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Community de-Adminship - finalization poll for the CDA proposal

After tolling up the votes in the revision proposals, it emerged that 5.4 had the most support, but elements of that support remained unclear, and various comments throughout the polls needed consideration.

A finalisation poll (intended, if possible, to be one last poll before finalising the CDA proposal) has been run to;

• gather opinion on the 'consensus margin' (what percentages, if any, have the most support) and

• ascertain whether there is support for a 'two-phase' poll at the eventual RfC (not far off now), where CDA will finally be put to the community. Matt Lewis (talk) 01:14, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

file deletion

Hi Matt, I know our wedding cake file got deleted due to incorrect choice of 'licensing' option. We re-uploaded it and I hope have rectified the issue. Thank you, Jim —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guiltymonk (talk • contribs) 02:03, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Okey. MBisanz ^talk 03:02, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

OTRS

Hi MBisanz. Could you please check if the OTRS permission for File:BlissWishes.jpg is legit? The user has uploaded the same file several times (see File:L. Cedeño Bliss Wishes.jpg) with a different source/author/attribution/ect. Each time the file was deleted per WP:CSD#F9 as a blatant copyvio. This time, the user claimed to have written permission, made available to the OTRS system. Thanks in advance. Regards, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 23:33, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 00:56, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Thank you MBisanz for your welcoming message. I am looking forward to helping Wikipedia continue to grow and provide a global, open-source education.

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Ah, it was meant to be a category link! I puzzled for quite some time over that, thanks. - TB (talk) 15:44, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Yep, sorry for the confusion. MBisanz ^talk 18:21, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

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Hi

Hi, I think you misread the suggested changes here. Do please read the two paragraphs closely. What I am suggesting is actually completely opposite to what you have written. Regards ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣} 04:54, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

No, I read it, it now effectively reads "is not usually prohibited from acting in an editorial role," implying there are some situations where an admin cannot act in an editorial role. MBisanz ^talk 04:57, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually the line that already exists in WP:UNINVOLVED is this> "is usually not prevented from acting on the article, user, or dispute"

I am suggesting that we in fact strengthen this line to say this > "is usually not prevented from acting on the article, user, or dispute in either an administrative role or editorial role" In other words, I'm trying to include all aspects of an administrator's broad role definition to strengthen the admin position in such cases. An alternative line could be " is usually not prevented from acting on the article, user, or dispute in any role whatsoever". Would you be ok with that? We could continue discussions on the said page if it's alright. Thanks ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣} 05:02, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Thought I'll leave a note

Hi MBizanz, I thought I'll leave a small note. You mentioned on the Wikipedia talk:Administrators#Suggested changes to WP:UNINVOLVED talk that "it appears this proposal is the result of several disputes you have had with administrators and it is rather bad form to propose changing a policy to conform to your behavior as opposed to adhering to the community's expected norms". I found it a comment on character rather than content and felt unnecessarily let down. I don't want a reply. Just wanted to leave a note as I respect your contributions a lot. Thanks and regards ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣} 07:45, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, no hard feelings, I just have trepidation to certain types of proposals and it has nothing to do with you as an individual. MBisanz ^talk 19:07, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

That's very sweet of you to say that. Thanks. Takes a load of my mind. Warm regards. ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣} 07:42, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Deleted image

Hi, you deleted the image [1] Ted Bundy's murder tools police photo. There was a discussion ongoing about why this image was wanted. Would you please restore the image for use in the Bundy article? I don't think it was a problem just got lost in the confusion. If there are other reasons other than text will work so image not needed or that other photos are available,which they are not, please advice us. There are three of us at a loss of what to do to get the image restored. So I'm just looking for help to get it done the easiest way. Thanks for your attention, no rush on this so please take your time, --CrohnieGal^Talk 15:45, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Done, just fix the sourcing issue when you get a chance. MBisanz ^talk 15:46, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, that was fast and painless. I'll let the others know. Thanks again, --CrohnieGal^Talk 15:56, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

impatiently waiting for BRFA

This has been open for 6 days with no feedback, including from BRFA. I'm trying to be patient, but how long should I wait? tedder (talk) 02:33, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I've been unusually busy. MBisanz ^talk 02:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem. What about the bot bit? tedder (talk) 03:09, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

If you want it, sure I can set it for flagging, I just didn't think it was needed for a bot that will only edit 3 pages once a day. MBisanz ^talk 03:15, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

It'd be nice for flagging, but yeah, it's outside of mainspace, so it's your call. I just didn't want to be clue-by-foured for running an unapproved bot. tedder (talk) 03:18, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Ok, set for flagging. MBisanz ^talk 03:21, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. That'll also allow me to bump the list size up- I'm pulling a list of 12k or so, 500 at a time. tedder (talk) 03:33, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Deleted information questions

Hello, this is my first time at actually editing Wikipedia pages. I'm not quite sure why the image was deleted that I added to the Anime Milwaukee Wikipedia page. I indicated that it was created for the convention by Rubber Punk Producktions, which is a real independent company that works with the convention,and they even have a website, so I must not understand how to add images.

Also, I noticed that one of the guests for the Anime Milwaukee convention was not on Wikipedia yet. He,Martin Billany (aka- LittleKuriboh), is a big part of an internet video craze of making abridged series of popular shows, and I thought it was important to write what I could find out about him, which amounted to a paragraph with two sources. My question is, why wasn't that enough? Sometimes I see pages with one or two sentences and one link, but it's accepted. Why did several people delete the page I made for him? Thank you for your time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flirtingoof (talk • contribs) 00:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

It was deleted because it didn't indicate why he was important in the sense that wikipedia looks for. You would need to show coverage of him in reliable sources in order for the article to pass the inclusion guidelines. Sometimes a two line article can do that. MBisanz ^talk 02:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand. Thank you for your time!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Flirtingoof (talk • contribs) 19:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Commons DRs

Sorry to disturb you here but if you have a few minutes, please look at this message I sent you 1-2 full days ago on WikiCommons. There is no way Commons can keep them since the captain has contacted the flickr owner.

• As for me on wikipedia, I made a few edits to Attila of all persons recently and created an article on Mereruka. Cheers, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

• Nice job on the articles, deletions done. MBisanz ^talk 00:02, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you Matt for your kind comments on the articles. Thanks for all your patience and your kindness. It can be hard to retain these qualities in a hot house like wikipedia but you always seem to try your best. The thing, you know, which amazes me is that the native Indians of South America even have their separate wiki articles in their own language here. I just noticed this recently. I doubt Brittanica would ever do this. With kind Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:47, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Chaldean & another OTRS Ticketed image

Is this photo another image where user Chaldean just typed in a false OTRS permission ticket? I see that no Admin added the OTRS tag here. Can you check the permission? What's worse is its also been moved to Commons now. If it is false then a formal DR must be filed hopefully by you on both wiki & commons sadly. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:03, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

• As an aside, is there a license for this excellent image? Without a license, it cannot be moved to Commons. I am 100% sure the permission is valid. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 04:51, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

• The Saddam image lacks OTRS permission, I added the license for the second image. MBisanz ^talk 17:23, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thank You, Matt. I will move it now. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

For watching my page. The IP seems to be upset about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Guy, or using it as a pretense for trollfun. You or a lurker might have a look at the personal attacks there, and the possible socking. Jehochman ^Brrr 17:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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The rant on WT:AC is by this person (see the deleted page if you're not familiar with it and are interested; note *who* deleted the page; I'll fill you in on the backstory if you want, but it's best to discuss off-wiki). He resorts to proxies when we shut down his main ranges (which I actually haven't done yet, preferring to avoid collateral damage). Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 20:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Osvald Helmuth

I don't know if you've been following the comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Osvald Helmuth, but it appears that the subject satisfies Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The amount of material online would seem to be sufficient, let alone extrapolating for FUTON bias given the time of his activity. I would suggest you consider withdrawing the nomination. ^Bongo_matic 01:59, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

If you were to nominate Kristoff Abrenica and Eman Abatayo (please do!!) I'd support the deletion. Regards... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 12:54, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Be a pal and give me an oversight, here?

I'd rather not have to look at an offer of a dick-suck every time I open my talk page history, thanks. HalfShadow 03:52, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Wish I could, but I lost the oversight election. MBisanz ^talk 04:02, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Be careful not to overburden the already overburdened AfD, could be interpreted as WP:POINTy

Your recent AfD nominations of Lise Nørgaard and Osvald Helmuth are absolutely terrible and do not improve Wikipedia. Your other nominations of Donald Cole (anthropologist) and Runar Karlsson also seem to be misguided. Your edit history shows that you nominate articles for deletion with only few minutes apart. These four articles were recently unreferenced BLPs and had just been speedy referenced in this ongoing BLP madness. With so many editors sent scrambling, referencing 50,000 unreferenced BLPs, self-evidently draining the AfD circuit for editorial attention, I consider it disruptive to send recently referenced articles straight to AfD. May I suggest that you spend your time referencing articles instead - that would be constructive edits. Power.corrupts (talk) 14:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Try to assume good faith Power. Yes we do need a big clean out and I'm sure Bisanz is doing his part, but I strongly suggest we look for reliable sources first before making AFD nominations of any stub articles.... Yes, we could do with deleting a few thousands biographies but notability should be based primarily on significant coverage in reliable publications. From my point of view it is often clear by conducting a google search or in google books which are notable and encyclopedia worthy and those which are only mentioned in blogs/unreliable sources if at all. Subjects which are easily verifiable and contain significant coverage in multiple sources and books shouldn't really be nominated for AFD. They can be prodded and the author kindly asked to improve. (unless of course it is on some dreadfully non encyclopedic subject like a drag queen Alabama taxi driver who raised a lot of money for Haiti but happens to be covered in newspaper sources, you know what I mean. Like that Miriam bunny woman in the news a while back from Oregon.. Those are, well....Thanks.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:18, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Well I am avoiding prodding when it appears an article was prodded or deleted in the past and sometimes I can't find the coverage in sources that experts like you are capable of finding, but thank you for the note. MBisanz ^talk 14:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, I know you wouldn't have nominated them if you didn't think they were deletion worthy. Best place to start for deleting crap would probably be in the bloggers, internet personalities, comic book, manga artists, manga musicians and that. Also Asian series like Pinoy Dream Academy we seme to have attracted biographies about seemigly non notable contestants.... All the best, and I promise the next elevator you get into will be safe from shark pool emptying trapdoors!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:56, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't ascribe any bad faith to the nomination. Given the lack of a good mechanism to force an unreferenced BLP to either be referenced or be deleted within a short time period, the only tools are speedy, prod, and AfD. AfD in some ways is the least problematic and in others the most. MQS has taught me about BEFORE, but it is not a realistic approach to the current BLP problems (that despite howls of protest from many editors I respect, have been acknowledged by many other editors and administrators as a real problem that must be addressed pronto). ^Bongo_matic 15:19, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

As I and other editors have suggested elsewhere, a non-removable sister to prod would be useful. ^Bongo_matic 15:19, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool. Although I don't think it was Bisanz's intention to not improve wikipedia. Quite the opposite, this was my point, I'm sure he believed that the deletion of the stubs would help clean wikipedia the same way I support the deletion of certain other articles... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC) Please nominate Trae Lindley, Kristoff Abrenica, Eman Abatayo for AFD. I'd support the deletion as I cannot find evidence of notability. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 12:54, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, reviewed the one not yet at AFD. MBisanz ^talk 18:42, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

• (ec) The core of my concern has not been addressed, that these AfD noms indeed were terrible, that the articles had just recently changed status from unreferenced BLPs to referenced ones, that the edit history shows MBisanz spent very little time before nominating them, and that other "non-expert" editors could easily find sources. This is straining the AfD circuit per def. With a backlog of 50,000 unreferenced articles it ought to be obvious that what Wikipedia urgently needs now is more references, not more AfDs. I'm stunned that the editors above seem to think otherwise. Power.corrupts (talk) 18:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Well I have spent a lot of time looking for sources for BLPs all week and aside from the Astronomer his recent nominatations are perfectly valid. Matt can you restore Mariano Argento for me. A notable Argentine film director who got nuked by Scotty. I'll expand it a little and ref. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

• I'm glad to see that so much energy is being expended in telling others what they are doing wrong and jumping to conclusions, as well as telling them how to improve the 'pedia, rather than improving it oneself. tedder (talk) 19:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

If you're free

If you're free any time, do drop into the village pump here and give your views please. I've proposed the creation of a new category of established editors. Warm regards ▒ Wirεłεşş ▒ Fidεłitұ ▒ Ćłâşş ▒ Θnε ▒ _―Œ ^{♣Łεâvε Ξ мεşşâgε♣} 13:25, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

New day on Template talk:Did you know

In regards to your recent edit, is there some reason you believe a section for January 30 (the current date using UTC) should not exist? --Allen3 ^talk 00:11, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Damn watchlist links, sorry. MBisanz ^talk 00:12, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

inre Spark Plug Entertainment

Please revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spark Plug Entertainment. The article you properly nominated was only undeleted in the first place so a proper redirect could be set to its founder... and another for the also problematic An Ant's Life. No denying that the two lessor articles were not salvagable.. so Cunard and I were working on a decent solution. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:50, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

That's the direction it looks like the AFD is headed in, so it's fine with me. MBisanz ^talk 17:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Best regaads, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Wiki.Picture by Drawing Machine 2.jpg

Wouldn't the executor of an estate be, for all purposes, the legal holder of a copyright? In which case, WP:CSD#F11 wouldn't apply?--Father Goose (talk) 08:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Right, the executor of the estate would be the legal holder who would need to email a permission to OTRS, or am I missing something? MBisanz ^talk 17:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, under F11, the uploader did not "name a third party as the source/copyright holder" -- she named a third party as the source, perhaps, but herself as the copyright holder. As far as I know, any copyright holder has the right to upload and license content directly without filing an OTRS claim.--Father Goose (talk) 03:36, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

And her claim to being the estate executor does appear to be 100% legit: [2].--Father Goose (talk) 03:42, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Ahh good, undeleted. MBisanz ^talk 13:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Could you also undelete File:Wiki.picture by drawing machine 1.jpg?

On a separate note, it just now occurred to me that neither of these images are likely to be copyrightable anyway, as they were created by machines: Wikipedia:Public_domain#Non-creative_works.--Father Goose (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Done, although we do need to be careful about how far we take machine creation. If I program something in a fractal creator with my unique settings and colors, it might be a unique work, but in this case she uploaded with FAL so we are fine. MBisanz ^talk 01:44, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

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File:Jendojuliana.jpg

If this is another image with a fake permission by user Chaldean, pls feel free to file a formal DR on it on wikipedia. With Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:45, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

query

I see you're inactive as a clerk, so I hope you don't mind a question. Does a user under a site-wide indefinite ban by ArbCom have the choice as to whether to file for an amendment at Requests for amendment (presumably whole Committee) or the BASC? If the former, can the representation be made by email through an arb, who would presumably then paste it into the appropriate place? Tony (talk) 06:23, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm not up on the latest policy, but as far as I know, they can still edit their userpage (assuming they haven't abused it and had it locked) and place the request there with a {{helpme}} tag and the reviewing party will copy it to the WP:A/R page or they can email BASC. MBisanz ^talk 06:28, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah, that is handy to know. Thanks, Matt. Ryan P. also saw this and provided helpful info on my talk page. Tony (talk) 11:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Bisanz on Slate

• http://www.slate.com/id/2240816/slideshow/2241072/

First page of a "slideshow essay". tedder (talk) 21:25, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Nice! :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 21:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Noting it, too. Bravo. (But my ArbCom logo design's gonna whip your ArbCom logo design. LoL) Proofreader77 ^(interact) 21:51, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Slick! Thanks for letting me know. MBisanz ^talk 23:39, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

image deletion

[3] Why is this image being deleted? I forwarded jo nova`s e-mail. I am confused as to why it is being deleted?

Found and tagged it. MBisanz ^talk 09:18, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks man, :) --mark nutley (talk) 09:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

RfA

Hi, since I see you around everywhere lately, I was wondering if hypothetically you would support an RfA for me. I currently don't have a desire to run, but since you opposed me last time, if your thoughts had changed. CTJF83 chat 19:03, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

thoughts, er? CTJF83 chat 18:44, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I probably wouldn't comment at it only because my time commitments elsewhere have greatly decreased my wiki-time and reduced the number of people I feel competent to comment on. Glad to see you are still around. MBisanz ^talk 22:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Actually, good idea, I don't want any Canvass issues. Thanks, CTJF83 chat 04:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the restore. You can delete User:Ctjf83/Admin Coaching/Archive Only, as I've moved it all to the main page, thanks, CTJF83 chat 04:22, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 04:45, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Requesting your assistance

Hello MBisanz, how are things at law school? I am about to wrap up my contributions in Wikipedia, but before I do I would to request your help in obtaining the OTRS ticket numbers of four permit of usage which were forwarded to "OTRS". The images that I am referring to are the following: 1. File:PFC Jose Ramon Sanchez.jpg (does not have a ticket number); 2. File:EstevesWP.jpg and File:Esteves.jpg (both sent by same person; 3. File:Raul Rios Rodriguez .jpg and 4. File:William W. Kouts.JPG. Whatever help that you can give in seeing that the ticket numbers are assigned will be greatly appreciated. Tony the Marine (talk) 05:23, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

I will try to get to these later today. Sorry to see you leave. MBisanz ^talk 09:18, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

This is still on my plate. MBisanz ^talk 18:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Haiduc

In what case was Haiduc banned?

For every cause, there is an equal and opposite cause; so here? The equally annoying - and generally less accurate - opposing fanatic has been gloating at WT:CGR and reverting all Haiduc's edits, root and branch. It would be nice to know what happened to draw ArbCom's mighty wrath. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:12, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

You wanna Special:EmailUser/MBisanz, I'd rather not say here. MBisanz ^talk 20:25, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you for your help in the past with the ORRS issues. I need someone to create a PD tag for the Imags of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, an institution of the Government of Puerto Rico responsible for the establishment of the cultural policies required in order to preserve, promote, enrich, and convey the cultural values of Puerto Rico. Said images are PD and I have the confirmation of the Pueto Rican government to such respect which I can provide. If you can do it or if you can direct me to the person that has the knowledge to create such a tag, I will appreciate it and provide futher information. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:19, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't know how to, you should try User:Howcheng. MBisanz ^talk 06:18, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Zeno's Paradoxes

Hello MBisanz,

Could you please explain what you mean by "Archiving soon as mathematically impossible." on the Zeno's Paradoxes Arbitration] page.

Steaphen (talk) 00:37, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

It is mathematically impossible for arbcom to accept the case, so it will be archived as rejected. MBisanz ^talk 01:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Why You Deleted The Badges? A Permission Letter Has Aleady be e-mailed to Wikipedia

Can I Know Why You Deleted these files? File:Lencanasabs1.jpg File:Lencanasabs2.jpg File:Lencanasabs3.jpg I've already asked my school's authority to send an e-mail regarding permission to the e-mail address provided. Please by god sake go and check the e-mail before deleting any thing. This is totally bullsh*t. Please reply! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waleedpak (talk • contribs) 03:58, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Potential ramifications of a WP:CHU/U

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Thanks for watching out for my userpage! Good luck in law school! --Funandtrvl (talk) 17:16, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Request restoration

...of File:Parlelogo1.jpg, per discussion underway at Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2010_February_9#File:Parlelogo1.jpg. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:36, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 05:19, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

ReactiveMicro.com

Hi. You PRODded this as non-notable, and it was deleted. Amart79196 (talk · contribs) has now asked on his talk page for it to be undeleted, so per WP:DEL#Proposed deletion I have restored it, and now notify you in case you wish to take it to AfD. I have explained that if he wants the article to stay he will need to provide independent references. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:47, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. MBisanz ^talk 03:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

This image

Dear Matt,

I'm sorry to disturb you and, in truth, my health is pretty bad right now. But in regards to this photo here: File:Arthur Ashe Monument Avenue.jpg I thought US FOP laws don't allow this modern 3D sculpture to be used on Commons...which is a shame since there is no picture of Arthur Ashe himself in his wiki article. In Canada, we have full FOP but not your country sadly. Just to let you know...ouch! Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 04:52, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Nominated for deletion, thanks. MBisanz ^talk 14:26, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the email

You sent an email to be back in September asking about my status. That was very kind. I am fine and am now back. I expect to be seen quite a bit. Good luck with the law books. JodyB _talk 17:28, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

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File:Wynton Marsalis 2009 09 13.jpg

Hi MBisanz. When you have time, could you please check whether OTRS permission has been sent for File:Wynton Marsalis 2009 09 13.jpg (now deleted) as, the uploader claims to have sent permission (see User talk:Gordonrox24#Image). Thanks, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 01:52, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 06:51, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 04:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

You deleted an image of a circuit that *I* created, and an image that *I* created-- Tiny orbo replication 2gb.png. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulLowrance (talk • contribs) 15:43, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

You would need to talk to User talk:Feydey, he nominated it for deletion. MBisanz ^talk 18:22, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

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I know AGF and all that, but I am wary of this edit of Betacommand which I mainly reverted. I realise you are mentoring him/her per an Arbcom decision and thought this edit appeared like a script. I noticed the user is "prohibited from inducing or attempting to induce others to operate bots or run automated scripts" so thought I'd bring it to your attention. I have no interactions with the user so do not know if the type of edit is "typical" of them but there are three things that make me suspicious. 1) the bland "cleanup" edit summary 2) removal of white line after section headers which I see no rationale for, and 3) the changing of unspaced ndashes to ndashes. This procedure violates the "except when ..." part of WP:DASH which leads me to believe it is either misinterpreted or automated. Although not posting to the user, I will make them aware of this post so they can also have a change to reply to what may seem like "accusations". Best, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 19:26, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I'll keep an eye out for his answer. MBisanz ^talk 19:35, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

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Hey, MBisanz. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!-- Ϫ 15:32, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hey guys. Thanks for the thought! MBisanz ^talk 21:36, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hi MBisanz. So sorry to bother you again. If it's not too much trouble and when you have some time, could you please confirm the OTRS permission sent for "File:Rufus M. Rose House 1903.jpg"? I believe the subject of the relevant email was "Permission to use picture for Rufus M. Rose House page from Georgia Archives". Thanks for your time. Best, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 04:54, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

There is a ticket, otrs:2010031510006531, that addresses the image, but I'm not sure if it's clear enough for our purposes, so could you ask another admin to look at it? Thanks. MBisanz ^talk 05:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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I hope you can check your Commons talkpage for my comments here on the 'CRUISER' DR. These 2 images (the original & derivative) have been in DR for 5 days now and no one has voted to keep them. Even tucker has given up here. Maybe its time to delete them both. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:01, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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I checked my talk and found some requests by you regarding deletion of some self-created images. The deletions were effected and caused no harm (as far as I know). But I question the routines about handling of image tags, because all the images were properly tagged.

Please let me know which templates were used to find the images and which templates were used to bring your messages, so I can complain on those particular templates.

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The issue was that the images showed the interface to the program as well as the content of the molecules, so it was impossible for the interface to be in the public domain. MBisanz ^talk 17:21, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

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Afternoon...

While browsing through the various special pages, I came across the following images of yours that I wonder why they are here. They are all unused personal photos and are fully protected -- something I found very odd. Perhaps you would like to unprotect and delete them yourself, given your an admin and buracrat. --Jordan 1972 (talk) 21:59, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

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Your assistance please

Today I came across some notes, on talk pages, from Charles H. Carpenter, a lawyer who worked on Guantanamo captives cases.

In one note he gave some hints for corrections and for other references to review. He notes he can't make those edits himself, to avoid a conflict of interest.

In another note he requested some corrections, which I didn't understand at first. Now I understand, there are still redirects and references, about the lawyer. There are two Charles H. Carpenters, the notable lawyer, and an (IMO far less notable) photographer. After the Charles H. Carpenter article was deleted, someone deleted the Charles H. Carpenter (disambiguation) page, on the ground that we only had an article on one Charles H. Carpenter.

My understanding of the current rules for disambiguation are that a disambiguation page is allowed to have a redlink, so long as real articles use that wikilink. In the last year or so there has been a change, where disambiguation pages that have entries with a wikilink that is a redlink are supposed to have a blue link, to one of the articles that uses the redlink.

All the incoming links are to the American lawyer, not to the (IMO far less notable) photographer.

Is the revision history on the lawyer still available? If so can I request its userification?

Do you feel authorized to undeleted Charles H. Carpenter (disambiguation)?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 15:39, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

It is stuck under the new article disambig, so I don't want to undelete it and do an involuntary hist-merge. I've created a copy at User:Geo Swan/CHC for you. MBisanz ^talk 21:48, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

a lowercase shortcut

Hey, a previous edit by you was mentioned at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2010 April 15#T:tdyk, and i wonder if you might be a voice of reason. This is not that important, but i don't get the deletionists' perspective about a useful version of a shortcut. I wouldn't like alternative versions of other shortcuts deleted either, as it will render lots of archives and history invalid. If you do choose to speak up in the discussion, please mention for me that i solicited your comment. I am not soliciting any others. Thanks! --doncram (talk) 17:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Please Help

Can you help me with this, this, this, this, this, this, this. You flagged these .ogg files for fair use rational. These .oggs are all under 30 seconds, and the song titles are discussed in the articles. I'm not clear why these were flagged and why there is any question about their meeting fair use standards. Thanks in advance. SpanishStroll (talk) 23:13, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

They each need a fair use rationale added to them to justify their use.MBisanz ^talk 13:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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...very much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Igelkott (talk • contribs) 17:50, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

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Michael Moore

Hey, you declined the prod here saying "drafted which means changed circumstances" however, the circumstances have not changed since he was undrafted and signed as an undrafted free agent and previous AfDs have shown undrafted free agents to be non-notable. Examples: Mark Lewis (offensive lineman), Julius Pruitt and De'von Hall. Finally, the article from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution doesn't show notability in my opinion since the subject played collegiate football at the University of Georgia which is covered locally by the AJC. Cheers,--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 02:05, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

No, I declined the CSD since it was changed circumstances from the prior AFD. I didn't de-prod it. He still might be non-notable, but things have changed since the AFD closed. MBisanz ^talk 02:07, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Haha, you're correct I mistyped there it was CSD not prod. While circumstances have slightly changed since the previous AfD the fact still remains that these undrafted players are non-notable as shown by numerous AfDs on subjects with similar to situations to Moore's. Cheers,--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 02:11, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Im confused. How have things changed? The reason the article was deleted back then is because he didnt meet wp:athlete. Well he wasnt drafted now so I dont undertand how he meets it now and not back then.--Yankees10 02:23, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, deleted per G4. MBisanz ^talk 02:57, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

The article should be undeleted because the wording of WP:ATHLETE has been under discussion for several weeks. Until that discussion is settled, the article should remain. TomCat4680 (talk) 03:31, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

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I left you a question at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Isaac Golub. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Copy vio

This image here is a copyright violation as it was derived from the schoold's own web site as one can tell from the small metadata. I uploaded a new image taken by me here:

• [4]

The copy vio should face a DR. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 03:46, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 01:16, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your kind help here Matt. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:56, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Redirect mistake

Fantastic job, Mr. Bureaucrat. :) You made a double redirect for that user. :) I fixed it, you can delete the mistake ones, they are here and here. My goodness, you need a normal editor to clean up after you. :) Hi878 (talk) 20:51, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I guess someone else got them. Anyhoo, it's nice to see that even bureaucrats can mess up. :) Hi878 (talk) 20:55, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Yep, we all make mistakes, thanks for fixing mine. MBisanz ^talk 01:15, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

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Can you take a look at this article?

Hello MBisanz. A new article (Linden Method) has been created with very similar content that was contained in an article that you deleted Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Charles_Linden_(2nd_nomination). I am contacting you because the new article is a recreation similar to the previously deleted page. I would appreciate it if you could address this issue. Thanks in advance. Letsgoridebikes (talk) 04:10, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Re-deleted, thank you. MBisanz ^talk 14:32, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

similar problem with above

Hi, I also have a new article User:superldm/Miroamer with similar content in an article you deleted before. Could you please check it to see if I can put it in the main space? Thank you very much! :) Superldm (talk) 00:10, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Looks like Keegan solved it. Good job. MBisanz ^talk 14:32, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Nat25atcam.ac.uk

Hiya, I noticed you blocked this user due to it representing a group. However, I think this is just someone using their university email address as their username (maybe not the best idea, but I wouldn't have thought blockable worthy?) I only noticed because I had a similar email when I was at uni! Quantpole (talk) 11:20, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Good point, unblocked. MBisanz ^talk 14:33, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Mr cleaner upper

MBisanz, would you please look at WP:AN#WOW and the discussion there. Is it possible that your indef block of this user may be a mistake? From what I can tell, we had a potential vandal fighter here. OK, they may not have gone about it correctly, but nothing a bit of gentle encouragement and education about how to fight vandals couldn't cure. Mjroots (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

 Commented MBisanz ^talk 00:10, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Bobsucksatlife

Would you please blank the Userpage of the above account you recently blocked? Thanks. --N419BH (talk) 00:05, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 00:10, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

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ANI

Per my previous issues with a lack of common courtesy this is a piss poor effort at best. Pedro :  Chat  19:36, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I've undone your lack of judgement [5]. Pedro :  Chat  20:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Um, I've never had an issue with you before and always have respected your judgment; I'm not sure how to interpret these sentiments. MBisanz ^talk 02:44, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Restoration request for the book: Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism

I request restoration of a previous wiki article about the following book, or the creation of a shorter stub.

Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism

Current reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Defending_the_West:_A_Critique_of_Edward_Said's_Orientalism&action=edit&redlink=1

The book is notable because of the following:

1. It's for sale at Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Defending-West-Critique-Edward-Orientalism/dp/1591024846 2. It's been reviewed by the NY Sun newspaper: http://www.nysun.com/arts/bertrand-russell-of-islam/67922/ 3. It is published by notable free-thinker publisher Prometheus Books - http://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=90_32&products_id=576 4. It was reviewed by the Hoover Institution. http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/19458849.html 5. Because I care about it, and I'm a human, not a number.

Please undelete the article immediately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbean (talk • contribs) 19:59, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Please see WP:DRV. MBisanz ^talk 06:08, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

File:Wikirotimi.jpg

Hi MBisanz. An editor claims to have sent an email to OTRS regarding the file permission of File:Wikirotimi.jpg. If it's not too much trouble, could you please look into it? Thanks, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 02:48, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 06:12, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!! Regards, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 06:13, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

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Email

Sent you an email; please reply at your leisure. NW (Talk) 18:16, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 20:14, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Betacommand end run around deletion process

Contacting you as his mentor. After I declined an invalid speedy deletion nomination on WODRA [6] Beta moved the article into his own userspace and then blanked it [7] essentially doing the deletion himself after it was declined. I don't know that this is specifically covered by the editing restriction on him, but it certainly isn't a proper way to get an article deleted. As he is a very experienced user and obviously knew what he was doing, my first thought was frankly a nice long block, but since he has a mentor I'm bringing it to you first. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:39, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

• I endorse User:Beeblebrox's point. Betacommand is escalating the matter quite intemperately. After his speedy was refused, he tried blanking it. When that didn't work, he tried a PROD. When that didn't work, he's taken it to AFD. There seems to have been no attempt to explore good alternatives to deletion per WP:BEFORE and there has been no attempt to discuss at the article. Colonel Warden (talk) 23:25, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

• Okey, I agree it looks weird, I've asked Beta to comment here and Hersfold to look it over as well before making any conclusions. MBisanz ^talk 04:19, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm having some computer issues. (i'm using my iPod to post this) this should befixed by Tuesday. I'll respond then — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betacommand (talk • contribs)

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I am in the process of closing this TFD, which will break the icons on this statement. If you don't mind, I would be happy to fix them for you, which would restore the original appearance, but not make any changes to the content ({{GA-icon}} -> {{icon|GA}} and {{FA-icon}} -> {{icon|FA}}). Otherwise, I will just leave them. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:57, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Unprotected, fix away, thank you. MBisanz ^talk 00:41, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

How do I contact you? I was just wondering why the photos I created and uploaded were deleted & how I can prevent this in the future.

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicmakestheworldgoround (talk • contribs) 17:01, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

User:MBisanz/Qs

Are you still interested in anonymizing the spoof RfA's at User:MBisanz/Qs? Should I ask Balloonman instead? As I've said before (quite a while ago now), I think most people who've been around long enough to be running for crat will know who the RfA's were for even if anonymized to the max, but it can't hurt, so I just want to know. By anonymize, I mean remove even the names of the voters rather than just the candidate (and possibly to names more distinctive than Voter1, Voter2, etc). If you think it's fine the way it is then I won't do it. —Soap— 19:22, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

It's a wiki! I'm too busy/disinterested to pursue that idea, but I have no objection to you doing so. MBisanz ^talk 20:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I did a test on User:MBisanz/Qs/RfACandidate4, but I'm not going to finish the job yet because 1)I'm a bit uncomfortable changing people's names, at least to "meaningful" things (I could produce a list of nonsense words that might be better), 2) the Javascript code I was using seems pretty weak, in that it fails to replace any name that has a non-ANSI character anywhere, even just something like é, and misses a lot of others for reasons I dont know. But I plan to finish this sometime in the future if I can get a better script. —Soap— 22:29, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

File:LA 1133.png

I noticed you nominated this for move to commons. Apparently, your move failed because the bot you requested to do it was blocked. I don't know what you want to do with it...I was considering uploading it to commons myself, but the uploader bot is down right now. Maybe you can move it yourself, or ask a different bot to do it Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 20:30, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

While we're on the subject, could you check if File:BrooklynDodgersCapInsignia.jpg is also a candidate for a move to commons? Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 20:44, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm a bit bored with MTC right now, so if you wanted to move it you could. Also, I defer to User:BlackKite as the expert on sports logos. MBisanz ^talk 23:52, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi!

When's the next time you will turn on your rename bot? Thanks, --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 15:20, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

If you mean the file rename bot, that wasn't a bot, that was just me with an excessive amount of free time. If you have a list of images that need renaming, I or any admin, can do it. MBisanz ^talk 23:51, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Question

Dear Matt,

Is this old wiki photo own work? I see that the uploader, who left wiki in 2008, uploaded many images concerning Sadat. But from his talkpage--which you can see--many of his images were deleted. I cannot say if it was a blatant copy vio problem or if he just forgot to indicate who the author was. The latter situation appears to be the case it appears--at first glance. This is an old 1970's image and I don't know if its own work. Its a hard call. What do you think? I was thinking of moving it to Commons until I saw the problem. Sigh! Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:57, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll nominate it for deletion, good call. MBisanz ^talk 22:38, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

• Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:38, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Issue

I logged in to check some things and noticed that my photo I uploaded and released for Charlton Hill page has been removed. This photo was my own work and I am unsure why this was unclear as it was not an issue with another image I uploaded - how can this be fixed? trollsb (talk) 13:56, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

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WOOF! New article

• J. K. Ralston, western artist — Dog The Teddy Bear • ^Bully! • 17:57, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

• Neat! MBisanz ^talk 19:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Delete images

Can you delete this wiki image which I moved to Commons. It is not used on wikipedia. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

• I also moved this one to Commons but its still used on 1 wiki page. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:29, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

•  Done MBisanz ^talk 05:33, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your help. I thought it was strange that no one replaced its usage and deleted the wiki picture. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:19, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Article Arjun & Guardians is back

Arjun_&_Guardians I've PRODed it but it may need WP:SALTing at this point. Padillah (talk) 17:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Can you remind me where I originally dealt with it? MBisanz ^talk 01:26, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Apparently you PRODed this article back in March 2009. After Somno PRODed itback in Feb 2009. I've PRODed it again but I can't SALT it and since you were the last admin to touch it... Actually, I was gonna ask Gwen but then I saw your name on the talk page and picked you instead. Padillah (talk) 13:56, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, I'll look into it then. MBisanz ^talk 00:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Ahh, ok, I'll watch the new article and if it isn't deleted, take it to AFD. MBisanz ^talk 03:25, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Regarding User:FacebookBot; I asked Cary to give it global API high limits-right, instead of botrights on every language-version of Wikipedia. It now has that right, without "bot", "autopatrol" and other rights that come from the bot-group. The user can be removed from the local botgroup, since it is no longer needed. Laaknor (talk) 07:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for the note. MBisanz ^talk 21:17, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hi MBisanz, I have noticed that my bot is approved for bot-flag. However it is still blocked infinity. Is there anything I need/should do prior running the bot ? Thanks a lot for your assistance. Cheers — Tjmoel  ^bicara 11:40, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 21:16, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

I hate to bug you but

The thing from last week with Betacommand [8] seems to have slipped through the cracks. His computer was working well enough for him to pursue an AFD on the article and to make other edits but not well enough for him to respond to your request for an explanation of this clearly out of process deceptive maneuver. I find this very troubling and if we just act like it never happened some less observant admin might let him get away with such trickery in the future. If his plan had worked the article simply would have disappeared into a redirect in his userspace. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:31, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I restored it below and am re-pinging him to explain. MBisanz ^talk 04:05, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

It was a stupid move to redirect the article, and wont happen again. As for my computer issues, those are completely real, and why Im not currently in a good mood. [9] is just one example of how bad my last two weeks have been. My primary computer's cooling fan died on May 15, so I switched to my backup, and a week later its primary hard drive failed. So I switched to the computer that I had been using as a media center for my home, to make things even worse on May 26th my axillary hard drive, (the one where all my data, backup webbrowser (the one I had been using since my PC failure), source code for my tools and 400GB+ of data suddenly crashed) Since then I have made one edit, that was pointed out to me via email, to fix a mistake i made to an article previously. Then there was an accidental edit while I was developing a tool for my employer's private intranet installation of mediawiki. (I do read only tests and previews on wikipedia as its a lot easier to identify bugs on the more complex markup that we use. while using my browsers search function I accidentally pressed save.) I got my computer back yesterday and have been scrambling to figure out exactly how much data I have lost and how far its going to set me back. the other two edits I made where to a page that I was pinged about on IRC via a watchbot that Ive used for years. So please dont give the snide comments implying that I'm lying, Ive just had a very very bad two weeks. β^_command 00:12, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Sigh. One sentence dealing with the actual problem, and it's basically a non-answer... It wasn't just "stupid" it was deceptive. If I thought it was just an honest mistake, I never would have bothered mentioning it to your mentor here. Please don't make any more deceptive edits of any kind. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:24, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Betacommand end run around deletion process

Contacting you as his mentor. After I declined an invalid speedy deletion nomination on WODRA [10] Beta moved the article into his own userspace and then blanked it [11] essentially doing the deletion himself after it was declined. I don't know that this is specifically covered by the editing restriction on him, but it certainly isn't a proper way to get an article deleted. As he is a very experienced user and obviously knew what he was doing, my first thought was frankly a nice long block, but since he has a mentor I'm bringing it to you first. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:39, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

• I endorse User:Beeblebrox's point. Betacommand is escalating the matter quite intemperately. After his speedy was refused, he tried blanking it. When that didn't work, he tried a PROD. When that didn't work, he's taken it to AFD. There seems to have been no attempt to explore good alternatives to deletion per WP:BEFORE and there has been no attempt to discuss at the article. Colonel Warden (talk) 23:25, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

• Okey, I agree it looks weird, I've asked Beta to comment here and Hersfold to look it over as well before making any conclusions. MBisanz ^talk 04:19, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm having some computer issues. (i'm using my iPod to post this) this should befixed by Tuesday. I'll respond then — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betacommand (talk • contribs)

• Betacommand has been bending over backwards to comply with the sanctions against him. After nearly a year of doing so, he deserves some WP:AGF. I can well believe he's having computer issues. I ran across an editing error of his here which left the article hamstrung (bottom sections of the article not displaying). I had to revert it. It's not like Betacommand to make a sweeping error like that. Put down the pitchforks please. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Jes Staley

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DYK for Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States

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OTRS Request...Again

Hi Matt, hope everything is well. When you have time (and if it's not too much trouble), could you please verify the OTRS permissions for File:David Spero M105.JPG, File:David Spero with his father.JPG, File:Michael Stanley and David Spero.JPG, and File:Yusuf Islam and David Spero.JPG? Thanks in advance. Regards, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 22:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 01:25, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!! -FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 01:54, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Cummins Corporate Office Building

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3 images

Dear Matt,

Feel free to delete these 3 wiki images here and here and here I had transferred them to Commons or labelled them with the Now Commmons tag but they have not been deleted even though their title names on wiki and Commons are identical. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:36, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

• You can delete this last one too if you wish. I just moved it to Commons under a more descriptive name. Best wishes, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:13, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
• If you can, please delete these 4 wikipedia images. I have no other requests to make. But if you cannot, then just let me know. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:21, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

•  Done MBisanz ^talk 02:04, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you. I got weary of seeing those images most of which which I had transferred to Commons many days ago still remaining on wikipedia and wondering why they still existed here. Thanks for your patience. With Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 03:04, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Cummins Corporate Office Building

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Alvin Greene

I have took Alvin Greene picture from official cite of South Carolina Democratic Party. http://www.scdp.org/candidates/federal/ It is a public domain since he is official Democratic nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election. I have got email from SCDC with permission for Alvin Greene picture to be shown on Wiki, and I have submit it to WikiCommons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greene1.jpg#filelinks But nobody approving it for 2 days already. Also, I want to rename it to another name like GreenAlvin.jpg because there is an editing conflict between WikiCommons and Wikipedia file with same name "Greene1.jpg" Please help, this is my first time submitting pictures with copyright permission to Wiki, reply to my talk page. Innab (talk) 17:13, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

I see NW solved it. MBisanz ^talk 05:52, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

File:KDAQ facilities.jpg

Hi Matt. Hate to bother you again, but could you verify that permission for a "File:KDAQ facilities.jpg" was forwarded to OTRS? Thanks in advance. Regards, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 05:47, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 05:58, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!! -FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 06:02, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

"Mass Imagocide"

You are mentioned here. You are probably watching that page already, but there are some personal claims you may wish to address. - Jarry1250 ^{[Humorous? Discuss.]} 10:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

I've responded, thanks. MBisanz ^talk 04:16, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Talk:FBL09

Could you provide me a copy of Talk:FBL09 to User:Heymid/Talk_FBL09, please? The talk page was removed, due to speedy deletion (G7) of the article itself. Heymid (talk) 19:01, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 04:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer

Thanks for allowing me this tool, I didn't request it but I will try to honour the trust given to me by applying it the best I can. I have already seen it at Commons, but that project is of a different nature than this one (most pages are files, and most are not ever edited again after uploaded, except for minor edits such as working with categories or adding descriptions in more languajes). So, I know "how" does this work, in the technical meaning, but not much about when to use and when not to. I hope you don't mind some questions.

• Are the new edits "hidden" until I review and approve them? Or do articles work as usual and this works as an internal procedure, like the patrolling new pages with the yellow highlight?
• What about test edits? They are not vandalism, but should be reverted anyway. Do I accept them as legitimate, and then revert?
• What happens with edit wars? Two or more users do not agree which is the "best" version, but both ones would be basically correct for the purposes of this. Should all versions be accepted, and leave the edit war to be resolved by other meanings? Does accepting a version, and not the other, count as taking part in the edit way or endorsing one of the edits as correct?
• What if someone adds information that seems somewhat strange, but isn't either a clear violation of WP:BLP nor a type of WP:REDFLAG? Do I accept it, and add a "citation needed" tag?
• Will my own edits need to be reviewed, or just those of users without reviewer status?
• I have noticed that only a few pages, not all the project, are chosen for this. Is this done so as part of the trial "experiment", or is there a ratonale on which pages are subject to this system or not? MBelgrano (talk) 03:47, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

1. Edits by either non-autoconfirmed or non-registered users will not be shown automatically on pages with level 1 Patrolled Changes. Level 2 would only show edits from admins and reviewers automatically, and isn't currently being used.
2. The purpose of PC is to ensure that only presentable information is given to the readers. Test edits and the like shouldn't be approved since they deface the page. Revert them.
3. Edit wars are trickier. You probably won't run in to them since level 1 PC only applies to non-autoconfirmed users and anons, but if you do, I'd suggest approving the edits and giving the edit warriors warnings. My thoughts here is that if one editor is non-autoconfirmed, but the other is, then the autoconfirmed editor shouldn't automatically win the edit war just because the other editors edits have to be reviewed, and his don't.
4. If the edit is presentable, accept it. If you are unsure, I'd accept and contact the user for more info, just like you would if you saw something a bit unusual on a page that isn't PC.
5. Edits of admins and reviewers are automatically reviewed.
6. A subset of pages that are currently semiprotected are being set to PC level 1 as the trial.

Prodego ^talk 04:19, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for granting me the tool. I will do my best to use it properly. Grandmaster 06:12, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for granting me reviewer user rights. I'll try to use it in the most responsible and useful way I can.(olive (talk) 14:45, 20 June 2010 (UTC))

Thank you, I think. I have read all the reference material and still do not understand what is happening. JimCubb (talk) 22:01, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry then, you don't need to review other edits, but having the flag means that other people won't need to bother reviewing your edits since you are experienced. MBisanz ^talk 00:12, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer rights...

I was told I was given "Reviewer Rights". Is this true, and how do I know it is so? Thanks, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

See the log ;) œ^™ 23:12, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Ahhhh... cool. Thanks. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:24, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

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Username change

Thanks a mint! Theodolite (talk) 15:56, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

One quibble - my user talk page doesn't seem to be working properly. It should be User_talk:Snurks (my old username), not the usurpation notice. Theodolite ➹ 16:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Fixed this. Related is bugzilla:23819, if you see any devs poke them, MB ;p –xeno^talk 16:55, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok, will do. MBisanz ^talk 18:51, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Becton, Dickinson and Company headquarters

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:02, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! MBisanz ^talk 14:07, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Waldorf Astoria

Sorry, I did not see your message at User talk:GiacomoReturned/Basildon Park untill about 2 minutes ago, or I would have replied; I don't know how I missed it. I wanted an image of the Basildon Room in the hotel (I imagine it is one of the function rooms) it was dimantleded from Basildon park in England anr re-erected in the hotel in the 1920/30s. here it here; sorry you had a wasted trip, it's my fault for not checking the talk page! :-(  Giacomo  12:03, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I have just realised that there are no images by you at the commons link - am I being more confused than usual?  Giacomo  12:10, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Brilliant, I have just found your gallery with them on (I was following the wrong link) and taken 3 which were exactly what I wanted. It's amazing realy, a week ago today I was looking at the reproduction of those panels in the room where the originals began their life and now the page can have photos of the originals and the missing fireplace! It's a great pity that those daft journalists who write such bollox about Wikipedia (see Jimbo's talk page) don't realise what can be quickly acheived with a little co-operation by having so many editors scattered over the planet. As a result, the Basildon Page will be, when finished, the most comprehensive thing about that house on the ineternet. Thanks so much for these.  Giacomo  12:31, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Excellent, I'm glad I could help. Let me know if you need any other NY or DC based images as I am a frequent visitor to those parts. You wouldn't know anyone in Paris would you? MBisanz ^talk 14:08, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Sadly not, but I will be there myself in Novemeber.  Giacomo  14:42, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Name change

Thank u very much :) NeedYouNow _{talk 2 me} 14:22, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

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See User_talk:Shubinator#DYK_Bot. Any input there from you? — Rlevse • Talk • 21:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Question for you there now. — Rlevse • Talk • 10:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

User:MBisanz/Imagetalk

I noted this page that is listed on Wikipedia:Database_reports/Long_pages. I assume it is some old stuff. Can it be removed? --Kslotte (talk) 05:28, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Sure, feel free to blank it. MBisanz ^talk 05:30, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Seculĝar Party of Australia page deletion

Hi, why was the Secular Party of Australia page deleted? Could you reinstate it so I can fix any problems with the page please? --Shraka (talk) 02:39, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't know which page you are talking about, can you link me? MBisanz ^talk 03:54, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Sure: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secular_Party_of_Australia -Shraka (talk) 04:44, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, that was just a redirect, it was actually deleted by J.delanoy (talk · contribs) see [12]. MBisanz ^talk 04:45, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Can you re-instate it or do I have to contact J.delanoy? --Shraka (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:52, 1 July 2010 (UTC).

I restored it, but someone else may re-delete it if sources are not added. MBisanz ^talk 05:00, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll fix that up with references now. Erm, 'cept it doesn't seem to be back yet. How long does it usually take to be restored? Shraka (talk) 05:03, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

See The Secular Party of Australia MBisanz ^talk 05:04, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Cheers! Shraka (talk) 05:14, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Recent Block

Hi, I see you've blocked the user what made this diff ([13]), however, I noticed you left a message saying how the username was the only reason for the block, which, I believe should not be the case, as the diff demonstrated that this is an vandalism only account. If you could use the RevisionDelete extension on the diff above, that'd be great as well. Thanks. Connormah (talk | contribs) 03:07, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I think he is indef blocked which is good enough. MBisanz ^talk 03:55, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Seems good, but I was just worried at to the template you used, reading 'your username is the only reason for this block'. Cheers. Connormah (talk | contribs) 14:58, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Name change & contribs

Hi, thanks for changing my username. I was wondering how long it normally takes for contributions to be re-attributed from my old username to the new one. See old contribs and new contribs. Nothing has moved over from what I can tell, and the name change happened on June 24. I do see all 6,900 contribs in Special:Preferences. Thanks  --Joshua Scott (formerly LiberalFascist) 04:26, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Means the rename broke your account, you'll need to file a bugzilla:. MBisanz ^talk 04:30, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Done, thanks. (Hopefully I filed it correctly)  --Joshua Scott (formerly LiberalFascist) 05:06, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

This logo file

Can you see anything in this logo file It is used in wiki's article on Canada Day--my country's independence day but the screen appears blank. Do you see the same blank screen? If this is the case, I wonder what should be done with it. Any ideas? Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 22:16, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I see a maple leaf logo, try pressing F5 to reload it. MBisanz ^talk 22:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

• I'll try that. Thank you. --Leoboudv (talk) 06:00, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

A request

Hi. Can you see this? I was told you are a "mentor" of Betacommand. Thanks.--TeleS ^{(talk / pt-wiki talk)} 02:35, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Please, read this page too. Thanks.--TeleS ^{(talk / pt-wiki talk)} 02:57, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Given his probation expires this week, I am going to defer the issue to Huntster for regular administrative review since he seems to know more about the particular issue. MBisanz ^talk 20:55, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Let the Angels Whisper Your Name

I have nominated Let the Angels Whisper Your Name, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Let the Angels Whisper Your Name (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:44, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I think it is from an AFD close, noted. MBisanz ^talk 21:06, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

OTRS matter

Hi. :) I had sent you an e-mail on the 1st, but in case it went awry wanted to follow up here since I have not heard from you. There is a question regarding an OTRS matter on my talk page from a contributor who wants to know whether the permission granted for a photograph was provided by the photographer, who is in most cases of course the copyright owner, as opposed to the subject. The question is here. Since you handled the Ticket:2010060310052355, I wanted to invite your input. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:15, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Emailed you. MBisanz ^talk 21:06, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

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Username question

I changed my username a while ago, but have recently found out that some talk pages still have my RL name instead of my current username. What can I do to ensure privacy? Can that somehow be changed to my new nick?

Thanks

Hmm... (talk) 16:30, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

No, those things can't really be changed. You can go and re-edit each of the instances that appears on Google, but there is no way to go re-change all of them. MBisanz ^talk 13:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Delphic Games

Hello! Could you please help me with the article Delphic Games of the modern era? The problem is: users Delphico and DarDar, who seem to be acting on behalf of International Delphic Council - Berlin, keep reverting my edits. They protest against adding the information about another organization, which prepares Delphic Games as well. The organization is International Delphic Committee - Moscow. IDC Moscow is a notable organization, setting up events of international scale - I don't know why it shoudn't be mentioned in this article. It currently receives UNESCO and Council of Europe patronage, while IDC Berlin hasn't received any patronage at all lately. To my mind, it is against the rule of Neutrality. More information here.

The problem with these organizations has, in fact, been worked out in ruwiki with help of admins and ArbCom members. Delphic Games of the modern era article in ruwiki is now the most neutral and correct one. So my suggestion is: translate the ruwiki article (I can do it), and edit the enwiki one according to russian version.

By the way, once the article about IDC Berlin has been deleted, and not only in enwiki, but in dewiki (!) as well.

Could you please kindly let me know what you think about this issue in general and about my suggestion? Thank you in advance! Ivan Moskalev (talk) 18:16, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I have no idea about this topic. MBisanz ^talk 04:58, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you. I think we (I mean the users I mentioned before) should try to work it out ourselves. Ivan Moskalev (talk) 14:43, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

...

Did you actually give Fetchcomms the admin rights? sonia^♫♪ 07:46, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Urm, yes, I was just popping in to ask the same question - it looks like he's been demoted? I suspect that you just missed out the 'SysOp' part when changing his rights.  Chzz  ►  09:25, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorted out by Deskana. No worries, cheers,  Chzz  ►  11:39, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Ooops, thanks for catching it. MBisanz ^talk 13:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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My name change request

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Dear MBisanz,

I hope you are able to see my 2 day old WikiCommons message on your account there. It concerns a certain DR I gave. This not an ordinary DR and I think only someone like you has the qualifications to make the decision...since the 7 days period is up. In 2007 & 2008, images with a broad permission even for wikipedia were OK (this permission has no restrictions--if you read the message on the source link) but in 2009, they required OTRS. But this given image permission...straddles the 2009 cut-off date. I hope you will check it out carefully. If it was uploaded in 2008, I would pass it right away but it doesn't by 4 days so Admin MGA73 suggested I hold a formal DR on it. Anyway, pls look at the DR and consider reaching a decision to keep or delete it on WikiCommons. Its entirely your call. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:07, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

• Dear Matt, Would you prefer not to decide in that Commons DR. I am just curious here. If that is your decisions that's fine, of course. Just let me know please. Thank you, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:41, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm just a bit too busy to look into that right now, I've been working mainly here at WP and in RL. MBisanz ^talk 22:02, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

• OK Its not your fault. I understand completely. (Everyone is busy in the summer) If you are unable to look into closing the DR as a keep or a delete in say 5-6 days, I'll consider asking another Admin on Commons to look at it instead. I don't want to put more burdens on your job here. I just thought about asking you since you are a specialist in image permissions on Commons. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:18, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

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It appears that Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Δbot is held up not only by ArbCom restrictions but also by community sanctions as well, which were in indefinite force prior to the ban being put in place and persist today. Since you have worked closely with this editor, perhaps you could prepare a post to WP:AN seeking the relaxing or lifting of both Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2#Other restrictions and #Community-imposed restrictions ? –xeno^talk 13:17, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

I mentored Beta for a year and was very worn out from the experience, so I'm not sure I am up to the task of crafting a new proposal re: his sanctions. Could you maybe look at what you think would be reasonable and propose it and I would most likely comment in agreement with whatever you suggest. MBisanz ^talk 05:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Ok, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Relaxing or rescinding of community-imposed restrictions on User:Betacommand / Δ. –xeno^talk 13:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hard to follow the OTRS path but it says to start with the editor who had made an edit and that seems to be you (in this case you seem to be the person who added the informaiton about OTRS to the image(s)). A series of images were uploaded by a possible SPA editor for use in articles they created. The subject of these images obtained an OTRS to release them into PD - all of them actually say permission was given by the subject and were obtained from their facebook "collection". However it is clear that the subject is not the "author" of any of the images so the core issue now is that the OTRS needs to be overturned. Just because the subject of an image has a "collection" of images with them in it they do not automatically own the copyright on these images. We don't allow somebody to say "I found this on facebook and that means I can freely use it" because it is a copyvio, the same applies to the "subject" of photos taken from their own facebook account. The images all fall under ticket number #2010060310052355. Thanks Soundvisions1 (talk) 04:59, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I handled some of it, but it looks like User:Moonriddengirl knows all the details. MBisanz ^talk 05:08, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

User:Andre Engels

Hello. I saw you recently gave the reviewer rights to Andre Engles. Considering his recent behavior at Garmin, I would ask you reconsider this action. Your thoughts on this matter are appreciated. Thanks!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 16:32, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Given he is a former admin in good standing Wikipedia:FORMER#Resigned and a current steward m:Steward#List_of_stewards, I'm not sure what would be good grounds for him not to have reviewer. Maybe I'm missing some larger issue. MBisanz ^talk 05:05, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I was honestly unaware of that, and probably should have done my research prior to posting here. However now I'm somewhat confused as to why one of our stewards is vandalising.--Gordonrox2448 (talk) 17:12, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

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"that the solar panels on the Georgetown Intercultural Center were designed with prevent interference with planes at Reagan National Airport?"

Did you mean...
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Ahh, yes, thank you. MBisanz ^talk 04:51, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Great job with the ICC article. My only comment was that, as I understand it, there wasn't really any concern from the FAA or actual pilots or airlines, and that the suggestion that the panels would be distracting came from residents opposed to the construction. Flipping the panels over to the rough side has prevented them from being cleaned regularly, which has caused them to loose much of their potential. I'll try to track down the article I read in the Georgetown Voice about that. Anyway, good work on the article.-- Patrick {_oѺ^∞} 19:13, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, MBisanz. How can I disconnect myself from certain global wikis? Would renaming myself do the trick? Thanks, TEK (talk • e-mail) 22:14, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Renaming should break the SUL or a m:Steward can do it. MBisanz ^talk 00:57, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I have already filed a request at WP:Changing username/Simple. TEK (talk • e-mail) 01:05, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

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File:Durgapur Xpressway.jpg

Hi Matt. When you've got time, could you check on the OTRS permission for a "File:Durgapur Xpressway.jpg"? Thanks in advance. Regards, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 04:12, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The ticket is otrs:2010080510004604, but the permission is a bit unclear, could you run it by a second OTRS person? Thanks MBisanz ^talk 04:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Certainly. Thank you, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 05:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi Matt, sorry to bother you again. The uploader claims to have sent another email to OTRS. When you have time, could you please check up on that? Thanks , FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 18:47, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

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Basildon Park

I thought you might like to know your excellent photographs are now in mainspace - amamzing isn't it - what can be acheived with a little international good will. Thanks.  Giacomo  23:13, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Excellent news. MBisanz ^talk 19:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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Video 125

Hey - I'd like to contest the deletion of the article Video 125. I looked it up fully expecting there to be an article on the company, and when I found there wasn't, looked into it as I was sure there had been once. The original article may have been overly commercial-sounding (that seems to be the only complaint in the deletion log) but I feel a newly written article on the company is required. They are one of the most notable makers of railway documentaries (specifically driver's eye views) in the UK and have a long history, with many of their films now so old they document the history of the lines they cover themselves. As the deletion decision was made with all of two votes, I feel strongly that considering my vote alone is half of that, a review is definitely in order. Thanks! Tom walker (talk) 20:03, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

See WP:DRV or ask one of the people who commented at the time if they see it differently now. MBisanz ^talk 03:52, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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for the name change. :) Peace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WillS211 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for changing my user name, have a good 1! --Mr. Wikipedia (talk) 19:37, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! MBisanz ^talk 21:27, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

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When can we flag the DYKhousekeeping bot 2? — Rlevse • Talk • 14:48, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

He said it has a flag from before but does need approval still. Where are we at on that? — Rlevse • Talk • 15:10, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

We have Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DYKHousekeepingBot and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DYKHousekeepingBot 2, I'll try to look at the second one later today. MBisanz ^talk 18:16, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

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Your email address has been hacked and is being used for spam. Might want to check that out. Protonk (talk) 06:53, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Matt's sent out an email explaining and apologising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougweller (talk • contribs) 06:58, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

• Some website nicely used FB Connect's permissive settings to access my Yahoo email and send out several hundred emails under my name. I have no idea what it is and my smarter technical friends say it is something called "trueswitch." Apparently I caught it early, it only got out about 500 emails before I changed the password and cut the connection. I know that sounds like a huge amount, but my address book archive has 15,000 entries that it would have worked its way through overnight. In any case, sincere apologies for the spam. MBisanz ^talk 07:31, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

But my investment is safe right? 20% per month just like we agreed? Otherwise can you please send back my bank account number, because I will need it for other stuff. :) Franamax (talk) 09:53, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

• no worries. Just wanted you to know since a lot of the email hacks are reasonably sophisticated (especially if you use a client like outlook) in their methods of hiding replies and outgoing emails. Protonk (talk) 17:33, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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This photo

Dear Matt,

I haven't been editing much at wikipedia (as you likely know) but this non-free use image in this Star Trek actor's wikipedia article cannot be used here since the subject is very much alive. It should face deletion. Can you launch an image DR? I don't know how to do this. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:27, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Darn'it!

I was too busy to get on yesterday. There goes my streak of 979 consecutive days editing. Anyone got better than that? MBisanz ^talk 02:08, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

I've got a time machine you can buy. Only used by a little old lady on Sundays to go back to the flapper era. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:35, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Matt. Take. A. Wikibreak. Holy wow. Over two and a half years?! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:00, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Maybe I'm due, this is edit # 100,001. MBisanz ^talk 03:53, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Hey coach?

Hi MBisanz--some otherwise perfectly sane folks have suggested that I run for admin. There's a lot to learn there. If I sign up for admin coaching, would you be my coach? I have seen you around and respect you, and the guarantee of a 20% return on investment appeals to me also. If not, if you're too busy for instance, could I ask someone else (e.g., LadyofShalott, Ucucha) or is that not how it's done at all? Thanks! Drmies (talk) 14:15, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm a bit busy these days, I'd recommend LadyofShalott. MBisanz ^talk 22:09, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Unblock request of A Quest For Knowledge

Hello MBisanz. A Quest For Knowledge (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. Regards, JamesBWatson (talk) 16:48, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 21:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

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Image delete

I think its time for this photo to be deleted since its copyrighted but used for a living person's wiki article. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:07, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 05:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you for taking action here. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:37, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Voice of All name change

Since you renamed him all of my javascript things aren't working. >:(—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 22:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, undid the .js moves so it should work now. MBisanz ^talk 22:30, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, now it's not working, again, because I had User:TheDJ look into it and he found that several scripts were dependent on other scripts.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 22:47, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Also fixed. MBisanz ^talk 22:57, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Wiki-style site

Hello MBisanz!! I know you're a fairly experienced editor (not underrating the other people), What I have been to ask you is whether it is aware of how to create a Wiki-style site .... I do not know if it has something to do with it...I made already the download of this program in Media Wiki... It´s a WinRAR format... but i don´t how start... :-/ Can you help me please..?!

Best regards, Light Warrior^{Conspiracy?!?} 00:49, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea how to do that kind of think, but User:MZMcBride does. MBisanz ^talk 01:04, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much to your quickly response!! I will ask im how. Regards. Light Warrior^{Conspiracy?!?} 01:14, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Renaming

Please restore my name back to JDDJS. I might decide to change it later, but I decided I wanted to think about it more. Also can I create the account under Eddie Da Wonderdog (but not use it) to make sure it's available in the future if I do change it. Eddie Da Wonderdog (talk) 01:23, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry for the trouble. JDDJS (talk) 01:31, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Not to be annoying but my user page and talk page weren't moved back. JDDJS (talk) 01:33, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Problem fixed. JDDJS (talk) 02:01, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

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Ok. MBisanz ^talk 20:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

• This is pure top class action :) Sorry for this message MBisanz, but I couldn't help laughing myself off the chair when I saw this notice to you :):):) Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 18:20, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

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ACE2010

Matt, thank you indeed for agreeing to be an election admin. I will add your name to the page now. There is currently discussion of the draft general questions at a sub-page. Tony (talk) 08:46, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Now watching. MBisanz ^talk 00:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

photo Nojus nematomi2009.jpg deleted

Hi, I uploaded nojus_nematomi2009.jpg photo of me with permission by my friend photographer Sunny Doran. You deleted in on Sept 14th, 2009. Please, recall it.

Thank you, Milberg (talk) 11:06, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Contact us/Photo submission MBisanz ^talk 00:36, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

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Ok, thanks for the note. MBisanz ^talk 13:31, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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I would approve this myself, but since I requested it and approved the trial, figured I should leave it for someone else. imo, it's a slam dunk. –xeno^talk 14:57, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 01:45, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, Cactus26 worked to fix a widespread link problem on the German Wikipedia resulting from a website changing its urls (I remember the Hindu newspaper did something similar and we used a bot for cleanup on here). Cactus asked whether he/she could help on Enwiki here and whether someone could give guidance. I saw you work on bots and are in the category of user allowed to grant bot status, so could you please reply to Cactus, because I don't know very much about bot operation. Thanks a lot Hekerui (talk) 10:31, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the thought, but User:Xeno probably has better availability right now. If you want to send him to WP:BRFA, that would also be an option. MBisanz ^talk 18:09, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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thanks

User:Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:09, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I see I need to change the signature manually.Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:10, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm a bit confused: I see the account was renamed [14], and the log entries and user pages of the old account have properly been transferred, but the edits are still in the contribution history of the old account [15]. Is this a technical glitch? Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:33, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Yep, known issue that sometimes all of the edits don't move over. Nothing we can do to fix it though since it is a software bug. MBisanz ^talk 20:51, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, okay, thanks, I didn't know that. Weird. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:05, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Ping

Hi Matt, I've emailed you about procedural stuff. Tony (talk) 07:45, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Quick Question

Just a quick question. A couple years ago you nominated this page for deletion, while you didn't nominate this page as well, even though they were created days apart? Now it seems like the one you didn't nominate is a full blown task force. Aren't we (admins at least) supposed to be consistent with deletion nominations? BW21.--BlackWatch21 23:17, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

No, SSP became SPI, while SIU was a fork of SPI. From a development perspective it makes sense. MBisanz ^talk 01:32, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

That makes more sense. I've been away from wikipedia too long, lol.--BlackWatch21 03:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

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Shout out for Volunteers:

I noticed you served here, would you be willing to repeat the performance this year?. I ask because there's a call for help at the election talk page, and because you have the tools we need. Cheers, Sven Manguard _Talk 23:06, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Matt has kindly agreed to serve as an election administrator this year. Skomorokh 16:19, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

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A Question?

Is it advisable if you could consider restoring this deleted non-free image here:

• Image:ST-TNG Rascals.jpg

It should have been used in this article here but I don't know why it was deleted precisely years ago. If there was no fair use rationale given for it, I can add one for the image and use it in the star trek article. I can't tell if the image is any good but its just a suggestion. If you think it should Not be restored, please just let me know why. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:15, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 20:44, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your help. It is used in the article now with a fair use rationale. --Leoboudv (talk) 21:12, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Bio for Deletion?

You nominated an article about me for deletion and it was deleted here. No problema. This article - Pete Perry - is actually even worse (fewer WP:RS/more personal editing). And editor put User_talk:PeteinDC#Proposed_deletion_of_Pete_Perry on his talk page on same grounds you had for mine. But Perry argued with the the editor who didn't have stomach to see it through. Since I have a COI with this guy personally/politically, I can't nominate it. But just in case you wanted to do so. Thanks. CarolMooreDC (talk) 22:32, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

4 wikipedia images for deletion

Dear Matt,

Can you please delete these 4 images from wikipedia? They have long ago been moved to Wikicommons but no one deleted the originals here on English wikipedia:

• File:Eastbourne College.jpg
• File:Embassy of Eritrea.JPG
• File:Embassy of Estonia.JPG
• File:Viewfromsky.jpg

Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:11, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 00:58, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your help. Its appreciated. --Leoboudv (talk) 00:43, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

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This image

Dear Matt,

Can this image here be restored?

• File:ST-TNG The Chase.jpg

It was deleted because it was missing a fair use rationale but I can give 6 rationales for it and use the image in this article here which lacks any screencaps. What do you think? Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:20, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 04:49, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your help. The image was uploaded 5 years ago by Cburnett who is now an Admin here. But of course I can't ask him to restore his own images as that would be a conflict of interest. I just thought that his images on Star Trek were right to the point. And I always checked to see that an image he (likely) once uploaded was not restored and then deleted again as that would not be a good image to restore. Thanks again for your help. Best regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:20, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

One final image

Dear Matt,

Could you restore 1 final image which was also deleted because it had no fair use rationale. I believe it was first uploaded by Cburnett. Here is the photo:

• File:ST-TNG Birthright Part 2.jpg

It should be used here but the article still lacks any images. I can add 5 fair use rationales for it. What do you think? This is my final request. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:22, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

 Done feel free to ask anytime. MBisanz ^talk 08:10, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

• Dear Matt, OK, If there is 1 or 2 more images, I would contact you. But it will not be more than that and I will check first to make sure they are uncontroversial images with no conflicting histories of prior restorations and deletions. I have added the 5 fair use rationales and used the image in the wiki article I mentioned. Thanks for your kind help. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:00, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Michele Gallagher

Hallo, you have placed the redirect on the article to Michele Gallagher after a erase discussion. In the German Wikipedia the article was created also, and there began a erase discussion, too. But I began to edit on the article and made a version, which was in the sense of the administrator Ok. Today, I made again a revision. Compare the German article de:Michele Gallagher For a quick translation you can use the bable fish. Part one of the article owns few informations to Michele Gallaghers life. But I suppose it is interesting for people that this actress seems to have never had other roles. Part 2. gives informations to the gossip of a possible death of Michele Gallagher.

I do not know if it would be a good idea to translate the German article into English, but I would do it, if there would be interest. A problem could be that IPs could try to implement their own opinions to the second topic. On the German site this happened one time. But it was re-edited. In this situation it was possible to say, that there exists a administration decision which says that the article is neutral (compare erase discussion), gives enough interesting facts and should not be erased.

Ok, if there would be a interest for a translation, I would make it possibly in the next year, but not on the beginning of the year.

If you think it would be a good idea. please write on my German page. Because I will not have you on my watchlist. If not, you must not answer.

with friendly greetings, Soenke --Soenke Rahn (talk) 18:44, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

(Answer to your Answer) OK, I will see when I have the time to translate it. Possibly I should translate it earlier, but in the moment I translate my Luther film articles. So I will see when I will take the time. with friendly greetings, Sönke --Soenke Rahn (talk) 13:21, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

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Comment for you

Dear Matt,

Thanks for your offer to restore some more images. I have actually just one, and this is one, final image and this is the one:

• File:ST-TNG Nth Degree.jpg

It was deleted years ago for lacking some kind of license but I think it was originally uploaded by Cburnett. If this is so, could you possible restore it so that I could use in this article Star Trek article? It is actually one of the better received star trek episodes. I can add the missing license and 5 non-fair use rationales. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:55, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 00:38, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your help. That is definitely the last one. Cheers, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review for Manuel Rosa

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Manuel Rosa. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:43, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

If you could take care of this

can you take care of this.

Ok, sorry to see you withdraw, but not what I handle for the software-side. One of the coordinators will get around to fixing anything that needs doing momentarily. Best of luck. MBisanz ^talk 04:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Laagi Tujhse Lagan

Hello, MBisanz … In spite of the result of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laagi Tujhse Lagan, this article has grown into a pile of unsourced WP:FANCRUFT being maintained by WP:SPAs and anons (note the most recent edit) … should this go to AfD again, or is there some other way to delete it? Happy Editing! — The Bipolar Anon-IP Gnome (talk) _{20:15, 3 December 2010 (UTC)}

 Done MBisanz ^talk 07:10, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Hey

Hey there, You said last year I uploaded a file called Skype.jpg, but that was not uploaded by me. I believe my account was hacked into, I will change my password. Regards, -Doommaster1994 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doommaster1994 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

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Restore Robert Sands (football player)

Hi there, could you please restore Robert Sands (football player), an article deleted at AfD 2 years ago? The player in question is now a multiple-time all conference player and I don't feel like writing the article from new. Thanks--TM 18:38, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 03:12, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

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You attention is kindly drawn to this. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:23, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Um, I'm recused from acting administratively towards both of you, so what exactly is the request you are making? MBisanz ^talk 06:47, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays!

Dear MBisanz, Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season, whether you are celebrating Christmas or a different holiday. It's a special time of the year for almost everyone, and there's always a reason to spread the holiday spirit! ;) Love, --Meaghan [talk] ≈ 15:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Laagi Tujhse Lagan

Hello again, MBisanz … Looks like the fanboys have restored Laagi Tujhse Lagan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) again, and won't let it die … any help would be appreciated. Happy Editing! — 70.21.16.94 (talk · contribs) _{19:46, 23 December 2010 (UTC)}

Username help

Hi MBisanz, thanks for changing my username. I was wondering if you could help me out again. I logged in to another wiki with my old Cwenger username, and then when I navigated back to Wikipedia my old account name was auto-recreated. It does not have any edits. Can it be deleted? That would be nice because then I won't have to worry about case when logging in. Thanks. –CWenger (talk) 15:14, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

No, sorry, we don't have the ability to delete accounts. I could block it for you so you won't accidentally edit here from it? MBisanz ^talk 15:40, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Nah, that's OK. Thanks though. Just wish it was easier to rename all my Wiki accounts at once... –CWenger (talk) 22:49, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

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File:ST-VOY 7 10.jpg

Dear Admin MBisanz,

I notice this image was deleted since it was unused for 7 days since someone created a redirect (merged parts 1 and 2 of this article) years ago. The image was left orphaned unintentionally. So, there is no image for this article here I was just curious if it could be restored. This is a Voyager Star Trek article and it seems to be one of the better regarded season 7 Voyager Trek shows. Just curious. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:37, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 16:39, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

• Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:04, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

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Jochen Dornbusch

Hi MBisanz,

You added a flag for the Jochen Dornbusch article. I have shortened and sharpened-up what is essentially a stub, but with no stub tag, and with reasoning in the article’s talk page. Care to take a look? Best wishes,

Acabashi (talk) 12:51, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

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72.14.194.1

Hi. 72.14.194.1, which you disabled the global block for locally, has been reblocked as a proxy.   — Jeff G.  ツ 18:48, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I hope that doesn't kill ClueBot. Cobi will fix it if it does, I assume. MBisanz ^talk 18:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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File:ST-TNG Attached.jpg

Dear Matt,

Could this image possibly be restored? It was deleted years ago for not having a fair use rationale. I could add one for it and use the image file in this article here which has none. That was where it was used originally. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:06, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 21:25, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

• Thank you for your help, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:58, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

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Category:Wikipedia files requiring renaming

We miss you! Hope law school is going your way!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:24, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

FYI on File:Bisanz.JPG

Just FYI that that file was moved to commons & I've removed from here (it was protected here) - it can be restored here if there's a history on it that I'm missing :) Skier Dude (talk) 03:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! MBisanz ^talk 03:57, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Question about a couple of images

Hi, MBisanz...I was about to transwiki File:Wiki.picture by drawing machine 1.jpg and File:Wiki.Picture by Drawing Machine 2.jpg but I see that they are lacking evidence of permission. I noticed from the file logs that you deleted them once for that reason, then restored them...a little research turned up this thread in your archives which explained things, but it doesn't verify that Elaine O'Hanrahan (talk · contribs) is indeed the Elaine O'Hanrahan who is the estate executor. What do you think we should do? Kelly ^hi! 20:38, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Er, that thread was a long time ago. I would just transwiki and trust the uploader. MBisanz ^talk 03:46, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Blashley-smcmahon.jpg

Can I ask you to reconsider your deletion of this file? It was clearly marked PD-self; I see no reason to believe it thus needed "permission". This is important, because we currently have a file that's a derivative of it: File:ShanebMcMahon.jpg. Magog the Ogre (talk) 16:37, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 03:45, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

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Three bios need deleting

You initiated deletion of my article here in 2009, which was fine with me. You wrote at the time: Article is on a non-notable political activist which has extensive editing by a party with a conflict of interest and has significant WP:YOURSELF issues. Most of the refs violate WP:EL#Avoid_undue_weight_on_particular_points_of_view when taken in total and the other refs are primarily to things unrelated to the subject (organizations, events, etc). Merely promoting already famous ideas or being associated with notable organizations does not create notability in the general or specific forms. For these reasons I believe this article should be deleted.

I since have run into three very problematic activists biographies but since I have criticized these people in person or online, I feel it would be a WP:COI for me to AfD them. But feel free to do it yourself.

• Keith Preston. no WP:RS at all and one tag about it
• Pete Perry already tagged by others for notability and COI; much self editing; misleading refs; now someone has tacked on a completely different bio to the bottom!
• Malachy Kilbride - This one has a few WP:RS, but far less than mine.

If you don't have time, feel free to recommend someone who might want to do it. Thanks. CarolMooreDC (talk) 17:44, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

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User:DeltaQuad/Christmas2010 --MBisanz ^talk 22:26, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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Discussion regarding bot task approval: ISBN formatting

Hi, with regard to the latest bot task for my bot that you were involved in approval of, you may be interested to comment on Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval/RjwilmsiBot_6, Wikipedia_talk:MOS#ISBNs or Wikipedia_talk:ISBN#ISBNs_and_hyphens. Thanks Rjwilmsi 18:04, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

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Please reconsider (a.k.a. Old deletion requests die hard ;-))

Hello Matt! A while ago you made a visit to Commons and closed a deletion request that had discussion going for months. I commented at your Commons talk page and answered the concern you had then but never heard from you again. I didn't want to push you further and patiently waited for your reply (...and then became busy in real life.) However, I'm asking you to please reconsider that decision. The deleted template was restored after I presented counter-arguments to deletion point by point, and consensus was on the "Keep" side, but still you deleted it anyway because of the small concern that I answered on your Commons talk. I apologize for re-opening this discussion at this time but that decision resulted in deletion of hundreds of excellent images with high encyclopedic value that are completely free. Not to mention that they are used on almost every single Wkikpedia. And as you know, deletions here are much, much easier than un-deletions. I'm sure you have many things on your agenda, but I'd really appreciate if you have a look at the discussion again (I'll discuss any concerns you have), and (hopefully) re-close it with the blue check mark this time ;-). Best regards, -- Orionist ★ talk 14:22, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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Happy Birthday

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File:Nilometer on Rodah, Egypt (DavidRoberts).jpg

Hi there. I think you deleted this old painting by David Roberts in error. Please reconsider. --Leyo 20:48, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz ^talk 23:36, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. --Leyo 09:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you

I appreciate you taking the time to handle my request for a username change. – e.James (talk) – 04:19, 15 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by E.James (talk • contribs)

User name issue

Hey MBisanz, can you please have a look at User talk:Krupski Oleg? There's an associated message on my talk page. In short, a user (I think) changed their name and now has two accounts--perhaps because Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple is really not that simple. Thanks! (And while you're at it, please fix Krupski--I don't even know where to start.) Drmies (talk) 14:09, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't see where it went wrong. He probably just recreated the old name via SUL. Accounts can't be split in that manner. MBisanz ^talk 18:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

That's what I thought. But I don't know enough about these things, and I'm not even sure I understand what they're asking. So not they have two accounts? I assume they can't be merged like articles can... Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:47, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it appears they now have two accounts that cannot be merged. Best just to abandon the old one or have some sysop block it to avoid accidental use if they are really worried. MBisanz ^talk 21:55, 16 March 2011 (UTC)