User talk:DragonflySixtyseven/Archive13

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Sympathy

You do wonderful work, and although we've never met face to face there are many people at Wikipedia who care very much about you. All the best, Durova³⁰⁸ 23:43, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Mine too. I can't imagine what you are going through. — Jake Wartenberg 23:45, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Agree. I just wish I could do more than type something on your talk page... J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 23:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

You have my deepest sympathy, friend. If there is anything I can do... —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 23:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Do know that we are here standing by your side. My deepest condolences, and may she rest in a better place. –blurpeace ^(talk) 23:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

God... I'm really sorry about this. Words cannot express how much sympathy and condolences I have for you and your family. I just wish there was more I could do to help you out in your troubled times. (X! · talk) · @047 · 00:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

There aren't words. I don't have a way to say it. I wish I knew you a bit better. When you look, you'll find us all here... wishing we had some way to do more to help and support you in your heartbreak. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 00:09, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I really wish there was more I (we?) could do to help make you feel better. Alexfusco⁵ 00:22, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm so sorry for the bad news... My sincere apologies. --Mixwell!^Talk 00:41, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll cry for you :~( ≈ Mind storms Kid 00:57, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Losing a loved one is nothing less than hell. I'm sorry for your lose, and wish you the best of luck. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 00:59, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

You will be in my prayers. 24.236.120.207 (talk) 02:50, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Our prayers are with you. -- Avi (talk) 01:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

-_- @harej 02:14, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

My deepest sympathies for your loss. Lara 03:19, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Echoing all of the above - my deepest sympathies, and remember you have our support, as much as we can offer over the nets. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh my gosh... I'm so sorry for what happened... Loosing a loved one is not easy in any way. You will be in my prayers as well. I just feel so bad about this. I'll take care of the NewPages backlog for you while you're gone man, so you don't worry about it. My deepest sympathies go out to you.

--Until It Sleeps ^{Wake me} 12:21, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I am so very sorry to hear of this DF, my heart and prayers go out to you and all the family. — Ched : ? 00:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear about this. I hope you'll be okay. Best. Acalamari 21:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not going to pretend I know how you're feeling, but I was on the verge of tears just reading your userpage. I'm so very sorry for your loss. — neuro^(talk) 22:51, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I cried when I read your userpage, so sad, can't think of words to describe how sorry I feel for you.--Res 2216 firestar 01:13, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Adding my expression of condolences to the outpouring I have seen here for you. Peace, rkmlai (talk) 20:33, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

I only found out about this terrible situation recently, but please let me add my sincere condolences to those above. A terrible situation and my deepest sympathy both to you and your families. Manning (talk) 02:00, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I only just now stumbled upon your userpage, but, I'm very sorry for your loss. Losing one you love is a very tough thing to go through. :( -- Aeru Amo (talk) 23:05, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Taking it from someone who has epilepsy in the family

I feel really really bad. My mother has epilepsy pretty bad and I feel really sorry that your fiancee had to go so soon. I know how hard it is to lose people you love so much. I've lost two grandfathers on the same side of the family in 14 years. This sucks for you man. Listen, a good Wikibreak would help, get things solved personally, and decide what's better for you. Always look at the road ahead when the time comes. Coming from someone who's been through it. Good luck man.Mitch32^{(Want help? See here!)} 23:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC) my grandfather was very much welcome in value of thought, but am sorry eponymous surname had passed away though very much lived a certain lifestyle I was glad to continue his work at baden powell as he spent these next few years in shenfield not his native Koln, Rhabet El Behar and also pelle clacson —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.88.40 (talk) 14:35, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh man, i'm so, so sorry.

Dragonfly, I just got told what happened. I can't believe I was only talking with you about this the other night on IRC. I am devastated that someone I know and respect is going through the pain which you are. I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to you on the loss of the most precious thing in your life; it hurts, i've been there before.

I want you to know that I, and many many other Wikipedians will be here for you if you need to talk, get things off your chest, whatever.

Stay strong, and take as long as you need, my friend. We'll be waiting.

God bless you.

Thor Malmjursson (talk) 00:24, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

you probably don't remember me

I don't even know why I'm writing this. I used to be Purplefeltangel on here, many years ago, and I'm sure you don't remember me but I remember you. All I can say is I'm sorry. I'm not normally one to do things like this but I wanted to reach out to you. There are no words, but my thoughts are with you. --✶♏‭ݣ 01:09, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Take your time coming back

First off, I'd like to say how deeply sorry about your loss. I also think that nobody expects you to come back right away from this. Take your time coming back; your top priority should be you and taking care of yourself. We got plenty of people who are able to pick up where you left off. For instance, I can start bigtime on that NewPages backlog so all your effort doesn't go to waste. I'd pick up on other stuff, but I would need admin tools for that (and even though sometimes I ponder adminship, I don't think I'd get it or do that good of a job myself with them).

But seriously, take your time coming back; only come back when you're ready and able to – don't push yourself. If you just want to chat or something, you know where you can find me. Take it easy, man, MuZemike 17:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

One less thing to worry about

Have been keeping an eye on the back end of New Pages during your break. Sincerest regards, Durova³¹¹ 20:54, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Shortest Wikipedia Article

More interesting, though, would be a little competition to try to create the smallest article that would pass FA review. I think for this purpose the title should be excluded from its length. This is not entirely silly idea, if thrown to the pedants who lurk in WP namespace.

I did manage to shorten it (to "Is it?") but beyond, say, a single character (e.g. an up arrow pointing at the title) it does become pretty pointless. I hope you took AGF as I do do some heavy and, I hope, valuable work on WP in all kinds of domains and I just wanted a bit of harmless light relief.

Best wishes SimonTrew (talk) 18:04, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

On Kenneth Althaus

I never "added" things about him being in the games Hearts of Iron II and III. That was added before me. I simply felt that removing it due to "whoever added this is a fucking child" and "fuck off you child" were not very good reasons. Upon thinking about it, however, I agree that it is a bad idea to have it in the article. --Mrdie (talk) 21:51, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Please explain this deletion

Hello. We posted a Wikipedia article for a non-profit organization called "Lone Star Holidays, Inc" and it was up for a month. Then suddenly today it was deleted. I am curious as to why this happened. We used the Texas Articles of Incorporation, postings on other sites, and the Company Bylaws are references. Thank you for any answer you can provide.

I don't know what happened, but it seems from your Talk page that you recently lost someone. Very sorry to hear that.

Thank you for your time.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmjohn99 (talk • contribs) 00:38, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Can I Submit the Same Content

Hi. The user page post was suppose to be done as an article it was an internal mishap. Can you let me know if we can proceed to repost the content as an article about our company.

Thanks for your time.Kiwi Commons: An expert in youth internet safety resources for parents and teachers. 17:19, 17 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiwicommons (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia administrators

Hi... what did you do that for? Varks Spira (talk) 02:48, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Franciszek Chałupka

Please revert your deletion of this article. That person is one of notable Polish Americans.--WlaKom (talk) 20:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I do not have too much information about him. He is very known in Polish community as a founder of the first Polish parishes in New England since 1887. The information about him is from the publication issued by the St. Joseph Parishe in Webster, MA. It was the first parish founded by Fr. Chalupka. If you need more information you can get them from the pastor of St. Joseph parish in Webster.--WlaKom (talk) 20:53, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I think that I need not convince you. If you accept a thousands of athletes and musicians who are known to a small group of people, and briefly, but the person who in the nineteenth century led to the construction of many churches in New England is for you not notable, can be regarded as discrimination. So please revert your deletion of this article.--WlaKom (talk) 21:32, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Let me offer an outside opinion here. The main thing that we look for in articles is sources to document the person in question. It may be that there are additional sources to document Chałupka; would they be easy to find? If someone provides good sources on a topic, that is essentially a free pass to creating the article. But we generally do not accept new biographical articles if no sources are apparent.

By the way, to demonstrate my ignorance about the topic, let me ask about the content of the article. Were there really no Catholic parishes at all in New England until the 1880s? That seems surprising to me, given the length of time that the area had been settled up to then. I must be misunderstanding something. — Carl (CBM · talk) 21:43, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

The article creator was a bit careless: he established the first Polish parish in the area. I tend to agree that sources about this person are rather scarce, for wikipedia inclusion criteria. I was looking for "resurrecting" the page, but failed to find enough info. - Altenmann >t 23:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

This type of discussion is, without question. You expressing an opinion about the article which has not seen. Further discussions in this way is treated as religious discrimination.--WlaKom (talk) 22:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I did look at the deleted article text, which is what led to my question. I assure you there is no religious aspect here; we attempt to apply the same standards to all biographies, religious or not. — Carl (CBM · talk) 23:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

VlaKom, the article text is visibe in Google cache: [1]. - Altenmann >t 23:16, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

That's what I talking about:

we attempt to apply the same standards to all biographies, religious or not.

See my third line.

To answer:

Were there really no Catholic parishes at all in New England until the 1880s?

I recommend to read more about Polish immigrants in New England. You will find some of them on Google. Right now I am working on one of them.--WlaKom (talk) 23:40, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Altenmann clarified that what the article meant is that Chałupka founded the first Polish parish in New England. While this was certainly important for Polish Catholics in New England, it is not the same sort of feat as founding the first parish at all in an area. I recommend that you continue working on the article in private, find some additional reliable sources on Chałupka, and then resubmit the article. If you run into any questions about what sort of sources are considered reliable, please feel free to ask me at User talk:CBM. — Carl (CBM · talk) 23:45, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

find some additional reliable sources on Chałupka

Did you read the sources listed in the article? Did you find this sources not reliable? If yes, what is wrong in the sources? So, are you going to recover this article, or not?--WlaKom (talk) 00:52, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

The only source listed on the article is "The 150'th Anniversary of Polish-American Pastoral Ministry, Webster, Massachusetts (September, 11, 2005)", which I assume refers to an article in the Polish-American Journal. I have not managed to find a copy of this (my library does not seem to subscribe to this newspaper). Could you quote from it to show exactly what it says about Chalupka? Based on the title, it appears that the article is not primarily about Chalupka.

What I am trying to say is that, in order to decisively establish that Franciszek Chalupka himself has been the subject of reliable sources, the article needs to identify some sources that are directly about him. I attempted to find such sources but did not succeed; I tried both various web searches and the Lexis-Nexis database. Is there a published biography about Chalupka that I did not manage to find? — Carl (CBM · talk) 01:46, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

My fiancée died last month. I do not want to have any more arguments on my talk page

It is not the right answer I expecting from you. You are the one who remove my article. So, the last time I ask you. Are you going to revert that article?--WlaKom (talk) 07:49, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

===> Conversation moved to User talk:WlaKom. Please do not continue here. -- billinghurst (talk) 12:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Bayliner marine corp v crow

Why did you delete Bayliner marine corp v crow (undelete preview)? It looks like a decent start to me. Melchoir (talk) 01:14, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

(By the way, I just noticed your user page. I'm so sorry -- be strong!) Melchoir (talk) 01:17, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the autoreviewer rights. Hopefully it helps reduce the workload of new page patrollers. Regards —Eustress ^talk 16:18, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Colm and Jim Jim

The problem with this edit is that it restored previous vandalism, with these sections as obvious problems:

Hayes's pirate past - dubious claims about Hayes contributions to South Park and the Simpsons.
Pre 1983 Hayes - neither Phil Lynott, Bono, Van Morrison nor Daniel O'Donnell were ever in a band called Napoleons' Wig and the paragraphs about legal dispute with the Hitler estate looks like something that might be found at Uncyclopedia.
The 2fm show - some sections of this were vandalised, such as the name of the Mariah Carey single, the section about Jim Jims' behaviour every second Tuesday, the name of the U2 single and radios being distributed to prisons and psychiatric hospitals.

Given the short history of AbdulRayman contributions it seemed it could have been an innocent reversion. However, given this edit it seems the editor may not be editing in good faith. Autarch (talk) 17:25, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

There seem to be a couple of accounts being used to vandalise The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show, namely IvanArsitch (contribs) and Aurtarch (contribs). Whether AbdulRayman is another is something open to debate as that account doesn't have many edits. Sorry if this wasn't clear. Autarch (talk) 17:32, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help - it's definitely helped, the persistence of the culprit has earned them another block.

I also wish to give you my deepest condolences on your loss. Autarch (talk) 17:11, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Condolences

If there are any pages that you need an admin to watch for you during this difficult time, just let me know. youngamerican (wtf?) 17:59, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of William of Enckenvoirt

Hello! Your submission of William of Enckenvoirt at the 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! cmadler (talk) 19:27, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Brother

Noticed your recent edit to "Brother" do you happen to have a reference citing the song's charting success?Dan arndt (talk) 01:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

My apology I thought your edit was adding the detail about the song charting - it's been a long day already - was chasing a reference for that. Dan arndt (talk) 04:06, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Five Men Named Osama.JPG

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Attempt to communicate

Just curious really, what was this all about ? SpikeTheSpider (talk) 06:48, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

19:43, September 17, 2009 DragonflySixtyseven (talk | contribs) deleted "Talk:National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek" ‎ (attempt to communicate)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your constant efforts to keep the newpages backlog at bay. Until It Sleeps ^{Wake me} 14:30, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Confused

(Deletion log); 23:45 . . DragonflySixtyseven (Talk | contribs) deleted "File talk:UofAdelaide-Mawson&Conservatorium-Aug08.jpg" (test)

I was wondering why you deleted this file? Did I miss a warning? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

I see. So "test" doesn't mean you were testing anything - it means "that which was on the page was rubbish".

Perhaps a less cryptic edit summary may reduce future confusion?

Thanks for the quick reply. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Ummm. Still a bit cryptic. "Delete rubbish" (or something that says the same more politely) would be clearer ... Pdfpdf (talk) 15:21, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

I've just chased around trying to understand this same issue, relating to your deletion of Talk:Judiciary of England and Wales, with that cryptic explanation of 'test'. Noting your positive response to Pdfpdf, please do give a clearer explanation for this sort of (much appreciated) admin job. thanks. Ranmore (talk) 15:46, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for your fiancee coma

I was wondering why you deleted/moved my two files! Did I miss a warning? You have explained both cases clearly, but you may not judge an unfinished article The catalan gunpowder it appears in the 120 volumes ESPASA Enciclopedia (WIKI pretends to substitute paper Enciclopediae!!) I did not enter the reference but I will The Catalan celestina, Dr. Garcia Valdecasas (Dr. n law & Dean of Bologna University) has proven the author was fron Aragon for the rest the books that backup the theory are referred and available in libraries

My condolence Mcapdevila (talk) 16:16, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I think I have corrected all the issues... They were unfinished... But on the other hand...

Do you think anyone can consider being my own work, the fact of publishing works from other people already published in encyclopediae or research books 5, 30 or 80 years ago? (80 years ago I wasn't even born) The only thing I shouldn't do is to draw my own conclusions, but this is not the case, for I just publish assertions from other people's works already published in other books or encyclopediae

I've copied the references from worldcat.org

Catalan gunpowder

  1. ^ Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo Americana., Madrid 1934-96- VOL.46 - Page 122- ISBN 8423945006
  2. ^ NASA CONFERENCE PUBLICATION #2014, VOL.1, Page 73 - R. Cargill Hall - OCLC Number: 5354560
  3. ^ a b La historia del muy alto e invencible Rey Don Iayme de Aragon, primero deste nombre llamado el Conquistador - Bernardino Gómez Miedes - Valencia (viuda de Pedro de Huete, 1584)
  4. ^ NASA CONFERENCE PUBLICATION #2014, VOL.1, Page 78 - R. Cargill Hall - OCLC Number: 5354560
  5. ^ NASA:The Use of Rockets as Military Weapons at the Siege of Kai Fung Foo in 1232 A.D
  6. ^ H.S.T.I.: A Gap in the history of gunpowder and cannon

Catalan Celestina

? La agudeza y arte de ingenio. Oraculo manual y arte de prudencia. El comulgatorio de varias meditaciones de la sagrada comunion. - Baltasar Gracián - Amberes - Verdussen, 1669.
? Joannis Lodovici Vivis Valentini de disciplinis libri XX. : Excvdebat Antverpiae Michael Hillenivs in Rapo, 1531; [T.I] de corruptis artibus liber primus [ -septimus]. [T. II] de tradendis disciplina sev de institvtione Christiana liber primvs. [T. III] De prima philosophia siue de intimo naturae opificio liber primus [ -octavus]( Juan Luis Vives : Amberes : Michael Hillenius, 1531)
? Juan Luis Vives Obras completas : primera translación castellana íntegra y directa : Juan Luis Vives - Lorenzo Riber : Madrid : M. Aguilar, 1947. OCLC: 234096159
? La adulteración de La Celestina : J Guillermo García Valdecasas : Madrid : Editorial Castalia, ©2000 : ISBN:847039875X 9788470398759Mcapdevila (talk) 19:05, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

To let you know about Poker run

I am writing to inform you that Poker run has been WP:PRODed and that I have endorsed the prod. You may wish to know because of the deletion of the talk page. -- allen四names 16:14, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Florescent Solar Collectors (Solar Panels)

Hello, in February 2008 i created a scientific page about Fluorescent Solar Collectors a new type of solar panels.

The article being too scientific was not published. But you proposed to move it to a userspace so i could consult and edit it. I did not have the time sine 2008 to do it but now i would like to carry on the work on it .

Could you re-install this article so i can work on it - I have also several colaborators for several industry which want to help me. Can you re-instate the article in a way that other can work on it too.

I would be willing to restore the article and move it into your userspace so you can consult it, if you want. DS (talk) 16:03, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I have moved the article to User:Strataga/Fluorescent solar collector for you to work on it. You might want to take a look at some GAs to base the article off of. Sincerely, NW (Talk) 01:15, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia administrator

Hello DragonflySixtyseven: Thanks for the edits to the draft article I'm working on about Wikipedia administrators. You definitely understand better than I do about Wikipedia's administrators. The clarifications are very insightful and a much better reading of the source-- although in some parts of your edits I think you went way beyond the source and included an insider's understanding. Nonetheless, I appreciate it and this article is giving me a better understanding as to what Wikipedia's administrators are all about. Varks Spira (talk) 23:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William of Enckenvoirt

On September 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William of Enckenvoirt, which you recently nominated. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page _{(here's how)} and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cmadler (talk) 20:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Wrt the chart of BHO-to-QEII "cousinage"

W/re the gallery in the "distant relations" section of Family of Barack Obama, each relationship cited a WP:RS. However, the reason I'm pinging your talkpage is actually not to debate this issue privately (I already know what you would argue in this regard, after all) but instead to question your coming to the article and deleting only part of this type of charting. ~~Why did you not remove the chart illustrating the relationship between Obama and Queen Elizabeth II~~? Since a substantial portion of the population of the US could have a similar chart drawn, why do you believe this chart in this instance passes muster? Ps - If you could await the result of the discussion here --> Talk:Family of Barack Obama#Gallery of distant relationships and chart of Obama's relationship to the House of Windsor -- before removing the chart (or both charts, for that matter), I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! ^{:^)} ↜Just M E here , now 00:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Oops, I see now you had deleted both. My bad. (I'd nevertheless still appreciate it if you could hold off a while until the discussion of the charts on the talkpage commences, though.) ↜Just M E here , now 00:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

User Rights

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Much appreciated.--EchetusXe 20:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Response

Well i think that is wrong in some way. Read this and then decided. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/magazine/06wwln-essay-t.html?ex=1365048000&en=25ce824c700104e5&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Q

~~DS, I have answered your question at my RFA, but am really curious to know what motivated you to raise it in the first place ? Abecedare (talk) 22:24, 29 September 2009 (UTC)~~ Not really important. Maybe 6 months down the line, we can discuss the nuances of privacy vs accountability. Regards. Abecedare (talk) 00:31, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

I just read about your loss on your userpage, and although this may not mean much coming from just another anon user on the web, you have my condolences. I had a somewhat close relative in his mid-50s die a few weeks back after a sudden illness, and that affected me enough to know that I cannot really imagine being in your shoes. Best wishes. Abecedare (talk) 00:19, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: rights change

Thanks, it's nice to know somebody still cares :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC)