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contesting deletion of "missed call"


i am contesting deletion of the page "missed call".
i disagree because:
a. it is genuine phenomenon;
b. it is not recorded on the wikipedia;
c. it is important enough to merit newspaper articles....i did include one reference article from reuters - surely that is a respected news agency;
d. u don't live in india - i do - and this is a great thing here....;
e. the language is NOT incoherent...please read again to point even a single error.

u can see my contribs to see that i am no junkie.....i am a genuine contributor and part of india portal on wikipedia.
Ankur Jain 15:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

thanks

thanks for the revert!

i am sure that was a genuine misunderstanding!

warm regards ankur jain
Ankur Jain 03:32, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

That restore looks fine! Natalie 13:24, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

RE: Good luck!

Well, thank you for your kind words of encouragement! --Siva1979Talk to me 10:41, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

RE:Heya! :)

Feel free to do whatever you want with them :-) I had forgotten that those redirects still existed. Happy editing! --Agüeybaná 20:23, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :D

Thanks SQL/Archives/2007/October
I would like to thank you for your participation in my successful RfA, which passed with a tally of (44/10/5)[1]. Whether you supported, opposed or were neutral in my RfA, I appreciate your participation and I hope that we can continue to work together to build a stronger and better Wikipedia.

Regards, nattang 04:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh wow, you passed!

I know it sounds harsh, but I'm really surprised to see you passed RfA. Nice work! Get on Google Talk/gmail some time :)  — Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:47, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Heh, indeed, I appear to have slipped through the cracks! :P (Get on IRC sometime!) SQL(Query Me!) 08:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
After what happened in my RfA? I'm staying off IRC for a bit...get on GT!  — Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:35, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

User:SaloonStan

Socket puppet master User:ClaimJumperPete has acknowledged User:SaloonStan as another of his socks. Could you indef block SaloonStan and permanent protect his user and talk pages (to block the scoreboarding), as well as pp User talk:ClaimJumperDan. Studerby 17:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Silly me, should have looked at the block log first, SaloonStan is already indef blocked. Studerby 17:38, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Heh, no problem! :) SQL(Query Me!) 17:40, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

A bot

Hello SQL. My name is Dreamafter. It says on your page that you are willing to help make a bot. Well, I have a request. Could you help me by making a bot that looks through a users contribs back one month, and determines if a user has made any contributions to an article that is classified as an Artemis Fowl article. This is so that we can make sure that the Active/Inactive section is constantly updated. Your Grace Lord Sir Dreamy of Buckland tm 19:34, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I can take a look at it, but, I'm going to be very busy off-wiki until about Tuesday, 10/9... You might get a faster responce at Wikipedia:Bot_requests :) Thanks! SQL(Query Me!) 10:24, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

RE:E-Mail

Replied. Thanks for the notification. --Agüeybaná 20:43, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Anytime :) SQL(Query Me!) 10:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Disappointment over the [Frontline]

Felt a bit disappointed once you did a lock of the frontline magazine with the edit the contrarian user has done. The only cocern i was expressing with the user was regarding the point on Anti - Imperialism which i pointed out (along with many in the past) with sufficient sources that it was just Anti -Americanism which the current editor in Chief of the The Hindu group is endorsing at all the level,Standing on a high horse on issues like civil liberty and Freedom of press ,the magazine spaces articles and view points from media agencies Like Xinhua which appeared like a double speak/hypocracy,this was the only point many users in the past and me now was trying to point out, but the contrarian editor vrsrini has tried discounting this down through out the period of time. Request to take a judicious decision on this, We will appreciate if you can include our views also in the locked article. For a better insight of what I'm trying to point out about Frontline magazine ,please find time to check out the following articles 1.[1] 2.[2]

Best Regards Liberal Democrat —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liberal Democrat (talk • contribs)

I'm sorry, but, I had to stop the edit warring that was going on at that page. I did not protect any specific version, I just locked the page, to stop the edit war. This is the fourth time, that this page has been protected recently, due to edit warring. Both sides need to start discussing the changes they want, instead of endlessly reverting each other.
This does not mean, that the page cannot still be edited. You guys just have to discuss changes on the talkpage now, and, come to an agreement about what needs to be done. Once you do that, simply add {{Editprotected}} to the talkpage, which will alert an admin, whom can make edits for you.
Also, if you feel that my protection of this page is inappropriate, you are welcome to raise the issue at The administrators noticeboard (incidents). SQL(Query Me!) 10:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Bartbee55057

You asked about what you assumed was my use of multiple user names. I have only one user name.

The others were, I assume, adopted by censors trying to prevent the inclusion of documented information on the Malt-O-Meal page before someone froze it.BartBee —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 03:23, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

RE:As promised

Thanks :-) --Agüeybaná 15:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Need a little help on something

Hey man, how's it going? (BTW, you know me as "MITB LS". I just changed my username. Oh, I'm not sure if I already said this, but congratulations on your promotion to admin). I have a question to ask you: you've probably already seen these templates before. I just need to make one more improvement on it before I put it out on the mainspace. The thing is that I want to apply a certain code that allows a certain section to be optional (for example, if I don't need the "Related articles" section). The code is like {{#if:...}} or something (in case you're confused, here's an example of it's use). Anyways, do you know how to add that to the template? Thanks. The Chronic 05:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, never mind. I've decided to scrap the plains. The Chronic 23:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Speedy delete

Hi SQL. I noticed you just deleted Image:Jarsofclay valleysong.jpg as a speedy delete. This didn't qualify for speedy delete, as it was a single cover and had the appropriate boilerplate. It did, however, qualify for listing for deletion, but not speedy. Could you undelete the file to follow the proper procedure and nominate it for deletion, allowing the page editors to povide a fair use rationale in the allotted time? --lincalinca 04:02, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

My apologies. Your deletion reason was a CSD, which indicated speedy deletion to me. Nevertheless, the others deleted at the same time, could I request their reinstatement and I'll provide all of the appropriate fair use rationales (I have InvHurc in my watchlist, so I'm surprised I didn't see their nominations in the watchlist). Sorry for the work involved here, but I want to make sure the articles are adequately represented. I'll also make sure the rationales are complete. --lincalinca 04:23, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Those are exactly the ones. Thanks for that! I'll get right on them! --lincalinca 04:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

When Death Becomes You

Just do a damn google on the song When Death Becomes You by 50 Cent. I don't got time to explain. I work full time and I gotta go to work. So stop messaging me. † Tyler † (talk/contribs) 18:40, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA!
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Frontline (Magazine)

Just to alert you. Please monitor the Frontline (magazine) entry...There is no updation to discussion but reversion to a libelous entry (my opinion). Thanks. Vrsrini 16:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

SpigotMap

Hello SQL,

Sorry it took so long to get back to you - I was out in reality for a while. :-) Thank you taking the time to address this with me first. Btw, I would love feedback in this whole situation to learn how to do this better (one of my primary motivations for getting into the middle of things like this). I'm more than happy to answer your questions and please feel free to ask any in the future as well. Here you go:

2) The original block was for general uncivil behavior, failure to abide by community guidelines, failure to sufficiently change the uncivil behavior after warnings (this is the basis of my Gaming the System) argument, and failure to show any desire or willingness to change this behavior in the future.

1) When I blocked the user originally for 2 days for the unspecific behavior it was not specifically for the 3RR violation; while I did count the reverts among the uncivil behavior I did not specifically think that this may be a 3RR situation. After further researching SpigotMap's behavior I found not only the instance of this clear cut 3RR violation but also the very recent 3RR violation that he was previously blocked for in a manner not related to this at all. Because of that, I decided to take a more proactive stance, further protect wikipedia from a disruptive editor, and extend the block period. I also did this because I considered the fact that SpigotMap got another admin involved in this dispute (and his attempts to further confuse the situation) to be further gaming of the system and requiring further protection for the community.

For what it's worth (and I've told this to SpigotMap too, if you read the history) I have no disputes with SpigotMap's content; I think a lot of the changes he wants to make would make Wikipedia better. What I disagree with is not only his approach involving uncivility while doing it, but also his unwillingness to change his behavior.

Also, a little background information: this is a new approach I am taking with editors whom I find to be disruptive but I believe could still be good Wikipedia editors. The idea is to take their disruptive behavior and use it as a means to funnel them into community process (wikilove, wikiquette, editor review, dispute resolution, etc) and I'd like to think that my behavior so far has been consistent with that (especially the many many many times I've told SpigotMap to do this exact thing). The idea being that if the editor is "savable" that the community process will give them the feedback they need to become a better member in it. If the editor's goals are nefarious (not necessarily proven so) then they should tire of the community process quickly and find other ways to amuse themselves while not disrupting Wikipedia.

I've tried to stay not only in the realm of the words of our policies, but also the spirit, while attempting to deal with this. Please please please give me feedback! I've been asking for it from various editors the whole time and have received very little. For as much as I go around trumping up the community process while trying to get various difficult editors to abide by it, at the same time, it seems to be letting me down in my support I need to trump it up. Such a shame.

Thank you so much, however, for taking this up with me first. I sincerely appreciate it and I look forward to hearing back from you. Triddle 19:32, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

MORE INFO - Sorry, I forgot to bring this up earlier. The reason I blocked SpigotMap the 2nd time for the 3RR specifically was because the previous unblocking admin specified 'too vague a reason' on his unblock notes; in an attempt to maintain the block I put specific reasons for the block this time. The only reason the blocking period was extended was because I saw the previous block for the 3RR violation just a few days earlier. Triddle 19:40, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Another thought: Maybe I'm completely off base here, but, is there truly a question of why I'm not holding this guy's hand and guiding him through this process when he leaves nuggets of stuff like this "Stop crying because you can't get your way." when he has been blocked for being uncivil after persistent calls to improve his demeanor yet ignoring the community resources that have clearly been presented to him to help him accomplish the same? Triddle 20:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
I'm so sorry! I had to run into work, for what was supposed to be an hour or so, and it sort of snowballed from there :( Just getting in now, some 5 hours later. Wasn't meaning to be gone so long :( Anyhow, I see the situation's been resolved now. I appreciate you getting back to me, however! Sorry I took so long to reply :( SQL(Query Me!) 02:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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Little help on my userpage?

Hi again. Could I get a little help with something on my userpage? Well... I have placed service award ribbons on my userpage (I placed them in the "wikipedia" section at the bottom of my userpage). The ribbons are stacked on top of each other, but I want the ribbons to line up side by side. Is there a code for that? The Chronic 06:29, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay, never mind. I figured out a way to do it. The Chronic 16:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Heh, sorry, you always seem to catch me when I'm away for a bit... SQL(Query Me!) 04:52, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

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CSD 24 pages

The mergers have gone through and the main article page is a redirect.--Lucy-marie 13:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, fair enough. I've redirected those talk pages to Talk:Minor characters in 24. SQL(Query Me!) 13:44, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

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Block on 84.45.219.185 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)

Not sure that IP (or any, unless it's definitely a confirmed open proxy should be blocked indefinitely. The blocking admin did say it could be unblocked but that he would re-block it if trouble flared up again. I think that maybe you should set an expiry time, if that's OK with the blocking admin. Just a friendly suggestion. You're doing well as an admin, keep the good work up. Thanks, --Solumeiras talk 19:10, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :) I think, we'll wait and see how this unblock goes, and work from there :) SQL(Query Me!) 19:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the unblock. I now understand Wikipedia a lot better than when I started here. --Whitmorewolveyr 11:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

RFA oddity?

Hey, what happened here? SQL(Query Me!) 10:27, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

It looks like I accidentally pressed Ctrl+V a couple times...oops. —Remember the dot (talk) 18:22, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Frontline (magazine)

Thanks for your message. I have updated the AN after your message. Please have a look. Vrsrini 10:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Just to inform you, the contrarian editor uses the following accounts

  1. Sahyadhri (talk • contribs • count • total • block log), apart from the ones
  2. Lib Democrat (talk • contribs • count • total • block log)
  3. Liberal Democrat (talk • contribs • count • total • block log)
  4. 59.145.142.36 (talk • contribs • count • total • block log)

that you have mentioned. Is it a case of sockpuppetry?Vrsrini 12:09, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi SQl, sincerely thank you for forwarding the same for an Independent arbitration,i have presented my point of view there

Regards,Liberal democrat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.142.36 (talk) 09:01, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

IP block

Please can you reduce it to 2 weeks, please?? I'm getting on OK so far... --Whitmorewolveyr 13:52, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Custom sig

Is this what you were looking for? Dreamy § 14:33, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thar's great, thanks! :) SQLQuery me! 19:57, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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Rationale?

Thank you for fixing image:Sunpark.JPG. Is that what you must do in order for the image to not be deleted? No one is explaining why the fair use is being disputed. TrackFan 00:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem, that was indeed the issue. FWIW, I have replied to your comment on Betacommand's talkpage as well [3] SQLQuery me! 00:52, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Protected

You have GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!. I requested page protection for a year, earlier and it was denied! Man I knew this place was messed but now I have a general idea of how messed. Tyler Warren (talk/contribs) 01:23, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
No no no no, you got it all wrong. I submitted his page for protection and someone else denied it and blew me off. I find it odd how if you had been over there, you could have done something. Tyler Warren (talk/contribs) 07:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Unblock request at User talk:WingateChristopher

It appears that User talk:WingateChristopher is trying to request an unblock:

So I hereby withdraw my threats for legal action.

As a very new user he seems not to know the procedure for requesting an unblock. It appears that he tried to edit the previous (denied) request rather than issue a new request. But he does state "Request reason: legal threats withdrawn"

I have no connection with the user other than having his page on my watchlist because I answered about a week ago his question at the Help Desk. I try to help new users when I can - and this (potential) user needs a lot of help. His future contributions will need watching for notability, reliable sources, conflict of interest, soapboxing, etc. but there is still a chance that he will be a constructive editor and I think Wikipedia can use all the constructive editors it can get. (As a vandal patroller I see far too many deconstructive editors.) Sbowers3 01:24, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing, I'll let the blocking admin know, thank you! SQLQuery me! 01:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:ACC

Hi SQL,

I'm exploring with a 1-day old account, to remind myself what it's like to edit in a semi-protected world, and i stumbled across the fact that you accidently fully protected WP:ACC from moving and editing, when I think moving is all you wanted to do. It seems like you're around, but if not I'll find another admin in a few minutes. --Barneca sock 1 15:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

OMG, great catch, thank you so much! I've fixed it! SQLQuery me! 15:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Silver lining: It would have seriously reduced the workload! Glad you were still online. --Barneca sock 1 15:56, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Joe Baker

What do you have against including Joe Baker? He was part of a band that accomplished alot. Please answer in text and not with a tag. Otherwise, your a troll. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hayashiantibush (talk • contribs) 20:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to note for you, that this is the second time today, that an administrator has deleted that article, for lack of Notability. I assure you, that I have nothing against Joe Baker. Also, please, take a moment to read our policies on Personal attacks, which can be found here: WP:NPA. Calling people trolls is not helpful, and I do consider it a personal attack. SQLQuery me! 21:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Immediately deleting without giving the person a chance to argue his case seems like trolling behavior to me. I don't feel the person before you had a right either. But I'll refrain from saying it again. It just seems to me that it's unfair that you are choosing to delete this when there's alot worse to me found. I find that in itself to be a bit of a personal attack. I'm working hard to get these guys rightfully in here. You seem to just want to come along and wipe it out. It's subjective. If it was downright Un-notabile, then it would be different. But it's not. HayashiantibushHayashiantibush 00:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I didn't go looking for this article. Someone tagged it as a speedy deletion, and, it appeared to me (and 2 other admins now), not to be notable. You are welcome, to go to Deletion Review, and ask that the deletions be reviewed. It's quite a stretch, to call that deletion a 'personal attack'. I would greatly appreciate it, if you would assume good faith here (by the way, that's an official policy, which you can review at WP:AGF.) SQLQuery me! 02:51, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

my username

Thanks for commenting about my situation - I am keeping this name alive until I find some way to appeal the block. I don't find it to be offensive - its a take on a local politician's proposed policy. Is there a way to appeal the guy's decision? --MoreGunsInSchools 19:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I'd suggested, and he accepted, I posted the link to the Request for Comment/Name on your talkpage. Frankly, I don't see it having a snowball's chance in the tropics, however... From what I've observed (and, you can see it for yourself, at that RFCN as well, it's a perfect example), Wikipedia's editors appear to be fairly biased towards the left. It's a really good idea, no matter your leanings, to leave the politics at the door, however. My aim is simply to help build a free, extensive, reliable online encyclopedia, and, I don't beleive your username would hinder that goal, therefore, I see no reason to disallow it. Best of luck in your RFCN, and, if you need help, or guidance, or anything, don't be a stranger :) SQLQuery me! 01:03, 27 October 2007 (UTC)


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User:MoreGunsInSchools

That's quite alright. I wouldn't want to argue with another user if he had valid concerns; so the only way forward was to seek wider input, and go with the community. Much better for all concerned. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 14:29, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

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Reading University Students' Union

Hi, could you please explain why Reading University Students' Union does not deserve a Wikipedia article? Thanks - Pebkac 17:30, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I only deleted the talk page, as there was no article corresponding to it at the time, per WP:CSD#G8. It appears, that the article in question was deleted after a discussion at AFD (Discussion: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Reading_University_Students'_Union) SQLQuery me! 17:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

How could it have been discussed? I created it within the last hour! Pebkac 18:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, I see, that's the third time it had been deleted in about a month or so it appears, per WP:CSD#G4 (recreation of deleted material). The administrator that deleted this most recent version is User:Number 57, you may want to get in contact with them, and ask why they'd deleted it. SQLQuery me! 18:20, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppets

How does one go about determining if accounts are sockpuppets? I suspect one more more additional accounts are related to User:MoreGunsInSchools. Arthur 23:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I only caught that one, because it was editing it's own RFCN... You could try posting a request at WP:RFCU, however... SQLQuery me! 04:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I read the info about CheckUser and it suggested trying other things first, so I used the report method in my browser and created a report at Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Azurbanipal, which so far has only gotten a hostile personal attack from the editor in reply, but no help from any admin. So maybe I'll just let it drop and let someone else deal with it if/when it becomes more of a problem. Arthur 23:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, looking at his contribs, I'd guess that they could be related. I'll be honest, I've never participated in SSP before :) I have, left the user a warning, regarding attacks. That's uncalled for, but, quite common, when dealing with suspected socks. Don't let them get to you, keep up the good work! :) SQLQuery me! 05:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the assistance. I tried to update the sockpuppet report with as much background as I could, and it looks like my original placement was incomplete, probably why it was ignored. I think I have it right now. I may have reported it under the wrong username, but I can't really know for sure if even the original one I mention in my statement is the "first" one. I was going to change the order, but realized the page name itself is involved, so decided it's best to leave it as is for now. Arthur 05:53, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem! :) I added a user to the case as well. It appears on the SSP page now, and, hopefully, an experienced admin will get to it soon... SQLQuery me! 05:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

My (KWSN's) RFA

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