User talk:Alansohn

Welcome!

Message for blanking page

I am author of Mid-atlantic Pagan Alliance. The organization folded a year ago, and I am finally getting around to cleaning up some left-overs. I wanted to have speedy deletion of this article. And as I am the substantial contributor of this article I blanked the page to initiate the Speedy deletion. The following is the policy that I followed.

"Author requests deletion, if requested in good faith, and provided the page's only substantial content was added by its author. (For redirects created as a result of a pagemove, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the page prior to the move.) If the author blanks the page (outside user space), this can be taken as a deletion request. "

Please let me know the proper procedure to initiate speedy deletion otherwise.MCWicoff (talk) 03:33, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Toilet Paper edit

Why is it unconstrutive? The Great Cornholio has alot to do with toilet paper. If this is unconstruthive, why is the same link on the Bunghole page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hunterdude64 (talk • contribs) 03:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting the profane vandalism made to my userpage!

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		For tirelessly reverting vandalism...and beating me to it. :)

Jordan Wu

Nobody loves this poor poor soul. This is his cry for help, or in the words of Gary Larson, Helf.

question

what did i do wrong i added on more about the soup all of it was true why should i be blocked

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Martyn_Godfrey

Hi! I made a page about an author named Martyn_Godfrey. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Godfrey. Could you please edit the page? Thanks!Neptunekh

information on admins and edits

thank you for the information but i have another question for you. are the admins contacted after an edit or is there a page for admins which shows the most recent edits and users that changed articles? sorry for the questions but i am just trying to understand the process better so i do not look like an idiot when i make my presentation and i want to be able to present the facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.35.171 (talk • contribs)

For expansion

• Harry Harris (director)

Thank you

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user pages Maen. K. A. (talk)

why are you reverting changes?

Dude I am an actual students that attends Turner Fenton whereas you Don't. So obvoisuly i have a much more up to date info than you so therefore you causing vandalism by removing information that is accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.242.91.84 (talk • contribs)

being accused of vanalism is a serious charge especially when my statements are true

i may be unfamiliar with your exact process of posting as i stated but vandal i am not. the things i spoke about couldn't be denied under oath. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sing51074 (talk • contribs)

two articles on si.com derek jeter interviewed

he denied knowing minka. and had to do a second interview in which he stated ther interviewer had to listen to what he said. the interviewer accused him of lying about even knowing minka. he still never acknowledge her as his girlfriend the second time around.si.com 2008,2009:o) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sing51074 (talk • contribs)

Editing Barnstar

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Thank you for removing the vandalism from my page

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re:emerecy

hi,i just wanna show my teacher what that do and testing it like i am patroling it sorry for the mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berendale1 (talk • contribs)

DYK for Robert J. Sinclair

Number 461 (334 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert J. Sinclair, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Jamie^☆S93 12:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Sid Laverents

Number 462 (335 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sid Laverents, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Jamie^☆S93 12:56, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Elaine Benes

This guy keeps deleting the reference to keep it "consistent". As you check the history? He seems to go at no end to keep the reference out. I don't want to keep reverting so I need some help in dealing with this guy. Even when I talk to him, he seems to stand firm and thinks I own the page which is not true because I know some rules about Wikipedia but not all. I don't know what to do? Should I give in and say he wins? Let me know. Thank you. Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 02:25, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I have seen the back-and-forth on this and have wanted to step in on this. While I agree with you that the sourced attribution to Carol Leifer should appear in the Elaine Benes article, the question may be if it should appear in the lead or elsewhere in the article. Alansohn (talk) 02:34, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Because he also added some link beside it saying "keep the reference off full stop". Now if people read it, they might think that the character Elaine Benes is made up (true) and is not based on Jerry's and Larry's ex-girlfriend. I'm open to put it in other articles like the episode "The Lip Reader" in which she first wrote for Seinfeld or whether the reference stay in Elaine's article. I'll let him revert it again and we'll think of a solution soon. Take your time and if you know a way around it, let's hope it works out. Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 04:17, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

• One more thing, although I know little about AF or in normal terms the abuse filter, I believe he's definetely going to extremes to keep that reference out. I don't have special powers like blocking the IP but I'm just worried if he abuses his power and goes to far with his idea without even thinking about the others who is also editing the page. I mean before that, Chocolateboy took down half the page and that cost every editors work and I tried very hard to keep it. I don't want to be mean or have a dispute over something ridiculous but I just wish there's something me or you can do to resolve this standoff and I hope he doesn't take his abuse filter too far and stop people putting in there preferences. So if you have a solution, let me know. Johnnyauau2000 (talk) 04:11, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William J. Passmore

Number 463 (336 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William J. Passmore, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 08:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Newt Heisley

Number 464 (337 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Newt Heisley, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

yo i dontk now how to make new things on here but im just sayin, sry i messed aroudn just now. purely out of fun. wont happen again. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.51.59.218 (talk) 15:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

INFRINGEMENT

Hey Alansohn, I think there was a vandal yesterday doing the same kind of thing as 172.130.19.37, though I'd have to plow through my history--I think I rolled that kind of edit back once or twice. (I'm dropping you a line cause you just beat me to it, rolling back on Chris Fedak.) Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I think we've crossed paths on a number of other vandals. Alansohn (talk) 19:26, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

De Godoy

Your reversion constitutes vandalism. Please do not continue to reflexively replace content without explanation or checking the quality. And lay off the templates.  WP 02:09, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Coming here to say the same, as I'm concerned about the templates and reversions you made on Godoy. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:46, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I had looked through both edits that I reverted on Manuel de Godoy made by User:Doubleyoupea and both removed very extensive portions of source material, gutting major portions of the article each time. The first edit offered no explanation whatsoever for the extensive content removal other than stating that Cluebot was being reverted. Extensive removal of sourced content combined with no explanation in an edit summary is almost always vandalism and I had no reason to believe that there was justification to remove the sourced content that had been in the article that I had read and reviewed. The second edit included an edit summary that seemed to challenge my ignorance for making the revert but offered no explanation of the changes, and I reread the article and again saw extensive content removed, including significant portions of sourced material, and saw no justification. Rather than explaining the edits, the edit summary of the second edit and the message left here were both consistent with the type of "no, you're the vandal, I dare you to revert" messages left by vandals, nor did the small handful of edits in the past made by this user give me any confidence that this would be someone who had the ability to make major changes in one fell swoop to an article of this scale and scope. I saw no discussion of the edits on the talk page for the article and the original edit seemed to be a kneejerk undoing of a Cluebot reversion of removed content. I do apologize for the terse templates, but that's what Huggle provides. I guess that it is possible that more detective work might have uncovered the fact that these edits were productive, but the combination of the pattern of evidence that I had seen -- removal of extensive portions of sourced content, edit summary offering no explanation other than a revert of Cluebot, a message left on my talk page that offered little more than a claim of vandalism on my part, no discussion on the article take page, an editor who had no more than a few dozen edits and few recent edits making a very major change to an article that seemed to be primarily removing content -- all led me to the conclusion that this was vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 15:33, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

User:Doubleyoupea is himself reverting to a much earlier 'better' version by user:Yomangan (give or take a few words) - see this diff. It's fairly clear there was no consensus for the earlier 'better' version (as it was immediately reverted) or for this. Occuli (talk) 17:27, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Much appreciate the kind words on the DYK! — Hunter Kahn _(contribs) 02:37, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lee Solters

Number 465 (338 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lee Solters, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK: James J. Galdieri & James A. Galdieri

Number 466-467 (340 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On 27 May, 2009, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles James J. Galdieri and James A. Galdieri, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 05:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Linking poop

Just to let you know, I've linked to your "Dumping poop" section from my user page. Please feel free to change the link there if you ever move this inspired account of the Huggle experience. Also, I wanted to suggest changing "almost absolutely" to "virtually" or "next to" nothing. It's a little awkward as-is. Other than that, I thought you were spot-on. Recognizance (talk) 06:47, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words and the link. I've made the change you suggested along with some other tweaks. Alansohn (talk) 18:17, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William Glenn

Number 468 (341 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Glenn, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 14:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for David Friedland

Number 469 (342 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Friedland, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 08:22, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Layla bint Harmalah

Thanks for keeping an eye open. I waited a while to see if they would delete that content a third time, but it really was bedtime... I will readily admit I'm no expert on these matters, but in case of doubt the benefit should go to the established text, esp. given the edit summaries. Still, I didn't use rollback and didn't leave a vandal warning; by the time you reverted, a warning was more than appropriate. So thanks again, and keep up the good work! Drmies (talk) 14:29, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

• BTW, congrats on all the recent DYKs--you've been pretty busy, and those are goodlooking articles. Drmies (talk) 14:31, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
  • I've been seeing that article pop up again, and I was also leery of the changes made. Thanks for the note about DYKs. I try to push myself to create about an average of an article a day, and nothing makes me happier than to be able to fill in a hole that exists in Wikipedia's collection. Alansohn (talk) 18:08, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism on Vinny Ball

You recently warned VinAF1 (talk · contribs) of vandalism for his edits on Vinny Ball. All I could see that he did was add a {{hangon}} tag with an explanation. Admittedly, it was a lame explanation, and would not have withstood an admin's review, but I don't know that I'd call it vandalism. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:35, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I can't recall what had triggered my revert, and in the absence of the original edit (as the article has been deleted) and the concerns you have raised, I have removed the warning. Alansohn (talk) 18:05, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Yehoshua Zettler

Number 470 (343 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On May 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yehoshua Zettler, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 20:22, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Greetings Alansohn

You seem to have been doing the counter-vandalism process for a long time. As I'm trying to be useful on Wikipedia, I decided my first step will be to revert obvious vandalism. I've been at it for a little while, got a few thousand reverts under my belt, and was curious if you had any useful counter vandal information you could provide. Obviously you've seen alot more than me, and have surely have learned something I haven't. Thank you. I also found your "dumping poop" and "a matter of good and evil" sections interesting. :-)  Fyyer  00:12, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

FA Nomination; Ryan Braun

Hi. I've nominated Ryan Braun to be a Featured Article. As you were an editor, you may wish to contribute your view as to whether it should be a FA. The discussion of the FA comment process can be found at [1], and the page that you can go in through to leave comments is the article's talk page at [2]. Same hold for Kevin Youkilis, which I think is only lacking in that we need to work on the inline ciations. Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 08:08, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Alexis Bledel

I am trying to add the correct name of Alexis Bledel's mother to her article. Why do you continue to undo my edits??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.50.207 (talk) 05:13, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

The information appears to be false. If you have a source that shows the various names you've added (Lupe, Conchita Juanita, etc.) are correct, please prove me wrong. Alansohn (talk) 05:19, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

How do you know that "Nanette" is her mother's real name and not Lupe? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.50.207 (talk) 05:20, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I did a search after your first edit and found this source. Her mother's name is not Lupe, Conchita Juanita or Consuela; It's Nanette. Alansohn (talk) 05:23, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Dear Alansohn - why has the page on Alexis Bledel been locked? I have some interesting new information I would like to add to the article, but when I push "edit" I get a message saying that the article has been temporarily locked. I see that you have gotten into a dispute with some other user about vandalizing the page. I have actual interesting new information concerning a new movie of hers. How would I add it to the page? 71.135.63.193 (talk) 04:03, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I have nothing to do with protecting the page, but you could check with User:Toddst1. It seems that there are vandals out there with no interest in improving this or other similar articles. Semi-protection limits edits to established editors. Alansohn (talk) 04:25, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting the vandalism on my talk page! Matt Deres (talk) 01:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Chicken fried bacon

Hey Alansohn, is this blasphemy, perpetrated upon the food of the gods, not worthy of serious physical punishment? ;) Drmies (talk) 19:12, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. I saw it on huggle, but you reverted it before I did. :P Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 19:31, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Terry McAuliffe

Alansohn, my revisions simply removed unnecessary and suspiciously timed information on the Terry McAuliffe page. It's the biased "controversies" that is the vandalism. Why not discuss this on the talk page there, rather than undo edits without joining the discussion? Whatrocks11 (talk) 19:35, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Vandalism

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I hereby award you the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your remarkable efforts in fighting vandalism. gidonb (talk) 02:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

People Born in Guam are Native-Born Citizens

The article has an error. People born in Guam are native-born citizens. I know because I used to live on Guam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.54.35.200 (talk) 03:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, they are. It was the additional material removed that raised an issue, one I am still researching. Alansohn (talk) 13:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Notification

• Request for clarification

There is a request for clarification regardling your current restriction. - jc37 15:01, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Islamic view of anal sex

There is something wrong. In that article there are a lot of incorrect information. I try to fix the article and gave a reference to each sentence I wrote, someone removed my changes and explain that kind of act by simple untrue statement "the article is not neutral". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arabic muslim (talk • contribs) 19:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Please see your user talk page for my reply. Alansohn (talk) 23:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

West Shore, Staten Island

Hi, Thanks for sourcing this. Trilobyte fossil (talk) 21:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad I saw the article and was able to find sources for much of the material. It could still use some more work. Alansohn (talk) 23:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I think I've completed what you started. Maybe you'd like to throw an eye over it? Trilobyte fossil (talk) 16:50, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

More steps in the right direction. Thanks for the updates. Alansohn (talk) 17:43, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		thank you so much for reverting those offensive messages on my userpage. That user must be another IP of one of the users I reverted trying to take revenge, I don't know. But I owe you...thanks! SchnitzelMannGreek. 23:02, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recognition, but it's all in a vandal-fighter's day's work. Alansohn (talk) 23:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for looking out...

Your speedy reverts [[3]] erased another (two to be exact) eye sore. Thank you Again ! Maxis ftw (talk) 23:11, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. It's the least I can do. Alansohn (talk) 23:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

My Article

Thanks for your concern on vandalism but Matt Decker is my article so therefore I can't vandalise my own article and I would have no interest in editing my own article in a negative way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulyanov322 (talk • contribs)

I now understand what it is that you're trying to do. There are a few problems: You don't own this or any other article and you may want to see WP:OWN for further details. The article title should not include a title, a la Commodore Matt Decker, and should probably be Matt Decker (or Matt Decker (Star Trek) if there is an issue with the unqualified title). Alansohn (talk) 23:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

please revert your revert

as i did explain it on the talk page. thanks. 93.86.201.173 (talk) 16:27, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

It was a hacker falut and can't fix it up!

i so sorry and it not my falut!my name is ben z —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.15.244.71 (talk) 04:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Heritability of IQ

Hi, your revert to this article restored some typos. I guess this was not what you intended... --Crusio (talk) 09:46, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Offensive section in the article Two nation Theory

Okay, I have put those views in a seperate article

Pakistani viewpoint about creation of Bangladesh

Because I find the section

Creation of Bangladesh

In the aritcle Two-Nation Theory very offensive and against Two nation theory. It is not neutral at all. It is anti-Pakistani.

--ChJameel (talk) 22:35, 4 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChJameel (talk • contribs)

"Self-censorship"

Just so that you are aware, the only reason I pulled the words was because upon reflection I realized that you'd use it as just one more of your attempts to make a CFD discussion about me instead of about the topic at hand. But I have to congratulate you for managing to make it about me anyway. Be sure to keep the link handy for next time. Otto4711 (talk) 21:56, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I haven't filed it away yet, but thanks for the reminder. We had made a deal earlier which you reneged upon under which you wouldn't directly comment on my posts at XfD and I wouldn't directly respond to yours. I think that our collective track record has shown that you have yet to convince me to change my mind, and that these discussions have only helped highlight the rampant inconsistencies in how CfD works, only wasting time, and filling up a lot of disk space. While many of the admins who frequent CfD seem to turn a blind eye to your personal attacks and incivility, your recent block should provide rather clear evidence that objective admins untainted with conflicts of interest brought about by personal contact with you will not tolerate actions on your part which make anything I have ever said or done pale in comparison. I'm offering this deal again to take effect upon your agreement here. I'm better off, you're better off and Wikipedia is better off if we don't waste our time responding to each other. Alansohn (talk) 22:27, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

...for this. You would think that someone that could come up with "Fixed ideological Bias" would be capable of more substantive contribution. See ya 'round Tiderolls 04:34, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Why did you revert my change?

If homophobia is discrimination, then so is arachnaphobia.--114.76.212.56 (talk) 06:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

NY Senate control

You reverted my change, and said I needed citiations... which there already were in the first section of the article.

What more do you want? Please read the pages you are reverting my changes were accurate, yours were dead wrong. You are reverting back to something that doesn't even apply anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.241.183.159 (talk) 22:02, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Obit

Hey Alansohn, I know you write a lot of articles on recently deceased people after their obituaries come out; I have one from a few days ago that I remember thinking would be article-worthy, but I haven't had time to take any action on it now, and I'm not sure if I will be able to for a little while, so if you're interested then it's an easy article you can do. (If you're not interested, of course, no big deal—I might be able to get around to it eventually, too.) Here are the sources:

• "Dr. Richard Allsopp, creator of Caribbean dictionary, passes away". The Barbados Advocate. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
• "Late Dr Richard Allsopp's contributions hailed". Stabroek News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
• Christie, Pauline (1998). "Focus on Creolists: Richard Allsopp". The Carrier Pidgin. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  • (for this one you need to scroll down a bit to get to the actual article)

Best, rʨanaɢ ^talk/_contribs 02:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I guess I have a reputation. I looked through and there appears to be enough to make an interseting article that i will do my best to create later today. Alansohn (talk) 05:13, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

File:Byron M. Baer.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Byron M. Baer.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Damiens.rf 03:17, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Tip

You should consider Archiving some of thouse discussions, this page is hideously long. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.125.138.48 (talk) 04:59, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

It helps ward off vandals. Autoarchiving never seems to work as well as it's advertised. Alansohn (talk) 14:13, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categorization/Eponymous RFC

FYI. I'm curious to see your comments. Postdlf (talk) 08:09, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Alansohn (talk) 15:02, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Idioglossia

Sorry about the missing edit summaries on the Idioglossia article. One revision was a minor linking fix that I believe is uncontroversial. The other, a "See also" link to Home sign, definitely merited some explanation. I'm going to restore the former revision and add the latter to Talk:Idioglossia; please don't see this as edit warring. -- Control.valve (talk) 04:42, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I have reviewed the edits and thank you for your additional details. Alansohn (talk) 04:46, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Tom Green (basketball coach)

Number 471 (344 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On June 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Green (basketball coach), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Mifter (talk) 05:28, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

User:Alansohn Get off my back

Hey I was just trying to "disambiguate" one WikiPedia Statement. Is that too much to take?

I am really tired of you so-called "editors", by the way, and the nonsense you impose on me. So go ahead and be as immature as a typical "wikiPedia" editor can be and "ban" me or my "IP" forever, and be known as the choot you are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.158.157 (talk) 14:58, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edit adds the words "not the real Naples" to a fully-disambiguated Naples, Florida. That is too much to take. Alansohn (talk) 15:01, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting the vandalism on my talk page. --Abce2|AccessDenied 15:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I guess I was returning the favor. We vandal fighters have to watch each other's backs. It's amazing how brazen vandals are becoming. Alansohn (talk) 15:18, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Forget you I can put what I want

I can put what ever I want to chlorophyll it's a free editing website. If you are going to keep doing that go screw your self and get off so elementary school children can have an easier definiton for words. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylergibson3440 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC) Listen I didn't type that I have hundreds of viruses and someone must have hacked me or something. I swear I didn't do that. Forgive who ever did that, but it wasn't me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylergibson3440 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

San Diego Thunder

Can you please clarify the justification behind this edit to San Diego Thunder? Seems to be a good-faith AfD nom to me. KuyaBriBri^Talk 20:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

There were two different edits, and the AfD info appeared to have been put in the wrong article, with an error message stating that the template was misplaced, but the wrong article was reverted due to my clear confusion. I thank you for the catch on my error and for reverting what was a clear mistake. Alansohn (talk) 21:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Ham

Try finding out why an edit was made before you give out a warning Thecityone (talk) 00:03, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

The material you removed came directly from a reliable source. The revert is accompanied by a warning. Alansohn (talk) 01:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Photos in bilaterals

Please see comments here Talk:Belgium–Mexico relations. LibStar (talk) 04:29, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

I see that you feel that they're not necessary, but that still doesn't become a reason for removal. As I see it, the image adds context to the article and in almost any other context I would have reverted it as vandalism. It was only after further review that I see that it's merely an argument over personal preference on the issue. If you want to point me towards a talk page, I'd suggest that you point me towards a discussion at Talk:Czech Republic – Iceland relations that shows a consensus for removal; The link to Talk:Belgium–Mexico relations only seems to show that there is no consensus anywhere for their removal. Alansohn (talk) 04:35, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Until the recent incident in Riverdale, I had no idea how many bombings there had been in this country I just put up a page on another one. It is truly shocking.Historicist (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

It's happened to me dozens of times that I was stunned by the absence of a single article, whose creation led to dozens more being written. You've become a very productive editor. Alansohn (talk) 15:11, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Normandy Landing

Are you a person or a bot? I want an explanation as to why the Normandy Landing edits are being reverted, as they make NO sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.48.25.60 (talk • contribs)

This edit is vandalism, plain and simple. If you have content issues, discuss at the talk page without using vandalism to make a point. Alansohn (talk) 18:52, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Normandy Landings. Alansohn (talk) 18:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Explain how "edits" are now "vandalism".139.48.25.60 (talk) 18:50, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, you are replacing a section with "Hi. hihi." What is that other than vandalism? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:50, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

ARGH. Didn't see that. Trying to put the sectors back. Some constructive assistance would be nice, rather than threats.139.48.25.60 (talk) 18:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

WAIT - there is no HI HI HI on the page itself - it shows up in the "changes" which is weird, but not on the page - it is some kind of glitch. Look at the finished page.139.48.25.60 (talk) 18:56, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

the 'hihihi' is there in the version you created- they're right at the end of the introductory section. But if it was unintentional, whiel you were trying to do something more useful... that's good! We like people who aren't vandals. :) I don't know enough about the subject to have any opinion about your other edits. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:02, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

I see no "hihihi" anywhere on that page. Do it. Search the entire page for "hi". IT'S NOT THERE. It appears in the list of changes though, which is strange - a glitch. For the 2nd time, I obviously didn't do that. DAMN BUT WIKIPEDIA is a bloated, miopic exercise in administrivia and bureacracy. I'm sorry I continue to bother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.48.25.60 (talk) 19:07, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

It has been corrected in the current version, but if you look at the version of the page that I linked to, it's at the end of the introductory section, right before the table of contents box. I promise that it is there. I am looking right at it; if you were here in the room with me, I could point to the screen and show you. Are you really going to insult us at this point for reverting those edits? Why not say, "Thank you, I didn't mean to restore vandalism to the encyclopedia, and I appreciate your fixing my mistake," and then go back and make the useful changes you wanted to make? You don't want nonsense on that page, we don't want nonsense on that page, so we're all on the same side. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:11, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

the problem is that there is already a page on "hurricanes", but it is about tropical storms, I want to create a page on Hurricanes (wilma, andrews, etc.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by NoduloMan (talk • contribs) 21:24, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

File:Census Bureau map of Washington, New Jersey.gif listed for deletion

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La Católica

Dear Alansohn, I continued the discussion on the translation of La Católica on its discussion page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.77.255.226 (talk) 21:35, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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Pete Milne

As I posted on the DYK talk page, I've added another 2K of prose to this page to bring it past the lower limit. It's basically a run-down of his professional career. Do I need to relist it, or just leave it as is? -Dewelar (talk) 03:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Clarification archived

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DYK for Lawrence Sher

Number 472 (345 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On June 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lawrence Sher, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

05:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Apperception

My edit (a revert) was not vandalism, it was repairing vandalism perpetrated by B9_Hummingbird_Hovering. The explanation for same was in the edit summary. B9 was restoring material that was deleted as OR (As discussed on the talk page of that article). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.41.131 (talk) 08:38, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

I see now on further review of your history you seem to have a problem (mis)identifying vandalism. Please review [[4]] before making any more such accusations. Let me call particular attention to this passage: "if an editor treats situations which are not clearly vandalism as such, then that editor may harm the encyclopedia by alienating or driving away potential editors." Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.41.131 (talk) 19:29, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Fine. Be that as it may, you will at least concede that my edit was not vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.41.131 (talk) 05:32, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Phi phenomena

Hi. I have reverted your un-blanking of this page and tagged it db-author, because Rodmunday (talk · contribs) who blanked it was the author and (apart from a trivial correction) the only author, and gave reasons on its talk page for withdrawing it, saying he had decided it was misleading and would incorporate the material elsewhere. I had myself had some doubts about the article, which was why it was on my watch-list. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I tried to go back as far as I could in Huggle but did not make the connection between blanker and creator. While the article does (or did) have issues, it did contain legitimate encyclopedic content that made the blanking appear as vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 13:33, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Understood: I agree there is useful content, and he says on the talk page "...I will incorporate it into the entry for apparent movement when I have the time" so it will not be lost. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 13:39, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Your welcome

Your warm words of welcome mean a lot to me. Thank you. Debresser (talk) 16:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

You have been nominated for membership of the Established Editors Association

The Established editors association will be a kind of union of who have made substantial and enduring contributions to the encyclopedia for a period of time (say, two years or more). The proposed articles of association are here - suggestions welcome.

If you wish to be elected, please notify me here. If you know of someone else who may be eligible, please nominate them here

Discussion is here.Peter Damian (talk) 19:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Plenty more to come!

Hi Alan; thanks for your note on my reaching 200 "DYK"s. It was only when I started messing around with a new userpage design and creating a separate list of my hooks that I realised I had undercounted by about 6, hence the sudden leap above 200! There is indeed a never-ending list of new articles to write on churches, buildings and the like ... having exhausted Brighton and Hove's vast array of churches, I'm about to move on to my home district, where there are at least 25 which need articles. Then the corresponding village articles need expanding... The funny thing is, when I started writing WP articles 3 years ago I never thought I would specialise in this area: I knew nothing about architecture etc. Railway-related stuff was all I could offer. But this work has given me a whole new area of interest, and now I can't wait to find the time to research and write more to fill in those gaps! Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 22:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I can't count the number of times that a red link or a newspaper item led me to create a "missing" article which led in turn to a second and then a third all connected to that original missing subject. I try to aim to create a new article each day, and even though I fall short many times, the act of creating a new article and getting a little pat on the back when a DYK notice is put on my talk page only adds to the reward of filling in hole that existed in Wikipedia. The next 200 are far easier (even if I haven't made it there yet). Alansohn (talk) 01:20, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

re: vandalism to your page

I removed some vandalism left here by an IP, and found said IP had already received the requisite warnings for a block, so I sent it to AIV. LonelyBeacon (talk) 12:49, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

LB, thanks for the revert and for taking this vandal to AIV. It's astounding how disruptive these vandals are and I appreciate the efforts of all those who join me in trying to deal with the problem. Alansohn (talk) 12:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Sadly, AIV refused to block this vandal. I left a query at the admin's talk page that labeled this as "not vandalism". Sometimes I just don't get it. LonelyBeacon (talk) 13:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Looks like the IP got blocked anyway. LonelyBeacon (talk) 13:15, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

The wheels of Wikipedia justice can turn slowly, but with vandals we eventually get our man. Thanks for all of your help. Alansohn (talk) 13:20, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Criticism of the Anti-Defamation League

Can you give me your opinion on this one? thanks.Historicist (talk) 16:20, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

User Page Vandalism

Thanks for reverting the recent vandalism to my user page, it's much appreciated. ERK ^talk 21:32, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

It's the least I can do to watch the back of fellow Wikipedians. Alansohn (talk) 21:34, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Checkuser issues

In fact that's an awful wall of text and I unfortunately don't have much time for Wikipedia these days (and it's only getting worse). I'll leave that check to someone else. -- Luk ^talk 14:59, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Is the checkuser itself dependent on the amount of evidence provided? Isn't the text behavioral evidence? Alansohn (talk) 15:01, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I need to read through it before making the check :). Whether the check is made, and the certainty of the results depends on what is said by both parties (because technical evidence can be misleading). -- Luk ^talk 15:15, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

This has been open for a week and I spent the time and effort to provide detailed evidence of sockpuppetry for the editors/IPs involved to make this as solid as possible. I do understand that more evidence can be more to read and that you are burdened with real-world issues, but is there anything I can do to expedite the process, especially given that the sockpuppets cited have insisted that there is no connection and the puppetmaster has deleted the notifications on his talk page as "vandalism", even after recommending that any exculpatory information be provided if there is an overlap. Alansohn (talk) 16:42, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

List of castlevania characters

My edits are constructive. Your reverts are unconstructive. I am trying to be constructive and also follow NPOV. Essentially either Legends needs to be categorized under legends, for people trying to look up "Legends", or it needs to be linked back to the Castlevania: Legends article (which I did in the see also section). Looking up "non-canon" is quite unclear since people looking up information on "legends" won't find it by looking up "non-canon". "Legends" is a better categorization heading. I even left an explanation in the talk page but people seemed to have ignored it. I don't appreciate your fanatic accusations.Draculvania (talk) 16:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I hope my explanation for my recent edit made more sense. I just can't see how non-canon heading can be seen as a constructive heading when people trying to look up specific information are going to have a better chance if they see the specific game they are looking for listed under the exact title. I wasn't trying to remove the information that the game is non-canon, but just trying to make it easier to search for by giving it its own heading (I made sure there was a non-canon note at the beginning of the legends section). I also apologize for calling you fanatic.Draculvania (talk) 16:56, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

I can more or less understand the logic, but the main takeaway should be that the more information about your intentions the better, sort of like being careful to signal your turns when driving. Sure, others may be able to figure out why you cut across that lane of traffic, but if you signaled they would know it was coming. Alansohn (talk) 17:02, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Oops! I'm sorry about that edit, that was very clumsy of me, it won't happen again. I'm really sorry about it! Alma Kusska (talk) 18:31, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Apperception

Could you take a look at the editing history of this, which you inadvertently got involved in recently? It appears to me that User:B9 hummingbird hovering has his own original theory about Eastern concepts that he has decided are synonymous with "apperception", and won't take "prove it" for an answer. Seems to me like a pretty blatant WP:OR violation. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:50, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

James F. Calvert

Great work on starting and expanding that article. When you upload images, unless they're fair use, please upload them to Wikimedia Commons instead of en.Wikipedia. That way, they'll be available for everyone in all language Wikipedias. Also, please put the appropriate project boxes on the article discussion page. I did it for this article. Anyway, no big deal. Again, thanks for starting a quality article on this subject. Cla68 (talk) 23:49, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminders. These are two things I need to be more conscious of doing when creating articles. Alansohn (talk) 00:04, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Desist!

		CVU Anti-Vandalism Award
		First warning. Stop beating me. :)--Abce2|AccessDenied 01:39, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

		You've got barnstars!
		Second warning. Stop doing great things. :)--Abce2|AccessDenied 01:39, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I acually beat you?! I thought you were just offline! Any way, you're welcome! --Abce2|AccessDenied 01:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Ended up only half-blanking the page instead of all of it as intended. This was per consensus on the talk page. Derrial Book is to be deleted and the information on the page is not being moved anywhere. Myself and DrFluffy are for this and 199.126.152.28 is against. 2 to 1, we win, so don't stop us from deleting the page. And if the consensus changes from delete to merge (no reason why it should) they can just take data from the page history, so don't restore the page ever. It's gone for good. This is not vandalism. 65.120.179.226 (talk) 01:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. And the talk page is pretty clear. The page is to be removed by consensus. Merging is too much work, so that's not happening. Also, this will be happening to Malcolm Reynolds as well. 65.120.179.226 (talk) 01:57, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for following up with the heads up. I will look out for the changes. Alansohn (talk) 02:24, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Gerta Keller

Number 473 (346 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On June 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gerta Keller, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 14:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Pedro Espada, Jr.

Number 474 (347 create/expand - 127 nominations)

On June 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pedro Espada, Jr., which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 14:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 2009 New York State Senate Leadership Crisis

Number 475 (347 create/expand - 128 nominations)

On June 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2009 New York State Senate Leadership Crisis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 14:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Established Editors

Discussion of objectives here. Peter Damian (talk) 20:06, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alan Berkman

Number 476 (348 create/expand - 128 nominations)

On June 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alan Berkman, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 20:35, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

coronado, ca

stop reverting my edit. i rephrased it to make it come from a neutral point of view. Also, I live in this town and you dont so I know whats going on here more than you do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.47.98 (talk) 13:05, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

You must add a reliable and verifiable source (from book, newspaper or magazine) to support your claim. The fact that you live there does not make you a reliable source per Wikipedia standards and will be removed. Alansohn (talk) 13:07, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Caprivi Conflict

No worries, thanks for your understanding. 62.72.110.11 (talk) 13:38, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Your (the IP's) edit was unconstructive. Not everything backed by sources is indeed true. The Caprivi conflict is over, and there is no independent state there. --Pgallert (talk) 14:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Coronado's 4th of July Parade is a real treat for the entire family.

why dont you remove this line from the article as well?; as it is unsourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.47.98 (talk) 13:34, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

coronado, ca

i do not think they will scrutinize content about widespread weed smoking. but revert if you must. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.47.98 (talk) 13:44, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Category request for deletion

Hi. It's been a while. I've never encountered this on Wikipedia before, but I found a category (and henceforth its subcategories) that I would like to request for deletion. The parent category is Category:African American sportspeople and then all of its subcategories too. My reasons for this are basically similar in nature to the few who have already discussed it on the talk page. Do you share these views? If so, could you request these categories for deletion? I'm not sure of that process. Thanks. -Jrcla2 01:54, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

All things New Jersey

Just a quick hi to say that I'm delighted you're watching the Wildwoods article, as well. Although I'm a Montrealer, most of my family lives in Jersey. Growing up, it was like a second home to me. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:23, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

I try to watch all of the New Jersey articles, appreciative for any updates and improvements, and doing my best to clean out vandalism. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 13:32, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Did You Know question

Hello! Your submission of Frank J. Low at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Art LaPella (talk) 05:58, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Arcamax Publishing

Hey, I don't know of any other way to get a hold of you. You edited out some comments I made on arcamax's entry. Now, I realize that they may have perhaps been a bit harsh. However, if you google the words spam and arcamax, you will see that the company does indeed deceive people into "subscribing" to their "newsletter". Seriously, I receive about four unsolicited emails a day from them. And I haven't been able to block them or even contact someone who would remove me from their "mailings". If you do not inform the public of their "business" practices, I will be forced to change the entry again. This time with ample citations. Contact me at shumich@lycoming.edu to let me know what you think about this "nonconstructive" company that harasses folk like myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shumich (talk • contribs)

On Wikipedia, our job is to provide material backed by reliable and verifiable sources. I don't doubt that Arcamax Publishing may well be sending spam to you, but this edit, where it is described as "Arcamax spam is worse than a bad case of the crabs." is pure opinion. If you can that as a quote from a newspaper or magazine it needs to be reliably sourced, but without that the edit was vandalism and was reverted. Alansohn (talk) 13:12, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

From 71.59.225.194

Don't feel like getting all that snugly-poo with the Wiki deal Mr. Sohn so I'm just chattin toya here'n'now. Saw a page with Sohn Sohn Sohn and no intuitive way to address you so here is my evil. I observe that you simply completely reverted to your former writings on alternative housing after I took the time to alter them. I altered them in such a way as to draw attention to their having been altered. I observe you have been wronged by your standards Sir. I hope that among the slew of editorial sabatages you suffer mine were no great blows. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.225.194 (talk) 07:26, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK for John Houghtaling

On June 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Houghtaling, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 14:35, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

You cant see ME

YOU CANT SEE ME