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March 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to John McCain, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: John McCain was changed by Tcncv (u) (t) deleting 41895 characters on 2008-03-21T07:06:34+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 07:06, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

My Response: The error was caused by a simultaneous revert by myself and another user. The result was a truncated page. Cluebot corrected the error before I could. Tcncv (talk)

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to 2008, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.  Rien   22:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

My Response: The error was caused by a failed revert action that resulted was a truncated page. RienPost corrected the error before I could. (Thank you for your diligence RienPost.) I have since restored the intended prior version. Tcncv (talk)

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Arithmetic progression article

Hello... FYI, your note about intermediate versions should go to the IP User:124.82.76.79. My only edit to that page was a revert of vandalism one week ago. --Ckatz^chat_spy 18:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I'll resubmit my note, if it still applies. Tcncv (talk) 18:52, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Holy barnstars, Batman!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For reverting my dumb friends' edits to Columbus High School (Georgia) Evan ¤ Seeds 03:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. You made my day! Tcncv (talk) 03:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks also for reverting vandalism to my user talk page!   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 19:23, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Anytime. -- Tcncv (talk) 19:25, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Wup! SO sorry about that! κaτaʟaveno^T_C 02:28, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. We all have a slip of the mouse sometimes. Tcncv (talk) 02:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

re: Etta James

Ok, thanks foe letting me know. Smokizzy (talk) 03:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

WTF

I didnt vandalise Matthew Mcnair Secondary I AM A STUDENT THERE the VP's name was spelt wrong. And i am a previous student at hamilton elementary the Vice principal became a principal in a delta school and they have a new vice principal.

If your edits are a mix of vandalism and other edits, it's easily assumed that these other edits are also false. If you believe them to be true, you may add them back in and I will leave them alone. Tcncv (talk) 00:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

What's a good faith edit?

What's a good faith edit? --Deep Alexander (talk) 00:35, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

In this case, it means that I respectfully acknowledge that that your edit was made with the intention of improving the article, but after looking at my sources, I happen to disagree. However, my opinion isn't worth more than anyone else's. Wikiedia welcomes all productive contributions (subject to certain Wikipedia standards). I suggest you investigate the most common usage. If you believe your change to be correct, add it back in and I will leave it alone. Tcncv (talk) 00:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for catching the nice little rollback collision on the Hogwarts article. The other editor and I apparently were both trying to rollback at the same time and, well, you saw the result! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 05:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Things get dicey when there are multiple simultaneous vandalism IPs. Sometimes it's best just to compare to the prior day and rollback if there's nothing productive. --- Tcncv (talk) 05:50, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

This is absurd

This is absurd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.33.13.233 (talk) 03:14, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

In what way? Surely you can't expect your changes to go unchallenged, do you? -- Tcncv (talk) 03:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Brontosaurus

That picture of a Brontosaurus cannot be from 1905, there was no such thing as color back then. It must be from 1945 at the earliest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.245.207 (talk) 04:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Than You For Helping With Organic Wine

I'm new with wiki entries and appreciate your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.161.221.51 (talk) 03:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Revert on Bootloaders

Re: Revert on Bootloaders When you did a revert of my previous post was your intention to remove the rather large chunk of the page that you did? I've reverted your undo because the paragraph you deleted was nothing to do with my addition (and thus your "undo" of my edits was a false assertion). (Note from 22:01, 1 April 2008 88.106.191.225 - transferred from my home page, where it initially sat unnoticed, since the change didn't trigger an alert.)

Hello. Thank you for catching and correcting the material deletion. For some reason the rollback tool sometimes (very rarely) does not restore the entire article as intended. Not sure why - possibly a communication error. I usually check the results, but apparently didn't scroll down far enough to catch this one.

As for your changes to the article, I originally only reviewed your first change and was of the opinion that it contradicted the discussion of common multi-stage boot processes that appeared later in the article. That was why I attempted to roll it back. I now realize that I neglected to review all of your changes. Had I done so, I would have seen the overall positive nature of your edits and not taken the action I did. Please accept my apologies. I will strive to be more careful in the future.

And thank you for your contributions. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Reply

No I don't think I did (I was using huggle). Thanks for putting them back. :) -Chetblong^Talk/_Sign 05:31, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. We all make mistakes. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

The Great God Forbid Debate of 08'

Hey noobz. You toaly deleted my addition 2 god forbid n shit. liek dis is toaly uncalled for i was juz stating the obvious LOL. dey are toaly black people hahaha, and i got nuffin rong wit dat, itz juz so tru hahahaha. EDIT: When you sent me a message saying I made a questionable edit, you spelt "have" as "havde". You just lost the game. (Unsigned from 58.173.233.175 (talk) - 08:13, 8 April 2008)

If you disagree with my assessment, you have the ability to add the change to God Forbid‎ back in. I will leave it alone. Just be aware that due to the content of some of your other edits, you may find that your changes will be subject to a higher level of scrutiny. -- Tcncv (talk) 18:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

...for the revert on my talkpage! —97198 talk 09:19, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Dindigul

I have replied on my talk page. Cheers! Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 00:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Asuming good faith

I wish to remind you that using a level 4 vandalism template on a user that has not recieved ANY prior warning is agaisnt the wikipedia regulations. you did this on User_talk:24.207.122.254

You are doing this far to often so please consider this YOUR only warning :)

Should you continue to do this further action may be taken by administrators. Please do not remove this warning as that will be in breach of wikipedia regulations. Should you have any query's about the good faith policy please contact me via my talk page Prom3th3an (talk) 04:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

My last response didn't take - edit conflict). I jumped the gun on that one. I have doengraded the warning.

You say I am doing this "far too often". With this exception I feel I have stuck pretty closely to the 1-2-3-4 guideline. Occasionally if the user has prior warnings in the past 30 days, I'll include those in my assessment. Am I wrong to consider these? Do users get a clean slate each day? -- Tcncv (talk) 04:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I did a little bit of self-diagnostics to see if I'm as bad as you say I am. I reviewed my last 500 contributions and found that I issued 13 final warnings, 12 were preceded by level 3 warnings, and 1 by an earlier final warning. In the same period I issued three only-warnings. This last one, admittedly in error; one due to vandalism following an unblock, and one on a user that was inappropriate images across multiple pages. Looks like I skipped two levels on that one, so I'm guilty of two offenses. (I think I was monitoring two or more vandals at the time, I'll be more careful in the future. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello Tcncv, Prom3th3an has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

When i said far to often i was referring to one time is to often enough ;) . you seem like a good guy, you can remove this warning and all relevant posts if you want. Remember, every month is classified as a new slate (start from lvl 1 with warnings). Cheers Prom3th3an (talk) 07:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Go ahead and leave everything. I don't mind a history that contains a mix of activity. It's a reminder that nobody's perfect and sometimes we go a little overboard when we get fired up. I've tried best I can to keep my a communications friendly and constructive.

I do have a question though. looked in several places and cannot find anything that defines the window for prior warnings. Have you found such a reference? -- Tcncv (talk) 04:45, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

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he WAS in deus ex! he's in the MJ12 secret facility!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.184.168.228 (talk) 04:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Huh? -- Tcncv (talk) 05:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

wtffffff

Why are you deleting my name out of the ARHS noted alumni?

1. 1 YOU NEVER WENT THERE SO BUG OFF
2. 2 If you ACTUALLY READ the discussion page you will see that OTHER PEOPLE have recognized that I am a noted alumni, therefore BUGG OFF!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst_Regional_High_School_(Nova_Scotia)

Please wee the notability guidelines at WP:N#General notability guideline. It does not appear that you have provided any evidence (reliable, independent, verifiable sources) of notability. Being known by fellow students or in the local community in itself does not qualify for notability. I am adding a {{list_fact}} flag to your entry in Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, Nova Scotia) to indicate that it is in need of appropriate documentation. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:23, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello

I appreaciate the fact that you are patrolling wikipedia, removing the horrible stench of vandalism from its gilded halls of knowledge. However, my addition to beautify the article is in no way said vandalism. It is deplorable people such as yourself have nothing better to do then sit around and bite newbies such as me. I hate your type and must say you ruin wikipedia for all of us. Good day sir ~

I must say that it is refreshing to have someone notify me of a mistake in such a polite manner. However, after reviewing the change, I believe the my original conclusion was correct - that the change was not constructive. I agree that the article Stade Ahmed Zabana is in need of enhancement, I do not believe adding "Your mother is ridiculously ugly" and an image containing a light prism was a step in the right direction. I hope this does not discourage you from finding other ways to contribute to wikipedia. -- Tcncv (talk) 03:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing out the horrific holes in my logic, it is regrettable to say but indeed you have me outdone. I commend you for keeping up the wikipedia spirit! But time is short and I must bid you farewell. In the spirit of so many vandals that have come before me, WTF???? WHY"D YOU DO THAT????!?! ~Your dearest friend

Elevations

The elevations I have been using are the GNIS elevations see here for Beaver Meadows. . I am not sure about the Google elevations and they may be correct, but the USGS ones seem to be "official". Dincher (talk) 21:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for noticing them elevations on Google Earth, I will change them back to what they should be —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.115.148.30 (talk) 06:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Be sure to cite a verifiable reference, or it is likely someone will come along and revert the chjanges back to the USCG numbers again. -- Tcncv (talk) 21:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Colin Belyea

Yay! Yet another admin to have fun with!

-D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.182.158 (talk) 00:20, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not an admin. Just a volunteer. -- Tcncv (talk) 00:24, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Jeff Probst

On User talk:Bobo192, Tcncv said:
Hello. As a recent editor of the Jeff Probst article, I'd like to invite you to share your opinion in the Talk:Jeff Probst#Born 1961 or 1962 discussion I have initiated.

Thank you for your note. When I made the reversion, I actually was unaware of the fact that there was controversy surrounding his birthdate, based on different sources saying different things. I am as far away from knowing the actual facts as you could imagine, and thus other than quoting the two sources saying completely different things, I feel I would be unable to offer my opinion in the situation. All the same, I hope the issue is sorted soon. Bobo. 02:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Alice Hamilton

Hello, Can I write Alice Hamilton in the article Progressive Era ? Thank you for your answer and sorry for my English. --Sweet buttuery tart crust (talk) 16:24, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

See the Progressive Era talk pages. And there is no need to appologize for your English. You can apparently speak English much better than I can speak French or any other second language. -- Tcncv (talk) 19:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

US AIrline Pilots

Thank you for intervening. I will refrain from inflammatory comments. I only use them to counterbalance when deleting doesn't work. There is very little room for neutrality here until the US Airline Pilots Association comes in with factual data. My comments are in line with the official line, and I can easily come up with an endorsed article from the USA Airline Pilots Association. However, Wikipedia seems to be more like being up to my ass in alligators while my task is trying to drain the swamp. So, what good does it do to get the US Airline Pilots Association to endorse a Wikipedia article if the vandals just keep spewing their garbage? Now I have to hunt for the tilde key..... Found it! Pilotusa (talk) 23:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate your candor. I was debating whether to scold you for saying effectively "Don't use the word 'scab', SCAB!" but I see that's not necessary. By the way, I'm only a passer by, with no interest in taking sides, but I would like to see both points of view fairly represented. What is missing are the external references needed to document the views of both sides. For example, there was an assertion that the ALPA did not follow its own guidelines in the arbitration agreement. A reference that documents this would be useful.

Regarding the reference documents...do they have to be web based? That might be difficult. ALPA has predictably (and reasonably) cut us all off from their members-only website where the ALPA policy might be found. Additionally, the "windfall" would require some reader knowledge of the arcana of airline pilot seniority and quality of life issues. These are quite convoluted and almost unfathomable to anyone who has not actually BEEN and airline pilot. Pilotusa (talk) 23:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Well in an ideal world, all information in Wikipedia should be supported by verifiable references, but.... As far as seniority goes, I only know that: (1) when group A's livelihood faces off against group B's livelihood, I don't want to be in the middle; and (2) if I ever hear that an east pilot and west piloy are in the same cockpit, I think I'll trade in my tickets and fly United. -- Tcncv (talk) 00:01, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Flying United might not help. Word on the street is that US Airways and United are about to announce a merger plan within 10 days. What a disaster! Oddly, I think the pilots of US Airways east and the United pilots will do everything in their power to stop any merger between the two carriers, while the pilots of US Airways west see the United pilots as their knights in shining armor come to rescue them from the big, bad USAPA. Personally, when I go on a vacation that has airline flying involved, I purchase a ticket on Continental when they go where I need to. Pilotusa (talk) 01:49, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

DragonFable Article...

Not totally sure what happened to this article, but your recent edit made all of it disappear except the first two paragraphs. I've fixed it, and all content should now be replaced. Alinnisawest (talk) 01:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

My system hung halfway through the rollback. Had to reboot. Thanks for fixing the article. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I did not provide incorrect information on palal this is true information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.30.90 (talk) 01:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I have searched and can find no supporting evidence. In the context of your other edits, I believe I was correct to undo your edit to the Palal article. If you believe your information to be correct, please provide a source. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:32, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

USPS

I understand why you would continuously change my edit of the United States Postal Service entry, but I assure you, no copyright violations are taking place. I am employed with the USPS, and sought permission from my superiors before typing a single letter of the article. Most of what I included came from the USPS website and is far more factual than what is currently on there.

I would also like to add that I am somewhat new to this whole Wikipedia thing. It is neither fair nor accurate to call me "unwilling" to discuss this with you. Hopefully, I will soon be more Wikisavvy. I currently seek adoption by someone willing to guide me through this a little. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.254.36.130 (talk) 21:51, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I've responded here on the article's talk page. -- Tcncv (talk) 02:55, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

olympics

The olympic.org website was attacked and the wrong information is written there. Sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.195.65 (talk) 05:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC) I have noticed other websites were similarly attacked-no doubt a plot by the Russians. You should keep the correct info until the problem is solved —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.195.65 (talk) 05:20, 17 June 2008 (UTC) Check the August 2,1976 edition of the New York Times for the correct information. Thanks for your good work! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.195.65 (talk) 05:23, 17 June 2008 (UTC) Did you ever check the New York Times article? I expect better research from the great staff at Wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.195.65 (talk) 05:26, 17 June 2008 (UTC) It seems you are working with the Russians. I am simply defending my great country from you commies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.195.65 (talk) 05:30, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

A portion of the following thread was moved from the top of my talk page. The first item originally appeared on my user page. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Tcncv, sorry for the distruptive edit that I had done. I forget to use the sandbox just now. By the way. Great work! Thank you for loving wikipedia. I have a question, how can I become a admin like you? Do you get paid? Because I heard other admin said that they are beign paid thousand + for monitoring work. I am curious. I thank you for your prompt help in advance.60.50.226.103 (talk) 06:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.226.103 (talk) 06:02, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Tcncv, you shouldn't be so irresponsive... I ask you some question but you didn't reply me.

Are you angry because I accidentally posted my question on your userpage? I didn't see that you don't like it... If you angry I think you are too "small gas"ed......60.50.226.103 (talk) 06:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC) (AKA 60.48.215.103 (talk))

First, I find it hard to believe that your actions were accidental, since you have made multiple similar disruptive edits across multiple pages. Second, it's hard to know how to respond to someone who asks about becoming an administrator immediately after such a string of disruptive edits. However, in the interest of WP:civility, here is my response.

Before you could become an administrator, a lot of things need to happen. First, you need to stop your disruptive edits. Next you need to create an account and use it to build a substantial history of constructive edits. Only should you consider following the procedures outlined in Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship. Your history will be scrutinized and you will be asked to demonstrate a knowledge of Wikipedia policies and procedures, show your ability to work will with others, and to give evidence of your substantial positive contributions. There's much more to it, but in the end, you need to convince existing administrators of your knowledge, skill, trustworthiness, and willingness to work. Only on a consensus vote from other administrators would you be let in.

By the way, I am a regular user who often acts in the role of a recent changes patroler. I am not an administrator myself, nor do I expect to be in the foreseeable future. Of the millions or registered users, only about a thousand are active administrators. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok! Thank you! Sorry! Bye! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.45.111.68 (talk) 00:00, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

On restoring warnings

Please don't get into silly edit wars to remove template warnings; they're of little importance, and vexatiously restoring them time and again usually only antagonizes people and encourages further spiteful disruption. This specifically refers to User talk:24.163.199.100. If you must see it in writing, Wikipedia:USER#Removal of comments, warnings has it. – Luna Santin (talk) 06:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Roger. -- Tcncv (talk) 06:09, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

IP share

Hello. i always read wikipedia, in english, spanish and italian (my user name is amoroma). Sometimes i read messages about im doing vandalism in articles in english like Canada by population or List of Cities in Venezuela. My little contributions are in spanish. I know there is a problem with IP Share (an IP address may in fact represent many users at many physical computers and a message intended for one person may be received by another and a block may be shared by many) Im frustrated by these irrelevant messages when im not logged or when i change in english version. What can i do? thanks190.77.40.162 (talk) 16:10, 13 July 2008 (UTC)amoroma

I suggest that you log in and when doing so, check the box labeled "Remember me (up to 30 days)" or "Quiero que me recuerden entre sesiones". This way, your login session will be remembered and you will no longer receive messages for other users who happen to be assigned the same IP. -- Tcncv (talk) 19:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Olympics

I didn't notice that it said prior, but the listed Olympic record, by Milorad Čavić, was from yesterday, therefore that wouldn't be prior to this competition either. So I don't know who it should say then Ctjf83Talk 02:28, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I noticed the same thing. As you were sending the above note, I was retrieving the "prior to this competition" record. Thanks for double checking. -- Tcncv (talk) 02:30, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

LOL, get it straightened out! Is it suppose to remain prior to this competition? If so, who is the previous Olympic record holder? Ctjf83Talk 02:34, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Previously - Phelps from Athens. Beat by Jason Dunford in heat 7, beat by Milorad Čavić in Heat 9, and retaken by Phelps in the finals.

Ok, so it should say Phelps from 2004? Ok. Ctjf83Talk 02:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, assuming that early versions of this page are correct. -- Tcncv (talk) 02:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

LOL, who knows...I put a tag asking people not to change it...I'll watch page it for a while Ctjf83Talk 02:49, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

You were too late. But it's fixed again. -- Tcncv (talk) 02:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Header standards

Well, I'm certainly not using the word "standard" as a whole but only for the single sporting events articles that are being held at Beijing 2008. Since Day 1, the people who are working in the events single articles (just like the one you cited, Men's 100m) have used and enforced the use of a slightly different header style for the Medalists chart. You won't find a big discussion in the Olympics portal about the issue because of its relative unimportance and since the start of the games, it has been more like a consuetudinary agreement, not an explicit one. Just as your pointing, in the TOC, the section "Medalists" is listed like a ==H2== but it is not: the reason to use a ===H3=== is that the the header is bolder and more visible for the reader who, we imagine, will be searching for the athletes who managed to win the medals in a specific event. Besides, we consider that the medalists table is part of the starting section as it gives a summary explanation of the main highlights of the event, complete results come further in the article. Mannschaftskapitän (talk) 01:59, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Believe me: ===H3=== is no bigger than ==H2== but it is bolder. Besides the line that goes below ==H2== makes the medalists table look out of place as it should be attached to the starting summary section. Complete finishing results are below. Mannschaftskapitän (talk) 02:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to you too. We all know that what wakes Wikipedia bigger and better every passing day is the possibility of discussing every single change no matter how big or small is. Mannschaftskapitän (talk) 02:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Page move

Hi there Tcncv – at the time of moving the article, I wasn't aware that it would be inconsistent with all the other Olympics articles, although I'm sure that's true because en-dashing in titles isn't always common (especially with topic articles all the same in a "set"). I'd be happy to undo that and leave it consistent, because as you were saying, now is probably not the time to try and assimilate all the articles for moving to proper MOS titles; that's its own project. :-) Thanks for letting me know, good luck! Jamie^☆S93 12:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Category spelling

Yeah sorry bout that. The category is right but its gonna confuse the hell out of people isn't it Basement12 (T.C) 23:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Steven Spielberg

Hello. Was it your intention to restore copyright-violation material to the Steven Spielberg article? See the Washington Post article. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:37, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Oops, Of course not. I saw someone adding it on my watchlist and immediately reverted it. Seeing its history now, you reverted first but I accidentally reverted you a few seconds later before seeing that you'd already done it. Reywas92^Talk 01:58, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Also, I noticed in your contributions that you make many similar repeated edits such as removing categories. i recommend WP:AWB which is a much quicker and less tedious method. Reywas92^Talk 02:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

(Complete conversation is here.)

Bid Image Response

Hi. I just got your message. The reason I'm doing this is because I notice that on some pages (i.e, 2008 Summer Olympic bids) there have been pictures that have been deleted. I hope you understand. 24.1.4.241 (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC) (Moved to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Olympics#Bid_images.)

I Don't Understand...

I don't understand why my edit to my old high school page keeps getting deleted. I should know who the notable alumni at my own school are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.212.208 (talk) 04:58, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

In general, notability should be documented and verifiable. Significant (non-local-interest) media coverage may indicate notability. An athlete who has made into professional sports may be considered notable. Often the presence of a Wikipedia article on the person indicates notability, because that article itself must satisfy the notability criteria. Just adding your name to an article without anything to back it up will typically be reverted. See WP:NOTABILITY. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:08, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing vandalism in may!--Jab843 (talk) 00:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Fair use of currency images

Hi there,

For currency images, the fair use rationale explicitely says that can be used as long as the coin is either described or critized. The coin is described in both of the articles your removed them, hence there is no problem on the fair use rationale of the image. Let me know if my understanding is incorrect.

Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 05:18, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

(Moved to User talk:Miguel.mateo#Palace_of_Knossos_commemorative_coin_images for continuity.)

Math homework question: [1]

Was it the "side" of a blackboard you were thinking of as a plane instead of a line ? If so, that depends on the type of blackboard they meant. I was assuming a wall-mounted blackboard, which has 4 edges (right "side", left "side", top, and bottom). Perhaps you were thinking of a free-standing blackboard, which has a front "side" and a back "side". I hate vague questions like this. StuRat (talk) 17:30, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

No I was thinking of each of the four corners of a room, which I see as a line defined by where the walls intersect. -- Tcncv (talk) 17:34, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I could buy that for two points, but those four points should determine a plane. StuRat (talk) 22:59, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I can see how it could be interpreted that way. It depends on what the textbook or instructor intended by "corners" - vertices or edges. The Wikipedia corner article (not necessarily the definitive source for this problem), seems to prefer the edge definition. Shall we post this back to the reference desk to see what others think? -- Tcncv (talk) 00:57, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

The grain or rice was borderline also. Definitely not a plane, but it might be considered a point or a short line segment. -- Tcncv (talk) 17:37, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Rubbish!

Please, explain why you stated on my talk page something along the lines of;

• Tabloid rumours do not qualify not do articles derived from tabloid sources.

If you look at Frank Lampard's page you can find a link here Frank Lampard you'll see source 26 written by Rebecca Evans 'Lampard: I'm true blue' written November 9th 2008 you'll see it was published by the Daily Mirror a newspaper/tabloid. Explain your position. I expect a response within 24 hours. 83.104.51.181 (talk) 14:18, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

My apologies for the typo. The note should have read "Tabloid rumors do not qualify, nor do articles derived from those tabloid sources."

There are two things that Wikipedia takes very seriously. Copyright infringement and the introduction of unsourced or poorly sourced controversial information in biographies of living persons. I previously referenced WP:BLP#Reliable_sources which contains the guideline, "Material about living persons available solely in questionable sources or sources of dubious value should not be used." I also call your attention to the section immediately following GRAPEVINE, which begins with the statement, :"Remove any contentious material about living persons that is unsourced; that is a conjectural interpretation of a source (see Wikipedia:No original research); or that relies upon self-published sources (unless written by the subject of the BLP; see below) or sources that otherwise fail to meet standards specified in Wikipedia:Verifiability." I believe this clearly applies to the changes that you make to the Matthew Upson article and Struway2 (talk · contribs) was justified in reverting those changes. -- Tcncv (talk) 18:35, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Tcncv. I added you to Wikipedia:RD regulars. Hope that's okay. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 07:40, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Great. But,...er...what is this list used for? -- Tcncv (talk) 23:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Nothing really. :) We just thought it'd be fun and it eventually developed a life of its own. Cheers, Zain Ebrahim (talk) 07:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

OK. So now all we need is for someone to generate some top reference desk poster (or responder) stats. -- Tcncv (talk) 07:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback can be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback may be removed at any time.

If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! —αἰτίας •discussion• 12:39, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

why are you banning my edits

i am a family member of nate holden, and i know some secrets of his! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laserking911 (talk • contribs) 03:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. It is against Wikipedia policy to add negative or controversial biographical material in articles on living persons without providing reliable sources to support the content. -- Tcncv (talk) 03:05, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Rural numbers

News4d2's refs do not agree with his/her point of view.Nomad2u001 (talk) 22:04, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Then please say so in the edit summary. (I'm taking a look at the article history and talk page now.) -- Tcncv (talk) 22:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Physician assistant

Perhaps you would like to review the continued activity at Physician assistant. Thanks. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 21:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Your comment will be appreciated

I saw that you have visited and edited List_of_Nobel_Laureates_by_country. Unfortunately, I am the only user who seems to be actively taking care of this article. I recently proposed a guideline on the corresponding talk page by which I try to solve the issue on how to correctly mention the birth place of a laureate. I did not get any reaction. As I said, I think noone else has it on watch. For maintaining the article it would be helpful to have consensus on the rules that underly the composition of the list. Unfortunately, I cannot build consensus alone. Also I want to avoid ownership accusations in the future. Therefore, your critical opinion to the topic would be very much appreciated, if you have the time and interest to sort this thing out. Thanks. Tomeasy _{T C} 20:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas from Promethean

O'Hai there Tcncv, Merry Christmas!

Tcncv,
I wish you and your family all the best this Christmas and that you also have a Happy and safe new year.
Thankyou for all your contributions to Wikipedia this year and I look forward to seeing many more from you in the future.
Your work around Wikipedia has not gone un-noticed, this notice is testimony to that
Please feel free to drop by my talkpage any time to say Hi, as I will probably say Hi back :)

All the Best.   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk)

Reply

He kept adding some stupid flag of his own creation (called 'Wang Flag') in place of an actual nation's flag. 1. TopGearFreak 22:22, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: 98.231.153.180

Conversation is here

Thank you

Thank you for your kind comments. I feel better now that there are still some objective people out there patrolling edits. Thank you again. I wish you a happy new year! Aruba1018 (talk) 23:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. And a Happy New Year to you too. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Table sorting

Great minds and fools I suppose. With respect to your VPT thread, I've been hacking at the same area.

My approach though was to first solve the problem of complex table headers, such as those in User:Franamax/Sort2test. This uses the classes "sorthdg" and "sortkey" (and "sortable2" for the table itself) and lets you define invariant header rows and specify just one of the multi-spanned headers for sorting. On my local test wiki it works great, and I was planning to extend the "sorthdg" concept to handle multiple in-table headings. For some reason though, when I transferred my script over to User:Franamax/sortable2.js, I get "unterminated string constant" errors.

Anyway, if you can use any of my sortable2 code, feel free. It has a pretty good "look-up-and-over" algorithm for figuring out the actual data column within the header, or at least it looked good on the tests.

Do you have a written-up algorithm for your approach? If so, please send. Not sure if we can combine efforts or not, but I'm interested... Franamax (talk) 09:57, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like we have been working on separate areas of the same script. I pretty much left headers alone, with the exception of a check for column header class="autorowspan". I had it in the back of my mind to look at table headers as a followup to rowspan/colspan support. I'll take a look at what you have. I'd also appreciate any comments you might have on my enhancements. -- Tcncv (talk) 14:39, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Some additional (though probably outdated) discussions on the topic have also occured here. SharkD (talk) 19:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll take a look. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

new WP:RDREG userbox

This user is a Reference desk regular.

The box to the right is the newly created userbox for all RefDesk regulars. Since you are an RD regular, you are receiving this notice to remind you to put this box on your userpage! (but when you do, don't include the |no. Just say {{WP:RD regulars/box}} ) This adds you to Category:RD regulars, which is a must. So please, add it. Don't worry, no more spam after this - just check WP:RDREG for updates, news, etc. flaminglawyer^c 07:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Naturoid "vandalism"

Thank you for your assistance. It's quite frustrating to spend an hour rewriting journalese and have my changes reverted out-of-hand. – 74  06:20, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Sometimes a BOT (an automated process) will revert an edit that significantly reduces page size and issues a warning, even if the edits are valid. That then puts you on the radar for Huggle (a vandalism patrol tool) whose users tend to be quick to revert changes by editors who have already been reverted earlier. It shouldn't happen, but it does. I was in the process of taking a closer look at your edits when someone else took the quick click-and-revert route. -- Tcncv (talk) 06:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Here's what I saw (amidst patrolling,) that caused me to revert:

1. An undoing of Cluebot with no explanation.
2. What looked to be a large page reduction.
3. An image name which sounded like vandalism appearing in red: "Mechaduck" (which was probably what was the "straw" in the calculation to revert).
4. ip editor (yes, I'm used to seeing sweeping changes by ip editors that need to be reverted)
5. No discussion/notice of intent to do a sweeping change on the talk page

Also note that if you glance at my talk page, I make a lot of notes while patrolling -- and usually catch errors that I make. This one didn't trigger my "oops" sense, for the reasons above.

NOTE: If patrollers didn't make semi-quick decisions, the mathematics of vandalism control do not compute.

IE: When on patrol, RC patrollers do function a bit like a bot. Based on patterns we've seen and processed, we make a fairly quick decision. Clearly such decisions may be in error -- as may well be the case here. :) Proofreader77 (talk) 06:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I realize mistakes happen. I did not mean to criticize. I've had my share of false positives too. I have to admit I almost reverted the edit myself, but changed my mind and decided to scroll down and take a closer look. What really bothers me is that there appears to be no way to restore the user to good standing to Huggle. As far as I know, this user will continue to be flagged as being twice reverted for the rest of his edit session (or however long Huggle tracks this), increasing the chance of further erroneous reverts.

I do appreciate that you have at least taken a look at the situation. I ran into a similar case with a new user editing the Axis powers back on 31 December. Once the first reviewer reverted, other Huggle users followed. The IP user was event accused of sock puppetry when he created an account to continue editing. I dropped the reviewers a note and at least one responded essentially with an I-don't-case response. Clearly, you are on the other end of the spectrum. Thank you. -- Tcncv (talk) 07:21, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Oliver Black (artist)

Resolved

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Oliver Black (artist), and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: Oliver Black. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case. If you are intentionally moving or duplicating content, please be sure you have followed the procedure at Wikipedia:Splitting by acknowledging the duplication of material in edit summary to preserve attribution history.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 07:38, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Another editor had replaced the content of an article about one individual with information about another. I was in the process of moving the new content to a new Oliver Black (artist) page and had not yet restored the prior Oliver Black page. -- Tcncv (talk) 08:00, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Notability of Oliver Black (artist)

A tag has been placed on Oliver Black (artist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's 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 confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. RunningOnBrains 08:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Apologies for the message, I didn't quite get that you weren't the actual author here. I have posted this warning at User talk:Websweweave, where it belongs. Cheers!-RunningOnBrains 08:33, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)

Thanks for the heads up. I apologize to the user. --J.Mundo (talk) 19:46, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I know it's sometimes too easy to hit that big red button when you see a large deletion. I guess an edit summary by the other editor could have made the intent clear. I any case, you efforts patrolling for vandalism are much appreciated. -- Tcncv (talk) 19:53, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Oliver Black identity debaucle

Hello,

I have read your comments and there is misunderstanding. I agree that the article begun on Oliver Black, the person and artist, needs embellishing and that will be coming. However, *he* is the *person* with the name, the group does not include *any* person of that name and the band has changed their name as described in the article you restored, thus one person was not replacing another on the page.

In essence your action serves to deny the *person* the ability to let folks know of his many accomplishments, giving prevalence to a group that apparently randomly chose his name on a whim for their group in its early years. Perhaps it wpould be more appropriate to remove the information on the group under the name Oliver Black and for Wikipedia to move the rest of their information to a "Towntime" page. It was appropriate and considerate to begin the article with a NOTE leading people to information on the band.

Oliver Black, the person, attempted conversatin with the group when he saw his name associated with it in 2004 after he had had a web presence already as oliverblack.com. They have been unwilling to explain why they were using his name.

Most importantly, the band has now changed its band name, I quote them in Wikipedia: "In September 2008, Oliver Black officially changed their name to suit their new musical pursuits and sounds, to Townline" from the bottom of the article you restored.

I would like to work with you to correct this error in interpretation. I have photographs ready to add to the page on Oliver Black the artist that will demonstrate why an article on him belongs in the encyclopedia.Herongrove (talk) 20:11, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Well first, I do not believe that Oliver Black (artist and sculptor) has exclusive rights to that name. Both Oliver and Black are common names, so I suspect that there are numerous Oliver Blacks out there. Even if the band has no member names Oliver Black, I believe they are free to choose that name for their band. Second, article names in Wikipedia are generally used on a first-come basis. If a conflict occurs, the resolution it typically to name the new article with a qualifier in parenthesis (such as Oliver Black (artist)). I do not believe that replacing one article with another is acceptable. That is why when I noticed your changes, I moved Oliver Black (artist and sculptor) to a new article, restored the original, and added disambiguation links to both articles.

Unfortunately, in an action unrelated to my activities, the new Oliver Black (artist) article was tagged for speedy deletion due to lack of demonstrated notability. It was deleted shortly afterward.

If you believe that you can correct the notability issue, possibly by citing some source that demonstrates national prominence, coverage in art publications, of something else that might satisfy Wikipedia notability guidelines, you can recreate the article and assert its notability. Although I think there is a way to request that the article be undeleted, it may be simplest to copy your original text from this version of the Oliver Black article. Although a bit unorthodox, you might also try preemptively adding a {{hangon}} template at the top of the article – something like {{hangon|I will add evidence of notability shortly.}} This might head-off another speedy deletion, but is no guarantee.

By the way, I'm not an administrator, or any kind of special user – just an ordinary contributor with the same rights as you. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. -- Tcncv (talk) 20:55, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Mariah Carey Sales Figures

• Try MariahJournal.com for the album sales. They're pretty much right except that Music Box sold 26 million and TEOM did ship 10 million WW (via Island Music).LAUGH90 (talk) 18:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:30, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

U HAVE NO SOURCES THAT SAY EVEN THE NUMBERS U ARE DEPICTING.I WILL HAVE U BANNED IF U DO NOT STOP THE VANDALIZM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.28.159.237 (talk) 13:55, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

i understand but the truth is it is unknow so there is no reason not to puit it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.155.49.3 (talk) 23:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

"Unknown" and "Unavailable" are two different things. The gross receipts may be know to someone, but are unavailable because there is no published, reputable, verifiable source. For readability it is better just to leave the cell blank. Nothing is gained by adding the unknown (or unavailable) note; it just adds clutter. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:45, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• My sources are from the record labels (Sony/Columbia, Island Def Jam, etc.) and are much more factual. That website (8 notes) has info used from Wikipedia back from a few years ago (2005/2006) that is false. For example, "Emotions is only 4x Platinum by the RIAA, not 5x.LAUGH90 (talk) 03:25, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

• OK. This seems to be a growing problem due to Wikipedia's popularity. I wasn't sure about the source, and wasn't in a position to dispute it, so I limited myself to helping the user (whom I assume is a new contributor) enter proper citations for his/her sources. I figured someone else might contest the source, which you have just done. -- Tcncv (talk) 03:33, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you. I know you're just trying to help. I'm not trying to be annoying, I'm just trying to get the accurate, record label sources, instead of the fabrications. Once again, thanks and I do appreciate it.LAUGH90 (talk) 04:22, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Let me know which version you propose (link or date/time) and I'll review it (so as not to be accused of meatpuppetry), and if it checks out, roll it back. -- Tcncv (talk) 04:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I found source for daydream 30 million worldwide

i found the source for my album sales claims.i just dont know how to write the reference on the wikipedia page.so if u can help me and tell me how ican write it once i found the website. THANK U —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balto9902 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Excellent. And welcome to Wikipedia. References can be inserted anywhere in Wikipedia text type enclosing the reference between "<ref> ... </ref>" tags. Wikipedia will automatically add the reference test to the references section that is typically present at the bottom of each page and will also insert a numbered link in the main text.

As for what goes inside the "<ref> ... </ref>" tags, there are many formats documented in Wikipedia:Citing sources, but a minimal citation for a web page would be something like <ref>[http://web.site.com/rest/of/address.html Title of This Page]</ref>. The single square brackets indicate a web reference (double square brackets are used for internal Wikipedia links). Inside the brackets, everything up to the first space is the URL (web address). The rest is the title or link text that is displayed by Wikipedia. More formal citations can be created using the {{cite web}} template, such as "<ref>{{cite web|url=//web.site.com/rest/of/address.html|title=Title of This Page|accessdate=2009-02-04 |publisher=Acme Music Charts |date=2008-12-01}}</ref>" This form actually is very flexible and has many other options.

If you choose to use a simpler form, that's OK. Someone else might come along later and convert the reference to something more formal. The important thing is to document the source of your figures. Please let me know if you have any more questions. -- Tcncv (talk) 00:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

thanks alot.one more question,lets say the source isnation master(encyclopedia)then once your on it u type daydream(mariah carey album)how do i write that exact thing on a reference —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.144.134.170 (talk) 01:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

First let me say that it is not necessary to start a new section on a talk page for each follow-up comment. You can added your comments to the end of the existing text, preferably indented using one or more leading ":"s before each parapraph (use one more than the prior comment). Also, if you end your comment with four tildes (~~~~), Wikipedia will automatically sign and time-stamp your comments. Wikipedia has a feature called "section editing" that makes it easier to edit individual parts/sections/topics on a page. If you do not see an "(Edit)" link to the right of each section title, go to your "my preferences" page, "editing" tab, check the "Enable section editing via (edit) links" option, and click save.

For the source that you mention, I assume that you are referring to http://www.nationmaster.com, that you searched for "daydream(mariah carey album)", and eventually found your way to the http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Daydream-(Mariah-Carey-album) web page with a article titled "Daydream (Mariah Carey album)". You can a reference to this using either "<ref>[http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Daydream-(Mariah-Carey-album) NationMaster Encyclopedia: Daydream (Mariah Carey album)]</ref>". Alternately, you could use "<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Daydream-(Mariah-Carey-album)|title=Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|accessdate=2009-02-04 |publisher=NationMaster Encyclopedia}}</ref>". Examples: First form. Second form.

perfect,i figured out how to do it,thanx...tell me what u think,i changed (mariah carey discography).new sources —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balto9902 (talk • contribs) 02:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

i edited (MARIAH CAREY DISCOGRAPHY) AND DAYDREAM(MC ALBUM).check it out and tell me what u think —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balto9902 (talk • contribs) 02:50, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm taking a look now. Look pretty good. One problem I see is the sales for #1 were bumped up from 15,000,000 to 18,000,000. I don't think that's correct. (You didn't add a source on that change, but if you did, your source only shows 16,500,000.) There are also ways to share ref's so that all similar ref's point to the same citation in the references section. I'll make the necessary changes for that. But check that figure for #1.

And to add to an existing note, don't click the "+" or "new section" options. Instead, click "edit this page" (you will have to scroll way hown in the edit box). Or better - scroll down to the existing topic and click "[edit]" to the right of the section header. And always end your comments with "~~~~" to sign and date your comment.

Vandalizm

how do u ban someone who is vandalizing? LAUGH90 who i checked has been warned many times for vandalizm keeps changing them and adding references that clearly state they are false.how do i ban him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balto9902 (talk • contribs) 03:36, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Are you 72.28.159.237?

Hi, no Im not apparently another user wrote on the section I wrote earlier. Frcm1988 (talk) 05:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

my question is what tells u the verifialbility.for example the site lagh90 used(mariah daily)says clearly under the sales of albums box that those are not actual sales.it says that clearly there,NOT ACTUAL SALES.so how can he use them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.28.159.237 (talk) 01:02, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey thanks for catching and reverting some vandalism done to my talk page. I appreciate that. Killiondude (talk) 07:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Tcncv (talk) 07:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Nimetazepam

A long series of unsourced insertions without edit summaries. Take a look please, I cannot roll back. 70.137.130.4 (talk) 13:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

I am not sufficiently knowledgeable on this topic to be of much help. Some changes have references. Others do not. If you have sources that contradict the newly added information, you can change it and cite your references. If the changes seem reasonable, you can leave them and add {{fact}} tags. If the changes are appear unreasonable, you can remove them and provide an explanation in the edit summary. You can also open a discussion on the talk page and invite the other editors to participate. -- Tcncv (talk) 17:00, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Point taken

Hi and thanks for the nice note. It wasn't my intention to bite the user, but such is the disadvantage of having to communicate via text instead of real time speech. I left a note of apology under yours over at the talk page. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Hopefully the user will come back. -- Tcncv (talk) 04:13, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

mariah carey discography

hello,the new source clearly states that they are not true or reliable sale figures..it says it right on the bottom of the chart thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Balto9902 (talk • contribs) 04:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Sony Music's Mariah Carey page

Honestly, I don't think that Sony Music is a good reference to use. Record labels try extremely hard to promote their artist with marketing tactics. That said, most record labels grossly inflate sales for their artist. Mariah Carey has not sold 200 million albums worldwide. That is simply absurd. Records maybe, but not albums. I would personally refrain from adding sources that directly benefit from her sales and success. User:BalticPat22Pat 17:20, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Renaming an article title

Thank you for your assistance a few moments ago! This is my first time to edit/enter Wiki information. Can you instruct me on how to properly rename our article page?

Thanks again,

--Wtwikiauth (talk) 04:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

WealthTrust

One of the complicating factors with this article is that he's admitted he's got a conflict of interest with the article, so there's a little heavier "burden of proof" than normal to provide independent sources for claims in the article. —C.Fred (talk) 05:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I realize that and have left instructions specifically addressing those concerns here (fourth paragraph). -- Tcncv (talk) 05:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I've looked over the history, and I don't think WealthTrust is eligible for WP:PROD, because it has previous gone through AfD. However, I think it's eligible for speedy deletion. I've tagged it thus to get another admin to consider whether it should be deleted.

• If it's deleted, no problem.
• If it's turned back to a redirect, there's a page for redirects to consider for deletion, and it can be nominated there.
• If speedy deletion is declined, it can (should, IMHO) be nominated for WP:AFD. —C.Fred (talk) 22:58, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Prod and AfD are two different processes. Prod is designed for clear, uncontested deletion; AfD involves debate. Removal of a prod tag is contesting the deletion, so an article can't be reprodded once it's been deprodded—nor can it get tagged for prod if it's been through AfD already. So, in a way, prod is almost AfD light, or an optional step that can be used before AfD. —C.Fred (talk) 00:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Doodleyankey Vandalism

I would like to inform you that I was not the person doing the vandalism to The Year of the Hangman.

Doodleyankey (talk) 16:29, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I have removed the warning. Some of your edits, such as this one, included an objectionable phrase a few paragraphs down. However, the remainder of the changes seemed reasonable, so I will assume good faith and that this was unintentional. -- Tcncv (talk) 00:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Date autoformatting poll

Hi there, I noticed that like me, you are opposed to any form of dates autoformatting. I have created some userboxes which you might like to add to your userspace to indicate your position. You will find the boxes here. Ohconfucius (talk) 06:20, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

EXTREME VANDALIZM!

Hello,there has been extreme vandalisz occuring on mariah carey discographytake a look ,if u can plz protect it so ony registered accounts can edit...thnx alot! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mammamia9905 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

This appears to be a couple of unproductive edits by an anonymous user. I reverted those edits and warned the user. On a side note, I recommend that you find a small screwdriver and use it to pry off your caps lock key and throw it away. Thank you. -- Tcncv (talk) 00:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hey. I'm sorta new at this so if you could help me or tell me if I do anything wrong I would really appreciate it. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Selenagomez12 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Precise width control for spanned cells

How's this:

Standard Mandarin personal pronouns

Person	Singular				Plural
First person	我 wǒ 'I, me'				Exclusive		Inclusive
					我们 wǒmen 'we, us'		咱们 zánmen 'we, us' *
Second person	Normal		Polite		你们 nǐmen 'you (all)'
	你 nǐ 'you'		您 nín 'you'
Third person	Masculine	Feminine		Neuter	Masculine	Feminine		Neuter
	他 tā 'he, him'	她 tā 'she, her'		它 tā 'it' †	他们 tāmen 'they, them'	她们 tāmen 'they, them'		它们 tāmen 'they, them'

I set the the borders for the "zero-height" row to be 0. It's weird how assigning a border of 0 for the whole table still leaves all those "ghost lines". I also spread out the code to make it more accessible for inexperienced editors, and removed the valign="bottom" and height="0". Lastly, I made slight changes to the presentation of the actual content. — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 07:49, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

3RR caution

Hello. I left a reply for you at my talk. Dr.K. logos 23:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Didn't see it...

I honestly didn't see the hangon notice; it may have been further down the page. If I had, I might not have deleted it. Thanks for brinig it to my attention, though. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I absolutely agree with you. This latest article is tagged as a speedy for vandalism, but I don't see it as such. It's really short, but it's at least referenced to print. I may in fact go and remove the speedy notice. It simply doesn't mee the criteria IMO. Thanks again. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 00:46, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

You can alert the user to the deletion of you wish, but it isn't absolutely necessary. After some thought, I almost deleted it myself; the term only appeared in the one publication as a sort of joke. Such is the way of the wiki. At least the edit was in good faith and I hope it won't scare the guy off. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:42, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Cst17 (talk) 23:03, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:04, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help

RE: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Keyboard_shortcut_to_the_edit_box

Thank you I really appreciate it! Ikip (talk) 04:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. The answer is something I'll use too. -- Tcncv (talk) 04:46, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Have a barn star

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		For your illuminating answer to the question on the Computing Refdesk about online maps. I never knew that Ajax was behind it all. Heron (talk) 19:06, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad to be of help. -- Tcncv (talk) 20:31, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Rowspan sorting

Hello. I brought up your rowspan sorting feature at Talk:Eurovision Song Contest winners#1969 and rowspan. I have no idea whether we should hope for a sitewide default implementation soon, please join in. Having this feature available would solve so many issues! —JAO • T • C 12:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

list of billionaires page, question...

Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place for this question, not sure of alternative ways to ask it on Wiki. I see that no Chinese people are included in the list of world's billionaires except for on their own page. One in particular is worth more than even the Walton's, just wondering why they are excluded, or if it is just a matter of time and getting them added. I would offer to help, but I only know the most basic of edits, and don't really understand the table formatting. I saw the disclaimer that heads of state types are excluded, just wanting clarification as to the Chinese exclusion. Thanks, captbrian23 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captbrian23 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I took the liberty of copying your question to the article's discussion page and have answered it there. -- Tcncv (talk) 06:13, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

what to do about these

User:Sabian1982 doing this [2]. My not sure whether this needs any action. Looks low level? your advice and assistance please? Earlypsychosis (talk) 10:41, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

This user appears to be promoting a specific website. Possibly a conflict of interest and possibly linkspam. Reverting the addition, as you have done, appears to be appropriate. If that user disagrees, the issue can be take to the talk page as part of the WP:BRD process. -- Tcncv (talk) 18:40, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

cheers Earlypsychosis (talk) 19:59, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Blood type GA Sweeps: On Hold

I have reviewed Blood type for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since you are a main contributor of the article (determined based on this tool), I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 23:43, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

My role with that article has primarily been to patrol changes via my watch list. I am not a major contributor. I do see that another editor is working to clean up the issues you've identified. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Calculating the distance between two coordinates

Hi Tcncv! I have been on vacances so I couldn't read about your work on the coordinates distance calculation issue till today. I'm very hapy to see that you have continued working on it and I have been thinking about another use of this calculation. For example lots of templates about places have a place to put the distance between it and the capital city. I. e. in es:Alsasua or eu:Alsasua we have the distance between this town and the capital city, roughly 50 km. But this distance is calculated by road, not by real distance. Every place is further by road than the real distance to the capital city, so it could be developed a way to calculate the real distance and the shortest one by road. It's an idea! -Theklan (talk) 13:15, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Holy hell you're amazing

@harej 05:32, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

It's been quite a challenge. Unfortunately, I do not (yet) have a working PHP environment to test my code. I think I at least have it close to the point where it is free from syntax errors. My next goal is to set up some text cases - a page with lots of dates in lots of formats that we can feed the bot to see if it flies. For now, time for some sleep. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:46, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Of course, unlinker() will have to be tested separately, because the full script is designed for the "production environment", i.e. all of Wikipedia. Isolating it so that it will only work with a single test page shouldn't be too hard. By the way, I've decided to make that test page User:Full-date unlinking bot/Test environment. @harej 05:57, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Great. As I construct test cases and gather examples, I'll add them there. -- Tcncv (talk) 06:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

$match_count = 99;

I am kind of confused on why you put that in the bot code. @harej 04:45, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

The loop statement that follows "for ($i = 0; $i < 10 && $match_count > 0; $i++)" requires that $match_count have a positive value for the loop to continue. The 99 is needed to get the loop started the first time through. After that, it will be checking the results of the preceding preg_replace, exiting when no more matches are found. The loop is also limited to ten iterations as a safety. I'll add a comment. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:42, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Very good, thank you. As long as it wasn't a typo. @harej 05:45, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Michael Jessie Corleon

please leave this edit alone. He is from the Sugarhouse and was Michael Vick's cellmate in Leavenworth. Do you not read the news or watch ESPN?

-- (Preceeding unsigned comment by Thereal801 (talk · contribs).

Do you have a reliable source that you can cite as a reference? See WP:BLP. -- Tcncv (talk) 23:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for your input on the measurement conversion templates with User:131.123.65.154. --JonRidinger (talk) 05:15, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Tcncv (talk) 05:16, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Van Buren High School (Arkansas)

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. But you have to admit, that's pretty hilarious stuff. 99.131.168.214 (talk) 23:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

No it isn't. It's just stupid. I should seriously start a campaign to stop vandalism. Kevinbrogers (talk) 23:38, 16 September 2009 (UTC)