User talk:Doktorbuk/Archive2
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Party colours
I don't believe that there is a current list, but you can generate a list with this search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?ns10=1&search=meta%2Fcolor&fulltext=Search
If you would like to draw a list up, you might like to use {{Party link with colour|X}} (where "X" is the name of a party). Warofdreams talk 20:08, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Constituency pages
No problem, keep up the good work! I was vaguely intending to make a page showing all the constituency changes in the current review, but it kind of stalled as you can tell :) — sjorford (talk) 18:41, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup tag on Oakland Athletics roster
Hey, just wondering why the tag was put; I see your reasons but a) it's a subpage displayed on Oakland Athletics which is hosed on a separate page, and b) none of the other 29 MLB teams have a cleanup tag on their roster. So, I'm tempted to remove it, but I'll just run it by here first. -- Jjjsixsix (talk)/(contribs) @ 18:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- Alright, it's removed. Thanks for clarifying. -- Jjjsixsix (talk)/(contribs) @ 19:04, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Unblocked
You should now be unblocked, sorry for the inconvenience. Leithp 08:55, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
University of life
Sorry to get superstitious on your ass... but.... wouldn't you have to be dead when you graduate from the university of life? lmno 11:27, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Speedy Janky
Cheers for correcting the speedy tag. I was struggling to remember the word "neologism" for a while, so put "nonsense" knowing that wasn't right. It's too late for me to be doing this I think... hehe doktorb | words 23:43, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- Hehe, no problem :) Rory096 23:46, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Hello, mate, I see that you are interested in Eurovision. Would you like to be involved in connecting with more eurovision wikipedians to do up the eurovision pages in a more coherent manner? I have come across the Eurovision wikiproject page, which seems to have been dormant for over two years. It may be an idea to have a look there and see how we could improve the eurovision coverage. I have done up the Congratulations (Eurovision) page so far and put notes about it on the pages of those who performed there. Best regards from Australia, Blnguyen 23:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Party register
feel free to update the register page as you see fit to dab things. also, I've been creating redirects where appropriate, as i think having the official name as a redirect is good. Morwen - Talk 19:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Semicolons!
Hi. I see you've been putting in a heck of a lot of work into the UK constituency articles (adding ward lists etc.). Just one thing: learn how to use semicolons! For instance:
- The electoral wards used in the formation of this modified seat are; (then followed by a list)
That line should end with a colon (:) rather than a semicolon (;), because it's being followed by a list. Semicolons should be used in the middle of sentences to indicate a break; what's written (in that sentence) on either side of the semicolon should make sense if it were a sentence on its own. (If that sounds a bit complicated, I'd recommend not using them at all!)
It may seem pedantic, but I didn't want to go through all 600+ constituency articles changing them all myself!
Incidentally, I'm not actually convinced that the ward lists are absolutely necessary, but you've obviously been putting a lot of effort into it. A geographical description of which places are in a given constituency might be more helpful, as ward names don't always mean very much. Also, I found a few errors (see Talk:Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency) for instance). --RFBailey 20:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Not blocked
Ahoy. I cannot find any blocks on 195.93.21.130. That you were able to leave a message with me means that you should be able to edit elsewhere. There may have been a glitch on that article, but you are not blocked, and the article is not protected. Just try again. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 13:09, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I'm going to need an exact IP. If it's 195.93.21.130 again, I honestly don't know what to say. This is additionally weird because 1) You are able to edit my talk page, which you shouldn't be able to do if you were autoblocked, and 2) No autoblock has appeared at the Special:Ipblocklist. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 13:30, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Also, I've gone through all my blocks from the past couple of days, and the last standing blocks are on 213.106.248.69, 82.198.250.9, 213.249.155.237, and 213.42.2.11. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 13:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Looks like everything's fine now ... --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 13:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Boundary Commission reviews
Congratulations on creating new pages for the Boundary Commissions ongoing review of Parliamentary Constituency's, but remember they are only recommended by the Boundary Commission and not created by them.
The BC recommends the new seats to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (currently Lord Falconer), who has to agree them and then they go through the Parliamentary Process before being created.
For more see: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/downloads/bce_q&a.doc
(comment above left by Tfoxton), 18:11, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Instead of "...the Boundary Commission has created...", what about "...the Boundary Commission has recommended the creation of...", as an alternative? --RFBailey 22:37, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, anything along those lines is good, for example I have altered Richmond's page to say the Boundary Commission for England has recommended minor changes.... Its just to make it clear that the commission only suggests the changes not implements them. --TFoxton 23:11, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
West Lancashire/Preston local elections
Thanks for creating the West Lancashire Council election 2006 election page, I have made a couple of minor changes and will help get the results on there after the election.
I really like all the information on the wards that you have put on the Preston City Council elections page, perhaps after the 2006 election results are on there you could move the 2003 results onto their own page, linked from the main page, while just keeping the most recent results on the main page. I have also just realised that back in November I created a Preston local elections page which should probably get merged with the page you created.
Oh lastly good luck in the election on Thursday. Davewild 09:03, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
No problem - actually, counting how many there are, I think there's still another 3 missing from Greater London, but I haven't worked out which ones yet. — sjorford (talk) 15:13, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- Barnet was missing - I think that's England complete now, but I can't guarantee it! — sjorford (talk) 15:58, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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Donnachadh McCarthy
Hi, Doktorbuk. Thanks for your comment on my talk page. I did expect another user to get to it before me. I usually patrol new pages and have become pretty adept at spotting pages that were lifted from another source- the headlines at the beginning of the paragraph on this one were what tipped me off, and a quick googling confirmed my suspicion. I do appreciate your sentiment- this fellow might deserve an article, but if you're talking to the author, maybe hint to him that he might be better off rewriting it from scratch if he wants the article in. Thanks again, --Kuzaar 13:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Preston Reverts
Hello there, I noticed you deemed the fact that Preston, Lancashire is the latest city in the UK as an "untruth". However, it is plain and simple fact. I shall be reverting this fact as well as the fact that Optimum Contact Solutions are basing their HQ in Preston now. Therefore Preston will be the home of the largest UK home shopping company. - Charlie Marrow 19:38, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Static In Stereo
I'm almost positive they fit a few of the criteria - national rotation, charted hit. I'll verify this and get back to you ASAP.
Autoblock
Your complaint came on the same day two others e-mailed me, and I have a suspicion it was because of the same vandal. I've done the best I can do to make sure the IP is unblocked. Sorry for the inconvenience. CanadianCaesar Cæsar is turn’d to hear 22:23, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Paul Offer
You cannot delete this article! I have improved it now, please see the talk pages for details. There has recenly been a deletion debate on this article, and there was a resounding victory for keep. See the talk page for more details. 81.76.83.217 08:43, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
By-elections
Thanks for your message. Nice to know somebody around here appreciates me! --RFBailey 21:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Wigan Athletic crest.png removed from your user page
joturner 04:21, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
You added a copyvio tag to the above article. If this is right the contributor might have made further copy violations. Numerous bios in similar style. --Richhoncho 11:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello, regarding the above, as you appear to have access to Jones & Martindale PLRE, can you check whether the Claudius Marius Victor article is also a copyvio if you get a chance ? I remember Turpilo looking rather similar. Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Blocking policy proposal
Hi. I'm also a periodic victim of a blocked proxy. The Wikipedia:Blocking policy proposal is a suggestion to add a new form of blocking that allows logged-in users to edit. You could read it and add your comments. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 19:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
If we don't need this, would you mind tagging it for deletion? Jkelly 21:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
FYI re:e-mail
Hello Doktorbuk, : - ) Sorry to bother you about this email thing. When I click on E-mail this user in Wikipedia side bar, I still get this error message:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Doktorbuk
"This user has not specified a valid e-mail address, or has chosen not to receive e-mail from other users."
Have you tried clicking to see if you get an error message?
Maybe you need to close your browser and open it again (or possibly but unlikely reboot).
If that does not do it, I do not know what will fix it.
It is not my intention to harass you about this. I've found that email is necessary when dealing with certain types of troublesome users. Admin (and involved editors) sometimes need to talk back channel to exchange information to make good decisions and solve problems. Regards, FloNight talk 00:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
A short Esperanzial update
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.
As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.
Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Your RfA
I am sorry to inform you that your Request for Adminship (RfA) has failed to reach sufficient consensus for promotion, and has now been delisted and archived. Please do not look upon this outcome as a discouragement, but rather as an opportunity to improve. Try to address the concerns raised during your RfA and, in a few months' time, resubmit your request. Thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity! Redux 21:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Signature
No problem :-) —Mets501 (talk) 16:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Emmanuel (singer)
Hi Doktorbuk, I removed your prod from Emmanuel (singer) - an easy check in Google shows 10,000+ hits and there is an article in the Spanish WP. Please consider to be more careful when PRODding articles clearly stating notability. Happy editing! --Ioannes Pragensis 19:50, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Unblock?
unblock|AOL collatoral damage
doktorb wordsdeeds 07:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Ah the joys of using AOL...... =/ doktorb wordsdeeds 07:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- As the unblock template you've added says "If the block message says that your IP address is blocked or that your IP address was recently used by a blocked user, please paste the block message or post your IP address below as we have no way of unblocking you if your username itself was not blocked.". Saying AOL collateral damage is pretty unhelpful, there are many AOL IPs, it could be the result of an autoblock from one of many 100s or 1000s occuring recently... --pgk(talk) 08:23, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
This is a non-notable band according to the criteria set out in WP:BAND. One notable indie album or two notable major label albums; a national tour; heavy rotation on a national radio station. If there is no evidence of one or more of these for the band then perhaps Myspace would be a better location for this information rather than an encylopedia, until the criteria are satisfied. (aeropagitica) (talk) 19:52, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hi - thanks for your comments. I wish I could prove that this band are notable - they are more than just a local group, for sure. However I am just a ruthless "delete" voter on AfD discussions for non-notable bands so now how many wannabes (some warranted, some not) are trying to find a place here.
- I will scour the internet now to find sources for them, and if I cannot satisfy the necessary then obviously I will bow to your decision. doktorb wordsdeeds 20:14, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Hello! Don't take what I write as a decision, just the questions that any researcher would want to have answered when they read an article - i.e. "What is notable about this band?" If there is noting notable then the article isn't up to standard; if there is evidence then it should be included in order to make the article useful. It's all quite basic, really! (aeropagitica) (talk) 20:32, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
Cranbury school
"Delete as above. "All schools are notable" is a cop-out when articles like this prove the statement false. doktorb wordsdeeds 10:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)"
1. Which statements? 2. Didn't you see the category that had thousands and thousands of school districts like it? Would you list them all for deletion too? WhisperToMe 15:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC) EDIT. P.S. - Cranbury School (the district - there is no district to merge this into) is as notable as Texline, Texas - That's a small town nobody's heard of, right? WhisperToMe 15:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Update: The old Cranbury School is on the National Registry for Historic Sites and the New Jersey Registry for Historic Sites. And the old Cranbury School also holds an art gallery. The article has changed since the vote on AFD. WhisperToMe 15:47, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
" * Comment if the content from the websites above are included in this article, then surely the content may break copyright policy? I maintain my delete vote based on my long-held view that the "all schools are notable" opunion is nonsense. doktorb wordsdeeds 08:13, 17 July 2006 (UTC) "
Uhm, the content is not copied word-for-word from websites. The article cited information from the websites. Citations are not only acceptable, they are a must on Wikipedia. WhisperToMe 16:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
From the page history, it looks as though we have never had an article on this constituency, only the redirect to Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency). The new constituency looks substantially the same as the old one, so I'd be in favour of keeping the status quo - in the same manner to Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency). Warofdreams talk 15:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Thats great, I have summaries of the results for both 1998 and 1999 elections but don't have any ward results for either election. I will create articles for both of the elections with the suummary results until you have got the ward results for the elections. Davewild 17:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
August Esperanza Newsletter
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Blocks
Ah! AOL sometimes works by assigning a new IP address every time you change page. However, if you go back to a page you've been on, you get that IP address back.
So, if someone from AOL has vandalised that page, then you get hit with the block. Also, because the IP addresses are recycled, you also get hit with the block for each page that IP has been tagged to by AOL.
That's why you get a block on one page, no block on the next, a block on another page... until you start tearing your hair out! (My IP is fixed, thank goodness!).
So, if you get hit by a block on a page, quickly copy-and-paste the text you see. The IP address is only useful to us if the IP address itself was the thing blocked. If the message is something like "Blocked by Redvers; the reason for the block was "Recently used by User:Foo" or the like, then we need to know the User:Foo bit. The autoblock can then be lifted at source (although User:Foo can be left blocked).
Because of privacy reasons, we're not allowed to see the IP addresses of logged-in users, so we can't jump right in and unblock that way. Autoblocks are a technical nightmare!
Let me know the message you're getting on that page, and I'll kill the autoblock for you ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience this all causes! ➨ ЯEDVERS 16:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007
Please specify what part(s) of the article is a crystal ball? Personally, I feel Next United Kingdom general election is more of a crystal ball. All predicted dates are cited and, due to John McDonnell’s candidacy, the election is certain to take place. Philip Stevens 11:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- If you think it's a crystal ball put it up for deletion and create an AfD page so there can be a discussion about it. Philip Stevens 12:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have removed the Proposed deletion tag from Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007. Proposed deletions are only for "uncontroversial deletion" and due to the response above and on the article's talk page, its deletion would be controversial. Hope you understand, Hera1187 13:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Candidates for the 54th United Kingdom Parliament
Hello and good morning. I wanted to advise you that I've taken Candidates for the 54th United Kingdom Parliament to a second round of AfD instead of deleting it outright. The discussion can be found here. Best, Mackensen (talk) 11:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Highlights --> Headlines
Thanks for making this change on the Current Events page. I don't know if you are an admin or what position you hold, but I do feel strongly about the change. It looks much better now, and sounds more credible. Thank you doktorb wordsdeeds 11:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not an admin; I'm just a regular contributor like you. -- tariqabjotu 11:42, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Solidarity
Hello there. Just noticed you deleted some of the text I inserted yesterday in the Solidarity (Scotland) article. I have since reinserted and added references where appropriate.
Just a question though. Why the need to describe my words as "weasel"? I find this a bit unnecessary and slightly offensive. You seem to indicate that I would somehow trying to prejudice the impartiality of the article. In no way was I doing so, and perhaps if you had taken the time and courtesy to discuss this and suggest that perhaps references are necessary we could have sorted it out without you trying to implicate me in trying to inject some form of bias into wikipedia, which I most certainly was not.
Do you even have any knowledge of the events surrounding the Solidarity/SSP issue? Again, if you don't then perhaps you shouldn't just jump in with two feet and undo someone elses work here.
Cheers, Big Jim Fae Scotland; 20 Sept 2006; 10:07
Spectre Party
Hi
I added the Spectre Party Aims and Objectives recently which you removed.
Could you justify why you consider the official party objectives as advertising?
Regards
Angie
September Esperanza Newsletter
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Helping out with Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
Would love to help out with the table on this page. Have read discussion page but doesnot give a clue where to start. What I am trying to say is - which part of the table do you want me to update or if you just want me to proof read the lot? Cheers--Lethaniol 21:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Spectre Party Again
Hi Doktorbuk
Thanks for your input. I hope you don't mind but I would like a little clarification on your comments.
You stated that I'd probably violated rules on Copyright and POV.
Re: Copyright.
I'm running the Spectre Party website and as such have clearance to republish some of the information on the site. I'm happy to get written statement saying as such if Wiki requires it. I'm not a member of the party, nor am I ever going to run as a candidate. I simply searched google to see what was already being said and came across the Wiki article on them.
I thought it would be appropriate to include their aims and objectives at the current time as a matter of Historical record for Wiki, after all parties and politicians have been known to change their line. Having put up a fair amount of the information on the spectre site (I didn't write one word of it though) I am familiar with their objectives and don't feel that the one line currently in their Wiki article is an accurate reflection of who they really are, ie I think it actually sounds a little biased.
Re: POV
I've never dared contribute to any Wikipedia before for fear of offending someone or breaking any rules. I've had a look at the pages you suggested and a lot of the others and can't see what rule I've broken. Could you clarify what you think I've done wrong.
As a non member of the party but being in a privileged position with regards to information about the party I thought I should contribute to the Wiki article. Was this wrong in your opinion?
Thanks again for your input.
Angie
Vertangie 22:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
unblock
Conservative or Unionist party tags in Scotland
Just added this discussion to the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies page. Any input from yourself would be greaty appreciated. Thanks. Galloglass 12:12, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
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UK election changes
Hey Hroðulf - just wanted to say how grateful I am for the work you are carrying out on the UK election pages, such as the Boundary change article I de-merged earlier this month. I hope in the lead up to the election itself we can all work together on these articles. doktorb wordsdeeds 12:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- No problem. When are the new boundaries expected to be placed before Parliament, assuming that hasn't already happened? Note that I also did some work on Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency), including removing the infobox, as the template automatically linked to current maps instead of future ones. What is the technique for drawing new maps? --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 12:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
General Election Data Graphics
Is there a simple way to produce the following sort of table?
Column 1: Constituency Name
Column 2: Winning Party at Last Election
Columns 3 - 8 : Party Votes (underneath a title for the election in question)
Column 9: Winning Party at Current Election
Column 10: Status (i.e gain or hold)
Harry Hayfield 05:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
FA Cup
Hey, no problem Dok, just sorry I couldn't get it all done in one lunchbreak. :-) ChrisTheDude 12:59, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Cheers for the star, Dok, think it's back to editing club articles for me now, I've had enough tables to last me the rest of the year! :-) ChrisTheDude 14:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)