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The Fray

Mr. B,

I believe the user that you recently warned for disrupting The Fray article should be banned from Wikipedia. He has made multiple attacks on the website. He does not deserve entrance into this prestigious community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrm087 (talk • contribs) 18:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Great minds think alike...

Good job on the Coat of arms of Andalusia. Believe it or not I had started writing up the article moments before you created it! --Gibmetal 77^talk 13:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Five pillars !!!

Does anyone no where the five pillars are ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.25.100.196 (talk) 20:49, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On November 15, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Coat of arms of Andalusia, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well done on all the Iberian peninsula work. Good to see you again. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! -- RedCoat10 • talk 12:08, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi RedCoat10,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:George IV bust1.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 26, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-11-26. BTW, do you happen to know who the "Lord Stewart" mentioned in the caption is? It would be nice if we could wikilink to that article. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 00:04, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Nice sleuthing to figure out the correct Lord Stewart! howcheng {chat} 01:09, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA

I considered not spamming talk pages but not saying "thanks" just isn't me. The support was remarkable and appreciated. I only hope that I am able to help a little on here. Please let me know if I can help you or equally if you find any of my actions questionable. Thanks & regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 2 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 02:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Would you take a look?

An image used in the article on the first Bangladeshi pornstar Jazmin, Image:WorshipThisBitch3.jpg, the cover of the DVD that made her the selling point, a first for a Bangladeshi, is up for deletion here. You may be interested to take a look. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aditya Kabir (talk • contribs) 21:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Portal:British Empire

Yah, I totally forgot because I told myself to remove the transclusion after lunch, and when I came back, I forgot about it :P

I'm also "streamlining" the nomination and promotion process. For example, promoted noms are boxed in green (see Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:British Empire) and failed noms are boxed in red (see Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Failed log/December 2007). This system is still in trial and I will implement it starting 2008.

As I told Rudget, there're inconsistencies even in the # of featured portals. 81 portals are listed on Portal:Featured content/Portals, but only 80 on Portal:Featured portals and featured portal's main page, and 82 on Wikipedia:Portal/Directory..... Furthurmore, I find Portal Contents and Portal Directory are repeating the same message using different layouts. Directory carries more info, but Contents looks better in layout wise.

What do you think about my ideas? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

We usually use FPORT instead of FP to stand for featured portals. So far I don't need much help because the size of FPORT is manageable at the moment. To be honest, I'm quite glad that FPORT is getting more attention and traffic nowdays. It was not even a popular spot 3 months ago.

Thanks for your suggestion to make a similiar template as {{FPCresult}}. Honestly I don't know how to use this template because it doesn't have any instructions! I made a little subst template that is very useful (User:OhanaUnited/Featured Portal Notice), it uses the same syntax as WP:UTM.

P.S. Your name sounds familiar, do you run a bot? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 19:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I was thinking about Chris G, lol. And thanks for the template, but I think we need to make a template ourselves instead of borrowing feature picture's OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 00:12, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Bot

Do you know how to build a bot? I asked SQL and Betacommand. Both don't want to answer my question. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 04:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll definetely try ask Cobi (because others won't reply -.-) OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:24, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

University of Bristol GA

I think a week is the default period of waiting, but I'm not personally concerned with any deadlines, so take as long as you need to improve it. Dylan (talk) 23:39, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

GAs

Do you have any other good articles? If so, please add them. In the meantime I'll truncate your list for the awards page. If you sent any of your FAs through GA while you were improving them, that would qualify. The triple crown is set up that way; apologies if it seems bureaucratic - the aim is to tempt people to write more good articles. Cheers, Durova^Charge! 16:42, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Death On The Rock

Hello. After reading your post, I compromised somewhat and came up with a revised version that mentioned the facts but in a much more succinct version, I also moved to the 'history' section so it wasn't duplicated in two sections (history & military). Gibnews has reverted again [1], but I'd appreciate your view on the "new" version I made. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 19:19, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Imperial triple crown jewels

I, Durova, am pleased to bestow these imperial triple crown jewels upon RedCoat10 for exceptional mainspace contributions. Thank you for helping to make this a better encyclopedia. Durova^Charge! 19:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Your Imperial Majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow these triple crown jewels. May you wear them well. :) Durova^Charge! 19:41, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Revamping FPORTC

I am proposing some changes to the featured portal nomination process at Wikipedia talk:Featured portal candidates#Revamp proposal. Feel free to express your views. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 07:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I really think you should go for it. I highly doubt that you will be turned down. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 08:55, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not going to flame! :]

Instead I'll say thank you for telling me that :] --Kanonkas, Take Contact (talk) 22:05, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

your question

I made it from scratch. I traced the shape of the helmet from Halo and built it off that. It took 6 hours. I'm very proud of it! --n1yaNt(~Cpt. Obvious~) 11:37, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[2](see first few links), the copyright holder is ok with it, so I proceeded with the drawing and the consequent upload. --n1yaNt(~Cpt. Obvious~) 11:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I know we don't know each other, and I don't have "talk" mesage rules, but next time please don't delete your message. For archive purposes. Thank you. --n1yaNt(~Cpt. Obvious~) 20:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

apologies, it was someone else. --n1yaNt(~Cpt. Obvious~) 20:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

How to delete a picture? I want to do it myself. --'n1yaNt 21:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Prosit Neujahr to you! --'n1yaNt 21:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for illustrate biographies, your effort is appreciated. Emijrp (talk) 13:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

commons

Thanks for that - so it's better to upload to commons is it? --Abdominator (talk) 04:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, please help with more improvements

RedCoat10, congratulations in your new role as a featured portal co-director. I look forward to your continued efforts to help improve Wikipedia's portal namespace. Along those lines, I am asking for your help. Please take a look at the portal peer review for Contents and megaportals. Just like adding featured portal co-directors, it is a part of a larger portal namespace improvement drive. All of your comments, suggestions and participation in this improvement effort will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, RichardF (talk) 15:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

fair-use image

Hello there, you left my a message a while ago regarding a image uploaded by me under fair0use without a rationale. Anyway, when I logged in, the image was already gone, so... Sorry I couldn't come up with the reason in time, and I also wasn't sure what the reason would be. It wasn't a great image anyway, so I don't think it was a big loss. Thanks for warning me about it anyway. algumacoisaqq 02:30, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

M/V New Flame GA Review: On Hold

 GA on hold — Notes left on talk page. Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:33, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Gibraltar's featured portal nomination

The portal you nominated at featured portal candidates on January 1 2008 has been promoted to featured portal status. Well done. You can view eventual comments at the nomination page. Best regards, Rudget. 18:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

What is the usage about the welcome boilerplate on the User_Talk: page?

Hi RedCoat10:

You recently put a Welcome boilerplate on my English User_Talk:AntoineL page, probably because I changed a minor point on the (good) page about the GI-vs-ES telecom dispute. Since it looks like you are an administrador, may I ask you the purpose of it, and more importantly what should I do with the boilerplate now (and in my other User_Talk:AntoineL pages as well), since every time I read it I got the impression that I did forget to put the ~~~~ sign at the end of some post...

Thanks in advance for your hints (on my talk page, of course; but if you prefer, you can also use (in French) le français o Catalan: el català). AntoineL (talk) 10:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 13 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Calderón Bridge, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 14:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Gibraltarian

I would disagree with that, and so would this:

• B adjective

1 Gibraltarian

of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants; "Gibraltarian customs office"

I'll check the OED tomorrow for a more definitive source. пﮟოьεԻ 57 17:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Hi RedCoat10 - thanks for your participation in my request for adminship. I thought "all-inclusive knowledge of policy" was maybe going a bit far, but I guess what I don't know I can always look up. Anyway, the RfA passed 52/0/0, and I'm now in possession of a shiny new mop. If I can ever help you with anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 08:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!

Dear RedCoat10, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Your copyedit request

On 2 September 2007, you made a request to the League of Copyeditors for a copyedit on Military history of Gibraltar during World War II. Because of a heavy backlog and a shortage of copyeditors, we have been unable to act on your request in a timely manner, for which we aplogize. Since your request, this article has been subject to significant editing and may no longer be a good candidate for copyediting by the League. If you still wish the League to copyedit this article, please review this article against our new criteria and follow the instructions on the Requests page. This will include your request in our new system, where it should receive more prompt attention. Finetooth (talk) 20:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Emperor Kaika

Please help me understand why the specificity of your recent edit is to be preferred over the deliberate vagueness your edit displaced. If a "Reference" heading is construed to include both in-line citations and bibliographic references, I was thinking that an increase in the number of in-line citations might be subtly encouraged. More importantly, the merging of these two categories would seem to give less opening for those superficial editors who appear to do nothing beyond adding tags at the top of a page announcing that more references are needed.

As we both know, there is no set-in-stone format for "Notes" and "References" ...; but perhaps your feedback might assist me in re-examining what is really nothing more than a point-of-view about this relatively trivial issue. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I am having major problems with some users of this page, they say that I am doing vandalism, but not say it, because, they are excluded, my articles and say that I am doing the vandalism on the page of them, only because I wrote on its talk page. I want my articles to be restored this vandalism. Mondo della moda

User:WBOSITG/In Many Languages

Thanks for adding Spanish to the page! Gracias para la addición a la pagina!

Special:Emailuser

Hello,

Your e-mail link is not working. A user account wikt:User:RedCoat was created, pointing here. Could you please confirm or deny that that account belongs to you? Since anyone can purport to be you on e-mail, I must ask that you confirm it with a message on-wiki, please. Sorry for interrupting your wikibreak.

Thanks in advance,

--Connel MacKenzie - wikt 15:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed. Regards, RedCoat10 16:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much! --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 16:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikibreak

Will be glad to see you return in June. Good luck wherever you are! :) Regards, Rudget. 18:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:The-Kooks-logo.JPG)

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New Flame

Hi RedCoat10, I have been on wiki-awol myself. Just popping by to say thanks for the good work on the New Flame, you took it all the way to GA status. Figarema |^Talk 15:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching request update

You have previously expressed an interest in undergoing the Admin coaching program. We're currently engaged in a program reset to help things move more smoothly in the future. If you are still interested in the program, please go to Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Requests for Coaching and re-list yourself under Current requests, deleting your entry from Older requests. Also, double-check to make sure coaching is right for you at the Coachee checklist; WP:Adoption or WP:Editor review may be more appropriate depending on your situation and aspirations. We should get back to you within a day or so, once a coaching relationship has been identified. Thank you. MBisanz talk 07:28, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Cars pc videogame.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Cars pc videogame.jpg)

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Fair use rationale for Image:Cars_pc_videogame.jpg

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Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 08:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Spanish-English article

Hi there. I was doing random patrolling yesterday and found Spanish-English translation problems. I have no familiarity with the subject matter, so my interest is purely as a copy editor. But I noticed that you added the {{pov}} ambox to the article. As the docs say, that tag is intended for active POV disputes, which is obviously not the case here. If you simply suspect the article has POV issues, {{POV-check}} might be more appropriate. But you still really need to explain your rationale on the talk page -- POV issues are considered pretty serious. You might want to consider one of the other cleanup amboxes instead. And of course, you are welcome to fix it yourself. If you have questions about any of this, please feel free to ask on my talk page. Thanks. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 14:12, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for taking some action, but you still really need to explain your rationale on the talk page of the article -- or better yet, improve the article yourself. Please read WP:NPOV dispute for more information on this. If you don't explain your addition of the tag, it will eventually be removed. Cheers. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 03:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I've removed the tag from the article -- POV tags really need some kind of explanation to go with them. I'm guessing the article probably need help, but that doesn't justify throwing the POV tag on it without further comment. Cheers! —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 17:02, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Portal Review

Could you take a look at the new Ancient Near East portal? I'd like to submit it for a Featured Portal review when I find/improve a few more articles for the "selected article" section, and would welcome any feedback you could offer at this time.

Thanks, IansAwesomePizza (talk) 21:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Welcome back to editing on Wikipedia y con salud el nuevo username! --Gibmetal 77^talk 10:34, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! RedCoat10 14:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Images

tanku muchly --Gibnews (talk) 10:48, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Your monobook needs to be updated to avoid an error

Hi,

Your monobook needs to be updated to avoid an error. The convert template code has changed and it will no longer accept 'sq' or 'cu' with metric units. Thus '|sqkm|' will have to be changed to '|km2|'. All existing pages have been updated. Any new use of the template with '|sqkm|' will produce an error on the page. The code for non-metric units is unchanged and can be either '|sqft|' or '|ft2|' format.

For example:

• {{convert|$2|sqft|sqm}}

should be changed to

• {{convert|$2|sqft|m2}}

If you want more advice, please ask at Template talk:Convert. Or ask me, I would be glad to help you update your monobook code. Regards Lightmouse (talk) 09:42, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

RFC on the conduct of a user

Since you are the one who started the Coat of arms of Catalonia article, you could help us to assess the behaviour of a user on that article. Please check Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Sclua and feel free to comment there --Enric Naval (talk) 18:02, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Andalucian Spanish

I missread that and saw 'Andalucian' applied to Llanito. But most of the time the Spanish used in Gibraltar could be better described as 'bad'

But nice to see you are awake --Gibnews (talk) 19:58, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Good to see you too.

While it's true that there are similarities, I think there's a marked difference between the mess that's often spoken in Gibraltar and what would be linguistically defined as 'Andalusian'. Just an observation though, so I may well be wrong. Regards, RedCoat10 20:40, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Chris B

Ah... you are Chris B! I wondered where you went. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 21:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Fancy seeing me around, eh? Despite the username change and my absence i'm still very much alive and well. :p RedCoat10 (talk) 09:39, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Mediation Cabal

I have listed the dispute over the Gibraltar article here [3] for mediation. You are invited to participate. Justin talk 20:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Elections in Gibraltar

Hello, I have opened an RM at Talk:Gibraltarian general election, 2007#Requested Move to move the three articles on elections in Gibraltar. I thought you might be interested as you were involved in the previous RM on referendums. Thanks, Pfainuk talk 16:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Regards, RedCoat10 (talk) 18:46, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Historic fur

Template:Historic fur has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:52, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

St. Michael's Cave

Hey there. Thanks for uploading Image:St Michael's Cave, 1830.jpg and adding it to St. Michael's Cave. It's a great find! --Gibmetal 77^talk 22:48, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

No problem. RedCoat10 (talk) 14:01, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Gibraltar National Day!

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!--Gibmetal 77^talk 14:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

History of Gibraltar?

Yes sorry, that was a mistake. I had an edit conflict so I just copied my text into the section, not realising you had edited that same section. I think I've fixed it now but please check to make sure. --Gibmetal 77^talk 13:22, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Hola RedCoat, ¿qué weasel-word hay concretamente aquí? Mi inglés no es tan bueno como tu español así que no sé concretamente qué hay mal (la fuente la buscaré, no te preocupes). Un saludo y gracias --Ecemaml (talk) 13:39, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Hola RedCoad, he buscado fuentes y, lamentablemente, no las he encontrado. Creí que en mis libros se usaba ese término y no, no es así. En la web se utiliza el término en minúsculas, no mayúsculas (esto es, como un nombre común), por lo que no procede. Saludos y gracias --Ecemaml (talk) 12:27, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Talking about other things

Hi RedCoat. Have you seen the pictures of this guy? I guess that most of them cover Gibraltar issues or areas that do not have a relevant picture yet. In a general way, doing a search in Flickr for Gibraltar pictures with an appropriate license gives a huge number of hits (more that one thousand... even if some of them comes from the Australian national park). Cheers --Ecemaml (talk) 14:27, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, in fact I was uploading the Chronicle picture when the bot said that the picture was already uploaded. These ones seem also quite useful. The problem is that most of them are not identified and only a Gibraltarian can give them meaning. Best regards --Ecemaml (talk) 22:04, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Bande Dessinée portal

Hello, I saw that you are a portal peer review volunteer. I have worked much for the improvement of my portal, but some concerns may remain:

• Is the image at the top of the page useful and aesthetic, or should I remove or replace it ?
• Problem with the selected biography: I contented myself with writing a short sentence as an introduction for each personality. Then I wrote the beginning of the biography, then put a link "more..." to the complete article. Is it approriate ?
• Selected images are not of the same size. Is it really a problem ? It should be noted that free images for comics are very rare.
• Is the presentation of the news correct ? I did not specified the exact date of each event, only the month, because I do not know it.
• If you have any other recommendations about other aspects of the portal, do not hesitate ! It MUST become a featured portal ! Thanks. (Please reply here).--Pah777 (talk) 22:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Definitely...

... my English is not good as it should ;-) --Ecemaml (talk) 07:22, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

No worries, neither is my Spanish RedCoat10 (talk) 10:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Iberia Airlines suspends flights to Gibraltar

Once again you beat me to it. I just read the news and was about to add it when I saw your edits lol. --Gibmetal 77^talk 20:24, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Hah! WikiService at its best :p RedCoat10 (talk) 13:22, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

It must mean we are doing a good updating the articles! :o) --Gibmetal 77^talk 20:25, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Gibraltar DYK

No, Spain (in fact the FEF) cannot block anything. It could block something if the statutes of the UEFA gave it such a power (i.e., a veto, such as in the UN Security Council, as when the US vetoes resolutions against Israel). The fact is that the FEF strong and vocally opposed to the GFA application. That's right. It possibly lobbied against the GFA application. It even threatened with giving up competitions if Gibraltar were admitted. But as long as it is unknown which federations changed its mind and voted against when, in the beginning, they wanted to vote for, saying that the FEF blocked is not neutral. If you want to leave a statement on the fact, a wording similar to "the strong opposition of the Spanish Football Federation was successful" (sadly, it seems to me a little bit stupid and miserable to prevent the Gibraltar teams from playing football in Europe, although I guess the opposition is more related to the Basque and Catalan selections claim than to the sovereignty dispute) or better "UEFA aligned with the frontal opposition of the FEF" would stick more to the facts. Cheers --Ecemaml (talk) 23:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Quotations, et cetera

RedCoat10, I have restored the quotation from San Roque, Cádiz. In my opinion, its length is still reasonable. Please note that if we apply the same overzealous logic, a project like Wikiquote would not be even able to exist. If you are not happy with its inclusion for this or any other reasons, such as disagreeing with its content, I would appreciate if you discuss this with other editors, in first instance. If no consensus can be reached, you may well request a second opinion. Regards, Asterion^talk 16:24, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi, RedCoat10. I understand your point and think it might be reasonable. The problem is that, as usual, there is a user that pretends that the reference says a completely different thing. See the paragraph on the Williams book (the one I quoted):

<copyrighted material removed>

Now see this. And finally, read this:

“ Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. ”

Your comments are welcome. --Ecemaml (talk) 21:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

BTW, Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria applies to media files and not to quotes. --Ecemaml (talk) 07:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello again and thanks for your message. I didn't dispute your edits so there is no need to lecture me on why they are right. I simply removed a superfluous quote in the interests of avoiding an excessive use of copyrighted material. Speaking of which, where exactly in the non-free content criteria does it state that the policy refers explicitly to media and not text? The non-free content criteria are the criteria by which non-free content (that includes text) must comply, so why should it not apply to text? Please explain. In any case, it seems you have now managed to condense the quote so this issue is no longer a problem. Thanks.

Regarding Gibnews, I would advise that you avoid calling a spade a spade and, more importantly, read this. Best, RedCoat10 (talk) 13:26, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Diseño página

Hola RedCoat! Soy Willtron de la wiki aragonesa. He hablado con Gibmetal77 y me ha dicho que tú página de usuario era en la que se basó para diseñar la suya,... bueno solo era para decirte que yo me he basado en la de Gibmetal para renovar mi página de la wiki aragonesa :-), ... pues eso que me gustaba el diseño y lo he adaptado un poco. Ya le he comentado también que estuve la semana pasada por Gibraltar, no había estado antes, pero me gustó mucho y bueno igual traduciré algunos artículos de temas gibraltareños al aragonés ;-)... si quereis alguno en especial me lo podeis decir por supuesto. Saludos --Willtron (?) 20:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

A question

On this reversion. You say the incident caused a strain between Anglo-Spanish relations and was a subject of discussion in the Tripartite forum. And that's true, but the article talks about what in Spain is named the "question of Gibraltar" and wikipedia Disputed status of Gibraltar. Affairs as this one are typical disagreements between two contiguous countries. Not all incidents involving Gibraltar and Spain are related to its disputed status (and as far as I remember, the tri-partite forum talks about any issue involving Spain and Gibraltar, regardless of being related to the sovereignty dispute or not). Sincerely, I can't see the slightest relation with the topic of the article. Should we include also a mention to the Odyssey affair? (it was a rhetoric question, I'd say "no"). I can't see a relationship. Best regards --Ecemaml (talk) 21:44, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I've replied at Talk:Disputed status of Gibraltar. Thanks, RedCoat10 (talk) 12:16, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Juan Romero de Figueroa

Hi RedCoat, I've seen that you've removed the category of Gibraltarian Catholics. Nothing to say about it since I didn't introduce the category. However, I was curious about your explanation and went to Gibraltarian status without seeing anything related to 1816. What happened in 1816? On the other hand, which category could I assign to father Romero, considering that he was born and died in Gibraltar, lived all his life in there, but it's not a Gibraltarian. Best regards --Ecemaml (talk) 22:15, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Hello. I think the history of 'Gibraltarian' as a status is discussed here.

Since Gibraltar was Spanish at the time, I would personally leave it as it is, that is, with Category:Spanish Roman Catholic priests. As far as I'm aware there isn't a category for people associated with Gibraltar who can't be described as Gibraltarians, but even if there were, I don't believe it's convention to assign categories to specific cities. Best, RedCoat10 (talk) 10:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I didn't intend that

Hi RedCoat. First of all, let me apologize. You've accused me of several things. Some of them are true, others not being so:

1. Trying to recruit people: as Gibnews has broken many times basic norms of civility (I can give you a full account if you think it's an unjustified personal attack), I tried to find out if similar cases had happened in the past. I found out, by a mediation process, that Té y Kriptonita, a user from the Spanish wikipedia I've talked to several times mainly on wines' issues had been involved in Gibraltar-related issues, I asked for co-operation (now I see that you had a conflict with him, something I wasn't aware of until now). You see, Justin has done the same in the past and I didn't see a similar warning from anyone. I'm not a Christian anymore and, as far as many things have been allowed with me in the English wikipedia, I won't put the other cheek (literal translation, I don't know the exact idiom in English).
2. The edition by Té y Kriptonita you mention. You're right, such an edition goes against any basic NPOV guidelines, but, as you can see if you look at my talk page, I never talked about Gibraltar with him ever. You've seen my editions in es:Aeropuerto de Gibraltar and of course that I've keep my position, but I've never indulged to conscious POV editing and I've tried to look for an agreement respecting all points of view.
3. Offensive comments by Té y Kriptonita. You're right. I didn't say anything when you were qualified as "settler" . At the moment I didn't realize that it was the term used by the Francoist dictatorship to refuse any consideration by Gibraltarian. I formally apologize here. However, Justin's friends have done the same and I haven't seen a similar warning (you're an administrator too, regardless of not being that in the English wikipedia... civility should go in both ways).
4. Have you seen any offensive comment in my reply to Té y Kriptonita?

“ Sí, la actitud de los gibraltareños, aunque comprensible (estar quince años encerrados en 7 km² no creo que sea plato de gusto), es irritante. Quieren trasladar su legítima postura política a la wikipedia "as is" y por ahí no paso. ”

“ Yes, the Gibraltarians attitude, however understandable (I don't think that being locked up for five years in 7 km² is something to enjoy) is annoying [see translation in [http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=irritante ]. They want to transfer its legitimate political position to wikipedia as is and I'm not keen on accepting it. ”

I've stated, because I believe it, that the attitude of Gibnews (and sometimes yours') is annoying (I'm not talking about being "insulting", for instance), since you make the Gibraltar position the NPOV (for example, where can a wikipedia reader know which the position of the UK government on the Gibraltar independence is? You know, in nowhere) and that does not comply with wikipedia principles. I've also expressed that IMHO the restrictions that the Spanish dictator implemented against Gibraltar (fifteen years with the fence locked out) were not fair at all, as you can see.

1. On the other hand, after your message and the diff you provided to me, I've let Té y Kriptonita know that the edition you've shown to me is not fair and that I don't want to talk to him in this issue anymore.

Finally, if you think that I'm a obsessed Spanish right-wing activist looking for the lost Spanish glory, you're completely wrong. Take a look at the discussion in es:Isla de Perejil (also the history of the article) and you'll see that I simply try, not always with good results, but always in good faith, to stick to wikipedia's principles.

I apologize if you've felt unfairly treated by me. I didn't aim to do it. However, I must also say that I feel I've been treated many times in the same way and, unfortunately, I haven't seen any help from, as you're the person I'm talking to, you. Best regards --Ecemaml (talk) 15:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

BTW

Sorry if I didn't read most of your answers to my questions and comments. I've just noticed that you answered here instead of in my talk page (in fact, I thought you weren't being too polite :-( ) --Ecemaml (talk) 16:05, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

I always understood that providing an edit summary was more a guideline than a policy. I tend to omit the summary when small or no controversial change is made (you won't find any comment from myself including a summary and editing exactly the opposite such as this —deleting perfectly sourced information outside the introduction on the grounds of a consensus on the introduction— or this —this time deleting equal and perfectly sourced information on the grounds of ... improving English!).

RedCoat, I sincerely appreciate your efforts in following my editions and improving them. However, when it comes to warnings, I don't see an equal zeal with regard to other editors. I'd like to know your opinion on personal attacks such as this, gross POV editing such as here or the removal of non neutrality and disputed status without any kind of consensus in here. Unfortunately, it seems a case of double standards (and I'd like to be wrong, sincerely). Best wishes --Ecemaml (talk) 15:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC) PS: in a former message you stated that you appreciated Gibnews because of his huge effort in improving Gibraltar-related articles; however, it cannot be separated from his usual attitude, which has gone worse and has entered in very dangerous waters. I didn't want to answer you listing all the incidents and violation of policies he'd engaged in, since I didn't want to escalate the problem... however, things have changed (and to worse) and I don't think I should tolerate his behaviour any more. It's not only what I think it's POV-editing (something that is obviously debatable and controversial) but especially his absolute lack of civility (I've provided some examples to you and I'll provide more if you need them)

Your statement is unfortunately not true

Hi RedCoad. It seems that you've stated, in good faith, I assume, something that is wrong ("most of [the material Gibnews attempts to remove] was originally added by yourself on the 16 September 2008) without consensus"). Your statement is not true in two ways:

1. My editions related to the paragraph were those. As it's pretty obvious, there is no new material added (if you need it, I can provide a sentence-by-sentence comparison) but reordering and clarification. So that removing the material on the grounds that it was added on September 16 is not fair.
2. You've stated that there was no consensus. However, the paragraph (which dates back several years) was kept until Gibnews decided to remove it. The funny thing is that, when Gibnews wishes to edit an article, a consensus must be got in order to revert his edition. When I wish to edit an article, a consensus must be got in order to allow me to edit. Again, it seems a strange case of double standards.

What is going on in Gibraltar-related articles is getting more and more confuse for me. It seems to resist any logical analysis and be some sort of exception to usual Wikipedia civility guidelines and best practices (a party can personally attack the other and nothing happens; consensus is needed before an edition for a party but after an edition for the other; non neutrality labels my be unpunishedly removed, but only to one of the parties...). I must share, however, a thought with you. I think that wikipedia is the best experiment on human knowledge sharing ever afforded. Although in, let's say technical and scientific issues, neutral point of view guidelines can be sort of problem, when it comes to not so scientific disciplines and, especially, to disputed issues in real life, NPOV provides a first-class tool to allow the reader not to be guided, but to have the opportunity of being treated as an adult person and have the right to create his/her own opinion. It however breaks down when the system is hacked and a single POV is pretended to be shown as the neutral POV (you know what meta:Megalomaniacal Point of View is and sometimes it seems that only one vision, only one POV is allowed when it comes to Gibraltar-related articles). Whenever I've been provided new fact, I've been open to change my mind and reach a consensus. However, I haven't been a similar approach when it has came to the opposite party. I've been accused or vandalism, racism, POV-pushing, stalking and surprisingly without any protest by your side. You said some time ago "This report is far, far too premature". As time has passed by and personal attack have gone not better but worse, will you take any action on your fellow countryman? Anyway, best regards --Ecemaml (talk) 15:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC)