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Look, I dont want to have an edit war. I dont think youve done anything but be selfish so far. my ICQ number is 200663115. I am at least trying to contact and sort this shit out with you guys. (and yes my apostrophe key is fucked today).. =P tactik 18:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
If you disagree with the pics of notable DJs and musicians contributed by Alkivar, please refer to the talk page and discuss your proposed changes. Do not unilaterally remove photographs from articles. — RaD Man ( talk) 01:09, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
You do not have the right to unilaterally judge someone's "worthiness" to give a third opinion. I have followed procedure. Additionally, I have contacts with most of these artists from my days as a promoter and have contacted them for pics to be released for use on Wikipedia. You cannot unilaterally decide to go against THIRD OPINION. You need to make an RFC.
Themindset
17:02, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
Regarding the picture issue, Alkivar has mentioned that he wouldn't be averse to you photoshopping him out of the picture. Other people have done it in other pictures and he was fine with it. CryptoDerk 00:40, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Although the presence of the poster in the pics is the worst part, there's also the significant fact that the pics themselves are terrible, not "encyclopedic" quality by any stretch. Themindset 04:08, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
i receive those pics from their respective agents. we have permission. i'm changing AK1200 back, it is more appropriate. i don't understand you, i really really don't. Themindset 06:34, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
additionally, i find your entire attitude distinctly distasteful. you indirectly insult me with terms like "sockpuppet", and you use passive aggressive phrasing like "I am leaving some of your changes as-is"... the changes i have made are all clearly better pictures, pictures that both fans and the artists would prefer to see. why oh why, mr radman, do you insist so consistently on promoting mediocrity? Themindset 06:43, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
I can't believe this is a disagreement. We have a wikipedian who has put a picture of himself in at least a dozen articles (incidentily, mostly articles that relate to a style of music and community that I'm affiliated with) - this is not acceptable. But not only that, but you've insisted in the past that I find better pics. WELL I GOT THESE PICS FROM THE ARTISTS AND THEIR AGENTS. The copyright has been released for promotional purposes! Do you think that other wikipedians in other styles of music, or even other areas of interest, would tolerate someone putting themselves in all kinds of pictures? Why don't I go take a picture of myself standing in front of the eifel tower and put that on the Eiffel Tower page? Why don't I take a picture of myself next to Céline Dion and put that on the Céline Dion page? Those pics wouldn't last long - for the same reasons why these pics of Alkivar with all these drum n bass DJs have to go. They are not in the spirit of Wiki. Themindset 15:55, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
Although I do not know any of the users involved in this dispute, I would like to work to raise the quality of the drum and bass entries on the Wikipedia. Regarding the pictures, the frequent inclusion of one user in so many of the pictures looks like self-promotion, whether it is or not, and should therefore be jettisoned in favour of the promotional photos of the artists available from their websites.
Also, the quality of some of these articles reflects badly on the scene as a whole (this is not directed at any particular user) - Wikipedia does not function as a reference tool if articles on major musical figures omit biographical details in favour of assessment of their performances. The Grooverider article was lacking in this area. Will Lakeman 16:11, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
note: after 3 people, plus one more on the Ron Jeremy page have expressed their opinion against Alkivar's self-inclusion, Rad Man continues to revert the AK1200 article to the Alkivar picture. Themindset 00:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
Nice one. I might add a few little bits to it (maybe about the supposed racist connotations of the world jungle, and the word junglist), but otherwise I think shorter is better. Did you see stevekeiretsu's comments on my talk page? I think some of the suggestions are really good. illWill 21:08, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
I already posted about it on your talk page, the motivation to finally edit Jungle music came from his comment... for sake of continuity, just respond on your talk page, i'm watching it. Themindset 21:17, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
User: Radman1 seem to be quite offended about the removal of Alkivar from the drum and bass photos. However, people keep talking about how bad it is that all the dnb articles contain shots of this guy, so i think they need to be replaced. I would propose soliciting a higher-quality shot of AK1200 from a photographer and replacing the shot with that - presumably Radman will have no objection then. I may then contact Alkivar if Radman1 keeps reverting the articles. Also, I don't quite see the precedent for public domain shots - all of the otehr musician pics are 'fair use' although there may just be a section of the Wikipedia discussion that I haven't found yet. illWill 02:46, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
I edited the page yesterday because it is misleading to suggest that White had a better position in this game. It APPEARED to be a better position. I encourage you to do some more research on this game, you'll find that it was a drawn position. I'll update the page once more with the changes I made last night - Anon
It was not a drawn game. Do some basic analysis with any chess engine, and let it analize for 15 to 20 minutes. Also, try playing through the lines i mentioned. Themindset 20:14, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have simplified my entry Stephan Kinsella and made it more objective. I would appreciate any further input. I really do NOT want to aggrandize myself. Anyone who knows me knows that is not my style. The original entry that was unfairly deleted was more objective, but unfortunately it is lost. Nskinsella 01:29, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
I had read your note on my talk page and then removed it - please don't repost. I didn't see any need to respond. :) A curate's egg 07:14, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
I'm glad you found my edit amusing. It wasn't intended to be. Could you tell me which statements in this paragraph you believe to be incorrect, and why?
Adam 00:38, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
You must be kidding, right? That's hardly the phrasing of wikipedia policy. Although I now regret not copying your paragraph to the talk page, which I will go do now. Themindset 03:56, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
When I am kidding I will ring a bell so you know when to laugh. In the meantime, I asked you which statements in the paragraph you believe to be incorrect, and why. Can you answer this question? Adam 04:12, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
I don't appreciate your tone at all. To answer your question: "you have no effective redress" is not true, not in my experience. I find it somewhat distasteful that problems with a particular admin have led to this kind of vigilante editing of wikipedia project pages. But what I find much more distasteful is the way in which someone has come onto my talk page on the full offensive. And I do mean offensive in both senses of the term. Themindset 04:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
I thought I was being mildly ironic - you should see me when I want to be offensive. Anyway, I guess we will agree to disagree on the administator issue. Adam 05:44, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
"Please wait until completion of VfD before inserting links to Chess Opening Theory Table other chess articles, it is only appropriate. Themindset 19:07, 13 August 2005 (UTC)"
I disagree with you -- the VfD is no reason for me to stop editing per Wikipedia deletion policy. ThreeE 21:53, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
Re: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Chess Opening Theory Table
Not very becoming. If you had read my reasons, or even looked at my profile, you would understand how off the mark you were. I am an inclusionist, and my objections were that it was a misleading title. Your comment was offensive. Themindset 16:41, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
>> we can use all the help we can get with 'Mr Anonymous', heh. Themindset 18:34, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
Back again,
68.101.166.109 has changed wording of several of posts in the talk page, and had done the stupid childish kind of vandalism to the article page. I reverted the article page, unfortunately, I have to run, so could not take time to check individual changes to the talk pages. I reverted the most recent changes, but apparently there are some more around 4th September - you may want to have a look if your comments are intact after his changes on those days. Thanks. Greenleaf 06:05, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
Greetings: pawing through the SuperShadow edit history, I noticed you've edited the page in question before. I thought you'd want to know it is now the subject of a Vote for Deletion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SuperShadow. If you want, you could stop in there and cast a vote. -- Maru 22:09, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
Are you the one who removed the photo of Ms. Chubbuck from the article?
If so, why???
64.167.31.148 00:30, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for the info. 64.167.31.148 18:34, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
I see you have reverted my edit on the Gefore 7 series page (due to the table). Instead of reverting my entire edit, why don't you "*add* the info"? I'm a nice guy, but this kind of blanket reverting is exactly what pisses a lot of people off. More importantly, the table is a comparison of the best cards from each generation, and hence the 512MB version should be included. Next time, try to improve the article, umkay? Thanks. the1physicist 23:31, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
There's {{ anon}} which you might find useful for your work too! -- HappyCamper 02:06, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Oh no, I did it twice? Shoot. And I thought I was following the "talk" link from the newuser log, too. Well, thanks for reminding me to be more careful about that sort of sloppiness. The Literate Engineer 04:17, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips earlier. I did not know about responding on their talk page. I do now :) I generally check back my last 50-100 or so edits every few days is how I was keeping up. Oh I borrowed something from ya. I hope you don't mind gave you credit the same way you gave Linuxbeak credit :) I also joined the Counter Vandalism Unit As it's what I concentrate on anyway :) See ya in the trenches -- SusanLarson ( User Talk, New talk, Contribs) 01:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the message. I've been away for a while because I spent three 90-hour weeks writing my MA dissertation on the Wikipedia, and consequently didn't want to look at a computer for about two months. I'll check out the discussion on the dnb merge. Cheers illWill 12:09, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
I will not reply to messages on my page that are not signed. Secondly, please do not post messages into sections that they are not relevant to. Thank you for your understanding on this matter. Themindset 08:08, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
And... yet you did. I'm sorry, but there is no tilde key on this laptop, and I sometimes forget to get one and copy and paste four of them. As for posting things in sections they don't belong.. uh, well I clicked the "Click here to leave me a new message" button you provided. I don't know what you want. Dan 08:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
Ok then.
Lol thanks for the message :D take it sleazy mang -- Frantik 00:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC) (feel free to delete this message once you've read it)
- Nv8200p talk 04:23, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
If the links come back we'll take it with the posters on the talk page. I'll keep it on my watchlist. Now I'll just have to clear out two dozen other articles that ended up on it after the massive revert I did due to the link spammer. :-P -- J-Star 20:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Your reasoning that baseball is an American sport therefore should use American spelling does not hold water. Hockey is a canadian sport and there are dozens upon dozens of articles in hockey wikipedia that use American spelling. Also, your reasoning that baseball is American therefore should use American spelling doesn't hold water in this case because Baseball Stars is Japanese. The only valid point you made is that in the game is spells it defense, not defence. The MoS is clear that the spelling and grammar used in the original, non-stub article is to be used (there are exceptions of course). In this case, it is Commonwealth spelling. But I really don't want to get into a revert war with you over this trival matter, so I am leaving it alone. Masterhatch 19:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
How to post photo and new articles?
Counter vandalism on this site is good and bad, many times people who get stereotyped get screwed and their articles reversed, I see you wrong on chessgames, but they are not a good site. Anyways Wikipedia is owned by one person? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.87.66.101 ( talk • contribs) .
But if you don't make it any more difficult for people who misspell stuff to access the real pages, you're not encouraging them to use the correct spelling. It would be better to delete that page than to make it a redirect. Redirecting wrong spellings to correct pages only encourgaes incorrect spellings and acknowledges that they are normal. -- infinity 0 21:08, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
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Many companies promote themselves on this site. Don't single out one because you don't like them. Be consistent in your application of Wiki policies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.116.140 ( talk • contribs)
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Themindset,
I can't understand why you are up in arms about the MDG Computers article on Wikipedia. Have you read other corporate pages? What was so fundamentally wrong with the MDG Computers page? Neither configurations nor advetised specials were ever published. It was a general overview on MDG Computers. Please clarify your position. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.207.102.147 ( talk • contribs)
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Thanks for uploading Image:Djshadow.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that your image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If your image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why your image was deleted. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.
If you have uploaded other fair use media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Genidealingwithfairuse 17:33, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
You keep on citing the use of pop-ups as the reason why the article/stub is reverted. This is very odd considered that you were the one that added the complaints.com link. Each and every time anyone tries to remove link(s) you revert the article back, citing the usual reason.
Please explain your actions.
Bodnarchuck —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodnarchuck ( talk • contribs)
Can you direct me to the confrontational tone on my RfA that you are referring to in your oppose vote? Thanks, -- ScienceApologist 20:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Hello Themindset. I want to offer you my observations about your exchange with ScienceApologist. It is possible that I have misinterpreted the situation and my comment is wrong. If that is the case then I do apologize.
Seems to me that you want ScienceApologist to sit still while users misrepresent the type and quality of his participation at Wikipedia. That is a concern because ill-informed people making off-the-cuff comments are a major problem in RFAs. Frankly, I'm pleased that SA has the gumption to correct any misconceptions. I see nothing overly aggressive about the comments. Please consider this comment as it is intended; an attempt to better communication between users not a personal attack on you. Take care, FloNight talk 18:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi themindset AlexandertheP here. Though not from Chicago (my edits reflect no geographical preference in that regard) I was in the are in the early to mid 90s, and can personally attest to the strength and influence of the scene there. There were raves specifically tailored to jungle that had thousands of people at them (such as the Brockout parties) - as far as my knowledge goes, during the '93 and '94 period those numbers were only matched by Toronto and New York, no? Being a rather new Wikipedian (just signed up today, though I have been an avid voyeur for a while now), I'm not too familiar with the verfication policies on here - do know, however, that my edit was simply a matter of personal experience and not some sort of political move. I don't have quite the personal experience with the Chicago djs from that time (as I was a fan, not a dj - yet), and though I have met and spoken to and played with some of them in the years after, I don't know if I could be counted on to create fair and accurate pages for them. Is this an absolute requirement? Aside from that, I did find the dnb article as a whole to be pretty damn good. A few persnickety details here and there might be debatable, but for the most part I tried to restrain myself. I can't imagine how many people must have gone over and over this damn thing... and if "the scene" is anywhere near as political as it was around the century's close, things could easily get out of hand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexandertheP ( talk • contribs)
Thanks! Will do. AlexandertheP
Oops. I mean AlexandertheP 20:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
... one's a blog and the other one's the result of a Google search. Can you find a credible news source that explicitly states what you're saying? JDoorj a m Talk 00:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
And here I thought you wouldn't mind me telling Tony Sidaway where to put a sock; that's who my comment was directed to, since he's the one who's been defending using USENET posts as a source in Lumber Cartel. Did me saying that to Tony really offend (I'm sorry if it did), or did you misunderstand my meaning? — Bunchofgrapes ( talk) 22:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
(I copied this from Nagle's userpage because I think it is important to spread the word far and wide. Quality matters, and demanding quality is never an overreaction.)-- Jimbo Wales 02:58, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm curious as to what your opinion is of the recent Jimbo-intervention at this article? Themindset 04:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
I beg to differ. It is absolutely not an overreaction to see an article with completely unsourced claims like that. QUALITY means something. -- Jimbo Wales 02:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Is this comment [2] directed towards me? If so, I'm confused. I've made maximum effort to source all new material added to the article SMS.ac. Themindset 07:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
This edit is one I would like you to study, and then discuss with me. I went to the source article to try to find direct textual support for the claim that "Phone users are often billed for supposedly 'free' services that they say they never ordered." I did not find that evidence, because the article nowhere makes that claim. I did find evidence that the edit by the SMS.ac ip number was accurate and fair, i.e., it was a direct quote of the core negative statement on that matter in the article.
This is exactly the sort of sloppiness that I think Wikipedians should avoid.-- Jimbo Wales 20:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
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Moving this here to prevent gumming up the RFA page ...
Oppose. I'm opposing for the simple fact that I believe new users should wait a minimum of 6 months before applying to be an admin, and I believe it's only fair ask that de-admined (for whatever reason) users should wait the same amount of time. If I had to give a better reason, I would say that some of the language used by SB in the evidence seems a little harsh, and I would probably be upset if I was on the wrong side of those edits. Themindset 07:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Well this made me laugh! All in all, I can see where you're coming from. I am surprised that others are not sympathetic to this rationale, even if they don't agree. Especially given that there are no real guidelines governing how oppose or support votes should be cast. David D. (Talk) 21:32, 17 July 2006 (UTC)