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Diploma mills

Ta for picking that up. Mind, I think Belford University is probably in a worse state now (outright rant against diploma mills). Morwen - Talk 10:57, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Anyone see the interesting information on Belford University at EssayFraud.org? Belford also runs term paper mills, and they are from Pakistan. Total crooks and scam artists. Scroll to the bottom of the following page for details:

http://www.essayfraud.org/forum/

SarahTeach 18:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Ken Kutaragi

I'm requesting your opnion about this dispute. Lot of POV-Pushing, the article is currently blocked. --GroundZero 21:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

I am probably not the right one to ask, as I am not very knowledgable in that area... Thue | talk 21:34, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Not true!

Please don't post things about Bush and disambiguation pages that isn't true. Thank you for your time. --Wookiebaca 22:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't know what you are talking about. What have I posted where? But as a I always try not to post things that are untrue, then there should be no problem. Thue | talk 22:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Thue/Archive8! Hope it's a wonderful one! (happy New Year, too!)--ViolinGirl^♪ 15:10, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Saint Nicholas

I'm sorry, I just double-checked. He wasn't removed from the roster of saints, his feast day was simply made optional. I'll change the "decanonized saints" category back to the "saints" category. -User:Asarelah

Image request

Hey, while it's cold and dark outside, you should go try to get good pictures of the Danish Crown Regalia. My attempt when visiting in 2003 was a failure, the dim lighting needs long exposures and all the ones I took were fuzzy. Other artifacts and furniture in Rosenborg would be handy too, lots of the articles on antique objects are unadorned or have nonfree images. Stan 20:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I will at some point, but they take 85kr for entrance :(. Thue | talk 19:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

HRH Prince Emmanuel de Cériz, Prince of Ceriz and Virkantzya...

...wants to thank you. As you was the unique defender of the article about His Royal Higness on wikipedia.

Sir Wallis E. Budge

As I remember I deleted that article... Thue | talk 14:11, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Federer

Hi Thue! No, I did not misread the licence. I was indeed trying to show that the image Image:RFederer.jpg cannot be used for any purpose, as stated.", and therefore that the licence tag it had was not correct. I also think that the image must be deleted, because commercial use is clearly not permitted. Thanks, --Mschlindwein 22:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah, of course :). I was confused by the fact that the copyrightedfreeuse template was still on the picture. Thue | talk 22:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I let the original template on the picture because I do not know how you from the Wikipedia in English manage such cases. --Mschlindwein 22:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

gracias

Thanks for taking the time to revert vandalism[1] to my article :)

Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 16:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

• yes good Idea add the link if you found it. Qatarson 08:31, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Greenwich University

I removed both your "notorious degree mill operator" description of Bear, and your opponent's "world-famous education author" description, because they obviously indicated a situation where consensus was required. In an attempt to achieve consensus, I placed a message on the talk page and created a stub on John Bear. Please don't revert to your "notorious degree mill operator" version again until we have reached a consensus on the talk page. Snottygobble 07:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

He is not my opponent, and it is not "my version". I just per principle revert any uncommented IP edits which change articles of alledged diploma mills into glowing reviews (This has been happening a lot). Thue | talk 07:32, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

That's fair enough, but you reverted my subsequent edit too.

You seem to have an interest in diploma mills; I would appreciate any help you can give to John Bear, which really is an awful stub. Like I said, I only created the article in order to broker a consensus between two diametrically opposed views. I really know nothing about the subject. Snottygobble 08:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh sorry, I didn't notice your edit :(. I have just made a somewhat throughout google search, and as far as I can tell John Bear seems to be legit. Though some people on usenet flame him for being a fraud, there seems to be no firm evidence against him (and the flamers don't seem to be trustworthy), and my feeling is that he is not a fraud. Thue | talk 09:24, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Disappointment River

Yes, sorry. should be merge. --Spook ^{(my talk | my contribs)} 14:40, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

You know, you could just have merged instead of tagging it "merge" :). (Yes, I know, I did not merge either). Thue | talk 14:51, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. --Spook ^{(my talk | my contribs)} 14:53, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Blocks

You blocked 194.66.199.249, but there is not blocked tag on his/her talk page. Could you add one? Thanks for blocking this repeat vandal. Rlevse 15:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Sure. Thue | talk 15:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sherine Harivandi

Since you originally prodded it, I thought you might like to know that Sherine Harivandi is now being discussed at AfD. NickelShoe 23:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

169.203.191.194

Thanks for blocking this guy. I appreciate your help. ¡Dustimagic! ^(T/C) 19:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Blocks - thanks

Thanks for the the blocks on 208.1.217.193 and Samson1986. |→ Spaully°τ 20:29, 27 February 2006

Anthony Rupert

My page was deleted because I am a "non-notable person"? What exactly does "notable" mean to you? I have written several copyrighted novels, so I guess I'm a little confused.

Well, for one thing the article did not mention your novels, so they were not considered. It now also seems your article was an Wikipedia:autobiography, which is discouraged. If you want to see what notable means, go to WP:BIO, but please consider not creating an article about yourself as recommended at Wikipedia:autobiography. Thue | talk 07:33, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I apologize for not reading the autobiography guidelines. Is it still all right to have the WONDERFUL P.I.s page? COMPFUNK2 11:27, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Given that I can't find anything about them on google, they are probably not notable enough for inclusion either; see also Wikipedia:Fancruft. Thue | talk 11:32, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Danish cabinet positions

Hi Thue

Great idea about the template, but a few ministerial posts are missing in order to make a complete list for all post-1848 governments:

• Minister for Iceland
• Minister for Schleswig
• Minister for Holstein and Lauenburg
• Minister for the Monarchy's Joint Internal Affairs
• Minister of War (redirect to Minister of Defence?)
• Minister of the Navy (redirect Minister of Defence?)
• Minister for Public Works
• Minister for South Jutland (Affairs) (1919)

It might be an idea to rename "Inactive posts" to "Historical offices" as well. Just my thoughts. Regards. --Valentinian ^(talk) 18:05, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I have added those. Note that I have been trying to standardize the English names of the offices (not least because the names I had added myself were inconsistent), with the priorities being

• Simularity to the Danish names
• Consistency among the names in Wikipedia
• Good english

The names I choose can be seen in the template, and consider that template the reference for naming (including the consistent use of "(Denmark)" at the end where neccesary). I plan to update the naming elsewhere to match it. Do my choices seem reasonable to you? Thue | talk 18:54, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

They seem pretty fine to me. I personally hate the "Minister of ..." construction, so I'm glad you've been able to avoid it in many cases. I personally like "of Denmark" more than the "(Denmark)" construction, but if that is the price that must be paid to have some sort of consistency, then so be it. I've been rearranging the list of historical offices a bit, but I don't know if it might be an idea to alphabetize the list?

In the ideal world, each government office should have a (short) article, a list of the politicians holding that office, and a (stub) article for each holder of the office (including succession boxes). I know it will be an awful lot of work, but it should still be the goal. Speaking of the lists of cabinet ministers, I've been standardizing some of the lists to the same format as the ones I've made myself, and if I get the time, I'll do the rest as well. I use e.g. List of Justice Ministers of Denmark or List of Tax Ministers of Denmark as a guideline. --Valentinian ^(talk) 23:46, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Btw Cutie123, would you mind not posting your comments in the middle of a conversation between Thue and me? You made it seem like *I'd* made that post! --Valentinian ^(talk) 23:46, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if you've seen the Category:Government of Greece, the lists there are pretty good. They've also had to tackle the issue with cabinet officies changing names etc (e.g. Minister for Culture (Greece). Apparently they list the office under its current name with references to its former names. That seems to work pretty well. Best regards. --Valentinian ^(talk) 12:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your kind words - and yes, I did reconsider ;) Nach0king 00:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Request/Question - Ashot II

Hello. I had noticed that you had cleared some of my reported copyvios so I am hoping you can assist me with a question.

I had marked the article, Ashot II as a copyvio on February 24 and notified the submitter. Today, the submitter messaged me back that they would fix it and, in fact, they did write a new stub for this article.

I assume that since the copyvio was fixed it is acceptable for the submitter to clear the copyvio tag out and rewrite the article. (???) My confusion is that this is contrary to the instructions on the copyvio tag.

Thanks!

James084 21:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

The policy is that copyvio text should also be removed from page history, so I have deleted the two oldest versions of the article. This is equivalent to what would have happened if the submitter had followed the instructions and written the new version on the temporary subpage, in which case I would have deleted the original and moved the new version into place. I hope that answers your question :). Thue | talk 22:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• Very cool! Thanks for your help!! James084 22:34, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

reverts

hi, i noticed that you reverted many pages very quickly, i'd like to know how you can do that :-) Unixer 08:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

I used the administrator only feature Wikipedia:Rollback#Administrator_feature, together with the Firefox "middle click to open link in new window" feature. Thue | talk 09:59, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

User:Walton monarchist89

If you could go ahead and contact this user on his talk page. He allegedly has been the victim of a IP block in which he shares the IP in question. He claims that you blocked him but he can't contact you because he e-mail isn't working. If you could head on over when you get a chance, it would be appreciated. His edits look pretty safe (i.e., not vandalism). Pepsidrinka 11:43, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Editor's barnstar

Is this your first??

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For removing so much unencyclopedic matter from Wikipedia and preserving its integrity, I award you the editor's barnstar. ßlηguγΣη

Thanks :). While I have deleted a lot of stuff which should be deleted (Wikipedia would have severel ‰ more articles if it still had those I deleted), I am not very active right now. So it is interesting that I get that barnstar right now :). Thue | talk 08:43, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

More Emmanuel Ceriz

FYI: More Emmanuel Ceriz content has been posted, and I've put it up for speedy deletion. --mtz206 14:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

As I remember that one looked like blatant self-promotion of a non-notable person. I see that it has already been taken care of :). Thue | talk 18:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Weston Reserve University

Weston Reserve University is getting hit again with the same old POV. Arbusto 21:44, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

World War II

Hi Thue

I noticed your redlink on Anders Fogh Rasmussen. I'm a bit uncertain in information about the collaboration policy should be included under Occupation of Denmark or its own article. Do you have any particular preferences? Regards. Valentinian ^(talk) 12:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

It should probably redirect to Occupation of Denmark, at least for now. Thue | talk 12:03, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Btw, Occupation of Denmark had been moved to a very cumbersome name without debate, so I've restored it to its old name (another user did the same for a second article moved by the same editor.) I don't see any problem with the simple name since the entire country has never been occupied by any other foreign power, and no clear consensus exists on the names of WWII articles (except that they generally use short names). Valentinian ^(talk) 13:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Trust network

The Wikipedia:Trust network is now all set up and ready to go :-) Please feel free to follow the instructions and show which other contributors you have trust in! TheGrappler 21:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Nice. I added a few people whose edits I have bumped into to my trust network. Thue | talk 22:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Picture requests

Have you seen Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Denmark? That might give you an opportunity to get your digital camera out. TheGrappler 10:02, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Everywhere Girl.png)

This file may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Everywhere Girl.png. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Dionyseus 15:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Churches in Copenhagen

Hello Thue, if you pass a church in the Copenhagen area, and a photo of it is missing in Commons:Category:Diocese of København - then please shoot it :). --Sir48 23:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I will - I have already been working on that :). Thue | talk 06:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

JzG

This user will not quit. He has vandalized my talkpage numerous times over the past three days

• Today he deleted comments of other users with no explanation[2], protecting my talkpage[3] without any justification, deleting my response to his harassment on my talkpage with the bizarre edit summary "Since you are saying goodbye, let's assume you mean it, eh?", and then leaving this threatening message to intimidate me into leaving[4].

Before that he vandalized my talkpage[5]. Then when I reverted another user assumed he was right and reverted to JzG's version, but realized he was wrong and apologized. I was cordially and said it was alright. JzG has left numerous uncivil comments on my talkpage that can be viewed if one goes through the history of the page. He has also repeatedly been warned. I want him blocked immediately. Tchadienne 22:37, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Used your crash photo - thanks

I needed a car crash image for a blog entry, and I found yours [6]. Thanks for putting it in the public domain.

(post location ... [7])

It is nice to see your work used :). Thanks for crediting me in the article! Thue | talk 11:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Liz Rossof

Hi, I was just wondering why you replaced my {{db-bio}} on the above mentioned page. You basically are saying the same thing: "Notable? Does not give specific examples of notability, such as prestigious awards". This, however, even disregarding the fact that the article was created by the person herself, is grounds (as far as i understand) for speedy-deletion. --Storkk 01:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Ah - I missed the fact that it was an autobiography. I agree, it should be speedied. Done. Thue | talk 17:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Image request

Hej Thue

I would like to request a picture of the Nusrat Djahan Moskeen [[8]] and if you would be so kind as to add it to the article Islam in Denmark. --Angelbo 09:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

God ide - det kan jeg godt klare en af de nærmeste dage :). Thue | talk 19:16, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

AfD issue with Swedish sources

Hi. Could you spare a moment or two to glance at Aina Erlander? The article seems to have started in the Swedish Wikipedia [9], but that's unsourced and - unsurprisingly - Google results are mostly in Swedish too. Is it worth a keep? Thanks. --Mereda 07:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

To whom it may concern:

My name is Diana Seif and I am currently working with the Marketing team of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. We know that Wikipedia offers an array of trusted, useful information regarding several topics. However, we are specifically interested in Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) and thought perhaps we could be an addition to your external links heading regarding this condition. Our web address is http://www.csmc.edu/5757.html and features additional medical and procedural information (i.e., symptoms, cause and risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment options the hospital provides), which can act as supplemental information and support to your readers. We greatly appreciate your consideration. Please contact me should you decide to link to our page. Thank you.

Best Regards,

Diana Seif

Block on 213.42.21.81

Hi Thule, per this unblock-en-l email, I've unblocked 213.42.21.81 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • block user • block log) for the time being. From my experience, it seems like Emirates Telecommunications is a bit of a problematic ISP since they apparently use multiple load balancing proxy servers. --  Netsnipe  ►  06:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be visible from the block log, but I think the block I placed was an "IP-only, not accounts or account creation" block. I think this is appropriate for a proxy server, and I suggest a reblock, perhaps with a more appropriate block comment :). I can't read the email you reference, the archive requires a password. Thue | talk 11:06, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Subscribe at http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/unblock-en-l and disable mail delivery if you want archive access only. If you're going to reblock, I suggest short soft-blocks only. The entire UAE is routed through those proxies for government censorship. See Etisalat. --  Netsnipe  ►  14:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for deleting User talk:61.1.69.80 and covering up my mistake. -- Gogo Dodo 18:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)