Article issue: Woodley Park Neighborhood.
You took place in an AFD for the article I made for the Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington DC. This is a real neighborhood. I will include some links to prove it. I'm no Wikipedia veteran, so I don't know how to remedy the problem.
Also, note that in the neighborhood articles for DC, all areas are covered in NW but this one. You will not find an article that covers the area between Dupont Circle and Cleveland Park, this being that location beginning at Calvert and Conn. Ave.
Hey, there. I listed an article for AfD and noticed your Woodley Park entry, so I was curious about the situation around it. I read your recent note about the original AfD-ed article being made into a redirect, and I agree, too, that the one about the Metro stop itself is notable. But the one about the neighborhood is back now under a new name: Woodley_Park_(Neighborhood). Is this the one you were considering for deletion? I don't know where to side on the issue, since the category for "Washington DC neighborhoods" lists a lot of other articles. But I wanted to at least let you know where the original (I think) article went. --Crisu 18:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I didn't realize that so many neighborhoods already had articles, so I'll let it be. I assume the fact that the neighborhood is in a notable city makes it notable (so a random neighborhood in my town wouldn't be). Dark Shikari 19:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help on Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go the bugs. I knew there was a speedy deletion thing, but couldn't find it. Cipherswarm 15:57, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
I see you're getting acquainted with her on AfD.
She is seriously pushing to get an RFC on her one of these days. Getting rid of OR and unsourced material is fine; doing it at the expense of civility and consensus is not.
If she really gets on your nerves and you want to start an RFC, let me know. Daniel Case 03:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Where do you live at? I live at Bothell, Washington, which is about 30 minutes away from Seattle, Washington. --Bigtop 07:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Here's what I've been creating for you... (must have the font "Mistral" installed at your computer)
Do you like it? If you like it, just contact me. You can put this in your front page also. --Bigtop 19:06, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me! --Bigtop 00:00, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Oops, one thing I forgot:
When you change your signature colors, you should change your banner colors too! --Bigtop 00:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Whoops, I didn't really read the persons name carefully to notice it was the same as the article, since he wrote a long passage, and therefore wasn't trying to add the comment as a joke between his name and the articles, but rather linking his comment to being the articles author. --Porqin 16:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Haven't you put the banner on your user page yet? --Bigtop 17:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed your comment at this AfD discussion. I've suggested which articles should be kept, as you requested. However, please remember WP:BITE: I think you were a little mean to our friend User:Siper101. --RFBailey 16:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
What is your username in Uncyclopedia? --Bigtop 21:35, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
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Why would you delete my Nickelback stuff? Its, like, totally true!!
Anybody can close Featured Picture nominations, not just admins. Also, the person who does so should guage consensus--as you said, "votes" with lengthy reasoning are stronger than "votes" like mine (we don't really vote). However, that doesn't mean my voice should be completely disregarded. Users who don't understand these subtleties should not be closing nominations, so have faith in the system and assume good faith! I don't oppose FPCs just to be an ass. I do so because I have a valid concern about the image.
Generic "the above vote is a bad one" comments are typically superfluous and somewhat rude. It's ok for there to be some dissent; unanimity is not required. ~MDD4696 15:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
hi Dark. i just got messages from you that you reverted a couple of my deletions. one was the non-existent article on expectancy theory. thanks for doing that. i cut and pasted the expectancy section from my doctoral dissertation into the article, and so deleted the redirect to the article on victor vroom, but then worried about the possibility of copyright issues should that portion of my dissertation end up in a journal article. unfortunately, i then couldn't figure out how to set up the redirect.
the other reversion of my deletion, however, is undesirable. the article on "a nasty story," by Dostoyevsky (which amounts to about a sentence), is incorrect as reverted. the sentence in fact describes the plot of Dostoyevsky's novella, "the Gambler," which has often been published in the same volume as "a nasty story," but is a different story altogether, and has nothing to do with gamblers in a spa town, as stated in the article as reverted. i would advise you to revert your reversion.
best,
SH
Addendum: I've busted out my copy of "a nasty story," and will attempt to put together a coherent but brief plot summary for the time being. i am going to once again delete the erroneous existing plot summary.
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Alright, I'm aware that 1. I am anonymous and 2. By comments made on the talk pages every who wikifies on a regular basis is elitist towards single purpose or sock puppets, and i'm not even them.
but to take argument against one pop culture reference over another is absurd, especially when your public information shows a bias towards cartoons/anime. Yes there was an episode of the simpsons where they got an elephant, but there also elephants in video games, the "oliphant" in JRRs Lord of the Rings, the darwin award elephant story. Pop culture is not easily defined, and to draw an arbitrary line of one person's definition as the final call on an entry is not democratic or correct. Its a problem wikipedia will have to deal with in the future. Feel free to delete this or respond, I'll check back on it when I peruse my bookmarks. Of course being the brilliant person I am I've argued against a java programmer who rads Dostoyevsky.
food for thought. 67.172.61.222 03:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I guess I wasn't supposed to just start making pages... it got deleted ;P
Anyways, thanks for the warm welcome... I already have a couple of questions :) How did you get all that cool looking stuff on your personal page? like the box that says you play EVE, etc...
Thanks Memotype 04:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
P.S. How do you get your username to look all cool, etc when you sign things? :) Memotype 04:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen the comments at User talk:Dark Shikari Bot? The problem is that ((Template:WikiProject Anime and manga)) can also be written as ((Template:Anime)) and ((Template:Manga)). --Εξαίρετος (msg) 07:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, sorry, my intent was not to vandalize any article and I never have had that intent. I wished to have a discussion with everyone about the factual accuracy of the reception section. If you look at the article's history, there have been numerous changes to that section, some say it sold well and some say it sold poorly in 1995-1996. 156.34.208.234 13:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
User:Curtis Autery/findNumChange.pl is an initial draft of a script (not a full-fledged bot) to detect edits which were only number changes. It doesn't do everything you asked for, but hopefully you can find it useful. Curtis Autery 01:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
# 7z e -so inputfile.7z | findNumChange.pl > outputfile
Please go to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Dragon Ball special abilities to share your opinion. Hydromasta231 07:03, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I've looked over the contributions from your bot, and read the above entry about the bug in bot. Apparently the bug was not fixed. Please see the comments at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Dark Shikari Bot. As soon as you've resolved the issues, please post there to give us an update so we can approve your bot as soon as possible. -- RM 02:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Can I appeal your rejection of my page ?
I (think I) have some good reasons :
I'm not sure that I understand what you're saying (apologies if I'm just being slow - I'm new to this wikipedia thing). Your original rejection said that it was a copyvio, which I don't think is correct - copyright doesn't apply to facts, does it ? (IANAL) Now you talk about original research - all the facts on the page are verifiable from the source websites. The only tricky thing is that in a few cases the source websites disagree (but at least one agrees with my page, unless I screwed up).
Finally - "put it back into the AFC page" - does this mean that I go through the same process again ? Are you saying that if I re-enter the same content in the same way then it might be approved this time around ? That sounds...odd, which makes me suspect that I've misunderstood :-)
Thanks.
Hey, Dark Shikari, I just thought of something else. I added two or three more articles that are completely devoted to the albums of Maureen McGovern (ever heard of her? I strongly recommend that you try her out if you like artists with true talent!), but I'd like to also upload the album covers. I checked out the directions on how to do them, but I'm not exactly sure what the legal way would be. I do remember that I had some of the covers from my LPs and CDs of her music copied onto a disk, but I don't own any rights or anything like that. If you cannot help me with this decision, can you think of anyone who can? Write back ASAP, please.
Thanks, User:Jpete
Hello, Dark Shikari. I have another question, and this time about redirecting sources. If you take a look at the article you approved on Maureen McGovern's album Academy Award Performance: And the Envelope, Please, you'll see that the movie The Big Broadcast of 1938 is mentioned; however, on the album cover (and a few other outside information on the movie), the word "The" is dropped from the title. I'd like to redirect the sentence "Big Broadcast of 1938" to the article The Big Broadcast of 1938 but I can't find (so far) any directions on how to do that. Can you help me out with that?
Thank you, User:Jpete
P.S. You've been very much help to me so far. Keep up the good work!
In reference to Aaron Nicholls, the page was in existance in Wikipaedia stating, "Aaron Nicholls was jailed for life in 1999 for the murder of his twelve year old girlfriend, Lauren Carhart, in which he poured barbecue fuel on her and threw matches at her until she caught alight. Nicholls is the prime suspect for providing Ian Huntley with antidepressants for his September 2006 suicide attempt." It therefore follows that this apge should be linked to from Ian Huntley given the obvious connection.
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17850630&method=full&siteid=62484&headline=exclusive--huntley-print-cards-for-sale-name_page.html as well as the pre-existing article.
This is what you get! You killed what I was sending for Nack the Weasel because of Vandolisum, well, too bad! Because that was trying to be helpful and it was not nonsence! Get em' Tails Doll! SCUMMMMMMMMPY! DIE! LEAVE! WE DOn"T WAN'T YOU ANYMORE! BOO! GO SOAK YOU'RE HEAD IN LAVA! DIE! WEE!
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Thanks for reverting on TV Tycoon, but contrary to the warning you left on User talk:58.107.211.13, the user did not add nonsense or vandalise. It appeared to merely be poorly formatted. --Gray PorpoisePhocoenidae, not Delphinidae 22:35, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi - thanks for nominating my photo :) I didn't contribute to the discussion because I didn't know it was on until I stumbled over it today! I fixed the flaw on the left - I can't believe I missed that for so long. Cheers anyway - Gobeirne 06:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi - You tagged an article a few weeks ago as non-notable which was then deleted. The user (a new user) resubmitted it, it got deleted again, and he's been working on it on a user subpage. If you could take a look at the current version, User:VPRLC/Police Rugby League (Victoria), and let him know what you think I'd appreciate it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
The amended page is now no different to many pages that currently appear on the site. It is the same format etc and shares similars references about is foundation etc. Out of curiosity, do you have a particular dislike for rugby league, or the more obvious 'Police' aspect of it. There is no genuine reason to not allow this page to exist and be accessed by the public. Considering the nature and content of many of the pages on Wikipedia, this one should not be an issue. VPRLC 11:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
I have claimed nothing, what I did was ask a question of you. A question you did not answer instead you responded with a threat of making my case a lot worse, which is easy when you can remain anon. Now to answer your question. YES the club is notable and for several reasons, including but not limited to being the first of its kind in the state of Victoria and for helping pave the way for the sport of rugby league (not rugby) in a traditionally non rugby league state. I do not think it should be one persons decision as to the suitability of the page. The club is a genuine sporting club with a strong albiet short history and the page appears to meet the criteria for being included on this universal (not yours) site. VPRLC 01:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Please don't misinterpret wanting answers and clarification as badgering, that is being a bit too sensitive. According to Rick, you tagged the page for speedy deletion, so yes it was you who decided it was not worthy of being on the site and I would now like to know what happens from here. In laymans terms please, that way we can avoid any perceived badgering in the future :)VPRLC 04:10, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your lack of assistance. Although I had considered putting the idea for the page in the too hard basket and forgetting about pushing on with it, you have now changed my mind.VPRLC 08:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Eto... I'm not very familiar with how to post on here, So I'm just editing the page. I got a message from you (Dark Shikari) so I read it. Appearantly I've committed some sort of vandalism? If thats the case, I assure you it was purely accidental, but I'm close to positive it wasn't me. I've never editted a page (this is my first time), and I had never gone to the page you accused me of editing. Is it possible for an IP address to be shared by several computers? I am the only one who uses this computer, although I do use a router. That router is not connected to any other computers. Sorry if I caused any hard, just hoping to clear this matter up.
P.S.- Just saw your profile thingy on the way here, also a huge fan of GITS: SAC (Aoi is the coolest character from any Anime!), as well as being a massive fan of manga/anime in general. You seem to be doing a lot of good work, keep it up, samaritan!
Hmm... so if you can see what pages my IP address has been editing, does that mean you can also see what pages I visit? Thats a rather scary thought :P Most of my use of Wikipedia involves researching high explosives... and visiting anime pages :P
If you are going to nominate an article for deletion, can you put a reason for it. Balloonman 15:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
answer: u cant
They really hate you, DS :P Luigi30 (Taλk) 13:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
I just saw a notice prohibiting edits on a User Page and I was wondering if that's allowed. Since you're the Wikipedian obsessive (in a nice way) I know, I thought I'd be best off asking you. It seems pretty unwiki-like to be able to write a disclaimer preventing people from writing on your User Page Hippoking 20:27, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
A few weeks ago you nominated an article that I had just started working on for deletion. I believe that part of the reason why you made the nomination was because you thought being a brat was a derogatory/subjective term. I would love for you to go back and read the article now, as it now exists and give me your feedback on the article. You know that I'm serious about getting this article right to be coming back to the main critic of the article for advice. I'll watch your page for a response. Balloonman 19:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)