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David Martyn

Sometimes WP amuses me - usually regarding my own behaviour. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

In December I was looking at the Founding Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, and was surprised to find so many red links, including David Martyn. It didn't take long to find David Forbes Martyn, so I created David Martyn as a redirect to David Forbes Martyn. (There was some reason why I couldn't move DFM to DM). A week ago, LlywelynII turned it into a dab/hndis page, without a dab or hndis template. About 48 hours ago, Dawynn added the dab template. About 24 hours ago, a bot added the "incoming links template; 30 or more links". What I should have done is what I originally did, and what you subsequently did.

Moral: Engage brain and think first, rather than don't think, engage auto-pilot, and achieve nothing particularly useful. Or worse: and achieve an even bigger mess. Ho hum. Pdfpdf (talk) 16:16, 26 February 2013 (UTC) (P.S. Once again: Thank you!)

I could see there'd been a lot of action! It looks to me as if he probably ought to be moved from DFM to plain DM - you might like to do a WP:RM for it as you're familiar with Australian scientists? PamD 17:00, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

That's not a bad idea. Thanks. Pdfpdf (talk) 18:01, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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Camp Arcadia Stub

Thanks for the information on where to place stubs. Cheers. Mfribbs (talk) 14:18, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Jonathan Hampton

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Thanks for Catching Mistake

Hi PamD!

Sorry about my mistake on Seán Óg Ó Ciardubháin. I remember unchecking the "stub" box when I realized it was already marked as a stub but I guess it didn't go through. Plus, I've been having an off day. Sorry again and thanks for letting me know. Hope that was the only case.

Sosthenes12 (talk) 20:23, 18 March 2013 (UTC)Sosthenes12

Thanks for Catching Mistake

Hi PamD!

Sorry about my mistake on Seán Óg Ó Ciardubháin. I remember unchecking the "stub" box when I realized it was already marked as a stub but I guess it didn't go through. Plus, I've been having an off day. Sorry again and thanks for letting me know. Hope that was the only case.

Sosthenes12 (talk) 20:24, 18 March 2013 (UTC)Sosthenes12

A cookie for you!

I wish I could give you a real cookie to say sorry but this will have to do! Thanks for all your work! Sosthenes12 (talk) 20:26, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

William Sutton Polstrada

Well spotted! That was quite a plausible-looking one at first glance. I had just done final checks and was reaching for the delete button, but Anthony Bradbury got there first. JohnCD (talk) 21:34, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. The first thing which made me suspicious, though of copyvio rather than anything else, was the reference numbers. And then it was odd that Googling couldn't find the source text (I'd picked a line with "Polstrada" in it - unwise in the circs!). The photo wasn't from any source (the editor's family album I guess). I looked for the two "famous" books in COPAC, and couldn't find either: alarm bells ringing. It seemed highly unlikely that someone I'd never heard of was the second best British writer since 1945, in 2008, but I persisted (the joys of online public library access to The Times) and found Orwell... ! It shouldn't have taken such a lot of time and energy, but I'm pleased to have cracked it. PamD 21:44, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Last night I was seriously wondering whether to quit Misplaced Pages after a run-in with unco-operative editors and what felt like general stupidity and unhelpfulness. I'm now feeling more cheerful - that quest was fun! PamD 21:49, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, zapping a hoax is very satisfying, particularly when it is got rid of within hours like that. Have a look at this AfD - that one survived a couple of months, and I had a lead because the same author had an earlier hoax, but it was an interesting one to check out. JohnCD (talk) 22:16, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

added the copyleft code to the page in question

I have added the copy left emblem to the bottom of the page in question, let me know if you would like anything else to prove my existence :), and the ownership of ANY of the text I post The Domain http://hillbillgold.com, and all subdomains do in fact belong to me, and I hereby give Misplaced Pages any and all right to link to any text on this domain. Hillbelly (talk) 11:36, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

The inconspicuous and unlinked "Copyleft" symbol at http://hillbillyhomepage.hillbillygold.com/ contradicts the wording on the site which says "All rights reserved", which makes it all somewhat confusing. I see that the Hillbilly jamboree has now been deleted. If you re-create it using the same material apparently copied from the Hillbilly site I expect another editor will query it or deleted it, just the same. Material must not be added to Misplaced Pages if it cannot then be freely re-used for all purposes including commercial purposes, subject only to proper attribution. If it is copied from a site labelled "All rights reserved", it cannot be so re-used. If you want to put that material into Misplaced Pages, please see the second paragraph of the copyright message on your talk page, and follow it through. Thanks. PamD 14:50, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Apparently deciding that Misplaced Pages would provide a wider audience for his information, the owner of Hillbillygold.com has deleted all content from the Hillbilly Jamboree page on his own site in order to avoid any copyright issue. I'm not sure that is a valid move, but we clearly can no longer verify any copyright violations. WikiDan61_ReadMe!! 15:40, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Interesting! Thanks for rewriting it with fewer capitals and fewer links. PamD 15:51, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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Jayadevp13 (talk) 16:23, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

You took a lot of efforts in pointing out the mistakes I made. You do have good patience and a determination to maintain the standards of Misplaced Pages. Now take this hot cup of coffee and forgive me for my disruptive edits. Once again Sorry! Jayadevp13 (talk) 05:33, 22 March 2013 (UTC)