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Latest comment: 14 years ago by WarthogDemon in topic Stages of Acquisition
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Following a discussion on the Project's talk page, we will be updating WikiProject Pokémon's list of participants. To do this, all users previously listed as "Active" have been moved to the "Inactive" list; after this change anyone may add/re-add their name to the "Active" participants list. As your name was one of those on the Active members list, I am notifying you in case your active interest remains. Thank you for your cooperation in our efforts to keep our list of active participants as accurate and up-to-date as possible. ~ Amory (usertalkcontribs) 04:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [1]. -WarthogDemon 02:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

A smile

Warthog Demon:

Like they say where I grew up, bless your heart!

I've been editing for about a year, mostly translating Argentina and Uruguay-related articles (parental attachment, I suppose), and have run into my share of egos and bad faith - so, thank you for that!

If I can ever help with anything, please let me know.

Cordially,

Sherlock4000 (talk) 01:56, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

WTF

Hey man. I have created the Andi Pink page 2 times and it has been deleted. After the first time it was deleted I re-edited it and still gone. Stop doing that. Why can Ariel Rebel have one and she can't. They do the exact same shit. -KinXerxes (talk) 07:25, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [2]. -WarthogDemon 18:25, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Spam

Re this message. As this section says:

General - These criteria apply to all namespaces and are in addition to namespace-specific criteria in following sections.

"All" includes user pages. Such as this, this, and this. --Calton | Talk 15:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the revert. Glad to see that you are still around. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:24, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

...and again. =) I seem to be attracting quite a few lately. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Re:Your First Puzzle

Well, this is my first day on the job, but I'm of the opinion that the name's probably not too similar, unless the user starts trying to use it for impersonation. You may want to ping User:Gogo Dodo; it could be his own account after all. If not, he's also an admin, and as the user possibly being impersonated he's probably well-suited to judge what should be done. Feel free to contact me with any other concerns/questions. Cool3 (talk) 19:31, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [3]. -WarthogDemon 19:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
Re your message: Not me! Not related either. I'm going to let it slide though. They haven't made any edits, so it is hard to say what their intentions are. Unlike some other accounts that are clearly targeting me. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:38, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Naruto's death

No it's not. Nowhere in the article could I see that it said it wasn't a real person, so I presumed it was, and you can probably see why I tagged as G10. Thanks for letting me know that it wasn't, I've changed to G3 - Kingpin13 (talk) 21:42, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

(although G10 doesn't only apply to people ;D) - Kingpin13 (talk) 21:43, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

IB Diploma Programme

You made an edit, then graciously bowed out of an edit war. Please check it out again. We are in some serious need of NPOV! Thanks and cheers!!! La mome (talk) 00:32, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [4]. -WarthogDemon 02:54, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

What do you mean

You say she dont meet the notability as Ariel but they do the same exact thing man. this is an awesome site as i come here all the time but the rules for editing is just dumb. this is retared. everyone who edits these are no life losers and are stuck up. i can show you pics of the both of them together as they are in the same BUSINESS!!! -KinXerxes (talk) 00:54, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [5]. -WarthogDemon 01:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

MediaRing Talk

Just curious as to why you removed your own speedy tag from this article. I was about to G11 it, but saw that you had removed yours so I thought I should ask what it is I am missing. Thanks, T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 02:42, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [6]. -WarthogDemon 02:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Ah, okay. Thanks for the quick reply. Happy editing, T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 02:47, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [7]. -WarthogDemon 02:51, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
For what it is worth, I believe that you were correct in your tagging. -T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 02:52, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [8]. -WarthogDemon 03:05, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) You make a good point; always best to err on the side of caution. :) -T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 03:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [9]. -WarthogDemon 15:45, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Looking back on it, it's kind of borderline, so it could've gone either way. :) Not many people can be correct on both regards, so I tip my hat to you. ;) Happy editing! T'Shael,The Vulcan Overlord 16:01, 24 June 2009 (UTC 18:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Nate Booth

Hi again. I changed the tag you put on this article. Since it was a negative, unsourced BLP, it falls under G10. -T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 03:13, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied: [10]. -WarthogDemon 03:18, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
Haha, no worries. It happens to the best of us. :) -T'Shael, Lord of the Vulcans 03:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Independence County template

In case you wondered — the distinction between "cities" and "towns" made on these county templates is their official municipal status: the "cities" are municipalities officially designated as cities, and the towns likewise. Since Salado isn't either, I've restored it in a different location. Nyttend (talk) 20:19, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [11]. -WarthogDemon 23:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Be careful

You have undid a constructive edit of my student at our group page: [12]. Please be more careful in the future when it comes to undoing edits, thanks. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 21:12, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [13]. -WarthogDemon 23:27, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Sure, np. Perhaps you could explain to her more about what a test article is? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 00:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [14]. -WarthogDemon 04:29, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

 
Hello, WarthogDemon. You have new messages at Wuhwuzdat's talk page.
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-WuhWuzDat 02:29, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Already replied: [15]. -WarthogDemon 02:30, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Spiderworld

Re your message: Wow, years have indeed passed. Going through a second AfD would probably be a good thing since it went through one before. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:58, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [16]. -WarthogDemon 16:42, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Talkback (2)

 
Hello, WarthogDemon. You have new messages at Ukexpat's talk page.
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ukexpat (talk) 19:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [17]. -WarthogDemon 19:20, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Beauty Rock

I think it is spam (see the "reference" to the same-named company website) masquerading as something else but I don't think a db-spam would work. I also think it is an article really about the record company, but I don't think db-corp works either. I see these types of articles ocassionally and they fall in a gray area. I would first stick {{article issues| notable = July 2009| | primarysources = July 2009| spam = July 2009}} on it and a prod. If the prod is removed, I's take to AfD if a quick Google search didn't reveal any notability. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [18]. -WarthogDemon 03:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
I endorsed your prodding of Beauty Rock. However, the article creator has decided that he disagrees and has thus removed the prod. If you're going to send this to AfD, then I won't bother but I did want to check with you so that we don't end up edit conflicting at AfD about it. Best, t'shaelchat 03:54, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [19]. -WarthogDemon 03:57, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Kevin Rivers

Dear sir, I'm currently updating information about the Kevin Rivers profile including notable points of events that fits the Wikipedia criteria. Please give me a few moments to update this profile. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xandus (talkcontribs)

I'd like to know why this profile is requested to be deleted? Is there something I've missed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xandus (talkcontribs)
Replied here: [20]. -WarthogDemon 01:38, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Advice to pedrorivto

Hi Wathog Demon,

I was wondering if you would have time to review my subpage IPEA after I made a few changes and give me your feedback once again -- I would really appreciate it.

Best,

Pedro —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedrorivto (talkcontribs) 04:32, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the third paragraph in the lead section. Otherwise, it looks like a reasonable start for a new article. Plastikspork (talk) 04:51, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedrorivto (talkcontribs) 15:41, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Andi

The internet is a big media source. EVERYTHING GOES THERE NOW. I want my page back up NOW!(KinXerxes (talk) 10:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC))

Replied here. -WarthogDemon 15:00, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Watchlist Query

Re your message: If you mean you watchlisted Berrytown, Delaware, then it is not showing up for me either. However, older articles that I have watchlisted appear to be working just fine. It might be related to this. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 01:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [21]. -WarthogDemon 18:56, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for moving the comment over from my user page to my talk page. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:23, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks (2)

I'll be leaving it alone in a while, anyway. I've had enough of fanrage for one millenium. It's all yours. Good luck... you'll need it. --ThejadefalconSing your songThe bird's seeds 18:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [22] -WarthogDemon 18:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for minding my talk page. All of these people are showing up because she tweeted that I deleted the article "b/c I'm in Canada". Uhh... yeah. And then pointed everybody to my talk page. I'm online for a little bit now. I think it's best to let things settle down and stop arguing with everybody who shows up. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 18:09, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [23]. -WarthogDemon 18:12, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Lost in the shuffle of all this, I didn't notice you reverted my user page. Thanks. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [24]. -WarthogDemon 23:14, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

World Series Cricket Results

I have no idea. Tag it. It needs expansion and citations, or move to World Series of Cricket. Bearian (talk) 04:52, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [25] -WarthogDemon 04:01, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Davis Deluxe

Probably AFD it, because it's on the borderline ... it's a non-notable band full of notable artists. Even these Google News archive results are irrelevant. Graham87 03:41, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [26]. -WarthogDemon 03:59, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Lawrence Bullock

Hi. I have taken your speedy off this and put on an "underconstruction" tag, as the author posted a "hangon" and said he had more to add; I have also given him some advice, and will keep an eye on the article. I agree it does not look promising, as a one-line autobio; but you tagged it the same minute it was submitted, which is rather WP:BITEy: if you see something like that just come in, better to leave it and have another look in ten minutes. Yes, contributors ought to know enough to get a sensible article together before posting, but they don't, and we are so keen to get anyone to contribute that though there is a mass of advice we don't make them read any of it. You might be interested in this recent criticism of Wikipedia, and Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at Criteria for speedy deletion, an experiment which was set up in response to it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Overall, I agree and do try to avoid doing that. Once I even saved a notable article; it was about a major character of a notable television series, but was so obscure that someone promptly slapped it with a db-nonsense tag. In this case really it was the username to tag this quickly since I just automatically go "self-promotion" account. Had the username been different and had there been one external source (ANY source), for an article like this I'd have spent a minute or two checking it out on Google before tagging. I won't justify my bias and admit I used that here. It seems to me that many times the person gets hostile when he sees his own notability in question on Wikipedia. (In fact one of the first autobios I've ever tagged on here, got me a "I think I'm qualified to say I'm notable thank you very much." on my talk page.)
Anyway, I do try to avoid having a trigger-finger, especially with business articles as I have a very difficult time deducing when an article is spam or not. (I leave those articles alone generally, unless I feel like they got created blasting both air and fog horns.) I digress by saying that I do try to avoid bullying. (Certainly I've not told anyone to piss off.)
...though I have found that being very nice to trolls gets them to quit. (I once welcomed an account that started to vandalize. I remained friendly trying to convince him to help Wikipedia, not hinder it.) He didn't, but he did get tired of vandalizing after Test3. :) But now I'm rambling.
I shall continue trying to avoid having a trigger finger.
Peace. :) -WarthogDemon 21:16, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
I have a half-formed idea, which I never find time to write up, that everybody, including the newbies, would be better off if before signing up for an account they were made to read a short page, and then click an "I have read and understood the above" box. If the page just said "If you have come here to write about yourself, your band or your company, you are in the wrong place, that's not what Wikipedia's for; and if you are planning to copy material in from elsewhere, it will be deleted as a copyvio", it would save a lot of well-intentioned newbies a lot of trouble, and New Page Patrol a lot of work. A well-designed half-page with a few more points would do even better. But I'm not sure it would be accepted. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:44, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

RFA

You're throwing that poor editor a pretty hard question: "An article is listed at AfD. The nominator makes a compelling argument that although the article is the subject of verified sources, it is not notable." Can you give a specific example? I don't think such an article actually exists. The whole point of WP:GNG is that being the subject of multiple verifiable sources makes something notable for inclusion (I'm assuming they're reliable too). - Mgm|(talk) 12:19, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied here: [27]. -WarthogDemon 01:48, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
No, it's not nightmarish, but because you asked it, I assumed you believed such nominations existed. With your message on my talk page, that has been cleared up. - Mgm|(talk) 09:44, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
That poor editor replied to the question on his talk page. Ucucha 00:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [28]. -WarthogDemon 03:23, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
The meaning of "poor editor" varies quite a bit by context, of course; I have no problem with MGM's use of it. Anyway, thanks for poking me on that question. Ucucha 03:28, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Deleted Articles

Re your message: Bunnydrums was deleted back in 2006 for being a copyright violation. A few days earlier the non-notable version was the typical "released a CD"/"have MySpace" kind of article. There isn't much of interest there. The Malaria! article has even less content. No mention of any albums, just who the members are. It does say that it was formed by Gudrun Gut and Beate Bartel, formerly of Einstürzende Neubauten. There really isn't much there either. I would recommend just recreating the articles if notability can be established. Neither article is worth restoring with a DRV. And the copyright violation wouldn't be overturned.

P.S., I didn't delete these, so you're going to have to complain about one of the other 30,000 that I have deleted. ;) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:02, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Stages of Acquisition

Hello, WarthogDemon/Archive ... FYI, I just noticed that you had delinked Precious under Stages of Acquisition ... I agree that linking to Gollum may have been a bit obtuse, so I have relinked it to One Ring ... do you concur?

An afterthought ... perhaps a mention under One Ring#Ring-bearers that Gollum referred to it as his Precious?
Happy Editing! — 72.75.58.211 (talk · contribs) 15:19, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Replied here: [29]. -WarthogDemon 03:03, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Thnx fer the reply ... BTW, my IP changed since I left the msg. :-) Happy Editing! — 71.166.132.232 (talk · contribs) 07:21, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Replied here: [30]. -WarthogDemon 19:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Ooh, boy...

I have no idea as to what these things even alude to. They could be speedied for lack of content pertaining to identifying the subject. I may bring this up at the AN board. Kind of a tough call. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

PS: REALLY nice to hear from you!! Been far too long. PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
OK, I've tagged them for major cleanup. One of the articles was tagged as a rough machine translation and I have to agree that all of them are just that. Gotta run.  :) --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Replied here: [31]. -WarthogDemon 03:07, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Spacing

It reduces the overall size of the article, which is always good. DS (talk) 12:29, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Replied here: [User talk:DragonflySixtyseven]. -WarthogDemon 19:39, 16 January 2010 (UTC)