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Hey, You're going to have to tell why what you're doing with "revert" editing on this piece. I thought what I was putting on was useful and informative. Please explain..... Rossp 22:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)rossp rossfp@gmail.com
I'm still confused, but thanks for restoring it. Best wishes. Rossp22:46, 8 May 2006 (UTC)rossp
Zone forums
can i ask why zone forums page was deleted?
3 times?
Hi, Naconkantari, I want to award you barn-star because you're very good wikipedian even better than other Administrators(Wikipedian). ^.^. You always catch the vandalism, and also protect other owner's room. That means You protect the article from vandals. So, Thanks. Please Send me message. Ahh, I know that you are involved in AmiDaniel's vandal proof.
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Hi, Naconkantari(Administrator of Misplaced Pages), I awarded you this pretty star for catching Vandalism. Keep doing good Work. Demonstrating nice in Misplaced Pages. Thanks. Daniel5127
I recently correct a mistake on the page Nigger and was almost banned for it by you. But what you dfail to realise is that the word "Chigger" comes from the words "nigger" and "chinky," not "chinese".
For the record, PlagueRat did not actually remove any warnings from his talk page. Not that I could see, anyway. As for the rest of his edits... I have no idea if he's even worth arguing with, or if he's just a troll, but I'm giving it a try. DS18:32, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
why did you reverted edits I made ie. on the page about Nissan ? I added an external link to a non-commercial club of Nissan cars enthusiasts (*NissanClub.cz International Nissan cars club). This website and few other car club websites I develop several years as my hobby and it is not any kind of commercial project. Does I have to understand your act as a demonstration of your power ? You are an administrator, so you can do anythink ? Some stupid guy added link, you'll delete it ? Please explain me your reason.
Is that thing still triggering off those autoblocks? Do we have another alternative other than removing those blocks manually? --HappyCamper02:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
The only option that I can think of is having a developer change his password manually. Other than that, I just don't know. If he's unblocked, that means more vandalism, but while he's blocked, that means AOL denial of service. I'll see what I can do. Naconkantarie|t||c|m02:57, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
I removed a bunch of these blocks earlier today, but it seems rather silly if this is going to be ongoing...I was thinking of this...apparently, the user has not made any contributions to Misplaced Pages. Why not unblock the account for say, 10 seconds, and see what sorts of edits the account is attempting to do? After that, we can block it again. If we are lucky, perhaps it will only target one page, and if we protect the page, the bot might not be smart enough to switch to another to do the vandalism. Perhaps wishful thinking, but might be better than having to clear these blocks every minute or so. What do you think? --HappyCamper03:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
It's amazing how fast it can get autoblocked. I finally managed to expire the block and the bot hasn't made any contributions. It appears that all it does is attempt to load the edit page, gets blocked, and then goes for another random page, switching IP addresses at every different page. I'll keep watch on it for a while longer and see if anything changes. Naconkantarie|t||c|m03:19, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
For all those little things! --HC You, my friend, deserve a barnstar. Thanks for keeping a sharp eye on these things. As for me, I actually thought the blocks might go to infinity... --HappyCamper03:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
lol sorry, I'll let you unblock and reblock...
20:59, May 17, 2006 Naconkantari blocked "67.106.44.107 (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite ({subst:open proxy})
20:59, May 17, 2006 Syrthiss blocked "67.106.44.107 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 10 months (communisim sockpuppet (or impostor))
20:59, May 17, 2006 Syrthiss unblocked 67.106.44.107 (contribs) (quick unblock to reseat a longer block, communism vandal)
20:59, May 17, 2006 Naconkantari unblocked 67.106.44.107 (contribs) (reblocking)
Per the numerous comments regarding potential proselytization on my user page, I have decided to remove entirely the section regarding the steps in my conversion to Islam. I welcome additional comments on what you believe may be construed as proselytization. Thanks in advance. joturner23:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Recent "bot" block
Hi, this is 209.236.231.253. I recently updated {{welcomeip}} so that it would substitute {{PAGENAME}} each time it was subst'ed, by using <includeonly> tags. Obviously, this would mess up any existing template transclusions; hence my recent subst'ing. I'm not a bot, I was just going down Special:Whatlinkshere rapidly :) 207.150.184.4203:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC) (by the way, this IP is an open proxy, you may wish to block it)
I'll unblock the original IP if you can please keep your edit rate to 1-2 a minute. Please reply on the original IP's talk page, as your current IP has been blocked as an open proxy. Naconkantari03:57, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
My User page
Thanks very much for reverting the vandalism on my user page this morning, I appreciate it. Rje11:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
So, even when sourced, to call Amy Goodman of Pacifica an anti semite gets reverted by this author - so what do we call him - a vandal, a leftist unwilling to allow another viewpoint to be presented, a protector of anti semites, an anti semite himself - you read the quotes, you decide.Incorrect22:01, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the catch. One wishes one knew the originating IP of a vandal who makes one edit (vandalism), then disappears for one-point-five months only to hit someone's user page (3x). Thanks again! :) RadioKirktalk to me03:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Jimpartame has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!
Argh...
One of the drawbacks of the one-click-AIV-reporting feature in VandalProof is how easy it is to nominate the wrong person. I'll leave AmiDaniel a note in the bugs section about it. Just so you know, you beat me to the revert of the accidental Tawkerbot reporting. I do apologize. --Zpb5203:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Yesterday I see someone repeatedly edited the "Misère game" article to include a giant sci-fi story, and I can't help but think that it's partly my fault. See, back in March, I stumbled across that story in the page's history when I was reverting vandalism from a different user, then recently I decided that it might be appreciated by the rest of the general internet, so I posted the story of how I found it and a link to the history page on this topic on Newgrounds. I guess I should have expected that someone would do something stupid like this, but in my defence, I thought that the whole idea of the story thing was really really funny. Anyway, sorry about that, and thanks for fixing up the vandalism. --Elfer14:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Missing Reporter
I'd happily dispute the content if only I could get it back. Seeing as how I am unable to do so, is there any chance you could restore the article to how it originally was? --AmazingRacist17:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the deadfast revert! However, that IP address is mine. I was getting rid of an old test that I had done to see how to get columns fixed. GofG|| Contribs00:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
sorry ... didn't know it made a difference how much time elapsed between the save times. I'm going to do them now any way, I just figured I'd have them each open in tabs and do them together. -Skope04:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi-- You threatened to block me several times for making inappropriate edits... I'm not aware of making any offensive posts, but if I did I'd like to know what they were so I can fix the problem. Could you tell me what edits you considered inappropriate?
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page (several times, I see!) and for protecting the page. I think that's about the 30th case in two weeks! Always from the same guy on multiple IPs, two (if not three) of which have been blocked. Really appreciate it! Libatius 08:28, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Removal of External Links
The American Pregnancy Association is a national nonprofit health organization promoting reproductiv e and pregnancy wellness through research, education, advocacy and community awareness. I had someone inform me that the Association should be listed on appropriate topics within the Misplaced Pages encyclopedia. I understand the need to keep commercial sites from spamming the site. The Association provides patients with a toll-free education support line, - everything to patients is provided free - couseling, education, support, referrals to local resources. I believe I have linked appropriately with the objective of helping people - not sales. Please reinstate, Pregdoc 14:40, 20 May 2006
More Smiling
—G.He has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!
I have incremented the block on User:71.198.124.130. He has been blocked before many times and has been blocked this week so I thought that a 1 week ban was appropiate. Also he has been blocked for 1 week before. If you think a 1 week block is unfair or too long feel free to revert my block. Joelito (talk) 23:50, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:57, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know you made a mistake in deleting the article on Bill Ham, who (as the article said) was the producer for ZZ Top, as containing no assertion of notability. Please be more careful in the future. -- SCZenz04:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Wow, you are fast! But not even a snicker? Ah well, humor IS a lost art, just like Morse Code. Alas. =)
Why???
Keithman1001:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC)Why Did you delete my article on Things Fall Apart Papers. I was going to get a collection going of many differnet works, on differnet issues in the novel!!!
But isnt all research and all articles research???? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Keithman10 (talk • contribs) .
Another Thing
Keithman1001:07, 22 May 2006 (UTC)What is wrong with starting and article to collect papers that have been worked on very hard that glorify a novel and its many asspects????
Its is too....
The purpose was to help people understand the novel better and see it in many different ways. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Keithman10 (talk • contribs) .
I think you deleted a redirect I created from "Matt Albert" to my user page. I think (probably wrongly) that that redirect is covered under Alternate Names... (?) It's mainly there for a few friends who wanted to look up my name in wikipedia, but I'm still not too sure that that re-direct qualified for deletion.
Hi, I have a quick question for you. I notice that you are the person who checked the open proxies that I had suggested. Do you scan all the ports or do you just scan 80, 8080 and 3128 or other common ports used for ghost machines? I had noticed that all the IP addresses were listed on Spam blacklists. It just seems strange to me that the IP addresses are mostly geographically in Korea but were involved in edit wars in Scottish issues. One address was shown to be a proxy user:59.4.230.99 and I have put up a request for check user also, here . thanks --Karatekid703:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Highway's RfA
File:Pikachu plastic toy.JPGMe relaxing...Request for Adminship
Thank you for supporting/objecting/tropicanising me in my request for Adminship. Although I wasn't promoted to admin status, with a final vote count of 14/27/12, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was pleasantly suprised at the support, and was touched by it. I will also work harder on preventing disputes and boosting my edit count (which is on the up), so thank you to all your objectors. Hopefully I will re-apply soon and try again for the mop. Thanks again, Highway
Just out of curiosity...
I'm just curious, why are some blocks 31 hours? Is there a special reason for that number? I can understand 24 hours, but why 31?G.He03:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't really think that there is any reason except that it is included in the drop-down box when blocking. Other than that, I haven't a clue. Naconkantari03:48, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Why should the commercial product WebMD personal health record be listed?
I'm curious about why WebMD's personal health record (a commercial product for which users must pay an yearly fee) isn't being deleted. Shouldn't it? Please search the wikipedia for personal health record. You'll see their commercial product listed. Here's from WebMD's site on their personal health record product called WebMD Health Manager (https://healthmanager.webmd.com/manager/default.aspx?secure=1): "WebMD Health Manager Subscription Service is available free for 6 months, and then only $29.95 per year. "
It's about notability. If I do a google search for WebMD.com, I get 3 million hits. If I do a google search for RecordsForLiving.com, I get 300. WebMD is notable. RecordsForLiving is not.Naconkantari04:10, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Corum
Why have you removed it? Its a noted swiss watchmaker.
Is there a guide somewhere in wikipedia that can give advice on what characters are allowed in user names? I ask as I saw that you banned a user for using non-latin symbols. --Karatekid716:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
This user has requested unblocking. I'm not sure I understand the reason for the block. Could you explain? --Sam Blanning09:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Another: User talk:Wellstone!!!!!!!!. I'm not sure which bit of WP:U this falls under. Maybe exclamation marks + tyre company = Willy on Wheels? If that was the case I'll deny his request, but I'd just like to confirm what your rationale was. --Sam Blanning10:55, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
I've unblocked Tormender, as it must have been a misunderstanding. For Wellstone, however, the block was due to to other accounts with similar names vandalising: 18:51, 22 May 2006 Curps blocked "Wellstone!!!!!!! (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite (vandalism) (7 exclamation marks instead of eight). Naconkantari16:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my recently successful nomination! I hope that I can be of assistance, if it's ever needed. Jude (talk) 10:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately, you will not succeed. Most editors apply after two to three months of activity. Please do not re-add your request, or it will be removed again. Naconkantari22:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I would like to run. You have no right to keep removing it. Please stop, I dont want to get in trouble because I have to keep reverting it. Thanks 03Rotpar23:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
This is really sad. I feel I have to "ask your premission" to run becuse I feel you will block me if I replace my nomination. If you feel it is a wast of time why don't you just let it stay, it takes more time and effort to keep reverting it. Thanks 03Rotpar23:10, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually, it takes no time at all to make a revert/block. Please quit pestering me on my talk page. If you want to apply to be a sysop, then please do so in a few months. Naconkantari23:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
You "are" preventing me from running. You keep removing my self nomination and threaten to block me if I replace it. Will you also be blocked because you also keep "reverting" the self nomination I placed there? 03Rotpar23:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
No, I will request another administrator to block you. Please note that I am not the only person to revert your addition. Naconkantari23:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Is there a rule preventing me from running? I dont want to get into an argument with you over this, so is there someone else I can talk to about this? 03Rotpar23:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
No, there is no official policy preventing you from running, but the guidelines are that editors with less than 2-3 months experience and less than 1500 edits do not succeed. Naconkantari23:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
If there is "no official policy" can you just let me run, you dont have to vote, just oppose if you dont want me to be an admin. Thanks 03Rotpar23:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Again, I am not preventing you from running. Multiple editors have removed your nomination. If this is not enough proof that you will not succeed, then I do not know what is. Naconkantari23:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
You will be blocked if you revert one more time. If you can find another editor to place your nomination, then you will not be blocked for 3RR. Naconkantari23:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Would these edits be considered vandalism? The user is reverted an article to a version several months ago without bringing it up on the talk page. Thanks. —Khoikhoi23:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I would call the most recent one (third) vandalism, but the other two, I'd discuss with them on their talk page.
hey mate sorry if i broke the rules but I didn't realise I did. For example, what'w wrong to put this website as external link for the word "ultra" and "fan" , considering that it is what this website is all about?
Anyway on ce again, I apologise CHasseur13
My page
Hey - thanks very much for the sprotect on my user page last week. I think it's probably safe enough now to unprotect. If anything crops up, I'll scream like a schoolgirl for help again. =) Cheers! Tony Fox00:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for stepping in on the What Really Happened AfD. I hope that you continue to monitor that discussion. I had no idea they were going to put it up on their website and that it would become such a big thing. --Strothra15:23, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Agreed. By the way, you reverted something on the AfD right after I posted. Were you perhaps trying to delete the anon comment that I moved down from the established section to the anon section? I don't see which terrorist reference you are talkign about. Thanks. Hobbeslover23:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Naconkantari. I want to report imposter of User:Arwel Parry. Did you already check the ID that is even worse than vandalism. I'm just scared. But It was sudden. Basically, He impersonated User:Arwel Parry. ID sounds like abusing him. Sorry for bothering you about ID imposter. So, Could you reply on my discussion's page? Thanks. Daniel5127, 05:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Japanese?
Are you actually Japanese? I'm thinking because the username is a Japanese username. Thanks! - Bigtop20:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
The user _meco placed this statemend at the bottom of the What Really Happened AfD:
Keep. It should be brought to the attention of all participating in this debate that in addition to Jeff Rense, Infowars.com and Prisonplanet.com, also Dissident Voice has been proposed for deletion at this time. __meco 08:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
This is a vote stacking attempt not to mention the fact that he gives no discussion to keeping or deleting the article. In fact he has done this on all of the AfD's of the pages in question not to mention accusing me of bad faith nominating on my talk page. Is this permitted? --Strothra13:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
User Morgen Wick
Hello. Thank you for your recent comment regarding this user. However, the talk page of Mörgen Wick was emty and therefore one could not possibly have known that there was anything amiss. For future reference how does one know if there are problems with a new username? --Newton219:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Please note also that a new user "Morqan wick" has just registered account. I assume that this username will also be blocked for being too similar to the aforementioned name. --Newton219:33, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks I will note that for future reference although I still think it would rather hinder every operation on WP if you had to go through pages of checks before hand. --Newton219:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Removal of Award
I was quite surprised to receive that award! And equally surprised that it should be removed so quickly. Oh, well. LOL. Jester200120:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Would it be appropriate for me to comment below his vote that User:U-Two has fewer than 20 edits leading up to this RfA, or should I find something constructive to do. I don't want to be incivil. Thanks :) Dlohcierekim21:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
If I hadn't looked at your contribs I never would have known that I had attained the status where I was being impersonated. I must really be working hard and being very visible working on Misplaced Pages! I should note that User:Morqan Wick's sole contribution was to mimic the talk page of User:Capsgm2002 for User:Caqsgm2002, another doppeIganger account that has not been blocked yet.Morgan Wick04:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Nakon/archive4, thank you for participating in my RfA. Unfortunately, a great number of oppose voters felt that I lacked experience, and a consensus was not reached (the final tally was 30/28/10). Perhaps I will try again in another few months when I have a few more edits under my belt. If I do, I hope I can count on your support. Thanks again!
Cool3talk20:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Naconkantari, I believe that the AfD for What Really Happened has been open for a couple days longer than it should have been. Do you mind closing it or having someone else do it? Thanks. --Strothra18:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Please refrain from removing content from Misplaced Pages, as you did to Jens Bratlie. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Beno100022:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Sure, go ahead, but be sure to mark it with a stub tag so it doesn't get deleted again. Naconkantari
01:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you,can you help me? I put a stub on it. Then I went away and there was a speed deletion notice. Then i went away, when I came back it was deleted. Obviously the page will be empty for a few minutes while I prepare the info!
Is it worth me making the page. It was requested so will it get deleted for not being notable enough, cos that's happened to me before? If there is a speedy deletion notice next time can I remove it? Murph murph01:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
If you want it to not be deleted, you are going to have to provide some content, not just a {{stub}} tag. Perhaps you could include a birth date/place or other background information. Naconkantari01:15, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
can you help me to creat Fs: ? i want creat my language in wiki , if you can show me samples i can use that for this..... --Sh-gh05:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Why are you stopping me from adding facts about Iditarod dog deaths, etc. to the Iditarod page?
An encyclopedia is supposed to be factual. Why are you keeping me from editing the Iditarod page so that it includes important facts? You can read all the information on the Sled Dog Action Coalition website http://www.helpsleddogs.org. I invite you to take the Iditarod Challenge: read and verify the quotes on http://www.helpsleddogs.org/remarks.htm and on all the quote pages that link to it. The links can be found in the drop box at the top or at the bottom of the page. The material is all referenced. Look at it again and please try to be neutral or obective. Here it is:
In addition to adding these facts, I removed one external link for a website that supports the Iditarod. To be fair, don't you think Misplaced Pages should have an equal number of website from both sides?
I hope you will remove my ban? Have you banned the people who don't want the facts about the dogs deaths, etc. to be told? You know, those people who keep deleting the facts I put on the page?
Re your edit summary in the protection log: front-page article, reprotect if continues, I'm not sure if you're aware, it took all of two minutes to start up again. -- Francs200000:48, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Mike Goodwin here at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin. I got a message from you about vandalism of the Misplaced Pages article on Temuka. Unfortunately, the computer at this IP address is shared by a number of students at different times of day. It might be possible to check who has logged in here, and whether or not they have a connection with the town of Temuka, please let me know if you would like me to look further.
Moved from user page
Hello
your aol range ban has prevent me from editing I also prevented me from leaving this on your talk page so I have to leave it here. Since I can not edit can you please add this image File:UMN mlogo.gif to this page Minnesota Golden Gophers.
thank you
Dude this is the first time I have been able to edit on your talk page. Why do you think I would be making this up. Your range ban has prevented me from editing anything including your talk page until this edit. Please do me a favor and add that link to that page thanksSmith03 03:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC) so you know (not that this should matter one way or the other ) but I have been an active person for 3 years and admin on wikipedia Smith0303:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Again, if you can edit this page, you are not blocked from editing. If you are an administrator, then unblock your address. Naconkantari03:36, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
What happened is that AOL gave you a different IP address for different pages, so you could edit one page while not being able to edit another. I reviewed my block log and found that 64.12.117.0/24 had been blocked longer than I had intended. I have removed the rangeblock and you should be able to edit freely again. Sorry for the confusion. Naconkantari03:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Recently, you blocked Alfakim's bot, Albotim for linking to a Flash-requiring site from a number of Stargate episode articles. Alfakim did this as per my reccomendation, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Stargate#WP:RS_and_official_sites. While I understand that many users have trouble with Flash (myself included, on my primary computer), I felt it was necessary because the external links in said articles could be considered unreliable per WP:RS. (Most of the transcripts are from StargateWiki and fan sites, and GateWorld, while more reliable than the other sites, is still a fan site). While the MGM site (the one Alfakim was linking to) does require Flash (regrettably) it is the official Stargate site, and thus probably considered more reliable. When necessary for referencing, links which have gone dead (meaning no one can access them) can be kept (assuming no replacement link of equal caliber can be found) per WP:CITE, and I hope that this will be too. In any case, those of us who wish to avoid Flash sites can use the other external links (which are not being removed), even if they are considered less reliable. In any case, whether you agree with me or not, I request that you not blame Alfakim for this, but discuss this with / blame me instead. Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 04:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
After reviewing the external link guidelines closely, I found this entry: Sites that require external applications (such as Flash or Java) to view the relevant content unless (1) it is the official site of the subject of the article, (2) the article is about those media, or (3) the site is being cited as a reference.. You said that the link was to the official website, so I'm inclined to agree with you about the placement of the link. I'd also like to apologise if I have upset anyone over this, espically to Alfakim. I have self-reverted all the pages I removed the links from. Thanks Naconkantari04:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
You are, indeed, a one man vandal thwacking squad! I Salute and thank you!--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 16:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
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