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All I Need (Radiohead song)

Yo! Sorry to distract from your GA review, but if you have a minute, could you check out Talk:All_I_Need_(Radiohead_song)? I'd like your opinion on whether the article should be deleted; I'm unsure how to proceed. Popcornduff (talk) 01:55, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

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That was fast!

I just requested speedy deletion, and 5 seconds later, you did it! Wow! Thanks! Jwood (leave me a message) [what I'm up to] 20:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for patrolling! :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:32, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Unclosed AfD

Hello MusikAnimal, you recently deleted Steve Schuster article per CSD G7. It was already nominated for deletion discussion when you deleted. I think you might haven't checked the history of the article or maybe forgot to close the discussion. This message is to let you know that I have closed the discussion (WP:NACD). Be careful when deleting pages. Always check older revisions before deleting it. Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 12:26, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

@Jim Cartar: Thanks for closing it. I of course checked the history to ensure G7 applied (someone else had requested speedy per A3), and simply overlooked the AfD. My mistake. For future reference, by linking to me in the closing statement, I am notified and thus this message is not necessary. — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:47, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

No problem, it happens. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 19:15, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

P.S. You are not the only one. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 20:49, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it's fair to accuse the admin of not checking the page history. I don't think any admin would just blindly delete pages like that. I know you mean no harm but a more friendly message might be appropriate. If you just want to notify them pinging in the closing statement at AfD will suffice. — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:16, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

No my friend, I assumed good faith when posting that message. I'm really sorry if you're hurt. As I said, people often make mistakes. Don't take it personally. I will try to make it much friendlier. Actually I have seen many such examples when admin forgot and I (or someone else) have to do it. I'm not accusing my friend, and I'm sorry again if you're hurt. I noticed a many times that even after pinging someone 3 times, that user haven't responed, later I have to add a talkback and at last he responeded. That is the reason why I leave them messages, so that they don't miss it. Anyway, I'm sorry. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 21:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

No worries, not hurt! I just think it's safe to assume they do check the page history. So a more appropriate message would be "if you could, please remember to close the AfD if you notice one is active". That tis all. Didn't mean to make it seem like it's a big deal... it's not :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:46, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Ok. Btw just noticed your signature. You are using out dated codes. To update, you can use this:

'''''[[User:MusikAnimal|<span style="color:black">MusikAnimal</span>]]'' <sup>[[User talk:MusikAnimal|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]]</sup>'''

it results: MusikAnimal ^talk. You can use it if you wish. :) Jim Carter (from public cyber) 09:21, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

@Jim Cartar: You are correct, it is not HTML5 compliant. This is coming from a professional web developer... so a bit depressing that I haven't caught on to that yet. I have updated it. Thanks. — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:58, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Stinths

Hi, I see that we've had a minor misunderstanding. I didn't mean to vandalize Wikipedia nor did I make a mistake. It is only my concern that the page of a fraternity in the University of the Philippines was defaced of its good, provable and proven traits and then replaced by the unproven allegations leveled against it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stinths (talk • contribs) 16:03, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

@Stinths: Your original changes were reverted because you removed a large portion of sourced material without explaining why. Your changes may not be vandalism, but you are replacing sourced content with unsourced content. Wikipedia aims to be verifiable, so it's important to accompany your work with references. Removing sourced content counteracts this effort, and conflicts with our objectives as an encyclopedia. See WP:REFBEGIN on how to add references. Let me know if you need help, thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:20, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

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Thank You !!

Hi Dear, Thank You for the G7: Speedy Deletion. I apologize to You and other Dear fellows (Wikipedia:Article titles). If You are still online, may You kindly take out the time for the Speedy Deletion of this WP Page's Talk Page [1]. Sincerely, ← Abstruce 18:18, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

 Done — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

CSD

Can you do me a favor? I've had User:Lucas Thoms/EditCounterOptIn.js tagged for deletion for a while, but apparently CSD tags don't do anything on js pages (what a surprise). Can you please delete it? Thanks!—LucasThoms 17:57, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

 Done — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:01, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

While you're at it, can you maybe get User:Lucas Thoms/vada.js too? I don't need it anymore either. Thank you!—LucasThoms 18:02, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Anytime — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:04, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the quick work! —LucasThoms 18:05, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) This seems to me a backlog. I have tagged 4 articles with CSD and guess what they are still there. About 9 hours ago I tagged them and they are not vanished yet. It looks like more admins needed to clear this backlog. Even, Afd also have some backlog. Now I wonder, it is better to make a request on an admins talkpage rather than using those templates, requesting an admin directly is faster. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 20:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

From what I've seen, articles nominated for things like G3, G10, and G12 tend to get deleted much faster than, for example A7, because their deletions are more urgent. Copyright violations and attack pages are legally and morally wrong, whereas (hopefully) no one's going to be offended by the fact that so-and-so's garage band page stands for several hours.—LucasThoms 20:23, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Hmm. I know, but "speedy" means rapid. But here 9hrs late is not a good speed. This maybe called as "speedy-slow deletion". hehehe Jim Carter (from public cyber) 20:56, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, it's speedy in the sense that any alternative takes seven days, which is about 19 times as long as your 9 hour CSDs take.—LucasThoms 21:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Lucas Thoms is correct, anything with legal concerns should be addressed immediately. At least for vandalism, attack pages and copyright violations, it's fortunately very easy to tell if the page in fact falls under such criteria, whereas WP:ACSD articles often require a more thorough assessment. I'm not sure if this practice is documented in the WP-space, but the {{admin dashboard}} makes it's clear which speedy's are of priority. It's true CAT:CSD can acquire quite a backlog, but I like to think the not-so-immediate requests are taken care of within at least 12 hours. — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:51, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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US Naval Observatory

Hello MusikAnimal,

I am having trouble logging on, perhaps because the Navy networks ban certain functions for security reasons, but my IP address should show that I am coming from the U.S. Naval Observatory (this should partially confirm my self-identification in the comment and here). I wish to discuss the "good faith table" that I had deleted yesterday and you restored, as well as the statement that the "on-the-minute" announcement will not happen "1 in 3 times". I have just called the AMC voice announcer 12 times, spacing my calls over the 60-second between minutes, and always heard the "on-the-minute". (I did this before the original posting as well, along with checking with the equipment setup specialist, just to be sure.) As I indicated in my comment yesterday, we changed our system several years ago - specifically to fix this issue and others. If you don't believe this posting, let me suggest you try telephoning the time announcer a few times. I can give you my telephone number but I sense that is not how things are done. If you find the time announcer is not as I described it, I'd like to know that - so we can fix it!

Thank you,

usnochiefscientist (my wiki account) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.211.133.254 (talk • contribs)

Hello there! Sorry for the late reply. I was patrolling recent changes when I saw this edit, where you capitalized the S in "Time service", which was a heading. Per MOS:SECTION, we only capitalize the first letter of the first word, unless it is a proper noun, which I gather "time service" is not. That is all I meant to revert, but unfortunately the software I use reverted your previous edits without me knowing. Sorry about that!

Regarding your issues with logging in... is Usnochiefscientist your account? I see that it was registered 29 July 2014, but no edits have been made, and the account is not blocked. What happens when you try to login? Since you are able to edit with your IP, there should be no reason you can't edit with your registered account. — MusikAnimal ^talk 00:17, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello MusikAnimal,

I was able to log in with my account from home, and I hope this is the right way to "talk". From work, efforts to log in would just produce a blank web page. There are many strange things the Navy does blocking ports and protocols that I don't understand - and that's good because it means maybe the hackers don't understand them either. Thanks for the concern. As for capitalizing the "s" in "Time Service" - in this case it is a compound word (like "United States"). USNO has a "Time Service" department. To my way of thinking, "Time service" would be a service that gives you the time, like the voice announcer or GPS. I would capitalize s because it refers to a department, with a department head, etc.

thanks, usnochiefscientist Usnochiefscientist (talk) 01:56, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I am awarding you this Barnstar for your vigilance in removing vandalism from the pages of Wikipedia, as you did in the article, Robert Craddock. Keep up the good work! Ormr2014 (talk) 22:03, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks! — MusikAnimal ^talk 22:06, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Kedi (2006 film)

Hey, can you remove/restore this article to its older version?? Check the history and you will see someone removed most of the content and replaced it with hoax. I have undid one edit when I was editing from laptop, but now from mobile I can't do that nor Twinkle works on mobile version and I don't have rollback in this account as well. So, I thought if you can do this. Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 12:58, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

P. S. It is too hard to do this manually from phone because Wikipedia vs Small screen. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 13:02, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

@Jim Carter - Public: By habit I wrote "sourced" content in my edit summary, but there's nothing sourced here. In my opinion, it's difficult to justify reverting unsourced changes when nothing was sourced to begin with. I think the reversion is still warranted however as they removed/changed a lot of content without explaining why. Overall, though, this article definitely needs some work. The second infobox is unnecessary, I believe, or can be merged into the first one.

If you would like rollback on your public account I can grant that for you. Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:18, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Actually it was a bad faith edit. Hobby band made this changes after his page Satish Naidu was speedy deleted (I've nominated) as A7, G11. Hobby band included fake informations about Satish Naidu in this article when his article got deleted. Anyway, in this condition, I think this film article doesn't pass WP:NFILM. I will take it for Afd if I can't find WP:RS WP:Third party sources in the next few days.

You can add that flag. Nowadays most of my edits are by this account only. Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 14:57, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 15:31, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

No problem! — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:33, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Lord Gramont

REPLACE THIS TEXT WITH YOUR MESSAGE Lord Gramont (talk) 18:42, 7 August 2014 (UTC) Thank you Sir Merrick Cockell has been the subject of considerable press comment in the UK concerning his high level of expenses and allowances. He has been the subject of substantial media criticism over his expenses in New York and Boston and the high level of allowances. However, if you don't feel it relevant to question an elected councillor's record in this respect there is little I can do. In the UK there is strong negative feeling about elected council members ripping off the system.Best wishes Lord Gramont 7th August 2014

Simpsons vandalism

Hi. I'd just like to let you know that the section I removed from the page "Non-English versions of The Simpsons" was spam and false information. In Ireland, The Simpsons is always shown in English with no Irish dub or subtitles. They don't show the German dub either. The episodes are always shown unaltered and none of them are skipped. The source linked is an article about an Arabic version of The Simpsons, not an Irish one, Proof that it's vandalism. I have never even heard of an Irish article until I saw the article. There's no need for one because everyone in Ireland speaks English and would therefor get the jokes. All this is coming from a person living in Ireland who's a fan of the show. The show is actually quite popular here despite what the page says. Please revert my edit. If you don't, I will. --109.79.55.74 (talk) 20:57, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Indeed, this appears to be some strange hoax, and not the first time it has happened. Some of the quotes are in the linked source, but with the Middle Eastern networks replaced with (presumably) Irish ones. Very peculiar... at any rate, I've removed it. Thank you for noticing this and taking action. However I ask that next time you please use an edit summary so that others are aware of your intentions, and we don't think you are just blanking an entire section of the article without reason :) Thanks again! — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:22, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

Hi there. I think user Lollheysn is vandalising the wikipedia article for Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Twice this user has now edited his name, which was once undone by yourself and previously by me. The two edits of vandalism were :

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi PLOPS

and

Bhagavan Sri SHITEE Ramana Maharshi (the phonetics of this being pretty obvious)

I noted that you contribute a lot with regards to wikipedia vandalism and just thought I would let you know that it wasn't the first time this user had edited this page incorrectly.

Best, Bodhadeepika (talk) 23:19, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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Hello from Anissa ducere

I wrote an article on Dorcas Makgato-Malesu but it was deleted because of promotion. I asked many times what was the promotion on but there wasn't any response. I made some changes but the article was still deleted. Please advise and if I can retrieve the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anissa ducere (talk • contribs) 03:54, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

@Anissa ducere: Sorry for the delayed response. The current article looks much better, whereas the older one appeared to read more like an advertisement. Details like her general hobbies and interests also didn't really offer any encyclopedic value. Try to be impartial in your authoring, careful to disregard opinions and stay focused on the facts. You can learn more about our policy on neutrality at WP:NPOV and our conflict of interest guideline at WP:COI. Hope this helps — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:44, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Bíblia Questionário Liga

Musik, you blocked user:Bíblia Questionário Liga as a promotional user name. There was also promotional material on the user page, but it was added by a different user, User:Khalil289. You may wish to block this account. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 04:56, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

User:Bíblia Questionário Liga was blocked per our username policy, nothing beyond that. While it's possible the accounts are related, I do not immediately see a reason to block User:Khalil289, especially since they blanked their only contributions. Thanks for the notice — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:49, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Changes re: Josh Howard Page

Hi MusikAnimal,

I got your message re: the Josh Howard page changes that I made. I am sorry for not explaining why I made the changes, I am still learning the editing process and didn't realize the importance of that.

I made the changes because 1) there was information about his NBA career listed under his college career section, 2) because his NBA career section began with a grammatically incorrect and poorly worded sentence that contained dead links and 3) because the information on his NBA page was incomplete and not ordered correctly.

I realize I could go back and make the changes again and learn to correctly log my changes, but if you could help and point me in the direction of how to do that without starting over at the beginning it would be much appreciated!

Thanks, Liaobuqi (talk) 01:06, 14 August 2014 (UTC)liaobuqi 7:05pm MST, 8/13/2014

I have gone back and restored my changes and provided my reasons in the edit summary. Please do contact me if you have any more questions or if I did this in an incorrect manner.

Thanks, Liaobuqi (talk) 01:43, 14 August 2014 (UTC)liaobuqi, 7:42pm MST, 8/13/2014

@Liaobuqi: Hey! First off, I'd like to formally welcome you to Wikipedia. I've left some useful links on your talk page that may assist you in getting more familiar with our environment. Wikipedia is a rewarding collaborative community and I'm happy to see you here.

Looks like you've already figured out how to supply an edit summary with your changes. While we prefer to always use an edit summary, it is really only pertinent when making what may appear to be controversial changes. In your case, removal a large of amount of sourced material. That being said, I think your rationale for removal is perfectly valid and thank you for taking the time to explain it.

You asked how to apply your changes without having to redo them from scratch. Perhaps you are not familiar with the concept of a diff, which is the record of a change made to a page. Every change made can be restored in part or full. If you check the page history, you'll see your work. The diff you were referring to is probably this one, by viewing it you could simply copy and paste your work to the current version of the article. There is also the concept of undoing changes. Here I reverted your work in a single edit, so you could have also undone my edit and supplied the edit summary that way. Careful of not misusing it, the undo function can be quite handy.

Thanks again for helping improve Wikipedia. If you need any help moving forward don't hesitate to ask. — MusikAnimal ^talk 03:34, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from 2607:F470:A:2:21F:5BFF:FE30:A9B5

Hello MusikAnimal- I noticed that you deleted my entry on 'Quentin Stoltzfus' on 8-13-14 due to copyright violation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Stoltzfus

I do have explicit permission from the writer to republish the article cited on the page. His contact info is [email protected] if you would like to verify that.

Please let me know if I should there are further steps I should take to reinstate the entry.

orignal article here:

http://www.wonderingsound.com/interview/who-is/who-are-light-heat/)

--2607:F470:A:2:21F:5BFF:FE30:A9B5 (talk) 17:21, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi! For legal reason we cannot accept copyrighted material without proper licensing in place. There are several ways to do this. See WP:DONATETEXT for the full instructions. Let me know if you need any help, thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 03:41, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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FYI, your block of 81.170.124.90 is being evaded

Now socking with User:81.170.127.161. Pretty obviously here and here and here and here and pretty much with every one of sock's edits. I would report to that useless SPI page except that it is a pain in the ass to deal with and WP admins as a group are incredible wusses about range-blocking, so what's the point? --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 11:05, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

@Hobbes Goodyear: Blocked for block evasion. I believe you may be confusing being a "wuss" with exerting caution. Range blocks should be an absolute last resort. Here as far as I can tell we're only dealing with two IPs, hardly enough disruption to warrant a range block. Only a few pages seem to be at focus, so semi-protection may be an option moving forward. Thanks for the notice — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:43, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Agree range block not needed here--yet--but still find that too many admins are wu..., um, excessively cautious on the matter. By the way, sock is back, now using User:89.168.17.86, e.g., here, here, and here. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 16:42, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Anjaan

Thanks for the protection log. --Ssven2 (talk) 02:50, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

No problem — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:53, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you from Angelo Michael

Thank you for the quick response to my AIV report and here to build an encyclopedia. :) Angelo Michael (talk) 23:49, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

 You bet — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:53, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

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Just a question

Howdy MusikAnimal, I have a question, let there be two editors, X editor and Y editor. Both of them were editing and improving an article, X editor thought to change its citation style from {{cite}} to {{Sfn}}. And X editor started changing it being WP:Bold. Suddenly Y editor reverted the change with an edit summary WP:CITEVAR and WP:CONSENSUS. X editor started a thread for consensus at it's talk page. Y editor was having a disagreement with X editor. Although the article looks like a mess and have heavy citation clutter with {{Cite}} but still Y editor supported using {{Cite}} with reasons like, Newbies will not understand how {{Sfn}} works. Suddenly another newbie came in and supported editor X. Y editor almost confused and can't handle the situation, he left messages at two admins talk page (Both the admins were good friends of Y editor) and started calling them at the articles talk page for discussion although both the admins have no relation with the article (never have edited that page). Y editor explained one of the admin at the admins talk page that X editor is an inexperienced newbie (X editor helped 1 article to meet GA, 1 article to meet FL and have started 3 DYKs). One of the admin came and took the side of Y editor and accused X editor for WP:BATTLE. I have tried my best to explain the case, now the question arises who is correct, X editor or Y editor?? Didn't Y editor actually canvassed when he called those unrelated admins (admin interven was not required)?? Is it correct to call X editor inexperienced newbie when he have done some good works like DYK, FL, GA?? Did X editor used common sense?? Thanks, Jim Carter (from public cyber) 12:34, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

@Jim Carter - Public: This is probably easier to assess if you'd just point me to where the dispute is actually taking place. But without getting involved, I'd say X must not be a "newbie" and calling them one is not really fair. WP:CITEVAR is good rationale to retain {{cite}}. If it's a major overhaul to replace one citation style with another, maybe it's not worth it. In the end, which template to use of course yields to consensus. While you might consider it canvassing, I'd like to think the admins (being admins) are not swayed by Y's words, and their input is honest and impartial. Consider opening a request for comment if you feel a more broader consensus is needed. Perhaps the RfC could add clarity to WP:CITEVAR and if need be warrant a change to the guideline. — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:10, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Actually this was a question I thought of asking you since I was not present during your RfA. Good answers! Jim Carter (from public cyber) 03:13, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from GAwes

Hi MusikAnimal I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about what I changed I just thought to change the last name because she got married and I thought she got married and when women get married they change there last name so I thought to do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GAwes (talk • contribs) 17:13, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

@GAwes: No problem. I apologize for misinterpreting your edit as being unconstructive. The lead explains that her name changed as of the series finale, I assume Zbornak was still retained as the page name as it is the more well known. You can start a discussion on the talk page if you feel the page should be renamed. Moving forward, if you wish to rename pages you will need to do so by moving the page. This requires your account be autoconfirmed. Hope this helps, cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:20, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Block of User:138.162.0.41

Did you notify the WMF? I thought about blocking but didn't, but I did click on the block button and saw the instructions to notify. It's at WP:SIP. I don't know what happens in practice. Dougweller (talk) 20:34, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dougweller: I did not, nor did I know it was sensitive! Where did you see the notice? I admittedly did not think about it given the extensive block log. 138.* is also not listed at the top-right of Special:Block as sensitive. I'll get on IRC and ask somebody about it. That IP range has caused massive amounts of damage, at least to Kevin Kelly (politician), where I just finally revdel'd all the BLP violations. Thanks for the notice! — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:40, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

138.162.0.0 - 138.162.255.255 (138.162.0.0/16) is listed at WP:SIP. Not everything shows up on the block page, which is a serious pain. Dougweller (talk) 20:42, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dougweller: Notified on meta. I think I'm safe... many of the other IPs in that range are blocked, and apparently the department of defense IPs aren't as critical as other sensitive ranges. Thanks again for bringing this to my attention! — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:55, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm sure you're safe, just wondered if you did it because the IP isn't mentioned on the blocking page, and I thought you might not have noticed - I didn't realise for a long time there was another page with more IP ranges. Dougweller (talk) 05:24, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Your E61 filter blocking good edits

Look, will you remove this rubbish which is disallowing scores of good edits and actively harming the project. 90.199.67.62 (talk) 20:22, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

The filter I wrote does not disallow edits, it warns and then tags them. However, I see no error with the filter, as the edit you are trying to make to Yulia Bessolova would incorrectly add your signature into the article. Is there a reason why you are trying to do that? — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:26, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from 31.205.91.168

Hello, I am the person who has been editing the page on Morisco. Yes, you have made a mistake. I have been reading the supposed sources, and what the sources say is not reflected in the wikipedia article at all. There is no such thing as Sub-Saharan connection mentioned in the study. The other mention on studies that I deleted I specifically said it was not specified in the text. I was also adding to one of the studies explaining the origin of genetic markers. I am not vandalizing I am actually writing what has the sources say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.205.91.168 (talk) 21:23, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello, I was just wondering why I got Rollback and then had it revoked? I know I don't have many edits and would understand you denying me, but I am just curious so I can improve it in the future. Thanks. VeNeMousKAT (talk|contribs) 02:30, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Nevermind just read the reassesment. VeNeMousKAT (talk|contribs) 02:32, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes sorry about that. I've provided further clarification on your talk page. — MusikAnimal ^talk 02:38, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from jayp316

yes i thin you made a mistake when you removed this external link Following his debut EP ‘The Florida Files,’ B. Smyth is taking time for the ladies with his new Bigg D & Lamb produced track, “Twerkoholic.” The young R&B star on the rise pays homage to the old school with the sexy jam that samples “Love You Down” by Ready For The World.

The reason being is because Twerkoholic is the name of one of his latest songs that nobody knows about. This song is a very nice slow jam, it's just the title that's misleading. Jayp316 (talk) 16:52, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

@Jayp316: I understand you are trying to add new information about the subject, but your edits sound more like social commentary and lack an encyclopedic tone. crooner B. Smyth is doing it for the ladies in his new video is not appropriate for Wikipedia. We want to simply state the facts and disregard opinions, something like In 2014 Smyth released a new music video entitled "Twerkaholic". Also, instead of writing Read more at [this website] you could simply use that website as a reference. I recommend reviewing the five pillars of Wikipedia, which explains what we're all about. You can learn how to add references at Help:Referencing for beginners. Let me know if you need help, thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 03:06, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Orangetack

I was just bored to so I did that hoping someone would see it before it was edited back! xDxDxDxD Yeah you probably think I'm stupid....... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangetack (talk • contribs) 09:57, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from MirrorFreak

Hey MusikAnimal. I was wondering whether you could help me create a guestbook page. If you could that would be great. Thanks, Mirror Freak 13:16, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Nevermind dude. I made it here. You should sign it! Mirror Freak 14:27, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Vactryl - Celebrate Recovery Section Updates 08-21-14

I spent a lot of time adding language to the Celebrate Recovery section of Wikipedia. I also spent time formatting the information. I do understand your concerns about not citing items properly and possibly quoting more than I should have. I have created a complete bibliography to add to the page,and I will rewrite some sections per your advice. However, I would prefer to not have to reenter and reformat everything I submitted before. Is there a way I can access what I added and you removed so that I can edit the article, instead of trying to recreate it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vactryl (talk • contribs) 00:44, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

@Vactryl: Hey! Yes, it is important that you do not copy and paste text from other sources, everything should be in your own words. I see your change also contained no references. Wikipedia aims to have all content verifiable, which means it should be accompanied by reliable sources. See WP:REFBEGIN on how to add references. Finding your previous contributions is easy, just look for the "Contributions" link at the top-right. From there you can click on the "prev" links to get what's called a diff, which is the difference of that revision and the one before it. Your change can be found here. Let me know if you need anymore help! — MusikAnimal ^talk 00:56, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I revised the page considerably. I added citations the best I could, but I am not sure they are in the format that is normal for Wikipedia. I am a little unfamiliar with citations formats here. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vactryl (talk • contribs) 03:07, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Oh the irony.

But it was ironic...Pictureframedude (talk) 16:32, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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Background : Special:Diff/622347676#In the Arms of an Angel

The X Factor (UK series 10) - Another page that has been targeted for a few weeks now. If you look at the contributions from the 95.83.253.* range (link)- Almost all edits are addition of contentious BLP material.  NQ  talk 14:38, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

@NQ: I've semi-protected the page for two weeks. Looks like this will be an ongoing issues from this IP range, and not just with subject of McDonald. Fortunately there are other measures we can take beyond page protection that I will look into. Thanks for letting me know! — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:35, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Thankyou!  NQ  talk 18:14, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

A block evader

Thanks for blocking User:Kblfan and his IP, 71.233.191.90. He's trying to evade the block yet again with a new IP (see Joshua Vescovi edit history). The new IP is 174.236.36.17. Can you block this other one too? Jrcla2 (talk) 01:16, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

@Jrcla2: Blocked. Based on the WHOIS that IP was likely the user's mobile device. Those IPs tend to change based on location, so I've also reluctantly protected the page as the user may very well have a new IP at any moment. Probably safe to close the AfD discussion as delete based on apparent consensus, but I'll leave that to another admin — MusikAnimal ^talk 02:13, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick action! Jrcla2 (talk) 03:38, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Middle East Eye

Hello there, we have the right to change those allegations against us as they are not true.

If there is a better way to change them then please advice otherwise we will have to remove the content.

Thank you Middle East Eye (talk) 14:49, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

@Middle East Eye: Two problems right off the bat. First off, it is against policy to have an account that represents multiple persons. For this reason I have blocked your account, but feel free to create a new one representing only yourself. Secondly, as noted on your talk page, you should use an edit summary when making changes, in this case removing a large amount of sourced material. You are also inadvertently removing references that you apparently wish to keep, and the article's categories. Don't worry about that, I can fix that. For now, instead of removing the content again, let's discuss on the article's talk page, where we can find a consensus as to whether or not we should retain the content in whole or part. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:54, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from John768

Hi MusicAnimal,

This is a member of the Middle East Eye. It was I who created previously the username Middle East Eye but I was blocked.

We want to remove the content written about us as we believe it is inaccurate and therefore is deceiving the public. We can prove that we are the actual Middle East Eye company but please do let us know what we need to send you or how do we come about it to prove that we are the official MEE and we will be happy to do that.

We would like to change most of the content written about us as soon as possible.

Thank you and hope to hear from you

(talk page stalker) Hi @John768: and I'm one of MusikAnimal's friendly talk page stalkers. The case you are referring to is a conflict of interest. You may want to read WP:COI if you are going to continue to edit about your company. Also, the information you removed or verifiable which were supported by reliable sources.  ΤheQ Editor  ^Talk? 17:17, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

@John768: Hey, sure I can help you. For right now I don't think it is necessary that you prove your identity. The content that makes up Wikipedia is based on previously published information, supported by reliable sources. So if you have good sources backing what you're saying, there's no need to prove who you are, the sources prove everything. Similarly, you cannot remove well-sourced material just because you don't agree with it. I think this may be the problem you are having with Middle East Eye. The content you tried to remove appears to be well-sourced, yet you say it is inaccurate. May I ask what you think is inaccurate? Note that it says Allegations of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, I don't think it is specifically stating that was true. True or not, the allegations may still be considered encyclopedic, as it was reported in the national media. I agree with TheQ Editor that you should be careful not to exert a conflict of interest when editing Wikipedia. We want to take into account all viewpoints, positive and negative, in a healthy balance that gives the reader unbiased, factual information. — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:31, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

We have no issues to state balanced information. However, the content doesn't state facts and that is our issue. It will be hard to refute "allegations" as this is an opinion and we have to prove a negative. The person that wrote this content wasn't obviously neutral nor balanced and spoke on behalf of the national. Maybe it is the national themselves. Is it possible to change the content along with its sources? We could refer to different sources. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by John768 (talk • contribs)

@John768: I've moved this discussion to the article's talk page. Let's continue our discussion there. Please also remember to sign your posts by putting four tildes at the end (~~~~). Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:40, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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The IP you blocked and then unblocked

84.211.129.189 (talk · contribs) ignored the warning, so I've blocked. And for a month. The idea is to stop this and I don't think anything will but a block. Dougweller (talk) 10:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

No problemo. My instinct was to do the same, but I hadn't noticed that another admin had already declined the AIV report, hence why I unblocked. Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:46, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Joshua Vescovi / User:Kblfan and his IP socks

Can you please indefinitely page-protect Joshua Vescovi until the inevitable deletion at the article's AfD? Literally minutes after the protection was removed another IP sock of User:Kblfan removed the AfD tag.

Or, as an admin, can you close the AfD per SNOW, delete the article, then salt it? There's no chance in hell it's going to survive the AfD at this point and by having the article still exist is only prolonging the annoyance and disruptive editing that Kblfan/his IP socks are causing. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:19, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

WP:INVOLVED wouldn't apply here, so I've closed, deleted, and salted. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:28, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick work of this. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:37, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Actually, any chance you could SALT Josh Vescovi too? I could see Kblfan recreating the article under an abbreviated name. If you don't think that'd be necessary I'll go with your judgment, but this user has been particularly disruptive and insistent on the article's existence. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

In theory it would make perfect sense, but procedurally I'd say we should wait until we have concrete reason to protect as that's generally not done preemptively. — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:44, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Ok that's fine. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:56, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from 68.14.229.131

All I am trying to do is update the incorrect information currently written on Sieve Analysis. The current statements on Digital Processing are incorrect. 68.14.229.131 (talk) 15:24, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey there, I realize your edits were made in good-faith, however they removed valid use of links and questionably capitalized non-proper nouns. See MOS:CAPS for more information, thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:36, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Tsufit

Hello, I wrote about Landscape Architect Gil Har-Gil, but it was deleted because it appears to have no references. I would like to try again, can I use the firm website (http://english.landscape.org.il/) as a reference? Thank you, Tsufitצופית תור (talk) 05:46, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

@צופית תור: So sorry for taking so long to get back to you! Yes, Gil Har-Gil was deleted because it was a biography on a living person without any reliable sources. Per policy, these types of articles have to have at least one source. This policy was a result lawsuits that happened way back when. Anyways, to answer your question, articles should be based on secondary sources and not primary sources. I might also add there's a notability guideline on people. If you feel the subject does meet this guideline, feel free to make another attempt at the article. You could alternatively submit a draft of the article for review before it gets published. If the review passes, you can be fairly assured the article won't get deleted again. You can use the article wizard to create the draft. Let me know if you need any help! — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:01, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, I will try again, as i think i've got this 2 subjects: The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for one several times. And the person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field.

How can I be sure that it wont be deleted again? צופית תור (talk) 05:16, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey MusikAnimal, I added secondary sources to some of Gil Har-Gil projects, and some of the awards that he won, please note that all the links are in Hebrew. Moreover, I linked all the words that I found necessary to be linked. Please let me know if there any thing else I can improve. Thank you, Tsufitצופית תור (talk) 16:28, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Ivan Plachkov

Hey, I noticed you deleted Ivan Plachkov as A3, but in fact there was an article with content, it had just been blanked. It's not a huge deal (I've made the same mistake before), but you should restore the article and try to remember to be a bit more careful in the future, eh? Cheers, WilyD 09:03, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

@WilyD: Wowzas! That was way back in May. I was a rookie then. It would take a single look at the page history to see A3 was not appropriate... which is strange as even then I thought I always checked. Clearly I didn't that time :-/ I've restored it, thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:42, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Penguin05

Hi MusikAnimal. I am glad to see you are a real editor for Wikipedia and not some rogue person who is updating Union County College's page. I work for the College and have been asked to update the content which is at least three years old. I am totally new to this and was deleting all the information that was outdated, but haven't begun to populate it yet with the current information from our Academic Catalog and Annual Report. I will reach out to you if I have questions. If you see edits from me, they are legitimate. 8-27-14 Penguin05 Penguin05 (talk) 19:26, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

@Penguin05: Hey! No problem, let me know if you need help. All I ask is that you try to use an edit summary to describe your changes, particularly when removing large amounts of sourced content. I've left a welcome template containing some useful links on your talk page. Cheers — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:48, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Help

What should I do? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:85.210.185.45 Bobherry talk 15:37, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

@Bobherry: You've correctly warned them. If they make another personal attack issue a more stern warning, then report to WP:AIV if disruption continues. — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:51, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Bobherry talk 16:01, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Abraham Scott

Hi MusikAnimal! I believe you inadvertently deleted the talk page to this article rather than the corresponding one on my userpage, User talk:Doug butler/Abraham Scott. Thanks heaps. Doug butler (talk) 22:55, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

@Doug butler: Sure did, sorry about that! Restored. — MusikAnimal ^talk 22:58, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks; that was quick. Don't you admins ever sleep? Doug butler (talk) 23:06, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Well it's only around 7 PM here in New York, but I've been known to stay up well into the AM :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:17, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

Check Name of the Countries

Check the name of the Countries - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sports_Day ; Where is Citation for India? In Google search it is coming on top of SERP. Search with National Sports Day India, I came for other reason. Why I will fight with you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.253.32.174 (talk) 17:39, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm confused. You are correct that currently there is no source for National Sports Day in India. Why, then, are you removing the sourced content and leaving the unsourced part about India? — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:43, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Added cites  NQ  talk 17:51, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Kbro123

Hey I'm kbro123, you removed my contributions to the ghana national team page saying their results in the 2014 World Cup, I'm pretty sure that counts as relative Kbro123 (talk) 18:54, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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Template:Did you know nominations/32 Old Slip

Hi mate, sorry to be a pain, but there are a few things that need to be addressed before your article can be passed. Personally, I'd be satisfied if you could address the orphan tag, but DYK are more interested in their vast array of rules, and they don't quite grasp concepts like the spirit of the law... Hopefully you should be able to resolve the issues; just let me know when you want me to take another look. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:38, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

@HJ Mitchell: No worries, the DYK criteria did seem fairly strict, and I had a feeling I was missing something. I wish I had known that GA promotion is also an eligible scenario, or else I'd have a few more credits. Anyways, I think I've addressed all the concerns if you'd like to take another look :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:12, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Regarding Rollback Rights

Hello, I just wanted to know that whether in case of Good-Faith edits i can use the Rollback AGF feature or not?.Thanks.--Param Mudgal (talk) 03:58, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

@Param Mudgal: I assume you are referring to the Twinkle "Rollback (AGF)" link? If so, yes this is what you should use for reverting good faith edits manually. The term "rollback" simply means reverting all subsequent changes by that user, as opposed to undoing an edit which would revert only a single edit. Twinkle's "Rollback (vandal)" would be the equivalent to system rollback. System rollback is the "rollback" link you should now see next to edits in page histories and on your watchlist. Huggle and STiki have good-faith revert features of their own, for your convenience. Let me know if you need anymore help — MusikAnimal ^talk 04:18, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, i was referring to the Twinkle Rollback link only.Thank you very much for the help.I have got the answer to my question.--Param Mudgal (talk) 11:31, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

FAC review

Hello. May I ask for a review on ...And Justice for All , an FA nominee of mine? The review page is here, where you can post your comments/vote regarding the article's quality. I would appreciate a swift response whether you're available to conduct the review. Thanks in advance.--Retrohead (talk) 10:38, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

@Retrohead: At least you're getting some feedback! Mine (Hasil Adkins) lay idling for the past 21 days. I'm not really the best to ask for a FA review, and I don't really know how acceptable this sort of "canvassing for reviews" is, but any feedback is good. I can't imagine there's harm in that. How about you brief over mine and I will do the same for yours? — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:29, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Haven't noticed you've got a nominee of your own; of course I can comment there. By the way, I "learned" this trick from Dan56. I agree there's nothing harmful in that, at least to the point you demand a suggestion, not a direct support.--Retrohead (talk) 20:20, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

@Retrohead: Just wanted to let you know I still plan on looking over your FAC and you will hear from me very soon :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:04, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Query

Hello. Forgot to ask the last time whether you know to update music files from YouTube? If the response is yes, I'll specify what needs to be uploaded.--Retrohead (talk) 09:49, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

@Retrohead: I'm not sure if I follow...? What music files? — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:38, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Meant to create File:Megadeth - Set the World Afire.ogg from an extract on YouTube→[2]. Timing 2:48–3:18. Can you handle that?--Retrohead (talk) 19:27, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

@Retrohead: I'm a computer savvy guy but not so much beyond the terminal and my web browser, sorry. Looks like there's some YouTube to MP3 converters out there. You could then cut whatever part of the MP3 you want and lower the quality to 60 kbps using Audacity. More info at WP:CMF. Hope this helps — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:23, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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Requesting for rollback

Hello again (Just to let people know I'm asking on your talk page because you said I should), MusikAnimal! I am requesting reevaluation for rollback rights, as you might suspect from the title. Even though you told me to wait a month or two, I simply couldn't wait that long not knowing if I could have gotten rollback sooner. I now have more than 200 edits to mainspace (article) and have completed my CVUA! I will explain my reasons on why I think I should get rollback or not.

My block log

First, I want to get this out of the way. When I first joined Wikipedia, I didn't realize the beauty of Wikipedia. I didn't realize how fun it is to revert and interact with people on Wikipedia. I have long since changed my ways, I no longer think to harm Wikipedia as I did when I first joined it. In fact, I want to help Wikipedia. I have found Wikipedia to be a very fun place ever since I've been unblocked and I never intend to hurt/disrupt Wikipedia again. Although I can't give you evidence that I won't do it again, I can give you my word and let my recent edits speak for themselves.

Counter vandalism unit academy

I have completed the CVUA and on the final test, I believe I would have gotten a 98% or 99%, but he forgot to put the grade in the box, but I believe I got 100% on the last part. The CVUA taught me a lot about counter vandalism and how to deal with other issues involving edit waring to dealing with users.

Why I want, and what I intend to do with rollback

I want rollback for the simple reason being that rollback is more effective, faster, and more efficient way to stop, and neutralize vandalism. I intend to use rollback rights so I can revert vandalism (and only that with rollback) with Stiki and/or Huggle, two very effective anti-vandalism programs.

Why you, and the community should trust me

I believe you, and the community, should trust me because I now work hard to revert and/or remove vandalism and help improve Wikipedia. I have 200 mainspace edits now, compared to the 75 I had when I requested it before. I believe I have much more experience and knowledge by completing the CVUA than I had before I did.

Thank you

Thank you for taking your time to read this, and I look forward to hearing from you. Once again, Thanks. VeNeMoušKAT ^{(talk:会話)} 01:34, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Again, anti-vandal work looks great. You've indicated you are dedicated to helping the project, and I sense sincerity. I'm torn, however. It's only been 20 days since your last request was declined. Meanwhile the fact you were a vandal yourself a mere month ago is difficult to see past. I'd like a second opinion. I'm going to ping my colleague HJ Mitchell who is active at WP:PERM. HJ, might I inquire your take on this scenario? Feel free to review deleted contributions. — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:21, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

I'd be a lot more comfortable if they'd done something other than revert vandalism, like write an article or something else that shows that they get what the project is about (cf. WP:MMORPG). But then it's minimal effort to revoke rollback if it's misused. I'm not inclined to grant it, at least not at the moment, but I won't lose sleep if you want to. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:47, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

@VeNeMousKAT: I think we need more vandal fighters, but I agree with HJ. Having some content work under your belt would further corroborate your newfound good intent and help exemplify an understanding of basic policy and guidelines. Are there any topics you are particularly interested in? Music? Movies? Video games? Take a look at the various WikiProjects and you'll find ample amounts of fun things to work on. Look up the article on your favourite band and try to expand on it a little. If you're not good with prose, consider adding references where needed, or helping lessen any of the content backlogs. Anything you have to offer. 200 mainspace edits is good, but let's try to get another 200 or so (400 is the new accepted standard for rollback). You're doing great with Twinkle right now, let's not rush to get rollback. Thanks for your understanding and look forward to seeing you grow as a Wikipedian. If you need help along the way don't hesitate to ask — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:23, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello from VasuEPA

Hi MusikAnimal,

Saw your message, I see you have rolled back all my changes. Did not know about the edit summary, I will do that in the future. However, I was in the middle of rearranging the content into different sections, not removing them. Please restore the changes I have made.

Thanks VasuEPA (talk) 21:20, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

@VasuEPA: Done. But yes, please do remember to supply an edit summary with your changes, especially when removing large amounts of sourced content. Thanks for your understanding. I've also left some useful links on your talk page to help you get started. If you ever need help don't hesitate to ask, and welcome to Wikipedia :) — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:26, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello from Responsecan88

Hello MuzikAnimal,

I would like to contribute to an article which you have deleted, about Northern Lights Direct .

To be clear it is currently the place where I work however I strongly believe the company should have a Wikipedia page due to it's accomplishments and client base in the Direct Response Advertising Industry.

I am aware the previous article written by my colleague did not meet Wikipedia's guidelines and was rather promotional in it's nature however, I would like to have a chance to address this issue by changing the content substantially from what it used to be. I'll make sure the article is a neutral summary of what reliable, independent sources have reported about the company.

I kindly ask that I be given a chance to edit the page and look forward to becoming a contributor to Wikipedia in not only this topic but others alike as well. Responsecan88 (talk) 20:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

@Responsecan88: Hello! While it's best not to write about subjects you're directly involved with, you absolutely can give it another try. If you are asking to receive a copy of the deleted article, I could provide it in part, but it needed a fundamental rewrite anyway, so maybe you're better off starting from scratch. I recommend composing a draft article and then once complete, you can submit it for review. That way more experienced editors can help you refine it and ensure it doesn't get deleted again. You can use the article wizard to expedite this process. Things to keep in mind... make sure your organization meets our notability guideline, and that just as you say, be careful not to exert a conflict of interest. Hope this helps — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:07, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Your revert at Inca Empire

I blocked the idiot, and the idiot what you reverted to also. I hate it when I revert a vandal to another vandal, but it's easily done. Dougweller (talk) 15:57, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Ridiculous... unfortunately half the time I'm not aware what I'm reverting to. I usually issue a final warning before blocking, but edits like that are an obvious exception. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 16:05, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/5.81.224.153 again...

He/she disruptive editing on Daydream (Mariah Carey album) again. Can you block him/her again. 183.171.168.28 (talk) 17:48, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Not comfortable blocking just yet. This time around things look more constructive, with at least an attempt to add a source (it was a dead link). I've issued a level two warning. If disruption continues a block may be warranted. Thanks — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:00, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Extend PC time...

...on Nimrod Kamer and Rowan Blanchard? --George Ho (talk) 16:57, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

@George Ho: Extended Nimrod Kamer for another month. Rowan Blanchard history looks quite bad... pending changes protection isn't doing much, so I've bumped it to semi-protection. Thanks for keeping an eye on these articles! — MusikAnimal ^talk 21:07, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:1 chisper (Pelicula) 2015

User:1 chisper (Pelicula) 2015, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:1 chisper (Pelicula) 2015 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:1 chisper (Pelicula) 2015 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. BOVINEBOY2008 23:38, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Deleted, more at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/1 chisper — MusikAnimal ^talk 03:15, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

User talk:5.81.224.153

Hi, help here please. 31 hours wasn't enough.  — ₳aron 21:20, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

@Calvin999: OK, I've reluctantly blocked again. User clearly means well, just continually adds unsourced content and refuses to talk. By the way, there's a discussion currently going on about the use of genre names in infoboxes at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums#Genre path in template. Your input is welcomed. Best — MusikAnimal ^talk 05:06, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Means well a few times. But to keep on meaning well after being repeatedly warned and told by several people to stop isn't meaning well.  — ₳aron 15:26, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

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