User talk:Brandon/Archive 1

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Could the block on 204.229.240.120 be changed to allow registered user to still edit please (I think that account creation should be blocked)? Also I would recommend that the IP remain blocked indefinity due to it is the IP of a rather large high school.--BJ 18:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Can't see a block on that IP, is it an autoblock on another account? Can you post the block page? Guy 19:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Your user name or IP address has been blocked from editing. You were blocked by RasputinAXP for the following reason (see our blocking policy): Persistant vandalism Your IP address is 204.229.240.120. --BJ 19:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I found the IP block with this [1]--BJ 19:23, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I have changed the block type of the IP to allow existing users.--Konstable 21:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks --BJ 22:37, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi! Before reporting vandalism to WP:AIV, be sure to warn the user about his or her actions. We cannot block someone who hasn't had proper notification. Thank you! -- Merope ^Talk 19:10, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

I thought had allready {{bv}}ed him, sorry.

I see what happened - you posted it to his user page, not his talk page. It happens. (It happens to me more often than I care to admit!) Anyway, I've warned him, he vandalized again, and now he's blocked. -- Merope ^Talk 19:12, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: this post, I removed non-notable (nn) and unverified information. -- 12.106.111.10 00:27, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

A lot of that was notable, it might needed to be cleaned up but it was still notable. --BJ 00:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

It's notable that they have a sports program, like almost every other school? The principle is notable enough to merit being mentioned both in the info box & in the article?

The apparent suicide, while tragic, has not yet been deemed notable enough in the Mesa/Gilbert/Chandler community to make it into any credible published source (including the East Valley Trib, which seems to publish this kind of thing as often as it happens); this was actually mentioned in the text that was removed. WP is intended to be a encyclopedia, not a school year book. -- 12.106.111.10 00:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "again", as the edit history for this article clearly shows that no one from this IP address has never edited this article prior to todays consecutive edits. -- 12.106.111.10 00:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the again was I was distracted but back to the point, I still think that "Traditions" and sports are notable. See every other high school article. --BJ 00:53, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Have you had a look at WP:BITE? It basically means, do not bite the newcomers, or, assume good faith, as we all make mistakes. I just thought your warning here was a little on the harsh side. Normally, I'd recommend {{advert1}} or {{advert2}}. Otherwise keep up the great work! Glen 08:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I used {{advert4}} because it was in response to the article you already warned him about but your right it was harsh. Sorry. --BJ 08:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove maintenance notices from pages unless the required changes have been made. If you are uncertain whether the page requires further work, or if you disagree with the notice, please discuss these issues on the page's talk page before removing the notice from the page. These notices and comments are needed to establish community consensus about the status of a page. Thank you. --Madchester 03:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing. The page has been listed on WP:Cleanup. Please review that summary before making any further reverts and potentially violating WP:3RR. Thanks. --Madchester 03:29, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from creating inappropriate pages such as John Zarr. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:43, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I did not create the article, I just added the db-bio template, just wanted to point that out. Keep up the great work! BJ 02:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I was a little confused, because I looked at the edit history, and only saw your name; but you are the one adding db-bio to articles. I guess there was some confusion; I apologize for the inconvenience. -Patstuart^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

for the quick help --who-am-i 23:04, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

In reguard to your VP approval I see some issues on your userpage that concern me. I have removed your name from the list twice allready. Each time I cited my reasons. Since VP is a powerful tool the moderators of VP need to be able to trust in the users we approve. The recent issues do not support you. Yes I know we all make mistakes, I have made a few myself but before we approve you we would like to see you redeem yourself. WP:POPUPS is a useful tool. I will not hold this against you but come back in two weeks and lets see where you stand. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 08:19, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

He is irresponsibly deleting relative content.

Clan Activity is extremely relevant as Zdaemon.org devotes nearly half of their front page toward them. Furthermore, Zdaemon Community is very active with CTF which is heavily played by Clans.

If this vanalism continues, you will be reported. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tcdoom (talk • contribs) 17:41, November 6, 2006.

For all interested, my changes were the removal of the list of clans on the page [2] because I feel that Wikipedia is not the place for it and because I feel it fails WP:V/WP:NOR. I also removed the link to the clan website of Tcdoom (the user above) [3].

You Deleted Zdaemon Staff Members on your last act of vandalism. As per this user talk, it is obvious you are rubbing others the wrong way. Clans are relevant or they would not be on the front page of Zdaemon.org [[4]]. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tcdoom (talk • contribs) 18:27, November 6, 2006.

I've always known the condition as "pigeon chest", as do everyone I know. We could get an opinion of this in the discussion page. Walrusbeatle 06:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi BJweeks. I visited this link (after you corrected it) on Digium and it really doesn't provide any more information than what is already in the article and company website. WP standards state that the official company website link is OK, but others are to be discouraged unless they provide unique content. If you still think its necessary, go ahead and add it back, but it seems redundant. Calltech 14:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

back off —Preceding unsigned comment added by Misplaced canadian (talk • contribs) 17:32, November 14, 2006 the rivalrys are important to sports and you keep on deleting them. i made the article and yes there is somethings that arent important but rivalries are if you are not deleting them then iam sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.162.200 (talk • contribs) 21:34, November 17, 2006

The rivalries section was removed by another user because they were unsourced, I do agree with him but I'm not removing that section specifily just jumping back numbers of days back to the older version after multiple user touched the page and added more useless info and typos. BJ^Talk 04:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah well if you go to DRHS then you should know who are rivals are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.162.20 (talk • contribs) 03:20, November 18, 2006

I do go to DRHS but this is a encyclopedia so you must cite everything, see WP:V. BJ^Talk 17:06, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Did you delete the sports part of the section? --Misplaced canadian 19:19, 23 November 2006 (UTC)misplaced_canadian

The reason I was editing is that I have searched out all free teamspeak sites and the one that was currently posted offered less that the one I posted. So I thought either both should be on or the one I posted or neither because people would rather get 50 free slots than 16 which was offered at the previous.

You dont go to Highland High School so dont edit there page. Just focus on your high school.

Alright I deleted the topic i started becasuse i feel it has no value right now so please dont bring it up agian.

I understand however as ridiculus as this asignment is it makes up a large part of my grade. I was left with the choice between choosing to add a article I knew litle or nothing about or choosing one that I could at least add valid information to. Well I doubt most of my peers will even be able to come near 3 pages I feel I should apoligize for the 300-450 pages my class potentialy will submit to Wikipedia that will be sub par. Probably at 'most' this article will be 2 pages. I will try to keep it as factual as possible.

Autonomous Operations 03:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Ill be surprised if any one in our class can write 5 pages at Wikipedia Standards. Also I wasnt afended by you comment. I seriously do think some of the articles my class will write will be almost completely audited and wikipedia wont benifit much from there articles. Autonomous Operations 07:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Today our teacher clarified the asignment its 5 pages double spaced so on wikipidia its only about 2.5 pages.Autonomous Operations 21:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

if you dont create another account and use it to vandilise other people. you wont be getting an award if you keep this up.

What are you talking about? BJ^Talk 05:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I had someone vandaslise my page it was Raptor 1022 or something like that if that wasnt you then you can delete this entrie topic. --68.2.162.200 15:29, 24 November 2006 (UTC)misplaced_canadian

No, it was not me... BJ^Talk 19:46, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

With the standings if you look at other sports teams it shows there standings so I have source for everything and I beleive it has enough importance that it should stay and not be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.162.200 (talk • contribs) 12:51, November 29, 2006

I requested a semi-protect, but am off to bed now. If you're on for a while, keep an eye on the article. Thanks! --Porqin 06:57, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to watch it for a few and see if I can get a few of them blocked before I go to sleep also. BJ^Talk 06:59, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bjweeks, I opened a discussion on Talk:Asterisk (PBX) recommending the removal of 2 new links. Wanted your input. Calltech 13:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Barry Goldwater is allowed to talk about their chess team, but we are not? Look, high school chess isn't something that sourced on the internet, you have to take the words of someone who goes to Highland. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.13.61.115 (talk) 22:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

If you can't source it, it doesn't belong on Wikipeida, see WP:V. If you feel that the chess section of the Barry Goldwater page is unsourced feel free to remove it. BJ^Talk 23:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I have noticed that you have been deleting official town government websites as spam. You have deleted at least 14 government websites as spam, and I am guessing that you must not have visited these websites. Also you are deleteding this information from an area you do not appear to have an in depth knowledge of. I live in this area and will continue to post these sites because they are the only real content for these areas. Future disregard for others hard work will not go unnoticed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anythingbusiness (talk • contribs) 05:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

The pages I have submitted have more than 100+ pages of pure community information, aside from the local chamber of commerce stuff.

As absolutely distasteful as I find this, apparently this is the official chamber of commerce website for the Star Valley communities (Alpine, Etna, Freedom, Star Valley Ranch, Thyane, Bedford, Turnerville, Grover, Auburn, Afton, Fairview, Osmond and Smoot) as per the link from here [5], so they just qualify for WP:EL. The other links, especially the ones for Jackson and Teton park do not, in my opinion, pass WP:EL and should be removed (again), which I will do. - CosmicPenguin (Talk) 02:48, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

please stop messing up our barry goldwater page we've been working really hard on, its really immature and annoying, thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.174.209 (talk • contribs) 23:08, December 21, 2006

Thanks for educating me about No Child Left Behind. I have made changes based on your comments. KnightLago 21:13, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Interesting, interesting. Thanks for the info. KnightLago 21:58, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Edited the wrong user page. Sorry. --Gpohara 07:12, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

After reviewing the situation, it looks like it was a mistake. No worries, we've all done it. I've removed the template, so it should be taken care of. Good Luck, Tlim7882 09:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Bjweeks! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 15:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Please leave the 22ndcenturywarfare wiki page alone. It shows you queued it for deletion. We are the owners of 22ndcenturywarfare and are using the wiki page to detail progress of the tournament. Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.144.226.232 (talk • contribs) 00:46, January 6, 2007

You can see my reasons for deleting it here. Wikipedia is not the place to "detail progress of the tournament", if you can come up with third party reliable source the article will be kept. BJ^Talk 08:03, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Heh thank you for the formating help still trying to figure this stuff out. Sidonuke 00:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

They deleted the topic to. They dislike you. I'm sorry you have to deal with that stuff but you did what you had to do. If it wasn't you someone else would of come and did it. Sidonuke 00:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll get in contact of a another admin about that banning on the 22CW website. Even tho you may not even use it I feel that is plain abuse. Sidonuke 00:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

About the cover up. My Browser is acting up and the topic still exists. Sorry for any problems this may of caused. But the user BJ is still banned.

That Dell dude came to my talk page and destroyed it... so is that what i get for helping? Sidonuke 01:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

TS?? which server?? and PW

lol well it seems my ip was banned from it? unban it or tell me why im banned. Sidonuke 21:23, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

you dont even go to corona how do you know what really goes on —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.162.44.170 (talk) 22:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

SO YOU CANT SHUT DOWN the 21st CW AAF PAGE! [22ndCW]Dell970 19:05, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

SO BUG OFF- Dell970 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dell970 (talk • contribs) 12:09, January 18, 2007

It seems you actions towards people on another tournament got you banned. Now you seem to be on a vengence streak and decided my tournament was not up to a very vague standard. So be warned you got about a week to improve your two entries as they are not up to the standard you held my tournaments entry too and it will be flagged for deletion.

Thanks for showing maturity, atleast I am going to the person who caused the problem and really playing by the wiki rules. If, for nothing else, to stop people, such as yourself, from abuse the power of information because of something you did. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.211.68.87 (talk) 22:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC).

You've been approved to use NPWatcher. Please give me any feature requests or bugs. I'm also happy to help if you have any problems running the program, or any questions :). Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if I've made a new release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Finally, enjoy! Martinp23 22:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

You have uploaded a orphaned fair use image, unless it is used in a page in the next 7 days it will be deleted. BJBot 06:00, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

What happened to the article? I see you removed links in Counter-Strike to it, but I hadn't been aware that it went through AfD or any other process that got it deleted. --Habap 14:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. Found it. --Habap 14:50, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

HELPME MAKE THE PIC RIGHT- Image:Beta56gs1.jpg I WANT to use it on my talk page!!!!!!!!!!!!! [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 23:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Fair use images can not be used on user pages. BJ^Talk 23:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

How do I use the image then???????? [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 23:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

You don't. BJ^Talk 23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for helping BJ I will remove the pic. [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 23:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Im sorry that people are swearing at you! --- A caring friend that you helped out!

Thanks but I will be fine :) BJ^Talk 00:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

you sure? people should not BE abuseing your page. You ve done alot of work for wiki. People should be more grateful!

Yep, I can handle my own but thanks for caring. BJ^Talk 00:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, you got it.

Some asshole posted this == Headline text == Fuck wikipedia the gay encyclopedia! [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:13, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I have warned him and I reverted it, I will handle him. BJ^Talk 00:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Who is he. I want to report him! [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I have no idea just an IP, he has already been reported to WP:AIV. BJ^Talk 00:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks BJ, I owe you one. Maybe it was somebody who I kiked their ass in a tourny (LOL) [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

He has been blocked. BJ^Talk 00:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

K, thanks. The guy needs a timeout. Didnt his mom teach him any thing. LOL. [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

IS there any way I can prevent this in the future?? So that you have to be a member to edit? [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

When it happens just tell an admin (or me) and they will have them blocked. No you do not have to be a member to join. BJ^Talk 00:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Can I get the page protected? [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Most likely not. BJ^Talk 00:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

an admin protected it!!! Semi- anyway! [22ndCW, IC ArmA]Dell970 00:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

According to Game-Monitor.com Cain's Lair is the most populated server for Battlefield 2. Battlefield 2 accounts for more than 4 million people spending hours of their daily lives. It IS is big deal and worth noting. I am not part of the web site in question, and there are no blatant advertising.

Please allow it to stay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Link SD (talk • contribs) 05:17, January 16, 2007

You recently tagged an ammendment of mine in the artical on Steam, refering to the international pricing for steam games. Hopefully the following links provide sufficient evidence for the geographically-based pricing scheme.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=523563 http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=518670

Note the discount on the first image (taken from the main menu). Once you click on the game, the page that comes up (image two) displays the price for places out of the Americas. http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=one5rm.jpg http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=two7uh.jpg

I don't have a Wikipedia account, so if you could reply to my email address: adamjh2000 [at] hotmail.com

Thanks, Adam

Iam curious why you have taken out the country on the Desert Ridge High School page its been deleted twice both times by you. Desert Ridge High School is in United States of America (as that is the title of the US).—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.161.6 (talk • contribs) 19:16, January 23, 2007

I removed it because it is redundant on top of a saying it is in Arizona. BJ^Talk 02:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC) I think its still important--68.2.161.6 21:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I have adim powers now on Wiki and have traced the Ip adress 208.117.83.29 and sent a email to his/hers ISP. [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 19:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

You do not have admin powers, you just saw a unregistered user edit your page. BJ^Talk 19:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes i do. I have powers now. At the top of the screen there is a bunch of new options that werent there before and only avablie to Admins! [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 19:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Like? I'm sure you do not have admin, you might have logged in. BJ^Talk 19:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

these are on it---- last, DB, S, v, w, b, reprot, {uw}, {m], show user groups. Revert page to last edit, speedy delete [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 19:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

That is just a script you installed... BJ^Talk 19:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

how come I can delete articles??? whith out a admin doing it? [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 19:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

You can't. BJ^Talk 20:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I did. [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 20:03, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete this page then. BJ^Talk 20:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

you sure? OK!

I'm quite sure. BJ^Talk 20:06, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

All you did was "blank" it, the page and history are still here. BJ^Talk 20:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

No i did not blank it. I got rid of the text by deleting it then adding my own text! [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 20:10, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

That is not deleting it, if it was deleted it the history would be gone. You do not have admin. BJ^Talk 20:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Would you have a chance to read through the BJBot proposal? All discussion has stopped and it is just waiting on a member of the approval group. Thanks. BJ^Talk 17:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Reading it now :-). Expect a response in a few minutes; the discussion is long. —Mets501 (talk) 17:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Great news BJ, I have nominated you for adminship becuase you spend way too much time on Wiki, helping other people, you are always nice even through people leave Nasty little comments on your page. I would love to see you as admin so that you could help other users. Please accept this and if you are chosen as a admin, please take it. I and other users are proud of you and wish you luck. [Recent changes patroler]Dell970 15:01, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I am honored but I must decline. I need much more time on Wikipedia before going for adminship. BJ^Talk 15:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

You in fact were not nominated through the standard (required) process. Rather, Dell970 simply posted directly (twice, for some reason) to the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship page. I have removed those postings. -- John Broughton ^(♫♫) 15:13, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

BJ - yes, it was apparent from his edit history that he's enthusiastic but rather unfamiliar with protocols; his RfA nomination of you looked like sort of a momentary inspiration. -- John Broughton ^(♫♫) 15:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Great work on the bot. This was sorely needed. Hopefully after this bot runs for several weeks and takes care of the majority of orphaned images, you can add functionality to it to allow it to create a log of fair use images that are being used outside of article namespace. Again, great work to both you and Mecu.↔NMajdan•talk 14:23, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, from me too. We need automated tools like this for they make our lives so much easier. Thanks also for the (upcoming) bug-fix. Cheers! Antandrus (talk) 17:17, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

in a gaping xxx spit !!! 86.69.135.98 12:11, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I received an automated message claiming Image:FaithPrince.jpg and Image:I Do! I Do!.jpg are "orphaned," which is not the case. Please see Faith Prince and I Do! I Do!. Thank you. SFTVLGUY2 14:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I got the same message for Image:Falmel (Gundam).jpg, but if you look at the page you will see it has a "not orphaned" tag because it is text linked to from the article Musai-Class Light Cruiser. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. I place I high level of trust in bots, but no one is perfect so I usually double check to ensure that the bot got it right. In this case the "not orphaned" tag is on the image because the current Musia class light cruiser page does not have enough room to comfortably accomadate all of the photos uploaded for it. There are a number of images here that have the same problem, so the tag is designed as a sort of "diplomatic immunity" to keep these images from being whacked. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: your message. The image can be deleted. It had been replaced with a better one. Tagging it for deletion had been forgotten. Thank you.--Peter Eisenburger 08:44, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Great bot! BJBot found an image I upoladed two days after someone else uploaded the same image. The BJBot notified him that his image was orphaned and he replaced the link in the article to one leading to his image upload. This made my image orphaned, which BJBots caught and placed a note on my talk page. After reviewing the situation as suggested by BJBot, I figured out that my uploaded image was a duplicate image and was uploaded two days after the other image. I posted a reply on BJBots talk page. For future use of BJBot, you may want to indicate whether you want people posting a reply on BJBots talk page, your talk page, or do nothing (such as if they agree that the image should be deleted). On BJBots user page, you may want to provide a history of the bot to give others a sense of how long its been around, what it does, etc. Keep up the good work. -- Jreferee 16:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

BJBot wrote on my talk page:

Thanks for uploading Image:HighlandParkHSNJLogo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy). If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 15:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Nuke it. Someone deleted the only use of this image back in November. RossPatterson 17:47, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I noticed it was orphaned, but as of now it will remain that way until I can convince the powers that be over at The Beatles project that it should be the pic at the top of the article. However, the fair use argument of "Logo" still applies, I believe. Can you clarify the reason for listing it for deletion? Thanks — mrmaroon25 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Ok, thanks :) I'll try to make the best use of that week. — mrmaroon25 (talk • contribs) 02:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

That makes no sense. Why tag an SVG version of a fair use logo when the JPEG version was a more likely candidate for deletion? —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 03:04, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Heyas....

I know that this image was orphaned, cause I didn't realize that is was that big until I posted it. I, of course, switched images to something a tad smaller. If you want, you can go ahead and delete Image:Tv3winchesteronline2.jpg now, I won't be using it since I have the smaller version. I would have deleted it myself, but don't know how.

Thanks! - SVRTVDude 10:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Rock on.....SVRTVDude 06:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

You might want to rearrange your user boxes to ensure that you use only three columns. I am stuck at 1024x768. With the sidebar still visible, your fourth column is only partially visible. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Better. Thanks. Don't know how many users will notice, but if they do, may be they will thank you too. Will (Talk - contribs) 07:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I got multiple messages from BJbot saying there are 4 orphaned images unused on any given pages, but they are used fine. 3 of the images NofaceBsf.jpg, TasiaBsf.jpg, MKSF SF.jpg are used in List of minor Mortal Kombat characters. One of the image Goldlightan.jpg is used in Gold Lightan. I have cleaned out the delete notices, please make sure the images don't get deleted in a few days since they are quite difficult to get. And I am pretty positive the bots should not have picked them up. If you think it is something else, please reply to my talk page. Thanks Benjwong 20:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I got a message from BJbot saying that Magop.jpg was an orphaned photo, when in fact it is used on the Massachusetts Republican Party page. --Massrepublican 01:01, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

WOW thanks for the reply. I can't believe the images were in not use after all. Someone did take out the original images to remodify them and rename. Reward your bot with a treat. Have a good day. Benjwong 01:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

BJBot gave me notice that two images I'd uploaded under fair use were unused and would be deleted (which I agree with). However, it gave me two seperate notices. While not a big deal, it would be a nice touch of BJBot could notice that it already had a notice on a user talk page and just append a "As above, for SuchAndSuch.jpg, which will be deleted on Date 23nd, 200X." — Alan De Smet | Talk 05:11, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello,

Your bot sent me three messages on my talk page referring to Image:KOMO News 4 Up From The Ashes 01.jpg, Image:KOMO News 4 Up From The Ashes 02.jpg, and Image:MattMcCoy St Helens titlescreen.JPG.

The images aren't orphaned, and are linked inline with the text in the "St. Helens (film) article as well as the Matt McCoy (actor) pages, respectively. I've removed the orphaned tags (yet again) and this is the reason why I'm doing so. Srosenow 98 08:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

P.S.. Sorry about having them show up in the talk page here, as I couldn't figure out how to create the links to them as text, and wasn't willing to tinker with it any further. I duly apologize, though. :)

Bjweeks, I noticed the messages that BJBot left on KenL's talk page. While they are all legitimate, as the images really are fair use and really are orphaned, I wonder if an improvement might be able to be made where the multiple messages to the same uploader are consolidated. Currently, KenL's talk page is absolutely flooded with notices. Just a suggestion. --Iamunknown 00:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the positive support. This is the first time I have taken it on my own to go through and update a common series of pages like this, so if you have any recommendations or suggestions, let me know! Ixnayonthetimmay 01:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Excellent, glad to here the list was of some use, and not too horribly outdated. Yes, I use mysql, though I think the SQL is pretty standard, and it should be possible to use just about any db server that comes to hand, with little modification. The list I uploaded uses the page, categorylinks and imagelinks tables from the db from the Nov. 30th db dump. I don't yet have a imagelinks table rebuilt from the more recent db dump, but I do have the other two. If I get that done, I then just have to rework the actual queries somewhat; may be able to do that tomorrow to generate an updated list, after which I'll also send you the SQL statements required. Alai 06:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

That too a bit longer than I'd imagined; some db problems, OK, I've emailed you the latest list: it seemed to be too large to upload here. If wiki email messes around with it too much, reply and I'll resend it direct. I'll send you the SQL once I've had another look at it and make sure it's a more or less sane reconstruction of what I did this time. Alai 02:51, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. IrishGuy ^talk 01:08, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Ditto, here - thank you, Bjweeks! --Bonadea 09:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi. You might want to check the settings on the BJBot. It left a message on my talk page, which is fine, but for some reason it did not trigger the message notification banner that I normally see whenever anyone leaves me a message. I wouldn't have noticed it at all if I hadn't spotted a change to my talk page on my Watchlist. Cheers! 23skidoo 14:33, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Your claim of WP:COI violation in regards to my Desert Combat Extended edits are unfounded. What better source of information about the mod than the author itself. None of the comments are oppinions, all are fact and some are even facts known only by myself. There is no conflict of interest since it's all truth and from the best source of all: the original author. The long list of innovations was put in this article as per the request of many users in several online forums. Many people want to know what are the innovations that the Wikipedia article mentions. What better place to list them where people really want to see them. --Zeuser 18:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

You're going to deny the only real source of DCX information? If you don't think I'm the real person, go ahead and challenge me. Ask me something only the real author of DCX would know. What kind of source do you really want anyway? What better source than the author himself? I would actually put a link to the current DCX forum but for some odd reason Wikipedia is banning that site.

There is no written or internet source available. Much of the information is dispearsed across several forums much of which no longer exists, like the original DCX homepage/forum. If you want sources, I can always copy paste my original source code for the mod. Why do you refuse to acknowledge the source of the information which is the best source of all DCX information? Do you somehow think that the author is not a reliable source? Or that the author could edit a wikipedia page and use that as a source? For reference, this is the current DCX forum: s3.phpbbforfree.com/forums/dcx.html

Please tell your bot to leave me alone. Delete the images if you desire. --Cat out 03:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

The bot does not have an option to exclude any people from getting the talk page warnings but it should be done with all the images you uploaded already. BJ^Talk 04:01, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Please add that function because with the amount of uploads I made in the past (which are not used anymore and I could care less why) you will end up filling my talk page forever. I am among the top 100 editors with most edits/uploads and etc. --Cat out 04:34, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I am still getting those warnings you know... :( --Cat out 08:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I already placed a "non-orphan" tag on the Image:NY 347 Hauppauge Spur Map(1967).JPG, because it is being used. I suggest you remove the orphan tag, or I'll do it myself again. ---- DanTD 01:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Someone, a few days ago, seems to have accidentally removed it from the article. I have since replaced it. Daniel Case 03:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

It seems that your bot tagged the above image as orphaned even though it was linked to Liverpool-Parramatta T-way, therefore I removed the tag your bot left to that image. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 14:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I discovered some images that were marked "IFD" but never listed. A bot could run through Category:Images and media for deletion and see when the images were marked IFD (by looking at the history perhaps) and if it was greater than 30 days, it would re-list them or perhaps just make notice of them on a special page at IFD or even under the bot when run saying "These images were marked IFD and either never listed or not properly closed" so a human/admin could look at them, if they were listed then they were likely decided on "keep", if they were never listed, then they just get re-listed. The bot could scan through the archives to determine if they were never listed too. Though a human should make the determination if it's IFD worthy, as someone may just slap the tag on a useful image as well. There are ~1214 images in the category, and I would think running it once a month would be plenty to catch images that would likely be 1 or 2 (after the first run). Is it possible? User:BigDT had the same idea for this bot on IRC (he's a image admin). --MECU≈talk 16:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

These images could be used for testing:

• Image:Illinois 203.PNG
• Image:Illinois 111.PNG
• Image:Illinois 255.PNG
• Image:Illinois 157.PNG
• Image:Illinois 159.PNG

--MECU≈talk 16:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use images should be reduced in size. The Wikipedia:Image use policy states images on articles should never be above 550px wide, but used inline with text (like most fair use images are, if not all, like in infoboxes) should be reduced to thumbnail size. The default thumbnail is 180px, but users can set it to other stock sizes in preferences up to 300px I think. Thus, all fair use images should be no wider than 300px. The bot would go through ever fair use image, reduce it in size to 300px, reupload the image and mark it {{fairusereduced|~~~~~}}. The bot should also reduce the resolution to 72x72 pixels/inch, as I think 300x300 is print quality and 72x72 is a standard web-quality. It should of course keep the aspect ratio of the original image. I've been going through the images that were manually marked in that category and using Gimp which is fairly easy to use, and might have some capability to process bulk files at once with a script so that the bot could grap 50 images, process with gimp and then reupload them (or since it's a bot, reprocessing 1 by 1 would work too, a Gimp script wouldn't care running on 1 or 50 so I guess that's a dumb idea). All the logos and movie poster and album cover categories could be done since those are likely the major violations (maybe promophoto too) so I'd say there were 100-150k images to go through and do this on. Some of the images I've downloaded were quite large, like half a meg, but uploading them back would be small, as most are about 5kb after reducing. Most images aren't that large though. any thoughts? --MECU≈talk 19:26, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Your bot has recieved complaints on its talk page and it needs to be turned off NOW and have those bugs fixed. —Remember the dot (t) 22:32, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I am not aware of any current bugs with BJBot. they're some requests for improvement of the way it posts notices but that is all. BJ^Talk 22:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

The problems are:

1. Notifying the most recent uploader of an image, instead of all uploaders or just the original uploader. Thus, users who have simply reverted image vandalism are being notified instead of the real contributors of the images.
2. Marking messages on userpages as "minor", making the orange banner not come up, so the user is not informed that they have recieved a message.

These are serious problems with the bot that need to be fixed immediately. I've requested that your bot be temporarily blocked because it continues to make changes with these bugs present. The bot is a good idea, but these bugs need to be fixed before it continues work. —Remember the dot (t) 22:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad we've got this resolved, thanks. Once again, sorry for being overly upset. —Remember the dot (t) 22:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

One other thing: You should probably reply to the messages on BJBot's talk page, so people know that those bugs have been fixed. Just saying "Fixed" below each comment ought to do it. —Remember the dot (t) 23:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Without digging into this too much further, I hope you've removed the "minor change" talkpage selection. I got 2 notes on my talkpage about images, and got no notification that I had new messages. I don't know what effect BJBot's "orphaned images" alerts have, but if I hadn't checked my talk page before someone else had said something, I might well have missed the notes entirely. If orphaned images get deleted after a certain period of time, I might have been ::really:: annoyed when I found out what'd happened. Tomer^talk 02:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's been fixed. If you look at Special:Contributions/BJBot you'll see that the bot is no longer marking its contributions as minor. —Remember the dot (t) 07:01, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I Glacious from Dhivehi Wikipedia It have come to my attention that BJBot is urs. I have a request. Could you please tell me what the BJBot does? I wanted the BJBot to work on Dhivehi Wiki. And by the way if u could would you help me create a bot for Our wiki which have specific functions? I just don't know anything about Python the pywikipedia framework. Thanks for ur time!!

--Glacious 16:28, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

In our wiki the templates must be in the left side. but when users create it, it's in the right side. we have to add a little code to the template. Its kinda difficult to add it to all the templates right?

Here's How it works..

We just copy the English template code to make our templates and change the specific places. In the template, these codes are there:

class="infobox" style="width: 20em; align: left; text-align: right; style="float: left; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="2"

But we have to manually add this part to the template

style="float: left;

So what i would like to do is to make a bot to detect templates without this code, such as in this article. A perfect template with the style code will look like this. Though u dont know Dhivehi language please feel free to check the difference between the two articles. ;)

So will it be any difficulties for u??

Thanks for ur time. Glacious 11:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

So would BJBot be able to detect orphaned images and delete them in our wiki?

--Glacious 12:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, But there are currently 05 Members who logins and contribute. By the way i'm an Admin and a bureaucrat in the project. I would like to do as much as i can. well if u would like a community talk, it could be done.

Thanks!! Glacious 12:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Please stop your bot sending me messages. --Thorpe | talk 16:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Thorpe | talk 15:05, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Your bot told me this image which I uploaded has become orphaned, which it has, becasue a better image was uploaded. So it can be deleted now. *squeeee* Plough | talk to me 22:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello Wiki Administrator, I was wondering if you're still on! Nick2crosby (talk) 03:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes! Brandon (talk) 05:52, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, are you available to chat today on Thursday? If so, please specify a time and if not can you let me when you will be on?! I need your help with something!!

<+Jeske_C___> gave me your info. 

Thank you, Sebubuntu Sebubuntu (talk) 13:28, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi! What can I help you with? Brandon (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, I am wondering if you could help me with getting the following page back on? I actually do not know why it was taken down. I work directly under Nassim Haramein, and have a neutral, clear, informative wiki-friendly write up that I could send you for your review. Your help is much appreciative.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nassim_Haramein_%282nd_nomination%29 Sebubuntu (talk) 18:08, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, what should I do with Technophant? Thank you, Seb.Sebubuntu (talk) 19:25, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Brandon, can you let me know if I should continue waiting for Technophant or if I should contact anyone else? The page was deleted in 2008 and a lot has changed since then! There is a movie coming out https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-connected-universe-film#/story and we are excited to also put this in Wiki. If possible, please let me know what my next steps are, I kindly thank you for all your help.22:34, 8 September 2015 (UTC)~Seb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebubuntu (talk • contribs)

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I see you implemented a indefinite page protection in 2009 for Anonymous (group)- please remove it. Thank you ! --ChristopheT (talk) 13:44, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Brandon. See here. ÷seresin 21:28, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, seresin! Brandon (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Brandon. You were the admin who Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis back in March 2009. The article was created a few years later in April 2013, so I'm wondering if the re-creation is a significant improvement over the version you deleted or if the article should be tagged per WP:G4. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:05, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

The article as it exists today is substantially different from the article I deleted in 2009. Brandon (talk) 01:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Brandon for checking on this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:47, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Brandon,

Could you remove indefinite semi-protection from /b/? You protected it in 2008, but vandalism has not been a significant problem since. Perhaps pending changes is all that is required, if even that. Best, Mark Schierbecker (talk) 02:09, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Done. If this works, its truly the end of an era. Brandon (talk) 02:23, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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To editors Brandon and MZMcBride: This database report script consistently returns a few non-existent categories, as well as Category:Contents, which is uncategorized by design. Any chance of one of you modifying the script to prevent this? Not a big problem, just wondering. —swpb^T 15:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi swpb. It's certainly possibly to do additional filtering on the database report output to account for the "zombie" database rows and to remove "Category:Contents". The relevant code is here, I believe: <https://github.com/mzmcbride/database-reports/blob/073bfb5ed9e4baaf0549007b59c9d343f5385d47/reports/general/uncatcats.py>. I doubt Brandon or I will be quick to fix this. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:48, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

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Hello i need authorization to modify an article in wikipedia about naturism because this topic is confusing and need to be modified, what shall i do? Sincerly, Naturista2018 (talk) 15:45, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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In the spirit of the principle of least privilege, please remove me whenever convenient. Brandon (talk) 10:24, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Can do, thank you for your years of service! If you ever want to come back, please let me know, I'd be happy to help in any way I can. SQL^{Query me!} 04:24, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Awesome

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Deleted. Thanks for cleaning that up. Brandon (talk) 19:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks! I’m apparently useless without user scripts. :D Brandon (talk) 02:23, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

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Hello, Brandon,

Thank you for creating T-mobilitat.

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Boleyn (talk) 16:43, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

An article you recently created, T-mobilitat, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Boleyn (talk) 16:59, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

I've moved it back, please don't move articles I've created without discussion. The topic of the article is inherently notable: it is the official method of payment of Autoritat del Transport Metropolità, a public transit authority in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Both the Spanish and Catalan language wikis have extensive coverage of the topic with many, many reliable sources. Brandon (talk) 01:53, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Instead of responding to this comment, you moved the article yet again using a script. If you truly believe the article isn't notable, take it to WP:AFD instead of edit warring. Brandon (talk) 17:43, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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Boleyn (talk) 14:41, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

An article you recently created, T-mobilitat, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Boleyn (talk) 14:41, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi Brandon. I was looking through old indefs of IP addresses. Does Special:Contributions/118.157.100.0/24 still need to be blocked? Cf. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hoylong22/Archive. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 20:48, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Unblocked! This looks to be a generic KDDI block these days. Brandon (talk) 06:10, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

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Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Brandon - any thoughts on the "reliability" of the following research paper re: Quantum-safe HSMs, in this case in the automotive space:

  https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/026.pdf

You recently reverted a reference to Quantum-safe HSMs because you deemed an ABI citation as an unreliable source.

According to https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/026, this article is still considered a preprint. WP:PREPRINT likely applies and the article would not yet be considered a reliable source. Either way, the article appears to cover "designing a post-quantum secure HSM for automotive use cases", not discussing industry trends as the section I removed does. Brandon (talk) 22:40, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

10-4. Thanks for the quick response. 174.95.192.16 (talk) 01:04, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey there! I'm stopping by to let you know that I saw your feedback on my Fastly Operation section request and have revised the draft to align with your recommendations. This is just a friendly ping, to see if you want to check out what I've done. (Link here.) If not, no worries. I can look for other independent editors to review the revised draft. Again, really appreciate your help. Talk soon, maybe! Jagger at Fastly (talk) 17:12, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Brandon,

Removing the list of known vendors (where my company also appears) from the HSM page is not understandable. I clearly listed the largest vendors, two more was adding themselves, so the list is open (and informative). Just because of the fact that I am related to one of them, makes the list not less important in such a page.

I don't hide that I'm related to one of the vendors (I'm the owner of one of them). I clearly stated it in my Wikipedia resume earlier and then it was the problem and was deleted. I recreated it and put it back again.

Please put it back as it is not an advertisement, but it is a fact.

Best regards,

Zsolt (Rozsahegyi.zsolt (talk) 21:51, 3 August 2024 (UTC))

Please do not add content to Wikipedia related to your business, instead propose an edit on the talk page per the project's conflict of interest guidelines. Brandon (talk) 02:12, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Dear Brandon, thank you for your kind thanks regarding my latest AfD closing. It was a pleasant surprise, and I appreciate it (though the discussion was prolonged). Old-AgedKid (talk) 09:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Hey Sir Brandon, I saw the panda on your userpage. so cute 🐼 77.77.218.177 (talk) 14:10, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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