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Well if that counts...you've got some work to do

Now, I hate to be a bother about this. But if The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack doesnt meet A7, you my friend have a lot of AfDs to create. Under theCategory: Audio podcasts you may find one or two more podcasts that are 'not notable enough for an encylopedia.' personally, i feel if they're published they're notable enough, hence why someone created The Infobox for Podcasts. Just thought I'd let you know, cheers! Ganfon 02:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I would appreciate it if you reigned in the sarcasm. A7 is a speedy deletion criteria, and does not require me to create an afd. I will review the other podcasts you have suggested. Alphachimp 02:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Template:Infobox_Aqueduct

Please look at the history of Template:Infobox_Aqueduct. I created this and it worked. Then, with the history claiming to be me, it got filled with "top-forty" junk, causing everything I wrote, that used that template, to put that junk on the screen. I never put that junk into the template, yet the history says that I did. This is NotGood(tm). --LymanSchool 01:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm really, really confused about what you're saying. It looks fine to me. Alphachimp 19:58, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

It's GONE! There was (left in the history), a large amount of text from some top-forty (Casey Casum) listings that had been pre-pended to the template. This was real because it positively screwed up everything that used the aqueduct template. Each of the articles ended up with the erroneous top-forty listing at its beginning! Of course, I reverted the template back to its last working version. However, the history with its corrupt text in the beginning remained. When I reviewed the history, it looked as though I was the one, which added the text, which was not true. This is what I complained about. Now there is no bad text in the history, and no evidence that anything bad happened. It's positively weird!! --LymanSchool 13:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

About AWB

This is just quick. After today, I will go on Wikibreak. Just what is the functional purpose for AWB? If it is not to increase your edits, then what is the main purpose? Please respond. Note: I will look over messages, but not respond unless necessary. Thanks for your help. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 16:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the tip, I will make sure of this in the future. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 17:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

The Reel Horror Podcast page...

...has been deleted by you. May I know why? And is there a way that I can remedy this situation??? Jonathankui 18:58, 2 December 2006 (UTC)jonathankui

The article, Reel Horror Podcast, was deleted as a failure of WP:CSD A7, which specifically states that an article must assert the notability of its subject. As the article did not assert the notability of the podcast, it was deleted. If you would like to attempt to assert notability, I can restore the article and put it through the Articles for Deletion process. Alphachimp 19:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Could you please delete this page?

Thanks! Bearly541 07:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Looks like somebody beat me to it. Alphachimp 22:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

A7 criteria for Hollywood Podcast

Alphachimp, I understand that deletion of this site was speedy due to the fact that it was not notable or something or another. I was wondering if there is a guideline for wikipedia that would list the rules for the inclusion of podcasts. I would think that a podcast that receives a substantial number of hits would qualify as notable. I can understand that the bio on the page delated was "not notable" enough for inclusion but this show like other podcasts (i.e., pacificcoasthellway, keith and the girl, shadow falls) are notable. Does a podcast need to include a print media reference to be substantiated?

Basically . . . the word "notable" is a little vauge and I was wondering if you could expand on it?

Thank you in advace, --Laetus007 01:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

The deletion was not for the lack of notability. It was for the lack of an assertion of notability (if you had made an assertion, I would have nominated it for deletion). WP:CSD A7 says that you just need to claim that it is notable. That said, I am willing to restore the article if you can claim notability for me. I will nominate it for deletion and it can pass through the afd process. Let me know what you want to do. Regards, Alphachimp 22:51, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:Qana massacre.jpg

Hi Alphachimp, I've noticed that this image has been twice deleted (in the second case by you), and has been uploaded yet again. Do you think you could review its fair-use rationale, as well as whether it is encyclopaedic? Maybe I'm off, but I think it is a graphic image that constitutes an NPOV problem as well as not falling under fair-use. Thanks, Tewfik^Talk 00:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

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SharedIPEDU blocking

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Podcasters

Hey buddy, what have you got against podcasters?

I thought Wikipedia was about opening up the portals of knowledge, however it would appear only those subject matters that are acceptable to you may be featured.

Have you heard of Ray Bradbury?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.228.77 (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the signature and title Seidenstud. Honestly, I have no problem with podcasts...I've just noticed that a lot of them do not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. As such, I've undertaken a more focused effort to find non-notable podcast articles. Hope that helps, Alphachimp 19:43, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Jawbone AfD

Didn't read your message to me regarding the Jawbone AfD (just closed - Delete) until a few minutes ago, but if someone is willing to push it through deletion review. I'll most certainly endorse the closure. B.Wind 07:08, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB

Thanks! Baristarim 02:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure. Alphachimp 03:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB Appeal

I know as a general rule one must have 500 mainspace edits to qualify to use AWB, however I would like to ask for reconsideration -- I have over 1200 total edits (of which 315 are in the mainspace) over a period of two years. As my edit stats show, I prefer to discuss via talk before making changes, and often let others craft consensus-driven changes instead of jumping in myself (easier to remain objective). Furthermore, please note I've never been the subject of any complaint or disciplinary action. I really want a way to automate MoS corrections and minor errors. Any comments welcome. Thanks! /Blaxthos 02:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for your time and consideration on my application for "AutoWikiBrowser" use. Although I didn't get approved (less than 500 edits....), I wanted to show my appreciation for you at least evaluating my application. I think this (AutoWikiBrowser) could be a great editing tool (even for a relative newbie like me), and not just for "search and destroy missions" - a tool that an everyday user could use and be even more valuable to the Wiki community.

Again, thanks for the consideration, and I will be applying later (once I've got the experience)! NDCompuGeek 02:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

PS - Don't know if I stressed it, but thanks making a potentially great tool also!

Thanks for the nice compliments. I'd certainly encourage you to apply again later when you have more mainspace edits. Alphachimp 03:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Jawbone AFD

Alphachimp

I really don't think this matter has been given proper consideration. My understanding is that the reason for deletion is that the arguments for retention were not strong enough. However, Len from Jawbone ("Nobbyknees" I believe) and others made some excellent comments and arguments and pointed you in the direction of several notable sources that have mentioned Jawbone. Apparently, however, sources such as the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the largest computer publishers in the world don't meet your criteria of what is a notable source. It would be hard to find one more notable that the BBC...

My point is that YOU did not properly answer these arguments, other than refer people back to the guidelines, without specifically stating why their arguments were not valid. How can this be democratic. It reinforces the commonly held view that you had already made your mind up to delete before the debate.

Forgive me, but your consideration of this issue has a decidely superiority-complex feel about it. YOU apparently are the sole arbiter and essentially, if an article does not meet your criteria, it is canned. Your user name in itself presumably is intended to represent the fact that you are the sole arbiter, which is fine if that is what floats your boat, but don't get upset if people comment regarding the name.

I assumed Wikipedia existed to increase the knowledge base, and encourage real people to contribute regarding current issues and activities, such as podcasting,however if the policy is to only include articles that YOU decide are notable, surely that will diminish the knowledge and take us down a rather Fascist way of viewing knowledge.

I urge you to reconsider. Waynefromtheuk 14:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Waynefromtheuk

I'm not quite sure how you intend for me to respond to this one. You're accusing me of being a fascist, not properly answering questions, and having a superiority complex. You go on to attack my username. After all that, you "urge me to reconsider". Wow, that was one heck of a persuasive argument. You say that there is a "commonly held view that you had already made your mind up to delete before the debate". Um........yes. I nominated the article for deletion. Hence, I argue for my point. I'm not really sure how much more clear I can be.

If you wish to contribute productively to wikipedia, try doing something other than just attacking a user. You'll find it's a lot more rewarding and productive, and does far more to benefit society. Regards, Alphachimp 19:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Jawbone AFD, continued

I fail to see how removing Jawbone helps the users of Wikipedia. For example, users might want to search for information on a very popular and notable (quoted multiple times in other well knwon media sources, like the BBC) podcast, but your actions have denied them that facility.

OK, attacking your name was wrong, and I apologise, but, as for the Fascist comment, read this, from Wikipedia. If the cap fits...; "The dictatorship of Adolf Hitler largely suppressed freedom of the press through Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry. As the Ministry's name implies, propaganda did not carry the negative connotations that it does today (or did in the Allied countries); how-to manuals were openly distributed by that same ministry explaining the craft of effective propaganda. The Ministry also acted as a central control-point for all media, issuing orders as to what stories could be run and what stories would be suppressed".

I personally think that supressing information on the basis of what you believe is right is a very bad idea and I am frankly amazed that there is no-one in Wikipedia's management and editorial control process agreed to this deletion when the person arguing for deletion failed to respond properly to the valid arguments/defences.

It is noteworthy that you have again failed to do this. No doubt you will say there is no point now that you have got the result you intended.

It is worth quoting again from Wikipedia's entry on "encyclopedia", which is part of the sites tagline "The Free Encyclopedia";

"An encyclopedia, encyclopaedia or (archaically) encyclopædia,[1] is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge"

Clearly "all branches of knowledge" are not included.Waynefromtheuk 23:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The fact that an encyclopedia contains information about all branches of knowledge does not mean that that encyclopedia contains information about all things. In fact, one of the marks of a good encyclopedia is that it is able to rationally decide one those things that are sufficiently notable (I doubt you're concerned about my dog, but if wikipedia is to be truly exhaustive, he should be included as well). Wikipedia is a user-driven collaboration. It is unique in the sense that nearly all decisions and effort are contributed by volunteers working without compensation (such as me--consider that before calling me fascist).

I encourage you to express yourself through your blog, your podcast, or any other written or oral means. It's certainly great that our society finds outlets to express themselves. Unfortunately, not all of these outlets (like most podcasts), are sufficiently notable to merit inclusion in Wikipedia. That doesn't preclude their notability later on, but, at least right now, they don't meet our standards. The outcome of the AfD discussion, whether one agrees with it or not, was endorsed by wikipedia "management". I'm not really sure what you and Len are hoping to achieve by going after me on the Jawbone site and here. Alphachimp 01:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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AWB

Thanks for approving me. I've downloaded the software, but it states when I login "Greba is not enabled to use this". Greba 15:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I think I accidentally left a space after your name. I fixed that...so let me know if it works. Alphachimp 15:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah!! It says I'm enabled now, and I've got the green light! Thanks. Greba 15:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB

You recently approved me, yet AWB says im not allowed to use it still. --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 02:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. I was forced away from the computer and forgot to add you to the check page. I have added you. Let me know if there are any difficulties. Alphachimp 03:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from me too, that was a damn speedy response, I was expecting a week or more! Any tool that will help me get more out of my time on Wiki is greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . Editor Review} 03:29, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Aye, thank you :) Everything is working fine now :) --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 03:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I've downloaded it and it works, but I cant log in, I'm not allowed to use it. I haven't been updated to use it on the Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage page. Thanks in advance, Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . Editor Review} 06:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

sorry about that. it has been fixed. Alphachimp 08:39, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks mate. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . Editor Review} 22:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB

I've been here for 18 months. I'm not a vandal. There's no reason why we can't bend the rule of thumb. -- Chris is me 16:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Those aren't the criteria. I never said you were a vandal. I'm simply following the approvals procedure. As an additional note, you implied that you were already approved...you weren't. Someone could say that is deceitful, but I'll assume good faith if you'll do the same. Regards, Alphachimp 16:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

But WP:AWB says the 500-edit rule is a rule-of-thumb. There's no reason to reject me simply because I don't have the edits. The purpose of the rule is to keep out people who would misuse AWB, not to make me edit 500 times first. Sorry for the incivility, I've been really on edge recently.-- Chris is me 01:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

AFD - Jawbone

Alphachimp

Glad you are looking at the Jawbone blog - some great stuff!

Just to clarify, I have not spoken to Len and in fact believe he would not support my stance as he probably feels that being in Wikipedia or not will not greatly affect his life, though I think Wikipedia is less worthy as a result. The dog analogy does not really stack up, but let's leave it there.

Waynefromtheuk 23:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB

Concerning AWB, I stopped that line of editing as soon as I received the first message to my talk page. And I offered to help the admin who did the reverts, User:Nihonjoe, on his talk page. I learn from trial and error very quickly, so this won't happen again. The next series of edits I planned, which I'm in discussion with Nihonjoe currently is adding the Category:Basic topic lists to the lists at Lists of basic topics which do not yet have the tag. Is that an acceptable use of AWB? May I have my AWB privileges back please? The Transhumanist (AWB) 23:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

You have been reapproved. Please be more careful in the future. Alphachimp 02:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB

Dear Alphachimp, Thank you for your message. I'm disappointed that I was rejected from AWB. I'm surprised that Portal edits aren't taken into consideration, as this has been my main focus on Wikipedia. If those were taken into account, my edits are well over 500. I hope that you will reconsider. Many thanks, Madder 02:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, you're approved. Alphachimp 02:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

In reply to the rejection of AWB....

I have re-applied for AWB. I also replied to your post on my talk page. Thank you for your time and consideration. ++ Arx Fortis 08:37, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

tell me who ru ?

hi wikipedian

tell me who   r u ?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Webmailnet (talk • contribs) 09:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

Network IPs

I just wanted to let you know that these two IP addresses, 72.23.244.5 and 72.23.224.17, both belong to Grove City College and any edits made by these users are behind the network firewall at the college. I've found that many IPs that have a notice saying they belong to a certain school (either public or private, high school or college, etc.) help detecting vandalism. Perhaps you could add this to these IP addresses? Thanks. Mattygabe 00:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Check This Out

Hi Alphachimp, if you're interested in deleting pages from Wikipedia I suggest you check http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Yeast_Radio. Most of the information on this page is not factual. Madge is a fictional character though the article reads as if she is a real person with potential liable comments such as "former lover of Ethel Merman." --Ccadenhead 05:13, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Protecting minors

Here, you wrote, "Based on the request and concerns for your privacy as a minor, I have deleted the history of your userpage. You are welcomed to continue editing it, but I would like to discourage you from adding any information that could compromise your personal safety as a minor. You can contact me with any questions or concerns. Thanks. Alphachimp 07:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)"

That may be a very good thing, so I'm not questioning it. I'd like to know though, what gives you the authority to do that? Is there a particular guideline or policy in place? Like I said, I'm not disagreeing with it; I just want to know what's behind it. Tragic romance 11:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Image ccv5.jpg was deleted but should not have been, since it is available under GPL general public license for use by its owners.

Jawbone Radio on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jawbone Radio. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Tvindy 21:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Jawbone Radio on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Jawbone Radio. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Tvindy 21:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Flavor Flav

Please, once again, return to the Flavor Flav page. The Counter Strike vandals have returned....yet again. Thanks in advance. Gamer83 01:10, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

RE: Jawbone Radio DR

Thanks for informing me, I have already participated in the DR. Terence Ong 05:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I also thank you for the same reason. Regards.--Húsönd 05:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

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Request for comment on my campaign to become an administrator

Hello Alphachimp, I hope that you are having a happy holiay season. I have recently been nominated to become an administrator here on Wikipedia. I am asking that since I have worked with you in the past that you stop by my nomination page and consider entering a vote, hopefully in support of my becoming an administrator.

• Please feel free to communicate with me on my Talk page at User talk:No1lakersfan if you have any questions or reservations. Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season. Thanks, --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 00:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New year Prodego i wish you great wealth and fun time in the coming year! --The Dwarf_King 14:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...same to you. Alphachimp 06:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

About my AWB request

Hi Alphachimp, I had made a request for AWB and followed closely the results and thought I was approved. Yet, after having tried and failed to install the file (I do have net framework 2), I am not sure if I was indeed approved. Here is the edit [1], but there are 5 names crossed out and your comment is 3 approved, 1 denied. Could it be you forgot me? Should I apply again? Hoverfish 00:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

You are approved. I screwed up a few approvals by adding a space after the username, but I don't appear to have done that for you. Check out Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage. My assumption is that this has something to do with the failed AWB installation. Even if you're not approved, AWB will still install. It simply checks after each time you log in. If your name is not approved, AWB won't edit. Alphachimp 06:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer. My name is there indeed. I will see what is wrong with my PC/installation. Hoverfish|Talk 09:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

MyKungFu

This user has resurfaced and once again causing havoc to articles such as Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha. He's using IP addresses to make the changes, however; his changes are the same material that was rejected when he was banned from wikipedia. Can you review and see what can be done?--Ccson 15:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Other than the reversion and semi-protection, I'm not sure what else we can do. A range-block, however attractive, would cause a huge amount of collateral damage. We've actually permanently blocked a lot of the AOL IPs (AOL is now an open proxy with their free services). Feel free to contact me if you need any further help and support. Regards, Alphachimp 04:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which did not succeed and was closed early at 2/10/9. I am not discouraged, however, and will use the experience to improve my skills until a later date when I may succeed. Yuser31415 20:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Podcast Pickle

I object to the deletion of [Podcast Pickle]. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Darrik2 (talk • contribs) Darrik2 21:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Podcast Pickle. Alphachimp 20:57, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Eh, I misunderstood the template. I thought I was supposed to post on your page saying that it shouldn't be deleted. Sorry about that. Darrik2 21:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I assumed you didn't know, so I just created the AfD ("Prod" tags can be removed by any user). Alphachimp 21:13, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I was trying to help clean up the 3 colours red page i have contributed before, since i was last looked someone had added a more magazine like account, am a little confused by specifics of the site..

revised Jawbone article

I do appreciate (seriously, not sarcastically) your offer to put a copy of my revised Jawbone article in my user space. Yes, thank you, please do so.PaulLev 23:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for putting the article in my user space. I'm happy to do whatever is necessary to bring it into compliance with Wikipedia standards.PaulLev 01:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Torchic article

Hi Alphachimp :) Please let me know what you think of the edits I just made if you like. Djbaniel 04:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Uh, they look fine to me. I didn't really see what you were doing, but there doesn't seem to be anything particularly wrong with them. Alphachimp 04:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

File:Julekort.jpg

Wishing you a Happy Holidays
from S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 04:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

That's a really nice card and it made my night. Thanks so much and same to you! :D Regards, Alphachimp 04:28, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

We Meet Again!

You have blocked me before. But I am unblockable. I have vandaliszed over 5,000 articles. I will never stop. I have cracked Wikipedia's code for blocks. It takes a only few seconds to open a new account and continue VANDALISM! Honey fesaaaaz 05:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow, you're the coolest. Want a cookie or something? Alphachimp 05:30, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Alphachimp, thanks for signing my book...and for being a great admin. :D Cheers and Merry Christmas! — Seadog_MS 05:42, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Approved for AWB!

Thank you for your recent application to use AutoWikiBrowser. I have approved your request and you should now be able to use the AWB application. Be sure to check every edit before you save it, and don't forget to check out the AWB Guide. You can get any help you need over on the AWB talk page. Feel free to contact me with any questions, Alphachimp 05:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Yay, an early Christmas present! Thank you and merry Christmas. And a happy new year! Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 09:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Non-Latin Username Blocks

There is some dispute as to whether these blocks are supported. There are many active editors who do just fine contributing with non-latin names. Per the discussion here, there seems be support for reccomending for to people creating a username at en.WP to not use non-latin characters. But does not appear to be consensus for blocking people on sight who already have a non-latin account at another Wikimedia wiki. Will you please start taking these non-latin username through Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names in order to better gather opions on the mattter? Thank you for your atttention to this matter.--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 17:04, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for AWB! Happy Holiday!. -- Chris is me 18:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

AWB Approval

Hello, Could you guide me in why I am not approved so I know what direction I need to go in, to eventually being approved. Thanks in advance. Navou ^talk 20:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• You just answered me on my talk, thanks again Navou ^talk 20:49, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Yup, no problem. Sorry about that. Alphachimp 20:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Russian national football team

Concerning your message:

Thank you for experimenting with the page Russia national football team on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Alphachimp 23:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your supervision - I really messed up there. But I have just added a link to another article - it works correct now.

ok, sounds good. Thanks for the message here. alphachimp 21:56, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Allegations of Israeli apartheid

You forgot to unprotect Talk:Allegations of Israeli apartheid. Highlites 20:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

ok, done. alphachimp 20:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

alphachimp

I signed up with the name TheWhiteAfrican, which you promptly blocked indefinitely. You even restricted my talk page, which is a very irrational thing to do considering that you didn't even provide me with a reason for blocking my account. After reading through the username terms, I still cannot see how it oversteps the username rules. The only reason how it might've been confused, is because you thought it was offensive towareds a racial group? But have you considered that since I am white, yet from africa, the username could have been intended as a personal statement. You have to be pretty twisted to relate the name "TheWhiteAfrican" in any way with some white segregation nonsense. So either provide me with a proper reason why my username should be blocked, or give it back to me. The administrators are here to make wikipedia better, not to abuse their administrative rights and restrict whoever they want to. EternalZenith 20:59, 24 December 2006 (UTC)EternalZenith

You were blocked because your name implied apartheid, which could be offensive to some editors. Another editor reported your account as offensive on WP:AIV, so the judgment was not simply mine. Your talk page was not protected (if it was, something would be in this log), so I have no idea what you're talking about. Your attitude on this page is extremely out of line. If you have a problem with my administrative status or decisions, you're welcome to protest them on WP:ANI. alphachimp 21:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

3RR

Thank you. I typed up a response on [[WP:AN/3RR], but by the time I hit "save" you'd already responded. --Calton | Talk 21:54, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

About Warning

this about trish page ya i know, somebody, vandalized my vandalism, ive stopped but somebody seriously needs to clean that page up! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.50.69.27 (talk • contribs)

Uh, ok. alphachimp 23:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello alphachimp

No i did not leac any unconstructive messages it was my 12 year old son, many apopgies, but comon', have a sense of humor, its christmas. ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.7.108.255 (talk • contribs)

Please keep him from vandalizing Wikipedia. Thanks. alphachimp 23:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas!!!! and happy holidays! -hotspot ^{(come say hi)} 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you! alphachimp 23:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on Middletown, Delaware

I reverted multiple forms of vandalism on this page to only find that it has been vandalized twice since I had done so (reverted once by you and another by me). I don't live there (or have ever been there), but for a town of only 9,000, it sure gets a lot of vandalism.

I'm curious as to why it recieves so much vadalism.... I've been wondering if its a group of friends or just one or two people because the vandalism is pretty similar and its usually in the "Notable Residents". If this continues, do you think we could have the page temporarily locked?--Renegade Replicant|^{leave me a message} 03:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd rather not semi-protect the page this early, but I do agree that the short-term trend of vandalism is a bit alarming. I'm guessing that you're right. It's probably a group of several schoolchildren determined to vandalize the article. I'd suggest watchlisting the article (I only caught it because I was watching the recent changes feed) and reporting/reverting/proposing for protection on WP:RFPP (or here, I guess). I hope that helps...those are just my best guesses/advice. alphachimp. 03:54, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Will do, I came across the page the same way myself. Under what grounds can a page be semi-protected or protected? --Renegade Replicant|^{leave me a message} 04:22, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

To quote from WP:SEMI: "Semi-protection should be considered if it is the only reasonable option left to deal with vandalism on a page or to stop a banned or blocked user from editing it." alphachimp. 04:32, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I am very offended

I take great offense to your statement on AN. That one is not an article editor does not make them useless. Essjay (Talk) 05:11, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow Essjay. I really couldn't imagine that my comment would be taken the wrong way, and I certainly apologize for that. You are useful, don't worry :). Administrators generally do contribute productively, even when they are not directly adding to articles. Happy Holidays! I'm just quite concerned about allowing accounts to develop that contribute absolutely nothing to this encyclopedia, even during a holiday season. alphachimp. 05:19, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

People are very quick to forget that much of what is done around this site is done by people who actively choose to give up article editing in favor of keeping the site running so others can edit articles. "[A]ccounts that do nothing to contribute to our articles" does not specify "except the ones doing all the thankless jobs that keep them too busy to edit articles, like being Board members, or developers, or arbitrators, or a hundred other things"; it paints everyone who isn't an article contributor with the same brush. It's very disheartening to see yourself disparaged in this way, and it happens far too often. The jobs we non-article-editors do are thankless enough without having others put us down for making the choice to do them instead of spellchecking VapoRub. Essjay (Talk) 05:32, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Essjay, your point is well-taken and I have made similar ones myself; but I think Alphachimp is actually in much the same boat you are, having chosen to largely specialize in administrative work and running a bot, so I am quite sure he didn't mean what he said in any pejorative sense. Newyorkbrad 05:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Honestly, Essjay, I didn't feel the need at the time to couch the original statement. I really didn't intend to offend anyone with it, particularly you. I too haven't written or contributed significantly to articles in quite some time. I hope you have a happy, safe, and merry Christmas -- no hard feelings. alphachimp. 07:45, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't want any hard feelings either. I feel very strongly about the issue of "non-article editors," and having been discounted for it before, I take it very seriously when someone else is similarly discounted. I hope you have a Merry Christmas as well, and hope the whole issue is over, though I fear it isn't. Essjay (Talk) 07:53, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Untitled comment

Hey i left a message about the incomming secretary general of the UN... What i put in there was a fact... i watched an interview with him on SUnday morning on ABC with the George Ste..(cant spell his greek name) and he referred to the statement there... as Mr Moon kept dodging a question he asked him.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.28.180.30 (talk • contribs)

Yeah, but you called him a slippery eel. That looked like vandalism to me. alphachimp. 08:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

3RR

It was I who opened discussion on the talk page after the other bloke repeatedly flatly reverted my edits.
I've checked my reverts and I didn't break the 3RR- I came close at one point however I made sure I waited until midnight when it was the next day before I reverted to the correct version. The most I've reverted in one day is 3 times.--Josquius 11:42, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Honestly, I have no idea why you're complaining to me. The three revert rule is not a rule meant to be followed in technical detail to its limit. Users coming close to 3 reverts repeatedly can still be blocked for violating the rule. Also, there's never a correct version, try as we might. Anyway, I only warned you. Take it as a lesson and avoid revert wars from now on. alphachimp. 05:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Untitled section: email

i was wondering if you got my email? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeathEndsFun (talk • contribs)

Yeah, and I've responded. Have a nice night. alphachimp. 05:38, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

TGV Méditerranée

Hi, please move TGV Méditerranée back to LGV Méditerranée; apparently you didn't see my edit summary that explained my reversal of the same incorrect change in the article itself. See User talk:Micoucou for more info. --Espoo 10:26, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working getting very full

Hi, Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working is getting very full at the moment - in the coming days are you able to deploy your bot on some of the requests there? Cheers and Merry Christmas. Timrollpickering 14:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for blocking

We won't miss him. But you can bet he's going to be back real soon. --Chussid 15:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome. =) --alphachimp. 16:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Axel Kahn

As you may have noticed if you read the history of the page in english and in french, you noticed that a contributor insists on introducing diffamation in the article. This has already been taken off the French page for this very reason [2] I know fighting against vandals is difficult but open your yes and stop acting exactly as the vandal/ I'll delete once more the diffamation part of the article and I hope this article will be protected once and for all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.79.90.85 (talk • contribs)

We're not going to permanently protect the "correct" version of an article. Check out WP:SEMI. The revision did not seem like defamation to me. I'm not acting like a vandal and I would strongly suggest that you avoid making such comparisons. alphachimp. 16:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Semiprotecting or protecting, do what you want. Writing unsourced false allegations is condemned by law in cas you forgot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.79.90.85 (talk • contribs)

Don't make legal threats or speak down to me. You're welcome to file a request at WP:RFPP. I won't protect your preferred page version. alphachimp. 17:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Untitled comment: Unblocked?

IP address 148.177.1.219 is still blocked. i was wondering if you are still going to unblock it, or does it take a while? DeathEndsFun 20:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

ok, mevermind, i guess it is :) sorry about that! DeathEndsFun 21:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

yup, no problem. alphachimp. 23:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Christian Miles

There was no need to remove this article, it was about my friend who is an up-and-coming model (and by the way we cited sources). The fact that he is not THAT famous yet does not give you the right to remove his page. Because of you, I must now try to dig up the original page and restore it. You are of no help. ~Bovester —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bovester (talk • contribs)

Actually, I'd suggest that you don't recreate it. I'm going to protect the page in a minute. alphachimp. 23:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

File:Julekort.jpg

Wishing you a Happy Holidays
from sign here • HAPPY HOLIDAYS! — s d 3 1 4 1 5!
23:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your signature and comment!

Same to you! alphachimp. 23:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Mulitple User

There are multiple users on 12.10.219.37 If there are any concerns, please post it in the section on the user 12.10.219.37 I will create. I am tryin to cut down on other usage on this computer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.10.219.37 (talk • contribs)

That makes it a shared IP. We have a good number of them editing Wikipedia, I wouldn't worry too much about it. alphachimp. 23:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Gerald Ford

The edit added unsourced information re: the cause of death (or, at least, information that wasn't found in the article that was cited in that particular sentence). --PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 06:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Actually, no, that particular edit didn't, now that I take a closer look at the history. My fault. Although, that information still isn't sourced in that paragraph. --PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 06:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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re: ({{blatantvandal}} on User talk:Astanhope

I had looked over some of his previous edits and he seems to be fond of making jokes about bodily functions. Also, that combined with the sick image vandalism that had just been added to the Ford article, regarding the same body area, (I am not accusing him of that vandalism), seemed to indicated that he was making a joke about that. That combined with the fact that he kept adding the content I would call that vandalism. Considering the profile of the Ford article and the number of people around the world who are probably coming to wikipedia for information about Ford, I think it is not an overreaction. --rogerd 07:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Getting Ericl back online.

I'm still getting autoblocked for most of the times I'm trying to get back on. sorry to bother you again. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.108.2.161 (talk) 07:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC).

I removed the autoblock a minute or two ago. It should be totally gone. alphachimp. 07:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)]

At last.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.2.161 (talk • contribs)

Yup, apologies again. alphachimp. 07:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Personal Page vandalism

Hey man whats up with that. Is this IP going to get banned? The poster turned around and redid the vandalism to my page right after you removed it. http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ALoveMonkey&diff=96703140&oldid=87834422 LoveMonkey 15:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Alphachimp/Archive 9

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Thanks for your support on my successful Request for Adminship (final result 78 Support /0 Oppose / 1 Neutral) I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months. I am humbled by your kind support and would certainly welcome any feedback on my actions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Once again, many thanks and happy new year! All the best, Asterion^talk 16:08, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for the help

Thanks for the help in blocking User:88.105.111.90 but it seems they have returned as they promised using a different IP address of User:88.105.65.70, I've reverted the edits to your user page and will add a warning on the talk page of User:88.105.65.70. Hopefully they'll get bored. Adambro 18:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

That's ok. I'm working on the rangeblock right now. I just want to make sure I get it right. :) alphachimp. 18:10, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Fear the Boot

http://feartheboot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1983&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.49.59.34 (talk) 21:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC).

The article was deleted as a failure of WP:CSD A7: an article that does not assert the notability of the subject. I realize it can be quite frustrating to have your content removed. Don't worry...the content is still in our database. It's only visible to administrators. I've reviewed the article again, and there is still no assertion of notability. Feel free to contact with me with such an assertion, and we can see about restoring the article.

I'd post on your forum, but I've already got enough irons in the fire over here on Wikipedia. Feel free to copy this message there. alphachimp. 22:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Bot commands at WP:BOT

I'll fill you in with the extra info as soon as I can; I can't do it right now. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 01:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

you can make me new message

I want article removed can you help thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.4.218.95 (talk) 09:53, 28 December 2006 (UTC).

You're really not going to be able to get Gerald Ford removed by claiming you're a dead ex president. I'm just saying... alphachimp. 09:57, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

untitled comment

dude, Dont mess with Texas is the texas state motto....frieendship is the old one —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.50.5.136 (talk • contribs)

Can you cite a source for that? alphachimp. 10:09, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Your user page

Dude, I'm loving the quote:

As of November 30, 2006, Alphachimpbot was the 36th biggest contributor on English Wikipedia. Alphachimp was the 375th (ignoring bots). It proved, once and for all, that Alphachimp had no life.

Larry V (talk | contribs) 16:53, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Tehe. Thanks bud. alphachimp. 23:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Bots making Userboxes Corrections

AlphaChimp, when are the bots (like AlphaChimpbot) going to be running to correct the userboxes which no longer exist on users pages (i.e. this)? I had to make numerous corrections to user's pages. Can you please reply on my talk page? Thanks. Bearly541 18:54, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Why don't I use a login when I modify the metamath page ?

Because I'm a bit lazy, because I feel a bit discomfortable to see my name again and again in the history page and because I'm more or less the only one who modifies the metamath page. :-) --Frédéric Liné 10:42, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Jawbone deletion appeal

It was very disappointing that the deletion was endorsed without anyone responding to a very valid point about the notability or not of a top 20 newsppaper in the USA. The whole process appeared to be a waste of time as no-one at Wikipedia seemed interested in objectivity and, to reinforce the view that this was a pre-ordained deletion based on factors other than notability, the old "insult the objectors" trick was deployed, calling people "Meatpuppets", rather than responding to valid arguments.

Very sad. And rather indicative of the tactics deployed in the early 30's to quell dissent.

Waynefromtheuk 23:14, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I, on the other hand, was extremely pleased with the fair and reasonable decision made in response to the overwhelming community consensus supporting the deletion decision. It's truly a proud day to be a Wikipedian. Again, I'm not quite sure what you're attempting to achieve with posting here. Perhaps you could inform me. alphachimp. 23:38, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

"Community" presumably means fellow Wikipedians? I don't think a single person outside of your Wikipedia world could describe this process as being fair and reasonable, unless your Wiki Dictionary includes in that description ignoring clear evidence of notability, ignoring fair questions and insulting those who make arguments without dealing with their points.

What am i achieving? Nothing probably because you just don't get it, but my conscience will be clear. A proud day to be a Wikipedian? Do you have any idea how Orwellian that sounds?

Waynefromtheuk 00:01, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Bot requests

How do you request your bot to do commands. I posted something similar at WP:RFBOT, but I will explain again for clarity. As per a new changeover of templates, I want my bot to replace NYCS templates with a new universal template. For example, if a template reads {{NYCS 7}}, then I want my bot to replace it with {{NYCS service|7}}. If the template reads {{NYCS 7 rush}}, then I want my bot to replace it with {{NYCS service|7|<7>}}. If {{NYCS time}} follows, for example: {{NYCS 5}} followed by {{NYCS time|234}}, then I want my bot to replace it with {{NYCS service|5||234}}. If a rush template comes before {{NYCS time}}, for example: {{NYCS 7 rush}} followed by {{NYCS time|1a2a3c}}, then I want my bot to replace it with {{NYCS service|7|<7>|1a2a3c}}. Also, for the shuttle services, I want my bot to replace {{NYCS S 42nd}} with {{NYCS service|S - 42nd Street Shuttle|S}}, {{NYCS S Franklin}} with {{NYCS service|S - Franklin Avenue Shuttle|S}}, and {{NYCS S Rockaway}} with {{NYCS service|S - Rockaway Park Shuttle|S}}. So how do I do this? --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 00:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, the first two were relatively simple. Check out [3]. That regex should do it. Shoot me an email and I'll send you the AWB *.xml file. The last 2 need more clarification. I don't think that the last task is possible (automatically), because it requires a huge amount of name changing (e.g. S Franklin to S - Franklin Avenue Shuttle). It might just be easier for you to do that by hand. Still, show me some examples in context. As for #3, I'd need to see an example in context. I really don't understand what you're saying.

I hope this all helps. alphachimp. 00:36, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'll fill you in with the info in the morning. Thanks. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 06:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, send me the email for the AWB .xml file. Mail it by clicking here. I'll clarify again, to make sure we're on the same page.

1. {{NYCS 6}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6}}.

2. {{NYCS 6 rush}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6|<6>}}.

3. {{NYCS 6}} {{NYCS time|1b2345}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6||1b2345}}

4. {{NYCS 6 rush}} {{NYCS time|12}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6|<6>|12}}

As for the shuttles, I'll do that by hand. Hope this helps. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 01:13, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Considering article deletion

The article Ceti Oy was deleted a short while ago, may I inquire on why such actions were taken? The article regarding this store was rewritten and had only the company as its subject. It also explained some of the services the company sells. As far as I'm aware, it wasn't blatant advertising. A short explanation would be helpful! Thank you.
Zelet 16:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Articles about companies or groups of people must assert the specific importance or notability of their subject (see WP:CORP). Yours did not do that, and went on to describe the services offered (this is a typical tip-off for a spam-related speedy deletion). alphachimp. 16:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Pipesdrums magazine

I ask that you make the recent listing for pipesdrums magazine live again. Anyone interested in researching piping and drumming will find this magazine an important resource. More than 10 years old, it was the first significant piping and drumming website and provides an essential function worldwide in providing objective news for the growing world piping and drumming community. Thanks. --Aberthoff 16:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I deleted Pipesdrums Magazine as a failure of WP:CSD A7 (an article that does not assert the importance or notability of its subject) and WP:CSD G11 (spam in need of a significant rewrite). I'd be willing to restore the article, but I'm going to need a specific, concrete assertion of the notability of the magazine in order to do so. alphachimp. 17:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

I want to get more mainspace edits. I want something with broken links to edit WikiMan53 T/C e@ 16:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Talk to me on my talk

Thank you!

Can you put that Archive message at the top please? WikiMan53 T/C e@ 16:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

pipesdrums Magazine

Hi Alphachimp. Many thanks for considering the restoration of the pipesdrums Magazine submission. pipesdrums is the evolution of the 20-year-old Piper & Drummer print magazine that had served the world competing piping and drumming community of approximately 75,000, according to a recent estimate conducted by the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Piper & Drummer Online (the previous name of pipesdrums) is cited as a source in numerous scholarly works, including Dr. William Donaldson's seminal work, The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society. The online magazine is read by the world piping and drumming community, and it is the largest online repository in the world on articles on piping and drumming. The magazine has been emulated by more recent publications, including thre aforementioned National Piping Centre's "Piping Today" and the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association's "Voice." Pipesdrums has also been ongoing fodder for stories in, among other media outlets, BBC Radio Scotland, The Scotsman, and the Glasgow Herald. newspaper Thanks again. --74.99.242.222 22:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)--Aberthoff 00:39, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, you're going to need to add all of that. Article restored. Have a nice day--- alphachimp. 03:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Everything is exactly where you left it, minus the speedy deletion tag. Check out Pipesdrums Magazine. Again, you need to add that information. Let me know if you need any help. By the way, try to link to references in the conventional media. The more, the better. Check out WP:WEB for some good guidelines about what you need to reach> alphachimp. 03:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

TTC Digital Rendering

Hey Alphachimp,

I noticed that you removed that picture from Lawrence West (TTC), but I can assure you that the creator has released the image under the GFDL, and that the Wikimedia Foundation has approved its use (I have the email and everything). With your permission, I'm going to revert the page. Thanks! Suigi 04:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't find any history of me editing that article. Generally, what you're saying sounds find, but, as I said, I can't find any involvement of me with the article. Can you link me? alphachimp. 04:06, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Right here, bro. [4] Not to mention that other people have been using NPWatcher to nuke some of my stuff. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Suigi 04:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, you linked me to Lawrence West above. I deleted the image because the tag was invalid (non-commercial use only). My understanding is that Wikipedia content is used for commercial purposes. alphachimp. 04:19, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

A simply misunderstanding. Although Jose's website lists the images as CC, I spoke with him directly, and forwarded the release under GFDL to the Wikimedia Foundation. Robert Thompson replied, saying that he would tag the images and thus prevent any further issues. Obviously, he didn't get around to it. In any case, it should not be moved for speedy deletion. Suigi 04:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, he did do some! Have a look here at the image for Castle Frank station. It's already been secured.

Bot requests, continued

Okay, send me the email for the AWB .xml file. Mail it by clicking here. I'll clarify again, to make sure we're on the same page.

1. {{NYCS 6}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6}}.
2. {{NYCS 6 rush}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6|<6>}}.
3. {{NYCS 6}} {{NYCS time|1b2345}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6||1b2345}}
4. {{NYCS 6 rush}} {{NYCS time|12}} gets replaced by {{NYCS service|6|<6>|12}}

As for the shuttles, I'll do that by hand. Thanks. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 05:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Email sent. I'll work on 3 and 4. alphachimp. 16:42, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Checked. Thanks. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 16:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Ben Jackson (electronic sports player) on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ben Jackson (electronic sports player). Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Valoem ^talk 05:49, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, but I was wondering how Ben Jackson fails WP:BIO when other people who receive considerably less coverage such as Daigo Umehara, Kai Budde, Randy Buehler, and David Williams (card player) are kept. Also a prime example of a person who was kept based on receiving coverage from "multiple non-trivial independent sources" is Ken Hoang see his AfD. He is considered the top ranked and most sucessful player in Super Smash Bros. Melee (a game that is considerably less popular than Halo 2). In fact this page became so famous that the article itself was cited in a news article: http://www.thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=28078&page=5

Ben Jackson is the undefeated champion of the 2006 season of MLG ffa/1v1 and 2005 champion. I hope you will reconsider after this. Thanks. Valoem ^talk 07:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd encourage you to nominate any other of those articles for deletion. There seem to be some fairly prime targets. As for this article, my decision was made based on the obvious consensus of the other editors involved in the discussion. It doesn't seem unreasonable to evaluate the opinions of 6 editors over a single, albeit vocal minority. All of that doesn't even respond to your arguments...but a more appropriate place to respond would probably be the DRV you've decided to bring against me. alphachimp. 07:21, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Some of them have been nominated before and were kept. Also I made a response on the DRV. Can you please tell me how he fails WP:BIO? Valoem ^talk 07:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Great. As I said, debates differ and administrative decisions differ. There aren't any two scenarios that can be honestly and fairly compared and said to establish a substantive basis for such a decision. As for WP:BIO, it seems somewhat idiotic to respond here with an active DRV against my decision. CPL (I believe it's CPL, correct me if I'm wrong) is not a fully professional league, whatever they might say (yes, I know what it stands for). Ben Jackson is not "widely recognized", nor is his "professional sport". Further, most members of his team are not worthy of articles. alphachimp. 07:35, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for another response esp with a DRV going, but you told me to correct you if you are wrong. CPL is a fully recognized and the oldest professional and technically the largest electronic sports league. However they have nothing to do with this DRV. Ben Jackson is involved with MLG not CPL. CPL dropped video games in 2005 since they decided to focus entirely on computer gaming (Counter-strike, Painkiller, Quake, etc.) Today MLG is the largest and professional recognized video gaming league dedicated to video games only. You are fully correct in the fact that the other members of Team Carbon are not notable enough to have their own articles since they have had no notable achievements individually. However, Ben Jackson unlike his team members, has had notable achievements outside of his team performance. He is currently the national (unofficially world) champion of both the 2005 and 2006 season of MLG Halo 2 FFA/1v1 (starts out as a Free-For-All tournament and then the top finishers play 1v1 for best individual player). So I ask you again, with this new information do you not agree that he merits his own article? Valoem ^talk 07:53, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't mean to seem like a jerk, but it'd be far more productive to continue this discussion in the DRV. It just doesn't make much sense to have it both here and there. alphachimp. 07:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem :) Just hoping you will agree with me Valoem ^talk 08:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Redirects

Hello alphachimp

I was trying to redirect Chain Fall but you did it. I was not sure of the code. Also exactly how do I redirect Chain fall and chainfall to hoist (device) since they are all different spellings for the same thing. --Johnalden 16:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Redirects are really easy to do. Use the #R link at the top of the edit window. You can easily view the redirects for each article by clicking "What links here" at the left side of the screen. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any further questions. alphachimp. 16:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks ,having never done this, it was easy after following your advise. --Johnalden 17:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned comment

blaugh you r not a good proofreader —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.37.140.203 (talk • contribs)

ok... alphachimp. 20:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

xC

You're an unbelievable contributor to Wikipedia. Keep up the great work! Cheers! xCentaur |  talk  21:32, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello Alphachimp, Werdnabot 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. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you so much for the nice message! That made my day. alphachimp. 21:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

in re: Bisexuality in the Arab world

Hi there. I just found out there is an updated user box called the "Bisexuality series". I had just changed the above article to include it and had also added in some links, broken up one paragraph into two, made some statements more inclusive, etc. I hadn't realized that I had been somehow been signed out of Wikipedia when I did that. When I went back in to add my name I found you had reverted everything. I wondered why. Thank you CyntWorkStuff 23:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. That revert was in error. I think I was worried about the removal of text and seemingly excessive linking. Anyway, it has been restored. Sorry about that. alphachimp. 23:54, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

That's OK and that's for the speedy rv or rv. And sorry about the "excessive linking". I suppose I am guilty of that. Please put it down to my backgroud as a sometimes database designer. I think EVERYTHING should quite properly X-linked, usually to several places. CyntWorkStuff 23:58, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Protection

Hi, I understand why you placed the Saddam article under protection, but wouldn't it be more productive to block any anonymous or unregistered edits? Somnabot 03:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

That's exactly what semi-protection is. It blocks anonymous users and recently created accounts. alphachimp. 03:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Attacks

Please don't feel attacked. I just think about it differently from how you do. Have a read of my userpage. I've written a note about deleting things. Please don't send me a screed about how you think that the encyclopaedia is really damaged by having "non-notable" things in it. I just don't agree, as I explain on my page. I like the non-notable stuff. I find out about things I'd never know about. I do find it tedious to wade through bumf though. If you reply, my page please. I never watch others' talkpages because I pretty much don't bother with a watchlist at all. The temptation to keep spinning your wheels on some bullshit or other is fed by them. Grace Note 04:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Pedro Martinez edit

24.239.177.6 08:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)I am baffled as to why you felt the urge to remove the 12/31 edit to this page three times. Your generic messages did not explain your motive, and are inaccurate regarding the edit. Your second message, "Please do not remove content from Wikipedia...," makes no sense, since not a single word of content was removed. Are you running some kind of vandalbot test here?

Huh. I have no idea what happened. Edit reverted. alphachimp. 08:05, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

24.239.177.6 08:07, 31 December 2006 (UTC)Thanks, I was getting bewildered there.

Sure, try signing after your comments, btw. Why not create an account? Apologies again for the mixup. alphachimp. 08:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Sorry about that edit on the pink floyd page. I wasnt trying to ruin it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.14.194 (talk • contribs)

No worries, it looked like an innocent mistake. How about creating an account? alphachimp. 08:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Untitled comment

I am sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.173.53.251 (talk • contribs)

OK alphachimp. 08:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

East New Market, Maryland

A local historian (Kirk) had been slowly putting together an historic sketch of East New Market, Maryland on wikipedia. Being able to use Wikipedia to put his work online and save it for posterity gave him motivation despite his many challenges. He is ill and has limited means. He has to borrow computer time from friends and the local library. He wanted to share what he knows before it is lost to history. On December 26, you deleted everything he was working on. A previous wiki editor added links to Massachusetts (confused MD with MA). I edited these MA links and some other errors, but was letting him work on the article as he was able. The deletion was very disconcerting for him and he likely will not continue his work. Does wikipedia indeed want user contributions? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.104.124.105 (talk) 14:34, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

I'm sorry, but you'll have to link me to the actual original article before deletion. As alarming as what you're explaining is, it would seem to be original research and probably unfit for Wikipedia. Remember, Wikipedia is not a free webhost. alphachimp. 18:50, 31 December 2006 (UTC)