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Usurption of Beano

Hey, thanks for your message. I thought about usurping those names, but I didn't believe that was possible because those accounts, even as vandal accounts, made contributions and are ineligible. If I am wrong and this is in fact possible, what is an easy way to go about usurping Beano in all of the sister projects? Thanks for your help. ~Beano~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD for Indonesmusic

Hello. I'm writing because you were the admin who closed the debate on Indonesmusic. I also nominated Indonesian Single Top as well, because they were essentially the same page, but it looks like this one never got deleted. So I was wondering if you could complete it. Thanks in advance.  :) (If I should be writing somewhere else, please let me know.) SKS2K6 (talk) 23:16, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello

I am having major problems with User:Emerson7. From what I have seen on his talk page and the talk pages of several other editors, I am not alone. He keeps reverting things I've written without having any discussion first. In several instances the changes he's making don't follow project guidelines or simply aren't appropriate. I explain every edit I make as clearly as I can but he just reverts them and then threatens to report me. I've never had this problem with anyone before. I'm here to enjoy myself, but he's making me miserable. Could you advise me how to deal with him? I'm asking you because it seems you also have had a problem with him, except not to the same extent as I. Thank you for your input! LiteraryMaven (talk) 23:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Parasitology DYK hooks

What was wrong with the combined hook for paleoparasitology and archaeoparasitology? I'm not challenging your judgment, just curious about what the problem was (so I don't make the same mistake in the future). Thanks, —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 15:54, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

You song

Could you undelete the article You (Schiller song)? The song was released and entered the charts now. Jonny84 (talk) 17:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Gay Kids

I just noticed Gay Kids is listed on the main page. I'm a little weary about the promotional material ("an exhibition of the book's photographic material will be on display"), its sourcing to four Norwegian news articles that are translated without knowing who translated it, and no way to determine notability. It is also strange to have a book that was just published a few days ago to be notable for Wikipedia without having a lot of background material on it, having a notable author, publicity, etc. It seems to be merely pictures of gay celebrities, without anything notable about it. Just a heads up. Ottava Rima (talk) 21:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay thank you for sharing your thoughts. Cirt (talk) 22:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Social welfare hook

Just to let you know, I didn't remove that hook because I personally didn't like it, but because another reviewer (Nrswanson) had challenged it and no one had ever responded. But if you think the hook is ok, then I don't mind keeping it. —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 22:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Before the challenge it had already been reviewed and meets the WP:DYK criteria. Cirt (talk) 22:40, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Award

The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) In Panis, Veritas

I hereby award you the Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence for being the first to singlehandedly load the entire DYK bot queue! Gatoclass (talk) 03:02, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much, tasty! Cirt (talk) 05:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Treasure in the jungle: Journey to the death

As the closer of the previous incarnation of this page (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Treasure in the Jungle: Journey to the Death) that I have marked as a g4 speedy delete. The creator has removed the tag (I reverted). Not sure what the next steps should be - thought you might have a clue or two about it. Thx. (I can look for an answer here) (John User:Jwy talk) 03:32, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Heading here now red. Thanks. (John User:Jwy talk) 05:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

No worries. Cirt (talk) 06:29, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Hello, Cirt. I probably should have just come to you about this. Would you not mind answering the question I left about this at Template talk:Did you know? Flyer22 (talk) 06:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I do not understand, please clarify? Cirt (talk) 06:22, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

At Template talk:Did you know, I readded that nomination with this question: I just wanted to ask a question, because I am not sure where to ask it on this matter. The above was verified as ready for DYK, but was removed with the message "mv to next". That means you guys decided not to use it, right? I do not mean to sound dense. I am sure that it means you guys decided not to use it, but I suppose I expected a reason to be displayed. Anyway, when we list an article here and we do not get a message back about it, that means we should take that to mean it was not used? I mean, reasons are usually not given, unless the article fails DYK standards, right? Flyer22 (talk) 06:28, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Quite the opposite. It was successfully selected for T:DYK and added to one of the queues under the new system. Please remove it (again) from T:TDYK. Cirt (talk) 06:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

An editor already did. Thanks for explaining, Cirt. And I did not mean to be a pest. Jeez, I feel like such a newbie right now. Flyer22 (talk) 06:37, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, no worries :) It is sort of a confusing new queue system, but I think it works well. Cirt (talk) 06:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Portrait image

Hi Cirt, thanks for your hard work. I'd like to replace the portrait image on Template:Did you know/Queue/5 with the image of sticky bomb if you don't mind, because we've had really a lot of male portrait images in the lead spot, which is unbalanced. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good. Cirt (talk) 09:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Er, the bomb image turned out to be non-free, so I used the pitcher plant image instead. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:51, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah, nice. Cirt (talk) 10:05, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Sebastian Shaw

The only reason I have made any changes to Sebastian Shaw's entry in the past is because Star Wars fans kept filling it with pointless trivia about their favourite film. As the article is about a respected stage and film actor with decades of acting experience it is quite disrespectful to him. I believe the number of changes had improved the article, especially considering that the person responsible for putting it up on Wiki had just copied it from a Star Wars website (thus the pointless trivia, mistakes and ignorance of the rest of his career). I have either started or improved articles on many British actors, and believe I have helped to improve Wiki's entries on the subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gillray (talk • contribs) 13:49, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

I added a box. Feel free to revert and apply trout if necessary :) -- Avi (talk) 18:30, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

I like to keep it simpler, but thanks. Cirt (talk) 03:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Wordsworth nom

I put up an alternate nom, after creating two more pages. This nom is 8 characters shorter and more to the point. Does this satisfy your concerns? Ottava Rima (talk) 19:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay I will revisit. Cirt (talk) 03:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

ip hopping vandal

well done :) ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 03:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Cirt (talk) 03:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

cheapbooks

cirt, I believe that my page was wrongly deleted and locked by administrators and either provide me with a detailed explanation fo what needs to be changed, or I will have a second user request this info from you. if that fails, I will proceed with a complaint as I believe you have abused your powers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dtiberio (talk • contribs) 05:45, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Replied at user's talkpage. Also, this. Cirt (talk) 06:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for You (Schiller song)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of You (Schiller song). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jonny84 (talk) 13:58, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. Cirt (talk) 14:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Hindu Taliban

HI, could you please give your rationale why removed this hook from the nomination? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 15:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I did not remove it, I moved it to one of the 5 pending Queues. Cirt (talk) 15:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. I was not aware of the pending queues. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 15:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Byron v. Rajneesh Foundation International

On 15 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Byron v. Rajneesh Foundation International, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your contributions! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 02:39, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the credit! :) Cirt (talk) 06:28, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:Did you know/Queue/5

I notice that every single hook in this batch is biographical. Would you like to replace some for variety? --BorgQueen (talk) 09:10, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Nah, I think it's okay for one batch to be like that once in a while. Cirt (talk) 09:18, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Heh, fine. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:19, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

The Deal

Thanks for reviewing the Deal article. It occurs that I didn't thank you for your review of the Mike Bullen article in the summer, so I offer you this amusing picture of a small duck as compensation. Bradley0110 (talk) 12:26, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the duck! Cirt (talk) 13:11, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK swap

Hey, would you be able to swap Central Park (skyscraper) back to a later update, as Reedy had done on my request? It's just a time of day request on my part, not entirely important. If it goes up in this batch it will be up in the middle of the night in the city of the building, which is what happened to my last DYK article too. - Mark 14:30, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Long DYK hook

Oops! I knew there was something bothering me about that one, and my mind just blanked on that. Thanks for the reminder, and sorry about that slip-up, —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 17:25, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Nov 11 hook

I'm sorry about your hook; I'm still pretty new to this process and I apologize if I have misapplied DYK guidelines. I personally am not sure what to think about it (my first instinct was to say "the text in the list shouldn't count since it's listy, and not arranged into prose that a user can sit down and read like a book"...but then I remembered that I often criticize articles for the exact opposite reason, saying "the article is written that the only way to understand it is to sit down and read it from start to finish, whereas articles should be written so a reader can jump around and glean information easily from it here and there") now that you have raised questions about the guideline, so when you are able to re-nominate the article I will let the more experienced DYK people decide. I think my intuition is still not to count the list towards the article length since the text in the list, while informative, isn't distilled into a summary/introduction for the reader...but again, I'm still new to all this. I just wanted to say sorry for having been the one to start this disagreement. —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 07:36, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Already taken care of! —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 08:38, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

What the problem may actually be

I think the problem is really location, and not information being presented. For instance, I could turn this source into information in a "Reception/Analysis/etc" section, or I could place it in the "Characterization" section, as it's about how they develop the characteristics of Smallville's version of Clark Kent. That is what I would normally do because I find it more relevant there. If you look, I could take out at least two or three other sources from the article and move them to a new section, but I find them more relevant where they are. Like, the part where Byun says that Welling was perfectly cast as Clark Kent and then goes on to describe why. That's in the "Tom Welling" section, but could easily be in a "Reception" section. There are other examples. The information is there (though, it certainly isn't in tremendous amounts), it's just not separated out.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 15:06, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I guess, if it will subside the worries, I could reformat the information in the already existence sections and move information to a new one. Then we can see how that looks. The reaso I didn't do it originally because it seemed out of place mixing opinions on characterization with opinions on acting ability.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 15:22, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Here is a potential look. Thoughts?  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 15:32, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

It's not a lot, but I managed to scrap together some more info. I had to travel deep into the pages of the Google News search.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 04:30, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Kathy Reichs

Could you please outline on the articles talk page what areas you feel are original research because there is nothing glaringly obvious to me. Million_Moments (talk) 15:32, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Responded on article's talk page. Cirt (talk) 15:38, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK - LiftSystem

Hi, many thanks. Is there any way that you could also post the tag on User:Red Sunset's talk page, I forgot to co-credit him during the nomination. I have also asked User:Ameliorate! to do this, hope I'm not being a pain. Many thanks Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 18:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 18:27, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Fantastic and many thanks, I got the wrong Ameliorate! Will pop over there to say it's done. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 18:31, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Dking thread at WP:COIN

I object to the premature closing of this thread. Your banned user was not the only editor expressing concerns. --Leatherstocking (talk) 19:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

The thread went on long enough, and it was started by a sock user, as confirmed by a checkuser. Cirt (talk) 19:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

question

Do you think that edit summaries like this, this, and things like this should be used by an admin? And isn't it standard procedure to add Template:Block when blocking a user? Have a look into Scarian blocking User:SlayerXT and the Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of SlayerXT. And i'm not sure, but is it standard place to revert every single one of a blocked users edits no matter what? because Scarian reverted every single one of the edits, with no explanation. Alot of times, Scarian's reverts constituted vandalism because it removed portions of artilces (such as infoboxes) that the banned user added in. Any thoughts? - -' The Spook (TALK) _{(Share the Love with Barnstars)} 23:16, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Suggest you bring this issue to WP:AN, or perhaps dispute resolution, would be best to get wider community input instead of just one administrator. Cirt (talk) 08:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Portals

Hey Cirt, thanks for your input about Portal:Schools. I admit, I'm getting disappointed with the lack of additional input. If it's not up to standard, I'd really rather have the nom failed so I can move on to other things (I even did some portal peer reviews last month), but I guess the portal directors either disagree or are too busy. Anyway, when you get the chance you might want to take another look at Portal:Peru and Portal:United Nations; some additional work has been done on those. Also, Portal:Atlas was just placed for FPOC. Best, --Jh12 (talk) 02:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm not one of the featured portal directors, I just like to help out with reviews at FPOC and occasionally WP:PPREV as well. Thanks for the notice though, I will try to take a look at those portals when I get a chance. Cirt (talk) 08:15, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks for the DYK notifications for Grand Church of the Winter Palace and Cabin of Peter the Great. I also nominated User:Giano II's Arabian Hall of the Winter Palace (see [1] and [2]) but I didn't get a notification for that. Should I give myself one? -- Testing times (talk) 12:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

OK - thanks. The Adminbot did the update - [3] - but I seem to have been missed off the credits - [4] and [5]. An oversight, perhaps? (The new queues are going to make this sort of checking more difficult.) -- Testing times (talk) 12:55, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for List of people deported from the United States

On 17 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of people deported from the United States, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 19:32, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Cirt (talk) 19:32, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Twilight (2008 film)

Looks like the vandals are back. Cliff smith ^talk 00:20, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Prot, again. Cirt (talk) 11:53, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

List of people deported from the United States

Hi Cirt. I saw your article List of people deported from the United States mentioned at DYK talk. You may be interested in my wikisource post Badasa v. Mukasey. I meant to follow it up with a Wikipedia article, but have not yet got around to it. Feel free to write it if you are interested. -- Suntag ☼ 08:51, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

An interesting document, it's intriguing that they cite Wikipedia. Cirt (talk) 14:59, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: November 2008

Hi, no intention of being involved in an edit war or wasting any further time on a fruitless exercise where I thought I was doing a good thing removing no content nonsense. Life is just too short. Off to do something Wiki useful. Ardfern (talk) 22:28, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, sounds good. Cirt (talk) 22:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Brother from the Same Planet

Hello,

I've got a reference for my edit. I'm sorry - I thought I had cited it. Shall I add it in? Cooltrainer Hugh (talk) 00:24, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Reference

This reference to Psycho is also mentioned on the episode profile on TV.com under the "Allusions" heading: http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/brother-from-the-same-planet/episode/1358/trivia.html?tag=overview;trivia;see_all_link#trivia

I'll mention this on the discussion board too :) - Cooltrainer Hugh (talk) 00:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Righto then. Thanks for going through that with me. Cooltrainer Hugh (talk) 00:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

thanks

for fixing my fark up :-) best, Privatemusings (talk) 05:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

No worries. Cirt (talk) 05:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Leo Ryan

Let's keep both cites, can't hurt to have 2 cites at the end of a sentence. Also, please don't undo my formatting change - I have worked on standardizing/collapsing the "reiterman" cites so they do not appear numerous times in the References section, and I will eventually be redoing that with {{citation}}/{{harvnb}} - see The General in His Labyrinth for an example of how that will look in the end. Cirt (talk) 21:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

The problem with that is that, for the moment, we've lost all of the Reiterman individual page numbers that I've cited for each event, aggregated them into one vague cited Raven ref and are just citing that ref.Mosedschurte (talk) 21:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Also, the Singer cite was wrong. The Cessna attack didn't happen first. The Otter attack happened, then the Cessna attack. That's per Vern Gosney now on three different TV documentaries. So I just grabbed the Raven "concurrently" language and dumped the incorrect Singer cite.Mosedschurte (talk) 21:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Centaurtopia (not yet deleted)

Greetings! As you were the closing admin for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Centaurtopia, I thought that I would point out that the article has not yet been deleted, despite the result of the discussion. Thanks. --Craw-daddy | T | 13:15, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Portal peer review

Hey there Cirt, I've noticed you are one of the most active editors at WP:PPREV so I would like to ask you if you could review this portal if you have any spare time. Cheers a lot. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:56, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay I will try to take a look when I get a chance. Cirt (talk) 22:07, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology

On 23 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk · contribs) [ 00:56, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK for The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives

On 23 November, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk · contribs) [ 07:01, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Overdue

		King of Pop Award — For getting an article within the scope of the Michael Jackson WikiProject to GA
		A little overdue, the Jackson Wikiproject thanks you for getting The Wiz (film) to GA class. Well done. — Realist2 00:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Cirt (talk) 00:38, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Slipknot FTC discussion

Since you opposed the Slipknot featured topic nomination, would you mind joining in the discussion at Talk:Slipknot_(band)#Merging_Slipknot_Demo_and_Welcome_to_Our_Neighborhood_into_Slipknot_.28band.29? Gary King (talk) 03:52, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Slipknot_(band)#Merging_Slipknot_Demo_and_Welcome_to_Our_Neighborhood_into_Slipknot_.28band.29 Gary King (talk) 19:44, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Hm, could you explain your oppose to the Slipknot GTC, and do you have a response to this? Gary King (talk) 19:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

The discussion there was already closed, by Arctic.gnome (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 19:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I mean, please explain how we can resolve the issue. I asked him to close the GTC while I work with those who opposed the nomination so that the topic has a chance of passing the next time it is nominated. Gary King (talk) 19:59, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure. Perhaps ask some of the other opposers their thoughts. Cirt (talk) 20:02, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay; I already asked him earlier—there's only one other opposer, the same one that you agreed with. Gary King (talk) 20:07, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Anyways, I brought this up because your position seems to have changed afterward; I assume that you are now fine with the two articles as permanently peer reviewed articles in a future topic nomination. Gary King (talk) 20:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure, I would have to reevaluate at that point in time. Cirt (talk) 20:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Even if the exact same nomination was re-submitted? Gary King (talk) 20:12, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Cirt (talk) 20:13, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

But you agree that it is acceptable to have two permanently peer reviewed articles in the topic, per your response on Talk:Slipknot (band)? Gary King (talk) 20:18, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

That those articles exist? Yes. That the topic itself should be a featured topic is another matter entirely. Cirt (talk) 20:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

This discussion went on longer than it should have because I assumed that you meant from your original message that you were fine with two articles that could never become good articles and still be a part of a topic. Your most recent message has clarified this point, thanks. Gary King (talk) 20:28, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Purge tab Gadget

I noticed your addition of a purge tab Gadget; if you wrote it or understand JavaScript, I thought it might be interesting to compare my personal version of the code, which I think offers a few advantages, such as adding the "selected" class when wgAction is "purge". The code follows.

addOnloadHook(function() {
  if (wgCanonicalNamespace != 'Special')
    {
addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?title=' + wgPageName + '&action=purge', 'purge', 'ca-purge', 'Purge the server cache of this page', null, (document.getElementById('ca-watch') ? document.getElementById('ca-watch') : document.getElementById('ca-unwatch')));
//and apply the "selected" class, so that one can confirm that the page has been purged.
    if (wgAction == "purge") {document.getElementById('ca-purge').className='selected';}
    }
});

I'm not an expert at JavaScript, so I'd appreciate review, but this might be worthwhile to implement, in whole or in part. {{Nihiltres|talk|log}} 17:10, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I grabbed it from Meta. Cirt (talk) 17:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming

Just so you know, I plan on listening to the commentary for the episode this weekend so I can beef up Sideshow Bob (which is heading towards FAC soon). If you like, I can make some notes for you as well. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:55, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Comet Hale-Bopp

Since you commented on Wikipedia:Featured article review/Comet Hale-Bopp almost a month ago, could you read it through again to see whether there are still additional facts needing citation. There is still one {{fact}} remaining and I have some concerns about the legacy section, but other than that I'm more or less finished. Random astronomer (talk) 20:30, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

		The RfA Barnstar
		Cirt, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) The Helpful One 22:27, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

design by neurolysis | to add this barnstar to your awards page, simply copy and paste {{subst:User:Neurolysis/THOBS}} and remove this bottom text | if you don't like thankspam, please accept my sincere apologies

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ships

In view of the fact that the article changed markedly from the original article I proposed for deletion I believe that your closing rationale requires more than "the result was delete". Please would you revisit your closure and extend your rationale. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 07:04, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

The restoration probably makes the most sense. It may still come out as "delete", which is fine if it does. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 07:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Re:List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients

I'm actually not sure, I think the images are formatted so that it is impossible to put them side by side. Besiedes, it would create a lot of empty space (whitespace) in the rest of the rows. I think the best option would be to either stick with three or preferably, just pick one image. Or, if you don't mind sacrificing sortability, you could give each individual winner their own row (see List of Nobel Laureates in Chemistry for an example). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 12:17, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Your really nice thanks, I enjoy reading your articles how can any one not Interested in cults and such not know you, You really are the king of Anonymous, you have really given so much to Wikipedia and so Much Knowledge, you are one of the reasons I found out about Scientology and one of the Major reasons my Senior Project was on Scientology and its misdoings. Your additions to Wikipedia are so great that if you decided to blank the front page several times people would say no that guys still cool because he addded 100 times what he deleted (although that might not be the best thing to do) Thanks Cirt you make Wikipedia Cool. --Zaharous (talk) 17:35, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for telling Me ill see If I can Comment soon Im a little preoccupied now That guy seriously is obsessed with what he is doing more than I have ever been in Scientology on Wikipedia, I have no Idea how to stop these people if you ban them they might just come back in another account. Have you ever wondered if these people such as COFS are doing stuff on Wikipedia just to tell their friends that Wikipedia is Bigoted and do not believe what they say about Xenu and Operation freakout. I dont Know, I do however think the evidence points to COFS being only a sock puppet along with others however thats just my Novice opinion thanks. --Zaharous (talk) 20:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

re: email

Roger that. ←Spidern→ 13:42, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK update question

Hi Cirt. Just to get an easy start I added one DYK to complete Portal:Norway/DYK/43. I came up fine right there, but didn't show up over at Portal:Norway/DYK. How come? I feel kind of hesitant about continuing the updating as long as I don't know why the first attempt did not lead anywhere. Stranger still, when I hit "edit this page" at Portal:Norway/DYK, and then "Show preview" my update shows up just fine. Manxruler (talk) 00:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a million, I didn't know there was such a function. All's well now, I'll get on with updating the DYKs. Cheers. Manxruler (talk) 00:30, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure, don't mention it. It's good fun. Seems like I've got the hang of it now. Manxruler (talk) 00:39, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, A Nobody^{My talk} 02:49, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GC Tooth Mousse

Could you please reconsider your closure of this AfD. I think it is pretty clear that the subject of the article is notable and as only four editors (including nom) participated in the AfD (two of them before my keep !vote which I think cited enough coverage to justify an article), and the only editor to vote !delete after my comment did not address either the study or the other magazine article that I cited but had not yet added to the article. I suggest that you re-list so a fully educated consensus can form. Icewedge (talk) 02:51, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 November 27#GC Tooth Mousse. Icewedge (talk) 18:22, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Suspicion

Cirt, I suspect a user to be a sock of a bunch of users/socks you previously blocked. He or she has very similar intrests to User:Last king of Frisia and User:-The Bold Guy- (not just Pier Gerlofs Donia, but the creation of improbable and numerous redirects to it, including an interest in Hans Boskamp, posting to Jimbo's page, making similar statements on their user page[6] [7], and an interest in Touch the Clouds (edited by Mrlob, the bold guy, and this new editor). This new account wsa created ten days after the previous accounts were blocked. He is also editing unconstructively (in part), adding his name to a number of articles and creating a redirect from his name in main space to his user page. Redirecting Maphia Italya to Touch the Clouds is pure vandalism as well. IS this sufficient to block him, do you prefer a checkuser, or am I imagining things? Fram (talk) 11:50, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

I have now added this to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Kermanshahi, which was not yet archived. Fram (talk) 08:23, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

RFAR

--Qwerty612 (talk) 07:55, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

CESNUR RS/N discussion

You may be interested in the debate which is currently taking place here. ←Spidern→ 13:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maschetti

Hi. You closed this AfD as "delete" and zapped Maschetti, but the nomination included two linked hoax articles, Maschetti T and Maschetti TM, which are still lurking around. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:17, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Xenu

As said i will change the vote after all issues are sorted, most are which are posted a month ago - 27 October--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:17, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

In appreciation of your fine work

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		In appreciation to your successful efforts in improving the content and character of Wikipedia. Keep up the excellent work! Ecoleetage (talk) 22:09, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Cirt (talk) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

FPO

A few weeks ago you asked about the bot doing FP candidates again. Given the volume at FPoC, is automation really helpful? Gimmetrow 01:53, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, if you really think so, I could try again, maybe starting in January. I have not written any code for FPo review, so that won't be part of the script. Shouldn't be a big problem though - there are what, two former featured portals? Gimmetrow 03:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Ping?

Just wanted to mention that I've considerably revised the Scientology beliefs and practices article, which is in dire need of some secondary sources, if you ever get the chance. ←Spidern→ 04:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

I will take a look. Cirt (talk) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Hi Cirt: Would you be interested in reviewing (at GA), copyediting, or simply commenting on the article I wrote recently about Nicholas Carr's cover story "Is Google Making Us Stupid?". I would appreciate it.Manhattan Samurai (talk) 19:28, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Best to utilize the WP:GAN process, and/or WP:PR. Cirt (talk) 04:41, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay. I'll ask you again when I'm in peer review, which will hopefully be later on this week.Manhattan Samurai (talk) 19:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Move Article

Good Morning cirt can you move a deleted article Matt Windman to my sub-page. I would like to take another crack at this one, with a rewrite and more references. Thanks - ShoesssS ^Talk 12:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 17:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Scientology and sex

Would you like to have a go at pruning the primary-source content from the article, or would you rather I had a go at it? Cheers, Jayen466 13:53, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

You advocated such pruning in the AfD. I don't mind doing it if you're busy elsewhere. Jayen466 14:04, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Never mind the beer - here comes the spam

Have an unyielding beer on me. Let the amber nectar flow all day and night. Let it run down the mountains and through the caverns and across the rich lawns to swamp the streets. Let it rain beer. Let the heavens open and shine forth beer. Let it all be beer. Wonderful beer. And let it be as deep as the heart of a lion. This is an acknowledgment of your participation in the RfA of: SilkTork *YES!. 19:12, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Steve Dillard

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Steve Dillard. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:13, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films November 2008 Newsletter

The November 2008 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. My apologies for the late delivery, and thanks go to both Wildroot and Erik for writing the newsletter. Remember that anyone can edit the newsletter, so feel free to help out! Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 08:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Answers to my questions

I added this question http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Talk:List_of_churches_in_London and this question http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Overcategorization#Monty_Python but have had no replies. Is there something I should do to alert people who might be able to answer them, or do I just have to wait until somebody stumbles across them? Johnalexwood (talk) 21:11, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Yaneleksklus (2nd nomination)

I found a case that looks like it can be closed now. It looks to me like the IP is an obvious sock of the user in question, so would you please look into it and take any necessary action so we can close this case? Thanks! ~SunDragon34 (talk) 00:38, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Watchlist

Hey, you made the Simpsons Watchlist for me, can you make me a personal secondary watchlist? CTJF83Talk 19:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Never mind! I got this Thanks though! CTJF83Talk 20:10, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the Heads Up

Fair Game as a practice was never cancelled.--Fahrenheit451 (talk) 22:04, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Garden/WikiCup

Ohai Cirt, I see that you have a lot of featured content, which means you have experience with article writing and expanding articles -- getting them featured. I'd like you to check out the WikiCup, beginning in January for the fourth cup. ayematthew ✡ 23:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanksomuch for the notice. Cirt (talk) 23:20, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I enabled my email

Per the text on my talk. And the cake was scrumptious.Mosedschurte (talk) 02:05, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Broker Price Opinion

I have nominated Broker Price Opinion (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Neuro√Logic 03:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

SSP for highfructosecornsyrup

Hi. I noticed you were looking for more input on this SSP case. Am I correct in understanding that the only editor left in question is User:Shrampes? How can I help? Is there any information not on the case thread that I should know? ~SunDragon34 (talk) 22:11, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've been looking at it...and I can't find a connection using my usual tactics, except that both Shrampes and HFCS/Wikipediatrix edited the Dianetics article, and that Shrampes started editing at about the same time that Wikipediatrix's editing tapered off. Although Shrampes did edit the HFCS article, s/he also edits a lot of other articles on complex molecules, like polyurethane, tetrachloroethylene, and polyfluorene. Honestly, I can't say that Shrampes is a sock of Wikipediatrix...if s/he is, then she's been incredibly careful about it. For now, I'd say to let Shrampes off the hook and wait until time tells us more. ~SunDragon34 (talk) 23:14, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

You have a point. I filed a checkuser per the suggestion on the case page. That should wrap things up, I guess. ~SunDragon34 (talk) 00:07, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks for fixing that. ~SunDragon34 (talk)> 00:15, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Supressive Persons

Thanks, I'll take a look at those and work them in where I see they can work. Cheers! :) Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 15:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Homer vs. Patty & Selma

I have some spare time today, so I'll listen to the commentary for this one. I'll have a production section up in an hour or so. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 19:10, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanksomuch. Cirt (talk) 19:12, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

3RR

Cirt, this is to let you know that the events in the Rick Ross article that you were actively involved in yesterday have been submitted for community scrutiny on Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#Edit_war_in_Rick_Ross_.28consultant.29. Cheers, Jayen466 19:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Update: Result = "no vio". Cirt (talk) 21:47, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Wow, thanks. I've been out for the last few hours and had no idea.Mosedschurte (talk) 22:54, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 22:56, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:89.167.221.3

Just to check you've reviewed the talk page and AN threads and are aware of the massive collateral damage (i.e. hundreds of thousands of users) blocking this particular IP causes right now. Thanks, Brilliantine (talk) 21:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I checked it over and decided on a short duration of 3 hours. Cirt (talk) 21:25, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Obviously it's your call - personally I feel there was a faint consensus on the AN thread not to do so unless absolutely necessary, but I can see that others might interpret that differently. I'd also like to draw your attention to Funpika's post just now on that thread that complicates matters somewhat.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Brilliantine (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Okay I will take a look there again. Cirt (talk) 21:38, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

hey

[8]. Shutterbug (talk) 23:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC) Apologies. [9]. Shutterbug (talk) 23:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arsenal F.C. Reserves seasons

Just to let you know, this AfD also covered Arsenal F.C. Academy seasons. Any chance you could delete that one too? – PeeJay 10:05, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 16:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

The PTA Disbands

I have added all the production information available from the DVD commentary to the article. Sadly, it isn't much, but they mentioned a lot of cultural references which I have added. --TheLeftorium 14:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Cirt (talk) 16:02, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. :) TheLeftorium 16:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for Xenu barnstar

It made my day! My involvement has been a very useful exercise and taught me a lot about WP. Cheers!MartinPoulter (talk) 15:33, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

You are most welcome. Cirt (talk) 16:02, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

everything I said

is pertinent to the page content. maybe you don't like the format of my post. perhaps the info I ask for and who I ask for it from irks a policy. please don't direct these feelings to me, but participate in the shaping of the content of the article. that's where the action is. I should know that I "misused the talk page" with a mind to being more respectful of the purpose of talk pages in the future is... I'm asleep already. people go off topic all the time. I just did it hard and fast this time. it's still pertinent. I guess there's been a chronic thing at this page. well, ok- but I had a real question and I guess since [[image talk:]] isn't used, I didn't know where to- thanks contributing to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Headlikeawhole (talk) 19:11, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

123.2.123.220

Then Tiptoety should have made sure not to change the block reason when he extended the block, nor put the {{open proxy}} on the page. Just because someone's using an IP abusively does not make it an open proxy. This is not the first time I've unblocked an IP after another admin decided that since someone was using an IP abusively it had to be an open proxy, only to have the actual test for open proxies come back negative following an unblock request on those grounds. We cannot afford to misuse or use an OP block in any way that could be seen as punitive or reckless, since that's the only grounds we have to block an IP indefinitely. It makes all of us look bad. It would be like someone without Checkuser claiming "Checkuser has proved you are so-and-so's sock" only to have an actual Checkuser come back as "unrelated".

Anyway, mild rant done. What's the evidence of abusive use of this IP? Not that I doubt you, I would just feel better about this situation if I knew what it was. Daniel Case (talk) 22:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Oh, God ... something Scientology-connected. I'll take your word for it there. The things I don't miss out on by editing mainly non-controversial articles. Daniel Case (talk) 22:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Dear Cirt, thanks for the welcome and informative rules you sent me the other day. Did I do ok on the other two edits? Those did not seem genuine so I tried to undo them. You might be interested to know that I am from the Church of Scientology and came here to look around, based on a recent request from one of our members. I would be interested to find out what rules and regulations are most important to know and you seem to be a active editor on the subject. Can you help me? Further, I am aware (or have been told, rather), that I should stand back from editing due to a potential "Conflict of Interest". It would be very appreciated if you could give me information about that. Thank you very much in advance! Proximodiz —Preceding unsigned comment added by Proximodiz (talk • contribs) 02:50, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Edit Protect

hello, thanks for that change on that italian template. Although I think you removed too many lines, I just need the line removed from <includeonly> and {{Navbox. (Here for reference.) I'm concerned that it will become to esoteric for editors at its present state. Also, there's no history of vandalism on the template. Why the protection?96.53.149.117 (talk) 07:15, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

But it is against wikipedia policy to protect preemptively protect. In this case, there was no history of vandalism, so this is a criterion not to protect the template.96.53.149.117 (talk) 08:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and thank you for unprotecting the page the 1st time; it did fix the problem.96.53.149.117 (talk) 08:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way to put those spaces back? I just need the include only without a space before the {{.96.53.149.117 (talk) 08:11, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

That is absolutely perfect. Thanks. Now about the protection, that was a pain in the neck, lol. What is the reason behind the protection?96.53.149.117 (talk) 08:20, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Jive Aces

An article on the jazz band The Jive Aces was in WP until recently. Looks like it's been removed. How can I find out what the reasons for its removal were? Does WP keep a 'removed articles' log? Johnalexwood (talk) 17:47, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

How's this as a reference for them? http://www.retroradar.com/keely-smith-and-the-jive-aces/ Johnalexwood (talk) 00:40, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Found some more:

- http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/entertainment/Jive-Aces-Royal-Victoria-Hall-Theatre-Southborough/article-500815-detail/article.html

- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jcfrxqujldse

- The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (see listing for Ian Clarkson, Jive Aces frontman) http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22jive+aces%22+encyclopedia&source=web&ots=XyV-iKS83V&sig=XrbOFgQI8UtwJwBFts2GTdDtgDs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=13&ct=result

- a collection of past articles, none of which appear to be live any more (all archived and readable for a fee it appears) but it does at least givw the publication and date http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4518014.html

- This confirms that they were awarded the City of Derry International Music Award http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/Press%20Releases/020507-jiveaces.htm

- http://2008.montreuxjazz.com/concerts/artists_details_fr.aspx?id=751

- http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/local_entertainment/concerts/content_articles/120407_leconcert-02.txt

- Newcastle Evening Chronicle http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2007_Jan_10/ai_n28397674

- On the bill of the BBC's Children In Need annual fund-raiser http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2006/11/07/cin_duxford_event_evening_feature.shtml

- On Hungarian TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW8TwoZBaHo&feature=related

Are there enough references now to reinstate their entry? If yes, can it actually be 'reinstated' or does it have to be re-created again? Johnalexwood (talk) 02:04, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Delete

I was wonder if you can delete this page, Look Who's Talking (BoA Album). There was already two AfD's and the reasons were the same. AfD #1: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Look Who's Talking (BoA album) and AfD #2: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Look Who's Talking (BoA Album). (Moon) and (Sunrise) 12:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 12:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Scientology

I've opened a request for arbitration and listed you as a named party. You may wish to make a statement. Best wishes, Durova^Charge! 18:27, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Peru

Hi there, could you please follow-up on your remarks/comments on Portal:Peru? I'd like to close the nomination procedure and as your comments seem to be blocking a decision I'd appreciate a follow-up TIA, --ErickAgain (talk) 19:22, 8 December 2008 (UTC).

Template:Infobox Book

Hi - I saw you edited this locked template. Could you check out the isbn field in the infobox template of the article 2666. It used to display correctly, but now does not. I don't know why but if not it should have support for multiple isbn's. thanks. Fothergill Volkensniff IV (talk) 03:25, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

List of Forgotten Realms characters

Hello.

I'm trying to build List of Forgotten Realms characters as a proper character list. Could you please restore the edit history of Manshoon for me, and redirect it to the list so that we can merge the content in? Thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 05:05, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi. If you bring up the edit history, I'll try to source as much of it as I can while putting the info into the list article. I'm assuming that some sources are at least listed at the end of the article? I'm planning on digging into my books today, so I know I'll find something for this character. A number of other articles were restored in this manner recently, so that will keep me busy. :) BOZ (talk) 15:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm already looking at my sources right now as it is. :) BOZ (talk) 19:45, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Thomas Muthee/GA1

Cirt, any idea when you're going to get a chance to review this? Thanks, Jclemens (talk) 21:57, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Help needed

Here's the question... The answer is (or what should I read to enlighten me)? Thanks in advance! --Krakatov (talk) 23:27, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Please update DYK

The first hook in the currently displayed DYK is invalid because the article has been edited (corrected). (the hook saying "that Velika Planina is a high-altitude settlement in Slovenia having huts whose oval roofs (pictured) have wooden shingles that extend nearly to ground level to accommodate cattle?") It seems to be past time to update to the next DYK, according to Template talk:Did you know#Next update, so I would appreciate it if you would update it; I saw you listed in the Wikipedia:Did you know/Admins and that you seem to be online since you edited a few minutes ago. (I haven't checked whether the new DYKs have any errors, though!) Thanks! ☺Coppertwig(talk) 23:30, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't know if you changed it or someone else did or what, but that hook is no longer on the main page. So it's fine now, as far as I know. ☺Coppertwig(talk) 23:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Scientology

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Scientology/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Scientology/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Daniel (talk) 04:20, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Valkyrie

Appreciate the addition of the reviews! The media will definitely have a field day with this film with all its quirks. I tweaked your citation templates a little bit, if you don't mind... I don't think the publisher= field is necessary if what is in the work= field can be wiki-linked and is fairly unchallenged. An example of when to use it would be something like: Schein, Louisa (October 4, 2008). "Hmong Actors Making History Part 2: Meet the Gran Torino Family". New American Media. Pacific News Service. Retrieved October 28, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help) (found at Gran Torino). Let me know if I am off the mark or if it does not matter too much. —Erik (talk • contrib) 15:25, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I have not been involved in the date formatting changes, so my assumption was that ISO formatting (like 2008-12-11) could be left alone or rewritten. I prefer rewriting the dates because ISO formatting may not be clear to all readers (is 2008-06-05 June 5 or May 6? that sort of thing). Also, some articles will use different spelling approaches. For example, while Valkyrie is set in Germany, it is an American production. (I have not converted all the fields for that article; a little tedious to do a big one like that.) For a British production like Franklyn, however, I rewrote it differently. I am not sure if it is possible to rework these fields through template manipulation; I've been hoping to find a program that could translate ISO formatting into American date or British date formatting for a Wikipedia article. —Erik (talk • contrib) 18:50, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK/GA Main Page proposal

Hi Cirt. I don't know if you're already aware of this, but you've been accused of 'inappropriate canvassing' here. Best, Olaf Davis | Talk 17:49, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. Cirt (talk) 18:09, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Note to self for future reference

Gatoclass, NVO, Agne27, Olaf Davis, The ed17. Cirt (talk) 18:15, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Peru

I wanted to give you a heads up because of your important comments; I'm probably going to close Portal:Peru as a successful featured portal nomination in the next day or so. It still lacks a selected quote section, but I really think the editors have done a great job of addressing most of our comments and it is beyond the realm of required material under Wikipedia:Portal guidelines. It has also been over 16 weeks since it was nominated and I feel it is time to move on. I take full responsibility for the close. --Jh12 (talk) 19:26, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. If you have further concerns about the portal, feel free to bring them up. Best wishes, --Jh12 (talk) 20:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Rio (Band)

I see you have deleted this page. Why is that? Rio is the most important and popular band in Peru. I would like to discuss this issue with you, and if you need references to bring it back, I could provide. Please let me know. Armando 200.37.120.18 (talk) 19:35, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Rio (band)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Rio (band). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 09:48, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Triple Crown jewels

I have a request, could you look over my user page and tell me if I deserve a Tri-Crown? Thanks Tony the Marine (talk) 23:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Filipino TV vandal

I'm not familiar with ANI practices. How long do they get blocked? How large a range can be blocked? (First two IP numbers? Three numbers?) HkCaGu (talk) 07:49, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Or would protecting articles help? HkCaGu (talk) 07:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Page protection

Noticed you protected Aliens versus Predator (video game). Would you mind doing the same for Aliens versus Predator 2 and Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt? They were part of the request as well. --IllaZilla (talk) 08:09, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 08:14, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Imam Ali

Hi, thank you for reviewing the article. I did my best to have a better article and now we try to improve it on the basis of your ideas.--Seyyed(t-c) 01:55, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

We're waiting for your review.--Seyyed(t-c) 03:41, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Imperial Triple Crown jewels

Thanks very much- it's good to know someone is moderating the Triple Crown page, and keeping an eye on content creation/development, as opposed to noticeboard participation. J Milburn (talk) 23:33, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

• That goes for me also, Thank you very much for the honor. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:38, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Software broken

Resolved

Your edit broke the hCalendar microformat in {{Infobox Software}} by removing classes. Please examine your edit, and repair it. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 16:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

I think you mean Rjd0060 (talk · contribs) perhaps? My edit was simply this. Cirt (talk) 18:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Apologies; yes. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah okay no worries. Cirt (talk) 21:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank You Cirt,

My real username is KingScreamer- its just that i'm not logged in.

67.42.142.17 (talk) 21:39, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh okay. Cirt (talk) 21:40, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Getting It: The psychology of est

You made a notice of sockpuppets on this page, now it's a TFA. What does this mean? Lampman (talk) 01:09, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, but the FAC on this one seems legit though, right? I looked through the supporters and they didn't seem to be among the sockpuppets. Lampman (talk) 01:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Australia TFA

Thanks for the kind words. It is still all a bit of a mystery how it got listed. With some warning I could have given it a bit of a spring clean before its day in the sun, but all's well ... Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 02:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Content drive page?

I saw from here that WP:AUS is doing a GA 200 drive? Is there a unified page about this somewhere that lists all the Australia GAs, or is Category:GA-Class Australia articles accurate that there are 179 so far? Also, does the parent cat include all the GAs listed in those subcats? If that is the case, that is an attainable goal, actually. Cirt (talk) 21:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, there are 179 GAs all up and all the articles in teh subcats are also in teh main cats. It would be great if you can join us. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 04:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Page protection

How/why did you get your userpage protected......and fully protected, at that? Daniel Christensen (talk) 01:45, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

There were some instances of obscene vandalism in the past. Cirt (talk) 01:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

John Ogden (photographer)

I saw your post about a drive for Australian 'good articles', so thought I'd pester you to see what you thought of this one? It's pretty short, but then on first reading, I couldn't see any particular requirement for length in the criteria - particularly given that it kinda covers most bases, I hope. Hope you're good anyways :-) cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 03:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Previous discussions on WP:RS, WP:V and "personal sites"

• Wikipedia_talk:Reliable_sources/archive2#Personal_websites_and_reliability
• Talk:Suppressive_Person/Archive_1#A_suggestion_regarding_the_Clambake_documents.

I'm sure that there have been many more. You might want to re-examine the issue before performing further URL sweeps. (I do agree that many links and some sites should be pruned.) AndroidCat (talk) 04:10, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah thank you very much for those links, I will take some time to read over those discussions. If you know of any more previous discussions like those, please let me know. Cirt (talk) 04:15, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I know that there was a separate one over the issue of book permissions. (I should dump a copy of Wikipedia to local drives for easier searching.) AndroidCat (talk) 04:24, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Or, search this way :) Cirt (talk) 04:31, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I already have local copies of every article in FrontCite, a pile of documents, copies of various web sites (pro, anti, academic)... and a local search engine indexing them all. What's another terrabyte here and there? ;) AndroidCat (talk) 04:39, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

CSI WP:RFAR/Scientology

Hi, I am going to collect evidence for the Scientology RFAR as an independent third party. I want to point out that I am not the wiki-police nor do I have any kind of official role.

On your statement you state that you want to "clear the air" and that you are trying to recall past attempts of dispute resolution.

To what extent are you involved with the Scientology dispute? Have you made any significant contribution to Scientology related topics? To what extent have you used admin tools?

-- Cat ^chi? 18:08, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for looking into this as an independent third party, I welcome your input into the Arbitration Case and will get back to your above queries soon. Cirt (talk) 22:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi again,

At Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cirt I am looking at an implied discussion between Durova and Jossi which was removed for "security reasons". Jossi believes his conduct on that RFA is the main reason why Durova finds him unsuitable. Durova defered me to you about this so I am inclined to ask you the nature of that issue. I do not want to know your personal information, I would however like to know what type of info was posted (was it your address, name, phone number etc) to get a better idea on how bad it was. Another thing is was that disagreement even related to Scientology?

-- Cat ^chi? 07:51, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate your attempt to investigate this, but this is the type of sensitive issue that I would like to leave to the primary parties. Cirt (talk) 21:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Who exactly should I ask about this? While I understand the sensitive nature of the issue, I want to figure out the source of the dispute between you, Jossi and Durova. I won't be mediating it but I need to understand the underlying problem so that I can provide arbcom a sane analysis of its effects today. -- Cat ^chi? 22:43, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

White Cat, I'm sure there are plenty of areas where you could help this arbitration case. And in many ways it's really helpful to have a neutral and uninvolved party look over the evidence. There's plenty of evidence on the page waiting to be parsed. Both Jossi and Cirt have expressed a reluctance to discuss this; they're not obligated to do so. Durova^Charge! 22:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Blue's News

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Blue's News. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedy-deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Stifle (talk) 09:15, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice. Cirt (talk) 21:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Scientology

Sorry to see all the drama. You're a very good (and featured) article writer, and us writers should stick together. :P Sceptre ^(talk) 12:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words about my article-content work. Cirt (talk) 21:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Help With Editing

Thx for the welcome message. Maybe you can help me. I joined with the good intentions of righting serious misinformation about a guitarist named Glenn Tipton. The page said he plays with classical influences but he does not. Apart from using my ears and 20 years of being a pro guitarists, I cited official published material to back up my words. However, my revisions keep being reversed to the FALSE information.

I have asked for the page to be protected to no avail and someone keeps reverting my edits because they are apparently guilty of WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:CITE, WP:RS and WP:AWW. The comical thing is that I am NOT guilty of this! But leaving up the current, FALSE page *IS* being guilty of NOT, CITE & RS is guilty of such! —Preceding unsigned comment added by NemesisRogue (talk • contribs) 21:02, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

And now I am told I am blocked from editing INACCURATE information, even when I provide references, and am treated like a troll. All this does is make me NOT want to be a part of Wikipedia and NOt want to get accurate facts out to the world.

NemesisRogue (talk) 21:05, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I will look into this a bit. Cirt (talk) 21:57, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for No worries

On 16 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article No worries, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 22:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

flaminglawyer^c is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you! Cirt (talk) 04:56, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I Congratulate this day to you. Can you please clarify your idea here.--Seyyed(t-c) 06:00, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you please tell us other problems. God wiling I'll correct footnotes at the end.--Seyyed(t-c) 03:56, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Nice one....

...now I can't upload the proper version of "Josh on the range.JPG". What the hell were you playing at? CHEERS! Traumatised (talk) 11:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure I follow, I believe your "version" was actually vandalism. Cirt (talk) 12:07, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Eh? I was reverting the vandalism! Traumatised (talk) 12:09, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Oops! Must have been the cache :S Traumatised (talk) 12:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

MAOR KATZ

OHAI. UR USERPAGE IS BELOW THE MINIMUM KAT QUOTA. I SUGGEST ADDING THIS:

Daily Kitten is watching

KTHX BYE. Ceiling Cat (talk) 02:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE "KTHX BAI". –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 02:30, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

THANK YOU FOR THE PUPPY YOU LEFT ON MY TALK PAGE. HE WAS VERY TASTY. Ceiling Cat (talk) 18:31, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Julian, don't blame Raul Ceiling Cat for a mistake like that - it's not his fault that he is getting old... ;D Allanon ^{♠The Dark Druid♠} 00:51, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:123.2.123.220

Can you explain why you blocked this IP for abusing multiple accounts? Xclamation point 18:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Bête blanche

Hi. I just noticed we were both doing something about "Bête blanche" at the same time - you deleted the page and blocked the user, by coincidence I simultaneously protected it against recreation. Just raising this so to avoid any impression I was cutting across your handling of it. Sorry if it appeared that way. Euryalus (talk) 21:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

No, that's, fine. Thank you. :) Cirt (talk) 21:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Carroll Pickett/GA1

Thank you for your comments on Talk:Carroll Pickett/GA1. I do not know if this article will ever make it back to GA nomination, primarily due to Google- and primary- sourcing issues and the fact that the only interesting parts of his life are related to his work in the prison system and as an anti-death-penalty advocate, but I do plan on improving the article where I can. Your comments on criticisms is well-taken, but in my research I didn't find much in the way of criticizing him per se. The fact of the matter is, he's notable but not famous. Outside a book and movie tour earlier this year, his recent national press has been in specialized publications, not mainstream media. If his level of notability means there is unlikely to be criticism and unlikely to be more than token mentions of his life prior to then, does that mean it's impossible to meet the good article criteria #3 and 4? Also, you don't like links to Google archives for paper-form publications. I don't understand why this is a problem. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:05, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Article renaming vandalism

I noticed you cleared my complaint about the article renaming by User:Monarchians. Doesn't someone need to change all those names back? It's creating tons of double directs. He renamed one article Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, The Princess Royal of Thailand. It's no one's idea of good style to put the same title both before and after the name. Kauffner (talk) 06:50, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem GAR

Thank you for your thorough and helpful GA review of Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:30, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

No worries. Cirt (talk) 02:33, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Theatre selected article

Note that Augustan drama is no longer featured, so you may have to remove it from the selected article section. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:14, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for the heads up. Cirt (talk) 00:27, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Thank you for all that you have done to keep the Featured Portal process alive. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:44, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: User talk:Mk college marketing

Sounds good, thanks for letting me know. –Juliancolton ^{Happy Holidays} 16:14, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

DRV

I have requested a review of the deletions of User talk:Smee and User talk:Smeelgova. Please see Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_December_22. John254 19:57, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Cirt, my very best wishes for the festive season stay safe and talk to you in 2009.--VS ^talk 11:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Rio (Band) why did you delete it?

Rio is the most popular rock band in Peru. Please undelet it. http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/RIO_(band) Armando 200.37.120.18 (talk) 15:59, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Best Wishes

File:Mars celebrations.jpg

Best wishes and a great new year Victuallers (talk) 16:09, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

a fine Xmas message

• a fine Xmas message for all of us to be mindful of.... hehehe. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

A Nobody^{My talk} is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--A Nobody^{My talk} 03:16, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:51, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Illegal immigration to the United States

Anon appears to be acting in good faith.

Pr. Edit summaries; [10],[11],[12]

Discussion with IRP, [[13]]

Discussion on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#what is a 'valid' edit?.

Misguided edits are not vandalism. Taemyr (talk) 10:35, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing this out. I will defer to the judgment of the other editors that have commented at the Village Pump thread, though it does seem that IRP (talk · contribs) and Mr.Z-man (talk · contribs) both make good points and feel the IP's edits were indeed disruptive [14], [15], [16]. Cirt (talk) 15:25, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Anon's edits are certainly not helpfull. But there is a definite difference between vandalism and disruption, especially for new editors. Taemyr (talk) 09:32, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

File:Bjorn-Andresen-The-Boy-Cover-by-David-Bailey-1970.jpg

I have:

• replied on my talk page
• added four fair use rationales to the image page
• commented on the image's talk page
• removed the tag for deletion
• removed, so far as I can tell, the disputed tags you placed on the articles

This note is a courtesy to let you know. Any discussion about the image should move to the image's talk page, I think. Thank you for expressing your concerns over the image and for notifying me. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:41, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Missionary: Impossible

Sorry, I just noticed your message. Sure, I can listen to the commentary, but it might not be for a few weeks. If you can access Planet Simpson through google books, the author does have some useable negative comments about the episode. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 18:42, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The E-meter Barnstar
		For maintaining our neutrality and stopping conflict of interest editing on Scientology related articles. Kristen Eriksen (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Enjoy, and happy winter solstice :) Kristen Eriksen (talk) 18:13, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Genghis Khan edition conquest of the wiki world triple crown

Thanks. It looks like the "ultimate triple crown" is within reach, too... Gary King (talk) 23:49, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Muthee

Article has been edited to address some of the issues, and should probably be given a pass or fail in GA. Thanks! Jclemens (talk) 01:31, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah okay thanks for the notice. Cirt (talk) 05:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Fishing industry in China

Hi Cirt. Do you know what happened to the the dyk for Fishing industry in China? It seems to have dropped out of the system. --Geronimo20 (talk) 06:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Winter

Hi Cirt. I just finished working on Portal:Winter, and as you have significant experience with portals, I was wondering if you could give me some suggestions and advice for a potential FPOC. Thanks in advance, –Juliancolton ^{Happy Holidays} 02:26, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Okay I will try to take a look when I get a chance. Cirt (talk) 05:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I'll list it at WP:PPREV once I take care of the issues OhanaUnited (talk · contribs) pointed out. Thanks for the suggestion, –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 15:58, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Bot

The bot is malfunctioning. It only hands out the nom credits, not the creator ones. Gatoclass (talk) 15:35, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

It seems to be only that bit. Unfortunately, the bot creator has retired from the project, so we can't get him to fix it. Gatoclass (talk) 15:37, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Keyi's edits at P. M. Pu

The fellow is giving me a hard time there. Could you please comment? Katzmik (talk) 11:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for deleting my bio from Wikipedia; and I mean that sincerely. I agree that I am not in any way noteworthy enough to warrant my own wikipedia bio. Keep up the good work! Steve Dillard —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sladillard (talk • contribs)

No worries. Cirt (talk) 02:12, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

A bit of a "whoops!"

Hello! Thanks for the new DYK notice, but there is an error -- the article being cited is Swing! (film), not Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen. Can that be fixed, please? Many thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 22:03, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I did the fix on my DYK myself...but I noticed the DYK bot didn't post notices on the Talk Pages of the articles being highlighted. That's not the first time this happened. Is there any way this can be fixed? Thanks again, and be well. :) Ecoleetage (talk) 22:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup

Thanks for cleaning up after that vandal. He may just be a banned editor with a grudge. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 03:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

St. Michael's Church (Mumbai) DYK ??

Hi. You added the DYK credit for the article on my talk, but the talk of the article is without a DYK tag. Can you please clarify? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for clarification. Can you please do it. It is more reliable. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:25, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

But I can't find the entry in the archive too. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

A few notes on assembling a DYK queue

Thanks for all your work assembling these queues but may I suggest that you review the list of "unwritten" rules for these? Among other things, they advise that each queue should be roughly half biographical hooks, roughly half U.S.-related hooks, and should end with a funny or quirky hook to "leave 'em laughing". I know this makes putting a well-balanced queue that much harder but it's how it's done, I'm told, for the best interests of the reader. - Dravecky (talk) 06:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Removal of DYKs

Sorry for removing them. I thought that, since both articles had been sitting under the December 20 expiring nom sub-heading, and both had been failed for 3-4 days, that it was best to remove them. Terrakyte (talk) 12:43, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

• No problem. I think I will keep the noms out, as I do think they were around on the suggestions page long enough after being failed, though I can see why removing an old expiring nom section at once might be the best way to do things. Cheers. Terrakyte (talk) 12:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Possible socks

Hi Cirt could you have a look at these two editors editor User Talk:BadmanfromJamaica and User talk:Jumbasa who are vandalising my talk page Jumbasa is already indef blocked but I am sure they are socks of User:MysteryViper thanks. BigDunc^Talk 21:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films December 2008 Newsletter

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Happy New Year!

Dear Cirt, I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Day, and that 2009 brings further success and happiness! ~ YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 04:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

And hoping for more offbeat articles to read. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 04:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Vettaikaran

So, you mean I can start the article called Vettaikaran after the released of Villu, Vijay`s newest movie.

- Thulasi12345 (talk) 03:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry, what is this in reference to? Cirt (talk) 07:23, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Best wishes for the season

Ecoleetage (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you. Cirt (talk) 13:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas from Promethean

O'Hai there Cirt, Merry Christmas!

Cirt,
I wish you and your family all the best this Christmas and that you also have a Happy and safe new year.
Thankyou for all your contributions to Wikipedia this year and I look forward to seeing many more from you in the future.
Your work around Wikipedia has not gone un-noticed, this notice is testimony to that
Please feel free to drop by my talkpage any time to say Hi, as I will probably say Hi back :)

All the Best.   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk)

Thanks for the kind wishes. Cirt (talk) 13:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Portal:Brazil

As requested, heres the link for the peer review. Merry Christmas. :) Sunderland06 (talk) 17:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah okay thank you. Cirt (talk) 21:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Your excellent article

Hello and Happy 2009! I was doing New Page Patrol and I came upon your article Tadodaho -- what an amazing article! Thank you so much for bringing it here, as I truly enjoyed reading it. Keep up the excellent work in the new year! Ecoleetage (talk) 13:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Ecoleetage (talk) wishes you peace!

Spread peace and goodwill by adding {{subst:WikiPeace}} to other's talk pages with a friendly message.

Thanksomuch. Cirt (talk) 13:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Portal link off the main page

It seems like they decided to take anything related to portals off the main page, see Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal. I, for one, would like to see at least one link (the main portal link) to be kept. Since you are well into the portal business, I would like to see your views on this matter. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 14:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

There're so many ideas flying in and out of that page that even my watchlist failed to detect that someone took it off. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 14:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Vettaikaran

Look here ! You`re the one who delete the article called Vettaikaran . So, I`m asking you whether I can restart the article after Vijay`s Villu released.

- Thulasi12345^{Talk page} 16:33, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Leaving Springfield

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leaving Springfield, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

[17] - Dravecky (talk · contribs)

Thanks for all the work you put into WP:DYK. Cirt (talk) 08:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Google books

Hi Cirt
I'm curious about this change. You mentioned WP:COPYLINKS in your edit summary, but I'd be very surprised if Google Books were violating the copyright of Penguin Books or the author with their scan. Why do you think so?
Cheers, Amalthea 13:22, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind inquiry. I suppose you are correct, and technically regarding the WP:COPYLINKS policy that I had cited in my edit summary the link might actually be okay, but it isn't necessarily best practice to link to an incomplete version of the text (I see that [18] links to a limited preview). Cirt (talk) 18:11, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I see. If you say that it isn't best practise, is it mentioned in the MoS somewhere? I thought that it's a very good idea, if we have the opportunity to link to an online version of a book, in particular with a sensitive topic like this. I think it only enhances the reference if it can easily be verified, and it doesn't matter for that whether it's a complete version of the book or not. --Amalthea 18:51, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I have thought this over and I have reconsidered my opinion on this, and I self reverted. I think it may be a good idea to have a wider community discussion on this issue in general at some point. Cirt (talk) 18:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Addendum: One of the most crucial things is if the article cites pages not accessible in the preview – if it does, the link is misleading. Cirt (talk) 19:02, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, and I agree of course, a link would be misleading if the link target did't contain the fact that is quoted. Cheers, Amalthea 19:09, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Homer vs. Patty & Selma

Just a quick note: the article's on hold pending a plot summary fix. Thnaks, Sceptre ^(talk) 10:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah thank you, I will look into addressing this soon. Cirt (talk) 13:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Dropa

Hi Cirt -

Just a bit curious because I was reading this article very recently. Why was it deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.158.20.2 (talk) 22:19, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients

Hi, Cirt. I am wondering if you will bring this article to featured list status. I saw that you had done a lot of work on it and thought you might be interested in doing so. Anyway, happy editing. —Chris! _ct 02:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest - that is indeed a longer term project/goal of mine, to bring it to WP:FL status. Cirt (talk) 02:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

By the way, this list falls under the scope of the newly formed Wikipedia:WikiProject Awards and prizes.—Chris! _ct 03:02, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Neat, sounds interesting. Thanks for letting me know about that. Cirt (talk) 11:48, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Gate of Mercy

Oh! you can fail it. I thought I replied to it the other day... guess I must have not saved it! I have no more content to add. I've exhausted my online and print sources available with me. :( So no more content addition unless I go and do serious research, for which I lack the time. =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:41, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Please Y'Self

OI! I was editing that page to MAKE it suitible. Why did you delete it without giving me a chance to edit, hey? Koshoes (talk) 07:27, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Tadodaho

On January 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tadodaho, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 05:47, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

No worries GA Review: On hold

On hold: this article is awaiting improvements before it is passed or failed. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I too have done that in the past, but not for my last few nominations. However, after nominating a large article a week ago I figured I'd knock out a few quick reviews to offset mine. I was scrolling through the list and was interested in your article's title. Plus, I wanted to repay you back for helping me out with some image permissions at Wikimedia Commons. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 11:10, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, of course this wasn't a scratch-my-back-I'll-scratch-yours situation. I can't go that far back in my watchlist, but I'm pretty sure you helped me out with OTRS permissions. I initially felt bad about only leaving the article on hold when I only found issues with the serial comma. However, I was glad I caught a few more issues. I actually remember the first time I heard of the phrase, it was some Australian teenager working at my local Blockbuster who kept using it. Multiple visits to the store embedded it in my brain and now I occasionally say it. It was really interesting to read about the origins. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 11:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Questionnaire

As a member of WikiProject Films, you are invited to take part in the project's first questionnaire. It is intended to gauge your participation and views on the project. At the conclusion of the questionnaire, the project's coordinators will use the gathered feedback to find new ways to improve the project and reach out to potential members. The results of the questionnaire will be published in next month's newsletter. If you know of any editors who have edited film articles in the past, please invite them to take part in the questionnaire. Please stop by and take a few minutes to answer the questions so that we can continue to improve our project. Happy editing!
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Responded at Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Questionnaire 1. Cirt (talk) 07:23, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Thank you

No problemo! :) I will probably do "Bart the Fink" today or tomorrow as well. —TheLeftorium 11:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Here's some screenshots I took that might be useful in the article:
[19] (infobox)
[20] (production)
[21] (production)
[22] (production)
—TheLeftorium 13:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

speedy

since when is NOTAGUIDE a reason for speedy deletion? Not that I'm defending the article. How to choose the right size poultry feeder, but it confuses people when we don't do it right. Prod would have gotten rid of it soon enough. DGG (talk) 19:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

re: Triple Crown

Hi Cirt. Thank you for the bestowal of the Triple Crowns, and for your kind complement. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 04:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

fifty

		The 50 DYK Medal
		Well done Cirt. Not only for the articles but your thoughtful contribution to the DYK process. Thanks fom me and the wiki.... oh and the 100 one is a really cool shade of gold. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 15:44, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article review/Zion National Park

I think everything should now be in order. Please take a look and comment as needed. --mav (talk) 20:14, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Livingston County Courthouse (New York)

On January 11, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Livingston County Courthouse (New York), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 20:46, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Ken Binns

Here's a good article to delete: Ken Binns. I have nominated the article for deletion and all you need to do is agree with me. Koshoes (talk) 19:26, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Pooktre AfD

Please have a second look at the Pooktre AfD [23]. The concensus was redirect, not delete. Flopsy's delete opinion was based on the author's (Blackash's) request for deletion, which was later struckthrough when Blackash changed their mind. Sinneed and 66.57...'s !votes were "driveby's" that did not consider the work being done at the Tree Shaping article or provide any reasoning for deletion instead of redirection. If you look at Rror's participation, you will find he initially wanted to delete, but later changed his mind to redirect after looking into the situation in more detail. Since the "vote" ended at 3 delete to 3 redirect, these factors clearly tilt to balance towards redirect. I leave you with a quote from Peridon's !vote, which sums up the situation perfectly:

Redirect I've just looked at the arborsculpture article and the salient points of this seem to have been transferred. However, people will probably try to find Pooktre, so I feel a redirect might be in order.

AfD hero (talk) 14:13, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 14:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. AfD hero (talk) 14:49, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review requested

A page (Capture ready) whose AfD discussion you were involved in has been recreated. Please review the new page and see if the original arguments still hold. If so, the page would be eligible for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#G4. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 17:06, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		For your excellent work keeping up with the Triple Crowns, I award you this barnstar. Rlendog (talk) 03:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Help! My page has been double vandalised! The culprits, 82.31.144.167 and 82.17.98.178 have yet to be blocked. Could you please ban them from editing Wikipdedia for a long period of time as I can't find a way. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koshoes (talk • contribs) 16:40, 16 January 2009 (UTC) Please? I need these people banned and I keep getting stuck in edit conflicts every time I try and report. Koshoes (talk) 17:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC) YES, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK. Koshoes (talk) 17:12, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Koshoes (talk) 17:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

		The Userpage Shield
		For your work in trying to stop vandalism on my page, I award you this barnstar! Koshoes (talk) 17:27, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Cirt (talk) 14:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of places by name

You seem to have forgotten to delete this one:List of places by name: A.--GDibyendu (talk) 05:29, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 14:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Simpsons Cite

...how exactly would you like me to cite the fact that it references a pink floyd song? link to the song? its a fairly commonly known reference, a citation seems a little unnecessary. :: ehmjay (talk) 19:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

so what would be a reliable source for Pink Floyd lyrics? The album? :: ehmjay (talk) 19:25, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kanonkas

Thanks Cirt for voting in my successfully closed RfA! I'm glad that you trust me. Ping me if you need anything! Best regards, --Kanonkas :  Talk  20:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Requesting peer review of a book article

Hey there, since you're an expert with making FAs out of book articles, could you review Outliers (book) at Wikipedia:Peer review/Outliers (book)/archive1 if you have time? I'd like to bring it to FAC one day, but I don't think it's ready yet and would appreciate some comments and/or copyediting to improve the article. Thanks in advance! Gary King (talk) 22:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Emmy

I searched in the Emmys database, and tried to put it in the references ("Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-12-03). Is there any clearer way to put this? igordebraga ≠ 23:46, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Portal:Islam

Thanks. I'm too busy now and I can't work on the article as well as portal.--Seyyed(t-c) 09:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Badnjak GA reassessment

Hi there Cirt. Could you take another look at the Badnjak article. VVVladimir and I have been working on it quite a lot lately and I think it is ready for a review. The prose as been copy edited and a new section has been added. --Glubbdrubb (talk) 12:45, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay I will take another look soon, thanks for the update. Cirt (talk) 12:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

The PTA Disbands - GA review

I'm still a bit unsure about Edna (Mrs. or Ms.) so have raised it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Simpsons. There are at least two GAs referring to her as "Mrs." ('Round Springfield and Marge Gets a Job), though it's possible that these could be incorrect as well. Everything else looks fine, so if you're happy for the "Ms." to be removed altogether (i.e. "Edna Krabappel" or just "Krabappel") I'll happily pass the article now, otherwise I'll await further evidence. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 13:19, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

It is now a Good Article, congratulations. I think I've crossed all the 'i's and dotted the 't's, but if you spot anything I've missed please let me know. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 13:47, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/G-man80

This edit just popped up on my watchlist, and when I noticed "G-Man" at the end of the added text I couldn't help but recall the sock puppet case linked above. Although this particular edit was pretty much OK, this one by the same IP is clearly not. Not sure if this requires attention or if I'm just jumping to conclusions, but I thought I'd draw your attention to it anyway, just to be on the safe side. PC78 (talk) 17:43, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Old AfD

Hi. This article Crash Diet (song) puzzled me, because clicking on the AfD link takes one to an AfD which you closed "Delete" last September. I thought it must be a re-creation, but looking at the history it seems that what happened was: it was created as Crash Diet (Guns N' Roses song) on 20 Sep, and taken to AfD the same day; on 24 Sep you closed the Afd as "Delete"; but meanwhile the author had moved it to Crash Diet (song), so it never actually got deleted and has been hanging about since, still with its AfD notice on. Can you zap it now? it hasn't significantly changed. There are several more articles about unreleased GNR songs; I plan to AfD one as a test case and PROD the others, and this is a useful precedent. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:27, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 03:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Prem Rawat Probation Violations

Cirt as you are aware of the history I thought I'd place it with you, of course you may not wish to take it on personally but perhaps you would ask another admin prepared to deal with such a poison chalice to take a look. You can get a floavour of how things are heading with http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APrem_Rawat&diff=265237432&oldid=265144212 Thanks --Nik Wright2 (talk) 10:00, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the direction. Reported at http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Arbitration_enforcement#Prem_Rawat

--Nik Wright2 (talk) 14:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for not citing

Sorry for not citing any sources on the south park episode, I was having trouble finding them as it is obvious that the last lines in the Scientology episode are a dare to scientologists, I just tought it should be written. Listen maybe you could delete all the other uncited things (like that it was on the 10 South Parks That Changed The World list) too? That's all, don't bother writing back, don't care. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.61.67.169 (talk) 18:38, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Ah, you left me a msg earlier stating that I should be a registered user when posting based on the image I added on the briefing book. Haha I actually am, I just didn't realize that I wasn't logged in until afterwards :) thanks for that though...wish I could change it to show my username instead of my IP now but that's too bad I suppose :p —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenport (talk • contribs) 05:49, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Heads up

Hmm, I didn't know Qst gone on holiday. Let's temporary take his name off for now, and reinstate it when he requests for it again. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 02:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know, he can be reinstated without going through community again because he didn't lose it as a result of loss of trust. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 05:56, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. Now should we start working on the Wikipedia:Featured portal review backlog? (P.S. Off to bed) OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 06:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

We could make the "notification of WikiProject" an requirement as part of the nomination process. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:27, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure if we're on the same page. I am referring to the process of removing featured portals (FPRC), not the featured portal review (FPR). I just don't like the two-stage process because it's bureaucratic and effectively making people voting keep or remove twice. We will never get the number of the nominations nor the traffic of FAR. So while we try to implement a similar scheme as the FAR but we have to accommodate and change it that is suitable for us. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 15:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Opinion requested

Regarding: this edit. Pdfpdf (talk) 12:03, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I think I'll stick with my initial choice. Cirt (talk) 14:47, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Holiday Parade

In October you deleted the Wikipedia article Holiday Parade. I have new information that will pass WP:MUSIC. Please let me know how we can proceed.--Baselineace (talk) 04:15, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Protecting images on the main page

There is no need to protect local images used on the main page as the cascading protection will get it. Just FYI. - Rjd0060 (talk) 16:35, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Can't hurt to be extra cautious. Cirt (talk) 17:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I suppose not. It's just effectively pointless. shrugs - Rjd0060 (talk) 17:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

See the instructions at the top, while editing T:DYK... Cirt (talk) 17:23, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Sunday Magazine Editors Association

On January 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sunday Magazine Editors Association, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 18:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Sideshow Bob

Hi Cirt, if you have the time, would you mind taking a look at the Sideshow Bob page (which is a FAC)? You were recomended on the talk page as a copyeditor. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:33, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay I will take a look at it. Cirt (talk) 04:42, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Great, thank you. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 16:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Citizen's Briefing Book

On January 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Citizen's Briefing Book, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 10:25, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Dropa

Whether fact or fiction, Wikipedia contains information in both genres. The article may have been subjective and suggested that the account was a fact but what was the basis of the deletion discussion? Other articles of the same content are being deleted by you. Why are they being deleted? Thank you.

-Rosetta —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.158.20.2 (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello Cirt

Hello Cirt - thank you for putting me right on the David Gaiman article....I admit (shamefully) that it was an act of vandalism on my part. I'm not normally given to such acts (in fact, I believe that my previous and subsequent contributions have been generally positive), but I'm afraid I get very irritated with articles that give credence to such nonsense as "scientology" (ditto "creationism", "flat-Earthers", "crystal-healing", "UFOs", "ghosts/werewolves/vampires - "supernatural in general"", and any other kind of pseudo-scientific ignorance, etc, etc).

I believe that Wikipedia should be a bastion of learning and enlightenment (as I've found it to be 99.9% of the times that I've visited it), rather than a haven for "dumbing-down", or, more disturbingly, a forum for the more "loony" fringes of society presenting their "stance" as fact.

In my view, such "hijacking" of Wikipedia to further the agenda of "cults" should be challenged in a robust manner.

Don't think ill of me! If nothing else, I'm a good proof-reader....!

(being a bit of a techno-ignoramus, I'm not sure of the significance of the four tildes, but I'll sign-off with them anyway...)

82.5.67.128 (talk) 04:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Discussion about the early closure of afds

Hello, I noticed you have recently closed AfD debate(s) early and would like to direct you to a discussion currently in progress at the administrators noticeboard here relevent to the early closures of AfDs. Thankyou and happy editing! Sorry if you are already aware of this discussion. Foxy Loxy ^Pounce! 02:57, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Cirt (talk) 05:15, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you

My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in, and I wanted to let you know I appreciated all of the comments, advice, criticism, and seriously took it all to heart this past week. I'll do my absolute best to not let any of you down with the incredible trust given me today. rootology (C)(T) 07:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

yay. Cirt (talk) 13:42, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Is this an RfCU or an SSP filing in the making?

Daryush ffff (talk · contribs) and Daryush af (talk · contribs), editing in Persian Gulf. Thanks in advance. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 13:46, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I think I'll wait to see if the newer account makes any more edits, and go from there. Thanks for the advice. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 14:26, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Milestone Announcements

Can I assume that the various WikiProjects would not oppose announcements? I'm just trying to be careful and not anger anyone - office politics can get tiresome at times. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 13:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool. As long as you're willing help if anyone complains from the those projects ( :) ), I'll add them in just a minute... - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 13:57, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

With its current code, no, it will need topping up. However, I've set them all approx. four ahead (as you may have seen), so I can more than keep on top of it. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 16:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Hey Cirt - something needs to be done about this page. The I.P. using 68.35.XX.XXX is Valdes-Rodriguez, who has a COI in editing the article so heavily, especially given her spotty track record as I detailed on the Talk page. I don't know her - it was my attempt to figure out what was up, since the article popped up on my watch list due to my photo (now removed). Equally bad is that she has made a few enemies who are using the article to torture her. Thus, a war is going on between Valdes-Rodriguez and her enemies. I raised this at BLP before, but it's gotten to a point, looking at the edit history, that the entire article is probably pretty trashed, needs to be protected, and rescued. I don't want any part of it, because I received some bizarre e-mails from Alisa. --David Shankbone 03:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

It is a complex, weird issue, and I don't really care enough about it to take it much further. I noticed you edited it recently, so I wanted to alert you that there is a continuing war going on with it. If I may speak frankly, the problem is that Valdes-Rodriguez disputes much of her history, including documented and sourced history. This is not that atypical, as everyone wants Wikipedia to be the ultimate settler of issues; however, WP:RS and WP:V tend to interfere with that. For instance, the letter that Alisa keeps removing is well-documented and well-known, and indeed made her quite notable for a time in Los Angeles journalism circles. The issues I document on the talk page are equally verifiable in Google's memory. I wrote After Ellen about the interview - they are an RS, and pretty well-regarded site for the lesbians. I was hoping you could take this further. I have some personal negative feelings because I feel a lot of her statements more than coincidentally get her attention or further her interests at the time she makes them, but then she later recants. That, and some of the freaky-deaky things she wrote me make it a situation I should stay out of, even raising it at ANI. But...it's a problem, the warring. I know you're awesome at NPOV, so I--haha--wanted to dump it on you!  :-) --David Shankbone 05:44, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Oui-oui. It has been now removed from my watchlist. Thanks Cirt. --David Shankbone 05:53, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films January 2009 Newsletter

The January 2009 issue of the WikiProject Films newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you and happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 20:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank You for the Welcome!

I appreciate the warm welcome, and even more, the links to the tips on how to be a quality Wikipedian.

It's clear to me from initial browsing that I could, and should, spend a serious amount of time just mastering the various tricks of the Wiki-trade. The Brian Wilson work was by far the most major topic heading I have attempted to date, as well as the boldest. I feel the state of the article merits further work, and look forward to tackling it in the next day or two. And while music is a major interest of mine re: Wikipedia, it is far from the only one.

Thanks again for your encouragement. Jusdafax (talk) 07:26, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

User:WFWW?

Thanks for that block. Now I just need to hope they don't keep going to go on at me (he and his friend keep going on at me). I do not reccomend he is unblocked under any circumstance - they are threating to get me blocked (and not be friends with me). Maybe can you explain the blocking policy to him and that he was blocked by a 3rd party as I am getting the blame for imposing the block. --  Punk Boi 8  talk  02:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Your close

I will be putting your close here on deletion review. Doug removed a large comment that analyzed the national register's original taking the site on and proved that there was no notability through the national register. Anyone else who had experience with the national register denied any notability. There was no notability established from any of the sources. The keeps based on there being too much content for the Appomattox Court House National Park page are flat out wrong because these pages are less than 5k worth of original text, which would not increase it in any meaningful manner. The deletion was based on lack of notability. None of the keeps proved otherwise. Therefore, you should not have kept. You really should have seen this action before closing and know that there was impropriety. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree with you, but if you wish to start a deletion review discussion, that is of course your prerogative. Please do let me know of the page of that DR discussion if you do so. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 23:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

The deletion was based on lack of notability, and not one of the keeps proved that it was notable. Instead, information kept coming out that there wasn't any notability and that even the National Register did not consider them any more important than the fences, roads, ice houses, etc. Such a thing was even improperly removed by Doug. You didn't even put a closing statement on the page. Plus, it was proven that the page was filled with copyright problems, which many of the original keeps never had a chance to see. 4 definite removals of the page. 1 comment that says the pages need to be reworked. Doncram's comment saying that the lead shows that it lacks notability requirements. Xn4's keep flat out states "I'm not taking any position on the question of the individual notability of the articles", which shows that they are just voting and not actually participating in the AfD properly. He then goes on to suggest that the pages are too long to be merged. Seeing as how they only contained 4k worth of original content, this is flat out untrue. JJL's comment, "Comment if the main page was long I might agree, but there's plenty of space there. I don't see a reason for a breakout.", is basically a merge. Zagalejo sees them as "spin outs", but as the size comments point out, there is no reason to support this view. AlbertHerring and Elkman says the same thing. 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry seems to suggest that as many articles should be there as possible regardless of notability. NVO's weak keep is on the idea that all of them were to be merged, not just the two law offices. This is not something part of the AfD, so the basis isn't correct. So, what looks like 10 to keep and 4 to merge, is actually 2 with any kind of real keep argument, 5 to merge, and 9 people who either aren't paying attention to the AfD, have an argument not based on the pages, or not expressing an opinion about the notability concern, which is the reason for the AfD and what needs to be overcome to not delete the page. Keep? Not even close if you read the comments, which a close requires you to do. Ottava Rima (talk)

And if you read the articles, you would see that part of the notability comes from a book that lists the one office simply because the guy bought some nails from the local store and there was a note in the ledger. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:26, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I would rather not get into a drawn out back and forth and back and forth about this on my talk page. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 01:29, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Then reread the beginning of the deletion review process. The first step is to talk to the closing admin. As a closing admin, you have to participate in it, otherwise, it defeats the whole purpose of having consensus or having closing admin. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Link. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

See my first response to you in this thread, above. Thanks, Cirt (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Sigh. Cirt, a DRV would be saying that the close was improper. Unwillingness to explain why you think that my large paragraph is wrong would only confirm that the close was improper. At least come up with some kind of argument or defense. Wikipedia is based on discussions. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the rationales already provided by many of those editors that commented Keep, and determined the consensus to be keep. Cirt (talk) 02:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

So, you believe that the claims of lack of notability were adequately responded to? Ottava Rima (talk) 03:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

You mean was every single back and forth and back and forth threaded response within the AfD to anyone that questioned the rationale of someone that commented Keep responded to adequately? That is not the point. I did notice that many of the threaded back and forth and back and forth responses went on several times, yes. I determined that the consensus of the discussion was keep, and the articles were kept. Cirt (talk) 03:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Nokia ST

Hi. You deleted an article that I had brought up on AfD, and the user simply remade it right after you deleted it. Can you go take a look at it? Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nokia_ST --Jupter-manzana (talk) 22:36, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

RecentChangesCamp

I would like to politely request that you (temporarily at least) undelete RecentChangesCamp in the name of allowing time for proper debate. An AFD that is only a couple days old and has one vote is not an acceptable amount of discussion to delete a long-standing article with references in it. Steven Walling (talk) 02:19, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 02:21, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Steven Walling (talk) 02:36, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Cirt (talk) 02:36, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Bale Out

Hey, I'm Hunter, I did the article about Lucian Piane. I planned to do one to Bale Out as well, but I see you're way ahead of me! lol. Very, very nice job with the article! And thanks for adding to the Lucian Paine one as well! If you stumble across any other Paine-related info, please add it to the page or let me know about it. --Hunter Kahn (talk) 15:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey. I saw that you removed the Bale Out picture from the Piane article, but I think it's extremely appropriate for the Internet Remixes section and goes a long way in further illustrating an other-wise picture-less page right now. I'm not sure how strongly you object to keeping it there, but I'd like to add it back. But let me know if you have any strong objection; I'll wait to hear back from you before I add anything. --Hunter Kahn (talk) 02:11, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh oh! That should so be TFA when Salvation comes out! Alientraveller (talk) 21:06, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy

Hello, I've moved the page to the main space (and I think I reverted some of your edits... Sorry, I didn't realize you were editing it at the same time I was). What do you think of the Content section, too much detail? Not enough? Too many random details? If you have some time, I would love to have some more reception info (there are several Newsbank reviews, but unfortunately I don't have access to it at the moment) and perhaps some background info. I also aded it to DYK, feel free to add a better hook if you can think of one. Thanks for your help, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 19:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

An odd query

Okay, so this might sound like a weird favour to ask, but bear with me! Would you mind having a look at Talk:Percy Shaw Jeffrey/GA1? I've tried to reply to some of the concerns raised, but I've basically buggered the lists up. Is there a proper way to format replies? Any improvement you could render to the review would be great, as I do intend to work through most (if not all) the points made. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 19:31, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't think "quick" quite covers that. Light speed perhaps? Many thanks, anyhow. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 19:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

for being reasonable about the RecentChangesCamp deletion discussion. Maybe we can't agree about this, but you are right that we should attempt to be collegial in our disagreements. (And I hope you consider my point that sometimes there are other criteria available to establish notability than mentions by reliable sources.) -- llywrch (talk) 00:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of R U Professional

I have nominated R U Professional, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/R U Professional. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mr. Vernon (talk) 06:27, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. Cirt (talk) 06:30, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

... for fixing my mess-up re closing the Portal:Opera peer review - I still have a lot to learn about the inner workings of WP. In my defence, I tried to follow the instructions, which appeared to be saying that anyone (i.e. me) could close a peer review if the portal under review had been nominated for Featured status. Could they perhaps be amplified into a step-by-step format such as is provided for nominators? Or, if closure should only be undertaken by people who know what they're doing (i.e. not me!), they should say so. Best wishes. --GuillaumeTell 11:53, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Ianjohnsonphoto

I reported the user name because of obvious commercial stuff and you blocked, he is trying to post a request to revise the block, but is not doing it right. I do not want to edit his talk page. If the guy wants to talk WP:BITE seems to say we let him... Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 05:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for doing it!--Cerejota (talk) 06:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Changes to Portal:Opera - Discussion

Hi, I've opened a discussion on this at the Opera Project talk page. [24]. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Shane Hurlbut

No, I wasn't aware of what you asked. Sorry about that; I probably wouldn't have used it if I'd known there was an open question about it. Anyway, I've been looking at the site for years and have found what's on it to be pretty accurate (the guy who runs it does accept additions and corrections, however, which could call the info into question). I'm not sure what to do now. If you want to remove it and the info, or put up a "cite?" tag or something next to it, that's fine, I guess.

I think you did a great job creating the article, by the way. - DoubleCross (talk) 00:28, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Very impressive article. ^Law _shoot! 03:40, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome. The first revision blows me away. You obviously are a good writer. ^Law _shoot! 05:19, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

LOL. I like to create one-liners so I can boost my edit count. Not your MO, I suppose :P ^Law _shoot! 05:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting my paragraph about the Bale tirade and replacing it with better sources. If you get a chance, can you point me to why TMZ is not consider WP:RS? I haven't had much success determining a good consensus on reliable sources, and that is one of the more frequent sources of conflict in my experience. —BozoTheScary (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD

Hi Cirt. You might be interested in this AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Young Jin Moon. Redddogg (talk) 17:37, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Alternative society

Hey Cirt, I see you deleted the article "alternative society". Is it possible to retain the text I made up prior to its deletion ? I am looking for following text: http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Alternative_society&oldid=219074498

Aldough the article has been found useless at Wikipedia, it may still be used at Appropedia (i'll consult others first there offcourse) in a modified form. Hope that some form is still existent of the article I wrote (put in allot of hours here). I found a older version of the article at http://www.infoshop.org/wiki/Alternative_society, yet it isn't quite the same (altered allot before it was removed)

Thanks KVDP (talk) 15:02, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, you may delete article again, added it to the appropedia (TTH handbook).

KVDP (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Friday

Is the NPOV even appropriate either? What information is presented in a bias manner? I've acknowledged on the talk page that there is some info that is erroneously presented more as "fact of life" than "crew statement", but that's not a POV bias, at least not as far as NPOV covers.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 01:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I think my problem is that Darcy "retagged" the page as NPOV violation, because you removed the advert, but never came back to the talk page to clarify why he switched from the page violating Advert to NPOV (which to me is virtually the same thing), or bother to wait and respond to any adjustments made to the page. Based on his contribs, he retagged the page and then left Wikipedia. It seemed more like a retaliation action for someone other than myself removing the advert tag, and no one agreeing with him that an interview with a writer about what the writer decided to cover in his script is an unreliable source. I know I should assume good faith, but that's just poor Wikietiquette right there.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to give him a couple of days to come back and see if he still feels the same way given the amendments to the article while he was away. It isn't a terrible concern at the moment because the article isn't going up for review any time soon.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 21:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Shane Hurlbut

On February 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shane Hurlbut, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 09:24, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Opera Portal redux

Hi Cirt, I'm sorry that more members of the OP haven't seemed to listen to or reflect on what you've said re the portal. I happen to agree with most of what you've said about and done for the portal (apart from a few aesthetic points) and have just said so under Main page of a WikiProject? Or Portal about the topic "Opera" ?. But I fear I seem to be lone voice crying in the wilderness. I'm probably going to back away from the "discussion" too and let the chips fall where they may. In any case, I just wanted you to know that I appreciated the effort you put in. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:18, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

re: Triple Crown jewels

Thanks a lot! Nick-D (talk) 10:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Indeed! Thanks very much! --ROGER DAVIES ^talk 11:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks from me, too! :) —97198 (talk) 11:04, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

And from me as well! I really appreciate it! :) Commander Zulu (talk) 11:22, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

You are all most welcome, my pleasure. Thanks for contributing quality content to the project. Cirt (talk) 11:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks too! I'll keep trying to do my best! :) Shrumster (talk) 11:36, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

re: Trip crown nom...

Hi Cirt. I'm not sure if EyeSerene did contribute 10 citations to Battle of Barrosa, but he was instrumental in it's promotion. EyeSerene is more active in the copy-editing aspect of article development, and has been a major contributor to several FAs although possibly not in the sense of contributing several citations. Hope this helps/clarifies a few things. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for the headgear, and your kind comments re Military simulation. I was very proud of it at the time, though two years on I can now see all the things wrong with it :P One of these days... EyeSerene^talk 12:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bale Out

On February 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bale Out, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass 21:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

• Way to go. I notice by your edits that Bale's outburst has inspired greatness in you :P ^Law _shoot! 21:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for your kind words. Cirt (talk) 21:43, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

• Congrats to you as well. :D --Hunter Kahn (talk) 22:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• Serious. You are one good writer. In the future, I'd like to hire you to do my biography. ^Law _shoot! 01:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Heh. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 01:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

G&S Portal

I have fixed the short Lede in 4 of the articles so far. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Flying Blind, Flying Safe

Hi Cirt, I reviewiwed your article, Flying Blind, Flying Safe, for GA and entered some comments at Talk:Flying Blind, Flying Safe/GA1. I think the article is excellent and I passed it for GA. I do have some prose nitpicks, one that I especially wish you would change. The use of the word "hit" for the book reaching the bestseller lists. You used this in a couple of places. I think this is jargon or slang, and not encyclopedic wording.

You did a wonderful job in reviewing the book and maintaining a NPOV. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 01:09, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the kind words. I will take a look at your comments and make some changes. Cirt (talk) 01:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for your welcome, but I'm not a freshman. I am the user Es.ntp, and I'm lazy logging on. Nice to meet you. 118.68.61.132 (talk) 07:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC).

A Fish Called Selma

Hey Cirt, if you ever have some time, could you copy-edit this please? Apparently, this is what is stopping it passing its GAN, but I don't know what else to do, so I'm guessing it needs a fresh pair of eyes. Thanks. Gran² 09:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay I will take a look. Cirt (talk) 09:40, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks GAN

Hi, I found some new info that I'm using to expand the article with. Please hold off on the review for a few days. I'll keep you posted. Thanks. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 19:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

It's good to go whenever you have time. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 23:09, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

re: Imperial triple crown

Thanks for the Imperial triple crown! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 02:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Me too, thanks and happy editing. MisterBee1966 (talk) 12:28, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you also. Cla68 (talk) 18:32, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Bale Out

An article that you have been involved in editing, Bale Out, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bale Out. Thank you. Nick Catalano  _contrib ^talk 03:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for R U Professional

On February 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article R U Professional, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 21:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Please Y'self

Do you still have a copy of Please Y'Self I could have please? Koshoes (talk) 15:31, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism of St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, Kansas)

Just a heads-up on why I requested a block on 165.134.208.102. There has been repeated vandalism of St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, Kansas), and it's always the same edit: adding a nonsense entry under the Notable Alumni section for "James Petersen". If you look at the page history, there are two or three different IP addresses making these edits, so I suspect that it's the same party each time. They might be trying to avoid blocking by using different IP addresses and spreading the edits out over time.

Maybe it would make sense to put some kind of partial block on the page instead of the user; I'm not sure how that works (I'm pretty new to editing WP). Either way, I'll keep an eye on St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, Kansas) and submit the IP for blocking if (more like when) it happens again.

Thanks. --Gotophilk (talk) 19:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Help with references

I'm stuck with my refrences on the Brian Wilson page. It's something simple in the coding, no doubt, but the refrences won't number up properly. If you could give me a clue what I'm doing wrong, I'd be much obliged. Thanks! Jusdafax (talk) 04:31, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Will take a look. Cirt (talk) 04:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Regarding this

It was relisted yesterday. Don't we go with five days since being relisted? Also, I think you accidentally deleted the edit history, even the redirects in the discussion seemed okay with potential merging. Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 17:30, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Re blanking

Thanks for giving a justification for your reverts. I don't really agree with your two-word rationale, but it is better to have one. On the other hand, you shouldn't assume the same person is constantly trying to bring up a subject; the edit logs don't support this and you just seem to handwave the reason you revert stuff. --Argav ۞ 22:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ocean's Three and a Half

On February 21, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ocean's Three and a Half, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 17:31, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

OTRS questions

Hi Cirt, I have an OTRS question for you if you have the time. There is a photo for the article Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 which is on Commons here. A permission email was sent about 11.5 hours ago by Kara Russell of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to photosubmission@wikimedia.org - her email address is her first initial and last name (no space), followed by the @ and state dot pa dot us . The article is waiting at FAC for the OTRS ticket permission to be entered (all supports, no opposes). I am not sure how long it takes for all of this - Raul654 tried to resolve this last week, but there was a typo in the email address we sent her and the email never got there. Now it has been sent again. If you can't do this for any reason, could you please point me to someone who can? Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:40, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much for helping with this and for the note on the FAC page Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

	Thanks again for your OTRS help - Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 made featured article today! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome! Cirt (talk) 13:19, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Original Barnstar
		For bringing Portal:Islam to Featured Portal status. Nice work! ITAQALLAH 16:34, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! Cirt (talk) 13:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

GA Reviews

Can you give me an estimate on when you will review Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and Silver Age of Comics? No hurry, but I've got a few irons in the fire, and I want to prioritize correctly. Thanks. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 03:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, and thanks for the reminder, I will get to it soon. Cirt (talk) 03:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Very cool. I think I've got Barrier Peaks to the point that it should be easy to review. I'd like to add 2-3 refs to Silver Age, so it would help if you'd review it second. Thanks. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:00, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah okay, will do. Cirt (talk) 04:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

They're both ready when you are. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:03, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah okay. Cirt (talk) 05:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Could you do the reviews tomorrow? I have time to work on them. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay that will work out good. Cirt (talk) 05:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool! Thanks a lot. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:54, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

If you don't have time, you can remove your reviewing status. There's a drive going on, and I don't think it will be long till someone else picks them up. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, I have had other things going on, but I will get to them soon, promise. Cirt (talk) 05:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

It's cool. It's just that I may be going out of town soon, and I like to hit the GA reviews hard right when they start. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Matt Smith

Just giving you a poke because it's a week since you said you'd look for more sources... did you find any? If so, I can work them into the article as soon as I can (i.e., before 11pm GMT, I'll be able to get them in tonight; after, I won't be able to until Saturday because I'm out all day tommorow). Sceptre ^(talk) 15:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Will do this soon. Cirt (talk) 13:19, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Smile!

A Nobody^{My talk} has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you! Cirt (talk) 22:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Great Welcome, so after contemplation.... a Barnstar!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		To Cirt: in recognition of a fine welcome at a critical point in my Wiki-evolution- your kindness helped introduce me into the wiki-community! Jusdafax (talk) 11:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! Cirt (talk) 13:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

GA reviews (2)

I'm just checking in; there are several articles that you marked for review for nearly two weeks at GAN, but the reviews have not begun yet. What is the status of these reviews? Thanks! Gary King (talk) 16:45, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, will get to these soon, thanks. Cirt (talk) 22:03, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Comments from the future? Gary King (talk) 22:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

It prevents the thread from being archived. Cirt (talk) 22:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Update: Did a few, Silver Age of Comic Books left, and also Matt Smith (British actor) is on hold, might leave that one on hold just a tad longer before deciding on it. Cirt (talk) 08:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

GA Review Eragon

Thanks for passing it as GA — I would have done it if you didn't.—Pmlinediter (talk) 08:16, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

James Branch Cabell

Which section did you think was copied? Thanks --Thesoxlost (talk) 17:36, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Portal:Opera - Question

Hi Cirt, I've updated the page with March anniversaries [25]. Does it automatically appear in the "In this month" section on March 1st? Or do I have to do it by hand? We're still discussing the portal in general (it's currently in your version, thank goodness), but I hope to get back to you with more queries about the way forward later. Also thanks for those models of possible project page formats. The OP project page could use an overhaul sometime in the future. But I'm not even going to propose it until all the dust settles on the latest kerfuffle. Sigh... Best, Voceditenore (talk) 10:52, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note...

...and for porting those images to Wikimedia. That's a pretty detailed article you put together on Lucian's Bale Out, too! As far as my page layout, all credit goes to the lovely and talented User:Phaedriel. You are of course welcome to use that template if you so desire. She has made a number of other really nice ones as well, all linked on her page. Keep up the great work, and I'll see you on Wikipedia! Jokestress (talk) 18:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Not All Dogs Go to Heaven

Hi. I know you're one of our resident Family Guy dudes. Yesterday I wrote Not All Dogs Go to Heaven, but the plot was edited, then the production notes were removed by User:Immblueversion. I've opened a discussion at Talk:Not All Dogs Go to Heaven. Would you comment and try to clear it up a bit, please? Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

I've replied on my talk page for to keep it centralised. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:44, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of WeeChat

Hi,

I just see you have deleted WeeChat article on wikipedia (english version). First I'm not sure I'm in good location to talk about that, if not, please let me know where I should do it.

I see that in comments for deletion: "I can't find any reliable sources that show notability.". WeeChat development is very active (even if there's no release since end of 2007), as you can see on dev blog, wiki page or git repository (commits frequency):

• Dev blog: http://dev.weechat.org/
• Infos about devel: http://wiki.flashtux.org/wiki/WeeChat_0.2.7
• Git repository: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git

Main website is not updated frequently, I don't have enough free time, I'm focusing on WeeChat development.

Moreover, there's wikipedia page for WeeChat in french, spanish and italiano. Why not english?

Thank you.

Best regards.

FlashCode (talk) 08:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination

Hi Cirt. Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Unificationists. Thanks. Steve Dufour (talk) 19:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Sea Ice manipulation by ice chipping

Can I have this page emailed to me or posted to my sandbox pls? We need to scrub up the text, improving refs, and use it elsewhere.Andrewjlockley (talk) 00:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

My fan club

Thanks for the block. What a pain in the behind. Katr67 (talk) 08:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Portal:Scientology

Semi-protection of the appropriate pages seems reasonable to me. I'd say go for it. John Carter (talk) 17:24, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

• You're quite welcome. Noting that this was the third time the portal had to be protected, full protection seemed more than called for. John Carter (talk) 17:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Stop editing conflicting me and then spamming templates

I can't try to merge in any new edits I made if you keep edit conflicting. Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 21:44, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Let's keep the thread in one location please, thanks. Cirt (talk) 21:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia offers many user talk templates to warn users about possible violations of vandalism ( Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. ), the three-revert rule ( You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. ), and other policies and guidelines. You should use these templates carefully.

These templates serve to explain the respective rule to new editors. When novice editors break rules, it is quite possible that they are unaware of it, and educating them is helpful. On the other hand, most editors who have been around for a while are aware of these rules. If you believe that they have broken (or are about to break) one, it is frequently the result of some disagreement over the interpretation of the rule, or temporarily heated tempers. In such situations, sticking to "did you know we had a rule against this" mentality tends to be counterproductive in resolving the issue, as it can be misconstrued as being patronising and uncivil.

Template warnings are very generic, and sometimes out of date. Sometimes a template says never to do something which is nevertheless allowed in certain circumstances. Sometimes Wikipedia has multiple rules which are contradictory. If a rules violation is not clear-cut, an amicable resolution to the problem is going to require a human explanation, not an automated template.

A personal message tends to work better in these situations. If you have a question, why not ask the experienced user your question? You may begin a dialogue that will prove much more effective than a template. This is especially true when you find the urge to place multiple copies of the same template on a user's talk page. Doing so without an explanation is almost never a good idea. Instead, why not combine the multiple warnings into a single personalized note?

Note, however, that templating at all — to regulars or newcomers — may be taken as rude by being impersonal (biting the newbies). No one likes to feel they are being bureaucratically processed. Writing what the template says in your own words, with reference to the particular situation, is more likely to communicate well if the editor is amenable to reason. Failing that, you can append a personal message immediately after the template. Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 21:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

My first comment on your talk page was with a templated message. All of the subsequent comments have been my own writing. Cirt (talk) 21:54, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK update

DYK is due for an update. Can you do it? Should be from queue 4. Shubinator (talk) 22:30, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, will do. Don't forget to bump the queue number to 5. Shubinator (talk) 22:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done The queue can be cleared now. If you think the hooks in Next Update are up to scratch, you can put them in queue 4. Thank you! Shubinator (talk) 22:46, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films February 2009 Newsletter

The February 2009 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Cookie

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Thanks. :) Cirt (talk) 03:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Ocean's 3.5.

What the Hell am I supposed to cite? I just saw the Adult Swim version, and the Christian Bale rant wasn't in it.TBone777 (talk) 04:41, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

My edits do NOT violate the rules of Wikipedia and are not "original research." Facts are facts! You can dispute an opinion, but not a fact. Check the disussion section of the Hulu page of this episode. http://www.hulu.com/watch/57947/family-guy-oceans-three-and-a-half. MACMAN1 (talk) 13:28, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I am NOT making an inference, defined as; "the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former." Nor am I making an evaluation, defined as; "determining the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study." What I did was include factual and verifiable information about this episode as it was broadcast. MACMAN1 (talk) 14:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

OTRS request

Can you see if you can open Ticket:2006051810015476? It may relate to File:Stage curtains.jpg (but it's not in a queue I can access). My talk page has further details on why I'm looking for it.

If it's related to permissions, can you please move it to permissions-en (or appropriate queue) and let me know, and I'll follow up with Timtrent? If it's not related to permissions, can you liaise with him?

Is the true!

Please errase this horrible message of my talk,i know more the simpsons than you. --Arruina cumpleaños (talk) 04:12, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks! Stifle (talk) 14:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries. :) Cirt (talk) 04:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the tip regarding the use of Talk pages.... the material involved WAS pretty funny, but i realize that Wikipedia is not a place to "chat" about such things. The article in question certainly did seem to be well documented - guess it is best to leave featured articles alone unless one really does one's homework!!

Cheers,MayFlowerNorth (talk) 05:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Request

Sorry for disturbing you, but could you do me a small favour? Could you undelete an article you deleted called Guardian Units of Nations and copy and paste the article here and then redelete it? I wish to use some of the information for a project I'm working on. Thank you for your time.Fairfieldfencer FFF 14:46, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. You can do so immediately. I've copied the information to another website.Fairfieldfencer FFF 14:54, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Silver Age of Comic Books/GA2

Silver Age of Comics is ready for another look, I think. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 20:27, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: GA review

I'll make sure to notify you next time. Got a lil carried away after seeing the backlog, lol. Wizardman 23:27, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Protection for Erik Möller

Hello. I declined your request for protection of the Erik Möller article because it has only been vandalized four times in the past 72 days. Is there something you know about this article that I may not be aware of? If so, please let me know. Thanks, Kralizec! (talk) 06:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Possible deletion?

Hi Cirt. I'm considering nominating Hak Ja Han for deletion. Would you like to discuss the issue on the article's talk page? Redddogg (talk) 15:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Jimmy Norman

Hi. I'm a complete neophyte at the GA process, so please forgive me if I do it "wrong." :) I thank you for undertaking a review of Jimmy Norman. I'm trying to locate an image, but at the moment I'm having no luck. I've found one on flickr, here, but I do not know how to reach the photographer to request permission to use the image. Have you done this before? Do you have any suggestions? (He hasn't uploaded since July 2007, so I'm a bit worried that that ship has sailed.) I'm asking at Wikiproject New York to see if anyone there can snag one. Am I supposed to place such questions on the review page? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:30, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Another possible sock puppet of Rangersarecool

I am reporting that user as a possible sockpuppet of Rangersarecool and because the user's username is a blatant violation of the username policy.

Notice the similarities between the contributions of the suspected sockpuppet accounts:

• Darknesswolfs

• Shadowwolfs

• Rangerarecool1234

...and the new suspected sockpuppet:

• Ip:33.07.12.119

-- IRP ☎ 22:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

THANKS

Thanks for your help in fixing my snafu (re Duncan Ferguson). Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 16:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Triple Crown thing

Unexpected but very welcome, thankyou very much.--Jackyd101 (talk) 20:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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And again. -MBK₀₀₄ 21:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

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Dr. Octagonecologyst

Hi there. I responded to your comments on the GA review. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 22:41, 11 March 2009 (UTC))

Okay I see it. :P Cirt (talk) 22:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Featured portal sweep

Just like the GA sweep, let's do one for featured portals. We have degraded portals, like Portal:Indigenous peoples of North America that has multiple red-links and lack maintainer for a few months, and has been sent to Featured portal review. So want to start a drive on that? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 12:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

While we're at it, let's overhaul the system so that portals don't have to go through the system twice just to be removed. It's too bureaucratic. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 12:58, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Ocean's Three and a Half

Feel free to close the RfC if it's served its purpose. Ty 13:54, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

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Re: Bale Out

No problem. I was just going to let you know it was there. --Hunter Kahn (talk) 00:51, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

• I saw that, that's great. I'd review it myself, but since I contributed a bit to Bale Out in the beginning, I'm not sure I'd be considered a neutral observer? — Hunter Kahn _(contribs) 01:00, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

David choi

I am trying to recreate the page for David Choi. His page has been deleted several times for a few different reasons. ONe being that the page was blatant advertising. Another because the page didn't have enough sources to back of the information and the facts were thought to be false. Anoth time it was deleted because it was felt he was not a person of value to be placed on the wiki. I have reasearched him and put together alot of facts regarding him. As far as his worth, I think I have put enough things and sources to back them up to prove that. I wanted to message you because since you are one of the people who has deleted his page in the past I was hoping that you might find time to look over the page and see that it is accurate, and well written. This is also my first Wiki page and I read the rules, and formatting information over MANY times before creating the page. Please feel free to make me aware of any issues with the page, as I would like to adhear to all of the rules of the site, while being able share information about this artist. When I created the page I did not capatolize the last name. When I went to move it I noticed the long history of deletion and the fact that the David Choi page was blocked. I do not wish to step on any toes in this situation but I am new to WP and do not know the proper procedures for unblocking a page. If my newly created page is even worthy of being left up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am leaving this message for everyone on the deletion log of the page, not for redundancy but I do not wish to offend/upset anyone who feels this page should have been deleted in the past. Thanks, Chip MileHighCFI (talk) 01:19, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Typewriter in the Sky

Hello! Your submission of Typewriter in the Sky at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 21:11, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK update

DYK is due for an update from queue 3. Can you do it? I can do credits and archiving. Shubinator (talk) 18:41, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I have to run out for a while, won't be back til later. :( Cirt (talk) 18:42, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks anyways. Shubinator (talk) 18:43, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Rangersarecool

Pardon me if I disagree but rangersarecool is a very smart 4th grader and would not make a account called rangerarecool1234. do you know who would? someone who wanted rangersarecool would. do you know who that is? davidthedograt. How do I know? im in his class. im also in david the dogman's class im also in foxcows, jeffhardys, and rangersarecool. if it wasnt for davidthedograt rangersarecool wouldn't be blocked. darknesswolf is another account used for cantributions, not vandalism! he was trying to get away from niv, who new what rangersarecools password was. (he found out while he was typing it in class) then he made darknesswolf. then a classmate comes and says ooooh lets make a account called rangerarecool1234 and create vandalism so they'l think im rangersarecool! oh and for good measure, he says he is rangersarecool on your talk page. hes not that dumb. hes in a gifted class, we all are. (exept sometimes I wonder about davidthedograt...) enyway hes a straght A student in gifted 4th grade and loves wikipedia. he always talks about it! sorry to disturb you, im just angry at the people who blocked him, and didnt unblock him. Jinxyouowemeasoda (talk) 13:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nunavut national football team

Hi. Thanks for closing that. I just wanted to point out though there were three articles up for deletion. Prince Edward Island national soccer team and Quebec national football team were the other two. I'm not sure if your intent was to keep or delete them. Cheers. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 19:53, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 19:55, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. That was fast. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 20:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries. :) Cirt (talk) 20:06, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

If you have time...

Could you please run through Phil Hartman and fix any WP:PUNC issues you see, as I have no idea where to start and apparently they still exist. If you see any other problems or things that need to be copy-edited, that would be greatly appreciated as well! Thanks (and if you don't have time, don't worry)! Gran² 21:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay I will take a look. Cirt (talk) 21:40, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Just to let you know

Hey, you might want to check out The Juice Is Loose article. Sarujo (talk) 16:48, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Any reason in particular? Cirt (talk) 16:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I guess you know now, so I won't bore you with the details. I know that any future Family Guy episode articles will have this problem or unsourcing, formating, and possible "FamGuy Cruft". Sarujo (talk) 18:12, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Laurie Brett

With regard to this, I locked the page hoping they would discuss, since there is nothing on the talk page. You then blocked one of the editors but not the other, and now the non-blocked editor wants the other version restored. Seems like m:Wrong Version to me, but I have to go; can you look into this? Gimmetrow 17:38, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, perhaps Gimmetrow can state why it is appropriate to remove sources without discussion? and if Gimmetrow had researched adequately, he/she would have seen that this is not the first time that user has been blocked for removing content without discussion. Nor is it the first time that the blocked user has been asked to state why they are removing the content, nor am I the only user who is continuously reverting the blocked users edits. How convenient to quote m:Wrong Version, an answer to your stance on anything can be found in wiki essays! My point is that a sourced page is clearly better than an unsourced page, and that was the point I was trying to make about the version of the page that Gimmetrow protected. If Gimmetrow has any success in understanding the blocked user's motives, then brilliant, because I and various other users have got no where with that so far.GunGagdin^Moan 18:17, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Seems to me like next time, this should be reported to WP:ANI instead of WP:AIV, so more editors and admins can weigh in. Cirt (talk) 19:20, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the Barnstar, my friend! Much appreciated! — Hunter Kahn _(contribs) 12:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Typewriter in the Sky

On March 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Typewriter in the Sky, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 14:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Anon Template

My sincere thanks for taking your time to notify me.  Zblewski|talk  16:16, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Coordinator Election

Thanks for the notice. :) Cirt (talk) 17:56, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Request for Advice about Posting on Portal Page

Although I have had my Wikipedia account for a long time with great aspirations of participating, I haven't actually posted a comment before and was hoping to get some advice regarding a particular mess I witnessed in the Criminal Justice portal.

As one of the featured portals at Wikipedia, the quality of it's content should be reviewed. The first stub from the Criminal Justice page is not only full of error, it is pedantic in scope. The grammar is horrendous and the content is worse.

I know that it is inappropriate to post a comment regarding the stub on the portal page, but shouldn't the portal page be more selective in its stubbed content?

I will post my comments on the Criminal Justice page, but I can't help but be embarrassed by the idea that this is a featured portal when the quality is among the worst pages I have seen on Wikipedia. And to add insult to injury, the topic, "criminal justice" is intrinsically bound to the use of specific vernacular and nomenclature. The weight of word choice in the Criminal Justice System is often of more importance than the relative guilt or innocence or those charged. If this article were a motion in court, the defendant would likely be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

I will post explicit (less emotionally driven) examples of grammar errors on the criminal justice page.

I was hoping to get some feedback from you (having read some of your other posts) about my upcoming posts to make sure that I am participating correctly.

Thanks in advance for your help and/or guidance if possible.

Jase -jase (talk) 09:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

What I think...

...is that you are taking the NOR and CITE policies way too seriously. I give you the link itself, and still, you reject it. Seriously. What do you have against me? I need to tell you that I have Asperger syndrome, and that I shouldn't be treated like dirt. Please take these words and think about them. FMAFan1990 (talk) 05:41, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Response: I think the polices should be adjusted, so that VERY obvious stuff shouldn't need a source. FMAFan1990 (talk) 05:46, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

WT:NOR

You make a good point. I started a discussion. FMAFan1990 (talk) 05:55, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

unprotection

Hi, the protection admin answered on request for unprotection:Cham Albanians. Can I have your opinion?Balkanian`s word (talk) 17:57, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Question on protection

I noticed that you've semi-protected Chihuahua, Chihuahua for three days for excessive vandalism. I was in the process of declining the request for protection on WP:RPP as the vandalism was only by a single IP, which had been blocked for three hours immediately before the request for protection was granted. As such, I don't think semi-protection was necessary. I've been involved in protecting pages before, but have virtually no experience of WP:RPP, so am wondering if my judgement would have been correct? Nev1 (talk) 18:21, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I just thought that dealing with the IP editor would be more effective, and while a belt and braces approach will work, good faith IP editors may be penalised unnecessarily. Nev1 (talk) 18:43, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Seems fair, hopefully the IP editor will have got bored by then. Nev1 (talk) 18:45, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Choctaw GA Review

That's it for the GA review? Delldot and Brianboulton, previous GA reviewers, were more explicit and helpful in their critique of the Choctaw article. No advice or direction to give? Rob (talk) 02:43, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

What un-sourced material are you referring to? Rob (talk) 13:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that would be very helpful. Thanks. Rob (talk) 13:19, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Explanation

I find it striking that this prose remains in the lead. Do you still think it's neutral and important? Anyhow, these are just notes for my own reference. Cool Hand Luke 04:56, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Mega Man AfD

Hi Cirt, I saw you closed the Mega Man AfD but you may not have noticed the other article bundled with it, which you made no note of nor removed the AfD tag from. Would you mind looking over it again and doing something about the second article? Thanks, ThemFromSpace 15:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 15:35, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Would you be willing to userfy these? It seems I was the only one arguing to keep, but I really do think there is salvageable content here, especially in the Metal Gear list, that could be improved to the quality of the List of voice actors in the Grand Theft Auto series, or at least to the quality of the List of voice actors in the Crash Bandicoot series. DHowell (talk) 05:31, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

South Park

No worries, there are no hard feelings. I respect your desire for better sourcing for the DVDs, and I hope that we can all find them (I've been searching for them for Smallville, and there generally isn't a lot of "press releases" for region 2 and 4 like there is for region 1 stuff).  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 13:49, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Like I said, there are no hard feelings. In the least, this has sparked editor(s) (unfortunately, it appears to be the work of Hunter Kahn primarily) to start fixing up those South Park articles. Anyway, I'm sure we'll work more collaboratively in the future - this was just a heated topic already, before you or I ever stepped into the mix. :D  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 14:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: 90.148.44.110

You're welcome. — TKD::{talk} 15:23, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Tom Cruise Biography

It is not appropriate to include controversial, unsourced statements (e.g. accusing people of book censorship) without current sources. Wiki policy states false statements should be removed immediately. I am disturbed your response to the removal of false info is to immediately revert an to contact me privately to give me a warning. As a longtime editor/admin this is not appropriate editor behavior. If you can find a current source stating your claim is true, by all means add it.

A simple Amazon Uk search, UK bookshop chain or search of any UK bookseller list will reveal

80.44.181.23 (talk) 18:06, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

R U Professional

Just to let you know I started the GA review for the article. ^~Moon~月と暁^~Sunrise~ 23:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD

Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hak Ja Han Redddogg (talk) 17:25, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I guess we will continue to disagree on this one. There are other Unification Church articles that could use your help however. Redddogg (talk) 00:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Image copies

Is there anyway to remove copies of an image on the image page? Like FGFoxyLady.jpg. Sarujo (talk) 01:21, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Xa Loi Pagoda raids

Passed MILHIST A. Something for the portal. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 07:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Frankie Rayder

Have a look at my responses at Talk:Frankie_Rayder/GA1.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:27, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I have stubbed both.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:30, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

The Simpsons GACs

I was wondering if you are still interested in getting episodes up to GA quality? here is the main FT drive page. Let me know, if you wanna work on more! CTJF83Talk 08:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I will be going through and doing some more soon. Cirt (talk) 08:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Ok, do you wanna finish the season 10 drive with me? CTJF83Talk 15:31, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

First I have to finish my stuff for Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons/Featured topic Drive/season 7. Cirt (talk) 16:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Xnee links and copyright/left

Ive just updated the Xnee page:

* license problem fixed
* links added

Regards hesa Hesa (talk)

Responded at user's talk page. Cirt (talk) 18:38, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Not All Dogs Go to Heaven

There's Alot going on here right not and I'm not really sure if any of the stuff can stay. Sarujo (talk) 08:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Ping re: Talk:Machinima/GA1

Hi Cirt; as a heads up, another editor (Vantine84 (talk · contribs)) has copyedited machinima and commented on Talk:Machinima/GA1. I wanted to make sure that you were aware of this. Thanks! — TKD::{talk} 10:27, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, will take another look soon. Cirt (talk) 20:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to review a fairly long GA candidate and to provide helpful feedback. I appreciate the compliment about the sourcing. Now, the task of going from "broad" coverage for GA to "comprehensive" for FA... :) — TKD::{talk} 06:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Phil Hartman

Thanks very much! And thanks for the copy-edit, because that really helped out a lot! Gran² 16:25, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

I did notice your comment to Túrelio on Commons (he had edited some of the pictures), so I knew it was an oversight and not an intentional omission. Thanks for working to clean them up. Cool Hand Luke 03:31, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the acknowledgment of my good faith efforts. Cirt (talk) 03:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

FAR Dhaka

Hi, I have added references for all fact tags you added to Dhaka. Would you now reconsider your opinion? Thanks. --Ragib (talk) 06:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

More Unification Church articles

As we mentioned here is another questionable UC related article Unification Church and political involvement. It could use a lot of improvement. Redddogg (talk) 04:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

could you please help out?

I am currently a graduate student, working on a semester project regarding Wikipedia. I was hoping you would be able to privately answer a few questions in reference to your personal experience with Wikipedia in order for me to get your view on the website. The questions are on my user page, and if you could answer in them in word and e-mail them to the address shown that would be really helpful. Your anonymity is assured, and any personal information you give will never be used outside of this questionnaire. Thank you for your time.Curesearcher (talk) 02:53, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I am a graduate student with the University of Colorado Boulder. The project has been approved through my professor, and I am selecting candidates from discussion boards who are comfortable enough with Wikipedia to discuss with other members of the community. I am attempting to get a cross section of experience through this process by choosing people who have varrying levels of experience. Curesearcher (talk) 03:04, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't intending to "spam" talk pages, although I know that is how it came across (actually that was what it was). I assumed that if people had a problem with my approch, they could simply delete the comment and ignore me from then on...I am still not sure why people have such a problem with me, or why it started out as simple questioning and then suddenly turned once the question of my validity was raised not due to the information I presented (which everyone believes is valid to my knowladge), but due to simple spelling errors. if you could help me out here I would appriciate it. Curesearcher (talk) 04:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry I blew up on the Administrator page, and my comments were unfair and unjust. please accept my apologies, and I wish I could have made a better first impression.Curesearcher (talk) 04:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

A refactor/strike-out of the inappropriate comments at WP:ANI would be appreciated. Cirt (talk) 04:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I didn't see that you responded to my comment otherwise I would have responded sooner...but as you can see I though that having the comments stuck was appropriate as well. there is no way that this interaction can't color your opinion of me, however I hope that I have repaired the damage that I have caused you. feel free to send anyone who brings this up my way, and I will be sure to let them know that I believe your actions were consistent with what I would expected...demanded of an administrator. I did engage in inconsistent behavior, and you were just being a good editor trying to figure out why.Curesearcher (talk) 02:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism by Alison12345

Alison12345 has continued to vandalize America's Next Top Model related articles, after the block you gave her expired. I gave her a final warning, and she continued to vandalize. Please block her again. ... MistyWillows ^talk 21:04, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

TLCbass

Hiya,

I see that you blocked user:TLCbass; they've been on IRC help asking about why etc, and I've tr ied hard to explain several things - see User_talk:TLCbass.

It would be helpful if you could add a little bit, giving the reason for the block - I then hope they'll read that stuff I've given them, and hopefully will cooperate with discussion prior to editing in the future.

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  22:13, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: FL Portal

Sure. Unless I write it first :P - Thanks.Mitchazenia :  Chat  3 years and counting... 23:02, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Films March 2009 Newsletter

The March 2009 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page. Happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 23:59, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Userify Jordan Stratford?

Hi, is it possible to get the deleted JordanStratford page userified under my account? -- Timbomb (talk) 01:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Cirt. It won't end up back in the main namespace unless the topic gets more notable. -- Timbomb (talk) 03:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Is it a problem if I do? The concern's that non-notable pages don't show up in searches isn't it? Is there any harm in leaving it in my user space? -- Timbomb (talk) 03:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, he's a new author. I gather he has several books planned. The topic's getting a certain amount of press. I'll hang on to it for a while and if nothing new appears, I'll ditch it. It's not like the topic's an 18th century building or something. Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timbomb (talk • contribs) 13:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Heath Ledger

Hi and thanks for your comment about the article. I won't start to comment about editors who randomly nominate articles that are quite good that they come across and then if it passes, post on their user page that they were involved in a GA or FA. I really won't. I don't think anyone disagrees that at some point in the near future, the article might be ready for GA review, but I was a little perplexed when an editor who has never worked on the article just suddenly nominated it for GAR without even mentioning it on the talk page. There was discussion before and certainly that is a goal, but because of how eventful the last year or so has been regarding Ledger, the article probably still has too much recent content that will need to be condensed and reconsidered, both in order to bring down the size of the article and to avoid undue weight. I think most of the regular editors agree that will be done, but sometimes it is best to wait a bit to see what emerges as more relevant. I asked that the nomination be withdrawn at this time just because of that reason. It's almost ready but not quite and until those elements emerge, it shouldn't be put through a GAR. Thanks again. Wildhartlivie (talk) 12:03, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

G&S Portal

Hello, Cirt. We have just been working on the Richard Temple (opera singer) article, and it should now be added to the bios featured on the portal. Would you kindly add it? Thanks for helping us! Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes will add it soon - thanks so much for your help with the portal! Cirt (talk) 20:35, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Cirt (talk) 21:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

The technically non-proficient thank you! BTW, as I understand it, you can't get to our portal directly from the Arts portals list. Is that as it should be, or should it be easier to find us? I don't know much about portals, but it seems like ours is not too bad, and it should be fairly easy to find, even though we're a very small project. I leave it to your expertise whether all is OK, or whether something should be different. Best regards! -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, for what it's worth, and I'm not even sure that you're looking for opinions on this, I would vote that DYK sections are not that important, because they tend to be collections of trivia and don't usually give a very good idea about the article that they are pulled from; plus, it is pure chance that an article will get a DYK; many of the best articles never had DYKs, and many articles with DYKs are only "start" class articles. I'd rather steer readers to our B-class or better articles, or even present a list of the G&S operas instead. We also have a template at the bottom of our core articles ({{Gilbert and Sullivan}}) that would really help people navigate around our articles very well. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:01, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks. No problem, just giving you some feedback. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thank you so much for the barnstar, Cirt! I'm really glad you're appreciating my work. =) Also, nice work on Bart Sells His Soul. It looks great! —TheLeftorium 21:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)