User talk:Martyx/Archive 1

Sockpuppet possibly

Someone appears to be editing pages under the name seansports-referencenfl which is probably an allusion to Sean Forman who runs Baseball-Reference.com (and is me). You marked a page by this user Michael Demurjian. I have been contacted by someone who claims to have played in the NFL by that name. I believe it is a spoof and that page should be deleted. --72.94.206.87 (talk) 19:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Sean Forman who runs Baseball-Reference.com (and is me). Michael Demurjian. I have been contacted by the nfl and he did play in the NFL. page should not be deleted. --72.94.206.87 (talk) 19:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

A photo of what looks like a Crocus

Dear Xytram, I confirm it is a Crocus, I guess a Crocus tommasinianus. Best botanical regards, --Réginald (To reply) 12:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

For taking care of the vandalism on my page, i appreciate it. I always judge myself as to how many times my page has been 'edited' to see how i am doing in fighting vandalism. Again thanks and keep it up my fellow wikipedian. Cheers Roadrunnerz45 ^{(talk 2 me)} 14:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, 36 minutes later:) BTW forgot to tell you i like your sig. very nice, i like it. CheersRoadrunnerz45 ^{(talk 2 me)}

Yeah.....think so. Im only good at the obvious ones:) Take Care Roadrunnerz45 ^{(talk 2 me)} 14:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Removed of CSD?

{{helpme}} I added a CSD G11 to Medlabs news and it has been contested. I would prefer if it were downgraded to an AFD debate. I am allowed to remove a CSD I created on an article? Thanks. »xytram« talk 14:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• Yes, you can remove a CSD that you placed yourself. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 15:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

200,000 BC (and earlier)

I agree with your feedback and have made the appropriate changes 200,000 BC (and earlier) in Art. Thanks for the suggestions (and the cookie!). Keithh (talk) 22:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

re:Envy (R&M Album)

Hi, I'm dealing with them now. The editor is new here and needs some guidance; they appear a good-faith user so I haven't used any warning yet. Thanks for the message, though. :) Best regards, --PeaceNT (talk) 10:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Nine! »xytram« talk 00:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

re: MedLabNews

Philprime (talk) 09:02, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Hi there, we spoke the other day regarding the MedLabNews article i recently created on wikipedia. You mentioned that there were certain aspects of the article that suggested we were promoting the magazine. i have taken away a few of the links and edited some of the text. if you wouldnt mind having a look and letting me know if this is worthy of a permanent place on the website that would be great!

Re: watchlist.js

This is an interesting request. My idea when creating the script was that people should go to their watchlist whenever there's a change; it's entirely possible that several things have happened since the message was displayed, and you'll miss edits if you don't go to the watchlist. Also, it would produce more server load to determine which user had made the edit, but probably not significantly more so I'm not really worried about that. However, as you're going to the watchlist anyway, it's not obvious that the information would be useful. If you still think it would useful, though, let me know and I'll see if I can add it. --ais523 16:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Weissmann

Hi Xytram, What on earth are you trying to do with Weissmann's talk page? You are not supposed to go re-arranging or removing content from other people's talk pages. There is even a warning template against that, see Template:Uw-tpv1. It is best to leave the page alone and let the owner worry about it's size and layout. --Triwbe (talk) 14:09, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Ring bolt

As I recall, I created this page with nothing but an interwiki link to category:tools, with the theory that someone anonymous would contribute content. But, if you're sure that the request ought to be ignored based on policy, then I won't argue. It looks like most requests are like synonyms for articles that exist. BrewJay (talk) 10:19, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

DarkGDK.NET

You marked my page for deletion, apparently missing the distinction between the DarkBASIC page and the DarkGDK.NET product, which has different target environments, users, languages, etc. It has now been deleted. I may end up recreating this on another site, but I am not willing to mess about trying to gather source code, summaries, tutorial info etc. if idiots with no concept about the purpose are going to mark it for deletion within a day, before anyone else gets a chance to expand it.

Wikipedia is obviously at the mercy of some draconic rules that prohibit any attempt to build a useful centre point for an under-represented platform, and so I will have to forge stronger links with other wiki sources and forums.

The content I had added does not entirely exist anywhere else online, and so was supposed to be useful, as I'd gathered it together from bits of related but distinct content and had tried to spare others from having to translate such content between platforms. It will now have to exist elsewhere, preferably with copyright notice that prohibit it's re-use on wikipedia.

Why? I can't ask that enough? You obviously had no concept of the differences, but didn't check further as you'd have found out that they are significant enough to warrant respresentation here. Shame on you "well-meaning" idiots for removing a useful resource! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glaivier (talk • contribs) 14:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Gladivier, I marked your page as a possible article for deletion because at the time it was simply a copy of DarkBASIC which was not required. It turns out through the AfD discussion you had modified it and these breached the guidelines of wikipedia. So it was up for a debate whether to delete or not. You had over one week in which to post your objections. The final decision by five wikipedians (including myself) was to remove the article. Any further discussion on this article should be in its talk page. •xytram•talkpics 14:39, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

•xytram•tkcsgy 11:00, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

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Motto of the day

Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.

When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Maybe it's out of line for me to do this, but I was impressed by most of your edits on the MotD page, so-

The Rescue Barnstar I award this Barnstar to Xytram for their great efforts editing suggested mottos on the MotD page to protect some good suggestions from deletion. Nutiketaiel (talk) 14:44, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome, Xytram. Thanks for offering to help out (and no hurry; enjoy your holiday!). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, Xytram, and thank you for the cookie! I've never gotten one here before (or any award, for that matter). With all the good work you're doing, I'm sure that Barnstar is just the first of many.  :-) Nutiketaiel (talk) 16:08, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Motto of the Day further help

Hi Hersfold, I was just wondering if we're allowed to move In Review quotes to the decisions section? If it's got obvious support (such as It's the little things you do now, that make the difference later.) and mark it approved pending date selection it would just save you a job! Thanks, •xytram•tkcsgy 15:27, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Of course! Any nomination more than 14 days old or one that's obviously snowballing can be closed by any editor. You can go ahead and schedule any motto you approve on the next available day, or list it at the approved list for scheduling later on. Thanks for the help! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:01, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Whilst I have writers block in terms of articles I'm really up for helping out with the motd and have a suggestion. At the moment the approved section is empty yet the 'decisions' in nominations is just tagged on the bottom. Would it be worth changing 'approved' to 'decisions' and transcluding that onto the nominations page?

Anyone casual user looking at approved won't see anything! Just an idea... :) •xytram•tkcsgy 10:52, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I have been thinking of doing away with the approved page entirely; right now it doesn't seem to serve much purpose, especially since it involves just as much effort to list a motto there as it does to actually schedule it. I'll suggest it on the talk page and see what people think. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:51, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Those look pretty good - we'd probably need to get some input on those before implementing them, however. Try posting on the project talk page and see what people think. Nice work! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:45, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

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