User talk:Dweller/Archive18

The verbosity of the Dweller

What you did was manage to work the word "opprobrium" into an article. Now that's a quality edit! :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Any input to the article on the man with the wonky nose will be most graciously received indeed!! When I met him in Norwich waaaaay back he seemed like a top bloke. You see that little patch of light blue in the bottom corner of the photo in his infobox? That's my right shoulder, that is..... :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

RFB

I seriously doubt the community would trust me with even more power....! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

You would say that! I could think about it. But right now the environment over there doesn't seem conducive to a serious attempt... The Rambling Man (talk) 11:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. · AndonicO ^Hail! 14:51, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay dude. I'm in. Let me know when you want me to answer the questions. I may even be inclined to help out with Steve Bruce... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:24, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I've responded to your message on my talkpage. (Seemed relevant to this section :) ) SQL^{Query me!} 15:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Mentor end

I'll save my thanks for the official notice; if I could respectfully encourage you to do this at your earliest convenience (!), there's quite a bit I'd like to do now that I'm free, and some of it will require a link to show that my mentoring's over... :-) Anyway, cheers, Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 13:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I'll consider full forgiveness if RL's involved :-) No, fine, just didn't want you to forget!! See ya, Porcupine (prickle me! · contribs · status) 13:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

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Challenge

I've given you your first challenge. In other matters, I will do more on the England managers at some point, but substantive editing on my part is currently being stymied, as I am in the middle of moving house. Oldelpaso (talk) 21:57, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello back atcha

Hey dude, so relieved to hear your good news. All the best, enjoy the weekend now! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:04, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and the RfB, who'd have thought it? It's a real honour to read what those guys have said about me. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Sweet Thing

Sorry for the delay. I've finally done it and am fixing disambig links now. --Dvorak (wtkwhite) ^(Talk) 22:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Archetypal name

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Hey

Good weekend? Hope you managed to enjoy it! I'm stuck at home sick today. Nothing serious just an office-based cold which has been hanging around for about two months... See the latest workings on the RfB? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, yeah, I've been getting quite a grilling! Rightly so I guess. As for your AFD, I popped over there but didn't say 'owt yet. Golden Nugget, well I was hoping for some help with citations from the Cue Sports project but nothing doing (lack of members/enthusiasm, I don't know...) - but I'd like to get the england managers up to at least PR asap... Oh, and if you lost at home to Blackpool, not sure why you'd waste twenty quid to watch them fold at Vicarage Road! Should be a good one though... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:01, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Like it. Nice to finish above Man Utd and Arsenal for a change! Let me know where we're going with the managers article... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:08, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I think all the cites you added earlier have been gnomishly fixed, where would you insert Taylor's "do i not like that", in the main body? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Standby... PR alert... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:51, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. Watch Wikipedia:Peer review/England national football team managers/archive2 for general apathy and inaction. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Hah, well, it's probably something I inherited from my mum, always expect nothing and you'll probably do better than you hoped...! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I think Scope is fine other than the "Prior to 1946..." which could be disputed without a citation... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll start at the bottom of the PR comments and work up... meet you in the middle? The Rambling Man (talk) 09:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hack away but you must keep the fact that it was lost through poor substitutions which Ramsey was criticised for... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:26, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Good question. No, we didn't play in Euro 72... I wonder what I'm going on about there then...? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Weird, the Wiki article for Euro72 says only four teams played, this link indicates we got to the QF... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I have it - we played in this -> 1972 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying... what a peculiar tournament. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Next up...

I'm just quickly knocking up List of UEFA Cup winning managers which you're more than welcome to join, suggest, criticise etc. I intend to have it done in a couple of hours... But I'd say we need to get cracking on NCFC articles.... whadddya reckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Budgie history it is. Shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes.... ;-p The Rambling Man (talk) 12:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Sounds fine. Do you have a decent source which charts 1-92 (sorry, when I said 1, I didn't mean to be cheeky...!!) or is it a case of wading through other sources? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

That link, it does nae work captain. I'm sure I've used that site as well. URLs are a pain - can you remember how your browsed to the info? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Unless you can get the absolute url (which I doubt) you'll have to use it as a "general source"... I've seen some people actually write the instructions in on how to get the data as part of the reference as well.... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Nicely done. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: my lists, yeah, I inherited them that way. First one's up at peer review, hoping this one to follow in an hour or two... then your graph, my RfB, and then the world! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

MUHAHAHAHA The Rambling Man (talk) 16:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Antonomasia

Antonomasia Antonomasia SaundersW (talk) 20:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Antonomasia works both ways: calling a wise man a "Socrates" as well. SaundersW (talk) 23:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I had thought there would be some more precise term than this for the use of a particular individual to define a class, though. SaundersW (talk) 23:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I blush at the honour. SaundersW (talk) 17:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

another day another dollar...

Hey dude, back at work now. Still feeling rough but heyho. Any comments to make on the peer reviews of those lists? I'm beginning to get the feeling I should just axe them both and go straigh to FLC (since most FLC's I've seen are never peer reviewed)... whaddya reckon? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

History of Norwich City F.C.

What is the cause behind this change [1]? I have not understood. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 11:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I will self-revert now. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 11:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

You Do Know Me

I am Chris16447, I don't log in because I am on a computer not owned by me. I really shouldn't even be on Wikipedia right now, and you can probably guess why. 206.252.74.48 (talk) 16:46, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Re. UFO

Humor is appreciated. The US govt. actually ridicules people who see these things. See Robertson Panel. It recomends that people be ridiculed, since debunk does in fact mean ridicule. IF you want to see a UFO, find a known "UFO Hotspot", get a 10M candlepower light, 10x or more powerful binoculars, so that you don't blind a pilot in a plane by mistake. Then you find a UFO and signal it. Hopefully you do not get abducted by aliens and have to put up with the ridicule. 65.173.104.52 (talk) 16:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I seen info. that some fishermen tried that and got abducted by what appeared to be "insectoid" aliens. This was in a UFO magazine and on TV long ago. 65.173.104.52 (talk) 16:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Seasons

Please help me. Screechy 11:37, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah i know wot you mean but most of the football teams have one now, so i thought that why dont norwich have one... Screechy 12:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

To-do list whats that, and yeah thats kool, it seems that i am the only one that edits it. Screechy 14:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Wheres that then... Screechy 14:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Cheers

Hey dude. What can I say? Thanks seems a little inadequate, but I'm pushed right now to come up with anything more suitable! And thanks for the calculator, beautiful. Perhaps now I'll learn how to spell bureaucrat without getting it wrong three times....! More later. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Back to reality for a moment, the England managers PR has got a couple of outstanding issues - Peanut4 has added a new section there and there are a few remaining from Kevin McE so, if you get the chance, how about knocking them on the head and then heading for WP:FAC?! How exciting...The Rambling Man (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That's it, I'm "on holiday". Fingers crossed, I'll be back Monday afternoon. In the meantime, I've put my third FLC up, well worth a good look if you get the time, plus let me know if you get any further with England managers. I promise (and I mean it) I'll get back to the NCFC graph and history purge on my return, it's all been a little hectic! Plus I'll start doing the rounds with thanks for the RfB when I get back too. Don't want to rush it, everyone gets something nice...! Have a good weekend, more next week. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

VandalProof

Hiya! Haven't spoken in a while... I was recently granted access to VandalProof and then had it removed an hour later due to my previous block-log. Do you think that you could "put a word in" for me, or is that outside your sphere of influence, so to speak? Thanks, —TreasuryTag talk contribs 08:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ta very much :-) —TreasuryTag talk contribs 10:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The VP mod has replied to your reference —TreasuryTag talk contribs 21:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Betacommand's vetoed it for the next four months :-( Thanks for trying, though... —TreasuryTag—t—c 15:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

England managers peer review

Hi. I didn't want to reply on the now archived peer review, so thought I'd leave my reply here. Everything now seems champion. No worries regarding the uncontroversial referencing, I largely agree. As for McClaren under the umbrella, you may be right about recentism. No huge omission either way.

Just to say, the entire page is absolutely superb work. I've decided to largely stay clear of adding anything, because the work yourself and TRM have made has been nothing sort of fantastic. Peanut4 (talk) 19:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

No worries at all. It's a delight to support and hand out praise for articles like this. Peanut4 (talk) 10:53, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

No wuckers (abbreviated aussie slang for Spoonerised no wucking forries....) I'll ask for yer help one day to get my team up to FAC....Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Kudos

Kudos!

Hey Dweller, just a note that you've did some great work in getting the 'crat tools onto TRM's account. That was some solid work, and a nice eye with which you gauged the RfB atmosphere (which is typically volatile!), and congratulations are in order. Consider that little symbol on the left a barnstar! All the best, and happy editing. AGK (contact) 12:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Adam Bohn

Today you removed the prod tag from the article Adam Bohn and replaced it with {{unreferenced}}. The article meets neither Notability nor Verifiability and is unlikely to expand beyond a stub. Half the article is on his virtual alias and the parts that are on the real guy could easily be things made up by some fan (we have a lot of trouble with that on the articles on his works - people put up stuff from the forums and stuff like that). That said, could you explain to me why you removed the prod tag? Thank you for your time. --Eruhildo (talk) 21:40, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

List

Yeah, I've changed that, thanks! Also, per Drewcifer's oppose, I'm hoping to convince him in the next day or so that I've implemented sufficient of his issues to have him reverse his decision. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Hols, not too bad, just the usual, ran out of things to talk about before we'd got back to their place from the airport! Oh and the four hour delay and bumpy return on Monday I could have done without. No sign of Napoleon unfortunately. Ipswich City FC? What's this? The Rambling Man (talk) 07:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Already onto them. I've done the "A total of" and hopefully working my way through the citations for date fields (which I always add so I'm wondering who to blame....) but I'm not sure I get the business with the spaced en-dash and its relevance to the ellipsis link Sandy provided.... any clues? The Rambling Man (talk) 07:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Well I think I've covered all the citations so you can have a look at the ellipsis/en/em dash spacing issues if you get a chance? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle

Hi. Re ([2]) It's an automated function. I assume the Twinkle developers thought unlinking is appropriate because otherwise the nn entry would still remain, but with a gap where the linked term was. I guess it's my job to go back and tidy up the unlinkings, so thanks for doing it for me - I only became aware of it in the last few days.

So THAT's what was going on. I thought unlinking alone was weird, and couldn't understand why. --Calton | Talk 09:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Removed speedy

No problem. Could you delete User:Rudget/monobook.js for me? The enforcer has supposed to have been removed but the restrictions still remain. Thanks. Greman Knight. 11:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Greman Knight. 11:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

No Greman is intentional. :) Rudget. 15:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Sumi Helal

Thanks for notifying me. Cbdorsett (talk) 11:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Health Information Kenya

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Thomas Kraft

Whilst I take on board your comment on his not having made any appearances for Bayern Munich, I was acting under the belief that F C Bayern II was a fully professional team - if it isn't, then he would, I agree, appear to fail WP:ATHLETE. I see that there's a WP:SNOW AFD open on him, so will keep an eye on that and close that (and the other two people also being AFD'd at the same time) if and when appropriate. _GB^T/C 12:58, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I've just noticed you're an administrator. Any particular reason why you didn't delete it yourself on sight, rather than just speedying it? Were you looking for a second opinion? _GB^T/C 13:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. _GB^T/C 13:37, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Osisioma

No worries, it looked like 95% spam to me, but I suppose that means that there is 5% good stuff. Keeping that 5% as a stub is a good idea. TrulyBlue (talk) 15:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Where are you....?!!

Hmm. I've made this: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning managers - would you consider giving me your very honest opinion of it please? Cheers dude. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

England managers promoted. Good work dude... The Rambling Man (talk) 07:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, I've fixed your comments on the CWC list... I think... As for graph, I'll get onto it... promise! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, looked bonkers. I don't know, we can't seem to hold it together much these days, and big names getting dropped because they're not really up for it. Whatever next? Oh, and next time you talk about the CWC, don't forget the apostrophe. Or I'll get you. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello geezer, sorry I missed your earlier notes, I was actually working, would you believe.... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Morning! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Why not. I have one more little list to generate (I think) for my latest pet project which may (I hope) result in a potential topic... but I need a title for it. Hmm.. Anyway, yes, Budgie history it is... The Rambling Man (talk) 07:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and any chance you'd have a look at the latest in my list drive? I've actually got two more to do I think, the intertototototototo one and a general overview of UEFA competition winning managers.... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Well, thank you. I disagree with your decision (naturally), but respectfully so, as you've taken pains to explain your rationale. I look forward to your consideration in a few months' time. Biruitorul (talk) 18:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Dweller, Thank you for your remarks in my regard. I value very much the sincerety, and would bear whatever criticism for it. I hope you will have the chance to interact with Biruitorul in the comming months, and would change your mind. Your recommendation for me to stay away from commenting on RfA of people I know is duly noted, it only confirms my own recent convinction. Dc76\^talk 00:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Invincibles

Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Ernie_Toshack - tried to get the ball rolling again. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 08:05, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Scott Buist

What do you mean? He's only ever played in the Scottish Second Division,[3] which is definitely not fully professional. пﮟოьεԻ 57 13:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

We don't count cup games against professional teams as conferring notability for semi-pro players in England, so I don't see why it's any different for Scottish players. пﮟოьεԻ 57 13:41, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

It did say he was on the books of Rangers, so I thought that was a slight (albeit misplaced) assertion of notability. You can reinstate the prod and it will be deleted later today though :) пﮟოьεԻ 57 13:51, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA - Toddst1

Hi Dweller, thanks for supporting my RfA, which passed with 42 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutrals. I'm pleased that the Wikipedia community has trusted me with the mop. Of course, special thanks goes to my nominator, Kakofonous. Cheers! Toddst1 (talk) 15:21, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Graph of doom

Here's my first stab Image:Norwich City F.C. League finishes 1920 to 2007.png, it's in Wikipedia so I can delete it and rejig it however you'd like. Let me know what you'd like altered or anything and I'll see what I can do. Sorry it took so blinking long.

You're sure you're happy with it? I may move it over to Commons should that be the case (don't worry, it won't affect you at all). I think it looks good, a bit bigger perhaps? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:47, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your support!

Hello, and thanks for your support in my recent RFA! The final result was 61/0/3, so I've been issued the mop! I'm extremely grateful for your confidence in me and will strive to live up to it. Thanks again! —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 07:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you

I can has mop?

Hi Dweller! Thank-you for your support in my RfA (91/1/1). I take all the comments to heart and hope I can fulfil the role of being an admin to the high standard that the community deserves. Seraphim♥ Whipp 17:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Great minds

Indeed.--nessup (talk) 20:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

sig

Nope, try again. I reckon it's fair use rationale.... But either way it's unnecessary and his sig is way too long too... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I feel quite proud that I've had my first AN/I raised against me! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: My Sig

Dweller,

I got your message. Actually my signature is not about the fur trade, it's about This fur. It's in bold, to be sure, but it's not "shouting" as such. That would be all caps. Thanks Kosh Sez We don't need no stinkin FUR!! 17:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Got your message. The text is a parody of "We don't need no stinkin papers" (Used in an old western - don't know which one, but it's been parodied enough :) ) Thanks

Image violation?

guy uploaded is this image in fair use violation because the guy who uploaded it won't let me replace it with this one which is lower in resolution: one that I uploaded. Please help. LOTRrules (talk) 19:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Stefan Janoski

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My current FLC's

Hey dude, I know you're working on the history article at the moment but when you need some light relief, fancy reviewing the two FLCs I have out at the moment? If the outcome of the list debate isn't positive then these may be the only WP:FOOTBALL lists left!!! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:42, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Hey dude, I'm away from home and my iBook died on me yesterday so I'm using my iPod to type this which isn't ideal to say the least. Hope to be home at some point today but that depends on the m25! Looks like i've got a few requests to catch up with. Things alright with you? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

dude you're overreacting. it's not an attack.

not attacking

please understand —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tenrennycz (talk • contribs) 23:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Dear anonymous Wikipedia friend,

You will surely have noticed my flagrant lack of professionalism in the fascinating realm of Wikipedia, that I have only just recently begun to discover. I thank you for accompanying me in this adventure, as I too try to contribute to this grand project.

I am a Frenchman, the many times grand-son and grand-nephew of the persons mentioned in the article about the Marbot family, this is why I have engaged myself in developing it. The knowledge I possess comes from various sources: documents, photographs and stories about my family passed from generation to generation. Some of this information is also available on the internet.

I treat your remarks as useful guidelines and am grateful that you are keeping an eye on my endeavors. I have recently noticed that one can become adopted by a Wikipedia administrator, and I would be very happy if you adopted the new user that I just happen to be.

Best regards,

Wikimarbot —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikimarbot (talk • contribs) 11:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

List of football clubs in England by major honours won

I'm asking you since you commented on the PR, but currently the list includes wins in the Fairs Cup, but according to the UEFA Cup page, the Fairs Cup is not recognised by UEFA as a European trophy. Given the query regarding major honours would you have any advice on whether to include it or not in this list? Peanut4 (talk) 17:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Andy Reid (footballer)

Oh yeah, can you also please have a go at the Peer Review.  Sunderland06  18:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Another year, another midtable finish......

I'll get too depressed doing this article..though I suppose they did win the League Cup...anyway, have a read of Emperor Penguin and see what you think for flow. I'm trying to tidy it for FAC and need a fresh pair of eyes Strike that, I need to find some more stuff about zoos...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Hope you're enjoying the long weekend and that you're not trying to use public transport to go anywhere! I think I dealt with your comments here so I'd be grateful if you could have another look when you get a moment... Cheers dude. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for that. You have a good long weekend? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, 5–1 yeah. My grandad would have said "you were lucky!"... Poor old Col U. I've just looked at ITFC fixtures... three home games in the next four (including you lot) and away at Colchester... 12/12 please Tractor boys! What you working on? History still? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

No idea, same has happened all over the show. I couldn't see a problem with the {{click}} template so it must be some lower level format issues. I've commented them out for now... So you want me to do 'owt for NCFC history? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:15, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Excellent thread

Check out this one. -hydnjo talk 23:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Wasabi-plus

Thanks for the head's up, though I was unfortunately slow on the uptake (as time limitations render me less Wiki-active on weekdays). Even so, I found what to add there and elsewhere. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 09:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Topic

Dude, check out my playpage, I've got a new topic about to be unveiled (assuming the List of UEFA club tournament winning managers makes featured today or tomorrow), any suggestions or comments? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the intertoto thing bothers me a little but the format is really odd and has changed so much, like 11 clubs "won" it and qualified for the UEFA Cup and then one really won by getting furthest in the UEFA Cup... There could be a parent article I guess, but I'm not sure how expansive it could be? What do you think? The Rambling Man (talk) 13:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Peter Shaw (Australia)

Oh I have no problem with it, I was patrolling and noticed that it had a hangon tag on it (as new) and saw that it had been speedied earlier. If the admin saw fit to delete it once, then I just reposted it to get someone's attention to it. I have no clue who the guy is.  ;) Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 12:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Go ahead and drop the note... I'll start up an AfD for it. Oh a seperate note... they should really streamline that process. I guess it has so many steps so people wont AfD everything in sight. Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 12:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD is up here. Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 12:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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NICKKC (GREENLAND

What the fuck is wrong with you asshole. Go fucking shoot some more herion and fuck yourself i cant believe you fucking deleted my fucking article. You son of a bitch. Burn in hell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickkc (talk • contribs)

Wow, you really got to this guy.. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:48, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

RE

Yup, I just realized that I tagged it as nonsense when it was actually in another language. The Dominator (talk) 15:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Well thanks that you recognized it for what it was, I just installed Twinkle and I decided to go and test it out a bit, can't believe I waited until now to use it! The Dominator (talk) 15:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, see you around, happy editing! The Dominator (talk) 16:06, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

No offence

Sorry, I've had it here. As my recent contributions and COI-removal of rollback show, I'm just to pi**ed off with the place to spend any more of my time reducing the problems with it. You did well, though, thanks for your help. I might be back, I might not. Dunno. —TreasuryTag—t—c 20:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

George Spink

Hi. I looked back through the old versions - it wasn't the first time it had been deleted, by the way - and there was nothing to indicate why he merited a wikipedia article. Is there something in particular you can point to, that would justify me in restoring the article? Deb (talk) 12:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean this bit?

Spink's articles about jazz and big band music brought him to the attention of WBEZ-FM, the National Public Radio station in Chicago that then offered considering jazz programming. From July 1978 until September 1981, Spink broadcast "The Saturday Swing Shift" on WBEZ-FM on Saturday afternoons from 1 PM until 5 PM, preceding Garrison Keilor's popular "Prairie Home Companion." I'm afraid I don't know much about US radio stations - I took it that this was a Chicago station only. Though I accept that might be enough, depending what else there was to back it up. Do you want me to restore the article and let the contributor do some more work on it? Deb (talk) 17:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Arsenal FC players

Thanks for your comment. I don't think any single RS will be able to rule what is 'notable' or not, though - I certainly can see people disagreeing with whatever standard. Anyway, while I personally disagree with delisting, I'm looking into making the Arsenal list totally comprehensive & a reasonable size, and resubmitting for FLC, if it does get delisted. Qwghlm (talk) 15:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi back atcha...

Yeah, sounded like he needed a little anger management. Right, my news, I've gone for the UEFA Featured Topic, so that's waiting to be sideswiped, and I've knocked up a little list which I was inspired to do after reading my Schott's 2008 Almanac... check it out, the longest name I could come up with as well... That's sitting at FLC and DYK at the moment. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

And as for Colleges of the University of Cambridge, well compare and contrast - a couple of hours of not-too-hard graft... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Ex Freshies

...is back. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:29, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't know the topic/issue. Just noted that you'd previously deleted it. Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Lovejoy Article

You're correct, on the surface the article doesn't appear to be a candidate. That's why its been up for over a month. However, there is a lot of other information that makes me positive this is a hoax:

Kalamazoo College's "Crystal Ball" dance never has headliners or speakers. There are no special guests, it is simply 'cross-dressing' dance where many students dress like the other gender.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo_College#Student_Life_and_Traditions
• http://books.google.com/books?id=HiS0BrWXz9QC&pg=PA483&lpg=PA483&dq=crystal+ball+kalamazoo+college&source=web&ots=oT-SuixRv_&sig=0_-E2IDIOGbAqJMhWYfrK1xDNic&hl=en

Not exactly a place you'd expect to find a 72 year old actress. Given that knowledge, now compare the creator's (who attends Kalamazoo College according to his facebook profile and edit history) picture/facebook with "Millicent":

• http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AaronEndre&diff=prev&oldid=49651849
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Millicent_2.jpg

Notice any similarities?

As for the sources, the surgicenter is the most blatantly false (though they all are fake). Don't you think if Millicent Lovejoy "founded" the surgicenter that their website would think to mention her name even once in their 'Our History' section?

• http://www.lovejoysurgicenter.com/history.htm

Do a search of any journal or even google and you won't find one mention of the subject. Not one.

There's a reason why 'Millicent' "makes a point to attend" the Crystal Ball dance. It is because 'Millicent' is the creator in drag.

Let me know what you think. TecmoBo (talk) 18:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Response?

If you have any objections to me relisting the Lovejoy article for speedy deletion let me know. Otherwise I will do so in the next few days, probably mentioning your user:talk page where I present the information (above) in case others have questions. thanks. TecmoBo (talk) 04:25, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for your help. Let me know what the decision is. TecmoBo (talk) 23:35, 31 March 2008 (UTC) nm, i see it in the history of the page TecmoBo (talk) 23:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Flight and Tallon

:) Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Who took that photo of Piyush Chawla? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:46, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Life ....

Nah, it's about the work. Tintin 14:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

May help a little, but not much :-) Tintin 14:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

If IPL flops badly .... Tintin 14:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Weird coincidence

I was literally just about to drop you a line to say what are we doing with NCFC history, got to your talk page, saw my orange banner and it was you. Spooky. And yes, my little pet projects are launched into the nasty cruel world of FLC etc so I'm all yours.... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:41, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Well I got two odd FLCs running at the moment (the top two) which aren't my normal thing. But they're both quite funky, I think. See what you make of them... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Fancy hiding the stuff at Cambridge colleges as it's all resolved? I'm happy to leave the other stuff because of the rename discussion... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Stephen King (soccer)

I think the question for me isn't "what if he broke his legs," but "did he break his legs"? We allow future album articles of famous (see On My Way Here) as well as barely notable musicians to go through all the time because of an expected reliability of the announcer. If a professional MLS organization, therefore, puts out a starting roster and it contains players who have not yet played a league game, should we not have a reasonable expectation that the individual will meet our technical expectations in a reasonably short amount of time? If Clay Aiken keels over tomorrow, we'd change our stance on his announced expected future albums (unless his associates determined to release it anyway). - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 16:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, as I've said before, I'm not a sports enthusiast. I'm really attempting to apply a broader thought process on a narrow subject matter. Incidentally, it's the notability of the album that's my concern, not the the musician. I'm going on the presumption that the musician is already notable, just as the MLS team organization is notable. But with American teams with such short rosters, I am not certain that the way coaching occurs in the rest of the world is likely to be effective here until there are a lot more qualified players signed on per team. Then coaches can tease fans and Wikipedians alike. I sincerely see a difference between the American pro league and European/rest-of-the-world ones. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 16:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

No, here:

• Notable musician = pro team
• Future album = scheduled player

Just as we take at face value when a notable musician promises an album, so I am saying that we should take at face value when a professional athletics organization says a person is on their starting roster for a scheduled game.

- CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 16:46, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh come on! All teams issue a starting roster with the expectation that each individual will play. It's assumed by reason of common sense that a debilitating injury will change things, but they "boldly" predict their members' participation anyway. If Wikipedians ran the teams, they wouldn't tell you anything until after it had happened. ;-) - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 16:52, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Anna

Thanks for the response to my concern regarding that article, the context helped me understand the situation a bit better as well, thanks for your vote of confidence, I will do my best to keep up 'The Good Work' hopefully I will not disappoint you and your confidence will not go misplaced. Thanks Again. AnnaJGrant (talk) 11:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC) AnnaJGrant (talk) 11:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice mate, I will follow up with your suggestions, Makes me glad to see people helping each other out here, especially on the internet that is in it's nature hostile. AnnaJGrant (talk) 11:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Rock Lobster

Apologies about the use of the wrong tag there. Poor description by me i know now. Admella1859 (talk) 12:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Eleserock7894

Hi there; I am not wholly certain if your message to me is critical or congratulatory!! It seemed to me that this user was working himself up into a rage, and needed a cooling off period rather than a permanent block. I could be wrong. Cetainly I would indefblock on his next transgression. But he just might settle down. If not, we can always lose him later; he is on my watchlist. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 19:12, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

NCFC

Hey dude. Just saw this edit. Not 100% convinced it's a free image, plus checking the edit history of the smileywebmonkey, not convinced at all.... Thought you may like to have a look... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Not Convinced

Yes although I now live in Sussex - I was at the very top of the Jarrold (HB), last week to see the 5-1 win! The photograph was taken then. I also took photos from a friend's cruiser whilst on the Bure and Thurne which I share elsewhere. So do tell The Rambling Man they are 100% genuine and to find something more constructive to do. Smileywebmonkey (talk) 09:47, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

...ok try this one on fer size

I've been stuck on this one - Gyromitra esculenta - for a while. Distribution maps for fungi are really tricky as they are really widespread but invisible most of the time, and accurate maps and recordings are hard to get with much of the info being generalized. No-one is much interested in fungi and it needs prose massaging maybe..

Emperor Penguin is being massaged nicely by the birdos so I am not worried about it. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:59, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Wembley United Synagogue

Thank you for your message. If you check the edit history, another user, User:Cheshdove as well as removing the External links section and the References section (which you restored)also removed a lot of sourced content without any explanation as to why they were doing so. That is the reason why the source looked bare when you saw it. It was not because I did not add the source, but because of the content removal; it was previously there as a correctly formatted source. I have therefore restored the article to the last version before Cheshdoves edits. Thank you. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 19:28, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, with regard to "remove POV again" - I had to restore the article to the last "good version" to re-instate the sources. "Celebrated" is more of a peacock term but it still shouldn't be there as you quite rightly have removed! With no edit summary provided by Chesdove it isn't possible to know why they were removing sourced content. Hopefully they will reply to you. Thanks. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 19:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, an odd one as whilst assuming good faith it is difficult to work out why someone would remove sourced content and also removed both the references and External links sections! Have fun. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 20:09, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Richard Graf

So what is the problem with this entry? There is an entry in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_composers_for_the_classical_guitar_%28nationality%29#Austria

for this name.

Please help. thanx. Schoenb —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schoenb (talk • contribs) 06:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

NCFC history

Good weekend? I've cleared my decks for a bit, what's the deal with budgie history? Not a great result for you over the weekend but ours was arguably worse... Pah. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, this was quite some time ago! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, you may notice your red links slowly turning blue by the way.... Norman Low and Geoffrey Watling now "exist"... more to follow. And I'll check out the post - which section is it? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Millicent Lovejoy. Huh. If that photo was taken in 1963 I'm a monkey's uncle. AFD it. The sources don't tell us anything. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

No more red links, your manager template is now complete (hurrah), and I've taken the liberty of making Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Millicent Lovejoy happen. Perhaps you could notify whoever you think needs to know? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 12:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I saw that list... NCFCFT up and running! Pop by the Millicent AFD when you get a chance as well... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:56, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I would think that in order to meet legal requirements, you would have to guarantee the images were public domain which, I seem to recall, means for the US legal system that the images were captured before 1923...Check out Template:PD-US. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

←Check this out!. Quite easy actually, once you know it... you have to append &seasonid=xxx where xxx ranks from 0 to around 138 for all the seasons... Cool or what? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I've tried to find that sort of thing before, an evolving league table website... nothing so far I'm afraid. You may need a rephrase or a quote from the Beeb or something... soz. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

I can has mop?

Hi Dweller/Archive18! Thank you for your support in my RfA (87/3/3). I truely appreciate the many votes of confidence, and I will exert myself to live up to those expectations. Thanks again! - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

please restore Marci Lipman

please restore Marci Lipman, if necessary to my userspace. Her fashion retailing company was a notable company, and the FindArticles link should include the publication name and date, "Discount Store News, Feb 17, 1997 by Jim Fox". See also http://www.styleathome.com/StyleAtHome/client/en/today/DetailNews.asp?idNews=229948 and http://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=xPl&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%22Marci+Lipman%22 for further media coverage which would tend to demonstrate notability. --Eastmain (talk) 20:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you. I wasn't the creator or a contributor to the article, but I noticed it in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion a few moments before it was deleted. I had heard of the person and her stores, so I was going to try to expand the article, but hadn't added a {{hangon}} to it. Anyway, thank you for restoring it to my userspace. --Eastmain (talk) 21:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Could you please take another look at User:Eastmain/Marci Lipman? If the current version is acceptable, please move it back to Marci Lipman. Thanks again. --Eastmain (talk) 22:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Marci Lipman

Sorry about that, in fact I do use twinkle so I have no idea why it failed in this instance? Paste (talk) 20:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)