User talk:KoshVorlon/Archive 3
Re:AfD[edit]Actually, the second AfD notification was done simply so that the article remains in the category Articles for speedy deletion, to tell the admins that it still needs to be deleted. (Blanked is not the same as deleted.) Otherwise, the article just floats in cyberspace. Since there is no discussion page for speedy deletions, the deletion of the db-tag means that the article itself is no longer marked for deletion. It is just a matter of keeping things current, that's all. I'm just doing follow-up on my tags... see which ones are removed and why. --Blanchardb 18:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC) TfD nomination of Template:VC1[edit]Template:VC1 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. slakr\ talk / 21:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC) David Vitter RFC[edit]Could you please leave your comments at a Davit Vitter RFC? Thanks. ∴ Therefore | talk 15:48, 8 November 2007 (UTC) No personal attacks and civility policies[edit]While you are citing policy to your fellow editors, you might want to try and avoid violating WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL in the process as you seem to have done here & here. It's usually not the best way to get your point across.--Isotope23 talk 20:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Re: Fred Phelps and "Attack sites"[edit]KoshVorlon, you are incorrectly citing this arbitration case. Attack sites in this context is a site which attacks a Wikipedian specifically. Obviously I cannot provide examples. Please note the distinction here; removing those links per the Arbitration rememdy is incorrect and an invalid application of the rememdy. If you have some other reason for removing the links, please state that in your edit summary rather than incorrectly applying the remedy. Please ask if you have further questions. --Deskana (talk) 19:41, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
WFD[edit]Re your note on my talk page, I've now left a comment here. By the way, you can link to a talk page like this: [[Talk:World Federation of the Deaf]]. Also, you might want to have a look at the Kurzweil Music Systems article. :) ntennis 05:04, 7 December 2007 (UTC) Username[edit]I suspect Anti Bs squad is a sock puppet of a banned user. 2, I dont think people would like it if I got a username 'Piss' and told people it means "Paris is so Special". It means what the first meaning coming to mind, i.e. bull shit. Besides its a sock puppet any way. --Matt57 (talk•contribs) 15:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC) I dont suspect I am a sock uppet of a BANNED user (i just thought id chek out your page since u left a comment on my username). I only ever made one account for wikipedia, and Ive admitted to having made it, If I was a sockpuppet I would be using my account to edit the same articles I am editing with this accout (I think anyway). You can chek the IPs on the other accouunts, Im pretty sure any of them that meet my moderate left-wing profile dont share my IP.R.G.P.A (talk) 16:35, 4 January 2008 (UTC) Your warning on User:Mikegodwin's page[edit]Hi KoshVorlon, I just wanted to stop with some questions and comments about your edit to Mike Godwin's user page.
I'm posting here not so I can point out what you did wrong this time but to point out what you can do right next time. You're a good-faith editor with some solid contributions, and I'm glad you're taking the initiative. Everything is a learning experience, and if there's anything I can do to help make that easier just let me know. --jonny-mt 02:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate your note, and in retrospect, yeah, I messed up on the template (my bad!) To answer your second question - his userpage has his resume on it , which is prohibited by WP:NOT#WEBSPACE. I checked his history before I templated to see if anyone else had given a similar note to him. No one had. Thanks again for your note KoshVorlon ".. We are ALL Kosh..." 12:49, 23 January 2008 (UTC) Friendly advice[edit]When trying to convince someone of something, it will likely help to refrain from making fun of their name at the same time. MilesAgain (talk) 18:25, 23 January 2008 (UTC) Signature[edit]Please change your signature, it goes against WP:SIG because it's far too long. Ryan Postlethwaite 02:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC) Welcome![edit]Welcome... Hello, KoshVorlon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place I noticed that nobody has ever given you a welcome template; better late than never I say. I've also responded to your post at your post at Requests for feedback on the article's talk page, as you requested. Again, welcome! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 19:40, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I replied at User talk:Jerry[edit]JERRY talk contribs 19:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC) Orphaned non-free media (Image:Pio.gif)[edit](This is me being a complete ASS ! What can I say, I'm an equal opportunity offender )
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot (talk) 01:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC) Speedy deletion of Template:Linux User[edit]A tag has been placed on Template:Linux User requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted. If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes ( Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
your recent image revertions[edit]That is a non-free image that is not allowed in userspace. it violates our non-free image policy WP:NFC repeated violation of this policy will lead to a block. βcommand 20:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
You've received adequate warning and information to bring the image into compliance with our policies. The image has now been deleted. If you reupload the image without providing a source and appropriate licensing information, you risk being blocked. You've violated 3RR and, apparently, NPA. Because the image policy can be confusing, I'm letting it slide for now. But refrain from such behavior in the future, please. Regards, Lara❤Love 15:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
End of story. This image is not "non-free" as it was mistakenly tagged, it was not
suitable for deletion, as you said earlier. Btw - WP:FUR is listed as a guideline and not policy. I suggest you check that. I'm aware of policy in regard to images and I am fully aware if I upload a copyrighted image with no permission, it gets deleted. If I try to bring that same image back and say it's mine , it gets deleted. If I create it, it's ok, if it's GFDL it's okay, if its not copyrighted it's
ok. (Note this is kind of a simple way to word it, but I think you get the point that I understand the policy). Undelete Pio.gif and stop being stubborn about it.
The image is not copyrighted and I did actually give a link to both the image
and the website which proves no copyright exists for the image (although, it's not stated in the guideline WP:FUR that any such proof is necessary -despite the request of betacommand and yourelf ). This isn't difficult, don't make it that way.
comment on them, solely because my comments were very biased and not a fair estimation of the situation. As much as it pains me to say this, most of the problems people have had with "Betacommand" bot have been user errors, which has been borne out by the admins at large. I think you and I disagree on what makes that image copyrighted and most likely, we'll never agree. I can do my part in not running through this excerise again by not bringing any image into wikipedia that I didn't create. (Hey, if it's mine, it's definetly not going to run afoul of the rules!). How about it? Truce ? Kosh
Dated cleanup tagsHi, thanks for your message, SmackBot does not generally add tags, but merely dates those that are already there. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 22:00 6 March 2008 (GMT). P.S. what is the meaning of your sig? It looks like activism of some sort... Rich Farmbrough, 22:00 6 March 2008 (GMT). Hi. If you are able to Close the above discussion as Delete, why have you not deleted the List? Because you don't have the tools. So kindly wait for an admin to come along who does. I have restored the discussion, and would appreciate you leave it that way until the proper person deals with it. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 23:07, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Please stop trying to close this. You can't close it as delete because (a) you're the nominator and (b) you can't actually delete it, not being an administrator. See Wikipedia:NAC#Inappropriate_closures, among other things. Of course, you can close it as "nomination withdrawn" if you like, which would save everyone's time at this point. Otherwise, leave it for an uninvolved person. Iain99Balderdash and piffle 00:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Please stop closing the AFD against a clear community consensus. Continuing to do so will be viewed as vandalism and may result in your account being blocked, which really isn't a good thing. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Your sig[edit]Hi. Please will you tone down your signature. I assume it's a political comment about the fur trade, but there's no need to be inflammatory (or "shout") while making your point. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Replaceable fair use Image:KKaiser.jpg[edit]Thanks for uploading Image:KKaiser.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:
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You cannot learn Wikipedia by rote, it is not a set of rules but rather a system of ideas.[edit]This is a total repeat of the last time I interacted with you, you seem to think that just throwing around policy links is a substitute for reasoned argument or consensus, even if you have failed to read and understand the policy link you are referring to. From WP:NOTBLOG, which you cite again and again as if it made everything clear: "Personal web pages. Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account. The focus of user pages should not be social networking, or amusement, but rather providing a foundation for effective collaboration. Humorous pages that refer to Wikipedia in some way may be created in an appropriate namespace, however." I don't see that Rich was using the page to work on his resume or post vast amounts of material not related to Wikipedia. I would again remind you that it is a good idea to read things thoroughly before deciding they support your position and simply pointing to them again and again as if that is all that need be said. You don't seem to have noticed that these discussions tend not to end the way you think they will. That should be an indication to you that you were/are incorrect/out of step with consensus on these issues. Despite whatever obscure point you were trying to make with those useless links on my talk page, consensus is in fact the primary decision making model on Wikipedia. How do I know that? I actually read the page WP:CONSENSUS and that is the very first thing that it says. WP:IAR also allows us to ignore policies if following them is not determined to benefit the project. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC) Warning[edit]There will be only this one warning. If you mess with the policy once more [2], you will be blocked. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:08, 23 January 2013 (UTC) Mainspace work[edit]Hello there. I just stopped by to ask if you'd like to do some mainspace work. Consider creating a few articles from Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images. I'd be more than happy to work with you. Non-controversial mainspaces are much more fun than back pages any day. Let me know. It's a nice path -- a good way to leave troubles behind. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:37, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks ! KoshVorlon. We are all Kosh ... 14:23, 23 January 2013 (UTC) Suggested changes[edit]Kosh, I'm considering going to the significant trouble of creating an RFC/U about you in the next few days. In the interests of saving me, and you, and the larger community some time and ill will, I wonder if you'd be willing to voluntarily agree to do the following:
If I do start an RFC/U, I'll be justifying these restrictions with a significant number of examples, but at this early stage, I'm hoping it will suffice to remind you that your edits in these areas are very, very often undone, and that you ultimately prevail in very, very few of them. You may think you're right and everyone else is wrong, but surely you can see that if that's the case, you should stop doing it anyway, right? Let me know your thoughts. I could be wrong, of course, but I really suspect the result of an RFC/U would be something along these lines anyway, possibly more severe, and definitely more painful for everyone involved. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:15, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
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Regards from Nettrom (talk), SuggestBot's caretaker. -- SuggestBot (talk) 01:13, 2 May 2013 (UTC) Ways to improve Sarnak (comics)[edit]Hi, I'm Chris troutman. KoshVorlon, thanks for creating Sarnak (comics)! I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. I would recommend you use the external links at Sarnak (comics) as references for that article. I'm not sure this character is notable (he only appeared twice and not since 1973) so this article might be deleted. The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:31, 3 May 2013 (UTC) The article is not an attack on anyone, so G10 is not appropriate. If you want the redirect deleted, please send to it WP:RFD. Also, please do familiarise yourself with WP:CSD to avoid making similar mistakes in the future: had you tagged a redirect created by a newbie with G10, considering how the G10 uw talk page notice is worded you'd have seriously bitten him. Salvio Let's talk about it! 11:35, 3 May 2013 (UTC) IPL 2013[edit]Hi, I saw that you removed all the flags from that article according to this. But isn't that only for infoboxes and not for the whole article? The tournament consists of international players although it's a domestic competition (which is exception). Tolly4bolly 21:02, 14 May 2013 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:KoshVorlon/vector.js[edit]User:KoshVorlon/vector.js, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:KoshVorlon/vector.js and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). 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We are all Kosh ... 19:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC) Star Trek Into Darkness[edit]Hey, thanks for supporting my addition of a "Themes" category for STID. I happened to notice your revision and comment while looking for something else in the View History for that page. I'm still a fairly new contributor and I am happy to be corrected; I am happier to be encouraged! I think you'll enjoy the interview with Pegg, Cho and Eve at the Bob Rivers Show; you can follow my link to it, but here it is again: http://www.bobrivers.com/#v12539c4. I'll be laughing at the "Away Team" joke for a while. All best to you, mate. Abyssopelagic 13:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC) Abyssopelagic Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot[edit]We are currently running a study on the effects of adding additional information to SuggestBot's suggestions. Participation in the study is voluntary. 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