Anon Dude

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Oooooh, thank you darling I feel right at home! Anon Dude 12:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protection on Iain Lee

Hi, I noticed you added a {{sprotected}} template to this article when it wasn't semi-protected. Semi-protection is a function that only admins are able to use - the {{sprotected}} template is just a label which the admin adds once he turns on the semi-protection.

Thanks for your interest in keeping nonsense off Wikipedia though - in future, if you want to request for an article to be semi-protected, you can go to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Iain Lee doesn't need to be semi-protected at the moment because we only semi-protect articles when they're vandalised by several different IPs in one day, whereas this article hasn't even been edited at all for a couple of days (apart from your edit and my reversion). --Sam Blanning^(talk) 14:12, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Ha ha ha, I'm such an idiot! Anon Dude 10:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Restoration of Iain Lee

I wanted to drop you a line. I restored the article at Ian Lee to Iain Lee. The vandal changed all the Iain's to Ian's before beginning the pagemoves. The way you had it wasn't the most optimal, since basically we were editing a cut and paste version of the file and all the history was sitting over on the page that was a redirect to the cut and paste. Everything should be back to normal. Syrthiss 21:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I did it quite badly. Thanks for thatAnon Dude 12:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a prob. Everything goes easier with those kind of fixes when you can delete pages. ;) Syrthiss 12:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Bob Johnson (radio)

Listen, mate, I was about to post on his discussion page, but I was called away from my computer to do some work and haven't had the chance to discuss it until now. I shan't bother now, as all that I could have thought of saying has already been said. - RichardHarrold 16:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Hiya. It's RichardHarrold/EccentricRichard again, albeit using a different account. Having reviewed the article recently (more than a year since I created it), I've realised that it isn't really notable and so I've taken it to AfD here.--Voxpuppet (talk • contribs) 12:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Planet Rock

Mate, what have you done to this page. It used to link to a radio station, but now it links to a disambig. page, which contains links to a new page created for the radio station. I don't mean to be rude, but you seem to have fucked it up slightly. Could someone who has a better understanding of wiki please help sort this out? Thanks Anon Dude 08:04, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I've sorted this out myself mate. Don't worry Anon Dude 16:20, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Anon Dude, thanks for your input. the link is not improper, a mistake, or out of the ordinary. the disambiguation page is there for a reason. A disambig page is proper when a single term can be associated with more than one topic[1]. The way the page was created sent you to a disambig page which linked back to the original page, in addition to other meanings. A wiki user searching for "Planet Rock" is just as likely to be searching for one of the other meanings as the digital radio station. This way, the radio station is not hidden, and neither are the other uses of the term. See other examples here[2] and here[3]. Thanks! -Robotam 14:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. You don't seem to understand. Planet Rock (as it stands after your edit) is not a dsambig page as it does not have (disambiguation) in the title. Planet Rock (disambiguation) IS a disambig. page as it has the word in the title. If you go to Planet Rock at the moment and click on 'What Links here' you will find that ALL enteries (bar a couple which can be changed easily) mean to link to Planet Rock (the Radio Station). Your edits to this have actually made it harder to get to the Planet Rock (radio station) - par example, if you go to Gcap Media and click on 'Planet Rock' instead of getting to the radio station instantly you now have to go through a new page to get there. Also if you go to Planet Rock - The Single and Album and click on 'What links here' you see that all the pages want to link to The Single and Album - none of them want to link to the radio station. I will revert this back to how it was soon, unless you have any objections.Anon Dude 17:14, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification on "Planet Rock." Howewver the point still is true, and looking at the links, there are more than a couple that have nothing to do with the radio station that point directly to Planet Rock. Check out Mercury, the page given as an example of a DA page within the WP primer on disambiguation, which also does not have "(disambiguation)" in the title. Without even getting to the user pages, the links that intend to point to something other than the radio station are close if not equal to those pointing to the radio station:

Radio Station (18) Led Zeppelin, Rick Wakeman, Leicester Square, Alice Cooper, Ian Anderson (musician), Sky Digital (UK & Ireland), List of radio stations in the United Kingdom, Power FM 98.1 FM, B-Rock 99.3FM, New FM, GCap Media, Nick Abbot, Digital One, Core (radio station), Nicky Horne, Winchburgh, Image:Planetrock.jpg, Planet Rock (Radio Station) (redirect page)

Other than Radio Station (14) Timeline of trends in music (1980-1989), Music history of the United States (1980s to the present), Electro (music), Chris Barbosa, Timeline of trends in music from the United States (1970-present), John Benitez, Arthur Baker (musician), Planet Rock (disambiguation), Talk:Generation X/Archive01, Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable songs/10, Warrior princess, Winchburgh, Image:Planetrock.jpg, Frosty Freeze

If you think I did a crappy job (!) of creating the page and links, I'll completely accept that critique and and get an admin to do it in a more proper way, but IMO, the topic clearly warrants the Topic "Planet rock" pointing to a disambig page. I'm fine with RfC or mediation as well, if you wish.-Robotam 19:16, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Now, now, don't go all mushy on me, I can admit newbie mistakes. I think the last point you made, whether minor or not, is definitely valid, and will limit confusion. Thanks Anon Dude -Robotam 12:43, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

AnonDude, please see if the changes to Planet Rock redirection are correct. Thanks-Robotam 15:50, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

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London Meetup - January 12, 2008

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List of Sky Channels

Hi Anon Dude! I see that HMR has reverted the edits of your removal of the "Coming soon" channels. On this occasion, I think that what you have done there is justified as there is just not any sufficient evidence to support those channels coming in. Thank you for trying to sort this issue out. Manm hk (talk) 22:28, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Invitation to Wikipedia meetup in London

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I noticed that you have listed yourself as a Wikipedian in London, so I thought you might like to come to one of our monthly social meetups. The next one is going to be on Sunday 10 August, which might well be rather short notice, but if you can't come this time, we try to have one every second Sunday of the month.

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Although the meetups are popular, many UK-based editors still don't know about them. It would be great to welcome some fresh faces, so I hope you can come along.

Yours,

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London Wikimedia Fundraiser

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