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Drox etc

Your contributions seem to fail Wikipedia:Notability (fiction). Please publish them elsewhere first and don't add them here before they become notable. Wikipedia is not a free webspace provider. Thank you, Kusma (討論) 20:00, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment regarding Actors to portray the Joker

Hi, Abc85. You recently created an article named Actors to portray the Joker. As Joker (comics) already contains the information in your article, I've redirected it to Joker (comics). If you have any disputes, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Happy Editing! Kareeser|^Talk! 21:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I did likewise with your article on actors who have portrayed Two-Face; however, since I felt that the article name was unlikely to be a search query, I simply deleted the article and added the content to the Two-Face article. DS 15:03, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vid mask

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Nonsense warning

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Amisulpride. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. —WAvegetarian•_{_{CONTRIBUTIONS}}^{^TALK}• ^{^EMAIL}• 20:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More nonsense

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia. Your edits to List of people believed to have epilepsy are considered vandalism and have been removed. --FloNight 17:56, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Man of Nature questions

Please take a look at the questions I posted on the Man of Nature talk page. Maybe you can answer them. — ApolloCreed ^{(comment) (talk)} 01:52, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why delete Drox

Drox is not nonsense. It is a script for a movie in the future. I don't think its a bad script. Please don't delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abc85 (talk • contribs)

Read WP:NOT Wikipedia is not the place to publish your scripts. You can put them on to your own website. Read the link. When you leave messages on people's talk pages, sign them with four tildes all together, ~ ~ ~ ~. Remove the spaces first. It is also helpful to place a link to the article-in-question in your message, to prevent the recepient from having to search the main article space. Regards, (aeropagitica) 13:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the Vid Mask

Why did you delete it. I saw it on TV and in the museam. It is a Russian celebrity.

Hello! Your article has been deleted three times as it is nonsense with non-encyclopædic content. Please do not abuse Wikipedia in this manner. Legitimate contributions are welcome. Spell-check your contributions in English before you post. Regards, (aeropagitica) 13:53, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Again, welcome! abakharev 03:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your test

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Greetings. The copy in the article, as follows, didn't mention where the information came from, so I assumed it was a vanity article:

"Anton Gorodetsky is a member of the Light-forces.

Anton Gordetsky was born in about 1970 and decided to join the light forces, despite having dark friends. In 1992, he suspected his wife of being pregnant by another man and decided to go to a prophesses to do an external abortion. However, the forces of Light intervened and Day Watch made a record of that.

Sometime in 2000 Anton Gordetsky joined the Night Watch. In 2004, the boy he wanted to abort was sensed by both sides and both wanted to get him. Yegor (the boy) was 12 years old. The Dark Forces used the vampires to get Yegor but failed thanks to Anton Gorodetsky. Then, the Light Forces went to try and get Yegor. Anton Gordetsky was sent and he probably discovered that Yegor was actually his son.

A battle ensued between the forces of Light and Dark and the Light were about to win when the Day Watch stated that Anton wanted to abort Yegor. Yegor then realized that the Light was hypocritical and joined the Dark Forces."

It doesn't assert anywhere that this is a character in a movie, or a fictional character at all. For an article like this to survive, it has to provide a context for the general reader. Regards, --Fire Star 16:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, as you did to Timothy Dalton, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Chris (talk) 17:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My apoligies, I did not check IMDB on this; a quick google indicated 1946. Please read Talk:Timothy Dalton -- apparently 1946 is the correct birthyear. Again I am sorry for not assuming good faith. Others please disregard this warning; I am leaving it here so the conversation thread will remain intact. --Chris (talk) 01:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coitus interruptus

Your edit ended up putting two sentences that said the same thing one after another: "the natural instinct to ejaculate deeply within the vagina" "a strong muscular push to push the penis right deep into the vagina"

It's redundent. The second sentence is more graphic and less appropriate for an encyclopedia article, so that was the one I deleted. I hope that clarifies my reasoning.Lyrl 21:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Viktor Kozlov (politician)

Viktor Kozlov (politician) has been proposed for deletion. An editor felt this person might not be notable enough for an article. Please review Wikipedia:Notability (people) for the relevant guidelines. If you can improve the article to address these concerns, please do so.

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Пясатели

Would you cut it out, please? The joke is getting stale, not to mention your bio-articles did not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria. If you insist on inclusion, please provide references which would allow us to see that these people are notable. Same goes for other "пясатель"-related materials you wrote.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) • (yo?); 11:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide primary references, preferrably from reliable sources. According to Wikipedia's policies, it is your responsibility to prove that the information you are adding is true. Thank you.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) • (yo?); 14:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to second Ezhiki here. Please use some other website for posting error-ridden, obscure stuff about "a village in a village" and its "prime minister"s. WP is not a dumping ground for such silly graffiti. Take care, Ghirla ^-трёп- 06:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture deletion

Please read wikipedia:Copyrights carefully. You don't own the image even if you stole (er., sorry, downloaded) it. I am aware this is the way how they operate in Moskovsky Pyasatel. But in wikipedia copyrights are supposed to be respected. `'mikka (t) 16:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From kultura.ru:

Все права на любые материалы, опубликованные на сайте, защищены в соответствии с российским и международным законодательством об авторском праве и смежных правах"

Please read Russian copyright law carefully. And always read about things before arguing about them.

It is very good that you are adding articles about Russian things. But please follow the rules of the game. `'mikka (t) 16:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also please stop adding fictional dates of birth/death based on your own calculations based on unsure data. This is called original research. `'mikka (t) 16:52, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have troubles in math, colleague. A person 10 year old who died in 1993 may be born in 1983 or 1982, because "10 year old" may mean 10 years and 11 months. `'mikka (t) 17:07, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to George W. Bush. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 22:24, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies

Honest mistake. George W. Bush gets vandalized so much, that I mistakenly assessed your edit to be such. Apologies. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 04:24, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tommy Vercetti

Hi. Thanks for your edit in Tommy Vercetti; however, would you mind citing the source of his birth year? I don't recall it mentioned anywhere in GTA: Vice City. Thanks. ╫ ２５ ^{◀RingADing▶} 17:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC) ╫[reply]

Yasuhiro Nakasone

That's a mistake on my part. The edit before me had changed 1927 to 1917 in the infobox, leaving 1918 in the intro and 1917 in the infobox. So, I edited it to restore the 1927 (I checked the Japanese wiki, and must have just registered the 27 at the end of the date (1918年5月27日)) and also bring the opening inline with the infobox. Thanks for your message. Neier 23:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aleksandr Demyanenko

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AFD Nom

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AfD nomination of VID (TV Company)

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