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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 69.14.177.25 (talk) at 21:57, 15 April 2008 (→Coffee and the environment article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

I have two requests for people coming here:

• If you intend to revert to personal attacks could you please use the {{subst:unsigned|user name|date}} template instead.
• If you are here to complain about something I deleted could you please tell me the name of the article that you are talking about. If you do I will respond but if you don't I will ignore you.

Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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I just have to ask...

You reverted a change by Aluisios on Barney & Friends...removing a comma in a date. I thought commas belonged in dates--(April 6, 1992) instead of (April 6 1992). Am I wrong? Should I be removing commas when I see them? Gladys J Cortez 17:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Recalibrated Location_map_CanadaGeo based on 8 points

21-Feb-2008: I have recalibrated the CanadaGeo map-spec template to align the markers correctly (see: Template_talk:Location_map_CanadaGeo). My phone line went dead in a rainstorm here, but I was able later to update the map settings. Sorry, for leaving the former impression that Canada cannot be mapped in Misplaced Pages; I want to assure you, that yes, Template:Location map polarx really can "do the impossible" and place latitude/longitude markers on those complex, real-world conic projection maps: I eventually derived the mapping formulas mathematically, to align over precise locations for most of the visible map. Due to the underlying mathematical precision, it is more likely for a particular map to have a slight graphical inaccuracy, than for the marker to miscalculate the latitude/longitude. Again, I apologize for giving the impression that complex maps cannot be handled: it does work, despite the massive, mindnumbing complexity.
Remember to set "lon_shift=4.1" to compensate for the vertical-meridian (-90) as not being in the center of the map image. -Wikid77 (talk) 19:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Qiniq Copyright permissions

Hello, I finally completed the copy right permissions as per your request. I completed it once before incorrectly causing this delay! I have added the copyright details to the qiniq talk page as is suggested but I thought I would mention this to you as well in case you are able to confirm the OTRS submission that I submitted and get the content for this page back up. The title to the message I sent to the OTRS was:

I have not received a trouble ticket number back, I use OTRS at work so not getting this concerns me, it should be automated. This is in relation to the content that you temporarily removed from: http://en.wikipedia.org/Qiniq

Hope you can assist. Charwalker (talk) 19:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)charwalker

"Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport" article broken link

I thought you could help because you have edited that article a lot. I posted my question on the discussion page for that article, but I'll copy and paste it below too.

From the article discussion page:

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Broken Link! (7 Future Section)

I found a new link for the broken link to the GTAA Planning Document .pdf file at the bottom of the page, but I am not sure if the page number references still apply. It looks like the version I found is just a lower resolution pdf than the one originally cited; I can't be sure though, since I can't find the original document.

old link: http://www.gtaa.com/%5CDocuments%5Ccorporate%5CPickeringAirportDraftPlanReportHiRes.pdf

new link: http://www.gtaa.com/local/files/en/PickeringAirportDraftPlanReport.pdf

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to tell who originally added those references? Maybe that person would be able to find the new page numbers to go with the new link?

If not, here is an example of the problem I had relating the new document to the old one without the old one as a reference. For example, the wiki article currently cites page 6, but the pages on the new version are numbered i, ii, iii, not including the title page until chapter 1 begins, at which point they are numbered 1:1, 1:2, 1:3.. until chapter 2, where they are 2:1, 2:2, etc.. Page 1:6 is blank. There is no page vi (6) in the intro section, however if you begin numbering at page 1, as Adobe pdf reader does, page 6 corresponds to page v of the document, which is titled "Foreword," not a blank page.

Anyway, I'm not really a pro at this, so any suggestions would be appreciated. Jalirpa (talk) 14:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC) ___________________________________________________________

Sounds like you're away, but I'd appreciate a look when you get back. Thanks! Jalirpa (talk) 15:08, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Conrad Black

I have decided to revert your revert. You are vandalising the entry for Upper Canada College (re Conrad Black). I have reviewed your NUMEROUS edits, and I see that you are a serial vandaliser - simply reverting other people's edits. In this particular case, I suggest that you take the time to BOTHER to even investigate even the SURFACE of the man - hey, he's a convicted felon - due to report for a 6-1/2 year federal sentence starting Monday - convicted for fraud (just go look at his Misplaced Pages entry, idiot - DUH!!!!.

Anyway, I am going to keep a watch on you, and if you continue your conduct, them I am going to randomly go down your list of edits and reverse them. This is a warning to you - DO NOT JUST REVERSE EDITS ON ENTRIES WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF YOUR PREJUDICES.

It is people like you that make Misplaced Pages worthless - you are trash, and YOU ARE NOT WANTED HERE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.139.97 (talk) 14:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Reference for conviction at the BBC. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 02:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Very old deletion

Hi! About a year ago, you deleted an bio I'd written under my previous username, that of Don Laughlin. I can assure you that Mr. Laughlin is slightly more than a "noted gambler." He founded the town of Laughlin, Nevada itself, is the founder and owner of the Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino (itself worthy of better article) as well as a major cattle ranch in Kingman, Arizona and regularly pumps millions of dollars into the local economy. In fact, he paid for the bridge at the north end of town which connects Laughlin with Bullhead City, Arizona. The town has an article; Mr. Laughlin's bio has a red link. I don't think that finding suitable third-party references will be a problem. I wrote that article before that edict was so strictly adhered to. Might I ask you to please restore this article so that I can add some third-party refs to it? Thanks. Best, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 08:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

• Wow, talk about service...! Thank you! I need to get to bed (late on my side of the planet), but I'll address any issues the article may still have. Again, many, many thanks. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 08:23, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, joy...somehow, I thought you were in England! Heck, you're only an hour ahead of me. I don't have to be at work until the afternoon, but I'm in need of heading off to stare at the backs of my eyelids. I'll find a couple of references before I do. Can't thank you enough for the help. Stay safe and stay awake.  :) Always a pleasure doing business with you. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 08:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

PMDrive1061 (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Vandalism

Thanks for reverting my page, it's nice to know that 'trolls' don't get away with their stupid actions. ۩ Dracion ۩ 17:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

But i like diarrhea

I like to drink diarrhea... —Preceding unsigned comment added by PiboManitoba (talk • contribs) 04:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey dork!

You are from Cambridge, so you're diarrhea. You've got that face so you're diarrhea.

CAMBRIDGE SUCKS

PETERBOROUGH RULEZ ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by PiboManitoba II-The Revenge (talk • contribs) 04:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

For this --NeilN 18:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Boo

WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

-WarthogDemon 04:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Redirect of Shehu ladan

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Shehu ladan, by another Misplaced Pages user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Shehu ladan is a redirect to a non-existent page (CSD R1).

To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Shehu ladan, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here CSDWarnBot (talk) 15:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Version2

Coffee4me (talk) 16:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hello Cambridge:) Yes, now version2, but doubtful it will stick as I'm so used to version1. More than likely, there will be a version1B. Btw, my research is done on Garry Lake and I'll get that written up soon. Coffee4me (talk) 16:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

user talk link

Have a gorilla? Did I miss a joke? - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

That's hilarious. I'll have to check it out one day. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 15:40, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Islamic holy books

Thanks for your help. The talk page still is at the wrong place, and there may be some other cleanup to be done as well. If you would help with that that'd be great. Please see my comments at WP:ANI#Islamic holy books page moves. —BradV 16:54, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

That was fun. ;) —BradV 17:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Neighbourhoods

Since you've commented on WP:CANSTYLE before, I was wondering if you have any thoughts on Misplaced Pages talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board/Style guide#Neighbourhoods? Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:39, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Just so you know, you left a truncated reply on that page... Mindmatrix 20:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!!!

I kept trying to figure out how to make the Image smaller, I come back see you had done it for me! I did notice how it was done with the Mp entered in with it like that. But I was dumb enough to post something on the page you told me(User:America Needs Jesus/Basketball) that was not right so I added 1 to the end of it. How can, that is if I can delete that page now? I also took you advice and tried to put it on the games page, and after a couple of tries I did it! Thank you so much. Talk to you later. Jay (talk) 04:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC) User:America Needs Jesus/Basketball1

 {{User:America Needs Jesus/Basketball1}}

I need to know an adress!

I need to know Scott O'Gradys address. He was the one who got shot over a no fly zone and survived for 6 days in enemy territory. Please reply to me at fencing_ray@yahoo.com. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aecurias (talk • contribs) 04:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hay River

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Most likely what happened is that I made a mistake of some kind when I was converting the radio stations list from the old format to the table — particularly given that the city said Kakisa but the station was listed between Hay River and Inuvik, and consequently separated from the other two Kakisa listings. And a Google search does confirm that it's a community station in Hay River; there are at least two CRTC license decisions for it. For obvious reasons, the fastest way to convert the radio lists is to cut and paste a completed table line and then change whatever has to be changed, so there's obvious potential for messing up every once in a while. And the reference source that we used to compile the radio lists (the radio lists at TVRadioWorld.com) can occasionally be wrong, too, in which case I'm invariably going to replicate any error of theirs that I can't personally identify as an error. So I've changed the listing.

CFMI is based in Vancouver, but the usual references state that it does have a fairly substantial network of rebroadcast transmitters serving communities in Northern BC and the Yukon. Bearcat (talk) 18:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Sandbox

It is only protected from page moves, and has always been - I was just reapplying the move-protection as the history has recently been archived (mainly in order to control what username "created" it, since that user receives various automated warnings when people test out speedy deletion scripts) —Random832 03:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for restoring my userpage. I really do appreciate it. --Candy156sweet (talk) 05:47, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

SHEHU LADAN

HI.My name is alhaji ahmed. I wrote an article on shehu ladan and i would like it to be deleted completely from wikipedia. I need advice or help. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.140.128.34 (talk) 12:55, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Images

Thanks for finding those, and I'll keep an eye on the Stephen Angulalik page in case you can include them. I searched the Library and Archives Canada website and couldn't find any online images for the keywords I tried, except a poor image for Baker Lake, Nunavut (its caption info was useful so I added a bit to the article). Truth be told, I haven't imported any images yet to Commons, nor pulled any images from there to an article... I know, it's time to figure it out. Cheers --Rosiestep (talk) 03:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Awesome photo with his wife, so the response from the Prince of Wales Heritage Centre is unfortunate. As it is, I'm jazzed you could put up the one with fam at the Perry River post. Cheers --Rosiestep (talk) 03:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/Selena_Gomez

Regarding Adding of Youtube link to the external links being removed. Please check the youtube link. I believe it is a valid link as the videos posted are of her & her friend Demi Lovato (singer). The videoclips are showing her & demi having fun and giving info about their new shooting for Disney & etc.

http://www.youtube.com/user/therealdemilovato

Both Selena's fansite http://www.selena-fan.com/ & Official Demi's fansite site http://www.demi-lovato.com/ have been posting videos from http://www.youtube.com/user/therealdemilovato . You should verify before quickly undo links & etc.

Template:African topic

Hi Alan,

I understand your concern over the African topic template. The way it currently works is to link articles about people from different African countries together. That is not the main intention of the template. It should eventually work like Template:Africa topic. If you're not familiar with the Africa topic, the idea is you can place the template on any article and add something to the beginning (ex. "Fauna of", "HIV/AIDS in"), and then it automatically generates links to that topic for every African country. Unfortunately, this doesn't work when you want the articles to generate with the demonym starting off (ex. "African art", "African literature"). The African topic template is supposed to take care of that. Unfortunately, I don't know enough Wiki code in order to make it work properly. If you do, please feel free to make the appropriate changes! The other problem you mentioned about the consistency of articles to which demonyms redirect is an important issue as well. I am unsure as to which type of article is most appropriate. What do you think would be best?

Neelix (talk) 12:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Gunsan Airport

OK. I see your reponse on Gunsan airport. I am very sorry about that but tried not to copy whole materials. If you feel like its copying only one webpage, I would be more careful. thanks. Pju0353 (talk) 13:19, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Terry deRoy Gruber

Hi! This file was deleted. It is no where is listed below. Do you still have it? Please upload it or email. Thank you. emilydrennan@hotmail.com

Terry deRoy Gruber It was tagged and deleted as Misplaced Pages:Spam because it looks like a advert written by someone from the company. All of the article is unsourced appears to violate Misplaced Pages:Conflict of interest. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

It's at User:CambridgeBayWeather/Sandbox. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

St. Lina Aerodrome

Is this aerodrome in Alberta or Saskatchewan? The article and infobox are at variance with each other. SriMesh | talk 02:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

User and talk page protect

Thanks CBW. Not entirely certain which one my "April 6th." stalker is. Could be User:Chuck Marean who expires some time in early April, but that doesn't seem quite his MO. Honestly, my block log is long enough that its hard to be sure :-) Anyway, thanks for the help, much appreciated. Gwernol 17:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Ottawa airport

Thanks for correcting my error in template syntax. I was looking on the Misplaced Pages layer for Google Maps when I noticed that the airport was missing...and then read somewhere that only title coords are spidered, maybe that's not the case anymore... --Padraic 18:47, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

No prob, it was me who screwed up the syntax and left a snippy note. I have no idea of the details of the Google layer for Misplaced Pages -- this is the problem with trying to structure our metadata so it can be appropriately scanned by a third party who we have no real communication with. --Padraic 13:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

REQESTING ANSWER.

Dear Sir, Namste! I am from India.I am a new user in wikipedia.I created a page in wikiepedia titled,Chintapalli .Inspite of many efforts by me to support the notability, it was deleted.I also linked world famous Pi-World Ranking proving the rank.It is very clear that there are so many pages in wikipedia which have very less notability.I also argued that there is another page titled,Rajan Mahadevan which is similar to Chintapalli.But, there were no satisfied answers.So I humble request you to review my arguements and suggest me the steps to relist the site.Thank You Sir.--Abcdabcaba (talk) 08:31, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Airline infobox

CBW something wrong with the Infobox Airline please have a look at Air Canada ! appreciate any help as I cant see what has gone wrong. Thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 18:29, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. MilborneOne (talk) 20:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: Edit summaries

If you revert it once, it is not vandalism, but if you do it again after I explained it on the talkpage, it is vandalism already. For more info see WP:Disambiguation and the Misplaced Pages article traffic statistics on Talk:Slipknot (band)#Slipknot (disambiguation) and Slipknot redirect.--Lykantrop 12:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

deletion

Hi, I just added a page today for my company, the Institute of Transport Management, and to fill the content I copied and pasted directly from my website, www.itmworld.com .

I am the registered Director of the company and have no issues with copyright on this as I wrote the entire thing in the first place.

Can you tell me what to do from here please?

Patrick

patrick.sheedy@itmworld.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Institute of Transport Management (talk • contribs) 17:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Page move

Maybe it doesn't move the talk page if there is history at the talk page of the target (I had to delete the talk page of the target to move it back). Hut 8.5 21:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Amsterdam Metro

Just wanted to say 'Thanks!' for the copyedit/tidy on Amsterdam Metro, a job well done :-) EasyTarget (talk) 09:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Aberthau

ok im sry,
but the aberthau page, ive been working on it its not done and i was just testing it in sandbox please delete it
it's for a school project that we help to build Misplaced Pages.... PLEASE

Aberthau

Ok, quite simply, we have a socials studies project at school

and we are to research on heritage buildings
and Aberthau was my topic,
i was experimenting what I have done in sandbox/edit this page preview things, and somehow someone got it
and posted it but we can't have the article on wikipedia to begin with, so please try and understand
I am legitimately honest, and type in Image:Entrance_outside.jpg
and u'll see a picture i took of the building for the project —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris10chan (talk • contribs) 05:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC) and i guess i messed up cuz i was using the preview function instead of a real sandbox... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris10chan (talk • contribs) 05:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)



Thanks so much, and that is quite annoying about the google link, and I must have done that by accident, but that person wasn't my 'friend,' so I guess he'll just keep posting it. I'm almost done, so THANK YOU SO MUCH. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris10chan (talk • contribs) 05:07, 29 March 2008 (UTC) Chris10chan (talk) 05:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much, really!

Ok, really, thank you so much. I guess when the time comes, I can re-request the article.

I am really grateful to you. I'm sorry, I'm a complete newbie at this wikipedia thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris10chan (talk • contribs) 05:13, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I didn't understand the reverting information correctly. Now I know what to do :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mydecember83 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

TELUS Corporation

Yeah, I've seen the MOS on trademarks - that user pointed it out to me too. My problem is the usage in the article isn't within the context of a trademark. What we're talking about is the legal name of the company, which is TELUS Corporation, not Telus Corporation. Any of the places where we'd source information to use as a reference in the article - the provincial securities commissions, the corporations branch of their home province, etc. - would reflect the name in that manner. Anyway, no particular vested interest - just seemed weird to me. Mlaffs (talk) 03:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Transwiki

Hello. I have one of those situations for which I need an admin's opinion. The Slogans of May 68 article was tagged by RHaworth as a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote. In the last 24 hours, an anonymous user decided to be bold and simply create a Wikiquote page with the same content. Since the article never went through the transwiki process, what should be done with it? Should I just blank it and turn it into a redirect? Or, is there some other process? Having never dealt with this issue, I felt I should get some guidance. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 15:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I took this up with RHaworth as well, and he has dealt w/ the issue. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Regarding your message.

Thanks for your response. I left another message above stating that the matter had been dealt with by Rhaworth. Our messages must have crossed. As to your fix on my talk page, no I do not mind at all. I intended to do it myself, but simply had not gotten around to it. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

YMCA Camp Onyahsa

Hello. I believe you deleted our recent article for "copyright infringement," as it paraphrases the camp's history found on our website www.onyahsa.org. We are the author of both articles, so we are not sure what to do. Would referencing the website (which was hyper-linked to the article) help? It is important to have this history noted, as the Camp marks its 110th anniversary and is one of the oldest in the US. Thank you, YMCA Camp Onyahsa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onyahsa (talk • contribs) 19:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Rjd0060

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#new_admin_User:Rjd0060stalks.5Cblocks_2_keep_his_edit_saved
Pls weigh in. Thx. 70.108.103.64 (talk) 16:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

What is that supposed to be?

That is the disturbing truth behind all the worlds chaos in recent years. The big media wants you to think that there is no Eskimo conspiracy for world domination. But I know better. Furthermore, if you haven't realized by now, its San Serriffe Independence day!--Dudeman5685 (talk) 23:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Hamersley Rovers FC

Yep, I saw it. Those people reposted the same article about 8 times, under 2 different names. None of the articles cited any sources other than the team's own page, and all of them included a section about the players' antics, including:

• Grumpy Midfielder Mick Phan has been thrown out of many restaurants for consuming his burgers in an inappropriate manner. Management said they could not bear to watch the way he butchered their burgers. Resulting in Phan becoming aggressive and threatening the shop owners, claiming he would "bottle them" whilst holding a plastic empty drink bottle.

I finally protected the titles and blocked the two posters. NawlinWiki (talk) 03:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Cristian Irimia

Hello. I want to start writing the article about Cristian Irimia, a romanian footballer who currently plays for Sportul Studenţesc, but the page was deleted by you. Can I write the article ? Thanks.

--Razvanflorian (talk) 08:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Reversion of Puntland

Hey, thanks for stepping in on that article. Just a quick question, though. If I had reverted his last change, would that be allowable under WP:3RR ? Thanks for the assist. Tnxman307 (talk) 18:34, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

That's what I thought. I wasn't positive though. Tnxman307 (talk) 18:48, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

African airport stub templates and categories

Hi CBW - every now and again, I complain about someone making an unproposed stub template - or sometimes two or three unproposed stub templates. This is the first time I've ever had to say that anyone's created 56 unproposed stub types, plus five categories... As it states at Misplaced Pages:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Misplaced Pages, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it is otherwise correctly formatted, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies. Most of your new stub types are currently listed at WP:WSS/D, and two of them have been proposed for deletion or renaming - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for these stub types. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first - it'll save us a huge amount of work in future if you do! Grutness...wha? 01:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Before I created the stubs I checked through the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting pages, to ensure that they followed the guidlines laid out there, but I found my self very disturbed by the amount of control the project is attempting to exert. I have nothing against the members and I am sure that the aims and goals of the project and the people involved with it are only trying to help Misplaced Pages. However, I find the idea of having to ask permission to edit is un-Misplaced Pages like. We trust editors to create articles, complex templates, categories and upload material, but to create a stub type, they have to ask permission. Do you not find it a bit strange that you need to ask permission (Misplaced Pages:Stub types for deletion/Log/2008/April/6) to delete a category, update nine templates and create the correct category?

I can understand your points, but believe me, there are good reasons why stub creation is a little more tied in red tape than other parts of Misplaced Pages. I don't find it strange at all, not when you consider that stub sorters have to try to keep some sort of organisation in a very complex system in order for it to work to the best advantage both of themselves and of editors in general. Unlike permanent categories, which are for the benefit of readers, stub categories are for the benefit of editors and as such have different requirements - including keeping them close to a "sweet spot" as far as size is concerned. As such, it's really necessary to confirm that any new categories will not be too small or too big to be of practical use - and it's also necessary to keep the people who actually sort stubs in the loop when it comes to the creation of new templates, otherwise many stubs will still be sorted using old, no-longer used templates. We laready have a major problem with many deprecated stub types having to be kept so as not to confuse anyone who sorts stubc asually and might expect an old, no-longer-used template to still be there. In the case of the categories you made, Category:African airport stubs was right close to the centre of the "sweet spot" at around 450 stubs, and the split of Africa by subregion is being slowly phased out where it is used elsewhere in the stub system, so the creation of these five new categories has caused a ittle concern. "Asking permission to edit" is not that uncommon in Misplaced Pages, BTW - many pages have restrictions on editing, and even the old watchword WP:BOLD has a note that it primarily applies to articles, and that categories and templates require more circumspection. And the size of the various deletion process pages is evidence that, while we may trust other editors to make pages, templates and the like, they don't always do it in a way that best suits Misplaced Pages. Grutness...wha? 23:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Heh - not quite time for skinny-dipping yet then! (oh, and in response to your sig file - have one of my monkeys, they're milder :) Grutness...wha? 05:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

streifen vom heliograph

was war das und wo bekommt man sowas her?????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.154.243.238 (talk) 14:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Patrick Sherry

You deleted this article as A7 bio. However, there was an article that existed before it was created by some teenager in high-school. Looking at the deleted edits, the old article doesn't seem to be hugely notable, so I won't restore, but would you look at the article that was also there? Thanks. seresin ( ¡? ) 23:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I was mostly taking about the news articles about his death from bbc. I'll look into it a bit more. seresin ( ¡? ) 23:42, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

As a heads-up, I restored the old version of the article, since I personally don't feel it should be speedied, and has been around since 2005. seresin ( ¡? ) 04:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

templates for airport stubs

Howdy; basically here because the BC airport stubs cat you created; this doesn't mean you created all those airport stubs, just popping by to comment that most of them don't have the {{WikiProject Canada|bc=yes|class=stub|importance=low}} template; I've put it on a few, starting at 'a' and over time whenever I drop by one (Nimpo Lake I remember doing); just wondering if there's a bot....Skookum1 (talk) 13:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

hairy tire tred

Yeah, I was reverting a user's contrib from a while back that took out valuable information. Good catch on the numbers cuz. PROPS!--InvisibleDiplomat₆₆ 20:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Please Delete

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Simple Plan/Vandalism. I only used it once, and it's never been used since. It was kind of a stupid idea looking back on it and kind of violates WP:BITE. Deleting it would be appreciated. Thanks! — Poe Joe _{(formerly Ian Lee)} (Talk) 04:08, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and could you also please delete Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Simple Plan/Wait ubx as it's out of context now. It's only used by one retired user. Once again, thanks! — Poe Joe _{(formerly Ian Lee)} (Talk) 04:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

New change in WP:MOSISLAM

Salam Alaykum

Two weeks ago I put a comment in the talk page of MOSISLAM and proposed using "The Prophet" in especial cases and about one weeks ago I changed WP:MOSISLAM . Nobody protest or change my proposal. Thus I want to insert it in the related articles.--Seyyed(t-c) 23:29, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:{{Nunavut-school-stub}}

Good point - yes, and it's since been fixed :) Grutness...wha? 00:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

I mistakenly created these two pages and wondered if you could delete them for me (I already moved them).

• User:Hideawayfromme/template
• User:Hideawayfromme/S

If you could, I'd really appreciate it! Blessings, AmericaNeedsJesus 03:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

My, that was quick! Thanks, AmericaNeedsJesus 04:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Dettah, Northwest Territories

The postal code and telephone exchanges for Dettah are the same as they are for Yellowknife; I've already put this info into the article. Sorry it took me so long to respond. Cheers! -YK Times 01:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Coffee and the environment article

I made revisions to the external links to this article, which you reverted, which I changed back.

Previous links were to a birdwatching site (linked as "Bird Friendly" and an outdated coffee site.

I clarified that the "Bird Friendly" site was a birdwatching site; I added a link to the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's "Bird Friendly" coffee web site. They are the research institution that first developed criteria for shade coffee, and have trademarked that term. The information there is has far more authority and depth than the former site. I have no affiliation with Smithsonian.

I then added a link to my site, Coffee & Conservation, which is an non-commercial account (albeit with some clickable ads) entirely about coffee and the environment. I am an ecologist, and provide references for all scientific material on the site, either through links or citations. As the Misplaced Pages article is at this time very brief (I will try to work on it myself as I find time), my site is a good source of information for readers, especially considering that the other link, Coffee Contact, has not been updated since 2001.

Not sure why these links were deleted, but this is why I updated them. -- Julie, coffeehabitat@gmail.com