User talk:Ravenhull/Archive 1

Hi and a belated welcome!

A user with a redlinked talk page doing a revert? How did you manage to edit this long without someone stopping by before?  ;) I assume that you're already familiar with basic editing, but I'll point you towards the Manual of Style for the tome of editing, The Signpost for an quick update on the goings-on in the community, and Featured Article Candidates if you want to contribute to an area where you'll have plenty of exposure to other users.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop a line at the Village Pump or at my talk page. Cheers, BanyanTree 03:00, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

SCA

Thanks for the additions to the SCA page! Brendano 21:30, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ravenhull, you're on top of it. I was just testing to see how quickly an obvious error would be corrected. Two minutes. Good time.

Yeah, I put him up to it. Please forgive me. -- Uncle Ed (talk) 16:43, May 17, 2005 (UTC)

VfD nomination

I hope you didn't take my comments of your VfD nominations personally. VfD has grown very quickly as the rest of the encyclopedia has grown, and it seems to be approaching an unmanageable size. Many users are looking for ways to cut the traffic down.

Please make liberal use of {{attention}}, {{stub}}, {{cleanup}}, {{expand}}, {{peer review}}, {{NPOV}}, {{unencyclopedic}} and other tags to draw attention to articles that are good subjects, but need some help being developed.

Nominating an article to Votes for Deletion should be a last resort when you're pretty sure than an article just doesn't belong. --Unfocused 16:37, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Norrbyskär

I deleted your VfD tag on this article, as after a couple of days you had still not made a VfD subpage or listed it. If you still insist on nominating it for deletion, you can go ahead and do so. Uppland 15:02, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Katrina

Hi Donovan. I cannot believe that you could possibly attribute these remarks to little ole me. I think that the author meant them to be humorous, but I could see that under the circumstances, not. Leistung 16:02, 31 August 2005 (CET)

I made an assumption, and I'm sure you know the old saying about that. (I certainly made an ass out of myself in that case.) What I saw was you saying that 'you should not delete what you don't aggree with' and given the difference of opinion you have been involved with, I assumed you had basicly lost your temper. I once again hope that you accept my appology. Donovan Ravenhull 14:26, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Protection on Combat ration

Thanks for the message; I've unprotected the page. I'm sure the vandalism is over now. :) Never fail to leave me a message if there's some admin-level task that I can do for you. Cheers, Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 02:39, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

USS Alabama (BB-60)

Well the reason I replaced the image on that page was because you really couldn't see the whole ship. And while a prespective from the deck is nice, I just wanted to see the whole thing. In regard to your question, Yes I do think it would still be nice to have a picture of the ships as it stands now, a museum ship, either before or after Katrina. That said, perhaps we should re-add the other picture somewhere in the article. If you'd like to add somewhere feel free, I'll keep a watch of the page and we can use the page discussion should there be any question of it. Thanks for stopping by my talk page and letting me know. -- Malo 21:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Reverting vandals

Hi, just a tip, when you revert a vandal, please be sure to add a {{test}} template to their user talk page. This allows us to persuade them to stop from future vandalism, and if not we've now warned them enough so that we can block them for repeated vandalism. Thanks!  ALKIVAR™ 01:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Looking at the history of the latest ones I've personally dealt with, most have one or two edits, not sure 'testing' them would be worth the effort. Those that I see that have a list of edits, I at least look at what 'Test-com' they are currently at. Thanks for the comments though. Donovan Ravenhull 03:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

AIV vs VIP

Hi Ravenhull/Archive 1. I noticed you added an entry to Vandalism in Progress. That page is only for very specific cases, as described by the page's guidelines. Your alert would be better placed on Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV), where it will usually be processed within minutes. Many alerts that are incorrectly placed on Vandalism in Progress are never dealt with, simply because they become old before an administrator gets to them. Thanks for your efforts. :) --lightdarkness ^(talk) 01:16, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

From SCA discussion

Yeah, an article discussion is the wrong place for it I know. So I'm replying here. You asked (I'm paraphrasing) why I called the statement from the SCA article "political correctness amok". I answer with a question. Historically, did the majority of female medieval knights choose to be addressed as "sir" or "dame"? Applejuicefool 03:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

SFU-stub

Hi - it has come to our notice that you have recently created a new stub type. As it clearly states at WP:STUB, at the top of most stub categories, on the template page for new Wikiprojects and in many other places on Wikipedia, new stub types should be proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies, and whether better use could be made of a WikiProject-specific talk page template.

In the case of your new stub type, it is already covered by existing stub types, it is not named according to stub naming guidelines, and it does not reach the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type (in fact, even if every single item in Category:Star Fleet Universe were a stub there would still be fewer stubs that usually required for a new stub type). Your new stub type is currently listed for deletion at WP:SFD - please feel free to make any comments there as to any reason why it should be kept. And please, in future, propose new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 06:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

AT&T

I generally agree with you, even if my comments on the talk page today imply I want to take this further (I don't, I'm just hoping a "We're considering slapping you" might possibly make him rethink this. At worst, he'll just continue, but we now have it documented.) --Squiggleslash 13:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

This IP user no longer has basis to whine anymore, as I have linked to an SEC filing which also notes the incorporation date of AT&T Inc. as October 5, 1983. KansasCity 19:56, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Shadowrun4.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Shadowrun4.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Videmus Omnia ^Talk 05:42, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania in Atlanta!

Hi! I noticed your involvement on U.S. South-related articles, categories and WikiProjects, and I wanted to let you know about a bid we're formulating to get next year's Wikimania held in Atlanta! If you would like to help, be sure to sign your name to the "In Atlanta" section of the Southeast team portion of the bid if you're in town, or to the "Outside Atlanta" section if you still want to help but don't live in the city or the suburbs. If you would like to contribute more, please write on my talk page, the talk page of the bid, or join us at the #wikimania-atlanta IRC chat on freenode.org. Have a great day!

P.S. While this is a template for maximum efficiency, I would appreciate a note on my talk page so I know you got the message, and what you think. This is time-sensitive, so your urgent cooperation is appreciated. :) Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 06:49, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Starline 2400 (Speedy Deletion)

A tag has been placed on Starline 2400, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the article and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Gavin Collins 13:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

WP Alabama

Hi Ravenhull! You are receiving this message because we've noticed your excellent edits on Alabama related articles. We need your help at the Alabama WikiProject! This is a new WikiProject and there is much work to do. Please head over to the project page, add your name, and help us enhance and increase the coverage of Alabama related stories. JodyB yak, yak, yak 15:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Star Fleet Battle Force

An article that you have been involved in editing, Star Fleet Battle Force, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Star Fleet Battle Force. Thank you. Gavin Collins 09:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Lyran Democratic Republic

Lyran Democratic Republic, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Lyran Democratic Republic satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lyran Democratic Republic and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Lyran Democratic Republic during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. CitiCat ^♫ 04:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Check your e-mail

Check your e-mail for the requested info. Also, feel free to put a redirect up on that article if you wish.--Alabamaboy 18:55, 27 September 2007 (UTC)