User talk:Singularity/Archive 9
Hawaiian diacritics edit
Don't know if you've seen this, but as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Hawaii, you might want to comment on the current proposal in the Wikiproject Hawaii MOS [1]; User:Erudy has posted a "modest proposal" to basically eliminate all diacritics from Hawaiian articles, except for a citation at the beginning. Right now there are only 4 comments, evenly split. As far as I can tell all of those supporting it haven't contributed to Hawaiian articles, so it would be disturbing if they claimed victory when hardly anyone who is actually from or connected to Hawaiʻi has put in their voice. KarlM 11:55, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Astronomical changes edit
Until 26 July 2007 there used to be a "related changes" service which provided an up-to-date summary of every change made to an astronomical page on Wikipedia, and this represented the best tool available for combating vandalism on the Astronomy pages. Do you know what happened to this? On the deletion log it says "why not move it to the project that would have the most use for such a thing?" (see this), but I cannot find the related changes service on Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy. According to your comment on the deletion log the page was deleted on 26 July 2007. Do you know what has happened to the astronomical changes service (can it be found somewhere else on Wikipedia)? The deletion log seems to be filled up with comments from Wikipedia newbies who have no idea what a Wikipedia "related changes" service is, and mistakenly thought that this was some kind of category or list page. Rnt20 14:43, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Only a kindly request edit
Could you possibly let me review the contents of those deleted pages:
- Timeline of trends in music (1920-1929)
- Timeline of trends in music (1910-1919)
- Timeline of trends in music (1900-1909)
I would be gratefull if you copy it to my talk page (or my ukrainian talk page). That would be usefull for developing some articles in ukrainian wikipedia and of course I do promise not to restore deleted english pages --A4 15:05, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! --A4 12:54, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Golf edit
Hi Singularity/Archive 9
I thought that a way to further improve the golf articles on Wikipedia is for the whole project to work together towards a goal. An example of this could be a certain number of good articles in so many months, or to create the project's first ever featured article. If you are interested, come to the talk page and discuss it. And hopefully through this the project can continue to work towards several goals in the near future.
Grover 10:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Speedy Delete edit
Thanks for the speedy delete of that Hong Kong Secondary school. I appreciate it! Josborne2382 11:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Invite to discuss goals for WP:Golf edit
You are invited. Go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Golf#Goals. michfan2123 15:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a Wikipedia:Deletion review#PAWNGAME of PAWNGAME, which is related to an AFD you closed for another title. You may wish to participate in the deletion review. GRBerry (talk) 04:34, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Note edit
I see that you're semi-away. But wanted to drop you a note: I'm undeleting Box Ghost (which you deleted as a result of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Box Ghost) in order to merge the contents to List of Danny Phantom villains and ghosts, and redirect to that list, per being similar to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skulker (Danny Phantom). Feel free to let me know of any thoughts or concerns. - jc37 17:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Warriors Role Call edit
Shrewpelt (talk) 21:42, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- Personally, I've never read Warriors, so I know nothing about the series. The move is fine with me. Singularity 00:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, could you restore this to my user space? Thanks, Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 04:48, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Adopter edit
Hi Singularity,
I've started to clean up the Adopters' list. You appear to have changed username since you added yourself to the list but not updated your info there. In case you're still interested, can you kindly update your information? Or, if you're not interested any more, would you mind removing yourself? Thank you and happy editing, Snowolf How can I help? 22:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)~~
RfA thanks edit
Dear Singularity, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind support on my request for adminship which succeeded with a final result of (72/19/6).
Now that I am a sysop, do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you have. I would be glad to help you along with the other group of kind and helpful administrators.
Thank you again and I look forward to editing alongside you in the future. — E talk 12:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Roll Call for WikiProject Artemis Fowl edit
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Classical Greece edit
Hi Singularity- I finished the requested proofread of the Greece_in_classical_antiquity article in mid-December and uploaded the changes. You'll see that someone moved the article sometime during the translation period. I gave some notes on the talk page. -Eric (talk) 03:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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New Semester, New Appeal edit
This semester I am teaching academic writing to a group of teachers at my school. This course starts on Monday Jan 28. I would like to know if you are still interesting in "mentoring". You can see the syllabus at Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/SyllabusIf so, please leave a message on my talk page and update the mentor's page Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Mentors, if . If not, please remove your name and information from that page. Thanks! Thelmadatter (talk) 20:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
If, at some point, you look at the actual proposal, with a suspicion that the MfD, from the beginning, misrepresented what the proposal was, you might be able to confirm this. It's moot at the moment, because, clearly, "the community" -- i.e., the narrow segment of the community that is even aware of WP space and proposals and MfDs -- has resoundingly rejected the proposal, whether they read it or not. The Rejected proposal sitting there isn't going to cause disruption, any more than disruption was caused by the Rejected tag (there was no edit warring over it, in the end). Disruption was only caused by the intense effort to delete it, and all this shows the wisdom of User:Kim Bruning in his original closure of the MfD, as well as his subsequent closure of the DRV. The latter was clearly inappropriate, because of his blatant COI, though, in fact, he was quite correct in the action itself: it was the wrong remedy, there were several other much simpler ones, including simple reversion of his closure. His closure of the MfD itself, something that hasn't been mentioned anywere, was also similarly inappropriate: i.e., he was technically correct, and the closure as Keep, Rejected was, of course, confirmed by you, on the same grounds. However, he should not have taken that action, not because he's not an administrator -- that's a myth, that non-admins can't close MfDs -- but because he's the one who placed the Rejected tag in the first place, and is thus an involved editor. He is a very experienced Wikipedian, was an adminstrator, and could take back the bit at any time. One can see this depth of experience in his actions, easily, which were long on an understanding of the basic principles and not necessarily on what were considered at one time details of little importance, being easily undone if seriously wrong.
If it is not already clear to you why this generated such fuss, you might take a look at User:Abd/Rule 0. WP:PRX contained, not an actual Rule 0 violation, but the possibility of one taking place in the future, in such a way as to be not vulnerable to being shouted down. Thanks again. --Abd (talk) 20:12, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Request for the text of a deleted article. edit
Hello. I've seen you deleted the article "Gameplay of Starcraft" and I've seen your name in the page "Wikipedia_administrators_who_will_provide_copies_of_deleted_articles". I'm interested in the content of this article. So, please, could I ask you to retrieve me its content and its external links? My e-mail is gu_belger@hotmail.com. Thank you very much!
Request for the text of a deleted article. edit
Hello. I've seen you deleted the article "Gameplay of Starcraft" and I've seen your name in the page "Wikipedia_administrators_who_will_provide_copies_of_deleted_articles". I'm interested in the content of this article. So, please, could I ask you to provide me its content (the last possible) and its external links? My e-mail is gu_belger@hotmail.com. Thank you very much!
Martin Walker deletion edit
Can I ask you to reconsider the "Martin Walker" deletion of Aug 2007? I have no connexion with the original article or MW, but was looking on WP for info on the Health Freedom Movement. MW is singled out twice in that article, referred to as "notable", and his historical bibliography heads the "further reading". Having found the original MW article in a Google cache at whale.to, I then queried the deletion of the MW biog on the only page that appeared relevant to me: HFM discussion. This was removed to my user page by MastCell, who has pointed me in the direction of the deletion review process - not easy for someone with scant WP experience.
I believe the original article significantly mis- (or under-)represented MW's professional importance in two fields, as a writer and as a graphic designer. His secondary occupation of graphic designer was given as his primary designator, but even that was underplayed, since there was no mention that his political poster art from the 70s and 80s is held in 2 British national collections, including the V&A. However, it is as a political and cultural writer that he has earned his main reputation, over the last 25 years. However, the article failed to give publication details of MW's books published by mainstream publishers, including Sidgwick & Jackson, Canary Press, and Fontana, leaving the impression that he was purely self-published. A brief search in the national British Library catalogue gave the following 5 books:
1. Poor man Beggar Man Thief: The story of New Horizon Youth Centre. Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1972.
2. State of Siege; Policing the Miners Strike. Canary Press, London. 1985.
3. A Turn of the Screw: The aftermath of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike. Canary Press (1985)
4. Frightened for my Life; Deaths in British prisons. Geoff Coggan and Martin Walker. Fontana. (1982)
5. With Extreme Prejudice: Police Vigilantism in Manchester. Canary Press, London (1987)
MW's importance as a political writer can be gauged from this extract from an independent review of "With Extreme Prejudice" (1987) that appeared in the wellknown cultural journal The Edinburgh Review:
Walker’s method in this book (and his other ones) is to combine field research with searching philosophical critique of the tools at his and our disposal. Unlike many writers of the ‘left’, though, his concern is with citizens as human beings, not ciphers, which means his work is not only easy and exciting to read but also full of sudden insights into the way the arm of the state actually thinks…. It would be nice to go on and on quoting extracts from the book. More practically, every reader of ER should buy a copy, read it, then pass it around as many others as possible. It is quite honestly the most coherent and programmatic analysis of what goes on in this country today, why and what to do about it, ever. It should explode the myth that state research is an esoteric discipline undertaken by weird ultra leftists, fit only to be scribbled then xeroxed on scraps of paper; it also explodes the myth that whatever sort of government we elect, it will make a precious bit of difference. The State is, literally, well sewn up.
The circumstances surrounding MW's move to self-publishing with his best-known book "Dirty Medicine" (1993) are politically noteworthy in themselves, and explained fully in the many interviews that he has given. An independent critical review of DM from the Marxist journal Capital & Class (1996) is available here: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3780/is_199610/ai_n8751139 Since that book, MW has written mainly on political aspects of the relations between health providers, government and the corporate pharmaceuticals sector.
The deleted article failed to give adequate references, independent reviews, or supporting evidence, so it is easy to see why it was deleted. IMO it is just as easy to see why a short but better article can be written, containing a brief bio, with a factual account of the two main phases of his publications, including a properly referenced bibliography. A short "Critical opinion" section, citing the two examples above, would be helpful to 'place' MW. And of course, some mention of national collections holding his design works from the earliest part of his career would round out the picture. Please let me have your opinion whether this can just go ahead, or whether a formal "deletion review" is called for. Thanks, Sam Weller (talk) 08:59, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice - I've pasted the above here for comments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_March_12#Martin_Walker
Sam Weller (talk) 18:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- Singularity, Votes to recreate: 4 (including my proposal); votes against: 0. Where do we go from here? Sam Weller (talk) 09:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
You have explained no rationale for deleting FADVOCAT. You should not have deleted it if you really call WikiPedia an encyclopedia. Anyway I need FADVOCAT Page's Copy. My email address is jean.gabriel@curemd.com. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeangabriel (talk • contribs) 08:08, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Deletion Review for Knights Templar and popular culture edit
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Knights Templar and popular culture. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 01:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you explain your reasoning for seeing no consensus here? There seems to be a clear consensus. I saw no evidence of notability which merited an article. Two editors disagreed and suggested sources. Six editors agreed with me in being unconvinced that the sources indicated that the subject was important enough for a bio. Seems fairly clear to me.--Docg 18:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- I greatly admire Wikipedians who have the grace to review and change their minds. Thanks.--Docg 18:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Al-kitab(Quran) edit
This article is not counterfork of Quran or islamic holy books because Quran or islamic holy books based people iterpritation and not based on translation of arabic text of Quran. wikipidea should promote truth about Quran. but it seems that wikipidea is a place where Quran cannot be explained as per its arabic text but can all be write here which doesnot verified by arabic text of Quran. please review the deletion to promote the truth of Quran. Farrukh38 (talk) 22:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
request to read debate for Al-kitab(Quran) edit
please read the debate and see that the truth must be verifiable with text of Quran. instead of getting reply of my post against itaqallah argument you have deleted article. in this debate all are trying to impose that i must agree with them but and not agree with the text of Quran. request to review deletion.because any claim about Quran must not be away from the messege of Quran as per its arabic text. all are trying to say that claims about Quran cannot be verified with arabic text of Quran which seems illogical because claims about the arabic text of Quran are not verifiable with the arabic text of Quran. Farrukh38 (talk) 22:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! I was away for the weekend and just got back and to my surprise this template was redirected to Template:PD-USGov-NASA, now I know there was a discussion at wp:tfd but the thing is that template is very important to a huge number of space articles and its part of a list of third-party attribution templates which now has a huge image template ie: Template:PD-USGov-NASA right in the middle of it , see : Wikipedia:Template_messages/Sources_of_articles#Including_third-party_content also if you read here: Wikipedia:Public_domain_resources#Please_include_an_appropriate_template_for_the_reference_in_article it is explicitly asked of users to use reference templates in articles. What I'm trying to get at is: if templates such as these should no longer be used then that’s a decision that needs to be made for all of them and with the participation of a greater number of people. I have the impression that the people who participated in that discussion were not aware of the fact that this is just one of a number of other similar templates and that their use has been standard practice for quite some time… PS: in case you wanna know just how many articles were affected by this see here (scroll down to march 29) - Regards, Acer (talk) 14:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
- When you said those templates were you referring to all third-party attribution templates or only the nasa ones? If only the Nasa one then I don't really see the point in substituting since the argument used at wp:tfd was that the text was unnecessary and that a simple summary in the history would do it. By substituting we would be adding the same text back (which was the reason for the tfd in the first place) and in which case there really inst a difference between using the actual template or subst(the template having in fact the advantage that we can keep track of the articles that use it). If the concern was more with the confusion thing then perhaps renaming the template might be the easier option? Acer (talk) 18:45, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Hawaiʻi WikiProject Newsletter - Issue I - April 2008 edit
Aloha. The April 2008 issue of the Hawaiʻi WikiProject newsletter has been published. To change your delivery options or unsubscribe, visit this link. Mahalo nui loa. WikiProject Hawaiʻi 15:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Re: WikiProject Hawaii Newsletter edit
Yeah, that would be awesome! Thanks for volunteering to do that! I haven't started the next issue yet, but I will in April. Happy editing! –The Obento Musubi (Contributions) 14:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
- Looking forward to your great work. We could also use an update about the Hawaiian Wikipedia. Please sign up over at the News Bureau and feel free to start adding to the May issue section, or get with Obento to start adding your material directly to the May issue. —Viriditas | Talk 09:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Category:Law enforcement agencies of New South Wales in Australia edit
You did a speedy delete on this based on the assertion that there was consensus to rename. However this discussion was only open for two days and we normally keep them open for five days. While I agree that this is likely to be the final consensus, the deletion following the moving of the articles are both out of process. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
TfD nomination of Template:Ft edit
Template:Ft has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — pete 14:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Singularity,
Thanks for offering to write articles for the Wikipedia Signpost tutorial series. Just letting you know that we have run out of tutorials to use in the Signpost, and so if you have time, it would be great if you could make a start with some of the topics that you have claimed, but not yet finished! Thanks! enochlau (talk) 23:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
My RfA... edit
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Alison Weir edit
Hi. I know we no longer have an article on Alison Weir (activist), but I'd like to re-create the dab page due to concerns expressed by the author over past confusions in real life resulting in threats to her security. No problem with the activist remaining as a redlink. Guy (Help!) 19:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thank spam edit
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Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky |
RfA thanks edit
Thanks for supporting my recent request for adminship which was successful with 89 supports, 0 opposes, and 2 neutrals. Unfortunately all I can offer is this lame text thanks rather than some fancy-smancy thank-you spam template thingy. I was very pleased to receive such strong support and to hear so many nice comments from editors whom I respect. I’ll do my best with the tools, and if you ever see me going astray don’t hesitate to drop a note on my talk page. Thanks again for your support!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 03:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Hawaii Newsletter edit
It probably won't be ready 'cause I've been sick and nothing's been done, but could you tell me a few things about the Hawaiian Wikipedia? I noticed that you worked on it a lot (especially the main page). How can we expand the Hawaiian Wikipedia? How can we get more members? How will those like me who can't speak Hawaiian contribute to the Hawaiian Wikipedia more effectively? Thanks for taking your time to read this. Cheers! 24.25.255.242 (talk) 02:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
- I wondered why you deliver the newsletter to my talk page? I didn't sign up for it nor am I hawaiian. Please stop this kind of spam. OhanaUnitedTalk page 16:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Request for Userfieing the Adeyto article to my user space edit
Hi Singularity, I actually do not know you at all and I just chose you from the admins list because your user name was cool enough. I am here to ask you to please userfie the Adeyto article to my user space. This article served Wikipedia for few years before suddenly being erased by an editor with the main reason that the pictures available on the article aren't free. For a fact, the pictures have been personally donated by Adeyto (the photographer/subject of those pictures) to Wikimedia Commons for public use. But the article is still deleted/stranded because the editor that erroneously erased it is reluctant to free the article so that everyone can see it was no hoax or spam. The article is already on today's Deletion-Review log and although it was once userified by another editor, he was forced to change his mind it seems. I don't think anyone can force me to change my mind so I want to offer my user space for further discussions about that article. If my request should be beyond your powers please let me know. Peace and thank youTsurugaoka (talk) 16:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Hawaiʻi WikiProject Newsletter - Issue II - May 2008 edit
Aloha. The May 2008 issue of the Hawaiʻi WikiProject newsletter has been published. To change your delivery options or unsubscribe, visit this link. Mahalo nui loa. WikiProject Hawaiʻi 17:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Deletion review for List of Lifestyles edit
An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of Lifestyles. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
Lifestyles (List): Yes I read all the background on this deletion and the consensus was that an all encompassing lifestyle list would be bad. I agree. So I came up with a proposal for criteria limiting the lifestyle list. I'd appreciate your consideration of my proposal. Thank you. Bejjinks (talk) 14:57, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
WikiFur edit
Regarding the recently deleted article WikiFur, would it be acceptable to recreate the article as a redirect to Furry fandom (or possibly another more appropriate article, though no other obvious possibilities come to mind)? I see a couple of purposes in this. For one thing, all the existing links to the article would not become redlinks, which some might view as an invitation to create the article. For another, having a redirect would make it easier to deal with any good-faith but misguided fans of the article who might try to recreate it as a real article. Toward that end I would also add some text below the redirect (either commented or not) stating that anyone wishing to recreate the article over the redirect should discuss it first (probably in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Furry) and that any attempt to do so without discussion is subject to being reverted (I am reasonably confident that the article's proponents are not going to want to recreate it again unless/until it has substantially better references and notability than it has had so far). In addition it could include links to the existing AfDs. --Mwalimu59 (talk) 05:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Re: A humble request edit
- I'd like to ask you to help me out with implementing the Hawaiian language in the other Wikimedia projects, since I can't think of many other users who know or study Hawaiian and are active Wikipedians. There's a lot of fruit to be picked, and one user can't do all of the work :) If you'd like to help, holler back; if you're too busy, it's alright.
Well, I wouldn't consider myself an active Wikipedian anymore. But you may have known me as Kalani on the Hawaiian Wikipedia :) I disappeared, of course: my primary reason was that I don't know enough Hawaiian. My studies at school have only taught me basic patterns (the most complex, I think, were simple possessives like he mau lumi moe kō ka hale "the house has bedrooms" or ʻehiku āna moʻolelo "s/he has seven stories"), and Hawaiian language grammar resources are hard to find online.
I'm sorta busy right now, even though I'm on summer break, but I suppose I could find the time to help out a bit with my (limited) knowledge of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi :) Kal [talk] 10:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
June newsletter update edit
Hi. Please help expand the Hawaiian language update in the WikiProject Hawaiʻi June newsletter. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 13:33, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Bratwurst Glöckl edit
You deleted the article Bratwurst Glöckl citing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bibi the Child-Strangler as the reason. What on earth does a bratwurst restaurant in the centre of Munich have to do with a legend about a witch who kills children? JIP | Talk 20:25, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
AfD deletions edit
Just a note to say you forgot to close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vanessa Sotto after you deleted the respective page. Regards, Rudget (Help?) 12:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Hawaiʻi WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - June 2008 edit
Aloha. The June 2008 issue of the Hawaiʻi WikiProject newsletter has been published. To change your delivery options or unsubscribe, visit this link. Mahalo nui loa. WikiProject Hawaiʻi 04:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Double support edit
Thanks for fixing my error, I did realize I had a double support. Antonio Lopez (talk) 13:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
AFD edit
Hi. Regarding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Potter Fan Zone, the subject is not a regular Harry Potter fansite, but one that has won a fansite award by the author of the book series. Thus, could you please reopen the debate so I could present a keep rationale. I can see a lot of people have voted delete, but I'd like to vote on the off chance that someone may reconsider. Sorry to incovenience you, but I was unaware of the debate when it was live. Would a relist be possible? Thank you, --PeaceNT (talk) 13:21, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- That doesn't seem a viable option, given that DRV focuses mostly on admin's procedural errors, and every participant of the AfD had voted delete. I believe in general AfDs can be relisted if the original discussions do not give the whole picture of the subject, which I feel this is the case. And since DRV isn't AfD round 2, I'd consider DRV a less proper venue than AfD for this situation. Could you please again consider relisting so I could voice my opinion and get wider input from the community? :) Thanks, --PeaceNT (talk) 11:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 22:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Drill n Bass article deletion? edit
You silly person! Drill 'n' Bass is a legitimate genre of electronic music and important in the development of many styles that are around today. You fail! - 211.30.227.30 (talk) 12:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Deletion review for Drill 'n bass edit
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Drill 'n bass. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. 68.148.164.166 (talk) 06:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Translation edit
Hello, I need think translating this part of Kualii's Chant. Does Kona aho, hilo honua ke kaa translate as (And) its line, naturally twisted is the string that ties the hook or is the hook not translate there? KAVEBEAR (talk) 00:20, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
| O Manaiakalani, | Manaiakalani, |
| Kona aho, hilo honua ke kaa. | (And) its line, naturally twisted is the string that ties |
| ? | the hook. |
| Hau hia amoamo Kauiki; | Engulfed is the lofty Kauwiki, |