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SJA logo

I'm sorry you feel my twice removing the logo qualifies as "persistent reversion". It seems to me like you find the use of the term offensive because your edit was made entirely in good faith; don't take it personally! It's just part of the jargon some editors tend to use here on Wikipedia, and it often occurs that editors misunderstand that the St. John Ambulance article doesn't just refer to the England/Wales organisation. By the way, thanks for rooting out a better version of the Welsh logo by the way, the tiny gif was the best I could find. --Kwekubo 00:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Test

Testing my new signature... _TheIslander 13:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, TheIslander! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. ^∆ 22:52, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help me if you can?

A certain user has made a fake article, albeit a semi-beleivable one, on numerous pages listed below. I don't know what to do to warn them of vandalism, but I did revert the edits, at least for the second article. Could you please deal with the user? i'm asking you because you seem to know how to do this sort of thing, and posted a previous warning on their page.

User: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:London_Weekend_Television

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenardo_Da_Vinci_1452

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_the_Animal_Crossing_series

Thanks,

aeryka 04:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CITV website

I have only changed it to www.citv.co.uk, as you said because itv.com/citv currently does not redirect to the site. Once this is sorted out, I will revert my edits.
GMc^talk 01:20, 04 August 2007 (UTC) [reply]

itv.com/citv is the advertised address by CITV, therefore this is the address that should be in the article.
GMc^talk 21:28, 08 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
CITV do not advertise citv.co.uk as their address.
GMc^talk 21:35, 08 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dragons' Den image
I've indicated this as the rationale for the image use. Hope this help.
The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) created this image as part of the Press kit for the show Dragons' Den.
CBC reference links: http://www3.cbc.ca/imagegallery/television/index.html http://www3.cbc.ca/imagegallery/television/affairs/dragonsden/dragonsden.jpg
– Kempton "Ideas are the currency of the future." - a quote by Kevin Roberts 01:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for adding the rationale template. Now I know what to expect in the various fields, I will have a better chance to get it right next time. (smile) Many thanks. – Kempton "Ideas are the currency of the future." - a quote by Kevin Roberts 05:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
User:Listerslashrimmer
Thanks for that! It's yet another sock of User: Nam3witha3init. I've indefinitely blocked them now. Thanks again :) - Alison ☺ 21:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Red Dwarf page and your comments to anonymous user
" Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not on Red Dwarf (TV series). Your comment about 'hacking' is a clear attack against those of us who are trying to keep the article in good shape. A consensus has been reached on the talk page, and it has thus been decided that the expletives section should be cut down. Please do not continue replacing it. Thank you. _TheIslander 11:55, 9 August 2007 (UTC)"[reply]
How about you don't assume "hacking" is a personal attack? A consensus has not been reached on the subject - your interest in supporting efforts to keep an article in good shape is appreciated, but please don't stray into aggressive "policing" - thankyou. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.212.8 (talk) 16:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What else could hacking mean? And I'm affraid, whether you like it or not, a consensus was reached. _TheIslander 20:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Barnstar and WP:BBC
Thanks very much for the Barnstar, and also Template:BBCmemberwelcome Boy1jhn 07:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jake Thomas
Thanks for changing the description for my link, it sounds much better that way. Nssnss 20:27, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, glad to help ;) _TheIslander 21:57, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry!
Hey. You just left a message on my IP's talk page about ratings of BBC articles. I did not realize I was not logged in! Tiddly Tom 17:21, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe, OK, fair enough. Sorry for the confusion ;) _TheIslander 17:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem :) Where can I find a list of unassessed articles. I have tried a number of places, but many of the articles there have already been assessed. Tiddly Tom 17:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the big list in the assessment centre should be updated roughly every 24 hours (automatically), and it'll tell you those articles that are unassessed (at bottom of list). However, I'm afraid I've had a very empty day, and I've just snapped through the whole lot, and I'm fairly sure that there are none left that haven't been assessed. Sorry :(. What can be done, however, is that there are still a number of BBC related articles out there that haven't even had a box added, let alone tagged, so searching those out is useful. _TheIslander 17:32, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject ratings
This made me laugh. Cold Feet was on ITV. Nevermind, mistakes happen! Brad 08:25, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Gah, idiot :(. Thanks for sorting that out ;) _TheIslander 10:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject BBC
Hey, as you sceem to be one of the more active members of the project, I thought I would come and talk to you about it before going to the project. If you read This article from BBC NEWS you will see they announce that they will be making (what looks to me) to be a new channel. Do you think it should have it's own article now, as when it is out, you will want as much information about it available on wikipedia as possible. (When something new comes out, I often look for the article on wikipeida about it ;) ) Thanks. Tiddly Tom 20:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it seems to me that the article discusses two things. The on-demand stuff is BBC iPlayer, which already has an article. The older-teen version of CBBC has been on the cards since CBBC was re-structured, and 11-16 year-olds cut out. Though it'll undoubtably need an article when more's known, unfortunatly I think it'll currently fail WP:Notability, as barely anything's known right now. Give it a month or two, though, and that might change - what with CBBC re-branding again on September 3 2007, it would seem to me to be the opportune moment for the BBC to introduce something new. _TheIslander 21:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dinosapien
Excellent work on the Dinosapien page! :-) Cls14 12:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe, it was nothing, I only added an infobox. Thanks for the praise, though, much appreciated ;). I plan to have a jab at expanding it further sometime, if time permits. _TheIslander 12:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Help
Could you do me a favor and take a look at the edit war going on at Gary Peters (Michigan politician). It doesn't really seem to be a POV dispute, but really a conservative political group publicizing its campaign.