User talk:Czello/Archive 1my "vandalism"this "vandalism" was a result of a very boring Science teacher, who sent me and a few of my "vandal" friends to the library so we could work on study guides. she does that. anyway, what i said was all true. i appreciate your suggestion with the "sandbox" thing. that was nice of you. kind of. another thing: are you a direct relation to Dawkins? or just a supporter? so yeah... message me back and we'll debate. about creation vs. evolution, i mean. sounds like fun, no? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanso671 (talk • contribs) 00:50, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
does this mean we can't debate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanso671 (talk • Oh, I get it. You're pretending you don't want to talk to me. Very funny, Czello. We're still friends, right? contribs) 17:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Slander"In law, defamation (also called calumny, libel, slander, and vilification) is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander Implying that the writers of the show were using a racist term towards the President based on one poster is a rather weak position. Quanticles (talk) 01:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Re: User Page EditHaha, thanks. I hadn't noticed the problem. Cheers, ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 01:31, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
I, BorgMordor (band)It appears you used Twinkle to start a deletion discussion for Mordor (band); however, it appears Twinkle goofed and the AfD discussion page was not started. You may want to start it manually. KuyaBriBriTalk 15:37, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
VHEMT Article EditHello,
Would you be willing to discuss (User Talk Page - my talk) editing changes with me? You preferred the "Manual of Style" (guideline) for use of spaces. NOTE: I inadvertently used the word "vandalism" regarding your edit (spaces) due to using Copy & Paste on a different Article. Please accept my apology. :-)
---draws reader attention to the first four (4) References ---easy to comprehend (read)
Filth!Hi Czello. Just wanted to say thanks for your recent work on the Cradle pages. It's a LONG time since anyone made a helpful contribution. Do more! :D Cheers, Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 07:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Sweet Dreams[I like bureaucratic discussions] Well, if something can be listened by A-N-Y-O-N-E it is in the PUBLIC domain no? There is no copyright because I simply rempembered the lyrics and wrote them. I didn't take it from a site.--46.246.166.248 (talk) 14:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
Giti Vaziri TabarThis article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Giti Vaziri Tabar is a famous musician in Iran and it's really crucial to translate her page to English. (her Persian page is also available in Wikipedia</ref>http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/گیتی_وزیریتبار</ref>).Aliha.kasra (talk) 22:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletionI just declined your speedy deletion request of Sekuwa. Speedy deletion is only allowed in very specific circumstances, which you can read about at WP:CSD. Simply lacking citations or being of questionable notability is not a valid speedy deletion rationale. If you still feel the article should be deleted, please use WP:PROD or WP:AfD, but be sure to check to make a good faith check on your own for sources that could be used to improve the article rather than deleting it (WP:BEFORE). Qwyrxian (talk) 02:32, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
ThanksJust to say thanks for following through on the prod. The speedies are always appreciated, just every now and then there might be something worth giving them a chance and a valid article may be worth keeping. Thanks for the hard work and best regards Khukri 22:34, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion contested: Daniel McCarthy (podiatrist)Hello Czello, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Daniel McCarthy (podiatrist), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. →Στc. 00:32, 9 October 2011 (UTC) Need a little helpHi Czello, I believe you tagged an article I created for Speedy Annihilation (Inali-Wakan) - after reading Wiki's guides on "writing good articles", I understand the G11, because I included a link to my site for non-Wiki peeps to contact me. I'm as new as they get in Wiki-World (I just joined this weekend), so I'm still getting the hang of this community. After many requests made to me to put definitions online of words no one can find (except in history books), I started to (Inali-Wakan is one, Scraling is one, etc.) - but now that I understand this Wiki-World a little better, I agree that there is probably no need for articles on ancient Scandinavian or Native American words. Moving forward, I have a few quick questions... Can you or someone there delete that first Inali-Wakan article from my discussion page? Do User Pages (profile or whatever we call it here), HAVE to be written in third person? (It seemed weird that I was putting "Scott refurbishes stereo zoom microscopes, studies history, blah-blah...", instead of "I refurbish stereo zoom microscopes, study history, blah-blah...") Last question is: can a non-Wiki-member contact/question someone who has contributed, added to, created, etc. articles? (or do they have to be a member?) ~ Thanks in advance for your help... ~ Peace, ScottyHeadbanger (talk) 21:11, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Cool, thanks for the fast response! I'm all over this new info like a bum on a bologna sandwich! Looks like I have some Wiki-Homework to do - thanks for all of your info (helpful, two thumbs up, etc.). Have a good night... ~ Peace, ScottyHeadbanger (talk) 00:13, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
MUlticulturalistI would susgst not forum shopping.Slatersteven (talk) 12:29, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
National FrontDear Sir /Madam, The National Front are currently taking legal action against all business'/individuals that they are informed of publishing false information, about themselves/members. Any non-members accused of being a member without actual evidence is slander and liable to legal action being taken, as such with the Baby P incident involving Jason Owen being stated as an NF member without evidence provided. (NB: It is interesting to find the NF admitting that for anyone to be named as a member of its own organisation amounts to defamation). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.188.246 (talk) 14:44, 12 September 2012 (UTC) This particular case is being taken up by Ms Bernadette Jagger on behalf of the National front against multiple national newspapers in the United Kindom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. If you wish to enter into further dispute with your sources of information from newspapers, please forward your contact details to: <redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.201.148 (talk) 19:22, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
This is not a legal threat, it is only to stat that the article you refer to in the newspaper does say he is a member, a claim that has not been backed with evidence from them thus a claim currently being made against them to retract all mention of such from their articles. As such your suggestion that they are more believable is alas to be brought into question, when they are having legal action brought against them, using them as a source is inappropriate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.201.148 (talk) 19:48, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
NocturnesI don't understand what you say on this page; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnes_(album) ---> Genres aren't capitalised ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steephaaniiee (talk • contribs) 20:41, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Why you deleted my edits ??? I worked hard... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steephaaniiee (talk • contribs) 21:20, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
College Air nominated for speedy deletionI don't believe this article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Air) qualifies for speedy deletion. It could use some additional work, and certainly linking to other pages would be useful. However, speedy deletion is (as far as I know) usually used when a page has outright unimportant material, such as a person writing an article about their father, when there is little or no actual relevance in an outside way, to any industry or larger community. Clearly the only college radio chart and countdown show in existence during any span of time has, at the very least, importance to the industry. The nomination states that it could be deleted at any time by someone other than the creator who plans to improve the article. However, I don't want to do that without understanding what needs to be improved upon first. I'm not sure precisely what you find to be so lacking. While it could use some interlinking, the article istself seems to state the importance of the chart and its show fairly clearly to me. What do you feel needs to be added or further explained? MXVN (talk) 01:09, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: College AirHello Czello. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of College Air, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article is not about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, so it doesn't qualify under A7. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 04:50, 22 October 2011 (UTC) Your Recent PageHi. You unintentionally created your sandbox in WP:MAINSPACE. You can cerate your sandbox and other user sub pages by adding '/ ' after your name like this: User talk:Czello/Sandbox (click the red link), and the name you want to give to your new sub page.
Speedy deletion contested: Vince AdamsonHello Czello. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Vince Adamson, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Article claims importance/significance of the subject. Thank you. Steven Zhang The clock is ticking.... 02:38, 26 October 2011 (UTC) New Page Patrol survey
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Hi. You supported my prod on Descendants of Wolfgang von Graben. You might like to know that it was contested so I've taken the article to AfD. Cheers, andy (talk) 15:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
SF template imageI was just thinking of adding an image myself, and you beat me to it because i dont know how link an image from Wikimedia Commons that has the same name as a file on Wikipedia. I had to download the image, rename it, shrink it, and upload it, all because someone uploaded File:Gort.jpg years ago (useless image). I will test out my image, File:Gortray.jpg right now, but that doesnt mean im disrespecting you. If you prefer yours, put it back in and i wont revert, but lets try to get discussion going on the talk page. here goes...Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:38, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
South Park Pandemic Episode"old gimmicks of a national crisis with fast-paced scenes of man talking importantly about stupid things." "Sic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, (sic)—when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source.The usual purpose is to inform readers that any errors or apparent errors in the copied material are not from transcription—that they are reproduced exactly from the original writer or printer." I do not feel the need to elaborate further. Please refrain from contacting me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.65.74.174 (talk) 01:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC) HI i need some help pleaseI'm asking you because you seem to know what you are doing and have dealt with User:69.65.74.174 in the past and that i am new to Wikipedia. He has left a post on my talk page that i fond offensive and i don't know what to do. please help, Thanks TheRico152 (talk) 03:07, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
your message to meSurely if I am "edit warring" then so are you. I change something, you change it back, I change something, you change it back. I can't have a "war" without another participant. Also I'm not attacking you you just seem very quick to defend a vile group of people. Finally I am certain it is not appropriate for the so called "victim" of my non existant attacks to be the one who "warns" me about it. Impartial, I think not!. So please stop EDIT WARRING yourself! Dear me. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.45.229.229 (talk) 11:04, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
you are denying that a racist organisation which protests the very existence of mosques is racist? As far as I'm concerned it is a no brainer. Although I'm sorry for over reacting, I'm sure you're not a member of the EDL you just obviously don't have an awareness of how vile they are. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.45.229.229 (talk) 19:48, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
New Page Triage engagement strategy releasedHey guys! I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyes It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:21, 3 March 2012 (UTC) September 11 attacks & See AlsoI didn't want to undo your edit without discussing it with you first, but I'm not sure the 9/11 conspiracy theories link belongs in the See Also section now, as it has been integreated into the article itself, and WP:SEEALSO says that the section "should not repeat links which appear in the article's body". This wikilink wasn't present in the article's body when the RfC took place, so I think that actually having it in the article supercedes the RfC, which didn't address the possibility of the link being in the article. With this in mind, would you object to me removing the link from the See Also section? - SudoGhost 19:02, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
RE: WarningOf course I agree, sorry for the mistake. :) --AttoRenato (talk) 11:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
KaneWhy are you constantly removing Kane? He's in the very source that's on the page (not to mention he was announced last night)--BarryTheUnicorn (talk) 16:55, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
WalsallWhy did you remove my edit about Walsall Arboretum?
I think the existing text contains a number of unsubstantiated facts, but they remain. Regardless, I happen to live next to and often walk in the Arboretum. I think that makes me a good source. Also my information may be useful to potential visitors. If I understand the 'reliable sources' criteria correctly, somebody could cite a newspaper article by a person who had never been to the Arboretum and that would be acceptable. This is very off-putting for someone like me who makes a first small effort to contribute with an innocuous but potential useful fact only to have a gatekeeper reject it because first hand experience is not acceptable. Look, I don't really mind; I will put my time and effort into something else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gebyatt (talk • contribs) 15:35, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
More Filth!Hey Czello. You're more up on Wiki-rules than me, so maybe you can answer this. Just been on a trawl for references and I've found track-by-track commentaries on Nymphetamine and Thornography. Was thinking of adding them to their respective pages - probably in shortened versions - but is that sort of heavy block quoting frowned on? I'm thinking it would look like the PiL album pages - The Flowers of Romance (album) for example - but I've not seen that done anywhere else. Not going to bother if someone's just going to delete them again. Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 09:39, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Haha, well that article leads me to the album articles style guide, the final rule of which is to ignore all the rules! I like that. I can live with that. Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 08:33, 5 September 2012 (UTC) Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Federal Signal 508Hello Czello. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Federal Signal 508 to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. GB fan 22:29, 17 September 2012 (UTC) Page Curation newsletterHey Czello. I'm dropping you a note because you used to (or still do!) patrol new pages. This is just to let you know that we've deployed and developed Page Curation, which augments and supersedes Special:NewPages - there are a lot of interesting new features :). There's some help documentation here if you want to familiarise yourself with the system and start using it. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:50, 24 September 2012 (UTC) Cradle of Filth former membersHey man! Stop deleting the things I edit. First of all see the differences between the "article for this" and what I've done. There are plenty of differences, in fact the "article for this" have a lot of mistakes I will correct (if you don't undo later). It took me 7 long hours to do some research to some homo erectus to come and remove it.
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.(Masanori Asami (talk) 14:25, 4 October 2012 (UTC)) Hi there. Which discussion is it? If it is the "nationalistic disruption" discussion, I am already aware (though am not actually involved with the issue itself). Thanks for letting me know, either way! – Czello BB 14:44, 4 October 2012 (UTC) Disruptive Userthis user, who has been blocked before for genre warring on a different ip address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/108.64.173.242 keeps changing genres, please keep an eye on him I call the big one bitey (talk) October 10, 2012 19:42 (UTC)
V EmpireHey dude. What on earth have you done? I can't even figure it out. All the history has gone and it's up for speedy deletion! Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 09:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Haha, I see! I was trying to follow the trail but I got lost! To be honest, while we're here, this might be a good opportunity to change the title anyway, because it shouldn't actually have the brackets. The CD booklet (and the spine) has "V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein". Shall we go with that? I didn't realise you could request a move lock. That's a good idea. Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 10:32, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Nope, no brackets in The Gospel of Filth either, so I think we can call that "official". I don't even know what WP:CIR is, so you're doing better than me! I'll click the link and learn something... Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 10:56, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
I think it shouldn't be - it isn't on the sleeve or in TGOF. Small O for 'or', small I for 'in'. Cardinal Wurzel (talk) 11:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
Bishop George Ahr High SchoolRegarding recent edits to the Bishop Ahr Wikipedia page: While I appreciate that you had changed the title from "Incident" to "Controversy" - I still submit to you that this line (and especially with it's own header) has no place in an article that is simply about the institution/building. The incident in question is related to an individual, and since the event was not notable in the formational history of the school it is biased and unfair to include it as its own header. I also submit that other local institutions have had similar articles removed by the same token. A precedent has been established, and while it is unfortunate, it would be more appropriate on a "list of NJ sexual offenses" or some list seperate from an institutional page. Jcullinan (talk) 15:09, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
List of Doom Metal bandsI won't worry about listing the other bands, but please leave Alice And Chains off doom metal list. I mean come on man. They are grunge with a light metal influence. :P — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.191.7.57 (talk) 10:37, 17 October 2012 (UTC) Acid WitchThey were a band I left on the doom metal page. They are on wikipedia, and even have doom listed as a genre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.191.7.57 (talk) 10:46, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Citation!How may I get one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.191.7.57 (talk) 10:53, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! I added The fall of every season once more with a site I believe to be reliable, as I seen others mentioned with the same site. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eclip13ticaL (talk • contribs) 11:28, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
I am back again... I just wanted to say that there is no link activated to go to see that Alice In Chains is sludge or doom. I believe it ought to be removed til proven. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eclip13ticaL (talk • contribs) 12:26, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for letting me know. I am kind of new to "talk". Plus I didn't get into adding or editing to wiki until now.--Eclip13ticaL (talk) 01:26, 18 October 2012 (UTC) TransistorI have reverted your revert on the transistor page. I felt it was counter-constructive. The next time you touch my edits, do it after you get my permission. Amanbir Singh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.220.145.234 (talk) 14:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
You need all the permission in the world, cause you do not know what you do. You can have the entirety of Wiki editors with you, does that make you in any way, right, or, correct. Sir, stand down, I know what I'm doing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.109.185 (talk) 14:45, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
???what, now you won't discuss the matter. i've put something on the talk page, no reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.109.185 (talk) 14:58, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Phidippus borealisHello Czello. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Phidippus borealis, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: {{db-animal}} is only for individual animals, like a pet. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 14:59, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
Why hasn't this page been deleted?The arguments for deleting the article are many, as expressed by the large majority of people who have voted to delete it. I understand it's not a simple majority rule. But there are so many reasons given for deleting the article by so many people, that one can only conclude personal relationships behind the scenes are keeping the article from deletion. Please wrap up the process and delete the article. 98.214.33.57 (talk) 04:11, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
No evidence this meets Wikipedia:Notability (books).Hi I am ref to Alcohol_(novel) article. I have made few corrections in the script in order to meet your requirement. In the meantime we will be putting more references, Since the work is under review with various media agencies, this will take some more time. Thanks Maju — Preceding unsigned comment added by Majucr (talk • contribs) 06:48, 31 October 2012 (UTC) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Libertarian Party (UK) (4th nomination)Czello, could you have a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Libertarian Party (UK) (4th nomination)? I voted delete for Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Libertarian_Party_UK (no brackets) which is the same organisation and it was deleted in January 2011. However I see from Libertarian Party (UK) revision history that you in November 2011, you "moved United Kingdom Libertarian Party to Libertarian Party (UK): The official party name is 'Libertarian Party'. The '(UK)' is the correct disambiguation." Your comments on the AFD would be appreciated. Regards JRPG (talk) 19:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
Your message on my talk pageSorry it took me so long to reply; I don’t know if you have it on your watchlist, so I thought I’d drop you a line. --217/83 22:12, 21 November 2012 (UTC) When the "other stuff" is a featured article of a man who only wrestled 12 years, not 28 like Morales did, I think that it is relevant. This article is 79k bytes long, which translates to less than 3k bytes per year, Punk's is 12k bytes per year. Sammartino's article is woefully underdeveloped and it still reaches nearly 50k, the reason being that covering an entire career takes a lot more prose than a few years. Punk's also enters all sort of kaybabe details, while Morales generally only skirmishes over his feuds and only goes into more detail in his notable wins like The Destroyer, Hogan, Fair and so on. Based on the fact that the Wrestling's proyect's flagship is both much much longer and detailed, I will remove the tag again. If it is readded, I will take it there for discussion. El Alternativo (talk) 18:09, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Talkback![]() Message added 00:33, 26 November 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Odie5533 (talk) 00:33, 26 November 2012 (UTC) Annihilation of the WickedThat additional information section I put was sourced. Didn't you see the 6 at the end of that section? The only part of that section that wasn't sourced was Kollias' drumming. Everything else I got from the new sources I put up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoubleBassLover (talk • contribs) 08:45, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
I'll delete the review from Metal-archives, if you haven't already done so. Everything else is sourced, I may have not done it correctly, but it is sourced. All the additional information, I got from the other new sources Der unaussprechliche (talk) 09:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Hate having to deal with you people on these fucking obscure death metal pages. Worried about references on a page that gets very little activity. I see thousands of pages with totally unsourced shit. Go to those pages and edit the hell out of everything. Why did you delete the other sources besides metal-archives? "The next track is undoubtedly one of the most ominous and creepy tracks this reviewer has EVER heard. This track I am speaking of is called Spawn of Uamenti. It comprises of a low tuned French horn, and mp3 clips of reptiles. Very creepy, very ominous, very awesome." The instrument that is in Spawn of Uamenti is a low-tuned French horn. That's not opinionated and/or unsourced, therefore it's going up on the page. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/44515/Nile-Annihilation-of-the-Wicked/ Der unaussprechliche (talk) 09:21, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for November 27Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Mortal Kombat II, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages DX and MB (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:17, 27 November 2012 (UTC) Problematic CensorshipI don't know what is your problem with that censorship, but the way you reject my objection to the content, that's just another censorship done by you. Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, where everyone can create, edit and delete everything. You are just a pathetic censorship addicted. Ah, by the way, this article does not make a sense at all. I just need to do what I should do as this encyclopedia is free for everyone, but perhaps, not for any '. There you go, I've told you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwanamr (talk • contribs) 13:11, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Punk vs Rock at the RumblePlease leave the Rumble match listing as Punk vs Rock. With no scheduled title defenses between now and the Rumble, it's smooth sailing. Now that the TLC match with Ryback is out the window, the only way for Punk to lose the title is for him to be stripped between now and the Rumble. While technically it could happen, so too can the Rock being hit by a bus before the Rumble. As we sit today, Punk is WWE Champion with no scheduled defenses on the docket until the Rumble, and Rock has the Rumble title shot. Therefore if the match were to happen today it would be Punk vs Rock. Thank you. Vjmlhds 19:47, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Smartmo (talk • contribs) keeps edit-warring at Mobile operating system and its referenced files.I already reverted all his edits. Should we block the page and referenced files or should we block his account indefinitely? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidkmartin (talk • contribs) 09:49, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
neurosishi Czello, regarding neurosis - you said "saying that the source is their music is considered an interpretation, and thus, your original research". nothing i wrote, except "Arguably the most significant stylistic leap..." ('arguably' being subjective, i guess) can be considered an interpretation, they are facts - neurosis DID introduce instruments such as a flute, they DID increase the average song length, steve von till DID use 'clean' singing on Lost, etc. etc. you merely have to look at the albums individual articles for this information, for example they display the guest musicians and the song lengths. so i have no idea why my useful information was removed. the article for neurosis is pitiful, it needed much needed improvement which i provided. thanks, jack — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtaylor477 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
ok, i take your point. i just thought it would be better than nothing, even if it wasn't sourced then it would at least give viewers a better insight into the band. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtaylor477 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
New to Wikipedia/ WWE '13 AdditionsApologies if this is the wrong way about communication with a user, as i am new to Wikipedia and this has been my first edit, of which i have othere information i wish to add to numerous articles. In regards to The edit that i posted on the WWE '13 page, i would like to enquire if there is a compromise to this issue of haveing my edit removed. Numorous articles of a similar nature of this kind of information on there pages, which has been deemed as relevent and i wandered why this one does not. If any product has been reported as damaged and/or broken, surely that is information relevant to people performing reaserch I do acknowledge that that forum posts are unreliable tho and have already found a replacement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheCreep (talk • contribs) 12:57, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Power Metal entryCzello, you left a message for me stating that you deleted my insertion of a sentence or two about Uriah Heep because it constituted new or original research. I beg to differ and hopefully I can convince you why this is not the case. If I can it would be appreciated if you would undelete what I wrote. First, Uriah Heep was one of the major heavy metal bands of the early 1970s. This is not only a historical fact, but it has been entered by another editor for the entry for Uriah Heep and remains there unchallenged. Logically it means this band was influential, perhaps not as much as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple or Black Sabbath, who were the other three members of the "Big Four," but influential in their own right nonetheless. It is not by accident that when Ozzy Osbourne formed Blizzard of Oz that two former members of Uriah Heep were brought in. Second, it is self-evident that three of their most significant early albums, "Demons and Wizards," "The Magician's Birthday," and "Return to Fantasy," involved "sword and sorcery" imagery. It is not only evident in the titles (which I included in my entry) but in the songs and lyrics. No additional resource is necessary because it is so obvious (if the imagery is in the album titles how much more obvious can one get?). Thirdly, the two sentences I added were in response to the claim that Ronnie James Dio was the first one to combine heavy metal, operatic singing and medieval imagery, which, he was not. The chronology proves this ("Demons and Wizards" came out three years before Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow's first album). Finally, I used inline references to the articles on Uriah Heep and the three albums I mentioned, and those ALREADY ACCEPTED entries written by others verify what I said to not only be accurate, but not new and/or original research. If the same information is already in other Wikipedia articles, then how could what I wrote be original? I will not get into some sort of editing war with you or anyone else. What I wrote is accurate and not new or original. It should be allowed to remain in the article for Power Metal because it is factually and beyond dispute to be true. If Wikipedia is about sharing the truth then what I wrote should stand. As an aside, I am an amateur musicologist and have been studying music history for over thirty years. It is not my primary area of interest, but I do know of which I write. Not all books (very few books, in fact) are comprehensive or entirely accurate. Because another editor used one book as a source does not mean that source is correct or comprehensive. In this case, Ronnie James Dio was definitely influential to the power metal genre, but so were others. Led Zeppelin, for example, used imagery from "Lord of the Rings" and other cites in this literature in several of their songs, such as "Ramble On" and "Stairway To Heaven," even earlier than Uriah Heep did, but Led Zeppelin did not have the operatic singing of David Byron (Uriah Heep's singer), and neither of Led Zeppelin's songs were heavy metal. I hope you can see my reasoning, but if do not I will not debate the point any further. It is not the most pressing thing in life, but realize that the article will be less complete -- and less accurate -- than it otherwise could be.RickW7x2 (talk) 08:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
Czello, all I can say is "Wow." The information doesn't require an interpretation of the lyrics. The proof is in the album titles. I am not aware of a specific book on power metal to provide supporting quotes, but here are two cites from internet sources that support what I am saying: http://www.last.fm/user/sidar/journal/2006/06/27/waf_uriah_heep_and_power_metal%3F http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/uriah_heep/demons_and_wizards/index.html Both of these sites are respected, but they are not published (printed) literature. They also verify that what I wrote is NOT original research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RickW7x2 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
South Park: Medicinal Fried Chicken reference to testiclesYou asked the question: "how is the reference to testicles relevant"? (non verbatim) I think that the reference to women fancying testicles, by appearing in the show three times makes it relevant per se. I put it in the "Cultural references" section because it is a bit of a cultural stereotype (true or not).--Gciriani (talk) 20:52, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Next United Kingdom general election TV DebatesCould you please reverse your undo of mine and other editors edits. Other editors have actually read the sources, you sir clearly have not! I am slightly confused as to what you claim is unsourced, everything that is said has been sourced, other editors have corrected my grammar but they have clearly read all 5 of my sources! Yes, I am including the sources from the paragraph above! You have gone against multiple editors in reverting this edit. Please belay your reversion! Fair enough if you had a question, you were right to bring it up on the talk page but to simply leave a comment and then delete something against multiple other editors is an act of vandalism! Undo this please!sheffno1gunner (talk) 19:01, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Doomsday ClockYes, I removed the clock image with the edit summary of "one logo seems enough here" - I assumed your revert of it was accidental, as you only mentioned the previous user's edit. Fair enough if you think it should stay, although we should caption it as being an actual BAS logo rather than giving no context and implying it's just somebody's anonymous drawing of a clock. --McGeddon (talk) 13:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Laike Come HomeYou said in your message to me that i am editing genres on the album "Laika Come Home" without a source, but the source is right there on the album page. It says, and i quote "[The album] contains most of the songs from the Gorillaz' first album, Gorillaz, but remixed in dub and reggae style." but the only genre listed for this album was Dub which is quite misleading, so i added Reggae to the list so people know that it is a Dub/Reggae album, not just a Dub album. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrwallace05 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Then why wasn't that information deleted when mine was? Anyway, are these ok sources? http://www.last.fm/music/Gorillaz/Laika+Come+Home https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=gorillaz+laika+come+home&oq=gorillaz+laika+come+home&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.951.3502.0.3626.24.11.0.9.9.0.532.3547.3-1j6j1.8.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.HISXkHGqwWU&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41248874,d.d2k&fp=e9fe9caeb27ca466&biw=1092&bih=533 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrwallace05 (talk • contribs) 19:05, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
OkIt said you were deleting it so I got pissed, and I thought you were a computer. Sorry for the (rather uncivil) message i sent — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wullysaurus (talk • contribs) 18:17, 24 January 2013 (UTC) Stop removing Ukip from the UK 2013 local elections pleaseStop removing Ukip from the UK 2013 local elections please — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.30.29.234 (talk • contribs)
nk we should add UKIP because they have in the general elections polls 14% and in the locale elections polls 22% they are going win today more then 1 council, maybe 10 or more81.58.144.30 (talk) 18:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
already did81.58.144.30 (talk) 18:54, 2 May 2013 (UTC) 3rd party lead in table of opinion pollsI thought I would let you know that I've re-opened a discusion that you've previously been part of at Talk:Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election#3rd_party_lead:_OR_concerns. Bondegezou (talk) 19:58, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I was recently browsing the Elimination Chamber (2012) page and noticed it had been vandalized. I checked the person who edited it and you had warned this person multiple times about vandalizing. The person's page is User_talk:176.27.135.59. I would really appreciate if you would look into it. OneInfo (talk) 22:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
North Korea's cult of personalityJust wanted to say thanks for your help with the article North Korea's cult of personality. Coinmanj (talk) 23:04, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
hello, I'm not mistaking!hello.I'm SMS1371.you leave me message containing "Hello, I'm Czello. An edit that you recently made to Satanism that seemed to be a test has recently been removed. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. – Czello 18:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC)" I want to say you I'm not mistaking.please go to this address : http://www.exposingsatanism.org/signsymbols.htm Horny hand is one of symboles of satanism and this address is one from hundreds.Also you can see (if you search) majority of top-ranking persons like George W. Bush, obama, klinton, Jimmy Carter, ......... at least one time fellow this symbole to protect this Sect(satanism). if you want you can search(i propose you to see this address "https://www.google.com/search?q=satanic+symbols+bush&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=775&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=T2EyUa25HYrT0QX654HADw&ved=0CDMQsAQ"). I want you to return my change to be shown.thank you.(if you want you can use pictures in that address instead of my picture,I mean "http://www.exposingsatanism.org/images/symbols/satanicsalute2.jpg"or "http://www.exposingsatanism.org/images/symbols/hornedhand.jpg") — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sms1371 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Changes to ufc champions!The reason im changing the fact on ufc champions is cause it wrong, so it simple im gonna change it everytime i see it there, it is in no way vandalism like some cunt think. They editor is wrong and im correcting his faults. Jose aldo promoted to undisputed champion?! he might be semi retarded. No one have ever been promoted in the ufc. and thats why i am deleting that text only and nothing else, so call it vandalism if you will, But if you do you might be more incompetent then i thought. sry for the bas enhlish, not my native toungue. Feel free to ban me cause i will change those facts until the day i die or the original editor realizes that hes wrong.
"Centre-left" Green PartyHi, You made an edit recently regarding whether the Green Party of England and Wales are "centre-left". I've just started a discussion about whether they are or not due to the numerous recent edits adding and removing this from the article. I'm letting you know about the discussion in case you want to get involved. —me_and 10:45, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
Make the love, not the warcraftThen why delete the image of the episode. Hypocrite the person who delete the image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.242.99.226 (talk) 14:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC) Article Feedback deploymentHey Czello; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:56, 13 March 2013 (UTC) South ParkThank you for stating what I've spent years having to explain ad nauseam on the South Park articles to unregisted IPs. I've often been a lone voice in trying to explain Wikipedia policy to these people; I hope this is an indication that you plan on sticking around the SP articles; they could certainly use you. Nightscream (talk) 17:28, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for sticking up for me.Thanks for sticking up for me. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 02:14, 29 March 2013 (UTC) Power Metal, cont.Added source for the influence of Uriah Heep on power metal bands: The Power Metal band Narnia did a cover of a Uriah Heep song "Sunrise" in their CD "Decade of Confession": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade_of_Confession. That is evidence of influence that requires no additional interpretation.RickW7x2 (talk) 17:39, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
You can't see where I've added this source because I didn't add it. So are you telling me that evidence only consists of an author writing about it in a book? The fact that an artist actually covers music from the group I cited isn't evidence? RickW7x2 (talk) 09:10, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
About now-hidden edits made by Glemmens1940 on my talkYou reverted two edits made by Glemmens1940 on my talk page and hid them. I was away from the computer and missed them. Can you explain what the content was? Feel free to email me if you don't feel comfortable talking about it on-wiki.--Auric talk 16:37, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
When to use apostrophes -- A's versus AsSource: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp Rule #11 Exception: Use apostrophes with capital letters and numbers when the meaning would be unclear otherwise. Examples: Please dot your i's. You don't mean is. Ted couldn't distinguish between his 6's and 0's. You need to use the apostrophe to indicate the plural of zero or it will look like the word Os. To be consistent within a sentence, you would also use the apostrophe to indicate the plural of 6's. The text in the Anthrax article says: Below is the media text with the highlighted A's and T's: Highlighted As is confusing. Highlighted A's should NOT be confusing. From the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021902369_2.html?sid=ST2010021904257 The bioterrorist darkened the letters "A" and "T" in certain words in a manner that, when the A's and T's are looked at together, appears to spell out chains of nucleic acids, the building blocks of DNA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdLake (talk • contribs) 13:59, 4 April 2013 (UTC) Ed Lake — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdLake (talk • contribs) 13:50, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Gothic metalsorry Czello.I hasn't see your comments. You must be asking why I am deleting gothic metal on the content or templates. But I will answer for you what I am deleting it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.43.153.7 (talk) 20:37, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi!!! Sorry Czello.to remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as i did to Gothic metal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucchesi LG (talk • contribs) 20:52, 17 April 2013 (UTC) But I was only trying to put the term right on thegothic metal in the content and the template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucchesi LG (talk • contribs) 20:54, 17 April 2013 (UTC) I didn't know that I had to log in, so I deleted somethings in the page gothic metal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucchesi LG (talk • contribs) 21:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC) Somethings in that page I don't agree. It is just this I am deleting it. So, one more time, apologize me, and answer me. Now I must go out. Hugs and bye. I promise I am going to come back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucchesi LG (talk • contribs) 21:06, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
LabourI suggest you give the same message to Rrius. Let me tell you that non-candidacy in the Labour leadership was very important. I have looked at the other references, such as 2005 Tory election and US Presidential elections and the precendence is the same. There is a very strong case for having images on the basis that non-candidates were extremely important to the contest.--AngieWattsFan (talk) 14:24, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
The opening text that says a challenge cannot be ruled out is in reference to David Miliband, not Ruth. – Czello BB 10:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
I thank you both for your input. I have made mention of this on the AN/I discussion, just to try to keep everything in one place. AngieWattsFan, now that we've established that the citation does not support your claim, are you willing to undo your edit? I'd rather not do it myself because of 3RR, but I'm willing to wait to see if anyone else does or to do it myself in a few days after there has been no new source provided. – Czello BB 11:56, 24 April 2013 (UTC) AWF has once more added the source without consensus. I am still awaiting his/her input here. — Czello BB 13:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
Single/pluralIt's something of a grey area and I tend to the old fashioned view that if the verb relates to what a group of individuals do then it's plural, but if it's what the group itself does (note: not "the group themselves") then it's singular. Manuals of style for most publications support this. The Guardian, for example, says:
Clarity also plays a part - "The Cabinet has decided to...." because the Cabinet is a single organisation that acts as a unit. But, "The Cabinet drank their tea" - since they didn't have just one cup between them! Whether any of this is of crucially life-shattering or life-enhancing importance I'm not sure, but in the case of the the UKIP article the singular has been used elsewhere so it's consistent. Emeraude (talk) 15:52, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
EuroscepticJust saw your edit to UKIP on the capitalisation or not of Euroscepticism. It's another one of those oddities of English. I wouldn't take Wikipedia as the be all and end all of how to spell - after all, Wikipedia is not a reliable source! But the Oxford English Dictionary gives it as Euroscepticism, Euroskepticism. - clearly preferring the capital E, but adds, " Also with lower-case initial." So, take your pick. (Personally, I'd go with the cap.) Emeraude (talk) 09:58, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general electionRegarding your comment, I honestly think the extra 1% it's not faulty information at all, but most probably, just a "bug" resulting of number rounding calculations. I guess that the real data of the survey is calculated with decimal numbers, with the final results presenting just the rounded numbers without the decimals to simplify (this is something usual for opinion polls). And it's there where that "bug" is found: most probably, for the April 29 survey, the "Other" section (without UKIP) may account for something like 6.49...%, and for the April 30 one, it may be something like 6.51...% as a result of, let's say, Labour being 39.09% instead of 39.11% or something like that (these are just examples of what may be happening). Both of them are pretty close values, yet as a result of number rounding, the first one would end up being shown as 6% and the other one, as 7%. It may be as simple as that. I don't think it's really such a great deal of an error to have that survey removed. Impru20 (talk) 14:05, 1 May 2013 (UTC) Notifications box replacement prototypes releasedHey Czello; Kaldari has finished scripting a set of potential replacements available to test and give feedback on. Please go to this thread for more detail on how to enable them. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:58, 7 May 2013 (UTC) I wrote the edit example for Payback just now... Thanks for the vigilance on my idea... I just thought that might look more streamlined for future events :) WikiVigilante2013 (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2013 (UTC) Why am I been threatened with a ban for a perfectly acceptable and reasoned edit? Please reply in the next hour or I will be forced to continue regardless of your threats. EDIT: "Take the issue to the talk page instead of edit warring." I have taken the issue to GimliDotNet's talk page however I have been ignored. Sunshinenevercomes (talk) 16:09, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply, I have now set forward my reasoning on the article's talk page. Sunshinenevercomes (talk) 17:03, 7 May 2013 (UTC) Black Sabbath - Doom MetalThis is obviously a reoccuring arguement that many wikipedia users seem to be debating, if you look at the Black Sabbath Talk Page people are already discussing it. From my knowlege of Doom Metal, and the amound I listen to, I and confident enough to say that I do believe that Black Sabbath is a Doom Metal song. I don't really think a source of evidence is even needed. If you read about Doom Metal, you can tell that the definition of Doom Metal accurately represents the song Black Sabbath. This is not and urgent change, however I do believe that Black Sabbath is classified as a Doom Metal song, and a Doom Metal band as a whole. Again, I may be wrong, but please regard this. FranktheTank (talk) 09:03, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
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Cuando Quiero Llorar No Lloro TV SeriesThen why don't put as TV miniseries instead of rudely put this craping tag on the artcile? --190.242.99.226 (talk) 20:08, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
You're mad?. Let me complete this article to this sunday, stop this madness with references, images, etc. Let me complete the article please. --190.242.99.226 (talk) 20:25, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
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British FreedomThat's a good point :-) Netsurfer123 (talk) 11:29, 23 May 2013 (UTC) Thanks!Czello, thanks for catching this! Wow, I don't know how that happened. All I did was add in a colon to the wikilink. And, yes, there was an edit conflict when I saved it the first time. Anyway, thank you. --76.189.109.155 (talk) 12:17, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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Information, not chatI was adding information about the UAF, amplifying on what had gone before. Not discussing their far left wing credentials.(Cyberia3 (talk) 10:53, 24 June 2013 (UTC))
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A list of current discussions on the English Wikipedia.
This week, the Signpost interviews Adam Cuerden, a Wikimedian who has been for years gathering featured pictures, and who constantly participates in what could be his favourite part of the project. Cuerden dedicates most of his time to scanning and restoring old, valuable illustrative works. He explains to us how the featured process works, its relation with other parts of the encyclopedia, and how pictures evolve before reaching featured status.
This week, we walked the runway with WikiProject Fashion. Started in March 2007, the project is home to 4 Featured Articles and 41 Good Articles. The project has a lengthy list of how you can help and a list of Article Alerts.
Argentine History was closed. Two cases, Race and politics and Tea Party movement, remain suspended until July.
Animals in IslamCzello. That "Animals in islam" page is clear whitewashing, not even animal sacrifice is mentioned. Looks like you dont want to keep that article OBJECTIVE. My claim is easily sourced, I thought that another wiki article is enough. Please tell me why did you not removed other, quite misleading, parts of that page? Hamnavoe (talk) 08:35, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
Service AwardYou're welcome. Vjmlhds (talk) 18:04, 2 July 2013 (UTC) The Signpost: 03 July 2013
Amy Chozick's profile of Jimmy Wales in the New York Times sparked significant controversy in international news outlets this week. Chozick's profile covered Wales's personal life, including his 12-year-old daughter, ex-wife, and current wife Kate Garvey, describing Wales himself as "a well-groomed version of a person who has been slumped over a computer drinking Yoo-hoo for hours." Chozick described his current role in Wikipedia as "Benevolent Dictator for Life", a statement which garnered conflict from all corners of the web, including from Wales, who responded to the piece as a whole with a lengthy talk page statement.
Four articles, four lists, and fifteen pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
This week, the Signpost went to the kennel and interviewed WikiProject Dogs. The project has several featured and good articles, along with a large number of "Did you know" entries. We asked three project members about the challenges of creating, curating, and maintaining canine content in an increasingly dog-obsessed world.
The key annual event in the Wikimedia calendar, Wikimania 2013, will be held in Hong Kong in just five weeks' time. Among the events will be a presentation by two people who are working to promote the development of medical content on Wikimedia projects. One is James Heilman of Wiki Project Med, a non-profit dedicated to making "clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice". The other is Lori Thicke, president of Translators Without Borders (TWB), the Connecticut-based organisation set up in 2010 to provide pro-bono translation services for humanitarian non-profits
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
The VisualEditor extension has gone live by default to registered users on the English Wikipedia, marking a huge milestone in a project that has taken the best part of a decade to reach fruition. The extension was previously described as "the biggest and most important change to our user experience we’ve ever undertaken" by the WMF team behind it.
The real world made a strong showing in the top 10 last week, as news stories such as Yahoo!'s purchase of Tumblr, the murder of Odin Lloyd, the continuing drama over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the ill-health of Nelson Mandela crowded out the usual roster of TV shows, movies, websites and video games. Not that they were entirely excluded, of course.
Following a one-month period of moderated discussion, Tea Party movement has been reopened by the Committee. The proposed decisions are currently being voted upon. Race and politics remains suspended pending the return of User:Apostle12.
RfCI noticed you have been commented on the Sunn O))) debate and I was wondering if you would also like to comment here at Talk:Tech Nine#Requested move 2 and get another horrible title changed back. If you have the chance I would appreciate it. STATic message me! 16:16, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
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