User talk:Andrew Levine/archive2

Baseball on Wikicities

Hello Andrew Levine, Googie Man here and I want to ask you something as a fellow baseball fan on Wikipedia. Jimbo and Angela have made a new webstie called Wikicities. This link in particular will take you to the baseball Wikicity. As you'll see it's similar to Wikipedia, but my hope is this will allow baseball fans to do more and different things, like reporting on games, in depth statistics, create mulitple pages for pictures, and whatever else baseball fans care to create. You've done great work on Wikipedia and I was hoping you could help get this baseball Wikicity off the ground. Please let me know what you think either at my talk page, or you can email me at terry@wikia.com. Thanks! Googie Man^(Talk), 19:56, 5 January 2006 (UTC).

Leon Trotsky

Excellent work on an excellent article. You aren't the kindest person I've met, but I know good work when I see it and I want to congratulate you. I am sorry some people are so indulged in their own "intellect" that they think that this article should not be featured. Again, good work.

Take care, εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 21:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Majora's Mask FAC

You might be interested to know that The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, which you previously voted in support of as a featured article, is up for FAC again. - Cuivienen 04:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Yagan de-yellowed

Thanks for de-yellowing Image:Yagan.jpg. If Yagan survives this WP:FAC and hits the main page, a closely cropped version of the image, Image:Yagan_cropped.jpg, should probably be used. Would you mind de-yellowing that too? Drew (Snottygobble | Talk) 12:08, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for trying, but I think you must have uploaded the wrong version. The old and new versions look exactly the same. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 22:25, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, my bad. Thanks for that; it looks heaps better. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 22:37, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Image placement in articles

It doesn't hurt Krazy Kat, and I think you will get FA status, but whether or not you find it disorienting a lot of research in graphic design has shown that alternating image placement is the best strategy as it reinforces the sweep of our eyes across the page and, most importantly, keeps people reading (as long as the text isn't boring, of course). I follow this in all my articles (see Slide Mountain (New York) and my latest project snowshoe, for examples.

There are, of course, plenty of FAs (Geography of India, is a noteworthy example) that stack images in whole or in part and still work. Just something to think about. Don't take this as prescriptive one way or the other. Daniel Case 06:13, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Missing articles list for the French wikipedia

Hi Andrew, this is just to let you know I haven't forgotten about your request for a missing article list. I'm just waiting for new database dumps to show up at http://download.wikipedia.org/. When this happens, I'm going to generate the list.

The perl script to generate such a list is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/fr. You can adapt it to your requirements and run it yourself, if you are familiar with perl; but I wouldn't recommend running it on a month-old database dump, as it will be missing a lot of interwiki links. Eugene van der Pijll 23:20, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry I haven't got to this yet. First there were some problems with the file, and the last few days I've had some peronal problems. Tomorrow, I will run the program on the newest dump, which is in progress right now. Eugene van der Pijll 16:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Cheers

Is that really true? If so it was an honest mistake, and I'll go through and change the dates to publish dates. Should I include the retrieval date as well, and if I add the dates you asked for could I get a support out of you? :) Staxringold 23:13, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I just went through and added every publish date I could find. I hope I can garner your support! :D Staxringold 23:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the oppose! Anything I can do to get your no-vote turned into a support? :D Staxringold 03:00, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lindsay Lohan

You wrote:

I disagree that the lead is too short. It does what it needs to do. Andrew Levine 19:30, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Is that a vote? ;) RadioKirk talk to me 20:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

If it was a vote I'd have voted. Andrew Levine 20:26, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

LOL okay. RadioKirk talk to me 20:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Meals image

Hello, I noticed you put a PD notice at Image:Title meals.jpg. Where did you get this image? When you upload an image you should always say where it comes from. I am not sure it is public domain. Andrew Levine 04:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

It was a US Government image, I believe. At the time I uploaded this graphic the image I derived it from was already on Wikipedia, seems to be gone now. I've deleted the image, and replaced it with a new graphic based on a pic from Commons. -- user:zanimum

Okay, looks good! Andrew Levine 18:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

COTW Project

You voted for Male and Female, this week's Collaborations of the week. Please come and help them become featured-standard articles. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 23:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Canadian Democracy

I should really have noted the edition. I myself own the third edition, but for that article I sought out the edition closest to the 1993 election for several text books. - SimonP 05:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Shoshone National Forest

I have gone and added numerous ref/note style references and with the help of several other editors, have trimmed and refrased much of the text. If you wish to have another look you may see a marked improvement. Let me know if anything esle needs to be referenced or if there are any other changes that need to be implemented. I appreciate you having taken the time earlier to chime on on the article as all feedback is more than welcome...thanks!--MONGO 20:50, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I want to thank you for your helpful comments on Shoshone National Forest as a potential Featured article and it has now been promoted. I appreciate you taking the time to chime in. Thanks again!--MONGO 09:07, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Babe Ruth

I'm posting this message on you Talk Page either because you've contributed to the article Babe Ruth, or because you've edited other baseball or sports related articles. I've recently completed a revision of this article at Babe Ruth/rewrite. If you have the time, I'd appreciated it if you'd compare the articles and leave any feedback you might have on the rewrite discussion page. I'd like to reach a consensus before makeing major changes to the main article. Thanks for your help. --djrobgordon 20:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on the peer review for Canada!

I just wanted to let you know I appreciate you taking the time to review the Canada article for it's peer review. I recently made several changes, including:

• Added a two photos of animals (one caribou and the other of a common loon),
• Three photos of the largest cities in Canada (ugh, the photos don't match),
• A whole new section on Canada's largest cities (copied from the United States article),
• Added to that one sentence you pointed out (I know there are others, but I'll try to get to that when I have time),
• And rephrased the government's stance on some social issues.

If you don't mind, I'd love for you to take another quick look at the changes - seeing as how no one else seems to be interested in the peer review, maybe I did it wrong... ♠ SG →Talk 20:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Missing articles

Hi Andrew, I've created a list of missing articles for the French wikipedia. I'll upload it at User:Eugene van der Pijll/en2fr. Please move or copy this to a suitable location, if you find it useful. Because there are a lot of pages there, I have only included the pages with more than 10 interlanguage links. The complete list down to 3 links would be 10 times the size of this one. Eugene van der Pijll 23:47, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Pink Floyd for FA

I appreciate your feedback in the Pink Floyd FA candidacy. I just had a question, as a relative newcomer to WP:CITE. You said "The external links sprinkled throughout the article should be converted to proper inline citations." I'm not quite sure what you mean by "proper inline citations".

I (now) realize that the external links should be grouped together at the end of the article under a "References" section, and will be doing so tomorrow. I was under the impression from WP:CITE that footnote-style citations are somewhat controversial on WP. WP:CITE does not seem to indicate a preference for the Harvard style over direct external links in the article, and I have a personal preference for the direct external link for readability and aesthetics.

I personally would like to use a combination of direct external links for online sources and the footnoting system for print sources, because as a former history major Chicago style is ingrained, plus I think it just looks more pleasing. For print sources, it's going to have to be either Chicago or Harvard anyway. Would you mind clarifying and/or giving me a bit of guidance on the issue? Even if not, your help is already appreciated. - dharmabum 07:41, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Terrific, I didn't know about Cite.php. Thanks! - dharmabum 20:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Any chance I could get you to re-evaluate the Pink Floyd article? All your specific issues (citations, sound clips, etc) and I've greatly added to the description of the band's changing sound at this point, provided critical reviews, and generally streamlined and rewritten the vast majority of it. - dharmabum 00:46, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, as it turns out, my request to have you re-evaluate came too late; it had already been promoted to FA, but slipped through the cracks and the oversight was just corrected. Thanks a bunch for all the suggestions you gave me, which really set me on the road and taught me just what listing an article at FAC entails. :) - dharmabum 22:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Wayne Gretzky

I made the changes you suggested. Thanks for the input! RasputinAXP _{talk contribs} 15:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

AID Sockpuppets

I'm getting the same suspicion that these are the same exact person. They makes edits to the same type of articles (West Virginia). They vote for the same exact articles also and vote right below each other. Rokafela SpandX TwilaStar Afrosheen

Illuminatus! FAC

I took out the quotes section. I was aware that lists of quotes are WP:NOT (although there are exceptions), but not that Quotes sections were "deprecated" which I found in Wikipedia:Guide to layout#Quotations. I also tried to address two of your other points, if you'd like to check them out — the mention of discordianism and the founding fathers cite. The quote on Hagbard, and the numerology remain, but I've started on the latter. Шизомби 20:05, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

i think all your objections points should be resolved now - BUT i disagreed that discordianism shiuld be mentioned in the lead (as its well discussed later in the article anyway, and would only turn lay readers away ("what the hell is discordia?"). please could you let me know if its enough to withdraw your objections? Zzzzz 22:59, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

AID

-Litefantastic 00:20, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Rush FA candidate

I took the liberty of addressing some of the concerns you had regarding the reputation section and its lack of citations. Some have been included. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions on how the article can be improved. Thank you. Wisdom89 02:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I think everything you objected to there has been fixed. Mind taking a second look? Thanks! —BorgHunter ^ubx (talk) 01:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

The sentence you objected to in the reputations section has been removed. Please review the article. Thanks --KaptKos 21:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the copy edit on User:BrianSmithson/Writing about fiction. Please feel free to make any other tweaks that you think are warranted. — BrianSmithson 23:54, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit summary

Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy editing. Hiding talk 13:38, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Latin America won!

Joyous | Talk 18:56, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Agathla

Someone removed the edits from the El Capitan article regarding the Navajo name for this feature. I noticed it and thought it deserved a better summary. While it is true that El Capitan's Navajo name is Agathla, in Arizona, this article is about the El Capitan formation in California. Rklawton 23:52, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Genesis

Hi Andrew, I noticed that you've been involved with several music-related articles in the past. Could you please take a look at the Genesis article and provide some feedback? There's been a PR running for that article for the past many weeks (Wikipedia:Peer review/Genesis (band)/archive1. Please free to leave your comments either on the article's talk page or on the PR page. Thanks! AreJay 04:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

URGENT! Your vote needed

Come vote here please to decide this important matter! i trust that you'll make the right decision--Rictonilpog 17:49, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

"Democrat Party" article

Hello. Someone has written a "Democrat Party" article that dignifies this perjorative term. The correct name of the party, of course, is "Democratic Party." Wikipedia is considering deleting the Democrat Party (United States) article. I hope you will weigh in on the topic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Democrat_Party_(United_States) I believe an article about this perjorative term doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. Griot 00:30, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

...for your editing help at Pernambucan Revolution. Maybe I was typing too fast. OMEN 23:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Baby Boomers

Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> Good point about globalisation, but please see my reply on the talk page.--Runcorn 21:17, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Lester Freamon

Thank you for your compliments. With regards to the age of the charcter in the infobox in the Lester Freamon article being 30, that was a compete oversight on my part. I cut and pasted the box from the Jimmy McNulty article and forgot to change the age. I've moved it to 50s but left the citation needed tag. This part of the infobox seems to cause a lot of editing back and forth, particularly on The Sopranos characters, so a citation to substantiate the age would be appreciated if you come across one, I will keep my eyes open also. I'll also try to be more attentive when previewing!--Opark 77 11:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

The Wire

Thanks for your hard work editing on The Wire (TV series). While most of your work has been valuable I'm afraid I disagreed with your reasoning when editing the DVD releases and Broadcast history sections into a new overseas section. I've posted my thinking over at the talk page and thought it only polite to let you know and ask for a response.--Opark 77 12:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

It means 'Law of the street'.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  11:49, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

In response to your request for page numbers for the truth be told references. There are currently 8 in-line citations (A-H).

• A: 18&19, 35-39
• B: Can't find this part, better take that citation off
• C: 4
• D: 28, 35-39
• E: 4-8
• F: 12
• G: 10
• H: 239-242

I hope these are useful. I wasn't sure how to go about adding them to the references, sorry I was a little slow. It wasn't the most exciting task so I procrastinated for a while. Is it odd that we haven't had any response to the peer review request yet? Just wondered as it is my first time working on an article up for peer review.--Opark 77 12:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I reverted your recent edits to the refs. We should continue using {{cite web}} because it's easy to globally change the format, unlike our new refs. I'm going to keep the book refs the way you did though.

Feel free undo my changes or contact me back! east.718 18:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! About cutting down the size of the refs, do you think we should use columns like in 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict? I previewed it and it looked ugly with the shortened Alvarez refs, but if we use the full Alvarez refs again, it looks fine. east.718 18:39, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for nominating the article. Fingers crossed.--Opark 77 18:40, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on the succesful nomination.

		The WikiProject Television Barnstar
		I would like to award you this television barnstar for your hard work in getting The Wire (TV series) to featured article status on behalf of wikiproject television.--Opark 77 16:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I think you would make a great administrator. By your level of experience, I'm sure that you'll get much support. Here are a couple of things you can do to maximize your support:

• Use edit summaries more often.
• Make the answers to the "questions for the candidate" more extensive.

I hope that your RfA is a success. --Gray Porpoise 22:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

your notes on frwiki

I am tempted to switch to oppose just for your lumping Larry King and Martha Stewart in the same category with Oliver Wendell Holmes and Aaron Burr! For shame, Levine!! :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:19, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

See response at talk page. Andrew Levine 17:25, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I've added an optional question to your RfA. Answer at your leisure. BryanG^(talk) 23:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Assyrian homeland

Yes it does, just like Ancient Greece and Greece. I will this project very soon. Chaldean 14:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Apple II series review

Hello, I see you have peer reviewed articles now and then. I would most appreciate it if you could take a look a Apple II series, please leave comments at Wikipedia:Peer review/Apple II series/archive1. Thanks! — Wackymacs 20:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Household income in the United States

Hi, you recently voted "Weak oppose" to the FA canidate Household income in the United States/ As reasoning for your vote you cited several copyedit related issues and suggested adding wiki-links to all states in the "Household income by state" table. I ran a complete spell and grammar check and conducted several copyedits. I also followed your suggestion of Wiki-linking all states in the table. I was wondering whether or not you are willing to look at the article once more. Thank you. Best Regards, Signature^brendel 08:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

your rfa

Thanks for your kind note. You are quite welcome, but what I said was all true. Cheers.  :) Dlohcierekim 01:08, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

New userboxes

I have deleted a userbox template you recently created, as userboxes should no longer be created in templatespace per the terms of the German userbox final solution. Here is the userbox code so that you can recreate the userbox in your userspace ("userfying") if you wish.

<div style="float:{{{float|left}}}; border:{{{border-width|1}}}px solid {{{border-color|{{{1|black}}}}}}; margin:1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px; background:{{{info-background|{{{2|white}}}}}};"
| style="width:45px; height:45px; background:{{{logo-background|{{{1|#CC0000}}}}}}; text-align:center; font-size:{{{logo-size|{{{5|20}}}}}}pt; color:{{{logo-color|#EEFF00}}};" | '''{{{logo|{{{3|5}}}}}}'''
| style="font-size:{{{info-size|8}}}pt; padding-left:5pt; line-height:1.25em; color:{{{info-color|black}}};" | This user enjoys<br />the poems of<br />[[William Carlos Williams]]
|}</div>

--Cyde Weys 14:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

By the way I have asked a question on your RFA regarding this and would appreciate a response. Thanks, Cyde Weys 15:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for roger up! I beleive that you will be a good SYSOP. Good luck! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 17:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations

You're now an admin. Have fun with the new tools in making this a better place, but of course, don't give up writing and improving articles, our lifeblood. Be conservative with the admin tools, especially at first and re-read the policies before taking action. As you get used to them, help clear out some of the backlogs. Again, congratulations, and have fun - Taxman ^Talk 20:17, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats. I am glad you made it... despite the stiff opposition. - CrazyRussian talk/email 21:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! I too am glad that you made it in the face of strong oppostition. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 01:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats, per all above. Cheers,  :) Dlohcierekim 01:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! :) --PokeOnic  EMAIL  TALK  PKN  UNCY 03:57, 18 August 2006 (UTC) Congratulations--Opark 77 16:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Warsaw Uprising

Hi there, I responded to your questions at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Warsaw Uprising (1794). Thanks for noticing it. //Halibutt 21:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Cuisine of Somalia

Hi, I wanted the article on the Cuisine of Somalia moved to Cuisine of Somaliland (which i created yesterday) as they are very similar Abdullah Geelah 11:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Cuisine of Somaliland

Hi, Can you fix up the article on the Cuisine of Somaliland which i created, some anonymos users are vanadlinig the page. can you sort it out please. Abdullah Geelah 14:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Laas Gaa'l

Can you read the article above which I started! Abdullah Geelah 13:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

In Style

Hi Andrew. I saw that you moved the "In style" article to "In Style". But actually that is not the correct name either. The proper title is "InStyle". So I was wondering if you could help me move the article. It would be great if you could. Thnx! loulou 12:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Help on Robert Spencer

Would you please have a look at Robert Spencer. Some editors keep removing sourced material on Robert Spencer. (The controversy section). As an outside editor, your comments are most welcome. Thanks --Reza1 19:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Laas Gaal and Cuisine of Somaliland

there have been some users who have vandalised the Cuisine of Somaliland and Laas Gaal pages. It looks like every page I create someone vandalises. One of them wrote an offensive comment on the cuisine article. Can you protect the two pages please so that only established users and adminstrators can edit it. Some unestablished users put copyright violation templates on the pages when the article is genuine and used most of my knowledge on it and by using a couple of sources from websites. Abdullah Geelah 22:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Edit History

Can you restore my edit history on my userpage page please.

Because if he told about the personal information on my userpage I would deleted them myself and my edit history would have been intact now that my userpage has no personal information can you at least restore my userpage because when he deleted it my edit count went from 2000 to 1000 and now I would like to reach my 2000th edit on Wikipedia so please at least restore my userpage. I would not write anymore Personal Information on my userpage. Also, there have been an anonymous user putting copy violation tags on the Laas Gaa'l Image (which you uploaded with the right copyright) and the Laas Gaa'l article which 98% is genuine and I only used two sources from the World66 website but the rest is genuine. he keeps putting tags on them and an adminstrator and I keep taking it off and telling him that the Wikipedia allows you to use sources from other websites. Can you speak to him. Please Abdullah Geelah 12:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

FYI, user has made the same request of me. I replied on his talk page. -- I@n 22:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Did you know? was updated. On 30 August, 2006, a fact from the article Muslims in Fiji, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Mgm|^(talk) 20:39, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

User Hate

If you could please, the next chance you get to use a time machine, visit the Peach Bowl of 2000 and tell Kenneth Nagle in the Mississippi State University Marching Band 'not to contribute to Wikipedia, ever, or hours of your life will simply be undone by my own hands.' I am in the process of securing my own time machine for this same mission. Should I succeed before you do, this comment will disappear and you will be none the wiser. NorrYtt 21:37, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Request for admin attention

I'm requesting some Wikipedia administrators to communicate with a user, Aeusoes1, who is causing some problems for the Hawaiian phonology article. Please look at the article's talk page, section "Edits by AEuSoes1", especially "Edit 3". If it's appropriate, in your opinion, please consider a temporary block for that user. Otherwise, perhaps you can reason with him. Thanks. Agent X 16:49, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Do you have any evidence he was born in Xenia, Ohio? Rkevins82 02:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Please, block the 129.2.17.151. -- Fernando S. Aldado 15:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Images

Mr Levine, unfortunately you should not have removed those tags. Gettyimages Inc offered to purchase most of my photographs from Caucasus and Ethiopia. I just made a deal with them and transferred most of the photos to their database. They were sold to them and gettyimages copyrighted those images under their company. If you leave those images, it will be a direct violation of copyright against gettyimages inc. If Wikipedia fails to delete them, I will report to Gettyimages distribution department and im sure they will take action. When they were uploaded, i released the rights of those images. However, as of today they are sold and copyrighted to a large photo distribution company. Please re-attach the tags and proceed with deletion. Otherwise, you probably should contact Gettyimages and settle the copyright violation by Wikipedia directly with their management. In compliance with rules and guidelines regarding copyrights materials, you should follow proper procedures to avoid legal constraints which this situation will cause. Thanks. Ldingley 14:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

According to the licensing you agreed to with Kholkoi, "the copyright holder has irrevocably released all rights to it" (bold in the original). You did not have the rights to sell the images to Getty. Are you saying that Kholkoi was lying when he said you had given permission to release the rights? Andrew Levine 15:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

11 Minutes Ago

Hi Andrew (I assume that's your real name!). I can see our discussion is veering towards an argument rather than a debate. While I respect your opinion, which is clear from your desire to see the article deleted, I do not agree with it. This isn't going to change no matter how many times we go backwards and forwards, I believe artistic merits outweigh guidelines. If you have a look at my contributions to Wikipedia, I am helping with the Films project and I really want to make it the best it can be. I an not just some mildly interested party who likes a debate. I truely think the film in question is an example of an unusual film-making technique. The example you gave me while similar is actually different, an anthology of shorts by many directors isn't the same as a whole narrative by one director. I'm not expecting you to cave in and withdraw the AfD I'm just asking that perhaps the tone of the debate could be taken down a notch as some of the comments made have been dismissive, and I shouldn't be demanding you find me examples of things. I hope there are no hard feelings. James. Mallanox 20:52, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Unitarian Universalism

Hi Andrew, I don't appreciate your unilateral deletion of PCD YRUU, JPD YRUU, and other District-level YRUU articles. I don't know if it's just that you have something against Unitarian Universalists, or that you wish to limit the scope of this encyclopedia, but if you'll notice, all of the district-level UUA articles were kept, in their AFD. PCD YRUU in particular had much more content than any of those articles. I consider this a misuse of your administrative powers, and wish you to revert your actions. I'm happy to discuss the matter. However, this is an unfair debate. You've already deleted the articles, and I can't do jack shit about it, if you'll allow me to be frank. This is one example of why I have such a strong disdain for speedy deletes. HellaNorCal 06:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 13 September, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Theme from Shaft, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

The Wire as a "today's featured article"

I recently found your suggestion for The Wire appearing as an article of the day in December. I saw that you were interested in my thougts and wanted to let you know that I would fully support that. It would be preferable to have a comprehensive take on season 4 befor we hit the main page and this waiting period would allow us to achieve that.

As a side note I responded to your suggestion about shortening the list of characters. I'm working on the individual episode pages at the moment, and it would be great to have the chance to get those finished before we hit the main page.--Opark 77 10:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I've added some comments to your request for today's featured article, largely on the image selevtion. –– Lid^(Talk) 07:05, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Username blocks

For PhillipHunsucker2010, the highlighted part makes me believe this is a attacking username. (attacking Phillip Hun)

I may have over-reacted on the other two and I have unblocked them. --WinHunter ^(talk)

I am sorry I really did not know it's a surname (I assumed Hun is the only possible surname) in the US, with this evidence this really seem to be a legit username, I'll be unblocking now. --WinHunter ^(talk) 02:10, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin nomination - Cberlet

Hi. Thanks. I'm flattered, but have some concerns. Wouldn't I just become a lightning rod for more attacks on Wiki? Plus, I can see a whole list of conservative editors who would go bananas. I do think I have been drawn into several confrontations where I have lost my temper. I suspect I need a bit more seasoning before I am ready to serve as an Admin. Give me a few days to think it over.--Cberlet 12:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I am heading into a period at work where I have a lot of writing assignments, and I also think I need more experience with just the nuts and bolts of Wiki editing and rules. I think for now I need to concentrate on a few thorny articles as an editor. I decline the nomination, but appreciate your thinking I am qualified. --Cberlet 13:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Re Narayan Debnath image.

I've credited the image you notified me about on the image page. Sorry for the lapse. Thanks for catching the omission and letting me know ASAP. Cheers. --Antorjal 21:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Re Roman Catholicism in El Salvador

I responded on my talk page. If you know anyone who might be interested in rewriting the article, please let them know. RickReinckens 03:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Re Deleted Black Star Square

Thanks for deleting the article / photograph.

If the media file isn't of use or interest then no reason why it should stay. There is an inherent tension between what I want to do, which is to anchor, however ephemerally, a physical location to a piece of information. Since Wikipedia is just too hard to make work with all the editing and vandalism etc, I guess I will leave it up to someone else to replace it with something better. --G 21:48, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Mormon handcart pioneers FAC

Thank you for commenting on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mormon handcart pioneers. I've tried to respond to your comment on adding information "from outside accounts with less of a cultural attachment to the subject" by expanding the section on responsibilty for the tragedy and adding several citations to non-Mormon scholar Wallace Stegner. I've also added a citation to a book on the Mormons by Catholic scholar Thomas O'Dea (which, unfortunately, does not discuss the handcart experience in any depth). I think we've covered the available literature pretty thoroughly, though most of the historians who've dealt with this story have come from within the Mormon community.

Are there any specific paragraphs or sentences that you think too strongly reflect a Mormon POV? We've tried to be neutral, but sometimes it is difficult to see one's own biases. I think the section on legacy must inevitably focus on the handcart pioneers role within Mormon culture, since the handcart experience is largely forgotten outside the Mormon community. When you think we've adequately dealt with your concerns, I'd appreciate receiving your support for the candidacy.

Thanks again. — BRMo 12:30, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again for your comments and support for the article! — BRMo 02:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

DBWF Enhancement

Thanks for the update and wiki-link on the monetary policy! Bo 11:10, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Article for Deletion (DBWF)

It may still not qualify, but last time, it was deleted as 'NN' we had not been listed in the Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations, we hadn't been mentioned in the Austrailian newspaper, and didn't have the listing with the Northwest Florida Daily News.

The article is also rather differently written.

I think we qualify this time. What it the procedure to follow to try and keep it?

Bo 16:24, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

• Took part of your advise (I haven't let it go yet :) ), added who 'Robert Register' to the history section, it already had the when. Bo 16:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Noroton 19:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Balkankingdoms.jpg

Hello. I noticed that you removed the speedy deletion tag from the image. The image isn't used to illustrate the object in question, which in this case is the map itself. Furthermore, maps do not fall into the category of fair use. In this occasion, the map can be reproduced as free, to provide the same information, which is the states of the Balkan League. This is the way it is being used in the two articles; the parts of the image which present photos of the leaders aren't commented under the thumbnails' descriptions.

The PD status isn't verified: the author's date of death is uknown. In my research for the image I wasn't able to find it.

There is also another matter to concern. User Macedonia, the uploader of the image, acted in bad faith, stating that the image is his: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Balkankingdoms.jpg&direction=prev&oldid=59534459. The image could have been tagged for speedy deletion for that reason. I didn't prefer to do that and instead researched its status. Generally speaking, this uploader hasn't very good behaviour when it comes to copyright tagging of images.

For all the reason above, I decided to retag the image with db-reason. If you still object though, place {{hangon}} on top of the image's page and explain why it should be kept, by answering at the image's talk page, to the matters I stated above. --Dead3y3 ^{Talk page} 08:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Arbitration relating to WP:NNOT

Hi, I just put together an arbitration case at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Harrassment.2C_talk_page_vandalism.2C_and_non-consensus_changes_to_guideline. The case is about some users who have been abusing some guidline and proposal pages (including WP:NNOT and WP:STRAW). Since you've been involved with NNOT, I thought you might be interested in giving your comments. I would greatly appreciate your input. Thanks! Fresheneesz 05:36, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Maria Ford

After you restored Maria Ford, someone else deleted the article. There are some details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285768/ which should probably be added to the article so that nobody will be abel to claim that it is a null article. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 06:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Hiya

I was wondering whether you would be willing to reconsider your vote at the page 'Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer', considering that the integrity of the footnotes has been improved thanks to your insights. -- Paxomen 13:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Buffy nomination restarted: Since you have were involved with discussion before at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you might appreciate knowing that the nomination for the Buffy article has been restared at the same wiki page. I am letting everyone know who might not be aware (whether they were for or against the article becoming featured). Cheers -- Buffyverse 22:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous

Thank you for editing Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous per manual of style. As I am not a French speaker, perhaps you would like to take a shot at making a French version of this page? Thank you for your time and for taking an interest. Yours, Smeelgova 02:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC).

Please note, there is a request for deletion about this page. As an Administrator, would you like to come over and have a look Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous. Regards, Mark1800 23:19, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Bow tie

Hi Andrew,

You may have an interest, since I saw your name in the history list of the Bow tie article: There's a separate article, List of bow tie wearers and an admin is suggesting deleting it. When I looked into the Bow tie page, I found there's already a list there. I don't have an opinion on which list should remain, but one really should go. I'd appreciate your advice on the Talk:Bow tie page, if you're interested and have the time.Noroton 00:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:ATT

Hey, Andrew. If you haven't seen it already, check out Wikipedia:Attribution. It's a good idea, merging several similar policies into one. However, people are trying to insert a clause that weakens the requirements for sourcing on popular culture topics. It would allow self-published fan sites and the like when these are the "best" sources available. At any rate, I've seen you argue against FACs on these grounds, so I thought you might want to check it out. — BrianSmithson 11:33, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Wold Newton Jake

Hi, Andrew! I left you something on the Talk:Wold_Newton_family page -- hope you like it!

Seriously, no offense is meant, and I largely agree about the non-verifiable nature of most WN speculation -- something that Win tries to emphasize in the more scholarly aspects of the hobby. My Discordina episkopos nature couldn't resist the opportunity of Jaking, and the '300 KB...' line was just TOO GOOD not to bank on... Icarus 23 08:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Bow-tie again

Hi Andrew,

My idea of polling people on what they want with the bow-tie articles hasn't exactly worked perfectly. I don't see much of a consensus for moving the list to one page or the other, so I'm going to try this: I'll cut down the list on the Bow tie main page to a summary and make sure everything is on the List of bow tie wearers page sometime late this week unless I hear a strong objection from those, like you, who have suggested otherwise. I think (hope) that's an acceptable resolution. Feel free to speak up if I'm all wet.Noroton 20:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Chola

Sir, in the Chola template, Vijayanagar has been mentioned as a succeeding state. But this is not accurate. Strictly, the Hoysala, Kakatiya and Pandya are the preceeding states of Vijayanagar Empire. A small Chola chiefdom ruled a tiny part of Tamil country as a feudatory of the Hoysala at times and a feudatory of Pandyas at other times through out the 13th century, before the whole of South India was enveloped by Vijayanagar empire. Also the "unknown " preceeding state is not so unknown. Prior to the rise of the Medeival chola, the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III had taken control of portions of Tamil Nadu (nothern) in the 939 – 967 C.E time frame.

Dineshkannambadi

Hi Andrew, the Chola dynasty article deals with three distict periods of Chola history: the early cholas who rule from around 100 BCE until c.200CE, the interregnum period during which they were in decline and the Imperial Chola period during the height of their power. The preceding state for the early Cholas is unknown. Hence the strictly speaking Rashtrakutas were not the preceding state in this context.

As far as extent of occupation of Srilanka is concerned. There is authoritative citation given for Rajaraja Chola and Rajendra Chola capturing the entire island, albeit for a couple od decades. - -Parthi ^{talk/contribs} 19:57, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Preceding state

I have made the correction.

Dineshkannambadi

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Non-Notability

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Non-Notability. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Non-Notability/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Non-Notability/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Drini 22:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your early support. Results are at Wikipedia:Recently_created_admins#Durova. Warmly, Durova 20:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Wire episodes

Hi, I was wondering why you removed the unaired episodes' quotes. Information about upcoming events is all over WP, and this doesn't seem to be any different. Perhaps with a spoiler warning it would be OK? east.718 16:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Criticism of MLB on FOX

So you think that the baseball fan him/herself shouldn't be validated!? I'm gathering as many "reilable/a variety (as opposed to simply one particular site) of sources" as possible (in a short matter of time) to give an added face or voice to the issue. TMC1982 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Points raised for FAC on History of the board game Monopoly

I had a look at your comments - tried to add a third lead paragraph without making the summary of the legal case and its aftermath not be overly long in the 2nd paragraph. The note about Hasbro's website could get moved back somewhere. Also, the spin-off games were in there already, but I rearranged two paragraphs to try to make that section flow a bit more chronologically. Let me know what you think. --JohnDBuell 05:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not going to ask you to change your vote, or your opinion. You're entitled to both, and right now I'm simply in disagreement over the issue of the article's anme. What I WOULD like to know is, will Architecture of the Windows NT operating system line soon be put up on WP:FAR for its title? --JohnDBuell 04:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

American Jr. Legion Baseball in Wisconsin 1998 Champions

Why did you delete this article? You say "non-notable sports league, just a bunch of baseball scores" Well it is a notable sports league, and it is more than just a bunch of baseball scores.

Merit Badge History article

Actually prior titles are given almost immediately in the archived FAC (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America). I believe the article started at Merit badge collecting (BSA), and was moved to Merit badge design history (BSA) then Merit badge types (BSA) and finally History of merit badges (Boy Scouts of America). All of this is still in the article history of course. Just FYI. --JohnDBuell 15:46, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

FAR tag

• Hello Andrew, why did u remove the FAR tag from Sustainable Development Strategy in Canada? Octopus-Hands 00:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, I have requested a peer review, seems less stressful this way :) Octopus-Hands 00:22, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Rick Perry.jpg

You've tagged this image as not meeting fair use criteria. Please explain why you think so on the image's talk page. -Mulder416 05:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Seymour Knox consent

I wrote: Chuck,

I would like your express consent to include the photo found at http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/h/knox/farm/source/17.html on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Seymour_H._Knox

He wrote: OK. - Chuck

Architecture of Windows NT

Hi, I was quite surprised to see this article move [1] without discussion or warning, especially as it's a nice gold star. Please can you justify your move, and possibly say something on the talk page, where I started a discussion. May I suggest a minimum of an RfC, Thanks, Widefox 01:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Praise

I read something you wrote on the Barack Obama talk page, of which this is an excerpt: "Wikipedia isn't supposed to be an instrument for social change. It is not for smashing existing social norms, however wrongheaded and false they may be. . . . When we edit Wikipedia articles, we aren't allowed to think for ourselves." Thanks for saying something that I believe to be true, and saying it as succinctly as possible. Bigturtle 04:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Username

Hi, about the user name, there's a posibility that I created that account but I don't remember the password and didn't give my e-mail adress, is there a way to remember the password or to send me a new one or something? Thanks in advance. 201.130.66.1 23:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

now I have two more questions, I saw that my IP adress was used by someone that wasn't me, how's that possible? and how could I know the IP adress of this account before I get it? (because it could be me) thanks. 333 00:10, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

FlickrLickr account

Hello Andrew Levine,

a while ago you requested a FlickrLickr account. Please e-mail me at Eloquence AT gmail DOT com so that I can send you your account information (username and password). The Wikimedia e-mail feature is notoriously unreliable.--Eloquence 14:45, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Your recent change to "The Wire" (police procedural to drama)

Thanks for backing my comment with action! You rock! -- Weirdoactor 20:17, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

UU districts

Hi Andrew, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I've been gone. I created articles for all of the Districts of the Unitarian Universalist Association, though it looks as though three have been deleted. Here's the AfD I believe I was referring to: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Districts of the Unitarian Universalist Association. One of the notes which I find particularly relevent to our discussion is:

Keep every Roman Catholic bishopric has its own article, so a list of a large notable denomination's equivalents seems a keeper to me. Carlossuarez46 18:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

That was just one comment, though. The result of the AfD was "keep," and I encourage you to read through the thoughts left by all (it's not a very long AfD) and get back to me with your thoughts. Thank you for taking the time to consider what I've got to say. That's the mark of a good admin. HellaNorCal 22:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 8 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Under the Boardwalk, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 12:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

If you're interested

Hi Andrew, if you've got any interest in the matter, I'd like your opinion at Talk:Unitarian Universalist Independent Affiliate organizations. There seem to only be two voices, and it'd be good to get a third in there. Have a nice day, HellaNorCal 23:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

How to take a non-counter intuitive measures when dealing with unverifiable images at WP?

Hi, sorry to bother you. I would like to ask your suggestions, since you answered my questions at WP:MCQ about changing CC licenses at Flickr. Recently, I took some patrolling actions at WP to check image copyright issues, then I found an image here: File:Vancouver_ib.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). I tried to check the source, but it goes to a login window. I created an account at Flickr, checked the link again, but the image is not shown, because it is private. Thus, I tagged the image with no source. Then, if you read the history of the image page, it was reverted back and forth. I asked the uploader nicely with suggestions from the template, put questions in the talk page, but boom I got a warning there in the talk page. (S)He says that I did some counter-intuitive measures and I should not asked anything about old images, especially from him/her, because (s)he is an admin at Commons.

Now, my action was purely a good faith, just to clean up WP from coyright issues. Did I do something wrong? Or did I do too aggressively? Please suggest me if I did, then I'll slow down my action. Thanks in advance. Cheers. — Indon (reply) — 10:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

i love you

u are my boo. I love you so much. Thanks for being a good person. Widereceiver19 23:25, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Deletion log abbreviation

Hello. I just noticed that you deleted Image:Lincoln_Logs.gif. The deletion log said, "RFU". What's RFU mean? ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)} 18:00, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

That was fair use? Didn't even realize it. Was it tagged as fair use? Oh well. Thanks for the clarification. :) ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)} 19:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Military brat

Made revisions to article per your comments. As for the US focus, there is no way around that. See the comment in the FAC.Balloonman 10:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Andrew, I was wondering if you had a chance to go back and look over the article. I revised the section that you objected to and per your comments and those on the Military History Peer Review I changed the name to Military brat (U.S. subculture). I think that is a more accurate title because to write a global article on brats would be like writing a global article on "Jews" or "Christians" or any other group that can be found throughout the world. If you could re-review the article it would be great. I'd love to have your support.Balloonman 16:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

The Wire

Hey there. I just wanted to let you know that I was in the process putting notifications on all the pages mentioned in the RM, plus the main show page, plus the episode list page. I just hadn't finished them by the time you weighed in. If there are any places I missed that you feel should have a notification, let me know. Cheers. --Milo H Minderbinder 21:36, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I find your recent revert to The Wire puzzling, and even a little troubling. Why would you completely remove reference to the Washington Post article, as well as references to the slang used on the show, without any discussion whatsoever on the talk page? If one did not know you, one might think you were trying to make the article less...colorful. Interesting. -- weirdoactor ^t|c 23:07, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The changes someone had made to the wordings (especially the double-parentheses sentence) made the plot summaries longer, more awkward, and more confusing. There is no reason to mention a "hot shot" and then define what that term means, when we can just as well use the definition alone. Within the context of the season, it's a small enough plot point that it doesn't merit such special attention. The punctuation in the David Simon quote should absolutely not have been changed, since that's how he wrote it. Andrew Levine 23:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed about the Simon quote; that was my mistake. The only wikilinks to "burner" or "hotshot" are disambiguation links; that's why I defined them in the article, which I agree, was awkward.. They don't even exist on Wiktionary; so unless I can link the terms properly, I'll abide by your edit and leave them out of the article. I was just trying to add a bit of the slang used in the show; I'm sort of a slang/jargon junkie. Maybe I should do some more research, and see if I can find news articles about how the show has actually affected slang outside of Baltimore, which is sort of amazing. Oh, and if I may say; your barnstar for your work on The Wire article was WELL deserved. Thanks! -- weirdoactor ^t|c 23:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Doing something about the ridiculous date autoformatting/linking mess

Dear Andrew—you may be interested in putting your name to, or at least commenting on this new push to get the developers to create a parallel syntax that separates autoformatting and linking functions. IMV, it would go a long way towards fixing the untidy blueing of trivial chronological items, and would probably calm the nastiness between the anti- and pro-linking factions in the project. The proposal is to retain the existing function, to reduce the risk of objection from pro-linkers, and to keep the issue simple. Tony 05:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Avatar: The Last Airbender

Many of the concerns that you voiced in your objection have been fixed. I invite you to please look at the article the article again and see that most of your criticisims have been met. Cnriaczoy42 13:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

FA Nomination

Recently, you have left an objection against Avatar: The Last Airbender becoming a featured article. The article has been fixed a lot and I would like you to please review your objection and tell us which of your objections still stand. We would appreciate it. Thank you! Parent5446^{(Murder me for my actions)} 20:26, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Similarly, I would appreciate if you would respond to my reply at Latter Days' FAC. Thankyou, Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 20:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Would you mind reviewing your comments on the FAC please. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 12:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Heya, I've changed the sentence to read film festival attendees. Given this and the article's now thorough copyedit, I would be grateful if you could reconsider your oppose vote. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:54, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

YouTube RfC

I've filed an RfC over the YouTube link issue. Argyriou (talk) 18:09, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Attempting to speedy delete The Ant Bully (TV series)

Andrew, I need some advice on a speedy deletion here. The article above was created by a sockpuppet, yet we have admin involvement from user:Ceyockey, who keeps removing the G5 tag - this article was created by a known sock puppet. See the history on the article. Ceyockey's argument is that it's in AfD, and therefore should ride out accordingly; my argument (and at least one other) is that it should go through G5 since we can confirm by pattern that this is a sock of a banned user. I'm deferring another G5 for now, but can I get an independent take on this? --Dennisthe2 19:12, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Soul Control

Soul control is a famous dance group known world wide by the breakdancing community. You delete an article back in October 2006. I see no point to your action.