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Archive 1 : July 2005 ~ March 2007
Archive 2 : April 2007

Just dropping you a note

Thanks for your sharp eye in catching the copyvio on Kevin Downey, Jr..[1] While, yes, it was indeed a copyright violation, the article didn't need to be speedily deleted; all I had to do was revert back to the last edit before the copyvio was introduced.[2]

As this is something that any editor, not just an admin, can do, I thought I'd drop you a line so that future copyvios could avoid the perpetually backlogged CAT:CSD; that makes our jobs that much easier. Thanks! EVula // talk // ☯ // 04:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prodding lists

Shame you didn't drop me a note, but mass afd nominations will not work. What we need to do is to prodd and afd them one by one, unfortunatly. I suggest prods, then afds. Let's not be too ambitious, if we prod/afd dozens this will steer somebody into defending them. Let's take a few per week, starting with prods, then afd if it is removed, one per day is good. After 2-3 weeks we should have all of them deleted, than we can start a mass afd again showing case by case they are junk... PS. I'd support also wikiprojectfying them, but in the mainspace they are junk making new editors waste time on updating them. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 05:03, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If we would go with projectify, than we should go to one project - perhaps something related to vandalism fighting in general. Otherwise not only we would have to ask hundreds of wikiprojects (some of which would ignore us), but some lists have no related wikiprojects... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 16:30, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

True, but honestly I don't have time to do it the proper way, so I guess I'll just drop the matter - other than deleting the few lists related to projects I am involved in (particulary Polish, as consensus to get rid of it was reached at WP:PWNB weeks ago).--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 18:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sri Lanka Reconciliation Barnstar

		The Sri Lanka Reconciliation Barnstar
		For your merits in Sri Lanka reconciliation [3][4][5], the WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation herewith presents you this Sri Lanka specific barnstar, which is the blossom of one of the world's most loved drinks. To keep a cool head in one of the world's hottest conflicts deserves our highest respect! --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 15:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My (Selket's) RfA

Thank you, Black Falcon, for your support on my recent RfA, which recently passed 54/1/1. I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations. I will certainly take the constructive criticism I recieved to heart. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page. Thank you again· --Selket ^Talk 18:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New chemistry COTM

Hi Black Falcon, we made Category:Chemistry articles with topics of unclear importance our new Chemistry COTM. Thanks for updating the entry. I know you didn't vote, but if you're interested in helping, please pitch in. Thanks, Walkerma 06:23, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for offering to help out. If you're not a chemist, it would probably be best to see if you can find uses for things - a significant use for something would allow us to remove the "why important" tag. I suspect that at least 90% of the chemicals in the list have a significant use, though in some cases that use may be fairly academic. If you can't find something quickly, move on to another compound (you probably don't have access to the very powerful resources chemists use such as Chemical Abstracts). If you can find mainstream uses, so much the better. Some examples of decent short pieces - a good stub would be Phthalic anhydride, and a good Start would be Praseodymium(III) chloride or Morpholine. Of course another reason for importance might be biological activity, presence in living systems, or academic interest (it's the strongest acid known, or some such thing). Thanks, Walkerma 21:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think these things are useful! Where the article is tagged as needing sources, such as with iodate, I think often the source should be a general text such as {{Greenwood&Earnshaw}} that includes basic definitions (for inorganics, get that book out the library if you can). Walkerma 03:21, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prefecture_of_Fokida

Hi, I started a page about a place in Greece called the Prefecture of Fokida. Would you mind editing the page or cleaning it up? Here's the link the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecture_of_Fokida Thanks! Neptunekh 01:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Prefecture_of_Fokida

Would you mind merging the article that started? I don't do how do that. Neptunekh 02:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

== Prefecture_of_Fokida

Would you mind merging the article that started? I don't do how do that. Neptunekh ==

Would you mind merging the article that started? I don't do how do that. Neptunekh

== Prefecture_of_Fokida

Would you mind merging the article that started? I don't do how do that. Neptunekh ==

Would you mind merging the article that started? I don't do how do that. Neptunekh 02:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Project deletion

I see you proposed various projects for deletion. I would like to ask you to consider marking the ones that would be viable valid projects (if they had a few members) as inactive, so they can be easily revived if someone is interested. It saves several people work and it's a lot easier to get done. Of course, too narrow projects or ones with a bad aims are still prime candidates for deletion. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MFD archives

Could you please clarify your nomination. I'm not sure if you also want to delete the monthly archives you linked and you haven't explained how debates can be navigated when these daily logs are deleted. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, never mind. You transcluded them. How are load times for those monthly pages? - Mgm|^(talk) 10:56, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well-earned

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For remarkable dedication and ingenuity in the performance of "wiki-gnome" tasks, and his many contributions to the smooth maintenance of the project, Black Falcon is awarded this Working Man's Barnstar! Xoloz 15:57, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to nominate you for adminship at any time; assuming your remarkable record has already secured several offers of nomination, know that you can count on my strong support!

As an aside, and I'm sure you heard this before, I had guessed that your username was a humorous reference to Falcon (comics). Did you really only have the bird in mind when you registered the name? :) Best wishes, Xoloz 15:57, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear... I hope you didn't spend too long trying to decipher my name! A helpful paragraph from neologism should explain everything:

"In psychiatry, the term is used to describe the creation of words which only have meaning to the person who uses them. It is considered normal in children, but a symptom of thought disorder indicative of a psychotic mental illness such as schizophrenia in adults. Usage of neologisms may also be related to aphasia acquired after brain damage resulting from a stroke or head injury."

See, I'm just a lunatic! :) (Actually, in fairness to me, I don't attribute any meaning to the word... so, I'm probably not schizophrenic. Yet.)

Xolos is by far the best attempt at an explanation: a credit to your intellect and thoroughness! :) When pronounced, my name rhymes with Solos, the less-intellectual plural for the musical work performed by one person. I get that question occasionally, too, so I thought I'd answer in advance!

I stand at your service to heap praises on you whenever the proper hour arrives, in whatever manner you think best. Thank you for your marvelous efforts on the project's behalf. Best wishes, Xoloz 16:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TeckWiz's RFA

Hey Black Falcon. Thanks for commenting on my unsuccessful RFA last month under my old name, TeckWiz. I'm now known simply as User:R. I've been very busy lately which is why you're getting now. I will use your comment to help improve, and I hope to keep helping and improving Wikipedia alongside you. I would especially like to thank you for striking one of your reasons when you saw you were wrong. Some opposers never reply and refuse to change a part they know is wrong.--TeckWiz is now R ^ParlateContribs_@(Let's go Yankees!) 16:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

languages other than English

I must correct something I wrote in a recent discussion.

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ciudad Real Torre Solar you said:

I am shocked by the claim that "non-English language news stories" cannot make something notable! Are news reports written by Spaniards or Latin Americans somehow inferior to reports written by Anglophones? I realise this racist/nationalist sentiment is not what Chriswaterguy intended, but there's really no reason why a source in one language is inherently inferior to a source in another.

Certainly not inferior - just a lot harder to verify. However, I was wrong in my understanding of Wikipedia policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability#Sources in languages other than English states that English language sources (or at least published translations) are preferable, but not that they are required.

Thank you that in spite of our difference of opinion, you assumed good faith. --Chriswaterguy talk 14:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree of course that English-language sources are generally preferable ... though I think the reason is not because foreign-language sources are harder to verify per se, but because there are fewer people on en.wikipedia that are able to verify them. In terms of the reliability of sources, which is what is relevant to proving notability, a source in one language ought to be just as good as a source in any other. Anyway, thanks for your message. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 20:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thank you Black Falcon, for voting on my RfA. Although it failed, I will try to improve in the ways pointed out to me, and maybe I will become an admin next time. If you have any comments, questions, etc., you know where to go. ¿SFGi Д nts! ☺ ☻ 22:12, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MFD Archiving stuff

Oh Oh! I thought I'd answered already... where did that go? If I recall correctly, I thought that if everything else is already archived and linked from elsewhere, then this transclusion page can go. No need to go through MFD either. Just delete! :-) --Kim Bruning 17:15, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Terrorist Attacks article

Hi Black Falcon, sorry I couldn't contribute further to the discussion on the article, but I've been kind of swamped with finals and papers the last few days. I'll be back when they're all done and hopefully we can improve the article further then. Cheers! --snowolfD4^{( talk / @ )} 22:07, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Response to 'Neutral'

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I responded to your comments at my RfA. I don't expect you to change your mind about me, I just want to fully explain my actions. Have a nice day. David Fuchs^{(talk / frog blast the vent core!)} 23:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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