User talk:Anthony Appleyard/2008/July-September

Yankee power deletion

• Hi, you just deleted my page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_power Anyway I could get some help as to how not to have this happen again. I submitted the article at first not reading the rules, but was editing the page while it was deleted with more information. If the page has more detailed info and is notable should this not happen again? Jackan0uff (talk) 09:33, 1 July 2008 (UTC)Jackan0uff
• It was speedy-deleted as "not notable". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:14, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Jonas Brothers Change for the Children Foundation

• This page was just deleted for not indicating importance or significance - which isn't true. This page will be linked off of the Jonas Brothers wikipedia main page as their new initiative and foundation for children. It's not promotional - but merely an avenue of information for people to come to and find out the facts about the foundation. There is a lot more information that needs to be added, for I am aware that it seemed a bit vague and short. Could you please put the page back up so it can be put to good use?

Thank you Arazara (talk) 14:03, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

• The page is Jonas Brothers Change For The Children Foundation. I could undelete it and AfD it, but the result of that AfD would certainly be "delete as not notable". There are thousands of small charities. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:14, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
• This foundation is starting small but is going to be part of a bigger thing. The Jonas Brothers have a huge following and this information will be very valuable to the public as well as an asset for wikipedia to have for the public to come to. I am rewriting the article now so that it fits in better with Wikipedia standards and seems more significant. I appreciate your honesty. Arazara (talk) 15:53, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
• If this foundation becomes big and notable, someone will write an article about it. Wikipedia is not an advertizing billboard. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:26, 1 July 2008 (UTC):

Leonard Hollyday and Sir Leonard Holliday

Thanks for taking a look at these. I couldn't figure out what had been cut/pasted/moved/redirected where - it looked like a mess to me, glad it really wasn't! – ukexpat (talk) 01:39, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Young Photographers United

• Hi, you deleted my page about Young Photographers United. It was seen as advertising but I don't know why as it is a non-profit organisation that helps young photographers. Could you help me out? Are there parts I need to rewrite? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! --Wendy228 (talk) 15:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
• If Young Photographers United becomes big and notable, someone will write an article about it. Wikipedia is not an advertizing billboard. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• I hope you reconsider the deletion as Young Photographers United is the only network for young photographers worldwide of this size. YPU is in contact with 300 photography schools and 2000 photography tutors. Each year, 2000 emerging photographers worldwide apply of which YPU selects the 50 best. It has a database of 10000 photographers.--Wendy228 (talk) 13:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Unprotect duck

• Howdy, you semi-protected duck on January 8, 2008. Due to the significant amount of time that has passed (over 6 months), can you please unprotect it? Thanks. 71.231.177.64 (talk) 19:42, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
• While page duck was unprotected, nearly all its edits for long periods were vandalisms and reverts for vandalism. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:10, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Move of Tom Daley (diver) to Thomas Daley (diver)

See Talk:Tom Daley (diver)#Renaming, which this section was an exact copy of.

Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:42, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Run cactus kid run

• Hi, you deleted the entry for Run cactus kid run. This wasn't intended as part of a campaign but rather to form the beginnings of a case study about the campaign. At Coca-Cola we have a long standing commitment to responsible marketing and as per UK regulations we referenced that Oasis is behind the story of this character. We intend to add to this article as the campaign progresses so that it can work as a case study for non-traditional marketing practices, which could be used as part of academic study into marketing campaigns of this nature. Many marketing professionals and academic institutions use these case studies to understand marketing practices better. Examples of these articles and case studies include Artificial intelligence (AI), Halo 3, Dark Knight (film), I Love Bees and Monkey (advertising character).

  If you think it will be better received, we will change the opening line of copy to read "‘Run Cactus Kid Run’ is an advertising campaign for Oasis (drink), a soft drink brand, based in the UK". Any other recommendations you have would be greatly received. People are requesting information on a case study of this sort, so a prompt response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oasis Run Cactus Kid Run (talk • contribs) 09:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

• I could undelete Run cactus kid run and AfD it, but the verdict of that AfD could certainly be "delete". If the Cactus Kid fictional scenario becomes big and notable, someone independent will likely write an article about it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Konstantinos Karamanlis

I am very impressed as well as thankful for the speed of your response in renaming the article. I really appreciate it. Thank you very much Anthony. Tasos (Dr.K. (talk) 13:07, 7 July 2008 (UTC))

"Dumpweed" move

I don't understand. I thought we were supposed to reach a consensus first before moving it back/keeping it the way it is. It says "If, after a few days, a clear consensus for the page move is reached", but we never reached a consensus...Thanks. Fantasy Dragon (talk) 17:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Possibly complicated histmerge needed

Regarding the proposal at Talk:KMEZ#Requested move, I've pieced together which edits should belong to which article for each station (as stated there), but need someone to take care of the histories. As you seem to be the lucky guy I always see doing histmerges, I was hoping you could help out? Thanks! JPG-GR (talk) 23:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for all of that! JPG-GR (talk) 05:05, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Move of Get Like Me

• Hello! Thank you for moving this article, but you made a slight error in the process. Per the consensus developed on the talk page, it should have been moved to Get Like Me, rather than Get like Me. I would make that move, but the new page exists as a redirect to the old article. Thanks! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 21:06, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Done. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 21:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

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Rapid transit mess

• what was going on here? why were there multiple moves, splits and merges? Simply south (talk) 17:14, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
• Page Rapid transit and others had a history of cut-and-paste moves down the years, which needed to be sorted out, as per request by User:Cmjc80 in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Cut_and_paste_move_repair_holding_pen&oldid=224446287#New_requests . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Edit warring

• Please do not accuse me of edit warring when I haven't visited that page in something like 3 months. -mattbuck (Talk) 10:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
• Sorry. I was circulating everybody who had edited Talk:Scrubs. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
• I'm with Matt. In the past I've worked to maintain the quality of the Scrubs page and help to ensure it follows WP guidelines, but never have I engaged in an edit war over the topic. Similarly to Matt, since the commotion with that topic began I have refrained from editing it. I understand that your intent was honest, but in the future you might want notify people with something such as: "In the past you have edited the article X. There's currently a discussion about redirecting this article. You may contribute to this discussion by commenting at X." It would probably go over better than accusing people of edit warring. ;-) --NormanEinstein (talk) 16:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
• No, you weren't 'circulating' everyone who had edited Talk:Scrubs. Because according to my own edit history, I've never edited that page. Perhaps blanket 'warnings' to everyone who has had anything to do with a page is not the best method for getting your message across. Guilt by association is not how Wikipedia works, is it? -Sapph42 (talk) 01:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
• Oh. "Sorry. I was circulating everybody who had edited Scrubs or Talk:Scrubs". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:43, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Discrimination templates

• I don't know what you did here or why. I certainly don't understand the "only one contributor" comment as myself and others have done loads of work on these templates. IN any case, the standard template should be the sidebar, not the footer. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 16:18, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
• It was in the uncontroversial section of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requested_moves&oldid=224781828 , asked for by User:Sardanaphalus. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Okai

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DRV - Sloan Bella

Hi Anthony; you posted a comment about an article I re edited. Sloan Bella- really the real person is of no importance, then neither is an psychic listed on wikipedia. This article is about a woman who is a professional on camera TV psychic, why does that not meet standards of importance: please explain why this psychic is notable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Barrett...Put it in writing.(Flygirl14 (talk) 23:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC))

Just advising you of Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 July 11#Sloan Bella. You previously deleted this article; not sure if you're aware, but it's recently been recreated and redeleted, and a user asked me for help bringing it to deletion review, so. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Trinity merge

• Trinity (Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman) comic book/Trinity (DC character) merge:-
• I'm sorry if I'm mistaken, but I removed your merge - seems like vandalism rather than an actual belief, please revert if I'm incorrect. Duggy 1138 (talk) 08:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
• OK, sorry, I trusted User:rst20xx's assessment in Wikipedia:Requested moves. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:42, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

That's OK. Sorry about the implications of vandalism. Duggy 1138 (talk) 11:46, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I made a mistake, as far as I'm aware all the others were all correct and thanks for carrying out the general moves - rst20xx (talk) 12:08, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Strain rate

Thank you for the move --Rumping (talk) 23:26, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Removal of template

Hello Anthony. Can you please explain to me why you removed the template I just added to fishing. --Geronimo20 (talk) 05:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fishing&action=history shows that I have not edited the page Fishing since 20:27, 17 October 2006 . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:15, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
• Oops, sorry. I meant fisherman. --Geronimo20 (talk) 21:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
• I have put the template back. I reverted because of the change "fisherman" to "fisher": nobody calls these man "fishers" nowadays. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Quantum of Solace: The Video Game

Sorry, just noticed that the from location of the histmerge should have been Quantum of Solace: The Video Game - X201 (talk) 09:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing this. - X201 (talk) 09:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Rumple Minze

Thanks for the move. Cheers. L0b0t (talk) 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Catholic dioceses

Thanks for the merging. I am sure I'll have a few more left to do before I'm done, but it always makes me happy to see you giving me a hand. Benkenobi18 (talk) 06:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For helping me fix up the Catholic diocese categories! Cheers. Benkenobi18 (talk) 00:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Images tagged db-nonsense

Hello! Thanks for your concerning, but if you notice it better those images are in Commons, so what is for deletion is the image page of an Commons-hosted image, having only nonsense information and one only edition. As the image is on Commons, deleting the page helps prevent the reversion to nonsense information. I hope that I made it clear for you. Regards, Sdrtirs (talk) 05:41, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Image without license

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Guns N' Roses

• Please move Guns n' Roses back to Guns N' Roses; when the issue has been raised in the past, the capitalized N won out. If a new consensus is formed in favor of the lowercase n, then it should be moved, but until then, it should remain at Guns N' Roses. As a non-administrator, I cannot move it myself.--Father Goose (talk) 08:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
•  Done. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Wilhelm II move warring

• As closing admin on the recent requested move, we need your help. Another user came along and moved the article from Wilhelm II, German Emperor (the result of consensus) to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany without discussion. Then another user moved to Wilhelm II of Germany (still not back to the agreed upon name), and left the talk page at Talk:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, so now we have a real mess. I can't fix any of it, because I am not an admin, so I am turning to you, as the closing admin, to enforce the result of the naming discussion. Can we also protect the article from further move warring? Thanks! Wilhelm meis (talk) 23:35, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
• I have reversed these moves. I have put Wilhelm II, German Emperor on my watch list in case anyone else moves it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:53, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Thank you for the help, on behalf of everyone who participated in the discussion. Wilhelm meis (talk) 01:17, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

"Someone to Watch Over Me"

• I'm about to wash my hands of this craziness, but before I go, what exactly was your rationale for moving the "Someone to Watch Over Me" articles to the incorrect "Someone to Watch over Me", since this is not the correct capitalization of them? Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 06:55, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Hi. Just to let you know, I've reversed your move of the above article(s), as it was against both consensus and common usage. The naming conventions at WP:NC do not normally apply to the titles of films, books, songs etc, which are rendered where feasible according to the author's original intent. This has been a contentious issue recently with another editor, with the current usage ('Over' rather than 'over') discussed on both the article talk page and enforced as a result of an ANI thread. I hope you don't mind my move back ;) All the best, EyeSerene^talk 07:43, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requested_moves&oldid=227338834#Uncontroversial_proposals Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:44, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, you've been duped, because the editor whose requests you responded to knew the pages had all been moved previously, which had met opposition, and they were moved back. In short, he lied that they were "uncontroversial" moves. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 17:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

After all this...why on earth would you move them again, in the knowledge that they will be move straight back. MrMarmite (talk) 18:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

• I have moved them back to "... Over ...". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:21, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Rider pt. 2

• Why did you make an incorrect move of this article? "Pt." is not a proper noun. XxJoshuaxX (talk) 14:11, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• It was discussed here. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:34, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Category:Publishing companies established in the 19th century

Please would you reinstate Category:Publishing companies established in the 19th century as I was starting to populate it? I think I created it as part of a scheme. - Fayenatic (talk) 20:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Odd state of article

• Why is it that the article of Unidentified flying object was like the article Massoud Rajavi after your reverts [HERE]? What happened? Anyways, the article is now in some pretty correct state describing UFO:s. Said: Rursus ☻ 08:41, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
• I used the "rollback". It was likely a Wikipedia system bug. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#SYSTEM BUG: rollback replaced a page by an irrelevant page instead of reverting. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:48, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
  • The bug report is now in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive455#SYSTEM BUG: rollback replaced a page by an irrelevant page instead of reverting. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 08:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding your deletion of NOZA, Inc.

• Hello, Anthony - I just noticed that in June you deleted an article I started on NOZA, Inc., a for-profit company that provides a search engine and donor database (27,000,000 records) used specifically by nonprofits. You wrote, "If I undeleted and AfD'd NOZA, Inc., it would likeliest get the verdict "delete". Wikipedia is not a directory of charities. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC)" But NOZA isn't a charity, it's a company. The article was a company article, referenced, etc. I would appreciate it if you could give me any helpful suggestions re this article. I missed the discussion. Thanks, Leoniana (talk) 17:33, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
• It was deleted as advertizing. If NOZA becomes big and notable, someone independent and neutral will likely write an article about NOZA. Until then, see Wikipedia:Spam. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
• Hello, this is a continuation of my query re the deletion of the article on NOZA, Inc. that I started. (Please let me know if there's a more appropriate place to discuss this). On one of the Wikipedia pages regarding guidelines for deletion: "it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the articles that you are nominating for deletion." I started the article in good faith but wasn't notified. I would have been happy to point out that I referenced "Social Edge," a program produced by the Skoll Foundation and broadcast on public radio stations nationwide; a news article from a Calif. newspaper, and an article published in "The Nonprofit Times," a reputable publication that's been in business for over 20 years. Suggestions? Thanks, Leoniana (talk) 18:38, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
• I have undeleted and AfD'ed NOZA, Inc.. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:31, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
• Thanks for your help in this! Much appreciated. Leoniana (talk) 01:29, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Gaur

Hello, I think there was a mistake on this page move. Someone moved Gaur to Gaur (animal) and made Gaur a disambig. page. I then moved Gaur to Gaur (disambiguation) and wanted to revert Gaur (animal) back to Gaur. But you revert my move and moved Gaur (disambiguation) back to Gaur. Help! Rgrds. --Tombstone (talk) 10:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

You seemed to have logged off, so I am going to re-CSD Gaur. --Tombstone (talk) 10:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I hope I have fixed it. Shyamal (talk) 11:02, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:SPLICE

• Hi. Thanks for fixing my comment with the correct template. Just having a question. :) I don't follow WP:SPLICE regularly so I'm unsure about this; aren't graphics discouraged in general because they slow down the page load time? I think splitting the requests into two sections (Queried/Completed) makes things quite clear. So what is the purpose of using graphic templates on this page? --PeaceNT (talk) 13:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
• The  Done and  Not done templates were already customary on WP:SPLICE, so I stuck to that usage. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:22, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Chinese cash

You have previously participated in discussions of the title of the article Chinese wén. If you care, please discuss a resolution of this issue by suggesting your preferred title at Talk:Chinese wén. — AjaxSmack 01:55, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

• Then cite it [1], otherwise the text constitutes WP:OR, "I saw it myself" Yngvarr (t) (c) 11:22, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
• I found the ref: The Return of Captain Nemo. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

KUPIKA article deletion

Greetings, this is a request for reconsideration of your speedy deletion of the article on the social-networking site, Kupika.com

Kupika.com is a significant micro-social networking website with an international membership and over 100,000 profiles created in just the two years since 2006 when it was created.

I believe that it is comparable to other micro-social networking sites currently granted articles such as:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advogato http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabuur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zude

Perhaps some adjustment to the article's format might help better focus the importance of the site and if so any direction on that would be helpful.

20:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Oroborus21

Freedom From Religion Foundation

I undid your move of this page to "Freedom from Religion Foundation". "From" (Uppercase F) is the correct name of the organisation (according to their website) and should not be edited for grammar. Fanx (talk) 15:08, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Novak Djokovic

• Why did you move that article without discussion? Just because someone [2] cites a non-policy. The name of the article has been discussed extensively on talk pages for over a year, and current consensus is that the article is named "Novak Djokovic" per WP:UE. Please move back. --HJensen, talk 17:01, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• It was listed as uncontroversial in Wikipedia:Requested moves. OK, I will move it back. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:58, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Invention of radio

• Anthony, your changes to the 'Cases for possible inventors of radio' section make it look much better, I was going to ask for ideas for the formatting, however, I would question one thing - your sorting onto alphabetical order. I would suggest that the order should be chronological based on their best claim. My idea was that no one could claim a 'first' that had already been claimed, for example, Ward gets the first patent, even though it was a crackpot idea. What do you think?

Can you answer any of my questions on the talk page?

RegardsMartin Hogbin (talk) 14:26, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

• OK, put that table into date order, if you can find all the dates. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:26, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
• Should each person be in the table once only? Many have multiple claims.Martin Hogbin (talk) 15:37, 3 August 2008 (UTC) An alternative would be to add a date column.Martin Hogbin (talk) 15:37, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
• If it is more complicated than one claim each, best give each claimant a paragraph in the article. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:51, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Pressure suit image

Hi:

Hope you dont mind but I made a small change in the picture with the pressure suit page. The suit shown is actually a English pilots immersion suit and NBC mask, not a pressure suit. The suit is worn when ever a pilot may be flying over water to protect him incase he has to ditch in the water. It is sealed and, when combined with the hooded NBC mask, provides chemical protection as well. Doug Smith —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.17.81.23 (talk) 22:10, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Now that I've actually looked at the full size image rather than the thumbnail, I concur, so I think it best that I remove it from the Pressure suit page on the grounds that it is unrelated, and put it on Immersion suit instead. Salmanazar (talk) 12:57, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi

• Why was this salted? I'm not sure I understand why. Benkenobi18 (talk) 06:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
• Page Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi currently exists, and I just now edited it successfully, and it has ordinary default protection, and there is nothing in its deletions/etc log, and it has no old deleted edits (under that exact name). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Charging in Flying Wedge

1. Men forming the left side of the wedge: shield on left arm held at an angle facing partly left, baton in right hand.
2. Men forming the right side of the wedge: shield on right arm held at an angle facing partly right, baton in left hand.
3. At the point: one man holding his shield facing straight forwards.
4. All men running in step so that they do not kick each others' legs.

Hello Anthony

Yes, this is largely how police would carry out such a tactic, although within the British police - if that is what you are trying to model your image on? Only very highly trained officers would be able to carry out the wedge, such as the Met Polices Territorial Support Group or outside of London, the Support unit. I have seen in one of my many books on police, that sometimes they operate in a double wedge like such: ">>" where the first line of officers in the wedge carry heavy perspex head to toe shields to stop projectiles, and the second line in the wedge the officers carry batons and a smaller circular shield. So the answer to your question is that many different forces, basically have many different training tactics in riot control, although your interpretation of it is one of the most common - so I do not see what not you should proceed. Any further questions, I would be happy to try my best to help =]! All the best, Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 19:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Also Anthony, If I may suggest something? I have noticed that you have an interest in law enforcement-related articles, maybe joining this project might merit a thought? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 19:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Very good, Anthony. I'm sure it will be a credit to the wedge article. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 08:47, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Net Sex Sting: Agree

Agree with the speedy tag removal; G2 tagging was weird in this case anyways - "test page"? Tan ǀ 39 05:55, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

The Ringleader

• Hi Anthony,

  I noticed that you deleted The Ringleader and quoted this deletion discussion for justification. As you did not mention the recreation of the page, I assume that you were unaware of this discussion which occured after the initial deletion of the article. The article was originally deleted because it failed to establish notability through the citation of independent sources. After discussing this issue with Chillum, I recreated the article in a way that fixed this problem, establishing notability through independent source citation. If you still felt that the article needed to be deleted, another deletion discussion should have been initiated. Would you mind recreating the article?

  Thank you, Neelix (talk) 11:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

• (The two links in User:Neelix's message hereinabove are Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ringleader: Mixtape Volume III (an AfD) and User talk:Chillum/Archive 16#The Ringleader: Mixtape Volume III.)

  Page The Ringleader when I deleted it is much the same as The Ringleader: Mixtape Volume III when deleted by the AfD. If I undeleted and AfD'ed The Ringleader, the verdict would likeliest be "delete" again. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

• Hi Anthony,

  I do not understand how this can be so. The original article was deleted for lack of sourcing. The article I created was sourced by five independent album reviews. This album was the major turning point in the career of DJ Maj; it is certainly notable. If the sources I have already provided do not convince you, I can add more. Either way, the article should be recreated so that the deletion discussion, if you wish to initiate one, might be made public.

  Neelix (talk) 20:53, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

• See new AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ringleader. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:08, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

David Byrne move

• Hello I responded on WP:RM as well as Talk:David Byrne#Straight to THE BYRNE?. Google seems to support the theory that the most well-known "David Byrne" is the musician. Let me know what you think. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
• Help please At the risk of being a pest, let me gently remind you of the post I made above. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:54, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
• OK, OK, see Talk:David Byrne#Straight to THE BYRNE?. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Abdullah Hussain

Hi Anthony, Thank you for moving this page to the correct name! Gogodoll (talk) 01:05, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Request for admin assistance with Roman Catholic diocese articles

This discussion has been moved to Talk:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Great Britain. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:47, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Move of Liverpool F.C. and Manchester United football rivalry

Hi there. I noticed you didn't wait for the RM discussion on this article to be completed before moving it, and that you completely ignored my suggestion for the article's name. I have therefore moved the article to my suggested title. – PeeJay 12:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Reverting Nivatakavachas

Hello. I notice you have removed my edit of the Nivatakavachas article - the paragraph suggesting them to be aliens or marauding Tibetans. As is, it is pseudoscientific, and anyway, there is no citation given for it, which is why I removed it. Why have you reverted the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arun athmanathan (talk • contribs) 13:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of D1 Sports training

• Hello. I notice you have removed page on D1 Sports training due to it being labeled a blatant addvertisement. The page is meant to provide information and facts regarding the company only. Could you give me advice on what needs to be changed to meet the requirements and avoid another deletion

TonkaMT (talk) 19:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

• I could undelete D1 Sports training and AfD it, but the verdict would almost certainly be "advertisement" and "not notable". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:31, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Tolklang

• Are you Anthony Appleyard from the Tolklang list? How did you end up being a troll hunter (aka administrator)? :-) If you don't remember me, I signed as Dain Ironfoot. Albmont (talk) 11:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
• Yes. I was on Wikipedia so much that someone decided to find how I shaped as an administrator. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 18:32, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

The Backward-Flowing Method

• I was hoping to work on this article over time. This is a notable subject, an extension of a very important subject The Secret of the Golden Flower. If my approach was incorrect, I'd like the opportunity to amend it. I thought it was being saved in a private area so I could come back to it, add references, and slowly get it into shape. As an experienced editor, i wonder if you could give me some pointers about how to approach the material so as to conform to requirements. The information is accurate; I obviously didn't approach writing it up for Wikipedia correctly. Thank you. --IvyLeageer (talk) 21:28, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
• Best work on it in your user space as User:IvyLeageer/Backward-Flowing Method. Or even on an ordinary file on your computer, using Notepad or Wordpad, and copy it into Wikipedia when you have got it ready. And see WP:NN. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:26, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Surfer, Dude

• The talk page for this article is now at Talk:Surfer, Dude/version 2. I'm not sure if this was your intention. PC78 (talk) 22:44, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
• I have now moved it back to Talk:Surfer, Dude. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Rugby players

• Hi. I just noticed you moving some rugby players articles with the suffix "(rugby)" to "(rugby dual code)", I'm assuming at the request of an editor whose opinion is not agreed to by other members of wikipedia projects on rugby league and rugby union. If I could just ask you to stop for now until an agreement is reached on the wikiproject discussion pages for the two rugbys. Thanks.--Jeff79 (talk) 12:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
• See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requested_moves&oldid=232483063 for the requests to move these pages. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
• User:Londo06 has tried it again: see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requested_moves&oldid=232640098 . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:30, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
• Thank you. Is that going to go ahead? What can be done about it? You can see for yourself here and here that the move is not uncontroversial (as well as being poorly justified).--Jeff79 (talk) 09:47, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
• I have moved Londo06's requests to Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Incomplete and contested proposals. I have not obeyed them. I have left a message in User talk:Londo06. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:49, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
• It seems there is an overiding majority from different parties and at both communities that the version offered by Jeff79 is insufficient, as per the arguments set out at both communities.  CorleoneSerpicoMontana  20:24, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
  • • Please continue at Talk:Paul_Moriarty_(rugby)#Requested_move any discussion about moving all three of these rugby football pages together. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:55, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Will do.  CorleoneSerpicoMontana  07:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Despite the consensus already reached at Talk:Paul Moriarty (rugby), they're trying it again here.--Jeff79 (talk) 10:39, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Abbreviation

• In this edit summary of yours, what does "r4eq" mean? Rule for ___? --zenohockey (talk) 20:34, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
• "req" = "requested" (by someone in Wikipedia:Requested moves). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
• Ah, I see. Thanks. --zenohockey (talk) 22:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Chris Taub move

Thanks very much for moving Chris Taub (House) to Chris Taub, your work is much appreciated! Deamon138 (talk) 22:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Desert Sessions moves

• Did you consult anyone at all regarding the Desert Sessions changes? As besides the fact all the links need to be changed, I'm not actually sure you've changed them to a likelier title. Red157(talk • contribs) 21:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
• It has been in Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Incomplete_and_contested_proposals for four days; see there for discussion. The article pages needed to be changed to something more distinctive. Thousands of things have numbered volumes. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:43, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Tony Piccalo

• An editor has asked for a deletion review of Tony Piccalo. 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. Manbearpig321 (talk) 22:14, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

You did? </puzzled> :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:19, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Flat_Daddy - speedy deletion ?

• Hi Anthony, I challenge the speedy deletion you made under the ground of "unverified concept/slang" here Talk:Flat_Daddy I think you should have studied the talk page more carefully. The concept and it's well documented - and it has nothing to do with slang - in my view, criteria for SD by an admin are not met in this case cheers --Ofol ^(t) 08:18, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
• I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:23, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

thanks ! --Ofol ^(t) 10:32, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Page move request

• Recently an editor moved Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum without discussing this on the talk page. You then moved the article to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. I attempted to move it back to the original version (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum), but "a page of that name already exists." I was hoping that you could change it back to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum since there was never consensus for the move and "sheikh" is just a title and not a part of his name. Thanks. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 19:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Done and I corrected some Arabic spelling errors. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your help. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 00:56, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Melissa Wu (Flight 29 Down)

• You recently moved this article in response to a request to disambiguate it. An ip listed it for prod, and as fictional character articles of this sort are indeed nowadays often considered not sustainable, and I saw little content hat was not in the main article on the series, I changed it to a redirect. But I see the article has been here a long time, and the other main characters in the series also have articles. I don't know the series at all, so i'd like another opinion on what should be done here. If you think I was wrong, just revert me. Otherwise maybe the other articles too should be changed to redirects. (as you probably know, I often support such articles, so I'm a little surprised to find myself taking an opposite view on this) DGG (talk) 03:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
• I have reverted it to a full page: it was tagged db by an anon IPA user who has no other contributions. If it is deleted, preserve the hatlink to Melissa Wu (diver). See Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Articles about fictional characters. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:09, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Before and after Science

This abum should not be moved under capitalized After, for the same reasons we don't rewrite the idiosyncratic capitalization when reprinting E.E. Cummings' poetry, whose own name is improperly downcased by overzealous people. who don't know any better (he never did in his life in formal contexts and indicated his wishes that normal capitalization be used in published credit context). In any case, capitalizing prepositions in English is a matter of conflicting conventions, best handled by specific house rules. See capitalization for more background on this curiousum. However, original typography is to be preserved in any artistic statements, such as verses or Brian Eno titles. I write these words as a person thoroughly acquainted with Eno's work and his precise use of language. Thank you, --Mareklug ^talk 20:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Commercial trawler

This discussion has been moved to Talk:Commercial trawler#Edits 24 August 2008. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:14, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

How to proceed?

• Regarding Talk:Ons Hémécht#Requested move, both Ons Hémécht and Ons Heemecht have been edited in parallel, and the latter has a little bit more history than the common speediable entry. What's the best course of action? Thanks! JPG-GR (talk) 06:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
• See Talk:Ons Hémécht. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

"Uncontroversial" move

• You moved List of World Eight-ball champions to List of World Eight-ball Champions as an "uncontroversial move". Hardly uncontroversial though, since this is the second time this move has been done, the first time by the same person who requested this uncontroversial move now. I have replied on my talk, with examples showing that this is not so straight-forward at all, and that while perhaps my end result wsa not the best, the current one isn't supported either. If you have to undo a recent move by an experienced editor, perhaps it would be better to move it to the discussion section instead of just doing the move without hearing the arguments of the other side. Fram (talk) 05:00, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
  • I have moved this discussion to Talk:List of World Eight-ball Champions#Capitals in this page's title?. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:35, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
    • Thanks. Sorry if I was a bit short, I was slightly pissed off but shouldn't have been. I'll continue the actual discussion at the talk page. Fram (talk) 06:32, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

KDOW/KNTS (AM)

Thanks for completing this complicated, long-overdue swap! - Dravecky (talk) 06:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again

Thanks for fixing the Adnan/Adnan (name) mess. – ukexpat (talk) 15:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Northern Areas

• Hello,

  Hope you don't mind having a look at this. I see that you were involved in moving the article on the Northern Areas. However the article has been moved again and also the DAB page now redirects to itself. If it is not too much trouble would you be willing to look at the Northern Areas (Jammu and Kashmir) article? I personally think it should be moved back Northern Areas (Pakistan). Your comments there welcome. Pahari Sahib 20:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

• Northern Areas (Pakistan) formerly redirected to Northern Areas, making a ref loop; I have redirected it to Northern Areas (Kashmir), where the article's text is now. Apart from that, I would prefer not to have to take sides in the notoriously acrimonious politics involved in deciding which is the correct name here. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:03, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay fair enough, just wanted someone other Indians and Pakistanis to be involved in the article that you had been involved in (ish), sorry if it sound like I was trying to make you take sides in the dispute. Pahari Sahib 21:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Talk:List of Xenogears characters#Merge?

Can the history merge (or whatever it's called) take place now? The Prince (talk) 12:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

move of Do You Believe in Gosh?

• cheers mate. tomasz. 11:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

move of My Name is Rachel Corrie

I notice that you moved this article in response to a page-move request. Unfortunately this request reversed a move which had been discussed on the article's talk page, without any justification being provided there. It should therefore have been declined, with a note to the requestor to discuss it first. This isn't intended as any criticism of you - you seem to be doing a good admin job on the whole - just a wee reminder to check article talk pages before acting on move requests. Wishing you well in your admin work,

--NSH001 (talk) 13:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Religious violence

• Hi, I came to you to solve a problem. This is about the Image:SiegeofAntioch.jpeg. It is placed at the top of the article Religious violence. Do you think the image properly illustrates religious violence. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 05:26, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• This image is used by over 500 pages because it occurs in the template Template:WPMA.
  • It shows that religious violence can lead to fullscale wars between nations. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:44, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Simulation123

• I would like to request a temporary review of the article you deleted, entitled Simulation123.

  I would like the following: The article restored to my userspace so I can work on it to attempt to address the problems that led to deletion. Aslo the source of the article emailed to you to review 'off-Wiki'

  Also a further reason for deletion would be nice, as I am going to attempt to rewrite the article and submit it again, thank you. 11:44 & 11.45, 4 September 2008 User:Simulation123simulation123

• This page was recommended for speedy deletion {{db-club}}, i.e. "This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion as an article about a group or club that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject.". As it seems that you may be the subject of the article, I should point that Wikipedia is not an advertizing service: see Wikipedia:Spam. If the group Simulation123 becomes big and notable, then someone independent will likely write an article about it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:53, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• I would like to inform you that I am not the subject of the article, I am an academic member of the group that I was writing about. That is just the username I chose as this was my first article, and it was convenient. I am surprised to learn that I am prohibited from writing articles in Wikipedia related to my username. I am not trying to advertise the usergroup, merely provide information about it. There are many user groups that have descriptions written about them in Wikipedia. I would also argue that the Simulation123 group is big and notable, with over 70 academic members worldwide. This is not an exclusive group, it is a free special interest group that anybody can join to support each other, so the group faces the problem that there will be no description written about it, as people who come across the group who would potentially write an article about it in Wikipedia would also join the group, meaning that they are no longer independent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simulation123simulation123 (talk • contribs) 12:12, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it: see discussion in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simulation123. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:09, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

EVE/Eve move request

• You have moved EVE Online to Eve Online. Can you also move EVE: The Second Genesis Collectible Card Game to Eve: The Second Genesis Collectible Card Game for the same reasons? --78.0.212.20 (talk) 13:53, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
•  Done. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 14:53, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri

• Did you forget a step with the history merge for Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri? It's showing an old version of the page? --Millbrooky (talk) 20:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Oops. Corrected. At the end I forgot to revert the junk edit added by the histmerge. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:53, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

With the histories I think it's simply restoring Millbrooky's edit before making the request. In any event thanks. Now that you've done it, I would like to move it back to List of Mayors of Kansas City, Missouri which is what it was originally until a peristent sock puppet moved it. Thanks. Americasroof (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks! Americasroof (talk) 21:07, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Aa lifeboatmanshelmet 02.jpg

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Move

• Hello! I noticed that you moved the articles Louis De Geer (1818-1896) and Louis De Geer (1854-1935), adding their middle names ("Louis Gerhard" and "Gerhard Louis" respectively) to the mew titles. I saw you added the reason "req" in both cases, so I assume this was requested by another user and not on your initiative. However, I think the basis for the moves are wrong. Both of them were commonly known as "Louis De Geer" - with the middle names only added only seldom - and both had the same main profession (politicians). Therefor I think the birth/death years are the only good way to disambiguate, as non-used middle names should generally be avoided in titles. Thanks. /Slarre (talk) 15:51, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
• These moves were asked for by User:Sardanaphalus at 19:45, 17 August 2008 (UTC) in this edit of Wikipedia:Requested moves. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Bone Brothers

• sorry to respond a week so late, but yes I'd like the Bone Brothers (artist) to be moved to Bone Brothers main title, while the disambiguation page (covering their self-titled albums) is at "Bone Brothers (disambiguation)". --Andrewlp1991 (talk) 21:32, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
• Are people likely to look up page Bone Brothers (artist) much more than the other pages in this family? Best start a discussion in Talk:Bone Brothers. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:42, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
  • I do believe so, as the BB2 and BB3 albums were pretty obscure on the US charts, and so those albums should be on disambig page. Similarly, the main title "Metallica" is about the band, while their self-titled 1991 album is at Metallica (album).--Andrewlp1991 (talk) 03:32, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Vbrick Systems

Anthony,

Thanks for your help with this because I'm a new user and a little confused. My page was deleted for blatant advertising. I understand the reason for this and agree but I thought that my "user page" was a place for experimentation and would not appear in the encyclopedia. I had planned to work on this article over time and remove any suggestion of advertising. The text on the page was simply boilerplate that I pasted as a test. I haven't worked on the page in about a month, and when I went back, it was gone.

Please correct me if I am wrong. If I understand this correctly, when I create a new page from my user space and click "Save," that page is immediately published in the encyclopedia? Is that true? I somehow thought that my user page was not published and that there was a distinction between user pages and regular encyclopedia pages. It says in the User page help that "It is also a good place for experimenting with markup (that is, as a personal sandbox)." What am I misunderstanding. Is there no difference between a user page and a regular encyclopedia page?

In any event, I would like to create a page for VBrick Systems that explains, among other things, their patented, innovative work in creating video compression algorithms for the streaming media industry.

Please re-post my page and I will immediately remove any self-promoting text. Or let me know how I should proceed. I have great respect for Wikipedia and have no intention of violating the letter or spirit of the guidelines.

Thanks, Stan Adamchek Sadamchek (talk) 14:07, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

• Regrettably, page VBrick Systems is written like an advertisement. I could undelete it and AfD it (= call a discussion about whether it should be deleted), but the verdict would certainly be "delete". See WP:NPOV. Some would say that the best policy is to wait, and if the firm VBrick Systems becomes big and notable, then someone independent will write a Wikipedia page about it.
  • In Wikipedia any user can read any other user's user page and talk page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:12, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Curriculum Associates

• In July, 2007 you deleted the newly created page for Curriculum Associates, Inc. This company, of which I am a founder, has been publishing highly regarded instructional and assessment materials for k-12 classrooms since 1969. The company has 100 employees and loyal school customers in all 50 states. The article as written was strictly NPOV. Our web site wwww.CurriculumAssociates.com contains product information but also free, high quality staff development content that has no connection to our products. See the TOPICS IN EDUCATION section in Professional Development.

  I request that you either restore the removed page, or remove all similar pages of all educational publishers such as SCHOLASTIC for example. Thank you. Frankatca [Frank Ferguson: f2@cainc.com ] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankatca (talk • contribs) 00:15, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

• Regrettably, page Curriculum Associates is written like an advertisement. I could undelete it and AfD it (= call a discussion about whether it should be deleted), but the verdict would certainly be "delete". It was tagged for speedy-deletion as advertisement and not-notable: see WP:NPOV and WP:NN and Wikipedia:Deletion process. Some would say that the best policy is to wait, and if the firm Curriculum Associates becomes big and notable, then someone independent of the firm will write a Wikipedia page about it. If you feel that particular other articles are advertisement and not "neutral point of view", please list their names here, in [[double square brackets]] so they show as blue links. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:27, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks, Anthony. If you will kindly undelete it, I will re-edit it to remove any text that is not factual. The company is not as large as Scholastic or Houghton-Mifflin, to be sure, but it IS highly regarded among professional educators for the quality of its publications, in the special education arena in particular, and in the Title-I community for disadvantaged youth, and, after 39 years, and annual sales of about $30 million, it is not by any means a garage operation. If you're interested, check out the web site: www.CAInc.com and the Professional Development section in particular. Thanks. Frankatca (talk) 01:54, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Dallas Defenders Football Club

It has been listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dallas Defenders Football Club, just to let you know.--2008Olympian _chitchat^seemywork 02:36, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

GReeeeN move to Greeeen

Many thanks for your recent help moving GReeeeN to Greeeen in accordance with the manuals of style regarding Japanese articles. I'd like to bring it to your attention that User:Ryulong recently reverted your work. I have since moved the article back to Greeeen, but it may well be worth your while keeping an eye on this, or even preventing the article from being moved for the time being. I've seen how fanatical some users can be in their insistence of capitalisation used in marketing, regardless of the manual of style guidelines... --Lets Enjoy Life (talk) 13:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

==Image source problem with Image:Riotsquad helmet.jpg==

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RM question

• Hello. In reference to this - I requested a move two months ago, no one commented, and no action was taken. It doesn't seem especially controversial, but should I try relisting it? Biruitorul ^Talk 15:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
• I have listed it in Wikipedia:Requested moves#Incomplete and contested proposals. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Good; thank you. Biruitorul ^Talk 20:57, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

On article Sholiyarkal

• Dear Mr. Appleyard. it has been noted that groups intending to spread misinformation and lies have used wikipedia well. The article on "iyers" (pls explain the meaning of this word and its origin) and its various subsects (again rubbish and libelious non-sense), clearly proves that the entire work up is a trash. Let me tell you that there has been no such thing called "tamil brahmin" or ethnic "tamil" as "people" understand the term now. all these partisanship has been late medieval age concotion of vested interests. It is very very interesting to note here that many of those who claim to be "brahmins"(numerous sects of the same actually sramanas(buddists and jains) of past) now may not have been so. So you were right in questioning as to if the word iyer could be confused with word liar. 13:16, 22 September 2008 User:Sree mrida

• See User talk:Sree mrida. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:53, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Muchas gracias

Yo, thanks for taking care of the histmerge at Anarchist terminology. I know you must do this sort of thing all the time, but it is important and appreciated; keep up the good work. the skomorokh 16:06, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:MOSDAB

Hi Anthony,

I read some of the disambiguation pages you have created/edited and I wanted to direct you to WP:MOSDAB. I normally wouldn't criticize, but I know that you create a fair number of disambiguation pages and that you want to write them well. Specifically, you might want to read about linking to a primary topic and writing an introductory line. The individual entries section talks about how the link should be the first word or phrase in each entry, and how external links should never be included. Also, standard practice is to only divide disambiguation pages into sections with section headings when there are approximately thirty entries or more. Please don't take this as a judgement on your work. I just wanted to pass on some constructive criticism where I thought it might help.

I've been meaning to thank you for all the work you've been doing with the requested moves for a while now. It seems like every time I submit a request there, you quickly take care of the situation. I really appreciate it.

Neelix (talk) 15:10, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Dznutts Radio

It's back with the author claiming the text to be PD. I'm tempted to flag him as a spammer ;) De728631 (talk) 22:12, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Manga and anime cats by year deletions

• Please do not delete these categories again. They are being filled as quickly as possible, even though they are empty right now. Thank you. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 03:01, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• User:R'n'B tagged them for speedy deletion. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Blind moving

• Congratulations! You made a German footballer a movie writer. Hope you asked him to approve his profession change. --CiaPan (talk) 19:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• Which pages does this refer to? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:22, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Boating Page edits

• Please stay out of areas for which you are not a domain expert or I will have to report your vandalism.

  According to your perspective, all of the following pages/links would be removed as well:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boating_magazine - a page which lists many boating "Magazines"
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Satirical_magazines - links to Satirical "Magazines"
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boating_Life - a boating magazine
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_History_(magazine) - a boating magazine
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeland_Boating - another boating magazine
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_GEICO - an ad for Gieco Insurance?
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_magazine - a list of internal and external links to PC "Magazines"
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_photography - external links to photographers selling "Sports Photography"
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_powerboat_racing - links to external websites and boating "Magazines"
    • Casey Kiernan (talk) 20:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• I have never edited some of these pages.
  • With Boating magazine, all that I did was this: Boating magazine contained a link to Extreme Boats Magazine. Page Extreme Boats Magazine was speedy-delete-tagged as "advertizing" and "non-notable group", so I deleted Extreme Boats Magazine, and replaced the link to it in Boating magazine by a copy of the external link which was in page Extreme Boats Magazine. Do you want me to undelete page Extreme Boats Magazine and AfD it?.Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• See User_talk:Caseykextreme#"Vandalism". Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Her Majesty, The Decemberists

• I went looking for this page today, only to find that you had deleted it after it had been marked for speedy deletion. Exactly which criteria of speedy deletion did it meet? 99.234.1.72 (talk) 01:48, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
• Her Majesty the Decemberists was a redirect to Her Majesty (Decemberists album). Her Majesty the Decemberists's edit record is:
  • 02:29, 24 September 2008 . . User:Nophilip (63 bytes) (Redirected page to Her Majesty (Decemberists album)) [At this edit he inserted the speedy-delete tag {{db-redirtypo}}]
  • 02:27, 24 September 2008 . . User:Nophilip (46 bytes) (moved Her Majesty the Decemberists to Her Majesty (Decemberists album): The actual title of the album is just Her Majesty, not Her Majesty the Decemberists. It is listed as such on the band's website.)
• Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:25, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
• I have restored it and cleared up a quantity of double redirects. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:50, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks 99.234.1.72 (talk) 14:16, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Just wanted to let you know that it hasn't escaped my attention that you've performed most of the template rename requests I've made recently at Wikipedia:Requested moves#Uncontroversial proposals. Thanks for helping me contribute to streamlining this area. Sardanaphalus (talk) 21:12, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Page move ' to Apostrophe

• This move just strikes me as silly an unnecesary, but maybe I'm missing something. As the one who processed the move request, can you comment at Template_talk:Apostrophe#Page_move? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:38, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
• See my answer in Template talk:Apostrophe#Page move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:34, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Tweety

• Why did you rename the article Tweety to Tweety bird? The official name of the character is "Tweety." Tweety's official web site is at http://www2.warnerbros.com/tweety/index.html Steelbeard1 (talk) 15:16, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
• Cut-and-paste repair request in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Cut_and_paste_move_repair_holding_pen&oldid=241521087. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:17, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

checkmate

• In Checkmate you changed "Persian word" to "Persian verbd". Is that a typo? Bubba73 (talk), 05:24, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
• Typo, sorry, I have corrected it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:25, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

A Consensus on Yahweh on Tetragrammaton article:

Hi Anthony. A warning is going around about two users, SkyWriter (Tim) and - LisaLiel who have - though warned not to - adamantly defended their right to change material that has been agreed on by those contributing to articles. I have noticed that several members have contributed to the YHWH article and feel that you could discuss this further with Lisa and restore the article of consensus. This warning has gone to several other [members]. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Kurdle12 (talk) 11:38, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello Anthony! Keep up the good work! Sadly, I notice that LisaLiel keeps trying to delete the quote, but don't give up. Your input on the preservation of a sound article YHWH is much appreciated. Many members have tried to talk to the these two disruptive members, but they continue to delete the article of consensus. Kght (talk) 16:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC) Again, I've warned them of such disruptive conduct [[3]] but they don't seem to be paying attention. Kght (talk) 17:05, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Anthony -- both of those notes to you seemed to be two of the newest socks of a person with multiple banned usernames. I agree that the BDB info may be relevant, but it's not worded NPOV. Care to help fix it? Thanks. SkyWriter (Tim) (talk) 18:24, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

It's worded fine. It couldn't be worded more better in terms of balance. Only you and Lisa have a problem with it. Why, perhaps your trying to push your own agendas forward too heavily. Thanks for the work Athony. I've been trying really hard to stop these vandals from doing any more damage to the article. Kght (talk) 18:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

please restore deleted Little Miami High School (Ohio)

• You deleted Little Miami High School (Ohio) as ‎"NN school, spammy". The consensus at AfD in recent months has been that most high schools are notable. The initial article was weak and may have been a copyvio, so I tried to cut it down to a stub. Could you please restore it? -- Eastmain (talk) 14:44, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
• I have undeleted it and AfD'ed it. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:42, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Mary Oliver (violinist)

• Don't you think it was a little premature to delete this article? There was a "keep" in the afd. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 21:12, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
• I have undeleted the article and restarted discussion. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Carleton Plaza

• Hello

If I am using this screen correctly, I am sending this message to the individual who flagged and deleted my posting for the Carleton Plaza Hotel, designed by the Detroit architect Louis Kamper. If that is correct, I'd like to understand why you did so. I was the project manager who oversaw the restoration of that project and feel that my information of the project was accurate, however if you disagree, I'd like to understand why you feel that way. I look forward to hearing from you so that we can discuss this information. Thanks for your time. -- User:Lmcgrail Lmcgrail (talk) 17:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)Lucas McGrail, Assoc AIA, Architect