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elliott school

i am the one who uploaded those photos. i may take them down as i wish. better ones will be uploaded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by

70.44.58.168 (talk) 19:37, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

If you are in fact the creator of the images (and there is no reason to believe that is the case), they are released as a free license, which means you no longer can control how the images are used. Please also read
WP:OWN. Best, IronGargoyle (talk
) 19:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

hi, these images no longer meet the terms of use for wikipedia. they need to be taken down. i no longer wish for my images to be displayed.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.58.168 (talk • contribs)

Break all rules rule

You can brake any rule to make the encyclopaedia better, read the rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.59.222.143 (talk) 02:51, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Your vandalism doesn't make the encyclopedia better. Nice try though. IronGargoyle (talk) 03:26, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thanks for your help on fixing Les Davies :) Piandcompany (talk) 17:22, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! IronGargoyle (talk) 18:39, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry, i am create my page user. It did not want create other page.

Sorry, Victor Master (talk) 18:34, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

No worries. I thought that might be what you were trying to do. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 00:05, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Changes to "Maya art"

Hallo Gargoyle, I have been doing a lot of work on "Maya art" and now found that someone had been needlessly removing and replacing illustrations, and adding text without references or explanations. So, I tried to return to the article in its original state. I also intended to explain why I don't think the changes were for the better. Then you interfered, obviously with good reason. So, tell me, what is the course I should now take?77.162.130.139 (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try starting a discussion at one of the associated Wikiprojects. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 00:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Using your expertise for Newbies

So I have received your warnings and they are greatly appreciated as I want to know when I do noob things. Is there a newbie guide you can refer people who are new to Wikipedia to?

Thanks!

Nevermind I just found the Adoptee area. — Preceding

talk • contribs
) 03:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:RIB

Hey there, IG! I saw you made and added a ribbon at WP:RIB. As a Ribbon enthusiast myself, I'm wondering if you'd be able to make a couple of Ribbons for me, just two or three, to help me get the Placeholders off my Userpage. I love the idea, I just have no image editing skill to be able to, y'know, do anything. Cheers! Achowat (talk) 12:58, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

What I did wasn't very complicated. I just copy-pasted color blocks from preexisting ribbons onto a solid color ribbon as background and made sure that the lines in the "fabric" matched up. This led to slight problems with the shadowing at the bottom, so it's not ideal. You can only see this easily at high resolution though, and it still looks better than trying to enlarge one of the small ribbons. I think there is an image-editing technique that some of the more prolific ribbon creators utilize (this ribbon was my first). I might suggest asking one of them if you want to be more creative in your ribbon design. What barnstars do you want to ribbonize? Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 13:36, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
I need
PUA, I can live without it. Achowat (talk
) 14:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
I made a ribbon equivalent for the Vandal Whacking Stick: File:Vandal Whacking Stick Ribbon.png. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 23:29, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I RFPP'ed Ezhavathy

I put it up for protection here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Ezhavathy_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29 MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:41, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 July 10

Hi IronGargoyle. It's nice to see you back closing DRVs after a hiatus for a few years. Your excellent closes of difficult DRVs have been missing for far too long. Best, Cunard (talk) 05:46, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Glad to know they were appreciated, and it's good to be back here on a more regular basis. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 18:23, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Would you be comfortable keeping an eye on discussions at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure and Wikipedia:Move review, two newly created processes? Your insightful closes would be helpful there as well. Cunard (talk
) 01:08, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Just belatedly chiming in on this to say that I feel exactly as Cunard does. All the best—S Marshall T/C 22:10, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I hesitate to commit myself to anything, but I'll try to check on them from time to time. And thank you again, your confidence means a lot to me. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 22:50, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

2006 MLS Supplemental Draft

I changed Chris Hamberger to Chris Hamburger because that is actually how his name is spelled according to all other webpages I have seen online (for instance, his Drake University profile: http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71192&SPID=8125&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=15700&ATCLID=865733&Q_SEASON=2005). I don't know why it reverted . . . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.118.15.130 (talk) 20:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

There was a vandal putting references to "Hamburgers" in inappropriate locations. I misidentified your edit as one of those. Sorry about that. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 20:20, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

TOFOP deletion review

Hi!

Thanks for the userfication of the TOFOP page, it'll be fun to be able to work on it! I'm pretty new to this whole wiki thing though, so I have no idea why the request for deletion was denied... You said "The article title in question is not protected, and the DRV in question is not addressing a CSD G4 action.", but I have no idea what that means. Can you please tell me why it was denied, and what exactly it is I need to do to get the page back online? I'm not at all complaining about your decision, I'm just new, and confused...

Thanks!

Oscar Tiggyspawn93 (talk) 22:05, 23 July 2012 (UTC)tiggyspawn93

Nothing was denied. What the closure basically means is that you are free to move the article from your userspace back to
User:Tiggyspawn93/TOFOP to TOFOP. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 03:12, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Trevor Nelson

Thanks for battling against the disruptive editing at Trevor Nelson. Now semi-protected and one block handed out. Cheers. Malcolmxl5 (talk

) 22:11, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

No problem. IronGargoyle (talk) 23:33, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

You're on fire!

You beat me reverting Polymer, twice in a row. :thumbsup: :) Tuvok[T@lk/Improve] 03:23, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

European Mantis

Hello! You wrote rv attempt at copy-paste move when you moved stuff about Mantis religiosa to the page European mantis. Is it alright to move pages by copying all the information and then putting it in another page? Common names are supposed to be capitalized but I guess people do not care much about that. I like it better when the latin name is the title of the page than when it is the common name. Was it not alright for me to put those pictures there? If it is not alright to write about this here then please email me at [email protected] about this. :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy1892 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the title of this page should ultimately be. The page
WP:COMMONNAME may be of some guidance for you in this regard. In any case, you should really discuss issues like this on the talk page of the article first. If you get consensus for the change, the page should be moved with the Special:MovePage function. Copy-pasting is not acceptable because it breaks the chain of attribution that is needed for Wikipedia's free licensing. Best, IronGargoyle (talk
) 00:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks I will try to figure it out. Happy1892 (talk) 15:55, 30 July 2012 (UTC)Happy1892Happy1892 (talk) 15:55, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Attempts to vandalize Thomas_Aquinas?

User 71.237.133.57 keeps deleting section "Criticism" in Thomas Aquinas because this user thinks that Bertrand Russell misunderstood Aquinas' philosophy. I believe that in XXI century, the article on Aquinas' must have a section of criticism otherwise the article is very biased. I undid the deletion. Please advise as an experienced editor (I am a relatively new to wikipedia). Denysbondar (talk) 20:40, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I really don't know enough about the topic to comment here. Discussing it on the talk page would probably be a good idea though. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 14:04, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Management and Training Corporation

They are at it again. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 03:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I've put it on my watchlist. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 14:03, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bankersmith, Texas

Graeme Bartlett (talk

) 08:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Kelsey Titmarsh

Hi! Thanks for the initial review, I've made revisions now. -- Zanimum (talk) 00:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Would you mind popping over and giving the article a thumbs up, or suggest further changes? Thanks! -- Zanimum (talk) 17:16, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Editing

IronGargoyle, What was I doing that made disruptive edits? I was just fixing the article that needed to be fixed. (67.171.195.24 (talk) 03:21, 3 August 2012 (UTC))

You first removed some vandalism and then you reverted and replaced the vandalism on the page. I think it was probably an honest mistake. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 03:25, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Okay this seems all clear to me now, thanks. (67.171.195.24 (talk) 05:12, 3 August 2012 (UTC))

DYK nomination of High Roller (Stratosphere)

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Froggerlaura ribbit
21:44, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

DRV

We are trialing a DRV clerking bot right now (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/AnomieBOT 66), so it'd be helpful if you don't remove the headers after you close a DRV so that the bot can do it :) T. Canens (talk) 03:36, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Getting replaced by a robot. Duly noted. :) IronGargoyle (talk) 14:01, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2012 July 25

Can you use <p> to break long rationale into paragraphs? Using it is better than pressing "Enter" key. --George Ho (talk) 05:15, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Done. IronGargoyle (talk) 14:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Closing DRVs too soon

Hi IronGargoyle, I generally find myself in agreement with your closures, however you are closing things too early. From the DRV page "A nominated page should remain on deletion review for at least seven days." The closure of Liam McEwan's DRV in particular is problematic as I could easily see that one going a different way given the 7 days. But I'll suggest you undo any closure that was less than the full 7 days... Thanks, Hobit (talk) 00:56, 7 August 2012 (UTC)


I disagree with this close. It was closed prematurely. ( I was still thinking about it.) WP:SNOW doesn’t apply, in fact I don’t even see a strong consensus. I was actually leaning towards “List at AfD”, as questions of notability are questions for AfD, not DRV, and this subject has never been subject to a formal deletion discussion. The purpose of speedy deletions is to avoid wasting time on uncontestable deletion discussions. The multiple recreations demonstrate that this deletion discussion would be contestable. For future editors, an AfD on record is a better reference and warning than a speedy deletion log. In general contested speedies, such as A7, (not G9, G10, G12, F7 or F9) should be speedy listed at XfD. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 03:00, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Ugh... you're both completely right that it was premature (I'm not going to rehash the close as I've reverted both of them). I was looking at the time stamp and not the date. I just assumed it was the right date because it had moved into the last space before the "recent discussions" header. I didn't notice that there were days missing in the log. I blame a lack of sleep and changing time zones. Sorry, IronGargoyle (talk) 05:52, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Easy mistake to make. Thank you. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:42, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

The O Star of Brilliance
I,
Ashton Kutcher on Twitter after funny business at the original AfD left a big mess
.
Thank you. I wasn't trying to make some grand judgment of Solomon—just close a godawful DRV in the fairest way possible while following policy. IronGargoyle (talk) 13:51, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for High Roller (Stratosphere)

Graeme Bartlett (talk

) 16:04, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Rev Sr Rani Maria

I DO ENSURE THAT MY ARTICLE ON "SR RANI MARIA" IS MOST VALID AND SHE IS A "SERVANT OF GOD" CANONISED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HER LIFE IS A MORAL GUIDE TO EVERYONE.SHE MAY BE BEATIFIED VERY SOON AS BLESSED SR RANI MARIA,SHE IS VERY POPULAR AMONG INDIAN CATHOLICS.I DONT KNOW WHY YOU TAGGED HER NOT POPULAR OR MY ARTICLE IS NOT CORRECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT UNDER A7.I REQUEST YOU TO GIVE QUICK REPLY AND A QUICK RESTORATION OF MY ARTICLE.PLZ HELP — Preceding unsigned comment added by Payansarun (talk • contribs)

I deleted the article solely because you blanked it. Blanking by an article's creator is one of the
AutomaticStrikeout
23:35, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice, but the situation seems to have resolved itself in the way I suspected it would from the start. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 01:17, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Protection Kudos

I just wanted to applaud your extremely amusing and very attentive work on the immediate semi-protection on Tim Pawlenty article before the TV segment had even finished airing. He's a rare case where viewing could probably be considered part of your dutiful Wikipedia volunteer work. So... win-win? This might be the first time a "Colbert edit" was prevented from reaching an article in the first place. Kudos! ♪ Tstorm(talk) 03:53, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

You may want to extend that protection a few more hours. Colbert re-broadcasts three more times until 7:25 PM tomorrow. Vttor (talk) 03:59, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I've updated the protection. Thanks for both the notes. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 04:09, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I noticed the protection seems to end before the re-runs finish up. Especially if that protection end was EST and not PST. Remember that especially during Olympics people are watching their regular shows (including late: night) either during a re-run, online, or they use a dvr or on demand (comedy central makes the daily show and colbert report available almost immediately and for at least a week). Just an FYI. 174.254.49.194 (talk) 07:05, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Ignore all that...I apparently don't know what date it is. 174.254.49.194 (talk) 12:17, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey IronGargoyle, this is Morgan Little at the Los Angeles Times - I'm working on a piece about the whole VP/Colbert/Wikipedia series of events, and was curious to see if you'd be willing to offer an insider's perspective into the process of locking down pages, responding to calls like Colbert's to actively edit pages or efforts by folks with less-then-impartial intentions to change pages etc. Feel free to email me back at [email protected] if you're interested. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.192.13.1 (talk) 22:00, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

A Query from a Canadian Reporter

My name is Debra Black and I'm a reporter with the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper. I was directed by the media folks to send you a message to see if you could comment about the protection of Tim Pawlenty's Wikipedia page after Stephen Colbert's broadcast urging viewers to edit it, following a news story that look at a theory that an upswing in edits on Sarah Palin and Joe Biden's Wikipedia pages proceeded the announcement that they would be vice-presidential candidates. I was wondering if you can comment on why you decided to protect the page and only allow auto-confirmed users on it. And what role Colbert's broadcast had in making that decision. You can reach me at [email protected] or 416-869-4850. Thanks in advance. Debra — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.206.151.130 (talk) 18:27, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Concerning the confusion between Generation Y & "Generation Z."

There is a lot of confusion it seems between Generation Y and "Millennials." Millenials are those who have grown up in front of a phone or a computer screen & prefer that as the chosen method of communication. This generation starts with those born roughly 17 years ago in 1995. The cultural difference between "Y" from the early to mid 80s is DRASTICALLY different from that of those born within 5 years of affordable satellite tv, the removal of antena tv, the downfall of dial-up, and the upspring of Apple. You should talk to & coordinate with the writers of the pages for Generation Z & the "Millennial" pages to come up with a more solid difference between Y & Millenials, and culturally, that division is 1995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.243.38.4 (talk) 02:58, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Removed content from Callanecc

I was just testing something.Receptie123 (talk) 17:40, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

It's probably better to test in your userspace as opposed to someone else's. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 17:57, 11 August 2012 (UTC)


I couldn`t,it was with templates on his userpage;Receptie123 (talk) 12:41, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Charlie Adam

How is it not constructive? It is informing readers of a high profile number of incidents during his career and helps any reader gain a better understanding of things in Adam's life other than mundane statistics and facts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.76.72.1 (talk • contribs)

Negative material should not be added to
reliable sources. Also, you added a number of example images to the article in question. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 18:04, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Well it happened, I can assure you that, but I'm not going to sit here and write it all out again plus add references in order to satisfy the, self-appointed, gods of wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.76.72.1 (talk