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Developing yet another countervandalism collaboration tool

Hi. I see that you are actively reverting vandalism. Would you be interested to give it a test run to a a Web 2.0 countervandalism collaboration tool that I develop? It's here: http://wpcvn.com/ The site is supposed to be intuitive. Can you try using it, patrol a few recent changes and give me some feedback? --Dc987 (talk) 04:42, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Very cool tool... would be nice to have the option of setting the links to go to the wikimedia secure server maybe? Oh and a scrollbar... or am I just missing it? Gz33 (talk) 07:58, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

I guess 'use https links' could be an option. Would you be willing to submit a patch ;) ?

Scrolling. Uh. That's tough. Currently there is only pagination+filtering+sorting. But it looks like supporting scrolling is pretty much unavoidable. I'll see what I can do. --Dc987 (talk) 23:25, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Patch? Would but university's keeping me too busy sorry :( . I don't see this as too urgent an issue though as I doubt many other users are paranoid enough to use wikipedia https.

The scrolling likely will be though as I doubt there are many screens out there which will actually be able to fit 100 edits on one page lol.

On another note... It's my birthday yay!!!

Good luck. ♠Gz33 (talk) 09:49, 31 May 2010 (UTC)♠

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{{helpme}}I'm planning to recreate a previously deleted article but cant find its discussion any more. any tips? Thanks gz³³ (talk) 17:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Search for the name of the article (in quotes if two words) with the Wikipedia search, and then click 'advanced', and look on user talk pages - you might find the CSD/PROD/AfD notification, which might lead to a connection. Or search 'everything' and look around for it. You could try AfD archives too, Wikipedia:AFD#Search AfD discussions.

If you know the name, if you go to the (non-existent) article page, the log at the top should say who deleted it, and why. That may lead to something.

Google search can help, too - on terms you think were in it.

Hope that helps; if you need more specific help, tell me what it is and I'll look for it. Chzz  ►  17:43, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm an admin so if you give me the exact page title, I can check the history for you and find out why it was deleted. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! These Four Walls(band) Was the title I'm reasonably sure. The link to the deletion discussion is no longer there, nor does it even mention the deletion any more. I do remember that it was because of notability but I would like to see the actual discussion and possibly find whatever indication(if any) of notability the original article gave.gz³³ (talk) 17:52, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Got it. It was These Four Walls (band) (with a space). It was speedily deleted under A7 ({{db-band}}). The content was:

These Four Walls is a rock band, from the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. Formed by Gray Vickers and Stephen Gibb in 2004, who met as a result of an online advertisement posted by Gray, who was looking to work with a singer.

The band released their debut album Down Falls An Empire on September 14, 2009. It was ranked #22 on the Top40 album charts.

--I'll allow you to decide for yourself if you think it's worth re-creating. :) I don't deal with A7, but if you need anything else, just ask. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:06, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh it had a space... that explains it. Thanks! Good I should be able improve on than that. Now I best get writing... gz³³ (talk) 18:21, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

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Habba syndrome

It appears the consensus was merge. I am not sure how it ending up being delete. It appears that the last comments were from someone unfamiliar with the medical literature. Uptodate is indeed a reliable secondary source. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:14, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, a note should probably be made on the page it is merged to though that it is not universally accepted, or that it is a proposed cause, given the sparse amount of coverage it has received. Especially since the only mention of UpToDate in WP:MEDRS suggests it be used more as a guide to assess the importance of the literature it refers to, not as a primary source. In the end it's still referring to the same letter to the editor, and only really in saying that a connection "has been described" really only means it is agreed that Dr Habba has described it, not even that he believes it, or that anyone else does for that matter. This isn't to say that they don't, just that we can't reliably say they do. Having a reliable source that says that someone has described elephants as pink doesn't mean this is true. It could be an opinion, a lie, insanity, all of the above or none of the above. Note this doesn't mean I am insinuating Dr Habba is right or wrong, merely that neither can be confirmed. gz³³ (talk) 04:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Morris Dees

Morris Dees and the SPLC discriminate against white people. I am a Neo Confederate and proud! The SPLC is a HATE group that does not allow people there OWN opinion and protect there own property.

See WP:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ#Morally_offensive_views. gz³³ (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

NFSU2

FYI, Caleb Reece's gang in Underground 2 is called The Wraiths. Some joker or jokers keep putting "Street Reapers" in there. They obviously haven't played the game as Rachel Teller specifically mentions "The Wraiths" by name in a cutscene. (SnakeEyesNinja (talk) 03:54, 2 July 2010 (UTC))

So fix it. I'm not an admin so there's not really much I can do about it that you can't, but if I see any vandalism on that or any other page I'll revert it. Oh and please don't blank pages to get peoples attention. Cheers, gz³³ (talk) 06:39, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your prompt action. Take care. Dr.K. ^{λogosπraxis} 01:09, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Your welcome. Happy to help! gz³³ (talk) 01:13, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

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CSD of Minnesota Math and Science Academy

Hi! Thanks for drawing my attention to Minnesota Math and Science Academy. I didn't delete the article, as it wasn't a newly created attack page, but a vandalised article. I have reverted to the last decent version of the article. It's always best before nominating an article for any form of deletion to check whether or not there are any previous decent versions that can be reverted to. If someone has vandalised in such a way that their revision needs deleting, it can be requested at WP:OVERSIGHT. Thanks for your help in fighting the vandals! Stephen! ^Coming... 09:23, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Your welcome. I tried to find a good version to revert to but couldn't as it seems there have only been promotional toned versions of the article, negative revisions and stub sized ones. One things for certain, a rewrite is needed to correct the current promotional tone. Unfortunately seems to be a common case with school articles, people seem to all have an opinion on them (which is fair enough, but not appropriate for an encyclopedia). gz³³ (talk) 09:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Sorry that took so long, the edit filters didn't like me for some reason... gz³³ (talk) 09:52, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Not to worry; the edit filters have been playing up. I tried (and failed) to post a warning on the article vandal's page, but it wouldn't let me. Turns out I'm one of many people suffering this problem. Have a look at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports#Group of errors triggered by a mistake. Stephen! ^Coming... 11:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I looked up what I tripped and apparently it thought I was telling a your mum joke/insult. I'll just edit the article for NPOV then. gz³³ (talk) 12:35, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Just a quick question: how would you recommend handling this? I reverted it but would this be better handled as spam, or copyvio as it appears to be both since it was copied directly from the school's promotional website and repeats what's already in the article anyway. gz³³ (talk) 23:08, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Reverting it was perfectly fine, and for the reasons given in the edit summary. I wouldn't have done anything differently at all. As for wondering if you had inadvertantly done a "your mum" joke, if you had I wouldn't have been upset as my Mum is quite open minded and has a good sense of humour. Stephen! ^Coming... 09:21, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

article on the International Organization of La Francophonie

Hello. I'm working on the article of the International Organization of La Francophonie. I have to modify it for school. I don't understand why it has been tagged for deletion. I'm adding some content to the existent one. Can you help me ? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ornebua (talk • contribs) 11:48, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry about that. It was because there was no content in the article apart from the link. I didn't realise you were trying to make a redirect. Someone fixed it anyway.gz³³ (talk) 12:18, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and you might want to look at this. Good luck! gz³³ (talk) 12:23, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks! :) gz³³ (talk) 00:59, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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Glad to help! Thanks for the Barnstar :) gz³³ (talk) 09:57, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks! You've been doing some great work yourself. At first when I saw the "you have new messages" thing I thought it must be a retaliation à la the last few edits to my talk haha. gz³³ (talk) 16:26, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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You're welcome, I'm always happy to help! gz³³ (talk) 17:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

sorry

I edited cesar milans page I did not believe it actually would work and was curious to how you actually controlled or maintained editing. Do you have job openings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.65.97.69 (talk) 17:12, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

That's okay, just as long as you don't continue to make edits like that one. Wikipedia is non-profit and is written, edited, maintained, and almost completely operated by volunteers. It is operated by a private, privately funded, non-profit foundation called the Wikimedia Foundation. They have a list of job openings here. I don't represent them in any way, either; nor do I represent Wikipedia. I'm just another editor. gz³³ (talk) 17:32, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks, I'm having a look now. I've read through the admin's reading list, guide to rfa etc before. I'm not really planning on an RFA anytime soon, though. I was mainly just looking for some feedback, as with any editor review. Oh and sorry for the late reply, I've had university exams this and last week and before that I was busy with study. gz³³ (talk) 05:58, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia user accounts cannot be deleted. See here gz³³ (talk) 05:58, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

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