User talk:Hellboy2hell/archive1

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Al-Afdal

Great start for an article. I hope you have time to work on it more and make it really great. It could greatly be improved by some sources, not only don't that make it more reliable it also makes it eailer for others to expand the article.

I have moved the article Al-Afdal to Al-Afdal ibn Salah al-din because there are several "Al-Afdal". (See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for more information). Jon513 (talk) 15:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree, thanks for your contributions. I've only changed one thing - I think it would be better to use the name "Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani" if we ever have an article about him, since he is usually known by the full name. Also, if you'd like, you can join the Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/Crusades task force, which has just been created. Adam Bishop (talk) 01:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Great Sources

{{helpme}} Where are some great sources?

That depends on what you're looking for, but make sure they are reliable.--Werdan7^{T @} 04:37, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your attention.Hellboy2hell (talk) 06:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Deleting

How do you delete an article?

An article can only be delete by Admin, you can request a speedy delete if it satisfy with the criteria in WP:SD. Is easy, just place related speedy templates in article you may ask for delete. --Aleenf1 08:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion nominations

You've recently been doing a bunch of deletion nominations from new page patrol. I've noticed several for which a quick Google would have shown you that the topics are in fact valid. In those cases, tagging for deficiencies is preferable to AFD. Thanks, Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 10:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Recent Deletion Requests

Hi, Its great to see someone else actively trying to maintain Wikipedia - but some of the articles you're putting up for deletion look like they are legitimate attempts at articles even if they aren't very well written yet. Generally WP recommends you assume good faith on the part of the author, and try and suggest ways of fixing problems before trying deletion. If you're not sure if a topic is legit or not its a good idea to look outside Wikipedia say on Google to see if there is much written about it - not everything is on here yet! -Hunting dog (talk) 10:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Crusades

I don't have any requests at the moment, but you can write about anything you want. Adam Bishop (talk) 07:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, but it's mostly copied from crusades-encyclopedia.com, and we're not allowed to do that. Sorry, we'll have to re-write it. Adam Bishop (talk) 20:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I used Malcolm Lyons and D.E.P. Jackson's book "Saladin, the Politics of the Holy War", which uses Imad ad-Din as a source but doesn't say much about his life. I just took random interesting facts from there. Gabrieli has a little bit of info in Arab Historians of the Crusades. I also tried translating the Arabic article, although my Arabic is not very good, and I don't know what sources they used. I want to add more from the Encyclopedia of Islam, and hopefully the sources they cite, and the library has the French translation of al-Fath al-Qussi by Masse, which I want to look at as well. Adam Bishop (talk) 03:23, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, really? I think the EI is pretty neutral. In this case it is not a problem anyway, there is nothing controversial about Imad ad-Din! Adam Bishop (talk) 05:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

User talk:CanadianLinuxUser

Hey, just so you know, users are allowed to blank their own talk pages if they wish. Have a look at WP:TALK#User talk pages. Thanks and good luck. --Schcambo^{aon scéal?} 14:54, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Thaks for letting me know. I thaught it was vandalism. Sincerely {Hellboy2hell (talk) 06:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)}

My RfA

You said you thought i was power hungry; can i ask what made you think that? thanks. Ironholds 22:58, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Re Your reply to Ironholds: Erm... hotheaded is not the same as power hungry eg megalomania. Just fyi. Qb | ^{your 2 cents} 09:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I think there's a difference between having a temper and having a psychological disease :P. Ironholds 11:21, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and when you copy a bit of wikistyle code from someone elses page (the "leave a message..." bit) it's normally courteous to ask first. I'm fine with you using it (not like it took long to do or anything) but i do wish you'd asked since you messed up the code and it redirects to my page. I've corrected it, but in future drop me a line before stealing a line. Ironholds 11:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, although letting you copy it would have been you asking before you copied. RfA opposition is no barrier to civility, although i'm kind of annoyed that you used "power hungry", it gave me and probably other users the completely wrong impression. But I appreciate that's not neccessarily your fault, so we'll let it be. What's done is done. The past you can't change, but the future..? Ironholds 11:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I used to deal with AfD's and MfD's a lot, yes. I've moved over to expanding and writing; creating good stuff rather than deleting crap stuff. Ironholds 12:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD

I've welcomed a bit in my time, and I used to spend hours on new page patrol; I find it's a good way to get rid of non-notable stuff before it gets imbedded. I used to categorise articles and the number of crappy, unimportant bits that nobody had picked up yet used up a lot of time. Writing is good in that it expands wikipedia rather than cutting away the crappy bits. You need both, I guess. Ironholds 12:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Jerusalem

Hi Hellboy2hell (great name! :D). It was protected because of an edit war, which is currently being thrashed out on the talk page (second thread from the bottom). I'm going to try unprotection, simply because it's a really high-profile article, but it'll be instantly reprotected if the edit war reoccurs. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 13:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

This is just a note to say thank you for your support in my successful RfA. Epbr123 (talk) 00:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Wales

All contemporary sources give his name as jimmy, not james; it is not uncommon for peoples birth names to be a shortened form of the standard name. Ironholds 09:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Kingdom of Jerusalem FAC

I've removed this FAC; please see the instructions at WP:FAC.

Nominators must be sufficiently familiar with the subject matter and sources to deal with objections during the FAC process. Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article prior to nomination.

SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:47, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Well I fixed the problem of the missing nomination, so it's back up there now, but I don't think it's ready to be a featured article yet. It's not finished. Adam Bishop (talk) 03:58, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Which is why the instructions at WP:FAC say to consult regular editors first (so we can avoid premature nominations). Shall I remove it again? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Mawi

I don't think that needs to be protected, the vandalism isn't that bad. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:17, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

WDEFCON levels

Please don't put the vandalism level up to level one except in the most extreme cases. Thanks and happy editing! :) Malinaccier (talk) 05:24, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

I didn't mean to offend with the bold text. I was just trying to emphasize the word most :). Don't worry about it. Keep up the good editing! Malinaccier (talk) 05:28, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

WPF1 NW

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My RfA

Hi, Hellboy. Thanks for your consolidation. They are right, I need more experience first. Ammar gerrard117 (talk) 07:59, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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Crusades task force

That's ok, thanks. Keep an eye on the Imad ad-Din article though - I found a lot more information about him, and I hope to update the article soon. Adam Bishop (talk) 07:29, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! I think this is a good example of wiki-collaboration and maturity; you opposed my RfA, I complained about you nicking my talk-page heading and yet we're still mature enough that we can put that behind us, collaborate as editors and, as this shows, respect each other enough to send over a barnstar :). Ironholds 10:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Quick question; do you mind if, for userpage style and all, i change the barnstar from your personal type to the Special Barnstar, which "may be awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for a specific reason, when there is no other barnstar which would feel as appropriate"? And as a token of my appreciation; would you like me to redo your userpage and spruce it up? Ironholds 15:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Excellent! I'll get right on it. And the design change for the barnstar? Ironholds 10:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I didnt mean making a new design, I meant replacing the barnstar you gave me with one of the wikipedia standard ones; your design does not unfortunately fit on my barnstar page properly. If you tell me what sort of design you'd like I will, however, redo your userpage for you :). Ironholds 15:06, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Request For Rollback

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Its hard

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Hey

Just in case you didnt get it/did but forgot to reply: 1) can I replace the barnstar you gave me with a wiki-standard one and 2)can you give me the details of how you'd like your page designed? Do so and i'll get right on it :). Ironholds 01:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, i'll base it on mine then. What colour background do you want, for example? And then do you want the awards/sandbox/created pages links and so on? Ironholds 13:33, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem, and sure! if you send me any personal info or whatnot you want added in i'll stick that in. I'm working on it atm in my sandbox. Ironholds 13:39, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, if you go to [User:Ironholds/Sandbox]]; do you like the colour? Ironholds 13:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Sure. If you write more in the boxes then the image won't look so out of place. If you want me to put designs on all the other pages (awards, created pages, so on) give me a shout. Ironholds 21:51, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

RE:my page

No problemo! Going to use the design then? Ironholds