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igloo

Hi Juliancolton, and thanks for your interest in igloo. Before using the program, please read the following information carefully - failure to do so may result in your test access being revoked.

igloo is a JavaScript-powered, browser-based anti-vandalism tool, which means you do not have to download or install anything on your computer and it will work on multiple operating systems. However, it does mean that the performance relies on that of your browser and it may operate more slowly than downloaded programs. You must have either Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Google Chrome to use igloo, as it is currently incompatible with other browsers.

igloo relies on a system called iglooNet to assist you in finding and reverting vandalism. It is this system that transforms the program from a pretty version of recent changes to an actual anti-vandalism tool. Naturally, this is beyond the power of a client-side program, and igloo will regularly communicate with an external, non-Wikimedia server. Because of things like server logs, and the iglooNet abuse tracker, this may allow your IP address to be attached to your username - something which is otherwise impossible on Wikipedia. If you do not want this to happen, you MUST NOT USE IGLOO.

If you decide that you do want to test igloo, please keep in mind that it not wholly stable, and you may experience problems where it performs an invalid edit, or other unwanted action. If this happens, fix any mistakes you've made, apologise to anyone you've offended, and let me know. I don't take any responsibility for your use of the program - if you aren't willing to fix any errors, don't use it.

igloo is already quite powerful. The following is a simple guide to using the program:

• The igloo interface is similar to that of other software, including huggle. Recent changes appear on the left, and diffs appear on the right.
• igloo sorts diffs based on iglooNet data so that edits most likely to be vandalism are displayed first. You can press spacebar to view the top diff, or click on any diff to view it directly.
• When you find vandalism, press 'Q' or click the revert button to revert the change, and issue a warning to the user. igloo automatically issues the correct warning. It will ignore existing warnings that are more than 5 days old, and restart from the beginning.
• The iglooNet assertion system tags clean and dirty edits with colour coding - if it suspects an edit is vandalism, it will be flagged as red, and if it believes it to be clean, it will tag it green.
• At any time, you can re-review diffs you have already seen by pressing backspace or using the icons to move through the diff history.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to know. If you hate it, and won't be using it again, please let me know why - and I'll remove you from the test whitelist. If you now try and use igloo, you should find that it will allow you to use the program. Thanks, and good luck! Ale_Jrb^talk 18:49, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Brock Christopher

I'm not contesting the PROD, but I was wondering if you could userify it at User:Giants27/Brock Christopher. Cheers,--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 00:50, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure, got it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 01:45, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Just in case

Hi Julian. It may be prudent to at least semi-protect this. I realise the chance of this page getting vandalised by a hit-and-run vandal are fairly slim, but I still think that do to its' nature, it should at least have semi-protection. @Kate (talk) 00:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Good idea, done. Thanks. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:54, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it. Nice to know that I've not gone paranoid. ;) @Kate (talk) 00:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Matthew Simon (American football) prod

I think you made a mistake, you deleted the talk page but not the article --Yankees10 01:49, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Indeed;  Fixed. Cheers. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:51, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Family Guy cast members/archive1

Hey. I noticed you promoted this FL. I'm all for being bold, and I don't entirely disagree with your decision, but I had intended to keep this open for more eyes. Even though there were three supports, TRM, Matthewedwards and Scorpion—all former/current FL directors who have many FL credits and are veteran list writers—had several issues with the article (none supported, and note that TRM said "I'm finding it difficult to agree this is our 'finest work'"), and even after several long reviews, I found many errors in the lead. Now, I don't grudge you at all for this, nor will I revert your action, as I am confident that the list was close to FL quality at the time anyway. However, in the future, if you could consult with me first or stick to closing FLCs that are without a shadow of a doubt ready to be promoted, that would be great. Hope you don't mind my bluntness. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 05:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, alright, that's fair. I saw that the discussion had been open for a month and a half and figured that since there were several supports and no outstanding objections, it could be promoted. I'll keep your advice in mind for the future. Thanks for informing me! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:10, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Icebox Radio Theater

Hi,

I'm the artistic director of the Icebox Radio Theater in International Falls, MN. It's just come to my attention that our Wikipedia page has been deleted. I feel the reason given is inaccurate in that we are not a Part-15 radio station, but theatre group creating new and original plays about our region with a growing podcast audience and a presence on American public radio. We did operate a Part-15 transmitter for a time purely for our own listening convenience (Part-15 FM seldom travels more than one city block) But it is hardly our mission.

We are a registered non-profit organization and recipient of three regional grants. We have letters of commendation from the Mayor of International Falls, and currently operate a studio and streaming radio station in the local community center. The streaming station, Icebox Radio, is listed in the iTunes radio directory and is currently the only station online featuring new audio theatre exclusively. We stream many other new audio theater groups in addition to our own content, a service we provide for free.

Would it be possible to reverse our deletion on Wikipedia? If I need to further clarify things, please let me know. Thanks for your time.

Jeff Adams jeffreyamn@iceboxradio.org http://www.iceboxradio.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.2.143.5 (talk) 12:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Dr. Seuss

Hello, what's up with people vandalizing Dr. Seuss? Just noticed you reverted something. Is this a big problem on his page?Malke 2010 (talk) 00:47, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Folks get some kind of pleasure out of ruining other people's hard work. I dunno, it's pretty common on high-profile pages. I protected it for a few months, though, so it should quiet down now. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:49, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay, hope the vandals lose interest. I was planning on adding mention of an interview he gave to a Dartmouth student newspaper, a few years before his death. He also gave a student group money to start another independent newspaper. Thought they'd make nice additions. He was a great guy. Let me know if you need any help with his page.Malke 2010 (talk) 01:24, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Pingas

You protected the article Pingas from creation. But why is it a protected deleted page, as opposed to a redirect to Pinga (disambiguation)? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 04:48, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Taken care of. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:24, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

TEDxDubai 2009

Hi Julian,

Will you please clarify what part in particular on the page TEDxDubai 2009 was not according to wikipedia policy. Also, is it possible to recreate the page with the recommended changes?

Mmunot (talk) 13:43, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I think the deletion summary fairly comprehensively explains the reasons for which the page was proposed for deletion. Since pages deleted via the WP:PROD system are meant to be uncontroversial, I can either restore the article altogether or move it to your userspace temporarily. Which of these are most acceptable for you? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:28, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Julian, I've read the deletion summary and I am ready to make the necessary changes. Can you please restore the page, I will do the needful asap.

Valued pictures and ITN in the WikiCup

Hi. I am contacting you on behalf of the WikiCup judges because you were involved in our previous points polling. Though most of the polls are now closed, we have restarted polls relating to the points value for both valued pictures and in the news entries. You are welcome to submit your votes here; the polls will be closing in a week's time. J Milburn (talk) 19:52, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:55, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

change of Username request

Hi. I have updated the reason for my change of username - I'd be grateful if you would action it. Thank-you. By the way, check out Wikipedia's Right to vanish

Leytonwd 21:23, 29 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leytonwd (talk • contribs)

Well, it's acceptable now, but I'd like to know why you've removed my clerk note if possible. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:54, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I wish to exercise my "right to vanish". Simply retiring isn't enough - I wish to disassociate myself from Wikipedia entirely. As there is no account deletion facility the best I can do is a name change then retirement. I should be grateful if you would action my request which is in good faith. I really have lost patience with Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community, this exchange confirms my feelings. If you wish to block the new username after the name change, please feel free to do so. Leytonwd 21:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leytonwd (talk • contribs)

Sorry you feel that way. I'm not a bureaucrat, so I can't carry out the rename myself; but it should be completed soon enough, barring any problems. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:00, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Engin Saydam deletion

Hi Juliancotton, Guess ı should have written you earlier on Engin,apparently u have deleted the page on the basis of that he is not an entertainer. After 5 albums released in the US over the course of 10 years, and a as a filmmaker with a recent directorial debut after numerous backstage videos shown on FTV Turkey, still not an artist(entertainer)then who is? Happy Holidays —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.54.74.127 (talk) 00:35, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. The reason for the deletion of that page was that it failed WP:ENTERTAINER, which is a type of notability guideline that helps dictate which articles meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. If you can find sufficient evidence that the subject is noteworthy I'll happily reinstate the article. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:18, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Overwhelming bad faith

Your closure of the AfD on "List of mainstream films with unsimulated sex" is probably the worst one I have seen in 6 years of experience with AfD (and its predecessors). Not only were the editors opining overwhelmingly on the "Keep" side, but the Keep side gave actual policy arguments, while the few "Delete" votes amounted to absolutely nothing other than WP:IDONTLIKEIT. It seems apparent that, for whatever reason, you don't like the topic, and hence decided to ignore process and consensus. Obviously, this needs to go to deletion review... but I, frankly, feel it rises close to user RfC level, or ANI. LotLE×talk 03:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi. First, let me assure you that implying my actions were made out of "bad faith" is not in any way accurate. I've closed thousands of AfDs, of which very few have been overturned. That said, I admit that the discussion was borderline, but I felt that given the circumstances, deletion would be appropriate. I have no personal interest in the topic, and I'm not sure I would have argued for deletion as a "voter". You're free to contest my decision at DRV, but to threaten RfC or ANI is not very reasonable at this point. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm. I can see why most people on WP don't want to get involved in these type of issues. Steve Dufour (talk) 03:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

While I agree strongly with your close and its reasoning, and applaud it, I think one portion of your comments was not phrased as well as it might have been. Where you said, "there are sometimes topics which are simply not suitable to be included within Wikipedia," I wish you had said something like "there are sometimes articles addressing notable topics which are simply not suitable to be included within Wikipedia." The difference is small but important; I think an article addressing the same topic which was framed as an essay raher than a list, and was based entirely on secondary sources discussing the films involved in a broader context, would not have been particularly controversial. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 04:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Good point,  Done. Thank you for pointing that out. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Child marriage in Judaism

You've archived this, though I hadn't replied. Here is the last thing you wrote:

“ Actually, I'd say that it's pretty clear there was a general consensus to merge. Again, though, merging is up to the editorial community, and the merge tag is not indicative of any sort of official status ” — Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:18, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

And here is my new reply to it:

But consensus isn't the same as a wafer thin majority. A clear consensus is when there is a clear consensus. There wasn't. You yourself admit that its touch and go about whether its keep or merge. That's the very definition of no consensus. Consensus is not 50% + 1. Newman Luke (talk) 05:10, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I have a bot that automatically archives discussions a few days old. Anyway, I can only tell you that I saw a strong enough consensus to merge to justify specifying so in my closing statement. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:12, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Where? From reading the last part of the discussion or the first part, its clearly evenly split. Consensus isn't 50%+1. Consensus is general agreement, with maybe one or two fringe people disputing it. There was no such thing at that AfD. Newman Luke (talk) 05:16, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not evenly split at all. As the closing admin I determined that the consensus at that particular AfD was to merge, and I can't see any evidence that my decision in this case was incorrect. Consensus isn't a vote count, you're absolutely right, which is why I closed that AfD the way I did. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:17, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Vancouver

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		You have been invited to participate in Operation Schadenfreude to restore the article Vancouver back to featured article status.

- Dear FA Team member, we could use your help if you're available. Mkdw^talk 06:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for inviting me! Seems like a worthwhile effort, so I'd be happy to help, though I'm usually more efficient at copyediting than anything else. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:50, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, we'll take all the help we can get! It seems like we're slowing building a team, however, we desperately need someone with some writing flow to look at the lead section if you're up for the challenge. Mkdw^talk 18:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

No response at Kawartha Lakes Roads FLC

I asked a few questions in response to your oppose at the featured list candidacy of the numbered roads in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, was wondering if you had a response? - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 18:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

 Doing... Sorry, I forgot to add it to my watchlist. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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Global warming please

Hi there, You've protected a version of Global warming that includes a rather large recent addition on the whole email hacking incident. I usually wouldn't say anything about this, per WP:WRONG, but (1) the article has had a long-standing focus on the science, not the politics, and (2) the whole section is completely unsourced, which is unacceptable for a featured article. Especially for the second reason, would you please consider reverting to the version by Short Brigade Harvester Boris? I'd rather the protected version not be one that violates its FA status. Thank you, Awickert (talk) 05:19, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I've changed it back. Adding controversial material that has no citations to a featured article falls under WP:BRD and WP:FA? IMHO. Regards, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 05:40, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Ed, Awickert (talk) 05:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Global warming prot

Horrible. Why not just indef the guy that averages a block every 11 edits instead of allowing that crap to be in the article for a week? -Atmoz (talk) 05:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Several users were engaging in disruptive edit warring, though I try to avoid blocks at all costs. Protection seemed like a more appropriate solution. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:FOUR

We attempt to keep the queue short by asking each nominator to review another nomination. Review when if you have time.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:30, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I'll try to do one in a bit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The Whisperer In Darkness (2010)

Julian, The page for the forthcoming feature film The Whisperer in Darkness was deleted, apparently due to there be no evidence of it having been shot. Principal photography on the film commenced on 17 September 2009. The film is currently in post production and is estimated for completion in late spring 2010. Best regards, Sean208.179.124.201 (talk) 07:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but it looks like the The Whisperer in Darkness page is still around. Could you provide a direct link to the article that was deleted? Thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:05, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I think he's talking about The Whisperer in Darkness (film). Tim Song (talk) 14:35, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Spencer Fluid Power

Good morning, I am the creator of the Spencer Fluid Power page, which was deleted because "possibly advertising." Spencer is a well-known (www.spencerfluidpower.com) distributor of hydraulic components and systems. The information that was added was factual. I would appreciate it if you would reverse the deletion. If there is specific wording that you object to, we can certainly modify it. Thanks for your time and have a great day, Epic2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmarques5150 (talk • contribs) 13:32, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi. The article was deleted in accordance with the proposed deletion policy, which allows for a page to be summarily removed if there are no objections after one week. Looking briefly at the former page, it doesn't seem terribly "spammy" to me, but I think notability might be an issue. Nonetheless, I can restore it if you believe you can address the concerns raised. One more thing, if you're affiliated with the business in question, it's probably a good idea not to write content about it as per COI guidelines. Best, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Portal:Christmas

There are a few more peer reviews of the above portal now. One thing which might be useful, maybe, would be to check Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force and see if it lists any FAs or GAs which aren't already included in the portal. Anyway, good luck with the portal, and, as a party somewhat involved in some of the related subject, if you would want any help with it before FPC let me know. John Carter (talk) 13:45, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Not sure, re Braich

At first, I couldn't decide whether to tag it or just nominate it for deletion. It's not an attack, but there are plenty of contentious elements and none of it seems to serve any purpose. Thanks for clarifying a grey area.WQUlrich (talk) 20:32, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Took a closer look at article, made more constructive contribution. Thanks again!WQUlrich (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Global Warming Page Protected?

At what point will you be updating this page to include new found and substantiated data that the ACRU has manipulated data to support their erroneous conclusions. Much of their data is represented on the GW page. At a minimum, caveats should be placed on all data for the GW article that it is in question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dalel2000 (talk • contribs) 04:54, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

It's generally not considered appropriate to make major edits through full-protection, as it gives admins an unfair advantage should a dispute arise. Once the protection expires in a few days, or another admin sees it fit to unlock it, any necessary updates may be made. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:10, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

AfD stuff

Your conclusion about that AfD is bs. 5 delete for 18 keep isn't a consensus for deletion, and if "mainstream" is that subjective then prepare yourself for a dozen other deletions. The truth is that one user had his sensibilities hurt by the article so he butchered it, removing large chunks both sourced and unsourced, then asked for deletion on the dubious pretext that, let me quote, "it would be a crime to hire people to have sex." The whole ordeal smells of bigotry. Marcus1979 (talk) 00:11, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_November_30#List_of_mainstream_films_with_unsimulated_sex_.28closed.29. Also please be civil, thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Why are you attacking me, insinuating I am not civil? - And yes, I have found this deletion review and I wonder how you can still be an administrator after such a display of partiality. Please keep a cool head when you're participating to AfD discussions. Marcus1979 (talk) 09:55, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Referring to my actions as "bullshit" is certain uncivil. Please assume good faith. Further, what "partiality" do you speak of? I'm not sure how I can have a bias against all sex-related subjects, but as I've explained several times already, I only close AfDs in which I feel I have an adequately neutral stance. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

From which country do you hail?

Thank you for signing up to the Bacon Challenge 2010 - now the Bacon WikiCup. Which country are you to be identified as?--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 03:47, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Given this I am guessing you are from Ireland. Let me know if this is wrong. Thanks.--Sky Attacker the legend reborn... 05:10, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm from the US in actuality, but I like Ireland. :) Either one is fine by me. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Nevada portal FPOC

Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Nevada - Any progress on this? Cirt (talk) 16:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

On it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:07, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

On the portal theme, I enjoyed reading the Nevada Portal and stole some of the code for Portal:University of Oxford. If you got a chance, would you mind chipping in at its Portal peer review? Until a couple of days ago, I had never explored the portal world (nor Wikinews) so some guidance would be much appreciated. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 08:54, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Heh, glad I could help. :) I'll take a look today and see if I can find anything to complain about. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:07, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

No worries. :) Cirt (talk) 08:02, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Coaching

Hi Julian. My next set of answers are up if you haven't seen. If you have, feel free to take your time. Olaf Davis (talk) 20:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

 Doing... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Are you related to Ched Olaf? --Malleus Fatuorum 02:22, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure. Olaf Davis (talk) 09:29, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

A perhaps more useful answer: not to the best of my knowledge. The Davis side of my family are all English as far back as I know (which admittedly isn't further than a few generations). Also Julian: I've replied to your question on that page. Olaf Davis (talk) 09:54, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Answered again. Olaf Davis (talk) 11:51, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Child marriage in Judaism

I'm not sure what's up with that bot, but every time I come to your talk page, your response to my latest response is archived.

But in response,

You yourself wrote on the AfD itself that:

“ the difference between "merge" and "keep" at AfD is marginal....more conclusive discussion should be conducted ” — Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Child marriage in Judaism

So how can you now claim that there was any consensus, when your statement (quoted above) clearly says that there wasn't.

Newman Luke (talk) 07:45, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

With all due respect, could you please either let this go or take it to DRV? I've explained my rationale multiple times and I've got nothing further to add. Sorry, but this is bordering on harassment. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

im trying to teach —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.123.177.148 (talk) 17:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Amusing deletion log

01:23 Juliancolton (talk | contribs) deleted "Gender equality and climate change"

I had no idea the admin tools were so powerful and world effecting! (Sorry, couldn't resist the joke as it went by on my watchlist.) Always nice to get a smile every now and again though! Happy editing, sorry if I distract you from something with the "new messages" bar. --Taelus (talk) 01:34, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Heh, well, bet you didn't know about that either! ;) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:57, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 5, 2009

Blade Runner needs to be italicized. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:58, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:59, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Coaching Phantomsteve

I have replied to the PRODs and IAR deletions questions. I would be grateful if you could have a look at them (I have asked a couple of questions there too!). Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 12:20, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

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Bacon materializer

Unable to resist bacon's temptations, rogue editors have kicked off the Bacon Challenge 2010 before the New Year even starts! This is a fun and collegial event and all are welcome. There are many non-pork articles for editors who enjoy some sizzle, but object to or don't like messing with pig products. This year's event includes a Bacon WikiCup 2010 for those who may want to keep score and enjoy engaging in friendly competition. Given the critical importance of this subject matter, I know you will want to participate, so remember to sign up today and get started A.S.A.P. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:28, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

No swine flu I trust? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:23, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Impressive

I see the first snow treated you well. Nicely done. :) upstateNYer 20:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Aye, it was quite a doozey for the first of the season. Far exceeded my expectations, so overall I'm pretty happy :) Sadly it's mostly melted now that the sun broke through the clouds. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:23, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

We still have a couple inches here now, but I'm hearing about a storm on Wed into Thurs. So that's something to look forward to. upstateNYer 20:34, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Why can't it snow here in Vegas? At least rain would be good over here :-( ZooFari 20:36, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Incidentally, there's a possibility that the midweek storm could be more icy than snowy, around the 1-year anniversary of this thing... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:39, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, you mean the anniversary of my first DYK? :) upstateNYer 22:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

deletion of oasis disc manufacturing page=

[[User:CD historian| Hello, thank you for all you do... I am so troubled that after extensively refining the page after the last discussions on the page, that you deleted it. I don't believe the discussion addresses the final changes I made. Could you please, please, please look at the following. 1) The balance of the references: Now the balance of the references has shifted dramatically: the vast majority are now non internal, as opposed to what the discussion above says. Please review this, as I spent many hours addressing this concern and putting in all of the external non oasis references requested. 2) Since the American Management Association catalog has been published, I was able to pull a copy of that and verify that the new 180+ hardcover Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Five Star Customer Service Organizations is a lead title in their catalog, featuring as the main case studies only The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company and Oasis Disc Manufacturing, thus showing the notability beyond doubt, I would say, of this company. Neither of these points is addressed in the discussion. Please review as well as the general reworking; I think this is a strong, verified, well referenced article on a notable subject now. THANKS! [[User:CD historian|Cd historian (talk) 01:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for all your efforts. Unfortunately it seems that consensus among the participants at AfD was that the page failed to meet to notability requirements. Since deletion debates are run by community consensus, deletion was really the only option in this case. Feel free to let me know if you have any more questions. Best, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 12:32, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Herne Bay Museum and Gallery

Hi Juliancolton. Please could you kindly explain to me why Herne Bay Museum and Gallery was not selected for DYK? It's listed under December 3, as that is when it was created, but there is no comment attached to it. Thank you.--Storye book (talk) 11:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and approved it. Sorry for the wait; there's quite a backlog over there. It should be on the main page within the week! Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 12:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much indeed, Juliancolton. Your help is much appreciated.--Storye book (talk) 17:14, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Tokyo Baptist Church deletion

Hello Juliancolton,

I was wondering if you could please undelete the article on Tokyo Baptist Church. I am not very familiar with Wikiepedia's policies, but if there is anything I can do to contribute to fulfill the notability guidelines, please let me know.

Thank you,

Jesario (talk) 13:22, 7 December 2009 (UTC) Jesario http://www.tokyobaptist.org

Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion: Janette Smith

Dear Juliancolton,

I believe there are some oversights on both sides that may have contributed to your actions. However, I'd like to walk through them for your consideration.

Firstly, there were two other contributors whose recommendations were "Do Not Delete."

Comment. I'm hard pressed to understand how something with several assertions of notability (remember, that's all an article has to do to avoid speedy deleting) is "close to A7". That said, I very vaguely remember trying to spiff this one up last summer and welcoming a new user and guiding her on the COI guidelines. The references are thin, but they are there. She has appeared on national television (US) programming and several high profile local programming as well. I'm not around anymore, and frankly forgot about this article, but at the time I felt it worth inclusion and spent a brief amount of time on it. Reading it again, it does need more cleanup, and removal of some spammy language. Not delete though. Overall, a Weak keep. Keeper | 76 17:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, Janette, I think you should have every chance to prove "notability" by Wikipedia standards. So I went to your article and inserted a few references, and I deleted the complaint about the article not having any references. For more information see Wikipedia:Notability (people). Summary in a nutshell: "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." --MelanieN (talk) 16:09, 16 November 2009 (UTC)MelanieNSummary in a nutshell: "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." --MelanieN (talk) 16:09, 16 November 2009

Does not Hosting 7 years on one of the former top Home Improvement shows on the DIY NETWORK w Specials on HGTV, a 17 year journalism career on notable stations -serving 5 of those years at 2 top ten stations. along with articles written by the following publications not meet that notability criteria?

The Huntsville Times, The Atlanta Daily World, The Atlanta Journal The Cincinnati Post, The Dallas Times, Eclipse Magazine, Baseline Magazine.

For 7 years I was the Dir. of Media/ Exec. Producer for one of the most highly notable Mega Churches in the country Producing a program that is broadcast into nearly 1 billion homes worldwide but Creflo Dollar and Creflo Dollar Ministries is not 'Notable' He was notable enough to be on Larry King Live 2 times over the last year and a half. He was on President Bush's Faith-based initiative board to which I served as well. I couldn't mention it because there was no article mentioning me in that regard. He was the subject of a Time Magazine cover story and had half page articles written on him by both the New York Times and New York Post. I won't regurgitate my full rebuttals here, but it was evident some of your wiki helpers didn't even check your own source for verification on Dr. Dollar or his 'notability'.

I also presented conflicting numbers for 'hits' your 'wiki' commentators reported.

Lastly, the only fault I find is that I was not aware that you should not have someone from your staff or yourself recommend your page.

I also was working to add the appropriate reference materials and dates when with guidance from Wiki helpers when the page is promptly deleted. There are some newpaper articles (from 1999 - 2005) that are no longer available online, however I managed to get the cache' version links to prove they exist. Otherwise any one could lie and say they were written about. Though online access to the original printing/posting is inaccessible - the works and contributions should remain.

Thank you for sharing some of your gift of time to fully read my review request. Respectfully,

Janette Smith

16:27, 7 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnette66 (talk • contribs)

Change username

Julian--This is to confirm that I want to change my username from 1Steelhead2 to Paul H. Ford Jr.--1Steelhead2 (talk) 18:48, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Alright then; thank you for the quick response. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:56, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Change of username

Julian--Why am I unable to change my username from 1Steelhead2 to Paul H. Ford Jr.?--1Steelhead2 (talk) 21:13, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Change of username

Julian--Why am I unable to change my username from 1Steelhead2 to Paul H. Ford Jr.?--1Steelhead2 (talk) 21:16, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

You should be able to. It just takes a bit of time for a bureaucrat to respond to the request. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:37, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

68.202.34.226

68.202.34.226 has been massively vandalising articles. I am trying to revert all of the damage caused. --12george1 (talk) 21:48, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

AIV is that way. Kate (talk) 23:10, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Licorice Roots

With this edit, [1], you created a circular redirect. Could you please fix this? Thank you, Aspects (talk) 23:24, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

This cropped up in my watchlist and I believed what was required was changing the redirect to point to Raymond Listen; I did that. Pardon me for stepping in uninvited; if I've mistaken what was wanted, please let me know and tell me what you would like to see happen. Accounting4Taste:talk 23:32, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah, yes, that's what I was trying to do. Must have copypasted the wrong title. Thanks for fixing that. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:52, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Prod of Cities (game)

I saw this prod and realised I knew the game, so I knew it wasn't really WP:MADEUP. A prod wasn't appropriate as it had been deprodded already by the article creator in mid November, but I see no need to be bureaucratic about it. It already existed as Geography (game). I've turned that into a redirect to Word chain, which I created out of a redirect. Fences&Windows 01:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Alright, that's fair enough. Thanks for taking care of it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

For something different

Is this Wikipedia? - Is this an answer? I guess you'll have to have a look at the page to find out! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 01:54, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

A refreshingly in-depth answer as well. :) I'll take a stab at reading through that in a bit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI

Here. You should be entitled as a courtesy to be informed when anyone is talking about you, just as if it were WP:ANI. Rodhullandemu (talk) 02:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Dreamcast at Valued Pictures

The picture of the Dreamcast is currently a Valued Picture nominee so can you please review it as a favor? Please respond ASAP Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 03:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Another HV portal selected pic?

Julian,

Haven't uploaded one like this in a while. Whaddaya think?

Love your seasonal userpage. Daniel Case (talk) 03:31, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Nice composition, added to the rotation. Eventually I'll have to add alt text to the selected pictures as well. And thanks! That storm gave me quite a few opportunities to get some nice wintertime shots. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:52, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Apply for editing restriction

Hi! I have corrected a highly politicized article that is constantly being vandalized and I want it to be put under editing restrictions. How can this be done? It is the article 'Persian people' which political activists want to rename ‘Persian speakers’ in order dilute and water down the distinction of one of the oldest and largest ethnic groups in the Middle East. Article consorting ethnic groups are highly sensitive and most if not all Need editing restrictions and fact checking.

Best regards Danz23 (talk) 12:25, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Why am i suddenly banned from your irc channel?

I can't believe i am having to take this here but I got booted from your IRC channel and banned by Prodego sometime in the last hour. You yourself liked my Miss_Claus nick so this makes no sense to me. delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 18:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

It was a mistake and the ban is lifted now. Sorry for the troubles (note: it didn't have anything to do with me; I'm just replying to let you know the ban is lifted.) -- 3 ¢ soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 18:18, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Well thanks for clarifying that. Both some personal issues with my internet connexion and the freenode issues right now has me unable to access my own channel even so IRC is just too much a futility right now. It will probably take my browser 2 minutes to reload this page once i hit save :P delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 18:27, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

It's NOTallowing me to join. Maybe that is the freenode issues. I tried via the embedded chat on my website and it says i am banned. delirious & lost ☯ ^~hugs~ 18:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Freenode had some serious splits earlier when "a hidden European proxy" failed and they had to route around it causing (they predicted) even more trouble than the original outage. Should be all back to normal now though. Rich Farmbrough, 22:07, 8 December 2009 (UTC).

abdulfez

Can you tell me why the page: "abdulfez" has been deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdulfez (talk • contribs) 20:50, 8 December 2009 (UTC) Abdulfez (talk) 20:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

The discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdulfez, which is linked to from the deletion summary. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:09, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nikolay_P._Serdev

Can I ask you to reassess the close for this AfD, while IP69.226.103.13 does make useful points, he also assumes that the journal cited is peer reviewed, which my research indicates is unlikely, to say the least (well not by the type of peers IP69.226.103.13 has in mind). Furthermore the other keep type comments

• http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Special:Contributions/Needleye Sock
• http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Special:Contributions/Creative69 Sock
• http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Special:Contributions/Malarman Sock
• http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Special:Contributions/Tatsel1 likely sock master, author of the article, and probably the subject of it too.

All the best,

Rich Farmbrough, 21:53, 8 December 2009 (UTC).

Hey. Yeah, I ignored those socks' votes for the most part, since they were pretty obviously suspicious. I read through the discussion again and determined that even had I not given IP69's comments as much weight, I would have likely came up with the same outcome. I'm open to being persuaded, though. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

unblock

Hi Julian, as you are active could you unblock my amigo hell in a bucket I think it is just expiring. Off2riorob (talk) 22:50, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, probably best to let the block run its full course. Will keep an eye on it, though, as always. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

Hello, Juliancolton! This is just a note thanking you for participating in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with a total of 93 support !votes, 1 oppose and 3 editors remaining neutral. While frankly overwhelmed by the level of support, I humbly thank the community for the trust it has placed in me, and vow to use the tools judiciously and without malice. KV5 (Talk • Phils)

Thanks for the message. Since you seem to be around, I have a quick question. If I want to make sure I understand the tools properly, am I allowed to experiment on my doppelganger account (User:KV5)? Thanks. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 03:23, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yep, certainly. In fact, there are a set of designated pages and accounts used for testing at WP:NAS. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:24, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

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abdulfez

Dear Julian,

I have read it and it says that the article is a hoax, but I can assure it is not. I can only assume that some kind of hoax is being perpetrated by this action. All sources in the article can be verified.Abdulfez (talk) 18:23, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps not, but even so, most editors agreed that the content was unverifiable, and thus it's still unsuitable for inclusion. Are you able to uncover any secondary sources that cover the topic? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Current Affairs (Event Planning and Production Company)

Thank you! OnlineBecker (talk) 03:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Current Affairs (Event Planning and Production Company)

Hi there,

In September, the article that was created for Current Affairs (Event Planning and Production Company) was deleted due to "lack of notability". Therefore, would it be possible to go over with you on the areas of the article that needs re-working in hopes of getting the article up on Wikipedia again. Please let me know your thoughts.

Aloha OnlineBecker (talk) 23:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and restored it for now to allow for the article to be brought up to standard. Let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:11, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Aloha Julian,

I've updated the page and added additional resources. Could you review the page when you have the chance and please let me know if I need to make any additional changes, etc. Thanks!OnlineBecker (talk) 01:45, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

G'day JC

and hope you're good :-) - having been bandying your name around the wiki and mailing lists a bit for the last little while, me popping in here is probably overdue! - I thought I'd swing by just to mention a few things, and see if you were up for any more of a chat...

First I wanted to say that I don't feel you've done anything particularly wrong, nor particularly outrageous, but the issues that your (very minor) edit to a sexually explicit image raise are, to me, worth discussing - in fact, I feel that it's important to try and get some positive discussion and ultimately change in this area - I hope you don't feel that I've been aggressive, or mean, or in any way personal in my mentions of you - I don't think we've interacted much, but you surely seem the very model of a wikipedian :-)

Second, I noticed your reply at jimbo's talk page, and, as I noted there, it interested me that you highlighted the fact that you didn't actually view the image in question, and you don't intend to. I wondered if this was because you might agree with me that it would be inappropriate for you to do so? - that's sort of the implication that I got, but I thought it was worth clarifying :-)

Finally, I've discussed in the past with a number of wiki users the idea of a 'parents and partners' podcast at some point - this issue being only one of those that may be of interest in such a discussion. Would you and a parent (or partner!) be interested in something like this in the future? I've found that voice chats have a greater chance of making useful progress than the reams of circular text that can sometimes accompany on-wiki textual chat :-) cheers, and a merry chrimbo anywhoo..... Privatemusings (talk) 00:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey PM. Don't worry, no hard feelings—I certainly understand and sympathize with your concern, and I agree that it's one worth exploring. With regard to that image, I simply didn't click on it because I didn't have to. In my work as a Commons admin, I'm sure I've dealt with similarly explicit content before, so it wouldn't have been a particularly big deal for me to view it while vandal-fighting. But given their nature, I try to avoid such illustrations whenever reasonably possible. So yes, I think your assessment of my response at Jimbo's talk page is more-or-less accurate. I think that during the upcoming break I'd be able to get one of my folks to discuss the issue, as I was already planning for another, somewhat-similar reason. Hope this helps clarify a few things at least. :) Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:40, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

thanks for the reply, JC :-) - "I was already planning for another, somewhat-similar reason" - sounds very interesting! - My availability is somewhat limited due to beach and sun over the christmas / new year period, but I'll keep an eye, and hope to be involved :-) - there's an off chance that I'll be able to pop in on sunday (although it looks pretty busy - are you confident and up to speed with the recording stuff? let me know if you need a hand or anything) - hope you're good, and glad we're not off on the wrong foot :-) Privatemusings (talk) 07:21, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Suck my...no, Roy Gutman

Hey Julian, are you still on call? I have a problem on Roy Gutman--a quick glance at the edit history should make it sufficiently clear that we are dealing with an SPA sock, now that the prime "gutter" of the article has received a 3RR warning (after 4 reversals, mind you). I'd love to file a 3RR thingy and all, but I haven't done that in a while--and it's really past my bedtime. Would you do me a favor and look into it, or delegate it? Maybe after performing a speedy close on SpacemanSpiff or Ucucha's RfAs and letting them do the work? Seriously, I gotta go, but this seemed urgent to me. Thanks in advance, and happy editing, Drmies (talk) 06:14, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Meh, this is a bit of a tricky situation. It's been like 12 hours since the last revert, so I can't really issue any blocks or page protections. I think it's probably best for me to watchlist it and take any action once another revert is preformed. Is that reasonable? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:24, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Meh indeed. The sources aren't impressive, that's a fact. I have no doubt that there's a sock in that drawer, and the edits should probably have been discussed a bit more, and 3RR was broken--but I am not about to break a lance for a self-published semi-conspiracy theorist. So I'm not even going to revert the last revert until more, better coverage becomes available. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 15:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Copy edit

can you copy edit Family Guy.--Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 22:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to take a look if I find spare time. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Request

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 11, 2009, "Spyro: Year of the Dragon" needs to be italicized. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Done, thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:11, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, and have a good holiday. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, one more thing: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Charlotte Bobcats all-time roster needs to be moved to Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Charlotte Bobcats all-time roster/archive1 (delete the redirect as usual). Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 02:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Done as well. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Editor Review

Well I repied if you want to read it. Thanks for the bluntness. I do have several major flaws that I need to really work on. Thanks for the coments though.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 23:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks, but now is not a good time for me to be thinking about running an RfA. Mainly because I'm too busy to be able to commit any more time to Wikipedia than I do right now. It's possible I'll have a lot of free time over the Christmas break if the internship I'm looking at doesn't materialize, but that would only be a month, and I think I should wait at least a few months so I can get some experience working in areas of the wiki where I haven't spent much time so far. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 02:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, that's fair. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

abdulfez

Dear Julian,

I would like to reinstate the abdulfez page. Which procedure to I have to follow to start the process rolling? Abdulfez (talk) 20:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Andre Ramsey

Hi, could you restore Andre Ramsey? He has been promoted to the Buffalo Bills' active roster and should meet WP:ATH. Eagles 24/7 (C) 20:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Already reinstated. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry didn't see that. Thanks, Eagles 24/7 (C) 23:32, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

for looking out for me. I dont really know why you do this but it has helped a lot.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, I like to try to nudge folks in the right direction sometimes if it helps them to stay around as a productive contributor. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:42, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Well I just wanted to let you know that Im very thankful for you constantly directing me in the right direction. I hope it pays off. Anyway, back to Huggleing.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:45, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

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abdulfez

Yes we can verify everything as I have stated....which pretty much means the wiki editors never checked anything. From what I am learning, pushing a delete button is easy; checking the truth takes more time, effort and skill.

A simple search on imdb.com website under actor "Cliff Taylor" would have saved trouble and a guessing game. How hypocritical to question truth without any verification or investigation.

If you wish I will run through a point by point analysis of the material in the article if that is what it takes with you or any so called editor. I do wonder what qualifications are used to come to that conclusion since anyone can call themselves an "editor"Abdulfez (talk) 21:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Decisions to delete are effectively made by the community of editor who happen to participate in AFD, and an admin then implements the decision based on consensus. Sometimes the community doesn't get it right, but AFD discussions last a week to allow for debate. In this case, after a full period of conversation, consensus to delete was almost unanimous. If you believe the decision to delete was inaccurate, feel free to initiate a thread at WP:Deletion Review. imdb.com is explicitly not considered a reliable source, so if you feel it should be restored, you'll have to try to uncover some more credible references and list them at DRV. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:33, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Did you mean threat or thread, Julian? Olaf Davis (talk) 19:01, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Good catch! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:20, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Coaching again?

Hey Julian. I tried out your initial advice of waiting until toward the end of the year to run for RfA, although it ended badly (roughly 37% support). I agreed with the users in the oppose and neutral sections that I needed more experience, and I withdrew the candidacy. I was hoping we could work on the issues people opposed over? Cheers, Dylan620 (contribs, logs, review) 18:08, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that. Sorry it turned out that way, but at least you got some good criticism. It looks like most of the opposition stemmed from concerns regarding your maturity, which can't really be addressed through admin coaching. At the moment I think your best bet would be to become a little more wiki- independent and work on "growing up" go alleviate the issues discussed at RfA. Just my opinion, but we can start again if you'd like. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:24, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

If I may, ever so boldly weigh in, Dylan - admin coaching won't help you at this time. IIRC, you know (afaik) sufficient policy - maturity was the area people opposed over, myself included. I had similar opposition in my first RfA and took it to light by reading over the opposes first of all. Soon after, I started saying to myself, "Hmm, is what I'm saying here meaningful? Is it mature?" and by ways of that grew up. You're a great guy - don't take a failed RfA so harshly, think of it as a learning experience. :) ceranthor 06:08, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Ceranthor. I'll try offer useful advice later if I find an opportunity. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 20:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Page Restoration

Hi,

The page titled Ankur Sharma is a genuine biography. We have given new references to validate the content of the page. Please go through the references to be assured about the genuineness of the content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kartik211 (talk • contribs) 11:52, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I'm willing to help, but your use of "we" is a bit concerning. Are you aware that accounts are not to be used by organizations or groups? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Austria – New Zealand relations

Do you mind providing me with the most recent version of Austria – New Zealand relations at User:Cdogsimmons/Austria – New Zealand relations. You closed the delete discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Austria – New Zealand relations as a delete but I'd like to continue to improve it. Thanks.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 19:04, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Finland–Moldova relations

Do you mind providing me with the most recent version of Finland–Moldova relations at User:Cdogsimmons/Finland–Moldova relations. You closed the delete discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finland–Moldova relations as a delete but I'd like to continue to improve it. Thanks.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 19:11, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Yep,  Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Yo ho ho

File:Father Winter Solstice.jpg

ϢereSpielChequers is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

Thank you, same to you! Fingers crossed for a new camera... :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:24, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Hurricane Andres (2009)

Can you copyedit this article please? I'm planning to put it up at FAC soon for the 2009 PHS topic. Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:08, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

k –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for December 2003 New England snowstorm

On December 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article December 2003 New England snowstorm, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 19:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Just what you've been hoping for this Christmas...

...it's a bunch more coaching material to look over! Olaf Davis (talk) 19:56, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Ho ho ho! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

2010 Dramaout?

(See WT:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout#2010 Dramaout?) --___A. di M. 12:33, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Another HV image?

Julian,

I like this one of Lower Warren Street in Hudson the more I think about it. Daniel Case (talk) 04:14, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Looks good, I'll add it later. Nice work as always. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:44, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

And another ...

Now that I've finished putting the article together, take a look at the Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack. (I'm thinking of nominating this for QI on Commmons ... unlike the picture of the Brewster church, it's not as saturated). Daniel Case (talk) 05:43, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

trovit page

Hi Julian,

Don't know if this is appropriate procedure... In any case, the Trovit article was proposed for deletion and eventually (after 7 days) deleted. Are there any edits that could be done in order to reinstate the article?

Thank you!

Dreamsandbones (talk) 11:07, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Julian! Any ideas on what to change in order to prevent this from happening again in the future?

Dreamsandbones (talk) 15:02, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Admin coaching.........

Would you mind coaching me for adminship ? Not that I intend to try it too soon, but just that I need some sort of motivation to stay in on this project, and to learn something productive in the process... Rkr1991 ^{(Wanna chat?)} 12:20, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. Unfortunately, I'll probably be spending a bit less time on wiki over the next few weeks (holidays, etc.) so it might be a good idea to approach another admin who will be more active in the short time. Good luck, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:07, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

You have any suggestions in particular ? Rkr1991 ^{(Wanna chat?)} 15:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of YouTube celebrities (4th nomination)

Hello :) I see that you are a regular closing admin at WP:AFD and was wondering if this AFD discussion meets WP:SNOW? Thank you, WossOccurring (talk) 16:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Given the previous series of keeps and the fact that the newest AFD has been open for less than 24 hours, I doubt that SNOWing it is a good idea.... Tim Song (talk) 16:53, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Agree with Tim. An article that survived three AFDs should not be SNOW deleted since there is a strong indication that community consensus is not likely completely in favor of deletion. And I'd say especially not an AFD where all "arguments" are "per WP:LISTCRUFT", i.e. essay-based. A SNOW delete at AFD should only be done if policy based reasons exist that are clearly in favor of deletion. Regards SoWhy 16:57, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree as well with Tim and SoWhy per WP:IDONTLIKEIT, i.e. WP:ITSCRUFT. We delete for serious policy based reasons (article is a hoax, article is libelous, article is a copyright violation) and not "I don't like cruft". Moreover, it is a discussion and note a vote and we currently have nine calls to delete following the nomination versus eight calls to keep. Most of the deletes are repetitive WP:ITSCRUFT style of arguments to avoid in deletion discussion and are therefore not as compelling as the more policy based reasons for keeping. What you see there as well is how a discussion can start with a flurry of "votes" in what direction, but can rapidly change course when additional arguments are made. Best, --A Nobody^{My talk} 22:34, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

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Winter storm current

Did you have any plans for {{Winter storm current}}, or should it be deleted? Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Probably useless at the moment. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I merged it. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 03:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Who decided to use the white color for texts??? It is simple unreadable!!! I had to highlight the message to read it. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 14:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Might be a leakout from the above holiday greetings on my talk page. :) --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 14:15, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Roadgeek

I've removed the "Notable Roadgeeks" section again. The people listed are not notable by Wikipedia's standards, and thus that information is not encyclopedic. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:44, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, I disagree, but really don't care enough to force the issue. Petty nonsense like this isn't worth my time, I am surprised it was worth yours. N9jig (talk) 01:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

The people mentioned, most of who I know in real life, are not notable. If you have noticed, the article's been up for AFD five times already. Also, if you're going to say its petty nonsense, you should note that JC's written 3 FAs for the project and is a respected member.Mitch32^{(A fortune in fabulous articles can be yours!)} 01:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

While some may not be notable, wouldn't replacing the ones that aren't with ones that are be more constructive than just deleting the entire section? Also, no disrespect is (or was) intended, but what is an "FA"? I presume JC is Juliancolton. N9jig (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC).

"FA" means Featured Article (i.e. considered to be the best articles in Wikipedia, as determined by Wikipedia's editors). I know nothing of Roadgeek, but saying that the non-notable ones should be replaced with notable ones is easier said than done. If you have any suggestions of people that would meet Wikipedia's definition of notable (specifically with regard to notability for people), discuss them on the article's talk page and get a concensus to include them. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 02:22, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Ulster County

Hmm. Writing an expanded geography section wouldn't be a problem. History ... OK, but I'd like to get some sources down first. Let me know when you want to do this. Daniel Case (talk) 05:40, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm in no rush, just any time in the next six months or so. This looks like a pretty good source for history, but it requires a lot of reading. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Shaun Rogerson

Dear Juliancolton i have recreated the Shaun Rogerson page and have correctly referenced it using newspaper websites and not fan websites but it is still in the deletion log can you help me i am not sure what i need to do to make the article better. sfxprefects (talk) 13:57, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi, sorry, I'm not sure I follow. If you've recreated it, there shouldn't be a problem with deletion logs. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:03, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Call for talk page stalkers

See Wikipedia:Flagged revisions petition please. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:01, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Is Wikipedia failing?

Yes and no... for more details, see my coaching page! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:27, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Panoramas

Duh, I also have these below. Not sure if you're looking for the Hudson in every photo, but some of them do, so feel free to make use of them. upstateNYer 22:29, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Just created this category, which should help you, too. upstateNYer 23:02, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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  Troy from Congress Street Bridge
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Awesome, thanks. I like the EMPAC one. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Issue with Christmas 1994 nor'easter

Well done on getting this on our Christmas Day main page. However, I raised a serious issue on the article's Talk page a week-and-a-half ago that has yet to be addressed or even acknowledged. Please take care of this in the next 24 hours. Best regards, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 08:57, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:42, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

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abdulfez

Hello

I was trying to find an answer to my question about having the abdulfez entry put back up on Wikipedia again.

As I said, it was not a "HOAX" as described by the editors that deleted it and I have no idea why it was deleted as no email or any notice was sent to us of any kind.

A simple check on GOOGLE or the imdb.com data base would reveal that abdulfez aka actor Cliff Taylor exists.Abdulfez (talk) 00:20, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

abdulfez

imdb is not a reliable source?? imdb just happens to be one of the largest repositories for information in show business. I will forward your comments to them.

Since the information on abdulfez is mostly relating to his resume (and I will tell you again that every word of it is fact) what does an artist have to do--provide written affidavits from every employer he has ever worked for? That would be next to impossible. So where are those verifing sources to come from? The media? Do you want TV guide or Radio Times?

The abdulfez page mentions that he is an actor on MTV-Europe, a voice actor on the hit comedy show Spitting Image in the UK. That could be checked if your editors did a proper job? Television productions logs? Those are not an actors property.

The "unanimous decision" by your editors does not count when based on heresy; a Wiki policy that is silly and simply unworkable. You do more harm than good without helping your credibility in the community.

I will challange this and make a complaint to Jimmy Wales whom I have spoken to in the past about doing a concert to help RAISE money for Wikipedia since abdulfez has worked with Bob Geldof and Max Headroom in the past for Fashion Aid and Sports Aid...but I would not expect you would believe that without an affidavit either.

All I see here is blatant incompetence.

PS/

imdb checks sources and are usually very accurate....of course that is not a perfect universe is it.abdulfez 01:01, 20 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdulfez (talk • contribs)

If you're just going to attack me I see no reason to respond. Have a good day. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:40, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

abdulfez

Julian,

Running away is always the easy option.

I have raised valid points about my case and unless you are running some kind of Communist dictatorship--I have every right to raise my voice over gross negligance by your editors. abdulfez 14:45, 20 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdulfez (talk • contribs)

Are you just going to harass me, or take my advice and bring it to WP:DRV? If the former, please don't continue posting at my talk page. Thank you. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:51, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I am going to pipe up here!

IMDB isn't counted as a reliable source as anyone can add information to it (although, to be fair, the staff at IMDB do try to confirm the information - however one of the main sources which they use are actors' agents, etc - who are not independent of the subject: we wouldn't accept the agents as independent sources as per our guidelines, because of the vested interest they have in the actor: they are not an independent source of information. As we wouldn't accept the agents as independent, we can't accept IMDB - who often reproduce what the agent gives them - as independent).

Google isn't counted as reliable in itself - although obviously some of the links it gives would be reliable, many are not. We don't judge notability by Google hits.

You asked earlier what sources we would accept as reliable? Your suggestion of the media is spot on! I would suggest reading Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Independent sources, which give guidelines on this. My advice is to find national/international media (newspapers, magazines, TV news for example) which have given significant coverage of the subject - in other words, not just a few seconds mention on a news item, or a sentence or two in a newspaper article. What you need to do is to find an news item which is mainly about the subject, or a newspaper article which is mainly about the subject.

Although Google Web Search isn't particularly useful, other Google searches are:Google Scholar (which shows which scholarly works mention the subject), Google Books and Google News. Here are the results I came across:

Google Scholar - 3 hits, none about this subject

Google Books - 12 hits, 3 about this subject: but all of them (Maxes: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases; Cliffs: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases‎; Launches: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases‎) just reprint Wikipedia articles

Google News - 5 hits, none of them about this subject.

If I had come across the AfD for this article - which did not have reliable, independent sources of information - I would have suggestion deletion, as there is no indication of notability in the sources which I could find.

You have a right to appeal the deletion, as Juliancolton says, by going to WP:DRV.

One final comment: you say that the notability guideline is a Wiki policy that is silly and simply unworkable: if by that you mean that it is a policy that doesn't let me do what I want, so I don't like it then you are entitled to that opinion - but the policy seems to generally work for articles. Find us some independent, reliable third-party sources of information (not IMDB for the reasons given above) and then we can go ahead with this discussion. Until you do that, there is nothing else to be said. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:14, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

You have mail!

You have mail! (i.e., Check your e-mail …) Thanks! — SpikeToronto 01:29, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll check this evening. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:58, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Cupsogue Pictures

Hi, you deleted this article about a year ago due to this AfD. The article was recently recreated and from a glance it doesn't appear to have addressed the notability problems presented in the AfD. Can you look at the deleted version and see if this new page qualifies for a G4 speedy? If not, I'll probably have to send it back to AfD. ThemFromSpace 03:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Got it, thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:59, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Article collaboration

Hey Juliancolton. :) You said on my talk page that I should ping you if I wanted to collaborate with you on writing an article... As you are not on IRC this is quite impossible, but a message on your talk page should do the trick!

I recently rewrote the article on origami. However, I feel as though it is not as up to par as what should be expected on wikipedia... I was wondering if you could help me improve the article, and perhaps even improve it to good article status. Some guidance in this process would be much appreciated!

Let me know what you think, either on here, or on IRC.

Thank you for your time!

--cremepuff222 (talk) 10:33, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I'd be more than happy to help. I'm a bit short on time through at the moment, so is it alright if I get started after next week? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:59, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, quite okay! Thanks. :) --cremepuff222 (talk) 22:13, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings

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Enjoy the season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, enjoy the cookies, I made them myself

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Happy holidays!

Thank you, that is very kind of you! (; --candle•wicke 20:39, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

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A request for a deletion

I created User:Phantomsteve/xfd relist.js, and moved it to User:Phantomsteve/xfdrelist.js - but I can't use {{db-self}} on a js page! Could you please delete the 'xfd relist.js' (i.e. the one with the space) for me? Thanks, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:11, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:25, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thank you. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:25, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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Can you move User:Cyclonebiskit/Tropical Depression Bising (2009) to Cyclone Monica please? Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:51, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Looks great, nicely done. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:55, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hey, thanks! Same to you! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:34, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

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Wow, quite pretty. :) Thanks, and happy holidays to you and yours as well. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:37, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Opinion sought

Opinion sought about User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox/Kevin Rockett. I believe even at this stage the subject meets Wikipedia:Notability (academics). I am ready to turn it loose and let others join in on the fun. What'cha think? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Seems good to me. Nice work! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:37, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Thanks for the Christmas wishes, and I wish the same to you. All the best! ~ mazca ^talk 10:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of David A. Steinberg article

Hi Julian,

I've been watching the David A. Steinberg article for a while now and usually check on it once a month for vandalism. I noticed that it has been deleted through the auto-tools for not meeting notability standards. While I would agree he is not a historical figure of significance like George Washington, he was the founder of a major online marketing company. Based on the historical vandalism for his article, he has quite a bit of notoriety good and bad for that company's rise to billion dollar internet darling and fall from grace into bankruptcy. I would like to bring this article back from the deletion log since I believe that it meets the criterion set by what wikipedia is not.

thanks, george —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amonkey71 (talk • contribs) 13:52, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Sounds fair, I've reinstated it. Could you please attempt to add references to credible sources so the article adheres better to notability policies? Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll get some references for the data in the next few days.

thanks and happy holidays, george —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amonkey71 (talk • contribs) 14:02, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks! Same to you. :-) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:36, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

best for year's end

Julian, thanks for your delightful snow-clad pic. I've just come back sunburnt from the beach, it may irritate you to know. I hope you have a good break from studies. Tony (talk) 15:31, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

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Cheers, happy holidays back at ya! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:37, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

Once again it is festive season, a time where festive decorations are displayed and gifts are swapped; but what about the true meaning of christmas? The true meaning of christmas is about the fight for freedom and how in times of hardship and misery, one person leads their people to freedom as a great warrior; for those who fight for a cause are warriors and those who fight for a worthy cause are great warriors. Such an act earns respect and honour; but most importantly, brings happiness to their people. So to achieve this as happiness lies in other people's happiness and greatness lies in how you deal with little people, we selflessly think of others in the hope that they will be happy this christmas.

Hi Juliancolton, have a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2010!
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Thanks both! :) I'll be sure not to open that until midnight, Sevenseas. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Juliancolton! Have a great day and drink lots of eggnog!

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Hey, thanks Soap! Appreciate it! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

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Volcanoes pone

I don't see no hurricanes causing mass extinctions. Just saying :D (eh, I'de say hh but too much holiday-spam on this page...) ResMar 04:04, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Guess you've not heard of Hypercanes, then. ;) Good to see you've returned to editing with enthusiasm and continued your good article creations! A happy holidays to you and your family. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:07, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Right in the article -"...that could be formed by a supervolcanic eruption." :) ResMar 15:53, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

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Nice picture, and thanks. Hope your holiday has been enjoyable so far! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:38, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind

I have nominated List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present). For a DYK.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 16:35, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

 Works for me. Merry Christmas to you! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:37, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too. (PS I did reply to your e-mail)--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 16:41, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Request for blocking

Hi, juliancolton. Where do I go to request a block because I would like to have 204.186.62.202 since the person's edits haven't been constructive. Please respond on my talkpage. Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 03:29, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

See WP:AIV. Best regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:28, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

1910 Cuba hurricane

The western Greater Antilles, maybe? I was under the impression that the name of the article had to be in bold within the first line, and when I didn't see it there, I fixed it. Thegreatdr (talk) 05:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Taconic State Parkway

Julian,

In the course of doing a little work on this article for NRHP I realized it needs a lot of work, so I'm doing it (the NRHP application has a very nice history section, a good thing since the article's history section needs sources (among other things)). I think there's a reasonable shot at a GA here, following a PR after I'm done. You are welcome to help out if there's anything you can add (I used your pics of the road, BTW, to illustrate the entries for it in the Westchester and Dutchess NRHP lists). Daniel Case (talk) 06:48, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure. I'll see if I can help expand and source the route description to start with. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:32, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

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This seems to be coming to an end a bit. I'd appreciate a reply to my (admittedly badly-explained) concern. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 16:25, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Look, if IMatthew wants to be mean and attack other people by calling them trolls, let him. He's only hurting himself and driving potentialy friendly people away.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 17:04, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Deleted article

Please could you authorise 'Nicholas Fryett' as an article - I am trying to create it but you have stopped me from doing so. Sir Richard Branson and all the others have articles, so why can I not? I am worth £325 million... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickfryett (talk • contribs) 16:54, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. Please note that writing about yourself is, in general, highly discouraged. If you're sufficiently notable, it's best to ask someone else to write the article and review it for quality. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:59, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Could you take a look at this?

The section Reasons for Ismail’s conversion policy, in the Safavid conversion of Iran from Sunnism to Shiism article appears to have been copied verbatim. I posted a tag and a warning to the "creator" to re-write that section[2] and instead have been told that the books in question are in "Public domain". Could you take a look at this section? Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 04:10, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!

Merry Christmas, Juliancolton!

Wishing you a very happy birthday and a Merry Christmas! Julian, you're a wonderful admin and person and I hope you enjoy this most wonderful day as a birthday and as a holiday! Sincerely, ceranthor 17:21, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

I thought your birthday wasn't until today - happy birthday, Julian! --Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 04:24, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

your birthday is on Christmas Julian?--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:11, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Around then; yes. Thanks all! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:12, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

dont mention it. It seems like wikipedia is about to give a good birthday present. (points to your RFB) You'll be a great crat. Good luck!--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 02:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry, I was on break and just reverted it before returning to work. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 21:26, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, considering you were the nominator, don't you think it was inappropriate to revert it in the first place because you happened to disagree? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:27, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

You're right, I should have left a note on your page asking you to undo it. It was a example of a quick knee-jerk reaction due to limited time on my part. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 01:03, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

roll back

Like? With the many vandals around it is hard to know genunine vandals. There are many vandal like edits. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 03:17, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Which is why you have to be careful and WP:AGF. In light of the above response, which I find to be a bit reckless and disconcerting, I have temporarily removed your rollback rights. Please read WP:VAND and review WP:ROLLBACK, and I will reinstate the bit after you can demonstrate that you can be trusted once again. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:19, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

How? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 03:31, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, "how" what? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:32, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I mean how to gain your trust? And on some article, it seems I accidently clicked the "revert" button. Most of my reverts are true ;) --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 03:33, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I've seen quite a few (maybe a dozen) mistaken reverts tonight alone, actually, and when new users attempt to discuss it you just revert and report them. That's not acceptable. Use WP:TW for a while perhaps and demonstrate that you're familiar with the policies I touched on above. Nothing against you personally, but new users can't be scared off by hasty rollbacking. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

If you see we are under attack from the 4chan guys (honestly check the IRC discussions). When will you reinstate the rollback rights? --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 03:37, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I've noticed, but that isn't an excuse to revert everything because it might be vandalism, even though it obviously isn't. I don't have a set deadline; just please take my advice on board and try to go back and review your bad reverts. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:38, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Strawberry Hill

I added it from nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com, the best place for older listings (pre-2005 or so). Newer ones, and even back to the '80s, you can get from the weekly lists at the NRHP website (follow the link from the bottom of WP:NRHP ... however, be advised that a listing may sometimes be announced weeks after it was actually made, and the Federal Register is also worth Googling for this. Daniel Case (talk) 04:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:00, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Stephen J Lippard page

Hi,

Why was the Stephen Lippard page deleted. I cant find the reason anyway, and he's a pretty big name in science so it made sense for there to be a page about him. Thanks

Nial —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.234.19 (talk) 15:11, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Watch-counter

Hi, just to let you know I've left a request here :) ╟─TreasuryTag►Africa, Asia and the UN─╢ 23:29, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Looks like NW did it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Aha, thanks very much! ╟─TreasuryTag►hemicycle─╢ 09:03, 29 December 2009 (UTC)