User talk:Σ/Archive/2011/October

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New Page Patrolling

Hi. Thank you for patrolling new pages. Please consider placing an appropriate warning, if necessary, on the creator's talk page such as I have done at User talk:Bmoch. Most user warnings are available in Twinkle. Thanks again, and keep up the good work. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:23, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, I'll do that whenever I remember. I would also like to add that most of the non-autoconfirmed accounts who create their autobiographies are just SPAs, so it might be a waste of a diff. But anyway... →Σ ⚑ ☭ 23:49, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

A7

Thanks for the clarification. However was the article applicable for speedy deletion? Once again thanks, --Kangaroo powah 18:54, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

?

Hey there Σ hope you are well, but How come you reverted my edit , the page had no content whatsoever and i tagged it accordingly. What was the point of tagging it as G7? He may of blanked it , but it could fall under both agendas and i already tagged it as no content first anyway, which it doesnt. The editor didnt say anywhere on his talk he wanted it deleted , so it wouldnt come under G7 anyway.Goldblooded (talk) 20:19, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

G7: On author who has requested deletion, or author blanked. We WP:AGF that they want it deleted if they blank the page.

On a different note, tagging something as A3 gives the page creator a notice that could confuse them (But I wanted it deleted, that's why I blanked it. Huh?) and, as most people get bitten after they see the word "deletion", the tag and notification could be the difference between saving or losing a new editor.

Regarding my use of rollback there, it's just a faster way for me to correct a speedy tag. I have provided an explanation above, so it is within the policy. In short, when someone blanks the article they create, just tag it as G7 rather than A3. Thanks. →Σ ⚑ ☭ 20:29, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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Re: MoTD (Foobar.js)

Hi Σ! Thank you for your efforts. I'll give it a try! All the best. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:05, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

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I feel left out. Where are my little icons of people? →Σ τ c. 03:28, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Here yah go. HurricaneFan 25 14:56, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you →Σ τ c. 04:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Your perceived sense of canvassing

In case you hadn't noticed and before you continue to say that I'm canvassing, please check my last contribution time for such, otherwise it makes you look rather silly for saying silly things when the accused has indeed stopped. I don't need remind to you of AGF but if need be, I will! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 05:48, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Is that an admission that you were indeed canvassing, but have now stopped? If so, then Sigma's message may merely be taken as a reminder not to do so in the future. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 06:09, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

There is nothing to AGF when you are removing messages from talk pages with the edit summary "enough is enough" (what's that supposed to mean anyway?) and copying and pasting an identical message to the talk pages of prominent editors, seen here. It will not happen again, correct? →Σ τ c. 06:12, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Really a no brainer here to see that you were piling on, had you chosen instead to add under User:Worm That Turned I would have understand but a new section on my discussion page just for this? Come on~! Give me a break, literally speaking as I've went off to sleep~! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 06:24, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

That didn't answer the question, but anyway, I simply could not be bothered to wait for a whopping 60.000 bytes of talk page to completely load, so I just stuck ?action=edit&section=new at the end of the URL. In any case you got the message, and could've merged it. →Σ τ c. 06:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

And yours answered my question? How the heck was I supposed to know that you got some run-down dial-up internet connection when I'm running on a 250gbps broadband? Again, it is a matter of personal choice but why impose yours on others? Even if you're stuck with a P4 3.2ghz and I'm using an i7-990X, I still don't see myself at fault. This is going nowhere, say whatever you like and stay off my talk page in future. That way, there can be no further mis-communications on either one of us. Best and out. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 07:00, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Good for you, I will do so, but will watch your contributions for any more instances of biting editors on a first offence, and canvassing in deletion discussions. This conversation has occurred, so you cannot say you were not warned about either. →Σ τ c. 07:10, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Facepalm... read WP:DGAF, eat your heart out if you want to further this bad karma or ill feelings, I don't wish to be a part of your heart or liver problem later. Just stay far, far away from me when you do. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 08:06, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

What I see, is a lot of immature twaddle going on; remember that this is an encyclopedia. There are other places on the web for schoolyard bickering and (anti)socialising. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:15, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Article of possible interest to you

In case you've not read it before, I think this article might interest you. They were an absolutely fascinating experiment in socialism though today many are privatised and only a few are still like the originals. Most people blame US cultural influences for this. Have a read though. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 7 Tishrei 5772 02:43, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

A fascinating article. I may visit to improve it some time later. →Σ τ c. 04:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh my, it's only a B-Class. You really should. Kibbutzim are quite lovely (I say this having lived on two). They are/were, in my opinion, the most successful and pleasant experiment in socialism even if some are now privatised. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 7 Tishrei 5772 04:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Removed talk page warning

I have taken the unusual step of removing a talk page warning you posted. The warning was redundant, as I had blocked the user, and posted a block notice at almost the same moment you posted your warning. If you still want the warning to appear then feel free to restore it. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

No need to use another diff; if he hasn't learned that rudeness to those with power will get him nowhere, we can template him with a uw-4. →Σ τ c. 07:58, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Σ , I wouldn't say that admins have power. It's just that they have been around long enough to know a fair bit about policies and the site software and can act on it responsibly when necessary. I understand your motives though, and thanks for removing the obscene vandalism to my talk page earlier today :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

request for assistance

yesterday did retrieve http://www2.hull.ac.uk/acs/lib/infoskills/caselawnew.aspx the information that is the support for having made the citations within the article Fair dealing in United Kingdom law, the content does seem to indicate that cases citated are to be written in a strict form containing the correct information.

Also, wasn't directed at anyone to have capitalized(so wasn't shouting at anyone),thought correct/preferred correct for legal form,to introduce the legal cases capitalized whilst discussion is retained as lower case(just to add about [case] and [cases]. Capitilized does implicitly indicate matters concerning the capital city i.e. matters of state, so to reduce the formal element is to lessen the importance of the location,therefore to lose some of the significance in the meaning communicated,as the legal cases do infact concerns persons involved in affairs of the city of London). http://www2.hull.ac.uk/acs/lib/infoskills/caselawnew.aspx Much of the content of this Factsheet is based on sections of the Law School library and IT manual 2006-2007 (© University of Hull), written by Kylie Baxter and Phil Bielby. Page last updated by Sharon Redgrave on 30/09/2011 Drift chambers (talk) 09:23, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

also is quite difficult to understand the cases relevancy to the article discussion if there is no transcript link available, since a person would have to accept the opinion of the article(authors) without recourse to information provided for the purposes of their own learning.Drift chambers (talk) 09:32, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

WP :IGNORE + the details of the years when the cases were heard are essential to understand,i.e.ommitting this information leaves the reader in ignorance.Drift chambers (talk) 09:46, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

I'm still learning template syntax, so no I didn't know that. May I ask are you watching my contributions for a reason? Wee Curry Monster talk 07:47, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Template syntax isn't too hard to learn once you understand the basics of parameters and magic words. To answer your question, no. →Σ τ c. 08:10, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

This means I can ask you about some wickedly complicated templates when I get stuck? (I really mean that). --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:29, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I suppose you could do so whenever you want; the only template I've found (that isn't full-protected, at least) that has driven me to insanity is {{mya}}. I'm sure there are other editors who are much more confident when editing templates, but in the event that they are offline, get blocked, retire... I can provide some help. →Σ τ c. 08:49, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

ES stalker

I think Steve Jobs deserves a posthumous Nobel Prize for information technology :) --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

→Σ τ c. 08:49, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Hey

Hey Σ , thank you for sticking up for me and i have been unblocked and im going to turn over a new leaf and take this opportunity to reflect on my behavior; I shouldnt of blitzed ahead and next time i will learn to be more civil and , of course assume good faith wherever possible. Concerning the mentor, do you think i should ask worm that turned (your suggestion) myself or should i post on the admin noticeboard or something? Since, unfortunately Zscout doesnt go on much anymore. Goldblooded (talk) 15:45, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Trouted

{{trout}} You have been trouted for: YOU HAVE A GREAT SIGNATURE!!!

90.36.118.249 (talk) 14:50, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Why not to use {{trout me}}... :) →Dynamic|cimanyD← (contact me) 15:06, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Concern noted. →Σ τ c. 00:27, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

pictograms

It is not our practice to use symbols when commenting at AfD. We're trying to main the polite fiction that it's not a vote. (at some other Wikipedias, such as frWP, it is very definitely a vote & therefore they use symbols.) The net result is to make your comment stand out more than the others, but in the opposite direction, it might possibly give the impression that you don't understand how we work here, which would lead people to unconsciously downrate your opinion. DGG ( talk ) 03:36, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

It also upsets a bot that is tracking for AfD stats. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:16, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

I was only trying to make AfDs look less boring. Sorry. →Σ τ c. 07:55, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

It does do that, I agree. One reason to like commons; the !votes there are so pretty. JORGENEV 10:20, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

If you like what that looks like, use user:ais523/votesymbols.js, which does the same thing on any bolded word in a certain set. Examples:

Support,

Oppose,

Keep,

Delete, etc. →Dynamic|cimanyD← (contact me) 12:08, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes, but the pictograms look better in my opinion.

I'll modify Ais523's script soon, I just got a copy of JavaScript for Dummies. The problem will hopefully be over shortly. My apologies, →Σ τ c. 22:25, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

I was actually replying to jorgenev's post. I try to mention the script when someone says they like other places that look like that. →Dynamic|cimanyD← (contact me) 03:36, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of your userspace templates

Pages that you have substantially contributed to have been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Σ's userspace templates, and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of the pages during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the pages; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 03:34, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Moga,punjab

Do we really need a redirect for a missing space? Eeekster (talk)

Do we really need to delete it? →Σ τ c. 22:38, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Need? No. But it's not useful and just takes up space. Eeekster (talk) 22:40, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Put it at RfD if you want, then. Make sure you read WP:RFD#DELETE before doing so. →Σ τ c. 23:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Could Eeekster please explain whether they believe that deleting the redirect would "save space", as compared with keeping it? And if so, what sort of space do they mean - disk space on the Foundation's servers? Or something else? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 06:48, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Just a tip

I'm not sure that your closing of threads at RfP is wholly appropriate - it's really a task for an admin. Your general pre-decision comments are however most welcome. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:16, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Is this about Levonscott and rollback? Wikipedia's copyright policy and notability guidelines are completely irrelevant to rollback. Closing the off-topic discussion would be uncontroversial, or so I thought. Should I revert? →Σ τ c. 22:27, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thanks for your Help! Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 03:24, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Review

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Levonscott User talk:Levonscott User:Levonscott 08:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrolling

Hi. I see you placed a 'not Englilsh' template on Jacques Charles Veyrenc. If you have not done so, please be sure to add the appropriate user message on the creator's talk page. You can find the template message in Twinkle. Thanks, and happy editing! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:07, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Hm, I never knew TW had that template. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks. →Σ τ c. 02:14, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't aware of that one either. How new is it? Eeekster (talk) 02:19, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

You know what I did when I first started using Twinkle ? I made screenshots of the drop down menus and kept them on my desk top for quick reference. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:34, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Hm, I believe that would be effective, but so long that TW is being updated, it would require constant updating, else it rapidly become obsolete. I'll keep that in mind, though, or maybe try to memorise all the templates TW has. →Σ τ c. 22:44, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Template testing

Hi Σ,

This summer, you commented on the Huggle experiment that Steven Walling and the WMF summer research team ran on level one vandalism warnings. I wanted to let you know that we're currently finishing up a second iteration of that experiment and about to run a third with all level one Huggle warnings (test, blanking, NPOV, etc.). The draft templates are up on the wiki. Feel free to peruse them and let us know what you think:

We're watching the talk pages and welcome as much community input as possible!

I also wanted to give you a heads up about something we're thinking of trying with Twinkle. There's been some community discussion (here and here) about the fact that deletion notifications sent by Twinkle look exactly like user warnings, even though they're not. I've drafted some new templates with the aim of testing to see if these do better at getting authors to participate in deletion discussions and/or improve their articles (because right now the numbers are dismally low). If this sounds interesting to you, it would be great if you could look over them and let me know what you think about this as a possible A/B test! Thanks, Maryana (WMF) (talk) 18:37, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Hm, I've never seen the PROD and AfD notices as something similar to warnings, but now that it has been brought up, yes, I see how one could think of that. I think a perfect user warning requires the work of someone who is good with human communication. Would these all work for an A/B test? I think so. →Σ τ c. 23:19, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia loop article

Not a hoax; but I would say it would qualify for G4, but I got into an edit conflict with Shirik. It's PRODed. HurricaneFan 25 01:06, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough. I might AfD it in hope for a SNOW delete. →Σ τ c. 01:23, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

(TPS)Strangely enough, after starting from a random article, then clicking the first link in the article text not in parentheses, then doing the same thing where the link led, etc., I ended up somewhere in that loop 5 times out of 5... →Dynamic|cimanyD← (contact me) 02:23, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

You recently made a submission to Articles for Creation. Your article has been reviewed and because some issues were found, it could not be accepted in its current form; it is now located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pau Masó. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. Feel free to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved. (You can do this by adding the text {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the article.) Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! mabdul 11:52, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Next time change the reviewer after subst'... -_- mabdul 11:53, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For your service to the Federated States of Micronesia!

LauraHale (talk) 07:37, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

(6 kittens (now removed) later)

Oh, wikilove.... how broken you are. heh. Kittens! JORGENEV 07:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Help needed for a student class project

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination/SFSU Class Project and consider adding your name.

The scope of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination/SFSU Class Project is mainly concerned with new articles.

According to the teacher's instructions, this group of students may not create a lot of new articles, but may instead focus more on improving existing articles.

So, there may be little for us to do in the way the Wikipedia:WikiProject China/NNU Class Project required. The students may, however, still call on us for guidance in other areas. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Christina Saint Marche

Hi,

I am not even close to done on the above mentioned person. Its up to you if you want it deleted but I am from QC originally and they have put a deal together for a stadium from what I hear. If you want it deleted fine but I am still researching articles for accuracy. Either way what can I say? Carl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.10.37 (talk) 20:49, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrolling

Hi. I noticed you reported a non-English new page. If you found Các dòng di cư sớm thời tiền sử on a foreign web site, it may be obvious that the language is of that country. A quick Google translation of the lead sentence may provide results, and may also eventually lead to a case of WP:COPYVIO. Happy patrolling! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:59, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Duly noted. Thanks. →Σ τ c. 08:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I noticed you reported a non-English new page. You did not appear to have left a message on the creator's talk page. You can find the template in Twinkle under 'Single issue notices': Creating non-English articles. Happy patrolling! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 08:05, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Hm, are you subst;ing a userspace template of some sort with parameters that slightly change the wording?

Back to the subject; sorry, I completely forgot that time around, although I vaguely remember remembering to do so, sometime earlier. →Σ τ c. 08:12, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

No. These are pasted from custom messages I have on my compuer. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:09, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

BTW: "Chrillsims3" was A1, not A7 ;) --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:16, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tupolev Tu-142

On 16 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tupolev Tu-142, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Soviet Tupolev Tu-142 (pictured) maritime patrol aircraft was developed in response to the American UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tupolev Tu-142.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Hmm....

What do you think about Penny Johnston?

I tagged for primary sources but do you think she meets the notability guideline?

--Matthew Thompson ^{talk to me bro!} 01:15, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

~~I speedy'd, because I don't think it states why she is significant, if that fails its off to AfD. --Matthew Thompson ^{talk to me bro!} 01:24, 16 October 2011 (UTC)~~ Scratch that, I'm just going to sent it to AfD to be sure. --Matthew Thompson ^{talk to me bro!} 01:26, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Penny Johnston demonstrates a possible notability. A BLPPROD can't be used here of course due to the many links, but a standard WP:PROD| with a suitable rationale, such as indeed primary sources, would have been the obvious choice. However, taking into account the COI, the PROD tag might probably have been contested anyway, leaving this AfD as the only solution. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:44, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

MediaWiki

Hi. Re: [1] You are most welcome to comment at MW on developmental issues, but anything that directly concerns en.Wiki routine operations is best addressed here at Wikipedia on a relevant project talk page. For G11 improvements, I would suggest checking out the CSD project or template project talk pages. I think however that your query is probably more relevant to NPP as an instruction to patrollers for a thing to watch out for. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:25, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable. →Σ τ c. 19:30, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Your DYK nom for Microelectromechanical system oscillator

Hi E, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Microelectromechanical system oscillator and there are major issues with referencing that need to be dealt with before I can finish the review. Could you see my comments at the nomination page and reply there? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:42, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I shall defer to the expert on MEMS oscillators, Pnchou (talk · contribs). →Σ τ c. 01:52, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Very well, thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Crawfordton House

You have popped a 'ref improve' tag on this article. It would be helpful to me to understand why. The article is taken entirely from the two references already provided. No additional material is provided, so there is nothing further that can be referenced. Or would you like the reference at the end of each sentence/paragraph? Shipsview (talk) 21:36, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

I hope this article now meets requirements for additional citations for verification? Thank you for your help. Shipsview (talk) 09:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Template testing project, now in Beta

Hey Σ, just wanted to let you know that we've teamed up with WikiProject user warnings on a template testing task force. We also have a hub on Meta for cross-wiki tests (we're planning on trying this out on Portuguese and possibly other projects in the near future). Please join up if you're interested in helping with more template testing! Thanks, Maryana (WMF) (talk) 17:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Coal ball

The article Coal ball you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Coal ball for comments about the article. Well done! There is a backlog of articles waiting for review, why not help out and review a nominated article yourself? →Σ τ c. 06:05, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Time/date stamp

Hi. I'm curious about this: Timestamp to permit other editors to comment. →Στc. 11:15 am, 1 December 2011, Thursday (1 month, 12 days from now) (UTC+7). This is the second time this week that I've come across a wrong time stamp. Usually it comes from copying and pasting an old message, but there may be a bug in the system. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kudpung (talk • contribs) 02:03, 20 October 2011‎ (UTC)

Hello. I did not sign with the four tildes, but rather with 3 and a false timestamp. This ensures that MiszaBot does not archive it until that date passes. There have been very few other opinions, so I believe that letting it get archived when it actually has a chance of being partially accepted would not be a good result. →Σ τ c. 02:18, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Understood. Perhaps a word in that message to that effect would allay confusion. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:24, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Ha!

I thought someone might want to makes other textual changes but... yeah, I laughed at that.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:24, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Longchamps (chain of restaurants)

Hello Σ. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Longchamps (chain of restaurants), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is sufficient context to identify the subject of the article. Thank you. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 03:17, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

No there isn't. There isn't even a complete sentence on that. →Σ τ c. 03:19, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but you are misunderstanding A1. A1 only applies to situations when there is no context to the article whatsoever. It doesn't have to be grammatically correct to establish context. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 03:27, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I cannot determine what the article is about. However, I can determine whether it resembles the WP:CSD-endorsed example ("He is a funny man with a red car. He makes people laugh.") or not, the answer being yes, it does. →Σ τ c. 03:38, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Σ. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Bot_requests.
Message added 16:31, 21 October 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

causa sui (talk) 16:31, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Deleted content

{{trout}} You have been trouted for: Why have you flagged my content for removal? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremyritzmann (talk • contribs) 03:00, 24 October 2011‎

All it did is promote the ideas of Dr. Turner. See Speedy Deletion Criterion G11 for more details, and this page too. →Σ τ c. 03:06, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

how did it promote the ideas of Dr. Turner? I see a very defined support of ideas on other manifesto wikis to include the communist manifesto, the huminist manifesto, and the very own Occupy Wiki itself. All i have done is post a brief history, what it is intended for in a contextual way, and the document itself.Jeremyritzmann (talk) 03:11, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

I have tagged the page yet again - see this page; Wikipedia does not exist for you to assert opinions.

The tag was not because of the subject, but rather how the article was written. I assure you, if you stopped using the big tag and removed the content of the manifesto, which I can frankly tell you is dripping with a point of view, it would not have been tagged as it has.

Regarding The Communist Manifesto, I also agree that the article needs cleaning. Give me 10 minutes and I will clean it, but in any case, the poor state of other articles is not a secure ground for an equally poor addition to be added. →Σ τ c. 03:18, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Tibhath changed speedy deletion criterion

Hi Σ. You've been doing some great work at new pages patrol. Just to let you know, I didn't think this one qualified as db-nocontext, but I did delete it as a copyvio. Thanks, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:14, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Replacing another link

You were so helpful back in July when you replaced a link for me. I still don't have AWB due to computer issues, so could you be so kind as to change the exact same link again for me? (It was originally on AOL pages which got taken down, and then Verizon stopped FTP access to personal pages.) The link to be changed is http://mysite.verizon.net/rtspcc/MBTARouteHistory.pdf and the new (hopefully stable) link is http://www.transithistory.org/roster/MBTARouteHistory.pdf

Thanks so much! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:22, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Awesome. You rock.Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:01, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

A cheezburger for you!

Just for the heck of it! :D

Time and Space are never ending, or so we think... 16:37, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

User:Kewonevans

I removed your speedy tag at Isaac kewon evans, and moved it to this noobie's page. Bearian (talk) 01:14, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

What do you think about my new proposed user name?

See WP:CHU. I'm also considering replacing "me" with "free". Would that sound too presumptuous? Uʔ (talk) 14:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I see no reason to doubt the bureaucrat's judgement in renaming you to ʔ. →Σ τ c. 23:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

jaylee hodgson

hello iam jay'lee hodgson and u have got my info wrong thats why im changing it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.166.76 (talk) 23:21, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Verifiability, not truth. Another editor could change that to Mars, with the same rationale. Who would we know to believe without a source? →Σ τ c. 00:04, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

If you indeed are Jaylee Hodgson, and have complaints about the article, you can contact info-en-qwikimedia.org from an official email address, and Wikimedia's response team will be able to assist. →Σ τ c. 05:29, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Σ. I haven't seen you commenting on the meta Wikis recently. I've been adding some posts today to keep the ball rolling. Feel free to add your own comments :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:35, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Doing... - sorry, the coal balls have taken over my mind. I'll try to make a few comments right now. →Σ τ c. 05:53, 31 October 2011 (UTC)