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A category created by you has been nominated for deletion

See Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion#Category:Wikipedians_for_gender_equality. Happy Editing by Snowolf^(talk)_CON^COI on 23:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright issues

Hi Gothbag. Thanks for uploading the screenshots of Star Wars Galaxies. I noticed that you tagged the images with {{pd-self}}, attempting to release them into the public domain. Unfortunately, screenshots are covered by copyright, and the copyright holder is the developer of the program shown. Images can only be released into the public domain by the copyright holder.

Can I ask you to replace the {{pd-self}} tags on those screenshots with {{Non-free game screenshot}}? Thanks! If you have any questions, please let me know. Powers ^T 12:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done(Gothbag 15:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks! Powers ^T 15:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes -- when you get a chance, you'll probably want to add a fair-use rationale to each of those images for their usage on the Star Wars Galaxies article. I forgot about that part. =( Powers ^T 15:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done either(Gothbag 15:39, 21 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Audioslave article

Hi there!

I am currently working on the improvement of the Audioslave article, now about halfway done, I'm opting to make it a featured article, but that is a lot of work. It isn't visible on the article yet, I haven't saved any changes, I want to save the whole thing once, when it's complete. I'm not from an English speaking country, I'm from Hungary, so I'm not really good in writing, expressing my thoughts in English, or not on that sophisticated level the feature article criteria requires, but I try to do my best. So the reason I'm writing to you is that if you'd like to help me in any way, e.g. finding sources, references, citations, any ideas on how to improve the article, maybe images, you're really welcome! Of course, if you like Audioslave as much as I do and would like to see it as a featured article. The best would be if you could help me with English, the grammar and stuff like that. So if you're interested I can send you the work I've done maybe in e-mail or some way, I don't think it would be good if I copied it to the talk page, it's pretty long and currently I'm just working on it in Microsoft Word. You can check it then and see if you have anything to add or help/correct. So anyways, if you're interested just say so.

Thank you very much in advance. Gocsa 17:33, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again!

I've completed the improvement of the article (Audioslave), now the main concern is the grammar, some copyediting, etc. If you'd like to help or you feel you can help, feel free to edit the article itself, or make your suggestions at the article's peer review page here (the article is also up for a prose review at the Alternative music Wikiproject here). Thanks. Gocsa 20:59, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

August 2007

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to 1988 in music. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Ben^hello! 12:09, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My edits improved the article. Correcting links, adding new necessary links, adding cursive on names that need it and removing things that don't even have an article from a list are not vandalism acts.(Gothbag 12:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Jaio.Musika.Hil cover.jpg

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Charter Arms Bulldog

On 20 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charter Arms Bulldog, 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.

--Congrats on making the lead! GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 15:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! Thanks! Gothbag 16:28, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know? was updated. On October 31, 2007, a fact from the article Negro of Banyoles, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Really weird. I never knew that stuffed humans existed. Well done, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:41, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Woohooh! Thanks again ! Gothbag 17:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Charter Arms Bulldog GA Review

An article you worked on, Charter Arms Bulldog, has been submitted for Good Article Review and placed on hold pending one or more changes. Comments have been left on the talk page of the article including suggested improvements. Please send me a message when or if improvements have been made, and I'll take another look at the article. Good luck in the review process! JKBrooks85 20:43, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the effort. If you can copyedit what you've added for grammar and spelling, I'll sign off on it. I'd doit myself, but it could create a conflict of interest. JKBrooks85 19:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been copyediting it as well, but I just don't think it's going to be enough... the article depends heavily on just a few sources, and they're mostly manufacturer-created ones to boot. It's well-cited, but that doesn't do much if the cites aren't impartial. And that's even before we run into the problem that there simply isn't that much content yet. If we could dig up some more independent sources, things like newspaper articles, independent reviewers, or police reports, the article would be in a lot better shape. Without those, I just don't think I can pass it right now. I'll keep cracking away at it, but I'm going to fail it this time around. If you're interested in working on it some more, let me know and I'll run through a couple of copyedits for style and grammar -- right now the code for the article needs a lot of work for clarity purposes. Thanks for your help, and keep up the good work. JKBrooks85 16:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. Feel free to change the class to B. JKBrooks85 20:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Misuse of minor edit flag

Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. -- John (Daytona2 · talk) 21:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. 426 Squadron RCAF - DYK

On 26 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article No. 426 Squadron RCAF, 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.

Thanks. — ERcheck (talk) 20:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for featuring it! Gothbag (talk) 20:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Bane Spider Commando.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Mu Striker.jpg)

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La Vanguardia source

As this is a current event. A foreign newspaper is difficult for an average WP editor to validate. Likewise foreign language sources are difficult for the majority of en wikipedia users to validate. For major current events such as this, English sources are readily available. Current English source count for the article is 50+ from around the world. --Lemmey (talk) 20:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Johann Lohel

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Clarify

diff (Wikipedia is not a fan page.) Can you clarify? The title looked pretty good to me.... Two One Six Five Five ^τ_ʃ 16:59, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 19 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cassià Maria Just, 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) 15:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for featuring it! Gothbag (talk) 01:11, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a fan page?

(Wikipedia is not a fan page.). Can you be a bit more specific when you ruin perfectly fine templates... And a good-looking template doesn't necessarily make Wikipedia a fan page. 195.249.188.148 (talk) 10:13, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA review of Charter Arms Bulldog

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María del Luján Telpuk

Did you add the letter L to de on purpose when you corrected the spelling of María del Luján Telpuk?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you are going by Spanish sources because Time, e.g., does not have an L.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I should have thanked you earlier:

This user helped promote María del Luján Telpuk to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:53, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know all my old Spanish teachers would commend you highly for just adding accents. Everything helps. Keep helping.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:14, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lawrenceburg Conf. Monument

I noticed you started the Lawrenceburg Confederate Monument article. I'm not offended, as anyone can start any article at any time. The reason I hadn't yet was 1) I wanted to get the individual NRHP form for it, and not just the one for the entire MPS, and 2) I wanted a better pic (I blew up a pic we have of the courthouse to get the image). I was curious, however, if you did it out of whim, or if you happened to live nearby. Have a good one.--Bedford ^Pray 04:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I edited the article somewhat and suggested an alternative DYK "hook" at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on June 16. Good luck! doncram (talk) 01:34, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your User Page

Thanks for pointing it out, yes v. similar tastes, added to result of copy/paste gone ott! Have erased until further date when time permits me to use more sensitivity!

User:Ash773 (User talk:Ash773) 05:05, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 24 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article In All Languages, 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) 22:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for featuring it! Gothbag (talk) 17:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Queens of the Stone Age Taskforce

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Greatest Hits (Half Japanese album) DYK

On 25 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Greatest Hits (Half Japanese album), 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.

Congratulations! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 14:37, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for featuring it! Gothbag (talk) 20:07, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for L'Autrichienne

On 8 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article L'Autrichienne, 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) 04:11, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for featuring it! Gothbag (talk) 15:27, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Check any FA album article please

Yes, they do have reviews and critical reception areas, but the reviews are placed in the infobox. Also, the critical reception area needs to meet wikipedia's standards. By referencing the reviews, you're kind of pushing the neutral point of view standards. Also, about the critical reception areas, those sections should never point out individual reviews.

Also, next time tags are placed on an album, please don't remove them until the problems suggested by the tags are completely fixed.

BT^C 21:40, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All right, thank you. BT^C 21:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You tell me not to delete the critical reception area. I will agree to keep the section, then. However, I will still edit that part of the article, since there is one passage that somewhat bothers me still. You have good intentions of adding this stuff, though. Keep up the good work. BT^C 23:00, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Solens rötter

Hello, about your edit on Solens rötter, please read http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/CapitalizationStandardSwedish (which WP:ALBUMCAPS refers to) before editing another album with Swedish track names again. :-) Cic (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

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Roberto Iniesta - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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DYK for Fernando Krahn

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Current citation practices

Your assertion that citations "must be" a certain way is complete nonsense. You need to learn more. Please go and read Wikipedia:Citing sources#List-defined references. You're a year behind the times. And you're repeatedly messing up previously clean wikitext based upon your incorrect understanding. Uncle G (talk) 16:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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