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M. Macha Nightmare Deletion Nomination

Just FYI: The link you provided to the talk page for the 2nd deletion nomination, the one that just closed (2012), appears to lead to the first nomination instead (2010).Rosencomet (talk) 23:48, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Other Deletion Nominations to Close

I was a contributor to these, so I don't think I should close them, but they appear to be no-brainers and a week old. Could you give them a look? Kenny Klein, LaSara FireFox, Luisah Teish and Trance Mission. Thanks!Rosencomet (talk) 00:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

• This looks like WP:ADMINSHOP. Qworty (talk) 01:24, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

• My views exactly, Qworty. Rosencomet, just give them some time. —Theopolisme 01:59, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

OK. I don't understand what I'm supposed to have done wrong, but I also don't understand when a Nomination gets the attention of someone who can close it when the time comes. Is there someone who takes it on when the nomination is made? Really, I don't know much about that side of Wikipedia. I'm not trying to violate any of the MANY rules and guidelines and just plain essays that seem to exist here, and it doesn't help that Qworty sort of dogs my heels and jumps in with an accusation of wrong-doing whenever I try to have a conversation with or make a suggestion to anyone. If I'm crossing some line of protocol, just tell me; believe me, I'm not looking to cause any problems. Rosencomet (talk) 02:41, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Quartus

I see you relisted this for debate. You realise, don't you, that the merge has been done, and so "keep" and "merge" are equivalent in this instance - hence, everyone has basically agreed. Relisting would seem to be a waste of people's time. StAnselm (talk) 00:48, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I've just notice that you're not even an admin. I hope you know what you're doing. I would like to draw your attention to WP:RELISTINGISEVIL. StAnselm (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Replied on AfD page. —Theopolisme 02:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Revision of Mona Charen Article

I do not remember what I wrote in Mona Charen's article that you felt compelled to remove; however, it is entirely possible that it was indeed, as you put it, "not constructive". However, given that nothing Mona Charen espouses even remotely approaches the level of "constructive", I felt I was well within my rights to talk about her in precisely the same manner that she talks about others. In fact, given the drivel that she routinely spouts, what I wrote was probably a good deal more constructive than her standard faire. With this in mind, you might want to reconsider your decision. 70.140.185.205 (talk) 01:53, 20 November 2012 (UTC) How do I sign this? I don't have a handle. But if I did have one, it would be vt500ascott.

Hi there, 70.140. This is a link to what I undid — as you can see, it was an unsourced allegation about her...which violates WP:BLP, a Wikipedia policy. —Theopolisme 02:05, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

hi

Hello! :-) Thanks! 78.43.201.46 (talk) 14:50, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Maliblue

maybe someone could add on? --Dk92kkd (talk) 23:30, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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List of past committee members of the De Montfort University Rowing Club

You recently invited User:Joebrunton/ User talk:Joebrunton to the Teahouse, where you are a host. Joe Bruton has has created a new article List of past committee members of the De Montfort University Rowing Club. This article is not notable. I see that he is creating an article in a sandbox on the rowing club, which is likely to be notable. Perhaps you can help this newbie, or find someone else to help. I review new articles, but I cannot shoulder the responsibility of non-notable articles created by new users. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:33, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dthomsen. If you look at the history, you'll notice that I actually didn't leave the invite--it was User:HostBot (the whole specific editor signature deal is part of a study by the Wikipedia folks/etc). Regardless, I'll give it a look. —Theopolisme 17:19, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Malik ibn Anas

Hi there,

I understand my edit was removed due to its apparent lack of constructivity (the "peace be upon him" addition). However, I have a basis for adding "peace be upon him" after the mention of the Prophet, which happens to be explained on Wikipedia too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_be_upon_him_(Islam)

It's basically part of how Muslims have been instructed to address the Prophet whenever he's mentioned (peace be upon him), so I thought it'd be helpful to teach Islam with an Islamic understanding. Perhaps, I should have hyperlinked my addition to the article above? Please reconsider.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.182.108.230 (talk) 15:48, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi there 58. Thanks a lot for getting in touch! There's actually a Wikipedia project page all about your question — take a look at this. Let me know if you need further clarification. —Theopolisme 17:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IsAnybodyDown?

Can you explain your rationale for closing this? There is, as far as I can see, no clear consensus. §FreeRangeFrog 23:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi FRF. All of the delete votes were made before the addition of new sources--if you take a look around the bottom of the discussion, you'll see a strong shift in views once the new sources were added...sufficient enough (especially given the specific sources) to warrant a 'keep' closure. —Theopolisme 23:24, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Not gonna make waves about this or anything, it just seemed arbitrary at first glance. I understand what you're saying, but usually people have to retract their !votes and so on, the discussion might end up as no consensus, etc. Anyway, thanks for the explain. I had never run into that before. §FreeRangeFrog 23:29, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Sure, I totally see where you were coming from. No worries, and you're quite welcome! :) —Theopolisme 23:34, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

May I note that people did retract their !votes. Following the November 12 relisting, delete !voters Huon (although he made his change in the upper section rather than below the divider) and Adam.steinbaugh both changed their !votes, and the original nominator (who never had a bolded !vote to change) himself suggested that the threshold may have been passed. One does not require all !votes to be changed, as unanimity is not the measure. In the face of changing status, one cannot count on all previous editors revisiting the question (and in this case, at least one of the "delete" !voters had earned a block and would've been unable to retract his !vote). No editor who evaluated it in the light of the new sources opted for deletion. --Nat Gertler (talk) 23:46, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for extending upon that, Nat. —Theopolisme 00:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

comment

My comment was very constructive as surely this is part of his family history. I can provide all relevant documentation to back up the post that I made. Clearly the fact that only 'nice' things are posted about certain people is against the freedom of speech act. People have a right I know that apart from the things he has done in his cricket career he also has family that he chooses not to recognise. His daughter has a right to be acknowledged and you removing this information is not a true representative of Ashley's 'family' situation. Clearly this site is pointless if all facts cannot be listed. This was Ashley's choice and he must live by this. Again I am more than happy to email you the documentation that backs this up. Much appreciated Marie Slater — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.213.148 (talk) 08:10, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Marie. If you can provide reliable sources to back your additions, I'll be more than happy to reinstate them. —Theopolisme 08:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

My comment was very constructive as surely this is part of Ashley Wright's family history. I can provide all relevant documentation to evidence the post I made. Clearly only allowing the 'nice' facts to be posted is not a true representation of a persons life. This also does not allow for the freedom of speech.Apart from Ashley's cricket background he also has a daughter that he neither acknowledges or up until 2 years ago supports! It is by his own choice that he does not recognise this part of his life but by no means does this make it untrue or unconstructive. I take offence in the fact that you think this information is pointless. Once again I am happy to email you all the documentation involved with this situation along with the masses of paper work from the CSA that has accumulated over the past 10 years that indicates Ash's refusal to pay for his child. I'm assuming that as this is most certainly part of his family history that my post will be reinstated.

Hi Marie. If you can give me specific links or publications to back this, then I can reinstate the material for you. Otherwise, I'm afraid I can't help you. See this policy. —Theopolisme 08:36, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

I can send you the DNA test that was done over 6yrs ago if this would suffice Thanks Marie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.213.148 (talk) 08:53, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

George Alexandrou

Please read a full research about St. Andrew:

http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/back_issue_articles/RTE_19/The_Astonishing_Missionary_Journeys.pdf

You will understand that my changes are very useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.112.9.240 (talk) 08:41, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for letting me know. Looks like you and I edit conflicted — I was trying to remove some true vandalism, and you inadvertently got caught in between! No worries, and happy editing, —Theopolisme 08:48, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Relisting

Hi Theo. How are you? I saw that you made many relists and we need someone to do that however, some of them were crossing the limit. I've been told by an admin, User:Jenks24 and I've seen on another admin, User:Scottywong's talk page that AfDs should not be relisted more than 2 times. Only in rare cases, they can be relisted thrice. Many of your relists were the 4th one. Such AfDs should be closed per No consensus if the consensus isn't clear after even a 3rd relist but a 4th relist isn't appropriate according to what I've seen and have been told. Relisting 3rd time is okay but still of less use . Thanks for helping out at AfDs however, please just cut down the relists made on a single debate (not more than 3 and 2 in rare cases). Cheers Theo! TheSpecialUser ^TSU 00:17, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi TSU. Thanks for getting in touch. I suppose I don't really have much regard for no consensus, especially when it appears that more data or information might be forthcoming. However, it is the policy--and that's what matters, not my opinions! :) I'll lurk about a bit and take a look at some no consensus closures to see 'what they're looking for' specifically. Thanks again for taking the time to message me—hope to talk again soon, —Theopolisme 01:10, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

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	Thanks for reverting vandalism on my tp so quickly :D Dan653 (talk) 00:38, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Sure, anytime. Have you ventured onto to IRC lately? I'd like to catch up. —Theopolisme 00:41, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

That sounds great! What chatroom? Dan653 (talk) 00:49, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Hop on to #wikipedia-cvu, I'll usually be there if/when I'm on. :) —Theopolisme 00:52, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ANU Research School of Asia & the Pacific

Hi, I wanted to stop by and mention that your close here was strictly speaking not within policy. For an AfD to be closed as withdrawn, both the nominator and any delete !voters need to strike or otherwise retract their positions. In that AfD there is still a delete !vote outstanding (or at least if Libstar had a change of heart, I missed it). In this case, I really don't see any harm in leaving the close alone, as it would just end up with a keep close anyway, but I thought I should give you a heads up now, when its unlikely to cause any drama, so that you are aware of it while closing AfDs going forward. Hope you don't mind. Monty₈₄₅ 03:43, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Monty! Thanks for letting me know--as it looked highly likely to be closed, as you said, as Keep, I thought there would be no harm in noting the withdraw. However, I'll try to be clearer--at least as far as my rationales go, noting both the Keep and Withdraw--in my coming closures. Thanks again! —Theopolisme 11:53, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank's for your revew

I like your nice review of Helge A. Norbakken, Theopolisme, appreciate it! Sincerely Knuand (talk) 21:34, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Sure, happy to. :) —Theopolisme 21:40, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

There is a problem with my article UC 3 (album). Someone is trying to get it deleted. Would you be so kind as to take a look at it for me, and give me your opinion? Knuand (talk) 12:00, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Knuard. As I ( obviously) have a conflict of interest, I'll recurse from !voting in that AfD. Regardless, I strongly suggest that you spend some quality time doing reference hunting, to make it clear that the article does not violate WP:NALBUMS. I'll attempt to assist as well. —Theopolisme 12:11, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

ThanksKnuand (talk) 19:51, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Every time there is a deletion dicussion on my entries, Mentoz86 lines up for deletion ... I just don't understand why! Knuand (talk) 13:33, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Jethrobot--thanks for taking care of updating the calendar for me; I appreciate it! —Theopolisme 01:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

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Don't worry about it, Hahc. —Theopolisme 16:35, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

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ControverSial

Hi Theo:

(diff | hist) . . m Globe‎; 19:59 . . (+25)‎ . . ‎Theopolisme (talk | contribs)‎ (Reverted edit(s) by 90.221.134.116 identified as unconstructive or controvertial (and unsourced) (STiki))

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DOwenWilliams (talk) 03:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Give me a break; I was sick. :) Regardless, thanks--don't worry, I've already trouted myself. _{IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT} —Theopolisme 11:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

That trout gets about. I've been sick too.

I've noticed that spelling mistake before. I don't remember whether you did it, or whether maybe it shows up whenever anyone uses STiki.

DOwenWilliams (talk) 15:59, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

No matter the reason, I've fixed it--at least on my end of STiki... —Theopolisme 21:16, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

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RfA?

Hi Theopolisme, I was wondering when you intended to make your second run for adminship? I believe I opposed the first time, saying more time was needed or something like that. Well, I think I'd be willing to support now (and maybe even nominate), although I'd have to do some looking around first. I just thought I'd leave you a note asking about what your plans might be. v/r AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 02:17, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for getting in touch. Currently, I'm more than satisfied doing...well, what I'm doing right now (new pages patrolling, some anti-vandalism, AfD assistance when the backlog gets high, etc). I appreciate the thought--just perhaps at another point, not now. Thanks again! —Theopolisme 12:00, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I understand. I hope you continue to enjoy what you are doing. If so, the time will come eventually. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 15:22, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

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Meh. This is really beside the point. —Theopolisme 03:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Nelson Muntz

Hi sorry I'm not familiar with this but why did you delete my edit to the Nelson Muntz post regarding which episode he goes to space camp? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.237.6.117 (talk) 21:18, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know! Looks like some sort of bug; I've restored your edit and am looking into the cause. —Theopolisme 13:34, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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 Done Re-added to Facebook, at least for the time being (until a new homepage comes about). —Theopolisme 13:42, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks much, Hahc! Hope you have a good one. —Theopolisme 06:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

The Rag Blog

Hello, I saw that you closed the AfD on The Rag Blog.

I have consolidated the unique information (and images) into The Rag.

The Rag Blog is ready for deletion and redirect... IMO. PeterWesco (talk) 21:14, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

 Done Redirected. Thanks much! —Theopolisme 22:41, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

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Meh. It's not about attribution; it's the thought that counts. I've got to get to sleep now (6 am breakfast?!?!), so I won't be able to crank something out until tomorrow. Thanks for bearing with me. :) —Theopolisme 05:52, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

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Tiffany Alvord

Hello, I saw that you are started draft about Tiffany Alvord here: User:Theopolisme/Tiffany Alvord. Do you think that's it's ready to article namepace or could you expand it more before moving it? Article about Tiffany already appears in four Wikipedia's. --Stryn (talk) 11:06, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

I'll take a look when I finish calming down from a horrendous 12 hour drive back home. Thanks for getting in touch. —Theopolisme 06:03, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks, Kudpung! Currently, Google claims it is 13ºC here in Memphis...always fun. :) —Theopolisme 06:03, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for joining the new project! Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:44, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Delete away! :) —Theopolisme 14:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Question regarding WP 1.0 bot

Hello Theopolisme. I recently created the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Brands and the WP 1.0 bot is (hopefully) being utilized to update statistics on the project's page (currently located here). I manually entered the numbers that are (as of this post) on the page, currently 3 total. I created the page to do so here: User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Brands. Is there anything else that needs to be performed? I checked out various pages at http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/, and from this it appears that it should be functioning. Please respond at your convenience, and thank you. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:02, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Northamerica1000! Yep, there actually is one more step: you need to create the categories for different ratings/assessments. I'll take care of it in the next few hours and let you know when everything's working. —Theopolisme 05:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the reply, and I really appreciate the help a great deal. Thanks! Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:12, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay. Haven't forgotten you; just got sidetracked by some bugs with the automated category maker, so I have to do it manually. No worries! —Theopolisme 17:49, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks again for the reply! Happy holidays, Northamerica1000^(talk) 04:16, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

• Update: I noticed that you have commenced on helping to fix the article statistics for WP:BRANDS, which is greatly appreciated. FYI, the information has been moved on the WikiProject Brands page to within the "Articles" section of the page, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Brands#Article statistics. Thanks for all of your assistance. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:43, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
• Hi there. I have a similar question: WikiProject Okanagan has been operating for a while now, and no WP 1.0 statistics table has appear yet, still a red link. Would you mind assisting me on this concern? Thanks, and happy holidays. ₮๒Я∆и∂ﾚ∑ㄚ 01:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Sorry to be bother again and thanks for the help, but for WikiProject Okanagan, which is generally good, "Mid" importance articles are not showing as that on the list, and it just skips from "Low" to "High", for an awkward reason. Could you help me perhaps again? Thanks very much, ₮๒Я∆и∂ﾚ∑ㄚ 17:17, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

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Revision of Mona Charen Article

You know, I think I made a typographical error. I should have indicated that Mona Charon is a UNdiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. And I'm sure that any competent shrink would back me up here. So how's about we put that bit back into the Mona Charon article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.140.185.205 (talk) 23:54, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

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Happy new year, Theopolisme! Thank you very much for your contributions, especially your anti-vandal work (I often used to spot your name when doing anti-vandal patrol!) Hope this evening is treating you as well as it is me, Noom (t) 22:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Why thank you; happy new year to you as well! Best wishes, —Theopolisme 16:52, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, I've just seen your message (from Oct. 2012) regarding a small change I made to the Olli Rehn article. The page before had him receiving a Ph.D. from Oxford, and so it does again: but the Oxford doctorate (I have one) is called a D.Phil., as I wrote. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.53.161 (talk) 10:22, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! —Theopolisme 21:16, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Version 0.9 offline release

Hi, I'm involved in putting together the offline releases for WP:1.0. First of all - thanks for helping out with our bot, which serves an important purpose for the community. I don't know my Perl from my Python, so I personally appreciate your contribution!

Secondly, we're starting to put together our next offline release, which will be called Version 0.9. One of the lesser known purposes of the bot - its original raison d'etre, is to help is to select articles like this, then use it to create a collection similar to Wikipedia:Version 0.8. I'd like to ask for help from you and User:Wolfgang42 in putting the collection together, with guidance (if necessary) from User:CBM and User:Kelson who both helped with the last 2-3 releases. Can you help? I'd like us to have an open IRC meeting to plan things - if you can help, is there a good time (UTC) for you to meet? Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 23:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi Walkerma! It's probably best for us to talk on either Saturday 00:00-05:00 or Sunday 00:00-05:00 UTC, if either of those work with you. —Theopolisme 16:23, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've heard back from some others, and I think it would be good to talk on #wikipedia-1.0 on Sunday at 00:00, if you don't mind a Saturday night meeting! Can you confirm Sat/Sunday midnight UTC as OK? Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 20:23, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Hmm; I'm actually palling around with some old friends that afternoon/evening (Sunday 00:00 is Saturday 6pm for me here in Memphis)—would a bit later work? I hope to have them cleared out by 8pm here (02:00 UTC). Is that okay? —Theopolisme 22:13, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

It's OK with me (US Eastern Time), but it will be a bit late for the Europeans. I'll see if the others can make it then - if not, I'd still like to talk with you for a bit anyway to go over the plans. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 22:45, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Wolfgang can make it at 02:00 UTC Sun. Hope to chat with you then! Walkerma (talk) 05:11, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks, Snowolf! —Theopolisme (talk) 18:43, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion patrolling

Hey Theopolisme! I just wanted to stop by and applaud your CSD tagging. Just a quick note, when you tag a new article for speedy deletion, can you mark the article as patrolled from Special:NewPages? I saw you tagged Honorata skarbek for speedy deletion and I marked it as patrolled for you. Thanks and I appreciate your CSD tagging. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:05, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! Oddly enough, I've been using Twinkle; do you know if there's been some sort of change to the backend that would have resulted in auto-patrolling being somehow turned off? In the past I believe Twinkle handled it for me. Cheers, —Theopolisme (talk) 00:11, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I brought up the issue at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle, however the script admin said that it's technically impossible to auto-patrol pages that you didn't tag from Special:NewPages. It's a little pain, but I can deal with it :). -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:17, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know: I'll try to get into the one-two-click rhythm. I'm actually quite glad you pointed this out...otherwise, I would have just kept making more and more work for others. —Theopolisme (talk) 00:20, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem at all. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:23, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

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Template:Infobox drama

What's up? Do you have some time to work on this proposed infobox Template:Infobox drama? --Tito Dutta (talk) 15:47, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Not really, but I'll try. I shouldn't be onwiki at all — major auditions soon — but, oh well... —Theopolisme (talk) 22:59, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey Tito; I started on a draft at User:Theopolisme/Infobox drama. Right now it has the following parameters:

• | label1 = Playwright
• | label2 = Director
• | label3 = Actors
• | label4 = Based on
• | label5 = Theater group
• | label6 = Stage decoration
• | label7 = Light
• | label8 = Music
• | label9 = Background music
• | label10 = Choreography
• | label11 = Website

Can you let me know what else we needed to add, as well as if there need to be subsections/etc? —Theopolisme (talk) 12:03, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Looks superb! --Tito Dutta (talk) 12:30, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

If that's all you need, let me know and I'll move the page to {{Infobox drama}}. If there's anything else: headers?, other fields?, just say the word. —Theopolisme (talk) 21:28, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

No, this is all what I need! --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:39, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be Infobox drama here: Template:Infobox_drama#Blank_template? --Tito Dutta (talk) 22:08, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

An invitation for you!

	Hello, Theopolisme. You're invited to join WikiProject Today's article for improvement. If you're interested in participating, please add your name to the list of members. Happy editing! Northamerica1000(talk) 01:56, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, thanks... I actually joined more than two months before you, though! :) —Theopolisme (talk) 12:06, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

• Doh! I actually always double check on the members list prior to sending invites, but in this instance I should have triple-checked! Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:26, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

How do I add info about an actress?

I added my daughter as an actress in one of the movies (Once upon a time in Phuket) and by doing that she got a personal page where I added some very basic information. This was deleted due to integrity so my question is - how do I add this info?

EricErfo02 (talk) 13:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Eric. The issue isn't the info as much as it is your daughter's notability. Take a look at this page for some more info on what I'm talking about, and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! —Theopolisme (talk) 15:12, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I added the information again and this time I also added references to the movie on imdb and the Swedish filminstitute database as well as a reference to Ellas page on imdb. I didnt manage to change the link though as the text shows her name but the links really directs to the movie itself. I hope this is OK and before I make some more updates I want to see if this is approved.Erfo02 (talk) 15:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I'd like to reiterate that the issue is not the lack of links, it is the lack of notability. Please read Wikipedia:Notability; until your daughter receives coverage in multiple independent secondary sources, she probably won't be covered on Wikipedia. —Theopolisme (talk) 18:42, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I hear you but the fact that I referred to her personal page on both IMDB and Swedish filminstitute and the moviepage I assumed this fulfilled demands for notability but if you say it doesnt I guess it is so. Erfo02 (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2013 (UTC)