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Copyright violationss

I noticed your work on some American colleges and universities. If you see a copyright violation, you should simply type {{copyvio|WEBSITE IT'S PLAGERISED FROM}}, and it will automatically put a copyright warning on the page. this is better than simply blanking the article, because it allows Admins to go through and delete plagerised or libelous material from the history. Thanks. Keep up the good work. --LV 02:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Rabbits

Admit you are a rabbit. Jerkcity

Dead Poll / Death List

The result of the AfD was to delete and merge, but the result has been not much more than a delete. Surely something can be done to keep all sides happy? Gretnagod 01:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your swift response but we go back to the original problem that Death List is not a Dead Pool as member do not make selections, they just keep the committee updated on the latest health of the chosen 50. But the whole problem is bigger than me or you can deal with, so thanks for your help and I'll see what I can do elsewhere. Gretnagod 01:12, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

True comment! But the definition of Dead Pool is a bit too unspecific for my tastes. I presume if the Death List was to get a lot more recognition in the main stream media its credentials as an entry would be reconsidered? Gretnagod 01:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't want to drag this out, and I agree with most of what you said, but a lot of entries are completely inane - look at the Simpsons-related Can't sleep, clown will eat me. That's a pure waste of space and that's still there. I might as well sit down and catalogue every phrase made in cartoon, nay broadcasting, history and add them as entries. Gretnagod 01:25, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm a bit uncertain as to why you're so adamant about not letting information about Deathlist stay up on the Dead Pool site. The wiki consensus as per the deletion log was that the Deathlist information be merged, not deleted. If you think the article should be balanced, then that's fine, but balancing it doesn't mean removing information, it means encouraging others to contribute to the article to make it balanced. Misplaced Pages is not your personal fiefdom. Clearly, as Gretnagod pointed out, there are lots of articles that carry lesser merit than Deathlist. Pages for everyone who's been on Survivor? Or Family Guy? Or every episode of The Simpsons? But the strange thing is, no one is even asking anymore to have Death List as its own article. The consensus was against that, and that is fair enough. But I reiterate. The consensus was merge, not delete. I would be more than happy to make the article more balanced by not only encouraging others to add information about the other pools, but by adding some myself. Your opinion is valid and respected. So is, however, the one of every other serious contribution to Misplaced Pages. Let's work at making the Dead Pool article an excellent article instead of just deleting the efforts of other members. Canadian Paul 03:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Although the votes for deletion page had deemed it significant enough not to delete, I shall reiterate a few points. First of all, the first list came out in 1987. Not only was that before the longest running online Dead Pool (the Derby Dead Pool ), which began in 1996, but it also came out one year before the Clint Eastwood movie. Check out the "history of deadpools" section on the Derby Dead Pool website. Yet you'll notice that Deathlist.net is not present on that history. That's because Deathlist.net is not a Dead Pool. Deathlist is a unique concept and community based project that, while admittedly is not totally seperate from the idea of Dead Pools, is different enough to mark its significance. Consensus has forced those who support it as its own article to acquiese our right to a seperate page, but the recommendation was still to merge, which meant that the information should have been kept mostly intact. Furthermore, you'll note that the page didn't even exist until it appeared in a major article in Britain's The Sun.

Your view on significance is a bit skewed I think. Why should numbers be the be all and end all? Should we do a seperate page for every episode of every show that has more than X amount of viewers? I don't think it's necessary, because Misplaced Pages is an informational source, not a fanclub for TV shows. What about Ertugrul Osman V? Not many people know about him. He hasn't done much. But by virtue of his status as the patriarch of the Ottoman Dynasty, he is significant and worthy of his own article. But chances are, only people who study Middle Eastern history will have heard of him. I'm sure that there are similar articles in the field(s) that you specialize in.

The consensus was merge, not delete. If you wish to change the consensus, I'm not the person to be arguing to. There's a giant community willing to host the issue on Misplaced Pages, I encourage you to bring your fight there. Until then, please cease in your attempts to prevent the proper merger. Canadian Paul 08:50, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Confusion

Not a problem. Happy editing. —Viriditas | Talk 12:42, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

leet

Thanks for the cat addition (I'd never seen it). And the nick is great. ... aa:talk 05:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Removed your Prod tag

from Wick Eyre. The person is Rick Eyre. It had been named that way deliberately to mock Eyre (I happen to know the person who created the article). Tintin (talk) 12:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

William Verity Jr.

You have marked this article as copyvio; would you please remove copyrighted text, or revert the article to a copyvio-free revision? The web source you give doesn't seem to match the article, but you mention some print source, which I don't have access to. Conscious 18:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I've removed two paragraphs from the article. Conscious 19:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

John F. Sandnder

I do not agree with you that there is a copyright issue here. The Click website was cited.--Samiharris 13:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Certainly no copyright violation was intended, and if so I apologize. I did begin a temp article. Are you an administrator and can you resolve this by examining the temp article?--Samiharris 14:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh I certainly take no umbrage and appreciate your showing me the ropes on this, as I am a new user to this encyclopedia and unfamiliar with the protocol. I do hope that I can be of service in economic and finance areas.--Samiharris 14:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

BDORT BLP discussion

Hi, thanks for the attention to this. I have replied to you here , I am not being stupidly dogged about this, I do sincerely think there is a significant (BLP) problem here. I think it is more subtle than the usual problem because of the nature of the entry, and needs just a bit more looking at, but nonetheless clearly evident when looked at so. Thanks. Richardmalter 21:41, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Brad Delp?

Have you been able to dig up a cite? I'm going through everything I can, but can find nothing. --Charlene 23:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Disingenuous?

Please explain to me why you feel my edit summary on the Essjay controversy was disingenuous. Despite the fact that a full URL was used, those were links to Misplaced Pages userspace, which I have seen several administrators state is not acceptable in articles. If you prefer, we can discuss this on the userpage of the article. Risker 03:42, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Sid Haig Page

Yes, that bio is on IMDb, because when I wrote it, I put it there. It is also on Sid's official site, which I co-administrate, and which has a license for use here posted on it. Please research the information on a page before calling it "plagiarism". Thank you.Spirot 03:21, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

The tone must be fine, or Wiki would not have rated it a B class when I submitted it for a rating. Admin "Glen S" has helped me repeatedly get it NPOV and Wiki has rated it well. I would appreciate no further tinkering with a page that was just fine 24 hours ago.Spirot 03:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I have no idea what you're talking about. The link works just fine, and clearly states that the bio is licensed to this site. Why not check these things before accusing someone of plagiarism?? You may wish to do so in the future.Spirot 04:13, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

TRY USING THE UPDATED LINK, AND IT WILL WORK...Spirot 04:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Check the page you opened about the bio and see...AGAIN. How many times do I have to post the same link???Spirot 04:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Attempt to delete category of Jewish athletes

Well, they are trying to delete a category of Jewish athletes again. This time, figure skaters. See http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_April_14#Category:Jewish_figure_skaters . I pointed out to the originator of the attempt that we had addressed this general issue already with Jewish fencers, where the attempt failed (due in part to your help). Still, they insist on trying to delete this category. Any help by your weighing in on the issue would be appreciated. I will do so as well once I have a chance to write something up. Thanks again. --Epeefleche 20:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Please see Requests for arbitration: Lewis Libby; Temple Rodef Shalom

I am informing you of this request for arbitration, initially filed by User talk:Notmyrealname, since you are an "interested party" who contributed comments about these issues pertaining to Libby's "ethnicity" and his identification as "Jewish" and the category "Jewish American lawyers" in Talk:Lewis Libby (archived talk pages); I have modified the heading to focus on the articles in dispute as opposed to on a contributor and explained that there. Please go to the link and indicate that you confirm having received this message. Thank you. --NYScholar 09:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)