User talk:Kingpin13/archive/2009

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new pages patrol

Thanks for your generally excelllent work here, but there are some problems.

1. you must use an edit summary containing the words "speedy deletie" or the equivalent whenever you tag the article, to make it easier for administrators (and other editiors) to find them. Using such a summary is a requirement
2. you may have been going too fast, because Shankar sarda should not have been tagged. A good faith attempt at an article should not be tagged the same minute it is entered--only obviously totally unsuitable articles incapable of possible improvement--as is the case for almost all of he ones you quite correctly did tag.
3. Now, that article asserted authorship of several dozen books. such a statement is a very clear indication of importance, even if the article has no references, and passes speedy. Publishing even a few books by reputable publishers is considered enough to pass Speedy. If sources for reviews are added, its often enough to pass AfD. In this case, with multiple books, including awards, and some references already present, it certainly will.
4. Please be aware of the different standards for speedy and afd. AfD needs importance demonstrated by 3rd party sources. Passing Speedy requires just an indication of some plausible importance.

Keep up the good patrolling. 17:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Attack pages

Hi. When you tag a page {{db-atk}}, like Steven perry just now, it's a good idea also to replace the whole content with the word "blanked" - that means the attack material is removed from display at once (though of course it's still in the history till the page is deleted) and the attacker doesn't get the satisfaction of seeing it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:27, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Comment

Exuse me, but why are you deleting my pages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ILager (talk • contribs) 20:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

deleting pages is illegal, just like the University of Utah

New page... Thank you!

I am a new Wikipedia contributor and just created my first page. I took to search to make sure it was actually new material and made sure to put in some references to establish relevance and authenticity. Kingpin13 added some formating, teaching me a new html trick. Thank you. Mwalla (talk) 21:13, 16 January 2009 (UTC)mwalla

"Religion of Susquehanna"

Hello,

My name is Randy Robertson. I'm a professor of English at Susquehanna University, and I am teaching a course on the history of media. One of my assignments for the class is that we create our own religion. The point of the exercise is to show students how sacred texts can accrue material over time, some of which is inconsistent with what was there before.

It is also, however, a serious attempt to define the values of the class. As students will be students, the initial comments in the entry will be frivolous, but my hope is that over time it will become more serious, and that as a class we will build a page that will stimulate thoughtful discussion. It was originally titled "Religion of Susquehanna," but because Susquehanna's Board of Trustees might get upset about that, I propose to call the entry "A New SU Religion." I hope that you let this page stand. Many academics are hostile to Wikipedia; I like using it as a learning tool in the new media world, where movements can be created online before they exist in the "real world." If you would like to discuss any aspect of this proposal further, please feel free to contact me at robertson@susqu.edu.

Sincerely, Randy Robertson (talk) 00:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Possible sock?

Look at the history of the article you just (rightly) nominated for speedy. Right after you put the tag on it, a new user was created and restored the content. I'm t hinking User:Potheli is probably a sock of User:Thorran? Politizer ^talk/_contribs 08:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

The Racer

Hi Kingpin13. About the speedy deletion, Iam busy with the article about the Westland Wizard. It would be finished in a few hours. Can I remove the tag? Regards Slapsnot (talk) 12:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Simon Freedman

While I might agree that a CSD was in order for this article, it certainly wasn't an "attack page." The subject is a fictitious character related to another character: Donna Freedman. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 15:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Joey Weil

I don't think it was an attack, if it really was about a dog. Delete worthy in any event, as appears to be nn,with no assertion of significance, ruffly speaking. Dlohcierekim 19:55, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your advice on my talk page. -FreekJJReffeltrath —Preceding unsigned comment added by FreekJJReffeltrath (talk • contribs) 09:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

(SF.net) Thanks for tagging a suspected useless page. It was meant to redirect, but I stuffed up the coding. It is now fixed, do not delete it. :) Flaming Grunt 08:07, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: User:Yssha

I would recommend that you do not tag his pages as nonsense - they all fail the inclusion standard but are good faith additions written in Filipino. • \ / (⁂) 09:19, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Debobroto chakraborty

Hi. I can understand you tagging this page immediately after I did - that's easy to do - but your warning to the user wasn't added to his talk page but over-wrote what was already there, including a welcome paragraph. That doesn't seem a good thing; you were using NPWatcher, which I don't know - is this a bug in it? Regards, JohnCD (talk)

• Yes, I agree - edit conflict + crash = unexpected effects. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:23, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Cordova Academy

Hi, edit summaries like this one are not helpful and unprofessional. Please refrain from such childish acts in future. Remember, don't bite newbies. --Crusio (talk) 18:20, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

• Don't worry too much about it, happens to anybody (me included...), especially if you're dealing with a bunch of SPAs like in these two AFDs. Just good to be aware of it. :-) --Crusio (talk) 18:31, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 15:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

A notice has been left on Vandalism ANI re Keenspeak

It is surprising that it is taking this long to block this dufus. -- The Red Pen of Doom 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Oh right - standard blocks allow editing of user page to request unblock. -- The Red Pen of Doom 16:58, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Did you say your reported him at AIV? I can't believe he hasn't been blocked yet...ponyo (talk) 17:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Just caught the updated status - now go ice down your "undo button" finger! ponyo (talk) 17:15, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Just saw your note; looks like it has been addressed already, but thanks anyway. Cheers. --Ckatz^chat_spy 17:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Removing copyvio does not equal vandalism

You have just given 83.80.18.68 (talk · contribs) a level 2 warning (vandalism) for the edits to the article Jamal Khashoggi. For the record, that was me while not logged in. The section I removed violated the copyrights of the Saudi-US Relations Information Service. I don't see why you would give someone a level 2 warning for removing copyvio's, particularly not when I've explicitly mentioned it in the edit summary. The least you could do is to actually check the copyright status before warning someone. Aecis^Brievenbus 11:45, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

History of Terrorism

Without explanation? i have explained in both the edit comment and the talk page, perhaps you should try reading them before accusing people of vandalism.

T.F.

Just a friendly note on T.F.. I declined the speedy deletion request because being the sixth largest in Europe is a good faith claim of importance. If it's not notable, try prod or AfD. Cheers!--Fabrictramp | talk to me 18:53, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Samantha Mantel Blanked by creator

Please remember to use the db-blanked template at page's blanked by the page creator, such as Samantha Mantel, I respect that this is difficult when using huggle, but you should still check the history, cheers Spitfire^Tally-ho! 20:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism done to my talk page! Themfromspace (talk) 11:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

No

You are not an admin, stop acting like one.--Otterathome (talk) 11:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Chris Doss

I want to start off by thanking you for your work in Wikipedia. It looks like you've done quite a bit of weeding out. That being said, it looks like (from your talk page), you've tagged articles in for speedy deletion incorrectly in the past. You recently tagged Chris Doss for deletion as a db-bio. The page claimed that he was the coach of WVU basketball and had a 200-0 record. This would certainly make him notable as you would find a large amount of articles about an undefeated WVU basketball coach. I retagged it as a db-vandalism as the information is completely false. Again, thanks for your time on wiki and you're certainly making edits in good faith and for the better of Wikipedia but using the incorrect db tags can extend a bad articles life considerably. Thanks again. OlYeller^Talktome 19:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

why do u delete peoples things?? .. its lame — Preceding unsigned comment added by TeeganLeish94 (talk • contribs)

umm?? excusme do u even work for wikipedia?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TeeganLeish94 (talk • contribs) 12:24, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Judge Duty

You have been selected to be a judge for the next five cases on XPlane9 v. Wikipedia. Please come out with your answer on XPlane9's talk page within 12 hours. Thank you, Creator XPlane9. —Preceding unsigned comment added by XPlane9 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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E. Edgeworth

My edits are not vandalism; they are removals of statements that contradict the sources. See the talk page.

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my User Page! EdBever (talk) 21:13, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Great Job

Cheers for reverting the vandalism on my page and excellent work fighting it in general! QueenCake (talk) 22:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Rush Limbaugh

You just sent a "welcome to Wikipedia" message to me, but I gave an edit summary and an explanation on the article's talk page. I believe the edit is constructive because the article's controversies page is so large it can never be incorporated into the article. As such, it should be removed. Ejnogarb (talk) 16:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Oooo...

Mr Administrator thinks he's all tough with his "ZOMG-I-BLOCKS-YOU" powers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.161.70.152 (talk) 16:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Drug names

You should really read what people write in their edit comments. I wrote new nicknames that are frequently used in my provine (Quebec, Canada)on the List of street names of drugs page twice but you keep deleting them. Seriously, I'm just trying to contribute to Wikipedia with pertinent and clear information but your counter-productive attitude won't help me appreciate this great site. I even tried to re-organize some names that were in the wrong alphabetical order but you reversed that too. Please at least read people's justification before reversing pertinent changes. I'm not going to loose my time trying to make some changes to ameliorate this page anymore because I figure you'll just block them without even bothering to read the edit section. You pretty much ruined my enthousiasm to try to make Wikipedia a better and more enjoyable site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.19.214.254 (talk) 19:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

At least some of the names did not get any Google-results, please show references. EdBever (talk) 19:47, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

huh

I'm not sure why you revered my change. I explained the change. Please discuss before you start reverting reversions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aprock (talk • contribs) 20:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

If you have a specific issue with the change, or in what way it seems like original research (OR) please take it to the talk page so that the conversation can be documented in the appropriate place Aprock (talk) 20:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Usually, Aprock, this is caused by lag, though I cannot speak for this editor. sinneed (talk) 20:21, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

reverted edits in "multiple" article

Hello. The change I've done to the multiple article is OK. In mathematics iff is an abbreviation for if and only if http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if which makes sense in the given context. I hope you'll revert the edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stdazi (talk • contribs) 08:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

You're reverting article maintanence

I was deleting unsourced material. You called it "vandalism." It's maintanence, not vandalism. Plan your rocks (talk) 16:59, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Plot Generator

How come you have deleted my edit? The whole article is written like an advertisement.

Thank you! :)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for reverting that abuse from my talk page while I was offline, I really appreciate it. Cheers! :) Versus22 talk 16:25, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks very much. Pleased to have got rid of vandalism :). Good job yourself with clearing it up :D - Kingpin13 (talk) 17:08, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Episodes Table

This is what I'm talking about, no one can get "confused" because it's listed with the episodes. Btw, I heard back from Discovery, they don't have a date for Season 4 finale. 70.24.233.37 (talk) 17:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jon_%26_Kate_Plus_8_episodes

Series Overview

Season		Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
	1	8	April 10, 2007	May 14, 2007
	2	12	October 15, 2007	December 17, 2007
	3	31	January 7, 2008	June 16, 2008
	4		June 23, 2008

Sup dude

That was not a personal attack on anybody —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.29.94.50 (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

...for helping take down that pesky IP vandal and his monstrous edits. Here's a cookie!

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Cheers. I'^mperator 16:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The vandal's gone now for a month ;) Cheers. I'^mperator 16:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Steamboat Bertrand

Kingpin- I appreciate your laser-like speed, but there was only about 2 seconds between the the creation of the page and your deletion tag. Take a deep breath, okay.... Bill Whittaker (talk) 16:26, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

200.61.176.49

Thank you for hoeing in on the odd interventions of 200.61.176.49 on my user- and talk-pages. He or she appears to be at it again. Would you mind reiterating your warning? Masalai (talk) 07:31, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you again. Masalai (talk) 10:32, 20 March 2009 (UTC)\\

And yet again, thank you. Masalai (talk) 17:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Masalai, no need to hide your involvement in programs supporting Saskatchewan youth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.213.19.209 (talk) 17:24, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

As you can see, the message doesn't appear to have sunk in. Masalai (talk) 00:23, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I think the message has sunken in Masalai. you are a gay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.253.244.43 (talk) 15:45, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

for all that. --Rrburke^(talk) 16:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

And from me! MikeHobday (talk) 21:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou

...for removing vandalism from my talkpage.--Tangent747 (talk) 19:35, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

GOAL Agent Programming Language page

Dear kingpin,

My mistake... Responded to old message, sorry for this.

Best Koen Hindriks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koenhindriks (talk • contribs) 10:44, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

"Not English" tag.

Hi, thanks for doing that. I wasn't aware there was a page for them, but will do so in future.--Dmol (talk) 09:03, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Money Laundering

That's a weird edit, adding single character. Thanks for reverting it. I guess (I hope) a slip, you always wonder if there is more to come. I will keep my eye on it anyway.

Oh man now I just thought of someone with a bot or something making legitimate edits one character at a time, you know like playing Hangman or whatever. At any point could say "I have the whole text here but the guidelines say I can make minor edits. Reductio ad absurdem, I am making them in one-character chunks". Oh god new nightmare now.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 09:28, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I presume you prefer your replies to be in your box rather than where placed. Yeah this one just startled me. I am used to vandalism and in fact there seems to be a kind of meta-vandalism where a few people using automated tools like Huggle have been very indiscriminate in whate they revert (my own included, fairly obviously, or I would not have noticed). I can't believe adding a single character is vandalism (and to be clear you didn't characterise it as such) you just kinda wonder how it got there. That being said those three butons on the bottom of the edit page are mighty close together and easy to hit the wrong one.

What I tend to find more is I make a major(ish) change pretty well and then miss some stupid typo or other silly thing that is immediately obvious the *instant* you Save, usually before the page has even been rerendered (and after Preview, Show Changes, etc). I tend to put this under my general heading of the "U-Bend Trick" that being the daddy of all such errors: you take a U-bend off from under a sink and what do you do? Empty it down the sink. And the split second you do it, you know what is going to happen i.e. mop and bucket time and new trousers. One day I will get that published somewhere so it can be added to Wikipedia without it being WP:OR.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 09:46, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

FirstService

Both you and cluebot have undone changes removing the large amount of unreferenced promotional material from this article. Since no one else has done anything to clear this article up since the neutrality check banner was added a year ago please explain why you are preventing me from doing so. The Cluebot site is timeing out preventing reporting of errors. Please correct this. You are stopping IPs from editing contrary to Wikipedia ethos and are allowing Wikipedia to be used for promotional activity, contrary to Wikipedia ethos. 212.84.103.183 (talk) 09:03, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

buddconf.sytes.net

Is it possible somehow to whitelist (buddconf.sytes.net)? Its a Buddhist conference page filled with materials about Northern european buddhis history .Has nothing to do with commercials or so on. I even dont to whom to talk about it. I,m editing articles - *Friedrich Lustig ,*Guhyasamāja tantra ,*Karl Tõnisson , *The international conference „Buddhism and Nordland , *Alpo Ratia . VanemTao.