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Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Roman Catholic Church

If you have some time for that...A comparison with the respective article in Britannica regarding structure and references wouldn't hurt. What references do they rely on? What kind of structure do they prefer compared to the WP article? Squash Racket (talk) 12:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Posted to the FAC. The Roman Catholicism entry on Britannica is one of their very best pieces of work, and must have taken an expert years to compile, so don't feel the Misplaced Pages article has to be as good as the EB one! Neıl 龱 13:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I see that these articles are not comparable, but if another dispute emerges over references for specific parts of the article, it may still be useful. Squash Racket (talk) 15:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Board elections policy

How Neil will be deciding his votes in the Wikimedia Board of Trustees elections. Make sure you vote!!!:

• Nobody under 25 (maturity is a MUST)
• No life-long students (must be working or have worked)
• Preferably experience in a senior management role
• Good English (sorry, but this is vital)

Current preferred candidates, based on record and responses (no particular order):

• Gregory Kohs, Samuel Klein, Harel Cain, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, Ray Saintonge, Steve Smith. Would be happy with any of these guys serving on the board.

Current least preferred candidates, based on record and responses:

• Ad Huikeshoven/Ting Chen (both exhibit poor English), Dan Rosenthal (no real experience, bad answers), Kurt Weber (seems like a joke), MBisanz (too young, grossly exaggerated experience), Paul Williams/Craig Spurrier (both far too young), Ryan Postlethwaite (too young, no experience, bad answers). Would not want to see any of these guys serving on the board.

If you read this, don't worry about who I choose (this is really for my own benefit) - make your own mind up, but please go and vote. Neıl 龱 13:44, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

User:Krause 450

I'm not gonna second-guess you (WP:AGF and all that); but I have grim suspicions you may regret unblocking him. See my remarks on his talk page for further explication. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:36, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Re...

...your indef block of User:Jpmdhd. She has been in touch with me via email (I deleted another Clayton Sleep Institute (CSI)-related article of theirs today) for advice on how to avoid it happening again. She assures me that she and User:Mhf95 are in fact two different people, who collaborated on the article. I wouldn't be surprised to find that they both work in the same place - no prizes for guessing where - but I think perhaps there may be grounds to reconsider your indefblock? It seems to me that it's more a case of inexperience than malice; the second account was only used once, to post a talk page question asking for advice, and I don't believe sockpuppetry is involved. There may still be various issues with COI and the like, but the editors at least seem willing to listen and learn... All the best, EyeSerene 20:45, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Neil, AGF it is! I don't know whether we'll see these editors again, and I've watchlisted the appropriate pages, so if there's any concerns I'll block them myself if I have to. However, thanks to their inexperience they did get bitten pretty hard (two blocks, one AfD and one speedy)... and all due to a drive-by tagging. Sometimes I wonder how any newbies get past their first day :P EyeSerene 18:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Kate and Gin

I have nominated Kate and Gin, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Kate and Gin. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Buc (talk) 21:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I had the same inclination

But I've been burnt in the past for speedy deleting hoaxes as... hoaxes. The bureaucracy has forced me to be bureaucratic in cases where I know the correct line of action is blocking and deleting but the line of action required has to go round about to achieve the same result. –– Lid 10:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I've been wary for, as I just discovered, years: Look at the history of Mongolian Jesus. This has always stuck in my mind as the reason to tip toe around hoaxes. –– Lid 11:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Question ?

Pure vandals get 4 chances (if not more) before any action is taken. They get warnings on their talk page, they finally they get disciplined. I am a vandal fighter. I have an over 18000 edits since April and I get no warning what so ever. A user puts profanity on my talk page, I report him and you remove access to Huggle for a week. The user made no attempt to show his citation, he jumps on my talk page with this ] and I get punished. I ask once again for you to reverse your decision regarding Huggle. --CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 17:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

User:CanadianLinuxUser

Neil: you just drove away one of our best vandal-fighters. CanadianLinuxUser was easily twice as fast as I am, and when we were both on huggle, I never saw him make any reverts that I wouldn't have made. I fought vandals for two months more than he did and look at where he is on the list of contributers to AIV. It is impossible make that many reports to AIV without nearly 100% being accurate. If they weren't accurate, the user would be blocked for disruption.

Why did you remove huggle from him for a week for that? 24 or 31 hours, maybe, but a week? You may not fight vandals a lot, but I see stuff like that every time I'm on, and 99.999% of the time, it turns out to be false. Removing huggle from him for a week because of that seems to be more than a little vindicative on your part, but I may be reading into your comment a tone that was not intended.

I'm sorry, but you really need to count your losses before you act. RickK left after someone blocked him for "breaking the 3RR rule" when he was actually reverting a vandal. Seriously, you do not know how good CLU was. As I said before, CLU was one of the best vandal-fighters I have ever seen. His absence will create a massive hole that all the rest of us rank-and-file people will have to fill. J.delanoy_adds 17:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Numerous people have left messages on CLU's talk page encouraging him to stick around. I think it would be wise for you to do the same. His user page says he's retired. I'm sure that's not what you wanted to happen. I understand why you did what you did, and I endorse it, but he could use some coaching, not just "Bye." BradV 18:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Neil, seriously, why did you remove his huggle stuff with no warning? J.delanoy_adds 21:39, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, crap. I don't know if I'm right or wrong here. Sigh, I just don't want to see CLU leave. I'm at a total loss of what to do. J.delanoy_adds 22:27, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to keep spamming your talk page. I just wanted to say that the more I look into this, the less sure I am that I was right. I apologize for any attacks I made, and I want you to know that I have utterly no idea what my proper response to this should have been, nor do I know for certain if I should have involved myself in this at all. *sigh* J.delanoy_adds 01:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

There do seem to be a lot of people quitting in a huff lately after some sort of clash, followed by people pointing fingers and insisting that others change their behavior to end the sort of atmosphere that produces such resignations (ironically contributing, themselves, to an atmosphere of rancor that perhaps drives people away). *Dan T.* (talk) 01:16, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I know what you mean. Unfortunately, I did the exact thing you said happens too often. I want to apologize to anyone who sees this for creating a hostile atmosphere. J.delanoy_adds 02:07, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Attachment theory

What now? (If anything). Fainites 22:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

*shrug* - it seems mediation is a bust. Carry on as you are and if problems continue, drop me a note. Neıl 龱 15:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. The only problem so far is that I removed the POV tags from the Attachment theory article but Kingsleys replaced them. They can't just stay there indefinitely if there's no effort being made at dispute resolution can they? Fainites 18:33, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for trying by the way. Fainites 21:50, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

It still says open! Fainites 21:52, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Major Updates after AfD - Navneet Singh Khadian

This is in reference to my request on your archive page 25.

Respected Sir/Madam, you are aware that during AfD - Navneet Singh Khadian, you had deleted this article because there were 3 Delete Votes against 2 Keep votes, means there was margin of "One" vote in favour of deletion. This margin does not exist anymore.

I had previously mentioned that 2 out of three "Delete" voters had clearly shown POV/biased voting, i.e.: 1. User Talk:202.54.176.51 had clearly shown his hate towards the subject by requesting to mention him a terrorist or to delete it at all. 2. User:Vivin's using word Terrorism (POV) against Militancy (NPOV) while giving his delete vote.

• Now there are two MAJOR updates

3. The third and the last Keep voter, i.e. User:Tomb of the Unknown Warrior has been indifinitely blocked by wikipedia afterwards, so kindly exclude his "Keep" vote from your decision.

4. A fourth User:Mightyunit who, created his user account on May 1st 2008, i.e. the starting day of this Afd discussion, did huge vandalism in this article by deleting several references/information to influence this AfD has also been tracked and indifinitely blocked by Misplaced Pages afterwards. My requests regarding this matter during this AfD are, 1, 2, 3, 4.

Kindly review your decision and Keep this article because of major updates mentioned above, where two[REDACTED] users have already been blocked AND because Misplaced Pages's has also Kept another similar article of chief of parallel militant organization, involved in same Khalistan movement, fighting for exactly same cause Singh6 01:50, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I am not convinced, and would suggest Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. Neıl 龱 15:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Nice work...

Y1 (tobacco) saved! That article is coming along nicely... well done. ++Lar: t/c 15:08, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Zachary Jaydon

Hey, Neil I am uploading some magazine scans with Zachary Jaydon/Jaydon D. Paull's mantions, etc. I am wondering what the appropriate place to put these would be. Should I provide a link to the scans? The article is being written off as a hoax, but I think people are lazy in their assumptions. He works mainly in the Indie music market nowadays, and just because the information isn't a google click away doesn't mean it doesn't exist or is fake. Thank you for your help, and please understand that I am not trying to start an argument, just provide information to clarify things. Skyler Morgan (talk) 21:13, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Oh and a PS: his scans may be real, but hes the 'manager/lawyer/writer/street team leader/pr junkie' of CTH...so...he gave all those imaginary figures and facts himself. But a...I think you knew that ;) already.--Thegingerone (talk) 06:24, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Recent Spamblock

Hi; no, I don't mind you increasing the length of my block on that spammer. If you think a block of six months on an educational site is OK, then fair enough. You will have noted that I did leave a threat on the user's talk page of a much longer block if he came back, so I was not being wholly superficial. I was watching too, though will unwatch now. --Anthony.bradbury 12:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I've changed it to a softblock. Neıl 龱 12:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Oversight

I read your statement that you "asked an ArbCom member to oversight an edit that alleged SlimVirgin's real life identity." Which ArbCom member declined to do this due to the fact that "the information is already out there?" I consider that a shocking abdication of responsibility. PouponOnToast (talk) 15:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I am unsure that releasing their name publically would be allowed - check your email. Neıl 龱 15:13, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, you have email disabled. I need to clarify my statment with "ex-", hold on. Neıl 龱 15:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

There, it's clearer now. I emailed User:Oversight over this diff, and had a reply from an ex-ArbCom member refusing to oversight it as "the information is already out there". Neıl 龱 15:17, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I would enable email this evening (US) for the purposes of this email. My policy is to be uncontactable, because "sunshine is the best disinfectant." However, since it's an ex-arb I don't care anymore. PouponOnToast (talk) 15:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough - no need to enable your email, then. Neıl 龱 15:22, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Dear Neil

I would take it as a personal favor if you did not discuss me on Misplaced Pages Review. Thanks! PouponOnToast (talk) 17:22, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. No matter how politely couched, your request is rude. You have no right and no justification to suggest to me or anyone else what we can or cannot discuss off-Wiki. Neıl 龱 06:48, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

DNAP

I dropped some sources and comments on User_talk:Neil/DNAP. Thatcher 19:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

You are teh awesome. Thanks Thatcher. Neıl 龱 08:35, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Good Evening

I am humbly requesting Rollback. I was accepted for "VandalFighter" but it doesn't work with firefox, and I do a lot of vandal work on articles like Tobacco, Skull and Bones, and other articles I watch. (see my user page for more articles I defend) I appreciate your time. Thank you. Beam 22:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

 Done Neıl 龱 08:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Save Toby

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Save Toby. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.

• It's done. Thanks for the help. :) --UsaSatsui (talk) 08:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

  I've commented on the DRV - seems fine to me, good work! Neıl 龱 08:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

• Okay, now I need to face my Wikipedian nemesis - an image. One thing I completely do not understand is the image policy. What would be allowed? An image from the website? A news source that uses the website image? The cover of the book? The site logo? I'd like to get a picture or two up there, but I don't want those ugly image warning tags on my talk page. Any advice? --UsaSatsui (talk) 11:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
  • (It's just easier for you if I reply here)...I was specifically wondering about this image. At least 2 of the sources I have use it (implying some sort of permission or release for public use), and barring a use of the logo (would be undesirable) or a screenshot of the page (less so), would be the best way to convey the image. I know the policy doesn't allow non-free images of persons...but is Toby a person? --UsaSatsui (talk) 13:02, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
    • The images are uploaded. I'm pretty sure the rationale for one of them is good, not so sure about the other. Check them for me, please? Also, I'm not sure I have them put on the page optimally...--UsaSatsui (talk) 08:16, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes

I put 2 & 2 together. Sometimes I get the right answer, sometimes I don't :) Thanks & regards --Herby 08:34, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Buh? Neıl 龱 08:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Mail :) --Herby 08:40, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Zachary Jaydon

Assuming the AFD goes the way it looks, what's to be done with TragedyStriker? Indef block? That's my preference. It's pretty obvious to me that this goes beyond resume inflation into conscious fraud.
Kww (talk) 14:52, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hehe

Thanks for the typo fix, sure it was OK, much appreciated in fact. *blushes* delldot talk 14:57, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Unlock my Userpage Please

You blocked me a while back. I have since been unblocked but my userpage is still protected. Can you please unprotect it for me?

Metsguy234 (talk) 16:45, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Yep,  Done Neıl 龱 21:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Attachment theory mediation

Hiya Neil. I commented at WP:AN. I personally would like to have seen a topic ban but most supported the block and i don't see any problem with it. The topic ban was more preference. Its a shame that this had to happen though. I like to see ever mediation successful but it seems this one just wasnt meant to happen. I look forward to prehaps working with you on another mediation in future :) Seddσn 20:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for giving all this extensive time and attention. Fainites 21:14, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you both - it was unfortunate; I would have preferred a successful mediation, but it had become pretty apparent Kingsley had no interest in engaging in it, rather using it as a delaying tactic. When no other options are available, a ban became the only option, as there seems to be no other way of addressing his editing behaviour. Remember that indefinite does not mean permanent, and should he agree to work more constructively with others, this block can be revisited. Seddon, I agree - who knows what the future will hold :) One last point - I believe a topic ban, given Kingsley's narrow band of interest, would have had the same effect and end result as a general ban. Neıl 龱 21:32, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Well I must say I would have been surprised if he'd mediated as most of his earlier behaviour was filibustering - but I had a moment of real hope there when he actually produced a few sources for Slakr's table. I thought we were off and away at that point! But it wasn't to be. Fainites 07:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 16 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Y1 (tobacco), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Gatoclass (talk) 17:56, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles requested for more than a year

Hi Neil. With the year almost up, we're making an effort to reduce the number of listings at Misplaced Pages:Articles requested for more than a year. You've been a big help in the past with that project page and I am hoping that you can knock out a few to contribute to the effort. Thanks. Bebestbe (talk) 20:26, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Year almost up?! :P Neıl 龱 06:12, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Lizzie Borden

Hi. I noted your comment regarding the lumping of quotes into footnotes at the AN/I board and wanted to let you know there is a RfC on the Borden talk page at this time regarding this and some other issues. I thought you might want to lend your opinion, as it seems we are garnering a consensus, for this article at least, on the use of the quotes. Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 23:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi

This struck me as rather inflammatory. I know what it's like when reading opposes one disagrees with, but upsetting a bunch of editors isn't going to help Avruch, especially if his RfA itself becomes a drama scene. I suggest you tone it down... --Dweller (talk) 10:42, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

That was toned down from what I originally wrote. I stand by the comment, but have toned it down some more. Neıl 龱 10:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Lol. I was originally going to post it at 200px, but thought that might just be overkill, :-) Thanks for the amend. --Dweller (talk) 10:51, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Neıl 龱 10:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Domestic turkey article

Can you please check your facts before you make changes or deletions? Just because you think something is garbage, or you prefer "pets" to "companion animals" doesn't mean that the sources you are quoting support this, or that you are correct. Arbitrary changes to support your POV are simply POV and not acceptable. Thanks Bob98133 (talk) 13:45, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

The reference you give {) does not use the phrase "companion animals" for turkeys at any point. Note that Companion animal redirects to Pet. Neıl 龱 13:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Our turkey adoption process resembles those of companion animal shelters that match cats and dogs with caring and responsible adopters," said Leanne Cronquist, Farm Sanctuary's California shelter manager. "We carefully screen all our applicants and ensure they are committed to providing lifelong sanctuary for their new companions. After all, turkeys are bright, social and sensitive animals who-like cats and dogs-deserve the very best in life." {http://www.farmsanctuary.org/mediacenter/2007/pr_turkey_express_CA.html} ph#2

It sounds to me that if people are providing their turkey companions sanctuary, that a pet turkey is refered to as a companion. The line in the article clearly says that Farm Sanctuary says...and Farm Sanctuary says companion animal. Bob98133 (talk) 14:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I disagree, but it's minor enough that it can stay in the article. I did remove some of the other false statements in the section that were supposedly in the reference. Neıl 龱 14:08, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi - I saw the other words you took out, and you're right about those, they aren't referenced and even if they were they would be opinion. Whoever first put that info in used those words. Sorry if I was snarky. I see lots of things I don't agree with on Wiki, but a lot of the time, when I check the reference or google the item, the Wiki stuff is correct - as wrong as it sounds to me! Bob98133 (talk) 14:13, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for The Miracle of Geneva

An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Miracle of Geneva. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Frank Anchor (R-OH) 15:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

joining the ranks of the admins

Romanian Umpirer...

...is basically a really bad pun on "Roman Emperor". You're watching for that article about Romanians and "throwing it out of the game" if it shows up again. d:) Baseball Bugs 10:38, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

note for u

there is a note for you here --talk-to-me! (talk) 10:57, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

KAL 007: Inside the Cockpit...

...was also nominated for deletion here but no followup action was taken. Can you have a look at it? Guycalledryan (talk) 12:53, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I've left a note on Wikisource asking for someone to transwiki it so it can be deleted here. Shouldn't take long. Neıl 龱 13:13, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

The Stig

Just a quick note to ask why you marked my edit to The Stig as vandalism? Tidying up what I considered to be superfluous punctuation marks can hardly be called vandalism! Bettia (talk) 14:48, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see. No harm done :) Bettia (talk) 14:53, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Ibiza question

Do you think the infobox is okay the way it is currently? I ask, because you and I have butted heads on the issue of cn tags before in the article, and because I do respect your opinion (though I disagree with it). I think the image of the flag is pretty huge, and pretty much dominates the entire infobox. As the infobox pretty much sets it up that way, I was thinkng that perhaps, as it is as much a administrative division of Spain that, say Andalusia or Valencia is, wouldn't it be better to use the infobox instead? I understand that it is in fact an island where the aforementioned examples are not, but it would seem pretty clear that the article shouldn't differentiate between th other admin districts of Spain. Especially when we already have the Ibicine coat of arms in wiki-commons. I would like to change the infobox, but not having done so before, I was wondering if - assuming you have no major disagreement with the substitution - you could kind of keep an eye on the article while I do so, and catch any major cock-up I may make. I would like to expand my wiki-knowledge about how to do these sorts of things. I will wait to hear back from you. - Arcayne () 18:47, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I realize you have your hands full, but I could still use the assist. Let me know when you can lend a hand, or let me know if you can't find he time. - Arcayne () 12:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I did look at this yesterday then promptly forgot to reply. I agree the autonomous community infobox would work better. The only real difference is the flag would become smaller and the coat of arms would be included, which makes sense to me. Neıl 龱 13:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

still needed

Your input is still needed here . Kindly close the loop.--talk-to-me! (talk) 05:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Copyright violations - warning

Dear Neil, I'm replying to your following comment :

Articles you created, such as Nuclear micro-battery, CIFMS and Knowledge Acquisition and Documentation Structuring, and images such as Image:MRP2.jpg are copyright violations. Do not steal content from others and add it to Misplaced Pages again, or your account will be indefinitely blocked. Neıl 龱 14:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

You need to know the reference of the four articles you deleted and the picture have been sourced from y OWN WORK (4 books've written between 1989 and 2007:

• Nanocomputers & Swarm Intelligence, John Wiley-ISTE, London 2008, ISBN 9781847040022
• Inventer l'ordinateur du XXI° siècle, Hermes Science Publishing, London 2006, ISBN 2746215160
• Principles of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, John Wiley, New York, 1992, ISBN 047193450X
• Les nouvelles perspectives de la production, Dunod 1990, ISBN 9782040198206

I am theauthor of the four abovementioned books and have the permission of the publisher for those type of excerpt. (

I've mentionned them in the reference section the reference section. I think I've clearly mentionned the pages of the book in the bibliography section).

So please be so kind and restore the deleted articles.

Regards JBW--Jbw2 (talk) 08:35, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Jbw. Thank you for your response. In order to clear this up, I looked up the author of these works and yes, they have the initials JBW. I also found an email address for the author of these works, Jean-Baptiste Waldner, that ends in ..@wanadoo.fr. In order to confirm you are the same JBW as the author of these works, please send me an email via Special:EmailUser/Neil, ensuring that this ..@wanadoo.fr email address is activated in your preferences. I hope, as an author, you will understand it is important that we are careful with people's intellectual property. If this is confirmed I will immediately restore the work. Regards, Neıl 龱 08:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Neil, as suggested, i've confirm my email address, but instead of an aknowledgement, I've noticed that the picture MRP2 has been definitively deleted. Could you please restore my items articles, picture on commons, pictore insertion in other articles,... ? Thanks --Jbw2 (talk) 10:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Working on it! Neıl 龱 11:23, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

D'accord. Je crois que les articles ont ete restaures. L'image a egalement ete restauree, et je suis reinsere l'image dans les trois articles dans lesquels il est apparu precedemment. Nous vous remercions de votre patience en m'aidant a resoudre ce probleme! Neıl 龱 11:31, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Neil for your quick restore. I'm a little curious, just a question : what has actually been the initial raison which leads to this recent copyright campaign about my articles ? --Jbw2 (talk) 12:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

It was a message from an administrator on the French Misplaced Pages, Zouavman Le Zouave (talk · contribs) - see . Neıl 龱 12:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Might be helpful to drop a line to Zouavman, letting him know the results of your investigation, so they can reinstate the articles deleted there. Seems only fair to save Jbw a bit of hassle. - Arcayne () 12:57, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Already left a note on ZLZ's talk page. I just realised I forgot to respond to your above, Arcayne, hang on ... Neıl 龱 13:07, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Neil for your help ! --Jbw2 (talk) 14:20, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Rfa thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA. The Rfa was successful with 64 Support and 1 Neutral. None of this would have happened without your support. I would also like to thank my nominator Wizardman and my sensei/co-nom bibliomaniac15--Lenticel 09:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Silly mistake

Hi I just made a rather silly mistake in uploading a photo of myself. After uploading I realised it is still quite recognisable and I was wondering if you would be so kind as to delete it for me. Thanks very much for your assistance. --The High Commander (talk) 11:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Done. Neıl 龱 11:17, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much it's much appreciated. --The High Commander (talk) 11:18, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Jbw / Jbw2

Hi Zouavman Le Zouave. You posted a message to the Administrator's Noticeboard () about Jbw2 (talk · contribs), who you stated was a copyright violator, and who had lied to the administrators about his contributions. Jbw2 is Jean-Baptiste Waldner, a fact which I have confirmed via email. I have therefore restored his articles and image contributions.

Waldner owns the copyright to his work, and is entitled to release the work to en.Misplaced Pages. If fr:Utilisateur:Jbw is the same person, then he may also be entitled to release this work onto fr.Misplaced Pages. Neıl 龱 12:52, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Since I am not an experienced user in the field of copyright and republishing on Misplaced Pages, I have informed the other administrators of fr.wp, who, I am sure, will do what is best. Thanks again! Regards, Zouavman Le Zouave 14:29, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

User:Moldopodo

Hi, Neil. About this user, to whom you recently issued a final warning: I would say he's continuing his disruption. First, see this edit and summary. Again the blanket Moldovan --> Moldavian change, the insertion of bad links, the dismissal of King (see previously here), which he does with no justification. Second, after I asked him not to, he went right ahead and split Cinema of the Moldavian SSR from Cinema of Moldova, which is rather absurd, given that a) those places encompass the same territory, b) the latter is very brief, and c) no other country has splits like that (except perhaps Russia (1, 2, 3), but there there's at least a case to be made for splitting). Biruitorul 14:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC)