User talk:Roux

reporting Giano II (talk · contribs) to AIV

Well... that was brave, I grant you. I removed the report simply as a means of lessening potential disruption, which any block following an AIV report would ensue. Giano should not and generally does not get preferential treatment, but there is an acknowledgement that injudicious action regarding him tend to have consequences. If you, or anyone else, has a grievance against Giano it is best brought to - in very clear and neutral language - to WP:ANI. I will also have a little look as regards the matter. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:23, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of whether you now think the report itself was warranted, you probably should read the following essay: WP:DTTR ... it will help you avoid kerfluffles in future. Hope that helps. ++Lar: t/c 21:51, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I am sure that you are both working with the best intentions, and that you care passionately about the subject (as does Giano). As I have used The Buttons in a manner which may be seen as favouring Giano (I didn't, I was doing for the benefit of the encyclopedia...) I guess that I owe you a duty of care also. If you get into any "trouble" in relation to this matter, please feel free to come and ask for my assistance. I shall also watchlist this page for the time being. I think you are not yet aware that you may have embarked upon a very steep learning curve as regards certain WP matters, but if you come through okay then you will likely be greatly the better for it. Here's hoping. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:53, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WP:POINT is a guideline, rather than policy (which themselves are "...not set in stone.") and the nutshell says there are exceptions. One of the skills of operating within WP is the ability to embrace the spirit of the rules, policies and guidelines without getting too hung up on the precise wording and application of the terms of said wordings; basically, if it improves WP then it is right. If you can learn that lesson and be guided by it then you are doing better than Giano who, for all his excellent encyclopedia writing achievements, is largely unable to accommodate those who do not share his viewpoint. As I said, you have balls to do what you did - and I hope you have the brains also to understand why being right is not always an absolute. If you have both then you are likely going to be just as valued a contributor as Giano (generally) is. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:13, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Editors

Hiya PoC. As you can tell, myself & Guy (a Wikipedian I barely know) have differing opinons on the value of editors. I couldn't care less, as to how many contributions (good or bad), awards or tenure length a registered user had under his/her belt. None of it intimidates me nor overly impresses me. As I've said before, I'm a true layman. OK, I'll make exception for editors I know, better then others, ha ha. GoodDay (talk) 22:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article editing

I visited your page and saw you saw you were willing to go through an article. In response, would you bother to check my Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway article? It is not complete, but please contact my talkpage and tell me if there is anything wrong; moreover, edit whatever you want.Thanks,--Archeopteryx (talk) 01:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

EDITS AGAIN TO ORISSA BY RECORDFREENOW

Minor edits by me to shorten the length and to correct verbosity have been summarily undone by Recordfree without reference. I suggest that the Page be protected.

Jobxavier (talk) 06:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Large Scale POV edits were done during the past 3 days while I sat watching. However, please check history about how minor my edit was. And the POV of the last 3 days.

Jobxavier (talk) 06:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Threat of block

I dont think users should be able to get away from inserting irrelevant POV and reverting all edits regarding that POV and then also threaten to report. The onus is on you to justify how the background section is of any relevance to the recent communal violence in Orissa. Trips (talk) 07:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of month-old articles with no content

The articles I tagged had literally no information whatever (Wikicruft doesn't count). You will note that I spared the ones with data. There is absolutely no value to WP to having these stubs in there before there is even an iota of information. I suggest you (a) not shed a tear while watching these all be deleted; and (b) add the new pages when you have the supporting material. Bongomatic (talk) 13:08, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry you found my previous comment uncivil. Other than the suggestion, I find it to be pretty uncontroversial. If you're concerned about the time to recreate them, you can keep them all by moving them into your user space. Bongomatic (talk) 13:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I don't see your beef:

Rudeness. Maybe you don't like the blunt tone. This is really a question of personal opinion.
Insults and name calling. Not applicable.
Judgmental tone in edit summaries. Not applicable.
Gross profanity or indecent suggestions directed at another contributor. Not applicable.
Belittling contributors because of their language skills or word choice. Not applicable.
Taunting. Not applicable.
Ill-considered accusations of impropriety;. Not applicable.
Lies. Not applicable.
Quoting another editor out-of-context. Not applicable
Making personal attacks. Not applicable.
Using derogatory language towards other contributors. Not applicable.
Feigned incomprehension. Not applicable.

In no case did I comment on the merits of the project, or disparage you for your having created the stubs, which I assume that you did in good faith intending to fill them in with content. I simply observed that they do not have any content and that as such there is no benefit to the project to having them in article space. Do you really disagree with that? Bongomatic (talk) 13:41, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your wikilawyering notwithstanding, your 'shed a tear' comment was rude, you know it--you admitted to it. Your entire tone was aggressive and unpleasant and unnecessary. Look below for Nancy's comment, which was a whole lot more polite. Please do not visit my talk page again unless you are willing to converse in a polite manner, ok? Thanks. Prince of Canada^{t | c} 13:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I am the admin responsible for deleting some/most of the articles and wanted to drop by and explain that this is not because the subject does not merit an entry but because we don't keep placeholders on Wikipedia. If there is no actual content (which there was not in any of the ones I have deleted) then the article should not be put in to mainspace, an amount of leeway is given for newly created articles but this is typically measured in hours rather then days, or in this case, weeks! My advice would be to create them in sandboxes in your userspace and then move then as and when they have content. I would normally offer to copy the deleted articles in to userspace but as they are the same template there doesn't seem to be much point, but, of course, if you would like me you just have to ask. Good luck with your COA project. Kind regards, nancy ^(talk) 13:37, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nancy, I wasn't suggesting that the articles didn't merit entry, I was pointing out the unnecessarily rude and condescending behaviout from Bongomatic (talk). Prince of Canada^{t | c} 13:47, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Little context in Coat of arms of Castlegar, British Columbia

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Coat of arms of Castlegar, British Columbia, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Coat of arms of Castlegar, British Columbia is very short providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles.

To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Coat of arms of Castlegar, British Columbia, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here CSDWarnBot (talk) 13:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How to warn user of vandalism?

Thank you for helping to keep Off Broadway Theatre intact. New users have registered (presumably previously unregistered users who were vandalizing the page, with the possibility of one or more sock puppets) and are continuing with deletion of content. I was hoping for some advice or assistance in warning and/or blocking these users.

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00:09, 28 September 2008 Obtsupporter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (1,314 bytes) Undid revision 240815347 by BillWestman
16:52, 23 September 2008 Obtsupporter (Talk | contribs) (1,314 bytes) Undid revision 240360146 by BillWestman

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19:20, 21 September 2008 OBT2007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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I appreciate any assistance you can provide. BillWestman (talk) 22:49, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Coat of arms of Chilliwack, British Columbia

A tag has been placed on Coat of arms of Chilliwack, British Columbia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Bongomatic (talk) 00:40, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Prince of Canada.

I live in Nafplio, Greece. There is no rail services from/to Athens anymore. There are only frequent bus services to/from Athens by KTEL organisation.

Please correct it, i tried and i cant.

thanks

antonia paziota

My bright idea

I'll dress up as batman, you as robin and I'll take the photo though The Queen's window while you cover me! I tried last year but it didn't work. ;) --Cameron * 13:30, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re Dwayne Perkins Deletion

Thanks for your notes. it seems having someone else write about you is the main criterion for not being and "ad" apparently someone already did. I had nothing to do with that one and somehow that got deleted too. I didn't even know it had been created until i went to create one on my own. People come to wikipedia for information. So if someone chooses to type my name in the search engine and they get my page I fail to see how that can be construed as promotion or an ad. The only way people see my page is if they search on my name which means they are looking for me which in and of itself suggests some level of notability. I will peruse the rules but as of now it feels like a very subjective thing is being sold to me as cut and dry. I'm sure the case for my page being ok is almost as strong as the case against it. I have videos on youtube that I did not put there. Articles written about me that I did not generate or spur. Plus, someone I don't even know has already tried to make an article about me. I'm not here for promotion but more for validation. There are plenty of people on my level who have pages/articles here. It's not promotion as much as it is simply making a factual reference page. I don't mind the community deciding my fate on this but I don't feel the community has spoken. Just a few gatekeepers. Thanks again.

Regards, Dwayne Dwayneperkins (talk) 11:51, 30 September 2008 (UTC)Dwayne Perkins ~~Dwayne Perkins ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwayneperkins (talk • contribs) 11:47, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fay Weldon

That was quick-thanks! 86.136.31.188 (talk) 11:03, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a Lot

You have been very kind to help me at various stages. I on part of my company is to float a tender enquiry for providing solar energy powered operation of a Petrol station. Can I have some material on the items and the cost estimation of the same. If any source on net, the details of the same shall be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Sanjivdogra (talk) 08:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Sorry, it was not my intention to be unpolite. I got to deal with so many rude discussions lately, and so many contradictory ones, that I really was eager to find out what really is needed or relly required. Everything was a big confusion. Thanks for your help.

Warrington (talk) 08:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the reverts and reporting of the IP to AIV. He's finally blocked :) My poor slow internet connection was having trouble keeping up. Cheers! Apparition11 (talk) 08:58, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My first barnstar! Thank you very much! Apparition11 (talk) 09:06, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bend342's user talk

Hi - I hope you don't mind, but I removed your "only warning" message from this user's talkpage as I have already blocked them for personal attacks and vandalism to your page (repeated offence in short time suggests prevention required), and your message was superfluous to my block notice. Let me know if there's a problem with that. Cheers, Fritzpoll (talk) 11:13, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summary

Hi
That's an interesting edit summary, it claims you "Reverted edits by MBisanz to last version by Gwp"? Huggle bug?
Amalthea^Talk 11:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wigan Warriors

You accused me of vandalism yet the section about Bulldog Sports of Leeds is blatant advertising and should be removed itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.208.112.154 (talk) 13:36, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

3RR

Yes I know, which is why I stopped reverting. I am aware of the WP:3RR =) Thanks for the notice anyways.--S_RX 21:07, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

in response to your response

In your response to my article wishing to know about the continued deletion on the subject of doctor steel, I am not in fact close to this subject by any means, I have never met him and have only left a few comments of his myspace, he did however offer to give me information on himself, which has yet to be given. I am simply from an intellectual standpoint trying to understand the issue and dont appreciate being talked down to, my simple wish is to calmly and collectively understand the issue.

Alfred Zwiebel

Hi PrinceofCanada -- Just in case you haven't seen it, could you, please see my response to your message(s) under "ALFRED ZWIEBEL/ TALK" ? I didn't quite know where to write to you so that you would see it. Many thanks in advance! Cheers, Neidhart (talk) 08:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have the page on my watchlist, but this is the best place to leave me a message. In the future though, please add messages at the bottom of the page :) Prince of Canada^{t | c} 08:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So Sorry!

Oh, gosh, I don't know where I am at the moment! I hope I am at the bottom of your PrinceofCanada page, where you asked me to write in future in the above message, WHICH I UNFORTUNATELY only saw AFTER just leaving you a long message on the ALFRED ZWIEBEL / DISCUSSION page! Could I, therefore, impose on you once again to read that message THERE, and in future I WILL respond HERE (if indeed this is the right place!? -- I guess I will see that when I save this message and see where it appears!) Sorry to be such a dimbulb, but I think I'm getting the hang of it... slowly! Regards, Neidhart (talk) 07:36, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Just because i feel like giving out some barnstars :) creaɯy!^Talk 00:30, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Martha Grimes

Hi!! They mention the Cozy genre on the article of Martha Grimes, makes sense to link it with that page, don't you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.208.34.64 (talk) 07:17, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pancharatna Kriti and Endaro Mahaanubhaavulu

{{Talkback|User talk:Drmulgund|October 2008}} VasuVR (talk) 09:56, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Just noticed

Thanks very much mate :) I am feeling a lot better now, it's gone down to just a chesty cough. Thanks again! Garden. 11:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your NPWatcher application

Dear PrinceOfCanada,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.

—αἰτίας •discussion• 11:38, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]