User talk:Closedmouth/Archive 20
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Want to creat my company profile
Hello Closedmouth
I want to creat my company profile named "Applique Fashion"
But cant creat.
Please help me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakhawat Hosain (talk • contribs) 08:09, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
North Korea
Can we get the actual talkpage back? :P Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 10:39, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
- Damn it, that was not supposed to happen, some crazy lag there. Restored. --Closedmouth (talk) 10:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
- thanks. I like "stupidity" as a block-reason :P Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 10:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
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Hi
I'm a new user and I need advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.91.111 (talk) 15:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
moved from your userpage
At last one to talk. I know you'll delete this paragraph but despite doing this write in my page PLEASE. Safiye Sultan isn't Nurbanu Sultan's relative. If that Nurbanu Sultan was REALLY Cecilia Baffo is true you're right. But it's just a theory like Rachel or Kale Kartanou. If you write "They were relatives," it'll be wrong. You may write: SHE CAN BE HER RELATIVE, ok?? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yearhead (talk • contribs)
The page on Joseph Nothing in English was rejected with the explanation that it might copy material from another site. However in fact it does not, and the page linked to does not have any material that resembles the Wiki page. Also Joseph Nothing already has a page in Japanese and one in a language I do not recognize. The page I posted however is not a translation and includes additional information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lagula (talk • contribs) 08:14, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
FYI
Template:Tfd
I'd like to ask you to undo the full protection of Template:Tfd. 1. There has been absolutely no vandalism for a long time. 2. See the editsummary of this edit. Debresser (talk) 18:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- Just don't get too carried away when protecting templates. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive638#HJ_Mitchell mass fully protecting templates for reference. -- WOSlinker (talk) 21:35, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
- I don't plan on getting carried away, thanks. Debresser: I find it a little weird allowing anyone with 10 edits to edit a template that's transcluded on over 66,000 articles and that appears to be in a stable state, having no edits for over 6 months. I'm pretty sure this is the exact scenario described at WP:HRT. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:54, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
- The problem is that editors with years of experience and tens of thousands of edits, and who a specialists in template editing, like me, also can't edit it any more, because of your preventive measures. Perhaps you should try to look at it that way. Debresser (talk) 19:44, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
- A couple questions, both @ Debresser. 1) Do you currently have any plans for the template? If so, such a highly used template (Closedmouth gives a figure of over 66,000 transclusions, above) would probably have a discussion on the talk page prior to changes anyway. 2) Would you like someone to nom you for an RFA? You seem to be apt at your template skills and imo Wikipedia's gotten better at letting techy people get adminship based on their skills in that area rather than article writing (I'm specifically thinking about Cobi, Shirik, and somewhat related is Bsadowski1 in the non-article-writing-but-still-needs-adminship aspect). I'd be willing to nominate you and I'm sure other, more active admins, would be as well. Killiondude (talk) 02:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- With excuses for "hacking" this talkpage. I am not active enough to justify a nomination at RFA. And there have been some conflicts over the time. So thank you very much, but no need. Debresser (talk) 05:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- A couple questions, both @ Debresser. 1) Do you currently have any plans for the template? If so, such a highly used template (Closedmouth gives a figure of over 66,000 transclusions, above) would probably have a discussion on the talk page prior to changes anyway. 2) Would you like someone to nom you for an RFA? You seem to be apt at your template skills and imo Wikipedia's gotten better at letting techy people get adminship based on their skills in that area rather than article writing (I'm specifically thinking about Cobi, Shirik, and somewhat related is Bsadowski1 in the non-article-writing-but-still-needs-adminship aspect). I'd be willing to nominate you and I'm sure other, more active admins, would be as well. Killiondude (talk) 02:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- The problem is that editors with years of experience and tens of thousands of edits, and who a specialists in template editing, like me, also can't edit it any more, because of your preventive measures. Perhaps you should try to look at it that way. Debresser (talk) 19:44, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
- I don't plan on getting carried away, thanks. Debresser: I find it a little weird allowing anyone with 10 edits to edit a template that's transcluded on over 66,000 articles and that appears to be in a stable state, having no edits for over 6 months. I'm pretty sure this is the exact scenario described at WP:HRT. --Closedmouth (talk) 12:54, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
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Misuse of User talk page by a blocked user Duchess_Kate
User http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Duchess_Kate has been misusing her talk page Bentogoa (talk) 17:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
mouthy, you were supposed to fix this entry:
- File:Futanari.png except on Futunari
THE RED LINK IS RATHER OBVIOUS. The entry should read:
- File:Futanari.png except on Futanari
Cheers! --MZMcBride (talk) 18:05, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Whatevs. --Closedmouth (talk) 18:18, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Interview Request
Hi Closedmouth,
My name is Hannah and I am an MSc student at Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. I am currently working on my thesis titled ‘The Relationship between Quality of Collaborative Knowledge and Authorship: A Comparative Case Study of Google Knol vs. Wikipedia’. I’m aiming to compare quality of articles from Google Knol and Wikipedia and I need your help in identifying what authors do to make sure they write the best quality article.
If you agree to participate, you will be interviewed via email, Skype or any other means of your choice.
With your help, I hope to learn about the impact that the unique structural design of the two services have on article quality and thus hopefully for the Internet industry, increase awareness of the implications of design choices for the quality of user-generated content.
All data you provide will be anonymised and stored confidentially. You may withdraw at any time without prejudice and without providing a reason. In the event of withdrawal, data you already provided will immediately be removed.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.
Best, Hannah KimTrinityhk (talk) 23:48, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
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Why it Ahmadiyya Cricket Club was deleted?
Ahmadiyya Cricket Club is registered on TDCA's official website and had facebook official page then why had u deleted my this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nokhaiz Kaunpal (talk • contribs) 15:37, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
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Kitten
why do i have a button that lets me do this
Killiondude (talk) 23:18, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
- Social
engineeringnetworking. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:48, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
You...
... are a mensch. <3 --MZMcBride (talk) 15:55, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
Edit request on {{Infobox rugby league biography}}
As per this:
- Apologies for any extra work you had to do fulfilling that request. It's the first time I've ever requested an edit on a protected page. I'll bare that in mind for the future, and thanks for doing the request for me. GW(talk) 22:56, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:27, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
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Urgent fix needed to protected template
Thank you for implementing my improvements to the category handling of Template:Copypaste. But you forgot to remove the dashes from the code, as instructed in the request. Please fix that. Debresser (talk) 14:36, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
- Done. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:03, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. Debresser (talk) 15:09, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
The KHL Junior Draft redirect
Hello! As you were the one who deleted this redirect, and I'm not an admin, I'm wondering: which article did the page redirect to? I need to know this to find out the reason why the article the page redirected to was deleted. HeyMid (contribs) 16:27, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
- Kontinental Hockey League Junior Draft. It was never created :/ --Closedmouth (talk) 16:43, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
- That's weird. I was surprised to see that the KHL Junior Draft, despite the fact that articles such as 2010 KHL Junior Draft exist, doesn't have a main article yet. Anyway, thanks for the answer. HeyMid (contribs) 17:04, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Some bubble tea for you!
Enjoy your small chewy balls. Yaanface (talk) 12:11, 13 July 2011 (UTC) |
I noticed that you changed the protection level to sysop indef, but the whole reason that sub-template was created was so that we at WP:WWF wouldn't have to ask admins to make changes. Is it possible to change it back to autoconfirmed? Nolelover Talk·Contribs 18:26, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
- Ugh, 13,000 transclusions? What's wrong with {{editprotected}}? --Closedmouth (talk) 09:30, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- Because we made 15 in 24 hours. :) It's not a big deal, it just that that's the whole reason that template was split. Nolelover Talk·Contribs 14:19, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
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Geoffrey Pugen
Hey Closedmouth, I understand some of the content of the "Geoffrey Pugen" page may be promotional. Do you have a copy of the entry to send to me so I can revise it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WalterVStolzing (talk • contribs) 16:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
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I'm curious to know why you felt to change the protection of Template:Infobox NCAA team season all the way to Full protection instead of Semi-protection. Thanks. NThomas (talk) 07:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
- Over 3,000 transclusions, pretty easy for an autoconfirmed account to create mayhem with that. If there's an obvious reason why {{editprotected}} isn't able to be used, I'll consider self-reverting. Apologies for the slow reply, been having trouble with my internet connection for about a week. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:52, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Alexandra Govere
Thanks for pointing out the relevant criterion at WP:PROD. Duly noted. :-) Nightscream (talk) 13:33, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks!
...for looking out after me. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
- My pleasure. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Barnstar
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Thanks for the help with the 4chan raids; I could not have fought it alone. Lucasoutloud (talk) 15:56, 13 August 2011 (UTC) |
- Mph, no worries. It's becoming a habit. --Closedmouth (talk) 16:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
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Someone created a hoax article
August 18, 2011
Hi Closedmouth, I found out that this user Mukhangbungo is created this article DWWV-TV which is not real. I hope for your action to do what is the right thing for him. Thanks. Shanayujilover (talk) 06:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. I'm not clever enough to really help them--and now they seem to be suggesting that they have an account but can't access it; I don't know if your link can take care of that. It's above my pay grade. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 17:54, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Recent edits to Template:Infobox NCAA team season
Hi, thank you for replying to my edit request. Unfortunately, the formatting of the code seems to have effected it. I've gone ahead and copied the correct version of the current template, including the other recent edit request you replied to, to Template:Infobox NCAA team season/sandbox. If you could simply copy the code over the entire code from the sandbox, the new paramters from my edit request will work properly. Thank you. NThomas (talk) 17:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
- This is why we can't have nice things. --Closedmouth (talk) 18:04, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hahaha. Thank you. NThomas (talk) 18:22, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks
Thanks for intervening on Eden Hazard I kept trying to get back to a reasonable version but there were so many edits happening so quickly I couldn't do it! Vrenator (talk) 14:44, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
- Being an admin is pretty handy sometimes! --Closedmouth (talk) 14:51, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Don't lie
Wikipedia:Don't lie, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Don't lie and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Don't lie during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Cambalachero (talk) 14:08, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Thank you Namtaar
Pls let me know if you get this message. I keep wondering if the other person has received the message or not. This place is literally like a maze........Very complicated. AJillani (talk) 11:07, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
still struggling to learn how to include an image in an article, will try, again, at a later date. "Oh, boy." OphioKleitera (talk) 20:45, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
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Your fix of a prodsum
Thanks for fixing the PROD at Cultural Profile of South Kosal. I'll remember that template issue in future. - Sitush (talk) 12:26, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks, I got a phone call and I didn't have time to revert yet. Wasn't gonna leave Michael Jackson in there ;) --v/r - TP 14:43, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
- No worries, just going through the thread and reverting to make sure it's all got got. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:45, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Vandalism spree
Hey Closedmouth, thanks for helping out. However, I think that DentonJC (talk · contribs) is one of the good guys--look at their last two edits, where they removed an incorrect image. In their first edits, they added "Adam Jensen", and some internet sites seem to confirm that this has some validity. I don't want to undo your block, but I'd appreciate it if you could have another look. Thanks! BTW, I think we have this one under control, under there's another cluster of articles somewhere. Drmies (talk) 14:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
- He was going along with the crowd, if he wants out, he can request unblock. It's a /v/ raid, btw. Pretty easy to deal with, they're not known for their subtlety. --Closedmouth (talk) 15:07, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
SaphenMikeCentry (talk · contribs) is another account associated with this, but only has contributions on Commons and not on Wikipedia (unless it is one of the anonymous users or a sockpuppet). Peter E. James (talk) 15:50, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
- Done. --Closedmouth (talk) 16:01, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
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This thread was started about the AFD but I mentioned the block you made on the nominator. Is there something going on here beyond what it appears to be? --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:22, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
- And right after I posted this I noticed the thread above. Looks like more 4chan idiocy. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:24, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, he participated in a raid. --Closedmouth (talk) 07:24, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
- In response to questions raised at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 October 8 regarding whether or not indef-blocked User:Havermayer is a banned editor, or can be considered to be the meatpuppet of a banned editor, I have done some analysis.
- I found one post on ANI as well as the two posts on this page. The argument is made that Havermayer was part of a "4chan raid", which I don't know what that is, but I gather that a raid is when some vandals plan a session of unconstructive edits an a target article, and 4chan is a banned editor with a penchant to coordinate raids.
- I spent some time looking at the edit history of User:Havermayer, Ninja Theory, and My Life Me. The nominal cause for the indef block is the last two edits each marked so as to indicate vandalism, each of which reverted admin Closedmouth, who in turn, 14 minutes after the last revert, imposed an indef block with the one-word explanation "abuse".
- On the day he was blocked, Havermayer's last edit reverted a Closedmouth edit in which the edit comment is "?!".
- Havermayer's next to last edit restores an administrative template, whose removal is not explained via the edit comment.
- Havermayer's third to last edit was clearly a constructive revert of vandalism.
- Another consideration is to look at the Havermayer edits of the previous day, they began at 2011-09-27T05:46, and ended at 2011-09-27T15:20. Comparing this with when Havermayer reverted Closedmouth, it was almost exactly 24 hours later, in other words, Havermayer was at the end of his/her work day.
- Going back further in the contributions list shows a pattern of frequent reverts.
- In Havermayer's user page edit history, I found one complaint in 2006 about an "offensive edit summary", but no warnings about vandalism.
- From the information here, there is nothing to explain the issuing of an indef block, or even a block. From this newbies's viewpoint, it appears that discussion on a talk page was the appropriate response to these two reverts. FYI, Unscintillating (talk) 22:58, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
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Thx
Thx for the user subpage deletions. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:18, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Please review these blocks
There was a bug in MediaWiki 1.18 that caused blocks made via the API to have talk page access disabled when it should have been enabled. This also affected scripts such as User:Animum/easyblock.js. Please review the following blocks to make sure that you really intended talk page access to be disabled, and reblock if necessary.
- Wiki9995455 (talk · block log · block user) by Closedmouth at 2011-10-06T16:32:14Z, expires infinity: [[WP:Vandalism-only account|Vandalism-only account]]: another thought
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to post at User talk:Anomie#Allowusertalk issue. Thanks! Anomie⚔ 02:04, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
- Yup. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:57, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Pleas review blocking me... Ive been trying me best to update the sun state roller girls page that a couple of people seem hell bent on interfering with. I realise I'm slow getting the References added - but do they really need to keep deleting things immediately? I'm doing my best, but right now it just seems too hard Notjackbrown (talk) 11:03, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- You're not blocked, I simply protected the page because you kept reverting. --Closedmouth (talk) 11:13, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I kept reverting because content I was trying to add references to was being deleted without discussion. I just want to make a great page. Notjackbrown (talk) 12:13, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Protection of Sun State Roller Girls
Did you mean to apply semi protection to this, or full? GedUK 11:43, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- I did what I meant to do. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:12, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Did anyone look at the history to to see why 3 revisions occurred? We're just trying to make a good page and people keep deleting things- and we keep reverting them to try and get it within the rules.... and now the page is protected and we can;t do anything Notjackbrown (talk) 12:58, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
NPP survey
I am not sure why I was invited to complete this. I don't think I have ever done new page patrol. I have occasionally used Huggle, but it seems to watch for vandalism on existing pages. I may have rescued one or two speedy delete nominations. Just curious... Aymatth2 (talk) 14:10, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- I didn't write the message. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:12, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- I saw you corrected the wording, thought you might know the selection rules. Not important at all, forget it. Aymatth2 (talk) 15:51, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- As far as I'm aware, Kudpung compiled it manually. Okeyes asked me to correct the message. Anyone else curious about the inner workings should ask one of them. --Closedmouth (talk) 16:08, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
- I saw you corrected the wording, thought you might know the selection rules. Not important at all, forget it. Aymatth2 (talk) 15:51, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
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A well-deserved barnstar
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Thank you for stepping in and dealing with the IP onslaught at Sonic Generations. Yunshui 雲水 14:19, 28 October 2011 (UTC) |
- Thanks :) --Closedmouth (talk) 14:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
seems to be mystace you've made Ah cam't fyx yt
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shii-chan&action=history redyrects to much less notable topyc; much more recemt--co-ycydemce of same name. Hystory page lead me to topyc sought. Mamy hotlymcs & redyrects for the more famous Shyy-cham seemymgly. You made a erroyous redyrect dysambulatyom pages poymt to the redyrect you have made to umrelated artycal. Y ca'mt fyx thys Y'm a homeless ymsame wyth brocem computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.219.91 (talk) 15:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hmm?
Is this a response to the user or my unblock decline? Daniel Case (talk) 16:59, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wfqDDT2jd0 --Closedmouth (talk) 04:37, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I don't watch the show so I didn't get the ref. Thanks. Daniel Case (talk) 04:42, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
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14:53, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
...for keeping an eye on my talkpage (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 10:01, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:53, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
I know that , but ....
Thank you for looking after my request : [2] . But my problem was not the block itself , I wanted to show (or know ) that my activities was not wrong .I ask you please look another time and just tell me (only for my own knowledge - I promise !) , that did I done a wrong thing or not ? Thank you again --Alborz Fallah (talk) 13:47, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
- Begin a conversation with the admin who blocked you. The unblock template is only used for requesting unblock. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:35, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
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how do you add chuck thomas to the afd
I have tried the various codes and can't seem to add it as an article for discussion. It says to add it to the top of the list and I have tried to do this and copied the formatting but it does not work. Your help would be appreciated. I reinstated the deletion tag on the Chuck Thomas page because I thought this may make the article appar on the afd page but it did not so appologies for that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dutyscenee (talk • contribs) 18:46, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- Just follow the instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO or use Twinkle. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Questionnable content...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index
The descriptions in the index is quite questionable; I'm not sure if it should be changed or not.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Murphy418 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
- If you read the whole article, you will discover the origin of the descriptions. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:12, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hullo
It's been so long,
that I haven't seen your face.
I'm tryin' to be strong,
But the strength I have is washin' away.
--MZMcBride (talk) 21:34, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- ...is it me you're looking for?
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile.
--Closedmouth (talk) 09:03, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
File:William Anthony Artist Portrait.jpg
Not my upload. Eeekster (talk) 21:26, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
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Thank You!
Thanks for helping with that page deletion!!! - atalaya78 - 11/27/2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atalaya78 (talk • contribs) 16:10, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
- I couldn't do anything anyway; I'm not an admin. Rcsprinter (warn) 16:12, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
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Why do you betray our people by defending our enemies?
sdgdgdfsdgsdg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajin1295 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
- Congratulation, you are winner. --Closedmouth (talk) 08:16, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Unprotect New York NRHP template
Hi ... I am revising state NRHP templates that I created to bring them in line with the Template:National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. I revised Template:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland and Template:National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia and would like to extend the same revisions to Template:National Register of Historic Places in New York, which I created initially. Please advise.--Pubdog (talk) 15:43, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
- Bumped down to semi. --Closedmouth (talk) 18:16, 4 December 2011 (UTC)