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RE: Please restore List of Jehovah's Witnesses conventions

I've restored the article. - Rjd0060 (talk) 02:35, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Note for posterity: Article is set to die under AfD after failed merger attempt. [discussion]. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:26, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Barnstars 'R' U

Barnstar respectfully declined on the grounds that I openly cheated and am therefore ineligible. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:10, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Sir, I admire your honesty. However, I demand no standards of not cheating. I restore it. Feel free to ignore, if honor prevents. :D 01:22, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

To quote from a certain Wikipedia page: If you found my hidden page without cheating (or using cheats), get the award below: davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:25, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Lackthereof

Thank you. Your apology means a lot to me. In a larger sense, the point isn't moot because we're both better for having been able to work with each other. Thank you for the experience. —  X  S  G  01:39, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

New template

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I really like your {{Current change in status}}. It's very appropriate in these dour times. --Eastlaw (talk) 07:16, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Use it where you think it is appropriate. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 13:44, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

entity status template and Washington Mutual

I plan on removing your re-instatement of the "current change in status" template from the Washington Mutual article, but would prefer that you do so.
Descriptions of the various changes are in the lede of the article, in the info box at right, and described more fully in the body of the article as well, making the template redundant and superfluous. Even worse, it is now misleading. The multiple entities involved and multiple changes cannot be described simply as bankruptcy, which the template presently states, and it is far better for the reader to understand for herself the complicated nature of the transformations. The change readers are most interested in, the two savings banks, are emphatically not bankrupt, and they have completed their merger with JPMorgan Chase and have re-opened for business under new ownership.
-- Yellowdesk (talk) 17:08, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Change the status to what best fits the current situation. I haven't been following the case that much to be honest. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 18:36, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

AfD for Management assistant

Hi Davidwr. You wrote:

Please consider withdrawing the AfD for Management Assistant until the merger discussion is at least 5 days old.

What is the procedure to withdraw an AfD? Tx. Bongomatic (talk) 03:13, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to be thick, but I don't understand your instructions

just speedy-close it with "speedy keep/administrative withdrawal due to ongoing RfD" with a note that you plan on relisting it on some future date

Is that a template or just a bullet comment? Bongomatic (talk) 03:30, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

It's more complicated than that. See Wikipedia:Non-admin_closure, Wikipedia:Deletion_process#Non-administrators_closing_discussions, Wikipedia:Speedy keep, Template:Afd top, and Template:Afd bottom. Would you like me to do the legwork and close it for you?

The pertenent guideline is "Closing discussions in which you have offered an opinion or for a page that you have edited heavily presents a conflict of interest and should be avoided. The sole exception is if you are closing your own withdrawn nomination as a speedy keep and all other viewpoints expressed were for keep as well." from Wikipedia:Deletion_process#Non-administrators_closing_discussions.

davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:40, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

How'd I do?Bongomatic (talk) 03:57, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Excellent. I gave you incorrect advice on the reason for closure, I fixed it in both places. See you back on 10/1, assuming the merger discussion isn't still ongoing by then. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:07, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7

Hi there!  :)

As someone who's worked on D&D and/or RPG articles before, I'm inviting you to participate in our goal to both improve articles that have been selected to be placed in the next Wikipedia DVD release, as well as nominate more to be selected for this project. Please see the WikiProject D&D talk page for more details. :) BOZ (talk) 17:39, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Mark of the Year

Thanks for all the help with reviewing the article - I've corrected most of the problems that you outlined. I was also wondering if you could take a look at it once more, to check whether or not this article has passed FL status. Thanks --Flewis^(talk) 14:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, the article didn't pass FL. I've re-listed it for peer review and once the issues have been fixed, I will re-nominate. Thanks! --Flewis^(talk) 08:23, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Reply

Talk:Line_of_succession_to_the_British_throne#Explain_changes cf38^talk 15:58, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Line of succession to the British throne

Wow-- that's a big hypothetical. Of course such a list would be unwieldly. Ultimately, you're talking an indiscriminate list. That would be better served as a cat with many subcats. I don't know how you would sift the subcats. I suppose you would progress backward along genealogical lines. I don't know how far removed from the descendants of the current monarch you would want to wander. The line does not look to be in danger of going extinct. So I don't see any significance beyond a certain degree of plausibility that a person would actually succeed. I would say that anyone not a direct descendant of Queen Elisabeth or one of her sibs would be lacking in sufficient significance to be included. Bear in mind that I never thought about this until now, and I know nothing of royal succession beyond the fact that it can become quite messy.

How far removed from the Queen do we have verifiable information? I'll have to look more closely at the whole mess, which will take time. 20:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:BobAsprin.jpg

You deleted Image:BobAsprin.jpg as "unused non-free image" at 09:45 24-October-2008. It was used on Robert Asprin until 10:14 the same day when it was removed because it was "a deleted image." Please restore the image and restore the use in the Robert Asprin article. Thanks. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 13:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

I hit the wrong deletion reason — the image was in fact deleted because it lacked a rationale explaining how it qualifes as fair use. I have restored it and redeleted it with the right reason. Stifle (talk) 13:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Please review the reason for deletion: According to the log, the image was on BoingBoing under the CC Share-alike license. The image is here on BoingBoing. Given that the author of that BB post, Cory Doctorow (and here and here), is the science-fiction writer and author of CONTENT: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future, it's very likely he is authorized to release the picture under that license if he isn't himself the photographer. As an image released under a free license, it is not a "fair use image." Please review this information and either restore it (and fix up Robert Asprin while you are at it) or clarify the reason why you believe the image is not free. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 17:25, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

That's not a sharealike license, it's a non-commercial license. Non-commercial licenses aren't allowed on Wikipedia (absent a valid fair use claim, and there isn't one). Stifle (talk) 17:29, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Tehachapi High School

Just want to give you feedback, because I read on the discussion page what you were talking about and it cools like whoever started the Tehachapi High School page is exactly word for word by that first page you mentioned, if you read it and then read about Tehachapi High School. Just wanted to give you my feedback by reading that. If you look under the History page, you can see who started the page and tell them to rewrite it. If I can't think of anything else to write about Monroe, could I put a speedy deletion on the page also?--JoeCool950 (talk) 02:37, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

For high schools, you can either speedy-delete the article and immediately recreate it as at least a minimal stub, or do what I did and overwrite it with at least a minimal stub. You can also ask via WP:ANI that specific edits be deleted. There seems to be a consensus that every "normal" aka comprehensive high school that grants diplomas in the United States should have at least a stub. This isn't so important with 9-10th-only grade and other non-diploma granting high schools. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:21, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

UT Arlington

Sorry, I don't know much about the school's history. The name added by the IP address just lacked the ring of authenticity. I believe the last name it listed was "Manlove", which is about one step up from adding "gay" to an article. Chicken Wing (talk) 02:38, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Monroe High School (Tehachapi)

I went ahead and put Monroe High School on the same page that Tehachapi High School is on. I put a speedy delete for the Continuation High School pages. Don't know all of the California ones. If anyone does and lists them, then we can include Monroe. There's still a link to Continuation High School, if you click on High School when reading about Monroe. Just wanted to let you know, that is a better move for it.--JoeCool950 (talk) 06:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Continuation High School Discussion

I went ahead and used {{db-author}} to have the pages speedy deleted except for Category: Continuation High schools in the United States and {{: Category: Continuation High schools in California]]. I feel like Category: Continuation High schools in the United States should be moved to [[:Category: Continuation High schools in California, but just my opinion. Let me know how to request a move for that to happen. Thanks.--JoeCool950 (talk) 06:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:Current change in status

Alright, I'll keep that in mind. I'm sorry I haven't notified you, I figured that you would've noticed the deletion nomination in your watchlist anyhow. --Conti|✉ 15:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Continuation High Schools

Got everything fixed now and I had what was Category: Continuation High schools in the United States moved to Category: Continuation High schools in California, which is a lot better because the schools listed are all California schools. You can look at it and let me know if you like it. Monroe High School is listed on the High School page for Kern County. I saw another continuation high school kind of like Monroe and it wasn't on a Continuation High School page for the county, it was on a High School page. It's some kind of school in San Diego. It's on the Continuation High schools in California, if you want to look at it. Hopefully you like the page. I requested a Speedy Delete for the other pages you mentioned we didn't need. I had the wrong kind of delete on there. So, with that, looks like the right kind of category is on the Monroe page now.--JoeCool950 (talk) 02:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Presbyterian Church Logo

Thank you for your thoughtful comments about vector graphics and your original interpretation of the image upload guidelines . I must suggest , though , that , in the future , you learn more about common practice before removing images on basis of it . Vector logos are acceptable ( and preferred ) as long as they are displayed at a reasonably low screen size or resolution . The standard infobox size is generally a good guideline for that . If you wish to learn more about acceptable logo inclusion practices , I advise that you view the pages for American Airlines , Bank of America , Boeing , Coca-Cola ,ConocoPhillips , ExxonMobil , IBM , Microsoft , Pepsi , the Unitarian Universalist Association , United Airlines , and US Airways . If you scroll down on the Wikipedia:Logos page , you may notice the Coca-Cola logo featured in vector form . Thank you for your concern . I'll put the logo back myself .

--Frank.trampe (talk) 06:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Presbyterian Church Logo

Thank you for adding the licensing information to the logo . I'm generally too lazy or too tired or too spiteful of copyright for such diligence .

--Frank.trampe (talk) 05:21, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. By the way, I was working with outdated information on the vector-graphics - at one time vectors were discouraged for logos. The consensus opinion is murkier now, but it seems to revolve around "how useful would the image be in creating a detailed image larger than what is needed for the article." The PCUSA logos are not all that complex so there isn't much in the way of detail that can be "removed" to make a "low-detail image." Compare this to some national symbols, or royal-family crests, or old-world trademarks, which are loaded with adornments visible only close-up or at high magnification. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)