User talk:Vianello/Archive 3

Deletion of Aïwa

Why did you delete this page? This band toured quite a lot is well known in Europe and is quoted on other pages like List of Iraqis or the Aïwa french page. I don't get it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Naufalle (talk • contribs) 11:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of East of Eden Band deletion

To Vianello: Can't open the userfied restore of East of Eden Band you added. Can you assist or add one that opens? 04:29, 10 May 2009 Vianello (talk | contribs) moved East of Eden Band to User:PulitzerBoard/Eden [without redirect] ‎ (Userfying) 04:28, 10 May 2009 Vianello (talk | contribs) restored "East of Eden Band" ‎ (25 revisions restored: Restoring for userfication) —Preceding unsigned comment added by PulitzerBoard (talk • contribs)

Did you delete the right one? East of Eden (rock band) had no views in April 2009 and East of Eden Band, the original spoken word band, had over 200, I believe. Increase the Spoken Word article and return the spoken word band article because these are more relevant with new HBO slam shows. Can you return the East of Eden Band spoken word article for few days so we can copy it and maybe fix it up for our uses? PulitzerBoard (talk) 17:08, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

==Could not find East of Eden Band restore or temporary restore with the link you provided. Can you help me locate it? Also, where is the discussion/talk about the deletion of that article. Unable to locate talk about it either. PulitzerBoard (talk) 14:36, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Located the notes below but unable to open the userfy text--message states page does not exist. Can you assist and advise as to how to access the text, etc. for this article? Thanks

04:29, 10 May 2009 Vianello (talk | contribs) moved East of Eden Band to User:PulitzerBoard/Eden [without redirect] ‎ (Userfying) 04:28, 10 May 2009 Vianello (talk | contribs) restored "East of Eden Band" ‎ (25 revisions restored: Restoring for userfication) —Preceding unsigned comment added by PulitzerBoard (talk • contribs)

Deletion of Soekris

You deleted this article under the speedy deletion "A7: Article about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject."

From looking at the Google cached version this was 100% correct, but someone should try to make a real article about that company and their products.

They make a series of extremely popular embedded communication systems boards. The boards come highly recommended and they are widely supported by the open source community. A good wikipedia article discussion their products and the pros and cons would be helpful.

If you know any contributors in the area, could you send them that way to get an actual article on the topic written?

The morgawr (talk) 03:47, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to contest the deletion, this is a well known company, especially in the BSD and purpose-built Linux communities. Please restore it and have a vote or whatever. Hobart (talk) 17:18, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Vianello,

I have assembled a handful of relevant external links that should be enough to establish notability and a stub article - see User:Hobart/Soekris_Engineering How much was there before?

—Hobart (talk) 00:29, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Tactical Gaming

Hello, I would like to request that the Tactical Gaming page be put back up. The reasons stated for deletion was copyright infringement of the Tactical Gaming website. However, the article was written by members and administrators of Tactical Gaming, thus not infringing on copyright laws. Thanks.

24.154.111.184 (talk) 20:25, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Paul Kalkbrenner

I would like to ask for a review of the matter. Your reason was: "A7: Article about a band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject." As I indicated, he also appears as the main character in the film Berlin Calling, which got a lot of attention in Germany. And the film is not a documentary about him, he plays a fictional character. Thank you. Escalonab (talk) 22:51, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Treasure Hunt

Dear Vianello,

While I appreciate that this may sound like a joke, it is a serious compition. There are three (currently anonymous) sponsers who are putting up $16,666 each. I have been asked to do all the setting up and creating of the treasure hunt and clues. It is our hope that we can get some media coverage of it , at which point the compitions sponsers will reveal themselves an get some advertising. However, all three were soncerned about the possibilty of negative coverage, so don't want to be known at this time.

You also pointed out that you don't think it is an appropriate use of space, but I would point out that should there be any media coverge, Wikipeidia would also get a fair amount of free advertising.

By deleting it, not only are you stopping these tthings, but you will also stop somebody becoming $50,000 richer, and a lot of people having fun. The compition be banned from Wikipedia, I'm sure some other website would accept it, and Wikipeidia would end up with a lot of negative publicity for not allowing it. While it may come to this, Wikipedia was the website of choice due to it's large fanbase and popularity

I will remind you that should you delete it, you will not be eligable for the prize. I wish you good luck and happy hunting - plus you are probably one of the first people to find the first clue, thus can get a good headstart on it.

Please reconsider,

Yours sincerly,

--DoodleHammer (talk) 06:33, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I got a similar note on my talk page. I left a note about this alleged treasure hunt at WP:ANI. Because I am not sure that any of this person's edits are aimed at improving Wikipedia rather than writing more clues to this hunt, I have systematically reverted them. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 11:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I'd like you to revisit your decision to delete Smallbox CMS

Hello, while I understand why you may have thought the page in question, Smallbox CMS may have appeared to be spam, it isn't. I must admit that I built the page as a live page, instead of in my sandbox and this is my error. My intent was to get input from a range of editors on the page, and what you saw was the rough framework for the page. It has since been written in a compliant style. I have updated the page for review and ask you to undo your action. Kind regards. Shawnerbee (talk) 00:18, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Why did you deleted FreeOrion article for no reason

Explain your behavior please! You deleted all my work, that's just wrong. The article was new (unrelated with the previous versions) and written by me and was an accurate and detailed, up to wikipedia standards of the open-sourced game. Please undo your action or point me to someone who has the authority to do so. I’m outraged by the lack of respect for someone’s work that you showed. Peer-LAN (talk) 10:31, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for considering my message and undoing your action. I will work on improving the article even further.Peer-LAN (talk) 10:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

RFA

You have my strongest support in your RFA. Good luck and even if you fail, keep up the good work. Cheers!Kingrock 05:38, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Same here - I am quite certain your rfa will pass but, even if it doesn't, definitely keep up the excellent work!!! Regards, Fastily (talk) 06:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

actually....

That question is related to a number of different IfD and DrVs. You might want to look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Unacceptable_use #12 and see if your opinion changes. That's probably the core of the question. Good luck! I generally wait to !vote until I see a mass of people you know you !vote... Hobit (talk) 05:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Your Request for Adminship

Dear Vianello,

I have closed your recent RfA as successful per the consensus of the community. Congratulations, you are now a sysop! Please make sure you're aware of the Administrators' how-to guide and are aware of the items on the Administrators' reading list. Finally, please don't hesitate in contacting me if you need anything. Best of luck in your new position! —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Hoorah! - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 02:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Just in case, I started reading up yesterday. So, heaven help us, here I go! - Vianello (Talk) 02:57, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Congrats Vianello. Well deserved! :) ~ mazca ^t|c 17:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Here's your free T-shirt! Cunard (talk) 22:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! I knew you'd pass. Best of luck with the mop! Cunard (talk) 22:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey man. Long time no see. I came back after a wikibreak and decided to "poke-around". Awesome job. I know this doesn't help toward expanding wikipedia, but I want to congratulate ya.⊥m93 ^talk. 04:10, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

RE:Congrats here

Chi-Wang Shu

It seems you have acted in haste in PRODing the Chi-Wang Shu, apparently without reading it. At the time of tagging, the lead clearly mentions him as the 'Named University Professor'. I have deproded it now. If you have any further concerns feel free to take it to afd. Salih (talk) 09:50, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Congrats on becoming an Admin. Best of Luck! Salih (talk)

Muddy River Nightmare Band

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muddy River Nightmare Band. Dlohcierekim 02:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Could you help redirect Metapedia to Matapédia?

Metapedia is deleted and salted as a non-notable website. I think it should be redirected to Matapédia, a river in Quebec and related things. Metapedia appears to be an alternative spelling, perhaps old. I tried putting {{editprotected}} on the talk page, but you deleted it as G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page --Apoc2400 (talk) 21:00, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! I don't know what the proper way to request creation of a salted article is. Perhaps I should have requested unprotection first. Well, this worked too. --Apoc2400 (talk) 21:31, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Unblock

I've unblocked Cmdrchode (talk · contribs), hope that's ok. PhilKnight (talk) 12:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

No worries, Vianello - I can't fault your motives, so there wasn't any reason to take it personally. I probably would have done the same.

Don't mention it - we're all trying to do right by Wikipedia... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmdrchode (talk • contribs) 16:39, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikia

Hi, are you "Vianello" on Wikia, as someone signed up there with this name saying that he was an enwiki admin. Thanks. GT5162 ^{(我的对话页)} 11:54, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Also, I have noticed the reason why "Vianallo" was promoted after your RfA. See my comments on User_talk:Anonymous_Dissident#Hiya_and_thanks.21. GT5162 ^{(我的对话页)} 16:56, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Nope, I don't use Wikia at all. If they're an admin here, it's under another name. The "Vianallo" admin promotion was just a typo/slip-up on my promoter's part to my knowledge. It was set straight when I cleared my throat a little. I checked out your comment on that. Weird, I must say. And a little suspicious. Not on Anonymous Dissident's part, I mean, but the other user's, if it wasn't just a side-effect of AD promoting a nonexistent user or something. I've provided further comment on the talk section you linked to. - Vianello (Talk) 01:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I checked what that user said on Wikia and he's definitely pretending to be you. I've blocked and reported him. GT5162 ^{(我的对话页)} 09:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

User_talk:Admin

Just a quick question, when you deleted the talk page were you aware that it was actually a redirect to Jimbo wales? I'm just asking because I just wanted to make sure you didn't miss that when deleting it. It's been a redirect for over a couple of years so it seems a little odd that the page was requested to be deleted two years later. Cheers, Icestorm815 • Talk 01:18, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

No worries! Thanks for the quick reply! Icestorm815 • Talk 01:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion

Hey.. we tottally tag-teamed that East of Eden Band article.. nice going. --Iron Chef (talk) 01:37, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Cordyceps#technical

Please read the guideline on using the technical tag, Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_accessible, before tagging articles. It explicitly says to put the tag on the talk page. Thanks. --C S (talk) 07:12, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Note

At the risk of sounding overly meticulous (no big deal, really, just an observation) Special:Contributions/156.108.108.97 hadn't edited for nearly 12 hours so another 3 hour block will even probably go unnoticed. ;-) -- Mentifisto 03:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Äynu people

Thanks for deleting the Äynu people redirect page to make way for an article! -kotra (talk) 05:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:RFPP

Just a note that when you use the template {{RFPP}}, you should not subst it as it puts rather a lot of code on the page which could be confusing. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 15:24, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Yash, Kumarasamy

Hi there. I noticed you declined a G12 on this article. I deleted it as such now because it came from the URL provided in the article[1] with "my" replaced with "his". Regards SoWhy 10:40, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Wakooz

I would like to ask for a review of the matter. Your reason was: "(A7: Article about a web site, blog, web forum, webcomic, podcast, browser game, or similar web content, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject)." Wakooz may be online since January 2009, but it is a website generating trafic as much as the others listed in Wikipedia on the same category. Besides, the text was well written and links were very well oriented. Thank you. User:jsj777 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC).

Mutual Help Fund of Personnel of Ionian-Popular Bank and Other Banks

Regarding Mutual Help Fund of Personnel of Ionian-Popular Bank and Other Banks, the fact that it was speedy-deleted would really be considered a great joke in Greece. It is like saying that the article United States of America was speedy-deleted by an African due to it not indicating the importance of significance of the subject. Giorgos Skoulikis (talk) 04:15, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

A simple googling would quickly reveal the importance of the subject, given the huge political controversy that surrounds it and the great battles that happen every time in its elections. Giorgos Skoulikis (talk) 04:17, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

As for the article, I had already indicated the importance of it because I clearly referred to the Ionian Bank and Alpha Bank. It is like talking about JPMorgan Chase or Morgan Stanley. Giorgos Skoulikis (talk) 04:23, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

And, in case you didn't understand, the fact that you speedy-deleted it would be taken for a politically motivated move in Greece, and the only thing that saves you is that you are an American and therefore probably unaware of its implications, except if you are a Greek American and your move was really political. But if I now showed your speedy deletion to another Greek without revealing your origin, you would probably be taken for a right-winger conservative and be considered anathema by the progressives. Giorgos Skoulikis (talk) 04:32, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Adequate paraphrasing ?

Please read § 2 here : http://www.lesternsumitra.com/lester/filmo61nidana.htm and look at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nidhanaya&oldid=137028115

Do you actually think it provides adequate paraphrasing ?

By the way, do you actually believe this screenshot is scanned from a newspaper ?

Chaoborus (talk) 12:33, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

No, I stated the paraphrasing was adequate because I didn't think it was adequate. It was opposite day that day, you see. But my facetiousness aside, if you feel the paraphrasing is inadequate, I do more than respect that though. It's pretty darn subjective, and an AfD or PROD wouldn't be a move I'd at all find unreasonable if you wanted to get other input. Or, heck, ask another admin if you see fit. I'm by no means any sort of final authority, just somebody making a subjective judgement call. At any rate, the image is a moot point. There's no need to ask me to confirm my opinion on a picture I've never voiced an opinion on. - Vianello (Talk) 04:12, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer. (I'm feeling a bit hampered by my poor english.) My question about the picture was only a way to imply that Lanka07 was maybe a too-light-on-copyrights user (many deleted files on copyright terms here). Sorry for that second "actually". --Chaoborus (talk) 13:34, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Zeisha Fremaux

Why did you delete this page? Her album is coming out soon and I was going to put all the details on it. Her music plays on TV it plays on Radio its not like some nobody off my space. --BlackLollipop (talk) 00:16, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject User Rehab

Would you be interested in joining this project? We need more editors who share a burden for rescuing promising editors who have gotten into serious trouble because of behavioral issues. IF (a fundamental condition!) they are interested in reforming and adapting to our standards of conduct, and are also willing to abide by our policies and guidelines, rather than constantly subverting them, we can offer to help them return to Wikipedia as constructive editors. Right now many if not most users who have been banned are still active here, but they are here as socks or anonymous IPs who may or may not be constructive. We should offer them a proper way to return. If you think this is a good idea, please join us. Abce2|AccessDenied 04:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of American Digger (magazine)

An article that you have been involved in editing, American Digger (magazine), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Digger (magazine). Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Smartse (talk) 23:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Legend of gatorface

I have cleaned up, expanded, and sourced the article to show it meets the inclusion criteria of WP:NF. I ask that you might consider a wirthdrawal of the nomination and then a move of the title to The Legend of Gator Face as the name referred in the sources and reviews. Thank you, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 21:10, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Your words at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legend of gatorface mean a lot. Thank you and happy editing. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 07:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Ask for some advices

Hello, I'm an admin from vi.wiki. Our wikipedia is dealing with many mass vandalism recently and we adopted some tools to make it clean and clear. However, there is a people (or a group of people trying to act the same way) who created an account to wait until it auto-confirmed then vandal by moving pages, particularly user pages, and move many time (a -> b -> c -> d). It makes us difficult to revert edits. I think you are experienced in dealing with vandalism so I would like to ask you for some advices about this kind of vandalism. Could you help, please? (answer in my talk page or at least notify me if you answer here, thank you). Tân (talk) 18:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Admin has rollback function, of course, but no use with move-vandalism :(. Do you know another more experienced admin in en.wiki so that I can consult? Tân (talk) 02:53, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

I've contacted several administrators who are well-experienced with dealing with vandalism. I'm certain that they will be able to give Tân some advice. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 00:34, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

AfD The Dustatic101

I see you were the first to try to get rid of this nonsense - just how has this article stayed up so long?! In my view the whole thing's a giant fabrication, and (in the circumstances) a fairly sick one too. Shall we have another go? Little grape (talk) 22:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Your view sought

As a member of WP Arthropods, you might have a view on this discussion. Thanks in advance. Heds (talk) 03:56, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Something to Someone

What makes this band different to any other?

They are known, just because they're not all all over MTV doesn't mean that no one's heard of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamadrummist (talk • contribs) 04:44, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

The drummer's previous band's upholds at least one of the WP:Music criteria. If a WP page is made for that band can this band then have their page back due to him being notable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamadrummist (talk • contribs) 04:57, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

  Thanks a lot, also how do I make a box on the right hand side which i see on most if not all pages with a pic and basically a list of key info?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamadrummist (talk • contribs) 05:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC) 

Deletion of ERacks

Hi there. I'd like you to review your deletion of the ERacks article. You used the following reason to delete the article: "A7: Article about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject." However, it is relevant to the article List_of_NAS_manufacturers. If there is a specific format that I should follow, please let me know, but otherwise, please undelete this article. Thanks! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazydrclaw (talk • contribs) 22:18, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Getadrenalina

I have counseled Getadrenalina (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) with respect to conflict of interest and created Lamericanouveau (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for him to use to edit with. Fred Talk 03:27, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Deletion of ERacks

Vianello, thanks for the message back! It was very helpful. Is there any way that I can access what I had posted even though it's been removed so that I can copy what I had written and edit it? If not, that's ok. I'll just re-write it. Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazydrclaw (talk • contribs) 19:55, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Vianello, I worked on the article to try and make it conform to Wikipedia's standards. Let me know if it looks ok (it's currently in my user space right now.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazydrclaw (talk • contribs) 00:10, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Patrollbot

Hey there, I thought (because of your participation in the conversationhere) that you would like to know that I coded a bot to mark CSDed AFDed and PRODed new-pages as patrolled. See the bot's discussion for approval here. I would appreciate your comment. NOTE: I am not trying to canvas you, I just wanted some input. Tim1357 (talk) 02:19, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

L5 Society article.

Could you put a few suggestions on the discussion page as to the places you are concerned about the article? It isn't much more than a stub now. Keith Henson (talk) 00:34, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Inadvertent block?

It appears that User:71.162.85.88 was simply mentioned by User:LtFury, who was asking for advice on WP:AIV. The IP user was only given one warning. –davewho2 (talk) 19:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, you may have been right there.. at first glance I thought it was simply for vandalism. I'm not sure 3RR was mentioned to the user, though. –davewho2 (talk) 19:26, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Ahh, it's all there. Alrighty, sorry for the interruption! –davewho2 (talk) 19:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh crap. So, I reviewed an unblock request from the ip, and declined it since they were persistently edit warring. They requested unblock again and pointed out that it is impossible for one person to edit war. I saw this as a fair objection, so I left a general warning about edit warring on the article's talk page, and blocked another editor who had also gone beyond 3RR. That editor was LtFury, and I only noticed afterword that you were already discussing the situation with him. I was only trying to be fair, as it seemed rather unbalanced to block only one party in an edit war where both users went over the line, but now I feel like I stepped on your toes. If you think LtFury understands the situation and won't repeat his actions, I have no objection to you undoing my block of him. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

On the other hand, his unblock request [2] seems to indicate that he does not understand the problem despite your efforts... Beeblebrox (talk) 21:08, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Highdeeboy

Hey Vianello, regarding your block here, would it also be a good idea to reset the block on Highdeeboy for block evasion? Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 21:37, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have been clearer, what I meant was that when an account is blocked, but then uses their IP to get around that block, it's standard procedure to re-block the account for the original duration (in this case three days), to discourage them from future sockpuppetry. Hope this makes sense, kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 21:56, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thank you very much, your help at SPI is greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 22:07, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Ken Purdy

Thank you for your assistance. I appreciate it! ObtuseAngle (talk) 03:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/STOP HIV

Hi... probably an oversight, but there were two pages nominated in this AFD, the afd is closed but one of the pages (Tshepang Trust) is still hanging in space. Cheers. Hairhorn (talk) 11:32, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Hearing Trust

Hi, you have deleted the Hearing Trust without considering the help questions I had posed to WP on the problems I was have with Notability.

As I had posed a question, rather just deleting my poor attempt at adding important information about this new organization, which funds the education of deaf children, why have simply deleted it? The Hearing Trust is notable by the fact that Sir David Frost is its Patron - look at the website. I'm sorry I cannot find any press on the Trust as I understand it has yet to officially hold a press launch which is due in August. How can you help me? Or do you only do deletions? Thanks a lot. BoarderhouseBoarderhouse (talk) 13:37, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Barneystimpleton violating 3RR again

Hi, Vianello. You blocked Barneystimpleton (talk · contribs) for edit warring less than two days ago. He has now violated 3RR on 1994. Would you take care of the report I filed at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Barneystimpleton reported by User:Cunard (Result: ) (permalink)? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 23:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me. I see your point, however, once I have found some secondary reliable references from the Trusts launch and it coverege in the media, can the page be put up again? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boarderhouse (talk • contribs) 17:54, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Park Avenue (band)

Hi, Vianello, I understood the lesson... If I fix and I improve the article it will be possible to put it on Wiki again? The Band won a lot of prizes and is currently very often on Virgin Radio. Thanks and my best regards. SEE 2006-EP : "not a marionette" 2006-"Alza il volume" winners 2007-demo with 4 songs 2007-Emergenza contest italia winners -best guitar 2007-Giovani Espressioni 07 winners 2008-Mind The Band winners - best band - best guitar - best bass 2009-Album recording 2009-First Album TIME TO www.myspace.com/gcpamusic Franjklogos (talk) 14:25, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

PlaneShift vandalism Part 2

Sorry to ask you again to check the PlaneShift (video game) page, but User:SpigotMap decided to continue vandalizing it by reverting all edits made by plenty of editors. That's not acceptable. He deleted all references and sources added. I've added them back, but I think the user should be banned. --Xyz231 (talk) 18:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Y did u deleate my page

I didnt blank it bc i wanted it deleated i just had no current pages i wanted to create on my mind STATicVerseatide talk 01:53, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank You STATicVerseatide talk 04:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

User:BigCityChefs

Hi Vianello, I see at WP:UAA that you are discussing with User:BigCityChefs their username. Isn't this one a fairly blatant violation? I'm just trying to understand the process better. The username surely promotes "the Los Angeles Area's elite agency for restaurant quality personal chefs" (according to their website!) Please understand this isn't a criticism, I know that sometimes it's appropriate to take a more gentle approach, but you even said to the user that there's nothing wrong with the work that they're doing - the only contributions that I can see seem to involve promoting their business. Regards, --BelovedFreak 10:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your explanation. I suppose I saw it as more of a username issue than an issue with their edits, although they looked like they might be on the way to being promotional. I can understand not blocking on the basis of those edits, but thought that the username was a blatant violation. Anyway, thanks for taking to time to explain.--BelovedFreak 10:42, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

User:Woogee

Hi, I just wanted to shed some light on the reverts that got this editor banned. At first glance, they would not appear to be vandalism, but I'm pretty sure that is the case. Over the last month or so, it seems that whenever I make a number of edits to the same article, an IP reverts them as vandalism. My work involved adding references, fixing references, fixing text per WP:MOSBIO which is clearly not vandalism. One article that had no references, I added 8 of them, only to have it reverted as vandalism. Off the top of my head, I belive there was about 6 articles that an IP kept reverting for no reason, while all the edits I made to those articles were explained in the edit summary. I know the rules on the 3 reverts, but the above user was only trying to revert the vandalism and I find it quite frustrating that those reverts were what got him banned. I know that I did nothing wrong, but if someone has to banned, I would accept it myself so that the editor who helped me out, doesn't get punished because of an IP who is harassing me. Cmr08 (talk) 03:17, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

I know about blocked and banned, just wrote the wrong word. As for you asking were we talking about the same edits, yes, those edits are the ones I'm talking about. Look at the history of those articles, and you will see that I had done alot of work on some of them, cleaning them up and adding references, only to have an IP keep reverting back to the edit before mine and calling my work vandalism. Looks like the IP is just removing my edits for the fun of it. Articles include John Efford, Len Goucher, John Chataway, Ian McClelland and a few others. Cmr08 (talk) 03:42, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Totally bogus block, and you know it. Otherwise, why was my block for 12 hrs while the other guy's block was for 31? Isn't that tacit acknowledgement that I was right? Woogee (talk) 18:08, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Excuse me butting in here, but according to policy, blocking is to prevent - not to punish. There is, ASFAIK, no rule that stipulates that sysops must block for infringements to a 3r rule. IHMO, there often are better ways of intervening when normal, consciensous editors are involved.--Kudpung (talk) 06:01, 23 April 2010 (UTC)