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DYK nomination of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Hello! Your submission of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Bradjamesbrown (talk) 08:18, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Portal:Scouting broken

When Jan 1, 2010 rolled around this portal display went awry. I checked it on both my computers and it looks the same: some portlets display on the left with blank space on the right, some display across the whole screen, and then some display on the right with blank space on the left. I changed my screen settings and it doesn't help. I have not changed any of the portal's code, so one would think something with the new monthly content is breaking it, but I have no idea what. It displayed fine prior to that. Can you help? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:46, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

yea, it seems to have fixed itself, go figure, New Year Wiki Gremlins I guess. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:29, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

An anon realized I left off <div><center> tags on the picture page, hehe. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:39, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Glad you got it fixed. :) Happy new year. PeterSymonds (talk) 15:56, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Princess Alice copy edits

I made a few small copy edits to Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. I left a few notes inline for you to consider. Best wishes, NW (Talk) 04:59, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! I've addressed most of the hidden notes. There is one I need to clarify in the source. As for the awkward paragraph about the Austro-Prussian war, I've divided it into two paragraphs. Does that read better now? Thanks again, PeterSymonds (talk) 13:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom & Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

PeterSymonds, I made a few small changes to both of these articles regarding the images:

I retouched File:Princess_Beatrice_Downey.jpg into this File:Princess_Beatrice_Downey1.jpg.
I also made a minor retouch to File:Princess_Alice_reclining.jpg and made it File:Princess_Alice_reclining.jpg although I didn't realize until now that I had saved twice in different locations, the second revision (identical to the current revision of File:Princess_Alice_reclining.jpg) File:Princess_Alice_reclining1.jpg.
Finally, I removed the dirt from File:Alice_do_reino_unido.jpg into the final version File:Alice_do_reino_unido1.jpg. If you disagree with any of these changes feel free to revert/ rollback/ undo.

And your DYK hook for Princess Alice of the United Kingdom was accepted. IShadowed ✰ 08:18, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Fantastic work! Thanks for doing that. :) PeterSymonds (talk) 13:14, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe it's time to unprotect Master (Doctor Who) now?

Obviously semiprotection has no effect on me or other named accounts, but it's been SPed since April. HalfShadow 17:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

We can give it a try. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:58, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for granting me the rollback feature. I'll do my best to use it responsibly. Aruton (talk) 17:42, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure you will. Best wishes, PeterSymonds (talk) 17:43, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

than you at #wikipedia-en-help

		You make earwig happy
		This little earwig here has noticed that you have helped Ilyushka88 many times at #wikipedia-en-help, and decided to give itself to you as a reward :) Earwig loves people who help newbies!

Ilyushka ☃^Talk!_Contribs 22:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. :-) My pleasure. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

TehTrunk

I was in the process of creating the page, was this not abundantly clear to you as you tagged it for deletion in a rather slap happy fashion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackboyh (talk • contribs) 12:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi. In-progress page creations are best drafted in user space, to prevent confusion. I have now restored the page to User:Jackboyh/TehTrunk, so you can work on it at your own pace.

Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 12:06, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Skasome society

I am slightly confused as to why you have deleted the Skasome Society Page..I have followed all of the instructions for citing, as well as the A7 guidelines. Skasome pops up a few times in the Westfield Mass under bands with Killswitch Engage, and I am just irritated with all the work I had put In. If you could help me out, it is greatly appreciated —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krb582 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. I deleted the page because there was no substantial assertion of notability. The sources you provided did not adequately assert this. For example, MySpace and Wikipedia cannot be used as sources, and sites like Slaughterhouserecordingstudios and wgby.org are not reliable. The requirement for secondary and independent sources, such as newspapers, reputable magazines, journals and websites, are verifies the notability of a subject in any article.

With that in mind, I have restored the page to your userspace, at User:Krb582/Skasome society, to allow you to work on these issues. If you require any assistance, please don't hesitate to ask.

Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 16:39, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Sports Intelligence

Hi Peter

Can you shed some light on why this was removed? there wasn't anything offensive or random just a definition of a term being used in sports?

Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulh22 (talk • contribs) 12:59, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. It was tagged as a hoax article, because there was nothing present to suggest that the term was used in this way. I should have made that clearer in the deletion summary, so I apologise.

One thing to remember, Wikipedia is for encyclopedic articles, rather than definitions of certain terms. If you can support your content with reliable and independent sources to verify the term exists, you may wish to add it to Wiktionary instead.

Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 13:11, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

reuseconnectino

Hi Peter,

You were super quick to delete before I could even learn how to "hang on". No worries, though.

I have read a couple people's inquiries as to why they were deleted. I realize I know very little about Wiki's rules as I was just trying this out, but can you shed more light on why I was deleted. Is it that I need verifiable sources saying that "reuseconnection" is an actual entity? Does a trademark work?

Thanks, Ian Moise —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianmoise (talk • contribs) 19:53, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ian. The page was deleted because it failed to establish notability. Articles on Wikipedia need to assert why they are important or significant, and this is backed up by reliable and independent sources, like newspapers, reputable magazines, websites and journals. As these were not present, the article was deleted.

If you feel you can justify the article's inclusion with these sources, I can restore it to your userspace, so you can work on it at your own pace. More information on writing can be found here (you may also find this useful). Whatever you feel comfortable with. :-)

Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Peter, Yes, please restore the page to my userspace so I can work on it at my own pace. Thanks very much for the feedback. Ian Moise

DYK for Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

On January 8, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, 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, quick check ) 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) 18:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. PeterSymonds (talk) 21:39, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi It has been suggested to me

that you are the person (you're not a BOT, are you?) who blocked the Embudo Valley Library computers from editing. I am pretty confident that this was not your intention, none-the-less it appears to have been what happened. I need to know more about this, like, how do it get the block lifted, because a patron is coming i tomorrow (Sat Jan 9) to register, after not being able to do so a few days ago. If someone is up to no-good from my library I'd like to know. If you have blocked all of Rio Arriba counnty because someone in Espanola is up to no good, that does not seem like a good idea. Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 21:30, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Looks like I blocked the IP range due to abuse. If you want, you can paste the IP range you see in the block message, so I can review it; or forward the details to unblock-en-l

lists.wikimedia.org. And yes, I am a person. :-) PeterSymonds (talk) 21:34, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sennen goroshi

Hello, PeterSymonds. Since you have encountered both Sennen goroshi (talk · contribs)[1][2][3] for Nürburgring lap times [4] and his suspected sock IPs119.173.81.176 (talk · contribs) for your block of the IP 119.173.81.176 (talk · contribs)[5] as well as your specialty in WP:SPI, your insight and input would be highly appreciated at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sennen goroshi. Thanks.--Caspian blue 15:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Peter, On Jan 7/9, we conversed about my entry for ReuseConnection page. After it was deleted, you offered to place it in my userspace so I can improve it at my leisure. Were you able to do that? I have not found it yet.

Thanks very much, Ian Moise —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianmoise (talk • contribs) 21:32, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

reuseconnection

Hi Peter, Sorry, I didn't add the header on my last entry. Please restore ReuseConnection to my userspace so I can improve it at my leisure. Regards, Ian Moise —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianmoise (talk • contribs) 21:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been away for the last four days due to snow cutting off my internet connection. Now restored at User:Ianmoise/ReUseConnection. Don't be hesitant to ask here or at the help desk (the latter is probably quicker) if you run into difficulties, and enjoy! PeterSymonds (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

SPI

I just saw your message on Ceranthor's talk page, and I'd be willing to help clerk SPI if they're short-staffed. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Nice. Drop a note at Wikipedia talk:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks and we'll find you a trainee. Thanks! PeterSymonds (talk) 07:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Peter. I just wanted to say a (somewhat belated) thanks for your !vote at my RfA - it's nice to know I'm still remembered by some of the people at DYK. Are you still active there? I've been toying with the idea of getting involved again, perhaps helping out with the tools if need be, but haven't yet gotten around to diving into the guidelines to see what's changed. Cheers, Olaf Davis (talk) 22:38, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

You're very welcome. :-) I'm less active with the maintenance side, but I recently wrote a DYK (Princess Alice of the United Kingdom). When I get time, I'll probably be more active there eventually. I've not had much time recently, and everything seems to be handled promptly! Congratulations on passing. PeterSymonds (talk) 22:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll try to not mess up too badly. Speaking of which, while I'm here would you mind commenting on whether I did the right thing with this chap? I think I did, but since I hadn't looked into vandalism blocking policy a huge deal before I ran into him it'd be nice to hear a second opinion - I'm not that keen on seafood, after all. Olaf Davis (talk) 22:59, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, missed this message. Yep, looks fine. By the way, you can add a signature to the template by appending the parameter |sig=yes. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 12:45, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah, that's good to know. Olaf Davis (talk) 12:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Cleaning up behind me

Dind't you know I'd passed RFB man???? Seriously - [6] RFAH / RFAF - doh! Cheers buddy. Pedro : Chat 22:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Haha. :) PeterSymonds (talk) 22:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I think you meant Haw Haw. Pedro : Chat 22:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Both of you need to run sooner or later for that. MBisanz ^talk 22:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

And both of us would fail right now. Peter, maybe in six/twelve months - give it enough water regarding the desysop/resysop. Me - no chance ever. And to be honest I'm not vaguely bothered about a 'crat hat either, although I appreciate the kind thoughts Matt. Pedro : Chat 22:54, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Me? I have absolutely no ambition in that direction. :) PeterSymonds (talk) 23:07, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom and The Ypres League

Not sure if you still have the article watchlisted, but thought you might be interested in this suggestion and also in this. Carcharoth (talk) 14:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

For this revert I haven't actively edited in so long I find it hard to believe some vandals can't let go and move on. Anyhow thanks again. 98.220.129.79 (talk) 23:16, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Very welcome. PeterSymonds (talk) 23:29, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Random SPI clerk

Hi, sorry, not sure if I formatted the report correctly on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wikiuser999120 or added it to WP:SPI right... do you think you could take a quick look? Thanks! ╟─Treasury Tag►draftsman─╢ 12:57, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

info box for commons ie Wimbledon Common, Selborne Common

I noticed that you are an Awesome Wikipedian and interested in the UK. Could you possibly direct me to or do an info box for commons such as Wimbledon Common or Selborne Common. Or maybe you think I could use the protected area box like on Dartmoor. Thank you SuzanneKn (talk) 21:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Suzanne. I don't think there is one specifically for that purpose. I think the area boxes should be okay, but you might want to bring it up on the talk page first, just to make sure. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 09:48, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

FSC

Heh, thanks! Staxringold _talk^contribs 22:30, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

No probs. PeterSymonds (talk) 09:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Hello, I see you have declined protection to this page as you feel the edit war is over. There is a user who attempted to put a nonsense quote from Craig Ferguson on that page (regarding three nipples, plays harp, and is pregnant) repeatedly. When he (or they, at least one of the IPs were from a Maryland university) was denied doing this several times because the content was trivial and false, he moved to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to continue this action there. He was denied adding this information again, because it was untrue. He has now created an account called "BulliesStink" (because he feels people are being harsh to him for not letting him add this nonsense information) and if you follow the history you can see he was responding to earlier edit actions to try to reinsert this information. When another editor told him his attempt to justify putting the content on the site was invalid due to it being on YouTube, he started stripping out all references to YouTube throughout the page from other editors. While I understand YouTube shouldn't be used as a primary source and stripping these out may be valid to a certain extent, he continues to be destructive and persistent in his acts. Some help would be appreciated. Regards, Lil LovelyLillith (talk) 18:59, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

No US "parachuting" in to National Palace as stated on "Haiti Earthquake" page

Peter, I think I caught a reporting error in the Haiti Earthquake page, but since I am not on the editor list I cannot fix it. Text in Response section currently states"

"On 18 January, 100 U.S. troops parachuted onto the lawn ... "

I suggest change to:

"On 18 January, 100 U.S. troops were transported by helicopter onto the lawn ..."

Sincerely, Randy Milliken (aka Middle Fork) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Middle Fork (talk • contribs) 19:27, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

user:92.225.xx.xx

has come back. He is removing word Serb (or Croat) and adding word Bosniak where it is not true or necessary. -- Bojan Talk 07:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Range extended; that should work. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 09:53, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Stephen Crainey

The other day I put the above article up for semi-protection as an ip user is continually removing sourced content from the article. As you declined this, and as it has happened again, with the ip user now leaving me messages saying that they will only stop deleting the sourced content if I can provide a reason for it being retained [which I had already done on the articles talk page two days ago], may I ask your advice as to what to do next? This appears to have arisen originally back in late-December when another user, Dudesleeper, removed content from the Nottingham Forest F.C. article, and the ip user took exception to this, and left a message on that users talk page - where the Stephen Crainey article had been the focus of a previous discussion. The following day the ip user started blanking out a section on the Stephen Crainey article and has continued to do so since then, under various similar ip addresses. It does seem as though this is in some sort of retaliation for Dudesleepers actions on the Nottingham Forest article. I had already left a message on the articles talk page. What should I do now? Thanks,--♦Tangerines♦·Talk 01:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorted for now.--♦Tangerines♦·Talk 16:38, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Chernobyl Child Aid

Please send me explicit reasons why you considered it necessary to delete the page without giving me the chance to correct it?

If you could attach a copy with suggestions, I would be obliged.

Pinkfoot (talk) 00:12, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

You win.

/

Edgardo B. Maranan

You deleted Edgardo B. Maranan citing A7 even though the person in the article is listed as a notable figure (Hall of Fame member) in Palanca Awards. Doesn't it merely need cleanup? 70.71.177.50 (talk) 18:56, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

It would require a total rewrite to meet the standards required in WP:BLP. If you are willing to help, please feel free to sign up and improve it. :-) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 00:22, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

User:Cool three

I have unblocked the above account. The Arbitration Committee is aware of its activity, and is actively looking into the situation. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! KnightLago (talk) 00:19, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough. PeterSymonds (talk) 00:21, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Though, I would point out that administrators had no way of knowing this. There was no public posting (as far as I can see) suggesting that you were actively reviewing this matter. When an arbcom-indeffed user resumes editing under his alternate account, without any indication that he was under review by ArbCom until after he's blocked, removes content relating to the Cool3 incident, block evasion is what naturally goes through one's mind.

Thank you for clearing the matter up, but there could be some indication in future that ArbCom has at least received an appeal from an active editor. This would go some way toward preventing such misunderstandings.

Sorry for the inconvenience. PeterSymonds (talk) 00:45, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion. You made a good block. We had not expected an active return to editing while we were looking into the matter, so it did not occur to anyone to make an announcement. In the future, I will try to make sure we give some indication as you suggest. This entire matter should be resolved one way or the other in the next few days. Thanks! KnightLago (talk) 01:14, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Great, thanks. :-) PeterSymonds (talk) 01:15, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

79.75.128.0/17

You know this is a massive UK ISP, right? -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:49, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I didn't check. It came up in a sockpuppet case I was asked to look into. Block length reduced. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 12:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

K, thanks. FYI he's also been on 79.67/16, 79.71/16, 79.79/16, and some of the even bigger BT ranges. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:07, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I have a feeling it's Hamish Ross, but I'm not entirely sure. Quite a pain, whoever it is. Thanks for the heads-up. PeterSymonds (talk) 13:09, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Yikes

Ok, I got burned. I was thinking the common sense of it all - elevating rights on an account that they've created because they're afraid of being hacked/passwords capture just seems contrary to common sense...it doesn't solve the issue of hacking/password capture. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 14:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Heh. A few users like to like to keep off their main account when they're travelling, so if their alternate account does get compromised, at least it's not on their primary account. This is especially true for sysops and holders of more advanced permissions. If an alternate account is compromised, it can be easily blocked, edits reverted, etc, with as little disruption as possible to the user's primary account. At least, that's my take on it. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 14:16, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Heh, I'm overly-protective I suppose. Cheers. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 14:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

No, it's fine. :-) You don't have to stay out of anything. It's just one of those things. I guess it comes down to personal opinion; in my opinion, rollback is no big deal, so if a user prefers to edit in public locations on an alternate account, I'd usually be inclined to grant it. Congrats on passing, by the way; I've seen your impressive work at requests for unblock. PeterSymonds (talk) 14:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, thanks ... and thanks! I guess I don't believe in starting slow, but there's enough in unblock requests and CSD's to keep one far too busy. (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 16:59, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I dabbled in a bit of everything on my first day. Unfortunately for one of my first admin actions, I decided to update DYK, and screwed up a significant proportion of the main page for around 45 seconds. Not a good start! :P PeterSymonds (talk) 17:01, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

have a hot cup of

did you even read the page you posted that warning on? howsabout you try again, sparky... aa:talk 21:30, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Kindly cut the sarcasm. If you have his "explicit permission", he will need to verify that permission through WP:OTRS. Otherwise, the license you uploaded it with is invalid. PeterSymonds (talk) 21:33, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

A user you blocked has an unblock request on hold

At User talk:AdmiralKolchak. Your input is appreciated. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Website Stub page. Need Your HELP!!!

Hi. I want to create an article about a website in category Internet established properties in 2010 under subcategory of adult internet free sites. I need Your help to create it, because i found enough material to put enough references on it but i could not find a good template for it. Please help me to make this article. I am new to WiKi that's why i am not so experienced in article creation. Please reply to me in "my talk". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hurley100 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)