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=1 May 2007=

== 3RR ==

You're OK, this is clearly a 3RR violation. (possibly a 5 or 6RR violation in fact). Keep up the good work. --[[User:Anthony.bradbury|Anthony.bradbury]] 11:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for your help. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 11:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== Potters Bar rail crash ==

Just to note, i have moved this page to [[Potters Bar rail accidents]] as there is more than one although i have made an emphasis that the 2002 one is more known. I have put the accidents in chronological order. [[User:Simply south|Simply south]] 12:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== Block of [[User:Hanselburg|Hanselburg]] ==

I'd have given this user an indefinite block. If their edits are bad from the outset and continue to vandalise, they aren't here seriously, and he'll only end up being blocked again if he returns. '''''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:red">Majorly</span>]]''''' '''[[User talk:Majorly|<span style="color:orange">(hot!)</span>]]''' 13:14, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:Indeed you are correct. He's just recently created [[User:Hanselburg2|Hanselburg2]] and [[User:Hanselburg3|Hanselburg3]] to continue vandalism. Could you take a look at this issue for me. Cheers. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 13:22, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== [[Hoofmaster]] ==

This was a CSD just a few hours ago by [[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ... see [[User_talk:KathrineS#May_2007]] ... that's why I did a {{tl|db-repost}}. &mdash;{{user|72.75.73.158}} 17:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:[[WP:CSD#G4|CSD G4]] (Recreation of deleted material) only applies to articles that have been the subject of a previous discussion. This does not apply to previous speedy deletions. Regards. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 17:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your help with this article. [[User:KathrineS|KathrineS]] 14:27, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== My (Selket's) RfA ==

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Thank you, {{BASEPAGENAME}}, for your support on [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Selket|my recent RfA]], which recently passed '''54/1/1'''. I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations. I will certainly take the constructive criticism I recieved to heart.

Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page.

Thank you again·

--'''[[User:Selket|Selket]]''' ^{[[User_talk:Selket|Talk]]} 18:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Sid Couchey ==

Hi there,

I'm sending a note about the Sid Couchey page I put together for Wikipedia. I've worked with Sid for many years as his eBay representative (I'm also organizing a comic-book convention appearance for him in July) and he was pleased with the results. He's been earning a bit of belated fame in his later years and I want to help with that effort in any way possible.

According to the history of the Couchey entry, you removed the Sid-related pictures that I had attached to his page. Since I'm new to Wikipedia, could I get an explanation about this--and the best way, if any, to reattach the pictures so they won't be removed as per Wikipedia's guidelines? In its current state, it looks as if Sid was a cowboy-artist if you're just casually glancing at the page.

Thanks,

Dan Busha <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Chefdaniel|Chefdaniel]] ([[User talk:Chefdaniel|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Chefdaniel|contribs]]) 19:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Hi, thanks for your message. I deleted the image [[:Image:SidCouchey.jpg]] and removed it from the article because it did not image did not have information on the source or the licence. The image had been tagged as lacking this information for seven days. This deletion comes under [[WP:CSD#I4|CSD I4]] (Lack of licensing information). To help you understand the types of images that can be used, I'd suggest you read [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]] which should answer all your questions.

:Also, it is important if you are in anyway connected with the subjects of articles you edit that you are also familar with [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]].

:If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask and I'll be happy to help you. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 19:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== Andrew Mulholland ==

I believe that the books on amazon.com are self published, which is why they don't have ISBNs. I believe that Andrew added bogus ISBNs to make the books seem legit. If you look at the individual amazon listings, you'll see a lot of suspicious numbers etc, such as low availability, further indicating self publishing, which is not a reliable source on Wiki. Further, a look at the alumni list will show he straight lied about graduating with honors...we don't need any more Essjays on wikipedia. [[User:Matt Brennen|Matt Brennen]] 19:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:As per my comments on the AfD page, I think the evidence does in fact suggest the books do exist (the publisher's website includes some of the books on their out of print list which would explain low availability) and I'm also not convinced that the alumni list can be trusted 100% to prove he doesn't have a degree. Despite this, I'm currently of the opinion that the subject fails the notability criteria set out in [[WP:BIO]] so unless anyone can present materials to satisfy those criteria, I will probably support the deletion. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 20:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I understand that Mr. mulholland may have told some reporter that he has a degree with honors, and that reporters never fact check these things, but don't you think the list of alumni '''from the university''' outweighs some newspaper article? My god the man never attended! The list is a complete list, you don't have to pay to be on it (as was claimed). This guy is another Essjay, and wiki has had enough Essjays don't you think? [[User:Matt Brennen|Matt Brennen]] 22:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Please tell me where I send a copy of Andrew Mulhollands graduation certificate as not only did he attend, but he graduated with honours. I'm sorry if you had difficulty tracing his details at the University - but had you called them, they would have confirmed that the information is accurate. As for the books, yes they do exist and have sold thousands of copies. I'm sorry that you really seem to have it in for this guy - it's a shame as his work is well known and enjoyed around the globe. [[User:KathrineS|KathrineS]] 14:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

::I'd be interesting in knowing how come you have access to a copy of his graduation certifiacte. [[User:DarkSaber2k|DarkSaber2k]] 08:53, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Because I contacted him and asked for it. [[User:KathrineS|KathrineS]] 14:06, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

=3 May 2007=

== Re:Chelsea badge image ==

Hello! The deleted image had no source; it was (improperly) tagged with <nowiki>{{PD-self}}</nowiki> and had no other info. The link in the deletion summary was http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/Copyright . Let me know if I can do anything more to help :) — <font face="papyrus">[[User:E@L|<font color=darkred><font color="darkgoldenrod">E</font>ditor <font color=black>at</font> <font color=darkgoldenrod>L</font>arge</font>]][[User talk:E@L|<sup><font color=darkgoldenrod>(<font color=black>speak</font>)</font>]]</font> 01:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:Okay thanks for your help, it appears this problem has been resolved. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 08:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

==George Harrison pic==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3AJk_beatles_george.jpg&diff=127993773&oldid=127861307 What content dispute?] -- <b>[[User:Y|Y]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Y|not?]]</b> 17:01, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:Sorry for the delay in responding. I probably misinterpreted the situation slightly but I don't see how the reason for deletion comes under the criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is redundant it could be deleted under CSD I5 but that is not the case with this image, it is used in [[George Harrison]] and [[The Beatles]]. If you were of the opinion that it wasn't necessary to include in these articles then I would have expected it to have been removed before being put up for deletion. I'm also slightly curious as to why you yourself didn't delete this image. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 18:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

::It would be gauche to exercise IAR outright. You're right, it's not in the CSD. But it would be moronic to put it up for a long ''replaceability'' discussion where there are like three equivalent quality free images already in the article! -- <b>[[User:Y|Y]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Y|not?]]</b> 18:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:::Sure, I just still don't understand why, by tagging the image for speedy deletion, you were taking the decision about the articles from being an editorial one to an admin one. For me to delete the image would require me to familiarise myself with the context that it was used in the articles. Much simpler would be for an editor with knowledge of the topics to remove it from the articles and then it could be deleted it under I5 by anyone. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 18:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

==Image watermarking==

I had a feeling that watermarked images were verboten when I posted that warning to [[User talk:Themadscot]], but I could find no explicit Wiki injunction against it. Where were you quoting from? Did I just dumbly miss an obvious rule? [[User:Fordmadoxfraud|Ford MF]] 19:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:It's the last paragraph of the section [[Wikipedia:Image use policy#User-created images]]:

:<blockquote>Also, user-created images may not be watermarked, distorted, have any credits in the image itself or anything else that would hamper their free use, unless, of course, the image is intended to demonstrate watermarking, distortion etc. and is used in the related article. All photo credit should be in a summary on the image description page.</blockquote>

:Hope this helps. Regards.[[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 20:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

=5 May 2007=

==reverted page==

Hi, you just reverted my page, you got rid of it so quick I didn't even have time to add the {hangon} text.

Wikipedia is not webspace, your right, but most photographers have a couple of galleries of images and teres no harm in that as it is nt taking up any space and allthe images were in articles, it's not like I just uploaded them for my own reasons and they were taking up space on the wiki server. I would agree with you if someone started using wikipedia as webspace and they weren't contributing, but this is different.--[[User:Benjamint444|Benjamint444]] 13:09, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

:Hi [[User:Benjamint444|Benjamint444]]. Firstly, regarding my deletion of the page, the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Criteria for speedy deletion]] allows for administrators to delete pages "on sight" where they come under the criteria specified. A page tagged with {{tl|hangon}} can still be deleted if it "unquestionably meets the speedy deletion criteria". If you would like to highlight other such pages I would be happy to review them against our policies and delete them as appropriate. The page clearly violates [[WP:NOT]] which cannot be ignored because you are an active contributor. Regards. [[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 13:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

== IRC cloak request ==

I am Adambro on freenode and I would like

the cloak wikipedia/Adambro. Thanks. --[[User:Adambro|Adambro]] 15:05, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

=6 May 2007=

==right then...==

I see I asked a question during your RFA and then forgot to come back! How careless of me. Here's my belated respose: "Good answer, I '''Support''' this candidate." =) Looks like you're off to a fine start. ··[[ user: coelacan |coe<span style=" font-variant: small-caps" >l</span>]][[ user talk:coelacan |acan]] 07:41, 6 May 2007 (UTC)