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MissWikiGirl

You just blocked MissWikiGirl for a week for spamming, after one warning ({{test1}}. This seems a little harsh; the links were added in good faith, and I was emailed after the warning with a polite query about why the links were considered spam. I forgot to do this, for some reason: 80.189.237.91 05:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Sure looked liked spam to me, so I'm not sure why the quick unblock, you might also like to look at the edit history of 66.245.23.115 - to see more spam --ArmadilloFromHell 07:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, it may look like spam because I was adding links in one sitting, but it wasn't meant to be that way. I took the quote from the main page "the 💕 that anyone can edit" literally, not realizing that if you add a lot of links that it might be viewed as spam and be frowned upon. I appreciate being unblocked since I did not receive advance warning and did not realize I was doing anything that might be considered malicious. I just wanted to point people to free images that related to topic articles. I saw others doing it and thought it was okay. My apologies. (Sorry, but I don't know how to sign this correctly.) MissWikiGirl

Calton, Glasgow

Thank you for pointing out the copyright issue, I assume the text I transferred into the page was ok since it was cut and pasted from an existing Wiki page "Calton" and I had no reason therefore to doubt it legitmacy. GoldenMeadows 11:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

TetraSoft

Why do the admins keep deleting the article entitled TetraSoft? This company is very significant, at least in the North Georgia area, and has even been featured/recognized on a national level many times.

Consider this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/Delicious_monster

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? It's short, to the point, and is about a company in a similar field. Why don't you delete it too?

At first, I suggested Mr. Davis create the article about his company, and it was deleted. Then I (Sheila Rae) created the article, and once again it's been deleted. Your guidelines and policies are unfair. I'm a journalist and work for a very large national news publication. I will most certainly publicize Misplaced Pages's actions in this matter. Your administrators are rude, careless, and abuse the "power" they have been given.

If you insist on not allowing the article "TetraSoft", but keep the article "Delicious Monster", I expect a FULL EXPLANATION as to why. If you do not respond, someone from the agency I represent will most certainly contact Misplaced Pages's administration as part of the story we are preparing. Perhaps someone with more authority than yourself (or the previous people who have deleted this article), would be in a position to better explain your organization's actions.

Eric Trump

Thanks for your help with the 2nd nomination bit! Optimale 13:42, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Am I a vandal?

Hello. Could you please explain me the reason of not deleting e.g. Stade Malherbe de Caen redirect and reverting me like a vandal with the button? Thanks, -- odder (T.W.K.) 16:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Cornered Rat Software

Hello, I was one of the contributors of the Cornered Rat Software page that you removed on Nov 10th. I'm wondering if you would be able to provide a reason for the deletion and recommendations on how the second attempt could be more successful. Thanks DocVM 11:12, 12 November 2006 (AST)

User:MikeRowesoft

User:MikeRowesoft < -- Just created (and blocked). What do you think, coincidence?  Glen  09:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Meta T Pilot Project Page

The META-T Pilot Project page was deleted without any warning at all and without indication of why it was deleted. We understand why the Iridium Pilot Project was deleted and will find another home for that, but the Meta-T page was well populated with information and linked to legitimate documentation on the topic. Could you please re-instate it (or do we have to log an entry at Misplaced Pages:Deletion_review?) and give advice on how to improve it? The discussion page was being used by contributors and we have no record of what has occurred now that it has dissappeared.Hjviola 08:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you please recreate the article and discussion page, long enough for retrieval of the information contained? Thank you Hjviola 12:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Namhto

Thank you for your quick action in regard to this guy: ]. I wrote to another administrator about him, but you acted more quickly. What a menace! ---Charles 23:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

definition of the term "band vanity"

i'm curious as to what the term "band vanity" means, at least in the context of wikipedia terminology. Gringo300 06:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

FourthAve

FA's last known edit is from the IP 67.1.121.5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) on September 23, 2006. If that counts as evasion, his ban timer should now be set to September 23, 2007. Scobell302 20:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I require your apology

In the page Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/Nácek Ignácek you publicly accused me being known vandal and you intentionally breached my privacy. Since you were probably misled by User:-jkb-, I ask only your public apology at that page. -- Zacheus 21:43, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I require your apology too, Semenáč

In the page Misplaced Pages:Requests for checkuser/Case/Nácek Ignácek you publicly accused me being known vandal and you intentionally breached my privacy. You wrote there that you will apologise me, if it isn´t true. I ask only your public apology at that page or at discussion at my userpage. --Semenáč 12:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I have a few questions about the deletion of the flare magmus page

1. Did you read the discusion page on it? 2a. If yes, did you even bother to give me a chance? 3. Did you read about my self implimented time limit? 2b.If no, why not? 4. Why did the page get deleted, exactly?

I am trying to get these stories that I have made out to the public. There are so many movies that are just remakes I just can't help but create these stories, as the world is in grave need of good stories.

If it is possible, please put the page back up. I said i would continue working on it until it was finished, and i want to be able to follow through on that.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you for bringing thins to my attention. I did not relize such was true.

Removed speedy

I could not find history showing Cherie (actress) went through Afd but I can see the 3 deletions which is why I tagged it as a repost. Maybe I am missing something though.--Dakota 16:29, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Yahushua

The author does not believe the AfD was correct and recreated the article again (without sources). What's my course of action right now? Place a recreated tag on his talk page? ColourBurst 23:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Please, restore my barn star

See . Thanks. -- Zacheus 22:56, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Right to vanish

Please, read meta:Right to vanish. Thanks. -- Zacheus 23:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Try to behave as a proper sysop

1. Removing of not ended discussion is against wikiquette.
2. your real name which you have voluntarily published on Misplaced Pages by registering an acount of that name. Yes, this was my great fault. But now it has been repaired the sysop of this part of the Misplaced Pages. You should behave like him, not like doubtful sysops of cs:.
3. but at the same time violate privacy of other Misplaced Pages editors on your blog
   1. No one complained to me so far.
   2. Even if he or she did, you are not my judge. You have no right to censure the Internet. Please, read WP:NPA in English version, not in Czech version.
   3. Remove the references to real names of the Czech Wikipedians (published there without their permission), and you'll have a case. Thank you. Please, avoid an attempt to blackmail me. I informed about the very dark past of a man which happened to be a Wikipedian as well. If you are a public figure, to become a Wikipedian does not prevent you from criticism. But, if you have full powers, drop me an e-mail, indicate precisely what your pricipal wishes me to do and where, and I'll do it. -- Zacheus 00:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I haven't reviewed the case, so I have to go by the evidence that is being presented to me without reference. It sounds like the problem here is that sysops are unwilling to grant the right to vanish to a user that has already taken away that right from others by publishing their details. It does not sound like you have a case. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 01:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

No, they have granted me this right. See Special:Log/renameuser. The problem I had is the Czech sysop who whishes to transfer his actions from cs: (deleting the barn star that I was awarded) into en:. The second problem is that some discussion are already archived. Please see Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for checkuser for further discussion. And like to add that I respect Right to Vanish even outside the Misplaced Pages, but no one asked me. -- Zacheus 01:11, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

this tolerance is the future problem of en.wiki not mine

Hi, and thanks for your help up to now. Somebody said, the history doesnot repeat – what a rubish. It repeats. The user V. Z., who nearly disturbed the Czech wikipedia, and who injured the rules here (he published my real name on some projects, he fiffamed me as a communist police confident on some projects – and though he risked that my family members, living in Prague, will get serious problems now), seems not to exist soon here. Just like in the Czech Misplaced Pages he started to hide or to delete everything (see e.g. Z.&diff=next&oldid=90823798 here), so that all his acts, here or on some dozens pages on Meta, concerning many conflicts, will be useless. The Czech arbcom had lot of difficulties to find evidence for his behaviour – everything was moved several times or deleted. I would not mind, if this would be the end, but I see the danger, that if V.Z. (or Zacheus...) will come back and start to work here (and he did so several times although he said he stops his activity), he will have a new identity and can troll again, and nobody will be able to see the continuity. The dirty work will be done by Zacheus (today he changed my private pages without my permission again), V.Z. is good. But, this is the problem of en.wiki. -jkb- 11:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

These are plain lies. If you don't stop lying about me just now, I'll ask to block you after you commit a next lie. -- Zacheus 13:15, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

A detailed explanation:

1. If you have a problem to be civil, it does not constitute a problem of en:, but yours.
2. Somebody said, the history doesnot repeat – what a rubish. (typos not fixed) It was Karl Marx.
3. The user V. Z., who nearly disturbed the Czech wikipedia I was banned for disturbing of Czech part of Misplaced Pages. I am glad that you recognize it is not true.
4. who injured the rules here A plain lie. Could you precise which policies I have allegely broken? If not, I demand you apology.
5. he published my real name on some projects I never published your name at any Wikimedia project. I demand you apology for this lie.
6. he fiffamed me as a communist police confident on some projects I never said you are a communist police confident. I demand you apology for this lie.
7. though he risked that my family members, living in Prague, will get serious problems now A problem of your behaviour during the Communist past is yours, not mine. You are a public figure.
8. seems not to exist soon here ???
9. so that all his acts, here or on some dozens pages on Meta, concerning many conflicts, will be useless. Are you able to distinguish between an account and a person, or you are not?
10. The Czech arbcom had lot of difficulties to find evidence for his behaviour. Yes, because I never violated any rule, except for 3RR and NPA when I began a hunting game of you. En: is very lucky, you are not a sysop here.
11. everything was moved several times or deleted I think it is hypocritic to complain such a way when it was you, who unilaterily deleted evidence about your collaboration with Communist régime.
12. I see the danger, that if V.Z. (or Zacheus...) will come back and start to work here Everybody is welcomed to participate on Misplaced Pages, if you hadn't already known that.
13. he will . . . troll again I've never trolled and never do. I demand you apology for this lie. And stop your provocations with revealing of my identity.
14. today he changed my private pages without my permission again It is my right from Right to Vanish policy. Please read it.
15. But, this is the problem of en.wiki. Problem of en: is your repeated intentional revealing of my identity, although I ask you many times to stop it. -- Zacheus 13:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

How DARE YOU TREAT US LIKE THIS

Jasonfb 17:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Dear Mr. MIke Rosoft. You just delete a contested page for "Dumba". We are working VERY VER HARD TO MAKE THIS PAGE HAPPEN ON WIKIPEDIA. We took great steps to make it very clear in the text itself why we consider this page to meet Misplaced Pages's notability requirement. We opened a talk page to discuss the deletion (as proposed by the edtiors again and again). We got several people to contribute to the talk page to comment on the importace of this page. We followed all the procedures until YOU came along and obnoxiously deleted our page.

What gives?

Now (1) I demand you put the page back and explain your actions to the larger community. (2) Who are you and what gives you the prerogative to trample on people's hard work here? We are following all the rules and guidelines and you are out of line. Your actions needs scrutiny by a higher authority.

Your actions on 11/30/2006 are in violation of Misplaced Pages's deletion policy. Plesae review the deletion policy here to make sure you understand your job as editor: Misplaced Pages:Deletion_policy. I don't believe your actions to be fair or in accordance with Misplaced Pages's policy and I want you to answer for what you have done. Jasonfb 18:07, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Smartman10

Thanks for the block on this guy. I was becoming so annoyed with his antics, I started to forget the rule about civility. Pool hopping, indeed. I wish he'd fall in one and stay there. Cheers! ---Charles 19:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Deleted article "Stripy"

You deleted an article Stripy at 09:52, 19 November 2006 for the reason "(Web cartoon, no claim of notability)". Stripy is is not a web cartoon. I've seen it, and on an official web page you will see that, though short and low in count of episodes, they are not for download. Look it up on IMDb, and you will see it is a regular movie.

Besides, I don't see why should the article be deleted even if it is "just" about a web cartoon. In that hipothetical case, it could be merged with some other article.

Cartoon-lover896 83.131.111.47 23:35, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Fantasy Wargaming and the Influence of J.R.R. Tolkien

I would just like to make it clear that this article is no longer copyrighted. The company that held the copyright went out of business in 1974, shortly after the article was printed; and it is not listed as having had its copyright renewed. As a result, the copyright expired in 2002, as per the 28 year convention. Your comment referring to a template is not clear. Please clarify. Generalklagg 09:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Articles must have their copyrights renewed every 28 years under United States law. As the article was written in 1974, it had to have its renewal done by 2002. As it was not, it is in the public domain. What you're looking at is a database that is searchable for titles prior to 1964. As this is a post-1964 article the proper database to use is the U.S. Copyright Office's LOCIS database, which covers articles written after 1964. The LOCIS database does not go prior to 1964, which is why Rutgers University made the other database. The fact that the Rutgers database only goes to 1964 has no bearing on the copyright status of this article. The Rutgers database is not a template, it is just one of two databases available (pre 1964 and post 1964). Generalklagg 02:40, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

George W Bush

Thanks for your comments on my correction of this article. I have responded on my own Talk page, to keep things in one place. http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Pol098#.5B.5BGeorge_W._Bush.5D.5D Essentially, the error I corrected is, as you point out, widespread throughout Misplaced Pages, and needs discussion in general, not in association with a particular article. Best wishes, Pol098 10:59, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Files uploaded by User:House Centipede

I listened to the beginning of each one, and they were all like that. He read the articles word for word, but in an exaggerated, mocking voice. Thanks for deleting them. Robotman1974 15:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)