User talk:Maxim/archives/mar08

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IAR and admin tools

In response to this comment, justifying the unblocking of that user by calling on IAR is really poor form. That wasn't ignore all rules, that was ignoring the rules getting in the way of what you wanted. It was a violation of the spirit wheel warring, and it was a violation of the letter of the blocking policy, and not in line with the existing discussion on the matter. It was not congruent with the desires of the community and the block was helping Wikipedia because that user has a long history of nasty comments. Your opinion alone is not enough.

It is a very serious problem that Wikipedia has that allows admins and other long term users to violate policy with impunity, and you reversing such blocks compounds this problem significantly. Even admins need to be blocked if they ignore policy month after month after month, and in case you are not aware this is the case. The civility problems with that user goes back months over dozens of warnings.

If you don't care about these things then I suggest you stop being an admin, because admins need to care about these things. It is not hard to discuss, and find consensus. There was no terrific urgency that you prevented you from discussing the matter. What is more is that existing discussion was endorsing the idea that Mik' had done something wrong. IAR is cheapened when it is used to bypass the community.

Please follow the blocking policy, it is kind of important. If I am repeating what others have already said to you it is because you have not seemed to have accepted this information from others. _(1 == 2)^Until 16:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Ice Hockey

They've broken me, the pro-diacritics editors have broken me. GoodDay (talk) 16:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Jacques Plante

Have raided the local library to get some more references for this article, and will be in a position to start working on it over the next few days, if you are still interested. Something I found useful to do when working on existing articles is to take relevant chunks over to a userpage to work on then "merge" them into the existing article when ready; for me, that's required admin assistance, but since you're an admin, it shouldn't be an issue. Are you interested in trying that? Risker (talk) 07:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For the comment in my RfB. Despite what happened, I hope I still have your trust as a Wikipedian and an admin. Acalamari 22:12, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Apology accepted, thank you

Maxim, I believe your recent post to me was honest and I am happy to receive it! I think, for your sake and for mine, it's good that we have an understanding. We're both admins—we should avoid friction, because conflict between admins is seriously harmful to the project.

So, I really appreciate your post to me today. I'm glad you've undertaken to read the blocking policy and accept your word that you'll be more attentive to it in future. I may have seemed pert, annoyed, or aggressive, when I first posted to you about the block. It's human nature that that aggressiveness made you defensive... I really do respect the fact that you've taken a few days to think about it, and have posted to me.

Finally, Maxim, if you can talk to Mikka, please try to do so. No one wishes him ill. Everyone wants him to continue his great contributions to Wikipedia. If you can help this editor get back on track, I know many will support you. Where his behaviour is wrong, we must tell him so. Where we can help him, we should help him.

Anyhow, as far as you and I go, I consider the issue done. Cheers, Marskell (talk) 22:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I forgot to add: I hope no cats were hurt in the making of that photo :). Marskell (talk) 10:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Commons copy deletion problem

I note that you deleted Image:WorldColumbian.JPG as a duplicate on Commons, even though the copy on Commmons has a clear notice that it is listed for deletion for improper information. I urge you to please take a moment to check what bots may claim to be duplicates on Commons (the bots can be idiots at times) before deleting the local copy. As I was about to refer someone to the copy here on en regarding image history, could you please restore it? (Or if for some reason you wish that all copies of this image be deleted from Wikimedia, an explanation as to why would be appreciated.) Thank you. Cheers, -- Infrogmation (talk) 00:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Your RfB, and some loose ends

Hi Maxim. Firstly, I was heartened to see your apology to Marksell, and I praise you for doing so.

I just wanted to say that if you wanted to discuss the matters of your RfB further, I'm happy to do so, and I'd be delighted to discuss in future with you should you wish to run again. I haven't forgotten the kindness and support you showed towards me in the Giggy days, and until recently...it's a shame things always don't work out.

I would really hope there was no bad blood between us, but that's ultimately up to you. Regards, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Ice hockey

Suggestions for selected pictures could be Image:SCENEONICE.jpg, Image:Tatze-derby.jpg, Image:Cincinnati mighty ducks lupul 2004.jpg, Image:Ice hockey 1901.jpg, Image:Brodeur beaten for a goal.jpg Image:Steve Bernier vs Brad Ference fight.jpg, Image:Finland national women's ice hockey team.jpg, Image:Italy sweden wms hockey turin hit.gif, Image:Front at Yonge.jpg, Image:Hhof our game.jpg

There ya' go. Qst (talk) 16:13, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Full protection of Diplomatic reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

Hello Maxim. Could you please reconsider your full protection of this article? Your action was adequate of course, however this article is very important at this time, as it lists countries that are recognizing Kosovo's independence and those recognitions are coming at a daily basis. Wikipedia mustn't be so many days without an update of those recognitions. Please consider restoring semi-protection. The edit wars affecting sections of this article should not compromise its entire content, and could therefore be dealt with warnings and blocks of the warring users (3rr, disruption, etc.). Best regards, Húsönd 20:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

OK. I've restored it back. Maxim_(talk) 21:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I am monitoring this article and will help curb any edit wars. Regards, Húsönd 23:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Passed

Just in case you didn't see, I passed Jacques Plante. Nice work! Kakofonous (talk) 23:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

FURs!

Could you please hold off on the deleting for 2 hours. I'm FURing right now and I'm seeing some get deleted due to the lag of you list. MBisanz ^talk 05:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I finished and did 2 undeletions that I think got caught in the list lag. I asked East718 to restore the images on User:MBisanz/Logos so I can visually check them and redelete or fix them. Otherwise Logos are all current and any left can be deleted. MBisanz ^talk 06:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Diplomatic reaction to 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence protection - thank you!

Thank you so much, for coming to the rescue and protecting the article. I made thoughtful improvements, reflecting suggestions made by a number of editors on the article's talk page, as well as augmented the lead and made it conform to the Wikipedia Manual of Style, emboldening the definition and the like, and was inserting superscripted references to sources, when Mr. Avala (who is an administrator on the Serb Wikipedia, and should know better), commenced crypto-reverting all that work of mine, but not only mine. If you look carefully at the history of the last edits, you will see, that apart from undoing my work without any description of edits, an undoing which was unjustified, he summarily removed major changes by at least 3 other editors pertaining to his own inefficacy of listing Cuba (Mr. Avala chose to document that with a reference to a Fidel Castro's rant about Javier Solana, not any official issue of the Cuban government - please see talk page for details) and the inclusion of a government in exile by the ethnic-clensing Serbians in Croatia's Kraina region (again, see the talk page). I was not the editor who removed those questionable items, and in the case of the Kraina government in exile, I did not even participate in the heated discussion that took place among the natives of the region on the talk page. In any case, my last edits were returning my text and adding sources, precisely what Mr. Avala was demanding, yet not making possible, by wholesale reverting the article, thus removing the sources together with the text they were sourcing. Just as you stepped in, he reached his 3 reverts quota. I suppose you saved him from breaking 3RR today, unlike the previous few days. (Mr. Avala justifies his multiple reverting by claiming that he is undoing vandalism.) Again, thank you for stepping in, and may I add, that administrator oversight of this article has been sorely lacking for the past several days. Best Wishes, --Mareklug ^talk 16:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I suggest you see Meta:The Wrong Version - I protected the current version, irregardless of who prefers it. If I reverted you, and then protected, that would a gross abuse of admin priveleges. Maxim_(talk) 16:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

 :) Thanks for the link. What a great, funny, sarcastic, but needed piece. I suppose these things average out (Mr. Avala's skewed maps are frozen on Commons in a "\Wrong Version" :)). Anyway, my point is, the Kosovo-related pages should be well-tended these days, not just he Kosovo article, which is on probation. The separate matter of Mr. Avala using wily admin savvy for Blackj Hat purposes will probably await an RFC of its own... Best, --Mareklug ^talk

timestamp. Maxim_(talk) 21:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Vanuunu-Article.jpg

Hi. Could you un-delete Image:Vanuunu-Article.jpg please, for me to put in a fair use rationale. This image was uploaded in 2004 when different standards applied, and I guess the uploader is no longer active; but there is a good fair use case. It is used in about 5 articles, but it seems no-one picked up on this as the articles were not tagged with refu-c template. Thanks. Rwendland (talk) 18:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done If you need any more assistance, don't hesitate to ask. --Maxim_(talk) 02:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I've provided fair use rationale now, so this is wrapped up. (Incidentally, I do think Wikipedia should improve the way we tackle providing fair use rationale for ancient images, where the uploader is unlikely still to be around or interested. I'd suggest replacing the uploaded image with a warning message or watermark for a week before deletion - more likely to be seen and acted upon by article editors before the delete.) Rwendland (talk) 11:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

For your information

Hi Maxim. FYI. Wanting to alert you to a discussion where I mentioned you by name. I'm still too involved, but I'm still following the various discussions around age-related and longevity and supercentenarian articles. Carcharoth (talk) 23:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

1407f.jpg

Per Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria and Wikipedia:CSD#Images_and_media you are required to give the uploader 7 days notice before deleting an image under these circumstances. I have several non-free images that I have been working on updating to the new guidelines, deleting without any notice does not help the process. Nowimnthing (talk) 23:54, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I did not tag any images, I merely deleted them after some weeks. Sadly, you gave me a wrong link so I can't help you out. Maxim_(talk) 02:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Sumatran Tiger Hamilton Zoo.jpg

Hello why was this image deleted..? Especially without any post on my talk page or chance for discussion..? I included a non-free use rationale on this image... If it was deleted in error could you please reinstall..? Regards, ZoofanNZ (talk) 05:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that was a very unfortunate error by me. Sorry for the mess. Maxim_(talk) 12:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Image:Vita-Nanoha.JPG

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:Vita-Nanoha.JPG. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Vivio Testarossa^{Talk Who} 06:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:ChagallGuevara.jpg

Please restore the image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_talk:ChagallGuevara.jpg since it did have a potential Fair use comment on its talk page which wasn't checked. It deserves time to discuss the situation. Thank you. Wjhonson (talk) 18:23, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I've restored the image. There is no fair use rationale outright, so you'll need to add it. Take a look at this page and {{Non-free media rationale}} if you haven't already or need help with the rationale. Maxim_(talk) 20:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

DaytonFlag.gif

Maxim, could you please restore Image:DaytonFlag.gif so I could attempt a proper fair use rationale? Hoof Hearted (talk) 20:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Restored. Take a look at this page and {{non-free media rationale}} if you need help or you haven't done so already. Maxim_(talk) 20:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

H B Kendall in Did you know

Thanks - I didn't know (that it was in Did you know). And I appreciate that 2 of my creations (Kendall, and Ramsor are in. If you read about Hugh Bourne's first funeral sermon, 1810, Elizabeth Warrington was my 4-gt aunt, and may well be why my gt grandmother was Ann ElizabethWarrington. Robert of Ramsor (talk) 22:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Horton Entertainment

I was wondering why it was deleted, was not meant for ADS, and how can i make it so its wikipedia legal? Fewture (talk) 23:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, I'd start with looking at these three pages: WP:N, WP:V, and WP:COI. Maxim_(talk) 23:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Julian Price

That sure was a surprise to me that you determined Julian Price was not notable enough within 1 minute of the time I put up the new article. I listed approximately 3 dozen positions he is associated with in large corporations, banks, and insurance companies as well as other large organizations (i.e advisor to the 1939 World's Fair and the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University). I have expanded the article further with his Fortune 500 insurance company information. I'll be working on it the next couple of days and expanding it further, since there is much information on this very large insurance company. The Julian Price Memorial Park was made in his honor with the Price Lake developed on the Blue Ridge Parkway which happens to have the largest campground on the Parkway and is the largest recreational area developed for public use on the Parkway. I believe he is notable and worth an article. --Doug ^talk 00:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Huh? Blanchardb (talk · contribs) tagged it for deletion a minute after you created.[1] I declined to delete the article...[2] Maxim_(talk) 00:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, thought you were the same person. Now I see it is two different people. This message was really meant for Blanchardb (talk · contribs). Thanks for removing the delete tag and noticing the notability. BTW, I also wrote the article Julian Price Memorial Park and Moses H. Cone Memorial Park and Moses H. Cone, so that's why I happened to have been familiar with this history. Thanks again.... FYI, I also wrote Folk Art Center which is also on the Blue Ridge Parkway which was selected for DYK today. I'll copy this to Blanchardb.--Doug ^talk 02:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

FYI, to show the quality of articles I write the following articles were selected today for DYK as a three in one hook: Flat Top Manor, and Moses H. Cone, and Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. Thanks again for your help on removing the delete tag. I am aiming for Julian Price to be a DYK also, however with a debate over it being deleted would have certainly put a stomper on that. Still no guarantees, but at least now I have a chance - thanks to you!--Doug ^talk 12:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted Yellow Submarine (film) poster

Hi, can you tell me what was wrong with my rationale here? It had a link to the article and explanatory text justifying its use. Or have I missed something? --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 02:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm the stuff I use to delete images en masse always shows the last editor... I honestly don't know why this image got deleted, probably a bug. This happens sometimes, but it's very rare that it does. Sorry about that, I've restored the image. Thanks for the handy link. :-) Maxim_(talk) 11:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK updates

Thanks for posting the update yesterday, but don't forget that when you post an update you have to copy the hooks to the archive page as well. I've done it for you this time, but if I hadn't prepared last night's update, probably no-one would have noticed. Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 04:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder... sadly, I never remember to archive it, but hopefully next time, I will. >:( Maxim_(talk) 11:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hockey Hall of Fame - Main page

[3]Mark your calendar for Friday - well done! Risker (talk) 06:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

w00t! Maxim_(talk) 11:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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One Week (film)

Hi. I just noticed at One Week (film) the removal of Image:Keaton One Week 1920.jpg. I was wondering if perhaps the screenshot was in the PD, as the movie itself is PD and freely available from archive.org? I'm unaware of the fine points of our image policies/procedures, so I was wondering if you could take a look at the deleted image again (if it is worth keeping, i don't recall it), and also the current infobox picture, which is also claiming fairuse without apparent need: Image:Oneweektitlecard.png. Much thanks :) (I recommend downloading/watching the 19 minute movie too, if you haven't seen it. It's a classic of the genre ;) -- Quiddity (talk) 10:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I've restored the image for now, but inquire at WP:ICHD, as I'm not fully sure whether it's in the Public Domain. Maxim_(talk) 20:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Done and done. Thanks again. -- Quiddity (talk) 20:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Page improvement article group Dan Wesson

Hello Maxim!

You deleted article 'Dan Wesson' which i already worked hard on.

By this i lost hours of work [4]... which is partually my fault.

I just try to fix it up new ... you might have a look [5]at it just to understand the intention ....

Please give me back my work. I will cleanup the page leaving that it is under construction.

Regards Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 15:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

It seems the article didn't assert notability, but it also seems to be a copyright violation. So I'm not going to undelete it. Maxim_(talk) 20:11, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Its a pitty for my lost work ... but i will try to deliver it new on a 'silver plate' Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 20:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame.jpg

Reagrding image:J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame.jpg. I was unaware there was a problem with the FU rationale. Can you undelete it and let me take a crack at writing the rationale. --evrik ^(talk) 16:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Most certainly. I've restored it. :-) Maxim_(talk) 20:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks. --evrik ^(talk) 15:07, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of images

If you're going to delte images because there's a duplicate in commons (a la Image:Niger Diffa.png), please make sure the pages using it relink to the proper image (or they have the same name). Otherwise, despite your good intentions, you've broken an image link and created work for others in the process of solving a minor problem. Thank you T L Miles (talk) 14:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Damn it, I always forget to fix one or two images in this cat... :-( Thanks for the reminder, though. :-) Maxim_(talk) 21:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

When you protect...

When you protect, let the bot know. :P Cheers! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I must have forgotten, I was busy blocking some ranges as well. Thanks for the reminder, though. :-) Maxim_(talk) 00:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Explanation may be good

You may already be working on it, but you may want to explain your block of MickMacNee. It says edit warring in the block log, but it's not immediately obvious where this has occurred. Friday (talk) 00:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

He's been editwarring on List of bus operating companies. It's on his talkpage. He's been editing in a very disruptive manner, a sampling of his recent talkpage messages shows that. Maxim_(talk) 00:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Dubious. Friday, you should direct your attention to Wikipedia:AN/B#Time_for_an_Rfc_of_Betacommand.3F to find information about the reason for this block. ➪HiDrNick! 00:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Am I to understand you're not planning on explaining the block?? I don't see any explanation of it on his talk page. Friday (talk) 00:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

(ec) Um, I think he full well knows why I blocked him. Maxim_(talk) 01:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The timing and circumstances smell bad. I see he was edit warring, so the block may be warranted, but it would have been better if someone else did it. I'd be a bit more conservative with blocks/unblocks in the future if I were you. Friday (talk) 01:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

What do you dislike about the circumstances/timing? Maxim_(talk) 01:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, you were already clearly in a disagreement over unrelated matters. See also User_talk:MickMacNee#March_2008 - someone unblocked. Friday (talk) 01:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I unblocked a user once without contacting the blocking admin and I was dragged into a shitstorm about it. Now it's acceptable. Hmm... Maxim_(talk) 01:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, unless it's very obvious, blocks should be explained on the talk page of the blocked editor. Friday (talk) 01:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Frankly, I trust users to have the minimal intelligence to understand why they're blocked. Maxim_(talk) 01:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I have unblocked the user - WP:BLOCK specifically states that admins in a conflict with a user cannot block them, it should be done by a neutral party to any disputes. (As an admin, this has frustrated me many a time, but I can see the protective benefit to the community) Also the duration was manifestly excessive. I have no doubt the block was enacted in good faith but we are accountable to the community for our actions. However, I have given a final warning in the unblock response as I believe this user does need to mend their ways. Orderinchaos 01:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See the user's block log. This isn't the first time. And I blocked not for a matter over a dispute, but for editwarring, and other incivility and disruption. On another note, I unblocked a user once without contacting the blocking admin and I was dragged into a shitstorm about it. Now it's acceptable. Hmm... Maxim_(talk) 01:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I saw myself as obliged to notify you - to not do so would have been a major breach of good faith - but I'd also note no attempt was made to get community input before blocking one of your opponents in the heated dispute at the BC page - the fact that it was over another dispute at another location doesn't change that, as a neutral admin could have made, and probably would have made, a determination on the bus transport matter. Negotiation is for when I simply feel a block is wrong but the block is correct, or the length of a valid block seems excessive. While I believe you acted in good faith, you can see what perceptions are there, especially given your recent statements re your unilateral imposition of a topic ban (which would never have held, I might note) on the BC page. At the end of the day we're governed by two things - the community, through consensus, and policy - in this case whichever policies were violated by MickMacNee, and WP:BLOCK from our point of view. If I saw one of the five or six users with whom I am generally known to be in a dispute warring somewhere else (which I sometimes do), the correct action would be to raise the issue somewhere where it could be acted upon (I'm no hypocrite here or insisting on a double standard - I've had to go to AN/I in this way more than a few times - with about a 50% success rate in terms of final outcomes) or bring it to the attention of a genuinely uninvolved party who can review the situation and make a determination. It is clear this whole matter re BC is going to ArbCom, and the last thing we need are distractions and rabbit trails, or other good faith admins/users "going down with the ship". Orderinchaos 01:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Maxim, you blocked Mick for incivility and disruption, yet you gave Betacommand a barnstar barely half-a-screenful below a much more severe dose of incvility, and two screenfuls below a discusion on his running a bot for an unauthorised task? Sorry, Maxim, that doesn't add up as remotely reasonable use of your admin tools. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

There's a difference between trying to help and pursuing a vendetta. And you people seem to dislike my block because it was me making it. It was reinstated a few hours later by another admin. Maxim_(talk) 23:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Old deletion

Hi! Might I impose on you to undelete the article about country music duo Fanny Grace? I was returning to edit it after a long absence and I noticed that you'd deleted it last July. It's a notable duo whith charted singles and major tours; one of its members was on a major television show. Thanks for the help! Looking forward to the opportunity to work on it again. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 02:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Restored. Maxim_(talk) 23:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• Many thanks. That's an older article I'd done under a previous username and had basically forgotten about. I appreciate your help! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 04:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Returning sockpuppet

TenOfSpades has returned to troll again here as "ElevenOfHearts". Can you please block and look into whether the IP can be dealt with? Cheers, John Smith's (talk) 22:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Arbcom?

What was this, a preemptive strike of some kind? That was guaranteed not to be accepted, with the way you drew up the summary. And I'd made it clear I thought this was a bad idea. It almost seems as if you were poisoning the well against future, better-drafted, attempts to approach arbcom with issues surrounding the BC concerns. Bellwether ^B_C 00:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Please restore the image you deleted from Nigel Benson

The following was received from my question to Media Copyright Questions Susieabbott (talk) 12:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)about why you had deleted the book cover image:

The Dunstable in Detail cover would be permitted because that cover is actually discussed in the article. Image:DunInDetail.jpg was deleted by User:Maxim. If you leave him a request on his talk page, he might temporarily resore it (if you don’t have a copy). Then you could add a Template:Tlk tag. (By the way, neither fair use nor Wikipedia’s non-free content policy require the consent of the copyright owner.) —teb728 t c 23:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Please, therefore, restore the image you deleted so I can add the appropriate tag.

Susieabbott (talk) 12:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)Susie AbbottSusieabbott (talk) 12:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I restored it. TEB728's advice is very good, btw, I hope you've read throughly. Maxim_(talk) 12:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

NWA Australia

Hi, I was about to edit the NWA Australian Championship article, when I noticed that you deleted it:

11:17, 2008 January 23 Maxim (Talk | contribs) deleted "NWA Australian Championship" ‎ (Deleted because expired WP:PROD; . using TW)

I'm not sure why it was deleted but I thought I should ask before making a new page.
There is a NWA Australia championship belt, currently held by Mikey Nicholls of the Explosive pro wrestling promotion.
It was won in a tournament November 23rd 2007, details at the websites...

It is officially called the NWA Australian Heavyweight Championship
NWA Roll call of champions for Australia
EPW Website
Official NWA Australia site (not yet updated for the championship)
Thanks --Skyhawker666 (talk) 01:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

It seems there was a bug. The reason for deletion was Not a notable championship, lacks references and has little content. Do you wish I restore the page, move it to your userspace, or something else? Maxim_(talk) 02:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

If you could restore the page that would be great...I am kind of new at this anyway, but will do my best to make the page of standard quality --Skyhawker666 (talk) 08:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done Maxim_(talk) 21:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! do you think the page is suitable yet or does it need more? --Skyhawker666 (talk) 02:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Topic Ban

I'm surprised by your topic ban. In my experience, topic bans usually happen after a great deal of discussion and with general consensus of the community. I frankly think you stepped out of line. You made it worse by blocking (whether related to the discussion or not) another user with whom you are engaged in a dispute. Again, I believe you stepped out of line. You are typically a user I respect, and I'm disappointed in these actions. Could you explain where you believe that admins are given the authority to issue a topic ban unilaterally? I recognize that it's possible that I'm not aware of an extant policy, and if you can point me in that direction, please accept my most sincere apologies. - Philippe | Talk 01:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, this concerned me as well. It's never been done before, and a new precedent did not need to be set here. Orderinchaos 01:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It was simply a more creative approach to a problem. Instead of preventing him from editing the encyclopedia outright, I told him that he can't edit a certain page. Maxim_(talk) 23:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• I'm sure you now realize you had no authority to do that. Topic bans are not leveled by admins, and carry no force when it's attempted to be implemented by an individual admin. What you tried to do was without precedent, as far as I can tell. Bellwether ^B_C 04:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

So why not make a precedent. A short ban like that is better than an ugly note in the block log and it doesn't restrict the user in question from making edits to the encyclopedia. Maxim_(talk) 11:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Frankly, I'd support that, if it were policy. The correct way to implement it would have been to propose a new policy, not to throw it out in the middle of a heated debate. And, in my opinion, you absolutely should not have blocked Mick. You were clearly involved. That's a bright line that you crossed. - Philippe | Talk 17:06, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

See my reply at the RFAR page. Maxim_(talk) 19:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Request reinstatement of deleted images

I am hereby requesting the reinstatement of all deleted album cover images uploaded by myself. Those deleted seem to have equal qualifications for inclusion to those that are still retained. Backspace (talk) 18:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

They need to comply with WP:NFCC. Can you provide with a list of images you wish I restore? Maxim_(talk) 19:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Most of them seem to have been restored by user Fuhghettaboutit, but they would have been the red-linked ones at my talk page, in any case. You don't have to do anything right now. Thanks. Backspace (talk) 02:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Julian Price

Today around noon Julian Price Memorial Park and Julian Price were selected as a double DKY. I have recently written an article on Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels that today I self-nominated for a possible DYK. If you have any suggestions or improvements for the article, please feel free to forward. --Doug ^talk 20:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

75.43.192.0/19

75.43.192.0/19 (block user · block log • WHOIS) AT&T range, looks like. Blocked for a month, with a reason of "Edit warring." This seems unusual, but you must have some reason for it. Having blocked a fair number of ranges, before, this seems like the sort that'll wind up drawing a lot of people asking questions, so we may as well get that out of the way: what's the story, here? – Luna Santin (talk) 00:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

The range was editwarring on Irvine, California. It seemed like the user behind it was purposefully messing with their IP over an extended period of time. Do you think it's excessive? Maxim_(talk) 21:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

image undeletion request

You recently deleted Image:Dances_with_Wolves_poster.jpg. I would like to attempt to provide rationale for it, if you would be kind enough. --Izno (talk) 02:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, Image:Image Comics logo.gif, please. ntnon (talk) 15:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Both restored. Maxim_(talk) 21:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Dear Maxim, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your concerns about my candidacy. Unfortunately very few of the opposes gave me advice on points I should improve upon (bar the examples of incivility), and I ask you now, very humbly, to visit my talkpage, should you have any concerns about any of my actions here.
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. ~ Riana ⁂ 06:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Timestamp Maxim_(talk) 21:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:DunInDetail.jpg

Hello

On March 8, I requested that you restore the book cover image of Dunstable in Detail on the Nigel Benson page. The same day you left a reply saying the image has been stored but it is still not there 4 days later. Why?

Susieabbott (talk) 12:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)susieabbottSusieabbott (talk) 12:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

It was redeleted after three days as you didn't fix it, by another admin. Maxim_(talk) 12:20, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Rollbacker

Before you go around removing this right from admins, I'd suggest it would be polite to ask why they have them. The implication of your actions, where admins have given themselves the right, is that you don't think they understand the rollbacker right. Whilst it may be described as a "redundant group", there might be reasons, not immediately obvious, why admins have given themselves rollbacker. Adambro (talk) 20:42, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Internationalrugby gen.jpg

No fair, :( I just got back from holiday and went to fix it but you delete it already. Can you restore the image so I can fix the problems please. Govvy (talk) 00:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry... :-( But you seem to have had a good long holiday, you were gone for over two weeks. :-p Maxim_(talk) 12:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

On second, this was my error. My apologies. Maxim_(talk) 12:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

cheers, so I added some more information, is it up to standard or am I suppose to put more down? Govvy (talk) 13:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

a good guideline is to fill out {{non-free media rationale}}, which you've done, so you've fixed the problem fine. Maxim_(talk) 13:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

ZOMG!!!! Canvassing!!!

Hi Maxim! This I think was meant to cancel your neutral. MediaWiki, being friendly and easy to use etc, is a complete git _{pained voice of experience here} when it comes to autonumbering and bulleting. So both of your !votes currently stand. Please don't ask me to fix this, I haven't a clue - I've only been here 4 years and have no idea :o) ➨ REDVEЯS is a satellite and will be set alight 21:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it was meant to do that. I've fixed again by just getting rid of all the #s. Maxim_(talk) 21:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! ➨ REDVEЯS is a satellite and will be set alight 21:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Mary Stalcup Markward and Annie Lee Moss

• You protected these pages. The requester has deleted all my changes to the article, and locked in his deletions. Instead of locking in his deletions, could you act as an arbiter. There are two open ANIs on him [6].

It's not my job to rule on content, it's your job to get consensus on the issue. Maxim_(talk) 11:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Dragon Ball

Thanks for the semi-protection. I also requested it for Dragon Ball AF on WP:RFPP but it was denied. Can you take a look? IMO, this one was targeted more than the dab was. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 06:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

To me it looked like there was barely any vandalism at all. A bit every other day, it doesn't merit protection, IMO. Maxim_(talk) 11:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Undeletion Request Image:Chuck photo.jpg

Now that you've deleted it I have no idea what my stated rationale when I put the the photo up but the bottom line is that I control the rights to this author photo, having purchased them from the photographer. I have the right to use the image in any manner, in any medium, without restriction, worldwide in perpetuity.

22:44, 3 March 2008 Maxim (Talk | contribs) deleted "Image:Chuck photo.jpg" ‎ (: Deleted because "CSD I7 - Invalid fair use rationale; all non-free media require a fair use rationale; per WP:NFCC#10c, the rationale the name of the article that the media is used in". using TW)

So please, reinstate the image.Ibar88 (talk) 21:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

You uploaded under a claim of fair use. If it's a free image, e-mail the information validating that to permissions-en@wikimedia.org Thanks, Maxim_(talk) 21:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

This place just flummoxes me. Maybe I'm not understanding. The image is not "free." It can be modified or altered, it can be used as an illustration of the author -- which was why it was posted in the first place. There was a request for an author photo on the entry. It's a publicity shot / author photo which appears on the back cover of a number of his books. I, as the rights holder, granted Wikipedia the right to use the image with the entry for the author. That ought to be sufficient for its inclusion. If I tagged the thing wrong in the first place, sorry. But frankly, you need to work around this place full time to understand the conventions.Ibar88 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

A free image is an image you've released under a license when you can modified or used commercially, and thus you release at least some rights to it (GFDL, Creative Commons license, you can also release all rights to it (public domain)). Making a claim of fair use isn't appropriate when a free license is available. Maxim_(talk) 12:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation which still doesn't make complete sense to me. However, you have all the information at this point. Are you going to undelete the image?Ibar88 (talk) 15:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Because They Hate closure

Since information from the article Because They Hate was merged to Brigitte Gabriel, shouldn't the old article history be kept? I think Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Because They Hate should have closed as a Merge, not a delete. / edg ☺ ☭ 14:41, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I added a note in my closure "statement". Maxim_(talk) 15:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Maxim. I'm still concerned that for GFDL purposes the merged article's edit history needs to be preserved. This would require an undelete and redirect. I'm not an expert in this matter, but it has come up in other AFD discussions. / edg ☺ ☭ 16:41, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Right, right, thanks for reminding me. :-) --Maxim_(talk) 16:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for helping. / edg ☺ ☭ 17:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Relisting AfDs

Hey there Maxim, I'm sure you know this, so forgive my message if I'm missing something. When you relist an AfD, you not only need to add it to the current day's log, you need to remove it or add <!-- --> arond the link in the old day's log so that mathbot updates that log correctly. I've noticed a few of your relists from today that haven't been removed from the old log. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 18:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Block, but no warn?

Why didn't you issue a blocking template to User talk:Disturbed Indestructible after blocking him? I'm not trying to WP:TROUT you, but it seems to me than admins should always template blocked users. I think.... Two One Six Five Five ^τ _ʃ 21:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I sometimes forget to give out warnings, but to be honest, I don't appreciate stuff like WP:TROUT. Maxim_(talk) 21:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Closing AfDs as merge

Hi. :) I see you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abundant Life Ministries as merge, but rather than merging you redirected. I'm afraid this might be confusing to some onlookers, who could think that you have merged the content according to consensus. I'm happy to do the merger on this one myself (soon as I get back from baseball), but in case you haven't hit a lot of closes as merge, I just wanted to point out to you that if you don't choose to perform the merge yourself, you might want to follow step #7 under "Process" at Deletion Procedure and use {{Afd-mergeto}} and {{Afd-mergefrom}} tags to get others to do it. And if you already know this and this one was an accident, forgive my pointing it out. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

The content was already merged by someone, so I just redirected it. I've never carefully read through those pages, I think I'm knowledgeable enough how to delete a page. :D --Maxim_(talk) 15:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure you're quite familiar with deleting pages. :) Merging, of course, does require specific steps. If the article was merged, the redirect needs to go into {{R from merge}} as set out at Help:Merge, and, of course, when we close as keep, merge, or redirect we record the results of the old AfD (also noted in step 7). But I'm not clear where it was merged. I don't see the content in the destination article or any mention of a merger in the history of the destination article or the source article. Just like the category, this is also necessary for GFDL compliance according to Help:Merge. Are you perhaps confusing this with another article? --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I've merged it and dropped it in the category. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. You learn something new every day. :) Though I have read step 7 and occasionally re-read it (I always worry something will change while I'm not looking), I did not remember or notice {{oldafdmulti}}. Oh, well. Future use, I suppose. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 16:53, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

DFUI March 8

I had set it at Sunday 20st March 2008 as that was my rough estimate of when it would be done, and we'd still be within the March 23 Foundation date. For my own work, I can probably get it done by March 18th, but I don't know about others. MBisanz ^talk 22:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

D'oh! Thats the danger of copying old templates verbatim. Now reads "23:59 on Thursday 20th March 2008". MBisanz ^talk 02:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Jacques Plante editing/prep for FAC

Hi Maxim - sorry for the delay in getting down to working on the Jacques Plante article. Between work and battling pneumonia, this month has not been going at all as planned. In any case, I've copied over the article to a user subpage, because it's a lot easier to copy edit that way - I can take out big chunks of the stuff that clutters up the page editing-wise (infoboxes, award lists etc, that won't need any changes), and I'm not screwing up an already decent article by leaving paragraphs half-edited and so on. Please feel free to jump in, or to let me know if I take out something you thing is important. I expect there will be some rearranging as time goes on.

I have managed to get a bit of reading done which will be helpful in expanding the variety of reference sources; the Dick Irvin books that I've put on the talk page have some nice colour and will be useful in highlighting how revolutionary Plante's style of play was. (I'm guessing you don't remember how rare it was to see goalies outside of their crease back then, even in the 1960s most of them stuck to the nets.) I think his coaching experiences, both with the Nordiques and as a consultant, can also stand to be more closely examined. Do let me know if you see the article going in the wrong direction. Risker (talk) 06:34, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Daniel (talk) 15:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you

Hi Maxim! Thank-you for your support in my RfA (91/1/1). I take all the comments to heart and hope I can fulfil the role of being an admin to the high standard that the community deserves. Seraphim♥ Whipp 16:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

edit   WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter Dear Maxim/archives/mar08! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been many more new things going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in October, there have been many new changes. I'm hoping to make this newsletter a bit more regular; Kaiser matias and Skudrafan1 asked for a new issue a week ago, but sadly, I've been a bit lazy and committed to other things hence this other delay. --Maxim(talk) edit   New recognized content By Maxim There has been numerous new recognized content, so much that it's too time-consuming to sift through the "trophy cases" on WP:HOCKEY. Some interesting achievements: Hockey Hall of Fame was featured on the Main Page on March 7, 2008. AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic was promoted to Good Article status. Kaiser matias has been steadily promoting lists of NHL players per team to featured status. As of press time, List of Columbus Blue Jackets players is at FLC. Although covered in its own section, National Hockey League awards being promoted to featured topic status deserves a mention here, too. It seems that after October's issue, an interest in getting articles featured on the Main Page's Did You Know section has piqued. Half of the project's DYKs were made after October 2007. Krm500 assisted in promoting an ice-hockey related image to featured status. The featured version is Image:Wgretz edit2.jpg. Last, but certainly not least, Kim Williams has single-handedly gotten Nottingham Panthers, a British ice hockey team, promoted to featured article status. edit   Task forces By Maxim There was a new taskforce created within the WikiProject to deal with topics related to the Boston Bruins. It was originally founded as a separate WikiProject, but was quickly turned into a taskforce within WikiProject Ice Hockey. The list of participants is located here. Located at WP:BRUINS, the taskforce's goals are to make Boston Bruins and Bobby Orr featured articles. Good luck! edit   New Administrators By Maxim Since October, there have been three new admins promoted within the project: Kaiser matias (RfA) - Promoted with a final tally of 30/3/2, nominated by Epbr123 Djsasso (RfA) - Promoted with a final tally of 46/1/0, nominated by Maxim Rjd0060 (RfA) - Promoted with a final tally of 67/5/5, nominated by Ryan Postletwhaite A previously admin-only feature has been made available for all users. The rollback feature allows a user to quickly revert vandalism with one click. If you wish to have rollback, contact an active admin or post a request to WP:RFR. edit   Featured Topic Drive By Maxim The original featured topic drive, initiated by Scorpion0422, has concluded succesfully. National Hockey League awards is now a featured topic, with 24 articles in total. Of them, 20 are featured lists, one is a featured article, and the other three are trophy articles that were too short to become featured lists. Eight users signed up to help out, shown here. The next Featured Topic hasn't been decided upon, and the ideas and organization for it fell apart. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to share them at WT:HOCKEY. edit   Notes More editors are needed to help out with the newsletter. Maxim doesn't have an infinite nor perfect supply of ideas, and thus he might omit some interesting news. Portal:Ice hockey is being considered for featured status. Feel free to nominate features at Portal:Ice hockey/Suggestions. Should Chris Pronger have been suspended for more than eight games for stomping on Ryan Kesler? Vote here!

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Articles you protected

Please reconsider your page protection. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 04:06, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

• Here at Annie Lee Moss. RedSpruce reverted over a dozen individual edits, including information on her birth, her parents, her husband, and her death date. He even reverted back to his typographical error in the name of the author. His strategy is to delete all my additions, then ask for the page to be protected to lock in his changes. He is just coming off a 24 hour ban for doing the same at the G. David Schine article.

• Here at Mary Stalcup Markward, User:RedSpruce has deleted every edit I have made to the article. Its not a matter of editorial opinion, its wholesale deletion of whatever I add. His strategy is to delete all my additions, then ask for the page to be protected to lock in his changes.

m:The Wrong Version Maxim_(talk) 23:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Gp75

I've unblocked him, just FYI. See his talk for explanation. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 23:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

"/me trouts himself" - Well said. Have some trout from me ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 09:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

		Thanks for the support
		Thanks for your support on my request for adminship, which passed 92/2/2. I'm actually up to 34 FA's, and my 35th is already doing well on FAC ;) ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

CSD I8: San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area

If you are going to remove pictures due to CSD I8, please be respectful and fix the image links that were on the pages that will become effected. The images you deleted are not appearing of this page, please fix images on the page and in the future be respectful and do the same in the future.

I must have made an oversight, and it's nice to assume good faith, it'll make everyone's life easier. Maxim_(talk) 19:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

deletion userfication

Maxim, could you userfy Pelleas Anthor for me? I'm trying to do some cleanup of the articles related to the Foundation Series. Thank you. —ScouterSig 19:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Done at User:Scoutersig/Pelleas Anthor. Maxim_(talk) 19:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! —ScouterSig 19:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Why are you threatening me?

The guy asked me to provide references and I did. I added 4. What have I done wrong, why are you theatening to 'block' me. I'm just trying to correct something that I knew to be incorrect or rather misleading. Why would anybody want o contribute to this project if they are going to get abuse from the ruling clique? Chump Manbear (talk) 02:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Oh snap, the DEA is an admin

I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which I'm very glad to say was successful at 81/7/0. Some of the very best that Wikipedia has to offer came out to support or oppose me and the kind words from all the editors has really given me confidence to be an admin and I can't wait to start. I will take the advice of the opposes and not jump into any content disputes immediately. As well, I will try to add more content myself. Anyways, in thanks for participating in my RfA, here's your very own personal humanoid robot. Enjoy! --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk - Contribs) 13:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Undeletion request

Can you undelete the image you deleted here, so an appropriate rationale may be written? — Κaiba 16:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Most certainly. :-) (done) Maxim_(talk) 19:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

An administrator and myself are trying to get the image squared away. Thanks again buddy. :) — Κaiba 14:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Ice hockey portal nomination

The portal you nominated at featured portal candidates on March 11, 2008 has been promoted to featured portal status, and the 107th to do so. Well done. You can view eventual comments at the nomination page. Best regards, Rudget. 16:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Did you know...?

...that part of your change to Template:Did you know made the main page look screwy? Some extra stuff at the top of this diff messes up the tables a bit. (→Zachary) 11:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

LOL oops! Maxim_(talk) 12:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

wow I sp[ent about an hour building that dyk set .... do you need help now? Victuallers (talk) 11:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Nah, I'll handle it myself. Not that much. I'm just doing a few things at once so it's a bit slower than usual... Maxim_(talk) 12:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that suitably covers it :D. All fixed now, no harm done. Happy‑melon 12:01, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks... Maxim_(talk) 12:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Image deletions

Wow, I was working through these images and now I see they're getting deleted out from under me. Is there any way you could just bump the estimated deadline two more days? It'll be easy enough for you to cruise through them at the hard deadline. Probably too late now anyway, oh well, that's what I get for trying to help out :) Franamax (talk) 00:32, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Damn. I started the deletion process at around 00:00... I didn't see this message until now. I'm terribly sorry, all the images are gone. I can restore some images if you have specific ones you want restored. Maxim_(talk) 00:41, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm just an amateur working through the list, if I can easily figure out how to synthesize the FUR from what's already there, I want to do it. If I can save 100 before March 23 (the end of March 23, I hope - I work slow), then so much the better. What we really need are more people banging away at this, so we can save what's there if possible, but I'll just plug away on my own. Could you think about changing that "estimated to take until" date on the 8 March 2008 category and the later dates? It will be really easy to do the deletions at the deadline, it's pretty damn hard to be sure of getting the FUR right. As far as what you've already deleted, probably doesn't matter because there will be a legion taking out the dead links from the articles, so that will be irretrievably lost in a few days anyway. Oh yeah, you could spot-check a few of my FUR's to be sure I'm doing it right! Thanks. Franamax (talk) 00:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

The deadline was extended by a few days by MsBianz if I got his username correctly. It's much too late to change it, there are barely any images left. :-( Maxim_(talk) 01:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I should ask here - are you deleting images where the di-fur template is still on or checking each to see if the rationale has been added? For instance this looks to have a valid FUR added since the tag, but the editor didn't take the tag out? Just checking where I should be concentrating. Franamax (talk) 01:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see, the category is almost empty now. I'll make dinner now, then have a beer :) Franamax (talk) 01:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I use a script that shows the last editor. If it's BetacommandBot or another fair-use partoller bot like BJBot, it's safe to delete. Otherwise I tell the script to skip it. Maxim_(talk) 01:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Franamax, the first 1,000 deleted images are always the hardest to stomach. But just remember that over the course of the last 8 months, over 100,000 images have been deleted and once we figure out how to auto-enforce all of NFCC, more will go. For me its really become about saving what I can and learning to let go of what I cannot. And I'm Mr. MBisanz for the record, there is no Ms. Bisanz. :) MBisanz ^talk 01:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin stats

Yo Maxim! :P - How do you start the admin stats table? I've seen the history of yours and it appears that SQLBot started it, but I can't see any page where you put down your name. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks. Rudget. 16:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoops, I've missed this thread completely. Put {{adminstats|Rudget}} on your userpage and the bot will update it. I think it does this once every day... Maxim_(talk) 13:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Plante to FAC?

Just logged in with the intention of spending the day editing this article. I'm going to put the "in use" tag on to go wild, and the article will probably be pretty messy for the next few hours. If you see something you don't like, let me know on the Plante talk page, I'll keep an eye on it. I'll leave you a message when I think it's close, probably around 3 or 4 p.m. EDT. Risker (talk) 16:27, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Taking me longer than expected, as my family has been extremely distracting today (just *why* must I test the dressing, and why is this the only time to practice lacrosse catches 10 feet from my desk?) but I am soldiering on. By the time you get back from the weekend, it should be cleaned up and all the new refs inserted. I like what you've done with the tables at the bottom of the article, they are more legible than similar "lists" in other articles. Risker (talk) 21:02, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, done. I've made a mental note not to plan major editing while on call for work - seems that's the only time they actually call me. Thanks for fixing up those refs I quickly put in while editing yesterday; I've clarified the rest of them. I'm still a little dubious about the heart attack thing; while it could well be true, the reference source isn't as "reliable" as the ones that say he died of cancer. Have a good read through, I may well have missed something. Best, Risker (talk) 23:06, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Undeletion requests

Hi Maxim - you (rightly) deleted a couple of images over the past few months because they lacked fair use rationales; however, all of these images were uploaded before the stricter rationale rules came into play. They were also uploaded by a now banned user so all the warnings went to him, and I didn't have any of these on my watchlist so I wasn't aware they had been deleted. I was wondering whether you would be able to undelete the following (preferably with the information that was on the page at the time of deletion, not just the image) so I can add fair-use rationales? Many of these are logos or Government advertising examples which don't have any free-use equivalent and add significantly to some articles.

The images are:

• Image:CrossCity_opening_Tripodi_Iemma.jpg
• Image:SMH_frontpage_2007-03-23.jpg
• Image:Debnam Something is rotten.jpg
• Image:Matilda Cruises.jpg
• Image:Hopkinsons bus logo.jpg
• Image:NSWLib LaborAdvertising.jpg
• Image:NSWState Plan cover.jpg

Thanks for your help. JRG (talk) 22:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

All restored for fixes. :-) BTW, I didn't delete all of the images listed but I restored them anyhow as it's really not a big deal and I personally have no problems with admins doing that with my deletions (I recollect east718 has used a undelete bot on me multiple times per the request of users. :-) Maxim_(talk) 01:03, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I believe the ones you didn't delete were done by east718 so there should be no problems there. JRG (talk) 06:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Paul Stastny

I just got Paul Stastny up to Good Article. I was wondering, as you are a very experienced hockey editor, if you could give me a little review or help copyediting and see if the article has potential to reach FA or if it's too soon. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks--Serte ^{[ Talk · Contrib ]} 11:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll certainly take a look at it, it looks really good, but I'm busy a bit with Jacques Plante as it's due for an FAC. Maxim_(talk) 20:30, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Ray-Ginsay

Hi. Could you comment on that person's unblock request? Frankly, I fail to understand why he's blocked - his contributions indicate that he's not a vandalism only account. Best, Sandstein (talk) 22:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks For The Clarification

I still feel a bit ignorant over it, but I thank you anyway. If my RfA passes I shall take a few days before trying out any of the admin buttons, and make sure I have a grasp of things. And then I plan to butcher my sandbox with tests to make sure I don't make any giant mistakes. Thank you again! -WarthogDemon 01:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

C'mon, I've deleted the Main Page and messed up a DYK update that transcludes on the Main Page badly, so I doubt you'll mess up as spectacularly as me. Otherwise, good luck! Maxim_(talk) 01:43, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Once at a now-dead writer's club, I accidentally hacked (Yes, hacked. How? I don't know.) into my account and permanently messed up the layout. It was never the same way since. :P Granted, the club was operating on REALLY old servers. I'm sure that won't happen here. =) -WarthogDemon 01:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK thanks

I had forgotten about this one so it was a pleasant surprise to come home to ;) TRAVELLINGCARI^{My story}_{Tell me yours} 03:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

Congratulations! Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy was selected as a List of the Day for April. Let me know if you have a strong preference for a date.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 07:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Good for the heart...

Thanks for your note. I had tried to avoid leading people on as described by WP:BEANS, but I think I see what you mean. I thought at least it was worth removing the URL from the visible edit history of popular pages like The Simpsons, but I accept your point that removing the muck would be time-consuming. I hope to join the janitorial staff myself soon! - Fayenatic (talk) 16:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, I understand a bit more now. I agree that WP:OS does not seem to apply, so I'll drop it. - Fayenatic (talk) 18:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

please

Do not wait until the dyk set is ready and then load it. Its the 2nd time this has happened and it was not ready. Read the edit history and you will see that he message is clear. Its one aricle short and not checked or ready. This is not good pracice and does not assis good faith. Thank you Victuallers (talk) 19:57, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you rephrase this? I have no clue what you mean. Maxim_(talk) 19:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

The set of DYK noms on the front page that I was building was prematurely loaded by you. Don't do it. It annoys others to find out that the stuff they were going to complete and check has been loaded with out some courtesy. I hope this is clear now Victuallers (talk) 20:03, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Doh. It seemed to be loaded, so I put it on the Main Page. Sorry bout that. If you wish, I can add more hooks. Maxim_(talk) 20:08, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

So can I ... the point is that I think you cleared a hook that was added to the update as you loaded it onto the main page. Last time I had to edit the main page to correct errors you had loaded. If you ask or read the edit history then those who are doing the work can tell you if it finished and whether help is required. Are you going to check to see if the hook was lost? Victuallers (talk) 20:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I've added the hook and made all the necessary edits afterwards. ☺ Maxim_(talk) 20:31, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

thank you. Nuff said Victuallers (talk) 20:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for help with the troll on my User pages

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Undeletion request

Please undelete Image:Nz100.jpg. I will provide a valid FUR and restore it in the article New Zealand dollar. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 00:50, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure thing, Y Done. Maxim_(talk) 01:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Template:Legendsmember

Please see Template:Legendsmember. I am suggesting it be protected similarly to Template:Legendsofhockey. I would also like to add a "See also" to the latter:

{{Legendsmember}} for NHL players inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 18:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the protection. I also forgot to mention I made an edit request at Template talk:Legendsofhockey, to make a note of the other template's existence. Flibirigit (talk) 02:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The protection templates itself interferes with the bullets, see Template talk:Legendsmember. Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 02:36, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Both fixed. --Maxim_(talk) 20:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The "See also" section on [Template:Legendsofhockey]] needs to go inside the "noinclude" tags, such as on Template:Legendsmember. Otherwise it doesn't display properly. Flibirigit (talk) 21:37, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Uh oh, I messed up thousands of pages... That's been fixed, too. Maxim_(talk) 22:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. Flibirigit (talk) 22:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)