is NPOV, then all it can do is accomodate these new online databases and provide a well-organized and well-informed view into these resources. Or we can get all queasy and upset about them and stick our heads in the sand. Your choice. -- 71.6.14.2 11:35, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello Danny. There seem to be a lot of strong emotions regarding the Crystal Gail Mangum page. Admitably, there was no reliable, reputable source which was printing her name. However, the defense lawyers have released her name now. It is reliable, it is reputable, and it meets all of the requirements of Misplaced Pages. It is unfair, and significantly biased to keep Crystal Gail Mangum locked while the David Forker Evans page is not.

Kola Boof article

Hi Danny,

Thanks for checking out the Kola Boof article. I understand that she might have concerns over what is in the article, but the way she seems to want the page to be is like a fluffy press release from her publisher's desk. Totally not NPOV. Also, how will this stuff be investigated? Take care. Shamrox 09:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Asking a favor...

I needed something done by an admin so I went to the List o' admins and arbitrarily chose you! I was wondering if you could roll back my monobook.js page so that all edits I made today (May 6) are deleted only showing the last April 27 version. This has happened before, where I go to add something, and then all the content doesn't work. Typical. Could you suggest a way for this to be prevented? Anyway, thanks in advance! → J@red  23:32, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Saints Wikiproject

I noted that you have been contributing to articles about saints. I invite you to join the WikiProject Saints. You can sign up on the page and add the following userbox to your user page.

• {{User Saints WikiProject}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Saints.

Thanks! --evrik 18:56, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Bodog

I commented on my talk page, but you should go back and unblank the Bodog article. The company obviously objectively deserves one. Even if it was reduced to about three paragraphs (the intro, the primary business, and the existence of secondary arms like music) it would fill the need of an article, and I'd be glad to change it (again... I've took a thousand pounds of spam out of that thing the past few months), but you need to unblank it otherwise I might end up getting blocked again. 2005 01:28, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

hello

i was wondering if i could have your input on this article?--64.12.116.131 02:12, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

RE:Sgrayban unblock

Greetings, Danny. I hope you've been well. The reason I am writing to you is because it has now come to my attention that you, and the foundation, were privy to the dispute involving User:Sgrayban. The user assures me that he does not intend to take legal action against Wikimedia, and that he will adhere to WP:NLT (among other applicable policies). The user has also withdrawn from the article/s in dispute. I'll write in greater detail on Brad Patrick's talk page and submitt the matter to your review. Sorry for the oversight, I simply missed Brad's notice. בברכה, El_C 04:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Did both of you seen the threatening comments this user continue to post on his talk page while he was blocked? This user has posted threatening comments on the Misplaced Pages namespace. What's going on here? Why is this user being unblocked? 172 | Talk 09:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Note the comments made by this user following his first indefinite block by James Forrester (including the ones oddly blanked by Master Jay ). I have little doubt that this guy's just here to be disruptive. (The overall weirdness of some of his threats against Adam and other editors are also worth noting.) 172 | Talk 16:50, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I screwed up; I thought 172 was in favour of the unblock. Not to mention Brad Patrick objects to it. The user is re-blocked and the matter is deffered to yourself and Brad. Sorry, everyone. I will try to be more careful in the future. El_C 17:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

David Shields

I see you blocked David Shields for "Sock of Perbanned User" see his talk page. He seems to think he is not the sock of perbanned user. ForestH2

Just to add a note, the user in question is an AOL user (blocked lots of other AOL users through autoblocks), so if checkuser was involved it might be unreliable... --pgk 06:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Doug Copp problems

There are some problems with the above article. I know that it is a contentious subject, so I have personally stayed out of making any major changes to it (I added some citeneed and an 'unreferenced' template). Now he is threating with legal action, and I do not know what to do. You have given me guidance in these kind of issues before, and I figured that I'd ask you for advice. I am on the road now and I will not be able to answer quickly over the next week. --rxnd ( t | € | c ) 15:01, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I figured out how to sort it out through the admin noticeboard. --rxnd ( t | € | c ) 18:37, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, can we clear this up please

Hello, I am Juicifer, I have returned to wiki after a few months and got a new name after some unpleasant threats.

I would like to have my IP unblocked please. I would like you to explain why you are deleting the article on this guy without consensus. That Essjay now claims on the Protoz page that I am a sock-puppet of "Israelbeach" is demonstrably false, as his his assertion that this has been checked with checkuser - if that is checked I can assure you that you will find that Essjay is in error (to be generous). I merely came to this article browsing through the Google news for wikipedia. When I found the page and history had been erased, despite a recent strong Keep AfD and no discussion on the talk page I became curious. Assuming good faith, I replaced the article based on the Google cache. I posted a plain query to you and another Admin who had deleted the article asking if there was a good reason. I was blocked (along with god knows how many other people on the same AOL IP.

So, after returning to wiki after a few a months it appears:

• a) A article has been repeatedly deleted against consensus by two admins, deleting the history and providing no explanation on the talk page.
• b) An apparent newby (me) on a generic AOL IP was given a complete ban on account of stalking User:Danny despite merely posing a comment on the talkpage to the effect that he should explain his actions or expect me to take the usual actions.
• c) I was falsely accused of being a sock-puppet.
• d) Most seriously, User:Essjay one of the 14 most senior administrators who are trusted with legally confidential information (subject to the 6 stated exceptions) has not only claimed that Protoz (me) is a sock-puppet of "Israelbeach" but claims that this has been confirmed by the Checkuser tool. Either there has been some ridiculous coincidence and I really do share this AOL IP with "Israelberch", or Essjay found no evidence and (forgive me, WP:NPA and all that) decided to "economise on the truth" by saying that Checkuser confirmed what in fact it had excluded.

While d) is an inexcusable breach of trust and abuse of power, I am sure that c) is merely a misunderstanding.

As to a) and b). As I can ascertain, the deletion by User:Danny followed the publication by the article's subject of a critique of wikipedia, which is how I found this in google news. It makes wikipedia look very childish to then remove the article on him as a "punishment". Such authoritarian censorship is the exact opposite of what wikipedia is about.

P.S. It appears that User:Danny also unilaterally deleted the article on the organ that published the critical piece. What an embarrassment for wikipedia that it sunk to petty censorship.

User:Juicifer 18:14, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Joel Leyden and Israel News Agency

Was this an action as your role as an administrator or an agent of the Foundation? If it is the former I must protest and request that you undelete them and list them on AFD. Kotepho 01:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I have read the RFC against him and various other things, such as some AN/I threads. He was disruptive, posted editor's personal information, has made legal threats, the list just goes on and on. It does not seem to correct to call him only a blogger that spams search engines though and I am not sure how his misbehavior results in the deletion of his article.

• Joel Leyden was behind netking.com Rovner, Sandy (1995-11-09). "Mourning by Modem for Rabin". The Washington Post. which has 16 mentions in newspapers including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The San Francisco Chronicle
• Taylor, Catherine (2002-04-23). "Palestinian schools hit hard by conflict - Older students in the West Bank headed back to school yesterday, to begin cleaning up battle damage". Christian Science Monitor. quotes him as a Captain and spokesman for the Israeli Defense Force
• Rover, Sandy (1996-03-07). "A Flash of Screwy Logic". The Washington Post. mentions his "internet consulting and advertising company" opening the Israeli Terror Victims Hotline page http://shani.net/terror which also has mentions in The Chicago Sun-Times and The Star Tribune
• Again quoted as a spokesman and captain for the IDF in Chivers, C.J. (2002-04-27). "Mideast Turmoil: Bethlehem - Israel's Threat of an Attack on a Church is Pulled Back". The New York Times.; Lev, Michael (2002-04-27). "Israelis hunt militants in new West Bank raid - Bush urges end to incursions". Chicago Tribune.; "Children to be released from Church of the Nativity". CNN. 2002-04-24.
• An article from The Register that mentions him and uses Israeli News Agency as a source

I, of course, do not have the full picture. Kotepho 04:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

JL

Could you post a note at Talk:Joel Leyden or WP:OFFICE or somewhere appropriate to clarify the exact status of the deleted article? I'm concerned that we might have a misunderstanding like a few weeks ago. Haukur 08:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Also at Talk:Israel news agency and user:Israelbeach. I don't particularly want to touch these pages so that it doesn't seem like I am carrying out a personal vendetta. --woggly 09:56, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Removal of image from DYK

Hi Danny. I'm not contesting your removal of the image, but it was one of those times when leaving an edit summary would have helped a lot, so another admin could quickly move in and replace it (as well as unprotecting the image that came off). I've already done so, as I happened to have been watching the discussion on Talk:Main Page, and when I saw you edit the template I guessed what had happened. Thanks. --Sam Blanning 14:09, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Your edit of Jeffrey Vernon Merkey

It would be very helpful if you could provide some explanation for your recent removal of content from Jeffrey Vernon Merkey. I am not in any way disputing your right to remove the content, but since it was accurate and verifiable information it seems very likely that someone may in all innocence attempt to restore that content. I will gladly monitor the article to prevent any such restoration, but I would need to be able to provide a justification. If this was a WP:OFFICE action, then please so indicate. --MediaMangler 21:25, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Danny, I am in receipt of an email message purporting to be from you, although I question its provenance. It fails to address the central question of whether or not your edit was a WP:OFFICE action. Instead, it repeats a claim made by Jeff Merkey concerning a court order — a claim which has been fairly thoroughly discredited. Therefore, I suspect the message may have actually been written by Merkey or someone in his employ. Disregarding this possibly forged email, I respectfully request that you clearly and unambiguously indicate, either here or on the article's talk page, whether or not this edit was a WP:OFFICE action. If you state "This was a WP:OFFICE action and is not to be questioned" then I will of course comply. If this was not a WP:OFFICE action, then I intend to start a discussion on the article's talk page concerning whether or not the material belongs in the article and I will be guided by consensus opinion. --MediaMangler 14:02, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Jimbo in Norway

I need mail to the Swedish journalist who are comming to Bergen I am planning a meeting with the Press before the lecture. --Nina-no 14:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

DYK!

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your efforts on behalf of the 'pedia. Nice article! ++Lar: t/c 21:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Quick Translation

Hey, I've been working on the article Nativ, an Israeli govenment organization that helped Jews in the Soviet Union. I recently found what I believe is the group's seal, and have placed it at the top right of the article. I was wondering if you could translate what it says along the outside. Thanks! Joshdboz 17:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your time

Mr. Wool: Thanks for your time. I can tell from comments like Kelly Martin's on wikien-l that you are quite busy protecting the Foundation from libel suits. Again, if you would look at the recent (last 12 hous) efforts to remove the Foundation's declarations of O.J. Simpson and Eric Foretich to be American criminals, it would be a good thing for the Foundation, especially in the light of Jimbo's recent statement of attitude and frustration. If you need to call me, my number is 650-799-8117. -- 71.139.199.74 18:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello from the Mediation Committee

Deletionism facing (Judaism) articles

Hi Danny: I have just placed the following on the Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Judaism. Shabbat Shalom, IZAK 09:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Shalom to everyone: There is presently a very serious phenomenon on Misplaced Pages that effects all articles. Let's call it "The New Deletionism". There are editors on Misplaced Pages who want to cut back the number of "low quality" articles EVEN IF THEY ARE ABOUT NOTABLE TOPICS AND SUBJECTS by skipping the normal procedures of placing {{cleanup}} or {{cite}} tags on the articles' pages and instead wish to skip that process altogether and nominate the articles for a vote for deletion (VfD). This can be done by any editor, even one not familiar with the subject. The implication/s for all articles related to Jews, Judaism, and Israel are very serious because many of these articles are of a specilaized nature that may or may not be poorly written yet have important connections to the general subjects of Jews, Judaism, and Israel, as any expert in that subject would know.

Two recent examples will illustrate this problem:

1) See Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Zichron Kedoshim, Congregation where a notable Orthodox synagogue was deleted from Misplaced Pages. The nominator gave as his reason: "Scarce material available on Google, nor any evidence in those results of notability nor any notable size." Very few people voted and only one person objected correctly that: "I've visited this synagogue, know members, and know that it is a well established institution" which was ignored and the article was deleted. (I was unaware of the vote).

2) See Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Berel Wein where the nominator sought to delete the article about Rabbi Berel Wein because: "It looks like a vanity project to me. While he does come up with many Google hits, they are all commercial in nature. The article is poorly written and reads like a commercial to me." In the course of a strong debate the nominator defended his METHOD: "... what better way to do that than put it on an AfD where people who might know more about the subject might actually see it and comment rather than slapping a {{NPOV}} and {{cleanup}} template on and waiting for someone to perhaps come across it." But what if no-one noticed it in time and it would have gone the same way as "Congregation Zichron Kedoshim"? Fortunately, people noticed it, no-one agreed with the nominator and the article was kept.

As we all know Googling for/about a subject can determine its fate as an article, but this too is not always a clear-cut solution. Thus for example, in the first case, the nominator saw almost nothing about "Congregation Zichron Kedoshim" on Google (and assumed it was unimportant) whereas in the second case the nominator admitted that Berel Wein "does come up with many Google hits" but dismissed them as "all commercial in nature". So in one case too few Google hits was the rationale for wanting to delete it and in the other it was too many hits (which were dismissed as "too commercial" and interpreted as insignificant), all depending on the nominators' POV of course.

This problem is compounded because when nominators don't know Hebrew or know nothing about Judaism and its rituals then they are at a loss, they don't know variant transliterated spellings, and compounding the problem even more Google may not have any good material or sources on many subjects important to Jewish, Judaic, and Israeli subjects. Often Judaica stores may be cluttering up the search with their tactics to sell products or non-Jewish sites decide to link up to Biblical topics that appear "Jewish" but are actually missionary sites luring people into misinformation about the Torah and the Tanakh, so while Googling may yield lots of hits they may mostly be Christian-oriented and even be hostile to the Judaic perspective.

Therefore, all editors and contributors are requested to be aware of any such attempts to delete articles that have a genuine connection to any aspect of Jews, Judaism and Israel, and to notify other editors.

Please, most importantly, place alerts here in particular so that other editors can be notified.

Thank you for all your help and awareness. IZAK 08:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Danny. Perhaps you could help with a POV-pusher over on the Adjara article. He continues to vandalize the page, removing the Adjarian flag and adding a nonsense to the article. I've done a lot to improve this article and I'm inclined to elevate it a good article status. Thanks in advance, Kober 14:13, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Simple request...

Danny, I perused the Wikimedia Foundation's website, but couldn't quite find what I was looking for. Would you mind emailing me (or on my talk page) some of the non-profit information about the Foundation? I only briefly peeked around, and I probably missed a glaring sign to it (and if that's the case a simple link would work), but was unable to find anything solid. If you need any further information, just let me know. Thanks for your help. --You Know Who 20:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Israeli Air Force and fairuse

Greetings, Danny, I hope you've been well. I am writing to you because I need your help in persuading Carnildo of the fair use merit of Image:IAF.jpg. I wish to limit any direct communication with him for obvious reasons. Incidentally, last week I've translated the vast majority of articles (30+) on Template:Israel Defense Forces. Have a look at my translations if you get a chance. ,בברכה El_C 01:07, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

It seems to be a pretty blatent violation of point #1 of Misplaced Pages:Fair use criteria. --Carnildo 07:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

The IDF is pretty blatant on allowing fair use usage: The user may make "fair use" of the protected material as set out under the law. El_C 07:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

That's really quite irrelevant. I suggest you read Misplaced Pages's policy on fair use: Misplaced Pages:Fair use. In particular, note point #1 of the fair-use criteria: "No free equivalent is available or could be created". The image in question fails that. --Carnildo 02:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm unaware of a free equivalent or how to create the info contained therein in that specific format (of the command structure). El_C 22:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

There's this thing called a "paint program". It lets you do things like draw lines, boxes, and text. If you want to be fancier, there are things called "charting programs" that let you create arbitrary flowcharts, where the program will take care of all the lines and boxes for you. There are even dedicated programs for creating organizational flowcharts. --Carnildo 22:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I only know how to write, I had no idea any of these things were possible, especially the "paint program" part. El_C 01:29, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I saw the comments here and created Image:IAF.png. Raul654 22:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Request

Danny, given the history between us, I'm not sure where you get off asking me for anything at all.

Having said that, yes, I will make the Tswana logo in the next few days, not because you asked, but because of a request I received from a Tswana Wikipedian. --Node 03:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

in re Fritz Klein

wanted to explain . . . where you previously removed a link with the comment easier to give an external link than to write an article, not being lazy, merely terrorized by the sweeps of articles being done by User:Aaron Brenneman, et. al. In the meantime, topic Klein Sexual Orientation Grid is marked as needing article written. CyntWorkStuff 20:34, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Albertsons

Hello Danny! I noticed you recently removed the office tag from the article, and took it off the list of office protected pages, but you did not unprotect the page. I assume you just forgot to, but I wanted to ask to make sure, rather then unprotecting it myself. Thanks, Prodego 19:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Ehh it is easy to mess up, like try to do this properly. It took me 3 or 4 tries. ;-) I notice you do not have the new "Oversight" privilege, which allows you to remove edits directly from the database. This might be useful for office actions. Note though that only a developer can undo it and it should be used extremely carefully. Unless you deliberately don't have it, you might want to give it to yourself. It would mainly be used to remove private info (which I do a lot of, so it is too bad I can't use it) so it could be used on some pages which you do not even want admins to see the deleted edits. Happy officing and editing! Prodego 19:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Disturbing

Is there anything we can do about Misplaced Pages:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#Sex? The user purports to not be trolling. If so, I think it's within our civic duty to let the appropriate authorities know about this potential abuse situation. We can at least contact the ISP. Can you do this? -- Rick Block (talk) 03:52, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Crystal Gail Mangum office protection

When you protected this page, you mentioned on my user page that "we should wait for the name to be released before deciding how important it is". There have been requests that this page's office protection status be removed because official documents bearing her name have been released. Please see the talk page about Mangum for discussion and a link to the documents. Thank you. --tomf688 (talk - email) 16:50, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Danny. Just wanted to say thanks for all the good work you've done for this site. We'd really appreciate it if you could remove the WP:Office for the Crystal Gail Mangum page. Her name has been publicly released by a reliable, reputable source. There are pages available for the alleged criminals, but the page for the alleged victim has been locked out. Seems a little biased. Let us know if theres anything we can do to assist you. Again, thanks for the great work.

Danny, any updates on the Crystal Gail Mangum? Wassup? --Robertkeller 17:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

re:Judaism

I hope you are well. It seem like you have laid low from Jewish topics for a while, but if you have the time and will, perhaps you would have a constructive comment here Slrubenstein | Talk 13:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

concern for user's mental health

We are concerned that the user who posted this might attempt to harm himself. We are discussing the issue on User_talk:Batamtig

Please advise. Ideogram 06:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Please unprotect Crystal Gail Mangum already!

People have been asking you to unprotect this article for over a week now\, please bring back the open nature of Misplaced Pages. Thanks. RFerreira 05:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Norm Coleman

Hi, I am sending this message to serious contributors who may be interested in articles related to U.S. politics. I believe I am receiving an unreasonable response-- and at times insulting and rude-- from the editors of Norm Coleman article, who refuse to remove a section that may offer some interesting trivia for Wikipeidia users, but is irrelevant to people interested in reading an encyclopedia article on a member of U.S. Senate. If you have time, please take a look at the article. Regards. 172 | Talk 03:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

The Hunger Project

A few hours ago I sent a message to the info team about a libelous statement that has been placed on this entry. Anything you can do to expedite its handling will be much appreciated.

• RE: above: A few hours ago I sent a message to the info team about a libelous statement ... This is clearly the POV of the previous user. All statements have been properly sourced and referenced with endnotes, from a source (NOT Mother Jones) that duly published said statements in reference to a different article. A NOTE was placed before the reference to alert the reader to its integrity:

  NOTE: Sourced quote from Raising Hell: How the Center for Investigative Reporting Gets the Story., David Weir (journalist), Dan Noyes, the Center for Investigative Reporting

  . The Center for Investigative Reporting is a reputable source. There have been no lawsuits against above source for statements within its work, which comment on other sources that were reprinted properly with permission.Smeelgova 20:53, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Danny, I have been advising Jcoonrod in my role as an advocate. I see that upon receiving communtication from him you did attempt to edit the Hunger Project article. I do not know if you are aware but User:Smeelgova has effectively now reverted all of your edits. Would using WP:OFFICE be the best option, I understand your reluctance to use such measures too frequently, however if you try to simply apply changes on this account it appears Smeelgova will revert them? --Wisden17 23:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Smeelgova is on thin ice, especially with a Mediation pending.--BradPatrick 23:22, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• I understand the issues at hand, however I am not very familiar with the WP:OFFICE policy. Please explain why I am on "thin ice", even though I have cited references and sources for the aforementioned quotations?Smeelgova 23:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not the best person to respond to this given my role, but I can tell you that the pattern of editing that you have engaged in over the past month, with your selection of articles, POV (in my estimation) and tendency to edit in only a very narrow area warrant very careful evaluation of exactly what it is you are doing. I just took a look at the page you put together on Harry Margolis and your choice of supposedly "relevant" legal items, and I'm really not sure what you are up to except grinding an axe. I believe you are going to be called out for your viewpoint. You might want to ask yourself if, as the userpage of User:Essjay asks, with every click of the "save page" button you are making Misplaced Pages a better place. Are you?--BradPatrick 23:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

• Please define, "better place". If by "better place" we mean the truth, then that is one story. But if by "better place" we simply mean to avoid any sort of confrontational controversial issue, than Misplaced Pages would quickly begin to reflect a certain type of POV. As to the particular article you cited, this was a major battle within this individual's life, where he was indicted by the federal government on 23 counts. Granted I am not an attorney, but it does seem relevant. My motivation here is to compile information otherwise not readily accessible to the public, from reputable sources. However, if I am beginning to be threatened from all fronts, with no Misplaced Pages advocate or support of my own, than I will have no choice but to cease and desist. I must say that I am surprised at these actions from devoted Misplaced Pages members, I had thought that in an encyclopedia as comprehensive as this, users would wish to see all of the history for an article, positive and negative, controversial or not, as long as it is factual and accurate, and cited.Smeelgova 23:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• I have reverted to prior version by user User:Danny , pending mediation.Smeelgova 00:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

This will blow you away

I just found this out now. Can you believe that we have had a User:General Tojo since April 2006?(!) What is happening to this place, Danny? El_C 11:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Mark Simone page

Please do not revert my edits without comment. There's more explanation for the article reversions on the Talk Page. Here is what has been going on the article page: Several anon editors with extensive vandalism histories (152.163.100.197 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and 64.12.116.130 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)) (among others) have tried to turn the Mark Simone page into an extensive PR campaign for the article subject. I've removed the PR/Press Release info, explained the reasons why in the Talk Page and article summaries, and the vandals are reverting at will. The same vandals are blanking the Talk page, which is clear vandalism. Judging by their own Talk pages, they have a history of ignoring vandalism warnings. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Eleemosynary 15:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, again. Thanks for your reply. I've emailed you, as requested. Eleemosynary 20:41, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism

Dear Danny! I have created Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism. Please put it on your watchlist, and please add relevant AfD's as you find them. Cheers. - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:48, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Charles Phelps Taft II

Thank you for your recent contribution to Charles Phelps Taft II. Keep up the good work --TommyBoy 06:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates/LCD Delist

Hi, could I possibly trouble you to weigh in on this? An image has been promoted to featured picture status which uses a portion of the Misplaced Pages logo. It is my contention that because it does and because copyright extends to derivative works, this cannot be a free use image (one of the requirements for being a featured picture). Since you are working in the Wikimedia Foundation office, I was hoping you might be able to give us an official view. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Nimrod Kamer (again)

check out this:

• Captain Sudoku
• Ari Libsker
• Maayan Strauss
• Girls At The Cairo National Stadium
• Big Tuna
• Doron Sabag
• Yossi Atia
• Yoav Tal
• Ilan the Security Guard

He also recreated Nimrod Kamer you had deleted.

Crosstar

Danny, can you fill us in on the latest regarding the Crosstar logo? This has gone back and forth several times, Barrett has posted DMCA requests before, but nothing has come of them. -Will Beback 22:19, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW, this may have been forgotten, but the logo was first uploaded by Barrett, its owner. -Will Beback 22:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

21:14, July 9, 2005 Crosstar uploaded "Image:Crosstar.jpeg" (Copyright (C) 2005 The Nationalist Movement, PO Box 2000, Learned MS 39154 USA. Permission is granted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this licensed image, but changing it is not allowed. )

PS: If you want a laugh, check out Barret's take on the matter: "Largest Florida law-firm humbled by Nationalists". His other previous posts on the topic are even funnier. Cheers, -Will Beback 22:31, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

HRE's RFA

I will stop reverting, I know about the 3RR. However, I've been told that you've said te RFA is to be stopped. However, your post to me seems to suggest that it may continue, albeit at a later time. Could you clarify this? NSLE 02:49, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

There has been a suggestion, and I think it's worthy of implementation, to blank to Office-protected RfA page out of respect for HRE's memory, if he is indeed dead, given all the oppposes etc. Would you please do it, or give me permission to? Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:25, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

It might be the time to reopen this RFA, since HRE is back, see User:HRE. --Dijxtra 20:51, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Israel News Agency, again

I notice you recently deleted Israel News Agency, even though Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Israel News Agency had previously concluded that we should, in spite of the nonsense surrounding it, try to retain a neutral article on the subject. I'd like to know if you had a reason for the deletion other than your personal opinion as to the article's encyclopedicness? I've been keeping the article on my watchlist since the DRV debate, and it would seem to me that the article, though admittedly a stub, has nonetheless remained fairly neutral and compliant to Misplaced Pages policies. Admittedly, it had been deteriorating again lately, but this could have been fixed simply by reverting to, say, the version as of 8 June. Perhaps I have a masochistic streak, but I don't feel that we should delete an article on an otherwise acceptable topic merely because the subject of the article has a chip on their shoulder against Misplaced Pages; such could be grounds for protecting an article, or at least for watching it closely, but not for deletion. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 13:03, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd have to agree with that. A restoration, re-write, and a little oversight (watchlisting) could fix it.Voice-of-All 22:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

You do have a point about the Hebrew Misplaced Pages not having an article about the INA. Of course, we do have about a hundred times more articles than they do, so our coverage of obscure web sites can be expected to be better. Still, it's a good argument.

I suppose this will end up back on Deletion review next, though I'm starting to doubt if that'll accomplish anything useful. What I'd really like to do is create a protected stub on it in userspace, with nothing but verifiable facts from independent sources, then move it to mainspace and immediately AfD it to see if there's enough of those to justify keeping it. I just don't know if that's possible at this point without someone immediately applying a broad interpretation of CSD G4 to it. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

10:33, 6 July 2006 Danny (Talk | contribs | block) deleted "Israel News Agency" (this is tiresome)

This is pretty thin gruel. If you've got reasons for things, explain them eh? I've left cryptic summaried before, but this is something that has been though the wringer a few times and could have used a slightly more refined approach, don't you think? You could have nominated it for AfD with a well-reasoned nomination. That "broken" afd provided you with tonnnes of amunition, not to mention demonstrating that there was not community consesnsus for speedy deletion. It's hard to kill things dead when you cut corners, mate. A nice clean reasonable AfD would have been the best way to go.
brenneman 15:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Danny, the following have been identifiewd as possible socks of Israelbeach:

• Bonnieisrael (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Specops (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Israelimp (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) (blocked)
• Cymruisrael (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

I'm told you might have some insight here. Just zis Guy you know? 13:14, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Goering in Nuremberg.jpg

This file may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Goering in Nuremberg.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use it on Misplaced Pages (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Danny, request for contact

Danny, I was referred to you by another user for help on something. Can you email me thru my talk page so as we can discuss the issue offline. ThanksDroliver 00:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Nimrod Kamer (2)

Dafna Arad - was deleted and now on AfD, please speedy it.

Ari Libsker, Maayan Strauss, Girls At The Cairo National Stadium (short film by Nimrod Kamer), Big Tuna, Doron Sabag, Vaan Nguyen, Ido Gideon, Roy Arad and RifRaf are also waiting for deletion.

Please answer me.... I'm tired from cleaning after him. He used sockpuppets in AFD's so you can speedy it.

reqest for mediation

Please I need help. I need mediation in a discussion about the article Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses. There is a document called Declaration of facts in wich the JW assosiation 1n 1933 explains to Hitler its position in favour of the regime and the regime Ideals. This try of the JW assosiation did not succeeded and Hitler continued is persecution vs JW. They want to hide the document and want to give the document a different explanation because it is a bothering truth in JW history. But the document speaks by itself. Please I would like mediation. They do not correct our work they simply delete it, most of the time without any explanation in the discussion. Need mediation --Truthwanted 12:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Jefferson vuong

Hi there: this article, which I tagged and you deleted, appears to have been written, as have two other deleted articles this evening, by User:Tony Sidaway. I do not know him at all, but his userpage is not the page of a vandal. Do you think he has been cloned?--Anthony.bradbury 22:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi there: as you know, I did not accuse him of writing the three articles I was concerned about, but was concerned in case a fake Tony had done so. I am relieved that this is not so.--Anthony.bradbury 17:03, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

English Pointer

Why did you move the English Pointer to Pointer (dog breed)? The name English Pointer is often used to avoid confusion with the Pointer (dog) type and other breeds of pointer, and is, well, less confusing. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 14:33, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Joel Leyden

In which sense this person fails the notability criteria on wikipedia? Would it be ok if someone recreated the article under for instance Leyden, Joel? Azmoc 17:56, 22 July 2006 (UTC)