User talk:Jeepday/Archive 5

Ica stones copyvio

I've documented it on the article talk page. There's probably more, I just gave a couple of example sections. It's not subtle. Kalkin (talk) 22:27, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification - reviewed at Talk:Ica stones, let me know if missed anything else. Jeepday (talk) 11:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

opinion needed

Hey - take a look at the first report here. I need your opinion. KrakatoaKatie 03:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Been thinking about it since a few hours after I got back on line. It is the last still active on Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2008 April 23/Articles I am going to go delete the copyvio plot one season at time. Jeepday (talk) 19:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Quick note

I'm not a "barnstar" type, but just wanted to drop in and pass on thanks aplenty for your work referencing unreferenced articles! Such unglamorous and important noncontroversial work is about as selfless as it gets around here, it clears the way for easier future expansion. and I really do admire those that still take the hard road to improve rather than the delete or ignore attitude. aliasd·U·T 22:35, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :) Jeepday (talk) 11:21, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Alfred Heckmann

Can I ask you to take a second look at this potential copyright infringement? The "In the War" section from the original version has clearly been copied from [1] with a few minor changes, making it a derivative work and hence copyrighted. And the editor who wrote that article has also added a large number of articles deleted as copyvios from the same website: Adolf "Addi" Glunz, Viktor Bauer, Heinz Ebeling, Herbert Bachnick, Johann Badum, Günther Bahr, Eduard Tratt, Ernst Börngen, Johann Badum, Ernst Düllberg, Friedrich Geisshardt, Günther Specht, Hans Fuß, Hans Götz, Hans-Joachim Birkner, Heinrich Höfemeier and Heinz Golinski. Hut 8.5 09:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you for the note, you are correct. On second review I found segments like "before being withdrawn to Germany for rest and re-equipment in late October" completely identical in both the article and the source [2]. I removed the section. Jeepday (talk) 22:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Lookin for teh deleted material for verification and improving the content

{{user recovery}} —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charansagar (talk • contribs)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar. I think I may have brought this up with you before, but have you thought about using bots that sort the unreferenced articles into categories by project? {{WPHawaii}} uses unref=yes, and if we could get a bot to populate Category:Unreferenced Hawaii articles with that flag, it would help us focus on the task at hand. Viriditas (talk) 13:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

• Yes I think you did mention it before. You might make a request at Wikipedia:Bot requests and see what happens. At Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles we are working the oldest unreferenced articles, they tend to have been abandoned and/or belong to projects that are abandoned so I am not sure what another category would do. The only other project that has expressed an interest similar to yours is Wikipedia:WikiProject Law. You could probably get a bot to place the unref=yes where there is {{WPHawaii}} and a {{unreferenced}}, or {{refimprove}}. Jeepday (talk) 22:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the tip. I'll still continue to help out with the current focus. In fact, I'll spend some time on it tonight. Viriditas (talk) 09:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Nonoba

Can you please explain to me why nonoba was delete and put under protection? Thank you in advance. --ShadowStalker35 (talk) 00:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced Articles

Thanks for the barnstar and keeping the morale of the UA cabal up. Great work from you to!  Marlith (Talk) 

• Your welcome :) Jeepday (talk) 00:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for my barnstar too! It's always nice to have a reminder about things that need doing too. --BelovedFreak 13:01, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - Unreferenced Articles

Thanks for the Barnstar! Although my contributions are somewhat sporadic due to real life work pressures, I will endeavour to do as much as I can in the future. It's nice to know someone cares! ascidian | talk-to-me 21:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

• Your welcome, thanks for the help. Jeepday (talk) 23:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

RS

Hi, I was using an article in BMJ as source and found a letter to the editor referenced in the article. I am not sure if this letter to the editor of the British Medical Journal published in BMJ can be used as RS or not. As far as I know articles published in BMJ can be used as RS, but not sure about letters to the editor published in BMJ. Do you have any idea if this RS or not? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 01:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

• I would say it looks reliable to me. Considering both where it is published and the fact that the letter has references it looks very good. I would use it as a reference and if someone chalanges it, go from there. But I don't think it would be challenged. Jeepday (talk) 01:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)!

Thank you. I am trying to make the initial draft for an article. I have added much information from this article, will add more references. Do you think User:Otolemur_crassicaudatus/Anti-tobacco_movement_in_Nazi_Germany#Measures is copyvio? Most of the information comes from this reference, but I have changed the semantics greatly. I will use some other references also for this section. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 01:53, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

It looks ok to me on the copyvio question. It also looks like a great candidate for Template talk:Did you know when you get it posted. Keep up the good work. Jeepday (talk) 02:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

WrestleMania X-Seven edits

The reason I made the changes to WrestleMania X-seven are verifiable by a combination of looking through the Pro Wrestling Illustrated, it's yearly Pro Wrestling Almanac, and the actual video releases of the events themselves as well as several WWF/E magazine articles. All edits I have made to the WrestleMania articles that I have made are from researching the events as thoroughly as possible, and correcting myself when I notice a mistake made in an edit. Frankly I find it aggravating that people are going around undoing edits to the notes section of the WrestleMania articles after I have made the effort of making sure this information is as accurate as possible, seemingly arbitrarily for no other reason than for the sake of doing so.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.203.29 (talk • contribs)

• If you read Wikipedia:Verifiability as well as Wikipedia:Trivia sections you will understand why the content is removed. If you have good references please read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-04/Tutorial so you can include references with your next edit. Jeepday (talk) 00:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

User talk:71.246.50.210

Woops, it's still May 31st here. Thought he had been actively vandalizing up 'til a while ago. I'll unblock. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :)} 01:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Glitch City.

Greetings Jeepday.

Yeah, sorry for the 3 reverts, I've not edited wikipedia much before, let alone got stuck in an edit war, so I was unaware of it.

The problem is that the pokemon games in question have a number of bugs. I'm not a pokemon fan, but the bugs themselves are quite interesting from a programming and gaming perspective. They may or may not warrant their own pages, but they do warrant inclusion at least on the page about these pokemon games.

Redirects are being used as a kind of covert deletion here, where you get redirected from the Glitch City page to a page that doesn't mention Glitch City at all.

I feel Artichoker has been uncivil in the technical sense, accusing me of vandalism at every oppurtunity. All I want is some note on an aspect of the game that I feel is of some general interest.

MKULTRA333 (talk) 02:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

• I restored the article and posted a suggest at Talk:Pokémon Red and Blue that he take it to WP:AFD. Jeepday (talk) 02:24, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Glitch City nominated for deletion

Hi Jeepday, I have nominated Glitch City for deletion. The entry can be found here. This was my first time going through the AfD process, did I do it correctly.

Thank you for your help. Artichoker (talk) 02:41, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

You did well, I finished by posting it to Today's AfD log so the community can see it. Lets see what happens over the next few days. Also notice step 4 on the template you placed on Glitch City has a message to post to editors so they will know where to go, you should post it least on User talk:MKULTRA333 and User talk:Legion fi plus anyone else in the edit history of the article that is still active on wikipedia. Jeepday (talk) 02:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the help. I have done so. Artichoker (talk) 02:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Sean Hannity

What, pray tell, was vandalism about what I inserted. I used wikipedia definitions for my edits. Or is it you simply don't like the content, fanboy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.49.224.70 (talk) 03:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

• Diff and you should probably read Wikipedia:Civility if you intend to be part of the community. Jeepday (talk) 03:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

He got blocked for a month. Daniel Case (talk) 03:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

That should give him time to read about how to be a constructive contributer. Jeepday (talk) 03:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

{{uw-block3}} and Category:User block templates

In this edit, you accidentally changed the template to add any user issued {{uw-block3}} to the category Category:User block templates. I've fixed it, and gone through the 6 user talk pages that were affected by the issue. In the future, please remember to add categories that apply only to the template (and not to pages the template is used on) within <noinclude> tags. Thanks. Anomie⚔ 13:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

• OPPS, thanks for catching that. Jeepday (talk) 13:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Third opinion on "in universe" template.

Hi, Jeepday. If you have the time, an outside opinion would be handy on a contentious template on the Glitch City page. Since it is up for deletion anyway, I think an inappropriate template biases views of the article, but have been unable to resolve the issue with the user who reverts them.

I posted for help on the Request For Comment page, but don't know if there'll be any response before the decision to delete the page or not is reached.

Anyhow, you're probably too busy, but on the off chance you have the time, it would be good to have an outside perspective here [3]

MKULTRA333 (talk) 16:46, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

• response given. Jeepday (talk) 19:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

User:Jason69535554

I'm sorry I didn't discover this user's serial vandalism in other artickes when I answered him in the talk page. I've no objection if you want to delete his post and my answer under the section "Age" in the talk page. Floyd(Norway) (talk) 03:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Done :) Jeepday (talk) 11:03, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

As someone who actually knows Franny Beecher I think he'd find it amusing that someone thinks he was born in 1982. That had to be one of the strangest things I've seen in awhile. Incidentally if you check that user's talk page you'll find he actually left you a reply to the ban notice. 23skidoo (talk) 14:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

• I see that, looks like you did a good job wrapping it up. Jeepday (talk) 20:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Did you see your edit summary here? "rv 2 as edited by IP4240207xx (Talk | contribs | block) at 22:36, 22 May 2008) (undo)"

Make me look bad. IP4240207xx (talk) 15:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

• Not sure how it would make you look bad, it says I reverted vandalism (by Jason69535554) to the the last version of the page as edited by you on 22 may 2008 at 10:36 pm UTC. Jeepday (talk) 20:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Nonoba

Can you please explain to me why nonoba was delete and put under protection? Thank you in advance. --ShadowStalker35 (talk) 00:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• It was put under protection because you had recreated it twice after it was deleted the first time. It was deleted because it did not seem to meet the basic requirements for a Wikipedia article. You should read Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Notability, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:No original research to get some ideas about the requirements. If after reading those you still believe you can or should write an article for Nonoba then do a draft work on your talk page User talk:ShadowStalker35, once you beleive it is ready ask my self or another admin to review it and to move it to the Nonoba. If it is appropriate we would be happy to have it. Jeepday (talk) 00:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Nonoba is a real website and I have read the rules BUT I simply wanted to be able to post the url to the nonoba page on other website because I had a few who wanted to add to it. Now that it is locked that's going to be kind of hard to do. --ShadowStalker35 (talk) 00:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• You should read Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Notability, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:No original research to get some ideas about the requirements of Wikipedia.Jeepday (talk) 00:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• you should also read Wikipedia:External links. Jeepday (talk) 00:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't see how this is a conflict of interest if nonoba is not allowed on this site. Then this should not be either http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongregate. --ShadowStalker35 (talk) 00:56, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• If after reading those you still believe you can or should write an article for Nonoba then do a draft work on your talk page User talk:ShadowStalker35, once you beleive it is ready ask myself or another admin to review it and to move it to the Nonoba. If it is appropriate we would be happy to have it.Jeepday (talk) 00:57, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Nonoba

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Nonoba. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. --Rividian (talk) 01:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Access to deleted article

Hello Jeepday,

Could you please provide me with access to the deleted article FC Adelaide? It was was speedy deleted citing A7. Please see below:

00:38, 22 June 2008 Nick Dowling (Talk | contribs) deleted "FC Adelaide" ‎ (A7 (group): Group/band/company/etc.; doesn't indicate importance/significance)

I would like to edit the detail and re-create the article.

Thankyou. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FCAdelaide (talk • contribs)

• Restored to User talk:FCAdelaide/FC Adelaide, Jeepday (talk) 14:39, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello, I would like to request a copy of the article entitled "Avakit" that I wrote and posted yesterday. I am a new wikipedia user, please tell me what I can do to get a copy of the article. Thanks. Avazed (talk) 11:14, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Harstine Island

I've done some research of Henry J. Hartstein, and there are many things with references I'd like to add to the page under Spelling/History, but I don't know how to do it. Can you help me? Or just take my text, check references, edit it if you want, and add it yourself? Thanks, Rossley (talk) 19:13, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

• I just placed a welcome message on your talk page, it will help you get started on editing. You can't break anything in Wikipedia, so go forth and edit. If you have any questions or need any help let me know. Jeepday (talk) 21:03, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Re. Proposed deletion of Amrit Desai

Re. your note, please see my response on the Amrit Desai talk page. Thanks. - Reaverdrop _(talk/nl) 04:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, response at same, Jeepday (talk) 17:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Db-g12

Well..I still don't agree. For the couple of hours maximum the copyvio is visible it still doesn't seem worth it to blank it and only causes more work. If Google and youtube had the same speed, no one would complain about copyvio's there. And when you delete a whole bunch, a couple of clicks are still annoying if you have to do that every time. Just my opinion of course. I guess a discussion should be started (if people care) on WT:CSD, since over there are the speedy deleting admins. Garion96 (talk) 12:46, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

It was posted at WT:CSD#b-g12/test hide copyvio a couple days ago. There has been no comment on that page, and only what you see at Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems. Jeepday (talk) 22:50, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Your new Genesse dab page

Greetings, your new Genesse page seems to be little more than an incorrect way to spell the existing Genesee disambiguation page. Perhaps Genesse could instead be re-created as a redirect to the latter disambiguation page to help out with a possibly common misspelling. 67.86.73.252 (talk) 03:48, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

You are correct, I made the change. Jeepday (talk) 10:54, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Page Restore

Re your message: No, I did not. You will need to follow-up with him. I probably should have figured that out. Sorry about that. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:03, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Worldview and Harvest Festivals

Thanks for your worldview tag on Harvest festival. I've added a more global introduction to the article but much of the rest of the introduction, and the bulk of the article, focus exclusively on Britain. Of course, it's good that there's ample information on Britain. The problem is that we need to attract contributions to broader and deeper the scope of the article. Interlingua 13:45, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Notability: in a nutshell

The nutshell summary that leads WP:N is currently under discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability#In_a_better_nutshell, which is a continuation of the previous discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability/Archive_11#Nutshell. Your comments would be most welcome.--Gavin Collins (talk) 16:21, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

RE: Please review WP:AGF

I do try to AGF most of the time, just today my wikimood is somewhere around -12 and my IRL-mood is -12¹⁰⁰. I guess I need to slow down on hitting the shiny red button. Sorry! j (t • c) 01:39, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

removal of reference

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deletion of Purdue Paint Crew Article

Dear Jeepday,

Recently the "Paint Crew" article was deleted for non-citation. We now have citation for the group. We wanted to see if we could get the page restored or send the text to me so we can update our article with our sources.

Please let me know where we go from here.

Michael Westfall Purdue Paint Crew Publicity Director

mikkiwest87@yahoo.com

Deleted Article

Yuo have deleted the page "BArnaby River" I was woundering if I could have a copy of that article. You can contact me at blademajor@hotmail.com Thanks ThreeOfClubs (talk) 01:05, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

• The page was deleted for Copyright problems, it would not be appropriate to restore or send copies of it. If you would like to chalange the deletion please go to Wikipedia:Deletion review. Jeepday (talk) 23:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't the one who did the editing to that page. I suggest you get your facts straight. THank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.99.87 (talk) 03:43, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

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Invitation

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Speedy deletion of SeisQuaRe

Dear Jeepday I am sorry to disturb you with this article.

Why did I write it to the Community?

First, I wrote it to inform a community of the existence of this firm. I agree that it could be seen as advertising but in this case why my article was deleted and not those about the Seisquare competitors like CGV Veritas, Halliburton or Schlumberger in the field of the seismic and its analysis. When you talk about a firm, a land or anything, you make it living and you advertise about it. I invite you to look at the following list and to explain the difference between information and advertising http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_petroleum_companies

Secondly, I wrote it to inform the community of the new tool this firm have brought to the seismic analysis. Before, the job was just to look at wave going down and up the soil. With its technology, the analysis is thinner. That why some majors like Total, Petrobras, Statoil trust this little firm (turnover 2M€) as well large big companies like CGV Veritas, Halliburton or Schlumberger.

Third, I wrote it because the method and the technic using by this firm, quite new, can give a second life to the oil fields. With it you can see where you have to put the pumps and where you have to put the injectors. You can ameliorate the percent of the oil pumped from the field. While drilling you can reduce the percent of the dry wells.

I did not finish this article.

By deleting this article we do not give to the community access to the information, you let the large firm (like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Total, LVMH,...) alone and do not give a chance to the small.

Rules are not made for one; rules are made for all of us.

Thank you for reading my English (which is not good) and understanding my position.

Cordially yours,

Jsrlak —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsrlak (talk • contribs) 18:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

• It looks like you will want to make a request at Wikipedia:Deletion review to have the article restored. You may also want to attempt to write the article in a manor that will be correct for Wikipedia at User:Jsrlak/SeisQuaRe, after reading the links on the welcome note on your talk page. Jeepday (talk) 23:55, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/139.175.55.212

Out of interest, did you block them for vandalism? Or civility? As I noted under the AIV report, 139.xxx hasn't been vandalising, they've been fixing vandalism introduced by another IP. _Gb^T/c 11:27, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

• Civility - they were repairing vandalism - also blocked the vandal. both for 3 hours. Jeepday (talk) 11:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Aaliyah problem

1. Final Warning one (not well formatted).
2. Final Warning two (well formatted)
3. Introduction of material to Cassie after final warning.—Kww(talk) 00:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Now I see the problem. Warning and final edit crossed, didn't they? Sorry.—Kww(talk) 00:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Yep it happens, I usually try to give a few minutes for them to see the waring before acting as if they have. In this case your last final warning appears to have been effective in that they have stopped vandalizing which is the only goal so blocking would not be indicated. Jeepday (talk) 00:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

It's the exact same gossip site he's been warned about multiple times.—Kww(talk) 01:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for dealing with the User:ScottishUnionist episode. I also believe (and mentioned in the report) that it looks like User:UlsterUnion is a sockpuppet. Should I file a separate report for this? Advice appreciated. Thanks again. --HighKing (talk) 13:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, Wikipedia:Sock puppetry is separate issues. Jeepday (talk) 13:29, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks. --HighKing (talk) 16:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalize

hi this user User_talk:85.185.37.42 keep vandalizing Iran national football team can u plz block him fro wikipedia. thanks Joojoo ra

here is another one User_talk:92.242.206.58

IP 189.101.5.219

• 189.101.5.219 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hey there Jeepday, you recently removed my report of the IP above because of "no edits after final warning", though I'd like to point out this is incorrect. The user made this edit and I gave a final warning shortly after. The user then made the same edit just under an hour later, meaning the user did in fact vandalize after the final warning. DiverseMentality 01:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

• You are correct, I was wrong. Sorry about that. Jeepday (talk) 22:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Copy of a deleted article

Can I get a copy of this article called "waywee" that I created on September 2008? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elgillau (talk • contribs) 18:59, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

The text claims a copyright and there is no place on Wikipedia that I could post it for you. Jeepday (talk) 22:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Please reply

Dear Jeepday,

A number of editors think your "CiterSquad" is harmful to the Wikipedia. Might we have the courtesy of a reply? The relevant page is Wikipedia_talk:CiterSquad.

Yours sincerely, Opus33 (talk) 17:23, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

• See Wikipedia_talk:CiterSquad#Response_to_Project_Criticism Jeepday (talk) 22:16, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

User:162.136.193.1

The last block was for a year. And now they're blocked for just 72 hours? Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 05:17, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

• Yes Jeepday (talk) 22:19, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Why? Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 20:15, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
    • I had intended to not block at all as there was insufficient warning. You posted for a block after giving only a single warning, which was not a final warning (If you intend only a single warning use {{uw-vandalism4im}}). There was both constructive [4] editing and inappropriate editing [5] on going. with a recent history of highly proper editing [6]. There is a long block history, but it has been several months since the last block expired, the IP is registered to a corporation, presumably with several users. There were also lags in the time between vandal edits, which appeared to be intentional. So 3 days seemed like an appropriate compromise between not blocking and blocking. Long enough to get the attention of the current vandal without severally impacting the constructive editor at the same IP. The goal is to stop on going vandalism and correct the behavior, while encouraging constructive edits. Hopefully I made the best judgment call that will encouraging constructive edits. If I am wrong the IP can and will be blocked again later. If I am right we should see several more constructive edits in the future. Jeepday (talk) 11:34, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
      • I assessed correctly Billy Martin Current revision as of 17:59, 14 July 2009 First line under heading is purely author's opinion, not fact Jeepday (talk) 01:20, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

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Erankinridesagain

Under normal circumstances, I'd have just followed the standard warning pattern, but he's been doing this for a month and apparently only this - that's why I posted him there. It doesn't really matter to me either way; I just wanted to explain my reasoning. HalfShadow 00:21, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

• I don't disagree, normally I would have removed the the post at WP:AIV, I will let the next admin decide to block or remove the report. Jeepday (talk) 00:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Warning

I don't vandalize page about Celine Dion's The Colour Of My Love Tour. I've been changing it because David Foster concert's weren't part of Celine's Tour!! She made guest appearance on David Foster's concerts in Japan and she sang therer two songs. That weren't her own concert so it wasn;t part of The Colour Of My Love Tour!!! Someone who still change my modification vandalizes, not me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.76.36.105 (talk) 17:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

• Please read Wikipedia:Edit war, and WP:V. When you have a conflict the thing to do is talk to the the other editors on the talk page of the article Talk:The Colour of My Love Tour or to a specific editor. It is also helpful to have references supporting your position. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. Jeepday (talk) 21:40, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit to Xander

In your edit to Xander you tagged it as being unreferenced. Is it really appropriate to expect disambiguation pages to have references? --Jc3s5h (talk) 05:02, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

• Disambiguation pages, that only provide direction to other articles don't need references as they are not asserting anything, only providing enough information to identify the correct article. But in the case of Xander two assertions are made about the name those do require references so I tagged them with {{fact}} for clarification, nothing else does so I removed the {{Unreferenced}} [7]. I also added {{disambig|given name}} which puts that article into Categories: Disambiguation pages & Given names. Jeepday (talk) 01:13, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Open proxy

I've proven it's an open proxy. It's a spambot. The IP does not need to be mollycoddled with a test1 warning.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 10:46, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

On the same note - quite a few of the IPs being blocked recently for the "anon-talk" spamming are in fact open proxies - put the IP into Google and it's usually pretty clear. If they are, you might want to think about blocking them for a longer period rather than just 24 hours - I'll leave it to your discretion, though. Thanks. ~ mazca ^talk 11:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

CiterSquad -- additional bot help

Hi Jeepday. I signed up for CiterSquad and have handled a couple hundred articles now. I have a question that would apply to the c. 30,000 articles recently identified as unsourced by Eric9bot AND also to the thousands that were unsourced when created but have been either minimally addressed by addition of some verifiable source or have been identified with an {{unsourced}} tag: Might it be possible to specify (then write) a bot that would help us by doing a cross-reference of ALL these articles to the name of the WP editor who created them? If a Pareto distribution holds, it seems likely that some editors, perhaps in good faith and unknowingly, have created and are creating a large number of these New articles that do not meet the Wikipedia core guideline of verfiability. Only then would it be relatively easy to send them a friendly suggestion like that contained in {{uw-unsor1}}. I'm trying to think of something that might help us also, in addition to the work of the CS and UA projects, get to the root of the problem (new creation of unreferenced articles) rather than only dealing with the symptoms (tagging and referencing other editor's articles that should not have, by policy, been created. Any bot I am thinking of would only do the identification step; i.e. the bot output could be list with the name of editors who have created (say, more than 3 or 5 or ?) these articles and a rough distribution of when the articles were created (say, by quarter: 2008Q3, 2008Q4, 2009Q1, etc.) Any use of this list for tagging with {{uw-unsor1}} would be done by human editors, as with the CS and UA projects. What do you think? N2e (talk) 13:33, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

N2e, You have some good thoughts there, see User talk:Erik9bot#New thought for ongoing unreferenced query, Most of the articles in the current set are from 2001 to 2004 when references were not really required. Currently at least minimal references are being added to most new articles through the work of Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol and others. I am hopping that after we get all the old stuff tagged then we can work the old stuff from Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles, and Wikipedia:CiterSquad can work on helping new editors with adding references and improving new articles. Jeepday (talk) 11:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Why don't you consider taking part in the hard work of actually finding cites rather than splattering tags? Some of us are dissenting from your view that this is an acceptable activity, and I want an acknowledgement from you that our view has some merit -- or else just tell me that I am crazy along with the rest of us. Thank you, Antandrus (talk) 00:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

• Antandrus, You keep talking about about going out and referencing articles, but so far I have only see you actually add references one [8], I repeat my offer to you to join Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles and actually go find some references for articles that really need them. With the energy you have spent talking about adding references, you could have finished the current Category, which only had 146 left at the last count. Jeepday (talk) 11:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the thoughtful reply Jeepday, and for your support of the item as an interesting idea. I'll be hanging back for a while due to the hornet's nest that has been stirred up over the CiterSquad project -- awaiting community consensus before proceeding.

Antandrus, to your question: YES, I frequently add citations to articles I work on, and on those I stumble upon that are in my area of interest or expertise. These actions however are orthogonal to other actions that I also choose take to tag unreferenced material. WP:Verfiability is not optional. Policy is clear, it is up to the editor who wants to retain material in Wikipedia to get it cited with verifiable sources; it is NOT WP policy that every editor who stumbles upon significant unreferenced material must stop their lives and endeavor to improve THAT article. So I tag it and move on. Seems a simple courtesy to flag it for a month or two to see if "the community" cares enough about an article before material is deleted for being unsourced. N2e (talk) 23:22, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Belated reply to OP. It would be best to scan the most recent monthly unref category for editors who may be adding a lot of unsourced material currently. Jeepday: most of the articles in the Erik9bot cat were created 2006/7 - but they do go back to March 2001. Rich Farmbrough, 01:04, 10 October 2009 (UTC).

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Glencullen, County Mayo

I noticed you proposed to have the article Glencullen, County Mayo deleted. Reason being you couldn't find any proof of its existence. Well, even a google search will provide you with countless examples it does exist. It is a townland so it is really small and unlike Glencullen in County Dublin it does not have a turbulent history. If you google just on Glencullen chances are you won't find anything about Glencullen in County Mayo on the first 50 results. Glencullen is now almost deserted and the school is no longer but it once belonged to Glencullen estate as Census records show. The national school was also founded around the time of the estate and is now deserted leaving just the building. Glencullen is now the place of a State forest in Glencullen, near Ballycastle, County Mayo. Jorgenpfhartogs (talk) 07:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks, I looked and did not find anything. Jeepday (talk) 21:34, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

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Mississippi River campaigns in the American Civil War

The article Mississippi River campaigns in the American Civil War is one of the 100 oldest articles tagged as unreferenced. Do you have any references you can add to the article? In my research (very breif) I find only one campaign, http://books.google.com/books?id=2DETAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA280&dq=%22Mississippi+River+campaign%22+in+the+American+Civil+War&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22Mississippi%20River%20campaign%22&f=false lead by General Fremont. If I Reference it I would strip it to a stub and move it back to Mississippi campaign, You have shown some interest in the article, so I wanted to offer you the chance to address it before I do. Jeepday (talk) 23:31, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

I would just as soon see the article deleted -- is there a deletion category for "bad idea, and everyone has lost interest"? I stated my reasons for why the article is mis-focused in my talk page comments of three years ago. All of the campaigns listed in this tiny article are covered in a lot more detail in Western Theater of the American Civil War (although I will have to admit that that article, while having a lot of references, has very few in-line citations as of yet, so I cannot suggest that you simply mine that article for citations). Hal Jespersen (talk) 00:26, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Prod, Jeepday (talk) 01:08, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

New Proposals

Hey Jeepday, User:N2e recently replied to our thread on Talk:State. I don't know that the technicality we addressed previously has been adequately accommodated, so I made a proposal on article title change. Do you think you could give me your thoughts? Or perhaps you can think of a new title? I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks. Night w (talk) 04:02, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Response at Talk:State Jeepday (talk) 20:53, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks very much for your help on the milk paint article and especially for adding refs and fixing my mistakes. Are you interested at all in fish decoys? :) Have a great weekend. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:55, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

• Your welcome and Thanks for starting the milk paint article, I came across it because I was researching non-toxic paints for pet abodes. It was a very helpful start on my research. I don't have much interest in fish decoys, is there anything in particular that you need help with? Jeepday (talk) 13:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Erik9Bot => unref BRFA

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Rich Farmbrough, 17:14, 1 November 2009 (UTC).

IP vandal

I didn't bother contacting him because it would have been a waste of time; the IP has effectively been doing this for the last three months and refuses to communicate. The only reason he stopped the last time is because the page had been protected and then he was blocked for doing it later on. I was hoping that would be the end of it, but he's going back to doing exactly what got him blocked the last time and I have no reason to believe telling him to stop will be any more effective this time. HalfShadow (talk) 00:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

• I understand and appreciate that, next time give a level four warning {{uw-vandalism4}} and report the next edit. Generally we only block IP's for a few hours, the goal is to stop ongoing vandalism. Before you have an IP block of months you need to have a history of shorter blocks with good warnings. Jeepday (talk) 00:54, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Sotochace

User looks more like a newb who didn't know what he was doing and was bitten by Cluebot than an actual malicious vandal. Could we unblock and work on directing him to places to get help editing correctly? Just seeking your input as the blocking admin. Thanks! --Jayron32 04:26, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

• Response at User talk:Sotochace JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 11:55, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Nomination

Thank you for the nomination. I will read up, and construct some answers for the three questions. I'll come back to you when I am satisfied with the content.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

• You are welcome. You may post the nomination at WP:RFA yourself the directions are at WP:RFA/N. If you would prefer I post, just let me know, but it is completely acceptable to post the nomination yourself once you are ready. Jeepday (talk) 23:19, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, I see what is necessary to do. Just been checking my diary at work - I am at Glaxo (300 miles away) for two days next week, so I think I need to hold until I'm back, so I can be sure to be available to answer any questions - I'm back thursday night (19th), I'll sumbit it when I get home that night - then I will be able to log on for the next 7 nights.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:12, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Sounds like a great plan. JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 16:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

• First time I know you have a sock... hahaha! --Dave1185 ^talk 09:46, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Nomination submitted.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:22, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, got my vote in first :)

The Afd has finished (successfully - but it was a bit up and down for a while...) and I thank you again for your nomination and vote. I will endeavour to show that your choice was a good one.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:16, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I never had a doubt about the outcome :) JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 11:57, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Serial vandalism

Hi Jeepday, Fully understand the logic but when you have a serial vandal who goes on a 4 minute blitz of disrupting editing are there any sanctions one can consider?Tmol42 (talk) 13:13, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

• The goal is not to sanction, but to stop the vandalism. Special:Contributions/137.92.160.25 Shows the user is no longer vandalizing, so the goal has been met. Does that answer your question? Jeepday (talk) 13:19, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I will say a prayer for the IP.Tmol42 (talk) 22:25, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

HAC redirect to Nosocomial infection

Why does this redirect exist? Most HACs are due to trauma, according to the HAC table. There are a bit over 5000 diagnoses which are HAC-related. Almost all of them are HAC 5, "Falls and Trauma". So what's up here, please? - Denimadept (talk) 14:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

In fact, I thought I had an article listing the HACs. Was that deleted? I don't remember. - Denimadept (talk) 15:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

On the Disambig page HAC there is listing Hospital Acquired Condition which redirects to Nosocomial infection. I am not sure what redirect other then the above you might be talking about. If you are talking about Hospital Acquired Condition which redirects to Nosocomial infection, I don't understand the question. JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 16:20, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm asking why this redirect exists. Most HACs are not due to infection, but to trauma. - Denimadept (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

And I'm asking you because you created the redirect. - Denimadept (talk) 20:20, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I have now re-written the Hospital Acquired Condition page. I'm interested in your input. - Denimadept (talk) 21:19, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, it needed to be written as an article, I built the redirect because it was hidden linking from HAC to Diagnosis-related group#MS-DRG version 26 revision which was incorrect. JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 11:52, 15 December 2009 (UTC)