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November 2013

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--[[Tariqmudallal · my talk]] 00:00, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

What exactly does that section have to do with me? 28bytes (talk) 02:44, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

cutting it a little close, there, weren't you?

that's great to see. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:59, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
Thought I might be saved by an edit conflict. No such luck. 28bytes (talk) 00:00, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

ace

I think you're a damned fool for taking such a job - but I will support you 100% — ChedZILLA 02:32, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

I think I'm a damned fool for it as well, but I appreciate the support! 28bytes (talk) 05:39, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
take five mine, but only if you answer Turandot's questions, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Query

Hi, I hope You are having a good time. I need to ask that when a User who does has never been blocked in past and is also not currently involved in any dispute and never had got a COI notice even (completely clean I mean); but that User has done Unified_login (Help:CentralAuth), and that User requests Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing, then will it vanish the User's account on English Wikipedia only or the User's accounts active on all project sites would be simultaneously vanished ?! Sincerely, ← Abstruce 10:19, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Abstruce. Courtesy vanishing only affects your English Wikipedia account; bureaucrats here do not have the ability to change your username on other projects. 28bytes (talk) 15:17, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Thank You for Your reply Well, in that case, AM I correct if I believe that Courtesy vanishing would only mean the vanishing of the User's account on English Wikipedia only, and the same User's account(s) on all other project sites would remain unaffected and would continue despite of the User's account getting vanish on English Wikipedia ?!

I also very respectfully ask You that is there a way by which a User may request a complete vanishing of all of the linked accounts (unified login) which are activate on different project sites, or one has to find out which of the project sites offer the Users a Right to Vanish and then send request one by one to the concerned authoritative person(s) on the respective project site ?! Sincerely, ← Abstruce 17:13, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Check with User:Avraham or User:MBisanz; they are both bureaucrats and stewards, and may be able to help you make the change on other wikis. 28bytes (talk) 20:11, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Your nomination

Delighted to see you run for Arbcom! :D I wasn't expecting to see your name at all; you're one member of a minuscule group of people who I know won't disappoint me if you're elected. Good luck! Acalamari 18:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I wasn't expecting to see my name at all there, either, for what it's worth. :) 28bytes (talk) 19:44, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
See it also --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

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Solar Abundance Figure

Hi,

I'm not sure if I'm doing this the right way, but I'm trying to find out how to (or if I need) permission to use the Solar Abundance Figure that you apparently originally uploaded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SolarSystemAbundances.png). If you can help, it would be appreciated.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.120.53 (talk) 10:04, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. The original version of the chart was uploaded by another editor with a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license, so you are welcome to re-use it as long as you credit that editor (User:Orionus) and agree to re-license any modifications with the same license. You may find File:SolarSystemAbundances.svg useful as well, as it's higher quality. If you're interested in where the underlying data came from, that's specified on this page. Hope this helps! 28bytes (talk) 19:01, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Slight change suggested for solar abundance figure

The element symbol Sn for tin (Z=50) should be moved a little up and to the right, so it is closer to the graph dot for tin. Right now it looks as if it might be labeling the graph dot for cadmium (Z=48).CharlesHBennett (talk) 13:08, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Good catch. I tried to open File:SolarSystemAbundances.svg in a text editor to move the Sn label (I figure we should be updating that file, since the JPEG and PNG versions are deprecated), but apparently there is no label in the SVG: everything is graphical paths, no text. Unfortunately I can't help, since I don't have a proper SVG editor, and the editor who uploaded it appears to be inactive. You may try asking at the Graphics Lab; I'm sure someone there has an SVG editor and could quickly make the change. 28bytes (talk) 18:44, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 15:08, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

BLP1E?

Are you serious? There is no reading of BLP1E that even remotely supports deletion. He is not notable for one "event" as having a large number of arrests is not an "event", but a characteristic. It is also a characteristic that has been covered by reliable sources, national and international, for over a decade so it is not some characteristic that was reported for just a brief period of time. He is also at the center of the coverage since it is all about him. There may be a good argument for deleting the article, but that one was not it.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 18:54, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Getting arrested a lot is a "characteristic"? That seems like a bit of a reach. But even allowing for that interpretation, can you think of anything in our policies or guidelines that grants notability based on a person's characteristic(s)? Neither WP:ANYBIO or WP:CRIME seem in line with that view, for example. I'm open to reconsidering my close, but there's going to have to be something policy-based that I missed. 28bytes (talk) 19:20, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
I put it up at DRV. Beerest 2 talk 20:32, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification. 28bytes (talk) 20:40, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
A characteristic is "a distinguishing trait, quality, or property" and in that respect him having a long arrest record qualifies. None of those individual arrests is cited as the basis for notability so it is not about one event. Plenty of people are notable for just one thing or one characteristic. People will be considered notable just for holding one verified world record or receiving one particularly prestigious award. You have cases like The Elephant Man where the person is really only notable as a medical oddity. Not that I am likening his case to any of those cases, but we would not delete those articles as "one event" bios because those are not really singular events. Had he only received national coverage for the most recent arrest then I would agree with BLP1E, but he received national coverage a decade prior and it was less for his arrest record then and more for the Internet fame it got him.--The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 22:06, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Well, it's not an unreasonable argument to make, but I remain more convinced by the argument that BLP1E does apply. However much Internet fame he might have, it's all from the arrests; take away the arrests, and there's very little to write about. Anyway, I'm happy to discuss it further, but you may have more traction at the DRV, now that it's been opened. 28bytes (talk) 22:50, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
@28bytes:Given everything that's happened, I think it might be helpful if you acknowledged that 'No consensus' would have also been a reasonable close of this AfD. For the record, I did vote for you for ArbCom and I know about your excellent work with regard to classic video games. Please don't make me regret my vote. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 04:10, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
@A Quest For Knowledge: Thanks for the kind words. Yes, in many cases – and this AfD is no exception – there are two (or more) reasonable ways to interpret consensus. I stand by my finding of consensus in that AfD, but if another admin had closed it as "no consensus", and put forth a compelling rationale for that finding in the close, I would have no problem adding an "endorse" in the deletion review if there was one. Different admins will weigh different arguments differently, and that's OK; since my early days here my views on BLP have evolved a bit. The first BLP I wrote, for example, was entirely unreferenced (!) – obviously I wouldn't do that now. Anyway, I hope I have not given the impression that I think my interpretation of consensus is the only reasonable one, because I assure you that is not the case. 28bytes (talk) 04:25, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Arbitration

Regretfully, since this situation appears likely to recur, I am filing a request for arbitration regarding the Henry Earl issue. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 16:53, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification. 28bytes (talk) 17:40, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello, do you know who has rights to correct copyright tags on files, if necessary? Please respond at your convenience. Thanks, -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 16:59, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi there. Is this in reference to File:ITV logo 2013.svg? 28bytes (talk) 17:18, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
Partially. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 22:16, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Good luck!

Good luck being an arbitrator. You're going to need it. :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:40, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, my friend. It should be interesting! :) 28bytes (talk) 02:44, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
???? Have they announced the outcome then? Sounds like you got in, which is A Good Thing. - Sitush (talk) 02:49, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Sitush! Yep, results are here. 28bytes (talk) 02:51, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
  • Good for you, too, Floq. Our use of ? and ! has reminded me of the apocryphal Victor Hugo anecdote. He was away from Paris when Les Miserables was published and telegraphed his publisher to find out how the sales were doing. His telegram consisted of "?" and the publisher rep;lied with "!". - Sitush (talk) 02:58, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Congratulations and Best Wishes.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 06:18, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Congrats, you two! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ErikHaugen (talk • contribs)

It was over as soon as you decided to run. Congratulations and sympathies. NE Ent 23:32, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, all! 28bytes (talk) 00:06, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Arbitration request

The arbitration case request that you were a party to has been declined by the Committee. For the Arbitration Committee, Rschen7754 05:27, 16 December 2013 (UTC)