User talk:Bearian/ArchivesAprilMay2008

Wiki Law Project

I wonder if law firm histories, mergers and reputations could fall within the remit of the wiki law project. I have been working on expanding the coverage of law firms within wikipedia. What do you say? --Mediterraneo (talk) 01:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Yiayia

Heh, I must have a very different sense of humour from you! :-) ... discospinster _talk 01:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Nanotechnology and medicine

You speedy deleted this article as a blatant copyvio, however I checked the article where it came from and they made it clear that they copied it from us. I think it is important to properly check tags and not take them at face value. Anyway I've undeleted the article and redirected it to nanomedicine. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 07:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 18:11, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

One more reply on my talk page, basically an apology for my not assuming enough good faith on your part. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 08:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Your view

Hi there,

With reference to your view here kindly point out where in its current form, you find the article to be

• potentially embarassing, (provide a diff)
• libelous, (provide a diff)
• a troll magnet (provide a diff).

I am more then willing to make sure that nothing of this sort happens with the article, and will need your help to make it a neutral, balanced and a good wikipedia article. here is the page, please point out where it lacks wikipedia standard. and suggest improvement. --talk-to-me! (talk) 06:57, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Page reverted back to POV version

Dear Bearian,

I saw your post here and went to see what you were talking about. Looking in the history it seems that some IPs cleaned it up, but then Cult Free World has reverted all of the changes you spoke about here. Feedback welcome. Thanks. Renee (talk) 15:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Please don't go. We need people to stand up for what's right. If you go then Cult Free will think he can just game us all, which he's already done as other users. It seems no one wants to stand up and act on this one and we need some moral backbone in Wikipedia to make it work. Thank you. Renee (talk) 16:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you.Renee (talk) 16:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

NYSR Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 1

You received this message because you specified "NY" as one of your states of interest on the WP:USRD participant page. If you do not want to receive these in the future, please visit this page and remove your name. – TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 05:06, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: The Family Man

Hi, I have completed the article on The Family Man (TV Series), so I am open to your suggestions. I am also trying to make a disambiguation page so this article can be accessed more widely; in a general search, the 2000 movie of the same name comes up. -numbaonestunna —Preceding unsigned comment added by Numbaonestunna (talk • contribs) 22:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Your Message

Actually it wasn't a test. It was a serious application for adminship, in light of my belief that the procedure to adminship is rather too burdensome given that the majority of editors, like myself, see WP as a part-time hobby. --Jamesmh2006 16:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Please substitute block tags

I noticed you tagged User_talk:Active-Labs with {{username}}, you should use {{subst:username}} per WP:UW and WP:UTM. This is the same as for all warnings and block tags, otherwise they won't properly categorize the page and the notices will change when the template is changed which is not desirable for these types of templates. Thanks. --Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 05:19, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

My RFA has closed

My RFA that you weighed in on earlier has closed as no consensus to promote, at a final tally of 120/47/13. I thank you for your feedback and comments there, and I'm going to be considering all the various advice and comments presented. I might end up at RFA again some day, or not. If you see me there again in the future, perhaps you might consider a Support !vote. If not, not, and no hard feelings. The pen is still mightier than the mop! See you around, and thanks again. Lawrence § t/e 18:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Even though it failed with 28 supports, 42 opposes, and 15 neutrals, I am grateful for the suggestions and advice I have received and I do hope to improve as a Wikipedian. If you ever need my help in any endeavor, feel free to drop me a line. --Sharkface217 20:17, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Chronology of Human Prehistory

Thank you for your encouragement. Please feel free to add sources and additional data. Das Baz, aka Erudil 15:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

My RfA...

Thank you...

...for your participation in my RFA, which closed with 85 supports, 2 neutrals and 1 oppose. I'm extremely grateful for all the the kind comments from so many brilliant Wikipedians I've come to respect and admire, as well as many others I've not yet had the pleasure of working with, and I'll do my best to put my shiny new mop and bucket to good use! Once again, thank you ;)
EyeSerene^talk 17:09, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the links - I was unaware of WP:NAS. It looks very useful (I haven't dared touch the buttons yet... :P ) EyeSerene^talk 18:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

The Gay Cavalier (film)

Hi Bearian. Thanks for your help with the article. TheRetroGuy (talk) 19:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Mike Buskens

Sacul72 (talk) 12:07, 15 April 2008 (UTC) Hi, I've written some stuff now. It was my first article so sorry about that

Contract attorney

Yeah, contract work sucks. I just got laid off from my last gig, which is why I'm on here more than usual. I'm busting my ass trying to find a permanent job. --Eastlaw (talk) 15:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Mike Buskens

Sacul72 (talk) 17:38, 15 April 2008 (UTC) cool, thanks mate

Twinkle

Twinkle and the CSDWarnBot notify the first contributor to a page that's been nominated for speedy deletion, and because you'd userfied the Aneel Rajani page, it had you listed as the first contributor, so Twinkle notified you, then when I removed that, the Bot figured you hadn't been notified yet, so it went ahead and did it again. Fun! --Closedmouth (talk) 04:19, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Wikipedia:Requested moves  

Notice the spacing in that wikilink (Wikipedia:Requested moves  ). It was a nonsensical redirect that was created in the whole page move mess. Didn't seem like it needed to be kept.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 06:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I presume your compliment refers to my user name?

--6afraidof7 (talk) 17:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Christianity

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity The goal of WikiProject Christianity is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Christianity available on Wikipedia. WP:X as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Christianity, but prefers that all Christian traditions are fairly and accurately represented.

- Tinucherian (talk) 05:21, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

thank spam

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky

Rfa thanks

Thanks for supporting my recent request for adminship which was successful with 89 supports, 0 opposes, and 2 neutrals. Unfortunately all I can offer is this lame text thanks rather than some fancy-smancy thank-you spam template thingy. I was very pleased to receive such strong support and to hear so many nice comments from editors whom I respect. I’ll do my best with the tools, and if you ever see me going astray don’t hesitate to drop a note on my talk page. Thanks again for your support!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 03:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Oliviermillerioux?

Whoa there! You just blocked User:Oliviermillerioux for a username violation. People's names aren't username violations. I think you should undo this.

In the template, you've basically asked him to keep contributing to Wikipedia, but he's not allowed to use his own name. That makes no sense.

rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 17:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Last I knew, we didn't block people for getting an article speedy deleted. There's just no reason the username policy should be involved. You left a template for the user saying "Your username is unacceptable for Wikipedia", when the problem has nothing to do with the username. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 17:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I saw that. They created an article on themselves. It got speedy deleted. What was the block for? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 17:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Username

No, because I've never had anyone mistake me for anyone else. --Jimbo^[online] 17:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Unconventional

Not my material, it's split from unconventional warfare. There was a fair amount of drama regarding the purpose of that article, so it was essentially reverted back to a generic form, and I moved the specialized content to a new title. Unfortunately, we may have lost the contributing editor as a result of some of the IP drama on talk:unconventional warfare (see a section or two up on my talk page). Hopefully not though, I'm going to try and encourage him to stay. Cheers, --Bfigura ^(talk) 18:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Turn 2 Foundation

Thank you for saying that it is a good start of a stub. And I tried my best not to add opinions to it. And yes I have a few people I trust. My adopter, User:Steve Crossin, my trusted admin, User:Philippe, and another good admin User:Tiptoety.--RyRy5 (talk) 18:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done--RyRy5 (talk) 20:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Theft

No prob, it gets hit from time to time by the usual... --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Lady Aleena's RfA

Bearian...Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. Through it I have become aware of a great many people who can help me in my future editing endeavors. Even though I was not promoted, your support shows that I still have something to contribute to Wikipedia, even if it is minor edits to fix spelling and grammar to working in WikiProjects to help others make great articles. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Peteforsyth

Hey, Bearian. I noticed that you Supported this candidate for adminship, but you had already added a neutral !vote on the 26th of April, here. The duplicate votes threw an error at RfAbot, so I indented your initial Neutral !vote here. I did this to correct the count, to resolve the error with the bot, and because the neutral was the older of the two !votes - but, by all means, please correct me if I erred in any way. Thanks, UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 15:12, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

Help needed

A couple weeks ago you blocked an IP sock of a banned user for three months 77.98.132.16 (talk · contribs). He's resumed adding trollish garbage to his own talk page, would you mind protecting it? Nobody of Consequence (talk) 00:35, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Universities Newsletter: Issue VIII (April 2008)

The April 2008 issue of the WikiProject Universities newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you for your continued support of WikiProject Universities! —Delivered on 21:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC) by MiszaBot (talk)

New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 02:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiCookie

Just stopping by with cookies for those editors who started new articles today. --Rosiestep (talk) 01:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

How appropriate was that?

I would like to know how appropriate it was for someone to block me without first saying one word to me? Is that how Wikipedia does things? Really? MMMMMMMM (talk) 03:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Block on User Wilhelmina_Will

Per User_talk:Wilhelmina_Will#Block_for_48_hours, I am not sure I understand the reason for the block. Whatever else I could say, there does not appear to be any vandalism from looking at his contrib log to France or any other articles. The user actually reverted vandalism here and a not useful edit here. Earlier fix was for Nice. Is there a chance you confused this user with the vandals WW was reverting. --Marcinjeske (talk) 04:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome!

I've seen this sort of mistake happen to a few associates of mine, but it's one of those things you think: "Nah, it won't happen to me!". So it's always either alarming or rather funny when it does! Happy editing!!! Winnifred-Ian-Leonard-Harry-Ellen-Lucy-Marilyn-Ingrid-Nora-Amanda Walter-Ira-Lauren-Lalla (talk) 00:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Rfb participation thanks

Hello, Bearian.

Thank you, blah blah blah.

:-P

Seriously, I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Gause

No worries. :-) - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 14:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Bearian, I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 22:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Peter Pronovost

Thanks for help. I'll be back in an hour or so to take it as far as I can. Go for it. Smallbones (talk) 14:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Nemesisman & Thanos Papalexis

Hi Bearian,

Just to draw your attention to the fact that your final warning to Nemesisman [1] has had absolutely no impact whatsoever [2]. I attempted to draw his/her attention to the inappropriacy of deleting tags as long ago as April 22 [3]. No response has been forthcoming. Should I take this matter to AIV? I'm of the opinion (just a hunch) that Nemesisman is an employee of Mr Papalexis, which would go most of the way to explaining his/her behaviour. Many thanks, AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 21:25, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 16:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

NYSR participants list

As discussed at WT:USRD, the participants list at WP:USRD is being split by state. Since your name has only "NY" next to it, your name has been removed from the large USRD-wide table, and your name has been added to the NY-specific table. This is part of the lengthy process. If this is in error, please let me know immediately. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 04:56, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

		RfA: Many thanks
		Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

NYC Meetup: June 1, 2008

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This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 23:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

My Recent Rfa

I would just like to say thanks for the neutral vote in my recent RFA. I will still say thanks as from your comments and the other users comments that opposed me and gave me a neutral vote have made me make a todo list for before my next RFA. I hope I will have resolved all of the issues before then and I hope that you would be able to support me in the future. If you would like to reply to this message or have any more suggestions for me then please message me on my talk page as I will not be checking back here. Thanks again. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 16:37, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Travellingcari/Go!Zilla

I closed tha AfD, moved and redirected it as noted. Bearian (talk) 14:07, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that, work was to zooey at the beginning of this week to work on it. I may get to it today, otherwise at the end of the week. Want me to let you know when it's done or take it back through DRV? I don't have a preference. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 14:17, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

and it's done. It's not perfect but I think it's more than enough to meet WP:WEB. As I siad, let me know if you want me to take it through DRV. Thanks again for userfying _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 15:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm taking your silence here as a lack of objection to re-creation and I'll move it tomorrow. Please let me know if you'd rather me take it back through DRV. Thanks! _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 22:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for your support in myRfA, which closed successfully this morning. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 19:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Samoilovich Alexander N.

Bearian, I appreciate you help and comment on Samoilovich Alexander N.. Please feel free to correct anything you may find peacocky, I am gretaful in advance for any improvement. Barefact (talk) 21:46, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

last name = Samoilovich (Самойлович), first name = Alexander (Александр), patronymic = Nikolaevich (Николаевич). In English-lingual publications the patronymic is usually dropped, in bibliographical listings the first name and patronymic are abbreviated to initials. I am using this convention. Barefact (talk) 14:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Dear Bearian, I noticed some puzzling effect, in [4] some of the names show correctly, and some are misplaced, even though they are assembled with the same structure: Muller in Gerhardt Friedrich Muller falls under "G" instead of "M", but Koprulu in Mehmet Fuat Koprulu falls correctly under "K" and not "M". At first I thought that the article headers need to be changed, but at a closer examination the misplacements look completely random. Can you advice me or help to correct? Barefact (talk) 21:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Dear Bearian, I appreciate your response [5], and that is precisely what I am following. And that is what caused my question: exactly the same structures bring different results in the categories listings, for example [6]. When the category lists first name instead of last name, I tried to change the article name adding patronyms, but it still did not correct the category listing. There must be something else that makes it to read first name instead of the last name. What is it? Barefact (talk) 06:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks....

for your vote of confidence on my RFA. Also for the positive feedback, which is always nice to get! I hope not to goof up too quickly! --Slp1 (talk) 16:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Talk:Assault (tort)

Not really sure why you restored vandalism, but ok. : - ) --MZMcBride (talk) 22:08, 28 May 2008 (UTC)