Just a note to let you know I agree completely that I was out of order to insert a heap of silly wibble into that talk page of an article about a recent Doctor Who episode. I regret especially that your level-headed and very polite reminder led to a personal attack on you by an editor who does not speak for me or any other editor.
For technical reasons my editing ability on Wikipedia is often limited, otherwise I would have gotten around to removing my wibble by now. Please feel free to do so yourself. This comment on your user talk page explicitly authorises you to do so. Tasty monster (=TS ) 14:26, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
The Doctor Who articles on Wikipedia are, I have it on good authority (Phil Sandifer) of rather superior quality. The work you and other editors do in keeping us on topic is an essential part of our evolved mechanism for maintaining that excellence. Tasty monster (=TS ) 16:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
Saw this edit, and I would suggest backing off on the copyright language; the use of the image with the reduced caption (before the change) would certainly qualify within US fair use laws and would be a far cry from copyright violation; it's our NFC policy that would be violated, as there would be (and arguably still isn't, but that's not the issue here) any relevance to the image per NFCC#8. The rerevert was correct of course, just that the edit comment was a bit harsher than it needed to be. --MASEM (t) 14:03, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
I see your ANI comments. Some say to unblock saying blocks are not punitive. You point out a vile comment, possibly even a threat.
I say that we need to behave better in Wikipedia and we need more even standards. The novice user need not worry about the details. It is the admins that should agree on and abide by the details. Such details could be standard length blocks, standard ways of handling threats and rudeness, etc. Otherwise, some people get away with murder and some are indefinitely blocked for nearly harmless stuff. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 16:46, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
As far as threatening to kill by fire, the excuse of it being used on the internet is just an excuse. Try saying bomb in an airplane or a knife to school and there will be zero tolerance. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 16:48, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
I think you mean that I edit the entire page as opposed to the section? You're right I do, largely because when I edit conflict it goes to the whole page. However your suggestion makes good sense, I shall do my best. :) SGGH ping! 17:47, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
On the contrary, disruptive content can and should be removed from the Reference Desk. We should not tolerate WP:BITEs. I'd suggest, by the way, that you discuss rather than threaten. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:00, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Yes ... I get the impression, though, that he's trying to do it correctly (at least he included a FUR this time) but doesn't quite understand why when he uploads non-free screenshots they get deleted, when lots of other articles have screenshots; I wonder if it might be worth at least having a go at explaining NFCC to him? Black Kite (t) (c) 21:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Re MfD question - I am feeling stupid about one point - I was searching around to figure out how to find the size, and there is is right in the history. I hope my response doesn't come across as argumentative - I like to cut contributing editors a fair amount of slack in user pages. --SPhilbrickT 15:45, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
May I enquire why anyone can come along and revert an admin action that was pursuant to a civility complain at ANI? I see no discussion by the reverter on this page, who I see was recently blocked for saying "Die in a fire, the lot of you".
Are you going to do anything about this? Tony (talk) 06:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
TT, that wasn't vandalism; the user in question had already been warned/notified of the AN/I proceeding. We generally try to avoid multiple warnings for the same incident. --Ckatzchatspy 06:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Just a hint, when three different established editors add in the same info in the space of a few minutes then it probably is true ;-) Or you could have just turn on the tv.... they're talking about nothing but that right now. But hey, no hard feelings :) Mathmo Talk Cheers 16:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Howdy. Would you be willing to allow this image to stay in this article at least until this drv is closed?--Rockfang (talk) 08:35, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
I'd even be willing to add a caption as well.--Rockfang (talk) 08:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
(archive-now) ╟─TreasuryTag►belonger─╢ 10:30, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Following the BRD sequence, I've initiated a new discussion at Talk:Amy_Pond#Image_Discussion_Redux. Feel free to contribute. Exxolon (talk) 16:58, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
Hello TreasuryTag. The source is the latest issue of the journal of the Flag Institute, "Flagmaster", issue number 134, page 3. ISSN 0142-1271. Editorial Offices: 44 Middleton Road, Acomb, York, United kingdom YO24 3AS.--Banderas (talk) 19:15, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
The most recent livetext update at BBC about Huhne says, "0912 We now think that Lib Dem Chris Huhne is going to hold the title of Energy and Climate Change Secretary in the new cabinet." That is hardly confirmation that he will have that role. -Rrius (talk) 08:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for your source of the information about Cable using the title "Dr", even though he's a PhD "outside academia". You could have just made the edit yourself, of course - but then I wouldn't have been alerted to the fact that there's one more pompous ass in the world. RomanSpa (talk) 16:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
I added another answer to your question. If you're anything like me, you'll have taken the Ref Desk off your watchlist by now... it tends to swamp the thing... Matt's talk 16:33, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
You are very funny. You just wrote "I hope that you will not delete others' messages from the RefDesk again", forgetting that in the very previous paragraph, the line you cited is in a section called "When removing or redacting a posting" — a guideline on how to remove posts in a decent manner. I agree wholly about the guideline not to modify others' posts; I have no quarrel with that; but removing others' posts is definitely sometimes appropriate, and I believe my action was appropriate. Obviously some others disagree — there are levels of bad posts, and the disagreement is where the line to remove is at. I'll bring it up on the RD talk page. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:52, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
I hope my responses haven't offended you over at the humanities reference desk. I certainly have interacted with you a lot, and I don't mean you any offense. My responses on the minor legal question is only to highlight, truthfully, that civil liberties are based on a legal system's law, and I don't think most people recognize where and the extent to which those systems exist. If I'd make a mistake in my legal rationale, or if your experience is different, please tell me so, but I'm trying to be as factual as possible without delving into a research project on the subject. I invite your comments. Thanks. Shadowjams (talk) 09:44, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
[1] I guess you're too quick for me... ;) Theleftorium (talk) 17:42, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
After a lengthy conversation on the #wikipedia-en-unblock connect IRC channel, myself and User:PeterSymonds agreed and switched the blocks on A930913 and 930913 (i.e. 930913 is now under a block, and A930913 is now unblocked). I think per Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive614#Account renamed and now editing under two guises some bug in the MediaWiki software is not allowing him to even log in under the moved 930913 account (since it's all numbers). In any case, there's no abusive socking going on, and he should be allowed to freely edit now under A930913. I believe Nihonjoe (perhaps some of the other bureaucrats are also aware of this) is aware of this situation as he commented on that ANI. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Thank you, –MuZemike 14:11, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Re: I think it is? - Disclaimer: I prefer t'other, Radio Times version It's not quite true. It's the premise of the episode but it's revealed that both "dimensions" are bogus. Incidentally, I prefer t'other version because the main point (IMHO) was Amy and her decision (Rory or the Doctor), but I wouldn't revert on that basis alone.
Cheers! TFOWRpropaganda 17:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Exactly my point, that's why I changed it, and of course we are completely right, the old description was nothing to do with the episode really. Good man, I like you. Dr. J (Talk).
You should already have my email; it's the same as when you last emailed me :) Sceptre (talk) 17:39, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Please see the result of this 3RR complaint: WP:AN3#User:TreasuryTag reported by User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (Result: No violation). The situation indicates that one or both parties might have lost their temper. Surely we can do better than that. Negotiation is usually one of the options, and it could be worthwhile. EdJohnston (talk) 23:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry to see that you've joined the orphan taggers on NRHP articles. Policy is very clear,
Since all NRHP articles have at least one incoming link, placing the tag on them is against policy. It also upsets those of us who believe it says to the naive reader that the article is somehow less worthy than others.
If this happened simply because AWB did it, note that AWB has an option:
Options > Restrict orphan tag addition to linkless pages
Or, you can simply turn off AWB Auto taggging. . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 11:09, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
I just noticed your AWB edit of Jacob Qirqisani that changed "sect" to "etc." which is less than fully useful. I've reverted it for the moment, assuming you might try again. If not, I'll pick up your other fixes and put them back again. All the best. –Syncategoremata (talk) 14:00, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Just letting you know that your recent edit to List of Unicode characters in the Yi syllables block incorrectly changed a number of Yi syllable romanizations to English words. Please be careful not to miscorrect foreign language words to English, thanks. BabelStone (talk) 16:25, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Following your comments that Shannon Sullivan's website, http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/ is not a reliable source as per WP:RS, I think its worth noting that several pages seem to excessively rely upon it. Dalek (Doctor Who episode), School Reunion (Doctor Who), The Trial of a Time Lord, The Two Doctors, The Brain of Morbius, List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films and The Fires of Pompeii. Many other pages also use it for one or two references. As you seem to the person to ask, does any action need to be taken to remove this material based solely from this source? AlexanderJBateman (talk) 14:13, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi TreasuryTag. I left a comment here at the MfD. I've also just been reading your talk page editnotice which talks about making "the whole site more pleasant and productive". I'm repeating my question here about whether you approached Richard Arthur Norton first with your concerns about those pages and images before nominating them for deletion? I only looked in your user talk page edits, so I may have missed something you posted elsewhere, and am asking you here first what happened here. Carcharoth (talk) 04:54, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Glad to see from the AfD that we're still talking. :-) Sorry i went a bit OTT on the ANI board, i hope you saw i backed off a bit before the thread closed. By a strange coincidence you've inspired me to an idea that might really help, I wasnt stalking you btw, I made the inspiring find while searching for sources for the Mongolia article. It will all become clear what i mean in a moment. FeydHuxtable (talk) 18:42, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
The sarcasm is not helpful. You're treading very close to a line on civility, here. If you hadn't marked it explicitly as such, I would be issuing a block right now. As it is, please consider this a final warning: try to keep your contributions polite, focused on the matter at hand, and phrased in ways that are not likely to fan fires. Thank you. Shimeru (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
Why are you fighting to get the new Amy Pond image rush deleted? The RFC is running and has some time to go and the image MUST be available so that participants can refer to it so they can make an informed judgement. At the moment it looks like you are trying to short-circuit the RFC to get your preferred result. Leave the image alone, if consensus concludes the current one is to be kept, it can be deleted after that. Exxolon (talk) 12:59, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
You recently made a semi-automated edit to Bede that changed the name of the Anglo-Saxon monk Wicthed to Witched. In fact, his name was Wicthed. Please do not change spellings of proper names unless you have a source to verify the change you intend to make. Sorry if I sound snippy, but a month ago someone else made the same change using the same software. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 17:28, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
Gwen Gale (who is everywhere these days!) has already given him a final warning. One more will result in a block. SGGH ping! 19:44, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
