User talk:MarkGallagher/Archive6

OzDebate?

Just saw you while browsing the en-au list, are you the Mark Gallagher from OzDebate? If so, chuck me an email at spam@bilious.org and I can give you my MSN address or something - Cheers, Bilious 01:52, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: question about phone car picture

About the picture... Harrod Blank has given my father permission to use the picture, as my dad owns the Phone Car. As for changing the copyright information, I'm still a little new to wikipedia, and I am unsure of how to go about that. If you could help me do that, or if you want to do it, feel free. Thanks for asking! --Scott

Thanks

Nice to get a warm welcome :) I've been here for a few months, but just decided to make an account. Liu Bei 07:55, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Delete request

Could you please delete the following fies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FootballWest.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Brisbane_Strikers_Logo.gif Also, in future if I need a page or a file deleted is there a tag or something I can add so that I don't need to bother you specifically? --Executive.koala 11:25, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Xtra

Hi. I have a problem with userXtra (talk · contribs)]. He has now changed his link to the expired arb case as "Arbitration with PSYCH," which under the wiki rules, comment on content, not on other users. Can you please ask him to change the link, referring to me by NAME is a clear personal attack, a violation of the other rule to "not kick a person when they're down." also in the wiki rules. Thankyou. PSYCH 02:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

FFA

There seems to be a debate between you an Tancred as to wheither National Soccer League and Football Federation are the same thing or not. I suggest you two work it out because, he still doesn't understand that I'm not talking to him anymore.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sliat 1981 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 7 April 2006

It me again. Don't tell me who I have to talk to. I will NOT talk to someone just to get abused.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sliat 1981 (talk • contribs) 06:32, 11 April 2006

Excuse me I did try. He's an abusive little shit and I have no time for him —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sliat 1981 (talk • contribs)

Sliat, if you are going to call me a shit please do so to me, and not on other user pages. Please show me where I have abused you. I called you a troll, as you were trolling, changing 100's of football entries to "soccer". Your arguments about it made little sense, and your football edits push your own POV again & again. You seem incapable of signing your names. To top it off, when you don't like comments I make you delete them from other users talk pages. It's grown very tiresome. Tancred 08:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Illinois Route 2

Why did you remove the {{db-empty}}? The page had no content, and having these talk pages with nothing but the wikiproject notice makes it impossible to find talk pages that actually have discussion. --SPUI (T - C - RFC - Curpsbot problems) 06:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm still waiting for an answer. This talk page, in its current form, does more harm than good. I used to be able to see whether there is discussion on a talk page without going to it. Now with these Wikiproject templates that is no longer possible. --SPUI (T - C - RFC - Curpsbot problems) 06:17, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I only took this action after talking with Freakofnurture, who agreed that these pages are useless. --SPUI (T - C - RFC - Curpsbot problems) 06:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

speedy eletions

Well, I've seen several articles nominated for speedy with the explanation "dicdef" (obviously a shortened version of "dictionary definition") before so I thought that was a valid reason. Sorry, anyway. For the band one, I thought it was nn because they really didn't say anything about the band. I've only glanced through the music policy page. There are too many policy pages. Still my fault, sorry. Some guy 06:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

After looking at later comments, it looks like you think a band is notable if they've released anything. WP:Music says they are only guaranteed notable if they've released two albums or more under a major label.Some guy 19:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

The Fever (band)

I'm not sure why this nn band is not a speedy delete. No explanation and no information on talk page. --Walter Görlitz 15:39, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Routine Therapy (band)

Same thing with this nn band as well. I think we have a different criteria for what is and is considered not notable. --Walter Görlitz 15:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

not upset, but if it's not a criteria for a SD then why remove all deletes entirely? Why not put a regular delete in place? --Walter Görlitz 04:24, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

I marked the userboxes "This user opposes to the independence of Kosovo" and "This user opposes to the independence of Montenegro" for speedy deletion. The deletion mark was removed without any serious discussion. I don't think it is right to remove the user boxes for independence of these countries and keep the one against their independence. Please restore the others or remove these two. Jasra 19:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I did not put it clear enough. I mean: {{User not independent Kosovo}} and {{User not independent Montenegro}} - userboxes I proposed for deletion and then deletion mark was removed, while userboxes: {{User independent Kosovo}} and {{User independent Montenegro}} were removed long time ago. I do not understand this unequal treatment. Jasra 15:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Rugby League

Who do you go for? :P (NRL) Handmedown

Zundis

You redirected Zundis to Alcoholic beverage. I'm puzzled. Is that Australian slang, a brand, or what? --John Nagle 03:38, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Stephanie Adams & GODDESSY

Your editorial contribution to Stephanie Adams along with the portmanteau comment regarding GODDESSY was excellent.

Only one sentence was edited, as we do not see any further changes that have to be made (unless you want to change the size and placement of the photos).

In closing, we'd like to know how these two references can be protected from this point on. Also, how can the discussions regarding these two references be completely deleted?

Thank you for your time.

-GODDESSY

Re: Xtra's stalker and Lang Hancock

Hi Mark,

This is the second time someone has pointed out to me that I had restored only part of their page history. I was using the "(Un)Check All" bookmarklet, and it seems that in a few cases I worked too fast and clicked the bookmarklet before the restore page was fully loaded. My apologies.

I can't claim credit for the secession article; I suggest you direct your Hancock request to User:I@n. Snottygobble 12:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

• Re: Western Australia First Party. I been going over all my refs and now cannot find where I got it from (typical) but I know I didn't make it up! I'm more than happy to remove it from the secession article for the time being. -- I@n ≡ talk 01:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: Stephanie Adams & GODDESSY

Hello Mark,

Thanks for the reply. This site is extremely intricate and we hadn't realized that you left a reply until now.

Everything mentioned as of 18:32, 26 April 2006 (by 68.161.222.151) is accurate. A link back to Wikipedia has been made to prove it: http://www.GODDESSY.com/PressInformation/MediaCoverage.htm [1]

(Note: Scroll down almost to the bottom of the page to see the coverage and return link to Wikipedia.)

Current news and updates about Stephanie Adams are always made by her personally via www.GODDESSY.com. If any changes are made and it has not been verified by her Public Relations Department or the link provided above, then it is false.

Blessings,

-GODDESSY

Sockpuppet Alert User 68.161.222.151 &Goddessy same person, now involved in a editing war on the Stephanie Adams page. Please come assist. -GODDESSY has been banned as a troll on Wikipedia.

Mark,

There are some unusually bizarre people making comments on the Stephanie Adams page. The edits we made were completely accurate and can be confirmed via the web site we provided above.

Why they are doing this, we do not know, but they refuse to keep what's accurate on the page there.

It seems to be a campaign for harassment, but regardless, something has to be done about it.

-GODDESSY

SockPuppet Alert

User 68.161.222.151 User Goddessy

Same person, I am new to this part of it all, but they are clearly the same person making comments one right after another and doing very bad slip ups.

See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=68.161.222.151

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=GODDESSY

All comments within seconds of each other and you'll notice that quite often, User 68.161.222.151 signs her comments with GODDESSY

I don't know if this is just user 68.161.222.151 accidentaly forgetting to sign in, but it is starting to look like it is just to circumvent the 3RR rule.

Both 68.161.222.151 and GODDESSY had been banned from Wikki as a troll, yet reinstated by a different moderator. I believe ALOT of the "moderator and admin fighting" are due to personal feelings of GODDESSY ( who is in reality Stephanie Adams )

Let's not forget the Wikipedia rules.

She left a message on Jim Wale's Talk Page

Seen here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=GODDESSY

This person wants you to believe that they have spoken to Jim Wales personally on the telephone, and that he has commented the above inquiry that she left on his Talk Page, yet no signature from Jim Wales is present, therefore looking at the history on Jim Wale's Talk Page it is very easy to see that this person made the comments by themselves to make it LOOK like Jim Wales had commented on her Inquiry

JuliannaRoseMauriello 16:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

IP talk blanking

Can you point to any discussion about blanking old comments? In my (admittedly flaky) memory, this has been discussed before and old messages should be retained to provide a clue about past history. I find that seeing the history is really useful as it indicates what sort of warning/test message I should be adding to a page, and whether I need to review the contributions log after spotting some vandalism. If I don't see any comments, then I tend to make a closer inspection of the contrib log because you can sometimes find uncorrected vandalism from ages in the past. I don't agree with what you are doing, but if you can point to precedent that has been debated, then there may be some valid arguments that I am missing. In general the default is: do not refactor other peoples talk pages, even if they are IPs. Noisy | Talk 14:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

"A7? Gimme a break!"

Please be more civil in your edit summaries. We disagree. There is no reason to mock my opinion. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 15:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

NP. It's not even that far-fetched. It's an accepted principle on WP that being a family member is not in itself an assertion of notability, and that's the only thing that was contained in the article. In any event, I merged info and redirected to John Donne. Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 15:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader)

I am trying to delete this article so that the existing article can be moved, with its edit history to a new name, possibly this name. You did read the talk page before you removed the {db} didn't you? Aren't you supposed to add a {hangon} if you think the article doesn't meet the criteria for speedy deletion? -- Geo Swan 16:12, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Becky's diner

I popped a reply on the talk page if you have a spare second I'd appreciate it :) - Glen ^T_C (Stollery) 15:43, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and sorry I missed the link. For some reason I feel really strongly about this simply based on reading the article for the first time as an independant body and having my jaw drop that it is actually seriously encyclopedic. To summarize:

"A mother of 6 thinks fishermen need a place to eat opens a diner - recently added new hours. Known for breakfast and inexpensive dinners. Once had a "spread" in Gourmet magazine (not cited nor actually viewed - may have been an advertorial for all we know) and a spot on a cooking show. Claims ude Bobby Brown, Tipper Gore, and Hillary Clinton have eaten there (uncited)."

And that's how it looks. The website doesn't even merit an Alexa rank, and yes 260 google references. Seems crazy to me... celebs have to eat somewhere that hardly seems like a claim to fame (should we have articles on the toilet tissue 3 celebs use as a comparison? Anyway, no idea why I'm telling you all this - apologies, just trying to get my head round it. When kosher I may nom again and voice my $0.02. Thanks again - Glen ^T_C (Stollery) 16:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi

I saw you on the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/FloNight |RfA]] page of FloNight and felt like saying you a big and nice hello. Let us continue to build the Better than the Best global encyclopedia. Thank you and regards. --Bhadani 16:10, 29 April 2006 (UTC)