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• If you are here to complain about something I deleted please tell me the name of the specific article.

It should go without saying that trolling, vandalism, and personal attacks will be promptly removed. Thanks. IrishGuy

Proving a point

I'm sure you're aware of the bloody stupid conspiracy theorising about red signatures on your talk over at Misplaced Pages Review at the moment. As it's getting on my nerves, here's another red signature for you. Continue with the good work, I have no reason to think you're doing anything wrong. W-Love is a douche 22:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

OK. I just read that thread. Frankly, I've a pretty good idea who "Wikilove" is since he knew to search for an anonymous trolling comment that was deleted twenty minutes after it was posted.

Most of what he says is complete nonsense. As you pointed out, redlinks simply mean a userpage wasn't created (or was removed for some reason). A simple glance at the block logs for the various "redlinks" will show that none of them are blocked and therefore are in no way erased. A quick glance at the recent changes will show many redlinked usernames. Those users never bothered to create a userpage. It is fairly common.

I never tagged images uploaded by Hazer789. His one sentence article about himself was deleted numerous times. That I did do, but I never tagged any images. I don't generally do image deletions.

CandyLovesVampires wasn't "deleted as a sock". CandyLovesVampires isn't even blocked. She is, however, a sock. Under three different accounts she word-for-word recreated an article about herself and how she aspires to one day be a writer. That is a noble goal and should she acheive it, she may warrant an article. She just doesn't right now.

As for me "driving" users away. I'm not seeing it. He claimed that Glsvensson left. That editor's contributions show edits far after any comments left on this page. Cleary, the editor didn't leave. He/she even stated "I'll try again tomorrow" which is in no way a threat of leaving.

The redlinked user who was deleted AfD's (217.42.46.119) was warned repeatedly by numerous users and is now blocked for blanking the article and the AfD. He created the article and rather than argue in the AfD, he prefers to try and make it simply disappear. That is hardly a user who "clearly doesn't know the procedure for". Check his talk page. He knows the procedure, he just didn't care.

The band deletion conversation actually stretches back to a previously archived page here. The reasons were given and in her response, she even admitted "I accept your argument about promoting Rhythm Knowledge". How is his "driving a user away"?

Frankly, I'm pretty sure "Wikilove" is this guy and he has been harassing me and other users for months. He even got his college IP range blocked for weeks. Most everything he has posted on that site is directly refuted by actually looking at contributions and/or examining the entire conversation of a talk page...not simply cherry picking a sentence or two and claiming useful editors were driven away.

Thanks for dropping me a line about it. It was amusing to read the thread. Paranoid little guy, isn't he? IrishGuy 23:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Red Sox External Links

Hi, I restored a couple of the links you removed from the Red Sox page because WP:EL allows for blogs written by knowlegable sources to be used as external links. Black Harry (T|C) 19:08, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

deletion of my website.

I have no problem with your deleting my website link, however, Safety Bath (whose products I carry) has a link their site. May I ask what the difference is? Is this link to a variety of models more acceptable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheWalkInBathtubStore (talk • contribs)

Adding links to your own website is spamming. Please read WP:COI, WP:EL, and WP:SPAM. IrishGuy 19:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, neglected to inform what article I was referring to in the above message - Walk-In Bathtub

I was not trying to alter my search engine rankings, btw.

Okay, I get it. No problem. Odd though that the picture now showing is from Safety Bath, as is the link. Perhaps there is a chance that whomever posted both was just a little less forthright about their identity than was I. My revised article is much more accurate, however, and definitely not an advert. Have a good day. 19:31, 26 May 2007 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheWalkInBathtubStore (talk • contribs)

I noticed that the previous editor changed the link to a commercial link. I reverted it back to the original external link. IrishGuy 19:47, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Justin Heckert

I see other journalists with pages. I'd just like to know how to have one that keeps with the quality standards of this site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinheckert (talk • contribs)

As noted in the conflict of interest guidelines, if you are notable, someone else will eventually write an article about you. Misplaced Pages is not a venue for you to advertise yourself. IrishGuy 19:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Stephen Durnan

You deleted my page, Stephen Durnan. You say he is not notable and your also say that there are problems with unverified information. Do you have an article about the bible or Jesus? Show me the proof that Jesus existed! I doubt you can yet the page is here in the Encyclopedia. I am Eric Durnan, great grandson to Stephen Durnan, who is an ancestor to many Durnans in this country. For those doing research on the Durnan name, many would be happy to come across the article on their ancestor which does contain documented fact that goes along with the "verbal history" that is handed down. I think I am quite qualified to write this article and I believe that this article would be quite useful to a great many people researching about someone. By no uncertain terms in Stephen Durnan the only ancestor found in this encyclopedia. Durnan is not the only surname found in this excyclopedia either. I would appreciate your restoring the page or removing all unverified individuals from this encyclopedia. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain cannibas75 (talk • contribs)

It was deleted under A7 which is a non-notable person. While you may question the veracity of the Jesus article, you cannot claim that Jesus made no mark on history. Durnan is important to you personally, but that doesn't make him encyclopedic in a larger way. Misplaced Pages is not a personal genealogical site. Beyond the non-notability, you shouldn't be authoring that article as you have a clear conflict of interest. IrishGuy 20:26, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I have asked for a review of your decision with all due respect.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain cannibas75 (talk • contribs)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Stephen_Durnan. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Captain cannibas75 21:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

There is no deletion review for that article. IrishGuy 21:07, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure? I submitted one.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain cannibas75 (talk • contribs)

OK. Now I'm seeing it. You didn't create the request until after you posted here. IrishGuy 21:16, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I didn't realize that it asked me to type the letters into the box proving I'm not a bot. It did sit there for a second. Like I said in my request, I am fairly new at this.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain cannibas75 (talk • contribs)

Oh, it's fine. I just didn't see it at first because it didn't show for a few minutes after you posted this. No problem at all :) IrishGuy 21:21, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

May I kindly ask you mean by this? He has the material since after putting it up for review, he went ahead and recreated it word-for-word at Stephen durnan. IrishGuy talk 00:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I am new here, I am flying by the seat of my pants. I put it up for review, but there didn't appear to be any article for review. I reposted it as it was originally written with the tag that I read about that stated the article was up for deletion. Did I do something wrong? How will others be able to discuss my article if it isn't there for their review? Is there something I'm missing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain cannibas75 (talk • contribs)

Deleted articles can be viewed by admins, it need not be recreated. I noted that since you had already recreated it, you appear to have all the material and it need not be emailed to you. IrishGuy 00:17, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I didn't know that. Thank you. I didn't realize that I re-created it at Stephen durnan. I thought I recreated it at Stephen Durnan. I didn't know that there was a difference. Yes, I do have the article as I ran it through my WP program for spelling. Like I said, I'm still learning. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain cannibas75 (talk • contribs)

Thanks

thanks for removing vandalism from my page ♥Fighting for charming Love♥ 21:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem at all. IrishGuy 21:45, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Kyle Hamilton Revert

Irishguy, In fact, you are quite correct. As you can see from the history of the page in question, I had three edits before yours and two after. I initially tagged the page for speedy deletion given it appeared to be gibberish, then realized it in fact had been a "legal page" prior to several acts of vandalism. I was attempting to correct my speedy deletion errors and reverted to what I thought was the last proper revision (which ended up being the disambiguation page). I then re-edited the page because the page I reverted to did not have the disambiguation phrase at the end of the page. During all of that you had created a valid edit that I did not see. My intention was never to revert any changes you had made, but to revert to a version of page that did not have any vandalism on it. I apologize for any confusion I caused. Grimey109 00:07, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

OK. No problem. I thought you were calling my revert vandalism. Apparently, I was incorrect. Apologies for the miscommunication. IrishGuy 00:09, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I never meant to get into a dispute or anything else regarding the use of alink to the website safetybtah.com in the walk in bathtub article, however, since you indicate that there is to be no advertising, etc, I am wondering why it is that the link to wasauna.com continu=es to be allowed. I would not have placed a link to safetybath if I had not seena link to wasauna.

Can you explain why their link should be allowed and not that of safetybath? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krushen (talk • contribs)

You were only editing that article to advertise safetybath. That is the only article you have edited. The existing link is to an informational page whereas you were altering the link to point to your site which is expressely commercial. IrishGuy 22:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikthink

I've protected his talk to shut him up for 23 hours. --Steve _(Stephen) 00:11, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

That works. Although one should always assume good faith, I feel fairly confident that if/when he returns he will go about the same behavior and earn himself an indef. IrishGuy 00:12, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

If he comes back at all. We'll see. It's a shame when folks get off to such a bad start. Have fun. --Steve _(Stephen) 00:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I think he is a sock. The talk page he AfD'd, Enthogenesis, wasn't a user who tagged either of his articles. A few of the articles Wikthink threw speedy tags on were articles that Enthogenesis had edited. It seemed personal. IrishGuy 00:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

He also used AfD tags, whereas all of his articles were speedy-tagged. That means he had to have learned about AfD somewhere before. Corvus cornix 01:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

True. While he didn't actually complete the AfD process he knew enough to slap those tags on articles. That doesn't seem like the work of a brand new user. IrishGuy 01:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

He was slapping AfD tags on articles I had edited, including Enthogenesis's Talk page. Corvus cornix 01:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

So it was you he was trailing? IrishGuy 01:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Apparently, in retaliation for my speedy noming one of his articles. Corvus cornix 17:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Does he remind you of anyone you may have come across before? IrishGuy 21:36, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand this at all

Hello. I made an article about a uk guitarist called Charlie Mead. It used a website and album sleeves as source material, no text was directly copied from them I must stress. The images used were not under copyright. So why on earth did you delete that article, I'd like to know as I see no justification for it and if there was then I need to know as to avoid it in the future. Cheers Andy Savaurino Andysavourino 02:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC).

As noted in the deletion log, it was speedy deleted as an A7 deletion: article about a person, group, company, or website that does not assert the importance of the subject. Frankly, I tried to search for this person and came up with nothing. This is a non-notable person. IrishGuy 02:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I still can't understand what I'm doing wrong?

The person I was writting about has had airplay in the UK, has a website, played at numerous gigs around the UK and sold albums via his bands website (although it was not officially recognised at the time by the UK charts). There was an article about him on here for months, I edited it and then you deleted the entire thing. As far as I'm concerned he, and the band are worth a small mention. I mean it's one page about an interesting person. Andy Savourino — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andysavourino (talk • contribs)

While you may find the person interesting, he fails WP:NOTE and WP:BAND across the board. Many unsigned bands sell music through the internet...that doesn't make them notable. IrishGuy 03:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Notability

He is very notable in his local community a town with a population of more than 100,000 people, I would assume is notable in the surrounding towns aswell. I thought the Misplaced Pages rules say if they're of notability in their local communities that warrents an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andysavourino (talk • contribs)

The notability guidelines state nothing of the kind. IrishGuy 19:38, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

=GAYlordpoor

I would suggest he is a username violation: first, it's offensive and second it's disruptive (it's impossible to link to). HalfShadow 20:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

White Sox

No, you don't get it. IM CREATING A HISTORY ARTICLE THAT YOU DELETED. IT'S MEANT TO BE THERE. I'M REMOVING IRRELEVANT SECTIONS. SEE HERE AND LET IT STAY Soxrock 20:58, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

No, the article isn't meant to be there. There is no reason to fork the bulk of the White Sox article. You have gained no consensus for such an overtaking. Stop. IrishGuy 20:59, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I did this for many NFL articles. This is simply meant to help reduce article size. Soxrock 21:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Again, you have not created any level of discussion before undertaking this. Stop. IrishGuy 21:01, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Whatever, when I propose, I'm sure to get the thumbs up. Soxrock 21:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Now, how can this work out. This is now out for vote. Soxrock 21:16, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

David LaBounty

I do not understand why you have deleted the above referenced entry. David LaBounty is an accomplished and published author. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sethmnorman (talk • contribs)

No, he has published a single book with a vanity publisher that has existed since last year and he has published poetry online. None of this meets WP:NOTE. IrishGuy 21:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Just Recently Aware of Blocking Policy @ Misplaced Pages

I was just recently informed about the blocking policy at Misplaced Pages. Sorry for any confusion and/or disruption this may have caused. But I would like to say this. When I see a user misusing Misplaced Pages, I take measures that may seem a bit harsh but are needed to keep Misplaced Pages clean and as educational as possible. Redsox04 22:34, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

"History of..." pages

Please my post at Talk:Chicago White Sox. --Ksy92003 (talk) 22:38, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying. IrishGuy 22:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Well actually, I changed my mind entirely. When I first came to edit, I was actually logged in at my high school, Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. At the time, I thought it was a good idea. But when I got home and turned my computer on, I thought about this to myself. And that's when I realized that this wasn't really necessary. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. But I'm sure that you will back me up on this... right? --Ksy92003 (talk) 22:44, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Of course :) IrishGuy 22:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

So, what's your opinion on this? Why do you think a separate article shouldn't be created? This way, I can back you up, as well. --Ksy92003 (talk) 22:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

My opinion is the same as what you wrote: I think people come to Chicago White Sox to learn about the team...past and present. Reading it chronologically in one place makes far more sense then being sent to other articles. Other baseball articles do it this way: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, etc. There is no basis for breaking it down as the other article don't do this at all. IrishGuy 22:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Again on the subject of deletion...

Again I'm here to talk about the deletion of my article on charlie mead. The only independent source I can find on the web (via google) was at http://www.hantsbands.co.uk/pages/banddetail.asp?ID=2448 which gives a very brief band profile. I still feel as locally he is very well known and I believe made a large contribution to the local young music scene, by working with many artists which is how I know him; That he deserves an article on Misplaced Pages. The point of Misplaced Pages is to inform and educate people and I feel that people would like to know more about this person. I have a copy of a newsletter which had an article about the man. Again I don't know if this counts as an official document.

Can you please give me a couple of examples of criteria I need for a locally based musician. He has a cult fanbase, but I don't know if that's enough.

Thanks for your time, Andy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andysavourino (talk • contribs)

He must meet the criteria at WP:NOTE and WP:BIO or WP:BAND. Thus far, he doesn't. IrishGuy 01:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Persistent

little buggers aren't they! --Steve _(Stephen) 03:48, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

No kidding. :) IrishGuy 05:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Irishguy

Check out the deletion log. The page is now salted. :-P Nishkid64 (talk) 16:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

His other edit was interesting, too. :) IrishGuy 16:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Wow Irishguy I didn't think you'd become so popular! See this charming little page as well... hiarious aren't they? :) Majorly (talk | meet) 17:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm. Apparently I was born in hell but I have the same problem as the "Catholic Almighty God". Interesting conundrum... IrishGuy 17:12, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Some people don't know when to quit

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:N00bchild&oldid=134614131 San Diablo 18:03, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Eyes On Me {disambiguation)

Was that just a coincidence that I had marked it CSD (G7) with {{db-author}} then within two minutes you deleted it? Fayenatic london (talk) 22:19, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I was looking through the CSD and noticed it. IrishGuy 22:22, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks. 'Night all! - Fayenatic london (talk) 23:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Speedytag2

I tagged the template by mistake, can you restore please? I meant to tag the redirect in my userspace. Thanks in advance! Evilclown93 00:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Same with Template:RfA-conom. Evilclown93 00:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem. :) IrishGuy 00:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

This isn't showing up in CSD. Can you delete for me also, please? Evilclown93 01:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Got it. IrishGuy 03:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Destruction of Tommorow

Recreated again, so I've blocked him for that, and not being able to spell "Tomorrow." --Steve _(Stephen) 00:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

It is two users (or socks) taking turns creating it. Crakitoa and Zeelo. IrishGuy 01:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed the other guy too. I've added it to WP:PT --Steve _(Stephen) 01:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

You've deleted my article on Picardism

I find that terribly insulting. Bizarre and ridiculous as the religion (and article) may seem, Picardism is my religion, and I find it a major insult to my person to delete it. I'm assuming you're a good person, as many administrators on wikipedia are, so I'd like to know if there's a consensus we could agree upon. I'd appreciate it if you'd comment back on my talk page. Picardism 01:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

While it may be your religion Misplaced Pages is not for things made up in school one day. The article was nonsense and therefore was deleted as such. IrishGuy 01:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

That is an extremely insulting thing to say! Picardism is not 'something I made up in school one day!' I wouldn't dare insult something you held important in such a way, no matter how stupid it sounded to me. I assumed you were a good person, and I came asking to talk. You've clearly shown the opposite. I know just how you would react if I came to you slandering your religion and mocking you for your beliefs--it is repulsive to think that you would be so rude as to call my very way of life 'nonsense.' The very nature of such comments enthralls an unmitigated gall! I demand you retract such statements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Picardism (talk • contribs)

Why don't you find somewhere else to play, OK? IrishGuy 02:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I intend to 'find somewhere else to play,' as you so eloquently put it. I'm taking this to a higher authority. Picardism 02:40, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to seek deletion review. IrishGuy 02:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Well Done

User:Destructo 087/Userboxes/Hiddenpage

Re: West Texas Whirlwinds

You removed them from the American Basketball Association (2000-) page, saying that they are a "non-team (per website)". Well, I have two links on the official website which say they are a team . I hope you see now. Tom Danson 14:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

On the list of current teams they aren't listed. IrishGuy 18:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, they are (It's been updated)-right at the very bottom. Tom Danson 01:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I see it now. Odd. It wasn't there yesterday. IrishGuy 02:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Harvest Moon Cocktail

Hey, I reverted your prod on Harvest Moon Cocktail since it has been prod'd already. The correct thing to do is to take it to AFD which I did already for you. You might want to weigh in on why you want it deleted. Postcard Cathy 14:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Alaska y Dinarama

Hi Irishguy,

Would you like to give me a hand working on Alaska y Dinarama? It's currently redirecting to Fangoria. Since Fangoria is a new act that came from Alaska y Dinarama (CDs are released under different names) I'd like to create A+D its own page. Would you like to help?

Joseph — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph77057 (talk • contribs)

You are simply duplicating the information from the Fangoria article. A redirect works fine in that instance. IrishGuy 19:58, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I will make the necessary changes so it's not duplicating the info from that article. Sorry about that. - Joseph

EliteBlondeSociety

Which of the 473 e-mails from the three accounts do you want?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 23:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

LOL. Frankly, I believe you completely but if you would like to forward a couple that is fine with me. IrishGuy 23:02, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure if I can. I have certain key words filtered so they may not be sent properly.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 23:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. IrishGuy 23:15, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Mark Johnson

Irishguy,

You deleted my company profile page yesterday - Instantiations. I modeled that page after an active company profile (Genuitec) In fact, there are a number of other company profile pages that are identical in format to the one I submitted that weren't deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/JetBrains http://en.wikipedia.org/Klocwork http://en.wikipedia.org/Fortify_Software http://en.wikipedia.org/Parasoft

I really hope you reconsider and retore my page; or at least restore it and point out what you object to so that I can correct it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdjohns5 (talk • contribs)

You are attempting to use Misplaced Pages to bring publicity to your company and sell your products. That isn't what Misplaced Pages is for. Please read WP:COI and feel free to pursue deletion review if you would like to. IrishGuy 23:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Would it be better/easier for me to create a new page without objectionable content...following the examples of the companies I reference above?

Double standards with external links

There are now only two websites in the world which are dedicated to Quentin Crisp. One of these www.crisperanto.org has not one but two links on his page. Yet when I try to add a link to the second www.quentincrisp.info you will not allow this. I do not wish to be associated with this site, it goes against what Quentin Stood for his whole life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.27.15.61 (talk • contribs)

Complaint

I wish to complain about the seeming vendetta you have against me. I realise that you feel sensitive about "Plastic Paddy" and I can understand why, but that does not justify accusations of trolling and random deletions of my comments. I have refuted your accusations of my being illogical and inconsistent but to little avail. You also accused me of Pope bashing when I spoke favourably of Pius VI.

It might be helpful if I reiterated where I am coming from, so to speak. I live in the Republic of Ireland and am a member of the Church of Ireland and of Fine Gael. I am a graduate of two universities, one a major league institution where I obtained a degree in history. I recently retired after a long career in management. And yet I see my various of my valid comments deleted, whilst semi-literate rants, often with obscene language, are allowed to remain. Examples are "Iamlondon's" reference to a "fucking list", and another reference to expelling "anglo saxton heretics" (sic) from Ireland (ref Bobby Sands). To take a specific example of a deletion of one of my comments (twice in fact), let me refer you to the one about the Boston Irish failing to support their team against Bolivia at soccer. My source was "The Irish Times", which commented on a feeling of being let down. This was deleted, but the ill-informed rants of others are allowed to remain. My comment about Charles de Gaulle's Irish ancestry was also deleted.

As a matter of interest I belong to another discussion forum, that of the Church of Ireland. I am always treated with courtesy and respect there, and the administator has told me that he appreciates my comments. But that particular Forum does not include semi-literate, ill-educated ranters.

I must add that for all our differences, I am not accusing you personally of being ill-educated, ill-informed or ranting. Far from it. But what I find hard to understand is why the main Misplaced Pages main articles are almost invariably sound and scholarly, whilst many of the comments are hopelessly unencyclopedic.

Millbanks

This comment has nothing whatsoever to do with the article. It is merely another opportunity for you to attack Reagan and Clinton for claiming Irish roots. I chose that single example because it sums up what you do here. You stated: As a matter of interest I belong to another discussion forum... that is the point - this isn't a discussion forum. It is an encyclopedia. The article talk pages are for discussing the improvements of articles...period. They are not a place to argue your own POV about others. IrishGuy 18:07, 3 June 2007 (UT

i) It says "discussion" at the top of the page;

ii) Pointing out de Gaulle's Irish ancestry is not attacking Clinton or Reagan.

iii) You seem to have ignored all the other points I've raised.

Millbanks 86.41.149.8 21:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Discussion for the articles. Please read WP:TALK. You will note at the top in very bold letters it says: Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views. As for the de Gaulle commenet you said: He was twice as Irish as Ronald Reagan, and eighteen times as Irish as Bill Clinton. and that most assuredly is attacking Reagan and Clinton because it has nothing to do with de Gaulle at all. It was just another instance of you taking an opportunity to take jabs at people you don't like. You didn't make any other points. There is nothing more to respond to. You are trolling and you know it. Stop. IrishGuy 21:26, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

I am not trolling. I was merely showing how Irish de Gaulle was, and citing comparators to prove my point. I have reservations about Reagan, not because he was only one eighth Irish but because of his economic policies. I admire Clinton, and would have voted for him were I American, especially because of the good work he did in the north of Ireland. BUT I am still aggrieved that you home in on my contributions with great vigour, and leave illiterate, obscene and ill-informed comments alone. To take but one example, I have alerted you to the one about Bobby Sands and "anglo saxton heretics". The comment is racist, sectarian and semi-literate. But for reasons best known and/or kept to yourself you choose to let it go. Please explain yourself. Millbanks 08:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

confused

not sure why these "do not edit" warnings are coming up when i'm browsing from work. i don't even have a log-in and have never edited wikipedia, i just read it from work all the time. any idea why these warnings would be happening to me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.10.219.38 (talk • contribs)

That IP address has been used for vandalism. That is what the warnings are referering to. IrishGuy 00:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Download link, added to DVD Shrink

I'm merely providing a relatively easy accessible download link to DVD Shrink I've found on the net. Actually I don't care about advertising, promotions or search ranks. Strangerz 05:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)Strangerz

I have a question about the deletion of the article "ONUMA Planning System". The article itself was deleted and also a reference to it on "Building Information Modeling". There is a section on with references to software on this page, and initially there was an error about what our software does, which someone else had posted, so I corrected it. I noticed a deletion since there was an external references, so I removed that and created the new article to explain what this software does. Could you please explain the policy, since it does not seem consistent to have pages and links about some software, yet not about others. I wonder why you consider this advertising even if we are listed on other government BIM guides. Thanks for your answer, i do want to follow guidelines, and am new to Misplaced Pages. --KimonOnuma 21:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

First, you shouldn't be creating that article at all as you have a clear conflict of interest. Second, Misplaced Pages is not a venue for advertising your company/products. It was a blatant advertisement and was deleted as such. IrishGuy 21:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Patrick Cortes

I tried making a page about a filipino american hip hop head/ grafitti artist on wikipedia. Irishguy said it wasn't significant biographical information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ensci (talk • contribs)

He isn't notable enough for an encylopedia article. Please read WP:BIO and WP:MUSIC. IrishGuy 01:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Rich Williamson

Dear "Irishguy",

I recently contributed an article on the subject of "Baserape" which described a specific offensive tactic used in paramilitary multiuser video games. You deleted it with the lame excuse reason of "patent nonsense". Please take the time to read the Misplaced Pages rules, as you'll notice that this reason should be used for deleting articles filled with gibberish characters or confusing content. My article was written in intelligible English and had clear and specific content. I hope your actions are not representative of the Misplaced Pages community at large. — Preceding unsigned comment added by W7ki (talk • contribs)

...and no meaningful content. Hence the deletion. Misplaced Pages is not a dictionary. IrishGuy 01:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the prompt reply. The subject lends itself to expansion because there are many methods of doing it, many games which it applies to, and lends itself to an ongoing debate of whether it is an ethical practice in the video gaming community, not to mention another tangent discussion on whether it could be characterized as a design flaw or poor coding on part of the game software developer(s). (Also, please look up "murder" on Misplaced Pages... should that be removed as well since Misplaced Pages is not a dictionary ???). Regardless, that was my reasoning for submitting the information here rather than to a dictionary site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by W7ki (talk • contribs)

Accidental Move

Hi Irishguy. Sorry about my accidental move of the Tracking article. I have explained what I was trying to accomplish on my talk page. --Jomegat 02:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Got it. OK, accidents happen. :) IrishGuy 02:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello IrishGuy

I was just wondering, where in ireland are you from ? Gazh 10:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I guess that means you're actually American and not Irish. Gazh 22:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

It means I don't give out personal information. IrishGuy 22:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Well it was only a guess, surely your nationality is not too personal? come on i'm curious - i won't give you the plastic paddy routine i promise. Gazh 23:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Myst Franchise article

Hi Irishguy :-D
May I ask you the reason to delete all the Fan Sites Links in this article ?
The Myst Community is very important and the main part of informations about these games can only be found on the fan sites and boards.
And "Kehrin's D'ni Desk Reference" is not an offical site ;-D
Sorry for my english, I'm french.

Thank you for your reply
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.123.56.235 (talk • contribs)

There were thirteen fan sites...so many that they had their own subsection. Misplaced Pages is not a repository of links. IrishGuy 17:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Bulldog2010

I noticed you blocked Bulldog2010 from editing, but it appears he is doing so anonymously using IP Address: 70.144.162.3. Any way you can block that too? Ccrashh 19:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

He appears to have stopped for now. Feel free to contact me if he starts up again. IrishGuy 19:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

RE:Irishguy (comment)

Irishguy,

Would you like me to get sources for my information on Irish Americans as well as others? Because I can.

P.S.

I have left sources for my information on red state-blue state divide many times and yet I have still found my added information was not suitable for someone despite this.

Thanks,

Autiger01 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Autiger01 (talk • contribs)

I have looked at your edits. You don't provide sources, you simply give your personal opinion. Please don't do that. IrishGuy 20:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

My apologies, I thought you were speaking of another one of my edits on red state-blue state divide. I can understand why you would delete or need citaion on that particular edit I made. My mistake.User:Autiger01

T.M. Productions and From Russia With Guns

Irishguy, why did you delete the pages T.M. Productions and From Russia With Guns, for your information they are real and not fictional, if it was fictional it would NOT have its own website, but it does, please e-mail me at tmanninoproductions@yahoo.com or post a comment on my talk page about why you deleted those pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by T.M. Productions (talk • contribs)

The fact that it is real doesn't make it notable enough for an encyclopedia article. I ate a sandwich yesterday...that is true...but that doesn't warrant an article. You were attempting to use Misplaced Pages to promote yourself. Your articles were deleted as blatant advertisements. IrishGuy 20:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Nordstrom

???? What is the problem??? Every other department store listed here has ALL the locations listed!??? Please reply ASAP, Very best, MF&Co. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MF&Co. (talk • contribs)

Actually, J.C. Penney doesn't. Kmart doesn't. Neither does Macy's (department store). Actually, I couldn't find any other articles that listed every location. Beyond that, the article you are continually recreated was deleted via AfD and shouldn't be recreated without undergoing deletion review. IrishGuy 22:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

WHY DID YOU DELETE WHAT I WROTE

WHY DID YOU DELETE WHAT I WROTE ON talk:NBA its been there for many days--BABOON MAN 04:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

First, the article has been deleted. Second, you have already been warned about trying to publicize your article all over Misplaced Pages. Stop. IrishGuy 04:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm fuckin sorry, I'll try not to do stupid shit like that again, I promise I want to do fuckin good.--BABOON MAN 04:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

BABOON MAN has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

THE BEAST

I wanted to rename my talk page this, I am sorry if you don't like that but you'll find I'm a good guy and I want to help. Give me a fuckin assignment and I'll do a fuckin good job I promise--BABOON MAN 04:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind the shit at the top, just help me out and take me under your watch guide me through this huge fuckin maze thats fuckin wikipedia and I swear to god i'll be the fuckin greatest contributer to this shit--BABOON MAN 04:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

DO me a huge fuckin favor and look at my user page and make a comment about my idea on my fuckin talk page talk you, you are the fuckin greatestn--BABOON MAN 04:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Anon vandal User:69.205.38.69 is at it again, with bad edits to Luis Valdez, and North Pole here and here. S/he has already been given an "only warning" by you yesterday. --SigPig | 18:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Why is my page down again?

Why do you keep taking down my page? What gives you that right? Please explain. AndyHartPFW 18:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)AndyHartPFW

What page? IrishGuy 20:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Youk

Hi. What is your thinking on the deletion of the link to Youk's bio? Tx. --Epeefleche 21:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The link wasn't to a website. It was a wikipedia link that went to the "edit this page". * IrishGuy 21:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Understood. Tx. Don't know if it was vandalism or a mistake, but I will put in the correct url. --Epeefleche 03:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Ron DeWolf's alleged retracted allegations...

Have you bothered to read the affidavit linked to the allegation on Ron DeWolf's Misplaced Pages entry, stating "DeWolf retracted most of his statements in a later sworn affidavit of July 1, 1987 (Ronald E. DeWolf v. Lyle Stuart Inc.)?" I have. And this allegation of 'most of his statements' is too vague. Please 'show me the pudding' before re-editing my removal of this allegation. Thank you. TheWikiWiki 09:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Apologies

I did not name anyone as a sockpuppet, and it was never my intention to imply that you were one. Apologies if in anyway you received such an impression. I am glad that someone is trying to bring some sense to what appears to be an edit war, and I hope that you can judge the issue impartially. I added a talk banner to that page as a reminder to participants, and so I could see what is going on. I have no wish to inflame the situation by jumping in with both my feet in my mouth without first seeing what is going on. Kbthompson 17:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

As I noted on the talk page, DreamGuy is correct with his formatting issues. As far as the content removals...I think all parties need to actually discuss it with each other instead of blindly reverting. IrishGuy 17:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I certainly agree with that. A consensus was attempted by some editors, but it appears others didn't participate/reverted anyway. Anyway, I shall watch and learn. Good luck with achieving some sort of agreement between the parties. Kbthompson 17:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

LOL. Indeed, I don't see consensus right around the corner. But if the edit wars continue, I will protect the page and then they will be forced to discuss the issues without being able to edit it. IrishGuy 17:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Irishguy, I am sorry - I didn't realise that you were an admin. I just assumed that Dreamguy was up to his usual tricks again. My apologies. Colin4C 18:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Just to clarify that I now know that I was wrong in that assumption, that's what I'm trying to say. Colin4C 18:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Why did you remove legitimate links to Errol Flynn resources?

Hello, I do not understand why you deleted my links to legitimate Flynn resources while leaving others such a Peter's EF Club and Rory Flynn's site on the list? My site has author's such a Tom McNulty and Professor Lincoln Hurst of UC Davis--the film historian who appears on TCM and in featurettes about Errol for Warners and other DVD collections. Jack Marino was a personal friend of Tony Thomas and is a very close friend of Deirdre Flynn. These are very legitimate resources for anyone interested in Errol Flynn. What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Errol Flynn Blog (talk • contribs)

Please read WP:EL and WP:SPAM. It is not appropriate to add links to your own websites. IrishGuy 20:48, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Explain how the other links to Flynn websites are legitimate and mine is not?

Can you explain how the other links to Flynn websites are any different than those I added to the page? Please detail each site's qualifications to be on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Errol Flynn Blog (talk • contribs)

No. You were spamming. It was removed. IrishGuy 21:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I was not spamming--it seems you are incapable of defending your actions!

IrishGuy, what is your problem here? I was definately not spamming. Are the other external links spam? Justify to me why they are different! My links add great sources of information about Errol Flynn. What is the axe that you are grinding? Do we need to go into arbitration on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Errol Flynn Blog (talk • contribs)

If you want arbitration, give it a go. I will remind you again to read WP:EL and WP:SPAM notably where it states: You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent. I am not grinding an axe, nor will I justify the other links simply because a spammer damands I do so. IrishGuy 21:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

About a revert

Hi. I just wanted to know why have you reverted an edit i've made on the Eastern Orthodox Church page. I put a link to the Christian Flag, i think it's in the context. You just reverted and gave no explanation. That's why i'm asking.

--Bluedenim 22:16, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

You were adding it to pretty much every Christian denomination article even thought the Christian Flag article itself notes that it is predominately used by Protestants and Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and other non-Protestant branches of Christianity do not generally use the flag. I couldn't see why it belonged in an article that expressely doesn't use it. IrishGuy 22:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok

Ok, i will contain myself :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluedenim (talk • contribs)

WP:AIV

Irishguy, could you do something for me, please. In WP:AIV there is a nom for User:172.195.112.109. I think that I am seeing an edit war, and have warned both this user and User:Space Cadet, the other main protagonist. But the nominator is not happy. And, OK, I could be wrong. Could you please take a look?--Anthony.bradbury 22:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Admittedly, I don't know much about the subject...but it does appear to be an edit war and not blatant vandalism. IrishGuy 22:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I asked you because I could see from the deletion log that you were currently on-line and active.--Anthony.bradbury 22:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem at all. As I said, I don't know much about the accusation of using incorrect Polish/German names but in totality it seems to be an edit war and not vandalism. But I could be incorrect. IrishGuy 22:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Witton Albion F.C.

Hi; I am more than willing to watch this page, and have flagged it appropriately. But I have an odd problem. When I hit the history button, I get the "Microsoft has a problem and needs to close . Sorry for the inconvenience." box. Happened three times. I do not know why. Any thoughts?--Anthony.bradbury 23:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

OK...I thought it was just me. It has killed my browser about ten times. I finally just stopped trying. IrishGuy 23:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I stopped after three. There must be some code inserted into the programme at this page. Is it worth taking to WP:AN/I?--Anthony.bradbury 23:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Oddly, Firefox works fine. It just seems to kill IE. And that is the only history page I have seen that does it. IrishGuy 23:23, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Well. that is totally weird. I will watch as well as I am allowed.--Anthony.bradbury 23:28, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

username

Thank you.--<font color="Red">]</font></sup>]] 00:30, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it seems not to work.--<font color="Red">]</font></sup>]] 00:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Did you tell me to? I am sorry, that was not a serious comment. I am not very computer-literate.--Anthony.bradbury 00:43, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I think I forgot to initially, but yes you need to. IrishGuy 02:16, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Sources

When including sourced statements in an article, please do not use links that require registration or don't exist. I'll be glad to point you to the specific edit in question here, but I don't think that's necessary. Also, it is not advisable to post comments to a user talk page that are about an article. Many people, who do not read individual talk pages, would be left out of a potentially beneficial discussion. In the meantime, I have commented regarding the Kevin Youkilis situation on that talk page. //Tecmobowl 19:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

None of the sources needed registration. Please don't create false reasons for blanking content. IrishGuy 19:33, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

A) You are 100% right on the idiot thing. I just dealt with a person who attacked me and simply let a fuse blow and I apologize. B) I'll address the rest of this on the youkilis talk page. C) I will say that I no longer hold the title of "admin" on here with any sort of preconceived respect. In the past few weeks, I have been called an idiot by an admin, who then hid under the guise of the action exuse (as in..he said my actions and not me). A number of admins have failed to follow due process and well just a whole mess of stuff. Again, your right, you are certainly far from an idiot (all though many on here aren't) and I just wasn't acting appropriately. //Tecmobowl 19:42, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

BBW vandal?

OK, there's this red-link User:EricTrivett, whose sole purpose is to post a weblog on the BBW article and others. I reverted him once and he came right back with it. This could go on all day if I let it. Any suggestions? Baseball Bugs 19:44, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I reverted the spamming and gave him a warning. I will keep an eye on him. Thanks. IrishGuy 19:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

please see - thanks

Hi there,

Just saw you deleted my Jess King posting. I am the creator of jessking.com and the about section of this account. Should I completely rewrite this for Misplaced Pages - Sorry did not mean to do this improperly.

Regards,

Euriphile (Manager to Jess) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JessKingMusic (talk • contribs)

It was deleted as it was a copyright violation but as her manager, you shouldn't be authoring that article at all. You have a serious conflict of interest. IrishGuy 19:59, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

STOP ERASING MY BIO JACKASS