User talk:Cpl Syx/September-December-2009

Relationship

I notice you dont mention anything about a girlfriend.... are you lonely? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.16.138 (talk • contribs) 20:09, 24 September 2009

It just adds to the mystery, don't you think? Cpl Syx ^[talk] 19:12, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I think it means you either dont have a relationship or have one you arent proud of for various aesthetic, personal or sanitary reasons..

but then i could be wrong...

...but then im not — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.16.138 (talk • contribs) 20:20, 24 September 2009

Isn't that just the beauty of the Internet though? I could be a fat greasy teenager who hasn't showered in a month, or I could be a handsome older man with a wife, a house and a career... but you'll never know for sure! Cpl Syx ^[talk] 19:24, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

LeslieOlachia

hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by LeslieOlachia (talk • contribs) 12:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi LeslieOlachia, can I assist you in any way? --Cpl Syx (talk) 12:29, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Quit beating me to the revert! (Kidding, of course. :-) I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 18:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

My first barnstar... thank you very much! :) --Cpl Syx (talk) 18:23, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for reverting some vandalism of my user page. I'm starting to see that some of the vandals we revert seem to take it quite personally. Thanks again! (p.s. well done on the barnstar!) ~~ Dr Dec (Talk) ~~ 18:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem - we all take care of each other! You're spot on though, some editors do take things very personally and will then repeatedly vandalise user pages... thankfully we have WP:AIAV to help us out. :) --Cpl Syx (talk) 18:29, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Gideon Bible

I believe that my input regarding the Gideon Bible was relevant. www.8bitcollective.com is a religious based site that specializes in said works. Forgive me for being so forward. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.40.233 (talk) 05:38, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

If your link is relevant and adds encylopedic value, then please add it to the "External links" section at the end of the article, rather than into a heading! --Cpl Syx (talk) 05:41, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Cultural Importance of Wikipedia Articles

Sorry about personal attacks. Ok, page viewer statistics is a nice feature, (not sure how to access that). But what about the "cultural importance" of a wikipedia article. There are long articles in wikipedia on say the musical ouput of an obscure rapper or hip hop artist. Now someone who is doing a project on the declaration of independence can find it unsettling to see lofty articles juxtaposed with pretty trashy articles. An encyclopedia like Brittanica won't dedicate an article to queefing (vaginal fart). It would be considered trashy.

I'm against censoring content. But isn't there a way to create a rating, by vote, of the cultural importance of an article. So say, the declaration of independence would be more culturally important than the term "queef". Of course this would be controversial, but that's why voting would seem the most democratic way of rating an article's cultural relevance or importance.

And as far as SI units go, i think you misunderstood me. The existing SI unit of centimeter is not close the inch. i think its like 2.54 centimeters to one inch. I guess even if we made a new alternative centimeter unit to equal 1 inch, we would still have problems. The british system uses base twelve, not base ten.

I am now genuinely perplexed as to the direction of this discussion. I agree that some articles have greater culutural importance than others, but that varies between cultures. For example; the Declaration of Independence has far less importance to me than it would to an American. How does one go about rating culutural importance across all cultures? A simple voting system would not work as cultures with higher populace would have a larger weighting. I agree that Wikipedia has benefits over other encyclopedias, in that it is free to contain articles on just about anything.

I have very little idea of what you're getting at with SI units. I'm aware the the "old" British units are not close to SI standards (not base 12 though; there are 12 inches in a foot but 3 feet to a yard, and 16 ounces to a pound) but the UK uses the SI units of metre and kilogram. I get the feeling you should take up this discussion with the General Conference on Weights and Measures! --Cpl Syx (talk) 05:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Whats with removing everything im putting?

What is with removing information vital to the page? Please do explain, I have added information relating to the derailment of a Class 142 three times now, and you have removed it THREE times, all for no reason. Please, if you have no knowledge on this area, do not moderate it. It is really frustrating adding something constructive, and vital to train experts, and having you remove it!!!!!

As a new IP, altering an article without providing an edit summary to information that is incorrect (A Google search for "Class 142042" provides 2 results, the only conclusion I can draw is that it is vandalism. Please provide valid edit summaries (as you did in your 3rd edit) and a source for the information if you wish to add it. --Cpl Syx (talk) 18:09, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Userpage revert

I appreciate the helping hand you lent removing the vandalism from my userpage. Good show, Javért ^☆ 07:11, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

You're most welcome :) --Cpl Syx (talk) 07:55, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

NPOV Warning

Warning Removed

I would appreciate some explanation for this warning, considering the revert was to remove obvious (and repeated) vandalism. --Cpl Syx (talk) 07:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I was warning the user on huggle just as you were reverting to the original text causing a mix-up. I will go ahead and remove it.

Regards, Gaelen S.^{Talk • Contribs} 08:01, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Ah, no worries then :) --Cpl Syx (talk) 08:02, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Just a quick question, I saw the template at the top of your page and I was interested by it. I have been attempting to create something like that on my page but have been unsuccessful. Do you have any insight on the issue?

Regards, Gaelen S.^{Talk • Contribs} 08:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Are you referring to the talkback template, or the custom "thank you" box? The former is simply making use of Template:Usertalkback, more specifically {{Usertalkback|icon=lang}}. The latter is using Template:Ombox which can be customised to however you see fit! --Cpl Syx (talk) 08:25, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

George W.Bush

Yes George bush did say he was invading Iraq to "protect America and her interests abroad".Why did you delete my entry?

Your edit is out of place for the section, and contains no valid source of this information. Your previous edits also are not NPOV. Please add a reference for this quotation if you wish it to add it. A quick Google search for the phrase "protect America and her interests abroad" gives 7 results - none of which are directly attributed to GWB.

Vandalism?

I do not understand. How was that vandalism?--71.80.54.186 (talk) 14:53, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

It wasn't, I've replaced the edit. Unfortunately your IP has been making unconstructive edits to this page, and so your change was automatically reverted. --Cpl Syx (talk) 14:56, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Warnings

I have been on wikipedia for a few months now, and while I was giving out warnings to disruptive users, I noticed that I couldn't really block them. I did give out warnings though. However some users kept abusing wikipedia. After giving out substituted warnings they still went on to do vandalism. I didn't know what to do next as the people who have the power to block users noticed much later on. Is there are place where I can report users quickly? NarSakSasLee (talk) 15:16, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

I contacted you becuase another user, user:Adamwjo, was being extremely disruptive. NarSakSasLee (talk) 15:18, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Well done for giving users warnings, that's the first step of the process. Hopefully you've been giving users who repeatedly vandalise increasing levels of warning (have a look at Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace for more on warnings) Once a user gets to level 4 (i.e. "This is your last warning") if they then vandalise again, go to WP:AIAV and fill in a report. Be aware though, that without the correct process of warnings first the report will be discarded! Hopefully that will help you on the way of fighting vandalism - but don't hesitate to ask if you've got any more questions! :) Cpl Syx ^[talk] 15:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. NarSakSasLee (talk) 15:25, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Userpage Shield
		Thanks for catching and undoing the vandalism to my userpage. Click23 (talk) 16:40, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

You are most welcome - thank you for the UPB! Cpl Syx ^[talk] 16:42, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for RV/V!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user talk page! A More Perfect Onion (talk) 20:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

You're more than welcome - that was one very persistent vandal! Cpl Syx ^[talk] 20:49, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

No kidding e was persistent. I saw eir after-block comment, which summarizes as "But I was just leaving a comment!!!eleventy" --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 20:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

vandalism?

How exactly was the edit vandalism?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.165.67.131 (talk • contribs) 13:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

You added the link to chicken tax, which at the time was a nonexistent page. Considering that you had also done the same to at least one other article, I deemed your edit to be unconstructive (hence vandalistic, if not vandalism per se). However I now see that a page has been created for chicken tax that contains several references, and as such please allow me to retract my previous statement and offer my apologies. Cpl Syx ^[talk] 15:08, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

So, without knowing or researching that there was such a thing as the Chicken tax, your first response was to accuse me of vandalism? I accept your apologies, and hope in the future you will note that there are many, many "links to non-existent pages" throughout Wikipedia — that these links are not necessarily unconstructive and thereby vandalistic, and that accusing fellow editors of vandalism and threatening to have them block them blocked is hardly in the spirit of "assuming good faith." Let's do better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.165.67.131 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Please don't think I was immediately accusing you of vandalism. The warning templates are standard, and are applied in consecutive order after unconstructive edits - which I (incorrectly) determined yours to be for adding a redlink. I didn't threaten to block you, merely pointed out that you might be headed towards vandalism and directed you towards the sandbox! Might I suggest you use edit summaries to prevent such things from happening in future? We can always do better. :) Cpl Syx ^[talk] 17:39, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Quaid1997

sorry for "vandalising but i am new to wikipedia and not very good at commenting in the right places. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quaid1997 (talk • contribs)

No problem - have a look at the editing guides you were linked to and test things out in the sandbox first. Happy editing! Cpl Syx ^[talk] 17:16, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Dear Mr. Erickson,

I was wondering if you could write a recommendation letter to United States army about who I am am because I wanted to join the army. I was also wondering if you cold send it to 2028N Cherry st. apartment C300 Spokane, WA 99216. I need it by 1 week.

Sincerely, Jerad E Laitinen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.212.104.32 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing Jerad! Although I'm not sure who Mr Erickson is... Cpl Syx ^[talk] 18:36, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Random thanks

Just wanted to say thanks. I see your username around, and thought you deserved some thanks. In general, nothing particular. --Alchemist Jack (talk) 00:27, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks! It's very much appreciated :) Cpl Syx ^[talk] 09:59, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, on a separate matter. I went to login and was told that my IP address had asked to change my password. I looked through the help but couldn't find anything that explained why that should happen. I did not request any password change. Should I be concerned?--Alchemist Jack (talk) 11:50, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Probably not - even if it was a deliberate attempt to change your password by someone who has taken a dislike to you, nothing can happen without your confirmation. Cpl Syx ^[talk] 16:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

about Mysterious Universe

RELIABLE SOURCES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, PLEASE DO NOT DELETE PAGE

THESE ARE THE REFERENCES FROM reliable sources which satisfy claims of notability as per WP:N. The previous AfD

NEWS OUTLETS SOURCES : PRWEB[1]

NEWS.COM.AU [2]

They clearly stand for reliable sources and multiple items of media coverage to satisfy WP:N. Regarding PRWEB: News outlet that works with distribution partners such as Yahoo! News, Google News. Regarding NEWS.COM.AU: A widely known Australian news outlet.

DestroHolmes failure to see the changes may not be the most reliable point of view given to the fact that his edits and alleged clean up selectively erased the reliable sources. Please note that his edits worked more as surreptitious academic protectionism than acceptable encyclopedic criteria. What kind of concensus can we have if only DestroHolmes makes all the decisions?

Regarding recent edits by User:Absolutemetazero the present version does NOT have issues with WP:OR, WP:NPOV, nor citation problems and rather it was reverted (diffs here) because it had been consistently suppressed by DestroHolmes. Wikipedia is about collaboration and not arbitrary deletion by one person such as DestroHolmes who seems to be defending Benjamin Grundy's interests instead of respecting encyclopedic guidelines.

I want to publicly denounce DestroHolmes and his attempts to suppress this page and its complaints of online fraud despite the addition of reliable sources. Furthermore, I want to publicly question DestroHolmes's real identity as a a possible acquintance of Benjamin Grundy or as Benjamin Grundy himself.

The edit war with Tonkacres/Zhenboy/Destroholmes was deliberately started when Benjamin Grundy and Aaron were sent private messages on facebook notifying them about the changes on Wikipedia and in less than an hour (Australian time) the edit war had started.

DestroHolmes then proceeded to block the accounts and then acted as expected: started protecting Benjamin Grundy.

The page was then subsequently changed by DestroHolmesin a deliberate attempt to obfuscate the evidence of possible online fraud in the section "Breach of contract" DestroHolmes was clearly manipulated to show how biased his views were.

The main purpose of the edit war was to draw DestroHolmes into making arbitrary decisions and cast light into his surreptitious academic protectionism and abuse of Wikipedia's Policies and guidelines by blocking users and making personal decisions to delete a page he has a conflict of interest with. Unfortunately for DestroHolmes his editing history clearly show his protectionism towards a podcaster involved with online fraud. Should wikipedia rely on DestroHolmes as a supporter of online fraud?

Please feel free to compare his edits since now it is too late for him to change them or cover his tracks.

This page should not be deleted because it has consistent relevance to the Wikiproject Podcasting as well as present and future Podcasters interested in avoiding the same pitfalls Benjamin Grundy went through. Benjamin Grundy did not respect acceptable business practices and all his listeners were lost due to accusations of Online fraud and numerous complaints.

Lastly, allow me to ask a logical question: Which one has more value?

A)Mysterious Universe and its possible case of online fraud where victims stated the events. B)An inane internet meme such as "Raptor Jesus"

Both are facing deletion yet only one has relevance to Newmedia and Podcasting.

If an article such as "Raptor Jesus" finds space in Wikipedia where does wikipedia take its cues for credibility? Furthermore, does keeping "Raptor Jesus" as an article make Wikipedia different from Uncyclopedia's "Raptor Jesus" article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.172.0.195 (talk) 14:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Sincerely, Absolutemetazero

Vandalism?

I opened a page in Wikipedia and on the top of the screen was a notification falsely claiming I had vandalised the World War Z page (what ever that is) in August. I don't have a static IP so once I reboot my computer again I will probably never see the message again but no doubt many other innocent users have or will! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.77.121 (talk) 01:47, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

You will be seeing this message as a previous user of your IP has vandalised a Wikipedia page. Whilst this may not have been you, without a registered user account there is no way to separate anonymous users aside from IP addresses - resulting in you seeing this message. To prevent it happening again, may I recommend you take a moment to register with Wikipedia? Cpl Syx ^[talk] 17:01, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

your message

i moved the info to the article about the band, i did this for both their EPs is it ok? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.234.79.114 (talk) 21:16, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I have responded on your talk page. Cpl Syx ^[talk] 22:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)