User talk:Vanished renamed user 201908242122221/archive1

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welcome

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Norstrillia

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Brookie :) - a collector of little round things! ^(Talk!) 16:25, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Largo, Florida

I've been adding to the Largo, Florida page and I'm concerned with all the external links I've added. Is it possible to have too many? I also wonder if the timeline should have a page of his own. Could you take a loo at it?

Thanks,

Mikereichold 02:03, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it is possible to have too many. What I would expect in this section would be official city sites and the largest and most influential companies in the city. In general, things that contribute to the city of Largo, Florida. Things that would be confusing to the general public could use a little note afterwards like "Nationwide company that originated in Largo", etc...

The questionable ones to me are:

Pinch a Penny: I also live in the Tampa Bay area so I know Pinch a Penny is a big deal but it looks like it originated in Clearwater, Florida, not Largo. Is that true?
Paradyne: I've never heard of this company and their website is very slow. It looks like it's being acquired. Is there something that differentiates this from any other telecom hardware manufacturer?
Your picture site: You have fantastic pictures. I'd recommend pulling your pictures into Wikipedia and putting them on the Largo page itself — and taking out the link to your site. Having the link to your site might qualify as vanity which is frowned on. Dozens and dozens of people in Largo could do the same thing if they wanted.
County maps: These need to be moved to the county articles instead of Largo.
Clearwater Central: Not sure this is appropriate at all since it's a for-profit web site. If it is appropriate, it needs to be moved to the Clearwater article.

The timeline seems small enough to keep in the same page but you might want to move it to a different part of the article. External Links are usually right near the bottom. It could probably be cleaned up a little too.

Those are my opinions... wknight94 03:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I agree completely. I'm a little leery of removing things I did not add. Perhaps I should get over that.

Thanks

Mikereichold 03:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't notice who added which ones. I whacked the Clearwater Central one for you! :) I left Paradyne since it's apparently a decent-sized employer. I'd still recommend looking for something to distinguish that company from others HQ'ed in Largo.

wknight94 03:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Other than what's mention above, The links are quality links, although the "Old Hillsborough" map link should go on the Pinellas County page :). Great work! --Moreau36; 0317, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

i live n ear largo florida, and it all looks fine —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayormike (talk • contribs) 15:03, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

wknight 94 suggestions

I agree.

Mikereichold 03:18, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Brookie here

Thanks for the note - to be honest I don't know the answer to your question try posting the question here - this usually gets a knowledgable answer. Merry Xmas! Brookie :) - a collector of little round things! ^(Talk!) 07:51, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi Mike. I've had a read through Largo, Florida - I can see that you've made some valuable additions there! I made a couple of very minor copy edits myself, and I can see that your involvement in the article has also encouraged other edits to work on the article. And that's what it's all about!

Unfortunately I don't know anything about The Black Company and I don't know anyone else who does - I just spotted one of your edit on the "recent changes" list and added the stub tag. The article's talk page is a good place to start, but I can see that you've already posted there. Have you tried looking up related articles (e.g. Glen Cook)? The Glen Cook talk page has a link through to a Glen Cook wiki - I reckon that would be a good way to find an expert.

Pages can only be locked against editing if there's a serious vandalism problem there. Administrators' user pages are probably more prone to vandalism, as they are more likely to give vandals warnings in the first place (the user-page vandalism then tends to come as a childish retaliation). If you add your user page to your watch list, you can quickly see if someone starts meddling with it. If someone does vandalise your page, you'll just have to rise above it and not take it personally! In fact, you could even take it as a bizarre complement - it means someone out there is taking an interest in you!!

So, I hope you've been enjoying your Wikying so far - keep it up! It can be addictive, though, so don't forget to keep some time for the real world! ;) Regards, CLW 12:24, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Guizaldo

What is it? Can it be stopped? Is it dangerous? Thanks for the revert!\ Mikereichold 00:51, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Florida.

Vandalism

I'm sorry, but I don't know what you're talking about. I don't think I'm the person you meant to talk to. --Revolución (talk) 02:04, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Done

I blocked right before I noticed your message. One week should do. :) — ₀₉₁₈^BRIAN • 2006-01-22 05:49

Hey Star Dreadnaught is NOT an official name.

For some reason lucasfilm let some people write an incorrect book "inside the worlds of star wars"

When I created my name Tracks and used the correct password it still says wrong password. do you know why it does that?

Ok it actually worked this time. now its working perfectly. im TracksZ06

User talk:60.228.75.31

Rgearding your question, if you want to alert a sysop about vandalism of Wilkipedia, you can do so at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 16:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism Peak Times

I use User:Lightdarkness/Vandalism to determine the peak times. The most vandalism is usually seen between 1700-2000 UTC. Hope this helps! --Zsinj 23:16, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Zuup vandalism

Re. vandalism to Zuup, you warned 72.59.14.194 (talk · contribs) but then removed the warning as a mistake. However, both his edits are clear vandalism. Am I missing something? Also, your second "rvv" edit actually re-introduced an older vandalism -- please be careful. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-26 08:43Z

Vandalism

Hey Mikereichold, in case you encounter a lot of vandalism from an editor, just warn him/her a couple of times, and then report to an admin. I'm not an admin, so unfortunately, can't help you right now. Thanks! deeptrivia (talk) 14:23, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of vandalism, people are making changes to your comments in the List of University of Texas at Austin people article. FYI.

ex officio

.*grins* Thanks! I got that from the Vice-President/President of the Senate explanation in the ex officio entry. I put that in the edit summary so people didn't think I was wikifying random Latin phrases. :) 65.33.156.96 09:55, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

User talk:80.191.213.6

This guy's been vandalizing User_talk:Nlu and Faggot on two different IP addresses...he has a grudge against some Wikipedia users and thinks posting irrelevant messages on his talk page and vandalizing things will make it better? I've posted him on WP:AIV, but I guess all the admins are sleeping now. I'd just leave his talk page alone until an Admin blocks him. ~ Butros (Talk) 09:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

There we go...he's been dealt with :-) ~ Butros (Talk) 09:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Request for adminship

Hi, Mike! We've had at least a brief, positive interaction in the past with regard to vandalism to your user page, and I wanted to alert you to my recent nomination for adminship. If you have any feelings on the nomination one way or the other, I'd appreciate your input on the voting page at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Brossow. Thanks! ⇒ BRossow ^T/_C 16:19, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Please look at this page

If you are a supporter of Don Bosco, take a look at this page.

St John Bosco and LGBT edits evrik 04:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Re:Dustin099

Yeh quite possibly a sock, however I'm not sure it's worth doing anything in particular about it. Both the ip and Dustin099 are going to get blocked pretty quick on the 'merit' of their own actions if they continue. You might be interested in WP:SOCK#Tagging_identified_sock_puppets, just make sure you put evidence into the relevant template.

Also it's not really appropriate to add a {{welcome}} to vandal pages. It includes the line "welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay." We don't really want vandals to stay. There are a load of alternative templates at {{TestTemplates}}, the most used being the test1 to test4 series. Petros471 21:53, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:welcoming vandals

Aye, thought you were just trying to be friendly, which is good :) But in cases like this probably need to be a bit harsher ;) Some of the templates on TestTemplates are not too bad at biting (e.g. the ones in the 'good faith' colum such as {{nn-test}} and {{test0}}. However I do quite like the {{npa}}, and that is a rather important policy on Wikipedia that needs to be made clear to all users. Diffrent RC patrollers have different warning styles, and as long as they know what is available and why that's fine. Cheers, Petros471 22:07, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

JDoorjam's RfA

Thank you!
Hey Vanished renamed user 201908242122221/archive1, thank you for your support in my RfA: it passed with a final tally of 55/1/2. If you want a hand with anything, please gimme a shout. Again, thanks! – JDoorj a m Talk 21:00, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

I'm leaving this macrophage, a particularly hungry white blood cell on your talk page, I just finished a rewrite of its article and realized they're not so different from administrators, as they keep their surroundings clean, doing away with anything that's not supposed to be there...
Anyway, with that short lecture on cell biology done with, I'd like to thank you for your vote on my RfA, which passed with (49/2/0), I'll do my best to not let you down, and if you see me heading towards a common newbie mistake, please nudge me in the right direction :)

--O bli (Talk)^? 20:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Mikereichold. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to consider my RfA, which passed this morning. As to your concern, I too hope that I don't burn-out, because I'm having a lot of fun here. I was editing more than a year before I registered too, so I'm not so worried. Nevertheless, if you see me doing anything wrong, with or without admin powers, please don't hesitate to let me know. Also, if there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask; you know where to find me. ×Meegs 05:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Wekiwa Springs photos

Thanks for the kind words. The camera is a Cannon S1 IS. It has some annoying features, but the 10x zoom combined with image stabilization is great for nature shots. -- Mwanner | Talk 18:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Fort De Soto Park/gallery

Fort De Soto Park/gallery has been proposed for deletion. Please see the article for details. NickelShoe (Talk) 18:47, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I've replied

I've replied to your comment on my talk page. SeventyThree^(Talk) 01:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Anon

I dunno, it's weird. You might want to get your user page semi-protected if this continues. —Khoikhoi 23:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: State Road 60 (Florida)

no problem :) BL Lacertae - kiss the lizard 23:39, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the userbox...

on "This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles." That was almost my first thought about Wikipedia when I was an unregistered user, and I wish they would make that change. - Reaverdrop 21:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

unsigned

Thanks for the unsigned comment on the talk page referred to from the rfa page. I didn't think of changing it, probably because I knew the orignal diff wouldn't change anyway, but I appreciate it. I know I voted oppose, but despite that, I don't want people to fail for problems that aren't their own. Regards, MartinRe 23:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: your lack stated on the rfa page

Oh, I think you were wrong about that. Probably you've more than most. CheersUser:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 02:35, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, could you enlighten me as to which comment or phrase you're, uh, commenting on, and on which page? Thanks. robchurch | talk 02:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Broken link on userpage

You should fix the link on your userpage to point to [1] (single brackets, not double), and {{db-reason}} User talk:Mikereichold&action=edit&section=new. Hasta la vista, Λυδ α cιτγ^{(TheJabberwock)} 02:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Largo hotel pmr 01.jpg

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Re: 1848

Here is where I got my information from (storm 2). The estimated track says it made landfall. That also has some other information there. Maybe you could say, "Due to lack of information, it is unknown where the storm made landfall..." or something like that. Hurricanehink (talk) 17:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Sure thing, and good luck with the article. --Hurricanehink (talk) 18:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Arturo Moreno

Moreno vandalized the name of the 'Anaheim Angels,' so he deserves to have his own name done the same. ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.83.190 (talk • contribs) Moved to end of page.User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 14:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Florida spam

MMGI (talk · contribs)'s only activity has been adding links to as many Flordia-related pages as possible, all with the same description. It looks like an attempt to promote one or more private visitor's centers and their online services. The one that erased all doubts that it might possibly not be spam was this edit to John Ringling, whose only relation to Sarasota, FL is that he has a house there. It's clearly not a useful link for that particular article, and putting it at the top of the external link section raises my spam-red-flag even higher. The pattern of edits across all the afffected articlese fits the profile of a spammer very well.

The links I removed were to: floridasbeach.com (outbound WP links), which appears to be owned by a private company called "St. Petersburg Clearwater Area CVB" (according to WHOIS) located in an industrial complex in Clearwater; and sarasotafl.org (outbound WP links), which appears to be owned by "SarasotaConvention& Visitors Bureau" in a more convincing location near touristy-looking areas, but I'm dubious it's legit because of the spammish pattern. If that last is actually a legit convention center, then likely the spamminess is still prohibited by Wikipedia:External links under the principle that Wikipedia is not for promotion. If MMGI is linking to others, they should probably be removed too.

By the way, good job for contributing so much to Wikipedia's Florida articles! I noticed a lot of parks-related links on some articles such as Myakka River State Park and looked into them in case they were also spam. Then I noticed how many Florida articles you've worked on and was reassured to see that an editor in good standing had selected those links. :-) — Saxifrage ✎ 21:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

My end of the above conversation 22:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Dunedin, Florida

thanks for the comment, I like the photo of the bandstand you shot, I was in that park last BJ spring training.--Mikerussell 23:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Pinellas Park

In July you deleted the Shop and Eat section of the Pinellas Park article. I clearly understand your reasoning. However, I think this section could be kept without making it look like an advertisement. Any ideas? Felixboy 19:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

AvantBiz

Avantbiz 03:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC) However you treat my article as an advertisement? My only sentence is just similar to these pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landor_Associates

My reply.User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 16:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Dunedin, FL Copyright Problem

Thanks for letting me know about the copyright issue. I hadn't realized it. Anyways, I am one of the people who actually put up that information on the DunedinGov site, so, for future reference, if you need to use information from the DunedinGov site, it's okay, just make sure to use www.dunedingov.com as a reference.

Also, you'll notice that I updated the recreation information.

--Mjeb 01:10, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

My response to his message.User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 17:51, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Belated barnstar thanks

I've been meaning to do this for a while, but I keep getting obsessed with some new project. I've been on and off-ing with the Florida State Parks, and probably will be back to them in the near future. Been making Florida NRHP entries, which have some overlap with the parks. Almost done with them, so I'll need something new to OCD about. Is that a verb? Well, you know what I mean. Thanks again, monsieur! --Ebyabe 00:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Stanton article needs photo

Hi Mike, I see you're in Largo. Could you call Steve Stanton and try to get ten minutes of his time, to take a photo for his Wikipedia article? Just tell him that Wikipedia has weird copyright restrictions so we can't use any of the images in the newspapers and we need one of our own; that's probably easier than explaining the GFDL or the odd interpretations of "fair use" that go on here. Peace, — coelacan talk — 20:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for note. I imagine Mr. Stanton is pretty upset right now, and asking him for a photo would be insensitive. I'll look through my archives and see what I have. Maybe after the screaming and hollering quiets down. My emotions aren't under control yet, and I need to maintain NPOV. There are still a few choice words I mean to share with the Council on the matter. I'm glad to see the article is up though. Cheers, :) MikeReichold 23:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

It is a huge mistake on the city's part, imho. The more attention this gets, the worse they are going to look. I think Stanton may be willing to give you a short photo session though; according to this article he's taking this as an opportunity for education, "before the news media decided it was insignificant", and there's nothing Wikipedia does better than education. Some of us have taken quite an interest in this, and you can tell him someone (me) from Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies asked you to get a photo, and if you're up to it, an interview for Wikinews. If you're not comfortable approaching him, that's okay, but from what he's told the media and NPR, it sounds like he'd be glad to meet with you when he has the time. Let me know if you reconsider. =) — coelacan talk — 23:38, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Now the timeline isn't displaying correctly on W2K/IE6 though and I can't find a convenient way to fix it. I should have checked my other browser before I decided it was done. — coelacan talk — 02:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much for adding the photo. I hope to add more stuff to the article later today. --Yksin 17:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks for getting the photo, Mike. I moved it to commons, at commons:Image:Steve Stanton - City of Largo.jpg, so that it can be used easily by anyone who might translate the article onto on of the other-language Wikipedias (you never know). Can you forward the email (including full email headers) from Heather Graves to the people at commons:Commons:OTRS? Once they have that, the public domain status will be safely confirmed. — coel acan — 18:10, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Patricia Gerard and Rodney J. Woods

Hi Mike. I took your original photo of both of these Largo city employees, cropped it and re-uploaded both of them to enable them to be used in their respective biographies. As a Largo person, it would be kinda cool to maybe add to both of these bio stubs if you get the chance :) Keep up the good work! PS: like so many others, I am disgusted on a number of levels at how Steve Stanton is being treated - Alison ^<talk> 00:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

we need that Heather Graves email ASAP

Hi Mike. The Steve Stanton photo, commons:Image:Steve Stanton - City of Largo.jpg is going to be deleted unless you forward that Heather Graves email (including full email headers) to the Commons OTRS people. Please follow the instructions at commons:Commons:OTRS, including the name of the image, "Image:Steve Stanton - City of Largo.jpg" (to expedite processing). Sorry for the hassle. — coel acan — 05:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Block this ip's editing privledge

I've noticed that many students have been vandalizing wikipedia from this school. Block this ip from editing any longer.209.158.161.226 13:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

My name on wikipedia is User:Nominaladversary, I hope this helps prevent any further damages.

Then why did you not sign your post as nominal? I am not an admin. I can't block. Generally, when I was active, the admins were reluctant to block schools because of the possbility of blocking constructive editors. Cheers, :) MikeReichold 14:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Ha, trust me on this one. There is no time to add constructive edits while in school. I make an attempt to tell people to stop, but that won't happen. Do you know who I can contact to get this 209.158.161.226 ip blocked, perhaps, forever? I think one student deleted part of your Talk page and the entire Notebook entry on wikipedia. Thanks, Nominaladversary 00:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

And yet a fair number of constructive edits are made from school accounts. I think the wp:an/i would be the place to place such a request.02:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Image:Jacques_Plante,_Montreal_Canadiens_goalie.jpg

I would have and normally do, but the original uploader was a script, so I didn't think there would be much chance of getting a response and figured you might take some action, at least there would be a higher chance than a script would. MECU≈talk 14:00, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

US African American girl in 2007.jpg

Actually, that does depict accurately an African American girl in St. Petersburg, Florida. As for Sue Stanton, I don't appear to be able to find an image of the one you gave me. Sarah Goldberg 23:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Stone mountain riverboat1.jpg)

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Fixed. Cheers, :) MikeReichold 18:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in My RfA, which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. - Penwhale | ^{Blast him / Follow his steps} 23:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome. Cheers, :) MikeReichold 02:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)