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Modelled

I thought I knew almost all of the spelling differences across the pond, but my OED agrees with you. Thanks. . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 14:06, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Snap! I checked with OED to make sure, too. Best,  —SMALLJIM  15:57, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Small word :)

Seeing Jim on here - a "friend" from Commons. Only to say good to see you around - hope all is well. Regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:12, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Herby! Good to see you're still here too. Yes, my interest does seem to be returning a bit - more later.  —SMALLJIM  12:28, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Brazil (Pedro II of Brazil)

Hi, Jim! I'd like to thank you for your help making those corrections for me in the pictures related to Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. It was very kind of your part.

P.S.: I uploaded a better version of Pedro II's 1846 painting. I've noticed that the older one which you used as template for a better version had a "yellowish" tone in it. Could you turn its background white as you did before? Sorry for taking your time. Regards, --Lecen (talk) 14:23, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Done.  —SMALLJIM 

Thank you very much, Jim!! I really appreciate what you've done there! Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 20:47, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chicago Michigan Avenue 1911

You did not state whether you support or oppose at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chicago Michigan Avenue 1911.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:43, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Don't rush me - I'm still thinking about it :)  —SMALLJIM  10:55, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to support or oppose at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Chicago Michigan Avenue 1911 (2nd nomination).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:12, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fridtjof Nansen 2

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Fridtjof Nansen LOC 03377u-3.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Jujutacular talk 00:07, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Banksy Torquay robot.JPG

Painting on the wall of the Grosvenor Hotel, said to be the work of Banksy.

The perspex cover is *awful*, because it unnecessarily obscures the antenna and the child's left hand. Anyway, thanks for the edit.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:08, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

That's a fast response! I was going to pop a message on your page to ask if you were happy with the edit - I guessed you didn't really want your head spewing out of the robot's mouth :) The cover does look like a dreadfully botched job - it seems like they got enough edging to cover the work to the top, but then either didn't buy, or couldn't get, a large enough piece of perspex, so they fixed the top edge lower than they intended and didn't bother to re-cut the side pieces...  —SMALLJIM  16:38, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

There is a rather more decent picture of the mural on Commons here, but it is almost certain to be deleted as it is a press photo failing WP:NFCC#1. I predict complaints about the perspex covering.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:49, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer to that file - yes, I'm sure it will be deleted, but by showing what the original looks like, I can use it to further refine the reflection removal on your photo (but not tonight). A quick look shows that I've removed some features on the kid's paper bag that looked like reflections, but weren't.  —SMALLJIM  17:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

See you mail on this subject :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 15:02, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks and noted :)  —SMALLJIM  20:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

The image has been removed from the article Torquay for the time being. Compared to the Daily Mail image, it is not really as good as hoped, and all of the photos I took of the mural have some degree of glossy reflection from the perspex, which is annoying. Thanks again for the edit, and I will try to get a better photo of this mural (perspex allowing) at some point.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:23, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Oops, didn't notice that you had uploaded a new version today. The thumbnail here is a cropped version of the new image, which is definitely an improvement. What is also annoying about the frame is the wooden slat going up the middle of the robot, which is not in the Daily Mail photo. This is probably as good as the image will get for the time being, so do you think this is OK to go back in the article?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:49, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't see why it shouldn't go back in the article. I could clone out the wooden slat, and the frame too, but as it is now it shows the work as it actually is complete with botched cover, which is most relevant for its use in the Torquay article. I've amended the file details of the cropped version to add full attribution.  —SMALLJIM  20:15, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Done, thanks. The cropped image is tighter and works better against the text of the article.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

advice

Hi Smalljim. You may have missed this recent ongoing policy discussion and the sudden resulting discussions at Talk:Peterborough, Talk:Dover, Talk:Plymouth, Talk:Sydenham, Talk:Cornwall & Talk:Cambridge. I think it would be helpful if experienced editors, particularly those knowledgeable on policies regarding settlements, and/or geographical nomenclature, were to offer some comments r advice on what to d next.--Kudpung (talk) 07:57, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Graphic Lab/Photography workshop

Thank you for helping out in the Graphic Lab/Photography workshop, good job keep it up. cheers Gryffindor (talk) 14:53, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Heroine is a drug?

Geez, no wonder every time I see the female lead in a movie I start tripping out. HalfShadow

Can you give me a week or two, and I'll come back to you with a witty response :)  —SMALLJIM  23:01, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Take your time; I'm going to watch The Wizard of Oz and get wrecked on Judy Garland... HalfShadow

Yup - that barnstar was warranted.  —SMALLJIM  23:06, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Hey, that's nothing; I could have told you the story about when King Midas got sued... HalfShadow 01:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Computer aided call handling

You recently removed a page on computer aided call handling on grounds of copyright infringement and inappropriate advertising. The commercial aspect was not intentional and should not have been included but the suggestion of copyright infringement was not correct. I would like to reinstate the page but resolve the issues you mentioned. How do I go about this? The intent is to reference content that pertains to the method of computer aided call handling in the same manner as computer aided dispatch does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Completewiteout (talk • contribs) 14:27, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I can't really help you because after further googling the term, I don't think that it's a notable subject, so I personally don't think there should be an article on it here. I may be wrong, of course - you could get another opinion by asking at the Notability Noticeboard. If you decide to go ahead, you'll find useful editing guidance at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:Starting an article - note that it says all over the place that it's highly recommended that you try editing a few existing articles first. Hope this helps.  —SMALLJIM  15:02, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not clear how you are qualified to make this statement "I don't think that it's a notable subject,..." as the concept of the term Computer Aided Dispatch is no different and I hardly see how just use of google can support an opinion in this matter. If I read your response correctly though it looks as if should be able to recreate a page with the same heading and subject to the editing guidance justify it if challenged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Completewiteout (talk • contribs) 16:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

You asked for my help in reinstating the page. I explained why I can't do that and suggested some alternative advice. If you can show that CACH is a notable subject and that you can write a neutral, reliably sourced article on it, then no-one can reasonably stop you.  —SMALLJIM  17:11, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

"Typographer" vs "Type Designer"

You have been going through and replacing "typographer" with "type designer" on several pages. Please stop doing this. They are not synonyms, and in the two instances I noticed, the edit was definitely inappropriate. (Robert Bringhurst, Apple Advanced Typography). Thomas Phinney (talk) 00:21, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Glad you've brought this to my attention - I was never completely happy with those changes I made. In my defence I must point out that at the time, Typographer had been changed from a redirect (to Typography) to an article: Typographer (typewriter), which was *definitely* wrong (hence my edit summaries). After I'd made a number of changes, someone else moved the typewriter article to its present place and reinstated the redirect, which in retrospect would have been a better action for me to have taken. I've gone through the changes I made and reverted most of them.  —SMALLJIM  11:33, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

No big deal, and I should note that there were a couple of cases where "type designer" actually made sense; I hadn't seen those yet when I wrote my note. Thanks! 24.21.86.114 (talk) 19:48, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Antoinette & clotted cream

Hi Smalljim, thanks for reviewing Antoinette for DYK! Thought I should also mention that I've stuck Clotted Cream up for Good article status, since I thought we did a pretty decent job of it. Anything else you want to add or tweak, now's a good time! Cheers Worm 09:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure. I'll see if I can find any more creamy stuff, but I think I exhausted my refs last time. BTW I spotted your DYK after I added my first one: Bishop Oldham under 2 Jan.  —SMALLJIM  12:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh yes, I meant to say, I read that this morning, and good job! Worm 17:20, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Dry as the dust on his tomb, I'd say... Still, it's all good writing practice.  —SMALLJIM  22:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

It's not that bad. Plus you've got a very hooky hook out of it! Always good to get an Exeter article improved Worm 23:27, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK application for Hugh Oldham

I looked at your article expansion and made my comments on the DYK site: [1]. Thanks Ekem (talk) 23:42, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I've responded there.  —SMALLJIM  12:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

See my comment; almost done.Ekem (talk) 15:21, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again - your comment provoked a complete rethink. I think it's much better now.  —SMALLJIM  16:41, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Stargazy pie

Quickly a mass? Oh I wouldn't go that far, I've been reading into it for a few days, though most of my sources are online (only 1 or 2 from books I already own). Just meant I had to spend a little time getting the stuff together. But thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it.

If you are wondering, I generally get a lot of information from books.google.com, (preview or full view), and news.google.com (archives). I read through, get the info I need, and often save it in a subpage. User:Worm That Turned/To Do, currently I'm filling it with stuff for the Doom Bar article. Then when feeling inspired and that I know everything I can, I write the blasted thing! Anyway, it works for me! Worm 17:18, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Those are useful tips - thanks. I haven't tended to gather much info as a separate stage: I usually start with a few well-known sources, write/expand the bones of the article based on what they say, then go searching for more info depending on what else I think is needed. I suppose I should be more disciplined in this respect.

I am constantly surprised, though, by how much tweaking and fiddling about is needed to force Google to cough up everything it knows about a subject. For instance, I thought I'd done a pretty comprehensive set of searches regarding Hugh Oldham, when tonight up pops a 60-page pdf all about him from a search on Scholar for "owl Oldham". The document must mention "Hugh Oldham" and "bishop" dozens of times, but it doesn't appear within the top 250 of a web search for 'hugh oldham bishop'. Perhaps it's evidence of my poor search strategies, but maybe it's because Google is more oriented toward trying to sell me things.  —SMALLJIM  23:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, google does have that terrible habit. Scholar I find useful for some subjects but not nearly as helpful as books. The great thing about the research phase though is that you start to remember which sources you have seen. That way, you can try quite a few different searches on similar terms (as you say, like "owl Oldham") or even search for things that might be related. I'm sure you know all this, but I really do find the writing down a good aide memoir. I've just got to improve my writing skills and copyediting. Still, it's all a learning process, isn't it!Worm 00:13, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

What annoyed me the most last night was that the doc that Scholar turned up isn't even in a journal or anything, it's on an ordinary website - oldmancunians.org. But I suppose we'd quickly get bored if it was all too easy... Anyway I'll definitely try to be more organised with the next article I work on, whatever that may be: there are 69 Bishops of Exeter to go :)

I've just copyedited The Mousehole Cat - hope that's OK, and I see you've got a bit of work to do on Stargazy now - that was a quick response to a GA request, wasn't it?.  —SMALLJIM  11:05, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

More than alright, I'm glad you did, collaborative work and all that rot. Was very quick on the pie, I think it's so unusual it really draws people in. J Milburn even mentioned that it's not far off featured status, and that would be a real feather in my cap. Think I might hit Dartmoor during the year, there's a lor of interesting stuff up there. I'm not too good writing about people though, but I might have a snoop and see if I can turn up anything you missed on the Bish. Can't say its likely though, was pretty comprehensive. I know what you mean about too easy though.... Wouldn't that be terrible... Worm 11:51, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Hugh Oldham

The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

you rock, man!

Thanks for the help with Wilmer W. Tanner. It all started this way. I was supposed to to do a simple copyedit on Painted turtle, then I totally got seduced into content creation. Then I got really intrigued with this mystery of where in Mexico the turtles are found. You see a gazillion articles on the net talking about the turtles as "from Canada to Mexico" and the species is one of the most well studies species in the world, literally hundreds perhaps thousands of papers on it. But I finally tracked down and found out that only two expeditions had ever trapped the animal in one tiny aread of Mexico. Tanner was one of them, and then I got all hot and bothered when I found out the fellow was still alive (101! like living science heritage). Then I wrote and got the picture from special collections at BYU Library and all. I even think it would be a pretty easy "low hanging fruit" to do a followup expeidition to the closed basin rivers of Chihuahua to look for the turtle again.TCO (talk) 00:19, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

One of the best things about WP is the way you get led from one thing to another and often end up doing something completely unexpected. I'll give your expedition to Mexico a miss, though - I suspect that the "low hanging fruit" would be full of nasty creatures waiting to drop down my neck :)  —SMALLJIM  09:28, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tracy Caldwell Dyson in Cupola ISS

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Tracy Caldwell Dyson in Cupola ISS.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Maedin\talk 19:10, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.112.138.119 (talk) 15:10, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Reliable Sources

Hi there. It might be a good idea for you to check if the sources which you've added to this BLP article actually fulfill WP:RS. Sites like nigeriafilm.com (which also hosts modernghana.com and a host of others), are actually operated by 1 (one) person from Holland. Wikipedia's content guideline on Reliable Sources does not define such sources as reliable sources. I agree that Nigerian or African prominent personalities should receive more representation on Wikipedia, yet the articles of Nigerian and African personalities must also fulfill Wikipedia's Content Guidelines and Policies just like every other BLP article. Amsaim (talk) 11:10, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. I see you've put Tonto Dikeh up for AfD, which is, of course, the right thing to do in the circumstances. I was toying with the idea of doing so myself.  —SMALLJIM  12:38, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Blocked IP still editing

Hi. Sorry to write this message here, I tried the WP:AIV but the bot removed it. It appears that 212.85.1.10 (talk · contribs) have been blocked by you, but is still editing, only its talk page for now (see its contribs). Just wanted to say it to someone who can do something and I saw you blocked it. Have a nice week. --XonqNopp ^Tk 13:06, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for the note. A block doesn't normally include the user/IP's talk page, in case they want to request unblocking. But in view of the vandalism there too, I've extended the block to cover the IP's talk page too.  —SMALLJIM  13:14, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Highweek

Nice editing, I think this page is a definite keeper now! -- role^player 18:24, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your input too. I just happened to spot this one at the right time and had the refs to hand.  —SMALLJIM  18:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
The article still needs a lot of work to tidy it up, though.  —SMALLJIM 

I'll see what other sources I can find, though I'm quite busy with life in general so it'll be a bit bitty from me (have been made redundant, I finish next week). -- role^player 22:14, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your new additions, which led me to discover Toponymy in Great Britain - an interesting read. Now I've got hold of the Highweek article, I'll probably niggle away at it over the next few days too. (Best of luck).  —SMALLJIM  23:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of Highweek 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! Binksternet (talk) 19:56, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

MBD

77.98.96.158 has exceeded warnings with yet another vandalism attempt. I've submitted 77.98.96.158 to the noticeboard, but I'm not been involved in an actual blocking before, so I'm not familiar with whatever else is needed. — fcsuper ^{(How's That?, That's How!)} _{(Exclusionistic Immediatist )} — 05:51, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. In this case your message on AN/I did the trick - plus the fact that at 6am I'm usually still fast asleep :)  —SMALLJIM  11:02, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Highweek

Gatoclass (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Formerly deleted username

Just to let you know that "User:Phonedigs" which was deleted by you in November 2010 has been recreated and has already put on a spam link. Vrenator (talk) 13:00, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

For ref - another admin has indef blocked user:Phonedigs for a promotional user name.  —SMALLJIM  17:53, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Pasty

Please see this discussion Talk:Pasty#Recent revert, and add your thoughts, if so inclined. Thanks JoeSperrazza (talk) 16:49, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

User talk:95.92.81.225

Look at the editing history. I think it's time to remove talk page access and/or extend the block.

For ref - looks like a dynamic address and he's probably moved on.  —SMALLJIM  18:40, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

IP user 24.188.205.233

I've been seeing that "humans being disassembled" vandal pop up a bit more than I'm happy with. There's probably no easy way to go back and look at previous reverts to look at the IP block being used, is there? As often as that editor has hit the Japan-earthquake article with that "disassemble" garbage, and now popping up on other articles involving deaths from natural disasters, it may be time to look at a rangeblock. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 16:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. I'll have a quick look, but I do have to go offline before long.  —SMALLJIM  16:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, only two IPs have been involved, 24.188.205.233 and 24.188.200.219. The CIDR is 24.188.200.0/21 belonging to Optimum Online (Cablevision Systems) in New York. Not enough to consider a rangeblock - yet? - but thanks for raising the issue.  —SMALLJIM  17:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay. I wasn't sure how many discrete IPs were involved. I did recall that Optimum Online was the common thread, and running a geolocation on the latest one put the editor out on Long Island. For now, I guess we just WP:RBI as needed. Thanks for looking into it. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 20:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

About a deleted article (I think)

tha artist 45 tha feva is correcting data pleas unblock — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louis334 (talk • contribs) 13:42, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I deleted an article titled "45 tha feva" last November on the grounds of no indication of importance. If you think it's now a notable subject, I suggest you use the article wizard to create a new article.  —SMALLJIM  18:23, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Erald kerciku

I started a Afd, which is probably redundant at this point, here. I figured it deserved a discussion since it was being recreated like that. You can probably delete it at this point. I do think the name should be salted though. Zell65 (talk) 14:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Sorry we edit-conflicted! I'll speedy close the AfD. There are some google hits on the name, but they appear to be a typical attempt at self-promotion in the usual places, with no notability behind it. I've blocked the article-creators for persistent vandalism, but will leave the title unsalted in case someone else might possibly show WP:N.  —SMALLJIM  14:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks. Zell65 (talk) 14:37, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

roham

roham means is not abraham roham is One of the Iranian athletes and Word meaning :

1- means the bird is a hunter, bird invincible. 3-Majestic Wine.( in avesta the one of languge iranian ancients) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parsabani (talk • contribs) 04:16, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Following your latest edits to Roham - for which thanks - I've edited the article again and explained my changes on its talk page.  —SMALLJIM  10:28, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

218.186.18.252

Good job in blocking that guy. He was typing a lot of nonsense, and he was editing his userpage and mine also. It's funny though; he was warned so many times that a block was hugely deserved for him. I think he was on drugs.

What the hell is "WATA WOO?"

SelfEx1led (talk) 18:30, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Smalljim, thanks for spotting the vandalism on one of my subpages. Mephistophelian (talk) 18:57, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Martin Breyer

Just as I posted this to the Wikiproject Ireland talk page, I noticed you were starting to revert the various edits of 189.149.191.15 . Yup, there is a a pattern of these edits going back to at least September last. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 23:39, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the msg - I've replied on the project page.  —SMALLJIM  23:51, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

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93.174.93.145

Hi, you've put a block on this IP for one month, but it's an open proxy (do a Google search) and should be blocked for a longer period. GameOn (talk) 08:16, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

I've reported it on the appropriate page, so an expert can have a look.  —SMALLJIM  11:33, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Jell-O

I think you accidentally vandalized Jell-O while trying to revert it, I undid it and didn't leave a message because it seemed like a mistake. Ryan Vesey (talk) 18:19, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Oops, sorry! Trying STiki for the first time: I obviously need to pay better attention to what it's telling me.  —SMALLJIM  18:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I am going through some of your recent contribs and moving some of them back. I was worried your account was hacked. Ryan Vesey (talk) 18:25, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

It seems like these came from what normally would have been edit conflicts, instead of cancelling the revert it just reverts the last edit. Bring this up on the page for Stiki? Ryan Vesey (talk) 18:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

(ec) Eep! I reckon I've screwed up just three: Jell-O, Daisy and Beatrix Potter, thanks for fixing them. I can perhaps see why STiki hasn't replaced Huggle as the VF tool of choice! Best,  —SMALLJIM  18:32, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, something odd happened there, but I'm not certain it wasn't user error on my part - I'll look through some of the other changes STiki offers me to get a handle on what happened exactly.  —SMALLJIM  18:37, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Re:

I know :( s/he called me a "Supremacist" which is the only thing that made me loose my cool. Sorry. --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 10:50, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Brunts School

Thanks for vandal control and protection. I am going to teach about wiki editting but some are being silly. If you'd care to keep an eye out on nearby pages then its appreciated (as well!). Victuallers (talk) 06:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

OK - I'll keep an eye on related changes for a while. If you expect anon edits from the school's computers, knowledge of the IP range would be useful.  —SMALLJIM  10:19, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm not sure of IP addresses but I don't think that will happen as schools IP addresses are locked out to prevent silly damage. They will need to use a named account ... which will help with control Victuallers (talk) 10:45, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Deleted Page?

Hi, the Wikipedia Police seem to have been out in force over the weekend after I added a couple of links to Youtube videos which where of my own creation, therefore no copyright violation took place. After the page being up for years the content has been deemed of no interest to you and removed? I have also changed my username to one that has no promotion value at all although previous user was used for memory rather than promotion though it is understandable that it is blocked.

I have violated no copyright laws, can I please have my page reinstated please?

The page is Heskins. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisIrritate (talk • contribs) 08:08, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

The Quote

The quote is real. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.68.248 (talk) 22:34, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Cite it then.  —SMALLJIM  22:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Citing stuff is to mainstream. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.68.248 (talk) 03:48, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Kate Todd

Unfortunately, the text which that SPA added to this article was cut and pasted from what is presumably a copyrighted promotional biography of the subject, and therefore can't be used despite all the cleanup work you've done. Variations on it, all predating its appearance on Wikipedia, can be found here [2] and here [3] and here [4]; there are probably others I haven't turned up yet. I warned the SPA about this earlier, but it seems sterner action may be necessary. Thanks. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 23:27, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Ah, just waiting to see who'd be the first one to spot that. I'll put a new battery in the copvio detector, and keep an eye on that editor.  —SMALLJIM  09:16, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Heide Hatry

You blocked someone for persistent reverting of his her/ edits yesterday on the Heide Hatry article. Heads up that a new IP editor has re-added information today. I've reverted as unsourced (again) but its the same DOB and also another wild claim. You may wish to keep an eye on the article to see if the same happens Zanoni (talk) 19:12, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

OK, I'll watchlist the article for a while. —SMALLJIM  21:12, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Accidental reversion

Hi, really sorry for the accidental reversion of your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anglo-Cornish! I have hayfever and sneezed at a really in-opportune moment when I was trying to click on the link to the page itself. Tsk, and I've only had rollback for a couple of days. Again, really sorry! Thanks, Zangar (talk) 12:12, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I haven't even seen vandals trying that one as an excuse, so it must be true :)  —SMALLJIM  12:24, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

manager of atl rap artist could you help create article on 45 tha feva

manager of atl rap artist could you help create article on 45 tha feva — Preceding unsigned comment added by CHASE6784 (talk • contribs) 07:13, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

See your talk page for helpful messages. It's up to you to provide proof of notability.  —SMALLJIM  14:37, 17 June 2011 (UTC) (Note: Likely sock).

PR Wizzzz Entertainment

Hi, please revert a little more slowly at PR Wizzzz Entertainment. I've told the article creator that they need to sort out their mishmash of questionable links and references into something that actually makes clear what is being used as a reference, and whether it is a reliable source. Them adding wikilinks to the various awards they're claiming, actually helps that process (quite apart from making the article a lot easier to read). Removing those wikilinks like in this edit, hinders the process. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:35, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Unless I'm badly mistaken, they were all press releases issued by the company itself (apart from the variety.com link - thanks for redirecting that link appropriately) which gives a false impression of its notability. I'm just about to remove another chunk of the article too, for what seems to me to be an apparent reason.  —SMALLJIM  23:53, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't talking about the press releases, but about the wikilinks, which you removed with the same edit.

However, all of those wikilinks were in the paragraph you just rightly removed as referring to events before the stated founding date of the company - good catch on that one. It's possible that the article creator makes no particular distinction in her own mind between her achievements while employed by another company, and the achievements of her own company... which I guess is just another example of why COI editing is a bad idea. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:17, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification - sorry for the misunderstanding. Regarding your second point, I'll go along with the AGF, but I haven't found any signs of notability, so I'm putting the article up for AfD.  —SMALLJIM  11:18, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Saudi Electrical Company

Dear Smalljim,

I have noticed that you have deleted this topic. Also, you have pointedwhat I wrote as a spam. Really, what I did was that I accessed the company's website and copied (about the company) section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madani04 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

All true. I deleted Saudi Electricity Company last November because it had been flagged by someone else as being nothing but advertising. Now you say it was copied from the company's website, which made it a violation of copyright too. If you think it's a notable topic, you're welcome to write an unbiased article about the company in your own words. See Wikipedia:Your first article for help. Energy in Saudi Arabia may be a useful article to read too.  —SMALLJIM  11:55, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Appreciated

Hi, Jim. Thanks for taking care of a small blip at my user talk. I realize it was just a button click but such help is always appreciated. See ya 'round Tiderolls 03:05, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I was just first with the revert button. —SMALLJIM  14:24, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Old friend

Our old friend is onto Breage, Cornwall now [5]. DuncanHill (talk) 10:52, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Yup. It's more trouble for him than us.  —SMALLJIM  10:55, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

thnx for the help :) Annaspervez (talk) 20:17, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! This must be for my deletion of the wrongly-spelt version of Freishia Bomanbehram, as you requested back in May. If I were you, I'd find some more reliable sources for that article, because as it stands its notability is very dubious and it must be susceptible to deletion on that ground.  —SMALLJIM  12:37, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Question

Hello I'm just wondering when you mean "You can reply here" did you mean on my talk page or your talk page?

I'll explain that the tracklist isn't made up when you reply. --Wiiboy829 (talk) 22:28, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

University of Exeter Halls

The hell was that? I spent time writing that article. people who spend time editing Wikipedia aren't fools. Reinstate the article please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NASSAfellow (talk • contribs) 01:50, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

And I spent time tidying it up, too. Much of the content that I removed fell under What Wikipedia is not and/or didn't conform to the spirit of our policies and guidelines, so I don't think reinstating it would be a good idea. However, I'd be happy to work with you towards improving the article further - I'm certainly not claiming that it's perfect now. Let's continue any discussion on the article's talk page.  —SMALLJIM  10:51, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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