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Aaaaaachooooooooo!! Cats! I digress ;-)

Kelly Preston's son, Jett, died. Does she now have, in her info box, 1 child or two children? Is there a policy? *And* she is pg with twins! And so it goes...Namaste---DocOfSoc (talk) 05:42, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Policy? Who knows; I'd highly imagine not. That said, I'd say she still has two children, but I can't back it up with anything more than my opinion. Wish I had more to offer. Courcelles 05:50, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much...for all you do! BTW, semi-protecting my page was a great idea! TY again! DocOfSoc (talk) 05:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Mistake?

Your deletion, 04:36, 12 September 2010 Courcelles (talk | contribs) deleted "User:BrandManager NB/astonishresults" ‎ (Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:BrandManager NB/astonishresults), does not seem to follow from Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:BrandManager NB/astonishresults. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:09, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

• Hmm, strange. For some reason the log links to the wrong page- see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:BrandManager NB/astonishresults (2nd nomination). I'll restore and redelete to annotate the log. Courcelles 06:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Thanks for correcting the log. It could have caused someone some trouble, maybe? I was guessing that it was a db-u1 mis-attributed to the mfd. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:43, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Template:Location map Kyrgyzstan

Please add the relief map from the german Wikipedia. I can't do this trivial edit because you protected the template (which was never vandalized). But unprotect the template wold be the best solution. --Obersachse (talk) 09:29, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

It is only semi-protected. You can edit it as normal. Courcelles 09:40, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

PS, when I ran your SUL to see if you were autoconfirmed (the basic 10 edits over four days) or not, I noticed you're a crat and sysop from the Russian Wikipedia. I turned on your reviewer bit here- if you'd like rollback, just let me know. Courcelles 09:43, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh, sorry. I mixed up with User:HJ Mitchell who also protected location map templates, but sysop only.

Thanks. --Obersachse (talk) 09:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Batch protection of templates

Hi,

Was this discussed anywhere prior to carrying out the work? I wasn't aware that preemptive semiprotection of any template with 500+ transclusions was now mandatory. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 10:28, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I don't believe it's mandatory, but it is common and protection policy appears to advocate it: Highly visible templates or templates in use on many pages are usually protected. No view on "dog breeds" but HJ's recent protections seem to vary between semi and full, so I'm assuming that HJ considered each case on its merits. That said, it's clearly causing problems and I've reduced protection on several templates from full to semi on the basis of requests at HJ's talk page. TFOWR 10:49, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Ah, yes, I see the ANI thread now. Looks like the consensus is though made with the best of intentions this wasn't a good idea. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 14:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

I didn't fully-protect anything, but I do think semi-protection of anything with 530 transclusions is a good idea, especially since someone had a bot publish a list of such "soft targets" where someone malicious could do a lot of damage. Courcelles 19:21, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Are you reading the ANI page? Protection should be a last restort. Templates are rarely vandalised, and IPs should be free to help out as much as possible. If the bot page in question caused problems in that way, it certainly wasn't helped by linking to it in several thousand edit summaries. Any, I'll keep further replies to ANI. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 21:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

As you semi-protected {{Infobox Court Case}}, you may want to do the same to the associated template {{Infobox Court Case/images}}. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 19:22, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Did you miss the move?

Abul kaif kaifi sarhadi was moved to Abul Kaif Kaifi Sarhadi a few days before you ended the AfD on the lower case article as delete. But it seems that you've only deleted the redirect, not the actual article. Or am I missing something here? The-Pope (talk) 13:31, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Nope, same silly script failure that can happen when a move isn't noted in the AFD. Deleted now. Courcelles 19:23, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Restore

Can you restore List of largest divorce settlements, I haven't seen it at AFD. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 22:42, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Looks like someone did it for me. Courcelles 23:35, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

A helpful talk page stalker. It was only a PROD so restoring it is uncontroversial. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:42, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Britain

Do you know the British government Copyright rule? Is it like the US government where anything the government makes is in the public domain?--intelati^(Call) 23:14, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) No, works of Her Majesty's Government are Crown Copyright. Apparently HMSO were asked about it a while ago and it seems it's generally taken to mean non-commercial use, which means it can't be used on Wikipedia because of the daft rule that we have to treat non-commercial use images as non-free. In short, British government works used on WP must comply with WP:NFC]. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:26, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

It's not "daft" at all. Free beer and free speech are entirely different propositions. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 23:34, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Aaah, two Brits. Short answer- HJ's right; Crown Copyright is much like any other copyright for WP purposes. The Crown doesn't release things into the PD like the U.S. does. Courcelles 23:39, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Dang, I am working up something good for you Brits though.--intelati^(Call) 23:44, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... Loophole? In Wikipedia, can you use fair use on British copyrights(i.e. Photos)?--intelati^(Call) 23:47, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Only if all 10 of then WP:NFCC are satisfied. Courcelles 23:48, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Does that include photos of monetary items?--intelati^(Call) 23:51, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, for example File:New British Coinage 2008.jpg is properly licensed. The rationale, though, is extremely weak and needs rewriting. Courcelles 23:52, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Go check your link here User talk:HJ Mitchell#Penny? ;).--intelati^(Call) 00:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Nice work. I think such an image would be PD, not FU, though, as the coin dates from 1839, and is out of copyright. Courcelles 00:43, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

...Then which tag should I use?--intelati^(Call) 00:48, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

{{PD-BritishGov}}?--intelati^(Call) 00:51, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Calpernia Addams

Thank you for reverting and locking the article. I kept a pretty close eye on it when I was editing more actively but I'm largely retired. Otto4711 (talk) 00:54, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

No problem, that article has more than enough of a record of BLP violations to justify it- under the Footnoted Quotes Arbitration if anyone challenged it. Courcelles 01:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Weingart

We, Weingart Center, are contesting the deletion of the page. We are donating the content to Wikipedia. Please don't delete the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmweingart (talk • contribs) 20:00, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

I didn't delete it as a copyright violation per that; I deleted it under WP:G11; the criteria for pure advertising. There was nothing left in that page once I stripped out the material that promoted your endeavour, every single sentence was promotional. Courcelles 20:03, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Silverbolt

HEY, WHY ARE YOU DELETING Silverbolt!!!!! AND YOU CAN'T DELETE Silverbolt, AND YOU CAN RECREATE THIS ARTICLE UNDERSTAND!!?? 75.142.152.104 (talk) 04:35, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

The article was deleted because of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silverbolt. Courcelles 05:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Jolt

AND YOU DELETED Jolt (Transformers) TOO!!??? AND YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DELETE Jolt (Transformers) ALRIGHT!!!??? 75.142.152.104 (talk) 04:39, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jolt (Transformers). Closing deletion debates is, in fact, part of my duties as an administrator here. Courcelles 05:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Override (Transformers)

And you deleted this page about Override (Transformers) and don't deleted alright? You got to recreate this page of Override (Transformers) 75.142.152.104 (talk) 05:11, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Again, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Override (Transformers) (2nd nomination). All three of these articles were deleted after valid deletion debates and entirely within standard procedure. Courcelles 05:16, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Mega-Octane

You, you're not supposed to be delete about Mega-Octane alright? 75.142.152.104 (talk) 05:20. 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I am supposed to delete things; in this case, after a clear consensus was reached at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mega-Octane. Courcelles 06:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

If you're still online...

MediaWiki talk:Protectedpagetext#Semiprotected pages has something that needs to be tweaked. Thanks. sonia♫ 08:56, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Done, I think. Courcelles 09:05, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Um... well, Jafeluv's fixed it. :P sonia♫ 09:10, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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Template:Darts

Hi, you semi-protected the WikiProject Darts banner, well their is a redirect for it called Template:Darts, should it be semi-protected aswell. Thanks. Mr.Kennedy1 ^{talk guestbook} 21:30, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

The redirect is only used by 54 pages, so there's not really any need. (The usual call has 798 uses, a much more disruptive target for vandalism). Courcelles 21:51, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Awarded to Courcelles for helping to cleanup my embarrassing mess. It should have been me, not you who had to suffer through that! Thanks again! -FASTILY (TALK) 23:41, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

If you ever need anything in the future, please don't hesitate to let me know. I owe you one. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:41, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks, Fastily. It wasn't that big of a deal, just figured you had stepped out and the situation could eb easily resolved before someone took it to ANI. Courcelles 02:04, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Your former username

Just a heads up, a user has just re-created your former user and user talk pages. Eagles 24/7 (C) 00:24, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorted. I zapped the userpage and Fastily did the talk page. I've salted both and even blocked the VOA while I was at it! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:31, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Yikes. Who did I tick off? Thanks, guys. Courcelles 02:04, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

User:Adishesha - a Reviewer?

Are you sure that this individual is trustworthy enough to be given reviewer rights? A long history of articles that get deletion nominations, lots of warnings, a block??. How I found out is because this person did a cut and paste move of Travis McCoy / Travie McCoy. Now there's a major problem with the history in both articles. It's a controversial move. I really don't care myself but there has been some moves back and forth by others. Would you be willing to please fix the history on McCoy's article? I have so little time to spend on Wikipedia these days that a history fix would set me way back. Right now I'm reviewing my watchlist from 3 Sept! If you want to respond you can here on your talk page. I'm not upset, just puzzled how someone with a checkered past is even considered trustworthy enough. Royalbroil 03:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer is more like free candy than rollback, less harmful, and mostly useless right now as the PC trial is over and I don't think any more pages are getting PC protection right now. If they abuse it (which would be hard to do anyway), it'll be taken away, etc. —fetch·comms 04:21, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Fetch is pretty much right about the way we were giving out reviewer. I've fixed the cut and paste move and left a warning on Adishesha's talk page. Courcelles 04:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Here you go

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For being patient and doing the little things. Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм | Champagne? 05:41, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for being patient with me when I was still fairly new :) and for your fun facts, up until now I thought 1 cent in the US was a penny as well! :) Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм | Champagne? 05:41, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

And thanks for having a signature that always makes me want to pop a cork ;) Or learn to use the sabering sword I picked up, though I think I'd have to try that on a Cava or Californian wine. (Thanks for the star, too.) Courcelles 07:20, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Courcelles has a sabre...? *runs* Despite training, I'm not going to pretend I can take on an armed man. :P sonia♫ 07:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

You could take me on. This thing is just designed for opening wine bottles; someone very well trained can do it with a spoon, so the sword isn't very sharp. I really need to go get some five-buck Cavas and try it out, because I'm not going to ruin the '85 Veuve Rose bottles I ought to have drank by now (Considering the magazines said to "drink now until 2010"). Courcelles 07:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) I don't have any training, though I hope to learn Wing Chun. Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм | Champagne? 11:11, 14 September 2010 (UTC)