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You have declined to block Neutral Ray for BLP violation on Altaf Hussain. However, just a week ago he was blocked for 72 hours for exactly the same edit that he is continually making now -- ie, adding material libellous to a third party (George Galloway) to the article on Altaf Hussain. A second admin declined to remove the block. He has been warned by several admins for his continuing disruptive behaviour on this article. Please look at his editing history, his talk page (including all the removed warnings) and his block log, and then reconsider your response. RolandR 23:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Diff for which he was blocked on 9 September: [[1]]. Diff onhis return on 14 September: [2]; edit summary "Reverted to revision 156631901 by Neutral Ray; vandalism". RolandR 23:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Based on that, I anticipate that once the show starts airing, there will be reviews and other significant, independent coverage.

It's probably best if you had a fact-based -- rather than a faith-based -- rationale (see WP:CRYSTAL) or if you had made note of the article's long history, as noted partially above your comments.

If November 1 rolls around and there still hasn't been any coverage, then I think we can move the discussion to AfD.

So, the hurry to have a source-free -- and probable spam/promotional vehicle -- article is what, exactly? --Calton | Talk 15:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


Thanks Fred.That sounds cool.. just wanted to hear a rational response. I'm in no hurry to get the article up there, its just that after spending so much time learning how to use wikipedia only to have the above user constantly removing the article under a large collection of false accusations was rather disheartening. --Burgieman30 01:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

LUTHERAN EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCH

Fred, I am in the process of placing this reference in Wikipedia. All information from the History page of the Lutheran EPC/GCPEC is being used by permission. Please advise how to proceed. I'm new at this want to get it right.

Thank you. Nancy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bishop Nancy Drew (talkcontribs) 17:12, 16 September 2007

New to this. Trying hard to understand process. Article has been re-written from scratch but does include core beliefs and position statements as stated by the LEPC (public domain). Need help to "wikify." Thx. Bishop Nancy Drew 14:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)Nancy

Well, it seems that there is little to zero information coming out from editors who are monitoring this article, so I'm now beginning to agree with you that it's time to see if the community wants this BLP. I put a note on the talkpage and if you want, feel free to prod it if there is no responses. Thanks! Shot info 22:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks!

Thanks for your participation for my RFA bid and for your support.--JForget 23:37, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Fred,

I hope I'm doing this right. I got your message about the ettiquite problem I was having. Thanks for the info, I've since posted the poem on wikisource (never had heard of it until you mentioned it.)

-- Shannon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Srelliott (talkcontribs) 03:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

USRD Inactivity check and news report

Hello, C.Fred. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:

  1. Please update your information at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants, our new centralized participant list. Those who have not done so by October 20th will be removed.
  2. There are important discussions taking place at WT:USRD relating to whether WP:USRD, WP:HWY, or the state projects should hold the "power" in the roads projects.

Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Could you...

Due to the indef. block, can you take a look at the long list of SPAs, many from the last few hours? There is also an open RFPP case, and another editor is considering posting this at WP:ANI due to the continued vandalism by open proxies/socks that seemingly pop up every few minutes. IPs involved so far 77.74.198.212 (talk · contribs), 216.40.236.82 (talk · contribs), Foroto11 (talk · contribs), 74.53.104.2 (talk · contribs), 74.220.207.103 (talk · contribs), 208.79.200.172 (talk · contribs) (newest) There is also an open AFD, the 6th, made by a SPA. Thanks Seicer (talk) (contribs) 00:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your hard labour! Zzuuzz (talk · contribs) seems to be taking care of the SPAs it seems, and hopefully this can be resolved soon. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 00:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for being a nusance

I was told in one of my comments that I could put Hodie Dodie in a blog. Does Wikipedia have a place where I can post a blog? If so could you tell me how to create one? Again sorry for the trouble I caused earlier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hodiedodie (talkcontribs) 03:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

User:PDougherty90

You can't see this, User:PDougherty90, user's page or contributions? IP4240207xx 06:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your response. I already had a MySpace but I was curious to know if Wikipedia had an option for blogging. By now I understand that wiki doesn’t have a place to blog but I have learned that wiki is very lenient as to what I put on my User's page. I have been making many contributions to Wiki and I have found a few very entertaining articles that I have had deleted and/or reverted to previous versions. Earlier I had the honor of deleting "Jesus' Dog". I also have been reverting several vandalized sites to previous versions. I am disappointed in how unoriginal the vandals are. It mostly seems they either delete everything or they add some comment as to how the subject of the article is gay. I hope to eventually become an administrator so I can actually block some of these users. I have seen some page that I have used for school research vandalized. --In his service Hodei Dodie 16:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

He did get the 3 warnings related to removing items from a talk page. All 3, and it did warn him he could be blocked. He violated 3RR on his own talk page. GreenJoe 01:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

In retribution, he's now reverting my talk page. GreenJoe 02:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
His lack of civility amazes me. GreenJoe 03:21, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I left at note for you at WP:AN/3RR. GreenJoe 03:25, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about the confusion

You see curently the Dragon Ball section of Wikipedia is getting an extreme overhaul, however the Dragon Ball articles such as Android Saga haven't been touched by any respectalble users in a loooooooooooooong time and such they are too long, have terrible writing and many other terrible things. Recentally a merge of all those articles back into the four original sagas, The Saiyan, Freeza, Cell and Buu was reached consensus for and such the merged articles are now in progress on my sandbox. The articles will be there until those 4 articles are finished on my sand box. Clear? Also we are avoiding using the anime unless absolutally nessasary (like for movies) when sourcing articles. DBZROCKSIts over 9000!!! 12:29, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:Block of User:172.171.127.62

Ugh...maybe I should call it a night. I meant to block the IP for a few months. Nishkid64 (talk) 03:47, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

In addition to that on his user page and that particular edit summary mentioned at AIV please see here, here, telling me to "smarten the hell up" here. This user has obvious civility issues, and doesn't seem to realize he needs to refrain from these sort of personal attacks. Also exhibits blatant behavior resembling WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. I feel all those together warrant some sort of block. If you don't think so, then that's that, but I thought you should know about all of this. Thanks. Bmg916Speak 17:11, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, already blocked by Nishkid, my bad. Sorry. Thank you for your consideration though. Bmg916Speak 17:12, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

You said "decline 82.29.196.139 - not active". Account has done vandalism today Sept 30, 2007. Why do you say inactive, if I may ask? Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 16:45, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

UF Alumni should be included

If someone attended a University, then they should get included in the Alumni Category. I do not care if they are already under a players category, we need to add them to both! By not including them as regular alumni, it's like your not recognizing that they attended classes at that respective institution. We need to give them academic & athletic recognition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JerryBusser (talkcontribs) 17:05, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Flirtbox

Why has the page about the trademark Flirtbox (trademark) been removed? Apart from that, it has not even been finished compeltely - but still it is worth to be listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toby78 (talkcontribs) 22:10, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Cheers for protecting the Fly For Fun article, was about to protect it myself, but you beat me to it ;) Lloydpick 23:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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Nede and the sin bin

I'm not from Oz, but even a Yank like me understands the yellow card in rugby. (That's rugby league and not rugby union, right? I'm still trying to figure out the difference.) Thanks for taking care of this matter. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:42, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

All the more reason to stick with Aussie rules. No cards, no send-offs, just an appearance before the tribunal. I loved watching the game back in the early days of ESPN, when they were hurting for sports material to fill time. Hard to believe such a time existed. (I'm a Southerner, too, so the "y-word" doesn't come easily either.) - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 03:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
I'll have to check out the broadband option. Yeah, I remember the trench coats and fedoras, too. Don't know why they did away with them, they were very distinctive. Any sport where you score by kicking a behind is pretty cool. I'm old enough to remember Bruce Doull, "The Flying Doormat," on patrol for the Blues. I even saw the game with North where the guy ripped off Bruce's old headband, and Bruce laid him out.
We get some CFL here. When I was a P.A. announcer for a local high school team, I occasionally announced when a kick went into the end zone, "If we were in Canada, that would be a rouge for a single point, but we're not." Finally some guy I knew turned toward my press box and yelled, "Take off, you hoser!"
Good on 'ya, Cats!! - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 05:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Ah yes, the "hot clock." The school I was with was a small Christian school that played 8-man football, and I was the ECO as well as the announcer. When our school and some others formed a new conference along with some similar schools in Tennessee, they made me the secretary, which meant that I wrote much of the by-laws and competition rules. After seeing too many 64-0 blowouts in my time, I made sure that a 40-point margin automatically started a hot clock, and a 55-point margin ended the game outright. The latter rule was adapted from 8-man play out west, where a 45-point margin ends the game (no hot clock rule). Now I cover hogh school sports for The Birmingham News, and I wish that some 11-man games had a mercy rule. :-) - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 05:21, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Tim Sylvia's Page

I was the one who reverted Tim's page to previous edits and I get banned for it and labled as someone who vandalizes, what the hell is this? I can agree with the point one person made that putting his website info about his autograph may be seen as advertisement so I will not dispute that but the rest of the edit was quite apt and seems to be general consensus. Cyrus777 03:59, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any edits by you on the Tim Sylvia article. Unless you weren't logged in, in which case, you were re-adding promotional and non-NPOV material. —C.Fred (talk) 04:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

You just responded on my page with "you were vandalizing". Says who? Unless you give me a good reason to keep that information out I will add it back again minus his webpage to avoid any possible advertisement. Cyrus777 04:26, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

67.191.197.135

I saw that you removed the request for blocking. I am concerned about the issue mainly becasue the user has made a handful of edits over the last couple weeks, none of which were of any benefit to the community. Is the only way to deal with sophmoric behavior from anonymous IP's to keep reverting? RobHoitt 03:57, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

The problem with blocking IPs is that they may be dynamic IPs, so by the time we block an address for an old edit, another person has been assigned the address. Thus, an innocent person may get punished while the perpetrator is free to act again. That's why IPs are only blocked when the vandalism is fresh or there's a long-term pattern of it. Also, you can run a WHOIS on the address and see to whom it's registered. If a school address is showing frequent vandalism, then it's fair to assume that it's a public lab where students are unsupervised, so multiple edits will lead to a {{schoolblock}}. —C.Fred (talk) 04:01, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm... That's too bad... As the only contributions from that IP have not been beneficial... I wish more could be done to remedy the problem. RobHoitt 04:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I think I rushed this article. I just wanted to put something up and then go back to build on it. I have just ready the policies and I request that you unprotect the "Dax Stanley" so I can add value to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daximus (talkcontribs) 04:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

ANI heads up

Heyo. A user has started a thread on WP:ANI about DragonflySixtyseven's recent block of Wikitarded (talk · contribs) here, whose unblock request you declined and whose talk page you protected. I thought you might want to contribute to the discussion there. Cheers, ➪HiDrNick! 22:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

My fight

The misspelling is taken care of. I was just trying to type fast and my fingers must've slipped up. Link 486 19:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm extremely Disappointed

I just sat there for 4 hours trying to prove Carla Brown's notability, like you people told me too, and you come running after me like i'm some kind of criminal. I am very close to canceling my registration. Fallon70 04:37, 5 October 2007 (UTC)Fallon70

thanks for second chance

I didn't mean to get aggressive, its just i'm getting used to this site. Thanks alot for saving it to a user page. I promise you will love the article once I perfect it. Fallon70 05:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)Fallon70

Is it ready for article submission?

I've added a couple of things to increase the notability and significance. Its up to you if you think its ready yet. if I can make it an official article, notify me promptly. Fallon70 04:48, 6 October 2007 (UTC)Fallon70

User:Jcollard should not been blocked to begin with.

There was an edit-conflict when you blocked him. If you look over the timeline of events, it's clear that Gscshoyru was being over-zealous from the get-go with Jcollard when the latter never spammed to begin with. He made one POV-fork, which was replaced with a redirect and so he rewrote his original edits. This mess could have been avoided if someone had bothered to welcomed Jcollard with some friendly advice about our policies and guidelines instead of a flood of warnings and a block on your part. Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers. --  Netsnipe  ►  16:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Posting of Sifu Keith TV

Yes this was, i thought i would have used this chance as to experiment on wikipedia and write about this article and how i ran this particular Online Channel on Youtube. I'm sorry if i have your wasted your time —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sifu-keith (talkcontribs) 17:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

DivaNTraining

I don't know what the admin procedures are for handling Blocks, but since you appear to have handled the previous block against User:DivaNtrainin I wanted to advise you that I have now requested another block against her. Just in case you keep track of such things or are expected to weigh in.Factchecker atyourservice 18:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Controversy on Richard Dawkins

Hi Fred,

There is no good reason why the Controversy section I added to the Richard Dawkins article should not remain on the article. It's well written and provides two high quality references.

However, Ornis and some others are obsessed with preventing any criticism from appearing on the article (as you can see by how positive it is, despite the controversial subject). Is there something you can do about this?

Thanks for your time, --RucasHost 17:13, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Here's the code for the section

==Controversy==

A statement Dawkins made claiming that the ''Jewish lobby'' is "monopolizing American foreign policy"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/stephenpollard/231721/dawkins-the-jews-run-the-world.thtml |title=Dawkins - the Jews run the world |accessdate=2007-10-10 |author=Pollard, Stephen |date=2007-10-05 |publisher=Spectator.co.uk}}</ref> was criticized by the [[Anti-Defamation League]] and other Jewish organization as [[anti-Semetic]]<ref name=ynet>{{cite web |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3457718,00.html |title='Jews monopolize American policy' |accessdate=2007-10-10 |author=Lappin, Yaakov |date=2007-10-08 |publisher=YnetNews}}</ref>. [[Abe Foxman]], national director of the ADL commented, "This is classical anti-Semitism. Just because it's wrapped around an issue of atheism doesn't make it any less virulent, anti-Semitic and dangerous"<ref name=ynet />

--RucasHost 17:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

C.Fred, one tendentious editor, User:RucasHost, who's posting above, went through 12, count 'em, 12 reverts on a Richard Dawkins, violating WP:BLP. Then, you protect the article and fail to kick RucasHost's ass out of the project? Please, for the love of Wikipedia, explain why one edit-warrior keeps editing AND you lock the article? I absolutely don't get it. Now I know why JzG left this project. Sigh. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 17:53, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Certainly does seem to be a miscarriage of justice and/or cognitive analysis, yes? But, not to fear, when Rucashost drives drunk and kills someone we can always ban alcohol and cars. &#0149;Jim62sch&#0149; 20:35, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
I too would like an explanation. This baffles, to put it mildly. I request unprotection of the article. ➪HiDrNick! 22:32, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Fife, AL

I guess I never considered that part. Out of curiosity, wasn't being a hoax a criteria for speedy deletion at one point? If not, it probably should be. SashaCall (Sign!)/(Talk!) 04:29, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, blatant hoaxes fall under G3 since they are considered vandalism. SashaCall (Sign!)/(Talk!) 05:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Toussaint Louverture

Apparently I failed to follow the correct procedure, but I find it difficult. I.e. the IP keeps changing, the edits are obscene, antisemitic, or just silly. Two were forewarned, but with this polymorphic perversity, I doubt the rule on warning would function. So I thought instead of reporting it as before on the vandalism page, I'd drop you a note here. Excuse me if this is a bother. See edits by

75.27.236.121
128.118.89.56 (Talk) Philip Hnatnovich is a jewish asshole. Fuck him and his essay tests!

68.44.85.67
65.183.4.18
90.198.215.101 evryone look at they way they spell reis tablish lol they cant

Hard to imagine an entire community has it in for an obscure (to most) Haitian revolutionary. RegardsNishidani 20:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

THank you indeed, sir. I apologize if my personal incompetence as a relative newby here caused you any inconvenience. Finest Regards Nishidani 06:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

C. Fred.

C. Fred run. Run, Fred, run.

Wheeee... HalfShadow 00:38, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh come on. It's such an obvious joke. The only one? HalfShadow 01:00, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

'Thanks for listening and do you havew any suggestions as for my life?'

Am I a bad person for thinking of posting: 'Yes, remember: 'down the road' not 'across the street'? HalfShadow 01:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

CptHowdy.

I noticed that you banned this user just a short time ago. I've been making a case against User:Laughing Joker concerning this individual and others, and have contacted the user who has already opened the case against Joker so that the additional evidence concerning this matter might be utilized.

Several editors have been working cooperatively to change the exact same paragraph numerous times on Mary (mother of Jesus). I disagree with the changes, as they are unnecessary and unsupported. A look at the edit history of the page shows numerous instances where edits occurred consecutively, and at least one instance where the edits of one user were adjusted in response to my reason for reversion of another user's changes. It seems that this user is simply cycling through his/her various usernames while editing this page, for whatever reason. This user, as I presume, is the indefinitely banned Laughing Joker. A quick look at various edit histories shows this user's persistence on three subjects:

Thanks for taking a look at this.--C.Logan 02:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Just a note that I started a sockpuppet case concerning the above users yesterday at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Laughing Joker. Another case was also later opened by another user at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/97.82.225.246. These also seem to involve the same users. Thanks. Tbo 157(talk) (review) 16:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Chuck Panozzo

Hi C.Fred -- got your message about my "inappropriate" edit to the Chuck Panozzo item. How was that spam? I interviewed Chuck for a story I wrote for the newspaper here. The audio was turned into an audio podcast, and the most interesting portions were used in a blog item. I think it added valuable information to his entry.

Please contact me at spears22@yahoo.com for more explanation. (By the way, I'm also a high school football official here in Florida.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.186.95.103 (talk) 18:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I have restored the link to Chuck Panozzo, due to facts and circumstances for that particular article. However, the wholesale addition of links to a website--as was done over a number of musicians' articles on 4 September--is generally indicative of spam. That's why the warning was given. —C.Fred (talk) 21:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC) as posted at User talk:72.186.95.103

Controversy on Richard Dawkins

Wikipedia articles are based unbiased facts, therefore the section on the antisemitism has to remain in the article. This does not suggest that Richard Dawkins is an antisemite, it merely informs the reader of what has occurs and leaves it up to them to make a personal judgment. Many profiles of people on wikipedia have a controversy section and Richard Dawkins is no different as much as you may or may not like him. You do not provide a sufficient reason for removing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marfan8 (talkcontribs) 04:44, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

HI C. Fred

HI! I'm unblocked now! I just wanted to thank you for your patience with me. I have been known to be high matenience and you kept up with my really well. thanks again:-)SWEET TEMPTATION ( LOVES YOU) 00:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Hiya!

I'm just writing because i went down I-75 a couple years ago, and heading back from Evansville/Louisville/Cincinatti, i saw that I-75 had a sign at the side listing Toronto and Montreal as control cities "Via ON-401", well in advance of Toledo and Detroit. I think this may be the Ohio Department of Transportation's way of guiding people in a quick manner between Ohio and points north/east, such as Toronto (particularly with the huge traffic bottleneck that is the Ambassador Bridge. I've re-added that to the control cities list, but with a note. I'd like to hear your reply. RingtailedFoxTalkStalk 18:39, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


Unbolded? sounds good to me! if it's not standard, it shouldn't be bolded. I'm glad we could reach a comprimise :) RingtailedFoxTalkStalk 22:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Roddyrod

Poor son'bitch hasn't got the brains God gave fish, has he...? HalfShadow 03:15, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahondara... What was he planning to do: type mean things at us until he got his way? I bet you caps-lock would have been next... HalfShadow 03:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

who the hell

who are you to tell me that isnt vandalism Freemonkeyinside 03:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC) Ok... sorry. I didnt get your message until after I posted that. Freemonkeyinside 03:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Jack Merridew

Hi - and thanks for looking after my talk page. I see that the protection is about to expire and I'll look after things for a bit. I'm not even sure what I did piss folks off. I have no idea what 4chan is. I made a number of delete posts on Afds yesterday and redirected a redlink that resulted from an Afd. User:Misterandersen seems to think I deleted his work. I will comment to him in a moment. --Jack Merridew 08:03, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

User:Jack Merridew

Thanks again. At this point, I'm pretty sure this vandalism is the doing of Dungeons & Dragons fans. I've stumbled into their war over notability of articles. I'd be all for semi-protection on my user page (I expect that's not a good idea for the talk page) - however it would only serve to direct their attentions to the talk page. --Jack Merridew 09:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

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Just so you know...

The user who you removed from AIV just now is a rather persistent vandal, who seems to have something against user:The JPS, see his talk... so it's my personal opinion, since it's obvious who he is, that he should be blocked on sight, but that's just my opinion. Just so you know. Gscshoyru 23:27, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Yep. He looked like he had gone quiet, and about the time I delisted him, he struck again. Two more anon IPs have shown up; I've blocked both of those without giving a warning. Fool me once... —C.Fred (talk) 23:31, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
I think he may have been waiting for the warning, that's what set him off. The guy is a nuisance, I wish we could range-block him but it looks like we can't, as his range is too large. Pity. Gscshoyru 23:39, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Yeah. Hopefully he just has the one target, and protecting that talk page will make him disappear. —C.Fred (talk) 23:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
He has one... usual target. But... he migrates when he's bored. Check my talk page and say Riana's, as well as other vandal-fighters' for ip's starting with 91.108. He's really, really persistent and obnoxious. Gscshoyru 23:43, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

IP

Thanks for the block. Shows up here: [3] --Rodhullandemu (talk - contribs) 00:53, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Purple Barnstar

Thank you, C. Fred, for the purple star and, of course, your kind words. Both are very much appreciated. If you don't mind, I may move the barnstar to my user page. My apologies for the tardy acknowledgment... I felt I needed a bit of a break from Wikipedia. But I'm back now! Thanks again. Victoriagirl 16:58, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. That guy had it comingNew4321 03:29, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

The checkuser who responded to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Heinz2007 determined that a check couldn't be performed to determine whether Heinz2007 has been using User-multi error: "BtownGroupie" is not a valid project or language code (help). as an abusive sockpuppet to engage in additional inappropriate page recreations, because "The Heinz2007 account has already been noted as a disruptive account that is behaving in a manner that merits a block, so block him accordingly" [4]. Declining to block Heinz2007 because he hasn't engaged in any inappropriate page creations on that account after being warned sort of leaves us with a catch-22: the checkuser request can't be performed because Heinz2007 "merits a block" without checkuser assistance, but he can't be blocked because his behavior with that account doesn't merit a block. John254 03:31, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

eClerx

What about the fact that all but one comment on http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Eclerx were made before I cited multiple external sources and made some significant changes to the article? It's really frustrating to have your work deleted without much thought.Nshuks7 19:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Which was never mentioned in the AfD discussion. (Tangent: only one source is independent.) Since the only discussion at the AfD was delete, I don't blame the closing admin for not looking closely at the article. If you'd like, I can restore the article into your user space tonight (EDT, GMT-4) so you can work on it further, but before it goes back into main article space, either some drastic changes in the company's notability need to happen, or it needs to go through deletion review. —C.Fred (talk) 19:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
That would be nice of you. If I could have the text, even in user space, I could mature the article some more. Another question: am I allowed to at least speak on the deletion review page? Like saying that I have updated the page/references/etc.? Nshuks7 20:11, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I tried to have your user page protected. I guess those Colbert Report fans won't be sending you flowers.Wikilost 05:02, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...

Well, you've got a point. I bet even now, he's laughing his head off at us... and me...

He's a slippery little thing, always keeping us guessing... but one day, when he is known under his true alias, we have to take action. This has gone on long enough, and it's caused us too much trouble. We've got to put a stop to it any chance we get. Link 486 14:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

The Many "Rebafan"s

I know I speak for everyone at WP:TVS when I say "Thanks!", we greatly appericate it. :) Take Care...NeutralHomer T:C 20:42, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

cfred stop messing around wikipedia pages that you dont even care about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by I4gotmypass (talkcontribs) 23:56, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Interstate 40

I appreciate the information but every time I go to see a page about an interstate, it seems different. Who set the rule that intestates should be west to east. Seems a bit strange as the interstate 95 page says "from Maine to Florida". If it is west to east then it should be also south to north, or am i incorrect in my thinking? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.125.195.38 (talk) 06:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

The formal description of I-95 lists the southern terminus first. IMO, "from Maine to Florida" is a prose variation to keep the article from getting repetitive; plus, in that intro, the cities are listed north-to-south. If it warrants a change, it should be discussed at the article's talk page before any change is made. —C.Fred (talk) 17:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I feel the block should immediately be implemented as he has received warnings level 1 through 4. It would seem inconsistent for him to receive warnings 3 and 4 and not be blocked. Bstone 03:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Can I blame the time change? :) I used to be on UTC-4, but we fell back to UTC-5 tonight, so the math isn't as easy. I looked at the time stamps again. Not only had he received a block-may-follow warning, but he had asked his question at the help desk and had it answered before his last deletion. Accordingly, you're right: he was properly warned, and the appropriate step to prevent further damage is to block. (Which I probably gave a rather mild one, all things considered, but I'd rather get him on board with discussing the issue, if possible, than push him completely away from Wikipedia.) —C.Fred (talk) 03:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I believe he should discuss it with us. I invited him to do so both on the article page and on his user talk page. No response, sadly. Not sure why. Hopefully the block will get his attention to discuss it with us. Bstone 03:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand. I was very surprised that you decided to try reasoning with him, after that already was attempted. That is why I left a further comment on AIV. Thanks for letting me know though. - Rjd0060 04:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Request

Hi, User:C.Fred- I see we're both doing a lot of anon IP reversions at Endurance (TV series). It looks like IP219.89.180.27 is at it again. I dropped a level 3 warning on his Talk page last night, after he added an entire bogus section. His only response was to introduce more erroneous info. within a couple of hours.

Would you revert the article to last good version, please? I can't do it right now as I'm travelling in Buenos Aires  Argentina, and only checking my Watchlist using a Blackberry. Unfortunately, due to a known bug, Blackberries truncate articles longer than 30kb, so if I attempt an Undo, it's likely to damage the article further.

Cheers! JGHowes talk - 12:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, C.Fred. Thanks so much for your assistance last night with the St Matthews University article. Sorry to say, but the licensing section has again disappeared. The edit this time was done by User:Jfdietrich. I smell a sock. If not a sock, then a block avoidance. I've reverted the information and placed a level 2 warning for now. Thought I'd let you know so you can do an IP lookup and determine if further action is needed. Thank you. Bstone 17:17, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Fred, mere moments after I wrote this another new user, User:Traveler1019, blanked the entire licensing section. I must be careful in further undoing of this in order not to violate 3RR. Thanks for your help. Bstone 17:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to bombard you, Fred, but I did ask for and was granted semi-protection but it only happened after User:Jfdietrich's vandalism. Since I have already done a large number of reverts and I don't want to violate 3RR, can you perhaps revert this most recent vandalism? Thank you. Bstone 20:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I thought vandalism reversion was exempt from 3RR. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 20:53, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
It might be, but when I reported these suspected sock puppets to the vandalism reporting page, admin Elkman declined to do anything with the note Declining "Jfdietrich; this is a content dispute, not vandalism" [5]. Thus, I am nervous to do any more rollbacks unless directed to by an admin. Thank you. Bstone 20:59, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Right. Sockpuppetry to evade a block is a disruptive edit, i.e. vandalism. If you're reverting a change made by such an editor, make sure to note that you're reverting an edit made in evasion of a block--that way, it's clear to the admins why an exemption from 3RR applies. At this point, though, the article is protected, which should prevent any new editors from vandalizing the article--but also limits how much they can contribute to the article directly. Still, benefits outweigh costs right now. —C.Fred (talk) 22:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I fully appreciate and understand that but how does it work when I reported it as vandalism, the responding admin said it was not vandalism (tho he later agreed it was), but when we all know it is? I just want to avoid any problems. Bstone 23:23, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your support.

Well, that was unexpected. -Stephanie.

Guy Fawkes Remember, remember, the fifth of November?
Thank you to everyone who participated in my Request for adminship, which was successful at 50/5/0 on November 5th, 2007.
It became, as you may know, rather contentious toward the end (though fortunately no gunpowder was involved), and I appreciate the work of other Wikipedians to keep it focused. --Thespian 03:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)



Hey I dont know how to make a new thread. But sorry about that I am just frustrated with the whole situation. I appreciate giving me the heads up. Thanks! Turkeydaybusted 04:37, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reverts!

I just wanted to stop by and thank you for reverting my user page and editor review after Reporter12 vandalized them. I didn't even notice anything was off until I checked my watchlist! jonny-mt(t)(c) 04:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


But the vandalism is still there-Sir Bradfordshire

It's the orange and blue thing at the top of the page ---SB

It is a orange and blue box that always stays of the top the page and says "This page brought to you by

      • Ass Pus Productions ***

Got Ass Pus?" on it --Sir B

I see it on my page but I guess for some reason you can't. Is that possible? -Sir B

No. It's actually gone now but thank you for your diligence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sir Bradfordshire (talkcontribs) 04:23, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Fred,

I noticed you delistedCollectonian's report to AiV of the user Lulu Margarida due to a lack of final warning. Just to give you some background about this user, she has already been banned on the PT Wikipedia for personal attacks and has an existing RfC/U here. You can read the whole story on the RfC. Unfortunately she POV-pushes on political articles where I'm the only other editor, so at times I feel like I'm the guy with the finger holding the damn. The RfC didn't go to ArbCom because she stopped editing, but now she's attacking other editors here as well (check out Talk:Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira and this edit summary) when they went after her pet page. So I would ask you take that into consideration on whether or not a block for vandalism really does require final warning on a user with this history. At the the very least, one could argue that much like the guidelines for warnings on 3RR violations, a long-time editor like her should know better. Cheers.--Dali-Llama 05:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Odd message

That was a pretty odd message you had there... I suggest you look at Special:Contributions/208.103.184.119. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


Re: Zachary Jaydon

I am confused about your revert to Zachary Jaydon as a cast member of the Mickey Mouse Club. The articles of deletion on his user page was arguing whether or not he was "notable" as per Wikipedia standards, not whether or not he had ever worked in TV/Film, music or otherwise. It is noted on Amazon.com, IMDB, AOL, Yahoo, as well as many others that he was indeed a cast member on the Mickey Mouse Club. What burden of proof needs to be provided, and to whom to prove "notability" and credit? Respectfully, Skyler Morgan 04:39, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


MMC

Thanks for the revert message. Im aware of it and have filed a block request. user User:TragedyStriker appears to be Zachary Jaydon in question and in deleting that article it was decided he was not a cast member of MMC by independent sources. IMDB is something he is able to edit and any 3rd party source can not confirm he was on the show (as in the deletion log). I've been trying to revert his original research edits. Any help would be appreciated --Thegingerone 04:43, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism Warning

This is a IP shared by a lab full of computers at Georgia Tech. I think all the computers in the thin client lab are on this IP. I don't know who vandalised his page but blocking this IP would be dumb. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.207.113.122 (talk) 05:06, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

The problem is, if vandalism is coming from this IP out-of-control, the only way to stop it is to block the IP. It's a softblock, so registered users could still edit; only anonymous users would be locked out. —C.Fred (talk) 05:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Tisdale image

Looking more closely, I do get pretty suspicious. No real identity for an author, and the flicker page for the author looks full of copyright violations. Think we should submit the image for deletion?Kww 03:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Would this qualify as a reliable source for her sexuality? Corvus cornix 23:00, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

This might work, too. Corvus cornix 23:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Based on those sources, I've readded her orientation categories and put in a sentence about it. If you don't think they're reliable, let me know and I'll take them back out. Corvus cornix 23:11, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Corvus cornix 00:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

John254

No problem ... just saw the enormous number of reversions aimed at an editor that is usually well behaved, and decided to report. Now I see the context, and you're right.Kww 03:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Need to change page Dimension Zero to Dimension Zero (Sweden)

Using the title “Dimension Zero” for the Swedish Metal Band is in violation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office service mark (Serial #78072275 Registration #2573924), owned by Liquid Records, the label for the US band Dimension Zero. To be in accordance with the service mark, the Swedish Dimension Zero must be referenced as “Dimension Zero (Sweden).”

I attempted to move the contents from “Dimension Zero” to a new page “Dimension Zero (Sweden)”, and then update the contents for “Dimension Zero” with the US band information.

If this is not the correct way to proceed, please tell me your suggestions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimensionzero (talkcontribs) 17:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

This image has (some sort of) rationale. It is not speediable. -- lucasbfr talk 15:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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I would like to thank you for how you handeled the user that was vandalizing New York.--Jab843 (talk) 23:04, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

User 74.46.210.125

You blocked this user for 24 hours a while ago. He's back and vandalizing again. Mathewignash (talk) 22:39, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

You (probably correctly!) removed User:Ian Garrigan from WP:AIV on the grounds that the account is currently inactive and hasn't received any warnings. I'm pretty sure something ought to be done, because (1) every edit the account made was vandalism, and (2) although quiet for a few days, the account's editing history is over a longer timeframe and there have been gaps before. I probably reported it in the wrong forum, but at least a warning message seems a good idea. Does that require an administrator or can any user apply a warning? And where should I take such reports in the future? Thanks, Purgatorio (talk) 18:24, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, it's a shame that the instructions at WP:AIV aren't very clear, they could probably do with a tidy-up! Purgatorio (talk) 19:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Template

If your comment was directed at me, I already got that notice on my talk page, which is why I posted at ANI in the first place. John Carter (talk) 20:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I won't disagree with you there. J (talk) 20:28, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Re your effort

Your edit of 16:44, 26/11/2007 seems to over-look the fact that I did put the accusation on the Boyce User page. Also, a photo of Dawkins appeared at one point on the Laurence Boyce page. Dawkins and Boyce are both interested in flying tea-pots. In general, Laurence Boyce does nothing except refer to Dawkins's books and ideas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.4.21 (talk) 09:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

IP numbers are needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.4.21 (talk) 10:26, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry Case

I think User talk:Breathtaker‎ may be guilty of Sockpuppetry to get around the 3 revert rule and I have opened a Case. I also have a question, in deciding his 3 revert rule report against me you said I provided citations, but more importantly, I was returning the data to the state previous editors agreed upon before today, isn't that a stronger point in my defence? --Dr who1975 (talk) 19:24, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Roger Wright AfD discussion

Hi, C.Fred. I just wanted to say thank you for being a voice of reason over there. I've been getting kind of paranoid about the whole affair, losing sleep and everything. I'm not canvassing support or anything; I'm just genuinely appreciative. Best wishes. Emoll (talk) 00:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:PPAP

Template:PPAP has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Arctic Gnome (talkcontribs) 16:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Help on using Checkuser

Thanks for blocking 61.5.0.125 (talk · contribs). He's been a trouble maker for the past hour. However, East718 (talk · contribs) suggested a checkuser for him because it seems to be a rangehopper, because I've also noticed similar vandal edits on Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch and other articles from the following: 61.5.68.126 (talk · contribs), [{user|61.5.68.60}}, 61.5.0.16 (talk · contribs), 61.5.68.43 (talk · contribs), 61.94.40.105 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). How can properly report to checkuser in this case because from I have gathered, one false move and I may be blocked (I said "may be" because I am not sure). - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 04:30, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice. I'll be posting the admin noticeboards and see what I can get. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 04:59, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Droliver's persistent abuse of wikipedia

Dear Fred-As you you may remember, droliver is a plastic surgeon who seems to consider himself the sole authority on all matters relating to plastic surgery on wikipedia. He has been repeatedly vandalizing the breast reconstruction site. I was involved in passage of federal legislation, called The Janet Law, known also as the Womens Health and Cancer Act, which mandated that insurance companies pay for breast reconstruction. The law was only the second time in US history that a federal legislation was created for coverage of a medical illness. It was named for a patient of mine, Janet Franquet, who had breast cancer and her insurance carrier denied her coverage. We led a national lobby effort to change this and this resulted in the law that bears her name. This was quite well reported at the time, including national tv and print media. There is an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal that referenced it. Janet Franquet died soon after the law was passed from her disease. For some reason, Droliver continues to try to remove her name from the breast reconstruction site. In addition, his talk page refers one back to a paid website where he advertises for plastic surgery. Since he literally floats all over wikipedia, peppering it with commentary about plastic surgery, the average reader will often wind up back at his talk page and then to his business website where he sells his wares. This seems to me to be a conflict of interest as well as quite unethical. Is there a way to stop him from doing this and also to leave the section concering Janet's Law alone? It seems to me that it is important that people know the name of the law and how it was named so. It is a matter of historical fact, not subjectivity. I am grateful for your help Tmwmd 06:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)twmmd 12/2/07

RE:Summit Middle School (Coquitlam) - article overhauled, invitation to revisit AfD discussion

Hello C.Fred. How are you? I have changed my vote to keep. Thank you for telling me about the whole thing. Regards, Masterpiece2000 02:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

please ban

I know this may be a bit odd, but I am talking to you through my school's server. All or most of the edits to Wikipedia from this school have come back with errors and vandilism. Would it be possible to have this IP permanently banned from making edits to Wikipedia? Most of the students here just aren't mature enough to handle it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.29.3 (talk) 20:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Block decline

That seems fair. I'll watchlist the fellow's page for a bit. If the problem recurs, I shall let you know immediately. thank you for your quick and informative reply. :) - Arcayne (cast a spell) 23:04, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey ... wrt [6], starting Monday, there will be a limit of 100 calls to #ifexists in each article. Anything with more will break and not render correctly. There is a discussion about it at WT:CFB, but as far as the football articles go, if we just use "real" links anywhere that a season article exists and reserve use of the template for links where team or season pages haven't yet been created but will be at some point, we should be fine almost everywhere. Basketball is a bigger problem because you can play 40 games once you start counting conference tournaments and NCAA games and if we use {{cbb link}} in more than about 20 of them, it's going to break ... but for football, as long as we are diligent about not using the template where we don't need to, we're fine. So the bottom line is, if the article you want to link to exists, just link to it. --B (talk) 23:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I'm just curious, what did the attack say? It didn't look like an attack page. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 05:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

thanks

thanks so much, this is very important to my class. now do you need approval from kevin s. bright? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.21.94 (talk) 05:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

?????

I never made any report on AIV; why did you state i did on my talk page?—Christopher Mann McKaytalk 03:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that!

Thanks for removing that from my user page. It is not as bad as their last comment. They have been reported on the Administrators' noticeboard/3RR, but I have a feeling it will not change their attitude. Thanks though all the same, Regards --Domer48 (talk) 18:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Before I file the AIV or AN/I...

Could you take a look at some of the contributions of this feller? I am not sure, but I am thinking its a kid, as there has been a spate of nonsense edits (1, 2 3 4 5), and I am thinking that there might be some deeper issues going on than just pattern vandalism; either the contributor is a kid, his dog is making edits, or their might be an impairment some sort in play. Thoughts? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 22:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll say the edit to the Greater Vancouver Zoo article is reasonable, since it's removing a presumed copyvio, but an edit summary would have been a good idea. I'm not sure what the agenda is with the Santa Claus edits, though - or earlier ones to Easter Bunny. I think your question is reasonably civil, and I'd wait and see what the response is. If there's no response or a polite apology, and if there's no further vandalism to Santa Claus, then everything's good. If there's an uncivil response or further vandalism, then file the report. —C.Fred (talk) 22:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Crap, i missed the copyvio deletion. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for responding so quickly. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 23:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

User block request

I saw that my request to have a user blocked was denied because they'd only been warned up to Level 2. They have made more than 2 bad edits (every edit has been vandalism); I just didn't know I had to give a specific warning for each of them when removing a bunch at once. How many warnings do they need to receive before they can be blocked? Thanks. Somno (talk) 04:11, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool, thank you for explaining that - this is my first attempt to block someone and my first "fight" to protect pages from active vandalism - just happened to be against 3 unregistered users in a short period of time! :) Somno (talk) 04:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

IP socks of Mariam83

Thanks for blocking the one IP sock of banned Mariam83 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Could you also grab 64.219.76.51 (talk · contribs)? I reported both to AIV [7]? Thanks, --Kralizec! (talk) 03:00, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks your speedy reply and even faster action with the mop and bucket! While {{pp-semi-protected}} will stop Mariam83 for as long as the articles are protected, this banned editor is unusually tenacious. Have you seen Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Mariam83 ... ? --Kralizec! (talk) 03:26, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Mariam83 is like a force of nature; about all we can do is close the storm shutters and pick up the pieces afterwards. --Kralizec! (talk) 03:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
After this editor's sixth attack with a new IP address last night, I posted this note [8] at WP:ANI on the situation at hand. Hopefully someone will have a good idea that will at least contain the damage being done. --Kralizec! (talk) 15:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Sanua book

Hi cfred, I figured I would post on your talk page as it seems we are having a disagreement in the Sigma Alpha Mu article. If you're interested in discussing the issue in general outside of the article talk page, post a note on my user talk page and we can discuss it either here or on my talk page. Please specify which is better for you. Alan.ca (talk) 05:56, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Reversion of DashaKat Talk

I invoked my right to vanish, and made a request that all of my user pages be deleted. If you are an adminstrator, kindly comply with my request. If you are not, or do not agree with it, kindly leave the page alone, and let someone else take care of it. Thanks! --69.120.118.244 (talk) 23:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

User:DashaKat was already deleted. User talk:DashaKat will not be, according to the guidelines at Wikipedia:User page. —C.Fred (talk) 23:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Then why were the user talk pages on two of my other accounts deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.118.244 (talk) 13:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Now it's three user page deletions. Cut the sh-t, and delete the page. --69.120.118.244 (talk) 17:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Here you go. Three of my user pages were deleted, including subpages. Kindly delete the User page for this account, and then refer to WP:DBAD. --DashaKat (talk) 17:56, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
You, my friend, are abusing your position. Delete the page or leave for someone else to do. Two of your fellow admins see no problem with deleting Talk pages. WP:DBAD, you fucking asshole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.118.244 (talk) 20:34, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
First, I am NO LONGER AN EDITOR. And second, you can't block an entire West Coast IP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.118.244 (talk) 20:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Kevin Barry

Hi C. Fred, could you have a look at this, I think it might be the same editor as last time. Thanks and Regards --Domer48 (talk) 13:42, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

My page was vandalized today

[9]

Take a look at that! Let's put him down! Link 486 (talk) 02:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Really, really bad haiku from a new admin

Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

Fred, thanks for your support: "Like somebody else up the line mentioned, I'd been waiting for this RfA to go live so I could chime in here."[10]

I'll try not to let you down; so far the Main Page is intact today.
--A. B. (talk) 20:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)


Umm

it's called a typo ass. Damn yeah i vandalized by a making 'speaking' into 'speakcg'. Wow you busted me. dont youy have anything better to do with your time than warn someone with a block for making a typo. Keep it up because you can report admins (or whatever the hell you call yourself) for being rude. Keep it up Sherlock

Ooops i almost forgot to sign my post. better block me, i am such a vandal. --130.108.192.194 (talk) 05:55, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

It was the edit before that was the clearer vandalism, but given that the only change to Speech was the typo, I felt that was includable in the same warning. Please also mind the personal attacks. Incivility is grounds for blocking. —C.Fred (talk) 17:57, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Dimension Zero (US Band)

What exactly would you like to see referenced? The article links to the multi-platinum artist Public Enemy and the album revolverlution. I reviewed other artist pages and it shows as many references as any other page. I could link to some press if you would like.
Also, I attempted to change my username but they didn't do it. So, I will no longer use this username to prevent the COI problems. I will create a new account.

Dimensionzero (talk) 02:46, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Peter Yarrow Discussion page

Would you please re-enter the discussion at the Peter Yarrow Discussion page. Your input would be helpful. David in DC (talk) 20:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

User Asdfasdfasdf1232

Hi C.Fred. At the risk of seeming bitey, shouldn't Asdfasdfasdf1232 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) have been indef blocked? His/her only contributions have been malicious page blankings, with misleading edit summaries, that spam an external link. Also, the username seems to suggest a throwaway account. I'm not questioning your judgment, I just wanted to bring it to your attention in case you wanted to reconsider. If an indef block would be overly harsh, I'd appreciate your reasoning to give me something to consider in the future, and modify my approach if needed. Take care. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:52, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Zeta Tau Alpha

Since you've seemed to be involved with the Shannon James/Zeta Tau Alpha debate can you please take a quick look at the most recently added comments, and my own, at the IP's talk page (User talk:70.161.253.128). I'm not going to reply to the user again because I can't see what good it would do and I can only repeat myself from this point onwards, but I want to make sure that I've given the IP the adequate amount of information to contact wikipedia about this situation, if they so choose. So if you could look over that I would appreciate it. Thanks! --ImmortalGoddezz 02:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Drum and bugle corps category

Thank you for the input. Sorry about misunderstanding how that subcategory worked. Gwguffey (talk) 03:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

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Disapointed

Fred I am very dissapointed at you and I'll have this website shut down if you keep it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soapfan101 (talkcontribs) 06:58, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Soapfan101, please be advised that legal threats are grounds for indefinite blocking. —C.Fred (talk) 07:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Umm,Excuse me. I'm a GIRL. Sango2007 (talk) 23:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.22.174 (talk) 23:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Your intervention

Thanks for looking in at the David Suzuki article. This has been going on for sometime via various IPs. I suspect it may be Vividfan (talk). One way to smoke that out would be to semi-protect the article. Sunray (talk) 04:10, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

The Final Fantasy VII change

I have seen your change from 'main character' to 'antagonist' on the Final Fantasy VII page, he is not the antagonist. He is the good guy and is the main character. If you still disagree, please, leave it as it is, he is the main character anyway. Weirdude (talk) 05:50, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Despite being recently blocked temporarily, User:767-249ER continues to make threats to you and me on his User talk:767-249ER talk page. J Bar (talk) 12:19, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Based on an edit summary that user made regarding you, I extended his block for continuing to harass you. If he does anything further, I'll just protect his talk page for the duration of the block. Thank you for letting me know (and for taking the high road about it). —C.Fred (talk) 23:00, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for doing that. You've avoided more vandalism on our Sydney suburbs project and associated articles. I appreciate your help. J Bar (talk) 21:48, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Please don't feed the trolls

Sorry for feeding the trools, but this user will still vandalize the CDM list even though I don't try to warn him. He likes the CDM list and will be able to atempt to claim this list all of his own. Is'nt there anything you can do? Professional Gamer (talk) 19:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

User page

It was just luck that I even saw that. I had just updated my watchlist and the top three were edits by the IP. I saw the remarks and blocked right away. It was only later that I saw the connection with 767-249ER. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:18, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Whoops

Sorry about tangling up with you with Bogbiscuit (talk · contribs). -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Re your message: True. =) I don't think I particularly want to visit that URL he posted either. I've got a bad feeling about that one. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:49, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Re your message: Dealing with vandals while on vacation? That's dedication. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:18, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
That or addiction. I'm not entirely sure which. :) —C.Fred (talk) 17:41, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, you closed the prod on this article. I'm interested in restoring it (they've sold 22 million albums). Could you please restore or userfy the article for me? Thanks Chubbles (talk) 17:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

This is an extremely long-term, persistent pattern of vandalism on Dapto High School. This anon's actions indicate it's the same user editing under a different IP address. I don't mean to undermine your judgement, though, it can be tricky. --Closedmouth (talk) 05:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

One of the unfortunate lumps we have to take in allowing anonymous editing I suppose :-/ --Closedmouth (talk) 05:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Please bear in mind that prodding an article for non-notability is an action that firstly requires having made sure a good faithed attempt to find sources for that subject has been done, according to the notability guideline; as you seem to have missed that step.

Regards.

--Thinking Stone (talk) 07:40, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

ZTA secret motto redaction

Why did you remove what I wrote from the talk page of Zeta Tau Alpha, its one thing to remove it from the article but you cant just remove it from the talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.57.159.92 (talk) 22:13, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I removed it because you represented it as secret. Since you've restored it, I've left it restored. It absolutely does not belong in the article without reliable sources; I don't think it should go in the talk page, either. Were it anything other than something represented as a secret, I wouldn't have removed it in the first place. —C.Fred (talk) 22:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Regarding non-free images on Lunia: Record of Lunia War

Hi, I noticed that you had also reverted the addition of non-free images on said page. I have already used up my 3 reverts and I really do not know what to do. Requesting your help, thanks. ~Ambrosia- talk 02:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

T0ddw0ng

I added that information for a friend who wasnt sure how to create his user page. I guess I should have commented that? Out of curiosity, how did you even find that so quickly.... I literally added it moments ago. Is there a way to watch the stream of incoming edits? Gillianrh (talk) 06:02, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Simon tudor and his band

Hi, you recently deleted the article Simon tudor that I tagged for CSD. Right after I tagged it (or maybe it was the page for his band, which I had also tagged and is now gone) in the edit history I noticed that it had 2 editors - one was User:Tudorsi and the other was something like User:tudorsi2. This is obvious sockpuppetry, and I was going to warn the editor, but I didn't catch the second name just right and now that it's deleted I don't have access to the history. Soooo...I was hoping you could help me out by giving me that name, or, just warning him about sockpuppetry (I'm not familiar enough with the policy to know if it also deserves a block). If not I'll try another admin. Thanks in advance...--CastAStone//(talk) 06:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Aaron Herzog

This is a copy and paste from PMC's page. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shooter2000 (talkcontribs) 06:45, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Aaron Herzog

I am not Aaron Herzog. I am Joe Scott. If you check my records you will see that the before I knew the terms of Wikipedia I tried creating an article about myself a long time ago, but since have not done so. Also, Aaron Herzog is rapidly increasing his name in the gaming industry. He has been working on the UT series for a few years now. More specifically he has been trying to make the characters move more like humans and less like they were programmed. If you could please place the article back that would be great. I was trying to show you (Wikipedia) that he is notable by referencing the facts I placed on the page to other notables sites like IMDb and MobyGames.

Thank You and I look forward to your response.

-Joe

Update: Sorry, I did not read your header. I created an article on Aaron Herzog and you deleted it. If you could please review it and place it back to where it was that would be great. I will try to check your page but if you could please reply on mine that would be great.

Thank You,

-Joe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shooter2000 (talkcontribs) 06:45, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Podgorska

A few weeks back, you did a speedy deletion of the article on Stefania Podgorska because "no assertion of notability was provided".

Being a Rescuer during the Holocaust is an assertion of notability. Whether it actually meets inclusion criteria is for AfD.

As for sources - http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/idcard.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006455 and http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/pages/t012/t01272.html should be enough?

So, can you restore it? DS (talk) 21:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Summary of response at DS's talk page: I do not think the prior article asserts notability, but I think a replacement article can be written which emphasizes that she was awarded Righteous Among the Nations by Israel, a notable award. Titling it Stefania Podgórska will also link it in to List of Righteous Among the Nations by country. —C.Fred (talk) 23:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

vandalism to Atlantic Coast Conference page by 75.89.14.193

I rolled the version further back due to the enrollment and national championship changes that 75.89.14.193 made. Please take a look and see if you concur. -Gwguffey (talk) 05:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Take care. -Gwguffey (talk) 05:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I can't see anything that violates Wikipedia external links guidelines. The download store features both free and paid for content and you can watch the trailer and a welcome message specially created for the download store by Charley Boorman. We are having massive problems with piracy on bittorrent and letting people know on that there is a legal alternative is appropriate in this instance. The download store is a different website from the main website so I can't see any harm in showing that as an external link on the contrary it could be useful for people who want to download it that would otherwise go directly to a pirate website.

Thanks, Robert Bjarnason (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:28, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I've taken note of your suggestion and added a few paragraphs on the download store in the body of the text. Hope this is ok.

Cheers, Robert (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot for your immediate response to my request at WP:AIV. I wasn't sure if the report was appropriately filed because my userpage isn't in the article namespace. Glad you clarified and I appreciate the reply on my talk page, as well. Thanks. Lazulilasher (talk) 21:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Phyllis Smith

Hi, I was just wondering, I uploaded a photo for the Phyllis Smith wikipedia page last night, and I was just wondering if it will ever be used for the page? If not what is going to be done with it.

Thanks, Tompell17 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.83.16.120 (talk) 21:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

"Vandalism" of George Washington

Who are you to say that my changes constitute vandalism? I had Wiki words in there that pointed directly to the topics being discussed. While I was unable to provide online references, I have multiple print media references in my private library. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Washingtonlover (talkcontribs) 06:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

First, the edit was off-topic to the article, since it's about Washington's early life. Second, the edit did not cite the source. Third, make sure that any source used meets the reliable sources guidelines, remembering that the stronger the assertion, the stronger the source required. —C.Fred (talk) 06:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Jorslut

Thanks for taking care of User:Jorslut — I was sitting and waiting until s/he did something more to warrant blocking or until s/he gave up. Nyttend (talk) 06:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

vblaz2004

In regards to your Undo Edit for the Willow Creek Community Church History entry, I will be certain to provide source documentation.

"As of 1996, Willow Creek Church has come under private scrutiny for the alleged practice of permanent ex-communication, enforced upon a selective fraction of its leadership/membership, although the church has denied any such allegation publicly. In this context, it has been alleged that Willow Creek Church's ex-communication practices have not always run consistent, with the procedural guidelines that it has publicly represented to its membership population."

Are there any specific source documents that you would like to see included?

~vblaz2004~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vblaz2004 (talkcontribs) 01:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Regarding removing Vandalisim Section In Cranston High School West

sorry about that

http://www.projo.com/ri/cranston/content/WB_crsentence_12-21-07_IQ8BEF3_v11.28baf56.html

that should be proof. can you put it back up please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PuCk1337 (talkcontribs) 05:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

It's verifiable, but IMHO, not notable to the school. Given that PuCk1337 was subsequently indefinitely blocked for vandalism, no further action being taken at this time. —C.Fred (talk) 00:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandal unblocked

Hi C.Fred,

I just got an apologetic e-mail from Hockeyalltheway25. Since I had blocked him originally, I unblocked him -- and then noticed that you'd already responded to an unblock request. Sorry about the crossed communication! I suggest giving him one more chance, but feel free to overrule me. Cheers, and thanks for all the thankless vandal-patrolling work, Antandrus (talk) 03:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Unblocking

Hey. I just wanted to thank you for backing my unblock request. Like I said, I'm sorry I was so disruptive and, if I ever feel the need to edit pointlessly again, will go to Uncyclopedia. EDIT: As per your request at the top of the page, I moved the comment down to the bottom. Hockeyalltheway25 (talk) 14:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, C.Fred. I have reverted edits by Superwhitekid for the second time in 24 hours to the Atlantic Coast Conference article. I would like for you to take a look at the comment exchange he and I have had on our talk pages at User_talk:Superwhitekid and User_talk:Gwguffey on this topic. Am I correct in my position that the article should only list the official champions? I am concerned about this being misconstrued as being an edit war and would appreciate any insight that you could provide on how to handle this. Thank you. -Gwguffey (talk) 16:34, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your follow-up. -Gwguffey (talk) 22:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism page (unfamiliar)

Hi, I saw that you handled the vandalism concern that I voiced on the vandalism page. It was my first reporting of such an incident, so I'm not totally familiar with how things work. For example, does "current" activity mean like, in the last few minutes? Also, what am I to do if this user continues to add promotional material to this article (Transfer Factor is a commercially sold alt-med product)? I'm just wondering how to respectfully but appropriately deal with this kind of activity. Thanks for your insight. Antelan talk 22:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

For example, there is another user who continues adding press-release material about an MS drug to a Crohn's disease page [11] despite reversion and without explanation. Is this the kind of thing I should be reporting? I have a fair amount of experience on WP, but reporting tendentious editing is not an area I'm familiar with. Thanks for your help. Antelan talk 01:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

If you're too busy to help, can you suggest someone who I might talk to instead? Thanks, Antelan talk 22:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, thanks for your very thorough and thoughtful reply. I think I now better understand the process of trying to talk an editor out of making repeated edits before bringing it to the admin page. For my future reference, is the Vandalism page the appropriate place to bring copyvio and promo concerns (stuff that doesn't fit with my intuitive definition of vandalism), or is there a more appropriate place? Thanks, Antelan talk 18:06, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

A/B in exit list on Interstate 68

Exit 14 on Interstate 68 is labeled on the signs at least as belonging to two routes: 14A goes to U.S. Route 219 south, while 14B goes to U.S. Route 40 west. I'm not sure if the A/B belongs in the exit list, but the exit does go to two separate routes rather than two directions of the same route. - Algorerhythms (talk) 01:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

IP block

You declined to block 63.88.37.33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), giving as your reason "IP, no edits since final warning, not active". This IP was blocked on 3 October; since then, they have received warnings on 12 November (twice), on 29 November (twice), on 14 December, and on 2 January before today. some of these have been "final" or "only" warnings. In the period since the last block, the IP has made 22 edits; 21 of them have been clear vandalism. The address is not being used appropriately, and I believe that a further block is indeed called for. Please reconsider. RolandR (talk) 18:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I understand your reluctance, since it's not possible to identify any one individual vandal. But this is apparently a static IP. allocated to an identifiable educational institution, the BLaST Intermediate Unit 17 of Canton PA; and virtually every edit made from this address is vandalism. We spend enough time and effort in removing such rubbish from Wikipedia, and I really don't see what purpose is served by allowing an inadequately-monitored school link to constantly vandalise our pages. Perhaps a short-term block would concentrate minds, and prompt the school to ensure proper use was made of their computers and internet access. RolandR (talk) 00:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


Why didnt you even give the man suspension from wikipedia. In the vandalism, it says that adding NONSENSE to page is vandalism, and NONSENSE does mean adding fake material to a page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Y5nthon5a (talkcontribs) 01:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, okay, sorry :) But yeah, this guy has done it 3 or 4 times I believe. I know it's not much. I will see if he does it that much more times, then I will report him. That sound okay? Y5nthon5a (talk) 01:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I also saw what all you edited on that page. Thanks for posting the correct information and cleaning up the page a little. He/she probably won't edit it again, because they have made some decent contributions to wikipedia in the past, and since you talked about the song he kept trying to post, he will probably realize he was wrong. Y5nthon5a (talk) 02:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Cite bracket

Thanks, Fred! Burrito wrapper (talk) 03:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Makemytrip

You had a page deleted...but it was re-created..Makemytrip. I couldn't see the first one for comparison..close to an ad...Berean Hunter (talk) 07:58, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

He pulled the template down which I reposted for the present. He left a note on my talk page that he has added refs (which he has). For your perusal...Berean Hunter (talk) 08:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

The link was from the official site, which was uploaded by the official artist, who released the official song to the official public. I did not do ANYTHING illegal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabriel Surette (talkcontribs) 20:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Break a Leg (sitcom)

An article that you have been involved in editing, Break a Leg (sitcom), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Break a Leg (sitcom). Thank you. Mkdwtalk 08:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Kid Prodigy

You deleted a very necessary article, C.Fred. It's not like Kid Prodigy is a group of my friends. They are a serious trio of accomplished hip-hopsters, if you will, and deserve certain respect. Remember Soulja Boy? That dude started out as a guy who did his thing strictly on myspace much like what Kid Prodigy is doing. Please reconsider your position; the article shouldn't have been a candidate for speedy deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musiccritic72 (talkcontribs) 07:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Superwhitekid and Lane Stadium

I see that you commented on Superwhitekid's talk page about this topic. I would appreciate your feedback on how you feel that I am handling this and any thoughts that you have on going forward. Thanks for you time, especially given your busy notice about tax time. -Gwguffey (talk) 22:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the input. -Gwguffey (talk) 22:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Learning Experience

Hi Fred, I tagged the article Mariana Sansón Argüello for speedy deletion because it was 100% Spanish. I was surprised to see it in my watchlist this morning. It has been rewritten in english which is fine but I'm unable to verify the sources because they are Spanish. I found WP:RSUE but that didn't clarify how to proceed. I didn't see any templates for this. I'm hoping to learn what to do.

If you are too busy, I will work with anyone who is willing...Thanks Fred. Berean Hunter (talk) 12:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for helping. That article is considerably improved. Cheers! Berean Hunter (talk) 22:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

My userpage

Many thanks for the deletion. Would you mind whacking my usertalk page too? Same reason. Thanks again. Gilesbennett (talk) 18:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Gilesbennett (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
No problem. —C.Fred (talk) 18:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of "vaccine video"

An article that you have been involved in editing, "vaccine video", has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/"vaccine video". Thank you. Roleplayer (talk) 18:49, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Vonage

Hi Fred,

I found and appreciate your comments on the necessity to have a neutral tone as it relates to Vonage. However, everything I posted was factual. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragoncloud2 (talkcontribs) 05:14, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Uncalled for Threat

http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ufc7400&action=history

Sorry. I shouldn't have been snarky like that. That guy has inserted himself onto the page at least 4 times. Regards. --Neighborhoodpalmreader (talk) 16:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

thanks for protecting that talk page

One more you may want to protect: [12] The Weather account is a sockpuppet of the original 71... IP. Enigma (talk) 05:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

That 71. user is also a sockpuppet of hdayejr among others. I have been dealing with accusations from him on another forum and the Weather account is my username from that venue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.19.106 (talk) 06:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe so. This guy has a few screws loose. He just started screaming on the talkpage that he'll go all the way up to the Supreme Court to get Wikipedia shut down. Should be a fun court case. I see some evidence of what you said on your talk page. Enigma (talk) 06:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The sad thing is, the edits I was accused of by him were not made by me, yet another user on a shared connection. I have no interest in edits here, and he made the assumption I made the edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.19.106 (talkcontribs) 06:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Deleted Dancing Outlaw Transcript

Guess you're not too busy with taxes to delete my work before it's even done. Maybe you better head over the the Jesco White page and delete all the unauthorized quotesthat have been posted in that article for years. they nearly constitute a transcript themselves. How do you know that I don't have the director's permission to share this transcript? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melontracks (talkcontribs) 21:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

You said "I'm unclear what you're trying to do with the article on the "Dancing Outlaw" Transcript. If the transcript doesn't exist yet, how can it be notable to have an article about it? —C.Fred (talk) 21:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC) "

Right on. If it doesn't exist yet, how can it be notable? Think about what you said there. That doesn't make any sense at all. I'm writing the trascript, genius. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melontracks (talkcontribs) 22:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

DARP & DAP

Oh,so just because i said arabs are good people and am saying the truth in what happens with DAPing and DARPing,you threaten to delete my page and black me. Why? Because you are racist and american. Thats why. What i said is true and FACT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arab66 (talkcontribs) 23:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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I am sorry for being rude but I have had people that removed my posts from other pages when the information was from the company source and I just was frustrated and I am sorry I took it out on you. I won't post anything until I hear from Directv, I asked them in a email and will wait and see. Like I said I have had people remove things when I was watching the channel myself. I subscribe and it seems that sometimes people that don't even have Dirctv think exactly what is on there. Again, I am sorry for the comment to you before. Mu69 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mu69 (talkcontribs) 21:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Message from Directv

Hi I just got a message from Directv; Here is what they said about Water Channel: Response (Janice J) 02/18/2008 02:22 PM


Thanks for taking the time to write us about the Water Channel coming soon to DIRECTV. I'd be more than happy to assist you on your concern.

I personally checked our records and was able to verify that Water Channel is coming soon to DIRECTV. However, we don't have specific date on when it would launch yet.

If I hear anything or you do, post on my talk page Mu69 (talk) 23:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Why is Schulgop not speedy-able? Surely it's patent nonsense? -- Roleplayer (talk) 01:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Vicki Iseman is not notable enough? Are you serious? 204.128.230.1 (talk) 02:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

  • This person is all over the news, was properly sourced, and the article stated why she is notable. I was in the process of improving the article when it was deleted. If you feel so strongly it should be deleted, it should have been discussed as an AfD, not a speedy deletion.Failureofafriend (talk) 02:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Vicki Iseman

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Vicki Iseman. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Failureofafriend (talkcontribs) 03:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Peking Duck blog.

I thought no blogs were allowed? I'll ask for a few sources if I was wrong in deleting... · AndonicO Hail! 02:17, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I see, thanks. · AndonicO Hail! 02:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day!

This user has caused so much disruption over the last couple of weeks including being responsible for various personal attacks at myself and all he gets (after a second banning) is a further 1 week block. Why can't the guy just be banned indefinitely? —— Ryan (t)(c) 17:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

The user appears to have started a sock puppet, using address 74.163.223.240. I've started a case, but I've never assembled one before and could use help in bolstering it. Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 18:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Egg White

I found the issue. Someone had put in a bad reference html (the slash on the wrong end) in the previous list entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M1rth (talkcontribs) 22:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Please explain Autism Services of Edmonton image deleted

Hi C. Fred,

Can you please tell me how to get some information on autism Services of Edmonton on Wikipedia. All we want is for autism services of Edmonton to be searchable on Wikipedia so that the general population can get more information about the services they provide. I understand that it is off the website that we created, but the "picture" is basic information about the services in Edmonton.

thanks, Jlb348 (talk) 15:31, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Autism Services

Hey there,

So first of all, how can people put up bibliographies then? Just a bit confused. Maybe then is it possible to add or "edit" an article already written about Autism with link to the Autism Services of Edmonton site as a type of source. Should I add a bit about them building an new centre in Edmonton. It was part of a write-up in one of the papers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.245.21.69 (talkcontribs) 21:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


Support Coordination

What happened to my support coordination page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waiverinfo (talkcontribs) 05:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

So, is there a way to get my page back, and put it under another catagory, such as "Florida Support Coordination For Medicaid Waivers"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waiverinfo (talkcontribs) 05:29, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I disagree with you. Support Coordination is notable. It seems unfair to completely delete someone's article. You should at least give them a chance to edit it. Isn't that what this is all about anyways? By deleting articles in this way, you are discouraging people who may have valuable information to contribute to ever post again. My article was completly factual, and in my opinion, it should have never been removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waiverinfo (talkcontribs) 07:02, 26 February 2008 (UTC) Waiverinfo (talk) 07:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

ZTA

For the respect of our founders and everything my fraternity stands for I deleted the motto section. It has NO business being on the internet and it does not need to be discussed on Wikipedia by nonmembers!!(yes were a fraternity for women) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.132.162.44 (talk) 02:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Said discussion has already been archived, and there's nothing in the article. —C.Fred (talk) 04:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Alisha?

I found a rather odd edit: [13] which I reverted. The IP seems to have made several such edits. Could this be the singer or just someone trying to impersonate her (of which I suspect the latter). -WarthogDemon 01:50, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Concerning IMPACT

Is there any problem with the documentation of a "local" organization. As I DO provide reputable, third-party sources, I fail to see where I do not meet the criteria for an article. Community service (talk) 04:06, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

You just Deleted A Page That I Spent Time on Creating In The First 5 Minutes It Was Up.... I Was Not Finished. I Would Have Made It More "NOTEABLE" If You Would Have Gave Me Time. I Was Saving It To Finish Tomarrow. That Really Discouraged Me From Using This Site. The Artists I Was Adding The Page For Are Currently On Tour Nationwide. THEY ARE "NOTEABLE", And A Major Part Of This Town. I Just Signed Up And So Far Im Completely Unhappy With This Site, And You Sir. Im Sure You Will Delet THis Comment Too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smokey Rameriz (talkcontribs) 06:24, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Sebastian Ho

That person IS notable... as he is gaining popularity in the blogosphere in singapore. 06:17, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I think there was a reference to technorati to prove his gaining prominence. Leoseth (talk) 16:14, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

oh...okay then... thanks for checking it again though =) Leoseth (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


Deletion of Yak Ballz

Yak Ballz is notable because he is and has been signed to well known labels, such as Eastern Conference Records and Flospot Records, he is a member of a hip-hop super-group the Weathermen, and tours worldwide, and his name is in many wikipedia articles already. Just because you are ignorant of, or have a personal bias against a certain musician doesn't mean that musician is not notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leftittous (talkcontribs) 18:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: CSD G4 and the db-repost tag

Thanks for telling me that! I will keep that in mind for future reference. Cheers! --On the other side Contribs|@ 01:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Haha, we're thinking about the same thing I guess...

Wow, I was surprised when I saw essentially the same post from another editor regarding The Striking Viking Story Pirates on User talk:Wildcow. Anyways, just saying hi *wave*. - Jameson L. Tai talkcontribs 05:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

What can be done about persistent vandals?

Regarding 131.216.165.120 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), who I tried to report for vandalism but that you rejected, what can be done about this? This isn't the type of vandal that actively uses the same IP address to perform current vandalism. Instead, they perform vandalism perhaps once a month, using different IP addresses each time. (But, from the pattern of vandalism, it is known to be the same person.) --Ben James Ben (talk) 04:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. It's just very frustrating to have someone who is a consistent and identifiable vandal and not having any action taken. But, I understand the rationale for doing so in this case. --Ben James Ben (talk) 04:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

My bad. :P Would dbnonsense work then? -WarthogDemon 04:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Geoff Lin/Evangelical Students article

Hello I was wondering what issue you have with the articles in the book of God it clearly says that you should respect your church elders and since the Most Reverend Geoffrey Lin is one of the leading Anglican commentators your bickering is dearly unappreciated my young lad the judgement of God is upon you may the god our father lord jesus christ rest with you and forgive you of your sin. -—Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.43.227.18 (talkcontribs)

I see this person has given you the same message he/she gave me. :P -WarthogDemon 05:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Er is it okay if I revert this then too? It's also been placed in the Articles For Creation list. -WarthogDemon 05:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Would it be possible to put semi-protection on that page so I don't have to see his threatening and personal attacks for the duration of the block or longer? Thanks. Momusufan (talk) 05:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The IP is almost up from it's block, it made a request to be unblocked but was declined (see talk page). He may try to make legal threats againest me again. I don't get why he feels that exposing his ISP constitutes stalking and harassment, it's public information. He claims I personally attacked him in his unblock request but that isn't true. I noticed that he also uses 207.29.128.130 (IP belongs to the New York State Unified Court System) because he made this edit here to censor out the whois info on another road runner IP he was using. Momusufan (talk) 05:33, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Why do the Las Vegas area casinos say they are in Paradise, Nevada?

If that is the guideline then why don't the Orlando resorts state the specific city that they are in? 74.163.224.123 (talk) 18:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

If you look at the category Category:Casinos_in_Las_Vegas, you'll see that regardless of the casino's mailing address, they're still listed as being in Las Vegas for sake of the category. If this is not what you are looking for, then you will need to be more specific with your question. I also recommend that if you have a specific question that it is better to ask it on a single appropriate page rather than to post the same question on multiple user's talk pages. SpikeJones (talk) 19:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Kaiser Von Jabez

I have tried to create this article a number of times. I relaize that the first time it showed no real useful information. The second time, ok. The third time though i entered some acutal information and it said it was deleted because i was the only contributor. it was a new page, of course i was the only contributor. also, i said in it that not many people outside of this area have heard of him. so there's not gonna be a bucketload of people contributing. HELP??? Spaderking (talk) 05:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You're FAST!

When they say "speedy delete," you really mean business. Thanks for your vigilance!A little mollusk (talk) 05:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

p.s. am i improving a bit? i notice you're doing mop-up behind me. and for that i am thankful. A little mollusk (talk) 07:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Muleko

hey im not agree with the delete of my article muleko, there are things that doesnt exist yet, there are feelings which dont have name yet, and we can create them, stop reading history and start to make it, is this real free encyclopedia?, why do i have to write on somebody elses articles. this is not neutral —Preceding unsigned comment added by Folietrois (talkcontribs) 23:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Oops!

I guess our friend with the hot dog cart wasn't aware that the user whose page he chose to vandalize happens to be in control of the "block user" tab.  :) Can't say we didn't try. Best, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 03:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, buddy! That "April 15" jumped off the page. Please stay sane. Cookies help oodles. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

LOL! Gee, I might have to ask Jimbo to give back the mop and broom I gave up. Seems like the perks have gotten a lot better, even if some of the users are still a bit odd at times. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:13, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

y did u block? Did u look 1st ?Keyshia Cole

I thought u r busy with your taxes? I guess u mean I'm 2 busy 2 bee attentive 2 detail so I'll block arbitrarily.
Did u look? The info is reliable and has reliable sources. I was in the process of adding the < ref> but the damn bot kept interjecting so I had 2 keep going back & undoing so I could see where 2 add the < ref> to! How r my changes vandalisation? I did cleanup, & made the info clearer. The info I added has sources. What is the spam that the bot has a problem with ? 70.108.92.126 (talk) 15:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, the Nique's archives have been up and down, but I promise you that the article exists in print form. Also, I found a copy of the msnbc article here. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 23:16, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi C.Fred,

I just wanted to stop by and thank you for stopping by the deletion discussion and explaining a bit about your reasons for declining the speedy tag. Given the user's history of trying to put himself on Wikipedia I'm inclined to think that they were trying to simply host rather than improve the page in their userspace, but I see where you're coming from. Thanks! --jonny-mt 01:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Amalaki

Hey Fred - improved material for Amalaki is not self-published; it is the html version of the same monograph published in a textbook by Caldecott called "Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life", in 2006 by medical/scientific publisher Mosby/Elsevier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phytogreen (talkcontribs) 04:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot. Your senseless and baseless criticism of my wikipedia entry concerning IMPACT- Charlottesville has proven that wikipedia is not, in fact, a public encyclopedia that encourages everyone to contribute sensible, informative and interesting articles. I believe as an administrator you have a duty to engender an ethos of contribution, not lambast it with non-existent local clauses. You spend way too much time on your computer and not enough in the real world and in short, are unworthy of such a position. I will immediately lodge a complaint with whatever authorities hold you responsible, and if that does not work, your fellow peers. Community service (talk) 17:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Woit/Stinkdiagram

The user's got a visible conflict of interest, seeing as he has edited no other page whatsoever. The first few diffs are worrying and have escalated to "revert-on-sight". Will (talk) 18:00, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Jose Mourinho

I'm sorry,you are right.It was a Sky News bulletin at 17:02 that said he was dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelleherjoe (talkcontribs) 18:44, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the move

It appears he's gotten a bit frustrated with the process. TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 18:50, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Problematic IP

Hello, C. Fred. This IP address, 70.108.92.126, has become a problem. He or she constantly adds unsourced information to articles such as birth names of real-life people, and when reverted (just check out this IP's contributions and talk page history), reinstates the unsourced information. Not only that...but refuses to listen in regards to Wikipedia's formatting style when it comes to articles, and instead insists on formatting articles the way he or she wants, all because he or she saw it formatted that way (wrongly, I might add) in many other articles on Wikipedia. I have told this IP countless times, such as when editing the Elisabeth Hasselbeck article, the correct way to format, but, nope, he or she refuses. Reverts other editors' edits when their edits seem to agree about removing poor sources, and reverts edits that try to keep neutral wording, instead keeping poor wording.

Any help that you can give on this matter would be much appreciated. Flyer22 (talk) 22:29, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I was about to block this guy for 48 hours, but I see you've done that, and for the same reason. Since you're involved, I think it would be better if I, as an uninvolved admin, reversed your block and imposed my own. This will relieve you of accusations of bias. Regards. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:24, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Unblocked and reblocked. The phrase "spoilt child" springs to mind, if you want to take a peek at his Talk page. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:35, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

5o4plan images.

Thanks for helping with the copyright problems for my images... They were used in an article, but it got deleted. I'm not sure why, I'm hoping it'll be allowed to be re-added because I really don't think there was anything wrong with it... As for the image from Myspace, it's also posted on Purevolume and on various other sites. Does that mean it's still under copyright? If so, if whoever runs their Myspace say it's okay to use, is that enough? And how could I prove that? Until I know more, I can use a photo taken by a fan.. although at this point the article doesn't even exist so I guess that's kind of pointless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LickLickSalute (talkcontribs) 18:18, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


Advice on what to do

C. Fred, looking for some advice and help on how to handle a situation. I have been editing a page (subject is Steven Libutti) regarding a physician and scientist. A user GPHemsley keeps deleting my work and adding flags for notability. A simple Google or Pubmed search of the subject of the page shows that questions of notability are absurd. I have tried being nice with GPHemsley but his most recent edit accuses me of being the subject and he is now taking this to an inappropriate level that I don't think is in the spirit of Wikipedia. Rather than get into a back and forth with him, I was wondering if you could advise me on what I can do to try to keep him from defacing the page? Any advice would be appreciated.

Respectfully,

Mike MFC8290 (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Mike, I would like to know how you "have tried to be nice" when you had only made one edit to the page prior to berating me in all sorts of places, including via e-mail. You type in all capital letters on my talk page, threaten to report me to the "Wikipedia editorial staff" and then do so without waiting for my response, and call my tagging an article for cleanup and a notability check "hacking" and "defacing" an article. I don't see how you can call me a child. To C.Fred: I acknowledge your edit war message, as it is valid. Gordon P. Hemsley 21:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

C. Fred,

Thank you for your response. I appreciate your effort and for my part, I agree not to respond in kind to GPHemsley. I thought I was handling the situation properly when I addressed it in my edits. Hemsley has repeatedly tagged the article for notability, when a simple google or PubMed search on the subject would have clearly established notability. In looking up who Hemsley is, I noticed that he was from the same home town as the subject and I concluded that he may have something personal against the subject. This belief was reinforced when Hemsley accused me of being the subject. I am willing to give Hemsley the benefit of the doubt. I pledge not to continue this back and forth with him if he leaves the page alone. Certainly there must be others who can "police" this page for notability that do not have an agenda or bias.

Thank you for your help with this.

Respectfully,

Mike MFC8290 (talk) 21:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Delete key worn out yet? :)

he just won't give up! TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 04:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

The Working Man's Barnstar
keeping Wiki spam free TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 04:55, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the follow-up on that. I wasn't sure if that was quite a threat or not. Toddst1 (talk) 23:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of User talk:Kneesthey

Nevermind the "warning", was just trying to get an admin to delete the page. Vivio TestarossaTalk Who 05:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Another WP:3RR

On the Quadruple-double page, User:Cyberdyne systems has come off of his WP:3RR block and returned to make five reversions today. I thought I'd come to you first, since you have experience with him (and his obvious sockpuppetry of TyrusThomas4lyf). Thanks! Redrocket (talk) 19:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Luke Ward-Wilkinson

An editor has nominated Luke Ward-Wilkinson, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luke Ward-Wilkinson and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 22:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Kaziz

The article on Kaziz has been incorrectly deleted as it is a general background information for Kazid Ali and Abdulaziz Belhaj who will be campaiging for the Manchester University Student Union Executives. This pdf link is for Kazids application to become a society secretary www.umsu.man.ac.uk/pdf/ALI_socsec.pdf and this is for Abdulaziz www.umsu.man.ac.uk/pdf/BELHAJ_services.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chapelle dave (talkcontribs) 00:15, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Dennis D'Antin

Dennis D'Antin is a currently working actor in hollywood. look him up on IMDB, or just type his name on a search page. He is my client, he is becoming widely known in hollywood circles and deserves his page just as much as you do. If you disagree then you should delete your own page Cfred. please respond. -JE- —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Eddy Publicity (talkcontribs) 04:27, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Dennis D'Antin

My apologies, but the page I created was no different then that of the Nick Cannon page. An actor page with a biography. I believe my client deserves one. I believe you have blocked me from re-creating the page, and I have given you sufficient sources. May I try again? —Preceding unsigned comment added by James Eddy Publicity (talkcontribs) 04:40, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

ETA: he's been blocked. TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 12:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

David Hayter: Sorry

I did not mean to undo the wiki page. I did not read your message until after. Naers (talk) 04:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)Naers

Thank you Naers (talk) 04:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

The person being biographied would like the link removed as She has received numerous inquiries about the exact location of her home The city being published is putting her in danger, why can the link not be removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amarant edea (talkcontribs) 01:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Miguel Cabrera

Ok gotcha thanks for the tip. Cheers.(Rhinostampede (talk) 02:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC))

WrestleMania XI IP vandal

You know that IP you blocked for vandalizing this page yesterday? Looks like he is trying to evade his/her block. A IP with a very similar IP address (172.193.154.116, the original one was 172.192.13.237). Both are from Dulles, Virginia and both vandalized the page by changing "Special Olympian" to "Special Retard". Is this enough to extend the orginal IP's block and block the second as a sockpuppet? TJ Spyke 19:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Bracket Tips

Hi C.Fred. I saw what you did with the 2008 CBI bracket and it led me to want to ask you if you could help me or give me a tip. I have been trying to create a playoff bracket for the 2007-08 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs which would include 13 teams in the top half of the bracket (the American Conference) and 8 teams on the bottom bracket (the National Conference). Every attempt I have made to tinker with other bracket templates have gone awry and I have been forced to use just three separate brackets. I was wondering if you had any tips or in any way you could help me with this situation?--Rik (talk) 23:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks again for the help. --Rik (talk) 23:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey There: AIV Templates

Hey, I see you have been using the new AIV template I, and a few other people, created. What do you think of it? :D Steve Crossin (talk to me) 00:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello, C.Fred. You have new messages at Steve Crossin's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

 Done. You can see the update on the template Steve Crossin (talk to me) 00:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

You are receiving this notice because you have had previous dealings with the above user, in, so far as I could tell, a less-than-positive fashion. Community service recently emailed another user, User:Tiddly Tom, expressing a desire to return to Wikipedia to constructively contribute. In an effort to assume good faith, but still respect the reasons for the block, I have set Community service a series of tasks for him to complete on his now-unprotected talk page so that he may demonstrate this willingness to contribute to us. These tasks are listed here, and the full discussion of this situation, including an email I sent to Community service just now, may be found on my talk page at User talk:Hersfold#User:Community service. I would encourage you to review these tasks, and offer any advice to the user he may need. Thank you for your time and understanding in this matter. Hersfold (t/a/c) 17:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Quick update - CS has emailed me to indicate he has finished the assigned tasks. I'll give you all a chance to review things before I take any action (unblock or decline - right now I'm kinda neutral on it) Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

New Sock

I'm dropping you a line because you previously blocked a sockpuppet of User talk:TyrusThomas4lyf. The Quadruple-double page was semiprotected, and now he appears to have aged a sock and returned as User talk:Soda pop is not healthy on the page. As you can see from the talk page [14], he's blatant about it, making the exact same edits as before. I thought I'd see if I could catch you online before posting to SSP, since you have experience with it. Thanks! Redrocket (talk) 06:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


Dragons (band)

What is problem with my first created page ? Dragons (band) ?

They have an album, and yes you can find it on AllMusic.com

Marco Smeets (talk) 15:35, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for dotting the I's and crossing the T's for me with respect to the copyvio at Harbour square; I would have deleted it myself but the possible assertion of notability pulled me up short for a moment. Much obliged, and I'll keep an eye open for its reappearance. Accounting4Taste:talk 03:56, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

What's wrong with updating the scoring? It's a current sports-related event, so it obvious that "information may change as the event progresses", as the tag says. And WP:NOT does not cite anything relating to score updates in an article :). Udonknome (talk) 02:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Generally speaking, wikipedia isn't for running play-by-play, just like it isn't for week-to-week updates on sports. It's best to wait until the end of the game, so the result can be properly sourced. Redrocket (talk) 02:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I think the same thing was done in the Super Bowl XLII. Also, just to cite what someone said on the talk page..."I don't think it matters. People update it all the time. Trying to stop it is like trying to stop a tidal wave. Do whatever you like. Wrad (talk) 03:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Udonknome (talk) 03:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Mickey Fisher

Sorry to duplicate the message (I also included the following on my Talk Page), but I wanted to make sure you received the references I submitted for the Mickey Fisher (Karate Shin-Toshi) article that had been previously deleted. I hope these will help in getting the article reinstated. Thank you in advance,

Shin Toshi History

1. http://www.dentonmartialarts.com/nksa/New.htm 2. http://www.karateshin-toshi.com/UtahSites/biographies/biographies.htm 3. http://www.coryskarate.com/History/shin-toshi.html 4. http://www.a-kato.org/articles/Martial_arts_quiz.pdf 5. http://jaguarsportkarate.net/JSKAboutUs.html


MCDERMcder (talk) 15:59, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Orlando United

Hi, I was trying to edit an article about a website and it was deleted. May I ask why?

--Allienoves (talk) 17:30, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


3RR violation

Hello! here is a 3RR violation after your warning to User:DeVry Boyeee. --SMS Talk 19:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I was about to block the above user indefinitely when you tagged him with 48 hours. After you left your block note he twice modified it. I therefore have blocked him indefinitely as a vandalism only account. If you like to discuss please let me know. Thanks. KnightLago (talk) 20:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I saw and concur. KnightLago (talk) 20:19, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
You should check the history of the above page. After leaving a note that I declined to reduce the block he had some interesting stuff to say about us and Britney Spears. KnightLago (talk) 22:38, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
And I would be willing to bet that William3663 (talk · contribs), who vandalized both of our pages, is a sock of Heee46. The fun continues. KnightLago (talk) 22:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
And it looks like 2 additional socks and counting. KnightLago (talk) 23:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I am not even counting anymore, just check out Heee's suspected and confirmed socks when you return. KnightLago (talk) 00:24, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Tim Gold

Hi, C.Fred. I'm just curious as to whether your action to "userfy" the article Tim Gold was based on a published Wikipedia consensus. Please note that I am not challenging your action in any way; I was just wondering if it has precedent. If so, could you leave me the link on my userpage? Thanks! Paradoxsociety (talk) 00:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! That information was very helpful. Paradoxsociety (talk) 00:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Found it - WP:Userfication. Paradoxsociety (talk) 07:55, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Page "Asif Chaudry"

C. Fred, I have edited some pages that I have seen you comment on as a moderator of sorts and I wanted to bring something to your attention. I have attempted to edit a page "Asif Chaudry" and flagged it for notability and references. A single anonymous user, 81.100.110.35, has reverted my edits on multiple occasions without real justification. I am merely flagging the page to allow other editors to weigh in on notability as 81.100.110.35 appears to be the main if not only editor on this page raising the possibility that he is the subject of the page or close to the subject. I have left his recent reverts alone as I do not want to start an edit war. I have initiated a discussion on notability on the discussion page of "Asif Chaudry". I left a message on 81.100.110.35"s page that such a discussion has been initiated and requested that he engage in a more productive dialogue. I am looking for any additional advice on how to proceed. Thank you. AlexC907 (talk) 11:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for all of your help!!!

AlexC907 (talk) 18:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

"Beholdthecrucifixion" sock check

Thanks, C. Looks as if he's doing just that with his comments, but he's made two other legit edits outside the discussion. As long as he's doing that, I'm fine, but he's beating WP:CIVIL to death. If we're dealing with the troll I think we are, a quick checkuser request will shut him up if he doesn't continue to play nice.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 20:20, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Bring...tylers

Thanks for that... it may not be vandalism but it sure is bad faith! TreasuryTagtc 15:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

hi!

The battle continues of kirbylevel4 vs. c. fred, seicer and persian poet.... (well actually kirbylevel4, billyman5353, shoqmanx, chade57, and robot666 vs. you seicer, and persina pote goal--Plzplzplz111 (talk) 16:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer! I'm flagging your account as a potential sockpuppet. —C.Fred (talk) 16:39, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

are you the one?

are you the one who thinks I'm a sock puppet?!--Plzplzplz111 (talk) 16:42, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

The IP edits to the arena pages were only to edits by Kanabekobaton I had reverted just moments before. DarkAudit (talk) 21:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I expect a flood of reversions to the arena articles I just finished reverting when the block is over. He changed the arena infoboxes to stadium ones with no edit summary, and no reply when challenged. He just blanked his talk page and reverted anyone who tried to revert him. DarkAudit (talk) 23:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Someone is requesting an unblock of this user. Perhaps you could review the reasoning? —EncMstr (talk) 07:10, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
User refused to even attempt to discuss his actions when questioned. Fix or not, it became more and more clear that this editor was not acting in good faith. Non-English speaker notwithstanding, at least an attempt should have been made. There was none. DarkAudit (talk) 15:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Special Barnstar
I see you alot on AIV, dealing with reports and blocking vandals. I've seen you there quite a lot, and I feel that deserves this. So for your tireless work on AIV, I award you the Special Barnstar. Steve Crossin (talk) (anon talk) 22:16, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Great work, I've seen you on AIV a lot, and I couldn't leave it un-noticed. Steve Crossin (talk) (anon talk) 22:16, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, we all have our role to play. I try and look over the reports and annotate them, because I know some of the reports admins have to sift through are just not warranted for a block, so, if I can make admins job easier, well, I think thats a good thing. I'm not an admin as of yet, but I'd hope to be one someday. I'm sure I'll see you again soon, I saw you on AIV. I'll watch this page for a reply. Cheers, Steve Crossin (talk) (anon talk) 22:47, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

And I've noticed your work on AIV. Do keep me advised if you decide to head down the road to getting the admin's mop and tools. :) And if you have any questions, feel free to ask! —C.Fred (talk) 22:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've decided I will not self nominate. I'm currently getting admin coaching. There are some things I'd like to learn more of specifically in WHOIS reports, how to see if whether an IP is dynamic or static. The sort of things admins do on AIV that I don't know how to do yet, I'd like to learn. That would help a lot. Cheers, Steve Crossin (talk) (anon talk) 23:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Phyllanthus, Indian gooseberry

Fred -- would be grateful if you could monitor editing progress on this subject again, as it is prone to interpretation by folk medicine practitioners who want to insert unscientific testimonials and fabrications. Thanks. --Paul144 (talk) 18:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The Tylers

And he's done it yet again; violating WP:BLP this time by suggesting that numerous actors/actresses will appear in an episode which they're not confirmed for - and as his very first edit after your "measure" :-O Indef-block at this stage? TreasuryTagtc 16:36, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hiya; I see you've warned him, but he will never be a useful contributor!! He acts in such bad faith it scares me... anyone who can ignore six warnings and a week of blocks and still come back to contributing disallowed crap without even responding to comments is no good here... Why allow them to remain? TreasuryTagtc 07:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Could you kindly explain why my 2nd request to semi-protect the Singapore article was removed & not fully addressed as per this log? Do I need to escalate this case to another platform or to the attention of another experienced Admin then? -- Aldwinteo (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank u for your prompt follow-up this time round - I was about to escalate this case to the mentioned link if this request was declined again. As u can see, it's a meaningless & counter-productive exercise to warn & revert with no end in sight! Looking at the history logs (including previous temp semi-protection) & highly provocative edit summary, I can bet my last dollar that the vandals will return to start another vicious cycle of 'cat & mouse game' once this semi-protection ends in 6 weeks time. -- Aldwinteo (talk) 00:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE

I SHOULD BE ALOUD TO HAVE ALL THAT STUFF ON MY SITE! IF ITS YOURS IT SHOULD BE ALOUD TO BE THERE! WHO CARES IF IM NOT FAMOUS!THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT

SAME DIFFRENCE! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metallicafan1bryan (talkcontribs) 01:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


Yes please send it to me

bryanwood343@yahoo.com Thanks

im pissed though —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metallicafan1bryan (talkcontribs) 01:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

By the way do you have the album thing with the genre and stuff like that? Would this work on Myspace? Also inform me when you send it to the email thanks --Bryan 01:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metallicafan1bryan (talkcontribs)

I apologize.

You were correct on the Cheetah Girls 3 article. --JpGrB 19:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: the "death" (snort!) threat against me...

Thanks for taking care of that. (I didn't take it seriously, but that's not the point....I'm fairly sure WP:CIVIL includes "no killing other Wikipedians".)Gladys J Cortez 21:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Tylers a third time

[15] Removing valid info; also adding minor borderline OR. Why is he still allowed to do this?! :-) TreasuryTagtc 16:13, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Dingbat2007

Because you blocked him I wanted to know if his MO was the addition of real articles in order to slip in fake articles related to TV/Radio Station. Just wondering because a topic about it came up at WP:ANI and some one asked that. 18:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks mate. Sorry for late reply I was out.Rgoodermote  22:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

MetaCarta

Dear C.Fred, I posted to the deletion debate under the MetaCartaEmployee handle because I'm a MetaCarta employee and wanted to make the COI clear (I also refrained from editing the page itself). I am surprised that the debate was settled entirely on style and not on substance.

It is possible that Sitnikov didn't approach Macloverboy the right way or even did nasty stuff to his talk page, I have no idea. It is possible I shouldn't have picked the name MetaCartaEmployee (though I don't see what is this a violation of, I am a bona fide employee of the company, see below). It is possible that various parties were uncivil to each other so on style alone a deletion may be entirely justified.

But on substance, the company clearly meets the corporate notability guidelines, with plenty of secondary sources (print articles, webpages, analyst's reports etc) writing about us, not to speak of the awards. Why is MetaCarta being punished for the clumsiness of the main editor? Wouldn't a properly sourced article be reasonable even if the editors were boorish and should apologize? Respectfully,


MetaCartaEmployee

(PS. I'm not signing so that you can trace this to a metacarta.com IP address -- if you wish I can provide a signed copy.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.80.142.144 (talk) 19:27, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

My only involvement with deletion debate was stumbling on it after the article was already gone, deleted under G7 (author request). I only did a procedural close. —C.Fred (talk) 23:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, I understand. However, I do think that an article on my company would be a worthy addition to WP. How do I go about creating one or reopening the discussion? I do have a mile high COI. MetaCartaEmployee (talk) 23:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

hi what??? william dring wiki —Preceding unsigned comment added by William dring wiki (talkcontribs) 08:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Protection of Singapore article

Thanks for the heads up. I don't think the article needs to be moved, but I'll keep an eye on it. Cheers. Spellcast (talk) 16:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Editorofthewiki

This user has left an uncivil threatening message on my talk page for no reason .He repeatedly removes two references from ZOU article which I protested. Can you please remove his message from my talk page. He is revert warring with me. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 01:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

This user is continuing issuing me various messages despite my request not to do so. Please do something. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 01:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Just a little question. If 3rr applied while reverting in one's own talk page especilly when the message is issued despite the user's request not to do so. I am not aware of it. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 02:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
WP:3RR does not apply to a user editing his own page. I've left a comment on your page for clarification. Redrocket (talk) 03:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Otelemur, please stop. You know as well as I do that you are the one that is harassing me by censoring important information. I really would like to see where I am being incivil. Please stop calling me a troll despite how many of my efforts to stop. This came about as a result of a minor style issue and escallated into a campaign of you canvassing for support in your plight. My messasge was but a calm question, of which you have never responded. I am willing to let this incident go if you stop disrupting the project and myself, but quite frankly this has been eating away at my willingness to contribute. Even if 3RR does not apply, you still have been quite disruptive recently, especially since you are censoring a question so that people believe you and not me. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 03:19, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, that's enough. I deleted the report made at WP:AIV because the content dispute that's going on was not blatant vandalism. This dispute has now spilled over through an WP:AN/I report, an article talk page, and now my talk page. I suggest that both of you stop, or take it to Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. Wikipedia is not the venue for a running gun battle of an edit war. —C.Fred (talk) 03:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you please temporarily protect my talk page. I am getting frustrated. Please see the page history. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 03:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Can you please just do something about it? The AN/I report has gotten very few responses, and I am thinking about opening a RFC. I also am getting frustrated, especially since I've asked Otelemur to please stop calmly. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 03:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
You are you asking me to stop what? What I will stop? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 03:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
The harassment, the disruption, the not answering questions that I asked, the censorship, the personal attacks, the drama. But I would like to respect this user's wanting of us to not depate on this page. I have opened a Mediatian capal request. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 03:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Alt.adoption

Has been speedied repeatedly, as has Alt.Adoption. check the author's talk page history for this. Fallenfromthesky (talk) 14:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the semi-pp on the page. I hope the spammer will calm down when the protection expires. Tb (talk) 03:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I replaced the website copy with original text to describe the flatiron improvement district which is a local government encompasses the flatiron crossing mall which is a wikipedia article, so it meets the notability requirement and there are several news articles regarding it. The Zip shopping shuttle is not a blatant advertisement but a free shuttle connecting with regional and local bus service for shoppers and employees, how can I get it "undeleted"? HOpe I'm signing this right: joannegreekJoannegreek (talk) 05:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism block

I appreciate your actions in attempting to stem the vandal who has been harassing my userspace. Should this week-long block not yield any results, what would be the next step? bahamut0013 22:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

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