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My first photo!

Hello. The first photo I ever uploaded onto Misplaced Pages was deleted just after. I have permission to use the image from the author who also has a commercial website for photos which is not related to me. If you can, please undelete this the files "Image:Bouskila Kornecki isr.jpg" and "Image:166349 Finn start 01.jpg". Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clare2409 (talk • contribs) 07:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I apologize - and again

I guess I was a bit unsure with how the image backlog worked. I was under the impression that tagging the images that *still* don't have a valid fair-use rational with the I6 tag would result in their quick removal, thus getting them out of everyone's hair. I apologize for any problems my actions may have caused you. DJBullfish (talk) 07:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the revert there. The person in question made the same edit to my talk as they did to yours. I saw the edit to your page in their contribs list, and though I'd do a courtesy revert of what appeared to be vandalism. Sorry to have been a bother. DJBullfish (talk) 06:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thsoe 4 images from the January 18th disputed were the last four images left in that day, having managed to fix a few of the fair use rationales for the others left. I was hoping to get that day cleared out of that section, and for some reason I thought putting them in the speedy delete queue was the best idea. I'm sorry. DJBullfish (talk) 08:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Toolbar

Thanks for the help re: the thing above. Being a developer of sorts I thought you might be interested in this: I began a project to build a browser toolbar extension for Misplaced Pages. Please have a look at Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Toolbar and let me know what you think. I'd be interested in your thoughts. I'm also wondering if you have any suggestions for drumming up interest in this to get more people involved in development, since I'm fairly new to browser extensions. Thanks! Equazcion •✗/C • 08:45, 24 Jan 2008 (UTC)

I don't know anything about Firefox extensions... but wouldn't bookmarklets achieve the same purpose? east.718 at 22:53, January 24, 2008

That's a distinct possibility; I didn't know about those. Equazcion •✗/C • 02:10, 25 Jan 2008 (UTC)

Carlotta Champagne

Why did you deleted Carlotta Champagne's wiki page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Didysik (talk • contribs) 08:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

"Oh that's just Libs"

Thank you for that. I nearly passed an entire piece of toast through my nose when I read that. :D although I don't see where reading, acknowledging and rm'ing a message... which was a "message blunder" in the first place... counts as a transgression minor or major... but anyhoo... Stalkers and trolls annoy the hell out of me. My Viking God stalker disagrees with consensus... disagrees with the fact that I edit by said consensus... and has been persistently trying to stir up anti-anon sentiment wherever he can to complain about me. I can't count how many WP:?s he has violated in his agenda? Sooner or later he will get bored. I hope :D . I'm just glad these sorts of "Doug and Wendys" are only allowed 20 minutes on their recess breaks to issue their complaints. I've reverted more vandalism in the past 2 days then he's done in the last year. Anti-anons puzzle me. I revert just as many "red name" vandalism-only accounts as I do IP vandals... sometimes more in any given day... and yet the anti-anons keep pressing for an account-only Misplaced Pages? If Wiki is still around around in 5 years will this still be an underlying 'evil'... probably... which is unfortunate because it goes completely opposite of what Misplaced Pages was meant for. But I digress. My horn-helmed stalker keeps using the words 'edit war'. I will just assume he doesn't know what an edit war is? Making an edit based on a community consensus... and leaving behind a detailed edit summary to boot??? I am baffled. There is actually a lot of "behind the curtain" talk that my anti-anon stalker is actually a sock, or meat, or meat inside a sock eewwwww! for another Norse "logo-ist" who has already been nabbed with his hands on another account's keyboard. The logo debate over the musician template has actually given birth to a possibility that 2 users are speaking via 4 different throats. Which is putting a black mark on the whole debate process. RCU's are almost as much of a pain in the a** as 3RR reports are. I hope reason (and account honesty) prevails. Sockpuppeteers, vandals, trolls, crufters, POV pushers, linkspammers and soapboxers and anti-anons are all scourges of quality and community on Misplaced Pages. Anyways, Libs thanks for your humour. I don't recall ever crossing paths with you before? So I owe an extra thanks that you recognised my range the most noble IP range in all Wiki :D Have a nice day!!! 156.34.142.110 (talk) 14:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You took the opposite route I did. I had an account with over 20000 edits... a few scattered FA's and a user page that been vandalised by "my fans" over 100 times. Half my edits were vandalism warnings on IP talk pages. But I always held on to the idea that the IP was just as important as the veteran user with over 20000 edits... like me. And when I saw an ever growing "anti-anon" movement... something I felt was opposite of what Wiki was for... I rejected my account I never wanted to be an admin anyways :D and sped off into the "purity" of anonymous editing. And no regrets. Thanks for the note. Have a nice day! 156.34.142.110 (talk) 23:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you help an old anon out? I am sitting out at the cottage (hense the non-156 range) and decided to do some good old fashioned editing. THe Mick Taylor article (one of my favourite guitarists) had been lowered into the realms of fansite. I decided to start a healthy "cotton-candy" cleanup and then build the article into something resembling an encyclopedia article. Problem is I've run up against a couple of newbie editors who prefer the fansite crufty version over the encyclopedic attempts. One of them is the fanbot editor who out the into into its "check yesterday" state. The other is not a regular. Both are "red name" editors. I don't know if they are the same person or not. The main one has some serious anti-anon issues(says he would contribute only if I got an account). He also may have some WP:COI issues as he claims to be an advisor for a book related to the topic. Can you help me in some way so that my contructive "do's" don't get undone by the fanclub? Thanks. Libs 142.167.73.151 (talk) 16:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Now there's an IP sock trying to buffer the cruft. Frustrating! Libs 142.167.73.151 (talk) 16:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Aha! Turns out all my adversaries were one person (caught them correcting an IP sig) I've requested some advise from a couple of auld mates as to whether an RCU should be filed. I have run up against a "false consensus" push trying to undo me. And posting very uncivil NPAs to boot. :D. Everyone likes Libs :D. Don't they? 142.167.73.151 (talk) 17:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank-spam

She won't be taken out.

Ever. Give up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hextine (talk • contribs) 04:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Pink Floyd 68

East718; I think you prematurely deleted the image I uploaded by the name in the title. It is the sister image of Pinkfloyd_50.jpg and thus requires the same tags. How to apply such tags I know not, but perhaps you could help me? I know that this image is valid for use on Misplaced Pages. --Soakologist (talk) 06:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Special DFUI

Well it seems I now have an amazing 1312 image backlog at User:East718/DFUI/Logos that would fry my computer if I tried to load it as a visual gallery. Care to run the search script again and drop in a subpage? Terms to look for would be "source, from, scan, www, http, com, net, org, info, gov, co". MBisanz 07:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Works great, thanks. Now only 600 images to play with :( One of these days I'm gonna get someone with a bot to create a sub cat (Non-free radio logos) and move a bunch of those images around. MBisanz 20:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocking on user:Hoserjoe

Thank you for assisting with your actions here. Not sure why however but your block appears not to have worked see here for edits apparently made after your block was posted. I have unblocked and then reblocked. Cheers--VS 08:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

• Okay yes my bad perhaps? I certainly see you point - I will return his edit - Your call if you want to change your block back - certainly not trying to "wheel".--VS 08:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough - will adjust back your block back though - I was also trying to be fair (and wish to be seen that way). Alt account should be blocked in my understanding otherwise isn't it just a sock?--VS 08:29, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

• Fixed - thanks again. (Would have asked earlier but you appeared off-line).--VS 08:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Please restore OrigIchatLogo.gif

Hi, you deleted a logo for the older IChat (not iChat) logo. Please restore it. It totally qualifies as fair use, as it is the icon/logo of a piece of sortware and is used to not only identify a piece of software, but to distinguish it from iChat, the Apple product.

To wit.

This is an icon of copyrighted computer software. It is believed that the exhibition of icons to illustrate or identify the computer software in question on the English-language Misplaced Pages, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Misplaced Pages or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Misplaced Pages:Non-free content and Copyrights. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodger (talk • contribs) 09:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Blinadrange

Hi East, you seem to have banned Blinarange from vandalism. To me, it doesn't seem like they engaged in any vandalism and were a good editor, the vandalism notice on their talk is from a bot and seems to be a "false positive". I don't know if there's anything else, but if it's just from the scientology page then it seems an innapropriate block.Ticklemygrits (talk) 09:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough East. They did seem to get stuck in awfully quick.Ticklemygrits (talk) 04:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

aaa life insurance should NOT redirect to aaa automotive club

AAA Life Insurance should not redirect to AAA Automotive club. They are separate companies. Please remove the redirect on AAA Life Insurance Company that is going to AAA. Thanks. --Mktgupdate (talk) 21:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Your mentorship of User:Whig

Are you still mentoring Whig? I ask because he, among other things, has filed a tendentious RFC that nearly all respondents believe is an example of vexatious litigation. Your input on his talk page, here, and here would be appreciated, as it seems that he is within a hair's breadth of exhausting the patience of the community. Cheers, Skinwalker (talk) 21:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Vanderhye Photo

Hello... I noticed that you deleted the image Image:Vanderhye.jpg citing bad justification, and indicated you had contacted the uploader 48 hours prior. I was the person who uploaded the image, at the request of the elected official pictured, and can attest to not being notified prior to the image's deletion. It is the same photo visible on her campaign website at www.vanderhye.com. She is an elected official and gave me permission to post her picture on the wikipedia article. Could you help me clean up my rationale to make it conform to wikipedia image uploading standards? Thank you! --IsaacSarver 01:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I was reading Criterion 12 under the unacceptable use policy you directed me to. Specifically the section that states "pictures of people still alive, groups still active, and buildings still standing; provided that taking a new free picture as a replacement (which is almost always considered possible) would serve the same encyclopedic purpose as the non-free image. However, for some retired or disbanded groups, or retired individuals whose notability rests in large part on their earlier visual appearance, a new picture may not serve the same purpose as an image taken during their career."

This makes me wonder... what constitutes a new free picture? If I used my own camera to take a photo of her at her office specifically for the article, and then uploaded it to the same location, would that be a free picture? Your assistance in better understanding copyright and public domain issues. --IsaacSarver 23:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem... Thank you for being patient through this process. I figured out that was a possibility because a friend uploaded a similar image, a picture taken by him, then released it under license on Creigh Deed's page. I'll do the same, and might try and clean up similar pages for current Virginia politicians in the process. Look forward to seeing your work around the wiki. --IsaacSarver 00:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

I wish to thank you for being supportive of my effort to regain my adminship. Though it was not successful, your support was still very much appreciated. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. Thank you!--MONGO 17:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Need some help

hey East, if you don't mind can you block this guy. User talk:81.205.3.84 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marty Rockatansky (talk • contribs) 01:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Undeletion request

Can I get all the deleted images from User:Whoasuckaa User:McTrixie User:RemembertheAFL undeleted? They seem to have left the project, left images with sources, but no backlinks,a nd the images got hosed. Won't be able to tell which are which till I see the undeletions, but will CSD any lacking sources. I've finished all the DFUI/Logos/custom images and am now branching out, thanks. MBisanz 03:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Much obliged, just finished correcting what I could, good 40 images saved. MBisanz 07:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Email address

Ah, I thought I'd removed that myself a while ago, but obviously I hadn't. Thanks anyway for the heads up. ≈ The Haunted Angel 03:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

TOR block of 121.7.90.106

Hey, I noticed that you've blocked 121.7.90.106, as a TOR node, which, it is no longer. I was wondering, if you'd consider either allowing me to unblock it, or, unblocking it yourself please. SQL 09:41, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Lil Wayne

Hi East, I know you did a superb job expanding Dedication 2 after surviving AfD. There's a similar situation with Da Drought 3 and The Drought Is Over Pt. 4 at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Da Drought 3 (2nd nomination). This is not at all meant to be a canvassing message, I just think it's worth bringing this to your attention. At the moment, I'm neutral with regards to the tapes. I generally favor keeping if it can expand and if it's official, but with all the mixtapes in Lil Wayne discography, it's hard to tell which ones are official. Spellcast (talk) 12:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

category:critics of Islam at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review

I listed the category:critics of Islam that you deleted in Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. I cannot think of a good reason to delete it, except that it is not clear whom to include and who not, but clearly this is the most appropriate category for people like Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Geert Wilders who became famous mainly because of their criticism of Islam. If you know a better category for them then please let me know. I cannot think of one. Andries (talk) 14:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Jade small.png

Why the hell did you delete this image?!? --MrStalker  21:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Er, no it's fair use. And if you think it's copyvio, why the hell did you delete it per CSD I1?!? --MrStalker  21:46, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I can't help notice you didn't answer my question. --MrStalker  21:55, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Nah, it's not pointless, it got your attention. Does it matter if it's used in mainspace or not? The large image I don't exactly where it was used but the small one I used for my userbox which I liked very much. Isn't that allowed? Ubisoft as granted permission for use of shots of their software for any purpose, so I don't see the problem. --MrStalker  09:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Why erasing this ?

Hi, i just want to know why you erase my article ? http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Search?search=Nicolas+Frespech&go=Go

It was just waiting for a tranlation of the french version ! It's not fair(e) ?

Nicolas http://fr.wikipedia.org/Nicolas_Frespech

nicolas@frespech.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.246.252.228 (talk) 21:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Nicholas! The English Misplaced Pages has stricter standards for inclusion than the French Misplaced Pages, and you don't seem to meet those. If you still disagree, you can pursue redress at deletion review. east.718 at 21:54, January 27, 2008

Deletion Review for Image:Jade small.png

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:Jade small.png. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. MrStalker  23:06, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Image:BGE ART 02.jpg

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:BGE ART 02.jpg. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. MrStalker  23:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

About Bishonen.

About this, I just checked the policy and noticed that it said "recommends," not "requires."

I still do think it's in somewhat poor taste, but yeah, my posting on ANI is a waste of space and a waste of your time. In order to avoid any of either of those, and further self-humiliation, would you mind if I moved it into the archives? ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 00:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It's been moved. I apologize for my poor reading comprehension and tendency to do stupid shit like that. It's been moved. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 00:29, 28 January 2008 (UTC) Because I hadn't slept and have a tendency to read into things. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 10:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

More image requests

East, if it isn't too hard, could I get the deleted images for User:CrazyLegsKC, User:Vargklo, User:Caldorwards2, User:Buttreyfood, and User:Caldorwards4 to User:MBisanz/Logos? PS: I have no idea how time consuming what I'm asking is to you, so if it takes more than 5 minutes, just let me know and I'll wait till I'm an admin someday to tackle this sort of stuff. MBisanz 05:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll be hitting them this evening and will leave you a note when I'm done. Didn't realize about the confusion, but yea seeing an image in a non-existent ancient deletion category probably would've confused me. MBisanz 19:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Ok the images commented to the top can be deleted. I'm still working on the lower list. MBisanz 05:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Done, listed images can be re-deleted. Thanks. MBisanz 07:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Gripen pix

I see you removed some Gripen pix from the entry. May I ask why? They were new and arguably unique. Zerbet (talk) 07:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response...

Could we not can them at the alternative locaions and leave them on the Gripen site? They would arguably do more good there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zerbet (talk • contribs) 08:04, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DVR Poker Hall of Fame

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:Poker Hall of Fame. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Balloonman (talk) 08:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Delete Governor Foster photo

I noticed that you deleted the photo of former Louisiana Governor Mike Foster. The info "claims" that the uploader (me) was notified more than 48 hours before it was deleted. I've not noted any such notice anywhere. Also could you please explain what was wrong with the photo info or justification I put as well as what would be acceptable? Could it also be that maybe you had this photo confused with a totally different photo of the same person that had VERY recently been deleted that was uploaded by another user. I never did get to see what was wrong that other photo. I can only assume that it was rightfully deleted, which was why I uploaded a different photo that I thought was within policies. Sf46 (talk) 22:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

deleted image

U deleted one of the image before I could even post the link for the licensing... http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Image:Amblem_HRM.jpg&action=submit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mic of orion (talk • contribs)

Hey East

Here is a message about a concerned user that was accidentally placed on your userpage. the_undertow 02:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

My monobook.js page

I want to import a script. Can I? --Gp75motorsports 14:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

TheJosh's Recentchanges patrol script. --Gp75motorsports 00:47, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Also known to download freaks like myself as:

importScript('User:TheJosh/Scripts/RecentChangesPatrol.js');

--Gp75motorsports 00:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm editing from my PS3' crappy browser, but I'll be using it before I wake up tomorrow, I'm sure. Happy editing! --Gp75motorsports 19:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High_400.jpg

image:Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High_400.jpg was properly documented as a FU image. Why'd that get deleted? --evrik  14:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I have a question re: improper admin etiquette

This message was left on my static page. I have re-read the conversation in question and do not see where very obvious humour/sarcasm are uncivil. I carried on a very "conversational" conversation with an editor and ended most my posts with "Have a nice day", which is how I end many talk page posts. The other "conversationalist" was very uncivil in most of his replies and actually posted the comment "Calling a counter-vandalism tool "anti-IP biased" is like calling rat poision "anti-rat biased" ". But I can't see where the admin who chided me has issued any sort of similar post in the direction of the other editor? I am not so familiar with this particular admin. Are you aware of any "register-user-only" leanings? It is very "out of the blue", unsettling and very "Anti-Misplaced Pages"... if you catch my drift. I can be nice and rm the "no agf for idiots" note from my header.. most people already know that I don't Could you give me some direction as to what sort of direction I would take? I would politely ask the admin myself what he felt ws uncivil... but he seems to think my "polite" is uncivil so I don't want to stir up anything that would have a negative result. Thanks and have a nice day! 156.34.219.91 (talk) 14:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Why is my picture deleted?

I read the reason, but still I do not get it. Should I explain the context of the article where the picture is needed? Thanks! Benjamin, Holland —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.221.45.67 (talk) 18:06, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Do you have the name of the image on hand? east.718 at 21:25, January 29, 2008

Image question

One of the images I didn't add back was the Caterpillar Inc. logo, since it was commented out by Mike Godwin as an office action. In these cases should the logo itself be oversighted or somehow specially tagged when deleted (it was originally deleted as being an unused image through the normal process)? MBisanz 21:01, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Block of John Travolta IP vandal

Hi, I've just blocked him for 3 hours without seeing your 3 year block. DO you know something I don't? --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 00:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I was sure I saw a 3-year in his block log, but then I didn't know you ran a Bot either. No harm done. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 10:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Image undeletion

Is there any reason you undeleted Image:1129price club.jpg, Image:Brokerage retail 002.jpg, Image:Freeholdnj.jpg, Image:Lil JJ.jpg, and Image:Montgomery Ward logo.gif? None of the pages has an image attached to it -- they're just image description pages. --Carnildo (talk) 02:48, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Mistake at WP:RFP

The editors are not acting in bad faith, they are mistaken. The pages I listed need to be protected immediately.--STX 03:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Pong

Someone else cleared it up. It had to do with image backlogs. Thanks for the reply tho. :) Lara❤Love 04:46, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Undeletion request for Template Fiume

Hi, would you mind undeleting this one: it comes in very handy when translating articles from the Italian Misplaced Pages. Thanks. —Ian Spackman (talk) 09:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

UFC 84

A discussion is happening right now on the fate of UFC 84. Because the outcome of this discussion could affect other MMA event pages and how/when they are created, your input would be greatly appreciated. The discussion is happening here. Thank you for your assistance! Gromlakh (talk) 17:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hi. Would you please tell me a bit more about this block (Blinadrange). You mention checkuser but you are not listed as having checkuser privs and there is no clue in the user's talk page history either. Thanks. --JustaHulk (talk) 18:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

OK. Just so I am clear on the jargon, by "checkuser" you mean an admin with checkuser privs, right? Stupid question, I know but the only real stupid question is the one that you do not ask. Thanks. --JustaHulk (talk) 18:28, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Checkup on my reversion progress

Am I doing a good job reverting vandalism so far? I need to know so I can know what I'm doing wrong and what I'm doing right. I'm trying to be the next RickK, see. --Gp75motorsports 19:21, 30 January 2008 (UTC)