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Matthew Farnes

I saw you placed the speedy delete tag on the article Matthew Farnes. I am trying to clean up the article on Savile Row, and a persistent anon keeps adding the same adver-spam that this registered editor has now placed on that page. I fully support this speedy delete, as a quick Google search just doesn't create enough supporting material to support a section on the Savile Row article, let alone an article. Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 11:21, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah yes, a classic pattern. I'm glad you make an effort to clean up the article, which I will now add to my watch list as well. Best, Favonian (talk) 11:24, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Far right

You are right because there was no edit summary that explains the edits by Thundera m117. This is the relevent discussion after a RFC, there was a consensus to delete the list. Thank you. Sole Soul (talk) 15:12, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

We reached a consensus to remove the list of allege far right group and i haven't found any agreement to restore the list on the discussion pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thundera m117 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Right. Thanks to Sole Soul I've managed to locate the relevant discussion. You would make life easier for everyone if you remembered to provide edit summaries, especially with such drastic modification. Favonian (talk) 15:18, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I apologize. I'll present edit summaries the next time I made major edits.--the way of the force 11:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

No harm done. To atone for my own sins I have now reverted yet another anonymous IP's attempt to reinstate the list.

Now that I have your attention: you might want to do something about your signature, which doesn't include a link to your user page or talk page. According to WP:SIG, at least one of these should be there so other users may contact you more easily. Favonian (talk) 11:10, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you.

The Very Best of Woody Guthrie. --CypressHills (talk) 17:21, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure :) First time anyone has thanked me for pointing out article issues—usually they just sulk and delete them. Cheers, Favonian (talk) 17:23, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Not me, lol. Cheers! I know it needs alot more work... don't worry we can do it! :) might take us some time... but we have patience. --CypressHills (talk) 17:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for restoring my talk page - looks like some one was not happy with the delete of Tony Di Carlo page. On the subject of that, I did ask the closing admin to look at those images but looks like he must of missed that - what is the next step for assessing those files ? Codf1977 (talk) 21:22, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. Very sore loser that one—in addition to being a raving anti-Semite. Regarding the pictures I must confess that I'm not certain what to do since they reside in Commons, where I'm not a regular visitor. One obvious possibility is to let the matter slide. Must be getting old and non-confrontational :( Favonian (talk) 21:27, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandal

The vandal 90.199.14.80 has vandalised past the warning. En-AU Speaker _(T) (C) ^(E) 11:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Indeed they have. I've reported it to the administrators at WP:AIV. Incidentally, it doesn't require any special privileges to file such reports—you can do so as well next time you come across a similar miscreant. Favonian (talk) 11:36, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Fast response: the IP has been sent off for 48 hours. Favonian (talk) 11:39, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Soundart Radio

Hi Favonian, thanks for the welcome message. Just thought I'd explain why Soundart Radio is editing its own page: I became aware that one of our programme makers had set a page up for the station that contained several inaccuracies. Therefore I wanted to correct it straight away. I've done my best to be neutral and objective whilst getting the facts straight. Best wishes, Lucinda Soundartradio (talk) 17:12, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Lucinda. Thanks for the note! It's encouraging (if unusual) to get a positive response to these messages. I have no problems with the objectivity of your edits so far. As we say around here: Happy Editing! Favonian (talk) 17:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, it appears now to have reverted to the page that was up before my changes... what happened to my edits, sorry I'm a bit confused! LucindaSoundartradio (talk) 17:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Soundart Radio

The article Soundart Radio has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

non notable community based radio station no coverage found on Google News that would indicate that this article passes WP:NOTABILITY

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. RP459 (talk) 17:46, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Victoria Hogg

I've removed the notability tag from that article. The subject satisfies several of the criteria suggested by Wikipedia:Notability (music). I agree with the other issues and will have a go at editing the article to improve npov. Catfish Jim and the soapdish (talk) 21:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Wasn't able to locate anything on the web except self-published stuff, but you're obviously better informed. Favonian (talk) 21:39, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

help?

i'm confuseed. did i do something wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheery cheerleeding captain (talk • contribs) 21:26, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Making a sweeping statement like "Cheerring is the most dangerous sport", giving only a rather vague reference like "fox news, cnn", is not good enough. Favonian (talk) 21:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

wow so will you ban me four that? how can you no what highschool my friends go to? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheery cheerleeding captain (talk • contribs) 21:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

No, it takes quite a bit more to get banned or blocked, but your edits will get reverted, if you don't provide reliable sources. Favonian (talk) 21:39, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

you people are kind of weird not to be mean to like find my stuff so fast and no who we are like how do you do what you do? can you like teach me? i want too be part of this but i like suck. sorry 1 of us was mean before? dont ban me i cheer at lbhs but im not a bad person. -cheery_cheerleading_captain

You think we're that stupid, LBHS Cheerleader? –MuZemike 21:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Tsk, tsk, and here I was, dishing out the old AGF. This place will turn me into a cynic. Favonian (talk) 21:51, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The Question of All Time #2

Why do so many people hate you to keep vandalising your page and change your image? is it the same for everyone who does that warning mod-ish stuff? Just because you revert an edit and give them a warning? I think i used to... but I cant remember (bad memory).Mooseman33 (talk) 01:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.

[1]. - Akamad (talk) 11:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. Favonian (talk) 11:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Hvem er han?

Hvem er du? jeg hader dig... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.150.55.94 (talk) 12:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

(Translated from Danish: "Who are you? I hate you...") I can live with that. Favonian (talk) 12:06, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Det var godt :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.150.55.94 (talk) 12:12, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Sepp Holzer

Hi there. I saw you simply deleted what I just added on the article about permaculture. Can you explain ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkofthetrueschool (talk • contribs) 12:15, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I did it twice in fact. When giving credit for an invention, like you did in your edits, you must provide reliable sources documenting the claim. Favonian (talk) 12:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I have not reverted your third attempt, but instead tagged the information with {{Citation needed}}. Favonian (talk) 12:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand. The citation would be this: http://www.krameterhof.at/en/index.php?id=holzersche_permakultur I don`t know how to properly cite, especially because of the order of citations... could you help me here ? thanks ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkofthetrueschool (talk • contribs) 12:30, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I can and will in a moment, but at the risk of being pedantic: this is a primary source, in other words coming from the guy himself. In order for a source to be considered reliable, it has to be independent of the person or organization being dealt with. A book, journal or newspaper article would be much better. Favonian (talk) 12:36, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Done! Favonian (talk) 12:43, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

here would be a third party citation : http://www.krameterhof.at/pdf/the_earth.pdf

thanks for the effort Favonian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkofthetrueschool (talk • contribs) 12:55, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Much better, especially after I found it published at a regular news site. Favonian (talk) 13:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh great, course that`s better - thanks

can you tell me how to link it with the german article ? http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepp_Holzer

...why are you putting so much effort in this anyway ? I never understood that in Wiki. Wouldn`t it make most sense if everybody would stick to his or her field of expertise ? Just curious —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkofthetrueschool (talk • contribs) 14:15, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Another editor has already added the German "Interwiki link" to Sepp Holzer.

Regarding my motives, I do a fair bit of anti-vandalism around Wikipedia and initially I misinterpreted your edits as being of that ilk. Once I realized my mistake, I "atoned" by helping you overcome the technical as well as ideological hurdles.

If everyone stuck to their own areas of expertise, Wikipedia would certainly be a slimmer volume. Much debating time has been spent/wasted on that discussion, and I won't go into it here. I usually don't interfere with factual matters, unless I know something about them (and I know next to nothing about permaculture), but when it comes to the general guidelines of Wikipedia, such as what constitutes reliable sources, I have no inhibitions. Favonian (talk) 14:37, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

thanks for your reply - that helps ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkofthetrueschool (talk • contribs) 15:21, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Another area, where I'm uninhibited, is the correction of geographical details, so I've changed Holzer's nationality from Australian to Austrian ;) Favonian (talk) 15:31, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

northern rail

Please don't remove the photo of what life is like on a Northern Rail train for many customers each morning.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Embassy (talk • contribs) 12:59, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Replacing an admittedly rather bland picture of a train with one of the oppressed commuter masses looks very much like a bit of soap boxing, which is not what Wikipedia is for. I'll leave the picture be for the moment, but you should probably not expect it to be long for this world. Favonian (talk) 13:26, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Gone, and user warned for making POV edits to articles. ⇦REDVERS⇨ 13:28, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Fast as always! Oh, and thanks for removing the disgruntled passenger's note from my user page. Favonian (talk) 13:31, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks For RVV!

Once again, I find my user page rescued by your efforts. Thank you once more - and I'm sure it won't be the last time! Cpl Syx ^[talk] 23:30, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Always a pleasure. There will probably be ample opportunity for you to return the favor. Favonian (talk) 23:31, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

World Famous Audio Hacker wiki entry

Hi. can you help me? You rolled back my attempt to delete an article about me. I would like it removed from Wikipedia. The article is about World Famous Audio Hacker. I marked it for quick deletion -- I created the article and was the only major contirbutor to it -- and it is about ME. How can I get it blanked/deleted? Everyone keeps rolling back my changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.134.139.72 (talk) 23:40, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

To set a couple of things straight: other editors have contributed to the article in the 9+ months of its existence. Thus you cannot employ the usual method for getting rid of the article described in WP:CSD#G7. Secondly, even if you are the subject of the article, you cannot exert ownership over it. As far as I know, the only way to get it deleted is through the deletion process. Favonian (talk) 23:46, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry About the Misunderstanding, Here is What happened (Haiti Discussion Page Deletion)

Thanks for the update. I was deleting my own comment though (I accidentally split it into two sections). (On the Haiti discussion page).

I just reposted it rejoined with it's other half.

But I'm glad someone is keeping an eye on the site. It was getting vandalized yesterday.

Best,

69.171.160.25 (talk) 23:44, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Glad we cleared the misunderstanding. Actually, because of an edit conflict my revert of your edits never registered. Favonian (talk) 23:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

		The Userpage Shield
		Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage earlier --5 albert square (talk) 00:04, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Anytime, and thanks for the star :) Favonian (talk) 09:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Niculiţă Ion

I'll let you get on with it or we'll be treading on each other's toes. I was wondering about that link whether it was good or not, thanks for fixing that. Si Trew (talk) 11:30, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Simon. I'll just put some more stuff in the infobox. Don't mean to monopolize the article ;) Favonian (talk) 11:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism Revert

I just wanted to let you know that I am going to keep changing the article on Judism because I find it very offense and you sir are an idiot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.157.171.221 (talk) 22:24, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

And you, dear Sir or Madam, can't spell. I look forward to reverting your vandalism during your mercifully short stay. Favonian (talk) 22:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Important Issue

Hi

I edit "http://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Motiur_Rahman_Nizami" this page but not accepted i see. This page have some content which is not true and fully false allegation against Mr Motiur Rahman Nizami.

Here I add the official Protest Against this report. Plz review this and take action accordingly...

Protest against the report published in wikipedia

Central Publicity Secretary of Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami Prof. Md. Tasnim Alam has given a statement denouncing the report published in the “Wikipedia” titled “Motiur Rahman Nizami from Wikipedia, the Encyclopeia” on 4 January-2010.

The statement says that I do vehemently condemn the false and confusing report against the Ameer of Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami and a former minister Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami published in the titled “Motiur Rahman Nizami from wikipedia, The Encyclopedia.”

In the report, a blatant lie has been passed after the name of Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami referring to another report published in the Daily Sangram on 14 November 1971 where he has been mentioned as the Commander in Chief of Al-Badar group and has been accused of collaborating the Pakistan Army and driving away the minority hindus through merciless torture. Our clear exposition in this matter is that in 1971, under an ordinance declared by the then Pakistani Government, the CO, OC and the Chairmen of UPs and Municipalities recruited members for Razakar, Al-Badar and Al-shams by blowing trumpets openly in the village hats and bazaars. Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami was not even a general member of that al Badar group, let alone its Commander in Chief. He is a renowned Islamic personality, a former minister and a distinguished citizen of the country. So terming him as Moitia Razakar is really offensive. He was not involved with any kind of killing, plunder, arson or any other anti-social activities in 1971. The case regarding GATCO was filed against him with an ill-motif of political harassment. He was accused of this false case because of being a member of the purchase committee. In the report it has been said that Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami was established in 1978, but it is totally a wrong information. In fact B. J. I was established in 1979 and Motiur Rahman Nizami was the leader of parliamentary team of BJI from 1991 to 1996; not 1991 to 1994.

Wikipedia has published this kind of false and baseless report only to belittle the image of Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami. I do request the wikipedia authourty to refrain from such falsehood and expect the protest would be published to remove the confusion created due to this propaganda.

Ali Ahmad On behalf of Publicity Department Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami —Preceding unsigned comment added by Noman13bd (talk • contribs) 03:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Article - DSATA

You commented on my article DSATA. If this is in the article space, how do i get this to be in my user space? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kid with ideas (talk • contribs) 15:09, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Use the "move" tab at the top of the window and choose, say, User:Kid with ideas/DSATA as the destination. Favonian (talk) 15:11, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I have now performed the move for you. Favonian (talk) 15:17, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Nobel Prize

Hey! I saw you had done some work on the list of nobel laureates. I am currently working on the Nobel Prize article. Since it is a top importance article and not even GA class I am trying to make it a GA article and perhaps further after that. However, I'm in a state now where I could use some help. I need a new pair (several pairs in fact) of eyes to look at the article and the talk page for improving prose, debation of different things and some sourcing. Do you got any possibility to help out?

Cheers --Esuzu 16:36, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I'd be delighted to be of assistance. So far, my contribution has mostly been to keep the vandals at bay, so it'll be good to do some constructive work. Favonian (talk) 17:01, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Great! Thanks a lot :) --Esuzu 17:10, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for getting that pesky vandal on my userpage! I must say, it's impressive you beat em to it since I was hovering on their contribs! Thanks a lot. HJMitchell You rang? 12:24, 18 January 2010 (UTC) In fact...

		The Userpage Shield
		A token of my appreciation for reverting vandalism on my user page! Keep up the good work. HJMitchell You rang? 12:28, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the star! Glad to see that my reflexes are still in order. Favonian (talk) 13:01, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

whole foods

do you work for whole foods? you are censoring factual information that the public deserves to know, why are you doing this —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richie196406 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I don't. Your contribution to the article was a highly subjective tirade with only a video link as source. The tone was utterly unsuitable for an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a soap box. Favonian (talk) 14:01, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Pink Panther vandals

Take a closer look at the Pink Panther articles you're reverting. In many cases, there are also edits by 76.230.235.49 that are making similarly unreferenced, apparently inaccurate changes. I've been reverting to specific previous versions of the page, rather than using rollback, which only handles a single editor. —ShadowRanger ^(talk|stalk) 20:07, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh dear! Thanks for pointing it out to me. I've ceased the rapid-fire reverts. Favonian (talk) 20:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem; easy to miss if you haven't been monitoring this class of articles. I was on a mild wikibreak for the past few weeks or I would have caught this earlier. I have no idea where these people are getting their info, and they don't respond to messages. I'm half tempted to do a blanket semi-protect request for all Pink Panther cartoon related articles; with multiple IPs participating and resuming as soon as their blocks expire, I'm not sure what other options we have. —ShadowRanger ^(talk|stalk) 20:12, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Second that motion. I see more and more of those concerted, multi-IP attacks. Favonian (talk) 20:15, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I've filed the request, and linked this thread for context. I'm also working through the episodes slowly to try and suss out the correct version to restore; help appreciated. :-) —ShadowRanger ^(talk|stalk) 20:27, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

ONEXENO

Who are you and why did you did the page - http://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=ONEXENO

Other similar card games post their rules, see - http://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Set_(card_game) http://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Uno_(card_game)

Please contact me - Ray Lauzzana rlauzzana@penrosepress.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by RLauzzana (talk • contribs) 20:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Have a look at WP:NOTGUIDE. The fact that other stuff exists is not a valid argument around here. Besides, the second part of your edit was a series of what appears to be bogus WP:AIV reports. Communication will be through this talk page, not email. Favonian (talk) 20:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I read WP:NOTGUIDE, It says that instruction manuals and game guides are disallowed. All that I posted was the rules!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by RLauzzana (talk • contribs) 02:26, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know what WP:AIV reports are. I did try to report that a person called Nuttah kept deleting the rules from the ONEXENO page. If some spurious info got inserted, I appreciate having it eliminated. However, there is no point to having a page for a card game if you can't explain what it is.

Maybe, I should just have a single reference to to a non-Wiki page that has the rules. However, to me that woulod seem more like advertising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RLauzzana (talk • contribs) 02:22, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Ta

I was just adding "::Possibly of Jewish ancestry - that's uncertain. Could be anything, really. Doesn't worry me. Peridon (talk) 15:34, 25 January 2010 (UTC)" when you reverted it.... Peridon (talk) 15:34, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I should probably write that preemptively on my page, just in case he comes knocking. Must admit that my main reason for reverting is that it makes it easier to report the jerk using Twinkle. We are all at the mercy of our tools. Favonian (talk) 15:36, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

...as the bishop said to the actress... (Sorry - you can delete this...) Peridon (talk) 15:39, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

LOL! Wouldn't dream of it ;) Favonian (talk) 15:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Stop messing up the Pants on the Ground article!

--DoYouPlayTheAppletartGame? (talk) 22:53, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Reproducing the lyrics constitutes a copyright violation. Title is better off being redirected. Favonian (talk) 22:54, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Zerg rush IPs

Just block 79.75.126.0/17 for an extended period of time and we should be free of him.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 12:31, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Would if I could, but I'm just a humble editor, not an admin. Favonian (talk) 12:32, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

My mistake.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 12:35, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

That would be not unlike blocking Qatar. Happy to lock up your talk pages though. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the thought, but unless this really escalates I can hold the fort. Favonian (talk) 12:39, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I messed up the range and contacted Peter Symonds to deal with the block.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 12:45, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Ramsay robertson dalgety

I hope i don't cause a big fuss but I was suggesting deleting the redirect page because capitalization is usually not a matter in the search box. I didn't think there should be a separate page to correct two non-capitalized letters. Marine79 (talk) 10:25, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

It's common practice to keep the redirects left behind when renaming an article which was initially created with the wrong capitalization. If you look at Category:Redirects from other capitalisations you will find plenty such redirects, and on top of that should be added all those created but not tagged with {{R from other capitalisation}}. At any rate, redirects are very "cheap" and there's usually no need to delete them unless they are disruptive in some form or obviously useless. Favonian (talk) 10:31, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Another question off topic, I have a book that does not have an article, National Geographic Almanac of American History, i saw a synopsis on the barnes and noble website but i don't know if i can start an article using that pulled from their website and reference it. Would that be legal? This would be my first new article and I'd like to do it right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marine79 (talk • contribs) 10:44, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Good thing you asked! A synopsis published at the Barnes & Noble website is bound to be copyrighted by them, so you cannot copy it in the article. You have to paraphrase the plot in your own words—a bit laborious, but not that difficult. Another problem is that you'll need to assert that the book is notable according to these guidelines. Usually this is done by referencing reviews from newspapers. The Barnes & Noble site cannot be used as a reliable source since they have a rather obvious interest in promoting the book. Favonian (talk) 10:55, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

change of text

why is every change of text considered vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moe1123 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

OK, let's do this from the beginning. You never provide edit summaries, so it's rather difficult to guess what your intentions are. In this edit you change a statement to its opposite—without explanation. In this one you remove parts of a reference, thus removing information and breaking the template—without explanation. Here you remove a video link—without explanation. Then, in this one you at least only remove a sentence, except the initial "S"—without explanation. Finally, here you remove a whole statement with a proper reference—without explanation. Now in the absence of (good) explanations I have to deduce your motives, and frankly I cannot see that your actions can be described by any other word than "disruptive". Was that clear enough? Favonian (talk) 16:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

First Annual Wikiout

WuhWuzDat 23:15, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

The withdrawal symptoms will be horrific, but I accept your kind invitation. Cheers, Favonian (talk) 10:48, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I love you, thanks

[[User:]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.98.177.15 (talk) 21:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, that's a new one. Thanks for the sentiments. Favonian (talk) 22:11, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Haha, nicest response to a warning I've ever seen--Jac16888^Talk 22:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

This !job is getting to me. I'm having trust issues :( Favonian (talk) 23:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Barbara Corcoran

Why is my thing tagged and suddenly untagged? KOF :) 12:08, 2 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KingofFilm (talk • contribs)

If by "thing" you mean the article about Corcoran, it's because I thought her to be insufficiently notable to have an article here, but another editor disagreed. Favonian (talk) 12:14, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Ok, well I guess I have to agree with that other editor. KOF :) 23:12, 2 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KingofFilm (talk • contribs)

MyAlbum/MijnAlbum

I noticed that you nominated both MyAlbum and MijnAlbum for deletion. Maybe there could one be kept alive? MijnAlbum is the biggest online photo sharing service in the Netherlands (like Hyves is the biggest social platform in the country). If you do a google.nl search for mijnalbum.nl you will find a lot of relevant information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambientchair (talk • contribs) 08:03, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

The problem is that neither article documents this claim through reliable, third-party, published sources. If you are able to find such sources, the article(s) may survive, but I agree that they should in this case be merged into one. Favonian (talk) 09:59, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Photography in Denmark

As not only a new member of Wikiproject Denmark but also someone with an interest in history, I thought you might like to take a look at Photography in Denmark. Feel free to add your own edits or simply make suggestions on the article's talk page. Ipigott (talk) 16:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Princess Marie of Orléans (1865–1909)

Hello! Have you noticed this article? It is actually two copies of the same article placed on top of one another: when one stop, the article continues a second time under it. I tried to fix it but it was reverted. --85.226.47.128 (talk) 21:30, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Right you are. I'll look into it. By the way, it was a bot that reverted your edit. I only removed the additional reference list you added. Favonian (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I know, but I couldn't speak to a bot ;) I'm just a little confused about it, hope it'll be fixed!--85.226.47.128 (talk) 21:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, the article is back to its normal, lean size. Thanks for catching the problem! Favonian (talk) 21:37, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

SURC

Hi there!

Yes I'm new to all this, so thanks very much - thats exactly what I was trying to do!

Cheers,

Tim —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timstickley (talk • contribs) 22:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that! I'll do it like this in future! - I appreciate all the hints and tips! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timstickley (talk • contribs) 10:54, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Favonian!

Great - thanks for all the hints and tips... do you know how to make those pages I created come up as some of the first hits in a google search? Cheers, Tim Timstickley (talk) 22:31, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your help

As a newbie, the Riboregulator page was quite a challenge. Your edits were incredibly helpful. At this point I wondered if I had sufficiently wikified and referenced the article to remove the "wikify" and expert warning. I have a Ph.D. in molecular biology (immunology), so I am dead certain of technical accuracy of the article. However, I am still learning how to write for wiki, so your input is very welcome.

Best regards, Psykl —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psykl (talk • contribs) 17:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Sulu vandalism

Hello Favonian,

Sorry to take some of your time, but you are much more an expert in fighting vandalism than I am.

An unregistered user who appeares using other IPs in the past is posting vandalism.

Since many weeks he constantly rewrites articles and talk pages regarding the Sultanate of Sulu. He rewrites all articles related to it, from Brunei, the Philippines etc. All one or two days I must delete this stuff. Even worse, he has rewritten former posts of other users in talk pages to give them a new meaning. See Talk page of Sultanate of Sulu.

He writes a different version of history, not in accordance with recorded history. He wants to support the claim of a claiming Sulu Sultan Carpenter Arpa V.

The problem: He states that his forefather replaced the recognized Sultan Jamalul Kiram II, who he calls an ursurper, by help of the American colonial troops in 1899. He says this was done by Maj-General. Jens A. Doe with the U.S. Army 41st division under his command. This is the fundament for his claims, as he states.

General Doe was born in 1891 and was an 8 year old boy in 1899 so I have serious doubts about the accuracy of this story. Furthermore, the 41st division was formed in 1917. Gen. Doe was on the Philippines during World War II in 1944. The website of this Arpa Sultan presents pictures of the meetings that can be made only during WW II not in 1899 as claimed. It is a simple lie. Otherwise, the US Army has a time travel device.

List of commanders of the 41th http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cc/041id.htm

Wikipedia itself has an extensive article of the 41th and of Gen. Jens A. Doe with many sources.

Although I asked him to, he does not cite any sources as proofs for his claims, just the websites of his Arpa Sultan.

The following articles are subject to this vandalism: Ahmad (Brunei) Bolkiah First Philippine Republic Hashemite History of Basilan List of Sultans of Sulu List of sultans of Sulu Maharaja Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II Muhammad Shah of Brunei Muhyiddin of Brunei North Borneo dispute Philippines Sabah Saiful Rijal Sharif Ali Sultanate of Sulu Sulu Sultanate

After deleting in the article, he started to add his statements in the Talk section.

Is there any chance to protect these articles from change by unregistered users?

Many thanks!

Greetings and sorry for writing such stuff here About the Sultan (talk) 18:28, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi AtS. Sorry for being so tardy getting back to you. I have noticed this editor and his peculiar contributions before and attempted to revert them, but I was not aware of the full extent of his activities. Looks like I'll have to extend my watch list, already at 16,000 entries :( I have removed his story about Gen. Doe and his alleged, precocious activities in the Philippines. In my experience, it's difficult to get a page protection against anonymous editors for any duration of time, unless we're dealing with massive, concentrated vandalism from several different IP addresses. Here we are dealing with more "scattered" actions by an editor who switches IP address. Our best bet at this point is to follow the usual procedures for dealing with vandals. Favonian (talk) 16:31, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, I've cleaned out a fair amount of crap from the articles you mentioned, and I'll monitor the activities of the IPs involved. Incidentally, are you sure Hashemite belongs on the list? I couldn't find any Sulu-related vandalism there, and it seems a bit far from our friend's usual stomping grounds. Favonian (talk) 17:38, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

MANY THANKS!!! Truly, many thanks for your help! Hope, we can keep out this guy, now. May be, the article Hashemite was a different topic. 16.000 articles... I would go crazy... Thats a giant contribution of yours to wikipedia!!! Best regards About the Sultan (talk) 13:36, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks like an administrator has also become aware of this editor's activities. The result is a three-day block, as may be seen at Blocklog for "121.54.47.53" . Favonian (talk) 16:10, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Thats good news! Thanks! He is changing his IP from time to time and then he starts the same vandalism as before. I wonder that someone is this hard and is spending his time, writing stuff that is deleted hours or few das later, for months. regards About the Sultan (talk) 11:13, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Primrose Day

Hello Favonian. Do you think Primrose Day needs any more references? It's only a start article and the reference I put in just about verifies every point in the article. Northern Arrow (talk) 16:44, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

PS: what's the best way to add categories? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Northern Arrow (talk • contribs) 16:47, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

The current reference is to a personal website/blog and that's not usually considered a reliable source. Some sort of scholarly work mentioning the day would be preferable. Favonian (talk) 16:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

I've replaced the online reference with one that cites a book in my own library. Unfortunately this is less accessible than an online ref, but what's the thinking on this sort of reference? Brewer's is a standard reference in these matters. Northern Arrow (talk) 17:00, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

It looks like the right kind of reference, even if it's not instantly verifiable.

Regarding categories, what I usually do is locate an article about a similar topic, in this case some other day of observance, and then navigate around the categories to which it has been assigned. Not exactly an exact science. Favonian (talk) 17:36, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

OK. Thanks very much for your help and advice. Regards, Northern Arrow (talk) 17:38, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

European Universities Debating Championship

Hi,

Can you have a look at an article for me (European Universities Debating Championship) - I seem to be getting into a Edit War with another editor and would value someone else having a look.

In summary, I think the article has two main issues - firstly it is sourced almost exclusively from the websites maintained by a one Colm Flynn a long time debater for which I am not sure they meet the WP test of WP:RS - I have posted to the Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard but no one unconnected with the article has responded. Secondly is the amount of detail about each event - even though this is a team event the other editor is insisting that the names of the members of the 3 loosing teams must be listed (setting aside the issue of the WP:RS) I think that this is not relevant and as these are not notable and the including runs contra to WP:NLIST. I offered to compermise and let him include the detail in the main table of winners but he felt that it did not work and needed a second table with team members.

The other editor has called be obstructionist - I don't think I am just trying to keep this article fit for an encyclopaedia.

If you think I am being obstructionist please let me know or if you can offer any advice it would be welcomed.Codf1977 (talk) 19:09, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll have a look at it tomorrow. Fairly lengthy discussion trail to work through. Favonian (talk) 21:23, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Did you get a chance to look ? Codf1977 (talk) 14:26, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

I finally did, though it was hard going ;) Regarding the reliable source issue, I have commented at the noticeboard that I tend to agree with you: the websites in question cannot be considered reliable Wikipedia sources.

As for the other matter, it is rather more difficult to decide. I'm afraid the most compelling argument brought forward is actually that of your opponent. If the debate is between two teams of two members each, then it is like a tennis double, and if it is customary to list both winning and losing players there, it seems reasonable to do it here as well. The precise structuring of the tables I cannot really comment on, being rather a poor layout designer myself. I see that the discussion has now turned into a sockpuppet investigation, but I prefer not to let that influence my opinion on the general issue. Favonian (talk) 15:30, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that - I will take that on board - the sockpuppet investigation has taken a most interesting twist with Singopo holding his hands up to running at least 4 other Debate related socks. As for the page - I will let it alown for moment and look at it fresh later. Codf1977 (talk) 15:40, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Help!

Ok so I made a Page for Charles Kelley from Lady Antebellum, but when you click his name on the Lady Antebellum page, it doesnt go to the page i made. I'm new at this so if you could help me do this properly, there are probably some mistakes i've made. I would appreicate it. There are alot of referances and but i'm just confused on how to use them. Please if theres anything you can do i would be so thankful. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thatsthewaytodoit (talk • contribs) 15:51, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

First of all, the problem with the link on the Lady Antebellum page is that it is coded like this:

[[Charles Kelley|Lady Antebellum]]

In other words, though it is displayed as Lady Antebellum, it actually links to Charles Kelley. The latter is not the page you just created, which is called Charles kelley with a lowercase "k", instead it is a redirect, created June 1, 2009, which points back to Lady Antebellum. Pretty confusing

Now, about your new article, Charles kelley; I have read it and must say that it has too much overlap with Lady Antebellum. The question I have to ask is whether he is independently notable. If not, then the article should be replaced with a redirect similar to the one mentioned above. Favonian (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm not to sure what you mean when you say "The question I have to ask is whether he is independently notable." Although he is in the band Lady Antbellum, I think everyone that is a fan of Lady A. wants to know about him, and his life. That's why i created the page. Hillary Scott has one, so i thought he should too. =D! And thank you know i now how to fix it. =D!! Thanks Again! User: Thatsthewaytodoit

Regarding Speedy Deletion of 209.189.130.122

Hi there. That was actually an abuse report I filed for that IP address. I don't why it had to be deleted.... Did I somehow created an actual article by mistake. Bentoman (talk) 00:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bentoman. Yep, that's exactly what happened. I should have left you a "proper" note instead of the standard template. Sometimes things get a bit too automated. Favonian (talk) 08:29, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Spondon

Greetings. See you have been having trouble with this page, more particularly our additions. Why ? What be your 'issue' ? Our notes be quite correct and in no way detract from the rest of the article. Marjoly takes a nerdish 'issue' with our lingo... methinks thnis says more about him (?)! Wikipedia has a 'reputation'... to live down to ! Deleting perfectly correct additions does its reputation no favours. ROBERT TAGGART (talk) 13:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

If by "lingo" you mean the tone of the paragraphs you added, then we do have an issue with it. Wikipedia is not a tourist brochure. Favonian (talk) 10:39, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Agreed... 'wiki' be not a tourist brochure...but, it be a joke ! ROBERT TAGGART (talk) 14:26, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Guess the joke is on you. Gives you something to laugh about during your one month block. Favonian (talk) 15:22, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Danish barnstar

Now that is one I don't have!! Thanks for your appreciation! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:22, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

My pleasure. I would call you an awesome Wikipedian, if that adjective weren't so overused in articles being speedily deleted. Noticed that you have a Nepalese barnstar; you sure get around :) Favonian (talk) 15:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah!! Thanks mate. Happy editing! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 20:19, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've always found that particular editor "irritating". As if 5 star hotels in London are not high priority for WP:Hotels... Most of them are amongst the top ranked hotels in the world. Why doesn't he just try to expand them? I'll just swipe away his spam messages, none of them stand a chance of being deleted... ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 14:41, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Sandeep Kamal

Be you advised to please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sandeep Kamal. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 04:09, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Duly noted and acted upon ;) Favonian (talk) 10:59, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Be you thanked! (I should say that in all-caps, probably. Drmies (talk) 15:42, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

<--Hey Favonian, I see you're into math and computers and all that, so let me ask you for some geek-expertise: look at the infobox in Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres. At the bottom, there's a link to the 2006 event, but not the 1998 event (see the 2006 and 2010 events, where they are both there), and I cannot figure out why that is not showing up. The link as it is would be a redlink (the proper section is here), but that's beside the point: what's wrong in the code that the link doesn't appear? I hope you understand that speedskating, and especially the 10,000 meter, is a matter of the utmost importance to me. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 15:57, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Happy to be of geeky assistance :) It was indeed a problem that required all my past academic and current software engineering skills: the relevant field in the infobox was entered as "previous" instead of the correct "prev". It has now been fixed, and the article links to the appropriate section for the 1998 event. Favonian (talk) 16:27, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Ha, thanks a lot! You are a good Dane. (I've actually never met a bad one, not even the drunks.) Drmies (talk) 18:13, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Kongshengxin

Why sometimes the wikipedia web is not working in my country China,sometimes i can not open it,and until now,i still can not upload my images! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bnncff (talk • contribs) 11:13, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Afraid I can't help you there. Conspiracy theorists may ascribe it to the machinations of the Chinese authorities, but it could just be a bad Internet connection. I'm pretty sure that it's not due to any obstacle created by Wikipedia itself. Favonian (talk) 11:19, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

I see,thanks! Wikipedia is already play an important role in my life!I hope wikipedia can do better and better in the future! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bnncff (talk • contribs) 11:27, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Concerning Jakob Bro

Hi,

I'll show lenience and will let the article live :))

Have a nice day, must get back to deleting articles.....

Lectonar

Have thanks, oh Great Deleter in the Sky! Favonian (talk) 13:43, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

It's all those godlike powers you get when you are an admin; they go to your head. But, no tarrying here, must get back to protecting articles :)). Lectonar (talk) 13:46, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Spider man and his girlfriend

Well, I tried to contribute valuable information to this website; however, you simply can't handle the truth. Good day, sir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.216.107.10 (talk) 17:41, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Hasta la vista, vandal. Favonian (talk) 17:45, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

SPA Truehannah

Re this tag - is Certainthing (talk · contribs) not a SPA then? --Redrose64 (talk) 18:19, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Certainly (pun not intended) is. Tagged. Favonian (talk) 18:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

3RR in Ronaldo

I've reported the user already, but what the hell, there have been enough reverts for a couple more 3RRs, right? Anyway, the Latvian IPs are the unintended consequence of an indefinite block on Gigsons (talk · contribs), I've been dealing with them for the last couple of months. --Mosmof (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me! I was in the process creating a report myself without checking. Hope this nonsense will stop now. Favonian (talk) 21:32, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

My talk-page

Thanks for the cleanup! DMacks (talk) 21:55, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

No problem! Looked like a repeat offender, so I figured it was OK to undo. Favonian (talk) 22:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

The Norwegian Dictatorship

I've checked the sources for the the clam to be the best country to live in, and no such ranking are referred to in the sources.

As for Norway being a dictatorship, Norwegian government are currently working on a low making it illegal to criticize governmental employee, and Norwegian government are also currently working on a new law making illegal to post and document child abuse done by governmental employee. Dictatorship is the removal of freedom of speech and the rights to oppose illegal activity by the government. As such Norway IS by definition a dictatorship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.149.222.38 (talk) 12:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the best country claim, you can add {{Citation needed}} to the paragraph. If the citation hasn't been provided in, say, a couple of months, you may remove the claim with a suitable edit summary. As for your claims about dictatorship, that's very much your own personal analysis. Take it to the article's talk page and see if you can get a consensus to put the claim in the article. I rather doubt it, though. Favonian (talk) 12:06, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah, looks like you already found your way to the talk page. Favonian (talk) 12:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Of course. And the claim that Norway is the best country to live I've requested a verification. As Norwegian, I cannot verify that the claim is true, but I can verify the claim.--90.149.222.38 (talk) 12:20, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

In an encyclopedia article it's sufficient to cite a reliable source (and a major newspaper is considered such) which says that the country has been ranked. That the source in turn fails to cite chapter and verse from the UN report in question matters less. Favonian (talk) 12:25, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Incidentally, you better provide some sources yourself regarding the dictatorship claim. Favonian (talk) 12:29, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Those sources are only available in Norwegian, and they are not as easy to find, as the Norwegian government does not want the truth to come out.--90.149.222.38 (talk) 12:57, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Norwegian sources are OK; Google Translate should be sufficient to verify if they do indeed back your claim. Don't try to use the absence of sources as an argument in favor of your claim—that will just get you labeled as a conspiracy theorist. Favonian (talk) 13:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Here are a couple of links to support my claim of Norway being a dictatorship Cecilie Rønnevik wishes to silence parents that record child abuse by Norwegian police and CPS. The government want to close unwanted sites better protection against unwanted use of freedom of speech. There was also a page at the same site that was more specific, but it looks like it has been removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.119.107.110 (talk) 23:06, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Here is also a clear violation of the law, Cecillie Rønnevik talked about. In this case it is the government that displays children of parents in conflict CPS. The claim from the government is that such display are a violation of the children's rights and that any such display will be damaging to the children when they grows up. Obviously this doesn't seem to apply to the government, as there hasn't been uttered a single condemnation of the CPS and police displaying these children as they were criminals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.119.107.110 (talk) 23:19, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

And another, it is now illegal to support the freedom of speech in Norway, or at least in Oslo. Check Youtube. Note also that one of the cops states that the constitution is no longer valid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.149.222.38 (talk) 14:02, 4 March 2010 (UTC)