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Outflow boundary GA limbo

I seem to have gotten myself into a pickle, for all the right reasons. Someone who made one edit to the outflow boundary article submitted the article for GAN in June. I started a review of the article, mentioning that I could not possibly be the reviewer of the article since I did most of the edits. Then, the person who submitted it for GAN didn't do the requested work, so I compounded the problem by improving its look, content, etcetera. Now the GA template on the page implies I'm the primary reviewer, and I think it's keeping potential reviewers at bay. What can be done here? It's been listed at GA for 9 weeks now, which even for me, is an extraordinarily long time. Thegreatdr (talk) 00:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I responded to your comment on the GA page. Thegreatdr (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

I draw your attention to events at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 August 30#Melissa Palmer, M.D.. Diffs demonstrating the identity of Efactor1975 and Voros1975 are not hard to find from the contributions histories, note. Uncle G (talk) 23:28, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

February 2009 tornado outbreak

Please help me with the alt text! I dont know what this guy wants!! 63.215.29.212 (talk) 00:22, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Please save my nether region

Hi, about a year ago you did an Afd for me since I did not know how. I have just tried doing one all on my own (speedy aren't I?).

The page was "List of Riots" and while I thought I followed the direction on the Wiki help exactly (even used written notes) something didn't come out right.

The AfD tag never appeared on the page top and while I ended up creating the AfD discussion page, and it show on the page history, somehow the AfD has not shown in the log of AfD on the official page.

Would greatly appreciate if you could fix this or (I'm willing to do the work) tell me how I failed when I thought I was so careful.

Thank you,

aaronsmith Aaaronsmith (talk) 01:03, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Done I'm not Julian (obviously), but I've cleaned up that nom for you. You can use Twinkle to do your AfD noms; much easier :) Tim Song (talk) 01:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you to both Julian and Tim.Aaaronsmith (talk) 01:50, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Fireworks

I saw your msg on wade's page and thought of leaving my two cents.

For many fireworks in a singe picture, use a wide angle lens, around 17mm would be good.
Use long exposures. Usually around 1s-onwards
Use a tripod or beanbag for stability.
Just take shots before the fireworks start to capture the whole motion

--Muhammad(talk) 01:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep those suggestions in mind! :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

My new page not appearing on Wiki search

Hi Julian

I created the page Outlet Property Services over a week ago and it's still not showing when I do a search. It's still in my contributions and each time I have done an edit, I saved the page.

Is there a problem or am I not doing something right?

I look forward to your reply.

Mark Graindorge

(MarkG 14:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)) 03 September 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markgraindorge (talk • contribs)

Seems you created the page in your userspace (User:Markgraindorge/Outlet Property Services). Only pages in the mainspace show up in default search results, which is why you haven't been able to find it. Once you're done with that article you can use the 'move page' function to move it to the article space. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:12, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Stilltim

Hey,

I was just looking for your opinion on your granting of Autoreviewer access to Stilltim even though he has a long history of creating POV forks. This issue went to an RFC and he seems to have been getting better, but I was still curious as to how you felt about that. Thanks!--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 02:18, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I was honestly unaware that any such issues existed. I saw that the user had created hundreds of seemingly valid articles, but please do link me to the RfC and other relevant discussion. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:27, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

here is the RFC. If you look at his talk page he has not archived it and you can see all of the AFD discussions that resulted from his creations. I am not sure how much relevance this has on his recent work though. Thanks--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 02:58, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Julian. I do think it will benefit the project having WP:NP keep his pages monitored. He does seem to be doing great work now though.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 17:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Stilltim autoreviewer

I have concerns about your granting of autoreviewer to User:Stilltim. He has been the subject of an RFC/U about creating numerous excessive articles contrary to consensus in the past. Even his recent Deleware articles are massive copy/paste jobs that mostly duplicate each other. That he's filling up the new pages once again is an alarm sounding, we shouldn't just cancel the alarm without investigating whether there is a problem. Gigs (talk) 15:39, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I've removed the right for now, since a few others have raised similar concerns. I apologize for any inconvenience I've caused; I was honestly unaware of the controversy surrounding this user's articles when I enabled autoreviewer on their account. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:45, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

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Severe weather

Severe weather is currently in need of a copyedit, and I saw your name on the GOCE list. Would you be interested in doing it, with your specialty being in meteorology? Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 23:21, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to get to it, but I've been rather busy as of late. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:29, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2009_August_29

Yo Julian, the coding for some of your closures at AfD today seems a little off (hanging |}). Regards, Skomorokh 12:03, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, looks like this broke it... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Aye, probably. Discussion up at WP:VPT as to what to do. Cheers, Skomorokh 13:32, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Coaching

Hey, can we continue my coaching? I asked you on IRC, but I'm assuming you forgot. :) iMatthew ^talk at 15:33, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

nearly 3 million articles?!

"nearly"? You're out of date mate! 6,912,861 and counting :P John Vandenberg ^(chat) 05:43, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I wrote that template a while ago... :) Fixed, thanks for the note. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:48, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Rollback removed

Thank you for removing my rollback rights. I'm not mad. I'm glad that I don’t have to fight Vandalism anymore. I might not request it back. I will let you know--David 13:10, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Why are you glad that you don’t have to fight Vandalism anymore? You've been doing a good job doing so. You can still use Twinkle or the undo button. Hopefully you will learn from the experience and keep contributing to the encyclopedia, all the best - Aaroncrick (talk) 13:35, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Don’t worry I will continue to edit encyclopedia. I may want to be a Administrator some day. I think that I handle this the right way. But I know for a fact that, all of this will be be mention in the RAF wean I nominate myself.--David 18:26, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Please know that I have nothing ageist you. But, This is to inform you that you are a topic of discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:D climacus Rollback rights. Regards,--David 19:19, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Help

I see you quickly reverted my talk page, and fair enough really. As you directed me too: "this does not give you an excuse to respond in kind". I do not like the user Bidgee (talk) page or discussion page. He links to my edits and claims "personal attacks and use there point of view, and editwar". This is not correct (edit was legit, no personal attack, plenty of talk page discussion) and seems to me libelous. Can you help me change it? ROxBo (talk) 14:22, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks ROxBo (talk) 15:07, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm afraid the two of you will have to work it out. Just please remember to remain civil. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Talkback notice

Replied. Regards, Truth Lover80 (talk) 14:34, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I'll wait to see what other admins have to say. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

user:Bagelboy257

Thank you. Wouldn't it make our lives so much easier if these people would just read wiki policies, or at least the welcome page, before charging in with their articles!! --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 15:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, my abilities to assume good faith are stretched when posts are made in all-caps. Oh well, part of being an admin. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

This thread could go on and on with no resolution. YM will get the shock of his life when he comes on tomorrow. Aaroncrick (talk) 15:26, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. At the moment it's looking like it'll be closed as "no consensus" or "keep". I think the nominator's arguments would have been more convincing if he had nominated each article individually, since there is really no precedent to batch-delete 20 GAs and FAs. Oh well, I'll keep an eye on it to see how it turns out. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:36, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Really, not to get all Machievellian, but if you want to put a hit out on an article, you're better off doing test cases, singling out the weakest ones, and then going after the others later per a precedent. Batch article deletions rarely end in a delete, in only because an admin doesn't want to sift through the discussion that way. I have to say though reading through those articles that it's clear gamecruft isn't endemic only to video games... --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 15:41, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd be more sympathetic if they were nominated before the became GA/FA's. Aaroncrick (talk) 15:46, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

But GA/FA criteria has nothing to do with notability; it's actually a fairly common occurrence that articles get deleted after getting GA/FA. --Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 15:52, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

It has something to do with compassion. YellowMonkey has spent a hell of a lot of time writing those articles. They may not all meet the inclusion criteria (that's still being hashed out), but remember that we are dealing with people here, not machines.

Can you back up your assertion that it's a "fairly common occurrence" for FAs and GAs to be deleted? Nev1 (talk) 15:55, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't know about it being a "common" occurrence, but it has happened. However, more often than not an FA at AfD will be speedily kept. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm aware it's happened (although I couldn't name any off the top of my head), but to state it's common is an interesting claim, one I would like to see substantiated. Nev1 (talk) 15:58, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy declined --> AfD?

"Typically when I decline a speedy deletion, I ship the article off to a procedural AfD nom." Why? There are all sorts of bad reasons for speedy deletion nominations, and it would surely be better to do a cursory search for sources, some adding of tags and adding WikiProjects to the talk page than sending all the articles to AfD. As far as I'm concerned a "procedural nomination" isn't a valid one. If you can't come up with a reason for deletion that accords with policy, I think the correct response is a speedy close. Fences&Windows 15:45, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Most declined CSDs are borderline in nature, so it's reasonable to request additional feedback via AfD. Such practice is standard as far as I'm aware. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:51, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Question on deleting my page

Hi Julian, I saw that you just removed my post, would you please explain me why you have marked it ‎ (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) when it's simply an article that explains what a dog daycare is? There are no references on the article to any company.

These are 2 related articles that talk about dog daycare

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1891475_1891477_1891543,00.html

http://dogs.about.com/cs/generalcare/a/dog_daycare.htm

Thanks!

Kd rome (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2009 (UTC) Giuseppe.

Hi there – I deleted it because it seemed to fit the criteria of "blatant spam" (it had an overly promotional tone, lacked substantial encyclopedic content). If you feel that you could bring it up to standard, I'd be happy to restore the deleted content into your userspace. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:30, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Julian, if you read the wiki page about Kennel, there is really nothing encyclopedic on it either, but it's there. I appreciate your reply and I would like to know how to make a better page on this Dog Daycare.

Kd rome (talk)

Move request

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of micronations to Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of micronations/archive2, no redirect as usual. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with BLPs!

		The BLP Barnstar
		Your hard work on BLPs in general, and at User:Lar/Liberal Semi specifically, is much appreciated. That page has now been sunsetted (and I hope never to need to bring it back) but the work you did there (whether by bringing articles forward, reviewing them, or protecting them... or even by questioning or criticizing the process!) was of great help to the project. See you in the trenches! ++Lar: t/c 01:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Labor Day!

Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody^{My talk} 03:49, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, same to you! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Poke

Did you ever get the chance to assist? Enigma^msg 04:13, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I sent them a message on their talk page, but they never responded. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Pruning

What are you looking at? YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll throw together a list of examples when I get back tonight. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:15, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Nominations open for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process has started; to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on 12 September!
Many thanks, Roger Davies ^talk 04:24, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

The Weather

I didn’t know that your interested in the Weather. I am also interested in the weather. I been interested in the weather since the age of 10 years old. Take a look at User:D climacus/Photos by D climacus. Tell me what you think. Maybe, I can help you out on the Weather Portal. OK---David 21:15, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

No response. I'm not mad at you. You can talk to me you know. --David | ^Talk 18:36, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, I missed this message. Anyway, yeah, those are decent images. It would be nice if you could identify and document the types of clouds in the pictures though. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Coaching yet?

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Requests_for_Coaching#Current_requests I would like to have some coaching so I can become a admin. Am I qualified enough yet?Dr. Szląchski (talk) 23:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, there's no limit to who can undergo admin coaching. Most admin coaches typically look for more experienced editors who are nearing RfA standards, but if you feel you're ready, I don't see why not. Unfortunately, I don't have time to take another coachee at the moment. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Can You

block Mario.brosfan because he keeps adding unreferenced controversial biographical content to articles , like he did to the article Frankie Jonas please. Ricky3374 (talk) 19:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Never Mind Ricky3374 (talk) 16:47, 7 September, 2009 (UTC)

User:HurricaneTyphoonCyclone

Remember him, the Indef blocked guy for adding wrong info, well, I think he has bounced back as Vinavtc. What would be the appropriate way to deal with it? Thanks.Darren 23 ^{My Contributions} 00:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Indef blocked as well. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Could you help me?

Can you fix this spelling error here[1](that shows Belguim)? I'm unsure how to correct this since it's a category. I'm sure you know how Belgium is spelled. :-D --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:15, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, admins don't have the ability to move categories. Your best bet would probably be to list it at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Since only administrators can edit that page (silly Julian), I have added it there for you. Regards, NW (Talk) 01:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

My sincerest thanks to both of you!! --Kansas Bear (talk) 04:27, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Christmas portal

Thanks so much for letting me know - I am not sure I would have ever known otherwise. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Signing

See: User_talk:Soap#Signing. Thanks for the update there. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:06, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Move request

Iran–United Kingdom relations, the en dash should be spaced. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:40, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:42, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Celebrity Big Brother housemates/archive1

All of your issues have been seen to, yet you have yet to support or add futher comments. Please can you do so when you have time. Thanks! Dale 15:31, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Severe weather RfC

Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 19:12, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Weather articles

Hi Julian, it seems you are interested in articles related to weather. A lot of Wikipedia's articles on basic meteorological topics are not very good. I've been gradually working to remove some of the blatant errors and spruce up the writing. I don't know whether you have any formal training but if you'd like to pitch in that would be great. 02:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the note. Yes, meteorology articles in general could use some work (as could most Wikipedia articles!). I've noticed that articles on specific events (eg. Hurricane Fabian, Typhoon Paka, 1994 Christmas nor'easter) tend to be of higher quality than the more broad topics (Climate, Severe weather, etc). I'm more experienced with the former group, but I'd be happy to help. The problem is that meteorology is inevitably a boring topic, so it's hard to write "brilliant" prose on the subject. Still, factual errors inaccuracies to be dealt with. You might want to post at WT:METEO specifying which articles you find need the most work, as I know there are actually quite a few users there who can turn crap to excellence in a matter of hours. Good luck, and thanks for your efforts so far. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:41, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

"Meteorology is inevitably a boring topic"? Harrumph. cheers - Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:48, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, boring to most people. :-) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Sysop aSsistance Solicited

Julian, got a situation I've not faced before that I suspect an admin can handle.

I reverted some page blanking by an anon of someone's user page. Then the anon comes back and posts on my user page that she is the user, but that she's lost control of the account, and wants her personal info out of public view. First problem is determining if she is the actual user. Perhaps you can verify that, but of course I cannot. But I'm inclined to believe her. Another issue is this: The actual user posted that she's 15 years old, and included a photo of herself and much personal info. I'm willing to take a chance that this anon is pulling our leg just to be on the safe side and permanently delete the page. I explained to her that, even if it's blanked, anyone can restore it at will, unless it's permanently blanked.

So I'll leave it to you. The anon's talk page is User talk:72.222.147.24, and the User page in question is User:Missalicia1994. Let me know if I've been unclear about anything. Un school 03:10, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind. (Sigh.) Un school 03:13, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I'll take a look, but is that the correct diff? (Seems a bit unrelated, unless I'm missing something.) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:30, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Here is the link he meant. [2] —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 03:31, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

You may want to speedy the image as well, considering WP:CHILD and becuase it seems like she wants everything else to go. —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 03:33, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of that, Julian. Oh, as to the diff, I now know what happened. (Never generate your diff by hitting the topmost "prev" link, if you plan to paste that diff somewhere. It will perpetually show the most recent diff for that page.) Un school 03:44, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Juliancolton. You have new messages at Unschool's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I, Jeff G., hereby award Juliancolton with The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for outstanding achievement in countering vandalism. — Jeff G. (talk\|contribs) 05:20, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Wow, thanks! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

HTC

Can you take a look over This and make sure ive done it right please? ThanksJason Rees (talk) 13:46, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not terribly familiar with SPI, but it looks correct at first glance. In any case, I've blocked HTC Vietnam as an obvious sockpuppet. We'll see what else CU pulls up. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:50, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :)Jason Rees (talk) 14:09, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Mentor request

Hello. I was asked by another user to review an article up for WP:GAN in the Sports and recreation section since I have an article of my own (2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships) up for nomination. I have never done a GAN Review before, so I am asking for assistance on this on how to do the GAN. Thanking you in advance. Chris (talk) 15:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. I'd be happy to help you, but first, which article do you plan on reviewing? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:35, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I have already done the reviews regarding the 2009 Giro d'Italia and their stages. Would you care to look to see how I did? Please respond on my talk page after you are done. It would be most appreciative. Chris (talk) 19:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Have you had a chance to look at my reviews yet? Chris (talk) 20:19, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Chris (talk) 12:11, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Maya Ababadjani

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Maya Ababadjani. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I moved the nomination from DRV's talk page to today's log. I somehow doubt the nominator took the time to discuss your AFD close with you. GRBerry 15:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:00, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 9 part Britten/Tennyson

On September 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles William Britten, Mariana (poem), "The Deserted House", Oenone (poem), The Lotos-Eaters, St Simeon Stylites (poem), The Day-Dream, Sir Galahad (poem), and "Break, Break, Break‎", which you created or substantially expanded.

Wikiproject: Did you know? 05:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Black Hawk War

I'm now ready for you to give this a good work over at FAC level. Any help is appreciated. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:09, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

reminder. — Rlevse • Talk • 02:07, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Wow. You didn't even make one edit? That's never happened with me before. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

We'll soon see. — Rlevse • Talk • 19:59, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Black Hawk War

I just listed this at FAC. Input appreciated. The nom is here. — Rlevse • Talk • 23:21, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

See this]. Thanks again. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, can't figure out what's wrong there. Will take another look later. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:20, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Template USCensusPop

I noticed that you were one of the last editors of the template mentioned in the title of this post. Do you happen to know if there's a population template that allows entries outside the normal decadal censuses? I'm preparing to do a FAC run for Fairbanks, Alaska, and the city went through a lot of boom-and-bust periods between censuses. I have reliable population figures for some periods between censuses, but I haven't found a template that works well. Can you help? Thanks. JKBrooks85 (talk) 08:08, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, I just cleaned up a few of the links in the aforementioned page; I really know very little about templates themselves. :) That said, I'm not entirely sure, but Category:United States templates might have something close to what you're looking for. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:44, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Move page to mainspace

Julian,

I have taken your suggestions on my page and have updated it to reflect them. I think it's ready to be moved to the world wide wikipedia mainspace. Could you take one more glance to see if you have any concerns and if not move it or tell me how? I don't really understand how to take the article and put it into the real world without copying and pasting all the code into a new article box... any assistance is greatly appreciated! Thank you for all your help on this page! [Page to be Moved]Rpelton (talk) 19:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

North Fringe of Bristol

I moved North Fringe back to North Fringe of Bristol, a title which gives some necessary geographical context. Although the term "North Fringe" is in local use, that is only because the city of Bristol (of which it is a "fringe") is taken as understood. I'll be away for a few days so will return to this next week. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

But we don't have another article titled "North Fringe", so the disambiguation is unnecessary. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:26, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

True, but North Fringe of Bristol is a clearer title anyway, and preferable to North Fringe (Bristol) which I admit may well have been contrary to a naming guideline somewhere (though I can't put my finger on it right now). Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:38, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

The Maiden City sockpuppets

Could you please reblock Fenian Hunter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and Papist Hunter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) so they cannot create accounts, as he is using the first account to create more sockpuppet (such as Maiden City (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) and will no doubt move on to the second account as well. Thank you. O Fenian (talk) 23:01, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

SWGIT

Hi Juliancolton. I would like you to reconsider the deletion of the SWGIT article. It should be obvious from the article that there is no personal/business gain as this is not a company, but rather a law enforcement best standards scientific working group set up by the FBI. No products/services are offered, no products/services are endorsed. Also, several other SWG groups have Wiki pages.

Seems we have run into problem after problem trying to put SWGIT on Wiki, most likely due to none of the members being fluent in Wikiese. Could you help us edit the article to make it conform more to Wiki standards? Swgit (talk) 11:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I deleted the article in accordance with the proposed deletion policy, which states that if a nominated article goes uncontested for a week, it may be speedily deleted. The original nominator cited concerns that the article was promotional in nature; therefore, it will likely take significant work to bring the article up to standard. I'd be happy to restore the deleted content into your userspace, to allow for you to address any issues in your own time; it could then be moved to the mainspace when ready. Would this be satisfactory?

On a side note, you seem to use terms such as "we" and us". Please be aware that role accounts for businesses and companies are not allowed, and may be blocked, as in general one account should be used by just one person.

Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:32, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I would very much appreciate it if you would restore the article to my userspace. Thank You.Swgit (talk) 14:46, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

CyanogenMod

I've got to say, I'm surprised to see you buckle to off-site canvassing. What sort of time period were you thinking of before allowing a renom ? Because I'd send it to AFD right now. --Cameron Scott (talk) 10:00, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Once a discussion is polluted by chronic canvassing/sockpuppetry, it simply becomes impossible to form a fair and meaningful consensus. Not "buckling" by any means. I'd say wait about a week or so; any sooner and it'll likely suffer the same issues. Cheers. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough - thanks for the prompt reply. --Cameron Scott (talk) 14:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I've pointed to here from User talk:Uncle G#CyanogenMod. Uncle G (talk) 19:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Here's another to add to your trophy case

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For using WP:IAR on this AfD. Good use of the rule (to ignore all rules 0.o) so you deserve this. Have a great day! $TheWeak$ $Willed$ (T * G) 20:58, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:26, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree, good decision there. JamieS93 21:43, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Centijimbos

		The Surreal Barnstar
		For being an awesome good sport and coding something fun. Durova³¹⁸ 04:16, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, thanks, I suppose, but Jake and JD deserve all the credit. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:44, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

The mop at the Commons

JC, I was wondering, since you have the mop over at the Commons what you participated in before being considered for the mop? I am looking to expand my usefulness and know that I need to start working at the Commons more often first off, but what types of non-Admin tasks should I look at working on more to both help out and possibly make myself look more useful. Thanks --Admrboltz (talk) 14:24, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

For the most part, I did a bunch of categorization and general cleanup, and in the weeks prior to my RfA I did some flickr reviewing and participated in deletion requests. Commons also looks for some degree of interaction with the community, so a few posts at AN, VP, etc. would definitely help. You might also want to patrol NewFiles from time to time to check for potential copyvios and other similar issues. It's great that you're considering becoming more active at Commons – we need all the help we can get at the moment! Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:17, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah, I figured about AN and VP - and I have asked for the Flickr reviewer tag so I can help out with those as well. New files is tough sometime, so many look like professional photos, but could very well be regular images... --Admrboltz (talk) 17:03, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Hardy Boys

Dear JC, I have been deleteing those sections of the Hardy Boys page, because the books are one of my favorite series, and I don't like the the sections discussing homosexuality and homoromance. I find it insulting since they are well-written and popular book characters, and they are not gay or show interest in their friends or each other. They just work as a team and help each other out. They are supposecd to be only about a year apart, so they get along well, and fight seldomly. I myself am a year older than my younger brother and we get along and are close and rarely fight. He is one of my best friends. So just to say JC, that I don't appriciate those crude oppinions on the Hardy Brother characters. So I would be greatly enjoy if you would let me remove those section for the sake of myself and other avid Hardy Boys readers looking for info on the book series. Thank you!

TA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.48.106.19 (talk) 22:19, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Userpage icons

I don't know if it's just my browser, but the icons on your userpage are covering up the end of the title bar in the upper right corner of the screen. Cheers, Dylan 620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 14:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Same here. iMatthew ^talk at 14:41, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Same --Admrboltz (talk) 15:09, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Same, actually... odd. I just removed them, since they're not really good for anything. Thanks for the note. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:18, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

TS Mujigae

Thanks for the histmerge at the Mujigae article. I've G6'd 2009 Mujigae tropical storm, could you please take a look at the article? Cheers, Dylan 620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 17:24, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

If hes merged the history then i am redirecting the article to TS Mujigage.Jason Rees (talk) 17:44, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

User deletion: Jonathan Gleich

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jonathan_Gleich

I would like to challenge this deletion, what is the procedure?

Thanks

18:06, 12 September 2009 (UTC) 9/12/09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.128.244 (talk) 18:06, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

24.185.128.244 - You can request a review at Wikipedia:Deletion review --Admrboltz (talk) 19:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXX

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FLRC delegate election

Hi Juliancolton! I'm just dropping by to let you know of the FLRC delegate election that begins on Tuesday. You may run in the election by following the instructions on the page. If you don't wish to run, please come and vote sometime next week! The election starts Tuesday and ends Saturday. For more information, check out the opening section of the page. Cheers, iMatthew ^talk at 19:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

AWB request

Any way to insert conversions in the table at List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures)? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 21:29, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Probably, but as I'm no good with regex, you're better off asking Iridescent (talk · contribs) who has experience with such things. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:34, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Porchcrop req for Autoreviewer

Hi there Julian :). In case you missed it, just letting you know that you archived Porchcrop's request for autoreviewer without a comment, see here for the archive. Regards, - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 21:34, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, thanks for the heads-up. Looks like NukeWar already took care of it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:25, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

my warning ...

(cont. from my talk) .. </me sulks off to edit some obscure NASCAR article :-\> Hopefully we won't get any storms during the race tonight. ;) — Ched : ? 00:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Metros of the former Soviet Union? Yeah, those can be a real bummer! :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:30, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Maaaaaan .... I thought it linked to the Meteorology project. Geesh ... I really need a break. ;) — Ched : ? 00:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

MetrEo even. pfft ... </me will be glad when this week is over> — Ched : ? 00:46, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Copy-edit?

Hey it says in your talk header here that you can do copy-edits.. .I was wondering if you could take a hack at Ball Park (UTA station)?

No problem, I'll take a look in a bit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Finetooth use to do most of my CEs for me, but he is no longer doing CEs, just PRs. --Admrboltz (talk) 01:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

I did some c/e'ing, but overall it looks great. Should be good enough to get by GA/FAC I think. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:51, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Well its a GA now, but Finetooth said my grammar needed work. --Admrboltz (talk) 02:13, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Please you have to believe me.. i have been on wikipedia for 1 year. I do have experience with fight vandalism. But it was on another account which i forgot my password on. You should know what i am going through by trying to get permission to rollback an article, because you already have permission.

God Bless!

--Dwayneflanders (talk) 02:43, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Ok, ill stop you you've gotta believe me. Your not understanding me one bit. Here is what i said before:

Please you have to believe me.. i have been on wikipedia for 1 year. I do have experience with fight vandalism. But it was on another account which i forgot my password on. You should know what i am going through by trying to get permission to rollback an article, because you already have permission.

--Dwayneflanders (talk) 02:58, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Another HTC sock?

58.186.206.99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has been adding false information. However, this edit looks similar to one of HurricaneTyphoonCyclone's sock, Vivantc. Also this proves that he is from Vietnam. Darren 23 ^{My Contributions} 12:14, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed by CheckUser; blocked for 1 week. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Can I have a little help?

Resolved

Hello, When I was adding a word document into Template:Cite web, it was not working right, see User:Anhamirak/Prema, do you happen to know how to fix it.

Thanks --Anhamirak 15:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

You forgot the http:// - it should be working fine now though. --Admrboltz (talk) 15:59, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Jonathan Gleich

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Bleed for Me requested move

Why did you remove my requested move (Bleed for Me (Dead Kennedys song) → Bleed for Me) saying it should be discussed? I don't see why it's controversial, there's only two pages so a disambiguation page is clearly unnecessary, and just looking at the page contents (Bleed for Me (Dead Kennedys song) vs Bleed for Me (Black Label Society song)) makes it rather obvious which one is more deserving of the non-dab page. -Joltman (talk) 23:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Uncontroversial requests are completed only if they are indisputably minor and uncontroversial; my experience at requested moves suggests some might object to such a move. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:00, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Woops

FYI, you said a week but only blocked for 3 days. Not sure which you meant to do... Wknight94 ^talk 00:35, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks. Not sure how that happened. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Wanted you to know...

Hi, Julian. I am going to remove the autoreviewer right to User:Dr. Szląchski which you granted on Aug 29. Besides being under the 75 article minimum, all of the articles were copy-pastes. Although the majority were public domain, there has been some past history of copyright violation. I'm not comfortable with this user having autoreviewer yet. Let me know if you disagree. Cheers. — CactusWriter | ^needles 07:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

That's fine. I thought the 75-article minimum was more of a recommendation than a strict rule, but after reviewing some of their articles more closely, I agree with you. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (7th nomination)

Since you participated in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 September 4#Ashida Kim, which was closed as relist, you may be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashida Kim (7th nomination). Cunard (talk) 08:08, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I'll look into it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:49, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleted article

I was disappointed to find "Triple Seven" article deleted. I wanted to confirm that, indeed, there is some special significance in the "lucky 777" combination in gaming. I've found plenty of confirmations, including this DELTED article. Is there any way to see the deleted article? I'm interested in the history - why 777 has some special "lucky" meaning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.98.166.154 (talk) 10:52, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

It was deleted in accordance with the proposed deletion policy; basically, if a nominated article goes uncontested for seven days, it may be deleted at any time. In this case, the original nominator cited notability concerns, which, upon my own uninvolved review, I tend to agree with. If you create an account, I can move a copy of the deleted content into your userspace to allow for you to bring it up to standard in your own time. Would that be satisfactory? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:49, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Your thoughts are requested

Hi Julian,

Would you mind taking a look at the comparison I made between two AfD's here? You were the closing admin in one of the AfD's from July, and I would appreciate your candid analysis. Thanks! Hiberniantears (talk) 20:13, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I have since modified my position since several editors have begun actively removing the cruftierc elements from the list. If this persists, there is no problem with the article.

Thanks, Hiberniantears (talk) 04:40, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a look. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 11:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey...

Hi Julian, how was your summer?

Mine was great.

I'm back from wikibreak.

Ready to dive in to the outline project again.

With respect to outlines, what do you think is in most need of being done?

The Transhumanist 15:04, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey, welcome back! My summer was fine, if a bit too fast...

I think our highest priority right now is to create a handful of shining examples of completed and matured outlines to use as examples when demonstrating their purpose to the skeptical folks. Ideally these should contain no redlinks, be completely filled-in, and follow major content policies. Any thoughts? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Page to be Moved

I left the following message for you last week and haven't heard back from you. I was hoping to repost it so you would respond? I appreciate your help.

Quote--

JulianColton,

I have taken your suggestions on my page and have updated it to reflect them. I think it's ready to be moved to the world wide wikipedia mainspace. Could you take one more glance to see if you have any concerns and if not move it or tell me how? I don't really understand how to take the article and put it into the real world without copying and pasting all the code into a new article box... any assistance is greatly appreciated! Thank you for all your help on this page! [[3]]Rpelton (talk) 19:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

--End Quote

- Rpelton (talk) 19:34, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, sorry I missed your initial note. To move an article, you should see a "move" tab at the top; enter the desired new title as instructed, and it's pretty self-explanatory from there. Does that work ? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:56, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes! Thanks, I'm so lost on wikipedia sometimes. I really appreciate your help! Rpelton (talk) 17:09, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback

Thank you for granting the rollback feature to me. I must ask what why do we have to warn other people not to vandalise articles? Isn't this a waste of time? NarSakSasLee (talk) 19:48, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Relist

Gah! You edit conflicted me at relisting Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Poker Pack! Curse you and your tool-aided actions! BTW, where is the tool for relisting? I always do it manually O_O Cheers, I'^mperator 00:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

A side note: I'm having difficulty registering for Wikipedia Review, namely the fact that they won't accept gmail or yahoo for the email. Help? Cheers, I'^mperator 00:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, it's a secret. ;) (Actually, just put importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD.js'); into your monobook.js and it should work). Re. the WR thing, I guess you just have to get something like AOL. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:57, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Heads up ITN

Since Choi-wan made landfall as a C4 Super Typhoon ive chucked it up on ITN :). Jason Rees (talk) 12:19, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Numbering on JMA Tropical Depressions

Some users has been insisting of adding designations to JMA Tropical Depressions but they can't provide any evidence that the Tropical Depressions are designated as such by an official agency. For example, nowhere outside Wikipedia indicates that Auring is designated as Tropical Depression 01. Even worse, these designations are largely different from those can be found in SAREP issued by JMA(RSMC Tokyo). This creates a very confusing situation. If there is no official designation associated to a particular system, then leave it as such. This has been the case for extratropical lows, thunderstorm, tornado and many other severe weather events.[4] You won't have extratropical low 1, extratropical low 2, extratropical low 3, etc. (unless a certain official agency decides to do so in the future) Tropical Depression is nothing different from other forms of severe weather events. If there is an official designation, use it. If there is not and the Tropical Depression has sufficient impact to warrant its own article, then use relevant descriptions such as place, month, festival, year, etc. whichever appropriate. This is the encyclopediac way to refer to them. Please join the discussion in [5].Typhoon2009 (talk) 14:16, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with the West Pacific naming conventions. However, while your argument sounds valid, continuously edit warring is not acceptable. Please try to form a consensus at the article's talk page before implementing any major changes. Thank you. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:25, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

OK. Now, I'll just have the dubious tags there so that more users notice the dispute, can join the discussion and hopefully form a consensus.Typhoon2009 (talk) 01:06, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Crop circle protection

Hello. It appears that the sudden avalanche of vandalism on the Crop circle article is due to the Wikipedia article gaining a higher profile via Google's use of crop circles in today's logo [6]. Since these click-able, search-able logos do not typically last longer than a day, the page protection probably will not be needed after about 24 hours. You might want to reduce the protection length, but that is entirely up to you. Also, I removed the "small" parameter from the template so that all the extra visitors explicitly know why they cannot edit this article on "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit" plus then they can see that the protection is only temporary. If you feel that my action here was improper, please feel free to revert it at your discretion. Thanks, — Kralizec! (talk) 14:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I took that into consideration, but I figured it's best to leave it protected for a few more days to avoid any residual vandalism. I don't object to you or another admin removing the protection before it expires, however, if they feel it's necessary. Re. the template, I generally use the |small= for reasons outlined in this essay, but again, no big deal. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:33, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

User:NarSakSasLee

Hi there. I see you gave User:NarSakSasLee rollback rights yesterday. You might want to keep an eye on him, I've had two cases in the last two days of him reverting perfectly valid geotags with no explanation in the edit summary. Turns out "he thought they were gibberish" - I guess this is more likely to be a problem with a non-native speaker of English, it's harder for him to distinguish genuine gibberish from tech-speak gibberish. All resolved amicably enough now, but I thought I'd mention it; I don't know if there's been other examples that the "victim" hasn't noticed. 82.3.241.225 (talk) 16:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. You're right, that is worth keeping an eye on. The good news is that he technically didn't use rollback for the reverts in question, but I'll leave them a note if I see any more questionable actions. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:20, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you review Star Trek (film)

This morning there was a category added to this page that classified it as a reboot film. I searched Star Trek reboot and found several reliable sources that classify the movie as such. I sourced four of them OC Weekly, Mtv, HighDef digest and The Examiner. User:Darrenhusted insists that because the director isn't quoted as saying it's a reboot we can't include it. If you look at the sources in the page history even the titles themselves classify the movie as a reboot. I am loathe to violate 3rr and the other editor is very close to. Can you step in and review before either of us gets blocked for something small? Hell In A Bucket (talk) 16:24, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I have to leave in around ten minutes for work. If you have questions I'll answer them during my break or lunch, but didn't want you to think I ran out on this. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 16:35, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Rollback -- Thank you

Re: rollback. Wow, that was fast! Thank you very much. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:48, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Follow-up to mentor request on 7 September

Did you have a chance to look at the review of 2009 Giro d'Italia for GA? The user told me earlier today (in US Eastern Daylight Time) that he had been mugged and his computer had been stolen the day after the seven day grace period expired to correct the article upon my suggestions. I failed this article and the two others because the GA Procedures stated this. The user (Nosleep) as I expected was upset at my decision, but I was not responsible for him getting mugged and having his computer stolen. All I was doing was following the WP:GAN rules set when I put those articles on hold. Your thoughts on this. Chris (talk) 01:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Metatata

Hi - wouldn't these be appropriate for a G3/R3? Just wondering if there is a reason for them to stick around. Thanks 7 01:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I forgot about that. Done now. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Just a comment: that "word" is a favorite of ScienceGolfFanatic; I suspect he's escaped his rangeblock by editing from school. Since he also did some other vandalism yesterday (see here) it might be worth looking into yet another SPI on ScienceGolfFan (unless the school can be blocked by just blocking the account). -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 01:25, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Old warning

I have made no changes to the chelsea fc article whatsoever. Also, I don't believe I have ever visited the page until today89.240.202.150 (talk) 01:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: KKCK

Warning understood. I think there are more eyes on the KKCK page so I don't have to watch over it and there will be more people to revert if need be. So I won't be reverting anymore. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 02:41, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Possible mistake

Was this a mistake? Debresser (talk) 12:36, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Nope. I was removing links to userspace in a few hundred articles. It looks like AWB botched the edit summary, but other than that the edit seems fine. Thanks for the note. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:17, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

You removed the forward slash in the second ref tag (</ref> -> <ref>), making the page look like this. Debresser reverted - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 15:20, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

SoWhy has now fixed it :). I was going to do so, but my computer messed up, and I was looking for the policy/guideline which supported it (which is Wikipedia:Linking for those interested :D) - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 15:24, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

SWGIT page restore

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User_talk:Juliancolton/Archive_20#SWGIT

Good morning. Were you able to restore the deleted SWGIT page to my userspace yet? Swgit (talk) 14:30, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Done at User:Swgit/Scientific Working Group on Imaging Technology. Sorry for the delay; I've been swamped lately. Let me know if you need any help. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:21, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Still no reply to my query about article Outlet property Services no visible yet

Hi Julian

The article I created a few weeks ago still is not showing. What am I doing wrong?!

My messages do not sem to reach you either so am trying again :-)

I look forward to your reply.

mark

MarkG 14:59, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I actually responded to your initial query, but it seems you missed it. I think the issue is that you created your article in your user-space rather than the article-space; only pages in the later namespace appear in Special:Search. Once it gets moved into the article-space, it should be visible immediately. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:24, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Julian

Sorry I missed your reply! And I have failed the move... I opened the page in user, clicked the 'move' tab and renamed the article Article:Outlet Property Services' but it remains in my contributions. So asking for your help again so that I can do this. Sorry for being so useless!

Best regards

MarkG 09:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Seems to have been taken care of by Soap (talk · contribs). It's easy to get confused around here; don't worry about it. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 11:39, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Request

I saw you protected the Office Open XML article. I would like to have some kind of mediation or arbitration the the content and edits in the article. Would you be inclined to mediate on the content in the article ? hAl (talk) 17:28, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I'm afraid I'm going to have to respectfully decline; I know little of the subject, and some might accuse me of a having a COI since I protected the page. I'll be happy to weigh in on any discussions if necessary, however. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:40, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Too bad. It seems that when the word Microsoft attaches to an article a whole bunch of people gets very anxious to apply different standards to reality. I do hope someone with an objective view from the outside can help. If you were to contribute to the discusions that might definitly help. hAl (talk) 17:58, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't see what full protection is going to resolve. Four or five editors have repeatedly explained to HAl (talk · contribs) what the problem with his edits is, and yet he continues to revert them back in. In a week's time there's still going to be the same consensus that the edits he's making are unacceptable. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

If edit warring resumes after the protection expires, then blocks may be in order. Until then protection seems like the most appropriate course of action. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:27, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 1991 unnamed hurricane

On September 16, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1991 unnamed hurricane, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 19:08, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Block request

Hello Julian. Can you intervene with the edit warring of Spitzer19 ? You warned him previously but he has ignored it entirely, I have tried repeatedly to reason with him. Regards Gaius Octavius Princeps (talk) 19:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I've taken care of it. Thanks for the notice –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:37, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Dauros

Shouldn't the deleted article for Dauros at least redirect to Transformers: Super-God Masterforce ? Mathewignash (talk) 20:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps, but that needs to be worked out by editors familiar with the topic. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:19, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I am familiar with the topic, that's the anime Dauros is a character from. If you want to delete the character, I'd say redirct it to the anime he's from. When I go to put it in there is gives me a warning that I shouldn't start the page again. Is it okay for me to simply put a redirect on the page and then let people talk about it if they disagree? I didn't want to upset anyone by not following protocal, but a redirect doesn't seem like too much.Mathewignash (talk) 00:19, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you feel it's appropriate/necessary, feel free to be bold! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:20, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Howdy, thank you for your advice on my RFA. I noticed that you say you have room for one more user for Admin coaching, and I'd be honored to take that spot so my RFA has a better result this time. Thanks for your time,--SKATER ^Speak. 22:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry to see your RfA was unsuccessful, and hopefully you're not terribly discouraged. Unfortunately, I've been increasingly busy lately and I doubt I'll have time in the short term to be an effective admin coach. If you can wait until around the holidays, I'd be happy to accept; otherwise you might be better off contacting another admin or experienced user. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:00, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not discouraged in the least. I didn't expect it to pass at all :p. Alright, thanks anyway.--SKATER ^Speak. 23:05, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding. :) If you need help with any specific issues, feel free to give me a shout. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:20, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

A polite FYI

Just to let you know—as it's extremely rude for me to edit other people's comments ;) — but I just added a link to your "resolved" templates on AN and ANI so the "one place" links to the VP(T), hope you're okay with that!

Peace and Passion ☮ ("I'm listening....") 00:25, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

No problem, that's fine! Thanks for the heads-up. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:26, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Grace (1991)

On September 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Grace (1991), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 13:15, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Military history coordinator elections: voting has started!

Voting in the Military history WikiProject coordinator election has now started. The aim is to elect the coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of sixteen candidates. Please vote here by 23:59 (UTC) on 26 September!
For the coordinators, Roger Davies ^talk 22:09, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Bill Clinton

Hey, I am working on the artical Bill Clinton and i could use help with copy editing, could you help me. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 13:34, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to help. Is there anything in particular you need assistance with at the moment? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:51, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

I am looking for like some grammer errors that could be there, and if any important detail is missing. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 15:51, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Crop circle

I noticed that you put protection on the crop circle article. Yesterday two users Pshent and stvjns made extensive changes to the article giving what I believe to be undue weight to supernatural theories involving crop circles and removing discussion that contradicts these views. I am having a difficult time repairing the damage due to my inexperience as an editor and the sheer number of edits. I would appreciate any help or advice you could give. Voiceofreason01 (talk) 14:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I'll take a look in a bit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:49, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Weather

Hey Julian, how you doin? Have a question ... Do you know of a good resource/reference which give the weather history of a particular place? Basically, I'm looking for things like "what was the weather like in X (ex: Daytona Beach, FL), on such and such a date. Most of the newspapers I know of only go back as far as the mid-1980's for on-line refs., and I'd like to find something that went back as far as maybe the 1960's. Know of a site? — Ched : ? 14:33, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

There are quite a few sites with good historical weather data. I like this site, which goes back to Jan. 1, 1946. Here's another useful one. If you cared enough, you could probably find a very rough estimate of what the weather was going back to 1871. Hope that helps. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

GREAT!!! Thanks very VERY muchly! You learned me good. ;) ... Who said my edits needed to be copyedited? ... lol. Hey, while it might only be a line or two in an article, it does add to the expansiveness of a topic. Oh, and by the way, I did leave a "my bad" sorry note on my talk as far as not including you in the FA editors stuff. I think in your heart, you know how highly I think of you Julian - keep up the great work! Cheers. ;-) — Ched : ? 16:55, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Glad you like them! And thanks for the kind words; it's much appreciated. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:14, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Distance Medley Relay

Re: this comment at Requested Moves. Please note that the vast majority of capitalisations shown in the Google search are actually due to headlines where every word is capitalised, or when used as a stand alone caption in which standard practice is to capitalise (e.g. Pole Vault, World Record). When placed within prose, "distance medley relay" without capitals is used. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 19:06, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, I still think it would be best to have a quick discussion just to be sure. "Uncontroversial moves" are only preformed if there is truly no chance that it may be contested. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:13, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

HTC is back again

This IP is probably another HTC sock as 1 of his edits resembles Vivantc and he's from Vietnam. Thanks again Darren 23 ^{My Contributions} 21:52, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

blocked. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:00, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Location map

Zoltan413 hosed the {{Location map New York}}. The clue was that the problem went away when you removed the pushpin map. The pushpin maps are created by {{Location map}}, which calls one of thousands of little location map templates. This is a somewhat problematic design in that they are no very well patrolled. However, it's pretty clear when there is a problem, as you noticed. Thanks for alerting me to the problem. It looks like Columbus, New York is fine now. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 04:03, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks for looking into that! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:04, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for deleting those pages so that I could tidy things up before leaving.--Sky Attacker Here comes the bird! 04:51, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Glad to help. Sorry to see you're leaving. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:52, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I plan to come back. But when there are more clueful administrators. I appreciate that most of you are doing your job. But some administratots seem to lack clue. Hopefully, CoM's new thread at AN/I will tie some loose knots around here and in a few months when everything is, hopefully, back on track, I will return. Just for the record, you are one of the admins that I trust and I know that you do well for Wikipedia. Hopefully you'll still be here if and when I get back. Thanks.--Sky Attacker Here comes the bird! 04:57, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough. Hopefully everything works out for you, and you'll be able to return soon... although I understand why one would want a break. And thanks for the kind words. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:06, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Yellow Arch Studios

Hi Julian, In closing the deletion discussion you don't seem to have removed the tags from the article (perhaps because I'd confused matters by Moving it during the AfD to get the captialisation right). I'm not sure if anyone other than the closing admin is allowed to do so ... ? PamD (talk) 07:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:04, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. PamD (talk) 16:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Advice required

I need some advice about how to proceed with a certain matter later, can you be online @ some point before 21z. Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 10:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC) Wikipedia:No_original_research/Noticeboard#2009_Pacific_typhoon_season you need to see this i think in prep for later]Jason Rees (talk) 12:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:24, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Support

Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Pastor_Theo#Support

6. Support; I was considering nominating him myself. –Juliancolton | Talk 3:42 am, 2 July 2009...

I bet your glad you didn't... Off2riorob (talk) 10:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

On its own, Pastor Theo was generally a very constructive and useful account. It would have been next to impossible to find anything suspicious before ArbCom's desysop. Of course, there's a chance that any and every account is a sock of a blocked user, but you just have to AGF. Overall I think that even if I had nominated, I don't think I would have felt ashamed or guilty. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:03, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

No, and you needn't have felt bad, I agree with you about that.. he was a decent editor as Theo. There is a lot more of this double dealing on this wikipedia. I am perhaps a little the other way to you, a little guarded with my support. I am for declaration of identity for all and only one account for all, it could be done that users could start making voluntary identity declarations, I would do it immediately. Off2riorob (talk) 16:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Amanda Palmer disambiguation page

With there only being two articles named Amanda Palmer, I do not see the justification in creating a disambiguation page; especially not when one of the two is clearly more notable than the other.

Well, it might be a good idea to initiate a discussion somewhere and see what others think. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Talk:Amanda_Palmer_(artist)#Amanda_Palmer_disambiguation_page Sirrontail (talk) 20:40, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

IP:208.101.227.27

Hi, I'm a rookie so I'm not sure if this is what I'm supposed to do, but I've just come across this IP that you blocked for 3RR on the 16th and they've gone back to section blanking and removing a whois template. I know you originally blocked them for 3RR, but obviously I'm not going to get into a revert war with them for the sake of a template - I'm just not sure whether template removal is something serious or not. Just thought I'd pass on the info. Starlemusique (talk) 22:47, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		This cracked me up. :D --Dylan 620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 02:02, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Ahoy, me hearty! I be appreciatin' the booty ye have been so kind to award me. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:06, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Ahoy

Arrrgh, you too me matey! --Dylan 620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 02:28, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Jayuya Uprising

Hello Julian, yes I'm fine with the unprotection of the article. Thank you for letting me know. Take care. Tony the Marine (talk) 06:05, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Merging during live AfD

Hi. I'm approaching you because you're an admin active at AFD who hasn't commented at WT:Articles for deletion#Merging during live AfD. Do you think that the discussion has reached a consensus, or would it benefit from RfC/CENT? Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 03:46, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll read over the discussion later today and provide my thoughts. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi again. If you're too busy, would you recommend another admin for me to try? I'm reluctant to request an admin at AN/I, as it would be too easy for the closure request to be mistaken for an Incident report. Thanks. Flatscan (talk) 04:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Since you're on wikibreak, I'll try another admin. Flatscan (talk) 03:54, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Ahoy, Matey!

Arggg... me over da crow's nest and watching da rfa. How's it goin? ( ^P.-]> (ʔ watch out fo me claw!) Zoo Fari 04:53, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Careful ye don't get too close to the high seas of RfA, me hearty, lest ye be sent to the depths. Yer catchin' up on the pirate speak well for a landlubber! By the powers, me scurvy dog! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:58, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Matey. Am I doing this right? :) Gary King (talk) 07:13, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Yarr, tis be a good start, jim lad! Avast! So Arr! ^{Let go plunderin!} 10:39, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I reckon ye scallywags needs t' be more serious. Spend less time playin' around wit' silly natter 'n create some tales! Yarrrr! Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat 21:18, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry couldn't resist :D Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat 21:18, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Well, I saw that Dylan gave you one already, :P but for your witty message at the RFA page and for the topic changes at IRC,;) I give you this barnstar. Pmlineditor^Talk 10:45, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, thanks! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:17, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Duke456

See commons:User talk:Mom456 based on a Checkuser, User:Hill214 (SUL) is an active sockpuppet on en.wikipedia. --Martin H. (talk) 12:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Blocked, thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Hey, I had been intending to re-ask X! sometime in the future, but he seems to have removed himself from the admin coaches list. Would you be willing to coach me? I'm hoping to run for admin in January of 2010, and I'd like to learn how to be a better editor as well. Please let me know if you have any interest. Irbisgreif (talk) 18:04, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. Unfortunately, I've been busy lately, and I don't think I'd be an effective coach at the moment. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions you have, however. Sorry that I can't be of more assistance. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:31, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, if you take a look at my talk page, you'll see that I'm constantly getting CSD related complaints. Perhaps you could tell me what I'm doing wrong? Irbisgreif (talk) 02:09, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Jeremy Dunning-Davies

Looks just like the article deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeremy Dunning-Davies - I've asked Headbomb [7]how he sees it as different, but I can't see any reason it shouldn't be speedied. Dougweller (talk) 20:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. In order for an article to qualify for speedy-deletion under A4, it would need to be almost identical to the previous version. In this case, the article has been significantly expanded and improved, and I'd even go so far as to say it would likely be kept should it be nominated for AfD again. Just my opinion though. Cheers. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:33, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikibrrrrrreak?

Wherrrrrrre have ye gone to, mate? I rrrrreckon wikibrrrrreaks arrrrrrrre not rrrrecognized on this, ye holiest of them holy days, me administrrrrrrator brrrrretheren. Herrrrrre's a festive trrrout fer yer philanderin'! Drink up, me hearty! upstate NYer 02:06, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

You are a pirate! Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! --Mixwell!^Talk 02:13, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

German CDU sub stubs

Hi, I've requested to User talk:Xeno that they be deleted. The task is too huge (and mind numbingly boring) to take on alone. I tried fleshing a few out and even had a few DYKs out of them and some de stubbed but the sheer amount needing doing is too much,. As there clearly aren't many editors working on them it is best to salvage what has been edited and just delete the sub stubs. Then they can be started at a later date and it eases a great part of the BLP problem created with many of them back in July. Himalayan 10:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Looks like a few other admins have already taken care of everything, but let me know if you need any help. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnster

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thanks for all the advice you have given me, even if you dont like it :) Jason Rees (talk) 19:43, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks JR! :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Insight

Can you comment on this? Thanks. upstate NYer 02:31, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Please intervene

Would you please deal with this unilateral move? You closed and archived the requested move discussion, therefore you'd be the best person to respond to Bobanni's little game. Thanks. --Poeticbent talk 04:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Will take a look, thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Could you help?

This individual[8] has been "writing" quite some fantastical claims, allegories, half-truths, and personal opinions into numerous articles. Including this insanity, Further, it is well known today, that very, very, tall people can show reproductive disorders and/or unfertility for multiple reasons. Which was included in the Sancho VII of Navarre article!!
This is the same individual that refused to respond to my inquires as to the editing of "Half Bavarian/Half French" statement in the Philip V of Spain article[9]. Is there anything you can do?? Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 18:35, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Bill clinton

can you check Bill clinton for links dead links, type of refrences, and Wikipedia:Alternative text for images, and maby you could copy-edit. --Pedro J. ^{the rookie} 00:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Psssst

Be careful next time--Tznkai (talk) 04:59, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Whoops! Sorry about that. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:03, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Something to amuse you

Something to amuse you. My gut tells me a HTC sock Jason Rees (talk) 10:23, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Yep, blocked. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Please Guide

Juliancolton, Abu Torsam 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.

Hi, Please guide: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rankers_Point_Coaching_Institute_Indore So you included the debate in http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Organizations So what i need to do to get this article deleted , or it will be automatically deleted in few days..Whats next?. ( Abu Torsam 18:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC))

Hi. The discussion will likely last seven days, during which time other editors are allowed to comment on the nomination. An uninvolved admin will then determine if there is consensus for deletion. Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:46, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

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Gnoppix

I've found that you'ce deleted this page and am wondering if you could restore it, there are pages linking to it, I'm in need of the information, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.179.108 (talk • contribs)

I've restored it in accordance with the proposed deletion policy. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:44, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Encore! German politician stubs

Hi there, would you be so kind to 'undelete' Alfons Pawelczyk and Hans-Jürgen Krupp, you had properly deleted in July 2009,<irony> because Hamburg is like Riga only a small community at the North Sea?</irony> I'll expand them to proper referenced stubs. They have been on my watchlist, but until now I got no time to work on them, and I try to improve the coverage of this fishing hamlet. Thanks for your work and Happy editing. Sebastian scha. (talk) 10:12, 23 September 2009 (UTC) (PS:I'm watching you [your talk page], if you need a clarification)

I've done it. You can ask me as well if you like, I have a certain affinity to German politics ;-) Regards So Why 10:26, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Lufthansa Flight 288

Is this relisted AfD to be considered a completely new debate? The new WP:AIRCRASH is completely different to the old one. Would it be better to procedurally close this one and immediately reopen a brand new debate? Mjroots (talk) 06:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Not exactly a "new" debate, but given the changes to WP:AIRCRASH, I thought it would be better to let the discussion remain open for seven more days to receive new, more accurate feedback. It might have made sense to close it as "no consensus" and immediately re-nominate it, but it should be easy enough for the closing admin to weigh/discount initial votes as appropriate. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:48, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, the way that is reading to me is that the inital AfD has been/will be voided. Am I correct? It should be made clear on the AfD as to whether comments made before WP:AIRCRASH was changed which refer to the old version will be counted or not, and comments which referred to what was then the draft version which were made before the new version was posted will be counted or not. It's all getting a bit messy IMHO. BTW, as you know, I've got an RfA running. It looks like I'm going to be granted Adminship. I'll not perform any admin-related action in respect of the AfD discussion as I'm an involved editor so you needn't worry that I'll steam in myself come Monday morning. Mjroots (talk) 17:46, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, the comments made before WP:AIRCRASH was changed won't be necessarily voided; indeed, some of the comments still appear valid, which is why it's better to keep the discussion in the same place rather than start a new AfD. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:49, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whose Responsible This

I would very much like you to look at this deletion again. I don't believe that:

"Arguments for keeping the article are almost all irrelevant or non-existent"

is accurate or true. There are more than several comments voting to keep the article that quote secondary sources including an article in The Guardian online written by a respected (read paid) journalist. The article in question makes a very valid point about humiliation and mass cyberbullying.

I would like to hear a coherent argument against these votes rather than having them dismissed out of hand. In my opinion there is a greater issue here.

Like it or not - and clearly you do not - Wikipedia has a role to play in recording modern culture for posterity. As there are no realistic limits to the amount of space that Wikipedia can occupy, the removal of articles that describe small scale and ephemeral events is both unnecessary and creates a dishonest picture of the time. To take a more serious example, what would French history be without evidence of the "j'accuse" controversy? Without the 'disposable' cartoons and satirical writing of the day would we understand events as we do?

Yes, the internet is awash with such pieces of pop culture, but the technology that has permitted this also allows a virtually limitless capacity to archive them. Yes, this is a reasonably pointless meme but who are we to decide on its cultural importance, at this early stage?

As an advertising copywriter in digital I have a great deal of experience of the 'churn' of the internet and can categorically state that the argument that 'nothing vanishes' from the web is nonsense. Content vanishes all the time and when it does, it disappears forever.

I have been asked not to 'attack' Wikipedia contributors, an accusation that I will accept and for which I apologise. The essential essence of my hyperbolic statement remains however. There appear to be forces at work, 'deletionist' forces, working unilaterally to make Wikipedia something that they believe is right and fitting. This deletion has not done much to disuade me of this view.

On a lighter note, may I congratulate you on your continued work for Wikipedia and your recent 'day'.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Matt Killeen

Hi, thanks for the note. I actually believe consensus was clear. As you know, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia; and while we do accept content that is more befitting of almanacs and specialized encyclopedias, an Internet meme created two weeks ago hardly meets our inclusion policies. That said, I examined some of the arguments for retaining this article, and I've determined that very few actually explain their reasoning satisfactorily. For example, with all due respect, your vote, "Stop trying to control Wikipedia you information Stasi" is irrelevant to the discussion, and thus I was forced to discount it. The same goes for "Avast there ya landlubbers,I votes we keep it", and many others. It is clear to me that this AfD was canvassed for participation off-wiki. As EVula (talk · contribs) noted, if this meme becomes established and truly notable after a year or so, then we can reconsider this decision. Hope this helps. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Move request

Oakridge–41st Avenue Station needs a spaced en dash. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Done NW (Talk) 01:33, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=NORC_(service)&action=edit&redlink=1

Hi I want to revive this page as there are many reliable sources about this service (newspapers, blogs, etc). What should I do as I cannot access the older version? I cannot say I am happy that only google is quoted with streetview. --Soapview (talk) 12:20, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Getting moldy

Your WP:Administrator review is getting a little moldy, time to untransclude? =) –xeno^talk 14:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, indeed.

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of ClearPoint Credit Counseling page

I'm looking for some clarification. A page I created for ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions was deleted for various reasons, one of which is that it was advertising. Let me say that I am in complete agreement with this standard, I only want to understand its application. There is a nearly identical page for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta. The only difference I can see between that page and the one I created is that there are some additional links. That in itself doesn't seem like a sufficient distinction to merit deletion; it seems additional editing would suffice. Can you clarify?

Also, my user page was deleted, apparently because I had a draft of the ClearPoint page stored there. It was my impression that I was the only one seeing contents of my userpage; perhaps I misunderstood. I request restoration of my user page.

Thank you!

Richmondwriter (talk) 15:19, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. You might want to check out this discussion on the article to determine the reason why it's been deemed unsuitable for inclusion. If there are other similar pages, those may have to be dealt with as well. As for your userpage, it will be visible to anybody, which is why many content policies do apply to the userspace. You're free to create a userpage with information about yourself, however. Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:13, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Knight Prince - Sage Veritas

This user appears to have gone right back to accusing users of racism- and if I'm not mistaken, editing on that page is dangerously close to a violation of his still-active topic ban. --King Öomie 16:47, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I've contacted the admin who unblocked him. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:50, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

I probably should have continued reading the page before I settled on which admin to post to. X( --King Öomie 16:53, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Boom!

I left you a message at Exploding donkey. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 19:42, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Done, AfD closed, feel free to take a stab at merging. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:44, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Boo-boo?

Re your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christmas films worldwide: You appear to have redirected the article to itself, creating a loop. Did you mean to redirect it to List of Christmas films? Deor (talk) 19:48, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

My mistake, fixed. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:49, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Discworld Stamps article

I was about to add another reference to the original article but you made your decision to delete it. I believe that this was an unfair deletion. I am a member of the Discworld Stamps forum and have just joined as a Wikipedia User.

In my view the rebuttal by Bernard Pearson, who produces the stamps, was very strong. The stamps were an invention of Sir Terry Pratchett himself, author of the Discworld novels, he was the bestselling author of the 90s and has sold over 55 million books worldwide (see Wikipedia entry), and first introduced the stamps in the Discworld novel 'Going Postal'. At that time Waterstones booksellers gave away a free Discworld Stamps First Day Cover with each book. The stamps were even illustrated in the end papers of the book. Since that day Discworld Stamps have grown hugely and are regularly shown and sold at Discworld conventions in Britain, USA and Australia. The stamps have been featured in Stamp Magazine and Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Britains leading stamp magazines on several occasions including a mention in the current edition of Gibbons Stamp Monthly featuring an article on the Bath Postal Museum and the link with Terry Pratchett.

The stamps are traded on eBay almost constantly with rarer stamps fetching over £1000. They are an important part of Cinderella stamps. Over 2 million stamps have been produced in their 5 years of existence. The fact that they are now archived in the British Library Philatelic Collection testifies to their importance.

I would ask that you reconsider your decision to delete the article.

Thank you, DJ Easterbrook (talk) 01:39, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I would like to (belatedly, as I've been gathering them over the last couple of days after discussion with DJ Clayworth) cite some of the missing references from third party sites etc as to the notability of these stamps and their producer, |Bernard Pearson:

http://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/content/news.html The current issue of Stamp Magazine, which features a special commemorative cinderella stamp by Bernard Pearson (producer of DW stamps).
http://www.stanleygibbons.com/gsm/archived-articles/gb-it's-my-view/gb-its-my-view---march-2005.aspx

There was a feature article in the October 2005 edition of the magazine, but unfortunately it does not seem to have been reproduced on the web archive.

For the purposes of this discussion I have scanned and temporarily made available the article (here).

http://www.stanleygibbons.com/gsm/archived-articles/latest-news/april-2006/stanleygibbonsfirstdaycover.aspx (not directly a DW stamp item itself, but produced for Gibbons after the DW stamp article).
http://www.plunkett.co.uk/whatwedo/rcs/shopdirectory.cfm/shop/292 Opening of the East Knoyle post office by Sir Terry Pratchett. For this two commemorative stamps were produced, as noted in the article.

* This was also covered in an article in Stanley Gibbons - again temporarily hosted here.

Bernard is regularly one of the invited guests at the various Discworld Conventions around the world, for example DWCon 2010, NADWCON 2009, Irish DWCon 2009 plus many others. These invites are regularly repeated year on year, as a wider historic search on those sites shows.
http://www.bathpostalmuseum.co.uk/explore/history/history_1800s2.html Noted part-way down the page is reference to the special event held with the Bath Postal Museum to mark their re-opening (Sir Terry is their Patron). At this event a number of the first Discworld Stamps were perforated using their Victorian perforating machine, many by Sir Terry himself.

There have been further collaborations which should be verifiable as third-party proof of notability (Cinderella Stamp Society, The Kipling Society and the British Library to name but three), although unfortunately they do not have anything I can link to on the web as proof. I will continue to see if I can find things though. DarrenHill (talk) 08:01, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I also looked at these references, and to some reference additions that were made to the article between when I last looked at it and when it was deleted. I view of these I wouldn't be opposed to a reinstatement. If they had been there when I first looked at the article I probably wouldn't have nominated it. DJ Clayworth (talk) 13:24, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, since it was deleted via AfD, I can't really unilaterally restore it. If you believe you've found sufficient sources to overcome the concerns raised at the deletion discussion, the most appropriate course of action would be to file a request at WP:DRV. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:04, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you gentlemen. I will scan and temporarily make available the Stanley Gibbons references tonight (for the purposes of this discussion only, given they do not seem to be available on their own website for some reason I don't plan to host it permanently). After that I will file the request as you suggest. In the meantime, might I propose and request a temporary undeletion of the article, as described here ? DarrenHill (talk) 14:09, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I have now done as you requested and filed the request. I have also temporarily added links to scans of two Stanley Gibbons articles to the links above. As these are not on their own website I will remove them again once this discussion is completed and hopefully the deletion is reversed.

One more I forgot, the joint commemoration between DW Stamps and designer Mark Valentine in support of the Rockall Ho! venture. The sale of the covers alone raised over £2000 for charity.

FL red link criterion discussion

See here. Cheeers, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:49, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeti

I've come across some serious vandalism on the Yeti page. I'm not sure I'll be able to restore the page back to the last good version alone. Can you assist or point me towards the best place to ask? Mjroots (talk) 10:19, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Looks like the vandalism's been taken care of in the short-term, so I protected it for a month. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:54, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of CyanogenMod

I think a software package that's covered on both Gizmodo and Slashdot (and whose YouTube channel became the 33rd most subscribed even before its official launch) is certainly notable enough to merit inclusion on Wikipedia. I realize notability is subjective to some degree, and the perspective of an outsider (i.e. someone who's not in the Android-modding community) may be very different from that of someone who has an active interest in this particular software niche. But if the issue of notability arises for a page like compressor stall, then I would naturally expect the opinions of pilots and aerospace engineers to be given greater weight than others. I don't know what the page looked like when you chose to delete it, but I hope that you'll have the decency to leave the new page alone this time around--or simply use a refimprove template or something similar to give suggestions for improvement. That would at least be constructive, rather than destroying a useful page out of spite for its authors.--71.105.214.189 (talk) 18:24, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Who said it was "destroyed out of spite for its authors"? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:40, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that after seeing the cease and desist served via Google, I immediately came to wikipedia first in order to look up what Cyanogen was. I won't be the only one doing this, there will be plenty of people looking to access this information now that this story has broke. Any chance we can have a re-vote to restore this article? --Pvvni (talk) 20:30, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

That event is little more than a news story, and is thus unsuitable for inclusion within Wikipedia. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:41, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

We've seen this issue with experts dictating what was notable enough for inclusion and what wasn't. It didn't end well. The notability guidelines are the notability guidelines, no matter how important something is to Android owners, or Rush fans, or people with dog allergies. --King Öomie 20:46, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

deletion of page List of watermills in France

Now you have deleted "List of watermills in France" cos it was ""Too Long"" can you tell me where I can find another?? That was not very helpfull was it? 21:04, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a directory. --King Öomie 20:48, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Please restore the article about the National Research Center for Women & Families

Dear Julian,

The National Research Center for Women & Families was described in a short wikipedia article, because it is frequently quoted in the media around the world (and in wikipedia). I'm not sure why you deleted it, but apparently you thought it was too much like advertising. However, the article seems no different than articles for many other think tanks and nonprofit organizations. If there is a problem, let's revise it rather than delete the entire article.

I hope that we can discuss this. The Center is a think tank that does not accept money from companies whose medical products it reviews or evaluates. It does not sell anything -- all the Center's work is provided for free. Center staff have testified before the Canadian Parliament, the U.S. Congress, and many scientific organizations and agencies. They are often quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and major media in many other countries as well. If you google it, you'll see what I mean.

DoctorDM (talk) 04:54, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Done in accordance with the proposed deletion policy. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:01, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunatly, DoctorDM (talk · contribs) is a newly created sock puppet of Scmd. May want to reconsider the Undeletion. This is a banned users, utilizing sock puppets to circumvent a block in order to game the system. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Sep_2#National_Research_Center_for_Women_.26_Families_citation_spamming.--Hu12 (talk) 23:31, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Julian, Thanks for restoring the article. I don't know why Hu12 thinks I am a sockpuppet OR a banned user. I am not either and I don't appreciate those kind of unfounded insults. I am a former ivy league faculty member who used to be a frequent wikipedia contributor but have been busy with work, then forgot my user name/password so had to create a new one. That was an unfounded accusation and I would have thought against the rules of civil discourse on wikipedia. Who are you, Hu12, and on what basis did you make that accusation? DoctorDM (talk) 02:29, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Wats a "he computer"? :P Jason Rees (talk) 19:54, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

He-Computer, Master of the Universe. @harej 14:11, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Discworld_stamps

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Discworld_stamps. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. DarrenHill (talk) 17:03, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JCbot 3

Hey JC, just letting you know that I've marked Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/JCbot 3 as approved. Best - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 21:24, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Since you're around

Could you undelete Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ZooPro please? S/he has just started another RfA, and it would probably be good to have that one available to us proles. → ROUX ₪ 04:28, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree; done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:29, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Ta, luv. → ROUX ₪ 04:32, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Hanuman (2010 film)

I am seeing result of AFD as 'Keep'. But the tag of AFD is still there on article page.

Can I nominate this article for AFD again? Not only because it is future film, not only because even actor playing role of Hanuman is unknown, and not only because production is not started.

I want to nominate because basic source, official announcement by Disney, is absconding on net. I am not finding news in US or western media. Indian media is infamous for carrying hoax news. Few years back "alien" monkey in Delhi and around was reported by media 24/7.

I want basic reliable source, official announcement by Disney.

Can I nominate this article for AFD?

Thanks!

Raama (talk) 12:08, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

I removed the residual AfD tag, which was left in place accidentally after the closure of the discussion. I'd advise against renominating so soon, actually; you're likely to get the same result, and typically AfD voters discourage speedy-renominations. Still, you're welcome to take it to WP:DRV to review the closure. Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:00, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Emergency

Get your but on IRC ASAP please. :PJason Rees (talk) 14:00, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

MHL/Admins

Hi!

You may wish to add your name here :) Roger Davies ^talk 04:08, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, was just

Doing... after seeing that on Ed's talk page. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:09, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Good! The more the merrier :) If you notice any others missing, could you ask them if they're interested please? Roger Davies ^talk 04:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Will keep an eye out. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I see it's borne fruit already :) I've just done a couple more. Actually ...

it would be great if and when you have the time/inclination to do a cross-check of admins against the membership list, and invite all the active missing ones to participate.

More generally, the Logistics dept overall could do with a load of recruiting/refreshing. For instance, we're really short of copy-editors, and have a permanent backlog of requests. Roger Davies ^talk 15:04, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

MILHIST admins

Thanks for informing me; I've inserted my name. :-) AdjustShift (talk) 14:08, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:34, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

RfA close of 9th... something or other

Are you meant to subst the tally? Just curious mind, I did it anyway... GARDEN 18:29, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Not really sure to be honest; seems to change by the day, so I just leave it to the gnomes to fix! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:35, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

There should be a notice, "THIS TEMPLATE MUST BE REPLACED WITH THE CLOSING TALLY WHEN CLOSING THIS RFA", next to the tally on every RfA. But sometimes that notice gets deleted. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 23:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Did you forget to delete Luc Castaignos?

I noticed that you had closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luc Castaignos as a delete over a month ago, but the article is still there. Best, Ray^Talk 18:48, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

<TPS>It was restored by User:Spartaz - see here. I just removed the AfD tag. </TPS> Tim Song (talk) 18:55, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Military History Project

Julian; thank you. I have added my name to the list as you suggested. I have to admit, in fairness, that after I completed the addition of the articles on pre-dreadnought ironclads some two years ago (all articles have since been improved) I have done little editing in the subject apart from a few biographies. But I am always happy to help; I have a certain knowledge and database relating to warships 1860 to 1945. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:33, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Cool! As long as you're willing to help, we're fine with having you. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Disruptive editing/removal of referenced material

This individual[10], continues to remove referenced information over multiple articles[11][12][13][14][15]. I left a warning[16] on his/her talk page, which was summarily deleted[17]. This user is also using an ANON IP to continue with his/her reverts[18]. --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Blocked for disruptive editing. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:48, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Juliancolton/Archive 20 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Dylan 620 (contribs, logs)^{help us!} 23:53, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

OK, so I'm seven minutes early, but you get the idea. :)

Yay, thanks! On the one hand it seems like just last week I was appointed... but on the other it seems like I've been working forever... :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:01, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Ahh...I'm one minute late. Anyway, happy adminship anniversary!Abce2|This isnot a test 00:02, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congrats on your election as Coordinator for the Military history Project. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:20, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Wait, what? Is there suposed to an "a" after as? Abce2|This isnot a test 00:21, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, yes; I'm one of several co-coordinators. Thanks Tom! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:26, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Yep, that'd be Tom's spelling flaws showing up :))) —Ed (talk • contribs) 00:28, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Hate to put you on the spot...

...but as I'm sure you've noticed, I've protected 2009 Pacific typhoon season because of a dispute. Because of the constantly changing nature of the subject (and because I know you to be interested in severe weather in general), I would appreciate it if you could perhaps keep an eye out for {{editprotected}} requests and new typhoons, etc. Of course you're not obligated to do so, but I felt I should at least let you know what was "going down" :). Happy editing, Malinaccier (talk) 00:53, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Yep, I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for taking care of everything. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:56, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! :) Malinaccier (talk) 01:09, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup Newsletter XXXII

Cyanogenmod

Hi, Julian. Your AfD closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CyanogenMod (2nd nomination) has been circumvented by Ohjkaolwnb (talk · contribs), who created Cyanogenmod. Do you think some salt should be added to both Cyanogenmod and CyanogenMod? Best, Cunard (talk) 01:57, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleted. I think that while the DRV is open, it's best to keep the pages un-salted. Assuming the deletion is endorsed by DRV, then it'll be appropriate to apply create-protection. Thanks for the note, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:00, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't see the DRV. Anyway, thanks for deleting the recreation. Cunard (talk) 02:04, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Afd: High Culture

The discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High culture was closed with "keep", but the article High culture still carries the Afd template. I'm not very familiar with procedural matters, so I don't just want to remove the template. Could you take the necessary steps? Thank you. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:12, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Once the AfD is closed, the admin who closes usually takes the AfD tag off of the article, but I don't think it matters who takes it off once it is done. I think Julian just forgot. I took it off right now. :-)

Thanks for taking care of that, unsigned person! :) Sometimes the AfD closing script fails to complete each step properly. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:20, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA response

Fashionably, someone had responded to my oppose comment on another RfA page, with the same comment that appeared on my RfA. "Super-Absolutely Strong Oppose" is appropiate enough to be an oppose comment, but I'm not sure if this is acceptable by Jimbo. Thanks for reminding me on the RfA about WP:SNOW, though. P.S:Tell StephenBuxton though, that I'm on a Wikibreak due to Wikistress.--BoeingRuleOfThe9th-700 (talk) 08:44, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, it is a fairly rude and dismissive way to oppose. You should provide your rationale for opposing, and let the readers decide for themselves whether or not it's a super-absolutely strong argument. Frankly, receiving a "Super-Absolutely Strong Oppose" oppose would seem rather discouraging and redundant. That said, not everything has to be accepted by Jimbo. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:22, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Im having great difficulties getting on freenode at the minute, is there something else i can use? - Also please could you change the 10-min winds under Ketsana to 55kts and add 1min winds=25kts to TD 26 please Thanks Jason Rees (talk) 14:31, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Juliancolton (probably) isnt here at the moment but I have his talkpage on watchlist so I can try to help. Have you tried using the webchat client? It's not the same as the one that they used to use but it should work. If that doesnt work then there isnt much else you can do. Im on Freenode right now so I can attest that the network itself is still up. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 14:33, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Yep thats the one i ussually use. Its just coming up with a blank page evrey time i use it today.Jason Rees (talk) 14:38, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Get Chatzilla! And

Done with the updates, I think. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:40, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I would agree with Julian there. Though there is still this other client if you'd rather not download anything new. (it is working, unlike the webchat.) -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 14:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Jonathan Gleich

Greetings, You deleted Jonathan Gleich
(http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2009_September_13)
But said you would consider publishing if I followed Proper Wiki protocol. I have re-done the article, and would like your opinion before I republish
http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Lscappel/Jonathan_Gleich

I also left this message with IronGargoyle(talk)

Thank you,
Linda Cappel
Lscappel (talk) 01:54, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Juliancolton. You have new messages at Little Mountain 5's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

And with this...

...I hit 100,000 edits, if anybody cares. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:54, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Jesus, we need to find you a girlfriend. → ROUX ₪ 03:55, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Hehehehe. — Jake Wartenberg 03:59, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

\o/ –blurpeace ^(talk) 04:06, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

According to my navigation pop-ups, you have fewer than 97,000 edits. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:39, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

And this. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:41, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

He does have over 100k. Please look at the second link again. Majorly talk 18:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

If you include deleted edits, yes. So I suppose he does have 100K in a matter of speaking. Dabomb87 (talk) 18:44, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Still not near J delanoy's heh, he's amassed around 1/4 of a million edits. That is crazy! Athe Weatherman 21:10, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia administrator

Hello Julian: As you know I'm writing a draft article about Wikipedia administrators. Would you be able to tell me if Larry Sanger was ever an administrator of Wikipedia? and is Jimmy Wales an administrator or does he have all the admin privileges by default since he's the founder? Were the co-founders both admins by default or has the definition of administrator evolved over time to make the question of Larry Sanger having been an administrator, moot? Varks Spira (talk) 15:02, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure how likely an article on Wikipedia administrators would be kept around, but as far as I know, neither Jimmy Wales nor Larry Sanger were elected to be administrators in the conventional sense. Basically, the two of them were administrators before there ever were administrators. But my word isn't good enough. If you're writing an article, you have to base it on reliable, published sources. @harej 15:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, that's interesting. Yes, of course, they wouldn't be administrators and therefore they haven't gone through the Request for Adminship process, but they have the tools to get caught in a Wheel War, right? Varks Spira (talk) 15:12, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

See Larry Sanger and Jimbo Wales. This indicates that Larry Sanger is not an administrator now, and that Jimbo Wales is. This log listing indicates that any changes to Larry Sanger's status occurred prior to the keeping of logs about such things, so difficult to ascertain what user rights he had at some point in the past (at least with my limited knowledge of the system). ^Bongo_matic 15:22, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Editorial control changes

In Time magazine I read, "Under the new plan, people can freely alter Wikipedia articles on, say, their local officials or company head — but those changes will become live only once they've been vetted by a Wikipedia administrator."(http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924492,00.html) This would greatly expand the powers of the Wikipedia administrator. Is this true?

No, because that statement is not true. As it currently stands anybody with the "reviewer" flag would be able to approve changes, not just administrators. Admins have very little "power" in reality. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:16, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Did I misread it or did Time magazine get it wrong? Varks Spira (talk) 15:18, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, many sources are misinterpreting the upcoming changes regarding flagged revisions. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:31, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

It looks like that article is confused between the Flagged Revisions and "WikiTrust" proposals; however neither of these involve Wikipedia administrators directly as Juliancolton has said. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 15:22, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

TFAR

Your I-355 support seems to be misworded because it reads as if you support I-355 and I-355.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 19:09, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, thanks for the note. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:18, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

2009 PTS

Could you update Ketsana's JMA winds 60 kts from the latest advisory?

Thanks --Anhamirak 19:59, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

1-min or 10-min? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:04, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Can u take a look at the latest cmt on the PTS talkpage please. Ive got a feeling you will find something wrong with it Jason Rees (talk) 14:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Another Barn Julian!

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For your pirate themed comments at RFA, they have given me a chuckle everytime! *Athe Weatherman* 20:16, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Hehe, glad you liked it. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:27, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Heh, I did, you should of seen my try at pirate talk at Old English's RFA, it was very poor indeed! Athe Weatherman 21:07, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Lists

Featured lists are a waste of time. Gathering references to substantiate inclusion of entries is inane, since includability is usually obvious and WP:VER clearly states that only entries that are challenged or likely to be challenged should be referenced. And since lists generally present links, the nature of the topics that are linked is explained in each those linked pages -- and those explanations are subject to referencing which provides referencing to the lists by "passing through" the links. Copying the references to the lists that already lead to them is pointless busywork.

I am strongly opposed to wasting man hours on such a task. The greatest improvement in useability and usefulness to the OOK can be achieved by tackling these priorities:

Fixing errors, especially those in the government branches sections of the country outlines!
Writing the outline article: User talk:The Transhumanist/Outline (this should alleviate confusion about what an outline is and what it is for)
Recruiting editors to work on the outlines
Renaming the outlines that are still named "List of" (there are hundreds and hundreds of these), starting with those listed at Lists of mathematics topics
Reformatting the newly renamed outlines
Further integration (links to outlines, notices about outlines, and links between outlines)

Confusion will subside over time. Improving outline instruction pages would also help.

The Transhumanist 21:09, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Marumikan

Did you forget to delete the article instead of just the talk page? —Farix (t | c) 01:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

My mistake, fixed. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Edit Conflict

Hello. I am asking your opinion on User talk:71.112.77.101 and Private prison. In summary, I noticed that the ip has removed three references from the above article. The ip cites WP:SYNTH as the reason, but I believe that does not apply if valid references are removed. I would like to ask a second opinion before I proceed with the comments. Thanks.--LAA Fan^sign _review 02:57, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Rankers Point Coaching Institute Indore

Respected, need your help. Article Rankers Point Coaching Institute Indore; I had nominated it for deletion. because this article is of one private coaching class in Indore ,apart from this it disobeys many policies of wikipedia, & also discussed the matter in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rankers Point Coaching Institute Indore .Now this User:Wikindia24x7 has undone my nomination for deletion telling that he has wikified the Article, but when i reviewed it, i cant find any good addition. so i reverted his edits & nominated the article again for deletion. While in background this user used up different IP address to add new edit in main article Rankers Point Coaching Institute Indore saying it has added up reference. but not an matter of concern. In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rankers Point Coaching Institute Indore last edit "Do Not Delete-I have provided proper citations and tags.and this is top result of Search Engine.please i beg you.thanks. - User:Wikindia24x7" Done by http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Wikindia24x7&action=edit&redlink=1 possibly User:Wikindia24x7 I have no issue with this user but just look at his user talk page. Kindly guide us & help on all matters discussed above ...Thanks. ( Abu Torsam 08:57, 28 September 2009 (UTC))

Jeremy Dunning-Davies

Julian: you closed the AfD discussion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jeremy_Dunning-Davies as delete back in June, yet the article was not deleted. Please could you now delete the article? Failing to do so was not helpful. Thanks. Mathsci (talk) 10:01, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

See here. The article was deleted, but it was expanded and improved by Headbomb (talk · contribs) and recreated. PeterSymonds (talk) 10:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

You're right about the deletion - my apologies, Julian. There is no improvement in the article. The problems of notability mentioned in the AfD have not been addressed. This kind of editing - the recreation of recently deleted BLPs with minimal changes - is disruptive and time-wasting. Headbomb (talk · contribs) has essentially ignored the AfD discussion - he should have made his additions then. Being a spokesperson for CERN is no sign of notability, I'm afraid. Certainly the promotions committee in the University of Hull did not consider it grounds for promoting Dunning-Davies to either reader or professor. Headbomb did participate in the AfD: he claimed quite incorrectly that Dunning-Davies was a Fellow of the Royal Society. The grounds for deleting the article remain unchanged. Storing it privately when an AfD discussion has gone against you and then putting it back wth minor modifications would seem to be a blockable offense. Why is the history of the page still intact if it has been recreated from scratch? The reinstatement of the deleted article from the userspace of Headbomb seems to have been done by admin NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs). Adding one sentence to the lede after a prolonged AfD discussion and then restoring the article without discussion makes a mockery of the deletion process. The content of the article has hardly changed as this diff shows [19]. There are several new redlinks and a copy-vio image. Mathsci (talk) 10:38, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't understand this diff [20] at all. Apparently Headbomb recreated the article and NuclearWarfare moved it back into his userspace. I'll have to look more closely at what Headbomb did, since he went against an AfD decision and an administrator. Mathsci (talk) 11:00, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Julian, everyone, here's our earlier discussion [21]. I'll have to say I don't see much difference. Dougweller (talk) 12:02, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I discovered that the so-called "expansion"/"improvement" by Headbomb resulted from an extremely careless misidentification of John David Davies, a spokesperson for CERN (see [22] and [23]). It was not at all helpful to have added that to the lede. I've prodded the article once more as it is unchanged from the time of the AfD (apart from a few better sources that I've added). It has now been speedily deleted once the false "significant expansion" had been corrected. Mathsci (talk) 00:16, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Sock report of blocked user.

Hi Julian, I saw you were active and I was wondering if you could have a quick look and see if I have reported this [24] in the correct place and in a correct way? Off2riorob (talk) 18:17, 28 September 2009 (UTC) Perhaps it is ok Julian as MuZemike is having a look, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 18:22, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

It all should be good; see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/JohnRedwood. NW (Talk) 18:25, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

RfA - Abecedare

Hi - you moved the IP oppose to the discussion area on this RfA. The IP is that of a blocked user - User:Hobojaks - most recently on as User:GHALOOGHAARAA. Don't know how the concept of blocked editors coming back as IPs to comment on RfAs works, so I thought I'd alert you. The block log and SP category reference the checkuser report. cheers. -SpacemanSpiff^{Calvin‡Hobbes} 19:16, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, I'll look into that - thanks for the heads-up. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:17, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Mary Summer Rain

Julian

Could you please inform why Mary Summer Rain was deleted???

Thank you for your reply. C Long 9/28/09 24.185.161.123 (talk) 22:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Please see this AfD discussion. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:16, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Pohnpei Liberation Day Games Soccer 2009

Hi Julian,

I was very disappointed to see that the article on the Pohnpei Liberation Day Games Soccer tournament 2009 had been deleted. I was just wondering how it infringed on Wikipedia's policy. At the moment we are trying very hard to raise the profile of the game in Micronesia and documenting the first major club tournament on island for several years seemed like an important step forward, obviously then I was saddened to see the article had been removed. Do you think you could explain what exactly was wrong with it because I would love to make the necessary corrections myself?

Best wishes Paul Watson 206.49.89.133 (talk) 23:02, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi. It was deleted in accordance with the PROD policy, which allows for an article to be summarily removed if no-one contests its proposal for deletion goes uncontested for seven days. In this case, the editor who nominated it for deletion cited concerns related to the lack of notability. If you believe you can overcome these concerns by bringing the article in line with verification policies, I'd be happy to restore it. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi Julian, Thanks for the reply. I will happily have a go at bringing the article up to standards. I have read the guidelines for notability and would try and add a few sources etc if the article were restored. Thanks Paul —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.49.89.133 (talk) 13:07, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

editor review

Hey Julian and talk page stalkers. Julian, since you nominated my RfA, you might want to comment here? No priorities, please, I'm not in any hurry whatsoever. ceranthor 23:49, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Van Jones

I believe the controversy over Van Jones has died down now, and that protection thru 16 December is no longer necessary. -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 06:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Given the persistent vandalism following two previous protections, I think a lengthy duration is necessary. Still, you're welcome to start a discussion at WP:RFUP to see what other administrators think. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:04, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

That's what I usually do straight-away, but I thought I'd give you first crack at it, on a lark -- certain editors like to advise me that I should be asking the protecting admin first, prior to an un-RPP request, and so I thought I'd try doing it their way one time for argument's sake. I win, haha. I must presume, though, that you are a Euro and out of touch with the U.S. zeitgeist; this gentleman is no longer upon the MSM radar, was thrown under the bus, etc. Any few obsessive IP vandals, like moths still circling the light bulb, could be dealt with on an individual basis, imo. -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 01:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm from the US and aware of the situation actually. Vandalism doesn't immediately cease as the real world controversy dies down, however. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I think you'd be pleasantly surprised. I got Joe Wilson (U.S. politician) unprotected the other day, and it's running at one vandal edit every 12 hours or so, which is perfectly manageable, and his heckling was much bigger news (and more recent) than Jones, to even where it was the subject of an SNL skit only 9 days ago. For the most part, vandals, since they know they'll be auto-reverted, want to be and end up where the red meat story of the day is; they are a hundred times more fickle than my cats. -- 209.6.238.201 (talk) 02:06, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

When you get a chance....

When you get a chance, could you do a thorough review of Tropical Storm Christine (1973)? I've used all available sources for the article so it's now fully comprehensive, it just needs fine tuning. Thanks in advance, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:37, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

k. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:42, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

If you might be able to help...

, the page Cardinal Carter Catholic High School has been targeted repeatedly recently in great intensity. If you could change security level of the page to semi-protection and block the IP addresses that most of the edits are coming from, it would be very appreciated. Outback the koala (talk) 17:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't look like any immediate action is necessary, but I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for the note. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:58, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Gallery of passports

Thanks for the protection, it should calm things down. Could you take a second look based on my comment here [25] on the WP:OWN issue? SchmuckyTheCat (talk) 18:36, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Requests for mediation

A request for formal mediation of the dispute concerning Mediation case name has been filed with the Mediation Committee (MedCom). You have been named as a party in this request. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/User:Linas and then indicate in the "Party agreement" section whether you would agree to participate in the mediation or not.

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Thank you, linas (talk)

After your rejection for mediation, I have filed a formal complaint with the arbitration committee. I am now asking you to voluntarily relinquish your admin powers, and to voluntarily take an indefinite leave of absence from editing Wikipedia, in recognition for for your actions. I have filed a formal complaint here: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Attack by multiple admins upon User:Linas linas (talk) 02:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome to initiate my recall procedure if you firmly believe I have abused my admin rights. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kuki-Zomi Ethnic Clash 1997-98

I'll ask you now before bothering with DRV: could you relist this as needing more time to determine consensus? The article is currently crap and I doubt anyone is going to bother cleaning it up.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:18, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I think consensus was pretty clear, actually, since no-one raised any arguments for deletion. Being "crap" isn't necessarily a valid reason to delete an article, and Wikipedia has no time limit, so it's inevitable that someone will clean it up eventually... –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I thought it should be deleted and one of the two commenters said it's a "possible keep". There was barely a response to the discussion.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:21, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, that's a given, as you were the nominator. I'm not really sure what can be done; personally I see no real reason to re-open and relist it. As always, you're free to start a discussion at DRV, or better yet re-nominate it in a few months if it hasn't been improved. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:24, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I've removed 12kb of text from the article to fix it and have notified WP:INDIA.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 01:29, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good. I'll try to add some refs later today. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)