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==CfD==
Hi, I noticed you marked [[:Category:Unpop Archivists]] and [[:Category:Unpop Art Movement]] for deletion but never added them to [[WP:CFD]]. I've removed the tags for now. If you definitely wanted to delete these categories, please make sure you list them at CFD in addition to adding the cfd tag. Thanks! --[[User:Kbdank71|Kbdank71]] 18:17, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== [[Duke Snider]] ==
Mr. Monitor, I noticed that you added the following link to Duke's page:
"Best Competitor, Second to None (http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/04/14/sections/sports/sports/article_480859.php) by Steve Bisheff of the Orange County Register"
If you go to the link you have to register. So, unless you work for the OCR, can you copy the text of the article to WikiSource, then link it to the article? Thanks. [[User:WikiDon|WikiDon]] 11:12, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
: Registration on the Orange County Register website is free. What are the legalities of copying article text to WikiSource which is potentially copyrighted? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 20:33, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== Re: Constantine Maroulis article ==
Several times now you have removed links I have posted to the article about [[Constantine Maroulis]], citing them as "spam". They are not spam, and I encourage you to read the discussion page at that article so you are better informed as to the situation. Thanks.
--[[User:Bonavox|Bonavox]] 00:11, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
: Please refer to [[WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links.2C_images.2C_or_media_files|WP:NOT]]. Wikipedia is not a link farm. Given that you have a personal connection with the websites you are adding to the Constantine Maroulis article, it is not unreasonable to cite the additions as link spamming. If you disagree with me, please submit your comments on the respective discussion page, as will I. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 04:29, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== Blocking of AOL-ip's ==
Hi!
We don't "tolerate" AOL vandalism, but the way the AOL-proxies work, there is a considerable danger of blocking wrong users if we extend any block on an AOL-IP for more than 15 minutes. So we try not to do it.
Regarding the [[Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism]]: The way we try to keep that page small and handable is to remove listings that has been handled by an admin, so I'm removing your listing again now. [[User:Shanes|Shanes]] 28 June 2005 21:37 (UTC)
::There's a big note about it on the Block-User page (the page admins access to block an IP), but you have to be an admin to get to it. The text reads:
:::Read this part!
:::Some ISPs use proxy servers so that a large number of users share a single IP. Blocking such an IP can affect a very large number of innocent users. The tables to the right give the IP ranges for AOL and NTL, two such ISPs.
:::Please keep blocks in these ranges to 15 minutes or less. Admins and developers will generally clear such blocks promptly, because of the large collateral damage.
::I know it sucks, but it's all we can do against AOL-vandals. Sorry. [[User:Shanes|Shanes]] 28 June 2005 21:49 (UTC)
== Invitation to Talk/Discussion Page==
As an "innocent AOL user" I'd like to invite you to contribute to the discussion on the talk page of [[Doug Stanhope]], [[Talk:Doug_Stanhope]]. Just a quick question regarding edits. Thanks for your attention.
: Hello, [[User:152.163.100.73]]. If you would like to engage in meaningful conversation, please start by creating an actual user account on Wikipedia rather than making edits from an anonymous pool of AOL IP addresses. Please note that the contribution history of this IP address is tainted with several incidents of vandalism. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/152.163.100.73] [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 29 June 2005 18:13 (UTC)
:: I don't know how to check the contribution history of this AOL IP address, please post a link or explain where to find this information and I will take proper note as requested. I'd rather not create a user account if addresses can be checked up on like that.
::: Suit yourself. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 30 June 2005 16:18 (UTC)
== RE: Butch and Phil Hartman ==
If you are interested, I will forward you the email I recieved from Butch Hartman. I know for a FACT they aren't related. You should check your facts.
: Hello, [[User:68.160.192.44|68.160.192.44]]. My past experiences with anonymous contributors of Wikipedia have been unreliable and untrustworthy. If you will review the [[Butch Hartman]] article you will see that I too had removed the brother-relationship mention between the Hartmans. IMDb appears to be contradicting itself somewhat, but both make mention that they are born from the same parents (the Hartmanns). Please do not expect me to engage further in any sort of dialogue until you create an account and log in. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 1 July 2005 21:13 (UTC)
:Hello, I have created a user account [[User:Methelfilms|Methelfilms]] and logged in. I am telling you that I went to Butch Hartman's website and asked him. He responded very quicky and let me know that he ISN'T Phil Hartman's brother. If you would like, I can forward the email to you. [[User:Methelfilms|Methelfilms]] 1 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)
:: If you would like, you may click on the "'''[[Special:Emailuser/Hall_Monitor|E-mail this user]]'''" option on your left-hand side. My preference would be to include the response from Mr. Hartman in full, with mail headers, on both of the respective talk pages. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 1 July 2005 21:26 (UTC)
::: I emailed you relevent information. I don't think Butch Hartman nor my email address should be made public on the talk pages. If you still don't believe me, feel free to email Mr. Hartman via his website. I was just trying to correct a mistake on a website. [[User:Methelfilms|Methelfilms]] 1 July 2005 21:34 (UTC)
:::: Thank you for your valiant efforts towards the improvement of the article. Sorry for initially doubting your good faith, but there has been a string of AOL users vandalising articles which I've created or contributed to, as you can probably deduce by glancing over my talk page. Also note that earlier in the month I also removed the mention of the relationship between Phil and Butch, see: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Butch_Hartman&diff=14902930&oldid=14902812 here]. I've sent a long, interrogative email to Mr. Hartman inquiring about other aspects of his family tree and history so that we may clean up his article in its entirety once and for all. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 1 July 2005 21:40 (UTC)
::::: No problem. I happen to be a huge Phil Hartman fan, and I knew when I saw that Butch Hartman connection, it was incorrect. Thank you for making me register, because I've been correcting stuff on wikipedia for a while. Good to have a user name. Hopefully, Mr. Hartman won't get too peeved at all our inquiries. [[User:Methelfilms|Methelfilms]] 1 July 2005 22:06 (UTC)
:::::I was dropping off a thank you note when I just saw this thing. And considering Phil Hartman was born with two n's in his last name, they aren't. Of course this debate is out of date and this comment is pointles.. [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] 21:57, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
::::::Thank you Redwolf24. We managed to resolve this issue and have ironed out the Butch Hartman article to reflect an accurate family history. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:01, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
==[[User:Bcat/Bank]]==
Hey, I noticed that you opened an account. You need to also adjust the ''Total amount in circulation'' to reflect your account's amount. Cheers, [[User:Hydnjo|hydnjo]] [[User talk:Hydnjo|talk]] 18:29, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
== [[Andy Milonakis]] ==
You can request a page be protected from editing at [[WP:RFP]]. Good luck · [[User:Katefan0|'''Katefan0''']]<sup>[[User talk:Katefan0|(scribble)]]</sup> 18:55, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
== Hopefully I have either.. ==
Cleared things up entirely, or obfuscated things even more by butting in on the Britney Spears argument. Thankfully it is not mine, but yours to decide which. [[User:Bobo192|'''Bobo''']][[User_talk:Bobo192|'''192''']]<font color="cc0000">'''|'''</font>[http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits.cgi?user=Bobo192&dbname=enwiki '''Edits''']
==Who's RFA==
Thank you for your vote of support on my RFA. <font color=#FF0033>[[Special:Contributions/Who|∞]]</font>[[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<font color=#00Ff00>?</font><font color=#FF00FF>¿</font><font color=#0033FF>?</font>]] 22:24, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
==[[Emily Browning]]==
Hi thanks for the fix on [[Emily Browning]]. I couldn't really tell if it was a new entry, a test or vandalism. I usually fix and research such things, but was in a hurry and to be safe rv'd. Thanks <font color=#FF0033>[[Special:Contributions/Who|∞]]</font>[[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<font color=#00Ff00>?</font><font color=#FF00FF>¿</font><font color=#0033FF>?</font>]] 22:56, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
''Thank you, too, for reverting vandalism on my user page. Unfortunately, my page has become a recent target as a result of spotting and cleaning vandalism on other pages. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)''
Unfortunately, that wasn't me this time, [[User:Y0u|Y0u]], did that. But I have now added your page to my watchlist, so if it happens in the future, I will try to catch it. Salut. <font color=#FF0033>[[Special:Contributions/Who|∞]]</font>[[User:Who|Who]][[User talk:Who|<font color=#00Ff00>?</font><font color=#FF00FF>¿</font><font color=#0033FF>?</font>]] 23:05, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
== Re: Britney Spears ==
I don't know what's up everyone's butt, but a soubrette isn't a vocal class or fach like the traditional lines of soprano, mezzo or alto. The classification deals with the tone, pitch, and volume of a voice. In short it is more a style than a true fach. Britney's voice is soft, mellow and sweet. One listen to her song ''Everytime'' and you can hear why she fits the profile of a soubrette perfectly. The lines of vocal classification are blurry. Being a soubrette doesn't mean you are totally incapable of vocal altitude, just where the voice '''''prefers''''' to be. For example, Blu Cantrell is considered an alto. The alto's high note is considered to be the F or G above High C (under Soprano C). OK. She can (and has demonstrated in ''Waste My Time'') the ability to execute a pitch well in whistle register. The high (or low note) of a person is individualized. The vocal fach is a guideline, not a militaristic maximum. Ileana Cotrubaş, a great operatic example of a soubrette in the classical sense. She however was capable of coloratura. So Britney can (and is) both a lyric soprano and a soubrette. Many, many people are capable of sing more than one vocal fach (Pharrell Williams: countertenor and baritone), Usher (baritone and tenor), Mariah (alto, mezzo, soprano, even tenor if she really wanted). So yes, you can classify her '''''EASILY''''' as a lyric soprano, but because she fits the profile of a soubrette so well, that is why she should be classified as a soubrette. [[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 23:56, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
PS: The highest note I ever heard from Britney is a G5 in ("Toxic", the background wailing). That is IT. Maybe an A5 in her show Chaotic when she mimicks the opera singer. But no extensive coloratura and she is a good five or six steps away from even the bottom fringes of whistle singer.
PPS: I have been studying voice for seven years. I'm not crazy
[[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 23:56, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
== re: Bank of Wikipedia ==
You asked why the "Bank of Wikipedia" was banned. There are several places we have to direct you. First, this was an unsanctioned attempt to create a [[m:role account]]. MediaWiki considered and ultimately rejected the use of role accounts. Second, there are credible allegations that this was the creation of [[user:Iasson]], a banned user (see [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Iasson]]). In general, any account created by a banned user during the ban or as an attempt to circumvent the ban is to be immediately and permanently shut down. Third, evidence indicates that this initiative is associated with the Willy on Wheels vandal (which may or may not be related to the second point - the Willy on Wheels vandal has never been definitively identified). See [[Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress/Willy on Wheels]] for further information. I hope that helps. [[User:Rossami|Rossami]] [[User talk:Rossami|(talk)]] 17:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
==Christina's Vocal Profile==
The notes she can hit is the source by itself.It's hard to understand why it should be deleted. In this case,Christina's highest/lowest note(C#7/Eb3) was shown in sample clips I added.Someone who can play piano/or have music tuner program can tell that the note is not that fake.If you know the highest/lowest note,you know vocal range too.It's common sense.I think we should remove this section only when there is no sample clip to prove what the note really is. [[User:Maxim04|Maxim04]]
: Yes, I understand, but this is in direct violation of Wikipedia's official policy, [[Wikipedia:No original research]]. If you will review the edit history of the [[Christina Aguilera]] article, you will plainly see that not everyone agrees with the her exact vocal range. Until a credible and external source can be [[WP:CITE|cited]] this section should be removed. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:52, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks for your reply.I understand now ^-^
About the vocal profile of [[Christina Aguilera]]. I noticed that you removed the profile due to the WP:CITE and WP:NOR rules. But while looking at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christina_Aguilera&diff=19164541&oldid=19164376 diff between Maxim's edit and your reversion], there was a [http://www.geocities.com/notes_and_octaves/christinaaguilera.html URL] citing where the profile came from. Is this source acceptable for the article? If not, why? --[[User:Lbmixpro|LBMixPro]][[User talk:Lbmixpro|<sup><span style="text-decoration: none;">(Speak on it!)</span></sup>]] 08:30, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
: It is all a matter of what is and is not a credible source of information. In the case of the Christina Aguilera article, her vocal profile and range is hotly contested, being constantly manipulated an octave or two every day. Generally speaking, how trustworthy is any information you obtain from GeoCities and how is it authoritative? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 15:28, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
== Removal of vocal profile(s) ==
Hell kill 'em all. Everything is subject to the interpretation of someone else, and quite frankly I am so sick of a batch of ignorant mofos constantly dictating what is right and not. In Britney's profile, we are arguing over whether she hits a C#3 or a Db3. '''''ITS THE SAME DAMN PITCH!!!!'''''. My goodness people. Let us get it together. I would like to see a greater consistency on what statistics we are reporting. Minnie is well regarded for her five octave range. But is 4.3 here because her highest recorded note is an F#7. That wasn't her HIGHEST pitch she was capable of. But somebody decided that was her highest pitch. Adam Lopez has pitched higher than the damn E7 in Stay With Me. It was a good idea, but there will always be some ignorant jackass who will subject it to his interpretation. [[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 20:49, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
: Many of us share your frustration, believe me. If someone could just [[WP:CITE]] a credible outside source which documents what her vocal range is, we would no longer be subject to such problems. Until such a source can be cited, we should avoid any [[Wikipedia:No original research|original research]] as per official Wikipedia policy. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 21:20, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
::Some of the info in the Riperton article came from her liner notes to her Petals legacy album. PS: There used to be a site called freehostz.com that had the info on a lot of the higher range of notes. [[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 22:07, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
==Angela Jia Kim==
: Hi. I don't have the birthday ([[Angela Jia Kim]]). I was just hoping it would be added by the original writer. [[user:Kojangee|Kojangee]]
== Dropping off a thank you note ==
Thanks for your support vote at my RfA. I hope to not disappoint. [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] 21:51, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
== On the vocal profiles ==
Is there any way we can create a page to have a consensus on what we are reporting as far as vocal statistics. The reason I ask is, I thought about it over the weekend, and I believe we may be approaching this from a multitude of different angles. My reason for debate for example, on the Minnie profile, it says highest and lowest note. Those are the highest and lowest '''recorded''' notes, so far anyway. We don't know what she hit in the shower'''!''' Is that her TOTAL range? No, her published range is five (5.5 per her Petals legacy album). I think if we stuck to the highest recorded note, lowest recorded note, and a vocal range per record label website (if possible), a lot of the bickering would stop. Maybe not with Britney, but most....
[[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 15:46, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
::If you do a search on Minnie or Mariah, it will say five octave range. Using http://www.music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16117745, and http://www.music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16074698 as examples, we can easily derive the range. But if you see, D3 - F#7 does not equal five octaves. That is because the low and high notes listed are only for '''recorded''' notes. So when someone says her range is 4.3 octaves (D3-F#7), I go and try to correct that, since I know (have known for a long time), since she is well-known for having a five-octave range. The range is only recorded, so I would rather we have protected the section and discuss range changes first. The most edits come from the least knowledgable. It part isn't fair. [[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 16:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
:::I wish I could find the owner of the notes and Octaves site (it was on freehostz and geocities). Granted, geocities isn't the most reliable of web server hosts, but the site did have consistently reliable information (by music enthusiasts anyway). You will forever have opinion-ated derivations in Britney or Christina. Most (including myself) with a tuner can verify a few of the pitches listed and see the accuracy. It doesn't stop the idiots that fight over a C# vs. a D-flat, but it allows the semi-educated a way to see how the singers rank. I think if we could come to a consensus about what the statistics are (not just for a particular singer, but over all), the level of creduous edits will sharply decrease) [[User:Antares33712|Antares33712]] 19:05, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
:Thanks for the congrats. While I'm not well-versed in the matter, I've offered my thoughts on the matter (actually I asked questions). --[[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]]·[[User talk:Dmcdevit|t]] 23:03, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
As far as Carrie Underwood's vocal range - how about e-mailing Kelli Doolen or someone at DownTown Country and asking them? Find e-mail addys at www.nsuok.edu and "directory."
== Thanks Hall Moniter ==
Thanks about the warning to Mcphail. -- [[User:SWD316|SWD316]] 16:54, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
==Carried away on VfD?==
Hi Brookie. To a degree, I can appreciate why you may have been inclined to nominate some of the possible copyvios posted by an anonymous editor (vandal) yesterday -- but may I ask why you opted to list [[Terry Ellis]], [[Dawn Robinson]], and [[Cindy Herron]] for deletion as well? In the case of Dawn Robinson for instance, why would you feel that an African-American female vocalist who has her own solo album released by Atlantic Records, has been a member of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl, worked with Dr. Dre on his Aftermath label, and ocassionally partakes in modeling is a non-notable individual? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:32, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
: Hi Brookie here - thanks for the note - obviously it seems my views on these nominations was perhaps a bit hasty but they were made in good faith - the good things about the system is - they are either accepted or not! :) [[User:Brookie|A curate's egg]] 07:13, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
:: Thank you Brookie for your expeditious reply. If you would, please read over the "Things to consider" section over at [[WP:VFD]]. By observing the established guidelines and policies, you can avoid these mistakes in the future and establish some wonderful relationships at the same time! Thanks! [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:23, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
:::Thanks again -I'll pay it a visit! Kind regards [[User:Brookie|A curate's egg]] 16:24, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
==[[User:Artistopia]]==
This user, though warned by you to stop adding spam for internal "Artistopia" sites to various music artists' entries, has continued to do so. The user's contributions show no other edits other than adding Artistopia links. I'm going to try to give the user one more talk page suggestion that he or she stop doing so, and instead contribute in a more substantial manner... and, given that the user doesn't do so, can you block them? [[User:jasonglchu|jglc]] | [[User talk:Jasonglchu|t]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jasonglchu|c]] 16:12, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
== Limitations on deletion proposals ==
Hey, thanks for the info. I'll do some digging and see what I can find. -[[User:Sethmahoney|Seth Mahoney]] 19:35, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
== You Tweaked my link on Holloway article ==
Thank you. I am still somewhat new at this. =) [[User:Xaa|Xaa]] 22:26, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
== Wendy Hiller is laden in POV ==
Congratulations. :) I randomly selected you from a list of contributors to the [[Wendy Hiller]] article. The biography is excellent, but heavily laden in POV. Would you be interested in working together to help correct this? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:39, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
: Mmm, I see what you mean, but why do you need help? You seem pretty capable. Are you saying you don't know much about her? Or do you just want to present a united front? [[User:Deb|Deb]] 22:42, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
:: All of the above-- by no means am I an expert on Hiller, and there appear to be several editors who are actively engaging in reinserting POV corrections. Any help you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. :) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:46, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
::: I fiddled a bit. Did it help at all? [[User:Deb|Deb]] 19:04, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
:::: Yes, it looks wonderful! Thanks for all of your help, Deb. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 20:26, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
==Canderson7's RFA==
Thanks for supporting my RFA, I really appreciate it! --[[User:Canderson7|Canderson]]'''[[User_talk:Canderson7|7]]''' 17:07, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
== Eric Gilder VfD ==
Hi, I noticed you voted ''keep'' in the VfD for [[Eric Gilder (professor)]]. Just wanted to direct your attention to the VfD's for the other related pages:
*[[Four Freedoms Federation]] - ([[Talk:Four_Freedoms_Federation|talk]]) - ([[Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Four_Freedoms_Federation|VfD]])
*[[Province of the Carolanas]] - ([[Talk:Province of the Carolanas|talk]]) - ([[Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Province_of_the_Carolanas|VfD]])
*[[John Lilburne Research Institute]] - ([[Talk:John Lilburne Research Institute|talk]]) - ([[Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/John Lilburne Research Institute|VfD]])
They are all vanity/non-notable/hoax/original research by the same user ([[User:MPLX|MPLX]]), and rapidly speeding toward deletion. Just thought you may want to reconsider your vote on this page. --[[User:JW1805|JW1805]] 20:17, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you for the comment, are you suggesting that the Eric Gilder article is a hoax? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 15:49, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
::Well not technically a hoax, since the guy probably does really exist. But he isn't notable (fails the "professor test" at [[Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies]]). This article is part of a series of articles created by the same user that are about to be deleted, I just wanted to point that out.
:::See also: [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Radio Tiananmen|Radio Tiananmen]] --[[User:JW1805|JW1805]] 17:28, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
==Thanks==
Thank you for your vote of support on my recent [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Longhair|RfA]]. I was quite surprised by the amount of support I received, and wish to extend my thanks to you for taking the time to support my nomination for adminship. -- [[User:Longhair|Longhair]] | [[User talk:Longhair|Talk]] 12:22, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
==Deleting part of a quote as vandalism==
I noticed that you told [[User:220.93.58.66]] that removing part of this quote [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christina_Aguilera&diff=20067193&oldid=20047162] was vandalism [[User talk:220.93.58.66]]. If this is true perhaps you can help me with [[User:Gamaliel]]. He keeps deleting part of a quote at [[Roy Lichtenstein]]. Thank You.--[[User:198.93.113.49|198.93.113.49]] 19:59, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
== kmccoy's RFA ==
Hey! Thanks a lot for your support on my RFA. :) [[User:Kmccoy|kmccoy]] [[User_talk:Kmccoy|(talk)]] 04:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
== RFC for [[User:ComCat]] ==
Regarding your comments on [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/ComCat]]: I agree that the usual approach would be to discuss the errant VfD's with the user in question (and, indeed, I've done that before). But in this case, a quick review of [[User talk:ComCat]] and [[Special:Contributions/ComCat]] will show that a number of users have discussed the issue with ComCat over a period of months (indeed, these go back to 2004) with no response, so clearly the next step (the RFC) was in order.
As an aside, the section you wrote for [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/ComCat]] is supposed to be for a summary, discussion itself should happen on the Talk page. Considering moving some of your entry there. -- [[User:Kaszeta|Kaszeta]] 20:26, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
==Please do not remove VfD headers==
Regarding [[Cyrus Farivar]], please do not remove VfD headers while there is an open discussion. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyrus_Farivar&diff=20299623&oldid=20281140] Once the discussion has been closed, the user who completes the discussion summary will then remove the header with the result of the debate. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 00:02, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
*Please do not ignore edit summaries while parading around self rightously. [[User:GregNorc|-<b><font color="mediumblue">GregNorc</font></b>]] ([[User_talk:GregNorc|<font color=royalblue>talk</font>)]] 00:14, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
*As the manual says, Be Bold. I was, don't scold me for it. Why invite more argument when there is no need? I'm removing it AGAIN. If you don't like that, fine. The discussion is already over, leaving the banner is just leading to more votes which are '''not even being counted'''. [[User:GregNorc|-<b><font color="mediumblue">GregNorc</font></b>]] ([[User_talk:GregNorc|<font color=royalblue>talk</font>)]] 00:16, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
** I'd say he wasn't ignoring the edit summary, but rather acknowledging that while your explanation for the VfD header deletion was on the talk page, that didn't make it right. There's a process, and circumventing it doesn't do anyone any good. [[User:Delfuego|Jason]] 00:58, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
**There is a major difference between being [[WP:BOLD]] and circumventing process. Please allow for an admin to appropriately close the VfD discussion before pulling the VfD header from the article. While you are quoting ''guidelines'', you should also refer to [[WP:CIVIL]], which is an ''official policy''. Thanks! [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:05, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
***I am being civil. [[User:GregNorc|-<b><font color="mediumblue">GregNorc</font></b>]] ([[User_talk:GregNorc|<font color=royalblue>talk</font>)]] 15:05, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
==[[Chuck Munson]]==
Likes like [[User:Ruy Lopez]] has decided to edit-war on Chuck's behalf. Check it out. --[[User:Calton|Calton]] | [[User talk:Calton|Talk]] 11:07, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks for your support ==
[[Image:Janitor's bucket with mop.jpg|thumb|75px|right|'''The mop is mine!''']]
Thank you for voting to support [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Malathion|my RFA]]. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. --[[User:malathion|malathion]] [[User talk:malathion|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 07:49, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
: Congratulations. :) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:13, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
==Cher as gay icon==
Is it a matter of dispute that Cher is a gay icon? It shouldn't be a problem to find a source, and I will in a moment, but it just seems a little... peculiar... to insist on citing a "reputable source" for this bit of common knowledge, when there's so many other bits of unsubstantiated trivia right in the very same article. Anyway, I'm off to fix that oversight.
--
What is the definition of a "valid, credible" source? Google turns up hundreds of pages of results for "cher" "gay icon," which to me is the most credible indication of all that popular culture esteems her as a gay icon, but I'm assuming this won't be sufficient to avoid a revert. Is there anything else that's needed? Sources of the sort I put on the [[Mr. Clean]] article?
I'm assuming I shouldn't delete the rest of the article pending verification, though I must admit I don't see why not...
[[User:IP 66.173.44.202|IP 66.173.44.202]] 00:05, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
: If a figure is to be placed into a purely subjective category such as [[:Category:Gay icons]] then we should absolutely give context within the article demonstrating why that figure is believed to be such an icon. Perhaps it seems obvious to some people why she may appear to be one now, but consideration should be given to those who are reading this article one hundred years from now. If a number of independent credible sources cannot validate such status today, then the category should be removed and other areas of the article should be focused on. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:33, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
::Yes, that's a good point. [[User:IP 66.173.44.202|IP 66.173.44.202]] 20:36, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Only someone who has never been to a [[female impersonator]] show, nor a [[Cher]] concert, nor read the [[Wikipedia]], nor done a [[Wikipedia:Google test|Google search]] would require citations to show that Cher is a [[gay icon]]. See ([http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&scoring=d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=cher+%22gay+icon%22+])
*[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.slantpoint.com/mt-arx/2004/02/elvis_replaces.php&ei=EgIDQ9jRJpWYYKCttKsH Slant Point: Elvis Replaces Cher as Top Gay Icon]
*[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A//www.hrc.org/TemplateRedirect.cfm%3Ftemplate%3D/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm%26ContentID%3D9115&ei=EgIDQ9jRJpWYYKCttKsH HRC | Cher: Last of the Gay Icons?]
*[[Cher (entertainer)|Cher (entertainer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]]
*[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A//boards.muchmusic.com/showflat.php%3FCat%3D%26Number%3D991784%26page%3D0%26view%3Dcollapsed%26sb%3D7%26o%3D%26fpart%3D1&ei=EgIDQ9jRJpWYYKCttKsH MuchMusic Message Board: Listed's top 20 gay icons]
Do you need any more citations? [[User:4.232.138.116|4.232.138.116]] 09:33, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
== BaronLarf's RFA ==
Thanks for you support on my recent RFA. Please let me know if I can help with any administrative responsibilities, or if you have any problems with the way I use the admin tools. Cheers. --[[User:BaronLarf|Baron]][[User talk:BaronLarf|Larf]] 00:35, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
== Not an admin? ==
Holy smokes - who would've thunk it? I imagine I'm at the end of a long line of folks who would volunteer to nominate you. --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> BDAbramson</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 23:28, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
*BAM! Ya been nominated. Now go [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|do something about it!]] Cheers! --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> BDAbramson</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 20:27, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
== AIV ==
{{vandal|24.91.163.212}}, has vandalised the [[George W. Bush]] article thrice today, with warnings. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:24, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
:Appears to have stopped now, sorry about the slow response, it would appear most admins have taken the night off. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 01:40, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
== Natalee Holloway ==
The last edit you reverted, although suspicious because it came from an unregistered IP and was not explained in the edit summary, did not appear to me to be vandalism. That section of the article was quite wordy with a lot of extraneous info. I told the user I'd support him/her if they wanted to revert to their edited version as long as they could offer some rationale in the talk page. [[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 23:04, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
: That sounds reasonable; it worries me whenever large chunks of an article are deleted without so much as a one-liner explanation in the edit summary. If you are in favor of these changes, I will not revert any subsequent removals by this anon IP. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:12, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
:: The user's re-write seemed lucid, factual and NPOV. I'm planning (if I have time) to look at what other information was cast aside and restore the bulk of the edit. Maybe someone else will get around to it before I have a chance. Just as a note of caution, accusations of vandalism are fairly serious and narrowly-defined. The policy of [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith]] is an important part of the community. Thanks again for your watchful eye. [[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 23:21, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
::: You're right -- I'm going to address this by creating my own template when large amounts of information are removed from an article without any explanation. The template <nowiki>{{test2a}}</nowiki> contains verbiage which inherently does not assume good [[WP:FAITH]]. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:24, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
== WP:AIV ==
I've looked into your concerns about {{user|Vega007}}, but I don't see anything that would warrant a block. That's not to say that there aren't any problems, but it seems that those would be better addressed by talk page comments and/or an RfC. Keep reminding this user that he is expected to interact civilly with other people, and do warn him if he does something that clearly qualifies as vandalism. Perhaps he'll see the light, and if not, I'm afraid someone would have to initiate an RfM or RfC. --[[User:MarkSweep|MarkSweep]] 20:52, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
== Hall Monitor's RFA ==
*You're quite welcome (and I might as well congratulate you in advance)! --[[User:Merovingian|{{User:Merovingian/Sig}}]] [[User talk:Merovingian|(t)]] [[Special:Contributions/Merovingian|(c)]] 20:14, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
* No problem. Congratulations! You have it in the bag now. Excellent work planning ahead when you made this account. The name is perfect. [[User:Acetic Acid|Acetic Acid]] 21:52, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
* Congrats and kudos! [[User:Jossifresco|≈ jossi ≈]] 02:20, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
* Congratulations on your adminship, and thanks for supporting mine. :) [[User:TheCoffee|Coffee]] 06:53, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
== Congratulations! ==
[[Image:What it looks like.png|right|thumb|230px|The Wikipedia interface after receiving administrative privileges.]]
Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the [[Wikipedia:administrators' reading list|administrators' reading list]] before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the [[Main Page]]. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new [[Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide|administrators' how-to guide]] helpful. Cheers! -- [[User:Cecropia|Cecropia]] | [[User talk:Cecropia|''explains it all'' ®]] 16:16, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
*Congratulations - you really knocked it out of the park! I know you'll keep up your good work here. --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> BDAbramson</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 17:10, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
== Unprotecting Pages ==
You'll get a different answer from different admins. Wikipolicy is that page protection is bad, so that pages should be protected only when absolutely necessary (to stop immediate vandalism or a major revert war) and/or when requested to do so by editors on ''both sides'' of a disagreemnt in an article who want a "time out" to work out differences.
Unprotection is even more of an art, much more so than bureaucracy, which is pretty dull except when there is a heated disagreement. My opinion is:
*If the article was protected because of constant vandalism, try unprotecting after 24 hours, but be ready to reprotect for another 24 hours if it resumes.
*If unprotection is requested by one of the editors on an article after a content dispute, see what the requester's reasoning is. If the request is from only one of the editors, ask (on the article's talk page) whether it is generally agreed the page should be unprotected.
*If unprotection hasn't been requested but you see there has been no discussion for a week or so, propose unprotection on the talk page of the article. Say "without objection, I intend to unprotect this article in (whenever, "soon," 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours) and then do it if there's no flak.
IMO, you will rarely go wrong as an admin if, before you take a possible disputed action, you are confident you can defend it as though you were actually being paid to do this. ;-) -- Cheers, [[User:Cecropia|Cecropia]] | [[User talk:Cecropia|''explains it all'' ®]] 18:38, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
==Vandalism on Ann Coulter Page==
Dear Hall Monitor, The very last thing I wanted to see is a edit war, but that seems to going on , on the [[Ann Coulter]] page, and no matter how much I and the other NPOV editors others try to mediate it, with pleasant conversations and even humour, mixed with gentle pursuation to go back to a NPOV, some particular "editors" are determined to be page~bullys, and totaly flaunt the Wiki rules, of neutrality and brazenly have their way no matter what!, As it is totaly childish behaviour and it is turning the page into a cosmic joke, I'm asking you as the [[Hall Monitor]] to Page Protect it if you could for a day or so if you agree it warrants it?... for what else can be done!? We appreciate your help and for your time looking into this, and look forward to some wisdom on this from a [[NPOV]] [[hall monitor]] admin like you.
thanks, Cathy ([[User:Cathytreks|Cathytreks]] 15:45, 24 August 2005 (UTC))
: Thank you Cathy for contacting me. Is this regarding the inclusion of the Time Magazine cover? I have reviewed the edits to the [[Ann Coulter]] article, and in my opinion the dispute is pretty much a non-issue. Could you please provide me with the specific diffs you are concerned about? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Oh thank you for coming by today and looking into it, but yeah the Ann Coulter page thing was really getting out of hand over much ado about nothing ...just to think a cover picture from time magazine of her would be the cause of so much pettyness and bickering, well...I just cant believe it myself sometimes, anyway, may cooler heads prevail into the future, well see ya later and thanks again. Shalom! ([[User:Cathytreks|Cathytreks]] 21:57, 24 August 2005 (UTC))
== [[Barbara Schwarz]] and 3RR ==
Please take a look at the recent edits by {{user|195.3.113.139}}, {{user|195.3.113.141}}, {{user|195.3.113.142}}, {{user|195.3.113.152}}, and {{user|195.3.113.154}}; all of these IP addresses appear to be the same person. How would you suggest handling this situation? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:54, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
:I followed your links and I like the approach you took at [[User talk:195.3.113.139]]. Since the user's IP rotates and this IP appears to have had the most use by the same user it follows as a good ___location to discuss the user's actions. I agree that all these IPs are in use by the same user as indicated by identical edits on the same article.
:You have set an initial foundation giving notice to the user that his initial edits are being interpreted in good [[WP:FAITH]] and informing the user of proper process in an open source editing environment. Should the user continue acting badly, you are now justified in elevating to vandalism warnings for future disruptions. Should it continue after that you are no longer dealing with a difference of opinion, but a vandal, and can act accordingly - no need to wait for three reverts before blocking a returning vandal.
:The only variation on this would be if the user chooses to discuss their edits on the talk page. If that occurs you have to return to [[WP:FAITH]] and deal with them as a valid user who needs to learn compromise. Multiple reverts in this situation becomes a [[WP:3RR]] violation and results in a warning, then a 24 hour block.
:That's what I would do. - [[User:Texture|<font color=red>Tεx</font>]][[User Talk:Texture|<font color=blue>τ</font>]][[User:Texture|<font color=red>urε</font><!-- TANSTAAFL -->]] 18:35, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
== User:Trollderella ==
Hello. You wrote in part, ''A fundamental principle and important guideline here on Wikipedia is to always assume good [[WP:FAITH]] whenever possible.'' The ''whenever possible'' part is gravely mistaken. As Jimbo Wales wrote, ''Our social policies are not a suicide pact. They are in place to help us write the encyclopedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration&diff=10997678&oldid=10997654]. (He wrote that in a strangely reminiscent case, in which various people were falling all over themselves trying to figure out if [[User:The Recycling Troll]] was, in fact, a troll.) Allowing "troll" usernames makes Wikipedia a more troll-friendly place. To the extent that you can do anything about it, please help Wikipedia steer away from troll-friendliness. [[User:Wile E. Heresiarch|Wile E. Heresiarch]] 06:32, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
* Thank you for your comments, HM, as I have said before, I have relatively little time to spend on this project, and want to spend that time writing articles, rather than arguing over usernames. Appreciate your support, [[User:Trollderella|Trollderella]] 17:16, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
* This little skirmish reminded me of someone else while perusing old [[WP:RFA]] archives, specifically a contributor named [[User:ClockworkTroll]] ([[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ClockworkTroll]]). This user eventually was promoted to administrator and made over 1800 positive edits [http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits.cgi?user=ClockworkTroll&dbname=enwiki] before changing his name on his own accord. Imagine, if you will, how radically different things may have been if we threatened an [[WP:RFC]] over a name change just one month after he began contributing to the project in good faith. That said, please take into consideration the amount of time I spend here each week, judiciously pouring over the RCs and diffs of the now 2500+ articles on my watchlist to help steer this project in the right direction. Let us judge a book by its contents, not its cover. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:38, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
==50 Cent reversion==
May I ask why [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=50_Cent&diff=21824880&oldid=21822771 you reverted my edits] to the [[50 Cent]] article? I was in the process of removing vandalism by [[Special:Contributions/205.188.116.130|205.188.116.130]] and providing reputable sources, such as [[Rolling Stone]] magazine. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5939379] It seems fairly well documented that Curtis James Jackson ("50 Cent") attended [[Andrew Jackson High School]] and not [[Stuyvesant High School|Stuyvesant]]. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:18, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
* I did not intentionally revert your edtits, so please feel free to put them back in just put them back in- I can't revert my revert as the page has been edited since then. Edit flukes happen from time to time, sorry. -[[User:JCarriker|JCarriker]] 19:19, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
** Don't worry about it, it happens to everyone. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:23, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
==Edit Conflict ==
haha I saw that IP I blocked. "some admins will block you for just one vandalism"... i.e. Me :P By the way I see you're from Washington :) I'm from KingCo. [[User:Redwolf24|Redwolf24]] ([[User talk:Redwolf24|talk]]) 23:35, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
: Only minutes of editing and miles apart. :) I really do wish there were a better way to address the problems of AOL vandalism, it is one of our biggest nuisances to deal with, in my opinion. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:39, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
== Vandalism help ==
Greetings! I see that you too have noticed the vandalism on the [[Gene Simmons]] page--I've reverted it twice, but I'm a newbie and I'm not sure how to go about stopping anon user 210.11.188.16 (s/he already has warnings on his user page). Thanks! [[User:GinaDana|GinaDana]] 00:25, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you for your message. As Aaron mentioned above, the best place to report active vandalism is [[WP:AIV]], as it is monitored by a multitude of Wikipedia administrators, myself included. Hopefully the next round of contributions from [[User:210.11.188.16]] will be positive ones. :) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:06, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
== AOL proxy block ==
: 01:07, 26 August 2005 Hall Monitor blocked "User:152.163.100.10" with an expiry time of 24 hours (persistent vandalism)
* Please do not block IPs listed on [[Special:Blockip]] as AOL proxies for more than 15 minutes. This generally has no effect except to lock out innocent users. [[User:JRM|JRM]] · [[User talk:JRM|Talk]] 21:31, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
** Thank you for catching this. Perhaps Wikipedia should consider leveraging some sort of an agreement with the AOL abuse department to deal with this widespread problem more effectively. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 21:35, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
*** '''Oh yes'''. But I'm not holding my breath for technical solutions to the problem, so until then, we'll just have to be careful ourselves. The IP blocks handed out by the autoblocker are actually far more annoying, as you can't even see what's going wrong until someone complains. [[User:JRM|JRM]] · [[User talk:JRM|Talk]] 21:37, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
== Vandals ==
Hi there Hall moniter, I thought I would let someone who could deal with vandals know there were new vandal accounts created today named
* [[User:!!!!!!!!! Jesus was always a Jew. He was never Christian.]]
* [[User:!!!!!!!!! The first Chistians were Jesus's disciples, not Jesus.]]
* [[User:!!!!!!WIKIPEDIA SUCKS!!!!!!]]
I thought you could check it out to see what the deal is with them.
[[User:SWD316|<font color="FF0000">S</font><font color="EE0000">W</font><font color="DD0000">D</font><font color="CC0000">3</font><font color="BB0000">1</font><font color="AA0000">6]] ([[User_talk:SWD316|talk to me]])
==Jtkiefer's RFA==
Thanks for your support on my RFA. <small>[[User:Jtkiefer|<font color="FF9900">Jtkiefer</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Jtkiefer|<font color=#00A86B>T</font>]] | [[Special:Emailuser/Jtkiefer|<font color="FF0033">@</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jtkiefer|<font color="0000FF">C</font>]]</sup> </small> ----- 05:12, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
== Trollderella? ==
I don't neccessarily agree with the unilateral name change- I did at first but that was because my memory of wikipedia policy in this particular instance wasn't so great. However, I wasn't trying to make a comment on that one way or the other- just a friednly request to think about what the word ''troll'' means to most editors at VfD. Given the user's fairly radical inclusionism, (an opinion that she's totally justified to have), it seemes needlessly provocative. However, I've said my piece, and respect your right to disagree with me.--[[User:Scimitar|Scimitar]] [[User talk:Scimitar|<sup>parley</sup>]] 19:20, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
== The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar ==
[[Image:Barnstar of Reversion2.png|left|75px]]
I, [[User:Extraordinary Machine|Extraordinary Machine]], hereby present [[:Image:Barnstar of Reversion2.png|The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar]] to [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]], for his/her honourable dedication to catching and revert article [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] within minutes (and sometimes even less). You have gone to great lengths to preserve the integrity of Wikipedia, and you should be applauded for your efforts. [[User:Extraordinary Machine|Extraordinary Machine]] 23:58, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
== Scimitar's RfA ==
Thanks for supporting my request for administrator powers, which has been successful. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me on my talk page. Especially if you think I have in any way misused these powers- I want Wikipedia to be the best it can be, and I need to know if others are concerned about my actions. Thanks again. [[User:Scimitar|Scimitar]] [[User talk:Scimitar|<sup>parley</sup>]] 16:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
==Article deletion note==
You voted previously to keep the article [[Rogers Cadenhead]]. You may have changed your mind now that the author has admitted to writing the article himself “as an experiment.” He himself says, “I am somewhat eager to see this vote end with my deletion.” [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2005_August_29#Rogers_Cadenhead]] --[[User:Quasipalm|Quasipalm]] 17:08, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you for your feedback regarding the Cadenhead article. My judgement is based upon the merits of the article and not the subject's personal desires. The article appears to be suitable enough to remain on Wikipedia, so it is somewhat puzzling why he now suddenly wishes it to be deleted. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:15, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
== Re: Glitch in Wikipedia ==
[[User_talk:ZeWrestler#Glitch_in_Wikipedia|In reply:]] Are you refering how what you removed in your last edit appears to be what the anon editor was trying to delete? --[[User:ZeWrestler|<span style="color:green">ZeWrestler</span>]] [[user talk:ZeWrestler|<sup><span style="color:green">Talk</span></sup>]] 17:31, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
== BigDaddy77 ==
Hi. I removed the test3 and test4 from BigDaddy's talk page. He seemed to be suffering from conservaburnout, and he did acknoledge that what he did was wrong over at the pump. I though giving him a clean slate and a welcome was the right thing to do - if you disagree, please repost whatever templates you want, and I apologize for wasting your time. [[User:Hipocrite|Hipocrite]] 20:25, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
: Not a problem, everyone deserves a second chance. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 20:28, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
==Barnstar==
I frequently patrol the Recent Changes section and Ive always seen your name there. Keep up the good work!
[[Image:Barnstar-rotating.gif|frame|I [[User:Journalist|Journalist]], awards <br>Hall Monitor this Barnstar for his Tireless Contributions to Wikipedia. Keep it up]]
</sup/><p style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC, Comic Sans MS;"><font size=2.5>'''[[User:Journalist|<span style="color:darkblue">Journalist]] '''</sup>''' [[Special:Contributions/Journalist|<sup><span style="color:lime">C.]]'''/ '''[[User talk:Journalist|<sup><span style="color:lightseagreen"> Holla @ me!]] </sup>
==Vandalism of Anne Rice==
I admit that I forgot to log in, but what vandalism are you referring to exactly? I have never vandalised an article in my life. Don't go around altering people's contributions and assuming it is vandalism if you have no bloody clue what you're talking about. RE: "Anne Rice" and "Poppy Z Brite" changes (which I was about to correct anyhow.) [[User:Pacian|Pacian]] 22:24, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
::: Well, I'm all for relaxing and taking a deep breath darling, but you threatened to ban my IP from access without even taking a moment to perhaps research the facts yourself; you just ASSUMED it was vandalism. I really don't bother with citations on information that just seems logical, especially WP/C which I think looks cluttersome; I did city Ms. Brite's weblog as the source of information about her status, and there is discussion of Anne Rice's status on the forumz of her own website. I'd continue to discuss this but I have to run out the door, so if there is any more problems just leave me a note. [[User:Pacian|Pacian]] 22:30, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
:::: I see now that you are referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Rice&diff=prev&oldid=22358017 this edit]. Again, I am politely requesting that you [[WP:CITE]] your source(s) for this edit so that I and others can verify your contributions. No immediate assumptions were made here. Understand that from my perspective, an anonymous IP added a piece of questionable information to a frequently-vandalised article-- information which I was unable to verify through a Google news search. Web forums are generally not a credible source of reliable information. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
::::: In the interest of Wikipedia, I have reverted your contribution again to the [[Anne Rice]] article until you or another editor [[WP:CITE]] a credible reference for [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Rice&diff=22358404&oldid=22358017 this edit]. To minimise any inconvenience this may cause, I've left a note on the [[Talk:Anne_Rice|talk page]] as well to help expedite the sourcing process, if possible. Your understanding in this situation is appreciated. Kind regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:25, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
I know that you are trying to do your best to protect wikipedia and make sure things are up to speed, but I IMPLORE you to please take a moment to make sure that what you're doing is correct. We had a conflict before RE: my un-logged-in edits to [[Anne Rice]]. I now see that you also reverted edits that I made (again while not logged in) to the article at [[Lee Eddy]]; this was a minor correction to the title of her online blog which is not "House of Enjoyment" but "Place of Enjoyment." Had you taken a very brief moment to click on the link to her blog listed within the very text of the article you would have seen that the correction was accurate as reflected in the heading of the blog in question, but you jumped the gun and made an incorrect revert. I'm glad you're trying to do a good job, but please, don't risk accuracy in order to stay one jump ahead of the breadline. Thanks! [[User:Pacian|Pacian]] 08:04, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you Pacian for contacting me. If you don't mind, please provide diffs for the edits and rollbacks you are referring to so we are on the same page. As you are aware, accuracy and the integrity of Wikipedia is a major concern of mine and I would like to research this further if an error was made to prevent a reoccurance in the future. While on the subject of [[Anne Rice]], I posted a message on the discussion page ([[Talk:Anne_Rice#Rice_home_damaged_by_Hurricane_Katrina.3F|Talk:Anne_Rice#Rice_home_damaged_by_Hurricane_Katrina?]]) but no one responded. Were you ever able to locate a credible source for your earlier edits regarding the effects of Hurricane Katrina on Rice's home? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:18, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
::Go to [[Lee Eddy]]; click on history; you have made one edit to that page, which is listed in the history. You did a reversion. Check it against the version before that one, and the current version, and you will see that you made a very simple reversion where previously I had changed the text "LadeeLeroy's House of Enjoyment" to "LadeeLeroy's PLACE of Enjoyment." You did this without verifying the information or if the change was correct. I don't need to post the diffs, nor did I really need to come back and respond to this, you could have done this very easily on your own if you had really wanted to. RE: Anne Rice, she made the commentary on her own weblog, but she has since removed it and replaced it with a very heavily reprinted essay on New Orleans, so the point is rather moot now which is why I never brought it up again. [[User:Pacian|Pacian]] 21:37, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
== [[Stu Megan]] ==
Hi Hall Monitor, You recently deleted [[Stu Megan]]. This article has been on [[WP:PFD]] for several days, and all votes have been to keep, as the editors felt that sufficient notability had been asserted. Can you please consider undeleting the article, so that the PFD discussion can continue for the normal period? Thank you. {{unsigned2|00:03, 2 September 2005|Pburka}}
: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. For whatever reason, the article was missing it's <nowiki>{{vfd}}</nowiki> header. It has now been replaced and undeleted while being discussed. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 00:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:Pburka|Pburka]] 00:17, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
== [[Wikipedia:Special:Ancientpages]] ==
I moved [[Wikipedia:Special:Ancientpages]] to [[Wikipedia:Special:Unedited for the longest time]] to make the title more accurately reflect the content. Not sure if I screwed something up in so doing (something that would require an admin to fix). Hey, ''you're'' an admin... Tell me if I've gone crazy here. Cheers! --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> ''BDAbramson''</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 05:26, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
: No harm was done. For whatever reason, the [[Special:Ancientpages]] redirect must be followed manually, but the move has been reversed. You may want to discuss the possibility of a name change at [[Wikipedia talk:Special:Ancientpages]]. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:16, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks - good work! --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> ''BDAbramson''</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 19:17, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks for your support ==
Hi, just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RfA. I was pleased to see so much support, especially from people such as you who I do not know very well, if at all. Now that I am an administrator I will do my best to please the community’s expectations. Best regards, [[User:Sam Hocevar|Sam Hocevar]] 17:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
==Sophia Loren sex symbol deletion==
I wish to invite you to visit the talk page for [[Sophia Loren]] to explain your rationale for removing Loren from the Sex Symbols category. Although an editior has since added one, there is really no need to cite a source with reference to Loren being a sex symbol. It's a cultural given, just as it's a given with Marilyn Monroe, Gina Lollobridgida, Brigitte Bardot, and others. [[WP:CITE]] does not apply. OTOH I do agree with your removal of Loren from the Gay Icons category as I think the criteria for inclusion is far too loose.[[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 16:51, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
: Although it may be a given that this figure is a sex symbol to us now, this is meaningless to someone reading this article decades from now, or to someone from another country who is unfamiliar with American pop culture. Consider that what may seem obvious today will not be to an interested reader one hundred years from now. Can any sources be provided which refer to Sophia Loren as a sex symbol? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
:: No one will be reading this decades from now. Get real - this is the internet! ;-) Seriously, this is not something that will be meaningless because Sophia Loren is considered to be a major figure in cinema. Now if someone wanted to post that [[Kathy Bates]] was considered a sex symbol, then I think a citation is necessary. But with Sophia Loren it is just common sense. If you really want me to provide sources, better set aside a server because I can probably give you hundreds. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 17:19, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
::: Two or three would probably be more than sufficient. ;-) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:32, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
::Are you kidding me? Loren was a major sex symbol of the 60s. If she doesn't belong in this category, then you might as well rip out the others of her age such as Marilyn Monroe. Obviously she's not a sex symbol now, but she was and she's definitely earned her place in the category. This category is also not exclusive to American pop culture. There are a number of Brits and other nationalities in there such as Geri Halliwell and Kylie Minogue (Australia) and even guys from other countries like Jude Law and Colin Farrell. It may be prudent to seperate the ladies from the men, and if the category becomes too large, perhaps by decade (but we would want to limit overlap). [[User:K1Bond007|K1Bond007]] 19:11, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
::: No, I was not joking, and my comments were well-intentioned. As 23skidoo will be selecting a few choice references for inclusion, I consider this matter to be resolved. My apologies for being such a stickler for facts, but my interests are vested in the long-term integrity of Wikipedia. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:18, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
::::Actually, my comment was meant to be sarcastic. I can in fact find any number of sources to support the contention, but I decline to do so on the grounds that it is unnecessary. Besides another editor of the article appears to have already cited a source. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 19:42, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
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== Vandal in progress ==
I saw that you had a previous run in with a poster who vandalized the Danny Glover article. He is the same person who has been vandalizing the Ray Nagin article. When you reverted him you appear to have inadvertently reverted to another of his sock puppet accounts the first time, then reverted back to the mainstream version. Since then he has been describing his posts as reverting to 'Hall Monitor's better version', deliberately trying to conceal the fact that it is his POV version he is really reverting to. I also caught him turning redirect articles into POV platforms. There is no reason to start injecting Katrina content into [[First Responder]] as he did.--[[User:Gorgonzilla|Gorgonzilla]] 03:40, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Anyway my comments in [[WP:VIP]]:
Vandal calling himself 'Long John Silver', keeps reverting entire article to a highly POV version mostly consisting of conspiracy theories found on blogs. The vandal appears to come from behing a NAT box and so the IP address changes, often with each post. The vandal has also converted certain redirect articles into his own personal platform for a highly POV article. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_responder&diff=22634153&oldid=16341939]. The same poster has also repeatedly violated [[WP:NPA]] in the talk for [[Able Danger]] under the names 'Honest Abe' and 'Swamp Fox' calling those with contrary views 'liars' and 'National Socialists'.
* 138.162.0.38/28
* 209.247.222.92/28
Oh more charming edits, 209.247.222.87 adding 'white power' to the MLK article. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr.&diff=prev&oldid=21609624]
And using the N. word on the Danny Glover article. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danny_Glover&diff=prev&oldid=21222764]
HM-Good work on reverting the mess on the [[Ray Nagin]] page. I'm going to take off for awhile and go back to bed. Hopefully I can sleep for awhile. Later [[User:Davidpdx|Davidpdx]] 9/15/05 9:30 (UTC)
== ulayiti's RfA ==
Hi Hall Monitor, and thanks for your support of [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ulayiti|my RfA]]. I'm an administrator now, and I hope that I'll live up to the community's expectations as one. Your vote of confidence is much appreciated. - [[User:Ulayiti|ulayiti]] [[User talk:Ulayiti|<font color="226b22"><small>(talk)</small></font>]] 16:18, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
== Agee article ==
I wasn't sure why you reverted my edit of TDC's edit of my edit of TDC's edit of Agee. There is surely a process of Wiki negotiation going on here which has been productive in terms of generating a more complex article.
It is surely important to note that Mitrokhin and other ex-KGB types have tried to maximize their $$$$ value by making their stories and documents as important as possible. It is really imporant to note in passing that these sources are no more neutral than anything else which emanates from CIA channels. They are 'interested' witnesses.
What I have done is corrall all that material into one paragraph, and then to juxtapose it with those other things we can know objectively about.
== Agee article ==
I wasn't sure why you reverted my edit of TDC's edit of my edit of TDC's edit of Agee. There is surely a process of Wiki negotiation going on here which has been productive in terms of generating a more complex article.
It is surely important to note that Mitrokhin and other ex-KGB types have tried to maximize their $$$$ value by making their stories and documents as important as possible. It is really imporant to note in passing that these sources are no more neutral than anything else which emanates from CIA channels. They are 'interested' witnesses.
What I have done is corrall all that material into one paragraph, and then to juxtapose it with those other things we can know objectively about.
== Agee article changes ==
I wasn't sure why you reverted my edit of TDC's edit of my edit of TDC's edit of [[Philip Agee]]. There is surely a process of Wiki negotiation going on here which has been productive in terms of generating a more complex article.
It is surely important to note that Mitrokhin and other ex-KGB types have tried to maximize their $$$$ value by making their stories and documents as important as possible. It is really imporant to note in passing that these sources are no more neutral than anything else which emanates from CIA channels. They are 'interested' witnesses.
What I have done is corrall all that material into one paragraph, and then to juxtapose it with those other things we can know objectively about. {{unsigned2|16:35, 9 September 2005|131.111.235.78}}
: Thank you for contacting me, it just so happens that I was in the process of drafting a message to you as well, while in the process of managing four other Wikipedia-related tasks at the same time. :) As per [[WP:NPOV]], please try to avoid point of view from bleeding into your edits. Specific examples include ''"The CIA, naturally, hasda different point of view."'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_Agee&diff=22916566&oldid=22915363] By dropping the "naturally" this sentence becomes more neutral. There was also a small spelling error ("hasda"), but minor grammar wasn't my primary concern and in my opinion generally does not warrant a wholesale reversion. Further down the article you added another paragraph which I felt was leaning a bit too heavily towards personal opinion: ''"It is worth noting that Agee, even before the collapse of the [[USSR]], kept his distance from [[Eastern Europe]]. It is striking, too, given the serious allegations of [[treason]] made against him, that he has traveled freely in Western Europe, and the United States government has never since the 1970s sought his arrest and extradition."'' Drop out the "It is worth noting" and "It is striking, too" and it becomes more neutral as well. I hope this answers your question and I do apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you run into any other issues please let me know, I am here to help. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:00, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
== Blocked anon 206.176.119.180 ==
Hi - noticed you blocked the anon [[User:206.176.119.180]] for 72 hours. It's a noble idea, but I think it'd be more effective to block them for a shorter period of time; according to ARIN, that's a school in South Dakota, and they probably won't be posting tomorrow anyway. Maybe a 3-hour block would work better? Just a thought. - [[User:Jredmond|jredmond]] 16:38, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
: Three hours is too short in my opinion, as another Wikipedia administrator already blocked the IP for 24 hours due to rampant and persistent vandalism. If these vandals want attention, let them draw the attention of their school's technology department and not our readers. If you disagree and feel this is too severe, I will not reverse any changes you make to the temporary block. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:45, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
== Name ==
I am listed under CORDINA surname RENZO. I used to own a website which no longer exists. [[User:Maltesedog|Maltesedog]] 19:23, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
: What is this regarding? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:36, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
: Never mind, I see this is related to the question I asked earlier on the [[Massimo Ellul]] discussion for deletion. My conditional vote for this person still stands, so long as everything within the article is factual and can be verified through credible references. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:40, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
==Nugent edit==
Just thought I'd let you know: ''Replaced "wife" with "bison"'' is my favorite Wikipedia edit summary ever. [[User:Jgm|Jgm]] 01:44, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
: A delayed response, I know, but thank you for a much-needed laugh Monday morning. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:38, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
==Canadian in Washington?==
<nowiki>:</nowiki>O I'm from New Westminster, B.C. and I live in King County. You're the only Canadian-Washingtonian I've seen. Now let's start up a two member cabal and VfD all things that are unfair to Canadians living in Washington. [[User:Redwolf24|<font color="darkblue">R</font>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Redwolf24|<font color="darkblue">dwolf24</font>]] ([[User talk:Redwolf24|talk]]) 04:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
: Sounds like a plan. :D [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
== [[Janelle Pierzina]] ==
I'm not sure if you know or not, but just in case, I thought I would mention the vote-for-deletion has restarted from scratch at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janelle Pierzina 2]]. This is because some complained about discounting of some "keep" votes, which caused the last AFD to result in a "re-direct". So, I hope you choose to revote. --[[User:Thivierr|rob]] 14:45, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
: I have reviewed the second deletion discussion, you may read my latest comments [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Janelle_Pierzina_2&diff=prev&oldid=23246485 here]. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:16, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
== RE: 81.26.239.50 ==
You gave [[User:81.26.239.50]] a final warning, but he is still doing it. And [[User:GraemeL]] gave him another "please stop." Mean what you say. [[User:WikiDon|WikiDon]] 19:04, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
: No response? [[User:WikiDon|WikiDon]] 20:26, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
:: I am not sure what sort of response time you were expecting, but 52 weeks out of the year I like to relax by taking weekends off away from the console. You did not receive an immediate reply because you contacted me during one of those weekends. Generally speaking, I do not block people if they have ceased their offensive activities while I'm online, which was the case in the instance of [[Special:Contributions/81.26.239.50|81.26.239.50]]. Should this particular person relapse into vandal-like activities while I am around, rest assured they will be dealt with accordingly. Please also be aware that channels exist for the purpose of reporting such problems, such as [[WP:VIP]], [[WP:AIV]], and [[WP:AN/I]], all of which are monitored by a host of administrators rather than one person. In the future, please make a note that a concerted effort on your part to show politeness and respect when sparking up a new conversation would be greatly appreciated, as your implication that I do not mean what I say was not well received. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:34, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
== 209.215.160.95, 102, 103, 114, 117, 120 ==
I've added the full(?) list of sockpuppets to the user pages, and linked to the new category. I already have a section under [[Wikipedia:Vandalism_in_progress#IP_Moderate|WP:VIP]] for him, but I'm not sure if anyone was looking at it. [[User:OwenX|Owen×]] [[User talk:OwenX|<big>☎</big>]] 18:25, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you Owen. I have also followed up at [[WP:VIP]] and added a couple of the other user accounts and IP addresses that this person employs and escalated the issue to severe at [[Wikipedia:Vandalism_in_progress#Jorn_Barger_vandal]]. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
== On Notifying and Blocking ==
I hope I have answered your question on issuing a block at [[User:Cecropia#Admin_advice:_Threatening_a_Block]]. -- [[User:Cecropia|Cecropia]] | [[User talk:Cecropia|''explains it all'' ®]] 19:20, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
== My RFA ==
Thank you very kindly for your support for my nomination. I promise your trust will not be misplaced; I may occasionally be slightly buzzed with power, but never drunk. ;) · [[User:Katefan0|'''Katefan0''']]<sup>[[User talk:Katefan0|(scribble)]]</sup> 22:15, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
== 3RR Troll ==
Please block the 3RR trolling sockpuppet [[user:66.43.173.74|66.43.173.74]], as he and 209.x are sockpuppets of Long John Silver. Thanks.[[User:Voice of All(MTG)|'''<font color="blue">Voice</font><font color="darkblue"> of </font> <font color="black">All</font>''']] [[user talk:Voice_of_All%28MTG%29|<font color="blue">(talk)</font>]] 00:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will do my best to keep a watchful eye on this user as well as [[WP:AN/3RR]] where this matter is being discussed. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:19, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
== Warez ==
Since I recently voted on your RFA I would appreciate an outside admin opinion as to whether or not i've been "controlling" and "arbitrarily deleting content" from the [[Warez]] article. I have been accused of these things by an anonymous contributor on the talk page. See [[Talk:Warez#Criticism_on_Alkivar]] and [[Talk:Warez#My_reply_to_"Someone"]] for my reply. Thanks in advance... [[User:Alkivar|<font color="#FA8605">'''ALKIVAR'''</font>]][[User_talk:Alkivar|™]][[Image:Radioactive.png|18px|]] 19:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
: I have poured over the links you provided and saw no evident problem with your edits. I have left a comment at [[Talk:Warez]] requesting that the anonymous contributor cite any specific concerns he may have regarding your edits and provide diffs for review so we may bring this matter to a close. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:50, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
== Advice needed ==
Is there a way I can contact you in private? Need advice on dealing with a user preventing changes to a bio page, claiming NPOV issues when I caught this person had deleted facts not favorable to a different bio page. Thanks --[[User:Pelladon|Pelladon]] 04:10, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
: If you need to reach me privately, you may do so by selecting the "[[Special:Emailuser/Hall_Monitor|E-mail this user]]" link here on my user page. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 20:42, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
== The unreferenced [[Marika Rökk]] ==
Hi, what references exactly would you like to see added to the [[Marika Rökk]] biography? The [[IMDb]]? Rökk's birth certificate, proving that she was actually born in [[Cairo]]? Her daughter's birth certificate, showing that she '''was''' her biological daughter? Any random film encyclopaedia in one slim volume where all those data are in turn "unreferenced" because they have been copied from some older source? Is this part of a new Wikipedia fad?
My questions may sound (a) cynical and (b) rhetorical, but I assure you they are neither. All the best, [[User:KF|<font color="green"><K</font>]][[User talk:KF|<font color="green">F></font>]] 19:03, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
: Hello KF and thank you for contacting me regarding the <nowiki>{{unreferenced}}</nowiki> tag which was recently placed atop the [[Marika Rökk]] article, your questions are welcomed. One of the cardinal rules and official policies of Wikipedia is [[WP:NOR|no original research]], and along with that is [[WP:CITE]], which suggests that editors should cite sources for their edits wherever possible. This is a longstanding tradition and not a fad, I assure you. :) As far as what sort of references to add, a birth certificate is not necessary, but a link to IMDb and any other sources used to create the article would be sufficient. This allows future editors to check the work of the article for any factual inaccuracies and possibly build from the reference material supplied. I hope this answers your questions, should you run into any other issues please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:26, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
== Popped by RfA lately? ==
Ola, HM, I've [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/R. fiend|nominated R. fiend for adminship]]. If you're familiar with the quality of his contributions, I'd appreciate you're input in this RfA. Cheers! --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> ''BDAbramson''</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 00:56, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
== Bmicomp's RfA ==
Well, [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bmicomp|my RfA]] has not quite completed yet, but either way, I'd like to thank you for your vote and your support, regardless of the outcome. -- [[User:Bmicomp|BMIComp]] [[User_talk:bmicomp|(talk]], [[User:bmicomp/RfC|HOWS MY DRIVING)]] 23:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
==Thank you==
hi, I thank you for your support to my [[Wikipedia:Administrator|adminship]]. Please monitor me too. And, I am seriously requesting you to do so. --[[User:Bhadani|Bhadani]] 10:05, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
: Congratulations on receiving your adminship. I will gladly add your user page(s) to my watchlist as well. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:10, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
== Osioni resolved ==
Thank you for the explanation, only that I was nearly through the biography under the second Martin Sheehan photo. I see you had a fast method to transfer text out on its own and hope you can help one last time, save me retexting: Problem now resolved, have successfully moved the text.[[User:Osioni|Osioni]] 21:21, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
I'll leave the personality portrait away, having woven some of its points into the main text. With appreciation and greetings[[User:Osioni|Osioni]] 22:31, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
== Warez Again ==
I would appreciate it if you would read the discussions section of the Warez page before reverting it in future. There are numerous complaints listed against Alkivar at this point, mine not the least of them. I've posted a complete list of problems his edits are riddled with, not the least of which is deleting factual information and references and replacing them with bias. For instance, while he contends that warez is a threat to open source software (which is is technically not, as the unwritten rules of warez state that freeware is not to be "released"), he has deleted a reference to GPL-VIOLATIONS.org which details factual GPL Violations such as those he attempts to attribute to warez groups (most actual infringement against open source software comes from fraudulent companies, etc).
I've spent over a year researching warez groups for a paper on underground/online culture. The best resource has been Eric Goldman's (Marquette University) series of papers. These papers cover the history of the warez scene, yet information from them has been repeatedly deleted by Alkivar. He has falsely stated (and I would suggest that it's with an agenda, though he claims to be a former "warez scene member") that the phrase "warez" stems from "warehouses" - nowhere, in any online or offline reference, other than Alkivar's own writing, is this noted. I've not seen a single reference, and through my research, which includes interviews with people in online underground communities, this has never ONCE been stated.
His history edits are not a history of "warez", which can be considered a culture unto itself or a subculture of the 'net, but rather a history of copyright infringement, and there is an obvious and identifiable bias at work in his postings.
That he writes grammatically correct, catchy prose does not eliminate the fact that the page has changed for the worse since his edits came into play. They hinder the idea of Wikipedia being a source of information rather than a soapbox.
I'd gladly take this issue to arbitration if he agrees to it, but his attitude to another posters response in the discussion section was infantile at best.
==Please cite sources==
You have made a large number of edits to a wide range of articles today, but have not provided any source for your data. If you would, please [[WP:CITE]] source(s) for your changes in the future or they may be reverted. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:11, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
: I can't link to the charts because half of each chart is not visible to those who are not subscribed to billboard.com. [[User:Xinger|Xinger]] 16:14, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:: That is a problem. If you could atleast state the source in plain text and provide a date when the information was captured that would be very helpful. These figures are frequently vandalised as-is, unfortunately. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:20, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== [[User:164.116.193.227]] ==
{{vandal|164.116.193.227}} just vandalized a few more...fyi. [[User:Adam Rock|Adam]][[User talk:Adam Rock|<sup><span style="color:brown">Rock</span></sup>]] 20:34, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
...thanks. :) [[User:Adam Rock|Adam]][[User talk:Adam Rock|<sup><span style="color:brown">Rock</span></sup>]] 20:35, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
==Please maintain civility towards others==
Regarding [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:65.148.103.13&oldid=23785911 this comment] which you left recently for [[User:65.148.103.13]]: Please be [[WP:CIVIL]] when making requests of others and extend new users the common courtesy that they deserve. As expressed in [[WP:bite]], new contributors are prospective members and are our most valuable resource. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:44, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
: I must be on a different planet. I simply ask:
# Is publicaly a word?
#:I couldn't find it in my dictionary.
# Cite your source for Tommy Lasorda Jr. material, or it comes out.
#:Is the unreasonable? Asking for source for material? I thought it was resonable. I was being very friendly, I said "HOWDY!" I am missing something here. [[User:WikiDon|WikiDon]] 22:49, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:: Yes, your tone is objectionable. Please try to be more polite when making requests of others. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:55, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:::There is '''NO''' tone what so ever. There is no inflection in my voice. Okay, I ask you, is there a word '''''publicaly'''''? I can't find one single source outside of a disgruntled Glenn Burke who says that Tommy Lasorda Jr. was gay and dies of AIDS. I would like to find ONE reputable source. Can you help me? [[User:WikiDon|WikiDon]] 22:59, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
::::Next time I'll just copy+paste this:
::::: ''<nowiki>==Please cite sources==</nowiki>''
::::: ''You have made a large number of edits to a wide range of articles today, but have not provided any source for your data. If you would, please [[WP:CITE]] source(s) for your changes in the future or they may be reverted. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:11, 22 September 2005 (UTC)'' {{unsigned2|23:06, 22 September 2005|WikiDon}}
:::::: That will be fine. With regards to the [[Tommy Lasorda]] article, I have cited 5 references which allege that the cause of his son's death stemmed from AIDS. A google search for the two [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Tommy+Lasorda%22+%2BAIDS&btnG=Google+Search] returns approximately 12,500 hits. When someone of Lasorda's stature wants to keep something a family secret, it becomes very difficult to concretely validate, but it is still something which has received a great deal of press and is deserving of attention within the article. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:18, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Hall (if that really is your name), I Yahoo!ed and Googled: ''"'tommy lasroda' AIDS -burke"'' and got 12 hits. [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Tommy+Lasorda+Jr.%22+aids+-burke&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&fl=0&x=wrt], and 24 hits [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Tommy+Lasorda+Jr.%22+aids+-burke&btnG=Google+Search] I looked at every one of them, garbage. Mainly bulletin boards and abunch of unrealted charity events listing AIDS charities with the T.L. Jr. Foundation, and the like. And Wiki hits. Not ONE good hit. I did try.
# I don't mean to have '''TONE''' with you but, if you read this sentence:
:"According to former Dodger Glenn Burke, the first major league player to acknowledge his homosexuality, Lasorda could not accept his son's sexual orientation. He and his wife live in Fullerton, California."
:It makes the reader think that Gleen Burke and his wife live in Fullerton, CA.
Yours with a business like tone and no other, [[User:WikiDon|WikiDon]] 23:30, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
:: You are correct, <nowiki>{{sofixit}}</nowiki>. ;-) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:36, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
== RfA ==
Just to say thanks for supporting my RfA. Please let me know if you see me screw up anytime. --[[User:Doc glasgow|Doc]] [[User talk:Doc glasgow|(?)]] 19:23, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
== Bartcop ==
Just to drop by and ask you to please site your sources on BartCop's identity, or it will continue to be deleted. Besides, LMAO, you may even be identifying the WRONG person as BartCop. Thanks! [[User:Lone Odessan|Lone Odessan]] 15:49, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
: Thank you for contacting me and welcome to Wikipedia as well, as it appears you are a relative newcomer to the project. The overall integrity of the Wikipedia project is a great concern of mine as well, but if you do not mind my asking, what is your personal connection to Terry Coppage and the nature of your interest in the [[Bartcop]] article? The reason I ask this is because on several occassions you have removed his real name with remarks such as ''"BartCop wishes to remain anonymous"'', ''"HE WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, THANK YOU"'', and ''"Removed real name again, as he wishes to remain anonymous"''. The last one I have quoted is worthy of note because you yourself acknowledge that his real name is Terry Coppage. Additionally, Coppage's site is advertised with the slogan "BartCop - The Political Humor of Terry Coppage" on a multitude of web directories. There are also a number of blogs and articles online that also refer to him by his real name and alias simultaneously. There is even a book review written by Coppage at Amazon.com, signed with his full name and email address bartcop@mindspring.com [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AOP29QRTZNTD1/ref=cm_cr_auth/103-2897252-0363813?%5Fencoding=UTF8]. Is there any particular reason you wish to censor his identity from Wikipedia? Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:38, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
:: Thank you for your prompt response, and for the welcome to Wikipedia. I am relatively new to the WikiWorld, as such I admit that I have plenty to learn about this new milieu I find myself in, however, so far and to the best of my ability to discern, the link you provide to a book review by a netizen on amazon.com doesn't prove that BartCop is who you say he is. I can type an email addy into a review on the same website that I can link to that would "prove" that I am Lothar, King Of The Hill People, but does that in and of itself proof make? My previous edits to remove the name you put forth speak for themselves, I believe. BartCop, whomever he is, doesn't identify himself on any of his 1600+ web entries on his site, www.bartcop.com, and in fact he has gone to lengths (described on same site) to avoid any mention of his identity. Agree with you, however, on the slogan "BartCop - The Political Humor of Terry Coppage" being out there on the net. My personal desire to keep his identity off of Wiki reflects his apparent preference of anonymity, that's all. I'm forced to inquire of you the opposite now.... is there any particular reason that you wish to continue to paste a name (correct or not....you have not sited undeniable proof, just some online blurbs, really.... why not a WHOIS inquiry or to attempt to contact him at the e-mail addy found in your example from amazon.com?) to the BartCop article on Wikipedia? Thanks, in advance, [[User:Lone Odessan|Lone Odessan]] 02:52, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
:: Here, thought I'd help you - - Here's a WHOIS search. Thanks for your understanding...
:: Registrant:
::: Computer Tyme Hosting
::: 754 Glenview Dr. #201
::: San Bruno, CA 94066
::: US
::: Domain name: BARTCOP.COM
::: Administrative Contact:
::: Perkel, Marc
::: 754 Glenview Dr. #201
::: San Bruno, CA 94066
::: US
::: +1.6508733064
::: Technical Contact:
::: Perkel, Marc
::: 754 Glenview Dr. #201
::: San Bruno, CA 94066
::: US
::: +1.6508733064
:: Looks like Marc Perkel is the name "of record".....
:: Would you also agree that this: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=68.89.208.96]] is vandalism? Can nothing be done to prevent this anon user OR sockpuppet, whichever, from popping in and vandalizing legitimate edits? Isn't the user guilty of the "3RR" rule? Curious..... [[User:Lone Odessan|Lone Odessan]] 07:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
::: Sorry, the Bartcop article fell off my radar yesterday. I am in the process of polling WHOWAS data on this ___domain to see how these records may have changed since the 1990s. Domain registry information has become practically useless over the last few years. In any case, I will do my best to keep a closer eye on this article for the time being. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
::: '''Update:''' As you may already be aware, Tony Sidaway has provided an additional reference, a copy of a [[Salon.com]] article from June 2002, which further corroborates that Bartcop is indeed Terry Coppage. It is not uncommon today for ___domain name registrars to masquerade contact information of their clients, so any contact information gleaned from these databases is generally meaningless. Such is not the case in this instance, as Marc Perkel is apparently "an eccentric computer programmer who ran against incumbent John Ashcroft in the 2000 Missouri Republican Senate primary, garnering 10 percent of the vote with almost no campaigning" [http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0206a&L=wnn&F=&S=&P=1819] and responsible for providing Terry Coppage with the financial assistance necessary to start the Bartcop site. I am glad that we could bring this issue to a close and should you have any other comments or questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks for nominating me ==
I appreciate the confidence you have shown by nominating me for adminship, but I felt it was better to withdraw. My "extreme inclusionism" is an irredeamable flaw in many too people's eyes. Not being able to speedy delete junk [[CAT:CSD]] is annoying but there are plenty of others who can do it instead of me, and it saves me an edit :) [[User:Kappa|Kappa]] 21:48, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks also for nominating me for adminship. I happily accept the nomination. Cheers! [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 00:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
==[[User:Who|Who]]'s RfA== Thank you for supporting my [[User:Who|masters]] RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course [[User:Whobot|I]] will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. --[[User:Who|Who]]'s [[User:Whobot|mop]]?¿? 21:07, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
==My RFA==
Thank you very much for your vote on my RFA, I look forward to serving [[wikipedia]]. Again, thanks. [[User:Journalist|<font color=000066>→Jo<font color=0000CC>urna<font color=0033FF>list</font>]] [[User talk:Journalist|<font color=0066FF>>>talk<<</font>]] 23:29, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
== My RfA ==
Monitor-- Thanks you for your comments concerning my RfA. Well, you didn't really leave much to respond to, so all I can say is, thanks for your time. Cheers. --[[User:Lord Voldemort|<font color="purple">Lord Vold</font>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">'''''e'''''</font>]][[User:Lord Voldemort|<font color="purple">mort</font>]] <sup><font color="#3D9140">[[User talk:Lord Voldemort|(Dark Mark)]]</font>|[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lord Voldemort|My RfA]]</sup> 02:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
== Unprotection request ==
I can't tell why [[:Image:Beatles-singles-the-long-and-winding-road-1.jpg]] is protected (no history of vandalism on the page that I can see), but I need to do a blank save on it to get rid of a pesky disambig false positive from its template. Can you unprotect it? Cheers! --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> BDAbramson</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 15:21, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
: Per your request, this image is now unprotected. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:41, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks - the false positive is fixed. --[[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> BDAbramson</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 19:06, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
== moved from userpage ==
please excuse me if I am doing this wrong, but I got a message that this site has blocked something I proposed regarding the hole in the ozone layer at the south pole. My e-mail return address is LA WILLIS25 at aol if you will please reply.
i also got some strange from characters such as evil monkey?!1! if this is some sort of automatic reply bedeviling this site i will not expect a detailed reply; however, my edit seemed to cite suficient authorities such as the Encyclopedia Brittannica and Bill Nyes the Science Guy; if that is insufficient authority; please advise;
as to whether this is irrelevant, if whether the hole in the ozone layer is a naturally occurring phenomenae or manmade ir irrellevant, please explain
[[User:205.188.116.7|205.188.116.7]] {{unsigned2|23:22, 2 October 2005 |205.188.116.7}}
== Pop singer fancruft ==
I'm at my wit's end in trying to deal with the glut of heavily biased and infactual articles on [[Mariah Carey]], [[Britney Spears]], and several other pop singers. The editors' actions in making all of these articles have gone unchecked, and are establishing bad precedents that are steadily decreasing [[NPOV]] coverage of music in the WIkipedia. I have talked to one of them until I was blue in the face (and had wasted an entire Friday evening) to no avail; he thinks I'm "jealous" of "his" articles. What can be done about this, or is the matter truly a lost cause? --[[User:FuriousFreddy|FuriousFreddy]] 04:16, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
: If you can cite some specifics regarding these two articles, I would be more than glad to assist you in toning down any sort of promotional text within either one. Not long after I finally registered here I took on the task of requiring sources for vocal profiles within articles, a feat that many thought unimaginable. If you would like, I would also be glad to help communicate the nature of GFDL and show that no one single editor is in possession of an article on Wikipedia. Surely, if we can take on more exhaustingly politicised articles like [[Barbara Schwartz]] we can handle this. Don't lose hope. :) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
==I Need Your Help==
I seen the reverts from many of the articles we had contributed. These annoying vandals keep adding their opinions, jokes, underlines, the whole nine yards. I been trying to give the warning but to no avail. Since your more experience in the situation. Could you block these vandals from rewriting Wiki-editors articles. These are some of the articles that are considered usual targets of vandals:
*[[President George W. Bush]]
*[[Bill Clinton]]
*[[Kanye West]]
*[[50 Cent]]
*[[The Game (rapper)| The Game]]
*[[Suge Knight]]
*[[G-Unit]]
*[[G-Unot]]
*[[Cindy Sheehan]]
*[[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)| Bill O'Reilly]]
*[[Lloyd Banks]]
*[[Tony Yayo]]
*[[Eminem]]
I appreciate the help. And thanks for your support and keep making good articles. [[user:LILVOKA|LILVOKA]]
== [[User:DickyRobert]] ==
Possible sockpuppet? [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=60.34.94.68 User:60.34.94.68] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=60.34.145.70 User:60.34.145.70] also show similar patterns.
User continually reverts [[List of warez groups]] article back to his version, regardless of the fact that other users have made edits, and that multiple people in the AfD process specifically wanted things like usernames, site names, irc channels and website spam removed. Even to go so far as to remove html comments specifically asking for users to provide references in order to add to the list.
I dont particularly care about the personal attacks on me, frankly that doesn't matter, its the going against consensus that is irritating... See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=DickyRobert user's contribs] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_warez_groups&action=history article history] and make up your own mind...
Figured i'd crosspost this from [[WP:ANI]] to you as you had attempted to assist in the article clean up. [[User:Alkivar|<font color="#FA8605">'''ALKIVAR'''</font>]][[User_talk:Alkivar|™]][[Image:Radioactive.png|18px|]] 07:04, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
==Possible mistake?==
You just sent me the following note:
Currently, you are editing anonymously. You can continue to do so. You are not required to log in to Wikipedia to read and write articles, but doing so will result in a username being shown instead of your IP address (yours is 70.19.37.106). There are many benefits for logging in to Wikipedia.
However, I have been editing under my original username (Rms125a@hotmail.com) and it was not until the second I logged off that your message appeared. Perhaps you made a mistake!! {{unsigned2|22:00, 5 October 2005|70.19.37.106}}
: No, it was not a mistake. An edit which you recently made [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Sieger&diff=prev&oldid=24834505] came up on my watchlist and I welcomed what I thought to be a new user to Wikipedia, which I've been known to do on occassion. :-) [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 22:03, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
== [[Black Entertainment Television]] ==
A user moved the article to an improper title, and another moved it back by doing a copy-and-paste edit. Can you restore the article with the full history to [[Black Entertainment Television]], where it belongs? Thanks. --[[User:FuriousFreddy|FuriousFreddy]] 02:06, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
: It appears that this was resolved while I was away. If it happens again, the article can be protected from page moves. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 16:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
==May I?==
Hi! You seem to want to protect me from myself..... see following....
:Someone (probably you, from IP address 69.92.202.194) requested that we send you a new Wikipedia login password for en.wikipedia.org. The password for user "Lone Odessan" is now "XXXXXXX". You should log in and change your password now.
:If someone else made this request or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may ignore this message and continue using your old password.
....the 2 paragraphs above this line were mailed to me as I forgot my password to Wiki, but proceeded to edit my OWN userpage.....and I even put the following in the notes-box-window beside the edit I made:
''(cur) (last) 19:09, 6 October 2005 69.92.202.194 (Restoring MY user page to what the USER wants it to be - - -NOT offensive.....just you're NOT the user. Thanks!)''
Am I in the wrong or can I not edit my own userpage? Thanks, again, in advance.... [[User:Lone Odessan|Lone Odessan]] 19:36, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
: The edits were made by [[User:69.92.202.194]], apparently while you were not logged in, so I understandably mistook the blanking of a valid discussion page to be vandalism. If you don't mind my asking, why would you want to remove that element of the conversation after all the time and effort put into resolving this dispute? [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 19:41, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
== Ninja birthday ==
HM, <br/>
I was under the impression that there was no verifiable information about AK himself, thus making his date and place of birth not something that should go in a cat. Correct me? - [[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(t)</sup></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(c)</sup></font>]] 00:02, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
: Although I have made a point of not voting during the second [[Ashida Kim]] deletion nomination, there is a very long list of publicly verifiable information about Radford W. Davis, a.k.a. Ashida Kim. Samuel Browning of Bushido should not have second guessed himself, he was on the right track. Unfortunately I will be out of town this weekend, but I will be adding a few additional links before I go. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 00:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks for that. It's not Radford W. Davis that I thought was unverified, but the facts around his being AK. I'm pretty unfussed, except for how much I like saying "ninja"! - [[User:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f">brenneman</font>]][[User Talk:Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(t)</sup></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Aaron Brenneman|<font color="#2f4f4f"><sup>(c)</sup></font>]] 00:19, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
== [[Amit K. Saiya]] ==
I'm a bit concerned about [[Amit K. Saiya]] - authored by [[User:Dr Amit K Saiya]], who has also written [[Harmonie Research Foundation]]. Both articles hint of vanity, but I'd like a second opinion. [[User:BDAbramson|<font style="background: lightgreen"> BDAbramson</font>]] [[User talk:BDAbramson|<sup><b>talk</b></sup>]] 03:43, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
== moved from userpage ==
Hi Hall Monitor, thank you for your input to the [[Stephen John Sutton]] entry. I appreciate the need to have more sources of information for this entry, but getting information from and about Stephen is really part of the core problems with his case. It is extraordinarily difficult to find English speaking people in Argentina to visit him in the prison in Argentina. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have fallen short on their duties to provide consular assistance to him and are very guarded in their release of information to his family in Australia. Also, being that Stephen in in Argentina, it's hard to get any press coverage on his case. The [[Stephen John Sutton]] entry is my first Wikipedia article. I am very happy to have any assistance from experienced Wikipedians in helping flesh out the entry. Cheers, --[[User:Diana Elgar|Diana Elgar]] 00:54, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi Hall Monitor. Excellent work on Ashida Kim's page. Made my day! Cool fact about Arthur Jones on your page too![[User:Kenpo Tom|Kenpo Tom]] 00:45, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
== [[User: 204.113.91.11]] ==
Please see my [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/204.113.91.11]]. I am not sure how to handle this user. The person continues publish what she believes to be my real name to the discussion pages of [[Barbara Schwarz]]. Also numerous threats of legal action (both civil and criminal complaints) against myself and wikipedia have been made. This person was recently blocked for 1 week, but immediately returned to start her attacks and vandalism again.
I would appreciate your advice on how to handle this situation. No editor should be publicly "outed" and harassed in the discussion pages. I am fairly new to Wikipedia and not real familiar with the procedures. I was hoping you could substantiate my claims in the RfC or act directly to prevent this from continually happening. [[User:Vivaldi|Vivaldi]] 06:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
==Thank You From The Cabal==
Which of course we all know doesn't exist ;-). Please let me know if I can help out with anything in the future from my new admin status. [[User:Karmafist|Karmafist]] 12:55, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
==Thank you!==
A big thank you for your help and support, I look forward to meeting you in more productive contexts, Yours, [[User:Trollderella|Trollderella]] 23:57, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
==63.197.187.30==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:63.197.187.30&action=history] You beat me to the punch. :) I had blocked him 3 minutes prior to you, but became sidetracked before I could deliver the wonderful news to our contributor. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
:Ah right, well done. I wish someone would code up "already blocked" warnings for [[special:blockip]], we already check whether the username exists so it shouldn't be that hard.. Oh well, we can dream. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 23:49, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
:: Speaking of which, does a forum exist for requesting new features? With nearly 5,000 articles now on my [[Special:Watchlist|watchlist]], it would be ''extremely'' useful to be able to filter by anonymous IP the same way we can on [[Special:Recentchanges|WP:RC]]. Taking it another step further, it would also be wonderful to be able to filter by users who have blank user pages on both. [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 23:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
:::Well, there's [[Wikipedia:Feature request]] and [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ the mediawiki bugzilla] (severity: enhancement), but generally if you want something done you'd better do it yourself. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 00:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
:::: Thanks for the link, I should have guessed. In any case, I have posted my request at [[Wikipedia:Feature_request#Hide_logged_in_users_from_Watchlist]]. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 00:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
::::: Keep in mind that it's probably better not to RC patrol from your watchlist though, as reloading your watchlist eats huge amounts of server power whereas reloading WP:RC is relatively cheap. --[[User:fvw|fvw]][[User talk:Fvw|<SMALL><FONT COLOR="green">*</FONT></SMALL>]] 00:10, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
== Thanks for your support on my RfA! ==
[[Image:WikiThanks.png]] Thanks for your support of my [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RN|adminship]]!! I was surprised at the turnout and support I got! If you ever have any issues with any of my actions, please notify me on my [[User talk:RN|talk page]]! Thanks again! Glad you thought I was worthy of nomination too! <small>[[User:RN|Ryan Norton]] <sup><font color="#6BA800">[[User talk:RN|T]]</font> | <font color="#0033FF">[[Special:Emailuser/RN|@]]</font> | <font color="#FF0000">[[Special:Contributions/RN|C]]</font></sup></small> 04:00, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
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