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Cryolophosaurus

Thanks for your nice comment on my discussion page. (Ah, a converted unregistered! ;) 68.81.231.127 20:53, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks and a question

Hey. Thanks for the welcome template ;) I actually have a quick question for you if you know the answer. Bridget Bishop just got created and it's a blatant copy-paste job of [1]. I put a note in the talk page of that entry, but I'm not sure where else to indicate this problem. Should I just nuke all the content on the entry? VfD it? etc...? Not quite sure what to do with it. Thanks! Zachlipton 21:27, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Well that was fast. Thanks :) Zachlipton 21:27, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hehe, -1 minute is obsessively fast even by my wiki-addicted standards… As linked of the page in question, the action to undertake on blatant copy&paste jobs (unless they clearly claim that the copyright holder has given permission) is to blank, stick a {{copyvio|url=http://original/material/was/here.htm}} template on it and list it on Wikipedia:Copyright problems (aka WP:CP aka copyvio (all to save typing)). --fvw* 21:31, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)

VFD tag has been added

Thanks for the heads up. --Flockmeal 22:22, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)

you killed my joggle page.... it was just an inside joke... sheesh

Hi! What system and operating system is the Sad Maco logo you posted on Wikipedia from?

If you did not take the photo, please find the contact information for the person who took the photo. WhisperToMe 00:35, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

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"Please do not vandalize entries"

Not sure what you were referring to when you told me I'd vandalised Ruhollah Khomeini.. just wanted a clarification.. 87.74.59.128 22:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Missing I Think

According to Kernighan and Ritchie p202 there is a space flag available.

The space flag means leave a space for numeric sign even if missing.

I don't see anything about that in the printf article.

The printf article helped me a lot and I hope it remains available.

Miltevans (talk) 19:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

For your improvements to Over-the-counter drug

The Medicine Barnstar
Thanks for your significant improvements to the important and previously unsourced article, Over-the-counter drug. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:21, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Christian Educational Consortium

Dear Zachlipton, I'm editing this page as part of a senior prank and will revert my own changes in less than a week, and seeing as how the article is not in encyclopedia format, I suggest you let me edit it at will, or remove it entirely, as it is not in the correct form or tone. Thanks (96.28.26.25 (talk) 07:06, 11 May 2010 (UTC))

Christian Educational Consortium

Hey, I wanted to ask you something about the article so I just left my question on my talk page, thanks. (96.28.26.25 (talk) 07:26, 11 May 2010 (UTC))

Rollback

Per your request, I've granted you rollback. Just a few things to remember:

  • Rollback is for blatant vandalism. Only. If you're not sure, use another button.
  • Rollback doesn't give you any special status
  • Misuse will lead to it being removed. This can be done by any administrator at any time
  • You can get to grips with Rollback and test it at Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback
  • Make sure you read Help:Reverting and WP:RBK.

Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:51, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Lombardia Autonoma, Lombardy Project & Lega Padana Lombardia

Hello, these parties don't exist in Italy, but only on english wikipedia. You should check on Italian Wikipedia, Italian Newspapers and on the website of Italian Minister of the Interior and you will find nothing about them. Because these pages have been written someone who want to promote himself. The only true party that exist in the reality is the Northern League alias Lega Nord of Umberto Bossi. That's all. I suggest you to check all the information and then delete those pages. I'm trying to clear those page removing the false informations. Bye. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.33.134.65 (talk) 08:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the message, but i'm not so much able to work on this project. And also my capability to write in english is very modest. Anyway i've seen another page that is suspect: Front Lombardy. This party exist but never ran to elections (local and general)... What do you suggest me to do? Bye

Robert Koch

Thank you for reverting that IPvandal, but you missed one from almost the same IP, immediately preceding the one you reverted. I've fixed it, but please be sure to check history, not just the last change. Cheers, LeadSongDog come howl 15:40, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

igloo

Thanks for your interest in igloo. I've added you to the script whitelist, so if you now try and run the program it should allow you to connect. I'm very busy atm, but any feedback or suggestions are still welcome. Ale_Jrbtalk 16:22, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

so

So what does one need to do to delete that section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.83.2.35 (talk) 03:37, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I reverted your edit on Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. This article may meet the criteria for speedy deletion and the so the correct protocol should be followed to ensure that it is removed effectively. We do not simply delete large enteries. Thanks.--Ciaran M (talk) 23:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC) Okay fair enough --Ciaran M (talk) 23:07, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

"This is a well sourced statement. I encourage you to discuss this change on the article's talk page before removing it."

Per your revert of my edit to Religion in the United States:

My discussion of that edit has been sitting on the article's talk page for over a month. I don't know why you didn't read the article's talk page before telling me I should post on the article's talk page, but I cited the relevant talk page section as my reason for editing. I waited quite a long time for someone to respond before proceeding with the edit, even as two other people came and made the edit I was talking about, only to have it reverted again. You are the third person to revert this edit without responding to subject on the talk page. So please, read it and respond. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.68.151.180 (talk) 01:26, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Substing Welcome Templates

Just a quick note, can you make sure you subst welcome templates when you add them to a users talk page? Thanks =] ·Add§hore· Talk To Me! 18:15, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Worth School

Hello Zachlipton,

I notice that you edited the Worth School article in the past. I have adjusted the article, with some text removal, and have restructured the 'Notable' list. There has been some fruity to-ing and fro-ing in the past, so, as an editor of the article, I would like you to take a look. I have laid out my views, observations, suggestions and requests on the Talk:Worth School page.

Thanks, Acabashi (talk) 10:30, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

File source problem with File:EOD.gif

Thank you for uploading File:EOD.gif. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 10:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Independence

the article Philippine Centennial has already in Independence Day (Philippines), it will increase its copy, however i think it is more suitable in Independence Day (Philippines). We are editing for share knowledge to others, it's for the sake of others who search in Wikipedia, I'm also the one edit that article in Philippine Declaration of Independence, hope you understand what i would want to tell you... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.2.91 (talk) 05:27, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thank you very much for reverting vandalism on my talk page. Very appreciated. NHRHS2010 |  Happy Holidays!  00:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)


John Wright

I am not sure why you think it is not proper to include what I had done. In fact under Ride with the Devil it clearly states the fact that the movie failed because of John Wrights potraal of a negro fighting for the South.

The film was intended to be a summer blockbuster, costing over US$35 million to produce. However, despite majority positive reviews by film critics it received negative press after screenings because of the portrayal of a Black Confederate guerrilla by Jeffrey Wright in a role based on Free Black John Noland who rode with Confederate raider Quantrill. trueblood (talk) 01:16, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

  • Sorry about that. I was doing RC Patrol and your edit (made from an anon IP) looked like something it wasn't at first glance. I've reverted my change and put yours back in place. Thanks for letting me know and my apologies for the quick trigger on this one. Zachlipton (talk) 01:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

The CDC Literature is some of the most fantastic Conspiracy theory work ever written

Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- United States, 1900-1999 http://cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796.htm Take this one Nothing in that document is true except perhaps Motor Vehicle safety and safer workplaces perhaps. I can categorically refute and de bunk each one of the CDC's claims showing it for the fraud it is if you like. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.152.202.172 (talk) 06:48, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

  • I have no interest in arguing about public health with you. My point is simply that a government document on public health does not belong in the conspiracy theory article. The document may be true or not, but it's simply not relevant. Please do not continue to add it. Thanks. Zachlipton (talk) 06:50, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

You removed my edit and do not allow any kind of defense for my actions. You make it sound like the literature did not belong in the conspiracy theory article as if it had no place when I put it in the literature section where it belongs. By todays standards the CDC literature would be at best classified as original research and should not be allowed in Wikipedia except for the Conspiracy theory literature section.

1) It true and I don't think the truth should be hidden even if it does not look good. I knew him,his father and his grandmother. 2)I don't know if you looked but I also think this is a good source http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p142.htm#i3600

Children of James Paul Mills and Alice du Pont May Chichester Mills (living) Phyllis Overton Mills (living) James Paul Mills Jr. (living)3 Citations

1.[S87] Unknown subject, unknown file number, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), unknown series, Most likely this James Mills but not positive. 2.[S87] Unknown subject, unknown file number, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), unknown series, Sept. from SSDI . Most likely the right James Mills. 3.[S97] Unknown author, Du Pont and Allied Families, A Genealogical Study, p. 23.


James Paul Mills Jr.1 (M) Pop-up Pedigree 


    James Paul Mills Jr. is the son of James Paul Mills and Alice du Pont.1

Children of James Paul Mills Jr. Richard P. Mills (living) Sophie E. Mills (living) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.66.2 (talk) 07:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC) SSI Death Index Viewing 1-1 of 1

Name 

Birth  
Death  
Age  
Last Address of Record  
Last Benefit  
Issued By  
SSN  
Tools Order

Record? MILLS, RICHARD P 03 Jul 1976 27 Aug 2006 (P) 30 (72) (none specified) Delaware 222-58-6198' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.66.2 (talk) 07:24, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Help with an article's name

  • Comment can you please change the title of a film article called Nice Guys to this: High Hopes (film) and not Nice Guys (film) since High Hopes is the name it was released under, here is a link to the article:

12.196.37.227 (talk) 00:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Um, those edits are obviously vandalism

The edits are clearly vandalism because they're a non sequitur. For example, to paraphrase one of Weird Al Yankovic's most famous lyrics, if I were to post a discussion of the oeuvre of Rob Schneider to the SpongeBob SquarePants or MacGyver articles, just because I thought Schneider's oeuvre makes him a great candidate for playing SpongeBob or MacGyver in a future film, that would clearly amount to obvious vandalism of Wikipedia. That's essentially what 71.132.142.209 is doing to the article. --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:03, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for helping out by editing out the spam content posted on Portal:Current events/2010 December 29. I have been trying my best to watch it, but two sets of eyes are always better than one ! Ampersandestet (talk) 07:56, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Mormons

Your edits of Mormonism show a complete lack of knowledge of the religion and it is your stance that is not neutral. Every major church has condemned Mormonism as unChristian heresy. Saying that Mormonism believes in the same Jesus of Christianity is like saying creationist science believes in the same scientific principles as actual scientists. It is obvious that you are a Mormon, and you are trying to spread Mormonism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.11.77.254 (talk) 13:50, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Yeah you got me pegged alright. Your edits were removed because they don't conform to WP:NPOV, not because I have any personal belief as to the number of Jesuses in the world. Please discuss these changes with other editors on the article's talk page.Zachlipton (talk) 23:26, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Consider AFD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_(hepatologist) Hi Zachlipton - when you get a chance can you please evaluate the above AFD as vanispamcruftisment thanksCHATGATTOMAN55 (talk) 18:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

This same message has also been posted to User talk:Jsfouche and User talk:JamesBWatson/Open. I have posted a message at User talk:CHATGATTOMAN55. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:55, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Er

and who are you? 92.30.82.214 (talk) 05:11, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

  • I'm just a random Wikipedian, same as anyone else here. If you're not the same person the warning was directed toward, then feel free to ignore it. If I can answer any other questions, just let me know. Thanks and welcome to Wikipedia. Zachlipton (talk) 05:15, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
No. 92.30.82.214 (talk) 13:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

User:71.80.52.67's counting

Just a new incarnation of User:Daniel L. Barth most likely. DMacks (talk) 17:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

re: Stevie Wonder

Thank you for accepting the recent edit (after several attempts to keep it from reverts and edit wars by others without discussing first), even though it was reverted again and finally re-approved. At any rate, I appreciate it... 63.131.4.149 (talk) 07:06, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

(cur | prev) 05:56, 3 January 2011 63.131.4.149 (talk) (81,424 bytes) (since not from; correct info about blindness per CNN source via Larry King interview transcripts; cites added; was premature and incubator oxygen levels worsened it; retrolental fibroplasia) (undo) [accepted by Zachlipton]

Update: Please see Stevie Wonder talk page regarding (cur | prev) 17:31, 4 January 2011 Binksternet (talk | contribs) (81,573 bytes) (Format transcript cite. Revert changes expanding Jon Gibson.) (undo) [automatically accepted] as well as his talk page. He reverted it AGAIN! I won't undo or create an edit war. Was hoping you could assist? P.s. S.W. is blind 'since birth' not 'from birth' (in the intro), big difference. That was one of my changes too. He is doing this intentionally and perhaps out of spite. As I said, I mention my thoughts on Wonder's talk page and a reply to him on his talk page. Thanks... 63.131.4.149 (talk) 03:06, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

For your comments directed at 63.131.4.149


 The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For making wikipedia a more welcoming environment for an oppressed anonymous editor - Nick Wilson (talk) 07:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

For your comments directed at 204.174.87.29

Hello, I didn't create any link but only shortcuted some. Regards. 204.174.87.29 (talk) 08:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Aidan Gillen

Stating that Tommy Carcetti is the mayor of Baltimore is a spoiler of the outcome of the third season of the series "The Wire". This information should be in the "Tommy Carcetti" or "The Wire" article. Not in the article regarding Aidan Gillen, the actor playing Carcetti.

92.195.101.130 (talk) 07:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Please see WP:SPOILERS. In short, we don't decide what to include in Wikipedia based on concern of spoilers. His role is the mayor and it's reasonable for an actor's article to accurately state the nature of the role he portrayed. Thanks and welcome to Wikipeida. Zachlipton (talk) 07:35, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

33DD (Wisconsin Band)

Hi, i tryied creating a page for a Wisconsin band 38DD, and it is being deleted because it shows no significance. I'm trying to make this page, because I'm from Wisconsin and i want other people to find and hear music from here. I'm very proud of the sound that comes from here. How do i show significance for this page so it won't be deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diversity8 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you. I wrote that article 'cause I wanted other users to learn from me.--''Polobob'' (talk) 01:57, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


Idealism

There is a section which has been duplicated twice on the idealism page, it needs to be deleted. Can you not see that? Some vandal is messing up the page and you do nothing about it, but leave me a message saying im going to be blocked, when it;s me trying to restore the page. You are confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.119.131 (talk) 02:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

See my comments on your talk page. All cleaned up. Zachlipton (talk) 02:16, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Going to Extremes (book)‎

Regarding this article. It's a book by Joe McGinniss and that's an assertion of notability. You can send this to AfD if you think it's not notable. --Oakshade (talk) 03:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Notable article

Hi! The article adicom gives a brief history (background & awards) & understanding of adicom. Links have been added for further research. The format is in line with other Wikipedia articles on products. If there is concern on lack of in-depth data (or some other point); kindly state the same so that the same can be adressed. Thanks. (Shonkho (talk) 05:18, 6 January 2011 (UTC))

Speedy nomination of Dabangg 2

Hi! Just to let you know that I've declined that speedy and redirected the page (as you'll see from the link) instead. Happy editing. Pedro :  Chat  08:17, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

A most excellent idea! Thanks. Zachlipton (talk) 08:18, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Hallo

I have just looked at your comments on the page I added recently. I understand that there may be reservations, however I modelled the page on the page on AndoMedia [2] which seems to be acceptable. I really can't see the difference in the content, but if you can give me some specifics that need to be changed I will happily comply.Hskeet (talk) 13:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP)

Your speedy deletion tag on the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP) has been removed. The organization proposes members to the Supreme Court of Honduras, which is notable in and of itself. Int21h (talk) 22:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Responded on your talk page. Zachlipton (talk) 23:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Ludwig von Mises

You have retrieved the predeletion version of the article stating that the "opinions are well referenced". While I do not contardict your point as such (Milton Friedman did such comment and Mises did leave the room), please reconsider if "Criticism" section really shall consist of ad personam comments directed at diminishing respect for the person, even when the comments are given by such figure as M. Friedman.

To compare the quality level of criticism look at the following excerpt from bio article about M. Friedman:

"Austrian school criticism

During 1971, libertarian economist Murray Rothbard wrote a lengthy article for The Individualist which criticized several of Friedman's viewpoints as totalitarian and statist. In particular, Rothbard criticized these views of Friedman:

  • That the micro- and macro-spheres are entirely separate, with the government needing to take an active role in the macro-sphere (Rothbard saw this as false and dangerous);
  • That it is beneficial for the government to control currency to maintain constant price levels as bogus and harmful, and;
  • That nonpaying beneficiaries of positive externalities created by various services should be taxed to pay producers of that service (Rothbard saw this as an absurd position that opens the door for the most ridiculous forms of totalitarianism).

More generally, Rothbard criticized Friedman's efforts to make the government more efficient as detrimental to individual liberty. He concluded that "And so, as we examine Milton Friedman’s credentials to be the leader of free-market economics, we arrive at the chilling conclusion that it is difficult to consider him a free-market economist at all."[54] Friedman's position on governmental control of money changed since 1971 when this criticism was made.[55] In a 1995 interview in Reason magazine he said the "difference between me and people like Murray Rothbard is that, though I want to know what my ideal is, I think I also have to be willing to discuss changes that are less than ideal so long as they point me in that direction". He said he actually would "like to abolish the Fed", and points out that when he has written about the Fed it is simply his recommendations of how it should be run given that it exists.[5]"

So my point rests: "The section shall be all deleted as it contains no intellectual counter points but only disinformative ad personam smears and poorly fragmented gossip)" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.90.178.104 (talk) 00:02, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

  • Ok sure. Please discuss this at Talk:Ludwig von Mises with other editors who are interested in this topic. Together you can all build a consensus version that best handles this situation. That consensus may be to remove the section entirely, or it might be to completely rewrite it, or something else, but talking about the issue with other editors on the article's talk page is the first step. Zachlipton (talk) 00:06, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

All right - thanks for a quick answer.

Recent tag

You placed a notability tag on the Prevent Cancer Foundation article that I removed. I started this article because there is currently a speed running marathon charity fundraiser, and I wanted to make an article for people watching the fundraiser to see if they try to find out about this organization. I'm afraid a notability tag could turn away donations, so if you plan to re add it please do so in a couple days once the marathon ends. This organization has donated many millions of dollars, so I think it's notable anyways, I'll look for some more sources. --AerobicFox (talk) 00:38, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

  • Hey. Unfortunately, the organization's notability doesn't depend on whether they are running a fundraiser. Certainly, if you've got third party reliable sources (WP:N), that's great and you should add them, but an organization's home page and a Better Business Bureau page don't establish notability. You need actual articles from newspapers and similar reliable sources discussing the charity for that. Let me know if I can answer any more questions. Zachlipton (talk) 00:43, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
The organization isn't running the fundraiser, a group of video game speed runners whose site I enjoy immensely are doing a fundraiser and choose to donate to this foundation. Also, the millions they have donated and used to fund research establishes their notability. I'll find more materials in the next half an hour or so. --AerobicFox (talk) 00:50, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
A quick google of this company brings up many resources, I am just trying to figure which ones to use and out how to intelligently incorporate their information. Here are a few.

--AerobicFox (talk) 01:10, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


Ok, I have established notability. According to Eurekalert!, an online, global news service operated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Prevent Cancer Foundation "is one of the nation's leading health organizations and has catapulted cancer prevention to prominence.". --AerobicFox (talk) 01:35, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Awesome. I'm glad to hear it. Happy editing! Zachlipton (talk) 02:06, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Happy editing :)--AerobicFox (talk) 02:09, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of CW Chu College

According to the official website of CUHK, the new college is named CW Chu College instead of C. W. Chu College. --Theowoo (talk) 04:26, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Responded on article talk page. Zachlipton (talk) 04:34, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Formula Jeppiaar (again)

Hi Zach,
Just letting you know this 'article' has, apparently, been speedy-deleted as a copy-vio but has been re-posted by the same author Aswn (talk · contribs) on Jan 4th.
I also nominated another of their creations Jeppiaar Engineering College Bus Routes(basically a bus timetable!) for speedy-deletion but the editor removed the template, though I have now put it back. Just FYI. - 220.101 talk\Contribs 16:11, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up 220. I renominated Formula Jeppiaar as it's still a copyvio (and not notable, and probably an autobiography, but one issue at a time). The bus timetable is quite the piece of work; almost as bad as the user last night who kept re-adding a list of upcoming college admissions visits to a high school's entry. Cheers. Zachlipton (talk) 16:27, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you For the quick action. I could have done it, but thought you might 'like' to! I've just been to Jeppiaar Engineering College to remove the links to the deleted articles. Can't believe that a bus timetable lasted several days! Happy editing! (& tagging!) - 220.101 talk\Contribs 07:40, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

38DD

hey, 38DD talk page was deleted so i didn't get a chance to see what you wrote, could you please put what you said on my talk page? thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diversity8 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

National Healthy Schools Programme

Hi Zach, thanks for your tags on the above article -which increased my efforts to fix quickly. Healthy Schools Status has several hundred potential claimants and was the only award at my local school without a Wiki entry. Unfortunately Her Majesty's websites are all being scrapped or rewritten by the new government and finding any summary took many times longer than I expected. If you have time, could you see if you feel the tags could be removed? I'm not insulted if the answer is no. I'll also try to get an education person involved. JRPG (talk) 22:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

  • Certainly. I've gone ahead and removed them, as the article looks quite nice now. Thanks. In the future, there's absolutely no problem with removing these kinds of templates yourself if you've addressed the issue they refer to: they are merely advisory tags to highlight work that articles need. The only time you shouldn't remove tags is when an article you've created is nominated for speedy deletion (the tag has a warning not to remove it). Otherwise, edit away! Feel free to let me know if I can help with anything else. Cheers. Zachlipton (talk) 22:26, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Do you have any idea what to do with this user? I'm not interested in edit war in that category page. --Neptune 123 (talk) 07:25, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

  • That's a bit of an odd one. Wonder just how he got the idea that new articles go in there. Those edits are pretty blatantly wrong, so I wouldn't really worry about edit warring per se (there's exception to the WP:3RR for vandalism reversions), but I'm inclined to AGF and consider him to be confused for the time being. I just left another note on his talk page under yours along with a welcome template; we'll see if he gets the message. If the edits persist after we've made a few good faith edits to help him, then I'd just consider it vandalism and treat it like any other vandalism incident: revert, warn, and if it persists, report to WP:ANV. Cheers. Zachlipton (talk) 07:34, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi again Zach
I stuck my nose into this a little too. I 'modfied' your post slightly, as the text Category:Industrialists was not appearing in your note. I just added a leading colon ' : ' like this [[:Category:Industrialists]]. This 'also' stops the talk page appearing on the 'Industrialists' category page. I assume this is what you wanted? - 220.101 talk\Contribs 09:02, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Whoops. That's what I get for not previewing (or even looking at my edit apparently). That is what I intended, and I certainly didn't plan to pollute the category page further!. Thanks for the correction. Zachlipton (talk) 09:04, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


Heads up

Hi - someone may have told you this before, but just a heads up: you should be waiting more than a few seconds before tagging articles with A1 or A3, as you did in Garil number. I've heard on multiple occasions that 5 or so minutes is a good limit on when you can tag pages with these templates. Thank you. :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:|pepper|:.:∙:∙∙:∙:.: 10:26, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

  • Hi Pepper. You're right. I usually wait longer, but was a little snappy in this case clearly. Of course the editor hasn't returned to add anything more to the article, but I still should have given him/her a bit more of a chance. I suppose the complete lack of content, the a brand new user account, and having 0 google hits for "Garil number" are a bit of a clue. Anyway, thanks and happy editing. Zachlipton (talk) 10:29, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Yep - no problem. Another thing though - schools aren't eligible for {{db-corp}}, as it says "Note that schools are not eligible under this criterion." on the deletion template, so I've re-tagged Marshside Primary School with A1. Cheers, :.:∙:∙∙:∙:.:|pepper|:.:∙:∙∙:∙:.: 10:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Great to be working with you

Heya Zachlipton! I got an WP:EC for your WP:UAAing pf Responseadbd. Jolly good show, old bean. --Shirt58 (talk) 11:10, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Fashion Bomb

It is not vandalism, and I would appreciate it being left. I was under the assumption this was supposed to be a page of fact... Not what people chose fact to be! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Just-the-beginning (talk • contribs) 08:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

All I did was revert this edit which blanked out an entire section, so I'm not really sure why I'm caught up in this. In any case, thanks for citing a source! That's what we're all about here :) Let me know if you have any questions I can help with. Happy editing. Zachlipton (talk) 09:01, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I am uber new to this and I really do not understand completely how this works. I keep adding facts to this Fashion Bomb page, they keep being deleted. They are facts as I proved to you by citing the source. Can you help me do this properly so it stays??

I'd be happy to help, but I can't do so right this minute. The best thing to do would be to write {{help me}} into your own talk page. A volunteer who is offering to help new editors will be with you shortly. Just explain what's going on and you should get some good feedback. I'll check in on you in a little while when I'm free and can devote more time to this. Cheers. Zachlipton (talk) 01:26, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Again I am having issues with the Fashion Bomb wiki page. I think it is interesting facts of real names of members in the band. Not Just one but all. Can you please help me with these edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Just-the-beginning (talk • contribs) 03:15, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Intergrated

Jumping to a third level warning was a tad harsh. The pages were created in one go and the user had not received any previous warnings. Level 3 assumes bad faith, which I see no evidence of. I left the user a personal message on his talk page and he hasn't created any articles since. Feezo (Talk) 23:49, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

I suppose I agree with you. At the time, it looked like the user had created additional pages after your message, so I was trying to get him to knock it off before he created yet more pages. Looking at it now, I see that he did stop earlier, so it looks like your message worked. Thanks. Zachlipton (talk) 23:54, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

The IP

The IP is someone who refuses to create an account, switches IPs and is on vandal patrol. You shouldn't ask him to create an account, he won't. The edit summary was in reference to a run-in I had with him a year ago or so. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 08:42, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

can you help me

i have a picture of my school that can be used for wikipedia but i don't know how to upload it can i e-mail it to you or something — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hashbron (talk • contribs) 01:39, 11 January 2011 (UTC) Hi Hasbron. I'm afraid I can't do file uploads by email, but we have a new simple form you can fill out to upload images. Just go to Wikipedia:Upload and follow the directions. Let me know if you have any trouble or I can help with anything. Happy editing. Zachlipton (talk) 01:42, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

?

What am I doing wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scema12 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, um, since you asked, you're replacing images in Disability with completely unrelated ones, as in this edit: 1. The existing images depict important material described in the article. Your image depicts nothing in particular and has no relation to the captions. Please stop replacing them. Let me know if you have any questions. Zachlipton (talk) 09:11, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Excuse me, this man has a disability, just like I do, please sir, you're offending my race. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scema12 (talk • contribs) 09:13, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Neither race nor anyone's disabilities have anything to do with this. That image is simply not relevant and doesn't belong in place of the universal symbol of access. Continuing to replace these images is vandalism. Thank you. Zachlipton (talk) 09:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Excuse me, you're violating my acts as a mexican citizen, it state under our code of contact section 31, paragraph FOURTEEN, under the "Disability Act", that the right of man with a disability is above all and must be committed to or face death by execution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scema12 (talk • contribs) 09:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Well I'm sorry to hear that. I'm not going to discuss this issue with you any further, as I believe I've given you all the information there is to say on this topic. If you continue to replace these images, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Good night. Zachlipton (talk) 09:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I've reported User:Scema12 to WP:AIV. Thanks for looking after this very important article. Roger (talk) 09:35, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough. Glad I caught it. He actually seems to have stopped after our little "discussion" (which is confusing the heck out of me) or I would have taken it to AIV myself. He very well might start the vandalism up again, but I'm inclined to AGF and give him one more chance to edit constructively as he did make an effort to discuss the issue, however strangely, and then stopped his vandalism. That's just my opinion though. Zachlipton (talk) 09:40, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry for my mishap of the situation, I am poor in English, and sometimes get confused as to what is on my plate, sorry for the inconvenience and may god part without you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scema12 (talk • contribs) 09:45, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Apology accepted! Thanks for stopping. You might be interested to know there are wikipedias in 278 different languages. Perhaps you would be more comfortable editing the wikipedia in your native language? Zachlipton (talk) 09:50, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

no¿ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scema12 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Ivica Kostelic

Thank you for your welcome ... This article is great, with one exception - controversy part. I don't think there's reasonable need for that part since it doesn't stand for itself in any reasonable manner. Neither it's a important fact about his career, neither it depicts his persona in a honest light! In fact, it's only a evidence of wikipedias weaknesses! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.152.245.18 (talk) 09:29, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Certainly, and welcome again to Wikipedia. I understand your concerns. Really, discussing these kinds of issues is exactly what Wikipedia is all about. However, blindly deleting the entire section without comment doesn't allow any opportunity for discussion or consensus, a key pillar of our community. I have no personal knowledge or interest in the subject; I merely saw your edit as one that removed a large section of content without any explanation or discussion. Every article has a talk page (see WP:TALK for more information about talk pages) for discussion amongst editors interested in the topic. So for this article, we have the page Talk:Ivica Kostelić. As you can see, there has already been some discussion of this issue there. I encourage you to post your views to that talk page and work with other editors to propose changes that would make the article better comply to our guidelines around presenting information in a neutral point of view. You might want to consider registering for a user account too, which will help you better participate in the discussion. Let me know if I can answer any more questions, and again, welcome! Zachlipton (talk) 09:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)


Ok, I understand that decision making proces out here is something that undermines the whole overall quality of articles... So, I think all of you on this project should keep on finding controversies as something more important!

"I am in earnest -I will not equivocate -I will not excuse -I will not retreat a single inch -and I will be Heard!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.152.245.18 (talk) 09:58, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Need help with not have my article deleted

Hi Zach

Your name was on the bottom of the reasons why an article that I submitted is going to be deleted. I really know nothing about wikipedia. I was wondering if you were able to help me with why my article is going to be deleted and how to avoid it or redo the article to make it acceptable for wikipedia. The name of the article is "Management of Iron Overload in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)". I work for a non profit organization and this topic is not covered on wikipedia what is already on there about Myelodysplastic Syndromes. One of our MDS doctors wrote it and we thought it would be helpful. One of the reasons it was being deleted was copyright infringement. This article was given to us by the doctor who wrote it so we would post it on wikipedia. Any help you have would be greatly appreciated.

Foundation4573Foundation4573 (talk) 15:54, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Well you've been blocked so I doubt you'll ever see this message, but I would do as others have already asked you to do: read WP:NOT and WP:OR. The copyright issue can be handled with appropriate permissions, but the article was fundamentally unencyclopedic and original research and that's not going to change with a copyright permission. Let me know if you have any questions. Zachlipton (talk) 19:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Medieval Astrology

Hi there Zach, A recent article of mine "Medieval Astrology" was deleted based on a statement that there was copyright infringement involved. I am not aware of any copyright transgressions in this article!! The sources of materials are legit and the information is original. How can i go about to re-instate this article as this is simply unacceptable. I am still busy working on new sections for the article too and invite others to contribute, but it surely does not need this moratorium placed on it! Sandy Collier 20:40, 7 January 2011 (UTC)Sandycollier — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandycollier (talk • contribs)

  • Hi Sandy. I don't remember the specific details, and since the article was deleted I can't access it anymore, but I can see that the article contained copyright infringements from this website. I believe it was this page in particular, but it may have involved multiple pages on that site. The copying was found by simply googling a few phrases from the article and seeing that major portions of the article appeared verbatim on this site. As such, the article was speedy deleted in accordance with WP:CV. You should also be aware of WP:PARAPHRASE, which prohibits large sections of text that closely paraphrases copyrighted material. In other words, simply changing some words in a copyrighted webpage and posting it to Wikipedia isn't ok either. If I remember correctly, the article was also unsourced, another major problem. Please WP:CITE all your sources whenever you add new information to Wikipedia. Let me know if you have any more questions or I can help with anything else. Happy editing.

Sandy Collier 00:05, 11 January 2011 (UTC)sandycollier Hi Zach, i just visited the pages you indicated above and nowhere could i find sufficient duplication of what is contained on the site pages in my text. I'm afraid whatever the Google results delivered was not in fact the source of any information in my article. furthermore, i cited 4 references to start off with, with more to follow in the rest of the article. i would like to repost this article and invite other authors to contribute.

Hi Sandy. To be honest, I don't remember the specific details, and since the page has been deleted, I can't look at it anymore. I do remember that a substantial portion of the text was copied and pasted from another website. This was confirmed by an administrator when he deleted the page. You are, of course, welcome to try again as long as your content complies with our copyright policy and our notability rules. I highly highly highly recommend starting your article as a userspace draft first. That way you can work on it at your leisure in your own userspace without having to worry about it being deleted right away. Once it's ready for public attention, you can follow the directions to move it over to the main article namespace. You should also take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article if you haven't done so already. I hope this helps. Let me know if I can answer any more questions. Zachlipton (talk) 00:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Sandy Collier 09:05, 12 January 2011 (UTC)sandycollier - Zach, thank you, i will repost it with some more work in the userspace. I appreciate your inputs, but do take serious offence to this accusation of copy pasting. I do hope that in the next round whoever checks the texts actually does so with a fine comb. The text was completely original and quite frankly it makes my blood boil just a little that incorrect assumptions are made. Notwithstanding this, i will repost the article again at some point soon and i will go and check this other website to make sure there is no coincidental paraphrasing of information. I refuse to cite that specific website, seeing as they are not legal copyright holders of the materials they sell, but this another issue altogether. I have been through all the first article and other help pages. thank you for your courteous correspondence to date! Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandycollier (talk • contribs) 09:05, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Certainly no offense is intended. You've been very conscientious here and I appreciate your efforts to learn more about Wikipedia and our guidelines. Creating a new article is a pretty difficult task and a fairly large proportion of new articles, especially those created by new users, tend to get deleted. In other words, don't give up! I'm sorry I can't give you a better answer about what specifically happened with your first attempt, but I hope your next effort is successful. There are also plenty of other ways to contribute by improving existing articles. Happy editing! Zachlipton (talk) 10:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Mid Florida Eye

Hi, Zachlipton - am newbie trying to find my way. Appreciate all help. Obviously you are very experienced. Not meant to be advert - these are notable pioneers in the field of ophthalmology and respected internationally. Will take all insights into advisement. whusebo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whusebo (talk • contribs) 21:49, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

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