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Aaaah, so would that be any administrator or someone in particular?I guess they dont do it so there is heaps of articles in the AR2 so as to not turn it into a backlog (as in once they go to AR2 they will more or less be created, but with heaps of them there, it will take just as long as any other request page....Thanks for the info :).[[User:Petze|petze]] 06:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Aaaah, so would that be any administrator or someone in particular?I guess they dont do it so there is heaps of articles in the AR2 so as to not turn it into a backlog (as in once they go to AR2 they will more or less be created, but with heaps of them there, it will take just as long as any other request page....Thanks for the info :).[[User:Petze|petze]] 06:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
:excusme I has a little problem with software,would you like give me your email address?[[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 16:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Revision as of 14:38, 9 August 2007

Legal disclaimer Please read this linked page before even attempting to ask me any legal advice. Bearian 18:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Bearian, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome!  Jokestress 19:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Basque page

Dont worry, I wasnt insulted or anything, i just saw the word "hillbillies" as unensyclopedic and unneccesary for the sentence considering it alreay talked about them being mountain people. --Joebengo 23:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding and wikifying

Sorry about the slow response! By all means edit any article in any way that will improve it. You can certainly add people you know, but be careful that the article is neutral and not a Conflict of interest. The best way to avoid any problems is to cite your sources. See WP:RS. You cannot put in information told to you directly by the article subject. It has to have been published in a reliable source. Again, sorry I took so long! Your note did not have its own header and I thought it was part of

another message. You can start a new section by hitting the + sign in the tabs above. Jokestress 00:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure that the source for the statement on David Standish Ball's opinion on same-sex unions is properly sourced, i.e., it is from Integrity, the LGBT group within the ECUSA, which is (properly) biased (I am a member). Should I remove that statement and sourcing as POV? Bearian 14:25, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sandi and the Sunsetz

In case it's deleted later, here's today's info on this page:

Sandii & the Sunsetz - Japanese band -- This looks like a good article -- can anyone tackle it? If not, I'll try on/after 3/30/07.Bearian 18:59, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll start, but please do add to it when you can. Pkeets 03:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I started, but was victim to a speedy delete. There's still no page for them. Pkeets 13:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Why was this article deleted? Bearian 18:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saved it before it was complete, and it had a some text that was copyright infringement in it. Also, there was a comment that it lacked in "notability." However, I've worked this out with Centrix and you can now find it safely in place. Check it out and see what you think: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandii_and_the_Sunsetz Pkeets 22:46, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SUNY New Paltz

Hey man - nice edits.

The only thing I was calling "vandalism" was the removal of legit text, such as the link to WikiPaltz. I know that you did not do any of this.

One thing I notice about your edit: Poskanzer was Vice Provost, not Counsel, when he worked at SysAdmin. RadicalHarmony 19:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, I think his title was Vice Provost, but he was really SUNY Central high legal advisor, counsel, and potentate. :-) 20:13, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Visual Kei bands

Hi, B. Hi, I've written some articles on Visual Kei bands that are in danger of deletion for lack of proper references. If you read Kanji, could you help find me some? Here are the links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missalina_Rei http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliene_Ma%27riage

Here's another I didn't write that also seems in danger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noir_Fleurir

Also, I see complaints that "notability" has not been established, which would be evidence of national hits, national or international tours, awards, etc. I'd greatly appreciate your help. Thank you.Pkeets 21:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I can't read Kanji. But I'll see if I can help. I'll cross-post this comment on your page. Bearian 23:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Virginia College

Hi. In case you haven't seen it, I've replied to your comment on my talk page and suggested that any further discussion should be on the article's talk page. Smalljim 22:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sandii & the Sunsetz at Visual Kei

Hi, B. I notice you're put Sandii and the Sunsetz in the Visual kei list. I think they seriously predate the Visual kei movement. Do you think this is a better list for them? List of J-pop artists Pkeets 13:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done today. Bearian 18:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dealing with vandals

Thanks for checking in on this. Vandals can be very annoying, but we have ways to deal with them. You can read about the policy here: Wikipedia:Vandalism. Be sure to read about types of vandalism and what isn't vandalism.

After you correct vandalism, warn the editor on their talk page. We have a bunch of templates for warnings that you can use. If you copy this:

{{subst:test1}} ~~~~

You can paste that onto an editor's talk page for a template. I usually make a new topic heading with the name of the article for reference. If they vandalize after the first warning, change "test1" to say "test2." Using "test4" is a final warning, so use 1, 2, or 3 first. If you have warned people repeatedly on their talk pages, you can report them here. Please note that you have to have warned them according to policy before reporting them here.

Once you have more experience, there are even special tools you can sign up to use that let you automatically revert and warn vandals. It sounds complicated, but you can revert and warn a vandal in seconds after a while. Let me know if you have other questions! Jokestress 01:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The previous block expired and the IP editor returned to vandalize, so the IP editor has been blocked a second time. If they persist, they may be indefinitely blocked. Jokestress 20:40, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have accidently failed to log in, and edited articles from, IP 71.245.156.223 ... which means I can be traced to Bryant and Stratton ... which means I need to declare my potential conflict with editing that article. OOOPS. Bearian 23:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization

Hello. I've moved your question to a new thread at the end of my talk page. Thanks, Clicketyclack 08:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Granata - hangon tag

Just a tip -- the {{hangon}} tag means that you are objecting to an article's being tagged for *speedy* deletion. The Kevin Granata article is not so tagged -- it's at AFD instead. The hangon tag is unnecessary for AFD'd articles, because AFD debates are supposed to last a minimum of five days. All the hangon tag does is make the page show up at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, where it doesn't belong. Thanks, NawlinWiki 19:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On that note: Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith Bearian 16:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also: Wikipedia:Assume_the_presence_of_a_belly-button Bearian 16:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AfD: Tim Bowles

In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Bowles (fourth nomination), you supported deletion and listed as one of your reasons as "no other clients, as far as I can tell". I have updated the article with a list of some of his firm's clients (with several wikilinks to them) and was wondering if this is closer to what you were looking for? AndroidCat 00:03, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gozalez-Guy

Do you have access to web of science or shall I get the citation counts? Isn't strictly necessary with that many papers but it cant hurt. DGG 06:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, mate, I don't really know where one would link him from. My main (current) interest on here is former countries, I just happened to be looking him up after reading the NOL article. And "some court in London" just pissed me off ;o) — OwenBlacker 20:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to WikiProject Former countries

Welcome, Bearian, to the Former countries WikiProject! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on a former territory, please tag their talk page with our project template {{WPFC}}. A few features that you might find helpful:

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! - 52 Pickup 06:30, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Young Digital Planet

Why do you find this article sounding as an advertisment? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Digital_Planet Why do you think it is not neutral? I can find many articlces in Wikipedia which describe direclty "exceptional; unique" features, services, etc. and they do not get tagged. Examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Inc ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod - prices shown —The preceding unsigned comment was added by YDP (talkcontribs) 08:51, 11 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Fechnerian Pschophysics

"speculative" is not a reason for speedy--the best course for this article might be if you were to submit it to AFD. I've removed the tag.DGG 18:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The edit performed by Magnus animum is this one; he was merely reverting some vandalism to the page. What portion of the edit history of that page were you taking issue with, exactly? Jouster  (whisper) 21:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This did warrant a revert, but I am glad that you are writing articles — unlike myself ~ Magnus animuM Brain Freeze! 22:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for external links in Sigmund Spaeth article

Thanks for adding the external links I had put on Wikipedia:Requested_articles/music to the Sigmund Spaeth article. Cheers! --Lph 15:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moving content to user pages

Hi there! See Wikipedia:User_page#How_do_I_create_a_user_subpage.3F for the basics. Usually, I am absolutely certain an article is an autobiography that will probably be deleted, I will move it to (as an example) User:Bearian, making sure to to erase anything that's already there. However, I believe the safest bet is to move it to User:Bearian/Sandbox. To create that page, go to their User page, type "/Sandbox" right after their Username in the URL, then paste the content you wish to move into the box and hit save. Be sure to let them know the new address and why you did it on their talk page. If the content has anything inappropriate (such as an attack on an editor or libel about an article subject), you may wish to edit that out and make a note of it, too. Jokestress 03:32, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Glad I could help! Jokestress 03:27, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT Project To Do list

Hi, Bearian! I noticed your edits to the LGBT to do list. Just FYI, that list is automatically generated every night, so if the article in question has a cleanup tag, it will be put on the list. Thanks for your help! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 02:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just as an added note, there's no need to actually add to the "to do" list, since it's automatically generated every night :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 04:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Entries

Hi Bearian. Thanks for your advice regarding my contributions. If you feel my entries are inappropriate or slanted, please delete or edit them. Thank you. --Horntz 18:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About the article Duane Otani

Hello. Sorry, I am not Duane Otani. I'm a newbie student who's just trying to learn how to make Wikipedia articles. I thought I had to register a username under his name because I thought that was going to be a title of the article. Otani is my music teacher, so I thought it would be a load of fun creating an article about someone I know. Also, I was still learning how to maintain a neutral point of view, without using any first person or second person pronouns. So far, I thought I was good at editing, and I thought I could make a great article. I'm sorry I posted resumes; I didn't really read thoroughly through the sources. I thought those pages were those references. And I had no intent on advertising either. So, again, sorry for my big mistake. I'm not going to edit the article any further, so you can delete it if you need it. Thanks for reading. 5/29/07

About the article Duane Otani

I understand and am aware about the fact that anybody else can edit articles (I've edited to a few other articlees so far). I already saw another person edit the article. On to my question:

How do I do anything to make the article more "notable"? I do use search engines for sources to prove the facts are true, but I know there are other ways. Can I please have more tips? Thanks!

Edit: Random question: Are you one of the Wikipedia staff members? I see you have the power to put up tags delete articles, and monitor almost about anything on this site.

Duane Otani student. 23:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have exactly the same powers as he has. It is a case of how you use them. ArtLit 14:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Meltzer article

Can you tell me in detail (with specific examples) why you put those tags on my article? ArtLit 15:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment on my talk page does not answer my question to specify in detail your objections to my article. You describe yourself there as an 'experienced editor' but I note you have been contributing for 4 months. I have been editing and writing for books and professional journals for 26 years. The way you have wikified the article I wrote shows you do not understand the purpose of the words and have not even checked the links, one of which is red. Eg, 'supervisor' in the article refers to an academic supervisor not to a factory supervisor as in the Wikipedia entry under that heading; ‘the Tavistock’ refers to the Tavistock Insitute as already linked, not to the town in Devon. Wikipedia guidelines for making links are: "If I were reading the article, would the link be useful to me?" On that basis I have reverted your links apart from the date link for which there is a special guideline, and I have retained the original links I put in, which would actually help a new reader to get a grasp of the subject. This is the function of any encyclopaedia. The article will look less wikified but the links will actually be meaningful.
  • You say you are worried about the effect on a 'possibly uneducated public'. At the top of your own user page is a non-grammatical and meaningless sentence. Perhaps you should edit your own work more carefully before correcting other people's on behalf of the non-educated.

Put me down with the others on your list of people (are they all professional women writers?) with whom you have a personal conflict of interest. ArtLit 14:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tags

At Fierce Beast-Fist Beast Arts, the various tags you put on the article make absolutely no sense. There can be no conflict of interest, as it is is a fictional martial arts school that appears in a Japanese TV series. There are multiple references that verify the information within the article. Additionally, notability is covered as it meets the notability guidelines for fiction. As such, I have removed these tags you placed on the article. Unless I am missing something here, tell me why the tags were necessary.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Immigration law

I'm almost inclined to nominate it for deletion. Right now the article really doesn't say anything. It's hard to write general articles on topics that are so inherently national. I did see that it's part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Law, so I've added it to their "to do" list. ·:·Will Beback ·:· 01:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Meltzer

Dear Bearian, I want to tell you, that I did not want to be disrespectful. I am sorry, if this was the case. I recieved an e-mail from Artlit, who was desperate, because there were these tags on her article and did not know how to reach a user the usual way. She could not understand the reason, why these tags were added to an article, she thought to be scientific correct. For her, this seemed to be a personal attack. She did not know, how to react on these tags. The only thing I wanted to do, was to explain, that adding such tags does not have to say, that her statements are wrong, but usually are the automatic reaction on certain standardized impulses. By telling Artlit, that the usual user, including me, is to stupid to have a knowledge of his own of Donald Meltzer and therefore is not able to relly judge the content of the article of someone who made scientific research, but reacts on impulses, just like Palov´s dog, I wanted to make sure, she understands, that adding these tags does not say what she wrote is wrong, but there are certain aspects which make the usual user suspicious, without knowing about the correctness of these suspicions. That´s why I explicitly included myself to these idiots, unable to review such an article in its scientific depht, because they lack information. I do review articles within several projects. There at least I have a limited knowledge, but do not have any doubt about my person. Compared to the editor, who in case of doubt made serious research to write an article, I am an idiot, who tries to rate contents, he does not understand completely and therefore especially looks for such things as the words our and we and reacts on them like Pavlov´s dog. I would have reacted the same way as you, in my case without thinking, which desperation I could cause in a newcomer. My coure against this kind of thoughtlessnes is help for newcomers. I was lucky not to be discovered until i began to understand the ways of wikipedia. I can assure you, they make you think about your ways. I only hope that everyone, who was the object of one of my misjudgements understands about it, does not care about this guy and goes on editing. Perhaps you are an expert on Donald Meltzer, but this would be very unusual for the average user. I would never dare to make statements about a special user, because I do not really know him. I make comments on the typical user and do not expect him to be much more intelligent than the usual human beings, who seem to try to prove our ability in stupidity every day.

One of the strong points of wikipedia is the equality of all users, but as a result of this equality especially newcomers have to understand that revisions do not have to be done by a person with better knowledge of the topic. Reviews, comments and tags are made on many reasons, most of them not have anything to do with superior knowledge but refelces on learned situations. This case proved me right, because here a bot made the first tag and the programmed reaction of a bot really is the ultimate case of Pavlov´s dog. I just wanted Artlit to understand this and to take it easy. Perhaps my usual ironic way was a problem here. This expression of doubt against the abilities of the typical user (including me)schould set up Artlit, but it should not offend someone, especially a particular user, in this case you. I only can repete, that I am sorry, if I should have offended you. I did not want to do so. I hope you can forgive me. In future I will try to use a more civilized and a more polite way of expression, but I hope you understand that my only purpose was the support of this newcomer.

There is one thing I want to ask you. Please be patient with newcomers. Pride on your knowledge and research mixed with a lack of experience on wikipedia can generate terrible results. We all should try to help them. The worst thing we can do is to evict good editors form wikipedia, because we do not want to understand them. Sometimes a simple, "I do not know about your research or about your motives, so please explain me to enable me to react on your edit" may be a big help. I have the experiance to understand, that you only want to improve wikipedia but this really is not important. Newcomers like Artlit have to understand this too or wikipedia will lose them. Please do not let this happen. Have a nice day and many happy edits. --Thw1309 17:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Hello, Bearian. This is the first time I responded to a user on Wikipedia, so I don't know if I am doing it right by posting it to your Talk. Apologies I have not answered before--I only login when I edit; therefore, I only saw your message today. To answer your question: yes, I have heard of the Hash House Harriers and love the idea. Back when I head knees, I used to run, too. I still go to the gym to lift and do low impact stuff like the elliptical trainer, but my main interest is the charango. This is a shameless plug, but you can have a look at what my son and I are doing charango-wise at http://www.youtube.com/grupolavolta . El charangista 00:41, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The vandalism now is not very bad (comparatively). If it gets worse and there are multiple vandal accounts, try WP:RFPP. After you revert the vandalism, warn the user using a warning from WP:UTM. You don't have to start with the lowest level warnings, see WP:VAND for some guidance. Users and IPs are not usually blocked unless they have vandalized after receiving a level 4 warning, such as {{uw-vand4}}. Pages are not usually protected unless there are multiple instances of vandalism by multiple people in a short timespan. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 20:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding edits to Aek letchworth

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Bearian! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule \bnetwork54\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links guidelines for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 16:50, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - As you know, I agree that there are COI issues with this page (heck, I tagged it that way originally), however, I am not sure that I agree with your speedy tag. The guy's on MTV NZ and SKY - those are both pretty notable. I don't disagree enough to {{hangon}} the page myself, but I think this one should go to AFD if you're determined to delete it - not Speedy. - Philippe | Talk 22:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear. Looks like I messed that one up a bit, then overlooked it. Thanks for putting it right. Cheers Paul20070 20:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Terrell Newman

What right do you have to tag the Terrell Newman page with the comment about this fictional detective being "not notable by any means"? This is a very sweeping and arrogant remark. What are your grounds for saying this, apart from sheer ignorance? The novels have attracted a yahoo fan club that has a larger number of members than most writers. The screenplay of the first Newman novel, "The Deliverer", has attracted high praise on Francis Ford Coppola's screenplay workshop as well as the interest of an award-winning movie director. There is movie interest in two other novels in the Terrell Newman series.Siebahn

Thanks, Bearian, for removing the tag and for noting the improvements. That shows a good spirit. So many would have taken umbrage and dug in their heels after my indignant comments. I note your profile says you are gay. There is a one very sympathetic gay figure, and one not-so-sympathetic gay figure, in the novel "Innocent on The Hill", and a moving portrayal of a woman trapped in a very macho man's body in "Death of An American Idol". Gender becomes a very blurred concept in the BDSM trilogy that begins with "House of Correction". You might like them. If you email me at Siebahn@aol.com I can give you details of two other books that might be of interest. Siebahn

P.S. I am confused about the question of citations and references. What exactly are you asking for? BTW somebody removed the loglines for these books, claiming that they were copyrighted. However, they are now in the public domain, having been published on numerous open websites, and I have Taylor's permission to offer them free of copyright. Siebahn

Hi. To answer your questions: 1. Example: Find a review from the NY Times Review of Books, and cite it with day, date, and page #, and author. Then click on this for more ideas and to get the correct order or style. 2. I have no idea why they did that, but I do know you must have the publisher give Wikipedia the permission under GNU, or use "fair use" -- a short quote or a cover of a book. Or post the URL -- the web page address -- of a PDF file with a copy of the license. Bearian 20:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Rook copyvio tag

Can you tell me why you placed a copyvio tag on this article (about a South Florida magician)? Just can't figure out why you'd do that -- to me, the right tag is {{db-spam}}... --Alvestrand 21:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

but why did you think it was a copyvio? ie, where's the source you think it was copied from? --Alvestrand 04:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I noticed you are a regular DEP contributor, so I wanted your opinion.

I have made a new template, at Template:Deadend. Could you please comment and/or vote on the templates talk page (here)?

Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Board Candidacy

Hi! I'm leaving you this note because we've had extensive and/or productive interaction over the course of my time on this Wiki. I (yep, little ol' Jouster!) am running for election to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees. I would greatly appreciate it if you would please take a look at my submission of candidacy, and consider endorsing me, as that is a requirement for me to stand for election.

If you have any questions or concerns about this notice, please don't hesitate to poke me on my Talk page. If you object to this solicitation for endorsement, please do not hesitate to remove it from your Talk page with my apologies; it will not appear again.

I look forward to serving you all on the Board! Jouster  (whisper) 18:46, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You left a cleanup tag on this article w/o explaining why on the talk page. Please explain your concern(s) there. – Freechild (BoomCha) 22:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Question

(last) 00:47, 18 June 2007 Bearian (Talk | contribs) (3,908 bytes) (fix header; wikify tag, stubs) in Well drainage
Why was the wikify tag put?
R.J.Oosterbaan 00:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Theater under the stars COI case

No 3RR, just garden variety vandalism by the article author. The bots have warned him, so we don't need to follow up there. Since the author removed the WP:PROD notice, the next logical step is to list the article at WP:AFD. I could do this myself, but I'd like to give you a little more experience. Copy the following text to the top of the article:

{{subst:afd1}}

Save the page, then click "Preloaded debate" on the AFD template, and follow the instructions. Good work! YechielMan 17:48, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help?

You stated the article needs to be wikified. I don't know how to do it. The article is here Research and Documentation Center in Sarajevo. Can you help? Thanks bro. Bosniak 01:24, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Could you clarify?

You added the {expert|XML} tag to the TPoX page. I searched the wikipedia help to find out exactly what action is required but found no detailed guidance. I made a few changes. Could you elaborate on your concerns and how it should be addressed? What's the meaning of the "|XML" in the tag? Thanks! --Tpox 07:48, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Thanks

You're welcome. In the future, you don't need to thank me unless I need to look back at the article and review it. But I sincerely appreciate your comments. Best regards. Shalom Hello 19:48, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help me?

Dear Bearian:

Can you help me?, I do not dominate the English, am Spanish… For that reason the text about Werner Wickboldt is not correct…

You can - or any other Wikipedist - help in the correction of the text?

About the sources, I do not know others in English, I'm sorry…

Kind Regards, --Georgeos Díaz-Montexano 04:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bearian, for so amiable welcome…

I am going to need much your aid; although I am not going to never abuse the confidence…

Kind Regards --Georgeos Díaz-Montexano 12:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In reply to your message on my talk page.

It seems there is no longer consensus to implement this. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 23:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re

hey there

thanks for your note on my talk page

as of now, there is no consensus to merge those missions. as this merger has been pending for quite some time now (aug06 if im not mistaken), i'm looking forward to seeing this matter closed once and for all. as far as i can see, one page deals with the mission in the 8th century that is (generally?) considered the extension/continuation of the original work started around the 6th. so to me, it seems logical to merge the two - keeps the content within context, adds information to the main article and provides a logical continuation to the original article as to how their initial missionary work was carried on later. seems straightforward.

but im no expert on the subject, im looking at it purely from an outside editor's point of view.

you've been helping out with WP:PM, have you? Nice to see some more hands at work there :)

xC | 11:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article as it is now is very good. But I only sorted the stub, so no need to thank me. :) Sophy's Duckling

An essay you might be interested in...

...is located here. The Evil Spartan 14:55, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

responded to your message. The Evil Spartan 15:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AR1

It's fun! I learn a lot about music I never knew existed. However, my ability to write articles on the stuff that's left in the music bin is starting to dry up. Some of those things are notable but I can't prove it. Chubbles 00:52, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! By the way, thanks for creating the section! Cheers --Edcolins 07:32, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infrangible Seal of Approval

This user is OK!
You are hereby awarded the Infrangible seal of approval for outstanding contributions and overall coolness. ~ Infrangible 00:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SUNY New Paltz COI

Hey Bearian - good idea on addressing the SUNY New Paltz issue on WP:COIN. You may not realize this, but nearly all the major actors in the article are COI. I suspect that most articles of this type have this problem. I suggest that we rededicate our efforts to sourcing information - most of the controversial information is still unsourced, including material which I have added and edited. Let's pick apart the controversial claims and make sure each one is well sourced.

Are we not going to be able to come to an agreement on the nomenclature for the website?

What is your take on the founding date? It seems to me that both views of the founding date should be presented, although I don't think that listing 1828 as a founding date can be justified as factual and backed up by reputable sources. RadicalHarmony 18:40, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you enjoyed it :) Tualha (Talk) 22:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

community

Hi Bearian, thanks for your comment. I really don't know that I dealt with anything. Showing good faith is as important as assuming it. It actually works, even when there isn't any intent to improve things. I don't know what that user's motivation was, but others should not see this as a place for a war. Anyway, regards from the antipodes, Fred 00:28, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Filomena Hanas

I asked on the AfD for this article: "Are User:Zd123as, User:83.27.31.131, and User:Russian Pop connected in any way, or is it just a coincidence?" Bearian 02:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

  • They're most likely the same person, although I don't recallshit, that sounds like Alberto Gonzales I don't remember seeing so much edits by Russian Pop before. The IP points to Wroclaw though, which is hundreds of miles from the region described in these articles FWIW. I had a look at the edits and they focus mostly on adding diacritics and trying to decide which musical instrument's name sounds funnier (at least, to someone who speaks Polish). --Targeman 02:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

AFD

It never ceases to amaze me as to what one can learn from reading AFDs, WP:HOLE, for example. I could have put it to use here*. :D Thanks! —Travistalk 03:03, 19 July 2007 (UTC) *The supposed mayor of a seemingly nonexistent town[reply]

Thanks for your comments on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of street gangs. Bearian 01:48, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
You are going to purgatory for this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philippians 4:13. Bearian 16:28, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Possible sockpuppets

Hi! User:Rdpaperclip, User:T3Smile and User:Achidiac do appear to have very similar editing interests. If the AfD should turn up keep, WP:RFCU is certainly in order. CU can't be done before the vote is closed though. Weregerbil 04:43, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FYI: T3Smile confirmed as IP 60.241.91.14. —Travistalk 21:16, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brazil

Thank you for the vote. Felipe C.S ( talk ) 19:25, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Law practice management software

Hi, I think you've done a great job expanding it. I guess next we could focus on typical software issues like pricing/advertising, training, compatibility, specific notable features, maybe a link to the federal PACER system... There's also all the stuff I keep reading about electronic discovery but I don't know if that should be a separate topic or not. I suppose for now it's OK, my major concern was saving it from AfD. Wl219 09:36, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion Review: Pataphor

I hope you'll leave your opinion on the matter, if you think it should remain. Thanks, jchristie7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_July_22

Deletion: Christian Wrestling Federation

I'm not sure I understand the reasoning for the CWF to be deleted from Wikipedia. There were other links to other sources but they seemed to be continually removed. There are also references to the CWF on other Wikipedia pages. Can you clarify for me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdblundell (talkcontribs)

Cheers for the long response, I have had a day of two vandals abusing my user page and user talk page and I couldn't be bothered with a long reply. Darrenhusted 01:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And thanks from me to. Excellent way not to bite ... he's barely gotten a hundred edits or so and, like so many of us at that stage, has a lot to learn. Daniel Case 01:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...Man, did you deal with this, or did you deal with this! Well done Bearian. --SteelersFan UK06 01:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarifications Bearian it was a much better picture and explanation than I could gather elsewhere.

Taj tashombe etc.

If an article is obviously a misplaced userpage, it's ok to userfy it. As stated in the userfication guidelines, it's preferable to move the article to the empty userpage using the Move tab, and then tag for deletion the redirect that will be left at the article title. Thanks for your help! NawlinWiki 18:34, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your revert of vandalism to my user page

I don't mind at all, thank you. This is the first time the honey-roasted peanut boys have paid me a personal visit. The admins haven't been able to do much about them yet. --CliffC 03:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Sorry, but I can't block the IP adress 206.213.251.31, as I am not an administrator either. Was there a particular reason that you left this message with me? -- Boy1jhn 17:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I didn't realise I'd warned them before. Perhaps one of us should report the user at WP:AIV. -- Boy1jhn 18:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

manticore

your guess is as good as mine. Novium 18:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

You mentioned that you saw my username on a coaching list and would support me in an RfA. Ironically, my RfA ended this morning and ended in no consensus. 30 supports, 14 opposes. I will be again submitting an RfA in early September and I would appreciate your input. Thanks. Useight 01:52, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you
Thank you for your support of my recent unsuccsessful rfa, which concluded today with a final tally of 22/15/3. The comments and suggestions from this rfa, combined with the comments left during my first rfa, have given me a good idea of where I need improvement.
TomStar81 (Talk) 05:03, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

My RFA
User:TenPoundHammer and his romp of Wikipedia-editing otters thank you for participating in Hammer's failed request for adminship, and for the helpful tips given to Hammer for his and his otters' next run at gaining the key. Also, Hammer has talked to the otters, and from now on they promise not to leave fish guts and clamshells on the Articles for Deletion pages anymore. Ten Pound Hammer(((Broken clamshellsOtter chirps))) 17:00, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Albacon

Thank you for noticing!:)Jlittlet 18:24, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm borderline obsessive-compulsive on uncapitalized articles. =D Once again, sorry.Spartytime 17:16, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Donal Lang

I should have thought of that, thanks, Jimfbleak 05:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Your comment on my talk page.

Thanks for the feedback on my question regarding speedy deletion of AFD items. --Aarktica 13:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm glad I could help. All the best --Bláthnaid 14:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian AfDs

Why not? The whole point of AfD is to discuss the articles, and to determine their merits. There are a lot of articles on useless people that need to be discussed. GreenJoe 15:18, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure it is. There are many articles where the merits to keep or delete aren't very clear cut, so we are provided with this medium to communicate and come to a consensus on what the community would like to do. The reality is that it's only a very small fraction of the community that participates in these discussions. GreenJoe 16:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note to self: see WP:POINT. Bearian 18:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the Barnstar but....

was the reason insulting? I honestly don't know what you mean't by that last part....Zidel333 22:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good, I feel better. Thank you again. :D Zidel333 02:38, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfC

Quite right, thank you. Actually, IMO the guy is gaming the system, but I think he's probably acting in good faith. He is right that wikipedia should be purged of inappropriate trivia, but it seems he and his friends are immediate-ists, when the right approach is to give the matter considered thought, to review these types of articles with TLC and to extract from them the items that do have merit, and with what's left to consider whether a transwiki is a better option than outright deletion from the world wide web.

The greatest weakness of wikipedia is the lack of respect that some members of the community have for the hard work of others, and an inability to see - or even to seek - the diamonds in the rough.

Also, see the talk message I'll add to DGG's talk page in a few minutes. AndyJones 17:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:AfD

Thanks. I'm not as active as I would've liked lately, since it's summer, at least in my hemisphere, but I try to keep on here. Happy editing, Cool Bluetalk to me 16:29, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 02:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CDTA article

The retired fleet can be cleaned up. I was not the contributor who initially placed that in the article. --AEMoreira042281 01:13, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you ready for RFA?

I think your chances of passing RFA are excellent. I see from your talk page that a lot of users (myself included) already think of you as an administrator, even though technically this is not the case. You have done excellent work at WP:COIN, WP:DEAD, and WP:AR1. Shalom Hello 02:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I checked User talk:Eyrian and saw that whatever the dispute was, it never became a big problem, and everyone seems to have moved on. Perhaps wait a week or two so that you will be available to answer optional questions at the RFA if you are busy this week. There is no deadline. However, most users will judge you by your overall record, and you've already established the credentials needed to pass an RFA with room to spare.
Please leave me a message when you are ready to go ahead. Also leave a note at User talk:Husond because he has (quietly) expressed an interest in nominating you. Shalom Hello 22:42, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New interesting WP-space page

the useful summary page : [1] now has a new and useful complement [2] --be aware it takes a while to load. DGG (talk) 02:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

High schools

Hi there. I approve of your standards for notability for high schools. Henceforth, I will use that standard "RJHall Test" at WP:AFD. Bearian 21:02, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I was hoping against hope that a consensus policy could be reached, but opinions on the matter seem to have hardened. — RJH (talk) 15:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re. RFA

Hello Bearian. Shalom was right, I did quietly express interest in nominating you in the future by adding you to my RFA subpage recently. However, I still have some minor reservations before offering to nominate such as: 1) despite great involvement in AfD, I usually prefer that candidates have some vandalfight experience as well; 2) your talk page has never been archived, hinting at rather low communication with other users. Admin candidates are expected to have interacted with other users more frequently, and subsequently have archived their talk pages for their size. Some users may thus say that you need more interaction before supporting your candidacy. Anyway these are just minor reservations and I expect that an RfA at this time will be successful. Still, I would recommend some more time before it. I'd be willing to nominate you then. Best regards, Húsönd 17:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, my typo :) Giggy Talk 02:13, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wp:ar1

Aaaah, so would that be any administrator or someone in particular?I guess they dont do it so there is heaps of articles in the AR2 so as to not turn it into a backlog (as in once they go to AR2 they will more or less be created, but with heaps of them there, it will take just as long as any other request page....Thanks for the info :).petze 06:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

excusme I has a little problem with software,would you like give me your email address?Davnel03 16:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]