User talk:Maxim/Archives/6

Hey- why was Jz12345678 banned?

Not that I agree with any of the bs that he said and tried to pass, but he seemed to be a nice user who was new to Wikipedia. Why did you ban him? He was obviously new.

Maybe there is something I don't know though, not trying to defend his actions (His abuse reports sound like he is trying to please a liberal college professor) as I'm a Conservative, but still- he was new.

Please respond and tell me why, I'm very curious. --Rockstone35 (talk) 05:33, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

He was here to only advocated a viewpoint, which is incompatible with WP:NPOV. I blocked the account as a spam/advertising-only account, although on a second look it still looks like an account to push a viewpoint, but the talkpage also contained a term often used in spam/advertising page, too. Maxim_(talk) 14:33, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Michael Jackson

I have the following information that I would like to contribute at Michael Jackson Page, and I can't because of the current restriction you have place. This is the following part that I was trying to add

List of Michael Jackson Music Videos

Michael Jackson changed the history of Music videos forever by spending time, money and dedication on his music videos as big projects by their own. Here are the list of his music videos Alphabetically

  1. Bad (Michael Jackson song) (full 16 min)
  2. Billie Jean
  3. Black or White
  4. Childhood (Michael Jackson song)
  5. Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
  6. Earth Song
  7. Free Willy
  8. Heal The World
  9. HIStory/Ghosts (full 35 min)
 10. Leave Me Alone
 11. Remember the Time
 12. Say Say Say (With Paul McCartney)
 13. She's out of My Life
 14. Scream
 15. Smooth Criminal
 16. The Way You Make Me Feel
 17. Thriller
 18. You Are Not Alone
 19. You Rock My World

(how can I add this part to Michael Jackson Abdowiki (talk)) Thank you and appreciate if you let me know. Abdowiki (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:00, 3 July 2009 (UTC).

Your account is autoconfirmed, therefore you should be able to edit the article; in my summary, I indicated the talk page as the best place to suggest an edit; I see you've already posted there. Maxim_(talk) 14:33, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

NHL Entry Draft

Is at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NHL Entry Draft/archive1; you might want to take a look. Among other things, there are concerns about total reliance on primary sources. Do you know any sources that would be useful for the history and criticism of the process? Dabomb87 (talk) 16:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

File:Skilling enron.jpg

Would it be possible for you to restore the File:Skilling enron.jpg? It may be possible to write an appopriate fair use rationale if it were to be used for the article Enron scandal. --Gavin Collins (talk|contribs) 15:58, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Restored. Maxim_(talk) 21:11, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I have had a look at the image which features Jeffrey Skilling and Dan Petrocelli (his attorney), but I can't trace the original to its source. I think it will have to deleted again, as I have no way of establish its copywrite status. --Gavin Collins (talk|contribs) 09:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

OK. Maxim_(talk) 13:58, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Brand New - Limo (song)

The meaning of this song, and the story behind it is a story that stands out more than most, why delete? Wikipedia is a collection of pages that interest people, and im sure that page would have been accessed and grown upon by many, and I always wonder, was it REALLY needed for that page to go? :'( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.139.230 (talk) 18:54, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Up for a project?

Nice to see you back and active, Maxim! I was wondering if you would have any interest in helping me get History of the Montreal Canadiens up to featured status in time to appear on the main page on December 4, the team's centennial date? Things have been so hectic for me IRL that I just haven't been able to edit, save in fits and starts, so I could definitely use a hand with this. Given the significance of the date upcoming, I'd love if we could complete this project. Thanks! Resolute 23:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I replied by e-mail. Maxim_(talk) 13:58, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Raymore Drive

On July 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Raymore Drive, 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.

Dravecky (talk) 20:51, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

WP:NODRAMA reminder

Thanks for signing up for the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Wikipedia stands to benefit from the improvements in the article space as a result of this campaign. This is a double reminder. First, the campaign begins on July 18, 2009 at 00:00 (UTC). Second, please remember to log any articles you have worked on during the campaign at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/Log. Thanks again for your participation! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 22:03, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

NHL Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Hockey League awards FT

As NHL Lifetime Achievement Award was recreated, it needs adding to the FT. As it was recreated on the 19 June, then it needs adding by the 19 September, having gone through a completed peer review. Okay, this is process stuff, but look at us carrying it out in a non-dramatic fashion :P - rst20xx (talk) 16:07, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I redirected the article again as there was little to merge. So I think this fixes it for a year, or two, or more. Maxim_(talk) 02:32, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For all your hard work on Hurricane Hazel and now the Effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada, you've definitely earned this (and then some) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 01:40, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Risker's promised to work on the aftermath, so I haven't touched that part at all. Make sure to give her a star when she's done. ;-) Maxim_(talk) 02:32, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for making WP:NODRAMA a success!

Thank you again for your support of the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at WP:NODRAMA/L with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:

• T:TDYK for Did You Know nominations
• WP:GAC for Good Article nominations
• WP:FAC for Featured Article nominations
• WP:FLC for Featured List nominations
• WP:FPC for Featured Picture nominations

Again, thank you for making this event a success! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 02:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Make that 130 articles, I didn't log mine. Maxim_(talk) 02:32, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Moving files to Commons

When a file is moved to Commons, don't delete the original on en until you've made sure the author, date originally uploaded, description, licensing, etc. are included on the Commons page. Regular users can't access this stuff, so when you delete it is typically lost forever, which is obviously harmful but also violates the terms of copyleft licenses.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dissonance-a220-a440-slide-sawtooth.ogg "This media is lacking author information."

en: Maxim (talk | contribs | block) deleted "File:Dissonance-a220-a440-slide-sawtooth.ogg" ‎ (Deleted because "CSD I8 -

This is even worse, where you deleted the entire image description:

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:Undelete/File:Dissonance-a220-a440-notated.jpg

leading to people wondering how it was created:

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Talk:Consonance_and_dissonance#Diverging_tones_graphic

How many more files did you do this to? Can you try to find them and fix them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omegatron (talk • contribs)

Wow I think this is the first time I have seen someone question an almost 3 year old deletion. -Djsasso (talk) 03:05, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

If you have some time...

I've mostly completed expanding and sourcing History of the Montreal Canadiens. Would you be able to give it a quick copyedit? I'm hoping to have it up at FAC by mid September. Thanks! Resolute 04:31, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Ray Emery mask.JPG)

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Admin timestamps

http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?oldid=309916122

Subtracting both ways seemed like a good idea at the time....

--MZMcBride (talk) 04:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Evnrgman

After FisherQueen declined his first unblock, he modified his request in a way that has me willing to give a second chance. Any thoughts on this? Daniel Case (talk) 14:51, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I've reviewed and accepted the unblock request. Hope you don't mind me going farther than just commenting. Maxim_(talk) 15:23, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

The Kensington Arms, Bristol

You recently declined an a7 speedy delete on this article. I was wondering where you found a claim of notability. I see nothing in the article that does that. noq (talk) 06:42, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

While A7 is restricted to certain things, buildings not being one them, I will speedy some articles about buildings, instead treating them as corporations. In this case, the building was claimed as historic, so I wasn't comfortable speedying it outright. Maxim_(talk) 21:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

A public house is a company so that would apply. As for the historic claim, there are thousands of pubs in Britain that could say they are Victorian and historic - within 5 miles of where I live there are dozens and that is not unusual in Britain. I would want something more but the process needs a second view. I have PRODed the article anyway and will see what happens. Thanks for clearing up your viewpoint. noq (talk) 23:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Ahh, OK, I see it now. I've speedied both pub articles now, it's a clear A7. Maxim_(talk) 23:55, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Medal of Merit

Just to say thanks for your suggestions on List of tallest buildings and structures in Liverpool.

		The Content Review Medal of Merit
		For your great suggestions on a peer review of List of tallest buildings and structures in Liverpool. Keep up the good work! Tsange ►talk 15:09, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Maxim_(talk) 21:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

You are one of three admins who have put this article under semiprotection in 2006-7, and it's been under semiprotection ever since. To see if it's still thought necessary I've opened a discussion to review, on the talk page. --TS 03:36, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

PR

I took a look at Wikipedia:Peer review/Laugh, Laugh/archive1 and think you did a fine job - I found a few quibbles to raise there. Will look at the others in the next several days as I am able. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:28, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I also looked at the PR for Rio's Olympic bid, and it also looked fine. I did find a few other things to comment on, but you are doing a fine job with PRs. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:34, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I looked quickly at all the rest and they seem fine too - thanks for all those reviews! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:17, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Hi Maxim! I replied your comments in Wikipedia:Peer review/Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics/archive2. Regards; Felipe Menegaz 21:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

MLB Awards inclusion discussion

Hello! Wikiproject Baseball is currently working towards an eventual featured topic based around List of Major League Baseball awards. As a large participant in another major sports' league's awards FT I was hoping you could lend some advice on precisely what to include and what not to. The discussion is here. Thanks! Staxringold _talk^contribs 03:09, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Tiny Thompson

Hi

I'm working on french version of the article. I think there is a mistake of season for the paragraph about the "sixth attacker". I think it happened during 1931 playoffs not 1932. Is it right ?

--TaraO (talk) 11:09, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Murder One (bookshop)

This was for many years a renowned genre bookshop in London - a concept in its own right. Having just seen that you had it deleted, and not knowing myself how to get it reinstated, I'd like to ask you to initiate the necessary steps. If you would like some evidence of notability, there is this, or google news, or google books, or a general google search. Thanks. --Paularblaster (talk) 10:05, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. --Paularblaster (talk) 21:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Unblock request

Just a heads-up, this user you blocked in July has requested an unblock. TNXMan 19:56, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

At the Throne of Judgement

Hi. I was wondering if you were the admin who protected At the Throne of Judgment from creation. It is now at At The Throne Of Judgment which is the incorrect capitalization and must be moved to At the Throne of Judgement. Afterwards another link At The Throne of Judgment, should be redirected there once the move is complete. Thanks. FireCrystal (talk) 00:18, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Raymond J. de Souza

I think your deletion of the article Raymond J. de Souza may have been too harsh, without following typical deletion procedures that involve consulting first, and then proposing a deletion. De Souza is a fairly regular contributor to the National Post, something which is very rare for a priest. In this function, I am sure he is well known to millions of Catholics all across Canada, given that he regularly comments on public issues facing both Church and State. He also seems to have his own website, where all his archived columns are stored. [1][2][3][4] ADM (talk) 09:27, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

TFA request

Hi, Maxim. The request for Jacques Plante at WP:TFA/R doesn't yet fully comply with the instructions in Suggested formatting at the top of the page. Could you please review it for compliance, including alt text? You can compare it to the blurb at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 28, 2009. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:09, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Added alt text since Maxim appears to be inactive. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Jacques Plante

Thanks for fixing the inaccuracy I introduced! --Doradus (talk) 23:39, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Emanuel Rivers

I posted a picture of Emanuel Rivers, a public domain image, but it was deleted. Why? He is very important and has added a new chapter in the subject of resuscitation, shock and sepsis research. Please explain.

The Great Wikipedia Dramaout

Hi! As you have expressed an interest in the initial The Great Wikipedia Dramaout, you're being notified because we are currently planning another one in January! We hope to have an even greater level of participation this time around, and we need your help. If you're still interested please sign up now at Wikipedia:The Great Wikipedia Dramaout/2nd. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! JCbot (talk) 04:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

File:A Class.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:A Class.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. — ξ^xplicit 04:22, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Your assistance please

Two years ago you deleted File:Rasul Kudaev.jpg due to WP:CSD#I7 Today I uploaded another image of this individual, which I believe has a proper rationale: File:Rasul Kuldayev -- before and after Russian interrogation.jpg.

Could you look up the deleted image and tell me if it is the same as the one I uploaded today?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 20:09, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Problematic deletion

You deleted File:England v Scotland (1872).jpg without making sure that all relevant information had been moved to Commons. Haukur (talk) 13:48, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Torture

Any chance you could userfy Torture in China for me? --Gwern (contribs) 16:13 9 February 2010 (GMT)

File:Hhgg.jpg

Hi,

You deleted this file back in 2007, because it had been transferred to Commons. However, the file on Commons does not contain any information about who created the file. As this is a strict requirement of the file's licensing, Commons policies, and the speedy deletion criterion you invoked, the file is eligible for deletion. To prevent this, could you please recover and add the missing information? Thanks! —LX (talk, contribs) 13:32, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Bridget Irish

Could you put the deleted article on Bridget Irish back up so that I could take a crack at rewriting it? thanks--Aichikawa (talk) 14:50, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Profile deleted

Yours Bot seem to delete my profile page? Why? It says here: (Deleted Because "Grawp". using TW) What does this mean? Please your explanation! -- BayuAH ^{Let's Talk!} 04:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Exdino.jpg

Could you undelete File:Exdino.jpg for Extreme Dinosaurs.Smallman12q (talk) 15:16, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

If the deleted image only has a single character then no need to restore. Would you be against adding an image illustrating the 4 protagonist dinosaurs?Smallman12q (talk) 23:26, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! I noticed your activity reviewing Featured Article Candidates, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 01:02, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

My tactic was to look for people making productive review comments at FAC. Most people who don't fit the criteria will self-select out and not apply. Sorry for the bother, though! Happy editing.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 02:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

1950 AHS

Hey, I just wanted to let you know I had a copyeditor thoroughly look over the article. I hope it's better now! ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:06, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I addressed the last of your comments. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:17, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom

Your name has been mentioned in recent evidence for an arbitration case filed on 2010-11-18. You were not originally named as a party, but I am sending this notice proforma to editors named in evidence, before the workshop period closes. If you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Longevity/Workshop#General discussion, or elsewhere on that page or the case's four talk pages. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for Arbitration;
• Wikipedia:Arbitration guide.

Thanks, JJB 21:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Undeletion request

Can you reverse your deletion of http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Larry_Craig_mugshot.jpg ? It's not PD (See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:PD-MNGov_(2nd_nomination) but I think we can keep it here as fair use. If you could update the tags, that would be great. This is the tag to use: {{Non-free mugshot}} .

Or could you help with the larger problem with all the files tagged PD-MNGov or suggest where to ask for such help? The undelete part can only be done by an admin.--Elvey (talk) 18:38, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

I find that BOLD actions like your revert to the Welcome template are best done by people who aren't emotionally invested in them. Thanks for handling it for me. DS (talk) 00:24, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Just like old times, eh?

One thing you can always count on on Wikipedia, conflict, sockpuppets and silly little battles.  ;) Resolute 06:12, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Changing height or weight tag

Hi. Just to say that I like the idea of MediaWiki:Tag-changing height or weight, which I see you created. I just noticed it at on my watchlist regarding Rafael van der Vaart and it seems a helpful addition because people are always messing with the height statistics for footballers without changing the source given. Cordless Larry (talk) 23:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

• Me, I don't know why it's set to private. Is the filter about more than just numbers and units of measure? mechamind90 16:26, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Well, from an outsider's perspective it could be one of those implied ones like "!!!!! in the article space", so I suppose it's safe to have it public. mechamind90 01:03, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Please help

Please move the page Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens Song) that you protected to Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens song); and then edit the page "Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens song)" to redirect to "Say OK". Thank you! Silvergoat (talk∙contrib) 18:40, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

The page "Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens song)" is simply a redirect WHILE "Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens Song)" is previously created article, but it has incorrect naming (Cap "S" in song). So I think "Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens Song)" should be moved to "Say OK (Vanessa Hudgens song)"; but both will serve as redirect to "Say OK". I hope you'll get my point, my English was really bad. :) Silvergoat (talk∙contrib) 12:33, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The article formerly known as William Duncan (aviator)

Nicely done merge, sirrah. I direct kudos of admiration your way.

Georgejdorner (talk) 03:28, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Luke Schenn FAC

Thanks for your comments on Schenn's article while it was an FAC. I appreciate your feedback and assistance in improving the article. Canada Hky (talk) 23:35, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Hextall

Nice work on the playing style section! You got any more gems in that book to add, or you done? Will probably look at closing the PR soon if not and taking the article to GA. Harrias ^talk 20:57, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Sounds good. As I said on the article talk page, I'm a bit wary over taking too much from the career section, but that is partly because I can not completely envisage what you are suggesting, so it's difficult to know how it'd end up! I'll put the article up for GA, which will probably take a fair while, and then probably come back and work with you for taking the article towards FA if that sounds okay? Harrias ^talk 06:44, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Queen Consort Mah Parwar Begum

Good evening Maxim.

Sorry for my poor English.

Can I transfer the content of User:Waltor/Mah Parwar Begum in Mah Parwar Begum ?

I don’t know the old text of Mah Parwar Begum.

Thank You. Waltor (talk) 18:07, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Waltor (talk) 16:34, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Warning to stop moving articles

You have been actively renaming biographical articles to use diacritics in the spelling. Such moves are contrary to the policy of WP:COMMONNAME and Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). Please be advised that such use of diacritics is controversial, and you should immediately stop renaming and moving articles until you have a fully discussed this issue with the Wikipedia community. The use of diacritics must only be used when it is required, as the article's title should correspond to the most frequently used form as used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources. Dolovis (talk) 23:36, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game

Hi, I was wondering if you would mind if your DYK nomination for Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game was held for Canada Day (July 1). I've left the question at the nomination. OCNative (talk) 11:16, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Main page appearance

Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on May 24, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 24, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ^{۩ ۞} 19:15, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Tiny Thompson (1903–1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959. He was a member of one Stanley Cup-winning team, as a rookie in the 1928–29 season with the Boston Bruins. At the start of the 1938–39 season, after ten full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he completed the season, and played another full one before retiring. During his NHL career, he recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth highest of any goaltender. After retiring from playing, he coached lower-league teams before becoming a noted professional scout. Thompson helped popularize the technique of catching the puck as a method of making a save. A competent puckhandler, he was the first goaltender in the NHL to record an assist by passing the puck with his stick to a fellow player. (more...)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams/archive1

Please review the sub-title, as it seems most of your concerns have been resolved on that featured list candidate. Thanks. --K.Annoyomous (talk) 21:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Your RfB

Thank you for being bold and putting yourself forward! I seem to recall when you ran last time, you took the initiative to run back then when everyone else was just talking about running! It's a surprise to see your candidacy, but it's nice it's there. Best. Acalamari 09:27, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Your RfB

FYI, my decision to oppose was more complicated than you might realize (including some aspects I won't share but are unrelated to Wikipedia). I support the notion that the bar for 'crat has been set too high, (although I haven't contributed to the discussion.) I've seen some highly qualified candidates fail in the past, so rightly or wrongly, I approached your request hoping to support. I accept that your recent low activity is related to personal reasons that may be none of our business and you are in the best position to judge whether you are able to make the commitment going forward. That said, it is not your decision, and we, as part of the community, must make the assessment, based upon incomplete knowledge of all the facts. After reviewing my reasons for opposition, I've decided that they aren't really reasons to oppose, but a reason that prevents me from supporting. Thus, I will change my !vote to Neutral. BTW, while not much of a hockey fan, I did review some of your contributions, and want to thank-you for the enormous work you've done. Helping to preserve the history in an accessible way such as you have done in Tiny Thompson, is exactly what this project is about.--SPhilbrickT 15:11, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

I really appreciate that you've taken time to look again over my candidacy, and that you've decided to reconsider your opposition. Thanks also for looking over the articles that I've written, even though some of the subjects (like Thompson) are somewhat obscure. Maxim_(talk) 16:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

WP:100

• Congrats on making it to 100. I just hope this RFB goes the way I think it will. Best of luck. Steven Zhang ^{The clock is ticking....} 17:30, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Atlanta Thrashers

You might as well unprotect the Atlanta Thrashers page as there are numerous news reports that a deal to move the team to Winnipeg has been finalized. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.13.146.2 (talk) 13:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congrats, Maxim!--Chaser (talk) 05:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Congrats

Can't begin to describe how pleased I am for you that you've passed RFB. I, and as it seems the community, has full confidence in your abilities. You'll be a great crat, congrats again. Steven Zhang ^{The clock is ticking....} 05:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Removed the extra sections as you've asked me to... Maxim_(talk) 05:57, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Belated 'crat gratz

Well, Maxim, as you have seen from the previous umpteen sections, you are to be congratulated on having English Wikipedians demonstrate a consensus that you are to be afforded the bureaucrat maintenance toolkit. Of course, bureaucrats cannot rush to congratulate, as we have to do all the messy paperwork and bit flipping, which is why I am late . Now, methinks there is work to be done at WP:CHUU, which is the third door on the left, after the water fountain. Good luck, and thank you for volunteering to further help the English Wikipedia project as a bureaucrat. -- Avi (talk) 05:49, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Good news. A pleasure to support. Pedro :  Chat  07:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

You did it! Congratulations! Acalamari 08:50, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Con 'cratulations! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:58, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Great news, pile on congratulations! - filelakeshoe 11:11, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• Welcome. Happy to see that I'm not the FNG anymore =) Now get to work! –xeno^talk 13:41, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• Maxim: Thank you for volunteering! AGK [•] 15:05, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• Excellent news... well done! Catfish Jim (ex-soapdish) 17:20, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• Bravo! --joe decker^{talk to me} 18:51, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• "You can put it on the board..... YES!" —Ken "Hawk" Harrelson. —GFOLEY FOUR— 01:43, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

• Congrats :) —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 7:07pm • 09:07, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

• Congrats. Sorry I couldn't make up my mind at the RfB, but I'm sure you'll do a good job. However, you lost me a bet with another Wikipedian (I bet them that we wouldn't see a successful RfB in 2011), so I hope you're happy. ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:31, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
• Good luck with your new tools! :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:23, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Please consider being active on Wikipedia:Changing_username/Usurpations

Please consider being active on WP:CHU/U, my account's username needs to be changed and so does another person. Thank you for your time. --Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 12:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll let the request wait until the indicated date (June 8), to give a chance to the target user to respond. The other requests should wait as well, as I don't see any SUL issue that would expedite the rename. Maxim_(talk) 15:18, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm leaving for China on that date. Would you please change the date to another plausible date, before June 8th if possible? Thanks. --Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 21:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

To my recollection Wikipedia got unblocked in China because of the Beijing Olympics and whatnot, there's nothing in the media about a reblock. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 8:32pm • 10:32, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

I know, but I don't have much of a chance to go on Wikipedia, you see, the internet is SLOW. --Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 12:37, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

There's no requirement for you to be on Wikipedia on the day of the rename. But it could be processed on the 7th. –xeno^talk 18:58, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! --Jeffwang16 (Talk) (Contributions) (Email me!) 20:19, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations

Hey Maxim, I'd like to offer my (belated) congratulations on your promotion. I'm not active around here at the moment, but I'm sure you'll turn out a valued member of the bureaucrat ranks. All the best, —Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:14, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

I would like to add the same. Happy editing. Agathoclea (talk) 20:37, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Nice to see you putting your bureaucratic abilities to work. I saw you in Special:Recentchanges while I was WP:RCPing renaming a user. Keep up the good work! Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) ^{T or M}/_{Sign mine} 23:32, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations - welcome to the team. WJBscribe (talk) 10:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

SineBot1 ➔ Since 6.18.2011

Thank you

Hello Maxim, Since 6.18.2011 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.

Talkback

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Reply to "Usurpations"

Your mean attitude is unacceptable. You tell me to stop contributing just because I make good faith edits that don't work out. Why in the world do you discourage me? You should be demoted and all of your rights stripped! Good luck harassing people! --J (t) 02:52, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#Changing the Requests for Bureaucratship promotion threshold?

As a bureaucrat, would you consider assessing the consensus at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#Changing the Requests for Bureaucratship promotion threshold?? The request at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 22#RFB Promotion Threshold for a bureaucrat to close the discussion has not been addressed. The discussion is due to be archived a week after 01:33, 24 June 2011 (UTC), the timestamp of the last comment in the WT:RFA discussion. Hopefully it can be closed before then. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 08:55, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

I have placed a timestamp on the discussion to prevent archiving. I have also asked The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) to take a look at the discussion since you are on a wikibreak. Cunard (talk) 21:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game

Materialscientist (talk) 16:04, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Your accomplishments are uncelebrated

I was reminiscing about good times recently but I was surprised to see that you have not listed your unique credentials on your user page. I personally would be proud of being the only Bureaucrat to have accomplished such a feat. But that's just my opinion :P -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 10:29, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

User:Shootmaster 44/List of countries with their first National Hockey League player

Thanks for your help on this page. I'm curious about something, you added a footnote to Yutaka Fukufuji talking about Taro Tsjuimoto. Since the list is first player to play in the NHL from each country, I'm not sure that is necessary. I'm thinking for some of the countries, there are players who were drafted from those nations long before anyone played in the NHL. Should we footnote all of those players? One of two things are a thought I've had, a) we add a column that shows first players drafted from each country unless their first player predates the NHL Draft or b) not worry about players drafted who never played in the NHL. Shootmaster 44 (talk) 16:14, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

How rude of me

Posting congratulations to Hersfold on passing RfB prompted me to realise I never did the same to you. Sorry. So here goes: Welcome to the team! There's a sparsely-used mailing list - it's almost exclusively for RTV stuff that can't be discussed onwiki for privacy reasons. If you'd like to join it, you're welcome, but there's no compulsion. Other Crats have, in the past, opted not to, and there's enough of us on there (see the chart on WP:CRAT) to handle the meagre amount of traffic. Up to you. --Dweller (talk) 09:27, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

John Varty

Hi an article you were involved in editing is under discussion at the BLP noticeboard , please comment there Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#John Varty - thanks - Off2riorob (talk) 11:43, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

request on usurping an unused account for unified login

Hi Maxim,

I recently rejoined wikipedia on the German website after having forgotten/lost my old account name/password. So I created a new account on de.wiki.x.io and also wanted to use a unified login. Unfortunately I did not check on the availability of my identity: "Merci-bien" first... Apparently, someone else has the rights for this one on the English speaking wiki.

But I looked up the the stats for this account and it seems like it has never been used for editing since its creation in 2007. So I'd like to usurp it if possible. Could you help me out with this?

Thanks a lot, --81.66.150.157 (talk) 22:59, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

I just found the right wiki page for the request and filed it over there. Thanks anyway, --81.66.150.157 (talk) 23:58, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

GA Review of Ron Hextall

Hi, I've started a GA Review for Ron Hextall, which can be found [5]. I've only just started, so I have a lot of work ahead of me. I was told by another main editor of the article, Harrias that I should contact you about this GA review-- he is actually going on his honeymoon and won't be able to respond to the GA review for the time being. You are welcome to help address my present concerns on the GA Review. Thanks, I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 04:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

C64 Messiah

Why do you guys keep deleting all these bands just because you don't know who they are? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.226.26 (talk) 01:45, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

They're deleted because they don't pass inclusion criteria. Maxim_(talk) 00:47, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

On behalf of WP:CHICAGO, thanks for your editorial contribution

This user helped promote Tiny Thompson to featured article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:47, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

My name change

Hello. You recently helped me change my ID from odea to O'Dea but somehow in the process, some of my edit history has become stranded at odea, when it should all now be attributed to O'Dea. These contributions should be listed here. Do you have the ability to move them across? Thank you. — O'Dea (talk) 03:20, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

That requires developer intervention - I filed bugzilla:30923 and it should be reassigned soon enough. Maxim_(talk) 00:47, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Ks0stm's RfA

I see that you closed Ks0stm's RfA. I am not disputing your closure decision. (I !voted neutral.) However there was a significant minority opposing. It would have been helpful if you gave a brief statement evaluating the significance of the opposition, particularly why you think that the opposition's concerns are unlikely to prevent Ks0stm from being a good admin. Axl ¤ [Talk] 00:13, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Also, your talk page header indicates that you are on a long wikibreak. Perhaps you should remove it? Axl ¤ [Talk] 00:29, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

At 78%, there should be a very, very good reason to conclude that an RfA discussion did not reach consensus to promote; I didn't leave a statement because I saw the result as fairly obvious. The opposition concerns were chiefly about question 3, and a bit about the article writing. One incident in general has to be particularly severe to be grounds to prevent promotion to admin, and the commentary in the RfA—both in numbers and reasoning—did not suggest that it was very problematic. With regards to the article writing concern, not many users shared that view, and thus overall I found a consensus to promote. Hope this helps, Maxim_(talk) 00:47, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:16, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

You need a special note...

By your deletion stats that goes along the lines of "including the main page". :P Kwsn (Ni!) 23:29, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

:( Maxim_(talk) 14:26, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Night Ranger's Greatest Hits

I see that you previously deleted a page about that disc, due to it not being referenced. Would it be more of a help if I were to set it up and reference it, track listing, personnel, production and EVERYTHING? It CAN be done; not hard to do.Maggie The Doggie (talk) 21:55, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

I restored it at Greatest Hits (Night Ranger album), so it's ready for you to fix it. BTW, if you're requesting the undeletion of a page in the future -- and I'm referring more to stuff that's been deleted years ago -- it is helpful to give the redlink to the exact article title. I found the article you wanted me to undelete (I think!), but I had to search through the archive for a bit. Maxim_(talk) 14:26, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Account usurpation

I am a user of the Italian Wikipedia since 2006, and I just created a global account. However, during the merging phase, I noticed that on the English wiki another account with the same username (NotANumber) exists. Since the account seems to be inactive (the last of his 5 edits dates back to April 2008) I would like to "usurp" the username and merge it to my own global account. This would allow me to contribute more easily to the English language Wikipedia. Is this possible? Thank you! :) --78.29.238.227 (talk) 07:19, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

I cleared that account out of the way, so you should be login via SUL here. Welecome to the English Wikipedia. Maxim_(talk) 14:26, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! NotANumber (talk) 20:30, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Good decision on LV

Just thought I'll leave a note :) Wifione ^Message 07:59, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

I came over here to do the same. Thank you for not being an idiot. --MZMcBride (talk) 15:28, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Date/time

Hi. Maxim. Have you seen the date/time stamp on this? I think it comes from copypasting  ;) --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:49, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Deletion without a vote on Charlie Veitch

you seem to have erased this page wothout a vote, and since this "political" figure has some criticsm turned to him as of late, I have created this article as a need after other haters did the same.(biasly erased) I will not contest the content, yet I'd rather opt for it to stay.

Basic no-reasoning reasoning is notablity, and since His notabiliuty is high, having hundred of thousands of views and followers world wide I am asking for a revert.

thank you.,--Namaste@^? 18:28, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Percy LeSueur

I think it would be touch and go for this FAC. I would say a copy-edit is possible, and that is always something I am willing to help on if necessary, although I cannot always guarantee when! But to be honest, to make it a rock-solid FA I think it could do with a few people working on the prose, for example in PR. On the other hand, the issues are not so bad that they could not be worked on and my oppose is not set in stone. But I think my advice would be to withdraw for now. If you do and want a copy-editor at some point in the near future, please let me know. --Sarastro1 (talk) 22:20, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Uploading previously deleted poster

Hello, I'm trying to upload a poster for Birdcage Inn and found Wikipedia previously had the file but it was "(Deleted because "I6- No no fair use rationale". using TW)". I'd like to put up a poster for the article but before doing that Wikipedia says "If you are recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure, please first contact the deleting administrator using the information provided below." The deleting admin would be yourself. Please let me know what I can do to upload this file. Thanks Rickinasia (talk) 09:01, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Maxim. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:RfA reform 2011.
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Your further input on this would be most welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:57, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

B.U.Y.A. (Deleted page)

I found a source providing information about the program
Woman recalls experience in Bassett-based youth boot camp, By Frank C. Girardot, Pasadena Star News, November 6, 2011
But it is of course nothing like what was stated on the wiki-entry
Covergaard (talk) 08:24, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Username change

Hey, I recently applied for a username change which when through. I can't find the archive but I think you were the one who passed it if I am not wrong. Basically it was changed from debastein1 (talk · contribs) to debastein (talk · contribs) minus the 1. Firstly, thank you, but I do have one simple query. Does this change apply only for Wikipedia or is it valid for my Global account? If its not valid for my Global account, do I have to go to every Wiki and ask for a rename?? Am a bit uncertain about the procedure, could you help?? If you decide to reply here, can you leave a talkback template in my talk page?? I am putting this page in my watchlist, but since this is an important issue to me, I don't want to miss it. --Debastein (talk) 07:20, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Also , if you look at my talk page. It is just a redirect to User talk:debastein1. Hence my question can my old talk page not be moved to my new page, i.e. user talk:debastein minus the 1?? Hoping to hear from you soon. --Debastein (talk) 06:52, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

It seems, that since my talk page is just a redirect to user talk:debastein1 and since I am logging in via user:debastein,minus the 1, I am not being alerted to new messages on debastein1's talk page. Its pretty frustrating. If you could just have a quick look at it and do the needful, I would be terribly obliged and extremely grateful. Debastein (talk) 06:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

• This should be sorted now. (Maxim: In future be sure to check off 'do not create redirects from old page' to vacate the userspace during a username swap/usurp request) –xeno^talk 14:14, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Question about a user who changed their name

Hi Maxim. I noticed that User:Undiskedste began editing an article recently and I took a look at who they were. I realized that you had renamed that user. I then saw that Undiskedste blanked their previous User:Divergentgrad page of the redirect you created. I wasn't sure if this is normal or per policy or anything, and we know how sometimes WP policy isn't the easiest to figure out. :) (i.e. I figure transparency is required when you change your user name in those regards, and this user has been active on a fairly contentious article (men's rights, and with the onslaught we've had of meatpuppets and sockpuppets in regards to the article, I'm a bit on high alert right now!) Thanks for you input and thanks for the work you do on Wikipedia. SarahStierch (talk) 22:32, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Question about rejected username change

Hi Maxim, I’m not sure, whether this is the right way to address you…but I placed a request at the Changing Username page and it was refused. I work at Deutsche Post DHL and want to support Wikipedia as I believe it’s worth it. I wanted to be as transparent as possible and first now realized that my username doesn’t comply fully with the respective policy. As the German Wikipedia doesn’t seem to be that strict, I simply wasn’t aware of it. The newly chosen name should comply with the Username Policy – I only decided to be as transparent as possible when keeping the company name in my username. Could you explain to me why it has been rejected? I’ll be happy to explain to you! --Deutsche Post DHL (talk) 13:29, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

• FYI this is still somewhat of a grey area, though there is a relevant previous case: User:Mark at Alcoa / [6]. –xeno^talk 14:17, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

The name seemed promotional at first glance, so per Avi's advice I had declined. On second glance with your and Xeno's input, it's alright, so I've granted the rename. Maxim_(talk) 04:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Usurping usernames

Hello! I see that you have helped others usurp user names in the past. The usurp requests backlog has fallen a bit behind, so could you clean it up a little bit. Thank you and happy editing! :) pluma Ø 05:42, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Percy LeSueur again

Thanks for letting me know. Let me know when it gets to PR or FAC and I'll be happy to look again if you want. --Sarastro1 (talk) 13:23, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I've done a second pass CE on the article. I added a note on LeSueur's Stanley Cup challenges in 1906 that necessitated breaking one long paragraph into two. The first half is now completely unsourced, but I a don't know where you got the info from, as the next reference (Ottawa Citizen obit) made no mention. I've also been looking around Google News Archive, and I see several stories that could help expand places. In particular, it is confusing as to why Ottawa would trade their captain and coach. Turns out he told the team he was leaving. Also, the PCHA tried to recruit him. Hope that helps! Resolute 01:24, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for changing my username. Macedonian (talk) 13:48, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Maxim_(talk) 23:17, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Request for help to add 1 or 2 images to wikipedia

Hi there, would you mind helping me get a couple of images up on Wikipedia? They were previously deleted, but I believe they can be legally included in the Chord article. The images are here. They are both screenshots I took of FLOSS programs Gvim and Evince. No worries if you don't want to, I just thought you might be able to help.

I think the Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike license would be appropriate for the images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meonkeys (talk • contribs) 04:09, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

I restored the image you linked; are there any others? --Maxim

Kim Il Sung

I noticed that you changed my revisions to the article on Kim Il Sung. Just to let you know, I agree with your edits. Keep up the good work!--Piast93 18:16, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Amanda Lindhout

I'm not convinced this needs protection. I see that there has been an effort to remove a claim, reliably sourced, that she worked for France 24. The problem is that the claim that she worked for France 24 was on the basis of a statement by France 24 that she had worked for them, a statement made only to help her and that France 24 later explained was false. An article in the New York Times[7] reported

"Several news reports indicated that Ms. Lindhout had traveled with Mr. Brennan to Somalia to report for France 24, a news channel owned by the French government. While Ms. Lindhout had filed a few reports to the network from Iraq, Nathalie Lenfant, a spokeswoman for France 24, said the network had turned down her proposal to act as a correspondent from Iraq as well as her subsequent suggestion that she report from Somalia. During her capture, Ms. Lenfant said, France 24 decided to confirm that Ms. Lindhout had been on a freelance assignment, even though that was not the case."

Dougweller (talk) 13:27, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Im in support of the block to remain, to many disputes with new users and IPs overall and its not directed towards the particular user in question but generally.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:08, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

There seems to be a long-standing issue with sockpuppetry and editing disputes in general; given it is a heated topic, I'm inclined to leave it protected. However, if you feel that the problems are settled with regards to the long-term issues, by all means unprotect it. Maxim_(talk) 23:54, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Kim Jong-un

Hey, most sources claim that it was more likely that he was born in 1984 as opposed to 1983. Most sources claim "early 1984", March would be considered "early". There are sources which even claim that in his younger years, his birthday was celebrated in March. Even his birth time is said to be 5:46 AM in Pyongyang, North Korea. If you read some of the history going back to his days in school, you'll notice that claims like "14 year old..." in 1998, which means he was born in 1984. Look at the details in those types of articles back from his childhood and you'll notice that everything points to 1984 and not as early as January. March is most likely, while February is also possible. Bastian (talk) 17:54, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Do you have any reliable source for the claim he was born in March? Or are you just make a series of assumptions here (see Wikipedia:Original research). Maxim_(talk) 18:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I have this, which is his birth chart. It is by no means a "reliable source", but it is something to take into consideration. Even the hour of his birth is given. I want to know where this information came from, but if you read articles about the time he spent in Switzerland and about his childhood, you'll notice that when they give an age it's often compatible with his birth being in March. The devil is in the details. Bastian (talk) 18:32, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Could you explain...

Could you explain the reasoning behind your deletion of previous versions of File:Animatronic depiction of waterboarding from Coney Island.jpg?

The original source page had several images, non of which were "free", all of which were candidates for inclusion here as a qualifying non-free fair use image, all with the same rationale.

I see that Template:Orphaned non-free revisions is over two years old, but the recent initiative sweeping our earlier versions of images seems new.

My concern is that external sites change. Source images disappear. Some sites keep the text of older articles, but deep six the illustrations. In cases like this one, where all the images are from the same page, so have the same source URL, and the same rationale, it does make sense to keep all the earlier versions. Some new development may mean that an earlier version is preferable to the current version, however, we can't count on the original source page retaining the images.

I think I understand the policy against having more than one fair use image per article. I don't see how keeping the earlier versions of this image lapses from that policy.

Thanks Geo Swan (talk) 08:05, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

The justification here is two-fold: first, we don't want to have too high resolution, per WP:NFCC#3b; second, there is a one-article minimum per WP:NFCC#7. The old version of a non-free image will always fall afoul of NFCC#7, and that's why they're deleted. We avoid keeping old versions of a non-free file because they are not being used in articles. It's been the practice for as long as I can remember. Maxim_(talk) 15:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

File:Dali Crucifixion hypercube.jpg

You deleted this file because a reduced version has been uploaded, but I cannot find the new version to put as a replacement on the pages where the deleted file had appeared. What is the name of the new file? Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:15, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

I use a script to assist with these deletions, and something screwed up there... I restored the file, minus the unused version. So to answer directly: it's back where it was before. Maxim_(talk) 20:28, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! No worries. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:29, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Stranded contribution history after ID change

Hello Maxim. You helped me on 6 July 2011 to change my old userid (User:Odea) to my current one (User:O'Dea). There was a partial failure in the process in that some of my old Wikipedia contribution history failed to appear under my new name. When I pointed this out and asked for your help, you initiated bugzilla:30923 to tidy up this loose end, but no change occurred. I viewed that bugzilla today and see that I am requested to log into my talk page under both my old and my new userids, to verify that I am both people. I have done this today. I cannot edit bugzilla:30923 to alert the bug assignee, Ariel T. Glenn, to view my latest action and to complete the procedure. May I please impose on you once again to advance progress on this project? I cannot find user Glenn's talk page.

The problem of stranded contribution history applies also to other Wikis I worked on using my old ID. I am a user at Wikicommons, Wiktionary, French, Spanish, German, and other Wikis, and none of them show my edit histories under my new identity userid, O'Dea (Wikisource is an exception because my contributions there occurred after I acquired my new ID, which I used to log into that Wiki.). Can this also be repaired, please?

Since my name change in July, I have sometimes logged into one of the other Wikis under my old userid to work there, without creating a new ID as O'Dea, because all my history there is under the old ID, and I thought I would automatically become O'Dea in those other wikis, too, when my name changed. After working as Odea in another Wiki, I sometimes go back to work in English Wikipedia and forget to log back in as O'Dea, so I have acquired some new contribution history under my old ID in Wikipedia as a result. If I had all my contribution history under my new ID, and if I could log into the other Wikis under my new ID, I would be logging in under one universal ID only, and these errors would not occur. It is all somewhat messy and uncoordinated.

In summary, I need all my Wiki contribution histories attributed to User:O'Dea and I need to be able to log in as O'Dea — in English Wikipedia and all other Wikis. Thank you for your help once again. — O'Dea (talk) 15:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I've updated the Bugzilla page. Ariel may be contacted on-wiki at m:User talk:ArielGlenn. I cannot rename you globally; however, you can ask for a rename at the individual projects, e.g. commons:Commons:Changing username. When the renames are completed at each project, go to Special:MergeAccount, where you can create an SUL (global) account as O'Dea. I don't suggest getting all of your accounts renamed because there are few edits on them; perhaps go as far as es.wiki? Hope this helps, Maxim_(talk) 16:13, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I am concerned by the potential for delay here as Ariel Glenn is very inactive and by his own account is "almost never here". I do not know how bugzilla operates but since you have added an update, will other administrators see that it is now active and intervene, or am I totally at the mercy of ArielGlenn deciding to log back in sometime next June? Also, is there really no automatic, scripted mechanism that an administrator can deploy to spare me requesting multiple ID changes across all the Wikis? I am very discouraged by that potentially tangled and frustrating approach, given the difficulties I have experienced with just English Wikipedia so far; I am very dismayed and dreading the prospect. — O'Dea (talk) 18:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but there's no way to globally rename you; the software doesn't support it. The only way to get individual accounts renamed is by going to each separate wiki asnd asking a bureaucrat there. You can always try emailing Ariel at arielwikimedia.org to speed it up; I believe Ariel's a Wikimedia employee so they're certainly around. Maxim_(talk) 21:04, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Selective restore

OK, I ran into one File:Seðlabanki Íslands.svg. I tried selective restore, but I confess I was guessing at what I should include, and I guessed wrong. Can you take a look at it, and give me a pointer on what I should have restored?--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:45, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what happened the first time you tried, but here's what I do. First, delete the entire image—all the edits and file versions. Then, restore all the edit history, and only the most recent file version. You can use File:Seal of Rensselaer County, NY.svg for practice, perhaps? I didn't fix it last night. Maxim_(talk) 17:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

The choices are "Page History" and "File History". So I checked all the entries in the Page History and the most recent File History. Seems to work, thanks.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:48, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

OK, and I did that for File:Seðlabanki Íslands.svg and it looks better.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:50, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Walder- -Cortland-Station-Ribbon-Cutting.jpg

It appears this photo may come from this Flickr image] which is released under CC-BY-SA 2.0. Are you sure this website is the original?--v/r - TP 23:19, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

More protection warranted?

Hi. You protected a page due to excessive vandalism from an IP, but the day after the protection expired the vandal returned, making the same edit. See here. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:04, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Blocked and protected, we'll see in three months I guess. Maxim_(talk) 23:48, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks!--Epeefleche (talk) 00:31, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Question in Talk:Save (goaltender)

On the page Talk:Save (goaltender), User:WHPratt asked a question about ice hockey "rules" which I (User:H Padleckas) tried to answer correctly. However, he still has reservations about my answer. Can you take a look at Talk:Save (goaltender) and using your knowledge of ice hockey, make any clarification or explanation that you care to? Thank you.
H Padleckas (talk) 09:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not really sure, so I asked at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey#Talk:Save (goaltender). Maxim_(talk) 23:48, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. H Padleckas (talk) 05:20, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Dominik Hašek

Do you have any idea who I could ask to spruce up Dominik Hašek, which has decayed a bit from its WP:FA promotion? I guess it could use about 10 or 15 citations of uncited facts for WP:TFAR by his January 29th birthday.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:56, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

I noticed a comment that "massive cleanup isn't required". Are you interested in making any changes to the article? I would help a little, but don't want to be the main editor (even in a cleanup).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:43, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm planning to look at it tomorrow. Maxim_(talk) 00:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

User_talk:Fbot#Incorrect_tagging_of_.7B.7Btl.7COrphaned_non-free_revisions.7D.7D

Hi Maxim. Hope you're well. If it's not too much trouble, and when you have time, could you comment on the section above? An admin appears to be confused by our current process of handling non-free files with old revisions and I don't believe I've done the best job explaining it to them. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 20:45, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

File:Seinfeld logo.svg

This image is ineligible for copyrights. I asked in WP:MCQ, and this image doesn't pass threshold of originality. I wonder if you could restore the previous revisions of this image, please. I tried WP:REFUND, but I was advised to ask you. --George Ho (talk) 03:00, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

deleted page restoration

please un-delete the page Waring Products your reasons for deleting it are based on false information. The company is very notable. There are pages on here for companies far less notable than they are. A quick google search has over 1.3 million search results and there are pages on here for companies with google search results numbering less than 12,000 their website's history section indicates ample evidence for notability [8] --66.7.139.222 (talk) 13:57, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

move to Commons of File:Anthony Giddens at the Progressive Governance Converence, Budapest, Hungary, 2004 October.jpg

Hallo Maxim, back in the middle ages you had deleted the original file (I guess) of File:Anthony Giddens at the Progressive Governance Converence, Budapest, Hungary, 2004 October.jpg - orig log but much information which probably was on the file page in en.wikipedia was not transferred to Commons. I found it in the upload log and added it now. Could you please check that all that information is correct and that the image really was transferred from that source in en.Wikipedia? Thank you --Saibo (Δ) 00:32, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply at commons:User_talk:Saibo#Back_in_the_middle_ages.... While you are at it... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:GFDL-user-en-no-disclaimers or http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:GFDL-user-en-with-disclaimers ? The footer of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:GFDL-user-en suggests that it was with disclaimers. Note that since the image was deleted it maybe did not get necessary bot runs while {{GFDL}} may have been changed (don't know). Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 00:55, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! That file is "nice" now. :-) Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 01:25, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

User:EdwardsBot

What are you doing? --MZMcBride (talk) 01:10, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

I didn't realize that you were just removing autoblock when I first read your log summaries. (I'm not sure why doing so was necessary, as the Toolserver is exempt from autoblocks, but that's a separate matter.) I misread the unblock reasoning and then couldn't figure out why the bot had been re-blocked. It makes more sense now. (Maxim explained this to me yesterday off-wiki, but in case others are looking in and are curious.) --MZMcBride (talk) 19:30, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

greetings from san diego....

maxim,

i have been asked more than a few times why there was a wikipedia page on me then it was deleted, by you, it seems.

of course as i have no idea, i have decided to ask you personally. since i have no idea who put the original one up and i only have you to ask.

it seems some articles on people, josh homme from queens of the stone age and robert plant from led zeppelin have taken many sound bites from my radio interviews said rock stars yet there is no reference point from there.

can you help me to understand why i am not "notable" as you put it, yet some people feel the need to tape my program and then post clips on wikipedia to set certain records straight.

i appreciate any and all insight and thanks for your time.

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/D%27yer_Mak%27er

Pronunciation of song title

The name of the song is derived from an old joke: "My wife's gone to the West Indies." "Jamaica?" (which has a similar pronunciation as "D'you make her?") "No, she went of her own accord". On 21 July 2005, Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant discussed the song during an interview with Mike Halloran, a DJ on radio station FM94.9 in San Diego. During the interview, he talked about the different interpretations and pronunciations of the name of the song.[3] The title, which appears nowhere in the lyrics, was chosen because it reflects the reggae flavour of the song. Plant has said that he finds it amusing when fans completely ignore the apostrophes and pronounce it as "Dire Maker".

halloran@91x.com

michael halloran108.70.149.218 (talk) 15:41, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

The article I deleted in 2007 had no references of any sort and it was a stub of a few lines. The criteria for inclusion are outlined at this page; in short, to accept biographies, we require coverage in multiple secondary sources that are independent of the subject. The fact I deleted the article in 2007 does not preclude someone else from creating a version, provided that it is properly referenced (assuming the independent secondary sources exist). Maximr 03:31, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Account

Hi, I want account "Nikt" in en.wiktionary.org and en.wiki.x.io - it's possible? Nikt, pl.wiki.x.io 188.252.10.242 (talk) 09:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC) "English Wikipedia: In reply to this message: I can rename en:User:Nikt out of the way. Please confirm that you are the IP (replying here that you wish to have the Nikt username at English Wikipedia will suffice).en:User:Maxim 04:24, 10 mar 2012 (CET)" It's really true... Nikt 188.252.10.242 (talk) 07:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC) Thank You. Nikt (talk) 21:39, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

For openers ...

		The Hockey Barnstar
		For all your fine hockey work over the years ... you’re part of the original Hockey Barnstar class! Ravenswing 21:54, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Rename User:Nealt

Hello, I want to complete creation of SUL in wikipedia projects, but name Nealt in en-wiki already reserved by user, which has no activity in this project (contribution). Could you rename it?

Nealt — 89.178.75.192 (talk) 15:55, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! --Nealt (talk) 16:07, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Rollback

Not to pick, but this edit was not vandalism, and did not justify using rollback to undo. Calabe1992 01:42, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

poke

Can I ask you to email me? Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 06:12, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Deletion Considerstion

Hi can you consider deleting the page WNEM-DT2. This page is about a digital subchannel of WNEM-TV. While the TV station itself is more then relevent for an article its digital subchannel 5.2 is not. Its not even a seperste entity. Thanks -Wxyzdan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.98.10.49 (talk) 02:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

I suppose it is not exactly recommended to thank the 'crat for closing one's very close RfA as successful, but thank you for the links, particularly the stocks one (I had seen that but somehow forgotten it was admins), and I was imagining you all trying desperately to get out of the task of closing it '-) I'm going to do my best to live up to people's confidence in me. Yngvadottir (talk) 18:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Email

Hi, could I ask you to poke me by email? Cheers, Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 10:54, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Your request for bureaucratship

Hey Maxim, I know it's been awhile, but this has been nagging me since WilliamH's RfB, so I thought I should leave you a message. Just wanted to apologise for my rather harsh oppose on your RfB. At the time I got the feeling like you were using your BAG membership as a back door to cratship, even though you are not active as a BAG member, and that upset me somewhat. Looking back on it now I see that wasn't really the case, and you were quite open about your inactivity. What's more, I've seen you around a lot since, doing great work as a crat, which has also proven my reservations wrong. We don't have a bureaucrat's barnstar, but if we did you would have it. All the best, - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 00:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool

Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Regarding tag description

Hello. Recently, I have proposed the creation of MediaWiki:Tag-changing height or weight-description, which was fulfilled. Unfortunately, the fulfiller of the proposal nor myself knew which filter triggered this tag, therefore, per a referral to you made by Eagles 24/7, I am requesting information regarding this.

By the way, I wish to inform you that I made a bold and good faith edit to your userpage (see the diff). You are welcome to revert if you do not wish to keep this edit. Note that I also did the same on this (talk) page.

Thanks in advance. 75.53.218.81 (talk) 01:42, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the fixes to my userpages. The filter you're looking for is #391 (Special:AbuseFilter/391, which is incidentally noted at the bottom of my userpage, User:Maxim#More_stuff). How were you thinking of additing it to the description? You can post the code and I'll copy it over to the MediaWiki: page. Maxim_(talk) 02:01, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to you for your reply. I don't believe that it is warranted to copy and paste any code since the formatting is very simple. You can see how the rest of the tag descriptions are formatted at Special:Tags, and how they explain which filter triggered the tag. Please let me know if I should provide more information. Thanks again. 75.53.218.81 (talk) 03:18, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Also thought that I should inform you that I made one more fix. Note that any links which point to internal pages on Wikipedia which appear as external due to their syntax can be wrapped in <span class="plainlinks">[link]</span> to remove the icon from it in order to make it less confusing. Thanks. 75.53.218.81 (talk) 03:27, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

One more thing. I also wish to request that you add to the description that the filter only applies to new or unregistered users. I was not aware of that until I read your note at the bottom of your userpage. 75.53.218.81 (talk) 03:32, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Does the new version of the description work for you? Maxim_(talk) 03:38, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Almost. ..."of a living person" should be stated after "biography page", and the text of those words should be linked to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Thanks. 75.53.218.81 (talk) 03:56, 20 April 2012 (UTC), modified 03:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Also, the tag itself should be updated to say "changing height and/or weight", as some edits will change both. Thanks. 75.53.218.81 (talk) 04:30, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Fixed both. Maxim_(talk) 13:36, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Hey can you change my user name to Kycereon :) ?

Hey can you change my user name to Kycereon :) ? (Fzcentral) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fzcentral (talk • contribs) 14:02, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

 Done Maxim_(talk) 22:49, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Usurping the username wikiplex on en.wiki.x.io

Hi, my homewiki is de.wiki.x.io, my username is "wikiplex". I have local accounts on 17 wikis and my global username is "Wikiplex". I would like to usurp the account with the same name on en.wiki.x.io. This is a different user who has only 5 edits, last active in 2010. My unified login process is not finished. Can you help me? 77.183.237.122 (talk) 00:00, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I've renamed the previous en.wiki Wikiplex account out of the way, so you should be able to use unified login on en.wiki. Maxim_(talk) 22:49, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Thankk you very, very much! I'm really pleased. --Wikiplex (talk) 14:22, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For your recent marathon of page protection. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:09, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Re:RFPP

Well, I can't make excuses for misusing RFPP if that's misuse. I tried looking for best practice suggestions, but I found only essays that suggest what's best for me before I request again. I couldn't distinguish between immature texts and vandalism, as seen in talk:2012 in UFC events, but... what do I know? If you have any more suggestions besides basic ones, then please tell me. --George Ho (talk) 20:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For deleting the Main Page a long long time ago... Cheers! ★ Oliverlyc ★ ✈✈✈ Pop me a message! 12:21, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

The Broodmother reverter is now back, but elsewhere.

86.164.61.33 is now "rapidly" reverting several other unreferenced redirects like that: [9]. All of these articles have absolutely no references and contain nothing but plot detail, too, despite being mostly very big. Could you act there too? --Niemti (talk) 11:59, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

usurpation

Hello, i realised that you finished my usurpation. thank you! --Kommerz (talk) 17:40, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Yogo

I didn't know you were a geology person. Thanks for helping improve the article.PumpkinSky talk 00:40, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For your outstanding support and dedication in getting Yogo sapphire from a new article to DYK to GA to FA and FOUR. The team effort of the uncountable people involved in getting this unique article to FA is a textbook case of teamwork in article improvement, ie, what Wikipedia should be, not what it all too often is. I can never thank everyone enough. PumpkinSky talk 23:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

username change from manitdani to sanjayp3

please change me username from manitdani to sanjayp3.

thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manitdani (talk • contribs) 15:01, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

I believe this account is the same person as User:Sanjayp1, which the editor has been moving back and forth between (see the edit history of Manit dani. Singularity42 (talk) 20:10, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Username Change from Coolinternetguy to The9Man

Can you please help me to change my username Coolinternetguy to The9Man? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolinternetguy (talk • contribs) 05:48, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

 Done Maxim_(talk) 01:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Username change from Allan Akbar to Thomas.W

I noticed that you have made username changes requested on your talk page so I thought I'd take a chance. I made a username request (http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username/Simple#Allan_Akbar_.E2.86.92_Thomas.W) a few days ago but nothing has happened even though quite a few people who made their requests after me have had their usernames changed. I am fairly active on several different language versions of WP and made requests for a username change on a number of them at the same time. And my username was promptly changed on dawp, dewp, nowp, svwp and WP Commons, but not on enwp. It ought to be a simple case since I've included a link to a confirmation by user Thomas.W at svwp (that is me), which seems to be my main account for SUL since I created a user on svwp one day earlier than on enwp (in December 2006). So, could you please help me? Allan Akbar (talk) 11:31, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

My account has been renamed today, so no need for your help. Cheers. Thomas.W (talk) 16:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Credo Reference Update & Survey (your opinion requested)

Credo Reference, who generously donated 400 free Credo 250 research accounts to Wikipedia editors over the past two years, has offered to expand the program to include 100 additional reference resources. Credo wants Wikipedia editors to select which resources they want most. So, we put together a quick survey to do that:

• Link to Survey (should take between 5-10 minutes): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N8FQ6MM

It also asks some basic questions about what you like about the Credo program and what you might want to improve.

At this time only the initial 400 editors have accounts, but even if you do not have an account, you still might want to weigh in on which resources would be most valuable for the community (for example, through WikiProject Resource Exchange).

Also, if you have an account but no longer want to use it, please leave me a note so another editor can take your spot.

If you have any other questions or comments, drop by my talk page or email me at wikiocaasi@yahoo.com. Cheers! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 17:24, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

SUL usurpation

Hello. Thanks for renaming my account. Now I would like to take over the SUL account, which unfortunately had the same password which I lost. The home wiki for that account was this very wiki, the English Wikipedia. How can I do that? Everything I find seems unclear on how and if it's doable. Keφr (talk) 14:43, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Berean Hunter

Not that I care so much, but why did you close with 160|0|9, and not 160|0|0? Is it just a technical error? Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 20:48, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

It was a typo. Maxim_(talk) 20:53, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:03, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Guðsþegn → Thane

You recently declined my usurp request because the target username had "Too many SUL conflicts. German Wikipedia user edited recently (April 2012)." Would you consider granting the request if I (1) agree to not pursue an SUL unless time reduced the concern regarding SUL conflicts (thinking a year or two down the road, or more at your discretion) and (2) request a usurp only (instead of usurp and name change) so that I could use the target username as a redirect to my current username, thus not adding to the SUL conflict situation (in case the German user, for example, decided to pursue the SUL). There are a total of 10 edits between 4 editors (other than the 3 inconsequential and old edits by the English WP editor I want to usurp). The most likely candidate for an SUL, the German editor, has only 4 edits in 5 years. Please grant this request. Given the parameters I would agree to, there would be no increase in potential SUL conflicts; thus alleviating your concern. Thanks.  ₌₌₌₌ Thane_{_XCD}  19:25, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Please consider giving feedback on my recent proposal calling for a new category of usurp called Redirect-only Usurpation. Thanks.  Guðsþegn —— Thane_{_me}  16:24, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not inclined to grant this request, because usurpations are granted if the account will be put to good use or for SUL purposes. Neither condition is met here. Maxim_(talk) 00:34, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I respect that your decision is your decision, but how would my use of a redirect not be good use? <-- a rhetorical question) There is nothing nefarious about redirects.  Guðsþegn —— Thane_{_me}  03:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

File:ZIBA logo.gif

Can you undelete that image? It should qualify for fair use in Živnostenská banka. Ryan Vesey 14:53, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Minerals

Hello Maxim.

Quote: "Overall, around 150 minerals are considered particularly important, whether in terms of their abundance or aesthetic value in terms of collecting". Ref: Chesterman and Lowe, p. 14

Do you have this list? I'm interested, could I get it? Could u scan it for me? Cheers --Chris.urs-o (talk) 08:20, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Thx. Does the book has a page index? Can you scan? Would you scan the page index? --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:33, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Username

Just a question so I understand for a different username request, what's nowiki? Is there anyway I can look this information up before I request a name? Thanks! --MrIndustry (talk) 00:42, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I figured it out. Never mind! Thanks!--MrIndustry (talk) 00:44, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Core Contest!

	Third Prize - Core Contest
	Congratulations for winning the August 2012 incarnation of the Core Contest! Your voucher will be on its way soon.... Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:38, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Marvelous work on Mineral! The wiki is improved thereby... Binksternet (talk) 15:53, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

This is quite unexpected. Thanks! Maxim_(talk) 22:00, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Usurpation

Thanks!!! :). --JABO (talk) 16:14, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Thanks for the assistance concerning the Kim photograph. Geraldshields11 (talk) 15:09, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Mentioned you

at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard#RFA_.26_crat_involvement. MBisanz ^talk 15:28, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Change of username

I want to change my username from OnlyHunkHere to ChetanVengurlekar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.169.1.147 (talk) 16:58, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Please sign into your account to request a rename. Thanks, Maxim_(talk) 23:40, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Just so you know

I believe you forgot to leave a block notice at User:115.240.70.219's talk page. — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 18:07, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Zementis Inc page deleted

Hi Maxim,

I was wondering why you deleted the entire Zementis Inc page from wikipedia. It is a company page just like many others. Company pages are extremely important so that potential clients and researchers (specially in the field of computer science in which technology moves fast) can find out about not only the company history but the history of its products.

I see many other examples, as I pointed out above, of company pages in wikipedia. These include Angoss, Statsoft, SAS, IBM and the list goes on which I believe are extremely useful for the community at large.

Can you please reinstate the page and perhaps allows us to address specific concerns you have that prompt you the delete it?

Thanks,

Sunsetsky (talk) 22:27, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I have never used Zementis products/services, and I have no connection to the company. However, as a data mining practitioner, I personally think it is useful to have wikipedia entries for notable software and companies in the data mining industry. Instead of deleting the Zementis page, could the more experienced wikipedia authors please provide suggestions about how the page can be edited to confirm to wikipedia standards? Then maybe some of us novice wikipedians (with lots of energy and domain knowledge) can try to follow your suggestions and coaching to improve the Zementis wikipedia page. While I know almost nothing about Zementis, and I have never written a wikipedia page from scratch, I can volunteer to help edit an existing page. It would also be especially helpful if one of the more experienced wikipedians can tell us which one of the following wikipedia data mining software vendor/tool pages would be a good one for us to use as a exemplary template when editing other pages. We could use that exemplary template to improve other data mining software company pages also. Here is a small sample of the other wikipedia data mining and statistics software vendor/tool pages I'm aware of:

• Revolution Analytics
• Orange (software)
• SHAZAM (software)
• SPSS
• SPSS Inc.
• SPSS Modeler
• KNIME
• RapidMiner
• SAS (software)
• SAS JMP
• SAS Institute
• Angoss
• R (programming language)
• Weka (machine learning)
• StatSoft
• STATISTICA
• Oracle Data Mining
• Minitab
• List of statistical packages has a list of about 3 dozen open-source statistics tools, all with wikipedia pages. And this page also lists about 4 dozen commercial packages (also all with wikipedia page links).

I think that this could also help us all make sure we're applying the same standards to the pages for all the companies that are competing in this data mining software space. I know that no bias was intended, but I think we all need to be careful to avoid even the appearance of bias when one company's wikipedia page is deleted when so many other company pages in the same industry remain up. I am available to help improve the pages in this domain, but I need some coaching (and lots of help). Karl (talk) 21:59, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Mineral

The article currently uses both US and UK spelling varieties. I'm not sure how to apply ENGVAR to it, thus maybe just choose one spelling and follow it. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 01:00, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

I didn't think about Canadian spelling - just noticed a mix of color/colour/meter. I usually copy/paste the output into Word and run spellcheck. Materialscientist (talk) 01:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for doing usurpation

Thanks for doing the usurpation for me Droflet (talk) 23:08, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Redirect by renaming forth and back

It's ok. I know the #Redirect tip but I like to use the way I'm doing right now as long as I don't destroy the pages' titles and edit histories. ༆ (talk) 02:24, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for the copyedit help. I appreciate it. ceranthor 03:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I also fixed that nowiki comment you made; sorry for not responding to it before. The geology section seems to be shaping up, though I still worry it's a bit inaccessible. ceranthor 18:58, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Is it getting any better? Your help is seriously appreciated, by the way. ceranthor 19:54, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for all my pestering, but Mikenorton has provided a new version which superseded the article version. Hope you get the chance to check it out. ceranthor 16:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Folds

Hi Maxim, I thought that I should explain that folds (particularly those that are active at the surface, such as those on Qeshm) are normally an elastic response of a layered material. Brittle and ductile are not always useful descriptors for deformation like this - my MSc lecturer Rick Sibson used the terms 'Elastico-Frictional' and 'Quasiplastic' instead. Folding can definitely occur in the Elastico-Frictional regime as a result of buckling. Agreed however that the current Geology section needs a complete rewrite - something that I've started on in a sandbox. I'll let you know when I have a draft worth looking at as all comments will be welcome. Mikenorton (talk) 21:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

As you can see from Ceranthor's comment above, I've finished my draft and I see that it is now in the article - your comments would anyway be welcome. Mikenorton (talk) 16:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Username change: ReinforcedReinforcements to Sirkablaam

I responded on my request with "Yes." to being comfortable with my real name potentially being leaked into Wikipedia. Я£ΙИӺΘЯСΣĐᴙᶕᵻᴎᵮᴓᴚᴐᶒᵯɘᴎᴛᶊ^Talk 19:54, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Auto-recreated renamed account

My account that you just renamed, Readopedia, apparently was recreated at the same time that it was renamed to Energybender. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:Log/Readopedia Is there any undo? I just don't want to have this account. I checked the logs of the other recently renamed accounts on the change username list and no one else's old name has a log entry for an automatically created old username. Was I supposed to log out? I am currently in the process of changing my username on all the Wikimedia Foundation wikis that are listed in my global account, and on this wiki: http://de.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Benutzernamen_%C3%A4ndern&diff=112606687&oldid=112606564 , the person who performed the change told me to log out. Energybender (talk) 20:33, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Image question

Hi, Maxim. I just deleted File:IrishPassportData.JPG following a request here. I'm coming to you as you had deleted the original upload to make way for a lower res version. Noting that the G7 criterion states "one author" and that the image I deleted was an altered version of the original, I'm wondering if I've gone about this in the wrong way. I only wanted to remove this individual's image from the web per their request and had no intention of messing with anyone else's hard work. If you see that I need to re-visit my actions, please let me know. Thanks Tiderolls 23:46, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Crat statement draft

Hi Following the drama at BN, I'm trying to come up with a statement all Crats could agree to. Please take a look, below. I am quite content to do this onwiki -we have always worked transparently, except where secrecy is essential (ie RTV). I think we should be able to wordsmith a statement acceptable to all, and I think it's an important thing to do.

1. In my opinion, this issue has come about through an unfortunate proliferation of documentation: policy, guideline, how-to etc
2. I am not convinced that there is community consensus on all of the points encapsulated in those various pages
3. I am unhappy at what may be described as some or all of: inconsistencies, inaccuracies or lack of clarity in that documentation
4. I do not believe that any of the issues we have faced have been caused by Crats trying to widen their powers
5. I would like to see the issues clarified, based on consensus, and for the documentation to be updated accordingly
6. I'd like to thank Griot-de for generously withdrawing the rename request

Signed [crat sig] Lmk what you think. Many thanks, --Dweller (talk) 13:49, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Help with Image

Greetings,

You once had an image of the Monkey King that was pulled due to a lack of fair use agreements. I know of a novel that's been published using the same piece of artwork and without licensure or reference. Can you tell me how to get in touch with the artist? Thank you

usjedi@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.180.124 (talk) 06:08, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

I never uploaded such an image, and I cannot help you with contact details of an artist. Maxim_(talk) 02:51, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Help with image II

Hi, Maxim, long time. I don't suppose you can help Giano with this? How far back is it possible to undelete deleted images, again? Bishonen | talk 15:51, 18 January 2013 (UTC).

Never mind, somebody else fixed it. Sorry to bother you. Bishonen | talk 16:59, 18 January 2013 (UTC).

File:A temple bell doi suthep.JPG

You deleted the local image as CSD I8 a few years ago. However, the description page on Commons doesn't seem to contain all original upload info of this image. The author's name, in particular, is missing. Could you check the deleted enwiki description page and copy the correct information over to Commons? Thank you. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:06, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Request to "userfy" a deleted page so that I can update it.

Hi Maxim, I'm a newish editor on Wikipedia, and found a deleted page that I would like to update, correctly cite and reference, and get back up online. I was informed at the Teahouse that since you are the one who deleted the page originally back in 2008, I needed to get you to "userfy" it for me.

The page is: deletionpedia: The Drabblecast | http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=The_Drabblecast_(deleted_29_Jul_2008_at_23:37)

My Teahouse question is here | http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Working_on_a_deleted_page.2C_to_rally_for_reinstatement.2C_how.3F

(Apologies if I've put the links in weirdly here, I'm still getting the hang of the code.)

kbk tha grue (talk) 02:38, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of old Account

Hi. You recently accepted my request for Change of username, form Budugoo to Rajanala Samyak. I accidentally logged on to it before logging out of my global account, and I think I may have recreated the page. Could you do the necessary and delete the old page and account? Thanks Rajanala Samyak (talk) 11:16, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

The Budugoo user page and talk page redirect to your new name so it is easier to find you. I cannot delete accounts for technical reasons. I can rename the old account to a random name, if that's what you want. Maxim_(talk) 23:19, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Username change FPJ1962->mhoward13

Thank you for checking in. Yes, I am ok with using my last name. FPJ1962 (talk) 14:34, 26 February 2013 (UTC)FPJ1962

I've  Done the rename. Maxim_(talk) 23:19, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Theopolisme 2

I appreciate you taking the time and explaining the close, I think that really helps the candidate. I completely understand it. It could have gone either way, so there is no wrong or right answers, just experienced judgement and I understand your rationale. He is a good guy that does a lot to help others around here, so I hope he doesn't get discouraged and tries again in 6 months. Thanks again for taking the time to provide a useful and thoughtful closing statement for him. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 16:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

• Speaking only for myself, I disagreed with your interpretation of the RfA's consensus and likely would have been inclined to pass it were I a bureaucrat (speaking purely in hypotheticals here); however, your explanation definitely goes a long way towards clarifying your thoughts on the matter and I completely understand why you chose to close it as no consensus. There were significant concerns raised in opposition, and it wouldn't be fair for anyone to discount them in determining the overall mindset of the community. Excellent closure, Maxim. Kurtis ^(talk) 12:40, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to STiki!

Hello, Maxim, and welcome to STiki! Thank you for your recent contributions using our tool. We at STiki hope you like using the tool and decide to continue using it in the future. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Information about STiki, including: Using STiki and its hotkeys Comparison to other tools Information about vandalism on Wikipedia Here are some pages which are a little more fun: The STiki leaderboard - See how you are faring against other STiki users! Userboxes - Do not hesitate to wear the STiki label with pride by choosing from a selection of userboxes! We hope you enjoy maintaining Wikipedia with STiki! If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions don't hesitate to drop a note over at the STiki talk page and we'll be more than happy to help. Again, welcome, and thanks! West.andrew.g (talk) 05:07, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Request to evaluate Joe's Null Bot 2

I request that you or one of your comrades in arms take a look at the bot request for Joe's Null Bot 2. The final step of implementing TAFI on the main page hinges on this bot being approved. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 15:56, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Jason Bourne

Hi Maxim!
I am curious as to why you considered this revision to an article on a fictional character by an IP editor as vandalism. It may not be totally grammatical, but it is accurate.
Cheers!
Sincerely,
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones – The WelshBuzzard – 08:47, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you for your reply ... I agree with you, hence your revert stands. Cheers!  –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard| 10:29, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks...

... for the fixes to choral concerto. My knowledge of Russian/Ukrainian is limited, to put it nicely! It makes it a little difficult to write articles in this field (Russian choral music) but knowing there are people around who do know what they're doing is nice :) ~ Riana ⁂ 17:09, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Also, if you have a sec, would you mind taking a look at the transliteration here? :) ~ Riana ⁂ 05:50, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

indefinite semi-protection of Template:Kim Jong-il family

Hi, Maxim. I noticed that you indefinitely semi-protected Template:Kim Jong-il family. The vandalism history of the template does not seem near adequate to justify a silver lock. There was neither heavy nor persistent vandalism. Why indefinitely lock a page on the basis of just a few vandal edits? How did it qualify under the protection policy? Jason Quinn (talk) 05:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Maxim

Could you possibly give me a hand on the French wiki? In order to have a unified login at commons, I need to have my user name (User:Ched) registered at the French wiki as well. I don't speak the language, and don't know how to request such a thing. Any input would be greatly appreciated. — Ched :  ?  21:52, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Image restore request

I am not sure what the image at File:KFKcover1.jpg was back in 2008, but I am wondering if it would be possible to undelete it if we could edit in the rationale as to use it on the Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos article? Ranze (talk) 19:50, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

IPBE note

Please note that I've added a brief IPBE to an editor (TakuyaMurata) impacted by the hard range block here. Just an FYI in case it factors in to the activity that triggered the block; didn't appear to at first glance. Kuru (talk) 22:44, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Maxim. You have new messages at Jason Quinn's talk page.
Message added 16:23, 15 April 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Jason Quinn (talk) 16:23, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks a lot Maxim, for having renamed my account G_Allegre into GAllegre, as I asked for. This will unify my en, fr, and commons accounts. GAllegre (talk) 11:35, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

*cough*

WP:RESYSOPS MBisanz ^talk 01:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Two hours don't count. Maxim_(talk) 22:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Curtis joseph

I would appreciate if you ensure the info I posted on behalf of my client Curtis Joseph remains. In protecting his brand accurate information should be posted. Thank you. If you wish go confirm you can tweet Curtis at @cujo_31 to verify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.154.96.86 (talk) 01:28, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Certainly, if you provide a reliable source per our verifiability and biographies of living people policies. Maxim_(talk) 01:55, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Curtis Joseph

Please see explanation for recovering updated info - view history under Curtis Joseph. Thanks --> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.154.96.86 (talk) 02:25, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Renaming information request

You have been identified as someone who does a large number of renames. If you could visit meta:Rename practices and explain your renaming practices and policy, we would appreciate the effort. We are making this request to help us better understand local renaming practices as we work towards SUL finalization. Thank you for your time and feel free to contact me if you have any questions. MBisanz ^talk 22:52, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Forced user renames coming soon for SUL

Hi, sorry for writing in English. I'm writing to ask you, as a bureaucrat of this wiki, to translate and review the notification that will be sent to all users, also on this wiki, who will be forced to change their user name on May 27 and will probably need your help with renames. You may also want to help with the pages m:Rename practices and m:Global rename policy. Thank you, Nemo 13:06, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Double-alaskan-rainbow.jpg

Hi, you deleted this file on en.wiki, but a link to its author's userpage is missing, could you please check and add the information to Commons, thank you!  ■ MMXX ^talk 20:57, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Useful Link?

From the Global Tropical/Extratropical Cyclone Atlas.Jason Rees (talk) 22:37, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Certainly useful, thank you Jason. It does not look familiar to me. What I do notice is that there's just a tiny little paragraph about Toronto at the end. :p Maxim_(talk) 22:43, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Not a problem, i have been using the GTECA since i discovered it the other week and have found that the atlas is made up off several reports from the various RSMC/TCWC's and Weather Magazines that were sent to NCDC for that purpose rather than anything unique. Ive also found another decent report from NOAA here.Jason Rees (talk) 23:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Maxim. Thanks for closing the RFA. I was surprised at how quick everything was handled. :) - Bilby (talk) 15:19, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Unified login

I'm a reviewer from the Polish Wikipedia and I want to create an unified login, but I have a problem. There's one user with my name on the English Wikipedia, but he has no activity since 2007: http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&username=Cordylus&limit=1. Is it possible to change his username? pl:User: Cordylus 153.19.64.76 (talk) 09:34, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

I renamed the previous user. You should be able to use your global account on en.wiki now. Maxim_(talk) 00:14, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

All is working fine now. Thank you very much! Cordylus (talk) 15:17, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Hurricane Hazel memories

You may have heard that there's been a lot of rain in Toronto in the last few hours. This photo from flickr is of one of the areas along the Humber River and it looks just about as flooded today as it did then. No surprise - we got 94 mm of rain in about 90 minutes today, and at least another 10 mm since then, pretty close to what came with Hazel in the same area. Thought you'd get a laugh that as I practically swam my way to the car (after the worst of the rain), I thought of you. Risker (talk) 03:55, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Changing username/Simple

I received a bot comment that there existed a global account for my first request, but have since asked in the same filing if an different name was available. I don't know if that is something I should flag for attention or just let it roll up the backlog it looks like you guys have so, if this is not appropriate I apologize.--Amadscientist (talk) 02:34, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The global use of Mark Miller has been taken, but I was told to ask if that could be usurped if the global account has no more than 5 edits. I would like to usurp it for global use if I could although I would have to check with admin on the other Wikimedia sites like Commons etc., if they allow legitimate alternate accounts. If Not my next Choice was Mark J. Miller. Then I was hoping to take the User:Amadscientist as a legitimate alternate account on Wikipedia to avoid impersonation.--Mark Miller _{Just ask! WER TEA DR/N} 01:04, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

I just checked with someone suggested could answer some questions about usurping the global account as it only had 5 edits (I asked the other day). User talk:MBisanz has gone ahead and deleted the SUL and I can now take Mark Miller as my global account and Wikipedia name if you could do that?. I guess there is a block on the it.Wiki, but I can get that unblocked by request, which I might as I had wanted to start edtiting in the other Wikis. Thank you for helping.--Mark Miller _{Just ask! WER TEA DR/N} 03:04, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Just saw your reply at User talk:MBisanz's talkpage. Yes, please, I would like the name change to User:Mark Miller and understand the real world consequences of such actions.--Mark Miller _{Just ask! WER TEA DR/N} 21:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

File:Developing countries.png

Hi, I noticed that the Commons file Developing countries.png appears to attribute itself, because you deleted the Wikipedia source file on account of it having the same name. Assuming the file isn't identical in both scope and creator, do you think you could undelete it, then move it to a new name (maybe File:Developing countries wp.png and delete the redirect, so that we can maintain the chain of attribution on Commons? Thanks, —Quintucket (talk) 00:15, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

New REFBot

There is a proposal on Wikipedia:Bot requests#New REFBot for a new REFBot working as DPL bot and BracketBot do. I beg politely for consideration. Please leave a comment if you wish. Maybe you could work on it like you did it with other projects? That would be fine. Thanks a lot in anticipation. -- Frze (talk · contribs) 10:35, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Question regarding deletion of http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Mohammed_Samir_Ferrat

Greetings! I see that you deleted this page with the reason: 01:25, 15 March 2009 Maxim (talk | contribs) deleted page Mohammed Samir Ferrat (Deleted because expired WP:PROD; Reason given: = Not notable; {{Notability}}. using TW)

Were you aware this wealthy businessman was involved with Ron Brown of the Clinton Administration in several 'business' deals? Ron Brown died when his Military aircraft crashed in Bosnia under very suspicious circumstances on April 03, 1996. He was facing prosecution on criminal charges arising from his fund raising activities for the Clinton campaign. Mohammed Samir Ferrat died when flight TWA 800 crashed off the Long Island shore on July 17, 1996. Many eye-witnesses dispute the official conclusion that TWA 800 was an accident, and almost no one actually believes that Ron Brown's death was an accident. There is the somewhat widespread opinion that the Clintons were finishing with TWA 800 what started in Bosnia only a few months earlier.

I just wanted you to know. I also do not expect this to change your decision to delete.

Take Care!

David C.

Rename user Cormen

Hi,

My global username is Cormen, but it is used by someone in en.mediawiki.org with no contributions. Most likely I created that account myself but forgot the password. Could you rename it so I can use SUL in en.wiki.x.io as well?

Thanks! Cormen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.4.228.236 (talk) 06:13, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Requesting your opinion

Hi. Can you offer your opinion in this consensus discussion? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. (Nightscream)

Thank you

Thanx for the work at WP:CHU/S Mlpearc (open channel) 04:16, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

CHU/S

Hi there. You recently declined a CHU/S by User:UFOMoviez, whose username is a blatant breach of WP:UP, especially after looking at the page he created and solely contributed to. Would you have any objections in blocking him at present? --hmssolent\^{You rang?} _{ship's log} 10:32, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Nvm, user now indeffed by Smartse and page deleted by Kinu (sorry for the undated signature- am currently editing from my BB)--hmssolent\^{You rang?} _{ship's log}

Lowell Green

You removed content which had a citation on the article Lowell Green without explanation. I removed the content which was not cited as a compromise. I will re-add this information when I get the citations from Lowell Green's book. Any explanation to why you removed content. Boone jenner (talk) 22:20, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Why I removed the cited part? Probably I inadvertently reverted back to the wrong version instead of your latest version. Maxim_(talk) 22:27, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 14:52, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Maxim,

I hope that you are settling into the new year.

Could you now include the listing for Mobgets the company. We were founded in 2008 and have been running an app store ever since.

Kind Regards Andrew Allan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.4.27.122 (talk) 14:14, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

TB

Hello, Maxim. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/SarekOfVulcan 3/Bureaucrat discussion.
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A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	For being willing to make difficult decisions in a situation where any decision may result in a lot of flack... Randykitty (talk) 15:31, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	North Korean Fashion Memorial Barnstar
	The Gerald Shields of the North Korean Fashion Watch awards you the North Korean Fashion Memorial Barnstar for your continuing efforts to add reliable and poignant discussion about North Korean topics, such as Ri Sol-ju. Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:57, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Grenada

Hi Maxim, the Grenada article has been semi protected for almost a year now, and it has been edited only four times this year, so perhaps it's time to unprotect it?--eh bien mon prince (talk) 21:55, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

BAG assistance needed

Hi Maxim! There are quite a few Requests for bot approval that are awaiting BAG assistance. Would you be willing to look at some of these? Thanks in advance! GoingBatty (talk) 23:18, 3 May 2014 (UTC)