User talk:Duncan/Archive 5

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In response to the whole CSD troubles...

If you are looking for messages regarding speedy deletion trouble or civility disputes, take a look at Archive 4 of this talk page to read them. However, DO NOT reply there, as I will NOT be alterted of changes there. Use ==RE:___== to let me know the subject. Thank you.

I formally want to apologize to all those to whom I caused trouble, and sincerely thank all those who have offered advice. I will be revisiting the criterion for speedy deletion, and will refrain from tagging those articles that are not themselves blatant violations. I do ask that if I still mess up, you tell me what I've done wrong. I am very familiar with WP:DICK, WP:BITE, WP:CIVIL, and WP:AGF. A firm comment does not have to be attacking in nature.

User:Beeblebrox, thanks for the kind words.
User:SoWhy, thanks for being courteous.
User:TenPoundHammer, I need you more than ever!
User:Msgj, I'd love some help.
User:T L Miles, no harsh feelings, I hope.
User:Orangemike, you were the first admin to leave a message on my page when I first joined, actually regarding an article for CSD, LNESC. Maybe you could also help me.

Thanks to everyone for helping and commenting on my contributions to this project. As a community, I'd love to fit in and not push anyone overboard. We must paddle towards Jimbo's vision together, and I emplore your help. I admit it: I have a problem with policy. That's the first step.

With utmost respect to all parties envolved, past, present, and future, ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 17:52, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

Typo. -- samj _in ^out 16:59, 2 March 2009 (UTC) Comment has been replied to at the user's talk page←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 17:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Joe Burnside (transplant patient)

I have contested your PROD as I thought carefully about the 'one event' scenario. However Burnside is not notable for the one event of his heart transplant but for the extraordinarily longtime that he survived the transplant (which in 1980 were by no means as successful as today). He is also notable for being Britain's longest living heart transplant patient as evidenced by obits in leading UK papers. Regards Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 17:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: I'll Eat Your Face

This article is pertinent to the loyal following of Irish heavy metal, and is the first of many on the topic. It is unclear as to why it is a candidate for speedy deletion at your behest. Please clarify. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike McGrath-Bryan (talk • contribs) 18:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Please post new comments down at the bottom, so I can find them, and sign them using ~~~~

See WP:BAND and WP:NOTABILITY. In addition, this article has no sources. ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 18:04, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I have referenced an interview and plan to include more sources as time allows. How are articles meant to be expanded upon if deleted immediately? Mike McGrath-Bryan (talk) 19:42, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

You've been working on this article for well over two hours. I honestly don't think you should be working on expansion, but on finding sources for the article. You've just been adding more unverfiable content while I've been out. You went and removed the speedy deletion tag, even though I asked you not to. So, you've had quite a few minutes on your side to work on expansion (but not on sources). Where are you getting this from? ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 19:46, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Interviews composed with the band, my own personal knowledge of the band and its releases. Why does this article concern you anyway? It's not fair to discriminate against an article because its subject doesn't match your tastes. Mike McGrath-Bryan (talk) 19:49, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

No one's discriminating on anyone or anything. Why it concerns me? Because it's been introduced into the encyclopedia, and as an editor, it's kind of my responsibility to make sure it complies with the policies we follow. Now, unless you have reliable sources for the content you are submitting, you shouldn't really work on expanding it. It's like hammering nails into boards when you don't even have a building permit. I don't think you're quite getting what I'm asking/pleading/begging/requesting/telling you to do:

WP:SOURCES - read that regarding what can be used to source articles
WP:BAND - read the notability guidelines for bands
WP:VERIFY - read that to ensure your information is verifiable
WP:COI - if you are working with the band, you may be a conflict of interest

Thank you. ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez ^{Get to know me!} / _{Talk to me!}←at≈:→ 19:56, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Just got a call from the band expressing their approval for the page :-) 89.101.235.109 (talk) 21:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

See, this puts me in a pickle. I don't want the page gone, I nominated it for deletion because it does not conform to policy. And, because I have to follow policy, now I have to tell you another thing that will affect the outcome: you seem to be a conflict of interest, since you are getting phone calls from them. So, that might also affect the outcome. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 21:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Channel partner

Good lord, your editnotice is huge.
Anyway, I don't see the copyright violation at Channel partner. Not sure if you got the right page with [1] or if I'm just blind. Could you double check and possibly retag it, maybe with some more info on the talk page if it's not clear cut?
Thanks, Amalthea 22:18, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Lol yes, it's quite long. I need to trim it down a bit.

You're not blind - it was only a few words that were copied and pasted, and they remained next to each other, so I believe we'll have to copyedit the article a bit. Otherwise, it's okay. Sry for the mixup. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{Communication} 23:13, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Peter_Cianchette

I declined the speedy for copyvio ... I believe all U.S. Fed govt works are public domain. (Watchlisting) - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 03:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Oops. I thought it only applied to pictures. Sry! Cheers. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{Communication} 19:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Various

Hi,

I noticed some of your edits a few weeks ago, regarding all the CSD's etc. I was wondering how to write a suitable comment to you; I saw that you were polite in your response to all the people that you tagged incorrectly, but I was also concerned that you were putting incorrect tags on aa *lot* of pages, and sorry doesn't really work that many times. I was looking for an appropriate way to suggest you stopped tagging for a while.

So - I've now read your apology and request for input, and now feel confident enough to leave you a note.

I've just had a quick look at your last couple of edits, and there's a number of questions immediately;

Felix Montez

You added

,

and

Help

I noticed my name at the top of the page. I'd be willing to help. Do you use IRC at all? If so, I was going to suggest that we could patrol some new pages together for half an hour and discuss what needs to be done, if anything, to each one. Let me know if this sounds agreeable. Martin^msgj 22:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Sure, that sounds good. I use IRC as either ESan013 (my Mozilla Firefox help name) or ESanchez013. I just need to know what zine to get on, because I heard there's like six different ones. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 17:52, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Well if you come onto the #wikipedia-en channel sometime and let me know when you'll be there, I'll try to be online as well. Martin^msgj 19:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Account creation tool

Someone, probably you, has applied for access to the Wikipedia Internal Account Creation tool and given this username. Can you please confirm that it was you? Stifle (talk) 11:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

See this! Martin^msgj 15:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it was me. (Will trim editnotice soon). I did so yesterday. Thank you. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 21:41, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Your account has been dropped because you never used it. Please let me or any other tool admin ([2]) know if you wish to start using it again. Stifle (talk) 09:14, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I didn't know I had privileges. I am still interested. Thank you. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 16:20, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Editnotice

Your editnotice is really big. Please consider reducing it somewhat. Stifle (talk) 11:52, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Ty Canol

I declined your speedy deletion nomination. While the article has problems, I'm sure you would have figured out the context if you had read it. It was pretty clear to me. Toddst1 (talk) 14:07, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism Reversion

You're very welcome! Reverting vandalism has recently become one of my hobbies... unfortunately it is directly interfering with my school work... Kehrbykid (talk) 17:12, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

SSP of Kernow

Hi there. You recently placed a "Suspected Sock Puppet" notice on my page because a user mentioned my website URL in their sandbox. As was noted the past two times I was accused of sockpuppetry, just because a user mentions my website somewhere, doesn't automatically mean that user is me in disguise. I have never engaged in sockpuppetry nor tried to advertise my site on here. My site documents a topic that has a Wikipedia article, and is referred to in most of the sources on that article, so it's not strange that from time to time someone mentions my site on here. Last time this happened admin User:Jehochman suggested I ask anyone else who accuses me of sockpuppetry to talk to him as he is aware of my situation. As your SSP contains no actual evidence linking me to the other user, may I suggest that you withdraw it and save everyone's time? Many thanks, Kernow (talk) 16:56, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

In the time it took me to log back on and respond, it seems that the SOCK investigation grew stale, as I provided insufficient evidence, and would have quickly reverted/withdrawn the item. I do apologize if this caused any "badness". I was unaware of the popularity of the site, and only backtracked to where I had seen this. Again, sorry, and many thanks for remaining polite. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 20:52, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Nikkysaurus

Can you please explain on WP:UAA how the name Nikkysaurus is offensive? §hawn hath 21:58, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Well, since it's already been removed, I'll just explain here.

Maybe I wasn't AFGing, and I thought, "Well, these guys

might be calling this Nikky person a -saurus. I was almost 60% sure an article about a -saurus would follow.

Sry. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 22:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

UAA is for blatant violations of username policy. Suspecting that they might make a bad edit in the future is not a reason to report, and is very much a WP:BITE. Please be more cautious in the future. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:55, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes. I do understand that. Non-blatant violations should just be {{uw-username}}ed. Honest mistake on this one. Thank you. Cheers. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 00:37, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

RE: How...?

Administrators can assign the right. I don't believe non-administrators will be getting it, but there really has been no discussion about it to my knowledge. - Rjd0060 (talk) 01:04, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Well, I guess I need to shake up some discussion!! Lol. Thanks for the info. Cheers. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 01:06, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

whoa

Ha, you supported McCain AND and listen to NPR! Whats wrong with you!! 71.197.41.132 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:46, 21 March 2009 (UTC).

I'm going to go ahead and "waive" your right to not be BITTEN. Do not post your comments above all others, as it makes them hard to find and then top it off with a cherry on top by not signing them.

In addition, your comment seems to be geared in ridicule, which should not be the case on Wikipedia.

And, to finalize, this is not where you should come to comment on my life. This talk page is for Wikipedia-related functions. Thank you, 71.197.41.132. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 02:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

user:Knight of the Wind is a peedophile

Hi there; you just dropped a template on this user's page, querying his username. I would like you to look, if you would, at wiki policy on usernames. Most are ok, some are worth querying, and some, such as this one, which attacks another wiki editor, are clearly immediately unacceptable, and should be immediately reported at WP:UAA. Happy wikying.--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 21:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

I reported him first, then templated him, just to point it out, and so the blocking admin would see that someone at least let the user know what's up. See? :-). Maybe I should not have templated him at all, but that's how it went down, in that order. Thanks for pointing it out, however. Cheers! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 21:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Could they at least try and spell pedophile right? :P Thanks for reporting them anyways. Knight of the Wind (talk) 21:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

No prob! :-) —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 21:18, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

unconstructive reversion to Maccabees

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent reversion you made to the page Maccabees has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. 75.15.198.161 (talk) 20:01, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Remember, Don't Template the Regulars. You seem to have some experience in Wiki-Warring, so I'm going to assume you're not a newcomer. This issue has been addressed on your respective talk page. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 20:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Emo

May I ask what your reasoning for this is? There does not seem to be an NPOV problem to me, nor any significant synthesis issues. If the problems you are referring to are in the last few sections (the stuff under "Criticism and controversy"), rest assured I know those sections are unsatisfactory and I'm working to fix them. The article is presently under construction (though admittedly I haven't worked much on it the last few days), and I've yet to clean up those last few paragraphs. Nevertheless I don't see any significant POV or synthesis issues there, and I don't think those tags are warranted until the article is no longer under construction. --IllaZilla (talk) 02:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Re

oh i didnt know that im sorry! Saturn star (talk) 19:37, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem! :-) To be fair, neither did I until someone called me out on it. Thanks for your enthusiasm!! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 19:38, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments.

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your recent contributions to Wikipedia are very much appreciated. However, please take a moment to review your contributions for spelling, grammatical, capitalization, and punctuation errors before you save. This will help lessen the amount of copyediting others must do on the article, and will help maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance of Wikipedia. You might want to consider using the Firefox web browser, which has spell-check built-in, installing the ieSpell extension for Internet Explorer, or setting up spell-check for Opera.

This message is not meant to discourage you from editing Wikipedia but rather to encourage the best possible writing from our authors. Please take a look at the Manual of Style and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Year of the black man (talk) 19:53, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Strikethrough used so as to eliminate the idea of a warning; trolled. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 19:59, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

AfD for "DICK Chaney"

I thought there was something wrong with the redirect when I created it, not realizing that someone actually vandalized the link. I should have checked carefully, and for that, I am sorry. Please don't believe that I am the one who did this. Arbiteroftruth ^{Plead Your Case} 20:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

yo nig

sup bro —Preceding unsigned comment added by IncredibleTreasure (talk • contribs) 17:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Um... Hello! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 20:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Help

hey esan you are so cool please can you tell me how to join Help me I ve tried the {{help me}} thing and have tried help to no proveil you are the last thing that can possibly help! thanks, Isamukage 13:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

See the reply on your own talk page Isamukage :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 13:50, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Cutting in: Well, thank you for the compliment. I am really glad that you think that I am cool. And, as they have already replied on your talk page, there is not really a formal way to be a helper. All that you have to do is monitor the Category:Wikipedians looking for help, which is populated whenever someone applies a {{helpme}} to their talk page. Sorry I wasn't online earlier to answer your question. Cheers. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 16:30, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Bright flower

Hi Sanchez,

Thanks for considering my photo Commons-worthy. If you happen to know the scientific name of the flower or that of any of my other as-yet unidentified photos, please let me know!

Thanks again,

Neelix (talk) 15:40, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

That's a very, very nice collection of pictures; all computer background worthy! :-) I'm not a big horticulture guy myself, but I do have some friends in the biology field that might be able to help. I'll ask around. Keep up the great work! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 18:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh, and you might want to upload a lot of your work to the Commons. That way, everyone from every language and every project of Wikimedia can access your pictures, since I see you've released a lot, if not all, of them into the public domain. It's your choice, of course, but it'd be great! Share the talent! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 18:52, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Robin Esrock - Speedy Deletion

Hi there

Robin Esrock is an internationally recognized television and media personality. His television show is viewed in over 50 countries worldwide on National Geographic, and his writing is read by millions of readers in over a dozen major publications. As a personal fan, compared to many other wiki entries, I believe he warrants inclusion. I have listed 24 references that confirm and verify all the facts presented. I am new to wiki though, so I apologize if the formatting is wrong...I can't figure out how to make them correct! If you can help me with that I'd be most thankful! Anamedia (talk) 22:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)Ana

Oops. I do apologize for the inconvenience. It's okay now. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 23:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

John C. Calhoun

Hi. Re your post on my talk page, I do not see any personal attacks there. All I recall and all I see is an addition to the Calhoun page regarding his great-great grand daughter, African American Lena Horne. Please elaborate.

if this is reference to my referral of Calhoun as a white supremacist, please note that the article states, explicitly:

Whereas other Southern politicians had excused slavery as a necessary evil, in a famous February 1837 speech on the Senate floor, Calhoun went further, asserting that slavery was a "positive good." He rooted this claim on two grounds—white supremacy and paternalism.

I will place the text of my original edit back into the article. 75.71.95.191 (talk) 00:01, 21 May 2009 (UTC)refractionsofthedawn

Oh. I think it's because it lacked a proper citation. Never mind, however. Thank you. :-). —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 00:58, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Request for AccountCreator account re-enablement

Stifle, I'm sorry that I never used the account. I didn't know it was up with permission. I would like to use it again. Thank you! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 02:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Don't be sorry, just use it once in a while (-: (Accounts inactive for over 45 days are generally suspended.) Your account has been reactivated. Stifle (talk) 08:06, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

your recent comment

I'm positive that you did not know this, but I am Muzekal Mike, and I did that for a constructive purpose. Please disregard it. 67.237.36.47 (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I approve the above. I just felt like putting "poopie on a stick" after the test. Muzekal Mike (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Okay. I was just monitoring the AbuseFilter and it popped up, because of the "poop" foo. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 20:02, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Self promotion

Hello, Duncan … Kudos for the WP:COI reverts of Kurtbeyer (talk · contribs) who was promoting his book about Grace Hopper … "eternal vigilance" and all that. :-)

BTW, I monitor her article because of this site … Happy Editing! — 138.88.40.149 (talk · contribs) _{14:43, 29 May 2009 (UTC)}

Oh, not a problem! I hope he backs down now. He'd been adding it to oh, so many, articles! The audacity! —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 22:10, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that there were like half a dozen of them … hopefully you have raised his consciousness with regards to COI. :-) — 138.88.40.149 (talk) 02:10, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Speaking of self-aggrandizing, this sandbox was enough to quench my appetite. :-) — 138.88.40.149 (talk) 07:32, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

User Wissman

Hi, could you tell me why you listed this username on the usernames for admin attention board? I'm just wondering if there's something about it I missed. Thanks. Exploding Boy (talk) 02:36, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, I picked it up as "wiss", like, the synonym to urine. But maybe I was a little zealous. Sorry. He has been indef'd for vandalism. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 19:16, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Dawda Leigh - AFC

Hey Mr E. I don't really know how WP:AFC functions, but is it really accepting unreferenced BLPs? Rettetast (talk) 20:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh. The article seemed sourced. I may be wrong. I can't read Norwegian, so I don't know if the article is properly sourced. Please don't hesitate in nominating it for deletion if you disagree. Thank you. —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 21:20, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

It was unsourced, but I sourced it. If I understand you correctly you don't accept unsourced articles. Thats good. Thanks. Rettetast (talk) 21:55, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

You would be correct in that assumption. They'd get {{AFC submission|d|v}} —Mr. E. Sánchez (that's me!)^{What I Do} / _{What I Say} 01:28, 4 June 2009 (UTC)