User talk:Nick/Archive11

Why?

Why was that photo deleted it wasn't a Copyyright vio.--Hornetman16 ^(talk) 23:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

It was taken from a website that doesn't licence content under the GFDL licence. That makes it a copyright violation and deleteable per our G12 criteria. Please ensure you are fully familiar with image copyright before uploading further images. Nick 23:50, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and could you reduce the length of your signature, it's considerably longer than the comment you left. Thanks in advance. Nick 23:50, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Eventually any size sig will be longer than the comments left, so no.--Hornetman16 ^(talk) 23:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

As long as you stop stealing photos, I suppose I can live with your signature. Nick 00:01, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Question

I am new and trying to figure this out. If I make edits that are stopped by a Bot and someting like this is shown.

"(cur) (last) 15:02, 3 August 2007 ClueBot (Talk | contribs) (14,365 bytes) (Reverting vandalism, by User:Codyryanyork (see here). If this is a mistake, report it. Thanks, ClueBot. (Bot)) (undo)"

What do I do to say no it my changes were good?

Reports can be left at User talk:ClueBot. Hope this helps. Nick 22:49, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Your user page

Why did you delete it? Melsaran (formerly Salaskаn) 05:19, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I was having a few days off. I'll get round to creating a new one when I've got a few minutes some day soon. Nick 10:46, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Heh, when I saw a red link in your sig I thought you left the project. Phew :-) Melsaran (formerly Salaskаn) 16:27, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Newspamdalogo2.png

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My edits?

How is this my fault? Jaranda (talk · contribs) is reverting me because he doesn't like the fact that I'm monitoring his edits, which isn't WP:WIKISTALK as he claims, as the reason for those edits being visible to the public is so people can monitor them. I'm making good faith edits and he's only reverting me because he wants to. He isn't even giving a reason for reverting me; he just wants to revert me. I'm giving a perfectly valid reason for why I re-reverted him, but that's not good enough for him. Jaranda is the one who is reverting me without a good reason, and you didn't even give him a freakin' warning. I don't think that's very fair. Ksy92003(talk) 19:43, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Jaranda isn't the person who made this astonishing threat on their talk page "...You have caused some problems in the past, so you're one of the users on my list of users whose edits I monitor constantly. When I look at your contributions and see that you make an edit that I don't agree with, one that I think isn't necessary, then I'm gonna revert it. Per WP:WIKISTALK, that's only an issue if the edits that I'm making are bothering you or preventing the progress of Wikipedia, neither of which I'm doing." . If you persist in editing with this attitude, then you will be blocked. Individual cases of edit warring will be dealt with as and when they are brought to the attention of myself or any other administrator and the parties involved dealt with as applicable. Nick 19:51, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2

Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months! If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, --Elonka 02:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks from Nancy

I see that you reverted vandalism on my user page earlier and wanted to thank you for dealing with it so swiftly. Much appreciated. • nancy • 15:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks

I also got the spam mail from Toggafasiognom today. I was just going to ask someone to disable his email :p -Nard 22:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Me, too. I was going to post on his talk page and ask what he was talking about. Apparently I oppose spoiler tags...so he spoiled the 7th Harry Potter book for me. Too bad I'd already read it. (^_^) ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:39, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Request for Clarification.

Hello,

My connection is somewhat poor, but I noticed that a few of the reports I submitted were removed. This happened in short order, and I had to check the logs to see the comments.

Perhaps, I incorrectly parsed your remarks, but it sounds like you threatened to block my account because of a difference in opinion on nominations some found questionable.

Is this correct? Feel free to reply on my talk page. --Aarktica 13:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• Just so that I understand, did you threaten to block me? --Aarktica 15:24, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

• • Yes. Nick 15:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
    • You can't do that! If he is submitting reports badly, just remove them. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 01:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
      • Blocking is a worst case scenario. Users are being blocked through incorrectly filed reports, as long as the user doesn't know they are being discussed, removing "bad" reports is the only sensible option. If, however, a user continues to pick out reasonable usernames and warn the user they should change their name, or that their username might not be inappropriate, frightening off the user, then more stringent measures may be necessary. The username policy and how it's applied is one thing we really need to get right first time every time with a new user. We will never know who we have scared away, but I'm not going to let users actively continue to scare new users away just because they don't have a short and sweet username. Nick 01:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
        • I don't know the situation in detail, but you can't act on your own here. If what you are saying is true then you'll need community support. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 01:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
          • I really hope it doesn't come to the stage where it's necessary to get community support for this, I hope it's something that can be dealt with quickly and quietly. Indeed, that was what I intended in the first place through my stern warning. Nick 01:56, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
            • Honestly it doesn't come across as a stern warning.It comes across as a threat, and is more likely to get his back up than obtain his cooperation. Based on what I have seen (and I didn't go through a whole lot, so I may be making a snap judgement here) if you were to actually block him the likely result would be a swift unblocking by another admin. BTW I basically agree with your position on usernames. I just think you were to harsh on this user. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 02:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I think you...

Should stop WP:SLAP...lol, just kidding. :-P Miranda 23:22, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I would suggest you to take a wikibreak. Seriously. Wikipedia is something that you shouldn't hold grudges about. Looks like those people from Rhode Island hijacked your talk page, too. Lolz. I hope you feel better. Miranda 01:05, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Aww...come on! :-P Okay, I won't hijack it anymore. :-P Miranda 06:47, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

A notification

Just so you know, you are being discussed in this thread on ANI. Thought you might want to know and/or defend yourself. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 01:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

"The Wayward Troll" (etc) blocking

Just to let you know, a google search indicates that The Wayward Troll is the name of a story, and there seems no indication of bad faith. This is being discussed at the WP:UAA talk page. Thought you might like to know.

If you just want to reply to me, feel free to reply here, I'll have it on my watchlist. SamBC(talk) 18:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:Contact with H

I understand he is afraid about the threats made, but he has to understand that I'll be doing this for his benefit. --Defender 911 (Leave a message!) 00:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I understand that it may take a while to establish contact. Thank you, though. --Defender 911 (Leave a message!) 00:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Please Advice Me

Can I use photos with the tag - {{self}}for my magazine.Kaystar 15:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

You can, but you would need to release your magazine, or sections of it, under the exact same licence. You also need to credit the photographer(s) and/or creator(s) of the work. Nick 15:48, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I want to use this picture [1], could you help me, how I could get the details of the photographer(s) and/or the creator(s) of the work. Kaystar 16:14, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

The photo has details of just one person, that of the photographer, who should be credited as "AlexRenou". That would be the only person who appears to need to be credited. Nick 16:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.Kaystar 02:17, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

British Student Television

can i ask why you unilaterally moved this when the discussion had just opened? surely you should at least wait a week, particularly since no arguments have yet to be presented for the move, and plenty against it. Sherzo 13:34, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

As I noted at WP:ANI, the title does not comply with our manual of style and is misleading, given the content being discussed. Nick 13:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

if you had bothered to read the debate you'll find that in fact the title your changing it too is misleading. Sherzo 13:41, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I read the debate and see no real indication that this new title is misleading, indeed, there was rather a lot of support for the new title. I see a Republic of Ireland university mentioned in the page, the Republic of Ireland does not fall under "British" on Wikipedia, no matter how inconsequential their contribution to the subject or the quality of their work, so it's been moved to a more suitable location. Editors and readers of this site expect to find material under an accurate page title, the previous title was not suitable for that page with the content it has at present. Nick 13:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Sherzo

Thanks for commenting on the complaint I lodged against Sherzo. Could you please comment on his counter complaint against me. Thank you. TorstenGuise 14:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

There's nothing to comment on, it's (in my opinion) being rightly ignored as an extension of the earlier content dispute. Nick 14:34, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Woodland Animations

Thanks for the semi-protect on the Woodland Animations page. I made a trivial edit, so I'm good to fly. Majorclanger 20:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

You abusing your administrative rights

I had the Howard Finkel photo released und GFDL or free licensing.--Hornetman16 ^(talk) 21:06, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi, your upload was deleted because we lack evidence of the copyright owner having released the work under the GFDL licence. Can you please e-mail permissions-en@wikimedia.org with details of the e-mail or communication you received from the photographer or copyright owner stating they have released the image under the GFDL licence. Thanks. Nick 22:02, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I wish you would have notified me sooner. I deleted the e-mail now.--Hornetman16 ^(talk) 22:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Protection to Guitar

Hello Nick. Could you please review your protection to Guitar, as I seem to find it inadequate? You did well in blocking the warring users for their WP:3RR violation, but semi-protection for the article due to edit warring is rather ineffective as only full protection will prevent both from editing it. Best regards, Húsönd 03:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

With both users blocked, there's really no need for full protection which would have a large impact on other users. There's been no resumption of the edit war thus far to really justify a complete lock down of the article. I'll be keeping an eye on the article and both users when their block expires and I'd really like to remove the protection completely as soon as possible today to see how it goes. Nick 08:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Thanks for your contribs at WP:RFC/N. You may, however, might want to make a bit of a "return appearance" here. Cheers -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks. Nick 10:47, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. He was wrong to strike your comment. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Mailing List

I just saw your response to your comment at Crockspot's RFA. I was wondering how you sign up for the mailing list. New England ^{Review Me!} 18:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:ML has all the necessary information. I'd suggest setting up a separate account just for mailing lists, as messages do come in thick and fast at times. Nick 18:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I just signed up. New England ^{Review Me!} 18:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism and BJAODN

Why would a user need to log out in order to vandalize and add to BJAODN? One could vandalize, self-revert, look up the history and add to BJAODN. Total impact to Wikipedia integrity: minimal, because the reversion happens right away. So what's the problem? — Rickyrab | Talk 14:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC) see? — Rickyrab | Talk 14:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. A user wishing to make what they see as a funny but disruptive edit may well log out and make the edit, so that the vandalism isn't logged as having been made under their account but by their IP address. Nick 16:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BJAODN

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BJAODN. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BJAODN/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BJAODN/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Newyorkbrad 16:24, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Herbal viagra

Your herbal viagra user-space page looks good enough to be an article. Would it be okay if I (or you) were to move it into the main space? MessedRocker (talk) 13:24, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Request

Hi Nick, I would like to ask you to unprotect User:YoSoyGuapo's talk page. I have mediated with him and the person has agreed to follow the established rules and policies of Wikipedia. I will keep my out on him and if he breaks our agreement, I will consider banning him myself. Cheers! Tony the Marine 06:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced trivia

I'm curious: you've removed a load of stuff from the Deal or No Deal (UK game show) page; this was detail generated by observation over the whole time that the show has been running. I am not objecting to the removal of the information from this article en block, but I wonder how one is supposed to reference works that include a large amount of observed research in this manner... I had a hunt around, but not spotted anything definitive --- although it could be I'm looking for the wrong thing. Maybe there is no place on Wikipedia for a presentation of this kind of research, or maybe it would be suitable for a user page? I'd be interested to see your views on the matter, and if you have an appropriate link... even better! :) Geoff Riley 07:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

If the information is presented in some book, magazine or an official website, then you could add it back in with a source or sources, but at the moment, it sort of falls under our original research policy because there's no way for a user to independently verify (without watching the show) what they are reading is correct. It's also not really encyclopedic and might be better suited to an independent site on a service such as Wikia, with the article here having a more generalized overview of the game, and winners and losers, rather than a list. The other problem is detecting vandalism and hoax names being added, without having a source for each name, it can be difficult if not impossible to tell vandalism from a genuine edit, now, this is by no means a reason by itself for removal of the list, vandalism shouldn't warrant the removal or prevent inclusion of material, but in cases such as these, it becomes impossible to tell vandalism from a genuine edit, which severely hampers accuracy, which we strive for. I'm sure, however, that given the large amount of coverage Noel and Deal or No Deal receives in the press, there's bound to be a few sources in newspapers and TV listing magazines. Hope this helps. Nick 09:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for that explanation, I shall investigate the original research policy. ...then I'll go and get a book published with all the details that have been compiled... nah not really. I understand what you mean particularly with regard to the possibility of vandalism. Geoff Riley 22:44, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Laughing Man

Nick, Thanks for deleting that image. It's an anime image (http://www.ghostintheshell.tv/2ndgig/episodes/1x4.html) from "Ghost in the shell". Note the 8th panel (2nd row, all the way on the left hand side). Laughing_Man's images is a copy of it. The color is slightly different, but the writing, design, shape and everything else are the same. Thanks! KoshVorlon
".. We are ALL Kosh..."
19:27, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Nick, The image was inspired by the series, and I created it myself, please restore it as it is not a television screen shot. // laughing man 17:16, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Can you please undelete this image? // laughing man 01:29, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but from what I can see, it's sufficiently similar to the image that appears here to be considered a copyright violation. You're welcome to seek out additional clarification on this, perhaps through Images for Deletion or Deletion Review however. Nick 01:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

So you're saying it doesn't matter that it was created inspired by the series?// laughing man 11:36, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Just to clarify, if it's sufficiently similar as it is in this case, even if it was created entirely by yourself, it would be termed a derivative image and covered by the same original copyright that covers the TV/Film the original image appears in. Nick 11:45, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Well in any case, I've been using the image for well over a year here and would have appreciated you discussing it with me first instead of rashly deleting it since it wasn't a blatant copyvio as what User:KoshVorlon suggested when tagging the page. Never mind though, I'm not wasting any more of my time on this bullshit.// laughing man 15:31, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

Hey there Nick Sorry about that. Just curious. Why on the user's that I reported block log was there blocks not showing up? --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 21:54, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Missing page

My index has a link to User:Heligoland/Link, which I thought was a very useful page. Has the content of that page been moved elsewhere, or is it simply gone? -- John Broughton (♫♫) 00:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Ooh, I was having a clear out of all my old pages. If you want to undelete, please feel free. The information is out of date though and I doubt there will be date or time for an update anytime soon, unfortunately. Nick 00:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Given that I'm not an admin, undeleting isn't an option for me. But to the larger point - I'll mark the entry as being deleted because it was out of date, and when/if you do an update, then the entry can be added back to the index. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 13:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

This edit summary was a bit dickish. It's a combination of being raised like that, joking not coming off well on the interwebs, and being in a bad mood. -lucid 11:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I've been known for slipping in the odd unusual edit summary from time to time. Don't worry about it. Nick 11:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Requesting some follow-on administration

The same anon user (presumably) that was flooding the Woodland Animations entry with junk edits (see above - you semi-protected the page) is now doing it to both Postman Pat and Fireman Sam. If you can, take a quick look at the page histories and act if you think it appropriate. There many many anon edits from the same IP range, some obviously with incorrect information, but some may be accurate. I want to completely fact-check both pages and add citations, but I seem to end up only reverting garbage a couple of times per day. -- Majorclanger 17:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I had noticed this was going on and I've reverted stuff a few times on the Tugs article. It's one of the most annoying situations where the person in question keeps on changing IP addresses and rangeblocks would need to be widespread to be of any use to successfully block the user. Page protection might be an option, but it's going to stop any anon edits to any of these articles, and it would need to be pretty much permanent, I think, to stop the person responsible. I'll have a chat with some other administrators to see what we might be able to do but I think it might need to be a case of simply reporting the user to WP:ANI or WP:AIV every time they change IP addresses. Nick 17:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

OK. Please let me know what the consensus is. Thanks for looking into it. -- Majorclanger 18:22, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Isn't this cute!

AWW!!!

File:Nick title.png

To put on the little Nick's page. :-P Miranda 03:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Please Advise Me

Can I use a image with the following tag for the Back Cover of my magazine,

If I am going to use the same image inside of the magazine and give due credit to the person and the source.Kaystar 07:02, 30 August 2007 (UTC)