User talk:Noah Salzman/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

October 2007

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. BelovedFreak 17:26, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I see you've left a warning for a user - that's great. Please make sure you put warnings on users' talkpages, not their userpages, this makes sure that they will see the message as a "new message" alert will show up for them. Also, don't forget to sign your posts! Thanks, --BelovedFreak 17:51, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Yeah... still getting the hang of the counter vandalism gig. Thanks. Noah 18:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I don't know if you know about user scripts, but you might want to check out Twinkle - I've found it very helpful in reverting vandals & warning them. You can just click buttons without having to copy & paste, or remember warning templates. Also if you haven't seen them, check out Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism, Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools and Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit. Happy vandal-fighting! --BelovedFreak 18:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Anthony Lee deletion

I'm sorry but I have no idea what you are talking about. I never made a page "Anthony Lee". The only thing I can think of is if someone is hacking into my account. --Sahafan 14:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Not sure why the speedy deletion got associated with your account... I may have simply made a mistake working too fast. Sorry for the mix-up. —Noah 19:23, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Killercop.com

I am reconsidering my closure and keep of this article, based on the fact that you were the only disinterested user who discussed favoring keeping this article. Another user appears to have "voted" several times to keep the article, and may have a conflict of interest. The overwhelming consensus -- on the recount -- was to delete. Bearian 20:42, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I have changed it to delete. Bearian 21:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Hand

I saw you fixed some old vandalism on the Hand article. It got screwed up again in some weird way I can't explain. I'd revert it myself but I saw you got some big technical thing going and I figure you know what you are doing. Lots42 07:17, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

North Korea

Pls make clear why you call my edit as Vandalism. Bacause I paste my proof/CITATION and someone revert without any discussion. I think revert without discussion should be call Vandalism.--202.239.229.7 23:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, I probably should not have labeled your edits as vandalism. Please accept my apology. However, please realize that the reason I was so quick to revert your changes is because your edits, generally speaking, "need a lot of help" to say it nicely. Note that Alice S. has offered to help you clean up your contributions, I suggest you take her up on the kind offer. —Noah 22:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

AIV report

For something like this, I'd suggest reading through Wikipedia:Sockpuppets and then possibly make a report Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets. Dreadstar † 08:12, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your report to WP:AIV

No sorry, wrong venue! These checks are called "Checkusers" and are usually performed at WP:RFCU. Very few people have access to these tools due to the privacy breach involved. These checks are only used as a last resort, and I fear User:Ladybird69 is not problematic enough to be checked against the IP. That being said, it's highly probable that they are the same person, but they probably haven't breached any policy by using the IP and the account. -- lucasbfr ^talk 08:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. On many keyboards, the tilde is entered by holding the Shift key, and pressing the key with the tilde pictured. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot 15:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

The Torch, St. John's University

Hi, Sorry I couldn't help out at the time. I'm glad it's getting sorted. --BelovedFreak 12:09, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Reflist

Please consider not automatically converting <references /> to {{reflist}}. There is no requirement to use reflist, especially not with a small number of references (like 10 or less). Gimmetrow 20:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

OK. —Noah 20:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Your AWB Edits

Please refrain from making edits where you are doing little more than moving/adding/removing whitespace

Please consider ticking teh box that is skip if no typo's fixed

If you continue doing these "insignificant edits" your access can and will be removed

Thanks

—Reedy Boy 21:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, sorry about that. Didn't mean to cause a problem. —Noah 22:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

your support of vandalism

your colleague is spaming and vandalizng Iranian pages. Your support for him makes you as guilty as him. --Babakexorramdin (talk) 00:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I was just correcting spelling... but thank you for the reminder that I should check recent edits previous to making a spelling correction. —Noah 00:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes otherwise you might be seen as an imposter of the previous poster who cannot endelssly revert (against the rules). Thanks--Babakexorramdin (talk) 00:24, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The university of texas at austin

Hi Noah,

I just wanted to drop by and let you know that I removed a CSD tag you had applied to The university of texas at austin in favor of redirecting the page to University of Texas at Austin. I find that obvious typos like this are better suited to redirects than speedy deletion, as it prevents the article from being remade over and over again while introducing the editor who created it to the proper article, which in turn can encourage them to collaborate on something they clearly have an interest in.

Sorry for any inconvenience, and thanks for your hard work! --jonny-mt^(t)_(c)Tell me what you think! 07:47, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

No inconvenience at all, I think that makes perfect sense. Thank you for fixing that. —Noah 15:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Please stop being a moron

Dismissing something due to it being on Youtube is akin to dismissing something just because it's on Wikipedia. We all invest too much of our time keeping things tidy and factual around here for this sort of thing to be overlooked. I'm simply fed up with people like you reverting factual changes on Wikipedia just because it doesn't suit your taste or interest-of-the-day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.31.197.214 (talk) 03:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

You are making it into a bigger issue than it needs to be. —Noah 04:21, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on Introduction Page

Hi, Noah. I am UrsaLinguaBWD, and I just created my Wikipedia account tonight, even though I have been reading and editing Wikipedia for a while. I noticed that the Intro page that Wikipedia sends you to when you first create your account has been seriously vandalized a few times. You were listed as the editor of the last genuine version, so I wanted to ask you to change it back to the way it was. I would do it myself, but I do not want to risk harm to such an important page. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by UrsaLinguaBWD (talk • contribs) 01:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi UrsaLinguaBWD, thanks for the heads-up. However, you don't need to worry too much about the Introduction Page as there is a bot that will reset it every few hours. Also, it is pretty easy to fix yourself. Just go to the History page and revert to a version that "looks right". Keep up the good work! —Noah 20:49, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!

Hi,

Thanks for all your help erradicating the old Taxobox template! Good to see the back of the old thing. You may also wish to consider nominating the other similar tempalates (taxobox end, etc) for deletion too.

All the best!

Verisimilus T 14:46, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Glad to be of help. The new taxobox certainly a big improvement over the old one. —Noah 16:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Biolytix

What bits look like an ad? Most of the references are from independent sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dymonite (talk • contribs) 14:20, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

The very nature of the article makes it hard to remove the ad-like qualities: the article is named after the product and the company is named after the product. It would seem less ad-like if the article was about this type of technology in general and Biolytix was mentioned as one of the technologies or if the article title was something like Trickling filter septic technology and covered more than just one company. The 'multi-award winning' peacock words in the first sentence also don't help. Yes, that statement is true, but ad copy can be true too. An encyclopedic article on a company usually wouldn't focus on a company this small or with this short a history, an encyclopedic article on a technology wouldn't usually focus on just one company but cover the industry more generally. Lastly, the step by step description of the technology reads like what I would find on the company's website in the "Product" section, there is no larger context given on history, criticism, industry regulation, it is all too narrow a focus. Does that seem a fair response? —Noah 17:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Taxobox begin

You're quite welcome. I had to look up the template myself. I've closed a ton of TfDs and I don't think I've ever actually depreciated one before. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 02:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

December 2007

Thank you for making a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators are generally only able to block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize even after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Thank you! Tiptoety ^talk 06:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah... jumped the gun on that one. C.Fred caught it for me and gave the proper warning. —Noah 06:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for all you help with the vandals, and keep it up! :)Tiptoety ^talk 06:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

whisper number

yes, much better things unless it affects your livlihood...(ie pays the bills). its just that the revisions made since Nov 2007 have 'added' content that doesn't exist - actual references to news articles were modified to include earningswhispers when the original article made no such reference. And as the originator of this article (i am asking once again for it to be removed) I was always told I couldn't post 'opinion', and yet the person that has made changes is doing just that. why aren't those edited and corrected and the article reverted back to pre Nov 2007? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.69.74.108 (talk) 17:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You removed research information

'baldness'.

Why did you do that? You buried the information at the very stinking bottom hidden and deleted !!!

Thats information people want to hear. Why would you do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.74.142 (talk) 20:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

The quick answer is: The article needs a lot of improvements to make it readable, the first of which is to make it prose as opposed to a random collection of facts and links. The correct way to discuss new research on Baldness is not to have a couple of bare links slapped in the middle of the article. Those links should be references for paragraphs of text that discuss current research. Also, I did not remove the links from the article, I moved them to a new External Links section. Lastly, the right place to discuss this is the talk page for the article. On a personal note, why so aggressive a response? Why not just discuss the article in un-emotional terms? Cheers. —Noah 21:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Apology of Vandalism

Hello, Mr. Noah Salzman. I'm very sorry to vandalize page of North Korea on January 13. I'll never vandalize again. Thank you. --210.237.45.193 (talk) 12:53, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No need for an apology (but thank you in any case). Just create an account (that way you won't have to do awkward things like edit the IP address of our comments) and start improving articles and sharing knowledge with the rest of the world. Good luck, —Noah 18:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Hello. I'm sorry. I did vandalism at a page of North Korea selfishness. Please forgive me. --202.95.41.41 (talk) 04:45, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

No problem... just try and be more constructive. Thanks. —Noah 05:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Noah, Thanks for cleaning up my Edit on the Egyptology article. I appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcrichards (talk • contribs) 20:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, happy to help. —Noah 20:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Help Desk -- Permanent 'Create a new article' link

You can suggest it to others at Wikipedia talk:Help desk. The top of the help desk says:

Please search the FAQ before asking a question here!

The first question at the link is "How do I create a new article?". I guess the question is usually asked by people who don't read the help desk instructions. Adding FAQ questions to the top would make the instructions longer and probably cause fewer to read through them so I don't support it. The standard answer is made in seconds with {{Creation}} so I don't mind answering it many times. By the way, my help desk pet pieve is all the people who ask something about a page without giving the page name, or giving a wrong name. I supported adding it to the instructions at Wikipedia talk:Help desk/Archive 4#Suggested new step for asking question but nothing happened. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC) P.S.: 2^20996011 - 1 is only the fifth largest known Mersenne prime - but much larger than any prime I found.

Ahhh... of course, it's just a template. Thank you for pointing that out as I was going to just start copy/pasting that chunk of text. And I'm kicking myself for not referencing the largest Mersenne... guess I goofled instead of googled. (Used to have a poster of the largest Mersenne on my cube wall but that was circa 2000). Cheers, —Noah 14:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

This chump User:Lulrsk8r is repeatedly porno-vandalizing a front page article "Manos" The Hands of Fate

I nailed him and I see you did too. He keeps doing it. Should be banned. Don't know how to do it.Mtsmallwood (talk) 06:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

never mind, I see it's been done already.Mtsmallwood (talk) 06:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah... usually when someone is that flagrant they get blocked petty quick. Thanks for being proactive and trying to get the vandal stopped. You might want to check out the tool Twinkle which automates a lot of the complexity around warning vandals and reporting them on the AIV page. Cheers, —Noah 06:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Right, I forgot

Wikipedia's not run out of America, right? Sorry, I'm just so used to free speech and not communism. It's "fixed". Vael Victus (talk) 19:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Vael, I moved your comment above from my user page to this page. For what it is worth, the Florida-based Wikimedia Foundation runs Wikipedia. It is a private website and is not a forum for free speech. Now, that said, there are LOTS of ways to explore controversial and inflammatory topics on Wikipeida but it needs to be done with civility and the intent to educate and broaden our collective knowledge. Communistically yours, —Noah 21:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

(oh, I'm not good with wiki's, lol) Really, because I thought they were based out of britain. I mean Wikipedia itself, not the Wikimedia Foundation. Because ultimately they decide whether or not they're going to limit free speech. If it offends someone, it's the Internet, and they need to grow up. People waste so much time being family-friendly when the kids are just going to grow up and be that way anyway, it's just silly to me. And as an American, I like to keep as much freedom as possible. :D Vael Victus (talk) 14:20, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for redirecting the Vila madalena page. I think you noticed my mistake with the title. Very impressive response time! --Dave (talk) 07:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome... I was watching the Newpages scroll by and happened to see both articles at the same time. —Noah 07:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Frost Fight

Curious why you marked Frost fight patrolled, when it's clearly nonsense and should be speedily deleted? Delicious carbuncle (talk) 06:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Good question. Here is the history:

• I marked it patrolled at 5:09 UTC. It would seem I marked a version patrolled that already had a db-nonsense tag on it.
• That version was deleted at 5:12
• The next copy of the article was created at 5:13 UTC (and deleted at 7:10).

The user recreated the article after my patrolled version got deleted. So, as best I can tell everything I did was OK. Yes? —Noah 06:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad I asked. I saw that there was something odd going on with that page (created with a hangon tag). I thought that tagging pages for CSD automatically marked them as patrolled. It appears I was wrong. Although I think that nominating them for deletion should also mark them as patrolled without user intervention, so perhaps I'll follow that up somewhere else. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 15:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the (new) "mark as patrolled" feature is nice but needs some tweaking. My pie in the sky feature would be queues where experienced patrollers would each get their own "feed" so that we weren't stepping on each others toes -- maybe we could get 5 minutes to either improve or CSD new pages without edit conflicts. But that would probably be featuritis. —Noah 16:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Toothpaste

Hi Noah, I love Toothpaste For Dinner and since you are an editor here are some links for you! I hope this helps your Toothpaste For dinner article! These are links to the online versions of print stories about TP.

http://www.sharingmachine.com/natalie_and_drew.pdf - The Sycamore Review, Jan 2007 http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2005/11/02/Arts/toothpaste.Tickles.Fancy-1432627.shtml - Michigan Daily, 2 Nov 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/fashion/03skin.html - New York Times interview with Drew about videos, 3 Jan 2008 http://www.columbusalive.com/?sec=services&story=alive/2007/0705/l-lunch.html - Columbus Alive, 5 July 2007 http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/AltWeeklies/Story?oid=oid%3A152668 - Columbus Alive, 2 Nov 2005 http://www.themaneater.com/article.php?id=22516 - "The Maneater", 28 Oct 2005 http://www.osu.edu/events/event392041 - Drew's lecture at Ohio State Univ. 23 Jan 2008 http://www.speakeasymag.com/entertainment/arts/2006/oct/31/ohio-artists-find-fame-web/ - Speakeasy Magazine, 31 Oct 2006 http://archive.cinweekly.com/content/2004/03/10/0310welove_toothpaste.asp - Cin Weekly, 10 Mar 2004 http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2005/08/18/Arts/Artist.Lives.Off.Creativity.toothpaste-967492.shtml - The Lantern (Ohio State student paper), 18 August 2005 http://www.collegefrontpage.com/archive/live/feature/uspab3/2005-02-28_thepenn_other.pdf - The Penn (Indiana Univ of PA student paper), 10 Dec 2004 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Breadmold (talk • contribs) 00:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. I'll see if I can incorporate a few. —Noah 00:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Feinstein page

Most of the articles in the link that you sent more only show previews of the articles and those previews don't source what was written. I found one article that does source she carried a gun Feinstein takes aim at loophole in firearms ban Will push to outlaw large-capacity clips for assault weapons. The other claims simply weren't backed up with solid sources. They can be readded if they are included with references.User:calbear22 (talk) 03:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep. Not the best sources for that fact. Just wanted to share that she did indeed have a concealed weapon permit at one time. —Noah 04:09, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

{{AARTalk}}

Hi there, and yes, I am responsible for your issues with this banner. I recently converted the banner to use {{WPBannerMeta}}, a meta-template which will enable standardisation of WikiProject banners across Wikipedia. Of course I'll be glad to fix any problems the transition might have caused. I've modified the meta-template code so that using |needs-taxobox=no does not trigger the taxobox message. Is this the only problem with the banner? If you spot any others, let me know and I'll get them fixed. Happy‑melon 12:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Yay! That fixed it. Many thanks. I'll keep an eye out for any other issues. —Noah 16:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Patrol

When you patrol a new page, or mark a new page for deletion, please click the little link on the bottom that says "Mark this page as patrolled." Thank you. Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 03:18, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I do. I just might not get to it for a minute or so. Or, maybe you just ran into a single slip up because, as you can see, I'm pretty consistent. Cheers, —Noah 03:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I bumped into you 3 times, but that's okay. Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 03:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'll keep that in mind. Happy patrolling! —Noah 03:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Ryan Seacrest

What's the problem with the edits I made on Ryan Seacrests page? It's all relevant, truthful info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.190.200 (talk) 04:42, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

You are a wikinazi. Leave my edits alone.

Help resolving a dispute

Hi, I need some help resolving a dispute with user Duke53 (talk · contribs). He has not responded to my requests for negotiation and resolution, specifically with the UNC-Duke rivalry page. Thanks for your help. Ebtunc2006 (talk) 05:41, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Ha! I guessed I asked for it with my Help Desk comment. I'll see if I can help... no guarantees though. Go Bears! —Noah 05:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Ebtunc2006 (talk) 05:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello...Shovelhead!

I've listed it for AfD. This thing has been speedy deleted four times now by three different admins, and the editor has been blocked once for recreating it. Corvus cornix_talk 03:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks... it certainly seemed borderline to me. —Noah 05:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Kindred Spirit

Thank you so much... You are right I am very green and new into this. I do want this to be done correctly and really urge yourself and other to allow the Circle- R because within legal rights that symbol needs to follow the name. I wanted to create this page to show the correct naming of this plant and removing the Circle-R depicts the name incorrectly.

Thank You again Josh —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshnadler (talk • contribs) 17:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Happy to help. I totally understand that in other print publications you need the circle-R... but it breaks the guidelines here at Wikipedia. You can look around at lots of other trademarked names (coca-cola, jeep, xerox) here and you will rarely if ever see a TM or circle-R. (Also, I haven't checked recently, but I don't think you will see them in traditional print Encyclopedias either.) Cheers, —Noah 17:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

You have been a huge help to the Kindred Spirit Hybrid Oak page. Can you think of any ways to help clean up the page so that the remaining items at the top of the page can be removed? I keep trying to eliminate and tidy up the current info. Thank You again for all of your previous help.--Joshnadler (talk) 04:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)Joshnadler

• Hi Josh, my personal opinion is that the tags are on the borderline of being needed for that page. But, there is some validity to each of them. In the case of notability there aren't quite enough 3rd party references to remove that tag. In the case of WP:COI you would need to stop editing the page and let others take over. ;-) —Noah 23:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

HotHardware speedy deletion alert. Why?

Hello,

I'm not sure why you've nominated my post for speedy deletion (HotHardare). It's an informational page on the site and there are several existing Wikipedia references to others sites identical in scope and content to us. It's merely an informational page on the web site explaining form, function and content. Please see the Talk page at HotHardware.

Thanks for your time. - Dave —Preceding unsigned comment added by MojoKid HH (talk • contribs) 05:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I will admit that HotHardware seems to be at the borderline of notability (rather than patently not-notable), but I poked around a little and came to the conclusion that it didn't meet the standard. Just one guys opinion... and you rightfully put the hang-on tag on it. Now someone else (an admin) gets to review it. The reason I came to the conclusion it did not meet the notability guideline was from the ranking on Alexa.com, the lack of any news coverage about the site (that is, stories about the site itself, rather than links to information on the site), and the small count of Google news hits in total. There are additional problems as well, specifically conflict of interest on your part (I assume you are Dave "Davo" Altavilla) and the {{newsrelease}} feel to the article. —Noah 06:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Noah, no offense intended but this is really misguided. Alexa is a horrible system for ranking anything and we have a ton of Google links to us as source: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=site:hothardware.com&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n

Lack of any news coverage on the site? http://www.hothardware.com/news.aspx

Original content article reviews feed: http://www.hothardware.com/mobile/articles.aspx

Intel, AMD, NVIDIA etc all work with us on first round product launches with product seeding. If they think we're notable, we're notable. This is all very insulting to be honest and I guess I don't see the conflict of interest if there are other sites on Wiki that were clearly created by owners (HardOCP??) The Tech Report... I could have had someone else create it for us but what's the point? I also didn't put any publicity type wording in there, just facts and informational stuff like structure etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MojoKid HH (talk • contribs) 06:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough... I responded on the discussion page for the article. We should probably just continue the thread there. —Noah 06:21, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

More help with a specific editor

User:Duke53 will not stop harassing me on North Carolina Tar Heels related articles. He continually edits out any changes and uses poor reasoning to do so such as "lack of citations" regarding almost any statement. He baits people into 3RRs and carries an extremely poor tone and lack of civility towards his fellow editors. He has had several Admin Interventions for his behavior, yet won't stop. I cannot interact with him, and have requested in the past we work things out amicably. His most recent target of contention is the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball page. Check out his edits as well as his talk page and you'll see what I am talking about. Thanks. Ebtunc2006 (talk) 12:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

• Well what am I supposed to do? I haven't been as confrontational as Duke53 has, granted I've likely stooped to his level somewhat. He's had repeated interventions against him, but refuses to change his ways. How long should I sit back and let him exercise ownership over articles with a double standard? When is he going to have his editing privileges revoked? If you really examine the editing history, I am not vandalizing, I am simply reverting absurd edits and applying the same stringent standard that he keeps warning me for and challenging me to. If empty threats to him are all that are going to come from repeated incidents with other editors as his colorful past illustrates, then I have no choice but to keep reverting, which leads me to receiving those empty 3RR warnings. Give me a suggestion. I'm answering his challenges for citations. I simply don't know how to stand my ground while pleasing everyone. Ebtunc2006 (talk) 04:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

• Imagine if you will a nasty neighbor that lives next door. The neighbor has a barking dog. It doesn't bark all the time, but just enough to be really annoying. You could call the police but they might get annoyed at you for taking them away from more important sutff like car accidents and assaults. Plus, when ever they come by the dog isn't barking so much. You try and work with your neighbor but he refuses to listen. Do you sue your neighbor and spend thousands on legal fees for your pain and suffering? Alternatively you could just be patient, do something simple like get 50 cent ear plugs and wait knowing that eventually other good neighbors will come to your aid. Maybe you turn off the basketball game that the barking is interrupting and go outside and actually play basketball. Now, you might say to me "how do I stand my ground and fight this injustice" and I would say it might be a lot cheaper and healthier (spiritually and physically) to go to the basketball court and shoot some hoops rather than go to civil court. You are currently trapped in a certain perspective that only allows for one solution: fight. If you don't like my analogy please go read Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons. Good luck, —Noah 04:54, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

(I specifically meant the "Be a class act" section of that article.) —Noah 04:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Wow, what a good point, I should allow false information to be disseminated simply because there's an unreasonable editor, and I should take the high road. Maybe if the admins had the balls to take care of someone who repeatedly abuses editors and asserts ownership over articles, this wouldn't be an issue. I refuse to sit back on these articles - I've met every citation request without retaliation, even though I could. It is apparent Duke53 makes no attempts at civil discourse. Ebtunc2006 (talk) 06:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

You are cherry picking. You missed the part about "eventually other good neighbors will come to your aid." However, it seems that you were just looking for affirmation rather than advice. Good luck, I sincerely hope things work out. If you insist going into battle please remember the Geneva Convention. Cheers, —Noah 06:32, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

How am I cherry picking? Please provide examples compared to my edits. Duke53 has initiated more incivility than any editor I've ever encountered. I'm not looking for affirmation, but it seems all the focus is on my edits while ignoring Duke53's body of work. I cannot simply wait for others to intervene as this is a rather niche area of wikipedia. Once again, I AM CITING EVERY CHALLENGE I AM PRESENTED with legit sources, which of course Duke53 is trying to dispute. Is Duke53 doing the same? Is Duke53 contacting admins for resolution? NO. His history here should be evidence enough. Ebtunc2006 (talk) 06:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you might have misunderstood me. I was trying to say you were cherry picking my advice. You focused solely on my admonition to "step back and take a breath" and ignored the part about "if you wait other people will eventually come to your aid". Best regards, —Noah 06:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I just realized that Wiki is for fucking internet nerds. Write whatever you want, its not like professors or research organizations take your babble as worth more than a pile of shit. Dook53 is a nerd who lives in New Jersey and never went to dook. What a pathetic loser. Let us know if you ever get laid, dook53, In closing, fuck you all.

Article on Ryan Allen

{Ryan Allen} I hope I did this right. I put the name of the article in double brackets where your page instructs users to leave you TALKBACK. I'm just trying to make sure you know I responded on the Talk Page of the article, Ryan Allen. Maybe you get a message anyway if I respond to you on the Discussion Page for Ryan Allen??? Once again, thank you for your help, and by the way your page is awesome.Voiceperson (talk) 16:50, 28 February 2008 (UTC

{Ryan Allen} Noah, you will notice I mentioned your name on the Talk Page in remarks today under the Conflict of Interest heading. When I mention an editor, such as yourself (admin?), is there a way I can type your name so that you receive an automatic message? Thank you. Voiceperson (talk) 16:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• There are some editors that monitor article talk pages religiously especially if they have done a lot of work on that article. However, the only way to make the "you have new messages" box to appear is to leave a message on an editor's talk page (as you have done). —Noah 17:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

{Ryan Allen} After reading your comment on the Ryan Allen Talk Page, I used a couple of your external as footnotes for the article. Thank you. Also, how do you think the article is coming? Voiceperson (talk) 22:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Drop Weapon

Hi Shoessss. Let me know if you want help cleaning up Drop_weapon. Cheers, —Noah 07:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - Hey —Noah, I have actually been talking to a few other editors about expanding the scope of this subject. The term Drop weapon is extremely close to a similar phrase, called Throw Away. This term is used in a similar context to Drop weapon here stateside, to what many of the major police departments do in comparable circumstances. I should start the reworking of the current piece in the next week or two. And of course, any and all help will be appreciated. Thanks again. Shoessss |  Chat  03:17, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

• Interesting, had no idea there was a non-military equivalent. Thanks for the follow-up. —Noah 04:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

afd/measurement causes collapse

How long is the process intended to last? It looks like the friends of the admins in question will continue streaming in as this has become a personal issue for them. I think getting blocked by William and then having his friend deny my appeal is very questionable.

And then he shows up later to our discussion to add insult to injury. I really don't think we're getting a fair shake.

Lordvolton (talk) 20:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Are you talking to the right guy? I don't really know anything about the AfD in question. Or were you just soliciting me randomly for an opinion? That would be fine, I just wasn't sure what was going on. Cheers, —Noah 00:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kush (herb)

Hi Noah, pursuant to your comment on this AfD, it seems I volunteered you (along with myself :)) to try to convincingly reference the article - see here . Sorry if that was presumptuous, but no pressure - I'll give it a shot and you can help out if you feel so inclined.--Kubigula (talk) 03:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I'll give it a shot and see what I can do. —Noah 05:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry!

I am very sorry. I just wanted to give that user a taste of his own medicine. Could you check his user and talk page. He threatens people to sign his guestbook or your in for it. He also does this when he signs a guestbook. It rude. As he done to mine. I know this is no way to act and it won't happen again trust me. I was getting angry. I have never done it again I am ashamed. I will try to handle the situation better next time. I am deeply sorry. Yours sincerely, wwesocks^sign 05:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

There are times when it can be very frustrating dealing with other users in Wikipedia, especially if they are unfriendly. When you get frustrated the best thing to do is just walk away from the keyboard. Thanks for the apology and don't be ashamed. You can always perform penance by working to improve the encyclopedia. Cheers, —Noah 05:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

It's NOT vandalism!

Ask any scientologist... or read dianetics... Xenu built them 75 million years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.150.48.180 (talk) 22:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

You are a suppressive person. Mess with my e-meter again and you will get blocked from editing my emgrams. —Noah 22:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

How to fix bunched-up edit links

Thanks for your tip at Wikipedia:Help desk, cheers,
--Badgernet (talk) 16:46, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Severin

Thanks for the warning, Noah, and I'd completely agree except for one thing; I never performed any sort of edits on Severin because I don't have even the slightest clue of what Severin is. Right now our network has been having a crapload of slowdown, and I imagine we're heavily infected with spyware because I don't see how anyone else in my house could have used my password protected computer to edit something I didn't even know existed and that's the only explanation I can think of; unless I have a dynamic IP address and don't know it. I feel urged, although timidly so, to ask you if you are sure you entered in the correct IP address. In response to all this inconvenience, I'm going to create an account so that the encyclopedia won't have to endure this again on my part. --71.35.251.24 (talk) 01:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

• I responded here. —Noah 18:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, my god, where is my work?

Noah, I just went to the Regina (opera) article which I worked on for hours today to clean up the citations, and my work is not there. I looked at the History tab, and I saved the work, because I made that final entry and signed it. || Oh, puh-leez, now I went back and looked again -- everything I saved is there. Non comprendo!!!Voiceperson (talk) 00:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Removing Banners

Noah, I am still in shock about the situation above, but here is what I was coming to your page to ask about: I have worked on this article -- Regina (opera) -- which was began life in Wikipedia as a Stub, as you can see in the history. It had a banner at the beginning of the article about the need for sources and another banner on the Discussion Page noting it as Start Class. In my opinion it doesn't deserve these banners any longer, and I am curious how to go about removing them. Can I do it myself? I am writing to you because you once removed a banner from an article I wrote about Ryan Allen when you felt the article no longer deserved the banner. Also, if you don't mind looking at it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_%28opera%29) would you please tell me if you think it has too many footnotes now? Thanks.Voiceperson (talk) 00:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism? Says who?

Dear sir, may I ask why you have accused me of vandalism? I am merely trying to add a small piece of valid information to an article that was previously lacking it. In what way is this vandalism? Your comment seems to imply that you believe the information to be false, perhaps? I assure you this is not the case.

Have you, in fact, actually seen this film?122.105.190.87 (talk) 04:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I get insulted a lot so I have to know

what exactly is a choad?--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 05:51, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

wiktionary:choad —Noah 05:55, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! And then they say one doesn't learn anything on Wikipedia :-) --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 05:57, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes I wish I could un-learn some of the things I've learned. ;-) —Noah 05:59, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

for this and this. I have no idea what I did to piss him off :D THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 17:51, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Happy to help. —Noah 18:49, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Your help on the navigation template

Noah, do you recall the following quote from the Help Desk?

"==Changing information referred to between double brackets== I am going to create an article about a Patrick O'Brian novel. I would like to add the box above the categories that contains other titles, but first I need to add this novel to the list. I don't know how to access the titles. There are double brackets (these: "{") around the following text: PatrickOBrianWorks. Can anybody tell me how to make the double-bracketed text display the box contents so I can edit it? Thank you. Hammerdrill (talk) 00:04, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like you want to edit the {{PatrickOBriansWork}} Template? What novel do you want to add? —Noah 00:08, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

If you want to edit the template you can go to Template:PatrickOBriansWork and just edit it. But please be careful editing templates (use Preview!) as any change you make affects multiple articles. —Noah 00:12, 4 December 2008 (UTC)"

First of all the novel is The Road to Samarcand. I tried to absorb your information and also that of the other editor, Tetratornis, who suggested I try out any attempt in my sandbox. I attempted the edit, testing it in my sandbox first, and formalized it. I then inserted the navigation box in my article, The Road to Samarcand, and all looks fine. HOWEVER, when I link to other works in the box, there is no mention of The Road to Samarcand in the navigation boxes on the other works I have checked. I don't understand this and was hoping you might be able to advise me. Thanks.Hammerdrill (talk) 15:13, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Hammerdrill, It looks to me as if everything is working properly. You edited the template correctly. When I look at pages that have the template in question -- Clarissa Oakes, The Golden Ocean, HMS Surprise -- I see The Road to Samarcand in the box. Maybe your browser's cache is showing you the old version of the box? (P.S.: Personally, I'm currently up to the The Commodore... such a great series.) —Noah 19:33, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Noah, it encourages me to hear you can see the The Road to Samarcand in checking those novels. (At the same time, it frustrates me that I can't. I cleared my cache after reading your note. Shouldn't that take care of the browser problem?) Thank you for relaying your information to me. After reading the other response to my Helpdesk question from Tetratornis, I was pretty nervous about making the edit!

I, too, am an O'Brian fan. As a word person (assumed from your work with Wikipedia), I am not at all surprised you are an admirer. I plan to complete an infobox on The Road to Samarcand, and I'd like to scan the cover and insert it as an image in the infobox. I have prior experience with images and wikimedia commons, though, and rights are such an issue. Do you have any words of wisdom for me? Thanks.199.89.103.11 (talk) 21:18, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

It certainly is puzzling that you can't see the change in the template. As purely a troubleshooting effort you might try launching a separate browser (e.g. IE vs Firefox).

I'm not much of an image expert, but the upload page now has handy links that do much of the work for you, specifically "A cover or other page from a book..." is helpful in this case. Keep up the article writing... "there is not a moment to lose." —Noah 22:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

wikilove

Sorry for my vandalism, I am new to Wikipedia, and am not so good at navigating it. I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused you. How does I shower you in my wikilove? I am in srs need of help with the wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.57.235 (talk) 05:31, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting my page to normal... I would think that some people (person that commented above me) would have a lot of better things to do other than vandilize others' pages. haha. (Tigerghost (talk) 13:38, 11 December 2008 (UTC))

You're welcome. Yes, and to think they didn't even use a proper section header for their comment... for shame. ;-) —Noah 17:04, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Have you ever met Danielle Bennati? I have and everything I have written is factual. His eyes are, in fact, the color of caramel, and he does actually smell like puppies. And Phil H adores the man. All facts. So please refrain from editing my work. Regards... Bennalanche (talk) 04:57, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

OK... I'll take the bait. I agree, it wasn't vandalism, his hair smells like puppies. Now, that we've settled that it's up to you to find some verifiable references so we can include it in the article. Cheers, —Noah 05:01, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Your rollback request

Hi! I regret that I must inform you that your request for the rollback permission has been denied. You can discover why by checking the archives at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Denied/December 2008#Noah Salzman. SoxBot X (talk) 00:00, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Replied

Hey Noah. I just replied at my talk page. Best wishes, — Aitias // discussion 00:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

John L. Stevens

Hello. I noticed you tagged the John L. Stevens page with a C-class just as I was getting started revamping it. I have now added to it extensively, including some 40-odd footnotes. I also intend (as with all the pieces I work on) to revisit it for more buffing and polishing. Have a look. Regards,MarmadukePercy (talk) 19:14, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi MarmadukePercy — Yes, it clearly wasn't a stub anymore (grin). I'll take a look sometime soon and try and give it the correct classification. It's not a really an official process, so you too can "upgrade" it if you think the rating is fairly assessed. Cheers, —Noah 19:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks, and I noticed your upgrade as well. I'll continue to add and polish too, as well as fix that first graf (which I agree with you about). Most times I originate my articles and so am working from scratch. But in this case, it was a stub so I felt a bit constrained. In any case, I'll fix that, as well as upgrade the piece too. Thank you for your help, and happy New Year to you and yours. Best,MarmadukePercy (talk) 20:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Also, thank you for cleaning up the appearance of the opening quote. Much better !MarmadukePercy (talk) 20:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Incidentally, both 'signaled' and 'signalled' are accepted spellings. :-) MarmadukePercy (talk) 23:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Oops. I should know better than to trust the little coloured lines that are so tempting click. —Noah 23:45, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Hello! Your submission of John L. Stevens 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! Art LaPella (talk) 04:33, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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