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Proposed deletion of Hold Me in Your Arms (song)

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Hold Me in Your Arms (song), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

A search for references has failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources in order to comply with notability requirements. This has included web searches for news coverage, books, and journals, which can be seen from the following links:

Hold Me in Your Arms (song) – news, books, scholar Consequently, this article is about a subject that appears to lack sufficient notability.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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Hi MisterWiki. Noticed your edits to Modern Talking. No problems with adding info on the other artistes who appear in the recordings - you'll find info on Systems in Blue lower down in the article - but after long discussion it was agreed ages ago to only put Bohlen and Anders in the lede, as they own the name and concept (and yes, I'm familiar with the gossip that Bohlen can't sing and doesn't appear in the vocals!!!!!!) If you've got more info on the rest of the musicians and singers, please add it in the section where SIB appear. Thanks for contributing. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 16:46, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Please discuss rather than edit warring. Thank you Elen of the Roads (talk) 17:32, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree they made a huge contribution to the sound - I'm sure just using your ears doesn't count as original research. Read thru the article talk page - at one point there was no mention of them, but a whole bunch of Germans arrived and we found the sources to add the guys from SIB into the article. Sorry if I reverted some good stuff - I guess you must have reverted 2 or 3 edits from Harout72. You're ok to add in information (particularly if you have sources) but don't put anything in the lede, and don't list them on albums where they didn't get a credit (it winds Harout72 up). Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Pichilemu

Just wanted to drop by to congratulate you on the great job you've done in that article. Keep it up! Likeminas (talk) 17:23, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Victory Tour (Modern Talking tour)

• VanMavus (talk) 01:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC) My apologies! :). I was just checking the New Pages list and when I checked it was in Espanol, did not realise it was being translated. Sorry about that.

• VanMavus (talk) 02:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC) Hehe. I knew it was Portugese ;). Well, apologies again, and it looks nice now ;).

File:Victory Tour Modern Talking.jpg listed for deletion

Resolved by replacing the image with Victory's album cover. --MisterWiki talking! :-D - 02:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

File:A common Chilean family in the eighties.jpg

Exelent uploads of "common" things!! I nwould be useful to have some extra info about each photo, for example "Chilean familiy from Quillota" or "House in San Pedro neigborhood, Concepción", so we now more precisely (I mean objectively) what the photo is showing. Is that possible? Dentren | ^Talk 01:52, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, they are from Población, Chile. Poblacion is a location at Peralillo. It was taken in 1987, when my grandfather was travelling with my family. --MisterWiki talking! :-D - 02:02, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

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You beat me to it!

I was going to wish Neuro Happy birthday!Accdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 14:55, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Its ok, he is retired anyways so who knows if he will see it.Accdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 15:02, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

What did you fix?Accdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 15:11, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Its ok... And how do you get that box that your text went into?Accdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 15:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Please read the contribution, and do not thank the vandals

I note that you are welcoming lots of new contributors to Wikipedia, and I thank you for that kind effort. But would you please read what contribution they actually made, since often it is vandalism, and by giving such a welcome immediately after their vandalism, you may inadvertently encourage more such vandalism. See Hot Topic for instance, which was vandalized by a user whom you immediately gave a hearty welcome, thanking her for her vandalistic contribution. Similarly, you thanked User talk:Executive.samuel for his three vandalisms.At User talk:Feliznorrisburguense you thanked a user who created an article constituting vandalism. At WP:WARN you will find various other templates suitable for giving graduated warnings to vandals, so that they may be steered toward productive contributions. Edison (talk) 17:37, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

you are a genus for creating wikkipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kickthecock (talk • contribs) 22:42, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

ty

thanks for your welcome. i should have chosen a better name because i have never been in jail. Inmate 5317 (talk) 22:53, 1 December 2009 (UTC) Maybe I am an inmate at school, pupil/inmate/same thing!

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Hey! How do you make a sig. with color and more?--Daisy18108 (talk) 23:09, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

How do you make a wikitable?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here!} 00:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Birthday wishes

Thank you very much for wishing me happy birthday. It made me really happy. :) - Darwinek (talk) 00:27, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok. --MisterWiki talking! :-D ^{(SIGN!!!/REVIEW)} 00:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the welcome when I started a new account on Wikipedia. Please keep it up! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikigoogleplex (talk • contribs) 00:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

OK --MisterWiki talking! :-D ^{(SIGN!!!/REVIEW)} 00:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I need a title!

My Dad's writing a western novel that's a boy named Caleb and his horse Grey. They're trying to figure out who shot his uncle but my dad can't think of a title. Do you have an easy way of giving books title's? --9548coolgirl (talk) 01:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Mmmm... Who killed Caleb's uncle :P --MisterWiki talking! :-D ^{(SIGN!!!/REVIEW)} 01:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Here's your answer.

Caleb's uncle isn't dead yet just in a serious condition. The person who hurt him (my dad's not finished writing the book by the way) is a guy Caleb half-trusts --9548coolgirl (talk) 01:39, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

... Half-Trusts' Crime :P --MisterWiki talking! :-D ^{(SIGN!!!/REVIEW)} 01:46, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hi! Who's the old guy on your userpage and Talkpage? I've never heard of him--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 01:43, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

He's my grandpa. He was 95, he died in 2007, that's why i did it on his memory :( --MisterWiki talking! :-D ^{(SIGN!!!/REVIEW)} 01:46, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry for your Grandpa :(. I don't think so.--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 01:50, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hey! Do you like cartoon? Just wondering, since I can't think of anything to say right now.--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I love that show too! Did you see th new Ed,Edd n' Eddy movie? I think Courage the Cowardly Dog is funny too!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:15, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Really, It's the Ed, Edd n' Eddy Big Picture Show.--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:21, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure! Wanna change the Main Page on there? Also, I added you on my friends list ;)--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

G2G bye! I'll see ya tomorrow!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 03:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I'm from wikipedia Birthday committee. I wished everyone on their birthday from october to last week. If you're willing to wish everyone from now,then I may go back to welcoming new users!! Cheers! Vatsan34 (talk) 10:07, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

My Admin B-day

Thanks for congratulating me on my adminday! - Mgm|^(talk) 11:11, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcoming

(loss of session data experienced while posting...) Hello MisterWiki, although its nice to welcome users, its not always helpful to welcome vandals/sockpuppets such as you did at User talk:Veteranken. Especially when this gives other users trying to warn them edit conflicts. There is no policy against it, but it may be better to focus your efforts on some of our more constructive users. Kindest regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 15:42, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, ok, no problem then. Might be useful to put something to that affect in the edit summary, although you don't need to. Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 15:49, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

By the way, you should be aware that it's prohibited to use a automated editor from your own account (WP:Bot policy#Bot accounts) or without consent from the BAG group (WP:Bot policy#Approval process).
It's also advised that you don't run a bot that makes cosmetic changes. (WP:Bot policy#Restrictions on specific tasks)
I'm not sure whether you're running a semi-automated tool, but it looks like its fully-automated.
Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 16:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Simulated new messages banner

Please see WP:SMI. Things like fake new message banners are not appropriate.--Terrillja _talk 20:15, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, it was just a joke. --

MisterWiki talking! :-D ^{(SIGN!!!/REVIEW/SUPPORT ME AT META!!!)} 20:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I figured as much, but it shouldn't be there anyways. In addition, you should look at WP:SIG, your signature is ridiculously long and should be shortened.--Terrillja _talk 20:31, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I've shortened it, but see this one I had :P ([1]) --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW/OTRS)} 20:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm back!

Hey! I'm back!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 21:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't tell my real name (No offense).--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 21:15, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Well....ok. But my username there is Daisy13103.--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 21:21, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Your name is my name?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 21:35, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I like all kinds of music, but I can't name them cause I'm not a good speller--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 21:38, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I added my most fav on the talk!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 22:12, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey! Can you make me a rollback on your wiki, plz?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 22:19, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks too!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 22:22, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I won't! :)--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 22:24, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.

I'd like to Thank You for the warm welcome. ZekeW (talk) 03:14, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi

How do i get to my guestbook?--9548coolgirl 22:25, 2 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 9548coolgirl (talk • contribs)

Hey! Would you like to add your GuestBook on my GuestBook? I added a place for it ;D--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 22:48, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

HOW DO I MAKE A GUESTBOOK?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --9548coolgirl 23:01, 3 December 2009 (UTC), 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey! Is there any bad stuff on the articles? Just give me the link to it and i'll fix it! :D--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 23:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

No, really are there any vandles?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 23:39, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh.Sure! Can I upload my own pics on there?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 23:44, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 23:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I uploaded one, but can you fix it? Its at the Gallery--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 00:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 00:21, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Ummmm... I can't remove it. I'll try again--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 00:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Thanks!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 00:31, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm trying to add my pic to my gallery, but i can't. HELP ME, PLZ--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 00:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Its called Commons-tan.png--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 00:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

:( I think you'll have to read how to do a gallery. [2] :P --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 01:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Regarding your thanking of vandals

I see you have been previously cautioned against thanking vandals for their contributions. There is a template for "welcoming" vandals: {{subst:uw-vandalism1}} Please use it. Otherwise it looks like you are encouraging edits like this one. Please take care to review the edits the new person makes before you welcome their contributions. Thank you, Auntie E. 17:55, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/F.U.E.P.

Please see the comment that I have directed towards you on this aforementioned AFD. GaGaOohLaLa (talk) 21:10, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your welcome MisterWiki

I've started studying Wikipedia:The Missing Manual and opened a user account. Thanks for your welcome and the reminder to sign my posts. --Rahula2 (talk) 21:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome Message

I'm sorry I was rude before, but I made it clear that I do not want your custom message on my talk page. I created a new account and you still go against my wishes and slam a custom welcome message on me. I am creating another account and will you PLEASE STOP and not do it again. It's very clear who I am as my next account will have a similar name and edit a similar article. For the love of god withhold from putting your welcome message. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 8855.notknown (talk • contribs) 21:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry but I can't. I use a bot. --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 21:43, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

What is your fucking problem. I asked you nicely and you still do it. You are obviously NOT using a bot as you stuck this one on my user page instead of my talk page.

Mmm, you're wrong: [3] --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 21:51, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

No I am not. You posted your message to my user page, then realized your mistake and redirected the page to my talk page. I am making another account, do not post any messages on either my user or talk pages.

ANI

Hello, MisterWiki. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Bot welcomes, guestbooks, welcome template images. Thank you. -- Quiddity (talk) 21:48, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Adoption

I'd be glad if you adopted me. Whatever paperwork is needed to be done, go ahead! Thanks

LOL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 9548coolgirl (talk • contribs) 22:59, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

How do you perform antivandelism (is that how you spell it?)? I'd like to start doing so but I have no clue how to. Can you help?--9548coolgirl(talk) 23:21, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

It's spelled antivandalism, and I'll post at User:MisterWiki/Adopt-a-User how to do it, but wait, it will take a little while. --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 23:27, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Please read Anti-Vandalism.

Please read how to fix your signature here. --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 23:32, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

BOT

Can you show me the page where you submitted your bot for approval for its tasks?--Crossmr (talk) 01:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Warning

This is unacceptable. We have a policy here called no personal attacks, and calling another user an idiot because they don't like your spam-like welcome message is unacceptable. Do not do it again.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 04:39, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MisterWikiBot

Hi there Mr. Wiki. Just letting you know that I've had to decline your recent request for approval, as it's an unsuitable task for a bot. See the request page for details. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page if you need some help with a bot in the future. Best, - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 16:47, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

please help it's for school!!! need by December 4, 2009

Did Hebrew ideas about God and worship change as a result of this captivity?Angelpop (talk) 17:31, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

If you want help with school, try to visit Wikiversity. --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 17:32, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Re ANI and your welcome message

I've noted this on the ANI thread, but I'll also leave it here to be sure you see it. We don't mass-welcome new accounts because many people create accounts that are never used, or go on to use them for vandalism, so there's no point wasting the server space. It's good to see your guestbook link has gone from the template; Wikipedia isn't myspace/bebo/whatever, and users that treat it as such are eventually asked to leave. The pictures you're using don't seem to bear much relation to the text they're alongside; if you want to use images it might be worth finding more suitable ones. Also, the message's grammar is wrong; we ask questions, we don't tell them. That's important because it doesn't give a very good first impression to new users joining a serious, knowledge-based site like ours.

The most important thing, though, is running an unauthorised bot. This will result in a block if it happens again. You get full marks for effort, and for trying to make Wikipedia a more welcoming place, but I strongly suggest you run these ideas past other editors (such as at the village pump) before diving in next time :) All the best, EyeSerene^talk 17:35, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

OK. I've stopped forever my welcome-bot. --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 17:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Edit: I've requested a bot account and I'm waiting for consensus. Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MisterWikiBot (2nd) --MisterWiki talk ^{(SIGN/REVIEW)} 17:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: First Edit

Thanks for my First Edit anniversary, I totally forgot about it, I really appreciate it. :) Have a nice day. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 17:57, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion

This does not exceed the limit of 255 characters, and can easily fit in the raw signature box, so please move it there. If you will not, move it to a .js subpage, as only you can edit those. Currently, it can be vandalized by anyone.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 20:32, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Can you protect it, I think I will not change it again. --MisterWiki talk contribs 20:36, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I see no need to protect it when it can fit in the box that contains your signature in your preferences. It is smaller than 255 characters, which is the limit for the raw signature box.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 20:38, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Concur - move it to the preferences to avoid having to make a call that page every time you sign. –xeno^talk 20:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Try again with the changes I made [4]. –xeno^talk 20:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope, still the same. --MisterWiki talk contribs 20:45, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Having troubles with my signature-2.png

[[User:MisterWiki|<span style="color:red">'''MisterWiki'''</span>]] [[User talk:MisterWiki|<small><span style="color:green">talk</span></small>]] [[Special:Contributions/MisterWiki|<small><span style="color:blue">contribs</span></small>]]

^^^ There. –xeno^talk 21:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I moved things around slightly and reduced the length even more.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 21:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

[[User:MisterWiki|<span style="color:red">'''MisterWiki'''</span>]] <small>[[User talk:MisterWiki|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/MisterWiki|<span style="color:blue">contribs</span>]]</small>

^^^ - My edit.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 21:07, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Warning

Do not put images in your signature, ever.— Dædαlus ^Contribs 21:10, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks folks! I love you guys :D --MisterWiki talk contribs 21:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem. –xeno^talk 21:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I didn't really mind your welcome bot

MisterWiki, as a completely new user, I didn't know what to make of your surprising welcome message except for what it was: a friendly, helpful welcoming message with a timely reminder to sign my edits. It also contained a rich source of wiki editing syntax for further study. Now having read the objections to your bot at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents, or is this how to link it with double brackets: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents I conclude that some policy was broken. Later I will try to understand these policies which appear to restrict certain kinds of communication. There does certainly appear to be plenty of discussion about what users/editors should or should not do, a boiling cauldron of activity. Meanwhile, I want you to know that I appreciated your welcome anyway, even if only from a bot. Keep your cheerful attitude. --Rahula2 (talk) 00:16, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Reverting a change of yours

I've reverted a change you made to this file. Typically, for non-free images, we don't do above 300 pixels on a side. I chose 200 pixels because that is the ideal with of cover images in the infobox this file is used in.--Rockfang (talk) 08:42, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Template talk:Did you know

Hi there. Unfortunately, your nominations of Modern Talking and Pichilemu had to be rejected. Please remember that the "Did you know?" section on the Main Page is not a general trivia section. You are invited to nominate articles for DYK of course but please remember that they need to have been created or expanded fivefold within 5 days. Regards SoWhy 17:41, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

O'Higgins region communes/municipalities templates

Hellow Mr Wiki looking thought you edits I think you are doing a great work but Im concerned about your "Replacing Communes of O'Higgins Region with Cachapoal template", I think it is a step back. The O'Higgins Region template offered more navegability within the region, now you can not jump from Marchihue to Peralillo, to neighboring communes. Wikipedia is as best when you can easely access other pages of interest.

Greeting,

Dentren | ^Talk 21:43, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

You said something Im talk page was it about this? Can we keep the discussion here?

So... what do you say about the template issue? Dentren | ^Talk 23:12, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I propose to join all the templates onto just one. Replace the original template with {{Cachapoal Province}}, {{Cardenal Caro Province}}, and so on... --MisterWiki talk contribs 23:16, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Its hart to mto see how your version [5] is better than the old one [6].. because with the version you ceated people have to clic two times (one to open and another to go into the article). Sincerily, I think the old one is much better.. if you dont agree, please say why!!? Dentren | ^Talk 23:42, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Are you promoting the weakness? My template is much better because it includes pics of the provinces, just look at other provinces templates like {{Drenthe Province}}. MisterWiki talk contribs 23:46, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I have to agree that the imges thing are a good idea, but their value is not above navegability, its just to clumsy to have 3 closed sub-templates than one. Don you agree? What do you say about this [7] version?

 Done This time I agree with you. --MisterWiki talk contribs 01:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

picture of "Chilean family"

What is it with that picture that you're posting it in all articles relating to the demographics of Chile, including the Southern Cone? How is that picture representative of the Chilean population?

I have deleted it once again, as I think it's not helping to improve any of those articles. Kindly, discuss before re-adding it. Likeminas (talk) 23:00, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi Again!!!

Hey!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:05, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ross Casino

Hello! Your submission of Ross Casino at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 11:21, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied at T:TDYK. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 22:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Could you have another look at the nomination? Thanks, Ucucha 12:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

~l.o.l. ~

So linking to my new wiki, which is heavily worked on, is spam? Ok, I will return when there is more content. But then please don't do vandalism on it.

I've didn't vandalized it. --MisterWiki talk contribs 19:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

O:O This is the way you treat users: Inserting nonsense/gibberish into pages: Get a life. And your own wiki. Incredible. --MisterWiki talk contribs 20:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

It's ok. I know you need your fun. 79.195.206.202 (talk) 20:18, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the first edit day wishes...

Appreciated! :) Glen 02:05, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Toontown Online

So do you play Toontown Online?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 01:31, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't have much time now, but it seems very good. ;D --MisterWiki talk contribs 01:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it does. I play it! It's really fun, if you ask me!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 01:38, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey again! Well when you get the time, I hope you try to sign up for Toontown Online! If you want to, go to the web site and sign up! When you do, my toon's name is Princess Rosie, A light purple cat with purple shorts!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 01:57, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

OK. --MisterWiki talk contribs 02:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Cool! So you may sign up?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:14, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

So, whats your toon's name and what animal is it?--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, that part I forgot to say. The game takes awhile sometimes. Maybe you can do it later or so. Thanks,--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 02:40, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey! So....--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 03:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Dispute resolution on Word processor screenshots

Greetings, MisterWiki

Please kindly report to Word Processor article discussion page, section "Screenshots of commercial word processors" for dispute resolution regarding one of your recent questionable edits. Fleet Command (talk) 09:39, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ross Casino

On December 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ross Casino, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 02:21, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Word 2010

Can you please take this screenshot File:Office_2010.png using the "English" version. It is currently in Spanish. Thanks. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 22:48, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind. I've uploaded the English version screenshot I found on the web. --Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions) 23:00, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Rick-Astley-Aint-Too-Proud-To-232592.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Rick-Astley-Aint-Too-Proud-To-232592.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 07:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

your RFA

I'm not sure you noticed that another admin undid your transclusion of your RFA [8] because it was not ready yet. When it is ready, you will need to re-add it to the main RFA page. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Your RFA was closed as WP:NOTNOW. I missed my chance to ask you these questions. Please be prepared to answer questions 6 in any future RFA. If the issues that led to me asking question 4 are still here in any future RFA, please be prepared to answer them. Question 5 has to do with your coming off a long wiki-break. Before running again, please have several months of sustained participation in the project and in policy- or other administration-related discussions before putting your name in the hat again.

Given how quickly this RFA closed, I recommend waiting until

• You have at least 6 solid months of additional editing, with 100+ edits in each of those months,
• Until you have at least 4 solid months in a row of editing immediately prior to your RFA, with only short wikibreaks during those 4 months, and
• At least 4 solid months in a row participating in administrative decisions, with only short wikibreaks or breaks from administrative discussions during those 4 months.

I normally don't require 4 solid months of administrative-type experience immediately prior to RFA, but in this case it will show that you are able to handle the issue raised in question 4. I also sent you an email on a related matter. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:31, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

As davidwr said, your RfA was closed early - I would suggest that you read it (and davidwr's excellent advice above) and pay attention to the comments made in the opposes - the editors who have commented there give good advice on why you are not yet ready to consider adminship.

Some reasons from me as well:

1. your attitude here ("Still being non notable...because I live in Chile and I've never heard about it") is either arrogant or immature - either way, the notability guidelines and notability guidelines for organisations say nothing about if specific editors have heard of it - they require a reliable, independent source of information (such as, for example, the New York Times) to be available. This could be forgiven if it was months ago, but it was only 23 hours ago - seriously, many editors would have opposed on just this one thing
2. You said that one of your best contributions was "Guide newbies (Daisy18108 by example) and other users that need it." - looking at your on-wiki conversations with Daisy18108, I don't see very much guidance - mainly it was just general chit-chat, not about Wikipedia at all. Looking through your contributions, I couldn't see any other newbies that you had helped - lots of welcome messages, but not any other guidance.
3. You said in question 3 "Sometimes, however, it's not possible (when I get angry), when a user reclaims about my contribs, but I try anyway to do it by the better way" - an administrator is held to a higher standard than a "normal" editor. They are supposed to be calm, and avoid getting angry: an angry admin will do the wrong thing, like edit warring or blocking a user: blocking is required sometimes, but only when it is the logical thing, the right thing to do - not just because an editor has pissed you off.

I'm not going to add any more to that list - but in your previous RfA, the first opposer suggested that you get admin coaching. I would suggest that this would be a good idea if you are serious. You may have been an admin on your school wiki, but there is a vast difference between that and Wikipedia: the scope of Wikipedia is so much larger (more than 3 million articles, almost 19 million pages in total, over 11 million registered users... it's a big wiki!) - and being admin isn't just about knowing how to use the tools, but when to use them - and just as importantly, when not to use them.

I hope you keep your keenness, and perhaps we'll see you with another RfA (hopefully not self-nominated, as some people really don't like those!) in several months (or longer) after some admin coaching. Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:46, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

To add to what Phantomsteve said: Adminship is not really about the technical ability to press buttons, and it's not really about "do we trust you not to accidentally break the wiki" or "not deleting the main page, as those are the easy parts of being an admin. The hard parts, the parts people are looking at in RFA discussions are

1. Knowing the rules inside and out, including the changes that just happened yesterday, or at least knowing what you don't know and not making decisions in ignorance.
2. Having judgment on administrative calls that is at least close to historical judgment. Is your definition of a no-consensus AFD close at least close to what most people expect it to be? If you would routinely no-consensus-close something with 5 deletes and 1 keep, and the merits of the discussions greatly favored deletion, you shouldn't be an admin, or at least you shouldn't be closing AFDs.
3. Having good people skills. This means the ability to be calm, cool, and collected and have good written English skills. It also means the ability to communicate with editors who may not be calm, cool, or collected and whose first language is not English.

Several editors have their own "criteria for adminship" that they use in RFAs. I have a partial list at User:Davidwr/RFAs#Other' takes on RFAs. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:54, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Also, I have to add, you really should wait until you graduate High School before applying to be an admin on Wikipedia, so maybe a couple of years to go yet. Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:57, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

About TT

Hey! About ToonTown Online, it's slow sometimes....--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 18:52, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Brock Davis

Hi MisterWiki. I've removed your speedy deletion tag from Brock Davis since it says he played in the Major League, which is clear claim of importance and invalidates A7 (also it looks like you accidentally used {{db-band}} which is a sub-set of A7 specifically for musicians). Let me know if you disagree. Cheers, Olaf Davis (talk) 19:16, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, I've used a wrong template, but appears that Brock Davis is notable. Greetings. --MisterWiki talk contribs 19:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

For taking the time to read some of the Spanish language sources on the English Opens Doors articles and confirming the result at the deletion review. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 19:49, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

OK. I've left you a message about Foxyfan (talk · contribs) in your talkpage. --MisterWiki talk contribs 19:59, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Foxyfan needs to be careful if they intend to use both accounts, or they'll end up being accused of being a pair of socks:) In particular, don't get them to sign up to your project under both user names. If they only want to use one username that's OK. They can get their contributions linked up I think.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:26, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Your chum Foxyfan just shot her mouth off on my talkpage. I have removed the personal info she posted about you - you should tell her to avoid doing that again, as WP:OUTING carries a block penalty.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:42, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Images

Hello, you may want to give your opinion here.--Ccrazymann (talk) 13:32, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Talking System

Hello! Your submission of Talking System at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 18:07, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:DOSBOX Windows 3.1.png

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. ZooFari 02:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

ohai

Sorry I am currently busy with multiple things nowadays, perhaps catch you later on freenode. Your pal, Danger^Mouse (talk) 11:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Pichilemu

Pichilemu looks much improved. I'll leave the new GA review to someone else. But I thought I'd offer some observations on the rewrite in case it helps:

• The intro is very short. WP:MOS says that it should summarize the whole article, but the current intro doesn't say much.
• There are still several paragraphs lacking references, especially in Important places.
• The English usage is better but is still a little rough in places (e.g. "it have 5 Historic Monuments", "Surfing is one of the most biggest tourist draws").
• I would remove the statement "This article have content extracted from the Spanish and the German Wikipedia." Other Wikipedia articles cannot be used as sources and putting in statements like this implies that you have used these as sources.
• The statement "Pichilemu is commonly called the South American version of California's Santa Cruz" is still using Pichilemu-based web sites as references. That is almost certainly going to be seen as biased by a reviewer.
• The article still uses lists a lot. In general lists are discouraged in favor of just having discussions about the items in the prose.
• There is still not really much discussion of the city's government, economy, and culture (e.g. annual festivals, religion, traditions, etc.). A reviewer might pass it without these but I think most reviewers would say that the article doesn't cover the topic broadly enough.

Anyway, good luck.

--Mcorazao (talk) 16:43, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Mcorazao, I'll work on it. --MisterWiki talk contribs 20:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Modern Talking

Please see the instructions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals. One person does not a Wiki Project make, see [[9]]. I have removed your template and moved your project pages into userspace. If this project gets support, then you can move them into mainspace. In the meantime, please do not add the template to any articles. Thank you.

Template: Streets of Greater St. Louis

(Jordan S. Wilson (talk) 23:57, 15 December 2009 (UTC)) No It's not all of them I need to find the maps first.

Microsoft Word

Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I have declined [10] your protection request for the Microsoft Word article. Additionally Wikipedia's official policy on Image use indicates that icons should be in svg format (which is presumably why Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc. have icons in the correct, preferred image format), so I am somewhat troubled by the fact that you have twice reverted ([11], [12]) the article back to your own uploaded png version. — Kralizec! (talk) 14:28, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

 Ilyushka88  Talk to me is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

Thank you very much for holiday greetings! I wish you all the best and I hope that you have a nice christmas.  Ilyushka88  Talk to me 07:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you :) --MisterWiki talk contribs 11:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Michael Dobson

Could you please explain why you think that the Michael Dobson (author) page reads like an advertisement? Twice now you've reverted with no explanation at all. Simply placing a template on a page and walking away isn't necessarily very helpful. 24.148.0.83 (talk) 01:37, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. I read it. --MisterWiki talk contribs 01:40, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, I know you added it again, but why? I mean, I'll even take the little's explanation to mean that you have a valid reason. Just give me a sentence, a phrase, a few words... anything. Try as I might, I can't understand why you think the article in its current state reads as an advertisement, and you haven't given me any clues to go by. 24.148.0.83 (talk) 01:45, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I was clicking Random Page and the page appeared. So it appeared like an advertisement of a unknown person for me, so I tagged it. --MisterWiki talk contribs 01:47, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, well, that's something of an insight to your thought process then. I'd like to seek out a third opinion though, and I'll drop the subject based on what they have to say. 24.148.0.83 (talk) 01:51, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi! I have provided a third opinion for this dispute at Talk:Michael Dobson (author). Please discuss it further there. Thanks! Mildly Mad^T_C 02:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

OK. --MisterWiki talk contribs 03:56, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

archanamiya · talk is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hey MisterWiki! Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. Cheers, archanamiya · talk 19:26, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. :) --MisterWiki talk contribs 03:55, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Polargeo's RfA

Would you mind responding to Juliancolton's question at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Polargeo? It's right below your oppose vote. 71.224.248.67 (talk) 03:19, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done --MisterWiki talk contribs 03:54, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Amateur radio pics

Your photo has once again been removed from the amateur radio operator page per the comments left on the talk page. Please do not continue to add your pictures to the page against the wishes of other editors. This is bordering on disruptive. — Huntster (t @ c) 22:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Rollback usage

Please be careful when using rollback. You can see at WP:ROLLBACK that (with rare exceptions) it is only to be used to rollback obvious vandalism. If you have to explain to someone why an edit is vandalism, then it is not obvious vandalism, and rollback should not be used. In the last four days, you have used rollback several times, including these inappropriate cases: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Prior to #6, you added an {{advert}} tag to Michael Dobson (author) (with no explanation other than "Added {{advert}} tag to article using Friendly"). An editor then undid your edit with summary "rvt - could you explain that a little better, please? I don't see how anything here is advertising anything", and you then reverted the undo with no explanation. Rollback must not be used for cases like that. Johnuniq (talk) 03:13, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, sorry, I will be more careful using rollback :) --MisterWiki talk contribs 03:54, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I note that you continue to use the revert rollback feature to revert content edits: [13], [14]; as well as the revert feature of Twinkle: [15], [16]. The latter two diffs could also be interpreted as personal attacks, given that the edit summaries assert that certain edits are vandalism. I suggest you closely study WP:NPA, WP:EW, and WP:REVERT unless you want to find yourself losing access to tools. — æk^Talk 23:19, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy message to blocked user

Why did you add a "happy" message to User talk:Coastergeekperson04? The user has not contributed since July and is blocked. Your happy message is a very short distance below a prominent "This user has been blocked indefinitely" box. Are you using a bot to add messages to talk pages? I noticed this while participating in an MfD discussion. Johnuniq (talk) 06:56, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm not using a bot. --MisterWiki talk contribs 14:33, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Also, I was warned about the bot using, I can't use one. I can't venture me because a simple happy holidays or birthday or whatever else message. Also, I don't know of a bot that could do that (add happy birthday messages). --MisterWiki talk contribs 19:43, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Last Exit to Brooklyn (song)

I have restored the image which I uploaded yesterday. There is no reason why we should keep the one which has the bar code included. And you might want to be careful when calling my edits vandalism as I will not tolerate the next time you do that and ask for an administrator to look at it. And once and for all, you have to stop your bad habit of edit-warring, it's quite childish, instead discuss whatever you disagree with.--Harout72 (talk) 16:13, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Enjoy the season!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

May this season bring you joy and cheer Diego! --Coffee // have a cup // ark // 18:14, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you Coffee. :) --MisterWiki talk contribs 20:51, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

WikiQuette Alerts

Hello, Vanished user 24kwjf10h32h/historical archive. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Posting as uninvolved user. — æk^Talk 23:06, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done --MisterWiki talk contribs 23:52, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

The image for Last Exit to Brooklyn

Hey, you want to fix the image, the bar-code is still visible even after you uploaded another one. You should change the address within the article's infobox and make it read the newer version's image-address.--Harout72 (talk) 02:29, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

It's just a lag from the server. I will make it 1 pixel bigger and will work. I fixed the image just some minutes before your image got deleted. --MisterWiki talk contribs 02:31, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure what's going on but the side bar-code is still there, let me know if you want me to re-upload it.--Harout72 (talk) 02:47, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

No, reuploading it doesn't changes anything, I tried. We'll have to wait some time :) --MisterWiki talk contribs 02:50, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

It would have changed by now if anything was going to change. I meant re-uploading a newer version by entering a slightly different wording would solve this, for example, "Modern Talking-Last Exit to Brooklyn.jpg" instead of "Modern_Talking_-_Last_Exit_To_Brooklyn_Frontal.jpg", and we'll post the one we have for deletion. --Harout72 (talk) 03:06, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

There's no need Harout72, just wait until the server fix the problem ;) --MisterWiki talk contribs 03:09, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Just use Ctrl+Shift+R. ;)--MisterWiki talk contribs 03:43, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Looks like that did the trick, how come you didn't try it before? All good now.--Harout72 (talk) 04:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I asked on the IRC, why don't you join it?. Use the webIRC http://93.186.193.46/ --MisterWiki talk contribs 04:12, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

MJfan9: hey why did you Rub half the information off of my Userpage I'll Rub off all of your page shall I Idiot MJfan9 (talk) 16:22, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied. --MisterWiki talk contribs 03:08, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

ANI

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.Hell In A Bucket (talk) 17:56, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. --MisterWiki talk contribs 19:34, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

I didn't know your name is... Well, i'm not saying it.--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 17:42, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Your Invited!

Please try to join!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 20:51, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

No, thanks. --MisterWiki talk contribs 21:06, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi! Check out my userpage! I added something...--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 21:46, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

So? --MisterWiki talk contribs 21:48, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

I put something on the side.--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 23:29, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: After School (band)

Hello MisterWiki, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of After School (band), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not previously been deleted via a deletion discussion. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 23:06, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:CSD#G4 only applies if the previous deletion was by AfD, not speedy or PROD. This article has been speedied, but was undeleted by the deleting admin after this discussion with a user who plans to clean it up. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:10, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, but if that user doesn't clean up the article, I will tag it again as {{db-spam}} --MisterWiki talk contribs 23:11, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

weird AFD vote

It's weird to leave a !vote to your own AFD, since it's fait accompli. I first thought you had left the !vote as "delete as nom", which makes a little sense, though still unnecessary. However, putting it in there as "delete as nom" starts to look fishy. tedder (talk) 19:19, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Review your comments

The image I uploaded is my own work of art. Don't edit user talk pages without proper knowledge of the subject!Daniel Prabhu 16:36, 29 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dprabhu (talk • contribs)

Maybe you created it, but the Windows logo is copyrighted by Microsoft. Is a derivative work of a copyrighted work. Sorry. --MisterWiki talk contribs 16:48, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiCup/2010 Signups

Could you please choose which flag you actually want? Only one flag per competitor. J Milburn (talk) 17:24, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done --MisterWiki talk contribs 19:09, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

IRC cloak

I am MisterWiki on freenode and I'm requesting a cloak. --MisterWiki talk contribs 00:40, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

You made some claims about an article (Guitaret) I made, and I don't know why you made them

Hi - you have flagged a number of issues on a page I created (Guitaret) and made several additions to. Can you please explain why they were made? - you suggested that there was a problem with notability, but it is a musical instrument at least as significant as many others for which there are established wiki pages. In addition there has been a Dutch Wikipedia article on it since 2006. I could have just translated the Dutch one but I wanted to do it properly. It has been featured in several commercially-released motion picture and documentary soundtracks, has been, and was considered sufficiently significant to include as a sample in a major sample release. It has been featured on recent recordings by Brian Eno, David Byrne and Nick Cave as well as a number of Indie European artists. If people want to know what a particular sound is, they will go to Wikipedia to find out (I did) and they need an article there. - I made it as neutral a tone as possible. I have quoted from the manual and the publicity material from Hohner (1963) - you suggested spam, but all the lists were assembled by me with great care over a substantial period of time

Can you please tell me why you made those claims? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DiarmuidPigott (talk • contribs) 05:54, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

The article needs a clean up, is confusing and needs to be expanded, Wikipedia is not a collection of external links, don't post them again, and is not a gallery, please remove some. --MisterWiki talk contribs 06:12, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Lists

Rather than telling me what not to do, could you tell me how to go about doing the same thing correctly?

I followed the example on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavinet which feature 63 such references/galleries.

If I made a separate page of "people who play guitaret" I would agree it might not be sufficiently noteworthy. DiarmuidPigott (talk) 06:23, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Guitaret page inappropriate editing

How can you say an article needs expansion, when you just removed most of it?

The information you removed was where the notes are on the instrument (standard for articles on instruments) how to hold the instrument (also standard for articles on instruments) performers (also standard for articles on instruments), performance (again, standard for articles on instruments) and recordings (also standard for articles on instruments). —Preceding unsigned comment added by DiarmuidPigott (talk • contribs) 06:38, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

You can't use all of these copyrighted things. Leave the article alone. --MisterWiki talk contribs 13:43, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

You are simply not discussing this at all. You are acting arbitrarily in a way that is unjustified. I have had no recourse but to refer this for mediation and lodged a complaint against you as an uncivil editor. I notice that this is not the first time it has happened to you DiarmuidPigott (talk) 15:45, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Obsession (Blue System album)

Please fully translate articles before publishing them. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm translating it. --MisterWiki talk contribs 21:00, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Twilight Blue.jpg and File:ObsessionB.jpg

When it says "self made" in your fair use rationale templates, do you actually mean that they were scanned by yourself? Self made and scanned are not the same. bibliomaniac15 22:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Note

Please don't hound new users, as you did in this afd. Make your point once, there's no need to reply to every comment and to shout, calling them spammers and make assumptions of bad faith. It leaves a very sour taste for new users who are just starting to contribute. Just think of how that had felt if someone had done it to you in your first article. henrik•talk 10:41, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

It was just pointed out that you struck other people's comments in that AFD (here and here). Striking other people's good faith comments is entirely unacceptable, and you should consider yourself lucky I did not see it before I left the above comment. That kind of action borders on being disruption worthy of blocks. Please don't let me see you pull stunts like that in the future.

Look, I'm sure you mean well, but enforcing the rules properly, especially when you interact with new users, requires a great deal of maturity and patience. Newbies are not expected to know every rule. It's okay that they make mistakes. It's perfectly understandable that they start writing about subjects close to them. Our job here is to help nurture them into great editors, not drive them away for some silly little mistake or for breaking some obscure rule they didn't know about. henrik•talk 15:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

OK. --MisterWiki talk contribs 18:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hi! So I'm here! I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO SAY!!!--Daisy18108 ^{Talk to me here! Sign my Guestbook!} 17:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

The 2010 WikiCup begins tomorrow!

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