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Speedy deletion declined: Products manufactured in australia

Hello IBen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Products manufactured in australia, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: It's POV, OR etc, but not really covered by "Economy of Australia" - let the PROD take care of it. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 12:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:28, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

My comment

My comment was not intended to be uncivil. My apologies if it came across that way. If you could explain to me in what manner it was uncivil it would help me to improve my etiquette. Chillum ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 22:46, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:17, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Keep

Keep : I have found information about this person on various internet sites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.123.131 (talk) 01:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Not sure what you are talking about...--iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:02, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-01-25/Features and admins

I see you have begun writing this. Pretzels' advice made it seem as if you should write any of the pages which aren't already started, but he intended for you to write any that did not already have a steady writer (see here). It isn't a big problem, I suppose, and you can finish it for this week if you would like. But I will resume writing it next week. ÷seresin 18:55, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Didn't mean to step on your toes. As you said, User:Pretzels' advice seemed to say start on whatever you like.

Hey folks! Glad you want to get involved. You can start writing the articles listed in the table below straight away - how about News & Notes, or In the News? Try to stick to the same style as previous editions. Links for finding news to write about can be found on our Resources page. Good luck! — Pretzels Hii! 20:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Anyway, you can write it if you'd like. However, I'd be happy to help. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 21:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

No worries; it was reasonable to infer from Pretzel's comment that you could jump in on any page. I have a somewhat large other page I am writing this week, so it's probably a plus that you can handle this page this week. I'll give it a look-over later to make sure all is in order if you would like, and if you have any other questions let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by seresin (talk • contribs)

I just finished a draft. Please take a look and tell me what you think!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ben, I looked it over. Just a couple of things: you didn't seem to use the templates when you listed the features. These templates link to the nomination, and are just easier to use. You can find them in the source code for last week's article—(actually, you may find it easier to copy and paste last week's code and use that as a starting point). You also seem to have omitted Today's Featured Article, the daily featured picture, all the de-features, as well as a featured sound (thought I don't know if you're finished). Also, there was a successful RfB, so you will need to list that this week as well. ÷seresin 00:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

 Doing...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:08, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I added the templates ( Done). I don't know what you mean by putting "Today's Featured Article" and the daily picture ( Not sure. Should I include the ones for the whole week? Also, where do I find the featured sound ( Not done)? I'm listing the RFB ( Doing...)... Not sure on those things, however, Thank you!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:15, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

If you look at the prior week's report, you will see how the list of TFAs and picture of the day are formatted. You can find them here and here, respectively. here is the featured sound. Don't worry too much about getting anything wrong; it's a wiki and nobody is going to get angry if you need some time to figure it out. ÷seresin 01:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Would you mind checking it over for spelling, grammar, etc.? Didn't really make the deadline, did it?-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 03:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Deadlines are only fun when you get to hear the whooooshing sound they make when they fly by. And yes, I'll go over it in a bit and make any fixes that need to be done. ÷seresin 04:17, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Haha!!!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Re:Image

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Talkback

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Carlos Alvarez (dancer)

Hello, just to let you know that this page, which you nominated for speedy deletion, is now being considered at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos Alvarez (dancer). Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 18:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I voted on it!  Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Tail (horse)

Hi IBen, did you notice that you immediately slapped a bunch of tags on the new article only THREE MINUTES after it was created? Seems a bit hasty for a work in progress, it's a spinoff from a longer article and clearly needs some cleanup, but gosh, can't an editor have at least five minutes to take off the rough edges?? Trout slap! Montanabw^(talk) 04:59, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I just swallowed the trout.  :( In addition, the reason I tagged the page was so that the author know what they have to improve on.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Let's try that again. I have been editing wikipedia for almost four years. I have multiple GAs and have helped on a couple FAs. I know how to write an article. So how about you give me a bit of time to work up an article before tagging it. You are creating edit conflicts. If you've just let me work, I suspect most of your objections will be addressed. Give it an hour and check back. Montanabw^(talk) 05:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I feel that it is always helpful to get constructive criticism so you can improve. I understand your concern; you feel I should have given you more time to work. In the future, if you don't want people to comment, tag, etc. you should userfy the page.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 22:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Obviously, but that's not the point here. I think that there is no need to tag something that is going to pass the deletionist criteria until it's clearly not going anywhere, which means not tagging it within three MINUTES of creation. I think there is a place to sandbox totally new articles, so I agree there, but here this was a spinoff from another article that has been relatively stable for over a year. Seemed silly to move it twice, and seemed not be be inviting massive tagging. I mean really, would it have hurt anything to wait a mere hour or so? You can always tag when things settle down a bit. I suppose there is something to be said for the {{underconstruction}} tag, but if I as an experienced editor with over 100 new articles (excluding disambigs and redirects) have felt rather discouraged in creating new articles in the past year, (I think I've started maybe three recently) imagine how a newcomer feels. I also recreated a previously deleted article a few weeks ago and was fighting prod tags for an hour and a half just trying to get the thing sourced! It now is accepted, but that was also a real gauntlet. I sympathize with the desire to make wiki better, but on the other hand, I wonder if we are getting too anal. (And I think of myself as REALLY anal, so if I think this is a problem, hmmm..) Well, food for thought. Montanabw^(talk) 05:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

A good tag would be {{underconstruction}} or {{inuse}}!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:49, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that probably would do the trick. Well, onward through the fog! Montanabw^(talk) 00:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

YResolved...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:07, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Report

We'd love to have more writers for WikiProject Report. Spotlight looks to be inactive. Are you planning to revive it? I'm currently working on WP Dinosaurs for next week, although you can take over for me if you'd like. We're also planning on doing WP Olympics the week after to coincide with the start of the Winter Games in Vancouver, but we haven't decided who's writing it yet. After that article, it's pretty open. -Mabeenot (talk) 06:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm looking to revive it, yes. If you'd like to do it next week, go ahead, however, I would like to be the regular writer for the section. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

RegentsPark and I were planning to take turns with the WikiProject Report and I thought you might like to be part of the rotation. It's a lot of work to do all the reports every week and the few editors who tried typically got burnt-out after just a couple months (see the archive). I was talking with RegentsPark earlier today and he was considering doing the WP Olympics report but he hasn't started it yet. If you'd like to take it be sure to talk to him about it. Otherwise, you could definitely do WP Spotlight for publication in the February 15 Signpost. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:08, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

A rotation sounds good. That means we each can have a couple of weeks to put our articles together. It might be good to have a generic (but customizable) {{WP:POST/INTERVIEW}} template for easier interviewing. I could work on this; I'm good at building templates. I don't represent WP Spotlight, just came across it and thought it might make a good article about real time collaboration.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

A template would be great! In case you haven't seen it yet, there is a backlog of WikiProject Report suggestions which includes someone requesting an article on Spotlight dating back to May 2008. Feel free to do an article on Spotlight and I hope you're successful in reviving it. Let me know if you need any help writing interview questions. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:18, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I just started a draft template (Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Interview). It'll end up being a ton more complex with ifs and stuff like that but it's a start. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

If you could take the Olympics, that would be great. I'll find something else to do the week after. --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 01:47, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I'll try!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:48, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

The template will be very helpful. Thanks for starting work on it so quickly. Be sure to take into account that the Report frequently involves multiple interviewees resulting in multiple answers to the same question. It's also great to hear that you and RegentsPark have got the next couple articles figured out. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand. I'll try to make it more customizable and work for multiple answers, sub-answers, sub-questions, notes, and stuff like that!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Spirit in action

Could you point me in the direction of people that can help me create the page on here for that program. I am getting a bit tired of getting deleted again and again and would love to get some help from someone.

--Zon Moy 01:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to. One moment...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:51, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Okay, to get started please look at What Wikipedia is not. Many people come here to promote a cause, write about their new discovery, or state their opinion. Also, all content on Wikipedia should be verifiable. To quickly and easily create an article, please use the article wizard. This will help you find good sources and see if your subject is for Wikipedia. Don't be discouraged; not everything is for Wikipedia. There are many other wikis. You can even start your own at wikia.com! About copyright:

Material copied from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed without the permission of the copyright holder (unless brief quotation used in accordance with non-free content policy and guideline) is likely to be a copyright violation. Such a situation should be treated seriously, as copyright violations not only harm Wikipedia's redistributability, but also create legal issues.

For the manual of style, go to Wikipedia:Manual of Style. For a how-to on writing a great article, see here. If you have any questions, please contact me or add {{helpme}} to your talk page. Thanks!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Uh oh! Looks like you have a conflict of interest. It's therefore hard to write with a neutral point of view. Please look over Wikipedia:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion and try writing on a different subject. I can help you find info that you are interested in. If you think there should be an article on your subject, please place a request at the articles for creation page. Thanks!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:48, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Help

Whenever you are ready to help just contact me on my account.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zonmoy/Spirit_in_action

That is the link for the work area though I am not sure if its done right. You can probably tell that I am completely new to working on this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zonmoy (talk • contribs) 02:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: HAPPI

Please see my response to your message. --EpochFail^(talk|work) 20:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

• again --EpochFail^(talk|work) 15:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Paithrukam

Hello IBen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Paithrukam, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to movies. Thank you. NW (Talk) 03:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:51, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

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AFD discussion

Hello, i would like to add this comment on the discussion regarding the Article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekram_Alam but i'm not quite sure how to to it. I strongly believe that this page should be deleted, as i find it offensive that someone would make a page containing fraudulent claims.

Delete: I do not feel that there are enough reliable sources cited, meaning that this article is in breach of Wikipedia guidelines. It ought to be deleted so that Wikipedia doesn't lose it's status as a valuable source of information, because this article is little more than poppycock.

--138.37.202.73 (talk) 16:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Please see here!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:49, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

User:IBen/header               --iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

PJTF talk

Just a note, it's generally not considered acceptable to remove another editor's comments, even if they are misinformed, outdated, or otherwise something you disagree with. Even the editor himself is encouraged to strike through instead of removing his comments. Cheers! PrincessofLlyr (talk) 02:26, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand that. Please link to a diff where I did this.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:54, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Here: [1]. Also, why did you tag Percy Jackson & the Olympians with a fansite tag? PrincessofLlyr (talk) 14:18, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Why :(? Airplaneman ^talk 23:58, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I'm just making sure you read and understand the linked article so you won't do it again. Thanks, Airplaneman ^talk 21:56, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair Use Licence for File:IPad_Screenshot.jpg

Firstly, I found this template for adding a message to your userpage quite cumbersome. I don't want to inflame nerves, but perhaps a more standardized approach would be nice. However, this isn't really mine to determine. I am really here because I noted that you uploaded the file File:IPad_Screenshot.jpg which although had fair use rationale did not have a fair use template. I added one, but when uploading an image be sure to select a licence from the drop down menu. Thanks :)

--NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 00:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I am thinking of a "normal way." It is mainly for new users so I think I'll add a link "Do it the regular way." I did select a license for the menu, however, it didn't seem to show up as I am looking at the image. I'll check in to that!  Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:38, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Got it. You might note that a tag was placed telling you to shrink the image. I can do it if you give me the OK :) NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 00:42, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Go ahead!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Non-free image

Because it is a copyright violation. That image has been tagged for speedy deletion by another editor and I agree. Yworo (talk) 04:07, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

OK, well where's the free image?-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:11, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure it will exist as soon as your iPad is delivered. Yworo (talk) 04:13, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes it will... (I ordered one)-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Sure you did. Apple isn't taking advance orders yet. Yworo (talk) 04:16, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Must you ruin my fun? -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

User:IBen/NoHeader

              --iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:18, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Soulbender

I've added External Links and a few references to the Soulbender page. The reason why it looked the way it did when I initially saved it was because I'm at a library computer and there is a time limit. I will continue to work on this article to make sure it meets Wiki standards. Shaneymike (talk) 01:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

See Talk:Soulbender.  Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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Airplaneman ^talk 23:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

YDealt with...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

User:IBen/QuiFriends

Hello, iBen. May you kindly tell me what this is? Please don't ignore this as you did my other comment. It's quite irritating when I'm trying to communicate. Regards, Airplaneman ^talk 05:40, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to invite you to try QUI which is a script and system that helps you keep track of the online/offline status of you and your friends. It is meant to help you and your friends edit and communicate on Wikipedia more efficiently.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Sounds cool. I'll take a look this weekend. Regards, Airplaneman ^talk 04:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, how do you get your status to show up in the upper right hand corner? Does it only show for users other than yourself? Thanks, Airplaneman ^talk 04:55, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Using the {{Statustop}} template. I was having trouble using it with the {{rollbacker}} template, however. You could build your own template if you like.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:17, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Try using {{-}} to separate the two. Airplaneman ^talk 05:30, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks :). I found the solution! Use {{Statustop|offset=30}} (or whatever number). Airplaneman ^talk 05:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Good solution. I love that {{outdent}}! I actually got that from you, way back when... -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:32, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Not workin'... I don't care that much. Have you tried my new interface for adding a message? It's the big plus (+) at the top of this page. Tell me what you think.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:38, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for that solution!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:39, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Will try. I'm NPPing right now :). Airplaneman ^talk 05:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I NPP too. Whoa, there's a lot! I use this script to help.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yea, everyone messes up. I even got 2 articles deleted back in the day. Nice interface! Really cool and easy to use. Airplaneman ^talk 05:44, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Mainly for newcomers to help them get better results! Glad to hear you like it! It's not quite done yet, but it's coming along. I'll be NPPing and writing for the signpost here soon.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Just patrolled like 5 in about 45 seconds. Combining Twinkle and this script I am really efficient.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:49, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Just remember, it's not about speed but accuracy. I tend to wikify every article as much as I can by Bolding the title and whatnot. It's far more rewarding (IMO) than just tagging, etc. I use User:J.delanoy/newpage.js. Airplaneman ^talk 05:54, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yep, usually I try to help out with that. See my signpost article to be published next week about drive-by tagging! Unfortunately, most of the articles that are created I have to tag for speedy deletion.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:57, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

By the way, that's the same script I use... That user just copied it...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:58, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yup, but it's got a couple mods that I liked better :). Airplaneman ^talk 06:01, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Me too... I just switched!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 06:02, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool! There's a poll going on here you might be interested in about the WPNOVELS template. Airplaneman ^talk 06:07, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie! Airplaneman ^talk 06:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

YVoted at the poll. By the way, polls violate WP:CONSENSUS. Anyways, Thank you. See the discussion below; there are new comments there too.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 19:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Take a look at user:js/patroller. It's a cool script I found today for NPPing. It reorganizes Special:NewPages and allows for faster (Ajax) patrolling.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

My new page

Did you happen to notice that I have a rhodium star at the top of my talk page?
Why are you ignoring it?
Why are you ignoring my Under Construction sign?

I have asked you guys before to please give it a rest. I am trying to add content, and you are blowing my page away.
Why don't you wait 1 minute after the creation of the page before you nuke it? Eh?
Why is 1 minute so much?
Varlaam (talk) 06:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Before you create an article, please draft it in your user space. For example, you would draft at Special:Mypage/NewArticle. Also, instead of using the text "under contraction", please use {{under construction}}. Please try to assume good faith and be civil. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 18:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, wasn't that a great big waste of my time. Look before you act. Someone who has 24k edits doesn't need interference when he is working. Does that seem reasonable? Good night, Varlaam (talk) 06:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

As I said earlier, before you create an article, please draft in your userspace.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 18:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

iBen, be careful. I've received stuff like this as well. Just patrol from the bottom of the log, obey all tags, and wait unless the page says something like "pie" (thanks for tagging that one). Airplaneman ^talk 06:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I did assume good faith and used the standard Twinkle notification. Not the first person I've dealt with like this... I'm thinking of creating User:iBen/Moans so I can reference policies better.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 18:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I think it just irritates people sometimes when you tag "their" page before they've had much of a chance to work on it. Here you go:

ClueBot III has eaten your {{subst:cookie}}! The cookie made them happy and they'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{subst:cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again! {{subst:if||| {{{message}}} ||subst=subst:}} Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!

Airplaneman ^talk 21:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes... For the Signpost next week, I am writing an article about ownership of articles. This week, I am writing about Drive-by tagging and the Sister Projects Report.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 22:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Protection

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 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 19:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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Can you call on an ipod touch

I declined speedy on this article because it's not vandalism as such. I have taken it to AfD instead. I42 (talk) 19:32, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

YOK! (Violates WP:NOTHOWTO)-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 19:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

You nominated this article for deletion as having almost no content. I have added content and references to verify notability, and I have voted Keep at your AFD nomination. Just letting you know. --MelanieN (talk) 19:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)MelanieN

Perhaps you should add content to the article, not just the infobox.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 20:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Dang it! I had added content and four references, and they must have gotten lost as a conflict when somebody else posted the infobox. I have reconstructed the information I added. I think this information (including two different reviews in the NYT) clearly establishes the book as notable. It could still be regarded as a stub, but being a stub is not grounds for deletion. --MelanieN (talk) 20:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)Melanie

I'll take a look...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 20:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Are you still of the opinion that the article should be deleted? If so could you clarify on what grounds (at the AFD page)? Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 00:56, 1 February 2010 (UTC)MelanieN

 Doing...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikiout

WuhWuzDat 23:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Mohammad Ataul Karim

Hello IBen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Mohammad Ataul Karim, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 05:35, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

re: speedy delettion of Felix Zandman

Hi. I am replying to your message about speedy deletion of article about Felix Zandman. Someone already cleaned it up - please see if this is sufficient?

Thanks

--Wikilogin123 (talk) 10:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

They are different

--DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 11:48, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Archival Issue

{{helpme}}Look's like something is wrong with my ClueBot archival. Not sure why my page isn't being archived.

--iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 03:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

It is, but I think you hit the min threads limit, since ClueBot just archived a thread after you added this. BTW, those comments are creepy and makes the wikitext really hard to read. Tim Song (talk) 04:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)