User talk:Alansohn

RE: reverted edit to Smashing Pumpkins page (Dec 2008) - I agree the edit was unconstructive and should be deleted, but the edit certainly didn't come from me or my computer. I've never edited any Wiki page, this edit being my first so I hope I'm doing it properly! Regards, ram1967@bigpond.net.au

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Joel M.==

Im Dark.Reaper.Hx the user who is editing the content on Saviour of the World from Planetshakers why do you continue to remove the content when it is TRUE. Everyone should know that Planetshakers removed the song and they should re add the song again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark.reaper.hx (talk • contribs) 03:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Paul Kondratuk

I'm the user that keeps deleting the play house 22 section of the East Brunswick, NJ article. It was a relevant and necessary edit because I live in East Brunswick and the it's been announced that the project for rebuilding playhouse 22 has been stopped and the playhouse will no longer be an attraction to our town. So please do not block me for making important edits. If you have any questions or comments please email me @ paulkondratuk@hotmail.com. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.70.48 (talk • contribs)

RfA thank you

Alansohn, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
                                                  — JGHowes ^talk - 19 August 2008

Hey

Don't revert things before i do. --J. Comb (talk) 21:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Jeff Behar

I didnt know how to email you, for the information about Jeff behar and hillsborogh

Professional bodybuilders | Mister-olympia, see: http://mister-olympia.bganzeige.de/professional-bodybuilders

also see:

http://botw.org/top/Sports/Strength_Sports/Bodybuilding/Personal_Page/

You can also just google him, jeff behar writer, jeff behar bodybuilder, jeff Behar NASA, jeff Behar ceo of Musclemagfitness.com

He graduated from hillsboro, 1983.

U can also see him on TV, on comedy central by googling his name and comedy central or going here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=70301&title=golds-gym

U can also confirm by checking the hillsboro area at classmates.com

Sorry for having to wroite in here. I did not know how else to email you back with the information you requested.

DYK for Asher Lopatin

Number 262 (154 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 07:52, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

You've just sent a message about some sort of vandalism to an airline article (British Caledonian). This is a shared computer (one of 52) in the new library in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, mate! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.194.221.231 (talk) 18:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much

Thank you very much for your generous offer to call on you for free access to the New York Times archive. I greatly appreciate this. Ecoleetage (talk) 16:09, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to World government 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.

Fuck you! read the bloody message. this is not to cite your own info. source it!

Francesco Barbaro

Hi, I got your message about the F. Barbaro page. I think some where down the line there was a mixup with reverting since the page I brought up has a very good sourcing for francesco Barbaro that is cited. It is the link of Bucher that you can see for yourself.. I think the problem in the past may have been that people did not open the BARBARO.htm link once you get to the Bucher link...but if you do, you will see that all info is coming from Bucher and cited as such... it is a good source to use and with much more excellent facts about his writings and associations. Thanks63.26.48.122 (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem, have a great holiday and new year!!!63.26.134.182 (talk) 20:49, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for New York Board of Rabbis

Number 281 (173 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 22:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I Think You Have Earned One of These Shiny Things...

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I hereby award Alansohn this barnstar for being so helpful on vandal patrol. Nice work :)! ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 22:56, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

For reverting vandalism on my userpage

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks much for reverting the userpage vandalism in my userspace. I really appreciate it. Cheers! KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 01:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

New article

Wooden synagogue I only wish I had photos of some of the more elaborate examples.Historicist (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting vandal :-) BigDunc^Talk 22:53, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

As always, it's my pleasure t be able to help another editor. Alansohn (talk) 15:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Hoffa

Can you help me? The Jimmy Hoffa page has been edited by Stephen J. Anderson. The information I put on there is for public use. Charles Brandt and I have been working together on this case for two years. Stephen seems to be taking that personally by saying things like "Another investigation that went nowhere." I would like to have this information I provided for the public left alone.--Spectre7277 (talk) 04:10, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Why the delete?

You deleted my external link, and its just a blog that offers sales techniques. There is another blog already listed there that offers the same thing. Why hasn't it been deleted then?!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenHenderson (talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

What's your problem?

What kind of external links are allowed then? Now you go and delete ALL of them? What the hell is the point of having a section for external links? I have a blog for a very specific group of people that I'm sure would be much appreciative of being able to find the information.

From Wikipedia guidelines... There are several things that should be considered when adding an external link.

   * Is the site content accessible to the reader?
   * Is the site content proper in the context of the article (useful, tasteful, informative, factual, etc.)?
   * Is the link functional and likely to remain functional?

The blog I linked is a "Yes" to all of these. What's the issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenHenderson (talk • contribs) 19:21, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

New Jersey County Colleges

i was assessing nj articles and came across New Jersey County Colleges. Should this be a list? shirulashem (talk) 21:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

User page vandalism - thanks

Thanks for reverting vandalism to my page. It seems to be something you do regularly, so keep up the good work! JRawle (Talk) 22:12, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

It's always a pleasure to watch a fellow Wikipedian's back.

DYK for 730 (transport)

Number 282 (174 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 23:32, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

The edits on nazi Philosophers

See the talk page for this, we agreed to shift the headings to ones that made sense for the article

• Understood. I will leave it unchanged. Alansohn (talk) 15:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Distraction!

• Creates a distraction while he reverts* hehe. You're real good at using Huggle. Nice job. Until It Sleeps 17:07, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks. It's always a pleasure to revert vandalism, though I'd love to get rid of the vandals in the first place. Alansohn (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Shanty Hogan

Number 283 (175 create/expand - 108 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 17:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

• Just wanted to say nice work on this article. :-) Wickethewok (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the notice. I found Hogan through Andy Cohen (baseball), and it was clear that Hogan was a great subject for an article. Alansohn (talk) 18:02, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

I thank you for the explanation and for looking into my edits regarding the Jimmy Hoffa page. If it is deemed NOR and I am unable to put the information there myself, would you be able to place the info there if you find it important? Your help would be most appreciated. --Spectre7277 (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Robin Toner

Number 284 (175 create/expand - 109 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 23:55, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Table to Table

Number 285 (175 create/expand - 110 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 05:58, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Speculation

Please see the discussion at Talk:United States House of Representatives special elections in Illinois, 2009#Remove speculation.—Markles 15:22, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for William Stevens

Number 286 (176 create/expand - 110 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Frank Prewitt page needs deletion

It appears the author of the "Frank Prewitt" page is no other than J. Frank Prewitt himself. He is an individual with at least a 15-year history of questionable behavior who has admitted on the stand during a federal trial of one of the criminal defendants that he committed illegal acts. He claims that he did not become a government informant under pressure, but instead acted as a good citizen. Little exists to substantiate that claim. In an extraordinary act of self-justification, he authored a poorly written book to exonerate himself and recast himself as the hero of the whole affair. As part of his page, the book jacket, both cover and promotional text, are included.

I have made attempts to correct his page to reflect reality, but he has it on a watch list and amends each correction to again promote himself.

His page exemplifies what is prohibited by Wikipedia, self-promotion, conflict of interest and advertising. After my attempts to delete it, in whole or part, you have reverted my deletions without reading or taking a moment to understand my reasons for having done so. I see nothing to be proud of. You are not preventing vandalism, but in fact are assisting anti-Wikipedia content policies. There is no reason that Wikipedia should be supporting this individual's web page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activist (talk • contribs) 15:29, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk page

Thanks for the revert. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 18:08, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Andy Cohen (baseball)

Number 287 (177 create/expand - 110 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:27, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Request for speedy deletion

Despite your rationalization for keeping the Frank Prewitt page, you have ignored Wikipedia criteria. Notability alone does not merit inclusion. The page is question is wholly self-promotion, represents the clearest expression of conflict of interest, and contains intact advertising for the author's book with a picture of the cover and entire blurb from the back of the book. All three of these are valid reasons for speedy deletion of the entire page. It can't be "fixed." Its continued inclusion would be tantamount to allowing OJ Simpson to author a page based on his "If I Did It" book, complete with advertising materials, as your argument of "notability" could be easily made. This is not a hypothetical premise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Did_It

I did consider the accepted reasons for speedy deletion before I deleted it. Here's one: "Blatant advertising. Pages which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."

I would appreciate it if you would set aside your investment in your reversion and instead carefully consider the page in question objectively. If you set about the task of fixing it, how would you begin? What parts of it would be worthy of preservation? Why should anyone be allow to invent and perpetuate a myth about him or herself, and to control the content almost free of criticism? He is not doing this just on Wikipedia, but has done the same thing with review of his pathetic book (I've read it, of course) on Amazon, forcing Amazon to remove legitimate criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Activist (talk • contribs) 19:30, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Bayeux War Cemetery

Number 288 (177 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 00:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Anti-vandalism efforts

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		Repeatedly beating me to the Q button on Huggle. Carry on fighting! Optakeover (talk) 03:48, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. Keep up the fight yourself. Alansohn (talk) 04:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Message on talk page

Just because I edit under an IP doesn't mean that I am a vandal. You should really be more careful next time. 71.213.211.133 (talk) 03:56, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Mildred Constantine

Number 289 (178 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 18:51, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Recent Change

Alanson, on the Subject of History of Terrorism you will find on the discussion section my very valid reason for the change in the Irish Republican Army. Auto reverting to something that is wrong should not be a policy on wikipedia.Slowey55 (talk) 21:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

• The best way to ensure that these changes wion't be reverted, especially when reliable sources are removed, is to provide a clear and concise explanation of your changes in the edit summary. Edits that remove source and that offer no explanations are cardinal examples of vanalism. Alansohn (talk) 21:19, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I realise that now and have rectified the summary, but unfortunately something has gone wrong with the font format. Could tell me how fix that please?Slowey55 (talk) 21:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

• In which article? Alansohn (talk) 21:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

The History of TerrorismSlowey55 (talk) 21:36, 22 December 2008 (UTC) Thank youSlowey55 (talk) 21:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC) I have been accused of disruptive editing and vandalism. Where did this come from when my edits have been good intentional and constructive?

Ed Snider

Cut me a break. Nothing in what I wrote is untrue. I sourced everthing. I will cut out some of the "personal comments", but the facts should stand as they are.--12.147.221.46 (talk) 22:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Provide the material in objective fashion. Your edit, as you wrote it, is vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 22:32, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I just did as you asked.--12.147.221.46 (talk) 22:33, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, what is short?? it was a quote!! in wikipedia enciclopedy is not forbidden the quotes!!! i dont' understand beacause you and El greco erase it! --Denver85 (talk) 00:40, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Use of rather non-standard formatting using the math functions, with inconsistent capitalization from a user with a very small number of edits is probably what did it. I would suggest using standard formatting and providing clear edit summaries to expalin your edits. Alansohn (talk) 00:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: Odette Yustman

Hey there! I stumbled upon what might be a misunderstanding between you and an IP editor concerning his contributions to Odette Yustman concerning a recent revealing poster for her upcoming film Unborn. The IP editor believes you kept on reverting his edits in spite of his providing a citation. Could you please address this here to clear up any possible confusion? Thanks. — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 02:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

The point is

The article is really on cracked.com as you can see by the link.. not so good for wikipedia I think --93.146.192.42 (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Alansohn (talk) 04:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Peace

Hello, Alansohn. I know that we bumped heads once or twice before on AFD/DRV's, and I wanted to mention that I have noticed your persistent contributions and improvements to wikipedia. I hope that there are no hard feelings about the time or two that we argued. I respect you as a wikipedian, and would like to consider you an ally. Thanks, Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 05:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

My goal has always been to make Wikipedia better by adding and improving articles. I hope I have not offended you at any time in the past and that we can all work together to build a better encyclopedia. Alansohn (talk) 14:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Muhammad Ali Jinnah appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. Stop adding the sect of Muhammad Ali Jinnah over here on Wikipedia we only provide the religion and already written islam is okay for the readers. There are a number of references which quote Muhammad Ali Jinnah as sunni and sometimes as shia but others also refer to as Ismailee. BurhanAhmed (talk • contribs) 05:29, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

This appears to be related to the Huggle revert of an edit that removed sourced details from the article in question without explanation via edit summary. The explanation provided here address why the content was removed. Alansohn (talk) 14:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Carol Chomsky

Number 290 (179 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 06:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Julius Fast

Number 291 (180 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 19:27, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

I replaced "fraud" with "rigging the presidential election" since voter fraud in every single precinct is much less likely than miscounting the votes.

I failed to use an edit summary, but next time see what edit was actually made before using overly friendly templates to assert that the edit is vandalism on my talk page. Thank you. 99.161.110.123 (talk) 02:49, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

I did read the edit in question. The word "fraud" is far more accurate in the situation, and the alck of an edit summary combined with an IP address raised a red flag. Alansohn (talk) 02:50, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Max Elbin

Number 292 (181 create/expand - 111 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 07:36, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters

Number 293 (181 create/expand - 112 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 13:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Mensch's Barnstar

After searching last night to find an appropriate barnstar for you, I was too quick to settle on the good-old multipurpose Special Barnstar. So this morning I created a new barnstar with you in mind to replace the one from yesterday. Here it is! shirulashem (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

		The Mensch's Barnstar
		For being a real mensch. shirulashem (talk) 14:05, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

The barnstar and the graphics are greatly appreciated, but its the thought behind it that counts most. I hope I did what anyone else would have done in the same situation and I hope we can continue to work together to improve our encyclopedia. Alansohn (talk) 15:33, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

In RE to attempted compromise

I keep trying to tell you -- there *will be NO* newspaper articles that confirm the existence of two grandchildren. Doug Chandler is the one who lied to the "Times." Because he lied to the "Times" and he's the one who quoted the "Times" I propose that the "Times" obit not be allowed as a source at this time.

Aside from newspaper articles and books, what sources are fine? Birth certs? ZOHCLE (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC).

A birth certificate presents problems in terms of being sure that there is a direct connection to Robert Chandler, but the bigger problem is that there is no way for any other editor (including me) to verify its accuracy. I've seen other articles that list details, but none that provide any other details regarding grandchildren. I am trying to understand and address this issue, but the issue of providing reliably sourced material is a fundamental Wikipedia principle. Alansohn (talk) 23:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Wow do you beat me to vandalism everytime. Keep up the good work! Iamawesome800 20:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Advertisements for himself...

Infringement on Norman Mailer's title seems appropriate here.

So the question I put was, should the Frank Prewitt page be subject to speedy deletion, or is there some exception to Wikipedia guidelines that lets this poster not only author his own page, to ignore Wikipedia guidelines, to promote himself, to not only "exonerate" himself on the webpage for his past illegal behavior, but allows him to extensively advertise his self-published, third-rate book written with the same self-aggrandizing aims?

I'm not sure why I can't get a straight answer here. Is there some appeal process for contesting unwarranted reverts of legitimate deletions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.237.144.254 (talk) 22:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

You can go to WP:BLPN to raise issues with inappropriate biographical content. Remember that notability has nothing to do with being a nice guy; I'm pretty sure that there's an Adolf Hitler article. Frank Prewitt is covered by reliable and verifiable sources. If there are specific issues they should be addressed by making changes that are clearly described and explained; Simply cutting away sourced material will likely be reverted. Alansohn (talk) 23:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, another Wiki editor has removed the improper placement of Prewitt's book from his autobiographical page. Thank goodness! My question was whether or not Prewitt should be allowed to author his own page and delete material added by others that is properly sourced but does not feed his ego and fantasy life? Activist (talk) 15:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Activist

Merry Christmas

Hello Alansohn! I just wanted to wish you and your family a merry Christmas! May this Christmas be full of great cheer and holiday spirit. Again, merry Christmas! Ashbey 00:58, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

If you don't celebrate Christmas, then happy holidays!

Natalya Rudakova

What did I do wrong? The article was nominated for deletion three times within a month by the same editor, and it failed badly all three times. I was just removing the notice because it is no longer up for deletion. Why am I in trouble? Jayhawk of Justice (talk) 01:54, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Ted Kennedy

My addition to the article is NOT vandalism. I have cited the article that was in the New York Times. Rather than simply reverting the article, you should have discussed this issue with me on either my talk page or on the Discussion section of the article itself. It is editors like you who give Wikipedia a bad name. If this is not resolved within the next few hours, I will file a complaint.--68.236.45.130 (talk) 02:21, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

The text you added made the assertion as a factual statement. The "source" you provided is a copy of a Volkswagen ad parody; it is not a valid source for the statements you added to the article. Alansohn (talk) 02:24, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

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

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DYK for Robert Chandler (network executive)

Number 294 (182 create/expand - 112 nominations)

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BorgQueen (talk) 14:11, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue

Number 295 (183 create/expand - 112 nominations)

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Cbl62 08:26, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Possible WP:COI issue on Steve Lonegan

I see that you have editted this article and know that you edit many of these articles related to local New Jersey politics/government. I think there is a possible conflict of interests issue on the Steve Lonegan article. Please see my comment on Talk:Steve Lonegan and comment there. Thanks.--Jersey Devil (talk) 11:23, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for John E. Sprizzo

Number 296 (184 create/expand - 112 nominations)

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Dravecky (talk) 14:31, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Scott McBrien

Number 297 (184 create/expand - 113 nominations)

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Dravecky (talk) 14:33, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: David Margolis DYK nom

Hello! Your submission of David Margolis 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! Dabomb87 (talk) 16:09, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Good fix, everything checks out now. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:22, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Golf House

Hello! Your submission of Golf House 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! ➨♀♂Candlewicke _S^T _# :) 17:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Crips

Not vandalism -- 100% true, do your research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.219.236.26 (talk) 22:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

• Interesting to see a person who is doing nothing but spell words incorrectly tell you to "do your research". Niteshift36 (talk) 23:23, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
  • I saw you had reverted the same article. You have to admire a blatant vandal who has the guts to insist that we're wrong. Or not. Alansohn (talk) 04:33, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Page deletion

how can i delete a page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zapateiro (talk • contribs)

What page do you want to delete? Alansohn (talk) 00:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph Kahn (shipping executive)

Number 298 (185 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Kahn (shipping executive), 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.

DYK for Howard Pack

Number 299 (186 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Howard Pack, 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.

DYK for William Kaufmann

Number 300 (187 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Kaufmann, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Can you please say your opinion here --Bayrak (talk) 18:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Valentin Berlinsky

Number 301 (188 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Valentin Berlinsky, 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) 03:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm impressed

Dude, good job on reverting vandalism. I'm now doing new pages patrol and every time I try to revert something, you do it before me. Orane (talk) 05:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what happens, but I seem to get into synch just behind another vandal fighter every now and then where all of my reverts are just too late. Unfortunately, there's more than enough vandalism for all of us. Keep up the good fight. Alansohn (talk) 14:56, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

What???

I have just created the page Manuel de Montiano, and hence, I find difficult to believe that I'm vandalizing it when incorporating new information. Please check CAREFULLY your statements before making them. Thanks... --218.186.12.200 (talk) 05:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

My apologies. An IP user deleting content from an article without an edit summary is a red flag for vandalism. Please be sure to use an edit summary for all edits so that other editors can better understand your intentions. Again, please accept my apologies for the revert and the warning. Alansohn (talk) 14:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Formula one rule changes since 1950

Number 302 (188 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Formula one rule changes since 1950, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky 09:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for David Margolis

Number 303 (189 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Margolis, 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.

Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Kotchian

Number 304 (190 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carl Kotchian, 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.

Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Alansohn, you have falsely reverted my edit on October 23

Alansohn, exactly what part of my text is vandalism? The Meiji Era started on October 23, 1968. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.177.96 (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You're off by 100 years. "The Meiji period (明治時代, Meiji-jidai?), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868..." Alansohn (talk) 17:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

WOlf

Feel free to work on breira (organization), it also needs a DYK. Also the various progressive rabbis have no mention/link of each other on their pages, even through they all worked together. --Jayrav (talk) 18:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

It may not be DYK-eligible, but I will try to devote some time to tweaking the article. Alansohn (talk) 18:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You also may want to work on Walter Wurzburger, Eugene Borowitz, Robert Gordis, Joseph Lookstein, Jacob B Agus- they are all stubs or dont exist. --Jayrav (talk) 18:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I created the Emanuel Rackman article just a few weeks ago and Walter Wurzburger was his successor at Shaaray Tefilla. I will try my best to work on these articles. Alansohn (talk) 20:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Kopaonik

But, what is problem, i explained? About Kopaonik. Mountain is in Serbia only??

Tadija (talk) 22:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Its not its in Kosovo aswell, cuz of u "unhappy" serbs we had to approve the Kosovo pozition on Kopaoniks and other Mountains page, but Kosovo is independent and as is a state. Tryly yours a noble albanian who saw what serbs did to his ppl with his own eyes...IllyrianPrince —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC).

Well, Kosovo is only partitionly recognized, so, it cant be written as independent here, it is violation of WP:NPOV! At least it is 53 vs. 139 for Kosovo is Serbia!!

))

Tadija (talk) 16:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

FLQ on Quebec lead

The FLQ involved likely less than 100 people in all, maybe less than 20. Putting at that place a false statement about 100,000 terrorists (out of 7 millions Quebecers) is misleading. Anyway Quebecers are used to Quebec-bashing and this paragraph is typical. Those misleading statements attempt to give FLQ more power than it actually had (souverainty gained in popularity because of charism of Rene Levesque, not because of the FLQ). I lived in Quebec all my life since 1956. While some people were killed by either FLQ or RCMP bombs in the 1963-1973 time period, they were minor incidents. The mobster war in the 1990s killed more people and much more persons were involved in the various gangs. As repeated in the discussion area, the FLQ part has nothing to do in that page.

The French also sent many donnes to Canada, many were killed but one man eustaush lambert became a powerful donne that protected the natives and became the first Canadian general.

The above statement is some noise. Eustache Lambert was born about 1617 and was a merchant. Calling him a general is misleading. And the donnés (given) were there to assist priests AFTER the early settlement, not BEFORE like implied in that paragraph. Likely inserted by someone who just never read about that topic.

The capitulation of New France occured in 1760 (Battle of Montreal), not 1759. And the battle of the plain occured after a siege of many months. Summarizing the war to one battle is misleading but desserves the Quebec bashing promoters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.80.31 (talk) 05:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry

I was venting emotions. Do you forgive me? ISayHelloYouSayGoodbye (talk) 04:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I guess I would have forgiven you if the vandalism stopped after the warnings. Alansohn (talk) 15:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

User page vandalism

Hey. Thanks for reverting that vandalism to my user page. ~~ [ジャム]^[t - c] 10:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to have to deal with vandals, but its always a pleasure to help another editor. Alansohn (talk) 15:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Stuart Campbell

Hi, sorry about the lack of edit summary, but basically there's one disruptive editor that keeps impeding attempts to rewrite the article to better standards and has been repeatedly putting back in disputed sections without valid sources that everyone's decided would be best to remove for the time being. I was removing one such section. Have a read of the talk page for more background if you like. --88.108.243.214 (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC) "I will review the subject further. Thanks for the message. Alansohn (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

The editor above is, not to put too fine a point on it, simply lying. Examination of the entry's discussion page will clearly show his assertions to be untrue, indeed in most cases to be the precise opposite of the truth. They are not seeking to improve standards, but merely repeating crude vandalisms to the entry which have been attempted on numerous occasions in the past and removed after debate. This can also be verified from the entry's discussion page. An RfP has been filed in an attempt to prevent this vandalism, and the editor should not be deleting sections until that request has been adjudicated. 83.67.217.135 (talk) 22:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Friendly note.

Hi. Regarding this note, this is not vandalism. Very best!, NonvocalScream (talk) 20:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have no idea whatsoever why this change would have appeared to be vandalism or why I reverted the change. My sincerest apologies for the mistake. Alansohn (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. Continue the good work! NonvocalScream (talk) 20:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Dear Alansohn,
I just wanted to wish you and your family a happy new year, however you're celebrating it. Whether 2008 was a good year for you, or if it wasn't the greatest year, hopefully 2009 will be better. Cheers, and happy editing in 2009 :-),

 Ashbey  Ӝ  00:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Christmas was yesterday: Happy New Year!

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Happy new Headcheese!-hexaChord² 02:48, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I wonder why someone would be so determined to try and put laxatives in the botan rice candy? Happy New Year! Have a very fine '09. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Robert J. Marshall

Number 305 (191 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert J. Marshall, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Congdon

Number 306 (192 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Congdon, 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.

Spumante

why Spumante is uncostrutive and Champagne not!!!? I want add this voice! tell me why robyc73 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robyc73 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Spumante is already covered separately in the sparkling wine article. If you believe that Spumante justifies a standalone article, that should be discussed at the talk page. Alansohn (talk) 02:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

• Chiming as a member of WP:WINE. A long time ago, the members of the wine project decided it was much more constructive to include all the different types of sparkling wine into one coherent article. It provides much better context for the reader than a litany of stub/start class articles. This is no slack on the part of spumante or Italian sparkling wines. If you notice, the German Sekt, Spanish Cava and South African Cap Classique also serve as redirect to the main sparkling wine article. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 02:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

but you see this voice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Spumante and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asti_Spumante It better use voice spumante and sub voice for Asti,and other.... User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC). Champagne have more space and details in voice of sparkling wine!!! User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC).

That is in proportion to the worldwide recognition of Champagne verses the lesser known sparkling wines. In fact, Champagne is even used as a "shorthand" for all sparkling wines....even Spumante, as evidence by the many blog entries dated from yesterday with their tasting notes on the "Champagne" Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante :p. Again, this is nothing to slight spumante, but considering the worldwide audience of Wikipedia everything should be kept in proportion and due weight to the grand scheme of things. If you would like to converse further, why don't we take this to Talk:Sparkling wine so as not to bug the heck out of Alan with the little yellow message boxes. :) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 03:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Charice Pempengco

It appears you accidentally (I believe) restored a bad version from that IP. Also, I don't think those edits were bad from Archiemr4. Just thought I let you know about those issues. Versus22 (talk) 02:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, just the signature was bad. Versus22 (talk) 02:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

There had been a signature inserted among other issues. My revert rolled back to a bad version. Thanks for spotting -- and correcting -- the issue I created. Alansohn (talk) 02:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Huggle message "Reverted unsourced content "

In Huggle, go to System -> Options -> Reverting, and you can add specific edit summaries that will appear under the list for "Revert this revision" (i.e., the arrow next to the big red sphere). You can also add them by going to your huggle.css page and changing the code per these variables. Note that I am using 0.7.12, but I don't think that the newer versions are much different. Hope this helps. ... discospinster _talk 04:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah unfortunately I don't know if you can add custom "revert + warn" entries. You have to do them separately by adding entries to System -> Options -> Reverting and System -> Options -> Templates. And then you have to revert and warn separately. Bit of a pain but it's not too bad. ... discospinster _talk 18:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Lockwood Smith

Could you please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Lockwood Smith and warning to the anon editor who made it. The editor appears to be a long-term IP editor who has copyedited many articles on New Zealand politicians, and all their edits to date have been in good faith. I believe the edit in this case was also beneficial to the article.-gadfium 04:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.-gadfium 17:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I had meant to reply to you as well, but thanks for watching. Alansohn (talk) 17:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Pattern Day Trading

Please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Pattern Day Trading. You claimed it "appeared unconstructive" but it was a completely legitimate addition to the finance topic. Inkerman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.252.50.41 (talk) 17:46, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Warning removed, but issues still exist. See User talk:68.252.50.41 for response. Alansohn (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

So I can't add Spumante voice at Wikipedia!!!Huggle is a fantastic program!!

Goodbye!!!Good censured at all!!!Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC).

This is an issue that should be addressed at WP:WINE. Alansohn (talk) 19:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Misunderstanding

Believe it or not, "Loserpeg" is an actual nickname for Winnipeg, Manitoba... people use it all the time. I'm not sure but it might be a play on the "Win" part of "Winnipeg."Alexradio (talk) 20:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I will search for sources. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill Struth

The comments about Bill Struth are sourced and well known. Perhaps if you researched it you would have saved yourself the humiliation of seeming like an over zealous member of the politburo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.233.188 (talk) 20:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

It's common knowledge. Tell you what, why don't you wikipedia it?.....oh no wait —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.233.188 (talk) 20:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Allegations of the nature you added must be supported by strong reliable and verifiable sources. In their absence, the material will be removed. "Common knowledge" does not obviate the need for sources, and should make your task of finding and supplying them that much simpler. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Alvah Chapman, Jr.

Hello! Your submission of Alvah Chapman, Jr. 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! Dravecky (talk) 08:24, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Spanish American War

I don't know...What is your problem...i was shedding light to what was a truth to my people...my grandfather passed this story down for generations and now say its not true and I'm causing vandalism well...maybe I should sue for not giving me the right of freedom of speech...which you have regrettably shown to me that you do not agree with...obviously you do not agree in American standards and you are wrong for the country or any country...what is wrong with you...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdharper1024 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Please provide reliable and verifiable sources to support your claims. Please be careful not to remove sourced content. Alansohn (talk) 03:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

OK...i didn't know I'm pretty new to this...next time you might need to thoroughly explain the rules before someone edits i guess i was wrong that was my bad...i offer my apologies...hope i won't screw up the next edit...best regards...The one that messed up Spanish-American War... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdharper1024 (talk • contribs) 06:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Arnold Jacob Wolf

Number 307 (192 create/expand - 115 nominations)

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arnold Jacob Wolf, which you recently nominated. 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) 05:31, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

wpnj members

What do you think of this? shirulashem (talk) 15:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied there. Alansohn (talk) 15:34, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

coordinators for wpnj?

what do you think of this for wpnj? shirulashem (talk) 17:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I guess I have been a de facto coordinator, but there's no downside to having multiple people involved. Alansohn (talk) 17:35, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

correct. you have been the de facto coordinator. i'm basically trying to accomplish two things: 1- make it easier for newcomers to the project to know who to contact and 2- more importantly, as per the wikiproject guide, give some people responsibility for the administrative tasks involved in maintaining and growing the project. i know i'm new to the project so i hope i'm not speaking "out of turn" it's just that i'm eager to see the project grow. depending on how you feel, i'd like to put the following up on the project's talk page for consideration:

To coordinate the "inner workings" of our WikiProject, I propose the implementation of a coordinator department to be responsible for the maintenance tasks of the WikiProject. Therefore, the proposal is as follows: Establishment of a coordinator department with 1 Lead Coordinator and a multiple Coordinators to each serve terms of 12 months. Any member of the project can volunteer to be a coordinator. The coordinator page (to be created) will have a section where members can submit their name for consideration, and other members can indicate whether they support or oppose. After a set period of time (2 weeks?), a coordinator will indicate whether the user has been accepted. At the end of the term, coordinators can resubmit their name for another term. There is no limit to the number of coordinators. The Coordinators will be responsible for: Publication of the project newsletter. Be the contacts for the WP Council. Maintenance of the project templates. Update the project to-do list. Maintenance of the membership list. Initiation of events such as "assessment drives" Maintain the Collaboration of the Week All other "maintenance tasks" that the project requires.

We have accomplished a tremendous amount with WPNJ even if things aren't hopping, but I agree that a re-evaluation of our progress can help fill in even more. We've filled in articles for every (or nearly every) municipality, state and federal legislator, school district, public high school, etc. Your efforts on evaluating articles has been a tremendous help. My only suggested change might be to invite any other WPNJ members who might be interested in serving as coordinators, on a more the merrier basis. Please let me know what we can do to reignite WPNJ. Alansohn (talk) 02:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I like your suggestion and I've made some changes above. What do you think? shirulashem (talk) 13:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Oliver Lundquist

Bizarrely, you and Wehwalt (talk · contribs) seem to have written two different articles on the same person, within two hours of each other. They should probably be merged, but I'm not sure which way around - I just thought I'd alert you to it! Shimgray | talk | 20:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I have merged the two articles and the two DYK proposals, which were also separated by two hours. I kept mostly your version in both cases, and simply made the DYK for joint credit, if that's OK.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the initiative. Alansohn (talk) 02:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Obvious solution.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Steganography

Greetings. I think removing apparently garbage sections is not destructive, however I explained my reasons on the talk page. If there's a mark for deletion instead of simply erasing a section, please let me know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.218.173 (talk) 22:38, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I apologize for missing your talk page comments. Please understand that seeing an IP editor removing major sections of an article without explanation in the edit summary can appear to be vandalism. Making sure that edits include a clear and concise edit summary will help other editors better understand your actions. Please excuse the error. Alansohn (talk) 02:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alvah Chapman, Jr.

Number 308 (193 create/expand - 115 nominations)

On 5 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alvah Chapman, 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.

» \ / (⁂ | ※) 00:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Esix Snead

Number 309 (193 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On 5 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Esix Snead, which you recently nominated. 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) 09:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Drew Pickles

It's silly, but true. I provided sources of why it's notable but you removed it saying it was vandalism. The most popular video on youtube about Drew has 95,658 views. Iamthegrant (talk) 15:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

The question is if the material is encyclopedic even if "true". The other question is that the interpretation is your synthesis based on your original research, and is not based on reliable and verifiable sources on his status as a gay icon. Alansohn (talk) 15:36, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Just watch a video, he always says "Hello my name is Drew Pickles and I am really really gay" made by several other people. He is not gay in Rugrats, but on the internet, he is. Iamthegrant (talk) 16:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to GWTV 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. Alansohn (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that! Evil Shepreth Monkey (talk) 16:03, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Miley Cyrus discography 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. Alansohn (talk) 16:29, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Unconstuctive? Well, these types of albums should be listed separately by their own types per Article-wide, so we can not add them all in one section. I think you should review what you reverted because you made a mistake. Sparks Fly 16:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

My apologies for the warning, which has been removed. The warning was an accident, and in trying to remove the message and undo the removal of content, my browser crashed. When I got back in, I forgot to undo the revert and the warning. Please accept the apologies for my clear error. Alansohn (talk) 16:49, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Of course I do, do not worry, these things always happen, so take more care in the coming times. Sparks Fly 17:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help at Brain fog today. The newbie editor has (finally) found the article's talk page, but so far we're still at the stage of accusing all his opponents of being paid to suppress information. I'm hoping for some progress... and in the meantime, I sincerely appreciate your reversion of his nonsense today. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I was just trying to make heads or tails and figure out what was going on. Glad I could help. Alansohn (talk) 20:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandals and crap

For what it is worth to you, whenever I see that you've made a reversion on a page that I monitor, I have found I need not bother checking the page. Thanks for your efforts in patrolling these pages, and moreso, keeping the inane song and Simpsons/South Park references out of pop culture/media portrayal sections in biographies. Wildhartlivie (talk) 21:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind note. It's amazing how seeing vandalism on an article just degrades the entire content of the page. I do make mistakes, and I have more than a handful of apologies that I have issued, but I do try to make sure that a revert takes care of all of the vandalism, not just the latest crap. Thanks again for the kinds words. Alansohn (talk) 21:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

It's appreciated. I know that a Wiki-friend who does anti-vandalism work is frequently targeted herself, mostly by IPs that take exception to her changes. It's too often thankless work. I wanted you to know that I noticed that your name pops up on my watchlist quite often, but is one of the happy few that I'm glad to see there. Keep up the good work. Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:21, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Alansohn's Day!

Alansohn has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Alansohn's day! For being a dedicated vandal slayer and DYK writer, enjoy being the Star of the day, Alansohn! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 00:46, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

We go by UTC time here, remember? That means there are 21 hours, 41 minutes until your day is up. bibliomaniac15 02:19, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Now I have all Wednesday to celebrate! Thanks again. Alansohn (talk) 02:25, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Caitlin Sanchez

Number 310 (194 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Caitlin Sanchez, 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.

» \ / (⁂ | ※) 02:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Dorothy Sarnoff

Number 311 (195 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dorothy Sarnoff, 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.

» \ / (⁂ | ※) 02:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

NJSIAA athletic conferences?

I was just wondering if you know of any more NJSIAA conferences besides the ones listed in "Category:New Jersey high school athletic conferences"? If you take a look at the NJSIAA Wikipedia page, go to the bottom and check out all the navboxes I've created over the past week. I'd like to account for ALL New Jersey high schools, including the ones independent of NJSIAA jurisdiction (e.g. St. Benedict's) but I don't know of any other conferences. Could you help me out if you ge tthe chance? Thanks. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:51, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination

Thanks. Considering that the Steelmark article just went up today, it looks like it has been up for a while. Pretty good job. So where would I nominate it at? I'd like to return the favor. Thanks!Jgera5 (talk) 05:26, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Oliver Lincoln Lundquist

Number 312 (196 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 09:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Donal McLaughlin

Number 313 (197 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Donal McLaughlin, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 09:13, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Economy of India

Have you gone through the edit? Just because I chose not to have an account, you assume my edit to be a vandalism?! Pity.. --67.180.5.41 (talk) 23:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

See response on user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 22:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Alan Feinstein

Added Prod tag to rather excessively complimentary article on a non-notable person. You have edited on it, so I am sending this to you. Thanks! Collect (talk) 12:04, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Am I missing something?

Why was this edit reverted. It fits right in with the rest of that mess disguised as discussion. --Onorem♠Dil 20:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note on the IPs talk. I figured it was unintentional, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some hidden meaning in his comments. --Onorem♠Dil 20:13, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification. I was mortified to see that I had deleted someone's rather genuine comments. Alansohn (talk) 00:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Fruity

why did you change fruity >=( fruity is a word

Chronic fatigue syndrome is doomed

I'm done trying to build consensus with that entry --- there are editors with strong narrow POV who do not know the literature and they intend to keep their empire. Example: I attempted to build consensus on who are experts, using the MD's and researchers from the CDC as a starting point, as well as textbooks (Books targeted for clincial use), and they delete without discussion this material. For well known and published articles they deem them to be "unreliable" although the CDC uses the same articles in the same journals...

I trust someone will escalate this issue to someone that can do something. Is there a place to registered complaints against a crew such as this?

Lassesen (talk) 02:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I have looked at the article and you are justified in your concerns. Using WP:3O is a good way to start the process of getting some outside input. I understand your frustration, and I've seen far worse, but getting outside input will help. Please let me know if I can help with anything else. Alansohn (talk) 02:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

With respect Alansohn why is Lassesen justified in calling me and other editors unknowledgeable, with an "empire" and all of other attacks he makes on us here and on talk pages, like saying people that do not agree on him have a pro psychological POV? I do not have any relation on CFS, I am not a patient a doctor and I do not even like psychology! Lassesen tho is a well-known internet activist, he said so on his talk, who opposes proven treatments for CFS and promotes alternative medicine remedies. That is great, I think it is good he is so active and i respect him and his views, but it is not how we write medical articles at WP, it is not a place for activism and experimental research.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a medical article, it should be most based from peer review secondary sources in major journals. I have tried explain this. Self published books and obscure primary sources from journals which do not exist any more are not best sources for medical articles.

I am thinking, Lassesen has alot of knowledge and alot to say on CFS, but i am hoping, he will try and learn more about Wikipedia guidelines and not be so confrontationing. Some times I am not so polite like I should be, I am working on myself, but I am also just trying, follow WP guidelines. Thx, RetroS1mone talk 05:24, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Go Man Go

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank you so much for all your help in reverting vandalism on Go Man Go while it was on the main page. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:04, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recognition, but its a shame that an article like this had to go through so much blatant abuse. Alansohn (talk) 00:17, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

All part of the main page fun. I knew it would attract some "extra" fun since it has the word "stud" in it... Ealdgyth - Talk 00:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hell, My addition to Cherlottetown Rural Highschool:

The annual hackey sac competition is very well received from the raiders. They hack using a "Raider Sac." This sport can be very brutal and has resulted in 5 injuries in the past 7 tournaments. The raiders often challenge students of Colonel Gray High School to participate. The Rural and Gray has had a long rivalry and Raiders often refer to it as "The Gay." This is shown as disrespectful. (True)

IS TRUE! Why are you removing it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ARuralRaider (talk • contribs) 01:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Please see this page. Wikipedia is about "verifiability" not "truth". You'll need independent, reliable sources. Useight (talk) 01:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism or Plagiarism?

You need to read edits before you revert them and yell at the editor. I deleted plagiarism, which is clearly against Wikipedia policy, and you not only reverted the edit but left a message on my page scolding me. Please pay more attention next time before you create more work for those who are trying to improve Wikipedia. 67.211.130.184 (talk) 03:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

See reply at user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 14:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Project Congress

As a participant of WikiProject U.S. Congress, please consider placing {{Project Congress to do}} to the top of your User_talk page. Thank you. —Markles 16:31, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

British International School of New York

Hi, we are trying to correct the title of this article to reflect the proper title of this institution, which is 'The British International School of New York'. However, between the bot and yourself it has been reverted and marked as vandalised. Please advise what we need to do. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nylonuser28 (talk • contribs)

See reply at user talk page regarding move issues and use of "The". Alansohn (talk) 14:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Vincent Ford

Number 314 (198 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vincent Ford, 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) 05:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Agree with dumping poop section on your user page

It seems like it wouldn't be hard to create a tool reverting any edit using "poop" from an anonymous IP. (And add to that "penis", "gay", "fuck" -- where the word isn't otherwise already used in article.)

I created the anti-vandalism "Piano non troppo" account to save my serious work from vindictive vandals. I discovered that I enjoyed the anti-vandalism process. In fact, it made me feel more a part of the community. My other accounts, with hundreds of hours of painstaking work, got no barnstars. The rate at which those accounts have edits reverted is ten times as high as Piano non troppo's. Apparently other editors recognize my "worth" in part by what other community service I've done. Or perhaps what other edits they can readily evaluate. So, strangely, the anti-vandalism patrol has had unanticipated positive consequences for me. And, maybe, somehow (I see Wikipedia as a social experiment) society is indicating what about my work it values. Less my expertise, than my social participation. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 09:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

delta lodge edit

I have provided a neutral and factually backed addendum to the delta lodge page..... However i find my slef under due arrest. It seems every time i edit i get deleted, i just feel that if your going to provide a nuetral and objective explanation of the subject you should include all facts, as i have and provded sources. I also concur wi the sentiment that the delta lodge subject matter is not notable seing as how they are a defunct organization (not in good standing at the university of north texas... this organization is not mandated by any governing body. The statement that they are a "fraternity in good standing at the university of north texas is fraudulent. They posses no charter/mandate; they hold sparse residence at best, and were relocated by the city due to alarming concerns. To reiterate i fing the delta lodge page to be an apologists rendition with not factual evidence to back it up... it contains claims that are unfound and jingoistic at best. If one is to present subject matter with the confines of an encylopedic medium, one would hope that all facts are heralded not just the self promoting smarmy dialoge of advertisers —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeltaLodgeDown (talk • contribs) 21:58, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The Unborn (film) edit

My edit to this page did not constitute vandalism. Clear shots of a camel toe in a PG-13 movie can be considered objectionable. If you are going to take pride in your monitoring of these pages, please provide some insight as to why an edit is not acceptable. I will now revert the page, with an added citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.63.149 (talk) 00:50, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

In Wikipedia, claims require reliable and verifiable sources. Without sources supporting your claims they were removed. If you can find a reliable source that supports the claim that a cameltoe is clearly visible and is objectionable in a PG-13 film, I will have no objection. Without such a source, it will be removed again. Alansohn (talk) 01:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

use of rollback

You rolled back this edit but it was not vandalism. The cited source indeed supports and carries the term Zionist hence the edit was clearly meant to be in good faith, however PoV or clumsily worded. Please take this as a friendly reminder to only use rollback on vandalism (you should have either used undo, or done what you wanted through an edit window). Thanks and all the best. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:06, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. While I thought I had read the original content in its entirety, the use of the inflammatory term "Zionist enterprise", even though the words were located in the original article, appeared to have been deliberately taken out of context and misused. I appreciate your concern about this edit, and its totality appears to have been made in good faith. Alansohn (talk) 03:19, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Sourced, good faith edits can indeed come off as untowards and nettlesome to some readers, which is one reason why rollback is so straightforwardly meant only for vandalism. Thanks for your understanding. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Véronique Cloutier

You keep on deleting a very interesting comment about the Bye Bye. Please stop doing this and get a life, asshole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.255.41 (talk • contribs)

The comment is interesting, but unsourced. Alansohn (talk) 05:17, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Kid Power

restored to prevandalism version. Dlohcierekim 04:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. I was baffled by the new improved version of the article. Alansohn (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for watching my back when the vandals bite back by trashing my user page. Cheers! See you in the trenches... Geoff ^{T C} 13:31, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Always a pleasure to help a fellow Wikipedian. Alansohn (talk) 16:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

changing IP vandal

Alansohn you piece of shit, get a life, instead of shitting up wikipedia asshole. Go get a job and PLLEEEASSEE get a life. You motherfucking nigger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.234.113 (talk • contribs)

Fuck you alansohn. Ill change my IP Adress you fucking gay son of a bitch, suck your boyfriends cock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.234.113 (talk • contribs)

What is truly amazing is how angry a vandal can possibly get that his vandalism has been removed. If only we good faith Wikipedia editors could get a small fraction as angry about vandals who are "shitting up wikipedia" and started creating a solution to the problem rather than having us waste hours dealing with vandals like this one. Alansohn (talk) 21:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

And I'll be more than happy to protect your user page if he dose. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 21:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. I think I'll be OK. Alansohn (talk) 21:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Emmanuel de Mérode

I urge you to study independent (!!) material about Emmanuel de Mérode, make your mind and act accordingly. All what happens in Kivu stinks starting by the death of Dian Fossey. Greed and arrogance. Avoid any material of National Geographic which TV channel is mostly owned by Fox.

Some people are risking their life to help civilian populations in the park of Virungas, while Emmanuel is apparently safely editing his bio from Nairobi. You should not let Emmanuel de Mérode writing his own bio. Everything in it must be proved. Due to my viligance, it has been reduced to very little because most of it was pretentious or unubtantiated. Please study the history of the article. Please suppress the mention of training as an anthropologist until more precision is given. 82.67.232.89 (talk) 22:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Also, you seem to know the ropes within the wikipedia. I submit you another case, theringess is again and again suppressing any independent material about Gurumayi Chidvilasananda including the transcriptiion of an article of the new yorker. Please study the history of the article. 82.67.232.89 (talk)

You can join me at cognominal@gmail.com

You're invited!

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Cajunradio

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in this edit to Cajun accordion. Inappropriate links include links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that serve as advertising or promotion. Thank you. Chasingsol(talk) 03:15, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Baton Rouge Cajun Zydeco Schedule cajunradio - STOP DELETING MY LINK !!!!

Why are you objecting to me adding cajun music schedules to cajun music? It is related and appropriate. It is not promotion. If you would look at it, it is a non-profit website strictly preserving cajun culture and cajun music which is directly related to the cajun music. Everyone in Louisiana recognizes that www.cajunradio.org is a cajun community resource and not a personal website. Just because it it maintained by Clarence does not make it a personal website. Please review content of links that you delete prior to deleting them! Cajunradio (talk) 04:00, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

The website in question is largely promotional and adds little to the articles in question. While it is vaguely relevant on some of the articles, in articles such as History of Cajun music the links add absolutely nothing. The pattern of your edits, which seem to add links exclusively to articles related to businesses promoted on the website in question, adds further concerns that WP:EL is being violated. Alansohn (talk) 04:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Chief Paul D. Lilly article

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am E. Williams, the firm representing Chief Paul D. Lilly of Texas. We were hired by the Chief to create a Wikipedia Page for him, as he is overwhelmed with requests for information and his background within the Community Policing Field. However, you deleted his page a few hours ago, under the assertion that he was not a "notable" man. The contents of the page are his intellectual property and you are hereby given notice that you must restore the page and its information with 72 hours, or you may be held liable under both USC and International Intellectual Property Laws. Further, because of your actions, a Google search now produces his name and a page that states his profile was removed because you did not feel that he was a notable person. This statement and the posting of such a "flag", constitutes Defamation of Character, and because it is in written form in a public Doman, it also constitutes Slander under both United States and International law (case law and codified statutes).

I will allow you 72 hours to rectify this issue without a demand for compensation for my client's deleted intellectual property. Otherwise my firm will most certainly take appropriate action both against you, and against Wikipedia itself for allowing your actions. If necessary, we will apply for subpoenas to compel Wikipedia to provide your name and complete personal identifiers for appropriate court enforcement action.

Most Respectfully,

E. Williams Firm, LLC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paullillyusa (talk • contribs)

I am most intrigued by the notion that the E. Williams Firm was "hired by the Chief to create a Wikipedia Page" for Chief Paul D. Lilly of Texas and is now demanding that it be recreated. I'm not sure why a firm that has so little understanding of Wikipedia policy and of the [GNU Free Documentation License]] under which all content is turned over for other readers to copy and edit. It's a shame to have to wait a whole 72 hours to see the legal fireworks that will take place when absolutely nothing occurs in response to these demands. Alansohn (talk) 04:54, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Paullillyusa making legal threat to protest deleted contribution of non-notable person

Thank you very much for reverting this user's vandalism against my user page. I have also reported to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents as I suppose a violation of Wikipedia:No legal threats against my talk page.--Jusjih (talk) 05:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Adding a image to my user page

Hi Alansohn! Happy New Year! I was just wondering how I could add another image or picture from another website to my user page. Could you please help me? Thanks!Neptunekh (talk) 05:55, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

the note at the top of your user page

hi i'm not sure how else to leave you a comment. I am a teacher who has assigned the book "the Winter King" to my freshman students. They have a test tomorrow morning on it so to catch who didn't read and instead relied on Wiki to "read" it I played around with some of the details. Another administator emailed me and promised to leave it as is until tomorrow morning when he/she will revert it back to its originial content, which I had also planned on doing once the test was given. I realize alot of activity has been made on that page today (most likely the work of my freshman boys who know alot of their friends will be reading it tonight) but please leave the changes that "make sense" for now. I promise it will be fixed in the morning. Thanks (originally left at 23:31, 8 January 2009) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.225.189.242 (talk • contribs)

Please see a message I left for the ed. who deliberately introduced false information into that article, at User talk:76.225.189.242. I invite your comments there. I am not sure how to proceed, and whether publicity is appropriate. DGG (talk) 07:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have replied on the talk page there. Alansohn (talk) 15:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William Glendon

Number 315 (199 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Glendon, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 14:41, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted incorrectly

The following edit to the Serendipity page:

Reverted edits by 66.230.32.149 to last version by 76.201.16.132 (HG)

Actually reverted a correction of the vandalism. User 66.230.32.149 corrected the vandalism. I will allow you to make the necessary changes --192.43.65.245 (talk) 17:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

I could have sworn I picked the correct version to revert back to. I must have serendipitously selected the wrong version. The correct version has been restored. Alansohn (talk) 17:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Lloyd Ohlin at DYK

I've made a suggestion regarding the hook. Please comment as soon as you can, to avoid this article being passed over. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 18:00, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied there with two alternate versions. Thanks for the feedback. Alansohn (talk) 18:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response. I've selected the 1st version (the longer one was somewhat over the length guide). Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 20:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Wow wtf

Wow what the hell man calling my edit vandalism when all I do is rewrite a sentence Wartortle28 (talk) 18:31, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Just maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia. Please make constructive changes in the future. Alansohn (talk) 18:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

That was a constructive change! You tell me how it's vandalism, or admit you're wrong and remove that warning.Wartortle28 (talk) 18:34, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Your are referring to this edit in which you changed "At the 1999 census, the population was 683." to "A 1999 consensus logged the area with a population of 683." When making constructive edits in the future, please be careful to use an edit summary to explain the purpose of your edits. Alansohn (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes thank you that is what I am referring to, and as you can clearly see since you just pasted it here, it was not vandalism and it's unfair that I have 2 warnings when I didn't do anything wrong. Wartortle28 (talk) 18:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Omg I just realized I changed census to consensus thanks to that guy on my page, dang even though I went over the edit I didn't notice I incorrectly changed the word. My bad sorry Wartortle28 (talk) 18:49, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

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Frank Prewitt

"It appears the author of the "Frank Prewitt" page is no other than J. Frank Prewitt himself. He is an individual with at least a 15-year history of questionable behavior who has admitted on the stand during a federal trial of one of the criminal defendants that he committed illegal acts. He claims that he did not become a government informant under pressure, but instead acted as a good citizen. Little exists to substantiate that claim. In an extraordinary act of self-justification, he authored a poorly written book to exonerate himself and recast himself as the hero of the whole affair. As part of his page, the book jacket, both cover and promotional text, are included.

I have made attempts to correct his page to reflect reality, but he has it on a watch list and amends each correction to again promote himself." - ACTIVIST (editor)

ALANSOHN: It appears you are well versed in Wikipedia jargon, rules, rights, privileges, and writing. As a fellow user, thank you for your contributions! Two things for you. First, I am not "Frank Prewitt". I do have a spine, and if I was, I would say I was, and not have to deal with the inequities of activist and his/her or its constant barrage of unsubstantiated claims. Like you, I want a fair and true article. Despite my abilities or inabilities according to activist to write such I have really given up. Obviously activist has some type of vendetta against Frank Prewitt. He/she or it continues to subtly change wording to honestly discredit anything and everything I edit. If he or she is so angry they should just call Prewitt (listed in the Anchorage, Alaska phone book)and tell them there feelings instead of blatantly editing in a liable fashion.I have made the section as unbiased as possible given the left leaning opinions of ADN (Anchorage Daily News). In reality the section has all be references and has edited by experienced editors and contributors like yourself, so I see no need for activist continued editing/whining.In my opinion articles are supposed to be fair and balanced stating the good and bad and giving the ultimate reader a real perspective. The article I originally wrote has all of that...not continued "negative press" that has yet to solidify into anything wikipedia worthy, but is hearsay and speculation, as activist continues to edit. I have not idea what kinda of "reality" ACTIVIST believes the Frank Prewitt section should aspire too? I understand and except your edits in regards to Prewitt's book. Point taken, understood. Please advise on additional questions. Again, thank you.

ANDREGEN8 (editor) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andregen8 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alexandra Penney

Number 316 (200 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexandra Penney, 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) 20:10, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Problem with interwiki.py

Thank you for reminding me, but I was just cleaning up the mess which was created by a faulty update of "interwiki.py". So no sandboxing advice is needed. Groucho NL Groucho NL (talk) 21:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies and understand that the removal of extensive numbers of interwiki links without explanation had appeared as vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 21:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I was a bit in a hurry and skipped the explanation. Next time I'll be more careful, promised. Groucho NL (talk) 16:48, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Oh gee, I didn't have to wait long for that! Thanks Alansohn :)

I see the way you are going you will soon become our most prolific DYK creator. Maybe we should press a new medal for you :) Gatoclass (talk) 05:08, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I can't imagine that after reaching 200 that any editor would stop participating at DYK and creating new articles simply because of the lack of new awards to reach for. I certainly won't. Writing a good new article is mostly its own reward and I'm glad that DYK provides that little bit more of encouragement. Keep up all of your good work at DYK! Alansohn (talk) 16:05, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Harry Endo DYK

Hello! Your submission of Harry Endo 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! Otto4711 (talk) 06:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Rood Bridge Park

Number 317 (200 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On 13 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rood Bridge Park, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:54, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nick Scandone

Number 318 (201 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nick Scandone, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:58, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lloyd Ohlin

Number 319 (202 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lloyd Ohlin, 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) 22:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Kuehler

Number 320 (203 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Kuehler, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 10:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Steelmark

Number 321 (204 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Steelmark, 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.

Gatoclass (talk) 10:19, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Number 322 (204 create/expand - 118 nominations)

On 14 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Sounds like someone just forgot to add the nom to the credits list. Here ya go :) --Gatoclass (talk) 16:07, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Need your help

I don't want to engage in an edit war with someone, but I feel like the change that I've made to Ohio High School Athletic Association‎ is completely justified, whereas EagleFan doesn't think so. I don't think that listing all high school state champions in every single sport (regardless of the state) is notable. If someone wants to find out then they go to the OHSAA website, not the Wikipedia page on the organization itself. If anything, the list should be its own separate article (at best). Wasting 80,699 kb of space on an article lags the servers, slows down the page load time and for what? To read about non-notable high school achievements. Can you please respond to EagleFan and otherwise show why I am not in the wrong for this please. Thanks. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 00:35, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh and you can check out the talk page to read others' comments. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:01, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I have been taking a look at the OHSAA article and talk page and I will reply after further research. Alansohn (talk) 15:18, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Uncalled for Warning

Alansohn,

I have been attempting to update Callum Ferguson's nickname to reflect his actual nickname, which is "Cheese". However, I believe you have labelled this as a Level 2 warning. Could you please allow this change to go ahead?

I had looked for any source to support "Cheese" as a nickname before issuing the warning and found none. A more thorough search after you left your note also could not find a single reliable and verifiable source that calls Ferguson by the nickname "Cheese". An edit with no edit summary by an editor with very other edits raises red flags and I hope you understand why I had questions about the edit when it was made and have even more concerns now. While it is certainly possible that Australian sources are not as easy to find, their absence would need to be addressed before readding this nickname. Alansohn (talk) 15:26, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I understand your concern, However I can assure you that Callum Ferguson's nickname is indeed "Cheese". I attended high school with Callum and coined the nickname myself due to the poor quality of his jokes, as well as his love for cheese. Although the internet may be a wonderful place to spend the majority of your spare time (which appears to be plentiful), it does not hold all the answers to life's questions. Again, I request that you leave the nickname "Cheese" on Callum's page next time I change it.

DYK for squad number (association football)

Number 323 (204 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On 15 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article squad number (association football), which you recently nominated. 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) 11:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I erased the "hardest language" section...

I erased the "hardest language" section in the article "Hungarian language" as it was not scientific in its content but subjective. (As a Wikipedia user I am a novice, and I did not intent any vandalism. Sorry for the misunderstanding.) What about the merging the article "hardest language" within the article "language learning aptitude"? It is strongly urged in that article by Wikipedia for the same reason I mentioned above. Is that acceptable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.104.70.109 (talk) 17:02, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

See reply on user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 18:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Derby County F.C.

Why are you deleting my changes?????? - Stop calling me a vandel!!! - Your article is a load of rubbish so stop spreading garbage about my football club! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.144.130 (talk) 18:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Your edits to Derby County F.C. have been deleting content. Please add content, with required sources, and leave existing content unchanged. Alansohn (talk) 18:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Entropa

Why did you delete my edit on Entropa? I work in the Justus Lipsius building where it is displayed and have been able to take a close look at the work in question. You can check the information on Italy's part by taking a close look at this photo on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7827747.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.247.162.29 (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)