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[edit] Welcome

Hello, StephenBuxton, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you will enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! You can sign your name on talk and voting pages using four tildes, (~~~~), which produces your username, the time, and the date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -- getcrunkjuicecontribs 19:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Dear Stephen Thanks for adding the GAEL page. It corrects a nasty void about the origin of "Guader" who is a key historical figure

Rgds Gerry Coldham —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geronimo5000 (talk • contribs) 20:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Spoilers

Saw your note over on Trudy Monk. I agree that there should be a spoiler marker on practically all such pages, but my advice from bad experiences is that if you care about not seeing spoilers, you have to exercise extreme care when you look at web pages associated with the show. (Whichever show, not just Monk.) It's just too hard to mark all the spoilers, and of course material that is a spoiler for one person is ancient history for another. I remember that just looking at the IMDB cast lists for 24 and Alias gave me some spoiler information. I started getting just fanatical about not looking at those pages at all.

Thanks for adding the spoiler tag. Jordan Brown 05:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AIV report

Thank you for making a report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators are generally only able to block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize even after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Thank you. --Chaser - T 09:46, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Thanks for Toora Loora Ref

Thanks for that Simpson's ref. I'm always happy to see an article grow. DDB 11:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

No worries - glad to be of service!

[edit] Your VandalProof Application

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, StephenBuxton. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that you have been very inactive recently - your last one hundred edits have taken more than a month to make.

Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. Daniel 07:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:MagicMons

Actually, editors are allowed to remove things from their talk pages; doing so is an acknowledgement that they've read the message. For example, you're welcome to delete this note, if you like.  :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I saw your edit to my edit, and I understand what you mean. Thanks! StephenBuxton 11:39, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Edit warning re Drug

At first I was puzzled because I've never given the test 3 warning to anyone recently - I think you are slightly mistaken. It was not "warning #3". It was {{template:blatantvandal}}, if you are talking about User:208.108.100.241. The template is for an initial warning, as it begins with "Welcome to Wikipedia". --BorgQueen 17:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

I stand corrected. I was not aware of that template - at first glance it looked like vandal warning #3, that was all. StephenBuxton 12:16, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion

Thanks for the clean-up. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:29, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries - now back to my edit war with that ****y anon user. StephenBuxton 13:30, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why i deleted

Fine I won't I only did this to show what happens to any of my submissions if I contrabuted to this website. Since they always seem to be deleted why must others do this? I'm doing something positive, only for someone to come along, then erase it for no clear reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 15:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is not about vandalism, it's about making a point

This is not about vandalism, it's about making a point, which is whenever I put something I found out to share with everyone else, it's unjustly removed just like that with no clear explanation! Plus this has been happening on such a regular occurence, that it seems as if my sources are being deliberately black listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 16:05, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'M dislexic... dyslexic (see i can't even spell that word well)

I have dyslexia...so sometimes I do missspell words or grammer, but I go out of my way to corrected it as best I can. Deeming it unsalvageably incoherent, isn't right; it is so easy when it comes to dismissing some article over this point. If given the chance I would certainly make it meaningful in content or history, but I never seem to be given the chance to correct my work coordinated, consistent, characterized and logically connected in such away that pleases others. Besides this point, what really upsets me is making some corrections to already existing articles or adding some useful information. Only to see it just scrapped right in front of my eyes with no regards as to who might be able to find this found out info appreciable! I only want to help out to share what i've learned with anyone else willing to listen to me, but it seems clear that this cannot be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 16:28, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I have tried that

Sadly I've done that constantly, but I still get my work removed all the same --SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk) 17:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Small problem with page "Project Altered Beast"

I have just got a message from you, StephenBuxton, saying that the page may be deleted. I understand it is short and not very clear, but I started the page at school. "Project Altered Beast" is the name of a PS2 version of Altered Beast, often called Altered Beast for short, and looking it up, I noticed no-one had wrote a page about it, which is what I am doing now. I am sorry it is short but I didn't get enough time to add more. I am planning to go on my laptop at home and add more to this. I would also like help to create this page as it is one of my most favorite games and I'm a little annoyed that there is no page about this game. Sorry for any inconvenience and thanks. Sennyl (talk) 14:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)sennyl

[edit] Vandal on Fire Cupping

You made a good call and then reversed it. The citations were valid. One pointed people to information about Prophet Muhammad and then to the text where the exact quotewas pulled from. User, I do not exist, has a long history of destroying work I have placed on the pages. He has also ignored bad citations and refrences to negative information about cupping. This user has a clear bias. Please review all the history and reconsider blocking this user. Thank you.

More . . . Now he/she has changed the location of the original citation and then said it was irrelevant to the information it cited. The citation was for Prophet Muhammad, not cupping or the Prophetic refrence. This is really frustrating and needs your immediate attention. Thanks.

And still more . . . Now a link to hijama has been removed in the SEE ALSO section of the page. If thatdoes not constitute vandalism and warrent this user being blocked, I am not sure what does. This person has a clear bias towards any refrence associated with the rich history of hijama, cupping in the Islamic faith. Other post he/she has made on Voodoo and Homosexuality confirm this possibility. Please do something about this, he is destroying this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signpostmaker (talk • contribs) 18:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism

[edit] sorry

I forgot to put the edit summary. DurinsBane87 (talk) 17:34, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

That's ok. Once I saw your talk page, I had a feeling that you were a genuine editor, but I couldn't undo my change, as I had no idea why you removed the text. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Ballin35

Yeah it's too bad he got away with that many edits, but at least he's blocked. If you want the tools, I recommend being here for about four to six months with about 3000 edits. I think that's a good guideline for applying at WP:RFA :) Spellcast (talk) 18:10, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, I've been here about a year now, but I have no idea bow many edits I have made. How can I find out? StephenBuxton (talk) 18:11, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
You can type your name in here. Spellcast (talk) 18:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! StephenBuxton (talk) 18:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: JzG

Re: User_talk:JzG#December_2007, if you knew the context, you'd know that JzG was removing provocative harrassment. --Simon D M (talk) 17:17, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fire cupping

I do not exist has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Sorry for the delay in response. I'm afraid I'm not really familiar with the dispute resolution process myself. :-/ - ∅ (∅), 08:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks for the help!

Thanks for the help in explaining version control -- I appreciate the assistance. :) (I came across a bunch of vandalism this morning while I was looking something up, and I kind of just kept going from there.) Rahaeli (talk) 18:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your comments. Will be in touch if I need help. Here's hoping the page is linked to! Mewburn (talk) 17:15, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

Hello. In the future, your report regarding Neapolitan War belongs at WP:RPP and not wp:aiv. If you have any questions, just let me know. Thanks! Brianga (talk) 18:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neapolitan War

Hello. I went ahead and semi-protected the Neapolitan War for 48 hours. For future reference, requests for page protection should be made at WP:RFPP rather than WP:AIV. Thanks for helping keep vandalism in check! --Kralizec! (talk) 18:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Neopolitan war

Thanks! I did not know about that page - it is now going in my watchlist. StephenBuxton (talk) 18:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How come??

What's wrong with my aritcle about the cd DreamStreet, man??

[edit] How come??

What's wrong with my aritcle about the cd DreamStreet, man?? FranK (talk) 18:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A HUGE THANX

Thank you for having the paciense and for doing constructive criticism. I love uspporitng wikipedia. becosue it's the gretest information source I've found. It's really cool. So a huge thanks for all the things you told me. Your're right. Thanks again. FranK (talk) 19:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Needs some explaining !

Maybe you would like to explain in further detail why you deleted my addition to Wikipedia. All I did was write a small bit about a local celeb and you labelled it as it was trash, I must say that very hurtful and it shows how people like yourself use your job to manipulate the rules and discriminate against others.

I am not here to cause a scene but you certainly have. I have serious doubts about this whole website now, How many other articles have you deleted because of your social influences ? You really are twisted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorry-kinda-busy (talk • contribs) 22:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

If you have not already seen it, I have responded on your talk page. StephenBuxton (talk) 23:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just a note

You wrote in your edit summary "added afd template" - that's a CSD not an afd. :-p -- Mentifisto 23:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Subtle difference, duly noted. One of these days, I'll get to grips with these TLAs.
Thanks! StephenBuxton (talk) 23:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, no problem really. :-) -- Mentifisto 23:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for my article i know it has no point, is just a joke for a friend of mine who is a member of the wikimedia foundation, if you allow me to keep the joke a couple of hours i will delete it myself when the joke is over.--Thedevil303 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedevil303 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] new article

I'm working on the wesabe.com article. I know it sucks at the moment, but I just started doing the research needed for citations and the like. It's one of many personal finance applications that I use (but am not affiliated with by any means). It's not even the best one, but figured it would be a good first page for me. Thanks -- --05runner (talk) 22:13, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:QU109999

Please stop unblanking User talk:QU109999. Logged in users can blank their Talk pages if they want to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Corvus cornix (talk • contribs) 22:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I realised that just after I did it - whilst you were typing your message here, I was adding a comment on the talk page to just that effect. I only did the unblanking once, and I won't do it again. StephenBuxton (talk) 22:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Unfortunately, in the process, QU109999 got indefinitely blocked. I've asked for a reconsideration at WP:ANI. Corvus cornixtalk 22:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] New AN/I Thread

Beneath the resolved thread you posted earlier is a new thread I posted about the actions of a single editor, which upon further review I found to be problematic. I'm not a content expert, so maybe you can weigh in on the merits of some of the more objectionable edits? (Also, is 'fisherman' a serious insult or something?). I did notice that when he says some castes are 'backwards' that apparently is a reference to a bureaucratic classification of some kind. Avruchtalk 01:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I know nothing about this topic at all. I only happened upon it last year when I was hanging around the Recent Edits looking for vandalism to do (I need to get a life :-). I say the insulting edit summary, went to have a look, and saw the edit war in full swing. I then reported it, and have been checking in on it intermittently to see how they were resolving it (or not, as it happened). As soon as I saw the edit war resuming, I reported it again.
Looking on the Talk page, it looks like there may be an impartial editor who knows something about it User:Sundar. I'll see about getting their attention on your thread. StephenBuxton (talk) 07:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aquatic ape hypothesis

Hi,

Please see Talk:Aquatic_ape_hypothesis#Gutting_the_page for why the page was gutted. Thanks. WLU (talk) 17:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! WLU (talk) 17:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE:

Thank you for your advice. I did first assume good faith, but the edits of User:Polysynaptic have only the purpose to falsify facts. He not only deletes scholastic sources and ignores them (for example in the articles al-Farabi and Seljuq dynasty), he even creates alternative articles to already existing ones. That's what he did here. Although the article al-Biruni exists and has a very good shape, he created a second one only for the pupose of claiming him Turk. He also falsified the article Ulugh Beg, again claiming that he was a Turk (while Britannica 1911 says something different: [1]). Simply calling Ulugh Beg a "Timurid" (that was the name of his dynasty) is the best and most neutral solution. User:Polysynaptic registered on December 30th, but he is no new user. His edits are extremely biased toward and based Pan-Turkism, he is deleting sources, ignoring scholastic sources, and he falsifies sources. I believe that he is a sockpuppet of some other (banned) user. Maybe of User:Moorudd whose IP was blocked last week because of racist insults against Iranians: [2]. And he is again at it: [3]. Checkuser has confirmed that the IPs are those of User:Moorudd: [4]. The edits of Moorudd and Polysynaptic are very similar: Moorudd vs. Polysynaptic Some admin should help out.

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I will probably register. But I would appreciate it, if you report him this time so I can learn how to do it. I will be off Wikipedia for a few days, then I will (maybe) register. Thank you very much for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.83.130.148 (talk) 13:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't know a great deal about sockpuppets, I'm afraid. However, rather than let things go unchecked, I have posted a report on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, hoping that someone will be able to sort things out. I'll be watching what they do, as I too want to know how to report sockpuppets! BTW, when you do register, please stop by here and say hi! StephenBuxton (talk) 13:41, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Popups

Hi,

I notice you say you can't use Twinkle because of IE on your user page. I'm in a similar boat, but I have installed WP:POPUPS and they work very nicely - a great improvement over no tools at all. I recommend it. I also recommend upgrading to Firefox - my other computer uses Firefox and it does allow Twinkle and other editing tools. WLU (talk) 13:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Cheers for that. I'll have to check it out - however, I have a horrible feeling that (with this being a work PC), there will be something to prevent me from completing the set-up. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Once I get reconnected back home though (dunno when that will be), I will be switching to a different browser. StephenBuxton (talk) 13:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I believe POPUPS works through the wikipedia software, though I could be wrong. The page says it's Java. Anyway, note that any tools you install work via your account, not computer, so using a tool that is compatible with one browser, but not another, can give you problems. WLU (talk) 16:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TNX

tnx for ur welcome. please introduce a subject to I contribute there. plz don't say work as you like!--Baaghlavaa (talk) 18:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome template

Hi! What is the welcome template that you used on User talk:156.34.210.254? StephenBuxton (talk) 18:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey StephenBuxtontalk and Happy New Year. The welcome message I use is actually part of a bot program called VandalProof . If you are interested, you can I apply for privileges at the link provided. Gook luck to you and if you have any questions feel free to leave a note here. Shoessss |  Chat  19:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the info - I will see if I can get it. Before I do, I suspect that (as a download is required) I will have to wait until I am up and running with internet access at home - there are blocks here at work that prevent me from downloading programs, mores the pity. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism at User talk:Jack Merridew

Thanks for pointing out the amount of IP vandalism. I have User talk:Jack Merridew on my watchlist, so I saw your edit. Then I saw the page's history, so I protected it ... again, alas. I hate protecting talk pages for that, but I hate seeing IP vandals cause trouble even more. —C.Fred (talk) 17:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

No worries. I don't think he will mind - I noticed afterwards a general comment at the top of his user page that thanks everyone that helps protect his talk page against vandals. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Vandalism at Goldquest

Thanks for reverting the vandalism at goldquest . Happy new year. ~~Ubraga608 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubraga608 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jabba the Hiut

Hi Stephen, Sorry about getting in your way - we had some "fun" last night with an editor jumping between IPs and inserting inappropriate fair use images into that article (along with several others) last night, so I was watching it closely. Keep up the good work fighting the vandals. Best, Gwernol 12:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about it - probably best to have too many people trying to add warnings than no warnings at all! --StephenBuxton (talk) 12:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wii Shop Channel

I removed almost all the stuff in the Wii Shop Channel section of the Wii Menu article and transfered it to the Wii Shop Channel article. Please accept this... Versus22 —Preceding comment was added at 19:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm sorry. How do I use the edit summary though? Versus22 —Preceding comment was added at 20:03, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Donna Ladd

Personally, I don't believe Donna Ladd passes muster for notability. Never have. felt that she was notable and would venture that they are hundreds of other writers with equal or greater CVs who don't have a wiki page. Have less of an issue with the wiki for her tabloid the Jackson Free Press. Won't tell you how I know but many of the IP addresses on the pages for Donna Ladd, Jackson Free Press and Todd Stauffer are addresses from either their own personal office or their place of residence. IMO they abuse wikipedia to self-promote ad nauseum. They (Donna Ladd primarily) also links back to her own website from any number of other locations on the web in order to manipulate search engines. But, I don't get too involved in these matter because, from my observation, the wiki democracy is more often than not like gang rule. I would defer to the judgment of AllstarEcho on this. If he wants to go to the mat, again, then I'll leave a vote. FWIW and thanks for the heads up.75.66.30.193 (talk) 17:05, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BLP

Not sure why you restored this edit Have you read WP:BLP? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeepday (talk • contribs) 14:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, whoops. Right, I um... guess I didn't do what I normally do and read what was removed. Normally I do scan through it for content in relation to the rest of the article. I guess this time I just looked at the edit summary (non-existant), the fact that an entire section was removed, and the fact that the editor in question was a newbie. Sorry about that... Anyway, I've removed the warning on the user's talk page and replaced it with an apology. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:00, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
no problem, there where several similar edits. Jeepday (talk) 02:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Edit Warning

I'm sorry, I dont understand what your talking about....This user and I have been talking about some stuff, and to aviod spamming his page, I cleared past messages from myself. Dustihowe  Talk  18:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey no problem, we need people like you here at Wikipedia. Thanks for your concern though. Just some wikilove going on. Oh, yea, I did call him a dork. lol Dustihowe  Talk  18:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you for the revert by Dustihowe, however it is not vandalism, we are chatting, and sharing a bit of wikilove. Thank you again for the fast revert, in case it was vandalism Ctjf83talk 18:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I realise that now - I've just posted an apology on Dustihowe's talk page. I meant well.... but my apologies for butting in. Note to self - must pay closer attention to Edit History.... (grin) StephenBuxton (talk) 18:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
I saw that, and it is greatly appreciated. An apology to me is unnecessary, as I know how vandalism is, and you thought you were reverting some on my page. Keep up the recent patrols!! Ctjf83talk 18:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Glad to have aquitted myself (heh heh heh - my face is still a bit red). Once more unto the RCP duties! Or maybe go home. It is getting late. Take care! StephenBuxton (talk) 18:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
You said you do patrol recent changes manually...have u heard of Lupin anti-vandal tool? I use Firefox but I checked and it does work on IE. It is a great tool, if you want to try it out! :) Ctjf83talk 18:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jaws

Gee..Thanks..if you see the history you will see that something has gone wrong, since instead of reverting the prior edit by that anthony guy, it reverted cluebots edit to that guys edit, I'll complain to the owner of the script about this..thanks for fixing it :) ...--Cometstyles 02:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. · AndonicO Hail! 13:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

np :-) StephenBuxton (talk) 16:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I've "done loads" using huggle, so it's just short of cheating. ;) · AndonicO Hail! 17:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


My gratitude for yoru nice message.Thanks(Shonali2000 (talk) 12:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Admin Coaching

Hey there Stephen, I was just checking you out as a possible coachee... I don't think you are quite ready yet, but you are definately headed in the right direction. The two things that you really need to do to help your chances are: 1) get more involved with XfD's 2) write articles/contribute to existing articles. If you do those two things it will help your case.Balloonman (talk) 07:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Will do - thanks! StephenBuxton (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Stephen,
I've taken a closer look at your edits and would be willing to be your admin coach if you are interested. If you are interested, you need to create a coaching page. This is usually done off of your main page by using the /admin coaching convention. I do have some significant concerns:
  • If you can only edit from work, what kind of work do you do that lets you edit from work? Most companies do not allow people to surf the web like this.
  • You have a significant lack of mainspace edit history. While you have a solid record regarding vandalism, Vandal only nominations are a dime a dozen. Right now, if you were to run, you would probably fail due to lack of article creation/contribution.
  • There are number of areas where your expertise/understanding of basic policies and procedures. Before going for adminship, we would really need to tackle those gaps. Being an admin is not about knowing all of the policies and procedures out there---but you do need to be able to demonstrate that you know how to find the answers to questions. [Your question here] could kill a potential Rfa--it is related to one of wikipedia's core policy's. I know the original question was asked before you became a regular contributor to Wikipedia, but your follow-up question doesn't indicate that you knew the answer as of 2 weeks ago and since the original was not signed it looks like the original post was just made! Thus, my first homework assignment, find the answer to it! What might be the arguments allowing you to add it? What might be the arguments against it? What do you think you should do? Also, why did you remove the BBCProject banner from that page?
  • I don't see you being ready for an RfA for at least 2-3 months... you have to demonstrate an understanding of policies that I don't yet see in your posts (there were other cases than the one I cited above, but that was the most blatant one.)
If you accept my offer to be your coach, transclude this post onto the coaching page.Balloonman (talk) 07:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rude message

Dear Mr.Buxton

I found a message accusing me of sockpuppetry.I did not know what it was until I looked into that.I am most upset!That thsi rude message shoudl have come from an administrator is shocking!I discussed it with my colleagues at LSR College.Perhaps it may be wise to ask all teh new registrants not to contribute if thsi si going to result!

Regards

(Shonali2000 (talk) 13:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC))

The basic evidence is I've never before seen a user with this particular pattern of misspellings, exclamation points, and lack of spaces after punctuation. Lo and behold, now we have two of them arguing on Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_February_18 arguing for Top 1000 Scientists: From the Beginning of Time to 2000 AD.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Stephen. On that page, you seem to be asking what advice to give. I think it's what's written in the second paragraph of this. -- Hoary (talk) 07:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Cheers for that. StephenBuxton (talk) 13:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re Jack Belton

Hi, I'm very sorry for deleting those backlinks; I'll try harder to ensure I uncheck that box in future! Thanks for restoring them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waggers (talk • contribs) 14:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

D'oh! I thought that message looked familiar!! Cheers, Waggers (talk) 14:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
NP! StephenBuxton (talk) 14:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry for not responding...

Hey there Stephen, Normally, I would respond where the conversation started, but since, it's been a few days, I figured I would come here in case you weren't watching my page anymore. Sock puppets is an area where I have *NO* experience, thus couldn't help you out too much... and right now, I'm in the final stages of my company's busy season... eg 60-90 hour work weeks! To answer your question, yes, I used to be a professional BalloonTwister, but haven't done that in a few years.Balloonman (talk) 07:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admin coaching request

You have previously expressed an interest in undergoing the Admin coaching program. We're currently engaged in a program reset to help things move more smoothly in the future. If you are still interested in the program, please go to Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Requests for Coaching and re-list yourself under Current requests, deleting your entry from Older requests. Also, double-check to make sure coaching is right for you at theCoachee checklist; WP:Adoption or WP:Editor review may be more appropriate depending on your situation and aspirations. We should get back to you within a day or so, once a coaching relationship has been identified. Thank you. MBisanz talk 06:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Viking discussion

You wrote: "Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors" and this is exactly what I did. 195.198.15.4 (talk) 16:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad to hear it. I've responded in full on your talk page. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Bradley D. Simon

Mr. Buxton - thank you for your suggestions to Brad Simon's wikipedia article. There were significant edits made since you reviewed it, and I was wondering if you might take another look? I want to do my best to ensure that it does not get deleted, so your opinion would be greatly appreciated. Again, thanks for your time. JG ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lakpr (talk • contribs) 18:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Done! I have changed my opinion to keep, and stated why on the deletion talk page. Should the article be kept, would you like a hand in improving the article? I will admit that I know nothing about this person, but I could at least help out with grammar consistancies, and all the other things that can help improve an article? StephenBuxton (talk) 07:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again, Stephen! I would welcome any help you are willing to offer to make the article better. If there is anything else you think I should do before an adminstrator makes the final decision, please let me know. I want to do everything I can to keep it from deletion. Again, you have been so helpful - thank you! 66.43.90.186 (talk) 13:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I started making some changes to the first paragraph as you suggested (especially since there is a user who feels quite strongly that the article should be deleted per WP:NOTINHERITED). I am trying to prove Simon's notability without editorializing too much because then it would sound more advertorial than encyclopedic? Is it typical, by the way, that users critique so harshly? Lakpr (talk) 21:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

They may sound hyper-critical, but I suspect they are just being fair. I would guess they have done so many critiques that they forget that the people reading them may take the criticism personally. StephenBuxton (talk) 11:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Magic (illusion)

Hi, thanks for the cleanup work on Magic (illusion).

I'd like to do more work on this general topic, but I'm faced with a quandary. As a person interested in magic, I'd like to remove text that reveals magical secrets (how it's done) while preserving the historical context and description of the effects. But I know if I would Be Bold and do that, I'd be accused of vandalizing the pages, not trying to improve them.

There seems to be a lack of consensus as to whether exposure of magical methods belongs in Wikipedia or not. Do you have an opinion on this?

Regards, BWatkins (talk) 21:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

No worries - glad to help out in that article. If you know of any other magic related articles that need improving, please let me know. As for your question...
As a semi-pro magician, I do not think magical secrets have a place here. As a Wikipedian, I can understand why people want the articles to contain as much detail as possible. The way I have decided to get around it is by not going to the pages where there are likely to be secrets, and editing those pages. I also won't add any links to articles where secretes are revealed. As I understand it there have been edit wars about removal of the secrets. Unfortunately for magicians, the policy and guidelines on this site favour items being put in rather than taken out. Magical secrets, unless protected by copyright, do not look like they can be removed once added. If you know of any exposure that have broken copyright, then there would be a case for removal. Original research (i.e. unsourced) is another case where it could be deleted. However, as a lot of the magical principles have been around so that copyright no longer applies, and so many secrets have been revealed in other media that they are easily referenced, it is going to be very hard to get people to change their minds.
If you know of any policy debates on the topic going on, I'll gladly add my voice to it, but much as it pains me, I cannot start blindly removing the secrets. StephenBuxton (talk) 09:29, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Let me add my thanks to the thanks. Thanks. --Kosmoshiva (talk) 21:48, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doing well today

Indeed you are! You forgot to sign the Domenico Barra AFD entry. ;-) LittleOldMe (talk) 11:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced magical methods

When you removed the methods from the articles, it was because the material was unsourced, and – in most cases – had been that way for some time. While your approach was somewhat drastic, I agree that in general it's not necessary or appropriate to wait forever for someone to come along and add sourcing for material in Wikipedia articles.

Where unsourced material is removed from an article on Wikipedia, it's generally a reasonable and courteous practice to move the material to the article talk page and to encourage other editors to restore and/or correct the content when they find suitable supporting sources. Exceptions to this practice include cases where the material removed is defamatory, contains egregious ranting or soapboxing, is particularly lengthy, or is a copyright violation.

The first three from that list obviously don't apply here, but you've brought up the question of copyright issues. By all means, feel free to remove the text from talk pages where you can cite or link to the source of the text that was copied, or where the text was added to the article by any editor who has demonstrated any previous misconduct related to copyright violation. Note that simply describing the mechanics of a method does not constitute a violation of copyright; you would need to show significant copying of another person's description of a trick. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure I see what the harm is in having the removed text on the talk page. It's not on the article page, so regular readers aren't going to be confronted with unsourced and potentially unreliable information. As far as I know, there's been no copyright issue raised. Having the text at hand makes it somewhat easier for editors who wish to source the info.
If it makes you feel any better, you should know that in general, Google doesn't index article talk pages; the only people likely to find the methods are Wikipedia editors who actually click through to the talk page.
Please don't remove or alter my signed comments on talk pages unless there is a copyright or other serious issue raised. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:19, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
If necessary, individuals who edit war can be blocked. At Wikipedia, we're writers and editors first, magicians second—removing the 'tricks' from the articles until the methods can be verified is as good a compromise as you're likely to get. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 18:17, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Stephen, I'm not interested in wasting a tremendous amount of my time attempting to recruit people to argue with you. As an aspiring administrator, you ought to be familiar with the provisions of WP:CANVASS. Members of the magic Wikiproject who are interested in the goings-on there will already have the page watchlisted; they don't need you to spam them with requests to participate. (Moreover, you really are wasting your time in many cases—of the first seven notifications you sent, six were to editors who haven't contributed to Wikipedia for at least three months.)

If you feel that there is insufficient interest or input from members of the Wikiproject after putting your arguments forth on the talk page, then you can post a brief notice to Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) or Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) linking back to your proposed guideline. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 12:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Comment: I took a quick look at Stephen's posts. If he had indeed Canvassed, then that would have killed any chance at passing an RfA in the near future. But looking at his posts, he did not violate Canvass. His posts fulfilled all of the requirements for a friendly note. Stephen sought the opinion of others in the open (Eg he notified the pertinent parties that he was seeking outside opinion.) Notifying people who might be interested in a discussion is not considered Canvassing, if the scope is limited and the message is neutral in tone. It was not soliciting people who shared similar stance, but rather fellow members of the project. Thus it was limited and the target was not seeking "like minded individuals." Finally, his posts expressed the issue that was being discussed, but did not advocate one stance over the other, but rather that consensus needed to be reached. This is perfectly acceptable as it is similar to seeking a 3O or RfC.Balloonman (talk) 16:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
While I appreciate your evaluation of Stephen's posts, there may be some points you have not considered. It was his stated intent to solicit comment from every member of the Magic Wikiproject (that would be 29 notices); he just hadn't gotten around to it yet. That borders on an excessive amount of cross-posting, even for a 'friendly note'.
Soliciting comment from all the members of the Magic Wikiproject – which at first blush may appear not to be seeking 'like-minded individuals' – is likely to return a rather biased and distorted assessment of Wikipedia process and consensus. Many of the individuals participating in the project have identified themselves as practicing magicians (amateur or professional), a group which have in the past shown a tendency to try to delete magic-related information and methods from articles and talk pages regardless of Wikipedia policy. Many magicians have (and continue to) engage in edit wars and issue legal threats against editors and administrators who restore the article content they have deleted. While I by no means intend to suggest that the magician members of the Magic Wikiproject engage in such tactics, there is certainly a bias among this group to avoid revealing the 'secrets' of magic tricks on Wikipedia. As well, many nominal members of the Magic Wikiproject are infrequent contributors, have few contributions to Wikipedia, or have made no contributions at all in recent months (or even years). Such a group may not be the best-advised or acculturated to make judgements on what would be a major departure from standard Wikipedia practice (deleting non-defamatory, non-copyright-infringing, non-soapboxing, non-spam content from a talk page).
As well, I do have to contest that the notice was entirely neutral. He – perhaps inadvertently – misstated the position that I advocate. His note asks what should be done once an unsourced method is removed from an article—" Should the secret be placed on the talk page? Or is just a comment as to why the secret was removed sufficient?" To my mind, the answer to both questions is "yes". Putting a brief comment or explanation on the talk page is certainly sufficient, but adding a copy of the full removed text to the talk page is a useful courtesy. As I understand it, what Stephen actually seeks consensus for is permission to remove or censor the material from any other editor's comments on the talk page: a major departure from Wikipedia practice. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 19:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC) expanded 20:08, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Stephen, I appreciate that you understand my concerns here, and that you will go through proper channels with future proposals. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 19:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Shanethe13

When you warned me about editing other peoples work (namely, shanethe13's profile), he was the one who told me to log on and check out something that he had written. i had actually forgotten that i was logged on at that time. thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ultimate Wombat (talk • contribs) 18:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I see. StephenBuxton (talk) 06:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re: Conflict of Interest

Hi Stephen! Thanks so much for your help. I had no idea. I'm very new to wikipedia. I added a few references to Glass Houses (2008 film) and Scorpio Rising Films....i hope this adds the notability that was missing?? :) if there's anything else we can do to better our contributions, we look forward to your advice! Mbernier1959 (talk) 23:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] adminship

User_talk:Mqduck#Request_for_admin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mqduck (talk • contribs) 02:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "The reach around"?

I got a message from you asking for "the reach around"? Please stop messaging me, I'm trying to do research for a paper and I keep getting messages from you about "the reach around" ShakespearesZombie (talk) 07:38, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Note, Stephen never edited this user's talk page and the user was indef blocked as a sock. Balloonman (talk) 02:22, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bimini Bay AfD

Thanks for taking the time to leave me a note on my talk page about this. You really go the extra mile! I appreciate it. --AnnaFrance (talk) 14:48, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Aw... shucks! *blushes* Glad to be of service! StephenBuxton (talk) 15:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Message Feature for Talk Page

That blue box you have at the top of this talk page, with a special link leading to a new message form—what a great idea. How do you do it? --AnnaFrance (talk) 23:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

That's it? Ha! I was expecting something much more complicated. :) Thank you very much. --AnnaFrance (talk) 14:58, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem - glad to be of service. StephenBuxton (talk) 15:00, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:15, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
NP - good luck with the mop!
Heh. I might need it, but I'll be careful! Thanks again. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:42, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Article for Deletion - please help out

Hallo Steve, the Article is only a joke. His doctoral advisor, Wanna Marchi, is a very famous italian trickster, who now sits in jail for the next ten years. Under 'Known for', there is 'Bella ciao', which is a notable song of the Partisans against the Nazi in WW II. Under 'notable Awards', there is the "Parma d'argento" (pun with 'Palma d'argento') and the "Scalfaro" (former President of Republic) prize. Both of them don't exist. The method to detect neutrinos and his first theorem are also obviously two jokes. On Google no hit refers to this guy. And so on... So please, delete this article a.s.a.p. Kind regards, Alex2006 (talk) 06:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that! StephenBuxton (talk) 09:22, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vic Harris (snooker)

Hi, I added new information to the article after you made your recommendation in the deletion discussion. Thought you might want to take another look. Thanks, Darkspots (talk) 18:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Done - thanks for that! StephenBuxton (talk) 09:19, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your Nom

Balloonman would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Balloonman to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/StephenBuxton . If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Stephen don't feel rushed to transclude this. Do so when you are ready---and I understand that you want to wait until a final resolution has occurred on the "secret" issue. When you do decide to transclude this, make sure that you do so when you will have 2-4 hours to respond to questions/concerns. There is a general expectation at RfA's that candidates are available to answer questions immediately after transcluding their nom. If they don't, then people start to get ancy. Once the RfA has been live for a few hours, people accept delays in responding to questions. When you answer questions, treat it like an interview. Give complete, well thought out answers.Balloonman (talk) 07:16, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your confidence! I suspect that it probably wont be for at least a week before we can run this. Would I be right in thinking that the time starts when I sign my acceptance? StephenBuxton (talk) 09:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Just a quickie commenton your nomination, now the after effects of reading your praise has worn off and my head is starting to deflate back to the normal size (my ego has never been massaged better :-)... I think it would be wrong to mention that I exposed myself to Peer Review. Yes, I did look at it, but after that, I did nothing more on it - other areas of Wikipedia (such as AFDs) took my interest, and so as a result nothing happened there. If someone were to ask me what I did wrt PR, I won't be able to show anything (unless you count my unofficial review of Bradley D. Simon and the To Do list?), and people might start questioning the validity of your other comments.
Whilst I am always happy to receive praise (who isn't?), I don't like taking credit for things that I haven't done. StephenBuxton (talk) 11:13, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
So modified.Balloonman (talk) 17:25, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! StephenBuxton (talk) 10:49, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
when r u going live????Balloonman (talk) 01:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I dropped a comment on the coaching page last night; guess this would have been a more logical place to post it. Ah, the joys of holding conversations in half a dozen different places... Anyway, this is what I writted on the coaching page: "If the RFC can be closed this week, then I should be able to transclude this on Friday. I finish work at lunch time and should be able to spend a good few hours responding to comments. My access at the weekend though will be limited. However, I have ordered broadband, and should have that in about 2-3 weeks. If you think it best, I can hold off until then. If it ends up that the RFC isn't ready for closing by Friday, it's no big deal. I'd much rather have a satisfactory close-out and a delay in starting the RFA than rushing the closure and end up with loose ends. Getting the mop isn't the be-all and end-all, getting consensus is."
Not yet been over to check on the RFC progress this morning - will do so now. StephenBuxton (talk) 09:22, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I would like to see you transclude on Friday either way... I think the RfC issue is more or less resolved. If there are any outstanding issues, they are in the nuiances. I'd like to see you do it on Friday because I'm going to be going on vacation a week after that and would like to be here during the length of your RfA.Balloonman (talk) 16:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Allan Bonner

Hi Stephen:

I have been speaking to another facilitator who told me to make a new profile because I am not Allan Bonner.

It is not a resume or any form of advertising. His page allows people to learn the importance of risk and crisis management in a communications capacity. Communications is a rapidly growing field and it is important that people learn about the growth of the field and the people contributing to it. Is there a number I can call or another avenue to explore. There are other people such as journalists, artists and authors who have pages. Why are we getting kicked off. I have followed all the same guidelines which they have. I would like the speedy deletion removed.

Sarah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allanbonner (talk • contribs) 15:30, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

First off, if you are Sarah, please do not use Allan Bonner's user account, as there are strict guidelines about not having multiple people using the same account. As far as the article is concerned, it is about someone who does not appear to be notable. Please have a read of WP:NOTABLE and WP:PEOPLE to see what criteria is looked for in leaving articles. If he is notable, then fantastic! However, if he isn't, then you should prepare yourself for it being deleted. StephenBuxton (talk) 15:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Allan Bonner

Hi Stephen:

I appreciate you getting back to me so quickly and trying to resolve this issue.

I am not sure what "weak keep" means. The reason his book as multiple citations is due to information from other industry experts or quoting people such as Marx etc... Many reputable media outlets have used him as a pundit in fact he is on BNN tonight speaking about a current controversial matter. I am not sure what NPOV inhection means. And he has been referenced by many media outlets and notable people so I am not sure what "too badly infected with spin" refers to. Is there information that should be removed for this to get approved?

Thanks again you are very helpful. Sarah Sarahanders1712 (talk) 16:45, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I've explained the meanings on the AFD page: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allan Bonner. Hope that helps - if not, just ask. StephenBuxton (talk) 17:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining my slang on the AfD page. My bad. 9Nak (talk) 17:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
No problem. StephenBuxton (talk) 09:15, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Allan Bonner

Can you please look at it now. I formulated it like many other authors do. I think it should be fine. Thanks again for your help. I will continue to try posting until it is worthy because I find his information extremely valuable and I know others will feel the same way.

Sarahanders1712 (talk) 19:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the delay - I've been out for a day or two with limited access. All the highly biased parts of the article have been removed, but there is very little content left. What you need to do now is include factual information that describes his notability. The fact that he is a published author and is also used as a pundit should help - you need to cite independant secondary sources to help establish his notability. Please have a read of WP:notability, WP:BIO and WP:CITE. The original article read as a combination of an advert and a curriculum vitae for the person. If you can avoid using peacock words, then it stands a much better chance of survival. By peacock words, I mean things like this: "John Doe is a highly respected author of The Biography". The words in itallics are peacock words - unsubstantiated words used to dress up the sentence and make him seem more notable. A sentence like this: "John Doe is the author of The Biography, and has influenced other writers such as Jane Doe(ref), John X Doe(ref) and A Nonnymouse(ref)". The references would be for things like interviews that the other authors have given where they speak of John Doe's influence. Have a read of WP:PEACOCK. Hope this helps. StephenBuxton (talk) 09:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)