User talk:Frazzydee

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No problem, a goodly percentage of the ones that I tag as orphaned I fully expect ended up that way due to one type of vandalism or another :) Skier Dude (talk) 03:52, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1. Michael Voith - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 12:30, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry..I should have referenced at the time I wrote the article. Unfortunately I'm having trouble retracing my steps to find the sources I used, and many of the pages have since been taken down. I remember my main source being a biography on a government web site, but I cannot find that web site anymore. -Frazzydee|✍ 01:11, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that - because of the common references to indie rock bands and the amount of IP accounts - that the vandalism all came from one music forum or another, who were picking an easy target to create some sort "masterpiece" of bad humor. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 19:54, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• One of the people involved - Kira-182!, the only one with a username - just sent me a message saying that s/he would link me to the thread where they planned everything (the only reason they sent it to me and not you is that I put a vandalism4 warning on most of the vandals' user talk. I do not trust this. I am pretty convinced that the whole thing was planned by 4chan's /mu/ board (due to the continuous referencing of it during the vandalism) anyway. If you so chose you contact Kira-182! yourself (I wouldn't know exactly what help it would be). Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 20:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there like anything we can do in this situation? I mean, they're pretty organized and stuff. In that thread, they have threatened you and have semi-threatened me. I mean, we can't block all of 4chan, can we? Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 21:51, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Looks like they're doing it again (it's definitely them what with the continuous links to list of sexually active popes), but another admin has already locked the page again. I think it should remain locked for quite a while. At least they haven't come through on their threats to mass vandalise pages for The Antlers and Neutral Milk Hotel yet (why vandalize the page of something you like? It makes no sense. Then again, wiki vandalism itself makes no sense to me). Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 21:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Check out the history for that album over the past couple hours. For instance, here's the difference between my last edit to remove remaining vandalism and the last edit before the article was locked (of course, there were other vandalisms which other editors removed before the lock). Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 21:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I believe they selected Brokencyde and their album because they're a very easy target. The album is (deservedly) hated by critics and many music fans (it is one of the lowest rated albums on
          RateYourMusic, where it maintains a 0.83/5.00 average rating). There is no reason to vandalise a page which already includes fragments from negative professional reviews which are already very humorous (of course as I said before, there's no reason to vandalise Wikipedia period). Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 21:25, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply
          ]

Doc, is for a fact, right. Also, they are hitting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice_(album), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchfork_Media#History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick_Stickly_%28song%29, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_Came_Suddenly with hardcore vandalism. at least with Attack! Attack!'s and The Antlers albums. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kira-182! (talk • contribs) 20:24, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Frazzydee for cleaning up after me. Forgot that bit - and it's kinda useful... :-) Best wishes. --Haruth (talk) 22:08, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Um...Frazzydee is it? My project page was deleted shortly after i created a wiki account here on this website. I joined Wikipedia so i could make a small fun article about myself you know like how celebs do so, yeah i did that page out of fun. it was not bothering anyone by being there. i would like to know why my s*** was deleted when it was about me and when it was not harming anyone? i also realized you probably was only doing your job so i finna be cool with it and just make another page...no harm was really done 4 real. Chel0510 (talk)---Chel0510 10:48 am 5 April 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 17:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC).[reply]

You've been around WP a lot longer than me, so I'm a little reluctant to make this comment, but I'm troubled by your making fun off this newbie. It comes very close to a personal attack on a newbie. As I noted there, while changing {{

You don't have e-mail posted, so I can't make this a private note, but feel free to delete it if you wish. Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 23:34, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, of course a public note is fine since every contribution I make is public anyways.

I was really surprised to see your message, as I was not intending to make fun of the user in any way at all. I originally contacted him because I noticed he was getting warnings about vandalism when all his changes were positive, and never vandalized even once– this was to thank him for his contributions, welcome him to wikipedia, and apologize for the accusations of vandalism that others had made.

Although my second comment was intended as a friendly note, I can see how it might be interpreted otherwise. When I said, "puts much effort into something that only he really understands", I meant, "other people don't see it as something very important, but he does". Re-reading it, I can see your issue with it, but when I said that only he thinks it's important, I didn't mean that it isn't important, just that the other two users did not see it as such. Perhaps that's not how the comment reads, but it's what I meant.

So thanks for your note. Had I not read that comment again with a more objective eye, in light of what you said, I really wouldn't have imagined it to be construed as anything other than a mildly funny (or perhaps not funny at all) joke. -Frazzydee|✍ 00:13, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your positive reaction above -- I very rarely slap people on the wrist and this is actually the first time I've done it on WP to a stranger. I worry about this sort of thing because my son, a technical writer who would have been an asset to WP, had a bad first experience and hasn't edited since. It seemed to me that User:174.3.123.220 got a raw deal, first from User:Zhang He (which you were the first to put down), and then from your joke, which Donmike10 joined.

My concern is that while certainly you both meant to be funny, calling someone by a name that's not their own can be a form of bullying. Here on WP, where many of our users have English as a second or third language, it's likely to be misinterpreted. The fact is, I may have misinterpreted it -- I don't have a clue why you picked "Jamie", except that it's not gender specific. Jokes that would be utterly routine banter among friends often fall flat with people from other cultures or languages.

I also reacted -- maybe overreacted -- to your both speaking of the User on his/her own talk page in the third person. It's clumsy, but better, I think, to say "User:174.3.123.220" and "you" rather than "this user".

I don't know policy here -- you're the long time admin, Frazzydee -- can we just wipe out everything on User:174.3.123.220's talk page except maybe the first three paragraphs of the section April 2010 and start him/her over with a new, personal, welcome note? Or something like that? I leave it to your judgment.... Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 11:10, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it would be appropriate for me to wipe out another user's talk page, especially if I believe I have erred. User:174.3.123.220 can always wipe it himself, but I've apologized on the talk page in any case. -Frazzydee|✍ 12:45, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you will notice that I only referred to 174.3.123.220 in the third person in the first part of my second comment, which was meant as a joke. When addressing him/her, I did use the word "you", for what it's worth. Similar with donmike10's comment– he was addressing me so said "him/her" instead of "you". And (s)he is located in Calgary,[8] so I don't think that misinterpretation because of language facilities is likely. Anyways, I'm sorry that my failed attempt at humour was so badly executed. -Frazzydee|✍ 16:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, you've been an admin for a long time, so you have to be fundamentally a good person with the patience of Job -- I didn't and don't question your good intentions, just your execution, which is now behind us. My search told me the IP address was in Edmonton, but that's beside the point -- he/she might have been anywhere.... It's too bad there's further piling on from 217.39.48.213, which you've commented on on the user page. I wish there were some way to phone the person and say, "Hey, it usually isn't this way -- it's really a pretty good place."

BTW, a WHOIS will show you only the location of the head office of the ISP. Use something like this to find the actual location of an IP address. A WHOIS on mine shows New Jersey, but the IP locater shows me correctly in Massachusetts.

Regards, Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 20:57, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Right, thanks for the correction. And by the way, my having been an admin for a long time doesn't necessarily mean that I know what I'm doing, and I do appreciate you bringing any oversights to my attention. I'm sure anybody else would feel the same. You shouldn't feel reluctant to address any potential issues with anybody- regardless of how long they've been on wikipedia. After all, there is no

cabal (or at least I haven't been invited to it yet!) ;) -Frazzydee|✍ 21:03, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply

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No problem. Like your text better, so I've left it as is. Just editing some links a bit to make them hit other articles directly instead of redirecting. AlistairMcMillan (talk) 01:52, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, can't help. I see contradictory information in the links. More reliable information should emerge soon, if it has not already. Sourcelat0r (talk) 07:04, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message.

Sorry I didn't reply: On wikipedia, when you try to make conversation with another user, and in so doing, invest time in a relationship, it becomes tedious when the other person doesn't reciprocate.

But I like the name Jamie, and feel free to call me Jamie:-)

And no, I didn't take offence to anything you said:-) You were being friendly. Your messages where not personal attacks, and I know how some editors can see it that way:-)174.3.123.220 (talk) 08:33, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you feel it is controversial, feel free to revert my change.

I didn't think it was important to include this biographical information on the story. None of the other articles have this more-or-less disclaimer on articles. (not to mention

But, like I said, if it is controversial, feel free to revert me.174.3.123.220 (talk) 08:58, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see it that way: but I reverted myself anyhow.174.3.123.220 (talk) 10:04, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Currently the template is a redirect. Would it be just as good to submit it at tfd?174.3.123.220 (talk) 09:00, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will need an administrator to complete the tfd or rfd process:-)174.3.123.220 (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the attitude would be that it causes no harm so why not keep it as a redirect? Usually tfd's are successful when the template (content) is not needed. Old templates are typically kept as a redirect as long as they're still in use. You can try nominating if you want.

Instead, if you're serious about this, I would recommend marking the template as deprecated. See

Template:Tdeprecated

. I don't think it would be contentious, considering it's already been decided that the name should change.

When the template becomes orphaned & deprecated it may be a criteria for speedy deletion, see Wikipedia:Deprecated and orphaned templates. In any case, it will put editors on notice that they should be using {{about}} instead. Actually getting it to an orphaned state (not used by any articles) might be a problem.

As I mentioned before, User:Tim1357 wrote a bot that orphans templates which should make your life easier. See here: Wikipedia_talk:Templates_for_discussion#TFD_Helper_bot. Not sure if it's still running, but you can ask. Probably best to ask to run the bot when it's clear there are no objections- leave the orphaned notice up there for a couple weeks and leave a note on the template talk page, creator's talk page, and maybe talk pages for other frequent editors.

By the way, even if the bot isn't running, a template marked as orphaned should attract other editors to help you out.

Good luck, and let me know if you have any questions or need help.

Frazzydee|✍ 09:53, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would still need an administrator to mark the redirect as deprecated. It is only editable by admins.174.3.123.220 (talk) 10:05, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, let's try to file a tfd. Could you help me with that? Thanks in advance.174.3.123.220 (talk) 10:11, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to nominate for deletion, please nominate at

WP:TFD first and then I'll put the notice up. But I would try the bot route first as long as there is consensus to do so, see Tim's response below. By the way, I didn't even notice that the template was protected, sorry :$ -Frazzydee|✍ 23:17, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply

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That's right, I believe unregistered users cannot send emails.174.3.123.220 (talk) 23:23, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that it redirects to the owner's talk page. I might be best to leave just that one comment on the owner talkpage.:-)174.3.123.220 (talk) 23:32, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I make a new article?

fc1109

I blocked him on the assumption that he was a returning vandal, although I have no idea which one. Must've been one I'd blocked. I've actually spent more time in the article space over the last couple of days polishing up a new article. If you think a week's too long, I'll gladly reduce the time of the block. --

Above content added by User:D FARKKKKK[9], manually re-inserted because edit blanked the page. -Frazzydee|✍ 05:16, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I intended to put the template up there. The article contradicts both those articles. Is there a template or can we make a template, or can we amend the template so that we can include multiple articles and/or sections like {{

Thanks again!174.3.123.220 (talk) 11:44, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget to add it to

wp:template messages!:-)174.3.123.220 (talk) 11:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply

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Doesn't seem to work... What's wrong?174.3.123.220 (talk) 11:51, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I think split-multiple doesn't force specify a talk page. I am not sure, but I think that when this is not specified, they just discuss splitting on the main article. So for example, when say Science has a split-multiple proposal into Chemistry and Physics (let's say that Science has grown so much again that chemistry information and physics information is included in the Science article, that someone proposed to split it, but the editor means to move the new information to the Chem and Physics article so that Science is not as unfocused), this discussion is usually occurs on Science, *if the talk page is not specified*.174.3.123.220 (talk) 19:45, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You mentioned that I should take {{

Looking at the discussion, it is not likely to pass. Would people accuse me of forumshopping if I take it to tfd?174.3.123.220 (talk) 15:31, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm not sure. But I can imagine it might not be looked upon favourably if you nominated on one forum, got a decision you didn't like, and nominated it again as soon as discussion ended.

Why did you list it on

WP:TFD? A similar template was deleted via TFD a couple months back for very similar reasons (Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_February_13#Template:Otheruses1), so maybe the audience is different. -Frazzydee|✍ 16:43, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply

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Hmm, I think at the time, it wasn't orphaned.174.3.123.220 (talk) 16:47, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK. For all good intentions, I'll list it at tfd so it will be listed before the rfd closes.174.3.123.220 (talk) 16:49, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_April_17#Template:Otheruses4 I hope you don't mind finishing the tfd for me (the page is protected so I can't do step 1).174.3.123.220 (talk) 17:04, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think adding a TFD tag would break the redirect. Best just to make a note on the talk page. -Frazzydee|✍ 17:56, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Per the instructions at

WP:TFD. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 18:24, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply

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Sorry, didn't know that, thanks. -Frazzydee|✍ 19:41, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I saw that you added the template for "this article appears to contradict the articles Vienna Awards and Pozsony County. ". May i ask why do you think that this article contradict the Vienna Award? Thank you.iadrian (talk) 18:58, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I only added it in an administrative capacity after I mistakenly removed it. The original user who added it was User:174.3.123.220 (see [11][12]). -Frazzydee|✍ 21:59, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I really don`t see the reason for that template to be present at the article so i removed it. Greetings. iadrian (talk) 13:02, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you frizzie for notifying me of this.:-)174.3.123.220 (talk) 00:56, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[13]174.3.123.220 (talk) 20:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the problem. Clicking it takes you straight to the last message left on your talk page. -Frazzydee|✍ 20:35, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are may be interested in this discussion. Sole Soul (talk) 04:55, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to download these onto the Hungarian Wikipedia, but it can only be done from the creative commons. The uploading does not work from the present source. If not on the Commons location could you please oblige? LouisBB (talk) 14:09, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure which images you're referring to, could you please give me a link to it? You'd like me to re-upload it to the Commons, is that correct? -Frazzydee|✍ 21:58, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Joints of the snake skull I did not manage to download. I presumed that it was not a Commons picture. Perhaps this could have been my fault? LouisBB (talk) 22:18, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I have re-uploaded it to the commons for you: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snake_skull_joints_lateral_view.jpeg. -Frazzydee|✍ 05:24, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Frazzydee, The picture is now on the Hungarian WP, and a hu version has also appeared in the Commons under the same title, with some of the text translated relating to the figure, without captions (but there were no captions with this figure). However, because a source is not given (and some other details also missing) a threat appeared, that without description within a week the picture might be removed. I have noticed however, that the same note is also present with the English version without the threatening note. Can you provide a source please? Regards LouisBB (talk) 16:45, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The source is indicated on the commons image page: "This file has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, Mokele at the English Wikipedia project." Is this insufficient at the Hungarian WP? -Frazzydee|✍ 02:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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